8-bit cover songs I've created using Famitracker.

8-bit covers/compositions

Just a little chiptune rendition of the amazing theme song for the show Steven Universe that I sequenced together a while back using the program FamiTracker. This is the very first song I've ever put together using it, and I still have a lot to learn, so please give me the benefit of the doubt if it kind of sucks. ;)

Original song written by the amazing Rebecca Sugar, so credit to her for being an amazing songwriter. Check out the original here: 
(original version): https://soundcloud.com/steven-universeonsc/we-are-the-crystal-gems-feat
(Extended version): https://soundcloud.com/steven-universeonsc/we-are-the-crystal-gems-ultimate-edition-feat-estelle

Steven Universe- We Are The Crystal Gems! (8-Bit chiptune cover)

Here's a little pet project I've been working on- I absolutely love Billy Joel, and I've wanted to cover a song of his for the longest time... Ha!

This cover starts out as a fairly standard cover of the original song, with some harmonies pretty close to the A cappella version and not a whole lot of anything crazy, but after the beginning of the first verse I decided to take a few liberties and give it a really "bouncy" feel, with the noise track and some noticeably different chord progressions mixed in. I feel like it gives it a somewhat nostalgic feeling, as it makes it slightly reminiscent of some of the more chipper, upbeat songs you would hear in NES games such as DuckTales and Startropics. :)

This chiptune is by no means complete- I haven't gotten through the entire song yet, and even in what I have there are some aspects that could probably use some tweaking, like the harmony of some of the backing. I wanted to upload what I had so far to SoundCloud because it's one that I'm actually quite proud of, personally- I honestly think that this is one of my better ones that I've created thus far, and I'm real fond of it considering that I only started really putting time and effort into it just yesterday. I have plenty of other Famitracker songs that I've created and never finished that I'm sure I'll be uploading sometime in the future, but for now, what do you guys think of this one?

Thanks much! :3
~Tristan

Billy Joel- The Longest Time (8-Bit Mini Chiptune)

Another Famitracker chip tune cover of a song- this one being the /I C O N I C/ 80s jam "Take On Me." I started this one quite a while back, and it's sort of unfinished, but I just recently got it to a point where I felt it was good enough to upload in some form. I had quite a bit of difficulty with the ending in particular- even the final product I'm honestly not entirely confident in to be honest. But other than that I had a ton of fun making this one! I think it turned out pretty well too. What do you guys think?

Cheers,
~Tristan

A-ha– Take On Me (8-bit chiptune cover)

Here's yet another chip tune cover of a boppin' 80s hit song- this one being "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club. I got the idea to do this song earlier today in school, and started working on it immediately after I got home. And so, after around 4 or so hours, this is what I produced. I'd daresay this is one of the best Famitracker compositions I've created yet- I put a lot of complexity and effort into making all of the harmonies match up, and I think it came out really damn well. The only part that's really particularly weak is sort of the ending, which was admittedly a bit rushed- I forgot to add the bassline in one part, which is... embarrassing... But still, how do y'all think I did? Let me know in the comments below.

Thanks, and happy Friday,
~Tristan <3

Culture Club- Karma Chameleon (8-bit chiptune cover)

An ok cover of a great song! Hope you like it!

~Tristan

Paul Simon- Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard (8-bit chiptune) [UNFINISHED]

Full playlist of chiptune covers here: https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions

LISTEN TO THIS ON YOUTUBE SO I CAN HAVE PETTY VIEWS AND OBTAIN MONETIZATION RIGHTS QUICKER LOLOLOL https://youtu.be/xlwqcusBN4s

I've been working on this cover of one of my favorite 70s hits since I woke up this morning, and it's payed off beautifully. I'm very proud of this one- hope you enjoy it!
~Tristan

The Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star [8-bit chip tune cover/remix]

FIND ME ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUuTc1PCoh_lTFSBZZJ1MA?view_as=subscriber
LISTEN TO ALL OF MY OTHER CHIPTUNES HERE:https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions

Made using FamiTracker (MMC5). This is definitely one of my favorite Abbey Road songs, and I thought it'd sound great as an NES-style chiptune! Maybe I'll do some more Beatles in the future... Tell me what you think in the comments, and feel free to check out some of my other 8-bit covers & my original songs, all of which are both here on SoundCloud and on my YouTube channel.

Cheers!
~Tristan

The Beatles- Come Together (8-bit/Chiptune cover) [WIP]

HEAR THIS ON YOUTUBE! https://youtu.be/n6-p55K589g

LISTEN TO MY OTHER CHIPTUNES...
--Here (Soundcloud): https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions
--YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4xLKQmL_1VpxQNoJsqCNYDLpDPlaynX0

One of my favorite 90s hits, now as an NES-styled jam! I started working on this a couple of days ago and actually already uploaded it as an unfinished project, so here's the finished version, now with verses and a few little tweaks to make it sound more spot on.

Tell me what you think in the comments, and feel free to suggest any other songs you'd like to hear 8-bit versions of. Also be sure to follow me if you want to hear more of my music, including other chiptune covers like this one!

