have to put watermarks cause we have some sneaky lil art stealers going around, I see you. I know the car doesn't have wheels shush. Figured I'd do some style practice and redraw a frame! + extra doodle n such with my OC Penny :) 🖤
I played this like 2 years ago, and remembered about it today. I'm really hoping the official version will have Pico singing too, or I'm going to be disappointed. :c
Season 5
Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips: Volume D
Ripped by berg8793
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The first time I talked about the ripper berg8793 on here was way back in July of last year with DK Rap God - one of the most impressive rips yet made on the channel, and easily the most impressive use of the DK Rap on it. And while rips of the DK Rap are always a delight, it does kind of feel like it steals the spotlight from other songs in the Donkey Kong 64 soundtrack - and that trademark RareWare playfulness in their instrumentation that make rips like Banjostruck possible. Because of that zaniness, rips like Friday Night Minecartin' are so much more than just a mere instrumental change: it ends up feeling like jungle chaos incarnate.
And like, melody swaps are indeed huge on SiIva, be it Eterna's Cocoon, Beyond the Floating Isles, Determination is Magic, the aptly titled Black Parade (MMX Remix), and thousands more I haven't yet covered. But you'll notice there's a pattern they usually follow - they're often aiming to adapt music into a very recognizable, iconic, and just overall good-sounding set of instruments, be it to sound like Undertale music, Kirby music, Pokémon music, and so on. Games like Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum are practically wholly represented on SiIva through their melodyswaps due to how much people are drawn to the instruments those particular games feature.
And while it certainly isn't the first to fall outside of this trend, I do genuinely think it is kind of cool that rips like Friday Night Minecartin' are out there to buck the trend, to show just how many forms "high quality" can take. Because, if you'd asked me before this rip was made if Ugh from Friday Night Funkin' would sound better as a song within the cacophany of noise that is Donkey Kong 64's soundscape, I would've absolutely said no! Yet that question would also be missing the point - as a form of creative expression, high quality ripping is never necessarily about improving what you're ripping - its just about seeing what is possible with the tools you're giving yourself, and seeing people's reactions to it. And I don't mean to infer that Friday Night Minecartin' at all sounds bad - it, like the best melodyswaps on the channel, manages to sound absolutely fantastic in a way wholly distinct from the original! The chimp noises playing throughout the track and the brassy backing keep the whimsy tone of the original Mine Cart Carnage track, while the change in lead melody invokes just enough of Ugh's energy to feel like a faithful arrangement. The mood of both tracks is obviously completely different, and though its not in the style of music that the Friday Night Funkin' fandom is likely seeking out in particular, it still preserves the quality of one of that game's best tracks!
Funny thing is, I only rediscovered this rip in particular through its accidental use in a YouTube video, which aimed to use the original Mine Cart Carnage with the specific intent of creating a silly, hectic mood for a montage. And though the change in melody was immediately apparent, it still absolutely kept the intended mood he was looking for - and is likely why he mistook it for the original track to begin with. And like, I just think there's something really neat about rips like Friday Night Minecartin' still being made, rips that aren't necessarily made to impress as elevating an old track to all new heights, but just to be fun experiments, surprising twists on an old favorite. Better, worse, different, equal, absurd, normal, whatever - so long as its quality, its enough to make me smile.