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0:56 – Final Fantasy One Winged Angle Live Orchestra
14:50 – Final Fantasy NOT one Winged Angel Game Version
36:00 – Final Fantasy Dancing Mad
1:01:22 – Hades Scourage of the Furies
1:14:00 – Persona 5 Rivers in the Desert
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Thanks for editing this down and also adding chapters, much appreciated.
Please go for the Ori and the Blind Forest OST next 😀
i'm sorry i've miss the live but i want to let you know you're one the right route for having a dedicated and loving audience that will support you also great choice of songs to analyze!!
Great video. One interesting mentioned during the hades song that "with game music it doesnt have any predictable structure". That's an interesting thing to notice because the challenge with some games is that the player usually dictates the pace of the game. So some pieces are designed to be able to transition at any point in the piece. In this particular example your in game character is about to battle one of the fury sisters (Greek mythology), the first half plays when your talking to her before the fight. Then when the talking is over and it's time to fight THAT'S when the metal really amps up. It's entirely up to the player on how long the conversation takes. When games like Hades go the extra mile to make the music dynamic based on player actions is what can make game music VERY satisfying.
All of these Video and you have not done a review for the biggest online MMO's ever? I suggest you review World of Warcraft's music, there is over 4 hours worth! The Alliance music is some of the best music in the gaming world you will ever hear. Blizzard is very well known for having some of the best music ever in gaming. BTW you look so very much like Richard Dreyfuss.
*Angel, not Angle
I think you might love the pokemon violet professor combat theme (or team star boss battle), both are very awesome tracks.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this
https://youtu.be/LzdhTGaWzec
Fan fact) I love the songs you react to, but it's again some other "not so blowing mind" version of the song) One winged is twice in a row) c c combo(( Where are the drums, and that freaking guitar!? Only metal version, the ONLY true version)
ahah) dancing mad is a sick track! But what was that 8 bit version?))
Not sure if someone has already mentioned it or not, but for Hades, it would be lovely to see reactions to either "In the Blood" or "Good riddance", the songs. Preferably both, of course! These are very emotional and vastly different to the OST featured in this video. Hades soundtrack mostly serves to naturally flow with the gameplay, setting mood and making it distinctive, but these two songs stand out on their own in their tender, melancholic beauty and I consider them both incredibly touching. I wonder how you would like them and would love to see it!
And cheers for the video and your respect for music.
A recommendation that I have, even though you have already listened to some great tracks from Final Fantasy: My favorite versions of One-Winged Angel and Dancing Mad are the versions done by a band called The Black Mages! The band members are actually made of some Final Fantasy composers, most notably Nobuo Uematsu. There's at least one video of them performing One Winged Angel live, and it's just entertaining to listen to and watch. Dancing Mad is also an awesome listen. They're basically metal versions of the tracks, which I just love! Again, not something you have to react to on your channel of course, but even just something to listen to in your free time. 😄
Sorry I didn't catch this live, hopefully I can catch another one some other time! Thank you for taking the time to upload this to Youtube, and just doing what you do! There's so much variety in video game music, and it's just nice to hear you talk about it from a perspective of an experienced composer and breaking it all down for us music normies. 😅
I hope you continue to have fun in this rabbit hole and end up getting to enjoy playing some of these games whether it be on stream or in your free time.
Super fun skimming through a lot of this with you.
I have to drop some of my offkilter favorite tracks from gaming on you to check out if you get the chance.
Nier Gestalt – Hills of Radiant Wind
This is one of my favorite ever pieces of music in any game. The language in it is a constructed one invented just for the game's soundtrack based on Portuguese if I recall correctly. Be sure to find the Gestalt version and not the Replicant version which I found far less enjoyable personally, but I guess they're both worth checking.
Rygar – Sagila's Cave
This comes off the NES so it's not going to be as complicated or deep as some, but it's still something I just love. There's an amazing OCRemix version called Caverns of Sagila by a K. Praslowicz you could check out too.
Anything by Tim Follin.
Tim Follin is an absolute wizard of the NES soundchip. Some of his most notable contributions include the Pictionary soundtrack on NES with the most unbelievably funky and rocking opening theme, the soundtrack of Solstice on NES is also particularly mindblowing, particularly the title theme, that can absolutely not be missed. One of his most popular works is the Silver Surfer soundtrack on NES as well.
Quake 2's entire soundtrack
You can scrub anywhere in this thing and land on some excellent 90's metal, it was composed by Sonic Mayhem and one of game's biggest failures is that it's near impossible to get the soundtrack to actually work with the game on modern hardware.
Dragon's Dogma – Into the Free ~Dangan~
This was the opening them to the original release of Dragon's Dogma, a very classically fantasy based game inspired by the late 80's early 90's era of Dungeons & Dragons. I mention this entirely because it's such a curveball of a song to encounter on such a game. Everything else in the game is pretty standard fantasy affair, most notable is End Of The Struggle, the main battle theme and track you would hear the most. I really like it but I don't consider it to be very notable addition to your content.
