Zillion (cover)

Zillion was a game for the Sega Master System. This is a song from the game (which you can see/hear here -- this song starts about 17 seconds in). I have, however, added lyrics, which are about the game's lack of a save function. With 77 tracks of tiny instruments, this song is probably my grandest musical venture yet.

Man, I've been working on/obsessing over this thing non-stop since yesterday evening. I'm glad it's over (and awesome)!

(Get Flash to see the track player.)
posted by The Great Big Mulp (10 comments total)

With 77 tracks of tiny instruments, this song is probably my grandest musical venture yet.

I'll admit it: I wasn't expecting that line after the first half of your intro. And I definitely wasn't expecting you to then say you've been working on this for less than 24 hours.

Great job. So many people must tell you how unique your sound is.
posted by Corduroy at 8:11 PM on December 19, 2008

Oh, this is great!
posted by not_on_display at 8:36 PM on December 19, 2008

Really beautiful.
I kind of wish I didn't know it was a cover of a video game song.
Sorry.
posted by chococat at 8:57 PM on December 19, 2008

And I definitely wasn't expecting you to then say you've been working on this for less than 24 hours.

Actually, I'm impressed that I could stop working on this song last night and come back to it today. Virtually every other song I've made has been done in one sitting. I wish I were better at taking a break and regaining the motivation I had at the outset.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 9:28 PM on December 19, 2008

Oh GOD I hated this game so hard.

This song is beautiful though, thanks.
posted by schyler523 at 9:15 AM on December 20, 2008

I love this.
posted by naju at 10:55 PM on December 20, 2008

Wow, it's like...um...Twink meets the Turtles...?

I've never played this game. This is really neat though.

What sort of reed organ is it?
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 2:40 AM on December 21, 2008

This is strangely beautiful. Like, really gorgeous in certain parts.
posted by ORthey at 6:48 PM on December 21, 2008

Awesome. I loved/hated this game back in the day as well. The lyrics are perfect.
posted by Rock Steady at 10:54 AM on December 29, 2008

Karlos the Jackal: It's a portable Orcoa reed organ that seems to be identical to this one. Unfortunately, a few of the keys don't work -- I've considered opening it up to see if it's anything I can fix, but I'm not that adventurous. Or handy, for that matter.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 4:21 PM on December 31, 2008