Lunar: The Silver Star Fighting Through the Darkness NES chiptune (2A03+VRC6) SevenCastleForest 2025-05-28 | Here's my chiptune cover of the epic intro song "Fighting Through the Darkness" from Lunar: The Silver Star on Sega CD! Original song composed by Noriyuki Iwadare. This version made in FamiTracker NES chiptune with the VRC6 expansion chip. Visuals created with NSFPresenter by nununoisy.The original song is completely Sega CD exclusive and does NOT appear in Lunar Silver Star Story Complete, nor the Lunar Remastered Collection. But I enjoyed it so much I finally decided to adapt it to chiptune!
Little Bird by Nalani Proctor - Chiptune version for 2 Game Boys SevenCastleForest 2025-09-28 | Here's my chiptune take on the wonderful song "Little Bird" by @nalaniproctor! I made this initially as a short snippet for a birthday gift, then Nalani and her Twitch community liked that short bit so much, I decided to adapt the entire song! This was a really fun project and a different genre for me to explore.Find Nalani's official version on her Bandcamp, as part of the album "Nothing" available here: nalaniproctor.bandcamp.com/album/nothingFollow Nalani on Twitch where she performs music, plays games, does crafts, and more: twitch.tv/nalaniproctorThis chiptune version of the song made in Furnace, the multiplatform chiptune tracker created by tildearrow.
City of Tears, from Hollow Knight - 2x Game Boy chiptune SevenCastleForest 2025-09-04 | Here's my take on City of Tears in chiptune! I had started making this arrangement in late 2023 and then put it aside when I was pulled onto working on other projects for commission. With Silksong releasing, I decided to circle back around and finish this! I tried to do justice to Christopher Larkin's wonderful work, and the song proved difficult at times with its elaborate chords, but I did my best.Original composition by Christopher Larkin.I arranged this chiptune version in hardware instructions for 2 Game Boys using Furnace, the tracker by tildearrow.In addition to the Hollow Knight Piano Collections book arrangement by David Peacock, I also referenced sheet music on Musescore by user stoh, found here: musescore.com/user/5174461/scores/3659386
Parasite Eve - Urban Noise Sega Genesis remix SevenCastleForest 2025-07-31 | Here's my Sega Genesis/MegaDrive adaptation of "Urban Noise," the world map theme from Parasite Eve. Original tune composed by Yoko Shimomura. This was always my favorite music from this quirky classic PS1 horror RPG, and I tried to do it 16-bit justice!Written in hardware-accurate instructions for the YM2612 and SN76489 chips, using the multiplatform chiptune tracker Furnace created by tildearrow.
Heart of the Ninja: Stage 01 - chiptunes for a portable brawler SevenCastleForest 2025-05-07 | Stage 01 music theme for a nonexistent portable 8-bit brawler starring a female ninja (who gains cybernetic powers along the way)!I started this piece working within hardware-accurate Game Boy spec, but eventually I cheated and added one extra pulse channel, strictly to add an echo effect. Sorry for cheating, and the chiptune police have been notified of my crimes. Anyway I hope you enjoy!Game Boy pixel art thumbnail by Saad Azim. Find more of his stuff here: https://mastodon.art/@saadazim Tune written in Furnace, the multiplatform chiptune tracker by tildearrow. Visualizer is GBPresenter by nununoisy.
Buzzing with Ideas - original NES chiptune, FamiTracker 2A03+VRC6 SevenCastleForest 2025-04-11 | Commission piece written for the wonderful series of indie game dev interview videos by @diaBeetesTTV . Bee interviews game developers in a very creative way-- she asks them a question and then they DRAW a picture of their answer. Check out her first interview here: youtu.be/74mKvHMRynM?si=tFPd7lB9kSsPI7Qh This tune plays while Bee's guest creates their little drawing. I tried to create a fun, delicate vibe for these little moments of creativity to play out. Hope you enjoy!Plague doctor illustration image on this video's thumbnail by the wonderful artist Goemonsama. Find their stuff here: https://cara.app/goemonsama/all
Get Back by the Beatles, NES chiptune version, FamiTracker 2A03+VRC6 SevenCastleForest 2025-02-02 | Here's my take on "Get Back," by The Beatles, arranged in NES chiptune using FamiTracker 2A03 with the VRC6 expansion. Hope you enjoy!Obviously the original song belongs to the Beatles and relevant copyright holders. This is just a fan tribute project for fun!I referenced the sheet music tutorial uploaded to YouTube channel @TutorialsByHugo while creating this arrangement. youtu.be/USZMaIysZdo?si=Yr40pxGlvpsf73AC
Carry the Wind original NES chiptune song, FamiTracker 2A03 + VRC6 SevenCastleForest 2024-11-01 | Original tune I wrote in FamiTracker using VRC6 expansion chip. I wanted to make something fun and catchy and upbeat! Hope you enjoy!Follow my streams on Twitch: twitch.tv/sevencastleforestArtwork on the thumbnail for this image created for my Twitch stream by the artist Goemonsama. Find their stuff here: https://cara.app/goemonsama
Dont Cry, Jennifer from Clock Tower, Sega Genesis remix SevenCastleForest 2024-10-27 | Sega Genesis / Mega Drive arrangement of "Don't Cry, Jennifer" from the game Clock Tower, originally composed by Kouji Niikura.My first Sega Genesis piece!! I wanted to capture the essence of this tune (and its inspirations in the film music by Goblin) while learning my way around FM Synth a little bit.Adapted for YM2612 + SN76489 chips using Furnace, the incredible multiplatform chiptune tracker by tildearrow.
