Music & vocals by Farya Faraji. Please note that this isn’t reconstructed historical music, it’s modern music that uses aspects of Ancient Greek music and modern Iranian music. Notes on some of the chapters: “The Spartans - Leonidas” uses the Enharmonic modes of Ancient Greek music, which was defined by usage of microtonal intervals. The orchestration and arrangement heard here is largely historically compatible, and may give an accurate enough insight into the sounds of Ancient Greek music. The instruments heard for the Greeks are a frame drum, Ancient Greek lyres, and a basic rural flute; as well as the aulos and bagpipes. Modern Greek instruments like the bouzouki also join in later in the symphony. The flute melody is in the first tetrachord of the Lydian Chromatic mode, another of the three variants of Ancient Greek modality: Enharmonic, Chromatic and Diatonic. The Iranian themes utilise the vast modal repertoire of Iranian music, called the dastgāh system today, which is related to the broader maqam system also used in modern Greece. The Achaemenids’ leitmotif and Xerxes’ leitmotifs are based on medieval variants of the Segāh mode that I found in the works of Safi-ad-Din and early Safavid-era music theorists. The Iranian instrumentation consists of a modern orchestra played in a typical Middle-Eastern fashion, a tar, setar, tanbour, qanun, oud, ney flute, santour, and daf and tombak drums. The lyrics to the chapter “the Empire” are Achaemenid-era writings written down in the Behistun inscriptions. The lyrics heard in Leonidas Gathers the 7000 are an Ancient Greek paean written by Aeschylus, for his play “The Persians.” The pronunciation I used for the Ancient Greek lyrics is Modern Greek, not reconstructed historical pronunciation. 00:00 Overture - Earth and Water 00:34 The Spartans - Leonidas 04:24 The Empire - Xerxes 07:29 To Greece 09:52 Leonidas Gathers the 7000 13:30 Thermopylae 15:06 The First Battle 17:02 Immortals Deployed 19:20 The First Night - Leonidas’ Dreams 21:14 The Second Day 25:14 Celebration and Feasting 26:48 Ephialtes’ Treachery 28:02 Leonidas’ Choice 29:50 The Shadows over Xerxes 33:14 Last Stand 37:24 The Empire Triumphs 37:52 Lament for Leonidas 41:30 A Memory Honoured
A piece about the Spanish conquest of Manila would absolutely be epic but we have no surviving pieces of pre Hispanic Philippine music as Filipino music today has become Hispanicized and no longer resembles the music of the pre Hispanic Philippine natives.
I really enjoyed our discussion today and now I checked your work here on youtube. Ah man! This is stunning, I am stunned, totally impressed. You are so good!
@@RyanRyzzo dude there used a person who name Saitama Saisyu Heiki used to do music and sell his song to anime convention without any circle then suddenly an indie game dev approach him to make soundtrack for me if he being approached game modder that will be good too tbh
You've finished the Roman-Iranian wars symphonies and now you're going backwards to Greco-Persian wars, the cycle is now complete. A pure joy to listen to, as always.
@@byzansimp Yep, Samarra was a watershed movement in Roman history; if Julian survived, then the religious demographic of the Roman Empire would have been different.
I love the little character arc where Xerxes goes from being insecure and feeling haunted by the overwhelming glory of his ancestors (which i interpret as being represented by the melancholy of his leitmotif) to eventually triumphing.
4:25 This perfectly portrays the image one might have about the Achaemenids (and probably all historical Iranian empires): it's an incomparable majesty, a majesty that doesn't even provoke fear or violence because it's so incredibly rich and powerful that it doesn't even care. It does not sound like a military march of an army so numerous as Xerxes'; it just sounds kingly, jovial, and festive. Truly a masterpiece.
Agreed. All of those warriors (and helots) deserve recognition, not just the Spartans. Particularly the Thespaians, who stood and fell on the third day along with the Spartans.
After a few blows by mace, people ususally see more zeros! Just like the cartoons. If they do not see enough zeros it is because they have not had enough wine breaks or the mace has not been aplied yet😊
Even from ancient times Iranian and Greek folks weren't enemies but only these two regimes had some series of battle. I think there were no hatred and racism against other since ancient times
The Achaemenid theme in all its glory, and then some more. I love the Spartan bits, but you've made it very hard not to root for Xerxes.
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This battle waited for its soundtrack for more than 2400 years. Motifs perfectly balanced and put into one story. Farya is telling it and I am listening gladly.❤
I rly like ‘shadows over Xerxes’ the iranian microtonal mode (as described in orientalism vid) has the “not sure if its happy or sad” quality which really works for Xerxes… at least the version of him we get from Herodotus. The highly emotional and slightly erratic Xerxes. The use of the “I am Cyrus” motif captures Xerxes’ possible insecurity growing up the likes of Cyrus II and Darius I as the mark to measure up to
The Iranian bard made a music video about the battle of Thermopylae. Maybe the best one. History is written by those that bother to write for those that bother to look into it.
