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SevenCastleForest
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 18 พ.ย. 2021
I make chiptunes with a cat in my lap
"Around the Fairy Fort" - Irish song adapted for Game Boy chiptune
Game Boy chiptune arrangement of the old Irish tune "Around the Fairy Fort" by Vincent Broderick. When I first heard this fun upbeat little song, I immediately wanted to hear it in chiptune. Along the way I learned how to make a pretty neat sounding Celtic flute in Game Boy wavetable!
I built a lot of this arrangement live on Twitch. Follow my channel here: www.twitch.tv/sevencastleforest
Made in Game Boy chiptune using Furnace.
Sheet music sourced from the wonderful website: hallflutes.com/
I built a lot of this arrangement live on Twitch. Follow my channel here: www.twitch.tv/sevencastleforest
Made in Game Boy chiptune using Furnace.
Sheet music sourced from the wonderful website: hallflutes.com/
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"Mantra" from Faxanadu, AY-3-8910 chiptune cover for Vectrex
มุมมอง 2152 หลายเดือนก่อน
Don't have negative thoughts! Here's the wonderful "Mantra" password theme from Faxanadu, arranged for AY-3-8910 chip (used in Vectrex, MSX, and other retro game platforms) in Furnace. Original song by June Chikuma. This adaptation is heavily based on the excellent transcription by @wraize78 which you can find here: th-cam.com/video/-2gp6CmeQCI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=IYfbRyoMYb4BMZ0E Or her Musescore ve...
"Mario Circuit" from Super Mario Kart, but it's Virtual Boy chiptune
มุมมอง 2972 หลายเดือนก่อน
Here's my Virtual Boy chiptune arrangement of "Mario Circuit" from Super Mario Kart, composed by Soyo Oka. Made in hardware-accurate VB instructions using Furnace. This was a fun project and I tried to honor the spirit of the original tune as closely as I could, within the unique sound of the Virtual Boy, and while adding my own touch. Hope you enjoy!
"Silk Mountain," original Virtual Boy chiptune song made in Furnace
มุมมอง 3173 หลายเดือนก่อน
Made as a tribute to the wonderful composer Kinuyo Yamashita who worked on Castlevania among many other games. I borrowed one of Yamashita's chord progressions from her music in Power Blade 2 and wrote a new song. It grew in its own direction but I always wanted it to sound like a valid homage to Yamashita's catchy action game tunes for Konami and Natsume. Written in hardware accurate Virtual B...
"Morrison's Jig" Irish song, NES chiptune remix
มุมมอง 2345 หลายเดือนก่อน
Chiptune remix of the classic Irish tune "Morrison's Jig." I loved this song when I heard it, and discovered that seemingly no one has made a chiptune rendition, so I rolled up my sleeves and made one myself! I built a lot of this arrangement live on Twitch. Follow my channel here: www.twitch.tv/sevencastleforest Made in NES chiptune using FamiTracker with the VRC6 expansion chip. The visualize...
Castlevania 3 USA (2A03 only) vs Japan (2A03+VRC6) visualizer comparison using NSFPresenter
มุมมอง 4005 หลายเดือนก่อน
Comparing the different versions of Castlevania 3 stage 1 theme using the wonderful visualizer NSFPresenter, by nununoisy. The original Japanese version Akumajō Densetsu utilizes an expansion chip VRC6 included in the cartridge. This chip adds 2 additional pulse channels and a sawtooth channel, in addition to the default audio capabilities of the Famicom's 2A03 chip. Original composition by Hid...
Legacy of the Wizard "Overworld Theme," but it's Game Boy
มุมมอง 2125 หลายเดือนก่อน
As a practice project for my first Twitch streams, I rebuilt the Overworld theme from the wonderful NES game Legacy of the Wizard in hardware accurate Game Boy chiptune, using Furnace. With a ton of help from the excellent sheet music transcription by Wraize78, I tried to replicate the original song very closely, but added a bit of stereo panning (which the original NES couldn't do for technica...
"Select Scene" from Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family, Game Boy chiptune remix
มุมมอง 916 หลายเดือนก่อน
Ok, so, this one is a bit obscure. The Japanese MSX version of Legacy of the Wizard, with the wonderful title Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family, has a different tune on the item select screen not heard in the Famicom or NES versions. I fell in love with that MSX exclusive tune (composed by Mieko Ishikawa and Yuzo Koshiro), so then I made a remixed version in Game Boy chiptune, using Furnace. Anyw...
