Final Fantasy VII: Cosmo Canyon Jazz / Slow Funk Arrangement || insaneintherainmusic

Pretty sure this song didn't even make it into the remake... BUT I'll take any chance I can get to play some headboppin' 64 BPM funk on upright bass! Insaneintherainmusic's jazz cover / remix of Cosmo Canyon from Final Fantasy VII.
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This is a song I've wanted to do for a while, but never quite had the right occasion to do so! I thought that the FFVII remake's release would be a good time to cover this, even though as far as I know, Cosmo Canyon isn't actually included in this portion of the remake that's been released. Hopefully we'll see it in the future! I never actually played the original FFVII, and I don't have a PS4 to play the remake, but Uematsu's legendary status as a video game composer has made me aware of Cosmo Canyon. I think I discovered this tune a few years ago, and thought that it'd be a great one to cover whenever I got my hands on a legit upright bass... lo and behold, that time is today!
This arrangement was a fun one to put together! I gave myself the challenge of using 2 guitar parts, and no piano / rhodes parts to force myself to get better at guitar, and practice using it to fill out the harmonies in a different way than a piano part does. Since a piano usually has a wide stereo image (it's usually recorded with at least 2 microphones spanning the width of the instrument), it tends to have a very wide sound that takes up a lot of space in the mix. With the guitars, though, they're recorded in mono, don't take up as much space, and usually don't use as many notes in their voicings as a piano part does. This lets the mix breathe a bit more, and makes it easier to hear other elements. I was particularly inspired by Bob Reynolds' Guitar Band recordings (a favorite album of mine) to try this out. I'm definitely no Mark Lettieri, but I aspire to get to that level!
Apart from the guitars, I had quite a bit of fun with the low register instruments in this tune! I've been loving the bass clarinet lately, and the riff on the opening played in the upright bass sits pretty well on the bass clarinet. I ended up using a different micing technique than I normally do on bass clarinet for this particular video. Normally, I've used a ribbon mic near the top of the instrument to capture a warm and deep sound for the bass clarinet. This time, though, I used a large diaphragm condenser instead, and coupled it with my clip on mic placed right on the bell, and mixed those tones together. That way, the low notes have a bit more edge to them, but I can still get a pretty even sound across the instrument. Definitely using this technique for future recordings!
That's all from me for now! Hope you enjoy this arrangement!
♫ "Cosmo Canyon" from "Final Fantasy VII" composed by Nobuo Uematsu
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[@TheArborTree]

Young Carlos: When I grow up, I'm gonna be a band World: Do you mean "be *in* a band?" Carlos:

[@DragoniteSpam]

At this point I think it's more accurate to say that bands aspire to become Carlos.

[@bezoznaught5261]

hahahahaha

[@QueenOfPessimism]

This is even funnier if you’ve seen the Magfest 2020 performance of him literally doing a 5 man band but solo

[@k.1784]

“How many instruments do you play” Carlos: Yes

[@Cynda03]

Man, those 40 hours a day of bass practice really paid off, that solo was insane!

[@emilymonahan5232]

there are 24 hours in a day are you okay-

[@noahkouhoupt]

Emily Monahan are you ok? this is a meme known by everyone who watching music videos on youtube.

[@Jarichi]

@@emilymonahan5232 It's a TwoSetViolin joke

[@emilymonahan5232]

@@Jarichi ah, please excuse me for the misunderstanding. feel free to woosh me now - and by 'are you ok' I was asking (although jokingy) if they were getting enough sleep

[@emilymonahan5232]

@@noahkouhoupt please see above, and understand that I don't watcn TwoSetViolin - sorry ;w;

[@imptwins]

Ah Carlos, I see you have ascended to the highest level of JAZZ MUSICIAN, as you have learned the UNRESTRAINED JAZZ FACES technique. This power... Is it immense. I've been out of music school for a while so I haven't seen them in a long time, it seems to be something you just pick up with enough experience playing. And now you, too, have inherited the STRENGTH.

