The Crusader - Epic Symphony feat. The Skaldic Bard

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  • Music by Farya Faraji, featuring the Latin rendition of the Palastinälied by @SkaldBard, an exceedingly talented linguist and musician I urge you to subscribe to if you enjoy history, music and old languages: / @skaldbard Walther von der Vogelweide, Theobald of Navarre, and various anonymous composers of the Medieval European, Greek Medieval and Anatolian Turkish traditions. Featuring kanun by Oğuzhan of the Bym Recording Group, and lyra by Stefanos Krasopoulis. More information available in the pinned comment. .
    00:00 Overture - 1095 A.D
    01:18 The Plea From the East
    06:00 The West Hears
    09:36 The Sinner
    13:16 The Call
    17:40 The Voyage
    24:52 The Land of Rûm
    28:10 Nicaea
    33:50 The Battles of Anatolia
    38:30 The Long March
    43:00 Antioch
    48:14 The Holy Land
    53:10 The Last Prayer
    57:12 The Battle for Jerusalem
    01:04:56 The City Falls
    01:10:00 The Crusades Have Begun
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  • @faryafaraji
    @faryafaraji  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +196

    Music by Farya Faraji, featuring the Latin rendition of the Palastinälied by the Skaldic Bard, an exceedingly talented linguist and musician I urge you to subscribe to if you enjoy history, music and old languages: youtube.com/@SkaldBard?si=2aS1po6A02iuW5E7; Walther von der Vogelweide, Theobald of Navarre, and various anonymous composers of the Medieval European, Greek Medieval and Anatolian Turkish traditions. Featuring kanun by Oğuzhan of the Bym Recording Group, and lyra by Stefanos Krasopoulis.
    I wanted to tell the story of the First Crusade, as always using an ethnomusicological lens through which the characters, locations and cultures revolving around the First Crusade allow us to get a glimpse into various soundscapes of different cultures and eras.
    For most of the symphony, up until the "Holy Land" chapter, the music representing the Western Europeans is historically informed and rooted in their historical practices, namely a monophonic, melodic structure devoid of modern Western harmony, with a practical compromise of the melodies being in Equal Temperament instead of Just Intonation or Pythagorean temperaments. Steady drones consisting of the tonic dominate these pieces, and early Western European harmony known as Organum; the usage of consistent parralel fifths or fourths, is also used. For a breakdown of Organum, watch this video I made explaining the subject, accompanied by academic sources: th-cam.com/video/rNY4b0aRLcQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZCJ5DxUU-RjA285P
    Another historically informed aspect is the rendering of Gregorian Chant that is quite unlike the modern, post-Solesmes reformation of the 19th century, defined by a minimalist, soft vocal style. Medieval chant of the Latin church was far more ornamental in its delivery. For an overview of this subject, watch this video I made, complete with academic sources: th-cam.com/video/hxcH7S2BaiQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9ZuRyWmVgDNOdaeo
    The instruments used to represent the Western Europeans consist of a vast panoply of historical instruments like medieval harps, bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, rebecs, lutes, gitterns, zithers, as well as the medieval organ, an instrument re-introduced in the West by the Eastern Romans.
    The music used to represent the Muslim Turks consists of modern Turkish folk forms; monophonic and heterephonic, using diverse maqams, namely Bayati, with modern Turkish instruments like the bağlama, and a Central Asian dombra to symbolically represent the newly arrived Turks in the region.
    Breakdown of the chapters:
    * Overture : 1095 A.D
    This chapter's melody consists of the Palastinaliëd, a 13th century song written for the Fifth Crusade. You can see my previous arrangement here: th-cam.com/video/pB-iSVszMLk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=77XSzuJad1-9LeGp
    * The Plea from the East
    The melodies used are my Seljuks leitmotif, and the Greek melody and text are a reprise of Kúριε εκέκραξα, a Byzantine Chant.
    * The West Hears
    The melody is closely based on the medieval Dies Irae, a Gregorian Chant, and the text is a contemporary writing down of Pope Urban II's speech at the Council of Clermont in 1095, written down in the The Gesta Francorum Iherusalem peregrinantium by Fulcher of Chartres.
    * The Sinner
    An original composition closely emulating the melodic progressions of Western European medieval music from before the 1300's; with modal alterations between Dorian and Aeolian, and descending motifs down to the subtonic to initiate cadential phrases. The texts sung are from traditional Latin Catholic prayers, as well as Proverbs 6:9 from the Book of Proverbs.
    * The Call
    An arrangement of "Chevaliers mult estes guariz," a historical French Crusade chant written in the late 1200's for the Second Crusade; the lyrics have been altered to fit the context of the First Crusade. See my previous arrangement of the song here: th-cam.com/video/2EY2ayoH81Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0tiKORFNTvI5M8Dq
    * The Voyage
    Alongside original melodies, the French Crusader song Seigneurs Sachiez is arranged here; you can see my previous arrangement of it here: th-cam.com/video/c07tEwg4j3I/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8ZIBSsnpAEECRDx7. The rest of the text consists of the Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum, a first-hand account of the First Crusade by an anonymous crusader who was closely associated with Bohemond of Taranto.
    * The Land of Rûm
    The song is "Severim Ben Seni," a traditional Mevlevi Turkish air based on a poem in Old Anatolian Turkish by Yunus Emre, a Sufi poet who lived in the 13th century.
    * Nicaea
    The text is from the Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum and the Kutadgu Bilig.
    * The Battles in Rûm
    The text is from the Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum and the Kutadgu Bilig. The section is structured in a 5/4 asymettrical time signature, called aksak in Turkish music theory. Such time signatures are unusual in Western European music but a mark of Anatolian music, and uses Bayati Maqam.
    * The Long March
    The text is from the Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum.
    * Antioch
    The text is from the Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum. The section is structured in a 9 beat asymetrical, aksak time signature typical of Anatolian music, and uses Bayati Maqam.
    * The Holy Land
    The melody is the Palastinälied, translated beautifully to Latin by the Skaldic Bard. Whilst the first rendition in the overture followed historical conventions, this one is arranged in a modern style using tonal harmonic progression.
    * The Last Prayer
    This is a medieval Gregorian Chant believed to date from the 9th century, called Ave Maris Stella. The chant is rendered in a historically informed manner, doing away with the modern style of Gregorian Chant and using Organum as well as an approximation of the ornamental style of chant of the Middle-Ages.
    * The Battle for Jerusalem
    The Gregorian Chant included here is the Dies Irae.
    * The City Falls
    The text is from the Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum.
    * The Crusades Have Begun
    The melody is the Palastinälied, translated beautifully to Latin by the Skaldic Bard.

