{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Bluesky for more updates! https://bsky.app/profile/scruffymusic.bsky.social Outer Wilds is one of my favorite games of all time, and that's in no small part thanks to the folky sci-fi soundtrack by Andrew Prahlow. Join me in exploring how the music in the game encodes Hearthian and Nomai cultures into history, and how, on a whim, it can make you feel cozy or make you feel very small in a tumultuous universe! { ? I ♥ }

I've had the honor of creating the music and sound effects for the high-speed platformer Rollin' Rascal, and its demo recently got a big update with a new multiplayer stage: Slide-show Shuffle, a thrillingly twisted carnival raceway! This is the music I wrote for the stage, I hope you enjoy it! *Instruments used* • Xylophone - East West Hollywood Percussion • Celeste - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Mechanical organ - Sonokinetic Carousel • Electronic organ - Logic Vintage B3 • Rotary clavinet - Logic Vintage Clav • Sawtooth lead - Logic Alchemy • Trumpets & horns - East West Hollywood Brass • Bass guitar - Logic Studio Bass • Bass synth - Logic Alchemy • Drum machine - Logic Jam Pack Remix Tools • Shaker - Logic loops • Hi-speed bass - Logic Sculpture • Hi-speed drums - Logic loops • Hi-speed melody - Spectrasonics Keyscape

Here's a new tiny jam session, an extremely hectic one! It's the theme for timed Red Coin challenges in Super Mario Sunshine! Listening back to the original, I had never noticed that the tempo actually increases in the second half, before settling back down as it loops. That's what really kicked off making this arrangement, where you'll find the tempo changes pretty often! You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-volume-2-red-coin-challenge-super-mario-sunshine If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Instruments used: • Steel Drum - Logic Sampler • Electric piano, fretless bass, & marimba - samples from Waffles's Instrument Hoard • Synth bass - Logic Alchemy • Bass clarinet - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Drum kit - East West Stormdrum Multisamples • Latin percussion - Logic Sampler

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/escape-from-the-city-city-escape-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://x.com/Scruffy_Tweets An arrangement of the City Escape theme from Sonic Adventure 2, with a retro twist! Necessity is the mother of invention: I realized early that a baritone like me couldn't come near Ted Poley and Tony Harnell's original, effortlessly in B major. But if I transposed it down a couple half-steps and slowed it down a bit, I could just hit it at the top of my range. The tempo change got me thinking about the style, and I listened to some Beatles, Sam Cooke, Ricky Nelson, the Teenagers, the Tokens - somehow, oldies rock clicked for this arrangement! So I hope you enjoy it! *Instruments used:* • Live vocals • Live electric guitar • Live snapping and clapping • Bass - Logic Studio Bass (Upright) • Piano - Logic Studio Piano (Upright) • Drums - Logic Drumkit Designer

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/overture-metroid-prime-trilogy-1956-archived-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets I recently managed to digitally archive this orchestral overture to the Metroid Prime Trilogy, a classic sci-fi film series from the 50s! A Hollywood orchestra and choir performs the sinister, bombastic theme with help from otherworldly early synthesizers and a prelude narration. What a blast from the past! Instruments used: • Live narration • Flute, piccolo, and bassoon - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Trumpet, horns, tuba, and bass trombone - East West Hollywood Brass • Timpani and snare - East West Hollywood Percussion • Harp - East West Hollywood Harp • Celeste - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Choir - East West Hollywood Choirs • Violins and full string marcati - East West Hollywood Strings • Melodic synthesizer - Logic ES2 custom patch • Ambient synthesizer - Sugar Bytes Aparillo Global filters used: • Izotope Vinyl to emulate a worn, warping medium of playback • Xfer Records OTT to compress and sculpt loudness • Logic ChromaGlow to emulate tape saturation • Logic DirMix to reduce stereo spread

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets I've talked about proximity voice chat's role in horror games before, but what changes about building such a system when a game is trying to be scary and funny? Thankfully we have two brilliant examples of "horror comedy" games, Lethal Company and Content Warning, to help us find out! Thanks to PhilipIONO, who created the Blender model of the Coil-head that I used in this video! https://philipiono.gumroad.com/ Here's my previous video on proximity voice chat in horror games, which looks at Phasmophobia and In Silence: https://youtu.be/TOa5esB_HIA { ? I ♥ }

Here's a new tiny jam session, and something about it really sounds tiny this time around! It's the Circuit theme from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, carrying the torch of where Tiny Jam Session began. This is such a fun song to jam over, and things really kicked off when I accidentally switched the bass instrument to a punchy 808 synth. You can download the track on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-volume-2-mario-luigi-yoshi-circuit-double-dash If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Instruments used • Bass - Logic Alchemy (808 Bass) • Clavinet - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Accompanying synth - custom Logic ES2 • Temple block and bell - Logic Studio Percussion

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets In this video, I'm comparing the overworld music system in Pikmin 4 to that of Pikmin 3, to demonstrate the difference in their scope! Whether you go for a small, easily extensible little system of musical layers, or shoot for the moon with bespoke instrumental tracks for every scenario, scope is one of the first things to think about when designing an adaptive music system. { ? I ♥ }

Here's a new tiny jam session to kick off a new volume, although it's anything but tiny: an indulgently funky, meter-changey medley of the main themes for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom! You can download the track on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-vol-2-overture-medley-botw-totk If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Instruments used • Drums - RealiTone RealiDrums • Bass - Kontakt Factory Library • Piano and electric piano - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Organ - Logic Vintage B3 • Synth - Logic Alchemy

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/driftveil-village-to-city-pok-mon-black-white-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets My patrons selected Driftveil City from Pokémon Black/White as my next arrangement, and not only was it a fun, engaging arrangement project, but I gave it a twist! It starts with Driftveil Village, a hypothetical historic version of the city, now that Pokémon's Legends games have set the precedent for exploring those. I based it a lot off the vibes of Jubilife Village in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and it provides a nice contrast with the chic, jaunty modern-day version in the second half! I hope you enjoy it! Instruments used: Driftveil Village • Electric piano - Kontakt Hybrid Keys • Sine synth - Sugar Bytes Aparillo • Clavichord, Dolceola - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Harp - East West Hollywood Harp • Village percussion - Logic Sampler Instruments used: Driftveil City • Analog synth - Logic Retro Synth • Synth brass - Logic Sampler, Logic Alchemy • Trumpet, alto sax, & trombone - AcousticSamples VHorns • Additional brass - East West Hollywood Pop Brass • Bass - Logic Alchemy • Organ - Logic Vintage B3 • Melodic string/vox synth - Logic Alchemy • Electronic drums - Roland TR-909, Logic Drum Kit Designer • Auxiliary percussion and cowbell - Logic loops

Album cover by DPC! Check out her lovely art: https://twitter.com/DPC_Art Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/shelldivers-a-helldivers-2-splatoon-crossover-arrangement And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets In the midst of working on arrangements, I've also been playing the fantastic new game HELLDIVERS 2 with my friend DPC. We both started realizing its similarities to Salmon Run from the Splatoon series, so we started crafting a Splatoon/HELLDIVERS crossover: SHELLDIVERS! It was so fun to conceptualize that I arranged the HELLDIVERS 2 theme in a Splatoon-y style, and DPC drew the album artwork! Picture Inklings and Octolings in drop-pods launched from orbit, entering the fray to eliminate encroaching Salmonids from a host of planets colonized by Grizzco, which is now an interplanetary authoritarian megacorp that trumpets propaganda about defending liberty and democracy... although it's clear they're really after those golden salmon eggs. One such piece of propaganda is this crossover resident idol band, Democra-sea, depicted here in the album art! Grouper on the left plays horn, and Taimen on the right plays snare drum, and together they keep morale and obedience at an all-time high among squid kids. So I hope you enjoy this fun little arrangement! After all, it would be treason against Grizzco if you didn't! *Instruments used:* • Live electric guitar • Live five-string electric bass • Live vocals (through heavy filters) • Drums - East West StormDrum Multisamples • Synths - Logic Alchemy • Horns and trumpets - East West Hollywood Brass

Check out Rollin' Rascal's Kickstarter campaign here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curiomatic/rollin-rascal I've had the honor of creating the music and sound effects for the high-speed platformer Rollin' Rascal, and as its Kickstarter campaign has begun, I'd like to share some of the music I've made! Here's one more track for the newest multiplayer race stage that just released with the latest update to the demo! *Instruments used* • Live electric guitar • Live whistling • Bass - Synth E-Bass (the G.O.A.T.) • Extra synth bass - Logic Alchemy • 808 Bass - Roland TR-808 • Synth flute - Logic ES2 • Metal percussion - East West StormDrum • Taiko ensemble - East West StormDrum 2 • Electronic drums - Logic Drum Machine Designer • Vibraphone - East West Hollywood Percussion • Synth brass - Sugar Bytes Aparillo • Brass section - Logic Studio Horns • Piano - Logic Sampler • Extra flute - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Hi-speed bells - East West StormDrum 2 • Hi-speed drums - Effected Logic loops

Featuring Rusty on accordion! Check out his BandCamp page: https://rudder.bandcamp.com/ Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/wind-waker-cinematic-overture-arranged-by-scruffy-feat-rusty And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! Today I'm happy to share the largest, most ambitious video game music arrangement I've made to date: a big medley of classic tunes from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, woven together and orchestrated as though they're a Hollywood score for a blockbuster animated film! It's been a long time coming, and a lot of work, with over 120 moving parts playing some rich, complicated music. But I'm extremely pleased with the result, especially since I got to collaborate with Rusty, my good friend and foremost Wind Waker appreciator, who provided the accordion part! And now, I invite you to sit back, take the whole thing in, and imagine what kind of action might be happening on the big screen in a swashbuckler animated film about The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. *Instruments used* • Live accordion, performed by Rusty • Live clarinet, performed by Scruffy • Live penny whistle, performed by Scruffy • Live SATB choir, performed by Scruffy • Piccolo, flutes, & oboes - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Clarinet runs - Polyphone Maestro Clarinet & East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Bassoon - Embertone Popelka Bassoon • Trumpets & muted trumpet section - East West Hollywood Brass • Solo trumpet - AcousticSamples VHorns • Solo flugelhorn - AcousticSamples VHorns • Solo horn - 8Dio Century Solo Brass • French horn section - East West Hollywood Brass • Trombone - AcousticSamples VHorns • Solo tuba - Roland SoundCanvas • Tuba & bass trombone section - East West Hollywood Brass • Hi-hat - Logic Drum Kit • Bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, gong, tambourine, timpani, & vibraphone - East West Hollywood Percussion • Harp - East West Hollywood Harp • Piano - East West Pianos Bechstein • Celeste - Waffles's Pik Pack • Supplemental choir voices - Logic Sampler • Violins, violas, cellos, and basses, including pizzicato, tremolo, and sul pont articulations - East West Hollywood Strings • Solo violin & solo cello - Performance Samples Pacific • Solo contrabass - 8Dio Intimate Strings

Check out Rollin' Rascal's Kickstarter campaign here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curiomatic/rollin-rascal I've had the honor of creating the music and sound effects for the high-speed platformer Rollin' Rascal, and as its Kickstarter campaign has begun, I'd like to share some of the music I've made! Here's a bonus track: a theme for trailers showing off speedrun routes in the Rollin' Rascal demo! *Instruments used* • Acid bass - Logic Alchemy • Drum break - East West StormDrum 1 • Electronic Drums - Logic Drum Kit Designer • Main melody & chords - Digital Suburban Dexed • Orchestra hit - Roland SoundCanvas • Supporting melody - Logic Alchemy & ES2 • Supporting chords/sequence - Logic Alchemy • Supporting percussion, congas, & tambourine - Logic loops

Check out Rollin' Rascal's Kickstarter campaign here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curiomatic/rollin-rascal I've had the honor of creating the music and sound effects for the high-speed platformer Rollin' Rascal, and as its Kickstarter campaign has begun, I'd like to share some of the music I've made! Here's a bonus track: the reveal trailer theme, the first thing I composed for Rollin' Rascal! *Instruments used* • Live electric guitar • Live acoustic guitar • Bass - Logic Sampler • Drums - RealiTone RealiDrums • Synth chords - Logic Sculpture & Sampler • Synth brass - Logic ES2 • Flute - Logic Sampler • Organ - Logic Vintage B3

Check out Rollin' Rascal's Kickstarter campaign here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curiomatic/rollin-rascal. I've had the honor of creating the music and sound effects for the high-speed platformer Rollin' Rascal, and as its Kickstarter campaign has begun, I'd like to share some of the music I've made! This is the full tune used for the Kickstarter trailer! *Instruments used* • Live electric guitar • Live electric 5-string bass • Drums & tambourine - Realitone RealiDrums • Electronic percussion - Logic loops • Electric piano - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Organ - Logic Vintage B3 • Bass synth & melody synth - Logic Alchemy • Trumpets - East West Hollywood Pop Brass

Check out Rollin' Rascal's Kickstarter campaign here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curiomatic/rollin-rascal I've had the honor of creating the music and sound effects for the high-speed platformer Rollin' Rascal, and as its Kickstarter campaign has begun, I'd like to share some of the music I've made! This is the loop for the title screen, and the multiplayer lobby theme happens to be a chill version of the same tune! *Instruments used* • Live electric guitar • Bass - Ample Sound Bass Lite • Drum kit - East West Joe Chiccarelli Drums • Electric piano - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Synth chords & bass - Logic Alchemy • Electronic drums - Logic Drum Kit Designer

Check out Rollin' Rascal's Kickstarter campaign here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curiomatic/rollin-rascal I've had the honor of creating the music and sound effects for the high-speed platformer Rollin' Rascal, and as its Kickstarter campaign has begun, I'd like to share some of the music I've made! This is Sunrise Shores, a serene beach stage that teaches you Rascal's moves. Maintaining high speeds will earn you an extra musical layer to cheer you on! *Instruments used* • Live nylon string guitar • Bass - Logic Sampler fretless • Chords & marimba - Logic Sampler • Synth melody - Logic ES2 • Pandeiro, surdo, and additional percussion - Logic loops

Check out Rollin' Rascal's Kickstarter campaign here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curiomatic/rollin-rascal I've had the honor of creating the music and sound effects for the high-speed platformer Rollin' Rascal, and as its Kickstarter campaign has begun, I'd like to share some of the music I've made! This is the tune that plays during a multiplayer race level. Maintaining high speeds will earn you an extra musical layer to cheer you on! *Instruments used* • Sub bass - Logic Alchemy • Synth chords & brass - Logic Alchemy, Logic Sampler • Clavinet - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Organ - Logic Vintage B3 • Electronic drums - Roland TR-909 • Additional percussion - Logic loops

Check out Rollin' Rascal's Kickstarter campaign here! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/curiomatic/rollin-rascal I've had the honor of creating the music and sound effects for the high-speed platformer Rollin' Rascal, and as its Kickstarter campaign begins February 6, I'd like to share some of the music I've made! This is Buccaneer's Beach, an action-packed tropical locale with multiple paths to explore and plenty of enemies to smash. Maintaining high speeds will earn you an extra musical layer to cheer you on! *Instruments used* • Live electric guitar • Live acoustic guitar • Bass - Logic Sampler • Drums - RealiTone RealiDrums • Organ - Logic Vintage B3 • Flute - Logic Sampler • Synth brass - Logic ES2 • Synth chords - Logic Alchemy • Synth accompaniment - Logic Sculpture & Sampler • Sitar - East West Ra • Hi-speed keyboard - Keyscape CP-70 • Hi-speed drums - Logic loops

A definitive edition of Aerith has arrived as a custom character in the fighting game Rivals of Aether! Here's a link to her, and her custom stage Sector 5, in Steam Workshop! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3122192177 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3122192251 Thanks to @mitsame_ for reaching out to have me arrange some Final Fantasy VII music in the style of the Rivals of Aether soundtrack! Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/aerith-definitive-edition-an-arrangement-by-scruffy-for-the-rivals-of-aether-custom-character And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Pikmin 2 experimented a lot with level design using cave levels that piece together terrain segments in random assortments. But did you know that the music in those caves works the same way? Check out how Pikmin 2's amazing MIDI system constructs music in realtime and still reacts to the player's actions! Big kudos to my friend Waffles for help with the inspiration, research, and audio examples for this video! This wouldn't have come to fruition without their help! { ? I ♥ }

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! This is it: the finale! I wrap up the enormous final expedition and the final area, and offer some retrospective thoughts on the completed game. There will still be supplemental episodes coming up where I narrate the troves of flavor text in this massive game, but otherwise, this is the last of our adventure through Pikmin 4! I'd like to thank all of you for supporting and enjoying this fun endeavor and this experiment with recording gameplay and commentary. Now I'll be back to work on what I do best, What I Love videos and music, and it'll probably be a good while before I try something like this again. But I really enjoyed putting this together for you, and it's become a dedicated journal of my thoughts on the game... so suffice it to say this likely won't be the last game I'll record! The music used at the dedication at the end is me performing a bit of "Namida Ga Afureta" by Strawberry Flower.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! This is the penultimate episode, exploring deeper into the game's final area, taking on the last formidable Dandori challenges and clashes, and completing the final night mission! We're getting very close to the ending! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Concerto pour ondes Martenot, 1. Andante - Allegro Moderato" composed by Marcel Landowski.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! It's time for another big adventure: three night missions, two exploration days, and one final big new area to explore! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Concerto pour ondes Martenot, 1. Andante - Allegro Moderato" composed by Marcel Landowski.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! In a big adventure and Dandori test of an episode, we explore some engaging caves and wrap up all the remaining treasures and tasks in the game's 5th area! But it seems even that's not the end of our adventure... as foreshadowed by the increasingly dangerous night missions! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Concerto pour ondes Martenot, 1. Andante - Allegro Moderato" composed by Marcel Landowski.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! This is one big marathon of the remaining Dandori trials I unlocked, some of the most difficult multitasking challenges the game has to offer! But the rewards to collect from it are particularly sweet, so let's persevere and see them all through!

