When i was a kid i manually created the entire soundtrack for myself: i turned off the in-game sound effects, plugged the audio cables from my PS into a computer and recorded every single level for like 5 minutes. Then i edited the tracks and burned them onto a CD. Feels like such a waste if time now that youtube exists, but still proud of it
Holy Resourceful, Batman! a friend and I routed the audio from guitar hero to my guitar's wah-wah pedal and played guitar hero with a wah effect. Of course, it did the whole song, not just the guitar!
I did the same with a track from Ape Escape, and some PS2 games. PS2's sound level is lower than PS1's for some reason, and I got a lot of white noise while recording off PS2.
When my dad was lazy and my mom was out working he stuck a controller in front of me as I laid out, 3 years old on a mattress in the living room of my childhood home. Spyro the Dragon was my first game ever, Reignited Trilogy felt like it was made for me specifically. Stewart Copeland thank you so much for this.
I also started out as a drummer. But over the years I wanted to set another challenge for myself & so slowly but surely I built my musical empire of learning guitar, bass, keyboards & vocals as well. And these days I'm very fond of writing soundtrack music as well. I'm mostly into writing for horror movies & like to use very much dissonance in my score writing. Really amazing how it subconsciously all starts during childhood while you carelessly play a video game & eventually you get influenced by all those fabulous soundtracks & eventually become a composer yourself. Upon revisiting the Spyro games & soundtracks after many years again, it's amazing how you completely perceive the soundtrack differently now as a musician. Knowning whats going on behind all those riffs & melodies. And being able to understand the formula on why it works so well. etc All the Spyro games are very funky in my opinion. Very heavy & lead centric basslines. Tight & complex drumming. Altogether a really emphasis on the rhythmic section.
Every time someone brings up Spyro (especially the first one) the music is almost always the forefront of the convo. I think it is a perfect example of a game where the music defines the atmosphere of almost every level perfectly. In a level like Gnorc Cove, I don't know what it is but something about it gives off a "working a job at a seaside harbor" vibe, which is so specific yet somehow Copeland was able to portray it in music.
Oh for sure. And from what I understand, he took the job seriously. Like I read/heard he played through each level and got a feel for the vibe he should go for for each level's theme. And he definitely did an outstanding job
@@Forged4War206 Just commenting after 1 year to give you approval. Exactly thinking the same thing. My most favorite is Dark Hallow 7:30 and the music literally feels like a dark hallow. :D
The soundtrack certainly helped Spyro's aesthetic, but I think the core of the game was also so good. If you look at other games of this style at the time, the hub worlds were mostly just functional, Like Crash Bandicoot's hub world in 2 was just a circular room, Mario 64's was better with the castle motif, but Spyro's hub worlds were like their own mini levels, so there was always something to do, more to explore, you always felt like you were in an adventure. There also the fact that they were innovative with their enemies, they were unique in that the enemies weren't just mindless drones that did one thing (walking in a straight line, falling straight down, swinging back and forth, etc.) Enemies had personality, they'd run away from you, hide, or attack you in a unique, memorable way. People take that for granted now, but that wasn't always the norm, especially in early 3D titles. Spyro 1 was to Spyro what Super Mario Bros 1 was to 2D Mario games, the pure distillation of the game's mechanics executed to perfection. While I think 2 and especially 3 were good as well, I feel like all the future games relied on gimmicks that weren't necessary to have a good experience and they honestly dragged the games down. The original Spyro felt so focused in it's design, no unnecessary frills.
This soundtrack brings such bittersweet memories. I'll never forget it. I was nine when my grandfather just got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and wanted to distract me from what was going on because I was young and clueless at the time. He surprised me with a playstation one and tricked/told me that he couldn't get past a level and needed my help. He opened my world into Spyro and as I got past that level, he eased on out of the room. To this day that playstation and disc still exists and was passed down to my brother as a gift since he never got to meet him. He passed away right before I turned 11 and it's been 18 years since he has passed away. But I'll never forget him and I'll always appreciate this game even more for the fond memories that I had with him and it. I continued to play the rest of the trilogy as I got older and to see them finally remastered, is so awesome. I got to tell my kids just how awesome my/their Paw-Paw was and how he introduced me to Doom and many other games when I exposed them to Spyro. To me, I feel like he's still with me every time that I play it.
Thats because Hes Always watching over you and smiling that You shared those same memories with Your kids :) i know because i lost my grandma to breast cancer when she was 68 years Young So Never forget your roots @ScaryTaco
@@chilipeppers9728 bro no offense but you talking to the wrong GEN, ME INCLUDED, so get lost bulb lol jk but kid I wish you got to experience what we got to experience, cause talking about the 90s and early 2000s doesnt give it justice the sad thing kid is that no new spyro game no matter how good it is will ever replicate the late 90s early 2000s atmosphere. you just had to be there. i was literally playing spyro at home waiting to be taken to see the phantom menace,
Its been... 18-19 years? since I played Spyro last. I still hear that little fellow in my head when I chase things in other games. Some things just stick with you.
They fact they included this soundtrack in the Reignited Trilogy was EVERYTHING to me. This music takes me back to my earliest, earliest days like nothing else. A truely masterful piece of music making genius and a criminally underappreciated video game soundtrack
@@MXVDJ All these dubstep noobs talking about bass in their dubstep and how much bass their dubstep generates on the bass cannon... Try and play the Spyro OST through a bass cannon without shaking the ground, and report back to me when you're done. (another thing added to my bucket list... build a bass cannon, play Spyro OST through bass cannon and document results...)
Now, as musician (not pro) i know it's a double bass (or sometimes Bass + Octaver -12). The attack (pick) is wide Stereo, the bass line is nearly pure and mono, that's the secret.
Man this soundtrack hits home from the start. No excuses, no songs that are bad, no levels that werent or arent fun to play. Thank you Stewart Copeland
Fun fact about Wizard's Peak at 52:11 - People who watched The Amanda Show will notice it sounds very similar to the song used in the credits of that show. I remember noticing this as a kid and thinking that it was a weird coincidence, or that one copied the other, but it's because Stewart Copeland did the music for the show as well. Crazy stuff
I'll probably cry if I ever play Spyro again. It was my favorite game to play with my big sister while growing up, and just hearing this makes me miss her so much.
