Update: In regards to the Animusic Discord server; it is taken down. Please refrain from asking me any questions about or regarding it. I'm not in a good position lately. Please refer to the announcement posted on this channel, thank you all for understanding TIMESTAMPS ---------------------------------- Animusic 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0:33 - Future Retro 4:49 - Stick Figures 10:12: Aqua Harp 13:56 - Drum Machine 17:19 - Pipe Dream 20:45 - Acoustic Curves 26:23 - Harmonic Voltage Animusic 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32:52 - Starship Groove 36:54 - Pogo Sticks 40:15 - Resonant Chamber 44:46 - Cathedral Pictures 50:51 - Pipe Dream 2 54:47 - Fiber Bundles 1:00:02 - Gyro Drums 1:04:11 - Heavy Light
You knew it was going to be a good day when this DVD was pulled out during elementary school music class, and to this day, MANY years later, it's still as cool as the first time I saw it.
I heard about it just earlier today when I was watching a Vsause video because he mentioned it and for some reason I thought it sounded familiar yet I don't ever remember hearing about it before. I looked it up and it reminded me of a very specific memory of a certain video that looks very similar to this style that I watched early on in my childhood. So I've basically spent the past 2 or so hours I've been trying to find the videoing my memory (partly while watching this video) and I'm absolutely enthralled while baffled that this isn't more heard of
I know there was never intended to be any sort of deeper lore with Animusic, but the empty nature of the scenes makes my mind go wild. There's not a single indication of organic life or activity, and it's almost unsettling. I can imagine all of these taking place in some sort of futuristic alien planet, where the inhabitants created a variety of visually spectacular musical performances. Some run on pipes, others use electric currents, some use a clockwork of intricate gears, some are played by robots, and some have instruments which are the robots. Regardless of how it was achieved, these shows were always enjoyed by many. But then, one day, the inhabitants all left abruptly. No damage is done to the infrastructure of the planet in their departure, but at the same time no one can deactivate or dismantle any of the technology left behind. So, over and over again, these machines continue to preform. Unaware of the fact that there is no longer an audience to captivate, they continue as they were programmed to do. As memory of the abandoned planet fades, it remains untouched and desolate. On top of a tower, on a pyramid, on a stage, or even in the bowels of a laboratory, the machines preform the same routines for hundreds or thousands of years, unaware that they will never play before living eyes again.
I’m totally with you there! I would always make up stories, as a kid, for each song, for why the instruments played, and who they played for. Except I always imagined the audience there, and just not shown to us.
Every single one of these I'm either like "oh I know this one, this was my jam" Or I'm like "huh I don't really remember this one" but then it starts and I'm like "oh my god I remember this!!"
in my family lore that red guy is my brother, my sister is the yellow one on the harp, and im the blue one :) (the funniest thing is the personalities kinda match and this was something that was made family lore when i was like actually 4) when they go up on the elevators that's me and my brother trying to annoy my sister....
Thank you so much for doing this! I love Animusic. So much fun. So creative. I used to watch Animusic with my little one, loooooooong ago. We loved it! So great when an Animusic short popped up during PBS breaks. My all-time favorite is Pogo Sticks.
Just gotta figure out how to make the horns and drums subtly stretch when they play.😅 Lytle said in the commentary of A1 that A2 would at least be without floating drumsticks, so at least we're off the hook for that.
I mean, yeah. Pipe dream has already been made by intel so I would think that if a group of people was passionate and determined enough it could be achieved
Please let me remind you that Animusic 1 came out in 2004, and Animusic 2 in 2005, and there hasn't been a project like this since. This is still something people are trying to do now, and these guys did it in the mid-2000's. It's still blows my mind that this was made before I was born with old techand not today with our new modern tech and there hasn't been something this elaborate since.
The Resonant Chamber proves you don't need every type of instrument (woodwind, percussion, etc.) to make a good song. You just need talent. And innovation.
@@riahsparrow Drum Machine starts out nice (other than the snare sound, ugh), but it kind of gets repetitive after a while. Maybe it's me just wanting melody and everything, not just percussion.
I'm so glad that animusic isn't an entirely dead era. I don't like thinking about missing out on things like missing huge eras of the internet or not knowing about a certain youtuber or anything like that. I'm glad to know that 10 years ago, I was there for animusic, and it's good to know that it isn't over yet, as animusic 3 is still in the works.
This simple animated compilation of music made my childhood so much better. How has this not blown up even more than it has? 20 years later and this is still incredible!
Only lost if you let it be lost. I'm STILL a menace that makes my peers experience this 💀. It's been living rent free in my head for almost 12 years now so I figure it's necessary
These were my entire childhood... oh my god... My absolute favorite is Harmonic Voltage and it remains to this day as one of my all time favorite songs.
I remember being amazed at just how _good_ Animusic looks on a standard-definition TV. Apparently the creators did some kind of special compositing on the DVDs to achieve this effect, and it's lost if it's played on a computer rather than being directly output to an SDTV from a DVD player. With how far upscaling technology has come, however, I expect it could probably be upscaled pretty well to HD if someone who really knows their stuff made an effort.
Ah, the nostalgia. I remember thinking this was all real as a kid; I even had a friend who claimed their dad worked at... wherever this was taking place. Imagine my surprise when I found out what the "Ani" in Animusic meant. I'm so glad my favorite part of music class is now on the internet for everyone to experience :D
No joke, my older brother worked on the set for Future Retro when he was in college. He got fired after he tripped and broke one of the mirrors that the green lasers bounce off of. Apparently the mirrors are made of gold and cost thousands each.
All of this is a core memory for me. We knew that the music teacher was happy when she pulled out the disc for it. We all got so hyped in elementary. Still impressed with it to this day.