One thing I find interesting about these battle symphonies is that the side which lost seems to get more representation through their leitmorfs. Like Nineveh also (I may be wrong) was tilted slightly towards the Sassanids, and this one is even more towards the Greeks. I find this to be quite a nice way of doing these symphonies, and I appreciate the work that goes into respecting both participants. They sound amazing either way.
Well the Greeks lost, but the heroic defeat of the Greeks is in all popular media more embellished than the victory of the Persians. After all if the Persians would have just crushed them it wouldn't have been a big thing to do, they had the larger army and were at the height of their power. The Greeks lost the battle, but won the war ultimately and a century later they completely won over the Persians. So everything after that is in the West told from the Greek perspective anyway.
I thought it was tilted depending on where the battles took place. In Nineveh the sassanids get slightly more representation because the battle took place in their territory. Same applies here since the battle was fought on greek soil.
I love it from India 🇮🇳🇮🇷🇬🇷 You never disappoints Farya 4:24 The Empire - Xerxes is by far my favourite part, along with the 7:29 To Greece, 17:02 Immortals deployed 21:14 The Second day, 29:50 The Shadows over Xerxes, and 37:24 The Empire Triumphs.
Farya, you're such a Chad. Thanks for both your compositions and your explanatory vids. This soundtrack exorts me to join the Persian Empire even though I'm Western. I love Iran, greetings from Brazil.
Spartans battling to death: "FOR LEONIDAS' HONOR" Persians battling to death: "FOR CYRUS' LEGACY!!!" Romans founding the Republic: "Damn, creating a democratic system is killing us!" 🥵
In my opinion this is some of your best work, and you have set a very high bar. How this amazing symphony about one of history’s most famous conflicts doesn’t have millions of views is beyond me.
The most unexpected of symphonies, yet one of the most wanted. I am amazed at how different it feels from all the hollywood takes on it all. Once again, amazing work Bilbamesh, Aristoxenos and Ibn Fadlan. P.D:The usage of previous creations of yours is simply magnificent, The Immortals, Darius and Dance of the Spartans appearing in a single symphony was like a dream realized.
Ok after listening it for 5 times since it was uploaded I can't deny that this is the most powerful symphony I heard from you.. the last seconds of "Thermopylae" chapter was a nice transition between two chapters
I've read about it, I've listened to my teachers about it, I've watched documentarys about it. In so many ways and so many times I have learned about this historical event and now I've even heard a Symphony about it! Farya, I wish I could compliment you in Fārsī. Edit: a compliment in Fārsī, I hope... موسیقی شما زیباست ❤
Excellent as always.. By the way, the letter Λ on the Spartan shields derives from the name of the region in which the city-state of Sparta was located, ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ (LAKEDEMONA).
HOLY SHIT FARYA I WAS LITTERALLY THINKING ABOUT YOU MAKING THIS TODAY I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP YOU READ MY MIND THIS IS SOME BLACK MAGIC FUCKERY YOU ARE A MAGIC WIZARD SENT BY AHURAMAZDA TO MAKE MY LIFE BETTER
@@Renhaoquan would be epic and should have a sequel called The First Crusade symphony where the roles were reversed as the declining Seljuk Empire fights against the new crusader states and the resurgent Byzantine Empire
@@justinianthegreat1444 You mean the period of the song is from 1071 to 1118? Maybe 'Alexios I' is a more suitable topic of this music. In his youth was the battle of Manzikert and in his 25, he became the Basilius, and faced the threat of the Normans from South Italy, and then was the Crusade.....His life was a legend, and he spent several decades in rescuing the dying empire.
@@justinianthegreat1444 And only the west Emirates of the Selijukid Empire fought against the Crusades, the court in Persian didn't care about the approaching of the Crusades.
"The Spartans - Leonidas" is among my favorite parts because it shows how ancient greece, above all else, was still Greece. It invokes memories of all my vacations to Greece over my life (basically once a year) and conjures an image of the Greek lands. The Mediterranean shrub, the humid summer air, the smells and sights of the beautiful Aegean. And then, that flute, that phenomenal flute ignites the undyingly stubborn and fierce fire at the heart of Sparta in the heart of the listener. It all feels so ancient, with the Lydian mode and all, but the images it conjures in ones soul are truly as timeless as Greece itself, and only a person who's been to Greece (as I know Farya has) can really invoke it as beautifully as that section does.
Both the Greek and the Persian music parts were equally as good. If this were the real battle it would be a stalemate for me, in my opinion they were both amazing. A great piece of music.
