Davester2296 | Wolfenstein 3D (Mac) - Plodding [Cover By DAR] (HD Ver.) | Wolfenstein Rising Enhanced Soundtrack @DAR-Davester2296 | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
HD Version of the cover! Also the first of the Wolfenstein Rising tracks to kickstart the "Enhanced Soundtrack".
Technically I did a non-MIDI version of "The Call of War" back then, but I think I could redo that one to sound a lot better now. Pretty psyched about eventually giving the rest of the Wolfenstein Rising soundtrack a nice facelift!
Also, while I was working on this, I was really surprised to hear how much this reminded me of Return to Castle Wolfenstein's soundtrack! Really has the same kind of vibe going on.
Anyhow, I hope you all enjoy this version of "Plodding" as well! Also thanks to Raees for sending over the "Enhanced Soundtrack" cover art! ~DAR
MIDI Version: youtu.be/G8VJuj1SK94
OGG DOWNLOAD: mega.nz/file/waEi1CyR#Tj1_0OvNf2JnAYMTG46Q1d_Lpsqe-NLcHUHxBf-Egxo
Originally Composed By Brian Luzietti
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HD Version of the cover! Also the first of the Wolfenstein Rising tracks to kickstart the "Enhanced Soundtrack".
Technically I did a non-MIDI version of "The Call of War" back then, but I think I could redo that one to sound a lot better now. Pretty psyched about eventually giving the rest of the Wolfenstein Rising soundtrack a nice facelift!
Also, while I was working on this, I was really surprised to hear how much this reminded me of Return to Castle Wolfenstein's soundtrack! Really has the same kind of vibe going on.
Anyhow, I hope you all enjoy this version of "Plodding" as well! Also thanks to Raees for sending over the "Enhanced Soundtrack" cover art! ~DAR
MIDI Version: youtu.be/G8VJuj1SK94
OGG DOWNLOAD: mega.nz/file/waEi1CyR#Tj1_0OvNf2JnAYMTG46Q1d_Lpsqe-NLcHUHxBf-Egxo
Originally Composed By Brian Luzietti
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![Wolfenstein 3D (Mac) - Plodding [Cover By DAR] (HD Ver.) | Wolfenstein Rising Enhanced Soundtrack](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3KPNCeUs3JI/hqdefault.jpg "Wolfenstein 3D (Mac) - Plodding [Cover By DAR] (HD Ver.) | Wolfenstein Rising Enhanced Soundtrack
HD Version of the cover! Also the first of the Wolfenstein Rising tracks to kickstart the Enhanced Soundtrack.
Technically I did a non-MIDI version of The Call of War back then, but I think I could redo that one to sound a lot better now. Pretty psyched about eventually giving the rest of the Wolfenstein Rising soundtrack a nice facelift!
Also, while I was working on this, I was really surprised to hear how much this reminded me of Return to Castle Wolfensteins soundtrack! Really has the same kind of vibe going on.
Anyhow, I hope you all enjoy this version of Plodding as well! Also thanks to Raees for sending over the Enhanced Soundtrack cover art! ~DAR
MIDI Version: https://youtu.be/G8VJuj1SK94
OGG DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/file/waEi1CyR#Tj1_0OvNf2JnAYMTG46Q1d_Lpsqe-NLcHUHxBf-Egxo
Originally Composed By Brian Luzietti
Wolfenstein Rising links -
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![DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Plunge Saw [Cover By DAR] - MAP32](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3SJUgGBjptE/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Plunge Saw [Cover By DAR] - MAP32
Time for an epic rock n roll intermission before we get to the big finale!
So first things first, I finally pulled the trigger and got a very nice and affordable 7-string guitar that Ive been eyeballing for at least 3 years now. Got to use it right away for the rhythm, chugga-chugga stuff going on here in this cover!
Now with that said, man, theres a lot packed into this 2-minute track! It felt very nostalgic for me because its been like forever ago when I covered E2M4 & E2M8 from DOOM 1. Wonderful mashup by Bucket, and oh boy, the leads! Ive been looking forward to this one. Its also been a long time since Ive gotten to do some really rock n roll sounding leads. I think the last time was a few years back when I did that Banzai Run medley.
Weve got synths, down-tuned chugga-chugga rhythm guitar, choirs and orchestra, rock n roll leads, and I even decided to throw in an organ during the middle of the track. I just kept hearing that rock organ in my head during that solo. Just felt nice and right to me since it boosts up that rockin and funky vibe going on there!