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! Another day in the game's 5th area leads to some lovely new discoveries, it's such a fun area to explore. And then another night mission features an especially foreboding returning enemy... and last but not least, one of the most difficult Dandori challenges in the game fries my brain! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Concerto pour ondes Martenot, 1. Andante - Allegro Moderato" composed by Marcel Landowski.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! We're going all in on completing Captain Olimar's side adventure, reveling in all the nostalgic throwbacks, considerable challenges, and alluring rewards this timed mode brings us! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament for the Bishop of Argyll," performed by Bonnie Rideout

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! We're now into the post-game of Pikmin 4, but it honestly seems more like the second half of the game than an epilogue: there's so much to do! We check out the game's 5th area, and continue a side adventure with Captain Olimar. And I ensure his most recent Dandori battle is decked in a platinum medal! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament for the Bishop of Argyll," performed by Bonnie Rideout

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! This is it: the final push to rescue Captain Olimar, the conclusion of our main mission, and the end credits... but that's hardly the ending! The game then opens up into a sizeable epilogue with all sorts of surprises, and even just scratching the surface, I can tell it's going to be the most challenging part of the whole game! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament" composed by Malcolm Williamson, performed by the Northern Sinfonia.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! We're visiting not one but two caves in the game's 4th area, the second of which in particular is a lovely throwback and an interesting challenge! By the end, I redeem my Dandori by getting a platinum in the challenge I just barely finished last episode, complete with some play-by-play commentary! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament" composed by Malcolm Williamson, performed by the Northern Sinfonia.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! We're now focused on the game's 4th area, from its fascinating and vibrant lighting, to its tougher Dandori challenges, to closing in on Captain Olimar's whereabouts! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament for the Bishop of Argyll," performed by Bonnie Rideout.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! Featuring not one but two days for completely clearing up the 3rd area, which still hosts a slew of surprises. But the second day is particularly tranquil, a nice reprieve from the chaotic adventures that have surrounded it, and definitely clinches it as my favorite area in the game. Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Concerto pour ondes Martenot, 1. Andante - Allegro Moderato" composed by Marcel Landowski.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! I can't shake my curiosity about the game's 4th area, and it turns out it also features its share of caves—difficult ones with fascinating new gameplay mechanics to add! Between that, a night mission, and a Dandori challenge, I'm constantly on my feet this episode. Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament" composed by Malcolm Williamson, performed by the Northern Sinfonia.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! We take a sneak peak at the game's 4th area, then we venture into the deeper waters of the 3rd area... including clashing with a formidable watery foe who makes a harrowing return from Pikmin 2! The music used in the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "The Sleeping Beauty," performed by Alison Pearce and Susan Drake.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! After a crazy last episode and an unfortunate massacre of Pikmin, this episode goes way smoother with a fantastically designed cave and more of this fascinating 3rd area! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Concerto pour ondes Martenot, 1. Andante - Allegro Moderato" composed by Marcel Landowski.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! This time, we're venturing into the game's 3rd area, probably my favorite one yet! And I'm pretty sure the cave I enter in the latter half of this episode features the boss everyone has been hoping for me to encounter... Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament" composed by Malcolm Williamson, performed by the Northern Sinfonia.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! This is an episode packed with two full caves, a Dandori challenge, nearly every last item in the game's 2nd area, and a much smoother night mission! There's a lot to see in this one! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament" composed by Malcolm Williamson, performed by the Northern Sinfonia.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! It's time to try out some night expeditions, which, surprise surprise, turn out to be a fair shake more difficult than day expeditions! In between them is a more peaceful daytime exploration of the 2nd area. Content warning: Oatchi gets downed during a mission in this episode, around 53:15. He turns out just fine in the end, but I just wanted to alert you of it because it certainly broke my heart when it happened! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Concerto pour ondes Martenot, 1. Andante - Allegro Moderato" composed by Marcel Landowski.

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! In one big episode, I commit my biggest lapse of Dandori so far in finishing up the first area... but then we triumph through our largest cave expedition yet in the second area! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament for the Bishop of Argyll," performed by Bonnie Rideout

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! From here on out, there will be a minor spoiler warning on these videos, because this goes beyond what was available in the demo of Pikmin 4. in this episode, we head out to explore the new 2nd area, teeming with animal life old and new, and venture into the darkest cave expedition so far! Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament for the Bishop of Argyll," performed by Bonnie Rideout

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! In this episode, we resolve the cliffhanger from last time, and then finish exploring as much of the first area as we can!

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! This episode sees us answering some questions that linger in the Sun-Speckled Terrace, places I had spotted but not yet explored... and just as many questions arise in the process, especially in a big cliffhanger at the end of the day! Apologies for the overall Dandori scarcity in this episode. 😅

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! Day 3 of exploration features a new, more complex cave, yet more discoveries about Pikmin and about the people we're rescuing, and me testing a theory of mine about how the adaptive music works above ground!

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! This episode marks the point where the game really opens up and truly blossoms into the Pikmin game we were waiting for. Episodes will be longer than they have been from here on out, just because there's so much to see and do in even one exploration day!

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! In this episode, I finish off Day 1 with another rescue, a base of operations, an initial little posse of Pikmin, and a treasure hunt!

Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen! In this episode, I begin the game and play through its prologue, and then I create a custom character and take my first steps on a rescue mission!

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Like many, I've lately been absorbed in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and I wanted to make a video about a strong orchestration decision that glues the soundtrack together, and helps it stand out within the Zelda franchise! Not to worry if you haven't tried the game, or if you're only just starting: this video is spoiler-free! Thanks to Samuel (@Un1cornHuntrSam) for the Automatic Blender Terrain Generator geometry nodes, which came in very handy with visuals in this video. "Bassoon And Pipe Organ" (https://skfb.ly/6TToF) by pizzabrian is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). "Flute" (https://skfb.ly/6WMMX) by Antonio Waletzki is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Public domain sounds from Freesound.org { ? I ♥ }

Check out Gary the Duck before you watch this! https://youtu.be/YafqfwipnGM And here's where you can find the members of the pro-duck-tion team! Greg Blum: Youtube - @gregblummusic Instagram - @g2theblum Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1xNd3DxpICUhTvosbpffuW Mahra Peterkin: Instagram - @VirtualForest TikTok - @VirtualForest Ben Knight: YouTube - @KnightOwl_Art EV Knight: Instagram - @evangelinethedinosaur Scruffy: { You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Join me and all the artists who worked on Gary the Duck as we discuss, from conception to final export, how we created this animated music video! { ? I ♥ }

Big thanks to Allison Martin on trombone! She knocked it outta the (riverside) park!! Here's where you can find her: allisonmartintrombone.com Twitter: amartintbone Instagram: allisonmartintrombone YouTube: @AllisonMartin Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/riverside-park-mario-kart-super-circuit-arranged-by-scruffy-feat-allison-martin And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets A jazzy take on the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remix of a classic track from Mario Kart: Super Circuit. I heard the trombone melody and knew I had to give it a try! And I had fun programming some MIDI-driven animation in Blender to go along with it! *Instruments used* • Live trombone by Allison Martin • Live recorder • GameBoy Advance startup - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Kalimba - Logic Sampler • Marimbas - Logic Sampler • Djembe ensemble - East West Ra • Clave, cuica - Logic Sampler • Timbale, cabasa - Logic Studio Percussion • Drumset, cowbell - Realitone RealiDrums • Conga - East West Ra • Bass - Kontakt Factory Library • Baritone sax - AcousticSamples VHorns • Clavinet - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Organ - Logic Vintage B3 Organ

I sing the praises of the Pikmin series pretty often, but no game series is perfect. Join me in discovering one of the biggest snags in Pikmin 3's gameplay, boss caps, and how it applies to the different bosses you face in the game. And happy April Fool's day! Kudos to Pikhacker and Vinicius for the Pikmin 3 Deluxe HUD removal mod!

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/flying-through-outer-space-kirby-super-star-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Here's my take on Flying Through Outer Space from Kirby Super Star, which would play in the planet map from which you select a level in the game's spacefaring story, Milky Way Wishes. It mixes some classic Kirby instruments with Hollywood orchestra to continually ramp up tension, while still adding a little jazz here and there. I hope you enjoy it! *Instruments used* • Live clarinet • Organ, synth strings, synth bass, melodic panflute, and synth kick, snare, and hi hat - samples from Kirby Super Star • Marimba - Logic Sampler • Synth voices - Logic Alchemy • Mark tree - Lightware 1 Stratus • Sine wave synth - Logic Alchemy • Upright bass - Kontakt Factory Selection • Piano - Logic Sampler • Bass clarinet - Best Service Peter Siedlaczek’s Advanced Orchestra • Legato trumpets and trombones - AcousticSamples VHorns, Embertone Chapman Trumpet • Staccato trumpets and trombones - East West Hollywood Brass • Orchestra snare, timpani, cymbals, bass drum, and gong - East West Hollywood Percussion • Violins, violas, cellos, and basses - East West Hollywood Strings

Mario has arrived as a custom character in the fighting game Rivals of Aether! Here's a link to him, and his custom stage, Mushroom Kingdom, in Steam Workshop! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2944680077 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2944659857 Apologies for the re-upload, but the old video had incorrect credit information and I needed to make sure to update it. Thank you for understanding. Thanks to @mitsame_ for reaching out to have me arrange some Super Mario Bros. music in the style of the Rivals of Aether soundtrack! Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/mario-arrangements-by-scruffy-for-the-rivals-of-aether-custom-character And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/vs-penny-pok-mon-scarlet-violet-arranged-in-the-6-styles-of-her-team And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Let's kick off 2023 with my largest video game arrangement in a long while! Here's the theme for battling Penny in Pokémon Scarlet/Violet, and listen as it switches between six different styles for the six Eeveelutions on her Pokémon team! 0:00 Umbreon (Dark type) 0:52 Vaporeon (Water type) 1:30 Jolteon (Electric type) 2:18 Flareon (Fire type) 3:15 Leafeon (Grass type) 3:52 Terastallized Sylveon (Fairy type) 4:50 One last push! And now, deep breath, the *instruments used:* Umbreon's part • sample of Umbreon's cry • Bass - Logic ES2 + Alchemy • Chimes - Logic Sculpture • Lead synth and riser - Logic ES2 • Arpeggiator - Logic ES2 • Chords - Logic ES2 • Drum samples - Realitone RealiDrums • Electronic drums - Roland TR-909 + Logic loops Vaporeon's part • sample of Vaporeon's cry • Bass - Logic ES2 + Alchemy • Drums - Amen break sample • Vibraphone - sample from Waffles's Pik Pack • Steel drums - Logic Sampler • Piano - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Sine wave - stock Logic Sampler • Harp - East West Hollywood Harp Jolteon's part • sample of Jolteon's cry • Trumpets - East West Hollywood Brass + AcousticSamples Vhorns • Trombones - AcousticSamples Vhorns • Tuba - Embertone Chapman Tuba • Bass trombone - Logic Studio Horns • Marching band percussion - Logic Sampler (Orchestral Kit) • Electric harpsichord - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Lead synth - Logic RetroSynth • Arpeggiator - Logic RetroSynth • Bass - Logic ES2 • Drum kit - Logic loops Flareon's part • sample of Flareon's cry • Bass - Logic Sculpture + Spectrasonics Keyscape • Reverberant effects - Sugar Bytes Aparillo (Nuclear VN) • Glitchy effects - Logic Alchemy drum samples (+ Izotope Trash 2) • Synth lead - Logic Alchemy + Logic RetroSynth • Drums - Realitone RealiDrums • Electronic drums - Logic loops • Lead guitar - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Gong - Logic Sampler Leafeon's part • sample of Leafeon's cry • Live accordion • Drums - Logic loops • Bass - sample from Waffles's Pik Pack • Piano - Spectrasonics Keyscape • Guitar - sample from Waffles's Instrument Hoard • Pan flute - sample from Waffles's Instrument Hoard Sylveon's part • sample of Sylveon's cry • sample of the Terastallization sequence in Pokémon Scarlet/Violet • Kick - sample from Waffles's Pik Pack • Snare - samples from Logic Drum Machine Designer • Hi-hat - samples from Waffles's Pik Pack • Bass - Logic ES2 • Buildup effect - Logic RetroSynth • Downer effect - Logic ES2 • Lead - Ymck Magical 8-bit • Choir - Logic Sampler • Synth chords - Logic ES2 • Synth strings - Logic RetroSynth • Chiptune accompaniment - Logic Alchemy • sample of a mark tree from Waffles's Pik Pack • public domain sample of children playing on a playground • sample of children cheering from Logic loops • public domain sample of wind chimes • personal recording of frothing bubbles • public domain sample of a firework exploding • Chill bass - Logic ES2 + Logic Alchemy • Chill arpeggiator - Logic ES2 • Chill lead - Logic ES2 • Trumpets - East West Hollywood Brass

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets This video is a follow-up to my last video about "Now or Never" in the Splatoon series. You can check that video out here! https://youtu.be/38h8eudzy7k "Now or Never" is Splatoon's theme to ramp up the tension in the last 60 seconds of Turf War gameplay. The theme has several renditions in Splatoon 3, so I'm here to explore what's familiar, what's new, and what's undoubtedly fresh about them! Also, an important correction: I've been informed it's Shiver, not Frye, who sings the chorus melody in Deep Cut's rendition of Now or Never. That's my mistake, my apologies. Still, she offers a good demonstration of the vocal technique in question! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:51 Now or Never: Turf War Version 5:48 Now or Never: Splatfest Version 7:18 Now or Never: Tableturf Battle Version 7:57 Outro { ? I ♥ }

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/maple-treeway-mario-kart-wii-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Hello everyone! Here's a classic from Mario Kart Wii: Maple Treeway! I really wanted something cozy and autumnal this month, but as it's a karting tune and my last arrangement for the year, it ends up in high spirits too! I hope you enjoy it! *Instruments used* • Live melodica • Live half-nylon mini guitar (with some help from East West's Classical Guitar) • Live clarinet • Soprano sax - AcousticSamples V Horns • Jazz guitar - sample from Waffles's Instrument Hoard • Bass - Kontakt Factory Selection • Piano - Keyscape Yamaha C7 Grand • Strings - East West Hollywood Strings • Conga - East West Ra • Triangle - sample from Waffles's Pik Pack • Drums - Realitone RealiDrums • Tambourine - Logic loops

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/romani-ranch-medley-the-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Hello everyone! This is a special one: the vote for this year's Halloween arrangement landed on Romani Ranch from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and I'm very happy with how the arrangement turned out! It tells a slightly different story from the events of the game... *Instruments used* • Live harmonica • Live clarinet • Electric guitar - sample from Waffles's Instrument Hoard • Steel-string acoustic - sample from Waffles's Instrument Hoard • Bass - Logic Sampler (Liverpool Bass) • Lap steel guitar - Keyscape (Clavinet) • Cello mellotron - Logic Vintage Mellotron • Sound edits - Michael Norris Spectral Shuffle • Alien vessel sounds - Logic Sampler (Whistler) and Logic ES2 custom patch • Alien synths - Sugar Bytes Aparillo • Large tom drums - East West Stormdrum • Electronic drum - sample from Waffles's Pik Pack • Rhythmic chord synth - Logic RetroSynth • Aleatoric basses - 8dio CAGE Strings • Synth melody - Logic ES2 custom patch • String layers - Logic Alchemy, Logic ES2, and Spitfire Audio LABS (Frozen Strings) • Sample of Romani's yell from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (voiced by Jun Mizusawa) • Space drone - Sugar Bytes Aparillo • Final Hours strings - Spitfire Audio LABS (Scary Strings) • Final Hours bell chime - Logic Alchemy • public domain explosion/thunder samples, and East West Hollywood Percussion, for the final explosion

