I Rewrote Mario Music in Different Styles

What would Mario music sound like in a different Cinematic Universe?
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[@cond0r119]

The middle part of LOTR/Mario sunshine mix sounds like a Luigi's mansion soundtrack! Very impressive!

[@jonathanlochridge9462]

Interesting. I didn't hear that element at all. Although, I re-listened after I heard your comment and I think I can hear a little bit of it. The tempo of most of the luigi's mansion songs I know are a bit faster. I got a similar impression from the third song. I do think that after being transferred those songs might benefit from being sped up.

[@benrboss]

i agree

[@hershes]

I thought the melody sounds remarkably like the castle stealing music from Mario galaxy. especially if you remove the middle note. I kept expecting it to resolve like that song

[@avaius]

The good egg galaxy mix sounded a lot like something from luigi's mansion to me!

[@Okamikurainya]

It also sounds like it would fit right in with the Daggerfall OST.

[@mattpiano11824]

This is awesome! A Star Wars music swap would be epic. Battle of the Heroes, Duel of the Fates, etc. would be fun to see in different styles.

[@RyanLeach]

that could be fun either way, like Star Wars themes taken to different movies or every different style is a specific Star Wars one

[@ferdmusic8]

​@@RyanLeachI would LOVE to see both

[@icnocuicatl]

I support this

[@jlmg3543]

​​@@RyanLeach I agree

[@karim0302]

Ooooh! Just imagine those Star Wars themes as Ghibli themes!!! 🤯

[@TehWolfmanOP]

The part A of your "Good Egg Galaxy" rendition sounded INSANELY familiar to me. Like out of another game I've played, and it's gonna but me until I hear it again xD

[@minorfffanatic]

It's very similar to the fortress theme of Super Mario WORLD (SNES) . It doesn't stop there though. In each castle of SMW you save a Yoshi egg! SMW is the eggs in danger, Galaxy is sweet good times!

[@meihem2809]

dude i think it sounds like the ghost galaxy theme whatever it's called. I think its because they literally took the good egg theme and put it into 3/4 and then made it minor for that theme as well. it's crazy that he made something so similar

[@ChrisAurora]

To me it sounds like The Galaxy Reactor from the same game, that uses a variation on the same motif in a minor key

[@Dudeman23rd]

For me, it really was circling back to Harry Potter: the A section sounds straight out of the unused Death Day theme from the Chamber of Secrets video game composed by Jeremy Soule, which was later chopped up into the theme used when polyjuicing into Goyle in the final version.

[@porterjones6022]

@@Dudeman23rd Glad to see someone else put this! I was listening to it and thinking "This sounds a lot like the OSTs Jeremy Soule put in the early games." Absolutely amazing soundtracks.

[@rodterrell304]

Man Ryan, you are really amazing, you have a awesome grasp of the different music styles and genres. So much to learn from you videos. Great job sir.

[@briansheahan9606]

I gotta say Ryan. I think I’m gonna need a full video on just the Celeste Mario Underground theme😅 or just a full version cuz it’s pretty awesome. All three of these where a delight to hear and watch you create!

[@pumpkinpartysystem]

Idk, the instrumentation on it was okay but I think it totally missed the Celeste vibe, to me it didn't sound like the underground theme in the celeste style, it just sounded like, and idk how to really say this without a weird metaphor, but a very superfical tossing of the super mario bros underground theme and some celeste instrumentation into a bowl and not mixing them well or even getting them into the oven and just eating it raw and getting salmonella. Like a janky first steps with mario bros underground smashing itself in there and wrecking the place without much cohesion. To be fair the Celeste style is a fairly difficult and time consuming one to mimic, there's so many layers and so much subtlety to its sound, but if it sounds off it *really* sounds off.

[@Rot8erConeX]

@@pumpkinpartysystem I think the main problem for me is the instrumentation of the main melody. The background stuff sounds *very* Celeste, but the dun-na-dun-na-dun-na still sounds Mario.

