Thumbnail artwork by Charger342.

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

[Intro]
Step right up to the Game Grumps stage,
Where laughter and chaos turn every page.
From Arin's rage to Danny's cheer,
Strap in tight, it's quite the gear.

[Verse 1]
You wake up, life kicks you, says "Hey, I'm trying new boots today!"
You’re on the ground, thinking, "This might just not be my day."
Grab a Beyblade, pull the cord, let it rip away,
Miss every shot, life’s a game that you just can’t play.

[Rap Break]
Updog, updog, what’s up, dog?

[Chorus]
Life’s an endless game of missing,
Popsicles and dreams of hitting,
Throw a snowball, miss the target,
Wake up with a stick, life's hardest.

[Verse 2]
Arin's raging, "Mario Sunshine's driving me insane!"
Danny laughs, "Chill out, man, let’s just start another game."
Arin’s tweeting 'bout the past, regrets the Let's Play frame,
Then he sighs, "Every show ends with my existential bane."

[Bridge]
"Jesse Eisenberg," Arin yells, a Facebook rant unfolds,
Danny quips, "Let’s just relax, and let the scenes behold."
Back to basics, nut kicks and new karate holds,
Life surprises, never quite as what you’ve been told.

[Chorus]
Life’s an endless game of missing,
Popsicles and dreams of hitting,
Throw a snowball, miss the target,
Wake up with a stick, life's hardest.

[Outro]
So if you're feeling down and out, and life has got you beat,
Just tune in to Game Grumps, watch Arin miss and repeat.
With every fail and rage quit, remember, life's a treat,
'Cause even in the misses, there's a rhythm and a beat.

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Original composition by Tommy Tallarico.

Transcription and arrangement by Tony Grayson.

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