SiIvaGunner

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.

SiIvaGunner
SiIvaGunner's main YouTube icon, an edited picture[a] of a bust of Antinous
YouTube information
Channels	SiIvaGunner SiIvaGunner2
Also known as	GiIvaSunner (formerly)
Created by	Chaze the Chat[1]
Years active	2016–present
Genre(s)	Video game music, parody music, mashup, remix
Subscribers	651 thousand (SiIvaGunner) 41.7 thousand (SiIvaGunner2)[2]
Views	1.35 billion (SiIvaGunner) 356.5 thousand (SiIvaGunner2)[2]
Website	highquality.rip
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2016
Last updated: July 11, 2025

Content

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

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]