Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad (Orchestral Cover)

[@darkshinryu]

Chapters: 0:00 Part 1 4:41 Part 2 8:23 Part 3 10:01 Part 4 10:36 Part 5

[@GattoriSancho]

Part 5? You mean best part

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

Thank you KZbin recommendations

[@hikarushimabukuro9738]

Arrived here the same way, and ain't I glad I did?? *____*

[@twotonedearly]

10:36 - "Life.......... Hope....... Dreams.......... Where did they come from? And where are they headed?? Such meaningless things..... I'LL DESTROY THEM ALL!!!!" * Kefka laugh*

[@sjorspolling8275]

I love how you turned the third part into a string section. It's written for and primarily performed by an organ (the more pipes, the better) so turning this into a baroque-like piece that could be written by G.F. Händel himself is a bold move and you have my respect for that. Outside of the three "main" versions, the original, Black Mages and Distant Worlds, this is now my favorite version.

[@darkshinryu]

What a nice comment, thank you! There is a lot of epicness in the first two and last part, I used part 3 kind of like an adagio in a symphony to give the listener a bit of a break before going back to business. But I don't think an adagio would have fitted Kefka so I went the baroque route, seems like it worked. :)

[@strahinjagov]

Such an epic piece and you've more than done it justice. Well done 👏

[@darkshinryu]

Thank you!

[@Duhemsounds]

This is a super beautiful version

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks Duhem.

[@nite9560]

Part 3 caught me off guard. I never imagined it this way. great work

[@NovelteaJ1228]

this is genuinely incredible oh my god?? why does this not have more views??

[@darkshinryu]

Considering I usually get a couple hundreds views this one is doing good. lol I have a very small channel, it's what it is.

[@Delinvictus]

Will be using this version and its renditions / movements as backdrop music for my DnD BBEG

[@rainflare6015]

Lovely cover! Dancing Mad is certainly one of my favorite FFVI compositions; I love the vocals and the separation of parts that you included.

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks for the nice comment, I'm glad you liked it!

[@hikarushimabukuro9738]

Splendid work, definitely something you should be enormously proud of accomplishing!! I admit I missed the choir in the 2nd movement a little bit, but was very positively surprised when it made a comeback on the finale - even got the fuzzy feeling I get at the back of my head when I listen to something amazing. Also, the real laugh you incorporated there (rather than using the SNES' sound effect) was a great touch! Thoroughly enjoyed, thank you so much for blessing us with this!! ;D

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks a lot for the nice comment. I could not imagine the finale without the choir, but I still wanted to add a personal touch so I used a solo trumpet for the climax. There is also an organ doubling the choir, it's hard to hear but without it the part sounded a bit thin (I stole the idea from Liszt's Faust Symphony).

[@corundumkrabble5035]

You made part 3 way better than it was in the orginal, good job

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks. :)

[@R3TR0--93]

Very flamboyant and maniacal!

[@fabianvalenzuela5318]

My god it’s like a Disney version of Dancing Mad and it’s beautiful 😮‍💨❤️Amazing work! Part 2 was definitely my favorite!

[@ikarugaxx3749]

Skilful and characterful, that's for sure.

[@dpadfanfare]

Great work indeed!

[@sahilhossain8204]

Lore of Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad (Orchestral Cover) momentum 100

[@colinwalker6804]

Proud to be subscriber #100. This cover absolutely knocked it out of the park, so I had to sub. Keep up the amazing work.

[@darkshinryu]

Thank you for subscribing!

[@theeternalgus9119]

​​@@darkshinryusubscriber #104 reporting for duty!

[@ditheca]

Part 3 was epic. I'm tempted to try to play it on my bard in ffxiv!

[@darkshinryu]

A lot of people have told me they like part 3 the most, which is the part I got stuck on for a couple of months. I had to get creative with the orchestration and I guess it paid off.

[@Dragontamer-we8kb]

This cover is fucking incredible, amazing job!

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks!

[@dpadfanfare]

Great work! Loved your take on it!

[@darkshinryu]

Thank you!