Growing up with this game and haven beaten the trilogy 200-300 times I’ve found it super relaxing to fall asleep to the sound track. It brings back a certain comfort that nothing can give me anymore. Thank you Stewart Copeland.
The theme to Tree Tops is ingrained in my memory. The imagery I get is just Spyro plummeting to his demise as I misjudge glide after glide. I remember that level being a bit scary and intimidating as a kid.
What I love the most about this soundtrack, it is that emphasizes a lot on drums . When I used to play spyro I would think"geee this music is beautiful, great drummer, these guys must be japanese...", then years after I discovered the main cause about this ost emphazising on drums... it is because it was made by one of my heroes and a great rock drummer... Mr Stewart Coppeland!!!. Hope he get's on youtube from time to time to check these comments and learn how happy he made us all. Almost 20 years after I played spyro, I still put this music while working on my job excel docs... and I wonder.
The Wikipedia stub article reads: "The dragonpop genre is characterized by its wispy composition of air instruments and use of piano keys in the higher octaves along with a gently rumbling bass and lightly tapped cymbal. Some songs feature the musical tinkling of bells."
Actually, it kinda is. The music on this game was composed by Stewart Copeland of 80s band The Police. A big part of why I love this game. I remember picking this up the day it came out on my 19th birthday. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Copeland had contributed to the game.
Its sad to know a generation after us will never get the experience of having the nostalgic flashback of being a little kid again staring up at a box tv waiting to beat the next level of spyro the dragon.. Memories
Man I completely agree. I'm 12 rn, and the first console I ever had was my family's old ps1. I'd spend the first half of my life after school grinding these games and trying to beat the next level. It's a shame games even remotely close to this are still following a different theme, even if there isn't many games like this. I'm so glad there is rumors spreading from someone noticing the spyro 4 trademark. I personally think early 2000s/late 90s games, 80s music and 90s pc software was elite. I hate the fact that I never grew up with last generations culture.
They will. With different games. Being a kid is still being a kid whether it's the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s, or the future. This soundtrack provides a similar feeling that hundreds of other games do for adults and teenagers around the world
***** There only been a couple people (from my guess) a little older than me that have paused for half a second and whispered "Spyro" My reaction with the help of nostalgia "Oh yeah!"
Listening to these old video game soundtracks from my childhood is torture. This game and Crash Bandicoot were the first two games I ever played when I got my 1st PS1 ages ago. I don't know whether to be happy or to cry. I don't know why I do this to myself haha.
This is bringing back memories I didn't know I still had... It's actually really profound. I understand how patients with degenerative memory can recover seemingly lost memories with music
This is an occasional tracklist between the comments to simplify the scrolling. A tracklist checkpoint if you may. If only there was a way back down though.
These songs were buried in the deepest parts of my memory for over 20 years now and listening to them here brought all the nostalgia flooding back. I loved Spyro as a kid. Great game. Probably one of my favorites and one I have tons of fond memories playing. I enjoyed the second and third pretty well too, but nothing beats the classic.
Brings me right back to playing Spyro with my then 6-year-old daughter. Ice Cavern is one of my favs...that baseline! She took down every boss including Gnasty Gnorc.
Awww my son is 22. This was the first game we bought him when he was 6 also. I played it with him to help and then got totally hooked myself 😂😂 He got really good too, and we bought all the games to follow. So many memories!
Childhood was the best, everything is so pure I sure do miss the 90s and early 2000s. I miss waking up eating a bowl of cereal and watching cartoons then playing ps1 with my brother. Nostalgia is a very powerful emotion.
This is the best OST of all time. There is no other that tops it. Anyone reading this that thinks I'm wrong, please please show me a bigger bop than this. I'm almost 30 and have loved this since it came out when I was like 5 or 6. I used to just let the Dark Hollow song play for hours... It drove my mom nuts.
Also am I the only one that realized that the second level in almost every home world has the same bassline? It's damn close in Dark Hollow, Cliff Town, Misty Bog, AND Lofty Castle.
Dark Hollow, Toasty, & Ice Cavern are forever classics for me. Probably my favorite OST of all time, the little "whoos" in Ice Cavern are so nostalgic for me. I used to leave this game running 24/7 bc I didn't have a memory card. Good times lol
Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Mega Man X, Freedom Planet 1 & 2, Super Metroid, Pokémon Black & White, Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Sonic Mania, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Penny's Big Breakaway, Mega Man Zero 4, Banjo-Kazooie, Undertale, Pokémon Emerald, The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures, Shovel Night, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Mega Man ZX, Super Mario Galaxy, Sonic Adventure 2, Splatoon 2, Sonic CD, Banjo-Tooie, Chrono Trigger, Mega Man X Corrupted, Cuphead, Super Mario RPG, Castlevania Order of Ecclesia, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Sonic R, Metroid Prime 2, Final Fantasy VII, Pizza Tower, Xenoblade Chronicles, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Persona 5, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney... Those are SOME of the games that I can think of right now that have better OSTs than this game imo, but hey, music taste is completely subjective and nostalgia can be a strong factor in each person perspective so if you really think there is no better OST than this one, that's completely fine.
How is it possible that an entire soundtrack is THIS good and still holds up? Spyro the Dragon is one of my all time favorite games, and the music is a huge factor as to why.
*As a child growing up in the 2000s, I absoloutely love Spyro! I put my life and soul into this game everyday. I play it 24/7, it's like my life! The original Spyro games made by Insomniac (Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2 Gateway to Glimmer/Ripto's Rage and my overall favourite, Spyro Year of the Dragon) have to be my first loves. It seemed to run in my blood line, my mum still stays up at **3:00** AM in the morning just to kick Gnasty Gnorc's butt. I can't help thinking how lucky kids in the 90s were to have Spyro! Even though there's thousands of games today, all the Spyro games will forever remain my favourite, nothing can ever ever ever beat the three original Spyro games for me.*
at the second song i just HEARD IN MY HEAD how i rescue nestor and he says "Thank you for releasing me, Spyro. Free ten dragons in the Artisans world, then find the balloonist. He'll transport you to the next world." "What about Gnasty Gnorc? I'm going after him!" "Find dragons first. That's all I can tell you." *CLACK* *PPPPSSSCH* and then he was gone. i looved it! i can speack with the dragons trhough the whole game!
