The Music of Tristram Village is a Classic for a Reason

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8-bit Music Theory

8-bit Music Theory

Күн бұрын

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@BenGreen1980
@BenGreen1980 Жыл бұрын
I was in college when this came out and we would sometimes just leave the game running so this music played on a loop in our living room.
@Mirach84
@Mirach84 Жыл бұрын
That's true appreciation right there.
@Chris.Cook.
@Chris.Cook. Жыл бұрын
I was going to comment nearly the exact same thing! 😅 There were around 5-6 of us, on the same floor in my dorm, who all played D1&2 like it was a career for a while. You could tell who was studying just by hearing Tristram's theme.
@typrus6377
@typrus6377 Жыл бұрын
Such ambience
@thishouseofglass
@thishouseofglass Жыл бұрын
Respect 🫡 🙏
@jeffreydhill
@jeffreydhill Жыл бұрын
For real. I would take town trips way more often than needed, and then stay in town and just use the chat with my friends while they died by the hands of demons... all in an excuse to listen to that song repeatedly. lol
@irishaarbear
@irishaarbear 4 ай бұрын
My sister was good friends with Matt back in highschool, he was dating one of her best friends and ended up marrying her and having 2 kids together. But i can still remember him coming over to our house and just noodling around on my dads guitar playing these cords over and over as a teenager, i remember asking him what he was playing and he would just say "im just messing around". He truly understood what the goal of the diablo games were and what they were asking for, but he created the atmosphere from his guitar.
@ADruid25
@ADruid25 Жыл бұрын
The Tristram theme does a lot of the heavy lifting in the first game to really anchor the setting. It's just a small village, scarred and haunted by the murder of a child at the hands of a pillar of the community.
@leerv.
@leerv. Жыл бұрын
Absolutely it does. For me it's what immediately drew me into the world. I could stand in town for several minutes following Deckard Cain's advice and listening for a whlie.
@monkeybusiness673
@monkeybusiness673 Жыл бұрын
Nicely put. What I always liked about D1 is how low the stakes seem compared to later entries. No world ending threat and quest to save the entirety of humanity until way late into the game....Just a small town, broken and tortured, and a small band of brave souls still willing and able to do something... _anything_ ....about it. Fantastic stuff!
@LC-Muckman
@LC-Muckman Жыл бұрын
@leerv. You stayed a while. You listened.
@GameTimeWhy
@GameTimeWhy Жыл бұрын
​@@monkeybusiness673yeah it's not until later into the game that you realize how the world is gonna get rekt if you don't take care of the LITERAL devil.
@yugen
@yugen Жыл бұрын
Music does so much for any film or video game. Terminator, Star Wars, Ultima Online, Baldur's Gate 2, Diablo, Fallout 1/2... I doubt I would feel nearly as passionate about any of these titles without their absolutely incredible music. And with nearly all of those titles, some of the sequels failed to capture the beauty of the music. Almost always, it's because for whatever reason they lost the original music composers. I will say they've done a really good job replicating Matt Uelmen's style in Diablo 4.
@MythrilZenith
@MythrilZenith Жыл бұрын
One of the coolest things about how legendary this piece is is that at the time Matt Uelmen was pretty much completely unheard of, started his career basically self taught, and this was his second game doing any sort of composing for, but because this was the 90's and game companies were super scrappy, Matt was basically THE audio guy for all of Diablo. He's the reason the game sounds the way it does, from skeletons falling apart to the haunting Tristram theme. He's not as famous as giants like Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, Frank Klepacki or Jeremy Soule but he is definitely one of the foundational sound designers and composers of video game history.
@maciek_d
@maciek_d Жыл бұрын
Much of the game’s success may well be attributed to this very piece. This theme is so addictive. Seduces to you keep on playing, dreaming, exploring
@Keithustus
@Keithustus Жыл бұрын
And the others as well. There are some fantastic other tracks as well.
@Helaw0lf
@Helaw0lf Жыл бұрын
Introspecting, longing and so on and so forth.