Hydrocity Zone (Act 2) Virtual Boy Chiptune Remix
มุมมอง 5438 หลายเดือนก่อน
Created for a compo in Button Masher's Discord server. Our prompt was to create a new arrangement of Hydrocity Zone using any chip, tool, or synth of our choosing, so... naturally I chose Virtual Boy! Created in Furnace using hardware accurate Virtual Boy instructions. Virtual Boy is a pretty fun chip! Sort of like a very beefed up Game Boy with more channels, so I got to play with stereo and 2...
Soaring Through 8-Bit Skies (NES chiptune original song)
มุมมอง 1398 หลายเดือนก่อน
Theme song for a nonexistent NES superhero game! I made this for a friend who loves superheroes and who also loves Mega Man 2, so I experimented using the "rounded harmonic drums" sound from that game. I tried to make something that sounded catchy and upbeat and heroic. Hope you enjoy! Made in FamiTracker using 2A03 VRC6 chip.
NES Salsa Rhythm for PuzzleBetter
มุมมอง 14310 หลายเดือนก่อน
Latin Salsa influenced tune made as a commission for PuzzleBetter on Twitch. Follow her over at twitch.tv/puzzlebetter for fun retro gaming and good times! I created this song in FamiTracker using 2A03 chip. Visuals made using nsfpresenter by nununoisy. This was a fun and challenging project, and I hope you enjoy!
Somewhere in Time (John Barry) - Game Boy chiptune
มุมมอง 7810 หลายเดือนก่อน
Game Boy chiptune cover of the main theme from Somewhere in Time (1980), composed by John Barry. Made using hardware-accurate GB instructions in Furnace. I referenced sheet music posted by user gl52 on musescore to aid in covering this song. musescore.com/user/21053026/scores/4837997 This was an interesting challenge adapting such a slow, gentle piece into chiptune. The melody is so calm, and i...
Down by the Salley Gardens - Game Boy chiptune version
มุมมอง 20510 หลายเดือนก่อน
Game Boy chiptune version of the traditional Irish song "Down by the Salley Gardens." Made using GB hardware-accurate instructions in Furnace. Visuals made with GBPresenter by nununoisy. Thanks for listening! I referenced sheet music posted to musescore by user CathyD to aid in covering this song. Find that sheet music here: musescore.com/user/206846/scores/6583487
The Shining - NES Chiptune Tribute
มุมมอง 8111 หลายเดือนก่อน
NES chiptune tribute to The Shining, one of the greatest horror films of all time. Hope you enjoy! Original piece is Dies Irae by Hector Berlioz, then adapted for the film by Rachel Elkind & Wendy Carlos. I made this version in FamiTracker using 2A03 VRC6.
"Robo Repair Rangers" original Game Boy song
มุมมอง 99ปีที่แล้ว
Written for a week-long chiptune compo in Button Masher Discord. The prompt was to create original puzzle game music for Game Boy! Here's my entry, the main theme for the nonexistent yet fiendishly addictive GB puzzler Robo Repair Rangers. Created in Furnace. Since this is for a puzzle game I wanted a medium level of focused intensity with variations that could keep repeating for potentially a ...
Faxanadu Overworld Theme - Game Boy remix
มุมมอง 537ปีที่แล้ว
Faxanadu Overworld Theme - Game Boy remix
Triforce Chamber (Zelda: A Link to the Past) - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03+VRC6
มุมมอง 261ปีที่แล้ว
Triforce Chamber (Zelda: A Link to the Past) - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03 VRC6
"Seashore Village" - first original song I ever wrote, FamiTracker NES
มุมมอง 188ปีที่แล้ว
"Seashore Village" - first original song I ever wrote, FamiTracker NES
"Ducks Vs Geese" Boss Theme - FamiTracker NES Original
มุมมอง 157ปีที่แล้ว
"Ducks Vs Geese" Boss Theme - FamiTracker NES Original
"Ducks Vs Geese" Main Farm Theme - FamiTracker NES Original
มุมมอง 74ปีที่แล้ว
"Ducks Vs Geese" Main Farm Theme - FamiTracker NES Original
"Pet Mii Channel" NES FamiTracker compo submission song
มุมมอง 181ปีที่แล้ว
"Pet Mii Channel" NES FamiTracker compo submission song
The Log Driver's Waltz - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03
มุมมอง 310ปีที่แล้ว
The Log Driver's Waltz - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03
Little Birdie (Vince Guaraldi) NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03
มุมมอง 661ปีที่แล้ว
Little Birdie (Vince Guaraldi) NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03
"Thanks for Beeing Here" FamiTracker NES Original Music Commission
มุมมอง 158ปีที่แล้ว
"Thanks for Beeing Here" FamiTracker NES Original Music Commission
"Bee Right Back" FamiTracker NES 2A03 Original Music
มุมมอง 90ปีที่แล้ว
"Bee Right Back" FamiTracker NES 2A03 Original Music
"And the Gunslinger Followed" - FamiTracker NES VRC7 Song Tribute to Stephen King's Dark Tower
มุมมอง 132ปีที่แล้ว
"And the Gunslinger Followed" - FamiTracker NES VRC7 Song Tribute to Stephen King's Dark Tower
Final Fantasy VI Decisive Battle - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03
มุมมอง 184ปีที่แล้ว
Final Fantasy VI Decisive Battle - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03
Greenpath from Hollow Knight - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03+VRC6
มุมมอง 258ปีที่แล้ว
Greenpath from Hollow Knight - NES Remix FamiTracker 2A03 VRC6
What a great track, I really like the alternating echo/delay being done with the pulse channels . So many of these old games had fantastic menu/password screen music. Also I really like that stepped sawtooth bass line, and it's really cool to actually see how you did the half volume notes in the visualizer.
