Composer, musician and YouTuber Alex Moukala yesterday released a funky, bass-tastic remix of the Nintendo Wii theme music on Twitter and invited other artists to do the same. The result is an impromptu jam session full of super-talented people showing their love for one of the game’s strangest songs.
Moukala, whose music is in trailers for films such as Avengers: Endgame, and who can be seen regularly on his YouTube channel to break down his favorite video game soundtracks, kicked things off by adding a funky bassline to the Wii console’s home menu music.
The Italian composer called on others to take part, share the necessary audio files for them to contribute their own music. ‘I think it will sound even better with more instruments, so I invite any musician to join me and their recording with a #MiiChannelJam hutsteken! “
It didn’t take long for many other musicians, including some in charge of incredible video game music, to catch up:
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Sonic Mania the composer Tee Lopes, as well Celeste and Sackboy: A Great Adventure composer Lena Raine, who both added their own synthetic twist:
The jam session continued. The violinist and composer Jeff Ball, who worked on Steven Universe and also made music for various games, including Timer, added his own disco recording:
Currently, each track is separate, but Moukala says he can look into compiling it into a single remix later in the week. For now, it’s just great to see so many talented artists watching a classic game. The internet! Sometimes it does not suck and in fact it is very wonderful. Moukala wrote, “This is the Videogame Music equivalent of a Sea Shanty here and I love it!”