The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess - Hyrule Field Main Theme ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-06-08 | I'm sorry its taken a little while to get a video online. I have been having so much fun making music I've not got around to making the videos yet. But, this one is a bit special. A fellow VGM Lounge member BobNL recently published a whole album of his remixes of Zelda music, titled "Sounds of Hyrule Volume 3" (yes he has already done two full albums before this one!!) It's an amazing work, and every track is just wonderful, so you should definitely go and have a listen and subscribe!!Bob added two extra tracks at the end of the album, and asked me to contribute one of them. I was of course so happy and humbled to be part of his labour of love, and this was the track I provided. Hope you enjoy it!!BobNL's Sounds of Hyrule Volume 3: youtube.com/watch?v=Bdi38Z1js94Oh, and my online name is dGecko btw.Composer: Koji KondoMidi file by: Andrew Bassett
Donkey Kong 40th Anniversary dGeckos Covers 2021-12-10 | Not really a cover, more an original reimagined track as part of another VGML challenge.
Pokemon DPP - Route 209 Cover dGeckos Covers 2021-12-10 | My latest entry for a VGM Lounge challenge. This apple drops close to the tree as I didn't want to mess with this classic track too much. I mostly focused on getting the sounds how I wanted to make a nice synthy vibe for this track. Hope you enjoy.
Reach for the Stars - Sonic Colors - Vocal Cover featuring IONIC! dGeckos Covers 2021-05-23 | Another VGM Lounge challenge track, and this one I am really happy with. With Sonic the Hedgehog's 30th Anniversary this year I was looking for an excuse to do a Sonic track, and this one was perfect... so perfect because I had in mind to do a collab with IONIC for a long time, and this was the chance!I ended up make two versions, this one is the vocal version, and the other upload is an instrumental only version. IONIC's vocals are amazing!! Listen through to the end, please. The ending is soooooo good. You can follow IONIC on Twiter @MusicByIONIC and YouTube is youtube.com/channel/UCnJMQzb0tJq0XHRTUzoJt4QI also reached out to @Tri_Chiy after finding he's awesome Sonic artwork on Twitter. Thanks heaps for allowing me to use this artwork in my video!! :-) As always, if you are interested in Video Game Music, drop into the VGM Lounge an meet a wonderfully friendly crew of VGM enthusiasts! vgm.datagecko.com
Reach for the Stars - Sonic Colors - Instrumental Cover dGeckos Covers 2021-05-23 | Another VGM Lounge challenge track, and this one I am really happy with. With Sonic the Hedgehog's 30th Anniversary this year I was looking for an excuse to do a Sonic track, and this one was perfect... so perfect because I had in mind to do a collab with IONIC for a long time, and this was the chance!I ended up make two versions, this one is the instrumental only version, and the other upload has the vocal cover version. IONIC's vocals are amazing!! Listen through to the end, please. The ending is soooooo good. You can follow IONIC on Twiter @MusicByIONIC and YouTube is youtube.com/channel/UCnJMQzb0tJq0XHRTUzoJt4QI also reached out to @Tri_Chiy after finding he's awesome Sonic artwork on Twitter. Thanks heaps for allowing me to use this artwork in my video!! :-) As always, if you are interested in Video Game Music, drop into the VGM Lounge an meet a wonderfully friendly crew of VGM enthusiasts! vgm.datagecko.com
Age of Empires 3 - Revolution dGeckos Covers 2021-04-02 | This is a quick cover created for another VGM Lounge challenge. Not by best, but done quickly and ... its a nice track. :-)
Final Fantasy III - Town of Amur - Cover by dGecko dGeckos Covers 2021-03-07 | I'm really sorry its been a while between posts. I have actually been really busy creating original work, and that has not left much time for creating videos. I do have quite a few tracks waiting to be posted though, so I will attempt to address that. I will also have my first album ready to release in a month or so. Pretty excited for that.So here is a track I made a little while back for a VGM Lounge challenge. Its a simple cover of a Final Fantasy III piece called Town of Amur. Its a really sweet track, and I wanted to use this to practice getting gentle orchestral sounds as realistic as I could manage. Let me know what you think!I also had a little fun with the video. You will see what I mean if you watch to the end. (Amur must be in the tropics is all I can say!)I hope you enjoy! Keep an eye out for more videos soon. Thanks!
