Vocals performed by: Ross Kirsling, https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling
Lyrics are new, for this arrangement, by me.

Arrangement of the song:  Narrow Space Between Dimensions (Chrono Cross) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N6N-na_CQU
(Yasunori Mitsuda)

Arranged for the 8-bit Music Theory Discord weekly contest. (Arrange a song you're nostalgic about in some other musical form)

Image credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/DKix6Un55mw

Across Eternity (Chrono Cross - Dimension Breach)

Barbershop arrangement of Super Mario Bros 2 main theme.  Arranged for 8-Bit Music Theory Discord weekly challenge, vocal arrangement week.

Lead 1:  https://soundcloud.com/jdbr0wn
Lead 2, bass, chords, arrangement: https://soundcloud.com/mtaur
Lead 3:  https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling
Bass:  https://soundcloud.com/mic-de-villa
Cameo 1:  wilm0x42 (Discord)
Cameo 2:  https://soundcloud.com/zeni
Spoken 1:  spouselady
Spoken 2:  https://soundcloud.com/user-734464508

8BMT

Composition for 8-Bit Music Theory weekly challenge:  Work.

Extended storytelling before and after the events of Rumpelstiltskin.  Some backstory in the first half, and a second half throws doubt on whether the story's ending is especially happy, all things considered.

Lead sheet, chords, lyrics, mixing - Minotaur/MTaur/me
Vocal 1 - cubey
Vocal 2 - melchoyce ( https://soundcloud.com/mel-choyce )
Piano - DerHealsmann ( https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly )
Percussion - Lampie23
Bass - Jesse!

Image is taken from art by Mercer Meyer.

You Won't Have To

Arrangement of Dead Pigeon's "Jhjhjh", for the 8-bit Music Theory Discord Secret Santa event.  ( https://musescore.com/132hj231/jhjhjh )
Thumbnail image - https://unsplash.com/photos/hdk3LKtOaio

Piano - Lucas Kelly ( https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly )
Drums - Lampie23
Saxophone - Jesse!
Clarinet, trumpet, lead sheet, arrangement - MTaur

Justifiable Homicide

A full remake of Minotaru Kawaii for 8-Bit Music Theory Weekly Contest - Shop theme composition week.

Drum samples from melchoyce

Art by HelenaGF:  https://www.redbubble.com/i/notebook/Cute-minotaur-by-HelenaGF/32498305.WX3NH

Kawaii Minotaru-chan no Mangaten

Entry for the 8Bit Music Theory Weekly contest - composition - Royalty week

(This piece is part of the Stilted series)

Minotaur/MTaur - Composition, lead sheet, lyrics
metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling ) - Vocals 1 (King)
melchoyce ( https://soundcloud.com/mel-choyce ) - Vocals 2 (Millerdaughterlovebabysomuch)
DerHealsmann ( https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly ) - Piano
SpindaSaturn ( https://soundcloud.com/duncan-abrahart ) - Orchestration
SpindaSpouse (not a real username) - Vocals 3 (baby sounds)
Lampie23 - Percussion

The Magic Is Gone

Remake of After Ever After with live playing.

Piano played by:  https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly (plus embellishments and solo)
Trumpet, composition, lead sheet:  MTaur

After Ever After (Live)

A skit set in an alternate universe where Forky Asks A Question is an enigmatic Vietnam War protest song, instead of the iconic title character of the beloved Toy Story spinoff series.

Composed for 8-bit Music Theory Discord weekly challenge, mode week.  (I picked plain old Ionic, which means I just avoided "out" notes in major, except one colorful measure that was talked about in the skit where "Boomer" insisted on incorporating a tricky jazz harmony movement.)

Forky Asks A Question

Arrangement for 8-Bit Music Theory Secret Santa 2022 event.
Original by StormyRaptor:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTWxoIpLztY

Drums and funk bass:  Lampie23 (Discord)
Keyboards:  https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly (DerHealsmann on Discord)
EWI:  https://soundcloud.com/kee-ba (Keeba on Discord)
Guitar:  By me, VST wrangling and adjustments by Moebius (Discord)

This arrangement is a SNES-style metal-adjacent jazz/rock/metal fusiony kind of battle theme in the vein of Mystic Quest, Lufia 2, and Phantasy Star 4.  Kind of.

Ethereal Falls

16-bit version of:  https://soundcloud.com/mtaur/ethereal-falls , check that for original and more info.

Resample/bitcrush/etc. done by Lampie23 (discord)

Ethereal Falls - SNES Version

Jazz arrangement for 8-bit Music Theory weekly competition - Jazz arrangement week in honor of Wayne Shorter.

Lead sheet + piano - me (Minotaur/MTaur)
Alto sax - Keeba ( https://soundcloud.com/kee-ba )
Tenor sax + Bass - Jesse!
Vibraphone - metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling )
Drums - Lampie23 ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 )

Edelweiss

Art by Lampie23

Minor key arrangement of Take the A Train for the 8-Bit Music Theory weekly contest - tonality arrangment week.

