Space Odyssey (Gradius II Megamix)

Oh god, it's done. After months of work, it's done. So here it is, my epic (over 10 minutes long) megamix that covers nearly half of the Gradius II soundtrack. The music of the Gradius series has always been nothing short of amazing, so I hope I did the songs justice.

Originally, I was going to add some announcer vocals shouting "Shoot it in the head!", "You need some practice!" and so on, but it ended up sounding corny so I scrapped that idea :P

Download MP3 here:
http://www.klustr.net/arrangedmusic/files/E-Tank_-_Space_Odyssey_(Gradius_II_...

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Music

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• gradius
• gradius2
• II
• gofer no yabou
• グラディウスII
• GOFERの野望
• arcade
• music
• soundtrack
• megamix
• arranged
• konami
• game
• shmup
• shoot em up

[METAL1ON]

Tabidachi sound awful, burning heat sounds like burning heat and thats it, Ill stop there you have more music skill than i could ever hope to have but whilst you have done a great job at reproducing the tracks the originals are all better than what you have produced, sit with some headphones on listening to the originals and listen deeply to them there are a lot of channels to the original music that give the tunes their charm, keep trying ill give this a thumbs up.

[Gencoil]

@METAL1ON Well, that's exactly what I did. I listened to the tracks very carefully, sometimes with my headphones on. I'm pretty sure all the channels are there, but maybe they sound unclear to you because of the synths I used. Could you explain what it is you find awful about Tabidachi? Thanks for complimenting me on my music skills at least, even if you didn't care much for the music itself :)

[SynobazzCircutMaster]

This cover is awesome! Have you considered covering songs from Contra? That game had an awesome soundtrack. If you've already done a song from Contra, you could say you've done covers from 3 of Konami's most memorable old-school series; the others being Gradius and Castlevania. (I call them old-school because it was during the NES era when these series got off the ground; plus, Konami made "ReBirth" games of all 3.)

[Gencoil]

@SynobazzCircutMaster I've covered one of the songs from Super Contra called "Jungle Juncture", there's a link to it on my website. So yeah, I've done all three :D

[JoshuaHazelwood]

PLEASE MAKE REMIXES FOR GRADIUS III!

[Gencoil]

@JoshuaHazelwood If you check out my website klustr.net you'll find a remix/cover of "In The Wind" (Stage 3).

[RoboNyanya]

Respectfully disagreeing with METAL1ON here. I think this work shows that you have a true appreciation for that unique spirit of Konami's Gradius tunes. These are beautiful updates of the originals, and I feel a little silly for not checking out your non-MM arrangements earlier. Unrelated, but have you given consideration to making some Gradius Gaiden themes?

[cronodob]

yes gradius 

[palmalove61]

Awesome I want to hear a remix of shoot and shoot

[insertusednamehere0]

This is AWESOME, man.

You ever gonna get around making the 2nd half of the soundtrack? I'd love to hear your renditions of Maximum Speed and the Boss Rushes.

[SynobazzCircutMaster]

Listening to this a second time, I felt the need to research Gradius 2, and from that, I think I figured out why the Famicom version of G2 never saw an NES release. It's likely because of the mapping chip it used, which was Konami's VRC4. Since it was a 3rd-Party chip not made by Nintendo, it couldn't be used in games outside of Japan. Only 1st-Party hardware was allowed for use in the USA and Europe.

[METAL1ON]

@METAL1ON Sorry it was just my opinion of tabidachi since I listen to the original quite often I just didnt like it. Im a huge Gradius fan and tend to like it the way it is Ive come across lots of remakes of the various tunes over the years and have never liked any of them better than the originals. Dont take my opinion to heart because its just an opinion.

[TheMoonKitsune]

Synthetic Life needs to be extended.

Just sayin'.

[FlerchenDREIMAL6]

I don't know how but this song found it's own way to my mp3-player by itself. :D