How Does Spyro The Dragon And The Eternal Night have such good music!?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2023
- I swear, this Spyro the dragon music continues to surprise me and frankly blow me away - it makes me so excited to listen to true blue classical music in my video games. This example with the well of souls is no different. There's a lot to love here.
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What the hell
I have not seen a single person talk about this trilogy of games ever, let alone the music
I loved these games when I was younger
Between the 'legend of' trillogy's gameplay being nothing like the original spyro, the character redesign, 'edgy' plot and generally being made on a tight budget (eternal night in particular is a very short game that largely reuses assets from the first- the standout feature is really the music and emotion), many people refused to even give legend of spyro a chance. They were my favourite games growing up, so I was honestly shocked when upon trying to reccomend it (specifically the third entry) to a friend they scoffed and told me it was a 'shit game.' Around that time people just wanted to play COD MW2 honestly, a spyro game that diverged from the series status quo had no chance outside of a cult following. Like everyone here keeps saying though, hoping for a remake one day- audiences today I think would appreciate the series more.
It’s so fascinating how much weight these pieces of music have and I’m so thankful for you to continue to review and analyze them! I know you said they don’t get a lot of views and I agree it’s a great shame that other people are depriving themselves from a very rich musically experience. But I thank you nonetheless for being the middle man in getting me to listen to this piece of music and also have further insight in what makes it special. Thank you so much dood!
aw my pleasure.
ETERNAL NIGHT MENTIONED
Was born too late to play the original trilogy but goddamn the amount of hours spent on this game made my childhood
Same. I remember I bought it for a quite steep price back in the day. It costed like 35-40 Euros if we convert it to today's inflation.
And for us back in the day was mega expensive.
There was so many passionate people working on these games, but due to publisher greed, extremely stringent budgets, and basically no time (The Legend of Spyro: Eternal Night only had 10 months of development time!!!), only a fraction of that passion got to be on display in the finished games. I wholeheartedly believe that, had the studios gotten more time to actually achieve something closer to their vision for this trilogy, it would have become a known classic. As of now, a lot of people seem to scoff at them, and yes, it's a damn shame. I always appreciated the musical choices for these games, and it makes me so happy to see them analysed here! ❤
Hard agree! I adored these games (I loved OG Spyro but for me this trilogy was something special), but they were a fraction of what they could have been. I still love them though lol
Man...I see this a lot in my favorite childhood games. Legend of Spyro, Crash Twinsanity, such a shame they are being ignored for remakes of the original, more boring names.
Legends is in an odd spot for me. Gameplay wise I find them inferior to the original triliogy (there are some good levels ofc, but on the whole the first 3/reignited are way more fun).
But from a story and music point of view Legends is much better. And I'd even go as far as saying Cynder is my favourite Spyro character from any of the games.
Spyro Dawn of the Dragon has this really somber piece played in Burned Lands. I recommend giving it a listen. I think it has latin(?) lyrics.
Coming sooner than you think
God I fucking LOVE the attention your channel gives to this series it's such an underrated gem.
Sidenote the lyrics from the original latin poems add a whole other layer of nuance to the story the songs are trying to tell.
It’s so great to see these songs being enjoyed even after so long ☺ we need a remake of the legend trilogy
I agree although I did start with The original I love the story that the Legend trilogy has and I wish we get more Legend of Spyro
God, black powers hits so hard.
I believe this is reused for the Destroyer boss fight in Dawn of the Dragon
Yep it was. Unfortunate but yeah. Still enjoyed this one allot!
It’ll probably never happen, but I would love it if these games got re-released or remade
Wooo! One step closer to my dream of Guide You Home and This Broken Soul reactions. (But mostly actually Guide You Home lol.)
I don't personally have The Eternal Night, its the only PS1/2 Spyro game that I don't have, but I have watched a playthrough lately ... its one helluva journey though. (Gameplay-wise I seem to be missing nothing other than Pain lol.)
