Explorers of Sky Medley - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon | VVGO

Winner of "Best Symphonic Track" at the 2024 Game Music Remix Awards!
Virtual Video Game Orchestra is proud to present our eighteenth project, "Explorers of Sky" from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, along with end credits arrangement "Top Menu Theme" also from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky! Together, these two performances feature 190 submissions on 45 unique instruments from 64 individual players across the global video game music community.
"EXPLORERS OF SKY: A POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON MEDLEY"
from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (2009)
Music by Arata Iiyoshi (飯吉 新), Hideki Sakamoto (坂本 英城), Keisuke Ito (伊藤恵介)
Arranged by Olive Edwards
Additional Arrangement by Jonathan Shaw & Sophia W (Herb)
"TOP MENU THEME"
from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (2009)
Music by Arata Iiyoshi (飯吉 新), Hideki Sakamoto (坂本 英城), Keisuke Ito (伊藤恵介)
Arranged by Olive Edwards & Jonathan Shaw
Full credits: vvgo.org/projects/18-pokemon-mystery-dungeon-2
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[@m1ssw1z61]

The moment I heard the melody at 4:26 I was like "....... Don't do this to me man 🥲"

[@weisstofall2615]

Same, I teared up instantly

[@trainerdee802]

This is a gift to all explorers of skys fans. I cried the first two times. it's really a blessing to us

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

You're Welcome!

[@trainerdee802]

​@@VirtualVideoGameOrchestrathanks again, I always come back to listen to this masterpiece

[@まりかツイステとかゆっくり実況]

ラストのチョイスがエンドロールじゃなくて俺たちは生きている！なの最高 この動画に出会えてよかった

[@Demo_]

Here I am, just coming back to this arrangement more than one year later, just to satisfy my nostalgia.

[@Sean081799]

Thanks for organizing this project! Sky Tower from PMD1 is legitimately the reason I'm still a musician today, so the PMD series holds a very special place in my heart!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

You're welcome! Beautyful to hear!

[@hanteiyn]

デバイスがあれば世界中が繋がってこういう創作ができる いい時代になったなぁ

[@dlkjAENFadlkfj]

The fact that this barely has 28k views at the time of writing is absolutely criminal. The amount of work and talent that has been put into this speaks for itself, I've shared it already with any of the friends that were into this game as much as I was, and it's just glorious. Thank you all for making this, every rendition was amazing and I loved listening to this!

[@Ledyuka]

Who would have thought, 14 years later, that this game will have people making orchestration of its OST.

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Some really dedicated fans in the orchestra!

[@Ledyuka]

@@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra And some other really dedicated fans came to listen to you!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

@@Ledyuka Glad to hear! we do it for them!

[@KinodeVGM]

Yess! PMD2 is one of the most impactful VGM OSTs ever in my opinion- there's some sheer beauty in the compositions. This was a treat ❤

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

We couldn't agree more! Thank you!

[@Dmoll]

Huge W, thanks for taking the time and effort to play my arrangement! This turned out awesome

[@MooglePower]

Fantastic arrangement! Was really fun to play.

[@DarkMarxSoul]

Absolutely outstanding. The rendition of "Don't Ever Forget" legitimately brought me to tears.

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

[@jesusentrenadorloquitopokemon]

omg es epico!! suena como si fuera para un remake

[@Kouteshi]

This is just surreal. Can't help but smile all throughout the video. Thank you so much to everyone who made this, this is just incredible.

[@diamondmasterandwillythecat]

With the pokemon day presentation in 40 minutes im here for good luck

[@Nori_SpacedOutYT]

When I saw this and heard this theme 4:27 and I knew I would cry, and I did…almost, this is absolutely beautiful, brings me memory’s how i play it.

[@givem3asandwich80]

I don’t usually comment on videos, but I HAD to on this one! It’s so fucking beautiful and I loved every second of it! Keep up the good work! ❤

[@aggapuffin]

Getting chills listening to the Through the Sea of Time part at 3:00 AM.

[@williamsanborn9195]

I had a wonderful time playing this piece. Thank you again, production team, for allowing me the solo opportunity on trumpet! My late grandfather is very proud. (I played on his trumpet)

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

You are most welcome! Glad you enjoyed playing along! :D

[@PizzaBoyAnthony]

Tommy's Puppet Lab was in the Orchestra as a Puppeteer

[@StevenHigbee]

This turned out incredible, the music from these games always will hold a special place in my heart :) Thank you for all of the hard work that went into this, everyone!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Our pleasure! :D

[@weisstofall2615]

This is beautiful. Thank you

[@vVindDew]

This was absolutely amazing! Got teary eyed when "Through the Sea of Time" began.

