FINAL FANTASY VI - Dancing Mad | Metal Guitar Cover

Dancing Mad (Kefka) Final Fantasy VI Metal Guitar Cover by FamilyJules
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This is the final video in my series of going through the top 20 Favorite Video Game Songs of all time as voted on by my community. This is the NUMBER 1 song voted by all of you!
Last summer when I tallied up the votes and saw that this would be the final song, I let out a sigh of dread. While I was excited that the number one song was one that I haven’t done, there’s a good reason why I’ve been nervous to take it on and it should be apparent by the runtime. Not only is it long, it’s complicated in technical ability AND arrangement. Being a 4 movement piece, it was not going to be easy to figure out how to make it one song.
Last week, there was a bit of an issue with the number 2 song and I had to take some time to make adjustments, which put me back a bit in getting started on this which made me very nervous about it releasing on time. To have less than a week to put together a cover of the 12-17 minute arguable magnum opus of Nobuo Uematsu, was stressful but I knew I just had to do my best.
Being able to simply play all of these parts was one thing, but mixing it was an incredible challenge. I opted to fully orchestrate it past its original instrumentation and getting everything heard at the level I felt appropriate was incredibly difficult. I had to make many sacrifices to tones and EQ I normally wouldn’t choose. I originally planned to use only the John Petrucci Neural DSP amp for all the guitars (which felt appropriate given the context), but I quickly found that because of the density, I wasn’t going to have the luxury of whatever tone I wanted. I ended up using the Mixwave Spiritbox again for rhythms and the Neural DSP Plini for leads. I love the Plini but it’s very low end heavy which I actually used to my advantage to add a slow reacting compressor to the low end to give the transients in the lead more punch to cut through without adding too much more high end energy.
For the arrangement, I really just laid everything out and arranged as I went in a way that felt fluid to the direction I was going. I ended up repeating sections in different ways than I originally planned and I hope that it creates a unique arrangement of this piece. I found getting to repeat parts let me really go all out on adding stuff after replicating the original sections to respect the piece.
My favorite part though was the chord changes I made to the clean section in movement one and movement 4. There was something about the Aadd9 chord going to an E/G sharp instead of the C sharp minor that really moved me that I had to have it there, especially at the end to give it a more triumphant feeling. I’m incredibly proud overall how this turned out and I can’t believe I finished it in time. I really hope you guys enjoy it as it was an absolutely immense undertaking.
Thanks so much for watching! I’m going to be taking a small break to begin working on some new things coming soon. Subscribe if you haven't already so you can be the first to see the big things coming very soon!
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Instruments Used:
Lead Guitar: Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty
Rhythm Guitar: Schecter C-7 Multiscale
Bass: Schecter Diamond-J 5
Interface: Axe-Fx III
Mixer: SSL 12
Microphone: Neumann TLM103
Audio Software: Cubase 13
Video Software: Davinci Resolve
Video Camera: Panasonic Lumix GH5s
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[@FamilyJules7X]

DANCING MAD, the monumental final boss battle from Final Fantasy VI was your choice for BEST VIDEO GAME SONG OF ALL TIME! Here is my new metal arrangement of the track of all four movements! Thank you all so much for voting in my survey last year to find the greatest video game music of all time. Check out the top 20 songs in the playlist here: kzbin.info/aero/PLtVLuItpBoj5hqo8ZrGtgWOrso5OywGz2 I'll be compiling all of the songs in this series into a full album that will first be available to supporters on Patreon, and then will be releasing to stores as soon as it clears. I'd like to give them all a once over for mixing and mastering so bear with me! Hope I catch some of you at MAGfest this month where I'll be performing on Mainstage with ToxicxEternity! Thank you again!

[@Xanatrix]

Not only is Dancing Mad a masterpiece, but the metal version as composed by Uematsu for his (now defunct) metal band The Black Mages was, in my opinion, the best version of Dancing Mad ever. Seeing another fantastic metal cover is just the best gift for the new year. Bliadhna Mhath Ur!

[@marcustomlinson9080]

I still find this game one of the most ground breaking games

[@MadameTeqi]

It is an absolute honor to be like #69 on such an important and beautiful comment. Well done, Jules!

[@olla_p.]

Yeeeeah, I would choose this battle theme too 🙂 FFVI had most awesome music in all of SNES FF's

[@TheOneZenith]

@@XanatrixEverything that needed to be said, you nailed it perfectly.

