Davester2296 | DOOM | D64D2 - Can You Hold The Scream [Cover By DAR] - MAP24 @DAR-Davester2296 | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Once more, a cleanup crew of 4 UAC Marines heads in on a search & destroy mission, as well as to survey the carnage.
Slow, tense, methodical, and with lots of tactical nodding.
So, I was feeling in the mood to do a video like this again. Mainly because of how ambient and spooky this track was. I had gotten the audio done fairly quickly, and was already imagining yet another team of marines heading into the level.
I sort of extended things, mainly having the synth string sound come in during the 2nd half, rather right from the start.
I'm also really happy that I got to use my beloved "Sine - Spooky Deep" synth patch that I made a ways back. I forget if I've ever gotten to use it in a cover yet, I feel like I may have.
Ambience and spookiness was the goal here, so I threw in some crackles, just cause. Immediately, I started thinking to myself "what is this, ASMR tingles or something?..." and then, if I had a mirror in front of me, I would've seen the biggest, dumbest grin ever. I went and took my "DAR ASMR" Doom comic reading thing that I did last year, and loaded that in with some reverb, reversed it, and also added other effects. So, feel free to have a giggle now that you all know what those "mysterious whispers" are in the cover.
I actually kept the original general MIDI "seashore" sound, I just added some effects to it to fit the mix. Same with the agogo patch (heard 1:24). However, I changed out the first bit that the agogo had originally played. I threw in a woodblock, and screwed around with some resonant filters (which can be heard at 0:36).
Originally, I was going to go with all normal strings and tremolo strings for the 2nd half. However, it just didn't feel right. So for the higher strings, I threw on some resonant filters, and turned them into these synth-sounding, pad strings. Mainly since I felt like those high notes ringing out, without any modulation, felt a little grating. However, adding these resonant filters really gave it this spooky factor! It almost kind of makes me think of one the battlescape themes from the original XCOM.
Anyways, hope you all enjoy this spooky and ambient addition to the D64D2 soundtrack! Next one's gonna be the opposite, another thrashy and (albeit short) energetic tune! ~DAR
.OGG DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/3xn7i1umw1ypoav/D64D2+-+Can+You+Hold+The+Scream+(MAP24)+[Cover+By+DAR].ogg/file
Originally Composed By CoTeCiO
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Once more, a cleanup crew of 4 UAC Marines heads in on a search & destroy mission, as well as to survey the carnage.
Slow, tense, methodical, and with lots of tactical nodding.
So, I was feeling in the mood to do a video like this again. Mainly because of how ambient and spooky this track was. I had gotten the audio done fairly quickly, and was already imagining yet another team of marines heading into the level.
I sort of extended things, mainly having the synth string sound come in during the 2nd half, rather right from the start.
I'm also really happy that I got to use my beloved "Sine - Spooky Deep" synth patch that I made a ways back. I forget if I've ever gotten to use it in a cover yet, I feel like I may have.
Ambience and spookiness was the goal here, so I threw in some crackles, just cause. Immediately, I started thinking to myself "what is this, ASMR tingles or something?..." and then, if I had a mirror in front of me, I would've seen the biggest, dumbest grin ever. I went and took my "DAR ASMR" Doom comic reading thing that I did last year, and loaded that in with some reverb, reversed it, and also added other effects. So, feel free to have a giggle now that you all know what those "mysterious whispers" are in the cover.
I actually kept the original general MIDI "seashore" sound, I just added some effects to it to fit the mix. Same with the agogo patch (heard 1:24). However, I changed out the first bit that the agogo had originally played. I threw in a woodblock, and screwed around with some resonant filters (which can be heard at 0:36).
Originally, I was going to go with all normal strings and tremolo strings for the 2nd half. However, it just didn't feel right. So for the higher strings, I threw on some resonant filters, and turned them into these synth-sounding, pad strings. Mainly since I felt like those high notes ringing out, without any modulation, felt a little grating. However, adding these resonant filters really gave it this spooky factor! It almost kind of makes me think of one the battlescape themes from the original XCOM.
