My debut album is here! It’s Tyme Machine! A large compilation of 80s and 90s cartoon, jingle and video game styled music. If you have on your nostalgia goggles and wanted to be taken to a different decade, this album is for you! S.A Music - Tyme Machine (2023) - FULL ALBUM th-cam.com/video/XPhuiQ7a54k/w-d-xo.html
@@greentoasterfish7772 yep actually in instrumental music the main melody works as lyrics... main motif which serves the main idea of what the song is tryna tell..in this case.. its THOMAS
I saw this show when it was originally on TV and I've heard the theme countless times since, but never clocked that about the hi-hats until you pointed it out. What great writing
On old trains in the UK, a bell would go ding ding when it's about to leave the station. Until recently on electric trains the conductor would do the same on a switch to tell the driver to go and you can hear it in the whole train.
If you listen to train horns they're pretty jazzy. That and the sound of train tracks directly inspired rock, city music of the past inspired by a symbol of the city.
For anyone that cares why this is so jolly yet dissonant, train horns are typically two tones split at a major 7th. Dissonant by itself, but by being in major it lends itself to a bouncy upbeat rhythm :)
Missed the chromatic eighth 'low wind' notes before the main melody reprised ;) and the ending piano arpeggio should span a whole rising octave -- but aside from that almost totally perfect! A real core childhood memory evoked, I must have heard this theme hundreds of times when I was young.
Man this theme song will ALWAYS hit. Definitely like a top 3 theme song of my childhood. That percussion just holds things together so well. Great work man!
I wonder if there was ever an ad played at the beginning of a VHS, where the piano track was replaced with a voice over announcing another VHS collection. I feel like a mix like this lends itself well to that
Just want to make a mention that the picture in this video is one of my all time favourites. Absolutely love the reflection of Thomas and Annie and Clarabel in the water. Used to actually find it quite eerie to look at as a kid, but now as an adult I appreciate it for its mood and aesthetics.
Looking at this show now feels strange... the style gives it a genuinity and personality while also sometimes feeling somewhat surreal, like that hot air balloon picture
This is nice. It reminds me of an old steam engine I saw a little ways away from my town. Its out in the woods pretty much abandoned. All that’s left is the smokebox, boiler, and firebox. It was surreal to see it in person. You can see the controls and a small portion of the running board. Next to it there’s an old shack that’s abandoned as well. There’s pipes running from the engines dome that lead into the shack, and others that feed into a big metal box nearby. It’s interesting because it seems like it was used as a generator for a short time. It was kind of sad to see but it was thrilling anyways to see a piece of history like that. The wheels were scattered a short ways away as well.
I always was more fascinated with the backing instruments from the intro. Especially the deep toned Bass so it’s pretty neat to hear a No Lead version of the main theme. Amazing! 🤩
I don't know why when I was a kid I would always hum the tune to the theme like this without the piano included. Glad someone made a version that resonates well with my childhood!
What a wonderful thing for the algorithm to recommend to me after it floating along for a year. This and "music that plays when you encounter a caterpillar" have been this year's examples of TH-cam handing me actual gold
Most people don't know that the whole music track was recorded at Abbey Road studios and a full-size locomotive was brought into the studio to get the whistle sound. Ringo played all the instruments as well as performing the voice-over for each episode.
I just heard on the radio, doobie bros. “What a fool believes” and I swear they use the same style synthesizers as these early episodes. Maybe there’s a remix there waiting to happen?!? Btw, another great piece S.A.
Thanks. I believe they used a Prophet 5 for that song. Using a square wave very similar to the Jupiter’s clarinet. Lots of old synthesisers are like that, as much I like that song. I wouldn’t want Thomas fans to butcher that into another ‘Break My Stride’.
