The German audiobook adaptations of Thomas are genuinely so fascinating, and they also have some dope music. Huge thanks to Jerome (@thomasfanforever) for not only showing the fandom everything we currently know about the audiobooks, but also for splicing together the original music track (and others!)
https://twitter.com/starlightfan02/status/1357392160392417282

This cover was rly nice to work on, and I'm very happy with how close the transcription is. Wound up doing the backing strings a "little" differently, but am still proud of how this turned out all the same. Hope you guys enjoy! :)
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Original Music by Jens-Peter Morgenstern
Arranged by MysteryMan

Sad Theme | German Thomas Audiobooks

(EDIT 12/25/22: Nothing has changed about the arrangement itself, but I've replaced the old MP3 file with a properly looped WAV! Additionally, here's the MIDI I released on VGMusic last year.)
https://www.vgmusic.com/new-files/ahit_firespirits_arranged.mid

Pascal Michael Stiefel made the original track. Be sure to stream the official A Hat In Time game soundtrack on Spotify/iTunes/etc. Alternatively, you can also listen to a lot of the soundtrack on the official Gears for Breakfast YT channel! (Be sure to buy and play the game btw. It's really good, you won't regret it!)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOywx5hjexDJUP-trlckYNA

Also be sure to support Stiefel and his various work via his social media!
twitter.com/Plasma3music
www.youtube.com/user/Plasma3Music
@plasma3
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Been wanting to cover this track for a long while now, seeing as it's *criminally* underrated and has absolutely no covers out there.
This one was pretty tricky to figure out the backing chords for, and I wound up taking a fair few creative liberties, up to and including the addition of entirely new elements. In fact if you listen *very* closely, I added a sneaky lil reference to *Eric Gleiser's* track "Dance of the Fire Spirits" (https://soundcloud.com/studio-gleiser/dance-of-the-fire-spirits) via a certain backing instrument ;)
Anyhow I'm incredibly happy with how this cover turned out, and I hope you guys enjoy! :)
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Original Track by Pascal Michael Stiefel
Arranged by MysteryMan

A Hat In Time | The Fire Spirits | Cover

The original track was made by DashingToadie (@dashingtoadie-the-sequel / @toadiedoesalltheworktbh,) and you can listen to it here:
https://soundcloud.com/toadiedoesalltheworktbh/aftergore-viii-ursa-major

The logo in the thumbnail was made by Repeat (@repeatsc) and Toadie, and the Theodore sprite was made by Moonstriker (@moonstrikefour.)

There isn't really *one* official comprehensive OST playlist for Aftergore, as there are multiple variants, but do be sure to check out the official Discord!
discord.gg/WbzykND
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Huge thanks goes to DashingToadie and Slick Silver (@slick_silver) for providing the MIDI for this track, as well as Ursa Major!
This definitely has more changes compared to the Ursa Major cover, and I just love the sound I got out of this. (Also sorry this is a bit of a repetitive description XP)
Anyhow ye, I hope you guys enjoy!
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Original Track and MIDI by DashingToadie
Based on Motifs by Toby Fox
All Edits by MysteryMan
Aftergore and its many variants are owned by Slick Silver (@slick_silver)

Aftergore VIII | Red Tape | Cover

(UPDATE 7/19/2023: Pitched this down, changed the percussion and adjusted some stuff. Also experimented with trying to EQ this thing to make it sound close-ish to the S5 dubbing tracks that were discovered ages ago. Prolly failed royally in that department, but hey it still sounds good!

Also I figured this is as good a place to tell y'all as any. I had to take a leave of absence from work due to physical factors, and in order to make sure I don't put my bank account in the hole, I cancelled my SC Pro. I've already started the process of removing older/less cared about tracks to make up for the eventual minutes deficit I might or might not be facing on Friday, and is also part of why I went back and updated a LOT of older tracks -- this one included. Thank y'all for baring with me.)
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The original track was made by TheGermanEngine (@thegermanengine) almost 7(!!!) years ago. You can find the upload here:
https://soundcloud.com/thegermanengine/little-box-tank
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It's long overdue, but I finally made some critical updates to my cover of this Thomas fandom classic that I made last year! I've changed out a couple of the lead instruments, added some small background elements, and replaced the bagpipes in that one section with strings. (I initially tried to use the Hartshorne bagpipes, but it just didn't sound right imo.)
I'm incredibly happy with this new mix, and I hope you guys enjoy! :D
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Original Track by TheGermanEngine
Based on "Little Engines" by Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell
Arranged by MysteryMan

Little Box Tank | Arrangement (UPDATED 7/19/2023)

The art in the thumbnail was made by Kikuhito7676 (https://kikuhito7676.tumblr.com.) Be sure to check out the original post on Tumblr!
https://kikuhito7676.tumblr.com/post/190691817805/so-cool-kris-in-the-dark-world
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The transcription of this track was tricky to pick out, but it was ultimately a pretty nice one to figure out! The original is such a pitch perfect "sequel" track to Determination from Undertale, really wanted to do it justice here.
Wound up going in more of an orchestral-esque direction with this one, and I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. Hope you guys enjoy!
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Original Track by Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan

DELTARUNE (Chapter 2) | Faint Courage | Cover

The art in the thumbnail was made by KaosKurve (https://twitter.com/KaoskurveA.) Be sure to check out the original art on both Twitter and Newgrounds!
https://twitter.com/KaoskurveA/status/1439697166642077697
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/kaoskurve/the-berd-nerd
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Like with a lot of my covers, I transcribed the base version first. The pitch bends on the lead were a PAIN IN THE NECK to recreate in Mixcraft, but I managed to get them sounding decent enough.
Fleshing it out was a fairly simple, yet rewarding experience! For those of you who might not already know, I've been a fan of Thomas The Tank Engine since I was a little kid. And when I saw this post from The Caledonian Engines (https://twitter.com/RealCaledonian/status/1442612689797189632,) I just couldn't resist the motivation, no matter how dumb of a reason it was hueh. So I wound up turning this into something reminiscent of a music piece from season 6 or 7 of that show.
Incredibly happy with how this turned out, and I hope you guys enjoy!
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Original Track by Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan

DELTARUNE (Chapter 2) | Berdly | Cover

PLEASE DO NOT USE THESE MUSIC TRACKS WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM HABIJOB.

I did all of these tracks for Queen's Nightmare, a Purple Time Rift mod for the AU of the same name by Habijob (https://twitter.com/habijob / https://habijob.tumblr.com / https://queens-nightmare.tumblr.com)
You can download the mod over on Steam Workshop!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2634870172
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As you can likely figure from these track names, the goal was to set a particular mood with each one. This was definitely a VERY interesting experiment for me, doing all of these distinctly different tracks while also standardizing them to one tempo and time signature. Had a ton of ideas while I was doing these (though the influences are obvious, to say the least,) and I'm incredibly happy with how these all turned out. Hope you guys enjoy!

