This is the only song I ever showed my grandpa, as a Child. I knew he only listened to classical music. After he finished hearing it, he took off his headphones and looked at me funny and asked ' You said this was from a video game? ' and I nodded. He looked impressed. I will never forget that moment. I wonder where he is today. Miss you gramps ..
I love this song, and this is the only reliable place I know where to find it, so I've come to read your comment a few times. I have to say it always moves me in a profound way. I take it he's moved on. I hope you got the chance to bid him adieu properly, and that you have fond memories to carry with you.
I feel you. Back when this game was new I was still a kid. A kid who played piano and had a soft spot for classical music. I remember even getting some sort of "What are you listening to? That sounds so nice" from my mom. This song still strikes me as beautiful, and it's not just the nostalgia speaking. Seeing how games have evolved and changed so much in the 90s alone, it was crazy to me back then to see how the dial was really getting cranked up on the quality of the music.
Definable, over the past 20 years Video game music has become much more orchestral and "epic" many are beautiful.. But there has never been anything like this, a true classical sounding well written aria.
Alexei Stukov: So, Gerard... I suspect you have a good reason for pulling me away from my...duties. Gerard DuGalle: Your vodka can wait, my good Alexei. Come, stand here. You need to see this. Alexei Stukov: I know all about the Zerg, Gerard. We've all seen the tapes a hundred- Gerard DuGalle: [grasps Stukov's shoulder, knocking the cigar out of his mouth] You've seen nothing! Dissecting a dead Zerg in a lab is one thing; unleashing them on men is another! You must go into this with both eyes open. Once started, there is no going back. [stomps Stukov's cigar out] Are you prepared to go all the way with this, Alexei? Alexei Stukov: [looks down, then pulls a fresh cigar out of his coat] Yes... yes, I am prepared to go all the way, my good admiral. Gerard DuGalle: Good... good, I knew I could count on you. (1:22 of this video kicks in) Malmsteen: [over intercom] Admiral, the colonists' base will be overrun in a matter of minutes. Shall we intervene? Gerard DuGalle: Take us into orbit, Mr. Malmsteen. We've seen enough.
English Latin Translation. ..........Those about to die salute you You comfort them on their way Those about to die salute you The reward of excesses The beginning of all created things returns May it find rest in peace, in vernal love
Does anyone else feel a little chocked-up when they listen to this? I think it becomes even more poignant when each passing year, reflecting on the realization that so much time has passed. Don't be afraid of suffering, the future awaits us :'(
@@allthe1 It's wild getting a reply to a 7 year old comment. A sentiment from a self long forgotten, but a sentiment still ringing true. Cheers my friend, age with grace🍻
This scene always gave me goosebumps. Hearing this play while the lone marine stands in the trench waiting for death was really powerful. The UED is probably my favorite Terran faction because they're sophisticated and technically the rightful owners of the Koprulu sector. I'm sad that they didn't have a more prominent role in the series. The most you see them is in Brood War, and then after that they made small appearances in Starcraft 2. It makes me wonder, what's going on on Earth while the war in the Koprulu sector is raging? In the book's prologue it states there was rioting and warfare due to overpopulation. I wonder how Earth reacted to the UED's defeat. I think Blizzard should make a DLC that explores what happened on Earth pre and post brood war.
@@richtersiegfried61 Also the return of Cerebrates, or Queen factions fighting eachother for control of the zerg, or something like that, would be awesome.
SC2 has a huge lack of what SC1 and SC1 Brood War had the most ==> Grim darkness future with no hope of better tommorows. It was a really sad and depressing universe, but soooo better and stronger than the manichean story of SC2 with the space cowboys of Jim Raynor against the pure evil Mengsk and the poooor Kerrigan...In BW, Kerrigan was much more evil, Mengsk wasn't 100% evil and Jim Raynor wasn't the savior of mankind. (And I miss the UED fascism ^^)
@@Yamifira that's an urban myth, WarCraft is supposed to be a Warhammer Fantasy game, StarCraft was never intended to be Warhammer, it's just inspired by the same universes that inspired 40k like Dune, Starship Troopers, and Babylon 5.
-Almirante, la base de los colonizadores sera invadida en cuestion de minutos, debemos intervenir? -Llecvenos a la orbita señor Monstean, ya hemos visto bastante.....
I agree, I want the old Blizzard that I grew up with to come back. Even playing through Diablo III, a game that should be very depressing, I felt like I was playing an arcade game. The original Diablo games were even frightening to me as a young kid, I'm 16 now, so I was about 5 years old the first time I learned that, The sanctity of that place had been fowled", I miss those days, where turning a corner made my stomach turn, I want old Blizzard classics back, I want my childhood redeemed.
1:22 N'Ayez pas peur De soufrir Le futur Nous attend Les soldats reviendront! Arriveront victorieux! Donnez tout pour l'honneur! Translation: Don't be afraid Of suffering The future Awaits us The soldiers will return! They will arrive victoriously! Give everything for honor!
