This is the theme that plays when you fight King Kut Out in Donkey Kong 64, but the melody and chords have been replaced with Haunted House. This is the first Haunted House rip to be more than just a bait-and-switch or midiswap. The joke is that “Castle Boss” is in the title, which is the alternate name for Haunted House.
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Vampire Killer – Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
This is Megalovania from Undertale, but the melody has been replaced with Vampire Killer from the Castlevania series. I originally submitted this as a Megalovania rip, but as there were getting to be too many rips with that title, the team reformatted it as a Castlevania rip. They chose Rondo of Blood, although the brass and percussion instruments are from Dawn of Sorrow.
Onett (Extended Mix) – EarthBound
This is the theme that plays in the town of Onett, but the melody has been replaced with Outset Island from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Both themes are associated with the first area in their respective games. This was uploaded for the Undertale anniversary event, where the joke was that most of the rips were from the Mother series.
Fungi Forest (Barrel Course) – Donkey Kong 64
This is the theme that plays during the Barrel Cannon minigame for Fungi Forest, but the melody has been replaced with the overworld theme from Super Mario Bros. Both songs feature three part harmonies, and the first two notes line up perfectly with the DK64 song. It also just happened to work out that the stage is called Fungi Forest, and mushrooms play a huge part in the Super Mario series. Also, as was common with a lot of my early rips, when the song fades out, the Nutshack theme is present.
Coo the Owl – Kirby’s Dream Land 2
This is the theme that plays when Coo is assisting Kirby, but the melody has been replaced with
“Tomo Yo” from Disgaea: Hour of Darkness. This rip was submitted for “Bird Day” (celebrating the birthday of Kotori from Love Live), and it combines the themes of Coo, the Owl, and Prinny Kurtis, a penguin-like creature. Both songs also feature similar rhythms.
The Feerrott (Oggok Entrance) – EverQuest
This is an EverQuest-styled midi of All Star by Smash Mouth. There actually isn’t any song that plays in the Feerrott, just the sound of swamp life. The joke here is that Oggok is the city of the ogres, and All Star is commonly associated with the opening scene from Shrek. Other sound effects are present in this rip, such as the sound of an ogre fighting a froglok, and someone’s footsteps–which are pitch shifted to sound like the Nutshack theme.
Mt. Dedede – Kirby’s Dream Land
At first this song sounds identical to the original, but it’s actually the extended version introduced in Kirby Super Star. As the song fades out, the melody is swapped with the Nutshack Theme.
Story Music Box (Alternate Mix) – Yoshi’s Island
The song that plays during the opening cinematic for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island, but the melody has been replaced with “Goodbye Geno” from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Both songs share a similar vibe, and play during a cutscene in a side-Mario game, but one plays at the beginning of a game, and the other plays near the end. They’re also both songs that make my eyes well up.
No Time to Waste (Meta Knight’s Battleship) – Kirby Squeak Squad
This is the theme that plays in the room before the Meta Knight battle in Kirby Squeak Squad, but the melody in the “Legendary Air Ride Machine” portion has been replaced with “Dance of Gold” from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The joke is that both songs sound similar.
Qeynos – EverQuest
This is the theme that plays by the gates of North Qeynos, but the melody has been replaced with Green Greens from the Kirby series, solely due to the first three notes of the melody being the same. They also both happen to be “level one” areas. This was my first rip to be accepted on the channel.