Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest - Battle 2 (metal remix)

One out of two down, and one I'm really happy with too. Next up is Sting Chameleon for those of you who've been waiting for it. Felt appropriate with all the Terminal Montage fans running around here lately!
I'm going to try to calm down and work on other things before I run out of vacation time, especielly considering I've placed a hunk-a-junk car in the company garage while everyone's on vacation that definitely can't still be there when people get back. I'll still push for one more release before I get back to work though, but that definitely won't be this month.
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[@Needwagon4Speedwagon]

The people who hate on Mystic Quest never played it, how could one look at the rapper goblins and dislike the game?

[@mugluvin3300]

Right? This game was my childhood

[@shad0ws0rr0w86]

Was it as good as ff4 or ff6? No, was it still an amazing game with badass music? Absolutely

[@JohnBLZ]

@@shad0ws0rr0w86 As good as ff6 no, but as good as ff4? Yeah, better even.

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

Mystic Quest is, in my opinion, the perfect game to ease someone who's never played a JRPG into the genre.

[@xKuragu]

This game has possibly some of the best battle tunes ever made for RPGs. They were soooo metal. All three of the battle themes are just that good.

[@GameGemini]

KZbin didn't even exist when I last played this game and heard this theme. Now, 30 years later, it popped into my head, so I searched for it. MY GOD! Such a masterpiece! That's so well done; I instantly got tears in my eyes.

[@blacklabel130]

not even the slightest nostalgia,... you sure got 30?

[@GameGemini]

@@blacklabel130 Oui el cave! En passant "got tears in my eyes" = expression de nostalgie, épas! Contente d'être célibataire, a voir le genre de troll caves qu'on a comme hommes au Québec de nos jours.

[@ED-le1pr]

Same thing happened to me when I built my first PC. Right away started looking up video game music covers

[@foresthunter1358]

This song is a huge part of my childhood. I remember sitting down with my best friend and hitting the final boss so hard we healed it. Of course we would start the fight just to let this music play. Hearing it like this brings it to life.

[@Goblinpunch123]

your music and musicality are amazing! keep doing what you do, brother bear! I came here originally for the MMX music a couple years back, but everything on your channel is just dripping with talent!

[@Adromelk]

The game was simple, but thr sountrack went HARD AF!

[@Zeemis]

Holy shit someone actually made this, I didn't think people even cared about this game enough to make music remixes lol

[@aaronmathis4540]

There's more ppl than you think that love this game 😊

[@aaronmathis4540]

Beating every enemy and beating every battle ground became like a thing you had to do

[@Gemini_Hero]

Ah yes, a song so great it was held back by its SNES origin. Now I can finally say I've heard it at its full potential!

[@josephdouglas6482]

SMcK is full potential.

[@SnthwaveSunset]

Maybe one day we will get a remaster or remake but a man can only dream

[@agiar2000]

I keep listening to this on loop. Such an amazing rendition, especially that finale!

[@waffle9438]

Really feeling blessed with all these awesome remixes lately ! I could already keep listening to this one for ages, so don't worry about keeping time for yourself Also... STING CHAMELEON !!!

[@mr.4096]

A rare remix where I like the remix even more than the original! In fact, this may be the first time I've ever liked the remix more!

[@weuiryhsdifhasdjklfh]

This is such a great remix. Hits you like a damn truck it goes so hard 🤘

[@deathtax10]

This song slaps so fucking hard

[@kenmorrow86]

Been listening to your stuff for a bit and you never fail to impress. These reimagined remixes are great! Keep it going!

[@NovaTMOD]

ok... THIS IS AMAZING!!! I played this game a TON when I was younger and I still remember it pretty well! This remix... I will be listening to it for quite some time!

[@KnownAsKenji]

Loved boss themes like this when I was young, it really put you into 'dangerous tense' mode.

[@NovaTMOD]

@@KnownAsKenji Yeah! Like, you know something BIG is goin down as SOON as you hear this!

[@Monstori]

Oh man I was just talking about this song the other day with my friend and then I found this version... Chef's kiss*. Thanks for making this.

[@SinisterMo0n]

What a surprise banger out of nowhere. Amazing job!

[@leanenjoyer8929]

It's so awesome to see one of my favorite video game tracks to be remixed to it's full potential, and I'd never would have imagined that the talented Stone Mcknuckle would do it. It's a pleasure this song graced my ears

[@allegedman]

This game had such good music. Thank you for this.

