Doom songs transposed from minor to major

Because why not

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/66640537/phoboslabhappy.mid
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/66640537/containmentareahappy.mid
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/66640537/towerofbabelhappy.mid
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/66640537/wastetunnelshappy.mid
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/66640537/thepithappy.mid

I tried doing some others like E2M1 but it was pretty difficult since it relied on a lot of pitch bend for intervals, and those aren't quite as easy as just changing a few notes around. I managed to edit the pitch bends in Containment Area though since those were just simple, repeated bends changed from 1 to 2 semitones.

Happy Waste Tunnels should be the theme song if there's ever a '70s Doom sitcom.

Happy Tower of Babel is what Baby Cyberdemons listen to.

Happy doom! hell yeah, i'm loving them :p

Really well done. I don't know how much work was involved in converting these, but it's a great idea, and completely changes the tone of the midis.

I wonder how a Doom designed with these themes in mind would look!

This is great, especially the tower of babel one! Laughed my ass off in real life haha

These are hilarious. Great job! You should do some of the faster tracks like E1M1 or D_AMPIE, if you're up for it :D

Someone should do a pyroland-style texture wad that includes these beautiful butcheries of original songs.

This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

phoboslabhappy sounds like it would work for a penultimate level, as in "though the tide is against you, your victory is inevitable".

containmentareahappy...lol...reminds me of an afternoon drive :P

towerofbabelhappy...no...just no xD

wastetunnelhappy sounds like it could be triumphant ending music...at least in the beginning :P

thepithappy...see towerofbabelhappy :P

Moar like Tower of Babbel.

Phobos Lab manages to still be kinda creepy, even if a bit uplifting.

This reminds me of the flipped Doom midis.

Gez said:

Phobos Lab manages to still be kinda creepy, even if a bit uplifting.

This reminds me of the flipped Doom midis.

We need flipped Doom midis in major.

I love shit like this. serious-business rock/metal in major keys is some form of comedic genius.

related viewing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjjXeq7DK8E

https://youtu.be/tNLHOTn81Cw?t=4m25s

Just listened to them. Waste Tunnels and Tower of babel are my favourites! Would love to hear others like them.

Ribbiks said:

I love shit like this. serious-business rock/metal in major keys is some form of comedic genius.

related viewing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjjXeq7DK8E

https://youtu.be/tNLHOTn81Cw?t=4m25s

Brilliant.

Phoboslabhappy, for some weird reason, feels like a first draft of the Cure's 'Funeral Party' - that's probably just me though.

Thanks for sharing this... and the happy containment area squeals are killing me.

The beginning to the Cannibal Corpse one sounds like the intro to a pop-punk song about eating pizza and skateboarding.

haha, these are pretty great. for some reason, the Waste Tunnels one has a different drumkit than what it had originally, but it oddly fits with it. Tower of Babel is really great to listen to. someone should make a mod and use it in there. :p

E3M1, when inverted, sounds very very happy, almost like something from a Mario game.. I'd love to hear that turned minor. I love how many possibilities there are with MIDI!

On a slightly related note, has anyone discovered a program that allows you to play midi in reverse? I wonder what some of those Doom tunes would sound like played note-for-note backwards. Or backwards, inverted, and converted to major. Good lord man.

EDIT: The link to MIDIflipper doesnt seem to work in that thread Gez, and (mind blowingly enough) it doesn't look like it's been uploaded to /idgames as a utility?! Does anyone know where I can find a copy?

Hahaha thanks for doing this. I always wonder how music would sound if they were switched from major to minor and vice versa by humming it. Its pretty funny.

Into Sandy's Happy City is incredible. I love all of these!

Ribbiks said:

I love shit like this. serious-business rock/metal in major keys is some form of comedic genius.

related viewing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjjXeq7DK8E

https://youtu.be/tNLHOTn81Cw?t=4m25s

I really thought you were gonna link to something like this:

Could you make more?

Did you use a tool/algorithm, or just modify by ear?

nice. But while listening to these songs, especially containmentareahappy and thepithappy, I keep hearing the original songs in my head and the happy versions just feel wrong.

kb1 said:

Did you use a tool/algorithm, or just modify by ear?

I just realigned the relevant notes on the scale. For example if E Minor is E-F#-G-A-B-C-D#, and E Major is E-F#-G#-A-B-C#-D#, then I just move the notes in G to G# and so forth.

the only ones that sounded "happy" were the tower of babel and the waste tunnels
the others still sounded very foreboding

Hahaha that's sweet! I kept looking at rdwpa's and DooM_RO's comments as I listened to those songs and I couldn't help but laugh. Great job with these :) I can't wait to hear more.

I'm really looking forward to some TNT tracks, if you ever get around to doing them.

*Edit*
I never realized that many of the Doom songs were the harmonic minor scale. That's interesting.

I have to ask again because I'm too dam curious, do any of you have a link to MIDIflipper? I really want to hear these happy versions flipped, so they'll be sad again, yet completely different. My ears require it!