SiIvaGunner

SiIvaGunner
A stone bust of Antinous with curly hair. Glitch effects distort the top and left of the image, and an eyepatch and scars have also been digitally added.
SiIvaGunner's main YouTube icon, an edited picture of a bust of Antinous
YouTube information
Also known asGiIvaSunner (formerly)
Channels
Created byChaze the Chat
Years active2016–present
Genre(s)Video game music, parody music, mashup
Subscribers620 thousand (SiIvaGunner)
41.4 thousand (SiIvaGunner2)[1]
Total views1.225 billion (SiIvaGunner)
333.6 thousand (SiIvaGunner2)[1]
Websitehighquality.rip
100,000 subscribers2016
Last updated: November 14, 2023

SiIvaGunner[a] (/ˈsiːvəˌɡʌnər/ ⓘ), formerly GiIvaSunner[a][2] (/ˈɡiːvəˌsʌnər/ ⓘ), is a comedic musical collective based mostly around bait-and-switch YouTube videos claiming to be "high quality rips" of video game music that are in reality remixes, parodies, and/or mashups, often incorporating Internet memes and popular music.

Content

Athletic Theme (PAL Version) - Super Mario World
A sample from a SiIvaGunner parody "rip" of Super Mario World's "Athletic Theme". In this parody, the melody of the song is replaced by Ross Bagdasarian's song "Witch Doctor", making light of the similarity of the two melodies.[3]
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The SiIvaGunner channel uploads videos in the style of many other video game soundtrack-based YouTube channels;[4] the channel's videos are typically static images, usually of the relevant game's logo, box art or title screen, with a piece of music playing over it, though they may contain visuals such as GIFs, different images or clips from other videos appearing.[5] Such videos are intentionally misleading as to trick the viewer into believing they are actual songs from a game's soundtrack.[4][5] The uploaded songs, however, are instead remixes, mashups, covers, or simple editing jokes.[6][7][8][9] Internet memes and other channel-specific running gags are often incorporated into the rips,[5] including "Meet the Flintstones",[4] 7 Grand Dad, The Nutshack, Love Live!'s "Snow Halation",[10] Kirby: Planet Robobot, and LazyTown's "We Are Number One".[5][11][12][13]

History

The original YouTube channel used from January to April 2016 was named GiIvaSunner;[2][14] this references a now-defunct Dutch channel named GilvaSunner, but with a capital "i" used in place of a lowercase "L" (with the effect of making the channel names appear identical).[4][3] Following the termination of their original YouTube channel in April 2016,[15][non-primary source needed] the name was changed to SiIvaGunner for the new channel (retaining the capital "i").[16][non-primary source needed]

In late 2019, the art gallery Gallery Aferro featured an exhibit titled "Elevator Music 6: SiIvaGunner", curated by Juno Zago. An auditory exhibit, it was a collection of SiIvaGunner remixes of classic and new video game music played inside an early-1900s refurbished Otis elevator.[8][9]

In 2020, The Daily Dot attributed the popularity of internet meme "Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud" to the channel, which uploaded soundtracks purportedly belonging to an entirely fictitious "Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud" video game.[17]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Stylized with the third letter an uppercase 'i', not a lowercase 'L'.

References

  1. ^ a b "About SiIvaGunner". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b Schreier, Jason (March 9, 2016). "This YouTube Channel Is Definitely The Best Place To Listen To Video Game Music". Kotaku. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ a b SiIvaGunner (March 31, 2019). Welcome to SiIvaGunner! (Announcement). Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Morris, Tatiana (March 9, 2016). "Someone has taken the art of trolling to a new level with game theme songs". GameZone. Archived from the original on May 22, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Ballard, Thomas (2018). Meme as a rhetorical concept for digital media genres. pp. 100–114.
  6. ^ Beck, Kellen (December 25, 2019). "The joy of video game music". Mashable. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  7. ^ Hicks, Ethan (November 5, 2021). "Friday Night Funkin: 14 Most Hilarious Mods". Game Rant. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Gallery Aferro Presents Exhibits By Individuals At Angola Prison, Geri Hahn, and SilvaGunner". NewJerseyStage.com. September 14, 2019. Archived from the original on May 22, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Dhaduk, Birju (October 15, 2019). "New Gallery Aferro Exhibitions Open". The Vector. Archived from the original on May 22, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  10. ^ "Love Live!: El tema 'Snow Halation' cumple su undécimo aniversario". Kudasai (in Spanish). December 22, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  11. ^ Hathaway, Jay (January 4, 2017). "A meme you've never heard of was named Reddit's Meme of the Year". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  12. ^ Asarch, Steven (December 17, 2016). "'We Are Number One' Meme: Why Do People Keep Remixing a Children's Show Song?". iDigitalTimes. IBT Media. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  13. ^ Fennimore, Jack (August 22, 2018). "Stefan Karl Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  14. ^ GiIvaSunner. "GiIvaSunner". YouTube. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016.
  15. ^ @GiIvaSunner (April 6, 2016). "Account got taken down @sortofaweeb @nintenchu" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ @GiIvaSunner (April 13, 2016). "I hope the SiIvaGunner account is temporary. Waiting for appeals is a long process. @VictorASvensson" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Hathaway, Jay (May 10, 2018). "Did Yoshi commit tax fraud?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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