Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest (NES) - The Silence of the Daylight (All Instrument Cover)
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- čas přidán 20. 09. 2021
- Here's the town theme from Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest on the NES, possibly better known as The Silence of the Daylight. This tune is fairly maniacal, always featuring a three part melody with frequent use of counterpoint, and a few chromatic notes here and there. This was definitely one of those songs where after selecting the tempo to track the drums, I hoped I'd be able to actually be able to play the song on the other instruments.
Each instrument voicing had its own challenges. The bass part featured a number of notes played in two octaves, which I leverage thumb thumping for, but these notes were often interwoven with melodic runs within the octave. This forced me to constantly change right hand technique between thumps and traditional bass finger positions, fairly challenging for an amateur bassist like myself. The bass line features a number of tasteful chromatic notes which really drives the song melodically. The high guitar part had a particularly challenging section where the melody keeps changing between a low part and a high part two octaves higher, while the low guitar part has you shifting between a literal two octave melody and a melodic part an octave below that. These are definitely not melodies designed with guitar or electric bass in mind!
For tracking, I used my usual mic setup along with my newer MXL 603s on the hihat, and took a pocket drumming approach with some big fills on the turn around section before the song repeats. The bass was tracked direct into the DAW with the SHB-1 and God's Cab plugins I've been using for awhile now. Both guitar parts were double tracked played through the Fender Cybertwin mic'd up with an sm57. I added a wah pedal plugin on one guitar part for some added fun! For the light mastering I do on these videos, I experimented running a multiband compressor through a limiter, which I think resulted in a clearer/brighter mix than the last few.
Let me know what you think of the mix in the comments, and if you want a good laugh to see how far I've come on this CZcams channel, check out my previous Simon's Quest cover of Monster Dance from just over two years ago, I think I've come a long way!
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What an excellent rendi... [WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE.] ...-tion to this classic NES track!
Thanks! I thought the bassline was tough...then I moved onto the melodies on guitar, yowza!
Playing the video at 1.25 speed sounds amazing!
the guitar is wonderful, congrats bro!
Cheers! The guitar parts were particularly tricky on this one, but really fun parts to get down!
Man memories galore...this game...this song is almost as old as me....its amazing two months I turn 40 lol...tonight is a good nite for songs that vibe! THIS ONE DEFINITELY DOES! JUST FEELS PURFECTION! If you can do an extended version of this! 🤩👌
Thanks! Sometimes NES songs feel like they're only about 10 years old to me, but then the math kicks in! Glad you enjoyed it!
I've got a few other classics on the channel and I'm always working on new videos
Great work, thanks
Cheers! This tune was really on the edge of playability for me when I tracked it, but it's a really fun song to play!
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Awesomeness
Awesome, cheers and welcome!
stellar stuff. Had my head bobbing and toe tapping the whole time lol.
Also those in-game quotes at the end really make you contemplate life haha.
Thanks, this one was pretty tricky to get down on guitar and bass, real fun though! Anytime I think about the in game dialog from Simon's Quest, I always wonder how we used to beat any of these games before the internet! Zelda 2 is another headscratcher!
@@thesosomusician Older games were definitely hard, indeed. There was so much mystery and wonder before the internet lol. (Those super colorful strategy guides were pretty cool at the time tho).
Awesome brother keep up the good work, can never get enough of this song dont matter the rendition, but you did a great job!
Thanks, this tune's killer even by non-NES standards, super deep groove and some sweet counterpoint to boot! Glad you enjoyed it, Cheers!
Me encanta este Cover 😊
Thanks so much, cheers!
Drums f**ked it up. Sometimes less is more.
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