[@itsriivan]

​@@pumpkinpartysystem To me it wasn't really a matter of the ingredients being raw (don't mind me, just gonna borrow that analogy too lol) but rather them being completely different ingredients. The moment he said First Steps was going to be the reference, I doubted there would be much to work with, given how much of a completely different vibe both tracks are. A better reference would've been, in my opinion, something like "Spirit of Hospitality" or "In the Mirror". I love the concept of mixing the mario and celeste soundtracks!! I just think there could've been a better reference for the general vibe. He a little confused but he got the spirit.

[@jade8538]

Hi again Ryan, you mentioned that the fast 16th note runs in the Harry Potter adaptation were 'playable' (14:10). As a novice orchestrator, I had no idea violins could execute 16th note runs at that tempo...remarkable!

[@jamesmihalkamusic]

As a violinist, I can tell you that violins can play fast notes, but also SO MUCH MORE! Listen to "24 Caprices" by Paganini and be amazed

[@haileyw4660]

Good violinists are beasts

[@jamesmihalkamusic]

@@haileyw4660 hear hear 👏

[@legoboy7107]

As a violinist myself...yeah I've never been able to play those particularly well lol, my fingers just can't keep up and go that fast, but many violinists can and more, as crazy as it may seem.

[@samuelthecamel]

Arpeggios are actually pretty easy, at least for me. If it wasn't arpeggios... yeah, that would be insane.

[@Chubby_Bub]

Putting music in different styles is something that always fascinates me. You did a very good job. I also like when games do this type of thing themselves to recontextualize leitmotifs- actually something quite common in the new movie.

[@TheAccountification]

I’ve always wanted to know what the Super Mario Bros. theme would sound like as a Ghibli score, and I bet you could do it.

[@bitwize]

The first one has "debut of Delfino Island in the Nintendo Cinematic Universe" energy.

[@ManiacGamer1988]

I feel like the melody from the minor section of Sunshine/LOTR is actually from the LOTR movies or a similar franchise. Maybe not exactly, but that specific melody sounds super familiar in this style.

[@GD_Zimmeh]

That Delfino Plaza sounds like it came straight out of the Mario movie! Insane!

[@akselrasmussen3386]

yeah

[@Jermcrusher]

I'm begging for a sequel. This video was absolutely amazing, loved all the remixes!

[@noiJadisCailleach]

Naaaah. Style swaps aren't ridiculous. YOU'RE Ridiculous. In fact, You're INSANE! HOLY FUCK. You're exactly the artist i aspire to be but for painting! You're like a unicorn i always told myself MUST exist in real life! Damn excellent and underrated! I wish i could hear full songs of these samples. Subbed!

[@lunacyaudio]

Killer mashups Ryan! Thanks for giving CUBE a spin 💫

[@cameronsmith2723]

Even if I couldn’t comprehend 75% of the music stuff you were saying, you have such a way of captivating my attention to make me listen. Blows my mind how good with music people can be, this really was a great video!

[@RobinsMusic]

WOW you absolutely nailed the style of lotr and harry potter, it sounds absolutely incredible

[@niilo8079]

Great video! I've always known that you're a great composer, so it's really nice to see a master at work. Love that you can show off your talent in this sort of format. ❤

[@Bearded_Bream]

I don't have enough musical knowledge to understand most of the musical jargon and what exactly was being done, but this was awesome.

[@nimnone]

Nice video! Your Delphino version would also work as a Mario castle tune

[@truetimewatcher]

What I expected from LOTR Delfino Plaza: Ah, a nice cozy village theme, like the Shire. What I got: Freaking Mines of Delfino...

[@mattparksmusic]

I'll watch anything you do like this. Very cool how you used some standard tricks from each style without making too many adjustments :)

[@beckhamreed141]

You are such a talented composer. I mean, you can even take some precomposed themes and make them sound completely different. You know exactly how to make things sound cinematic.

[@XXIII_89]

This video, and concept are amazing!! && You did it so well Ryan!!!

[@ToasterBrain51702]

getting celeste and harry potter right next to each other is very funny

[@ethanwendigo9588]

ngl sounds like you just threw a bunch of trailer music for upcoming mario game themed movies at us which is mind bending of how easy it is for you. Im betting Ryan took some kind of music theory class.

[@carrierehenri5631]

A lot of thanks Ryan for this fantastic work you're doing on your you tube chain !!