Définitivement! Qui, de plus, ajoute un effet de plus à la cinématique qui s'y rattache, lorsqu'on comprend les paroles françaises, et ceux en latin tout autant.
Typed that in a SC game when my marines got overrun by zerg right before tactical jumping my last battlecruiser out of there. The other guy lost it laughing and surrendered.
I don't know if it's just nostalgia but when I think back 20 years ( omfg I got so old ) and I played my first online games with my 56k modem with people from around the world it was just an epic experience.. this is one of the best games EVER made... it were different times back then.... everybody respected everyone and there were no haters or trolls around, people respected each other online. I've also played starcraft 2 a lot, like 6000 games in multiplayer but starcraft is one of the BEST games ever made, starcraft 2 just doesn't stand a chance against sc and bw... I remember I had to decide between dark reign and starcraft.. it was a really difficult decision but I don't regret that I've decided to get starcraft :) Now I'm too old to play, I occasionally watch ASL and Korean pro's play BW and I'm glad this game is still around.
the fucking nostalgia from being a kid omg, and im autistic and live vicariously through other people and the characters in my games a lot and like I distinctly remember seeing that lone marine and ghost together knowing they were doomed seeing the look in their eyes as the ship, their only hope, leaves orbit. the sheer terror that instilled in me and like the respect it gave to zerg lol, I just will never forget. This feeling reminds me of the vibe i get looking back at the first 3 halos too
@Nemesis0300 That is correct. That's where I give more of the credit to Brood War because they made the dark and depressing feel strong. WoL made the opposite sentiment not near as strong. They should have carried out the Brood War sentiment until the final battle or moment. Kinda like the Neverending Story, I wanted to keep going(reading) after Brood War because I knew the full story could have not ended there! Something's gotta give!
I really, really don't like opera, but the music fits so god damn well to what is happening in the video... It get shivers down my back every time I watch it ; )
I can relate to you perfectly, with Diablo especially. Diablo had a very Gothic and religious overtone that, accompanied by the acoustic music in Tristram at the beginning of the game, was very distinct -- the atmosphere being both intimidating and stylish. It was almost like a 3rd-world, medieval culture that was spawned from a deep sanction of hell and vomited back into the world for us to play. Ah, the dark, dusky wastes of Tristram under the violet moonlight... I miss the old days, too...
@Nemesis0300 This is perhaps the most eloquent and well worded summery of the first games brilliance, and the sequels short comings. Well done indeed sir!
In a movie with wars and battles, you dont need rap music, or grinding metal, no pop, nothing like that. In the end, all you need in a good movie or game, is music like this!
Soldado terran colono : Quien es el encargado aquí? Donde está el refuerzo aéreo? Dugall: Llevenos a la órbita señor mangsty, ya hemos visto suficiente.
I actually collected all of the story relevent movies andactions from the Starcraft and Starcraft Broodwar campaigns. Its a total of three hours thirty minutes.
(Latin part) Morituri te Salutant Those about to die salute you. Via Solaris The journey for comfort. Morituri te Salutant Those about to die salute you. Precia ob orgia The reward of mysteries. Creatorum revenit initium The beginning of all created things returns. Requiescat in pace verna mori May it find rest in peace in vernal death. (French part) N'Ayez pas peur Don't be afraid De soufrir Of suffering Le futur The future Nous attend Awaits us Les soldats reviendront! The soldiers will return! Arriveront victorieux! They will arrive victoriously! Donnez tout pour l'honneur! Give everything for honor!
Too bad Gerard never realized just how much Alexi meant his vow...Alexi paid the ultimate price for his total loyalty...and Kerrigan just laughed hysterically at how easily she tricked her way into dominance...
I feel like having a branching narrative with Kerrigan embracing her zergness or humanity would have been great. It could have added an extra level of difficulty to an otherwise easy game by playing a human Kerrigan. The payoff would be a more empathetic narrative, but really, I just wanted a Queen of Blades who physically embodied schadenfreude and would derive whatever pleasure she could from causing pain. That would have redeemed the storyline, in my eyes.
@Ignat Kozlov Try "M.A.D. Menu theme" (the almost lost strategy 3D game) "Les troyens"by Hector Berlioz, namely "Vallon Sonore" Soldier Chorus from the Opera Dekabristi Empire Earth 2 intro music
This truly speaks volumes. To the kid who enjoyed the blood bath and the carnage. To the adult who saw sacrifice and hard choices life brings. This will always be in my heart as one of the greatest! For my comrades..... An friends who died... We move forward.
holy shit I never figured out the second part is in french, I just saw it in the comments here... btw, I know a lot of people don't like SC2 story cause it's not as good as BW, but man, SC2 story is good in it's own way.
