"This allows developers to draw from many different WELLS of inspiration" Well played.

@GameScoreFanfare

6 жыл бұрын

+John Remmers aaaahhhhhh there's a few other sneaky ones in there! 😉

@i8dacookies890

6 жыл бұрын

Game Score Fanfare I hope you didn't go OVERBOARD.

@QarleyQuark

5 жыл бұрын

Well ~played~

@cashnelson2306

5 жыл бұрын

you can just let the pun breathe my dude you don't need to put it in all caps

@luuketaylor

4 жыл бұрын

Not to be *that* guy, but only because no one else has said this in the replies- Well well well...

It's so satisfying when that drumline kicks into Dire Dire Docks. It pumps you up along with the relaxation that comes with the level, putting the excitement and caution of Mario into your head.

Dire Dire Docks hits me in the nostalgia everytime

@x2f01mick

6 жыл бұрын

Nelo Cintron I have 5 different versions saved on Spotify.

Omg the soundtrack of my childhood. Mostly because I always got stuck in the water level.

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

+Tyler Meacham They are always so hard ugh. I think that's part of the reason they stick with us. Lots of time spent in those levels trying to beat them. :P

@TylerMeacham

7 жыл бұрын

Game Score Fanfare also I knew I recognized your voice! Can I just say that I've had your old WHERE IS ANTARCTICA vid in my favorites for like 10 years? It's a classic

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

+Tyler Meacham HOLY CRAP ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?????? I can't believe this!

@TylerMeacham

7 жыл бұрын

Game Score Fanfare hahaha 100%

@MorseCodeStutters

6 жыл бұрын

LOL It's so funny because it's too true!

Awesome video dude! You did a really good job at putting the psychology behind water level music into words, especially when looking at how and why it's changed over the years :)

@briggsjaxon8059

2 жыл бұрын

I know Im asking randomly but does someone know a way to log back into an instagram account..? I somehow forgot the password. I would love any tricks you can give me!

@ryderjulien1557

2 жыл бұрын

@Briggs Jaxon Instablaster ;)

Oh man, the DK soundtrack is so wonderful. Aquatic ambience is so stunning.

The music from Donkey Kong Country was a technical achievement at that time. I don't remember any video game that sounded like it before it came out. The melody and instrumentation of the whole 'Aquatic Ambiance' track at 4:43 is amazing! It's my favorite video game music of all time.

Underwater themes that I love are such as Garden of God from Chrono Cross, and Snow in a snow-bound land from David Wise itself, both prime examples of how great they can be

"That's one debatable" lol

@spartanwar1185

6 жыл бұрын

TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

@ReagonSmash14

6 жыл бұрын

That ones the best

@ashercoates4345

5 жыл бұрын

I almost turned off the video

@pinkajou656

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god, what’s that even from???

You're doing great. Your channel made me interested in learning more about video game music.

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

Such an under-appreciated aspect!

"...Have come from *under the sea* _shows Kingdom Hearts_ " I love this video so much, I'm still laughing

Is a shame that this video isn´t longer

donkey kong 1 & 2 underwater themes always give me chills, i love them so much

Underwater music in 3 steps 1. Play mellow and legato 2. Use major and minor 7th chords only 3. Use EP piano sounds

@alepenagorbe9135

2 жыл бұрын

Underwater levels in 3 steps 1. Fish

Never noticed before, but that little clip you played of the Water Temple's music, is that just a remix of the opening of the Zora's Domain tune?

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

WOAH you might be right! Really sounds like it, definitely that descending arpeggio again. Nice little pick-up.

@AlexDeLarge1

6 жыл бұрын

Turbo Button I think they just sound similar in the chord structure. Zora’s Domain is all major chords, the Water Temple has minor chords to give it a spookier feel.

@Poppilion

6 жыл бұрын

No he didn't that is the tune used in the oot water temple but I can see how someone can get mixed up seeing how it sounds quite similar

@elcelite4011

6 жыл бұрын

It is probably on purpose. Games tend to create music with resounding patterns, much like classical symphonic music.

@MarcosTorresJr

6 жыл бұрын

4:30

I love how in the Iron-Whale level of Shovel Knight, it starts with some descending arpeggios, making you feel like you're sinking and descending because, in that part of the level, you are. You are literally going down. And then it gains the melody, making the level feel like you are on the edge of the dark, unknown depths of the sea, where cruel creatures, be they monsters or men, lie.

