Wow! Reached my download limit! Thanks everybody! New DOWNLOAD LINK (mp3 320): http://www.prongsoftware.com/content/MightyNo9-Backported-Main_Theme-Remix-Sauraen.mp3

Next-gen console support? How about third-gen console support? Maybe if Comcept raises $5 million on their Kickstarter, they will release Mighty No. 9 on the NES!

Edit: When I originally wrote this description, $5 million was a ridiculously high number for the Kickstarter to reach; now Mighty No. 9 is funded with over $4 million, and my joke has sort of come true--the team will be including a chiptune version of the entire game soundtrack as a menu option! Not only that, but "the team" now not only includes Manami Matsumae, composer of this song as well as the Mega Man 1 soundtrack, but Takashi Tateshi, composer of the Mega Man 2 and 3 soundtracks, and Ippo Yamada, composer from Resident Evil and Mega Man 9 and 10! These are three of The Great chiptune composers of old--I can't wait to hear THEIR chiptune version of this theme!

Original song by Manami Matsumae
Arranged by Sauraen using REAPER and actual NES samples (DPCM)

Mighty No. 9 - "Backported" (Main Theme) (NES-style Chiptune Remix)

Original song by Kenta Nagata

Edited live performance, rendered with EastWest / Quantum Leap sound libraries in Reaper

Mario Kart 64 Ending Theme - Piano Arrangement

In honor of the 15th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I present a fully remastered, orchestrated version of the End Credits theme, played on modern cinema-quality sounds.

While Koji Kondo's soundtrack is one of the most memorable in game history, the N64 had two hardware limitations that affected the complexity of the music he could compose for it: a limited number of voices, and limited ROM space in which to store instrument sounds. These limitations forced the great game composers of old to make up for the lack of fancy, perfectly-mastered sounds by composing catchy and often brilliant melodies. However, now we have the best of both worlds, and redoing a classic piece in modern sounds is both a fun musical exercise and a fitting tribute to the game and the whole Zelda series.

This arrangement was created in REAPER and rendered with EastWest / Quantum Leap sound libraries. It consists of nearly thirty different virtual instrument tracks, which take 11 GB of RAM to play in real time and represent access to over 100 GB of sample data. The process of creating this arrangement consisted of transcribing the notes, precisely synchronizing the tempo (in the slow sections, the tempo is continuously changing!), and then making the "artistic decisions" of what additional parts to add to fill out the arrangement. I began with a very literal transcription, and as the piece builds, gradually enhanced the arrangement until it was a whole orchestra by the final chords.

For those who are curious, the "dinga dinga" in the Saria's Song section is a santoor, and the "goron dog bark" is a cuica (friction drum)

Ocarina of Time - End Credits Theme - Remastered

Triforce% Official Soundtrack - Published By SiIvaGunner
These are actual high quality rips recorded from an UNMODIFIED copy of Ocarina of Time on a real N64. Special thanks to Savestate for doing the ACE setup and the recording, and TASBot for injecting the data.

8 - Staff Roll (Triforce Ending) - Triforce% OoT ACE Showcase OST

7 - Here Together - Triforce% OoT ACE Showcase OST

6 - Power Of The Goddesses - Triforce% OoT ACE Showcase OST

5 - Obtain The Triforce - Triforce% OoT ACE Showcase OST

Triforce% Official Soundtrack - Published By SiIvaGunner
Arranged by RebeccaETripp, https://www.youtube.com/rebeccaetripp
These are actual high quality rips recorded from an UNMODIFIED copy of Ocarina of Time on a real N64. Special thanks to Savestate for doing the ACE setup and the recording, and TASBot for injecting the data.

4 - Awakening The Sages (Arranged by RebeccaETripp) - Triforce% OoT ACE Showcase OST

Triforce% Official Soundtrack - Published By SiIvaGunner
Overture of Sages composed by Ariana Almandoz, http://platypuscomix.com/websurfin/ariana.html
These are actual high quality rips recorded from an UNMODIFIED copy of Ocarina of Time on a real N64. Special thanks to Savestate for doing the ACE setup and the recording, and TASBot for injecting the data.

3 - Overture Of Sages (Warp Version) - Triforce% OoT ACE Showcase OST

2 - Overture Of Sages - Triforce% OoT ACE Showcase OST

1 - Trailer (Beta Mix) - Triforce% OoT ACE Showcase OST

Mario Kart 8 Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 64. The sequence is modded into a copy of Mario Kart 64 and recorded from a real N64 console. Download the sequence file to use in your own Mario Kart 64 mod (Staff Roll bank): https://drive.google.com/file/d/18EAZX74Kf1gBWPDZ2dAda7Xyw7SNWRdl/view?usp=sharing

SiIvaGunner

Rainbow Road (OST Version) - Mario Kart 64 (Rainbow Road - Mario Kart 8)

Molduga Battle (First Phase) - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch), by Manaka Kataoka and Yasukai Iwata
Gnat Attack (Level 3) - Mario Paint (SNES), by Kazumi Totaka

Molduga Battle (Third Phase) - Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Gnat Attack (Level 3) - Mario Paint)

I recreated the music from the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Trailer 3 in the Ocarina of Time engine. The audio is recorded from a real N64, and the music data is injected into the console's memory live using the Triforce% toolchain.