Anyways, hope you all enjoy this spooky and ambient addition to the D64D2 soundtrack! Next one's gonna be the opposite, another thrashy and (albeit short) energetic tune! ~DAR
.OGG DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/3xn7i1umw1ypoav/D64D2+-+Can+You+Hold+The+Scream+(MAP24)+[Cover+By+DAR].ogg/file
Originally Composed By CoTeCiO
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![DOOM | D64D2 - Can You Hold The Scream [Cover By DAR] - MAP24](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZBvOlcThLTA/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM | D64D2 - Can You Hold The Scream [Cover By DAR] - MAP24
Once more, a cleanup crew of 4 UAC Marines heads in on a search & destroy mission, as well as to survey the carnage.
Slow, tense, methodical, and with lots of tactical nodding.
So, I was feeling in the mood to do a video like this again. Mainly because of how ambient and spooky this track was. I had gotten the audio done fairly quickly, and was already imagining yet another team of marines heading into the level.
I sort of extended things, mainly having the synth string sound come in during the 2nd half, rather right from the start.
Im also really happy that I got to use my beloved Sine - Spooky Deep synth patch that I made a ways back. I forget if Ive ever gotten to use it in a cover yet, I feel like I may have.
Ambience and spookiness was the goal here, so I threw in some crackles, just cause. Immediately, I started thinking to myself what is this, ASMR tingles or something?... and then, if I had a mirror in front of me, I wouldve seen the biggest, dumbest grin ever. I went and took my DAR ASMR Doom comic reading thing that I did last year, and loaded that in with some reverb, reversed it, and also added other effects. So, feel free to have a giggle now that you all know what those mysterious whispers are in the cover.
I actually kept the original general MIDI seashore sound, I just added some effects to it to fit the mix. Same with the agogo patch (heard 1:24). However, I changed out the first bit that the agogo had originally played. I threw in a woodblock, and screwed around with some resonant filters (which can be heard at 0:36).
Originally, I was going to go with all normal strings and tremolo strings for the 2nd half. However, it just didnt feel right. So for the higher strings, I threw on some resonant filters, and turned them into these synth-sounding, pad strings. Mainly since I felt like those high notes ringing out, without any modulation, felt a little grating. However, adding these resonant filters really gave it this spooky factor! It almost kind of makes me think of one the battlescape themes from the original XCOM.
Anyways, hope you all enjoy this spooky and ambient addition to the D64D2 soundtrack! Next ones gonna be the opposite, another thrashy and (albeit short) energetic tune! ~DAR
.OGG DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/3xn7i1umw1ypoav/D64D2+-+Can+You+Hold+The+Scream+(MAP24)+[Cover+By+DAR].ogg/file
Originally Composed By CoTeCiO
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![DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Plurry [Cover By DAR] - MAP30](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZJN0rfnVzKE/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Plurry [Cover By DAR] - MAP30
Such a chilling and haunting track for MAP30!
Taking on such atmospheric tracks like this always proves to be a bit tricky (but fun!). Very much all about getting textures youre happy with.
Case in point, I had to go hunting for a specific electric piano sound. I needed something with just the right vibe.
I also needed to figure out what to do about the music-box sound from the original. I didnt want to just use the music-box from the gzdoom or SC-55 soundfonts, but at the same time, my alternatives were all way too bright, or didnt mesh right with the rest of the tracks. After trying out a bunch of different sounds, I wound up settling on using some celestas. Rolled off some high-end on them, and even sent the track to an aux-channel that used heavy-distortion and other little effects. Its suuuuper subtle, but its layered very, very quietly underneath the main celestas.
Also happy to bust out my SineSpookyDeep synth patch for the first time in such a long while. Used it for the deep drone-notes here. I also layered a string bit with it to add some grit and further impact to it.
Another thing thats challenging with tracks like this is trying to figure out how much to add without taking away from the vibe and atmosphere. I think the added choirs and those glissando strings worked out fairly nicely! Very suspenseful and full of tension.
For fun, I went and sampled the crying baby sound from the PSXDoom soundfont. Ran it through some effects, pitch-shifted some duplicates and stuff for added spooky ambience during the middle section of the song.
Another little thing I added was a synth playing the same stuff as the electric pianos. Had a nice airy sort of quality to it that felt nice for the atmosphere.
Anyways, hope you all the cover! ~DAR
.OGG DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/file/Ia8D3DwJ#-7E2p-1R0 cNzXkGVsH5DHGLlSmf4l9eCQwemWDhpk
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Originally Composed By Bucket
Final Doomer+: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=55061
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![DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Plugged In [Cover By DAR] - MAP14](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZSQaONvxQ6Q/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Plugged In [Cover By DAR] - MAP14
Been really looking forward to this song, always really dug the vibe of this track!