Not here but I do have the DVDs. (Actually, with technology marching on I've since ripped them to files stored on my NAS and play them from there. The physical media is buried somewhere in the garage. I expect that I'll be watching them in the down time on water runs between habitats in the Oort cloud, should I last that long.)
I love this! I'm SO glad I found it again. Every time someone likes this comment, I will come back here and listen to this again. My dad originally found Animusic on the Delta College channel and bought both dvd's. I want to own them as well, although I'm not sure where to find them. This is creativity at its best. Some stuff created at the cusp of the early tech years, 90s and early to mid 2000's can not be matched.
Looking back at the blurry memories I had of watching these in elementary, I’m pretty sure Animusic was the reason I started getting into music. I was, and still am, always so fascinated by the work that went into these productions.
oh my god when i was in elemtary school, my teacher showed us this movie and Stomp many times. This movie has always stuck with me. Im 18 now and i havent seen this movie since i was like 8 or 7. Ive been looking for this for years...thank you SO much for posting this.
I could talk about how this impacted my childhood for hours, but I’ll just keep it simple. -Resonant chamber was the first one I ever saw -This partially inspired me to learn 3d animation and modeling -Pipe dream is my favorite and brings the most nostalgia -Also, Heavy Light was a really epic end to the series I’m also curious, what program did they use to make these?
For years I thought both these films were a weird fever dream or something from my childhood and then I got this recommended. Thank you so much for uploading this!
THAT FIRST ONE, GOD THE MEMORIES. This really is my childhood right here. Each and every one of these is such a magical experience, so endlessly full of detail and care. A timeless creation. I will absolutely show this to every subsequent generation.
God its wonderful to be able to look back at my childhood without buffering or disk skipping. Thank you for uploading this, my mom would always put this on in the minivan to shut us kids up during road trips.
my mom was and still is an elementary school music teacher and before showing stuff to her classes she'd always run things by me and my sisters first. it's been over nearly a decade and a half but i still remember cuddling with her on the couch and being absolutely mesmerized by these videos. currently i am extremely sick and bedridden and i've decided to watch this once every day until i heal to help bring back those pure memories and moments. even after all this time, drum machine's still my favorite
The things plucking the harpstrings in Aqua Harp always reminded me of little fish darting back and forth taking nibbles My favorites are Resonant Chamber and Fiber Bundles but I love all of them :D For quite a while my computer background was a shot of the ziggurat from Heavy Light
Future Retro’s been burned into my brain ever since I watched it in our music class when I was 6. I wonder if any of the friends I’m still close to remember this…
Thanx so very much for sharing these little treasures! My absolute favorite is Pogo Sticks. Just a group of friends, getting together to play their music, to have fun, and to just be. I haven't seen most of these since they were first-run, so I really appreciate this compilation. It's fun to re-experience this level of creativity and imagination, and of course, the great tunes. Looking at Pipe Dreams, I have to wonder if that's where Wintergatan got the inspiration for his wonderful Marble Machine. Thanx muchly again, for sharing! Greatly appreciated.
harmonic voltage, stick figures, future retro, starship groove and aqua harp were always my favs. My brother would always say that cathedral pictures was made for him. Pogo sticks always freaked me out at the end knowing that they would only move on and on and on and never stop, and they're still moving and playing as i type.
Who wouldn't Think of the implications of how much work it would be to make the instruments for pipe dream Seeing that work would be more than worth anything amount they charge
I'm sure these subliminally increased my interest in architecture as a kid. Behind all the machines are these super surreal spaces, and imagining them as a part of a greater building or even city is really compelling. It's a very Frutiger Aero future of the built environment which never was
When I was in elementary school and watched this, I had no idea that Cathedral Pictures ( 44:46 ) was based on the last 3 movements of Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky. I’ve been to a few performances of the actual piece (and performed an arrangement of it), and this just brings back memories of those concerts and performing it
my siblings and i grew up with animusic. i haven't heard any of the songs since 2015 but i randomly remembered it as a core memory and i was like 'holy shit'. rewatching all of them now is so nostalgiac and i've realized that my love for music and the influence it has on my life regarding skills, hobbies, and even future career paths is all because of animusic
Looking back at these at 24, having grown up with them in my house on DVD when I was elementary-school age, I absolutely understand why I'm into the more weird and complex music that I'm into now.
Finally i can listen to heavy lights again! It somehow was my favourite back then, idk why. Early youtube era, where the video length limit was 10 minutes, big nostalgia.
I miss my middle school years, I first heard about Animusic when I was 13 years old. Now that I’m 28 years old, it’s still so so so beautiful to watch and listen to.
What would be amazing is programming an AI that could generate the visual control of this model based on musical input. So basically you sit down at a keyboard begin playing a piece and the 3D model animates in conjunction. You could either input all of the instruments live or recorded and the 3D model AI would animate and supplement any instruments not being supplied.
I'm pretty sure I've seen a video where someone made a sequel to Fiber Bundles with that. Iirc it was a custom plugin for Blender that would allow midi files to judge the animations for objects.
When I was in elementary school, my music teacher used to put this on the old Panasonic type box TV and I really liked it. I couldn’t tell if we had a DVD of it where I went or a VHS (my midsize Southern city’s one Catholic school couldn’t really be expected to have the most advanced technology in the mid-2010s), but on the old TV there wasn’t much of a difference in video quality. Fast forward years later and I get recommended “Pipe Dream” and I realize I’ve seen something like this but have only a vague idea of the video series title. I find another video about _Animusic_ and the memories of childhood return. Honestly my music teacher was a bit of a legend in the over thirty years he taught at my school. He still performs for local jazz groups and occasional parish services, and he still plays guitar rather well for an octogenarian, but it’s no wonder that he eventually retired from teaching. Guess children can be quite much lol Big credit to him for introducing me to this. Now is probably the first time in a long while I hear “Retro Future”, which I heard first and always thought the most memorable. I could still remember the melody of much of the piece and the sounds of the backing instruments; that’s how much it still stuck in my head. Even the xylophone bit.
