When I was in a bad place, playing Animal Crossing Wild World was one of the few comforts I had. I distinctly remember going to the coffee shop on Saturday nights to hear K K play whatever. When you're really settled into a game and it means a lot to you, it's the little moments, like with an incomprehensible barking howling and whistling dog in the cafe I frequented every day, it's a comfortable place unlike any other. Luke, unlike everyone else there, knows that comfort. Those moments you just sit and listen. No collecting bugs, no fishing, no pressure to go here or do that... Just listening in the safest place you could imagine.
Nice to see that they finally recognized the musical genius of K.K. Slider (and, by extension, Totaka Kazumi)...I just heard K.K. Metal for the first time and thought that Andy would *love* it (and I feel as though Mike would like K.K. Cruisin'...except for that "sqwack" sound, that is 😆).
TL;DR Not a fan of Animal Crossing, but a fan of the music of Animal Crossing. I'm not a fan of the animal crossing series...or any game with no end tbh... but most of k.k. slider music has actually been good, imo. I mean there's so much, i don't like all of them, but the one's i do like leave me with a feeling of serenity, or sadness, or bittersweet. It just depends on which song is playing. Each tone is incredibly well made on an entirely small platform for music, like mario paint, but with all the creativity to change the sound into something recognizable as a genre outside that scope. I mean someone took the sounds of mario bros and turned it into Coheed and Cambria's "welcome home" for crissake. Allbeit that's not in animal crossing, but it could be. I mean you won't get bangers from k.k. slider, but if you appreciate good music, you'll get good music. Im rambling.
Maybe I'm a weirdo then for finding K.K. Slider's music as ear torture which I would always mute my game system when he was performing. Shame seeing as K.K. Slider is a cute dog that can't sing or play music very well.
If there was ever a reason to fall in love with Luke, this video is it. Him geeking out over K.K. Slider was so adorable and innocent, it touched my heart🥰🥰🥰
For me its definitely vice city, being in 7th grade, a barely entry level metal head, hearing Maidens two minutes, Slayers raining blood, Megadeth, Ozzy, oh man it was the raddest shit ever i had V rock on constant loop hahaha, led to the next 20 years of learning guitar, sweep picking, being in a melodeath band, black metal, death metal, that was when i learned what good music was haha
But to be fair..as far as MIDI music goes, it's like a 1/10 hahaha, i totally agree it's catchy, i don't think it's janky, but as far as classic retro game music goes it's nothing spectacular hahaha
I've watched this vid so many times and it never fails to cheer me up. So many hilarious and relatable moments, but I will just point out that you can tell Luke is an actual musician because his miming to the beats of the Corneria Theme is absolutely flawless timing-wise. I also cannot fault Jane for loving a piece that uses 'a combat shotgun racking as percussion'. Nothing more metal than that.
@@deathbykonami5487 Don't lump composers into his actions. The only thing composers do, is compose. Everything else is unique and varied to the individual. THAT SPECIFIC COMPOSER might not like it. My buddy though, you may have heard his stuff, fucking loves crude/vulgar expressions of feeling because it's a real feeling. "Oh, it's quite nice." Balls it is, it's rocking awesome. Quite nice is your grandmothers cookies. The music of Doom is murder made music. Mick Gordon should grow a set and appreciate that he was appreciated.
With the totally awesome intro in doom as well, Is the use of silence. Right after the "shotgun shuk shuk" the music cuts completely, and its quiet...too quiet. It makes the previous metal moment all the more potent. SO good. Gives me goosebumps.
As I recall, there's an in-universe cross-species porn magazine in Mass Effect 2 whose cover image is a provocatively-posed Hanar. I can't remember the title, and I'd look it up, but I'm pretty sure googling "Mass Effect porn" is a rabbit hole I don't want to visit.
Luke: “listen to this music with little instruments” Everybody: “Yay!” Also Luke: “listen to this other song with few instruments” Everybody: “... He’s insane”
@@marhawkman303 i was trying to type a comment to convince you to the contrary, but then my phone died. So instead, to each their own, but keep an open mind.... because you can never be sure of anything until you've gave it a chance. Not this video, with someone forcing you to listen and overhyping it up along with all his friends and or colleagues degrading him.... Fml i still tried to convince you anyway. Umm...sorry i wasted your time.
Mar Hawkman Just putting my 2 cents in, I enjoy SPECIFIC KK songs not all, most get the same reaction from me that you have. My I suggest that you find a video of just the songs, maybe start with KK Jazz.
They change it up, slightly, in ME2 & 3. Adding deeper bass, a few extra trills, that sort of thing. Hard to hear it unless you have headphones on or a *really* good sound system.
I am late to this video, but ABSOLUTELY. I love the ME map music. Each successive game has a different take on the map and the music, but it makes it nicer when you spend so much time in the map to locate resources missions to get the most out of the game. So good.
Gotta say Luke, your segment on K.K. Slider won my heart. And if I may say K.K. Bossa was my all time favorite and I outright cried when they used it in the anime film. You're my hero for standing up to a room that just didn't get it and continuing with your point.
Kingdoms of Amalur is SUCH an underrated game I'm so glad it got a shoutout here. I had the opportunity to actually eat dinner with Ken Rolston and pick his brain on morrwind, oblivion, etc. He spoke so highly of the team and studio making KoA, it just made me love the game even more.
@@gamehunter88 Good point, Screwey seems to beJane's emotional support murder weapon and I do enjoy their adventures together. Andy does use a wide variety of items rather than just stabbing; the most recent one I saw was the bank vault escalation where they all had to use the ceremonial dagger so I was probably thinking of that.
Yeah, Andy tends to shy away from the pointy items, due to his tendency towards SA runs (and non-target kills are the bane of his existence). He'll happily clatter anyone with a blunt object, though (and some end up getting possible TBIs from multiple whacks on the noggin)...
