Heroes of Might and Magic III: Necropolis theme by Paul Romero

[@maximmuromov6073]

The only town who absolutely loves peasants which joining the army.

[@naitsirk32]

if you want to watch more necropolis content take a look below kzbin.info/aero/PL-1-w5nfLm9MO07oMaqwygWMGBfBHYvhk thanks for watching

[@PhongLe-tw7sm]

2020

[@thoaihoquang1578]

@@PhongLe-tw7sm :))

[@gatolay8981]

@@thoaihoquang1578 hội những người việt chơi heroes 3

[@Radowid_V_Srogi]

Oh no bro...

[@AZURNERUB]

The last part always seems to me like the undead remembering their past lives with deep sadness

[@bulldogsbob]

I’ve always thought it was sad because the dead are not allowed to Rest In Peace.

[@stvkknsn]

It reminds me of Liszt's Totentanz

[@bowlofnuggets]

i agree vladimir it is sadness

[@Kornelius-xb6er]

Как у КиШа было: "В жизни артист весёлым был, и нажраться он всегда любил..."

[@goktugblack]

@@stvkknsn because it IS.

[@Chita1988]

I remember when I played this game and capture some necro towns I was so scared this music so I didn't enter menu to build anything in it xD

[@phineasgage8252]

Aww little cutie!

[@Chita1988]

Rasmus Söderström :3

[@SpiritFryer]

+Chita1988 When I was young I was scared of the wailing sounds at the Subterranean Gates :D One time I arrived at one of those gateways, and I left the room the computer was in because I was scared.

[@Chita1988]

+Spirit Fryer :D

[@SpiritFryer]

Chita1988 The only other person in the house at the time was having an afternoon nap. I ran to them but didn't want to wake them up. I don't know why I remember this so well. The computer was in the living room, and I could see it from the room that person was sleeping in. I stood there next to the bed, eyeing the computer through the door. I could still hear the wailing sounds from there, and I was trying to build my courage up to go and move my hero away. :D

[@kaiserblade42]

Am almost 50... still play it.

[@MinecraftRick]

Quality never gets old and you never get too old for quality.

[@muninnsees2350]

Young wiper snnaper!

[@TANKTREAD]

Keep on playing, gaming has no age limit.

[@Ciiiiiic]

play until u enter the skeleton transformer

[@milankolarski8876]

The best game ever made.

[@naitsirk32]

if you want to watch more necropolis content take a look below kzbin.info/aero/PL-1-w5nfLm9MO07oMaqwygWMGBfBHYvhk thanks for watching

[@tadascanovas7189]

One of the most nostalgic games and I love it!

[@exponentialcomplexity3051]

Nah man. HOMM5 (esp with ToE) is just as good if not better

[@milankolarski8876]

@@exponentialcomplexity3051 LOL! Played that one too. Too easy.

[@Paal2005]

@@exponentialcomplexity3051 HoMM5 is the second best HoMM for one reason: They went back to the design of HoMM3.

[@esset13]

The last 30 seconds are so freaking epic, can't describe it.

[@luxio6765]

Because it's actually the theme of Dies Irae from I think gregorian choral. It's one of the more recognizable themes in music, that's why it sounds great

[@TheBlacktom]

What if, WHAT IF the last 30 seconds would last 2 minutes? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4rCfKiAl9Bog7c

[@robertrangdag7782]

I can see a dreadknight in the big black empty halls of the halls of darkness playing a cembalo in the last 30 secs

[@yogthebarbarian2380]

It sounds like they took it from the Shining

[@kimballhansen2629]

It is​@@yogthebarbarian2380

[@dmitrymokshin7755]

I feel so sorry for the dead ones. Poor guys. And Paul Romero knowingly put that piece in the end. Wow, what a genius composer.

[@zrusit9640]

I think they are happy.

[@МариоЦолов]

I want this song to be played at my funeral so that I could resurrect like a freaking lich!

[@mikoaj7254]

I would love to become after my death as a vampire I must find Thant 🙂

[@TruthKeepersOfficialHD2]

@@mikoaj7254 My favourite unite is vampire's too. Vampire lord's is better and cooler because came back to life after get killed.

[@marciaquispe4472]

Just a lich? What a pleb. Resurrect me as a power lich or dont resurrect me at all.

