The points raised about free jazz in this video are in no way indicative of any and all free jazz in any context. Traits such as atonality, polytempo and polyrhythms are in no way restricted to this kind of music and can be found in many other performance/compositional practices. I moreso wanted to make this video to see how THIS series/compilation film in particular chose to contextualize these elements but I’m not really sure that came across in the final product. Then again I am a (former) classically trained musician so I guess most of this free jazz stuff is inherently “weird” to me anyway lol

@asianassassin41

6 жыл бұрын

The Cartoon Cipher The Jazz give it a Cowboy Bebop feel at some point

@learnrx9749

6 жыл бұрын

Do you know or recommend any free jazz or pop ballet similar to Thunderbolt's soundtrack?

@popburnsy3207

6 жыл бұрын

I think you're misreading how Io is being presented in Thunderbolt. From his character design (sharp and angular,typically seen in villainous characters) to his thoughts on jazz after his jam session(saying that the music really found it's direction thanks to modern editing/processing), points to him being a misguided individual, if not outright opposition to the very point of free jazz and by extension his worldview/view of war being wrong. He's at best misguided, at worst an obvious villain. I am by no means a zeon fanboy, but the softer moments shown for Daryl paints him in a far more positive, sympathetic role, whereas Io is shown in a overly rough and crude(passionate?) manner paints him as a chaotic and hedonistic character Not that there's any heroes in war especially when it comes to Gundam, just that all the cues seem to point to Daryl being the "hero" of this series

@alibabasaluja6764

6 жыл бұрын

The Cartoon Cipher hey not to start shit... but all popular genre of music was created by black ppl lol thank the black for jazz blue grass rock r&b country pop disco and hip-hop. Thank got for us

@cjjones6261

6 жыл бұрын

I'd like to mention the fact that Macross has been doing this from the begining. That fact aside, nice video

Thunderbolt is the cowboy bebop of Gundams

@Double_Zeta

5 жыл бұрын

FINALLY SOMEONE HAS THAT PERSPECTIVE TOO, I FUCKING RESPEC U MAN

@SoulcastProductions

4 жыл бұрын

@@Double_Zeta make it 3

@Double_Zeta

4 жыл бұрын

Black Water Entertainment-OFFICIAL, my nigga

@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961

4 жыл бұрын

@Jessi Maldonado 08th MS Team is the Fortunate Son/Run Through the Jungle music video of Gundam.

@xinweikoh1961

4 жыл бұрын

@@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961 yeah

DAMN YOU GUNDAM! *Smooth Jazz Plays*

@Fuchimy18

6 жыл бұрын

Glass Reflection what are your thoughts on this show

@loweffortamv8407

6 жыл бұрын

Glass Reflection Hey man, I was wondering what you thought of Thunderbolt too, I personally feel it's one of the most well made Gundam series to date, the excellent visual story telling really sets it apart from others in my opinion

@redtheshed1454

6 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a review of Gundam Thunderbolt on your channel too

@MichaelZodok

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha!

@awesometjgreen

5 жыл бұрын

What's the name of that particular track

" it's a gundam " never get old

@itexplaineverythingwhysubw4720

6 жыл бұрын

Guinness Dega True!😂😘

@dereenaldoambun9158

5 жыл бұрын

Damn right!

@matthew_natividad

5 жыл бұрын

Dam u gundam!!!

@randompheidoleminor3011

4 жыл бұрын

It would be cool to see a scene of two contemporary grunt mobile suits going along the lines of 'it's gundam' when meeting a hopelessly outdated gundam before dispatching it in one go.

@CrimesForDimes

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

I don't think the music is weaponized, I think their FEELINGS are weaponized. The music is more of a representation of Io and Daryl's feelings.

@HaloFTW55

6 жыл бұрын

It doesn’t seem to stop at feelings. The music is a representation of their personalities and view on the world. Io’s love of the rush of speeding in space is reflected in the Jazz he listens to and that plays when he is the center of the camera. Daryl’s feelings of being with his comrades especially his team of snipers is reflected in not only that they all listen to a music that can be easily sung in a crowd as it could by a individual.

