Super Mario Bros. overworld theme on steel drums

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(cross-posted from my blog entry, apologies in advance - just wanted to catch any interested parties who might not check the blogs)

Hola CAGs,

With some recent free time, I was making good progress on my backlog (finished Bioshock, Saboteur, Enslaved), but put that on hold for a while to learn some GarageBand and Final Cut.. Here is yet another drop in the ocean of YouTube "Mario theme on " videos, but I think it turned out pretty well, and is a little more unusual than most.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0iHCCZzIPM

The upper voices are played on the 2-drum "double seconds" steel pans (essentially the Alto voice in SATB terms), and the bass line is on 3-drum "triple guitar" pans (the Tenor voice). The other pan voices in a steel band are 1-drum "lead" (Soprano) and 6-drum "bass" pans, but unfortunately I don't have either of those in my garage.

Now that I've got the process down, I plan to knock out a few more game tunes. SMB water theme should sound good, and the Monkey Island theme is in the works.

Any requests/ideas for other game music that might work on steel pans?
 
Gauntlet for sure. Maybe also Wizards and Warriors.

Edit: Dr Mario Fever theme, too.

Edit 2: Vampire Killers from Castlevania would work also I think. I heard a midi that sounds almost like steel drums and it was nice.
 
Cool, good suggestions!

I'm definitely familiar with the Gauntlet theme, that's a good one.. I only played Wizards & Warriors a few times, but I listened on youtube and the music does ring a bell. Dr Mario is new to me, but you're right about its potential.. (edit: didn't realize Vampire Killers was the main Castlevania theme, definitely know that one too)

Thanks!
 
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