[@thelastyankee4975]

I wish vampires and liches existed I’d totally be one

[@IvanAstra92]

@@marciaquispe4472 This comment made my day 😂

[@Bogdan_Olszewski]

Did you know that Paul romero orchestrated his hom&m3 soundtrack and is having orchestras perform it live? I've just been to that concert. Shivers through the whole 2 hours. It was amazing.

[@Tommy-bq2zx]

does he still do it

[@Tommy-bq2zx]

perform live i mean

[@donutzlidla7769]

Yes, just came back from 25th Heroes anniversary concert and it was the best thing in the world @@Tommy-bq2zx

[@WhosDnisify]

​@@Tommy-bq2zx in Poland Warsaw he frequently collaborates with the "Heroes Orchestra" since they perform live game music and since they also perform lots of HoMM tracks, sometimes Paul Anthony Romero is also there. I really wanna go some time.

[@Samael16661]

The coda is what ties this song together from a chromatic pastiche of spooky music to a true requiem and a reflection on the unnatural horror of an immortal undead life. It is by no mistake that the ending part sounds like a requiem.

[@RWGlobalist]

The pressure to come up with a good song for Necropolis must be pretty heavy when your last name's Romero.

[@thosegreengentlemen]

DarthExecutor whys that, im missing something? can only think of General Erwin Rommel

[@thosegreengentlemen]

DarthExecutor whys that, im missing something? can only think of General Erwin Rommel

[@majorsytreetlynxtheheroofa8822]

thosegreengentlemen how about some Land of the dead son?

[@sslaxx]

Erron Black Or DOOM?

[@StonegazeSteam]

@@thosegreengentlemen When there is no more room in Hell, the Dead will walk the Earth.

[@nukecoke87]

The melody from 2:10 always makes me sad.

[@raphael.cavalcanti3301]

nukecoke87 look for Dies Irae gregorian chant

[@MugiNaru]

Me too. Makes you understand that all the cool undeads aren't just some monsters, but people who had lives. thousands of dead people who suffer and can't find peace even after death. A truly beautiful agony of death.

[@vlastimilpaluska9682]

played by a spinet

[@ravens3468]

homm7 wizard waltz is a total remake of the ending

[@TheBest-oy3el]

I can play that theme)

[@EBTcraft15]

the ending part of this theme is pure genius! Such a calming tune but so matching with the undead!

That is actually a classic music tune: dies irae

[@the-witch-tako]

Ветхие, ржавые колокола Некрополиса!

[@prokopchang]

Москва

[@Mappster]

The ending of the music secretly tells you.. Hey, putting everything aside, once we all were alive you know that? We all lived our everyday lives, but as time goes we passed away and can never rest in peace as we are forced into wars by necromancers as undead slaves, we cant see, or think, all we can do is feel eternal torment...

[@2m4utube]

0:00 - Necropolis is strong and scary!💀 2:09 - Well... Actually we're all dead. Pray for us 😥

[@assrammington7961]

Makes me shed a tear. They’re just poor souls that want their eternal sleep

[@combinecommando001]

A shame that the Hero isn't the Legendary Sandro, I miss the guy.

[@Rudevald]

You can play as sandro in heroes 6 bro.

[@zeusblue9441]

combinecommando001 Sandro has the best picture in my opinion...but....Isra and Vidomina are the best necropolis heroes. Necromancy specialty really adds up quick.

[@combinecommando001]

Zeus Blue Oh yes they do, but necromancy alone isn't the best, but have over 9000 skeletons sure makes any players shit their pants.

[@zeusblue9441]

combinecommando001 Well, if you are playing a non-specialty hero i would recommend using the skeletons as fodder and to draw out retaliations in order to protect your other troops. With specialty they quickly become the most powerful stack you have.

[@combinecommando001]

Zeus Blue Skeletons aka the best canon fodder :3

[@MistressAkasha]

The soundtrack of my youth... I always used to pick Necropolis...in every game of this beautiful series Wonderful...such sweet music

[@kyrenaz]

I guess you won every time?