I opted for choirs during the E2M4 part, mainly to stick closer to that, and also because I brought back the choir sounds I used in my E2M8 cover.
Also, I changed up the rhythm guitar a bit, made it more chuggy and stuff while the leads are rocking out. Speaking of which, I DID wind up deviating from the original leads a bit, so its not 1-for-1. I think it still turned out quite nicely though!
I had fun with riffin and noodling around during the outro as well.
Also, I dont know if Bucket had intended for it, but the bit before it goes into the E2M4 part sounds very reminiscent of the title/menu theme for TNT Evilution. Due to that, I went and chucked in some saw synths to pay homage to TNTs title track.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the cover! ~DAR
.OGG DOWNLOAD: https://mega.nz/file/kOEEQZII#a4Ok9janbqg_6Jq-R_xJMd6Z8s25UCuhbndNegaMAF4
CREDITS:
Originally Composed By Bobby Prince, Bucket
Final Doomer+: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=55061
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![Wolfenstein Rising | Project Showcase [Mappers and Spriters wanted!]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/48GaOjdtmOo/hqdefault.jpg "Wolfenstein Rising | Project Showcase [Mappers and Spriters wanted!]
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Start-up
0:13 Introduction
1:47 The Story and Setting (a dramatic reading with DAR)
3:27 Plot Outline and General Direction
7:30 Weapons Overview Intro
7:47 Knife/Throwing-Knife
8:26 Burst Luger
8:49 MP-50
9:31 Bolt-action Rifle
9:55 Tigerfaust
10:30 (short-lived rocketjumping session)
10:36 Pulse-cannon (plasma gun)
11:07 Chaingun(s)!?
11:42 Enemies Overview Intro
11:47 PatrolGuard (pistols)
12:03 Afrikan Korps S.S
12:14 Shocktrooper (smg)
12:39 Ubersoldat (lmg)
12:53 Doyalikedagz?
13:08 Turrets
13:14 Gyro-Panzer
13:49 Ubermensch (early model)
14:00 [wholesome game of peek-a-boo with pet robot-friend]
14:15 Ubermensch (boss/current-generation-Ubermensch)
14:34 FakeHitlers
15:03 Available Memory screen novelty
16:24 Closing segments
Official ZDoom forums thread: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=70658
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Check out Raees previous work (WolfenDoom Chronicles): https://www.mediafire.com/file/1frb5b7fd2z2map/CWC-Demo.pk3/file
Listen to VOLUME 1 of the soundtrack here: https://youtu.be/DsbbPxM1-M4
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![Legend of Zelda - Gerudo Valley [Cover REDUX by DAR] | 🌟[5-Years of Covers]🌟](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4CyvQIErTBs/hqdefault.jpg "Legend of Zelda - Gerudo Valley [Cover REDUX by DAR] | 🌟[5-Years of Covers]🌟
[REUPLOAD] [Original Upload Date: April 2nd, 2020]
If there was any work of mine that was in dire need of a remake, it would have to be this channels very first upload. I think Ive come a very long ways over the last five years. I am very proud to see how far everything has gone since that first cover!
My first rendition of this was VERY rough around the edges, with footage recorded from a cheap webcam, and pretty sub-par mixing compared to all that would later follow. However, despite its roughness, Ive always been very proud of how everything sounded from a musical standpoint. This was such a fun jam for me all those years ago, but I just felt bad that the video and audio quality kind of dragged things down.
Ive been thinking of remaking this one for a very very long time. I think it was back in 2017 or 2018, I decided that I would save this for the 5-Year anniversary. Of course, I still planned to do other Zelda covers for the 3rd and 4th anniversary, but in the end, I wound up being busy with other things and wasnt able to.
I wanted to do something special for the 5-Year anniversary for my first two albums too but I was busy working on covers. This cover however, after years of planning for this, I just could not let this opportunity pass by!
With this upload, this rendition captures EXACTLY the tone and energy I had envisioned all those years ago. Also, bit of a disclosure, but all leads AND rhythm guitar parts were recorded with my Ibanez. I decided to use the Strat in the video as a throwback and for some visual variety.
At first, I was just going to make this a 1:1 remake of the first version I had done. However, as I proceeded to jam out and record, that quickly changed. I really had myself some fun with the bass guitar in this cover. Since back then, all I used was a VSTi-bass, and the part was real simple, just playing root notes. Now having my bass guitar for nearly 4 years, I felt like I was able to inject more life into the bass parts for this cover.