I literally got into the video because I saw KK Slider, you go Luke! Also, Animal Crossing is a really relaxing game that makes you appreciate the small things in life and the fact that the colorful background dissappears and fades into black when KK Slider plays music and how the camera spins around in a slow motion while environmental effects play in the background is so soothing, really adds to the whole experience of listening to his music
Ellen, Luke, Andy, Mike and Jane recall the pieces of videogame music that rocked their worlds. Expect groundbreaking music tech, shotguns as percussion instruments and uh, incomprehensible dog noises. Enjoy, and let us know your favourite bits of game music in the comments -OX
I guess I can't mention any songs from Smash Bros Ultimate because ALL OF THEM ARE INCREDIBLY AMAZING and we don't need to cover the obvious, right? But I will anyway! Mega Man 2 Remix was epic!
Mass Effect's Galaxy Map wasn't the only great music! What about the Final Mission Song from Mass Effect 2? Or the Main Theme from Mass Effect 3 and Mass Effect Andromeda! They are amazing and still give me chills to this day :3 But my absolute favourite Game music has to be "Crush 'em all" from Dynasty Warriors 7! Any of you who loves Guitar music should give this a chance. It is so good!
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Gerudo Valley Theme The guitar pulls you in from jump. Absolute auditory enchantment. The Lost Woods music was great at first especially being one of the first bits of music you were intro'd to but Gerudo Valley simply elevated the aural experience to a whole new level.
Two songs: the opening screen for Dragon Age: Origins and "Dawn will Come" from Dragon Age: Inquisition. You hear the opening screen music for Origins, and you know that what game it is. However, "Dawn will Come" had several different people do covers for it! And it sums up how I felt the second week of quarantine until... whenever covid ends.
Two years late, but THAT is how much I need to affirm your music choices. :) I don’t think a piece of music has ever made me feel quite the same way as the DA:O opening. Although the reimagining for DA2 was the single best thing about the game.
I'm surprised they can reference Mass Effect without mentioning "Leaving Earth" from ME3. Possibly one of the most chilling pieces of music I've heard, its sad, bleak and lonely, and the random blasts of Brass emulating reaper noises only enhance that feeling of utter powerlessness and hopelessness. Add to that the tragic war zone that was Earth... One of the best directed cut scenes I've ever seen in a game.
@@xd3athcabx Well, it was a kinda depressing scene ruclips.net/video/-6RHg-BCk0g/видео.html It sorta helps establish the feelings of bleak hopelessness that suffused the rest of the game, and humanity and the rest of the galaxy has to fight for thier very survival against a race of exterminators who have done this thousands upon thousands of times. As well as establish what you are fighting for.
My two year old came running over when she heard the Animal Crossing music, listened intently for a moment and started trying to sing it. So it IS a language... in our house we call it gibberish. ;)
Totally agree, and amongst many others the first two that came to my mind were: 1. Moon Over the Castle - Gran Turismo 4 Intro Theme (Europe version) or the Extended Orchestral 2. Halo 1 theme, because I prefer the original unaltered piece
Italian here (from a few dozen km from Venice actually), Venice without a large majority of the international tourists was actually the most wonderful I’ve ever seen it over the years, the Venetians aren’t wrong in wanting to limit their numbers
K.K Love Song was always my favorite, and remains so to this day, both the version he sings and the aircheck. I'd always go into Punchy's house and just sleep in his bed for hours.
New Horizons is the first AC game I've played but I have got to tell you: thanks to Luke's enthusiasm in this video, hearing K.K. Samba now makes me genuinely happy ❤️👌 I hope the knowledge that you converted at least one person to your cause brightens your isolation a little!
@@thegreatpineapple4425 I'm not sure what you mean I went with triss and still got to hear priscilla and just fyi Geralt's voice actor would choose triss over yeniffer
@@rmcgowa1987 I played the games before I read the books, after reading the books I won't go with triss in wild hunt again. Obviously I do in assassin of Kings lol.
As someone who also is a big music fan, I gotta say, I love seeing how animated everyone in oxboxtra gets when they're describing their song for the list.
I love the music in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim! When i'm down or had a bad day i'll just run Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to hear the music and it makes me feel better! Also the music in Elder Scrolls Online is pretty good too!
The whole mass effect series has fantastic music throughout. I genuinely open up the first mass effect every now and then just to listen to the menu music.
Cosmic Monoliths: Nearly impossible to hit, high health, and to top it off it fires off TPK level attacks on the regular. Its first entry is arguably the most terrifying (EBF3) but each game it evolves to better fight you off.
Kingdom hearts simple and clean hit me really hard. Why the song is great, what makes it so good is when you here. It comes after a really hard final boss what felt great to beat, then you have a emotional cutscene and the song starts playing. This all combined makes me still love this song
look at mike's choice: he got almost the perfect ambient/music ever put into a game.... i could listen to that ME space sound for HOURS... it's soothing and calming and almost leads to a zen-state, well done.
I watched this incredibly drunk and when Andy said "Hey" my head whipped around and i stared at him for a while before remembering i was watching a video
Great selection. Tin managed to summarize the whole of human history in a single tune with words from Leonardo Da Vinci. That's not just astonishing, that's legendary.
Glad to see someone else respect the simple hymn. It is both uplifting and somber in rememberance of the unchangeable past but still hopeful for the future that you will forge. Truly great before the Skyhold scenes.
This whole video was great, but when Mike said "Mass Effect map music" I cheered out loud. Such an iconic song that never ever gets old, even if you're spending hours in this place. Also, watching Luke (and Ellen!) jam out to Corneria theme, super on point.
