You can find the downloadable PDF here
I played around with the scrolling video transcription this time, but I'm not sure if I like it. I think it's fine for single stave transcriptions like these, but would probably be too cramped for things like piano. We'll see.
I've written about this over on NinSheetMusic, so this will mainly be a rehash of that post.
For the past 8 months or so, my main music-related project has been creating arrangements of video game music for the guitar. The bulk of the work was done over a period of 5 months from late August 2022 to February 2023. So far (as of this post's creation), I've made 72 guitar arrangements.
A Dropbox link containing all of the PDFs
A YouTube playlist with all of the video transcriptions
Until I did about twenty-or-so of them, I was just using a recording of the MIDI for the video transcriptions, but I later decided to put some more effort into them. Although by "effort", I really mean 30 minutes to an hour spent in a DAW. The results were mixed, but some of them I like.
It was definitely a great learning experience, and I am still learning all the little details of notation, making it easier for performers to read. I cringe looking back at the mistakes in the sheet music - especially when I was still using Guitar Pro to make them - but it's not a bad thing to be able to do that, I think.
In regards to the quality of the arrangements themselves, I'm reasonably proud of my work. That was the vast majority of the time spent, after all.
Anyway, here's a list of the songs I covered (as of 6/10/23):
1. Main Plaza (Night) (Nintendo Land) - Ryo Nagamatsu
2. Lavender Town (Pokémon Red & Blue) - Junichi Masuda
3. Loading the Game (Isabelle) (Animal Crossing/ New Leaf) - Kazumi Totaka
4. Main Theme (Papers Please) - Lucas Pope
5. Death (Papers Please) - Lucas Pope
6. Patch Castle (Kirby's Epic Yarn) - Tomoya Tomita
7. Main Theme (Mario Kart 64) - Kenta Nagata
8. A Requiem (Castlevania II/ Simon's Quest) - Kenichi Matsubara
9. Stage Builder (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) - Nobuo Uematsu
10. Grass Land (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) - Ryo Nagamatsu
11. Age, Regret, Retribution (Phoenix Wright/ Ace Attorney) - Masakazu Sugimori
12. Reminiscence/ Light and Shadow (Phoenix Wright/ Ace Attorney) - Masakazu Sugimori
13. Investigation/ Opening (2001) (Phoenix Wright/ Ace Attorney) - Masakazu Sugimori
14. Sunrise & Onett (Earthbound) - Hirokazu Tanaka
15. Buy Somethin' Will Ya! (Earthbound) - Hirokazu Tanaka
16. At the Bottom of Night (Chrono Trigger) - Yasunori Mitsuda
17. Sad Song (Super Mario RPG) - Yoko Shimomura
18. StreetPass Mii Plaza (Nintendo 3DS)
19. Mii Maker (Nintendo 3DS)
20. Daisy Circuit (Mario Kart Wii) - Asuka Hayazaki
21. Dry Hands (Minecraft) - Daniel Rosenfeld
22. Bergentrückung (Undertale) - Toby Fox
23. Reminiscence/ Forgotten Legend (Apollo Justice/ Ace Attorney) - Toshihiko Horiyama
24. Helper's Rest (Kirby Super Star Ultra) - Jun Ishikawa
25. Sheik (The Legend of Zelda/ Ocarina of Time) - Koji Kondo
26. There She Is (Portal 2) - Mike Morasky
27. Scars Etched by Flame (Ace Attorney/ Justice For All) - Naoto Tanaka
28. Character Select (Super Mario Bros. 2) - Koji Kondo
29. Donut Plains (Super Mario World) - Koji Kondo
30. Astral Observatory (The Legend of Zelda/ Majora's Mask) - Koji Kondo
31. Ashley's Song (WarioWare/ Touched) - Masaru Tajima
32. Elegant and Excellent (The Great Ace Attorney) - Yasumasa Kitagawa
33. Title Theme (Animal Crossing/ City Folk) - Kazumi Totaka
34. Detective Itonokogiri (Phoenix Wright/ Ace Attorney) - Masakazu Sugimori
35. Littleroot Town (Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire) - Gō Ichinose
36. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (Pokémon Diamond & Pearl) - Junichi Masuda
37. Boy Meets Girl (Twoson) (Earthbound) - Hirokazu Tanaka
38. Dungeon (The Legend of Zelda) - Koji Kondo
39. Hyrule Castle Courtyard (The Legend of Zelda/ Ocarina of Time) - Koji Kondo
40. Lava Landing - Temper Temple (Kirby's Epic Yarn) - Tomoya Tomita
41. Drew Studio (Apollo Justice/ Ace Attorney) - Toshihiko Horiyama
42. Menu BIOS (SNES Classic Edition)
43. Title Screen (The Legend of Zelda/ Majora's Mask) - Koji Kondo
44. Athletic Theme (New Super Mario Bros.) - Koji Kondo
45. Objection (2004) (Ace Attorney/ Trials and Tribulations) - Noriyuki Iwadare
46. Water Land (Super Mario Bros. 3) - Koji Kondo
47. Creative Exercise (Mario Paint) - Ryoji Yoshitomi
48. Lon Lon Ranch (The Legend of Zelda/ Ocarina of Time) - Koji Kondo
49. Eterna City (Night) (Pokémon Diamond & Pearl) - Gō Ichinose
50. Meeting Place (PokéPark Wii/ Pikachu's Adventure) - Kenichi Koyano
51. Main Street (Animal Crossing/ New Leaf) - Kazumi Totaka
52. Puzzle Swap (Nintendo 3DS)
53. Afternoon on the Island (Tomodachi Life) - Daisuke Matsuoka
54. Title Screen (Kirby's Dream Land) - Jun Ishikawa
55. Rocket Jump Waltz (Team Fortress 2) - Mike Morasky
56. Village (SimCity) - Soyo Oka
57. Flower Garden (Super Mario World 2/ Yoshi's Island) - Koji Kondo
58. The Scenery of Dusky Bridge (Ace Attorney/ Trials and Tribulations) - Noriyuki Iwadare
59. KG-8 Incident (Ace Attorney Investigations/ Miles Edgeworth) - Noriyuki Iwadare
60. Treasure Hunter! Monolith (Danganronpa V3/ Killing Harmony) - Masafumi Takada
61. Closing Argument (The Great Ace Attorney) - Yasumasa Kitagawa
62. Ending (Mega Man 2) - Takashi Tateishi
63. You've Come Far, Ness (Earthbound) - Hirokazu Tanaka
64. Unfounded Revenge! (Mother 3) - Shogo Sakai
65. Twinkle Elementary (Mother) - Keiichi Suzuki
66. Bein' Friends (Mother) - Keiichi Suzuki
67. Kay Faraday (Ace Attorney Investigations/ Miles Edgeworth) - Noriyuki Iwadare
68. Blooming Flower In The New World (The Great Ace Attorney) - Yasumasa Kitagawa
69. Results (Pac-Man Championship Edition) - Junko Ozawa
70. Welcome to Dangan Island (Danganronpa 2/ Goodbye Despair) - Masafumi Takada
71. Ikoroshia (Danganronpa 2/ Goodbye Despair) - Masafumi Takada
72. Beautiful Ruin (Danganronpa 2/ Goodbye Despair) - Masafumi Takada