[@elyssabeth22]

So glad this popped up in ny recommended videos feed! I'd love more of this!

[@OverratedGames]

I will watch however many of these you make, and then rewatch them all again. This is so good!

[@puffballbk2186]

what an amazing idea for a video, would love to see more of this!

[@munkyman33]

Your video's are always a helpful blessing, but this one was so much fun too. Great work!

[@Hercules_Flexing]

I loved this! Really great work here, Ryan

[@cosmosgato]

Do these type of videos as much as possible, I love it!

[@ManrikiKusari]

Thank you for this, I would love to have more videos exactly like this, I feel like this video is the one I can learn the most from out of everything from you channel, and that's saying something given the amazing content of your other videos. My only regret is that I didn't get to hear all the styles.

[@fatmario8244]

Dude these are absolutely amazing, jaw dropping!

[@mwmheps]

Loved that, it was really fun! Would definitely be happy to hear more!

[@snorka1943]

Loved it. It would be awesome to see more of this kind of thing.

[@magnet7326]

That's cool! Can't wait to see some of the other styles!

[@henrique88t]

This is just too good! I want so more of that with all possible variations!

[@lyyretv1126]

This is incredible! I hope you do this concept more often!

[@anlev11]

Make more of these! This is so cool!

[@fatmario8244]

I would really love to hear some Mario music in a classical style!😊

[@ClericsofOhm]

This was a ton of fun, and very very VERY educational. I would love to see more swaps. I wouldn't even care if you did more from these same wheels... I would've watched them all

[@rodterrell304]

I really liked what you did with the Cube theme, that was tremendous.

[@spaguetti290]

Music style swap is such a brilliant idea, and this is the first video I've come across that uses it. Really enjoyed it!

[@LevantWasTaken]

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[@Nintendrew]

This is fascinating. Great work!!

[@Kangdil]

Ye

[@polkmusic]

This was such a fun idea. The three ideas turned out really well. I would love to see more of this.

[@czechyourselfb4uwrek]

Pretty cool to see how the pieces come together for this, and what unexpected similarities come from the mixes - the HP/Good Egg first bit evokes some of the DK64 themes!

[@matthewjamestaylor]

Great stuff!!!! Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@Snowmanly7]

I hope there’s a part 2!

[@johannkeaton1452]

This is one of the most entertaining music videos I’ve ever watched. I love this format.

[@michaelleon8289]

Dang dude, easily earned my subscribe. Thanks for doing what you do.

[@wickedlyoddella7391]

I would absolutely love to see more of these!!!

[@rolandropnack4370]

Here are some ideas to include into the "in the style of..."-wheel: - The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly - Diablo - Miami Vice

[@JenyaShteinbergPrivet]

So fun! Thanks a lot, Ryan!

[@peejay1981]

That was awesome! More please!!

[@haydnbogroff8575]

Definitely please do a part two

[@danielclifton3319]

We need more of this!

[@Natethesax]

Seriously enjoyed this video. Great job

[@pavelsabacky]

Great vid! If I could have a suggestion, it would be fun to see you to take a single theme and use it to make a short ambient, action and romantic track.

[@WillForFree]

this is amazing, great job

[@krakenoutofwater]

this is crazy!!!!! i especially love the good egg galaxy one; you're freaking talented!!!

[@MikeSalopek]

That was a fun video I would love to see more of these kind... I was really hoping Totoro would spin up myself hahaha, huge Miyazaki nerd

[@evanplaysyt8454]

I want a part 2, because this is amazing ❤

[@michaelsears8143]

That was great; I would like to see many Mario themes be arranged like Stravinsky.

[@aldendwyer]

Amazing job! It's kind of funny seeing the converse of what I'm used to experiencing.

[@vaiyt]

Style swaps are so fun! They need to be more popular.

[@thaimcgrathmusic]

Duuuuuude as somebody who loves to do reinterpretations of themes with anime style I loved watching this! ❤❤❤ love changing harmony myself to reflect different moods with the same melody. 😁😁

[@WD_RatLad]

I wasn't expecting to see you here, what a pleasant surprise!

[@cybergamez1442]

hi Thai!

[@charliechimento852]

PLEASE do more of these, especially with Mario!!

