Legend of Mana: To the Sea Acoustic cover by Steven Morris

[@vovo22900]

underrated game, underrated musician youtuber.

[@Betsy7Cat]

Gosh dang this is catchy.

[@StevenMorris]

I used to get this song stuck in my head every time it played in LoM!

[@TonySarkees]

This reminds me of steppin on crabs. Really wonderful percussion!!

[@StevenMorris]

Thanks :) I love recording this kind of percussion~

[@Efylan]

Best arrangement I've heard for this one! Best mana game ever. People who didn't like the story on this one didn't make the effort to think of the metaphors presented and how they translate to reality in such important ways

[@markdominicsablay6580]

You resurrect my childhood, thank you so much

[@anacarladuarte5280]

Legend of mana é um dos melhores jogos de RPG que já joguei.

[@chabo0126]

great！recorder&guitar！ レジェンドオブマナ この曲を聞くと砂浜のカニを思い出します 下村陽子さんの曲良いですよね(^^)

[@StevenMorris]

Kentarou Chabo Thanks!! この曲を聴く度に、カニが踏まれた音を思い出してしまいますｗ。下村陽子さんはいい音楽をいっぱい作られていますよね♫

[@Evimayo9noukinhohei]

すごい！聖剣伝説だ！！ 聴いていると遊んでいた時を思い出します！ ...何だか泣けてきた。

[@StevenMorris]

Evimayo 9 確かに、15年ほど前に遊んでいました。若干悲しいですよねｗ

[@MorrowProduction]

What an absolutely beautiful rendition. It pays amazing homage to the original creation :) Yoko would adore this I bet!

[@humianboz]

What a jam this is!

[@kaimi18]

Fantastic !!

[@PegsterMcDudeson]

I love this arrangement. You are a master of the hammer and 5 pound weight. Your synth sounds always get me! They are so beautiful. This song made me think I was running through a forrest outrunning those blob slime things. Fantastic job, as always! Can't wait to hear what's next from you!

[@StevenMorris]

Thank you! I'm glad you like the 5lb weight 'cause it's just about all I can handle :P. There's more on the way ♫

[@Strettostein]

Love your sound, friend. Very organic and fresh. I think it complements your visual palette very well, too! Really enjoy the variety of sounds you've cooked up! Great work! : )

[@StevenMorris]

Strettostein Thanks for the compliments :). They really mean a lot to me! I've been working on creating a new visual style.

[@Soundole]

That percussion ensemble is perfect, you've done an excellent job arranging this. Rhodes solo was on point too :)

[@StevenMorris]

Thank you :D. I wasn't sure about the Rhodes solo though- I did it pretty quickly. I'm glad you like it though!

[@camilogaming6414]

oh my god that was fucking amazing

[@Imansyah211]

this is just really like the original one

[@ADMMEDO]

BEAUTIFUL! STEVEN!

[@DearbornJohn]

It's always Interesting Steven to see what you come up with for sound production, even though I'm not a gamer I can appreciate your efforts.Great arranging for this title track and Excellent Production.

[@StevenMorris]

Thank you for watching :). A lot of synthesists dislike video game music, but I've found that there is a lot of good VGM out there. In fact, a lot of the composers are great synthesists and musicians. After all, a lot of them were inspired by 70's synth driven music and basically created a new (and very eclectic) genre of music.

[@MindLaboratory]

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[@StevenMorris]

Thank you~!!

[@Lucafeelgood]

You are to much.. Wonderfully track with so nice feeling...YOu are the best. Always nice to listen to a new track from you. Warm regards My friend. Greetings Atti

[@StevenMorris]

***** Thanks Atti! This one was a difficult one so I'm happy that you liked it ♫

[@mattyhappyfriend1998]

so cheerful......i enjoyed it

[@StevenMorris]

+Matty DiCaffrio Thanks!