Cheers,
~Tristan

Ace of Base- "The Sign" (8-bit Chiptune cover)

Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPt6CV3Fv5w&t=3s

Hear my other 8-bit covers!
-SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions
-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4xLKQmL_1VpxQNoJsqCNYDLpDPlaynX0

Here's a link to the original song on YouTube if you haven't heard it (it's a ding-dang bop!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBSG...

Made using a Winebottled version of FamiTracker on a MacBook Pro. I had a lot of fun making this, as 50s doo-wop is one of my favorite genres of music- and this is one of my favorite songs in that genre! I'm really proud of it as well, as the backing chord harmonies are a lot more rhythmically complex than a lot of my previous 8-bit covers. I created the thumbnail image using a crappy online image editor, and the custom Mario sprites were also made by me. If you enjoyed this, then consider checking out some of my other music– for instance, this is only one of several other chiptune covers I've created, the likes of which you can here in the playlists linked above. Or don't. This is just a hobby at the moment so I don't really give a crap tbh.

Cheers!
~Tristan

Cheers,
~Tristan

Dion & The Bitmonts- "I Wonder Why" (Dion & The Belmonts Chiptune Remix)

Hear some of my other chiptune covers: https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions
...Or listen to some of my regular compositions: https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/compositions
Check out my YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUuTc1PCoh_lTFSBZZJ1MA?view_as=subscriber
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More like "Heart of BITS"... eh? ehhh??

Made through Famitracker using the VRC6 module in probably less than 12 hours. I actually started working on this a month or so ago, but I just sort of gave up on it after like 5 minutes. Today I ran into it again on my laptop and decided "eh... why not?" so I cranked the rest of it out throughout the course of today. Blondie has to be one of my favorite early new wave bands alongside The Police, so this was a fun one to work on. Hope you all enjoy it! Let me know what you think in the comments, and if you liked this one then feel free to check out my other 8-bit covers and compositions in the above playlists.

Cheers!
~Tristan

Blondie- Heart of Glass (8-bit chiptune remix)

Listen on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddP2x6VXHOk&t=23s
Hear some of my other chiptune covers: https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions
Listen to my regular compositions: https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/compositions

Hehe... more like BITTIE Eilish... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Created this in FamiTracker via the VCR6 module, and within the span of around 4-6 hours during school and at home instead of doing homework. Most of my other covers I've published have been of older pop songs from the 50s-90s, so it was interesting to take a shot at a more contemporary- no less really fun doing one of my favorite songs from the past year. I decided to try some new stuff with this one– particularly using custom-made DPCM samples for the "I'm the baaaaad guy... Duh!" part. I also made a bit of a bold move and decided to use the triangle section for the main melody in the chorus instead of the bass part like it's usually used for, which I think paid off surprisingly in the end. This was a fun cover to work on, and I'm proud of how clean-sounding it ultimately turned out. I know I probably think this about every latest chiptune remix I make, but I'd have to consider this my best, or at least one of my best covers I've made in the past 2 or so years. Hope you enjoy it!!

If you like this, then feel free to check out some of my other songs, including more of my 8-bit song covers, some lyrical songs I've written, and my non-chiptune compositions which I make in GarageBand and Logic Pro. You can also go to my YouTube channel (linked above) where you can check out more of my music as well as some other, crappier content.

Cheers! <3
~Tristan

Billie Eilish- Bad Guy (8-bit chiptune cover/remix)

SUPPORT ME ON PAYPAL (not that you have any reason, lmao): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TristAndShout

HEAR MY OTHER CHIPTUNE COVERS ON... 
-Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-596109938/sets/8-bit-covers-compositions
-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4xLKQmL_1VpxQNoJsqCNYDLpDPlaynX0

Here's an NES-styled rendition of one of my favorite songs ever! Seriously, love Whitney Houston... but anyways, this one's been a a bit of a long time coming. I started it back at the beginning of the year (before the pandemic happened of course), and posted a few infrequent updates to r/chiptunes on Reddit. I actually finished it a couple of months ago, but I've just procrastinated a ton in terms of actually uploading it. Either way, here it finally is– let me know what you think of it! I put a ton of effort into making it one of my best FT covers yet, and I have to say I'm super proud of how it turned out in the end.
If you enjoyed this one then please feel free to check out some of my other 8-bit covers of songs I've done. They're all in the playlist I linked above, and if you liked this then you'll surely enjoy them as well. Also, f you're here from r/chiptunes, then thanks so much for taking the time to listen, and HUGE shoutouts to all the Redditors that gave me feedback when I was still working on this, as you really helped me in fleshing this one out and making it sound as solid as possible.
Alright, that's about it. It's been a while since I last posted, so I really hope you enjoy this one. Cheers! :)
~Tristan

I Wanna Dance With Somebody (8-bit chiptune cover/remix)

Amateur kid musician kickin' it up in the Midwest. I write songs, compose instrumentals, and sometimes create chiptune covers of songs using Famitracker. Thanks for checking my junk out!

I'm also on YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUuTc1PCoh_lTFSBZZJ1MA if yo interested.

Cheers,
~Tristan

8-bit covers/compositions

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