The OneUps Volume 1

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The OneUps Volume 1
Studio album by The OneUps (OneUp Studios)
Released	June 28, 2005
Recorded	OneUp Studios, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2005
Genre	Video Game Music
Length	62:27
Label	OneUp Studios
Producer(s)	Mustin
Professional reviews
Square Enix Music Online (98%) link SOUNDTRACK.notes link
The OneUps (OneUp Studios) chronology
Xenogears Light (2005)	The OneUps Volume 1 (2005)

The OneUps Volume 1 is an album of 17 songs, contemporary arrangements of the music from various video game soundtracks. A fan-made production, OneUp Studios nonetheless licensed the use of the original music arranged for the album. The album's catalog number is OUS-004.

The album is The OneUps' first, the band having been in existence for over 3 years and in its fourth incarnation. Promotion for the album was primarily based out of OneUps Studios' website, and supplemented by various tour stops around the United States at video game entertainment events including Video Games Live and vgXpo, as well as regular performances at the Fayetteville-based restaurant, Teatro Scarpino.

[edit] Track listing

1. "ToeJam Jammin'" (The OneUps) – 4:06
   • originally from ToeJam & Earl
2. "Koopa Beach'" (The OneUps) – 4:03
   • originally from Super Mario Kart
3. "Monkeys" (Mustin) – 2:59
   • originally from Mario Paint
4. "Isle Delfino" (Tim Yarbrough) – 3:06
   • originally from Super Mario Sunshine
5. "Andy Asteroids" (The OneUps) – 2:48
   • originally from Earthworm Jim
6. "Schala" (The OneUps) – 3:08
   • originally from Chrono Trigger
7. "City Lights" (Posu Yan) – 4:13
   • originally from Axelay
8. "Katamaritaino" (Mustin) – 4:50
   • originally from Katamari Damacy
9. "Koopa's Theme" (Mustin, The OneUps) – 3:19
   • originally from Super Mario 64
10. "Bomberman" (The OneUps) – 3:05
    • originally from Bomberman
11. "Town Medley" (William Reyes) – 4:36
    • originally from Zelda II: The Adventure of link
12. "Bossa De Link" (William Reyes) – 3:49
    • originally from The Legend of Zelda
13. "Aquatic Ambience" (The OneUps) – 4:25
    • originally from Donkey Kong Country
14. "Green Greens" (Anthony Lofton) – 4:47
    • originally from Kirby's Dream Land
15. "Michael" (The OneUps) – 2:54
    • originally from Maniac Mansion
16. "Paperboy" (The OneUps) – 6:19
    • originally from Paperboy
    • contains hidden track "What?" (Dale North & Mustin)
      • originally from Final Fantasy V

Demo samples of the album are free and available for download at the OneUp Studios website.

[edit] Personnel

• Matthew Bridges ("Moose") – bass guitar
• Nick Busby – album design
• Jared Dunn – egg shakers, maracas, bongos, drums, arranger
• Greg Kennedy – violin, mandolin, fiddle, arranger
• Anthony Lofton ("Miller") – tenor sax, soprano sax, electric piano, arranger
• Wing Yun Man (of Wooti) – logo design
• Nathan McLeod ("Nate Cloud") – alto sax
• Mustin – bass guitar, electric piano, güiro, piano, melodica, arranger, mixing, album design, producer
• Rik Nicol (of Wooti) – logo design
• Dale North – arranger, mixing
• William Reyes – electric nylon string guitar, acoustic nylon string guitar, arranger
• Aaron Teague ("Nólaquen") – website design
• Rebekah Wood – vocals
• Posu Yan ("po!") – arranger
• Tim Yarbrough – electric guitar, acoustic steel string guitar, arranger

[edit] External links and references

• The OneUps' homepage
• The OneUps at MusicBrainz
• "One-upping the naysayers" Northwest Arkansas Times: Terry, Sarah K. (Jul. 29, 2005)
• OneUp Studios
• The OneUps Volume 1 at MusicBrainz