I love reading what Ben Houge write about his approach to composing this piece. “The first thing I was told about Arcanum was the central conflict of the game: magic versus technology. This idea was so interesting and unique that I considered carefully how to best reflect it in the music. I presented a couple of ideas to the guys at Troika, and we finally settled on a sort of musical anachronism: a score centered around the styles and textures of Renaissance, medieval, and early music, but performed by a characteristic ensemble of the Victorian era, the string quartet.”

I love how ever after almost 20 years there are still someone paying tribute to the game and its OST

@jameson32

2 жыл бұрын

I still pay tribute to your mom after 20 years. Zing!

@LordVader1094

Жыл бұрын

@@jameson32 What a truly loyal and committed husband.

@Ezio999Auditore

15 күн бұрын

Got em

It's a fantastic piece of classical music hidden in an obscure game. Not a lot of ears will have the pleasure of hearing it. It deserves a rendition like this. Thank you.

@Saviliana

Жыл бұрын

And the game title itself reflected on it, " Arcanum: of steamworks and magick Obscura" The devs know it even as they were developing the game itself.

@Grigeral

7 ай бұрын

One of the greatest game ideas of the time. It was enjoyable... Though heavily, heavily flawed like most of Troika's games.

@svengotal8771

7 ай бұрын

​@@Grigeralto me personally these flaws added to the game feel. Because of the game's peculiarities I remember the game even more fondly. The music, the story, the artwork. A true masterpiece in it's own niche.

@Grigeral

7 ай бұрын

@@svengotal8771 I can understand that for 'some' of them lol. A lot of Troika game's bugs though were game breaking. A good example was Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. The game is one of the best vampire based RPG's in existence... But it's been fixed by the fans over the years and still is worked on by them (same with Arcanum iirc, with fan patches fixing the game up properly). In Vampire I remember one bug where towards the end, the trigger to end the werewolf encounter never occurred and as a result there was no way to escape it. So you just died indefinitely. Turned out if it didn't work, there was no way to salvage the save either so you had to start over :(

@exalexal5003

6 ай бұрын

Obscure? it was one of the most popular games in the year it came out in Europe

So beautifull music... I completed Arcanum many times. Every time I chosen the different path, I felt like I was writing story about the character I created. But no matter, was my character a great hero who was saving the world, the necromancer who hated every human being or just an explorer, seeking for treasures in fog-shrouded corenrs of mystical world, every adventure started with this music, and every time I played for different character, the music sounded different too... While listening to this masterpiece I could easily imagine if I was evil man who had blood of his hands, who couldn't turn back anymore, or a man who had to face all terrors of the ancient land, step by step turning to a great hero. That's why Arcanum music in masterpiece.

This was always my favorite track in the entire game

At 1:48 the last fiddler on the right picked a wrong note, the cellist in the middle noticed and looked at him, and he replied with an embarassed grimace :P

Love this game. I remember it like yesterday. I picked it up at Wal-Mart based on the cover. Got it home, installed it, played it for hours, enthralled. I was FREEZING at the end and didn't realize the heat was off the entire time.

That was simply beautiful! Thank you, guys!

Просто потрясающе!!! Великолепно!!! Браво!!!

I'll play this on my Funeral. Such a great final music for me

I want to see this soundtrack played live. The sheet music was posted onto the internet for free by the composer and I hope that there are upcoming quartets learning this soundtrack

Incredible. This theme is so haunting, you capture it perfectly. Amazing rendition!

This game made me want to get into stringed instruments.

A tad fast-paced compared to the original from Ben Houge (which lasts roughly 20 seconds more), still awesome. Must play at 0.9 speed, then it's 100% true to the original. Subscribed, hoping to see the rest of the soundtrack someday (I checked the other few tracks you made already)!

The whole ost is amazing such a great game wish it would get remastered or revived. Great job yall keep it up

great to see you guys still going

@Ezio999Auditore

3 жыл бұрын

They died during the ogre progroms at the ripe old age of 20 in an orc sweatshop in Tarant. Buried in Ashbury. RIP

@blunt005

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ezio999Auditore f

THANK YOU for ressurecting an hidden gem from 2001. I was there to live it and still the music moves me. Thank you.

It's perfect! One of the best game soundtracks I've ever heard. They could do a continuation ... Excellent work!

@tighnari79

Жыл бұрын

true

Любимая игра, любимая музыка. Спасибо!

Мурашки по коже , вернулся в свой 2002 .

Wow. I applaud you. I’ve loved this theme. Thank you for this, you are great. And hello from Finland. ❤️

Beautiful..