"When you hear jazz, it'll be your exit music." Hears jazz: [Heavy sweating]

@UpDownAndUnder

4 жыл бұрын

the subs make it sound more menacing "when you hear jazz, it means im coming."

@riceboycruz1300

3 жыл бұрын

XD

Now you must learn an appreciation for FREEFORM JAZZ -SpongeBob, and this video.

@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961

4 жыл бұрын

*makes a fake thinking face*

@matthew_natividad

2 жыл бұрын

@@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961 ok your ready!

Zeon: it’s a Gundam Io: haha jazz make me go zoom

Thunderbolt Gundam is my favorite gundam. Its got the classic look of a RX-78 with a sick color scheme and a powerhouse of cannons, missile launchers, double set shields, and dual sabers.

@saber_X-105

Жыл бұрын

It has 3 beam sabers

I think something interesting to point out is that both pilots eventually abandon their preferred fighting style. Going from “a sniper doesn’t need maneuverability” to piloting the single most manoeuvrable MS of the series or from the hectic reactive dodging and piloting to operating an MS that emphasizes toughness and firepower over speed. This might just be me reading to far into it, but this could also be representative of the pilots loss of self.

Gundam Thunderbolt perfected what Code Geass did especially the OVA "Akito The Exiled." Music especially Jazz give the raw emotions that lacks in structured songs. This is why it's very powerful when in sync with animations.

@treehunned7615

4 жыл бұрын

SELF DESTRUCT DISNEGAGED?!?!?!

@glowtail3744

Жыл бұрын

I mean they both make the instruments do sound effects some times. No joke akito the exiled sometimes would just wonder if they straight up put in soundeffects that are notes from an instrument like in thunderbolt with some of the songs.

@Silverauren

5 ай бұрын

Us it just me or the Atlas Gundam really looks like the Lancelot?

*Y A L I K E G U N D A M J A Z Z*

@riceboycruz1300

3 жыл бұрын

*Y e a h*

I love Thunderbolt and you've hit the mark every step of the way with this video.

This show nearly made me cry. Just let Daryl go home already. He's suffered so much.

@BigtankBoy77

6 жыл бұрын

Delet this his home might be gone

@raihanrahman6509

5 жыл бұрын

Same this gundam series has a deep meaning in to your heart feel so sad

@HaloFTW55

5 жыл бұрын

As much as a jerk as Io is at times, you have to feel sorry for him to. Hell, he’s already home. It’s just destroyed and they are fighting in a mass gravesite that is Side 4.

@Double_Zeta

5 жыл бұрын

Facts

@matthew_natividad

5 жыл бұрын

I doubt that’s n option considering how desperate the zeons were

I think it's time to blow this scene, Get everybody and their stuff together, 3, 2, 1, Lets jam!

@Vincent-yp1gj

6 жыл бұрын

@Adam Bryant Insert Cow Boy Bebop theme here.

@AJB2K3

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/onikz5aCpK_gnKQ.html

@ZetaMoolah

6 жыл бұрын

*DUNU-DUNU-DUNU-DUNUUUUUNUUUH*

@Vincent-yp1gj

6 жыл бұрын

@Adam Bryant 😂

@HaloFTW55

4 жыл бұрын

GM and Zaku detonates.

I love how you perfectly explain how and why Io Fleming is the protagonist in Gundam Thunderbolt.

Unusually enough, the anime changed the genre of jazz that Io listened to in the manga. Instead of free jazz, Io listened to John Coltraine's Giant Steps album, which was hardbop. You should probably take a listen to Giant Steps, it's an excellent song.

@EEZP

6 жыл бұрын

Just gave that a listen too on Spotify, was great! Thank you!

@mediocregaming300

5 жыл бұрын

God Damn, Giant Steps was a thrill

@bs.music.kyi9

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Giant steps gives off similar vibes tho (whenever John has a seizure I mean solos). It was also prob copyrighted.

@elliotmadethis

3 жыл бұрын

ah yes, the guy who has watched that vox video

@BudahKei

3 жыл бұрын

Ah no wonder Giant Steps was so familiar!

21 Savage: Issa Knife. The Gundam series: Issa Gundam

There is no winning in war.. only survivors.

