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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 the cosmos' grasp, where the dark skies bend,
I'm the starlit hero, on a quest without end.
With arms stretched out, from dusk till dawn,
I pull the night closer, and push the day on.

[Chorus]
And I will swing, yes, I will fly,
Cross thousand stars up in the sky.
Just to be the star who brightens up your night,
From every galaxy’s edge, into the morning light.

[Verse 2]
Through the stardust trails, where the cold winds blow,
Against the pirate shadows, to the lights I know.
My journey's marked by the stars I greet,
With every headlong rush, my destiny I meet.

[Bridge]
Twirl around, take hold, let go and then,
Launch across the void like a comet again.
With each orbit passed, in the dance of flight,
I’m the blaze that scours through the heart of night.

[Chorus]
And I will swing, yes, I will fly,
Cross thousand stars up in the sky.
Just to be the star who brightens up your night,
From every galaxy’s edge, into the morning light.

[Verse 3]
On a silver streak, I trace the cosmic seas,
Over moons and planets, like a swift breeze.
Faces turn upwards, as I streak through the blue,
A fleeting whisper, a hope reborn anew.

[Chorus]
And I will swing, yes, I will fly,
Cross thousand stars up in the sky.
Just to be the star who brightens up your night,
From every galaxy’s edge, into the morning light.

[Outro]
So here I soar, across the cosmos wide,
A trail of light behind, where dreams coincide.
Every star a story, every glow a song,
In this vast universe, where I belong.

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Original composition by Tommy Tallarico.

Transcription and arrangement by Tony Grayson.

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