This is beautifully executed, 100% nostalgia shock, love it 🥲

Arcanum has great music and even better design.

Beautiful. Greetings from Portugal.

Ohh man so many memories.............

Goosebumps. Thank you

most beautiful

Beautiful! Arcanum truly had one of the most unique and best soundtracks out there and you guys nailed it!

A cousin gave me this game probably 12 or 14 years ago. Still to this day, I remember this song! So good to know someone is keeping the flame alive!

Thank you.

Ваша игра как сама игра. Ничоси вы попадаете точь в точь... аж до слез...

Najlepsze co mogło mnie dzisiaj spotkac :)

sake god.. it's awesome! feels so.. Tarantian..

I love this game. Best cRPG ever. Greetings from Poland! Pozdraviam z Polski!

Amazing

Jesus christ this is amazing!! You guys are legends. Thank you!

С первых нот появляются удивительные ощущения в теле. Захватывает дух и разливается теплом. Интересно, это свойства композиции или побочные эффекты ностальгии связанные с игрой...

Bravo!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

Wow. I did not think I'd find this. Words cannot express it. Thank you.

I want this played at my funeral.

Восхитительно вы супер! 😍

Hi 😀 I love this performance ! I made a video about Arcanum, showing the game in the earlier alpha version. The game looked a little different back then . . . . . . . . . . . . .

it feels like sorrowful joy

Utterly beautiful, gave me shivers. I loved this game.

Аж слеза ностальгии появилась)

Amazing!

wonderful!

absolutely amazing

Кайф! Спасибо большое

Memories

Applause and instant subscribe! Glad you are still playing! This deserves many more views, and you and your music deserve tons of money.

That was so darn good

Wonderful real life sound, that's what I missed after years of completing this masterpiece game!

The most unforgettable.

Bravo 😙

Very good job guys. Russia seems to make a lot of great video game composers

@moradin84

Жыл бұрын

As a matter of fact, Ben Houge - Arcanum's original composer - is American 😛

BRAVO! ENCORE!

Beautiful, thank you!

Присоединяюсь к другим комментаторам - рад что вы не бросаете свой проект и продолжаете играть. Музыка замечательная, спасибо!

@MariaEsenina

Жыл бұрын

Непонятно только зачем нужно было ускорять темп относительно оригинала. Более правильная версия получается на скорости 0.75, но тогда ухудшается качество звука (и на такой скорости всё же уже получается чуть медленнее оригинала).

@LisichnikovSevastyan

Жыл бұрын

@@MariaEsenina Дело в том что вероятнее всего то что мы слышали в оригинале замедленно)

@MariaEsenina

Жыл бұрын

@@LisichnikovSevastyan оригинал на то и оригинал, что это исходный материал. Эта композиция написана для Arcanum, более того, на концерте эти же ребята исполняют эту же композицию в верном темпе.

Это Круто!

Beatiful! Excelente! I love your interpretation of this magical music from Ben Houge and the inmortal game "Arcanum"

Absolutely brilliant! You just brought back so many amazing memories, and you freaking NAILED it!

Спасибо. ♥️

I love Arcanum, its sound, its world and what you made here is truly great.

so so nice, love you all

Just sublime. The game is a piece of art, and the music is the jewel of it all.

Великолепно!

Arcanum: Demise of the Zephyr - жалко вот этой темы нет. А так 10 из 10 . спасибо вам за творчество. Неожиданно услышать для себя было музыку из мною любимой игры.

Beautiful! Thank you

Wow kudos for you guys for the effort

Oh my heart

Immaculate performance! Hands down one of the best game soundtracks ever.

Thank you for your work, it means so much!

Best RPG game .. Arcanum 😍

Wow! Just fantastic, congratulations! You are very talented!

Молодцы, спасибо!

Это абсолютно восхитительно. Какая ностальгия :)

If i ever wanted to play violin i wanted to play this.Fantastic job guys

This is perfect. Thanks

This was really awesome to watch y’all play. You can’t hear it but I’m clapping for ya!

You guys kept playing this song, after all these years...

Потрясающе!!

Прекрасно!!!

Absolutely wonderful.

Восхитительно!

Possibly one of my favorite videogame themes, well done!

beautiful job!

Wunderschön!

This is amazing guys! Keep up the good job! =)

Bravo! Great performance! Greetings from Finland :)

2020 до сих пор муражки по коже!

Волшебно.

Never seen this done live, very beautiful work.

Magnifique 😍

Guys you ara awesome!!! I would really like to see you live!

Вам +1000

Благодарю, ребята)

Шикарно

you guys are back!