My tierlist: 1. The Empire Triumphs 2. The Empire - Xerxes 3. To Greece 4. Last Stand 5. Leonidas Gathers the 7000 6. Immortals Deployed 7. Second Day 8. Lament for Leonidas
Amazing work @Farya Faraji! I'd love to see a Greco-Bactrian or Indo-Greek piece combining ancient Greek and Persian or ancient Greek and Indian musical elements! Thank you!
Listening to this symphony, I really look forward to seeing historical symphonies based on Ancient and Medieval India, because of the sheer amount of events of that era that impacted both the Culture and History of the Indian Subcontinent, which I think would be a great scope for such symphonies. And, as usual it is nowadays, a pleasure listening to your channel's music, keep up the great work Farya Faraji.
Thank you for your music, about the famous battle between the first great Empire in human's history and the classic Greek city states! Actually, although there are plenty of movies, novels, games about this history, but the fiction elements and the exaggerated artistry will to some extent disturb my imagining the true historical scene. But your music can help me recreate historical scenes in my mind!😀
"ó paídes Ellínon íte, eleftheroúte patríd', eleftheroúte dé paídas, gynaíkas, theón té patróon édi, thíkas te progónon: nýn ypér pánton agón." What a beautiful verse. Thank you for putting it to music and sharing it with the world.
I wish people would think of something like this when they heard the word "Thermopylae" and not of that shitty rubbish pile of a film. If they must think of anything at all.
The soundtrack to the real 300. Loved every minute of it, although my favorite part was "Immortals deployed". One of my favorite musical pieces. "The Empire: Xerxes" is incredibly glorious too.
Esta increíble, el concepto me seduce y no dejo de tararear los ritmos más influyentes - que son todos- me transporta a las lecturas de historia, documentales y conferencias sobre la historia del antiguo Mediterráneo y el fascinante Medio Oriente. Mis felicitaciones y un saludo desde un punto en medio del Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora, México.....👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Absolutely amazing music. I wish to one day visit Iran. I have recently converted to Zoroastrianism. I love Iranian culture and history. Anyway, keep up the great work.
@@ioannespittakis4292 - Immediately got goosebumps. Teared up. I might not be Hellenic by blood, but I am Hellenic but culture, and that part really resonates with my heart, soul, and mind.
@@xunqianbaidu6917 It did happen and it was spectacular. Go read about it on Wikipedia. Also, you shouldn’t say other peoples’ history “sucked”. That’s very disrespectful
@@xunqianbaidu6917 Well that's a kinda bitter and nihilistic take on it. You speak as though you can't see any good or light in history or Man. You've gotta find a silver lining once in a while, thinking with a mind like otherwise just isn't healthy, or just, if I may.
@@septimus7524 I guess we have two kinds of stances here and both are valid. One pointing out that glorifying history is based more on the mystification of human deeds rather than the reality of life for the majority of humanity. The other recognizing that the life carried out by all of these people was so much less convenient and comfortable than ours and as such their feats are that much more noteworthy.
@@septimus7524 pointing out that there's nothing glorious about a poor sod dragged thousands of kilometres away from his village only to have his lungs pierced by a hunk of metal is definitely not bitter and nihilistic. On the contrary. You really don't need to glorify human suffering in order to find meaning and purpose, either in the suffering itself or life in general. That's a delusional idea. Human suffering may result in stories and art that can be "thrilling and spectacular", but you need to differentiate those from your conception of human history.
Man this was certainly a thing. You communicate history through emotion very well. Like how last stand with all its bombastic, fast paced tempo begun with a sad little snippet, just to convey I think the grim reality of the word last next to stand. Then the empire triumphs with an even greater climax. Xerxes fulfilling his ancestral legacy, going against the best warriors the ancient world had to offer, being one step closer to his mission. And all that climax, all that intensity, to be suddenly and jarringly interrupted by.......silence. silence as the persians gaze upon the other side of the battlefield, upon the broken spears, bloodied fists and shattered teeth. Spartans lying finally in peace. And a lone shepherd on the mountains above, plays a tune with his askaulos. So freaking emotional man
Farya, i'm at a loss of words. This is awesome! I especially liked the transfer from ''Thermopylae'' to ''the first battle'', way more epic then the 300 OST's!
I absolutely love this track. Would it be possible for me to use it in one of my upcoming RUclips videos? I'll ensure to give full credit and link back to your channel. Thanks in advance!
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Music & vocals by Farya Faraji. Please note that this isn’t reconstructed historical music, it’s modern music that uses aspects of Ancient Greek music and modern Iranian music.
Notes on some of the chapters:
“The Spartans - Leonidas” uses the Enharmonic modes of Ancient Greek music, which was defined by usage of microtonal intervals. The orchestration and arrangement heard here is largely historically compatible, and may give an accurate enough insight into the sounds of Ancient Greek music. The instruments heard for the Greeks are a frame drum, Ancient Greek lyres, and a basic rural flute; as well as the aulos and bagpipes. Modern Greek instruments like the bouzouki also join in later in the symphony. The flute melody is in the first tetrachord of the Lydian Chromatic mode, another of the three variants of Ancient Greek modality: Enharmonic, Chromatic and Diatonic.
