Purple¹²²²¹¹⁹ Music
13. Boss Battle (Partners in Time Orchestrated)
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A change of pace for my last video of this week. I wanted something simple for this, minimal edits, no fancy production, ...and not a lot of practice haha. I conceived of this whole finale event probably over a year ago, and at the time, I was certain this would be my last upload ever on the channel. I was feeling really burnt out and really lacked the motivation to work. On top of that, a lot of irl happenings and stressors really made it hard for me to dedicate a lot of time to making music. I was really ready to just call it quits and move on from all of this. I felt this would be a really poignant finale, just a raw irl video of me playing a song called "Farewell" and then just walking off into the metaphorical sunset, it was a perfect plan!
However, spending the last... seven or so months? revisiting all of the Super Mario RPG and Superstar Saga tracks kinda gave me a tiny spark of passion. It was nice hearing all of this music I had poured myself into again. The Super Mario RPG remake announcement also played somewhat of a big role in my motivation as well! Seeing everyone's reactions to the remake really made me see how much this game meant to so many people! And people flooded to my channel and into my comments to celebrate as well! It was really awesome to see. Admittedly, the announcement did give me a bit of anxiety too, as I really felt the need to finish my re-remasters before the official remixes came out so they wouldn't be obsolete before I even finished them! I said this in a previous video description, but I do wish I had finished sooner... but I'm glad I finished before the remake release regardless! Anyway, working on this stuff reminded me that while indeed stressful, just dissecting all this music that I love to this degree can be fun as well!
All that to say, I don't think I'm going to let go of this channel after all. So this "farewell" video does lose a bit of its impact in that sense... Although my next new orchestration upload is probably still a ways off. I think I'm going to switch to REAPER as my main hub for making music and ditch Podium Free once and for all. So it may take a while for anything new from me as I get accustomed to a new workflow! But I do, and did always, have a couple ideas for future videos past these uploads. I don't think I'll ever reach the height of video upload frequency that I had when I first started in 2015, especially since my process has gotten much more complex since then! And I don't think I'll tackle another full OST project again, for a while at least. Although if I did, I do admit I have a couple of ideas for that as well! So any future uploads I do will probably be pretty sporadic, although as of the last couple years, that's pretty much the norm anyway. Maybe at least one upload a year would be a good goal to shoot for. But no promises lol!
Regardless of my moment-to-moment feelings about all this... I just hope that you all know that I deeply appreciate you! Everybody who has watched my videos, listened to my music, left nice comments, liked and subscribed... those are really the things that kept me going in the end. At the time of writing this, I'm sitting at 3030 subscribers and over 2.5 million views. For me, that is more than I could have ever asked for! As someone who really was just doing this as a hobby, this is much more love and attention than I ever expected! I've noticed all the repeat commenters from across my channel's history, and I've even made some pretty close friendships thanks to this channel! So it was really all worth it in the end. With my deepest sincerity, thank you so much. 💜
I would also be remiss to neglect mentioning the person irl who has really supported me through all this, @BroadwayBacon. I couldn't have made it this far without you by my side. 💜
For those of you who have read this far, thank you for reading my ramblings! Since I may be gone from this channel for a while, here are some other places you can check out what I'm up to or keep in contact:
I'm in a video game music inspired/video game cover band called OverPowered. You can find us at @overpoweredband or https://overpowered.band/
I also have a Discord server at discord.gg/cz9eXUZYr4
It's quite old and needs some cleaning up... if people start joining again I'll work on that! I'm also usually not that active on Discord, but it is the best place to reach me.
Anyway, the character limit is getting pretty close now lol. As always, whether you've been here from the beginning, or you're new to the channel, thank you so much for being here!
See you again sometime!
- Purple1222119 💜
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAE-JPHd9hKfRGeYDQ2lBLYPSsJGJYpVH
M&L: Superstar Saga Orchestrated HD ReMIX Playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAE-JPHd9hKefRfmR9nngZ_DVxUWG1IrZ
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Download all of the newly remastered Super Mario RPG Orchestrated and Superstar Saga Orchestrated tracks here:
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
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A frequent request I've gotten on my channel over the years is to make extended versions of my orchestrations! I recently found out with my new workflow that making these extended versions doesn't actually take all that much time! So I've gone through and extended most of the requests I've gotten in my comments, as well as a couple of my personal favorites too.
