The Mario Galaxy games are my favorite series on the Wii, which sounds like it's maybe not saying much, but they really hold up. Every level introduces a ton of new ideas, sometimes more than you find in entire other games.

The same can be said for the soundtrack. The composers constantly throw new ideas at you, and even when they're rehashing a theme from a previous Mario game, they put a new spin on it. This is my take on "Throwback Galaxy" from SMG 2,which is a revamped version of Thwomp's Fortress from Mario 64.

Throwback Galaxy: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Piano Cover

Wizard With A Gun (Original Soundtrack)

Take Your Shot

#5 Recorded 04/11/2025. "Tonal Patterns of Aggression" pulls together a series of rhythmic sequences with the forceful tone of expressionism using polytonality and dissonance. 

SKETCHES 05 - Tonal Patterns of Aggression

Crypt Of The Necrodancer OST - 07 Konga Conga Kappa (King Conga)

Crypt Of The Necrodancer OST - 05 Crypteque (1 - 2)

Soundtrack for the video game Clustertruck! 
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Clustertruck OST - Diesel Desert

03 - Danny Baranowsky - Crypt Of The Necrodancer AMPLIFIED OST - Six Feet Thunder

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Let's get this out of the way first. Breath of the Wild is a great game, possibly the best Zelda game ever made. The world is expansive and allows so much freedom, self-discovery, and experimentation. However, I felt that Nintendo really dropped the ball on the story and music. The Switch Presentation Trailer Nintendo showed gave me such hope for the epic music that would assault my ears, but sadly we were all misled.

To me the soundtrack is only half-complete. The tracks are all atmospheric, and fit the setting really well, but ineffective in describing the context. The whole world has been plunged into darkness. Ganon's calamity infects the landscape, and yet all the inhabitants feel like they're at peace with it. Link has woken up from a hundred year slumber, and the world barely reacts to his return. What I had hoped to see was Ganon reacting to Link's presence. As Link defeats each divine beast, there should be a great escalating response from the opposing forces. But the world stays pretty much the same. The sense of adventure I felt in the beginning of the game sort of faded away. Instead the world felt more like just a playground for Link to play in until he decides to go save Zelda.

The music for the enemies on the world map all have this playful silliness to it, which I felt was in contradiction to the context. Hence, this arrangement I made for the guardian battle, I consider more of a REVISION. I referenced the tone of the trailer music heavily in trying to come up with my version. For the percussion, I used a lot of wood and metal knick knack sounds to preserve the idea that the player is free to be creative with his/her strategies in fighting the guardians. When encountering these for the first time, most players probably fail and die quickly. The thrill you get from defeating these for the first time is very exhilarating, and I wanted the music to convey that. I borrowed the main theme of the game and injected it into the track to give it more emotion. Even though the end result is a lot more heavy highs and lows, I feel I still was able to keep the lightness of track intact.

Revision of the Wild

Guardian Battle & Main Theme Orchestration - from Breath of the Wild

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDVM9KED46Q
This song was created and played by Lena Raine, I uploaded this song so I could listen to it on Soundcloud and I claim no ownership of the soundtrack.

Celeste Original Soundtrack - 18 - Reach For The Summit

From West of Loathing's new DLC, Reckonin' at Gun Manor. 
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Final Destination (SSBB) Remix - Drum & Bass

I'm a composer for video games like Gunpoint, Frog Fractions 2, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, and more.

I love working in music for games because it's the only medium where the audience gets to interact with what they're hearing. Creating music that needs to adapt to a player's actions is seriously the most challenging and rewarding thing about this job. Getting to write in a new styles every day, work in a community of genuinely awesome audio people, and combine my two favorite things (games and music) for a living does not get old.

Also buying games is a tax write off now, which is pretty rad.

If you're interested in working with me on your next project, or you'd just like to hear more of my music, check out my website at www.ryanike.com. Thanks for listening!

Throwback Galaxy: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Piano Cover

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