Every piece of music in Dragon Age: Origins. It was the first game that made me tear up while playing it, mostly because of the absolutely beautiful soundtrack.
I have to say that the musical soundtrack that I fell in love with the first time I heard it was Neir: Automata's theme park song. I had never really payed attention to music in games before they were usually background noise. But, throughout the entire game the music helped immerse me into the story a bit.
I have to admit, when Luke started off with K.K Slider I was in the same mind as the rest of OXtra and OXbox. But I was nodding along to the songs by the end of that segment. So K.K Slider all the way!
"Change.org has crashed due to heavy voting about a youtube channel: "Outside Xtra", requesting a video exclusively talking about popular fictional musical character, K.K. Slider."
That track doesn't get NEARLY as much love as it should. That bridge section still gives me chills sometimes. If you want a good remix of it, there's one by a guy named teckworks that I think even surpasses the original.
Some game music that seriously blew my mind was literally every track from Skyrim. Jeremy Soule did a really good job at composing masterpieces like "Dragonborn" and "The Streets of Whiterun"
Yeah every time I rewatch this video I have the thought that probably no-one chose Skyrim music because it felt too obvious a choice. Also everyone already knows it's amazing
I absolutely fell in love with Mystic Cave Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It just lays down this thick funk and overlays these warbling wails that impart a sense of spookyness to the proceedings. LOVE IT.
"Journey" from Destiny 2 being played the second time during the final mission with our guardian slashing their way through the last city is a total banger that really hits home
Mass Effect 2 Suicide Mission. Running through the Collector base, terrified about your friends dying and determined to save the galaxy and having that incredible song thumping as you do it, so goddam powerful and inspiring! The galaxy map is also real good Mike and Oh My God Ellen Venice Violins is great, theme of my early childhood right there!
For me Its a song called "the air" from sonic adventure. I still cant get over the complicity of the drum beat and how it went from guitar to sitar. Part of me wants to find a band and pay them to see if they can actually play it to the letter.
One song I always seem to have in my head is 'Journey' from Destiny 2. It's newer than the ones in this video, but all the string and vocals is honestly quite amazing to listen to. I seriously recommend.
@@stevef5888 Does Spira have trains? I don't remember any... Soo.. FF7 opener or FFX-2 opener? FF7: ruclips.net/video/S8NGDsnv34M/видео.html FFX-2: ruclips.net/video/z2e4_XChGwA/видео.html
"You're not Alone" from Final Fantasy 9 It is played during an incredible moment of the game and makes that moment so much more powerful, and that song has stuck with me for years
The Pokemon mystery dungeon games and Ilomilo had so many amazing pieces of music that I can't even choose. The tone of the music always matched the feel of the level and importance of the mission.
The Dawn Will Come from Dragon Age Inquisition. I love the entire soundtrack for that game, even though loads of fans disagree, citing Origins as having the best. I adore most music from DA2 as well, but The Dawn Will come from Inquisition literally made me cry the first time I played it. It was so inspirational and uplifting when it felt like there was no hope. I also listened to this, and still do, extensively when my mom passed earlier this year.
I thought it was such a great song especially to open in the beginning and as soon as you press play you see everyone wiped out. It just is a hopeful song played right before hope is lost. I think that's what makes it better to me in my opinion.
To me the best part of the Corneria theme is the instrument transitions. The way it moves from the first part of the bassline into that crescendo really sticks with me. I came back to this video when I was thinking about this theme again because I remembered that Luke had a thing for it.
I know these aren’t instrumental or composed specifically for the games, but the life is strange series has introduced me to about a dozen bands over the past few years
I'm so sad no one mentioned one of my favourites, from Dark Souls nonetheless. The moment you bravely got all the way through The Great Hollow, you reached bottom of it, went through the door and hear these first notes while entering The Ash Lake. The Ancient Dragon theme is so amazing, especialy since most of DS is without a music, so suddenly getting a whole area and this nice vista along with it. Pure perfection.
When I was in a bad place, playing Animal Crossing Wild World was one of the few comforts I had. I distinctly remember going to the coffee shop on Saturday nights to hear K K play whatever. When you're really settled into a game and it means a lot to you, it's the little moments, like with an incomprehensible barking howling and whistling dog in the cafe I frequented every day, it's a comfortable place unlike any other.
Luke, unlike everyone else there, knows that comfort. Those moments you just sit and listen. No collecting bugs, no fishing, no pressure to go here or do that... Just listening in the safest place you could imagine.
"You wake up naked on a sarcophagus - we've all been there!"
Thank goodness Jane said that. I've been self conscious about that for weeks now.
Story you wanna share?
Let's just say you can't trust a college drama club over a Labor Day weekend - at least not at midnight in a closed museum.
That's also how Kingdoms of Amalur starts too
@@rikdawson9165 Lmao, i guess the only other question to ask is.... Was the sarcophagus in use at the time you found yourself naked on it?
...Well, I'll have you know it was, but he turned out to be a lovely person.
It's so much funnier coming back to this after seeing almost all of them support Luke by being at K.K. Fest 2020, and Andy's #urge2dirge
I thought so too, about 6 months later and they are enjoying KK's music
2020 has changed all of us
Nice to see that they finally recognized the musical genius of K.K. Slider (and, by extension, Totaka Kazumi)...I just heard K.K. Metal for the first time and thought that Andy would *love* it (and I feel as though Mike would like K.K. Cruisin'...except for that "sqwack" sound, that is 😆).
"The difficult second album": I like to believe Luke got that line because he is in fact speaking from experience
Well how can you follow up short songs with long titles. I mean its near perfect
@@wierdalien1 I know right?! But since he decided to try, I'm excited to see what the new album is like when it drops ^_^
I didn't even know he was doing a second album. So excited. Xx
@@BethStar11 Yep! It's out on 12th October, Luke's written about it on his Twitter : )
I'm here from the morning he released the album to confirm that it's at least as magnificent, if not more so because Johnny Chiodini is in it.
