Clock Tower / Song of Healing (Majora's Mask) - Live Synth & Finger Drumming Cover
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2021
- Clock Tower Theme (Song of Healing) from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Always wanted to cover some music from this legendary Nintendo N64 game, it was about time!
I tried to stay faithful to Koji Kondo's original Clock Tower arrangement in the first part, but then I took it in my own direction. The finger drumming beat mainly consists of various clock samples, which I thought was fitting for a game where time is always running out.
You probably know this by now, but I play all parts simultaneously, and every sound you hear was recorded live in one take:
1. Choir / strings / bells / soft pad - Sequential Prophet XL synthesizer.
2. Bass - Steinberg Retrologue and some fx plugins.
3. Drums - almost all clock samples with various fx such as delay and pitch randomization to make them sound more organic. The controller I use for drumming + synth bass is a custom design called "Arcadia".
4. "Ocarina" type synth sound - also Retrologue. Triggered both from the Prophet XL keyboard and from the small Korg Microkey (for fills that don't include the other layers).
If you like what I do, please consider joining my Patreon so that I can keep making videos for you. Get a download of this full track and many more as soon as you join:
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Here's a playlist of all my video game covers:
• Zelda Music on Synths
Thank you for your support! :)
#zelda #majorasmask #synthesizers 
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One of the few channels where I know that I'll like the video even before clicking on it
I appreciate you so much my friend 🙏
GLASYS just keeps impressing
The music sounds great, and then the amount of work invested in learning how to play so much in parallel, all at a high skill level, is just astonishing
Thank you so much Estilo! Appreciate you acknowledging the hard work :) 🙏
Wow dude. The fact you can put all those layers into a live recording is so 🔥 👌
Thanks so much Jonathan! Appreciate the support :)
One of the best Zelda songs. Such a great cover! Koji would be proud
Thank you Zack! You're very kind! 🙏
GLASYS: Makes a cover of one on of my childhood games
Me: Likes instantly
Thank you Viv! It's also one of my faves, even though I only played MM once (it gave me too much anxiety 😂)
That Clock Tower set the tone & really kicked off the beautiful string arrangement before. This is really nice man! Lush voices!
Thanks so much Jeff! Really appreciate you being here and sharing your thoughts! :)
Always love watching your left hand stuff too. Used to be only five fingers, now they can do so much more. Play on Gil🤟😉👍
Thank you Rob! Always appreciate your support my friend, means a ton!
I play this when ever I’m feeling down I feel like this song heals me back to good vibes 😎
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Glad to see you share in interests in classic video game, especially Zelda!
The arrangements on these are always so amazing. Well done!
Thank you so much Jank! Means a lot! :)
The clock tower chime is my morning alarm every day
Had to comment again I love this track. I also have that skull kid figurine too.
Thank you! I actually recreated that chime using other bell samples haha.
Oh you have made my day! Great work as always
So glad to hear that my friend! Thank you! :)
This is god damn BEAUTIFUL
Thanks so much Isaac! Glad you like it :)
We have met with a wonderful fate, haven't we?
Wow that really built to something amazing
Thank you Nathan! Glad you like it man :)
This was so cool!
Thank you John! Really glad you enjoyed it! 🙏
sonically beautiful and visually mesmerizing - wow!
Thank you Nolan! Always appreciate your support my friend :)
Dude this is fantastic
Thanks so much! Always appreciate you idk :)
unbelievable you are a sick talent!
Thanks so much!
WOW 10/10 Speechless!!! 😳
Thanks so much Jay!
It's a sweet song and we can use some healing sounds right now! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Thank you Gary! Hope you've been well! :)
Etudes in fingerdrumming. The only key you don't learn at your local piano school ;-)! Great, always a pleasure to watch, all the best :-)!
Haha thanks Curtis! Who knows, maybe in the future "finger drumming lessons" will be common :)
Amazing and unique, as usual
Thanks my friend! :)
Always beautiful covers from you, I like a lot that one
Thank you Duhemsounds! Always appreciate you watching!
The clock samples integrated into the beat are awesome :)
Thank you Andy! Hope you're doing well my friend :)
Awesome
Thanks Bruno!