[@OGNoNameNobody]

Make no mistake, _Dancing Mad_ was always a little "rock opera", however, sir, that was, without question, the MOST *ROCK OPERA*

[@Cue-Ball.]

There's really nothing rock about Dancing Mad until you reach the last phase though. It's more of a classical piece.

[@rakushasu1262]

This track is probably the single greatest achievement in video game history. Four movements depicting the travel through hell, purgatory, heaven before meeting 'God,' including various pieces of classical music and remixing them into it, and all of that on the FREAKING SNES.

[@affsteak3530]

The SNES sound chip was produced in secret by Ken Kutaragi at Sony. It's amazing it exists at all. 😁

[@nickcarroll8565]

@@affsteak3530 I remember playing FFIV (2 USA) for the first time and being blown away by the snes sound quality. And that track got blown away by FFVI.

[@nathanielward7241]

Fun fact about the SNES sound chip is that it came pre manufactured with an entire catalog of synth instruments/sound effects and the notes they were able create, at the basic level at least, so songs like 'Dancing Mad' were always easily possible as the snes just reads a line of code telling the sound chip what to play. This of course saves a ton of Cartridge space and allows for songs like this.

[@ZapatosVibes]

Hell yeah

[@chaosmiles07]

_Life... Dreams... Hope... Where'd they come from? And where are they headed...? This banger... I am going to upvote!!_

[@ZonaiHero-ul5nm]

I read this comment right as the transition to the final movement hit. So this was perfect. 7:08 is the time for anyone who wants to do the same.

[@celesticnova]

I've never heard this song before, but after listening to 1 minute of this video, I think I need to play FF6.

[@BJGvideos]

God yes you do

[@robganondalf4144]

I can safely say that FF6 is one of my favorite games of all time. I would 100% recommend though it is very sad at some parts.

[@darkguardian50]

its my favorite game of all time. If you love classic JRPG's there is no question you will absolutely love it. The pixel remasters from last year were great. And they sold FF4, 5 and 6 as a package that is some of the best spent money on a game you will make (assuming you like classic jrpgs).

[@theinternetwizard4656]

ok im serious play the Brand New World mod with the vanilla end Script attached (its kind of dumbly hard in spots but save statesll help) its so fucking peak

[@HHog]

Honestly Final Fantasy 6 has, in my opinion, the most powerful and emotion-evoking soundtrack in the series. Dancing Mad is of course a masterpiece, but then there's also a delightfully bombastic recurring villain leitmotif that's also worked into various parts of this track, there's the fact that every playable character gets their own fitting theme song which are all tied together into a large medley during the ending, and then there's even a segment of the game that they literally wrote a whole opera for (which was later performed with a live orchestra and opera singers on the "Final Fantasy VI: Grand Finale" album). Even if you don't end up playing the actual game, you should definitely give the soundtrack a listen.

[@mavven2882]

Without a doubt, this is easily the best cover of this song that's ever been created. This track was so f*ckin metal that it cured my iron deficiency.

[@PhilMante]

GaMetal's version is epic as fawk too.

[@vulcan422]

@@PhilMante That's the best part about Dancing Mad: everyone who's ever covered or performed it always has a different take on it while still making it sound amazing. Even Uematsu himself has several different versions of it. By far one of the greatest examples of progressive rock in video games.

[@Banakouy]

Give a try to the Symphonic Arrange version, it does a great job and the 4th movement is sincerely terrifying 😎

[@goldenalpaca3881]

Thank you for not skipping the organ cadenza it's my favourite part of the song, we need more baroque guitar

[@BimJowen]

Mad respect to the man who wrote this masterpiece for the SNES, he's an absolute genius, but so are you for constructing this. This is the best it will ever be done.

[@kathymarch3653]

Nobuo Uematsu. The man, the legend himself. Responsible most famously for the greater portion of the Final Fantasy franchise soundtrack

[@sabertoothsentry1418]

​@kathymarch3653 His body of work just in Final Fantasy alone is incredible. There are too many tracks to name. Uematsu truly is a legend.

[@jasonaburkes]

Argueable on best ever, because Uematsu also does Hard Rock. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mITZiJKtYpqljbMsi=i6mwfdhC6-X8vnSJ

[@wariothelegend9645]

i remember seeing the form dropped like a year ago, thinking "i guess my favorite is Dancing Mad, don't think that will go anywhere though" and here I am at the start of this year, where Dancing Mad is declared the best video game song of all time by an apparent landslide. Amazing cover, glad the Kefka nation is still going strong in 2024!

