Another 8-Bit original for the video game my friend and I are making.  Like the previous, this 8-Bit was made using the Konami VR6 Module on FamiTracker.

Cover Art by charzymon: 

Music Composed by PerspectiveZero

Arranged for 8-Bit by PerspectiveZero

Link to the original YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iQLSd8IDIY&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLyrLMRPxFFJKIKdLCnwvXnAHMk9PUd1x4

Castle Basement Theme 8-Bit (2012) - PerspectiveZero

An 8-Bit cover of Billy Joel's "The Longest Time" from his 1983 album, "An Innocent Man."

Arranged by and album art edited by Weston M-A Bernath.

The Longest Time 8-Bit

This is a revamp of the Doctor Who Theme 8-Bit created a while ago with a faster tempo and over-all cleaner sound...

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Link to NSF File:

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Original Theme Composed by Ron Grainer; 2005-2007 Version by Murray Gold

Arranged by PerspectiveZero

Doctor Who is property of BBC

Doctor Who Main Title Theme 8-Bit Version 2.0

The Newton’s Cradle
For low string quartet

Approximate performance time: 7:00

Instrumentation:
Viola I
Viola II
Cello
Double Bass*

Performer Position:

[Left to Right, audience perspective] Viola I, Viola II, Cello, Double Bass

Program Notes:

The Newton’s Cradle (2019) programmatically imitates the actions of a Newton’s Cradle where a steel ball bounces off of the surface of another steel ball in an exchange of kinetic energy. The balls bounce back and forth, such as between instruments, or steadily bouncing until it loses all potential and kinetic energy. Despite the loss in amplitude, the pace of the metallic crashes never slows, thus the near constant tempo throughout.

A low string quartet consisting of two violas, a cello and a double bass, in contrast to the standard configuration of a string quartet, best suits the shifts in timbre through interplay in similar ranges.
The piece is designed to be short and pulse-driven throughout with few moments of silence and rest. Development occurs through subtle changes in timbre as the notes shift position in each instrument and through changing in timbre through the pizzicato point. The tempo must be maintained a constant 144 beats per minute in order to bring attention to the later shifts in tempo.

*Double Bass – A C-extension or 5-string is needed to play the low C1 at cadence points. If neither of these are available, one can detune the E-string two whole steps to the low C; no other notes are played on the lowest string, thus the low tuning will not impede performance.

The Newtons Cradle: for Low String Quartet (2019)

If Charlie Cohn had a title screen loop, I would imagine it would sound something like this...

Charlie Cohn Loop

This one of about 8-10 different themes that will appear in the video game my friend and I plan to make.  As it sounds, this is the theme that plays as the protagonist travels through the forest outside of the village.

Link to the youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol0LRzagvUY&list=UUv4m4eKoj7mSCPbcZN3pBOQ&index=19

Forest Theme 8-Bit - PerspectiveZero

RCAC has finally been completed!!!

This recording was actually used partially somewhere else in the song and is also used for the ending credits of the song on my youtube channel.  As we recorded this, BlackMagicMan1m1 told me he could never sound like this again, even if he tried.

Credits - RCAC - Time Mill

As requested by chazymon, I arranged Piano Man by Billy Joel for 8-Bit.  Come follow me on Youtube for more...

YouTube (Piano Man 8-Bit): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-PiAGsCkE8

Sorry about the file size, but the 24-Bit at 96,000Hz sampling rate is preferred by me way beyond standard MP3 16-Bit at a 44,100Hz sampling rate.

Original Composition by Billy Joel

Arranged for 8-Bit by PerspectiveZero

Created using FamiTracker

Piano Man 8-Bit

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The Newtons Cradle: for Low String Quartet (2019)

Weston M-A Bernath

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