If all went well, this should have been the only upload that showed up in your subscriptions today. I didn't want to flood your feeds with 19 videos! So sorry if other videos happened to slip through! I hope you all enjoy these extended versions if you've been hoping for them! If I missed one of your favorites that you'd like to see extended, please let me know and I'd be happy to make an extended version!
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Enjoy and thanks so much for watching!
- Purple1222119 💜
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
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If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
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Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo, Shinobu Tanaka, and Kazumi Totaka
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bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
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If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
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Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
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If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo, Shinobu Tanaka, and Kazumi Totaka
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
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If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo, Shinobu Tanaka, and Kazumi Totaka
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo, Shinobu Tanaka, and Kazumi Totaka
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo, Shinobu Tanaka, and Kazumi Totaka
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo, Shinobu Tanaka, and Kazumi Totaka
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
If there's a remix of mine that's missing from the playlist that you'd like to see extended, please leave a comment and I'll gladly upload an extended version!
=======
Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
=======
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
=======
Here's the complete, fully re-mixed and mastered Super Mario RPG Orchestrated album!
In lieu of reuploading every video again, I've decided to just compile all the redone versions into one new video. That way all the old comments and views don't get lost, but you can still listen to the new versions without having to download them! I also added a simple but fancy new visualizer on the sides to give you something to look at if you happen to glance at the screen at any point!
Regarding the tracks that have "b" versions, I decided not to include them here. I wanted to avoid repetitiveness in the full listening experience, and I also wanted to present this album as a fully realized experience that stays mostly true to the original soundtrack release! I apologize to those of you who prefer the "[No SFX]" versions, but remastered versions of those can be found in the first download link above for your listening pleasure as well!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - 1. Happy Adventure, Delightful Adventure
03:37 - 2. Let's Try
04:32 - 3. In the Flower Garden
05:03 - 4. Bowser's Keep
06:15 - 5. Fight Against Bowser
07:41 - 6. The Sword Descends and the Stars Scatter
08:21 - 7. Super Pipe House
10:02 - 8. Where Am I Going?
11:01 - 9. The Road is Full of Dangers
12:48 - 10. Fight Against Monsters
14:32 - 11. Victory!!
15:12 - 12. Hello, Happy Kingdom
17:51 - 13. Explanation!
18:16 - 14. A New Partner
18:22 - 15. Still, the Road is Full of Dangers
19:56 - 16. Invincible Star
20:16 - 17. Fight Against a Stronger Monster
22:02 - 18. Here's Some Weapons!
23:20 - 19. Fight Against an Armed Boss
25:07 - 20. Got a Star Piece
25:38 - 21. This Dungeon is Full of Monsters
26:50 - 22. Let's Go Down the Midas River
28:11 - 23. Grandpa and the Delightful Tadpoles
29:27 - 24. Shock!
29:36 - 25. Sad Song
30:47 - 26. Let's Play "Geno"
31:54 - 27. Geno Awakens
33:19 - 28. Beware the Forest's Mushrooms
35:28 - 29. Rose Town
36:51 - 30. From Inside the Earthen Pipe
38:10 - 31. Welcome! Yo'ster Isle!!
39:31 - 32. Let's Race
40:26 - 33. Hard-Working Moles are Good Moles
42:03 - 34. Moleville Mountain Railroad
44:30 - 35. Welcome to Booster Tower
46:06 - 36. And My Name's Booster
48:20 - 37. Long Long Ago...
49:53 - 38. Heart Beating a Little Faster
50:37 - 39. Slope
53:37 - 40. The Merry Marry Bell Rings
56:13 - 41. Celebrational
56:26 - 42. The Starlight's Flower
57:53 - 43. Sunken Ship
1:00:54 - 44. Going Shopping in Seaside Town
1:02:29 - 45. My Paradise ~ Monstro Town
1:06:12 - 46. Fight Against Culex
1:08:31 - 47. Victory Over Culex
1:09:19 - 48. Conversation With Culex
1:10:39 - 49. You and Toadofsky Create Exquisite Music
1:11:09 - 50. Let's Do the Fooka-Fooka!
1:14:11 - 51. Margarie Margarita
1:16:26 - 52. Dodo's Coming!!
1:17:26 - 53. Barrel Volcano
1:19:16 - 54. The Axem Rangers Drop In
1:20:36 - 55. Bowser's Keep (Second Time)
1:23:31 - 56. Weapons Factory
1:26:20 - 57. Fight Against Smithy
1:28:19 - 58. Fight Against Smithy, Who Likes Transforming
1:30:49 - 59. Goodbye Geno / Seeing Dreams Through the Window of the Stars
1:35:13 - 60. Happy Parade, Delightful Parade / And the Parade Draws to a Close...
