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- I remember being a freshman in college and thinking that it would be awesome to transcribe this entire album for orchestra. At the time, I had only just finished "Foam Born", and the task seemed literally impossible. Like, fr bruh how I'm finna do this?
After completing dozens of other transcriptions, compositions, and other musical projects, I finally got the stones to take on this absolute monster of a project. I am so happy to share it with y'all. Share it with all of your Metal/Orchestra-lovin friends!
This album changed my life when I first heard it in 2008. It is among my favorite albums, and I consider it a masterpiece of modern progressive metal.
Here is the link to the PDF's of all of the scores:
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Anyway, thanks for listening! I wouldn't have the courage to go after this passion of mine without all of you cheering me on. You're dope and I love y'all
Parallax II orchestration is out now.
Track timestamps
0:00 "A) Foam Born: The Backtrack"
2:21 "B) The Decade of Statues"
7:59 "Informal Gluttony"
14:58 "Sun of Nothing"
25:51 "Ants of the Sky"
39:10 "Prequel to the Sequel"
47:51 "Viridian"
51:23 "White Walls"
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I'll gladly pay a kickstarter for a professional orchestral recording of this
count me in if extra interpreters needed. ill play for free just to be a part of the beauty.
Same
Alright, if there are a hundred of you, we might be able to pull it off. I'm gonna set up a kickstarter. I've run the numbers multiple times, and (unless there is a very generous orchestra), this project will run between $5k-20k. Going set it at $10k, do a little ad placement and hope for the best. Y'all use your Reddit powers to spread the word if you want to see this happen! Should be up by July and will run through the end of the year
@@Maremons I've tried proposing this to my orchestra. With virtual orchestras becoming popular, there might be a way to get this done. With the internet, you could probably find enough people willing to do a virtual orchestra version of this. I know I would do it!!!! You could probably round up a whole string section through Mark Wood's Rock Orchestra Camp group. Also, how much are you selling copies of the score for? I'm interested in purchasing the score anyways just so I can have fun learning the parts.
I've got at least $50 I'd throw at that.
This album will always be #1 in my book. Paul Waggoner would be a composer if he lived 300 years ago. Amazing job!
A modern day Stravinsky if I've ever heard one! Thank you!
I want a version of this with Tommy's clean vocals only holy shit I NEED IT
Shalev or even like a good female and male opera singer doing cleans of all the lyrics back and forth on parts. Maybe even in Latin.. it would sound like Final fantasy music gone ape shit
Shalev female singer lookin hardddd at this hehe
there´s a site that lets you remove vocals from tracks, and it works pretty well afaik, maybe it could work
Would love to see the Director’s full score on screen so I could follow along with the sheet music while it’s playing!
This is my new video game soundtrack. Doesn’t matter what game, this is all I’m hearing now.
Final Edit: GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! Parallax II transcription is finished and live now! This is the result of a ton of setbacks, plan changes, blood, sweat, tears, etc. I thank all of you for your patience and I encourage you to share it with metalhead and non-metalhead friends alike!
Love y'all,
-M
Maremons Just saw them in Pittsburgh, and it was absolutely AMAZING. Have fun, and stay safe!
Just got back. 18-hour round trip by car and I regret nothing. That was PHENOMENAL. Everything that I dreamt it would be, and they did a "Mordecai" encore afterward! Straight to the top of my list of life experiences.
So when can we expect The Great Misdirect, Parallax I and II, and Coma Ecliptic?
Edit: planning a 10-year anniversary release for Parallax II. Writing/recording my second album and working two jobs, so time is scarce right now.
Maremons please.... Get this on Spotify... Please I'll love you forever. Srsly, I'm not just saying stuff. Is it possible?
This is one of the few times the TH-cam algorithm actually worked in my favor and lead me to something increadible.
I appreciate that! Thanks for listening bro
I never used to listen to metal, but I couldn't get enough of this album the first time I stumbled across it. I listened to it "despite" the vocals, and eventually they grew on me, allowing me to discover all sorts of amazing metal bands! This album literally single-handedly opened up the metal genre to me, which has since been a HUGE part of my life.
I'm also a classically trained pianist, and am a regular attendee of the local symphony orchestra, so what you've done here BLEW MY FREAKING MIND. I LOVE YOU! (This is really super good!)