Not just the music but the trailer/intro is amazing. I just saw the Stormgate trailer and it was so lacking, so very formulaic and reminiscent of modern AAA trailers. Unlike Stormgate, StarCraft's cinematics didn't rely on constant action, explosions, martial arts, forced badass moments like some mech suit coming down to turn around at the single soldier and go "I got this!" rather than paying attention to the attacking demon, it all feels so forced and stupid. This does just enough to show the horrors of war, no one is doing martial stunts, people are just shooting for their lives. Then the conversation on the ship and the music seemingly coming from speakers inside the ship turning into something grim as the camera cuts back to the planet and the trenches while the marine just looks up as they're left for dead and getting overrun by Zerg, without actually showing what happens to them, leaving it up to imagination. Very, very powerful, I wish the industry could go back to these kind of trailers, but I suppose they have no faith in the attention span of their viewers.
@Agent1W The problem that Wings of Liberty has is the same problem as a lot of sequels to old things have. Whether it be the new Indiana Jones film, the Phantom Menace, or the Wings of Liberty, etc. They all suffer from the same condition; The creators decided that it was a good idea to acknowledge the fact that the there was time between the last game and the new game by atmospherically breaking the fourth-wall. I want a game that continues like it was a day later -- I wanted Starcraft.
of course things were always better then than now, the attitude towards doing things like planning a whole game was so much more than just a mercenary notion, look at mainstream media now, its a crazy world out there
@DarkAntem wow i never knew that , thats freakin awesome and ironic at the same time. Took me 12 years to pick that up and god i was like 4 when SC came out.
@Cocarat206 Thanks man. As a writer, I get severely aggravated when I see other writers make these blatant flaws -- especially when it's about something I love, like Starcraft.
"Admiral, the Colonal's base will be overrun in a matter of minutes. Shall we intervene? "Take us into orbit Mr. Mounsteel. We've seen enough." The sound of Alexejs lighter, the leaving of the Battlecruiser Norad III, and the lost space marine with his empty Gaus Rifle. Damn, there's not much games with that feeling. Ah, I'm gonna watch it right now!
This remind of old war stories grandfathers would tell their grandchildren, around a fireplace in the study, a bear rug, trophies both of animal and war on the ceiling, a stormy/rainy night, the boy gleefully listening, sitting on his grandfather's lap:"We were there, I was in the Cavalry, His royal majesty's 5th Dragoon regiment" as a tear comes to his eye:"I lost many friends that day, but we did our duty, against the Zulu" he breaks down some, he misses his youth, he wishes for one last charge for old times sake, but, cannot, the war is over, his youth spent, his bones ache.
A good example of this would be the overall moral ambiguity of just about every faction in the game. There were few "completely evil" factions. The Dominion was Mengsk's grab for power but it also really DID act as a force to ensure human survival. The UED was another such "grey" faction. Raynor's Raiders were "good" overall but had to make unholy alliances with their sworn enemies at points in the game. And who could forget the tragedies of Aldaris and Stukov?
Soryy i should have included that i bought mine in S'pore in Sing dollars during the release date. The collector's edition looks cool...kinda like the diablo marine
@emilysmellylikeshit While that's a fair deduction, you must understand that they made SC2 feel like it was for kids. In the originals, there was cold-blooded slaughter, suicide, war tactics, mature dialogue, and masterstroke campaigns (The UED story-line, being my all-time favorite.) Arcturus was supposed to barely build his power again after of Brood War. Confederacy should have came back, not the Dominion. Arcturus should have been some universal tyrant that sapped the Confederacy's plans.
@bender5836 I'll be honest. Besides before the invasion of char, it felt much less dark than SC and Brood war. A couple of gruesome scenes don't change that.Hopefull HotS will bring that dark theme to shine again. Of course that's my opinion anyways but most would agree on that.
And then there was Kerrigan. Her portrayal in Wings of Liberty was an atrocity onto the franchise. She was a believable, down-to-Earth character who looked out for her own interests but did so with great subtlety and finesse. She played sides for fools left and right, and won half the time not by brute force but by cunning. She was the character you loved to hate, the manipulative, Dr. House-like Queen Bitch of the Universe. In WoL, she was a simple megalomaniac. Mengsk suffered a similar fate.
I disagree with Nemesis on just what made Starcraft good. Yes, it was the dark and depressing without trying to beat you over the head with it. In other words, it was down to Earth. But the political struggle was just one part of what really made SC1 a masterpiece: It catered to the intellectual. Many important scenes weren't embellished with flashy music and fancy special effects, just dialogue and the occasional piece of post-campaign text, and a few ingame scripted sequences.
Wholeheartedly agree. SC1 and Broodwar were all grim and dark - the Terran briefing background showed worn, rusted terminals, the Marines themselves knew how fucked they all were... Flash forwards to SC2 and everything is slick and shiny. Screw that.
that pretty much sums it up for me. Starcraft 2 was too structured and businesslike, with each level playing out as a tutorial for each new unit introduced.
