an orchestral medley of the global trading center from pokemon diamond and pearl and the gym theme, which appears in all games. since I am so fond of that very distinctive johto counterpoint, I based this on the gym theme specifically from gold and silver. you may also recognize the route 46 theme, which sounds so similar to the gym theme, mixed in here as well. enjoy!

Global Trading Center/Pokemon Gym

what may seem at face value like a straight transcription of the jaunty theme from bianco hills (super mario sunshine), if you stick around for the usual loop point, you will hear the music for the ending of super mario bros. 3. when the bittersweet ending strains are playing, there is a slight twist, as the phrase dovetails into a lick from super mario galaxy! enjoy!

Bianco Hills/Super Mario Bros. 3 Curtain Call

a straightforward orchestral study, this track opens with the regal, then mysterious bars of the paper mario: the thousand year door title theme, then a crescendo from the brass section brings you into rogueport, the town of thieves. what I have always liked about the rogueport theme is that the bold first half (section A) is perfect music for the boat ride to a port town you've never been to. it's exciting, adventurous and full of life. Section B, is music you might associate with the actual town of rogueport; bustling with crime, unclean facades, shady characters and merchants. these kinds of characters are perfectly outlined by slinking diminished melodies and sawing tunes on fiddles. Enjoy!

Title/Rogueport

I have heard bigger, grander orchestrations of this tune before, and none of them seemed quite right. in my take of this popular theme from super mario RPG, I decided to use a smaller chamber orchestra instrumentation; only horns as the brass section, no piccolo, very light percussion etc. ... these choices better highlight the woodwind solos and harp/celeste lines. p.s. I did have fun using my 'wind machine' patch on this track. enjoy!

Beware The Forest's Mushrooms

I've gotta hand it to yoko shimomura, she composed a very cool baroque-esque piece for the valentina's castle section of super mario RPG. here I have re-imagined the original harpsichord-only work into a baroque chamber orchestra setting: 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, harpsichord. what i miss from the original track is the wild cackling! enjoy!

Margerie Margarita (Valentina's Castle)

This was a very fun arrangement for me to do. Hirokazu Tanaka has a bunch of gems from the NES days-- title screens, ending themes, everything in between. he definitely makes my list of favorite composers. my feelings about this track can be summed up with this quote from [ http://www.metroid-database.com/ ]:
"The final key to Metroid's score was the relative absence of melody and harmony from the very beginning until the "Ending", when all four of the NES's sound channels come together in joyful and triumphant celebration, each instrument engaged in its own melody, a masterpiece of game composition. This transition from darkness to light has been at the heart of the philosophy behind every Metroid soundtrack, and that contrast with the dark intensity of each game's final moments makes the ending even more brilliant."

Ending & Credits

This is a quick little looping medley of the opening to super mario world and the athletic theme from super mario bros. 3. perhaps an unlikely pair, I thought the two made friends with each other fairly well, and I think you might too! of all the mario games, I've definitely got the most hours clocked in on these two, and their soundtracks both hold a very special place in my heart.

Opening/Athletic

Part of a personal project in which I try to accurately transcribe the orchestral tracks from my favorite game of all time, "super smash bros. melee"

Green Greens

A transcription of the hyrule caste stage music from the first super smash bros. updated with newer patches. I may go back and create a more fleshed out arrangement using this as a base, as the trumpet has the lead throughout! it is fun though to see how faithful i can get to the source material

Hyrule Castle Stage

In Five  IV - Moderato

In Five  V - Capriccioso

I did this little project for my town's local christmas pageant. the original track came from a super super old cassette tape(!) and had only a version with vocals. this is my sequenced version, with live clarinets played by me

Pat A Pan (Instrumental)

A solo harpsichord interpretation of the Luigi's mansion theme. it is firmly QUASI-baroque, and I break probably every singe rule about writing baroque fugues in this track. overall though, I'm very happy with the aesthetic result

Fantasia Fughetta - Luigi's Mansion

A track I composed for my friend's puzzle game

Stage 1

Level Clear

This track is inspired by the pokémon battle tracks in Super Smash Bros. Melee.  "Pokéfloats" was a medley of Kanto battle themes, and "Pokémon Battle" was a medley of Johto battle themes. the fact(opinion) of the matter is, most pokemon battle themes are not very strong on their own, but they are pretty exciting when you frankenstein them together like this!
My track is made up of
 - Battle! Gym Leader
 - Battle! Trainer
 - Battle! Frontier Brain

when I arrange things, I like to keep them in their home key as much as possible. the V-I modulation into the frontier brain battle theme only worked if i transposed it from E to F major. keen fans of the sinnoh soundtrack will know that if i used the elite four battle theme (identical to the gym battle theme, but in B major rather than C major) I would not have had to compromise the key of the frontier brain theme!
to be totally honest, i left the first theme in C major for the [theoretical] orchestra's sake!

as always, Enjoy!

Tough Sinnoh Opponents

Here is a blast from my arranging career past! Kid Icarus has long been one of my favorite NES soundtracks by one of my favorite video game composers--as you guys probably know by now-- Hirokazu Tanaka. I have always thought this was a very well composed theme with a lot of great color even for something with just 4 voices (on the famicom). I've orchestrated this a few times and finally I have had the chance to hit it again now that I'm better at what I do. (one of the old versions is on The Web somewhere! Ready, Set, Go!) Anyway, revisiting these tracks that I worshipped as a greasy little kid makes me so happy and satisfied. If I could go back in time to show 13-Year-Old Me how I've re-arranged it this time I'm sure they would cry :)

Title Screen

Here is a very quick little arrangement of the forest area from Kirby's adventure. this tune has seen a few different stylings through the years and this is my orchestral take on it. There's something very heroic about the dorian mode!

Forest Stage

A bonus kirby track for the evening!
In a contrast with the more free interpretation approach I had with the "Forest Stage" project, I decided to be MUCH more to the books for this arrangement, stylizing my orchestration as closely as i could to what I feel is "kirbyness"! (the Hi-Hat helped me there)
As the cheeky title suggests, this tune is a medley of the Vegetable Valley stage and the Ice Cream Island stage. In my opinion, these two tracks--aside from green greens-- are iconic of kirby's adventure
Hope you enjoy it!
P.S. these two newest kirby tracks have a little joke about them that is- dramatic 4-3 suspensions inserted in places they didn't previously exist. this is a nod to the dramatic 4-3 suspension that replaces the last few bars from the transition of gourmet race to fountain of dreams

Carrot Sorbet Atoll

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