Dude, that is awesome! "Colors" and "Fortress" were the first two prog metal albums I ever listened to, and I followed a similar trajectory, diving into a ton of other metal and prog rock bands. Love you too bro, and glad you enjoy it!! \m/\m/
Same. I was so confused by the heavy riffs and the vocals didn't sit quite right with me but Ants of The Sky and White Walls won me over at the first listen ( I remember being so baffled that I listened to Ants over and over, I instantly knew I had to learn how to play like that) and then the whole thing started making sense. Learned the whole album. Damn, I'm gonna grab my guitar and relearn white walls. So satisfying to play
@@Maremons Fortress is just untouchable. Perfect album.
Colors is my favorite album of all time and I love this version because it sort of allows me to explain what I find so beautiful about it to family members and friends who aren’t metal fans at all. If I showed them the original they’d be like “why do you like this? This is just screaming” but when I show them this they love it and it helps them understand what I hear in the original that I like so much. Thank you so much for making this!
That's so awesome! This is exactly why I do it, to put the music in a different context and show how amazing the music is. The orchestral instruments just happen to be more digestible for those who aren't metalheads. Thank you for listening and sharing! Much love
I would shit my pants if I were to witness a full orchestra perform this. I would pay good money to see that.
38:22 so beautiful
This deserves massive kudos just for the effort alone.
31:53 is so fitting
The intro of white walls sounds like taken from a western movie... genious
It felt just like the first time I listened to this album... Thanks for undertaking such an immense project, I literally cried at the end.
Don't cry.. You're going to make me cry, lol... Thank you so much for listening!
i was nearly in tears at 59:44 "this is all we have, when we die." absolutely unreal transcription!
:,D Thank you so much! That part gets me everytime, too
gawdaym... perfect for the 10th anniversary of the album.
lifeguard212 Thank you! \m/
Ants of the sky is like the boss theme in rpg lol
Dude I'm absolutely blown away, you bring the musicality and the emotion of this album on another level... the guys from BTBAM need to hear this! amazing job I hope a lot of people hear it
My apartment late at night:
Not even a mouse:
Me at 38:02: *smashes glass* GET THAT SUM BITCH!
Lmaoo
56:50 - 59:12 All I ever wanted
Beethoven the Buried and Mozart. This is awesome!
Doctor: You have 1 hour, 6 minutes and 11 seconds left to live.
Me, an intellectual: "Colors" For Orchestra (Full Album Orchestration) (BTBAM)" *clicks on play*
😂 made my day, thanks for subscribing!
@@Maremons No, thank you for making this! I always study to BTBAM's music, so I'll definitely need this. I'll try to support you as much as I can in order for you to keep making these ^^
@@evertontsai4496 That's dope to hear, what are you studying? For sure bro, more is on the way!
@@Maremons Fiscal Economics ^^
I'll be patiently waiting! :)
You should feel extremely rewarded for accomplishing this. Amazing dude, thanks for doing this.
It really is a great feeling. This is the largest project I've ever done, and it gives me a lot of confidence going forward doing more like this. Thanks for listening, bro! \m/
How am I only finding this now!!?!?
the climax of sun of nothing nearly made me cry
This is fucking unbelievable! I never thought I'd see something like that. The band has to hear this seriously, send this to them please.
PS I really think you should find an Orchestra willing to take on this, and I'm sure many people will love supporting the project on Kickstarter.
Keep on rocking man!!
Thanks a ton, bro! I will probably be moving to a bigger city this year, so hopefully there will be an orchestra ambitious enough to try it. I will keep you updated! \m/
I'm only a few minutes in and I'm blown away. I shared it with my buddy. We both had picked it up at different Best Buys when it first came out in 2007, but neither of us had even left the parking lot. We both had just sat there and listened to it from start to finish. I remember calling him as soon as I had finished it and he had just finished it ten minutes before and was re-listening. That album still holds a special place in my heart. So this... this was a treat. Thanks, man! Amazing job.
Dude, that was an awesome story. It totally encompasses how music brings people together. Thanks so much for sharing and listening!
*Foam Born*
00:00 - (A) The Backtrack
02:21 - (B) The Decade of Statues
07:59 - Informal Gluttony
14:58 - Sun of Nothing
25:51 - Ants of the Sky
39:10 - Prequel to the Sequel
47:51 - Viridian
51:23 - White Walls
Btw. do you plan to also post a version without transcribed vocals?
Timestamps are in the description. Also, I don't plan on it!
