Opera Singer Reacts to: Wings Of Liberty || Starcraft 2 OST
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- This is a whole damn symphonic movement. I swear. I can't believe I didn't know this existed. Truly majestic and a beautiful take on "sci-fi" hollywood style music. Enjoyed it immensely.
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Composers: Glenn Stafford, Neal Acree, Russell Brower, Derek Duke
In the piano part:
"Dearest Helena: By now, the news of our defeat has reached the Earth.
The creatures we were sent here to tame are un-tamable, and the colonies we were sent to reclaim have proven to be stronger than we anticipated.
Whatever you may hear about what has happened out here, know this: Alexei did not die gloriously in battle.
I killed him. My pride killed him. And now my pride has consumed me as well.
You will never see me again, Helena.
Tell our children that I love them, and that their father died in defense of their future.
Au revoir."
~ Gerard DuGalle's final message to his wife, Helena
Wonderful reference!
You left out the part where he commits suicide immediately after finishing the monologue
@@P00PBUTTH0L3 And that the message never reached earth as Kerrigan caught up with them before hands
@@mumblecake251 hence Alexi's Infestation with his will intact to finish the fight he and DuGalle got swept in to in Heart of the Swarm alongside Kerrigan against the Dominion
@@mumblecake251Puede que haya una posibilidad de que el mensaje llegó.
Sería un buen enganche con un nuevo juego donde el DUT regrese de nuevo, retomando al de uno de los hijos de Gerard.
The Wings of Liberty main theme is more of a summation of the important story beats that came before, echoing both through subtle reuse of themes from starcraft 1 (the protoss theme and the death of the Overmind theme) and general emotional themes (the terror of the Zerg in the strings and female voice solo, the somber piano referencing the defeat of the UED fleet, the heavy brass of the Terran dominion). For not having any knowledge of the game, the music still masterfully expressed those themes to you. It's a fantastic work that didn't get nearly enough credit.
Great comment. Honestly it's this. All the callbacks to previous story in SC1 and BW, and then part of the music emanating what we should expect for the story of this new sequel.
I especially love the piano referencing the defeat of the UED Expeditionary Fleet. The story of Brood War was truly a well-written tragedy.
Never sat down with this entire theme before. Never stuck around the main menu long enough to hear all of it. Really sitting down and listening to the whole thing and concentrating on it, it's actually truly amazing how epic and grand it sounds and feels.
I would often hear the whole theme while I was waiting for players to join an arcade game like direct strike. One of my favorite pieces of music.
When Wings first came out this played during the (obnoxiously long) install process.
Hah, you missed out! The second I booted that thing up back in the day, I listened to that whole thing. It was a celebration of the return to Starcraft with some Brood War in there too.
Автор, на 16:13 это вообще-то музыка из С&С4..... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
There are 3 soundtracks for starcraft 2's 3 expansions I really hope you make it to the other two. Starcraft 2 has been my favorite game of all time for 5 years at this point since I first played it.
Note that it is SC2, so this theme has strong connection to "StarCraft - Terran Theme 1" and that is one of main things you listen while playing SC1, for hundred of hours! It feels so nostalgic.
Absolutely loved hearing you break down this piece! I believe the piano section that starts at 10:00 is a callback to StarCraft: Brood War, the track was called "Dearest Helena" which pretty much marked the end of the final cinematic from that game. It might come a little bit out of left field in this opening piece but at the time SC2 really owed a lot of its legacy to the path that Brood War had carved nearly 13 years before the game released.
And now, I want him to listen to the Brood War Aria. That intro between Dugalle and Stukov and the ending with 'Dearest Helena' in the background gives me chills even to this day.
this music is pretty reflective of that old Blizzard touch when you could feel the attention and care put into every part of the game be it music, sound design, gameplay, visual ascetic and especially the little things like the hidden bits in unit voice lines or random trivial details in the mission hubs.
ahh. the dearest helena part always brings me back... I remember I always get really annoyed when someone distracts or otherwise stops me from listening and feeling that bit... :< since a lot of the time when I listen to music I'm also humming along or singing it also myself.
as an Opera Singer, you HAVE to listen to the track 'I, Mengsk' from the same game! There is an operatic piece in there that just sounds amazing
I absolutely agree, but give Brood War the credit for the OG "Morituri, Te Salutant", Valerian just got the hand-me-down version lol
My best friend was HUGE into RTS games like Starcraft... me, on the other hand, I can't even get past the first level because I get lost so easily... XD
Anyway, Starcraft actually has a really interesting story, although I'd be hard-pressed to recall it because it's been forever since I last saw someone play it.
