Adventures in Pixels Music References Track #1: Adventures in Pixels 0:00 Starman theme from Super Mario Bros. (NES) Material: concept, harmonic concept, rhythmic concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjjPcCmY6cw Track #2: Chickens (going “peck peck peck”) 0:00 Overworld 1 from Super Mario World (SNES) Material: concept, harmonic concept, cheerful bounciness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH8mQRXemuo 0:08 Map Theme from Yoshi's Island (SNES) Material: various bits of harmonic concept and harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xZUISErsxg 0:35 Overworld 1 from Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) Material: bass line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBISfv-­‐6hfo&t=8s 0:51 Labyrinth Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis) Material: pieces of melody and aspects of melodic countour, repurposed as bass line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSKgprdDRTY&t=29s Track #3: Mayhem in the Village 0:00 "The Authority Song" by Jimmy Eat World Material: chords, rhythmic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKs3G84GLVE&t=4s 0:06 "Hyrule Castle Town" from Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) Material: concept, rhythmic style, melodic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWfrlxjJr4k 0:25 "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins Material: melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2mbGP6vFI&t=1m28s Track #4: Matt’s Theme 0:00 Title theme from The Legend of Zelda (NES) Material: concept, form, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMKWJ5e1kg 0:00 Moon level in Duck Tales (NES) Material: rhythm, sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPkhhLC1tf8&t=12s 0:03 "A Vision of Majesty" by James Swearingen Material: melodic concept, melodic style, harmonic concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKANxl6N0nQ&t=1m48s 0:27 High Score Screen from Pokemon Pinball (Gameboy Color) Material: harmony, harmonic concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SPRSNrySmY&t=35s 0:39 Final Boss from Sonic 2 (Genesis) Material: melodic concept, harmony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enC6oPmIoAU&t=5s 1:57 "Samus Appears" jingle from Metroid (NES) by Hirokazu Tanaka Material: concept, harmonic concept, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Z7Sn5vdr8 Track #5: Defeat Dinosaurus 0:00 Yogurt Yard from Kirby's Adventure (NES) Material: harmony, harmonic & rhythmic oompah. By "oompah", I mean rapid, repeated oscillations between two extremes. In good hands (like with this Kirby song), oompah can add energy and character to a piece of music! But beware: oompah is commonly associated with kooky hijinx. Too much will make things seriously annoying, whether we're talking about a tuba player alternating "1-­‐5-­‐1-­‐5-­‐1-­‐5" or Godzilla doing extreme jumping jacks with a crazy smile on his face. Oompah 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:37 0:52 1:12 responsibly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPkrW0Vl5I "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band Material: concept & style of form. More specifically, this reference is about the contrasts between song sections and their use in musically narrating a battle scene. Note that most of the important contrasts in are arrangement-­‐specific, being far less present in the pop-­‐rock version of the song, titled "You Were Wrong". I like to imagine that the verses & bridge in "Defeat Dinosaurus" show Dinosaurus attacking and gaining the upper hand, while the choruses depict Matt & Lindy's increasingly effective counter-­‐attacks. These culminate in Dinosaurus' defeat with the song's climactic finish! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDm_ZHyYTrg "Mystery Spot" from Dynamite Headdy (Genesis) Material: concept, rhythmic style, and harmonic concept of intro & subsequent transition into boss fight. (This boss music is a separate track, "Ohnami Konami", triggered by walking into the boss battle area.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCRMtqeYi_k "Welcome to Tally Hall" by Tally Hall Material: concept & style of "doog!" 8-­‐bit synth snare drum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwToedwyhoE "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morisette Material: concept, concept of form, some instances of harmonic concept & style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY "Twin Freaks" from Dynamite Headdy (Genesis) Material: concept (and a bit of style) of intro & subsequent transition into boss fight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkEsZNOLkx8 "Hustle Maruyama" from Dynamite Headdy (Genesis) Material: concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP3Rh1utD9o Stage 1 from Sonic Crackers (Genesis ROM) Material: selective elements of rhythmic style, harmonic concept, and harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5CgZS8KsA&t=11s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song (1980s cartoon) Material: concept; various bits of melodic style, harmonic concept, and harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPx-­‐zkaKlTA&t=11s