I've writen them for phone users
Just as good as the 8bit version
Holy shit! This is my favourite BTBAM album i didnt even dare to dream for and full orchestral version let alone stumble upon youtube and find amazingly well transcripted version on it! What a massive effort and hard work you must have been through to do this, my ultimate respect goes to you!
Ayy, thanks much, my dude! This is my favorite BTBAM album as well. Glad you enjoy it, and stay tuned for more transcriptions \m/
man you are a hero. ..... WTF best times we live in
Just when you thought Informal Gluttony couldn't get any better.
Jesus fucking christ this is as beautiful as the original album. Give this guy a Nobel Prize or something
Dude... I always dreamed of transcribing this during music school myself. This is such a pleasant and crazy surprise to see you've actually done the unfathomable! Thanks so much for going through the immeasurable amount of time and work it took. Now to find someone to perform it, eh? I'm a classically trained double bass player and my wife plays violin. 😊
White walls 😍😍😍😍😍😍
It's my favorite, too!!! lol
18:14 was all I ever wanted
I never fail to bounce around like a giddy 12-year old whenever I listen to it. Not ashamed lol. \m/
Hurly Furkin Shiet
WHY DOES THIS NOT HAVE A MILLION VIEWS?
Very nice touch at 58:04 merging that section with the Sun of Nothing vocal melody!
You've done an excellent work from start to finish! Hats off!
Classical music would be a lot
more popular if it featured more snare drums on 2 and 4. To me, this is proof of that.
I highly respect your work! Fanastic. In the sense of constructive criticism i want to mention though, that even in the first few minutes i noticed some errors concerning chords and harmonies... this is not to diminish your work, but to give you a hint to make this even cooler!
Best regards! Darius (Classical Composer and Bassist)
I appreciate the compliments and suggestions. I definitely took some artistic liberty in some of the more dissonant sections to fully convey the distortion of the original piece. Thanks for listening!
This is just simply amazing. Good work dude. Now we need Colors II!
Thanks man! You should check out my Parallax II: Future Sequence orchestration if you like this one.
@@Maremons Oh I most certainly will. Didn’t even know that was available! Sick.
When the first notes started playing...I was already in tears!
Thank you so much!! \m/
Нор Велкова it's really refreshing for me to see a girl enjoying this. Im also trying to learn Russian and noticed your name. Is it pronounced Nora Velkova?
MyThousandYearOldWisdom WillHelpYouGrow
Close. Just drop the last "a" in the name. Some people call me like that as well. It's not my full name actually. But I am not Russian, I belong to a different Slavic nationality. And спасиба :)
Yeah, it's really incredible.
Amazing work, thank you! It brought me back to my high school English class, where I first listened to Colors on my CD player. :,)
The reaction that you had is one of the reasons I continue to do this! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you so much for listening!!
So if I'll die tomorrow... ;) This was REALLY really beautiful. Stood here in my living room screaming "This is all we haaaaaaave, when we diiiiiiieeeee...." to classical music^^ I really enjoyed that!
Having done that many times, I totally appreciate the imagery lol! Thanks for listening! \m/
Bro i used to dream about doing this when i was in highschool and this is better than i ever imagined. Please do the discography. Great job.
Thank you, man. Just finished Parallax II, so we're getting there! haha
Much love
Holy. Shit. Couldn't thank you enough for making this.
Chills at @34:00 because I know my favorite part is coming and it's just as pretty as when I first ever heard it.
Thank you so much! I still remember how exciting it was to finally figure out the instrumentation for that section.
@@Maremons Great Job. I hope they see it and appreciate it. I'd love to hear more if you do more BTBAM
@@NoEasyFeet I'm getting ready to record my 2nd album set for release in 2020, but I have started work on Parallax I & II. Look for those in 2021 and 2022!
This is beyond fantastic. Would love to hear Parallax 2 done like this as well! Many thanks!
Thank you!!! I am actually working on that one right now. If I get enough support on Patreon, I can spend less time at my day job and finish that ahead of the ten year anniversary.
White Walls will always move me to tears regardless of the medium
Yes, especially that ending. Gets me every time. Thank you!
I haven't headbanged to cellos since Yoyo Ma's version of Bach's cello suites. Thank you for this.
I love you for this, man.
Love you, too!
Holy fucking shit man, this is godlike.
I’m so mad it’s taken four year to find this! EXCELLENT job!
