Original composer : Kenichi Hirata

Cotton Fantastic Night Dreams has somme very catchy 80's style BGM. Some of them are very suitable for synthwave cover.

Here level 1 BGM. Despite the synthwave cover I tried to respect the musical markers of original BGM played by a Yamaha YM2151 FM soundchip.

Hardware used :
- SB16 YMF262
- EMU8000
- Yamaha XG

2021

Cover - Cotton : Fantastic Synthwave Level 1

Here a cover of level 2 BGM of Super Adventure Island on Super Nintendo. This game contains amazing BGM from famous Yuzo Koshiro. One of the best title to showcase SNES sound chip capabilities and the result is house, techno, electro style... in 1992 on a video game console. Very good work !

Hardware used :
- SB16 YMF262
- Eminent Solina
- Arduinoboy (bass line)
- SB16 EMU8000

2024

Cover - Super Adventure Island - Level 2 BGM

Mystic Quest Legend on Super Nintendo is one of the first game on this console. Original composer is Ryuji Sasai. It also has very good BGM in "rock" style". I try to respect the mood of whole BGM on this game, especially the fake electric guitar and chiptune leads.

Hardware used :
- Yamaha XG
- SB16 YMF262
- SB16 EMU8000

Cover - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Last boss

Here a cover of Die Hard Trilogy part "Die Harder" level 1 "Dulles Airport" BGM compose by Stephen Root, and Neil Palmer.

Game use redbook audio to produce music but the is some good piece of ambiant / suspend feeling.

Hardware used :
- Eminent Solina
- SB Live EMI10k1

Dr.Wily

Die Hard Trilogy Dulles Airport - RMX

Castlevania 3 on NES is famous fot it's awesome BGM compose by the guy from Konami Kukeiha Club (SASAKI YOSHINORI, MORIMOTO YUKIE, FUNAHASHI JUN, MAEZAWA HIDENORI).

Hardware used :
- SB Live! EMu10k1
- Eminent Solina

Castlevania 3 - The Beginning cover

Original composer : Kazunaka Yamane. One of the early Super Nintendo games. After the synthetic BGMs of the arcade and console versions, the musics of the SNES version sets a new tone. They're catchy, though short in their loop.

Here's a remix of the Level 1 theme. I've tried to respect the original material, especially the strings track, while rearranging the theme.

Hardware used :
- EMu8000
- Eminent Solina

DD3 Mission Remix

Cover - Super Double Dragon - Mission Remix

Here a remix of level BGM "Sewer Surfin'" from Super Nintendo TMNT4 : Turtles in Time compose by Harumi Ueko for SNES version (arcade original composers Mutsuhiko Izumi and Kazuhiko Uehara).

One of the first SNES games and one with the best OST made on this console. I made this cover and use Game Boy bass to try to retrieve the feeling of TMNT games on this machine but with a SNES game. Enjoy.

Hardware used :

- Eminent Solina
- EMU 8000 (SB16 AWE32)
- Game Boy with Midi interface (bass)
- Yamaha OPL3
- Yamaha XG

Edit : 30/09/24 change tracks balance and some improvements on instruments.

Chipwave Surfin'

Turtles in Time - Chipwave Surfin'

Here a cover from Magician Lord level 5 BGM originally composed by Hideki Yamamoto, Hiroaki Shimizu, Yuka Watanabe. This game features arcade-style music typical from the early 90s. An interesting mix of electronic FM and samples. I've tried to keep this spirit while adding a few touches of synthwave and a gritty Game Boy bass, while maintaining the FM tone of the original composition.

Hardware used :

- Yamaha YMF262
- Yamaha XG
- EMU8000
- Eminent Solina
- Game Boy (with MIDI interface)

Enjoy !

Andergroud Cover Of Synthwave

Magician Lord - Anderground Cover Of Syntwave

Here a cover of Sonic CD track "Tidal Tempest" compose by Naofumi Hataya and Masafumi Ogata. It's not particularly my favorite music, but it's perfect for a calm, soaring theme.

Hardware used :
- Yamaha YMF262
- Yamaha XG
- EMu8000
- Eminent Solina

24/11/2024

Sonic CD - Tidal Chill

This is one of my favourite video game music. The Moon theme from Duck Tales on the NES, composed by Hiroshige Tonomura.

The game doesn't take advantage of the NES's sound capabilities, but the BGMs are very well composed and catchy.

Here's a synthwave/dance remix composed the way I would have liked to hear it.

Hardware used :

- Dream SAM9233 (SC-8000)
- Korg AI
- Eminent Solina

Moon Dance

Duck Tales - Moon Dance

Video games covers made with retro hardware and synthwave !