2-15 Jake Kaufman, Tommy Pedrini - The Impresario (Opera Sequence)

Artist: Jake Kaufman and Tommy Pedrini
Album: Final Fantasy VI - Balance and Ruin
I saw videos with the whole album or whole disks but no one has uploaded all the tracks individually so here they are:
ff6.ocremix.org/
-uploaded in HD at www.TunesToTube.com
Lyrics:
INTRO:
Look into the sins of your past
Love as if today were your last
Better times have slipped away, I'm lost beneath the waves
Nothing left to save...
EXPOSITION:
SAVAGE CRIME! IT WAS NOT YET HER TIME!
FOR WHOM THE TOWER PEALS ONE FINAL MOURNING CHIME!
FOR THE SURVIVORS.....
SCENE I (present time, evening):
Speak to me, before my fate is reckoned
Comfort me, they'll arrive at any second
Six o'clock, and I got no doubt the gang is out for
BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS!
OUR OWN, KILLED IN THE FIGHT!
YOU'LL DIE TONIGHT!
SCENE II (flashback to two days ago):
O, (THERE HE IS!)
Maria, (WHY IS HE ON OUR BLOCK?)
Morte mia (TRACK HIM DOWN, MAKE HIM BLEED! WE'LL TAKE HIM!)
I'll be waiting patiently (WE'LL BEAT HIM DOWN, TAKE HIM TO THE GROUND)
Come on out and dance with me, (THE DEVIL)
The night is young,
And so are we!
[guitar solo]
O Maria, cara mia,
And I know the deck's stacked against us,
Even though it feels so right...
Forbidden is our love,
Our families, divided from above.
Your brothers will see through the lie;
Tomorrow... they won't ask why...
SCENE III (yesterday):
[piano intro]
O Maria...
Far away now...
Will I ever see your smile?
As night turns to day,
I beg you to stay,
I'm down, down on my knees here...
I'm the darkness, you're the starlight,
And I'm burnin' up in here, I (MY HEART WILL)
Die every day, when you hide away
I don't wanna fear... (THEIR RIVALRY)
So even though they may discover us,
I'm never givin' you up
And if they try to tell me what to do...
(I LOVE HER!)
I'll kill them! (I LOVE HER!)
I'll kill them! (LEAVE US ALONE!)
Down to the last!
No!
O (COME GET ME)
Maria, (UPSET ME)
I need her, for my own (COME CAST A STONE)
[guitar/piano solo... commence headbanging]
SCENE IV (this morning):
STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
LAUGHING AT THE TRUTH,
EASY FORTUNES,
FOOLISH IN YOUTH, HA-HA-HA
AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE,
YOU'LL BOTH BE ON THE RUN,
AND WE'LL FIND YOU
JUST WHAT WAS YOUR PLAN?
YOU ARROGANT MAN!
TI AMMAZZO, TI AMMAZZO, TI AMMAZZO!
INTRUSO!
(HE WAS WITH THE WHORE!)
CRETINO!
(SHOW HIM TO THE DOOR!)
FOLLOW HIM! CORNER HIM! MURDER HIM!
BEAT HIM DOWN! BEAT HIM UP!
SEND HIM TO HIS GRAVE!
Maria..........
DRACO, LOVE,
WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO LIVE THIS LIE!
Then I will die
Sooner than see you gone
I'm gonna go down swingin',
Ears are ringin'.....
[guitar solo]
SCENE V (this afternoon):
But I'm alive!! (AH-AH-AH-AH-AH-AH! HE'S STILL BREATHING)
MAKE HIM DEAD!
(HIT HIM IN THE HEAD!)
TAKE HIS LIFE!
(SOMEONE GET A KNIFE!)
Suddenly, (GET HIM!)
In a flash, (KILL HIM!)
I was up,
On my feet (STAB HIM!)
With a knife (DRILL HIM!)
Spun around
With a slash (PRESS HIM!)
In a split (GRILL HIM!)
Second of
Murderous (END HIM!)
Clarity, (SPILL HIM!)
I could see,
One by one, they stood before me!
Then, from the ground, came the most awful sound,
And I saw her then,
Maria lying there
Someone had stabbed her and
Her time was at an end,
And then I ran and ran and ran and RAN!
[guitar solo]
BLOOD ON THE STREET,
NOW YOUNG DRACO SHALL MEET WITH HIS FATE!!
ENDING (return to present time):
O Maria,
Now it's clear...
Broken through the pain and the fear
Before too long,
I'll be with... you.....

