Secret of Mana Soundtrack played by orchestra | SNES Music | Childhood memories

[@DMDMDM01]

Secret of Mana was one of my favorite 16 bit soundtracks back in the 90s. This nourishes my inner child.

[@stabbymcpokey5901]

After 3 years you deserve a reply. Me to....me to

[@omarrodriguezdiaz653]

And me... So beautiful moments... Return to 1993..

[@rmcelmur]

😊​@@stabbymcpokey5901what h g😢 to joinjj hi it Titusville

[@swamphawk6227]

@@stabbymcpokey5901 After a year, you deserve an internet jerk correcting your spelling. Me too*.... Me too*... But seriously, also an awesome soundrack.

[@stabbymcpokey5901]

@@swamphawk6227 lol

[@budakbaongsiah]

This arrangement blew Nobuo Uematsu's mind so hard he let orchestral arrangers go wild with his music from this point forward. Before, Uematsu believed that most orchestral arrangement should stick to the original arrangements with small deviations. Not just because it's what most people expect, it's also a lot easier and do not impede with people's perception of the tunes and the songs. Hearing this made him realize that game music can be arranged like classical music so that it can convey the story of the game just from the music, without any additional help (accompanying videos, nostalgia, knowledge of the games; like how most game orchestra are performed in Video Games Live and Distant Worlds for instance) needed. This belief birthed the Symphonic Odyssey and the Final Symphony album, which arranged Uematsu's works in a far more artistic manner.

[@CapitanMontpoupon]

When the choir comes in at kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJqQpYljesaohq8 its' like O__O;

[@fygarOnTheRun]

But the SoM soundtrack was composed by Hiroki Kikuta.

[@budakbaongsiah]

@@fygarOnTheRun Correct, but this set is from a performance called Symphonic Fantasies which also performed music from the Final Fantasy series, Kingdom Hearts series, Chrono Trigger, and Chrono Cross so Uematsu, Mitsuda, and Shimomura were involved in this.

[@lgolem09l]

@@fygarOnTheRun At this performance in cologne, Kikuta, Uematsu and Mitsuda were in attendance

[@DuwMinh]

14 years ago .. i was there live in the audience and cried at the Secret of Mana medley ...

[@n0rtallica_878]

i can feel it. Sitting here right now with tears in my eyes. WHY?

[@RadicalDreamer777]

same here bro

[@Odorox84]

@@RadicalDreamer777 That`s the POWER of Music and Memory 🥲

[@Limneable]

Where, when and what was this?

[@DuwMinh]

@@Limneable "Symphonic Fantasies" in Cologne, Germany. Back in... 2009 I believe was it

[@lootsorrow]

Amazing that, judging by the video quality, they recorded this a full 10 years before the game even came out!

[@Bloodclad]

Oh the nostalgia

[@MusicWizard79]

I cried while listening to pure joy and a strong nostalgic remembrance from my teenage years when I began playing Secret of Mana, where I did enjoy the game in full playthrough time after time, and still do from time to time. And II will start up the game today after hearing this beautiful track.

[@Damateos-pn8ct]

Makes me wanna play the game right now. Hell I’m gonna do it !

[@t45tt4tr]

The Oracle = traversing the scary hallways fighting tomato plants

[@hiroakihanyu]

wonderful

[@matt_canon]

6:38 - Eternal Recurrence 8:55 - Prophecy

[@0815pascal]

Thanks for sharing the missing sequences, I updated it 🙃

[@famousguest]

People go to therapists - I listen to this.

[@alele1234577]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart

[@juanjosesegura4585]

Thanks for the upload, great rendition!

[@nadimlaichi2410]

Fantastic best game ever

[@malcav1850]

Magnifique ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@qT1ify]

9:05 im crying

[@ladyofthemasque]

I grew up listening to classical music...but I *loathed* the mid-20th Century "modern classical" movement. When these video games were released, their soundtracks were dismissed and disdained heavily by the classical music crowd as "not worthy," unlike the mishmashed, atonal messes they praised...but honestly, I think that soundtracks like these are far superior. And finally, *FINALLY,* we are seeing these magnificent scores being treated with the *respect* they deserve!