Aerith has arrived as a custom character in the fighting game Rivals of Aether! Here's a link to her, and her custom stage Forgotten City, in Steam Workshop! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2879225984 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2879813992 Thanks to @mitsame_ for reaching out to have me arrange some Final Fantasy VII music in the style of the Rivals of Aether soundtrack! Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/aerith-arrangements-by-scruffy-for-the-rivals-of-aether-custom-character And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

Aerith has arrived as a custom character in the fighting game Rivals of Aether! Here's a link to her, and her custom stage Forgotten City, in Steam Workshop! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2879225984 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2879813992 Thanks to @mitsame_ for reaching out to have me arrange some Final Fantasy VII music in the style of the Rivals of Aether soundtrack! Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/aerith-arrangements-by-scruffy-for-the-rivals-of-aether-custom-character And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/spring-underground-medley-pikmin-adventure-nintendo-land-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets By my patrons' vote in September, I arranged a medley of the "Spring" and "Underground" stage themes from Pikmin Adventure, one of the attractions in the Wii U title Nintendo Land. And funnily enough, it coincided with the announcement that Pikmin 4 will be coming out next year, so I really wanted to buckle down and make this arrangement a little celebration! Listen out for some callbacks to other Pikmin underground music during the Underground section, for which I have Waffles to thank for the lovely samples! *Instruments used* • Live recorder • Xylophone, marimba - East West Hollywood Percussion • Glass marimba - Logic Sampler • Tubular bells, vibraphone - samples from Waffles's Pik Pack • Hang drum - Ample Percussion Clouddrum • Timpani, timpani rolls - East West Hollywood percussion • Xylophone and marimba - East West Hollywood Percussion • Staccato string section - mix of Spitfire Audio LABS and East West Hollywood Strings • Solo strings - 8Dio Intimate Studio Strings • Bagpipe - East West Ra • Talking drum, maracas, congas, & tambourine - Logic loops • Electronic bass drum - Logic Drum Machine Designer ("Depth Charge") • Snare drum, bass drum, & cymbals - East West Hollywood Percussion • Glockenspiel - sample from Waffles's Pik Pack • Small metallic percussion - East West Stormdrum 2 • Hi-hat - East West ProDrummer Joe Chiccarelli • Low descending synth - Logic ES2 custom patch • Distorted kabuki percussion - sample from Waffles's Japan Pack • Metal percussion melody - mix of Waffles's Pik Pack (Byeon Group Tuned) and Logic Sculpture (custom patch) • Flute - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Pikmin 2 instruments - samples from Waffles's Pik Pack (Lite Pipe, Bass Clarinet Staccato 1, Pan Bottle, Legend Mute, Temple Block, Udu, Tablas, Brite Steel, Jaco's Bass, & Synth Violin)

Here's a new tiny jam session: another classic video game tune, Treasure Trove Cove from Banjo-Kazooie, done in a wildly different style than the original! You can download the track on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-treasure-trove-cove-banjo-kazooie If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic *Instruments used* • Live ukelele (with help from East West Ra) • Lap steel - Spectrasonics Keyscape (Clavinet) • Vibraphone - sample taken from Waffles's Pik Pack • Guitar - Logic Sampler • Bass - Logic Sculpture • Bongos - Logic Studio Percussion • Bucket-mute trumpet - Acousticsamples VHorns Trumpet 2

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/restaurant-overcooked-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets This month, by my patrons' vote, I've arranged the Restaurant theme from Overcooked! It was originally a piece of stock music called "Penne for Your Thoughts" that was licensed for the game, but I've arranged it from the perspective of playing the game: trying to contrast the chaos and time limit of the kitchen with the customers' likely tranquil experience, wherever they're dining. I hope you enjoy it! *Instruments used* • Live accordion • Live clarinet • Live half-size nylon guitar • Additional guitar - Logic Sampler, East West Classical Guitar • Bass - Kontakt Factory Selection • Electronic drums - Logic DMD (Ibiza) • Acoustic drums - Realitone RealiDrums • Vibraphone - sample from Waffles's Pik Pack • Piano - Spectrasonic Keyscape • Trumpets - East West Hollywood Brass • Timer - Logic Sampler (default empty instrument) • Various public domain foley sounds of restaurant ambience, plates smashing, bell ringing

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Today we study two horror games, Phasmophobia and In Silence, that have approached their multiplayer voice chat in a unique way, to ensure it promotes both cooperation and a good looming feeling of tension! Thanks to Wolfgang for helping me with this script! { ? I ♥ }

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/kefkas-theme-final-fantasy-vi-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets This month, by my patrons' vote, I've arranged Kefka's theme from Final Fantasy VI! There were a lot of ways I could have approached arranging this theme, and I chose to go about it a bit like Switched-on Bach, with a parade of synthesizers treating the melody like the subject of a fugue! It ended up very fun to work with these sounds and create a bit of counterpoint off of the ideas presented in the original, while still keeping it eccentric and sinister! Thanks to almam for creating ALMAMPlayer, the MIDI visualizer I used in this video! It's available on itch here: https://almam.itch.io/almamplayer *Instruments used* • Various customized patches of Logic Alchemy, Logic ES2, and Logic RetroSynth

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Join me in exploring the little details that make Pokémon Legends: Arceus a refreshing, immersive soundscape, exactly what is needed for an experimental gameplay revamp like itself! Thanks to DavoGato for helping me retrieve assets for this video, and to him, Wolfgang, and rud for helping me with the script! "Invisible" Sound Design in Breath of the Wild: https://youtu.be/Vgev9Gzybk8 0:00 Intro 1:02 Sound Design Exploration 4:47 Music Exploration 8:28 Spoiler Content 10:39 Outro { ? I ♥ }

Here's a new tiny jam session: Gotta Catch 'Em All, the theme song from the Pokémon anime, covered in a very different style! You can download the track on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-gotta-catch-em-all-pok-mon If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic *Instruments used* • Live vocals sung by Scruffy • Live half-nylon mini guitar (with some help from Ample Sound's Acoustic Guitar) • Live electric five-string bass • Snare drum - Realitone Realidrums

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/flipside-super-paper-mario-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets As voted by my patrons, I've arranged a classic tune from Super Paper Mario: Flipside, the interdimensional hub city in the game! It has a charming accordion part that I just had to cover live, and just plenty of details that were really fun to reconstruct and play with. And of course, Flipside isn't the only side of the story, so stay tuned for the latter half of this arrangement! *Instruments used* • Live accordion • Live clarinet • Pocket watch ticking - 8Dio Mini • Electronic drums - Kontakt Factory Selection (Urban Beats) • Hand percussion - Logic Studio Percussion • Wooden frogs - East West Stormdrum 3 • Double bass - Logic Sculpture (Synthetic Double Bass) • Bass marimba - Dexed, Yamaha DX7 patch • Bass accompaniment - Waffles' Pik Pack (Obyrez) • Bass clarinet - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Countermelody synths - Logic ES2 custom patches • Melodic piano - Keyscape Yamaha C7 • Flute - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Melodic synth - Logic RetroSynth • Decorative synths - Logic Retrosynth, Sculpture, and Waffles' Pik Pack (Winter Sun) • Marimba - Logic Sampler • Accompaniment piano - Logic Sampler (Steinway Grand) • Rhodes - Keyscape LA Custom Rhodes • Bouzouki - Logic Sampler • Strings - East West Hollywood Strings • Xylophone - Logic Sampler • Sample of cursor sound effect from Super Paper Mario

A very small jam session, taking liberties with Chemical Plant Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2! You can download the track on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-chemical-plant-zone-sonic-the-hedgehog-2 If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Instruments used: Clavinet and Rhodes - Keyscape Bass - Kontakt Factory Selection Strings - East West Hollywood Strings Horn blasts- East West Hollywood Pop Brass Drums - Logic loops

Physical copies available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1217796418/topical-wilds-a-fanmade-pikmin-zine Digital copies available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1218661332/topical-wilds-digitial-version-a-fanmade?ref=share_v4_lx Check the Twitter page for more info! https://twitter.com/TopicalWilds A team of Pikmin fans, artists, and friends have put together a zine all about Pikmin, featuring articles, poems, stories, recipes, activities, and more! A lot of work went into creating it and printing it, and we hope you enjoy checking it out!

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-mountain-sonic-colors-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets This month, the video game arrangement my patrons chose was a fun one: Sweet Mountain from Sonic Colors! Since this tune features samples of a big band, I had some fun and wrote a bit of a love letter to several big bands I've absorbed over the years, by taking tiny samples of them and collaging them into a part in this arrangement! We also may visit more Sonic-series mountains than just the Sweet variety with this melody... *Instruments used* • Small samples of various big band recordings, including (in the order they appear in the arrangement): - "Nutville" from "The Roar of '74" - Buddy Rich - "Watermelon Man" from "Act Your Age" - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - "Jump Up, Super Star!" from "Super Mario Odyssey" - The Super Mario Players - "Backwoods Sideman" from "The Roar of '74" - Buddy Rich - "Let's Play Live! Ep.2 - Mario Kart 64 Soundtrack" - The 8-Bit Big Band - "I Won't Say (I'm In Love)" from "Hercules" - Alan Menken - "Pronk" from "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1" - Jacob Mann Big Band - "On Fire" from "Eleven" - Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band - "Au - Leu - Cha" from "Chasin' the Bird - A Tribute to Charlie Parker" - Bohuslän Big Band - "Dameron" from "The Way - The Music of Slide Hampton" - Vanguard Jazz Orchestra - "Race to the Bridge" from "That's How We Roll" - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - "Parker's Mood" from "Chasin' the Bird - A Tribute to Charlie Parker" - Bohuslän Big Band • samples of "Stage Clear" and "Color Power - Yellow Drill" from "Vivid Sound x Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack" • drum sample of "Red Hot Skull (Red Mountain)" from "Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation)" • Supplemental horns - Logic Studio Horns, East West Pop Brass • Drums - Realitone RealiDrums • Bass - Logic Sampler, live electric five-string bass • Melody - Keyscape Clavinet • Piano - Keyscape Yamaha C7 • Electric Guitar - East West Ministry of Rock • Overdrive electronic drums - Roland TR-808

Check out Frog Vibes! Twitter: @HereComesNiko Discord: https://discord.gg/ajcfuZ7 Official Website: https://herecomesniko.com/ { You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets I got the chance to interview Stijn van Wakeren and Melissa Kragten, my friends and two game designers of the indie game Here Comes Niko! We talk about the process of creating a wholesome, chill game world, gameplay tailored for an audience, and creating a rich soundscape. You end up wearing a lot of hats as indie game developers! Thanks to DavoGato for introducing me to this game! { ? I ♥ }

Launch into your favorite Mario Kart courses with a brand new Standard Kart, built in a class of its own! Happy April Fool's Day!

Thanks to Carlos Eiene on piano and bass! https://www.youtube.com/user/insaneintherainmusic https://www.insaneintherainmusic.com/ Thanks to 1caaake on vocals! https://youtube.com/channel/UCX3tLqDPSqbE7Few6Fx8UCQ Thanks to Dom Palombi on drums! https://youtube.com/c/DomPalombiMusic https://www.twitch.tv/dompalombimusic https://www.dompalombimusic.com/ You can download the track on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/dear-old-such-and-such If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic An original jazz tune, following different characters in the same "canon" as my previous song Robots. Thanks so much to the amazing guest artists on this tune, it wouldn't be half of what it is without you.

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/noisy-notebook-c-snipperclips-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets This past month my patrons voted on some themes from co-op games, and the winner by far was Noisy Notebook C, a tune from Snipperclips! This game is all about teaming up as companion pieces of paper, clipping each other into the right shapes for charming little quests across many levels. And the music is so much fun, this might be the most fun I've had arranging a piece of video game music so far. Even with its original charm and lovely melodic composition, I still found ways to have fun with the orchestration and style. I hope you enjoy it! *Instruments used* • Live accordion • Live clarinet • Live mini nylon guitar • Drums - Fantom Brush Jazz Kit (thanks to Waffles!!) • Percussion - Logic Studio Percussion and Sampler (Latin Kit) • Flute - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Synths - Waffles' Pik Pack, and an edited clarinet sample from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time • Pizzicato strings - Waffles Pik Pack • Staccato violins - East West Hollywood Strings • Celeste, Wurlitzer, upright piano, and toy piano - Keyscape • Mandolin - East West Ra • Bass - Kontakt Factory Selection (Funk Bass) • Bassoon - Embertone Popelka Bassoon • Tuba - 8Dio Century Solo Brass

Thanks to Mattmatatt for the amazing guitar work! You can find him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattMatatt And check out his music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/mattmatatt Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/scourge-of-the-furies-hades-arranged-by-scruffy-feat-mattmatatt And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets This month my patrons selected potential arrangements from a few themes from great roguelikes, and I think the most challenging one got picked: Scourge of the Furies, a tune from Hades! I couldn't go this one alone, so I got my friend and brilliant guitarist Mattmatatt to seriously elevate what I had, many kudos to him! I'm really happy with the result, sometimes it leans toward Tigran Hamasyan, other times toward Queens of the Stone Age, but all orbiting around a battle with the notorious Furies! *Instruments used* • Live electric guitar by Mattmatatt! • Live electric five-string bass • Piano - Keyscape Yamaha C7 • Lutes - Logic Sampler and 8Dio Lute • Drums - Logic Drum Kit (Heavy) • Synth textures - Retro Synth, Sculpture, and Alchemy patches • Synth melody - Logic ES2 custom patch • Cajón - Logic Studio Percussion • Tambourines - East West Hollywood Percussion • Shaker and Riq - Logic default loops

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Wii Play (2006) had a great assortment of little games, each with a little gem of adaptive music, but none got as intricate as the final one, Tanks!, in which you battle with little toy tanks on a hardwood floor. Check out how much variety you can get out of a few measures of music and some clever game design parameters. Special thanks to DavoGato and Wolfgang for helping me with this video! { ? I ♥ }

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/everybody-votes-channel-medley-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets My last arrangement of 2021, as voted by my patrons, is a medley of music from the classic Wii attraction, the Everybody Votes Channel! This medley starts with the channel's intro, then gets into the main menu, followed by the data screen theme, and finally entering a poll! *Instruments used (in rough order of appearance)* • Live nylon guitar • Sine wave pings/Wii menu start sound - Logic Sampler • Electric piano - Keyscape MK-80 Rhodes • Vibraphone - Sample from Waffles' Pik Pack • Main Menu Bass - combination of Dexed Yamaha DX7 patch (SYN-LEAD 2) and Logic Synth E-Bass (the G.O.A.T.) • Idle chatter sound effect - public domain sound from freesound.org • Drums - TR-707 • Organ - Logic Vintage B3 • Brass/Saxes - combination of Logic Studio Horns and 8dio Bible of Salsa Volume 3 Brass • Live clarinet • Live melodica • Piano - Keyscape CP70 • Radio static sound effect - Logic default loop • Tabla - East West Ra • Clave/Toms - Logic Sampler (Latin percussion kit) • Violins - East West Hollywood Solo Violin • Bassoons - Embertone Popelka Bassoon • Data screen synth accompaniment - Logic ES2 • Poll synths - Logic ES2 • Timpani - East West Hollywood Percussion

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/vs-guardian-scout-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets For November, my patrons voted on different combat themes from the Legend of Zelda series, and the winner is the theme for battling a Guardian Scout in the shrines of Breath of the Wild! It's certainly a complex theme: mainly in 13/8 time signature with an angular dialogue between piano and synthesizer, but not always! Not to mention, my own arrangement has some jazzy fun with it on top of that complexity. Major bonus points to anyone who happens to recognize the obscure musical reference starting at around 1:45 in this arrangement... my hint is that it has nothing to do with the Legend of Zelda! *Instruments used* • Live egg shaker • Live bongos • Piano - Keyscape LA Custom C7 • Synth melody and sound effects - Logic ES2/Sculpture custom patches • Bass sample synths - samples from Waffles' Pik Pack (Shakuhachi, Jaw Harp) • Bass guitar - Kontakt Factory Selection • Contrabass - East West Hollywood Strings • Low brass - East West Hollywood Brass • Bass trombone - Logic Studio Horns • Solo strings - Kontakt Factory Selection • Bagpipe - East West Ra • Cymbals, tubular bell - East West Hollywood Percussion • Daf - Logic Sampler (Indian & Middle Eastern Kit) • Drum set - Logic Drum Kit

A very small jam session, taking some liberties with the bonus room theme from the Donkey Kong Country series. You can download the track on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-bonus-room-blitz-donkey-kong-country If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Instruments used: Piano and Wurlitzer - Keyscape Organ - Logic Vintage B3 Drums - East West Joe Chiccarelli ProDrummer

