The piece is composed as a result of me watching the Japanese anime, Kino's Journey (Kino no Tabi). I could already imagine myself as Kino on a journey around the "Beautiful World!"

I knew that EWQL Stormdrum never ceases to let me down. This time, I used their separate drum samples which are topnotch! No wonder it's a standard among film composers of today.

The Traveler's Desire

Sonic Heroes...Sonic Generations...whatever man. I better remember this as the music in the first stage after picking Team Sonic, and their intro cutscene. 

The arrangement is a fusion of the original version, Sonic Generations version, and my own twist to it. 

Composition: Jun Senoue
Arrangement, All Instruments: Max Cinco




Seaside Hill (from Sonic Heroes)

from CAPCOM'S "Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike"
Composition: Hideki Okugawa
Arrangement: Max Cinco

I was inspired by Richard Jacques' work with Sonic and All Stars Transformed. I thought that I wanted to do something with the use heavily compressed breakbeats just like what he did to the Rogue's Landing stage BGM. 

I did this during the long vacation after my freshman year in college. It's just one of the things I've done during the long break. 


Theme of Yun and Yang

from the 1986 Famicom/SNES game, "Kid Icarus"
Composition: Hirokazu Tanaka
Arrangement: Max Cinco

This is a fun piece to arrange. A great inspiration for this arrangement is The Beatles, whose style in the late 60s (Sgt. Pepper and White Album) was greatly influenced by the music composers of the Baroque era such as J.S. Bach and Handel. 

ENJOY!

Kid Icarus Underworld Theme

from the ongoing anime, "Detective Conan" (a.k.a. "Case Closed")
Compositon: Katsuo Ono
Arrangement: Max Cinco

I've been out for quite a while. So I heard cinemas in SM malls are showing the new Detective Conan movie. It's been a long time since I have watched the anime itself back in Animax in english as well as the tagalog dubs seen in GMA 7. In the spirit of the new movie being released and shown here, I have decided to arrange the famous theme in a jazz band setting. 

Detective Conan Main Theme (「名探偵コナン」メインテーマ )

Composition: Astor Piazzolla
Original material from Astor Piazzolla's 1974 album "Libertango" under the label "Carosello"
Arrangement: Max Cinco
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It's been some time since the last post. 

One night, I went to a classical concert by the UST Symphony Orchestra. In their repertoire was Astor Piazzolla's "Libertango." The motif gave me the LSS. I thought to myself this was perfect for a techno remix that is hopefully, Dance Dance Revolution worthy.

Regarding said concert, I was onced asked to write my opinion. I said that Libertango was potential in becoming a song featured in a video game, especially music and rhythm games like Dance Dance Revolution and Pump it Up. 





Libertango (EDM Arrangement)

Original music IV of Spades
Arrangement by Max Cinco

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Mundo (Orchestral Arrangement)

Composition: Norihiko Hibino/Starry.K
Arrangement & Programming: Max Cinco

I loved listening to this track in the game so I made my own interpretation.

Old Metal Gear

Original music by Jun Senoue (SEGA)
Arrangement by Max Cinco
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For fun, I made a surf rock inspired arrangement of one of my favorite video game songs which comes from the game "Sonic Heroes," a game I played for many hours on my PS2. Featured here is me playing my new Fender Jaguar electric guitar.

The Game Compilation

Seaside Hill ~arrangement~

Original music by Shirō Sagisu
Arrangement by Max Cinco
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Inspired by the arrangements and orchestrations of Toto and Abba, I present an arrangement of the classic anime opening song from Neon Genesis Evangelion. I may have modified the mid-section a bit, but I made sure to include the obligatory parts.

"GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR, SHINJI!"

