Found this video through the RUclips Shorts and felt immediately compelled to find the original and I've gotta say, you did not disappoint. Your compositions sounded great and your general humor as well as on-screen presence is playful and fun. As someone with ADHD the moment you started talking about turn-based games and how "they fucking suck" filled me with such a strong sense of vindication. I share your sentiment strongly with just about everything you said and it got a laugh out of me, as I have many friends that love turn based games and constantly tell me to try them to which I usually respond to them with something relatively close to your points about turn-based games. I've been recommended all types of turn-based games from things as basic as Pokemon, to Darkest Dungeon and many others. You've earned yourself a new subscriber and I'm excited to see more.
fun fact: the original abzû soundtrack had a seven (?) harp chorus that all played together in the same space! the video from the recording sessions is so cool!
"If you don't know how to play an instrument, just run it through the Microcosm!" That's basically what inspired me to get into pedals. Your original video about it along with David Hilowitz's video about it made me go "wait a minute, i can make pretty sounding bleep bloops without know anything about music? :O" And thanks to that I started streaming those bleep bloops, which has brought a ton of joy into my life, so thank you for the inspiration :3
"You don't always have to know how to play an instrument to make it sound good." That one line is the inspiration I needed to get back into making sounds. Amazing video!
2:53 That instantly brought my mind to John C. Reilly's character Steve Brule when he talks about the planets and asks you to name the small planet, but you don't have to if you don't want to.
@@emilyharpistI thought this would just he a tutorial on how to learn to play a new difficult instrument..could you do that in another video? Thanks for sharing anyway.
I cant even explain how cool it is to see your creative process, both amazed and envious of how effortlessly you construct such beautiful arrangements, and the novelty of a unfamiliar instrument makes it even more amazing.
LMFAOOO ok i gotta be honest with you... i thought EVERYONE played Pokemon by just making your one main pokemon ridiculously stronger than the rest of your party and then just mashing the A button the entire way through the game
(emily gets an instrument she's never seen to write original music) "oh wow, this will be challenging, but i'm up for it" (sees turn based rpg for 3 seconds) "IF I WANTED A TURN BASED GAME I'D PLAY A BOARD GAME!!!!"
Damn, that's a hooooot take on turn-based RPG combat. Maaaaan. Good thing you're an amazing musician with a fantastic sense of humor or I might be frowning right now. YA KNUCKLEHEAD. :D Also the spit bib was nice.
Love that not knowing how to use the instrument boils down to using it as a tone generator and everything else adds the effects haha, smart and effective
It's really interesting how certain scenes and settings just have a style of music that make the most sense. I was amazed at how similar the first two sounded (stopped to comment) and then I imagined what if every single game had Yakity Sax no matter the setting
You've got so many electrical boxes that make music. And they all do different stuff. That's crazy! I can't even wrap my head around that. It sounds good too!
I saved up and it's worth it. You can choose from 6 fingering types, the default is awesome if you've never played a wind instrument before. Putting it into pedals is AWESOME TIMES
Just looked at the full video after RUclips's algorithm showed me your short late last night. Honestly the music you made is on par with the original tracks from the games. I'd even say slightly better in certain parts. Good job and keeo it up. Now I know why RUclips showed me the short. I remember watching some videos from another haro channel I watch. You got yourself a new subscriber.🎉
Physical hurts me to hear her say that they’re my favorite type of game, but like maybe that’s because i don’t have friends so I can’t play a table top.
love wind controllers, used to have the old CV akai and a yamaha over the years. always loved driving FM synths with them. I bet something like pigments would be monster these days, lots of mod targets
Been folling Andrew for years. I don't even produce music anymore. But I've been meaning to give it a shot again. I used your code. This transit plugin looks insanely powerful.