[@MKGamerr]

[@ValtriX]

Kato sinäki tääl ps. Heroes lll on paras Ja heroes v myös

[@leszy2218]

Rampart scrub:Im gonna kill you with power of my elves Sandro:Good luck im behind my 9999999 skeletons

[@fawli86]

Imagine yourself walking down the dim hallways of a seemingly abandoned castle. The moonlight shines through the window and as you walk through, you feel the sense that someone is watching you. You turn around a corner and you see a flicker of light at the end. A room. You hastily approach the end of that hallway only to find out that the entity that was watching you is waiting for you. By 1:56, you gaze in horror as the vampire lord reveals himself. You try to shout in horror but no words come out. He lunges upon you and breaks your neck then, he hisses and plunges his teeth into your veins. By 2:02, you try to flail your way out of his grip as he sucks your blood but to no avail. 2:09 life slowly leaves your body as the vampire lord nearly drains you. 2:18, you take your last breath. 2:28, you are left staring lifelessly with your dead gray eyes at the ceiling of the Necropolis, mouth agape and purplish, as the vampire lord finishes the last ounce of your blood.

[@thelastyankee4975]

And then you are conscripted

[@mlml8018]

​@@thelastyankee4975 welcome to the rank of the undead/immortal

[@assrammington7961]

Save it for deviant art you sicko! Jk lol

[@Malldibion]

Last 30 seconds of this theme always brings me shivers. This tune fits necropolis so damn much.

[@zver6865]

my man

[@raphael.cavalcanti3301]

It's from a gregorian chant called Dies Irae

[@Shinobi_Fox]

I always liked listening to this song at night when I was alone... Especially the ending, it always made me just really introspective about all the things in my life and it lended a certain melancholic detachment from it all. Listening to it years later really makes me wish necromancy were real. I'd kill to become a lich, to live forever and have the opportunity to spend eternity learning things without age or sickness or disease... That would be a real life worth living, or unlife in this case I guess.

[@JoaoSantos-cx7st]

Holy fuck dude.. It's 5 am and I'm laying in bed listening right now and most of the nights. I freaking love this theme.. I have dreams about becoming a necromancer or something like that.. I don't know how to explain better but I feel a bit the same way has you do.

[@Thekapo8]

I wish the same, partner. The fact that life will end sometime... some day... terrifies me. If only...

[@multiclone17]

​@@JoaoSantos-cx7sthow are you now

[@tulthor2967]

Dead​@@multiclone17

[@bulldogsbob]

This ending of this theme is sad to me because is says the undead are forced to be the slaves of the necromancers instead of being allowed to Rest In Peace.

[@telefon8102]

In my opinion shows the life and how it leaves.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

As a kid I noticed how as you build up the city hall you got more houses and in Necropolis you got more graves so I had this mental image that the undead residents just went to sleep in their graves and got up to roam around town, go to the tavern, market, etc...

[@dazdingowarrior230]

Июль 2022 года, эта песня - база

[@MasterofchaosX]

The end of this song is just... Something else... It's.. Woah. When I'm playing and the song starts playing at the part around ~2:00 I always have to listen it to the end before ending my turn. It's just so magnificent and somehow it is so soothing - if there was a whole song like that I could use that as a thing to help me fall asleep, in a good way. God, gotta' love that one.

[@hardcoreclassicenjoyer]

Gregorian chant (dark)

[@eroth1008]

@@hardcoreclassicenjoyer Dies Irae i believe

[@ИванКопылов-т2у]

По количеству просмотров сразу ясно, какую часть Героев люди уважают больше всего. Герои-3 - навсегда! :)

[@ukaszkasprzak4983]

I remember in my childhood when I'd listen to it on a rainy and dark day in Poland... rain outside, melancholy music, atmosphere of those nostalgic times. I will remember this for the rest of my life and it's been at least 20 years now. No one who hasn't spent time with this game can every understand what it means for you

[@DeFactoLeader]

I love the explosiveness of the theme before it starts to become so melancholic and depressed right at the end. Conjures imagery of some tortured, Phantom Of The Opera-esque beast letting out all his anger and frustration before his anger turns to sorrow and regret. Only the best music can actually tell a story, but god be damned if Necropolis doesn't nail it perfectly. Actually LOOKING at Necropolis itself as you listen helps with that imagery, too.

[@DahnsHeart]

Damn right. To me, the end is a reminder that necromancians aren't already power-hungry mercyless assholes. They are heartbroken widows, parents who lost their children, or people who lost their dearest friends and did all in their power to see their loved ones again They knew it was black magic. They knew they were crossing a limit that wasn't meant to be crossed ever, but they didn't care. They wanted to see their smile one last time.

