I have so much respect for this guy. In my opinion, part of spyros success is the amazing music done by Stewart. This guy is partly responsible for me having an awesome childhood
100% My cousin had an emulated version on his gaming PC, and it must have been a really cheap one because the music would never play, even when I maxed the music volume. It made the game unplayable for me. I always had appreciation for the game's music, but that experience made me realize how much the music contributes to the experience.
The fact he plays the levels for the musics before making it is so commeneable. I can feel him playing Tree Tops, he has the drums beat and be fast pace due to the fastness of the level
"The best moment... is when you FIND that note you're looking for, you GET that chord which leads to THAT chord and you got this 'underthing' happening HERE, which pays off right HERE and at the same time in the cente- AN' DEN YOU CRACK IT AND U GOT IT, IT GOES THERE, IT DOES TH-... That's it. And it's downhill from there." -Steward Copeland
Stewart Copeland is a legend. I still remember beating the game as a kid. My dad watched me play and saw the credits and couldn't believe it was the drummer for the Police composing the music. The Police are a great band! I love their songs!
I beat all three games as a kid... But at 16 years of age I revisited all 3 of games... To Complete them properly... All the gems, dragons, eggs etc. Some things were really challenging to perform even as being an adult and playing thru them year ago in reignited trilogy at 27y old 😅
Dave Chippy I had a similar experience. As a kid, I didn’t bother going for full completion. I guess I just didn’t have the patience back then. When I replayed the original trilogy in high school, I made sure to collect everything. Good thing you need a requisite number of items for most levels. That way, you’re forced to at least collect some things. As for the Reignited Trilogy, I played it once during my last year of college, when it came out. It’s a nice remake but not worth playing twice in my opinion.
I always scoff at the people posting comments on old video game music tracks saying, "this made me cry my innocent days of childhood were better times le sniff"...but in this video, when Copeland started making that Spyro track, hearing it come together... I didn't cry, but I was getting there.
What a legend... I dread to think how rubbish the Spyro soundtrack might have sounded without Stewart His music in Spyro 1-3 is some of the most beautiful, imaginative, quirky, magical and memorable music in the history of gaming in my opinion, with Spyro 1 being my personal favourite 💞👌 It just made the first 3 Spyro's as amazing and timeless today as they were back then and I've lost count of the hours I spent as a child turning down the sound effects or just leaving Spyro stationery so I could just listen ...
It is worth noting that Ryan Beveridge was also involved in the soundtrack for Spyro 3. I'm not discrediting Stewart or anything, but there are definitely other producers out there who could've done a good job.
I also like ‘A Hero’s Tail’ music a lot despite being different and *not* being made by him. 👌 And ‘The Legend of Spyro’ music is just a *whole* other ball game in terms of gameplay, graphics, story *AND* soundtrack! 😃💜
Sheep-Face Hehehehe! You've caught me! X3 However, I actually came up with this name for my channel (it had a certain ring to it, and made sense for my focus) and then realized why it sounded so nice! Hahahahaha! I guess Spyro even has an influence on my subconscious mind!
I'm almost crying right now. Spyro the Dragon means the world to me. It was the first video game I've ever played, got it when I was 4, and to this day it's still myy favorite game (with Ripto's Rage being a close second). The music is a huge reason it's so great. guh, i'm probably way biased here, but I've yet to find a game that has impacted me as much as this one. ;w;
Watching him compose my childhood is just an amazing feeling and its so easy as well how he did all that. I love how he showed us him creating Wild Flight :D
As a drummer and big fan of Spyro (since it was my first game ever), I absolutely love Stewart Copeland and everything he's done. You can tell he put a lot of effort into the music, especially how it evolved over time. In the first one, you can hear the similarities with his Kutzweil keyboard, with a few sounds that'd be used in Year of the Dragon. Ripto's Rage was evolutionary as it still had similarities to the first game but still had a uniqueness to it. Year of the Dragon was revolutionary! Variety in each level, unique synth and drum sounds that we haven't heard, it's still my favorite video game soundtrack of all time!
+Hector Gonzalez I personally prefer the soundtrack of the first Spyro, but then again that may be the nostalgia speaking, as the first game is the only Spyro I played when I was a child; I played Ripto's Rage and Year Of The Dragon years later due to an intense nostalgia. But yes, Stewart did an amazing job and it's nice seeing him in this interview, having fun and talking about his job with so much passion in his voice.
