Bionicle: The Legend Rescored

[@MrSailing101]

"arrogance can topple giants." Mata Nui, when you put someone down you aren't supposed to do it to yourself.

[@syweb2]

It was deliberate. He's speaking from personal experience.

[@Lemuel928]

About time Mata Nui was about to say a legendary line before facing Colossus Teridax.

[@weston6226]

That's why he said, "Trust me, I know" literally right after.

[@Nikifuj908]

Don’t worry, he did it to Makuta as well

[@JulianKrushinski]

​@Nikifuj908 Yeah, no kidding, he really really beat him with the moon, and now teridax got himself into a deathly pickle that he didn't see coming... because teridax made his ambitions get the best of him and now Mata nui really destroyed him for it...

[@Toaofvideos]

This shows perfectly what a huge role music has in making a movie good. The Mata Nui/Tuma fight felt a lot more impactful with this ACTUAL music.

[@ranielrocha7901]

Verdade

[@josefzalusky7307]

I'll always say that Bionicle should be fully revisited and given the quality movies it deserves. Better voice acting, better fight choreography, it would be a dream.

[@redrenegade7724]

Michael Dorn and John De Lancie can stay.

[@KireitardandGilgamess]

Life could be a dream lego if you would bring back bionicle from above if you would tell us bricks aren't the only thing that you love life could be a dream lego hello hello again *gibberish*

[@jr9529]

I think it would be cool to have movies of the ignition trilogy in the style of those old movies

[@LinkiePup]

I mean the mirimax movies other than being still early 2000s CGI, and thus more stiff than it should have been, those where still very accurate to the lore, stories, and even the depiction of the Bionicles was in line with the books.

[@panzerivscope1173]

The Legend Reborn really felt lacking to me after the Web of Shadows (ESPECIALLY voice acting)

[@Georgethewatcher1616]

Yes that Evangelion song so good when mata nui was walking

[@purplehaze2358]

Man, the Legend Reborn depiction of Tuma is so far removed from the Tuma seen in other Bionicle media that I'm forced to assume they're wholly different characters.

[@E4439Qv5]

The less-than-mighty Tuma.

[@PetitTasdeBoue]

I mean even Makuta / Teridax defeat was so lame in the second movie lol

[@josefzalusky7307]

Not to mention that the elite, bad-to-the-bone Skrall are reduced to a howling mob with only slightly higher intelligence than the Vorox.

[@scumknight6074]

Tuma got the Grievous treatment.

[@taekwoncat9803]

​@scumknight6074 Yes, tuma may be a dictator of Bara magma... but he got grievous treatment because he talks and talks and talks about destroying the glatorian but he fails to do so and he got brutally destroyed from getting beaten by the wound and now he's gone forever...

[@maverick12070]

I still find it strange, that they decided to make these fleshier, more human like beings, look and sound more robot like than the original bionicle. And they did it then of all times when they already had 3 movies with individual character models. The only one where it would kinda make sense Its Mata Nui. Its strange

[@maxinehowland8246]

I think it's because it was a different studio that made The Legend Reborn and they might have thought the characters being more accurate to the toys would be better for marketing.

[@johnwalker1058]

Very nicely done. If I hadn't seen the movie, someone could've told me that this is how the original scene played out and I would have no idea.

[@cecillewolters1995]

I haven’t seen the actual movie, I literally thought this was the scene until I saw your comment and looked a bit better at the titel

[@APinchofBazel]

UPDATE: Was it worth it Universal? Was it really worth it?

[@RedBonkleMan8534]

Universal be like: “lel nuthin personnel kid”

[@D1ne-O-SAur]

​@@RedBonkleMan8534what happened?

[@why3994]

​@@D1ne-O-SAur idk but they probably took the video down or something

[@BasementDweller_]

Besides the cheesy “study your enemy and find their weaknesses” bit, the fight was honestly fun to watch.

[@cameronpearce5943]

I love the spiraling pegs

[@Galimeer5]

The characters look good -- smooth animations, great texture work -- but the fight sequences were so clunkly and stilted.

[@malytheson]

4:08 how can YOUR hands make that sound!?

