Shovel Knight OST - An Underlying Problem (The Lost City)
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2014
- Track 13
Artist - Jake Kaufman
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Hands down my favorite track of the whole game. THIS DAMN STAGE THOUGH! URRRRGGGGHH!!!!!
I find the Clockwork Tower harder, myself...
***** Yeah those fucking missiles that get generated from the side of the screen.
SockbatReplicaOne
i suddenly dawned on me that those missles are supposed to be the medusa heads from castlevania
This was one of the easiest levels in the game to me, especially compared to the two it was paired with.
Crazy how everyone has their different "hardest level". Good game design is good. :P
If you play as Plague Knight and hold the down button after seeing the Toupple King, Plague Knight's dance actually lines up pretty well with this song.
In my opinion, this is the best track in the game. Especially the beginning. ESPECIALLY on the second loop.
Best song in the game imo
+scaper12123 I honestly can't decide between this or "Strike the Earth." They both are freaking phenomenal pieces of music.
Man, the whole fucking soundtrack is gold from beginning to end. No skip tracks
Some parts of the song sounds like Shantae: Half gene hero's dance though the danger.
My top five stage songs
1. Underlying Problem
2. La Danse Macabre
3. Thousand Leagues Below
4. High Above the Land
5. Of Devious Machinations
and that is why JSaK Should had made more levels with a remix of this being one of them
The beginning screams mega man
The whole soundtrack does, in my opinion. It follows a lot of the musical tropes, chord changes, syncopations, etc. But these tracks are just awesome so I'm not complaining. They're a love letter to old 8-bit music and manage to improve on it by using expansion channels and years of experience that the coders in the 80's didn't have. In the music world there is very little that's 100% original. We take inspiration from other sources and run with it and make it our own.
SquareWaveHeaven Megaman composer also worked in the music.
Disar not this track though
That's why Shovel Knight is considered the son of Castelvania and Megaman, in gameplay, desing and music And I've to say, I prefer this awesome game as a sucessor of both legends, before a strange-weird-thing-game from Capcom or Namco. (Specially the first...)
In some parts of the song has "dance though the danger" from Shantae: Half genie hero.
OH MY GOD.
IMAGING PLAYING SMASH RUN WITH THIS SONG IN THE BACKGROUND.
+Dan Bitt dodongos
+Soupah Mario If Sm4sh had Adventure Mode, this song (and others) will never stop playing! ^v^
+Angus McIntyre Adding to that, I don't know if I'd wanna even leave the level. Because of this tune, I'd wanna keep going for miles on end!
oh hi nick
Don't u just hate those Ornes and reapers ruin it though
I just realised something I think this level may be based of pompeii it's a City that's buried with a volcano and the architecture of the buildings in the background looks very similar this may just be me over analysing the game but I think having the city level be the lava level seems to random to not have some kind of inspiration behind it
from what nation?
iceland?
Japan?
New Zealand?
What do you mean what nation he said pompeii
@@Frog-ux5qu Pompeii is a city in Italy btw guys
1.25 speed... It's Disco Knight!!
i love how the overactive bass line represents mole knight by being the underlying groove factor
Just bought both this and the arranged OST for this spectacular game, and I LOVE it all. But this one and Plains Of Passage...hands down the best tracks in the game. It's like the first time I heard the music from Mega Man 2 and Shatterhand all over again. Kaufman is a *GOD* of game composition.
To be fair he wasn't the only one working on the music Manami Matsumae participated aswell as in the lady who made the music and sound for Mega Man 1 and the sound for 2.
bitzcope Manami Matsumae only co-compose with 2 songs; Flowers of Antimony (The Explodatorium) and A Thousand Leagues Below (Iron Whale). She is prominently a freelance composer, so she likely worked those songs together based on Jake's existing tracks.
