We’ve seen plenty of these layered music performances on YouTube the last few years (yay Pomplamoose!), but every so often there’s a diamond in the rough for us gamers. This particular video, “Super Mario Galaxy Medley” was arranged and performed by Diwa de Leon, who himself is a composer, arranger, and plays violin as his major instrument.
This is actually performed more as a suite than it is a medley, and features “Super Mario Galaxy,” ”Gusty Garden Galaxy,” “Dusty Dune Galaxy,” “Luma,” and “Fire Mario.” In addition so harmonizing his voice with… more of his voice, Diwa also employs several musical instruments ranging from ones as common as a violin to more cultural instruments such as hegalong, a “native two-string guitar from the Philippines.” Well, what do you know — I just learned a tidbit about my heritage’s musical background.
