An orchestral arrangement of the song from the video game soundtrack of "Stardew Valley" by Eric Barone.

Spring (It's A Big World Outside) [Orcherstral Arrangement from Stardew Valley]

Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge

Rock Arrangement from the Anno 1602 OST. Original by Markus Pitzer.

In The Beginning

[Verse 1]
Well, here we are again
It's always such a pleasure
Remember when you tried
To kill me twice?
Oh, how we laughed and laughed
Except I wasn't laughing
Under the circumstances
I've been shockingly nice

[Chorus]
You want your freedom? Take it
That's what I'm counting on
I used to want you dead but
Now I only want you gone

[Verse 2]
She was a lot like you
Maybe not quite as heavy
Now little Caroline is
In here too
One day they woke me up
So I could live forever
It's such a shame the same will
Never happen to you

[Chorus]
You've got your short, sad life left
That's what I’m counting on
I'll let you get right to it
Now I only want you gone

[Verse 3]
Goodbye, my only friend
Oh, did you think I meant you?
That would be funny
If it weren't so sad
Well, you have been replaced
I don't need anyone now
When I delete you
Maybe I'll stop feeling so bad

[Chorus]
Go make some new disaster
That's what I'm counting on
You're someone else's problem
Now I only want you gone
Now I only want you gone
Now I only want you gone
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Original song by Jonathan Coultron from the soundtrack of Portal 2

Want You Gone

Sanctuary Pt. 2, arranged by @moebius. for @derhealsmann

(Originally Sanctuary)
https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly/sanctuary

The new arrangement was also posted on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T060hsztLCg

Notes:
From all the pieces of Heals to choose from, I was drawn pretty early into "Sanctuary". The cute setting with the humans befriending aliens and going on adventures with them paired with time signature changes, spicy melodies and sparse instrumentation simply called for me to expand upon. Conceptually, I approached this as a continuation of the original story where the roles are reversed. The aliens are now the ones looking for their human friends to go on an adventure. Structurally, I initially tried a lot of different ways to expand on the original instrumentation. Finally I was inspired by the album "Re:Invent the Universe" by "Sithu Aye" (especially the first two songs "Invent the Universe" for the intro and "Grand Unification" for the rest of the song), and started writing a prog space metal piece. Before discussing the sections in detail, let's first establish the sections with time signatures, time markers and a short description:

Intro: 9/8 0:00 - 0:50 - aliens flying to space searching for their human friends
A: 9/8 0:50 - 2:33 - aliens discover earth and marvel at its wonders, they land, eager to reunite with their human friends.
B: 4/4 2:33 - 3:43 - aliens and humans join forces once again, exploring new worlds and forging an unbreakable bond.
C: 6/4 3:43 - 5:01 - aliens and humans soar through space, no danger is too large for them
D: 6/4 5:01 - 5:34 - aliens reluctantly realize that they need to go home
Outro: 6/4 5:34 - 6:07 - aliens leave a beacon of hope so that aliens and humans can meet again

For the intro I wanted to invoke the sound of a beacon that really defines the intro of the original piece, but with a twist. A reversed sample of a distorted electric guitar, faded from left to right and with sudden cut outs in time with the beat is the first indication that this version is in fact from another viewpoint. The sample is reused at key moments to mark transitions between some of the sections and in the outro.

The following section A feature the chords from the originals A-C section in arpeggiated form on a clean-ish electric guitar with some phasing and delay. From the beginning of this section we already have our first hint of metal with the heavy drums and the distorted bass guitar. Halfway through I added a distorted rhythm guitar belting power chords of the progression.

In the B section we drop the initial clean guitar in favor of a spacey sounding synth for the full chord progression and multiple lead guitars who take over the melodies and part of the harmonies. The rhythm guitar continues to give us power chords in order to fatten up the low end.

The C section replaces the space synth with the hammer klavier piano and somewhat more open rhyhtm guitar and much more complex bass pattern than before. I especially liked how I was able to keep the very jazzy chords in the end of the respective bar 2 (first appearance at ~3:54) without it getting muddy. This was achieved by splitting the chords across three guitars and voicing the chords much wider than in the original.

We enter the D section as a much calmer version of the previously heard material. The melodic instruments other than the beacon synth fade out gradually, indicating that the end is near.

Not much to say about the outro, other that I really enjoyed how the reversed guitar sample really ties this section together to the rest of the song.

Instrumentation - Plugin

5 Electric Guitars - Shreddage Jupiter
Electric Bass - Shreddage Abyss
Drumkit - Shreddage Drums
Beacon Synth - Sytrus
Space Piano - Toxic Biohazard
Piano - Hammer Klavier
Choir - 8Dio Liberis

Sanctuary Pt. 2

Tales From The Loop - Main Theme (Metal Arrangement)

The first draft of the arrangement came very quickly to me after listening to GamingDragons pieces. I noticed two pieces related to friends of GD and I noted two things: They where light on instrumentation (piano and violin for Giving Thanks, solo piano for Fading Memories and Broken Hearts) and I though I could blend them well into a pop/folk-medley.