What a great reminder! Mine is the Gargoyle's first encounter speech with Sir D. Fortesque from Medievil I. "It has risen again Sir Daniel Fortesque. See? The Hero of Gallowmere who fell at the first charge! The fog of war and the shrouds of time conspired to turn the arrow fodder into the savior of the day. But we know better!"
I still have this game in it's original format for many years I got mines way back in the day during the days of the PS1, never gets boring I never give or sell my games in any way thank goodness!! One of the best games.
IMPERIAL THRASHER Born in 1996, still played this two or three years after it was released in 1998. In early 2000 I was already there trying to fuckin' beat Tree Tops and open that mysterious green dragon mouth at the end of the game at the age of 6, more or less, and now I'm getting nostalgia with all of you guys. Feels good to know that people are feeling pretty much like me, having shared with them some great experiences like Spyro the Dragon (and the sequels). We rocked our childhood!
Legendary game and soundtrack. For those of you lovers of Spyro music, I recommend to check the soundtrack of the film "Rumble fish" (1983) also composed by Mr. Copeland. Big Spyro vibes in the music of that incredible film!
also, I'm 13 and this game, including crash and spongebob the movie were literally the top three games I played as a 3-7 year old. listening to this makes me wanna cry yo
I was 9 years old when this game came out. Last night, I got the reignited trilogy for my 7 year old daughter. Watching her get sucked in, teaching her to play, knocking out an egg thief for her, oh man. The nostalgia is REAL! Love this music!
I played this soundtrack for my 7 year old niece and she loved it!! She is not really into video games but I love the fact that what is considered Nostalgia for us is just good music to others!
Can y'all believe that this little guy was Insomniac's baby way way back before Ratch & Clank took the reigns for the PS2 era. And by God, this little dragon deserves a honest to goodness come back after missing out on Two generations of consoles.
Just found out recently that Stewart Copeland made these songs happen! Soooo happy because he is my favorite from The Police. Have great memories of playing Spyro when I was little. You gotta love Stewart Copeland! ❤✨🎶
(sry for not that correctly english) Eventhough I'm 14, I had experienced most of the games which were released in the 90s or early 2000s in my early childhood. Since two years I try to experience all the games which were released back then, I've also sold my PS3 so that I can afford a PS2 XD. And I love them (especially the Spyro, Ratchet and Clank and Rayman Franchise). They have their own charme, equal gameplay and a great world to offer. It really grinds my gears that the kids today are only buying this lifeless, commercial shit like CoD or other 08/15 shooter games, while the classics are getting forgotten more and more. The only focus of the publishers nowadays is to overtrump other publisher I wish I was born in the late 80s or early 90s and experienced the whole stuff. And what pisses me more of is that nearly nobody I know, knows about these glorious Franchises, the only thing the most of my Friends know that has sth to do with spyro is Skylanders -.-. Thank you
This epic soundtrack takes me back to sweet childhood memories on my first ever Playstation game and will help me cope with the exams approaching. Thank you so much
Brilliant, I'm a nine year old again lol. 1998 was the year my folks bought me my first Playstation and I was so lucky that some of the best games with the best soundtracks came out that year, tekken 3 and Metal Gear Solid for example. Makes you want to go hunt it out the cupboard
I listen to this routinely while grading my students' essays, and I have listened to this so much I no longer need to double check to know which level's track is which...no complaints here
Holy shiet 100,000 views. EDIT (And now almost 200k!) EDIT2 (And now over 300k! Wowie!) EDIT3 (And now over 400k!)EDIT4(half a mili??? whattt) **thanks for a million views :)
What I love most about this music is how it still retains so much personality, even in an age where games have access to classical orchestras and rock bands for their scores. You can listen to it and not only know which game it came from, but get a proper feel of the level. I suppose that does come in part with the fact that the composer, Stewart Copeland, played through the levels first, and then made music around the level design. It makes for some excellent listening.
Not sure why they didn't keep such a distinct theme as the first one throughout the rest. As much as I love Copelands work his later stuff felt more and more over-processed. While Spyro the Dragon has a much cleaner sound signature. Ultimately Spyro 1 did have a better theme overall. Mystical, magical, and wonder inspiring, sparking your imagination so much. They slowly lost their simplistic charm as the series went on, introducing more and more characters that made the games actually feel more childish and gamified. Spyro 1 dropped kids in a world and left them to their devices with minimum exposition and hand-holding. Lets not even mention modern spyro games... I kind of feel sad for kids, games don't promote imagination or wonder anymore, they've become all hollywood with explosions and 'wacky' characters in your face all the time. P.S. Ice Cavern is a masterpiece.
I prefer Spyro 2's for the added variety, but I know what you mean, since I find 3's soundtrack to just have way too much weird sample stuff. There are still some golden nuggets there definitely. But 2 just hits the sweetspot for me. It feels like it doesnt deviate too much and still manages to have a cohesive sound. Weird enough, I have been ripping the soundtrack from the games themselves (I realize they arent the highest possible quality anymore, since the Reignited introduced some really high quality original masters, but I still think it's fun to rip them), and for some reason Spyro 1's track seems to be in stereo while rest of the games are in mono, which definitely gives Spyro 1 an edge.
Man, you can really tell Copeland spent alot of time in the Middle-East. I never knew the Spyro OST was composed by Copeland, I just found out, but have always thought the music in Spyro sounded very outlandish. Incredible music. Truly unique in how it makes me feel.
Josh Mancell mentioned in an Interview (one of the few that you can find online) that Copeland spent some of his childhood in the Middle East, and that informed his approach to percussion. It makes "Scorch" off of _Ripto's Rage_ a rare treat in terms of skillful appropriation.
He was raised in the Middle East, actually! His father Miles Copeland Jr. was a CIA intelligence officer during the Cold War, & was involved in getting oil from the Middle East to the US before the Soviets did, so naturally Stewart & his family spent a lot of time in the Middle East.
