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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[a] of a bust of Antinous
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Also known asGiIvaSunner (formerly)
Created byChaze the Chat[1]
Years active2016–present
Genre(s)Video game music, parody music, mashup, remix
Subscribers651 thousand (SiIvaGunner)
41.7 thousand (SiIvaGunner2)[2]
Views1.35 billion (SiIvaGunner)
356.5 thousand (SiIvaGunner2)[2]
Websitehighquality.rip
Silver Play Button100,000 subscribers2016
Last updated: July 11, 2025

SiIvaGunner[b] (/ˈsiːvəˌɡʌnər/ ⓘ), formerly GiIvaSunner[b][3] (/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

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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",[1] making light of the similarity of the two melodies.
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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]

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.[1]

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. An original character named the "Joke-Explainer™ 7000" serves as the channel's mascot.[1]

History

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GilvaSunner (spelled normally, with a lowercase "L") was a YouTube channel created in 2010 that uploaded video game music (VGM), mostly from Nintendo games.[14] The channel remained active until it was deleted by its creators in 2022 due to YouTube copyright strikes.[14][1]

A channel parodying the GilvaSunner channel was created, but with a capital "i" used in place of a lowercase "L" (with the effect of making the channel names appear identical).[1][4][15] The channel was terminated and rebooted in 2016, taking the new name SiIvaGunner (still using a capital "i" in place of a lowercase "L").[1]

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.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Person, Chris (June 18, 2025). "SiIvaGunner Is An Elaborate Game Music Joke Collective And One Of The Best Parts Of YouTube". Aftermath. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "About SiIvaGunner". YouTube.
  3. ^ 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.
  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. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  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. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. 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. ^ a b Geigner, Timothy (February 10, 2022). "Yes, It Really Was Nintendo That Slammed GilvaSunner YouTube Channel With Copyright Strikes". Techdirt. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  15. ^ SiIvaGunner (March 31, 2019). Welcome to SiIvaGunner! (Announcement). Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  16. ^ Hathaway, Jay (May 10, 2018). "Did Yoshi commit tax fraud?". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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  1. ^ The original picture
  2. ^ a b Stylized with the third letter an uppercase "i", not a lowercase "L".
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