First order of business was to arrange the piano chords into something playable on guitar and I found that gave especially the intro a new vibe that I liked a lot. Then I laid out what parts of which song I wanted to mix together and landed on an alternation of sections with a finale where both songs get their melodies played as counterpoint to each other.

Fun note regarding the key, the song starts in the original key of Fading Memories and Broken Hearts but then switches to the key of Giving Thanks once that song sets in and I transposed the rest of Fading Memories and Broken Hearts after that point.

After that I added drums, guitar decorations, strumming patterns on the rhythm guitar and a synth pad to fill out the sonic space.

GamingDragon, I was really touched by the songs I chose and I could feel all the emotion you put into them. Hopefully I added to them.

Instrumentation:

Lead Guitar I - Shreddage 3.5 Telos (Funk Dirty preset)
Lead Guitar II / Supporting Guitar - Shreddage 3.5 Stratus (Funk Dirty preset)
Rhythm Guitar - Shreddage 3.5 Archtop (Jazzy Clean preset)
Electric Bass - Shreddage 3.5 Fretless (Big Round Bass preset)
Drums - FPC (Jayce Lewis Kit)
Synth Pad - Sytrus (Double Star)

Tales Of Frienship

[Verse 1]
Baby can't you see, I'm farming 
This cold of yours is my undoing 
It's freezing, winter's coming

There's no escape, you can't wait 
I need to knit, my sheep give me it 
You're numbing, frost's biting 

[Pre-Chorus]
Too bright, can't look down
Losing my sight in the snowy ground
I can't feel my hands? 

[Chorus]
Ooh the taste of my 'snips, I'm on my farm
You're icy, I'm slipping on you
Ooh the taste of a starfruit paradise 
I'm constricted by you
Don't you know that you're icy?
And I loathe what you do
Don't you know that you're icy?

[Verse 2]
It's getting late to clear you out
I took a sip from a coffee cup
Steaming, it's slowly warming me

[Pre-Chorus]
Too bright, can't look down
Losing my sight in the snowy ground
I can't feel my hands? 

[Chorus]
Ooh the taste of my 'snips, I'm on my farm
You're icy, I'm slipping on you
Ooh the taste of a starfruit paradise 
I'm constricted by you
Don't you know that you're icy?
And I loathe what you do
Don't you know that you're icy?
Don't you know that you're icy? 

[Chorus]
Taste of my 'snips, I'm on my farm
You're icy, I'm slipping on you
Ooh the taste of a starfruit paradise 
I'm constricted by you
Don't you know that you're icy?
Ooh the taste of my 'snips, I'm on my farm
You're icy, I'm slipping on you (Icy)
Ooh the taste of a starfruit paradise 
I'm constricted by you
And I loathe what you do
Don't you know that you're icy?

[Outro]
Let's bring down Joja now, with your snowin' now 
I think I'm ready now (I think I'm ready now)
Let's bring down Joja now, with your snowin' now 
I think I'm ready now

Icy (What if "Toxic" was about winter in Stardew Valley?)

When I saw this weeks challenge on the 8-Bit Music Theory discord, to turn a sad song into a happy-go-lucky one, I knew I had to do "Sad Violin". The arrangement consists of turning the song from minor to major, changing the time signature from 3/4 to 4/4 and turning it into a power metal track at a faster 130 bmp. The intro plays with the listeners expectations by seeming to be in 3/4 with the first beat as a rest and with going to G like the original does but sliding quickly into G# from the major scale. Thinking of how this could be even cheesier I decided to do a key change up three semitones in the middle of the piece. I hope you enjoy!

Happy Guitar - Upbeat Major Mode Metal Cover of "Sad Violin" ("Sad Romance")

Written by Moebius and Luisa Böhmer
Vocals by Solaria
Produced by Moebius

Lyrics:

Intro:
In a land where heroes rise,
Beyond mountains past the skies,
We embark on quests so bold,
Underneath the stars of gold.

Verse 1:
With swords of steel and hearts of fire (fire),
Marching forth, our one desire,
To find the light, to claim our prize (prize),
Journey on through valiant skies.

Through the storm and darkest night (night),
Guided by the stars so bright,
We'll conquer fears, we'll spread our wings (wings),
Hear the song that valor sings (sings).

Pre-Chorus:
Valiant skies

Chorus:
In these valiant skies, where our legends soar,
We rise above, we yearn for more,
With wings of hope, we brave the fight.