@@SudrianAfro that is fascinating stuff to learn. I totally understand, it was just a thought of course. Still it’s Interesting of what could be. Anyways great stuff as always S.A
Holy cow, dude! This theme is MEGA accurate! You nailed everything from the Jupiter 6 “whistle” patch to the synth brass, I can’t even fathom how good this is. May I suggest though, if you want to get the “lead piano” sound, I’d suggest you reach out to OneTramBand, as he was the one who composed the original Thomas theme for “Project Tiger Moth.”
This must have been the hardest one you have ever had to do. When I heard this, I thought it could be part of a scary episode, because of the way it sounded. But I must congratulate you on making this 😀.
Thomas The Tank Engine, but you could only bring that synthesizer .Comparing to original, it misses that synthesizer 'solo' around 0:45, but it still fits the lighter version of this track. Also, comparing both makes me realize how aggressively 80's this track is.
If you want to record the piano live, you'd need not only a grand piano, but also to voice it like they used to do. Nobody voices their grands like this today (literally no one does), but back then, this sound was on every single Steinway and Yamaha you could find in a professional studio. A very clear and bright bell like sound. Today, as a general rule, all grands are voiced softly and with little overtones, just a pure and arguably pretty boring fundamental. Well done mate! :)
Can confirm, had nothing to do with thomas on my history other than Dank engine about 10 years ago, all of a sudden TH-cam is like 'How about Thomas with no piano?'
Nice! This is really good, this could easily be used as a sort of documentary about the original television series, and how far it’s come with both official, and unofficial, yet faithfully recreated stories, in addition to new ones too! I can’t wait to hear the final version of the full theme with the melody added back in, but this is still a banger, so fantastic job! 😄👍
My conspiracy theory is that the TH-cam algorithm is secretly a super advanced AI that analyzes videos all day and when it finds something funny it starts recommending it to people, like that one friend that shows you TH-cam videos when you meet for the first time in a month
That moment when even though I know for a fact it's not there; I can still hear every one of the main notes as it plays. The human brain is a strange thing sometimes.
To be honest, I like this version as much as any other version. Heck, you can give me only the rhythm version that's just the sand maracas, and the kickdrum from the drums, and it would stil sound iconic in my head...I love it.
Oh man, this is so weird to listen to, the main lead piano tune just keeps playing in my head. Probably I have heard this theme a couple of times before. :) But what an excellent way to explore new things with this beautiful theme song! Thx!
I actually really enjoyed this!! I didn't know that the background melody of the theme song was so catchy! I grew up on this classic Thomas the Tank Engine show!! Fantastic job!! :)
My debut album is here! It’s Tyme Machine! A large compilation of 80s and 90s cartoon, jingle and video game styled music. If you have on your nostalgia goggles and wanted to be taken to a different decade, this album is for you!
S.A Music - Tyme Machine (2023) - FULL ALBUM
th-cam.com/video/XPhuiQ7a54k/w-d-xo.html
Wow!
Sexual Assault Music?
@@JulianUnzueta-E6W Sudrian Afro, it's right there!
This just sounds like the instrumental version of the song, even though the original was *already* an instrumental.
Cause the lead is so sing songy and iconic lol
@@SudrianAfro you know you're about to get hit with a train when that 4 starting chords hit you..
Whatchu Talking about Wills?
The original does have lyrics! They're just sang in Train-nesse which coincidentally happens to sound similar to pianos!
This is because in most songs with lyrics, the lyrics serve as the main melody. In this song it's the same but with the piano.
@@greentoasterfish7772 yep actually in instrumental music the main melody works as lyrics... main motif which serves the main idea of what the song is tryna tell..in this case.. its THOMAS
Ain’t nothin gonna breaka my stride
oh my god I hate this it so similar
🎵Ain’t nothing gonna slow me down! Oh no! 🎵
Oh, my goodness, I have multiple instrumental versions of that song in my playlist and, yup
@@captainjirk9564only that one part at the beginning is similar really.
@@jont695🎵I got to keep on movin!🎵
Sounds like what would play in the options menu of a Thomas game.
I’d be in there changing the difficulty level of the troublesome trucks
I’m in there finding the option to slow down Bertie and win that race.