The Iranian themes utilise the vast modal repertoire of Iranian music, called the dastgāh system today, which is related to the broader maqam system also used in modern Greece. The Achaemenids’ leitmotif and Xerxes’ leitmotifs are based on medieval variants of the Segāh mode that I found in the works of Safi-ad-Din and early Safavid-era music theorists. The Iranian instrumentation consists of a modern orchestra played in a typical Middle-Eastern fashion, a tar, setar, tanbour, qanun, oud, ney flute, santour, and daf and tombak drums. The lyrics to the chapter “the Empire” are Achaemenid-era writings written down in the Behistun inscriptions.
The lyrics heard in Leonidas Gathers the 7000 are an Ancient Greek paean written by Aeschylus, for his play “The Persians.” The pronunciation I used for the Ancient Greek lyrics is Modern Greek, not reconstructed historical pronunciation.
00:00 Overture - Earth and Water
00:34 The Spartans - Leonidas
04:24 The Empire - Xerxes
07:29 To Greece
09:52 Leonidas Gathers the 7000
13:30 Thermopylae
15:06 The First Battle
17:02 Immortals Deployed
19:20 The First Night - Leonidas’ Dreams
21:14 The Second Day
25:14 Celebration and Feasting
26:48 Ephialtes’ Treachery
28:02 Leonidas’ Choice
29:50 The Shadows over Xerxes
33:14 Last Stand
37:24 The Empire Triumphs
37:52 Lament for Leonidas
41:30 A Memory Honoured
The last stand. stand out for me in this symphony as the best one
Great job as always
Thank you so much making these symphonies. many emotions and culture packed in one
Please tell me there will be something about Marcus Aurelius too, please🙏.
need extended version of 'Empire Triumphs' part
Hey Farya, would you do a cover of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
At this point, Farya is the guy in charge of making the OST of world history.
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Here's hoping!
That is true
A piece about the Spanish conquest of Manila would absolutely be epic but we have no surviving pieces of pre Hispanic Philippine music as Filipino music today has become Hispanicized and no longer resembles the music of the pre Hispanic Philippine natives.
@@justinianthegreat1444 Play dota, lots of "pinoy music"
The Last Stand part is outstanding. I clearly imagine brave spartans fight and die for their city and people... Very emotional
I really enjoyed our discussion today and now I checked your work here on youtube. Ah man! This is stunning, I am stunned, totally impressed. You are so good!
You Persians are of the chart!!!
I wonder what a battle hymn for the Spartans would sound like in their actual Dorian Greek dialect rather than the Classical Attic used here.
The pronunciation here is modern Greek anyway
It's sooo noice!❤
Xerxes is such a cold name tbh
"Our soldiers from medes will crush you in no time."
"Medeez nuts, hah gottem"
-Leonidas talking with a Persian envoy
molon labe is pure cringe compared to this
"Xerxes is a fucking camper, mf kept on spamming archers"
-Also Leonidas
@@h0rn3d_h1st0r1anthere is spartan's problem that they fight almost naked in melee
@@faryafaraji I gusse next will be Epic Symphony of Peloponnesian War?
@@rustamtuyakov1789 i mean thats the 300 movie trope. irl they would have leather and bronze curiasses
Ok it is ridiculous that a video game or movie hasn't hired you to do their OST yet this is amazing
He's not big enough yet but we'll see him get hired someday, praying for that day to come
Very few game/film companies bother. Easier to get a bombastic copy-paste orchestra and a wailing lady for that folky-trad sound :D
Exactly
@@RyanRyzzo imagine him making the music for ac: mirage
@@RyanRyzzo dude there used a person who name Saitama Saisyu Heiki used to do music and sell his song to anime convention without any circle
then suddenly an indie game dev approach him to make soundtrack
for me if he being approached game modder that will be good too tbh
You've finished the Roman-Iranian wars symphonies and now you're going backwards to Greco-Persian wars, the cycle is now complete. A pure joy to listen to, as always.
There are still many Roman-Iranian wars left that deserve an epic symphony, like Edessa 260 AD, Samarra 363 AD, and Dara 530 AD.
@@ShahanshahShahin Samarra would be interesting to hear, what a tragic fate for Julian.
@@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512 Yep, Battle of Anglon 543 AD too *_"Khosrow Anushirwan"_* 👑
@@byzansimp Yep, Samarra was a watershed movement in Roman history; if Julian survived, then the religious demographic of the Roman Empire would have been different.
strangely, I'm not surprised to see you here lmao
I love the little character arc where Xerxes goes from being insecure and feeling haunted by the overwhelming glory of his ancestors (which i interpret as being represented by the melancholy of his leitmotif) to eventually triumphing.
