Gusty Garden Galaxy for Accordion (from Super Mario Galaxy)

[Vuescapes]

Hi everybody,

first, I am not sure if this is the right forum to post this in or not, since this technically not really about a remix but about an arrangement. If this thread fits elsewhere, I'd kindly ask the mods to move it to the right forum. Thanks

Since I'm new here, I should probably introduce myself. My name is Daniel, I am a 26 years old guy from Germany and I study publishing in Munich. Music is my secondary subject and a big hobby of mine. I've been playing the accordion for 20 years and I began playing piano about three years ago through self-study. I play in an accordion orchestra (yes, such things do exist in Germany ) and for our last concert I did an arrangement of "Gusty Garden Galaxy" from "Super Mario Galaxy".

I did it partially by ear and partially by analysing the chord structure. It was my first arrangemet ever and there's certainly room for improvement (I know I didn't get a couple of chords completely right), but nonetheless I am happy how it turned out in the end. Funny enough, OCremix befriended me on YouTube a while ago, probably after having seen the video

Anyways, here is the video of our live performance of Gusty Garden. There are some mistakes in there, too, but Gusty Garden isn't that easy to play, actually . I am the blonde guy at the keys in the background (I switch between the accordion and the keyboard depending on the songs' arrangements), close-up at 2:10.

I'd be happy to know what you guys think of it .

All the best

Daniel

Edited May 12, 2013 by Vuescapes

[Eino Keskitalo]

Well, "OC ReMix" really stands for "OC Reinterpretative arrangeMent".. the "ix" is silent. Anyway, that was pretty cool to hear & watch, so thanks for sharing!

--Eino

[Geoffrey Taucer]

THIS IS AWESOME! lowercase

[Hy Bound]

This is pretty great. Gusty Garden is one of my favorite vg songs of the last couple years and you definitely did it justice.

[DarkeSword]

This is really wonderful.

[Melodious Punk]

fits excellently on accordion! I'm so glad to see another ensemble player on this site as well!

I'm glad you got such a good recording of this, it has a great shape and form. This version is very classy and energetic.

You wouldn't happen to be a fan of tango would you? I don't know your time constraints but I have been playing a TON of video game music as tangos lately and I would loooooooooooooooooooove to record some with an accordion player, and you are very good.

[Scaredsim]

This is a really great cover, well done !

[Vuescapes]

Thanks so much, guys It makes me really happy that you like the arrangement. Coming from so many talented people whose mixes I've adored at OCremix for several years, this really means something to me.

@ Dan

Of course I love tango, why wouldn't I as an accordionist ? I am listening to your Wind Waker Tango right now, will post something later when I finished listening. The thing is I don't own any proper recording equipment (except for normal things like my smartphone ). If you need an accordion for a song, maybe I could rent a mic or recording device somewhere.

We also performed a Tango-Medley which I just uploaded. It's compromised of "La Cumparsita", "Hernando's Hideaway" and "Love smiles". You can watch it at

@ all

I don't know if you're interested, but I did a second arrangement after I finished Gusty Garden. It's not vgm-related, however. I took Jeff Wayne's "Eve of the war" from his musical version of "War of the worlds" and transcribed it. You can watch it here: