TMNT Nick Soundtrack

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Just over two years ago, I presented the first-ever extensive soundtrack (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=39646) to the 4Kids TMNT series. Well, I'm back, this time with a soundtrack to the Nickelodeon series. The score to this show is composed by Sebastian Evans II, and there has been no official release of it thus far (I doubt there ever will be). This soundtrack was made through the use of the show's 5.1 surround sound mix, which for the most part isolated voices in the center channel. You'll probably hear a couple voices if you listen carefully enough, but it's nothing distracting.

I present to you now the first-ever soundtrack of the Nick series, containing 19 tracks compiled from the show's first four episodes.

Tracklist:

(Rise of the Turtles - Part One)
1) Training Session
2) First Night Out
3) Meet April
4) The Dude That Had a Brain
5) Hand Symbols
(Rise of the Turtles - Part Two)
6) Snake Escapes
7) A Bold and Daring Plan
8- Breakout
9) Snakeweed
10) Heatbeat
(Turtle Temper)
11) Surveillance
12) Spiders
13) Raph Returns
(New Friend, Old Enemy)
14) Xever and Bradford
15) Mittens
16) Mikey Wants a Friend
17) Chris Bradford
18- Frenemies
19) Unfriended

You can download it all here. (https://mega.co.nz/#!mRcUySpR!8_8td9zNf5dN0OGcuGlzZx9lo1uGj-jsg2gUMip_t1E) Thanks goes out to evan2000 (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/member.php?u=13108) for providing me with the necessary sound files.

If you do download, please thank me. It gives me a nice warm and fuzzy feeling inside when people thank me for my hard work.

I can take requests from you guys as well! Sometime later I plan to release another album containing popular requests from season one, so let me know if there's a track from the the first season you especially like (make sure to let me know which episode it's from). I guess you can consider this 19-track album a sneak-peek at what's to come.

No album art is provided (I'm awful at that stuff) but feel free to make your own! I'd love to see what you come up with.

Enjoy! :)

[evan2000]

Glad to help and very efficient of you to get it done so quickly! The quality is excellent!

Also, your new sig is cool! Seems like Mikey has always been the one who enjoy music the most, regardless of either 4Kids or Nick universe :tlol:

[Raph]

Wow, love this. And what an excellent job! Much respect for making this!

[Powder]

If there are Gods of the universe, may them bless you with magical powers & infinite love! I've wanted this since the first episode. Thanks so much for making it happen.

[Gunpowder]

http://i60.tinypic.com/2hq49j4.gif

Been waiting SO long for this...you're awesome.

[pannoni1]

TheSkeletonMan does it again! I honestly find each series unique with its own soundtrack stance. The Nick series soundtrack wouldn't sound out of place on the original Movie Triology along with some more modern, yet orchestrated cue. 4kids sort of feels similar, though with more familiar theme cues similar to the OT, which obviously sounds dated in spots but obviously has some classic cues. I feel that the OT will be tough to do since that was created prior to the 5.1 sound era and much more difficult to separate.

[PangolinFeets]

Thanks dude! I can't wait to check this out!

[IndigoErth]

That is so awesome, thanks guys! :D

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I feel that the OT will be tough to do since that was created prior to the 5.1 sound era and much more difficult to separate.

I do have something planned for the OT (;)), but as you said - the material is dated and rare (and in stereo). If I do end up doing a soundtrack for the OT, it definitely won't be as extensive as this soundtrack or the 4Kids one.

Glad you guys like it! Again, you all can request your favorite season one music cues so I can have some ideas for a more comprehensive Nick soundtrack.

[JTH]

If you can ever get that score that plays during the real emotional scenes:

- Casey talking to April about his friend to in ("Target: April O'Neil")
- Karai seeing the Dojo for first time (Wrath of Tiger Claw)
- The turtles as they're leaving the lair to get out of the city (The Invasion)
- April in the most recent episode talking about her mom being gone again (Which was the full score with the two openings)

That melody, if you could find a way to get that score done, I may very well be the happiest man on the face of the Earth. :D

[BubblyShell22]

That's awesome, dude. Kudos to you for being so dedicated. The music for the Nick show is awesome, and I love listening to it when I'm watching the series.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

If you can ever get that score that plays during the real emotional scenes:

- Casey talking to April about his friend to in "Target: April"
- Karai seeing the Dojo for first time
- The turtles as they're leaving the lair to get out of the city
- April in the most recent episode talking about her mom being gone again (Which was the full score with the two openings)

That melody, if you could find a way to get that score done, I may very well be the happiest man on the face of the Earth. :D

Mind giving episode titles to any of those? Though for the full version in Buried Secrets we'll have to wait a few months for Nickelodeon to release that episode on DVD (probably around next summer, if not later). That's the only source of 5.1 audio for this show, unfortunately.

[JTH]

Mind giving episode titles to any of those? Though for the full version in Buried Secrets we'll have to wait a few months for Nickelodeon to release that episode on DVD (probably around next summer, if not later). That's the only source of 5.1 audio for this show, unfortunately.
Updated in the comment above.

[tmnt transformer]

Totally awesome man! You rock TheSkeletonMan939!(tho I still want to call you Ch'ell.... just because of your avatar :trazz:)

[Powder]

Totally awesome man! You rock TheSkeletonMan939!(tho I still want to call you Ch'ell.... just because of your avatar :trazz:)

Off topic, but when I first joined these boards, it totally irked me that people didn't have matching avatars/names. Like, there's Shredder, but his avatar is some anime dude. Or you'd have a guy named Mikey & he's rockin' Spiderman or something. I'd think "You were lucky enough to get the name of character X, why aren't you using their photo?!" :tlol:

[pennydreadful]

Very cool of you to spend so much time putting this together for your fellow fans - it's definitely appreciated. :)

[Shark_Blade]

Omigoodness, I remember the 2k3 ost, and now Nick? YES! :o:D

Pity they don't release it on itunes or something, but I'm still grateful for this. Thanks a bunch!

[Gunpowder]

Omigoodness, I remember the 2k3 ost, and now Nick? YES!

Pity they don't release it on itunes or something, but I'm still grateful for this. Thanks a bunch!

Have I ever told you I love that picture (in your signature)? :lol:

[Shark_Blade]

I love your signature too! :tlove::tlol:

[evan2000]

Shark Blade, the pic in your sig is a pretty good choice to be used for the album art! Do you have a higher resolution source for it?

[Powder]

Shark Blade, the pic in your sig is a pretty good choice to be used for the album art! Do you have a higher resolution source for it?

http://33.media.tumblr.com/7d3b45b742d8a3455bcfe6d4b512a2e9/tumblr_nafsuqQE7C1sedtbzo1_1280.jpg

[Shark_Blade]

Yup that's the one. :D

[evan2000]

http://33.media.tumblr.com/7d3b45b742d8a3455bcfe6d4b512a2e9/tumblr_nafsuqQE7C1sedtbzo1_1280.jpg

Yup that's the one. :D

Thanks for the hi-res sample! Here's my first attempt:

http://i.imgur.com/VTVQ6KX.png

What do you guys think? Any suggestion to modify anything? The background? The text? Feel free to comment! :tgrin:

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Definitely looks great! The only thing that looks off is that the white outline is visible around the turtles.

[evan2000]

Definitely looks great! The only thing that looks off is that the white outline is visible around the turtles.
Thanks! Hmm I'll see what I can do about that.

[Retro-Specs]

Awesome Awesome AWESOME! I've been searching and looking forward to this for so dang long! Thank you so much, guys, this made my morning.

As for future tracks, volume 2 - I'm definitely looking forward to the tracks from "I Think His Name is Baxter Stockman" (Which I would guess is next on your list anyway?).

Especially hoping to hear, from that episode:
-The song that plays while the turtles run on the rooftop looking for a skate spot (And Donny discovers that the T-Pod is downloading music on its own)
-The first fight with Baxer
-The intense fight with the Stockmanpod later on

All great tunes, along with the rest of the episode.

There's another song I'm looking forward to. It plays in "A Foot too Big" during the first part of the fight with The Finger. However, I know the same song was used in previous episodes as well, I just don't have time to look for it now.

Thanks again so much, looking forward to what else you put out.