@@emilyharpist @emilyharpist Yup! The scoops on besides are for your fingers, and the pinky buttons are supposed to stick out towards your hands, not away from them. I feel like it makes sense at your left hand is farther away when you play the harp, so it should be "farther away" (i.e. lower) on the EWI... Then again, it's also mentioned on the first real page of the manual in "2. Hold the EWI5000 Properly"...so let's go ahead and blame Russ lol
0:18 You had to hide your feet. And I suddenly worked out why. Your under water compositions are exquisite, other worldly, beautiful. Why is that? Because Emily I have found out the secret of your enchantment. Your knowledge of the creatures of the sea, your difficulty with wind instruments. The reason you make Russ wear lobster slippers. You are a Mermaid. And... can't spin round like you used to? Like when you lived in the water? Thank you so much for giving up the ocean and playing for us here on land.
Sounds great! I always love seeing the thought process that goes into making music what all the pedals/devices can do. Tip from a clarinet player: You normally use the right hand/thumb to support the instrument at the bottom half and your left hand on the top half
For the first game, what Emily created sounded really menacing. In the second part I was missing pixies,,, in the game that is. Section three had the whaley drones spot on.
I have a Yamaha WX-11 Wind synth I purchased from a Japanese seller. Has incredible presets. I play this synth through my Digitech Obscura, and Polara. I run a looped pattern sequence from my Micro Freak into my Meris Mercury seven effects using the pitch shifting. Think Planet of the Apes opening main title by Jerry Goldsmith.
The absolute CINEMA of that whale scene in Abzu though... Because the trick of perspective they pull really does make the whale just look like, a bit bigger than a shark until you swim closer to it and it's actual awe inspiring size becomes apparent as you realize you're but a fly in its face and yet it is so gentle and serene... That's it, I'm reinstalling Abzu
The entirety of this is awesome. I haven’t played an instrument since like 4th grade, but I’ll always love music and take interest in stuff like this. Over the past few years, I’ve been getting into heavier and heavier rock and metal and now I have an itch in the back of my mind that needs to hear a metal version of the Star Renegades music you made here. Lol I think your version could actually make for a great intro portion of the song that leads into some solid, heavy industrial metal.
Holy cow!!! This is so synchronicitous! For at least 6 months or so I have been wanting to send you all a challenge to do an impromptu soundtrack to Class of Nuke'em High as you watch the film. No cheating. Can't watch the movie first (disregarding if you have already seen it). A quick trailer or two is okay. But this ought to be right up your alley. The film is set in your hood. A faux 'Jersy if you will. Challenge submitted.
For tree simulator it really helped that I had actual nature sounds going on outside my window that added onto the music, all of these fit really well honestly for each of the games
All your tracks were awesome for these choices! Also thanks for showcasing the baby audio plugs. I hadn’t heard those and they’re excellent. I just went and got some with your code.
Hope you gain more recognition on youtube. 1st time on this channel, but you made me fell inlove with music and inspired me to take music lessons. Really hope that some companies will hire you to make music for their games!
One cheat, if you don't want to learn to do all the flute/sax fingering stuff you could use the EWI as just a breath controller to modulate other stuff that has a MIDI input.
This was really cool to watch! I’m aldeas curious as to how these soundtracks are made, even just inspiration to create your own piece of music. Awesome!
Thank you. Watching you just *do* things (especially with the EWI) clicked with a recent Healthy Gamer video I watched and helped me gain an insight into why it might hard for me to *do* things.
Step 1. Have fun and play the highest and lowest notes Step 2. Figure out how a scale works, Major vs minor etc Step 3. Make sound effects on it Step 4. Play a bass line Step 5. Do the above two again but use effects Step 6. Make a melody even if basic Step 7. Assuming the above was all as an accompaniment, try again with just a drum beat / melody loop and have a jam session Step 8. While doing this look up other users of this instrument and learn how they used it, techniques / patterns etc Step 9. Start from scratch and try making a piece just with this new instrument, you’ll probably use it like an instrument you know already, but with step 8 and repetition you’ll get there. Step 10. You can now play and instrument you didn’t know before
Yeah! You tell those Turn Based RPG players what's what! Anyways, I'm off to play some Baldur's Gate 3. As always totally tubular rockin' tunes dude bro, shalom
The feet blur is one of the best running jokes on YT.
I was going to ask about that. Is it something that can be explained or is it a "you had to be there" moment? 🤔
@@martinedeliusFoot fetishists are quite persistent. This is to ensure that Emily's feet stay pure and don't end up on the Foot Wiki.
@@martinedeliusno feet pics for free cause the internet is weird! So you gotta blur them
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@@martinedelius"no foot pics"
Found this video through the RUclips Shorts and felt immediately compelled to find the original and I've gotta say, you did not disappoint. Your compositions sounded great and your general humor as well as on-screen presence is playful and fun. As someone with ADHD the moment you started talking about turn-based games and how "they fucking suck" filled me with such a strong sense of vindication. I share your sentiment strongly with just about everything you said and it got a laugh out of me, as I have many friends that love turn based games and constantly tell me to try them to which I usually respond to them with something relatively close to your points about turn-based games. I've been recommended all types of turn-based games from things as basic as Pokemon, to Darkest Dungeon and many others. You've earned yourself a new subscriber and I'm excited to see more.
Hahah I’m so glad you agree with me about turn-based games!! 😂 thank you so much for being here with us - I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! 🥰🎶
As someone with adhd, Darkest Dungeon is probably my favorite when it comes to turned based. Idkw but it works for me.
fun fact: the original abzû soundtrack had a seven (?) harp chorus that all played together in the same space! the video from the recording sessions is so cool!
Will have to search that up.
Damn
This has made me realise how much we NEED an Em and Andrew Huang collab video!
YES 👏🥳🎶
First of October special appearance? 🤞
@@ChrisLeeW00 😮 IMAGINE
I've been agitating for Andrew and Rob to have guest artists on Sonic Boom, with the countdown clock thing. You'd be a great first guest.
Emily on Sonic Boom would be awesome
It's funny that Emily says Abzu reminds her of Journey, as it was made by developers who worked on Journey
omg YESSS I KNEW THEY HAD SIMILAR VIBES 🥳🎶
They've got a new game coming out soon too! Abzu is an AMAZING experience
Same composer too, Austin Wintory!!! Him and Laina Raine (Celeste) currently get me to buy games just to hear their OSTs :).
"If you don't know how to play an instrument, just run it through the Microcosm!"
That's basically what inspired me to get into pedals. Your original video about it along with David Hilowitz's video about it made me go
"wait a minute, i can make pretty sounding bleep bloops without know anything about music? :O"
And thanks to that I started streaming those bleep bloops, which has brought a ton of joy into my life, so thank you for the inspiration :3
"You don't always have to know how to play an instrument to make it sound good." That one line is the inspiration I needed to get back into making sounds. Amazing video!
Yeah but you need to have above average music knowledge and must know how to play guitar and keyboard
The bib got me 😂
Seeing all my favorite RUclipsrs using your plugin is almost as awesome as the plugin itself.
Well done, sir.
Be sure to take Emily & Russ with you the next time you go into outer space! (also great job with Transit!)
Please collaborate with Emily on something, @andrewhuang ! Been loving sonic boom and I think she fits you and robs vibe
@@Hooples It makes total sense. She and Rob even did a video together.
Thank u zzounds for that
🙌
Also, wow, your first composition is incredible, too. I feel like it's the best one you've done of all of these.
ahhh thank you so much!! 🥰
I agree. It really worked well to set the mood.
You are seriously talented and cool. The underwater one was so moving.
Thanks so much!
2:53 That instantly brought my mind to John C. Reilly's character Steve Brule when he talks about the planets and asks you to name the small planet, but you don't have to if you don't want to.
LMAOOO YES!!! I quote Steve Brule WAY too often in my daily life 😂
I'm with you on the spinning thing. Earlier this year a friend's kid spun me around in an office chair; took me like 2 minutes to recover.
omg mine took like 2 DAYS ITS AWFUL 😂❤
@@emilyharpist um... I googled because I was curious [Trigger Warning: health related Google stress]
Tinnitus and vestibular issues might be linked.
@@emilyharpistI thought this would just he a tutorial on how to learn to play a new difficult instrument..could you do that in another video? Thanks for sharing anyway.
right? i got on this squiggly spinny pole in a playground and friend span me fast i was dizzy for the rest of the day
@@tornixdm2431 those are fun, but letting someone else control your speed was a tactical error.
I cant even explain how cool it is to see your creative process, both amazed and envious of how effortlessly you construct such beautiful arrangements, and the novelty of a unfamiliar instrument makes it even more amazing.
“Turn-based games suck”
Jigglypuff in the background cries internally
LMFAOOO ok i gotta be honest with you... i thought EVERYONE played Pokemon by just making your one main pokemon ridiculously stronger than the rest of your party and then just mashing the A button the entire way through the game
A new instrument unlocked, plugins, shilling, video game hot takes, outfit changes, spit bibs... spinning! This video has it all!
I'm here for the shilling, sign me up.
Your thumbnails are always bangers but this one takes the cake
(emily gets an instrument she's never seen to write original music) "oh wow, this will be challenging, but i'm up for it"
(sees turn based rpg for 3 seconds) "IF I WANTED A TURN BASED GAME I'D PLAY A BOARD GAME!!!!"
Awesome video! I love that you are exploring other instruments and textures in your composition! Your ocean soundtrack was *chef's kiss*!
So good!
Thank you so much, Brice!! 🥰🎶💖
Damn, that's a hooooot take on turn-based RPG combat. Maaaaan. Good thing you're an amazing musician with a fantastic sense of humor or I might be frowning right now. YA KNUCKLEHEAD. :D
Also the spit bib was nice.
Love that not knowing how to use the instrument boils down to using it as a tone generator and everything else adds the effects haha, smart and effective
It's really interesting how certain scenes and settings just have a style of music that make the most sense. I was amazed at how similar the first two sounded (stopped to comment) and then I imagined what if every single game had Yakity Sax no matter the setting
that BA-1 and Transit plugin are so cool
you know what... you made bearable all the waiting in that RPG. brava, aunty Em!!
You've got so many electrical boxes that make music. And they all do different stuff. That's crazy! I can't even wrap my head around that. It sounds good too!
You two have the most fun I think I've seen on RUclips❤😂
Watching Emily create is like watching a master craftsman sitting at a workbench, just doing their thing.
Carried by pedals
I like the image of Emily standing at the door as thousands of viewers file out, handing each of them a spit bib and shaking their hand.
LMFAOOO 😂❤️
The clarinetists in the audience approve and will add their own dangley weights. So much better than Dad's old hankie.
I’ve wanted one of those wind synths for the longest time! It has the same fingerings as a saxophone.
ah, thanks for that! i thought that's what they were going for, but i wasent 100%.
Not just sax, but you can set it trombone and a couple other wind and brass instrument fingering as well!
I saved up and it's worth it. You can choose from 6 fingering types, the default is awesome if you've never played a wind instrument before. Putting it into pedals is AWESOME TIMES
Just looked at the full video after RUclips's algorithm showed me your short late last night.
Honestly the music you made is on par with the original tracks from the games. I'd even say slightly better in certain parts. Good job and keeo it up.
Now I know why RUclips showed me the short. I remember watching some videos from another haro channel I watch.
You got yourself a new subscriber.🎉
Holy s*it you're incredibly talented. I'm amazed by how knowledgeable and professional you are.
Her disdain for turn based rpg's sends me...
She has a pretty good point tho
Physical hurts me to hear her say that they’re my favorite type of game, but like maybe that’s because i don’t have friends so I can’t play a table top.
love wind controllers, used to have the old CV akai and a yamaha over the years. always loved driving FM synths with them. I bet something like pigments would be monster these days, lots of mod targets
Thanks!
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate that! 🥰❤️🎶
The rising note you first played and included in the final track was perfect! I was expecting it to stand out as out of place. Well played!
Been folling Andrew for years. I don't even produce music anymore. But I've been meaning to give it a shot again. I used your code. This transit plugin looks insanely powerful.
I LOVE THE EWI! I'm so juiced right now
First minute and her hands are on the wrong sides lol. Never change ❤
And they stayed on the wrong side the whole video...NEVER CHANGE ❤
HAHAHAHA OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOOO 😂❤
@@emilyharpist @emilyharpist Yup! The scoops on besides are for your fingers, and the pinky buttons are supposed to stick out towards your hands, not away from them.
I feel like it makes sense at your left hand is farther away when you play the harp, so it should be "farther away" (i.e. lower) on the EWI...
Then again, it's also mentioned on the first real page of the manual in "2. Hold the EWI5000 Properly"...so let's go ahead and blame Russ lol
@@AMTunLimitedwhy would she read the instructions? She can play things so well by ear.
that tune with abzu was motherfuckin magical
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL GAME!!!
Simply amazing Em. You are totally fearless and made all these tracks sound incredible.
This channel is pure creativity at so many levels. Love it.
Best thing about Emily is everything she creates makes me feel something. I love music that does that.
How to: mix creativity, talent and humor 👌👌 loved it, kinda want more now 😂
I wasn't aware electronic wind instruments were a thing. All 3 tracks were great! That take on turn-based games was pretty rough, though 😬 🙂
Emily plays Baldurs Gate 3 apology stream when?
LMFAO
0:18 You had to hide your feet. And I suddenly worked out why. Your under water compositions are exquisite, other worldly, beautiful. Why is that? Because Emily I have found out the secret of your enchantment. Your knowledge of the creatures of the sea, your difficulty with wind instruments. The reason you make Russ wear lobster slippers. You are a Mermaid.
And... can't spin round like you used to? Like when you lived in the water?
Thank you so much for giving up the ocean and playing for us here on land.
Sounds great! I always love seeing the thought process that goes into making music what all the pedals/devices can do. Tip from a clarinet player: You normally use the right hand/thumb to support the instrument at the bottom half and your left hand on the top half
Okay. I already enjoy your work. But, I especially liked your piece for Abzu. That was lovely.
I can spin around one lap, maybe one and a half. What you did was very impressive and brave
Her talent is insane. I'm surprised she doesn't have more subscribers. Loved the video!
Wow!! The EWI is so neat alongside your harp. Loved all of these compositions, but the tree one was my fav!! 🌲✨
Love the continuity explanations. Verything else, I adore, specially the humor and the awesome laugh at the back. Cheers and thank you.
Such a neat concept and wonderfully executed
Thanks so much!
For the first game, what Emily created sounded really menacing.
In the second part I was missing pixies,,, in the game that is.
Section three had the whaley drones spot on.
Omigod you guys never cease to be absolutely hilarious.
Hell yeah! Just when I needed some lunchtime viewing.
I have a Yamaha WX-11 Wind synth I purchased from a Japanese seller. Has incredible presets. I play this synth through my Digitech Obscura, and Polara. I run a looped pattern sequence from my Micro Freak into my Meris Mercury seven effects using the pitch shifting. Think Planet of the Apes opening main title by Jerry Goldsmith.
Haven even started but that thumbnail got me 🤣
What a genius concept, also amazing we got amazing soundtrack out of it
More delightful music from you. Well done!
Love your sense of humor. No wonder other musicians and composers want to work with you.
A SYNTH THAT YOU CAN BLOW INTO?
WHAT?
RIGHT?!?
Quality content as always, you really nailed all those styles! Oh, and I feel like I too should get a bib to get that pro musician look.
Andrew has a video explaining all the functions. I looooooove all three of the tracks you created. I'd love to hear full versions of them.
Thanks so much! Those are coming to bandcamp and more soon!
The absolute CINEMA of that whale scene in Abzu though... Because the trick of perspective they pull really does make the whale just look like, a bit bigger than a shark until you swim closer to it and it's actual awe inspiring size becomes apparent as you realize you're but a fly in its face and yet it is so gentle and serene... That's it, I'm reinstalling Abzu
Lmao I really need to play it
Great video Emily! Never cease to amaze me!! Beautiful sound.. 🤟🙌🔥
I needed a chuckle tonight. You never fail to deliver! Smiles over here 🙂
These were so awesome, I loved the first one. Really cool video
The entirety of this is awesome. I haven’t played an instrument since like 4th grade, but I’ll always love music and take interest in stuff like this.
Over the past few years, I’ve been getting into heavier and heavier rock and metal and now I have an itch in the back of my mind that needs to hear a metal version of the Star Renegades music you made here. Lol I think your version could actually make for a great intro portion of the song that leads into some solid, heavy industrial metal.
I need more of thesee types of videos I love how you created music for random games
Thanks so much! I currently have 3 on my channel!