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can download the track on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/gravemind-halo-3-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Just in time for Halloween, here's the arrangement for which my patrons voted: a selection of cinematic themes from Halo 3 that represent the Gravemind, a sinister but pivotal living entity in the Halo universe! Originally composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori *Instruments used, in roughly chronological order:* • Initial drones - Sugar Bytes Aparillo patches (Unfunny SB) • Contrabassoon - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Bass drum - East West Hollywood Percussion • Chime synth - Custom Logic ES2 patch • Alarm noise - Custom Logic Sculpture patch, East West Hollywood Percussion, Logic Drum Machine (After Party), and choir samples from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time • Alarm section drones - Spitfire LABS Piano Pads, Sugar Bytes Aparillo patches (Downwarder SB) • Live spoken word with heavy effects • Orchestra - East West Hollywood (flute 1, flute 2, clarinet, 2 trumpets, trombone, choir, full strings) • Bass synth - Custom Logic ES2 patch • Choir supplement - Logic Sampler (legacy Gregorian Ensemble) • Destruction sound effects - public domain sounds courtesy of freesound.org

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Thanks to my friends DavoGato, Wolfgang, and Vince for helping me write this script! Snell's Window is a curious optical phenomenon that occurs when you look up at the water's surface from underwater, and the action-exploration game Subnautica emulates the effect very convincingly. Join me for a dive into the science behind this phenomenon and its implementation in Subnautica! { ? I ♥ }

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 5 AM! This is it, the final hour before the day resets, marking our compilation complete! You've done a lot today. Visited Junctions, met old friends and perhaps some new ones, played some games, explored and taken in nature, redecorated and refined inside your home and out... you even said hi to Rover on the train back to town! All that's finished by now, and if you haven't gone to bed yet, you should probably try to. But don't worry, when you wake up, your friendly animal neighbors will be here, and there'll be plenty to do! *Instruments used* • Guitar - Kontakt Factory Selection • Kalimba - Logic Sampler • Drums - Logic Sampler • Synth bass - Logic ES2

The best way to support this compilation is on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Here's the full playlist of Animal Crossing: Taking Root: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8pYxhDEgfg&list=PLQY6PNl6p3MYWVZa5R5Emdi-CxgM40Scm Check out my friend and collaborator rud here: https://twitter.com/driftrud And listen to his music here! https://rudder.bandcamp.com/ I'm so excited to announce the completion of a 24-song compilation of songs for the day cycle of a fictional game, Animal Crossing: Taking Root. The project was a lovely study of what makes Animal Crossing compositions tick, and I'm so glad to hear it's helped people work, study, or just relax. Thanks again to my friend rud for co-writing and performing accordion on 5 PM and 4 AM, it truly elevated this series. And now, it's time to get back to making What I Love videos, while some bonus content surrounding this compilation will be in the works as well!

Co-written and featuring accordion by rud! Check him out here: https://twitter.com/driftrud And listen to his music here! https://rudder.bandcamp.com/ Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 4 AM! My friend and fellow composer rud co-wrote this hourly theme with me, and he performs the accordion on it! After the stranger parts of the late night, it's time to settle back into the feeling of early morning approaching, with a more somber, hopeful, and altogether tired tune. Sometimes it's hard to get to sleep for the night. There are some Junctions that, while perhaps not active all day, are still open 24/7. And you might be able to find some friends there who can help the time go by without feeling too lonely, until you're all tired enough to call it a night. Harvey, for instance, can be found hanging out in one of the nature-themed Junctions at night, and he's always willing to share some sticks for roasting marshmallows. *Instruments used* • Accordion - live Weltmeister accordion, played by rud! • Keyboard - Keyscape Wurlitzer 200A • Tuned Gongs - East West Ra • Music Box - Keyscape Celeste, SonicCouture Music Box

3 AM *Instruments used* • Live whistling • Bass - 8Dio Intimate Studio Strings • Synth - Logic ES2 • Percussion - Roland CR-78 • Keyboard - Keyscape Rhodes

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 2 AM! Time to embrace awakeness in the spirit of the original Animal Crossing and party! Sometimes you just need some fun things to do to tire you out at night! While many Junctions will offer you attractions and items for outdoor use, some can give you attractions that you can install in your home! Talk to Lyle about turning a room of your house into a dedicated activity room, with a catalog based on the Junctions you've frequented. You can still decorate that room to your heart's content, and then invite friends or villagers over for a customized game night! Even at 2 AM, there's gotta be someone else out there looking for a bowling match, a rock climb, or a go-karting session, right? *Instruments used* • Live clarinet • Keyboard - Keyscape Vibanet • Saxophones - Logic Studio Horns (Tenor Sax, Bari Sax) • Synth melody - Logic ES2 • Drum Machine - Kontakt Factory Selection

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 1 AM! 1 AM was a difficult one to write, as 12 AM and 2 AM have some clear moods or themes involved, but 1 AM is sort of a bridge between them. Perhaps it's a good theme for figuring out what to do now that you've decided to stay up late. Some Junctions are open 24/7, such as the all-important post office! Pelly takes the day shift, and Phyllis takes the night shift, so any time of day you can stop by to mail letters, send packages, and even help with the delivery service! This is one of the "easiest" Junctions, since not only is it open at all hours, but it only takes one visit before you can start setting up mail services in your town. That's not to say you can't visit more times though, to earn fancy stationery or stamps, or perhaps a stylish messenger bag. As long as Phyllis hasn't had enough of you by then! *Instruments used:* • Live egg shaker • Electric piano - Keyscape Rhodes • Bass - Logic Synth E-Bass (the G.O.A.T.) • Trombone - 8-Dio: The Bible of Salsa Volume 3 • Percussion - Logic Studio Percussion

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 12 AM! I totally came from the original Animal Crossing with these ideas, there are even a few direct homages to its 12 AM theme (such as that wind singer sample). Now that you've crossed the "have a good night" threshold and are planning to stay up, Animal Crossing can explore a bit more expressive or even weird vibes for the earliest part of the morning. You've technically made it through to a new day—congrats!—but it might not feel like it just yet. It's dark out, but if it's a clear night, why not pay Celeste a visit at her observatory Junction? She's got plenty to teach you about the night sky, constellations, the Moon, and other things you might observe in the night sky... if you find a shooting star, make sure to make a wish on it! Helping Celeste with her research enough will clue you in on when weather patterns, big meteor showers, or other celestial events. You'd be able to see them even from back home! *Instruments used* Hi-hat - Logic Drum Kit ("Scientific Method") Snaps - Logic Studio Percussion Wurlitzer - Keyscape Wurlitzer 200A Glockenspiel - East West Hollywood Percussion Alt Percussion - Logic Sampler ("European Folk Kit")

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 11 PM! I'm home from out of town, and ready to share more music with you! This one got influenced greatly by New Leaf, merging together inspirations from several evening hours. It's the final threshold for night owls. For night owls who can pass the threshold of bedtime, night life in the plazas of Animal Crossing: Taking Root offers plenty to do. Some Junctions specifically get more lively at night, such as Dr. Shrunk's night club! Every night you'll find different decorations, different acts, and different patrons at this popular joint. Some villagers enjoy a nice cup of tea at the Roost even at this hour, or some cozy up in the local library to catch up on their favorite stories. If they can stay up, that is. *Instruments used* • Live Excelsior accordion • Guitar - Kontakt Factory Selection ("Jazz Guitar") • Piano - Keyscape Yamaha C7 • Marimba - Logic Sampler • Cajón - Logic Studio Percussion

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 10 PM! I'm currently out of town visiting friends for the majority of August, but that doesn't stop me from making music! For a lot of players, hours like 10 PM would be the last ones before they head off to bed. So, I like the idea that around this time, the music wishes you a good night, whether you're offline after this, or whether you're crossing the threshold into late night. You've done quite a bit today... at any time of day, you can get in a bed or a hammock or any comfy spot to lie down and rest. If the bed is in your own house, you can dream of other towns using Luna's dream services. Or, you could choose just to close your eyes and space out, and listen to your radio, record player, the night ambience.... But for those who aren't set on falling asleep yet, there's plenty more to do even well into the night in Animal Crossing: Taking Root... (Also a little detail in this thumbnail: you can put different wallpapers on different walls of a single room, if you wish to mix up its look!) *Instruments used:* • Ukulele - East West Ra (currently away from my live ukulele!) • Vibraphone - Logic Sampler • Synth - Logic Sampler default (sine wave) • Drums - Roland CR-78 (drum machine), Logic Studio Percussion (shaker) • Played in the key of G half-flat major.

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 9 PM! I'm currently out of town visiting friends for the majority of August, but that doesn't stop me from making music! Animal Crossing music is generally rather relaxed, but night time is when you really start to notice the contrast from more energetic daytime themes. There are a few hours that try to wish players a good night, just in case they pack it in early. While some Junctions close at night, others are open 24/7 and switch out hosts! For instance, Nat hosts a bug-collecting Junction with a lush little ranch to attract all manner of insect life. But Nat's only around during the daytime: at night, Flick takes over the Junction and rearranges the ranch to accommodate insects that are more active at night. The sort of activity on offer at a 24/7 Junction may change a bit throughout the day, so try mixing your schedule up every now and then! *Instruments used* • Keyboard - Keyscape Rhodes • Drums - Logic Drum Kit Designer • Marimba - Logic Sampler (Marimba) • Acoustic guitar - Ample Guitar M II Lite • Electric guitar - Logic Sampler (Sunburst Electric) • Bass - Logic Sampler (Muted Bass)

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 8 PM! This one is an inversion of 8 AM: the clarinets still hold the melodic motif from 8 AM, but the contour of the melody is upside-down. The orchestration is also more laid-back, suggesting the evening has really arrived. At 8 PM, some shops in the downtown plaza Junction settle in for the night, such as the Able Sisters tailor. However, that doesn't mean friendly vendors like Mabel and Sable just disappear for the night! If you visit Junctions within a while after they've closed, you can visit the special characters there while they're off-duty. It doesn't yield anything for your town, but sometimes it's nice to have a conversation without a counter in between the two of you! And sometimes, perhaps you'll receive something sweet in the mail for being more than a customer. *Instruments used* • Live clarinet • Piano - Keyscape Yamaha C7 • Celesta - Keyscape Celesta • Drums - Logic Drum Kit Designer

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 7 PM! Originally, this hour was going to be even more relaxed than 6 PM, but as I worked on it, the direction changed little by little. I eventually realized I wanted to swing back around from the more relaxed mood of the previous two hours, to make the bona fide evening a bit more lively before the town gets sleepy. The sun's nearly down, but that doesn't mean the day is over! There's plenty of fun to be had in the evening, from sports to bug hunting to smaller games, like board games! If you have any board games laid out or any sports arenas plotted, you can invite villagers or other players to join in! Villagers excel in different activities depending on what type of villager they are: for example, your friend Pashmina excels in games of strategy like checkers. But they can improve over time at any game if you keep inviting them. Some villagers might even have their own house rules, a spin on the game that they apply when you play with them in particular. Not to mention some board games or sports are playable at Junctions, so you can play with any villager who visits. The ultimate ice-breaker! *Instruments used* • Drums - Logic Drum Kit Designer • E. Piano - Keyscape Wurlitzer 200A • Violin pizzicato - East West Hollywood Solo Violin • Melody - Dexed Yamaha DX7 PIPES 3 patch • Saw bass - Logic ES2 • Sound effect - General MIDI percussion, from Waffles's Pik Pack

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 6 PM! New Leaf has some of my favorite tracks when it comes to the "mid" evening, past 5 PM but not extremely late yet. So I've taken plenty of notes from there to create a track that winds things down, welcomes you home, and prepares you for a calm evening. The sun is really beginning to set now, and the best place to watch it kiss the horizon is the west shoreline. While you're there, might as well do a little fishing! Fishing works the same as always in Animal Crossing: Taking Root. But if you visit the pier Junction and talk with Chip or CJ, they can help you improve your fishing rod and tackle, identify and categorize fish, and schedule up fishing tourneys in your town. Those tourneys would still run until 6 PM, because there's no need to rush yourself at this beautiful time of day. *Instruments used* • Live electric guitar • Live ukulele • Acoustic guitar synth - Dexed Yamaha DX7 GUITAR 6 patch • Drums - Roland CR-78 • Bass - Logic Synth E-Bass (the G.O.A.T.)

Co-written and featuring accordion by rud! Check him out here: https://twitter.com/driftrud Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 5 PM! My friend and fellow composer rud co-wrote this hourly theme with me, and he performs the accordion on it! It's a laid back bossa that aims to celebrate Animal Crossing as a whole. And with it, we're halfway through the compilation! Even with gardening, cooking, Junctions to visit... what would Animal Crossing be without its welcoming, wholesome sense of patience? There's no rush to do anything, all debts to Tom Nook have no deadlines, and even special single-day celebrations can be made up if you happen to miss them, just talk to Isabelle. In the meantime, there's always time to just find a cozy spot and relax. You're likely to have a friendly villager join you! *Instruments used* • Accordion - live Weltmeister accordion, played by rud! • Live acoustic guitar • Live mini nylon guitar • Live five-string electric bass • Synth melody - Logic ES2 (sound sculpted by rud) • Electric piano - Keyscape Suitcase Rhodes • Drums - Logic Drum Kit

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 4 PM! Drawing a bit from Wild World, except I wanted to play especially with rhythm here, creating some musical gestures as though they were modules, and then piecing them together like a puzzle until it all felt complete. The final sound resembles Nintendo digital fusion, but I'd like to think with my own twist on it. After some Junction visiting, it's nice to come back home and relax for a bit to process everything you've gotten done! Perhaps you've visited Franklin's restaurant Junction, and learned more about how to cook any ingredients you've been gardening! Feel free to set up a kitchen space to cook dishes at home, or even an outdoor space to make it a cookout! Wherever you set it, you can invite villagers to come by and have a taste of what you make. Maybe you'll find some of them have pickier palates than others, and maybe you'll find that some dishes have more steps or require more time than others. Either way, the more you cook with friends and neighbors, the more recipes they'll share with you, and the more renowned you'll be as a local chef extraordinaire! *Instruments used* • Piano - Keyscape Yamaha C7 • Synth - Dexed Yamaha DX7 PIPES 2 patch • Marimba - Logic Sampler • Woodblocks - East West Japanese Woodblocks • Drums - Logic Drum Machine Designer

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 3 PM! Another instance of branching out which instruments I used: I wanted to try both a classic choice of clavinet, inspired by GameCube's 3 PM theme, and a new choice of bassoon! Decorate your town with all sorts of items you procure from exploring Junctions! Let's say you went to a ski lodge Junction, where you could participate in a little skiing activity. Your ski coach would first reward you with little items, maybe a snow globe or some ski gear to keep. As you keep returning, the rewards might turn larger, like decorative slalom flags or moguls, or even a way to customize your town's trees and grass with perpetual snow! And if you really developed a penchant for skiing, your ski coach would allot you the largest prizes: perhaps an alpine background or home design to set your town's scene, and your very own installable ski slope so you can ski in your town! And that's just one Junction, you can mix and match the items you receive from any of them! *Instruments used* • Drums - Simmons SDS-V • Bassoon - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Clavinet - Keyscape Vibanet • Horn Synth - Dexed Yamaha DX7 HORN SEC.A patch • Electric piano - Keyscape Wurlitzer 200A (my favorite)

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 2 PM! Had to make at least one theme a waltz, and from the start I wanted to try including harp somewhere! Another Junction you can visit today is the Downtown Plaza, home to several shops and attractions, including the local favorite café, The Roost! Brewster is here to get you a fresh coffee, or to show you how to make it if you're interested! You can even work behind the counter with him as a barista, if you can figure out the menu and give customers their favorite varieties of coffee! In addition to souvenirs, Brewster will also pay you Bells for coming in to help out The Roost. And if you help out enough, perhaps he can be persuaded to help you set up a customizable branch café in your town! *Instruments used* • Harp - East West Hollywood Harp • Piano - East West Bechstein • Bass - Logic Klopfgeist • Percussion - Logic Studio Percussion

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 1 PM! This one comes from the sparseness of New Leaf's soundtrack, but with warm acoustic instruments to pass the time after noon. Here's an example of a Junction you can visit: meeting Blathers at an archaeological dig site! If you talk to Blathers, you can sign up for a timed fossil hunt, in which you unearth fossils with a trusty shovel, assess what kind of dinosaur part they are, and then have to reconstruct the dino or dinos in the proper order! For completing a skeleton, or even just for participating, Blathers will reward you with items unique to this Junction—for instance, pottery that's been unearthed, or fossil-themed fashion items. If you keep returning to this Junction to really show you're passionate about these dinos and archaeology, then Blathers will eventually agree to visit your town, setting up a fossil museum and showing you that fossils can be found there. It's all optional! If you want it in your town, check out the Junction for it! *Instruments used* • Live clarinet • Live Excelsior accordion • Live ukulele • Electric piano - Keyscape Rhodes • Drums - Logic Drum Set