[evan2000]

Take two, I made it higher resolution as well. Better?

http://i.imgur.com/k5Rbr5n.png

[evan2000]

Figured out how to add drop shadow. Which color is better?

http://i.imgur.com/sSNtuhc.png

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Looks great! My favorite is probably the bottom left.

[evan2000]

Looks great! My favorite is probably the bottom left.

Alright! Here's full resolution (I also made room for bigger texts by shifting the turtles a tad lower):

http://i.imgur.com/18ZH4bI.png

[Shark_Blade]

Looks awesome!

[evan2000]

Looks awesome!

Thanks for your contribution too: your sig! :tgrin:

[BubblyShell22]

Awesome cover art, Evan. Good job.

[Cure]

Yo, this ish is tight. Good work, man. The cover art is good work, too.

[pennydreadful]

Those pics you made look great, evan. Two thumbs up. :tsmile:

[evan2000]

Thanks! Glad that you guys like it :tgrin:

I've updated a little by adding "Volume I" in one of the hexagon cell:

http://i.imgur.com/X0itHJ1.png

[Shiro Kame]

Awesome! Thanks, man!

[Gunpowder]

- comments on Shark_Blade's sig
- Shark_Blade's sig becomes the album art
- now gets to see Shark_Blade's sig (as album art) while listening to soundtrack

...Fate? :lol:


(Awesome job on that cover, by the way. :twink:)

[evan2000]

- comments on Shark_Blade's sig
- Shark_Blade's sig becomes the album art
- now gets to see Shark_Blade's sig (as album art) while listening to soundtrack

...Fate? :lol:


(Awesome job on that cover, by the way. :twink:)

Yes, your comment on his sig gave me the idea of using it as the album art, so thanks a bunch! :tgrin:

[Gunpowder]

Yes, your comment on his sig gave me the idea of using it as the album art, so thanks a bunch! :tgrin:

Nah dude, you're the one to thank. You made it, after all. :tcool:

[Gunstar_Red]

Just downloading it right now, so haven't listened to it yet. But if it's anything like your 2003 soundtrack, it's going to be great. Thank you for the download! ^_^

And thank you, evan2000, for the album cover! ^_^

[Aaronardo]

Oh, my, god. You are truly amazing, SkeletonMan! I already admired what you did for the 2003 series, and now you've done it again for this! Thank you and evanman2000 so much!

[GildedLily]

Alright, maybe I'm just slow or something but lol. I have never used Mega Cloud before. I have a Macbook Pro, and I've downloaded it to 100%, but a pop up says I need to save it manually to my computer. So I tell it to, put the title as TMNT Soundtrack or whatever.zip and tried saving it to my Desktop. Several times. Still don't see where it saved to my Desktop. Search for it in my files, see no traces of it. Does this not work when you have a Mac? Or don't use The Cloud, or Mega Cloud? I'm just so confused. Can someone help me so I can thank this awesome person and experience this awesomeness. That'd be really sweet, thanks.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Alright, maybe I'm just slow or something but lol. I have never used Mega Cloud before. I have a Macbook Pro, and I've downloaded it to 100%, but a pop up says I need to save it manually to my computer. So I tell it to, put the title as TMNT Soundtrack or whatever.zip and tried saving it to my Desktop. Several times. Still don't see where it saved to my Desktop. Search for it in my files, see no traces of it. Does this not work when you have a Mac? Or don't use The Cloud, or Mega Cloud? I'm just so confused. Can someone help me so I can thank this awesome person and experience this awesomeness. That'd be really sweet, thanks.

Mega, as you may have noticed, is not a normal file storage site. The details of how it works are a bit complicated, but I've had big problems in the past with Mega depending on the browser I use. Are you using Safari? If so, I'd recommend using something different (Safari for some reason doesn't work well with Mega).

[GildedLily]

I'll try Firefox then. Thanks TheSkeletonMan.

[GildedLily]

Ummm, it wouldn't even start on Firefox, then refreshing, it said my computer was compromised to phishing stuff. Ummm, should I be panicking guys, cause I am. I don't want my information to be compromised. I don't use Firefox and had I known this page was going to compromise stuff, I never would have even attempted.