I was in a more noodly mood this time around and decided to make a few changes and additions to the song.
Structure is mostly the same, aside from shortening the beginning by 2 measures, and the DAR-style extended outro/final-chorus.
I also slightly changed up the power-chord arpeggio part when the guitars first come in. I also decided to keep the guitars going, this time without palm muting. Initially, I hadnt planned on making up a lead part during this section. I wound up adding it after I had made the leads for the outro.
Speaking of which, I absolutely loved noodling around for the outro! Those last two measures from the original MIDI were awesome and I was vibing along with it!... but then it was only just 2 measures, and thus the MIDI restarts! So for this rendition, I knew I definitely had to find a way to extend that part.
Also, Im glad that I decided to throw in a little white-noise riser effect to lead into the solo. I usually reach for one of my cymbal samples and reverse them, but I was feeling a bit adventurous and ran some filtered white-noise through one of my flangers. I dont typically use risers like this since I usually associate them with EDM-type stuff, or [insert any movie-trailer from the past like 10 years]. But it worked out quite nicely here, if I do say so myself!
On the topic of feeling a little adventurous and experimental, I decided to roll back the gain on my amp quite a bit. Now, while I will do this for my rhythms at times, I usually always keep my leads nice and saturated/distorted. However, doing my leads with lower gain/drive just wound up really having the right kind of texture for the track. I definitely need to not shy away from rolling back the gain dial in the future.
However, I did bring the gain back up to my usual amount for one of the rhythm guitar recordings during the outro. I still had the lower-gain tracks playing, panned hard-left and hard-right. However, the 3rd rhythm recording was panned over about 25% to the left and really added a little extra oomph to the outros rhythm section!
Of course, even more oomph was added through the use of a synth and a simple choir part. The synth wound up playing the same thing as the string section. Then the choir part is just simply sustaining an F, and then quickly going up to a G every couple of measures. Subtle, simple, but definitely effective!
In the section leading up to the solo, I decided to throw in some french horns to add to the dramatic and hopeful tone of the song.
Lastly, I just added some tom drums during the outro for a little more impact. That, and I added a few more subtle ride cymbal parts in the sections preceding the solo.
At first, when I sat down to work on this one, I was pretty nervous that Id have a creative block. Most of the time when Im in work-mode I can hear the cover in my head when just listening to the original. Though, every once in a while, Im unable to hear the idea for the rendition in my head. Thankfully, everything just kinda fell into place through the course of recording and messing around!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy my take on this lovely track! ~DAR
.OGG DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/file/MHllTKhY#PslCAJe3elAY5FX2RBsHYTZ-AvZp4wbrsHjpIPG0Giw
Originally Composed By Bucket
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![MIDI DAR - RISEN [FULL ALBUM - MIDI VER.] [GZDoom.sf2 Render]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZbC1CVcNcls/hqdefault.jpg "MIDI DAR - RISEN [FULL ALBUM - MIDI VER.] [GZDoom.sf2 Render]
For all the MIDI fans out there. Enjoy!
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TRACKLIST / TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Leaving Shore
3:33 Man Against The Machine
6:19 A Storm At Sea
8:37 Joyride
12:20 Winter Reminisce
15:51 Sky
21:42 Retrospect
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![DOOM | D64D2 - The Dark City [Cover by DAR] - MAP09](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zh4bDO0CzOE/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM | D64D2 - The Dark City [Cover by DAR] - MAP09
Another cool electronic track, originally composed by Viscra Maelstrom!
Just as I had done for the previous song from MAP08, I wound up layering my snares here as well (using the same signal chains too). I also decided to exercise a bit more restraint when it came to reverbs (compared to the previous track anyways).
I really like the gradual buildup that this song has. Starting with powerful chords on the piano, and just slowly introducing more and more elements. As always, I tried my best to keep things in the spirit of the original (with some changes here and there).
One thing that I had changed was the originals use of the square synth. At first, I was going to try and use square waves for that synth part, but as I messed with it I decided to try something else. What I wound up with was this combination/layering of four different synths. The most prominent of the four being that breathy/airy sounding synth. I felt like that airy sound was a good fit for the atmosphere of the song at that point.