I’d be in there trying to figure out how to make Duck not crash into the barber shop so everyone is safe
I’d be in there trying to erase my safe data so I can stop James from crashing into the field.
I'd be in there trying to sabotage BWBA's arrival transport.
Those chords are so jazzy. And i LOVE how the hi-hats are the "choo-choo noises" of the train.
I saw this show when it was originally on TV and I've heard the theme countless times since, but never clocked that about the hi-hats until you pointed it out. What great writing
On old trains in the UK, a bell would go ding ding when it's about to leave the station. Until recently on electric trains the conductor would do the same on a switch to tell the driver to go and you can hear it in the whole train.
@@hexpose dude for real gonna be a ton of people that never noticed that, I sure didn’t. CRAZY
If you listen to train horns they're pretty jazzy. That and the sound of train tracks directly inspired rock, city music of the past inspired by a symbol of the city.
The first few chords are similar to ‘take the A train’
Ah yes, nothing like the Algorithm lottery-spitting this thing out at us after it's been up a year. Every now and then a gem tumbles to the top.
Oh hello there
@@infernaltourist9601 Jesus loves you.
Hello darkness my old friend
algo on point in my opinion lol
Very true.
This sounds like it would be the end credits theme if Thomas The Tank Engine had a game.
There's been at least one, back in the 16-bit days. I wonder if the high score screen actually had a background that was like this?
for real...i can totally picture that in my head
Trouble on the Tracks ring a bell?
I'm pretty sure they had this similarly
it would have to be this but the piano comes in on the second loop
Expected a dissonant track, received a jolly jaunt.
It sounds even more 80s now
For anyone that cares why this is so jolly yet dissonant, train horns are typically two tones split at a major 7th.
Dissonant by itself, but by being in major it lends itself to a bouncy upbeat rhythm :)
@@chameleonedmthe music theory nerd in me LOVES this 🤩😂
Tank_Engine_Without_Thomas.wav
More like tomas without the annie and clarabell
This is just "& friends".
@@Chico_Julio & Knuckles
It's now "The tank engine."
this is like listening to this out of one side of your headphones
what the lad sitting next to me on the bus hears
must have been mixed by the same guy that did the stereo mixes on earlier beatle songs
@@vanilla_slice38thought this lol
@@vanilla_slice38 Welllll, Ringo Starr did narrate the first two seasons 💀
Like when the headphones jack connects but gets to the point of being in a picky position to hear it
Sick ass backing beat to the most depressing rap lyrics about living in the UK Midlands.
Straight Outta Edgbaston - Engines With Attitude
It do be pretty grim here.
@@RiotDogGaming1😂😂😂😂😂😂
Is there any other mood for the UK midlands???
Please someone do this! 😂
The actual music theory that went into this song is really impressive when you sit down and listen
I stood up and listened, and it was still impressive.
@@soapalot I flew up and listened, and it was still impressive.
I passed out and listened,
@@jattikuukunenwas it still impressive?
or do you can’t tell because you passed out?
As in, this song has many Key Changes, especially with the major minor tonality
Music you play when the characters saved the day, and now chill recalling the adventure, and then having a good laugh about it.
Bro that's legit what I was thinking
YOOOO
It’s yoooou!
@@ThatsALotOfFishThanks for replying so I can hear this awesomeness again.
Eww a scalie.
You know it’s an iconic theme song when you still know every piano chord that’s played even without hearing it
Very much what can be seen in Hebrew
They don't write vowels there, yet they can add them based off the consonants alone
@@dakzibbon6589bro go read the Bible
@@maxgamesst1Fuck the Bible
@@maxgamesst1Why?
@@maxgamesst1and what was the original language of the bible?
This is a recreation?? Wow!! I would have thought you got the stems. So well done :)
Haha thanks, I did Thomas recreations for about 10 years. Practically know the tunes by the back of my hand by now lol.