Pokemon Blue Red - Pallet Town dGeckos Covers 2020-09-12 | Yes, another VGM Lounge challenge, this time we had to roll a dice and flip a coin, and use that to pick a track from the Pokemon stable. I rolled a 1 + tails so that sent me back to Gen 1 and a Town/city theme.... (heads was route/battle theme). So here is Pokemon Blue/Red - Pallet Town theme... given a bit of a buff.
Mountain Sands of Amonkhet - Original Music by dGecko dGeckos Covers 2020-08-31 | Yup, another VGM Lounge challenge track. This track was inspired by the image on the Magic: The Gathering card called "Mountain (Amonkhet)" by Chris Rahn. My mind went immediately to a dessert atmospheric track, blazing sun, parched winds, Arabic overtones, the relentless plodding, undulating rhythm of a camel train as it enters this barren forgotten city. The caravan passes under the mountain, and travels on to an unknown destination.This is an original track, and I will start putting original work on my other channel and keep my covers on this one. :-) Check datagecko.com for more details or look for my music under the name dGecko.
The Secret Of Monkey Island - Opening Theme dGeckos Covers 2020-08-24 | This is another VGM Lounge Challenge. We were given a favourite track from another member to cover any way we liked. Its a lot of pressure to try to create a track that the other person will love, so I hope I have done a reasonable job. :-) I went full orchestral approach for this one.
Argus No Senshi - Awakening and Sueru Mountains - Remix dGeckos Covers 2020-08-03 | Our VGM Lounge challenge recently was to create a cover of an original Famicom title to celebrate 37 years since the release of that platform. I discovered "Argus No Senshi" ("Rygar" in the American release) and liked the Awakening track, so I've covered that and added a second track, Sueru Mountains as well as a bonus. Done in a single sitting but turned out ok I think. Hope you enjoy them.Composer: Michiharu HasuyaMidi by: Tsu Ryu
Secret of Mana - The Color of the Summer Sky dGeckos Covers 2020-07-21 | Another VGM Lounge Challenge track, The Color of the Summer Sky was a pleasure to cover as its such a wonderful happy piece. For some reason the idea of a summer theme stuck in my mind when I initially read the challenge theme this time, rather than a seaside/ocean landscape theme which it was suppose to be. Luckily I found a track that has both... Secret of Mana - The Color of the Summer Sky, which is the village music for a lot of locations including Turtle Island. So to meet the challenge criteria, Turtle Island is the chosen landscape, and its not hard to feel warm and sunny inside listening to this track. Hope you enjoy it. (If you have a subwoofer, let me know what you think of the bass!)Secret of Mana, is an action role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was directed by Koichi Ishii and programmed by Nasir Gebelli. Composer: Hiroki KikutaMidi: Anon
Final Fantasy - Prelude Re-imagined dGeckos Covers 2020-07-03 | Another VGM Lounge challenge, this time to make an original Final Fantasy inspired track. I started with the iconic and absolutely wonderful FF Prelude arpeggio with the intention to use it as inspiration for the track, but... I just can't remove it, it just.... works... and nothing I can think of comes close. So here is if it... Final Fantasy Prelude Re-imagined... dGecko style... with a metric shit tonne of bass. (Sub woofer set to stun.)Interestingly, Nobuo Uematsu composed the Prelude as a last minute addition to the original Final Fantasy, and took all of 10 minutes to create it.Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Pac Man - 40th Birthday ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-06-24 | Celebrating PAC-MAN's 40th anniversary in 2020!Born on May 22, 1980, PAC-MAN rose to meteoric popularity, first in video game arcades, then through an array of branding and entertainment appearances. PAC-MAN’s image is one of the most recognized on the planet and is as strong as ever as he enters his 40th year.This is my reworking on the main theme, a fun challenge we had recently on VGM Lounge.Composer: Shigeichi Ishimura, Toshio Kai
