I was BLOWN AWAY by how cool this soundtrack is!!!! What else you got??? Get the Improv Essentials bundle for like over 60% off or something crazy here: cornellmusicacademy.com/improvessentials

@gubbinsly

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this awesome video, Charles! Doom is one of my favorite games just for the feel of it all. One game that I also love is Sky: Children of the Light… it is completely different to Doom but I love it nonetheless, mostly because of the music! Please check it out!

@CrabCake0

Жыл бұрын

You ask what else I got. I got 23 attempts to suggest the Hollow Knight soundtrack. It’s modern classical that will blow you away!

@uncannyhiddencrow2385

Жыл бұрын

@@CrabCake0 I also strongly recommend the hollow knight soundtrack the classical chamber style of music is super original in a video game

@astridposey

Жыл бұрын

You should check out Stardew Valley

@mana20

Жыл бұрын

Doom 2016 has some of the best songs from Mick Gordon

I'm always happy when Charles reviews traditional Christian music

@Marta1Buck

Жыл бұрын

True that, what is more religious than killing demons?

@evanc.1591

Жыл бұрын

Reminder that Doomguy is canonically Catholic.

@moltencucumber6514

Жыл бұрын

@@evanc.1591 One of the original creators of Doom is a devout Mormon.

@foot2theballs

Жыл бұрын

Even Periphery IV is surprisingly religious-it even has a song about church! CHVRCH BVRNER!

@SirChronDonIII

Жыл бұрын

I've heard Christian music like that. I remember one called "Forever" by As I Lay Dying. It stuck because it was pretty good and I couldn't believe it was a Christian band.

very nice of Mick Gordon to include a game along with this masterpiece.

@eviltwinzak

Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment.

@MassMultiplayer

Жыл бұрын

lol xD best mich gordon comment

@Lon1an

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he made a great game.

@NoNonsenseSpider

Жыл бұрын

😹😹😹

@RIlianP

Жыл бұрын

what game it is the video clip for the music

I really really hate that id decided to treat Mick Gordon the way they did over Doom Eternal. This soundtrack is absolutely magnificent, and it is marred is controversy because the studio tried some shady shit. I really hope that one day we get a proper soundtrack mixed and mastered by Mick. I really appreciate seeing his music covered and gushed over here. He is so incredibly talented.

@juliancarreon5569

Жыл бұрын

Unless its taken to court and Mick wins, we will most likely never get a full ost

@murilon4kayama989

Жыл бұрын

Mick is making the atomic heart ost, it is great

@connie_d

Жыл бұрын

that was such a disillusioning moment to me when all that came out, id had made such a show of being wholesome af as a company, listening to and interacting with the fans to a degree i've never seen and just seeming to be genuinely nice, i unquestioningly believed their version of events when they got rid of gordon. how wrong i was.

@Radeo

Жыл бұрын

@@connie_d never believe the machine

@armata_strigoi_0

Жыл бұрын

​@@connie_d Fitting username.

You gotta love how music that’s basically heavier than metal itself is enjoyed by metalheads AND non metalheads alike

@raiden_mc

Жыл бұрын

It's named Argent Metal, so I'd say it is still metal I guess.

@tr4cer_wh1te

Жыл бұрын

I see you literally everywhere. Arm Wrestling, Charles Cornell, good God I love your taste in KZread

@kevinwillems8720

Жыл бұрын

@@nebylicza look up Bleed by Meshugah. It's similar to this

@kevinwillems8720

Жыл бұрын

I don't think you've explored the true depths of heaviness.

@kevinwillems8720

Жыл бұрын

But also yeah, this is metal. A nice mix of Grove and industrial. If you like this listen to Fear Factory and Lamb of God.

I love how - even if you're not a metalhead, most people's response to hearing that first drop in the song, is pure unadulterated joy.

@Zomik02

Жыл бұрын

it's just THAT good

@kopekito_fx

Жыл бұрын

I mean, that's how it should work. I can say, that I'm not into a certain type of music, but nonetheless I see this piece is brilliant. Music lovers and great quality music just works this way, I believe.

@t3o6

Жыл бұрын

Went over to a friends place and he had doom eternal... I played 10 hours straight

@m0urn1ng5tar5

Жыл бұрын

@@t3o6 I had already played and beaten D2016 and fucking loved it. To say that I was hyped for Eternal was the understatement of the decade. And oh man once I got my hands on it for the first time... I was instantly hooked. Even though I wasn't good at the game yet, I WANTED to be. And I did. I played until I literally could not stay awake anymore. Easily one of the top 3 best FPS games to come out of the last 15 years.

@coastaku1954

Жыл бұрын

I'm not a metal head, I can tell you that I am not in joy, I'm in pain whenever metal plays, it's so fucking dark, so fucking scary, that I cower in fear whenever it comes on, whats worse is that EVERYONE ELSE doesn't share my thoughts, leaving me nothing but a sense of loneliness and actual anger towards the people who like it

Fun fact for anyone who doesn't know: the unique synth/guitar voicing that Charles mentioned is the result of Mick Gordon using the chainsaw sound effect from the original Doom and turning it into a digital guitar plug-in. Literal heavy metal

@zavierverbick852

Жыл бұрын

That's only in hellwalker

@Anklejbiter

Жыл бұрын

and in Cultist base, he uses a recording of a lawnmower as the bass synth (I may have gotten it wrong where and how he uses it, but there's definitely sampled chainsaws and lawnmowers in the Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal soundtracks. Just for kicks, he also crafted an entire choir of nothing but heavy metal singers. The dude is as metal as it gets.)