@@SudrianAfro you're awesome
@@SudrianAfro for 10 years? in what capacity? that's wild
@@moom81 check the channel haha, you’ll see there
Missed the chromatic eighth 'low wind' notes before the main melody reprised ;) and the ending piano arpeggio should span a whole rising octave -- but aside from that almost totally perfect! A real core childhood memory evoked, I must have heard this theme hundreds of times when I was young.
Damn, it's the karaoke version.
And we will all sing along
All this does is highlight how awesome the bass and the chord stabs are really 😆
Exactly!
Gr8 this song is
I frickin' love this tune, it slaps hard!
Man this theme song will ALWAYS hit. Definitely like a top 3 theme song of my childhood. That percussion just holds things together so well. Great work man!
Oh, hey, the Sonic Studio composer! A fellow enjoyer of Mike O' Donnell and Junior Campbell.
This gives me early VHS version credits vibes, and I can’t put my finger quite on why. Still surprisingly catchy regardless.
I wonder if there was ever an ad played at the beginning of a VHS, where the piano track was replaced with a voice over announcing another VHS collection. I feel like a mix like this lends itself well to that
ah yeah, youre from the generation thats somehow fucking traumatized with vhs tapes lmao such retards
It’s the slightly scuffed vhs audio for me
2:06 This part, especially.
@@Raphael0654 The synth definitely gives off the vhs era vibes
I never realised how much of a banger this song truly was
Just want to make a mention that the picture in this video is one of my all time favourites. Absolutely love the reflection of Thomas and Annie and Clarabel in the water. Used to actually find it quite eerie to look at as a kid, but now as an adult I appreciate it for its mood and aesthetics.
Looking at this show now feels strange... the style gives it a genuinity and personality while also sometimes feeling somewhat surreal, like that hot air balloon picture
NAH THE OLD THOMAS WAS GENIUNELY SCARY THOUGH
What's special is I believe the images were all physical models in a studio. Each frame was like stop motion
@@vibrantgleam Man I remember the firefly train episode, that thing still haunts me
@@ZorillaMyrid181 the one that always haunted me was the one with the grabber
When the theme is so iconic that even if you remove the piano bit, it's still recognizable
This is EXACTLY what I thought it would be, yet I'm STILL impressed!
it's easy to dismiss the hard work in composing and producing a track like that just because it's from a kid's show. great work to the creators
Ladies and gentlemen, its no longer "Thomas the Tank Engine."
*It's "The Tank Engine."*
Thomas The Friend
The Engine friend
"The Tank"
" "
"T"
This is nice. It reminds me of an old steam engine I saw a little ways away from my town. Its out in the woods pretty much abandoned. All that’s left is the smokebox, boiler, and firebox. It was surreal to see it in person. You can see the controls and a small portion of the running board. Next to it there’s an old shack that’s abandoned as well. There’s pipes running from the engines dome that lead into the shack, and others that feed into a big metal box nearby. It’s interesting because it seems like it was used as a generator for a short time. It was kind of sad to see but it was thrilling anyways to see a piece of history like that. The wheels were scattered a short ways away as well.
Bruh, did you find Smudger lmao
Smudger/stanley
Bro found smudger
That piano bass goes hard
I always was more fascinated with the backing instruments from the intro. Especially the deep toned Bass so it’s pretty neat to hear a No Lead version of the main theme. Amazing! 🤩
Oml same
That bass is a 2nd piano
You hurt my childhood by taking the piano away.
But it's ok. My brain filled the gaps
As did mine.
My brain filled both the piano and Snoop Dogg. Just adding Snoop back to this track would be interesting.
MIND THE GAP
It's still a mystery to how Mike and Junior managed to pull off the lead piano melody so well in this.
OH FUCKING HELL ITS YOU
They’d just smashed the Tugs Theme, so they were on a Hot Streak
PREGGY CLUB?!?!?!?!?!
This sounds like what would play when the series finally ended and it’s a montage of what all the engines have been doing since then.