[@siferoy]

The first time I heard this, all I could think was, "Damn. This sounds like Nobuo Uematsu and Freddie Mercury had a music baby."

[@RogueEggman]

Pika pika pikapi pikachu, Pi pikachu! (It's been years, and I'm still listening!)

[@Earthboundmike]

God I listen to this daily usually.

[@mardisal1128]

Actually I think I have seen in one interview Nobuo saying that he loved Queens.

[@warriorsatheart3968]

it's honestly upsetting that this song isn't on spotify man

[@Vancrist]

an absolute crime

[@greatpenguin]

"Are they doing ... yep. They're doing Bohemian Rhapsody." And it is awesome.

[@eduardobustos2124]

still amazed after all this years

[@FlZdirf34]

This song is so underrated... One of the most impressive Final Fantasy remix.

[@marcelomancini1929]

+Haprapra underrated? Just change this music name to "aerith theme" TAM DAM! 6456547857456 likes this

[@juanplopes]

One of the most impressive songs. Period.

[@MrHerbsky]

This song sure knows how to bring tears to the eye

[@lovingmylife1995]

Shout out to Jason Paradise!! His passion for this game made me check it out

[@barrymcdaniel7001]

Same here

[@EmmaOWnzU]

same here, and with that passion, i've gained so much from this song! It's amazing and each part has such a glorifying resonance to it!

[@codekhalil6437]

Didn't know of him till I saw this comment and went to check him out. I'm a fan now. That energy is so authentic

[@ATTJ7628]

If Freddie Mercury had the chance to play Final Fantasy VI before he died I'm sure he would've adored this cover.

[@hancholito4478]

This is BY FAR the best reinterpretation of this game phase! There are so much i recognize inside this track : Queen, King Crimson, Toto... this is so grand!! Congratz!

[@aaronantwine6782]

Probably the best song I have ever heard that no one knows about.

[@IamChloePrice]

13,333 people know about it

[@adrianaholguin4286]

now they are 43, 910

[@ATTJ7628]

Now 151,215

[@alt_alpha96]

@@ATTJ7628 I think you'll find that's actually just 10 of us playing it on loop

[@MikeSaltzman]

194,192

[@OlleLindestad]

Great performance, but the story was *very* different when I saw it performed in Jidoor last month. Maria didn't die at the end; she ran off with this long-haired gambler guy, and there was a sequel tease.

[@-Etsu-]

Life Happens I’m still waiting for that sequel, but apparently they have trouble getting the same actors on stage. Loved the part with the giant octopus!

[@OlleLindestad]

@@-Etsu- Yeah I have no idea how they managed the stage effects on that one! I guess that's where their casting budget went.

[@boxtank5288]

@@OlleLindestad Surprised me when he flattened both romantic leads!

[@mmyr8ado.360]

@@-Etsu- Do you think it'll go on after what the clown did to the rest of the world?

[@Venomsplatter]

@@mmyr8ado.360 who cares about that that fucking clown blew up my god dam house!!!!

[@OurFoundingLiars]

Still One of my favs. Every now and then you stumble on a glitch in the matrix cuz this should have 3 mil views tops by now.

[@dyne666]

Holy hell. What a bohemian rhapsody guitar solo at the 5 minute mark. Well executed composition. 5 stars!

[@meggichan84]

There are no words. Like, this is literally the most awesome thing I have ever listened to in my entire life. Just when I thought FFVI couldn't get better, these two guys create this version of the Opera. Absolutely amazing.

[@vgmusicology9722]

Unbelievable and CLEVER adaptation. I can't believe they captured Queen so well. This badly wants a music video. Or at very least, a mashup with that opening scene in Wayne's World :-P

[@Dragonskull1057]

5 years later and this comment is very true. I wish somebody would make an animation to go along with the story of the song. This, like many other good opera and story based songs, does really well at painting scenes in your head.

[@theretronick3380]

That's an amazing idea.

[@Schovalder]

If ever there was a remake of FF6 this should be the official Opera sequence track. So well done!

[@codekhalil6437]

I can't begin to fathom the talent that went into this. It's genius and a treat for the ears.

[@jamesgrey13]

Is this real life? Or, is this Final Fantasy?