@diah7130
@diah7130 9 ай бұрын
@@Helaw0lf yes
@jrobwhydidyoutubechangemyname
@jrobwhydidyoutubechangemyname Ай бұрын
I've often said it before, there are no good games with bad music.
@Zapdos7471
@Zapdos7471 Жыл бұрын
I can only assume Matt Uelmen is some kind of music wizard “Flute thing again” is excellent notation 😂
@zsoltbocsi7546
@zsoltbocsi7546 Жыл бұрын
this is a good adaptation of King Diamond's Black Horsremen song from 1987 Abigail album
@TheElefanteBranco
@TheElefanteBranco Жыл бұрын
@@zsoltbocsi7546 Holy crap
@Cybothron
@Cybothron Жыл бұрын
@@zsoltbocsi7546 WHAT IN THE FUCK!?
@RandyLott
@RandyLott Жыл бұрын
@@zsoltbocsi7546 just listened to it. Has to be an influence!
@zsoltbocsi7546
@zsoltbocsi7546 Жыл бұрын
@@RandyLott i am pretty sure it was
@benl4198
@benl4198 Жыл бұрын
Omfg those opening chords just brought back about five solid years of my gaming life. Immensely wonderful game and ost
@kylezo
@kylezo Жыл бұрын
::blows out cigarette smoke:: rookie numbers i spent 4000 hours on d3 and 12000 hours on d2 non stop since 1999 ::hacks out a lung::
@Rob_Pap
@Rob_Pap Жыл бұрын
​@@kylezoI've been doing Comptess run non stop for 2 week, still havnt drop anything beside an Ist, sometime I hate this game
@Nawer_Rapter
@Nawer_Rapter Жыл бұрын
I've been forever addicted to imitating the uneasy sense of voidful calmness this theme has always inspired me. Just a city condemned that has no more energy to deal with how severe their troubles are. Just accepting that much won't change anyways, or if everything changes, that they have no say on it whatsoever. Such a delicate piece to represent something that doesn't even seem possible and yet feels like the true reality someone would embrace once despair goes further than a human can hold.
@Blackhoodie85
@Blackhoodie85 Жыл бұрын
Damn. That is exactly how it feels listening to it. It absolutely nails a specific and complex mood.
@IllevensKO
@IllevensKO Жыл бұрын
you should share some of your imitations, mate, cause the rest of us been forever addicted to finding something remotely similar !
@Eightballer405
@Eightballer405 Жыл бұрын
I stayed a while and listened. Nice work.
@robertoricci3393
@robertoricci3393 Жыл бұрын
D1 has the darkest OST of the series. Music and FX are pure horror. Not even D2 has such a creepy atmosphere.
@owlyus
@owlyus Жыл бұрын
The world needs more bass clarinet over acoustic guitar
@heavytheheavy
@heavytheheavy Жыл бұрын
Why does u comment shows that it was two days ago?
@HeartPlusUp
@HeartPlusUp Жыл бұрын
@@heavytheheavy Weird I see it too... pateron maybe?
@owlyus
@owlyus Жыл бұрын
@@HeartPlusUp 'xaxtly!
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more
@helmetfire5973
@helmetfire5973 Жыл бұрын
A 12 string acoustic guitar specifically
@AdmiralBurningskull
@AdmiralBurningskull Жыл бұрын
One other important thing to remember is that this piece was always meant to play as a loop. It's environment music for the town. If you leave the town, the music will start playing something else. But if you don't, it just keeps looping. So that spoiled resolution and lingering unease from the end carries through to the next loop of the song, reinforcing the ominous vibe of the opening and reminding you that while this place is "safe", for now, it won't necessarily stay that way. Tristram is a tiny island of relative security over a roiling ocean of horror, and any piece it finds is temporary at best. Kind of sets up some nice thematic resonance for the series as a whole, in a way. Peace may come, if you strive for it, but evil will always be lurking in the background, waiting for its next time to strike. And next time, you may not be ready.
@allewis4008
@allewis4008 Ай бұрын
Well said. This song is a "breather" after the horror music from the dungeons.
@Twisted_Logic
@Twisted_Logic Жыл бұрын
Tristram Village is etched into my soul. Diablo II (which also featured this track) was a huge part of my childhood
@diah7130
@diah7130 9 ай бұрын
ditto
@MrRockleyend
@MrRockleyend Ай бұрын
It's not the same song, tho very similar
@ETBrooD
@ETBrooD Жыл бұрын
All of the D1 soundtracks are masterpieces. They convey exactly the information you need as a player to immediately understand what kind of world you're being thrown into. I would compare the game's overall quality to a movie like the first Jurassic Park, which has a very similar place in my heart. 20 years later I played through the D1 single player a few times and I can say the game hasn't aged one bit. It's timeless.
@ViscusLupus
@ViscusLupus Жыл бұрын
The greatness of this piece, will forever remind us of how far from grace has Blizzard Entertainment fallen.
@Beranin
@Beranin Жыл бұрын
For what it's worth, the music has never fallen. It's still very good in every game they make.
@ViscusLupus
@ViscusLupus Жыл бұрын
@@Beranin Not as epic as here or in StarCraft/Warcraft IMO. The cinematics/trailers are the only one thing that has still this old Blizzard stamp of quality.
@kosmosyche
@kosmosyche Жыл бұрын
@@ViscusLupus Diablo / Diablo II music was never surpassed, sadly, not even by it's composer - Matt Uelmen (see Torchlight I/II/III music - distant echoes of his former glory).
@jeffreydhill
@jeffreydhill Жыл бұрын
D3 music was weak but D4's is pretty damn great. Nothing will match D1/2, but still.
@HappysFunPalace
@HappysFunPalace Жыл бұрын
@@jeffreydhill they do a good job of going back to d2 vibes in d4, in one of the towns they recreate the tristam theme too - look up d4 Vision of Tristram
Жыл бұрын
To this day, my wife and I talk about "Diablo guitar". It's such a hard quality to pin down, but I think a lot of it comes down to harmony that meanders, instead of driving towards a resolution.
@anthonyjoseph6489
@anthonyjoseph6489 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic summary!
@nickwallette6201
@nickwallette6201 Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure it was this theme that got me into Diablo as a franchise. A buddy who was really into gaming would find games and try to get me interested in them, so we could play them together. I was way more picky. But he knew the music in this one would hook me, and it did. He brought it along for a weekend sleepover gaming event, we connected our computers via a serial cable (haha), and played for HOURS and HOURS ... Although, back then, with Windows 95 (retail, Microsoft's first release of a 32-bit Windows for consumers) running on jank hardware with early versions of "totally not held together by duct-tape and bailing-wire" DirectX, I'm not sure I've ever heard this entire theme without random jumps and gaps in it. I might have to burn it on CD and play it while 4-wheeling to get the proper experience.
@Kekoapono
@Kekoapono Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how instantly recognizable this music is to so many people from the two opening chords alone. As far as I'm concerned, those two chords represent the most iconic moment of the game's soundtrack.
@Lindormber
@Lindormber Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite piece of music from any game ever. I remember watching my oldest brother playing this game when I was a kid. Childhood memories! ✨ Diablo 1 and 2 are such great games.
@MrJordwalk
@MrJordwalk 4 ай бұрын
I love HOW STRANGE the piece is, like it communicates a re-assurance laced with a warning: "You can lower your guard, but keep your hand on the hilt"
@obi-wannabekennotbi2418
@obi-wannabekennotbi2418 Жыл бұрын
Wilderness, Rogue, Sisters, Jungle, Tombs are some of my favourite OST from Diablo 2. Would be cool to see some of those being analysed.
@DeMerdeEncule
@DeMerdeEncule Жыл бұрын
Wilderness is awesome... the DRUMS ! So good.
@BohliiN1337
@BohliiN1337 Жыл бұрын
I agree. Wilderness is my favorite
@the.brad.thomas
@the.brad.thomas Жыл бұрын
Wilderness 👌👌
@Kiaulen
@Kiaulen Жыл бұрын
Diablo 2 was my childhood, and holy crap is that soundtrack just absolutely fantastic. Thank you for covering some of the great music that went into the early diablo games. They really are treasures.