@benpowell5348

Жыл бұрын

holy crap that's the most metal way to achieve that I can imagine

@beeswithchainsaws

Жыл бұрын

HOLY SHIT REALLY

@VeritabIlIti

Жыл бұрын

I think there's a weed wacker in there somewhere too. Literally industrial metal

A fact that makes soundtrack even cooler is that a lot of the sounds are from chainsaws, weed whackers, lawnmowers etc. You're basically jamming out to the sound of power tools. Mick Gordon is just that awesome, It's beautiful.

@sprinkleddonuts6094

Жыл бұрын

But synthesised

@bobbygreen2134

Жыл бұрын

It was sine waves run through a crazy setup and the chainsaw was the actual sound of the chainsaw from the original doom game run through a guitar

@mercurius0

6 ай бұрын

​@bobbygreen2134 yes, this. There's a cool talk he gave about the setup. He explains he used an AI audio plugin tool that basically blends two sounds into one. On one side is the guitar, on the other is the classic DOOM chainsaw. Really cool stuff

Okay hearing it in piano form at 6:40, I now kinda wanna hear an orchestral, piano-centric version of The Only Thing They Fear Is You. Lol. That sounded sweet as hell

@evlredsun

Жыл бұрын

welcome to the internet where that has absolutely been done already

@zackjones8802

6 ай бұрын

I learned this solo piano arrangement, the composer also did BFG division kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIOWrNqFfaetmJc.html

@mapsofbeing5937

7 күн бұрын

@@evlredsun and welcome to 2024 where if you don't find a cover you like you can just generate the AI music yourself

Charles reviewing metal is always a treat

@bolillo5013

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@infinithree6969

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah brother 😎

@psychatnight

Жыл бұрын

Charles reviewing anything is a treat

@cringeanimations7227

Жыл бұрын

Have any of you heard Alex Terrible’s cover of one of the doom songs?

@aurelienyonrac

Жыл бұрын

I read "chewing" 😅

Dear Charles, such a cool jazz player dropping the "Stank face" while banging to metal riffs fills my heart with joy.

@homeslice60148

Жыл бұрын

I straight up did the "Leo snapping and pointing" meme when I saw him do it! 😆

@yurilopes420

Жыл бұрын

im a hip hop head that doesnt have a single non rap/hip hop song in my playlist, and this shit is STANNKKKKYYY as fuck, i can't listen to this soundtrack and not immediately get goosebumps

I honestly think Mick Gordon is up there with Howard Shore and Hans Zimmer. What a genius composer.

@SnowBlnd12

Жыл бұрын

hans is a mastermind behind composing. id say hes one of the best

@Ismael-kc3ry

Жыл бұрын

Without question.

@prdzilla42

Жыл бұрын

Respectable opinion I agree

@TheHeadincharge

11 ай бұрын

I think Zimmer is on another level simply due to his range.

@Malc180s

9 ай бұрын

He's clearly nowhere near to Zimmer!

4:14 The way he's patting to the exact beat of the song after explaining the theory, it's like the biggest "AHA!" moment ever, I couldn't even figure out the way the beat works

One important thing about the recent Doom soundtracks, they're written to be adaptive to the game rather than primarily as normal, linear songs. Each "song" is a selection of parts which the game can dynamically arrange as you play, so that it ebbs and flows with the combat action. Doom 2016 got an official "album" version release where Mick Gordon himself arranged these dynamic pieces into linear songs, -but unfortunately Eternal never got an official release- _correction: it sort of got an official release, and Mick Gordon released his mixes unofficially_ . A lot of the pieces you find on youtube are mostly people's own arrangments of the dynamic sections ripped from the game, some of which are fantastic, but some of them end up sounding a bit odd when listened to as a song because they were never arranged that way by the original artist. I still hold out hope for an official Eternal soundtrack release, but it's looking pretty unlikely now. It does make for an amazing experience when playing the game though, the music is not only fantastic but it perfectly scores your own combat as it flows in real time.

@BeingBetter

Жыл бұрын

I'm not really into video games, but my husband told me that, and I thought it was cool.

@gervasiocampana6217

Жыл бұрын

Eternal did get it's own, but it was originall mixed by someone else due to a scheduling conflict with Mick Gordon, but Mick Gordon did end up making his own and gave them to reuploaders on youtube.

@squishy949

Жыл бұрын

@@gervasiocampana6217 Ah that's awesome! I knew there was some controversy around it and no official release of Mick Gordon verisons but I'd missed that he had done an "unofficial" version, thanks for the correction :D

@ChristopherRoss.

Жыл бұрын

@@gervasiocampana6217 Can you point me to any of the re-uploads? Google is failing me.

@gervasiocampana6217

Жыл бұрын

@@ChristopherRoss. I don't know where Mick himself released them but the videos are still on youtube, if you hear a particularly good mixing on a third-party upload of a DOOM Eternal song, it's probably Mick's

The fact that the melody is in Eb Major when you'd expect it to be minor totally fits in with the Doomguy's mindset. It's his psychotic joy in the middle of the carnage.

@ValiantNoob

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

@Enderplays12

Жыл бұрын

Reminds us of those horror movie notes, but on speed, and the POV of the monster.

@MassMultiplayer

Жыл бұрын

that that non-minor evolution is so catchy and original

@Tricker1266

Жыл бұрын

Well, Eb Major is also C Minor so

@lmtman6199

Жыл бұрын

@@Tricker1266 technically e flat Spanish Phrygian (don’t remember the technical name lol)

You just tapping both rhythms at 4:13 is just so impressive to me

@ryanh1892

Жыл бұрын

You should check out Meshuggah, friend!

@FG-vp6id

Жыл бұрын

not that hard tho lol

@mxr3385

Жыл бұрын

@@FG-vp6id if it takes a lots of practice for most people to do then you could consider it as something hard

@Adam.Clark.

