Biography:SiIvaGunner

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Short description: Comedic videogame music collective
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 YouTube icon, an edited picture of a bust of Antinous
YouTube information
Also known asGiIvaSunner (formerly)
Channels
Websitehighquality.rip
Created byChaze the Chat
Years active2016–present
GenreVideo game music, parody music, mashup
Subscribers600,000 (SiIvaGunner)
41,400 (SiIvaGunner2)
Total views1.1 billion (SiIvaGunner)
320,000 (SiIvaGunner2)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2016
Updated November 14, 2023

SiIvaGunner[lower-alpha 1] (/ˈsiːvəˌɡʌnər/ (About this soundlisten)), formerly GiIvaSunner[1] (/ˈɡiːvəˌsʌnər/ (About this soundlisten)), 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, usually incorporating Internet memes, popular music, or sounds similar to the original track.

Content

The SiIvaGunner channel uploads videos in the style of many other video game soundtrack-based YouTube channels;[3] 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, images appearing or other videos.[4] Such videos are intentionally misleading as to trick the viewer into believing they are actual songs from a game's soundtrack.[3][4] The uploaded songs, however, are instead remixes, mashups, covers, or simple editing jokes.[5][6][7][8] Internet memes and other channel-specific running gags are often incorporated into the rips,[4] such as the intro theme to The Flintstones,[3] 7 Grand Dad, The Nutshack, Love Live!'s "Snow Halation",[9] and LazyTown's "We Are Number One",[4][10][11][12] among many others.

History

The original YouTube channel used from January to April 2016 was named GiIvaSunner,[1][13] named after the now-defunct Dutch video game soundtrack ripping YouTube channel GilvaSunner, but spelled with a capital "i" used in place of a lowercase "L" (with the effect of making the channels confusingly similar).[3][2] Following the termination of their original YouTube channel in April 2016,[14][non-primary source needed] the name was changed to SiIvaGunner for the new channel (retaining the capital "i").[15][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.[7][8] In 2020, The Daily Dot attributed the popularity of internet meme "Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud" to the channel.[16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Stylized with a lowercase i followed by an uppercase i, not a lowercase L.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schreier, Jason (2016-03-09). "This YouTube Channel Is Definitely The Best Place To Listen To Video Game Music" (in en-us). https://kotaku.com/this-youtube-channel-is-definitely-the-best-place-to-li-1763800607. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 SiIvaGunner (March 31, 2019). Welcome to SiIvaGunner! (Announcement). Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Morris, Tatiana (2016-03-09). "Someone has taken the art of trolling to a new level with game theme songs" (in en-US). https://www.gamezone.com/news/someone-has-taken-the-art-of-trolling-to-a-new-level-with-game-theme-songs-3434610/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Ballard, Thomas (2018). Meme as a rhetorical concept for digital media genres. pp. 100–114. https://www.proquest.com/openview/1205813d220a810e94e145de157563e1/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y. 
  5. ↑ Beck, Kellen (December 25, 2019). "The joy of video game music" (in en). Mashable. https://mashable.com/article/video-game-music/. 
  6. ↑ Hicks, Ethan (2021-11-05). "Friday Night Funkin: 14 Most Hilarious Mods". https://gamerant.com/friday-night-funkin-best-funny-mods/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Gallery Aferro Presents Exhibits By Individuals At Angola Prison, Geri Hahn, and SilvaGunner" (in en). 2019-09-14. https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2019/09/14/gallery-aferro-presents-exhibits-by-individuals-at-angola-prison-geri-hahn-and-silvagunner. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dhaduk, Birju (2019-10-15). "New Gallery Aferro Exhibitions Open" (in en-US). http://njitvector.com/2019/10/new-gallery-aferro-exhibitions-open/. 
  9. ↑ "Love Live!: El tema 'Snow Halation' cumple su undécimo aniversario" (in es). 2021-12-22. https://somoskudasai.com/noticias/cultura-otaku/love-live-el-tema-snow-halation-cumple-su-undecimo-aniversario/. 
  10. ↑ Hathaway, Jay (2017-01-04). "A meme you've never heard of was named Reddit's Meme of the Year" (in en-US). https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/we-are-number-one-meme/. 
  11. ↑ Asarch, Steven (17 December 2016). "'We Are Number One' Meme: Why Do People Keep Remixing a Children's Show Song?". iDigitalTimes (IBT Media). http://www.idigitaltimes.com/we-are-number-one-meme-why-do-people-keep-remixing-childrens-show-song-574576. Retrieved 18 December 2016. 
  12. ↑ Fennimore, Jack (2018-08-22). "Stefan Karl Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" (in en-US). https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/08/stefan-karl-net-worth/. 
  13. ↑ "GiIvaSunner". https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUWqr4gShUpMjdG9T99j-PQ. 
  14. ↑ @GiIvaSunner (April 6, 2016). "Account got taken down @sortofaweeb @nintenchu". https://twitter.com/GiIvaSunner/status/717852452784115712. 
  15. ↑ @GiIvaSunner (April 13, 2016). "I hope the SiIvaGunner account is temporary. Waiting for appeals is a long process. @VictorASvensson". https://twitter.com/GiIvaSunner/status/720269127554715649. 
  16. ↑ Hathaway, Jay (May 10, 2018). "Did Yoshi commit tax fraud?". The Daily Dot. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/yoshi-tax-fraud-meme/. 

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