@ianwilliams2632
@ianwilliams2632 Жыл бұрын
Uelmen is the only game OST writer that I'd consider a serious COMPOSER, solely because of Act V's score, full of Debussy and Wagner and Holst. It's just astonishing.
@Bobbias
@Bobbias Жыл бұрын
@@ianwilliams2632 That's an incredibly elitist take.
@ianwilliams2632
@ianwilliams2632 Жыл бұрын
@@Bobbias Yep
@Ergoperidot
@Ergoperidot Жыл бұрын
It’s funny, I was just considering getting resurrected yesterday. Never played it, do you think I should?
@Stuugie.
@Stuugie. Жыл бұрын
​@@Bobbias nah that was mildly elitist at best lol
@beansnrice321
@beansnrice321 Жыл бұрын
Man, the sound of the bass descending gives me chills every time. I love it so! =)
@RandyLott
@RandyLott Жыл бұрын
The entire Diablo II OST is incredible. My favorite is "Blood Moor". There's very unique instrumentation - hammered dulcimer, drum kit, cello, contrabass, bass guitar, electric guitar, lapsteel guitar, contrabassoon?, samples, shakers, acoustic guitar, flutes, french/english horn, harp, choir, etc. I've never heard anything like it and the atmosphere is unbelievable. The song I could imagine was influenced by it is "Raider II" by Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and possibly Opeth's music.
@Mystik3eb
@Mystik3eb Жыл бұрын
This track has haunted and delighted me since I was a young kid. It's a joy to see it broken down and analyzed to this degree. Thank you!!
@mas8705
@mas8705 Жыл бұрын
Man… I love the Tristram theme. I feel like if I were to make a playlist of songs to relax to, that would be one of the first songs I would put it in. Glad to hear your first thoughts on this wonderful piece of music.
@Nathouuuutheone
@Nathouuuutheone Жыл бұрын
Oh BOY you do not know how MUCH I jumped when I saw the notification for this. The Tristram theme is one of my favorite pieces of all time and genres.
@SoulDeSol
@SoulDeSol Жыл бұрын
As much as I love that you're covering this piece, it absolutely kills me that you didn't talk about my favorite part of the song where the guitar strumming picks up and plays the fast descending melody! I was waiting for it the whole video, and then you referred to the "end" chord just before my favorite part of the song! Aaaaagghh!! Anyway, thanks for your amazing videos! I love your content!
@marcovirtual
@marcovirtual Жыл бұрын
Yeah it shows that he didn't play and appreciate diablo as much as the og fans.
@DaniloChiavari
@DaniloChiavari Жыл бұрын
Great video! The Tristram theme from Diablo is one of my all time favourites. So many hours spent in the village in the late 90s… 😊 As an amateur guitarist many years ago, I remember trying (and failing) at some point to figure out the chords, after randomly stumbling into one and saying “a-ha!” while trying to learn other pieces. Revisiting it now, with some more music theory knowledge, I think you perfectly described its magic: soundscapes, chord choices (those pivot chords are genius IMO!) and instrumentation all play key roles in making this piece stuck in your mind for a long time, despite it not having hooks or catchy refrains. Thanks for this video! Kudos 👊
@KickyFut
@KickyFut Жыл бұрын
Also... Another reason why the Tristram theme is so carved in our soul is because the town is a major hub that you have to constantly return to... The song has to be good, because we have heard it for dozens of hours at least!😅
@DeadCatX2
@DeadCatX2 Жыл бұрын
I love how you can explain to me *why* a piece of music makes me feel a certain way, even if I don't really understand what you're saying. Your words are so enthusiastic that I can't help but feel excited and nod along with your explanations
@Athenral
@Athenral Жыл бұрын
I love everything that Matt Uelmen has composed from Diablo onward. The guy's music is so amazing.
