I'm going to unironically play this on loud at work.

I played this game 10 years ago. At least I feel like that.

@Bembel81

4 жыл бұрын

The Wii is 13 years old.

@sociallyinept01

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bembel81 yes that means it's 3 years after the Wii was released

@charlesbaranowski8420

3 жыл бұрын

Does this game even exist?! I cannot find it anywhere..

@littlegloom

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbaranowski8420 It's not a real game

@Miister00

2 жыл бұрын

@@littlegloom bamboozled again

Man, what a journey this just took me on, I closed my eyes and I was able to imagine a day in the life of a quiet Japanese salary man living in the late 80s and going to work on a Friday. Mitch Murder if you happen to read this I just want to say your work is truly magical and of course thank you for it all

I like how this functions as a joke, but also can serve as a nice little portfolio piece

Passed vibe check

This is the first looking back iconification of the 00’s I’ve seen that’s really hit the target.

@GarrisonMorton

4 жыл бұрын

Wiiwave. LOL! (I call it the “Techno-Kawaii-Zen” aesthetic) Though I guess that name is too long and needs a new name.

@GarrisonMorton

4 жыл бұрын

This gives the same vibes as the Nintendo Wii, Honda's Asimo Robot, Bullet Trains, and the first generation Scion XB. You know what I'm talking about? The color white, bamboo desk plants. Minimalist futurism with a Japanese twist? (By futurism I mean the stuff I thought was futuristic as a kid in the 00s such as the Wii.)

@charliechuckles6494

4 жыл бұрын

mind elaborating on that?

@directionlessstudios7210

4 жыл бұрын

@@charliechuckles6494 Sure. You know how it takes some time before we get a sense of the pop cultural iconification of a decade? I remember when we didn't know what kind of a thing the 90's was. You could know having lived it, but that's not the same as what it's emergent persona will become. We end up getting these touchstones in our arts and entertainment's looking back perception of a decade. As more of these nods or homages occur they tend to coalesce and eventually, you have a preeminent concept of a decade. This Wii soundtrack concept of Mitch Murder's was the first I can recall to really hit one of those notes (for me) that become a part of that emerging iconification of a decade. I have no idea how exactly the 2000's are going to be presented as more nostalgic memes on the decade take hold. It's also true that a decade holds quite a bit of change that is often too much to characterize in a singular encapsulation. Which is why it never becomes a true thing, but rather just a pop cultural fantasy. I love the fantasy the 80's iconification has become, but the early 80's was still pretty grim and ludditish as the 70's. The fantasy seems to favor the pink neon glitz and tech which emerged and existed in 'peak 80's' if you will. The end of the 80's was also starting to trend into the hippy dippy 90's with events like the Berlin Wall coming down and the end of the Soviet Union having an iconic impact in the western world. So its all just a fun time slice that ends up emerging and popularizing certain attributes of a decade. Its fun to wait and see and observe as the space and time from the decade widens.

@GarrisonMorton

4 жыл бұрын

The Geico caveman in the airport commercial is a good example of 2000s iconification. As is the song Remind Me used in the commercial.

Salary Man was one of my favorite fake childhood games - Oh the non-existent memories

@Bonezone84

Жыл бұрын

The non-existent nostalgia kills me 😭

🎵Quitting Time🎵

@Handhandme

3 жыл бұрын

Oh right, it's quitting time *opens desk drawer to grab handgun with single bullet chambered into it* :)

end of a decade

My new favorite trilogy ever

I'm listening to this as I work and I feel simulated.

I wish this album was 60 minutes longer. It's one of my favorites!

00:00 Morning Commute 01:45 On The Clock 02:55 Cafeteria 04:19 Sales Meeting 06:01 Water Cooler 07:54 The Presentation 08:58 Quitting Time

@Sir_Duckyweather

4 жыл бұрын

Why yes, that is what the video description says.

@trakstarz82

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sir_Duckyweather do you know mobile users?

@Sir_Duckyweather

4 жыл бұрын

I don't have a smart phone, no. Is the description invisible for them or something?

@whateverman187

4 жыл бұрын

Mobile user here: unlike the time frames in the description, these are actually useful...because they can be clicked and thus provide a way to navigate. Those in the description are grey (not hyperlink blue), and are informational only.