Of course, I also needed to throw in some guitar parts (because I always feel wrong if I dont record any guitars in a cover!). This time around, my good ol Strat gets more screentime!
I usually save the Strat for certain clean tones (such as the one used here). I also wound up using my Strat to record the distorted leads as well, which is something I havent done in a very, very long time! I pretty much just noodled around and recorded what sounded good.
I was going to throw in some power chords, but it just didnt sound right. So instead, I combined three different lead parts together, panning them hard left, center, and hard right. I think it wound up giving the song that extra bit of spice that it needed for the climax!
Leading with the clean parts, and then bringing in the distortion (along with a heavily reverberated snare), just really makes things go from dreamy-sounding, to euphoric! I really enjoyed recording and mixing the guitars for this part, it was very relaxing to listen to.
Anyways, I hope you guys all enjoy the cover! Ill be taking a little detour and visiting a couple Duke Nukem tracks next. Ive just been feeling in the mood for some Duke lately. Hope you all look forward to hearing those Duke covers! ~DAR
OGG DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/yfksmzg2d1wslt8/D64D2 The_Dark_City_%5BMAP09%5D_%5BCover_By_DAR%5D.ogg/file
Next DOOM Cover: D64D2 - Sanity Decay: https://youtu.be/ETOLiAf4x6Y
Previous DOOM Cover: D64D2 - Zephyr Zone Infiltration Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRMZHZKkmUo
Originally Composed By: Viscra Maelstrom
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![Castlevania - Vampire Killer [Cover By DAR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZoWmPTHy2o8/hqdefault.jpg "Castlevania - Vampire Killer [Cover By DAR]
Its about time this channel finally got a Castlevania cover! Many thanks go out to Niko and to those that voted this one into 4th place during CB2.
I want to thank my friend Jodnafl, for making the initial request too. I also want to thank my friend Sam for (accidentally) pointing me towards the Dracula X Chronicles version of this track as well.
This one was actually quite a mess behind-the-scenes. I recorded the main part of the song, but got stuck because I wasnt sure where I wanted to go with it. I then wound up making the stormy intro bit before getting really stuck again.
I tried noodling around a bit to come up with some new lead parts, but it just didnt feel quite right. Aside from recording the harmonies, I had no idea where to go from there on.
However, thanks to my friend Sam, I wound up listening to the Dracula X Chronicles version of this track. I really liked what I had heard in that rendition, so I decided to incorporate parts of it into my own cover.
I really enjoyed doing the bit at 2:15. Im actually quite surprised that not many other people have utilized this part in their own covers. That whole segment has great metal potential, in my opinion.
I also really liked how everything hits at 2:00. I actually wound up using a whole bunch of sounds to create that impact. Some miscellaneous stomps and hits that Ive used before, but also utilizing some old, stock, thunder sound-effects.
Anyways, I hope you guys all enjoy my first cover from Castlevania! ~DAR
OGG (Vorbis) DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/aqhnone7oc57ynu/Castlevania Vampire_Killer_%5BCover_By_DAR%5D.ogg/file
Next Castlevania cover: Castlevania Rondo of Blood - Opposing Bloodlines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WFIXQyGU4w
Originally Composed By: Satoe Terashima
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![DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Plusfort [Cover By DAR] - MAP06](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_gtRpKQ5nvg/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Plusfort [Cover By DAR] - MAP06
Plutonia returns! So this one was fun and interesting. Weve got heavy metal mashed together with old-school rock (with a rock organ too)!
Really loved recording this one, especially since it feels like its been a while since I got to rock out and noodle around!
Structure-wise (until halfway through) and instrumentation have been kept the same as the original. In the beginning, I had an octave harmony going on, mainly since I think it sounded neat. I also threw in some power-chords for a little more impact in the beginning, but then I switch back to single-note riffing when the rock organ comes in.
Speaking of the organ, I actually wound up layering an electric piano underneath it as well. The electric piano had a bit of a delayed release time, so it wound up acting like this sort of reverb splash for the organ.
Recording the rhythm guitar and the bass was pretty quick and easy. Sweet and simple rock n roll! I was surprised that I managed to get both of them all recorded and done in one evening!