I agree the story is nice. Even though there have been mixed reviews on starcraft 2's story, including me I wasnt the biggest fan, but I would still recommend it to people regardless. It's not like it was the worst story ever. Besides, the game is fun and the mission objectives as the story unfolds in sc2 is much better than sc1 where you have to go to beacons to destroy everything
The first game most definitely had an interesting story. Even after the story dipped in Brood War, it still maintained that character depth and political intrigue started in the base game. The problem with the second game was it lost all that depth and turned SC into a more happy generic story. They even ruined the Overmind. It was practically two different universes.
SC1 story was like a collection of the different views of people and groups trying to get by in a rather hostile universe, some of the characters were also kinda interesting. SC2 story on the other hand decided to go the route of "good guys stop the evil bad guy" and many of the characters felt "weaker" while others were almost a day night difference from their SC1 version.
Starcraft has an amazing saga of Betrayal, retribution, sacrifice and vengeance. And manages to offer three incredibly distrinct races to play with, all perfectly fitting their identity of the high-tech low-numbers arrogant psychic race (Protoss) and just the raw monster swarm, complete with sliming all over planets and devouring everything (Zerg)
Got into Starcraft because of Warhammer and ended up loving how connected both can be musically. Warhammer games have some great OSTs you could take a look at too Marco! Mainly the Mechanicus game; Noosphere and Children of the Omnissiah are my favs. Pretty different from Starcraft's OST but amazing in their own right
I'd love it if you could take a look at 86's OST. Shin is one of my favorite tracks in recent memory; just an incredible amount of emotion and thought put into it
Well now I have to replay all of my SC2 campaigns. Well done, picking on all the right nostalgia buttons lately.
Raiders roll!
Same, donwloading it right now
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHJ NEED TO REPLAY THIS NOW!!!!!!!
I also downloaded it 🥹😅
@@MarcoMeatball WE REQUIRE A PLAYTHROUGH STREAM
6:50 and on
It is quite telling that as soon as he mentions putting one's life on the line, the piece switches to the motif from The Death of the Overmind, a story of Tassadar's ultimate sacrifice. This part never fails to evoke emotion in me
This music can be described in 3 segments:
1 - The start of the journey into space.
2 - The calvary arrives.
3 - The afterbattle, falled comrads and "somethings are worth fighting for".
Unless I'm wrong, this "Main" Theme only plays on the Main Menu and as the first song in the credits, fitting with what Marco said about the post-production music for musicals.
The reason the song takes so many twists and turns is because during this time period the "main theme" or menu music for pretty much all of Blizzards games were medleys. This song does have it's own theming unique to Starcraft 2. The bombastic "BA BAAA BABABA BUMMM" line, but those swings in tone and style go to melodies from iconic moments from Starcraft 1 and its expansion. With so much buildup to Starcraft 2, opening the game finally and getting hit with all that nostalgia was really powerful. Still is!
You can really see the similarities between this theme and the Cataclysm theme. Blizzard went full on grand orchestra for a few years. Beautiful stuff!
this is my favorite music from Starcraft overall, followed by the tracks called "The Stars Our Home", "Golden Armada" and "Holding Up The Sky" from Legacy of the Void.
the thing about this track, Wings of Liberty main theme, is that it never got an actual scene (which is a shame in my opinion), and it's a mix of multiple different tracks from Starcraft 1 and 2. the very start with the guitars and stuff, is the main theme of Starcraft 1. the shift to the heroic/Star Wars style is the actual Wings of Liberty theme, or a theme for the ship called Hyperion maybe, because there is a version called "Hyperion Overture". after that, the calm part which you compared to the Force theme from Star Wars, is actually the character theme of Jim Raynor, at least we can hear the same melody during Starcraft 2 when he's around and in center of attention of a cutscene. then the tense-action-space battle part is from the trailer of Starcraft Ghost, a game that never got released. after that comes a kinda sad toned piano-violin part, that is from a cutscene from Starcraft 1 Brood War's ending. then it shifts back to the Hyperion Overture/actual Wings of Liberty theme, for which when i first heard it, i imagined an epic battle on a snowy planet, Terran troops pushing through a canyon filled with Zerg swarms, or whatever, this was just created by my imagination at the moment, a space battle would be just as fitting, but sadly no, the only place where we can hear this music is only the main menu and the end credits. in my honest opinion, this track makes you expect Starcraft 2 and it's story to be far better than what it is. and i'm saying this as a person, who's favorite sci-fi is Starcraft. story wise, Starcraft 1 and it's expansion called Brood War have better stories than Starcraft 2, where they focused more on gameplay than story
frick yes!! if you're feeling retro, the starcraft 1 terran music is a gaming classic.
