In The Earthen Womb (Illusion of Gaia) feat. Hyper Light Drummer, Jett Swole, Jillian M, krobonil, Triple B Music by Unknown Pseudoartist

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjdK_1Tx6Bg

BORING STORY / DESCRIPTION:

After lots of Tales of Phantasia, now we go with another great 90s JRPG with amazing soundtrack: Terranigma, which is another all-time favorite of mine.

The source isn't among the greatest or most popular this game has to offer. But it was Winter Month in Pixel Mixers, a monthly video game music community and contest. So after considering multiple ideas, I finally decided to try something with the theme of that snowy village you (that is: Ark, the main protagonist) awakes in after a long sleep.

This time, however, there is some plot twist. Ark don't awake in a calm village, but in a moment when everyone is in a party anyone is invited to.

This is also one of my weirdest arrangements/covers/remixes/whatever ever done, to the point that I didn't even know how to label this in terms of genre. There is some folk/world, some metal, some electronic, even arguably some reggaeton and funky and more... That wasn't deliberate: the initial idea is to make a simple dance remix without any pretension, probably even without any performer but just 100% MIDI. However, as I started toying with more ideas and the structure was developing, this thing became that bizarre thing you all can hear now.

I'm not afraid of experimentation and it's not my intention to be labelled as "a one-genre artist who can make only one thing" (I have enough with the prejudgements about my comedic stuff no top of that!), so... "why not? Let's embrace the madness!".

And so this creature was born. A bit premature, tho, because despite having a lot of time I barely started with the arrangement 2 weeks before deadline, and the video was literally started in the latest 1 or 2 days and I underestimated some of the complications I had last minute.

As a consequence, the music's production is a bit too rough (not that my other mixes are that great anyways) and the video has some important graphical glitches (text-related especially) and lacks many of the cool ideas I had to make everything more dynamic and varied. But still proud of what was able to have done in the given time.

Also adding that, just like 2024 was Phantasia year, 2025 will probably be Quintet year for me. That is: games like Terranigma, Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer, Actraiser, Robotrek... which might be my main focus this year. Hopefully that'd eventually lead to a proper Quintet games full music tribute similar to my recent "Songs of Phantasia", rather than the comedic short EP I did in mid 2022.

Anyways, enough talk; have at you!

Watch the video for this song (ruined version):

https://youtu.be/fH0QS_JKMD8

[en español abajo]

Manolo Escobar was a spanish singer of andalusian copla, rumba, pasodoble and other typical spanish styles of the time. This song specifically talks about one of the biggest mysteries in the modern Spain mythology: where is Manolo's "carro" (traction carriage, not car)? Who dared to stole him?

Today, December 28th, also happens to be the spanish equivalent to April Fools, known as "Día de los inocentes", pretty common in spanish speaking countries like Spain and most of Latin America. As soon as I knew about that pranks day I wanted to make something related. The simple idea of such a day in the middle of christmas is just fascinating for me. A day to have fun and laughs, rather than consuming and buying, yay! Isn't cool?

So, to celebrate I just wanted to ruin some spanish song my usual way: with silly chocobo/bird-style vocals replacing melodies. Sure, I could choose a more fitting song. But it was funnier to go into a totally unusual direction and trying a more classic thing. And while not that familiar with old spanish folk stuff, this song my Manolo Escobar was just funny enough to try something.

In terms of arranging this is my usual thing: MIDI low-tuned chungs, cheesy intro, ambiance SFX... No blast beats and no extreme metal elements at all, tho but a more classic mid-tempo epic metal vibe. Just representing Manolo's journey in search of the lost carriage, runinng around the whole world with his chocobo to finally find it close to a castle in the shore.

Now jokes aside, this was done with no more intentions than just having fun. Just nonsensical humor, so I hope nobody feels offended by anything of it, because there's absolutely no ill intentions against anyone or anything. If you happen to know the original song I hope you just have some laughs and enjoy it, which I'd expect to be funnier if you know spanish since I added the original lyrics on sync. If you have no idea who that Manolo is, however... I hope you have some well deserved fun and laughs, too! :)

[spanish now, english above!]

Manolo Escobar fue un cantante español de copla andaluza, rumba, pasodoble y otros estilos típicos del momento. Esta canción habla de uno de los mayores misterios de la mitología moderna española: ¿dónde está el carro de Manolo? (carro de tracción, no automóvil). ¿Quién se atrevió a robarle?

Hoy 28 de Diciembre es el "April Fools" hispanohablante, conocido como "Día de los inocentes", muy común en países como España y mayor parte de América Latina. Tan pronto como supe de ese día quise hacer algo relacionado. La simple idea de un día así en medio de Navidad me fascina. Un día para divertirse y bromear, y no para consumir y comprar, ¡yay! ¿No es genial?

Para celebrarlo quise destrozar alguna canción española a mi manera: con voces de chocobo/pájaro reemplazando las melodías. Seguro, podría haber elegido una canción más adecuada. Pero me pareció más divertido ir a otra dirección diferente y probar con algo más clásico. Y aunque no familiarizado con el folklore español, esta canción de Manolo Escobar me pareció lo suficientemente divertida para probar algo.