Castlevania 2 – Bloody Tears
I believe this the first iteration of one of a franchise's more iconic tracks. It's not super long but I really enjoy it. I bring it up to lead into…
Castlevania IV – Bloody Tears
I think this is an interesting comparison between two versions of the same theme. Casltevania 4's entire soundtrack is super cool. The SNES had a sample based soundchip letting them go far more realistic and orchestral in their tracks but it was still pretty primitive. There's so just amazing music on the thing. I'd also recommend checking out The Courtyard leading directly into The Theme of Simon Belmont. I think the intro bits of Castlevania IV are some of my fondest memories growing up, I just loved the game's soundtrack and often played it just to listen to it. But you know, stuff hits people different depending on when and how they encounter it.
I could go on a ton, I've got a lot of other recommendations but I don't want this to turn into a full on diary of gaming, nor monopolize time.
Keep up with the streams though, they're really fun.
Please react to >>> Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver OST – Ozar Midrashim.
Broo you gotta hear the advent children one winged angel…with the guitar!
1:19:19 to answer your question about Japanese musicians diving deeper into genres, yes I agree that Japanese musicians are not afraid to blur genres/lines. They love to experiment with so many compositions, drawing lots of inspirations from what’s already existing, and play around with their craft.
Fun fact: in an attempt to name the odd combo of instruments and influences used in making the Hades OST, Darren Korb called the genre "mediterranean halloween heavy metal".
Would love to see you review the entire FF7 OST. It's ridiculous for it's time.
Someone I know on Twitch who plays the guitar (funnily enough also has Synesthesia) has a suggestion box using channel points. As you use your Twitch channel for streaming, people can gain points over time that they could redeem for a song reaction to be added to the stream. You can even limit to how many times it can be redeemed per stream, and how expensive it is for points. I think this could be used for your Suggestion Box idea, and all be within Twitch for easier use.
You should really look at Mac Miller songs. I think you would have a blast with them. If you're just getting into him I'd recommend songs off of his albums Swimming or Circles. Those two albums are his last two that are his most mature sound.
Please, PLEASE, do some Hollow Knight reactions. It's a game with an AMAZING soundtrack.
its a bit different from video game ost, but i would really love your thoughts on king gizzard and the lizzard wizzard! they're an australian psychedelic rock band that loves playing around in different genres and messing with time signatures and microtonal sounds, with an absolutely immense and constantly updating disvography 🙂 id reccomend giving a browse through "omnium gatherum" for an idea of what kind of sounds they cover, but try checking out "polygondwanaland", "flying microtonal banana" "sketches of brunswick east" and aboyve all use, "nonagon infinity"!
That small orchestra was amazing on "One Winged Angel", sure enough was on the 7 version but they were quite good, not the same as with the Black Mages ofc 😀 and the latest remaster is crazy but i dont recommend it unless you hear this and the one from the film first 😉 and long live King Uematsue 😀 And go on King Soken! 😛
Someone mentioned FF 8, by far the best one and I want it to be remade, so far the best version I found, its just mesmerizing 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgjLkFlM7TI
Amazing responses like always. I enjoy your content a lot! I am curious. Have you tried reviewing any of Timesplitters soundtracks? It may catch your interest on how some of the music is set up. Love your content over all.
Thank you for bringing both an open mind and a wealth of experience to the stream! You’re really great at explaining how the composer and other people working on the track use layers and details to invoke certain feelings to match the game.
I don’t think you have to apologise for anything you do in your videos – you’re being yourself and doing what you want to do, and anyone who gets upset that you pause the track or use the wrong word sometimes can go watch somebody else.
You should listen to Hope Runs Deep from the Gears of War 2 sound track next!
Great breakdown and a very nice varied selection of works. I suggest trying anything from the world-renown Joe Hisaishi in the future (but particuarly his work from the animated Ghibli movies) for an example of how much minimalist piano composition can evoke strong emotion.
From words you sounded shy and not secure but you did great keep up the good work!
I just found you today, but I'm really excited to catch your next stream!
Every song on hades is incredible
May I suggest some game stuff? All from one series: Dragon Quest.
"Overture", the main theme, either from I, VIII or XI.
HEavenly Flight (III, VIII or XI)
Hero's Challenge (III or XI)
Personal Addition, just because I love DQ VIII: Remembrances and Marching through the Fields
I and III are MIDI, VIII (at least PS2) and XI are ochestral (or have an orchestral version). DQ I released the same year as Zelda, and III is considered to be, basically, THE Father of JRPGs, released on February 10th 1988, less than a month after Final Fantasy I, it basically set the formula the genre would follow.
would you react to some final fantasy x music? i know you did the opening but how about thunderplains?
I would really REALLY strongly recommend you do the Suikoden 1 soundtrack. It would fit into your world music theme as well, it's one of the most incredible and complex OSTs in gaming
Also the Celeste soundtrack is a gift from god