[@miguelflaviusbelisarius3825]

Kefka has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

[@themule137]

every day is final. make it live up to your fantasy. /... if you do or don't......... i will....hahahahahaha

[@rinnaelliott142]

LMFAO.. OML this made me snort-laugh, so good~

[@JaredKinter1981]

This is so very much in the style of Queen

[@megablaziken8572]

Yes

[@AlexofZippo]

One thing I realized about the story of this song- the attackers didn’t have a knife (“Someone get a knife!”) ...Draco was the one who stabbed Maria, probably as she rushed towards him, not realizing who she was....

[@arkraith4148]

Yikes... Good catch

[@Cykaima]

This is why Draco is being tried at the beginning of the song. "Look into the sins of your past."

[@WhiteDragonTile]

The way I saw it is that Draco was some sort of stalker who wanted Maria, but she didn't really want him and her family completely dissaproved of her. The only voices we hear are Draco's and Maria's brothers. The brothers, in Draco's eyes, always talk as one mob and they constatntly try to undermine the rrlationship Draco thinks he has with Maria. The one time Maria speaks in this song (draco love...), it is actually the voice of her brothers. So Draco thinks that isn't Maria saying it, but her being forced to say it by her brothers. Draco decides to fight the brothers. Before Draco even told Maria he would kill them if they didn't allow him and Maria to be together at which point Maria persumably runs away from him. So as Draco is fighting the brothers he acccidentaly, or maybe even on purpose, stabs Maria. In the end, the brothers get revenge on Darco by killing him.

[@Dragonskull1057]

​@@WhiteDragonTile Sorry for this wall of text. I read your theory and it made me want to think of and post my own. I tend to see it as a more modern telling of Romeo and Juliet. Having this thought, my mind associates the opening lines as having implied that Draco either killed or indirectly got somebody from Maria's family/gang killed (or they could just be associating a death to him due to him being around and their rivalry) and thus her family views Draco as having "Blood on his hands" and why they would want him dead as well as question "Why is he on our block?". Draco initially seems hopeful that the families will come to accept their relationship and not question it over time (Your brothers will see through the lie, tomorrow they won't ask why) but over time the separation makes his view change from that over to "If they can't accept our love and try to get in our way, I'll kill every last one who gets in the way." (I die everyday, when you hide away. I don't want to fear.... Their Rivalry). Eventually Draco and Maria attempt to run off together which leads to both families hunting them down (After all is said and done, you'll both be on the run, and we'll find you.) The final conflict is an interesting one. I'm assuming Maria's side finding them thus questioning Draco (Just what was your plan, you arrogant man) you also hear the line (He was with the whore) so maybe Maria's family/gang have gotten sick of her love for an enemy and have turned to insults towards her because of it. It could also be both sides found them as well. They beat down Draco which he survives and upon hearing Maria "We were never meant to live this lie" it pushes him into murder mode to try and get rid of those in their way. The ending I'm not even fully sure my thoughts on. It could be that as he is fighting these people Maria can't stand seeing him this way and attempts to get in between him and somebody else causing her to be stabbed accidentally by Draco. It could also have been that somebody from Maria's group accidentally stabbed her. If it's Draco accidentally stabbing her then the "And I ran and ran and ran and ran" line could be him running away and ultimately taking his own life because he'd rather die than live without her. If it was one of her group that did it, it was him running to her side and again taking his own life in order to not live without her and to join her in death.

[@Dragonskull1057]

Certainly a possibility though you do also hear the attackers saying "Get him, kill him, stab him, drill him." in the end as well so they may actually got one just before Draco goes into desperation mode.

[@dearluciella5032]

I miss this, the first time I heard of this when I was in High school. It has been 8 years, omg.

[@shanemoore4749]

How am I only just now discovering this?! This is absolutely incredible. Chilling lyrics, vocals, background instruments. Everything. Holy smokes!!!!!

[@leonardootavianopedrozo1481]

Once in a while I have to come here listen to this again. It's just out of this world.

[@theretronick3380]

This is a freaking masterpiece. I can't believe I just found this.

[@jamilpanni]

I have a feeling Uematsu would love this.

[@Karu184]

Jake Kaufman said that someone has shown it to Uematsu and he replied with "I owe that guy a beer" or something. So yeah, he did love it :P

[@daniellestoddard3149]

Eargasm. Every. Single. Time. I can't help but sing along. This is one of my favorite scenes in all of gaming and they did SO much justice to it

[@WingedSupernova]

This is probably the greatest cover/rendition of a video game song I've ever heard, and I've never even played FFVI.