This particular track wound up being inspired by Moonsetter from Homestuck.
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Based on Motifs by Pascal Michael Stiefel and MP2
Arranged by MysteryMan

mus_happy

The art in the thumbnail was made by Klar Jezebeth. Be sure to check out the full art on their social media!
https://twitter.com/KlarJezebeth/status/1450538780914503681
https://www.deviantart.com/klar-jezebeth/art/Spamton-895733908
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Much like my Berdly cover from a few months back, I covered this track in the style of something from S6-7 of Thomas The Tank Engine. Made it for a dub that I did over on Twitter (https://twitter.com/MysteryMan_17/status/1503617994907283461,) and the story in question (https://twitter.com/DemonOfNowhere/status/1501110339810709504,) which was made by @demonofnowhere, is something you should definitely check out as well!
Not much more to say, hope you guys enjoy!
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Original Track by Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan

DELTARUNE (Chapter 2) | Dialtone | Cover

The art in the thumbnail was made by Crow (https://crypticscarecrow.tumblr.com.) Be sure to check out the full post on their Tumblr!
https://crypticscarecrow.tumblr.com/post/663172824991760384/ah-my-outfit-yes-the-monochrome-look-is-quite
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Downloads here on SC are enabled for the main version of this track, but you can also listen to the version without vocals over on Google Drive!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y8Q1NAK2vxZeYzZOBKz-s75UFcwpX24w/view?usp=sharing
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I originally intended for this to be in the style of S6-7 of Thomas The Tank Engine again, like with Dialtone, but I quickly realized that wouldn't work due to the lack of percussion (since percussion is such a key part and this track would've just felt empty in comparison to the original without it.) So I used some RX-5 samples for the beat, and let myself go wild from there; rly damn happy with the piano part I added in particular. (And ye, I did the funni Spamton vocals here as well lol.)
All in all, this was a ton of fun to make, and I hope you guys enjoy!
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Original Track by Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan
Vocals by MysteryMan

DELTARUNE (Chapter 2) | Spamton | Cover

The art in the thumbnail was made by Beeelzybuth (https://beeelzybuth.tumblr.com.) Be sure to support the original post!
https://beeelzybuth.tumblr.com/post/673286567862943744/big-shot
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Downloads here on SC are enabled for the main version of this track, but you can also listen to the version without vocals over on Google Drive!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rffDZsQ4dfZpAWCc9r8oEUQ6NtGIVhJt/view?usp=sharing
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First of all, thank you so much for 1000 followers here on SoundCloud! I'm genuinely kinda surprised I've managed to grow this far in a year's time, but hey I ain't complaining. Glad you all like my stuff enough to stick around!

Anyhow yeah, this cover was a ton of fun to do! The new chords were a pain to figure out, but was well worth the effort in the end. Stuck with the same general style of my previous two Spamton-related covers, yet I wound up using a couple Proteus 2000 instruments that I've never used before, as well as a **soundfont player** I've never used before (Jeksola X-1) on the brief English horn parts.
Based this on my Spamton cover (for kinda obvious reasons,) and I'm rly happy with how this turned out. Hope you guys enjoy!!
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Original Track by Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan
Vocals by MysteryMan

DELTARUNE (Chapter 2) | NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A | Cover (1000 Follower Special)

The art in the thumbnail was made by JMars (https://twitter.com/JMarsSwordsman.) Be sure to check out the full res art on their Twitter and Tumblr!
https://twitter.com/JMarsSwordsman/status/1449388108340809728
https://jmars-art.tumblr.com/post/667113519971549184/heaven-are-you-watching-isnt-this-body
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Downloads here on SC are enabled for the main version of this track, but you can also listen to the version without vocals over on Google Drive!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fn10SunJ56xh0c2VU7p1KlDp2BVQ5aze/view?usp=sharing
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At long last, here's the finale to the Spamton quadrilogy months in the making! I'll admit tho: I did this part of things in just past the few days. Found out I was positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, and aside from feeling like garbage, this is part of what I've been doing to kill time lmao. Things were pretty crazy to figure out in several places, especially the mixing (and relatedly, getting a good balance between master volume and master limiter adjustments to get the sound I wanted.)
While this obviously doesn't have the same Thomas-y vibe as my other Spamton tracks, I set myself the challenge of using ONLY instruments from libraries related to that show. And aside from the piano, I more or less succeeded! I used patches from the Proteus 1 + 2 + 2000, E-MU Emulator II, Yamaha RX-5 and Virtuoso. 
Thanks to Wabble (https://soundcloud.com/wabble-deen) for their feedback during the development of this cover, it rly helped shape things for the better! Also BIG shoutout to Adamant and their "How to Recreate BIG SHOT" series (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbmwdKG1lFwGXQ5xqLosFpspxieovS_wG.) I used it as a reference for multiple difficult things that were tripping me up, and this cover just wouldn't be anywhere **near** as good without this resource's existence.
Am incredibly happy with how this turned out, and I hope you guys enjoy! :)
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Original Track by Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan
Vocals by MysteryMan

DELTARUNE (Chapter 2) | BIG SHOT  | Cover

* Oh COME ON, did you REALLY think I was falling for your little "nice lightner" shtick?
* Like, EVERYONE can see the PILES OF ASH...
* ...and the MOTHER AND CHILD that did it ALL!
* You'd have to be a real IDIOT not to!!
* ...And here I was hoping we'd be TOGETHER FOREVER.
* But alas, it seems you were just as big a THORN IN THEIR SIDE as me.
* ...
* I'm not going to give up this FOUNTAIN without a fight, Kris.
* And this time...
* YOU CAN'T RUN CRYING TO YOUR MAMA!!
* [Rosey laughs hysterically, and we transition into battle]
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Rosey The Rose, and this overall concept for the Chapter 3 superboss, was created by Little King John (https://twitter.com/GoYourOwnWay196 / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIHodK48Ft6uGmUG94Ab_ng / https://soundcloud.com/kwon-cena.) Be sure to give it a read! (Also the dialogue at the top of the description is not official to his concept, I just wrote it for funsies.)
https://twitter.com/GoYourOwnWay196/status/1513788527493849095
https://www.reddit.com/r/Deltarune/comments/u1ukp3/chapter_3_superboss_concept_rosey_the_rose/