After having everything laid out, it was time to start noodling around and extending this track. Originally, the two new parts were flipped around. I had intended to have the first new bit be the part that closed out the cover. However, after listening to it, it didnt quite feel right, so instead of closing, I had it introduce the second half.
Had a lot of fun noodling around and making up these lead parts. All in all, I think this was a great one to come back to for the Plutonia marathon!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the cover! ~DAR
.OGG DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/file/cO1kCZbA#71Wl8Fqn-I9meyJI1AXyu0TW11BnRkFlIvhLiSSwjro
Originally Composed By Bucket
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![DOOM | D64D2 - First Departure [Cover By DAR] - Intermission | {MUSIC PACK IN DESCRIPTION}](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_iyxi_EBw8Q/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM | D64D2 - First Departure [Cover By DAR] - Intermission | {MUSIC PACK IN DESCRIPTION}
At long last, and once more, it is the end of an era for the channel. Just as I had done for the end of TNT, lets fondly look back on the entirety of the D64D2 Marathon!
I also tried to cram as many comments as I could into this one. Starting from the very first mention and suggestion to cover D64D2, and going all the way to the end! (well, minus the stat-screen, but thats releasing alongside this upload!)
This is arguably the prettiest song out of the whole soundtrack, and was why I decided to reserve this for the final song. Felt like this one was a great choice to be this marathons Legion of the Lost.
The original is an absolutely beautiful ballad, comprising of strings, piano, and bass. I tried to be as faithful to it as I could. I only changed a couple of notes, as well as added a few (for dramatic effect). As recording went on, I had gotten really into it, and things transformed into a nice rock ballad of sorts.
With my brain in 80s rock ballad-mode, I decided to pursue this sound further. Originally, I intended to have more realistic strings, but then I decided to layer stuff together (with effects too) and created some synth strings.
I was also excited about recording the bass, however, when the time finally came, I decided to go with a synth bass to stick with the sound that I was going for.
Its been a long while since I last had sat down to record a song on the piano. I think its been a year ago already, back when I did Distant Worlds. Had to capture that human element and feel, something thats hard to do if youre just placing down MIDI notes.
Absolutely loved playing every bit of this song. Even the acoustic, which I had shed a LOT of sweat to record. No fans or AC while recording the audio for that (recording the video was thankfully a different story).
Im also still totally on my whammy-bar kick, and given the circumstances and vibe of this track, I just HAD to open the solo with a harmonic dive.
I also changed things up for the drums quite a bit. The biggest thing being that big and beefy kick drum! Really wanted to have a nice solid thump (something I dont get to do too often since a lot of the times theres lots of double-kick shenanigans going on in a song).
Also want to give thanks and a shoutout to Niko, since I had wound up accidentally coming across his comment again over on my Endgame cover from DOOM 2. After re-reading that comment, I was inspired to throw in the bit at the end!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed the cover! Welp, see you all again for this in another 4 years for Plutonia... Just kidding! ~DAR
.OGG Download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/yygkpmvw8sl9tda/D64D2+-+First+Departure+(Intermission)+[Cover+By+DAR].ogg/file
Originally Composed By CoTeCiO
D64D2 Marathon Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file/05zwbwph6kgsxka/DARs_D64D2_Marathon.zip/file
Doomworld Thread: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/89263-dars-doom-marathon-music-mod-updated-070418/
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![Metroid Prime - Title Theme [Cover By DAR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_o5T91VWePI/hqdefault.jpg "Metroid Prime - Title Theme [Cover By DAR]
Oh man, you guys have no idea how long Ive wanted to cover THIS song! This has been on my Covers To-Do List since all the way back when it was just a humble .txt file. Im so happy to finally be able to cover this after almost 6 years!
Big thanks goes out to all whom have been voting for Metroid in previous COVER BATTLEGROUNDS! Also shoutout to longtime subscriber 6usfsd adsfe whom also suggested this song back 2.5 years ago during the first Cover Battlegrounds. Hope this one has been worth the wait! It certainly was for me, I remember just sitting at the start-screen and listening to this song all the time back when I was a kid. Metroid Prime was also my first Gamecube game (and yet to this day, I still havent actually played it all the way through! Ironic really...)
In some ways, Im actually glad it took me this long to finally get the opportunity to cover this track. I feel like with all the tricks and experience Ive picked up over the years, Im really confident in feeling that I was able to do this track justice.