I grew up playing Brood War, and I used to love listening to the Terran music as I watched my SCVs build. Later when I worked on airplanes whenever we did major work in a hangar I would imagine the Terran theme playing in the background. It just seemed to fit the huge scale and industriousness very well.
I still go back to SC2's campaigns from time to time. Amazing music and I love the lore. I personally love "Unity" from Legacy of the Void out of all the themes(I love the Protoss altogether), hope you can also react to the other ones after this!
Man, it's been so long since I heard this song and I have forgotten how magnificent this piece.
This is obviously VERY John Williams'esque in every way, the amount of parallels and references that can be made to Star Wars music is just insane !
You definitely should cover the other 2 main themes for the Zerg and Protoss expansions that came after : Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void =D
Back in the day when Blizzard was at the top of their art, they did a TREMENDOUS work for each of their games, and thus this comes to my mind : why not covering all the login themes from World of Warcraft for each extension and see how it evolves related to each new content and present what players will have to face ? I can remember that some of them were truly astounding and of great quality ! It would be great to see you react to this music too ! :D
StarCraft music is fantastic. From the OG soundtrack to the more space-opera feel of SC2, the music never fails to bring at least a smile to my face.
(Also totally not just because StarCraft Wings of Liberty was basically my life during high school)
Starcraft 2 has a few awesome soundtracks! The Heart of the Swarm Opening Cinematic has a banger song (and visuals)! I highly recommend it!
I feel like you would really enjoy the operatic from the opening cinematic for Starcraft: Brood War. It's short, but impactful when you consider the story that was told in the original Starcraft and going into Brood War. "Those about to die salute you by way of the sun."
I received the collector's edition box of Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty for my birthday when it released and I had the soundtrack disc on repeat in my car for a couple months. It was very fun to listen to, waking me up and getting my blood pumping. I haven't played Blizzard games for a while now because as a customer I haven't been happy with them, but I can look back and feel fondly about the entertainment I had because of them.
Thank you for your reaction to this piece. You've brought me momentarily back to happiness.
I heard the music for the first time in olympic stadium, korea, in 2007, as their first release of the game was in there. everybody yelled when they saw the title, and it was one of the greatest moment in my early age.
As much as I am a Zerg main at heart, the Terran themes will always be the best no matter the game. It just emanates pure space cowboy energy to me and how these people are just humans struggling / surviving in the harsh elements on outerspace or being stationed in a backwater planet, compared to Protoss' high-tech, hierarchal society, and Zerg being one huge hive mind.
I recommend listening to both the starcraft 1 and 2 main themes on the races, I feel all of their tracks do a great job portraying at what the race is like.
Also since you said national anthem, I'd say Terran 2 in starcraft 1 and Terran 1 im Starcraft 2 is the national anthem for all of the players out there :P
09:45
spot on! we are facing with Kerrigan, leader with insect-like swarm faction. This is her Brood War theme from previous game.
I am amazed, well done Mr Marco!
I will start by saying the first game will always hold more fond memories than the second game ever will. Between the LAN parties, the custom maps and campaigns, and the community back then, there was no comparison. Also, there's nothing like the classic Terran themes especially with the addition of the Brood War melody for the UED, or entrring the cheat code for Radio Free Zerg and listening to the Overmind rap, telling us to 'serve the hive'.
I will also say, however, that the wait for SC2 back in the day was killing so many of us fans. I think it was a 12 year gap or so before the game was even announced, and that announcement happened to appropriately be in Korea. Watching that trailer with the space marine armor being welded onto that man, who we now know is Tychus, and the single line uttered in the end, 'Damn. It's about time.' Then the SC2 logo appeared and you can hear millions of manly tears being cried that day.
Thank you for putting this reaction up. You have exposed my age. :p
😂 listen me too okay. Shit. 😂😂
StarCraft! That reminds me of when I was in college... I used to play the first game's campaign on my laptop instead of taking notes during History classes because it was the only way I could stay awake 🤣 That was years ago and I never got around to playing SC II.