:(

Now I'm freaking out.

It showed some Spy looking guy, saying stuff was compromised, but I never entered anything. I don't even use Firefox. No credit card info, no nothing. Is it stuff to scare me or should I be really concerned guys?

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I have no idea why going to the Firefox download page (assuming you went to the right one (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/)) would set off any alerts... in any case, I uploaded the soundtrack to Zippyshare (http://www61.zippyshare.com/v/97825031/file.html) since you're having trouble with Mega.

[Aaronardo]

A couple of requests:
- TMNT VS Shredder (The Gauntlet)
- Karai Gets Mutated (Vengeance is Mine)
- Leo Fights Off Tiger Claw, Rahzar, and Fishface (The Invasion)
- Splinter Chases Rat King (the scene after the one where Rat King is riding a rat through the Sewer) (Of Rats and Men)
- Splinter Comes Back to His Senses (I, Monster)
Thanks for doing this! The soundtrack as it is is already amazing! :D

[AleXviD]

After last week's "Return to New York" I know what my request is: any or every music cue from it :D It has so cool score!

PS: Yeah, I know you'll probably have to wait for DVD to be released.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

If I could get every music cue from every episode, I would! The only problem is that dialogue and sound effects are rarely isolated very well in the center channel. :cry:

Even so, I'm still working on a full season 1 soundtrack and right now I have nearly fifty tracks (including the music tracks I provided in the first post in this thread). I'm perusing each episode for any music at all I can use, often listening to each selection multiple times, which is what's taking me so long to do.

The hardest part is that whenever there's a scene in the sewer, there are voice echoes in all the channels... because a lot of the show takes place in the sewers, you can probably understand why it'd be hard to find clean tracks. :P

I hope to have the season one soundtrack out by April at the latest!

[Powder]

You are one of the greats.

[Aaronardo]

If I could get every music cue from every episode, I would! The only problem is that dialogue and sound effects are rarely isolated very well in the center channel. :cry:

Even so, I'm still working on a full season 1 soundtrack and right now I have nearly fifty tracks (including the music tracks I provided in the first post in this thread). I'm perusing each episode for any music at all I can use, often listening to each selection multiple times, which is what's taking me so long to do.

The hardest part is that whenever there's a scene in the sewer, there are voice echoes in all the channels... because a lot of the show takes place in the sewers, you can probably understand why it'd be hard to find clean tracks. :P

I hope to have the season one soundtrack out by April at the latest!

You are just legendary. There's no other words to describe this. Simply legendary. Thank you so much for doing this! Can't believe you already have 50 tracks!

[TheSkeletonMan939]

You are just legendary. There's no other words to describe this. Simply legendary. Thank you so much for doing this! Can't believe you already have 50 tracks!

Well, a good number of the tracks are less than 1 minute... but even so, right now everything I have runs just over an hour. I'm hoping the final product will be at least an hour and a half.

I'm glad to see you guys are still interested in this!

[Hero]

Just downloaded the first one. Appreciated. Thankyou.

[evan2000]

Hey guys, I can help! Making these tracks takes A LOT of time for one person, so I'll try to fill in for season 3 request, while SkeletonMan is focusing on the season 1 tracks.

These are a few tracks I extracted from Return to New York. The quality is far from what SkeletonMan produces though, as my source is from broadcast stream, not from DVD. Also I'm not that good in isolating the sound effects from the music. So these will do for now, at least until the actual DVDs are released:

309 Return to New York (https://mega.co.nz/#F!ktlxGTBA!SBzqnbxNHgyNxB9AVJHZOg)

Tracks:
309-01 Pimp My Party Wagon
309-02 Highway Ride
309-03 Kraangitized City
309-04 Sewer Stealth
309-05 Feral Splinter
309-06 Shredder Mutants

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Not bad, evan2000!

It's pretty amazing how the style of the music changes so much between season 1 and 3.

[kelligrafie]

Not bad, evan2000!

It's pretty amazing how the style of the music changes so much between season 1 and 3.

I'm angry at myself for not finding this thread earlier.

Man I can't wait for season three to come out on dvd, you guys are going to have so much fun with the background music for some of those episodes.