Sal the Serb 😀
4:25 This perfectly portrays the image one might have about the Achaemenids (and probably all historical Iranian empires): it's an incomparable majesty, a majesty that doesn't even provoke fear or violence because it's so incredibly rich and powerful that it doesn't even care. It does not sound like a military march of an army so numerous as Xerxes'; it just sounds kingly, jovial, and festive. Truly a masterpiece.
Yes. This Achaemenid theme is SO powerful, that it doesn't need to be violent. It feels like a party or I don't know, like a national Hymn.
So they simply say who tf are you guys there?
I really love how this symphony perfectly honours both the Greeks and the Persians.
So happy seeing it say the 7000 instead of 300
Agreed. All of those warriors (and helots) deserve recognition, not just the Spartans. Particularly the Thespaians, who stood and fell on the third day along with the Spartans.
After a few blows by mace, people ususally see more zeros! Just like the cartoons. If they do not see enough zeros it is because they have not had enough wine breaks or the mace has not been aplied yet😊
Love our old enemies, aka the Aryan race, from Hellas!
love you too brother from Persia
Even from ancient times Iranian and Greek folks weren't enemies but only these two regimes had some series of battle.
I think there were no hatred and racism against other since ancient times
𔓙 𐎺𐏁𐎴𐎠 𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎭𐎠𐏃 𔓙
*_Vašnā Auramazdāha_*
_"By the will of Ahuramazda"_
The Achaemenid theme in all its glory, and then some more. I love the Spartan bits, but you've made it very hard not to root for Xerxes.
This battle waited for its soundtrack for more than 2400 years. Motifs perfectly balanced and put into one story.
Farya is telling it and I am listening gladly.❤
*_2503 years to be more precise_*
We need a longer version of 37:23 "The Empire Triumphs" is one of the best things I've ever heard my God
Yes it is just the most persian sounding piece, just glorious. I am tired of pressing repeat button lol
yes pleaseeeeeee
If he swears allegiance to the Talmud, they'll most certainly give him a break.
Funny thing is to me as an Iranian it sounds exactly like Iranian wedding music
ای کاش یه فیلم پر هزینه و خفن از تاریخ ساسانی یا هخامنشی درست میکردن با اهنگ های شما در فیلم جهان رو میترکوند
This man makes me want to love history even more.
I rly like ‘shadows over Xerxes’ the iranian microtonal mode (as described in orientalism vid) has the “not sure if its happy or sad” quality which really works for Xerxes… at least the version of him we get from Herodotus. The highly emotional and slightly erratic Xerxes.
The use of the “I am Cyrus” motif captures Xerxes’ possible insecurity growing up the likes of Cyrus II and Darius I as the mark to measure up to
He even uses a motif from Darius the Great - Epic Iranian music
Shadows over Xerxes contains part of "I am Cyrus"
Shadows over Xerxes contains parts of "I am Cyrus" and "Darius the Great" Epic Iranian music
The Iranian bard made a music video about the battle of Thermopylae.
Maybe the best one.
History is written by those that bother to write for those that bother to look into it.
Let's be honest, Farya should be hired as soundtrack maker to next Rome Total War
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the way the persian theme overtakes the spartan one in the end was almost scary. great effect!
2504 years ago.
One thing I find interesting about these battle symphonies is that the side which lost seems to get more representation through their leitmorfs. Like Nineveh also (I may be wrong) was tilted slightly towards the Sassanids, and this one is even more towards the Greeks. I find this to be quite a nice way of doing these symphonies, and I appreciate the work that goes into respecting both participants. They sound amazing either way.
Well the Greeks lost, but the heroic defeat of the Greeks is in all popular media more embellished than the victory of the Persians. After all if the Persians would have just crushed them it wouldn't have been a big thing to do, they had the larger army and were at the height of their power. The Greeks lost the battle, but won the war ultimately and a century later they completely won over the Persians. So everything after that is in the West told from the Greek perspective anyway.
I thought it was tilted depending on where the battles took place.
In Nineveh the sassanids get slightly more representation because the battle took place in their territory.
Same applies here since the battle was fought on greek soil.
@@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512 cool story bro now do a reality check.
@@ConstantineFtw he didnt even understand what the 1st guy/girl said 💀
@@ConstantineFtw Reality check is Iran is still here and No Rome, Great Greece, Or Macedonian Empire exists.
30:58 Is King Xerxes remembering his ancestors here? Cause that's King Cyrus's song.
گوشام چیزی غیر از زیبایی نمیشنوه🇮🇷♥️
A masterpiece, as always
Bro, the video make 40 mins 🤣
@@tonio1076 Because of it its a masterpiece.