[@BJGvideos]

That reminds me. I used to have a mailing list called Cult of Kefka. I should send this to them, see if anyone is active.

[@blackshard641]

Glad to see it at the top of the heap where it belongs.

[@mecagoenbb]

Where was it declared the best? Here im this channel? I agree it is, but where was it?

[@wariothelegend9645]

@@mecagoenbb the form dropped on twitter one day sometime early 2023 several months before he started the cover series. that's how I found out about it at least, i have no idea if it was posted on youtube as a community post or not.

[@achromachroma]

As a Japanese who played FFVI in childhood and blown away by this music, your cover is so brilliant! The emotions and tensions in the original are expressed impressively. Thank you for wonderful 12 minutes!

[@charliemiller9198]

Dancing Mad was, is, and will be, the definitive 'final battle' music for gaming. Uematsu struck absolute gold. And this is a better remaster than even the Black Mages' version. Bravo.

[@lvcsslacker]

And let's not forget the ending theme, "Balance is restored." A 20 minute love letter to the characters and series. ON A SNES CARTRIDGE! I recently came across a midi remaster of it and I gotta tell you I was a sobbing mess at the end of it because of how good it was!

[@alexisglaab2572]

@@lvcsslacker The music of FF VI is absolute genius. So many wonderful leitmotifs worked across so much music, easily one of my favourite game OSTs of all time.

[@ShwappaJ]

​@@lvcsslacker To be fair, the midis of an SNES game are phenomenally tiny. It would've been more technologically impressive if FF6 had a soundtrack as long as the ones you find in a modern Final Fantasy game. Although I have no doubt it would be doable.

[@parks97]

The extended solo in the Black Mages version automatically puts it above both this one and any other cover lol

[@deathbykonami5487]

He struck again with Dark Messenger from FFIX

[@WeskAlber]

Aw man, I was waiting for you to do a riff for Kefka's laugh! Awesome job dude.

[@danielrue1801]

Literally the -only- thing missing from this, is that screeching laugh. However, this song is still the best rendition of the piece I have ever heard. Truly masterful.

[@Archontasil]

"There's nothing like the sound of hundreds of voices screaming in unison"

[@walteranurantha5014]

Four layers of Kefka's madness: 0:00: Hell 2:43: Underworld 4:51: Sky 6:56: Heaven This is way longer than Sephiroth's theme for story purposes. Mad lad awesome cover!❤

[@deathbykonami5487]

There's five layers, cause there's five parts to this song. You missed one.

[@walteranurantha5014]

@@deathbykonami5487 8:48 is the musical transition in the Heaven layer, not the next layer/phase transition.

[@Ghostrander]

It's also heavily inspired by the Divine Comedy

[@syeblaize]

The transition with the opening theme that goes into the baseline with Kefka's original theme always gives me goosebumps, no matter which version. THIS VERSION gave me ultra goosebumps.

[@Fustercluck06]

Kefka > Sephiroth

[@derpchief9614]

It's such a gift that people are still making covers of Dancing Mad

[@keystone5750]

A SNES song? Dancing Mad, perhaps? A song that ambitious and impressive stands out among every other track on the console I can think of.

[@MewtwoStruckBack]

The obvious and correct answer! Video game heaven would be livestreaming a 100% playthrough of FF6 and Jules playing this live as you finished out.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

FF6 is alright, but the soundtrack is an S-tier but what about Thunder Force IV's OST? The Sega Genesis counterpart of top-tier music

[@retrolaf7755]

​@@LavaCreeperPeoplethank you. FF4 holds most of the A-tiers OST from the whole franchise. Plus, Red Wings, Boss Theme and Theme of Love are S-tier.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

@@retrolaf7755 nice :D!

[@its-a-mee-bjorn]

FF6 had a complete OST of generally maddeningly great music with no right to be that awesome and complex on a 16-bit system! I have covered a lot of gaming music and there are so many favourites among players and myself - This game just had the best concentration of them - Also with One Winged Angel, Uematsu definitely drew on his previous style experiments here :)

[@Maglude]

Take a bow, Jules. That was freaking epic, a masterpiece even! Thank you.

[@ckoden]

This song, Kefka, and Final Fantasy 6 left a mark on my childhood that I never want to forget. This version you've created is everything I could have hoped for and more. It literally brought tears to my eyes.

[@lewis9s]

First GaMetal does Serpent sting the horizon, Next FamilyJules does Dancing Mad, 2024 is already going strong! 💪🔥

[@AmuroRae]

This is insane. I literally cannot fathom the amount of work that went into this, from the song itself to the video completion. Just fantastic.

[@StattStatt]

I actually gasped out loud when I saw this, and god damn you absolutely knocket it out of the park and into orbit. Amazing job as always!

[@Slackarius]

Instrumental storytelling doesn't get much better than this. No words needed to take us through Kefka's journey from mad clown, to god, to nothing.

[@sabertoothsentry1418]

It really is. He starts as someone you can't take seriously and runs from pretty much every bit of confrontation. Then you get to Doma and Zozo and you see how evil he is. By the time you get to the floating island, you learn how insane and dangerous this joke actually is.

[@RichardHardslab]

Ah, the blessed return to Final Fantasy’s Opera phase. Great rendition of Dancing Mad!

[@mikeylookalike]

One of the most satisfying boss fights in FF history, with one of the best songs!! Amazing job, as always!!!!

[@UnexpectedApples]

NO SHOT YOU COVERED KEFKA'S THEME!!!!!!! WHAT A WAY TO START OFF THE YEAR WITH THIS PERFECT, MADDENING, JAM!

[@ryn2075]

Dawg. Just...I don't have any words. The group of metal talent that exists on YT currently, between you, Richaad, Jonathan Young, ToxicX, and plenty of other very talented channels is just.... We're spoiled. This was incredible. Seriously. This cover is seriously next level, and maybe that's mostly kudos to the original composition being so incredible, but your arrangement, your personal flair, your percussion choices that kept the song feeling just as uneasy and off-balance as the original. Absolutely amazing. I didnt even have the mental space to rock out to the genre because the musical arrangement itself was so captivating. Thank you.

[@danielostrowski856]

The obvious answer is the Yoshi’s Story credits theme when all the Yoshis are singing along out of tune

[@quartzofcourse]

I need this in my life

[@yourlocalraccoondealer8611]

that is my childhood right there

[@DyxoXinoro]

The way the guitar just wails in sorrow during that final solo. Oh man. I felt that in my soul.

[@aapur]

Son of a Sandworm! This cover absolutely slaps the sand off my boots! In all seriousness, this cover is just perfect. 10/10 no notes

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I ALWAYS blast covers of this theme whenever I have finals. Now it's Winter vacation for me and one of the best Dancing Mad covers of all time appears. A perfect start to 2024, thanks for everything Jules :)

[@EVizify]

Nobuo would be proud. As I'm typing I'm only 1 minute in and this is marvelous. A full listen later... I don't know what I like best. The incredibly solid rythm section. The throughout tension. The gasping finale. That's a really, really beautiful piece of work.

[@tipsy634]

I was NOT expecting you to come out with this absolute BEAST of a song. People voting on the poll made a good choice. I'm astonished by this project you've completed. Basically, when you've doen top 10s and 20s in the past, you've turned them into Medleys (understandably)... I was not expecting you to come out with a FULL TOP 20 PLAYLIST especially containing so many songs you've already covered. And especially when the algorithm is so cruel to videogame covers specifically - Most artists are moving away from song covers entirely. I think it's also a testament to how much you've grown over time as a musician. Your newest work blows your oldest work out of the water. You've even outmatched covers you made a couple of years ago.

[@gctypo2838]

Hats off to Kefka for being one of the main inspiration behind one of my favorite villains ever.

[@JacksonOwex]

Now I'm curious who your favorite villain is!

[@Seegtease]

This is truly the magnum opus of Nobuo Uematsu. It always gives me chills to this day.

[@videogamephenomhd]

6:55 - The Schecter Blackjack SLS does the Omen theme before the final phase. This instrument hasn't been seen in quite a long time, especially when Jules first used it since his tenure at San Diego began nearly nine years prior.

[@adanteallegro]

"Oh man, number 1, what's it going to be what's it going to be - okay yeah that tracks." I got chills listening to this!! This whole series has been a treat to listen to, and I can tell that you've worked extremely hard on each track, especially this one!! Fantastic job, fantastic series!! You definitely deserve a nice break.

[@fightingthefaith]

first thing I checked after clicking the thumbnail was the length of the video- thank goodness! and thank you for putting in the work for this

[@Tidemkeit]

Let's take a moment to appreciate the descriptions of Jules' videos! Also, amazing work, my man!! I finished the game just a week ago, so that's a great present for me!