"It makes me think of studying an octopus" - Luke 2019
That is a very specific yet strangely accurate description.
I have to say I totally agree, seems somehow the totally correct image.
It does strangely remind me of Subnautica's slower moments.
Happy Bob He’s not wrong.
You're not wrong.
Luke's unbridled joy talking about and dancing to the Cornelia theme is everything.
"I am a huge fan of the Tomb Raider series."
I'm genuinely surprised by this, Ellen. You've never mentioned it before...
The way everybody is just clowning Luke about K.K Slider is my life in a nutshell. Don't worry Luke, some people just can't accept REAL MUSIC! Lol
StevenSengTV I consistently have KK Dirge playing in my house, in Animal Crossing.
It made my headache considerably worse lol
TL;DR Not a fan of Animal Crossing, but a fan of the music of Animal Crossing.
I'm not a fan of the animal crossing series...or any game with no end tbh... but most of k.k. slider music has actually been good, imo. I mean there's so much, i don't like all of them, but the one's i do like leave me with a feeling of serenity, or sadness, or bittersweet. It just depends on which song is playing. Each tone is incredibly well made on an entirely small platform for music, like mario paint, but with all the creativity to change the sound into something recognizable as a genre outside that scope. I mean someone took the sounds of mario bros and turned it into Coheed and Cambria's "welcome home" for crissake. Allbeit that's not in animal crossing, but it could be. I mean you won't get bangers from k.k. slider, but if you appreciate good music, you'll get good music. Im rambling.
@@JamesCPotter13 you have a dirge playing at all times? You might need to talk to someone about that....
Sometimes, I just booted my 3DS, set the time to Saturday night, just to listen to K.K Slider for an hour.
Watching this after the K.K. Slider concert stream, everyone definitely came around to Luke’s feelings on K.K. Slider
Pretty much
Over the road trucker here, and I played that stream twice, back to back, kept me smiling for hours of my drive.
Stale cupcakes is one of the. Best songs.
Maybe I'm a weirdo then for finding K.K. Slider's music as ear torture which I would always mute my game system when he was performing. Shame seeing as K.K. Slider is a cute dog that can't sing or play music very well.
I love how sincere Luke is about kk slider. His music is like an acquired taste. Not one I ever wish to get but Luke likes it
If there was ever a reason to fall in love with Luke, this video is it. Him geeking out over K.K. Slider was so adorable and innocent, it touched my heart🥰🥰🥰
14:40 . . . I love how Ellen decides to bust a move on screen! 🤣
Don't worry, Luke. You sold me on KK Slider. Let the others laugh. True genius is never appreciated in it's time.
i was actually nodding my head to a lot of them. it does sound good.
Luke is right on!!! RISE UP!!!
Shame on them
For me its definitely vice city, being in 7th grade, a barely entry level metal head, hearing Maidens two minutes, Slayers raining blood, Megadeth, Ozzy, oh man it was the raddest shit ever i had V rock on constant loop hahaha, led to the next 20 years of learning guitar, sweep picking, being in a melodeath band, black metal, death metal, that was when i learned what good music was haha
But to be fair..as far as MIDI music goes, it's like a 1/10 hahaha, i totally agree it's catchy, i don't think it's janky, but as far as classic retro game music goes it's nothing spectacular hahaha
"It SLAPS, Andy!" Mike is so relatable, both in Hitman style and in music taste
I've watched this vid so many times and it never fails to cheer me up. So many hilarious and relatable moments, but I will just point out that you can tell Luke is an actual musician because his miming to the beats of the Corneria Theme is absolutely flawless timing-wise.
I also cannot fault Jane for loving a piece that uses 'a combat shotgun racking as percussion'. Nothing more metal than that.
I'm here for the umpteenth time too 😁
Love this so much.
Well, his miming...and the fact he's dropped several CDs, that is 😉
The best way I ever saw the Doom 2016 soundtrack described was “music you can feel in your anus”.
Mick Gordon blocked the guy on Twitter.
WTF
@@drinkerstan6477 Composers don't like having their work described so crudely
@@deathbykonami5487 Don't lump composers into his actions. The only thing composers do, is compose. Everything else is unique and varied to the individual. THAT SPECIFIC COMPOSER might not like it. My buddy though, you may have heard his stuff, fucking loves crude/vulgar expressions of feeling because it's a real feeling. "Oh, it's quite nice." Balls it is, it's rocking awesome. Quite nice is your grandmothers cookies. The music of Doom is murder made music. Mick Gordon should grow a set and appreciate that he was appreciated.
I agree with that guy
I mean he's not wrong tho 😂
Find someone who loves you 1/3 of the amount the Ellen loves kingdoms of amalur
1/3? nah 1/3 is already extremely hard to find, maybe 1/12th of the amount
Such a feat is impossible...
Is it okay if I find someone *I* love a third as much as Ellen loves KoA?
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And we mean very specifically no more than 1/3rd - more than that and you're getting into dangerous waters
Watching Luke and Ellen rock out on the Starfox theme really makes my day!
Watching Luke frug his heart out and Ellen surprise bursting in to frug with him made my day.
"Is there a version for Smash?"
LUKE GOES OFF
JH Sand151 “WELL...”
god i can't find one with the buildup I WANT THE BUILD UP AND THE DRUM FILL
With the totally awesome intro in doom as well, Is the use of silence. Right after the "shotgun shuk shuk" the music cuts completely, and its quiet...too quiet. It makes the previous metal moment all the more potent. SO good. Gives me goosebumps.
