The first time I heard this, all I could think was, "Damn. This sounds like Nobuo Uematsu and Freddie Mercury had a music baby."

@RogueEggman

4 жыл бұрын

Pika pika pikapi pikachu, Pi pikachu! (It's been years, and I'm still listening!)

@Earthboundmike

4 жыл бұрын

God I listen to this daily usually.

@mardisal1128

3 жыл бұрын

Actually I think I have seen in one interview Nobuo saying that he loved Queens.

"Are they doing ... yep. They're doing Bohemian Rhapsody." And it is awesome.

it's honestly upsetting that this song isn't on spotify man

@Vancrist

6 ай бұрын

an absolute crime

This song is so underrated... One of the most impressive Final Fantasy remix.

@marcelomancini1929

8 жыл бұрын

+Haprapra underrated? Just change this music name to "aerith theme" TAM DAM! 6456547857456 likes this

@juanplopes

3 жыл бұрын

One of the most impressive songs. Period.

@MrHerbsky

Жыл бұрын

This song sure knows how to bring tears to the eye

still amazed after all this years

If Freddie Mercury had the chance to play Final Fantasy VI before he died I'm sure he would've adored this cover.

Shout out to Jason Paradise!! His passion for this game made me check it out

@barrymcdaniel7001

6 жыл бұрын

Same here

@EmmaOWnzU

5 жыл бұрын

same here, and with that passion, i've gained so much from this song! It's amazing and each part has such a glorifying resonance to it!

@codekhalil6437

7 ай бұрын

Didn't know of him till I saw this comment and went to check him out. I'm a fan now. That energy is so authentic

Great performance, but the story was *very* different when I saw it performed in Jidoor last month. Maria didn't die at the end; she ran off with this long-haired gambler guy, and there was a sequel tease.

@-Etsu-

5 жыл бұрын

Life Happens I’m still waiting for that sequel, but apparently they have trouble getting the same actors on stage. Loved the part with the giant octopus!

@OlleLindestad

5 жыл бұрын

@@-Etsu- Yeah I have no idea how they managed the stage effects on that one! I guess that's where their casting budget went.

@boxtank5288

5 жыл бұрын

@@OlleLindestad Surprised me when he flattened both romantic leads!

@mmyr8ado.360

4 жыл бұрын

@@-Etsu- Do you think it'll go on after what the clown did to the rest of the world?

@Venomsplatter

4 жыл бұрын

@@mmyr8ado.360 who cares about that that fucking clown blew up my god dam house!!!!

This is BY FAR the best reinterpretation of this game phase! There are so much i recognize inside this track : Queen, King Crimson, Toto... this is so grand!! Congratz!

Unbelievable and CLEVER adaptation. I can't believe they captured Queen so well. This badly wants a music video. Or at very least, a mashup with that opening scene in Wayne's World :-P

@Dragonskull1057

2 жыл бұрын

5 years later and this comment is very true. I wish somebody would make an animation to go along with the story of the song. This, like many other good opera and story based songs, does really well at painting scenes in your head.

@theretronick3380

Жыл бұрын

That's an amazing idea.

Probably the best song I have ever heard that no one knows about.

@IamChloePrice

9 жыл бұрын

13,333 people know about it

@adrianaholguin4286

7 жыл бұрын

now they are 43, 910

@ATTJ7628

4 жыл бұрын

Now 151,215

@alt_alpha96

3 жыл бұрын

@@ATTJ7628 I think you'll find that's actually just 10 of us playing it on loop

@MikeSaltzman

3 жыл бұрын

194,192

Holy hell. What a bohemian rhapsody guitar solo at the 5 minute mark. Well executed composition. 5 stars!

If ever there was a remake of FF6 this should be the official Opera sequence track. So well done!

There are no words. Like, this is literally the most awesome thing I have ever listened to in my entire life. Just when I thought FFVI couldn't get better, these two guys create this version of the Opera. Absolutely amazing.

One thing I realized about the story of this song- the attackers didn’t have a knife (“Someone get a knife!”) ...Draco was the one who stabbed Maria, probably as she rushed towards him, not realizing who she was....

@arkraith4148

4 жыл бұрын

Yikes... Good catch

@Cykaima

4 жыл бұрын

This is why Draco is being tried at the beginning of the song. "Look into the sins of your past."

@WhiteDragonTile

3 жыл бұрын

The way I saw it is that Draco was some sort of stalker who wanted Maria, but she didn't really want him and her family completely dissaproved of her. The only voices we hear are Draco's and Maria's brothers. The brothers, in Draco's eyes, always talk as one mob and they constatntly try to undermine the rrlationship Draco thinks he has with Maria. The one time Maria speaks in this song (draco love...), it is actually the voice of her brothers. So Draco thinks that isn't Maria saying it, but her being forced to say it by her brothers. Draco decides to fight the brothers. Before Draco even told Maria he would kill them if they didn't allow him and Maria to be together at which point Maria persumably runs away from him. So as Draco is fighting the brothers he acccidentaly, or maybe even on purpose, stabs Maria. In the end, the brothers get revenge on Darco by killing him.