Mmmmm that metroid prime song in the intro 😍😍

@GameScoreFanfare

6 жыл бұрын

+Cedric Verner one of my very favourites.

Your Channel is fucking great. I am a huge Soundtrack-Fan. Doesn't matter if Movie, -Anime, -TV-Show or Game-Score. This is right the Channel for me! Keep up the great work!

Hydrocity Act 2 will always be my favorite water theme and water level

This was an amazing video with a topic that I never would've thought I'd be interested in.

It's amazing how much goes into animation, music and game play when making a game. Recently, I've been watching videos on music, (like this one) game design, and animation. Before I thought all there was to music is make a catchy melody and you're good. But the part where he talks about the song resembling bubbles going to the surface and waves in the ocean really makes me appreciate all the music in video games I've listened to over the years.

Banjo Kazooie soundtrack transitions changed my life I swear

I'm so happy you used the Crashed Frigate song from Prime in the intro. Actually one of my favorite pieces of videogame music ever.

Rocket: Robot on Wheels also had that really satisfying seamless transition from land to water

You have an amazing channel! Thank you for all that you do, keep up this awesome work

@GameScoreFanfare

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Great idea applying the effects to your voice as you mention them. This is great, I can't really find something like your channel anywhere else, and you make some really good points, plus it seems pretty accessible to non-musicians too!

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

I had the idea of applying the effects, and then in the Nerdwriter's last video (on the music in Blade Runner) he did the exact same thing with the reverb. So now everyone is going to think I copied him, BUT WE JUST HAD THE SAME IDEA INDEPENDENTLY! I love your kind words. Exactly what I'm going for. Thank you!

@LOOMING_WRAITH_OF_BAD_OMEN

6 жыл бұрын

He's on his way. I'm here because it was in my recommended, and I just so happen to be a musician too.

River Twygz Bed from paper Mario is a classic

@creezza6711

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, River Twygz Bed really did take the usual "Underwater Level" music and have it unravel from the inside out. Layer by layer. Violently. And slowly. Then proceeded to make a shake made out of it's remains. Then put the shake into Cake Icing. Then made a cake out of humans, using that Icing as well. Then smushed that cake into a Patty, and made a sandwich with moldy bread that was left out in the Sun for 10 years. Filled with bugs and eggs. Then threw that sandwich into a fire. *_I still have nightmares....._*

@VioletNova217

6 жыл бұрын

NOPE NOPE NOPE SO MUCH NOPE

@TheAbsol7448

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely. :)

@Cosmovich

6 жыл бұрын

oh boi, that river was l i t

@iregretsomeofmypreviouscom3284

6 жыл бұрын

We dont talk about that

Eco the Dolphin has such beautiful and sad underwater music.

OMG you had me at Underwater Frigate. That was the first game soundtrack I downloaded and now often listen to OSTs for games I've never played. Thank you for the wonderful insight and theory behind it, I wish you had let some of those tracks play through!

4:43 best underwater music in video game, IMO. Back in 1996 i had a keyboard amp, a Roland sampler and some electronic pads to go with my drumkit. I used to play this sample on a loop before my band's set, while we were setting up.

Most of the music in those early games fitted the scenes tremendously and were also great tracks themselves, great video!

Oh yes, you're going places, son!

Ruby/Sapphire's Dive theme is absolutely nuts for a water theme. It is so energetic and bouncy. Definitely an outlier in this category of themes.

I KNEW the Mario Bros underwater music reminded me of the Waltz for a reason! Great video!

Seriously though, anything from the metroid prime soundtrack can bring me straight back to the moment I was playing the game. Especially the phazon mines, phendrana drifts and the sunken frigate.

Damn, super glad I came across this channel! Just subbed!

Ecco the Dolphin water level music

@KizulEmeraldfire

6 жыл бұрын

That game ONLY HAS water levels! It's also an EVIL, EVIL game! ;_; An AMAZING game - but EVIL. I still have yet to beat the final level in any of the Ecco games. xD

@Laenthal

6 жыл бұрын

Not evil, but adult-level scary.

whenever I heard water music I knew I was about to become very angry and frustrated

The original donau waltz was also about the Donau, the big river that flows through Vienna, the home of Johann Strauß. Thus 3/4 pacing always has such a watery flowing feel imo

Facinating. Who knew. Because now you get music out of games that could be taken for standalone pieces. My personal favorite is far and away "Gwyn Lord of Cinder." Thematically as close to perfect as you can get for that final boss.