Mike: "Was that one of the romance scenes I didn't unlock?"
So begins the hunt for the elusive Shepard/Hanar romance
As I recall, there's an in-universe cross-species porn magazine in Mass Effect 2 whose cover image is a provocatively-posed Hanar. I can't remember the title, and I'd look it up, but I'm pretty sure googling "Mass Effect porn" is a rabbit hole I don't want to visit.
If it's taking place in a lab, it's 100% Mordin. We'll see if he'd truly never kill a lady with with science.
DrakeAurum it’s called Fornax. It’s one of those little details that stuck with me forever.
@@JustAMagicDuck
That Hanar/Asari issue sure is kinky, huh?
_This one can no longer abide resisting the temptation to palpate your form with this one's tentacles._
Luke: “listen to this music with little instruments”
Everybody: “Yay!”
Also Luke: “listen to this other song with few instruments”
Everybody: “... He’s insane”
Yeah the KK Slider bit is... something I didn't like. It's the nails on a chalkboard effect for me.
I counter with EBF series' instrumental tracks TOO GOOD!
@@marhawkman303 i was trying to type a comment to convince you to the contrary, but then my phone died.
So instead, to each their own, but keep an open mind....
because you can never be sure of anything until you've gave it a chance. Not this video, with someone forcing you to listen and overhyping it up along with all his friends and or colleagues degrading him....
Fml i still tried to convince you anyway. Umm...sorry i wasted your time.
@@the1fortheages Well I listened to the part in this video, then my brain was like "make it stop!". I don't really have anything else to say about it.
Mar Hawkman Just putting my 2 cents in, I enjoy SPECIFIC KK songs not all, most get the same reaction from me that you have. My I suggest that you find a video of just the songs, maybe start with KK Jazz.
The Mass Effect map music is outstandingly beautiful, yes.
They change it up, slightly, in ME2 & 3. Adding deeper bass, a few extra trills, that sort of thing. Hard to hear it unless you have headphones on or a *really* good sound system.
@@sarasunshinemt4444 not a "really good" sound system, if you have a bass of any sort it's very noticeable
After playing mass effect myself now I can agree 100%
Facts
I am late to this video, but ABSOLUTELY. I love the ME map music. Each successive game has a different take on the map and the music, but it makes it nicer when you spend so much time in the map to locate resources missions to get the most out of the game. So good.
Gotta say Luke, your segment on K.K. Slider won my heart. And if I may say K.K. Bossa was my all time favorite and I outright cried when they used it in the anime film. You're my hero for standing up to a room that just didn't get it and continuing with your point.
I can't believe nobody's mentioned the Dragon Age Inquisition main theme. Talk about hype music. What a way to start a game.
Right? That theme gives me CHILLS every time I hear it.
Kingdoms of Amalur is SUCH an underrated game I'm so glad it got a shoutout here. I had the opportunity to actually eat dinner with Ken Rolston and pick his brain on morrwind, oblivion, etc. He spoke so highly of the team and studio making KoA, it just made me love the game even more.
Everyone dragging Luke about KK Slider, while Luke slowly makes more and more sweeping and radical claims is just my aesthetic.
"I'm a big fan of stabs"
Yes Andy, we've all seen your Hitman skills...
Are you confusing Andy's playthroughs with Jane's? She's the one with a sidekick named Screwey the Screwdriver
@@gamehunter88 Good point, Screwey seems to beJane's emotional support murder weapon and I do enjoy their adventures together. Andy does use a wide variety of items rather than just stabbing; the most recent one I saw was the bank vault escalation where they all had to use the ceremonial dagger so I was probably thinking of that.
Andy prefers Hammy the Hammer for knock outs
Yeah, Andy tends to shy away from the pointy items, due to his tendency towards SA runs (and non-target kills are the bane of his existence). He'll happily clatter anyone with a blunt object, though (and some end up getting possible TBIs from multiple whacks on the noggin)...
I love how they all laughed at KK Slider… then became obsessed at getting him on their islands in New Horizons.
Banjo-Kazooie is basically an interactive "saturday morning cartoon", so the little Looney Tunes-esque ragtime music cues are a perfect fit.
I just love how enthusiastic everyone is.
I literally got into the video because I saw KK Slider, you go Luke!
Also, Animal Crossing is a really relaxing game that makes you appreciate the small things in life and the fact that the colorful background dissappears and fades into black when KK Slider plays music and how the camera spins around in a slow motion while environmental effects play in the background is so soothing, really adds to the whole experience of listening to his music
Dragon Age: Inquisition "The Dawn Will Come" such an awesome piece set at a thematically perfect moment in the story.
It was really good.
Oh my god, yes!
"there's a Smash remix for that" is probably just gonna become it's own trope soon
The soundtrack for Ultimate.. oh my
God I hope
Smash remix for Kurikinton coming soon in fact.
The Doom intro was sublime, I really do deeply appreciate how great those hands are. RIP AND TEAR
Are you Yoshikage Kira or something?
Ellen, Luke, Andy, Mike and Jane recall the pieces of videogame music that rocked their worlds. Expect groundbreaking music tech, shotguns as percussion instruments and uh, incomprehensible dog noises. Enjoy, and let us know your favourite bits of game music in the comments -OX
I mean maybe this is already in there but halo CE had incredible music and sound direction
Super Smash Bros Brawls soundtrack, nuff said.
Destiny 2 Shadowkeep Title Music
I guess I can't mention any songs from Smash Bros Ultimate because ALL OF THEM ARE INCREDIBLY AMAZING and we don't need to cover the obvious, right?
But I will anyway! Mega Man 2 Remix was epic!
Mass Effect's Galaxy Map wasn't the only great music!
What about the Final Mission Song from Mass Effect 2? Or the Main Theme from Mass Effect 3 and Mass Effect Andromeda!
