Georgy Sviridov is a magician, a genius who was able to convey the depth and beauty of the Russian soul thanks to his music. But he was not only a composer, but also a great thinker...
Yup, just one of thousands of Russian "magicians" in all of the arts. Russia has every reason to be proud of it's rich cultural influence on the rest of the world..we are all the better for it.
Ocelot: I am taking it back...back to Japan! *lawsuit ensues* Hideo: .... Ocelot: I was never in your employ Kojima. Hideo: I should have just made you a double agent, this triple agent business is biting me in the ass.
@@bdg4life820 Kojima got kicked out essentially, Konami screwed him and all their big series because they became too greedy and the mobile market and pachinko machines make more bank in Japan. I strongly doubt he'll ever go back, but there might be at least a little hope if Konami decides to sell some of their bigger IPs they don't do anything with anymore.
TheJespeon It really is. Being called winter road, when the first Metal Gear Solid was set in Snow banked Alaska :) The first MGS is my favorite perhaps because of that atmosphere, and the nostalgia of playing it over a winter break for the first time with snow outside.
I feel exactly the same! I got it for Christmas and in between playing it on the Play Station I would be playing outside with the snow falling down. It was like actually living in the game's universe. I was about 9 or 10 at the time and this was maximum immersion.
Tappi "TAPPY" Iwase who composed this theme was actually a contractor by Konami and wasn't apart of the team. It wasn't in Kojima's remit to check for copyright material as that is what the composer was hired to do lol. Also back then copyright use wasn't as strict as it is today.
Am I the only one who thinks it would've been cool if Kojima had somehow licensed this song and included it as a tape in MGS5? Would've been a nice way to "wrap up" the whole issue, and would also be historically accurate.
@@suphriez2806 This isn't just a passing resemblance. It's very obvious it's a remix with some extra artistic liberty. But the remix has almost the exact same overall implication and melodic story telling. The most notable difference being the tempo phrasing of 2/4 for the original and 4/4 for the final. I think they were after the MGS money. I don't know how much was settled but it makes sense that they wouldn't want to have any further shame fall upon them. The Russians are used as partial antagonists in most MGS games too (for good reason), so the idea of saying "Hey, we made a game where you're the enemy, again, and remember that music we stole before? Yeah. We used it. Again." ... well I think you understand now.
Most of the song was soft, quiet, and somber. But towards the end it just goes full star wars and just BLASTS you with a full orchestra. Fucking awesome.
I imagine at the end of a MGS movie, Snake in Alaska chopping up wood by his house while he deals with PTSD from the event, this music plays, the camera zooms out from an aerial shot and reveals someone coming to his house on a sledge with huskies to inform him on an urgent mission. At 2:19, the screen goes to black with Metal Gear Solid written in the red text.
Para-medic: "Snake, have you ever heard Sviridov's The Snowstorm?" Snake: "No. I haven't" Para-medic: "It's s piece from a Russian composer, it came out this year! I was able to get some on tape, check it out!" Snake: "Hmm, something about this song feels familiar..."
This song makes you feel like inspirational. It's like you're in a sad and dark place but slowly the tone changes to that of hope. And, you overcome the dark place you're in.
Through the bloody tropics of Tselinoyarsk, the twisted jungles of Columbia and Costa Rica, the terrible desolation of Afghanistan and Africa, the dim corridors of Outer Heaven, the harsh thicket of Zanzibar Land, the swirling darkness of Shadow Moses, the unforgiving steel of the Big Shell, and across half the world once more to save it... We march, we sneak, we fight, we live, we die, we lose, we win. Here’s for you, Boss.
Наша,настоящая русская душа,запечатлённая в гениальной музыке великого композитора!!!Можно слушать бесконечно и наслаждаться.Непередаваемо!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Composer: Georgy Sviridov Lead musician: Georgy Sviridov Originally performed by: Georgy Sviridov MGS main theme (arguably) inspired by: Georgy Sviridov
Holy crap, everythings fits! In the game Snatcher (from Kojima) there is a weapon like pollen called "Snow 9" and this is the "9th" piece called "snowstorm"
I always felt there was a very Russian vibe to the original MGS ost. Especially due to the choir chants. This piece was clearly used by Tappy for inspiration. So many similarities.