The problem with them is that they use different instruments for the soundtrack, it seems like they went more symphonic (judging from trailer) and Dark Hollow got castrated by focusing on the high sounds, while bass line was doing most of the work. Generally, Copeland versions had very good mixing - each of the sounds can be well heard and they just came together to make awesome pieces. I am afraid they will try to hide some of the tracks.
One of the best game soundtracks ever! It is so consistent through the trilogy, and is distinctively Spyro. It doesn't sound like anything else, and nothing sounds like it. It also holds up remarkably well, especially for a game that is 25 years old. The soundtrack had no business being as good as it was! The Reignited Soundtrack nailed it too, and I love switching between the two. Spyro is pure happiness 💜💛
Stewart Copeland! Thank you for composing the magical, epic, and memorable soundtrack to one of my childhood classics ~ Even the ones after the first :) I always stick around in the levels just to keep in tune to the music!
I love this video. Copeland's energy here is great and watching his process is fascinating. It starts off very odd sounding, but as he builds more onto it it just gets more and more Copeland-y and Spyro-y and you can really hear his sound come through. It's absolutely amazing.
The last time I heard his awesome music was the craptastioc Spyro The Dragon Enter The Dragonfly the 1st PS2 Spyro game. I still listen to his music today.
I love Stewart Coprland's music for the classic Spyro games, it's really memorable and childlike and good thing I played the original Trilogy as a child.
WOW! Oh my God, I have to go play this game again. I've always loved Stewart Copeland's music in all three Spyro games. I am feeling really nostalgic right now. I remember first getting this game when I was 7 years old. Ahh, the memories of getting pissed off at the Tree Tops level... Great vid! =] QUOTE!!!^^
I absolutely loved the music on Spyro. It was new, grooving and refreshing. Made hours of game time even more enjoyable. And then PSU revealed it was Copeland’s genius behind it and the big Police fan in me turned up the volume even more.
I watch this video probably once a year because I just love how much passion Copeland has for composition, and because the final product had such an impact on me as a young kid playing spyro
This was amazing. Stewart Copeland is by far one of my favorite people of all time. His mind and hands have created some of the best video game music (in my opinion) of all time.
The music that he made is so great! He is a freakin' musical genius! I love the Spyro music and everytime I think of Spyro I always hear the music in my head! This is truly one of the best video games of all time!
Watching him at work and talking about it with such passion makes me so happy. I loved Spyro as a kid and the music really stuck with me and now as I’m older I feel I can really appreciate it. This makes me want to make music haha.
Andrew Arceneaux nah they made spyro for Universal Interactive which was eventually sold to a company called Vivindi which owned Activison and they eventually sold off Activision and all there video game stuff as one company Activision-Blizzard
@@shadowrage2593 Enter the Dragonfly is a mess and deserve nothing but to be forgotten by everyone... EtD is even worse than Wrath of Cortex which wasn't that good
I love this game I onley played this game cuz I love the music and every time I played the home worlds I would go to the flying levels fist love them I am 18 now and I am still playing this game today
Oh god I can't wait to play this again. Ordered it along with the two otehr PSX Spyro games a few days ago. I want it NOW! Not in a week or two! =( THE NOSTALGIA IS KILLING ME!!!
Funny to come back to this interview and see how similar me and my childhood inspiration have in common with our thought process when making art, hahaha! (or lack there of, rather). It's great to see Copeland in action and see how hilarious and enthusiastic he was while working on the music for this game, it puts the biggest damn grin on my face everytime I watch this interview.
+Tobias it's in an unusual key, so it makes bassists have to put their fingers where instincts and muscle memory would usually say "No, wrong note, bad idea."
There was a similar issue for The Doors. If you watch Ray Manzarek's story on the making of Riders on the Storm, Robby Krieger on guitar was like "Oh yea Ray, that's easy on your electronic bass but look what I have to do on the guitar" and Ray was like "I'm sorry but it just transposes so well" lol
That's why as a piano/keyboard player, you have to be familiar with both the ebonies and the ivories. I have actually heard some songs where the person who composed the song had no clue how the black keys worked.
And best thing yet, he can command quantiser and side-chaining on the old box-style interfaces with now-outdated analog technology. Serious respect from an engineering perspective.
