This music, "Introduction & Map Medley", covers the introduction and map themes from Super Mario World, a game developed by Nintendo and released on the Super Nintendo (aka. Super Famicom) by Nintendo in 1990.
It's not the original music from the game, but a selection of MIDI files composed by Erik, Sword-Bolt, The Ultimate Koopa, Mark Jansen, Daniel Lippert, The King Samon & JILost, from the original soundtrack by Koji Kondo.
The purpose of this video is to demonstrate that MIDI files can actually sound very good when played with a nice synthesizer.
Here, I used the free CoolSoft VirtualMIDISynth SoundFont-compatible software synthesizer (http://coolsoft.altervista.org) under Synthesia (http://www.synthesiagame.com) to reproduce a MIDI file using Arachno SoundFont, a custom General MIDI SoundFont bank I designed for my Sound Blaster Live! soundcard.
My bank features many famous sounds from the best synthesizers by Roland (D-50, Sound Canvas...), Korg (M1, X5...), Yamaha (MU, Clavinova...), Fairlight (CMI), E-MU (Emulator), Ensoniq...
The audio track has been recorded straight from Synthesia and CoolSoft VirtualMIDISynth using my Arachno SoundFont bank and the MIDI file, dry, without any added effects.
Arachno SoundFont, as well as MP3 and OGG versions of this recording can be downloaded for free on my website, at http://www.arachnosoft.com
The screenshots used in the video come from the "Super Mario World complete Walkthrough" by TTDLX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqturoCh5lM
Used to think that MIDI music was ugly? Think again!
Any questions, comments or remarks will be appreciated!!