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 12 PM! It's another one heavily inspired by the unique style of the GameCube title. It also gives the apex of the day a more active tempo and rhythm. All aboard! Porter returns in Animal Crossing: Taking Root to let you board one of the most important features of the game: the train. (Or bullet train, or tram, or several customizable options!) You use the train to visit Junctions, little stations based off a certain activity, like a sport or a hobby. When a Junction is open, you'll probably find a special character there who can teach you the activity and sign you up to try it. You'll probably find some other interested villagers there as well! There are many Junctions, but they rotate which ones are open, so you won't be overwhelmed with things to get done in a single day. Though, you can visit some Junctions in their off-hours, if you prefer to just hang out and see the sights. Just ask Porter if you need help! *Instruments used* • Bass - Dexed Yamaha DX7 STRINGS 8 patch, and a sample from Waffles' Pik Pack • Melody - Dexed Yamaha DX7 FLUTE 2 patch • Drums - Roland TR-606 • Kalimba - East West Ra • Woodblocks - East West Hollywood Percussion • Triangle - sample from the Waffles Pik Pack

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 11 AM! Here I'm showing a little love for the more modern sound of Animal Crossing, with a bit more complex harmony, but still the laid back brush drum set that keeps everything feeling very friendly. Well look who it is! In Animal Crossing: Taking Root, Isabelle has been promoted to mayor of this fine town! She's had a little experience as acting mayor before, but she still knows what a big undertaking it is full-time, so she can often use your help adjusting to mayoral duties! From small things like how formally she's supposed to dress, to big things like how much space her office takes up in the town! You could make this a big town with a town hall, or advise Isabelle to keep it comfy in a home office. She could even be a hands-off mayor and just visit on special occasions. However she runs the town, she trusts you and gets you the permits to construct and decorate the town to make it a vibrant, memorable community! *Instruments used* • Piano - Keyscape LA Custom C7 • Guitar - Ample Guitar Lite • Tuba - East West Hollywood Brass (Solo Tuba) • Drums - Logic Drum Kit (Speakeasy)

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 10 AM! The GameCube title's soundtrack in particular inspired this one, there's something rather quaint about these relatively "small" sounds coming together. But I also freshened up this tune with a few little meter changes here and there. A town isn't a home without a community to share it with! You'd start off with a few villagers who would've wanted to return from their island tours, such as the friendly but staunchly Cranky villager, Wolfgang. But to really make this town something special, you'll want to make some more friends and invite them over! Just note that you don't necessarily have to customize the town to exactly the interests of your neighbors. Who knows, maybe there are aesthetics or activities Wolfgang and company never even knew they'd enjoy! *Instruments used* • Organ - Dexed Yamaha DX-7 E.ORGAN 1 • Bass - Logic Synth E-Bass (the G.O.A.T.) • Logic standard marimba • Drum machine - Roland CR-78

Become a patron to support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 9 AM! It's time to start dipping into the quirkiness that made classic Animal Crossing music so charming. I gave this track a curious mood to inspire more exploration around one's town, while keeping it a laid back bossa vibe. The overarching goal of Animal Crossing: Taking Root is about "taking root" in this older town back on the mainland, and getting it back on the map. And of course, the Nook family is happy to help! Provided you're willing to help with finances, of course... Timmy and Tommy would run Nook's Cranny once again, although the scope and look of the shop will change as the town gets more talked about. This early in the day, you might find one of the two cleaning outside the shop while the other runs the register inside. Plus it looks like they've set up a little attraction to keep the shop feeling friendly: today it's a game of garden quoits! *Instruments used* • Live log drum • Live djembe • Live electric guitar • Guiro - Logic Latin Kit • Synth - Dexed FM synth xylophone patch

Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues with 8 AM! I really wanted this one to feel like a "waking up" theme, as I imagined this would be the threshold after which most villagers are definitely active. With the sun fully up, it's time to start today's activities. One of the first of many things you can do in this new-but-familiar town is set up a garden! Design it how you like, plant or transplant all sorts of decorative plants or crops, give them some care every day, and eventually, you'll have a beautiful garden to enjoy. And perhaps you'll harvest some fruits, veggies, herbs, seeds, nuts... all the ingredients you need to cook some lovely garden-variety dishes! Who knows, maybe someday you could even talk to Leif about installing a greenhouse, if you're set on expanding your garden! There are many possibilities with how to use the space in this town... *Instruments used* • Live clarinet • Drums - Logic Drum Kit • Castanets - Waffles' Pik Pack • Bass - Logic Sampler • Accordion - Dexed FM accordion patch • Chords - Sculpture synth • Played in the key of F major, A ≈ 450.

Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music continues as the sun rises during 7 AM! This one introduces an instrument essential to the Animal Crossing sound, in my view: the Rhodes. It was all over Wild World, and it's provided a warm wash of color ever since. Your surroundings seem as though they're waking up, filled with color from the early morning sunlight. Trees bear decadent new fruit, and some insects are active while the day is nice and quiet. In fact, it's a fair bit quieter than the time you remember on the island... maybe today could go toward finding a bit of company? Stopping by a friend, or making a new one? It's only 7 AM, there's so much potential for what the day could bring... Also, fun little detail I thought of while painting this. In this game, trees would not grow fruit perfectly symmetrical by default. They'd grow with some natural randomness in position and rotation, making an orchard look a tiny bit more natural. You'd need to water and tend to a newborn tree for it to grow perfectly positioned fruit... which could yield a chance of a particularly high-value fruit growing. *Instruments used* • Live whistling • Rhodes - Keyscape Rhodes - Classic • Live shaker • Conga - East West Ra

Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/album/animal-crossing-taking-root-2 And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Our 24-song compilation of fan Animal Crossing music begins with the day starting at 6 AM! I'm trying to take it in a direction that leans toward the more classic Animal Crossing soundscapes, but takes all the games' soundtracks into account as inspiration. Picture the sun just starting to rise in the east along a misty orange horizon, painting the water's surface with early-morning flecks of sunshine. This rendition of Animal Crossing sees you moving back to the mainland after spending time with the Island Getaway package, in a sort of sequel to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. So this view of the sea would be a little look back at where you've been, while the sun rising from it beckons a new beginning! *Instruments used* • Live ukulele • Piano - Keyscape Classical C7 Grand • Drum machine - Roland TR-606 • Bass - live electric five-string bass

My patrons on Patreon have voted: here's what I'll be up to next, as I plan out more What I Love videos! If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { ? I ♥ }

Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/opening-everything-2017-jazz-arrangement-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets By my patrons' vote, here's a jazz arrangement of the opening ambience from Everything, the 2017 simulation game by David O'Reilly. It was a difficult, experimental challenge to arrange this to give off a weight even close to the original, but I believe in jazz to convey that kind of emotion, and it was absolutely a blast to make. *Instruments used:* • Brass section - Logic Studio Horns (the alto sax is the first sound you hear) • String harmonics - Spitfire LABS • Flute - East West Hollywood Woodwinds • Bass - myself on acoustic bass guitar, both plucked and bowed • Cello - several iterations of East West Solo Cello and Hollywood Strings • Bass drones - Spitfire LABS • Synth drones - several Alchemy patches • Piano - Keyscape

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Thanks to my friend jesterzon for help with the concept of this video and help with the What I Love jingle arrangement at the end, and to my friend Wolfgang for helping me with the script! Join me for a dive into the Doppler effect, how it's implemented into Mario Kart games, and how you could implement it too! { ? I ♥ }

A very small jam session: just me, a Keyscape piano, many takes, and one of my favorite tunes from Toby Fox's game Undertale. If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic And you can download this track on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-run-undertale

Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/world-0-1-pac-man-arrangement-arranged-by-scruffy And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets By my patrons' vote, here's a medley of heavy digital-fusion vibes from Pac-Man Arrangement! Originally I called this a "World 1 medley," but it turns out that the first world is called World 0, so, I arranged 0 and 1 into it! Featuring me on live electric bass. *Instruments used:* • Brass section - Logic Studio Horns • World 0 & 1 Keyboards - Keyscape JD-800 • Vocal backup - Tron Vox, sampled from Waffles's Pik Pak • Tiny World 0 solo gesture - Logic ES2 (Synth E-Bass, the G.O.A.T.) • Bass - a mixture of Logic Sculpture, Logic ES2, and me playing live on a five-string electric bass • World 0 drum machine - Roland TR-606 • World 1 drum machine - Roland TR-909 • shaker and tambourine from Logic stock loops • Arpeggiator - Logic Sculpture • Organ - Logic Vintage B3 • Strings - Viola Section, sampled from Waffles's Pik Pak • Several edited drum beats from Logic stock loops • World 1 chords - Logic ES2

{ You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Thanks to my friends Wolfgang and DerEineSchwarzeRabe for helping me with writing this script! In this video, I share a spoiler-free look at several sequels in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, and explain different ways that they use sound effects to intensify gameplay! There are many ways a sound can become "intense," and each game has something unique to highlight! Hopefully I can deliver all this info concisely, before all the animatronics in this video make their way into my studio... { ? I ♥ }

A very small jam session, this time a relaxing samba arrangement of a famous tune from Mario Paint, for the SNES. You can download the track on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-creative-exercise-mario-paint If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Instruments used: Melody - me on a half-nylon guitar Accompaniment - East West nylon classical guitar VST Clarinet - me trying my best on my clarinet Pandeiro - Logic Pro pandeiro samples

Flute: Juan Marroquin, @jmarroquinmusic on Instagram Accompanying Vocals: Roy Berardo, http://www.royberardo.com/ Trumpet: Shane Vincent, https://shanevincentmusic.com/ Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic​​​ Stream and download here! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/fibbage-3-jackbox-party-pack-arranged-by-scruffy-feat-juan-marroquin-roy-berardo-shane-vincent And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets By my patrons' vote, here is one of my favorite themes from the Jackbox Party Pack, the credits theme to Fibbage 3, composed by Andy Poland. Thanks to my friends for elevating this silly piece of music to something really special! *Other instruments used:* • Electric piano - Keyscape Wurlitzer 200A • Bass - Kontakt Factory Selection: Funk Bass • Drums - East West Joe Chiccarelli Drums • Vibraphone - sampled from Waffles's Pik Pak • Harpsichord - Keyscape Electric Harpsichord • Violins - East West Hollywood Strings

Art by Jason Lupas! https://twitter.com/jasonlupas Voices by me https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Hopefully the Pikmin dev team can see what full voice acting would bring to the table! Happy April Fool's Day!

A very small jam session, this time a Michel-Camilo-style flip of Marble Zone. If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic

Check out Mark Sparling's work! https://marksparling.bandcamp.com/album/a-short-hike-original-soundtrack https://twitter.com/Markymark665 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbCiOph2w3H-Vqk9XXIxSbA { You can support me on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic​ { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/​ { And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/​ { Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets A lot of car went into the soundtrack to A Short Hike, the widely renown indie game by Adam Robinson-Yu. In this video, I'll be discussing what makes this cozy, location-dependent soundtrack so interesting. And I have the honor of collaborating with the game's composer, Mark Sparling, who offers his thoughts in this video with me! Pixellari font by Zacchary Dempsey-Plante Some sound effects are from freesound.org { ? I ♥ }

{ Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic​ { Stream and download here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/monkey-target-1-2-super-monkey-ball-1-2-arranged-by-scruffy​ { And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets By my patrons' vote, here are two classic electronic themes to an unforgettable game mode of Super Monkey Ball, 1 and 2. With some fun jingles thrown in here and there! 00:00 - Monkey Target 1 01:55 - Monkey Target 2 03:47 - Special Thanks (and bonus music) *Instruments used:* Monkey Target 1 • String chords - custom Logic ES2 • Alt chords - Logic Alchemy • Organ - Logic Vintage B3 Organ • Synth sound effect - custom Logic ES2 • Melody - EWQL Hollywood Brass (6 horns) and custom Logic ES2 • Countermelody - EWQL Hollywood Strings (1st violins) • Bass - Logic ES2 (Synth E-Bass, the G.O.A.T.) • Bass boost - Logic Alchemy • Keyboard chord sample - Logic Vintage Clav • Vibraphone - sampled from Waffles's Pik Pak • Electronic Drums - mixture of drum samples from Super Mario Sunshine, and a Roland TR-909 • Drum fills - edited Logic loops • Percussion - Logic Sampler (Coffee Shop percussion) • several samples of the narrator from Super Monkey Ball, Brian Matt-Uhl • Jingle horns - Logic Horn Ensemble Monkey Target 2 • Twinkling bells - Logic Sculpture • Choir chords - Logic Alchemy • Accompaniment - Logic Retro Synth (Analog) • Bass - mix of custom Logic Sculpture and ES2 • Drums - mix of custom Logic Drum Machine Designer, and a Roland TR-909 • Melody - custom Logic ES2 • the vibes, horn, and violins from the previous part • Alarm sound - Logic Vintage E-Piano • several sound effects from freesound.org • a collection of custom Logic ES2 sound effects for the "fall out" jingles • Logic conga loop • a recording of me whistling, and playing a slide whistle

Pikmin: New Fortune is a community made Pikmin 2 mod that aims to create a new experience for Pikmin fans during the wait for Pikmin 4! Check out more on the project here: Discord server: https://discord.gg/vuvjfwf Twitter updates: https://twitter.com/PikminNF YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1GqUl274vyzZpUqIIE9wUA Director: Rhey Trailer made by: Scruffy Special thanks: Jason Lupas Kai PikHacker Niment Moderator of Tacos pixeltea Froggers and all other members of Team PNF and the Pikmin: New Fortune Discord server!

Here's a little piece of music I created for Pikmin: New Fortune, a mod of Pikmin 2. It's an arrangement of an obscure Pikmin 2 trailer theme, but with some new parts added. The thumbnail is my own illustration of two new Pikmin coming to the mod: Lead and Earth Pikmin!

I also had the chance to arrange one more piece of music for the 2021 fan-made Pikmin Direct: the theme to the trailer for Pikmin 2 Deluxe, a Pikmin 2 mode by @Jimble! It's a fun little reimagining of the Wistful Wild theme in the style of Babi, who composed for the Side Stories content of Pikmin 3 Deluxe. Makes sense, given this is a Deluxe version of Pikmin 2! Here's the Pikmin Direct on Jimble's channel! https://youtu.be/EVqoHjHVGv0 { You can support me on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic​ { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/​ { And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/​ { Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

A very small jam session because I can't get enough Wurlitzer. Download it on BandCamp! https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-jam-session-mario-circuit-snes If you enjoy my music and educational work, you can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic

{ Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { You can hear more of my music here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets By my patrons' request, here's an iconic theme from the Mario Kart series, but arranged in three different Mario Kart styles! First is Super Mario Kart (SNES), then Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GameCube), and finally a remix of the Mario Kart DS version. Thank you for listening!

Thanks to my brother Mantichord for help with the voiceover! { You can support me on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/ { Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Time for a presentation of the latest luxury space exploration aid from KopPad Inc., the KopPad Deluxe and KopPad Deluxe Pro. Blast off with improved and enhanced features across the board, and learn why KopPad remains the most trusted asset on any Koppaite spacefaring mission.

When I've built up a handful of the little musical tags I include at the end of my "What I Love" videos, I like to compile them in one video to explore all the styles in which it's been covered. Here are all the What I Love motifs from 2020! 00:04 - Celebrating 3 Years of What I Love 00:17 - Wholesome Sound Design in Animal Crossing: New Horizons 00:28 - Thank You, 100,000 Subscribers! 00:52 - Crafting the Ocean in the Music of ABZÛ (feat. Austin Wintory) 03:08 - Patreon, BandCamp, and an Official Scruffy Website! 03:27 - An Interview with Brian Schmidt 03:40 - Behind the Scenes of Scruffy Videos 04:25 - My Defense in Among Us as a "What I Love" Video 04:40 - How Audio Enhances the Horror of Five Nights at Freddy's 04:54 - How Boss Music Works in Pikmin 3 Deluxe 05:58 - The Elegant Audio Solutions of Pan-Pan 06:32 - Some Thoughts from Scruffy for the End of 2020 07:05 - Bonus Musical Tag! { You can support me on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/ { Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets { ? I ♥ }

A bit of a bittersweet video, but I wanted to offer some reflections looking back on this year, and looking ahead to the next one. { A compilation of 2020's "What I Love" musical tags: https://youtu.be/8xKpGUmZoxk { An extended Square Breathing video (10 min.): https://youtu.be/bMzdAVqnK0k { Square Breathing available for free on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/square-breathing-extended-10-min Thank you all so much for watching my videos, and supporting this channel. { ? I ♥ }

Square Breathing is a meditative exercise in which, at a slow tempo, you inhale, hold, exhale, and hold your breath, creating a "square" pattern of breathing. This video and its music are designed to guide you, changing every 4 seconds to signal when to advance to the next step in the cycle. Do not continue with it if this method of breathing begins to feel uncomfortable. However, if it does feel comfortable enough, or if you'd like to simply listen to the audio itself and loop it seamlessly, you can find this track on BandCamp and download it for free: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/track/square-breathing-extended-10-min

{ Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { You can hear more of my music here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Coincidentally just in time for version 1.5 of Stardew Valley, here's the theme my patrons voted for me to arrange this month: the Fair theme from Stardew Valley! It's a quaint, charming little ditty for which I had the pleasure of breaking out several acoustic instruments. Thank you for listening!