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When i was a kid i manually created the entire soundtrack for myself: i turned off the in-game sound effects, plugged the audio cables from my PS into a computer and recorded every single level for like 5 minutes. Then i edited the tracks and burned them onto a CD. Feels like such a waste if time now that youtube exists, but still proud of it
Holy Resourceful, Batman! a friend and I routed the audio from guitar hero to my guitar's wah-wah pedal and played guitar hero with a wah effect. Of course, it did the whole song, not just the guitar!
I did the same with a track from Ape Escape, and some PS2 games. PS2's sound level is lower than PS1's for some reason, and I got a lot of white noise while recording off PS2.
The dedication 😭 This 90s child is proud 🙏🙏🙏
that's pure skill.
For a game from the 90s the music is fantastic
I wish I could give Stewart Copeland one gigantic hug for a epic childhood!
I only played the demo when I was 8 yo buy me one complete game dear friend please !
@@leserbeacerbe6910 why are you begging for someone in a youtube comments section to buy you a 20 yo video game?
@@ufan4life the sensation of owning a physical copy is amazing
@@bird5359 charity makes wonder 0.1%of the time
@@leserbeacerbe6910 what are you talking about
When my dad was lazy and my mom was out working he stuck a controller in front of me as I laid out, 3 years old on a mattress in the living room of my childhood home. Spyro the Dragon was my first game ever, Reignited Trilogy felt like it was made for me specifically. Stewart Copeland thank you so much for this.
what makes this soundtrack so good is that Copeland is a DRUMMER. This whole ost is percussion centric. It's incredible
Very true. I wonder how many Spyro kids grew up to become drummers as a result coz I certainly did!
Yes i agree, his orientation for rhythm makes his music outstanding.
@@Dr._Zoidberg yep I've always attributed Spyro to why drumming has been my passion since age 8 (30 now)
I also started out as a drummer. But over the years I wanted to set another challenge for myself & so slowly but surely I built my musical empire of learning guitar, bass, keyboards & vocals as well.
And these days I'm very fond of writing soundtrack music as well.
I'm mostly into writing for horror movies & like to use very much dissonance in my score writing.
Really amazing how it subconsciously all starts during childhood while you carelessly play a video game & eventually you get influenced by all those fabulous soundtracks & eventually become a composer yourself.
Upon revisiting the Spyro games & soundtracks after many years again, it's amazing how you completely perceive the soundtrack differently now as a musician. Knowning whats going on behind all those riffs & melodies.
And being able to understand the formula on why it works so well. etc
All the Spyro games are very funky in my opinion.
Very heavy & lead centric basslines. Tight & complex drumming.
Altogether a really emphasis on the rhythmic section.
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Copeland makes it look easy of course, but I genuinely think this was a major reason why the game was a success.
Every time someone brings up Spyro (especially the first one) the music is almost always the forefront of the convo. I think it is a perfect example of a game where the music defines the atmosphere of almost every level perfectly. In a level like Gnorc Cove, I don't know what it is but something about it gives off a "working a job at a seaside harbor" vibe, which is so specific yet somehow Copeland was able to portray it in music.
The whole feel and aesthetic of the game was great and part of its success. In short though, I agree.
Oh for sure. And from what I understand, he took the job seriously. Like I read/heard he played through each level and got a feel for the vibe he should go for for each level's theme. And he definitely did an outstanding job
@@Forged4War206 Just commenting after 1 year to give you approval. Exactly thinking the same thing. My most favorite is Dark Hallow 7:30 and the music literally feels like a dark hallow. :D
The soundtrack certainly helped Spyro's aesthetic, but I think the core of the game was also so good.
If you look at other games of this style at the time, the hub worlds were mostly just functional, Like Crash Bandicoot's hub world in 2 was just a circular room, Mario 64's was better with the castle motif, but Spyro's hub worlds were like their own mini levels, so there was always something to do, more to explore, you always felt like you were in an adventure.
There also the fact that they were innovative with their enemies, they were unique in that the enemies weren't just mindless drones that did one thing (walking in a straight line, falling straight down, swinging back and forth, etc.) Enemies had personality, they'd run away from you, hide, or attack you in a unique, memorable way. People take that for granted now, but that wasn't always the norm, especially in early 3D titles.
Spyro 1 was to Spyro what Super Mario Bros 1 was to 2D Mario games, the pure distillation of the game's mechanics executed to perfection. While I think 2 and especially 3 were good as well, I feel like all the future games relied on gimmicks that weren't necessary to have a good experience and they honestly dragged the games down. The original Spyro felt so focused in it's design, no unnecessary frills.
This soundtrack brings such bittersweet memories. I'll never forget it. I was nine when my grandfather just got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and wanted to distract me from what was going on because I was young and clueless at the time. He surprised me with a playstation one and tricked/told me that he couldn't get past a level and needed my help. He opened my world into Spyro and as I got past that level, he eased on out of the room. To this day that playstation and disc still exists and was passed down to my brother as a gift since he never got to meet him. He passed away right before I turned 11 and it's been 18 years since he has passed away. But I'll never forget him and I'll always appreciate this game even more for the fond memories that I had with him and it. I continued to play the rest of the trilogy as I got older and to see them finally remastered, is so awesome. I got to tell my kids just how awesome my/their Paw-Paw was and how he introduced me to Doom and many other games when I exposed them to Spyro. To me, I feel like he's still with me every time that I play it.
That story is such a Gem!!
Thats because Hes Always watching over you and smiling that You shared those same memories with Your kids :) i know because i lost my grandma to breast cancer when she was 68 years Young So Never forget your roots @ScaryTaco
Cool grandpa, not scared of technology like many are today. What a legend
Beautiful memories, he'll always be with you.
@@chilipeppers9728 bro no offense but you talking to the wrong GEN, ME INCLUDED, so get lost bulb lol
jk but kid I wish you got to experience what we got to experience, cause talking about the 90s and early 2000s doesnt give it justice
the sad thing kid is that no new spyro game no matter how good it is will ever replicate the late 90s early 2000s atmosphere. you just had to be there.
i was literally playing spyro at home waiting to be taken to see the phantom menace,
"Naaah naaah naaah naaah nahh, hehehe" I'm coming for you egg thief..
