Piano Pro-Am
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English - May 18, 2020 13:02 - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsVideo Games Leisure video games videogames nintendo sony sega microsoft xbox playstation wii Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Times are tough lately and we can all use a pick-me-up. Start your week out with some peppy energy thanks to musician Rob "88bit" Kovacs and his piano rendition of one of the Nintendo Entertainment System's best racers, R.C. Pro-Am. Composed by Rare soundtrack master David Wise, these songs make some interesting use of the NES's limited sound channels. Rob explains: The opening title screen theme is one of the more unique NES themes in that it is saturated with triads, something you don’t hear too often due to the 3-voice limitation of the NES soundchip. Composer, David Wise, gets...
Times are tough lately and we can all use a pick-me-up. Start your week out with some peppy energy thanks to musician Rob "88bit" Kovacs and his piano rendition of one of the Nintendo Entertainment System's best racers, R.C. Pro-Am. Composed by Rare soundtrack master David Wise, these songs make some interesting use of the NES's limited sound channels. Rob explains:
The opening title screen theme is one of the more unique NES themes in that it is saturated with triads, something you don’t hear too often due to the 3-voice limitation of the NES soundchip. Composer, David Wise, gets around this by using all three channels to perform the melody and the harmony and then squeezing the bass notes in between the melody notes. The result is a really thick and packed sound.
Rare's sound team always did amazing work when given limited tools, and Rob does a fantastic job of translating the Pro-Am soundtrack for piano. Check it out and listen to his other recordings on his YouTube channel.