[@MrHerbsky]

This song is a mastery of rock operas. It brings tears every time I hear it. I miss you Ben, but ill never forget our memories together

[@MrHerbsky]

Yup, still crying. I miss you buddy.

[@ClipOriss]

I dunno where I heard it, but I thought it was a song by Queen that I didn't know, until I listened better to the lyrics and got really happy about such a glorious mashup. Good Job!

[@Arizhel6]

Damn. The opera sequence was already one of my favorites from any Final Fantasy game, but this took it to a whole new level. How am I just finding this now?? o.o

[@daleanguiano6780]

I, as a fan who have not heard of this 8 years ago, have found a new song to listen to repeatedly.

[@levelminusone]

best maria and draco interpretation i've ever heard so far...

[@killxtech1302]

stopped playing FFXV to check this out. Worth it. thank you sir or madam. My essence is now brighter after this

[@loosenoose]

I'm hearing this song for my first time. It came on right after the opera of Maria and Draco, and I'm really loving this! This is so good! Thank you randomness of KZbin. I heart this

[@StrangeMusicInside]

10 years after, this is still one of my favourite cover track EVER ❤ I mean even the guitar sounds like if May was playing!

[@Faygris]

Incredible! I don't like many of the more "eccentric" interpretations on this album, but this one is just awesome! I love Final Fantasy and I love Queen - can't get a lot better than this! :)

[@adrianaholguin4286]

Faygris yeah , this sounds like "queen"

[@skyrimlover777]

Every time I listen to this I try to peace together a story without even playing FF6.

[@justuswhite924]

Wow, I thought OverClocked Remix was all about dance remixes. Thanks for proving me wrong!

[@nintendude794]

that'd be GameChops ;)

[@movezig5]

Further prioving that Jake Kaufman is the best thing to happen to video game music since Uematsu.

[@tylerlarowe2306]

Jason Paradise guided me here

[@vokani5421]

I am crying tears of joy here, this is so great I cant think of any words to do it justice

[@Xaio30]

You have done this scene justice.

[@deebznutz100]

The "Oh Maria" sections are the best!

[@Fiksprey]

Haven't heard this years, still as good as ever 🤩

[@whitemageserenia]

That was not a bad rendition of this song, that was really damn good actually. You even hit all the right notes to make my skin crawl and my spine tingle, just like the original, and yes, it even brought a tear to my eye. Bravo!

[@herpesinflammation]

This does not deserve 200K views. It deserves 200 Million.

[@kcluna2187]

Amazing. Now if only the opera could be reenacted with this arrangement

[@kotowaza-sensei428]

I have a huge stupid smile on my face listening to this song.

[@jamiepedrini1187]

Absolutely amazing! Wonderful job, Tommy and Jake!

[@matyldakrasoczko8639]

This is so amazing I have no words. Thank you for sharing!

[@joshuastrife]

Still come back to listen to this all the time, very well done!

[@yevonator88]

This soundtrack is so amazing!

[@flowersbyphone2554]

i cannot stop listening to this

[@Viktoria_Selene]

me neither

[@ericmorrison278]

I absolutely love this. Thank you for this beautiful cover!

[@brandonaraya4132]

#JasonParadise

[@ticklezcat5191]

He brought me here too. Even though I've only watched 2 of his videos.

[@brandonaraya4132]

Ticklezcat I've seen a few of his videos, seems like a genuinely cool dude tbh, and this song man

[@saxxy318]

God damn, that was beautiful. Seriously, I actually felt a tear come sown my cheek. Just...amazing.

[@lordavzul666]

Why am I only hearing about this TODAY??

[@codekhalil6437]

I know. I'm so mad at you

[@ByrnEtch]

I will never stop loving this.

[@MalzraAirwynn]

A very interesting and well performed take in the Darkness and Starlight play.

[@rickgarcia1381]

I love this song so damned much!

[@Nyarlah]

One more comment to keep this alive, it's a work of love both for the game and the song. Incredible stuff.

[@meiomeio]

ff peasant brought me here. well worth it! bravo!

[@chedderman101]

Completely amazing I am literally at a loss for words

[@kevinmartin93]

This is one of the best songs I've heard in my life.

Just amazing! Thank you for your great piece of art!