@@Loki1701e My dad as well lmao
that fast little bitch I wanna beat his ass
Its been... 18-19 years? since I played Spyro last. I still hear that little fellow in my head when I chase things in other games. Some things just stick with you.
@@pyrorecipelist2 The egg thief?
@@vipert1957 No, the sheep. What else would he hear?
They fact they included this soundtrack in the Reignited Trilogy was EVERYTHING to me. This music takes me back to my earliest, earliest days like nothing else. A truely masterful piece of music making genius and a criminally underappreciated video game soundtrack
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The bass in this soundtrack is wonderful.
Absolutely amazing basslines
@@MXVDJ All these dubstep noobs talking about bass in their dubstep and how much bass their dubstep generates on the bass cannon...
Try and play the Spyro OST through a bass cannon without shaking the ground, and report back to me when you're done. (another thing added to my bucket list... build a bass cannon, play Spyro OST through bass cannon and document results...)
@@1d10tcannotmakeusername Oh yeah yeah
Now, as musician (not pro) i know it's a double bass (or sometimes Bass + Octaver -12). The attack (pick) is wide Stereo, the bass line is nearly pure and mono, that's the secret.
That's why I love it so much
Man this soundtrack hits home from the start. No excuses, no songs that are bad, no levels that werent or arent fun to play. Thank you Stewart Copeland
Fun fact about Wizard's Peak at 52:11 - People who watched The Amanda Show will notice it sounds very similar to the song used in the credits of that show. I remember noticing this as a kid and thinking that it was a weird coincidence, or that one copied the other, but it's because Stewart Copeland did the music for the show as well. Crazy stuff
+PooDiePie interesting stuff
Wow I didn’t notice this but I did think that. I thought it was the weirdest thing!!!!!
God so I wasn’t the only one who thought this as a kid!
It's the same song.......Copeland is credited
He should have used Blowhard instead, it would have been more fitting, at least in title as it turns out.
Just that one note in the beginning...that's all you need.
Thank you Stewart Copeland. Your music is tattooed on my brain for life
I can always hear the sounds of the level's enemies dying as I listen to the music. Amazing soundtrack
I've got everything etched into my skull 0_0
Joachim Vestøl "LAH LAH LA-LA-LA, HEHEH!!"
+Viking War Pickle it's nyeh nyeha nyeh, hehehe, you see in spyro 3 that two thieves are called the nyeh nyeh gang
+Shinyhunterlobo and ShinyhunterRaven That Is The Kind Of Shit That Pisses Me Off
lah lah? smh
the memories. THE F**KING MEMORIES.
Seriously! My inner child has awakened listening to this
+John Mahmud i m shaking help me i need my ps1 back and this game .d
*****
I still have the game, and am glad I do. But feel free to get your hands on an emulator if you can't find it.
i searched for the game but i couldn t find any people who are selling this game so i need to try a emulator ,d
You can by the whole trilogy in the PSN store for 5.00$ each!
So nice to have this playing in the background, on a neverending loop, for all time and eternity...
Fuck yea!
This spyro has the best music for sure, it's all relaxing and good in a way i can't describe
Perfect music to study to or relax to.
You're goddamn right
I know exactly how to describe it: Nostalgia
@@turkey3gwiddle I was just thinking the same! 😂 Studying atm
That’s called nostalgia, and it makes us recall a blissful time in our lives
I am crying, the nostalgia is too much
I cant pick a name same
Legit tears smiling
Which nostalgia?
Old school video game music is the best!!
+Josh Shuman it is the best :)
ikr
Josh Shuman what about undertale
Let me tell you why with only one word, you guessed it: Nostalgia
Now it's all just a bunch of 2 steps from hell epic jargon...
I'll probably cry if I ever play Spyro again. It was my favorite game to play with my big sister while growing up, and just hearing this makes me miss her so much.
It's pretty cool that this Stewart Copeland album came with a free game!
Growing up with this game and haven beaten the trilogy 200-300 times I’ve found it super relaxing to fall asleep to the sound track. It brings back a certain comfort that nothing can give me anymore. Thank you Stewart Copeland.
Yay I thought I was weird
The theme to Tree Tops is ingrained in my memory. The imagery I get is just Spyro plummeting to his demise as I misjudge glide after glide.
I remember that level being a bit scary and intimidating as a kid.
The entirety of the Beast Makers and Dream Weavers worlds were extremely difficult to me tbh, it just kind of took memorizing which paths to use.
Same here, i almost hated that level.
Dream Weavers was one of my favourite worlds :3
@@mariacuellar4764 me too!
it's also got a 3:4 polyrhythm in the refrain!!
Love just having this full soundtrack on loop while gaming
What I love the most about this soundtrack, it is that emphasizes a lot on drums . When I used to play spyro I would think"geee this music is beautiful, great drummer, these guys must be japanese...", then years after I discovered the main cause about this ost emphazising on drums... it is because it was made by one of my heroes and a great rock drummer... Mr Stewart Coppeland!!!. Hope he get's on youtube from time to time to check these comments and learn how happy he made us all. Almost 20 years after I played spyro, I still put this music while working on my job excel docs... and I wonder.
Watch this music become its own genre. Although, it would be a microgenre like vaporwave and seapunk. We could call this one "dragonpop."
GS195 lol im working on a spyro themed dub song atm. gonna be some spyro dub
I might be one year late here but nah mate, it would be called Spyrock
Agreed!
The Wikipedia stub article reads: "The dragonpop genre is characterized by its wispy composition of air instruments and use of piano keys in the higher octaves along with a gently rumbling bass and lightly tapped cymbal. Some songs feature the musical tinkling of bells."
Actually, it kinda is. The music on this game was composed by Stewart Copeland of 80s band The Police. A big part of why I love this game.
I remember picking this up the day it came out on my 19th birthday. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Copeland had contributed to the game.
Its sad to know a generation after us will never get the experience of having the nostalgic flashback of being a little kid again staring up at a box tv waiting to beat the next level of spyro the dragon.. Memories
It's not sad now
Man I completely agree. I'm 12 rn, and the first console I ever had was my family's old ps1. I'd spend the first half of my life after school grinding these games and trying to beat the next level. It's a shame games even remotely close to this are still following a different theme, even if there isn't many games like this. I'm so glad there is rumors spreading from someone noticing the spyro 4 trademark. I personally think early 2000s/late 90s games, 80s music and 90s pc software was elite. I hate the fact that I never grew up with last generations culture.
