A Moment of Eternity (Xenoblade Chronicles 2: TTGC) ft. Lacey Johnson, Josh "Xnarky" Vasquez
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- YAY! Xenoblade time!!!! =D
This cover has been many months in the making and I'm just beyond thrilled to finally share it with you all today! Love Xenoblade and love the music and I've always viewed it as my playground for all sorts of collabs with friends ahaha, just such wonderful and limitless potential for chamber music arranging. After I finished the Torna DLC two years ago I was so emotional I was like OMG HAVE TO COVER THIS ENDING THEME plus it's a Yasunori Mitsuda track and really, who doesn't like that lol.
So this first started out as a viola/piano cover (LOL guitar solo sounded like viola hoedown), put it aside for a year, then getting to know Josh last year I was like OMG KILLER GUITAR CHOPS what can I get him on lmao and this was the perfect thing. So I expanded it to include PitTan on violin as well, since I had gotten to know her from the Xenoblade Main Theme cover, and Animevivi of course doing the vocal line on viola. (Would also like to state for the record I spent many many hours creating guitar tabs only for Josh to be like, you know, I can actually read standard notation better than tabs, can I get like, real notes, so I had to convert it all back OTL but it's all good!! I had just never met a guitarist who didn't read tabs lol. Also an F in the chat for all the time I spent transcribing the solo as he improvised an absolutely face-melting solo of his own and I was like holy crap let's go with yours lol)
Once Josh got back to me with his stems he sounded so awesome I DIED omg. Literally laid on the floor in disbelief I mean he even added in these extra stems in Nashville tuning (which I had to look up lol) just for interesting Tom Petty flavor. I was like ok no more halfassing this needs to be epic ALL HANDS ON DECK!!! Wrote in a cello part to flesh out the strings better and thankfully Israfelcello was up for it, and decided a badass female vocalist was needed. I had just discovered Lacey last year and her channel is like crack to me, just hopelessly addicted lol plus she's just an incredible human being, so I immediately flailed in her DMs with a bunch of crying and heart emojis and so thankful she was willing to lend her incredible set of pipes to this cover!!!!
(SPOILERS)
I love how this song has such a beautiful and sad, wistful vibe, like Lora's spirit singing to Jin. Lacey is such a powerful, compelling performer and I love that she brought her signature raw passionate fierceness to this, which is exactly what I wanted. I have always felt Xenoblade 2 was really Jin's story, and the Torna DLC really drove that home. We play as Lora, but the narrative is all through Jin's eyes--his palpable despair and desperation seeing the dying Lora in his arms and making a terrible split-second decision that alters the core of his existence forever. Especially hearing the lyric line, "I know you'll be fine..." We know from the main game that this is sadly not the case. Once again cannot thank my wonderful collaborators enough for their hard work on exploring the emotions of that tragic scene and the fallout afterwards and bringing this cover to life!!
Creating a video with a vocalist was also something that was new for me so I was like omg six way splitscreen is unacceptable. Studied a bunch of Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey music videos and focus is all on the singer so I ended up editing myself out of most of this hahaha WHICH IS TOTALLY FINE you get enough of me around here anyways lol.
PLEASE FOLLOW THESE AMAZING WONDERFUL PEOPLE!
VOCALS: @LaceyJohnsonMusic
GUITAR: / @xnarkyvgm
VIOLIN: @PitTan
VIOLA: @animevivi
CELLO: @IsrafelCello
PIANO AND ARRANGEMENT: me!
There might be more Xenoblade around here, or some other random stuff, as I ended up completely rewriting A Chapel and it's now 30% more difficult and I have to practice it a LOT before the next Tactics cover OTL but I hope you'll like the new version!!!! Thank you so much for listening and sticking around, as always!
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What a band! Nice work all! This is the first time I’ve really understood the lyrics to this tune, and knowing the context from both base game and DLC.... definitely a heart-wrencher!
