You should get in touch with either Jimmy Broadbent, Steve (superGT) Alvez Brown, Veloce etc You've probably heard of them anyways. Jimmy is definitely a prime example of transferring skills to the real world from a sim.
That first song's lyrics translate to: "I don't want to work. I don't eat lunch. I only want to forget. And so I smoke." A real classic French vibe there haha!
Hi everyone, I have a question. Do you agree that music is infinite? Given that there is a finite amount of notes and finite amount of hearing ranges, is it possible that we can still come with endless ideas of music. And to be clear, I'm not talking about adding a single note and calling it a new song, are changing a pitch very slightly that's inaudible to the human ear and calling it a new song, but is it really possible to create endless new songs with the limitations of notes and keys on an 88 key piano? Please let me know your thoughts.
@@jessebell8328 Considering that there's tens of thousands of songs that are very much alike, it's likely that there's a lot of unexplored territory but due to the nature of human ears, we tend to like the same stuff, so if there is endless possibilities or not isn't really a concern, i think
Gran Turismo 5 legitimately has one of the best soundtracks, not just in video games, but in general. GT1 and GT4 will always tug those nostalgia strings for me, though.
I often jokingly ask new people I meet through sim racing "so what instrument do you play then?" because it's amazing how much of a crossover there is between the two interests. Perhaps whatever it is that appeals to us in deconstructing how a song works is also the same part of our brain that takes great satisfaction in nailing the perfect lap.
I love GT, and I only have ever played GT Sport. I also already played Project CARS and Assetto Corsa, NFS Shift, not counting the arcade games. Plus, I play the bass and have an extense taste in music. You're right.
@@pardolagames8994 Yeah I also play bass, the basslines in GT's soundtrack, especially the older installments, just didn't have the right to go as hard as they did lmao
From what I've understood, part of the reason why Gran Turismo's OST is filled with jazz is due to the fact it being a Japanese game series. Jazz and motorsports seem to go hand in hand in Japan anyway; for example T-Square made an intro song for Fuji TV's Formula 1 broadcasts back in the 90s (incidentally, the band's current drummer Satoshi Bandoh has composed some of the songs for Gran Turismo, like you showed in the video).
Was just about to comment about that! Many jazz fusion bands from the 80s and onwards have done records inspired by racing and car in general or even hired specially by brands, like this one, for Nissan: th-cam.com/video/K0EAqszw9iQ/w-d-xo.html
That's the thing about GT: it isn't just about racing, it's about car culture, it's about class and style, and the soundtrack has always been absolutely a part of that.
So about the first song, a possible reason they included it in the game is that it was popularized in France after being used in an ad for Citroën (which, for those who don't know, is a French car company) several years ago. So popularized in fact that I was surprised to hear the American accent of the singer, because I never heard the original adaptation of the poem
I grew up playing a variety of gran turismo games and I never bat an eye at the music till this video and the stuff he’s saying kinda makes sence because I’m now also a musician
@@ti_bronco6434 same here. I’ve spent countless hours modding my cars in the garage just to hear the music. Sometimes I would just turn that game on and. It play cause I had homework to do but it was background music. Ahhh the early college days
Hi everyone, I have a question. Do you agree that music is infinite? Given that there is a finite amount of notes and finite amount of hearing ranges, is it possible that we can still come with endless ideas of music. And to be clear, I'm not talking about adding a single note and calling it a new song, are changing a pitch very slightly that's inaudible to the human ear and calling it a new song, but is it really possible to create endless new songs with the limitations of notes and keys on an 88 key piano? Please let me know your thoughts.
The Gran Turismo series represents the true essence of motorsport, the sportsmanship, the coolness of it. It's no surprise that the soundtrack is not about the aggressiveness and the foolishness that exists in some other racing games. It's a gentleman's game. The music in GT games is one of the main reasons that made them my favorite. Also, check out the OST of Ridge Racer Type 4, loved that music even more!
All of the ridge racer soundtrack is pretty good. Also agreed on the gentleman's game remark. It's a racing sim yes but it's also a car collecting game which caters to that type of audience. That's why it has the sophisticated photo mode, old world city circuits, etc.
I think music was the essential component of racing games in the 90s, and was so much less formulaic than it is nowadays. Actually all games used to be carried along by music so much more than nowadays, i miss those times.
@@SianaGearz The creativity of limitation - when you've only got 3 voices and percussion to work with, you've got to get really creative with everything else in the music to carry it
@@TAP7a Mhm but mid-late 90s games alerady had rich technical capabilities. As an example Playstation has CD-Audio, XA ADPCM compressed audio from CD, or up to 24 synth channels with typical MIDI features and global send reverb. You'll probably reserve up to maybe 8 of those channels for ingame SFX but the 16 left is still pretty generous. Saturn is arguably even more capable than that. N64 also, but lacking streaming audio capabilities. Even Megadrive from 1989 will do 3 pulses, noise, and 5 or 6 4op FM voices, of which one voice, if not used for percussion (if you have sampled percussion for example), can be split into either 2 2-op voices or 4 sines. I think it's more that the limited means of visual expression had the developers rely more on music to convey the feel of the game. Voice acting was also somewhat uncommon, and when it was there, it was at first rarely good. It also probably helped that gaming was less mainstream and so was more free to develop its own creative niches, while today there are too many execs in the chain further up who will veto anything weird or off-kilter, and music labels rely on promotion agreement with developers to push their music to audience they can't reach via radio, so today a lot of music in games is driven by commercial interest rather than creative decisions.