@Dragonskull1057

2 жыл бұрын

​@@WhiteDragonTile Sorry for this wall of text. I read your theory and it made me want to think of and post my own. I tend to see it as a more modern telling of Romeo and Juliet. Having this thought, my mind associates the opening lines as having implied that Draco either killed or indirectly got somebody from Maria's family/gang killed (or they could just be associating a death to him due to him being around and their rivalry) and thus her family views Draco as having "Blood on his hands" and why they would want him dead as well as question "Why is he on our block?". Draco initially seems hopeful that the families will come to accept their relationship and not question it over time (Your brothers will see through the lie, tomorrow they won't ask why) but over time the separation makes his view change from that over to "If they can't accept our love and try to get in our way, I'll kill every last one who gets in the way." (I die everyday, when you hide away. I don't want to fear.... Their Rivalry). Eventually Draco and Maria attempt to run off together which leads to both families hunting them down (After all is said and done, you'll both be on the run, and we'll find you.) The final conflict is an interesting one. I'm assuming Maria's side finding them thus questioning Draco (Just what was your plan, you arrogant man) you also hear the line (He was with the whore) so maybe Maria's family/gang have gotten sick of her love for an enemy and have turned to insults towards her because of it. It could also be both sides found them as well. They beat down Draco which he survives and upon hearing Maria "We were never meant to live this lie" it pushes him into murder mode to try and get rid of those in their way. The ending I'm not even fully sure my thoughts on. It could be that as he is fighting these people Maria can't stand seeing him this way and attempts to get in between him and somebody else causing her to be stabbed accidentally by Draco. It could also have been that somebody from Maria's group accidentally stabbed her. If it's Draco accidentally stabbing her then the "And I ran and ran and ran and ran" line could be him running away and ultimately taking his own life because he'd rather die than live without her. If it was one of her group that did it, it was him running to her side and again taking his own life in order to not live without her and to join her in death.

@Dragonskull1057

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly a possibility though you do also hear the attackers saying "Get him, kill him, stab him, drill him." in the end as well so they may actually got one just before Draco goes into desperation mode.

Is this real life? Or, is this Final Fantasy?

@miguelflaviusbelisarius3825

5 жыл бұрын

Kefka has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

@themule137

4 жыл бұрын

every day is final. make it live up to your fantasy. /... if you do or don't......... i will....hahahahahaha

@rinnaelliott142

3 жыл бұрын

LMFAO.. OML this made me snort-laugh, so good~

@JaredKinter1981

2 жыл бұрын

This is so very much in the style of Queen

@megablaziken8572

2 ай бұрын

Yes

Still One of my favs. Every now and then you stumble on a glitch in the matrix cuz this should have 3 mil views tops by now.

I have a feeling Uematsu would love this.

@Karu184

8 жыл бұрын

Jake Kaufman said that someone has shown it to Uematsu and he replied with "I owe that guy a beer" or something. So yeah, he did love it :P

I can't begin to fathom the talent that went into this. It's genius and a treat for the ears.

This is probably the greatest cover/rendition of a video game song I've ever heard, and I've never even played FFVI.

I dunno where I heard it, but I thought it was a song by Queen that I didn't know, until I listened better to the lyrics and got really happy about such a glorious mashup. Good Job!

I miss this, the first time I heard of this when I was in High school. It has been 8 years, omg.

This is a freaking masterpiece. I can't believe I just found this.

How am I only just now discovering this?! This is absolutely incredible. Chilling lyrics, vocals, background instruments. Everything. Holy smokes!!!!!

Damn. The opera sequence was already one of my favorites from any Final Fantasy game, but this took it to a whole new level. How am I just finding this now?? o.o

best maria and draco interpretation i've ever heard so far...

This song is a mastery of rock operas. It brings tears every time I hear it. I miss you Ben, but ill never forget our memories together

@MrHerbsky

Жыл бұрын

Yup, still crying. I miss you buddy.

Eargasm. Every. Single. Time. I can't help but sing along. This is one of my favorite scenes in all of gaming and they did SO much justice to it

Once in a while I have to come here listen to this again. It's just out of this world.

Incredible! I don't like many of the more "eccentric" interpretations on this album, but this one is just awesome! I love Final Fantasy and I love Queen - can't get a lot better than this! :)

@adrianaholguin4286

7 жыл бұрын

Faygris yeah , this sounds like "queen"

Wow, I thought OverClocked Remix was all about dance remixes. Thanks for proving me wrong!

@nintendude794

7 жыл бұрын

that'd be GameChops ;)

I, as a fan who have not heard of this 8 years ago, have found a new song to listen to repeatedly.

stopped playing FFXV to check this out. Worth it. thank you sir or madam. My essence is now brighter after this

I'm hearing this song for my first time. It came on right after the opera of Maria and Draco, and I'm really loving this! This is so good! Thank you randomness of KZread. I heart this

Every time I listen to this I try to peace together a story without even playing FF6.