Wow.amazing!I love very this baseline!omg my skin....😅🙏🎵🎧
Thank you Thomas! I'm glad you enjoyed it brother :)
These covers are always so unique, and so much fun to watch! Fantastic as always :)
Thanks so much Thordy! Appreciate the kind words and encouragement :)
Please do more majoras mask, we love it
Thanks, appreciate the feedback! Definitely considering it :)
Love it!
Love this and the fairy fountain you did
Thank you! Fairy Fountain was my first Zelda cover :)
Spectacular
Thanks fam! :)
Glad to see that you're finally posting content more often than usual.
By the way, this cover sounds really sick.
Thanks so much! Yeah, I'm doing my best to post more - and it's only possible due to the Patreon support. :)
Very well done !!!
Thanks so much! :)
The sudden anxiety that manifests when I hear that clocktower is balanced out nicely with the overwhelming enjoyment of the track itself.
Hopefully this is the prompt Nintendo need to bring Majora's Mask to Switch!
Thank you Crumb! I can totally relate to the feelings of anxiety haha. That's why MM is the only Zelda game I never felt like replaying, even though it's a masterpiece.
¡Listen!... this is excellent.
Thank you Cristian! Appreciate it! :)
Awesome!!😍👏👏
Thank you Javier! 🙏
@@GLASYS to you!!😁
Man, how do you make it sound so amazing!?
Thank you so much Yeni! :)
MORE MAGIC FROM GIL.
Nice, time to go hop on my laptop to hear it with my headphones
Thanks Jack! Yeah I don't think phone speakers do this one justice. A lot of stereo / panning stuff. :)
Wow!!!!!
tight finger drumming
Thanks J E!
Awesome, glad to hear some Majora's Mask stuff. Where did you get that shirt?? Keep up the great work!
Thank you! Amazon I think :D
Super impressive! So you didn’t quantize this or anything post production? Either way, really good work; keep it up! 🤙
Thank you! No, I never quantize my live recordings - that would defeat the whole purpose of playing it in the first place. Keep it human, imperfections and all :)
@@GLASYS nice man! I assumed so, but just wanted to ask cause it sounds good! Just discovered your channel, and I love what I’ve seen so far!
@@RedCarRecords thanks so much! Appreciate you being here! :)
The finger drums were a great addition! @GLASYS Do you find the Go Pro distracting as you work? I do enjoy the POV shots but I imagine it makes things that much more difficult for you.
Thanks Chris! No I wouldn't say it's distracting. It doesn't block my eyesight or anything. It does get uncomfortable if I wear it for hours, but this was a quick filming session :)
Loved it! The song of healing gave me chills (not in a bad way).
Thats the nostalgia
Pretty much
Thank you Javy! This song always gave me chills. The whole game did 😄
@@GLASYS majoras mask gave me nightmares of the moon and the mask salesmans when I was a kid. Scary days for 7 year old me
@@javym1431 oh I can totally understand! I didn't play this game at such a young age (thankfully) but it still really gave me the creeps. And serious anxiety with the constant ticking clock haha. It's a beautiful game that I never want to play again 😂
Where did you learn how to do this, I aspire to be even half as skilled at making dope music as you.
Seriously though, where did you learn to do this?
Thank you! I've been learning piano since I was a kid and studied classical & jazz. I learned how to use synths on my own in my early 20s through trial and error (and the internet)
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Awesome! Sounds like Radiohead
Radiohead is my favorite band of all time, so I'm really glad to hear that! Thanks :)
You should do a fire emblem theme cover
I have yet to play a Fire Emblem game. I really wanna check out that series.
Jazzy
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Wow one synth voice actually sounds kinda like a female choir, which makes it even more spooky
Thanks Anagh! Yes, one of the Prophet X layers is a choir :)
Very beautiful but sounds sad (ush) Not a gamer myself so I would not know why
Thank you! It is quite sad, the whole game's story is very eerie and tragic.
That was sic Glasys. Another owl tshirt? Well it makes the song even spookier. How yo drum with your pinky and thumb while playing two synths is infuriating. Lol. Sorry three synths.
Thanks so much Jai! The shirt is actually "Majora's Mask" from the game :)
@@GLASYS ok I'm not game savvy. Its pretty cool, I see your head rig works good. Go 0os are magic aren't they? On helmets in Iraq to Glays studio.