The fanfare feel of that song is a classic Blizzard signature, I think... Some of the first game's osts had synths in them, but Blizzard really do like their orchestra and I'm all here for it.
There's an amazing piece called Firstborn, from Wings of Liberty as well
Highly recommend checking out Legacy of the Void and generally Protoss themes, they're amazing
4:29
My god... now you gotta give an analysis on the OG Dawn Of War Space Marine theme... So epic and EXACTLY what you described there.
in the mid section, it seams like only 1 marine left alive in the battleground, arounded for a big numbers of creatures and then.... the all reinforcments army arrive just before he is lost all hope
Starcraft is one of my favourite games of all time, I’ve grown up with it since childhood and this deep analysis of the theme really brought a tear to my eye.
The plot of Starcraft 2 (SC2) follows James Raynor and his motley crew of outlaws as they travel the stars in order to “liberate” pieces of an ancient artifact from the hands of the oppressive Terran Dominion and the domineering alien race of Protoss in order to defeat an even bigger threat posed by the Queen of Blades and her Zerg Swarm. Raynor’s Raiders are equal parts hero, saviors and liberators as they gain more allies and liberate colonies and people from the clutch of the dominion and being a small symbol of hope for the oppressed people… this theme and analysis captured that perfectly
Hey there, Marco.
Saw this upload and felt I just HAD to have a look-see since it's been a good minute since I interacted with anything Starcraft-related. Especially not since the third of the trilogy ended the narrative they were building since the original Starcraft (and its Brood War expansion). Suffice it to say, I enjoyed the overall narrative of it, up until it felt short for me at the end.
Your breakdown of the themes within were pretty spot-on for someone who hasn't played any of it, and-if nothing else-is quite a pleasant surprise in that the music department at Blizzard is absolutely exceptional at conveying these things not just in the feelings their pieces are meant to invoke, but as a sort of coded message to people like yourself who can pretty much decipher the language of music, as it were.
Without going into much of the detail and spoilers if you ever intended to explore it, what you described in your breakdown is pretty much the premise of the narrative in the Wings of Liberty base game for Starcraft 2.
It pretty much follows a handful of years after Starcraft: Brood War, which ended in a spot where the three main factions are in a sort of "regrouping" phase, or at least a preparation and hunkering down, of sorts.
In Wings of Liberty, you're basically going through the story as "Jim" Raynor, an experienced commander of sorts who once belonged to the current human faction which is a newly-established empire intended to unite humanity. Jim went rogue early in the Starcraft campaign, as he-along with the few others that went with him-was privy to an act perpetrated by the emperor which constituted as both a heinous war crime and personal betrayal to Jim-which was what helped him to establish the empire in the first place. Worse yet, there's no proof that the act was of the emperor's doing.
Jim was also a major part of the old guard, and beloved character of the series-so the hype was very real for a lot of players.
It's funny that the language of the music overall conveys themes of unity, coming together, and help arriving, because that's precisely the crux of a lot of missions you go through in the game. The concept of which is that the territories in danger of invasion by the xenomorph/alien horde faction are considered non-essential by the empire, because they're on the fringes and aren't nearly as useful or known supporters of the emperor-and thus are better off dead as traitors and potential rebels.
Lo and behold, the help arriving is you and your rogue faction-again and again-and bringing a small semblance of unity with each territory/potential ally saved, as you prepare for an inevitable clash with that same alien swarm due to an old score to settle.
To add context, Jim's faction is largely made up of a rag-tag crew of woefully underequipped, outgunned and outnumbered rebels and outlaws. So, you can probably appreciate what a fool's errand it seems for them to help these beleaguered territories on their own-but they do it anyway.
As a final note, the leitmotif played in some of the quieter moments of the Wings of Liberty piece are tied to Jim Raynor in some ways within the narrative. It might even be fair to say it's his theme, personally.
Anyway, that was a bit of a ramble. Thanks for checking this piece out, and hope to see you do more
Thanks for this!!!
14:50 The music has been used in the intro of the game named "Epic" published in 1992 on Atari ST. The intro on the Amiga version didn't use it :)
Oh
My
God
From all the variety I've never expected StarCraft music on your channel!
That game has lots of cool pieces of music! The Unity, Fall of Shakuras, We Stand Ready, main theme of Heart of the Swarm and many more others... I am so happy that you just pierced the whole plot through the Main theme
Oooooh boi, the Legacy of the Void music is gonna go HARD with him.