Thank you! In this case I was trying to capture the feeling of the original MSX tune as closely as I could, then I realized I wanted to spice things up with some drums and a bit more structure. It’s still a simple piece in some ways but I really like it. I always use it for a cozy vibe at the start of my Twitch streams.
Wonderful track! My favorite part is definitely those shimmering pulse wave arpeggios, that's such a cool effect.
Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I love those rapid arpeggios too. A trick mostly pioneered by Martin Galway and others working on the Commodore 64, and it became one of the most distinctively “chiptune” sounds…
Virtual Boy 🎉 you keeping the memory alive 😊
*HAPPIEST SONG EVER CREATED! THIS TRIBUTE IS SOOOOO SWEEEEEEET!*
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it so much ❤
As a kid, I always loved it whenever I heard familiar tunes from the real world turn up in chiptune form. The most obvious examples I can think of are the soundtrack in Lemmings, the Cyndi Lauper cover that plays as one of the main tunes in Goonies II (a childhood favourite game of mine), and the music in various wrestling games from the 8-bit / 16-bit era. As far as Around the Fairy Fort goes, I don't ever remember hearing it before, but this chiptune version manages to evoke the Irish flute sound very inventively, and as a result that part adds to the overall Celtic feel of the piece. I always enjoy hearing the latest creations of SevenCastleForest!
Glad you enjoyed! Yeah I love the NES wrestling soundtracks (a lot of them arranged by David Wise at Rare) as well as the Goonies 2 music by Konami. Thanks so much for listening to my stuff!
I really like this arrangement, especially that bit with the second pulse channel at around the 29 second mark. I'm always happy to hear that sound in a chiptune. That, along with all the bouncy little appoggiaturas, makes the whole thing sound so upbeat. As a side note I really like that this software shows the waveforms in all the channels. I've always really liked that simple, second channel delay effect and watching it in real time in the visualizer is neat.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I think that bit you're talking about in pulse 2 around the 29 seconds mark is where I'm doing a rapid arpeggiated chord sound, one of the neat techniques that Western composers like the Follin Brothers and Alberto Jose Gonzalez brought to chiptune. But yeah the oscilloscope is a feature built into Furnace, this incredible tracker software I'm using, made by tildearrow.
@@sevencastleforest The Solstice title screen theme is actually the first place I encountered it, definitely one of the coolest sounds anyone got out of the nes soundchip.
so this is an irish song sounds good
Thank you!
@@sevencastleforest you've earned it~
Well done, I enjoy your chip tune music. Quite creative 🎉 keep it up.
Thank you! 🙏
Love the flute / whistle sound at 0:39
Thank you so much! That was definitely the hardest part to get right. It's using the Game Boy wavetable channel (which lets the composer draw their own waveform) to make a Triangle wave, then playing it at a very high pitch appropriate for a flute sound.
That's a fun little tune, works really well with Game Boy chiptune!
Thanks for listening and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent work! I agree with RedAux, I really like the echo in this as well. Also, I can't help but think of meat sticks, for some reason. :D
Thank you so much!
@@sevencastleforest You're welcome. :)
Fun fact: A Mario kart game was planned for this system but it was cancelled
Great job, really like the echo mechanic on this one. Very cool vibes!
Thank you!
