I absolutely love your videos. I teach elementary music and I have shown them to my kids as a visual way to follow the music and they are always much more engaged being able to see what the instruments are doing while they listen/move to the music. One third grader thought they were as fun as the "Line Rider" videos that I play as a little treat at the end of class sometimes.
In the video game Dota 2, the character Mars (the very same Roman deity named in this song) hums the main chord of this song on occasion and when he casts his ultimate ability (Arena of Blood) the heavy drum section of this song at 4:55 briefly plays over it as a sound effect for all other players caught in it to hear.
My favorite 2 bars of this is at @5:43...that trombone moment is just vicious. Fake out start of the euphonium solo from @2:27. It comes out of nowhere, fff***issimo and just slaps hard. I love this toying of melodic ideas that Holst loves to do. I've listening to this piece since I was 8...reenacting Star Wars battles in the basement while playing this. Now a music teacher who is indebted to Stephen for making these animations. It's help so much in teaching about textures. Amazing visuals as always. Thanks Stephen!
I like the variety of animations in this video. It is nice to watch the icons scrolling like the real sheet music, but having different animations and flow gives a different life to the music.
WOW this is the best version of Mars ive ever seen Also, i just noticed you have a drum icon now at the top occasionally appearing. How do you do that?
It wasn't till after I watched this I read the description and saw that this was a performance by the U.S. Air Force Band. No wonder the winds and brass were so powerful. I wonder what group the string players came from. I don't know of any "U.S. Air Force Symphony Orchestra"
That's because the Star Wars themes were inspired by The Planets suite. This specific piece was used as a placeholder in the movie before the Imperial March was created. I think a lot of orchestral movie music was inspired by the suite.
What I find poetic is that it was only after Holst wrote Mars, the Bringer of War that the Great War began. Unfortunately, when he finished his next piece, Venus, the Bringer of Peace, peace did not come.
I absolutely love your videos. I teach elementary music and I have shown them to my kids as a visual way to follow the music and they are always much more engaged being able to see what the instruments are doing while they listen/move to the music. One third grader thought they were as fun as the "Line Rider" videos that I play as a little treat at the end of class sometimes.
*This Is the Most Brutal version I've Ever Heard In My Entire Life.*
Fantastic work, as always. I love the methods used to convey the different sections.
In the video game Dota 2, the character Mars (the very same Roman deity named in this song) hums the main chord of this song on occasion and when he casts his ultimate ability (Arena of Blood) the heavy drum section of this song at 4:55 briefly plays over it as a sound effect for all other players caught in it to hear.
This is indeed a gripping performance! The brass is brilliant, and the woodwinds and strings add just the right color. Love the visualization, too!
My favorite 2 bars of this is at @5:43...that trombone moment is just vicious. Fake out start of the euphonium solo from @2:27. It comes out of nowhere, fff***issimo and just slaps hard. I love this toying of melodic ideas that Holst loves to do. I've listening to this piece since I was 8...reenacting Star Wars battles in the basement while playing this. Now a music teacher who is indebted to Stephen for making these animations. It's help so much in teaching about textures. Amazing visuals as always. Thanks Stephen!
I'm so happy to hear that you're using these with your students.
You can never go wrong with a little bit of Holst, especially with Mars.
The section that starts at 2:26 always reminds me of the Hoth cues from "The Empire Strikes Back."
The end is alsl found in the middle sequence in the opening sequence
Great 👋✌️
Bravo! It was as much fun to 'watch' as it is to play!
astonishing sound, the band's name, the air force. Can't imagine we flew to the moon at all.
BRAVO!
Finally…
You really surpassed yourself with this. 🎉
Absolutely amazing! Thank you!
I like the variety of animations in this video. It is nice to watch the icons scrolling like the real sheet music, but having different animations and flow gives a different life to the music.
Sounds BRUTAL!
Amazing, Thank You!
very nice
I'm a big fan of Isao Tomita's electronic synth version of The Planets from 1976
*WOW*
Great work, Stephen!
I really like the new graphics.
Been hoping to one day see this since you created the animation for Jupiter, this is completely amazing!!!!
That's a fine performance, and the video is great too.
WOW this is the best version of Mars ive ever seen
Also, i just noticed you have a drum icon now at the top occasionally appearing. How do you do that?
It's one of the percussion renderers (see www.musanim.com/Renderers/ ).
Just out of curiosity, what other versions have you seen?
Mr Malinowski, vous êtes vraiment un artiste. En cette période de guerre en Ukraine, ce visuel est d'autant plus parlant.
oh wow! here it comes
Get the feeling Holst was inspired by H.G Wells The War Of The Worlds, certainly fits the themes and mood of that classic novel from 1898.
Hardcore 🤘
7:36 part of the Star Wars theme song
Overly bright-sounding trumpets aside, this visualization made my day.
Awesome :)
A total winner named Jonathan is watching this
It wasn't till after I watched this I read the description and saw that this was a performance by the U.S. Air Force Band. No wonder the winds and brass were so powerful. I wonder what group the string players came from. I don't know of any "U.S. Air Force Symphony Orchestra"
www.music.af.mil/USAFBand/Ensembles/Air-Force-Strings/
@@smalin thank you! Maybe that belongs in the description
3:29
"but it wasn't as gripping a performance"
Interesting way to say that it was merely a transcription for band that didn't have any string parts ;)
Something's missing in the opening?
See the FAQ.
It is in C
Were colonizing mars with this one🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
This sounds somewhat like an amalgamation of various Star Wars themes.
That's because the Star Wars themes were inspired by The Planets suite. This specific piece was used as a placeholder in the movie before the Imperial March was created. I think a lot of orchestral movie music was inspired by the suite.
Imperial March was based off of Funeral March, right?
Who says there’s no life on Mars?
Are you planning to animate the entire suite?
I mostly don’t make plans.
@@smalin But you did it! Thank you very much for this wonderful series!
Wouldn’t want to hear this in France or the Low Countries during WW2
What I find poetic is that it was only after Holst wrote Mars, the Bringer of War that the Great War began. Unfortunately, when he finished his next piece, Venus, the Bringer of Peace, peace did not come.
@@michaelweiske702 Mars plays again in 1939….
My loser friend Jonathan is gonna watch this
😟😔😭
Well your friend has great taste in music and in great visuals
The trumpet sounds bad
This piece is plagiarized for the superman soundtrack.
www.cultureslate.com/explained/this-classical-music-inspired-john-williams-during-the-scoring-of-star-wars
LMAO, you have to be KIDDING
this is a poorly executed joke
please let this be a poorly executed joke
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