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Magicians Banishing Spell - Original dGeckos Covers 2020-06-13 | For a VGM Lounge challenge we were given three character images from Yu-Gi-Oh! and we had to create an original piece to match the character. I choose the Dark Magician. In the image, as well as references to the character type I could find, there are many circles or spirals, so I used this as a starting point. I wanted a theme that sort of repeated in a spiraling fashion throughout the track. This character's main ability seems to be banishing and summonsing, so a sort of indirect power and I wanted the theme to feel that way too. Not brute strength, but a more subtle form of redirecting power. I also felt there was a bit of chaos or unpredictability with this character, so there are elements and sounds in the track that reflect that. The main instruments are a bit unstable, and in the quiet section the snare sound has this different rolling 3 beat pattern, and in other areas the drums have off-beat strikes that are moving around. The chord progression is also quite complex. I started initially with a I-III-VI-I-VI-I-Vsus-V eight bar pattern, but shifted some of the notes to create two different 8 bar variations. I used that to then find the melody line. I also found a few sound effects that suggested to me summonsing/banishing sounds. The subwoofer rumble at the start and the end are supposed to give the feeling of power building up, about to be released. For a completely original track, I'm happy enough with the outcome. Hope you enjoy "The Dark Magician's Banishing Spell".
Castlevania - Simons Quest - Wicked Child ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-05-10 | Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is a platform-adventure video game produced by Konami. It was originally released for the Famicom Disk System in Japan in 1987 and for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in 1988.Composers: Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, Kouji MurataMidi file by: Tsu RyuThis is the final submission for the VGM Lounge for the 4 Weeks : 4 Eras challenge (1980s), this one is going back close to the start of the Castlevania saga. Another really amazing piece and again fun to reMix. Hope you like it.
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night - Rainbow Cemetery ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-05-08 | Rainbow Cemetery is a music theme composed by Michiru Yamane for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It is the background theme for the Catacombs beneath Dracula's Castle.Composer: Michiru YamaneMidi arranger: Unknown (http://www.midishrine.com/index.php?id=80)Another VGM Lounge challenge piece for the 4 Weeks : 4 Eras challenge (1990s), this was not the easiest piece to reMix due to the bridge sections that are piano parts in the original, and its got this amazingly atmospheric feel to it as well. Hard to replicate that, so I went the other way and made it quite epic sounding with some massive low woodwind sounds that made it sound quite like a huge pipe organ, and used to bass to link the bridge sections. The piano runs at the end turned out really well I thought too, it sound just massive. So, interested to see what you think. Did I do it justice?
The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess - Midnas Lament ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-04-25 | Midna is one of the main protagonists in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, a 2006 video game in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series. She is a member of the magic-wielding Twili who joins forces with Link to prevent the kingdom of Hyrule from being enveloped by a corrupted parallel dimension known as the Twilight Realm. While Midna appears as an imp-like creature in the majority of Twilight Princess, her actual form is humanoid.A bonus track from a recent challenge. Hope you like it.Developer: NintendoComposers: Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta, Koji KondoMidi: I'm not sure of the source of this one now sorry.
Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow - Draculas Tears ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-04-14 | Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is an action/adventure platform game developed and published by Konami, part of the Castlevania franchise. The game was first released on August 25, 2005 in Japan, where it's known as Demon Castle Dracula: Cross of the Blue/Pale Moon.Again, this was a challenge piece for VGM Lounge 4 Weeks : 4 Eras challenge (2000s), but in this case it was a suggestion from a subscriber that prompted me to do this track. (This one is for you Holly!!!) And I am so glad I did as this is a really amazing track. Castlevania is full of sumptuous orchestral tracks, and this one really leads itself to a brass workout, but with some silky synths and strings to contrast the bombastic brass. I just loved it, and I hope you will too.Join us on Discord: discord.gg/uv6vHGgDevelopers: Konami Computer Entertainment JapanInitial release date: 25 August 2005Series: CastlevaniaComposer: Michiru YamanePlatform: Nintendo DSMidi: Baka94
Sonic Mania - Studiopolis Zone Act 1 - Lights Camera Action ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-04-09 | For April VGM Lounge are doing a 4 Weeks : 4 Eras challenge, where we will do covers for games from the 2010s, 2000s, 1990s and 1980. Week one was an open choice, where the next three will be based on a members poll. Starting the 4 Weeks : 4 Eras challenge with the 2010's was more of a challenge then expected. There were a lot of remakes of earlier game tracks, so finding an original from this decade took a little while. Thanks to MisterJay for pointing me in the right direction!! I wasn't sure about this particular track to start with... until I found the sound for the main melody line... once I had that, I was *totally* hooked on it. That instrument, the Classic Square Vintage Lead, just cuts through the mix and soars! Love it.Sonic Mania is a 2017 platform game published by Sega for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows. Produced in commemoration of the Sonic the Hedgehog series' 25th anniversary, Sonic Mania homages the original Sega Genesis Sonic games, featuring speedy side-scrolling gameplay.Composer: Tee LopesMidi: !!!!! (for a Nintendo Switch mix on vgmusic.com)Join me on VGM Lounge - discord.gg/uv6vHGg
pEw pEW pEW dGeckos Covers 2020-04-08 | We had a challenge last week to create an original work based on a space-themed shoot 'em up game, and this is what I came up with. Obviously I still have a lot to learn, but... it was fun to try. I've dressed it up with some flashy visuals to make it more exciting. Sorry, its really just an idea sketch, not a completed work. lol
Guardian Legend - The Silicon Forest (Anime Remix) dGeckos Covers 2020-04-07 | The Guardian Legend is a 1988 hybrid action-adventure/shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).This is the third of three tracks I did for our VGM Lounge challenge recently, which required a Forest theme for the music. It is The Silicon Forest from Guardian Legend, and the bells came to me as someone playing out a tune on a forest of giant silicon crystals hanging in a forest. I enjoyed using the tubular bells in this one. So that is the last of the three for that week, I still have a few more to catch up yet, so stay tuned for those soon.Platform: NESComposers: Masatomo Miyamoto, Takeshi SantoMidi: Tsu Ryu & Kusanoki Manami
KickMaster - The Witches Forest ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-03-31 | Kick Master resembles early games in the Castlevania series, and was release way back in 1992.This is the second of three tracks I did for our VGM Lounge challenge recently, which required a Forest theme for the music. Again its quite simple, but a fun little tune.Developer: KIDPublisher: TaitoComposers: Nobuyuki Shioda, Yusuke TakahamaMidi: SwordBolt
Chronicles of the Radia War - Elfas Forest - Extended ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-03-23 | Radia Senki: Reimmeihen (ラディア戦記 — 黎明篇 —, lit. "Chronicle of the Radia War") is an Action RPG for the Nintendo Family Computer created by Tecmo, and released in Japan on November 15, 1991. Though an English release was at one point planned, it was never released outside Japan, with only a prototype ever made.This was one of three tracks I did for our VGM Lounge challenge recently, which required a Forest theme for the music. I will try to upload the other two soon. Its quite simple, and just loops around, but I think its quite a nice soothing mix to play in the background. Developer: TecmoPublisher: TecmoComposers: Keiji Yamagishi, Rika Shigeno, Kaori NakaraiMidi: Tsu Ryu