I love it from India 🇮🇳🇮🇷🇬🇷
You never disappoints Farya 4:24 The Empire - Xerxes is by far my favourite part, along with the 7:29 To Greece, 17:02 Immortals deployed 21:14 The Second day, 29:50 The Shadows over Xerxes, and 37:24 The Empire Triumphs.
all persian parts
Agreed, every song sounds good when sung by Farya. He has an excellent singing voice.
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You don’t like Greece. You didn’t put any marks for Greece. Leonidas and the Spartans died bravely facing a bigger army and that’s the truth.
@@Gatar47858 And no one cares 🇮🇷
Farya, you're such a Chad. Thanks for both your compositions and your explanatory vids. This soundtrack exorts me to join the Persian Empire even though I'm Western. I love Iran, greetings from Brazil.
Iranian rhythms and instruments are amazingggg
Thousands of years passed yet these 2 civilizations are still here
Persian and greek
US trying so hard to erase them 😂
Persian culture fighting heroically to survive extreme political Shia Islam. So far it's a losing battle, Arab Allah & Ali are defeating Ahura Mazda.
@@KanuniSuleyman4857 you will never be able to! 🇬🇷❤🇮🇷 😂
@@yazovgaming I'm not american lol 😂
Spartans battling to death: "FOR LEONIDAS' HONOR"
Persians battling to death: "FOR CYRUS' LEGACY!!!"
Romans founding the Republic: "Damn, creating a democratic system is killing us!" 🥵
Now that's what I call a truly underrated comment😂
I can’t wait for Farya to celebrate extraterrestrial culture and make authentic music in alien languages 👽 😂 ♥️
In my opinion this is some of your best work, and you have set a very high bar.
How this amazing symphony about one of history’s most famous conflicts doesn’t have millions of views is beyond me.
The portion "To Greece" sounds heavily like Baloch folk music.
We cant forgot about brave 700 Tespian hoplites, who also stayed on their own free will
あなたの音楽はまさに、物語です。音色が雄弁に景色を描き出し、私に古代の情景を見せてくれます。それはどんな映像や文字よりも鮮明で鮮烈です。いつも素晴らしい音楽をありがとうございます。
Great ! Very inspired my friend, as a Greek I can only say Μπράβο!
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As a Hellen, the " Leonida's Choice" made me think, and cry. Beautiful!
And the part of Leonidas gathers the 7000
@@Constantine_the_great. I love that part. And that order is still valid.
@@Alexander-oq3gc yes sir!
The most unexpected of symphonies, yet one of the most wanted. I am amazed at how different it feels from all the hollywood takes on it all. Once again, amazing work Bilbamesh, Aristoxenos and Ibn Fadlan.
P.D:The usage of previous creations of yours is simply magnificent, The Immortals, Darius and Dance of the Spartans appearing in a single symphony was like a dream realized.
Don't forget "I'm Cyrus"
Ok after listening it for 5 times since it was uploaded I can't deny that this is the most powerful symphony I heard from you.. the last seconds of "Thermopylae" chapter was a nice transition between two chapters
I've read about it, I've listened to my teachers about it, I've watched documentarys about it. In so many ways and so many times I have learned about this historical event and now I've even heard a Symphony about it!
Farya, I wish I could compliment you in Fārsī.
Edit: a compliment in Fārsī, I hope...
موسیقی شما زیباست ❤
Did you read the book from Steven Pressfield ? It is amazing !
@@siggyvdz8213 no i haven't, I've heard good things about it though. I'll be checking it out 👍
@@bubalolo but have you read the original text by Herodotus?
@@NIKOS_GEROSIDERIS yes, a long time ago. Polymnia I think it was called. The book I mean.
@@bubalolo Nice!
Viva to
IranShahr 💚🦁🌞❤(❌🇮🇷) and
Hellas 🇬🇷
Excellent as always..
By the way, the letter Λ on the Spartan shields derives from the name of the region in which the city-state of Sparta was located,
ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΑ (LAKEDEMONA).
Persian empire 🇹🇯🇮🇷💯
iranian empire
I loved the achaemenids and immortals
remaster!
Alguien mas se siente movido por el canto de los 7000 para defender su patria o soy solo yo?
Si hrm esta weno
HOLY SHIT FARYA I WAS LITTERALLY THINKING ABOUT YOU MAKING THIS TODAY I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP YOU READ MY MIND THIS IS SOME BLACK MAGIC FUCKERY YOU ARE A MAGIC WIZARD SENT BY AHURAMAZDA TO MAKE MY LIFE BETTER
LOL!
Calm the hell down tho...
@@justapotato8670 I'm p sure that was the first comment on the video too
For the two great men of history Xerxes and Leonidas.
leonidas is great ? 😆😆😆
@@abbasabidi7503 He is, but you surely are not. Ibn al kelb.
