By Patron Votes - Sweet Mountain (Sonic Colors) (Patreon)

Hello everyone! This month, the arrangement selections were all about Sonic, and you chose a very fun option: Sweet Mountain from Sonic Colors! Since this tune features samples of a big band, I had some fun and wrote a bit of a love letter to several bands I've absorbed over the years, by taking tiny samples of them and collaging them into a part in this arrangement! We also may visit more Sonic-series mountains than just the Sweet variety with this melody...

And here's the thumbnail I'll be using for the upload tomorrow! I painted it based off references from noclip.website.

*Instruments used*
• Small samples of various big band recordings, including (in the order they appear in the arrangement):

 - "Nutville" from "The Roar of '74" - Buddy Rich

 - "Watermelon Man" from "Act Your Age" - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

 - "Jump Up, Super Star!" from "Super Mario Odyssey" - The Super Mario Players

 - "Backwoods Sideman" from "The Roar of '74" - Buddy Rich

 - "Let's Play Live! Ep.2 - Mario Kart 64 Soundtrack" - The 8-Bit Big Band

 - "I Won't Say (I'm In Love)" from "Hercules" - Alan Menken

 - "Pronk" from "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1" - Jacob Mann Big Band

 - "On Fire" from "Eleven" - Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band

 - "Au - Leu - Cha" from "Chasin' the Bird - A Tribute to Charlie Parker" - Bohuslän Big Band

 - "Dameron" from "The Way - The Music of Slide Hampton" - Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

 - "Race to the Bridge" from "That's How We Roll" - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

 - "Parker's Mood" from "Chasin' the Bird - A Tribute to Charlie Parker" - Bohuslän Big Band

• samples of "Stage Clear" and "Color Power - Yellow Drill" from "Vivid Sound x Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack"

• drum sample of "Red Hot Skull (Red Mountain)" from "Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation)"

• Supplemental horns - Logic Studio Horns, East West Pop Brass

• Drums - Realitone RealiDrums

• Bass - Logic Sampler, live electric five-string bass

• Melody - Keyscape Clavinet

• Piano - Keyscape Yamaha C7

• Electric Guitar - East West Ministry of Rock

• Overdrive electronic drums - Roland TR-808