[@rcookie5128]

UNLIMITED POWERRRRR

[@bezoznaught5261]

He literally just becomes the notes he plays

[@jellycore1316]

@@bezoznaught5261 YESS XD

[@figment4444]

My roommate heard me listening to this and jokingly said, "Bunch of showoffs!" I was like, "It's one guy." Lol

[@Lolix9]

I think i'm going to cry Insane. I asked you this song on your website a lot of months ago and you accepted my request! I'm a saxophonist too and I'm really glad you listened to me

[@KalokesMysteries]

This brings me back the my childhood days. Watching my big brother play FFVII, listening to all the great music, being absolutely lost because I didn't know the story all that well. This song has stuck with me through all these years, and I love it. You did a great job, man.

[@jellycore1316]

I've never played FFVII before, but when I saw *Cosmo Canyon* would be included with Sephiroth when he came to Smash, I was so insanely excited, because of this cover of yours! XD Thank you, Carlos!

[@jblitz1556]

Man, you are hitting that bass out of the cosmos.

[@alanwood5394]

*Corona virus hits* Most musicians: oh shit what do I do without my band, venues, or good recording equipment?? Carlos: Wait, there was a virus?!

[@littleoneLv7]

This man is really feeling his music

[@MerryShrug]

7 Clouds * passionately taps the tamborine *

[@shroul2082]

3:24 : I didnt remember calling you on your cellphone Carlos

[@NicktendoDS]

its so refreshing to see bass clarinets getting some actual use in a song like this

[@RetroCroww]

5:40 is when the ultimate bass solo hits

[@joaquinauzenne]

Carlos is "with theory you can play any instrument well" living and breathing

[@dardovelasco8185]

3:08 this give me a idea a jazz cover of gerudo valley

[@Zangviperr]

Look up Kyle Athayde

[@sambehan1626]

I think he's already done one but I could be wrong

[@alexbischoff8789]

Dat true

[@jnbplaysgames]

@@Zangviperr That was a sick one. Might transcribe it one day... If I wasn't already transcribing 3 things at the same time. 😕

[@brandonskelton]

That bass solo was intense!! Also love those sax growls! Really cool colours all throughout! And really groovy 😊

[@nataliispeaks]

OHHH THAT BASS CLARINET IS GOOD Also would you ever consider doing a cover of a Mega Man song? My personal recommendation would be Jewel Man stage from 9

[@mb778_]

Heck yes, it is! Only the best!

[@jckcc]

Nostalgic. I played a bass clarinet in middle school band.

[@togumicai]

Or the I cannot defeat airman

[@SonicGamesPlayer]

Galaxy Man would be hella fun as well, I guess

[@DEFIB7]

Submit it! He has a link in the description of every video to submit song requests

[@iLikePiano]

I don't know how you do this man... The arrangement, the playing and the mixing is all so good. It's incredible.

[@Glizle]

I love how he presents the portions of the jazz arrangements as if it were a menu at a restaurant. Yeah can i have the Bendy Guitar Solo with a side of Flute melody please? I really love it with a healthy dose of reharm.

[@BNorth913]

This is so BUHterry smooth. Awesome work! This one is going into my regular insaneintherotation.

[@majesticmelon4715]

That was fantastic! The double bass sounds amazing, and I've noticed a trend with the bass clarinet, where it adds just so much to every arrangement you have it in. This might be my favorite thing you've done

[@Rinienna]

that was uh...pretty good. Not sure I recognize the song though- I don't remember hearing that in Cloud's hit debut, Kingdom Hearts.

[@cometh4124]

lmao

[@djbubblegum9975]

Wait, you're telling me he isnt from Super Smash Bros!?

[@mimisezlol]

@@djbubblegum9975 nah, his debut was Ehrgeiz; he's like Marth, in that the rest of the world was introduced to him when he was introduced in SSBU.

[@piyo744]

@@mimisezlol bold of you to say that mars wasn't introduced to the world in melee

[@mimisezlol]

@@piyo744 Ah sorry, I just realized I didn't clarify that the comparison is that CLEARLY, Cloud is to SSBU as Marth is to melee. Like jokes aside I loved playing Marth in melee when I was a tween.

[@cherushimetsumari]

I don't have to listen to this to already know it's going to be amazing!

[@shawnveneziano1894]

This song IS in the remake!! There are vending machines that sell discs and one of them has an actual jazzy remake of Cosmo Canyon!