Choir: In my home. The soup is Terrible. This Santa effin rural slacker. Dance Finally if you want! Having long feet today! Don't EAT Soup FOR YOUR SELF~!
@MetaIhead89 cause they are cultured, and all cultured ppl end up being drawn to opera music. the music it self is brilliant and has been a form of telling a dramatic story for a looongggg time. thats my take on it. take it or leave it
@Nemesis0300 At least speaking for the Wings of Liberty story, I wanted to get past that dark and depressing feel. It's depressing well enough to see Kerrigan victorious, as well as beholding the crushed Terran forces. But with Jim Raynor, I could learn to have hope again. "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning," from Psalm 30:5 comes to mind.
TRANSLATION: Those about to die salute you the living wish you well Those about to die salute you have courage servant of god have hope hope to live, hope pray very faithful soldier for victory today by singing. Don't be afraid Of suffering The future Awaits us The soldiers will return! They will arrive victoriously! Give everything for honor!
In WoL Raynor was turned to the medieval knight and not the little pirck escaping from great powers and held as a protege of the Protoss. In Utter Darkness is not depicted as dark future as prophecized by Duran. It's not enough ominous! An yes, Mengsk was turned from a Saddam Hussein like dictator into something like Baby Doc. Kerrigan, in my opinion, was turned into a New Overmind in WoL (I haven't played HotS yet) so there was little room for cunning alliances :/
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This is the only song I ever showed my grandpa, as a Child. I knew he only listened to classical music. After he finished hearing it, he took off his headphones and looked at me funny and asked ' You said this was from a video game? ' and I nodded. He looked impressed. I will never forget that moment. I wonder where he is today. Miss you gramps ..
I love this song, and this is the only reliable place I know where to find it, so I've come to read your comment a few times. I have to say it always moves me in a profound way. I take it he's moved on. I hope you got the chance to bid him adieu properly, and that you have fond memories to carry with you.
Oskar Ström Thank you
This is beyond a simple game, it's a work of art
I feel you. Back when this game was new I was still a kid. A kid who played piano and had a soft spot for classical music. I remember even getting some sort of "What are you listening to? That sounds so nice" from my mom. This song still strikes me as beautiful, and it's not just the nostalgia speaking. Seeing how games have evolved and changed so much in the 90s alone, it was crazy to me back then to see how the dial was really getting cranked up on the quality of the music.
Definable, over the past 20 years Video game music has become much more orchestral and "epic" many are beautiful..
But there has never been anything like this, a true classical sounding well written aria.
Take us into orbit, Mr. Malmsteen. We've seen enough
Zaphador I still have the game installed on my new PC.. I've had the ORIGINAL copy, ever since it came out.
Mr. Yngwie J Malmsteen as The Pilot
@@richtersiegfried61plays arpeggios from hell
Omg I read this comment at exact time.
Remember when Blizzard was good?
Some of us are old enough.
Aged like a fine wine.
@@Donnerbalken28 Didn't even realise the comment was made 9 years ago.
The golden age of PC gaming.
Hell, the writing *was* on the wall all those years ago!
@@Donnerbalken28 more like a toxic wine in terms of story telling-that is getting worse and worse with each year passing...
Alexei Stukov: So, Gerard... I suspect you have a good reason for pulling me away from my...duties.
Gerard DuGalle: Your vodka can wait, my good Alexei. Come, stand here. You need to see this.
Alexei Stukov: I know all about the Zerg, Gerard. We've all seen the tapes a hundred-
Gerard DuGalle: [grasps Stukov's shoulder, knocking the cigar out of his mouth]
You've seen nothing! Dissecting a dead Zerg in a lab is one thing;
unleashing them on men is another! You must go into this with both eyes open. Once started, there is no going back. [stomps Stukov's cigar out] Are you prepared to go all the way with this, Alexei?
Alexei Stukov: [looks down, then pulls a fresh cigar out of his coat] Yes... yes, I am prepared to go all the way, my good admiral.
Gerard DuGalle: Good... good, I knew I could count on you.
(1:22 of this video kicks in)
Malmsteen: [over intercom] Admiral, the colonists' base will be overrun in a matter of minutes. Shall we intervene?
Gerard DuGalle: Take us into orbit, Mr. Malmsteen. We've seen enough.
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lol not like i cant watch the intro but reading this had me in tears lol
"WHERE IS THE AIR SUPPORT!"
