Attempting to Make a Video Game Theme with Mario Paint in One Night || Shady Cicada
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2019
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Video Game Themes. They tend to be themes in video games. Crazy fact, I know. I've said a load of things about video game themes already, but it's pretty interesting to hear how trans-formative they are, due to the melodies that accompany some of them. Sometimes a theme is so memorable (and possibly iconic) that it can transcend genres/styles and still stay true to what it originally was, giving listeners the same feeling it was intended to give. (Some non-video game songs can do this too by the way). Take an iconic video game song, turn it into 8-bit, make it a beatsaber level, create a rock version of it, or even make a Mario Paint version and you can guarantee there will be someone who vibes with it. Speaking of Mario Paint, it was HUGE for covers back in the day. I would binge watch so many of them when I was a young teen (a smol shady who knew nothing about music composition yet). I always wondered how they made these themes on Mario Paint. Now I'm finally at a stage where people are requesting me to try it out, so here's me trying to make an original video game theme with it. This is "Attempting to Make a Video Game Theme with Mario Paint in One Night". I hope you enjoy! This song was inspired by the Mario games (duh), various JRPG themes, and a little bit of Undertale/Deltarune.
The program in this video is "Mario Paint Composer". The original site has been down for who knows how long. Just look around for a bit and you'll find it.
Songs in the video (all made by me)
► Daydreamer
► Push On!
► Swan Song
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EQUIPMENT
Guitar: Schecter Banshee Elite 6 (with Seymour Duncan Alpha/Omega Pick ups)
Bass: Ibanez Soundgear SDGR
Strings: Elixir "Light-Heavy"
Orchestra: East West Symphonic Orchestra (Gold Version)
Synths/Synth Drums/Various Instruments: Xpand!2
Interface: Line 6 UX2
Audio Software (DAW): Cubase 5
Tone Software: POD Farm 2 & Bias FX
Drums: Superior Drummer 2.0
Mixing/Mastering Software: Izotope 5
Video Software: Adobe Premiere Pro
Video Camera: Canon Rebel T5i - Hudba
“There’s a baby..”
Baby: *Moans.*
“Nope.”
Your profile pic makes it all the better
I read this just as it was playing😂
"We gotta get a good rhythm going on before we add a baby"
Wow that's a good life lesson
Ha ye
haha funni secks
No, he said "We wanna get a good rhythm gobgtbtbgltbgbefore we start add[ing] the baby"
(4:01)
"the lower you go, the sadder it is"
Limbo-dancers: :,(
hahaha
"How low can you go"
*Unintelligible sobbing*
Shawty: :,(
And even that song gets low and still is fun and high energy
As a musician, if this dude really has no music theory knowledge.. he is a bloody *genius*
right??
yeah, I agree.
damn am musician but basically have zero music theory knowledge
Idek what dat is but that didn't stop me from making music
He has music theory knowlegde, he's just self taught
This is just me spitballing right but hear me out. Song made entirely out of sounds submitted by fans.
That sounds neat :) I'll definitely consider it. Maybe one with actual riffs as well...hmm
@@Shadycicada Aww hell ya
if this happens im submitting a pterydactyl screech (how does one spell that)
@@boymagely pterodactyl
@lpsunder miners that’s a closer spelling than what I would’ve gotten tbh
There were 30-50 feral marios forcing him to do this
They still haven't left my yard
@@Shadycicada I-I can call an exterminator if ye want?
There were 128 feral Mario's
@@Shadycicada they gone yet?
@ShadyCicada i fed them spageti they left now
“Welcome to the Salty Spittoon, how tough are ya?”
“I made an anime intro.”
“So?”
“In Mario Paint.”
“Right this way, sir!”
So I'm not the only one who thinks it sounds like that
@@izeasgibgio4628 I think my comment was just a dumb joke, not saying this sounds like anything, but what do I know, this was a year ago.
“Now that should sound like a really sad chord”
*makes a major 3rd*
Thought the same, literally makes a chord progression that goes all the way the 4th to the 7th and resolves in C, "oh that's pretty sad"
idk about music but
haha ikr lol
Technically he made a VI-VII-i progression in A natural minor (with a III to resolve) but yeah, it does start on a major chord. An F chord to be more precise. It can also be interpreted as C major but once you get to the verse it basically confirms that it's Am with the i-VI progression.
Remixer Darken yep mhm checks out. i agree. i know what your talking about.
Hmmm yes. Music facts.
7:23"I'm gonna remove the babies for now, but I will possibly bring the babies back"
he talks from irl experience
Shady confirmed for Death Stranding
Karen no
Spicy Carrot yes
Y u bully the babies
Protagonist: *starts believing in himself *
Antagonist: Why do I hear an anime opening?