[@aaronlatif52]

I came to a different meaning. Its the rise and fall of necromancers. Starts off quite and then the tension builds and builds until it falls but keeps going. Similar to necromancers starting off as weak as they build their hoard till they become unstoppable until inevitably all must unite to take the them down before its too late and the problem they ignored seems unbeatable. In the game it would then repeat creating a cycle of birth and death.

[@nolleyramdeer5122]

Tbh, if a music/literature/art work has different meanings and is prone to different interpretations, that's when you know you've stumbled upon a masterpiece.

[@bulldogsbob]

I always thought the theme was the sadness of the undead. Instead of being in the afterlife they are slaves of the evil necromancers.

[@CharlietheWarlock]

All hail the supreme lich, sandro

[@Folke888]

Лучшему некроманту всея Энрот!

[@Remro88]

This is truly a masterpiece for it fits so well the castle type. In this music, you can feel torment, sarcasm, sorrow mouvement and peace. P.A. Romero has been so inspired.

[@Mateking92]

The ending is Liszt Ferenc's Totentanz (Dance of Death) :) Also other parts of the song are based on it too :)

[@lf2208]

I looked it up, nice to know!

[@TotalOverUltraSaLLy]

And Liszt borrowed it from an old chant called "Dies Irae", which he based his awesome Totentanz on :)

[@Mateking92]

TotalOverUltraSaLLy yes, its totally true :) but for example the ending is 100% ,,copy" of Totentanz :) but yes you are right both comes from dies irae :)

[@TotalOverUltraSaLLy]

I agree :) i heard Paul Romero play it on piano somewhere on youtube, and there you could easily hear the Totentanz inspiration :)

[@Crozyr]

Check out the H5 soundtrack - it has Dies Irae as its main theme. Imagine my confusion when I played H5 and came back to H3 after a while just to hear H5's main theme at the end of this town's soundtrack! :D

[@thyagoamerico9860]

The Cloak of Undead King!! Such an OP artifact

[@velichkanikolova2394]

xD Then you can say to the eney only one :P.You mad computer bro i have cloak with 10k liches and expert slow with haste on my Isra xD :)

[@heroes3wogbulgarianchannel425]

:) And it trolls your opponent .

[@gregoryjohnson4936]

not allways i quit when ive kiled their main hero with 2 mil liches on like month 23

[@gregoryjohnson4936]

dystroy undead spell from homm1 would wipe out 1 whole stack that op

[@Mooseplatoon]

One of my favourite pieces of music, period.

[@ninabutkovich2151]

Reminds me of when I was resurrected

[@NucleaRaptor]

GOOD LUCK, I'M BEHIND 7000 SKELETONS

[@sandrothegreat7585]

i was behind 9 000 skeltons..:D

[@velichkanikolova2394]

More like you was and still are behind 9 000 LICHES

[@ЕвгенийЛатвенов]

Только в третий части тема Некрополиса органично смешивала мощь, страх и печаль смерти.

[@Taburetow12]

Как показать величие и грусть одной песней:

[@sonicthehedgehog0100]

Oh god, the nostalgia.

[@ЯрославДудин-р9ц]

+Deli73 INDEED !!!! Nostalgia ....

[@heroes3wogbulgarianchannel425]

Nostalgia xD

[@sandrothegreat7585]

Heroes 3 WOG Bulgarian channel..hello necromancy...:D

[@naitsirk32]

if you want to watch more necropolis content take a look below kzbin.info/aero/PL-1-w5nfLm9MO07oMaqwygWMGBfBHYvhk thanks for watching

[@TerraP]

God, the end so so good... >.>

[@ulysses1672]

I always clicked at the the dread knight at 2:09 to watch his badass animations while the masterpiece piano played This games soundtrack was just 🤌🤌🤌

[@DajKamienia1]

Man, I want to cry sometimes, where are those years... kurrwa :/

[@vincent4805]

The bit at 2:00 that people are commenting on is basically an old traditional Medieval melody Dies Irae (from Latin - literally 'days of wrath', part of traditional Catholic requiem) which is associated with death/requiem etc and has a long history of being used by classical composers. This track's opening theme basically is a variation of Dies Irae. The solo viola line from 0:44 is amazing too

[@AidanMclaren]

The utter despair turned into sad melancholy. Amazing song!