i dunno man, i honestly think that the presence of varying forms of jazz in racing games, especially gran turismo is kinda perfect. looking at all your cars all souped up in the garage to some spicy piano chords is a specific kind of aesthetic that i dig
Hi everyone, I have a question. Do you agree that music is infinite? Given that there is a finite amount of notes and finite amount of hearing ranges, is it possible that we can still come with endless ideas of music. And to be clear, I'm not talking about adding a single note and calling it a new song, are changing a pitch very slightly that's inaudible to the human ear and calling it a new song, but is it really possible to create endless new songs with the limitations of notes and keys on an 88 key piano? Please let me know your thoughts.
A lot of these game ost's are very influenced by older Japanese jazz fusion bands that were pretty popular in the 80's like Casiopea and T-square. Infact, members of T-square composed some of the gran turismo tracks.
9:57 For me Gran Turismo 5 has the best OST of all Gran Turismo franchise, every jazz and lounge song is so good, like this one, but there is so many that I couldn’t chose just one. Dark Line, Farewell, Mesmerium, The Power of GT, Slow on the uptake, Wave Train, Night Birds, and I could keep going. Great video man 👏🏻.
You are right, man. It was such a cool vibe, for example, logging into the dealership and looking for some unaffordable cars while you hear night birds... I'll never forget this feeling from when I was a kid, doing that. Never.
YES, I was hoping you'd get to Gran Turismo at some point! So much excellent music in that series. GT3's menu music is probably what I'm most nostalgic for, the tracks "Slipstream", "Light Velocity" and "Concentration" are standouts for me. When you win a race, you're greeted with the track "Great Job!", which I think you'd love. All four tracks here were composed by Isamu Ohira.
You piqued my curiosity. Through 3 tracks, and each song sounds like it would be the second song played during the ending credits of a Lifetime network original movie. I can’t imagine playing Tetris to that
Gran Turismo 4 introduced me to Joe Satriani's Summer Song way before I even started playing guitar. Also Ohira Isamu's Home, the garage music, has always stuck in my head for more than a decade and I play it on the guitar from time to time. It's such a calming soundtrack.
Honestly, Gran Turismo's Blue Line was the song that really made me interested in jazz. I have to thank keiji matsumoto for creating such an amazing piece.
FINALLY SOME GRAN TURISMO MUSIC! Thank you for bringing this up Charles😭 Playing GT5 as a kid (but already in the previous chapters) I think really shaped in an unconscious way the music I hear and play now! It introduced me to jazz, funk, fusion music as well to some japanese artists, and having spent entire afternoons playing it, I can confirm the level is insanely good on some tracks! Having played the GT saga from 8 y.o, really made me appreciate this music used on videogames! A few of my favourite tracks present in GT5 (but also in GT4 I think, even though I've never really played it): YUDAI SATOH: - Rain and Lady's Heart - Current of the times - Strolling - Jolly Bounce - Are you ready - Night Birds (This. Tune. Absolutely brilliant. Every time I'd buy a new car, this tune was in the background and I would see this Audi TT spin on the screen just to hear the soprano solo. I CAN'T-😭) - Gently the moon always watches you - The power of GT ( 6/4 divided in 5/8 + 6/8 + 6/8 + 7/8! Imagine what impact this has had on a 10y.o :) SATOSHI BANDO - When the rains come - Farewell - Dark Line (Anyway, sorry for the english, I was too excited while writing this❤)
Oh my god. Night birds. It's like one of my favorites too! I legit know the solo by heart I like a lot of tracks from Satoshi Bandoh, like Smooth Talking, Farewell, Afterglow, Dark Line
I grew up to love Jazz and Bossanova and lounge music because of the menu music in the GT games, I grew up playing Gran Turismo 5. The game has such a special place in my heart. I'm glad they kept that same feel in GT sport.
I loooove how genuine your love for music is, it's intoxicating! I would love for you to react to some more prog instumentalists, like Plini (Cascade, Kind, Papelillo), would be really interesting to hear your dissection of his music!
I just got blown away when I first played GT 5 and it just throws you into the third movement of the Prokofiev Piano Sonata nº7 while also showing you the beautiful process of building an engine
@@JanStrojil looking forward to getting the best out of it, currently still limited to playing GTR2 and RBR on my low-end laptop (+TMX wheel), which is already great
Gran Turismo 3 introduced me to Lenny Kravitz when I was a kid, and was incidentally the coolest intro sequence of all time. Go watch it! The menu music also helped to foster my love of jazz at the time.
I’ve said this a couple times now, but if you’re interested in video game soundtracks that bop, then Ace Combat has to be on the table. So many good tracks, from Daredevil (AC7), The Liberation of Gracemeria (AC5), Zero (AC0), Mimic: Rage and Scream (AC7), Megalith (AC4). You’re sure to have a blast and be beyond impressed
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one car guy and musician lol. I played Gran Turismo 1 back in the day with my dad and when I bought Gran Turismo 5 I was blown away by the jazz/lounge playlist. Such cool tracks
Gran Turismo has an absolutely incredible soundtrack, i grew up playing it and even at a young age i was blown away by the ost. Gran Turismo 2’s Blue Line has got to be one of my all time favorite tracks from the series. The saxophone playing speaks for itself, but that paired with the piano and strings and the eventual choir that comes in just makes it a masterpiece and simultaneously questionable racing music.