This is MGS theme, and i'm not even pissed at Tappy Iwase for ripping it off. It's really amazing, and i'm proud that this Russian composition made it into one of the best franchises ever made (But I wish they would credit the original composer and keep using it) This actually would fit great into a MGS game about Boss's times in WW2, if Kojima Productions would ever consider making one.
What I find most amazing is how things like this are found. I mean, with the advent of the internet, it's become all but impossible at this point to get away with plagiarism. Music, movies, text, all of it can be digitized from recorded history and kept alive through it. It's sad that Iwase clearly borrowed from it, but at the same time he made it his own unique piece. Still, proper credit should be given to Sviridov in future updates.
2:00 в этом моменте я всегда представляю как сквозь белый заснеженный лес мчится огромный паровоз преодолевая встречную метель, и с помощью переднего ковша он раскидывает толщу снега с рельсов.
If it was just the one part at the beginning, I'd agree that it could plausibly just have been a coincidence. But this and the MGS theme coincide in two distinct places (the start and 0:40), which (to me) seems very unlikely unless one theme was based on the other.
love the entire mgs series to death. played all of them (except Phantom pain too busy atm). Got all the ost.... did not know about this and I love classical music (epically Russians).... this piece is very obscure to us westerners. but I have to admit, they stole major parts of it. it blatant. listen closely.
@@cosmozapallo4530 I don't know about that. I guess it is so, when it comes to clearing a sample. In Japan piano teachers have to pay a royalty when reciting the melody of a well known song.
@@noneofyerbisness8702 It's 100% blatant, no close listening needed on this one. The first phase was bad enough, but as soon as the second phase came in, there's little to no denial. The only way you could deny the extreme similaries is if you are tone deaf or being deliberately obtuse... Japanese game studio musicians are well known for taking great songs and mixing them for the game that is being made.
On the bright side lot's of us would never have heard Sviridov's wonderful music if it wasn't for MGS. You crafty Russians have been keeping him a secret.
The really good thing about similarities between this music and MGS soundtrack is that it draws attention to the classics that was written in early 70's.
There are parts that are similar. But the main thing you must look at is the timing, the key its played in, and the whole song as a whole. Neither MGS or Sviridov copied each other.
Obviously, this melody is a very powerful meme that can extend itself from Russian classical music to a videogame series and continue extending itself to that fan-base as well. Scary stuff!
I obviously can't speak for anyone besides myself, but I'd like to believe Mr. Sviridov would have appreciated the coincidence (or "homage" - in an effort to not call it downright plagiarism, although it could damn well be) and would have been happy with a nice licensing fee. He would have been known by many a MGS fan all around the world ("officially", with Konami's endorsement), his music would have garnered new appreciation, and we'd still have, in my opinion, the best MGS theme out of all. It's very saddening to know we'll never find that out, since he died in '98, same year as the release of MGS1. Obviously the issue now rests with either his children / immediate family and we all know how sometimes family can be very protective of a relative's intellectual property. There might have been new developments but I haven't looked into it, I literally just remembered, right now, at 4 am, that this was a thing and wanted to listen to the "original" song again.
Sviridov!!! As a russian, I'm dissapointed. Why did you in 1975 stole this masterpiece from such great japan composer and such great game as MGS??? Why?????
Sarcasm would be better if you wrote "such great british composer". The music for MGS 2 was composed by Harry Gregson-Williams, he is not a japanese person.
i dont even know why its a bad thing though. The Pulp Fiction theme from Dick Dale and His Del Tones is a different version of the Greek folk song MISIRLOU. and nobody has a problem with that (not even the greeks)
This motif was ripped off by Tappi Iwase, most definitely a Japanese composer, for MGS1, and subsequently arranged in MGS2. Your correction would be better if you weren't wrong.