Nothing would make me happier than to claim the title as animusic's #1 fan, but I know that some of yall are even more hardcore than me. all I can say is... I'm so glad that this many fans still exist. I love you all and I hope Wayne Lytle's health improves. If not... we might just have to do it ourselves to keep it going.
I wish my elementary school had shown this like so many people in the comments, feels like I totally missed out on the fun. This would've gone crazy after a long day of math lol
Love thinking that somewhere in the universe there was a species whose technology, science and innovation was fully dedicated to building huge, massive automated music theaters on top of mountains and hills on different planets, launching at specific time or just when people got close, just for the love of music, the landscape and what is made them feel. And maybe now, this species has been extinct for billions of years only leaving behind those massive artefacts, still up and running.
God this was so ahead of its time. I remember my elementary school music teacher always showing this to the class and being fascinated by it, and that was over ten years ago already.
At 13:56 when drum machine comes I’m over here like man this could not get any better! (My personal favorite) Then when 15:50 comes I’m like ain’t no way!! ITS SO GOOD! 😮
I just love the personality of the red chest pad player in Starship Groove! They're so hype and just vibing with everything, while Blue is very down to.. earth?
These songs paint truly wonderful and extraordinary stories. Romantic, action-packed, sorrowful, somber, and so much more. These songs are truly a wonder.
As a Zoomer, I'm sad to say that this is some nostalgia that I really missed out on and I hadn't even known this existed until I watched The Science Elf's video on it.
@@sinsimori1355 You must've had a pretty cool music teacher then. All that I remember from my music class was songs the most annoying songs possible that made you want to blow your eardrums out and movies that always ended with the protagonist dying.
I first watched this when i was 5 (not in music class like everyone else) and for the following 4 years i basically made my entire personality around animusic, and i thought it was made in like 2010 and 2013 or something its that good. Now im back into it 9 years later
My music teacher back in k-4th would play these videos on vhs tapes i think. Tho i may be misconstrued with my memory... its been over 10 years now. Either way, it'skind of like a fever dream finding this.
I was born in 2007 I was obsessed with this as a kid I would watch over and over this is probably why I do alot of music arts in school now is because of this
I love them all, so don't ask me to vote. The second one, is my first time seeing it.. Very sweet....I've never seen fiber bundles either. Very spacey sound. Ok, gyro drums have definitely, out freaked out any of my freaky drum dreams.
why is animusic still a classic to this day who knew that a music genre that isn't popular but popular enough to survive today's music. animusic started way back during the 90s and became popular during the mid-2000s its insane i still love this music after 8 years since i first heard it... still a perfect classic with no flaws.
I remember watching this on PBS. I was blown away and was awed that anyone could put it together or even have that kind of imagination, the patience and focus to bring it about. This is definitely an artistic achievement. Unlike other commenters, I was in my mid 30s when I discovered it. For some reason I was surprised that it was for children. I just saw it as an art piece. Many have commented on why this is not so well remembered as it should be. I have a theory. Many commenters wrote on how this was introduced to them by their elementary school music teacher. In the 2000's you were the lucky ones because many schools did away with art and music programs. This is when No Child Left Behind started to kick in and schools had to teach to the test. Those of the Animusic generation probably experienced how different teachers taught from elementary to high school. When you were in elementary school you were seen by teachers as children to be inspired. I am guessing that by the time you got to high school you had to listen to teachers try and get students to care about some stupid test that the teachers loathed. A test that really did not mean much of anything to anyone, except the testing companies, they loved it. One last thought. I am of an older generation. I am someone who feels that when anyone over the age of 50 starts bitching about millennials and Zoomers that we can. Humm? Instead of whining about "the entitled young people of today"? Just a minute. It's on the tip of my tongue. Oh, now I remember we should, SHUT THE FLYING, FIDDLY FUCK UP! In all seriousness, all I have to say as someone who is 57 years old is that I am truly and deeply ashamed of the horrid mess we have left. I do want you to know that some of us did try to leave you something better than what you have now. Unfortunately, we were too few, too divided, too slow, too out funded and out Bullshitted. Some of us did try. I am sorry we could not get it done. I will do my best to help clean up the mess that has been left to you. Mea culpa.
i will always cherish and love animusic. my dad found out about it at one point or another, and i remember when he took me out to get the dvds. i was so young. and now? these pieces of music bring out a feeling of such blissful innocence. whether its joyful, excited, amped up, whatever. it makes me feel like a kid again. takes me back
21:14 The other one comes into veiw. 21:19 *Starts Playing SAO music* 21:37 *The other one gets TRIGGERED* 22:42 *Starts Playing Jazz* 22:52 *Full Band enters* 23:39 *Starts Playing SAO music AGAIN*
Update: In regards to the Animusic Discord server; it is taken down. Please refrain from asking me any questions about or regarding it. I'm not in a good position lately. Please refer to the announcement posted on this channel, thank you all for understanding
TIMESTAMPS
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Animusic 1
- - - - - - - - - - - -
0:33 - Future Retro
4:49 - Stick Figures
10:12: Aqua Harp
13:56 - Drum Machine
17:19 - Pipe Dream
20:45 - Acoustic Curves
26:23 - Harmonic Voltage
Animusic 2
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
32:52 - Starship Groove
36:54 - Pogo Sticks
40:15 - Resonant Chamber
44:46 - Cathedral Pictures
50:51 - Pipe Dream 2
54:47 - Fiber Bundles
1:00:02 - Gyro Drums
1:04:11 - Heavy Light
I not hear from the people who made tis animusic since animusic 3 was told. I think they cancelled of it.