They are amazing and still give me chills to this day :3
But my absolute favourite Game music has to be "Crush 'em all" from Dynasty Warriors 7!
Any of you who loves Guitar music should give this a chance. It is so good!
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Gerudo Valley Theme
The guitar pulls you in from jump. Absolute auditory enchantment.
The Lost Woods music was great at first especially being one of the first bits of music you were intro'd to but Gerudo Valley simply elevated the aural experience to a whole new level.
When I was a little girl, Epona's Song made me cry real tears lmao
Malcura is awesome, but my favorite is the Song of Storms. Song of Time is awesome, too.
Two songs: the opening screen for Dragon Age: Origins and "Dawn will Come" from Dragon Age: Inquisition. You hear the opening screen music for Origins, and you know that what game it is. However, "Dawn will Come" had several different people do covers for it! And it sums up how I felt the second week of quarantine until... whenever covid ends.
I got a shiver down my spine just from reading this. They're both so good, but I have a special place in my heart for the Origins theme. It's so good.
Two years late, but THAT is how much I need to affirm your music choices. :) I don’t think a piece of music has ever made me feel quite the same way as the DA:O opening. Although the reimagining for DA2 was the single best thing about the game.
I'm surprised they can reference Mass Effect without mentioning "Leaving Earth" from ME3.
Possibly one of the most chilling pieces of music I've heard, its sad, bleak and lonely, and the random blasts of Brass emulating reaper noises only enhance that feeling of utter powerlessness and hopelessness. Add to that the tragic war zone that was Earth... One of the best directed cut scenes I've ever seen in a game.
Yes, yes, so much yes, I get misty-eyed just thinking about that scene and the music.
yes!! mass effect 3, especially, had some really emotional pieces. leaving earth, i was lost without you, an end once and for all...
"Vigil" is the one that really tugs on my heartstrings.
Wow, that straight up sounds kinda depressing
@@xd3athcabx Well, it was a kinda depressing scene ruclips.net/video/-6RHg-BCk0g/видео.html
It sorta helps establish the feelings of bleak hopelessness that suffused the rest of the game, and humanity and the rest of the galaxy has to fight for thier very survival against a race of exterminators who have done this thousands upon thousands of times. As well as establish what you are fighting for.
My two year old came running over when she heard the Animal Crossing music, listened intently for a moment and started trying to sing it. So it IS a language... in our house we call it gibberish. ;)
Red Dead Redemption: So Far Away, by Jose Gonzalez. Great tune, and great intro into Mexico in the game.
And the timing of the song was spot on! Had goosepumps all the way.
Totally agree, and amongst many others the first two that came to my mind were:
1. Moon Over the Castle - Gran Turismo 4 Intro Theme (Europe version) or the Extended Orchestral
2. Halo 1 theme, because I prefer the original unaltered piece
Ok Luke and Ellen getting their groove on to the Star fox music is officially THE BEST THING EVER.💜🤘
A wonderful & magical moment! Moarrrr 😅🤣
I LOVE when Ellen gets nerdy and giddy and excited. Ellen, you are a beautiful soul. Keep being you and making us smile.
Her laughter makes the world a better place
She's so adorable!
"If I ever go to Venice..."
2020: We don't do that here.
Not if you don't want to end in the ICU!
Cheers mate, true words but people come to these videos to escape the bleakness of reality
Jewel Boyd, the influx of tourists off of cruise ships was hammering the city into ruin, so Venice started to ban them.
Italian here (from a few dozen km from Venice actually), Venice without a large majority of the international tourists was actually the most wonderful I’ve ever seen it over the years, the Venetians aren’t wrong in wanting to limit their numbers
K.K Love Song was always my favorite, and remains so to this day, both the version he sings and the aircheck. I'd always go into Punchy's house and just sleep in his bed for hours.
. . . and in the game!
Listen to K.K. Aria, it's a masterpiece
Me: Listening to video with one earbud
Luke: "Grab your headphones, everybody!"
Me: Puts other earbud in.
I see you're another person of sophistication 👍
@@newflesh666 Indeed.
New Horizons is the first AC game I've played but I have got to tell you: thanks to Luke's enthusiasm in this video, hearing K.K. Samba now makes me genuinely happy ❤️👌 I hope the knowledge that you converted at least one person to your cause brightens your isolation a little!
The witcher wild hunt when priscilla sings at the Inn is easily my favourite
The only time I regretted going team Triss 😝
It gets better when you realize that was Tom Hiddleston's sister, Emma.
@@thegreatpineapple4425 I'm not sure what you mean I went with triss and still got to hear priscilla and just fyi Geralt's voice actor would choose triss over yeniffer
@@rmcgowa1987 I meant that the song describes the connection between Yen and Geralt so beautifully.
@@rmcgowa1987 I played the games before I read the books, after reading the books I won't go with triss in wild hunt again. Obviously I do in assassin of Kings lol.
As someone who also is a big music fan, I gotta say, I love seeing how animated everyone in oxboxtra gets when they're describing their song for the list.
I love the music in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim! When i'm down or had a bad day i'll just run Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to hear the music and it makes me feel better! Also the music in Elder Scrolls Online is pretty good too!
The Mass Effect 3 OTS is my all time fav sound track. Personal favorites are "leaving earth" and "An end once and for all"
The whole mass effect series has fantastic music throughout.
I genuinely open up the first mass effect every now and then just to listen to the menu music.
ME3 truly had music that gave you a sense of heartache. You could really feel the sense of purpose, but with a tinge of a broken hope. Truly was good.
During the whole trilogy I loved the galaxy map theme.
@@maxvel0city906 you can get the music on Amazon music or iTunes.