His laugh when he says “they pay me for this” put a huge smile on my face, he’s so clearly passionate
I have so much respect for this guy. In my opinion, part of spyros success is the amazing music done by Stewart. This guy is partly responsible for me having an awesome childhood
He is literally one of my biggest inspirations to make music, his basslines (and everything ofc) are fucking fantastic
Imagine how shitty would be playing Spyro games without the soundtrack...well, this magician did it and gave life to it.
My máster stewar nunca te olvidaré gran maestro te quiero gracias por tu enorme tslento
@@Ajstorm3000 dejame ver tu música a mi me encanta la música de stewar
100%
My cousin had an emulated version on his gaming PC, and it must have been a really cheap one because the music would never play, even when I maxed the music volume. It made the game unplayable for me. I always had appreciation for the game's music, but that experience made me realize how much the music contributes to the experience.
'They Pay Me For This!'
Lmao
+R2- ME2 By far my favourite line XD
And at the end: "Don't interrupt me when I am working!" XD
IN BLOOD
Stimpyland fans?
XD
@@SheepFace FUCK YES
jesus christ
that music
this dude loves his job and im jealous
The fact he plays the levels for the musics before making it is so commeneable.
I can feel him playing Tree Tops, he has the drums beat and be fast pace due to the fastness of the level
"The best moment... is when you FIND that note you're looking for, you GET that chord which leads to THAT chord and you got this 'underthing' happening HERE, which pays off right HERE and at the same time in the cente- AN' DEN YOU CRACK IT AND U GOT IT, IT GOES THERE, IT DOES TH-... That's it. And it's downhill from there."
-Steward Copeland
wow I love him
I can't believe there's footage of the intro to Wild Flight being written
Alternative title: Stewart Copeland throws Wild Flight together in five seconds
This guy is a legend. His genius knows no bounds. He's livin the dream - being payed to play video games and make music.
Stewart Copeland is a legend. I still remember beating the game as a kid. My dad watched me play and saw the credits and couldn't believe it was the drummer for the Police composing the music. The Police are a great band! I love their songs!
I beat all three games as a kid... But at 16 years of age I revisited all 3 of games... To Complete them properly... All the gems, dragons, eggs etc.
Some things were really challenging to perform even as being an adult and playing thru them year ago in reignited trilogy at 27y old 😅
Dave Chippy I had a similar experience. As a kid, I didn’t bother going for full completion. I guess I just didn’t have the patience back then. When I replayed the original trilogy in high school, I made sure to collect everything. Good thing you need a requisite number of items for most levels. That way, you’re forced to at least collect some things. As for the Reignited Trilogy, I played it once during my last year of college, when it came out. It’s a nice remake but not worth playing twice in my opinion.
I always scoff at the people posting comments on old video game music tracks saying, "this made me cry my innocent days of childhood were better times le sniff"...but in this video, when Copeland started making that Spyro track, hearing it come together...
I didn't cry, but I was getting there.
The Song hes composing in this video is for "Wild Flight" if anyone wanted to know.
I was searching for this comment 😂👌
Master Matthew may God bless you
Hearing him piece it together like that and him describing how it come to him. I understand why the music resonates with me.
@@TDKita thanks
Hearing all those classic sounds from the Spyro soundtrack coming FROM HIS INSTRUMENTS really blew my mind. What a nostalgia hit.
What a legend... I dread to think how rubbish the Spyro soundtrack might have sounded without Stewart
His music in Spyro 1-3 is some of the most beautiful, imaginative, quirky, magical and memorable music in the history of gaming in my opinion, with Spyro 1 being my personal favourite 💞👌
It just made the first 3 Spyro's as amazing and timeless today as they were back then and I've lost count of the hours I spent as a child turning down the sound effects or just leaving Spyro stationery so I could just listen ...
Sara Lauren YES SPYRO 1 HAS THE BEST
It is worth noting that Ryan Beveridge was also involved in the soundtrack for Spyro 3. I'm not discrediting Stewart or anything, but there are definitely other producers out there who could've done a good job.
I also like ‘A Hero’s Tail’ music a lot despite being different and *not* being made by him. 👌 And ‘The Legend of Spyro’ music is just a *whole* other ball game in terms of gameplay, graphics, story *AND* soundtrack! 😃💜
He did the music for Spyro Enter the Dragonfly as well. Even if that game was bad, the music was still good.
the best part is "they pay me for this" xD
Why have I not watched this before?!? I LOVE the game, and his work with the music is fantastic!!!