Props for using Metroid music in the intro. I absolutely _love_ underwater music in Metroid. You earned a subscriber just for that. :)

@GameScoreFanfare

6 жыл бұрын

My absolute favourite is Underwater Depths from Metroid Fusion.

@TheAbsol7448

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't played Fusion yet. So far, my favorite is either Underwater Frigate Reactor Core or Subterranean Bog. Both of those give me chills every time I hear them(like most of Metroid's tracks).

I instantly melted when that Metroid Prime music started. :')

I love the Dive song in pokemon R/S/E so happy sounding. Sometimes I just went out to sea to hear the Surf song and then dived and listened to the underwater one then back up... so lovely.

@GameScoreFanfare

6 жыл бұрын

+CheesyPies one of my favourite Pokémon tracks!

I watched for 3 minutes and subscribed. I love this kind of prepared journalistic content with a clear subject and appropriate lenght and depth. Good job!

Sonic 3: oh yeah I have an underwater level too, it's called "Hydrocity Zone" Hydrocity Zone: *_fast paced music_*

Bless the man who told GSF to use "Crashed Ship Frigate" from MP1

"Water can be refreshing or you can drown in it." But that is refreshing.

got linked to this by a colleague - super interesting! being a dev but not a musician, i think game music is reallllllly overlooked, so i'm happy i've found your channel so i can learn more about it :) also ha, if that's the nanalew i think it is, that's so cool

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :) And yes it is Shawna.

I appreciate that metroid prime crash site music. Truly beautiful

When Sonic goes underwater the music is LOUD and EXCITING

You got my subscription when you put the effects on your voice to illustrate your voice. Nice.

Dire Dire Docks remains, to this day, one of my favorite songs of all time...Aquatic Ambiance as well. And I mean general, not just video game music. Another noteworthy ( no pun intended ) underwater song I adore is from the Starfy series, used for the starting level ( usually called Cave of Lob or Lobber's Cave ).

Mark Brown shared this on Twitter, and I watched ALL of your videos in one go. Amazing videos, dude. You've earned yourself a sub. Keep up the good work.

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I will try! :)

I don’t know why but even though I love underwater music it always gives me the creeps. A little detail on the video, what you called a delay was actually a reverb. Other than that your video was spot on!

Very cool video! I'd never stopped to pay attention to the uniqueness of underwater music.

Buoy Base from Super Mario Galaxy is the best, especially when you put the water and land piece together

Great video! I love underwater music, underwater levels, and everything underwater, basically.

I personally LOVE underwater levels ever since I was a kid. I think its my love of the ocean. Water levels and snow levels have always been my favourite types.

This video deserves much much more clicks. It is so well explained and interesting damn

Lower/Rocky Maridia from Super Metroid and Underwater Depths from Metroid Fusion are the greatest underwater themes ever.

Wow this is really great. Refreshing to see someone nailing Game music in a video essay style (or any style for that matter). Looking forward to seeing what you do.

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! Really means a lot, I'm a fan of your work. :)

"That one's debatable" +1 sub.

i was so worried you weren't going to bring up grant kirkhope. i'd like to add that his dynamic approach to underwater music completely reflects the fact that sound travels much less efficiently through water than it does through air, which almost makes the soundtrack feel diegetic and therefore perfectly maintains immersion in the video game world. A lot of dynamic soundtracks have achieved that through the years, but i'll always hold Kirkhope's underwater versions of his music in B-K as some of the first and greatest examples of this.

Don't forget that bubbly, arpeggiated, driving score for the water level in TMNT! DON'T LET THE FOOT CLAN DESTROY THE DAM. YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT!

@zartan119

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

you got me with the intro music lol. best of the best

I've been watching these videos thinking you had over 100k subs and now I'm shocked. Subbed. Make more

@GameScoreFanfare

6 жыл бұрын

+SuperToastyToast Hah! I wish! ;) Thanks.

Very well researched. Great explanation and a job, beautifully, well done.

dang the mp sunken frigate theme always gets me

You started with one of the most beautifully haunting pieces of videogame music ever made, Inside the crashed frigate from Metroid Prime. Aquatic Ambience being another. I'd go as far as saying that the music - and level design - from Rare games might have partly gone towards inspiring Retro with Metroid Prime, one of the greatest games ever made. (although difficult to recapture that in increasingly less elegant , more 'sci-fi', sequels. The first Metroid Prime worked so well to me partly because it was essentially like a reskinned Banjo Kazooie).

