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a friend sent me this:

These are 6 short tunes from an oldschool Game Boy game I've never played called "Shantae". L
looks like it was about a sassy genie girl or something, and the music reflects that, with a neat hip hop/arabic
feel to most of the tunes. This guy Jake Kaufman's only 27 and a damn good game composer. He scored this particular
game when he was 20, at the end of the Game Boy's life span. Such primitive hardware. It's inspiring to me. Check it.

1. I like the chord progressions here:
http://virt.vgmix.com/music/handheld/ja ... reas_2.mp3

2. He says he was inspired by Cypress Hill here and it shows:
http://virt.vgmix.com/music/handheld/ja ... t_town.mp3

3. Great stuff:
http://virt.vgmix.com/music/handheld/ja ... r_town.mp3

4. Check out the GENIUS arabic scale he fits so tastefully here...so harmonically smooth:
http://virt.vgmix.com/music/handheld/ja ... nigame.mp3

5. Theme for the "hot villain girl" in the game:
http://virt.vgmix.com/music/handheld/ja ... _boots.mp3

6. This reminds me of a hokier SC3, with a weird pastichey off-kilter moments:
http://virt.vgmix.com/music/handheld/ja ... battle.mp3

emicad

the 8-bit scene is full of brilliant minds. if you like this stuff, this is your place:
http://www.micromusic.net/
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