THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS! I'm going to spend a lot more time on this one.

I've been meaning to orchestrate this music for decades, since I feel every single remix or orchestration of it has sucked. This is largely due to the popularity of "Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts", the Super Nintendo re-envisoned game, which features a horrible version of the original arcade music (which was present in all other platforms). But it's what most people are familiar with, sadly.

I was inspired mostly by the original arcade version and the Sega Genesis version.

The tempo here is slower at 143 bpm, as in the Sega Genesis version as opposed to the original ~160 bpm. Despite the instrumentation simplicity, the Sega Genesis version leans creepier than the usual clumsy/slapstick approach everyone does, which I find it much more appropriate.

This is my first main attempt at narrowing down the instrumentation and dynamics for this track. This will likely be completely re-done multiple times in the near future, but I figured I would post it here for future reference.

For this test I went with a more laidback "swingy" style in the beginning, but my idea for this track is for it to get progressively darker, and at some point, match the tempo of the arcade version.

By the way, I fully intend to orchestrate the music of levels 2 (The Village of Decay & Destruction) and 5 (The Castle) as well at some point.

[very very WIP] Ghouls 'n Ghosts - Level 1: The Hill of Torture (Orchestra Remake)

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