Persona 5 Royal - "Gentle Madman" / "Out of Kindness" Cover
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2020
- I recently finished playing through P5 Royal, and the new palace was a real standout.
This is my cover of its music that combines both tracks!
The approach I took for this was inspired a lot by Buckethead - specifically his Pike albums which progress from more chill sections to higher intensity stuff throughout their durations.
Gentle Madman and Out of Kindness both originally feature piano for the main melody - this version shifts the focus to guitar instead, keeping some synth stuff like the originals.
Stream this track: song.link/i/1528399475
Twitter: / rohanadiyodi
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- this arrangement recorded/produced by me
- original versions composed by Shoji Meguro - เพลง
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I don’t see enough people complimenting how he flawlessly transitions from Gentle Madman into Out of Kindness through Ideal and the Real. That was a phenomenal decision if you ask me, and executed just as such
So... I dunno if anyone watched the video of the music director counting down his favorite palace themes and why.
But he gave a really good bit of I believe personal opinion, maybe I'm wrong, on his Futaba review.
He mentioned that the guitar used in that theme is the instrument that can come closest to sounding or feeling like a human crying.
What you did here was basically recenter the theme around that, and it's absolutely drop dead gorgeous, like, this could have been the original and it would've fit just as well.
I hope you're proud of this cover because I think it's absolutely masterful, especially since you managed to keep the sorrowful tone of the original all the way through, which is no small feat, at least, it's something I don't see alot of other musical artists go out of their way to do that.
Wow, thank you so much! I just watched that part of the video you mentioned, and yeah I definitely agree with what he said about guitar, especially in the context of the game.
Maintaining the original's tone was very important to me too - I'm glad you appreciated that! :D
Alex Moukala, for anyone wondering- Great channel, worth a sub (Not before you sub to this gem though!)
Xirn Terensworth Can you send the link of the video? Please and thanks
I like that kind of comparison, because it touches on why I love the horns in this piece so goddamn much. Something about them just feels like the sheer embodiment of *sorrow.*
Dean Lewis thanks
I think the saddest thing of all is that even if you went along with his plans, his world was completely doomed from the beginning. It was riddled with contradictions, and you could quickly tell just from walking around talking to NPCs that granting one person's wish often meant making someone else miserable or confused in the process. How do you resolve impossible relationships that are wished for, but could never work? Are men supposed to leave their wives to go be with some random woman they've barely ever talked to, destroying their families in the process because of one selfish wish? True, that happens in real life, but under his system, he'd also try to somehow grant this abandoned family happiness. Cool, but is some other random person then supposed to uproot his or her life, just to fill the hole left by the first guy leaving?
It's just an endless cascade of contradictions leading to more contradictions, and in the end, you'd get something with just as much pain and suffering as what you started with, if the system doesn't simply collapse in on itself at some point. Even if actualization occurs, and he becomes literal god, and all of his changes are permanent, all of these fundamental problems exist until you strip away the humanity from the humans, at which point you also strip away the very happiness he was trying to achieve.
Anyways, TL;DR This cover be friggin awesome, and friggin sad at the same time
Jesus fucking Christ, the third semester just became even more depressing than it already was.
great comment
I got this weird theory that the third semester changed everyone's life, not just game characters and NPC's but Us as players too.
I think most of the problems you bring up can be addressed with on single line from one of the Shadows in the Palace:
"Happiness derived from the suffering of others is, in fact, unhappiness." This line comes up for one of the answers in the psychiatric exam room, and it seriously addresses almost all of the hangups i had, with Maruki's reality potentially granting the wishes of evil people.
So, for these people, they would ostensibly receive the "next best thing" that doesn't involve any cruelty towards others (as seen with Madarame), or if they're completely beyond saving, like Shido was, they are simply put in jail to make everyone ELSE happy.
Remember he doesnt complete his world until the deadline. The more you wait the less npcs seem to be bewildered. He eventually manages to create a world where everyone is happy...or at least believes they are.
Maruki is no hero, no villain, just a man realizing his desires
Damn, you can hear the desperation, madness, and grief in these. The originals already did that quite well, but this recontextualizes the songs themselves, making them less oppressive and more manic. Love the interpretation.
Exactly what I was thinking. Got hit by depression vibes.
I was depressed/already sad tho so who knows?😂
*oh how strange, my finger automatically went straight to subscribe.*
*my, it would seem that I have hit the like button*
Same, this is amazing
The subscribe button exists between mind and matter.
I’ve always interpreted Gentle Madman as Maruki trying to convince you that he will bring prosperity, like a light at the end of a tunnel, and Out of Kindness being his frustration with you when you don’t accept his reality. He is granting everyone, including you, infinite happiness, wouldn’t you be frustrated? And you encapsulated these themes perfectly, good fucking job man, and I wish you good luck in the rest of your music ventures.
I always thought of Out of Kindness as more of a statement than his repeated offers for you to accept, that he’s doing it out of kindness and he is going to go through with it
This deserves an award
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This is beyond incredible. The last palace of the game is one of my favorite segments in all of gaming history, and this cover encapsulates everything I love about it. Fantastic work
I've always seen Out of Kindness's name having 2 meanings.
