Title Theme to Solstice (NES) - Guitar Version *MP3 link updated!*

[TheCreepyChuwnLi]

That's just....awesome work. So much years I waited for a band or a musician to cover this properly !!

[Muscle4LifeX]

This put together with Randil´s TAS would be perfection. Still freakin´ awesome. Love the game and this guitar version.

[isacco1975]

ultra huge remake :) Great job :) Great idea using guitars :)

[isacco1975]

GREAT MIXDOWN :)

[FoxxOTG]

I have a bunch of great NES Metal and have been requesting bands to do Solstice. This hit the spot, until someone can do it better, if the can. Great job on this, I envy your ability.

BTW I can re-edit your video so it fits for time if you like, feel free to private message me.

[NiceNatetheInnate]

amazing. this is so perfect, ive watced this intro 1000 times and jammed out when i was just a little dude, you guys rock . it was like something i alwayse imagined should exist

[AStandsForFrench]

I feel like I'm five years old again, but everything is more metal than it was.

[zoopdidoop]

Man, I expected some crappy cover but then I'm treated to this.

Absolutely fantastic!

[wavepsychic]

Sounds Irish. I love it!

[BrotAndCativ]

Amazing, Pojo81!! Thanks for sharing!

[Dylanquinn666]

Amazing job!! I'm so glad somebody did it!! Tim Follin needs to see this...

[TehImmzor]

8-bit version beats all. I would like this one a bit more if it didnt ad-lib that terrible part at 0:58-1:05, seriously do you think that you can write it better than Follin? =/

[campwater]

@TehImmzor have to admit the little tapping lick was pretty sharp.

[goodtimesfreegrog]

I don't think that link's working again, can you upload this somewhere else, like Mediafire?

[dugthefreshest]

that intro is the sauce, good job.

[chloroplastjeff]

My ceramic dragon bong and I beat this game in 1993 and fantasized what a cover song would sound like, I lived long enough to finally hear it. Thank you pojo 81!

[ScrewLimbBizkit]

OH GOD MY SEMEN IS EVERYWHERE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[DocterEggman]

the arpeggios aren't as fast as the original

[vcMalice]

since the first time i ever threw this game into my NES, i've wanted something like this to exist. now i check this off my list of things that must happen before i die.

[vcMalice]

man my face has been blown off by this

[ketsusama]

Sir, you've got me in a slow clap. YOU are what all the gamers of yesteryear including myself love to hear. I'm pretty sure I speak for a majority of us when I say... "Thank you".

[sweethki]

prog prog prog!

[Renakhalid]

I cant download the file and this makes me want to cry ö_ö

[Renakhalid]

Thats splendid, i am amazed and really pleased to hear it modernised but left in spirit utterly intact.

[SpiralPegasus]

HOLY JEEBUS

I say that the Tim himself would applaud you.

Incredible.

As many have said before, Silver Surfer level 1 theme would be awesome. Then again, so would be any Mega Man or Sonic theme.

Bravo!

[snaredrums123]

WHY. DOES. THIS. HAVE. LESS. THAN. TEN. THOUSAND. VIEWS?!

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

[Konfu]

Spot on, man. Thank you for making one more childhood wish come true.

[WhoMelissa]

This is awesome! Epic arrangement of a fantastic videogame tune.

[Erke86joc1]

I downloaded it and I play it on my iPod every day :D

I owe you my childhood memories being brought back to me :)

Thanks!

[Luggagerecords]

ummm...WOW

[Eddyles]

I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I'd like to see you upload more stuff, you really have loads of potential.

[Niteztube]

Wow, very impressive.

[schot1et]

I know I'm possibly blaspheming here, but this was the greatest Nintendo theme of all time. I loved playing this game just for the music alone. And you just made it that more amazing. I have been waiting for a guitar version of this for most of my life. Thank you. So much.

[johnyjordan]

This is pretty much epic. The only thing that could possibly make this better is just more live instruments. For instance, maybe change some of the riffs to violin riffs and use actual flutes, etc. But, until anyone decides to do that, this is pretty much going to be "the best thing - ever."

[RPGplane]

Lol you rendered the whole timeline in Adobe Premiere did you? in "Export" "movie" you should check the option "work area bar only"

[Codyray1992]

Very nice job! It always amazed me how complicated this song was for it's era.

[MechagirlSachiko]

Ah, awesome! The MP3 is back!