[@ladyofthemasque]

And yes, I know "The Oracle" section could be compared to mid-20th century classical compositions, but it isn't the whole of the story, metaphorically or literally. It is simply one portion of the overall story being told musically. I was not moved by those supposed "masterpieces"...but I am moved by these pieces, *because* they came with stories. Also, I'll free admit that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and tastes! I'm just glad that video game music is FINALLY being treated seriously by the wider world! *It was always very serious to us gamers.*

[@Sauvenil]

@@ladyofthemasque The treatment of Phantom and a Rose is soooooo good.

[@Raydensheraj]

Nobody was talking bad about video game soundtracks. Totally made up history revisionism. I clearly remember people praising the soundtracks of Square Soft or even of Amiga games like the Turrican soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck (which just recently was re released on CD via Kickstarter interpreted by a orchestra)

[@budakbaongsiah]

​@@Raydensheraj Really? Because outside of Japan and the gaming circle, most people think that video game music are just bleeps and bloops, even in the eyes of most musicians.

[@Ghiznuk]

I was thinking along those lines recently, realizing that most of the pieces that are held as the best classical music, from Mozart, Tchaikovsky, etc. were actually all soundtracks to various theatre plays and operas and were never written « for the sake of it », ie. even those golden standards of classical music were part of the pop culture of their time and not considered something « sacred » upon release.

[@yvangascogne]

Thanks a lot

[@CO5MA]

Oh. My. ❤

[@cptdekker]

The first 3 minutes contain more love and feelings than the entire crappy Manga-remake...

[@Ghiznuk]

Hi ! Thanks for sharing immensely !! Could you please add in the video description which orchestra we are looking at and where and when this was recorded ? Cheers :)

[@VolitionalScienceNetwork]

Absolutely amazing. Although I'm a little miffed the arranger chose songs like the Lich's theme and Pandora's theme over songs like Dark Star and the Mana Beast theme.

[@Arone_Tube]

Wild they chose lich theme.. which was inspired by balinese monk chanting.

[@jessy8974]

Thank you

[@zylowolf7919]

Every JRPG deserves this treatment.

[@Tina.Di.Napoli]

No lol

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

Terranigma

[@humantacos9800]

Sounds more like John Williams than SoM; very original arrangement

[@KungKokkos]

Where can I find info on when there things are touring? :( Just amazing

[@free6754]

Please tell me i didnt miss this

[@Amigo21189]

You're here. It's here when you're ready for another time around. You didn't miss it.

[@budakbaongsiah]

you can buy the album! it's called Symphonic Fantasies

[@mullenio4200]

What's the story behind this event?

[@tobiillei9640]

What are the Lyrics ?

[@John-pw8is]

Wow, this proves without a shadow of doubt just how far computer gaming has come since the eighties, films and mini series like The last of us have, have all pushed it into the limelight, luv em or hate em gaming is here to stay.

[@kennypowers2826]

Fantastic! But where is the music you can hear in Kakariko?

[@bparker06]

That's from Zelda. Maybe you mean Kakkara?

[@kennypowers2826]

@@bparker06 Uhm... I mean the village that your are at very beginning of the game and which you are thrown out of.

[@bparker06]

@@kennypowers2826 that would be Potos

[@Cowclops]

Unrecognizable orchestral video game remixes are so common. Took till 1:14 to hear anything from the game then it went back to the orchestral version of noodling.

[@napoleonfeanor]

I like it a lot but they went so far into the symphony directions that this arrangement would no longer work as video game sound track

[@xemndrasle8076]

I cant tell if this is real or not.

[@caseyj789456]

not sure about this ....