    • @marcus4046
      @marcus4046 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      Ill watch it tomarrow...
      Farya Faraji: Skaldic bard is at the end of i-
      Me: I NEED NOT SLEEP I NEEED MORE COLLABS!!

  • @ScrumptiousCakes1
    @ScrumptiousCakes1 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +388

    Once he takes long breaks you know something incredible is coming

    • @IvanPopovArt
      @IvanPopovArt 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

      It’s wild that a week is a long break

    • @justinianthegreat1444
      @justinianthegreat1444 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      Waiting for Farya to make a symphony for the fall of Granada

    • @IvanPopovArt
      @IvanPopovArt 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@justinianthegreat1444 absolutely

    • @goulven05
      @goulven05 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@justinianthegreat1444 Would be great ngl

    • @mennyboy1528
      @mennyboy1528 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Confirmed, and this Epic symphony, is the best proof.

  • @incoherentspaghetti
    @incoherentspaghetti 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +264

    Words cannot express how my cursor had already clicked on the video before my mind even processed what I was doing.

    • @Al_Basileus
      @Al_Basileus 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      And, what happen after that ? 🤣🤣

  • @zoroaster5353
    @zoroaster5353 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +254

    Who needs movies when you got Farya

    • @thephotoshopper5908
      @thephotoshopper5908 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

      I just need over an hour of a picture of a Crusader and some epic music.

    • @alansworld1948
      @alansworld1948 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      I need a movie like Freya Fariji's songs

    • @amaan06
      @amaan06 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Imagine a musical made out of his music showcasing major historical events...
      I'd watch it regardless of run time!

    • @thephotoshopper5908
      @thephotoshopper5908 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@amaan06 I think either this or the Justinian symphony would be great candidates

    • @amaan06
      @amaan06 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @thephotoshopper5908 Both of them would be great. Few others that seem good are The achaemenids, I am Cyrus, and the fall of Constantinople.

  • @jonathanakesson3507
    @jonathanakesson3507 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +100

    I'm a simple man:
    I see Farya
    I read Symphony
    I see cross of Jerusalem
    I see the crusader from M2TW: Kingdoms
    And I click.

    • @marcus4046
      @marcus4046 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I saw skaldic bard and I went AWOOGA

  • @tylerbrubaker6642
    @tylerbrubaker6642 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +334

    My fingers hurt from clicking so fast, curse you Farya

    • @ScarriorIII
      @ScarriorIII 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

      You initiated a crusade on mouse buttons, dang it.

    • @kaykysoares9152
      @kaykysoares9152 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      ​@@ScarriorIIIDamn, this again...

    • @Eugene-tm8fm
      @Eugene-tm8fm 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Try not to instantly click on Farya’s newest upload challenge (impossible)

    • @zacharydurocher4085
      @zacharydurocher4085 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@ScarriorIIIDEUS VULT

    • @InvasionWW
      @InvasionWW 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ​@@zacharydurocher4085Indeed my brother in Christ , DEUS VULT

  • @TzarTzarevich777
    @TzarTzarevich777 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +71

    I love the Transition from greek "Amin" to the latin "Amen" as if the West answers to the Plea From the East. I always smile to that moment

    • @G.H92
      @G.H92 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Se nascido eu fosse, teria combatido em Constantinopla ao lado dos Bizantinos. ✝️+☦️

    • @TzarTzarevich777
      @TzarTzarevich777 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@G.H92 Eu também, Amém irmão

    • @christos3280
      @christos3280 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@G.H92 Να είσαι ευλογημένος αδελφέ

    • @matthewsiregar
      @matthewsiregar 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@G.H92 one day we will become one again my catholic brothers. i really hope so

    • @AndyJacobo10
      @AndyJacobo10 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@matthewsiregar Amen my brother, God be with you and all of my Eastern brothers.

  • @sunkan_dunkan_
    @sunkan_dunkan_ 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +101

    THE SKALD AND FARYA ARE COLLABING!!!
    MY YEAR IS MADE!!!!!!!

  • @byzansimp
    @byzansimp 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +39

    The desperation in " Kúριε εκέκραξα", you can almost feel it, as if that was Alexios Komnenos' voice...

    • @hopeundertheblacksun
      @hopeundertheblacksun 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Hello byzansimp,love your vids

    • @sal6695
      @sal6695 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      exactly!

  • @1805bbd
    @1805bbd 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +131

    Land of Rum was something else man

    • @roihanfadhil2879
      @roihanfadhil2879 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      The song is called "Severim Ben Seni":
      th-cam.com/video/CRyD5UwRbQw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=aflSosrSu0hqOHaK.

    • @roihanfadhil2879
      @roihanfadhil2879 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@1805bbd What is the meaning?

    • @GalahadTheSeeker
      @GalahadTheSeeker 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@roihanfadhil2879 It translates as “I love you” in meaning but the syntax has been modified so it’s very difficult to translate literally.

    • @T_K_R_G
      @T_K_R_G 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The central secret and core of the poem is that the seeker of truth if following the path of the Islamic Sharia with the aid of Muhammadan spirituality (Tariqa) will reach gnosis and pure truth at a moment of unveiling.

    • @BartlomiejDmowski
      @BartlomiejDmowski 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, but Nicaea… another level

  • @SkaldBard
    @SkaldBard 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +134

    Tremendous work, my friend - your creativity and aptitude for music truly knows no bounds, and you've captured the spirit of the time so epically and authentically. I'm truly honoured to have been featured in this project. Congratulations on this latest masterpiece!

    • @MatthewVanston
      @MatthewVanston 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

      So glad that you two collabed. You'd make a fire duo.

    • @HangrySaturn
      @HangrySaturn 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      You're freakin' awesome man.

    • @mennyboy1528
      @mennyboy1528 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      SkaldBard, you are as great as Farya Faraji himself.

    • @goulven05
      @goulven05 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Both you and Farya are equally excellent at making masterpieces like these, I am forever grateful that the two of you collaborated on creating this beautiful symphony 🙏

    • @goulven05
      @goulven05 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      @@MatthewVanston Ikr

  • @janstaniszewski536
    @janstaniszewski536 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +98

    Seljuk theme: *appears*
    Me, subconsciously in my mind : .."Morghididām neshaste bār bâreye Tus..." This theme has already become iconic, man!

    • @King_in_black5
      @King_in_black5 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      True 😃

    • @sal6695
      @sal6695 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Dar pisht nahāde...

    • @janstaniszewski536
      @janstaniszewski536 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      @@sal6695 ... Kaley'e Kay Kavus...

    • @LegionaryofRome88
      @LegionaryofRome88 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      ​@@janstaniszewski536
      Ba kalle hami goft, avsoos, avsoos...

    • @theinterrogator1866
      @theinterrogator1866 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@LegionaryofRome88Vü cahïl gişüleri gişü sanma. Bu hünersüzleri bilür sanma

  • @fuferito
    @fuferito 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +91

    The quick sandwich snack I planned just got extended to a three course meal.

  • @justinianthegreat1444
    @justinianthegreat1444 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +109

    Alexios I Komnenos is clapping in heaven!

    • @Ralampos
      @Ralampos 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

      Poor Choice of words, for us dirty minded peoples...

    • @Official_Home_Harbor
      @Official_Home_Harbor 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@Ralampos LMAO

    • @servus_incognitus
      @servus_incognitus 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah idk about that, considering he betrayed the Crusaders.

    • @justinianthegreat1444
      @justinianthegreat1444 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      @@servus_incognitus you mean the crusaders pulled out from their deal first?

    • @servus_incognitus
      @servus_incognitus 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@justinianthegreat1444 nope. He didn't send help to Antioch as he had sworn to do. Oath breaker. The crusaders kept their side as long as the Greek emperor kept his, returning Nicaea, Dorylaion plus most of Anatolia to him. When he left them for dead at Antioch, there was no deal to fulfill anymore.

  • @LegionaryofRome88
    @LegionaryofRome88 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +100

    I promised my mother not to cry, but upon hearing the Orthodox's plea I broke down.
    Simply magnificent, like all your works, of great quality, keep it up, greetings from Spain, we had our own crusade for 700 years.
    ✝️🤝🏻☦️, 🇪🇦🤍

    • @FlavioBelisario5822
      @FlavioBelisario5822 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      Así es hermano 🇪🇸❤️

    • @BiesGorielyj
      @BiesGorielyj 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      Viva l'España Grande, Libre y Cristiana! From your orthodox brothers of Armenia and Russia 🇦🇲🇷🇺🤝🇪🇸

    • @Spaniardguy34532
      @Spaniardguy34532 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      @@BiesGorielyj Long live Armenia and long live Russia, I hope everything goes well for those magnificent people.