Was still participating and i'm pretty certain she might have inspired parts of the rest if not co-composed them.
bitzcope During an interview on Vinesauce, two of the devs stated she did the sound design for some of the ambient and combat sounds and the tracks for Iron Whale and the Explodatorium. Otherwise, I'd attribute the rest of the soundtrack to Virt.
bitzcope participation and actually composing are 2 different things. As for inspired, you could just as easily say he was inspired by anyone else who composed for Mega Man or similar games like Takashi Tateishi, BunBun, or Yuko Takehara . Manami Matsumae is a fantastic musician without question, but credit should be given where it is due. And the stats say that the majority of this game's ost is pure Jake Kaufman.
This song is so damn good!! It freakin makes me wanna cry that’s how good it is
All of these tunes fit *perfectly* with their respective levels. "La Danse Macabre" sounds 'spooky, this one feels like you should be traversing an underground city, what have you...
Also it's very lively, which a volcanic caverns would be a very lively place considering all the molten rock everywhere.
InfernalSpawnODOOM I agree with underground city, but the first time I heard this song before I played the game, I thought I'd be traveling through an underground cave made of crystals, not of molten lava
0:29 - 0:59
I need to hear this on an actual saxophone.
JaxOf7 insaneintherainmusic just did a sax cover of it!
Grimoire Hunter when do you plan to upload it ?
I would love to hear it !
the consouls did a cover of this song in a jazz version
Anyone active here still?
This game is friggin' amazingly fun.
one of the best underground themes in the history of video games. 'nuff said
Dat title pun doe.
I like to imagine a world where Shovel Knight was made in the 80s, and beat the shit out of the Nintendo mascot
I wouldn't exist as it is though. This game is filled with ideas from other existing franchises that if it was made in the late 80s it would be a completely different experience.
Considering Shovel Knight is who he is as a big send-up and love letter to Nintendo mascots... Yeah, nah.
It's Nintendo that created scrolling.
How create before our creator ?
If anything, it would be on the Nes or Snes, considering that SK is much more NES over Genesis. So it'd be on nintendo's side
This game's soundtrack is truly groundbreaking!
theres so much attention to detail in each of these songs it's mind blowing.
I heard this song on the radio on the way home from vermont
KaiserTheKid I would be smiling ear to ear if I heard a Shovel Knight tune pop up on the radio :D
+KaiserTheKid Were you listening to NPR? Sometimes they play chiptune music, I've heard them play daft punk a few times.
+Gaburaisu Knakrack yes
+Gaburaisu Knakrack omg what radie station is it?
Well, that's the bad part. They mostly do news and comedy radio shows in my area, and the music is almost exclusively for transitions between shows. This means that there is unfortunately no actual music radio station which broadcasts Shovel Knight music, as awesome as that would be.
The actual radio station varies for your area, your local public radio will sometimes carry NPR broadcasts.
Sounds like a Wily stage. That's how awesome it sounds!!!❤❤
You know damn well when the second loop came on you was thinking ohhhh ya this shit slaps
This is my favorite track, stage, and boss in the game. It's just so damn awesome.
How can i be nostalgic for this game when it wasnt out not too long ago?
hehe
I LOVE THIS TRACK SO MUCH.
sounds very michael jackson-ish
My favorite theme, thank you Mole Knight.
0:30 has to be based on part of Area K’s theme in Mega Man ZX, heck, the bosses are both fiery and related to moles, and they’re digging for something valuable in a level filled with lava
Anyone have any speed running tips for the bug segments, I still need the Hurry Up achievement
Best Song in the game IMO
0:22 Did you hear that? These Mega Man 5 vibes... (And Shantae too, now I noticed) That's why, this is my favourite theme.
In fact, even if is not canon, I like to think that Shovel Knight and Mega Man took place in the same world.
Like this:
Shovel Knight: 14XX
Mega Man: 20XX
I saw you before on mega man 5 protoman's castle you posted lyrics
Halop sparten A Yup. I like to make lyrics for almost everything XDXD
I could actually argue that it takes place at the same time... Knight Man, for instance is based on medieval themes. Also, robots could technically exist at the same time, because in Shovel Knight, we have flying steampunk ships.