[@mysteryhd888]

This theme is so fricking good, it's my favourite along Stronghold. It really suits Necropolis and its mysterious climate.

[@kepler4739]

This game has such outstanding music, so amazingly well-done atmosphere and overall unforgettable gameplay..I love it so much! This is my favorite track of them all and I'd play as necromancers just because of it!

[@XATAGE0779]

The Memories...... The good old times when we played this game with my big brother and my cousins on one single PC.

[@SaturnineXTS]

Just a random piece of trivia - Heroes of Might and Magic is a spinoff of Might and Magic, an RPG series

[@Ondrus21]

There's a fate worse than death.

[@shugafoo2847]

"Knowing my luck,he probably played Necropolis" - Malina

[@АнтонРожин-и7з]

Треки из heroes ||| - истинный шедевр.

[@ChykGec]

это классика ...это помнить надо!

[@Ghost29999]

Одобряю!

[@ПростоПользователь-ц7ч]

ЭТО ЗНАТЬ НАДО!

[@abatabatov4109]

в это играть надо. что и делаю

[@LordRyan9999]

ah my childhood i think i'm going to shed a tear here

[@cvernon5256]

If for no reason other than the theme music, the Necropolis shall always be one of the favorite towns. How anyone will be the utter sepulchral majesty of this is beyond me.

[@Pokemon00158]

Anyone know if there is an extended version of the piece at 2:08? Sounds perfect to read a sad story to, but too short :'[

[@DeBitcher]

+Yolo Swaggins Dies Irae, also in Heroes 5 Menu Theme.

[@Симплициссимус]

There is a cover of this theme by Bass on KZbin, and it perfectly extended the last part.

[@ebbesen123]

Wish someone made a whole song based on the last 30 seconds

[@sandrothenecromancer6810]

The biggest producers of dairy for their hard working spookybois.

[@damdumah2552]

Best hero is the series woot

[@eythis]

05.05.2024, po majówce tego słucham

[@lighthouseproduction4807]

its so interesting that this music didn't need to be this good but still... and I hope this will get more ppl to know it...

[@KudryaXin]

Геймплей за Некрополис: ехех, некромантия делает армию Лор Некрополиса: несчастные души которые не могут найти упокоения, призванные на службу некромантами, лишенные своей воли и испытывающие лишь страдания. десятки, сотни и тысячи павших мужей и дев, которые обречены на вечную службу злу. Когда то они были живы, но сейчас же это груды костей и гниющей плоти, внемлющие приказам своих новых повелителей. Тоскливые завывания на огромных кладбищах, смешанные с ветром передающие всю боль от вечных скитаний между миром живых и мертвых. Пустые оболочки некогда бывшие людьми, эльфами, гномами и прочими существами ныне воскрешены под одним лишь знаменем смерти, лишенные всех эмоций кроме вечной скорби, ведь их останки более никогда не найдут упокоения даже в смерти.

[@telefon8102]

Well written!

[@rizhikkacheck1541]

Так и есть

[@w1shmast3r123]

The grail - you must find it it is dag up somewhere on the map (it could be either in the underground or above). When you visit obelisks located around the map (the obelisk looks a lot like the Grail bulding in this castle) they reveil parts of the puzzle map. You may not collect all of them but you must visit enough to locate the position of the Grail. After that you go to the location with either of your heroes and press D button (dig). Please note that the heroe must not have moved that day!

[@SmoczeFajerwerki]

THIS THEME IS INCREDIBLE ! I LIKE INFERNO AND NECROPOLIS THEME VERY MUCH THIS IS SO MAJESTIC AND POWERFUL greetings from Poland ! x)

[@szymondworzecki2619]

Yup 'Franz Liszt - Totentanz' was a good inspiration for this. Hungarian musician

[@cikif]

2:10 a broken soul's lament

[@kyrenaz]

603 Skeleton Warriors, yep, that's Necropolis for you. As long as you have expert Necromancy you just win.

[@tojiroh]

I remember leaving this screen on, just to listen to the eerie (and beautiful) soundtrack. Fond memories. :-)

[@azuredragonofnether5433]

When not playing the Necromancers: The poor enslaved souls... When playing the Necromancers: never enough skeletons!