They will. With different games. Being a kid is still being a kid whether it's the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s, or the future. This soundtrack provides a similar feeling that hundreds of other games do for adults and teenagers around the world
@@chilipeppers9728 you are growing up with it just in a different Era 🙂
This had such a huge impact on my music tastes as an adult
The Toasty theme song is by far the greatest. I just love the Spyro music...
this needs to be the soundtrack to everyday life.
Right now it is.
HyuugaCharlie I blast this stuff in my car and people give me strange looks because they don't know where it's from! lol
MisterPringle Yesss glad to know I'm not alone on that!
***** There only been a couple people (from my guess) a little older than me that have paused for half a second and whispered "Spyro"
My reaction with the help of nostalgia "Oh yeah!"
Dude that's s cool you blast it in your car! I should do the same.
Copeland you are one clever bugger!
right? he did such a great job making this
Amanda show
"I'm Red." said Copeland
bigger is an old English word for anal sex
Daily reminder: No sheep were harmed in the making of this game...a few gnorcs but no sheep.
What about Toasty?
1:48:06 I can hear that green bastard with the key in my head. Took me forever to chase it when I was little.
+Nads nah nah nah nah nah ha ha ha ha
+Nads "nah nah nah nah nah ha ha ha ha"
+Nads Me and a friend took turns - we had to soak our thumb in cold water in between.
NAH NAH NA NA NAH
boxersnatcher i am also a tease.
Listening to these old video game soundtracks from my childhood is torture. This game and Crash Bandicoot were the first two games I ever played when I got my 1st PS1 ages ago. I don't know whether to be happy or to cry. I don't know why I do this to myself haha.
Yeah, it's like deciding whether to charge or flame.
its 2019 and i still can't let go of spyro's soundtracks
This is bringing back memories I didn't know I still had...
It's actually really profound. I understand how patients with degenerative memory can recover seemingly lost memories with music
As every song played I knew exactly what level it was from :x
To compose music which induces remembrance. Its the mark of a good soundtrack, composer and game to accompany it
When I heard the music for the first level which has the thieves who steal the eggs all I could think of was "nyea nyea nyea nyea nyea."
Yep, such a great soundtrack.
"Hehehehehehe…"
***** RIP
Oh my, what a nostalgia bomb. So many good memories. I loved this game to pieces, and it has one of the greatest soundtracks I've ever heard.
In all honesty, the remastered version is great but it will never top this. The retro quality just gives it that extra vibe.
One of the greatest soundtracks ever made. The Nostalgia is REAL. man this was my childhood.
0:00 Theme [2] 3:33 Artisans [3] 5:26 Stone Hill [4] 7:32 Dark Hallow [5] 11:42 Town Square [6] 15:38 Toasty [7] 19:55 Sunny Flight [8] 22:27 Peace Keepers [9] 25:41 Dry Canyon [10] 28:08 Cliff Town [11]32:07 Ice Cavern [12] 35:15 Doctor Shemp [13] 37:58 Night Flight [14] 41:03 Magic Crafters [15] 45:13 Alpine Ridge [16] 48:49 High Caves [17] 52:11 Wizard Peak [18] 55:07 Blowhard... [19] 58:19 Crystal Flight [20] 1:01:36 Beast Makers [21] 1:04:55 Terrace Village [22] 1:07:33 Misty Bog [23] 1:11:07 Tree Tops [24] 1:15:13 Metalhead [25] 1:18:56 Wild Flight [26] 1:21:04 Dream Weavers [27] 1:25:43 Dark Passage [28] 1:28:48 Lofty Castle [29] 1:32:00 Haunted Towers [30] 1:34:29 Jacques [31] 1:38:28 Icy Flight [32] 1:41:24 Gnorc Cove [33] 1:43:56 Twilight Harbor [34] 1:47:44 Gnasty Gnorc [35] 1:51:36 Gnasty's Loot [36] 1:55:01 Credits
This oughta be pinned at the top!
This is an occasional tracklist between the comments to simplify the scrolling. A tracklist checkpoint if you may. If only there was a way back down though.
These songs were buried in the deepest parts of my memory for over 20 years now and listening to them here brought all the nostalgia flooding back. I loved Spyro as a kid. Great game. Probably one of my favorites and one I have tons of fond memories playing. I enjoyed the second and third pretty well too, but nothing beats the classic.
Always come back to this for brainstorming background music!
me too
Brings me right back to playing Spyro with my then 6-year-old daughter. Ice Cavern is one of my favs...that baseline! She took down every boss including Gnasty Gnorc.
Awww my son is 22. This was the first game we bought him when he was 6 also. I played it with him to help and then got totally hooked myself 😂😂 He got really good too, and we bought all the games to follow. So many memories!
This Soundtrack is a work of art! It is a crime against the world that it never saw official release as an OST.
8 years+ later and I still use this master piece to fall asleep to. I dont think theres a better ost out there.
IMO this and halo are close
Wow this instantly reminded me of hearing the sounds of Spyro running around and smashing vases while Sparx is picking up the gems.
+Seth Kael The music didn't for me, but my god did your comment.
Seth Kael May be a year old comment but thumbs up on your profile pic
I can name every damn level just by hearing the songs. Spyro is life.
Such an amazing soundtrack. There's something so unique about these songs, lofty castle is such an epic composition.
Childhood was the best, everything is so pure I sure do miss the 90s and early 2000s. I miss waking up eating a bowl of cereal and watching cartoons then playing ps1 with my brother. Nostalgia is a very powerful emotion.
Those were the best times, in general...👌👍
This is the best OST of all time. There is no other that tops it. Anyone reading this that thinks I'm wrong, please please show me a bigger bop than this. I'm almost 30 and have loved this since it came out when I was like 5 or 6. I used to just let the Dark Hollow song play for hours... It drove my mom nuts.
Also am I the only one that realized that the second level in almost every home world has the same bassline? It's damn close in Dark Hollow, Cliff Town, Misty Bog, AND Lofty Castle.