While I transcribed everything from scratch on my own using the original motifs as reference, I *did* use ShinkoNetCavy's Mad Mew Mew MIDI as an ADDITIONAL reference for certain things that I got stuck on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCHhhHaCDyo
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Motifs (in order of appearance):
-First Sight - https://soundcloud.com/kwon-cena/deltarune-chapter-3-ust-first-sight
-Mad Mew Mew/Spider Dance
-Beginning/Don't Forget
-THE WORLD REVOLVING
-Oh! One True Love
-Dummy!
-BIG SHOT
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So ye, version 2 of this bad boi! Little King John has already posted the official superboss battle track for Rosey (https://soundcloud.com/kwon-cena/deltarune-chapter-3-ust-soul-mate,) so my goal with the update for my track was to make it fit as a hypothetical Weird Route/Tombflame Route track. Chief among those adjustments was the addition of two new sections!
The bit with THE WORLD REVOLVING went through a few revisions where I just slapped it on top of other sections of the track, before I realized that every single attempt at that sucked ass and just gave the motif its own section instead lmao. I actually wound up taking inspiration from @jjaym15's Deltaswap BIG SHOT (https://soundcloud.com/jjaym15/chaos) in regards to some of the modifications I made to the motif.
The Dummy! section was just me going "Eh, let's do Dummy² with the piano bit lol." Was trying it just for shits and giggles, but it actually wound up working it really nicely as a new transition section, so I kept it in! Also in a nod to LKJ's official Rosey track, I worked a couple instruments from Hopes and Dreams into mine.
And ye, my thought process behind the original version + this update was that this concept mirrors Spamton in a fair few ways, so what if I (for lack of a better term) gave Mad Mew Mew/Spider Dance the BIG SHOT treatment? It was a really fun experiment trying to pin down Toby's general stylings for this, especially in the instrumentation department!
Not much else to say, so I hope you guys enjoy!
(P.S. For my SoundCloud peeps: I have deleted the V1. You guys can feel free to reupload it, but please be sure to read my bio for details on my reupload policy.)
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Based on Motifs by Little King John and Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan

DELTARUNE (Chapter 3 UST) | Every Rose Has Its Thorn (v2)

EDIT 8/15/2024: HOLY SHIT Y'ALL ACTUALLY MANAGED TO EXHAUST THE DOWNLOAD LIMIT ON THIS THING XD
But fr, thank you so much for the support on this track over the past couple years! Here's a new download link on Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pG59NIFTaEQqPlYZ8JpyIQ0Ri4dBqeLi/view?usp=drive_link
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Due to the sheer length (plus wanting to preserve the format,) you can find the accompanying dialogue for this post on Google Docs. There are bits and bobs that are still WIP, but considering my motivation to write has been low, I scribbled down the rough gists of the two most important unfinished bits so that this could be released as-is. Will touch up the text the rest of the way at another time.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G4wXnl30QuRVyKFJZ8Lsu_kY1_l3z3x6Mcu5NiooMwk/edit?usp=sharing
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Spamta Claus is a Deltarune AU that pulls inspiration from the infamous "Spamelle" concept, but with a fair few twists in comparison. Something goes wrong when the fountain in the library is forming in Chapter 2, causing Spamton to be forced into Noelle's body. You can read more details on the swaps + general premise over on Google Docs!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nmrK2CWTqOjEVIql6V9H2_5S5hyRrmaHoGOAGgjQMZ8/edit?usp=sharing

The art in the thumbnail + Spamelle ICKARUS design were done by BittyBattyBunny (https://bittybattybunny.tumblr.com / https://twitter.com/bittybattybunny.) Be sure to check out her work!
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Motifs:
-Deck The Halls (modified)
-Lost Girl
-Berdly/Smart Race (modified)
-Faint Courage (modified)
-flashback_excerpt
-Battle Against a True Hero/Power of NEO
-noelle.ogg
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Firstly, yup. I have Next PRO for now. Not sure how long it's gonna stay that way, but eh. For this track especially, I really did NOT want to have to start all over from scratch upload-wise. 

Anyhow, as you all might know if you've been following @cynthcat (which if you haven't gO DO THAT NOW MAN,) I've been working with her to make mixes of the Spamelle tracks that are moreso catered to her Holiday Specil AU's lore and character decisions. In the course of prepping all the tracks for that, I looked at this one in particular and went "Y'know what... I don't like how I basically fuckin ripped off RED HOT and !!! for certain sections last time, Imma give em some heavy tweaks." So on top of some other adjustments across the board, that's EXACTLY what I did. I am *much* happier with this new version as a result, and it's a better fit for my AU too. Was a lot of fun making the changes I did, and Cynthcat did a *great* job on the new "hook" and secret lyrics vocals. Hope you all enjoy! :)
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Original Tracks by cynthcat and I_have_boxes (@user-504279224)
Based on Motifs by Toby Fox and Thomas Oliphant
Arranged by MysteryMan
Vocals by Cynthcat and MysteryMan

HOLIDAY SALES (Updated) | Spamta Claus (Deltarune AU)

Due to the sheer length (plus wanting to preserve the format,) you can find the accompanying dialogue for this post on Google Docs.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1asL5Fhjai0PufLAh12YzQVyUXTMMHlpKhZKtI3t0RUM/edit?usp=sharing
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Spamta Claus is a Deltarune AU that pulls inspiration from the infamous "Spamelle" concept, but with a fair few twists in comparison. Something goes wrong when the fountain in the library is forming in Chapter 2, causing Spamton to be forced into Noelle's body. You can read more details on the swaps + general premise over on Google Docs!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nmrK2CWTqOjEVIql6V9H2_5S5hyRrmaHoGOAGgjQMZ8/edit?usp=sharing

The thumbnail is an edit of this one from @cynthcat (https://soundcloud.com/cynthcat/feel-the-joy-of.)
Defo gonna be trying to commission some more fitting art for this and any/all other Spamelle tracks at some point tho, as the most common Spamelle designs aren't really representative of what's been coming to mind for me for this AU.
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Spamelle technically takes the role of Spamton. (Or does she *keep* it???)
After something with the fountain's formation in the library goes very wrong, Spamton is forced into Noelle's body. Now Spamton is the [[BIG SHOT]] making all the [[Deal(s)]], while poor Noelle is stuck as a passenger in her own mind, watching as the world and the events there within change around her.
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Motifs:
-Lost Girl (modified)
-HEY EVERY !/A Real Boy
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So ye, finally got around to doing another track for the reindeer herself that's *not* the BIG SHOT! Even outside of the context of my concept tho, I'm *genuinely shocked* that absolutely no one has tried to do this or a Dialtone (the latter of which I also intend to correct) for Spamelle/even just Noelle before, considering every other base for her is covered at LEAST twice over! Search it up on SC if u don't believe me lol. 
Pinning down the general sound of HEY EVERY !/A Real Boy was a royal pain in the ass, but I'm incredibly happy with how this turned out. Putting Lost Girl into this style was a nice challenge!
Don't have much else to add about the track, so I'll take a quick chance to say: I've been having more ideas for specific scenes in the AU like the one attached to this post, so depending on how many more I have, I may very well compile them + the general premise doc into one AO3 post. So keep your eyes peeled!
On that note tho, I hope you guys enjoy! :)
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Based on Tracks by Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan

A Real Girl | Spamta Claus (Deltarune AU)

Due to the sheer length (plus wanting to preserve the format,) you can find the accompanying dialogue for this post on Google Docs.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eYF7LWWtMvuCFZenX8c3xfbvYwI9KG3iYdGTiwgpN0Q/edit?usp=sharing
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Spamta Claus is a Deltarune AU that pulls inspiration from the infamous "Spamelle" concept, but with a fair few twists in comparison. Something goes wrong when the fountain in the library is forming in Chapter 2, causing Spamton to be forced into Noelle's body. You can read more details on the swaps + general premise over on Google Docs!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nmrK2CWTqOjEVIql6V9H2_5S5hyRrmaHoGOAGgjQMZ8/edit?usp=sharing