Or even better.
DIABLO 2 MUSIC!!!!! Let's make this happen guys!
Fun fact: the piece you played at the end, Mars, actually IS in a video game. The soundtrack of Stellaris includes it along with many other orchestral pieces.
Oh wow
StarCraft 2 is my most beloved game of all time, and imo the best pieces from the soundtrack are the Terran themes; you just have to listen to them! Terran 3 in particular hits in all the right ways, I swear my APM doubles when the violin starts. It's much less grandiose than this main theme, but to me the Terran themes are somehow even more iconic.
This video reminds me that I should probably continue Kerrigan's campaign.
Being said, one RTS game with great music is Age of Empires II, III. I heard AoE 4 also have phenomenal music.
I LOOOVVE THE STARCRAFT MUSIC!! I think a lot of the music in StarCraft is underrated. I didn't expect you to do a video on it! StarCraft is extremely nostalgic for me so I love this!
I recommend you listening too Brood War Aria whenever you get the chance from Starcraft 1, it's basically entirely of Opera and even been used in Starcraft 2 with the Male version.
You should absolutely listen to terran in-game themes as well! The guitar comes back with a punch!
You need to listen to the StarCraft brood war’s aria, it is super up your ally, it’s got classical singing!
If you can, I recommend checking out the other 2 soundtracks for Starcraft 2 as well as the soundtracks for Starcraft 1 and Starcraft Brood War. They are all great and have many fan favorite songs.
I also recommend checking out the story of the Starcraft universe if you have the chance
I only ever played the original Starcraft, but there are some callbacks to the soundtrack of the original.
On top of my head:
0:38 is the menu theme
9:58 is from the final cinematic of the brood wars addon
my soul died, seeing Starcraft 2
Thank you for reacting to this :')
My pleasure
Lucas was originally going to use Holst’s music for Star Wars until he discovered he’d have to pay royalties to Holst’s estate.
Just wanted to say I immediately thought of you upon hearing a VERY epic track that's coming in a certain battle in the next Genshin update, no spoilers, of course.
All I will say is it's a very simple melody that rises in pitch and intensity, and the vocals sound so rich it gives me chills every time. (Reminded me of some of the chants and choirs in iirc Fable 2, that series is a goldmine, especially the 1st one imo)
Hell Yeah! I grew up playing Starcraft 2 throughout all it's expansions! I'm so glad you reacted to and enjoyed the OST for the Base Game! You should react to the expansions OST's as well, Heart of the Swarm, and Legacy of the Void!!! Another great video!
I have an entire "space opera" playlist on RUclips that include tracks from sci-fi video games, movies, etc. SC2 features heavily, not surprisingly. Most of the tracks could definitely be featured on a concert program!
I had forgotten just how good the OST for Star Craft is.
you need to hear all the other songs, not just from starcraft 2 also from starcraft 1 and brood war (expansion for sc1)
One of the kings of RTS. So many feelings from this soundtrack!
the main theme pulls on the lietmotifs of the different factions which is one reason it changes in such dramatic ways
Honestly, I'm a fan of this game, but it turns out I've never listened well to its soundtrack. Thank you for rediscovering this game for me. I will be looking forward to your videos.
Glad you enjoy it!
You are correct in that it tells a story, but not one that is to happen, rather one that serves at the setup for this game.
Starcraft (both I and II) have such amazing soundtracks and make me very happy that Texan Space Opera is recognized a real solid genre
If you liked this, I would suggest Lost Planet 2’s Main Theme. It is one of my favorite games still and its music rocks.
Have you ever heard about octopath-traveller? You might find it interesting to analyse and try to see how much of each character's stories and traits you can understand from their themes. Kind of how you do with league's characters in your videos... which are extremely entertaining to watch and listen along :)
You should analyze the other themes of the franchise. You'll definitely enjoy it. Good video man!
When I think of SC2, I think of the fight cutscene between Artanis and Zeratul. I won't spoil it for you, but it that scene might be one of the most emotionally impactful scenes in any medium that I've ever witnessed. A heroic leader who has lost the faculty of his mind, and a blasphemous outcast who was willing to do anything to save the people he cut himself off from... people who view him as a pariah and want nothing more than him and his order dead. I can't hear "My life for Aiur..." without tearing up still.