    • @LegionaryofRome88
      @LegionaryofRome88 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@BiesGorielyj muchas gracias hermano 🤝🏻 Слава Россия y կեցցե՛ Հայաստանը.
      🇪🇦🤝🏻🇷🇺🇦🇲

    • @LegionaryofRome88
      @LegionaryofRome88 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      ​@@FlavioBelisario5822Si hermano ✝️🇪🇦🤍🇬🇷☦️

  • @SrJomba
    @SrJomba 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    I'm not sure if this was the intention but I love how the Latin pronunciation is somewhat "inconsistent". In "Antioch", the "ecce" is pronounced with a hard "k" sound, but "caelum" has a "tch" sound. Later on, in the "Last Prayer", "caeli" is pronounced as "seli", and "atque" is "atqve".
    It demonstrates how the Crusaders came from a variety of backgrounds and would often speak Latin in their own accents. Different pronunciations, one language. Different nations, one Crusade!
    (And ofc there's also the French and Turkish parts which are awesome too)

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Glad someone noticed! There were indeed many regional varieties of Medieval Latin pronunciation and I wanted them all in, didn't think anyone would notice that haha

  • @janstaniszewski536
    @janstaniszewski536 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +79

    Hearing the Seljuk theme in the first minutes of this really allowed to feel like it was a brutal consequence of the Manzikert disaster. Well done, magister

  • @scialacqua9765
    @scialacqua9765 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +34

    Babe wake up
    The Greatest composer alive has dropped

  • @dapperdinosaurus
    @dapperdinosaurus 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +71

    Two minutes in and you’re already starting off with the Seljuk tune. This one’s gonna slap!!

  • @roti213
    @roti213 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    The west hears is by far the best part for me. The Amen is the response to Amin. Its like a genuine response of the west sympathising with the eastern romans and calling forth all who want to help them from certain doom

  • @Misterp-1922
    @Misterp-1922 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +61

    I can't believe that my two music artists have done a collaboration
    49:43 Palästinalied in latin hits hard, and now I can't wait for Jihad's response for a mega campaign in crusader kings 3

  • @oiyaraoliveira
    @oiyaraoliveira 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    Time to listen to one hour of heroic mood symphony during my monthly bleeding in a desperate attempt to hold to dear life and stop craving for death like the fucking warrior I was born to be

  • @bigdaddy9579
    @bigdaddy9579 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    This is the single greatest crossover since Maurice helped Khosrow II retake Iran

  • @sal6695
    @sal6695 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +74

    to quote my comment from your previous video
    "For now, my bets for the next one are either Edessa 260AD, or something from the Crusades..."
    MAN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE RIGHT! I'm so excited for this beauty

    • @zoroaster5353
      @zoroaster5353 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      its always fun anticipating what he's gonna do next

    • @user-cj9mh2xy7h
      @user-cj9mh2xy7h 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I betted on a symphony about the komnenians close enough

    • @kaykysoares9152
      @kaykysoares9152 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I also guessed that he already had a hell of a crusade song on the way... How good it is to play guessing what's on Farya's mind hahaha

    • @zoroaster5353
      @zoroaster5353 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@user-cj9mh2xy7h I've been pipedreaming about one about the Nerva-Antonines, or at least one about trajan or hadrian, with a cover of "Legio Aeterna Victrix". Maybe for the kokhba rebellion.
      Or, imagine a "Marcus Aurelius' Dreams/Meditations", like the oldschool farya videos.

    • @mennyboy1528
      @mennyboy1528 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I hope that Farya Faraji one of these days will compose a symphony about the discovery and or conquest of America

  • @Makaneek5060
    @Makaneek5060 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I'm reading a Westeros history book, The World of Ice and Fire, as I listen to this. Effing god-tier evening.

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  14 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      Andals zealously conquering Westeros in the name of the Faith of the Seven and burning heretical weirwoods certainly fits the theme haha

  • @callixtvs
    @callixtvs 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +74

    An hour long symphony, with you and the Skaldic Bard? I be damned, you made my day

    • @oiyaraoliveira
      @oiyaraoliveira 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      I read "you made me gay"

    • @callixtvs
      @callixtvs 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@oiyaraoliveira 🤨

    • @oiyaraoliveira
      @oiyaraoliveira 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@callixtvs we've all been there 😳👉🏼👈🏼

    • @J-alCapone
      @J-alCapone 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@oiyaraoliveira 😂

  • @robschneider8027
    @robschneider8027 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

    I have several of your songs remembered by heart. Your music has helped me learn Latin among others, my favorite being Avestan. A real conversation starter! Keep it up, much love my friend from a Crazy Canuck!

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

      I'm honoured fellow Canuck, thanks from Montréal!