I was able to emulate it easily on my computer with pcsx2. there are many TH-cam videos that show you just how to do it. it was a blast to play through them all again and sing along with the music while fighting the bosses.
It's been a while since I played the first two games of this trilogy, but for being largely forgotten it's got an absolutely delightful soundtrack! If you're looking for more, 'The Burned Lands' from Dawn of the Dragon is one of the most memorable to me.
That last "gere curam mei finis" was so freaking powerful to me. Gives me goosebumps every time.
Im so glad you enjoyed this one as mucb as I did. And once you read the lyrics you get a sense of whats going in in Spyro's head. In the last or second to last song that I am going to request from this video game trilogy I think reveals more about why he feels this way about these dark powers and why it wasn't that quintessential hero kind of music. Also I love the edits and the work put into this video, the "TENSION" was very funny. And I saw you getting into that accelerating march at the end hahaha. Which to me was like that reslove to fighting and the acceptance of the possibility of death as a result of ending the fight.
Fun fact: "The Legend of Spyro"-Trilogy was a more serious take on the series. The trilogy got a COMPLETELY different feel to the other games and I loved it. "Regular Spyro" is also fun don't get me wrong.
Loved the legend of Spyro series, my childhood in the late 2000’s. Marco, I thank you for making this video about its music!
YES!!!! More legend of Spyro!!!!
"The Eternal Night" sure is the interesting one in this trilogy... I personally feel like it had many strong and kinda like... Well, pieces of music that fit the darkness that the eternal night is trying to bring upon? "A New Beginning", the first game, was mix of some more energetic and sort of heroic pieces? It was about Spyro's awakening to his destiny, after all. "The Eternal Night" takes his destiny to another level and we learn that as a purple dragon he's got more heavier duty than we expected in the first game. It all culminates in this fight against Gaul (who was a damn difficult boss, ngl). Very intimidating track, but it fits the atmosphere of the fight and the arena. I agree that often boss fights are associated with some fast pieces of music, but whoever at Krome Studios decided that "nah, we need some slower stuff", they deserve a medal.
Like you said in the video, it's a big shame that the Legend of Spyro trilogy isn't popular... I kinda get some of those people who don't like the games, I initially was also weirded out by Spyro's looks, but came to like his goofy looks through time. But the story and the music totally caught me right from the first moment when I played "A New Beginning", and the button smashing isn't too bad when you get used to it and take into consideration that there are honestly even worse games. "The Eternal Night" was in very unfortunate situation and victim of what was unfortunately common back in 2003-2008-ish where publishers forced studios to push out sequels in a very short time window, so many of the popular games at the time got sequels that had had development time of barely a year. Krome Studios, who was behind the first two games of this Spyro trilogy, was at the peak of their studio's history during those years, but it's apparent that many of their games suffered from the publishers' greedy wishes and "The Eternal Night" didn't get enough time to get proper balance testing, which is why it's awfully difficult compared to "A New Beginning". It had so much potential, but ended up lacking especially in combat. But the new lore and other aspects of the game are wonderful. At times I wish Krome could have been able to make the third game "Dawn of the Dragon" too, but the studio that took over the series did great job too. But it's apparent that as a small studio with very small budget, they couldn't really meet the publisher's expectations, which seemed to be the cause of death of the Legend of Spyro series... Where "The Eternal Night" left the story at, I feel like it could have been able to lead to two more games, but we got only one, which was "Dawn of the Dragon". It kinda forced to give the series an ending, as the publisher clearly wanted to try something else to make Spyro relevant again (but they failed at it once again). I wish there could be remasters of these three games, with some slight difficulty balancing made to "The Eternal Night". The other two games are honestly fine as they are, they aren't too difficult.
Man i loved this game as a kid, it was super dark for a lids game and i loved it
This entire trilogy has been one of the biggest parts of my childhood and has inspired me to be a writer and singer ( currently working on a book and doing classical singing in the baritone range, so much fun!!!😁)
So seeing you giving the soundtrack for one hell of an underrated game trilogy it’s time in the sun, not just as the general enjoyer but also as a professional and giving it the praise it deserves has given me no end of joy and happiness.