As always, I really really wanted to try my best to keep true to the feel and spirit of the original. I wanted to maintain that spacey and electronic element, but I also wanted to inject some nice heavy rock/metal elements too.
First thing I really wanted to get down was the radio sort of sound effect. Of course after poking around, I came to realize the crackling and whatnot is supposed to be the sound of the Phazon material. I managed to luck out and find an audio-rip of the game and used the Phazon clip in there (link to the rip is towards the bottom here). I figured Id take the geiger-counter-sounding sample and try to run it through some granualizer. After a bit of fiddling and using an arpeggiator, I got it sounding pretty computer/radio-like. However in the end, I wound up just combining and layering all three sounds together; the modified sample, the original sample, and even the sound from the original song!
One of the things I always loved from the original was that guitar power-chord (with flanger) part that kicks in throughout the song. At first, I was also going to throw a flanger on to my guitar track, but I decided, no, it needs to HIT HARDER!. This was a job that not even a distorted guitar could satisfy! I had to bust out the BIG bass and crunch... the DC Murda Bazz synth/plugin (first came across this lovely thing back when I did my original song, Get Gored). After getting a nice, powerful, and dirty synth kick/bass, I layered that sucker underneath (or on top??) of the guitar. Then I threw on some other effects on to the guitar and automated them a little. Finding myself nodding along vigorously at this development, I pressed on to the other elements.
For some reason, I felt compelled to try adding some double-tapped guitar parts. Maybe its because Im still real excited about finally being able to get that sort of tapping sound now. I really enjoyed how the part wound up sounding, as well as how it looks when played in the video!
I also really enjoyed thumping out the bass parts for this cover as well! To back track for a moment, after adding that hairy synth kick/bass, I felt like no, it needs MOOOORE!, so thats why I went and plugged in my bass. Gave it a nice thump, but I felt like spicing things up a little... Before I knew it, I was already slapping out this almost Doomy sounding bassline!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the cover as much as I enjoyed making it! Also, it took incredible restraint to not go ahead and also cover the Menu Theme as well. It was sooo tempting, but I wanted to keep things fair for Cover Battlegrounds. Primes Menu Theme is DEFINITELY going to be the next Metroid cover that this channel gets! ~DAR
OPUS DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/x67sjhsp1vyc70m/Metroid+Prime+-+Title+Theme+[Cover+By+DAR].opus/file
Special thanks to knarkleo for ripping and uploading game-audio: https://www.sounds-resource.com/gamecube/metroidprime/sound/3672/
Originally Composed By: Kenji Yamamoto (山本 健誌)
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![Duke Nukem Forever - 2003 Trailer [Cover By DAR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a9xNdxwIyck/hqdefault.jpg "Duke Nukem Forever - 2003 Trailer [Cover By DAR]
And here it is, the other Duke cover that I was working on! Shoutout to Raees for nominating and telling me about this song a while back!
Ah, Duke Nukem Forever... what could have been :(.
Anyhow, I had to get a little creative in order to extend the song a bit (the original was only like a minute and 17 seconds). I decided to create a little intro bit for the first 30 seconds, before busting into the main song.
I tried to follow the leads as close as I could, though I dont think I got it all completely accurate. I sort of did my own thing for the last bit of the leads as well. Then from 1:51 onward I decided to jam out and throw in a bit of Grabbag (ohhh one of these days, I swear Ill make a nice redux of it!).
Something of note that I did for this particular cover was that I chopped up the rhythm guitar tracks in certain places. Like around 1:05, I wound up slicing the clips to really accentuate those hits. Also reversed the clips for a brief moment around 1:49, and diced up the rhythm guitar tracks again for that lead up to 1:51. Im pretty sure Ive done this at least a few times in the past, but pretty sparingly though.
Anyways, man, this was such a nice and simple jam to rock out to! Hope you all enjoy the video, and hope you all look forward to the Spider-Man (2000) cover that will be up next! ~DAR
OPUS DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/file/64gbqmkh13h1dxm/Duke+Nukem+Forever+-+2003+Trailer+[Cover+By+DAR].opus/file
Next Duke Cover: Duke Nukem 3D - Gotham: https://youtu.be/SuQ2gpyDxNU
Previous Duke Cover: Duke Nukem 3D - Plasma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XGBIcDNGNc
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