The Virtuous Mission took place in 1964. Sviridov must've been nearby and overheard some dramatic moment. I'm sure it was just an accident when he worked the motif into Winter Road ;)
Discovered this track sometime ago after listening the epic Time, Forward! I have to say it sounds REALLY familiar to another melody I knew. Today I got it! Metal Gear Solid main theme was HEAVILY inspired by this track and I took the liberty to substitute the Japanese one by Goergy Sviridovs neo romantic original motif and it sounds absolute EPIC!
It's obvious that it's too similar, but like someone already said, as a composer you go through thousands of pieces, and some remain subconscient, to the point that you start making a tune and when the first three notes match, your mind does the rest without you objectively remembering the piece.I have no doubts that they didn't know before it was actually unvelied (in a non-fashion way to be honest). The thing we can all agree with, is that Sviridov got the recognition he deserved, even if late
@MariusChamberlin The composer for MGS2 likely experienced cryptomnesia when he made that theme. Sviridov's "Winter Road" was made in in the 1970's, meaning it predates Metal Gear for the MSX (and pretty much all video games entirely). MGS games stopped using the melody because it is still under copyright law, and had been 'used' without permission.
I have studied music for 30 years, and this song's melody is is distinctly complex. This song makes me feel like we went backwards, in some aspects, with regard to song composition.
![Georgy Sviridov - Snowstorm [Blizzard] (Musical Illustrations after Pushkin)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vSSHlWTRflk/mqdefault.jpg)
You created a time paradox.
THIS
Fission Mailed
Why?
@@БогданКрименюк Emit Continent
!
Georgy Sviridov is a magician, a genius who was able to convey the depth and beauty of the Russian soul thanks to his music. But he was not only a composer, but also a great thinker...
Likely a Konami exec getting cold feet. I mean, it was also in the public domain by the time Metal Gear Solid rolled around iirc
Yup, just one of thousands of Russian "magicians" in all of the arts. Russia has every reason to be proud of it's rich cultural influence on the rest of the world..we are all the better for it.
@@ScorchtheHawk The garbage from that perfidious little island never ceases to amaze!
"Even the music that gave birth to this soundtrack is Russian!"
Gurlukovich knew.
Ocelot: Yeah, we’re taking it.
Ocelot: mother russia shall rot
Ocelot: I am taking it back...back to Japan!
*lawsuit ensues*
Hideo: ....
Ocelot: I was never in your employ Kojima.
Hideo: I should have just made you a double agent, this triple agent business is biting me in the ass.
@@ahabrawgaming1289 Already is
@@БогданКрименюк
Fu*k Ukraine killing its own peeps
Viva la 🇷🇺 viva la putin
I wish Kojima added this as one of the collectible tapes in MGSV. lol
Clever
If he can, he should.
@@bdg4life820 you have no idea what happened do you... go do some research sunshine, that shit will never happen.
@@dodgesteelenterprises oh, ok, keep your secrets
@@bdg4life820 Kojima got kicked out essentially, Konami screwed him and all their big series because they became too greedy and the mobile market and pachinko machines make more bank in Japan. I strongly doubt he'll ever go back, but there might be at least a little hope if Konami decides to sell some of their bigger IPs they don't do anything with anymore.
If anything I'd just want to thank my love for MGS for bringing me here. This is such a beautiful piece of music.
TheJespeon It really is. Being called winter road, when the first Metal Gear Solid was set in Snow banked Alaska :)
The first MGS is my favorite perhaps because of that atmosphere, and the nostalgia of playing it over a winter break for the first time with snow outside.
I feel exactly the same! I got it for Christmas and in between playing it on the Play Station I would be playing outside with the snow falling down. It was like actually living in the game's universe. I was about 9 or 10 at the time and this was maximum immersion.
I am grateful that Metal Gear's theme lead me to this piece.
It is beautiful beyond words.
Holy crap, I did not expect it to sound that similar.
Tappi "TAPPY" Iwase who composed this theme was actually a contractor by Konami and wasn't apart of the team. It wasn't in Kojima's remit to check for copyright material as that is what the composer was hired to do lol. Also back then copyright use wasn't as strict as it is today.
I think it's criminal that Olivia Rodrigo can straight up rip off Paramore and get away with it while this theme got the mgs team in trouble lol.