[@master_bulbasaur]

Great job everyone!!! 💖

[@MDzstation567]

My god my childhood!!! This is so amazing Nintendo should hire u for the remake of pokemon mystery dungeon explorer of the sky really waiting for that the dx version!! ❤

[@shebibscreations8544]

I loved them all, especially my favorites were the “Sea of time”, the triumphant brass over the somber strings in “Don’t Ever Forget”

[@blankster6425]

Seeing the amount of effort here is astounding! As someone who's currently in a school band and aspiring to become a musician, this really does make me happy. Hoping this youtube channel can get the love that it deserves as it is criminally underrated B)

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

So great to hear! hopefully one day! :D

[@wyattmcgahey3035]

How the HECK do you not have more subs this is freaking amazing.

[@pumodi]

This turned out so freaking well! Good work everyone

[@Laura_Iri-ARTE]

Wonderful, Tommy! Erik, Héctor and myself sending you congratulations 🍾🎉🎈 for your participation in this project.

[@rophmusic]

I see a few familiar faces 😊 Fantastic work from everyone involved, wow 😍

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Yes! Thank you!

[@vatsalparmar5740]

Absolutely beautiful, I have no words to express the emotions this makes me feel

[@eumber3721]

The amount of chills i got at the time gear part....great job everyone!

[@Pantahai]

PMD2 Is one of my most favorite games and has so many awesome soundtracks. Hearing this was a wonderful experience and all i can say is Very well done 🎶

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much!

[@cameronwisher1872]

WOW! I smiled and cried and laughed all in one video. This was awesome :.)

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

happy to hear it moved you so much! Thank you!

[@yodizzle]

Wonderful!

[@SpyroFan001]

My favorite game of all time. Incredible performance by all! ^_^

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you so much! We are very proud of our orchestra!

[@arnaudmarques5776]

I shed some tears through this, you guys did an amazing job and I'm so glad to be able to listen to it! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Beautiful words, thank you

[@TandA-Music]

Another fantastic project, kudos to the team and all the performers! 🎉

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you kindly! We wouldn't be anywhere without all those amazing team members!

[@Demo_]

What a masterpiece! The combination of the PMD soundtrack and those gorgeous visuals really made me go down memory lane. Great job everyone!

[@nicolasgarcia2306]

This is so good! Thank you for letting us all do this together!!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Any time!

[@FiveNineSquared]

This is beautiful. The arrangement, everyone's playing, the editing... Great job, y'all! -Shame I don't have a horn at hand anymore, I would've joined in a heartbeat.-

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Dmoll]

Come join regardless! I'm sure Teams could do with someone as talented as you ;)

[@FiveNineSquared]

@@Dmoll when I can finally touch a horn again in a month (I pray that will happen) I will consider

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

@@FiveNineSquared You definitely should! Horns are always more then welcome!

[@iCrescendo]

Another masterpiece by the video team! Super fun arrangement to play and the end results sounds so good

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Glad you like it!

[@Miju001]

Shout out to heartfelt love letters to Explorers of Sky gotta be one of my favorite content genres (Amazing job everyone!! This was a delightful collab to discover

[@chackbro1]

This was wonderful to listen to

[@TRISCORE]

great job everyone

[@boonkunak]

This is amazing, and the top menu theme at the end is beautiful.

[@senord.6745]

Needs so many more views, thank you for doing this game justice. ❤

[@SableProvidence]

This turned out great =)

[@djangorainbow]

this was so amazing i cried a lil

[@LadyXayahna]

I recently discovered this channel and as im going through all the nostalgic videos of my childhood video games, this one just hits so hard. The sky tower and goodbye song brought me into tears. Absolutely beautiful and kuddo's to everyone participating!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@snugbug7241]

Genuinely so amazing

[@TheExplorersGuild]

Absolutely amazing job with this whole project! Everyone involved is so talented!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you so much! We have an incredible team!

[@Bespinben]

One of the greatest PMD orchestra covers to date 🙌

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you so much! That is great to hear!

[@BananaPancake94]

This was absolutely amazing!!! I ugly cried through the whole thing, these games have my whole heart ❤️ Amazing job, everyone!! Thank you for making my nostalgic heart super happy today! 🥺

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you so much! Wonderfull to hear it touched your heart!

[@awesomepossum2598]

Thanks for organizing this beautiful melody. Explorers of sky was one of the first games I ever played and it will always hold a special place in my heart. It’s what’s inspired me to become video game writer and I’ll never forget the amazing adventures I had with this game. Hopefully Nintendo brings it back one day.

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you! You never forget your first! Glad to hear we contributed to the nostalgia

[@sckip97490]

Love this Medeley, Love your work, love PMD. lot of love ✅✅✅

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you! Lots of love back!

[@derpnumbers]

this needs so much more attention, beautiful job

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

One day we hope it gets the attention, Thank you!

[@NeinTails]

Truly phenomenal performances! PMD2 is my favourite Pokémon by a landslide with an incredible OST that is greatly nostalgic for me. Not only that, the visuals are stunningly well made, too. Hats off to you guys!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you so much!

[@localTurtwig]

Yo this is so good! Every second of it was incredible! It’s really cool to see such a large group being able to play like this! The transition from The Sea of Time to Don’t Ever Forget was my favorite!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you so much! Yeah its amazing to make this all together. So much love went in from all the musicians and artists!

