Old-school game soundtracks on banjo

[Zaxxon]

Yes, that's a strange title. But I've been following BG Ollie on YouTube for too long. This guy takes old game (and TV/movie) soundtracks and somehow makes them sound awesome on... banjo, accordian, and other not-what-you'd-expect instruments. Anyway, he has too few subscribers, so here you go.

Today's song is Dr. Wily's theme from Mega Man 2:



Other favorites:
Airwolf:


Double Dragon:


Monkey Island Main theme:


Tetris:


TMNT:

[LordMortis]

I've loved banjo going back to Steve Martin and Roy Clark.

We have a local band fronted by a banjo player who do a quite a bit of 80s nostalgia and convert it to punk on such instruments usually while barking home made versions of carnival games.

I miss going out. They are *so* much fun.

Folk and punk just go hand in hand

Spoiler:

[Isgrimnur]

Steve Martin

He's put out five albums since 2009, four of them with the Steep Canyon Rangers and/or Edie Brickell.

[TheMix]

My current favorite banjo piece is Mean Mary's Blazing.

[Rumpy]

Yeah, I've been following him too. He's pretty great and I'm always amazed at the arrangements that end up sounding almost exactly like the original tunes. I can't even wrap my head around having to record separate tracks.

[Z-Corn]

OK, if we're gonna just post off-topic cool banjo dudes...I've been digging Jeff Pinkus, bassist for Butthole Surfers and Melvins and others, and his banjo songs:

[Fardaza]

My current favorite banjo piece is Mean Mary's Blazing.

That wuz gud!

[hentzau]

I wish I had kept up with the banjo. Love playing, I just don’t have the dedication to keep practicing. And half-ass banjo sounds terrible.