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT MEANS A LOT COMING FROM YOU!!! ♥♥♥♥ been a huge fan for years your compositional and multi instrumental skills are off the charts ridiculous and caught your live show last Magfest, absolutely incredible and so inspiring omg. Really this cover was all about everybody else killing it, I was just hanging back playing basic chords hahaha, there's no outplaying musicianship of this caliber and was only too happy to let them shine.
I’ve waited YEARS for people to finally give this song some love. The absolute tragedy of Jin always gets to me, and I was tearing up at the end of your cover!
oh maaaaan really about to make me all emo over Jin and Torna again 😭😭😭 I don't care what ANYBODY says Jin is the absolute best boy and I just wanted to give him a hug so bad!!!! AHHHHHHH ❤️😭😭❤️ Thank you so much for listening!!!!
Got the dream team up again with some new members.
LMAOOOO!!!!!!! THIS
Killer performances all around, every collab you put together is always incredible. Such powerful vocals. Straight up brought me to tears, y'all.
GDI thank you Samantha!!! i just chill and let everybody else take it to the next level hahaha it's the best. Can't wait to get you on agniratha!!!!!
I LOVE YOUUUUUU this came out so beautifully and I am so honored to have been among such great musicians. Great job everybody! ❤🙌
YOU ARE THE FUCKING BEST EVER LIKE I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS AN ACTUAL REAL THING AND IT'S MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN I EVER IMAGINED THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU OMG ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
LACEY OMG THIS SUITS YOUR VOICE SO MUCH 💜💜💜
@@TeraCMusic thank you so much Tera!!!! ❤😘❤😘❤
Welp, it is 2021 and I'm ugly crying about Torna again.
Absolutely beautiful cover
ahahahaha this is a mood 😭❤️😭❤️ thank you so much!!
Everyone did an INCREDIBLE job with this... I got so many chills!! 🥰
thank you so much Tera!!! this was really all about everybody else on this omg, really made it what it was!!!!
Yay more xenoblade. I'm so grateful that you recommended the Definitive Edition to me; I've really been loving the game. I'm only on Chapter 5 right now (I like to do all quests and take it slow lol), and its really good. Thank you so much! Oh, and like always, the arrangement was great and sounded awesome with everyone together :))
OMG I'm so happy you're enjoying the game!!!!! Thank you so much for the kind words and yes please do take your time with the quests, there's so much in there!!!!
Take a mug, keep playing until you reach the sad parts, cry a lot but in the mug, after finishing the game (and probably crying) write "your tears" on a side of the mug.
You'll look badass and cool.
And noone will know, that in that mug there are actually your tears.
I'm sorry if it was creepy or else but I thought it could be funny so "why don't share?"
@@thed.clanaccount1966 damn I should’ve done that. Shit would’ve been filled up
When you thought you’ve moved on from the hurt of playing this game then this suddenly comes out and reminds you of why you cried for ten consecutive nights. I know I’m not the only one who teared up hearing this. It’s as beautiful as it can get.
Oh man I feel this so hard. The worst part is getting almost to the end and not wanting to finish it because you KNOW all the shit that's gonna go down and it just rips your heart out. I just want an alternate timeline where Blades and Drivers live happily ever after and Jin doesn't go mad from despair OTL
I am moved in a way that I cannot express in words so emojis will have to do: 😍🥰❤❤😭😭💔❤💙💙!!!!
Everything about this is amazing, by the time that string line happened at 3:27 and Hana's INCREDIBLE VIOLIN TRILL I just exploded lol.
This is too amazing. I gotta add that Xnarky's solo was fire, and Lacey's vocal performance is so amazing and really fits the emotional depth of this song perfectly!
Hehe thanks emile!
Omg saaame I got goosebumps 😭 @PitTan
Thank you so much!
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! really, like you pointed out this was ALL about everybody else, Lacey's singing, Josh's guitar, the incredible string work by Joe, Hana and Andrew. I was more than happy to sit back and let them just kill it on this hahaha! They were just INCREDIBLE!!!!!!