I don't know why when I was a kid I would always hum the tune to the theme like this without the piano included. Glad someone made a version that resonates well with my childhood!
i always hum the bass
@@AcademicJaedonsame aye, its interesting that the main thing i focas on in music is the rhythm section of a band
What a wonderful thing for the algorithm to recommend to me after it floating along for a year. This and "music that plays when you encounter a caterpillar" have been this year's examples of TH-cam handing me actual gold
This made me look that other one up, thanks for the recommendation!
Time to go revisit that fuzzy caterpillar!
The feeling I get from this lead-less piece is about the same feeling I get looking at Thomas' reflection in the pond water.
Most people don't know that the whole music track was recorded at Abbey Road studios and a full-size locomotive was brought into the studio to get the whistle sound. Ringo played all the instruments as well as performing the voice-over for each episode.
that's so good. i did not expect this to stay this catchy
good job replicating it
This would work really well over a montage of Thomas working round the goods-yards and stations along his branch line.
I just heard on the radio, doobie bros. “What a fool believes” and I swear they use the same style synthesizers as these early episodes. Maybe there’s a remix there waiting to happen?!? Btw, another great piece S.A.
Thanks. I believe they used a Prophet 5 for that song. Using a square wave very similar to the Jupiter’s clarinet. Lots of old synthesisers are like that, as much I like that song. I wouldn’t want Thomas fans to butcher that into another ‘Break My Stride’.
@@SudrianAfro that is fascinating stuff to learn. I totally understand, it was just a thought of course. Still it’s Interesting of what could be. Anyways great stuff as always S.A
Well, now time to try and fit the melody of that over this track
This has the same energy as if I was trying to drive my car without wheels
Broom broom I'm in mai car
@@toyotaprius79Get outta my car!
@@InventorZahran Please escape my moving vehicle!
MABYE AN ENGINE WITH NO ABSOLUTE PISTONS
@@Jackwald001Please Do Not Approach with any malicious intent in my Vehicular Transportation, My Dear Good Sir.
why is this song giving me an existential crisis
If you are confused on why you can hear a piano in the background, its because only the MAIN piano part is gone, not the supporting part.
Honestly starts sounding like music from the OG Paper Mario. I LOVE this! 😂
Holy cow, dude! This theme is MEGA accurate! You nailed everything from the Jupiter 6 “whistle” patch to the synth brass, I can’t even fathom how good this is. May I suggest though, if you want to get the “lead piano” sound, I’d suggest you reach out to OneTramBand, as he was the one who composed the original Thomas theme for “Project Tiger Moth.”
Is that the synth they used for the early seasons? I've always wondered.
Yes, for S1 and S2.
The iconic theme from my favorite childhood show is missing the iconic piece we all know and loved!!
if you listen carefuly, you can actually hear the linn drum and kick snare used in the song, which is a dead give away that it was made in the 80s
Well it's from 1984.
I hate to be that person but it literally has synth in it
@@Neddyfram i know that, hence my comment
This must have been the hardest one you have ever had to do. When I heard this, I thought it could be part of a scary episode, because of the way it sounded. But I must congratulate you on making this 😀.
The theme song is incredibly easy to put together. It’s a matter of timbre.
Holy freaking crap this is good.
I never noticed how BANGA this track is.
Couldn't agree more
This feels like background music for a SNES era game.
Thomas The Tank Engine, but you could only bring that synthesizer
.Comparing to original, it misses that synthesizer 'solo' around 0:45, but it still fits the lighter version of this track.
Also, comparing both makes me realize how aggressively 80's this track is.
Hah. I stumbled across this and thought it was a clever removal of the piano from the original theme. Great rendition.
This song is so engrained in my brain i still heard that piano despite it not being there
If you want to record the piano live, you'd need not only a grand piano, but also to voice it like they used to do. Nobody voices their grands like this today (literally no one does), but back then, this sound was on every single Steinway and Yamaha you could find in a professional studio. A very clear and bright bell like sound. Today, as a general rule, all grands are voiced softly and with little overtones, just a pure and arguably pretty boring fundamental. Well done mate! :)
You can do what StarTom did. Mod a Keyzone Piano preset, or use a Piano Preset called "H tonk Tack Piano."
