This song was absolutely MADE for metal covers. The melodic tones work great. Excellent work with adding the rest of the instruments too, it all comes together really well. The drumming of the original especially felt like it could fit in a rock environment. Not surprised you nailed it!
+XzylorLightBringer Hey man! I use an amp sim called PODFarm (an amp sim is a computer program that emulates guitar amps and stuff). For my leads I use the "Line6Treadplate" amp setting, and for rhythms the "Dual Treadplate" setting, both with a "Screamer" effects pedal (a TubeScreamer sim). I don't add any other effects on top of those (maybe some reverb on leads sometimes but that's it).
+Dagon Shade the Axe FX is probably one of the best things you could get... but the catch is that it's quiiiiiite expensive. If you can afford it, then go for it, I hear it's amazing!
I was just thinking a metal version of this would be awesome. I youtubed it, in a seemingly hopeless attempt to find one, and yours popped up. Thanks for being awesome, and meeting my musical demands!
How do people not like number 13? In my eyes there is nothing wrong with it, it's actually very fun to play! Love the music in the game. Great job mate!!!!
Awesome! I love how you recreated all the orchestra parts with your keyboard and guitar (you even played the parts of the second violin). You have an incredible ear,
@Gibsonlespaul58yeah That's why its called "Blinded By Light" and NOT "Blinded by THE Light", plus I specified from where this song is in the title, its from Final Fantasy XIII, composed by Masashi Hamauzu
@HyperDuckMusic Thanks! The plugin is EZDrummer, with the standard kit. I don't own any of the expansions but honestly this work just fine :) Glad you liked it!
Sounds great! What's the kit? Addictive Drummer? Superior Drummer? I don't have the full Halion which comes with cubase 5 so maybe it's part of the bigger kit collection there, sounds super anyway!
@Yellowflash456 haha actually it was a coincidence, but I DID planned VGR4 to be FF4 and VGR7 to be FF7 ;) I wanted to do FFX for VGR10 but at the time I felt I was doing too much final fantasy games, so I scrapped it =P
I liked that more than the original. dude I just re-discovered an old tune form a game I played over and over as a kid: TMNT II: The Arcade Game, and the tune's name is Fire! It would be awesome if you did a cover!
+Flamewraith m Yea no, He's good and an amazing talent but the originals are in the game for a reason. This is unrefined and in no way beats the original
+Nimrook The orginal is more refined of course much more going on terms of instruments, however its an orchestral with violins and such... the guitar Ferdk uses here, brings a tottally diffrant feel to the tune which i prefer. Of course its totally personal taste on my part to say its better than the orginal :).
Agree with you... I kinda liked FF13, it's not the best but it's not bad, in FF13-2 the gameplay improved but IMO the story got worse, and LR seem completely different but shared lots of concepts with the previous 2 (I did not notice till almost the end that the non-elemental skills slow the stagger decayment like in the previous games) and i enjoyed it more than the other 2.
I've heard that the gameplay is good, and that XIII-3 was overall solid, and the best of the trilogy. If that trilogy came to PS4, I'd buy to to check it out.
Lucky Koopa I did XIII a while back, just finished XIII-2 and Lightning Returns about a month ago. I have to say, I loved all three of them. Lightning Returns is probably my favorite, but the others were really fun to play and the only ones that actually made me go through my teams and build a strategy and try out different styles to play. I'm going through other Final Fantasy titles right now, but I have full plans on getting the trilogy on Steam and replaying it later.
Nice! After finishing FFXV (it was OK, 3/5. Didn't love it, didn't hate it, wouldn't play it again, but I did enjoy it). I only have played all the way through two other FF titles. 8 and 10. FFVIII was such an essential game in my life, turning me to JRPGs, a genre I still enjoy to this day. In the FF sale last week, I got FFX Remaster and FFVII. Currently playing FFVII for the first time. Still trying to figure out what the f**k took me so long to get to that title.