@Sir_Duckyweather

4 жыл бұрын

I see. Thanks for the explanation Arc_87. So the description is visible yet for some reason the timestamps do not jump to the times with a mobile device as they do on a computer. In any case, you'd think this sort of thing would have been fixed years ago but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Google has become complacent and lazy having a monopoly on video content services, with many changes over the past decade being detrimental to the website.

Water cooler and quitting time are my favourites. This is a masterpiece. Thankyou for uploading.

This brings me back to my childhood. Nintendogs, Wii Sports, Wii Music, Wii Fit, etc. Early 2007, 11 year old me just got the Wii, it doesn't work very well so my parents sent it back to Nintendo to get it fixed. It works like a dream from then on. I remember making Mii versions of people I knew. The memories. I think it was the Wii that got me interested in Japan. Now that I'm an adult I study the Japanese language. RIP Satoru Iwata.

I always loved you Mitch, now I’m finally subbed. Wtf took me so long! Your work is amazing. Galactic Treasure.

A welcome addition to the productivity canon. As someone with high stress reactions when on the phone. I keep this music playing to calm my tensions.

I'm having a nostalgia from a memory that never happened

Love makin the big bucks. My boss has a salary and bought a sweet ride with it. Cant wait to be a big timer :)

I bet you could make a killer Ace Attorney cover! That's what some of these tracks in this "game" remind me of.

@AshTheMohican

4 жыл бұрын

Pursuit ~ Cornered is amazing. Music can make anything spectacular, even a court room trial in session.

@iudexe3103

4 жыл бұрын

@@AshTheMohican akemi kimura used to make megaman x music, of course his works on phoenix wright are amazing

Sounds like some Japanese visual novel, great work.

Thank you again for this wonderful time travel

Thank you so much mitch, happy new year man!!!

As always Mitch THANK YOU, and have a great new year!

happy new year Mitch! I absolute love your work, you are the KING!

Incredible. You are such a master to create a realistic game atmosphere, with tunes that are also so nice to listen to.

This is ace. Another great fake OST! Love the jazzy vibe too.

You are LEGEND Man! I love that vibes, just Great!

This soundtrack for a fake game makes me nostalgic still

This is too great for not being on Spotify, please add it! :)

This fake soundtrack made me clean my house, good music to clean

What a way to end the the decade wit sum 🔥🔥🔥

Happy new year!!

Love this! Is Salary Man Simulator a real game? If so is it any good y’all? 🤩

@dingdong1989

3 жыл бұрын

It's not a real game, but I thought it was at first cus Mitch usually works on videogame soundtracks lol

love this

Will this be uploaded to Spotify? I can't get enough of it!!

I remember reading a review of this game on the final issue of GamePro :D Happy new year mate, thank you for the music!

Something about this makes me want to put on a suit, tie, and watch.

I Wii(sh) you happy new year!

Yo, the first song is giving me some good vibes I could listen to it every time I wake up in the morning :)

thanks, I love it.

Roaring 20s font there on Salary Man desu.

i just straight up like this

Thank You!!!

very nice

I just had a crazy idea. I'd love to hear a DS styled version of this.

You know, you could almost say the water cooler is like a fountain of some sort

i love it

Me me, I'm a Salary Man.

Definitely sounds like some Ace Attorney soundtrack. Congrats, it's beautiful.

more midi pan flute please

@beeilve

4 жыл бұрын

I gotta fever and the only cure is more pan flute.

@mrjameshendry

4 жыл бұрын

Final Fantasy VIII had a lot of pan flute

@phaserland4156

4 жыл бұрын

@@beeilve hahahah yes

I would also hear this kind of soundtrack on a detective game like policenauts or snatcher. Or atleast I'd make a point and click police detective game with this music. If I could that is.

@ilyakilezhenko4361

Жыл бұрын

This album is very obviously heavily inspired by these game’s ost’s

I remembered getting Karoshi ending. :(

Underbart. Så jävla ball.

The Super Business Adventure on Super Famicon approves!

@Retrogamer71

4 жыл бұрын

Wii loves the Mitch productivity canon.

nice

Love all the tracks but my favourite is Water Cooler.

