PMD Sky Tower Summit (Reorchestrated)

Ahh! A wild HappyDragonite appeared, and this time it’s with a down-tempo song because reasons. It’s not secret I love me some Sky Tower, but people are always so busy focusing on the pure majesty that is the Sky Tower theme that they forget about it’s less in-your-face counterpart, the Sky Tower Summit theme. Apart from the Friend Area themes, I truly believe it’s one of the most under-appreciated songs in the first PMD games’ soundtrack. I really wanted to make this composition sound airy, so I focused primarily on winds and a small choir in this one. I took a lot of inspiration from Zelda music actually with the woodwinds, especially from Wind Waker, so fun fact is fun fact. I changed a lot of the original instrument settings because of that, so where you expect to hear strings in some areas you’ll hear winds instead. The percussion was a lot of fun to work with too, even though it doesn’t last too-too long! I think what makes this song so great is the atmosphere it comes with, and it truly feels like the end of the first part of your adventure is coming to a head. Also I cannot tell you how many times the freaking Salamence’s murdered me on my first playthrough a million years ago. Steep curve in difficult me thinks so. Anyway, thanks for watching / listening /reading, and stay tuned for another new PokéTunes real soon—hopefully a few of them in December! If you like the artwork used in this video, but sure to check out LD’s links a bit further down in the description, and if you really like it I would highly recommend asking her about her very reasonable and always awesome commissions! Cheers!

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HappyDragonite Super-Quick F.A.Q.

Q: Download links?
A: I was having some technical difficulties with my service provider since the Summer of 2013, and I am in the process of finding a new place to host said MP3’s. Please be patient, and I’m sorry for the inconvenience!

Q: You used my art in one of your videos, can I have credit?
A: For anything pre Autumn 2014 send me an email at HappyZoroark [at] gmail.com with the video title in the subject line, or art, and I will add a link for you in said video as soon as I can. As of September 2014 there will always be a link so you should have no reason to worry about credit unless it’s a bum link, or you (the artist in particular) would like a different link to be used, in which case you can email me. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Q: What do you use to produce your music?
A: High quality samples a la Kontakt 5, my wits, and Logic Pro 9. For video editing I use iMovie 9 (because the new one is impossible to figure out because I’m old and I don’t know how new fangled things work), and for image editing I use Pixelmator, which is a fantastic image editor for Mac, and doesn’t cost a bajillion dollars like Photoshop.

Q: Can I use your music in a video / monetized video?
A: Absolutely. You don’t even need to ask my permission, just add a link to my channel in the description of your video and it’s all good. No need to make it all complicated. Go right ahead. If you want some attention too, feel free to mention me on Twitter @HappyDragonite, and I’ll check your video out!

Q: How can I help support your channel ie. donations?
A: I don’t accept donations at this time, but watching my videos (liking etc.) helps. If you have adblock on, if you turned it off to watch the videos of the people you watch on YouTube that would be super cool, because that’s sort-of completely how I can afford to keep uploading videos instead of working retail, or running an international Rare Candy cartel. YouTube Red is also now a thing, so if you don’t like ads and want to support your favourite creators that is available!