Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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A cover of "Mt. Pyre Peak" (aka "Mt. Pyre Exterior") from the game Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and it's remake, Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.
This is definitely one of my favourite tracks from any Pokémon game, and probably any game of all time. There are a few tracks from video games that got me into video game music as a whole, and this is one of them!
Because of the reasons stated above, I've always wanted to cover this track since I got into arranging video game music years ago, but always refrained from doing it due having some incredibly tricky leads, and being a weird and tricky song to arrange in general! Now that I'm a better guitarist and arranger than I was before, I figure I'd give it a shot for Halloween! It's not the spookiest piece of Pokémon music out there, but given it is still part of the spooky area and full of Ghost Pokémon, I figure it still works!
This is definitely been the hardest VGM cover I've done in a very long time, as the leads are very clearly not written for guitar, and as a result, it leads to weird shapes and sweep picking! The easiest bit of lead guitar to play in the song was actually the guitar solo I added!
The song is also very progressive in nature, due to having some weird harmonies and chord progressions, so I also decided to lean into that a bit more by adding a 5/8 riff in there, with a previous melody over the top on synths to reaffirm that it's still the same song.
In terms of the mix, it was kind of a tricky job, since the song has a very open and almost spacey feel, yet it's actually quite dense, as there's lots going on with most of the instruments playing different things. That said, I hope you enjoy this cover, because it was a lot of work!
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All Guitars, Keys, Drums and Mixing: Sumask
Bass: Noble
Composed by: Go Ichinose
Arranged by: Sumask
Instruments Used:
Lead Guitar: Ernie Ball Music Man JP7
Rhythm Guitar: Schecter Reaper 7 MS
Acoustic Guitar: Some crappy Chord one
Bass: Dingwall NG3
Keytar: Alesis Vortex 2
Microphone: Focusrite Scarlett CM25
Drums: Alesis Surge Mesh Kit
Drum Software: EZDrummer 2
Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Audio Software: Cubase 8
Video Software: Lightworks
Video Camera: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
#pokemon #gamefreak #nintendo #pokemonemerald #pokemonruby #pokemonsapphire #pokemonrubyandsapphire #pokemonomegaruby #pokemonalphasapphire #sumask
Check out my Patreon for MP3s/WAVs, Tabs and other extras! patreon.com/sumask
A cover of "Mt. Pyre Peak" (aka "Mt. Pyre Exterior") from the game Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and it's remake, Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.
This is definitely one of my favourite tracks from any Pokémon game, and probably any game of all time. There are a few tracks from video games that got me into video game music as a whole, and this is one of them!
Because of the reasons stated above, I've always wanted to cover this track since I got into arranging video game music years ago, but always refrained from doing it due having some incredibly tricky leads, and being a weird and tricky song to arrange in general! Now that I'm a better guitarist and arranger than I was before, I figure I'd give it a shot for Halloween! It's not the spookiest piece of Pokémon music out there, but given it is still part of the spooky area and full of Ghost Pokémon, I figure it still works!
This is definitely been the hardest VGM cover I've done in a very long time, as the leads are very clearly not written for guitar, and as a result, it leads to weird shapes and sweep picking! The easiest bit of lead guitar to play in the song was actually the guitar solo I added!
The song is also very progressive in nature, due to having some weird harmonies and chord progressions, so I also decided to lean into that a bit more by adding a 5/8 riff in there, with a previous melody over the top on synths to reaffirm that it's still the same song.
In terms of the mix, it was kind of a tricky job, since the song has a very open and almost spacey feel, yet it's actually quite dense, as there's lots going on with most of the instruments playing different things. That said, I hope you enjoy this cover, because it was a lot of work!
Share, Like, Subscribe and all that good stuff!
New videos every Sunday!
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https://linktr.ee/Sumask?fbclid=IwAR0o5raMfxb0a68xasxrahXK9OPNuauhKlhv3_gwS1JgxEDwff1xO-uVqbE
All Guitars, Keys, Drums and Mixing: Sumask
Bass: Noble
Composed by: Go Ichinose
Arranged by: Sumask
Instruments Used:
Lead Guitar: Ernie Ball Music Man JP7
Rhythm Guitar: Schecter Reaper 7 MS
Acoustic Guitar: Some crappy Chord one
Bass: Dingwall NG3
Keytar: Alesis Vortex 2
Microphone: Focusrite Scarlett CM25
Drums: Alesis Surge Mesh Kit
Drum Software: EZDrummer 2
Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Audio Software: Cubase 8
Video Software: Lightworks
Video Camera: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
#pokemon #gamefreak #nintendo #pokemonemerald #pokemonruby #pokemonsapphire #pokemonrubyandsapphire #pokemonomegaruby #pokemonalphasapphire #sumask
