Here's a quick medley of two songs from 1991's Tecmo Super Bowl on the NES, one of the Pro Bowl themes, and by request at long last, the title screen theme song! Tecmo Super Bowl was noteworthy because, in addition to being the first videogame to have both official NFL team names and player names, it also featured cut scenes similar to Tecmo's other flagship series, Ninja Gaiden (and a soundtrack that sounds like you ran the Ninja Gaiden soundtrack through a United States Football filter!).
Both of these tunes were quite tricky to play, with the Title Screen theme featuring effectively a guitar solo at a high tempo, and the Pro Bowl theme featuring a lead melody and a turnaround on the bassline that were both particularly challenging at the tempo of the song. The Title Screen theme is particularly interesting as although it is built around a I IV V blues/rock type progression, the orchestration of the melodies is alot busier than you'd expect from a sports rock song built around that type of progression. The guitar solo also features tapping with one phrase just being brutally quick at tempo, exactly what you'd expect to hear in a shred solo influenced by songs from the late 80s, but seldomly heard on NES soundtracks.
Tracking was fairly straightforward, I used my usual mic configuration for the drums, recorded the bass direct in, and double tracked all guitars with an sm57 on a Fender Cybertwin amp. What was not straightforward was practicing the songs up to tempo. I was particularly happy with the result as although the guitars were a hair looser than some other recordings I've done for the channel, at the time I got the request for the Title Screen Theme (I think at least 2.5 years ago!), both of these tunes were definitely beyond my playing ability. The fringe benefits of having a KZitem channel!
Anyway, this one was a real challenge to put together, but I'm quite happy to have put it together!
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