@Scapegoat32
@Scapegoat32 Жыл бұрын
I can't tell you how many hours I've listened to this song. Both in game and on KZbin. It really is a beautiful and nostalgic jackpot. Thank you for breaking it down. Kinda surprised you're the first to do it!
@treefroggy
@treefroggy Жыл бұрын
It's also extremely Pink Floyd-inspired. Similar to the OSTs of the MOTHER series, there's a lot of influence from Welcome to the Machine.
@zsoltbocsi7546
@zsoltbocsi7546 Жыл бұрын
This whole song is based on King Diamond's Black Horsremen...
@ianwilliams2632
@ianwilliams2632 Жыл бұрын
Literally my favourite game music of all time. It only took 8-bit like 7 years to get to it! Looking forward to watching. :-) Best thing about the Diablo 2 OST is that the theme introduced first in B minor (7:00 in the video) pervades the wilderness areas of every single Act like a theme or leitmotif for Hell's forces. So much went into this game. NOT covered here is the ~3 minute outro conceived for D2's version of the town.
@Nathouuuutheone
@Nathouuuutheone Жыл бұрын
More like almost twenty years 🤣
@ji604
@ji604 Жыл бұрын
D1 came out in '97, so 😉 keep going
@ElNeroDiablo
@ElNeroDiablo Жыл бұрын
@@ji604December '96 really. ;P
@hazenclough4212
@hazenclough4212 Жыл бұрын
Dude. So glad you discovered this. Enjoying so much the analysis!
@Deioth
@Deioth Жыл бұрын
Been playing the Reign of Terror D2 MOD for Grim Dawn with a friend, total conversion mod that plays through all of D2 and then has the original D1 as an Act VI. I feel like Tristram easily lives among the most iconic video game tunes ever. There are very few that could compete against it, especially from other Western games with the exception of maybe Halo. I'm genuinely shocked you only just recently became aware of it.
@jeffreydhill
@jeffreydhill Жыл бұрын
I keep forgetting that exists. I need to check it out. D1/2 are my all-time faves and GD is my modern fave.
@appidydafoo
@appidydafoo Жыл бұрын
For me, the most iconic Game Music Track in my life. I've listened to it in a lot of strange circumstances, under various effects, and it's always impressive. Thanks for the analysis.
@daronas13
@daronas13 5 күн бұрын
I loved this song so much back when I was playing Diablo, at my early teens. It helped making me fall in love with metal, i got addicted to that melodic intro in Pantera's "The Sleep" because it reminded me so much of the Tristram Village's Theme. This is such a great piece of music, and you made a very comprehensive description of all it's bits, thank you for the lesson!
@SilverionX
@SilverionX Жыл бұрын
I remember being introduced to this game as a child. I was staying at a friends for a week during summer break and we would take turns playing this game since we only had one computer, which was located in his parents bedroom. Whoever got up the earliest would get first choice. After a few days I was up so early I got told by the father of the family to get out of his bedroom. He was a farmer and was used to getting up no later than 6 am, if not earlier. The music was definitely a huge part of the atmosphere of the game, and Tristram Village theme most of all.
@off6848
@off6848 Жыл бұрын
I listen to tons of spooky music and extreme metal as well as noise and drone but this is the most sinister and anguished piece of music I've heard still today. The nostalgia of playing at a kid definitely adds to that but I think any first hearing will understand
@locrianico6843
@locrianico6843 Жыл бұрын
6:26 I am so glad you said this. I am a massive Rush fan, and all of these diminished acoustic guitar chords kept me thinking of La Villa Strangiato
@HeartPlusUp
@HeartPlusUp Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you are covering this song, It inspired a lot of my music I feel.
@dectilon
@dectilon Жыл бұрын
Tristram gets the most play (and for good reason) but the other music tracks in Diablo 1 are also incredible. My favorite is the theme of the caves. Having music that conveys the feeling of "having a hard time breathing in a cramped, too-hot, hostile space" has to be pretty rare.
@Nagoragama
@Nagoragama Жыл бұрын
Genuinely one of my favorite video game pieces. Thanks for the analysis!