Жыл бұрын

@@mxr3385 it isn't to bad, just think of saying "pass the bread and butter", it's a trick percussionist sometimes use to get polyrhythms quickly

@burritoomg

Жыл бұрын

If you want to go down the "artists tapping polyrhythms" rabbit hole, you should check out Jacob Collier. He can tap a different time with each finger of his hand simultaneously.

"it just draws you in and keeps the flow just punching forward" not only a great description of the song but also exactly what the game is about

Mick Gordon ks a genius. I heartily recommend his GDC talks, he has a rare ability to not only make inspired music, but also to break down his own process in a way anyone can understand. One of the things he talks about is how he wanted the combat music in Doom 2016 / Eternal to help the player stay "locked in" to the fast pace of frenetic, "push-forward" combat, and its interesting you picked up on this "pushing forward" element of the soundtrack itself. What's really mad is how the in-game OST has a whole procedural system in place for piecing together multiple layers of music samples to essentially 'compose' fight music on real time, that ramps up or down in intensity based on the combat situation and the players actions within it. And this real-time composition is taking place whilst making all those syncopated, 'off-beat' sub-rhythms fit into the overall flow of music. The easy way out would've been to metre everything to a strict 4/4 rhythm and just add pr remove instruments accordingly. But Mick Gordon created this system that retains a progressive musical throughline whilst throwing in a flurry of atypical variations that, under less skilled hands, could've easily become an incomprehensible mess.

@adfdasdfadfadsfareae

Жыл бұрын

Martin O'Donnell and the rest of the sound team on Halo somehow figured out the same "combat responsive music" system way back in 2001. Mind blowing stuff.

@priyapepsi

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention the interactive pursuit music of NFS most wanted 2005.

@isturbo1984

Жыл бұрын

Looks like this was one of the few Micky did write. It's a misconception people think he wrote the entire sountrack, when he is only credited for just a few tracks.

@tomoakley760

Жыл бұрын

@@isturbo1984 Mick Gordon created all of the music as it appears in-game. The 'album version' of the OST was mixed partially by Mick Gordon, with the bulk of the tracks being mixed by Chad Mossholder and possibly one or two other contributors, based on the master recordings that Mick created for the in-game soundtrack. All the music you hear in game is Mick's creations through and through. He just didn't do all the mixes for the standalone OST release, because of drama that's too long to cover in a KZread comment lol

@isturbo1984

Жыл бұрын

@@tomoakley760 Read your reply wrong with my original reply. You are right.

Doom's soundtrack just fits the game so unbelievably well

@bolillo5013

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more

@irrefutable_mrT

Жыл бұрын

Rip And Tear

@rizzkolnikov

Жыл бұрын

The game just fits the soundtrack so unbelievably well

@3deanimations557

Жыл бұрын

🤓:"um actually, what?!?! impossible I can't find a minuscule flaw in his logic?!??!?"

@umbraemilitos

Жыл бұрын

I saw a comment that said they wrote dozens of transitions to adjust the music in game to the current action.

And the crazy thing is that the gameplay matches up perfectly with the rhythmic focused music. Mick Gordon knew exactly what kind of gameplay he was composing for. And on top of that the music will shift in-game to match what the player is doing. Never have I experience such a harmony between gameplay and music. Doom has such an amazing feeling to it.

@gutsoriginal83

Жыл бұрын

Make it burn dem far cry 3 is another one that comes close

That's a neat breakdown of the soundtrack, but what's even neater is how it's linked to the game itself. That grab-hold-and-push-forward style of the music, is reflected in the gameplay itself. The game is designed to force the player to engage the enemies up close to get health, so the worse you're doing, the more you have to get right up to the enemies. There's no hiding, no taking cover - only running head first into danger. It fits both with the storyline of Doom as well as the music. It's all perfectly melded together. How they managed to do that, I have no idea... but it's some visionary stuff.

@TheRealJonster

Жыл бұрын

I love the level where "The Only Thing They Fear Is You" is introduced. The close combat in the hallways and office spaces, forcing you to go extra aggressive because of the limited space, and just keep pushing.. Pushing.. Pushing! David Levy's UAC Atlantica track in the DLC has the same "push" feel to it, and it is one of my personal favourites besides Mick's work 🤘ಠ_ಠ🤘

@kaptinskorge5728

Жыл бұрын

It's actually a lot more than that. In a GDC talk, Mick explained how the music was broken down into verses, choruses, bridges, and transitions between all of them. The game pays attention to how you're playing and picks parts appropriately. If you get low on health or ammo and back off a bit to regroup, it'll drop the music into a less intense verses, then quickly transition back into the heavy choruses when you're back on the offensive. An absolutely incredible design that feels so natural people don't even notice it.

"The Only Thing They Fear is You" with the melodies on piano genuinely sounds like something you'd put in a Dark Ambient/Atmospheric Black Metal song.

@Pit_Lord

Жыл бұрын

That’s because it is. Just move it to the octave that suits the song in the right key and you’ll have a baseline melody that would be right at home in that genre! As to the melody specifically, you’ve heard it or variations constructed from the same ingredients before, which is what gives it that “familiar, but can’t quite place it” vibe. Off the top of my head, a lot of Amy Lee’s vocal/piano parts for Evanescence on their first two albums use this melodic structure.

@swxqt6826

Жыл бұрын

@@Pit_Lord any examples of Black Metal songs that have something like that?

@pianoboi4842

Жыл бұрын

@@swxqt6826 it’s not strictly black metal, but I think that Agalloch’s “The Mantle” is a good example of melodic metal.