[@NarutoLikesSherbit01]

i feel like you accomplished what so few covers of this song need. the sheer power at the intro.

[@kainx99]

Oh man! What an awesome cover, you now leave me with an impossible choice to make: Which FF6 Dancing Mad I keep in my Final Fantasy Metal Cover Playlist. This is going to be a very tough choice! Cheers!

[@RenanJarniac]

12 minutes of goosebumps! The best FF for me, and the best boss fight song ever composed! Simply amazing!

[@zphayde]

It's so wild to see you still making this magic, watching your stuff through entirely different ERAS of my life

[@ShayyTV]

this is outstanding!! incredible work as always, absolutely CRUSHED the solo at the end!!!

[@ISawABear]

No Jules you can't play Megalovania on you channel AGAIN For context this comment was made before the video title was revealed

[@dasaiyantv8483]

I mean, if he were to be playing the best video game song of all time, then he'd be playing Bury the Light twice in a row and third time overall.

[@swampert564]

That's an odd way to spell Gerudo Valley...

[@x_Foxy_]

Nah thanks, I'll stay with 90% of DM Dokuro's Calamity Mod's soundtrack... *_The air is getting warmer around you._* *_THIS IS MY MEEEESSAAGEEEEEEEE TOOOOO MYYYYY MAAAASTEEEEEER_* *_THIS IS A FIIIIIGHT YOUUU CAAAANNOOOOOOT WIIIIIIIIIIIIN-_*

[@Zapdos7471]

This is a strange rendition of the moon theme from Duck Tales, but I like it.

[@armakeen3576]

That's weird, he played You will know our names from Xenoblade Chronicles a few days ago. Why would he make another video about it?

[@HyperNova137]

You've just elevated a masterpiece to something we don't even have a word for.

[@retrolaf7755]

Couldn't say better. Words are escaping.

[@DuskWolf224]

A proper finale for the series! The arrangement was phenomenal! Damn shame you had some issues with Bury the Light; I can only imagine how hard you must've worked to fit this behemoth of a song into the timeslot!

[@xanderscookingschool1497]

After listening, I understand why this was number 1. Damn. Now I need to play Final Fantasy 6 just for Kefka.

[@andrewdorsey1237]

Kefka is literally The Joker *who won* Which of course makes him one of the best villains of all time

[@xanderscookingschool1497]

@andrewdorsey1237 So I heard. He never faced punishment for his actions, right?

[@andrewdorsey1237]

@xanderscookingschool1497 not until the party gets to him no. And even then he's just a nihilist

[@mr.monkey354]

@@andrewdorsey1237he still lost since he wanted to eradicate hope, which the heroes had as they killed him.

[@zachbrewer1373]

Go with the pixel remaster. It's way better

[@kalerias]

You didn't have to go this hard... holy shit my guy

[@etherealsamael3211]

As soon as I saw the SNES controller shadow teaser, I had the gut feeling it was this. There are few SNES songs that people hold in high enough regard to be better than the big hitters we've been seeing these last few weeks. Bravo, mr. Jules. Hell of a cover, hell of an event. You did amazing work on all of these songs.

[@EricLTrombone]

This is an absolute behemoth of a piece of music to cover dude, incredible work.

[@VicTheMetalDrummer]

It couldn’t have been anything else. It had to be Dancing Mad. And I’m so glad it was, you did an amazing job. I’m honestly floored by how incredible this sounds, and being able to put it out so quickly (less time than any other song on this top 20, due to the Number 2 song having issues) is an amazing feat. I think this is some of the best work you’ve done ever. Kudos, Jules.

[@larkan511]

Could've been a lot of better things actually but to each their own I guess

[@philippmikl-petschnig1663]

Holy...damn. That was a straightup masterpiece of a cover, of a masterpiece of a song. I had to go back multiple times, just to process what i heard. You are an amazing artist Jules, definetly my favorite musician i heard of through KZbin, together with FalkkonE.

[@derjman]

I am in awe.... you nailed this a 100%! Even tiers 3 and 4, which in my view are the hardest to "get right" sound absolutely spectacular and overwhelming in your version. This version has me banging my head and wanting to crank up the volume on the stereo ... only to find it is already at the max :D Thank you so much for this wonderful rendition of the best song in the best game I have ever known :)

[@Arksimon2k]

Hot DAMN. What a sensational cover, you've really outdone yourself on this one. Really amazing effort. Favourite cover of this track I've heard.

