Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
At long last, we can finally unfreeze ourselves and pick apart "Over Shiver Mountain" bit by bit! For a winter-themed level, Yuka Tsujiyoko's composition goes pretty crazy with pitched percussion.
Here's a list of the sections covered.
1) Tempo & Time Signature - 0:35
2) Vibraphone - 1:16
3) Sleigh Bells - 4:14
4) Main Melody - 4:45
5) Marimba - 5:43
6) Cowbells and Agogos - 7:13
7) Snare Drum - 7:59
8) Kick Drum - 9:58
9) ??? - 12:53
10) Glockenspiel - 14:33
11) Violin Ensemble - 16:23
12) Ending the Piece - 16:46
13) Panning and Mastering - 17:02
Ethan's Free Sleigh Bells Soundfont: ethanwiner.com/ewsf2.html
Music on loop: youtube.com/watch?v=lwKBOYm6JZ0
Extra Resources!
White Noise Sweeps: youtube.com/watch?v=lzt7GgGBSOY
What is Timbre?: youtube.com/watch?v=5tGEDgkZlC8
Requested by GuyYouWon'tRemember. I have to say that I was expecting this to be extremely easy. It wasn't. Ah geez. What a world. This is the longest episode so far.
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Sonic, Knuckles, Cream, and Amy sprites (from thumbnails) ripped by Dave [Hypero] Edwards from The Spriters Resource.
Shiver Mountain BG Sprite by Toadgui: spriters-resource.com/fullview/11634
Chao sprites were used from Sonic.wikia.com!
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-Twitter: twitter.com/MaestroMikes
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At long last, we can finally unfreeze ourselves and pick apart "Over Shiver Mountain" bit by bit! For a winter-themed level, Yuka Tsujiyoko's composition goes pretty crazy with pitched percussion.
Here's a list of the sections covered.
1) Tempo & Time Signature - 0:35
2) Vibraphone - 1:16
3) Sleigh Bells - 4:14
4) Main Melody - 4:45
5) Marimba - 5:43
6) Cowbells and Agogos - 7:13
7) Snare Drum - 7:59
8) Kick Drum - 9:58
9) ??? - 12:53
10) Glockenspiel - 14:33
11) Violin Ensemble - 16:23
12) Ending the Piece - 16:46
13) Panning and Mastering - 17:02
Ethan's Free Sleigh Bells Soundfont: ethanwiner.com/ewsf2.html
Music on loop: youtube.com/watch?v=lwKBOYm6JZ0
Extra Resources!
White Noise Sweeps: youtube.com/watch?v=lzt7GgGBSOY
What is Timbre?: youtube.com/watch?v=5tGEDgkZlC8
Requested by GuyYouWon'tRemember. I have to say that I was expecting this to be extremely easy. It wasn't. Ah geez. What a world. This is the longest episode so far.
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Sonic, Knuckles, Cream, and Amy sprites (from thumbnails) ripped by Dave [Hypero] Edwards from The Spriters Resource.
Shiver Mountain BG Sprite by Toadgui: spriters-resource.com/fullview/11634
Chao sprites were used from Sonic.wikia.com!
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-Music/Misc. Channel: youtube.com/c/MaestroMikes
-Twitter: twitter.com/MaestroMikes
-Vid.me: vid.me/MaestroMikes
-Discord Server: discord.gg/xGecKpU

![Good Teammates - Smash 4 Online! [5]
Its time for more Smash action, but this time, its-
Okay, I know its nothing new or exciting. Ive been waiting for Nintendo to do something interesting for the past couple of weeks now (last week in particular). Its been so boring.
Maybe a Nintendo Direct will come so I can show off a Smash DLC character or somethin. I dont know. Hopefully something like that happens very soon so we can do something exciting and new!
Here are a handful of sites that I can be found on!
-Music/Misc. Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/NocturnalLodestar
-Newgrounds: http://www.maestromikes.newgrounds.com
-NintendoLife: http://www.nintendolife.com/users/mikes
-ZippCast: http://www.zippcast.com/user/nocturnallodestar
-SmashBoards: http://smashboards.com/members/falconsoup.245995/
-YT Talk: http://yttalk.com/members/mikes.29217/ Good Teammates - Smash 4 Online! [5]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/49eo6bZWO0w/mqdefault.jpg)