Blizzard in general loves to make the Main theme of their games into a medley of the primary musical pieces of that particular game, they do the same with World of Warcraft for example. In this they took pieces from Starcraft 1 and in a kind remastered them into this theme.
StarCraft? A surprise sure, but a welcomed one.
I never knew you are reacting my childhood favourite game
This brings so much nostalgia ! It was my favorite game back in the days
I'm sitting here just waiting to see the reaction to my favorite part. It takes inspiration from a track in the first game called Dearest Helena, which played during the ending cutscene of Brood War.
Well that’s was unexpected😅. Starcraft II is one of my favorite games and soundtrack is also very good, so I recommend more tracks from this game. “Heaven’s Devil’s” in my opinion is the best characteristic of Terrans (human’s) fraction. Thanks for reaction on this song.
Wow, that's unexpected.
Time to download and replay campaign again...
Also, main themes set in main menu (most pages), probably that's explain why it so long and complex, you will listen it long. How interesting.
Good video! Starcraft was and is one of my favourite games of all time. I managed to sunk an ungodly amount of hours into just the first one.
Also could I recommend a game that you should look into the in the future? It's called Transistor, and the tracks are: In circles / Paper Boat / We all become
Edit: I also forgot to add the last : The Spine
Got some on the way
You say these, but not The Spine? Oh come now.
@@MarcoMeatball Sorry for replying hurriedly, but I forgot about one more track, The Spine. By the way thank you for the reply!
This StarCraft II Menu track is more of a medley than a thesis statement. You should watch the cutscenes some time, they have phenomenal scoring and synchronized action.
Now, legacy of the void awaits. The next best thing.
I’ve picked this game up semi recently. And I’ve had it playing in the background so much I know it beat for beat. I didn’t ever notice how deep it goes with transitions and the overall grandeur
Mannnnn I need to play StarCraft, RTS is my favorite genre but I don’t have a PC right now, but nevertheless the theme reminds me that all come due in time.
I would love to see you react to the StarCraft II cinematics
My song suggestions.
For Umineko:
- Happiness of Marionette
- Hello my dream
- Birth of a New Witch
For Touhou:
- Necrofantasia.
- U.N. Owen was her?
- Bloom Nobly Ink-Black Cherry Blossoms ~ Border of Life
*Hello your dream
My bad!
Oh wow Starcraft is a treat to hear you comment on. I recommend checking out some of the Legacy of the Void OST - for ex. The Stars Our Home - it's so grandiose and motivating since it's the culmination of the series.
you need to react to some of the cinematics of starcraft, each campaign is like 2+ hours of cinematics so like 6+ hours of things
Oh boy, the Golden Era of Blizzard games and music :3
So, about that compilation of themes you mentioned: These composers do that for each and every single main theme which is also mighty noticable in the World of Warcraft main themes too as they put pieces of the various zones/characters/big moments themes. And always at the end, after a full journey of where we will visit and what we will do, they take us back to the actual main theme which we began with.
There is not an exact order in which they do these musical trips (no chronological or of particular story importance), but they always add a more epic or bombastic version of each in these main compositions
Honestly if you want to give a try to more stuff from Stafford, Acree, Brower and Duke (yep, most of the time work together) going through the main themes of WoW is a good path (except Shadowlands... that one felt flat compared to all the others but perhaps that is just my personal judgement getting in the way)
Omg.. i played this game years ago.. this is nostalgic.
you can watch the wings of liberty cinematic. although that's old cinematic, but it's cool.
It reminds me of Basil Poledouris' Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack a lot. SC2 is a masterpiece in all levels.
Well now you HAVE to listen to "Public Enemy" the theme of Wings of Liberty's main character, James "Jim" Raynor!
Great video as always!
One thing I forgot to mention back in my comment on the Roar of the Jungle Dragon video; if you do end up doing that Calamity OST stream, there's a placeholder for a newer boss that isn't on the soundtrack, as it was made after the soundtrack was put out and DM Dokuro left the team. That is Inferior Fabrications by PinpinNeon, which is the theme one of Calamity's addons adds for some vanilla mid-game bosses. The Calamity team got permission to use it as a placeholder for this boss, the Exo Mechs, as it is the theme for their counterparts. However, relatively recently, a newer version came out that is intended for the Exo Mechs specifically, that being Catastrophic Fabrications, also by PinpinNeon.