@c2HitsButtons
@c2HitsButtons Жыл бұрын
I appreciate you mentioning the similarity to Rush songs. The chord progressions at the beginning, especially moving around the As, were reminding me specifically of Xanadu.
@ftwftn6157
@ftwftn6157 Жыл бұрын
Diablo 1 was one of my 1st video games. i played it on a computer in a basement and i remember the music from the menu running through These also dark corridors 😂 the atmosphere of d1 is simply unsurpassed by even all the following games of the franchise. The village seemed so sad and always facing the demonious activities under the nearby churche. The voice Acting of the villagers was so amazing and the music of each part of the dungeon (Cathedral catacombs and hell) was so eerie you just felt you are getting closer and closer to the bottom of things. Just remembering all this makes me wanna play again.
@HalleyRios
@HalleyRios 3 ай бұрын
MAN you are a genius! Your parallel with Roundabout gave me the shivers, took me almost 30 years (and your input) to realize the similarities. +1 sub
@promisedlan2985
@promisedlan2985 Жыл бұрын
I have never thought, 27 years later, is the day where I can finally see what chord it used and the musical theory explanation of how it worked to stir your emotion. (The sound that I thought was a wailing is actually an overblown flute!) I am very thankful that you went the whole extra mile to make this video for us! ❤
@Guild0fGamers
@Guild0fGamers Жыл бұрын
This song is in my top 3 of all time favorite VG songs, I’ve sometimes played this to relax, and I’ve used it as background music during tabletop role playing sessions.
@edsfoxart
@edsfoxart 11 ай бұрын
Since the first time I listened to this master piece.. I add it to every single playlist I had throught out the years.. I still have it on my MUSIC playlist here in youtube and still listen to it from time to time in the background.. This piece has something to it that no other game music has.. Cheers to master Matt Uelmen for composing this beauty..
@Thesteadfast
@Thesteadfast Жыл бұрын
I love hearing you explain things that mostly go over my head about a song that was super impactful growing up. D1 scared the crap out of me as kid! This song is so peacefully unsettling and works so well on repeat walking around town hearing everyones awful backstories.
@zacharywong483
@zacharywong483 Жыл бұрын
Stellar video, as always! Love that you have transcriptions to follow along with what you're talking about!
@MixolydianMode
@MixolydianMode Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, I remember being mesmerised by the guitars in Diablo back in the days.
@savagedregime8176
@savagedregime8176 Жыл бұрын
Matt Uelmen's stated influences include Peruvian guitar music as well as some of the earliest formative goth rock like Bauhaus.
@ronin_jedi87
@ronin_jedi87 Ай бұрын
The music impells the player onward. The uneasy and ominous feeling of unknowns just beyond the player's view window is sustained throughout. I cannot stress enough how much I love this theme and enjoy it's looping purgatory of dread and hopelessness on the very edge of damnation itself. When playing, the first echoed chord strum becomes a muical sigh of relief as you're away from the perils of the catacombs and caves, but the building sense of dread reminds us that we'll be returning to the depths before long. It was actually a blessing that the characters didn't run, giving us time to walk all the way out to Adria's hut.
@KevynKross
@KevynKross Жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting on this since I first discovered your channel. Thank you man, great work.
@hellashes
@hellashes Жыл бұрын
Without a doubt my favorite video game track of all time. Still gives me chills decades later every time I hear it.
@etobicokeguitarschool
@etobicokeguitarschool Жыл бұрын
11:28 - "Overblown wooden flute thing" LOL Lovely, lovely analysis! The tristram theme is one of my favourite video game pieces from my favourite game of all time, and is brilliantly composed. Glad to see someone appreciating the technicalities of it all. Well done!
@Muntedbug
@Muntedbug Жыл бұрын
So beautiful to see how it works under the hood! I absolutely adore Uelmans compositions in Diablo and Diablo 2; thank you for breaking down just why this tune is so haunting but alluring at the same time!