I need someone to make extended versions of these songs for my work days.

I've been on the hunt for Wii games. Saw the thumbnail and thought "I've never heard of this one before".

Wiiwave. I was predicting this to be a thing. Not just musically but also aesthetically. I call it “techno-kawaii-zen”. It's my idea for a stylistic movement. It's all about minimalism, the color white, bamboo, kei cars, bullet trains, sushi bars and this “cute elevator music” that screams 1990s early 2000s corporate Japan. Basically it's whatever the style of the Wii was. The scion XB also embodies this style.

@GarrisonMorton

4 жыл бұрын

Techno because of the Technological aspect. Kawaii because of the cuteness Zen because of the asian minimalism (Not necessarily related to buddhism)

@GarrisonMorton

4 жыл бұрын

Oh and ASIMO. let's not forget him. He also is very TKZ. Too bad Honda retired him.

@GarrisonMorton

3 жыл бұрын

There could be a better name for this aesthetic but it’s a real thing.

@timvanarsdel

3 жыл бұрын

@@GarrisonMorton I wouldn't be surprised if your TKZ aesthetic blows up and becomes its own force by the mid 2030's. Just gotta wait a bit for the youngsters who assimilated this into their culture-identity to age and mature and become jaded with how the future turns out, and wish to hearken back to the good ol' days. Me, I'm a child of the 80's and am so grateful for the musical touchstones of my youth via the retrowave/vaporwave/synthwave revival. Your day will come too! 🤙

@GarrisonMorton

3 жыл бұрын

@@timvanarsdel I have an entire playlist of Wii style music from various artists on my Soundcloud but I deleted the link comment cause somebody complained I was advertising.

Most upbeat suicide music ever :)

Love the ace attorney vibe ❤️

Water cooler sounds exactly like a Japanese visual novel!

Koei Ltd is proud to present "Salary Man Simulator" and it's sequel, "Salary Man 2: Overtime!" We hope you'll enjoy these new titles from our Executive Series™.

06:01 Seems like N64 Zelda games start menu theme.

He forgot "Karoshi" (hidden track)

This is what the OST for Yuppie Psycho would've been in an alternate universe if Mitch was chosen over Garoad. I'd kill for a Mitch x Garoad song.

First few tunes reminded me of hotel dusk OST

I wish games had this good music

I feel bad for the people that don't know this is only for the cutscenes in the Japanese Wii OST. The EU version had an amazing gameplay soundtrack. Not that the West will ever know. ;-)

Reminds me of Airline Tycoon :D

I feel like Reading Rainbow is next. 🙌🏾😩😄😄

Sugoi work. BTW, I would actually play that for realsies if someone made it. Indie or otherwise.

MM... Ohh yeah...yeah...yeah

Mitch should release a Salary Man Simulator II OST.

@GarrisonMorton

3 жыл бұрын

Well. He did.

07:54 Feels like someone is pitching me the reasons to upgrade to Windows 98.

Synthwave and Chiptune are late gen X and early millennial nostalgia inspired music. THIS is late millennial early gen Z nostalgia inspired.

theme hospital :)

I have to code this game

I'm still stuck on level 32 salary. I can make enough to meet ends but cannot meet happiness.

Will we get some sort of Pandemic OST for 2020 new years?

@mrsmiles8140

3 жыл бұрын

yikes

Hey Mitch, any chance you could share which instruments/VST's you used to make this one? I am using a Yamaha DX7 VST for some of the sounds, but would love to know what you use!

#Mitch Murder - please do synth music of Contra: Hard Corps

When are you uploading your studio tour song?

Am I the only one who thinks "water cooler" sounds like a mix of Zelda's fairy fountains and Zelda's lullaby?

Do you have the picture without the fake game cover? I kinda like it somehow

alright....which one of ya down like this

what tools did you use to make this track? i'd really like to make something in the same aesthetic

@edsantosIsMusic

4 жыл бұрын

btw you gotta make more of this salary man stuff those are some bangers

You mean suicide simulator.

somehow remind me of chrono trigger at 06:01

@aroyal641

4 жыл бұрын

it's actually almost identical to a track from legend of zelda-- that's probably where you remember it from

Hello

~ UwU~

Sega Rally on Xbox did it better