Did you mess up bolding the text?
@@Garathon *Bold* of you to assume that they meant to bold it
@@starbreaker6740 well you do have to use * to make things bold
@@Garathon nah I just thought it looked better without it
_in_ _deep_ _announcer_ _voice_
*he’s* *beginning* *to* *believe*
The absence of music theory makes your compositions all the more interesting and unique.
Tbh I don't think it adds anything special to it besides the fact he has clearly good ears, at the end of the day you compose what you listen to
Therefore shady is a true anime boi and we got the evidence
He seems to have relative pitch but if he worked on it and learned basic music theory he could have perfect pitch
@@patrickredondo4110 nah not really, absolute pitch is only learned when child
@@patrickredondo4110 You don't know what perfect pitch is.
“I don’t know music theories and i cant read sheet music”
then come up with sth like this, life is not fair :(
I imagine he probably learnt how to make music in a similar way to how I've been learning to make art
Lots and lots of trial and error in early years and eventually learning what works and what doesn't from that experience
(From what i can tell he've been doing music for years now)
@@dustinm2717 Yeah, even though he hasn't officially learned music theory his songs mostly follow basic concepts found in music theory. It's probably because as you said over years of making music by ear he has got a sense of what sounds good and what isn't so it's kind of like he has discovered his own version of music theory.
Yall are making things complicated to make stuff like this you just do
Me: "Shady just take a break this weekend it's okay your channel will recover"
Shady: *this*
Welp 😅
Lmao
For a second I thought you were saying he just replied *T H I S* and I was frightened
@@annmarielangley6947 this
@@Shadycicada lol this video is funny and good🤣🤣🤣🤣and i have mario paint on my android phone with a snes emulator and i could make my own music
Hey Shady, you should remake this song in you actual program, because this could be an amazing song with some actual instruments and no note limitations.
YES!!!
That would be so cool
My man, woman or non binary I was about to comment this
Yes i agree
@PEDRO H 17
Opa! :)
Toby Fox legit made Dogsong and a few sound effects with the Mario Paint soundfont
I knew those dogs sounded familiar
"the lower the note, the sadder it is. this note is how sad I am"
...
"I can't hear anything"
"exactly"
that means that the note is so high that you can't hear it
@@rowboat10 notes can be too low as well.
@@elicenyne maybe that's what they want you to think
CZcams: is that *Mario* from *Nintendo* the *BRAND*
Shady: um...
CZcams: *DEMONETIZED*
Infringerino is my least favorite Mario brother
Lol 😂
@Shady Cicada I still don’t get why your video got claimed though. You made an original work using a program, it shouldn’t matter what program it is.
I think this is one of the only original songs that I've heard actually composed on Mario Paint Composer. The rest are usually covers. Its actually kinda amazing what you can create using this app.
It seems like the only people who would use Mario paint composer for something original are challenging themselves or casually dipping their toes into music
Or they were too cheap and lazy to find anything better like me hh lol
i actually used Mario Paint Composer as a starting point for composing original music! the limitations imposed by the program encourage finding creative workarounds, and offer a good starting point for people w/basically no knowledge of musical theory or composing. for me, as a little kid interested in making something musical, it was a formative experience.
in my teen years i started using the more 'advanced' version of the program called 'Advanced Mario Sequencer', and began composing more elaborate musical pieces and toying around with things such as soundfonts; and around last year, after a longer break from proper composing, i started using FL Studio, which caused the quality and speed of my music production to increase basically tenfold lmao
personally, i'm never coming back to either of the Mario Composer programs, but i do look fondly on the times when these programs were my main tool of production.
in my experience, the main reason the MPC covers of various songs get more attention than original pieces are because 1) the covers are already well-known songs, 2) they're usually much more expertly crafted than most original compositions on the program, and 3) although there are highly-skilled original composers in the the MPC community (which has been in deep decline for a long while now), their numbers are few and their kind of work is very niche, as most prefer far less limiting and more versatile programs.
Köokaburra the Kingfisher I will agree that MPC's limitations do make for some interesting music puzzles. I've actually made my first original Mario Paint Composer arrangement last month. And I would like to see more original MPC arrangements from time to time.
@@RemixerDarken Could you upload it? I would love to see
@@rowboat10 It's on my channel as the second video in the "Popular Uploads" playlist and it has Shady Cicada's mascot on the thumbnail. Hope that helps.
Edit: I thought you were talking about my remix of this song, but then I read my original reply. That said, I also have a playlist of original compositions if you're interested.