Track #6: Mountain 1:09 Demo Song 00 from Yamaha PSR-­‐110, my grandparents' keyboard Material: melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH5R6g_JTi0&t=10s 1:58 "Sonic Boom" from Sonic CD (Sega CD) Material: melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPC8W672mXc&t=13s 2:04 "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley, as performed by Eric Clapton Material: pre-­‐chorus melodic riff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRgcwT9X2J8&t=45s Track #7: Frontier 0:00 "Gymnopedie I" by Erik Satie Material: concept of form, both song-­‐wide and within some individual sections. Also, various elements of melodic concept & style and harmonic concept & style. Frontier owes a lot to Gymnopedie I, which was a favorite piece of mine growing up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-­‐Xm7s9eGxU 0:28 "Yesterday" by Paul McCartney Material: concept, melody, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxaXKJD9jso&t=1m45s 0:38 "Shackled" by Vertical Horizon and "In Die Nacht" by Tokio Hotel Material: concept; various elements of harmony and their melodic implications Shackled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq6DG-­‐Sm2zU In Die Nacht: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpoFxe0sJsM&t=4s 1:13 "It's Good if it Ends Happily, Isn't It?" from Dynamite Headdy (Genesis) Material: concept, style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lZfWtitLHk&t=1m27s Track #8: Castle 0:00 Marble Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis) Material: concept of form; drums intro; various instances of harmony, harmonic concept, and harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdrQp2hA6NI 0:00 "The Way" by Fastball Material: harmonic concept/style; possibly melodic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0wfu3tOrtQ&t=8s 0:37 "Why Does the Sun Shine?" by They Might Be Giants Material: melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdWlSF195Y&t=6s 1:00 "The Wobblin' Goblin" as performed by Rosemary Clooney Material: melodic concept, harmonic concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh3cF0h7KM4&t=1m22s 1:05 "Hotel California" by the Eagles Material: harmonic concept, harmonic style, melodic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMk3AZ-­‐m-­‐xw&t=2m12s 1:20 "Take On Me" by A-­‐Ha Material: call-­‐&-­‐response melodies, as in: A: "Taaaake onnnn meeeeee" B: "Take! -­‐-­‐ On! -­‐-­‐ Me!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914&t=3m20s 2:11 Oil Ocean Zone from Sonic 2 (Genesis) Material: harmonic concept; to a lesser extent, harmonic style and rhythmic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih8c6I1zH7I&t=38s Track #9: The Scripted Battle 0:00 Final Boss from Sonic 2 (Genesis) Material: melodic concept, harmony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enC6oPmIoAU&t=5s 0:12 "Say it Ain't So" by Weezer Material: concept of form, melodic style, harmonic concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo&t=26s 0:12 "Golden Brown" by the Stranglers Material: melodic style, harmony, harmonic concept, metric concept/style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7R7q1lSZfs Track #10: Awakening 0:00 "Hello Seattle (Remix)" by Owl City Material: concept of form, instrumentation & sound design of contrasting sections http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlYXMdwf5Uc 0:31 "In Between Days" by the Cure Material: concept of form, melodic style, harmonic concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMa_OGHXOo&t=49s Track #11: Voices of Experience 0:00 "Woods" or "Forest" music in any sufficiently awesome RPG Material: instrumentation (i.e. strings), harmonic concept and/or style, mysteriousness, owl-­‐appropriateness, swordal acquisition 0:00 "Kokiri Forest" from Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) Material: various small bits of melodic style, harmonic concept, and harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl-­‐kCxmFXq8&t=5s 0:00 "Lost Woods" from Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) Material: concept of form, melodic style, harmonic concept, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iChFE58NLE 0:57 "Tower of Babble" from the musical Godspell Material: harmony & its melodic consequences http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrpxLtMck4Q&t=14s 1:25 Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve Material: various elements of Bittersweet Symphony's strings' many contributions to the narratives and experience of the song. In addition, some elements of arrangement and production, especially as the sound 2:08 density ramps up heading into the climax of "Voices." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74&t=3m53s "Get Item" jingle from Metroid (NES) by Hirokazu Tanaka Material: concept, melodic concept, harmonic concept, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkOix3I2wiQ Track #12: Through the Forest 0:00 "Something About Us" by Daft Punk Material: harmonic concept, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOS9aOIXPEk&t=19s 0:00 "Call On Me" by Eric Prydz Material: harmonic concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_fCqg92qks&t=14s 0:25 Dr. Wily's Castle, Stage One from Mega Man II (NES) Material: concept, harmonic concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFKtYCcMWT4 0:50 "JENOVA" from Final Fantasy VII (PSX) Material: concept, harmonic concept; also concept & style of song form -­‐
