Metal Gear 2 - Theme Of Solid Snake

After @harumi-makoto told me VGMTrans can work with PSF files, I instantly decided I was going to make use of this and play with the Mega Man 8 PSF set. Then I decided I was going to make an SNES cover of an underrated gem in a highly underrated soundtrack!

SPC: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14149000/2015/AMK/mm8_wily2.spc

Mega Man 8 - Dr. Wily Stage 2 [SNES SPC700]

Submerged Memory

Insert Coin is a 5-track EP built like a retro-futuristic video game soundtrack for the dancefloor — a concept record where each track becomes a new level, a new challenge, a new emotional state.

Inspired by late-night arcades, glitching CRT screens, and the high-stakes drama of boss fights, Insert Coin blends the nostalgia of 90s club culture with the energy of modern italo-trance and indie dance. The sonic palette merges punchy trance arps, analog basslines, and cinematic pads — all sculpted exclusively with the native instruments of Ableton Live 12 Suite, giving the EP a cohesive, raw yet polished identity.

Each track is structured like a level in a game:

You start with the flashing lights and the shy energy of the title track Insert Coin, an opening screen full of anticipation.

You ride into the night with Night Driver, where dreamy arpeggios and strobe-lit percussion echo the sensation of speeding through digital rain.

Level Up delivers euphoric peaks and analog bass, a moment of triumph and forward motion.
Things take a darker turn with You're Big Boss, a high-tension EBM-infused duel with twisted synth leads and breaky drums.

Finally, Game Over closes the journey with a melancholic yet driving rhythm — a reminder that endings can be just as powerful as beginnings.

More than a collection of tracks, Insert Coin is a tribute to a certain vision of dance music: one where club sounds tell stories, where retro aesthetics meet physical grooves, and where emotion is coded into every MIDI message.

The project is a love letter to Italo, trance, and video games — and to every dancer who ever dreamed with their eyes closed on a dark floor.

Game Over

Produced and mixed independently as part of my learning journey — feedback welcome! 

Running Farther is a high-energy, melodic drum & bass track that blends driving reese basslines with soaring synth leads and crisp percussion. Balancing heavy low-end punch with emotional atmosphere, the track flows between intense drops and uplifting choruses — designed for both the dancefloor and headphone listening.

Running Farther

Painting a bank robbery in DJ Shadow fashion

Power Of Three

C - R-O - W-N - E-D - (Kirby Planet Robobot)

Arranged by Milton Guasti.
Based on the original Metroid 2 song by Ryoji Yoshitomi.

Credits

After releasing NESify a week or so ago, someone had asked me if it would be possible to sequence music using samples from the Super Nintendo's SPC700 audio processor chip. Suffice to say that it is possible, but strangely, only having eight channels to use makes it challenging. While you have five base channels with the NES's RP2A07 sound chip (including PCM), various extensions (such as the N106, or VRC7) allow you to use extra channels, thus increasing the capacity from five to a maximum of 14 (VRC7 for example includes three extra pulse square/sawtooth channels and six YM2403 FM channels). With the SPC700, you're stuck with just eight!

Having said that, here is a demo of how you can use all of the SPC700's channels to recreate what I would call a modern classic. Hope you all enjoy this little mock-up.

Sequenced by Koretetsu. The original was composed by Jun Masuda.

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