Lower Brinstar - Super Metroid Cover

[@jessereustxxsilentripxx272]

This was brilliant. Thanks so much!!! You brought the entire games emotions to life. It’s beautiful.

[@GobiPup]

I’ve always loved video game music but SM might have been the first time I realized how truly great it could be.

[@zaklockman7527]

Slow and sad, menacing and thoughtful. It makes me think of a villain watching the rain and thinking of some time when they may have been happy. Then turning and instead seeing what they are left with. The world they made.

[@RunonMusic]

Love this description

[@Scotl]

This is what rich associative and figurative perception means

[@giorgiomx]

Sometimes Super Metroid is an awesome soundtrack with a videogame in it.

[@RunonMusic]

Ha! I feel that way about so many games. I realized in college I just wanted to experience the atmosphere of alot of games due to their aesthetic and soundtracks

[@JuanGonzalezZzZzZz...]

Chronon Trigger.

[@simonhis2680]

Really clever use of the mandolin to emulate the ominous percussions Great work as always!

[@RunonMusic]

Thanks :) I wanted it to have almost a ricochet feel off the cello

[@beansnrice321]

Clutch as hell. I always felt that this track plays like a duet between the cello and mandolin. The guitar almost melts away. =)

[@angusguitarhero]

Apparently it took my 2 minutes and 17 seconds to realize that it's not 3 different people. That was really beautiful.

[@GoatFelon]

Aaahhhh this is so good! This is one of my favourite themes in the series, and you totally nailed it. Love the synergy between the mandolin and the cello chugging away at the bass section. Cheers!

[@RunonMusic]

Dude me too! I started looping every version of it I could find over and over so I had to cover it haha. Glad you noticed the synergy :-)

[@GoatFelon]

@@RunonMusicHave you listened to Metroid Cinematica by Sam Dillard? It's a reaaaaallly good orchestral album of music from the Metroid series, but with his own cinematic flavour. I believe the lower brinstar theme appears in the super atmospheric track "Deep Passage". Absolutely worth a listen if you're interested.

[@RunonMusic]

@@GoatFelon i will have to now haha, thanks for letting me know about it. I love when people do good re orchestrations.

[@JoshGUITARofolo]

Brilliantly done. Wonderful production from start to finish. 👏👏👏

[@RunonMusic]

Thanks Josh :) happy you liked it

[@kingsecho3351]

This was amazing. I thought maybe I recorded it and forgot. From a distance I resemble you almost identically. It’s uncanny.

[@KNadoli]

The inclusion of the cello makes it seem like part of the Firefly OST. I could picture this fitting in Bushwhacked

[@UnityFromDiversity]

This surprisingly good considering its popularity.

[@tyleri.4219]

This is lovely. Also, this is pretty much my ideal three instruments to know how to play, and you did them all!

[@reneeschke]

Loved that you omitted some elements due to lack of instruments but reintroduced them as soon as the instrument was free again. (The drums for instance). Great choice of instruments, too. Double like for mentioning TOOL 8)

[@RunonMusic]

Thanks so much for commenting on the arranging itself! I really like experimenting with limiters on what the instrumentation should be to have new creative moments pop up

[@reneeschke]

@@RunonMusic Yeah. Covering it myself right now, I realized that it feels too full / too busy with my instrumentation, when I take the exact same arrangement as the original. I guess my instrumentation or mix (more the lack of, since I play it live?) results in overlapping frequency spectrums? I'm too much of a noob to say for sure, just a guess. 🤣 Anyways: I'll try your approach by removing some parts. It works really well in your arrangement and makes it even more interesting and refreshing, when certain elements get reintroduced. I was surprised that the omitted drums worked so well.

[@RunonMusic]

@@reneeschke Send me what you come up with when you get it figured out! Id love to hear it. If you ever want help with mixing at some point and want to support the channel you can get access to the discord through Patreon and I do my best to help out and answer questions in there. Mixing gets harder and harder the more instruments you throw in there

[@bluelikekrishna]

This is gorgeous. I can’t believe it doesn’t have more views.

[@johnmusngi4579]

My guy this video and audio is beyond anything I’m at now and I think you’re gonna go far!

[@RunonMusic]

Thanks for the kind supportive words! If you ever had the extra funds to jump on the patreon I do give some help to the other supporters with their vids and audio production on our discord. We would be happy to have you as part of the group one day :) also feel free to reach out anytime!

[@dredwick]

Very beautiful bro. Super Metroid's soundtrack is definitely one of the best music ever written for a video game. Looking forward to hearing more from you. You should do SNES' Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past. And Street Fighter 2's music is pretty damn good too.

[@michaelgannon8364]

lovely stuff man. landed the mood to the tee, and nailed it by making a fair comparison to Tool. this song along with hell, the whole SM soundtrack took me to a different universe as a kid like very few games ever managed to do again.

[@Kazz_03]

Holy cow, this sounds amazing. My fave track from SM. Definitely subscribing.

