What if you keep what you have and just save it at 8-bit? That would definitely mess it up!
I've tried all sorts haha. The bit crushing is weird, it doesn't have much effect until you hit a certain point where it goes beyond dirty into unusable ha. Weird artefacts n shit, at least with S1's stock bitcrush
I trying other things, but musically i can't really find what I want to do to fit the vibe.
Definitely there's gonna be people who this theme naturally suits. The sound i have in mind it just isn't matching my internal 'feel' at the moment, so having a hard time making anything I'm real happy with.