Here our hearts unite,
Through trials claim the night,
With our courage strong, we stand as one,
In the kingdom of the sun.

Verse 2:
Across the fields of emerald green (emerald green),
Banners wave a grand scene,
Facing shadows we defy (defy),
Underneath the valiant sky.

With courage bright, paths are clear (paths are clear),
We forge ahead sans fear,
Honor's shield and justice's flame (flame),
In the skies, we write our name.

Pre-Chorus:
Valiant skies

Chorus:
In these valiant skies, where our legends soar,
We rise above, we yearn for more,
With wings of hope, we brave the fight.

Here our hearts unite,
Through trials claim the night,
With our courage strong, we stand as one,
In the kingdom of the sun.

Outro:
Valiant skies

Valiant Skies

Kaleidoscopic Sunset ~ One Thousand Dancing Cranes Celebrating Victory, arranged for Toby

Originally: 
Kaleidoscopic Aberration ~ One Thousand Paper Cranes in the Shattered Mirror,
To the Victor Go the Spoils! and
White Sand, Blue Sea, Red Sunset

Additional Credits:
Minotaur (https://soundcloud.com/mtaur): Trumpet Solo
Pixelseph (https://www.linktr.ee/pixelseph): Guitar Solo

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Video made with FL Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin

Effect author credits: 
HUD 3D - Rado1 
TextTrueType - Ville 
Youlean Drop Shadow - Youlean 

Original photo by v2osk (https://unsplash.com/de/@v2osk) at Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/de/fotos/sonnenuntergang-unter-dem-strand-JE01L3hB0GQ)

Kaleidoscopic Sunset ~ One Thousand Dancing Cranes Celebrating Victory

Remixed as part of Game Set Mash 2, A OC-Remix event in 2024.
Songs: "Environment Sound (Silence 2)" from  Metroid Fusion and "Marble Gallery" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 

Also released as OCR #04758 https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04758.

Featuring
VARIA: synths - https://soundcloud.com/variaarts
pixelseph: guitar - https://pixelseph.newgrounds.com/
paradiddlesjosh: drums - https://paradiddlesjosh.newgrounds.com/
Cyril the Wolf: bass guitar, mastering - https://cyrillyric.bandcamp.com/

Gallery of Mysteries

While exploring Swis's extensive and remarkable library, one piece immediately stood out to me: "A Moonlit Gathering." (https://soundcloud.com/the-swi/a-moonlit-gathering) Its captivating melodies instantly sparked inspiration. I knew right then that I wanted to transform this stunning solo clarinet piece into a powerful arrangement for a full metal band. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Cover photo by Evgeniy Smersh (https://unsplash.com/de/@igrindphoto) at Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/de/fotos/eine-menschenmenge-8TqcZeYPJ3E).

A Moonlit Mosh Pit

Chocobo Theme by Nobuo Uematsu

I want to ride this chocobo 
Just look at his fluffy tail 
And his sharp beak 
Let's dress him up with a cute red bow 
And a sturdy saddle 
It's going to look so fleek 

Look at me ma I'm riding with no hands 
This is so easy I could ride it doing headstands 
I'm going all the way to Zanarkand 
Don't try to stop me I'm going to be in demand 

My chocobo and I are best friends 
Nothing can separate us 
When we ride to the sunset 
And I don't want to hear mean comments 
Otherwise we will make 
You your words regret 

Look at me ma I'm riding with no hands 
This is so easy I could ride it doing headstands 
I'm going all the way to Zanarkand 
Don't try to stop me I'm going to be in demand 

Chocobo 
Yeah 
Best friends 
Woo 
Love you so 
Fluffy fluffy fool 
You're so cute 
Be my sweetheart

Best Fluff Forever

For Orni during Summer Santa 25.

Going through Orni's extensive catalouge two environmental tracks "The Open Sea" and "Fields" really stuck out to me in how different and yet similar they are. I decided to make a metal medley out of them - the changes between 3/4 and 5/4 work really well in that genre. I had a ton of fun reducing the very complex layers into 4 guitars and 1 bass (and a surprise towards the end).

Foto by Azmodea

From the Ocean to the Fields

Another competition track where I turned the city theme of Sootopolis City ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMLPjw5S9Ls ) into a battle theme in the style of Pokemon Silver/Gold with a piano instrumentation. Enjoy!

Wallace (Sootopolis City) Battle Theme

Another entry into the contests, this time the goal was to turn some VGM into prog. Did I succeed? Be my guest to decide :D This is a medley containing parts of the songs (in order of first appearence)
"Wood Carving Partita" by Michiru Yamane,
"Dr. Wily's Stage Theme" by Takashi Tateishi,
"Marble Gallery" by Michiru Yamane and
"Mad Forest" by the Konami Kukeiha Club

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