History Trivia / MiracleOfSound

* CoveredUp: A lot of people believe that 'Valhalla Calling' was written by Peyton Parrish and a few have even accused Gavin of falsely claiming ownership to the song, despite the fact that Parrish's version clearly states in the title that it's a cover, enough so that Gavin made a video pointing out that he released it first. Others claim it's an actual ancient Norse chant, despite the fact that it rhymes perfectly in modern English, which an old Norse chant would not. [[https://youtube.com/shorts/gcgubLxvXLQ?si=ISIsAUIKcKLnjEK4 Gav actually released a short explaining this and asking simply to be credited on any future covers]]. In 2024, Gavin got sufficiently frustrated with this and Peyton not crediting him that he made a public statement asking him to stop; when asked why this was public rather than private, he explained that a private message had been tried first and nothing had changed.

* CoveredUp: A lot of people believe that 'Valhalla Calling' was written by Peyton Parrish and a few have even accused Gavin of falsely claiming ownership to the song, despite the fact that Parrish's version clearly states in the title that it's a cover, enough so that Gavin made a video pointing out that he released it first. Others claim it's an actual ancient Norse chant, despite the fact that it rhymes perfectly in modern English, which an old Norse chant would not. [[https://youtube.com/shorts/gcgubLxvXLQ?si=ISIsAUIKcKLnjEK4 Gav actually released a short explaining this and asking simply to be credited on any future covers]].

* CoveredUp: A lot of people believe that 'Valhalla Calling' was written by Peyton Parrish and a few have even accused Gavin of falsely claiming ownership to the song, despite the fact that Parrish's version clearly states in the title that it's a cover, enough so that Gavin made a video pointing out that he released it first.

* PromotedFanboy: His song Cries of The Dead World made it into ''[[VideoGame/{{Wasteland2}} Wasteland 2]]'' as the ending credits. He has also been recognized by EA and Ubisoft, asked to make [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 Take it Back]] and [[VideoGame/WatchDogs Digital Shadows]] respectively. He collaborated with Marcin Przybyłowicz, of ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'' fame, on the soundtrack for ''VideoGame/SevenTheDaysLongGone''.

* CreatorBacklash: He's expressed disliking some of the older songs from the project, especially for how blatant they were in referencing the video games they were inspired by. When Laura from Creator/JimSterling's podcast was responding to the question of her favorite song of his, he said, "Don't say Commander Shepard. I fucking hate that song."
** At the very least, as of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv6qhaf9Z1U April 8 update]], his distaste for Commander Shepard has waned a bit. All the same, however, Gavin is resistant to remaking it and other "meme" songs like it, as he views those songs as "a moment in time", and he is no longer in that place in his creative headspace.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: His ''Series/GameOfThrones''-inspired song "Only Us" has the same name as a song from ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen.''

* PromotedFanboy: His song Cries of The Dead World made it into ''[[VideoGame/{{Wasteland2}} Wasteland 2]]'' as the ending credits. He has also been recognized by EA and Ubisoft, asked to make [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 Take it Back]] and [[VideoGame/WatchDogs Digital Shadows]] respectively. He collaborated with Marcin Przybyłowicz, of ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'' fame, on the soundtrack for ''VideoGame/SevenTheDaysLongGone''.

* OldShame: He's expressed disliking some of the older songs from the project, especially for how blatant they were in referencing the video games they were inspired by. When Laura from Creator/JimSterling's podcast was responding to the question of her favorite song of his, he said, "Don't say Commander Shepard. I fucking hate that song."

* ColbertBump: His first big hit, "Commander Shepard" got widespread attention from an "official music video" being featured on the YouTube channel Mandalore Movies who was popular among the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fandom. The video neared a million views before Mandalore's channel was taken down. Gavin thanked him in the ''Press X To Rock'' liner notes. It's since been read out by Creator/JenniferHale and Creator/MarkMeer, the voices of Shepard for that series.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Not so much "MagnumOpus", but Gavin has noted that songs which he just throws together for a quick joke (e.g. "Wigglesticks", "Doorfighter", "Beneath The Black Flag"), tend to perform significantly better than songs which he puts a lot of effort into and is really proud of (e.g. "The Best of Us", "Dream of the Sky", "Fires Fade"). Note that the latter are still received well, but the joke songs get spread around via word-of-mouth much easier and quicker.

* PromotedFanboy: His song Cries of The Dead World made it into ''[[VideoGame/{{Wasteland2}} Wasteland 2]]'' as the ending credits. He has also been recognized by EA and Ubisoft, asked to make [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 Take it Back]] and [[VideoGame/WatchDogs Digital Shadows]] respectively.

* ColbertBump: his first big hit, "Commander Shepard" got widespread attention from an "official music video" being featured on the YouTube channel Mandalore Movies who was popular among the Franchise/MassEffect fandom. The video neared a million views before Mandalore's channel was taken down. Gavin thanked him in the ''Press X To Rock'' liner notes.

* PromotedFanboy: His song Cries of The Dead World made it into [[VideoGame/{{Wasteland2}} Wasteland 2]] as the ending credits. He has also been recognized by EA and Ubisoft, asked to make [[MassEffect3 Take it Back]] and [[WatchDogs Digital Shadows]] respectively.

* ColbertBump: his first big hit, "Commander Shepard" got widespread attention from an "official music video" being featured on the YouTube channel Mandalore Movies who was popular among the Franchise/MassEffect fandom. The video neared a million views before Mandalore's channel was taken down. Gavin thanked him in the ''Press X To Rock'' liner notes.