1: Maruki is doing what he is doing out of the kindness in his heart
2: Maruki is tired and is out of kindness to give
As certain as I am that the game means "Maruki's doing it out of kindness"...
I kinda wanna see Maruki being out of kindness as in "You had your chance."
I've always seen the double meaning as the duality between Maruki and the phantom thieves.
Maruki is doing what he's doing out of the kindness in his heart. Joker is there to steal the distorted kindness from his heart. Joker and Maruki have both tried their hardest to resolve their differences peacefully, and at this point it's clear to them both that kindness isn't an option between them.
Like running out of kindness
This, I also have seen the third meaning, which is Out of "Kindness".
Maruki didn't do those things out of kindness, he was basically projecting his own inability to deal with the reality after what happened to Rumi. Kindness was what he told himself to justify his goal. So out of kindness would mean that masks are taken down and Joker can now see real Maruki, the one that's angry and is doing this because of Rumi, not out of kindness. That was visible so much in the final stages of the fight "Why Rumi!? I have sacrificed EVERYTHING!" and so on, clearly indicating the core of his actions still lied in his own past, which is again confirmed when he's a taxi driver.
I always say that both "Gentle Madman" and "out of kindness" have dual meaning in their names, which somewhat transfers to their songs as themes clashing directly, especially in their context in the game. This song completely nails in passing that dual meaning in the song.
That's all I have to say. Great cover
THIS IS SOOO GOOD
Thanks!!
I need a thousand pages of written and edited essays to bring my emotions across, this guys just does it in 04 minutes and 33 seconds.
This remix is so good to the point where I refuse to go back to the original version, you did such a fantastic job merging the two songs, while also throwing in Ideal and the Real in there too. You also managed to keep the dreadful and sorrowful feeling the song originally had, and when you get the "out of kindness" portion, you can feel his frustation and madness growing more and more apparent. This cover honestly sounds like a 1980's rock song, which really works for his song. A little over a year later and its still so frickin good, hope you do more Persona stuff in the future.
I don't know if anyone else feels that way, but it's always hype for me when covers start with a new part, before going to the original track's beginning.
Bro you just went and took my favorite palace theme and then said “what if we did the impossible and made it better”
I think this cover convey much more meaning of the whole third semester, than the original Palace theme. The OG feels so impressive, giving the pure disgust to surroundings and forcing yourself to hate the new reality, while the others track dont, conveying mixed feelings. It has more connection to them and the general atmosphere , so I definitely, somehow, like it more than original Gentle Madman.
I mean honestly, I wouldn’t mind if this was the actual Palace theme, it’s a fucking bop.
This song (much like royal's 3rd semester) is a masterpiece.
I can easily say this is my favorite videogame cover ever. I listen to it so much, the desperation, the sadness of the guitar reminds me of led zepplin/pink floyd in a way. I love how i can hear elements of both the palace themes and marukis theme and i adore every second 10000/10 cover
Huge thanks! 🙏
oziach sent me here, this is beautiful
Honestly almost getting Pink Floyd vibes from this. Saw the pink floyd experience live at Ozora in 2019 and it had a very similar atmosphere. Amazing work!
I'm getting chills! Quick, Atlus, hire this person before other company recruits him!
It's an amazing feeling when you see that people create such good content for the game that literally changed your life
"The end of our journey, begins here."
Atlus, hire this man!
maruki is my favorite villain from the persona franchise and you truly did him justice with this cover. 100/10, no note, amazing, breathtaking.
This is unbelievably good wow
Thank you! :)
You can really tell how this was inspired by Buckethead and I absolutely love it! My favourite song from Buckethead is Sail on the Soothsayer and this might beat it! Loved it, well done
oh a fellow buckethead fan... I have to say welcome to bucketheadland is mine
I've listened to this and all I can say is; "Damn... is this for real?" Brilliantly done.
your covers are criminally underrated, would love to see more in the future!
Sometimes when I need a good cry and expel all of my bottled up emotions, I turn to this track.
1:58 - for anyone looking for that sick transition. This is a masterpiece. And it still has me sometimes crack a tear and bob my head all at the same time 👏🏽
I’ve listened to this hundreds of times on Spotify. Thanks for making this man
I need a 10 hr version of this my god its gorgeous
I've only recently discovered your channel from your Specialist in persona 5 style video and I'm genuinely speechless. This cover really just portrays Maruki so well. The original OST is amazing of course, one of my favorites in the game, but this cover really sums it up. The first few seconds remind me of a classical kind of melody you would hear in a zombie apocalypse movie or game (it gives massive Project Zomboid vibes) which is so oddly fitting for how Maruki's ideal world looks like. The sad, solemn tone along with the guitar you use...you can truly hear the desperation, the sadness, the helplessness. Then it transitions so beautifully, adding so much to this amazing masterpiece. What a cover, seriously. I'm stunned. I'm so grateful I found your channel. This is incredibly phenomenal
I'm very glad TH-cam recommend this to me this is amazing!
