REMEMBERING “Queen of Tejano Music” Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (1971–1995) on what could have been her 54th birthday, 30 years after her passing…

I Could Fall In Love (PC-9821 Version)
Genre: FM-synth chiptune/vocal synthesizer cover
Written & composed by Keith Thomas
Arranged by SilSinn9821
Performed by Hanakuma Chifuyu
Harmonies by Eleanor Forte, Tsurumaki Maki, HALO, & Natsume Itsuki
Sound drivers used: PMDPPZ 4.8s (Yamaha YM2608/OPNA) + PPZ8 1.08 βrelease 3 (2×Burr-Brown PCM61P/86PCM)

Instrumental arrangement started 2025.04.11, finished 2025.05.22.
Vocal tuning started 2025.05.22, finished 2025.05.24.
Project overall finished 2025.05.28.
Sound channels used: 6×FM + 3×SSG + 5×ADPCM-A (RSS) + 2× 86PCM (8× PPZ8)


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Tools used:
Synthesizer V Studio Pro 1.11.2 (for the talkloid-like monologue in Spanish)
Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro 2.0.7 (for the sung parts in English)
KAJA’s MML compiler MC.EXE 4.8s
C60’s PMDWin.dll 0.52 (paired with ym2608_adpcm_rom.bin) & FMPMD2000 0.31
Wavosaur 1.8.0.0
Audacity 2.3.1
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2.10

I Could Fall In Love ℗ 1995 EMI Latin

Selena / I Could Fall In Love (PC-9821 Version, covered by Hanakuma Chifuyu)

Just an amateur musical hobbyist. I listen to mostly trance, metal, classical, and chiptunes. I mess around with music just for fun.

Silent Sinner in Scarlet, abbr. SilSinn in the 🎮 community, started writing ♪ after hours of playing old PC/​video 🎮 (feat. 🎼 generated by soundchips from 1980’s–early 1990’s). Found favor with Yamaha YM2608/​OPNA FM-synth chip (found in high-end NEC PC-9801 & -9821 💻 that once dominated the 🇯🇵 domestic market) because of the relative ease of composing/​arranging ♪ for it and for its ability to mix FM/​PSG/​PCM 🔊 paradigms in a well-balanced fashion. Chose PMD98 by KAJA as the preferred compiler for making OPNA ♪ evocative of both “PC-98”, arcade, & Sega MegaDrive/​Genesis systems. For inspiration, thankee to legendary composers ZUN, 高井達雄, & 植松伸夫 as role models to follow.

Selena / I Could Fall In Love (PC-9821 Version, covered by Hanakuma Chifuyu)

Silent Sinner In Scarlet