![Mario & Mario - Zelda For Glory! [4]
After just about a month of no Zelda, heres more Zelda! This time, all four battles are against Mario players. Sorry that its been so long. Feels great to do another one again!
Unfortunately, I dont have any new improvements logs or something significant to really mention this time. I have not been practicing as much as I used to, and lag isnt the most encouraging thing to have when looking for matches to use for replays.
I do have a Smashladder account, and Ive consistently heard that its a better measurement of your skill level than For Glory, so Id like to give that a shot! The next Zelda For Glory should definitely have some ranked matches, then. Perhaps thatll force me to persistently remove bad habits and prepare more for different match-ups. You guys should see all of the scattered notes I have on how to fight Cloud.
Anyway, my username there is Mikes. You may or may not find me lurking around.
Here are a handful of sites that I can be found on!
-Music/Misc. Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaestroMikes
-Newgrounds: http://www.maestromikes.newgrounds.com
-Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaestroMikes
-Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/MaestroMikes/
-ZippCast: http://www.zippcast.com/user/nocturnallodestar
-SmashBoards: http://smashboards.com/members/falconsoup.245995/
-YT Talk: http://yttalk.com/members/mikes.29217/ Mario & Mario - Zelda For Glory! [4]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6ChCvh0REuQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![Flower Fields (Kirbys Epic Yarn) - Game Suite Zone
Hello! After an extremely long time, heres a new episode of Game Suite Zone! This time, well focus on music from Kirbys Epic Yarn (or Kirbys Extra Epic Yarn).
Here are the topics we covered.
1) Tempo & Time Signature - 0:36
2) Our Focus - 0:42
3) Finding the Melody (Scales) - 1:06
4) The Big Picture (Key) - 5:50
5) Finding the Harmony (Chords) - 7:42
6) Diatonic Chord Progression - 12:09
7) MIDI Conversion - 13:24
8) Dynamics - 13:53
9) Sustain Pedal - 15:07
Since only one instrument is used, I decided to try something different and use this piece as a basis for advice on transcribing your favorite video game music.
I wish I could get this one out sooner, but this took unbelievably long to make. I was working on this bit by bit for a while, but if I didnt just buckle down and only focus on the video this month, it would have taken even longer to release. I think I have a newfound admiration for animators now.
Thank you for reading and watching! I put in a ton of work to make this video the absolute best I could make it, so I hope you enjoyed it. Im definitely going to have to find other ways to make content so this can be a once-in-a-while thing (it takes too long), but Im looking forward to what I can create next! :)
Piano Tutorial: (here)
MIDI File Link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/1am161kn96u38b4/Flower+Fields+-+Kirby%27s+Epic+Yarn+%28MIDI%29.mid
All of the users below come from The Spriters Resource! :)
The Sonic, Knuckles, Cream, and Amy sprites (from thumbnails) were ripped by Dave [Hypero] Edwards!
The Chao sprites were ripped by Psychtaygar!
The Super Mario World underwater background sprite was ripped by Beam Luinsir Yosho!
The Baby Mario sprite was ripped by Dazz and Ton!
The Super Mario World 2 Yoshi sprites were ripped by Drshnaps!
The Super Mario 64 power meter was ripped by Bidbood!
The Sonic Advance Sonic sprites were ripped by Kevin Huff!
The Sonic Advance Amy sound test sprites were ripped by Frario!
The buff Riku art was made by OMelissokomos!
The two example pieces used during part 3 can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx6uttcF5zY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7MO_e6Zwo8 Flower Fields (Kirbys Epic Yarn) - Game Suite Zone](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6KWNzHKqDKA/mqdefault.jpg)

![Forest Themes - Game Suite Zone
After quite a while since our first episode of Game Suite Zone, we lay down the basic and most common aspects of forest themes in video games! Multiple forest themes from plenty of games are provided as examples, and I also provide my own attempts of getting as close as possible to the originals for demonstration.
Heres a list of the sections covered.
1) Instruments - 0:19
2) Woodwinds - 1:57
3) Strings - 2:54
4) Pitched Percussions - 4:13
5) Piano - 4:38
6) Percussion - 5:24
7) Layering - 6:04
8) Techniques - 6:30
9) Styles - 7:47
This video series is still quite the challenge to take on. I consider this to be a mini-video of the series (compared to the covers), yet it still required a whole lot more editing than usual, so if the series is to continue, I might have to get used to these untimely uploads, unfortunately.
Anyway, hope you enjoy this episode! Feedback is appreciated, as usual.
Sonic, Knuckles, Cream, and Amy sprites (from thumbnails) ripped by Dave [Hypero] Edwards from The Spriters Resource.
Chao sprites were used from Sonic.wikia.com!
-Music/Misc. Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaestroMikes
-Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaestroMikes
-Vid.me: https://vid.me/MaestroMikes
-Discord Server: https://discord.gg/xGecKpU Forest Themes - Game Suite Zone](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/86S_u0Z1oBs/mqdefault.jpg)