Bro the discord invite has expired
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You knew it was going to be a good day when this DVD was pulled out during elementary school music class, and to this day, MANY years later, it's still as cool as the first time I saw it.
yep
My sisters grandma had the vhs best memories
Exactly
True my friend
^__^ that’s so rad my elementary music teacher use to play this too during her class! I’m happy I found this again
This was not in your recommended, you searched for this.
Your damn right I did
Had to get a hit of nostalgia lol
Actually no. But I’m glad it was.
It showed up in my recommended so of course i'm watching it.
yep.
My favorite revelation about animusic is no matter how insane the setup is, pretty much every single song has a normal-ish looking drum kit
lasers and robots come and go; drums are forever
actually, Future Retro is track 1
When you think the song’s at the climax but there’s still four more instruments to unlock
What a great song
@@DILL-CEASE :(
@@DILL-CEASE stop that
@@DILL-CEASE💀
@@DILL-CEASE Bro just ruined a guitar.
Animusic is truly a forgotten gem (not many people heard of it, seen it, or even talk about).
;-; so true ;-;
The video for "pipe dream" has 12 million views. I don't think you can call Animusic "forgotten"
Honestly I watched theses every day as a kid
I heard about it just earlier today when I was watching a Vsause video because he mentioned it and for some reason I thought it sounded familiar yet I don't ever remember hearing about it before. I looked it up and it reminded me of a very specific memory of a certain video that looks very similar to this style that I watched early on in my childhood. So I've basically spent the past 2 or so hours I've been trying to find the videoing my memory (partly while watching this video) and I'm absolutely enthralled while baffled that this isn't more heard of
@@fionamcguinn which one?
I know there was never intended to be any sort of deeper lore with Animusic, but the empty nature of the scenes makes my mind go wild. There's not a single indication of organic life or activity, and it's almost unsettling.
I can imagine all of these taking place in some sort of futuristic alien planet, where the inhabitants created a variety of visually spectacular musical performances. Some run on pipes, others use electric currents, some use a clockwork of intricate gears, some are played by robots, and some have instruments which are the robots. Regardless of how it was achieved, these shows were always enjoyed by many.
But then, one day, the inhabitants all left abruptly. No damage is done to the infrastructure of the planet in their departure, but at the same time no one can deactivate or dismantle any of the technology left behind.
So, over and over again, these machines continue to preform. Unaware of the fact that there is no longer an audience to captivate, they continue as they were programmed to do. As memory of the abandoned planet fades, it remains untouched and desolate. On top of a tower, on a pyramid, on a stage, or even in the bowels of a laboratory, the machines preform the same routines for hundreds or thousands of years, unaware that they will never play before living eyes again.
I’ve always thought something similar, like how it’s all so empty as if the world outlives the organic life within it
I’m totally with you there! I would always make up stories, as a kid, for each song, for why the instruments played, and who they played for. Except I always imagined the audience there, and just not shown to us.
Are you alright?
And then the machines started a TH-cam channel
When I woke up today I didn’t think that I would be reading Animusic lore
Every single one of these I'm either like "oh I know this one, this was my jam"
Or I'm like "huh I don't really remember this one" but then it starts and I'm like "oh my god I remember this!!"
For some reason i sang one of the songs and didn't even realize until i watched it like a year later
This is the feeling I get on some of these
same here and I just looked this up just now and get nostalgia about it back then
it must be years ago since I watched this the first time
Who's still here watching this masterpiece in 2024?
I am and loving it! 😁
I am, and I never forgot the first time I saw it.
Gee, never seen this totally original upvote-bait comment format on TH-cam before.
@@user-qjvqfjv What?
You know it
My entire childhood right here😭💖
I felt that
Yes, this is literally my entire childhood ToT
does rewatching these give anyone else like, and uneasy feeling. Like, it's so amazing, but it almost feels like a fever dream!
I used to watch these as a baby so I do agree that its our entire childhood. At least now we can find it all here
100%
That little red dude in starship groove is really fucking into it
The red robot was having the time of their life tbh
in my family lore that red guy is my brother, my sister is the yellow one on the harp, and im the blue one :) (the funniest thing is the personalities kinda match and this was something that was made family lore when i was like actually 4)
when they go up on the elevators that's me and my brother trying to annoy my sister....
Track-list:
Animusic 1:
0:33 Future Retro
4:49 Stick Figures
10:11 Aqua Harp
13:54 Drum Machine
17:19 Pipe Dream (My Favorite)
20:45 Acoustic Curves
26:22 Harmonic Voltage
Animusic 2:
32:55 Starship Groove
36:55 Pogo Sticks
40:15 Resonant Chambers
44:46 Cathedral Pictures
50:53 Pipe Dream 2 (Also My Favorite)
54:48 Fiber Bundles
1:00:03 Gyro Drums
1:04:14 Heavy Light
plz like this comment this took so long
Thank you so much for doing this!
I love Animusic.
So much fun.
So creative.
I used to watch Animusic with my little one, loooooooong ago. We loved it!
So great when an Animusic short popped up during PBS breaks.
My all-time favorite is Pogo Sticks.
26:23 The one that introduced me to Animusic.
@@kidz4p509 my favorite of all
Thanks! Also pipe dream #1
Future retro is the best one
These two videos right here.
This is why I'm obsessed with music.
Same haha cheers!!