@SlyHikari03

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Sounds like something id hear on a liturgy or botanist track (not black metal but influenced by it..)

@supremelordoftheuniverse5449

Жыл бұрын

Not really a very BM style melody

Even a jazz pianist can't help but headbang and pound his chest to the greatest soundtrack of all time

@spongechameleon6940

Жыл бұрын

especially a jazz pianist

@gcvibe

Жыл бұрын

Have you ever heard of Tigran Hamasyan? Check it out

@somedude1392

Жыл бұрын

The bfg division drop is still one of my favorites

@mutlucansihman

Жыл бұрын

@@gcvibe who is he

@Allan_Stone

Жыл бұрын

@@mutlucansihman Jazz pianist who's also a big fan of Meshuggah, check out "Levitation 21" by Tigran, great stuff

Your chestbump rhythm analysis is worth the subscription. Well done.

@jmrwacko

6 ай бұрын

This piano expert is just a casual expert drummer too

Dude the way you explained dotted notes actually just blew my mind lmao. I know what they sound like, I’ve watched videos explaining, and can play simplistic versions and variations but you explaining what the dot “translates” to pushed me way further along than anyone else has

I love how he listens to the first 10 seconds of the first track and immediately talks about the brilliance of it for 5 minutes :D

The melody settles on a major harmony because the slayer is in his element. He's not disturbed by the horror and violence but invigorated. Enraptured.

@almachizit3207

Жыл бұрын

Doom is a horror game where you are the horror

@artshayler8747

Жыл бұрын

This sounds like it is either the obvious way mick gordon designed the song, or an english teacher interpretation.

@tomoakley760

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think Mick Gordon said in a talk or interview (paraphrasing heavily) that the music had to make the player feel powerful and headstrong, diving into the action as if frothing at the bit for demons to kill. It couldn't feel like the music is intimidating the player. Hell, the most popular song is literally called "the only thing they fear is you". The Doomslayer is a wrecking ball and the player gets tp smash that wrecking ball into countless demons for their own gratification. The music reflects this power fantasy insanely well.

@actuallythepie

Жыл бұрын

isnt the whole thing in phrygian dominant?

@viaris1725

Жыл бұрын

@@artshayler8747 the song is literally called "the only thing they fear is you"... Like you are the horror, you are the blade slicing through hell and all that shit.

What a brilliant video from a KZreadr. You're catching metalheads to listen to jazz and your jazz fan base is being opened up to metal. We can all be friends guuuuuys

@KindredBrujah

9 ай бұрын

Jazz and metal have a lot more in common than people might initially assume. Syncopation, unusual time signatures, spicy tone and chord choice, instrumental solos.

It's important to note how the soundtrack helps get the player into that perfect blend of flow and hyperawareness, just syncopated enough to grab attention but not so off putting that it distracts from all the craziness happening in the game. Like you said it just keeps pushing the track forward.

That groove for Only Thing They Fear Is You is so good. Doom's music is always incredible and Eternal really pushed it so hard

The even more coolerer part of the Doom (2016 and Eternal) soundtrack that you won't get from listening to the OST album is that the implementation in-game is dynamic/adaptive. Mick Gordon recorded parts in small pieces (I believe even to the point of less than a single bar) and as the game is played the music dynamically changes intensity based on the action that is happening at the current moment (which has to be dynamic because no 2 players are doing the exact same thing at the exact same time) BUT ALSO he devised it so even a 2nd playthrough in the same area won't play the same micro-parts/sections in the same order. So, the soundtrack exists as the "proper" song, but as you play the game the soundtrack, even in the same song, consistently changes. Mick stated that while there is still a verse-chorus structure, the pieces within that structure are dynamic. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYxnrsSTcdu4gKg.html

@Zachary_Sweis

Жыл бұрын

He did the same thing on Killer Instinct.

@Guitarfailtastic2857

Жыл бұрын

incredible

@Arrynek01

Жыл бұрын

That tech was first applied in Kingdom Come: Deliverence. A friend of mine was finishing his engineering degree and the guy who wrote the dynamic algorhytms was his thesis supervisor. He'd be gone for two weeks at a time, just sitting in his cabin with a cello and a paper, trying to figure out the Maths. Cool stuff.

The rhythm and flow that he's talking about at the 10:00 mark is what the whole game is about. Very nice that he noticed that even without having the context of the game. Very nice, good job there.

I seriously recommend his 2017 GDC presentation about how he composed the soundtrack for the original Doom. I'm pretty sure he used the same process for Doom Eternal. It's genius stuff.

@longshot007

Жыл бұрын

Doom(2016)

@Thewolfobsessedgamer

Жыл бұрын

The story of the doom eternal ost is actually sad and enraging, Mick Gordan was completely screwed over by being given an impossible deadline, he spent sleepless nights only being able to produce about 70% of the ost before the deadline and they went "Ha, you're fired!" and giving his music to basically an intern who made minor and botched edits and was given half the credit on the music

@joaosantos5503

Жыл бұрын

@@Thewolfobsessedgamer Yep, I read his statement on his website or wherever it was. Very sad to see such pieces of shit working for ID software.

Hollow Knight for sure is a must! Christopher Larkin’s music is incredible.

@aarepelaa1142

Жыл бұрын

Also rainworld has some cool music.

@olsonbryce777

Жыл бұрын

Yesss

@titannova1418

Жыл бұрын

Hollow knight is a must do review

@rajput36000

Жыл бұрын

no hollow knight is for pedos

@RubyLoxolyte

Жыл бұрын

VOUCH

I'm surprised you missed that opening track is utilizing the Double Harmonic Scale! Usually you are on the ball with those. 1-b2-3-4-5-b6-7 or Eb-Fb-G-Ab-Bb-Cb-D in this case. So well used here since that scale usually has a middle eastern vibe to it from the augmented 2nds

@weryxavier

Жыл бұрын

He didn't miss. He just focusing about higher interest. And newer. I beleive even non musicians have noticed double harmonic scale. But the 3 over 4 rythm with a one unregular is way more interesting IMO. But he could have tlaks about quarter tones ( scale ) used also.

@BuddhaBKFL

Жыл бұрын

@@weryxavier how the fuck is a non musician going to know what double harmonic is

@ThorsShadow

Жыл бұрын

What am I missing here? Isn't this just Phrygian mode? Why give it a different name?

@weryxavier

Жыл бұрын

@@ThorsShadow because andrew made a mistake in writing intervals: double harmonic has a 7M and not a 7. With a 7, it would be a phrygian mode for minor harmonic scale( wich by the way is not called phrygian but mixolydian 9 13). That's what I understood after researching myself. So I could be wrong.

@BuddhaBKFL

Жыл бұрын

@@ThorsShadow nah its different than Phrygian mode. The basic mode itself doesn't have the raised 7th degree and has a flat 3rd degree. If you're thinking of Phyrgian Dominant then that is one note away from the Double Harmonic minor scale which has a raised 7th degree unlike Phyrgian Dominant.

this track goes hard 100% of the time, and goes right with the game. so glad we got such a masterpiece to go with the games.

I'm very impressed that he can hear this once and almost just know what notes to play, been a Doom fan for a while, I can't even remember the names of notes

I watch Charles because of how much he loves music. It's just a joy to watch.

@barking_mad6649

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. People with enthusiasm for anything they are into is always infectious, even if you have no interest in it :)

I will always appreciate the use of the DOOT meme. That being said, I think metal has really adopted this love for the polyrhythm over the past few decades and the music Mic Gordon makes really exemplifies that. His blending of industrial tones and more analog synth add to the harshness of the 8 string F# base that lines his work and those low end hits punch well with the kick. These modern “Djent” techniques bleed into metal as a whole now and Doom 2016 and Eternal both play with those themes almost as a defining factor to these games. It’s why the music in the rhythm game doom clone, Hellsinger, doesn’t even come close to the line of work Mic produced for the modern Doom reboot.

@ErebosGR

Жыл бұрын

Actually, Meshuggah were the ones who popularized polyrhythms in metal, influenced by Indian Konnakol music.

@DreasEst

Жыл бұрын

The Hades game soundtrack is vaguely reminiscent of Haken's The Mountain. That polyrhythmic, slightly Balkan sound combined with making odd time signatures so smooth you almost don't notice you're bopping to an odd number!

@ErebosGR

Жыл бұрын

@@DreasEst That's polymeter, not polyrhythm.

@argr4sh

Жыл бұрын

Tbf, I feel like hellsinger wouldn't be fully able to make playing with the rythm and the beat work as it would make it trickier to do all your actions on the beat, especially for people (like me) who aren't musicians and have built a more natural awareness of rythm and beat. Which why I feel they chose deliberately to focus on melody and getting in some great vocals.

6:36 honestly every time charles cornell plays a cool chord progression and then just goes "woOOOOOOHOHOHOHO!!!" immediately in response, *i feel that*. god i love music so much

I have to learn to play the piano now... Hearing you repeat that metal tone with the classic piano somehow made that sound waaaaaay more creepy and I couldn't love it more!

My favorite part of 'The Only Thing They Fear is You' that I'm a little sad you didn't talk about, is when the chorus with the Eb-major comes the second time around after the interlude, there's a REALLY cool chord progression that's different from the first chorus, and it SLAPS hard. It's around 2:38 on the soundtrack video

@enricofoa8804

Жыл бұрын

yeah you're right. That part is really amazing and I hoped it was in the video.

@Kumquat_Lord

Жыл бұрын

I know the exact moment you're talking about because that's my exact favorite moments the entire track

fun fact: the guitar in "the only thing they fear is you" is actually a chainsaw. and the synth is a drivable lawnmower. Mic Gordon, the artist behind this track, was writing music for doom and his neighbor started cutting the lawn, so he used that in his song

@uncroppedsoop

Жыл бұрын

That's only half true. The chainsaw was only used in 2 songs across both Doom games he made the soundtracks to. Respectively, Hellwalker in '16, and Cultist Base in Eternal

@loveyourwaifu1035

Жыл бұрын

@@uncroppedsoop oh from what i heard it was all they fear is you where the chainsaw was used.

@uncroppedsoop

Жыл бұрын

@@loveyourwaifu1035 nope, people tend to just hear that there was a chainsaw _in_ the OST and then say that it's in every song instead of a guitar. That one's just got the lawnmower

@hugofavier1892

Жыл бұрын

That's also because id software didn't want guitars in the ost because it was already done in the original games

@orvixvaxis724

Жыл бұрын

Bethesda actually turned to Mick Gordon and told him "no guitars" and made is life a lot more hell. So instead he took sounds like the lawnmower/chainsaw etc etc and just mutated the sound to what we hear to sound like guitars. That man is a fucking genius :D

8:10 "it sounds really really boring" idk man, sounded beautiful to me. God I love music. To be clear i get your point I am just poking fun

I was surprised to hear a Jazz pianist bring up Periphery. I feel like Heavy Metal often gets overlooked, but there's so much musical complexity there (especially in the drums). I remember having a bunch of Metalheads in my Music Theory classes in high school and it was cool hearing my teacher (with a Master's in percussion) break down the songs like you're doing here. Cool to see Metal getting some deep analysis instead of being passed over. Great analysis!

I still haven't recovered from the first time I listened to this one! By the way, you should definitely check out Animals As Leaders if you haven't yet! I'm sure you have, but in case you didn't, check out "Para Mexer" and "Tooth & Claw" from them. Incredible stuff

@IvoryMadness.

Жыл бұрын

Oh... you here? Nice!

@ManlyMcDiverman15

Жыл бұрын

I second Tooth and Claw for sure. Such a great song!

@SynthChris

Жыл бұрын

Para Mexer is phenomenal

@mtmsammetal9124

Жыл бұрын

If we are talking stuff from The Joy of Motion album, I honestly think Ka$kade, Lippincott, Crescent, and The Woven Web would be contenders for defining that album Honorable mention goes to Nephele because it is an outlier of an AAL track in that it is the closest to sounding like a somewhat normal metal composition

@mgk-metalgearkelly5054

Жыл бұрын

Alex, are you French?

"The only thing they fear is you" has got to be one of the hardest songs created for a game. It always gets me hyped.

Those were all the correct facial expressions for appreciating metal. Nose scrunched and all

Oh my god, when you broke down the syncopation; even as a musician myself, my mind was blown. You got it straight away!

Mick Gordon is incredibly creative. There is a GDC conference on KZread where he divulges what inspired the Doom soundtrack and some great insight into his creative process. On another note, PLEASE check out Blotted Science! Ron Jarzombek is an absolute genius and it's outrageous how underrated he is. Love these videos Charles! 🔥

@0babul0

Жыл бұрын

Hell yea, Blotted Science is the best. Throwing some classic composition techniques, like transforming one theme into whole little piece in Oscillation Cycles, and making the theme as a note series at the same time.

@daniellee2671

Жыл бұрын

There's also Spastic Ink with his brother Bobby Jarzombek, very forward thinking and exciting music

@sterbern6762

Жыл бұрын

Wish I could like your comment twice. We NEED to see his reaction to Blotted Science. Especially a track that no one except the band understands like Bleeding in the Brain (my favorite, but like no one can cover it... for good reason...).

Hades' (or any Supergiant games) soundtrack is always a treat to dive into!

@cooldebt

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Also, you might enjoy The Consouls cover of From Olympus kzread.info/dash/bejne/haOXyZicl7bbY6g.html

@se7enhaender

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, their in-house composer and musician, Darren Korb, had me hooked in the games I played (Transistor, Hades). I'm confident that the rest is great as well.

@mtmsammetal9124

Жыл бұрын

I love Transistor and how there are corrupted variants of tracks. I'm a big fan for stuff like that

@seraph1337

Жыл бұрын

Yessss please. I love the Hades soundtrack to death. I was a huge fan of Bastion's soundtrack, Transistor was solid, but then Hades came and blew the doors off.

2:37 the way you did this so effortlessly blew my mind lmao, really goes to show your knowledge and how long you’ve been doing music!

I love how excited you get when a little rhythm change crops up here and there! Makes me happy

MY GOD THAT FIRST RIFF GETS ME GOING like i can be doing anything, and im still sitting here goosebumps from head to toe, literally

@thewatchersofthewood3530

Жыл бұрын

Yep. You should listen to the doom workout mix on youtube.

Hearing you play it on piano makes me wish they did a MIDI version of the soundtrack. It sounds like it would fit really well

@Ennello

Жыл бұрын

There's one out there. A few classic doom wads use it, but i don't remember exactly which ones.

@TommyAgramonSeth

Жыл бұрын

There is definitely a fan-made MIDI version of The Only Thing They Fear Is You, unfortunately it's not perfect. An official version would be nice.

I just wanted to thank you for consistently delivering inspired and readily digestible musical knowledge. I know the basics about music theory w/ piano & concert/marching band over the years. At first, with a gentle introduction about syncopation, I thoughtlessly assumed that this would just be an entertaining video covering some basic music theory stuff alongside game content. But as it went on, I found myself actually learning about practical ways to apply music theory in composition (specifically the bit at 7:38 about "playing over the barline"). Great work!

I love how excited you are about this while breaking it down! Makes me smile so big haha

Mick is among the most-respected and admired of all our colleagues in the game world. A musician, composer and producer on a whole other level and you've done a fantastic job at distilling it here. Bravo!

@camchase9059

Жыл бұрын

Whattttt Austin Wintory watches this guy?? That’s so cool. I love your work bro!!!

@AdamAmbrus

Жыл бұрын

Journey! 😍😍

“Atlas Stone” and “Cockroach King” by Haken. Prog rock that plays with mixed meter, with heavy jazz influences. The entire album “The Mountain” is great, but those two tracks would be standouts for analysis.

@Ezio9791

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, Haken is fantastic

@puff5074

Жыл бұрын

This would be fantastic

@andy-simmons

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@casuallycanada1631

Жыл бұрын

PLEASE! MY LIFE WOULD BE COMPLETE

@mattbecker743

Жыл бұрын

Nah, haken is essentially a rip off band. They pull HEAVY influences from so many other bands it's absolutely criminal.

I got this video recommended and it's fucking awesome. The way you talk about music has reignited a passion in me. Thanks

All the “heavy” tracks on the OST are incredible but in my humble opinion, it’s the track ‘Urdak’, which doesn’t appear until the final level, that shows Mick’s unbelievable musicianship and creativity.. You should definitely check that track out!

@8thlvlMage

4 ай бұрын

That track almost made me shit myself the first time I heard it. It felt 25x more ominous than the rest of the tracks.

I really love that phrygian dominant mixed with the harmonic minor sound for metal, especially with chromaticism. its a great way to make badass or hellish or creepy or fun sounding riffs depending on how you use it.