*Points to the sky*
+Zmoe Smith Zergs : nom nom nom nom
Not here🤣
@k10a06p2000 ёr vodka can veit, mai gud Alexei
👆
English Latin Translation. ..........Those about to die salute you
You comfort them on their way
Those about to die salute you
The reward of excesses
The beginning of all created things returns
May it find rest in peace, in vernal love
Does anyone else feel a little chocked-up when they listen to this? I think it becomes even more poignant when each passing year, reflecting on the realization that so much time has passed. Don't be afraid of suffering, the future awaits us :'(
Time still passes, that didn't change
@@allthe1 It's wild getting a reply to a 7 year old comment. A sentiment from a self long forgotten, but a sentiment still ringing true.
Cheers my friend, age with grace🍻
@@JoseSanchez-mk1ed And you as well! 🍻
This scene always gave me goosebumps. Hearing this play while the lone marine stands in the trench waiting for death was really powerful. The UED is probably my favorite Terran faction because they're sophisticated and technically the rightful owners of the Koprulu sector. I'm sad that they didn't have a more prominent role in the series. The most you see them is in Brood War, and then after that they made small appearances in Starcraft 2. It makes me wonder, what's going on on Earth while the war in the Koprulu sector is raging? In the book's prologue it states there was rioting and warfare due to overpopulation. I wonder how Earth reacted to the UED's defeat. I think Blizzard should make a DLC that explores what happened on Earth pre and post brood war.
They should make Starcraft 3
A violence clash between Tal'darim and UED
Same race, new aesthetic, new playing style, new tech, more violence tone
It’s still gives me goosebumps and sometimes brings a single tear 😎
@@richtersiegfried61 Also the return of Cerebrates, or Queen factions fighting eachother for control of the zerg, or something like that, would be awesome.
@@mrspicolli Now it gives me multiple tears. _O the good souls of Blizzard, wherefore art thou?_
SC2 has a huge lack of what SC1 and SC1 Brood War had the most ==> Grim darkness future with no hope of better tommorows. It was a really sad and depressing universe, but soooo better and stronger than the manichean story of SC2 with the space cowboys of Jim Raynor against the pure evil Mengsk and the poooor Kerrigan...In BW, Kerrigan was much more evil, Mengsk wasn't 100% evil and Jim Raynor wasn't the savior of mankind. (And I miss the UED fascism ^^)
thats because starcraft 1 was supposed to be a warhammer game
Citation needed.
It actually had a storyline that can be related to the modern day, but sc2 is just off in my eyes
@@Yamifira that explains the good story and game
@@Yamifira that's an urban myth, WarCraft is supposed to be a Warhammer Fantasy game, StarCraft was never intended to be Warhammer, it's just inspired by the same universes that inspired 40k like Dune, Starship Troopers, and Babylon 5.
-Almirante, la base de los colonizadores sera invadida en cuestion de minutos, debemos intervenir?
-Llecvenos a la orbita señor Monstean, ya hemos visto bastante.....
Never thought i like Opera music, but this track changed my mind.
I agree, I want the old Blizzard that I grew up with to come back. Even playing through Diablo III, a game that should be very depressing, I felt like I was playing an arcade game. The original Diablo games were even frightening to me as a young kid, I'm 16 now, so I was about 5 years old the first time I learned that, The sanctity of that place had been fowled", I miss those days, where turning a corner made my stomach turn, I want old Blizzard classics back, I want my childhood redeemed.
Take us into orbit mr. Mannstein, we've seen enough....
That line always gives me the chills a bit ^^
1:22
N'Ayez pas peur
De soufrir
Le futur
Nous attend
Les soldats reviendront!
Arriveront victorieux!
Donnez tout pour l'honneur!
Translation:
Don't be afraid
Of suffering
The future
Awaits us
The soldiers will return!
They will arrive victoriously!
Give everything for honor!
C'est en français!!! J'avais même pas remarqué!
ehlala merci
Simon Jeanneau pareil pour moi. Et dire que je me suis toujours demandé ce qu'il disait... quand tu lis les paroles c'est plus facile de comprendre..
Définitivement!
Qui, de plus, ajoute un effet de plus à la cinématique qui s'y rattache, lorsqu'on comprend les paroles françaises, et ceux en latin tout autant.
Damn, my first language is French, and I would not have guessed they sing in French XD
Simon Jeanneau Je suis pas le seul à ne pas avoir reconnu ma langue natale, et pourtant je l'ai écouté en boucle ce morceau. :x
This song should be titled "Leave 'em behind" because Mengsk also listened this in Starcraft 2 when left Kerrigan to the zerg.
ONE OF THE MOST EPIC MOMENTS IN GAMING HISTORY!
Are you prepared to go all the way with this, Alexei?
Yes, yes I am prepared to go all the way.
Jon Duke My Good Admiral
Shakknamol Void Take us into orbit, we've seen enough. peacock!!!!!
+Jon Duke nerd chills.
Typed that in a SC game when my marines got overrun by zerg right before tactical jumping my last battlecruiser out of there. The other guy lost it laughing and surrendered.
my good admiral
I don't know if it's just nostalgia but when I think back 20 years ( omfg I got so old ) and I played my first online games with my 56k modem with people from around the world it was just an epic experience.. this is one of the best games EVER made...
it were different times back then.... everybody respected everyone and there were no haters or trolls around, people respected each other online.