    • @robschneider8027
      @robschneider8027 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@faryafaraji
      Que la paix soit avec vous. Avec l'amour du, Vermont! ❤

    • @Eugene-tm8fm
      @Eugene-tm8fm 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I’ve memorized most of the Gülbank oath thanks to Farya; he is preparing me to be the sultan’s greatest janissary

    • @MrHazz111
      @MrHazz111 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      So do I haha!

  • @thephotoshopper5908
    @thephotoshopper5908 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    Reconquista Symphony

    • @sal6695
      @sal6695 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      it would be a very different one coz its such a long period, but he may well make one about a specific event in em

    • @thephotoshopper5908
      @thephotoshopper5908 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@sal6695 Or he could have different songs about different events and places such as the arrival of the Muslims, the Battle of Tours, the Christians uniting to drive them out, El Cid, the Mezquita, Ferdinand II and Isabel I, etc.

    • @mennyboy1528
      @mennyboy1528 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@sal6695could be the battle of Navas de Tolosa.
      The start of the end of muslim rule in the Iberic Peninsula.

  • @nenenindonu
    @nenenindonu 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    This is the type of song that would encourage a Crusader more than Pope Urban could. fantastic piece as always

  • @BiesGorielyj
    @BiesGorielyj 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Farya and Skaldic Bard... Together... I've got something in my eye...

  • @themanwithaplanwastaken
    @themanwithaplanwastaken 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    Can never get enough of the "Kúριε εκέκραξα" sections.

  • @Shahanshah101
    @Shahanshah101 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    Another unparalleled symphony by our Shahanshah-e Musiqi made me feel as though I was there through the entire journey as a crusader.

    • @_SUPREME_ARCHAILECT_OF_MALAYS
      @_SUPREME_ARCHAILECT_OF_MALAYS 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Let me become 🤓 for a while.
      Don't some people claim that the Last Byzantine Roman - Iranian War of 602-628 to be the actual "First" Crusade?

  • @persian639
    @persian639 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Others: Look, two very famous artists have released a feat, it was a bomb and everyone is talking about it
    Meanwhile me: OMG, look at what I just saw, Farya Faraji and Skaldic Bard have released a feat together!!

  • @lovebaltazar4610
    @lovebaltazar4610 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    1:08:56 well this part certainly did not disappoint. It sounds genuinely scary and rightfully so, reflecting the brutality of the sacking of Jerusalem.
    Also these symphony versions of your crusader songs carry a sense of zealousness and drama compared to your stand-alone versions which sound more heroic. all and all, another masterpiece from you and Skald, thanks!

    • @MatthewVanston
      @MatthewVanston 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Yeah, I loved how Farya gave a contrasted depiction of the events through his music. There was no glory in this story, just the story as it was and as its protagonists experienced it.

    • @mennyboy1528
      @mennyboy1528 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      This part about the fall of Jerusalem is like a horror movie, an the narration about the saracen slaught... it's worthy of a horror movie.

    • @PopeUrbanII-ws7rm
      @PopeUrbanII-ws7rm วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's an exaggeration buddy.

  • @lyvras
    @lyvras 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I loved the various pronounciations of latin during the symphony. It gave it a authentic feeling reagarding that the crusaders were members of various "nations" speaking their own version of latin.

  • @sal6695
    @sal6695 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    The City falls was surprisingly, (and accurately) the most horrifying thing you have ever uploaded, way worse than even The Plague from Justinian. The "prayerey" voice, which gets increasingly dejected and just... creepy. And then that ramp up, like somethinf out of a horror movie.

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      Thanks a lot! Making those more experimental horror-style tracks are always fun. Well, reading about horrible events isn't as fun, but the musical part is haha

  • @pinchevulpes
    @pinchevulpes 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +59

    obligatory....
    GOD WILLS IT!!
    watching kingdom of heaven after this, thanks Farya!

    • @Dreigonix
      @Dreigonix 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Rise a knight!

    • @fuferito
      @fuferito 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      [slaps face]
      "And, this is so you'll remember it."

    • @pinchevulpes
      @pinchevulpes 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      ‘Were you not close enough to a great king?
      To learn by his example?’
      ‘If god does not love you, how could you have done all the things that you have done? Peace be upon you…”

    • @GoldenMike0809
      @GoldenMike0809 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      Everyone loves Baldwin IV nowadays

    • @pinchevulpes
      @pinchevulpes 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@GoldenMike0809 REAL ONES rep Guy🗣️🗣️🗣️

  • @lahostiaeseldead
    @lahostiaeseldead 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

    this video's got it all! Byzantine chants, Latin, crusades, beautiful melodies and leitmotifs calling back to previous songs... Bravo, Farya!

  • @aaronpollock8041
    @aaronpollock8041 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    The Holy Land is the best rendition of the Palästinalied I’ve heard

  • @michalplaneta1586
    @michalplaneta1586 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Farya and Skaldic Bard cooperating? Well, the future of music seems promising...

  • @arif0487
    @arif0487 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Amazing work Farya. The crusaders massacre at Jerusalem in "The City Falls" hits hard, but I am glad it was included, that event shouldn't be forgotten!

  • @VenomVaxo
    @VenomVaxo 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Two legends have united, to create this masterpiece!!!