Thank you so much for all this, Marco. From one Aspiring opera singer to another! 😁
P.s. any of these tracks being a real favorite for you so far and is this entire trilogy of music going to be on your list of absolute favorites, possible further exploration in future? 😅
This may be my favorite analysis of video game music I've seen. Just been making my way through these, and you really unlock another layer of insight into why I've always loved these pieces so much. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
I'm so excited for you to hear more legend series music!
The music of this trilogy is so gorgious, I adore it more than anything, no game's score has hit quite the same way.
Never thought of this piece getting review by you marco love it
Yay! More Spyro! I really enjoy these. ❤
This was always one of my favorite tracks from Eternal Night. Thank you for playing this.
The ending music is really nice.
Gives me goosebumps every time.
Awesome reaction and analysis! I just subscribed. Im glad your enjoying the music from this trilogy. The song "This Broken Soul" from the Eternal Night is really good too.
My childhood I currently punching with nostalgia
The Legend of Spyro was a huge influence on my musical journey as a teenager, thanks so much for giving its soundtrack the spotlight it deserves!
This music, the dawn of dark Spyro 😭😭😭😭
Another great video Marco!! Man this takes me back. the Spyro legend trilogy truly was a gem in the rough and it was quite a shame a lot of older fans ostracized the game for being more tonally serious and an RPG instead of a simpler platformer. Hopefully with Microsoft's purchase of ABK they may one day decide to revisit the legend project and bring it back for a newer generation as well as the older ones now that they've have more time to mature. One thing though is if it isn't a straight port however, it would be very unfortunate but a likely situation there'll be a lot of recastings for characters such as Spyro himself (originally Elijah Wood in the trilogy) Ignitus (Gary Oldman), Malefor (Mark Hamill), and more as re-licensing some of them would likely cost a pretty penny now when these would otherwise be a smaller project.
Thank you for checking out the Legend of Spyro musics, they're some of my fav game memories, and are hidden gems.
From wittle Baby Spyro Egg beginning of hope theme, to the epic battle with Cynder the dark dragon, to this.
Of yoy ever review the music from this part of this half of spyro series again, id love to hear your thought on Convexity! A basic yet powerful piece of opera
I loved your takes on these musical pieces, so I’m gonna provide some quick character context.
Gaul, the final boss of Eternal Night, is the General for the overall antagonist of the series, the Dark Master. Gaul is king of the apes, was the person who lead the raid on Spyro’s egg nursery in an attempt to kill him, and also where he stole Cinder’s egg. By all accounts, Gaul played a huge part in why Spyro grew up without knowing his heritage, and why Cinder got abused and turned into a corrupt servant of the Dark Master.
The lyrics in “Well of Souls” sound like descriptions of Gaul in a way, that his war with Dragons has not gone good for him or his people, and his damaged and unhealthy appearance supports this, but he keeps trudging on anyways.
Your thoughts on “Black Powers” also sounds correct. It’s clear that when Spyro takes in some darker power, he’s gotten a serious buff, but he isn’t himself. He hesitates to kill Gaul but ultimately can’t help himself. He turns Gaul to stone and then scatters him to bits. When Cinder tries to help Spyro calm down, he’s genuinely struggling to, like this isn’t something he can just turn off.
Gaul is the main general of malefor . The marching is now explained
Other songs I recommend checking from this game are the Grove Action and Mount Malefor. They really bring a very tense and dark atmosphere.
Please could you check out the celeste strawberry jam OST I would love to hear you break it down as its variery of music is insane
I recommend starting in order from vol.1 to vol.5 and listening to the mixes (heartsides) last
My personal favourite is the starftrut supernova pillars of creation mix
When you first enter well of souls it starts in a room of a statue room which shows malefors statue and then you get out of that and into the boss battle with gaul. For the next part for black powers is after you fall into an area with gaul and fell into the beam of malefors spirit so to say and gained the power of the darkness. Thus black powers. This game is where dark spyro came from. Yes it does something to him. It makes his personality different and makes him have different powers. In the end of the game he was going to ascend the beam and cynder stopped him from becoming the same thing she was. An evil dragon.