GEX - Planet X - ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-03-21 | According to wiki Gex is a smart aleck, wise-cracking gecko. He spends his days with his friends, surfing, playing the ukulele and throwing poi parties down on the beach with the local lady lizards. I like him already. Hope you do to. This track is called Planet X from the first Gex installment. Warning, its a bit different as I got carried away trying to pad out the original track, which is quite thin.Note: This is another challenge piece for our VGM Lounge Discord group. My handle there is dGecko, hence the attraction of this track for the challenge. If you are into composing VGM or doing covers, come and join us!discord.gg/uv6vHGgDeveloper: Crystal DynamicsComposers: Greg Weber, Steve HenifinPlatform: 3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Microsoft WindowsOriginal Midi: Joshua Kirwin (on VGMusic.com)
Mega Man 3 - Password Screen and Title Screen Theme ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-02-15 | This was a fun little project put together in a couple of hours. I was inspired after listening a blog post by a fellow VGM Lounge member, PhilsPhindings. Phil does some really interesting posts where he finds music that has strong similarities to various video game tracks. Check out the post here:destructoid.com/blogs/PhilsPhindings/phils-game-pop-music-similarities-91-password-prog-rock-579585.phtml#postThis one was about Mega Man 3's Password Theme, so I tracked down the midi on BitMidi, and also found the Title Screen theme and had a play. Turned out sounding pretty cool, and a fun little ReMix. Hope you like it.Developer: CapcomDesigners: Masayoshi Kurosawa, Keiji Inafune, Yoshinori TakenakaComposers: Yasuaki Fujita, Harumi FujitaThank you to the kind souls that posted the midi files. :-)
Dragon Buster Re-imagined (Original) dGeckos Covers 2020-02-10 | This weeks VGM Lounge Challenge was tricky. We had to create an original track to replace the music in this video of game play from a classic game from 1985, Dragon Buster! Originals are always hard, so for this one I took the idea of recreating a new music track to match the game video, and actually have four short themes that played similar to the in the current game... start, adventuring, battle and ending themes. I think it might get a bit tedious after a while, but you only have to survive one level. lol. :-)Developer: NamcoComposer: Yuriko KeinoRelease: January 1985Genre: Platform game, dungeon crawl, action role-playing gameGame play video by dezm101: youtu.be/EwR3DStSbaY
Sailing into the Ice Wastes dGeckos Covers 2020-02-09 | This is another weekly challenge piece for the VGM Lounge Challenge. This time we had to create an original piece inspired by three images of winter scenes. I chose the one in the background of the video as my starting point.....Imagine if you will, you are starting a new game, and your first task is to take an old ship deep into the northern ice seas, where the crushing pressure of the ice can turn a ship to matchsticks, or the jagged ice spires can tear through the side of your wooden vessel like paper. You must navigate your way out of the port, and through the ice to clear the harbour and finally set forth on your adventure.This piece is my very first completely original work, everything built from scratch. I really hope it invokes for you the scene in the image.I hope you enjoy.... "Sailing into the Ice Wastes". To create this one I started by looking for a key signature that matched the ice cold of the picture. F Minor presented this feel. Then I created a simple chord progression to this key, and used some heavenly pads to create the scene, that rises and falls to the seas swell. I wanted the sound of ice cracking, and found this wonderful recording of the sounds of a frozen lake... its truly magical and works perfectly. Then I build up the cords with two staggered layers of additional strings, and some choir at the high point of the swell. Then I started on the melody line. That stayed simple and didn't want to change path, so it stayed that way for three cycles (maybe too long actually), with the hanging note at the end. I then added tons of automation to get articulation and volumes dynamic. Finally it was crying out for something extra, so the simple bassoon line at the start and end materialised to complete it nicely, and the tuba repeat of this at the start was added to give a boats' fog horn type of effect.Anyway, it was an interesting experiment in a more ambient style.If you want to learn more, join us on the Discord!Special thanks to Jonathan for generously providing expert feedback that has vastly improved this version over the first post.
