Michael Tavera

Game Music, Television

The Fastest Thing Alive: The Music of the Sonic The Hedgehog Cartoon

May 14, 2015 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on The Fastest Thing Alive: The Music of the Sonic The Hedgehog Cartoon Share this

There have been a few Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons over the years, and according to many Sonic fans the best series was the Sonic SatAM series. SatAM is a reference to Saturday Morning on ABC where the show ran for two seasons totalling 26 episodes.

The music for the series was written by Michael Tavera, and features original score and an incredibly catchy theme song. Michael Tavera also composed the music for the second and third seasons of Captain N: The Game Master, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World. I am not going to discuss the series music in detail but I wanted to make sure you knew about the excellent promotional soundtrack available for the series. A fan of the series wrote Michael Tavera asking if any music of the series was available and he provided the fan with a promotional CD containing some cues from the series, and some unreleased tracks one which was featured in Captain N: The Gamemaster. It’s old news, but you can read about and grab a copy of this promotional album over at Saturday Morning Sonic’s website.

The entire series including the theme song was uploaded to YouTube by user TheRealSonicFan, and it can also be purchased on DVD from Amazon.
Game Music, Television

The N Team – The Music of Captain N: The Game Master Cartoon

May 1, 2015 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on The N Team – The Music of Captain N: The Game Master Cartoon Share this

Captain N: The Game Master was another animated series that featured arrangements of classic video game music. The music for the series was composed by Shuki levy, and Michael Tavera who music I’ve covered in articles about The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Brothers Super Show!, and The Adventures of Super Mario Brothers 3 cartoons.

The show ran for three seasons with Shuki Levy acting as composer for the first season, and Michael Tavera taking over for the remaining two seasons. In this article I discuss the musical arrangements featured in the game, and provide you with some YouTube examples that you can listen to. Read on to find out more about the video game music of this Nintendo cartoon.

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Game Music, Television

I’ll get those plumbers! The Music of the Super Mario Bros. 3 Cartoon

April 20, 2015 | Ryan Paquet | 3 Comments Share this

After writing about both the music from The Legend of Zelda and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! it only made sense that I continue to examine the music of the cartoons that followed.

The next installment in the series of Super Mario cartoons was the 13 two part episode series of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon. Michael Tavera acted as composer for the music and brought an updated symphonic synth sound. Michael Tavera also wrote the music for the Sonic the Hedgehog SatAM cartoon series with the catchy theme song (“He’s the fastest thing alive!”). Here’s your chance to read about the music of this animated series.

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