Want to sing alongside them? Here are the lyrics, now you can enjoy this masterpiece even more!
Wind goes passing by
Through the sunset sky
This wind will carry lots of memories
When you'll look around
You won't see me anywhere
But you will feel in the air that I am there
For a time, I will be away
With the wind gusting along
I'll just say it won't be too long
Soon enough we will meet one day
Sentimentally, the time will pass us by
And all we shared was a moment, I know
But that moment will shine us through to the sky
So don't look back, let the moment be forever
Speed of time was different for us
Not to say that was all bad
Nonetheless those moments we've treasured
Will be carved into stone eternally
So please never forget
All the precious time we shared
The warmth of your hands
Don't forget, don't look back, I'll be there
Promise me that you'll walk again
Won't you show me that smile?
And I know, you will find that someone
Who will help you move on
Since that day you came and took my hand
Our story began
So don't be scared to reach out for someone
I know you will be fine,
Just go on~
That was amazing, you perfectly captured the essence of the original and that guitar solo was so good
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! really this was everybody else who made this what it was!! And YES @Xnarky IS INCREDIBLE AND AMAZING!!!
This was just 10/10. God, it's just great to be a xenoblade fan rn.
ah thank you so much! for real, like Pyra and Mythra in Smash? who knew
Got me out here in tears, man. That was incredible.
omg thank you, that means so much!! really it was all about everybody else killing it.
This is beautiful! Fantastic work. The memories are flooding back. And so are my eyes. 😭
ahhh thank you so much!!!!!
This is so beautiful and pleasing to listen to. You guys are AMAZING.
I teared up at work a little. This was haunting.
thank you so much Jordan!!!!!
Beautiful! This brought a tear to my eye!
thank you!!!!
You are just on another level, even 3 years later, gosh
aw thank you so much!!! This one is all thanks to my awesome collaborators though hahaha
Omg this is so beautiful!! This song broke my heart in Torna, Jin & Lora's story is the saddest in the game, thank you for this, made my day.. legit crying now :)
OMG JIN AND LORA MAKE ME SO EMOTIONAL!!!!!! they had such a beautiful relationship 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i need an alternate timeline DLC where Lora lives and Jin isn't driven mad by grief and loneliness OTL
Man you really did that theme justice. Tbh I like it even more than the original.
And now I'm crying again because torna just hits hard.
awww thank you, that means a lot!!!! AND YES TORNA CRUSHED MY SOUL OTL I JUST WANNA GIVE JIN A HUG OMG
I have nothing to say, except that this was just BEAUTIFUL! (also Xnarky's guitar chops are out of this world)
Agreed
OMG RIGHT!? i basically rewrote the entire arrangement because of him hahaha
Thanks so much for having me! Honored to have played alongside such fantastic people :D
ARE YOU JOKING DUDE OMG THE HONOR WAS ALL OURS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS!!!!!! if not for your phenomenal playing this wouldn't have blown up into this huge awesome thing ahaha!!! i've made a mental note to myself ever since if there's a jazz musician on board, make them record first and rewrite the whole arrangement around their amazing improvisational noodlings lol
Thank you, simply thank you for doing this
Just wanna say I decided to sub based on your description for the video. Maybe it's weird but it makes me enjoy covers way more when I know the creator actually has an attachment to the game like I do. So reading that was a treat for me. Looking forward to digging through your videos :3
This song is such a beautiful homage to one of the best songs in Xenoblade 2. Straight up this song nearly had me in tears by a combination of its beauty and the emotional weight of the lyrics. Thank you so much for this!
One day... I will play this game.... Until then, I will play all the xenoblade goodness on your channel 😊 Thank you for the dedication you put towards your music, it's honestly so inspiring.
