DarkZero's Music

[DarkZero]

OK I said I wasn't posting in this thread anymore but I'm making an exception

https://soundcloud.com/real_famitracker ... p-or-treat

Halloween chiptune album! Made by a group of talented Famitracker musicians (and me). Lots of covers of spooky video game songs, some you probably know.

I covered a Maniac Mansion song because that's a thing I do.

[DarkZero]

https://soundcloud.com/user-549817153/s ... o-trackers

Here's another collaboration album but this one I actually curated myself

It's all Famicom-based chiptune covers of songs from the Mario franchise. There's some good stuff in there, including a ground theme medley where everyone contributed at least one section

[DarkZero]

ok anyway i guess i'll keep this thread alive but i'm only posting stuff i'm really proud of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9fp3Z_T5U0

this is my latest work and it's supposed to be a very punk/pop-punk style of chiptune and it came out so much better than i hoped

[Valigarmander]

Got some nice beeps and boops there. Makes me think of those horrible licensed games that had soundtracks way better than they deserved, like Silver Surfer or Fester's Quest.

[ScottyMcGee]

ok anyway i guess i'll keep this thread alive but i'm only posting stuff i'm really proud of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9fp3Z_T5U0

this is my latest work and it's supposed to be a very punk/pop-punk style of chiptune and it came out so much better than i hoped

Wow. I'm REALLY digging this.

[DarkZero]

ok i was like really productive last summer and made a lot of songs for 3 different famitracker collabs that came out all around the same time so here they all are:

Journey Through the Generations - Real Famitracker Hours

This collab by RFH is covers of Pokemon songs throughout the whole franchise, which came out December 20th. My contributions are Inanimate Golden Rod (Goldenrod Gym from Pokemon Puzzle League) and Shades of Lavender (Lavender Town from Pokemon RBY).

Ice Chips - The Famislackers

This collab by The Famislackers (which is my own group) is covers of ice themes from across all video games, which came out December 24th. My contributions are Big Blizzard in my Back Yard (Blizzard Man from Mega Man 6) and Two Frozen Monkeys (In A Snow-Bound Land from Donkey Kong Country 2).

Big Boss Bits - Elite Bit Agents

This collab by Elite Bit Agents is covers of boss themes from across all video games, which came out January 18th (literally half an hour ago from posting this). My contributions are Kill Him Wily Sleeps (Wily Boss from Mega Man 3) and Bone Zone (Bonetrousle from Undertale).

i would recommend any of these albums. not just because i'm on them but everyone who contributed is incredibly talented and skilled and they make great music.

[ScottyMcGee]

"Kill Him Wily Sleeps"

HA.


Love it.

[DarkZero]

made this dkc2-style cover of a gorillaz song that i'm pretty proud of

also new famislackers album coming real real soon so get ready for that

[DarkZero]

so my group The Famislackers has just released our newest album, Critical Bits, which is covers of songs from different RPGs (and featuring spritework by our very own Valigarmander):

[Marilink]

I skipped ahead to your song, DZ, you did some nice work on that. There are some ambient sounds and interesting samples in that Paper Mario track that you handled well with the chip tube set. I’ll listen to the rest of the album a bit later.

Nice work on those sprites, Val.

[Valigarmander]

^ Thanks.

This is pretty dang good. I'll have to check out the rest of the tracks after work tonight. Also, I really dig the Gorillaz cover.

[ScottyMcGee]

Whoa. That's really cool! Awesome work guys!

[Apollo the Just]

im so **** behind on this thread but THAT ALBUM IS SO DAMN SICK 10000/10 FIVE GOLD STARS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED

[DarkZero]

thanks everyone! we've actually got another album coming out at the end of the year that im sure you'll enjoy if you like fast things

anyway i've been away from the music game for a couple months but just last night, inspiration struck and i covered the new boss theme from the switch port of undertale (which i'm putting in spoilers because it doesn't happen until quite late into the game)

Spoiler.

it's 2A03 which means its fully compatible with the american NES

[Marilink]

^whoa, there's new content in the Switch port? I did not know that

[DarkZero]

hey, you guys like Stickerbrush Symphony? because i did it

its done with the VRC6 expansion chip, which was used in games like Castlevania III JP and Shovel Knight. not that it really sounds like either of those games, but still!

[Valigarmander]

Is this going to be in Donkey Kong Country 5?

[DarkZero]

this isnt music but its music-adjacent: i made an appearance on chiptune podcast A Bit of Chiptune's halloween special

i dont show up until the 32:52 mark but i recommend listening to the whole thing if you have the time

[DarkZero]

Heyyyy if you guys follow any vg musicians on YouTube you might be tired of Deltarune covers by now buuuuuut I'm willing to bet you haven't heard Field Of Hopes And Dreams as a Chrono Trigger style arrangement yet!

[DarkZero]

Here's a collection of every song I made in 2018. No minimum so its free to download if you wanted to.