The brand new Spamelle design + the art in the thumbnail were done by BittyBattyBunny (https://bittybattybunny.tumblr.com / https://twitter.com/bittybattybunny.) She did a really great job bringing my vision for this AU's version of the character to life, and I'm incredibly happy with the final result.
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Motifs:
-Silent Night
-Dialtone
-Lost Girl (Modified)
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Spamelle technically takes the role of Spamton. (Or does she *keep* it???)
After something with the fountain's formation in the library goes very wrong, Spamton is forced into Noelle's body. Now Spamton is the [[BIG SHOT]] making all the [[Deal(s)]], while poor Noelle is stuck as a passenger in her own mind, watching as the world and the events there within change around her. While she's not the dominant force by any means however, Noelle's various terrified/pained thoughts *do* wind up seeping into Spamton's dialogue a fair bit, much to Spamelle's occasional chagrin.
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So ye, I've done exactly what I said I would in A Real Girl's description: there is now a (second) Dialtone replacement for Spamelle here on SoundCloud! This was initially going to BE the first one, but there was **no fuckin way** I was gonna post a Spamta Claus track with yet ANOTHER unfitting public Spamelle design, so it was worth holding this back for the awesome thumbnail art + AU-specific Spamelle design! Someone beat me to the punch (https://soundcloud.com/adrjj/jingle) during the thumbnail's creation timeline, and I'm honestly kinda happy about that. It's low-key tiring/frustrating at times being the only one to even *think* of trying to fill certain musical gaps with my limited skill, whether it's UT/DR or AHIT, so I'm glad SOMEONE else had a similar thought for once!
Anyhow, back on topic. I decided to take a cue from a track that already inspired me before, and base this Dialtone on a holiday carol. And considering how well the time signature lined up already, Silent Night was just an obvious perfect fit for me. On top of that tho, I also included a tiny bit of the original Dialtone melody at the very end of the piano's melody, and modified Lost Girl into the french horn part in the second half. Speaking of which, yeah! I actually decided to go for a more orchestral style in the second half (all while keeping the same phone ringing and dinky toy-like piano underpinning it all.) I figured it would help both bring a somewhat unique flair to this, as well as (hopefully) aid the intended underlying melancholy in this arrangement.
All in all, p damn happy with how this turned out, and I hope you guys enjoy!
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Based on Motifs by Franz Xaver Gruber and Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan

Closing Hours | Spamta Claus (Deltarune AU)

Here Comes Niko! is a 3D platformer developed by Frog Vibes, and published by Gears for Breakfast. It's a nice, chill experience, and I **highly** recommend officially supporting both it and the soundtrack by @stijnvanwakeren!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/925950/Here_Comes_Niko/
https://stijnvanwakeren.bandcamp.com/album/here-comes-niko-original-game-soundtrack

The image in the thumbnail is a slight edit of the OST's album cover btw!
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I'm gonna be real here, guys: this is honestly the most frustrated I've ever felt making a cover of a game track, but *not* because of any difficulties with the arrangement. Like, come ON man! The first track to ever remix Here Come Niko's OST in *any* capacity... was the wack ass Wrong Enemy replacement for my Time's End AU (which still needs a mf update,) and the only video I could find on YouTube PERIOD(!!!) that even *sounds like* it has covers of the OST in the background was Scruffy's interview with the game devs (https://youtu.be/8tt-5Xzh89A.) The game's been out a whole ass YEAR, and the pool of public music fan content is *that* small. Moreso than any game I've ever covered music from before, please PLEASE **PLEASE** support the official OST for it, and PLEASE make more remixes of it! Here Comes Niko deserves better recognition than it's got, and the music doubly so - especially from musicians with greater skills than my own.

Anyhow, my own personal frustrations outside of this track aside, I'm incredibly happy with how this turned out! Added various things that weren't in the original track, so this isn't a one-to-one cover, but I feel like I've done a good job of capturing the base vibe of the track. Was surprisingly tricky to figure out some of the backing stuff in here; got it in the end tho! Am hoping that I finally did the great OST for this game some *proper* justice at long last, and I also hope you guys enjoy!
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Original Track by Stijn van Wakeren
Arranged by MysteryMan

Here Comes Niko! | Sakura wo Oikakemasu | Cover

NOELLE
* Consumed by the weight of her sins.
* Be careful with how you PROCEED.
* After all, it's not just her time running out.
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The art in the thumbnail was made by YupiKikwi (https://twitter.com/kikwerston / https://www.youtube.com/@KeiTeeMe.) Be sure to check out the full art piece on their Twitter!
https://twitter.com/kikwerston/status/1462092929615351808

The original unfinished track was made by Kron (@user-440952352-265587218.) Be sure to check it out if you haven't already!
https://soundcloud.com/user-440952352-265587218/penis

While not directly used, I heavily referenced LukeeGD's video of his Rude Buster MIDI for the guitar solo's first half.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTlJ8f2S7DI
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Motifs:
-Lost Girl
-PROCEED (RecD Original Song) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7qfNyU4zg0
-BIG SHOT/The World Revolving [background saw/"harp"]
-Want Some Fun (Musiclide Original Song) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ47x8l8D7E
-Rude Buster + Don't Forget
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So... I've done it to y'all YET AGAIN. I've used the PRO functionality here on SC to update a track I did months ago, and changed key things about it to boot (including parts of the percussion that I thought sucked ass.) Also got to try out some free instruments I got via PianoBook, and like... HOLY SHIT Y'ALL SHOULD CHECK THAT SITE OUT IF YOU CAN. It has so much awesome shit, peeps are uploading there constantly, and the overwhelming majority of stuff posted there are things that don't require a DIME out of ya.
The fixes themselves though were arguably as hard to do as, if not even HARDER than, doing the V1 initially. I really wanted to change the vibe in key areas (and swap a certain motif combo for a better Noelle-centric motif,) but the mix was a PAIN IN THE ASS. Had to look up mastering guides to even get CLOSE to what I wanted; dabbled with EQs and bus compressors on master and everything. It FUCKING SUCKED figuring everything out... yet in the end, I'm decently happy with this new mix. Not as "muddy" as the V1 was, and the waveform isn't S Q U A R E anymore lmao.
Hope you all enjoy as well!
(P.S. The V1 is now in my Drive folder of Deleted Uploads, and the original WIP from months ago is still merely "private.")
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Original WIP by Kron
Based on Motifs by Toby Fox, RecD and Musiclide
"PROCEED" Vocals by SassMasterMickey + (too many others to list here XD)
"Want Some Fun" Vocals by Alex Rochon, Tohru and Skitzy
Arranged by MysteryMan