Awesome work again! I don't suppose you would do a cover of Death Mountain form Zelda A Link to the Past? I love that song, and would love to hear your arrangement of it!
Where does the version of Blinded by Light playing during the video credits come from? It literally starts playing at the 2:42 section and only lasts for like 48 seconds.
yeah I'm afraid I never released that arrangement, mostly because it's only that part you hear at the end, it was just meant to be a video outro. Don't think I even have the files anymore :/ sorry about that
That's a shame because your 8 bit rendition sounds better than every other version I've heard. If you ever decide to recreate your 8 bit remix I'd certainly pony up the cash to buy it.
veru2 coo, Bro!!! so far, u're the best for making ff13 battle theme's cover... could You tell me what sound that's in the beginning and in the end of this song(sounds like bell from Tibet #!%@$#@$), where do You get that sound? Hypersonic? Spectrasonic? and what vst instrument You use in string sound?
You are fucking killing these man! Your sound gets better and better! Great work, yet again! :D
say whatever you want about 13 but its Battle theme was god tier and far better than some epic Boss themes
I don't care that this is 10 years old, this is the best part of ff13 it gave us this banger of a song for you to shred
This song was absolutely MADE for metal covers. The melodic tones work great. Excellent work with adding the rest of the instruments too, it all comes together really well. The drumming of the original especially felt like it could fit in a rock environment. Not surprised you nailed it!
+XzylorLightBringer
Hey man! I use an amp sim called PODFarm (an amp sim is a computer program that emulates guitar amps and stuff). For my leads I use the "Line6Treadplate" amp setting, and for rhythms the "Dual Treadplate" setting, both with a "Screamer" effects pedal (a TubeScreamer sim). I don't add any other effects on top of those (maybe some reverb on leads sometimes but that's it).
+Dagon Shade the Axe FX is probably one of the best things you could get... but the catch is that it's quiiiiiite expensive. If you can afford it, then go for it, I hear it's amazing!
I was just thinking a metal version of this would be awesome. I youtubed it, in a seemingly hopeless attempt to find one, and yours popped up. Thanks for being awesome, and meeting my musical demands!
Not mixed good? Please it sounds awesome. Stop doubting yourself and keep on doing what you are obviously good at. You make Nomura proud!
@drpez12 thanks man!!! glad you liked it! :)
How do people not like number 13? In my eyes there is nothing wrong with it, it's actually very fun to play! Love the music in the game. Great job mate!!!!
Great arrangement while staying true to the original, LOVE IT
Awesome! I love how you recreated all the orchestra parts with your keyboard and guitar (you even played the parts of the second violin). You have an incredible ear,
You are freaking awesome! You took one of my favorite songs and made it even more badass.
@Gibsonlespaul58yeah That's why its called "Blinded By Light" and NOT "Blinded by THE Light", plus I specified from where this song is in the title, its from Final Fantasy XIII, composed by Masashi Hamauzu
@HyperDuckMusic Thanks! The plugin is EZDrummer, with the standard kit. I don't own any of the expansions but honestly this work just fine :)
Glad you liked it!
Instantly subbed at the end, as a testament to your hard work and impeccable taste.
@12ealDeal yes it is!! Cubase 5 :)
this is absolutely amazing. Gives me the same feeling of nostalgia i get whenever i play ff13 well done dude
God. I've been looking for metal remixes of Final Fantasy songs, and I found you! You're a godsend with your music! Please make more!
I was looking for a metal cover for this. Boy did I find one. Excellent.
Sounds great! What's the kit? Addictive Drummer? Superior Drummer? I don't have the full Halion which comes with cubase 5 so maybe it's part of the bigger kit collection there, sounds super anyway!
The 13 trilogy are actually my favorite entries in the franchise since 7. Blinded by Light was one of the best battle themes the franchise ever had.
I'd argue that ffx is above this one but it's damn close
absolutely nailed it.
gives me chills everytime i listen to it, i really love the guitar! nice work dude, keep it up!!