DOWNLOADS: MP3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15wRI2VCmRP91JB2jZbf5CX61jZ8O7206/view?usp=sharing
N64 files: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K-Pk-NUnVTSSIK5AfQOlpmKBs_jCn-gM/view?usp=sharing

Tears of the Kingdom

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Trailer 3 in Ocarina of Time Engine

PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION
I am developing a complete MIDI import/export tool for first-party N64 games. I've been using Ocarina of Time for testing it during development, but I just threw in Majora's Mask and in only about a half hour, without editing any code (all game-specific data can be edited from the UI), I picked a random sequence file, and this is what popped out. The instruments are all wrong, since I haven't done the Audiobank parsing yet. And there's some other more technical problems, it's still in development.

Zelda Majora's Mask - Battle with Skull Kid - MIDI Export

This is track 4 on YIN/YANG: A OneShot Concept Album, which you can buy by clicking the BUY link above! (You can also stream the rest of the album on Bandcamp...)

YIN/YANG: A OneShot Concept Album

Alpha and Omega (My Burden is Light)

Oneshot - Alpha and Omega (My Burden Is Light Remix)

An original Wind Temple theme from Project Beta Triforce (http://areoblast43o9.wix.com/projectbetatriforce). This is a mod for Ocarina of Time that adds several all-new dungeons to the game, along with original music in the appropriate style.

Created exclusively using samples from Ocarina of Time, ripped and processed/mapped personally by me (not a soundfont). Playing in REAPER, in-engine version coming once I can edit Audiobank instrument definitions a little better. But the arrangement is compatible with the OoT sequence format.

PBT - Wind Temple (Original) (v3) (Demo 1)

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Now featured in Nimpize Adventure!
An original arrangement of "Beware the Forest's Mushrooms" from Super Mario RPG by Yoko Shimomura, for Project Beta Triforce (areoblast43o9.wix.com/projectbetatriforce). Playing IN ENGINE in a modded copy of Ocarina of Time in an emulator. Sequence exported and imported (ROM <--> MIDI) with seq64: Sequenced music editor for first-party N64 games (download from github.com/sauraen/seq64/ ) MIDI arrangement created in REAPER.

Lost in the Mushroom Woods (In Engine)

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An original arrangement of some themes from Zelda II for Project Beta Triforce (areoblast43o9.wix.com/projectbetatriforce). Studio version playing in REAPER with custom-ripped patches from Ocarina of Time.

Check out the in-engine version here: https://soundcloud.com/sauraen/pbt-dark-link-battle-in-engine

Dark Link Battle (Studio Version)

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An original arrangement of some themes from Zelda II for Project Beta Triforce (areoblast43o9.wix.com/projectbetatriforce). Playing IN ENGINE in a modded copy of Ocarina of Time in an emulator. MIDI sequence imported and optimized with SEQ64, https://github.com/sauraen/seq64

Check out the studio version here: https://soundcloud.com/sauraen/pbt-dark-link-battle-studio

Dark Link Battle (In Engine)

An original cover of Small Two of Pieces (Xenogears ending theme). Instrumental performance and production by Sauraen, vocals by Shannon M. Hurley. Composed and arranged by Yasunori Mitsuda. Lyrics by Masato Kato and Joanne Hogg.

Xenogears ゼノギアス - Small Two of Pieces～軋んだ破片～ Cover feat. Shannon M. Hurley

I've always had a thing for endings; in fact, back in my vgmusic days, I had a habit of doing a transcription or arrangement of the ending theme of any game I beat. Getting to experience the ending is the reward a player gets for finishing a game, and it's an opportunity for the developers and composers to show off their best work to people who are already emotionally invested in the experience. But Undertale's true (pacifist) ending went way beyond this: it turned a nice game about love and friendship into an incredibly powerful emotional experience that deserves to be called one of the best games ever made. And Toby Fox did not disappoint in the musical department either: the pacifist ending is accompanied by a series of outstanding tracks, bound together by a masterful use of the game's main themes, which take the player along for the ride.

I intended this arrangement to be a tribute to the incredible positivity the game, especially the true pacifist ending, gave me and every player who had the privilege to experience it. I also wanted to honor Asriel, who is my favorite Undertale character and one of my favorite characters in all of gaming. Finally, I wanted to create a fitting conclusion--a big ending--for this album, which I am so grateful and honored to be part of. I spent somewhere around a hundred hours on the arrangement, which I began in February; and I'm quite happy with how it has turned out.

Because of the motivic nature of the Undertale soundtrack, it is difficult to name or decide on the root sources of many of the themes present in the game, let alone in an arrangement of its music. Nevertheless, this arrangement directly incorporates material from His Theme, Hopes and Dreams, SAVE the World, Last Goodbye, and Final Power; and it also references the B theme from Once Upon a Time at the end.