@pAWNproductionsDE

Жыл бұрын

Considering that lead uses the flat 2 and the raised 7th, I think that would make it the double harmonic major scale

@smergthedargon8974

Жыл бұрын

@@pAWNproductionsDE Yup! I recreated part of the song, and TOTTFiY is primarily in double harmonic.

ah, my people's music, the rhythms are amazing in the soundtrack, really makes your head bang hard as hell!!

@kiwigaming09

Жыл бұрын

*Hell* yes it does

Mick Gordon is a freaking genius. The entirety of Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal is so good and so unique. Majority of the sounds in the music is some form of synth; tuned waaaay down, distorted, broken, stretched. And then there are some sounds that are so cool, such as chainsaw sounds used in Hellwalker, and lawn mower sounds (courtesy of Mick's neighbor while he was working on the soundtrack) in The Only Thing They Fear is You. The video "Understanding the Music of Doom" by Liam Triforce breaks it down entirely and is just so cool to know how unique Mick Gordon made these soundtracks.

I think Red Alert 2's soundtrack is definitely worthy of your attention. It's a really nice combination of synthesizers and metal instruments. You could have a field day with it. 😁 Really cool analysis of DOOM's music, thank you!

@jessegrisham

Жыл бұрын

Frank Klepaki is legendary

@DantesKzPSC

Жыл бұрын

He have to do this. “Gentlemen, it’s a nuclear device”.

As a lifelong metal musician, gotta say it gives me life seeing a Jazz pianist so appreciative of the genre. You got my sub, I hope you blow up man you just made my morning

@cosmictreason2242

Жыл бұрын

If you have not heard the METAL version of “The Battle Hymn of the Reformation” originally written by Martin Luther, performed by Tim Bushong, fix that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X4utqK2th8nbaJc.html

great content, another fun fact about this soundtrack is Mick wrote Hell on Earth in 5/4 time and came up with the melody by drawing a pentagram on the circle of fifths lol

@TalynStormcrow

Жыл бұрын

I can't see that on the album.

One of my favorite channels on youtube now. Never knew you existed prior to 2 weeks ago.

You explaining the polyrhythmic aspect of the song has made me learn how to explain the reason I love this song and a lot of Periphery songs! Also, always enjoy when metal is so good that you can't help but scrunch your face, I do the exact same thing! xD

If you like prog, the Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack is probably my favorite video game soundtrack of all time. I've listened to on Spotify front to back so, so many times. It uses several motifs through it, and it uses all sorts of awesome harmony and cool rhythmic ideas. I highly, highly recommend it!

@InternationalAwesomeFoundation

Жыл бұрын

Once In A Lullaby is my favorite song of theirs to date, that clarinet (I think?) just ties the whole thing together into this ethereal, mystical thing.

I love the level where "The Only Thing They Fear Is You" is introduced. The close combat in the hallways and office spaces, forcing you to go extra aggressive because of the limited space, and just keep pushing.. Pushing.. Pushing! David Levy's UAC Atlantica track in the DLC has the same "push" feel to it, and it is one of my personal favourites besides Mick's work 🤘ಠ_ಠ🤘

Ok I'm so glad I'm not the only one who drums beats on my chest like that when I don't have anything like a table nearby. Phew.

@MARKHENSTROM

Жыл бұрын

Thighs, my dude.

I'm so glad metal is starting to get some of the respect it deserves from the music world. People are so put off by the screams and dark vibe that they miss the awesome complexity that can occur and assume there's nothing of musical merit to draw from. The truth is rhythmically metal is the most interesting genre out there, and there is a ton of cool ideas that can be bought into different genres if you were so inclined. Fascinating analysis as always!

@Bobbias

Жыл бұрын

Yes, apart from the differences in instrument tone, I think the biggest signifier of different metal genres is how they use rhythm. Rhythm is the basis of riffs, and each subgenre has a different stylistic take on riff structure, and therefore rhythm.

@spicymeatballs2thespicening

Жыл бұрын

Metal can be super interesting but I wouldn't be using djent as an example of that ngl

@spimbles

Жыл бұрын

@@spicymeatballs2thespicening in terms of interesting musical structure, djent is definitely up there. im not much of a djent guy but theres some crazy songs with that kinda sound that have nasty polyrhythms that sound both interesting and genuinely good, especially when its used in the deathcore genre

@novasoul99

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? Anyone who knows even a little about music knows metal guys are music beasts

@minbari73

Жыл бұрын

"Respect" as in fodder for overly excited youtube reactions, where you can put your own suggestions in the comments.

13:14 I haven't played this doom but that piano immediately informed me that the songs from the original doom. Really cool. Never knew

@xalener

Жыл бұрын

The new Id Dooms are FULL of this kind of shit. Easter eggs just for the ~informed~ It's so fucking good

4:27 basically the definition of djent

At 6:38 we both did "woohoo" at the same time 🤣🤣i felt that chord!! Beautiful breakdown of the song!

The way you described the songs is actually like the gameplay. It compels you to shoot your way forward through the demons in a very hectic experience. Man I love game songwriting.

@aarono8979

Жыл бұрын

That's the problem with some of the other games trying to be metal games, like Slain. The gameplay doesn't compel you forward the way it does in Doom. Doom rewards relentless aggression but you have to be thoughtful about it or you die. Slain doesn't have an incentive for keeping pace, so the more difficult the enemies become the more you want to slow down and be very reactionary. In Doom the music and gameplay really complement each other perfectly, I've never seen anything like it.

That's why I love Tool! Danny Carey's drums are so amazing. His style of playing not the same rhythm as bass or guitar and the complexity of it are simply divine!