I'd love a whole new channel to just listen to motorsport theory sim gameplay and racecraft. If it's anything like your music explanation videos it'll be gold.
I loved the music on Sport and now GT7 (some has been kept). Have you played around December when they change the play list to jazzy Christmas classics?
YESS! Finally someones recognizing the beauty of movie and game soundtracks, thank you so much! Look at the God of War st as well, I love the main theme, theres just so much hidden meaning in there, even though its strictly instrumental ( ;D )
More than half of this video is just Charles playing the piano and having a great time. As a car guy and a musician this makes my soul happy. Great to hear that Charles loves cars too 🤣💙
YES FINALLY A MUSIC COMMENTARY VIDEO ABOUT GRAN TURISMO!! I love this series so much Edit: Some of my favorite tracks from the series comes from the opening movies of 4 and 6, and the various menu music from 4. For example GT Mode 2, Power and Speed, and Arcade Mode from GT4 are some of my favorite original songs from the franchise
Thought I'd jump in here as someone that has basically played Gran Turismo's since birth, the music in this series has 100% shaped what I listen to today through exposure to musician's such as Feeder and Isamu Ohira. One thing I've always noted about the series is how much they care about the soundtrack of the game just as much as the content. A couple random/interesting facts about the game's licensed side of things (the original 4 had a dedicated original and licensed score). In the American version of GT3, there is a song by Snoop Dogg called "Dogg's Turismo 3" where he raps about the game itself and he says lines such as "Oh lord I jumped in a dark blue Ford", and the intro movie to GT5 "5OUL ON D!SPLAY" was actually apart of a contest where user's got to name the song between it's first appearance in the E3 trailer, and the full game's release later that year. The winner's name is listed somewhere in the game's credits.
Gran Turismo OST always has been memorable and a banger my fav is the entire GT5 music, from lounge-music to jazz to bossa nova such an amazing soundtrack
2010, young me woke up the day after Christmas and played Gran Turismo 5 on my Playstation 3, which were gifted to myself and my brother. I still remember the feeling I had listening to the Christmas Jazz music. What a time that was. I miss those days.
I've listened to that song at least 1000 times. Love it. There have been variations to "From the East" on later GT games (including with vocals), but the original version in GT2 is still my favorite.
I’ve spent so many hours not only racing but making scapes and liveries in this game and I LOVE the soundtrack it fits most of what you do in this game, it definitely can also just keep you calm before a race or hype you up. Absolutely brilliant
How is Jet Grind Radio, Everyone's Gone to Rapture, DKC2, TES, and the Witcher 3 all not talked about for having exceptional compositions? Charles would especially like soundtrack to Sonic Mania.
I don't normally play racing games but this music is DOPE! Please check out Journey's soundtrack by Austin Wintory - Grammy nominated, it's beautiful! (sorry my previous comment seems to have disappeared!)
I second this, his work on ABZU is also phenomenal. The guy just knows how to add so many layers of depth with his arrangements to put you in the environment of the game
@@jeshaiahbretz4320 Completely agree. When I'm playing ABZU I sometimes just stop and stare at the screen with my headphones on, absorbing the beauty in front of me and reaching a state a tranquility
You started this with my favorite track from this game. I've waited so long for you to do that very song because of GT Sport. I've always loved it when it pops up in the main menu music. Such a beautiful song.
My favorite is Gran Turismo - Moon Over The Castle Many versions, but both versions from GT2 and GT4 are very VERY nice. But honestly, ANYTHING fron Gran Turosmo 2 OSTis amazing!!!
@@MordecaiXLII I know, mate, I just wanted to stay on "Gran Turismo" topic and not wander out to every individual person. :) I've heard all versions from first time it appeared in GT, to orchestral version, to live, all of those were *chef's kiss*
One of the best parts about spending hours in menus painting liveries and tuning and such... you are sonically blanketed in joy. Love the game... this seems like a channel for me. Cheers
It’s almost like a throw back to the 1950’s or 1960’s Monaco GP race. Lots of very fashionable drivers, celebrities, and others, soaking up the mediterranean air and watching cars go super fast.
GT SPort is definitely my favourite. GT7 has some solid jazzy menu tracks but most are just remixes of classical pieces, which are cool, but not entirely my cup of tea.
the intro of gran tourismo, the video with the liebestraum nr.3 playing made me fall in love with piano again. I started learning the piece and it had an actual influence on me
Dude! I came her for your typical music breakdown video that I love so much and got treated to an almost 3 minute improv over a really good backing track. Thanks!!
I'll take a dangerous step between all these lovely Gran turismo fans and recommend you listen to the soundtrack of Forza Motorsport 4. its soo different from all the other motorsport games but it fits SOOOO perfectly with the style. i will never understand why they didnt stick with that genre.
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Any other sim racers out there?? We should do an event or something.
