Aboard the dying Titan, a mysterious secret awaits.  A kingdom separated from the world, with hostile creatures and treacherous paths.  And at the center of it all, one of the best tracks in the entire game.

I went for a new direction for the arrangement, sort of a traditional jazz quartet, but swap out the lead instrument for a synth since I should probably utilize the synth I bought but collects dust on the shelf.  I took a lot of inspiration from Miles Davis's piece Blue in Green, and while it's by no means exact to it, I really tried to capture its vibe!  I know this kind of music is a massive departure from the channel, but I'm hoping to create more jazz-y tracks in the future instead of my traditional electronic music, as I just have a lot more fun creating those.

(Also I created this for Pyra / Mythra's inclusion in Smash, I definitely didn't procrastinate this until I learned they were revealed.  Nope.  None of that.)

Gear: 
Yamaha MOXF8 Synthesizer
Behringer Deepmind 12 Synthesizer
Simon Phillips Jazz Drums for Groove Agent
Cubase Elements 10

Arranged, Recorded, and Edited by lemonlimebeats.

Kingdom of Tantal (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) Jazz Arrangement

this has been in development hell since August 2020... finally it's done lmao

I noticed Steam Gardens kind of has a "lofi"/aged cassette feel to it, so I leaned into that hard with some just TERRIBLY low quality compression and amps to really give it the impression it was recorded in a garage in the 90s.  Hopefully that direction paid off!

Steam Gardens Jazz Arrangement (ft. OmegaCloud)

Persona 5 has always been a game I've admired, even if I never had the chance to play it.  The amount of style and "vibes" the whole thing had was crazy to me.  During senior year w/ COVID, I listened No More What Ifs for hours on end; it was the perfect background music for everything I needed.  And because of that, I thought it would be really fun to do a cover of the song with a friend, as we both felt the same way about this absolute bop.

check out mrbeecroft here: https://twitter.com/mrbeecroft

No More What Ifs Jazz Cover (ft. mrbeecroft)

Super Smash Brothers Melee.  It's been 18 years, and the game is still having huge competitions.  Though it might not have the most characters or the best HD graphics, Melee is still an absolute joy to watch (except when Hungrybox is playing).  I've never owned it personally, but it's had such a huge effect on people and led to the development of Smash Ultimate, so I decided to write a “tribute” of sorts, but with as much Lo-fi Spice as I could fit in there.  Fountain of Dreams still sounds amazing to this day, and Menu Theme 1 is an absolute banger, so I combined both with piano, bass, and a sexy saxophone, while cranking up the static, reverb, and adding a solo to spice things up!  Oh yeah, and then I added some SFX from the hypest matches at the beginning.

Wavedash

Wavedash [Super Smash Bros Melee Lo-Fi Medley/Remix]

(This is the exact same as the normal version of Wavedash, just without the SFX at the beginning.)

Super Smash Brothers Melee.  It's been 18 years, and the game is still having huge competitions.  Though it might not have the most characters or the best HD graphics, Melee is still an absolute joy to watch (except when Hungrybox is playing).  I've never owned it personally, but it's had such a huge effect on people and led to the development of Smash Ultimate, so I decided to write a “tribute” of sorts, but with as much Lo-fi Spice as I could fit in there.  Fountain of Dreams still sounds amazing to this day, and Menu Theme 1 is an absolute banger, so I combined both with piano, bass, and a sexy saxophone, while cranking up the static, reverb, and adding a solo to spice things up!

Wavedash (Items On) [Super Smash Bros Melee Lo-Fi Medley/Remix]

Ever wanted to Banana Slamma through the Forest but in the 80s?  Here you go.

Forest Interlude (Synthwave Remix)

But you should know, Celeste Mountain is a strange place.  You might see things.  Things you ain't ready to see.

Last November or so, I decided to pick up Celeste on the Nintendo eShop when it was on sale.  I had heard some great things about the game, but I was not expecting the package I got.  Celeste has some of the best movement in any 2D platformer, so mixing that with a charming art style and great soundtrack was already enough to hook me.  But when the developers decided to create an endearing cast of characters and wrap the adventure with a deeply personal tale of Madeline's struggle with depression + anxiety, this game began to speak with me.  I have faced many of the same challenges as Madeline in the past, so I began to connect with her in a way most game characters never do.  The way Celeste's developers managed to create an extremely fun platformer and wrap its central themes into EVERY aspect of the game cemented Celeste as one of my favorite games of all time.

I began writing this piece in early January, but that was a much harder effort than I initially thought.  Musescore isn't exactly the most user-friendly experience, and writing an 8-minute jazz piece with 5 distinct parts as a first song with new software probably wasn't the smartest idea.  But by March, I finally finished it all, and with the virus situation cancelling school, I could record all of the parts in record time!  It took a lot longer than I previously thought, as the complex arpeggios were recorded with audio instead of MIDI, so any errors meant I had to scratch that and start over, so by the end there may still be some.  After all pieces were recorded, some effects had to applied outside of my DAW, such as the slow-down and some suspended cymbals.  The video essentially fried my Mac too, so that's why it's relatively simple.  I planned for some snow effects but the computer started screaming so I had to end that real fast.

The original Resurrections piece by Lena Raine utilizes multiple music styles, so I decided to go in the same path with this arrangement!  I wanted to make the first half almost ethereal and floaty to really sell home the dreamlike state Madeline is stuck in at the time, with a deep bass phasing in and out, and a Rhodes solo to spice things up!  Part of You / Badeline's introduction dramatically shifts styles, as Madeline is finally forced to physically confront the deepest parts of her brain.  The slow down represents Badeline almost forcing Madeline to give up on the mountain climb, but it breaks as Madeline tries to run away, trying to outrun her reflection.  But she can't.  The fast groove starts with energy, but as Badeline only grows more powerful, the music also grows faster, switching to a fast swing feel!  I was inspired by traditional bebop for this section, especially pieces such as A Night in Tunisia by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, although my arrangement uses a large amount of synthesizers, hence why this is a synthjazz remix!  

With school being cancelled and all, I hope to release covers more often!  In the future, they will probably hover around half of this length (Resurrections is a LONG piece), but I want to only increase my creativity and quality from here on out!  I'm still going to hold out on any schedule, I still have to fully learn the tools at my disposal.  If you liked this cover and want to see more, please follow me, or check me out on Twitter or YouTube!

Sheet Music (varies heavily from final song): shorturl.at/jwxI3
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lemonlimebeats
YouTube: shorturl.at/jntLZ

Gear: 
Yamaha MOXF8 Synthesizer
PG8X Synthesizer (VST)
Steinberg Model-E (VST)
Cubase Elements 10
Davinci Resolve

Resurrections (Synthjazz Remix)

Resurrections: Synthjazz Remix // lemonlimebeats

A starry night awaits you on your island.  You can hear the waves crashing, birds shrieking, and thanks to your portable radio, you can even take K.K. Slider along with you.  This is the ultimate Animal Crossing: New Horizons lofi remix out there, and you can relax to it on the Starry Sands at 2AM this morning.

Starry Sands - Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2AM Lofi Remix

Just a little something I thought to record, I know it's been ages since my lost cover but I'll make more soon, I promise!

Merry Christmas.

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Solo Jazz Piano Cover

Hello everyone!

I am a jazz/lo-fi music artist who loves anything jazz, synthesized, and gaming.  I arrange various soundtracks from video games and expand on the original songs, adding my personal twists into the mix !  If you have any requests, please email them to me or post a comment on videos.  Don't question my upload schedule.

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