Around the Fairy Fort - Irish song adapted for Game Boy chiptune SevenCastleForest 2024-09-12 | Game Boy chiptune arrangement of the old Irish tune "Around the Fairy Fort" by Vincent Broderick. When I first heard this fun upbeat little song, I immediately wanted to hear it in chiptune. Along the way I learned how to make a pretty neat sounding Celtic flute in Game Boy wavetable! I built a lot of this arrangement live on Twitch. Follow my channel here: twitch.tv/sevencastleforestMade in Game Boy chiptune using Furnace.Sheet music sourced from the wonderful website: hallflutes.com
Mantra from Faxanadu, AY-3-8910 chiptune cover for Vectrex SevenCastleForest 2024-08-04 | Don't have negative thoughts! Here's the wonderful "Mantra" password theme from Faxanadu, arranged for AY-3-8910 chip (used in Vectrex, MSX, and other retro game platforms) in Furnace. Original song by June Chikuma. This adaptation is heavily based on the excellent transcription by @wraize78 which you can find here: youtu.be/-2gp6CmeQCI?si=IYfbRyoMYb4BMZ0E Or her Musescore version: musescore.com/user/38048991/scores/8545691This song translated pretty well to this chip because the original song only requires 3 voices, all of them sounding like NES duty cycle 2. The AY-3-8910 gives 3 square wave voices so it was relatively easy to adapt the notes 1-for-1. But I tried to vary up the instrumentation as much as I could while honoring the original.
Mario Circuit from Super Mario Kart, but its Virtual Boy chiptune SevenCastleForest 2024-08-01 | Here's my Virtual Boy chiptune arrangement of "Mario Circuit" from Super Mario Kart, composed by Soyo Oka. Made in hardware-accurate VB instructions using Furnace.This was a fun project and I tried to honor the spirit of the original tune as closely as I could, within the unique sound of the Virtual Boy, and while adding my own touch. Hope you enjoy!
Silk Mountain, original Virtual Boy chiptune song made in Furnace SevenCastleForest 2024-06-25 | Made as a tribute to the wonderful composer Kinuyo Yamashita who worked on Castlevania among many other games. I borrowed one of Yamashita's chord progressions from her music in Power Blade 2 and wrote a new song. It grew in its own direction but I always wanted it to sound like a valid homage to Yamashita's catchy action game tunes for Konami and Natsume.Written in hardware accurate Virtual Boy chiptune instructions using the free tracker Furnace, by tildearrow.The title "Silk Mountain" is an homage to Kinuyo Yamashita based on her name. Yamashita or 山下 means "beneath the mountain," while the kanji in Kinuyo 絹代 mean "silk" and "age/generation." I'm really proud of this one, and I hope you enjoy!