  • @mr_og8684
    @mr_og8684 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    FARYA, YOU ABSOLUTE GIGACHAD. YOU ACTUALLY DID IT YOU MADLAD

  • @khandovarbalest1369
    @khandovarbalest1369 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    The collab that hits as hard as Baldwin’s biggest win

    • @jaimemartin222
      @jaimemartin222 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Its like Baldwin IV and Salahadine collaboration.
      Baldwin IV was french so he was celtic, latin and germanic and Salahadine was kurdish so he was iranian.
      Both aryan indoeuropean leaders.

  • @MatthewVanston
    @MatthewVanston 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    YES!!! My two favorite History-themed musicians finally working together to deliver epicness!!!

  • @baidyanathrai227
    @baidyanathrai227 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    This is the collab we were waiting for.

  • @mozzarella_boyy7779
    @mozzarella_boyy7779 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    The co-op we didn't deserve, but the one we needed

  • @redbear1839
    @redbear1839 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    This is absoluterly incredible. Every single one of your compositions is a travel trought time, and the research behind every single second of sound is astounding. I think you're without a doubt one of the best historical musicians there is on youtube.
    One a little side note, would you ever consider touching upon the music of Southern Italy, maybe of its less publicized but cooler period like the Arabs in Sicily or the Norman Kingdom? The melting pot of Islamic, Norman, Byzantine and Jewish culture would be, I think, a very interesting prompt for a composition and something i always adored.
    Anyway, keep up your work, whatever it is you're working on, because it's guaranteed it'll be amazing

  • @Ducktator
    @Ducktator 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Since I discovered you because of a meme video which included "Sons of Mars", I can easily say that you've been my favourite content creator. Your music is just phenomenal man, keep up the good work as always!

    • @fantom_rr595
      @fantom_rr595 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Haha, same story here but I saw a meme with Toquz Oyuz

    • @Ducktator
      @Ducktator 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@fantom_rr595 Actually I think that video included both Toquz Oyuz and Sons of Mars haha

    • @arturzitosqgostadechitus3289
      @arturzitosqgostadechitus3289 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same here 😂

    • @serges.a.s1841
      @serges.a.s1841 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The one with bogurozica and hikanatoi too ? 😂

  • @cristienix1736
    @cristienix1736 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    skaldic bard and Farya, I really do not deserve such masterpice!

  • @shohan5772
    @shohan5772 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This one belongs in the CK3 playlist, paradox should hire you.

  • @baidyanathrai227
    @baidyanathrai227 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Please make the full Palästinalied in Latin with voice of Farya Faraji and Skaldic Bard.

  • @theodoreenergo7824
    @theodoreenergo7824 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Everything is cool as always, incredibly cool - you and Skaldic Bard have the best historical music I could find. But I have never been able to find many songs or music in ancient Egyptian or Coptic. I think these languages ​​deserve their own hit, which you Farya could make

    • @jorgejohnson875
      @jorgejohnson875 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      "Son of Ra" from his Alexander symphony is in Ancient Egyptian but the instrumentation is modern, a call back to 50's and 60's movies epic soundtracks. Either way, it's interesting to hear.

  • @alejandroperez7359
    @alejandroperez7359 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    WAIT!
    Is "The land of Rum" in 25:29 the same symphony that happens during Sibila and Balian are having dinner in The Kingdom of Heaven?
    I have listened all yours symphonys: Julius Caesar, Justinian, Thermopylae, Carrhae... and I must admit The Crusader is the best I heard by far, being all asthonishing.

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  15 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      You have a good ear, I never paid attention to the ambient melody in that scene. It's "Severim ben Seni," a traditional Mevlevi air from Turkey

  • @markscf4654
    @markscf4654 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    That part of 'The Holy land' truly felt Holy, God bless you good sir!

  • @bio_5467
    @bio_5467 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    WE MARCHING TO THE HOLY SEPULCHER TO THIS

    • @user-cu1gn1kz3h
      @user-cu1gn1kz3h 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Its in safe hands already:)

    • @PopeUrbanII-ws7rm
      @PopeUrbanII-ws7rm วันที่ผ่านมา

      Rapists aren't safe hands if that's what you mean.

  • @isaak_komnenos
    @isaak_komnenos 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    It’s about time you skaldic bard collaborated that guy makes such good music

  • @thebrickbrain2006
    @thebrickbrain2006 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I see Farya, I see Skaldic Bard, I click

  • @mennyboy1528
    @mennyboy1528 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I'd like to see an epic symphony about the conquest of new world by Farya Faraji.
    Dreaming costs nothing.

  • @hzali6683
    @hzali6683 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    These 1 hour epic symphonies are like a movie to me. And I always find something related to myself in your works. Just awesome. ❤

  • @wowngh1778
    @wowngh1778 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Hmm, that crusader looks oddly familiar… Medieval 2 Total War: Crusades anyone? Aside from that, spectacular work as always Farya!

    • @MatthewVanston
      @MatthewVanston 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes, that's him.