[@rubenvaudio]

I've heard some awful orchestral SNES music arrangements, but this is actually pretty good. In fact, they probably could not have made something better from the material. That being said, I'm still not a fan of these orchestral arrangements. The character and atmosphere of the original SNES pieces is just too specific and lo-fi to be captured by an orchestra. I'd rather just listen to the original soundtrack, maybe with a little bit of reverb added. This goes even more for my personal holy grail of video game soundtracks: Super Castlevania IV. Nothing I've ever heard does the original soundtrack any kind of justice.

[@JerryFederspiel]

I think RebeccaETripp's arrangement ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH3QZaSVjrt5npo ) captures the spirit of the original wonderfully.

[@StewNWT]

Agreed

[@StewNWT]

@@JerryFederspielshe’s great

[@TruthIsAsOldAsYah]

She’s awesome. I listen to it quite often.

[@moimoi3896]

bad, they are technician of music, there's no feeling in relation with the game in their play

[@RachelRichards]

They literally played the opening theme almost exactly like the game. Then into the thick of it almost exactly like the game, and then eternal recurrence almost exactly like the game. You need to get your ears checked.

[@adalbertoruize]

I.e. The world (conscience living) hates (fears) the subconscious (father) truth (son): unconditional (Holy) life/love: (Spirit): Jesus Christ

[@Essential4Life]

Unrelated question, what are your thoughts on chicken nuggets?

[@whisped8145]

This is the most gaudy and pretentious version of Fear of the Heavens that I have ever heard that misses the key aspects that makes this piece. This is not a compliment. Whoever put his own "spin" on this interpretation completely missed the point. Which is no surprise in this scene...

[@pascal5238]

How would you do it differently or can you tell me more what is missing? I admit that I don't fully get what you're saying but I'm also not a musician, so... :)

[@Deioth]

@@pascal5238 If I had to guess, it's the same thing I feel with orchestrated renditions of video game music like this. It tends to get very.... involved. It loses sight of the original piece and adds too much, for lack of a better word, fluff? Flourish? Too much artistic license that it starts to lose the original track, from the total melody, to the emotions conveyed, to intensity. Can even hear examples in soundtracks for game remakes/remasters. Compare original Secret of Mana SNES to the recent remaster release of a few years ago, the orchestration and instrument choices ruin a lot of the original tracks. Compare to Trials of Mana, remake of the Japan only released Secret of Mana 2 (Seiken Densetsu 3) and it's stupendously genuine to the original music. I'm ok with some artistic license, but the original song needs to still be clearly discernible. Look up Roman Heuser on youtube for some examples of well orchestrated interpretations, he's done a lot of Terranigma in particular and his Actraiser covers are also incredible. Also, Orchestral Fantasy is another amazing channel, and they do live instrument one-to-one interpretations of mostly of retro SNES and some PSX JRPGs (tons of Final Fantasy in particular).

[@budakbaongsiah]

Interesting how literally Hiroki Kikuta and Nobuo Uematsu disagrees with you.

[@Trunks_]

@@budakbaongsiah almost as interesting as how other people can have different opinions and like things differently, life is pretty amazing like that huh. Just because the original composers like something done a different way, I can only imagine how much they worked themselves to death creating these pieces to the point where they saw it as perfect for them. During the creation period they would have heard these songs so many times to the point it made them sick (i.e Yasunori Mitsuda during Chrono Trigger). Me personally I prefer things kept to the original style, how I heard it when I was a kid playing these years ago. That said each style attempted I see as a benefit, it's going to be good for someone out there at the end of the day that's all that matters 🙃

[@budakbaongsiah]

@@Trunks_ Was I wrong to say that though? Did I say that OP is not allowed to not like the arrangement? If you like something, good for you. The writer of The Witcher hated the Witcher games. The writer of The Shining hated the film. Tolkien's son disliked Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. You do you.

[@michaelkossin2765]

This sounds pretty unrehearsed and bad.

[@DuwMinh]

well i truly am sorry for your poor sense of music then. i was there in the audience 14 years ago and it was absolutely magical

[@pascal5238]

This music reminds me so much of my childhood!

[@Arone_Tube]

What are the lyrics?