"The main change, obviously, is all the drum bull****."

June 14, 2022 7:33 AM

Last month, YouTuber Ben Kidd—aka: 8-bit Music Theory (previously 1 2)—released his first album, Let's Play, a jazz fusion reimagining of classic Nintendo GameCube era music. In a recent video on his YouTube channel, 8-bit breaks down how he created his arrangement of the Rainbow Road theme from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Let's Play by 8-bit and The Single Players (YouTube playlist)

• Introduction
• Delfino Plaza (from "Super Mario Sunshine")
• Perplexing Pool (from "Pikmin 2")
• Rainbow Road (from "Mario Kart: Double Dash!!")
• A Maiden's Thoughts (from "Chibi-Robo!")
• Crashed Ship Frigate Orpheon (from "Metroid Prime")
• Opening (from "Super Smash Bros. Melee")
• Our Children Taken (from "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess")
• Molgera (from "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker")
• Today's Results (from "Pikmin")

Also on:

• Bandcamp
• Spotify
• Apple Music

posted by Mister_Sleight_of_Hand (3 comments total)

The recent video link is really really great. Will bookmark to watch even more. Thanks! Great post.
posted by lazaruslong at 7:59 AM on June 14, 2022

Neato! Added to my playlist.
posted by Don.Kinsayder at 8:07 AM on June 14, 2022

Hmmm, I can’t help but feel that GameCube was basically already doing this, but applaud the effort nonetheless.
posted by aspersioncast at 9:09 PM on June 14, 2022