@raineyjayy
@raineyjayy 2 ай бұрын
This is one of the coolest videos I've seen in a while. I love you going off on why this is cool in a very cool musical examination
@cascimiro
@cascimiro Жыл бұрын
I love this song so much I started learning it by ear at the guitar almost 20 years ago, still improving it over the years. Such a great tune
@tamirleibovich
@tamirleibovich Жыл бұрын
as a musician and someone who use to play this game a lot when i was a teenager , this video brought me to tears
@boohoow
@boohoow Жыл бұрын
So glad you highlighted Jules, his/her convers are just phenomenal
@horatiuromantic
@horatiuromantic 3 ай бұрын
fantastic explanation and testament to both your skills and the composer's. this piece is so incredible and has been one of my fav ever since hearing it when I was a little kid. I definitely have that nostalgic feeling for the game and the music almost to the point of smelling the ambience it generates. great to learn a bit about the technical aspect of the chords, I've been listening to this for so long and still hadn't been able to reproduce it on guitar, except for the first few chords. never realized the use of devil's tritone for instance, which makes so much sense it's genius. thank you!
@Akinohotarubi
@Akinohotarubi Жыл бұрын
And that's why Diablo 1 & 2 are the best. Seriously though, Diablo 2 soundtrack is about putting the 8:24 melody as a leitmotiv as much as they sensibly could in every other song.
@AnimusInvidious
@AnimusInvidious Жыл бұрын
I always loved that piece so much. Incredible arrangement.
@jayofelony86
@jayofelony86 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this a lot! Would love to see more (oldish) PC games covered.
@beansnrice321
@beansnrice321 Жыл бұрын
Man. I literally listen to the Diablo 1 soundtrack on loop all weekend, last weekend. Great pick! =D
@DaniMusiX
@DaniMusiX Жыл бұрын
Definitely stayed a while and listened
@MarkErikEE
@MarkErikEE Жыл бұрын
Good breakdown of this timeless piece. A game I'm playing time and again just for the soundtrack.
@hosemarino
@hosemarino Жыл бұрын
Would be cool to see the rest of the Diablo I soundtrack songs covered as well. Many gems of odd times signatures, bass and violins
@jeffreydhill
@jeffreydhill Жыл бұрын
As a D1 player from the late 90's, its by far my favorite music theme. And there are incredible ones ALL OVER gaming. Truly, music in gaming is way greater than people realize.
@b0lkan
@b0lkan Жыл бұрын
I've heard this a million times, and when it hit the lighter chords ingame you suddenly felt hope and resolve. I still get that feeling listening back to it now, so amazing.
@keithkempenich6401
@keithkempenich6401 Жыл бұрын
I'm pumped that you covered this song. It remains probably my favorite video game song of all time and I adore listening to it on foggy or rainy mornings.
@brock8232
@brock8232 Жыл бұрын
Glad to see this gem reviewed!
@InsomniacRocker
@InsomniacRocker Жыл бұрын
Dude as a Diablo 1 and 2 super fan and big music nerd this video was just top notch!
@ourDreamcatcher
@ourDreamcatcher Жыл бұрын
10:18 I saw, and enjoyed, the subtle editing gag here. I love it.
@razzledazzle84921
@razzledazzle84921 Жыл бұрын
It’s such a stunning track, so memorable and technically complex and performatively difficult. One of those pieces that makes me think “How did anyone even compose this thing!?”
@IwoIwanov
@IwoIwanov Жыл бұрын
Fantastic content. The Diablo Theme is one of my all time favourites. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
@Spooky_Sunday
@Spooky_Sunday Жыл бұрын
I love the dissecting of one of my favourite music game themes! 1:47 That is such a small detail, but so effective: The heavy delay fills up the space AND in addition: The fading between the left and right channel is what makes it sound ethereal and eerie (listen to the part 3:57 - 4:19 with headphones).
@MisantropoFilantropo
@MisantropoFilantropo Жыл бұрын
Matt Uelmen also composed the OST for the two first Torchlight games which, to be honest are like Diablo I and II with 3D cartoonish graphics and almost no multiplayer but with the same vibes on most of the tracks of the OST and sounds fantastic.
