"and even recorders" - as someone living in Japan right now, I can tell you that a lot of instruments Americans consider dorky are perfectly normal over here. Elementary schools have "orchestras" in which all the kids play accordion, melodica, or recorder, plus percussion. At least around where I live, it's much more common for an older kid or even an adult to play the recorder (the alto seems to be the most popular size) than it is for them to play, say, the cello. So I'm not at all surprised by the recorder being used as a serious instrument here - in Japan, it is one.
Recorder used to be a lot more popular in the West, too, as it was a standard counterpart to the flute in Medieval-Baroque ensembles. It fell out of favor before the classical period with innovations in the design of the concert flute left the recorder to be completely outshined by its old co-star. Then the cheap plastic ones used to keep elementary schoolers busy really killed their use in “serious” Western music, at least outside early music circles.
@@IONATVS . It saddens me greatly to see accordions, bagpipes, recorders, banjos and more totally dismissed because of cultural associations. Also the recorder *is* a flute.
McDucky Oh, I know the recorder is a type of flute, but it used to be equally popular with the side-blown and transverse varieties in Europe, and was commonly used together for the similar-but-distinct complementary colors between the two flutes.
ThunderSky yeah it’d be really interesting to compare the two, and it’d be helpful to actually *hear* why it didn’t work rather than just understanding it conceptually.
Arranging for woodwinds with this type of thought process truly is a wonderful form of coloring the air with the variety of sounds available. A pleasure recording (and recordering) for this video. I enjoyed hearing all the similarities to the Link's Awakening title theme in the orchestration as I played through it!
As someone that was in highschool band, orchestra, and pep band, Pep band in particular is notoriously hard for woodwinds. I played Trumpet, Baritone, and picked up flute later on and in most pieces for pep band, the woodwinds just get drowned out by the brass and percussion.
@@maxpowr90 I find piccolos are generally shrill enough to cut through, and obviously saxes have a big enough sound to do their thing, but clarinet and flute are absolutely swallowed whole. I know we want to be inclusive and make sure everybody gets to have their fun in pep band, and we all love our clarinet and flute players bless their hearts, but honestly I don't even know why they're included in the arrangements. That ensemble's entire purpose is to be fun and _loud,_ and the poor woodwinds just get eaten alive.
The part he mentions the recorder actually brings up some of my memories… I remember my old bro and I used to practice recorders at home as a kid (it was an assignment for the music class in our elementary school) and use it as a sword to do some swordfights… There was an occasion he hit me really hard, its joints get loose and broken into half. …And then my mother came over and slapped him.
Thank you for getting me involved with this project! I really appreciate your driven and thorough approach to research, and the end result is a very professional wind arrangement!
I really like the different format of this one, telling a story of how you made your own arrangement. It's kinda like an abridged version of that semi-live transcription/composition video. Remember that video?
I'm thinking of doing a similar thing with an arrangement I'm working on, an analysis from the arranger's perspective of Mozart's Horn Concerto no. 2 and how I went from orchestral score to solo piano.
Man, the Mabe Village rearrangement made me sob like a baby when I first heard it. Still makes me teary eyed. When I played this game as a kid I got stuck so many times and always went back to Mabe Village to retry. So much nostalgia
SUPER fascinating, as always! Link's Awakening will always by my fav Zelda game with my fav soundtrack, and the remake did an incredible job of capturing what made it so great. Super enjoyable video!
The game critics/theorists/analysts on RUclips seem to all know and be friends with each other I guess it's a small world after all. BTW I love your videos Thomas I'm a subscriber to both your channel and 8-bit music theory so it's really cool to see the support between us fans. 😊
your pokemon arrangement gave me CHILLS!! you put an incredible amount of work into that and it shows, i wouldn't have known you had never arranged for a woodwind group before if you hadn't mentioned it! i'm definitely going to try a project like this over my christmas break form school. can't wait to see what you do next!