@@JameslawzSo, it was just lazy contractor work by Tappy? If so, who introduced that theme to him?
Sviridov, what are you doing?! You created a time paradox! You changed the future!
... Sviridov? Sviridov?! SVIRIDOOOOOV!
😊
Am I the only one who thinks it would've been cool if Kojima had somehow licensed this song and included it as a tape in MGS5? Would've been a nice way to "wrap up" the whole issue, and would also be historically accurate.
+Trackers89 the easiest way is to mention Sviridov as a third composer in titles for the game. And this is it
Yeah it's sort of sad to have plagiarism taint this beautiful game series :/
Out of interest, was there any compensation or responsibility ever taken for this plagiarism?
Yea
@@suphriez2806 This isn't just a passing resemblance. It's very obvious it's a remix with some extra artistic liberty. But the remix has almost the exact same overall implication and melodic story telling. The most notable difference being the tempo phrasing of 2/4 for the original and 4/4 for the final.
I think they were after the MGS money. I don't know how much was settled but it makes sense that they wouldn't want to have any further shame fall upon them. The Russians are used as partial antagonists in most MGS games too (for good reason), so the idea of saying "Hey, we made a game where you're the enemy, again, and remember that music we stole before? Yeah. We used it. Again." ... well I think you understand now.
Most of the song was soft, quiet, and somber. But towards the end it just goes full star wars and just BLASTS you with a full orchestra. Fucking awesome.
No sir! Most of the song is quiet and then it goes Solid Snake.
I'm so sorry, but i read it as "BLYATS you with full orchestra" at first time 😂
"To do the right thing, you sometimes have to leave the things you care about behind."
-Big Boss
I imagine at the end of a MGS movie, Snake in Alaska chopping up wood by his house while he deals with PTSD from the event, this music plays, the camera zooms out from an aerial shot and reveals someone coming to his house on a sledge with huskies to inform him on an urgent mission. At 2:19, the screen goes to black with Metal Gear Solid written in the red text.
@Palfy18 God bless you. Quality content in your comment. Really immersed myself into deep thought through the story, well done! 👏
Not a single western big movie would use a Russian composition due to war, unfortunately.
Para-medic: "Snake, have you ever heard Sviridov's The Snowstorm?"
Snake: "No. I haven't"
Para-medic: "It's s piece from a Russian composer, it came out this year! I was able to get some on tape, check it out!"
Snake: "Hmm, something about this song feels familiar..."
It was in game?
Hrant Sardaryan Nah. It should have been though.
It was came out in 1964...
@@MemoryOfTheAncestors Good for it.
Most people bought their music on vinyl in the 60s.
Thanks to this masterpiece, we were able to have memorable themes for the metal gear saga.
THANKS Georgy Sviridov
As a Russian I would gladly permit Kojima to use that piece in his games forever.
-I'm inside of the facility. Can you hear me?
-Loud and clear.
-Kept you waiting, huh?
"Excellent Snake age hasn't slowed you down one bit"
The Vicious Chicken of Bristol this is why I love the RUclips comments 😂
A Hind D? Colonel? What's a Russian gunship doing out here?
... that's not how the dialogue went at all
What took you so long?
10% of the comments : good song
90% of the comments: Metal... gear ?
What about people who say "Stefano Bonacina - Release Your Spirit High"?
0%?
@@CarterM2008 listened to it and it doesn't sound alike at all.
I cant be...
Metal Gear!? It can't be!!
This song makes you feel like inspirational. It's like you're in a sad and dark place but slowly the tone changes to that of hope. And, you overcome the dark place you're in.
You just described a "snow storm"
Through the bloody tropics of Tselinoyarsk, the twisted jungles of Columbia and Costa Rica, the terrible desolation of Afghanistan and Africa, the dim corridors of Outer Heaven, the harsh thicket of Zanzibar Land, the swirling darkness of Shadow Moses, the unforgiving steel of the Big Shell, and across half the world once more to save it...
We march, we sneak, we fight, we live, we die, we lose, we win.
Here’s for you, Boss.
10% comments: This music is amazing!