1:41:23 - 61. The End!
1:45:02 - Credits
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Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
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Vocals on "51. Margarie Margarita" by @BroadwayBacon
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Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
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That’s right, EVERY SINGLE TRACK of these albums have been completely remixed and remastered one last time! I won’t be reuploading every track again, because I don’t want the comments and stuff to have to start from scratch a second time. (Plus it kinda kills the video engagement LOL.) So you can hear all the new remixes in full in the download links. However, I do have an alternate YouTube-based solution in mind as well, which should be premiering soon or already up on my channel by the time you’re reading this!
But finally, both of these albums have reached their end! It’s really hard to believe it’s been over SIX AND A HALF YEARS since I started this project!! One thing I do want to stress is I really apologize it took me so long to get through these two albums. Especially this most recent hiatus, which has been my longest ever! But in the time since my last upload, we also managed to pass 3,000 subscribers! Thank you so much to everyone who helped reach that milestone!
To be honest, I did have the last tracks ready to go since around March this year, and I wanted to simply go back through all the old tracks and give them one final touchup before I packaged the whole albums together. But as I was listening back to all the old tracks, I realized I could do SO MUCH better with the mixing and mastering, as I’ve learned a lot of techniques through my time in uni. So I decided I would revisit every track and mix and master them from scratch. I didn’t do any arrangement changes, except for on the tracks that I felt could really benefit from it. Regardless, this was an incredibly time consuming process because I put in as much attention to detail as I could. There were a handful of setbacks along the way as well. I ended up having to redo SMRPG four times because I kept learning new techniques every time I finished going through the album! I’m very aware that I tend to be overly perfectionist about these things, but I think it was worth it in the end. The most notable changes should be clarity and volume of the bass and percussion parts, which should be most obvious on tracks like the battle themes. Hopefully you all will enjoy the new mixes! …But if I’m being honest, I’m not entirely confident that these mixes are better overall, so I’m leaving the old download links up as well in case you like the old mixes more!
Also, the announcement of the Super Mario RPG remake really forced me to kick it into high gear! My SMRPG remixes will probably be somewhat obsolete next month when the remake releases, so I hope you all can enjoy my remixes for the next few weeks while you wait for the new official Shimomura remixes, haha! I wanted to get these out earlier too, but alas, I wasn’t able to finish as soon as I wanted. But I’m glad to release these before the game comes out anyway! That announcement also brought massive amounts of traffic to my channel too, so I’m really grateful to all of you who stopped by my channel after the announcement!
Since this is finally the end of these projects, here’s some fun little trivia:
The “HD ReMIX” in the Superstar Saga Orchestrated HD ReMIX album is actually a reference to the Kingdom Hearts remakes! If you compare the 1.5 HD ReMIX design to the SSHD album, you’ll see that I tried to replicate the logo as closely as I could! I think only one person in the history of my channel ever pointed this out, but I can’t find that comment anymore, unfortunately. When I decided to redo my Superstar Saga orchestrations, I thought it would be funny to use that as the subtitle because of how uniquely formatted it is. A couple of other uploads reference the KH remakes as well. When I re-remixed all the tracks in the June 2, 2020 midpoint reupload, I called that compilation “The Story So Far,” and this compilation is called the “All-In-One Package,” both referencing titles of KH compilations. Had I chosen to (or if I choose to) redo the Partners in Time and Bowser’s Inside Story OSTs, I would have replicated the 2.5 and 2.8 HD ReMIX logos as well.
This choice ended up being appropriate on many different levels, as Yoko Shimomura is the composer for Superstar Saga, Super Mario RPG, AND Kingdom Hearts! I also later found out that the primary instrument samples that were used to make the KH HD ReMIX OSTs are the same ones that I used to create these two albums! Everything just unintentionally happened to line up perfectly lol.
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Anyway, I think that’s enough rambling from me. Whether you’re just discovering this channel for the first time, or have been here since the very beginning, I thank you so much for being here! I appreciate each and every one of you so much, and this has been an overall very fulfilling project to create!
Much love to all of you,
- Purple1222119 💜
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
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Here's the complete, fully re-mixed and mastered Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Orchestrated HD ReMIX album!
In lieu of reuploading every video again, I've decided to just compile all the redone versions into one new video. That way all the old comments and views don't get lost, but you can still listen to the new versions without having to download them! I also added a simple but fancy new visualizer on the sides to give you something to look at if you happen to glance at the screen at any point!