@ltxr9973
@ltxr9973 Жыл бұрын
Oh right the tristram theme. Definitely inspired me as a guitar player, D2 was still fresh on my mind when I started to learn playing, everyone was addicted to it back then. 5:17 A bit of a Bathory - Shores In Flames vibe
@yakhooves
@yakhooves 6 күн бұрын
The “flute thing” was the element that made this music sublime to me. Like a lonely wolf howling into the cursed and inky darkness. I just adore this piece, and have since hearing it in the demo version of the game way back in the nineties.
@Architraz_PHX
@Architraz_PHX Жыл бұрын
I, for one, love the overblown flute thing notation. Great analysis on something that always seemed to be something unique and pretty far from standard compositions (being a musical idiot, was probably hearing the heavy use of tritones).
@NameyNames
@NameyNames Жыл бұрын
Thanks for reminding me of this song, I've always loved it!
@lauridsen1381
@lauridsen1381 Жыл бұрын
I was waiting for this to come out ever since I first heard the song
@aurawolf664
@aurawolf664 11 ай бұрын
i really wish Corptube's algorithms were as consistent with content creators and channels as it is with ads because i've somehow never visited your channel before! great stuff here!
@stevenclark2188
@stevenclark2188 Жыл бұрын
I always thought the Fyrestone theme from Borderlands was in some ways an evolution of the Tristram theme. With the random loot and skill tree mechanics it makes a lot of sense to have an homage.
@vsm1456
@vsm1456 Жыл бұрын
yeah, bordelands soundtrack came to mind when watching this video. don't know why, maybe a similar sense of openness, echo-y emptiness
@SlingshotFooty
@SlingshotFooty Жыл бұрын
Glad I stumbled upon this video. Amazing work!
@Dawes70
@Dawes70 Жыл бұрын
You should check out the Age of Mythology OST. Especially with how it both builds character but also how great it is at nailing ambiance for each of the civs.
@mikeg0007
@mikeg0007 Жыл бұрын
This is such a fantastic breakdown!
@jo-mi4966
@jo-mi4966 Жыл бұрын
Diablo was such a great game and the music was so amazing. I got my mum to buy it when I was like 11 or 12 because the box art looked cool and as soon I heard the Tristram scene, I was immersed. As someone who's listened to a lot of game music and is beginning a career in composition and sound design for games, this is still a solid favourite of mine all these years later and an inspiration. Absolute banger
@kreskinkun
@kreskinkun Жыл бұрын
Whoa, I did not expect the guitarist to be Jules.
@FamilyJules7X
@FamilyJules7X Жыл бұрын
Yo was that Kiefer King from Kiefer King on this Deck?
@HeartPlusUp
@HeartPlusUp Жыл бұрын
Was just listening to your version of the track lmao.
@cpemby
@cpemby Жыл бұрын
Woo! Been waiting for this for a long time!
@DeadwingDork
@DeadwingDork Жыл бұрын
It's a great song, just a shame about how AN UNNAMED FORMER BLIZZARD composer whose work MAY have been referenced in this video allegedly stalked me for like two years and legally threatened and bullied me into silence for reporting on how he was threatening and bullying other people on Twitter. I say allegedly, because he might still try to sue people for even saying his name in KZbin comments. Good thing I still have all those emails he sent.
@DracoLogan24
@DracoLogan24 Жыл бұрын
Honestly I have no idea how people like him get away with this shit. It’s obvious abuse of copyright law and of your personal rights.
@GarbaggioGoblino
@GarbaggioGoblino Жыл бұрын
man is unhinged sadly
@Gwunhar
@Gwunhar Жыл бұрын
This theme underlies probably 10 years of my childhood. I'm so happy to see this video I watched it twice, once logged out and then again logged in so I could beef the metrics.
@snailman1320
@snailman1320 Жыл бұрын
Yesss I've been waiting for so long for this! A band that often has the same vibe as diablo's tracks is Opeth. Really good stuff there
@fernandoguitar
@fernandoguitar Жыл бұрын
Amazing video! Thank you for this content!
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