Thanks so much! I currently have 3 on my channel!
Holy cow!!! This is so synchronicitous!
For at least 6 months or so I have been wanting to send you all a challenge to do an impromptu soundtrack to Class of Nuke'em High as you watch the film.
No cheating. Can't watch the movie first (disregarding if you have already seen it). A quick trailer or two is okay. But this ought to be right up your alley. The film is set in your hood. A faux 'Jersy if you will.
Challenge submitted.
1:14 - In the EmilyHarpist Video Game, this is the sound that plays when you pick up the Bag of Sawce.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ lolololol
that "just play board games" is TOO accurate, ive since graduated to video games based on overly complicated strategy games from the 90s
Great, refreshing imaginations at work here!! 🎼
this was SO GOOD
Damn you just roasted an entire genre of games lmao
You are doing so fantastic super calming feeling u couldn't even tell that u couldn't play the Ewee far out Emily ❤
For tree simulator it really helped that I had actual nature sounds going on outside my window that added onto the music, all of these fit really well honestly for each of the games
I loved your last soundtrack. It fits much much better and makes me want to play that game.
Absolutely love these video game music videos, Emily 😊
All your tracks were awesome for these choices! Also thanks for showcasing the baby audio plugs. I hadn’t heard those and they’re excellent. I just went and got some with your code.
That first track was incredible! Great work also loved your take on abzu
Thanks so much!
Hope you gain more recognition on youtube. 1st time on this channel, but you made me fell inlove with music and inspired me to take music lessons. Really hope that some companies will hire you to make music for their games!
As per usual, you are out of your mind😂 Also, welcome to team EWI!! As a fellow non-wind player, I love mine (I got the EWI-Solo last year).
One cheat, if you don't want to learn to do all the flute/sax fingering stuff you could use the EWI as just a breath controller to modulate other stuff that has a MIDI input.
This was really cool to watch! I’m aldeas curious as to how these soundtracks are made, even just inspiration to create your own piece of music. Awesome!
Just discovered your channel, I've always loved the music in video games and wondered how to achieve it
Love the video, amazing work!!🙌🏼
3:20 Your rendition of the Star Renegades music is so cool! Wish I can listen to the full version...
The full thing is up now on bandcamp and Spotify!
Thank you. Watching you just *do* things (especially with the EWI) clicked with a recent Healthy Gamer video I watched and helped me gain an insight into why it might hard for me to *do* things.
For an absolutely fantastic performance on an electric saxophone, listen to Michael Brecker's performance on In a Sentimental Mood with Steps Ahead :)
This is epic!! loving this!
Thanks so much!
Yeah you even made the ewi sound cool. Hats off to you.
Step 1. Have fun and play the highest and lowest notes
Step 2. Figure out how a scale works, Major vs minor etc
Step 3. Make sound effects on it
Step 4. Play a bass line
Step 5. Do the above two again but use effects
Step 6. Make a melody even if basic
Step 7. Assuming the above was all as an accompaniment, try again with just a drum beat / melody loop and have a jam session
Step 8. While doing this look up other users of this instrument and learn how they used it, techniques / patterns etc
Step 9. Start from scratch and try making a piece just with this new instrument, you’ll probably use it like an instrument you know already, but with step 8 and repetition you’ll get there.
Step 10. You can now play and instrument you didn’t know before
Star Renegades is a game i've played, but I barely remember it. Didn't really leave much of an impression on me. I like turn-based RPGs though!
Your first composition was spot on. The same vibe as the original music.
Also, love the duck mug.
Can you tell me what game that was?
Yeah! You tell those Turn Based RPG players what's what!
Anyways, I'm off to play some Baldur's Gate 3.
As always totally tubular rockin' tunes dude bro, shalom
a spit hanky....lol
i am here for ALL of this!!!
I'm so glad you listen to the games music actually after your take. This is awesome 😎
Thanks! It’s honestly so much fun haha
Your Abzu sound 😱🤯 I could listen to that all day 😭 Good stuff!
Your versions is awesome.
This video was so much fun! I totally ordered the Akai Ewi because of you. When that bill comes, I am totally blaming you.