[Mario Kart 8 - Harbor of the Future Past (Toad Harbor)]

https://youtu.be/UBK02HiVlVo

This is one of my favourite themes from Mario Kart 8. So catchy, beaty and beautiful. I also got this as a suggestion not too long ago from a supportive listener. Thank you!

I really enjoyed every second writing this one, even the transcribing was fun! Then to orchestrate and arrange as I wanted was true joy. Easily one of the most fun of all remixes so far! So many parts to work with and improvise from. Had a blast putting together everything, but I won't hide it was also a hard time! I had to work my hours with this one. Many solos and special chords I wanted to integrate and fuse with the original tunes.

As you can hear I made it sound a lot like some 80s movie theme along with my ordinary instrumentation such as lead synths and atmospheric pads. There is also a finger snap mixed with claps present during a short section. I used that because that particular section made me think of Coconut Mall for some reason, and that theme contains a bit of finger snaps and claps as well

Also couldn't resist using a sampled sound from Mario Kart 8 of Toad himself, "let's go"!

So where the inspiration for this come from? Well, all the 80s music I listened to in my life, playing a lot of MK8 some years ago, and also much from a very special band I listen to now and then called Frost*. It's mix of musicians from other bands gathered to create some darn good music! I really recommend them to you guys who like progressive rock, they are really something else! Listen to their album Hyperventilate and you'll know what I mean.

Remember, this is NOT my Halloween remix this year, I released that one last week lol!

I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

/Neon X
 

[Mega Man 3 - Needle Man Club]

Thanks so much for your thoughts and feedback, much appreciated!

Much outside my ordinary style but couldn't stop writing it like this. Followed the flow and it turned out like this