The title "For Good!" is a reference to three different things. First, it's a reference to the final line in the game, when Asriel appears to introduce the backer credits and says "Ready? Let's end this all for good!" Here, "for good" means "permanently", telling the player that after all the plot twists they've been through, this really is the end of the game. Second, it references the fact that this is the music for the pacifist or "good" ending. And finally, it signifies the positive effect the game has had on the world--the game as a whole was "for good", even if Toby Fox had no idea of the scale of the impact it would have. I hope many more games are made "for good", and I hope my work could someday have this kind of positive impact.

The arrangement was created with REAPER, EastWest sound libraries, and a variety of software synth plugins. Rugal played and recorded the lead and rhythm guitar parts, and improvised the guitar solo near the end. I created the arrangement, performed some of the synth parts (with editing of course), and did all virtual instrument performance programming, mixing, and other production. Special thanks to Fredrik Häthén for mixing feedback, and Doug Perry for giving me the chance to have this track on the album.

FALLEN: An Undertale Tribute

For Good! (feat. Rugal) [FALLEN: An Undertale Tribute]

Less than 24 hours after the reveal of Nintendo's gorgeous new trailer "Life in the Ruins" for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I've transcribed and imported its music into the Ocarina of Time engine.

The audio you hear is playing IN ENGINE in a modified copy of Ocarina of Time, recorded directly from the game in an emulator. As in my previous work in the OoT engine, I created the MIDI in REAPER and imported it into the OoT ROM with SEQ64, https://github.com/sauraen/seq64

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Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Zelda: BotW "Life in the Ruins" Trailer Music in OoT Engine

DOWNLOAD the MP3 and MIDIs at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9tFDW3YuNudWk43TWNrSXN3aXc
I recreated the music from the Breath of the Wild Switch / Launch Trailer in the Ocarina of Time engine. All audio is recorded directly from an emulator running a modified copy of Ocarina of Time.

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ElxnxkWDjE for a behind-the-scenes look at the process of making these songs!

MIDI imported into OoT ROM with SEQ64, https://github.com/sauraen/seq64

Zelda: BotW Switch Trailer Music in Ocarina of Time Engine

DOWNLOAD: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9tFDW3YuNudckdYQ3pPaThRZTg
Staff Roll 2 from Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS), hacked into a copy of Ocarina of Time (N64). Recorded directly from modified ROM running in an emulator--not made with a soundfont. MIDI imported into ROM with SEQ64, https://github.com/sauraen/seq64 .
If you ask nicely enough, I'll make a patch file so you can patch your own game and hear the music in it for yourself.

Ocarina of Time

Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Staff Roll 2 in OoT (N64) Engine

An original cover of Small Two of Pieces (Xenogears ending theme). Instrumental performance and production by Sauraen. Composed and arranged by Yasunori Mitsuda. Lyrics by Masato Kato and Joanne Hogg. See https://soundcloud.com/sauraen/xenogears-smalltwo-cover for the version with the vocals.

Xenogears

Xenogears ゼノギアス - Small Two of Pieces～軋んだ破片～ Cover (No Vocals)

An original composition for piano and orchestra. Written for Tavian St. James, https://soundcloud.com/tavianstjames . Made with REAPER and EastWest and IK Multimedia sound libraries.

Tavian's Story

Tavian's Story (Original)

"Rhythm Boxing" from Wii Fit (Wii), composed by Toru Minegishi, Manaka Tominaga, Shiho Fujii
"Monster Surprised You" from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Nintendo Switch), composed by Kenji Hiramatsu
Mashup version without SFX or voice lines

Wii Fit - Rhythm Boxing (No SFX) (XB2 "Monster Surprised You" Mashup)

"Rhythm Boxing" from Wii Fit (Wii), composed by Toru Minegishi, Manaka Tominaga, Shiho Fujii
"Monster Surprised You" from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Nintendo Switch), composed by Kenji Hiramatsu
With Rex as the trainer

Wii Fit - Rhythm Boxing (XB2 "Monster Surprised You" Mashup feat. Rex)

This is a REAL HACK for the SM64DD disk image! Download the Hack Pack here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nK9v6YCK-0z5NBa6Zds-_r39wLw2UpWS
Originally I edited the song into the SM64 ROM and submitted it to SiIvaGunner (about 1 week after DELTA RUNE was released). It was accepted, but the decision was made to change its name to SM64DD because there were too many Staff Roll rips from SM64. So I asked SiIva to hold off posting it, edited my hacking tool SEQ64 to be compatible with N64DD disk images, and hacked it into that game instead. The audio you are hearing is recorded straight from a N64DD emulator playing a modified SM64DD disk image!
As I discovered during the hacking process, the long release times on notes in SM64DD are due to Nintendo updating the audio engine to a newer version for SM64DD, but failing to modify the instrument parameters. The new engine interprets the same release time parameters as much longer; this was clearly a bug, not a design decision. So, in the editing process, I fixed the instrument parameters for the instruments I was using in this song, that's why they don't have the long release times.

Staff Roll - Super Mario 64DD (Main Theme - DELTA RUNE)

Engineer, music arranger for N64 and beyond. http://sauraen.com

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