[@unkleguts2168]

Most legendary version of this masterpiece!

[@chrisregan5557]

I’m so glad someone made this. I’ve listened to the soundtrack to the game so many times and thought man, I would love to hear these songs played out on actual instruments.

[@cortomedino1745]

MAXIMOOO POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODER !!

[@benderramirez2907]

sacré bob lenon !!

[@nael4074]

Les boss qui se font - il n'y a d'autres mots - INFINISEEEEER

[@brotheralaric7177]

j'suis un poil triste qu'il ai finis le jeu. Ces passage de baston tellement craqué du cul quand il en avait ras le bol .

[@vformrh]

Thanks Stone. This made my night, and looking fwd to that Sting Chameleon rendition! Cheers to you.

[@jonathanstark9147]

Hooooo that intro into the song is AMAZING. Man I'm so glad MQ still gets love. It is SUCH a killer soundtrack. One of the best.

[@Kallandorian]

Jesus Christ, can't stop listening. These synths are f****ng amazing.

[@Yeldibus]

I was like "Ok this is crazy. I need to sub." then realized that this has happened before - I am already subbed! First time I ever felt like "hitting the bell icon" is long overdue.

[@brandonferland5106]

This was one of my favorite games growing up. The song popped up and I felt a wave of nostalgia wash over me. This jam is even tastier than the original. Well done/

[@aaronmathis4540]

I spent hours on this game growing up, beating every battle ground and every monster became a mission 💪

[@mattymattmattmatt2522]

Fantastic. Thank you for making this.

[@FlatEarthDisciple]

My favorite Final Fantasy. It's how i discovered the series as a kid in SNES. Screw haters.

[@JohnBLZ]

@KungFuAndrewTV The game isn't garbage at all, especially compared to the SNES standards. Play Mystic Quest and FF4 back to back: MQ has better gameplay, better writing, obviously better music, and is much harder. Still easy, but you could play FF4 blindfolded and mash A from start to finish.

[@JohnBLZ]

@KungFuAndrewTV Both MQ and FF4 give us the same old tired "crystals of the elements" story, but MQ adds humor. FF4 adds more tropes. So yeah, personally, I prefer Mystic Quest's story, but I can concede that others would see it differently. What I can't really concede is how everyone says MQ is FF on training wheels. I think my only challenge on FF4 was against Asura, and that's because I forgot white magic existed since I never needed to heal before. MQ killed me at least once on every boss except the final one, who as we all know, is allergic to cure.

[@reubonic14]

my gamertag is literally from this game and I've used it ever since then and I'm now 39 years old :)

[@agiar2000]

You never forget your first. ;) Mine was Final Fantasy VI, and that's still my favorite, too. :)

[@ponypapa6785]

Soo much yes! You are doing a wonderful job in remaking these. This one in particular is just wonderful as it, in my opinion, lets me relive the feeling I had when I turned on my *borrowed* SNES console and played this for hours on end.

[@epicenrique522]

God I loved playing this game back when I was small. Absolute fire.

[@doceonbane7443]

This should definitely be looped and extended to about 10 minutes of rock-hard awesome. This track slams hard.

[@agiar2000]

Absolutely amazing!

[@robins3257]

Thanks again for the great remix, just in time for my next workout :). Nah really i always listen to your remixes while doing cardio it's amazingly inspirationnal.

[@RobotDinosaur]

This freakin remix is SWEET. You remember that feeling back when you were a kid, playing something really intense, and your hands would sweat and heart would pound? This is that feeling in music form. 11/10

[@ZapatosVibes]

Absolute banger of an amazing song

[@lucianopereira8798]

this rocks on so many levels, can't get enough of it

[@xenoboost]

Even though he only work on 5 games while at square back in the day, Ruyji Sasai knew how to rock. despite it's much derided position, MQ knew how to bring intensity to every encounter ;and this is just something that feels so natural for you to mix in hindsight, just taking it to 11 Stone. Now i need to hear battle 1, doom castle and battle 3 from ya. Keep on rocking stone P.s Terminal montage should've used your mix for spark mandrill, it would have melted faces off.