I also articulated the rhythm guitar tracks better this time around in some parts (whereas before it was just constant power chords and chugging). Also really had fun chugging along for the part at 3:21. Had even more fun with the leads that kick back in after that too! Ive also added on a nice little fast solo to follow after the tapping part.
Next up, I decided to add some lead harmonies for the final stretch. Those harmonies really add a bit of extra flavor in my opinion. I also resisted the urge to fade out, like I had done in the original. I always try and make a conscious effort to not play into a fade out. It wasnt until after my Into Sandys City cover that I made an effort to break that habit (shoutout to efirehawk, your message back then really set me straight! Thanks man.).
Its a bit of a late start into 2020 for the covers channel, but man, I think this is a great first cover for 2020! Hope you all enjoy the video!
~DAR
OGG DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/28pwwovpo5thzaz/Legend+of+Zelda+-+Gerudo+Valley+[Cover+By+DAR]+[REDUX].opus/file
Previous Zelda Cover: Legend of Zelda MM - Song of Healing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVohAnuZ07k
Originally Composed By: Koji Kondo (近藤 浩治)
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![Maximum Carnage - Heated Battle ~ Decisive Dance [Cover By DAR] | [SNES Style]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4W3PcRprp9I/hqdefault.jpg "Maximum Carnage - Heated Battle ~ Decisive Dance [Cover By DAR] | [SNES Style]
GZDoom.sf2 Version: https://youtu.be/06P51Lpja1w
Figured I should put this up. I want to give a shoutout to Ninja-X³ for asking about a MIDI for the cover (for the purposes of a SNES style remix). I had totally forgotten that I was thinking of trying to do the same exact thing!
For whatever reason, I had set it aside even though it was pretty much complete. All that I had to do was finish that high-pitched synth that alternates from left-to-right.
If I remember correctly, I think the reason I had put this on hold was because at some point I noticed that Heated Battle uses noticeably different sounds/samples. The Maximum_Carnage_SNES.sf2 that I had used sounds accurate to tracks like Decisive Dance, but nothing at all like what Heated Battle used.
In any case, I hope you all enjoy hearing this little novel rendition of what my cover would sound like if it was on the SNES! ~DAR
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Originally Composed By Green Jellö
Soundfont Used: Maximum_Carnage_SNES.sf2
https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/1308
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![Alisia Dragoon - Stage 6-1 (and Halls of Abandonment) [Cover By DAR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/54phLmGCvEM/hqdefault.jpg "Alisia Dragoon - Stage 6-1 (and Halls of Abandonment) [Cover By DAR]
First, I have to say that the second half isnt completely mine! I decided to jam along with parts of LastUnicrons excellent remix for the second half.
Also, shoutout to ren for nominating this track back during COVER BATTLEGROUNDS III!
When I listened to this track, I just really felt in the mood for a melancholic, post-rock styled tune. Actually, I had wanted to do something more synth focused rather than using guitars. However, thats when I came across a wonderful arrangement from OCRemix (from way back in 2003!).
After hearing Halls of Abandonment I decided to focus on my guitars for my rendition... but once I finished the first half, I felt like it was missing something. Next thing I knew, I loaded up the remix and made up a bass part. From there I just started playing along with it and really had fun doing that.
In the end I decided to include this second half because I really became fond of this particular remix. Of course, I tried adding some things on top of it. I gave those two wubs (at around 3:29) a bit more snarl/growl to them. I also tried to spice up the other synths a little bit. Really enjoyed doing this second half, and I think it made things more well-rounded in the end. Starting slower and downbeat, and then later changing to become more upbeat.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this tune! ~DAR
OGG DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/0e6h2huct0thfan/Alisia_Dragoon Stage_6-1_%28and_Halls_of_Abandonment%29_%5BCover_By_DAR%5D.ogg/file
Originally Composed By: Nobuyuki Aoshima, Mamoru Ishimoda, Yoko Sonoda, Mariko Sato, Fumihito Kasatani
Halls of Abandonment remix by: LastUnicron (https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00928)
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![DOOM (PSX) - Level Complete Stats [Cover By DAR] | Intermission](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ureL81L8t4/hqdefault.jpg "DOOM (PSX) - Level Complete Stats [Cover By DAR] | Intermission
Time for some epic staccatos! Shoutout to Infernis and Kinnerohkn over at the Den of DAR for requesting this one a while back.
So, I wound up setting the guitar aside on this one (even though I was originally thinking of throwing in some power chords). I decided to stick with the big and epic orchestral atmosphere of the original.
