8bit style 2

8bit style 27

DOWNLOADS (MP3/FLAC): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PixjIVrbM-fEMZa4FVp9DZAdXkDcfD71

Element: Selenium, 34

Artist link(s): 
https://soundcloud.com/gaetano-de-paola-1
https://www.youtube.com/user/standepaola
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHOYZm5wJz9_gn-VNSP-wQ
http://gaetano96.newgrounds.com/
https://battleofthebits.org/barracks/Profile/Gaetano96/

Artist comments:
""In the middle of the night, lightened by the bright moon, the thief tries to steal the rare Selenium mineral; but the alarm goes off! The chase is on."

This is my first track for PSG Cabal, and honestly I'm really happy with how it turned out!
The song, made in Famitracker (and using the VRC6 module), is my first attempt at composing a "chiptune rhapsody", and it's directly inspired by the chemical element n. 34, Selenium. For example, the theme and focus of the song is the Moon, which is associated with Selenium's name; while the use of a 7/4 time signature comes from adding up the digits of Selenium's atomic number, 3 + 4.

I had a ton of fun composing this, I hope you'll have fun listening to it too! Thanks to y'all and PSG Cabal for the opportunity. <3"

Nintendium-118 Vol. 3

Gaetto - Chase by the Moonlight

A little chiptune rendition of the track "Detroit" by Rich Vreeland a.k.a. Disasterpeace from the film It Follows. 
Originally posted on my IG here https://www.instagram.com/p/B_k0xwnD1qB/
Also available on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8ueBXucz4A

Detroit - Disasterpeace - It Follows Soundtrack [0CC-FamiTracker VRC6]

A cover of Tear's For Fear's "Everybody Want's to Rule the World", one of my all time favorite tracks. I used the Konami VRC6 expansion chip, which i thought turned out to be  pretty great decision :D

Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears Cover)

My entry for Silly Venture 2016 POKEY music compo (took 5th place).
Made with Raster Music Tracker (RMT) 1.28_0a (my own modification allowing using 16bit A-based bass instead of C-based one).

12/11/2016

Code Name: Chips Challenge

sentient teeth

"Rhythm of the heart." ;)
WATCH THE ANIMATION HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3WcP2Dx0W4

Mercury Meltdown! Another one of my favorite games, right from my childhood, with a SPECTACULAR soundtrack I'm still impressed by after all these years. Because of this, and because the game is pretty darn underrated and/or unknown, I felt the need, in my smallness, to give it at least SOME of the exposure it truly deserves.
I hope someone out there will eventually make a Mercury Meltdown sequel or remake, because to me it honestly looks like a pretty interesting and unique concept, fun to play, and also very challenging at times.

The FamiTracker project is also available for download, if you wanna take a look at how it works!
Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bv5rdwuj6m9inim/MercuryMeltdown_Brasil_ChipVer_PUBLIC.ftm?dl=0

This is my first VRC6 track! Not gonna lie, I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. The instrumentation in the original song translated pretty well in the chiptune genre, and with the help of some instrument juggling (using more than 1 voice in a single channel), I think I gave some justice to the piano lead's rhythm complexity; you be the judge.

This time, I also created an animation for the song, all on my own, obviously by taking inspiration from the game, and then re-creating, texturing and adapting the sprites (and the mercury ball model) to be in "8-bit" style. It took some time, but I'm pretty sure it was worth the wait. The animation doesn't follow NES' or other consoles' standards, but I tried my best to make it as close as possible to the "8-bit"/pixel art style. I hope you like it!
By any means, feel free to let me know what you think about it (you can be honest). I've always been fascinated by the world of animations and pixel art, as well as any visual arts really. There are some really really talented artists out there. If I can, I'd really love to create more stuff like this in the future.

Thank you so much for listening, and for the support and the lovely feedback you gave to me so far.
I hope my music can help you all feel better, overcome obstacles, and just have a good time. Take care, see ya soon!

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Links:

My SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gaetano-de-paola-1
My 1st YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/standepaola
My 2nd YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHOYZm5wJz9_gn-VNSP-wQ
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gaetano9696
My NewGrounds: http://gaetano96.newgrounds.com/

INFO:

Title: Brasil (Gaetto's VRC6 ver.) [Mercury Meltdown] - John Hancock & Gordon Hayes
Song: Brasil (VRC6 version)
Artists: John Hancock and Gordon Hayes (VRC6 ver. by Gaetano De Paola)
Genre: Chiptune/8-bit [VRC6] (original: Bossa Nova)
BPM: 121
Release Date: 25/05/2020
Cover art by: Gaetano De Paola
Animation by: Gaetano De Paola
Programs used: FamiTracker, RJDMC, Audacity, Photoshop CS6, Vegas Pro 13.0

Videogame: Mercury Meltdown (PSP)
Developers: Ignition Banbury
OST by: John Hancock and Gordon Hayes

Brasil [Mercury Meltdown]

Brasil (Gaetto's VRC6 ver.) [Mercury Meltdown] - John Hancock & Gordon Hayes

WANTED! Jungle '96 mix - Metal Max

Hi!
I create music mainly for 8-bit Atari roughly since 1993.
Some of the music is converted from Amiga MODs, sometimes it comes from MIDI versions of more or less known pieces and some of it appears as my own compositions. The music is done for games, demos and also as stand alone pieces.
As stated above I mainly concentrate of Atari 8-bit music, There was also short episode in 90s when I created some MODs. But come on! I never said no to other formats (just may be a bit lazy to learn the new ones).

From summer 2019 on I'm being creating music for Atari Lynx (well, sometimes). You can find some pieces of it in my collection.

Code Name: Chips Challenge

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