-­‐ how this section relates to other sections and to the song as a whole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9kGaw216HM&t=1m Track #13: Terrible Tarantuloid 0:05 Mystic Cave Zone from Sonic 2 (Genesis) Material: concept, melodic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E_1r8yYU_M 0:28 "Toxic" as performed by Britney Spears Material: melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZuxwVk7TU&t=15s 1:16 Act 4-­‐2 from Ninja Gaiden (NES) Material: melodic style, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP_D_YKnwi0&t=20s Track #14: Power-­‐Up 0:00 Orange Ocean 2 from Kirby's Adventure (NES) Material: rhythmic flow, bits of melody & harmony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrJKXQnlRf4&t=10s Track #15: High Stakes 0:39 "Love, Save The Empty" by Erin McCarley Material: selective elements of arrangement & melodic concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgD4dI3giAo&t=49s 1:09 "Back to You" by John Mayer Material: melody, melodic style http://youtube.com/watch?v=HvUhaZ-­‐Mxrs&t=2m05s 1:42 Prelude to "Angry Young Man" by Billy Joel Material: piano style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lplze3ONJWo Track #16: Final Words 0:00 "You're Izayoi" from Dynamite Headdy (Genesis) Material: concept, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYUVRSbjehA 0:00 "Hustle Maruyama" from Dynamite Headdy (Genesis) Material: concept; to a lesser extent, style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP3Rh1utD9o 0:00 Demo song on Matt's Yamaha PSR 48 keyboard Material: cheesy synth guitar strumming, epicness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ysjyOcVHg 0:59 "Love, Save The Empty" by Erin McCarley Material: harmonic concept, harmonic style, use of oompah between individual arrangement elements as well as between discrete groups of those same elements http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgD4dI3giAo 0:59 3:03 "Fly on the Wall" as performed by Miley Cyrus Material: concept, rhythmic style, schoolyard-­‐taunt catchy annoyingness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RSlhNJFohI&t=68s "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne Material: ending concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg59q4puhmg&t=3m40s Track #17: Breakthrough 0:00 "All Star" by Smash Mouth Material: elements of form, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jWHffIx5E&t=36s 0:00 "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers Band Material: concept of form, melodic style, harmonic concept/style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oidm5Zfw_SA&t=4s 0:00 "Good Friends, Bad Friends" from EarthBound (SNES) Material: diverse instances of concept, concept of form, harmonic concept, harmonic style, various elements of arrangement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-­‐QcnI9EXUlI 0:00 "Hello Seattle (Remix)" by Owl City Material: concept; various elements of arranging, instrumentation, and synth sound-­‐design http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlYXMdwf5Uc 0:38 Sky Chase Zone from Sonic 2 (Genesis) Material: melodic concept, melodic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FCHk_gSwKo&t=22s 2:28 Overworld 1 from Super Mario World (SNES) Material: melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH8mQRXemuo&t=6s 2:25 Diamond Dust Zone Act 1 from Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis) Material: melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf7-­‐ixllcgo&t=14s 2:31 2:44 2:51 "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews Band Material: concept, harmonic/arranging concept/style http://youtube.com/watch?v=k7in-­‐9E3ImQ&t=2m0s Ending (Smiles & Tears) from EarthBound (SNES) Material: concept of form, melodic concept, harmonic concept, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwHZwvTdnPI&t=2m31s "Techno Syndrome" (Mortal Kombat theme song) by The Immortals Material: concept, generalized style of rhythm & bassline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAwWPadFsOA&t=17s Track #18: Credits Music for an 8-­‐Bit RPG 0:31 "Crosswalk of Love" from Dynamite Headdy (Genesis) Material: melodic concept, melodic style, and harmonic style. Note that I halved the "Crosswalk of Love" tempo before adapting any of its attributes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5-­‐rv4DVOY&t=46s 0:40 "Tik Tok" as performed by Ke$ha Material: harmony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6XpLQM2Cs&t=41s 1:31 Bourrée in E minor by J.S. Bach Material: melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKSg8t4zyLg&t=7s 2:11 Vegetable Valley 2 from Kirby's Adventure (NES) Material: concept, harmonic style, melodic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clI7oYxImNU 2:11 "Living Waterway" from Cave Story Material: concept, harmonic concept, harmonic style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-­‐UwqYaFmu4