How Pokemon 8-bit music was inspired by classical music

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Junichi Masuda's soundtrack for the original Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow games is iconic. Despite the limited hardware offered by the Gameboy, Masuda managed to create some highly effective music, and he did so with a little inspiration from his favourite classical composers. SOURCES: 8-bit guy, How Oldschool Sound/Music worked: https://youtu.be/q_3d1x2VPxk 8-bit guy, Use your Gameboy as a MIDI instrument: https://youtu.be/3jxcKPoi5Kc Interview with Junichi Masuda (2014): https://www.pocketmonsters.net/content/Interview_A_Conversation_with_Pokemons_Musical_Maestro Gameinformer (2014), Pokemon music master: https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/05/13/pokemon%27s-music-master-the-man-behind-the-catchiest-songs.aspx Dylan Tallchief, How Pokemon's CREEPIEST song was made : https://youtu.be/tGx3SbzgW7E Interview with Junichi Masuda: https://youtu.be/ARzkFSwPFIM Korex, How the Pokemon music was made: https://youtu.be/XoHN7ON413U Tuning the Koto: https://youtu.be/VQ0-3rND9pM Nintendo Life, Interview with Junichi Masuda: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/07/junichi_masuda_on_the_process_of_composing_music_for_pokemon How Music Was Made On Super Nintendo: https://youtu.be/jvIzIAgRWV0 Gameboy sound hardware: https://gbdev.gg8.se/wiki/articles/Gameboy_sound_hardware Retro Game Mechanics Explained, Generation I Pokémon Cries Explained: https://youtu.be/gDLpbFXnpeY Masuda on musical influences: https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir_english/2007/10/index.html And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano 🎹 0:00 Introduction 0:21 Gameboy's limited soundchip 2:02 Counterpoint vs. Homophony 3:29 Celadon City 4:12 Pallet Town 5:45 J.S. Bach 7:15 Lavender Town 9:00 Viridian Forest 9:45 Stravinsky & Shostakovich 10:40 Mt. Moon 11:38 Pokémon Tower 12:05 Junichi Masuda 13:25 I wrote a chiptune piece