Ive kept the song mostly the same. Ive made small additions like the choir bits, and also throwing in those big epic orchestral drums. Got some kettle-drums, taiko, and other big drums banging around for dramatic impact!
I also wanted to give the synth part a little more movement in the stereo space, so I had it moving from left to right.
The DAR - Beerstorming sample I recorded for the Blood Red Shadows cover makes a return here. Taking the best beer burp from that sample, time-stretching it out and pitching it down by 8 or 9 semi-tones. Throw in a slight bit of distortion and a nice delay/reverb combo, and weve got ourselves a nice, guttural, monstrous rumble once more!
I also rendered out a woodwind section part (0:53), distorted it and then ran it through some reverb and delay (along with some panning automation). I feel like this combined with the new choir part, really adds to that feeling of unease during this section.
The staccato cello and contrabass also had a few harmony notes added to them, just to spice things up a tad bit.
Really had fun putting this one together, I felt like I was working on a film-score or something!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy my recreation of PSX DOOMs grand and awesome intermission theme! Weve got two more tracks left in this PSX DOOM mini-marathon, so I hope you all look forward to them too. ~DAR
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Originally Composed By Aubrey Hodges
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![Starship Rendezvous - Operation in Unsteady Space [Rock Cover By DAR] - スターシップランデブー](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5y4JyHmiOIQ/hqdefault.jpg "Starship Rendezvous - Operation in Unsteady Space [Rock Cover By DAR] - スターシップランデブー
First off, big shoutout and thanks goes out to ren for introducing me to this soundtrack (among many others), and for voting for Starship in COVER BATTLEGROUNDS V!
Because of that, along with that brutal victory in the Pinky Cup, I finally got this opportunity to jam out to this great tune!
Before I go into my usual ramblings, I want to give a couple of disclaimers! First being that both the rhythm and lead guitars were recorded with my Ibanez (the Strat is just here for the sake of visual-diversity). The second being that I have layered a MIDI slap bass on top of my bass performance. 2:50 & 5:00 I seriously wish my slaps actually sounded that nice!
Anyhow, now to start from the beginning. As soon as Starship won back in the Pinky Cup, I wasnt sure how I was going to approach this song. Long ago, when this soundtrack was shown to me, I had always imagined that Id wind up going somewhat synth-heavy on this soundtrack. Recently though, I decided that I wanted for things to be more guitar-centric.
After working around a desync issue with my audio reference, I then excitedly recorded the bass tracks, and quickly followed up with the rhythm guitar. The original didnt have a rhythm guitar part, so I just chugged and noodled around to my hearts content!
Now the moment of truth, the lead guitar... I was worried about whether itd sound good or not if I did ALL the lead melodies on the guitar. I felt so certain that Id wind up maybe needing to go throw in a synth, or something else. However, after recording and panning the first two lead tracks, I became (more) energized! As soon as I heard how the harmonies sounded (at 0:59 for example), I immediately felt silly for even doubting the guitar! I had a BLAST playing everything in this cover!
Also, I tried to stay faithful to the original. Ive kept the song structure mostly the same, and the leads now just have a bit more flair... well I DID kind of change it up a little in the second-half. I also added a new lead part at 3:35, really happy with how it came out!
After that was finished, I finalized the drums, and then looked into adding some extra things. I wanted the guitars to really be the stars of this cover, so the additions I made were very subtle. I added a string ensemble patch to fill out the sound a little more. It wouldnt quite sound right without it, and yet you probably wouldnt have realized that it was there until I mentioned it. The same goes for the piano that I added. The piano is a bit more noticeable than the strings though. The pianos job was to do what the strings were doing, but to also softly copy the lead melody in some places too. I also made up this ascending bit with the piano. I used this rising part to help build up hype before the next section. A good example of this is at 2:54.
Speaking of which, I also kept the original intro bit from the song (MSX2 version). I thought of maybe trying to make something to imitate it, but I actually really like the sound of it here. Plus it makes for a good contrast before the guitars and other instruments kick in. Anyways, as I was saying, at 2:54, you have that sampled-intro, as well as the piano playing that rising bit. I also felt like I wanted to do something to draw a little bit more attention to these rising notes. So I wound up loading a synth and having it play the notes back at a higher octave. The result being that almost sparkly sound you hear. The final thing in this sound-layer-cake is actually the lead guitar. As I play that same note, I slowly brush more of my thumb over the string to gradually get that pinch-harmonic sound. I feel very satisfied with how this little part turned out!