Música y vídeo fueron hechos simplemente por diversión y risas. Es sólo humor sin sentido, espero que nadie se ofenda, pues no hay ninguna intención de ofender nada ni nadie. Si conoces la canción original, espero que tengas unas bien merecidas risas. Si no la conoces... pues espero te divirtas un rato, también :)

Coming back to my shitposter roots with my lowest-effort, quickiest videogame music "cover" since 2020-2021! No music at all, just a bunch of silly vocal layers like some kind of parodic acapella.

Watch the video for this song:

https://youtu.be/r8uighf6VJc

CREDITS:

DeLuxDolemite: drums other percussions (bells, cymbals, etc)

http://www.dwellingofduels.net/artists/deluxdolemite/

krobonil - keys (piano and clavichord)

https://soundcloud.com/krobonil

Unknown Pseudoartist: arranging, programming, production/mix, etc (aka everything else)

BORING INFO / STORY:

We are back with more Tales of Phantasia! And there'll be even more in a near future, so if you like this game and its soundtrack almost as much as I do, stay tuned!

Now the victim is "Decisive", a tune that is originally the stereotypical Sakuraba's "prog rock without guitars" battle theme. A tune that was later reused in Tales of Destiny II / Tales of Eternia as the battle theme of a mysterious creature resembling the same guy the song was originally composed for but different name and slightly different aesthetics and fighting style.

In musical terms I went closer to the Destiny II / Eternia version. No guitars, no prog or metal stuff, but still a very creepy vibe that fits the day this was published. So, happy Halloween!

This was done for Pixel Mixers, a monthly videogame music contest. Honestly I wasn't very happy with the arrangement, but once a couple of collabers at piano and drums joined, I just felt like I had to finish this in proper conditions. Still not happy with the final mix, but not gonna overthink. If anything, I think that's listenable enough.

The title, "Undecisive" is just a contradiction and parody of the original source title: "Decisive". Probably not an english word you'd hear or read often, but I know it exists, and it's far more common in its equivalent to many other languages.

That title also fits the experience with this work: the idea started as a creepy piano+organ arrangement but didn't initially think of drums or bass. Even when a proper structure was done I wasn't happy with it and the project kept in my shelves for a few months without even asking any performer to join or plan anything. Then I started the video pretty late to Pixel Mixer's deadline and had no clear ideas about what to put or do with it.

And now you can finally see and hear this thing, a byproduct of all the doubts and undecisions of that rotten mind of the generic yellow chocobo.

And well.. what more can I say? Just listen, watch, and if you like remember to like, subscribe, comment and share with your friends and all that (if you don't like, however, share with your enemies instead, so hopefully you can damage their ears and brain!)

P.S.: Kweh!

Here we go with another of my original tunes for my March 2024 mini-album, "The Placeholder of Something"!

This time the intention was to make something brutal and agressive inspired by black metal, along with the usual short intro. I don't think this sounds very much like black metal, but more like... I dunno what this thing is, actually.

All instruments are MIDI and programmed by myself. No AI, no collabs, no pretensions of trying anything big. Just me having fun and toying with the DAW.

The title, "Sons of Seitan", is a pun with Satan's name and a certain food probably not everyone knows. Seitan is made of wheat's glutten and it's a tasty substitute of meat. Pretty popular among vegans but suitable for everyone and quite versatile for cuisine stuff. Totally recomended.

Do you see that plate of spaghetti in the cover pseudo-artwork? This is a parody of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (parody of a parody?) and these "meat balls" are made of seitan.

We all are sons of Seitan and now it's the time to worship our lord!

Watch the video for this song here:

https://youtu.be/eHx3YoRXWxU

CREDITS:

Ian Martyn - whistles, vocals and lyrics

https://ianmartyn.bandcamp.com/

Jett Swole - guitars

https://jettswole.bandcamp.com/

pixelseph - bass

https://linktr.ee/pixelseph

paradiddlesjosh - drums

https://paradiddlesjosh.newgrounds.com/audio

Unknown Pseudoartist - arrangement, mix, production of both music and video, etc (aka everything else)

Original composers: Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura and Ryota Furuya

LYRICS

風が降って

雨の中で

空の歌を

見つけ行った

旅で

歩くのが

大好きの人

村の連

一緒に

旅人だ

It’s Tales of Phantasia

----

(romanji version)

kaze ga futte

ame no naka de

sora no uta wo

mitsuke itta

tabi de

aruku no ga

daisuki no hito

mura no muraji

isshoni de

tabibito da

It's Tales of Phantasia

----

(english translation)

The wind blew,

and I went to find

the sky song

in the middle of the rain.

People who love walking on a journey.

We're travelers

on a journey with

the leader of the village.

It's Tales of Symphonia

Here we go with another attempt of original tune! This one is a lot more electronic than my usual, while still having some common elements of my stuff, like the (not necessarily intentional but "just happens") dark atmosphere.

