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Xander Martin requested a WL4 cover of this from me. Unlike some of his past requests this one seemed easy enough to warrant actually following up on. So I took a stab at it. 

At first I was using WarioWare, inc. as my standard for which sounds I could use. Actual Flute and Pan Flute sounds would be open to me this way, and the choir as well. 
[30,2] was an absolute shoe-in for the chorused plucked string, so that was obviously the first thing I did. I also went to the trouble of making this with Sappy playback in mind, unlike some of my other recent WL4 covers. 

Because of these 2 things I'd been flip-flopping on the idea of going full Arabian Nights with this waarangement. Finding ways of limiting the # of sound channels and # of voices while keeping audio seamless put the idea of also limiting myself to base WL4 instruments (justl ike good old day) in mind. 

So, after the initial arrangement was finished, I basically halted production for a while. I finally took a drug holiday this week, and I may resume it tomorrow (not sure just yet).
But anyway, today I came back to work on it a little more, since I remembered not being satisfied with it where it was. I did a bunch of patch event changes, and spruced up the choir part (which is now strings). 
For a while I had the 1st Flute set to be the Soft Electric Piano, but ended up changing it to [113,2], the Arabian Nights shanai. I ended up leaving the echo as [5,2] though, because it sounded like an echo for just the flutier portion of [113,2]'s sound. This gives the illusion that the lead is a doubling.

Cursed Wathedral - Wario's Mystery Meat

[Verse 1]
In a world beyond our skies,
Bakugan, they rise, they rise (rise),
B-B-Battle brawlers call,
In the game where dimensions fall (fall).

[Chorus]
Drago's fire, burning bright,
Echoes in the silent night (night),
Spin to life, oh mighty sphere,
Whisper secrets only heroes hear (hear).

[Verse 2]
From Vestroia's heart, they s-s-sprung,
Six attributes, their powers sung (sung),
Naga's wrath, the worlds divide,
G-G-Guardians by our side (side).

[Chorus]
Drago's fire, burning bright,
Echoes in the silent night (night),
Spin to life, oh mighty sphere,
Whisper secrets only heroes hear (hear).

[Bridge]
Vortex opens, time stands still,
"Field, open!"—a brawler's thrill (thrill),
Clash of titans, colors blend,
E-e-every battle, legends mend (mend).

[Verse 3]
Across the Earth and distant stars,
Mechtanium surge, erase the scars (scars),
Heroes born from baku-balls,
In their hands, the future calls (calls).

[Chorus]
Drago's fire, burning bright,
Echoes in the silent night (night),
Spin to life, oh mighty sphere,
Whisper secrets only heroes hear (hear).

[Outro]
So let the b-b-battle set you free,
Echoes of a destiny (tiny),
Rise, Bakugan, claim your fate,
In this dance of strength, don't hesitate (tate).

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Original composition by Tommy Tallarico.

Transcription and arrangement by Tony Grayson.

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