[@RunonMusic]

Me too! It just has the most badass vibes

[@AaronWillmon]

That was excellent! Do any of your trio ever fight over playing time? Must be tough to keep everyone happy!

[@RunonMusic]

Thanks Aaron :-) haha yes it is a tough endeavor with three people that want to take the lead all the time

[@GuitarSVD]

Great cover! Nice job! ❤

[@RunonMusic]

Thanks buddy

[@lucasfriche3150]

Really amazing job and cover man ! Thanks you for this moment :)

[@lucasfriche3150]

Also pretty sure my favorite jams from Metroid are the water level, like both Maridia zones.. But this one brings many memories :D

[@RunonMusic]

Thanks a ton Lucas, I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@RunonMusic]

@@lucasfriche3150 Ill listen back to those for sure, maybe another one will end up on the channel ;-)

[@Space_Lion]

Wow, this really captures the trance-like energy I've always felt in the lower brinstar theme. Well done. It also reminds me a bit of fleetwood mac in a weird (good) way--maybe the "wildness" created by the instrumentation

[@RunonMusic]

Wooo, Fleetwood Mac was one of my favorite bands growing up so I played alot of Lindsey Buckingham guitar parts so maybe that style is showing up here. I always felt it had a mantra and meditative feel to it so Im glad the piece translates that

[@Alberto-mc6yk]

Subscribed. As good ad it is...get the others to play with ya. We're here, homie!

[@jean-philippelaflammerober4245]

Bravo !

[@definitelynotsolidsnake]

I just watched your stone tower temple theme cover and thought it was amazing since I love that song So I was looking and noticed this song, and I have to say This is also pretty good, cant go wrong with a bit of metroid, fantastic soundtrack

[@RunonMusic]

Hell yea, thanks for checking out both. Those are two that I had a ton of fun making and came really easy since they fit so well on these instruments

[@benHaskett1]

This was absolutely lovely. Well done.

[@sonnysutherland4245]

I love you for this.

[@gents.]

masterpiece

[@RunonMusic]

🙏💜

[@TheJohnreeves]

You're right, it's totally a Tool sounding song! Awesome job.

[@RunonMusic]

RIGHT!? Thank you

[@butthemeatwasbad]

What a lovely arrangement. So good.

[@kileysevens9116]

I overdosed years ago and Lower Brinstar was what my brain was singing when I miraculously awoke after 4 days of no signs. This song means so much to me. I call it my theme because its first thing I was aware of when I opened my eyes and it kept me calm with a tube down my throat. I always look up various versions when depression comes and this song reminds me that my mission on this earth isn't done yet. Now I work in the education and the mental health fields, to prevent our youth from going into addiction and to help others come out from the darkness of addiction.

[@taidg_]

Beautiful, masterfully done

[@Luke-ih1oc]

Damn, sounds awesome

[@RunonMusic]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

[@sultangreen]

wow this is amazing

[@RunonMusic]

🙏

[@bleugriffon9843]

EXCELLENT !

[@RunonMusic]

Glad you like it!

[@daniboi271]

Pretty cool man!

[@RunonMusic]

Glad you dig it

[@Muuujen]

beautyful

[@thouxandylan]

luv dis !

[@GuitarFable]

Very nice cover !

[@RunonMusic]

Thanks a bunch!

[@fandepaulmescal]

This is so great, I love it

[@RunonMusic]

🙏

[@yoel801]

Impresionante!! Muy buena interpretación, viene ideal para un día de lluvia como en crateria

[@CaLemLiza]

took me way too long to realize they were triplets. xD

[@RunonMusic]

Haha well that just means we are making it feel seamless

[@MyDogIsYoshi]

I would have never known if you hadn't mentioned that

[@gub4941]

Took me way too long to realize u were not talking about the music theory term, and in the process also realize they are triplets

[@acct4600]

3:05 i was praying that you would transition into doing the full NES Metroid theme but you didn't do it. still great though. enjoyed this quite a bit.

[@RunonMusic]

I did think about it lol I did the opening fan fare and the opening moments of the original as a nod to the first game but wanted to make the Lower Brinstar theme the main focus. Hope to do more Metroid stuff in the future. This is one of my favorites that I have ever done

[@acct4600]

@@RunonMusic i did a couple metroid remixes myself. these are very old though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4quo3-OhJiWgNk kzbin.info/www/bejne/jILZhoelnJxneKs

[@RunonMusic]

@@acct4600 Ill check them out

[@denizdemir7357]

It's very beautiful. Can you make a violin-version from this awesome track? :)

[@RunonMusic]

If only I knew how to play the violin I totally would

[@eluli7083]

👏

[@alissonchristian982]

Muito bom!!!!!!

[@JuanGonzalezZzZzZz...]

Brinstar Greenzone plx.

[@skippydeenice]

song is so awesome this dude cloned himself just to cover it

[@BassFace5000]

oooooooooook