I've also played starcraft 2 a lot, like 6000 games in multiplayer but starcraft is one of the BEST games ever made, starcraft 2 just doesn't stand a chance against sc and bw...
I remember I had to decide between dark reign and starcraft.. it was a really difficult decision but I don't regret that I've decided to get starcraft :)
Now I'm too old to play, I occasionally watch ASL and Korean pro's play BW and I'm glad this game is still around.
I still shit my pants a little when I hear this.
the fucking nostalgia from being a kid omg, and im autistic and live vicariously through other people and the characters in my games a lot and like I distinctly remember seeing that lone marine and ghost together knowing they were doomed seeing the look in their eyes as the ship, their only hope, leaves orbit. the sheer terror that instilled in me and like the respect it gave to zerg lol, I just will never forget. This feeling reminds me of the vibe i get looking back at the first 3 halos too
Something about peaceful music as a backdrop for gritty war just gets me...
The only thing I don't like about this song is that it isn't long enough haha. Absolutely beautiful.
@Nemesis0300 That is correct. That's where I give more of the credit to Brood War because they made the dark and depressing feel strong. WoL made the opposite sentiment not near as strong. They should have carried out the Brood War sentiment until the final battle or moment.
Kinda like the Neverending Story, I wanted to keep going(reading) after Brood War because I knew the full story could have not ended there! Something's gotta give!
Anyone know if Blizzard made this song or is it from our human past?
I think they made it. That's how epic Blizzard not Activision was
Made by Glenn Stafford, the current Principal composer at Blizzard.
One of the most epic openings i've ever scene
Skutov:What you want admiral,i need back to my "Duties".
Admiral:...
Your vodka can wait, my good Alexei.
BATTLECRUISER OPERATIONAL!!!!!!!!
I really, really don't like opera, but the music fits so god damn well to what is happening in the video...
It get shivers down my back every time I watch it ; )
i`de listen to this song while going to sleep every night and never get tired of it.
"Are you prepared to go all the way, Alexei?"
(Silence...clock ticking on the wall)
"Yes...I am prepared to go all the way...my good Admiral."
I can relate to you perfectly, with Diablo especially.
Diablo had a very Gothic and religious overtone that, accompanied by the acoustic music in Tristram at the beginning of the game, was very distinct -- the atmosphere being both intimidating and stylish. It was almost like a 3rd-world, medieval culture that was spawned from a deep sanction of hell and vomited back into the world for us to play.
Ah, the dark, dusky wastes of Tristram under the violet moonlight...
I miss the old days, too...
@Nemesis0300 This is perhaps the most eloquent and well worded summery of the first games brilliance, and the sequels short comings. Well done indeed sir!
"Take us into orbit Mr. Mungsten, we've seen enough..."
In a movie with wars and battles, you dont need rap music, or grinding metal, no pop, nothing like that. In the end, all you need in a good movie or game, is music like this!
Soldado terran colono : Quien es el encargado aquí? Donde está el refuerzo aéreo?
Dugall: Llevenos a la órbita señor mangsty, ya hemos visto suficiente.
This music is the most epic thing in the whole universe. Sir, I commend you for uploading this to RUclips. 5/5, fav'd
1:25 = all my feels.
I actually collected all of the story relevent movies andactions from the Starcraft and Starcraft Broodwar campaigns. Its a total of three hours thirty minutes.
This makes me smile every time. Isn't the same with the comically loud HEE HEE at the end though (The Michel Jackson game in sc2. Would recommend.)
(Latin part)
Morituri te Salutant
Those about to die salute you.
Via Solaris
The journey for comfort.
Morituri te Salutant
Those about to die salute you.
Precia ob orgia
The reward of mysteries.
Creatorum revenit initium
The beginning of all created things returns.
Requiescat in pace verna mori
May it find rest in peace in vernal death.
(French part)
N'Ayez pas peur
Don't be afraid
De soufrir
Of suffering
Le futur
The future
Nous attend
Awaits us
Les soldats reviendront!
The soldiers will return!
Arriveront victorieux!
They will arrive victoriously!
Donnez tout pour l'honneur!
Give everything for honor!
+이중현 (DLtheCreator) Awesome bro ty
+Sérgio Maurício No problem, friend :P
+이중현 (DLtheCreator) 라틴어인가요?
+정우석 분명 라틴어 파트하고 프랑스어 파트하고 나눠놨을텐데..
이중현 아그렇군요
Too bad Gerard never realized just how much Alexi meant his vow...Alexi paid the ultimate price for his total loyalty...and Kerrigan just laughed hysterically at how easily she tricked her way into dominance...
