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

Secret of Mana was one of my favorite games on super Nintendo when I was a kid. Every time when listening to Symphonic Fantasies (Orchestra) this throws me back to the age of 10.
0:00 - Fear of the Heavens
4:52 - Into the Thick of It
6:38 - Eternal Recurrence
8:55 - Prophecy
11:35 - The Oracle
13:22 - Phantom and a Rose
#SecretOfManaOST #SecretOfMana #SNESMusic #OrchestraMusic #Orchestra

[@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]

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[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@sf_ldo5912]

AI ass comment lol, dont get baited

[@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 !

[@lootsorrow]

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

[@t45tt4tr]

The Oracle = traversing the scary hallways fighting tomato plants

[@famousguest]

People go to therapists - I listen to this.

[@qT1ify]

9:05 im crying

[@matt_canon]

6:38 - Eternal Recurrence 8:55 - Prophecy

[@0815pascal]

Thanks for sharing the missing sequences, I updated it 🙃

[@hiroakihanyu]

wonderful

[@cptdekker]

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

[@nadimlaichi2410]

Fantastic best game ever

[@CO5MA]

Oh. My. ❤

[@alele1234577]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart

[@malcav1850]

Magnifique ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@zylowolf7919]

Every JRPG deserves this treatment.

[@Tina.Di.Napoli]

No lol

[@PostTraumaticChessDisorder]

Terranigma

[@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.

[@humantacos9800]

Sounds more like John Williams than SoM; very original arrangement

[@juanjosesegura4585]

Thanks for the upload, great rendition!

[@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.

[@KungKokkos]

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

[@jessy8974]

Thank you

[@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

[@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

[@xemndrasle8076]

I cant tell if this is real or not.

[@moimoi3896]

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

[@adalbertoruize]

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

[@purpleblue946]

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

[@TruthIsAsOldAsGod]

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

[@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!