Frostbite | A Noelle Megalovania (Kron) | Updated 5/26/2023

DIRK
* Their ULTIMATE HEIST turned out to be you.
* Don't let them keep their prize!
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The original track + Dirk were created by Emihead (@emi_head / https://emihead.tumblr.com.) You can listen to the original track and learn more about Dirk at these links!
https://soundcloud.com/emi_head/ultimate-heist
https://emihead.tumblr.com/post/720889997507624960/okay-now-that-im-in-a-better-mood-im-going-to

(The flavor text at the top of my description is non-canon btw, I just wrote it for the funni.)
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Motifs:
-Don't Forget
-Dirk / Mirror Match (first half)
-THE WORLD REVOLVING/BIG SHOT/"freedom" motif
-Dirk / Mirror Match (second half)
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Don't wanna write out the vocals/secret lyrics here, as this description's already long enough as is, so I've put them in a Google Doc!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fcp24KespBUPc1Q2WDq-M8HV_xO-onCGDU2RWrby3hQ/edit?usp=sharing

Additionally, I have an extra mirror for this track on Google Drive, along with a couple bonus renders!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fFRD5Wv1RUdNi8b9gIE0gnl8tpkVLdy4?usp=sharing
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Soooooo... this project was originally going to be a LOT different! I initially was just going to do a "with lyrics" kind of cover of the original, and one chunk of the lyrics I wrote for that actually made it in here as part of the secret lyrics! But as I was listening to the track more to come up with lyrics (a lot of which were kinda jank hence why I scrapped them,) that evolved into a desire to outright cover the track in its entirety from the ground up.
This was VERY difficult to transcribe -- and even pick out instruments for -- in a fair few key regards, but the effort was well worth it. I'm admittedly not *completely* satisfied with the percussion, but I managed to get it in a fine enough state by the end of this whole process. Pitched my cover down a couple semitones from the original, and even added a new section here! While I really adore the original track (to the point of listening to it to an EXCESSIVE degree,) I feel like one *slight* missed opportunity was the complete ommission of the second half of Dirk's motif, so I used it as a base to merge with ULTIMATE HEIST's stylings and create the new part (while taking similar creative liberties as to what Emihead did with the first half of Dirk's motif.)
The lyrics for the vocals around about 1:44 - 1:52 were adapted and truncated from Khamydrian's well-known lyrical adpatation of Mad Dummy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX03KZsoHn0.) The section in particular that I used was VERY MUCH on the brain as being fitting for Dirk, albeit in a FAR different way than they were for Mad Dummy. (So for lack of a better way of putting it, I pulled a fucking Spamton lmaoooo.) And ye, I did ALL of the vocals here.
But yeah, I think that's about all I wanted to talk about. Was incredibly satisfying putting this together over the past week (has especially helped the tail end of my leave of absence from work fly by,) and I hope you all enjoy! :)
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Original Track by Emihead
Based on Motifs by Emihead and Toby Fox
Arrangement and Vocals by MysteryMan
Additional Lyrics Adapted from Khamydrian (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPguA0rB8zltTMt_8imP61A)

Deltarune (Emihead's Chapter 3 UST) | ULTIMATE HEIST | Cover

Honestly just gonna cut right to the chase with this description. This cover was a LOT of fun to make, and one of the few things keeping me from going bonkers a couple weeks ago. ...Ye, I've had this finished for about a week, yet only got off my lazy ass to post it now. Bite me lmao.
Anyhow. I used the Proteus 2, 3 *and* 2000 here, along with miscellanous Emulator II libraries, the Virtuoso and a piano I have for Kontakt (all hail Komplete 14 Collector's Edition.) Pitched this down about 3 semitones from the original track cause I... oddly kinda think it makes this sound MUCH better.
Enough of my rambling tho, hope y'all enjoy the cover!
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Original Track by Shiho Fujii, Sayako Doi and Chisaki Shimazu
Arranged by MysteryMan

Piranha Plants On Parade | Cover

FRIEND
* You're gonna see, Kris. It's our DESTINY!!
* ...help.
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(EDIT 4/2/2024) Thank you all so much for your support on this track! Prepping this folder was admittedly a bit more complicated than usual, as the drumline doesn't have a single transcribed element to it, but here's the MIDI pack for this cover. Have fun! :)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EzszGOWKV1k7B1UMIEk_wAyx3Zi_T5Fb?usp=sharing
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The incredible art in the thumbnail was made by GlitchMaster36 (https://twitter.com/GMaster36 / https://youtube.com/@glitchmaster36.) Be sure to check out the full piece, as well as the rest of their work, on their Twitter!
https://twitter.com/GMaster36/status/1762638622229246091

The original track was created by pteracotta (@pteracotta.) You can listen to the original track here!
https://soundcloud.com/pteracotta/your-old-pal

(The flavor text at the top of my description is non-canon btw, I just wrote it for the funni.)
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Motifs:
-You've Got a Friend in Me / FRIEND INSIDE ME
-"Freedom" motif
-Your Best Friend
-Finale
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I HAVE ONCE AGAIN `arranged a track based on a fanmade secret boss`. WHAT IS IT WITH SECRET BOSS TRACKS AND GOING SO DAMN HARD X'D
Ok but for real, this one was a LOT of fun to arrange as a whole. I had a blank project file sitting on my computer since December, knowing I wanted to cover this but not being able to muster up the motivation to start. The second I did though, I went at this with guns blazing -- so much so, I finished this in about a week!
In spite of its rougher qualities, the original track easily spoke to me the *most* out of p much all the "Woody theory" tracks so far, so I gave this all that I had. Incorporated more Flowey elements (and especially leaned heavily into Your Best Nightmare,) beefed up the low end, changed up the chord progression in the second half and changed the final section's lead out for another "Finale" trumpet line. And while it defo sounds a bit different from even the original FRIEND INSIDE ME, sentence mixing You've Got a Friend in Me was still p fun (as is sentence mixing in general, rly wish YTP ideas came to me more easily lmao.)
Pretty much the *only* thing I'm iffy on is the square bit at the very end, but I'm EXTREMELY happy with this track otherwise. Hope you guys enjoy! :)
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Original Track by pteracotta
Based on Motifs by Randy Newman and Toby Fox
Arrangement by MysteryMan

Deltarune (pteracotta's Chapter 3 UST) | YOUR OLD PAL | Cover

* SCAMPTON THE GREAT
* Not one for conversation, you gotta COMPETE your way outta this one!
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The wonderful art in the thumbnail was made by The Winterer (at least I'm p sure it is, will happily accept corrections otherwise.) Be sure to check out the original piece on the official Chapter Rewritten Twitter!
https://twitter.com/ChapterRewrite/status/1558198887038476290

The original concepts for this track were done by Saster (@sasterdadudester / https://twitter.com/sub0ru) and The Winterer (@thewinterer / https://twitter.com/TheWinterer06.) If you wish to, you can listen to said base drafts at the respective links!
Saster draft: https://twitter.com/TheWinterer06/status/1774881465454440640
Winter draft: https://soundcloud.com/thewinterer/the-big-bang-draft-i-made-which-the-joker-probably-didnt-need-but-i-made-for-fun-anyway