God I wish this was longer
I feel like having a branching narrative with Kerrigan embracing her zergness or humanity would have been great. It could have added an extra level of difficulty to an otherwise easy game by playing a human Kerrigan. The payoff would be a more empathetic narrative, but really, I just wanted a Queen of Blades who physically embodied schadenfreude and would derive whatever pleasure she could from causing pain. That would have redeemed the storyline, in my eyes.
Beautiful piece, excellent recording!
1:25 ?Admiral!The colonists base will be overrun in matter of minutes,shall we intervene
+Texas Red Take us into orbit Mr Malmsteen, we've seen enough.
*closes lighter*
I just downloaded this and played it for the first time.
I see why so many people love it
@Nemesis0300
Exactly, you hit the nail right on the head why the games feel so differant, and why Starcraft 1 just feels... I don't know, more REAL...
@Ignat Kozlov
Try "M.A.D. Menu theme" (the almost lost strategy 3D game)
"Les troyens"by Hector Berlioz, namely "Vallon Sonore"
Soldier Chorus from the Opera Dekabristi
Empire Earth 2 intro music
Goosebumps
This truly speaks volumes. To the kid who enjoyed the blood bath and the carnage. To the adult who saw sacrifice and hard choices life brings. This will always be in my heart as one of the greatest! For my comrades..... An friends who died... We move forward.
holy shit I never figured out the second part is in french, I just saw it in the comments here...
btw, I know a lot of people don't like SC2 story cause it's not as good as BW, but man, SC2 story is good in it's own way.
This masterpiece is pulling me away from my duties.
Not just the music but the trailer/intro is amazing. I just saw the Stormgate trailer and it was so lacking, so very formulaic and reminiscent of modern AAA trailers.
Unlike Stormgate, StarCraft's cinematics didn't rely on constant action, explosions, martial arts, forced badass moments like some mech suit coming down to turn around at the single soldier and go "I got this!" rather than paying attention to the attacking demon, it all feels so forced and stupid. This does just enough to show the horrors of war, no one is doing martial stunts, people are just shooting for their lives. Then the conversation on the ship and the music seemingly coming from speakers inside the ship turning into something grim as the camera cuts back to the planet and the trenches while the marine just looks up as they're left for dead and getting overrun by Zerg, without actually showing what happens to them, leaving it up to imagination.
Very, very powerful, I wish the industry could go back to these kind of trailers, but I suppose they have no faith in the attention span of their viewers.
The song is in french, it's an old french military song.
the word "epic" isnt enough to describe the feeling i had first seeing the brood war intro.
Absolutely outstanding !!🧐
@Agent1W The problem that Wings of Liberty has is the same problem as a lot of sequels to old things have.
Whether it be the new Indiana Jones film, the Phantom Menace, or the Wings of Liberty, etc.
They all suffer from the same condition;
The creators decided that it was a good idea to acknowledge the fact that the there was time between the last game and the new game by atmospherically breaking the fourth-wall.
I want a game that continues like it was a day later -- I wanted Starcraft.
well thats classic!! i love it
@Speed4532 The name of the battlecruiser is actually Aleksander, the flagship of the UED expedition.
o wow..starcraft/broodwar...i remember these days, get goosebumps listening to this tune..
thank you so much! been looking for this forever! :)
of course things were always better then than now, the attitude towards doing things like planning a whole game was so much more than just a mercenary notion, look at mainstream media now, its a crazy world out there
greatest blizz composition ever...
@DarkAntem wow i never knew that , thats freakin awesome and ironic at the same time. Took me 12 years to pick that up and god i was like 4 when SC came out.
@Cocarat206 Thanks man. As a writer, I get severely aggravated when I see other writers make these blatant flaws -- especially when it's about something I love, like Starcraft.
Pure love here
Oh how I miss this
"Admiral, the Colonal's base will be overrun in a matter of minutes. Shall we intervene?
"Take us into orbit Mr. Mounsteel. We've seen enough."
The sound of Alexejs lighter, the leaving of the Battlecruiser Norad III, and the lost space marine with his empty Gaus Rifle.
Damn, there's not much games with that feeling.
Ah, I'm gonna watch it right now!
frkn love the ending
just hope that blizzard comes out with something just as beautiful, if not more so!
I'd like to hear an epic trailer version of this song
This remind of old war stories grandfathers would tell their grandchildren, around a fireplace in the study, a bear rug, trophies both of animal and war on the ceiling, a stormy/rainy night, the boy gleefully listening, sitting on his grandfather's lap:"We were there, I was in the Cavalry, His royal majesty's 5th Dragoon regiment" as a tear comes to his eye:"I lost many friends that day, but we did our duty, against the Zulu" he breaks down some, he misses his youth, he wishes for one last charge for old times sake, but, cannot, the war is over, his youth spent, his bones ache.