Thank God you actually transcribed the vocals too
I'm glad you noticed! I wanted to represent as much of the original music as possible but didn't think of using cluster chords with harsher instruments to represent screaming until very late in the process of working on this haha
You perfected, possibly improved 22:00
This. Is. Fucking. Amazing.
Just to add:
Classical FM has been the choice for long drives in the van lately!
Certainly helps to turn the journey into a quite an experience..
somewhat amusing at times.
This will be replacing classical FM for the forseeable future... so
thanks for that.
Ps: Just so you know, whatever you're doing, if you're ever feeling
crappy or anything; there's some guy in england on his way fishing,
blasting this out the windows down the motorway, like some scene from an
old black and white movie.
So like, if you died tomorrow.. you'd have left an imprint on the earth
which will live on for as long as I do.
Enjoy your day. Thanks for your work.. and when i'm rich I will buy you a piano.. (if you want one that is..)
Lol that is awesome, man! I'm so glad it has had such a positive effect on you. Besides challenging myself, the main reason for doing this was so that other people would (hopefully) enjoy it, so I will try to think of that the next time I'm going through a bout with the black cloud.
Also, you really don't have to buy me anything at all. (unless you get REALLY RICH and insist on get an Abasi 8-string guitar haha)
Thanks again, bro! Now that holidays are over, I'll be posting some new transcriptions and original pieces, so I hope you enjoy those, too!
\m/
It took me days just to recreate the drum track on a DAW I’ve never been able to do every instrument, my hat’s off to you man
I've listened to this 3 or 4 times the last couple days and I really cant get enough of it, I would love it if you ever had the time to do The Great Misdirect in this manner or even The Coma Ecliptic!!
Even if the more djent-y parts do not fit these instruments... you sir have given new colors to Colors. Thank you
There's literally nothing "djenty" on this entire album wtf
This is one of the greatest things I've ever heard! WOW.
when that heavy part in decade of statues hit I smiled so huge
I love you for this
Where's everybody?? This video should have been seen by millions of people! It's AWESOME, the beat cover of Colors, BTBAM should whatch this video
Keep sharing, and we might get there! lol Thanks so much for listening and supporting, bro! \m/
It's a fucking travesty that this is where it is when every Seizy song has like 900m views
I believe the average person can't handle music like this because their brains can't process enough to translate into something they can understand. If they could, it would just be average.
I don't know who seizy is either. 🥴
Sun of Nothing made me cry! Beautiful work man, so awesome!
HOLY PHUK this is incredible! Fantastic work!
Sun of Nothing...chills...
Subscribed for this video alone. An incredible way for me to listen to one of my favorite albums. This is remarkable and all my metal head buddies must see this. 🤘🏽
4:57
☝🏽Time stamp so I can show my buddies this banger later
Thanks a ton, man! This album definitely transformed the way I looked at music. More on the way! 🤘
21:43 !!! So peaceful
ever since Colors came out i literally told myself "how cool would it be if these guys did an album with an orchestra?" you just made my day. Great work and forever rock on. Hopefully BTBAM hears this cause they need to. And one day maybe they will do an orchestrated album. \m/
That's so rad! Thanks for listening, and I am glad that I could contribute positively to your day, bro! \m/
44:01 is perfect
Hey pal,I saw "colors" live in Nashville years ago and Btbam would be proud.Great job!!!
That must have been awesome! Thanks so much for listening, bro! \m/
I didn't get the opportunity to see the 10 year Colors tour. Broke my heart. This would be the only other thing that I could have hoped for.
You've healed a broken heart with your time and passion.
Thank you
Justin Gilbert It does my heart good to hear that. Thank you so much for listening!!
I love this so much I am even playing for my infant and she loves it
Wow...imagining the effort and skill it would take to take on such a giant and technical journey like Colors. You've completed this so well.. it's almost unreal hearing it in this way. It definitely changes what Colors means to me now..as I'm sure anyone who listens to this will also feel.
Couldn't thank you enough for all that you put into this.. the world, btbam, and btbam fans need to hear this.
Thank you so much! It was definitely a journey of a thousand miles. Luckily, it all boils down to a finite (though large) number of steps lol.
So glad that you enjoy it! Be on the look out for Parallax II as well, and thanks again! Stay rad, my friend.
@@Maremons oh shit dude.... keep it coming. That's crazy awesome to hear
The greatest album ever made.