Also uhhhh if y'all want ya can check out the official Scampton game they made a while back.
https://gamejolt.com/games/ScamptonGame/795644
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Motifs:
-Spamton/NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A/BIG SHOT
-Don't Forget
-Amalgam
-Dummy! (Reprise) - https://soundcloud.com/altoadie/dummy-reprise
-Dummy!
-Analog (heavily modified) - https://soundcloud.com/thewinterer/deltarune-chapter-rewritten-analog-junkil-shop-theme
-The Legend
-"Freedom" motif
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So! I shared a WIP version of this on Twitter about a week ago, but for most of you, this is most likely a **very** big shock. I'm admittedly not sure why the inspiration for this struck me either, as I'd sworn off ever covering a track from you-know-who after everything happened. Almost exactly three weeks ago however, I suddenly had an epiphany: what if I did an arrangement based *solely* on the original concepts? I guess you could say I wanted to *rewrite* this track's fate.
Anyhow, I pretty much immediately got to work after that, gathering reference materials and starting the transcription. Having the "piano draft" MIDI was helpful for a fair few things, but not ALL. Case and point: the very opening section. In comparison to Winter's draft, Saster's initial concept -- consisting of p much ONLY the first section (and the backing for a theoretical second section) -- was a VERY fucky beast to transcribe properly leadwise.
For the "bridge" section between Dummy! and the Freedom motif, I originally wanted to more noticeably adapt Winter's "Analog" motif -- mirroring the actual WORLD REVOLVING -> Dialtone stylization from Deltarune proper, tho in reverse here -- but it sounded VERY awkward. Modification after modification led to something that, while not very indicative of its roots, sounds very nice. So in other words, I failed successfully lmaoooo.
I also decided to do the *tiniest* bit of trolling with the last section. The Freedom motif is still the dominant leading force in the final section, ala the originally intended Don't Forget <-> Freedom motif direct swap... But I also transcribed a couple snippets from The Legend and snuck em into the background as secondary motifs and used it to help form the last two chords of the entire track, as a cheeky nod to the "triangle swap" method with said track included. ;)
The drumline was the last thing I did and... if I'm being honest? Easily the weakest aspect here, I've never been the best at doing drumlines. At the very least it's just "eh" here tho lol. (Also I tried to implement the amen break styled drums Saster did in his "Don't Forget" section concept, but I just could NOT make em sound even *decent* to save my ass, so I replaced the transcription.)
So uhhhh yeah, with all that being said, this was ultimately a lot of fun to put together. Hope you all enjoy! :)
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Based on Motifs by Toby Fox, Toadie and The Winterer
Original Concepts by Saster and The Winterer
"Piano Draft" MIDI Reference by The Winterer
Arrangement by MysteryMan

Deltarune: Chapter Rewritten | BIG BANG | Rearranged

...Haven't made a post like this on this site since my "invisiblemario17" days, huh?
Well, this one has admittedly been a long time coming, but a recent post I saw shared into my feed here finally convinced me to make this push. I'm not going to repeat what I say again, so I'm hoping to make this count.

(ahem)

STOP USING GENERATIVE AI FOR YOUR SHIT. DON'T CARE IF IT'S "JUST A MEME." JESUS FUCKING **CHRIST** GUYS.
Literally all you guys are doing is further accelerating the damage done to our environment, creating concerns about whether your own stuff can ever be trusted to be "truly" yours again and training the AI that is currently being used as an excuse to take away people's jobs *right now.* And covering stuff "made" by AI only further "legitimizes" its use as far as other people are concerned. 
Hell, even if all the other stuff didn't exist? Generative "AI" would **still** be a flaming sack of shit due to it stealing from artists and musicians alike with no credit or compensation, *especially* smaller creators like you and me. Though honestly? Considering a lot of you peeps that are doing this have been making music on this platform for years, *y'all should fuckin know better already.*
I've already unfollowed so many people that I used to respect, people that thought throwing away their credibility for the sake of using AI to make the worst meme songs ever (among other things) was a good idea. And that list will likely continue to grow unfortunately. I'm genuinely furious with so many of you, and disappointed that your acclaim among the rest of us was apparently chopped liver to you.
This is the one and only time I will say this; there won't *be* a "next time" if your AI garbage gets put into my feed again.

Regarding GenAI Usage in the SoundCloud Music Sphere (READ DESCRIPTION)

The original track was made by Hodgepodge (@realhodgepodge.) Be sure to check it out!
https://soundcloud.com/realhodgepodge/deltarune-chapter-rewritten-2

Thumbnail art was taken from the title screen for the official Scampton The Great fangame.
https://gamejolt.com/games/ScamptonGame/795644
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Motifs:
-Spamton
-Don't Forget
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I made this for a special YouTube release of the BIG BANG arrangement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WPlU-a8IEg,) where I also decided to dub the entire pre-battle cutscene. The dub was a TON of fun to do, and this cover wound up being p easy on the whole. Hope y'all enjoy! :)
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Original Track by Hodgepodge
Based on Motifs by Toby Fox
Arranged by MysteryMan

Deltarune: Chapter Rewritten | The Castelet | Cover

Be sure to check out Wisteria Bird Studios and Lady Divine Knight, they did an incredible job with the meat of this cover!
Kristian: @wisteriabirdstudios / https://bsky.app/profile/wbirdstudios.bsky.social / https://www.youtube.com/@WisteriaBirdStudios
Divine: @divine-knight / https://archiveofourown.org/users/Divine_Knight / https://mun-auroralore.tumblr.com
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So! Been quite a while since I worked on a cover of *just* a track from A Hat In Time, no AUs involved, huh? XD
Anyhow, I'll fully admit. I can't really take much of the credit here. Kristian and Divine were the ones that did the vast majority of the work here. Figuring out a lot of the instrumentation, doing workarounds for tricky part, etc. My main contribution here was tidying up the mix, including tweaks for accuracy to the original track and instrument changes.
Incredibly happy with how this turned out all the same, and I hope y'all enjoy! :3
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Original Track by Pascal Michael Stiefel
Arranged by Lady Divine Knight
Additions and Adjustments by Wisteria Bird Studios
Additions, Adjustments and Mixing by MysteryMan

A Hat In Time | Subcon Caves - Normal Variant | ft. Wisteria Bird Studios & Lady Divine Knight

This arrangement obviously wouldn't exist without the *phenominal* Zombotany Remade series by Whisperjas (@whisperjas / https://www.youtube.com/@whisperjas.) If you somehow haven't checked it out already, let alone the rest of their awesome work, you're doing yourself a massive disservice. You can check it out on their YouTube page!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS4zXgRnralvKhnT1AA5ms08M2PoNLobt

While I fully transcribed everything you hear 100% from scratch, I wound up referencing Soapgaramond's Big Wave Beach Zombotany recreation for a piano part that was particularly tricky to pick out, so I'd be remiss if I didn't give it a shoutout. You can find it over on their Musescore page!
https://musescore.com/user/77844586/scores/20952751