Loved the video and the concept as always! You really went the extra mile in producing a professional wind arrangement to highlight the research. Amazing job! As a fan of chamber/orchestral arrangements, this was especially fascinating. Thanks for having me on board!
I said that like I thought that would be the big flex for this episode but then you went and did a whole arrangement and got actual musicians to play it. Silly me.
I wish you played for us your unsuccessful Pokemon arrangement so I could hear what you were talking about. This is an educational venture after all. You've already impressed us with thousands of example arrangements, no need to polish yourself too much for us.
The composer for this game also composed the music for Brain Training, which makes me, an avid fan of Brain Training, very happy that her compositions get a video (Even if this video is moreso about the new arrangements)
Thank you for making this video! Idk if its just me but when you talked i thought the music was a tad bit too loud, tho im really glad youve covered this amazing soundtrack
Not sure why it took me three years to find this video, but I’m glad I did. This is easily my favorite soundtrack of all time. Maybe it was the nostalgia, but during my initial play through of this game, I would just stop for minutes to listen to the music. Thank you for creating this video!
I really enjoyed this video. Partly because I enjoy all of this channel's videos, but partly because you showed how you learned about an aspect of arrangement of covers that you didn't know before. Plus, the resulting cover was really good, and I'll definitely check out the channels you mentioned.
Awesome work! From a woodwind players perspective, I found it fascinating the way you detailed why the pokemon theme didn't work as well arranging for woodwinds the same way you do on zelda. From my first impression, I was thinking "well yeah it doesn't lay as well on the horn(s)" and "it just doesn't sound as good" which both have truth to it, but you are so right going into detail with WHY that is. So bravo to you!
This is one of those videos that makes me very excited to compose. Arranging is a part of songwriting that's always very daunting for me, but it also presents a lot of opportunities to add character to a song and express its ideas in a way that the melody and chord progression alone won't be able to.
So happy that Bass Clarinet is making more of an appearance in soundtracks. Can we talk about the Contrabass in the Level 0 Dungeon Theme for a moment? Love!
Already loved this channel for the incredible, passionate, “over-analyzations” of video game music and now a Rush clip too?! Now I know I’m right at home here 🥰
Ryu is definitely one of the best game composers of all time. He manages to make sampled songs sound live orchestrated over and over again and adds depth to all the songs he makes.
I always knew there was something I really liked about this channel. The VGM analysis is always on point, but when you mention the world of guitars bass and drums that you grew up with and show a clip of RUSH shredding Working Man, my guy! Excellent taste all around!
I'm so glad for the pay off of the arrangement at the end. I wasnt sure if we'd get it. I thought the coolest revelation was that phrase by phrase worked better than measure by measure. It makes sense afterwards but without knowing its a good process to see why
Having done lots of composing and arranging myself, your arrangement of the Pokemon theme makes sense. Smart decisions as to which voices get the melody and passing around the countermelody is a good way of keeping interest in the piece and, honestly, gives the performers something to do. I'm more inclined to move the melody around to as many instruments as I can. I like to highlight instruments or groups of instruments and let them present their version of the melodic idea or motif (it also gives them their moment to shine, performers are hams that way). Very good channel. I'm really enjoying your music theory breakdowns of all these video games I've grown up with and continue to play. Enlightening stuff!
(that voice stacking gave me *chills*) But seriously. I adore this game, the composer’s arrangements of what was already a brilliant soundtrack (*especially* because the original hardware was so limited) brings a happy tear to my eye every time I hear it (off topic, but Zelda Music in general just sounds best as small chamber ensembles unless the big bane or full orchestras are used VERY deliberately) (all the love the recorder gets just makes me VERY happy as a recorder player), and I love your channel so I got super excited when I saw you covering this topic in the thumbnail. And having it specifically be about arrangements?? Good stuff.
I had to keep replaying the part where the clarinet has the melody, there's just something about the tone of it that is so different to say, classical, that made it so intriguing.
Absolutely fascinating! The Pokemon arrangement ended up working very well! Very true to the feel of the updated title theme of Link’s Awakening. Great job! And another awesome video.
Link's Awakening is still my #1 favorite game ever, after over 2 decades. the soundtrack of the remake is criminally underappreciated, so thank you for this video ❤ the interplay of orchestral soundtracks with 8-bit sound bytes is just wonderful.
Man if no one else was going to suggest it I sure would've because Link's Awakening's rearranged soundtrack is absolutely perfect. The extended development of Mabe Village, the dungeons all having unique personalities, Tal Tal Heights having TWO versions of their theme (one regular, and one heroic), Ryo Nagamatsu did an incredible job in honouring the world of Koholint with such love.
Music theory youtube in general seems to lack content on the art of arranging but I am consistently blown away at how effective this channel and this video in particular have been in this regard. Translating musical ideas through the limitations of the physical world can be joyless and potentially messy; it's really cool to see someone using popular videogames as shining examples of how that kind of skill can be immensely expressive, even elevating the source material! I hope somebody makes Pet Sounds into a videogame so we can all get that analysis
Good to hear the music in this game inspired you to do something new and exciting. I know that feeling too well. It's incredibly satisfying and uniquely engaging.
The remade Face Shrine theme is INTENSE and is probably my favourite game theme this year, and probably my favourite Zelda track for a long time. Was hoping you'd do a video about this game (and to be fair, that piece in particular).
I loved the comparison between classic title tracks. Maybe we could get more videos in the future comparing more title tracks, battle themes, shop themes, etc? You could even recycle from games you've already analyzed, but just placing things side by side really helps me to understand what that special factor is that makes them unique.
I think it's really cool that the soundtrack of the remake passes the melody between instrument s so frequently, I like to think it's an homage to the instruments you collect in the game and how they all contribute towards the Awakening of the wind fish
One of your best videos yet! Just wow! This REALLY inspired me in my arranging. Will absolutely try out your method. And great arrangement on the Pokémon Title Theme!!
The opening title screen for the Link's Awakening remake done by a wind quintet makes my eyes tear up sometimes. It's just so nostalgic and reminds me of the loss and sadness underneath the whimsy of the game. It's hard to explain.
man that got a lot more technical than i was expecting. I feel like ive watched videos on quantum computing where i understood more of what was being said. But at the same time, i think because music is so 'natural' to us humans - and because im very familiar with these pieces of music, it kept being follow-able. Interesting how that works.
I do mallet percussion arrangements on Noteflight because I’m a pit kid, and I’d love to play them live on RUclips one day, but I guess I took for granted just what decisions go into making my arrangements lol. From simple “the marimba fits classic strings best” to complicated “I replicated the violin melody with a combination of xylophone and vibraphone to give it both attack and sustain,” and adding 4-mallet parts where applicable, it was always just kind of natural I guess. Though I often represent certain instruments the same way, it’s not even an algorithm, say sometimes trumpets can be xylophone and sometimes it can be vibes depending on how they play. It’s so much fun.
Normalise composing for recorders! As a recorder student, I’m always super excited whenever I hear my instrument featured in a modern composition/arrangement!
Hi! I don’t really understand the musical terms you’re talking about but I love the music that Nintendo game composers produce(d) and I actually found your video really interesting. I’ll check the rest of your channel :)
Pokémon's intro is a vastly different type of piece. Just because they're written for the same instrument and share other technical characteristics, it doesn't mean they'll translate to the same orchestration. Pokemon is much more dramatic and staccato, whereas Zelda is floaty and playful. In fact, Nagamatsu frequently scores it for instruments you might find in a child's room. I would've reached for brass with Pokémon, or found an even more similar piece to apply this process to
Great arrangement! I love arranging music myself personally and I find it a lot easier to adapt music than to write it fresh and brand new. I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make new versions of my favorite video game songs. So when you talk about how you thought about trying to write the arrangement yourself it was totally different from my approach, and that was crazy to me. I love your videos
hey men, i just want to say thank you for the great content and analysis of your channel. This video made me buy the game because i got into hearing the use of arraging while playing and, so far, its really really good the experience of playing and paying attention to the music. keep going! a musical hug from a chilean guy that loves music an videogames :D Pd: i love the Donkey kong 64 OST
I never played the Game Boy Link's Awakening, but I was blown away by how faithful the remake was to the original upon going back and hearing the original versions. I just HAD to learn to play the harmonisation for the Face Shrine; it is hauntingly beautiful and tragic!