*tHaT fEeLs LiKe A gOoD nOtE*
I laughed a little too hard
same
9:43 "the dogs and cats will harmonise"
*makes them play in unison* B O I
They unionized instead
Why does he make a better sounding song out of M A R I O P A I N T than me on an actual music making platform I paid money for
Do you really want to hear the harsh truth? It's because he's simply better.
The time put into each song might be a factor. Also, experience. Last time I made a song (that also happened to be in Mario paint lol) I'd come up with some smallish things to add to it every day, where this guy made a (probably longer I didn't check) song in one entire night - in general everyone gets faster with things as they gain more experience
@@sheol5123 If you're gonna ask if he wants to hear the harsh truth you don't immediately answer it without getting his response first
Silly goose
@@sergevictoryyt He accepted to hear the harsh truth by asking that question. :P
Limitations can make it easier
See, the strange thing is that he was joking about this being a Mario anime theme...
yet I could totally hear this being an ACTUAL anime theme song.
just add some words and its perfection
I can draw anime, but I suck at animating. If I practice and get the hang of it, I might. No guarantees
i would if i could animate. or draw.
i'm trying to learn how to animate but currently i'm trash at it. will get back to you guys in about 3 months?
it reminds me of undertale
Him: Let’s hope this at least turns out decent...
Also him: **CREATES A MASTERPIECE**
This is chaotic neutral and/or chaotic good merged together and translated into a song.
I'd say chaotic good because it's in the c major scale
Shady make a great music without learning music theory. Its a very big motivation for us!
Fr tho! It's high-key inspiring and reassuring that he got here without knowing music theory and how to read sheet music, that fact definitely puts me at ease
That almost makes me sad, because I know music theory but can't make decent music.
@@beezzinha I know a guy who had trouble creating anything other than horror music because that was most of what he listened to. I dont know if that means anything to you, but maybe one thing you could try is listening to a bunch of music for the genre that you're aiming for and then going for it !
@@nonawax2079 Oh, that's actually great advice. Thanks!
Thanks, imperator putensky
Media: Video Games cause violence
Shady: Uses mario bros to write a song
Mwoc the Mango a boss FIGHT song.
Bruh didn’t you see him *remove those babies?* What if he does that IRL too? So violent smh
*goes on a murderous rampage bludgeoning people to death with a tuba*
Makes a song with babies
“A recent study showed us that Nintendo is paid by the Russians to hide propaganda in their games! Your kid might be exposed to Russian terrorist guides right now! NES apparently stands for Nintendo Entertainment System, but did you know it also stands for No Entity Survives. Wii have found out that Super Smash Bros. ,which is a game where people fight each other to death, was invented by Boris Stoyanov, a russian criminal convicted of murder, rape, assault, child grooming, drug trafficking, theft, forging documents and tax evasion. It doesn’t help that the network that the Wii U is connected, is a form of Shadow web, where kids can freely look at pornographic images, mutilation, body dismemberment, Russian propaganda and more. Do not trust the Mario bros!”
Did I mention the news hate Russians?
“I’ll write in in minor”
Writes first three notes of the major scale
it's actually a VI-VII-i progression in A natural minor but it's true that he started it with an F major chord.
Dude, the part with the doggos high-key slapped :O
If you ever decide to make a serious/polished version of this track in the future, please keep the doggos! They need a good home
(also wood-wood + baby crossover episode when👀)
this is the definition of a blursed video
Ivys Weird Mine-imator Stuff I see nothing cursed here
Diego18 mario anime theme
M A R I O A N I M E T H E M E
I subbed to your channel btw
okay but that genuinely slaps
i would highkey make an anime poster for that
same tbh
also nice pfp
much obliged mate
K then
"I just got back from a week in Jamaica" - Ahh yes, the Before Times.
I just got back from a week in colorado.
''But then the baby comes in, and ruines everything''
Sounds like my life.
these comments kill me everytime
M I N E T O O
Why would you need *Wood Wood* when you got *BABY*
Because Wood Wood is Good Good, and BABY is creepy af
Danganronpa. 😎
Is that Chiaki Nanami
:0
Ha ha
Man, as a musician and primarily a game dev student, you are an inspiration. I watch everything you put out at this point and want to try my hand at making my own music for any games and projects I may ever start in the future.
That means so much to hear, man. Seriously, it makes me happy that any of my music could be considered inspirational. I wish you the best with composing and game dev things!
