It's been a while since I've uploaded anything here, but here's a new original composition for a character of mine named Vendetta! 
You can read more about her (and see pixel artworks that I'd done of her before) here:  
https://www.deviantart.com/thesixthsaint/art/Vendetta-312960072 

https://www.deviantart.com/thesixthsaint/art/Vendetta-dynamic-perspective-608884233

With that said, the artwork used as the picture for her theme here on Soundcloud was done by Alexandra Boshevska aka Nidhogge. 
You can check out her artwork here: 
https://www.instagram.com/nidhogge_art/

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Vendetta As My Name (Vendetta's Theme)

If you aspire to be the strongest woman in the world, you're probably gonna need some good workout and training music to listen to. So this is for all the ladies out there aspiring to be the stronkest. 

Or if you're just tryin' to gain massive thighs. Whatever your aim is, this song's for you!

Originally composed by Isao Abe and Yoko Shimomura, arranged by me.
Street Fighter is owned by CAPCOM.

Artwork credit to my friend TixieLix. 
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Street Fighter II - Chun-Li's Theme (Chinese Folk Metal)

I grew up lovin' the hell out of fighting games, especially Capcom and SNK fighters. So naturally, I played an unhealthy amount of CvS2 back in the day. This silly, classic, and infamous song was hard to forget. 
I will say, this honestly started off as a dare to do something with. I arranged it to see what the hell I could come up with by doing so. I hope y'all enjoy it. 

Composed by Satoshi Ise 
Arranged by me (The Sixth Saint)

Capcom vs. SNK 2 - This is True Love Makin' (London Stage) [Arranged]

Feelin' nostalgic yet? Out of all the songs on PSO, this one always stood heads and shoulders above the rest, in my opinion. So it goes without saying that I thought it'd be cool to do something with this that hopefully tugged on and invoked those same feelings and emotions that the original song did, but makes you feel something new all the same.  

Composed by Hideaki Kobayashi and Fumie Kumatani
Arranged by me (The Sixth Saint)

Phantasy Star Online - Mother Earth of Dishonesty: Part 1 [Arranged]

This composition is one of my favorite of all time for a variety of reasons. But if you wanted some exacts, it's because of the pure emotion it invokes and is exactly what it sets out to do: Perfectly encompasses the desolate kind of feeling of the unknown and uncertainty of what awaits you; a world overrun with monsters, evil, and despair. It really is a bit overlooked if anything in how great it really is when used as an overworld theme for a dark world. 

Composed by Koichi Sugiyama 
Arranged by me (The Sixth Saint)

Dragon Quest - Unknown World [Arranged]

The Street Fighter Alpha series M. Bison has always been my favorite version of the character. Street Fighter Alpha 3 makin' him OP to fight and being the most intimidating presence he had was honestly the peak of the character itself, in my opinion. 
His theme song "Brave or Grave" sure helped sell that over the top and so perfectly. So it's pretty obvious why I felt it a necessary challenge to arrange his theme and make it even more imposing than the original composition even was! 

Composed by Takayuki Iwai, Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa, and Tetsuya Shibata 
Arranged by me (The Sixth Saint)

Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Brave or Grave (M. Bison's Theme) [Arranged]

OHOHOHOHOHOHOHO! Kanzuki Style! 
Simple Rating has always stood out as one of the best songs from Street Fighter Alpha 3, so it goes without saying that it didn't take much for me to arse myself into doin' an arrangement of her theme song from it. 

Composed by Takayuki Iwai, Yuki Iwai, Isao Abe, Hideki Okugawa, and Tetsuya Shibata
Arranged by me (The Sixth Saint)

Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Simple Rating (Karin Kanzuki's Theme) [Arranged]

DEMON CRADLE! 
I love me some Darkstalkers. So it's only apt that I arrange music from it at some point--and what better day to upload this than o Halloween?!
Darkstalkers and Metal music thematically go so hand-in-hand that I'm actually pretty baffled and amazed that more Metal covers of Darkstalkers themes aren't out there. The series is absolutely ripe for it. I'm just happy to contribute. 