0:42 I love how he showed the toxic water when he said that water can be refreshing.

@GameScoreFanfare

6 жыл бұрын

+Game_Brawler hahaha I never even thought of that, good point!

Not a song to a water level but "Aqua Memory" from Musashi Samurai Legend is impeccable.

2:41 Konami's "Antarctic Adventure" (released in december 1983, so over a year before "Super Mario Bros." in september 1985) also had music with a 3/4 time signature. It's a rendition of "The Skater's Waltz" by Émile Waldteufel. Some more examples are: the game start jingles from "Tank Batallion" (1980), "Galaga" (1981) and "Pepper II" (1982), even if those are a bit short, also the in-game music of "Mappy" (1983), which is in 6/8, and multiple pieces in certain versions of "Jet Set Willy" (1984).

Never noticed the drums in Dire Dire Docks! Amazing video

Great job at supporting your points with objective differences in the music using theory that effect the overall "feel" of the levels and games. You've earned my like.

A whole video dedicated to underwater music and not a single mention or clip from Ecco! Still a great vid though - thanks!

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

+Barley Tea the focus was definitely more on underwater levels, rather than underwater games. Plus I'm still mad at ecco for being impossible!

@rexeb

7 жыл бұрын

Heh, fair enough on both points! :)

Oh yes, this is the good stuff. Your channel is gonna skyrocket! Excellent song choices and analysis.

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

I sure hope so! Thanks man. :D

video started with the best underwater music ever

Another amazing video! You always choose such great pieces to highlight your points :D

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

Aw shucks... thanks. :)

Nice touch actually appyling the sound effects to your voice in the DKC bit to make it more clear what they do.

Dire Dire Docks, as soon as it starts, it hits hard. A master piece.

So glad I discovered this channel. Great video mate!

Aside from Labyrinth Zone Sonic games had godalike Water musics like Hidrocity, Aqua Lake, Aqua Planet, Tidal Tempest (JP), Aquatic Mine, Dry Lagoon, Aquatic Base, Aquarium Park, Water Palace...

A lot of the melodies here, remind me of the safe room or save room music in the Resident Evil Games. Really calming but also a little unnerving like the quiet before the storm.

Wow, what a great explanation! I'm so happy this popped up in my feed today!

Wow, that water monologue at the beginning was cool. Water is so versatile, man. Like a wise man once said; water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this channel, I really loved the in-depth analysis in this video

5:44 : For those interested: The effect is a Reverb, not a Delay.

Very interesting. Another early title which eschewed melodic up-beat tunes for a darker, more ambient approach is the first Metroid on NES. It's amazing how the score fits and enhances the atmosphere of being isolated in an alien world. The gameplay also played into this, dropping you in a dark and convoluted maze full of strange creatures and hidden passages.

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

Totally! Metroid was something always tugging at me when talking about the influence of DKC. I had a conversation about it with some people on a discord channel, and it helped me recognise the difference between "atmospheric" and "ambient." I kind of meant ambient more in terms of genre, pioneered by the likes of Brian Eno. Emphasis on textures and samples (field recordings), heavy reliance on synth pads, and highly atmospheric. I think music can be atmospheric, set the environment and mood, but not ambient. Zelda music can be atmospheric in how it sets its fantasy tone, but I certainly wouldn't call it ambient.

I actually love water levels so much I don’t understand how people can’t like them when the colours are so nice and the music so good

Coral capers' aquatic ambience makes me want to cry

I always mention the "Night Sea" music from Little Nemo the Dram Master on the NES. Sooo chill

Came here from a Mark Brown (GMTK) twitter recommendation, great channel. Subbed.

@GameScoreFanfare

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps!

Starts with Underwater Frigate, i already know this guy has everything right.

First video I watched from this channel and I love it already. I think some video game music are hidden masterpieces looked over by a lot of people.

I love your channel, I'm so happy I found it, keep it up 😭

this is my first episode of this and i subscribed before the intro even ended. your good at getting subs!

I always thought that the DK Country water music was pure vaporwave before vaporwave was even a thing.

Like the use kof the Iron Whale towards the end. It's noty favourite composition from Shovel knight, but it's still really great.

awesome vdd. thanks for this work man. i learning a little base of music watching you

pretty sweet review of the music. Enjoyed the facts about VG music with time. Good job. I love DKC music so much for many years now.