The Koopa Troop is proud to present our second recording! Ridley's Theme appears in the original Metroid on NES and many subsequent Nintendo games including Smash Bros! Ridley's Theme was composed by Makoto Kano.

Our goal is to record and perform fan favourite video game music complete with our own arrangements and improvisations. Please join our facebook page to stay up to date on all our latest news. https://www.facebook.com/thekoopatroop

The Band:
Chelsea McBride - Tenor Sax
Wilson McLeish - Guitar
Chris Bruder - Keyboards
Tom Altobelli - Bass
Tyler Goertzen - Drums

Production:
Tracking Engineer - Jay Burr
Editing/Mixing/Mastering - Wilson McLeish
Arrangement - Tyler Goertzen

Ridley's Theme was recorded live at Odd Fellow's Hall, Dundas Ontario, on February 8th, 2015

Ridley's Theme

Running Through The Woods, Pt.2

My final project from my time at Humber College - an EP of all original compositions, featuring:

Wilson McLeish - Guitar
Deniz Lim-Sersan - Keys
Colin Adhikary - Drums
Tyler Elaschuk - Bass
Cory Sitek - Sop. Sax on Wheel
Tom Upjohn - Flugel on Scratch
Eric Carter - Alto Sax on Scratch
Andrew Racknor - Sop. Sax on CLRV

CLRV

Scratch

Wheel

(c) 1990, Mousehole Music SOCAN  Lyrics by Mary Ellen Moore; music by Mary Ellen Moore & Ian McLeish
Mary Ellen Moore; vocals; Chuck Kerr, drums, fingersnaps & percussion; Ian McLeish, bass; John Millest, fingersnaps & guitars, Geoff Pinhey, keyboards.

One More Time

Written by Nancy White, (c) 1970 Nancy White.  
From the album "Country, Rock, Folk, Blues" 2005.  Ian: guitars, bass, vocal. I've been performing this little ditty for years - I don't think Nancy recorded this herself. Brilliant how first word in each line in the verses spells out "BINGO"...

B.I.N.G.O.

This is the audio-only version of my video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbuQMNuSYEI

Download here is FLAC, or otherwise there's an MP3 here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20808813/aquatic_ambience.mp3

Aquatic Ambience

This is The Koopa Troop's rendition of a JRPG classic tune: The Main Theme from Chrono Trigger. Please enjoy our take on the theme with real instruments and improvisations. Arranged by The Koopa Troop's Wilson McLeish AKA Luigi.
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Chelsea McBride - Flute
Wilson McLeish - Guitar and arrangement
Chris Bruder - Keyboards
Tom Altobelli - Bass
Tyler Goertzen - Drums

Chrono Trigger Main Theme

Flipped the 'Locals only' Sample from Dom Kennedy. 

Free Download

One for Kennedy

The Koopa Troop is dedicated to bringing new and classic video game music to life on real instruments, complete with fusion jazz arrangements and improvisations.

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The Koopa Troop:
Chelsea McBride - Tenor Sax
Wilson McLeish - Electric Guitar
Chris Bruder - Keyboards
Tom Altobelli - Electric Bass
Tyler Goertzen - Drums
