2021 has been a crazy year.  I forgot I even had this Soundcloud until someone told me.

This area from Kirby 64 evokes the genesis of new life and I wanted to evoke that emotion with sharp instrumentation.  The choir and orchestral hits are MIDI - the rest is Guitar Pro 7 with Realistic Sound Engine.  I can't stress enough that violin is underrated in a hard rock mix and acts like sea salt to a dark chocolate.

Kirby 64 Neo Star GP7

Super Circuit is out on Nintendo Switch Online!  While I feel the game is still among the black sheep of the Mario Kart series, the music and most of the tracks are great!  This is an arrangement of the music for the Bowser Castle tracks.  Used Guitar Pro 8, and this hits HARD!

MKSC Bowser Castle (Guitar Pro 8)

It's 2020!  Here's to a good future!

Everyone seems to love the Japanese soundtrack, especially the "Bad Future" track for Stardust Speedway, but I feel that was meme'd to death ten years ago.  Until Sonic Mania, this was the best Sonic game but its levels got borderline vertiginous toward the end.

Sonic CD: US Stardust Speedway Good Future (GP7)

Who would have thought mixing Mario and the Rabbids with X-Com gameplay would turn out so incredibly good?  Ubisoft Milan & Nintendo, I suppose.

Grant Kirkhope composed the soundtrack, which has that orchestral bounciness signature to his style.  The midboss music combines whimsy, mania, and urgency and never gets old.  I just found a transcription and then made it metal with Guitar Pro 7.  This was a fun one - though I had to strip out most of the orchestration to make it less muddy.

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Mid-Boss METAL!  GP7

This is inspired from the composition by Eric Swanson and Greg Turner for the Super Nintendo version of the video game.  It's a heavy tune in the style of Metallica or GWAR, and as such I used virtual pedal arrangements that simulate the signature Hammett/Hetfield duality.

Beavis & Butthead SNES: Stairway to Hell (GP7)

I've waited a long time for a transcription for this music to finally be available!  MIDI by Ninjaboyj - the score is one octave too low but that was an easy fix.

It took a fair bit of tinkering in Guitar Pro 7 to get the balance between guitars, organ, and drums to levels resembling the OST but still uniquely metal.  Drum rides are annoying to balance - generally EQ control is more effective than volume.  I added a few ornaments for rhythm to fill auditory gaps.  Very pleased with this one.

Paper Mario Final Bowser Phase 2 (GP7)

Quarantine got you down?  The doctor's here, and he's dropping some Megavitamins!  Kill those viruses!  If only it worked that way.

Arranged and mastered with Guitar Pro 7
MIDI by Total Yosh

Dr Mario 64 QueQue GP7

Less than three days and there's already a MIDI out in the wild!  I love this idea of a boss that's a death metal robot and you're jumping in rhythm over shockwaves.  I couldn't ask for a better excuse for a new Guitar Pro 7 metal arrangement!  I also love how this theme borrows a bit from N-Gin's boss theme in Crash 2 (listen for the synth trills and brass).

Crash Bandicoot 4 looks dope and I want a port on Switch!

MIDI by JexuBandicoot at VGMusic.com

Crash Bandicoot 4: Stage Dive GP7

It's almost #Wahloween, so it's time for a Waluigi track!  You'd better get up and dance or Waluigi will come over to your house and steal your candy!

Inspired by "Destruction Dance" from Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix.  I dunno why it took me so long to make an arrangement.

DDR Mario Mix Destruction Dance GP7

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE WAY WHEN MY LASER GOES OFF!

Just a little bit late for spooky season and Rocktober, but a headbanger is good any time of the year.  This is a metal arrangement of the OST from the Nightmare Buzz level from the Toy Story video game released on Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Windows 95.  It is from a scene cut from the movie where Woody fights a nightmarish apparition of Buzz Lightyear.

I grew up with the Genesis version of the game and it is still among the best licensed games I've ever played.  Fantastic graphics and audio with challenging gameplay make this game a cult classic.  The soundtrack in particular is a wonderhorse for the Genesis made possible by very clever programming from Traveller's Tales (as demonstrated on the Coding Secrets YT channel).

Toy Story Nightmare Buzz GP7

I import MIDIs into Guitar Pro 6/7/8 and turn them into hard rock arrangements.  Just a fun hobby.

MKSC Bowser Castle (Guitar Pro 8)

MetalYoshi GuitarPro

Related tracks