[@chriswolf4715]

Please do more of these restyles, they are really interesting and inspirational to my compositions.

[@SuperShadowsGirl]

I would love it if you did more of this with the Mario songs, but also doing it with Kirby songs and Zelda songs too! Maybe even pokemon songs! There are so many different franchises you can do for this!

[@ryanmccampbell7]

I think the underground theme would have matched very well with the second level Celeste theme Resurrections. They both have a more dark, echo-y "underground" tone.

[@FlowCreators]

That was magical, thank you

[@Pablorovirita]

PLEASE do another one of these, this is one of the most impressive and entertaining music videos I've ever come across on this entire platform (and that is high praise since there are very good videos and creators uploading cool stuff here)

[@DarukaEon]

The beginning part to LOTR + Mario Sunshine sounds so much like if Fox McCloud met Mario at Delphino Plaza and is getting ready to leave in the Great Fox. Ha ha ha! So good! Edit: Then in the middle section, it sounds like if an evil entity of sorts is lurking behind them in the shadows, watching them take off and rubbing their hands together saying, "Yes... yes... all according to plan..."

[@ianlong4704]

My stress was through the roof at the end, having played those arpeggios and half-step trills. Great job!

[@ShaharHarshuv]

What I'm wondering about is how much research and studying did you need to do on every style, or did you just remember them well enough from listening and/or past studying that you immediately knew what will work best? Like you knew what kind of chords Shore is using.

[@Firamiel]

Your content is amazing 🤩

[@neighborhoodpizzaguy]

I was vibing with this video, and then you started talking theory in such a simple and convenient way that you immediately got a subscriber.

[@VanishPoint]

This is really good! Will you do other mash ups in the future? I'd like to see you try this with the Pokemon soundtrack

[@henrypicado640]

Congratulations!! Very good job....

[@davedixon2167]

Toward the end of Delfino, all those horns coming back out was very STTNG, followed closely by some SW - very interesting!

[@superlink3389]

I would love to see you do this again! Maybe even some other games.

[@TylerRossow]

Loved this

[@TASTYTREATSPLS]

That HP one was spot on.

[@brare45996]

I love this, please make more

[@codydavis5525]

As a Mario music fan and one who has studied it for a long time, I LOVE IT!! Do you use Logic Pro to playback all your orchestrations? I’ve been trying to get a real/live orchestra sound for my arrangements and compositions for a long time.

[@JD-128]

I'm only through the first one, and my mind is already blown. That's amazing!

[@polybius92]

Hi! Love the video:-) More of this, please! I have two questions, if you have the time: When you played some of the arpeggio phrases from the LotR one in Dorico; was that noteperformer? And what plugins did you use for the mock-up in Logic?

[@RyanLeach]

Yes Noteperformer when Dorico is playing back. And then for the mock-up I used CSS for strings but kept the Noteperformer brass

[@thatotherandrew_]

I absolutely LOVE that the Celeste OST is getting some much-needed love here!

[@awesomereviews1561]

Cool concept

[@Customfurball28]

These orchestral renditions are the shit. Great work dude!

[@gegart01]

Bro, that’s amazing

[@donstarplayz]

We need a part 2 so bad!

[@Zekerdy]

Ryan you're awesome man tysm , would love to see more videos like this, you can do pokemon next, like the town songs from the games and make it other styles :)

[@LevantWasTaken]

Check out siIvagunner

[@ollep0lle]

Omg I would love to hear more music turned into lotr style music!!! Really cool!

[@francobonanni3499]

Mr. Ryan your video are very educational. We learn many new things. How to transform a theme changing various parte of the theme. The explanation is very well done. Only one thing I love to look at the score while you are explaining. If you put yourself in the small screen at the same time we could see the score I would be grateful...you did it many times but it would be better to see the score while you explain. Thank you very much.

[@lunameriweather7693]

talent- i'm speechless except for that, amazing work dude

[@InventorZahran]

I wonder what Gusty Garden Galaxy would sound like in the style of Star Wars?

[@MRHOPE5394]

You should do more of this

[@ida_oh_my]

the delfino plaza one strangely reminded me of “if i wasn’t so small” from piglet’s big movie haha