I'd looooove to hear an all piano version.
this is absolutely amazing
39:11 Loved getting to hear this version of Prequel to the Sequel intro!
the only orchestra music I've liked so far thanks
Thank you!!
I love hearing metal music redone as orchestra because you can experience a much greater depth of the melodies which are generally more difficult to perceive through all the heavy distortion. I am witnessing one of my all-time favorite albums through new eyes thanks to you dude. Cheers
Thank you so much! This is probably the best description of the reason WHY I make these transcriptions. Not everybody enjoys the sound of distorted guitar, which is a matter of preference, and I understand that. Still, everyone should be able to appreciate this album (at least, I think so), and if I can introduce even one person to this music by way of these orchestrations, I will happily spend as much time as is needed to create them. Thanks again! All the best to you! \m/
Lots of props... The time was well spent. One of my favorite albums of all time by any band. I want to hear it played by a full orchestra now!!!
Been wanting to do this and I never got past track 2 Lol thanks so much for this and great job man!
Thank you for this great work! It is magical. Just wow!
Wonderful job man. Sounds like rpg boss level music.
Thanks! I would definitely play that game, haha!
DUDE!!!! You are an amazingly and brilliantly badass individual, this is amazing for playing drums with.
You should start a patreon, I would totally support the cause. It would be amazing if you posted/linked to a version without percussion.
I can't be the only drummer who practices to stringed/orchestral versions of the music I like.....no one is really doing string quartet covers, of btbam forget a full orchestral version of a entire album.
Again....dude you're fucking amazing! subscribed and hoping you tediously fritter away a lot more time doing this and making my drumming/life better! Seriously!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I really appreciate it when other musicians enjoy playing along with music I create, whether orchestration or original. I actually remember listening to Vitamin String Quartet and wishing they had orchestrations of progressive metal. Then I thought, "... but who would be crazy enough to spend that much time on a project like that??"
Answer: me.. lol
You're fucking dope, bro! There is a link to my Patreon in the description, but it's slow-going right now. I will also be amping up my work with transcriptions again, soon. I've been writing/practicing a ton for my next album, so be on the lookout for all that!
Thanks again for the kind words and support! Stay awesome! \m/
Probably the best video on youtube, thank you sir
Thank you for listening! \m/
My god this is unbelievable. Sun of Nothing and Ants of the Sky are just beautiful!
Thanks so much! \m/
Thank you bro ... Thanks so much
Thank you for listening!!!
Dude, this is one of the greatest things I've ever listened to. I'll be sharing this with all of my BTBAM loving friends. Masterfully done! Thank you for all of the hard work that was done to make this. Congratulations on making such an epic piece of music!
Matt P Thanks so much for listening, bro! More music is on the way. \m/
I'm so happy this exists
I am happy that you exist! Thanks for listening! \m/
Wow! Amazing! I've been saying for years, since I found this album, that it was basically an orchestral piece done by a metal band. Hearing this has confirmed my theory, it's absolutely beautiful. Well done
This is amazing. I know this takes an extremely long time. Are you still working on the Parallax II?
Ayy, thank you! I've gotten faster with practice (i.e. this orchestration lol). "Goodbye to Everything" is about finished, but I'm working 2 jobs and finishing my own album cycle right now. Parallax II will be out October 9, 2022 for the 10-year anniversary of the release!
Duuuuude, did you use the tab book? The production is muddy on some parts of the album, can't quite hear some riffs, wish they released a remaster like they did for the great misdirect. If it this was by ear, kudos!
The patience it must have required to do this, damn. Nice! Ants of The Sky sounds so medieval haha
I'm loving White Walls
Thanks, man! It started out by ear, yes. I didn't know there was a tab book until I had already finished Foam Born, Decade of Statues, and Informal Gluttony lol. After that I grabbed it and worked from there. Patience is the easy part for me. Extrapolating the notes of a single instrument to figure what goes in which instrument is the tough part.
39:10 sounds like a Super Mario underwater level theme lol
Never thought of that, but I like it! lol
Good lord man this is phenomenally well done. Every part of this I love to its core. Kudos man. This must've taken so much time
Thank you so much, bro! I really mean it. It took quite a bit of time and effort, but it never feels like work anymore so I count myself lucky
Chills.... chills all over me
this is absolutely the coolest thing i have ever heard!!
This was tremendously done.
wow thank you so so so much for doing this. amazing.
Thanks for listening!!