Papa
I know I'm late as hell but even as a young teen now, I remember watching this back in 2011 when I was such a young girl
literally me fr
not all heros wear capes. Thank you for bringing this back
GG's
I remember watching this in my elementary school music class
I know it’s CGI, but I fully believe this level of complex robotics is entirely possible now
a lot of it was possible then. Pipe dream is just an oversized marble machine.
Just gotta figure out how to make the horns and drums subtly stretch when they play.😅
Lytle said in the commentary of A1 that A2 would at least be without floating drumsticks, so at least we're off the hook for that.
Except Pogo Sticks
I mean, yeah. Pipe dream has already been made by intel so I would think that if a group of people was passionate and determined enough it could be achieved
I don't think it would be that easy to make levitating drum sticks without some thin wire holding them.
Please let me remind you that Animusic 1 came out in 2004, and Animusic 2 in 2005, and there hasn't been a project like this since. This is still something people are trying to do now, and these guys did it in the mid-2000's. It's still blows my mind that this was made before I was born with old techand not today with our new modern tech and there hasn't been something this elaborate since.
Shrek is much more elaborate
@@ChibiChubbyRobo Shrek came out in 2001
Animusic came out in 2001
@@Villagerslime the DVD came out in the years 2004 and 2005.
But the vhs came out in 2001...
after all these years, finally...
*i've found where that one memory of a mental snapshot of Heavy Light came from.*
Welcome, to enlightenment. You are welcome here.
experiencing that is literally always the best feeling I get that
imagine a entire planet filled with contraptions like these just constantly playing
I remember that boot up sequence like it was yesterday. That mechanical sound just before the song kicks in activated me like a sleeper agent
I'm glad someone understands how I feel
When I was like 4 I would always watch this
Future Retro and Gyro Drums always scared me so badly lol
58:30 My brain when I'm studying
38:40 My brain when I'm taking a test
So true though
Edit: sorry though
mood
The two guys in the back.
Fun fact: I actually just listened to this while studying for a test.
My favorite moment of the decade
The Resonant Chamber proves you don't need every type of instrument (woodwind, percussion, etc.) to make a good song. You just need talent. And innovation.
I don't like Resonant Chamber too much, but it's ok (BETTER THAN DRUM MACHINE)
@@riahsparrow Drum Machine starts out nice (other than the snare sound, ugh), but it kind of gets repetitive after a while. Maybe it's me just wanting melody and everything, not just percussion.
@@dotumantaraye351 then you must not like gyro drums cause that thing is basically only percussions. And I don’t remember future retro being this long
@@centerreddot6852 gyro drums is cool but drum machine is just repetitive.
@@riahsparrow resonant chamber is one of the best ones
I'm so glad that animusic isn't an entirely dead era. I don't like thinking about missing out on things like missing huge eras of the internet or not knowing about a certain youtuber or anything like that. I'm glad to know that 10 years ago, I was there for animusic, and it's good to know that it isn't over yet, as animusic 3 is still in the works.
Bro I'm 19 and haven't watched these since like 2nd or 3rd grade. I'm hyped I finally found them.
just like half life 3, i don't think animusic 3 will ever come, i also think the producer actually got arrested if I recall correctly
@@cosmickitten1976 for what?
@@sircompliments5380 I think for fraud or something, it was a while since I last read kt
Animistic 3 production started in 2012 last update was 2015. Sadly I don’t think we will get it
This simple animated compilation of music made my childhood so much better. How has this not blown up even more than it has? 20 years later and this is still incredible!
“childhood” is a mindset. Break free
ME TOO animusic was such a massive part of my childhood. I had both dvds and would watch them constantly
My dad used to play this for me all the time when I was really young instead of traditional movies. I blame this for my love of music
0:00 intro
0:32 Future Retro
4:49 Stick Figures
10:12 Aqua Harp
13:57 Drum Machine
17:19 Pipe Dream
20:45 Acoustic Curves
26:22 Harmonic Voltage
32:54 Starship Groove
36:53 Pogo Sticks
40:19 Resonant Chamber
44:48 Cathedral Pictures
50:51 Pipe Dream 2
54:49 Fiber Bundles
1:00:05 Gyro Drums
1:04:15 Heavy Light
Thank you
Thanks
STARSHIP GROOVE MORE LIKE STARSHIP GROOVING LOL get it? cause it's a bop
Awesome
@mp3warrior2003 this is animusic? I’m sorry if I misunderstand you,
The feeing you get from listening to this in music class in elementary school was something only 2000s kids got. Honestly is a lost gem of the 2000s.
Only lost if you let it be lost. I'm STILL a menace that makes my peers experience this 💀. It's been living rent free in my head for almost 12 years now so I figure it's necessary
Im actually on the cusp of gen alpha and gen z and this was played in music class when there was a sub and we loved it
These were my entire childhood... oh my god...
My absolute favorite is Harmonic Voltage and it remains to this day as one of my all time favorite songs.
on TH-cam, if you do a search: some videos have that track played in reverse
Harmonic Voltage is my favorite, too!
Harmonic Voltage isn’t just my favorite. It introduced me to Animusic.
I remember not liking harmonic voltage that much as a kid but it stuck with me all the way until adulthood and it’s my favorite now
I remember being amazed at just how _good_ Animusic looks on a standard-definition TV. Apparently the creators did some kind of special compositing on the DVDs to achieve this effect, and it's lost if it's played on a computer rather than being directly output to an SDTV from a DVD player. With how far upscaling technology has come, however, I expect it could probably be upscaled pretty well to HD if someone who really knows their stuff made an effort.