If you end up doing the stream, I would suggest listening to at least one (before Stained, Brutal Calamity, as the Exo Mechs are meant to be fought at the same time as Supreme Calamitas) so you get all the music a player would hear. Personally, I reccommend listening to Catastrophic Fabrications, the theme intended specifically for the Exo Mechs, and thus the theme that is the more epic and befitting of one of the penultimate bosses, but if you only want to get into what a player playing base Calamity would hear, then Inferior Fabrications is the way to go.
Edit: Also, though I don't know if this is wishful thinking considering the bulk of the soundtrack you already have to go through should you do the stream, there are two addons that aim to replace Vanilla music with reworked music more befitting Calamity. should you wish to check them out. One of them is Unofficial Calamity Mod Music, which is made by Heart Plus Up and the soundtrack is available on their channel, and the other is Calamity Infernum Mode, the addon that Inferior and Catastrophic Fabrications are from, and the soundtrack of which can be found on PinpinNeon's channel. If you do check them out, I suggest asking chat for when they should be played, as there is, obviously, a progression order.
The music from starcraft and warcraft aren't really talked about alot but they feel so nostalgic to me who grew up with those games. IMO they are some of the best video game music I've heard
He’s never played but he basically gave an Artanis speech at 3:49 just from the music alone
Idk if it's just me, but 12:30 part reminded me a lot of music from Mount & Blade. It also has that orchestra vibe on their tracks. I recommend to check it out for anyone thats interested.
I keep wanting to buy that game
My favourite StarCraft 2 piece is « I, Mengsk » it also has some opera In it
Also, this video is 1 year old, It feels weird to see Marco without a beard.
Oh yes, StarCraft music!
Epic video man! Loved listening to the whole theme with you. Played it a ton, never listened😢
Thanks buddy. Call me!
My friend got me into Starcraft a little bit, and I like the idea of it. The different races having different soundtracks is really neat and interesting. Though the opinion might be unpopular, I feel like a Yakuza-styled Starcraft game could be really neat and fun lol
You should see their trailer too afterwards, it really fits with your predictions and they highlight some parts of their themes ^^
8:27 is a nod to a battle in a canceled game called Starcraft Ghost. You nailed it.
Loved this game since i was in school. Even at university i still love this music. Playing it at the moment.
This really makes me excited for you to listen to the part of the swarm and Legacy of the Void soundtracks. When you get to Legacy of the Void the golden Armada is my favorite
3:33 is theme from Protoss gameplay, 9:18 sounds like Voldemort theme from Harry Potter 1 :D
i was trying to remember what the Wings of Liberty (WoL) main theme was but i just couldn't think of it, then i played the video and was like "ah the main menu soundtrack" XD
I strongly recommend that you take a listen to either of these Castlevania songs around Halloween:
- "Dance of Illusions" (Dracula boss battle theme) - Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles - so wonderfully chaotic and powerful
- "A Toccata in Blood-Soaked Darkness" (Dracula's other boss battle) - Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - one the greatest examples of layered organ performance EVER
- "Theme of Simon" - Super Castlevania IV - heroic organ for the win!
- "Final Toccata" - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - according to TVTropes: a multilayered decadently evil-sounding organ-tacular 5/4 time track. You can also try an exclusive track from the Sega Saturn version of the game "Chaconne in C Moll"
- "Ghostly Theatre" - Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Would love to see you react to the Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void themes too. Each song is such a great representation of not only their respective storylines, but also their race. The newly space-faring Terrans and their civil war, The gnashing teeth of the Zerg hivemind and Kerrigan's drive for revenge, The technologically unmatched Protoss' struggle to maintain their unity in the face of an existential threat.
SC2 is my 2nd fav game of all time, and this reaction was a great surprise, ah the memories.
If you're open to listen to ANY kind of video game music, I highly recommend listening to few ost-s of the Heroes of Might and Magic series. My recommendation would be from my fav game: HoMM4, they have some pretty sick opera ost's, especially "Asylum" and "The Haven". But the entire 1 hour long ost is a gift to the ear (despite the dislike the game gets).
Thank you for your work Marco, i've learned a lot about music in general from your experience.
Also check the StarCraft Brood war song called Aria, it's pretty short(approximately 2 minutes with 28 seconds) but is one of the best and iconic song of the whole series
Ahaha... funny you should mention Space Marines.
Fun trivia: I recall assets of WarCraft and StarCraft basically started as Blizzard's pitch to make a Warhammer franchise. That Space Marine feeling is not a mistake.