More covers, great ones and not so great one...

A post dedicated to clear out a backlog of links that I have gathered with covers of game music that I did not know where else to put. Some stuff is fantastic, like the Metroid Metal, others... well, judge for yourself.

Like normal, I am not familiar with the C64 stuff, nor anything pre-NES times, so I don't know how to make a value judgement on those.

Entertainment System

I don’t know much about these guys outside of the three great albums that they have made. They are apparently based in Baltimore and are composed of 5 guys who rock

Soundwise they are in the metal/rock genre and mostly cover games that came out on the NES, the SNES and the N64. (They snuck in some Sonic there as well) Soundwise they are similar to The Megas, Year 200X and The Advantage.

Of the more original stuff that these guy do, a good cover of F-Zero (Mute City, Big Blue and port Town) as well as Starfox. 

The OneUps

The OneUps is an independent video game music cover band from Fayetteville, Arkansas, US, formed in 2000. They play arrangements of game music from companies such as Nintendo, Square Enix and Sega, with a style of funk, jazz and rock.

I first discovered these guy back in 2008 when I found the Volume 1 album while looking for some game music. I loved their Isle Delfino cover along with Town Medley from Zelda 2 - The Adventures of Link (Secret best Zelda ever).

When I discovered Volume 2 I fell even more in love with these guys. Their Air Man cover is packed with awesome along with the Punch Out! cover.

Their two last albums are Super Mario Kart Album and Intergalactic Redux. Super Mario Kart Album is 10 song compilation of all the best Mario Kart soundtracks out there.

Intergalactic Redux is a reimagining of several great classic themes,or as they describe it themselves: A collection of cosmic creations concocted for the most cognitive cochleae capable of conscious comprehension - re-imagined, re-arranged and re-recorded by The OneUps.

You can find their website here: http://www.theoneups.com/

Final Fantasy Covers and "Other"

I thought I should collect all of these in one big post, as they are somewhat related.


So, Distant Worlds is classical covers of Final Fantasy music