Dark Hollow, Toasty, & Ice Cavern are forever classics for me. Probably my favorite OST of all time, the little "whoos" in Ice Cavern are so nostalgic for me. I used to leave this game running 24/7 bc I didn't have a memory card. Good times lol
Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Mega Man X, Freedom Planet 1 & 2, Super Metroid, Pokémon Black & White, Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, Sonic Mania, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Penny's Big Breakaway, Mega Man Zero 4, Banjo-Kazooie, Undertale, Pokémon Emerald, The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures, Shovel Night, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Mega Man ZX, Super Mario Galaxy, Sonic Adventure 2, Splatoon 2, Sonic CD, Banjo-Tooie, Chrono Trigger, Mega Man X Corrupted, Cuphead, Super Mario RPG, Castlevania Order of Ecclesia, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Sonic R, Metroid Prime 2, Final Fantasy VII, Pizza Tower, Xenoblade Chronicles, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Persona 5, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney...
Those are SOME of the games that I can think of right now that have better OSTs than this game imo, but hey, music taste is completely subjective and nostalgia can be a strong factor in each person perspective so if you really think there is no better OST than this one, that's completely fine.
This is one of those soundtracks that stays with you FOREVER.
How is it possible that an entire soundtrack is THIS good and still holds up? Spyro the Dragon is one of my all time favorite games, and the music is a huge factor as to why.
i always still hear the gnorc and the waterfall in the opening theme and all the menu sound effects
*As a child growing up in the 2000s, I absoloutely love Spyro! I put my life and soul into this game everyday. I play it 24/7, it's like my life! The original Spyro games made by Insomniac (Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2 Gateway to Glimmer/Ripto's Rage and my overall favourite, Spyro Year of the Dragon) have to be my first loves. It seemed to run in my blood line, my mum still stays up at **3:00** AM in the morning just to kick Gnasty Gnorc's butt. I can't help thinking how lucky kids in the 90s were to have Spyro! Even though there's thousands of games today, all the Spyro games will forever remain my favourite, nothing can ever ever ever beat the three original Spyro games for me.*
I agree 100% . Oh my I loved everything about this game.
I didn't think anything could trump minecraft until I played Spyro on the PS1 emulator while listening to George Carlin.
Just the absolute best platformer. I don't have any problem going back to them time and time again
I listened to this.
I cried.
Same
Brings back simpler times as a kid 😢
at the second song i just HEARD IN MY HEAD how i rescue nestor and he says "Thank you for releasing me, Spyro. Free ten dragons in the Artisans world, then find the balloonist. He'll transport you to the next world." "What about Gnasty Gnorc? I'm going after him!" "Find dragons first. That's all I can tell you." *CLACK* *PPPPSSSCH* and then he was gone. i looved it! i can speack with the dragons trhough the whole game!
What a great reminder! Mine is the Gargoyle's first encounter speech with Sir D. Fortesque from Medievil I. "It has risen again Sir Daniel Fortesque.
See? The Hero of Gallowmere who fell at the first charge! The fog of war and the shrouds of time conspired to turn the arrow fodder into the savior of the day. But we know better!"
us 90's kids had the best childhood.
remember wonderballs?
I still have this game in it's original format for many years I got mines way back in the day during the days of the PS1, never gets boring I never give or sell my games in any way thank goodness!! One of the best games.
IMPERIAL THRASHER i am born in 00 and this was my favorite game...in fact i had playstation 1
IMPERIAL THRASHER Born in 1996, still played this two or three years after it was released in 1998. In early 2000 I was already there trying to fuckin' beat Tree Tops and open that mysterious green dragon mouth at the end of the game at the age of 6, more or less, and now I'm getting nostalgia with all of you guys. Feels good to know that people are feeling pretty much like me, having shared with them some great experiences like Spyro the Dragon (and the sequels). We rocked our childhood!
IMPERIAL THRASHER we sure did... =')
All the twinkly sounds + the piano organ - just brings back to being 5. They make me so happy :)
Masterfully crafted tunes for a magical game.
THE DRUMS AND PERCUSSION IN DARK HOLLOW WTF 😩👌🏽
Straight Fire!!!!
I was born in the early 2000's and I grew up with this game being the FIRST I've played :D
This made me cry listening to this again, it has been so long
You should get the spyro reignited trilogy. The music has been done again but it sounds just like the original. Soooooo good
i love this game so much, i still play it
Legendary game and soundtrack. For those of you lovers of Spyro music, I recommend to check the soundtrack of the film "Rumble fish" (1983) also composed by Mr. Copeland. Big Spyro vibes in the music of that incredible film!
Listening to this the day the remaster was announced!!!
This is like me childhood hero. I love this little dude. And this takes me back. *Gets lost in memories*
This was the first video game I ever played, christmas 2007 when I was 4 years old, so many good memories.
Stewart Copeland is a genius. Thanks for posting this, it's among my favorite VG soundtracks!
Lofty Castle was my personal favorite because it reminds me of my happy place. PS (i still have spyro the dragon in my ps1 hooked up to my tv) lol
that one is the TR!PP!EST.
also, I'm 13 and this game, including crash and spongebob the movie were literally the top three games I played as a 3-7 year old. listening to this makes me wanna cry yo
Man! This makes me want to plug in my PS from 1995 and play this game again. It's been in storage for 14 years. 3:34 is my favorite of the game.
If you pull it out, I'm sure you won't regret it. :)
I was 9 years old when this game came out. Last night, I got the reignited trilogy for my 7 year old daughter. Watching her get sucked in, teaching her to play, knocking out an egg thief for her, oh man. The nostalgia is REAL! Love this music!
These soundtracks bring back so many memories from about ten years ago. I love this music! It makes me feel so nostalgic. ^.^
This game is in god tier this was my favourite childhood game
Powerful nostalgia....ever thankful. Bless all who understand.
As an adult, I can really appreciate what an excellent job Copeland did matching the unique feel and theme of each level. The music just clicks.
Lofty Castle... My God the nostalgia... Still my favourite Spyro game.
I played this soundtrack for my 7 year old niece and she loved it!! She is not really into video games but I love the fact that what is considered Nostalgia for us is just good music to others!