Morrisons Jig Irish song, NES chiptune remix SevenCastleForest 2024-05-17 | Chiptune remix of the classic Irish tune "Morrison's Jig." I loved this song when I heard it, and discovered that seemingly no one has made a chiptune rendition, so I rolled up my sleeves and made one myself!I built a lot of this arrangement live on Twitch. Follow my channel here: twitch.tv/sevencastleforestMade in NES chiptune using FamiTracker with the VRC6 expansion chip. The visualizer used in this video is NSFPresenter by nununoisy.Sheet music sourced from the wonderful website: hallflutes.com
Castlevania 3 USA (2A03 only) vs Japan (2A03+VRC6) visualizer comparison using NSFPresenter SevenCastleForest 2024-05-03 | Comparing the different versions of Castlevania 3 stage 1 theme using the wonderful visualizer NSFPresenter, by nununoisy.The original Japanese version Akumajō Densetsu utilizes an expansion chip VRC6 included in the cartridge. This chip adds 2 additional pulse channels and a sawtooth channel, in addition to the default audio capabilities of the Famicom's 2A03 chip. Original composition by Hidenori Maezawa (who helped design the VRC6 chip), Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto.Western NES consoles could not support expansion audio chips inside cartridges, so Konami needed to convert this music to utilize the basic audio channels included in the console's default 2A03 chip, which includes 2 pulse channels, a Triangle channel, a Noise channel, and a DPCM channel for sample playback. This conversion was handled by Yoshinori Sasaki, giving us the version familiar to players of the North American Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.Colors in this visualizer are determined by the duty cycle used in the pulse channels. I ran both versions through the visualizer at default color settings, yet the output colors and waveform shapes in the 2 versions are different. That's what excites me about this video comparison: it proves so clearly that the different arrangements of Castlevania 3 are indeed fully completely different arrangements-- it's not like they just subtracted VRC6 to make the Western version. It is substantially different work in terms of how it's arranged on 2A03.
Legacy of the Wizard Overworld Theme, but its Game Boy SevenCastleForest 2024-04-28 | As a practice project for my first Twitch streams, I rebuilt the Overworld theme from the wonderful NES game Legacy of the Wizard in hardware accurate Game Boy chiptune, using Furnace.With a ton of help from the excellent sheet music transcription by Wraize78, I tried to replicate the original song very closely, but added a bit of stereo panning (which the original NES couldn't do for technical reasons, but it is supported in Game Boy). I also made very small changes to the drum beat, just for fun. But otherwise this is the closest impersonation job I've ever done. Hope you enjoy!Made live on Twitch (well, mostly at least). Follow me here: twitch.tv/sevencastleforestOriginal song by Mieko Ishikawa and Yuzo Koshiro, for Nihon Falcoom.Sheet music by @Wraize78 found here: youtu.be/r9AA1cXBIgA?si=iTbHwOWKLYcYcI1c
Select Scene from Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family, Game Boy chiptune remix SevenCastleForest 2024-04-12 | Ok, so, this one is a bit obscure. The Japanese MSX version of Legacy of the Wizard, with the wonderful title Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family, has a different tune on the item select screen not heard in the Famicom or NES versions. I fell in love with that MSX exclusive tune (composed by Mieko Ishikawa and Yuzo Koshiro), so then I made a remixed version in Game Boy chiptune, using Furnace. Anyway this is the "Stream Starting Soon" music I use on my Twitch streams. Hope you enjoy!
Hydrocity Zone (Act 2) Virtual Boy Chiptune Remix SevenCastleForest 2024-02-10 | Created for a compo in Button Masher's Discord server. Our prompt was to create a new arrangement of Hydrocity Zone using any chip, tool, or synth of our choosing, so... naturally I chose Virtual Boy! Created in Furnace using hardware accurate Virtual Boy instructions.Virtual Boy is a pretty fun chip! Sort of like a very beefed up Game Boy with more channels, so I got to play with stereo and 2-channel delay tricks I hadn't really used before. Hope you enjoy!For this cover I reference sheet music by user AndrW which you can find here: musescore.com/user/35935425/scores/6426984
Soaring Through 8-Bit Skies (NES chiptune original song) SevenCastleForest 2024-01-23 | Theme song for a nonexistent NES superhero game! I made this for a friend who loves superheroes and who also loves Mega Man 2, so I experimented using the "rounded harmonic drums" sound from that game. I tried to make something that sounded catchy and upbeat and heroic. Hope you enjoy!Made in FamiTracker using 2A03+VRC6 chip.
NES Salsa Rhythm for PuzzleBetter SevenCastleForest 2023-12-13 | Latin Salsa influenced tune made as a commission for PuzzleBetter on Twitch. Follow her over at twitch.tv/puzzlebetter for fun retro gaming and good times! I created this song in FamiTracker using 2A03 chip. Visuals made using nsfpresenter by nununoisy. This was a fun and challenging project, and I hope you enjoy!