Me
Hilo 🥺. You’re an inspiration!
Ridge racer type 4? 😬
You should get in touch with either Jimmy Broadbent, Steve (superGT) Alvez Brown, Veloce etc You've probably heard of them anyways. Jimmy is definitely a prime example of transferring skills to the real world from a sim.
me no hav mony for car gam e
That first song's lyrics translate to: "I don't want to work. I don't eat lunch. I only want to forget. And so I smoke."
A real classic French vibe there haha!
Based
Every french knows this song, we mostly sing it on mondays
I feel that.
Hi everyone, I have a question. Do you agree that music is infinite? Given that there is a finite amount of notes and finite amount of hearing ranges, is it possible that we can still come with endless ideas of music. And to be clear, I'm not talking about adding a single note and calling it a new song, are changing a pitch very slightly that's inaudible to the human ear and calling it a new song, but is it really possible to create endless new songs with the limitations of notes and keys on an 88 key piano? Please let me know your thoughts.
@@jessebell8328
Considering that there's tens of thousands of songs that are very much alike, it's likely that there's a lot of unexplored territory but due to the nature of human ears, we tend to like the same stuff, so if there is endless possibilities or not isn't really a concern, i think
Gran Turismo 5 legitimately has one of the best soundtracks, not just in video games, but in general.
GT1 and GT4 will always tug those nostalgia strings for me, though.
Dude they all have GREAT SOUNDTRACKS
Agreed!
The new GT7 music is missing so many good ones :(
If you switch Gran Turismo Sport to transmission mode in the sound settings it plays a lot of the songs from Gran Turismo 5 instead.
Gt5 with “the entertainer”, it’s such elegant music making you feel like you’re rich enough to drive all these cars
As a musician and a car guy, I thoroughly enjoyed this crossover.
agreed
same here!!
turns out there's a lot of car guy musicians out here. i wonder why
@@satriabagaskara4198 lol
me too, about time GT got a feature on this channel
I often jokingly ask new people I meet through sim racing "so what instrument do you play then?" because it's amazing how much of a crossover there is between the two interests. Perhaps whatever it is that appeals to us in deconstructing how a song works is also the same part of our brain that takes great satisfaction in nailing the perfect lap.
Dude... You've blown my mind just now.
I love GT, and I only have ever played GT Sport. I also already played Project CARS and Assetto Corsa, NFS Shift, not counting the arcade games.
Plus, I play the bass and have an extense taste in music.
You're right.
Ahhh you got me lmao, I've played GT since I was literally a toddler. And I play bass lol
@@pardolagames8994 Yeah I also play bass, the basslines in GT's soundtrack, especially the older installments, just didn't have the right to go as hard as they did lmao
I love racing games and have 2 wheels, and play the guitar. Cool comment.
From what I've understood, part of the reason why Gran Turismo's OST is filled with jazz is due to the fact it being a Japanese game series. Jazz and motorsports seem to go hand in hand in Japan anyway; for example T-Square made an intro song for Fuji TV's Formula 1 broadcasts back in the 90s (incidentally, the band's current drummer Satoshi Bandoh has composed some of the songs for Gran Turismo, like you showed in the video).
Well yeah, Masahiro Andoh, one of the main member of T-Square composed the Gran Turismo music...
Was just about to comment about that! Many jazz fusion bands from the 80s and onwards have done records inspired by racing and car in general or even hired specially by brands, like this one, for Nissan: th-cam.com/video/K0EAqszw9iQ/w-d-xo.html
I’ve been getting into t square and Cassiopeia lately and they’re so amazing and everyone should definitely give them a listen some time
@@idka4433 I was just thinking about the Cassiopeia album cover with the race car haha
@@spencerfeathers1105 yep! And that’s even their self-titled album!
That's the thing about GT: it isn't just about racing, it's about car culture, it's about class and style, and the soundtrack has always been absolutely a part of that.
Anyone else notice that in the middle of Con Mi Sombra, Charles forgets he’s making a video and just starts vibing?
Jazz Pianist improvises over Racing Game Soundtrack...
I‘d click that title! 👀
These are the best vids... Just jamming sessions basically
Man that improv was BEAUTIFUL! He's such a talented and intelligent musician
Honestly, I'd be more than happy watching a video of him just vibing over game soundtracks that have caught his ear :D
@@Crazyjosh169 that would be a really fun livestream, too!
Not enough people are commenting about the quality of that improvisation you gave on the "con mi sombra" song, that was amazing, thank you!
" A good friend of mine : Misha Mansoor " ... Charles just flexing on us.
He dropped that name so casually I did a double take
Worlds colliding 🤯
Lol I was just like "wait what did he say"
I was like yeah Bulb is cool wait what?
What the actual fuck he says it like Misha is just some dude that no one is expected to know
Gran Turismo 5, IMO, had some of the best menu music in the series to date.
correct
100%
Night birds goes HARD
So about the first song, a possible reason they included it in the game is that it was popularized in France after being used in an ad for Citroën (which, for those who don't know, is a French car company) several years ago. So popularized in fact that I was surprised to hear the American accent of the singer, because I never heard the original adaptation of the poem
Woah, I would have never guessed that you were a sim racer. I'm glad Gran Turismo is getting the musical recognition it deserves.