There's a bluray but it 100 dollars on Amazon
When I saw pipe dream on a standard monitor I thought it was real lol
Someone already did upscale it to 4K. It looks great
Ah, the nostalgia. I remember thinking this was all real as a kid; I even had a friend who claimed their dad worked at... wherever this was taking place. Imagine my surprise when I found out what the "Ani" in Animusic meant. I'm so glad my favorite part of music class is now on the internet for everyone to experience :D
No joke, my older brother worked on the set for Future Retro when he was in college. He got fired after he tripped and broke one of the mirrors that the green lasers bounce off of. Apparently the mirrors are made of gold and cost thousands each.
I'm just gonna say:
Heavy Light is my absolute favorite.
Mines Aqua harp it just hits differently
that's cap harmonic voltage is the best
Heavy light is 4th on my list
I agree, heavy light is absolutely awesome. Takes too long to get to the best part, though.
@@benjaminclark7767 100%
I find it absolutely criminal how so few people know about this! The music and the visuals are amazing!
I feel like there are a lot more people that know about this than there are people that know that they know about this lol
OMG FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ME
When I was like 4, I would watch these on loop, the nostalgia is HARD on this, I wish they would make a 3rd one.
they are making the 3rd one its still underway
TOTALLY agree! Would definitely rush to buy the 3rd one if made.
@mp3warrior2003 most likely wont come out since its only one guy working and he might not even be making it anymore
I’m mad, why hasn’t Wayne won a Grammy
Idk lol 🤣
for the animusic 3 debacle i bet ;)
Ikr loool
But he did win a special Scientific Achievement in Computing Award from IBM back in the day.
@@sorcererCermet I mean yeah it's a shame but Animusic 1 was maybe the most significant musical composition of the time in my opinion
All of this is a core memory for me. We knew that the music teacher was happy when she pulled out the disc for it. We all got so hyped in elementary. Still impressed with it to this day.
Core memories is a concept from the Pixar animated film Inside Out.
@@ChibiChubbyRobo okay? I was calling it a Core Memory before Inside Out came out. Thanks for bringing that up though
I love the subtle shade thrown at Aqua Harp. Just like "Nah, Stick Figures Part II" lol
Oh yo it got fixed
I can’t be the only one who just randomly comes to rewatch this once a month
Not here but I do have the DVDs. (Actually, with technology marching on I've since ripped them to files stored on my NAS and play them from there. The physical media is buried somewhere in the garage. I expect that I'll be watching them in the down time on water runs between habitats in the Oort cloud, should I last that long.)
I love this! I'm SO glad I found it again. Every time someone likes this comment, I will come back here and listen to this again.
My dad originally found Animusic on the Delta College channel and bought both dvd's. I want to own them as well, although I'm not sure where to find them.
This is creativity at its best. Some stuff created at the cusp of the early tech years, 90s and early to mid 2000's can not be matched.
Here you go, watch it again
Ah, a rush of nostalgia. Just what I needed. (No seriously I needed this)
Looking back at the blurry memories I had of watching these in elementary, I’m pretty sure Animusic was the reason I started getting into music. I was, and still am, always so fascinated by the work that went into these productions.
oh my god when i was in elemtary school, my teacher showed us this movie and Stomp many times. This movie has always stuck with me. Im 18 now and i havent seen this movie since i was like 8 or 7. Ive been looking for this for years...thank you SO much for posting this.
BRO SAME OMG
Omg this and Stomp really opened my eyes to the world of music when I was 10 🥰
Yo, my parents had a STOMP VHS that my sisters and I loved! We discovered this on accident and fell in love too.
same
Holy shit I haven't seen Stomp in so long, I always remember the car ride scene and the rain drums part
I could talk about how this impacted my childhood for hours, but I’ll just keep it simple.
-Resonant chamber was the first one I ever saw
-This partially inspired me to learn 3d animation and modeling
-Pipe dream is my favorite and brings the most nostalgia
-Also, Heavy Light was a really epic end to the series
I’m also curious, what program did they use to make these?
check the website
Didn't they have their own in-house programs?
I personally think Acoustic Curves is the superior music video but thats just my opinion
Same
Animusic 3 is still in development
This is my Roman Empire.
Mr.Folsom, if you're out there, thank you for showing this to me in grade school
For years I thought both these films were a weird fever dream or something from my childhood and then I got this recommended. Thank you so much for uploading this!
Watched this in music class in 1st grade in 2001. Crazy that I’m 29 watching it again in 2023
THAT FIRST ONE, GOD THE MEMORIES. This really is my childhood right here. Each and every one of these is such a magical experience, so endlessly full of detail and care. A timeless creation. I will absolutely show this to every subsequent generation.
dude that was my absolute favorite along with pipe dream and a few others when i was a kid
I haven't seen this in years and its still as good as I remember it being
God its wonderful to be able to look back at my childhood without buffering or disk skipping. Thank you for uploading this, my mom would always put this on in the minivan to shut us kids up during road trips.
Animusic is easily forgettable but once you're reminded of it you *need* to look it up.
my mom was and still is an elementary school music teacher and before showing stuff to her classes she'd always run things by me and my sisters first. it's been over nearly a decade and a half but i still remember cuddling with her on the couch and being absolutely mesmerized by these videos. currently i am extremely sick and bedridden and i've decided to watch this once every day until i heal to help bring back those pure memories and moments. even after all this time, drum machine's still my favorite
I slept on drum machine when I was younger fr, now it's so good
The things plucking the harpstrings in Aqua Harp always reminded me of little fish darting back and forth taking nibbles
My favorites are Resonant Chamber and Fiber Bundles but I love all of them :D
For quite a while my computer background was a shot of the ziggurat from Heavy Light
What a joy to see Animusic again.