I'm excited for potential future arranging stuff! I am BAD at arranging and it really hampers my ability to take my thoroughly structured 8-bar chord progressions and melodies that I'm very proud of and turn them into actual music that other people can listen to and enjoy.
"and even recorders" - as someone living in Japan right now, I can tell you that a lot of instruments Americans consider dorky are perfectly normal over here. Elementary schools have "orchestras" in which all the kids play accordion, melodica, or recorder, plus percussion. At least around where I live, it's much more common for an older kid or even an adult to play the recorder (the alto seems to be the most popular size) than it is for them to play, say, the cello. So I'm not at all surprised by the recorder being used as a serious instrument here - in Japan, it is one.
I didn't know that! That makes a lot of sense
Don't let anyone, anywhere in the world, tell you that the accordion is dorky.
Recorder used to be a lot more popular in the West, too, as it was a standard counterpart to the flute in Medieval-Baroque ensembles. It fell out of favor before the classical period with innovations in the design of the concert flute left the recorder to be completely outshined by its old co-star. Then the cheap plastic ones used to keep elementary schoolers busy really killed their use in “serious” Western music, at least outside early music circles.
@@IONATVS .
It saddens me greatly to see accordions, bagpipes, recorders, banjos and more totally dismissed because of cultural associations.
Also the recorder *is* a flute.
McDucky Oh, I know the recorder is a type of flute, but it used to be equally popular with the side-blown and transverse varieties in Europe, and was commonly used together for the similar-but-distinct complementary colors between the two flutes.
Honestly, I would have loved to hear the original failed arrangement of the pokemon theme, as butchered as it may be
ThunderSky yeah it’d be really interesting to compare the two, and it’d be helpful to actually *hear* why it didn’t work rather than just understanding it conceptually.
I'm disappointed he didn't include it
Has he shared it?
to be fair since he recognized it wasn't working pretty early he probably didn't have that version recorded :/ but it would be fun to hear
Arranging for woodwinds with this type of thought process truly is a wonderful form of coloring the air with the variety of sounds available. A pleasure recording (and recordering) for this video. I enjoyed hearing all the similarities to the Link's Awakening title theme in the orchestration as I played through it!
As someone that was in highschool band, orchestra, and pep band, Pep band in particular is notoriously hard for woodwinds. I played Trumpet, Baritone, and picked up flute later on and in most pieces for pep band, the woodwinds just get drowned out by the brass and percussion.
@@maxpowr90 I find piccolos are generally shrill enough to cut through, and obviously saxes have a big enough sound to do their thing, but clarinet and flute are absolutely swallowed whole. I know we want to be inclusive and make sure everybody gets to have their fun in pep band, and we all love our clarinet and flute players bless their hearts, but honestly I don't even know why they're included in the arrangements. That ensemble's entire purpose is to be fun and _loud,_ and the poor woodwinds just get eaten alive.
Dancing woodwinds like that reminds me of little Zelda fairies playing in the scattered winds as like adventures
The part he mentions the recorder actually brings up some of my memories… I remember my old bro and I used to practice recorders at home as a kid (it was an assignment for the music class in our elementary school) and use it as a sword to do some swordfights… There was an occasion he hit me really hard, its joints get loose and broken into half.
…And then my mother came over and slapped him.
Thank you for getting me involved with this project! I really appreciate your driven and thorough approach to research, and the end result is a very professional wind arrangement!
Face Shrine is an impossibly good tune, it's so packed with sorrow, and the reverent use of the exact original chip tune just blows my mind.
I really like the different format of this one, telling a story of how you made your own arrangement. It's kinda like an abridged version of that semi-live transcription/composition video. Remember that video?
I'm thinking of doing a similar thing with an arrangement I'm working on, an analysis from the arranger's perspective of Mozart's Horn Concerto no. 2 and how I went from orchestral score to solo piano.
WOW Ulrira's song gets grating after 5 minutes...
*brrrring brrrring*
I found it hard to focus on the content of the video, as my attention was constantly being brought back to the background music
Yeah pissed me off tbh
Yeah for my sanity I just skipped over those parts and tried to fill in the blanks later.
UUUUUUUGH YES. I can't concentrate on what he's saying at all.
Man, the Mabe Village rearrangement made me sob like a baby when I first heard it. Still makes me teary eyed. When I played this game as a kid I got stuck so many times and always went back to Mabe Village to retry. So much nostalgia
SUPER fascinating, as always! Link's Awakening will always by my fav Zelda game with my fav soundtrack, and the remake did an incredible job of capturing what made it so great. Super enjoyable video!
Hey! Love your vids, Thomas! 😊
The game critics/theorists/analysts on RUclips seem to all know and be friends with each other I guess it's a small world after all. BTW I love your videos Thomas I'm a subscriber to both your channel and 8-bit music theory so it's really cool to see the support between us fans. 😊
That arrangement is absolutely incredible.
meh
I'm 100% certain that you picked your collaborators based on how much their names sound like starter pokemon.
This comment is criminally underrated and deserves many more likes
your pokemon arrangement gave me CHILLS!! you put an incredible amount of work into that and it shows, i wouldn't have known you had never arranged for a woodwind group before if you hadn't mentioned it! i'm definitely going to try a project like this over my christmas break form school. can't wait to see what you do next!
It's amazing how much it changed the color/mood of the song too!
Loved the video and the concept as always! You really went the extra mile in producing a professional wind arrangement to highlight the research. Amazing job! As a fan of chamber/orchestral arrangements, this was especially fascinating. Thanks for having me on board!
Good job!
That bit you do with the instrument staves sliding in and out for Mabe Village was sexier than should be possible.
I said that like I thought that would be the big flex for this episode but then you went and did a whole arrangement and got actual musicians to play it. Silly me.
8BMT always has a bigger flex.
Nice touch with the intro instrumentation
Super cool touch, bringing in some other VGM RUclipsrs for your Pokemon theme arrangement! Sure beats tossing it through Sibelius.
3:53 love the Rush plug-in! Very cool
I wish you played for us your unsuccessful Pokemon arrangement so I could hear what you were talking about. This is an educational venture after all. You've already impressed us with thousands of example arrangements, no need to polish yourself too much for us.
I didn't know I needed a cover of the Pokemon theme with wind instruments until now
Link's Awakening is my favourite LoZ OST. I love pretty much anything analyzing this soundtrack and learning new things about it. (:
the remake's soundtrack adds so much, it's so beautiful 😭
The composer for this game also composed the music for Brain Training, which makes me, an avid fan of Brain Training, very happy that her compositions get a video (Even if this video is moreso about the new arrangements)
"Link's Awakening is my favourite LoZ."
Fixed that little mistake for you
don't be mean,@@harrylane4.
Emm can have a different favorite game if they want.
It was refreshing to come back to a Zelda witch actual music in it after the jarring experocne that was BotW.
Thank you for making this video! Idk if its just me but when you talked i thought the music was a tad bit too loud, tho im really glad youve covered this amazing soundtrack
I noticed that too. He also transposed horn but not anything else for some reason
Dude you nailed it. Seriously.
Not sure why it took me three years to find this video, but I’m glad I did. This is easily my favorite soundtrack of all time. Maybe it was the nostalgia, but during my initial play through of this game, I would just stop for minutes to listen to the music. Thank you for creating this video!
I could listen to the Face Shrine's theme all day. It's so beautifully done.
Wow that cover was beautiful, great job to everyone involved in the piece 🤙🏼
I really enjoyed this video. Partly because I enjoy all of this channel's videos, but partly because you showed how you learned about an aspect of arrangement of covers that you didn't know before. Plus, the resulting cover was really good, and I'll definitely check out the channels you mentioned.
Awesome work! From a woodwind players perspective, I found it fascinating the way you detailed why the pokemon theme didn't work as well arranging for woodwinds the same way you do on zelda. From my first impression, I was thinking "well yeah it doesn't lay as well on the horn(s)" and "it just doesn't sound as good" which both have truth to it, but you are so right going into detail with WHY that is. So bravo to you!
This is one of those videos that makes me very excited to compose. Arranging is a part of songwriting that's always very daunting for me, but it also presents a lot of opportunities to add character to a song and express its ideas in a way that the melody and chord progression alone won't be able to.
Holy damn those flute and recorder trills in your arrangement are fantastic
So happy that Bass Clarinet is making more of an appearance in soundtracks. Can we talk about the Contrabass in the Level 0 Dungeon Theme for a moment? Love!
Already loved this channel for the incredible, passionate, “over-analyzations” of video game music and now a Rush clip too?! Now I know I’m right at home here 🥰
THAT ECRUTEAK CITY ARRANGEMENT AT THE END
WHERE DO I FIND IT
Good news!!!!!!!
Wondering this too!
ruclips.net/video/XQB7FwR06x8/видео.html
@@natefroggy3626 I'm subbed so I got the notification last week, but thanks!
That arrangement is adorable. I love it :D
And don't think I didn't notice the beautiful outro track.
Ryu is definitely one of the best game composers of all time. He manages to make sampled songs sound live orchestrated over and over again and adds depth to all the songs he makes.
I always knew there was something I really liked about this channel. The VGM analysis is always on point, but when you mention the world of guitars bass and drums that you grew up with and show a clip of RUSH shredding Working Man, my guy! Excellent taste all around!
As a big pokemon fan I have to tell you that I got huge feels from your re-arranged version. I'd say that's a smashing success.
A video about compositions by the only composer to work on both Brain Training for DS and 3DS? Now I'm interested!
I'm so glad for the pay off of the arrangement at the end. I wasnt sure if we'd get it.
I thought the coolest revelation was that phrase by phrase worked better than measure by measure. It makes sense afterwards but without knowing its a good process to see why
Having done lots of composing and arranging myself, your arrangement of the Pokemon theme makes sense. Smart decisions as to which voices get the melody and passing around the countermelody is a good way of keeping interest in the piece and, honestly, gives the performers something to do. I'm more inclined to move the melody around to as many instruments as I can. I like to highlight instruments or groups of instruments and let them present their version of the melodic idea or motif (it also gives them their moment to shine, performers are hams that way). Very good channel. I'm really enjoying your music theory breakdowns of all these video games I've grown up with and continue to play. Enlightening stuff!
Holy crap, that cover of the Pokemon theme sounds straight out of the Link's Awakening Remake! Great job!
that arrangement of ecruteak city at the end is SO good omg
(that voice stacking gave me *chills*)
But seriously. I adore this game, the composer’s arrangements of what was already a brilliant soundtrack (*especially* because the original hardware was so limited) brings a happy tear to my eye every time I hear it (off topic, but Zelda Music in general just sounds best as small chamber ensembles unless the big bane or full orchestras are used VERY deliberately) (all the love the recorder gets just makes me VERY happy as a recorder player), and I love your channel so I got super excited when I saw you covering this topic in the thumbnail.
And having it specifically be about arrangements?? Good stuff.
I had to keep replaying the part where the clarinet has the melody, there's just something about the tone of it that is so different to say, classical, that made it so intriguing.
Absolutely fascinating! The Pokemon arrangement ended up working very well! Very true to the feel of the updated title theme of Link’s Awakening. Great job! And another awesome video.
Explaining everything just blows my mind on the music a million times more!!! It's truly satisfying... that end arrangement was so cool.
Hearing your explanation about your arrangement process and then hearing it performed was outstanding.
Link's Awakening is still my #1 favorite game ever, after over 2 decades.
the soundtrack of the remake is criminally underappreciated, so thank you for this video ❤
the interplay of orchestral soundtracks with 8-bit sound bytes is just wonderful.
Damn that new ending is so in keeping with the arrangements later used in the anime. Really excellent work!
Man if no one else was going to suggest it I sure would've because Link's Awakening's rearranged soundtrack is absolutely perfect. The extended development of Mabe Village, the dungeons all having unique personalities, Tal Tal Heights having TWO versions of their theme (one regular, and one heroic), Ryo Nagamatsu did an incredible job in honouring the world of Koholint with such love.
That PKMN arrangement was amazing!
Yeah the new Pikmin arrangement sounded really good
Wow, my dude. That Pokémon and Ecruteak arrangements got me crying from the hard slap of nostalgia. So beautiful 💕
Dude! Your arrangement was awesome. If I wasn't sure already, then this arrangement further proves just how much I love trills!
The new version of the Face Shrine theme is just masterful. I really like Nagamatsu's work and I'm glad to hear more.
Great video.
It's probably been said before but
When you dropped that rearrangement of Ecruteak City at the end? I felt that
Wow, that Pokémon mix was unbelievable. And the finale you created was awesome! Well done
Music theory youtube in general seems to lack content on the art of arranging but I am consistently blown away at how effective this channel and this video in particular have been in this regard. Translating musical ideas through the limitations of the physical world can be joyless and potentially messy; it's really cool to see someone using popular videogames as shining examples of how that kind of skill can be immensely expressive, even elevating the source material! I hope somebody makes Pet Sounds into a videogame so we can all get that analysis
Good to hear the music in this game inspired you to do something new and exciting. I know that feeling too well. It's incredibly satisfying and uniquely engaging.
nintendo games and instrumental music. two really meaningful things in my life.
man i love this channel so much.
The remade Face Shrine theme is INTENSE and is probably my favourite game theme this year, and probably my favourite Zelda track for a long time. Was hoping you'd do a video about this game (and to be fair, that piece in particular).
This is the ultimate price in gorgeous arrangements! And great collaboration, thanks for those amazing VGMusicians
I really appreciated how you broke down your thought process for us to understand. Great video!
I loved the comparison between classic title tracks. Maybe we could get more videos in the future comparing more title tracks, battle themes, shop themes, etc? You could even recycle from games you've already analyzed, but just placing things side by side really helps me to understand what that special factor is that makes them unique.
I'd just like to mention how much your diction and pace has improved since the early videos. Keep up the good work.
I think it's really cool that the soundtrack of the remake passes the melody between instrument s so frequently, I like to think it's an homage to the instruments you collect in the game and how they all contribute towards the Awakening of the wind fish
Thanks for starting this video with the theme from the run-down house
Seeing you’ve posted a video is always the best part of my day, please don’t ever stop making such great content
One of your best videos yet! Just wow! This REALLY inspired me in my arranging. Will absolutely try out your method. And great arrangement on the Pokémon Title Theme!!
I’ve been waiting for a new one of these for what seems like forever, thanks
omg who was responsible for that Cianwood City arrangement at the end though??
Ecruteak city, but I'm equally curious myself, as it's my personal favorite city theme arrangement
8-bit Music Theory did that Ecruteak arrangement for us, too!
@@analyzer1994 My favorite city theme and a great arrangement, I need it!
Link please?
@@Soundole is it posted somewhere?
The opening title screen for the Link's Awakening remake done by a wind quintet makes my eyes tear up sometimes. It's just so nostalgic and reminds me of the loss and sadness underneath the whimsy of the game. It's hard to explain.
man that got a lot more technical than i was expecting. I feel like ive watched videos on quantum computing where i understood more of what was being said. But at the same time, i think because music is so 'natural' to us humans - and because im very familiar with these pieces of music, it kept being follow-able. Interesting how that works.
What an A team for the performance at the end of the video! Awesome work everybody!
Those rearrangements, where MASTERCLASS!!!!!
and we even get a bonus one! Don-t remember the place, but it's definetively form gold & silver!!!
Holy cow his video seemed to me to be your most thorough and difficult to follow :) this is a compliment :P
Nagamatsu is an underappreciated genius. thank you for making this video
I do mallet percussion arrangements on Noteflight because I’m a pit kid, and I’d love to play them live on RUclips one day, but I guess I took for granted just what decisions go into making my arrangements lol. From simple “the marimba fits classic strings best” to complicated “I replicated the violin melody with a combination of xylophone and vibraphone to give it both attack and sustain,” and adding 4-mallet parts where applicable, it was always just kind of natural I guess. Though I often represent certain instruments the same way, it’s not even an algorithm, say sometimes trumpets can be xylophone and sometimes it can be vibes depending on how they play.
It’s so much fun.
No matter how my day went or what mood I'm in, seeing a new video by 8 bit Music Theory instantly makes me day! I especially love Zelda music.
Normalise composing for recorders! As a recorder student, I’m always super excited whenever I hear my instrument featured in a modern composition/arrangement!
great final arrangement, man. sounds and feels awesome =D
Hi! I don’t really understand the musical terms you’re talking about but I love the music that Nintendo game composers produce(d) and I actually found your video really interesting. I’ll check the rest of your channel :)
Fantastic analysis (as usual!) and great arrangement. Well done!
Awesome Video as always, love youre way of explaining complicated things :D
I'm kinda surprised Carlos hasn't commented in this video yet, the arrangement at the end was really good.
This is amazing. My favourite video yet!
Oboe line at 8:14 is definitely a clarinet lol. Love these videos though
I want an analysis of why your opening jingle is so catchy. I can't explain how it makes me feel but it's one of my favorite sounds on youtube.
Pokémon's intro is a vastly different type of piece. Just because they're written for the same instrument and share other technical characteristics, it doesn't mean they'll translate to the same orchestration. Pokemon is much more dramatic and staccato, whereas Zelda is floaty and playful. In fact, Nagamatsu frequently scores it for instruments you might find in a child's room. I would've reached for brass with Pokémon, or found an even more similar piece to apply this process to
just.....just an amazing video that has inspired me to start arranging.
It was a very interesting watch! I have little understanding of music theory, yet I could follow what was going on just fine!
I absolutely need that LoZ title theme arrangement on Spotify or something. It’s stellar.
And wow Did you nail your arrangement!!
5:16 What are you doing here, Chain Chomp? You're in the wrong game :)
Great arrangement! I love arranging music myself personally and I find it a lot easier to adapt music than to write it fresh and brand new. I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make new versions of my favorite video game songs. So when you talk about how you thought about trying to write the arrangement yourself it was totally different from my approach, and that was crazy to me. I love your videos
I have waited for you to do a video on this. Why is RUclips only NOW showing me this video?!
hey men, i just want to say thank you for the great content and analysis of your channel. This video made me buy the game because i got into hearing the use of arraging while playing and, so far, its really really good the experience of playing and paying attention to the music.
keep going! a musical hug from a chilean guy that loves music an videogames :D
Pd: i love the Donkey kong 64 OST
Dr. 8 Bit Music Theory: Or how I learned to steal an arrangement (the right way)
This is amazing, fantastic work as always
I never played the Game Boy Link's Awakening, but I was blown away by how faithful the remake was to the original upon going back and hearing the original versions. I just HAD to learn to play the harmonisation for the Face Shrine; it is hauntingly beautiful and tragic!
The Face Shrine theme remake is so epic!
Marco Voltage it is harrowing to my soul. :D
I'm excited for potential future arranging stuff! I am BAD at arranging and it really hampers my ability to take my thoroughly structured 8-bar chord progressions and melodies that I'm very proud of and turn them into actual music that other people can listen to and enjoy.