RuneScape - Trouble Brewing (ReMix) dGeckos Covers 2020-01-25 | This is another VGM Lounge Challenge piece. This time the challenge was simple to recreate the song "Trouble Brewing" from RuneScape, with everyone starting out with the same base midi file.I was trying to go for a bit of an orchestral sound with this one, but the brass really decided to take center stage!! (Those trumpets are such show offs!) This was initially done with mostly stock orchestral instruments in Ableton Live, with a little sampled percussion to add a slightly comical feel to the middle section, and some big drums to add drama to the last section. Later I went back and update the brass and strings with some new instruments, and a little more big ass drum for the bottom end. I think they helps fatten up the sound. Ended up doing a lot of scripted volume control to try to make it more authentic. Hope you like it. :-)Join us on VGM Lounge if you would like to participate in our challenges. Everyone is welcome!! discord.gg/6JcCkNNGame: RuneScapeYear: 2001Developer: JagexComposer: Ian Taylor, James Hannigan
Super Mario Bros - What if Mario was a 3rd generation Aussie? dGeckos Covers 2020-01-23 | I had too much fun creating this weeks VGM Lounge Challenge submission, though I wish I had another few hours to tidy it up, but time is not on my side. To be honest, I was daunted by the broad scope of this weeks challenge so I went back to an old standard, but with a thought to make something a bit.... comical. The bright idea was... "what would it be like if Mario was a 3rd generation Aussie!?!" So I set to making something that I thought would sound somewhat Aussie. I started with, of course, a didgeridoo. And with this Ableton provided a magic tool called Warping. I found a copyright free sample of didge playing, but of course the breathing didn't match Mario's rhythm, but using Warping I could realign all the breath work to match the Mario beat. It really is magic how it works. I did the same for the jaw harp sample. For the main instruments I wanted something laid back, so used a slap bass (upright bass), and as Australia is often portrayed upside down, I also inverted the melody lines so the slap bass carries the melody. The drum kit I assembled from bits and pieces once I found the "hey" sample. The drums are a bit lazy on purpose, like your average Aussie. :-) Then I added the Kookaburras to underscore that this was not to be taken too seriously. :-)That then got me thinking about the game video... wouldn't it be cool to replace the Super Mario Bros soundtrack and sounds with Aussie sounds. Great idea yea, but that was a bit more work then I anticipated, because I had to slow down the game video a bit, overlay the music, and then manually add and sync up the sound effects again! So many of them!!! And for the sounds... well I just recorded myself, and used Audacity to pitch it up to a "character" voice. (I know it sounds more like a 10 year old.)So, I really hope you enjoy this weeks submission and get a bit of a laugh from it. Big thank you to Pii89 whose game play video I stole a bit of. Hope you don't mind. :-) Watch the whole thing here: youtube.com/watch?v=rLl9XBg7wSsGame: Super Mario Bros (1985)Publisher: NintendoComposer: Koji KondoMidi file: Ahmad Cathcart
Dreams of The Stickerbrush Shore - A Re-imagined ReMix dGeckos Covers 2020-01-15 | This track was another VGM Lounge weekly challenge piece. The challenge was to recreate any song from a video game, and make it sound as if it were coming from another game! Making one song take-on the characteristics of another was not easy, so it took quite a lot of experimenting this time. The base song is "Dream of The Shore Near Another World" from Chrono Cross, but done in the style of "Stickerbrush Symphony" from Donkey Kong Country 2. It was probably a foolish idea to start with two such iconic pieces of music, but I'll let you be the judge of the outcome.Some notes on how it was done: I took the Dreams midi and slowed it down to a Stickerbrush tempo. I then spent forever finding instruments to match the Stickerbrush feel, which is not easy as it's such a unique piece. I then added in some of the iconic motifs from Stickerbrush, including the synth sweep. The repeating marimba from Stickerbrush had to be adjusted for the key changes in Dreams, with some additional notes for some of the interesting chords. I then laid in an instrument to give that echoey feel, and tweaked the lead instruments to match Stickerbrush as best I could. It was suggested that the third run of the melody line might be nicer with a variation, so I went back adjusted the instrument, and added some variation and additional notes to develop the original melody further. I think that worked out ok. I then remastered it by adjusting EQ on all the tracks, and the master, and finally added a little multi-band compression. I think that cleaned up the sound and removed a lot of unwanted harmonics, though I am only really just starting to learn about this aspect. Love to hear your feedback.[I've left the pre-remaster version online too just for comparison. I might make a comparison video just to show why EQ is important to the mastering, even as someone who is just learning, and not really knowing what I should be doing yet. :-)]
Dreams of The Stickerbrush Shore - A Re-imagined ReMix [Pre-Mastering] dGeckos Covers 2020-01-11 | [Note: This is an early release before I learnt how to EQ out the tracks better. I will leave it online for reference, but please check out the mastered version, it is better! :-)]This track was another VGM Lounge weekly challenge piece. The challenge was to recreate any song from a video game, and make it sound as if it were coming from another game! My track is "Dream of The Shore Near Another World" from Chrono Cross, but done in the style of "Stickerbrush Symphony" from Donkey Kong Country 2. It was probably a foolish idea to start with two such iconic pieces of music, but I'll let you be the judge of the outcome!! Let me know in the comments below what you think!