Thank you so much to everyone involved with this project. You've made a lot of fans very happy.

[evan2000]

Not bad, evan2000!

It's pretty amazing how the style of the music changes so much between season 1 and 3.

Thanks! Actually these are the new tunes I picked from season 3, while there are also reused tunes from season 1 and 2 which I skipped as they'd be redundant. But yeah, the new tunes are quite different from the old ones.

I'm angry at myself for not finding this thread earlier.

Man I can't wait for season three to come out on dvd, you guys are going to have so much fun with the background music for some of those episodes.

Thank you so much to everyone involved with this project. You've made a lot of fans very happy.

I have episode 7 and 8 up:

307 Eyes of the Chimera (https://mega.co.nz/#F!gscxxbZb!88Hh3sDhGti23kZBddJpdQ)
308 Vision Quest (https://mega.co.nz/#F!MtdmxYbC!yyLdAuyTvdvc83brIOO1nw)

Tracks:
307-01 Sparring Time
307-02 Chimera Ride Part 1
307-03 Chimera Ride Part 2
308-01 Forest Ninja Training
308-02 Mystic Turtles

[kelligrafie]

Thanks! Actually these are the new tunes I picked from season 3, while there are also reused tunes from season 1 and 2 which I skipped as they'd be redundant. But yeah, the new tunes are quite different from the old ones.



I have episode 7 and 8 up:

307 Eyes of the Chimera (https://mega.co.nz/#F!gscxxbZb!88Hh3sDhGti23kZBddJpdQ)
308 Vision Quest (https://mega.co.nz/#F!MtdmxYbC!yyLdAuyTvdvc83brIOO1nw)

Tracks:
307-01 Sparring Time
307-02 Chimera Ride Part 1
307-03 Chimera Ride Part 2
308-01 Forest Ninja Training
308-02 Mystic Turtles

You did... Vision Quest

*sobs* :cry: so happy right now.

[Evelyn Benton]

I might be stupid and missed it (if so, I apologize)...but do you have the closing credits instrumental theme? Please and thank you. :)

[Gwydion]

Thanks so much for doing this! This is amazing! I love the soundtrack for this show, so I was really excited to learn you were doing this - can't wait for more!

[Bauer536]

Thanks. I must say, it's not bad. Still, I'll be honest. This isn't your fault since nobody at Nickelodeon has thought of a composition soundtrack, but through most of the music, I hear sounds of sirens, leaping, fighting, and sometimes, fuzzy voices echoing. During "Mittens," I heard the dialogue coming from the turtles, but as if it was from another room.

Still, not bad.:tcool: I think what would be great, however, is a soundtrack containing the best snippets from certain episodes, like a "Best of" collection. I don't need every piece.

And yes, I want some of the music from "Return to New York."

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I might be stupid and missed it (if so, I apologize)...but do you have the closing credits instrumental theme? Please and thank you. :)

You haven't missed it... it's something I'm working on for the full season one soundtrack. :D

... through most of the music, I hear sounds of sirens, leaping, fighting, and sometimes, fuzzy voices echoing. During "Mittens," I heard the dialogue coming from the turtles, but as if it was from another room.

Alas, that is a product of the show's sound mix having sound effects and voices present in nearly all channels at nearly all times. Very rarely do I find SFX and voices isolated in the center channel... I recommend not listening to the soundtrack through headphones, as they'll just make the sound effects even more clear to the listener.

Hypothetically I could do some fancy effects to reduce these unwanted noises, but often that damages the audio rather than help. :tsad:

I think it's always a real shame when the sound mix is done the way that TMNT's is done. Having voices in all the channels adds nothing to the viewing experience and if anything is just distracting if the viewer can actually detect the voice coming out of the rear channels.

Most movie trailers have the dialogue isolated in the center channel (check my YouTube for proof!). Wolverine and the X-Men had the music almost untouched in the rear channels. Rocky Balboa had all of its dialogue in the center channel. Why can't this TV show be set up like one of those? :x

Anyway... I'm going to make sure that the tracks in the full season one soundtrack aren't as SFX-riddled as these are... I'm choosing what music to include carefully.