Your name is one of the games worlds! Clearly you're a big fan. ;)
Sheep-Face Hehehehe! You've caught me! X3
However, I actually came up with this name for my channel (it had a certain ring to it, and made sense for my focus) and then realized why it sounded so nice! Hahahahaha! I guess Spyro even has an influence on my subconscious mind!
The Magic Crafter I never know if this music of Spyro the dragon was made
I'm almost crying right now. Spyro the Dragon means the world to me. It was the first video game I've ever played, got it when I was 4, and to this day it's still myy favorite game (with Ripto's Rage being a close second). The music is a huge reason it's so great.
guh, i'm probably way biased here, but I've yet to find a game that has impacted me as much as this one. ;w;
amen
JWtheMighty okami has a beautiful soundtrack you can give that a play if you feel like it? :)
Dead ass tho
@@DakotaRawson I agree
This first three Spyro games had the best soundtracks to go with them. Totally still love to play the games just because of the music.
That Sunny Villa music should have won an game music award or something. I don't care how he made it.
This is fascinating. I knew he wrote the soundtrack for Spyro, but didn't know he actually played the game to help compose it. Really great stuff.
That's unbelievably awesome that he wanted to play and beat the levels before he would get a feel for the music he wanted to make for it.
I fanboy'd when he said "they pay me for this"
Can you imagine if Stewart assembled a big band to perform Spyro's music live with him on drums? That would be the greatest thing to ever happen.
😍
Didn't he actually do that though?
@@a-traveller he did? link?
@@stelfzor ruclips.net/video/Pkh1MPt9274/видео.html
imagine if he reunited with Andy and Sting to compose a new Spyro game OST XD
Watching him compose my childhood is just an amazing feeling and its so easy as well how he did all that. I love how he showed us him creating Wild Flight :D
I'd love to hear some of the scraped songs that were made
There were more on the Spyro 2 album
Jawn Cardeezie his scraped music we're actually the alternative tracks used in THE PAL EU games and if you die a bunch in a level in the USA
ASMR Ross Oh so that's why they where different for us pal players. That's an awesome way to use scrapped music you like
As a drummer and big fan of Spyro (since it was my first game ever), I absolutely love Stewart Copeland and everything he's done. You can tell he put a lot of effort into the music, especially how it evolved over time. In the first one, you can hear the similarities with his Kutzweil keyboard, with a few sounds that'd be used in Year of the Dragon. Ripto's Rage was evolutionary as it still had similarities to the first game but still had a uniqueness to it. Year of the Dragon was revolutionary! Variety in each level, unique synth and drum sounds that we haven't heard, it's still my favorite video game soundtrack of all time!
Hells yea same here
+Hector Gonzalez I personally prefer the soundtrack of the first Spyro, but then again that may be the nostalgia speaking, as the first game is the only Spyro I played when I was a child; I played Ripto's Rage and Year Of The Dragon years later due to an intense nostalgia. But yes, Stewart did an amazing job and it's nice seeing him in this interview, having fun and talking about his job with so much passion in his voice.
Hector Gonzalez I think the original game has the best music. Classical mixed with rock. 2 and 3 sounded too cartoony
This guy created one of the greatest video game soundtracks of all time. It’s amazing to see how some of these tracks were created.
And 2 decades later, he's back for more
copeland created the soundtrack of my childhood and he's a real one for that
1:47 at this point this music has hit me the 100th time if not more
I'll never get bored of this interview :) I loved Copelands music for Spyro :D
"Step 1 is to beat the level"
*game "journalist" head explodes*
Hearing him playing all the pieces by themselves then putting them all together to make the song is just magical. What a legend
Easily made one of the best video game sound-tracks of all time. Literally almost nothing compares and you can see why!
I'm curious to see how they'll remaster Copeland's arrangements in the Reignited trilogy!
You might already know this, but you can find the Dark Hollow remake on RUclips
They are poop
Bill Cosby Heyyy give it a chance! The game hasn't even come out yet :/
The problem with them is that they use different instruments for the soundtrack, it seems like they went more symphonic (judging from trailer) and Dark Hollow got castrated by focusing on the high sounds, while bass line was doing most of the work. Generally, Copeland versions had very good mixing - each of the sounds can be well heard and they just came together to make awesome pieces. I am afraid they will try to hide some of the tracks.
