Dec 10 2008
10 Badass Covers of Video Game Themes
There are certain video game themes that are recognizable the world over. Instead of just compiling a list of the best however, I wanted to find the most badass versions of each of them. We’ve got everything from garage bands, to classical pianists, to entire orchestras and something I’m not even sure qualifies as an instrument. I’m guessing you know most of the themes I’ve featured, but you might have forgotten how sweet they are until you watch these videos. Enjoy.
1) Halo
Pretty #@%$ing amazing for what seems to be just some kids in a basement.
2) Super Mario Bros.
Of course the Mario theme was going to be on here. There are a million different versions of it online, I chose the guy with two overlapping guitars. It was between this and the Tesla coils.
3) Sonic
Some pretty spectacular piano work here. If you don’t remember the Sonic soundtrack now, you will within ten seconds of this video.
4) Metal Gear Solid
They rounded up the whole orchestra for this one. If symphonies were like this, I’d totally be there.
5) The Legend of Zelda
There are a million Zelda covers out there, but this is the only one on an instrument from the future!
6) Final Fantasy VII
Another orchestra. Final Fantasy games really do have kickass music don’t they?
7) Metroid
This one’s on the piano. Recognize the mini-boss music?
8 ) Mortal Kombat
This is great, the guy starts off on the piano, and ends up switching to the guitar halfway though.
9) Mega Man
Some dude rocks out Mega Man X on his guitar.
10) Banjo Kazooie
Yeah, it’s a cover of a video game song, using another video game. On Mario Paint Composer specifically. Badass.
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Number 5 he’s playing a Therman, its been around actually for quite a long time. Only the melody is being played on it all other sounds are coming from elsewhere.
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a therman? i have never heard of one of them before thats scary
Not a single Minibosses or The Advantage cover?
There is a great band that does a bunch of Metroid covers…. They’re called Stemage and you can find this music at
http://www.metroidmetal.com/
Checkout this guy….. i’m into remixes of old game music, and this guy is a legend, along with jeroen tel, rob hubbard etc wrote lots of tunes back in the day.. This is him playing a Martin Galway classic - title tune from wizball. But her plays every instrument live… guitar, drums, bass, keyboards…. frikkin amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTSUR3RHh9M
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The final fantasy 7 vid is actually the music from 7, not a cover.