FamiTracker module (requires 0CC 0.3.15): https://drive.google.com/file/d/177ia0lt8tzyPaFocaUfwkffjZPBbmOpf/view?usp=sharing

I used three N163 channels for the "guitar" sound, then ran them through an amp simulator in my DAW, so no, this isn't purely FamiTracker, but I made the song fully in FamiTracker before adding the stereo effects. I hope you enjoy it.

Kraid's Lair (FamiTracker with effects)

Quad City DJs vs Jake Kaufman

I was really bored, but you guys should totally check out Shovel Knight.

Slam Knight - Jam The Earth! (Dunk Of Passage)

First track for my next album, Arcadia X! It will be an album filled with Mega Man X inspired tracks, starting with this one. Expect many more to come.

Arcadia X - Highway To Arcadia

I have good memories of my first Mortal Kombat games that I owned - Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance being the first and Deception being the second. I had actually played Mortal Kombat 3 many times before on a friend's Super Nintendo and enjoyed it immensely, Cyrax being my go-to character for that throw spam against the AI.

Bo Rai Cho was my favourite character from Deadly Alliance though. The drunken fist technique and throwing up all over the floor to make your opponent slip on the ground was always hilarious. The fatality of bouncing up and down on your opponent with your belly as they explode being equally hilarious to me during my teenage years.

I always used to play a lot with my brother-in-law who taught me a lot about trying to lose gracefully during a competitive setting as I was a terrible loser - an awful specimen of rage! I've since calmed down a little but I can still be fiercely competitive, stubborn and driven, to my detriment on most occasions. He always used to play Scorpion and Sub-Zero, either freezing me in place or GET OVER HERE and pulling me in with Scorpion's spear.

The Mortal Kombat games were always immensely savage and I've always loved them for that. I currently own Mortal Kombat X actually but have never given it the chance as fighting games can require an immense amount of practice but maybe one day I'll revisit it (or maybe Deadly Alliance and Deception instead....)

Anyway, back to the track after all that waffle. I hope I can do a lot more research and compositions when it comes to an acutely industrial, discordant and ultimately "crunchy" sound when it comes to tracks like these. Much like the game itself, this track is grungy, dark and technical. I think it gets a little bit of flak for this but I really do love the beat. I do hope that I did the game a little bit of justice recreating this theme, with sampled drums and all.

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance - Character Select (FamiTracker 8-bit)

LYRICS:
below the ocean
there's a deep burning fire
beneath the ebb and flow
a core that is breathing
will we ever stop
and wonder what's beneath the surface
will we even reach
will we even reach the furnace
below the ocean sky

What Lies Below

Patrick and Steve discuss the Sunsoft 5B famicom sound expansion and the sound design of Mr. Gimmick. This episode includes some previously-unknown information about Gimmick!, and also a complete listen-through of the soundtrack sampled from original hardware.

Show notes:

0:00:43 - introduction & general gameplay discussion
0:13:49 - the 5B sound expansion
0:26:07 - the gimmick ps1 soundtrack
0:28:10 - imatrackman's "buzzer" cover
0:32:24 - the history of Gimmick! and Masashi Kageyama
0:38:09 - the PAL soundtrack (Mr. Gimmick!)
0:42:26 - the cancelled US port
0:44:19 - soundtrack listen-through and analysis
1:28:07 - sunsoft bass
1:38:27 - the origin of strange memories of death
1:42:36 - "so what's up?" / comments
1:50:43 - name that game
1:53:06 - song of the "week"

Episode 27: The Sunsoft 5B & Mr. Gimmick!

Preview of one of the tracks used in our upcoming project for the Zeboyd guys!

Title Theme - Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 4

A remastered version of my FFMQ Battle Theme cover

FFMQ Battle Theme [REMASTERED]

Profile of Jonathan Herbst, a video game music composer from the United Kingdom. Creating original music and covers, specialising in electronic music - particularly Chiptune and FM Synthesis.

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance - Character Select (FamiTracker 8-bit)

Jonpon

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