This is also now downloadable as an in-game remix mod that replaces Clocktowers Over the Sea. You can get it over on Steam!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3363165561
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In hindsight, my timing for conceptualizing this arrangement was hilariously perfect. Cause I *high-key* forgot it was AHIT's 7th anniversary in early October until the announcement ping in Hatcord. Seeing as this both aims to improve on something from AHIT's past AND celebrate what I love so much about both AHIT and PvZ2 + Whisperjas' Zombotany, it wound up being a far better fit for the (now late) anniversary than I ever would have thought before.
Anyhow, this was a ton of fun to work on!! Took about a month of work, 14 WIP renders and a 198MB Mixcraft file with 35 instrument tracks and 2 audio tracks. Figuring out the base transcription, while also doing my own things to make it feel kinda new-ish, was rly satisfying. Similarly to my approach with the "Level Intro" jingle cover I did a few years ago, I wound up taking inspiration from elements in a LOT of the different Zombotany variants -- namely Ancient Egypt, Lost City and (indirectly) Steam Ages. Also... As much as it's become my mortal enemy in song form as of late, I decided to work in the motif from Eric Gleiser's "Time Trials" track in a way that hopefully DOESN'T suck at 1:35-1:39.
Figuring out the best combination of instruments was EASILY up there for being the biggest challenge I faced with this track. It's extremely difficult to represent *all* of A Hat In Time itself in one Zombotany cover, but what I wound up doing was taking a couple consistent techniques that Pascal used in the AHIT OST (layering strings/xylophone/woodwind, and obviously a theremin) and made *heavy* use of that throughout in different ways.
My arrangement doesn't have ALL of the actual PvZ2 instruments, but I was so determined to bring this to life, I dropped about $100 on Xpand!2 to get a couple of the most important ones for the backing. Aside from this, it's an absolute clusterfuck. Kontakt *and* SF2 versions of the Proteus 2, flexatone samples I had to create an account on a platform that I'll likely never use again just to download, the M&L Partners In Time soundfont **SPECIFICALLY for the clock sounds in the drumkit.** I could go on all day about how fuckin goofy my choices were on the whole... and I wouldn't have it any other way, this all came together so wonderfully.
All of my unhinged rambling aside, I hope y'all enjoy! :)
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"Zombotany Remade" by Whisperjas
Based on Motifs by Laura Shigihara, Whisperjas, Pascal Michael Stiefel and Eric Gleiser
Arranged by MysteryMan

Zombotany (Remade) | A Hat In Time Arrangement

HOLY FUCKING SHIT PLAY MARIO & LUIGI BROTHERSHIP IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, THIS GAME IS *PEAK!!!*

Am defo aware a LOT of the motif names will be extremely confusing. They're the names I gave the tracks for my gamerip release of Brothership's OST, which you can find the download links for over on my Bluesky and (now mostly inactive) Twitter! And until (or if) Nintendo ever gives these tracks official names, *these* will be the track names I work with for the sake of consistency on my part.
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mysteryman17.bsky.social/post/3lcjg3utlms2i
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MysteryMan_17/status/1864465287590105571

A huge thanks goes to Cosmic (https://https://twitter.com/cosmic_oof) for their help with this track! They provided valuable feedback for the track itself during the final mixing stages, and also helped come up with the name.
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YouTube Upload:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jMs__uaa5g

Loops:
Intro: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HSXbhVVQXHLgssTIN-zbWAjLP9JJTDn7/view?usp=sharing
Main Loop: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zIBBtJZ7CyLugL0g8gvRng-ZTAQbFwur/view?usp=sharing

Official MIDI Pack:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lQ5kBUwHKDInJDyzw3KF6pOYTZMl70gW
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Motifs:
-Final Gambit
-Fortress Zokket
-Beatdown of Brotherly Proportions
-Chase to the End!
-A Tragic Past
-The Soli-Tree
-The End of the World
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I genuinely really enjoy Mario & Luigi Brothership, honestly the best overall game in the series hands down imo! ...One missed opportunity, however, was in the music department. Among other areas that could have been a wee bit better, Zokket's battle later in the game doesn't have a unique theme, instead using the normal "major boss" theme (the track I call "Beatdown of Brotherly Proportions.") I actually wound up getting inspired enough to try to fix this issue myself, pulling a Bowser's Inside Story DX on this son of a bitch. (Getting this laid out structure-wise was admittedly a bit of a pain in the ass btw, figuring out the proper tempo and key for some of these motifs was pretty damn hard ngl lol.)
Knew from the moment I started making this track that "Fortress Zokket" was going to be my basis point of choice. Its jazzy nature was not only fun to fuck around with, but also puts it in line with the stylings of the actual battle themes in Brothership proper. Really glad I got an excuse to use my jazzy libraries again, including my recent *actually legal* acquistions of the ProjectSAM Swing libraries. And for once, my percussion track doesn't suck total ass! :D
Included "Beatdown of Brotherly Proportions" here to not only reference the major boss theme, but also to compliment the jazzy styling with the growling brass tidbit I borrowed specifically.
The more somber section with "A Tragic Past" and "Chase to the End!" was a bit of a happy accident tone-wise, but it wound up working out wonderfully, especially considering I was treating this as the "final" boss theme. By the point in the story you fight Zokket, the twist with him and Cozette has already been revealed to the player, so someone going into the battle fresh would expect this to be the ultimate conclusion to said twist. And of course, "The Soli-Tree" and "The End of the World" are quoted here to represent Reclusa, the *true* main villain of the story that has actually been the one pulling the strings.
Genuinely incredibly happy with how this turned out as a whole, and I hope y'all enjoy! :3
(P.S. The reason I also credit Takayasu Seo down below is cause, after doing some research to figure out what tf a music preparator is, I found out it's highly likely she could have made critical changes to the motifs and/or arrangements in Brothership proper, to the point she deserved credit alondgside Hideki Sakamoto for the OST.)
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Based on Motifs by Hideki Sakamoto and Takayasu Seo
Arranged by MysteryMa'am

Mario & Luigi Brothership | Resist The Power of Glohm!

