Professor Oak's Lab - DK64 (Pokémon Stadium 2) Soundfont Arrangement

What if the song "Professor Oak's Lab" from Pokémon Stadium 2 played in Donkey Kong 64? It might sound something like this!

Why arrange this song?
I like how both Professor Oak's and Professor Elm's themes are worked together in this tune. I also wanted to experiment with sound effects as instruments, which this song features. This song would work for lobbies and shops (Cranky's Lab) and interior areas (such as R&D in Frantic Factory) in DK64 Randomizer.

How does this work?
Songs in DK64 are in a format called MIDI, and I use a program (FL Studio) to compose music in this format. When converting music, choosing songs form other games on the N64 era seems the easiest as they also used MIDI. However, converting these songs from their games to DK64 is not just a simple swap; songs must be arranged for that game's soundfont, a selection of instruments created for that specific game. Since a game's soundfont can contain different instruments, many elements from the original are not the same when being played through the soundfont from Donkey Kong 64. Thus, alterations during the conversion/arranging process are made in order for the final song to sound more similar to the original. Of course, music can be arranged by ear as well, especially if there is no MIDI to convert! Once I'm finished making the music, I use a few other programs to insert the song into the DK64 Randomizer ROM and I record what plays in-game, which is what you hear in this video!

This arrangement created for the DK64 Randomizer, check it out here: https://dk64randomizer.com.

Thanks for listening!

Credits
Song's Original Composer: Hajime Wakai
Song Conversion by SirEnobMort

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