Thunderbolt is a movie I need time to prepare for to rewatch. It's left it's own impacts on me

@santiagogarcia1606

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, thunderbolt arguably is the reason why I got so much into gundam, even though it’s not the first gundam show I’ve watched. Before I watched thunderbolt, I watched unicorn and I really enjoyed it, it was brutal, the animation was gorgeous, the action was great, and the mobile suit designs are iconic in the franchise. BUT the second half of unicorn wasn’t good in my opinion, the characters weren’t interesting at all and the ending felt cheap and out of nowhere, and rewatching the show while helped improve my view on it, the show didn’t improve that much in my eyes, and banagher was not a good protagonist and a bit of a white knight to me. But then came thunderbolt. And let me tell you, thunderbolt was something else entirely, the action in the show was insane and fast paced, the music was on an another level, The characters were unreal and truly amazing, the animation look gorgeous, and the mobile suits are my favorite of the entire franchise. And even though I still enjoy unicorn and some others like Ibo, I don’t hold them in high regard as thunderbolt.

God I love this series so far. It's nice to finally have a protagonist who isn't some wafer thin tween that wants to use his trillion dollar death machine for peace while simultaneously killing and/or getting everyone around him killed. Makes a great contrast to how obsessed his zeon enemies are with their dreams and fantasies.

*_Jazz: Music's Most Underrated Genre_*

@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961

4 жыл бұрын

Correction: *_THE BEST GENRE OF MUSIC_*

@thomasffrench3639

Жыл бұрын

It’s not underrated by people who know what they are talking about

Let’s be honest 90% of fundamentalism shows is just some person yelling it’s a gundam

@TheCartoonCipher

6 жыл бұрын

This is true

@randompheidoleminor3011

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine a néo Zeon pilot sarcastically telling that to his mate when they meet a OYW era Gundam before dispatching it in one go.

@KillerOrca

4 жыл бұрын

@@randompheidoleminor3011 Im pretty sure most OWY era gundams could probably still hold their own even in the latter years of the UC.

@tenkuken7168

4 жыл бұрын

@@randompheidoleminor3011 no zakus survives when gundam is around

@UpDownAndUnder

4 жыл бұрын

*GANDAMU DA!*

The OST in this Gundam is ansolutely amazing. I downloaded both albums and I have listened to it a dozen times already.

God i love thunderbolt

@evileddy4055

5 жыл бұрын

Mason Cooper where can I watch this show?

@michaelyu3678

4 жыл бұрын

@@evileddy4055 you can watch here by gundaminfo

I don’t usually bother commenting about how well analysis’s like are done, but god damn you knocked it out of the park with this video.

The concert and Anime NYC was incredible. The musicians were fantastic, but for me Ai Kuwabara was the standout. Never seen anyone play piano so... physically except maybe Jerry Lee Lewis, and honestly, she's better. If you've ever watched Motocross or Supercross, the way they manipulate the bike with their arms, hips and legs is the closest analog to how she plays. It bounced from seeming sensual to playful to downright violent, like she was making the piano do what she wanted it to. Downright amazing. Also really surprising that it was Naruyoshi Kikuchi's first time in New York.

Brilliant analysis! Truly felt all of what is mentioned in the movies. Such genius series that truly knew how to represent dehumanization through war, a topic that fits so well to mecha, almost as Cyberpunk itself. PLUS, it's a real treat listening to both the extremes of music that I adore from the deepest of my heart; wild-hearted Jazz and heavy-hearted Pop. The one that ensures freedom and pushes the ability of one-self and one that speaks the words you can't say, something that many people felt too, and therefore, is so relatable. Having to watch cruelty, awesome mecha, disturbing human relationships with their respective outcomes, and having the pleasure to listen to my music made Thunderbolt one of my favorite Mecha works. Up there standing with Macross, Patlabor, Gurren Laggan, Zone Of The Enders, etc.

The music really gives me an epic Cowboy Beebop feel. Definitely has a lot of emotion going for it.

I just realised the Psycho Zaku was literally a wheelchair for a disabled pilot

The concert was SO amazing, it was such a lovely event! Thanks for this great video.

The Jazz in Thundetbolt and the music of G-Tekketsu fit their respective shows perfectly.