The incredible concept art in the thumbnail was made by YoyosDoodles (https://bsky.app/profile/yoyosdoodles.bsky.social / https://www.tumblr.com/yoyosdoodles.) Be sure to check out their work, they're a **fucking awesome** artist!! :D
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The Medusa Route (aka "Severed Bonds") AU is an alternative version of events in Mario & Luigi Brothership, where choosing to go with Adaphne's plan for bypassing Fortress Zokket's Barrier, completely disregarding your bonds with Technikki and IDLE in the process... actually has consequences. Far wider reaching consequences than you could possibly imagine. For the sake of not bloating this section, all you need to know is that there's an optional superboss present in the Medusa Route only. For information on that, as well as the Medusa Route as a whole, be sure to check out the "canon compliant" version of the AU write-up on AO3!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/62382763

Am defo aware the Brothership motif names will be extremely confusing. They're the names I gave the tracks for my gamerip release of Brothership's OST, which you can find the download links for over on my Bluesky and (now mostly inactive) Twitter! And until (or if) Nintendo ever gives these tracks official names, *these* will be the track names I work with for the sake of consistency on my part.
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mysteryman17.bsky.social/post/3lcjg3utlms2i
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MysteryMan_17/status/1864465287590105571
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Loops:
Intro: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xExSf_oC2XeZo9zjfkoW41pUatnc_0Gr/view
Main Loop: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iPPO0KRLddY798skCrqgKYfhEmnDgWUB/view
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Motifs:
-MEGALOVANIA (Halloween Hack)
-Big Bad Boss Brawl
-Beatdown of Brotherly Proportions
-A Tragic Past
-MEGALOVANIA (Undertale)
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Y'know... this is really fitting in a twisted, cosmic sort of way. It's been easily almost a decade since I last did a remix of MEGALOVANIA itself. No alternate characters, no SM64 electric pianos, just. Pure unadulterated MEGALOVANIA. And it's really damn funny that I did that, AND managed to tie it to an AU somehow. X'D
ANYHOW! The logic behind this track is "what if Toby Fox collaborated with Hideki Sakamoto, like a Pokemon Scarlet/Violet sort of deal?" Where even though it's very obviously been touched up to Sakamoto, ala the complete lack of soundfonts here and only VSTs being used, it would still be the most Toby Fox-sounding track imaginable (and I mean that in a positive way.) For this cover, I drew a *ton* of inspiration from Frakture's Smash-based remix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMmi3cz_thE) in regards to structure and certain stylistic decisions. What's especially so satisfying to me about this track, history and AU context aside: I didn't use a *single* MIDI reference for the MEGALOVANIA stuff. Not even ONE. One other cool thing to note is for the intro I added, based on the actual Halloween Hack Megalo. While having MIDI-compatible pitch bending, Mixcraft has nowhere *near* the robust level of pitch bending that's possible with (say) FL Studio. So I actually cheated that huge downpitch with a plugin called kHs Pitch Shifter. Came out rly clean, all things considered. :)
I'm *insanely* happy with how this turned out, and I hope y'all enjoy!! :3
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Based on Motifs by Toby Fox, Hideki Sakamoto and Takayasu Seo
Arranged by MysteryMa'am

Mario & Luigi Brothership | MEGALOVANIA | Medusa Route AU

HOLY FUCKING SHIT PLAY MARIO & LUIGI BROTHERSHIP IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, THIS GAME IS *PEAK!!!*

Am defo aware a LOT of the motif names will be extremely confusing. They're the names I gave the tracks for my gamerip release of Brothership's OST, which you can find the download links for over on my Bluesky and (now mostly inactive) Twitter! And until (or if) Nintendo ever gives these tracks official names, *these* will be the track names I work with for the sake of consistency on my part.
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mysteryman17.bsky.social/post/3lcjg3utlms2i
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MysteryMan_17/status/1864465287590105571
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Motifs:
-Useless Efforts
-Zokket's Extension Corps
-Trouble In Paradise
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Did this track for the latest Brothership dub I put out! Y'all can find that here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb16vn97-1U

Figured the original version of this track playing on loop for 3 minutes wouldn't have been very entertaining, so I figured I'd make something with at least a LITTLE more variety. Used Zokket's Extension Corps motif cause Zokket, Trouble In Paradise motif cause this do be trouble tho, and toy piano instrument cause Reclusa funni. Also not even going to lie here. For the piano part, I let my @ut-alt-1 brainrot win and was inspired by their version of Premonition.
Pretty happy with how this turned out, in spite of how simple it is. Hope y'all enjoy! :3
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Based on Motifs by Hideki Sakamoto and Takayasu Seo
Arranged by MysteryMa'am

Mario & Luigi Brothership | Useless Efforts (Extended)

PSA: The image in the thumbnail comes from Switchgeer's V1. You can listen to that here:
https://soundcloud.com/switchgeer2/spaghetti-king

Also I'm aware not many people saw it, so you can find the V3 here:
https://soundcloud.com/switchgeer2/cruise-while-i-snooze

Be sure to follow mah boi's main account, where he posts stuff related to his Magicflow AU: @switchgeer
You can find out what his Magicflow AU is all about here:
https://soundcloud.com/switchgeer/so-what-is-magicflow-exactly
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Clyp.it Mirror:
https://clyp.it/wwp14t0f
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Decided to update this old collab I did with Switchgeer cuz I was *really* bored. Still had a lot of fun with this, and I'm incredibly proud of how everything turned out.
Not much else to say really, so I hope you enjoy! :)
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Compostion and Original FLP by Switchgeer
Instrumentation and Mixing by MysteryMan
Based on Motifs by Toby Fox
STMP Cymbal by Ziftoo (@2ifto)

Collab with Switchgeer | Nyeh Heh Heh... + CAGE MATCH (V4)

Finally got the drive to finish something, and it's a fuckin meme lmao. (Btw here's a link to the original track for those that somehow haven't heard of it yet: https://soundcloud.com/1tsumi/the-penis-eek-surasshu)
A couple parts were a *pain in the ass* to transcribe, but it was well worth the trouble. Pretty proud of how this turned out, and I hope you guys enjoy! :)
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Original Track by Steven "Surasshu" Velema
Arranged by MysteryMan

The Penis (Eek!) | Thomas Style

This is a bit of a first for me! Rather than outright recreating a piece from the show, I transcribed the motif and then elaborated on it to make a theme.
And as you can see (and hear,) I took the motif from S24's "The Royal Engine" and spun it into a theme for Duchess of Loughborough. Incredibly happy with how this turned out, and I hope you guys enjoy! :)
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Based on Music by Chris Renshaw
Arranged by MysteryMan

Duchess' Theme | Arrangement

I do remixes and shit. For private matters, PM me.

The policy on using my music:
>I've decided that instead of the DM system, I'm just going to include a Drive folder with my deleted tracks for you guys to reupload as you wish.
>HOWEVER! The ONLY reuploads of tracks that are permitted will be ones from the Drive folder. **Any other reuploads,** including unofficial crossposts of tracks that are still officially listenable on my page, are forbidden in their entirety (especially "DO NOT USE" tracks.) 
> And credit *must* be given, no exceptions. Front and center, in the title and/or thumbnail. Any uncredited reuploads will be struck down.
>You don't need to ask to use my stuff. Doesn't mean you get to reupload them w/o credit tho, ya clown XD

Also since I know I'll get asked about this, yes the old Misfortune FLP pack I set up with Mada is still up. I just removed the old release post to clean up my page a wee bit. Here's the link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RmxtF9q9keIn230uS2HFDA18AAzumFam?usp=sharing

Banner by vdrU7 (https://twitter.com/hmigd_,) PFP by Bun (https://tumblr.com/bittybattybunny,) OC Design by Bun and Kuronatcher (https://tumblr.com/kuronatcher)

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