Starting Out on an Adventure - Original dGeckos Covers 2020-01-06 | This is my submission for challenge 3 that we have running on the VGM Lounge Discord. The challenge was to craft an original piece that fits the start of a new adventure/mission/life. Think of it as a theme for "LEVEL 1".If you are into Video Game Music why not head over and check it out! :-)discord.gg/QnPqg7h* Photo of forest. Copyright free image. Photo by Deglee Degi on Unsplash.
Cybernoid 2 C64 ReMix dGeckos Covers 2019-12-31 | Found this midi on VGMusic.com and loved the detail already present. I have added a lot of extra layers and beefed up the mix quite a bit. I think the lead works particularly well. What do you think?This is a longer track, but do please listen until the end as it just gets better and better, and the best part is right towards the end!!!Game: Cybernoid 2Publisher: Hewson ConsultantsDesigner: Raffaele CeccoComposer: Jeroen TelPlatform: Commodore 64Release: 1988Midi: Chuck Dodgers
Mega Man X - Icy Penguigo ReMix (SNES) dGeckos Covers 2019-12-25 | Based on the Chill Penguin level for MMX, this is a submission for a weekly challenge we have running on the VGM Lounge Discord. If you are into Video Game Music why not head over and check it out! :-)discord.gg/QnPqg7hChill Penguin, known in Japan as Icy Penguigo (アイシー・ペンギーゴ Aishī Pengīgo), is one of the bosses from Mega Man X, a Reploid based on a king penguin designed for operating in sub-zero temperatures. He was a Maverick Hunter from the 13th Polar Unit that was deployed to guard a station at the South Pole, but soon grew tired of his dull, isolated life. When the news of Sigma's uprising reached him, he saw his chance to return to civilization. He destroyed his own commander, made his escape, and joined up with Sigma and other Mavericks.He's rowdy and belligerent despite his small stature, and there is a strong animosity between him and Flame Mammoth due to Mammoth being a bully toward smaller Reploids and Penguin being jealous of his large size.Game: Mega Man 6Release: 1993Developer: CapcomComposers: Setsuo Yamamoto, Makoto Tomozawa, Yuki Iwai, Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama, Tadashi Joukagi (Sound Design)Platforms: Super Famicom/SNES, PC/Android/iOS, Virtual Console
Trolls (Amiga) Level Select ReMix dGeckos Covers 2019-12-21 | I never played this game, but for some reason enjoyed playing around with this short Level Select piece, and making it a bit more chill. I really liked the rolling bass notes, they are cool. More fun was trying to make the visualisation look like Troll hair. lol I think it worked out ok? What do you think?Developer: Flair SoftwarePublisher: Flair SoftwarePlatform: AmigaRelease: 1992Midi by: Blitz LunarYou can listed to the original track here. youtube.com/watch?v=DxOmAbD3nxg
Dragons Lair Outside ReMix (SNES) dGeckos Covers 2019-12-16 | I remember Dragons Lair from the arcades as a videodisc game that had amazing graphics when it came out. I'd forgotten most of the music but while browsing around, this track caught my attention for its dark atmosphere, and I though... I remember that game! It took a while though to find sounds that worked, but as usual just by experimentation it turned into something I feel is pretty cool, especially the melody line. I hope you like it. And then while I was playing with the video for a visualisation I started to learn a bit about key framing movement, and again with a bit of playing, I think it captures the mood of... "its only a matter of time before you gunna die Dirk the Daring!!!" Which I remember vividly was what usually happened to me within a minute of playing the game. It was brutal, one wrong step and... you died spectacularly, game over. The audio spectrum runs like clock hands counting down the time till Dirks inevitable death, and the ghostly visage of the outcome is hovering there to taunt him about it. Publisher: Cinematronics Creator: Rick Dyer, Don Bluth Composer: Mark Cooksey Platform for Midi: SNES Midi by: Mark7