The inspiration came after some person -who prefers to stay anonymous- posted an audio recording of the sound their router was doing, which somewhat reminds to upbeat or hardcore techno music. I then started a rough draft for what would quickly become a short and simple song worth to add to my collection of original stuff.

Nothing great, complex or innovative but just weird stuff made for fun.

The title, "Router Evil", is a reference to "Resident Evil". Nothing clever about that, either.

The background image of the cover pseudoartwork is actually a photo of a computer keyboard that had all keys removed to clean and reorganize as a different key distribution juxtaposed with some room's walls. Just weird, nonsensical stuff.

This is the instrumental version. For the parodic version, you can watch the video here:

https://youtu.be/WtirjAfZI-c

CREDITS

Unknown Pseudoartist - arrangement, mix, vocals, production, etc

Original composer: Michiru Yamane

BORING STORY:

I always wanted to ruin that tune whose official title is "Ruined Castle Corridor". It's just too funny to do and call it "I Ruined Ruined Castle Corridor".

This month in the monthy contest of Pixel Mixers the theme is "Michiru Yamane VS Akira Yamaoka" (aka many Castlevanias VS many Silent Hills), and I initially didn't plan to participate because I wanted to rest a bit for awhile. However, I found the inspiration just in the latest days for deadline, and admitedly this theme is the perfect excuse to comply with my plains to ruin that "ruined castle corridor". So, "why not?".

So here's it. Musically I went to a very different direction. The original source having that rocking vibe it may be expected, from a metalhead like me, to go 100% metal with it. However, that's more like some weird, creepy dark pseudo-orchestral thing. No guitars, no metal drums. Just percussions, strings, organs, pianos and weird stuff like that. And chocobo-style vocals, of course!

All is 100% MIDI (except vocals, obviously), and nothing is played live. Production/mix is not great either, but I just focused on having a proper structure done as soon as possible so I can finish and upload quickly and in time for Pixel Mixers. This is just for fun, after all! However, I don't discard the idea of doing a vastly improved version and maybe even inviting musicians to play stuff on it and so make it infinitely better for some album version eventually.

In short; I wanted to keep this project simple for both music and video. It may still have a bunch of embarrassing mistakes, but I think it's decent enough, and it just works to bring some fun and laughs.

But enough talk; have at you!

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/-jWqB7Ypv7A

CREDITS:

Jett Swole - guitars

https://www.youtube.com/@jettswole

Nemo Fairlight - viola and vocals

https://www.youtube.com/@nemofairlight

Triple B Music - bass

https://youtube.com/c/TripleBMusic

Unknown Pseudoartist - arrangement, mix, etc

https://unknownpseudoartist.bandcamp.com/

Original sources:

* "Aviators" from Tales of Phantasia

* "Never Ending Story" from the iconic movie song (just the solo in the middle and the leitmotif at the end)

STORY / BORING TEXT:

Once again we go with a game that is VERY important for me in a personal way. I'd definitively put Tales of Phantasia in my TOP10 or even TOP5 (TOP ToP?). Played this first as a kid and couldn't believe it's a SNES game. Awesome game, amazing graphics, wonderful soundtrack... everything was ahead of its time!

I already arranged (ruined?) at least 3 or 4 tracks from this game, without counting this one, and definitively will do more in a future. Despite not an obscure game at all, the soundtrack deserves more love, at least for any track that is not Fighting of the Spirit (cool tune too, but fortunately this one gets plenty of love already).

This was done for Pixel Mixers. June's month was "4 elements", and the AIRbirds represents the wind. The airbirbs are bird-shaped machines powered by Volt (spirit of electricity) that your characters use to fly all around the world map. Video comes a bit late, but hey Volt! Let's go!

Besides Tales of Phantasia I also added some elements from the famous german movie, The Neverending Story, to both music and video. Just though both sources fits pretty well. Tales of Phantasia is basically that: a fantasy tale, very much like The Neverending Story. They even share the use of the word Phantasia/Fantasia! Both full of medieval fantasy cliches as well. And when it comes to music, both Aviators and the movie's iconic song shares the same key! also one of the few times I arranged something with a major key.

Musically this was initially meant to be mostly like happy power metal, but as soon as Nikki (Jett Swole) recorded guitars, that started to sound closer to... happy punk rock instead. A change of vibe I'm not gonna oppose, as it totally fits the high energy and mood of the song and the bizarre and comedy elements of the video.

I'd say I also took some influence from 2000s music doujin artists like Akineko, I-Chu and SHO. Especially the choice of lead synths and the programmed drums. It's a vibe I personally love and grew up with and a sound I somewhat aspire for.

Anyways, I hope you like this weird thing. I wanted to add more cool stuff to the video and get a better mix for the music, but I think all is fine enough as it is. This project was a chaos full of misfortune and unexpected turns of events in the middle of its process, so it feels like a long journey, and it feels great to finally see this thing done and release to the world, however little.

To end this, I also want to dedicate this to my uncle. I have plenty of cool memories of talking to him about how much I love this game when I was a kid, and he was a huge fan of The Neverending Story and 80s stuff. Who knows, maybe he'd like this, if here were still here. Thanks for all the nice moments and stuff!