OMG THANKS SO MUCH MAN!!! that really means a lot!! really do highly recommend the Xenoblade games, they're just fantastic and the first game is one of the finest JRPG experiences I've had in recent years. But also understand it's a huge time commitment and we all gotta adult lmao like who tf has time for 70+ hour RPGs lol
@@purpleschala I managed to get XC:DE recently haha, definitely enjoying the up-res, having played the 3DS version previously :D
I'm not crying I just have something in my eye it's fine
I am angry this doesn't have more views. Can't wait to hear what is next.
aw thank you!!!!!! I am so proud of this one, everyone did an amazing job!
Beautiful... simply magical. Thank you so much for this ❤
thank you!! I'm so glad you liked it!
This is amazing, congratulations, such an incredible work!
thank you so much!
my eyes are in tears after this incredible cover, congratulations!
awww thank you!
Wow.
This really brought a tear to my eye, absolutely beautiful!
awww thank you!!!!! the vocals, guitar and strings just were all so outstanding ugh i cried too hearing their stems 😭
I still cannot get over Torna's ending.
me neither 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I haven't been caught up with your videos recently because I've been so busy, but the moment this popped up I knew I had to drop what I was doing and listen and you absolutely never disappoint! This is such an amazing cover! Thank you so much for making this!
Thank you so much Chris!!!!! and no need to catch up on my stuff hahaha it's all over the place as usual. hope you're well!!!
First, here's the requested F for all the guitar tab efforts haha:
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mkay, this is just so amazing and I think you've done this theme such a great service OF COURSE! You always bring together the finest from all corners of VGM youtube and I love seeing the great depths of your collaborators on the channel! Thank you for bringing us this!
LMAO CALEB THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING MY FRUITLESS HOURS OF GUITAR TABBING HAHAHAHA but really it all worked out for the better lol!!! And thank you for the kind words, I couldn't agree more. I love nothing better than showcasing my amazing peers
I love this song.
Thanks.
me too! Thank you for listening.
One of my all time favorite songs.
Fantastic rendition. Mega thanks to all involved for putting it together!
Awesome and epic arrangement! And it's reminded me that I need to go back and finish Torna
ahHH thank you so much!!!
Amazing cover, truly spectacular. Just finished this game a while and the journey is still stuck with me. Jin's tragedy, mythras despair after losing control of her power, the battle of wills between Rex and Malos and Mythra's/Pyra's first lie to Rex to save him. This game really hit me in ways I never expected it to hit and I loved ever second of it 😭😭🥰🥰
OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! And yes omg!! Torna DLC destroyed me ugh. So heartbreaking!!!!! I love Jin so much sob
That was fantastic!
Thank you so much!!
OMG I LOVE THIS ENDING THEME. SO GLAD TO SEE IT COVERED
OH FOR REAL I COULDN'T NOT I GET SO EMOTIONAL AT THIS THEME OTL
God this song is good. Always makes me hurt in a good way
@@derpious267 ah same here, same could be said for the whole Torna DLC. hurts so good lol
Always awesome to see a collaboration video from you!! Everyone did an amazing job!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH JIMMY!!!!!!! I love these collab videos so much!!!
Might just be one of my favorite covers on all of TH-cam. That piano at the start hits DIFFERENT, the vocals are killer, and everyone else building up to the end of the song literally gave me chills. I don’t know how this song has so much emotional power over me but man yall capitalized on that HARD and I love it, great job.
AHH thank you so, so much!!!! ❤️❤️ I'm an absolute emotional mess when it comes to this song, I love it so much and the Torna DLC, so that means a lot!!! I will pass your kind words along to my fellow collaborators on this, it'd be nothing without them, truly!! thanks so much again!
Ahhh this is so goooood!
thank you so much!
Amazing! With XC2 currently being my favorite game, this is just so lovely! ✨
thank you so much!!!!! I'm so blessed to work with these wonderful and talented people!!!!
Amazing 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you!!
