Batman (NES) - Axis Chemical Factory / Stage 2 Theme (All Instrument Cover)

It was time to return to the 1989 soundtrack of Batman The Videogame from the NES, with a cover of Axis Chemical Factory, the stage 2 theme. This tune is another banger, featuring several melodies and quite intense drum parts for an NES soundtrack!
This song features 4 main sections, an intro, a verse, a prechorus, and a chorus (if you can really identify instrumental music that way ;-) ). Two particularly interesting things in this song are the bass line for the verse riff, and the melodies for the prechorus section. The bass line on the verse features a driving pulse but with unusual rhythmic groupings of notes by holding a quarter note over the bar line, creating multiple instances of groups of 7 beats. If it sounds weird, try playing it, it feels even weirder! The melodies over the prechorus are interesting as well, one melody holds a vamp alternating between B and C, while the other plays F over the B, G over the C, F# over the B, and then G over the C. It creates an ambiguous dissonance which really gives a sense of movement to the song as well as a strong unique hook.
My arrangement I tried to generally stay true to the original NES arrangement with two major additions, I added an extra short lead break over the 2nd verse and fattened up the bass line by adding rhythm guitars doubling the bass line. I then added a grind to the drums over the prechorus to add some extra intensity the 2nd time around.
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[@synthoelectro]

chills

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cheers!

[@SiolfortheJackal]

Hell yeah! I was not prepared for the ending haha

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I didn't remember the first Tim Burton movie being so campy! I'm a big fan of slipping in easter eggs for people who watch the whole video!

[@felixmartinmusic]

yes

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Cheers!!!

[@leanchaves3]

Amazing!

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Thanks, cheers!!

[@stephenkain6603]

The face your guitar self made when your drum face hit the blast beat was like “ oh yeahhhhhh”

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Ha, yeah, it's fun when these tunes come together during the tracking phase!

[@MikeLoether]

Imma just go ahead and like this masterpiece before playing cuz i know its gunna be epic!!!🔥🔥

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Ha, I hope it stood up to expectations! Thanks!

[@MikeLoether]

@@thesosomusician Hell yeah man 11/10 keep on keeping on my dude!

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Awesome! cheers again!

[@VGCartography]

always loved this tune. good stuff!

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Thanks! Sunsoft soundtracks really went hard, this one almost feels like a Dave Grohl drum part in spots!

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You ever dance in the pool in the cold pee light?

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More haunting than the original line!

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so good

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