Darkaraz the composer that did the music in shovel knight was also the person that composed music for Shantae as well.
This song is crack cocaine. Not that I'd know what that's like.
Sure. That's what they _all_ say. ;)
I'm inclined to agree: this song is one of my favorites from Shovel Of Hope...and that's saying a LOT, considering how good this soundtrack is.
I love ur name lmao
Good-lord... WHY is this song so good!
That groove.
One of the best tracks in the game
my favorite
close shop everybody, this is how it's done
i dont remember the stage but i remember hearing the start of this soundtrack a lot so im guessing it was a very hard stage xD
why is this my favourite video game song of all time
My Favourite song in the entire game!
This music and stage always reminds me to ''La Mulana''
DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST EPIC TRACKS IN THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sort of reminds me of Hydrocity Zone.
Wich Act?
DV THE FOX Sounds like Act 2
It does! The melody progression and beat share some similarities.
no not really
Actually, I'm reminded of an earlier work by Kaufman - Mount Vesuvius from DuckTales Remastered (though not sure if this song came before or AFTER the DuckTales remake).
This makes me think if Shovel Knight took place in modern times, this would play in a nightclub level. Fitting that it would take place in the "underground".
Love it
Imo this is what Imagine is what dhovel Knight's hears he knows stuff gets urgent and he needs to rescue shield knight
dis mah JAM!!
So, Virt composed the music for DuckTales Remastered, and the Mount Vesuvius theme has sections that sound _exactly_ like this. Jake, you sly wizard.
An excavation project of this scope would be respectable, in happier times.
Bard: This driving ditty was meant to increase productivity. But it backfired completely - everyone started dancing!
Am I crazy or did I hear Dance Through the Danger at 0:21?
+Sean-Patrick Racaniello YEAH! that's exactly it, right? :)
Every time I listened to that part I was reminded of Shantae. I'm glad people agree and I'm not insane.
+Sean-Patrick Racaniello
Jake Kaufman composed both pieces of music. I haven't played a Shantae game yet, but it's only a matter of time now :D
No I hear it too, doubly so now that Spectre of Torment is out and there's a remixed version of this song where it's even more clear.
I was thinking no one else heard it ._.
Reminds me SO MUCH of the music in Lava Reef Zone in Sonic and Knuckles
Is Beautifull ❤
I really need to play this game and its expansions again. I never even played King Knight's. Question is, should I do it on Switch or 3DS? I have both, and the 3D effect on 3DS is awesome...
Godlike!
My favourite tune in the game! :D
Also, I noticed Kaufman snuck a little Shantae in my Shovel Knight at 0:22.
supermariobro93
Which Shantae song is that part a reference to? I've seen people bring that up a lot.
RassilonTDavros Dance Through The Danger
OMG that's epic
I just realised that shield knight is the only knight who doesn't wear a mask or something like that.
Mega Shovel Man Knight
If only we could have a mix similar to supersquare's attempt, but one that followed this melody as opposed to switching it up and slamming in their own little "dubstep" bit. I think there might actually be rest in the comment sections for a change.
If nobody got me I know that bouncy beetle thing got me
Such a FUCKING jam, good lord
mole knight became my favourite knight of the quarter mostly due to this song
Carajo que bueno que estaba el Shovel Knight
King of Card Stages
Goo Gorge
Bohto's Big Bounce
Why does this level remind me of Lost Izalith in Dark Souls?
Come on I can't be the only one who gets the Sonic 3 &Knuckles Lava Reef Zone vibes
You're not the only one it also reminds me of Hydrocity and Lava Reef aswell.
Reminds me of Heat Man's theme
0:22 dance through the danger?
Шикарная тема. Мой респект композитору Кауфману
This song makes me think of Incident 01 from FX4
Everyone go check out the Consouls version of this
It gives me a slight Shantae vibes at 0:22.