[@DarkKewn]

Meilleur thème de boss de fin de tous les temps. Avec le rire de Kefka cela aurait été parfait !

[@retrolaf7755]

9:53 !!! (+ quelques secondes) Frissons tout du long en tout cas!

[@SDchoroQ]

Oui, un passage qui rappel un des moments de génie de la team Squaresoft. @@retrolaf7755

[@TrueMajora]

Tout à fait ça manque juste du rire mais ça reste excellentissime

[@Wolfmort]

Never thought I'd hear someone metalize this absolute masterpiece of a song this perfectly. That gave me more than a few shots of goosebumbs; thanks alot 🤘

[@manakakisaragi9121]

I've been your fan for years, always appreciating your fantastic covers. But holy cow, you made your best one yet, with the best boss theme ever. Hats off, you did an amazing job.

[@Consolous]

What a great way to start the new year. Snes covers are the best, especially FF

[@TylerFast441]

You god damn Mad Lad. It's amazing how well Dancing Mad can translate into becoming an incredible prog metal piece. Sounds exactly like as if Dream Theater was covering it but without the keys. Amazing work as always, gave me goosebumps. Going on my Spotify for sure.

[@AnvilJeff]

See this was the perfect opportunity to call him a *Dancing* Mad Lad. You were so close.... 😂

[@TylerFast441]

@AnvilJeff Im at work with my brain (mostly) turned off. Ill let you have it.

[@AnvilJeff]

@@TylerFast441 fair my dude, fair. That'll be me in two hours

[@Avendesoraleaf]

What a fitting end for such a stacked top 20. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Phenomenal work as always Jules, you keep surpassing you own limits each time.

[@Alexx1083]

I love how everyone who does this song has individually agreed to end it on a dark, sad note. Like, the good guys never win at the end of this song; not even the Black Mages version. Kefka brings despair to all!

[@matthewneal4011]

One of the best final boss songs of all time. All hail kefka.

[@Huskybythegeek]

All 4 movements, you did it you absolute dancing madlad !

[@wyattkline5238]

I've been a fan of yours since 2013. I remember listening to your zelda covers while I did my math homework. I even got to see you San Diego in November 2021. The show was was sick and we spoke for a little bit afterwards when I bought a shredventure shirt. It's crazy looking back and seeing your improvement. It's inspired and motivated me to play my guitar every day. Regardless of any direction you take your music I along with your other fans will always be supportive. Thank you Jules.

[@TBoneTony]

Always love a great Dancing Mad remix. Dramatic Opening, to Crazy Circus Dancing, to Baroque Heavenly Ascension, to FUKITALL Craziness and finally beautiful Lament that repeats in beautiful Guitar Solo.

[@sabertoothsentry1418]

You knocked it out of the park! Very well crafted Jules. You handled this beast so very well. Dancing Mad is the perfect encapsulation of Kefka, with how manic and unhinged it feels at points, while also having moments of quiet power. The joke that becomes a god.

[@MistahJsArcade]

I'm proud of you, I asked for this song years ago, you grew a whole ass beard since then, and you absolutely nailed this, well done man, well done.

[@adv78]

And so it comes to an end. And a good end at that. Thank you so much for this content Jules, i was excitedly waiting every weak for the new song the last 20 weeks and it was a LOT of fun, it was exciting seeing songs i knew and loved, and the ones i didn't served as a chance to get to know more banger tracks Thanks for everything and hoping for new interesting projects!!!

[@mecagoenbb]

Dancing Mad never gets topped. Pushing yourself to the top here.

[@Umbrox-57]

Starting 2024 with an absolute banger! Let’s go!

[@DutchDaddy]

This must be one of the best covers of this piece I've heard in a very long time. Still one of my favourites to play on organ/keyboard

[@HeroponMan]

Dude I keep listening to this. The amount of times I had to pause just to be like "that was so raw" is unprecedented. Dude. Thanks. Literally the goat you are so blessed with creative talent.

[@HeroponMan]

There just is not another cover of this song that I enjoy as much as this one. Oozing with raw. Raw raw raw

[@MrSiren52]

Wow! An amazing rendition of the best end-boss theme ever composed.

[@ddthegreat]

I've been following the top 20 and really enjoy them all but this might just be the best! Well done and thanks for all the awesome music!

[@Crisamandroid]

This is probably the best version I've heard of Dancing Mad. Awesome!

