Metroid Music - Kraid's Lair (Synth Cover)

My live arrangement of the Kraid's Lair theme from the original NES Metroid game, performed on the Prophet XL, Moog Matriarch and Therevox ET-4.

My Prophet X patch has multiple layers - a slow morphing synth, a piano, a choir, and some big drums that I bring in and out using an expression pedal.
That fast squiggly synth is also layered with the Prophet and was programmed with Steinberg Retrologue.
The Therevox is running through the Chase Bliss Audio MOOD and Thermae pedals.
The Moog uses it's own great stereo delay, as well as some Valhalla Shimmer.

New video every Wednesday! For the next few weeks, I'll be focusing on #Metroid music!

[Bruh-msjh]

I read the view count as 2 million and thought "I'm not surprised!" Then saw it was only 2k then thought "this guy is underrated!" XD

[rlpn]

The modulated sound makes it feel so alien. This is fire

[GoyslopGladiator]

This is how I imagine this track would've sounded in Metroid Prime, excellent work friend!

[Dr.GundeathPunchface-enstein]

I love how oppressive you've made this sound. The weight of the galaxy is always on Samus's shoulders, it only makes sense that the soundtrack would sound appropriately bleak.

[RyanGraubner]

This might be my new favourite version of Kraid's Lair.

[aaronmoravek]

Your cover is the best version outside of the original, people always do too much with the song. Its supposed to be echoey indicating vast distances yet the song should be clear like a bell without too much going on which adds to the feeling of isolation and focus.

[cicada_games]

I agree with the other guy, Glasys is criminally slept on. He deserves LITERALLY TRILLIONS of views and likes.

[ctrl_altesc]

This is absolutely amazing how modern Metroid would sound. Bravo sir. You capture the essence of Metroid perfectly.

[xyz]

I thought the finger slider thingy on the martenot was a little metroid at first

[jesseraymond]

I absolutely LOVE the "out of this world" creepy stare at the camera at the end... You did my favorite song from my favorite game justice. Well well done!

[ArtyDeez]

Cold, isolating, alien; this is what Kraid's Lair should be. The theme perfectly encapsulates the landscape of the caverns: so pitch black it's suffocating, with all you can hear being your own breathing, the scuttling of things in the distance, and... very unsettling roars.

Excellent cover, sir.

[Cline]

InKraidable. I damn near teared up listening to this. This is awesome.

[spencerj]

Dude these covers are so sick, thank you so much for making this content.

I’d love to see you make whatever you want to make next, but if you’re looking for ideas for material to cover, Megaman X and Megaman X2 have some absolutely incredible music for synth and percussion

[animationgraveyard]

This is NOW my favorite version of this! Holy shit is this really really good.

[Freelancer]

This is an absolutely stellar rendition of Brinstar Depths. Truly fantastic.

[TimmyDutton]

Bro!!!! This has been my game for over 3 decades. With that being said, this is one THE ALL TIME GREATEST METROID COVERS EVER!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[ZealKingdom]

Kraid's theme has always been one of my favorites in all of video game music.

I've heard MANY great covers over the years. This is as good as any of them.

[RyanZPianoGuy]

True to form, I love how the synths add Metroid-like spookiness to the piece

[jakehildebrand]

This perfectly captures the feel of metroid.

[krystalwilliams]

This is the best cover to date bravo my guy