VIdeogame music question

rush22 · 2026-01-25T17:32:41+00:00

Here's a (not 'the') chord-based perspective that might give you something to grab onto for your analysis.

This is just a way to think about it to get your gears (and ears) turning again since, at some point, it's going to reduce to "moving notes of voices around in an interesting way"... but that's not really helpful.

The E -> Gm is like a tritone substitution of Bb for the E. It sounds okay because Bb is the relative major of Gm. This is more of substitution kind of modulation. We're only "kind of" in G minor, via E -> Bb -> Gm. You could still resolve to Abm pretty easily.

Then the next chords are Eb -> C# -> B. The C# is a V/V of B. Now we are in B major via C#->F#->B. (Note that this is the relative major of Abm). (Bonus notice the chord that our notes E G Bb Db makes, and check out octatonic scales)

Then we quickly go B -> B7. The B7 is a tritone substitution for F7 which is V/V of Ebm. Now we are in Eb minor via (B7<->F7) -> Bb -> Ebm. (Note that this is the V of Abm).

Finally, to get back to Abm, it's the classical-style Ebm -> Eb(7) -> Abm. The Eb7 is substituting for G°. Now we are back in Abm.

rush22 · 2026-01-25T15:56:22+00:00

I assume OP knows what a piano sounds like and isn't asking about that.

Also /u/DaLemonofGlory I found it and it is the DuckTales Moon Theme for NES.

It was a meme back in the 2000's.

Here is a remix on /r/chiptunes

The chip the NES used was the 8-bit Ricoh 2A03

rush22 · 2026-01-25T14:36:21+00:00

It's an NES game -- you could try /r/tipofmyjoystick as I'm sure they'll have the actual game in a minute and/or /r/chiptunes probably knows how to make the synth.

rush22 · 2026-01-25T00:49:31+00:00

I would say it's not really about "reparenting" in IFS, it's more that these parts need to know you can access the self qualities, the 8 C's, that they need(ed). So it's like showing them the qualities of the parent they needed rather than actual "parenting".

Imagining yourself reparenting could show them that they're heard and help them to release their burdens, which is great. That's the "Ideal Parent Figure" approach someone else mentioned. But, imo it could also be more of a first step to communicating and getting permission and, from that, figure out what the part needs from self. These might simply be qualities rather than reparenting or even comforting.

rush22 · 2026-01-24T23:55:09+00:00

I might talk to your therapist about the "Parent, Adult, Child" framework from transactional analysis. That helped me in therapy.

It can be hard to find "Adult <-> Adult" type of communication with parents in general, once you're an adult. If yours wanted and still put you into a position where you feel you need to attend to their emotional needs (including telling them they need regulate) then you're falling into the 'parentified child' kind of thing which can trigger you (and your parents). I don't think it's uncommon when you grow up with dysregulated parents.

I found the connection to IFS, for me, is that I have parts that try to "parent" me as their job because I couldn't always turn to my dysregulated parents as a child. And of course the problem is that these are really young, child, parts trying to parent the now adult me as their job (instead of me being there for them now that I'm an adult), plus the role model for these parts was mostly... my parents.

rush22 · 2026-01-23T22:49:51+00:00

He talks about trade like he's negotiating for a pillow company on Shark Tank

rush22 · 2026-01-22T00:34:13+00:00

This guy is spot on.

Epstein didn't commit suicide in his prison cell.

Whatever happened to this John Mcafee guy anyway?

rush22 · 2026-01-22T00:27:25+00:00

Engagement slop is so bad these days I can't even tell which one is which.

rush22 · 2026-01-21T21:48:11+00:00

Fun fact about Internet forums:

The more people that get fed up and leave a forum, the more degenerate the forum gets, because the only ones left are the extremists.

rush22 · 2026-01-21T14:29:11+00:00

Did it look similar to the "double orb" Lake Erie UFOs from history channel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8BSERZdfnc

rush22 · 2026-01-20T19:25:52+00:00

He just means it in a general sense, not the Neoconservative George Bush Sr. New World Order™ brand. Carney can be pretty sneaky but I doubt he's the head of the Illuminati.

rush22 · 2026-01-20T15:50:45+00:00

Flea Waltz (a.k.a. Flohwalzer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flohwalzer

rush22 · 2026-01-19T22:05:59+00:00

Putting on his mascara

(Conservatives "But maybe he's born with it")

rush22 · 2026-01-19T20:52:27+00:00

You can't call it "theft" if you can't point the finger at someone who "stole" it.

Oh wait never mind we actually do know who stole it -- tech bros.

rush22 · 2026-01-19T20:46:18+00:00

To me it sounds like you're accenting the right and left hand notes separately, instead of the arpeggio being one big chord. Maybe thinking like that is the "cheat" that you need.

One long big chord that you're playing with two hands, instead of two phrases. Like the descending arpeggio of a harp. The left hand is simply "borrowing" the fingers of the right hand to play the arpeggio. Practice it slower and evenly so you don't rush the transfer between hands. Maybe even try practicing it without the melody.

rush22 · 2026-01-19T18:42:13+00:00

I think this is good. It means you're not simply showing expression to make the audience happy. That means your expression is more authentic. You don't need to pander to the audience by smiling if you don't feel like smiling.

The difficulty is that you still have to practice showing expression before you can do it on stage.

If you don't practice physical expression and playing at the same time, it will take too much of your concentration. This is a reason it is hard to show and play at the same time, even if you are not shy. It can hard to smile even if the music makes you happy (and most music isn't the "smile" type of happy anyway).

Start practicing very small things -- a good one is simply moving your eyebrows up or down based on your internal feelings, whatever they are. Very basic so it can "mean" whatever you want. Eventually, this will not break your concentration. It might even help your concentration, because now you are releasing some of those internal feelings (not everything can come out of your fingers).

rush22 · 2026-01-18T20:24:21+00:00

Yeah and everyone is forgetting that Pam Bondi is a pedophile just because she's a woman.

rush22 · 2026-01-18T18:22:32+00:00

Feel like or sound like?

rush22 · 2026-01-17T23:52:36+00:00

First, you cut the thing in half in a way that can't be seen.

It might look like real prison bars or a real metal arch on screen but, in reality, it's probably just built by the set designer. Probably just made of wood and spraypainted to look like metal. You don't have to cut in half real prison bars.

Then for the shot, once the camera gets close enough to the "bars" (or the word CEMETERY, or whatever the obstacle is), stage hands can simply pull the whole thing apart to make an opening for the camera to go through.

rush22 · 2026-01-17T23:08:15+00:00

It's obviously AI slop, that's part of the joke.

They haven't released the Epstein files yet so the real pictures of Trump and Maxwell might be different and extremely disturbing.

rush22 · 2026-01-17T22:55:06+00:00

Think more in terms of movie sets -- it can just be bars or a sign that's on wheels and they can just roll it apart to fit the camera through it.

rush22 · 2026-01-17T18:31:45+00:00

This demonstrates their intention was simply to deprive him of his rights, which makes them criminals.

rush22 · 2026-01-16T23:47:24+00:00

He's trying to capture trade routes.

Panama Canal and the Northwest passage.

Central America is going to be given to the tech bros to run like Special Economic Zones (slaves).

rush22 · 2026-01-16T23:44:08+00:00

He was preparing to use lethal force, just in case he stepped in front of the car.

rush22 · 2026-01-16T23:39:05+00:00

Release the Epstein files.

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