90% comments: Metal Gear?
It can’t be…
I came for the same reason
LIQUIIIID!
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this is a fantastic piece of music 🎶 but metal gear solid is also fantastic, so us gamers love both 😎
Наша,настоящая русская душа,запечатлённая в гениальной музыке великого композитора!!!Можно слушать бесконечно и наслаждаться.Непередаваемо!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
сергей кириллов imenno
Послушай полгода подряд одну и ту же музыку без разнообразия, иначе думать будете)
A comment not about metal gear that's
Мы тут про Метал Гир говорим а он о рУсСкОй душе
@@БогданКрименюк а что не так?
Snake ? snake ? Snakeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!?
How sad you discovered it through MGS. Well... I suppose you discovered it at least.
0innerself0
I think its more sad to think that finding something thru a game is sad. Well... At least u posted something with ur free time.
Man... there's so much more than video games. And I'm saying this as a facebook retrogaming group founder.
+0innerself0 what's your page? i'd like it
It's about the Super Nintendo. But it's french speaking only, I'm sorry ! It's "Super Nintendo France"
Composer: Georgy Sviridov
Lead musician: Georgy Sviridov
Originally performed by: Georgy Sviridov
MGS main theme (arguably) inspired by: Georgy Sviridov
I would definitely not say arguably
I was hoping to hear MGS Theme on Sochi Opening Ceremony...
It was
I mean it is MGS2 music
Holy crap, everythings fits!
In the game Snatcher (from Kojima) there is a weapon like pollen called "Snow 9"
and this is the "9th" piece called "snowstorm"
the plots keeps getting thicker and thicker
I always felt there was a very Russian vibe to the original MGS ost.
Especially due to the choir chants.
This piece was clearly used by Tappy for inspiration. So many similarities.
Alaska is very close to Russia, after all.
Konami should buy the rights to the song for our favorite theme come back in the series.
Great work Sviridov.
Russian classic, wonderful
This is MGS theme, and i'm not even pissed at Tappy Iwase for ripping it off.
It's really amazing, and i'm proud that this Russian composition made it into one of the best franchises ever made (But I wish they would credit the original composer and keep using it)
This actually would fit great into a MGS game about Boss's times in WW2, if Kojima Productions would ever consider making one.
big boss was like 5 at the ww2
Yuvna Etruad i meant Boss, Like The Boss.
+Immense Data oh yes, it would be better than tha mgs suvive shit
Yeah too bad theme was removed from the game, was one of the best game themes.
Immense Data Hopefully
I'm crying 😭 it's so beautiful
Sviridov is simply one of the best. He composed this rather amazing Orthodox chant as well: Russian orthodox angelic song
TAPPY played us like a damn fiddle!
@IDHLEB Right on the money comment! Well done! 👍👍👍
beautiful piece of music
Georgy Sviridov keeps us waiting
Мощно. Свиридов. Время вперёд!❤🔥👍
I was listening to this song at school during music class and it gave me goosebumps making me remember of Metal Gear Solid
Winter is always coming. Beautiful melody
METAL GEAR!? It can't be!
...You knew!? Metal Gear is one of the most secret black projects!
How did You know that?
@@stroggosaw299 We had a couple of run ins in the past. Is that the reason you were here at this disposal site?
The game is f****** called Metal Gear Solid
ШЕДЕВР!!! Душа радуется!!!
*The Snowstorm*- *Winter Road*-
Thank you . Beautiful
Beautiful piece. Sincerely, the La Li Lu Le Lo ❤
What I find most amazing is how things like this are found. I mean, with the advent of the internet, it's become all but impossible at this point to get away with plagiarism. Music, movies, text, all of it can be digitized from recorded history and kept alive through it.
It's sad that Iwase clearly borrowed from it, but at the same time he made it his own unique piece. Still, proper credit should be given to Sviridov in future updates.
Ну Георгий наш молодец ... Гармонично всё придумано . УРА ! ОРА ! Мы Русские - какой восторг !
This was the first time I ever heard the entire suite.. It's sooo great, especially the waltz!
Waltx?
Свиридов, это сила!!!!!