What a joy to see it for the first time
You absolute saint, I needed this
BellPepper
We all need it
@@NeonFeathers22 AGREED
Saint agreed
Indeed
@@NeonFeathers22 This and your comment made me smile.
Thank you!
Pipe dream was always my favorite. Oh the nostalgia.... oh the depression.
Future Retro’s been burned into my brain ever since I watched it in our music class when I was 6. I wonder if any of the friends I’m still close to remember this…
Wow, this is like a cross between the 90s Reboot on steroids and The Minds Eye. Too cool.
The Animusic guys made a track for The Mind's Eye's kiddie version: Imaginaria. I think it's called More Bells and Whistles?
@@AustinOnSugar it was one of Wayne's first animations.
Thanx so very much for sharing these little treasures!
My absolute favorite is Pogo Sticks.
Just a group of friends, getting together to play their music, to have fun, and to just be.
I haven't seen most of these since they were first-run, so I really appreciate this compilation.
It's fun to re-experience this level of creativity and imagination, and of course, the great tunes.
Looking at Pipe Dreams, I have to wonder if that's where Wintergatan got the inspiration for his wonderful Marble Machine.
Thanx muchly again, for sharing!
Greatly appreciated.
harmonic voltage, stick figures, future retro, starship groove and aqua harp were always my favs. My brother would always say that cathedral pictures was made for him. Pogo sticks always freaked me out at the end knowing that they would only move on and on and on and never stop, and they're still moving and playing as i type.
I'm a 53 year old woman and I would so go to a live concert of this!
Aaaaa
Who wouldn't
Think of the implications of how much work it would be to make the instruments for pipe dream
Seeing that work would be more than worth anything amount they charge
@Bubbletin Duke It seems too hard to make, so I guess it’s just a PIPE DREAM! *dies laughing*
I am 58 years led and I would go to concert of animusic too
I'm sure these subliminally increased my interest in architecture as a kid. Behind all the machines are these super surreal spaces, and imagining them as a part of a greater building or even city is really compelling.
It's a very Frutiger Aero future of the built environment which never was
When I was in elementary school and watched this, I had no idea that Cathedral Pictures ( 44:46 ) was based on the last 3 movements of Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky. I’ve been to a few performances of the actual piece (and performed an arrangement of it), and this just brings back memories of those concerts and performing it
when i was little i had both first and second animusic DVD and i would just sit and binge watch them all day.
I get huge dream theater vibes from all of this
Used to watch Animusic a lot on TH-cam. Even recorded it on videotape. So happy to see it on TH-cam
I have always loved Animusic, I'm a retired, disabled, 61 year old truck driver and your projects always amazes me, please keep up the great work.
my siblings and i grew up with animusic. i haven't heard any of the songs since 2015 but i randomly remembered it as a core memory and i was like 'holy shit'. rewatching all of them now is so nostalgiac and i've realized that my love for music and the influence it has on my life regarding skills, hobbies, and even future career paths is all because of animusic
I still have the the og animusic disk with the option screen and everything
Same
Me too- scratched to hell, but still working fine. Bless your resiliency, Animusic DVDs
Same
The ones my family has are all scratched up as well and don't work well
SAMEEEE
Damn i miss Mr Briggs, he was a good music teacher and he was really fun
It's so cool to me that I grew up with these. I can definitely see the influence they had on my taste in music and creative vision.
Same
Looking back at these at 24, having grown up with them in my house on DVD when I was elementary-school age, I absolutely understand why I'm into the more weird and complex music that I'm into now.
Finally i can listen to heavy lights again! It somehow was my favourite back then, idk why.
Early youtube era, where the video length limit was 10 minutes, big nostalgia.
I miss my middle school years, I first heard about Animusic when I was 13 years old. Now that I’m 28 years old, it’s still so so so beautiful to watch and listen to.
Why does "Acoustic Curves" sound like How it's Made music to me?
I feel like this whole series was part of the reason I got into bass.
What would be amazing is programming an AI that could generate the visual control of this model based on musical input. So basically you sit down at a keyboard begin playing a piece and the 3D model animates in conjunction. You could either input all of the instruments live or recorded and the 3D model AI would animate and supplement any instruments not being supplied.
Get Elon musk on this rn
I'm pretty sure I've seen a video where someone made a sequel to Fiber Bundles with that. Iirc it was a custom plugin for Blender that would allow midi files to judge the animations for objects.
Little did he know, that’s exactly how they did it. Half of the work done here is in response to the midi files of music they wrote.
@@decafbountiwack3658 exactly what I was thinking
Bro said "squeakquel"
When I was in elementary school, my music teacher used to put this on the old Panasonic type box TV and I really liked it. I couldn’t tell if we had a DVD of it where I went or a VHS (my midsize Southern city’s one Catholic school couldn’t really be expected to have the most advanced technology in the mid-2010s), but on the old TV there wasn’t much of a difference in video quality.
Fast forward years later and I get recommended “Pipe Dream” and I realize I’ve seen something like this but have only a vague idea of the video series title. I find another video about _Animusic_ and the memories of childhood return.
Honestly my music teacher was a bit of a legend in the over thirty years he taught at my school. He still performs for local jazz groups and occasional parish services, and he still plays guitar rather well for an octogenarian, but it’s no wonder that he eventually retired from teaching. Guess children can be quite much lol
Big credit to him for introducing me to this. Now is probably the first time in a long while I hear “Retro Future”, which I heard first and always thought the most memorable. I could still remember the melody of much of the piece and the sounds of the backing instruments; that’s how much it still stuck in my head. Even the xylophone bit.