Can y'all believe that this little guy was Insomniac's baby way way back before Ratch & Clank took the reigns for the PS2 era. And by God, this little dragon deserves a honest to goodness come back after missing out on Two generations of consoles.
I feel calm and excited at the same time
i can hear the sound of gems being picked up burned into the back of my mind when I hear this
bzzz bling bzzzz bling bling
Just found out recently that Stewart Copeland made these songs happen! Soooo happy because he is my favorite from The Police. Have great memories of playing Spyro when I was little. You gotta love Stewart Copeland! ❤✨🎶
(sry for not that correctly english)
Eventhough I'm 14, I had experienced most of the games which were released in the 90s or early 2000s in my early childhood. Since two years I try to experience all the games which were released back then, I've also sold my PS3 so that I can afford a PS2 XD.
And I love them (especially the Spyro, Ratchet and Clank and Rayman Franchise). They have their own charme, equal gameplay and a great world to offer.
It really grinds my gears that the kids today are only buying this lifeless, commercial shit like CoD or other 08/15 shooter games, while the classics are getting forgotten more and more. The only focus of the publishers nowadays is to overtrump other publisher
I wish I was born in the late 80s or early 90s and experienced the whole stuff.
And what pisses me more of is that nearly nobody I know, knows about these glorious Franchises, the only thing the most of my Friends know that has sth to do with spyro is Skylanders -.-.
Thank you
gr8 b8 m8
+derlui Haha, I'm young and COD SUCKS!
SPYRO AND PARAPPA ALL THE WAY!
+derlui I'm 15 right now and I also had experience with the 90s classics when I was young nostalgia at its finest
This epic soundtrack takes me back to sweet childhood memories on my first ever Playstation game and will help me cope with the exams approaching. Thank you so much
Stewart Copeland outdid himself with this Soundtrack.
Brilliant, I'm a nine year old again lol. 1998 was the year my folks bought me my first Playstation and I was so lucky that some of the best games with the best soundtracks came out that year, tekken 3 and Metal Gear Solid for example. Makes you want to go hunt it out the cupboard
I swear this is what new games are missing; a defining soundtrack, and a compelling story!
I listen to this routinely while grading my students' essays, and I have listened to this so much I no longer need to double check to know which level's track is which...no complaints here
I really enjoyed the fact that the playstation boot up noise was played at the end. That was icing on the cake.
Reminds me of you dad. RIP old man.
best music ever
Known Preproduction Names of Songs:
0:00 -- Orbit (Main Theme)
7:32 -- Five (Dark Hollow)
37:58 -- Quail (Night Flight)
52:11 -- Frog (Wizard Peak)
55:07 -- Louis (Blowhard)
1:11:07 -- Breather (Tree Tops)
1:15:13 -- Squid (Metalhead)
1:21:04 -- Stoat (Dream Weavers)
1:25:43 -- Avocado (Dark Passage)
1:28:48 -- Potato (Lofty Castle)
1:34:29 -- Rain (Jacques)
1:38:28 -- Tiger (Icy Flight)
1:47:44 -- Grant (Gnorc Cove)
1:43:56 -- Watusi (Twilight Harbor)
It's missing charging feet noises and the sounds of sheep going poof. :(
Peacekeepers is in my head like 80% of the time and I decided today I was going to find the name and soundtrack and live it again.
Not disappointed.
Holy shiet 100,000 views. EDIT (And now almost 200k!) EDIT2 (And now over 300k! Wowie!) EDIT3 (And now over 400k!)EDIT4(half a mili??? whattt)
**thanks for a million views :)
+Glakatations Thank Spyro for being so awesome~ o/
+Glakatations It's good to listen to whilst doing other things. Thank you for music! : D
+Glakatations I listen to this every week now for months.
I feel the same way
+Glakatations It deserves at least 10 times that figure!
What I love most about this music is how it still retains so much personality, even in an age where games have access to classical orchestras and rock bands for their scores. You can listen to it and not only know which game it came from, but get a proper feel of the level. I suppose that does come in part with the fact that the composer, Stewart Copeland, played through the levels first, and then made music around the level design. It makes for some excellent listening.
Not sure why they didn't keep such a distinct theme as the first one throughout the rest.
As much as I love Copelands work his later stuff felt more and more over-processed.
While Spyro the Dragon has a much cleaner sound signature.
Ultimately Spyro 1 did have a better theme overall. Mystical, magical, and wonder inspiring, sparking your imagination so much.
They slowly lost their simplistic charm as the series went on, introducing more and more characters that made the games actually feel more childish and gamified.
Spyro 1 dropped kids in a world and left them to their devices with minimum exposition and hand-holding.
Lets not even mention modern spyro games... I kind of feel sad for kids, games don't promote imagination or wonder anymore, they've become all hollywood with explosions and 'wacky' characters in your face all the time.
P.S. Ice Cavern is a masterpiece.
I prefer Spyro 2's for the added variety, but I know what you mean, since I find 3's soundtrack to just have way too much weird sample stuff. There are still some golden nuggets there definitely.
But 2 just hits the sweetspot for me. It feels like it doesnt deviate too much and still manages to have a cohesive sound.
Weird enough, I have been ripping the soundtrack from the games themselves (I realize they arent the highest possible quality anymore, since the Reignited introduced some really high quality original masters, but I still think it's fun to rip them), and for some reason Spyro 1's track seems to be in stereo while rest of the games are in mono, which definitely gives Spyro 1 an edge.
Man, you can really tell Copeland spent alot of time in the Middle-East. I never knew the Spyro OST was composed by Copeland, I just found out, but have always thought the music in Spyro sounded very outlandish.
Incredible music. Truly unique in how it makes me feel.
Josh Mancell mentioned in an Interview (one of the few that you can find online) that Copeland spent some of his childhood in the Middle East, and that informed his approach to percussion. It makes "Scorch" off of _Ripto's Rage_ a rare treat in terms of skillful appropriation.
He was raised in the Middle East, actually! His father Miles Copeland Jr. was a CIA intelligence officer during the Cold War, & was involved in getting oil from the Middle East to the US before the Soviets did, so naturally Stewart & his family spent a lot of time in the Middle East.
Artisans, literal goosebumps.