This channel is honestly so underrated, you my friend deserve WAY more attention and respect for your work. Take it from me, El Primo.
okay so i think im addicted to this fucking piece. i was gonna listen to something else but i realized how hard this went and just thought yeah ill just listen to this. i genuinely love how you covered out of kindness, i just find it so good. thanks for this man, you made my day.
i cant stop coming back to this it’s so spine chillingly good
You made a fantastic cover that both changes the sound but stays true to the original. Fantastic work! The transition was so seamless and the solos so sick that I've found myself playing your cover while I practice the song.
This is like, *Shudders* Goosebumps... Sublime job!
Absolutely phenomenal. I haven’t even listened to the original song but I love this so much.
Good job man on making this cover. Loved it
this is excellent, great job!
Beautiful cover of one of my favorite themes.
The new ending destroyed me. I almost didn't want to finish it. Great job on this cover!
this is So fucking good
10/10 job on this holy shit
Imagine this playing in a basic 4th phase of the final battle.
That guitar.... is selling it.... now I’m crying💔 this is a beautiful cover.......
Not surprised at all to see you have a lot of GNR vids. That solo was dripping with Slash's style, haha. Love this!
I love this.
Just hearing this is starting to make me tear up? Though that might be the cold?
Same :(
That transition was godly
Hey Rohan, we went to IB in a school in R.H. Super cool your channel got recommended to me by YT, I'm actually also really into persona stuff now and I'm studying game design, graduating soon. Anyway you're super talented and I've really enjoyed listening to your stuff. Hope you're doing well!
Yooo Jessica! Didn't expect this :O Really great to hear from you and it's dope that you're pursuing game design. I'm doing good - thanks for checking out my stuff!
I wanna cry.
Amazing !
Perfect.
My friend, you are going places
Impressive Cover!
Hey, this sounds fantastic!
I love the change to guitar
10/10 Beautiful
The like to dislike ratio only shows a bit of how good this cover is.
SPOILERS! (Duh?)
When reading comments about Maruki's reality, I usually see people talking about the contradictions in the world, but what needs to be realized is that Maruki hasn't fully actualized the world, so of course, he can't fix everyone yet. But when the full actualization comes, AKA when you accept Maruki's offer, it's implied he'd be able to make everyone happy. There's no deeper story past that. If you accept Maruki's reality, everyone is truly happy, but your choices aren't really your own. It's up to you, the player, to decide if having your fate decided by someone else is worth it for eternal happiness.
Liked, Saved and Subscribed. Keep up the great work fren :)
there is reason our lives are not like jigsaw puzzles and keeps on changing ,where as his world would just fit in a way and thats it. this game just showed us how the world finding an equilibrium is actual the end and that change in this world is very necessary but is always frowned upon. this game always embraced the message of "Don't fear change" and its quite necessary in this current world and time. Overall this game was nice way of opening several minds to a better path
GODDAMN this is good.
this is sick wtf
God damn your work is incredible, and surpasses the originals in their own way. Keep it up!
0 dislikes for over a month. Your cover is incredible 💛
why did you have to remind them
@@just_buka ah crud!
Sounds like digital devil saga version.
This remix is phenomenal i love it.. is there any chance that there are tabs available for the guitar in this? I would love to learn it ❤
Holy fuck this is amazing!
god nice work
Hooooly shit. I found a hidden jem with this channel.
HOW DO I LEARN TO RIFF LIKE THIS AAAAAHHHHHHHH
While his plan is pretty good on paper. In practice. It doesn't work out so well.
There will be so many contradictions. If he truly wants to give everyone their perfect world, how would that work for divorced kids for example who just want their parents to be back together. Meanwhile the parents might wish to get in a relationship with someone else and move on. Who's wish holds more value?
Or does he just try to find the closest thing for everyone? But then that will barely change anything. Because so many people know so many other people and wish for different things. To the point where one wish granted might effect so many people badly. Leaving very few actually happy people. And most of the world just annoyed and sad that it's not them who got everything they wanted.
So... does he truly care about happiness? Or is he just doing what he thinks is right on the people he feels like helping?
This is magical - is there any chance at getting the tab for this?
Im wondering this too, its sensational
If I would put an defect on this it would be the solo that I really expected some "caos", but everything else is so good, great work
I get serious Pink Floyd vibes from this.
Everyone be like "Damn, you could FEEL the desperation and bla bla bla"
And I'm here like : Smooth Jazz.....
is it just me or do i hear a bit of "I'll face myself" in this?
I think it has a little of everything.
@@cclspeedrunner4172 “its got a little something for everyone” 10/10 -ign
You are nit-picking and biased I win bye bye
This would perfect in Reverse Hills. :')
This sounds like when Joker was in that dream state after Christmas and Maruki changed Reality.
Sounds like something from Kirby in a final level
This reminds me of Pink Floyd a little bit
Bro
*b r o*
Wow this sounds like it could come from a silent hill game
Honestly I didn't like the original Gentle Madman too much but this song is amazing
Only seen the original Persona 5, who dis
Spoilers
These are Maruki's palace themes
What a legend bro