  • @ZiraRisasi
    @ZiraRisasi 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Loved the inclusion of "attende Domine". Pax vobiscum from a catholic

  • @deetherusalka
    @deetherusalka 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    this is my discovery of lifetime, here i am trying to push myself to finish my thesis and my pleas for hope were answered

  • @takik2187
    @takik2187 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    The themes of Seljuk Turks are so well made!!

  • @someoneunknown9947
    @someoneunknown9947 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Opens yt
    Reads farya faraji upload
    Reads feat.the skaldic bard
    excitement rush

  • @MarcaDeValor
    @MarcaDeValor 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Esperamos con muchas ganas una pieza sinfónica de La Reconquista de España

  • @knyazvals4824
    @knyazvals4824 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I know I always applaud your work, but I trully mean it when I say that this is one of your very best! Good job to both you and the Skaldic Bard, hopefully we see more collaboration between you.

  • @ilyasdebondt6949
    @ilyasdebondt6949 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    The byzantines and the West calling each other brother does something to my heart. It’s sweet, but it honestly makes what happened in 1204 even worse.

    • @josemontorio561
      @josemontorio561 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      That was a damn tragedy! I wish never had happened!

    • @mennyboy1528
      @mennyboy1528 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Sometimes, i think the fall of Constantinople of 1204 was the true fall of Constantinople, an not the fall of 1453.
      The crusaders commited such atrocity on Byzantium.

    • @jaimemartin222
      @jaimemartin222 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​​​​​@@mennyboy1528 The problem Byzantinum betrayed crusades and Rome too!
      Both did hurt and then ottoman muslims toke in advantage and conquered Constantinople.
      And all problems were politics or geopolitics but not religious.

    • @PopeUrbanII-ws7rm
      @PopeUrbanII-ws7rm วันที่ผ่านมา

      Don't forget about the Latin massacre some years prior.

    • @ilyasdebondt6949
      @ilyasdebondt6949 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@PopeUrbanII-ws7rm But mah imperial economeh

  • @RedeemedCobra-vj8kh
    @RedeemedCobra-vj8kh 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Two legends finally come together.

  • @user-ft9rv6fd9b
    @user-ft9rv6fd9b 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    12:57 - My new alarm music. It's a masterpiece

  • @arturzitosqgostadechitus3289
    @arturzitosqgostadechitus3289 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Bro WTF, i Just Said that crusade Symphony was coming in Saladin video and It came!!!!

  • @pavlehadzim
    @pavlehadzim 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Truth lies in the moment of knowledge 🙏

  • @LegitAlexander
    @LegitAlexander 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    FINALLY COOP WITH SKALDIC 🔥🔥🔥

  • @goulven05
    @goulven05 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Finally, a collab between two legends. All I can say is that I absolutely love this, thank you Farya and of course The Skaldic Bard as well

  • @kaspr371
    @kaspr371 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Holy shiet, comp with skaldic bard. This is awesome.

  • @codius5042
    @codius5042 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Skaldic Bard & Farya Fraji collab? It's about time!

  • @moc-iwnl4696
    @moc-iwnl4696 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    It’s only fitting we get a song for king Baldwin 🙏 Saladin has his own song so it’s fair

  • @AKcedricdu06
    @AKcedricdu06 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    U dnt know how much respect we have to you,

  • @iberius9937
    @iberius9937 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The City Falls section was appropriately disconcerting and perfect.

  • @valorous4579
    @valorous4579 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    We need more crusader songs

  • @BelieverOfChrist2
    @BelieverOfChrist2 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    i really loved 'The Land of Rûm'
    you have a talent for music.
    please keep them coming. it wouldn't be a bad idea to allow channel memberships i think

  • @G.H92
    @G.H92 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Support from Brazil🇧🇷. DEUS VULT✝️🇻🇦🫡

  • @balkanmountains2-3131
    @balkanmountains2-3131 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The melody and the voices of 'The West Hears' are hauntingly beautiful! I don't know how many times I've listened to it since you uploaded the symphony, but I find myself humming the melody all too often.

    • @faryafaraji
      @faryafaraji  วันที่ผ่านมา

      No credits to me, the melody is the medieval Dies Irae! And indeed, it's hauntingly beautiful, hence why I had to plagiarise it haha

  • @sal6695
    @sal6695 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Also, the beginning of the last section reminded me so heavily of another song that for a second i was genuinely womdering if Shābuhr was going to ressurect and punish the crusaders for their crimes...

  • @alastor1510
    @alastor1510 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Je n'aurais jamais un seul jour de ma vie pensé recevoir l'honneur d'une symphonie sur les faits d'armes de mon ancêtre (Raimond IV de Saint-Gilles) ainsi que de ses compagnons, par le maître Farya Faraji en personne. Je suis sûr que Raimond, de là où il se tient, est réellement subjugué.
    Merci du fond du coeur. Merci.

    • @hugejackedman7423
      @hugejackedman7423 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You must elaborate on your ancestry, such a heritage is beyond extollation. Do you as well have aristocratic lineage?