[@drhino419]

Listening to this with headphones on. Noticed some irregularities. Movement 1: Should be more bombastic to give it the false sense of, “This is the ‘final fight.’” It feels like it was holding back. Movement 2: Although the chanting is heard at particular points, it should be retained like in the original. Also the timpani could’ve been swapped from left to right to exaggerate while keeping the flow until the second half (where the song starts to slow down). Movement 3: Loved it. The only gripe I have is that it didn’t repeat. Movement 4: Interesting take and it went all out. I believe if you were to remaster this, it would do even better with viewership. You have the recipe and talent to make it better.

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks for the suggestions! Eventually I will probably work on it again, but not anytime soon.

[@dkg8985]

I liked and subscribed but I would still like to have Kefka laugh at me if possible. But seriously this is awesome, my new go to version of Dancing Mad that isn't the original.

[@darkshinryu]

Thank you, that's about the nicest compliment I could've gotten! Here you go 13:17. 😂

[@Caildyn]

Oh boy, this must have been so much work - but it was absolutely worth it. Would love to hear that played live!

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks a lot for the nice comment. Yes it was a lot of work and yes it was worth it. :)

[@cavemantero]

SUBBED!

[@redalchemy7322]

That laugh was a nice surprise, it's usually just left as Kefka's stock sound effect. Also, congrats on this marathon of a song! Leave it to Uematsu to make a single track that is secretly a small album

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks. Yes it's very long, part 3 was especially tricky because there's not much stuff in the original version and I had to get creative with the orchestration, I threw the entire orchestra at it lol.

[@wilkiewilk]

I hope you are truly proud of your arrangement of the third movement. It just shows a wonderful understanding and also some good exploration of that part of the material! You kept the frantic energy without the organ and still retained the religious cadences. Really well done. I wonder if the organ in Part 4 could also be some dark/dramatic/unsettling staccato'd or tremolo'd strings instead... just get rid of the organ altogether. :) Lovely.

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks a lot for the nice comment! Part 3 is where I got stuck, I almost didn't finish the piece because of it, than one evening it clicked and I did the whole part in a couple of hours. So I'm glad it seems people liked it. Tremolo strings would probably work well for the beginning of part 4, I went with the organ because I wanted to retain the feeling of the original piece for those few seconds, right before the grand finale. :)

[@mousiyo]

Always super cool to see a Dancing Mad cover totally rad dude

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks, doing a cover of Dancing Mad is a big undertaking but it was worth it.

[@SenseOllyTheFox]

"Square Enix" probably should hire you, sounds better than in pixel remasters, in my humble opinion.

[@darkshinryu]

Thanks for the comment. I've only listened to the pixel remaster version once when it came out, I didn't want to be influenced by other remakes of the track. So I'll trust your opinion. :)

[@RedaBsr]

nice work epic music

[@darkshinryu]

Thank you!

[@bad_atgames]

this goes so hard 💯

[@darkshinryu]

😁

[@cactus-chan]

Life... dreams... hope... Where'd they come from? And where are they headed...? These things... I'm going to destroy!

[@Orion26DML]

Suuubbbbbdddeddd Haha

[@DaniPooo]

Nice but I really miss the big pipe organ

[@dimaswirawan4528]

Did you also make the art for the thumbnail?

[@darkshinryu]

No I found it online. Search on wallpaper websites, should be pretty easy to find.

[@killermist]

This is good. But, I think it fails to embrace some of the real darkness necessary to make the proper contrast. It's too pretty. Within the original, some of those "burnt edges" were intentional.

[@darkshinryu]

It's true that this is not as dark as the original, and to be honest I wasn't really trying to make it as dark as possible. I guess you can consider it a different take on the Kefka character, yes he's very dark, but also flamboyant.

[@killermist]

@@darkshinryu Well said. That is a valid perspective and concept. I think that from the beginning of the game, Kefka knew full well he was the personification of evil, and he willingly and willfully leaned into the role. He knew the Emperor could be redeemed, and that's why he could not allow that to happen. Kefka knew with full certainty that he could not be redeemed. So, he willfully and willingly accepted the role. This is a very nice orchestration of the original. I appreciate the recontextualization of the original. You don't need my approval, but I approve anyway.