[@jblen]

Wait a minute, this isn't in the game! The only two songs in ff7 are let the battles begin and fight on! /s

[@estebanmorales5083]

Actually your wrong. I own the ff7 original sound track and there are over 30 songs including Cosmo canyon Sorry bro.

[@DumCheese]

Esteban Morales it’s a reference to smash bros

[@jblen]

@@estebanmorales5083 clearly you don't own the original if it has more than 2 songs. They would all be in smash bros if there were more. /s

[@henryrichard7619]

You’re forgetting Cloud’s victory theme!

[@stephen-macdonald]

@@henryrichard7619 Do Barret's a cappellas count?

[@shinmarizu]

That was a fantastic 8 or so minutes of my life spent. Spectacular!

[@tail_recursion9506]

The remake of FF7 just came out and its awesome, especially the music! Love the jazz arraingment!

[@anabsurdkitten623]

I can't believe he plays flute as well. Carlos is a mad lad!

[@Toon444]

I like the arrangement overviews you're doing at the beginning of your videos! Also great job on the song, as always! Also that bass solo was C H O N K E Y

[@straightman2]

I got serious Mingus vibes from that bass solo, hot damn dude!

[@ultris07]

I'm not crying, I just shed a single manly tear

[@chordalharmony]

Taking a break from fast paced bass playing I see. Still waiting to Insaneinthegain callouses?

[@rendrennan2294]

Chordal Harmony lmao

[@lyricbot8513]

This is one of my favourite tracks, it's so soothing

[@dizzyhungry]

such a skilled musician you are, being able to play all these instruments nicely

[@Shinyakusa660]

This is lovely, this song always brings a tear to my eye and you captured the emotion perfectly.

[@TrueGinjaNinjaGamer]

Meleoron is back on the drums! So glad to see our favorite Chimera Ant is getting employed during these troubling times!

[@SG-jq5vt]

The most sincere and intent tambourine pats...! Epic my dood!

[@luismunoz588]

This gets better every time I listen to it.

[@Raishinshi]

And this music is into the remake as a collectable ost

[@capnmojo]

I had no idea a bass clarinet could do that, but I'm glad I know now

[@stealst]

Carlos, this is UNBELIEVABLY GOOD. One of my favorite songs on the whole OST and you turned it into such an EXCEPTIONAL SLOW JAM. Also that bass solo moved my soul, you were feeling it so clearly. Though I really wish I hadn’t read your commentary under the video because? What? They cut Cosmo Canyon? They cut my sweet baby boy Nanaki’s character development? They cut this BANGER? Shame. EDIT: I just looked it up and they’re basically going to be releasing it in chunks. Okay. I’m good now.

[@BrunoNeureiter]

I don't know any of the tunes you play but mad respect. The way you comfortably play the bass bugs me. You already know all the different positions plus you play in tune. It feels like you're cheating. Mad lad.

[@ThiefMOOer]

Carlos' face when playing the guitar solo looks like he's getting a massage

[@evenleven]

i will never understand jazz. But this melody will always stay with me. Awesome Bassism!

[@thedishonorablewizardthorn2486]

In all the Instruments hes truly just vibing

[@mintmayo7574]

AHHH SO GOOD!!

[@fatherlyalot4255]

I literally cannot stop listening to this

[@joezenta2548]

Oh my gawd that bass clarinet line is dope

[@face_nemesis]

God I got chills at the chord around 1:10

[@NeoTrggrTheGammer]

man one of my favorite themes from FFVII can't wait to hear this arrangement

[@Chaosdragon001]

Oh gosh, yes. More FF7 please. This one was amazing.

[@SpencerTwiddy]

Wow. I don't usually like videos, but that upright bass solo was absolutely fuego my friend🔥❤️

[@Aquanex2]

I'm playing FF7 for the first time and I just got past Cosmo Canyon thinking the song was a banger. This song was just posted 4 days ago. Wow.

[@gord.w.p]

American Woman? Great job man. Final Fantasy definitely needs more remixes on this channel.

[@Duhemsounds]

Nanaki and Bugenhagen have turned Jazzy and the result is awesome :)

[@TheCreepypro]

best version of this song I have ever heard

[@srrycantthinkofagoodname]

Holy shit that upright solo, amazing cover of my favorite area theme from this game

[@samuelallen2831]

Your music fuels my day.