A good example of this would be the overall moral ambiguity of just about every faction in the game. There were few "completely evil" factions. The Dominion was Mengsk's grab for power but it also really DID act as a force to ensure human survival. The UED was another such "grey" faction. Raynor's Raiders were "good" overall but had to make unholy alliances with their sworn enemies at points in the game. And who could forget the tragedies of Aldaris and Stukov?
@Speed4532 I think it's "Mr. Malmsteen" but otherwise, good stuff!
@Cocarat206 Not much we can do.
Good to know that there are other out there who don't like things just because of who produced them.
Morituri Te Salutant
To those about to die, we salute you.
then again the thought of those about to rock comes to mind
When your friend says he can't help you in a video game because he's on the other side of the map: 1:35
Are you prepared to go all the way with this Alexi?
@Speed4532
Norad 3?! It's the Alexsander! The UED Expeditionnary Force Flagship! The Norad III is Duke's flagship! Jeez.
Soryy i should have included that i bought mine in S'pore in Sing dollars during the release date. The collector's edition looks cool...kinda like the diablo marine
@emilysmellylikeshit While that's a fair deduction, you must understand that they made SC2 feel like it was for kids.
In the originals, there was cold-blooded slaughter, suicide, war tactics, mature dialogue, and masterstroke campaigns (The UED story-line, being my all-time favorite.)
Arcturus was supposed to barely build his power again after of Brood War. Confederacy should have came back, not the Dominion. Arcturus should have been some universal tyrant that sapped the Confederacy's plans.
a classic.
@bender5836 I'll be honest. Besides before the invasion of char, it felt much less dark than SC and Brood war. A couple of gruesome scenes don't change that.Hopefull HotS will bring that dark theme to shine again. Of course that's my opinion anyways but most would agree on that.
Old blizzard, as someone who loved both Starcraft games diablo 2-3 and Warcraft 2.....
THIS SONG’S FOR YOU, BABY!!!
are you prepared to go all the way with this alexei?
And then there was Kerrigan. Her portrayal in Wings of Liberty was an atrocity onto the franchise. She was a believable, down-to-Earth character who looked out for her own interests but did so with great subtlety and finesse. She played sides for fools left and right, and won half the time not by brute force but by cunning. She was the character you loved to hate, the manipulative, Dr. House-like Queen Bitch of the Universe. In WoL, she was a simple megalomaniac. Mengsk suffered a similar fate.
The name of the song is morituri te salutant, translated from latin to english, it means 'those about to die salute you'.
I disagree with Nemesis on just what made Starcraft good. Yes, it was the dark and depressing without trying to beat you over the head with it. In other words, it was down to Earth. But the political struggle was just one part of what really made SC1 a masterpiece: It catered to the intellectual. Many important scenes weren't embellished with flashy music and fancy special effects, just dialogue and the occasional piece of post-campaign text, and a few ingame scripted sequences.
Wholeheartedly agree.
SC1 and Broodwar were all grim and dark - the Terran briefing background showed worn, rusted terminals, the Marines themselves knew how fucked they all were...
Flash forwards to SC2 and everything is slick and shiny. Screw that.
that pretty much sums it up for me. Starcraft 2 was too structured and businesslike, with each level playing out as a tutorial for each new unit introduced.
Choir:
In my home.
The soup is Terrible.
This Santa effin rural slacker.
Dance Finally if you want!
Having long feet today!
Don't EAT Soup FOR YOUR SELF~!
Great memories ..
@MetaIhead89 cause they are cultured, and all cultured ppl end up being drawn to opera music. the music it self is brilliant and has been a form of telling a dramatic story for a looongggg time. thats my take on it. take it or leave it
Oh my god i think im gonna cry horribly!
@JurassicParker
admiral, shall we intervene?
That was a bad day for the Space Marines... :P
@Nemesis0300 At least speaking for the Wings of Liberty story, I wanted to get past that dark and depressing feel. It's depressing well enough to see Kerrigan victorious, as well as beholding the crushed Terran forces. But with Jim Raynor, I could learn to have hope again.
"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning," from Psalm 30:5 comes to mind.
TRANSLATION:
Those about to die salute you
the living wish you well
Those about to die salute you
have courage
servant of god have hope
hope to live, hope
pray very faithful soldier
for victory today
by singing.
Don't be afraid
Of suffering
The future
Awaits us
The soldiers will return!
They will arrive victoriously!
Give everything for honor!
cool
Take is into orbit Mr Malmsteen
i wish i could find music similar to this
Elfenlied - Lilium
In WoL Raynor was turned to the medieval knight and not the little pirck escaping from great powers and held as a protege of the Protoss. In Utter Darkness is not depicted as dark future as prophecized by Duran. It's not enough ominous! An yes, Mengsk was turned from a Saddam Hussein like dictator into something like Baby Doc. Kerrigan, in my opinion, was turned into a New Overmind in WoL (I haven't played HotS yet) so there was little room for cunning alliances :/