{ Check out Simon Viklund! - http://www.simonviklund.com/wordpress/ { And here's his Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonviklund { A full, continuous mix of the Pan-Pan soundtrack: https://youtu.be/OX0px9NW8-k (provided by Might & Delight, concurrent with this video) { You can support me on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/ { Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets In this video, I talk about the indy game Pan-Pan and its elegant approach to a simple, rich, and adaptive soundtrack, with major help from the game's composer/sound designer, Simon Viklund! And don't fret if you haven't played: this video does not contain spoilers for Pan-Pan or any solutions to its various puzzles. Though I do hope it gets you interested in trying it out!

{ Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { You can hear more of my music here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets 00:00 - Magnet Train 00:12 - Pokémon Gold/Silver Opening 00:30 - Goldenrod City 01:20 - Team Rocket Radio Tower Takeover! 02:13 - Introduction to National Park 02:25 - National Park By my patrons' vote, I've arranged the Goldenrod City/National Park themes from Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal! After adding more themes, surprises, easter eggs, and orchestration to it, it's become more of a suite. Thank you for listening!

Check out Olimar12345, who made the transcriptions used in this video! https://www.youtube.com/user/olimar12345 { You can support me on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/ { Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets It's time for another look into Pikmin, now that Pikmin 3 Deluxe has arrived! I'll be talking about the variety of boss themes in the game, and how they respond in realtime to the ups and downs of battle. Adaptive music is quite an effective means of making your battle more engaging and cinematic! This video does contains spoilers for Pikmin 3's bosses, though they are revealed one at a time. And while I cover some music in Pikmin 3 Deluxe's new mode, the Side Stories, toward the end, I do my best not to spoil what happens in that mode! Thanks to DavoGato for scriptwriting help, and thanks to Nickolox, Sleepy, and Overlorddystroy for helping organize the music clips I used. { ? I ♥ }

{ Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { You can hear more of my music here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets By my patrons' vote, I've arranged the Lavender Town theme from Pokémon Red/Blue. But then it transitions into the theme for Lavender Town's claim to fame, the Pokémon Tower. While the town is known for creepy, off-kilter Ghost-type Pokémon, there's also an air of lamentation over Pokémon that have passed, especially in the graveyard within the tower. So I made the music a bit wistful and macabre, and I included some Pokémon calls that you would hear there. Finally, I infused some Javanese gamelan into the melody. I've fond memories of playing in a gamelan ensemble, and these melodies seemed to lend themselves to the style! Thanks for listening!

{ You can support me on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/ { Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets For Halloween, I'm analyzing the sound design in the first Five Nights at Freddy's game, which demonstrates the unique roles audio can play in a horror game! Sound isn't just a scare tactic; it can support or diminish the amount of control a player feels over a nightmarish scenario. Thanks to my friend Wolfgang for help editing the script! { ? I ♥ }

I took a small break from my larger projects to make an incontrovertible defense that proves myself innocent in games of Among Us. { You can support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/ { Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can hear more of my music here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets By my patrons' vote, I've arranged the Dodo Airlines airport theme from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It was satisfying to render this music without the radio filter that the original has, and (as with the previous Animal Crossing arrangements) to have some villagers, in this case Orville and Wilbur, sing along! At the end, you board a flight and get to hear the motif of landing on someone else's island. Thanks for listening!

{ You can support me on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic { Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ { And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/ { Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets It's time to answer your questions in this meta-video about my content! I'll go over how I create videos, my background in music, and more! I'm humbled by your curiosity about the subjects and productions on this channel, and this video has gotten me really excited for working on more of it in the future! Thanks to DavoGato for help with the video thumbnail! { Videos I mentioned in this video: Animal Crossing's Sound Design: https://youtu.be/A4mN7CsAys8 What is Adaptive Audio? https://youtu.be/p-FLWabby4Y Pikmin 3's Convolution Reverb: https://youtu.be/mGla9ZOj9KI Invisible Design in Breath of the Wild: https://youtu.be/Vgev9Gzybk8 Sonic the Hedgehog's Harmonic Rhythm: https://youtu.be/Vjj0aA933_s Pikmin 2 in First Person: https://youtu.be/RTrt3MVANpk The first "What I Love" tag: https://youtu.be/7WUJzt9XkEg { Some Online Music Education Recommendations: Video game music deep dives - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZLO2VgbZHeDcongKzzfOw Well-rounded musical analysis - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w Advanced musical analysis - https://www.youtube.com/user/havic5 Music production deep dive - https://www.youtube.com/user/songstowearpantsto Electronic music tech deep dive - https://www.youtube.com/user/jjbbllkk Izotope's learning resources - https://www.izotope.com/en/learn.html Eclectic jazz lectures and lessons - https://www.youtube.com/user/jalcjazzacademy All about instruments and how they sound - http://resources.music.indiana.edu/isfee/ (this one may unfortunately be departing with Flash) Barry Harris's jazz musicianship - https://www.youtube.com/user/BarryHarrisVideos Very advanced discussions of scales - https://ianring.com/musictheory/scales/ { ? I ♥ }

Become a patron to vote on what I arrange! https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic You can hear more of my music here: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ And you can follow me on Twitter for more updates! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets By my patrons' vote, I've arranged Sky and Sea, the bonus level theme from Super Mario Sunshine. It's a light, airy theme, since all of its levels exist in a bright, partly cloudy void. But I figured it would be fun to arrange it more specifically for the gameplay of 3 different levels you encounter: 1. Flying on the Sand Bird 2. Riding on a lily pad through a poisonous river 3. Becoming a ball in a large pachinko machine Thanks for listening!

{ The raffle to win 1 of 3 free tickets to GameSoundCon: https://gleam.io/lBYYh/win-a-ticket-to-gamesoundcon { More about GameSoundCon: https://www.gamesoundcon.com/ { Brian Schmidt's website: https://www.brianschmidtstudios.com/ In light up the upcoming, all-virtual GameSoundCon this year, I had the honor of speaking with a greatly influential member of the game audio community, Brian Schmidt. I ask him about his multifaceted career, from 16 bit console sounds and pinball machine music systems, to directing GameSoundCon. And he has some questions for me too! You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Hear my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ And visit my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/ Here's my Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets { ? I ♥ }

You can now visit my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scruffymusic Listen to all my music on BandCamp: https://scruffymusic.bandcamp.com/ And here's my official website! http://scruffymusic.com/ I'm very excited for what may be a new chapter in creating these fun, educational videos. I intend to create them on a monthly basis along with new video game music arrangements, so I could use your support! People who support me on Patreon will receive special benefits and behind-the-scenes looks at production, and people who enjoy my music can follow me on BandCamp and name their price to download it! And finally, my website serves as a hub for all the projects I've worked on. And you can still follow me on Twitter and ask me anything! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

Here's a little tune I wrote to score the scene in @Mix and Jam's Pikmin prototype game! See the process here: https://youtu.be/nXKiKGZ20Wg Some big announcements coming soon... You can also follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

Play the game here! https://andrecardoso.itch.io/tilt-quest See our process here! https://youtu.be/JewxuKNLF2c More info below: Tilt Quest is an entry I worked on with André Cardoso, Will Enders, and MikMik, for the Game Makers Tool Kit Game Jam 2020. It was a blast and a learning experience to write music and sound effects for this game, and so I'm sharing this original track. The game jam theme was "out of control," and so the less control you have over your speed, the more you hear the Amen-break drum track fade in. Meet our team: The team: Will Enders https://twitter.com/willenders_ MikMik https://twitter.com/MikMikEternity André C. https://twitter.com/andre_mc Scruffy https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

By popular demand, I'm extending arrangements of music I performed in my video, Wholesome Sound Design in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (https://youtu.be/A4mN7CsAys8). This is a combination of the refreshing melody for the friendly tailors, the Able Sisters, and the classic motifs used in the Resident Services building's theme. This was only a short cue in the original video when I talked about user interface sound effects, but I couldn't help but run with it! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear more of my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

Watch PART 2 of this collaboration here! https://youtu.be/gXzq7tv7RKk I've had the pleasure of collaborating with renowned video game composer Austin Wintory to bring you this deep dive into his score for the sublime, surreal love letter to the ocean, ABZÛ. I do recommend that you experience the game before watching this, as it covers late-game material. And check out more links below! { My video on adaptive audio: https://youtu.be/p-FLWabby4Y { Austin's website - https://www.austinwintory.com/ { Kristin Naigus - http://field-of-reeds.net/ { Ayana Haviv - http://ayanahaviv.com/ You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear more of my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds Major thank-you to Austin and Dallas for helping me create this video. { ? I ♥ }

You deserve to breathe. I want to share a breathing exercise I use pretty often to help ventilate stress and collect myself: square breathing. It involves, at a slow tempo, breathing in, holding, breathing out, and holding, then repeating. I've set a small session of it to music here.

By popular demand, I'm extending arrangements of music I performed in my recent video, Wholesome Sound Design in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (https://youtu.be/A4mN7CsAys8). This one's a popular song by K.K. Slider, and I arranged it in the video to help demonstrate how in-game instruments will always harmonize with songs playing through speakers!

By popular demand, I'm extending arrangements of music I performed in my recent video, Wholesome Sound Design in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (https://youtu.be/A4mN7CsAys8). Here is the game's main theme, performed by me for the opening of the video! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear more of my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

It amazes and humbles me to know that over 100,000 people have subscribed to my videos and music. It's a pleasure to create them and collaborate with others, a privilege to know this content reaches so far and wide, and most certainly, it's What I Love.

Today I'll be demonstrating some details of the sound design in Animal Crossing: New Horizons specifically aimed at the cute, welcoming, nostalgic mood it sets. Special thanks to DavoGato for help with the script and audio assets! During these strange times, I'm very grateful to retain the means to produce more content for everyone. Thank you for watching my videos and listening to my music, and please stay safe. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear more of my music on SoundCloud. https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds Animal Crossing: New Horizons Credits Sound Director: Kazumi Totaka Music: Yasuaki Iwata Yumi Takahashi Shinobu Nagata Sayaka Doi Masato Ohashi Sound Design: Hiromitsu Fujikawa Takuro Yasuda Shu Tamura Isami Yoshida

During these strange times, I'm very grateful to retain the means to produce more content for everyone. Thank you for watching my videos and listening to my music, and please stay safe. Another piece composed for these wonderful string players, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick on cello, Andrew McIntosh on viola, and Alejandra Moreno on violin. Once again, this small piece suggests some imaginary landscape; I invite you to picture this topography as you listen to it. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And you can hear other music of mine on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

To play with the compositional style of the Pokémon franchise, and test out some virtual instruments, I've arranged/composed some music under the story of a fictional Pokémon game, Pokémon Bass and Pokémon Treble! Big thanks to DavoGato for creating the outdoor gym design!! And thanks to Silvia Winter (@SilviaWinterArt on Twitter) for surprising me with these wonderful logos! The game would take place in a region inspired by a Louisianan bayou, and feature gameplay and new Pokémon based off of music and musical instruments. This is an arrangement for the Rock-type Pokémon gym: a big outdoor rock-climbing structure featuring a blues rendition of the Victory Road theme! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And you can hear other music of mine on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

I recently got the opportunity to compose a small solo cello piece for the wonderful cellist Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick. I often think about contemporary music, especially for a solo instrument, as a representation of some imaginary landscape. Hopefully this the first in a series of musical topographies. Thank you for listening! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And you can hear other music of mine on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

To play with the compositional style of the Pokémon franchise, and test out some virtual instruments, I've arranged/composed some music under the story of a fictional Pokémon game, Pokémon Bass and Pokémon Treble! The game would take place in a region inspired by a Louisianan bayou, and feature gameplay and new Pokémon based off of music and musical instruments. This is a composition for the Water-type Pokémon gym; I composed the melody in the angular style of one of my biggest jazz piano influences, Thelonious Monk. Big thanks to DavoGato for creating the gym building concept design!! And thanks to Silvia Winter (@SilviaWinterArt on Twitter) for surprising me with these wonderful logos! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And you can hear other music of mine on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

To play with the compositional style of the Pokémon franchise, and test out some new virtual instruments, I've arranged/composed some music under the story of a fictional Pokémon game, Pokémon Bass and Pokémon Treble! The game would take place in a region inspired by a Louisianan bayou, and feature gameplay and new Pokémon based off of music and musical instruments. This is the familiar theme of the Pokémon center, where trainers can care for their Pokémon team and check all the Pokémon they've caught. It's a doo-wop arrangement of the original song! Thanks so much to Silvia Winter (@SilviaWinterArt on Twitter) for surprising me with these wonderful logos! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And you can hear other music of mine on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

To play with the compositional style of the Pokémon franchise, and test out some new virtual instruments, I've arranged/composed some music under the story of a fictional Pokémon game, Pokémon Bass and Pokémon Treble! The game would take place in a region inspired by a Louisianan bayou, and feature gameplay and new Pokémon based off of music and musical instruments. This is an original theme for Mistward Marsh, a mysterious wetland trail gleaming in the moonlight. Here, trainers may find Ghost-type Pokémon lurking, including the elusive legendary Pokémon featured in the art here, the Silence Pokémon Tazette! Thanks so much to Silvia Winter (@SilviaWinterArt on Twitter) for surprising me with these wonderful logos! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And you can hear other music of mine on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

Thank you all for watching my videos and listening to my music. Thank you to my collaborators these past two years for enriching the breadth and depth of this channel. It's been a wonderful three years of What I Love, and I'm looking forward to more in 2020! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear more of my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

Video games offer unique challenges to crafting sounds and music, because timing them is dependent on a player's actions. In this collaboration with FMOD, I'll show you what it means to craft a soundtrack that adapts to the variable pace of a video game! Thanks to the team at Firelight Technologies for helping create this! Visit https://fmod.com/ to learn more about using FMOD for your adaptive audio projects. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear more of my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

Based on this painting of Chell from the Portal game series I made a while back, I've arranged Metroid themes in Portal's compositional style! I'm a big fan of both soundtracks; this won't be my last adventure with either of them. I'd like to wish a happy belated birthday and dedicate this video to Soham Karir! Thank you for listening, and more power to your composing endeavors! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear some more of my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

Another jazz video game arrangement performed live in concert! A big thank you to Quinn Argent on sax, Greg Lewis on drums, Jason Oberman on guitar, and Owen Zorn on bass, for helping me take a collection of sound effects from this arcade classic and elevate it to the stars! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

I wish you a happy Halloween with my arrangement of a timeless Luigi's Mansion theme! This will forever be a favorite credit-roll theme of mine. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear other music of mine on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

To play with the compositional style of the Pokémon franchise, and test out some new virtual instruments, I've arranged/composed some music under the story of a fictional Pokémon game, Pokémon Bass and Pokémon Treble! The game would take place in a region inspired by a Louisianan bayou, and feature gameplay and new Pokémon based off of music and musical instruments. These three themes would play as the game begins, and you start out your journey in a very small, quiet town. I love telling a story with music, so expect some more entries into this concept in the future. I will also post art on Twitter, so you can catch me here! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And you can hear other music of mine on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

In this addendum to my video from last week (https://youtu.be/Vjj0aA933_s), I made a silly little arrangement that demonstrates how easily harmonic rhythm can complicate a song. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds

Sonic the Hedgehog's music travels pretty fast, sometimes blisteringly fast... but not everything about it travels at maximum speed. In this video, I'll provide an introduction to listening to harmonic rhythm, and how it gives Sonic music, along with most pop music, its form and direction! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/scruffysounds Special thanks to DavoGato and quarkimo for supporting me through this production.

u.bot is a concept for a game I have had for several years. I wanted to breathe life into it by composing some concept music with all the audio tools at my disposal. On my Twitter account (https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets), I'll be describing the premise in a little more detail, and uploading some more concept art! I won't give everything away, because I still believe in actualizing this in the future. Thank you for watching and listening, always. Creating all this content really is what I love.

u.bot is a concept for a game I have had for several years. For my 100th video upload, I wanted to breathe life into it by composing some concept music with all the audio tools at my disposal. On my Twitter account (https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets), I'll be describing the premise in a little more detail, and uploading some more concept art! I won't give everything away, because I still believe in actualizing this in the future. Thank you for watching and listening, always. Creating all this content really is what I love.

