Battle F8 - To Become God's Enemy (Shoji Meguro PS2 Rock Remix) | Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

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This is a cover of Battle F8 - To Become God’s Enemy by Ryota Kozuka from Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse. I have remade the track in the style of Shoji Meguro's rock battle tracks around the PS2 era of SMT games, as if Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse released on the PS2 in the mid to late 2000s.
This is a commission from Zephhyr who is currently working on the “Insaniax” mod for Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD. He is creating a custom boss battle against YHVH from SMT IV Apocalypse and has had this track made for its background music. Check it out here!: • I'm adding my favourit...
If you also want to send in a commission, please email me at [e-mail]
I’ve also had plenty of requests to cover this track in Shoji Meguro PS2 style, and it was certainly quite the challenge. As great as Battle F8 is, there are hardly any stylistic choices that match with Meguro’s style, making a simple instrument conversion not an option. This was maybe the toughest one to cover yet, so I’ll break down what I did. There are a tone of crazy Kozuka synths in this piece which aren’t very Meguro, even in his DDS2 days, so I had to either replace them with more simplistic leads, or change the instrument altogether. This meant replacing the huge pads with strings, like Meguro used in final boss tracks like Hari Hara ~The Second Movement~, Divine Identity and Battle for Everyone’s Souls. Some others were replaced with lead guitar or piano (I have found this EXS24 piano patch which was used in Persona 4 and likely Raidou 1). Overall it took a lot of work and tinkering, but I hope it sounds as if you are fighting YHVH on the PS2.
Of course, Meguro's signature guitar tone is always the most important element of these remixes, for a more detailed breakdown of how I recreated it, I'd advise checking out the description for the cover of An Honour Befitting That Name I made here: • An Honor Befitting Tha...
I remember this fight kicking my arse back when I played Apocalypse years ago, and hearing this track again brought back some of those great(?) memories. I really should play this again.
I hope I’ve done this track justice. A lot of changes had to be made to stay stylistically accurate, but I tried to keep the identity of the song intact as much as possible.
Regardless, I hope you enjoy the cover!
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This track was commissioned by Zephhyr, who is currently working hard on the "Insaniax" mod for Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD. He has implemented a fight against YHVH from SMT IV Apocalypse into Nocturne's engine and is using this remix as the background music. Please check out his work here! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3fcdaVjZpqci7s If you want to commission a track from me, please email me at [e-mail]

[@ZephhyrAgain]

10/10 work my friend. I'm very much looking forward to fully implementing the YHVH fight into Nocturne so this can be the epic backdrop it deserves to be.

[@nerotheyoung]

Your insaniax mod is looking awesome dude. 👍👍👍

[@seyithanyeniceri2940]

WHAT is that for real?

[@Fat_xeno]

God I wish we could have a hardtype and insaniax collab....

[@TheRoboKitty]

Everyone's gangsta until Stephen Hawking stands up

[@MastaGambit]

Everybody gangsta until he stands up from his wheelchair

[@thefriesgamer7390]

This is how finishing smt iva in apocalypse diff feels like guys

[@RobinandZephyr]

Oh shit, let's go! Now we can BE CURSED in Nocturne!

[@DolanDuking]

aAAAUGHHHH!!

[@garryrptr]

Massive DDS2 vibes, this is so cool.

[@stuckedinlife6347]

Exactly my thought!!!!

[@renren47618]

Please make one of these for Primordial Goddess from SMT V Vengeance, the DnB beat will mix so well with 2000s Meguro rock style. It would also be amazing to see "Battle - Destruction" which is Shiva's theme from V, because i have no idea of how that song could be translated to Meguro's style.

[@S.C.T.4117]

Todo el mundo es ganster hasta que el hombre de la silla de ruedas se pone de pie

[@WokioWolfy]

The original made you get rly serious, this version makes you smirk.

[@felipefelix8650]

I came from buffmaster video, awesome remix.

[@Xenosaga]

it’s peak…

[@seyithanyeniceri2940]

I LOVE THESE SO MUCH. These ps2 covers of yours are some treasure I always wanted. Instant subscribe

[@MatthiewPurple]

I've been waiting for this track for months! Man, you abso-fucking-lutely delivered

[@jackjohnson1128]

Oh my god, this is my favorite song from SMT4 Apocalypse. Thank you!

[@BEHEMONAUT]

You can tell its good just by the fact the title has enough words to be an honest translation mess

[@tinopulkka956]

Holy shit, this is one of my fave songs from the whole series and you've made it sound great in the old style, love it to death, if you take suggestions I'd recommend Vehement Rage from Strange Journey, also no idea how i wasn't subscribed to you before, now i am

[@XTheBlackSoulX]

holy shit banger

[@verothix]

Genuinely fantastic work

[@skyFxd]

10/10 soo good my friend

[@AmberLB93]

wow. this is utterly incredible

[@greyfuller1025]

Damn, this is hitting!

[@eggoman8661]

this goes crazy

[@xdanielol4835]

Let's revive SMT IVA everyone!

[@KT-jy3jo]

Mhmm... Subtle hint of trauma center

[@Reynsoon]

gave it a thumbs up in passing but now i'm picking up what you're putting down. Very New Blood/Team, which is unique since Meguro didn't have much involvement in those.

[@rohankishibe4123]

Divine power 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@august...4847]

Nice work 😎👌

[@dildiobrandong9823]

Another banger. Lets go!! Also, can you do the qaditsu boss fight track?

[@nodbynobdy]

this is amazing

[@freddytackos]

God damn.

[@FireEmblemTheRedTower]

N i c e . Also, Law superior and Isabeau = Law aligned.:)

[@sketchmax1341]

This is a certified Kagutsuchi classic.

[@andersondiazcampos8720]

I wonder if they ever gonna make a nanashi boss fight for any future smt knowing this end route

[@demi-femme4821]

Can we please get a 30 min-1 hour loop of this?

[@jojijoestar7233]

Speaking of gods, can the Masakado battle theme be somewhere down the line?

[@crowiltiziodeltreno4177]

Glory to the Lord! 🙏

[@Reynsoon]

don't like the way the melody line fades too far back starting 1:20 ... and then you bring it back with those awesome guitars at 2:13.

[@GDTril]

Can you please make a color your night ps2? The its going down remix was so good

[@MegaKillerwolf123]

Steven questline in SMT III when?

[@MultiJET24]

FIRST