[@mb778_]

Bass clarinet was sick to see and that bass solo. Mmmmmm that was sick

[@caslyon19]

Carlos is basically Bigband from Skullgirls, *a one-man band*

[@with2ts372]

That’s the face of a bass solo if I’ve ever seen one

[@bannin]

Stuck between a conga and a bass place... so tight

[@Gwunhar]

I'm not sure if you started adding the arrangement overviews as a joke or what, but I genuinely love them. Also love this cover...big Red XIII learning the truth feels.

[@cronolink9]

Now THAT'S what I call a funky canyon!

[@C_L_E_M_O]

Epic song man. I like how you took a more relaxed and smooth vibe. And the guitar and bass solos were very stank-face-worthy.

[@sassytheeunicorn]

This is phenomenal! I knew I'd like it as soon as you started playing the bass!

[@sound5cap3gaming39]

hell yeah, bass clarinet

[@Viktoria_Selene]

this is probably one of my favourite themes of ff7, and this video the version.

[@cashwarior]

dude that cello went HARD

[@torisaursky]

This is so pleasant, the bass is really sweet also 👌

[@eluukkanen]

Well put together! Great to see you putting these up actively!

[@emmbeesea]

And just in time for the remake! Uematsu jazz is good jazz.

[@EricLTrombone]

The bass solo my man!! Nuts

[@josephperkins7521]

I love just clicking on insaneintherain's channel and just letting autoplay decide which amazing arrangement to listen to next

[@legoblox01]

4:28 I recognize that lick from somewhere lol

[@SakuyaIzaYee]

Hype for that 64 bpm upright bass action!

[@foogentog]

one of the best things ive ever seen on youtube!

[@Jake-zd7wy]

This was absolute incredible. Could be that Cosmo Canyon bias, but definitely among my favorites of your work. The bass solo was nuts.

[@dom4226]

this cover has so much emotion. I love the upright bass, you rock it so well

[@ethanclark9339]

That's a beautiful bass...

[@venjfulsquish6999]

It’s so sad how much time and effort he puts into these videos, to only have 300k subs, I feel like jazz and anything that isn’t pop or rap is a dying art and it’s very upsetting

[@pbnjustice5504]

Geez, that ramp up to the unison part at 6:45, comes out of nowhere! That's good music right there. Great job Carlos!

[@netabarekun2087]

carlos you are such a great fellow! It is one of my favorite themes of the original ost. Thanks so much!

[@camerondowns3573]

This has definitely entered my top 3 favorite jazz jams from my man Carlos. I really love this.

[@user-nt8dy4xw9r]

One of my favorite tracks from the original FF7. Thank you for this beautiful performance!!!

[@billjohns5943]

Oh, very nice as always. This was exciting since I've only played FF9 so I have no way to compare this to the original aside from looking it up on KZbin after this. But this is super good even on its own. If you just called said it was an original song by you you could've fooled me! Edit: You used to call me on my cell phooooone.

[@MatthewGagliardoMusic]

I love the groove on this one!

[@eligomez1344]

DOUBLE BASS SOLO!!!

[@teddyzacchini6138]

Amazing effort! Perfectly done! Love FFVII

[@Myrejex]

Beautiful work! I’m always glad to hear more Final Fantasy covers from you!

[@dayvid_danger]

My man is killin' it

[@Stoffer5500]

Great stuff, keep up the good work, can't wait to hear more Final Fantasy 7 renditions from you ^^

[@Kammie69]

Sick bass solo

[@amayaa1585]

This arrangement is beautiful, love it! And that bass solo was awesome, loving that you're doing more bass lately! Also "you used to call me on my cellphone"

[@cheEZy_boi_nips]

I just went back through the memories and found the ost for 52 Clubhouse Games. I only really went to check because of the new 51 Clubhouse Games trailer that came out during the Mini Direct. I really like all of the songs.

[@gnoodle6994]

Oh that growl at 4:00 was sexy God damn what a way to open that solo

[@emilymonahan5232]

That bass though.....

[@legocat]

Excellent work. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@xephon3000]

You always have some of the best interpretations out there! Awesome work! Gonna have this on repeat for some time now!