[@StoneMcKnuckle]

preach it bro I might do more from this soundtrack but there are like 3 good arranges of battle 1 already :I

[@heyitsjustaz]

Dude we must've had the same childhood cos you remix like all my favourite old game songs, and do it so dang spicy I love it

[@DuragonLeMente]

As much as I adore your work, how the devil did I miss this gem till now!?

[@brotheralaric7177]

MAXIMO PODERE!!!!!

[@brotheralaric7177]

@Lonk Mc Fly yup, la pénélopolice est là.

[@angjay9265]

Man... that piano intro. Excellent job!

[@therealbahamut]

I guess good boss music is something we can always count on from Final Fantasy. Even Mystic Quest.

[@VTVash]

Really badass remix. The keyboards/synth also give me a major Valkyrie Profile vibe, double the enjoyment.

[@bergman687]

really love all of this songs you have made

[@gunnarlarson6159]

God this is INSANELY good.

[@Duhemsounds]

A beautiful gem from the past, great version

[@Voidsworn]

Love this! Great job!

[@justinglinski5991]

You are amazing Man, please keep up the great work!!!!

[@sqliqbild]

I most certainly didn't expect this intro.... The ass kicking afterwards was fully expected though ahah. Very nice remix. Looking forward to your rendition of Sting chameleon !

[@dr_quantum1012]

Another great remix as always

[@unkleguts2168]

Legendary just as the game was itself.

[@SapunMan]

An amazing mix of my favorite tune from FFMQ. Thank you very much for this.

[@devonlord-moncrief9355]

This is the part of the metal show where everyone screams, "Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!" because uh...holy shit. So happy you got to Mystic Quest. I'd love to hear your cover of the final boss theme.

[@xKuragu]

What a banger. This game was awesome just bu music alone.

[@sandorphoenix]

This goes so hard.

[@Ronin03]

I appreciate that this game, though it arguably linear in gameplay, is still well respected for its strong point... THIS DAMN ROCKIN MUSIC

[@chrisregan5557]

I wonder how much playing that game at 8 years old influenced my music tastes through life. That would have probably been the first time I listened to anything you would consider metal.

[@Taylorbaby831]

Have an older sister and her boyfriend played and recorded the whole symphony of destruction album for me when it came out, I was 8, and It was fucking awesome.

[@Magicmeatbag]

As someone who's loved this games soundtrack since a Kid I thank you

[@americanduckling]

This is some top tier work

[@youtubeboyjamie4364]

Would love to hear an extended version of this

[@Cyrus0587]

This is really good; thank you

[@PreviouslyDelicious]

This has some of the best music for such a simple FF game. I actually re-reviewd this like a year ago and still loved the music!

[@OreWaLavai]

For as bad of a reputation this game has, I personally love it, and think the soundtrack was damn fire, but holy shit is this version some next level bad assery!

[@UndyingZombie]

It got a bad reputation due to fans wanting a new final fantasy game but they got this instead.. So it was babies having a fit. The game itself is no where near as bad as those people claimed.

[@OreWaLavai]

@@UndyingZombie I gotta say, I enjoyed the out of combat puzzle solving and needing certain weapons to progress. Outside of Secret of Mana or Breath of Fire, you never really saw anything like that. And games like the Wild Arms series really seem like they took some inspiration from it.

[@FatalExistence]

I loved mystic quest it's one of the earliest rpg i remember playing i replayed it a year ago and still enjoyed it , it really doesn't deserve the hate it gets and although it's not entirely difficult its still some what more difficult than games today towards the end i loved the ost and simplicity of it

[@Mehdow666]

I hold my breath so many times during this song it's just unreal. Gave me chills the entire time. What an incredible remix, congratulations!

[@Revolyutsiya1917]

So glad you've done this, and honestly surprised you hadn't done it sooner. Will now be listening to this on repeat for the next week. Edit: added a missing word

[@jonathankozenko]

Wow - loved the original, and this seriously takes things to the next level!

[@thoughtprism2963]

Damn, glad I found this channel.

[@ErickGameplaysN64]

-"SUPLEX SUPLEX SUPLEX SUPLEX SUPLEX!!! SUPLEX EVERYTHING!!!" ~Joel, Vargskelethor

[@kevynhansyn2902]

:::Sabin Figaro enters the chat::: Suplex you say?

[@rickastley4414]

Keep up the good work!