@@Tubulce what ?
@@abbasabidi7503 go back to the shadow
@@Alexander-oq3gc
I do not understand what you mean
Great work as always but I think it's the time for....
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest 9 AD - Epic Symphony.....it will be epic!
I was expecting a Manzikert piece from Farya but oh boy I got something more epic, absolutely loved it Farya.
After hearing that Hikanatoi was in it I can’t wait for it
Oh, the declining Byzantine Empire and the rising Selijuks Empire......😶
@@Renhaoquan would be epic and should have a sequel called The First Crusade symphony where the roles were reversed as the declining Seljuk Empire fights against the new crusader states and the resurgent Byzantine Empire
@@justinianthegreat1444 You mean the period of the song is from 1071 to 1118? Maybe 'Alexios I' is a more suitable topic of this music. In his youth was the battle of Manzikert and in his 25, he became the Basilius, and faced the threat of the Normans from South Italy, and then was the Crusade.....His life was a legend, and he spent several decades in rescuing the dying empire.
@@justinianthegreat1444 And only the west Emirates of the Selijukid Empire fought against the Crusades, the court in Persian didn't care about the approaching of the Crusades.
Faryas musics got me a heart attack
Another masterpiece 😍 can this man ever be stopped?!
Based name lol
I never realized that in "Thermopylae" it said "Πέρσαι, μολὼν λαβέ", now it is x10 better
long live iran 🇮🇷💪🏻❤
SUGGESTION: Epic symphony about Cyrus the Great's conquest of Babylon
I form iran i like you'r work
The one of best moments 5:50
Literally unparalleled
Amazing symphony as a whole, but by far the best part for me is "The Shadow over Xerxes", the variations of Cyrus' and Darius' themes are so good.
"The Spartans - Leonidas" is among my favorite parts because it shows how ancient greece, above all else, was still Greece. It invokes memories of all my vacations to Greece over my life (basically once a year) and conjures an image of the Greek lands. The Mediterranean shrub, the humid summer air, the smells and sights of the beautiful Aegean. And then, that flute, that phenomenal flute ignites the undyingly stubborn and fierce fire at the heart of Sparta in the heart of the listener. It all feels so ancient, with the Lydian mode and all, but the images it conjures in ones soul are truly as timeless as Greece itself, and only a person who's been to Greece (as I know Farya has) can really invoke it as beautifully as that section does.
Love your OST from Iran.Special Thanks to Farya🔥
انوشییییروان 😍😍😍❣
Both the Greek and the Persian music parts were equally as good. If this were the real battle it would be a stalemate for me, in my opinion they were both amazing. A great piece of music.
My tierlist:
1. The Empire Triumphs
2. The Empire - Xerxes
3. To Greece
4. Last Stand
5. Leonidas Gathers the 7000
6. Immortals Deployed
7. Second Day
8. Lament for Leonidas
The Empire - Xerxes 🔥
King of kings cyrus the great 👑👑
Xerxes the Great
ذو القرنين
Leonidas died for his country while Xerxes watched his men
"Empire Triumphs" could be great victory music for total war
Amazing work @Farya Faraji! I'd love to see a Greco-Bactrian or Indo-Greek piece combining ancient Greek and Persian or ancient Greek and Indian musical elements! Thank you!
Farya you are god-sent! I love how at times Persian and Greek melodies meddled together! An unforgettable result!
"Immortals deployed" ; such a fantastic Epic music, Farya!
Listening to this symphony, I really look forward to seeing historical symphonies based on Ancient and Medieval India, because of the sheer amount of events of that era that impacted both the Culture and History of the Indian Subcontinent, which I think would be a great scope for such symphonies. And, as usual it is nowadays, a pleasure listening to your channel's music, keep up the great work Farya Faraji.
Thank you for your music, about the famous battle between the first great Empire in human's history and the classic Greek city states!
Actually, although there are plenty of movies, novels, games about this history, but the fiction elements and the exaggerated artistry will to some extent disturb my imagining the true historical scene. But your music can help me recreate historical scenes in my mind!😀
Hire this man for cinematic history music
"ó paídes Ellínon íte, eleftheroúte patríd', eleftheroúte dé
paídas, gynaíkas, theón té patróon édi, thíkas te progónon: nýn ypér pánton agón."
What a beautiful verse. Thank you for putting it to music and sharing it with the world.
Some of my older favorites resurfacing here. The continuity is not unnoticed pal. Very nice
I wish people would think of something like this when they heard the word "Thermopylae" and not of that shitty rubbish pile of a film.
If they must think of anything at all.
Farya should really be hired by Ubisoft or rockstar to make some epic historical game with his music 👌
The soundtrack to the real 300. Loved every minute of it, although my favorite part was "Immortals deployed". One of my favorite musical pieces. "The Empire: Xerxes" is incredibly glorious too.