At last I can have this jewel in my player!

[jsd1982]

You stole my idea! :P This is freaking epic though. I absolutely love it!

[antichrist07comrad]

THIS IS FUCKING EPIC!

[000001asdf]

f'in awesome bro

[spuddo21]

This was very well done, great job.

[digitalmind68]

Wow, that was great!

[Bp1033]

My mind is blown, my hat is off and I lost my socks!

[StonecuttersBand]

Genius!

[MrWhoopsiedaisy]

*pop*

Well, there goes my mind. F*ck.

[masskonfuzion]

holy goodness gracious.... this is ucking funbelievable!

[DynaDash]

Kind of like this was my prime idea: watch?v=t2c4k_dHA2Q

But still, your Guitar Version is outstanding.

[DynaDash]

Great work, I salute you.

Not exactly as I imagined it, I kind of imagined more like Gentle Giant, but excellent work nonetheless.

[shikaguggle]

o yeah request for bloody tears from castlevania II: simon's quest

[cheerzmeupz]

I totally love this. You rock!

[Stafy]

Incredible stuff. I've always loved Solstice's intro and it just thrills me to see it get this treatment.

[shikaguggle]

HOLY FUCK THIS IS FANTASTIC

[worId]

LOL. AWESOME!

[CPSAO]

hello there. Excellent job on the cover/rewrite. one problem: the site that you link to to download wont initialize the download........ARG!!!!!

[psychokong64]

pure awesome! u should do silver surfer's theme!

[cpt203]

Simply outstanding! Nice one bro....

[Metaknight1984]

My life is now complete.

[JeridanCork]

OH MY WORD!

Thank you so very much for this.

[SpacePirateCaine]

Pojo, I just wanted to say that this is truly awesome - I've always been a huge fan of Solstice as one of the greatest and most underappreciated old NES games. Tim Follin's soundtrack was amazing and all of it deserves to be given as great a treatment as this - my hat is off to you.

[Frogorchestra01]

omg I can't express how much you rock dude! First off impressive playing just absolutely amazing. Plus the fact that too one of the best NES games songs and zomfg just took it from awesome and made it EPIC!! :D!!

[ledforever77]

Awesome !!!

[JPteeto]

This is, possibly what I've been looking for. Thanks a LOT. Know that your work is appreciated.

[pojo81]

Thanks for the views and comments everyone! My apologies on the link to the mp3 going dead and for me taking forever to update it. But, I finally got around to it and put up a fresh link...hopefully this stays up this time. Enjoy!

Mike

[dciguy01]

Great remix. Some small flaws in the complex sections, but overall a great cover.

[michaelda94]

its same habbo

[TheGamedawg]

You just remastered one of the best VGMs ever =D

[sumo066]

I hope you do some Equinox (Solstice II) covers and Plok covers as well. : D I'm not sure which I would like to request though, but I might soon. Awesome man!

Faved. ;D

[tentril]

Like everyone else, I am impressed and heartbroken. Awesome cover of an awesome song! I just wish the download was still available.

[gmabilli]

Some truly bitchin playing Mike! Composition blew me away too!

[remsdog]

magnifique!!

[Baxayaun]

This is one of the best, yet unexpected remakes I've ever found. Truly amazing. Congrats!

[JILost79]

EPIC.

Re-post MP3 please! I have webspace to lend if need be!

[metalhead00xx]

Awesome job :)

[greatmahoo]

I want to favorite this video forty times.

[Donut117]

wow i want this mp3. does anyone else know where it might be? the link is down : /

[MechagirlSachiko]

Blargh, broken link. :(

It's a pity, because this remix is awesome.

[IceTitan84]

this is amazing

[TheGamesphere]

you deserve an award dude

this is awesome

and nice guitar playing skills ;)

o yea

if you can, can you post up guitar tabs ?

[Mesarphelous]

This owns

[hunterwiebush]

Haha, fantastic.

[BoHPriest]

Awesome song,

broken link : (

Reupload please : )

[alphaignus]

Thank you for blessing the universe with this creation.

[mrskater76]

can i get the tabs please i will be very nice please :D:D

[porcorosso81]

Very good job! I think it probably sounds close to what Follin had in mind when he composed the song. Some of his NES instruments scream like: that's probably be supposed to be an e-guitar. Though I think that the portion of the original tune from 0:00 - 0:09 was probably meant to be an wind instrument.

Again: great job!