[@peterkrauel7237]

Bionicle: The Legend Michael Dorn

[@ReeksofChees3]

It was a shame that Nathan Furst didn’t do TLR’s soundtrack. I also liked that you cut out some of Berix’s lines which I really like. (Berix and Johnny Test share the same voice actor. No wonder they’re both annoying IMO)

[@edgyelectrokinetic6761]

i agree with that first part. But about the second, mind you, James Arnold Taylor also did Kenobis voice in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, so, at least, in my opinion, he's a great voice actor, he just gets cast as too many annoying characters in mediocre shows (Doesn't help that he pretty much does the same voice for Berix and Johnny)

[@ReeksofChees3]

@@edgyelectrokinetic6761 I also just remembered that James Arnold Taylor also voiced Ratchet from Ratchet and Clank which I don't mind.

[@MrSkeleton14]

Who

[@isaacandino3956]

​@@ReeksofChees3 also leonardo from tmnt 2007

[@peppermillers8361]

Can't say I expected Evangelion music in a Bionicle video, but it's not a bad surprise.

[@APinchofBazel]

Set the march of God to The Wrath of God and everything

[@TheOriginalSB]

Super Epicness This epic scene with epic soundtrack, Looks Epic, Respect for such a Amazing video

[@toalesovikk7168]

Very well implemented. I would love to see more of this.

[@poncut5074]

Same.

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

If you rescored the whole movie like this, it'd probably be so much better. Granted, that is an INSANE undertaking.

[@youraftermyrobotbee]

ay yo that evangelion music hit different

[@catoticneutral]

fits his evangelion shoulders

[@unicornhybrid1047]

Perfection.

[@localdude2979]

i fuking love bionicle, but the fight coreography in all their movies are incredibly underwhelming and boring, the hype built, scenery and all that is cool but, as good as it is, the lame fight ruins it

[@malytheson]

I will say this movie is kinda underatred

[@catoticneutral]

i'd say that it's rated about the correct amount

[@finvaly]

I get the feeling that, had Mata Nui cut off Tuma's leg during bragging, it would be a much more fun fight

[@sanctumscream372]

I was not expecting to hear Evangelion music over TLR, but I love it. Reminds me how piss-poor this movie's soundtrack was.

[@cathleenmoyle1476]

Why do those two twin-looking guys trapped in the cage remind me of the twins, 3 and 4, from 9?

[@rbraunbeck96]

The big one is a girl

[@mrmateusz5188]

When god livesay walks towards you

[@SomeRandomKydd]

Few of Berics’s lines were cut, but still awesome.

[@aprilwebb2892]

3:37 No!

[@aPonderousChain]

What software did you use to isolate the vocal/SFX tracks? High quality work here

[@pizzafuture]

This is the first Bionicle movie that i watch at tv

[@Smasher-bq1uk]

the og is better in my opinion but i grew old with the glatorian bionicle and the movie so yeah.. :/ still a very fitting music for this scene

[@darklord-yz7ig]

Perhaps because of the Russian dubbing, I fell in love with this film (In the Russian dubbing, Mata Nui is voiced by Optimus Prime)

[@taekwoncat9803]

Well that serves tuma right for being a dictator on bara magma!

[@MrSkeleton14]

I remember watching this when I was a little stupid dumb braindead baby toddler thing

[@LizarusMovies]

wrath of god is such a banger. we need more rebuild ost aprechiation, its amazing

[@ToaBastignika]

That sounded really good Lol you took out some of Berix lines

[@haziqhazli3405]

i like the movie called: Bionicle The Legend Reborn when i was short year old while watching Lenovo tablet.

[@ryanmatthews3609]

2:39 great wisdom from Mata Nui

[@PainXIII12]

Evangelion 3.0?

[@GogakuOtaku]

Yeah, the only memorable track from this movie is from when they’re riding into Tesara, which is nothing scene.

[@Joamori1054]

Again, how this film was produced by the same studio who did Foodfight?

[@cameronpearce5943]

Always bet on Worf

[@DioStandProud]

Ngl If this was 01-04, Mata Nui most likely would have sliced off Varix's legs with Tuma's shield before turning him into a serpent.

[@namesnotjoe1394]

Mata Nui, get in the giant robot!