Bill Cosby how do you know?
One of the best game soundtracks ever! It is so consistent through the trilogy, and is distinctively Spyro. It doesn't sound like anything else, and nothing sounds like it.
It also holds up remarkably well, especially for a game that is 25 years old. The soundtrack had no business being as good as it was!
The Reignited Soundtrack nailed it too, and I love switching between the two. Spyro is pure happiness 💜💛
To see the themes that defined my childhood just being....Made. Its so weird but so fckn amazing.
one of the best videos on youtube
Perhaps the best youtube recommendation I've ever gotten.
The ambient music for the Sypro 2 home worlds is still beautiful, and I still remember it twenty years later
They’re just slowed down samples from the spectrasonics distorted reality 2 sound library. He didn’t change them aside from the speed and pitch.
@@gircakes okay
Spyro 1s soundtrack is a timeless masterpiece and was a huge part of my childhood. This man is a living legend
Stewart Copeland! Thank you for composing the magical, epic, and memorable soundtrack to one of my childhood classics ~
Even the ones after the first :)
I always stick around in the levels just to keep in tune to the music!
Ryan Hikari The First games soundtrack is on a Kingly level...... absolute gold. The other two games ost don't compare.
Aurang I AGREE
I love this video. Copeland's energy here is great and watching his process is fascinating. It starts off very odd sounding, but as he builds more onto it it just gets more and more Copeland-y and Spyro-y and you can really hear his sound come through. It's absolutely amazing.
Wow! I didn’t know the drummer of The Police wrote film scores and soundtracks! Amazing!
The last time I heard his awesome music was the craptastioc Spyro The Dragon Enter The Dragonfly the 1st PS2 Spyro game. I still listen to his music today.
Video game soundtracks are *SO* important, unique, iconic and overlooked! 😃👌
this is the man who created the beatiful music for my childhood game, this man was one of the guys whos awsome work was part of my childhood :D
6:03-6:13
Did he just explain art in one sentence?
This is awesome. Spyro is easily one of my favorite soundtracks ever, and seeing how it was done is so cool.
Copeland is amazing and the fact that he dipped his beak into video games is even more amazing.
Listening to Spyro the dragon music always makes me feel happier and bright. I love the music and admire Stewart Copeland a lot and he's so talented.
Back when 'quantize' was an industry secret. How we take technology for granted as it progresses.
I love Stewart Coprland's music for the classic Spyro games, it's really memorable and childlike and good thing I played the original Trilogy as a child.
This dude is a legend
I watched this video countless times as a child. I remember asking my dad if he was really getting all those sounds from a computer. Blew my mind.
WOW! Oh my God, I have to go play this game again. I've always loved Stewart Copeland's music in all three Spyro games. I am feeling really nostalgic right now. I remember first getting this game when I was 7 years old. Ahh, the memories of getting pissed off at the Tree Tops level...
Great vid! =]
QUOTE!!!^^
I owe it all to this dude for making my childhood gaming life full of such magical, catchy tunes. Thank you, Stewart Copeland ❤️
Composing the intro to Spyro 1 in the video omfg... 💛
The Goat 🐐
He made a real masterpiece for many levels
The music he wrote in this video is the music for Wild Flight. He's a music genius!
My favourite part with Spyro's music is the bells. Gosh, I'd recognize them anywhere.
What a master...this guy's efforts are etched into my childhood memories!
This guy is a musical genius.
My favorite part is that he also genuinely enjoys playing the game. It isn't just a job for him, he's having fun. What a cool guy!
I absolutely loved the music on Spyro. It was new, grooving and refreshing. Made hours of game time even more enjoyable. And then PSU revealed it was Copeland’s genius behind it and the big Police fan in me turned up the volume even more.
Always loved the soundtrack
I watch this video probably once a year because I just love how much passion Copeland has for composition, and because the final product had such an impact on me as a young kid playing spyro
1:59 composing my childhood during an interview like it was nothing
This was amazing. Stewart Copeland is by far one of my favorite people of all time. His mind and hands have created some of the best video game music (in my opinion) of all time.
