These are MIDI files I've made.
ClementiSonatina1.mid (34KiB)
In 2003, I was chatting with a girl online about music, and
I mentioned that nearly all music can be broken down into a series of
chord progressions. She disagreed, saying the piece she was learning to
play on the piano could not be broken down into chords. To prove her wrong,
I decided to take that piece (Sonatina #1 by Muzio Clementi), figure out
what the chords were, then butcher it horribly, keeping Clementi's melody
but adding other parts based on the chords. I also stuffed the 3/4
movements into 4/4 time.
DNA2-tv.mid (19KiB)
The theme music from the Japanese anime series
DNA2.
This is the shorter, edited version actually used in the series.
DNA2.mid (50KiB)
The theme music from the Japanese anime series
DNA2.
This is the full version from the soundtrack CD. My sincerest apologies
for the cheesiness of the guitar solo in the middle; there's really no
way to make a keyboard sound like a guitar, so I didn't really try.
FederationAnthem.mid (3KiB)
The anthem of the United Federation of Planets, according to the
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
“
Take
Me Out to the Holosuite”. Composed by David Bell.
Kyosuke1.mid (18KiB)
The song “Kyosuke #1” from the 80s anime series
Kimagure
Orange Road. Throughout the series, one of the main characters
composes and develops this piece while she's falling in love, and she
secretly names it after him. There's a bit of instrumentation I couldn't
quite reproduce in General MIDI, but it sort of works.
Leaning.mid (17KiB)
A modernized version of the classic hymn
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
written by Elisha Hoffman and Anthony Showalter in 1887. I can't take credit
for the concept of the syncopation, and the vocal harmonies are lifted straight
from a hymnal, but the bass and drums are mine.
Matlock.mid (10KiB)
My cheesy arrangement of the theme song from the TV show
Matlock.
Seymour.mid (24KiB)
The song “Suddenly Seymour” from the musical
Little Shop
of Horrors. Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman.
SMB.mid (20KiB)
Music from Super Mario Bros., by Koji Kondo. I didn't make an
ending for this, so after the second time through it just stops.
SMB-Underwater.mid (7KiB)
More music from Super Mario Bros., by Koji Kondo.
SMB2.mid (16KiB)
Music from Super Mario Bros. 2, by Koji Kondo.
SMB3-Grassland2.mid (5KiB)
Music from Super Mario Bros. 3, by Koji Kondo. This is from levels 2 and 4
of world 1 (“Grassland”), and a few other levels throughout the game.
Voyager.mid (7KiB)
My cheesy arrangement of the theme from the TV show
Star Trek: Voyager.
I think there are a lot of harmony parts and “fillter” instrumentation
that I couldn't figure out, so it sounds a bit thin.
X-Files.mid (5KiB)
My arrangement of the theme from the TV show
The X Files.