High school perscussion band for the win: NES medley

Live remakes of gaming music aren’t entirely new. From the professionals like Video Games Live to high school bands just having fun, seeing videos of these kinds of stuff are always a treat, especially for a Nintendo geekoid (me included). Over at Kotaku, Andrew (the guy in the Mario suit) sent in a video of his high school percussion band doing a retro medley of NES songs. Their repertoire: Zelda (Intro and Labyrinth), Double Dragon (Riot – Industrial Area), Super Mario Bros. (Underworld, Overworld, Invincibility, and Game Over).

To cap things off, the percussionists are fully choreographed (all of them, including the guys up front and the marching band at the back), with matching video game cosplay to boot. Try to see if you can recognize them. We’ll leave that up to you to decipher. If anything, their repertoire of songs should give you a clue as to their individual costumes. *wink wink*

All the effort sure paid off. They won first place in their Everglades High School Winter Percussion band competition. We’re not surprised. They deserve it. Way to go guys! Send us any word if Koji Kondo and Nobou Uematsu contact you guys or something. They might want to take you guys under their wing.

Live remakes of gaming music aren’t entirely new. From the professionals like Video Games Live to high school bands just having fun, seeing videos of these kinds of stuff are always a treat, especially for a Nintendo geekoid (me included). Over at Kotaku, Andrew (the guy in the Mario suit) sent in a video of his high school percussion band doing a retro medley of NES songs. Their repertoire: Zelda (Intro and Labyrinth), Double Dragon (Riot – Industrial Area), Super Mario Bros. (Underworld, Overworld, Invincibility, and Game Over).

To cap things off, the percussionists are fully choreographed (all of them, including the guys up front and the marching band at the back), with matching video game cosplay to boot. Try to see if you can recognize them. We’ll leave that up to you to decipher. If anything, their repertoire of songs should give you a clue as to their individual costumes. *wink wink*

All the effort sure paid off. They won first place in their Everglades High School Winter Percussion band competition. We’re not surprised. They deserve it. Way to go guys! Send us any word if Koji Kondo and Nobou Uematsu contact you guys or something. They might want to take you guys under their wing.

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