I recently finished my first main-line Pokémon game: Pokemon Emerald Version, and I was charmed the whole way through! In the spirit of my last arrangement (https://youtu.be/XlyPyBeAnWw), I've made a medley of one of my favorite areas in the game, Sootopolis City, and various themes that play around it. Pokémon is a style of composition is very fun to arrange, and a little inspiration from Joey DeFrancesco fit this jazzy theme rather nicely. Arrangement by Scruffy Art by DavoGato You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Today I'll be demonstrating some details meant to fall under the radar in the sound design of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. These little "invisible" design elements give an extra touch of grace to an already well-polished game, and they certainly indicate the inspiring passion of the game's developers! Apologies for the late upload: this video suffered rendering errors several times when it came time to put it here. Thank you for bearing with me. And thanks very much to DavoGato for providing the game footage in this video! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

I recently finished my first main-line Pokémon game: Pokemon Emerald Version, and I was charmed the whole way through! I've decided to make a homage to the home of the first Pokémon gym in the game, Rustboro City. This probably won't be the last Emerald arrangement I make either... Arrangement by Scruffy Art by DavoGato You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

In this addendum to my video from last week (https://youtu.be/38h8eudzy7k), I'll get substantially more technical in describing how I emulated the Inkling's voice from Splatoon! The effects shown here are from Logic Pro X for Mac computers. Crafting this effect is not a beginner project, and I'm trying to balance explanation with tutorial. I welcome your feedback! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Hello! I'm Scruffy, and today I'm breaking down a song that captures the spirit of the Splatoon series. The unique in-game culture of Splatoon has always fascinated me, and now I'll look at the evolution one of its mainstay songs has undergone, and why! Special thanks to: DavoGato, for the gameplay footage of Splatoon 2! My brother Mantichord, for playing the guitar on this soundtrack! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

From the musical cues in my video from last week, Pikmin 3 Sound Effect Trivia (https://youtu.be/mGla9ZOj9KI), here is an elaboration of the mellow tile theme from Pikmin 2 caves, arranged with plenty of convolution reverb as described in the trivia video! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

I'm very excited for Nintendo's new take on The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. I like to consider it a retelling of that legend, which inspired me to arrange one of its wonderful melodies in three different styles, based on retold legends! In the first, I tried to remain somewhat faithful to the original instrumentation, as though you're hearing it from a secondary source. In the second, it's a legend from the old American west, told perhaps at a campfire. In the third, it's a more modern urban legend: I got inspired by the themes of movies and TV shows that deal with otherworldly legends and myths. Thanks to DavoGato for the lovely background art in this video!! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Hello! I'm Scruffy, and today, I'll be dissecting the sound effects in Pikmin 3 to find out what it can teach us as players and sound designers! We'll look at easter eggs, references, and a more in-depth description of how sounds are created later in the video. Pikmin 2 Sound Trivia: https://youtu.be/V5x2Y5dbf9Q Pikmin 3 Model Trivia: https://youtu.be/HWrVtwhoAUA -------- Special Thanks to: DavoGato, for recording Pikmin 3 footage for this video!! https://www.pikminwiki.com for the Pikmin 3 images https://freesound.org for the public domain mud sound Buhler, James, David Neumeyer, and Rob Deemer. Hearing the movies: music and sound in film history. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Convology XT: https://impulserecord.com/convology-xt/ -------- You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

A short film about perspectives. Featuring Louis the human, Curt the bird, and Anne the ant. Animated with Blender. Special thanks to Steve Joy, Lauren Johnson, Stuart Levine, and Lei Lei. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Surprise! Here's a second upload for today. In another cross between Pikmin and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I arranged the Forest of Hope in a style like Hateno Village's theme, as though the Forest of Hope is a small village you can explore! You can check out the view this video's concept painting and more Pikmin x BOTW art on my Twitter! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And you can hear more of my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Hello! I'm Scruffy, and today, I'm announcing a summer-long event in which I'll be uploading a video every Monday! It's been very busy the first half of this year, and my channel hasn't seen as much content as I'd like to give it. So I'm filling this summer with new trivia videos, music, and hopefully animations. Check out what's coming up in this video! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Noé Boon - guitar, vocals, junk Owen Zorn - bass DaveGato - cover art Scruffy - piano, pocket piano, junk A cover of Sir Paul McCartney's classic song, performed including actual junk. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Another jazz video game arrangement performed live in concert! A big thank you to Cedar Lange on drums, Nick Maldonado on sax, and Andre Swadley on bass, for helping translate this space pirate to a jazz quartet setting! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

A concept arrangement of a distant desert theme, if I were to work on a 3D Mario game. This world is based on a variety of genres, including minimalism, synthwave, drone music, and Indian raga! It's a strange, haunted desert, so a mix of genres felt apt. The big game concept is called Super Mario Symphony, and all the worlds are based around genres of music. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

A concept arrangement of an icy mountain theme, if I were to work on a 3D Mario game. This world is all based on percussion instruments, so a wide array appear in this song to give a sense of adventure! The big game concept is called Super Mario Symphony, and all the worlds are based around genres of music. This world, Drum Summit, would have a huge gong at the very peak of the mountain that Mario, of course, would need to hit. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

A concept arrangement of a cave theme, if I were to work on a 3D Mario game. This world is all based on Latin American music, and it would have a tumultuous volcano level based especially on salsa music! The big game concept is called Super Mario Symphony, and all the worlds are based around genres of music. This seaside world would feature Piantas and Nokis, swimming, beach sports, fruit... and an active volcano! Themes and designs here would be based on different Latin American music genres. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

A concept of a fortress level and arranged theme, if I were to work on a 3D Mario game. Expect another theme next Monday! The big game concept is called Super Mario Symphony, and all the worlds are based around genres of music. Beatburg would be based both on electronic music and chiptune music, and thus gameplay would revolve around rhythm-based obstacles, note blocks, and 2D pixellated sections akin to Super Mario Odyssey. This is the neon, storm-ridden fortress in which you'd encounter the boss. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Another harmony-based jam, just because they're so darn fun to play. I hope you enjoy it! Bonus - https://youtu.be/Xiri6l--miE Bonus 2 - https://youtu.be/NUsckXuExbc You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

A tribute to a creative genius whose show shaped my childhood, along with many others. This song has always been one of my favorites from the show's soundtrack. Big kudos to Evan Sutterfield for the guitar work and help on the arrangement! You can check out his website at https://evansutterfield.com You can also hear our music on our SoundCloud pages: https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 https://soundcloud.com/evan-sutterfield And you can follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Originally composed by Victor Cavini (Gerhard Trede)

A live concert recording with my own arrangement of the classic Super Mario Galaxy theme for jazz trio! Scruffy - piano; Holden King - bass; Will Kjeer - drums You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

I was assigned to make an animation with sound based on a series of instructions. It turned into this conceptual perfect loop that I hope you enjoy! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

I wish you a happy Halloween this week with my arrangement of a classic Luigi's Mansion theme! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

A sequel to the first harmony-based jam I made, Bonus (https://youtu.be/Xiri6l--miE). The premise and the groove are similar, but the instrumentation and the narrative go a bit further. All in all, I really enjoy playing it, and I hope you enjoy listening to it! Apologies that my upload schedule has been stagnating of late; I've recently moved to a new state and I'm busy with a lot of other work. I certainly intend to keep this channel thriving with new content though, even if I can't bring it out as regularly! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

A progression that I decided to turn into a retro-sounding song using an audio tool I'm really loving, the Vulf Compressor. I hope you enjoy it! Apologies that my upload schedule has been stagnating recently; I've recently moved to a new state and I'm busy with a lot of other work. I certainly intend to keep this channel thriving with new content though, even if I can't bring it out as regularly! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 Check out Goodhertz's fantastic audio plugins. I am not sponsored or endorsed by them, I just really like what they put out! https://goodhertz.co

I recently got a chance to play some little musical concepts on a Steinway concert grand, and decided to record some ideas to once again mix the worlds of Pikmin and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. And then I painted some concept art to match it! I hope you enjoy it. You can also follow me on Twitter, I will post the paintings individually there: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

I got the amazing opportunity to be part of a live Pikcast in person with other Pikcast members (you can watch it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYrnWzyRVo), and I wanted to share the theme we created specially for this event! I couldn't be more thankful to know all the members of Pikcast and Pikipedia, whether you hear their voices here or not. I hope you enjoy it! Make sure to tune in to Pikipedia’s channel on Friday, July 20 at 6 PM EST for our annual Bingo Battle tournament! I will be competing with everyone! And also apologies for the delay on this, I've been traveling a lot recently and couldn't get a video out last time. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Listen to the full concert on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960/sets/jazz-combo-concert-june-2018 This is a recording from a jazz trio concert I had a few weeks ago, the last concert I get to share with these two excellent musicians, bassist Lauren Johnson and drummer Miller Boone, at least for a while. In the concert we played some jazz standards, some interesting arrangements, and a couple original compositions, such as this waltz I wrote! I hope you enjoy it, and check the link above to hear the rest of the concert. And a big thanks to Lauren and Miller for sharing a wonderful couple years of jazz! You can also follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets

I decided to arrange the Mysterious Life-form theme from the final boss of Pikmin 3, but not before picking back up The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and noticing some similarities in the Guardian battle theme. I've been thinking BOTW's open-world environment and dynamic approach to combat and puzzles could definitely work for Pikmin; at the very least it's fun to render some concepts for it. You can view this video's concept art as well as some more Pikmin/Breath-of-the-Wild crossover "screenshots" on my Twitter account! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets You can also hear more of my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Creative Sushi and I have made a new video together to kickstart his revamped Youtube channel! It's just in time for the release of Runner3... which we will live-stream tomorrow (May 22, 2018) at 8 PM EST! Head to Creative Sushi's Youtube channel for the video and his Twitch channel for the stream! Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CreativeSushi/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/creativesushi

An original song I made to have some fun with lyrics! I hope you enjoy it. You can follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Here is the soundtrack from my short film Clouds! You can watch the full film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQBINW0xueM I created this soundtrack using Logic Pro's virtual instruments and my own clarinet and voice. My inspirations were Claude Debussy, Steve Reich, Edgar Varèse, and different ringtones and UI sounds on today's smartphones! I hope you enjoy it! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

A film about the nature of text messages, as told by the clouds who deliver them. This short film was a year in the making, and I am happy to say I handled everything about the production from budget to storyboarding to animation to music. I hope you enjoy it, and I profoundly thank everyone who supported this project. This has been a wonderful journey, my most ambitious art project, and certainly not my last film! Made in Blender, composited in After Effects, music and sound in Logic Pro. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 For business inquiries, you can contact me at [email protected]

It's been one year since I rebooted my channel with "What I Love," and to look back on it, I've put together a collection of jingles from the ends of my videos over this first year, each with a date and style (and a bonus one at the end!). 2017 has seen my channel's audience grow more than twentyfold, and I'm supremely grateful for you and everyone's support. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

In celebration of one year since I rebooted my channel with "What I Love," I've turned it into a full theme! I hope you enjoy it, and thank you so much for visiting my channel, making music in some way, and just for being you! You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

New year, new trivia video! Wear headphones for the full experience. Hello! I'm Scruffy, and today I'm going to show you some trivia about your microwave oven! Specifically I'm looking at some special traits of the various hums it produces, and what makes it hum in the first place. The new year and the science tour Brain Candy Live inspired me to try a science video, I hope you enjoy it! None of the visual figures in this video are to scale except for the multi-frequency metering at 2:47. Sounds were recorded personally or public domain on freesound.org. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Zipperhero must save a poor little cat zipper who has gotten stuck in a lamp! This was an animation project I created in Blender over two months. Compositing was completed in After Effects, and music and sound effects were added in Logic Pro. I hope you enjoy it! Cat sounds were public domain from freesound.org. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 For business inquiries, you can contact me at [email protected]

With just a few days before Super Mario Odyssey releases, I thought I'd take a shot at arranging its jazzy theme... with the tempo boosted way up! I think this is a good analog for my hype for this game. I hope you enjoy it! Also, this is my first attempt digitally painting the thumbnail: that was a lot of fun! You can follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And here my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Here's another original song! It's about space diving. I wrote and recorded it in these past two weeks. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and here my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

In the coming months, I'm going to be creating my own animated short film from scratch! I've been dreaming of doing this for years, and finally the ideas and assets are coming together! In tackling this project, I'm not going to be able to publish anything big on this channel for a while. I just wanted to give you a heads-up to that. But I'll still publish music (and hopefully some film updates!) every other Monday. Thank you for listening!

Today I wanted to share an original song that I've had for several years and recently decided to record and master. It's a love song for the robot apocalypse, and it's very dear to me. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. You can also follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Sorry this comes a day late: the power was out yesterday! But now I'm back with another arrangement from the Pikmin soundtrack, The Forest of Hope! Later in the track is the mix for combatting enemies and then two custom mixes I made for carrying ship parts and completing tasks. I hope you enjoy it! Originally composed by Hajime Wakai.

I was fortunate to witness last week's solar eclipse in totality, and I thought I'd share my thoughts about it in this poem with original visuals and experimental sound effects! I hope you enjoy it. The sound in the background is all taken from a field recording I made during totality. Here are the words: The clouds looked like plastic bags. Synthetic and grey, lighter around the edges, sagging with air pockets. But today the forecast ignored the overcast. I stepped outside to find the Sun veiled with this polymeric shield, already half-eaten but still blooming with glare. The square and the rooftops overflowed with scientists, photographers, vendors, spectators, and honoraries of each. Finally we could all rediscover these dancing satellites, finally we could exploit the rules about where in the sky our eyes can turn. Or did the sky beg to differ? The plastic piled and folded, ballooned and billowed, not with the pristine clean little squeaks and squeals, but with a growing growl. Lightning flashed, eclipsing the celestial grasp of attention. I heard a woman exclaim, "God says He's in control. I heard royal thunder. I ask for a drum call, and he gave us thunder." And the storm drew in, and the light went out… In the dark, the illusory dark, with the tempest looming above. Only after the last sliver of sun was swallowed did the world slow to a dim crawl. It wasn't quite dusk, but it certainly wasn't the warm diffusion it had been. The sky, the storm; the moment was precisely frozen in time. Stilled, enclosed, bounded, crystallized. Humbled. The naked eye could discern anything, it could chart a panorama of heavens and earth, clear and cold. But it would find everything motionless, all breath simultaneously held for this grand fermata of shadow. Abruptly a crumb of sunlight corrupted this stasis, reminding time, space, and people to breathe. To breathe a roar of applause. To breathe the rumble of thunder. To breathe a wistful sigh for that moment when everything was cold, when the day was comatose and minutes didn’t matter. No one cried, not even the clouds, that such a dream had to end. All eyes just looked away, their ceremony submitting to instinct, and estranged the crescent sun. Hands packed up towels, glasses, masks, and compartments of luggage. Feet clamored for the crosswalks and coffee shops by the hundreds. Minds thought of rain, wind, and lightning, but all were overshadowed by time. Time was the true precipitation, it doused us with a cloudburst of commotion. After all, to see the sunlight, even behind a sheet of atmosphere, is to see the day passing you by, right? You can follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And here my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Hello! I'm Scruffy, and today I want to show you an interesting spoiler-free bit of trivia about the martial arts culture that influenced the soundtrack to ARMS, Nintendo's breakout fighting game for the Switch! I hope you enjoy it! Here's the Nintendo music streaming channel, Dystifyzer! Check it out for soundtracks to recent Nintendo games. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CDnZ97yyp9k88dxZkApeQ You can follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And hear my music on SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 All ARMS content belongs to Nintendo EPD. This video is for educational purposes only.

Today I wanted to show you a fun little "stop-motion" test animation I made of a zipper animation rig in Blender! The position of the clasp actually controls the position of the zipper sides. I'm working on something larger, but it wasn't ready today. I ought to have it finished next Monday!