It's awsome hearing him play with it and recognizing riff and instruments from the final game.
The music that he made is so great! He is a freakin' musical genius! I love the Spyro music and everytime I think of Spyro I always hear the music in my head! This is truly one of the best video games of all time!
I cant believe how old this is I love the soundtrack to spyro it really made my childhood
Watching him at work and talking about it with such passion makes me so happy. I loved Spyro as a kid and the music really stuck with me and now as I’m older I feel I can really appreciate it. This makes me want to make music haha.
Yeah, because I want access to that awesome guitar thing! And the bass, and all those other cool loops.
It's just epic
I'm 27 and I love these games soooo much :D
I remember getting the disc with this interview in the mail when I was 9. Still awesome to watch.
This man pretty much gave me my childhood on a silver platter. Thanks so much Stewart for helping make such a great game!
Love the organ noise... its a classic Spyro sound
How good would it be for Insomniac Games to make another Spyro with Stewart Copeland as the composer again? Id have tears of joy
+Veteran Soul how so? lol
No, he isn;t too old... He just released Gizmodrome. Don't tell me he's too old.
I think they sold the rights of Spyro the Dragon to Activision.
Andrew Arceneaux nah they made spyro for Universal Interactive which was eventually sold to a company called Vivindi which owned Activison and they eventually sold off Activision and all there video game stuff as one company Activision-Blizzard
"Don't interrupt me when I'm working!"
his music made me love spyro's games!
Let him return for Spyro 4 if that game ever comes out
There was a Spyro 4. Enter the Dragonfly in 2002.
@@shadowrage2593 Enter the Dragonfly is a mess and deserve nothing but to be forgotten by everyone... EtD is even worse than Wrath of Cortex which wasn't that good
i love the song from the level you fight Dr. Shemp
Would love a boxset CD of all Copeland's work on the Spyro series.
This video is legendary.
This video was in a PS1 demo disc, right? Those were the best.
gunswordfist yes
Thank you!!!!!!!!
Jotaro?
iirc it was the one with Einhander
I love this game I onley played this game cuz I love the music and every time I played the home worlds I would go to the flying levels fist love them I am 18 now and I am still playing this game today
Oh god I can't wait to play this again. Ordered it along with the two otehr PSX Spyro games a few days ago. I want it NOW! Not in a week or two! =(
THE NOSTALGIA IS KILLING ME!!!
Anyone spyro fans recognize the soundtrack he is trying to make?
the music he is making is for wild flight in the 1st spyro game
@@Venusstar22 Correct!!! It was Wild Flight!!! Unfortunately I can't give you a cash prize, but here's a cookie 🍪
How could you not love this man?
5 people... :-(
he does something almost nobody does anymore while working on a game... fucking play the game
Funny to come back to this interview and see how similar me and my childhood inspiration have in common with our thought process when making art, hahaha! (or lack there of, rather). It's great to see Copeland in action and see how hilarious and enthusiastic he was while working on the music for this game, it puts the biggest damn grin on my face everytime I watch this interview.
Totally awesome quality for PlayStation music in 1998!
Thanks for
This is still one of my favorite video game soundtracks. Of course, I'm also a massive Police fan, so it might be a bias.
This Guy Made My Childhood and I never knew until now. Amazing.
That "transpose" thing explains why it's so hard to play the basslines for these songs...
+Futil1ty care to explain me? Why would it make it hard to play the basslines?
+Tobias it's in an unusual key, so it makes bassists have to put their fingers where instincts and muscle memory would usually say "No, wrong note, bad idea."
There was a similar issue for The Doors. If you watch Ray Manzarek's story on the making of Riders on the Storm, Robby Krieger on guitar was like "Oh yea Ray, that's easy on your electronic bass but look what I have to do on the guitar" and Ray was like "I'm sorry but it just transposes so well" lol
That's why as a piano/keyboard player, you have to be familiar with both the ebonies and the ivories.
I have actually heard some songs where the person who composed the song had no clue how the black keys worked.
While doing my let's play on this game all i could think was, "Damn, what awesome music." Now i get to see the music actually created. So cool.
Whoa, the nostalgia is real. I recall watching this off my underground demo disc when I was a kid.
And best thing yet, he can command quantiser and side-chaining on the old box-style interfaces with now-outdated analog technology. Serious respect from an engineering perspective.