MTaur - arrangement, lyrics, keyboard, bass
Moebius ( https://soundcloud.com/gorodal ) - mixing
metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling )- vocals, melodica
Lampie23 ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 ) - drums, melodica, art
ddave0822 ( https://soundcloud.com/david-wilson-949461761 ) - guitar
Keeba ( https://soundcloud.com/kee-ba )  - EWI
timelovesahero ( https://soundcloud.com/timelovesahero ) - midi sax

Skits (not in order):  Minotaur, Moebius, Moespouse,
Lampie23, ??????, metamoogle

Take My Ferry

Arrangement.  Original piece: Scalet by Lucas Kelly.  ( https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly/scarlet )

Summer Santa 2023 arrangement by MTaur.

Arrangement, trumpet (solo), and keyboards by MTaur (me)
Guest trumpet (head/melody) by Carl (in-law)
Bass and additional drums by Jesse (Discord)
Drums by Lampie23 ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 )

Art source:  https://unsplash.com/photos/joGq-Kjpvlk (Tengyart)

Agent Scarlet

Arrangement.  Original piece: A Shop Story by Lampie. ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334/a-shop-story )

Summer Santa 2023 arrangement by MTaur.

Piano by Lucas Kelly ( https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly )
Tenor sax by Jesse (Discord)
Melodica by metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling )

Art source: https://unsplash.com/photos/87e5Kxl-Zfk (Ilaria De Bona)

A Love Story

Skit preceding Agent Scarlet in the Minotaur Audio Universe.

Mindy's Bakery Skit - Agent Scarlet

Mindy's Bakery - A Love Story Skit

Featuring piano by: https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly
Bass/drums also by https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly

Polyhedra's Blues (Music only)

Entry for the Discord 8-Bit Music Theory weekly contest - composition - Animal Crossing title screen week.

Inspired by an actual baby.
Drums and melodica by: https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 (Lampie23 on Discord)

Image source:  https://www.target.com/p/melissa-38-doug-star-diner-restaurant/-/A-80600356

Babbysville Diner

Arranged for 8-Bit Music Theory Discord - Secret Santa 2023

A VGM + jazz noir arrangement of DAYBREAK by LeviX20 (starsworn on Discord):  https://musescore.com/user/26181351/scores/12200824

Piano - https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly (DerHealsmann)
Melodica - https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling (metamoogle)
Drums - https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 (Lampie23)
Bass - Me, VST patch improvement by Jesse

Nightfall

Skit for Nightfall - Secret Santa 2023

Featuring Aero, Keeba, metamoogle, Lampie23

(To do: Hyperlink properly, whatever)

Skit - Nightfall

8-Bit Music Theory Weekly - Composition challenge - Relaxing Tritones

MTaur - Lead sheet, electric piano, vocals
Lampie23 ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 ) - Drums, bass, synth, skit vocals
timelovesahero ( https://soundcloud.com/timelovesahero ) - Trumpet, saxophone
metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling ) - Vocals, skit vocals
meldecision ( https://soundcloud.com/mel-decision ) - Skit vocals

Thumbnail image source (I think):
https://www.amazon.com/Bestiary-Illuminated-Alphabet-Medieval-Beasts/dp/0689812469
Jonathan Hunt, Bestiary: An Illuminated Alphabet of Medieval Beasts

Triton

Submitted for 8-Bit Music Theory weekly contest - This Isn't Even My Final Form

New verses based on spoken content at the end of this episode:  https://www.misterrogers.org/episodes/a-visit-to-the-circus/

It's Such A Good Feeling (extended fan cover with new verses)

Arranged for Discord 8-Bit Music Theory Summer Santa 2024.  An arrangement of:  https://soundcloud.com/duncan-abrahart/fantasy-flight-1

Arrangement, original draft of bass+guitar - Me (mtaur)
Mixing, editing, and guitar solo - Moebius ( https://soundcloud.com/moebius-the-composer )
Piano/Organ - DerHealsmann ( https://soundcloud.com/lucas_kelly )
Drums, misc extra - Lampie23 ( https://soundcloud.com/the-architect-120514334 )
EWI - Keeba - ( https://soundcloud.com/kee-ba )
Barbershop quartet + arrangement - wilmx042, ViolaBuddy, metamoogle ( https://soundcloud.com/rkirsling ), Jesse!

Supernatural Submarine

Epilogues to Supernatural Submarine and its skit

Supernatural Submarine - Epilogues

Supernatural Submarine - skit

8-Bit Music Theory weekly challenge submission
Frankenstein week (3 or more old prompts)
Random/Jazz/Duet

I rolled 7d12 to write the first 7 melody notes, then composed the rest, and improvised on the chord changes a bit.

I wish I had more time to mess with it more, but maybe someday.

Ruminations

Tommy Tremolo - SpindaSaturn
Anthony Taft Moogleman - metamoogle
Martha - Allison (irl MTaur's sister)
Linda - Mel
Lenny - Lampie23
Clara - spouselady

Adrift Once More - skit

Some general changes, and a layered fadeout ending.

Shiny Baubles

8-bit Music Theory Discord weekly contest - composition - 2020 in review.

Hindsight (Year of the Candy Corn)

70s-style morning talk show theme song sort of thing.

8-bit Music Theory Discord weekly challenge - Sun-themed composition.

Image found at: pixabay.com/photos/goat-horns-a…arm-mammals-2500205

MTaur

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