First time playing ME3, i had headphones on. that first Basso blast of the Reaper laser hitting the shuttle hit me so hard....
7 "normal" enemies who were so strong,challenging or terryfing that we avoided the at all costs.
Cosmic Monoliths: Nearly impossible to hit, high health, and to top it off it fires off TPK level attacks on the regular. Its first entry is arguably the most terrifying (EBF3) but each game it evolves to better fight you off.
I vote Banshees from Mass Effect 3. Just infinite amounts of NO, for so many different reasons.
Well if you want that, you can just make all 7 variants of headcrabs. And 7 of them would be the Poison Headcrab.
The FF edition would either be the Behemoth or the Malboro
Ghost People from the Dead Money dlc in New Vegas
K.K. is an absolute legend, he is amazing!
I've always loved his music
Kingdom hearts simple and clean hit me really hard. Why the song is great, what makes it so good is when you here. It comes after a really hard final boss what felt great to beat, then you have a emotional cutscene and the song starts playing. This all combined makes me still love this song
Very true, but somehow "Sanctuary" hits me even harder.
I love when Ellen discusses things she's enthused about, it's always really sweet to see. She's my spirit animal.
I like when she busts up into a laugh. 😊
look at mike's choice: he got almost the perfect ambient/music ever put into a game.... i could listen to that ME space sound for HOURS... it's soothing and calming and almost leads to a zen-state, well done.
I watched this incredibly drunk and when Andy said "Hey" my head whipped around and i stared at him for a while before remembering i was watching a video
I didn't mean to alert you to my presence
Lol, dummy!
Exactly why you shouldn’t do alcohol kids
That's amazing. XD
DONT DRINK TO MUCH.
IT IS BAD
I said it last time but I'll mention it again. "To Zanarkand" from Final Fantasy X. Closest a game has gone to musical perfection for me.
I have a deep deep love for Elizabeth's Theme from Bioshock Infinite. I dont know why I just find it so beautiful.
The Civilization VI Main Theme, aka “Sogno di Volare,” by Christopher Tin makes me tear up every time I hear it.
Stone. Cold. Banger.
Alex Wright Baba Yetu > everything. I do LOVE the main theme of 6 though.
Waltzing mathilda all the way mate caant beat that one
Great selection. Tin managed to summarize the whole of human history in a single tune with words from Leonardo Da Vinci. That's not just astonishing, that's legendary.
WolfysEyes Agreed.
Sogno di Volare was like... The sole reason I bought Civ VI honestly. Aside from Nuclear Gandhi memes
The whole OST of Mass Effect 3. So powerful and sounding like a true space opera. Love the music!
I just have to add one of my absolute favourites, The Fields of Ard Skellig from The Witcher 3.
Dawn will come - Dragon Age Inquisition
Such an emotional piece in times of sorrow and dread.
That scene hits me so hard in the feels every time!
Glad to see someone else respect the simple hymn. It is both uplifting and somber in rememberance of the unchangeable past but still hopeful for the future that you will forge. Truly great before the Skyhold scenes.
Not a fan.
Yes! It's so great, gives me chills!
Luke: here is a singing dog
Me: I bet it will be adorable
"Music": plays
Me: (whispers) Guys Luke has lost it. It's time for the Jane protocol.
Jane protocol......why do I get the feeling we wont be seeing Luke again.....
What’s the Jane protocol? now I’m intrigued
@@ceceliaacaba2739 I'd tell you but then I would be the next victim of the Jane protocol
I'm pretty sure that his affinity to singing modem dogs was caused by the Jane Protocol.
@@ceceliaacaba2739 Quietly murder Luke and replace him with someone who'll work for less
This whole video was great, but when Mike said "Mass Effect map music" I cheered out loud. Such an iconic song that never ever gets old, even if you're spending hours in this place. Also, watching Luke (and Ellen!) jam out to Corneria theme, super on point.
Every piece of music in Dragon Age: Origins. It was the first game that made me tear up while playing it, mostly because of the absolutely beautiful soundtrack.
luke's taste in fictional singing dogs is completely valid and i support him,,, next video is 7 Great K.K. Slider Songs, please
I have to say that the musical soundtrack that I fell in love with the first time I heard it was Neir: Automata's theme park song. I had never really payed attention to music in games before they were usually background noise. But, throughout the entire game the music helped immerse me into the story a bit.
All the songs in Neir Automata are amazing
Don’t let the others silence you Luke, you listen to K.K. all you want! Although Doom theme for life 😂
Doom theme (K.K. Remix)
I have to admit, when Luke started off with K.K Slider I was in the same mind as the rest of OXtra and OXbox. But I was nodding along to the songs by the end of that segment. So K.K Slider all the way!
"Change.org has crashed due to heavy voting about a youtube channel: "Outside Xtra", requesting a video exclusively talking about popular fictional musical character, K.K. Slider."
can i sign a petion. I really need to
KK deserves respect
@@thursdayplurbonym-boyporri1457 K.K singing and classical and metal won me over
I swear to all the gods, Luke is the cutest thing ever.
Same. I don't know what it is about him.
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I would say that too if Ellen didn't exist. But it is a SUPER close horse race!
Undertale’s Another Medium makes me feel like a cyberpunk warrior destined to stop the world from ending with a sword that shoots lightning
Undertale's whole soundtrack is just non stop audio deliciousness
New Flesh true that!
That track doesn't get NEARLY as much love as it should. That bridge section still gives me chills sometimes. If you want a good remix of it, there's one by a guy named teckworks that I think even surpasses the original.