I grew up playing a variety of gran turismo games and I never bat an eye at the music till this video and the stuff he’s saying kinda makes sence because I’m now also a musician
@@ti_bronco6434 tbh I'm not even a fan of jazz, but gran turismo always had some of the best music on the platform
@@neeko708 same here I’ve never really liked jazz but it just fits the franchise
@@ti_bronco6434 same here. I’ve spent countless hours modding my cars in the garage just to hear the music. Sometimes I would just turn that game on and. It play cause I had homework to do but it was background music. Ahhh the early college days
Hi everyone, I have a question. Do you agree that music is infinite? Given that there is a finite amount of notes and finite amount of hearing ranges, is it possible that we can still come with endless ideas of music. And to be clear, I'm not talking about adding a single note and calling it a new song, are changing a pitch very slightly that's inaudible to the human ear and calling it a new song, but is it really possible to create endless new songs with the limitations of notes and keys on an 88 key piano? Please let me know your thoughts.
6:32 - dammit Charles, that solo chord progression you just made while feelin it's gonna make impossible for me to listen to the original version...
The Gran Turismo series represents the true essence of motorsport, the sportsmanship, the coolness of it. It's no surprise that the soundtrack is not about the aggressiveness and the foolishness that exists in some other racing games. It's a gentleman's game.
The music in GT games is one of the main reasons that made them my favorite.
Also, check out the OST of Ridge Racer Type 4, loved that music even more!
All of the ridge racer soundtrack is pretty good. Also agreed on the gentleman's game remark. It's a racing sim yes but it's also a car collecting game which caters to that type of audience. That's why it has the sophisticated photo mode, old world city circuits, etc.
I think music was the essential component of racing games in the 90s, and was so much less formulaic than it is nowadays. Actually all games used to be carried along by music so much more than nowadays, i miss those times.
@@SianaGearz The creativity of limitation - when you've only got 3 voices and percussion to work with, you've got to get really creative with everything else in the music to carry it
@@TAP7a Mhm but mid-late 90s games alerady had rich technical capabilities. As an example Playstation has CD-Audio, XA ADPCM compressed audio from CD, or up to 24 synth channels with typical MIDI features and global send reverb. You'll probably reserve up to maybe 8 of those channels for ingame SFX but the 16 left is still pretty generous. Saturn is arguably even more capable than that. N64 also, but lacking streaming audio capabilities.
Even Megadrive from 1989 will do 3 pulses, noise, and 5 or 6 4op FM voices, of which one voice, if not used for percussion (if you have sampled percussion for example), can be split into either 2 2-op voices or 4 sines.
I think it's more that the limited means of visual expression had the developers rely more on music to convey the feel of the game. Voice acting was also somewhat uncommon, and when it was there, it was at first rarely good. It also probably helped that gaming was less mainstream and so was more free to develop its own creative niches, while today there are too many execs in the chain further up who will veto anything weird or off-kilter, and music labels rely on promotion agreement with developers to push their music to audience they can't reach via radio, so today a lot of music in games is driven by commercial interest rather than creative decisions.
Ridge Racer type 4 and Ace Combat 3 are some awesome futuristic shit
Kazunori is a passionate man, and his passion shows through most of his games. Photography, music, travel, history, obviously cars
i dunno man, i honestly think that the presence of varying forms of jazz in racing games, especially gran turismo is kinda perfect. looking at all your cars all souped up in the garage to some spicy piano chords is a specific kind of aesthetic that i dig
Let's not forget about Mario Kart 8.
@@TornaitSuperBird exactly man although i think the aesthetic is a bit different there
there is a big connection between racing and jazz in japan, thanks in part to t-square, who fun fact directly inspired the original mario theme
Could not have said it better
Hi everyone, I have a question. Do you agree that music is infinite? Given that there is a finite amount of notes and finite amount of hearing ranges, is it possible that we can still come with endless ideas of music. And to be clear, I'm not talking about adding a single note and calling it a new song, are changing a pitch very slightly that's inaudible to the human ear and calling it a new song, but is it really possible to create endless new songs with the limitations of notes and keys on an 88 key piano? Please let me know your thoughts.
One of the few games where you can just sit in a menu and chill to the music, especially in customization modes.
A lot of these game ost's are very influenced by older Japanese jazz fusion bands that were pretty popular in the 80's like Casiopea and T-square. Infact, members of T-square composed some of the gran turismo tracks.
Same with cassiopea i believe
@@lunk2569 - yeppers.
This game’s ost slapped.
Love every song in this series.
Some of the people who worked on Gran Turismo soundtracks are also part of Cassiopeia, an amazing japanese jazz band. Definitly worth checking out.
That’s actually how I found Cassiopeia lol such a great band
That actually explains why I initially thought of Gran Turismo when I first heard Casiopeia!! Didn't know this
This makes soooooo much sense. I was listening to them thinking why does this sound like GT4?? I put it down to the Japanese jazz fusion aesthetic
CASIOPEA, T-Square, Masayoshi Takanaka, etc.
I think T-Square was more involved with Gran Turismo soundtracks. I don't recall anything from Casiopea. Both are amazing bands nevertheless!!