[kelligrafie]

I'm directing as many people as I can to this thread because I saw loads of people bemoaning the fact the music wasn't available as a CD or download.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Hey guys! I'm nearly done with the season one soundtrack - I'm down to working on the last few episodes.

But I need your guys' help! I'm working on editing an instrumental version of the theme song, and I can't find a good copy of the very last note, where the guy says "power!" The end credits transition into the Nick jingle too quickly.

Is there some sort of advertisement or promotion I can find online that plays that last note as an instrumental?

[JTH]

Hey guys! I'm nearly done with the season one soundtrack - I'm down to working on the last few episodes.

But I need your guys' help! I'm working on editing an instrumental version of the theme song, and I can't find a good copy of the very last note, where the guy says "power!" The end credits transition into the Nick jingle too quickly.

Is there some sort of advertisement or promotion I can find online that plays that last note as an instrumental?
Not really sure, worse case scenario you can always loop the beginning for the end, I know it's not exactly the same, but similar enough if there isn't one out there.

[The Turtle Terminator]

Downloaded this an hour ago, gonna give it a listen in the morning. Thanks SO much, this is so good :D

[evan2000]

Hey guys! I'm nearly done with the season one soundtrack - I'm down to working on the last few episodes.

But I need your guys' help! I'm working on editing an instrumental version of the theme song, and I can't find a good copy of the very last note, where the guy says "power!" The end credits transition into the Nick jingle too quickly.

Is there some sort of advertisement or promotion I can find online that plays that last note as an instrumental?

They were looping the instrumental ending theme continuously before the NYCC 2014 TMNT panel started, but sadly I could not find my original recording. All that I have now is the edited video that I uploaded to youtube:

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Unfortunately I trimmed the video just as the theme fades out and the panel intro start :x
I'll try to search my HDD backups if I still kept the unedited video. I could have deleted it after encoding the final output :(

Another alternative is to rip the theme from the Rooftop Run game main menu music loop, but I think it is not 100% identical to the episode end credits version:

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[TheSkeletonMan939]

Lemme know if you find the original video!

I think that the rooftop run menu is just the instrumental theme with some instruments added. Might be worth taking a look at.

Thanks!

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I got Rooftop Run, extracted the contents, and went so far as to extract the resources.assets file for any audio files... all I found were sound effects. I have no idea where the music is being stored. :(

If anyone has any experience with this sort of thing, lemme know and we can try to figure it out.

[evan2000]

Unfortunately I'm not able to find the original recording I had earlier. Sorry about that :(

Meanwhile, if you haven't found a way to extract the Roodtop Run menu music digitally, there's always the analog hole (http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk/VinylStudio/helpfile/connecting_up.htm) for you to exploit:

http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk/VinylStudio/helpfile/images/line_in.jpg

[kelligrafie]

Please can I make a request for the music in Battle For New York Part 2 where the Kraang double headed dragon bot is chasing the turtles in the Kraang stealth ship?

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Please can I make a request for the music in Battle For New York Part 2 where the Kraang double headed dragon bot is chasing the turtles in the Kraang stealth ship?

Sure. I won't get to it anytime soon, but I'll certainly try to do something with it when it comes time to work on the season 3 soundtrack.

[Aaronardo]

Sure. I won't get to it anytime soon, but I'll certainly try to do something with it when it comes time to work on the season 3 soundtrack.

Sorry for the late reply but I'm pretty sure the tune that comes up then is the same that comes up while the Turtles are escaping in the Party Wagon, running from Kraang Prime in "The Invasion", if that helps any.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Good news!

Evan and I are nearly finished with the season one soundtrack.

Just one or two more tracks to add, as well as some post-production volume normalization.

I don't know if it includes the music kelligrafie and Aaronardo are referring to (I honestly haven't seen any of this show past episode 10) but I tried to squeeze in as much music as I could from the finale two-parter.

Anyway... expect a new thread to pop up in the next few days! :)

[Mew]

Yay!!!
:eyemouth:

[aliena]

Thank you so so much for doing this. I'm grateful to have this amazing soundtrack and it's all because of you and Evan. May this come back to you tenfold. I'm looking forward to the complete season one volume when you finish it.