[@hiimargo7058]

is that fucking Omni man?!

[@miming3679]

No, it's battle beast. Michael dorn voiced mata nui

[@av_8596]

This is *awesome!* Excellent work! How did you do it? What program did you use? I could learn from this.

[@APinchofBazel]

So it comes down to two major things. One, the software. You need something robust that lets you work with as many audio channels as you need, not just the basic two, as well as the ability to actually key your audio levels, since ducking them in and out is super important on something like a rescore where you want the dialogue to actually be audible over whatever music or SFX you introduce. Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, and Final Cut Pro tend to be the big three programs, but they can all be kinda pricey. DaVinci Resolve’s got a free version and I hear that gives you a fair bit to work with, though I’ve never used it myself. I use Avid. The other important thing is actually acquiring the right copy of the film. So you’re probably used to stereo mixes, the standard two-channel audio from left and right. But if you really want to get nitty gritty, you need the actual full 5.1 surround sound mixes or higher, which gives you access to the 6+ audio channels of a more intricate mix. This is important, because if that surround sound mix is any good, _most_ of the original music is gonna be in the front-left and front-right channels, while the core sound (mainly dialogue) is gonna be in the center channel. Sounds tend to bleed between channels, but usually, if you nix those first two channels (and maybe the rear-left and right channels for good measure), you can get rid of _most_ of the original music from the movie altogether, and get free reign to add in whatever you want. Unfortunately those channels might have some other important SFX in them (as I had to deal with on the Puss in Boots videos), so you might have to try and key those effects in individually, but that’s just if you’re feeling super anal about it. For bare basics, just cut out everything but that center channel, usually Channel 3 on a 5.1 mix. Unfortunately the only way to _get_ these sound mixes is by either directly ripping your DVD/Bluray, or consulting the high seas and pulling a little yarr-harr-fiddledy-dee to track down files that contain them. The latter can be dangerous and legally dubious so I can’t in good conscious recommend it. Proceed at your own risk on that one.

[@av_8596]

@@APinchofBazel Thanks so much. I look forward to seeing more of your work (Love your BIONICLE trailers!). *Best of luck!*

[@Garmagic2yFhenrakh9]

I still can't believe that they made the Skrall sound like literal chicken with rabies 😑

[@UniversalStruggle]

battle beast

[@DiggyDwarf-wc2qj]

The *MIGHTY T U M A ! ! !*

[@purplehaze2358]

A part of me would have preferred if you used a score of wholly original making, but at the same time I do understand how difficult that would actually be.

[@liammeech3702]

Imagine if Miramax made this film

[@ega1324]

Man, tuma is so slow tbh, his first slash was a real sneak attack, the rest has strength in them, but slower than a grandpa, and id honestly enjoy to see how the community would reanimate the series

[@zaneolsen7211]

ITS NOT A TUMA

[@acousticfacts]

No way fallout 2/nv marcus

[@shum8104]

really dont know what youre talking about. if there was one good thing about the legend reborn it was the score.

[@APinchofBazel]

There’s only one real leitmotif in the whole thing, and the movie abuses it to death. Outside of some unexpected sauce on the Tesara and hot springs sequences, the music is largely pretty understated and underdeveloped, with this fight being the worst offender. My biggest goal here was that, regardless of how much I had to slice up and reshuffle the music to do it, to make cues sync more directly to certain actions and push that much harder to propel the action forward, because I think the original score really failed to do that. Instead it meandered throughout what was already a pretty listless action scene. And it sucks because I’ve heard this composer’s work at least once before, in that old Imaginext pilot no one remembers. And there’s a much bigger push in that score than here.

[@Kit_splat]

Stop hateing this movie its fine

[@peppermillers8361]

it's pretty flawed, but so are the other three films.

[@TheChroNikler498]

​@@peppermillers8361 Honestly the films are the some of the weakest entries in the entire series, which is kinda weird, because the guys who worked on the script had some notable projects under their belt, like Tartakovsky's Clone Wars and Spectacular Spider-Man.

[@moriop4482]

The music is fine, but the english voive acting is poor imo. No hate in that, but if you listen to the Czech dabing, i bet you will here more emotions in every sentence.