[@windwalkerrangerdm]

There are certain dreams in life that, in pursuing them, failure to achieve their realization is preferable to successes in other avenues of life. This is one such dream for me. One day, Stone McKnuckle, the greatest youtube underground remixer ever to grace the internet, will remix the soundtrack of Shadow of the Beast Games. I will not give up. McKnuckle... if you don't hear from me about once in six months or so, know that I'm dead.

[@motherbrain1112]

Snake Man's theme would really be a badass addition to your kickass remixes. Man I wanna hear your rendition so bad !!

[@TerdSmasher303]

Man, I love the Mystic Quest soundtrack, same person who did Treasure of the Rudras. Really wish that person did more OST's for video games for they were awesome at it.

[@StoneMcKnuckle]

Yeah, I really like Sasai's work. I might do some stuff from Rudra no Hihou at some point as well.

[@chrisdeming43]

@OP @stoneknuckle - can you provide sheet music to piano?

[@davidsoundremixer.7861]

Stone mcknuckle Epic cover, awesome.

[@maoxx4720]

Thank you for doing this......god I have waited for some to cover this song the right way. Now if we can get a remix of the Volcano theme and Doom King ......hint hint...

[@niftythrifty4955]

God bless you. No words. Too awesome!

[@flyinghippo5767]

This is great!

[@blackAngelProductions]

If final fantasy mystic quest was in smash bros

[@Usakumo]

Let's fucking go !! I found out about that remix yesterday on a marathon about FF12 and that one superboss with 50 millions HPs. (Or was it 51 ? Can't remember). Nevertheless, this composition is amazing, the tension, the solos, the beat ?! And that 01:52 ARGGGGGh I just can't. You really did a good job !

[@AiakosVids]

never before have I needed something so much and not known until I received it

[@GoddamnSeriously]

ANOTHA SPECTACULAH VIDEO, KEEP EM COMIN BOSS

[@YourVinished]

ryuji sasai is a king. thanks for the sick arrange

[@Kajotex]

Really enjoyed this remix. Especially like the 10 to 100 speedup at 0:16 - 0:21

[@MoistEggroll]

Fucking banger, i love it.

[@daviddehaan]

Yo this shit is absolute fire

[@motion_deep]

Stunning Rendition...

[@vtine85]

I love this channel

[@primethread]

Sting Chamaeleon up next!?!?!

[@user-zm6ng9sk4p]

great!! from Japan

[@Celvaa]

Dang, beat me to the punch, lol. Been wanting to do a cover of a few Mystic Quest tracks for some time, this one definitely high up on the list. Pretty dope rendition though. I like the use of the synth for the lead(s) too, almost sounds more like a Megaman X track the way you arranged it, which is awesome because Megaman X has some pretty killer tunes. Anyway, keep up the great work, my dude!

[@StoneMcKnuckle]

Hey, thanks. I sometimes skip certain songs as well if great arranges or covers already exist in similar styles to mine, but our styles are very different so at least that's something. :>

[@Celvaa]

@@StoneMcKnuckle Oh yeah, I feel ya'. No sense doing something the same way as someone else. And we do follow similar genre taste, but we do definitely bring something different to the table, so at least there's no fear of sounding too similar, lol.

[@josephdouglas6482]

Doom Castle or Dark King SMK remix would be so sick.

[@nikob3277]

HNNNNNNG one of my favorite boss themes of all time.

[@Leisli]

i just stumbled upon your channel. Your remixes are fantastic!! Cant wait until you do maybe some Castlevania remixes Q.Q

[@NateDogg32087]

This is great

[@DeviDoesNothing]

THE BASS SOLO

[@ChefBoyareB]

Even though Mystic Quest is rated as one of the worst FF games, I still enjoyed it. Makes me want to dust off that old emulator and play it again.

[@leonardohenrique4539]

The game is bad, but the songs are good.

[@LegatoSkyheart]

Fuuuuck this is so raw. I love it! My childhood!

[@ZapatosVibes]

Amazing!

[@sr.dumaas7757]

Been trying to buff up my Spotify playlist and was wondering if you had any plans to post more of your covers/originals on there? Regardless, I love the work you put into these! Rock on

[@StoneMcKnuckle]

Yes, I have plans to post more stuff on Spotify in the future. Just gotta wait for the future to arrive.

[@sr.dumaas7757]

Stone McKnuckle Awesome, I’ll look forward to it