[therealKINDLE]

Fuck me do I have strong Competition! Amazing!

[JacksRache]

AWESOME!!!

[Bigdrip681]

HOLY HELL THAT WAS FUCKING AMAZING!

[evilralfwiggum]

Hells to the YEAH!

[sweethki]

AWESOME PROG!!

[alengard77]

fuck yea! man, those guitars rulz!

[Isenyne]

Have you considered submitting this to Overclocked Remix?  I know it's not everyone's cup of tea to submit there, but it would definitely expose this supercharged track to an appreciative audience!

[Nosmicomicles]

This is very well done!

[kardentyrell]

could you complete the epic that is solstice music and redo the other music tracks too? :o

[kardentyrell]

OH HELL YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Isenyne]

This is phenomenal. I always wanted to hear a live arrangement of this track. Thank you for creating and posting this.

[arandomviewer]

480 views... Should have A LOT more

[yersi]

Awesome chops, some parts are better than others but outstanding effort overall!

[bloom199]

awesome, how about a wizards and warriors guitar theme

[GweeGwee]

this would be nice

[kentonagbone]

I disagree as well. A song from the 80s should sound 80s.

Good job on this!

[sydbarrett1]

@ funkimunki206. i disagree. this is prog rock heaven. good job sir!

[funkimunki206]

Wow this is so... too much guitar. You should have done more of the instruments and made the guitar sound less... 80s. Don't get me wrong, this is pretty sweet, but def. not as sweet as the original.

[pojo81]

Thanks for the listens and the comments all.

As far as tabs/sheet music, I can't say I'll have the time to do that up. I used a midi file I found online to serve as a foundation and to learn the trickier parts I couldn't pull by ear. Loading the midi file in Sonar let me split the instruments into tracks, piano roll on the tracks itself let me go through note by note.

[bfish89ryuhayabusa]

Is there any way you could post the sheet music for this somewhere? ...and/or do the ending theme? I've had a similar idea to this, though my version's beginning is different.

[RetroVGamer]

Thank you for doing this! This track deserved this treatment!

[7lucky777777]

PLEASE IM BEGGIN GIVE ME THOSE TABS I TRY TO LEARN THIS BY MY SELF TOO HARD :s

[mazdasorin]

sounds great pojo ! :D

[DoctorZordirz]

Wow... Thank you! The guitar parts are perfect! I can only imagine how much time and effort went into this... You really did an amazing job!

Out of curiosity, were the drums and bass electronic or live instruments?

[adygunit]

good work pojo...I like it

Riko

[eldorado812]

nice work pojo. sounds very good.

Raducan

[GarudohRedux]

Totally. Fucking. Awesome.

One of my old subbers mentioned your rendition in a vid I made about the original NES tunes, so I was expecting a good YouTube cover, but man, this is a notch above most. Your playing is delicious to my ears.

Props on the song selection too, while we're at it. Tim Follin is the fucking man. Maybe you can rock out to some Silver Surfer, Sky Shark or even Plok in the future. Keep it up dude.

[Drakken]

Nice! I always enjoy hearing remakes of Follin's songs. They generally work well with guitar, bass, & drums, since he basically created prog rock tunes and stuck them in NES games.

[GweeGwee]

Amazing, wonderful, flawless. You have no idea how long i waited for a cover of this, and as it turns out it gets done in the most perfect way possible. Honor to be your first sub and hope to hear more amazing covers in the future.

two questions. are you playing the guitars or was this all done with a program? Secondly, i hope it's not too much to ask but i'd appreciate the mp3 of this badboy. Thanks again!

[pojo81]

Thanks so much for the comment. Same as you, this piece blew me away when I heard it on the nes and I knew it had to be redone with live instruments...surprised no one did yet that I know of!

Now your questions:

1. Yup, I played all guitars (not exactly live, some parts needed 20+ takes)

2. Yes, after you asked I figured others might want it too so I put it on a host...and a link to it in the description.

Cheers!

Mike

[GweeGwee]

thanks! by the way, would you be willing to do some requests? i have a few in mind if you have time

[pojo81]

Possibly...go ahead and list them and we'll see if I can get around to them.

[Ursacke]

@pojo81 RE: Other covers: Ryan8bit also did a guitar cover, although I can't find it on YouTube. He's done some good stuff, but his Solstice is sloppy compared to yours - he should have referenced the slowed-down (ie; original speed) PAL version!