Wow man, you have broken it down to such a simple way of understanding. I just loved it. Awesome

NieR Replicant or NieR Automata would be so great. I mostly like how the composer, Keichi Okabe, made lots of chromatic ascensions in some of his tracks NieR music sounds like nothing else, it also emphasizes the power of the human instrument : the voice. Emi Evans even created the Chaos language, inspired by japanese, french, deutsch and many other languages.

@cooldebt

Жыл бұрын

You might enjoy The Consouls' beautiful cover of Weight of the World kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zqdpz7Spm8fbp7A.html

@bentoarukin

Жыл бұрын

I'm up for this..

Fun fact: The Only Thing They Fear is You is, like the Dune soundtrack, mostly on the double harmonic scale - the synth melody hits a few natural sevenths later on in the song.

Chills and the hairs on my arms perked up when it kicks in after the intro.

I love technical explanations like this.

Charles Cornell reviews DOOM music. One of those occasions where I actually have to question whether I'm alive or if I've ascended to heaven. This is legit some of my favourite *music* of all-time, forget soundtrack, metal, whatever. Just some of my favourite music, outright.

The "Bloodborne: Old Hunters" soundtrack is pretty good. It's like 5 songs they're all pretty good. I'm not musically literate to say why, but I like em.

What an amazing way of teaching and enjoying music. This is such an amazing lesson

I love this stuff man, I remember first sitting down to try playing this on drums and just falling right into place and being so surprised it was so easy to stay with. Really goes to show just how much weight syncopation is carrying in this music, fucking amazing

ultrakill is extremely impressive in its presentation, especially music, it blends with the gameplay in so many different ways, for example how 6-1 is split to 3 different tracks, a low droning for the beginning, dark hallways, no beat just noise, then it drops to silence as you move to the next area, and the real music comes in, a harsh electric guitar attacks you to emphasize the now open red abyss of heresy. as a finale to the level, tension builds with a voice you haven't heard since 3-2 announcing his presence below, and drops: 'come to me.' *spawns 2 of a boss you've only fought once* *a remix of the first fight theme drops instantly*

An interesting note you touched on: you mentioned that the rhythm and series of notes through the bar basically pushes and forces you through the track. This, in fact, correlates with the actual gameplay, which is intentionally designed to almost force you to play aggressively, including almost requiring you to often get up close and personal with the enemy with certain powerful melee attacks which reward you with health and ammunition.

@yurilopes420

Жыл бұрын

gamer should actually straight up kill you if you stand still for 2 seconds mid fight

This channel is brilliant. Thank you for breaking this down.

i can't believe they decided in include an entire game alongside this soundtrack!! awesome stuff

The Doom 2016 soundtrack is pretty epic too. Harbinger and BFG Division are a couple of my favorite all-time VG tracks full stop. The rhythms are crazy and the peaks/valleys just roll man

@seanyeske

Жыл бұрын

The drop in BFG Division is pure involuntary agro headbanging.

Sitting here after a long day of work sipping a drink, thinking: "This guy gets as excited about music irl as I do in my head" It's so cathartic and enlightening to watch you react and explain. Top content right here. Loads of explanations for things I have experienced but don't understand.

Bro your energy is so good!! jazz and prog best combo xD

Wow I'm so happy I found this channel. I've been playing piano for a long time but never learned much music theory and I learn so much from these videos! Thank you Charles

Always love your insight on these things. In terms of rhythm, or polyrhythm, I really love the intro to Do Not Look Down by Meshuggah. It’s absolutely killer. It’s like 17/16 time, over a 4/4 drum beat, something like that. Each rotation of the riff falls differently on the 1, it’s gnarly. And the start of Stengah too, took me quite a while to figure out exactly what was going on there. ‘shuggah are the masters of that stuff.

The Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack is probably one of my favorite game soundtracks ever, and includes some of my absolute favorite songs, like con lentitud poderosa and You're Gonna Need a Bigger Ukelele. It would be awesome to see you listen to it, I think it is definitely the sort of thing you'd like!

@vmart9020

Жыл бұрын

Charles definitely needs to check out ROR2’s soundtrack, I think he’d love it!

@dualCalibur

Жыл бұрын

If you want more cool stuff about the RoR2 soundtrack, Chris did commentaries on his own channel.

@vmart9020

Жыл бұрын

@@dualCalibur oh sweet, I’m definitely checkin this out. Thanks man!

@palibakufun

Жыл бұрын

RoR2 soundtrack is incredible x100

Ive always been a huge fan of the doom soundtracks and listen to them often, but having this breakdown actually gave me a renewed appreciation for how insane mick gordons compositions are! thanks for the video :)

The original Ratchet and Clank soundtrack extensively uses the Devil's triad for a very interesting and unique videogame OST. I would love to see Charles react to it.

@junktin1750

Жыл бұрын

Love the classic R&C games soundtracks, 1,2,3 and deadlocked are pretty awesome

You should check out the band Oceans Ate Alaska or the drummer Chris Turner's solo project. They do some real fun metric modulation and other fun rhythm manipulation. Btw this sub sub genre of metal is called Ardjent and an amazing artist who does this style is a dude called Andromida. More Than Human is my favorite album from him

@VeritabIlIti

Жыл бұрын

Did he actually finish an album? He's been on my Spotify release radar for years but I thought everything was single based

@joshuasplural

Жыл бұрын

@@VeritabIlIti I got to talk to him and he does do albums but it's his singles compiled nowadays at least. He been releasing a new song every month. Wrath of the vangard and hellscape were on that release scheduIe think

@SinclairesLabyrinth

Жыл бұрын

I would love to see Charles review Oceans... or anything on Steezy too. His mind would certainly explode lol