It boggles me that I have yet to see anyone recreate sounds like sento-chu or the main theme for thunderbolt which makes me believe that its that insane to play

Being a Macross fan and a UC Gundam fan (and a picky one of both at that) I was wondering where you were going to go with this, but, Gotta say you nailed it. While I know little about Jazz, and maybe a bit more about pop ballads and easy listening (Kind of reminds me of 50s and early 60s music) It makes a lot of sense. I really enjoyed Thunderbolt

I don’t usually comment about how good an analysis video is, but god damn you hit all the right spots so well that I have to recommend this video to everyone who cares even a little bit about mecha.

The Dreaming Girl in Me is one of my favorites, been listening to it on repeat all week

You guys consistently put out quality content. I hope to see you grow more!

this was a very insightful video, keep up the good work!

This video is edited beautifully, simple and effective not distracting or annoying just straight up simple and clean.

I guess Thunderbolt is my favorite gundam now if it focuses on music this much

I'm hooked up with this content of yours. Now I'm one of your notification squad! Love the Gundam Franchise, I posted this while I'm watching Iron Blood Orphan, after this I'll go straight to Thunderbolt.

well edited video with great analysis, kudos to you...

That was jazzy.

@dr12002610RavenKarasu

6 жыл бұрын

mugensamurai XD great pun! XD

So cool! Loved Thunderbolt. Thanks for the insight!

One thing I'm not sure everyone notices: When Daryl debuts the psychozaku, he's listening to "Yes girl", a slow-paced jazz, although it has some catchy lyrics. This is a testament to him incorporating Io's mobility in order to adapt to his new mobile suit. Later in the show, at the beggining of Bandit Flower, Io is listening to "Groovy duel" as he uses the railgun. While it still is crazy jazz, some passages have sense of melody and emotion in it, just like he implements Daryl's sniping into his own inventory.

Really interesting perspective. Love it!

Hope ya get more subs buddo. You deserve 'em.

Excellent video! Gundam Thunderbolt is one of the masterpieces of the Gundam universe, in my opinion.

Since I was born there will be some guy who always talk about gundam and still to this day its interesting

Well done! I've always been fascinated with how music rythm can do so much in terms of action, movement & repose, war & peace in various forms & environments. I never thought I'd discover a Cowboy Bebop Gundam named Thunderbolt no less, now that's just awesome!

Great content please keep it coming.

I think this is maybe the best video essay I have ever seen

Great video and analysis

Excellent analysis

Great video man.

awesome video!

Thunderbolt is so fucking dark man...But we LOVE IT.

Great video

Just to add note here: Io listening music to forget, while Daryl in other hand use that to remember. This what make them as both MC that fight each other are unique in their own way.

The scene of the zeon sniper running in the zaku gave me feel, calculated feels, calculated feels i haven't felt since Black RX

Really great video

I fucking love Thunderbolt and this video describes one reason for it reall well. Gud vid.

Favorite Gundam series

Great analysis, you've got a subscriber 👌

Wow this animation is GORGEEEEEOOOOOOOUS

fuck yes finally a gundam episode now do iron blooded orphans sometime

@queencyrys6309

6 жыл бұрын

ninjammer726 yeah, IBO's soundtrack is incredible

@barrybend7189

6 жыл бұрын

And 00's score is cool as well.

The fight between Full Armour ( Io ) and Psycho Zaku ( Daryl ) was Jazz vs Disco. 🤣

Is amazing how differente G thunderbolt and Macross Delta are

Thunderbolt is refreshment after bunch of kids style gundam...age, build fighters, etc.....December Sky is full of action...then Bandit Flower more drama..which the ending still make us antusias...can't wait for 3rd movie...where Perfect Gundam thunderbolt version meet new Psycho Zaku...

Great analysis

Free jazz plays in a movie called BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT, DIA DEL MUERTO

great insight :3

I think music has a hand in allot of stuff we do, i listen to allot when I draw or play games for me it inspires but also makes me feel loose and focused at the same time. It's like being put in an overdrive like trance especially when armed with your emotions. The meaning to something as was as the will sync up, it would explain why boss fights for me in games feel great, it's not the victory of something, but the fight itself, the thrill of battle. Same could be said with art, when I draw I like to see what I can do and when music plays I'm inspired to do more for the joy!