That's really cool, sorry I missed the stream! Did you do that start to finish today?
Oh no worries about missing the stream at all! And in this case I had started this piece a few weeks ago and then noodled with it periodically in between other projects, so the stream was mostly about deconstructing and analyzing the song ❤️
You should have said it’s for the MSX :) and no one would have known the difference 😂 Well done
Thanks! I contemplated adding a loud buzzing sound to make it more accurate to the Vectrex experience, but ultimately decided against it 😁
wonderful cover!
Thanks Burst, I’m so glad you liked it! ❤️
Yessssss love the inclusion of the stoplight as part of the track. I also am noticing how this is almost swing time in the way the off beats land. Dig it, great work pal!
Thank you so much!! 🙏
smoooooooooth~ especially when thinking of virtual boy wario land and similar sounding titles~ nice collection of pulse waves~
Thank you so much!
VIRTUAL VIBIN'
Wonderful! The starting line intro is a cool touch
Thanks haha it was fun to replicate those sounds in Furnace! Glad you enjoyed!
Yahoo!
When is that new album coming out?
You'll be the first to know!
Vroooooom! ...Virtually!
Glad you enjoyed the tune!
That's really cool 7, great work!
Thank you so much! 🙏
Awesome! Excellent work with the composition. It's nice to hear the completed tune. :D (Plus I can totally see this as the BGM track to an NES game.)
Thank you so much!! I’m glad it turned out well 😅 and I think once I figured out the intro, the rest of the tune came much easier.
@@sevencastleforest You're welcome. :)
You have done a wonderful job with this song. Quite an enjoyable tune!
Thank you so much!!
Very cool 7!
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!
refreshing
Thanks, I'm very glad it felt that way ❤
@@sevencastleforest ♥ well done
Sounds good!❤
Thank you so much!
Wow! It's pretty rare to listen to an actual Virtual Boy tune. Excellent composition. Real Castlevania vibe here ✨️
Thanks for the kind words! I'm proud of this one.
Faxanadu!! ♥ alright you earned my subscription! "Don't have negative thoughts. Remember your mantra."
Thanks! Yeah I only discovered Faxanadu a couple years ago and it quickly became one of my favorite games.
Great job, didn’t expect it to sound this good
Thanks, that's a great compliment! I'm glad it sounded impressive.
This is so cool! 😎
Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it!
Nicely done! And thanks for streaming how you made this
Thank you and thanks for tuning in to the streams ❤️
Sounds awesome!
Thank you!!
This sounds like something that could be a part of so many NES games. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and Solstice came to mind while I was listening. Awesome work! It was fun hearing your thoughts live too. Thanks for sharing that with us!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Great work 7!
Thank you, I'm so glad you liked it!
this is nice
Thanks! I'm usually terrified to share things but I'm actually kind of proud of this one, it's a fun piece.
@@sevencastleforest oh... i am happy you seem to get over the fear slowly c: you are making great stuff in my opinion~
WOW! I'm impressed, very cool! Love the drum kick chip sound too! In exclamation marks!
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed this! I definitely want to adapt more Celtic songs in the future, because they really seem to convert to chiptune very nicely.
Nice comparison! Love the presentation!
It's been really interesting watching you discuss all this stuff on Twitch. Looking forward to more!
Thank you, I’m glad it’s been fun to watch 😅
it's impressive how they ported this into the 2A03
I know, right?? I personally maybe slightly prefer the 2A03 version, but they’re obviously both fantastic work.
Wow
Excellent rendition! Thank you for showing the creative process
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed ♥
i had the idea to cover this as well sometime - and wow! this is sounding fantastic
Thank you! I love this game and this was a fun little project to get started learning both Game Boy and Furnace. My wife (who didn't grow up playing games so she has no nostalgia association with chiptune) said she liked my version better than the original NES song, which was a very unexpected compliment to hear...
nice little De-Make
Thanks! This was the first sorta more detailed bit of chiptune transcription work I ever did. Got a little gnarly in a few places due to the reduced number of channels in 2A03 but I think I did ok. It was super satisfying to finish it up!
this kicks ass
I'm going to save this comment. It's high praise coming from such a skilled chiptune musician, I love your stuff!
i like it
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a wonderful recreation! Great work on this!
Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
ooooo I didn't know MSX version had some different music! good stuff as always SCF
Thanks Burst! Given that this is a Game Boy piece, I take this comment as a huge complement coming from someone who made a hardware-compliant Game Boy homebrew game (Cryohazard) including the full soundtrack.