Further prioving that Jake Kaufman is the best thing to happen to video game music since Uematsu.

#JasonParadise

@ticklezcat5191

6 жыл бұрын

He brought me here too. Even though I've only watched 2 of his videos.

@brandonaraya4132

6 жыл бұрын

Ticklezcat I've seen a few of his videos, seems like a genuinely cool dude tbh, and this song man

The "Oh Maria" sections are the best!

You have done this scene justice.

Jason Paradise guided me here

That was not a bad rendition of this song, that was really damn good actually. You even hit all the right notes to make my skin crawl and my spine tingle, just like the original, and yes, it even brought a tear to my eye. Bravo!

10 years after, this is still one of my favourite cover track EVER ❤ I mean even the guitar sounds like if May was playing!

This does not deserve 200K views. It deserves 200 Million.

I am crying tears of joy here, this is so great I cant think of any words to do it justice

This is so amazing I have no words. Thank you for sharing!

Haven't heard this years, still as good as ever 🤩

I absolutely love this. Thank you for this beautiful cover!

Still come back to listen to this all the time, very well done!

Amazing. Now if only the opera could be reenacted with this arrangement

Why am I only hearing about this TODAY??

@codekhalil6437

7 ай бұрын

I know. I'm so mad at you

I have a huge stupid smile on my face listening to this song.

Just amazing! Thank you for your great piece of art!

Final fantasy VI "can i copy your homework?" Queen "sure, but change something"

Absolutely amazing! Wonderful job, Tommy and Jake!

This soundtrack is so amazing!

God damn, that was beautiful. Seriously, I actually felt a tear come sown my cheek. Just...amazing.

i cannot stop listening to this

@Viktoria_Selene

4 жыл бұрын

me neither

A very interesting and well performed take in the Darkness and Starlight play.

I will never stop loving this.

I love this song so damned much!

One more comment to keep this alive, it's a work of love both for the game and the song. Incredible stuff.

This is just jaw droppingly amazing

ff peasant brought me here. well worth it! bravo!

God this song gives me chills every time I listen to it

I like how this has more views than the full concert video from which it is pulled. This one is fantastic!

This is one of the best songs I've heard in my life.

Completely amazing I am literally at a loss for words

This song has such a Queen vibe all over it, and I freaking love it.

I can't believe this cd is so hard to find, the whole soundtrack recreation is amazing, and I badly want to have it for my collection!

@Aka-Spade

8 жыл бұрын

+Krystal Trump ocremix.org/album/46/final-fantasy-vi-balance-and-ruin you can download the full album right here :)

@krystaltrump7902

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks !

Parts of this clearly have a very heavy bohemian rhapsody influence I love it! ;)

Just played the opera scene in the pixel remaster tonight. It should of had this instead of the remaster OST! XD

Very nice version of Maria and Draco

Saw this on Reddit, that's an awesome work

So, final fantasy, the Queen and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet had sex and this is the result. I need more

La mejor versión. simplemente wow

Scene V is, in my opinion, the best part of the song. Absolutely fantastic. This entire song is now my all time favorite song. (Scene V starts at 7:04 for anyone wanting to replay it)

based jake does it again

OOOoooooohhhh Mariiiiaaaaaa!!!

It's a mastapiece. I give this song a 10 outta 10, baby. This has officially received the Splurgy approval.

Final Fantasy Peasant bought me here n ffuuuuccckkk i love this!

This is rad asf. I love it!

I want to thanks jasonparadize for uploading his play with this abaolute gem of a song! 🖤🖤

The section at 1:16 is one of the most satisfying things I have ever heard.

@hmmurdockofids

3 жыл бұрын

Although I only just realized the harmony is "we'll beat him down" instead of the much more threatening "we'll be there too" after "I'll be waiting."

Can't wait to enjoy this scene on the new Remaster.

I think it is mixed with West Side Story. Almost sounds like a queen song.

Freaking amazing.

Everyone in this comment section talking about Queen. So the genre 'Rock Opera' was basically defined by Freddy Mercury and Queen. This is a Rock Opera. QED. Still absolutely amazing.

Who knew Bohemian Rhapsody x Final Fantasy VI is what the world needed

I can't even describe how good this thing is.. Would give 10 likes if possible!!

It's 2020, and I'm sad that this song still has so few views and I only just now discovered it

Anyone else shamelessly sing along too this in the shower?

Wish I could listen it on Spotify

This too good!

Literally played through this sequence 1 day before someone put this song on a podcast as outro The coincidence is real

6:47-7:04 are my favorite parts

When does someone play this at MAGFest? It would rock so hard!

Nice work, fellas

thanks to Jason paradise I'm playing ff6 and I love it

Best. Arrangement. Ever.

This reminds me of The Show Must Go On by Queen!