[@makesomething4093]

I’m glad we’re in agreement that this is the greatest video game song of all time, much less battle themes. You have to understand, I prefer 7 to 6 as a game, I’m one of those. I love One-Winged to death as well and it’s the song that got me listening to VGM outside of the games themselves; I have every reason to prefer One-Wing and/or not even care about this song on a personal level. But even though this one took me longer (years, in fact) to fully appreciate, seeing it live 5 times, one of them being Distant Worlds performing it with an actual full pipe-organ and choir, yeah, that was the single greatest live musical experience in my life, and I just had to think back and go “… that was written on a 1994 SNES game cartridge by a self-taught composer.” And yeah, this is the best song in video games. Not my favorite (it’s 3rd) but it’s the (as-close-to-objective) best.

[@BJGvideos]

OWA is a banger so saying this is even better than that is high praise indeed

[@makesomething4093]

@@BJGvideos This is the realization that took me years to come to, I appreciate it!

[@ByrnEtch]

My favourite villain, from my favourite FF. Now this is a banger!

[@mathiasthewise]

Dancing Mad. An audio distillation of opposing nihilism, Dantes Inferno and killing a false God rolled into one epic soundtrack. Beautiful.

[@MrHappy702]

The madness of Kefka made manifest.

[@Breakbeat.]

I found you with your Corridors of Time video and have been loving the content. FF6 is my favorite game of all time and you killed this! Thank you.

[@metalfest02]

Nice, one of the best covers Of Dancing Mad out there I've heard. Song will always be a favorite, and metal-ed out too ;)

[@matthewhostetter8974]

Dancing Mad, Nobuo Uematsu's magnum opus, and the GREATEST BOSS THEME OF ALL TIME, just got even more metal. Kefka is one of the greatest villains in video game history and the greatest Final Fantasy villain, he needs a theme to encompass that, and this is it.

[@redfoxrampant]

Jesus man, I didn’t move for the whole track. I barely breathed! Absolutely stunning!!

[@renaissanceman2841]

I wish I could press the like button a thousand times. Absolute perfection, not just the guitars but the overall mastering and mixing of the sound.

[@tuba7861]

AmazIng cover of the GOAT. Thanks for sharing this!

[@nathanryan8555]

omg this is crazy, how is this not getting more attention? truly awesome, incredible job!

[@MisogynyMan]

Bravo. Just bravo man. Peak videogame cover.

[@justinwashburn7536]

Well covered. One of the greatest tunes ever written. I've been to Distant Worlds four times and this is the only song they never play. They say its because they won't play it where there isn't an organ installation, but I'm apt to believe it's because most orchestras just arent talented enough to do it justice. You however, have done it justice. Cue final fantasy victory fanfare.

[@PatrickMacCready]

Love the genuine smiles happening when the 2nd part comes in at the 5 minute mark.

[@intredastingvideos9365]

This is really impressive, and i was just imagining if some of these parts had to be played all at once like on the organ. Thank goodness for layering lol.

[@272arshan]

it sounds so festive and christmasy. I have almost zero context for this cover but I'm impressed.

[@MadameTeqi]

This is the final boss fight of a game where a man destroys the world in his pursuit of becoming an all powerful god. Each layer of the song is a layer of the hierarchy of the world: Hell, earth, the sky, and his Heaven. It's a four phase boss fight too so as things ascend in difficulty so too does his form change.

[@jin3463]

It’s been a while since I enjoyed a cover SO MUCH on KZbin, thanks ❤

[@sunworshipper6163]

The finale is glorious, epic, spectacular. Thanks you for this masterpiece.

[@SirBladewind]

Thank god someone covered the theme for the greatest villain in FF history.

[@AugustoTitan]

One of the best game ost ever, and probably the best game ost cover I've ever heard. Perfection!

[@RT55J]

thank you for making this jules. i've been looking forward to this song for weeks.

[@jeffrapier947]

Anyone else mentally add in the SNES chiptune "choir" while listening?

[@Crepite11]

Dude, been watching you for so many years and i lost hope for this song to appear on your channel because of its complexity, well done and thank you so much!

[@ninjitown23]

OMGOSH Bro!!! Finally!!! Been waiting for this for years now, and it doesn't disappoint. :)

[@kazuki561]

WOW! Bravo Jules, you did amazing, I'm in love with all the little details sprinkled in the massive chords and everything, this is amazing!