Not my usual composition. I recorded/created four noises I found at the airport and manipulated them into four miniature abstract pieces. There are interesting sounds all around us, creepy or soothing, and even with a poor microphone on vacation I still can't pass them up. 0:00 - I. Departures 2:32 - II. Light Acid Rain 3:29 - III. Mice 4:23 - IV. Beach

I'm going to be traveling over the next few weeks, so I thought I'd present a much-requested video before I go! This is part of a playlist of the *extended* soundtrack to my Pikmin 3 Model Trivia video! (that video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrVtwhoAUA ) This was the music over item #8, exploring the Quaggled Mireclops model and all its little details. I started creating a reggae rhythm for fun, and then mixed in bits of the Pikmin 3 boss theme like echoing dub samples. When it came time to lay down a melody on melodica, the Mission Mode/Bingo Battle menu theme was the first to come to mind! I hope you enjoy it. You can also follow me on Twitter and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Scruffy and Mantichord here, tackling the final cave in the game: the Dream Den! There we will complete our treasure hoard, clash with the Titan Dweevil, and rescue Louie—all in first person! Wish us luck! If you wish to try first person for yourself, check out this tutorial on the Pikmin Technical Knowledge Base! http://pikmintkb.shoutwiki.com/wiki/User:Scruffy/Pikmin_2_in_First_Person_Tutorial You can also find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And listen to my music on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 Check out the public Pikmin Discord server for Pikmin updates, discussions, art, and more! https://discord.gg/pBzbnt7

Scruffy and Mantichord wrap up the Perplexing Pool and venture into one of the most unforgiving caves in Pikmin 2: The Hole of Heroes! Prepare for more first-person mania! You can also find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And listen to my music on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 Check out the public Pikmin Discord server for Pikmin updates, discussions, art, and more! https://discord.gg/pBzbnt7 Work in progress first-person Pikmin 2 tutorial: http://pikmintkb.shoutwiki.com/wiki/User:Scruffy/Pikmin_2_in_First_Person_Tutorial

Scruffy and Mantichord continue a first person exploration of the Shower Room and prepare to tackle the Wistful Wild! And of course we'll share our thoughts on Nintendo's presentation at E3 today! Hope you enjoy it! You can also find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And listen to my music on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 Check out the public Pikmin Discord server for Pikmin updates, discussions, art, and more! https://discord.gg/pBzbnt7

Haven't uploaded original music in a while, what with all the streaming, so here's a couple little variations of a theme, "Clarity." It's music for explaining something, or for making something clear. I'd like to think that the third version is a broader or more subjective explanation. I hope you enjoy it! You can find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And on Soundcloud! https://soundcloud.com/stream

Scruffy and Mantichord continue a first person trek into the Frontier Cavern, Bulblax Kingdom, and Snagret Hole, with the goal of conquering the ever-looming Submerged Castle! You can also find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And listen to my music on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 Check out the public Pikmin Discord server for Pikmin updates, discussions, art, and more! https://discord.gg/pBzbnt7

I'm back in action after being sick, and the livestream of Pikmin 2 in First Person is ready to continue on Sunday, June 11, at 6:00 PM EST. Thanks to everyone for the supportive comments and patience over the past couple days. I hope to see you on Sunday!

Sorry everyone, I woke up sick this morning and my voice is shot. I need to postpone the stream of Pikmin 2 in First Person for now. Again I apologize, I'll let everyone know when the stream is ready to resume.

Scruffy and Mantichord continue to tackle Pikmin 2 from a new perspective: Captain Olimar's eyes! This time we venture into some other caves to recuperate from last time's ordeal of a Submerged Castle, and we prepare to storm the Castle a second time, leaving no treasure un-salvaged! I hope you enjoy it! You can also find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And listen to my music on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 Check out the public Pikmin Discord server with this link: https://discord.gg/pBzbnt7

Scruffy and Mantichord tackle Pikmin 2 from a new perspective: Captain Olimar's eyes! I hope you enjoy it! You can also find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets And listen to my music on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

You are cordially invited to the first live-stream of Pikmin 2 from a first person perspective! Tune in Monday, May 29 at 6:00 PM EST! If you can't make it, I'll save the video so you can view it afterwards.

This first-person version of Pikmin 2 is almost ready to stream! I expect it'll come in early June, but I'll confirm an exact time soon. Rounding out the soundtrack to I arranged to my Pikmin 2 in First Person video! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrt3MVANpk) This is a medley of Pikmin tunes including: *an 80's ballad version of the loop that plays when you find a special treasure in Pikmin 2, *a reprise of the Awakening Wood theme, and *the "Today's Report" theme remixed with a little inspiration from Stevie Wonder. Thanks for listening!

Today I wanted to show you a 2D animation test I made in Blender. I'm trying out a new stylized approach to animation based on "drag-select," or shaping rectangular planes using a single vertex. So I decided to drag-select-animate a little bird minding its own business. I hope you enjoy it! This was also an exercise in Blender camera tracking, so technically this was a rotoscope of stock footage. Footage used under Creative Commons License with Permission: Mountain Bluebird by KyZaK Media. I hope to develop this style more as I continue exploring animation possibilities in Blender!

Here's part of a playlist of the *extended* soundtrack to my Pikmin 3 Model Trivia video! (that video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrVt...) You can also now follow me on Twitter and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 This was the music over item #5, looking at little details of the Candypop Bud model, and over the spoiler warning. It's an arrangement of the Pikmin 3's DLC Mission Mode theme, featured in such areas as the Clockwork Chasm. I can't really pin down a genre for it, I just had a lot of fun with it! Instruments in the order they are introduced: Drum machine Glass marimba Banjo Andes melodica "Tuba" (my voice) Tibetan singing bowl Chalumeau Plastic xylophone Voice trio Glockenspiel Acoustic bass Snare drum and drumsticks

A bit of the soundtrack I arranged to my Pikmin 2 in First Person video! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrt3MVANpk) It's a disco/dance pop remix of the theme that first plays in Sublevel 1 of the Hole of Beasts. It's a pretty quiet theme... until now! I hope you enjoy it.

A bit of the soundtrack I arranged to my Pikmin 2 in First Person video! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrt3MVANpk) It's an 80's pop reimagining of most of the Awakening Wood theme from Pikmin 2. I studied quite a bit of 80's pop to come up with these synthesized sounds and their orchestration, as well as several VHS videos and the soundtrack to the indie horror game "Tattletail" to come up with the distorted bit at 1:34 (which I used to introduce the program Dolphin in the video). It may be a weird set of resources, but it all informed this retro mood. I hope you enjoy it!

Time for some more Pikmin trivia, this time regarding the camera in Pikmin 2 and how I modified it to view the Pikmin world from Captain Olimar's eyes! I hope you enjoy it! You can skip to the first-person preview at 10:00. A huge thank-you goes to johnbtheperson (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC24xwQTZYEPsccGYl-fQinQ) for "casettifying" this video's intro and outro! He inspired the whole "80's VHS" vibe of this video. Check out his channel for some awesome music, instrument construction, and flute physics! You can also find me on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 And thank you all for 100,000 views and counting! It really means a lot to know this content is enjoyed so much.

I revisit my theme for the Lipidon, a made-up Pikmin enemy, but this time with the passionate panache of orchestral tango! You can listen to the original Lipidon's theme here: https://youtu.be/SQ3abtVrlWs I want to give a big thanks to my friend Zachery Litchfield for turning this silly melody into an expressive gesture on cello! You can check out his SoundCloud page here: https://soundcloud.com/user-726134365

Here's part of a playlist of the *extended* soundtrack to my Pikmin 3 Model Trivia video! (that video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrVt...) You can also now follow me on Twitter and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 This was the music over item #1, looking at the S.S. Drake spaceship model to get a sense of Pikmin 3's hi-polygon standard and to reveal a secret compartment inside one of the windows! The whole score is an arrangement of the S.S. Drake theme. The first part is just a ballad with a similar form to the original tune, while the second is a strange waltz I decided to arrange because it sounded nice and airy. In this extended version, I end up mixing the two genres! Instruments in the order they are introduced: Pad synthesizer Electronic drum kit Electric ukelele Bass melodica "Electric guitar" (0:46, actually that's me doing an impersonation) Medieval flutes Hammer dulcimer

Here's part of a playlist of the *extended* soundtrack to my Pikmin 3 Model Trivia video! (that video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrVt...) You can also now follow me on Twitter and hear my music on SoundCloud! https://twitter.com/Scruffy_Tweets https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960 This was the music over items #2 and #3, looking at the model for the Bulborb's eyes, and the textures that color its abdomen. It's all a loose arrangement using the Wistful Wild melody. Over #2 it's a funky ballad, enough said. Over #3 it's more lively, including a bit of music about normal textures inspired by Indian raga music! Apparently the Wistful Wild melody works in a raga musical mode, called a "thaat." Specifically this is Thaat Bhairavi, which is equivalent to the Phrygian mode. That was a pleasant surprise! Instruments in the order they are introduced: #2: E. piano Bass Drumset Synthesizer (plays the melody and its harmony) Electric guitar #3: Guiro Glockenspiel Flute (this was a breakthrough for me in modeling MIDI instruments!) Sitar Dholak drum Sarod Trio of voices (all me)

It may be a week early, but I wanted to say thank you to over 2000 subscribers and over 69,000 views! Everyone has been so kind in response to these videos, thank you so much for the support! So, here is the beginning of a playlist of the *extended* soundtrack to my Pikmin 3 Model Trivia video! (that video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrVtwhoAUA) This was the music over item #4, looking at the models (used and unused!) of Pikmin and leaders in Pikmin 3. The music begins with a Hawaiian-influenced arrangement of the Pikmin discovery theme. The second half is the Pikmin 3 main theme in a style inspired by joropo, a Venezuelan folk dance music! I hope you enjoy it, more to come next Monday! Instruments in the order they are introduced: Marimba Bass ukulele (I transposed my ukulele down two octaves) Ukulele (acting as a regular ukulele and filling in as a charango) Recorder Hawaiian steel guitar Bombo criollo (the drum in the joropo) Maracas Whistling Hand clapping Glockenspiel Classical guitar Also, I'm on SoundCloud now! If you want to listen to my music there instead, here's the link! https://soundcloud.com/user-699017960

Hello! I'm Scruffy, and today I'm taking a little break from Pikmin content to talk about the music in Nintendo's flagship franchise, Mario! Specifically, I'm looking why and how it is that Mario's many musical motifs get stuck in our heads so easily, with help from some important music theory concepts. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks to Kevin Cheek for providing the alto saxophone in this video! Check out his SoundCloud page here: https://soundcloud.com/kevin-cheek

Hello! I'm Scruffy, and today I'm going to show you some interesting trivia about the amazingly detailed models in Pikmin 3! This game really pushed the envelope for the Pikmin series with its modeling and texturing detail, and its experimentation! I hope you enjoy it! Here's the link to my Pikmin 2 sound effect trivia video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5x2Y5dbf9Q&lc=z13qdxk5ay2egnxja04cdfeqynrmuprh1mw0k

Here's an arrangement of The Distant Spring theme from the game Pikmin! At 1:46 the combat variation comes in, and then at 3:28 and 5:10 I composed variations for Pikmin carrying items and performing tasks, respectively. I hope you enjoy it! In 2 weeks I will definitely upload a new Pikmin trivia video. Sorry for the delay on that.

This is a little original cinematic looping composition I made by exploring the new orchestral samples available to me in Logic Pro! I'm learning a lot about it, and music production is going really smoothly. Thanks for listening! I was hoping to publish a new Pikmin trivia video next time, but these past two weeks have been really suddenly busy. There will be something Pikmin-related next time, and hopefully I can get to the trivia video after that.

To kick off my channel overhaul, I recorded an a cappella medley of music from the classic game Wii Sports! This contains the main theme to the game as well as a short theme from the tennis mode. I got these stuck in my head and found them too singable not to perform them! This rendition features eight tracks of vocals and one track of beat-boxing. Part 2 is coming!

Welcome to my new and improved channel! I'm Scruffy. I'm a composer and a 3D artist with a lot of ideas and a love for video games. Every two weeks I'll upload new content here, whether it be songs, art, jokes, stories, tutorials, trivia, or what have you. Thank you for tuning in! My main music production applications: Logic Pro: http://www.apple.com/logic-pro/ Sibelius: http://www.avid.com/sibelius Notion: https://www.presonus.com/products/Notion Audacity: http://www.audacityteam.org For 3D art, I can't get enough of Blender, the free and open-source 3D modeling and rendering application. https://www.blender.org

Here's an arrangement request I made: the theme of the monster Nakarkos from the Monster Hunter series! Thanks to JPMRocks (link below) for the request and the album art. I hope you enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/user/Jpmrocks7

Here's my take on one of the creepiest tracks from the Pikmin 2 soundtrack, the Submerged Castle theme. I hope you enjoy it, if you dare... ...and I hope you have a happy Halloween!

In collaboration with Pikipedia, I arranged a medley of memorable themes from the three Pikmin games to celebrate Pikmin's 15th anniversary. I hope you enjoy it! See the anniversary video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9u1qh0L1So Hajime Wakai composed these amazing themes, and I cannot thank him enough for his work on the Pikmin series. I also used an excerpt from the tribute concert Symphonic Legends - Music from Nintendo, arranged by Hayato Matsuo and performed by the WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln. I also sampled a string section excerpt from Super Mario Galaxy, which was composed by Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo.

I reimagined the logo reveal for Super Mario Sunshine in Blender! I hope you enjoy it. Credit goes the Orchestre de Jeux for the clip of their Super Mario Sunshine medley.

An arrangement of "The Impact Site" theme from the game "Pikmin," with added tracks for combat, carrying items, and working on tasks. I hope you enjoy it! Originally composed by Hajime Wakai.

I recently rediscovered an early arrangement I made of Pikmin 2's opening cutscene for orchestra, using the sequencing software Notion. I hope you enjoy it!

I'm back for another dissection of Pikmin 2! This time I'm explaining 7 points of trivia about the sound effects in the game using a raw dump of internal sounds. I'll cover the voice of Pikmin and how you can achieve it, unearth some inside info on the chirps and calls of beasts, and even engage a very tenacious Gatling Groink in a soundalike contest. I hope you find it interesting! I couldn't have found how to extract these sounds without the help of my friend Espyo; you can find his Youtube account here: https://www.youtube.com/user/srb2Espyo/videos Instructions on extracting the sounds and more cool notes about the innards of Pikmin 2 can be found here: https://tcrf.net/Pikmin_2 https://tcrf.net/Notes:Pikmin_2 Espyo and I edit on Pikipedia, your one-stop wiki for everything Pikmin. If you ever need a Pikmin question answered, look no further! http://www.pikminwiki.com/ I also used some sounds from other Nintendo games in this video, thanks to the help of The Sounds Resource, a site dedicated to extracting sounds from video games. Give the site a once-over if you ever need some video game foley! http://www.sounds-resource.com

A funky remix of Pikmin 3's "Tropical Wilds" theme. I hope you enjoy it!

All the details of Pikmin 3 add up. There's a side of the Plasm Wraith we never knew. I hope you have a great April Fool's Day!

A mellow cave theme for the Mycelial Burrow, along with different mixes for facing enemies or carrying items. Mushroom Pikmin are discovered here; the whole theme of the cave is fungi. It was all made using one acoustic bass guitar, with heavy effects on plucking, producing harmonics, bowing, slapping, and strumming the tuning peg portion of the strings. I hope you enjoy it!

This video demonstrates some of the interesting parameters used in the title screen of Pikmin 2. I hope you find them interesting! At 1:13, I look at parameters for the title screen in general. At 5:37, I look at more specific parameters for the Pikmin that form the logo of the game. At 8:07, I look into BOID parameters, which govern the flock-like movement of Pikmin when they aren't stationed in their logo. I hope to demonstrate how much effort was put into making this title screen not only detailed, but able to work under many Boids scenarios.

A looping composition in three parts; this was an experiment in removing texture to change intensity and mood. I hope you enjoy it!

A mostly a capella rendition of end of day music from the Pikmin series. The only thing that's not voice is a melodica solo toward the end. I hope you enjoy it!

A brief excerpt of one of my favorite pieces, performed in my first animation sequence. As little sense as it makes, I hope you enjoy it!

A quaint theme for the first day, in which Olimar relearns how to control Pikmin. Its melody contains a hint of Forest of Hope, transfigured in many different ways. The softer section of electric piano is for when Olimar is explaining something through monologue.

The main theme to Pikmin Forever. I hope you enjoy it!

My second composition request: a looping soundtrack for a video game level with a garden theme. I hope you enjoy it!

A weird theme (and combat, item, and task variations) for a weird enemy, the Lipidon. It's a fatty Breadbug that just swallows items instead of dragging them to its den. I took a lot of inspiration from the style of cave music in Pikmin 2, as well as the look and sounds of the Giant Breadbug. I hope you enjoy it!

An electronic composition I designed after messing around with a simple square wave sample and fluent tempo change. It has at least two distinct parts; I suppose you could call them "movements." I hope you enjoy it!

An original looping composition... I'm not really sure what I was going for here. But I hope you enjoy it!

An original looping composition. I hope you enjoy it! Featuring me on the Andes melodica.

An original composition, composed for a game app in which the player tries to hold on to a crocodile's tongue. I hope you enjoy it!

An original composition. I hope you enjoy it!

An original looping composition. I hope you enjoy it!