I was looking into music too, and I want to be inspired like you but honestly I'm just a little jealous lmao
Making a song feels much more rewarding to me than animating or drawing something
Do it! Weaving together story, music, art and programming together starts to take on a life of its own at some point. You'll start to find you're writing leitmotivs into your artwork, and dashing your programs with some extra shine, and creating that sick drop in your storylines, while your music plays out a story that couldn't be told by words. Take it from me; when it all starts playing together, the whole thing will become self-inspiring. It's the best feeling ever.
Amen to this
Not gonna lie, the song is awesome without you not knowing the music theory.
Without you not knowing the music theory
@@internetaltar The English language is *weird*
@@_zealos_8213 Double negatives are present in other languages too.
When some guy on the internet makes better songs in mario paint than i do using professional programs
9:04 Jevil wants to *KNOW YOUR LOCATION*
So that's why it sounded so familiar...
Chaos CHAOS
. . .
Jevil can do anything even sneak into places they shouldn't be like this video
yes
I wasn't going crazy when I heard that then
*shady realising that a week has passed*
Usual program: Shady-kun you've returned
*Mario enters the chat*
Usual program: Oh no... NO!
True history
just realised you called every single part "why" i'm chortling
Never heard of you before but this slaps and I’m now interested in more.
“Im gonna remove the babies for a sec”
*hold up*
Bruh never through a banger could be created in Mario Paint
*Say sike right now*
You have never seen NintendoCapriSun's songs in Mario Paint then
Well, technically, if you mean this song, it can't. XD
If he were using the real mario paint, and not this weird fan-made mario composer thing, he'd very quickly realise that being limited to 3 simultaneous notes makes life very difficult.
You can't even make proper basic chords that way...
Thought*
For not knowing theory or sheet music, this was freaking insane
9:05
Sounds like the world revolving lol!
He took inspiration from undertale and deltarune, it says in the description
@@rowboat10 Oh yeah, he does that often. I was just pointing out that particular bit. Personally, I really like it when people take a leight-motif from something else and play off it a little. I'm a big fan of Noteblock for instance, and he does that a lot.
@@lukelcs8934 cool!
I want to hear this song in an actual game as like, the final sprint in a fight with a mid boss or something
Actually, *no* . Scratch that.
I want to play the dream figure skating minigame in *"Mario and Sonic at the Olympic winter games 2010" for the ds* with that song in the background.
That would be so *intense*
nice concept
@Gamer Onni, thanks! I fixed it now :)
i IMMEDIATELY knew what you were talking about
Still waiting for chrome music lab
i have an idea for that one
This sounds like Mario Brothers trying to be Kingdom Hearts trying to be Mario Brothers.
The bad part is that I will actually listen to this, just get the audio from when the songs starts playing and ends
Not what I expected or originally wanted, but definitely incredible and better than what I wanted.
This was really good! I love it
Maybe make a serious version of it in the future? 👀
Definitely considering it!
Shady Cicada yes.
Shady Cicada yes
@@Shadycicada absolutely
@@Shadycicada + the 1 hour version
5:57 "why did I do that"
_help I am currently dying of laughter_
best part of the video
Duuude...I got so happy when I heard that you got where you are without music theory or knowing how to read sheets...That legit makes me believe in myself. Thank you so much!
7:02 'I hate it! I hate it. Take out the baby, I don't want the baby.'
Are you trying to tell us something Shady?
He's pregnant
You may have thought this was a rushed upload, but this is exactly the content I subscribed for.
I’m back for round 5. This is unironically one of my favorite videos you’ve made.
“I wanna make something sad”
Writes a piece in F major...
It's been a hell of a long time since I've done music theory, but I'd guess this is technically in E pentatonic minor.
John Doe it’s not when the piece starts on F
True. it's wayyyy too late at night for me to analyse music which probably isn't technically in any unless in some abstract way. either way it's a good song.
@@willowsparks4576 but it resolves on a tho
@@kindaepicngl1671 yeah i guess so lol i guess its just because starting on chord 6 is unusual so it sounded like home
"Attempting to make a Video Game Theme with thigh slaps only" when?
Intellectual Canine *Did you mean:* _Thicc_
Intellectual Canine *Yës, Brøther*
"Thigh Slap-phony"?
It's called Hambone and it's a thing.
I’ve seen shady highlight comments with the same topic seems like he might do it 🤣
its like an anime theme that plays when you think the main character is defeated but he gets flashbacks and stands up and beats the enemy using the power of friendship
Yes except the protagonist is Mario and he’s standing back up in memory of Luigi
the baby didn't work
maybe add more "doot flowers"
one shy guy cutoff was a little harsh
but that song was god damn hands down amazin'
i'm making a super mario paint version of this song. Thanks for commenting!
