THE STARLIGHT'S FLOWER - SUPER MARIO RPG || Prog Rock/Metal Cover

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Originally composed by: Yoko Shimomura
Arranged by: Triple B Music
Lead Guitars/Rhythm Guitars/Bass Performed by: Triple B Music
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Back with another Mario cover! This was one I did for the most recent Dwelling of Duels (just like my previous cover from the month before), where the theme this time was Spinoff Games. I thought Mario RPG would be a perfect game to choose a tune from since it's one of my favourite games from my childhood, and this piece in particular I always thought was really cool sounding, and made me think that it has so much potential for an arrangement. I also haven't done any music from this game since I did the Barrel Volcano one over two years ago -- hopefully I can do more! There are just so many games I want to cover music from though lol
I ended up yet again, turning a pretty short (in this case, 35-ish seconds) song into a relatively long musical journey. I made sure to have the ostinato going in some form throughout the entire length of it, and it has a bit of a hypnotic kind of repetition to it. I of course added a long, slowly developing solo section, and I really channeled my inner Alex Lifeson/John Petrucci for the volume swells. I'm really proud of the bass/drum groove during the solo section in particular. It just has this really spicy syncopated, but tasteful kind of feel, which is something I always appreciate about bass/drum parts in music I listen to, so I'm happy I was able to channel that into this arrangement. I also knew I wanted to have part of the song utilize my new 8-string guitar for some really low, heavy sections.
All in all, I'm very pleased with how this one turned out, especially considering I had to rush the DoD version a bit to meet the deadline. I did end up re-recording a couple lead guitar lines for this release since they weren't quite as perfect as I wanted them to be, and I updated the mix a bit based on feedback I got.
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Instruments/Tunings used:
Ibanez GS205 Bass (A E A D G - capo on 1)
Ibanez RGMS8 (F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Sterling JP100 (E A D G B E)
M-Audio Keystation 88 (it's a keyboard)
Gear used:
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen) Audio Interface
Geekoto Studio Lights
Samsung Galaxy A70 (camera)
Geekoto AT24Pro Dreamer Tripod
Gruv Gear Fret Wraps
Software/Plugins Used:
Cubase 12 Pro
EZ Drummer 2 (Drumkit From Hell extension)
Halion Sonic SE
AmpliTube 4
IVG2 (Saturation)
Melodyne 5
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro
Pixlr
MusicVid.Org (visualizer)

[@HeroLionHeart68]

❤Goose bumps man!❤

[@divisionagentbailey6727]

Niceeeeee

[@nomadrl91x]

Yoo! Lets go!! solid cover! very psychedelic.^_^

[@LloydTheHammer]

Always really liked this song and it definitely stood out with how mysterious it sounds! Loved the intro and the low chugs are cool as well! Oh damn that solo is really awesome! This was great to listen to dude keep it up!

[@TheYuke]

Love the dreamy feeling in this one, also great shredding dude!

[@Thirdkoopa]

still one of my favorite SMRPG covers

[@viking420.]

You should do the Forest Maze, Sunken Ship and Nimbus Land all prog rock/metal. They have a lot of potential. And with your music skill, hand down you could create some masterpieces.

[@TripleBMusic]

This is a game I'd love to more songs from! Sunken Ship would be really cool, it's more of a niche pick like this one

[@viking420.]

@@TripleBMusic so when will you get to work on it 😁

[@TripleBMusic]

I have no idea unfortunately, I have many songs I want to do and it takes me a long time these days

[@Duhemsounds]

This is a very good cover

[@NivanSharma]

This is awesome man, I have no idea how you manage to have so many ideas to turn a 30 second song into a 5 and a half minute cover, but you knocked it out of the park. Great job on playing tidbits of your music over that fire emblematic theme ;)

[@TripleBMusic]

Haha thanks Nivan :)