My childhood is coming back to life just from watching this
I forget about animusic untill this randomly got stuck in my head and I remember how much I loved it ♥️
Nothing would make me happier than to claim the title as animusic's #1 fan, but I know that some of yall are even more hardcore than me. all I can say is... I'm so glad that this many fans still exist. I love you all and I hope Wayne Lytle's health improves. If not... we might just have to do it ourselves to keep it going.
"how hard do you want it to be to follow the time signatures?"
"yes"
When you unlock a memory from your childhood that you didn’t think was there 😭
I wish my elementary school had shown this like so many people in the comments, feels like I totally missed out on the fun. This would've gone crazy after a long day of math lol
Love thinking that somewhere in the universe there was a species whose technology, science and innovation was fully dedicated to building huge, massive automated music theaters on top of mountains and hills on different planets, launching at specific time or just when people got close, just for the love of music, the landscape and what is made them feel. And maybe now, this species has been extinct for billions of years only leaving behind those massive artefacts, still up and running.
God this was so ahead of its time. I remember my elementary school music teacher always showing this to the class and being fascinated by it, and that was over ten years ago already.
At 13:56 when drum machine comes I’m over here like man this could not get any better! (My personal favorite)
Then when 15:50 comes I’m like ain’t no way!!
ITS SO GOOD! 😮
I just love the personality of the red chest pad player in Starship Groove! They're so hype and just vibing with everything, while Blue is very down to.. earth?
These songs paint truly wonderful and extraordinary stories. Romantic, action-packed, sorrowful, somber, and so much more. These songs are truly a wonder.
Fully convinced Harmonic Voltage and Starship Groove are the reason I got into Rush later in my life
As a Zoomer, I'm sad to say that this is some nostalgia that I really missed out on and I hadn't even known this existed until I watched The Science Elf's video on it.
I am in the same camp, i am sad too.
I'm a zoomer who got to experience it haha, my little ADHD brain LATCHED onto these dvds and watched them non stop :')
@@sinsimori1355 You must've had a pretty cool music teacher then. All that I remember from my music class was songs the most annoying songs possible that made you want to blow your eardrums out and movies that always ended with the protagonist dying.
@@sinsimori1355 literally same haha, my ADHD brain still latches on to these occasionally lmao they're just so satisfying and stimulating
I first watched this when i was 5 (not in music class like everyone else) and for the following 4 years i basically made my entire personality around animusic, and i thought it was made in like 2010 and 2013 or something its that good. Now im back into it 9 years later
My music teacher back in k-4th would play these videos on vhs tapes i think. Tho i may be misconstrued with my memory... its been over 10 years now. Either way, it'skind of like a fever dream finding this.
I was born in 2007 I was obsessed with this as a kid I would watch over and over this is probably why I do alot of music arts in school now is because of this
I love them all, so don't ask me to vote. The second one, is my first time seeing it.. Very sweet....I've never seen fiber bundles either. Very spacey sound. Ok, gyro drums have definitely, out freaked out any of my freaky drum dreams.
Every time there's a cowbell involved, take a shot.
why is animusic still a classic to this day who knew that a music genre that isn't popular but popular enough to survive today's music. animusic started way back during the 90s and became popular during the mid-2000s its insane i still love this music after 8 years since i first heard it... still a perfect classic with no flaws.
I remember watching this on PBS. I was blown away and was awed that anyone could put it together or even have that kind of imagination, the patience and focus to bring it about. This is definitely an artistic achievement.
Unlike other commenters, I was in my mid 30s when I discovered it. For some reason I was surprised that it was for children. I just saw it as an art piece.
Many have commented on why this is not so well remembered as it should be. I have a theory. Many commenters wrote on how this was introduced to them by their elementary school music teacher. In the 2000's you were the lucky ones because many schools did away with art and music programs.
This is when No Child Left Behind started to kick in and schools had to teach to the test. Those of the Animusic generation probably experienced how different teachers taught from elementary to high school. When you were in elementary school you were seen by teachers as children to be inspired. I am guessing that by the time you got to high school you had to listen to teachers try and get students to care about some stupid test that the teachers loathed. A test that really did not mean much of anything to anyone, except the testing companies, they loved it.
One last thought. I am of an older generation. I am someone who feels that when anyone over the age of 50 starts bitching about millennials and Zoomers that we can. Humm? Instead of whining about "the entitled young people of today"? Just a minute. It's on the tip of my tongue. Oh, now I remember we should, SHUT THE FLYING, FIDDLY FUCK UP!
In all seriousness, all I have to say as someone who is 57 years old is that I am truly and deeply ashamed of the horrid mess we have left.
I do want you to know that some of us did try to leave you something better than what you have now. Unfortunately, we were too few, too divided, too slow, too out funded and out Bullshitted. Some of us did try. I am sorry we could not get it done. I will do my best to help clean up the mess that has been left to you. Mea culpa.
Love this.
I remember watching this when I was little 😭 miss those years 😢
i will always cherish and love animusic. my dad found out about it at one point or another, and i remember when he took me out to get the dvds. i was so young. and now? these pieces of music bring out a feeling of such blissful innocence. whether its joyful, excited, amped up, whatever. it makes me feel like a kid again. takes me back
Thank you Wayne Lytel from Ithaca NY
21:14 The other one comes into veiw.
21:19 *Starts Playing SAO music*
21:37 *The other one gets TRIGGERED*
22:42 *Starts Playing Jazz*
22:52 *Full Band enters*
23:39 *Starts Playing SAO music AGAIN*
Acoustic Curves in a nutshell
Sorry, but SAO is kinda cringe
What does SAO stand for?
@@TheTiredGaming1291 Sword Art Online. Its an anime, if you haven't seen it, you should. Its good.
@@tacitgamingfanREAL kinda. Alot if people think its boring. Like how my papa (my dad's dad.) Thinks that stranger things is boring.