It really does sound like video game music. I love it.
love how the algorithm just randomly chooses videos to be catapulted to stardom
Can confirm, had nothing to do with thomas on my history other than Dank engine about 10 years ago, all of a sudden TH-cam is like 'How about Thomas with no piano?'
I never noticed how smooth the voice leading is in this song or how closely the harmony follows the melody. What a work of art.
I was expecting it to be off putting but this actually still sounds nice
Not having the piano makes you realize how much other things are going in the song. Love it.
I hate how much i actually love this without the lead... Its too good
Bro this is honestly really fire 🔥 if you didn’t say it was a recreation, I’d think it was the real song.
All praise The Algorithm for bringing us this cursed banger
Just what I needed for one of my students! God bless whoever created this!
Nice! This is really good, this could easily be used as a sort of documentary about the original television series, and how far it’s come with both official, and unofficial, yet faithfully recreated stories, in addition to new ones too!
I can’t wait to hear the final version of the full theme with the melody added back in, but this is still a banger, so fantastic job! 😄👍
dude this is spot on. ive been wanting this for ages.
Really nice to hear the bass version of this theme!
Thanks for making this BACKING TRACK to play along with.
I love how all these comments are from this week even though it came out a year ago
When you get kidnapped and forced to watch Temu The Tank Engine on repeat until you accept it as your Lord & Saviour
Yes been waiting for a version like this for a long time! THANK YOU!!!
The Triangle is such a nice little touch, it has such a nice arhythmic feeling to it, never really falling on a predictable beat. So much texture
This is like an instrumental of a song that's already an instrumental
I got TWENTY advertisements before this video, but it was worth it.
My conspiracy theory is that the TH-cam algorithm is secretly a super advanced AI that analyzes videos all day and when it finds something funny it starts recommending it to people, like that one friend that shows you TH-cam videos when you meet for the first time in a month
Dude, this would make epic background music for almost anything
The Thomas theme is so iconic that your mind will put the piano back in.
Thi9s is weirdly perfect to just have playing in the background as one works
I've never seen a TH-cam video with so many new comments, with so many likes before. An enigma of the algorithm.
This sounds like basically all of us humming the tune
Even without the Piano, it's still a bop
This has SO MUCH youtuber potential. I could hear this in the background of a try not to laugh type video or a gaming video xD
Literally sounds like something you'd hear in a Banjo kazooie game XD
driving my wife nuts playing this and whistling in the piano
sounds like a loading screen music sometimes
Is this clickbait?
You say the Piano is missing, but I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say, WE STILL HEAR IT!
this is true art
I like this, it feels like a more jaunty version of the jaws theme it is just building tension as without the piano it feels almost strained.
This is probably the most accurate recreation ive ever heard
I think I have been listening to this for about 2 hours now. Thank you.
Doesn't sound the same without the piano, but I like it.
That moment when even though I know for a fact it's not there; I can still hear every one of the main notes as it plays.
The human brain is a strange thing sometimes.
To be honest, I like this version as much as any other version. Heck, you can give me only the rhythm version that's just the sand maracas, and the kickdrum from the drums, and it would stil sound iconic in my head...I love it.
You're doing God's work, Sudrian.
"Look what you've done to our breakfast!"
This is an absolute bop
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHH ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
banger, that swing is on point
This sounds better than the original
Debatable
Oh man, this is so weird to listen to, the main lead piano tune just keeps playing in my head. Probably I have heard this theme a couple of times before. :) But what an excellent way to explore new things with this beautiful theme song! Thx!
The windmill refuses to turn to camera
I actually really enjoyed this!! I didn't know that the background melody of the theme song was so catchy! I grew up on this classic Thomas the Tank Engine show!! Fantastic job!! :)