@@rowboat10 wow i didnt think anyone would go this far down the comment section
@@personwithatophat1578 I have spare time
@@rowboat10 covid everybody
This was epic!!! As a musician, this was funny when you didn’t know what notes you were making... but this was top quality! Consider me Subscribed!
I’d love another one of these. Absolutely lost it when the dogs and cats came in. Hilarious 😂
Im curious to see "your music theory" that you mentioned at the beginning of the vid. Teach us your ways.
Shady once again finds a way to impress us
THIS MAN IS INSANE HOW TF DOES HE MAKE ALL THESE REALLY GOOD SONGS WITHOUT KNOWING HOW TO EVEN READ SHEET MUSIC WTF
Do it again but with real instruments !
Maybe wood-wood...
Will consider!
Shady Cicada upload this song to Spotify!!!!!
* wood consider
"Okay now we need a verse"
*Makes a polka*
I’m shaking and crying in the club right now.
This is so good. You’re an artist.
Can we convince you to make some retro SNES- or Genesis/Megadrive-style music with a soundbank? Your whole music style feels like it calls back to the golden days of game music already xD
i wanna see a professional version not made in a mario game
Daniel Rogers yes
Alright, nobody remembers WarioWare D.I.Y., but I want to see you tackle it. It was a Nintendo DS title, you can find the ROM for it if you don't have a DS or can't find the game.
I love this song way more than I expected to, it's amazing! Great job!
SHADY!!! I love all your music making vids. You’re so talented and I hope you keep making more!!!
Back to the old 2014 videos makes me have nostalgia
I NEED THIS SONG IN MY PLAYLIST!!!
How can you make a good song like that?! it makes no sense to me
PD: Love the cat/dog part
The dog/cat back and forth is absolutely brilliant, then they come back in harmony! I love it!
XD I love it to
Well this is exactly why I'm subscribed. It was actually amazing like all of your other videos
I legit cried. You got another sub man, looking forward to your new work!
This is some Undertale-ish music, it's so well made, loved it, might even save it for my music playlist
Your actually correct if you didn’t know DogSong is actually made on Mario Paint
Samuel Gomes I was thinking the same thing!!!!
@@Hap6605 I KNEW IT and the tripple meow thing for temmi was made here im guessing too
Music make you-
"I don't want the baby" Shady 2019~
Woah, I was not expecting this song to be such masterpiece! Keep it up with the good songs!
"That was a good rub"
Shady Cicada, 2019
As a fellow musician, this is great on-the-fly music production. The intuitive direction to the whole project makes it that much more artistic as well
Great job man
Can you do a video using the google music software (music labs)? Love the music mate!
It's on the list of things to do! And thanks a lot, man! :)
This. This is the best opening theme EVER.
If I had an anime, or something, this would be the opening theme. I'm not even joking
It sounds so awesomw
I really liked this and I had a fun time! I may be watching more of you soon
I'm disappointed with myself for not watching this sooner
This... Is actually really really cool. It's even more impressive that you did it in Mario maker too! Keep being awesome!!!
This sounds bloody amazing!!!!! I NEED IT!
When you music is so good the subtitles say "[Music]"
"I wish I could love on my channel, but alas, y'boi is too lazy."
-Sleep deprived Shady, 2019
Finally!! I've been seeing people request this for eons ( well not really XD ), but it's cool that you're doing this!
Holy moly this is amazing!! Good job
The call and answer part with the dogs and cats was SO GOOD. G A W D.
I wasn’t expecting it because I initially just fast forwarded to the final song before watching the rest because I just wanted to hear what you made without expecting anything.
LORDT. That whole thing made me smile so hard.
You're literally my favorite channel man. I just come here for the memes and chill music videos and you always deliver. Seriously an inspiration for VGM Composers
The end of the song was basically an anime opening
this is great music, its unbelievable how you can just whip up the best music ever with any program you use, i mean like how you made such a good song in a mario song maker wich had barely any actually good notes to use and most of the sounds were terrible to use but you still took them to advantage and made a great song, this is a good inspiration to me and probably a lot of others seeing great songs in any program you use. might aswell be a bin lid and a tablespoon and you would make it absolutely great!
finally i can stop acting so formal and use actual words that peeps understand, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NO MORE WORDS I NEED A DICTIONARY FOR!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY
This was amazing! It gave me the feels
"We'll keep, like, two babies" taken out of context would be fun to explain.
My gosh, I feel like Mario Paint would drive me nuts! Great job on this song, and I hope you enjoyed Jamaica!
It definitely tests one's patience 😅 and thanks, man! It was a fun time :)
This is fricking dope, great job!
This song is really good, and I got some serious deja Vu from it lol, especially the shyolin monks! Great work shady