Some game music that seriously blew my mind was literally every track from Skyrim. Jeremy Soule did a really good job at composing masterpieces like "Dragonborn" and "The Streets of Whiterun"
Yeah every time I rewatch this video I have the thought that probably no-one chose Skyrim music because it felt too obvious a choice. Also everyone already knows it's amazing
I absolutely fell in love with Mystic Cave Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It just lays down this thick funk and overlays these warbling wails that impart a sense of spookyness to the proceedings. LOVE IT.
I will never get tired of the clip of Ellen tearfully singing along to the Kingdoms of Amalur theme. It's just pure happiness 😁
Me either. She's so cute!
good thing Luke got her into playing it. #WestawayRecommends
@@Jacen436987 Good old Luke, he knows his friends so well
"Journey" from Destiny 2 being played the second time during the final mission with our guardian slashing their way through the last city is a total banger that really hits home
“Unshaken” from RDR2 is incredible. Made me feel things like no piece of video game music ever has.
Conner Dudrey and the hopeful theme for Detroit become human
Fact
House Building Theme for me 😊
Conner Dudrey that’s the one and only time I’ve cried from a game
Mass Effect 2 Suicide Mission. Running through the Collector base, terrified about your friends dying and determined to save the galaxy and having that incredible song thumping as you do it, so goddam powerful and inspiring! The galaxy map is also real good Mike and Oh My God Ellen Venice Violins is great, theme of my early childhood right there!
For me Its a song called "the air" from sonic adventure. I still cant get over the complicity of the drum beat and how it went from guitar to sitar. Part of me wants to find a band and pay them to see if they can actually play it to the letter.
I love how everyone went from stopping Ellen from talking about Kingdoms of Amelur to worrying about Luke talking about K.K. slider
The one I will always remember and come back to is :
Metroid Prime :Menu select theme. So good
Honorable menion to Link's Awakening Tal Tal heights
Heck now I know what I'm gonna play when I finish this Destiny kick
One song I always seem to have in my head is 'Journey' from Destiny 2. It's newer than the ones in this video, but all the string and vocals is honestly quite amazing to listen to. I seriously recommend.
The final fantasy 7 opening theme. THAT TRAIN MAN, THAT TRAIN
My god yes...
And the battle music, boss battle music.
Aeriths theme, shinra music, the reactors music.
COSMO CANYON!
All you had to do was follow the damn train CJ
@@stevef5888 Does Spira have trains? I don't remember any...
Soo.. FF7 opener or FFX-2 opener?
FF7: ruclips.net/video/S8NGDsnv34M/видео.html
FFX-2: ruclips.net/video/z2e4_XChGwA/видео.html
Command and Conquer: "Act on instinct."
Command and Conquer: Red Alert: "Hell March."
I prefer the 2nd hell march but they're all awesome.
All Hell March themes are awesome.
"We have to act if we want to live in a better world"
Yes! These exact two!!!
Battle against a true hero blew my mind SO MUCH I COULD LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY!
"You're not Alone" from Final Fantasy 9
It is played during an incredible moment of the game and makes that moment so much more powerful, and that song has stuck with me for years
Exactly, and its very different from the rest pf the music in the game,easily one of the top ones that blew my mind
Jane: "a part of a glorious *whole* "
Me: You were one letter away, Jane. One letter away.
Noticed that and had to check the comments to make sure someone else did lol. Phrasing.
@@MrGutsTheBerserk I was laughing hard having heard that. Lol.
Big fan of K.K. here, too! Also love how his songs transform when you hear them on the tapes he gives to you
"It makes me think of studying an Octopus" is the best tangent I've heard XD
I ABSOLUTELY stand with Luke re: K.K. Slider. Learn to HEAR WITH YOUR HEART, people!
The Pokemon mystery dungeon games and Ilomilo had so many amazing pieces of music that I can't even choose. The tone of the music always matched the feel of the level and importance of the mission.
KK Western my favorite KK song, especially on the radios. Go! KK Rider would be my second and Rockin’ KK maybe third. KK Samba is pretty awesome, too.
Get out- Everyone knows KK Metal is where it's at! Especially the 'Clamshell music box' version :D It's haunting!
Came in hoping to see someone else mention Go! KK Rider.
K.K. Ska
@@ACWells13 I only ever played the first game, so I had to look up KK Metal. It's incredible.
The Dawn Will Come from Dragon Age Inquisition. I love the entire soundtrack for that game, even though loads of fans disagree, citing Origins as having the best. I adore most music from DA2 as well, but The Dawn Will come from Inquisition literally made me cry the first time I played it. It was so inspirational and uplifting when it felt like there was no hope. I also listened to this, and still do, extensively when my mom passed earlier this year.
I thought it was such a great song especially to open in the beginning and as soon as you press play you see everyone wiped out. It just is a hopeful song played right before hope is lost. I think that's what makes it better to me in my opinion.
To me the best part of the Corneria theme is the instrument transitions. The way it moves from the first part of the bassline into that crescendo really sticks with me.
I came back to this video when I was thinking about this theme again because I remembered that Luke had a thing for it.
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"Wandering around the beach with crabs and stuff..."
Title of the Jersey Shore book
I know these aren’t instrumental or composed specifically for the games, but the life is strange series has introduced me to about a dozen bands over the past few years
I know what you mean. As a 90s kid, I got to know so many bands from the 80s and even before from the GTA series.
I'm so sad no one mentioned one of my favourites, from Dark Souls nonetheless. The moment you bravely got all the way through The Great Hollow, you reached bottom of it, went through the door and hear these first notes while entering The Ash Lake. The Ancient Dragon theme is so amazing, especialy since most of DS is without a music, so suddenly getting a whole area and this nice vista along with it. Pure perfection.
Passion (Sanctuary) is what started my ultimate Kingdom Hearts love obsession. Just with listening to that song once, I fell down the rabbit hole.
My favorite song from any video game is Vector to the Heavens from 358/2 Days.