" _Underlying_ Problem" HA GET IT BECAUSE HE'S A MOLE AND HE'S UNDERGROUND!??!?!?!1111
if you want the best quality go download the .nsf, its like 600kb lmao the whole OST is on it but you'll need an nsf tracker
What if I told you I played this song on piano. And it's on youtube. And it sounds good. (At least to me it does... >_>)
0:59 Eargasm
Best part is 0:58
Watch out for hot molten lava.
I never thougth there was people who like the same music like me i mean, videogames music
To those of you who came from TvTropes because you heard this song has part of "Dance Through The Danger" in it, 0:22 here ya go.
Some parts remind me of shantae. Funny how that works out.
0:21
shantae inspiration?
Highly likely similarities ;) same composer!
:O I never realized
0:22 Dance Through the Danger?
***** A Shovel Knight/Shantae mash up would be AMAZING.
***** My god it really sounds like Dance Through the Danger, holy shit.
WHY ARE THERE NO COVERS OF THIS
there is a medley done by RichaadEB on youtube, his medley includes this track :)
+Ivster yeah but it's so short and so far into the medley :(
true :( would be really awesome
I made a cover of this. Lol
L-Y3T but...but metal covers ;-; there are almost none
this is my favorite ost of shovel knight it resemble dr willy of megaman and for fuck sake it use the same style of sound chip of duck tale ....
every rip of this OST on RUclips is distorted. :(
So upload your own, or just listen to it on virt's bandcamp in the link in the description
i just checked the mp3 i bought from his website. the whole album is distorted
It sounds the same to me as it does in the game, so I'm not quite sure what you mean by distorted. You could learn to rip it yourself I guess.
if you take a look at the waveform in an audio editor, you can see that the volume is way too high. the waveform looks like one solid bar instead of a bunch of peaks and valleys.
that makes it sound compressed/distorted.
0:15 Invicible lollipop
GET BACK TO WORK!
0:29 Kinda reminds me of Battle of The Holy from Castlevania The Adventure.
ruclips.net/video/dbgGxQGd4I4/видео.html
0.5 speed for vaporwaveknight
Comments be like “this is similar to/this reminds me of ____”
ToxicxEternity does an amazing cover of this.
Ya, he did. I used ToxicEternity's remix to replace the original shitty music for Stalin Subway. It works surprisingly well - y'can hear it for y'self in muh videos. The "MSU Cellar" and "KGB prison" levels used his soundtrack.
I'll take your word for it, pahtnah.
I used two other Shovel Knight remixes as well. For several metro station levels, y'can hear the "Strike the Earth" and "Flowers of Antimony" remixes. Alas, Stalin Subway has only 8 slotz for songz, so I couldn't use more of these masterpieces, so I had to chose the VERY BEST. And ToxicEternity surely earned the rightz for his song t'be in Stalin Subway!!!
I hear Shantae.... Why do I hear Shantae...?
+Atomic Deathray It's the same composer, so It'd make sense his style would be apparent here.
I think.
***** Lol
White Zekrom yes, Jake Kaufmam certainly has a signature sound
0:20 MegaMan V
VERY PUNNY :(
no sense of running from this great song
CarelessRook117 You know a lot of people actually like that song a lot.
CarelessRook117
What song are you talking about?
CarelessRook117 Can you provide a link? I'm genuinely curious now
CarelessRook117 You don't have a clue what dubstep is (and No i am not a fan of dubstep)
CarelessRook117 thats just your opinion man, i love it. just becouse YOU dont like it doesnt mean its bad, so sod right off will you.
I fucking hate this stage, but the music tough...
If you play as Plague Knight and hold the down button after seeing the Toupple King, Plague Knight's dance actually lines up pretty well with this song.
Reminds me of Bomb Man's stage from Mega Man 1...
Possible,the game has been inspired also from Mega Man.