If we ever get MGS 6, this beautiful piece should be included in it.
What's this!? A time paradox indeed!
Came for the MGS, stayed for the good music. I'm sure i'm not alone there.
Kept you waiting, huh?
Yes. That line brings back some painful memories of Potato Thriller.
Still, this song is pretty good.
pretty.. good?
“A strong man doesn’t need to read the future. He makes his own.”
- SOLID SNAKE
This is a masterpiece. I think its even better than the MGS theme.
I disagree..
I love Tchaikovsky and the Five but this is what I think of when I hear Russian classical music
2:00 в этом моменте я всегда представляю как сквозь белый заснеженный лес мчится огромный паровоз преодолевая встречную метель, и с помощью переднего ковша он раскидывает толщу снега с рельсов.
Я тоже так чувствую, а может это уже где-то использовали, в каком-нибудь фильме просто я не помню
Relatives of Sviridov: Kojima we need talk to you.
Kojima: Fuck!!! :(
Sounds So Amazing
If it was just the one part at the beginning, I'd agree that it could plausibly just have been a coincidence. But this and the MGS theme coincide in two distinct places (the start and 0:40), which (to me) seems very unlikely unless one theme was based on the other.
Lifting riffs and cues or doing covers is what video game music has always done well.
Exactly, persona 2's main theme isn't anywhere because it is der doppelganger. I hate modern copyright law.
love the entire mgs series to death. played all of them (except Phantom pain too busy atm). Got all the ost.... did not know about this and I love classical music (epically Russians).... this piece is very obscure to us westerners. but I have to admit, they stole major parts of it. it blatant. listen closely.
@@cosmozapallo4530 I don't know about that. I guess it is so, when it comes to clearing a sample. In Japan piano teachers have to pay a royalty when reciting the melody of a well known song.
"it blatant. listen closely." If it's blatant, why do we have to listen closely?
@@noneofyerbisness8702 It's 100% blatant, no close listening needed on this one. The first phase was bad enough, but as soon as the second phase came in, there's little to no denial. The only way you could deny the extreme similaries is if you are tone deaf or being deliberately obtuse... Japanese game studio musicians are well known for taking great songs and mixing them for the game that is being made.
Simply beautiful!
Konami just needs to pay for the rights so we can get the original MGS theme back if they ever make another game.
Excellent MGS theme!… The gift of the silver synthesizer. They say it’s the mark of a good composer… and of a liar!
It's ironic that in a game series where you're against the soviets quite a bit, has a theme song based on a composition by a soviet russian
I'm a massive fan boy of the series.. i have all the iterations of the MGS theme....this is the song they took it from...as much as i hate to say it.
Yeah. It my great mgs2 theme derived from this song.
Interesting. Both deserve credit
On the bright side lot's of us would never have heard Sviridov's wonderful music if it wasn't for MGS.
You crafty Russians have been keeping him a secret.
Comrade Snake's Theme.
The really good thing about similarities between this music and MGS soundtrack is that it draws attention to the classics that was written in early 70's.
There are parts that are similar. But the main thing you must look at is the timing, the key its played in, and the whole song as a whole. Neither MGS or Sviridov copied each other.
i like it very much! and it's not just cuz it reminds me of metal gear, its relaxing! good music =)
Птица тройка!!! Замечательно,!!!!
Obviously, this melody is a very powerful meme that can extend itself from Russian classical music to a videogame series and continue extending itself to that fan-base as well. Scary stuff!
“A STRONG MAN DOESN’T NEED TO READ THE FUTURE. HE MAKES HIS OWN.”
I obviously can't speak for anyone besides myself, but I'd like to believe Mr. Sviridov would have appreciated the coincidence (or "homage" - in an effort to not call it downright plagiarism, although it could damn well be) and would have been happy with a nice licensing fee.
He would have been known by many a MGS fan all around the world ("officially", with Konami's endorsement), his music would have garnered new appreciation, and we'd still have, in my opinion, the best MGS theme out of all.
It's very saddening to know we'll never find that out, since he died in '98, same year as the release of MGS1. Obviously the issue now rests with either his children / immediate family and we all know how sometimes family can be very protective of a relative's intellectual property.