Somewhere in Time (John Barry) - Game Boy chiptune SevenCastleForest 2023-11-19 | Game Boy chiptune cover of the main theme from Somewhere in Time (1980), composed by John Barry. Made using hardware-accurate GB instructions in Furnace.I referenced sheet music posted by user gl52 on musescore to aid in covering this song. musescore.com/user/21053026/scores/4837997This was an interesting challenge adapting such a slow, gentle piece into chiptune. The melody is so calm, and it kept gravitating towards a simpler, less flashy sound. I found myself subtracting many of the effects commands I tried, resulting in a more relaxed presentation. Also it does not use the noise/percussion channel at all, since the piece really doesn’t call for it. Thanks for listening!
Down by the Salley Gardens - Game Boy chiptune version SevenCastleForest 2023-11-19 | Game Boy chiptune version of the traditional Irish song "Down by the Salley Gardens." Made using GB hardware-accurate instructions in Furnace. Visuals made with GBPresenter by nununoisy. Thanks for listening!I referenced sheet music posted to musescore by user CathyD to aid in covering this song. Find that sheet music here: musescore.com/user/206846/scores/6583487
The Shining - NES Chiptune Tribute SevenCastleForest 2023-10-31 | NES chiptune tribute to The Shining, one of the greatest horror films of all time. Hope you enjoy! Original piece is Dies Irae by Hector Berlioz, then adapted for the film by Rachel Elkind & Wendy Carlos. I made this version in FamiTracker using 2A03+VRC6.
Robo Repair Rangers original Game Boy song SevenCastleForest 2023-09-03 | Written for a week-long chiptune compo in Button Masher Discord. The prompt was to create original puzzle game music for Game Boy! Here's my entry, the main theme for the nonexistent yet fiendishly addictive GB puzzler Robo Repair Rangers. Created in Furnace.Since this is for a puzzle game I wanted a medium level of focused intensity with variations that could keep repeating for potentially a long time without getting too distracting, and without feeling like it ever fully 'resolved.' So I decided to write this in 12-bar-blues chord progression. It was fun to make!
Faxanadu Overworld Theme - Game Boy remix SevenCastleForest 2023-08-23 | Game Boy remix of the wonderful Overworld theme from Faxanadu, made in Furnace. Original song by Jun Chikuma. This version is heavily based on the excellent transcription by @wraize78 which you can find here: youtu.be/VN1JK_IllrUWraize transcribes NES music to Musescore live on Twitch, and she streams a lot of retro games as well. Follow her here: twitch.tv/wraize78I did this as a practice exercise learning to make Game Boy music and learning Furnace itself, after I've only previously made NES music. Furnace is a wonderful tool and I can't wait to make more stuff with it!
Triforce Chamber (Zelda: A Link to the Past) - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03+VRC6 SevenCastleForest 2023-08-14 | NES remix of the Triforce Chamber theme from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Originally made using 2A03 chipset as a gift for a friend who loves this wonderful game as much as I do. Later, I fleshed this one out a little bit adding VRC6 chip, trying to emulate the ethereal feel of the original Super NES piece. Created using FamiTracker and visuals made using nsfpresenter.I referenced sheet music on musescore posted by user Luiishu to aid in covering this piece. Find that sheet music here: musescore.com/user/1984081/scores/5474082
Seashore Village - first original song I ever wrote, FamiTracker NES SevenCastleForest 2023-08-13 | This is the first song I ever wrote, composed while learning FamiTracker in early 2023. There's stuff in here that drives me a little bit nuts now, but I'm leaving the song as I originally made it, as a snapshot in my early learning.At the time, I was exploring a chord progression that always sounded "nice," so I leaned into the relaxing vibe and began to think of this as the theme for a cozy seaside town in an RPG. Like BGM for a village with waves crashing on the beach, where you'd stay at the inn, talk to townsfolk, and buy potions before setting off again into the dangerous wilderness.
Ducks Vs Geese Boss Theme - FamiTracker NES Original SevenCastleForest 2023-08-12 | Original NES chiptune piece written for the farm-themed shooter game Ducks Vs Geese, currently in development by headphonesbug over at scratch.mit.edu This is a pretty short loop written for the intense boss encounter battling a Canadian Goose in the game. I experimented using tritones to make it sound as sinister as I could! Visuals for this video created using nsfpresenter.
Ducks Vs Geese Main Farm Theme - FamiTracker NES Original SevenCastleForest 2023-08-12 | Original NES chiptune piece written for the farm-themed shooter game Ducks Vs Geese, currently in development by headphonesbug over at scratch.mit.edu I tried my best to write something that would sound like folk music people would play on a farm, which was an interesting challenge working in electronic chiptune! Visuals for this video created using nsfpresenter.
