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Gauntlet

'Love Makes The World Go Round' from The Powerpuff Girls
on soundcloud by Groovies

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Love Makes The World Go Round

'My Best Friend Plank' Written by Steve Patrick
Ed, Edd & Eddy

Design & Direction by Jonas Odell | vimeo.com/30425106
FilmTecknarna | www.filmtecknarna.se

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My Best Friend Plank

' Jabberjaw (Running Underwater)' by Pain
Original Release Date | May 31, 2001

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Pain - Jabberjaw (Running Underwater)

' Gorilla 4 Sale ' by Michael Ungar | ' The Magilla Gorilla Show '
Cartoon Network | Hanna-Barbera

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Michael Ungar - Gorilla 4 Sale

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Update 3/20/2015 - Re EQ'ed

I started experimenting with atmospheric soundscapes to make it feel like you're inside a cave that's near the ocean. The ambience fades out during the actual song so it won't clash with the music too much. The way the original music went, it was hard to tell which note was the "downbeat." I always get confused, and I had to listen to other arrangements just to make sure I was right.

Tail Cave - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/2015 - Changed the opening instrumentation so the piccolo is on top, and the trumpets are an octave lower

I prefer a boss fight music to have a bit more emotion in them. My general thinking is that the music should describe the feelings a typical player goes through when encountering a boss. First there's terror and confusion while you are overwhelmed by the enemy. Then you feel determination while you figure out the enemy pattern and outsmart it. Finally, you feel heroic and triumphant as you emerge victorious.

Like the owl piece, I treated the repeating rhythm from the original track as an intro to the hidden "main" piece that the Game Boy was not powerful enough to handle. I challenged myself to keep the rhythm untouched for most of the track while composing a song around it. I chose to use bits of the main Zelda theme, because that describes Link himself while he infiltrates these dungeons and disrupts the monsters that never faced any opposition before.

Mini Boss - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/2015 - Re EQ'ed

I really disliked the original version when it appears in the game, and I know many share my sentiment. There's always an unskippable dialogue that appears, the sound effect when you pick up the acorn or piece of power is so high pitched, and the musical cue itself is so frantic and repetitive. It's a very jarring transition from the calmer overworld theme or pretty much any other piece of music in the game. Because of this, I feel less guilty in changing the music however I see fit.

Whether you pick up the guardian acorn or the piece of power, I am guessing Link would feel some kind of powerful sensation flow through his veins as he absorbs such incredible energy. What does it physically feel like when you are suddenly able to deal twice the amount of energy or take only half the amount of damage? In addition, Link must feel really excited and impatient to try out his temporary power. That was the feeling I was trying to capture.



Guardian Acorn & Piece of Power - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

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Update 3/20/15 - Re EQ'ed

The original version features a juxtaposition of loud ominous phrases and light staccato bells. I interpreted that to be the atmospheric "cavern" part contrasted with the jingling "key" sounds. In my version, I basically stuck to the same format, using heavy brass for the cavern, and a variety of metal percussion instruments for the key. In addition, I experimented with a lot of changing articulations in each section. This, along with the tense chord progressions, makes the song altogether unpredictable and creepy.

Key Cavern - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

All music rights go to Midway Games and the original composers. This is just my personal remixing of some of the great music found in the game. 

Gauntlet Dark Legacy:  Fields And Tower (REMIX)

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Update 3/20/15 - Re EQ'ed

I have been thinking of this moment in the game since I first started arranging. Thanks to this year's Thanksgiving sale (Happy Thanksgiving!) I was able to get some new expressive string samples and immediately put them to use here. This track and the next one are actually composed of three different cues.

I - Ambience
Generally, cavern and great hall music seems to sound really eerie when it consists of nothing more than deep lows and soft highs, which the original version already does fairly well. For some weird reason, I could have sworn I remember hearing a wailing female vocal in the original version, even though that couldn't have been possible. That is a testament to how effective the 8-bit Game Boy game was in setting the atmosphere.

Southern Face Shrine - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Orchestral Arrangement

Cluekid - Frogs On Acid

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Gauntlet Dark Legacy The Gnarled Branches

Gauntlet Dark Legacy Ancient Tree

I decided to give a facelift to an incredibly underrated game with an incredibly underrated soundtrack: Gauntlet Dark Legacy. It goes without saying that I do not own the rights to this music; just a fan who likes to orchestrate!Hopefully someday I can do some more of this 3-hour-long bit of magic!
Thanks to Chaz Bommarito for the mixing!

Gauntlet Dark Legacy (Re-orchestrated): Main Menu/Sumner's Tower

The Legacy / Feel My Wrath / Analogue Monkey


Cotti & Cluekid - The Legacy

Cluekid & Cotti - Sensi Dub (Original Mix)

Gauntlet Dark Legacy Sumner's Tower

'Back To The Lab' by Prince Paul - Dexter's Laboratory
from the album 'The Hip Hop Experiment'

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I Like! :D 

Prince Paul - Back To The Lab

The Incredible Shrinking Day (Not Comin' In) by Stuart Hill 
Ed, Edd & Eddy

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Stuart Hill - The Incredible Shrinking Day (Not Comin' In)

Cluekid - Weed Smokers [full Length]

I'm a freelance composer for video game and film, but I'm willing to take on any musical project made available to me.

Gauntlet Dark Legacy: Fields And Tower (REMIX)

Angelo Cicero