    • @alastor1510
      @alastor1510 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@hugejackedman7423 Oh i'll be glad to elaborate on the subject! And considering aristocratic lineage, it is complicated to state it as such in modern France, but you can consider the county of Toulouse as the property of my family, even tho it was given to the crown by the marriage of Jeanne de Toulouse and Alphonse de Poitiers.

    • @tibsky1396
      @tibsky1396 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      De quelle symphonie s'agit t'il, est-ce chanté en Latin, ou en Occitan ?

    • @alastor1510
      @alastor1510 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@tibsky1396 Je parle de cette vidéo, cette symphonie, qui dépeint les diverses épreuves des croisés jusqu'à Jérusalem. Que cela soit chanté en latin ou en Occitan ne m'intéresse en somme que très peu, car dans l'adversité du combat, nous sommes tous des frères en Christ avec un objectif commun.

    • @hugejackedman7423
      @hugejackedman7423 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@alastor1510 An illustrious past, you must be very proud. Raymond IV truly is one of my greatest idols from that time, along with Baldwin I and Tancred. Great obligations this would place on you, I wonder how you reconcile this past with the world today, how you honour such a legacy?
      I know what you mean on the complications. I am myself of a noble lineage from Hungary. It is much harder there due to the confiscations that took place under communism, and it is my life’s purpose to honour my ancestors in a similar way through such reclamation. Very dark days for us, I imagine across Europe today it must be somewhat melancholye for all in such circumstances.
      If you’ll excuse my long writings, this is such an important subject to me I can’t quite understate it. It is a pleasure to meet another in similar circumstances, and I am happy to know that we share such wonderful musical taste as well.

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    The Battle of Manzikert paved way for Crusades and the Turkification of Anatolia which laid the seeds of the Ottoman empire which conquered Constantinople ending Rome and triggering the Age of Discovery which shaped much of the modern world,... A battle can only be this impactful

  • @FrenchByzantium
    @FrenchByzantium 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Farya, we need this music and many more others on your Spotify !
    Merci beaucoup pour cette magnifique symphonie !

  • @iberius9937
    @iberius9937 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    One cannot truly appreciate a piece like this one without reading the description or knowing the historical/cultural context behind it all.

  • @MightOfChrist
    @MightOfChrist 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I still remember commenting on one of your videos about you making a templar chant or crusader music with your style under the Psalm 135 video and you delivered harder than ever. Thank you.

  • @joaopedroghigiareli3161
    @joaopedroghigiareli3161 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    One year ago, i said that you gonna make a Symphony to continue the manzikert , and after 8 days whitout any music you delivery this to us. I heard this song whit tears and my rosary in hands.
    I realy thanks for what you have done for me and all of us. For me, this ia more than a song, is a prey and a memory of a honorous people in a honorous age.

  • @badezour
    @badezour 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Praise you Farya!

  • @LAC03098
    @LAC03098 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Splendid!
    As a traditional follower of The Skaldic Bard and as a frequent commenter (previously under the name @ulster-is-british) this is wonderful
    I came here from his community post about this collaboration
    His translations of palästinelied into Old Norse and this, Latin as well as his most recent into Old English are - arguably - his most famous pieces
    I confess, I have never really listened to you as closely I do him, however your rendition of an alarc’h and Mult Estes Guariz are splendid and I do listen to them semi-frequently
    After listening to this, I have been amazed by the sheer quality you two have and I am joyed by you two taking pride.
    I may be forced by your talent to subscribe!

  • @DonnellGreen
    @DonnellGreen 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    DANNGGGG A SKALDIC FEATURE, I love skaldics music, best music collab I have seen in a long time. These symphonys are always my favorite I love in this one you included the Eastern Roman era of the campaign (Nicaea and western Anatolia). Keep making some of the best tradition/historical music the world has seen.

  • @user-zr9hv8pe7d
    @user-zr9hv8pe7d 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Oh, the first few seconds... I thought I was gonna get hit by a truck. Haven't listened to the rest of it yet, but the expectations are definitely positive

  • @yorkshirepudding330
    @yorkshirepudding330 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Can we please have this album on Spotify. Very amazing work thank you

  • @AlSANDER_PUBG
    @AlSANDER_PUBG 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    I think next is for Vercingetorix symphony but every time I surprised with a heroic songs
    Ahora Mazda protect you

  • @NaCk210
    @NaCk210 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I'm not big into crusader stuff, but this is incredibly well made as everything else in your repertoire. Bravo!

  • @AurorainAurora
    @AurorainAurora 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I've been busy lately and didn't have time to listen to this symphony even though I noticed it had been updated. And today I regret that. How wonderful! I shudder and admire. A beautiful and well-crafted composition. Great performance and singing voice. Each chapter is beautifully combined, and one singing voice creates a thousand scenes. This was truly a movie to be heard and an epic to be played. I have no words for how wonderful you are. Because of people like you, I once again remembered that I became interested in history, music, and culture, and that feeling has become even stronger. I was so excited that I ended up typing a long message, but thank you so much for the wonderful music.

  • @umbria_666
    @umbria_666 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Dude when this posted I SCREAMED so loud it scared my family

  • @justinianthegreat1444
    @justinianthegreat1444 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Wow, this is a collab I have been praying for!