@nfcghost543

3 жыл бұрын

SAME!! And I Couldn't said it better myself When I Draw Or Game I'm in My Own World Like a Peaceful Or a Epic Environment it Music is Powerful So Powerful to Helps People be Imaginative.

I was there and it was beautiful

When you hear my jazz you die

I’ve only watched “SD Gunsam Force”

This video has convinced me to watch Gundam Thunderbolt

yes!!! a gundam vid. right on!!

Gundam thunder bolt have me favorite osts and show

Without Doubt ''Gundam Thunderbolt'' is a Awesome Gundam Saga my friends. The Jazz is a Iconic Music. Is So Perfect here. Thanks.

So...I’ve loved all this musician has done...and never heard of him. Crazy.

@kerrygamer9359

3 жыл бұрын

Music can make adraneline

It's the same musician as cowboy bebop, now I understand why I got the similar vibe in thunderbolt! 😍

Man, jazz is the best you can listen to. It defines the concept of conflict so perfectly.

I liked how people were missing limbs in Thunderbolt, I don’t think we’ve seen that in a Gundam series before... added with the Jazz. Oh. my. God!

guess ill need to watch all of gundam now

Idk why but the sneezing and needing tissues makes him super relatable

Fleming, the "protagonist" who kills mercilessly and mocks soldiers for their physical disabilities

@KingDontre

6 жыл бұрын

Laurel Jacobs Sounds like my kind of protagonist.

@HaloFTW55

6 жыл бұрын

There is two protagonist, Io and Darren.

@MechaTheSpider

5 жыл бұрын

Protagonist, NOT hero. Big difference. Protags are just the main characters; a show can have a shitbag as it's main character, but they're still considered a protag. Also, Daryl is the best

@dagonofthedepths

5 жыл бұрын

@@MechaTheSpidersometimes the villain is the protagonist like McBeth but in this instance Daryl and Fleming both have they're scas Fleming lost just about everything important to him so he's completely jaded but still has his body in tack while Daryl lost his limbs but still has people he cares about. They are 2 sides of the same coin and honestly in the end it feels like both see the other as broken.

@playsauce

5 жыл бұрын

@@MechaTheSpider its*

I love this video

That instrument at 3:15 is not a wind instrument, but a brass. More specifically, it's a trumpet. I know that texture, no matter how distorted, because I play one.

@TheCartoonCipher

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, tried to generalize woodwind and brass by using a simple word and I guess it wasn't really applicable :(

@speedstriker

6 жыл бұрын

No worries. That said, I think the prominence of trumpets in Thunderbolt's soundtrack is pretty relevant to your point about Io Fleming's individualistic personality since the sound of brass instruments can be manipulated a lot more than a woodwind.

@a-blivvy-yus

6 жыл бұрын

Actually the video was correct. The classification of "wind" instruments encompasses both woodwind and brass. For a trumpet to be a brass instrument, it is by definition *ALSO* a wind instrument. And the manipulation of sound varies a lot more on individual instruments than you give it credit for. There's a lot of brass instruments which don't have the variability of a trumpet, and a few woodwinds which come pretty close to it.

Kinda takes a page of Cowboy Bebop, with jazz and blues music in the most action and intense scenes of the anime.

damn... i might as well watch it now

Gotta wonder when will a Gundam pilot weaponize heavy metal music.

@matthew_natividad

2 жыл бұрын

Would that make him unstoppable?

groovy duel

this is fucking beautiful

For some reason I feel like there is going to be a season 3 even though their isn’t any other recent volumes of the manga, but we are literally all on cliffhangers, we know who Levan Fuu is but what about the physco zaku, and the atlas gundam and the guncannon aqua and Claudia, so many cliffhangerssssssssss!!!!!!!!

War in pocket was sad too

And here i was thinking he was going to compare it to macross

The title actually represents Gundam thunderbolt a lot matter of fact many quotes does for example I read a quote on Twitter a few days ago saying there are no demons in angels just people or there's there are no good guys or bad guys in war. Going to be thunderbolt is one of the fewest shows to make me cry so that's why I hold going to Thunderbolt as my number one

YOU DAMN GUNDAM!!!

Music is Magic