Lyrics for the Well of Souls track:
Omnia perdidimus; tantummodo uita relicta est,
Praebeat ut sensum materiamque mali.
Quid iuuat extinctos ferrum demittere in artus?
Non habet in nobis iam noua plaga locum
English translation:
We have lost everything, and to the extent that life is left,
it offers just the sense and substance of evil.
What is the use of plunging a sword into a body already dead?
There is no longer any room in me for a fresh wound.
Black Power:
The choir's lyrics are as follows:
"Iuste iudex ultionis, Donum fac remissionis Ante diem rationis.
O--------
Ingemisco, tamquam reus: Culpa rubet vultus meus: Supplicanti parce, Deus.
Oro supplex et acclinis, Cor contritum quasi cinis: Gere curam mei finis.
O--------
Gere curam mei finis."
The English translation is as follows:
"Just Judge of vengeance, make a gift of remission before the day of reckoning.
I sigh, like the guilty one: my face reddens in guilt: Spare the imploring one, O God.
[Humbly] kneeling and bowed I pray, [my] heart crushed as ashes: take care of my end.
take care of my end."
So found your channel today and been going though all ya vids (loving them by the by). However it is utterly criminal, iv seen no-one suggest the "Hunt: Showdown" soundtrack by port-sulfer band
Is that a Band band? Cause if so, then Marco reviews video game soundtracks. If its not from a game then Marco won't likely view it ... and even then there's the issue of copyright.
@@theuone8828 "Hunt: Showdown" is the game, the band "port-sulfer band" are the artists of most the soundtrack made specifically for the game
I just was requested one from Patreon :)
But also this
I. AM. HERE. FOR. THIS! 💛💜
Love your videos, have you considered the OST from Titanfall 2. The two tracks I would recommend are BT-7274 and SERE Kit. Keep up your great work!
Hope you did check Spyro 1-3 soundtracks. These are absolutely fantastic.
Btw try to listen the Legio Symphonica - Sol Invictus its a warhammer 40k music
It would be awesome to see some videos done for Live A Live's music. Oersted/Odio's themes were amazing.
On Broken Wings (Oersted's theme): th-cam.com/video/RnVvCmYrGF4/w-d-xo.html
Odio, Lord of Dark: th-cam.com/video/aWUepTq5lrU/w-d-xo.html
Fugue for the Lord of Dark: th-cam.com/video/xylXAH5ECbg/w-d-xo.html
Illusion... (Final Boss Part 1): th-cam.com/video/nVDElKxjBYk/w-d-xo.html
Pure Odio (Final Boss Part 2): th-cam.com/video/-ZAniy5Zn7A/w-d-xo.html
Giglomania (Final Boss Part 3): th-cam.com/video/uBPJjnEn4mU/w-d-xo.html
Armageddon (Worst Ending): th-cam.com/video/gqaGq-9QWfI/w-d-xo.html
For faster boss themes from The Eternal Night, there's Skabb's two boss themes.
Never played the second game wish i did since i love the other 2.
If no one has said anything bu now you NEED to check out the music for the video game IXION. It was composed by Guillaume David who did the soundtrack for Warhammer Mechanicus. A soundtrack i know you deeply enjoying listening to. Start with Vanir's Legacy and then dive straight into Across The Void. You wont be disappointed 😮
Where is it possible to recommend music to you?
On discord and on Patreon
@@danielr5817 thx
Damn the last I played spyro in the Ps1 it was all nice and fun. What transpired here.
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Marco, I think you should check out some anime music. Especially Attack on Titan. I think it'll blow your mind.
this game was funded with just 1 million dollars...
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Its easy to explain why the music isnt popular, the PS2 games are not very good, end of story.
That is a shxtty reason to dismiss the music.
the ps2 games was great, not shitty at all.
@@DemiCape Most people disagree.