Random: Want A Live Band In Zelda: A Link To The Past? The Game Brass Has You Covered

I suppose this is just my preference, but I prefer the "baked 8-bit" sound of the original tracks. Cool project though.

Sweet idea. I've always loved the ending theme. Not the pretty one during the credits, but the triumphant march before it played while the camera pans over all the folks Link met on his quest. It's a wonderful track that I've never heard played on real instruments

ROMs are a feisty topic?

And 'selling & streaming re-recordings of music by people with no revenue going to the original composer' isn't?

That Bandcamp page is getting nuked from orbit, isn't it? Shame. They're kinda good. Bless 'em.

@RupeeClock ...yet?

Good luck to them, I say.

@RevrsblSedgewick
I would think that some of the money would actually go to the original composers through obtaining a Mechanical License. I first learned about it from Insane in the Rain's FAQ about his video game song covers which states:

"Because these songs that I'm covering weren't originally composed by me, I have to get a license that allows for revenue obtained from my cover to be shared with the original composer / rightsholder (as it should be!) To obtain a Mechanical License using Compulsory Mechanical License provision of US Copyright Law, the song in question must be released on a commercial release in the United States. A good example of this for video game music is the Pokémon Super Music Collection series, which is released on iTunes for pretty much every main series Pokémon game. Because this is an official commercial release, I can legally cover and distribute covers from these Pokémon games."

There are distribution services that will set up the proper license (s) needed by the cover artist.
All of that being said, I have no idea whether or not this group is legally covered in that department, I just know that commercially available cover albums of video game soundtracks are not necessarily keeping a portion of compensation from going to the source creator.

Sounds good. Very often I wish these fan projects resulted in the designers or their works being officially hired or purchased to work with the license holders to contribute to new projects... rather than the usual combative responses. Clearly there's talent and an affection/reverence for the source material plus some of the work is already done. A different, mutually supportive and beneficial approach could result in some great things for everyone.

... Wun can only hope.

@Astral-Grain Meh. Live brass is generally a fantastic choice for ALTTP's tracks, actually. A lot of MIDI brass is used in the OST.

A purist of the originals might better appreciate arrangements like this one from Orchestral Fantasy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73CgDnCSEUo

@RevrsblSedgewick All tracks on this are legally licensed as cover songs, including for Bandcamp distribution, which we have to obtain manually. There's a specific process any cover artist can go through to obtain these licenses. I know Bandcamp and other platforms are awash with unlicensed covers, but we make sure all of our albums obtain the proper licenses so the original copyright holders still get their cut from sales!

@Twilite9 Never heard of them, so I clicked the link. Awesome music! Thanks for sharing!

I'll never understand why these bands put stuff on Spotify only when Apple Music literally gives them twice the royalty payment.