So you know how Sonic Colours has those Sonic Simulator stages with the retro style music in them?

When I heard the Tropical Resort one of those I went "man, they took out the guitar line, why'd they do that, it's fantastic?" and got determined to make my own version - which began the 8-Bit Buttrock project.  Some of my favourite music from the 3D era of Sonic the Hedgehog, redone using Famitracker.

This is actually my second go at the project, inspired after listening to the Shovel Knight soundtrack and discovering the "power" of both VRC6 and the Square Duty effect.  This is still a work in progress, but ultimately I plan to have the following tracks represented:

Emerald Coast - Windy and Ripply (SA1)
Twinkle Park - Pleasure Castle (SA1)
Metal Harbor - That's The Way I Like it (SA2)
Mission Street - Rumbling Highway (SA2)
Grand Metropolis (Sonic Heroes)
Soleanna New City (Sonic 06)
Rooftop Run Day (Sonic Unleashed)
Tropical Resort Act 1(Sonic Colors)
Something from Asteroid Coaster (Sonic Colors), either one of the level tunes or the excellent menu music
Rooftop Run Classic (Sonic Generations)

Thanks to Jun Senoue and Tomoya Ohtani for composing the originals, and John Weeks, Saiyajin, Duo the Fox, Shadrow, TNRea, Hinz and HeroBoy1092 for writing the MIDIs that I got the notes from :)

8-Bit Buttrock (VRC6 Edition)

So you know how Sonic Colours has those Sonic Simulator stages with the retro style music in them?

When I heard the Tropical Resort one of those I went "man, they took out the guitar line, why'd they do that, it's fantastic?" and got determined to make my own version - which began the 8-Bit Buttrock project.  Some of my favourite music from the 3D era of Sonic the Hedgehog, redone using Famitracker.

This is actually my second go at the project, inspired after listening to the Shovel Knight soundtrack and discovering the "power" of both VRC6 and the Square Duty effect.  This is still a work in progress, but ultimately I plan to have the following tracks represented:

Emerald Coast - Windy and Ripply (SA1)
Twinkle Park - Pleasure Castle (SA1)
Metal Harbor - That's The Way I Like it (SA2)
Mission Street - Rumbling Highway (SA2)
Grand Metropolis (Sonic Heroes)
Soleanna New City (Sonic 06)
Rooftop Run Day (Sonic Unleashed)
Tropical Resort Act 1(Sonic Colors)
Something from Asteroid Coaster (Sonic Colors), either one of the level tunes or the excellent menu music
Rooftop Run Classic (Sonic Generations)

Metal Harbor - That's The Way I Like It (VRC6 Edition)

Emerald Coast - Windy and Ripply (VRC6 Edition)

Mission Street - Rumbling Highway (VRC6 Edition)

Grand Metropolis (VRC6 Edition)

Probably the reason I decided to upgrade 8-Bit Buttrock to VRC6 in the first place, I had a ton of trouble trying to make this with just the standard channels.  Thanks to Jun Senoue for writing this in the first place, and... actually, I'm not sure where I got the MIDI I transcribed into Famitracker for this one from.  Sorry :(.

Twinkle Park - Pleasure Castle (VRC6 Edition)

And since one Rooftop Run was never going to be enough, here's a VRC6 "demake" of the original Rooftop Run Day, too.  I think I prefer the original's music to the music for Modern Rooftop Run in Generations (which is still good, I just prefer the original and RR Classic) - I like the way the guitars complement the strings.  And it certainly adds some of the proverbial buttrockiness :p.

Credit to Tomoya Ohtani for writing the original, and Shadrow for making the MIDI I got the notes from.

Rooftop Run Day (VRC6 Edition)

Paul Varley