A Cruel Angel's Thesis ~arrangement~

Composition: Shoji Meguro
Arrangement: Max Cinco
Image taken from Playstation Network
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A 90s Acid Jazz (think Incognito, Brand New Heavies) inspired rendition of the track that plays when free roaming in Tokyo in Persona 5

Tokyo Daylight

UPDATE: Thank you for listening and liking this track! If you would like to listen to another Star Wars tune I made, click the link here -------> https://soundcloud.com/maxcinco1995/star-wars-themecantina-band-a-la-mecojames-last

Composition: John Williams
Orchestration, Arrangement, and Programming: Max Cinco

No sheet music was used in creating this.

Darth Vader image was taken from: http://darth.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Vader

The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)

Composition: Joey Dosik
Arrangement: Max Cinco
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Whipped a karaoke version of this Joey Dosik/Vulfpeck number up on whim...just for fun

Running Away (in the style of Vulfpeck/Joey Dosik)

Composition: Lorne Balfe
Arrangement, Vocaloid Programming, Orchestration: Max Cinco
Vocals: Vocaloid IA

I recently listened to the London Philharmonic Orchestra's take on the piece. I wanted to do my arrangement of the piece. So, here's my interpretation of the piece.

Assassin's Creed Revelations Main Theme

Original Music by Jose Estrella
Arrangement by Max Cinco
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This was a commissioned work that I genuinely had fun with. I channeled my inner Johann Strauss II and made this classic Filipino piece into a light music styled piece (the kind you might hear in a Tom & Jerry cartoon). What I like about this recording is that it can serve as a backing track for singers or simply listening material for recreational or educational purposes.

Commissions

Ang Maya

Composition: Jeremy Soule
Arrangement and Programming: Max Cinco

This is an interpretation of the theme from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. 
ENJOY!!

Reign of the Septims (Theme of TES IV: Oblivion)

Thought I'd like to do a follow up to the Imperial March track I nonchalantly posted here many years ago... This is my orchestration of a medley of Star Wars themes as arranged by Meco Monardo with a few personal tweaks. Something to put in your Friday night disco playlists while in quarantine, right?

Also, I encourage listeners to listen to the original "Star Wars Theme - Cantina Band" as released by Meco in 1977.

Cover photo from: https://www.cnet.com/news/star-wars-death-star-disco-ball-thinkgeek-darth-vader/

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Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (a la Meco/James Last)

Composer: Daniel Ingram
Arrangement: Max Cinco

A virtual orchestra plays the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic theme song! How delightful.

Image is taken from wikipedia

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Theme Song ~instrumental~

Composition: Jesper Kyd
Arrangement: Max Cinco
Vocals: Vocaloid IA

Personally, the best soundtrack in the Assassin's Creed series so far is in AC II. Compositions in the game use the same melody being played in this piece. This is my arrangement and interpreation of "Ezio's Family" for strings, oboe, violin, piano, harp, electric guitar, percussion, choir and voice.



Ezio's Family (Assassin's Creed II Main Theme)

"Mabeop gatatji when we disco, when we disco..."

My recreation of "When We Disco" by J.Y. Park & Sunmi.
Good for minus-one/karaoke when you need to sing this. No backing vocals yet. 

Original Music by: J.Y. Park

Image from: https://colorcodedlyrics.com/2020/08/j-y-park-bagjinyeong-when-we-disco-duet-with-sunmi-seonmi

When We Disco (in the style of J.Y. Park and Sunmi)

Title says it all. Did it for fun.
Original Music by: J.Y. Park, Hayley Aitken, Min Lee "Collapsedone," Ollipop

90s style instrumental slow jam on TWICE's "Feel Special"

My own tribute to the GOAT, Armando "Chick" Corea by doing my own interpretation of his famous tune, "Spain." This one's a more rock-oriented approach...like a hypothetic scenario if Carlos Santana and his band actually perform the tune.

RIP Chick Corea 1941-2021

Spain

Composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist based in Quezon City, Philippines. Makes mostly covers/arrangements of existing songs in this account but reposts my originals from my 2nd account to here.

Max Cinco

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