Xenon2 (Amiga) Percussive ReMix dGeckos Covers 2019-12-12 | This images of the creature in Xenon2 are some that really stuck with me from this game. Creepy bugger. :-) This is another experiment in Ableton Live, trying to add a bit more life and variation into the sounds (velocity, etc), and a little more tweaking to the midi this time. Again I wanted to soften the raw original track but still keep some power behind it. It ended up being quite percussion focused.Game: Xenon IIDeveloper: The Assembly Line Publisher: Image Works Designer: The Bitmap Brothers Composers: Bomb the Bass, David Whittaker
Bubble Bobble C64 ReMix dGeckos Covers 2019-12-10 | This cover is a catchy little tune from the 1987 C64 release of Bubble Bobble. I wanted to keep that bubbly feel from the original while giving it a softer makeover. I know there are like a million covers of this out there already, but hey... here's one more. :-)Mostly this is another learning exercise for me in Ableton Live. Hope you like it and the simple visualisation to go with it.Developer: TaitoDesigner: Fukio Mitsuji Composer: Tadashi Kimijima
Afterburn.... (or is it?) dGeckos Covers 2019-12-07 | This was one of my all time favourite mods on the Amiga. At least... I think it was. Its a mystery to me though, because I didn't record any details when I got it, and I have not been able to find the music anywhere since. I'm pretty sure it was an Amiga mod, and all I have to go on is the filename... afterbur.it and there is a good chance that is wrong! lol I am assuming it is called "Afterburner", but its not from a game of that name that I can find. Its more likely a demo, which was super popular in the Amiga scene. The .it extension stands for Impulse Tracker I believe. If you know this piece, please let me know as I want to credit the composer and thank him/her for an amazing creation! I hope you don't mind that I have shared your work in this way - its with the very greatest of respect. This piece has always reminded me of a flight through space so I thought I would create a video with that feel to it, so I could share this amazing track, and who knows, maybe solve the mystery (for me at least!).
Elations new album, 8-bit Disco! dGeckos Covers 2019-12-05 | This is a shout-out to Elation to promote his new album, 8 Bit-Disco. This is the title track (8-Bit Disco) and I think its a great sample from the album. If you are into gaming music give it a listen! open.spotify.com/album/21lIRymJXZhf2Uinxgkjpk?si=eluPwae1QvKF2aG1k27btwAnd if you into listening to or composing Video Game Music, drop over to this great Discord to talk with Elation and a bunch of other friendly VGM folk.discord.gg/QnPqg7hNote: Permission provided to publish. Music and background image provided by Elation, I just added the visualisations and animations. :-) Enjoy!If you would like a shout-out, then please drop me a line in the comments, and don't forget to subscribe/like if you want to support the channel. Arigato!
Wizardry C64 ReMix dGeckos Covers 2019-11-30 | Wizardry (Spell of Destruction) is about a magician guild which requires a special final test for its students. The protagonist Drinn has to retrieve the "First Element" from a dangerous castle.Published by: Mindscape, Inc.Released: 1986Platform: Commodore 64Composed: Clever Music (Graham Jarvis and Rob Hartshorne) under the alias of Mike AlsopMidi source: vgmusic.com/music/computer/commodore/commodoreReMixed from midi using Ableton LiveThis is my first attempt at a ReMix (a cover really). I choose a piece of music that was very dear to my heart when I was younger, a game that set the imagination alight with the possibilities that were to follow. I have only just started using Ableton Live, so hopefully I can improve these remixes in time.
