Button Masher — GameChops artist

Button Masher

Chiptune & jazz game music

Button Masher is Jake Silverman, a pianist and arranger who figured out how to make a chip sound swing.

He took home a Grammy in 2021 for his arrangement of "Meta Knight’s Revenge," cut with Charlie Rosen and The 8-Bit Big Band, and his solo work runs the same trick in reverse: real jazz harmony and reharmonization poured over 8-bit and 16-bit textures.

On GameChops he teamed with Dj Cutman for "Jubilife Village," a piano-and-chiptune read of the Pokémon Legends: Arceus theme that stays loose where the original sits still.

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  • Get Down On It

    Kool & the Gang gets a Super Nintendo twist by Button Masher and Dj Cutman in “Get Down on It” Inspired by the viral version of the funk classic, the duo channels fast-paced action and authentic sound that calls back to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time.

  • Super Standards

    Jazz and 16-bit worlds collide in Super Standards! Performed and arranged by Button Masher, Super Standards is a concept album that reimagines 12 jazz standards in the styles of Super Nintendo games.

  • Anti Hero

    Taylor Swift enters her Super Nintendo era in Button Masher and Dj Cutman’s take. The digital duo level up the hit’s bittersweet melodies and upbeat pop production with authentic Chiptune style.

  • Super September

    The duo of Button Masher and Dj Cutman are back again in “Super September” Pumping funk basslines and real SNES sounds sparkle in their cover of Earth, Wind & Fire’s unforgettable hit from 1978, Button Masher is Grammy award-winner Jake Silverman, known for his jazz-infused chiptunes. Dj Cutman is music producer and mix engineer, and the founder of GameChops.