9:57 For me Gran Turismo 5 has the best OST of all Gran Turismo franchise, every jazz and lounge song is so good, like this one, but there is so many that I couldn’t chose just one. Dark Line, Farewell, Mesmerium, The Power of GT, Slow on the uptake, Wave Train, Night Birds, and I could keep going. Great video man 👏🏻.
And gt4
You are right, man. It was such a cool vibe, for example, logging into the dealership and looking for some unaffordable cars while you hear night birds... I'll never forget this feeling from when I was a kid, doing that. Never.
4 and 5 definitely have the best OSTs. I think the song that really sticks out for me is When The Rains Come.
Try listening to Dark Line and Mr. Rainymood together. 😉
Couldn't agree more. There's some really good Gran Turismo lounge mixes on TH-cam
This chord progression paired with French lyrics sounded awfully familiar to me. Then it hit me, it's Ma Poubelle from Sum 41
Spot on. I had the same thought!
TRUUEEEE i noticed that too!!
I really love that type of jazz without wrong notes.
You might like The Consouls - they do VGM as jazz - no wrong notes ;)
YES, I was hoping you'd get to Gran Turismo at some point! So much excellent music in that series.
GT3's menu music is probably what I'm most nostalgic for, the tracks "Slipstream", "Light Velocity" and "Concentration" are standouts for me.
When you win a race, you're greeted with the track "Great Job!", which I think you'd love.
All four tracks here were composed by Isamu Ohira.
EXACTLY!!!!
yeah, i was hoping he was going to get into Light Velocity, which is one of the biggest influences on my musical diet.
@@gloomysketchbook8521 Totally agreed, GT4 soundtrack is just AWSOME, it deserves a video😍
Watching a musician completely lose it over one of my favourite game OST's is an amazingly satisfying thing
Tetris CDI is the perfect example of game with a wildly different soundtrack than you expect
You piqued my curiosity. Through 3 tracks, and each song sounds like it would be the second song played during the ending credits of a Lifetime network original movie. I can’t imagine playing Tetris to that
TOTALLY, i love that soundtrack
Just listen to the wildness that is The New Tetris for N64 OST, it's right out of the underground electronic scene of the 90s
Ever check out the music to Tetris for the Commodore64?
Thank you.
Gran Turismo 4 introduced me to Joe Satriani's Summer Song way before I even started playing guitar. Also Ohira Isamu's Home, the garage music, has always stuck in my head for more than a decade and I play it on the guitar from time to time. It's such a calming soundtrack.
That Home track has always sat in my mind ever since I heard it as a kid playing GT4. Summer Song is a banger as well!
I’ve had every GT, and the menu music has always been exceptional. Search for GT Sport’s Christmas music though, great arrangements!
Oh, and GT4’s ‘Moon over the Castle’ is more along the lines of what you would expect from a racing game!
Honestly, Gran Turismo's Blue Line was the song that really made me interested in jazz. I have to thank keiji matsumoto for creating such an amazing piece.
FINALLY SOME GRAN TURISMO MUSIC! Thank you for bringing this up Charles😭 Playing GT5 as a kid (but already in the previous chapters) I think really shaped in an unconscious way the music I hear and play now! It introduced me to jazz, funk, fusion music as well to some japanese artists, and having spent entire afternoons playing it, I can confirm the level is insanely good on some tracks! Having played the GT saga from 8 y.o, really made me appreciate this music used on videogames! A few of my favourite tracks present in GT5 (but also in GT4 I think, even though I've never really played it):
YUDAI SATOH:
- Rain and Lady's Heart
- Current of the times
- Strolling
- Jolly Bounce
- Are you ready
- Night Birds (This. Tune. Absolutely brilliant. Every time I'd buy a new car, this tune was in the background and I would see this Audi TT spin on the screen just to hear the soprano solo. I CAN'T-😭)
- Gently the moon always watches you
- The power of GT ( 6/4 divided in 5/8 + 6/8 + 6/8 + 7/8! Imagine what impact this has had on a 10y.o :)
SATOSHI BANDO
- When the rains come
- Farewell
- Dark Line
(Anyway, sorry for the english, I was too excited while writing this❤)
i couldnt believe it when the notification popped up
the Gran Turismo series has genuinely changed my life
@@toyotagaz Same, man, same😌
Oh my god. Night birds. It's like one of my favorites too! I legit know the solo by heart
I like a lot of tracks from Satoshi Bandoh, like Smooth Talking, Farewell, Afterglow, Dark Line
I loved your improv over "Con mi Sombra", that was fantastic! So much fun for my ears 👂 ❤
I grew up to love Jazz and Bossanova and lounge music because of the menu music in the GT games, I grew up playing Gran Turismo 5. The game has such a special place in my heart. I'm glad they kept that same feel in GT sport.
If you want more of the wonderful musicianship (and humour!) of Pink Martini I highly recommend their album "Hang on Little Tomato" 🍅
I loooove how genuine your love for music is, it's intoxicating!
I would love for you to react to some more prog instumentalists, like Plini (Cascade, Kind, Papelillo), would be really interesting to hear your dissection of his music!
I just got blown away when I first played GT 5 and it just throws you into the third movement of the Prokofiev Piano Sonata nº7 while also showing you the beautiful process of building an engine
Video Game OST’s go underrated though they have amazing re-playability and are catchy as well :/ Adds to the atmosphere of the games as well
You might like to check out The Consouls - they play VGM as jazz
1:59 dude, wtf! such a call-back to the flash game "flight" that i use to love so much!
Driving and flying in VR is a true game changer it’s so addictive.
Yep, I'm addicted to Assetto Corsa and VTOL VR 😅
Just got myself a Quest 2, looking for a good enough PC now. Hyped
@@samkwant4050 Be warned, the Quest 2 is a gateway drug. You will get addicted and you will be craving for more. 😀 Happy simming.
@@JanStrojil looking forward to getting the best out of it, currently still limited to playing GTR2 and RBR on my low-end laptop (+TMX wheel), which is already great
Gran Turismo 5 also has beautiful jazz music (I’m sure others do too, but that one I remember most)
Gran Turismo 3 introduced me to Lenny Kravitz when I was a kid, and was incidentally the coolest intro sequence of all time. Go watch it! The menu music also helped to foster my love of jazz at the time.
literally same
OMG! Gran turismo has been the biggest introduction to jazz Fusion music for me 😭I’m stocked you did this video!🔥🔥😍
I’ve said this a couple times now, but if you’re interested in video game soundtracks that bop, then Ace Combat has to be on the table. So many good tracks, from Daredevil (AC7), The Liberation of Gracemeria (AC5), Zero (AC0), Mimic: Rage and Scream (AC7), Megalith (AC4). You’re sure to have a blast and be beyond impressed
I agree. Ace Combat series has some amazing soundtracks.
Glad someone is saying it, absolutely love those games soundtracks
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one car guy and musician lol. I played Gran Turismo 1 back in the day with my dad and when I bought Gran Turismo 5 I was blown away by the jazz/lounge playlist. Such cool tracks
Pink Martini's Sympathique is one of my all-time favorites. Also the lyrics are hilarious.
This video totally got me hooked on S-Tone from the second song. The rest of the album that song is from is a masterpiece
You gotta check out the old games! GT4 was insane musicwise! It even had the famous meme “Oh Yeah“ when you finished a map
Gran Turismo has an absolutely incredible soundtrack, i grew up playing it and even at a young age i was blown away by the ost. Gran Turismo 2’s Blue Line has got to be one of my all time favorite tracks from the series. The saxophone playing speaks for itself, but that paired with the piano and strings and the eventual choir that comes in just makes it a masterpiece and simultaneously questionable racing music.
I'd love a whole new channel to just listen to motorsport theory sim gameplay and racecraft. If it's anything like your music explanation videos it'll be gold.
I loved the music on Sport and now GT7 (some has been kept). Have you played around December when they change the play list to jazzy Christmas classics?
YESS! Finally someones recognizing the beauty of movie and game soundtracks, thank you so much!
Look at the God of War st as well, I love the main theme, theres just so much hidden meaning in there, even though its strictly instrumental ( ;D )
looks like you would enjoy Charles' previous videos :D
The GT4 Intro sequence (US version) is the best Gran Turismo opening. Literal chills hearing Panama - Van Halen kick in.
Change my mind
The editing and music were just so well done with that intro movie. It made me feel excited to be racing.
More than half of this video is just Charles playing the piano and having a great time. As a car guy and a musician this makes my soul happy. Great to hear that Charles loves cars too 🤣💙
Love that this video was just playing solos over the game tracks.
You might like to check out The Consouls too - they do VGM as jazz
My wife really got me into Pink Martini. We've seen them 3 times, and it's a great show every time. This is their signature song...
I appreciate that with all the tear-down videos out there, you focus on the positive.
The absolute best soundtrack for a racing game ever
YEAHHH FINALLY! MY REQUEST CAME THROUGH!
All Gran Turismo games have had killer scores! Glad to see you cover this unexpected thing haha 🙌🏼
I just bought this game for my father, he's a huge Gran Turismo fan and also a piano player, he'll be in for a treat!
YES FINALLY A MUSIC COMMENTARY VIDEO ABOUT GRAN TURISMO!! I love this series so much
Edit: Some of my favorite tracks from the series comes from the opening movies of 4 and 6, and the various menu music from 4. For example GT Mode 2, Power and Speed, and Arcade Mode from GT4 are some of my favorite original songs from the franchise
That jazz fusion stuff, it makes video games feel distinctly Japanese. That and the sound effects they use for the starting klaxons.
Thought I'd jump in here as someone that has basically played Gran Turismo's since birth, the music in this series has 100% shaped what I listen to today through exposure to musician's such as Feeder and Isamu Ohira. One thing I've always noted about the series is how much they care about the soundtrack of the game just as much as the content.
A couple random/interesting facts about the game's licensed side of things (the original 4 had a dedicated original and licensed score). In the American version of GT3, there is a song by Snoop Dogg called "Dogg's Turismo 3" where he raps about the game itself and he says lines such as "Oh lord I jumped in a dark blue Ford", and the intro movie to GT5 "5OUL ON D!SPLAY" was actually apart of a contest where user's got to name the song between it's first appearance in the E3 trailer, and the full game's release later that year. The winner's name is listed somewhere in the game's credits.
Gran Turismo OST always has been memorable and a banger
my fav is the entire GT5 music, from lounge-music to jazz to bossa nova such an amazing soundtrack
2010, young me woke up the day after Christmas and played Gran Turismo 5 on my Playstation 3, which were gifted to myself and my brother. I still remember the feeling I had listening to the Christmas Jazz music. What a time that was. I miss those days.
Loving the Sunday sunset vibes for literally every song
fellow music nerd AND sim racer here. down for a race if you are haha!
You know it's good when he fully commits to following it
My love of music is colliding with my love of racing. What a world.
bro Blue Line from Keiji is a literal godsend.
Like the wind is one of the best in the whole series imo utter classic.
GT always had this laid back jazzy vibe that i could recall
I'll just be bumping to the East City theme in GT 2 any day
I've listened to that song at least 1000 times. Love it. There have been variations to "From the East" on later GT games (including with vocals), but the original version in GT2 is still my favorite.
From GT3 and GT4, check out the track "LIGHT VELOCITY", CRAZY GOOD!!
The Gran Turismo games have such a classy vibe!
IM SO GLAD YOU TOUCHED ON HOW AMAZING GT'S SOUNDTRACK IS
When its holiday season, you should do a video about Michael Bubles christmas music
The “win” lick from GT3…. Amazing
My car guy senses are tingling 😃
More of this, please!!
Please do another video and highlight the Jazz!! GT4, 5, and 6 are amazing
You should try dirt rally 2.0. The is very uninteresting, but the racing is incredible
I’ve spent so many hours not only racing but making scapes and liveries in this game and I LOVE the soundtrack it fits most of what you do in this game, it definitely can also just keep you calm before a race or hype you up. Absolutely brilliant
How is Jet Grind Radio, Everyone's Gone to Rapture, DKC2, TES, and the Witcher 3 all not talked about for having exceptional compositions? Charles would especially like soundtrack to Sonic Mania.
jazz and racing are such a underrated combo. both go hard and bring out all the brain power !
You should cover each title of Gran Turismo so many opportunities of different genres to cover
I can watch you play/soloing for hours Charles!
You might enjoy VGM jazz by The Consouls too eg. th-cam.com/video/qEoBMvJLrsU/w-d-xo.html
I don't normally play racing games but this music is DOPE! Please check out Journey's soundtrack by Austin Wintory - Grammy nominated, it's beautiful!
(sorry my previous comment seems to have disappeared!)
I second this, his work on ABZU is also phenomenal. The guy just knows how to add so many layers of depth with his arrangements to put you in the environment of the game
@@jeshaiahbretz4320 Completely agree. When I'm playing ABZU I sometimes just stop and stare at the screen with my headphones on, absorbing the beauty in front of me and reaching a state a tranquility
@@DoctorAzmain BIG SAME
And his work on Tooth and Tail is great too! That one always goes forgotten but it's amazing.
@@jeshaiahbretz4320 Delphinus delphis might be one of my favorite pieces of music of all time. Just phenomenal.
You started this with my favorite track from this game. I've waited so long for you to do that very song because of GT Sport. I've always loved it when it pops up in the main menu music. Such a beautiful song.
My favorite is Gran Turismo - Moon Over The Castle
Many versions, but both versions from GT2 and GT4 are very VERY nice.
But honestly, ANYTHING fron Gran Turosmo 2 OSTis amazing!!!
This was a composition by Masahiro Andoh for a solo album of his. It was then included in a T-Square album under the name "Knight's Song".
@@MordecaiXLII I know, mate, I just wanted to stay on "Gran Turismo" topic and not wander out to every individual person. :) I've heard all versions from first time it appeared in GT, to orchestral version, to live, all of those were *chef's kiss*
One of the best parts about spending hours in menus painting liveries and tuning and such... you are sonically blanketed in joy. Love the game... this seems like a channel for me. Cheers
I just love the newer Gran Turismo games jazy-ish vibe...
It started way back in Gran Turismo 2. Just take a look at the menu music for that game
It’s almost like a throw back to the 1950’s or 1960’s Monaco GP race. Lots of very fashionable drivers, celebrities, and others, soaking up the mediterranean air and watching cars go super fast.
GT SPort is definitely my favourite. GT7 has some solid jazzy menu tracks but most are just remixes of classical pieces, which are cool, but not entirely my cup of tea.
the intro of gran tourismo, the video with the liebestraum nr.3 playing made me fall in love with piano again. I started learning the piece and it had an actual influence on me
Charles, you should check out the Persona 5 soundtrack. I think you’d love it
You might enjoy The Consouls - they do VGM as jazz and have done some great Persona covers
@@cooldebt Thanks I'll check it out
Dude! I came her for your typical music breakdown video that I love so much and got treated to an almost 3 minute improv over a really good backing track. Thanks!!
"GT Sport is the 7th game."
About that... if we're speaking main entries only, then sure. But if we're looking at everything else, nope.
Okay you may be the perfect cross-over of two things I love, music and sim racing
I'll take a dangerous step between all these lovely Gran turismo fans and recommend you listen to the soundtrack of Forza Motorsport 4. its soo different from all the other motorsport games but it fits SOOOO perfectly with the style. i will never understand why they didnt stick with that genre.
The Stig always listened to weird and surprising things on the car radio while doing his fast lap round the Top Gear racetrack.