That was awesome!!! Loved working with you guys!! 😭😭😍💙
NO YOU'RE AWESOME!!! THANK YOU SO, SOOOO MUCH FOR DOING THIS!!!!!
Sounded so good I slid it to my 7.2 and I am eagerly waiting for the next one in this feed off this channel.
awwwww that's always so kind of you, thank you for listening and the encouragement! Hope your week is starting off well.
Thank you for this amazing work. So beautiful.
thank you so much for listening! so glad you liked it!!!
Re-listening to this epic, beautiful mix of sheer talent and skills all-in-one video. The solos from 2:33 leading to the heavenly blend of strings/vocal/piano/guitar harmony gave me so much goosebumps T.T Extraordinary performance everyone! (also guitar tabs are hard o.0)
OMGGG THANK YOU SO MUCH JOANNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great performance! We need covers of the other vocal Xeno-Songs!
Thank you!! and yes we do!!! lol
Such adorable works!!
I love how you make music that is full of love...
thank you!
SO GOOD
thank you!!! it was really all them I was just there hahaha
Blown away
thank you!!! all thanks to these incredible musicians!
This is really a beautiful cover. Amazing.
What the spark!? This was amazing ❤ congratulations and thank you so much for doing this ❤
Thank you so much!! Everybody killed it on this, so grateful for my awesome collaborators!
Absolutely amazing!
thank you!!!!!!!
素晴らしい！excellent!!
thank you!!!!!
So, so, so, so soooooooooooooo good. Gah.
THANK YOU DALE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
好厉害
Very good song and excellent interpretation! congratulations!
Thank you so much!
Love it, Torna's amazing
THANK YOU! and yes it is!
Beautiful! You all did such a great job!
thank you so much!!!
OMG I REALLY LOVE this cover y'all did a great job ps: Greetings from Venezuela, I love your channel :)
aww thank you!! appreciated
It's incredible !
aww thank you!
What an incredible cover. I came here thinking I was on PitTan's channel, and then I realised that despite enjoying many of your past covers I somehow still haven't subscribed. Well, let's correct that mistake straight away!
That was amazing, I loved it ❤
Thank you so much!!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
素晴らしい！
Best cover I've heard of this piece! Is there any way I could get the sheet music? I'm working on making a clarinet family cover and going mostly off of a flute septet piece from musescore, but I noticed there are a few parts missing from the original piece. I'd love to get your sheet music to fill in the gaps!
This is gorgeous! Any chance we'll get a Xenoblade collection at some point? I bought both of your Fire Emblem ones and I listen to them all the time. I would adore one for this series too!
OMG SO YES YES WE ARE WORKING ON XENOBLADE ALBUM (or two!) so yes that is a thing that is DEFINITELY HAPPENING!!!! thank you so much for listening to my FE albums omg that really means so much!!!!!!!
@@purpleschala Ahhhh this made my day!! I'm so excited! Like I will legitimately mark this in my calendar when a date is announced. ☺️
@@emmajayne8906 aw thank you Emma!!
the theme of the game that when I finish it, it ends with me :'(
Hermoso
Its so pretty
thank you so much!
wow the singer in this thing is so good, so good
i mean all the muscians are great... xd
HAHAHA i know what you mean!!! @LaceyJohnsonMusic is superb!!!!!
This is amazing 😭😭😭 wish you guys could cover driftingsouls too I would die
ahhh that one is so good too. Maybe one day!
Probably today xenoblade 3
unfortunately not this time 😂 but hey we got an Actraiser remake and the GBA Castlevanias plus some Triangle Strategy news so i'm pretty stoked!
Use me as your "I wish I could LIKE this video multiple times, dammit TH-cam!" button
ahaha thank you so much!
Can I buy this please?!
it'll be on our upcoming Xenoblade album!!!! still gotta record a few more tracks!
@@purpleschala You have a Xenoblade album being made?! I can't wait to hear all of it! I'll be sure to buy it as soon as I see it for sale!