@Yellowflash456 haha actually it was a coincidence, but I DID planned VGR4 to be FF4 and VGR7 to be FF7 ;)
I wanted to do FFX for VGR10 but at the time I felt I was doing too much final fantasy games, so I scrapped it =P
awesome job as always and im glad u liked my extended version of VGR 12. made my day. need to post it as a video response
slacking? you are a freacking genious i cant imagine u spendint more time on this xD it would be even more epic!
I liked that more than the original. dude I just re-discovered an old tune form a game I played over and over as a kid: TMNT II: The Arcade Game, and the tune's name is Fire! It would be awesome if you did a cover!
man if you can make a guitar tutorial video of this song that is very good, and your cover this great video
Man, Lightning is going to be so happy when she hears this. Then again...Lightning is never happy.
Only in the end of the game where she was smiling. That damn smile
I never thought I would hear a metal cover of a XIII song, this makes me happy! We need a gif of Lightning headbanging to this. Awesome job! \m/
amazing.... to be able to play at that level must be so satisfying, you tottally blow the orginal music out of the water
+Flamewraith m Yea no, He's good and an amazing talent but the originals are in the game for a reason. This is unrefined and in no way beats the original
+Nimrook The orginal is more refined of course much more going on terms of instruments, however its an orchestral with violins and such... the guitar Ferdk uses here, brings a tottally diffrant feel to the tune which i prefer. Of course its totally personal taste on my part to say its better than the orginal :).
I hope you make will to fight rock version, one of the best ff xiii ost especially rock rendition will make it better
You've earned yourself a new sub. This cover was pretty legit. Love this and your Clash on the Big Bridge covers especially.
awesome man truly awesome
Insanely good covers. Must be hell syncing all of those instruments.
XIII is so overhated. Awesome remix by the way.
Agree with you... I kinda liked FF13, it's not the best but it's not bad, in FF13-2 the gameplay improved but IMO the story got worse, and LR seem completely different but shared lots of concepts with the previous 2 (I did not notice till almost the end that the non-elemental skills slow the stagger decayment like in the previous games) and i enjoyed it more than the other 2.
I've heard that the gameplay is good, and that XIII-3 was overall solid, and the best of the trilogy.
If that trilogy came to PS4, I'd buy to to check it out.
Lucky Koopa I did XIII a while back, just finished XIII-2 and Lightning Returns about a month ago. I have to say, I loved all three of them. Lightning Returns is probably my favorite, but the others were really fun to play and the only ones that actually made me go through my teams and build a strategy and try out different styles to play. I'm going through other Final Fantasy titles right now, but I have full plans on getting the trilogy on Steam and replaying it later.
Nice! After finishing FFXV (it was OK, 3/5. Didn't love it, didn't hate it, wouldn't play it again, but I did enjoy it).
I only have played all the way through two other FF titles. 8 and 10. FFVIII was such an essential game in my life, turning me to JRPGs, a genre I still enjoy to this day. In the FF sale last week, I got FFX Remaster and FFVII. Currently playing FFVII for the first time. Still trying to figure out what the f**k took me so long to get to that title.
I didn't like it, but liked most of the characters except Snow
Such a great cover!
OMG I LOVE THIS SONG!!!
Many think FF XIII was nothing but crap but I liked it, and especially this song!
WOW awesome work man, I love your vids ^^
I think my brain just melted from the amazing awesomness emulating from this masterpiece ._.
This is so good. I think you got the guitar sound just right for this :D
Very awesome mix, and to my favorite Final Fantasy Battle Theme. Keep up the great work man. ^.^
Dude that was hella awesome
me tengo que comprar ya el toneport!! tengo un amigo que tambien lo usa.. que buenos tonos, me encanto este tema fer! no lo conocia (no jugue el xiii)
Que epico amigo lo isiste exelente what epic friend did you excellent
Es "Hiciste" y "Excelente"
Amazing! Thanks for such a good cover.
holy shit dude, this is sick!!