There might have been new developments but I haven't looked into it, I literally just remembered, right now, at 4 am, that this was a thing and wanted to listen to the "original" song again.
the original was written in 1964
...Operation Snake Eater is set in 1964!?! coincidence???? :-P
BUT WAIT ! DID U SEE DAT!? SNAKE EATER WAS MGS 3...
MGS IS A GAME, HALF LIFE IS A GAME
HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED
No, original was written in 1935
@@jet-it9cr haha
this is incredible, very well done, a fantastic idea
MGS Metal Gear Sviridov.
This is really gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodah
Sviridov!!! As a russian, I'm dissapointed. Why did you in 1975 stole this masterpiece from such great japan composer and such great game as MGS??? Why?????
Sarcasm would be better if you wrote "such great british composer". The music for MGS 2 was composed by Harry Gregson-Williams, he is not a japanese person.
i dont even know why its a bad thing though. The Pulp Fiction theme from Dick Dale and His Del Tones is a different version of the Greek folk song MISIRLOU. and nobody has a problem with that (not even the greeks)
This motif was ripped off by Tappi Iwase, most definitely a Japanese composer, for MGS1, and subsequently arranged in MGS2. Your correction would be better if you weren't wrong.
The Virtuous Mission took place in 1964. Sviridov must've been nearby and overheard some dramatic moment. I'm sure it was just an accident when he worked the motif into Winter Road ;)
Sviridov was saddened due to The Boss's death.
I can not only hear parts of the MGS song but some parts that sound like the trailer music to WoW vanilla. Great song, love it!
Discovered this track sometime ago after listening the epic Time, Forward! I have to say it sounds REALLY familiar to another melody I knew. Today I got it! Metal Gear Solid main theme was HEAVILY inspired by this track and I took the liberty to substitute the Japanese one by Goergy Sviridovs neo romantic original motif and it sounds absolute EPIC!
You cant even imagine how awesome ..FLAC version sounds
Sviridov - The Snowstorm - Славянская музыка!!!
Пффф как это можно назвать славянской музыкой если она написанна по лекалам западной классической без единого славянского инструмента??
This dude was remixing MGS before it even existed. Now that is what I call being a Big Boss.
“IT’S ONLY WHEN I’M CHEATING DEATH ON THE BATTLEFIELD. THE ONLY TIME I FEEL TRULY ALIVE.”
This cannot be unheard...
TAPPY should admit he was too inspired by this track when composing the MGS theme.
Epic composition.
I did come because of Metal Gear, but that was ten years ago. Since then, I come here because of Sviridov.
This is amazing
Metel Gear?
Selid.
It can't be!
It's obvious that it's too similar, but like someone already said, as a composer you go through thousands of pieces, and some remain subconscient, to the point that you start making a tune and when the first three notes match, your mind does the rest without you objectively remembering the piece.I have no doubts that they didn't know before it was actually unvelied (in a non-fashion way to be honest). The thing we can all agree with, is that Sviridov got the recognition he deserved, even if late
Лучшее
@MariusChamberlin The composer for MGS2 likely experienced cryptomnesia when he made that theme. Sviridov's "Winter Road" was made in in the 1970's, meaning it predates Metal Gear for the MSX (and pretty much all video games entirely). MGS games stopped using the melody because it is still under copyright law, and had been 'used' without permission.
Even better than the MGS version
Wrong.
+DeathToMonday subjective
They're not exactly versions of the same thing, but they do draw very similar chord progressions on the main refrains.
Bullshit, given that this is the original and the ripoff is objectively worse.
Composed by a literal fucking who though?? It may be ripped off but it's nice that a good song like this gets to be the theme song for a great game
I have studied music for 30 years, and this song's melody is is distinctly complex. This song makes me feel like we went backwards, in some aspects, with regard to song composition.
This song really has a different feel though. I think it’s fine for both to exist really.
Woah how am I just knowing about this!!??
I would like to hear this song exactly as it is here in MGS V.
I knew the theme was just too good to be original