Composed by Takayuki Iwai and Hideki Okugawa 
Arranged by The Sixth Saint

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors - Demitri Theme [Arranged]

Do not pursue Lu Bu!...but make sure to arrange his iconic theme song. 
So I did! 

For a history lesson, I remember playing Dynasty Warriors 3 at Walmart back in 2001 for the first time, as that was the game they had set up for people to play on their PS2 set up there. I can't even tell you how many people like me and my brother were engulfed in the gameplay since that whole gameplay style was totally new at the time and was like a hack-and-slash evolution of the classic beat-'em-up formula. 
I'd become a Warriors/Musou fan for life. They're just ridiculously addictive games. And the old ones like Dynasty Warriors 3 and 3 Xtreme Legends? 
They were hard as hell on the harder difficulties due to the AI being far from a pushover. 
Especially if you wanted to unlock all the weapons and such. 

This song is dedicated to the many lives were lost to Lu Bu (and the archers) while playing on Chaos mode. 

Composed by MASA 
Arranged by me (The Sixth Saint)

Dynasty Warriors 3 - Theme of Lu Bu [Arranged]

It's not Christmas without the Krampus. 
This is a theme song I put together combining three Christmas carols (Silent Night, O Holy Night, and It Came Upon The Midnight Clear) to create a theme song for my own personal spin on the good ol' Krampus. 
You can read a little more about him here: 
https://www.deviantart.com/thesixthsaint/art/Krampus-502627464

On Silent Night, O Holy Night...It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (Krampus's Theme)

Yoko Shimomura's work is amazing. That much is certain. Her work with Capcom and on Super Mario RPG are absolutely legendary. But it was her doing the soundtrack for Legend of Mana when she hit her stride and truly "found her sound", in my opinion. 
This song is powerful and makes the scenes and section of the game so much more impactful thanks to this incredible composition of hers. 
I love the Legend of Mana soundtrack a whole helluvalot, so arranging a song from it was something I HAD to do. I hope you all enjoy it! 

Composition by Yoko Shimomura 
Arranged by me (The Sixth Saint)

Legend of Mana - City of Flickering Destruction [Arranged]

I'd been wanting to do an arrangement utilizing the Eight Instruments of the Sirens needed to awaken the Wind Fish for a while now, and now I have!
There's a Conch Horn, a drum to represent the Thunder Drum, Cello for the Full Moon Cello, Harp for the Surf Harp, Organ for the Organ of Evening Calm, a bell for the Sea Lily's Bell, Marimba for the Wind Marimba, and a Triangle for the Coral Triangle. Then of course some eerie feminine singing to represent Marin singing the song. And even an ocarina to represent Link playing along with it!

Link's Awakening was always a gem of a game, which like A Link to the Past, helped introduce things that wound up being ingrained into the series' DNA and identity. It getting a remake is incredible since those that played it before, get to enjoy it again, while a whole new generation gets to enjoy it for the first time. It was a great choice by Nintendo to finally do a remake like this after all these years.

The in-game art style is still a bit jarring to me since it honestly conflicts with the anime intro and in-game art (like the image I utilized for this) to the point where you'd figure they would have used A Link Between Worlds art style for the characters to have consistency.
But they wanted to be faithful to recreating the pixel art instead.
I think it'll win people over in the end. However, it'll likely remain a point of contention for years to come.
With that said, I hope you like what I did with this iconic song here!

Composed by Minako Hamano & Kozue Ishikawa
Arranged by me (The Sixth Saint)

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Ballad of the Wind Fish [Arranged]

Artist/Writer/Musician/Aspiring Game Dev. 
I love vidya games, vidya game music, makin' music, Metal, pixel art, art in general really, wrasslin', cats, and comedy. That about sums it up. 
So enjoy your stay!

The Sixth Saint

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