I had considered adding a hammond organ, and maybe some extra percussion. However, the more that I listened to it, I felt like anything more wouldve crowded things too much.
But in any case, Im just really jazzed about how this one came out. Anyways, hope you all enjoy my rendition of this hidden gem! ~DAR
OPUS DOWNLOAD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/io7sguvjc7je8po/Starship+Rendezvous+-+Operation+in+Unsteady+Space+[Cover+By+DAR].opus/file
Originally Composed By Masaharu Iwata (岩田 匡治)
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![F-Zero GX - Feel Our Pain (Fire Field) [Cover By DAR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6GuNRHu0QZA/hqdefault.jpg "F-Zero GX - Feel Our Pain (Fire Field) [Cover By DAR]
Another entry for the Subscriber-Appreciation Event, shoutout and thanks this time goes out to subscriber Rageful_Tim for requesting this one!
I really really enjoyed jamming out on this one m/! I did deviate a bit with the leads, I just couldnt resist the urge to noodle around.
I also had myself a bit of fun with automating filters and messing with synths. I was trying to get an acid-synth sorta sound (like a TB-303), instead I got something different. Also that one acid-synth you hear before the guitars kick in (0:12) is actually sampled from the original song. Thought itd be cool to slip that in there for that brief moment. The cool distorted kick/bass drum in the very beginning had been by total accident also. I was fiddling around with things and after throwing distortion on to it, I stuck a delay on and... well things just worked!
Speaking of distortion, I went a bit crazy with throwing fuzz and distortion on to (almost) ALL of the tracks. For the most part, I tried to stay true to the original, I also tried to keep my new leads close to the rock n roll feel of the original as well.
Only other thing Ive added is my frequently-used scream sample (the one thats been on the Red Planet albums, the Doom 3 cover, and several other covers I cant think of off the top of my head). Going crazy with the fuzz, I threw distortion on to that sample and fiddled around with it a little. Bumped the pitch up slightly to be hitting an A (I think?) to match the key of the song. Stretched out the audio-length as well (as I always do with this sample). While working on the cover, I kept thinking how cool a fuzzy scream would be for the bit that runs from 1:31-1:53.
Surprised at how quickly I got this one done! Jams like this really mesh well with me, I guess! Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed my rendition of this rockin F-Zero track! ~DAR
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Originally Composed By Hidenori Shoji (庄司 英徳)
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![Final Fantasy XI - Distant Worlds [Cover By DAR]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6dcdxCrcLro/hqdefault.jpg "Final Fantasy XI - Distant Worlds [Cover By DAR]
Quite possibly one of the prettiest tracks that Ive had the joy of covering here on this channel! Such a wonderful start to the Subscriber-Appreciation-Event covers. Shoutout to Niko for suggesting and also introducing me to this beautiful piece!
I also want to give a shoutout to Megalith for pointing me in the direction of some great new plugins and libraries!
So, this months been kind of slow for me, plus I felt like I wanted to let this one stew & brew for a bit before really going at it.
It took me a bit to transcribe all the notes. I mostly followed the Black Mages version of the track, but I threw in a few small, rather subtle things from the guitar instr. version. Im honestly shocked that no one has done a cover of the Black Mages version (at least as far as I can tell). That acoustic guitar solo and that uplifting power-ballad ending were a lot of fun to play!
Speaking of which, I think this is the first time that Ive ever done a solo bit like this on the acoustic! I was kind of worried about whether I could pull this part off or not. I definitely needed a bit to get my hands acclimated to playing the acoustic again. I was also worried whether I could physically play it on my acoustic since I knew that I was going to have to play some notes above the 12th fret. Thankfully, I was able to pull it off!
The solo towards the end is one of my favorite styles to play! I love doing all those bends! Stuff like that is enough to make a guy pull goofy guitar faces while playing (I would know). Also, while I did map out the notes for this solo as well, I couldnt resist doing a bit of noodling and bends of my own!
Noodling aside, I tried my best to remain faithful to the original. However, I still wanted to add something more to the track to make this cover a bit more interesting. I wanted to really amp up the dramatic and heavenly feeling of the track. I also wanted the melancholic parts to hit harder as well. To pull off the latter, I found that adding one octave lower on the piano really hit the spot. That kind of growl of the low piano notes just gives it that special something (at least for me anyways!).
I also added some new, higher notes on the piano in some parts as well. I think the dark, heaviness of the low notes and the light and delicate high notes really made for a nice combo here!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy my take on this marvelous piece from Final Fantasy XIs second expansion! ~DAR
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Originally Composed By: Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫)
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