Awesome work, man!
Great work .
Soooo good!
fuckin badass dude. Great work man keep it up
Btw Ferdk amazing work once again, you just keep on making my jaw drop ;)
Excellent man! I'd love to hear an even heavier rhythm line though. Maybe some wammy in the choral section.
AMAZING VIDEO MAN!!! FFXIII"s Saber's Egde is also great, Will you do a video of it?
Nice cover, very well done and high quality. I wish the theme sounded more like this in the game, perhaps with even more guitars ^_^
you mean the tuning? it's not a drop tuning, I tune in D Standard (that is, every string a whole tone down)
Hope that helps! :)
que groso, muy buen laburo!!!alto tema
F***ing epic mate! Keep on rockin!
This was a battle theme? I was never it a fight that lasted long enough for me to hear it :o
Awesome!
Is that Cubase I spy in the background? Rock on!
just subscribed.. what a talent..
Best music in that game just got better, nice one buddy \m/
I'd like to hear what you'd do with Decisive Battle (Final Fantasy VI)
Awesome!!
omg man i love you for this. I'll buy your album on my next pay XD you deserve it
Awesome work again!
I don't suppose you would do a cover of Death Mountain form Zelda A Link to the Past? I love that song, and would love to hear your arrangement of it!
who would have thought?, some heavy metal rocker,playing Final Fantasy 13 as well instead of having Heavy Metal concert!..
Amazing metal cover :D
do you work at Square?? lmfao. asking for a friend.
TABS BROOO! SOOO SICKKK! all i gotta say lol
I came here for a metal cover, I got a metal cover. Good work!
Yeah final fantasy is awesome
Awesome
JUSTO ANDAVA SACANDO ESTE TEMA =D
you should get more music from ffxiii rock style what epic arias
EPIC
This is fucking legit, you sir are a God
I love it!
I think this guy likes final Fantasy
o.o About damn time! :D
awesome
listening to this video all i can see is theatrhythm playing in my mind. HOLD-LETGO, TAP-TAP, HOLD-LETGO, SLIDEUP-SLIDEDOWN!
ur so good
u should play in a ceremony for
novelist
"Aaran P.J.Vang"
EPIC!!
What do you think boys, Uematsu lvl in this piece?
no tiene copyright verdad
Where does the version of Blinded by Light playing during the video credits come from? It literally starts playing at the 2:42 section and only lasts for like 48 seconds.
That's a little 8bit arrangement I made for the outro, but I didn't do a full version unfortunately
So does that mean that I would't be able to buy it on iTunes even if I was willing to drop cash on it?
yeah I'm afraid I never released that arrangement, mostly because it's only that part you hear at the end, it was just meant to be a video outro. Don't think I even have the files anymore :/ sorry about that
That's a shame because your 8 bit rendition sounds better than every other version I've heard. If you ever decide to recreate your 8 bit remix I'd certainly pony up the cash to buy it.
Thanks for the kind words! Maybe one day I'll pursue doing some full remixes in 8bit style, I'll keep this one in mind if I ever do :)
awesome job, stay metal! \m/
veru2 coo, Bro!!! so far, u're the best for making ff13 battle theme's cover... could You tell me what sound that's in the beginning and in the end of this song(sounds like bell from Tibet #!%@$#@$), where do You get that sound? Hypersonic? Spectrasonic? and what vst instrument You use in string sound?
@ferdk16 Never feel like you do too much Final Fantasy. Especially 10 ;) I love your work and 10 is my favourite!
Good music :) now i get your song end use in the game. I edit the battle theme song for the game for final fantasy 13. Tnx bro
muy bueno!
dude do you have the midi file for this? i'd really like to perform it for school.
Asombroso!
OMG AWESOME !!!
shit this is awesome
could someone tell me the keyboard settings ?
Rock on, dude! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
bro te luciste ;D
勉学なります
Excellent :D