I decided to include two of the "b" versions here as well, as I felt they were different enough to warrant being included back-to-back with their counterparts. (And because I'm biased towards them as well!)
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Timestamps:
00:00 - 1. Title Screen
01:45 - 2. File Select
02:31 - 3. Danger!
03:42 - 4. World Map
05:23 - 5. Misfortune
07:13 - 6. Toadtown Square
09:19 - 7. The Name is Fawful!
10:21 - 8. Koopa Cruiser
11:24 - 9. Battle!
12:55 - 9b. Battle! [SSDX Flavor]
15:32 - 10. Victory!
16:33 - 11. Border Jump
19:19 - 11b. Border Jump [SSDX Flavor]
21:14 - 12. Stardust Fields
23:58 - 13. Boss Battle
25:53 - 14. Underground
27:39 - 15. Hoohoo Village
29:42 - 16. Hoohoo Mountain
31:47 - 17. Prince Peasley
33:59 - 18. Beanbean Kingdom
36:25 - 19. Beanbean Castle
38:19 - 20. Cackletta's Theme
40:12 - 21. Château de Chucklehuck / Chucklehuck Woods
43:30 - 22. Popple Battle
45:21 - 23. Woohoo Hooniversity
47:15 - 24. Cackletta Battle
49:07 - 25. Oho Oasis
51:26 - 26. Oho Ocean
53:06 - 27. Power Failure
54:50 - 28. Professor E. Gadd
56:24 - 29. Teehee Valley
58:11 - 30. Little Fungitown
59:41 - 31. The Star 'Stache Smash
1:01:27 - 32. Earning Beanstar Pieces
1:03:35 - 33. Joke's End
1:05:17 - 34. Bowser's Castle
1:07:26 - 35. Bowletta Battle
1:09:51 - 36. Final Cackletta Battle
1:12:32 - 37. Departure
1:13:59 - 38. Credits
1:16:46 - Video Credits
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Original compositions by Yoko Shimomura
Featuring themes by Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu
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Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
Download all of the newly remastered Super Mario RPG Orchestrated and Superstar Saga Orchestrated tracks here:
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
The Beanbean Kingdom countermelody I added last time has also been moved from a french horn to a pan flute like the original track, and I changed the rhythm to be much closer to what it originally was as well, so now it's very clear what motif that is! I think those changes better fit this arrangement too.
Download all of the newly remastered Super Mario RPG Orchestrated and Superstar Saga Orchestrated tracks here:
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
See you next week.
Download all of the newly remastered Super Mario RPG Orchestrated and Superstar Saga Orchestrated tracks here:
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
I feel like I'm kinda getting rusty on the mixing aspect again lol... sorry if it's a little wonky, as always I may decide to tweak this later we'll seeeeeeeeeeeeee
This track is significantly longer than pretty much every other track in this project thus far, and it also has A LOT going on. I had a lot of trouble trying to balance everything out, but I think it's finally at a satisfactory place now (don't be surprised if I end up tweaking and reuploading it though once I get some feedback lol). I was gonna do some slightly more fancy visuals for this track like I did the last one, but I figure you all have been waiting for this long enough, and that would have extended the wait even more and I just want to get this out there at this point haha.
That being said, I am sorry this track took so long to come out, I've been hard at work finishing my last year of university and it's been eating up most of my time. (Although this isn't my longest hiatus ever mind you, that honor goes to the gap from Nov 6, 2019 to Jun 2, 2020. I also notice that most of my hiatuses happen around the Sep - Dec range lol, but I digress.)
Also, it seems most people think this is the last track in the soundtrack, but there's actually one more small one left! Stay tuned for a little bit more sometime in the future.
Download all of the newly remastered Super Mario RPG Orchestrated and Superstar Saga Orchestrated tracks here:
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
Mushroom Kingdom Electrical Parade, anyone?
I decided to have a little fun with the video this time to kind of reflect what happens in the ending sequence of the game. This also prompted me to fix the holes between the S and U as well as the P and E in the logo, which I didn't even notice until laserninja20 pointed it out! The logo on Wikipedia and MarioWiki has this error for some reason. The gaps in the letters really stood out because of all the color changes! (I actually rendered this whole video first before noticing it was quite obvious so I went back and redid the whole thing again haha.) If I was more skilled at video editing I probably would have done fancier stuff for this but I'm not so movie maker effects are all you get!!!