[@thegovialjiraffe]

SO GOOD!!!! Explorers of Sky is amazing amd definitely has a very special soundtrack that everyone here did justice! It's great to see it recognized and I hope that this wonderful game can reach more people like it deserves!! ✨️

[@eagletgriff]

absolutely stunning holy!

[@nemofairlight]

This was so fun to play on! And what a cool vid, omg I'm sad I missed the premiere cuz I was at work but WOW, good job!!! It looks so good 🎉

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Always great to hear you had fun playing with us! Thank you so much, hopefully next time you can be there as well! :)

[@BearCobb]

I love it!!! Thank you for this masterful work, the emotions from playing this awesome franchise are flooding back thanks to this 😌

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Our pleasure!

[@Rosstail]

Magnificient. Love the UE background too !

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Many thanks!

[@omarsuchodolski8537]

fantastic work!!!

[@billielith]

So awesome! It must have taken so much time to get ready all together for each of those. Kudos and thanks for sharing!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you! Yes it was! So many artists are involved to get these arrangement going!

[@lossetta93]

o-o' I'm surprised no one is mentioning that one tuba guy wearing a boa. Then again multiple ppl have snakes on them xD

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Sharp! You mind find them as well in other video's. There is Rigatoni the big ball python and Ziti the Kenyan Sand Boa.

[@lossetta93]

@@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra nice~ I am a bit surprised the snakes don't mind the loud noise tho cause of the vibrations and all

[@Shyguy2434]

This is just so amazing that I can't even put it into words! You've captured the ost perfectly! Thank you so much to everyone who worked on this for making this! Its truly amazing!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you so much!!

[@Laqqy]

thank you

[@PokemonFan223]

This is amazing the music sounds so awesome

[@sNazzy_nazzy]

Thank you for brightening my day for a beautiful 9 minutes, the work everyone put into this shows.

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JPIMW]

PMD2 and its soundtrack is one of the few pieces of media that genuinely made me cry. This, brought back amazing memories, and I was left teared up again - refeeling all the magic of this amazing game. Thank you so much for this incredible composition, this was beautifully done.

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

thank you and you're welcome

[@diejones8008]

So good

[@SAS-jj8yh]

This is amazing, brought a tear to my eye

[@StepCrow]

LIKED and SUBSCRIBED! PMD Sky music is peak! Well deserved effort!!!!!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you so much!

[@onemoreuser7626]

Excellent work

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

thank you!

[@miguel_seonsaengnim]

Wow! That's the dream I'm also chasing! And I see it becoming true! I cannot believe neither my eyes nor my ears! :'D What a wonderful project!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you for the beautiful words!

[@johnwallar]

Amazing Job as always everyone!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thanks John! :D

[@mirwana-kataya1662]

Oh nyooo- nostalgia qwq i love it~ this hits so hard

[@paleo_ferns]

I got so many goosebumps watching this oh my goSH

[@christelleroderick524]

This is amazing ima Play this in loop ❤ they should use this same music if they remake sky!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you! That would be amazing if they did!

[@CrowLady0_0]

This is so beautiful! I may have cried a little bit watching this 0_0

[@javiscripter]

I absolutely loved it, congrats to everyone involved 🎉

[@mauripok5]

Thanks a lot! This is wonderful!!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you! :D :D :D

[@tkdwls1998]

Masterpiece❤

[@rockyjs42]

Listen to these magnificent soundtracks from this game does remind me of my first time to journey through this amazing game. Such a masterpiece. 👏👏 Edit in 2024: at 7:30 it's just a pure nostalgic to hear it again.

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

The soundtrack of this game is indeed amazing!

[@dany.infox.1010]

Great & amazing

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you!

[@wherewiiwentwrong]

Ayo this is sick!

[@MarsPikachu]

Wait... Am I crying? Yep, I am 😅

[@Jeylo.399-in7yf]

Wow

[@Kniffel101]

The mixing is a little weird sometimes, with the volume sometimes switching from loud to quiet and vice-versa rapidly and sounds being all-over-the-place, but I can imagine it must be a _ton_ of work to get right for so many different instruments. Overall I'm just happy this exists and brought me a tiny bit of nostalgia! =) Thanks to everyone who participated here!

[@rawrpancakes]

i really really really wish you didn't put crappy reverb over the entire track. otherwise i think this would sound very beautiful

[@diamondmasterandwillythecat]

No remake..........

[@FelipeFbh]

spotify plsss

[@janarobertson3559]

Love it!

[@BlueDandyLyon]

What song is playing right after the sea of time? It’s so beautiful

[@Dmoll]

It's track 70 from the original OST called Don't Ever Forget! That particular section is a little interlude we arranged to connect the two pieces :D glad you enjoyed it!

[@BlueDandyLyon]

@@Dmoll thank you for answering! Sea of time and then that track right after was *chef’s kiss*

[@BSNintendo]

Am I able to use some of this music for a video if I credit it in the description?

[@Flarekian]

Glory 5:34

[@AmrddH]

Incredible job!

[@VirtualVideoGameOrchestra]

Thank you! :D