[@APieGuy]

God this song gives me chills every time I listen to it

[@SharpnelBoy]

This song has such a Queen vibe all over it, and I freaking love it.

[@paoloconti1999]

Final fantasy VI "can i copy your homework?" Queen "sure, but change something"

[@TheHappyCatsTail]

Parts of this clearly have a very heavy bohemian rhapsody influence I love it! ;)

[@stevenvegh7964]

I like how this has more views than the full concert video from which it is pulled. This one is fantastic!

[@renardnoir2581]

This is just jaw droppingly amazing

[@RoseShrimp]

based jake does it again

[@krystaltrump7902]

I can't believe this cd is so hard to find, the whole soundtrack recreation is amazing, and I badly want to have it for my collection!

[@Aka-Spade]

+Krystal Trump ocremix.org/album/46/final-fantasy-vi-balance-and-ruin you can download the full album right here :)

[@krystaltrump7902]

Thanks !

[@twilldistilled]

Just played the opera scene in the pixel remaster tonight. It should of had this instead of the remaster OST! XD

[@sarcasticommentator]

Very nice version of Maria and Draco

[@olimar243]

I want to thanks jasonparadize for uploading his play with this abaolute gem of a song! 🖤🖤

[@splurgyreal]

It's a mastapiece. I give this song a 10 outta 10, baby. This has officially received the Splurgy approval.

[@wallaceknight]

La mejor versión. simplemente wow

[@brobbeh]

Freaking amazing.

[@Duhemsounds]

Saw this on Reddit, that's an awesome work

[@paoloconti1999]

So, final fantasy, the Queen and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet had sex and this is the result. I need more

[@Sean_B123]

Scene V is, in my opinion, the best part of the song. Absolutely fantastic. This entire song is now my all time favorite song. (Scene V starts at 7:04 for anyone wanting to replay it)

[@hmmurdockofids]

The section at 1:16 is one of the most satisfying things I have ever heard.

[@hmmurdockofids]

Although I only just realized the harmony is "we'll beat him down" instead of the much more threatening "we'll be there too" after "I'll be waiting."

[@chekeman]

OOOoooooohhhh Mariiiiaaaaaa!!!

[@kultkayleigh]

Final Fantasy Peasant bought me here n ffuuuuccckkk i love this!

[@ErinsAaron]

Can't wait to enjoy this scene on the new Remaster.

[@DestinyMusouka]

This is rad asf. I love it!

[@beckett8513]

I can't even describe how good this thing is.. Would give 10 likes if possible!!

[@LucasZawacki]

This too good!

[@ronincs]

I think it is mixed with West Side Story. Almost sounds like a queen song.

[@Kindred192]

It's 2020, and I'm sad that this song still has so few views and I only just now discovered it

[@joaoclarindo7893]

Wish I could listen it on Spotify

[@marcusmajarra]

Best. Arrangement. Ever.

[@Noponis]

Literally played through this sequence 1 day before someone put this song on a podcast as outro The coincidence is real

[@jeremyarroyo]

Who knew Bohemian Rhapsody x Final Fantasy VI is what the world needed

[@alanepithet2931]

Everyone in this comment section talking about Queen. So the genre 'Rock Opera' was basically defined by Freddy Mercury and Queen. This is a Rock Opera. QED. Still absolutely amazing.

[@soraguy67]

OH GOD YES

[@OppaiBros]

The Super Best Friends brought me here.

[@XelnasTV]

Well the song its self doesnt require any context of the game, The Opera Draco and Maria is an opera in the world of FF6 that the cast has a small adventure in the opera house you also have to play through the opera as one of your characters to trick a kidnapper Setzer so you can steal his air ship. This song has no bearing on the plot of final fantasy 6 but it IS based on the play in ff6, which is mostly romeo and juliet the play its self is also parodied in UnderTale during the HotLands

[@OppaiBros]

Seth Grave They have a podcast, so you'll find it there.

[@pitagor2]

What video did they mention this song in?

[@khangle6872]

Which of their vid was this song mentioned?

[@cal0890]

Khang Lê podcast outro

[@user-bg8pv6rk5k]

thanks to Jason paradise I'm playing ff6 and I love it

[@Demxn_gxd]

6:47-7:04 are my favorite parts

[@hugohoyos2828]

I love this song. Amazing stuff.

[@LTVCorp]

OH MY ! OH MY ! OH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY !