Press Start!
The 8-Bit Big Band
- Opening (Super Mario 64)
- Bob-Omb Battlefield (Super Mario 64)
- Overworld Theme (Super Mario Bro's 2)
- Athletic Theme (Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island)
- Super Mario Bro's Mambo (Super Mario Bro's)
- Lonely Rolling Star (Katamari Damacy)
- Zelda's Lullaby (Ocarina of Time)
- Fourside (Earthbound)
- I Am Impact! (Mystical Ninja Staring Goemon)
- Big Blue (F-Zero)
- Final Fantasy 1 Main Theme
Lead Vocals: Kaho Kidoguchi, Gen Parton Shin
BG Vox: Kate Steinberg, Gracie Nash, Danielle Gimbal
Clarinet: Felix Peikli
Flute: Sarpay Özçağatay, Anne Drummond
Alto Saxes: Andrew Gould, Mercedes Beckman, Josh Plotner, Grace Kelly
Tenor Saxes: Zac Zinger, Jordan Pettay, Sam Dillon, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown
Bari Saxes: Sawa Tamezane, Andrew Gutauskas
Trumpets: Bryan Davis, John Lake, Enrique Sanchez, Joey Lamb, Gabriel King Medd, Cody Rowlands, Benny Benack III
Trombones: Robert Edwards, Darius Christian Jones, Jimmy O’Connell, Nick Grinder, Becca Patterson
Violins: Kevin Kuh, Tomoko Akaboshi, Lavinia Pavlish, Frédérique Gnaman
Viola: Tia Allen
Guitars: Nir Felde,r Alex Wintz, Charlie Rosen
Piano/Keys: Julian Pollack, Natalie Tenenbaum, Steven Feifke
Synths: Julian Pollack
Upright/Elec Bass: Charlie Rosen
Drums: Jared Schonig
All Arrangements by Charlie Rosen
Engineered/Mixed by John Kilgore Sound and Recording
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Arf Mastering
The 8-Bit Big Band is a 25 member Jazz/Pops orchestra that formed to celebrate and realize some of the best musical themes written from various video games from all consoles! The members of the 8-Bit Big Band come from all around the world, but most reside primarily in New York City, and are some of the most highly sought after musicians and performers, all gamers at heart who enjoy playing their favorite games of all time!
In May of 2018 the 8-Bit Big Band released it’s first album “Press Start!” which features the music of the Super Mario series, The Zelda series, Ganbare Goemon, F-Zero, and Final Fantasy. It is the result of the talents of almost 50 incredible performers and artists!