SiIvaGunner

SiIvaGunner ( ), formerly GiIvaSunner ( ), 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

The SiIvaGunner channel uploads videos in the style of many other video game soundtrack-based YouTube channels; 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. Such videos are intentionally misleading as to trick the viewer into believing they are actual songs from a game's soundtrack. The uploaded songs, however, are instead remixes, mashups, covers, or simple editing jokes. Internet memes and other channel-specific running gags are often incorporated into the rips, including "Meet the Flintstones", 7 Grand Dad, The Nutshack, Love Live!'s "Snow Halation", Kirby: Planet Robobot, and LazyTown's "We Are Number One".

The SiIvaGunner collective is strictly non-commercial and the artists involved do not monetize their music. The channel was originally presented as being run by a mysterious artist, but over time the collective has become more open about its true nature as a group of artists. Despite this, the channel continues to have a policy of crediting music collectively rather than to the individual member artists.

The channel features complex internal lore and backstory within its music. A long-running web-series, called the SiIvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis, has taken several years to conclude and includes many characters from other franchises.