FX 2.0
My second NES chiptune EP. It’s styled after what I call third-generation Konami / Ultra music (1989-91), which was some of the best stuff ever done on the NES, technically and musically. The concept here was: “what if I had been hired to write the soundtracks for these games?” It was released by my friend Simon at his netlabel, Monotonik.
Songs in this category:
This is a full on arrangements/remix of blast off, done with my synths and stuff just for this occasion! Grab this if you like blast off!
(gyruss) in the real game, an absolutely brilliant “konamization” of bach’s toccata and fugue in dmin plays. This is what I would do instead.
(top gun) a much more aggressive and frantic tune than the original, with guitar solos, and the original dpcm jet hum in the background.
(contra) this is the most sparse of all the songs, but contra is one of the sparsest konami soundtracks, too. I did some weird rhythmic stuff here.
The full-quality mp3 renderings, recorded straight from impulse tracker, exactly as they should sound. This is the entire package in a zipfile, it’s 20 mb but I think you will be happy with them and keep them for some time!
(gradius 2) traditional konami “shooter music” – a genre that is completely exlusive to games, and immediately recognizable.
(tmnt 1) starts out with my version of overworld music, then sort of goes off on a huge tangent and skips to later in the game, and inside later buildings, then bosses and stuff. Gets really progressive-wank later on.
(tmnt 3) tmnt3 is my favorite NES soundtrack of all time, and this is my attempt to pay homage to it. I love the “hey!” sample so, so much.