Hope you all enjoy the video! The next track will also be quite a lot of work lol, wish me luck!
Download all of the newly remastered Super Mario RPG Orchestrated and Superstar Saga Orchestrated tracks here:
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
Also I was really sad they cut out the high moving line that's on piano here, so of course I had to include it once again! I'm really happy with how this track came out overall.
Download all of the newly remastered Super Mario RPG Orchestrated and Superstar Saga Orchestrated tracks here:
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
Download all of the newly remastered Super Mario RPG Orchestrated and Superstar Saga Orchestrated tracks here:
bit.ly/3Q5K8v1
You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
bit.ly/3dlkBJD
Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
One interesting thing I noticed is in the original track, the first note of the second phrase has the violin melody have this sort of skipping sound? It doesn't happen again when that phrase is repeated later so I have no idea if it's intentional or not. The DX version does not replicate this, and it's also not in the MIDI data for the original game, but the game does play it back that way, so I feel like it was some sort of rendering error that happened due to the way reverb and note fade-outs were faked in this game? I honestly have no idea. Regardless, I didn't replicate it in my original go of this track and neither did the DX version so I opted to leave it out here as well.
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And here's the track that everyone loves! ...To give the cold shoulder to. Personally, I think it's pretty chill. Alright, alright, I'll hold the corny jokes.
For the low melodic line, this time I opted for a thicker texture with instruments like extended range piano, harp, and bass marimba, somewhat similar to the SSDX version! I think that plus the added chimes make this particular version of the track seem quite foreboding!
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This is still one of my proudest arrangements, as I feel I really captured Yoko Shimomura's original idea and expanded it to its full potential! In terms of me putting my own creative spirit in a track, this might be my favorite one overall.
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(Some of you may also notice the last note (not including the aforementioned sound effect) is now on beat three instead of beat four! Listening back to the old one, it was bothering me so much, I just had to fix it. Now it's closer to the original SMW track as well!)
This time around, thanks to Da Nintendude pointing this out to me, I also added the marimba motif heard in tracks such as "Let's Play Geno," "Geno Awakens," and the aforementioned "Farewell Geno," which is arguably Geno's main motif! Admittedly, the first time I remixed this track I was very unfamiliar with SMRPG, and I didn't pick up on this motif at the time. (I really just searched "Geno Theme" on YouTube and referenced the first thing that came up lol.) Otherwise, I would have added it in too, but thankfully it's here now!
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I really like the way this one turned out! The more laid-back and dramatic reprise of the Bowser battle theme here is really neat!
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(Is anyone else hype for Weapons Factory?? That's the track I've been so looking forward to for this whole project!)
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Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
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Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
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Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
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Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
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Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
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You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
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Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
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You can also download the older, non-remastered versions here:
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Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
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Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
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Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
Link: http://bit.ly/2j7gWDA
Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
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The track itself features just a basic harpsichord fugue, which happens to be one of my favorite composition techniques, so I couldn't get enough of listening to this! Fun fact: each of the three harpsichord voices is doubled down the octave, which means the bass notes actually go far beyond the range of a harpsichord and even a standard piano! The lowest note featured is a G0, which I used my Bosendorfer extended piano samples to reach, since that's one of the few I have that reach that low. I also used a bass guitar for the doubling, so this track has a pretty strong low end. Anyway, hope you enjoy! I'm super proud of how this came out!
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I crunched the numbers and Super Mario RPG orchestrations are progressing percentage-wise at a much faster rate than Superstar Saga ones, so from this point onward I'll be doing two tracks each, instead of the two SMRPG, one SSHD pattern I've been doing since the beginning, so the ending of both games can line up nicely. "But Purpo, can't you do one each instead?" YES. I could. But truthfully I really like the way the tracks pair up from this point onward, I feel like the pairs will be really nice together. For example: the two ocean-y tracks right next to each other!
And now for some commentary on the actual music. I kept the bendy strings from my original orchestration of this, because I really liked the feel they give the piece. And with actual glissando samples instead of using pitch bends, I think they sound so cool now!! I originally planned to give the melody to a solo cello the second time around with lots of glissandi also like in the original orchestration I did, but I couldn't get it sounding the way I wanted it to, so I just left the original accordion intact for both loops. I also opted not to add any of the SSDX additions, because I felt like they busied up the piece too much and I really like the simple arrangement of the original game a lot better. Anyway, that's enough rambling from me, hope you enjoy and stay tuned for even more!
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Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
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Enjoy and thank you so much for watching.
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Download the old M&L Orchestrated Trilogy:
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