Pet Mii Channel NES FamiTracker compo submission song SevenCastleForest 2023-08-12 | Original NES song written for Button Masher Discord compo. The prompt was to write a song for a Wii channel that doesn't exist, so I thought of the Pet Mii channel! You'd make a Mii-style version of your pet, then this channel would be an online meeting space where your Pet Mii would hang out with pets uploaded by other users. The pets would play with each other, rough-house a bit, periodically go to sleep, etc. The player could use the Wii-mote to pet any of the critters, or move a laser pointer around for the pets to chase, etc.
Chariots of Fire (excerpt) NES Remix SevenCastleForest 2023-08-12 | Made as a small commission project for wraize78 on Twitch, this little chunk of Chariots of Fire plays during her silly raid alert video when a majestic stampede of pugs rushes in :-DOriginal song composed by Vangelis. NES chiptunes created using FamiTracker. Visuals created using nsfpresenter.I referenced sheet music posted on musescore by user Fabien Royer to aid in covering this piece. Find that sheet music here: musescore.com/user/6205536/scores/7516700
The Log Drivers Waltz - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03 SevenCastleForest 2023-08-11 | Here's my NES chiptune adaptation of The Log Driver's Waltz by Wade Hemsworth! This was originally made as a silly gift for a Canadian friend. Created in FamiTracker using 2A03 chip, and visuals made with nsfpresenter.I referenced sheet music on musescore posted by user ianfrei to aid in covering this song. Find that sheet music here: musescore.com/user/27046973/scores/6379842
Little Birdie (Vince Guaraldi) NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03 SevenCastleForest 2023-08-10 | This was the first kinda "finished" piece I made when I started learning to make chiptunes in FamiTracker. I love this song, and it was a fun little transcription practice jam! Visuals made with nsfpresenter by nununoisy.I referenced sheet music on musescore posted by user ilex_forest to aid in covering this piece. Find that sheet music here: musescore.com/user/29788864/scores/7303673
Thanks for Beeing Here FamiTracker NES Original Music Commission SevenCastleForest 2023-08-09 | Original piece written for diaBeetes on Twitch. This plays during her end-of-stream screen. Intended to convey a calming vibe, and inspired by popular lo-fi beats channels. Music created in FamiTracker using 2A03 chip, and visuals created with nsfpresenter.
Bee Right Back FamiTracker NES 2A03 Original Music SevenCastleForest 2023-08-09 | NES chiptune commission piece for the wonderful streamer diaBeetes on Twitch. This cute little tune plays on Bee's animated stream-starting and BRB screens. Created with FamiTracker using NES 2A03 chip. Visuals created with nsfpresenter. This same video was previously titled "Streamer's Quest."
And the Gunslinger Followed - FamiTracker NES VRC7 Song Tribute to Stephen Kings Dark Tower SevenCastleForest 2023-08-08 | Written for a week-long chiptune compo in Button Masher's Discord server. Our task was to write a song using NES 2A03+VRC7 based on a favorite book. I chose Stephen King's The Gunslinger. VRC7 is a super weird chip, only ever used in the Konami game Lagrange Point, and the FM channels really sound like Sega Genesis music to me. Exploring the FM channels, I tried to express the book’s opening vibe of desolate post-apocalyptic Sergio Leone desert. From there, as the gunslinger gradually accumulates a ka-tet of diverse allies, his quest gains momentum, and more musical elements gradually layer in.
Final Fantasy VI Decisive Battle - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03 SevenCastleForest 2023-08-08 | My NES 2A03 arrangement of the boss music from Final Fantasy VI (aka Final Fantasy III in its original Western release). Hope you enjoy! Created in FamiTracker.I referenced sheet music posted on musescore by user Kevian7 to aid in covering this piece. Find that sheet music here: musescore.com/user/28191026/scores/11226373
Greenpath from Hollow Knight - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03+VRC6 SevenCastleForest 2023-08-08 | Here's my NES arrangement of Greenpath from Hollow Knight. This is nearly all done via 2A03, with only a little help from VRC6. Hope you enjoy! All credit for the beautiful original song should go to Christopher Larkin. Visualization created in NSFPresenter by nununoisy.I referenced multiple different sheet music versions found online to aid in covering this piece. Sheet music by Stoh: musescore.com/user/5174461/scores/3456331Sheet music by LyricWulf: lyricwulf.com/songs/greenpath