I can totally hear this being the soundtrack for an epic, fresh, historically accurate epic film called "Thermopylae".
and it should be a musical, just to piss off the northern europeans and north american wasps.
Is there an extended version of the 11:07 music?? The vocals are amazing!
marvelous!!! I am the granddaughter of Greek survivors from Micro Asia and this for me transports me to the music of my ancestors.
I’ve got my first MMA fight in 3 weeks and I’m walking out to your tracks! Much love! 💪🏽🔥
did you win?
Oh my god this is beautiful, I especially liked "The Shadow over Xerxes" (which I assume is the shadow of Cyrus considering the lyrics).
Cyrus and Darius I
@@ShahanshahShahin i see you change pfp in like every seconds lol
Yeah it's unironically the best part imo
Shows what kind of man Xerxes was at heart
Well, Kūruš (as he’s called in the Ancient Persian language) did set the bar extremely high.
Imagine if the people who fought this battle listened to this.
Esta increíble, el concepto me seduce y no dejo de tararear los ritmos más influyentes - que son todos- me transporta a las lecturas de historia, documentales y conferencias sobre la historia del antiguo Mediterráneo y el fascinante Medio Oriente. Mis felicitaciones y un saludo desde un punto en medio del Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora, México.....👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The next song should be The Battle of Plataea
Battle of Salamis
ok Faraji, another great piece
Absolutely amazing music. I wish to one day visit Iran. I have recently converted to Zoroastrianism. I love Iranian culture and history. Anyway, keep up the great work.
Sorry for sounding ignorant and please educate me if I’m missing something, but I thought Zoroastrianism doesn’t accept any converts?
@@alkha4711 As far as my research has lead me, it is strictly the parsees and the Indian community that don't allow conversion
@@delaramsalmassi4063 usa
@@delaramsalmassi4063 I am white
@@delaramsalmassi4063 you too
11:05 chilies to the bones...an ancient call still perfectly understood nowadays...
@@ioannespittakis4292 - Immediately got goosebumps. Teared up. I might not be Hellenic by blood, but I am Hellenic but culture, and that part really resonates with my heart, soul, and mind.
My favorite part, I have to say.
I still can’t believe such a legendary clash happened between my two favorite civilizations. How did human history get so thrillingly spectacular?
@@xunqianbaidu6917 It did happen and it was spectacular. Go read about it on Wikipedia. Also, you shouldn’t say other peoples’ history “sucked”. That’s very disrespectful
@@xunqianbaidu6917 Well that's a kinda bitter and nihilistic take on it. You speak as though you can't see any good or light in history or Man.
You've gotta find a silver lining once in a while, thinking with a mind like otherwise just isn't healthy, or just, if I may.
@@xunqianbaidu6917 You sound like a bitch 🤨
@@septimus7524 I guess we have two kinds of stances here and both are valid.
One pointing out that glorifying history is based more on the mystification of human deeds rather than the reality of life for the majority of humanity. The other recognizing that the life carried out by all of these people was so much less convenient and comfortable than ours and as such their feats are that much more noteworthy.
@@septimus7524 pointing out that there's nothing glorious about a poor sod dragged thousands of kilometres away from his village only to have his lungs pierced by a hunk of metal is definitely not bitter and nihilistic. On the contrary.
You really don't need to glorify human suffering in order to find meaning and purpose, either in the suffering itself or life in general. That's a delusional idea.
Human suffering may result in stories and art that can be "thrilling and spectacular", but you need to differentiate those from your conception of human history.
My children are going to learn history from your music
The Spartans for 16:59 min of the composition: 😌
The Spartans when the Immortals are deployed: 😐
Spartans*
Spartans*
Romans? 😂
came here right from the battle of carrhae, my mind was still there :D @@Unknown-bt5rd
Man this was certainly a thing. You communicate history through emotion very well. Like how last stand with all its bombastic, fast paced tempo begun with a sad little snippet, just to convey I think the grim reality of the word last next to stand. Then the empire triumphs with an even greater climax. Xerxes fulfilling his ancestral legacy, going against the best warriors the ancient world had to offer, being one step closer to his mission. And all that climax, all that intensity, to be suddenly and jarringly interrupted by.......silence. silence as the persians gaze upon the other side of the battlefield, upon the broken spears, bloodied fists and shattered teeth. Spartans lying finally in peace. And a lone shepherd on the mountains above, plays a tune with his askaulos. So freaking emotional man
Farya, i'm at a loss of words. This is awesome! I especially liked the transfer from ''Thermopylae'' to ''the first battle'', way more epic then the 300 OST's!
This should be an opera.
I absolutely love this track. Would it be possible for me to use it in one of my upcoming RUclips videos? I'll ensure to give full credit and link back to your channel. Thanks in advance!