Andean volcano The Island where the wind wakes…up in many forms. We arrive at the Nintendo Gamecube era—although don’t expect too many games since it is a nightmare to convert from the proprietary BMS sequences… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Dragon Roost Island
Royal whims(y) It seems that just like Mario is being followed by a camera crew inside the picturesque castle walls he also has at his disposal throughout the adventure Peach’s own royal string quartet brought… Read More »Inside The Score – Super Mario 64 – Peach’s Castle / Inside the Castle Walls
Frantic parkour Madness ensues. And so, the perfect Mario Kart track or Super Smash Bros track was born in neither of those games but in the wacky, idiosyncratic world of the Super Mario series, now… Read More »Inside The Score – Super Mario 64 – Slider
Underwater bliss The only track that can give Aquatic Ambience a run for its money in the battle for the most iconic aquatic ambient theme in video game music. Even so, while the song from… Read More »Inside The Score – Super Mario 64 – Dire, Dire Docks / Water Theme
A song about dogs Read before the text gets absorbed. This is a Patreon exclusive comment so stop reading immediately if you are not subscribed. Just like back in December now we are celebrating the… Read More »Inside The Score – Undertale – Dogsong / Dog Theme
Thus Spoke the empire Grandeur. That is the word that, in a nutshell, encompasses everything the majestic Final Fantasy series strives to be. We are talking about a project that has been committed to the… Read More »Inside The Score – Final Fantasy VI – Omen / Terra’s Theme / Opening
Plumber Fiction And my theme has the filthiest 16-bit saxophone ever put on record on a Super Nintendo (or in pretty much any console for that matter). Booster’s Theme is the sonification of his character,… Read More »Inside The Score – Super Mario RPG – And My Name’s Booster / Booster Tower
Whimsical Lost Woods Walking a fine balance between whimsical, regal and classical, the famous catchy track known as ‘Beware of the Forest Mushrooms’ from the score of Super Mario now in the form of a… Read More »Inside The Score – Super Mario RPG – Forest Maze / Beware of the Forest Mushrooms
Synthetic nature With Forest Interlude we complete a trilogy of “David Wise attempts to cram a Korg Wavestation synthesizer into the puny SNES hardware and gets away with it”. And it may be his definitive… Read More »Inside The Score – Donkey Kong Country 2 – Forest Interlude / Web Woods
Heavenly Ambience A Wise man once managed to capture the sound of water and make the Super Nintendo sing by encapsulating modern synthesizer techniques into its tiny memory; now in its spiritual and pretty much… Read More »Inside The Score – Donkey Kong Country 2 – Stickerbush Symphony
Heavy Shanty Musikal Analysis You are on a pirate boat fighting a crocodile because they are water creatures. So you hear some sea shanty-inspired Irish track that then transforms into an Iron Maiden song bekause… Read More »Inside The Score – Donkey Kong Country – Gangplank Galleon / Final Boss Battle
It’s all in the name This is a game where two monkeys ride on a cartoonish swordfish collecting bananas underwater yet here we are pondering the mysteries of the universe and reflecting on the vicissitudes… Read More »Inside The Score – Donkey Kong Country – Aquatic Ambience