[@Andrewloller]

favorite theme

[@ordalieduvoyageur]

Masterpiece game, favorite city

[@TheLukaszencja]

my fav castle

[@TV-mo5cs]

네크로폴리스 테마가 너무 좋아 ㅎㅎㅎ

[@thelastyankee4975]

The names for the undead towns were creative “Worm Warren”, “Riddance”, “Blighttown” I felt like a zombie playing this

[@matenzo]

chills every time

[@elizavetagaevaya8479]

as a child, i was terrified of the necropolis music ooof just hearing it again makes me >.

[@cyruspl1632]

My favourite soundtrack in whole heroes 3 Also my favourite city

[@matthewrecords2200]

Best town theme from HoMM III :D

[@RiefWestCoast]

The greatest theme in the greatest game ever created. The Necropolis theme is a dark masterpiece.

[@NikaOfHighever]

My favourite game of all time

[@Meibu1]

It's the best game ever made

[@velichkanikolova2394]

Someone 2019 ?

[@thoaihoquang1578]

Me, fellow necromancer

[@stjepansimudvarac8906]

[@CapybaraConnoisseur89]

Always Necropolis will be always my fav. Today I have Vampire Counts in Warhammer.

[@robson2172]

Great song for a great game.

[@VeryUselessPerson]

E V E R Y O N E

[@MagnitudePerson]

I love the art work for this, its brilliant done, so much creepy detail.

[@Meibu1]

I went from LoL obsession back to Heroes III obsession, it was a good trade. Even though I mostly play against CPU, and they are a pain in the ass once late game hits and they keep running around like headless chickens, I still love it.

[@IronGiant2790]

I swear I find similarities with this theme (especially at 1:58) and the 5th movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, "Songe d'une nuit du sabbat"! I think it would be quite apt if it were really the case! (There's probably also connection with the Danse Macabre of Saint-Saens.) Anyways, really awesome, evocative theme! Also, necromancy is too good - my go-to tool against 200% AI's... or I might just be biased to playing Necropolis any and every time possible XD

[@goktugblack]

Last phase is derived from Totentanz by Franz Liszt the famous Hungarian composer.

[@rachskald]

Just a small selection of superior classics. Of course, the list goes on and on and on, but it's impossible to pay tribute to all of them here... and I probably forgot about a great deal of them myself :)

[@marvinpineda9057]

Y’all never seen the museum, huh? _“Hands of the Horilogist”_ …and it just held one wind-up wingnut

[@DonRamon_SeuMadruga_52231]

This theme always bring in my mind the Dread Knight's death blow sound

[@necroguru2547]

Best music of early alarm when you need to go to work. Feel like walking skeleton 10/10

[@fichonn]

The Harpsichord in the end can be sampled in such a great beat...

[@marvinf8128]

Liszard wiedział o szkieletorni, wyżej dowód. Gdzie moje pół bańki?

[@letthemadnessspeak]

😂😂😂

[@lukatonix1]

This is the best music with game.Beautiful.Homm 3 is fantastic game.

[@EriadorMajere]

thanks for sharing ! amazing

[@blind1337nedm]

that bass at the end tho

[@cikif]

Merry Halloween!

[@yukselozturk2981]

2:10 :( old times

[@diemandtheanimatronicwolf]

2:00 This part sounds like the Shining theme.

[@AidanMclaren]

That's because they're both based off of "Dies Irae".

[@diemandtheanimatronicwolf]

@@AidanMclaren That's really cool! Thanks for the information.

[@ekoi1995]

1:59 Is that Dies Irae, Dies Illa or Totentanz ?

[@Raptor3Falcon]

Dies Irae

[@imt1217]

You got to pump those numbers up

[@ZhoomTheCool]

My favorite town hall as a child xD remember 1st time i played this I was like 6 , the zombie was my favorite ... idk what that says about me just being 6 at that time lol

[@heroes3wogbulgarianchannel425]

Same :D When I use zombies as boost in my necro army I am like Me:LOL !!! Zombies ??? Ok some rubish for my army hehe :D Computer or opponent: :V this game suck I quit (Ragequit ) Me >:D gg ?

[@thepro5102]

Best theme of the best faction. Suits perfectly