[@zaglamir]

Watching your covers reminds me of watching the behind the scenes from Lord of the Rings, where it turns out the ferocious growl was actually the guy's pet turtle burping or something. I generally listen to it without video first, then watch the video to find out, "what made that clang-y sound?" "Oh, it was just a jar of paper clips being dropped from a 12 story building by a canary... noted."

[@StevenMorris]

zaglamir Thanks for the interesting comment!! I'm glad you like the various sounds in my videos :). I'm really into foley and sound design in general. Those behind the scenes portions of DVDs are always most interesting :D

[@Breno7nicks]

Freakin' amazing!!!

[@mifta219]

Good job👍👍👍👍

[@MrKdnkdn]

Oh my gosh! This was one of my favourite games! Step on all the crabs! :D Love your channel. Keep it up!

[@StevenMorris]

Thank you for checking this out! LoM was unexpected after having played Secret of Mana. I loved the art style and music a lot though. I remember the instruction manual having a distinct (good) smell when I bought it new! I really enjoyed the atmosphere that the game created. Have you ever played it two player? I remember it being fun!

[@samusmudo9051]

This is awesome

[@michelleheafy]

This is beautiful, as always. I really like the sound you're using on that stage piano, among all the other fun sounds in this cover! I'm a big fan of your artistic style in your music & videos. Great job!

[@StevenMorris]

michelleheafy Thanks Michelle! The stage piano is a Rhodes electric piano, so it's the real deal :). I tried to get a marimba/steel drum like sound by processing it through voltage controlled envelopes and some other more esoteric synth modules for the melodic runs. The 'solo' at the end is it being processed through a spring reverb and an analog delay :D Thanks again for all of your kind comments!

[@michelleheafy]

Oh wow, very cool! :D And of course!! :)

[@donutdrums]

This was great Steven! I always look forward to seeing/hearing your latest videos!

[@StevenMorris]

DonutDrums Thanks Matt! Definitely a mutual feeling :D. BTW, after your comment I wish I would have filmed the broom 'part' :P

[@MrRyoupa]

夏！です！下村さんの曲といえばこういったパーカッシブなサウンドな特徴的ですよね。カナヅチで叩いてたのはなんだったのでしょうか？

[@StevenMorris]

I took an arrow in the knee. ありがとうございます！金槌で叩いてたのは5ポンドのフリーウエイト用プレートです。オリジナルを良く聴くと、金槌に似たメタリック系な音が入っていますので入れてみました！実はずっとやりたっかたですｗ

[@gabocarina96]

Is there any instrument that you can't play..? :P But seriously.. awesome work as always! I love your music so much! :D

[@StevenMorris]

***** I barely get by on most of those instruments! Thank you for watching though :) I appreciate your support.

[@RYROSmetaldefender]

Lake Kilma Norn Peaks Gato Grotoes cover please !

[@BossKeyTV]

Another great arrangement!

[@StevenMorris]

Boss Key TV Thanks again for checking out my videos :D

[@BossKeyTV]

Steven Morris No problem, thanks for the great songs. Could i one day use one of your arrangements in one of my videos? i'd give you all credit of course!

[@StevenMorris]

Boss Key TV Absolutely! That'd be great :) Let me know what you need and I'll get it to you!

[@euchale]

Whenever you post a video, I try to note down all instruments I see/hear and then compare my list with your list. I´m not doing very well, but I hope to improve over time.

[@StevenMorris]

Euchale Ichselber That sounds like good ear training practice! I used to love looking at CD booklets when they listed all the instruments that were played in a song. I used to do exactly what you're doing :)

[@aXuLy1516]

Buen cover

[@StevenMorris]

+aXuLy1516 Thanks!!

[@somedaybutdelayed]

im soooo late for this, but such a great job u did! this could be the new version of "To The Sea" if LoM has remastered version!

[@mctristandelossantos978]

I came from the future and yes it got a remastered verwion with new arranged soundtracks including this

[@somedaybutdelayed]

@@mctristandelossantos978 does it sounds like this? :0

[@mctristandelossantos978]

@@somedaybutdelayed close but more upbeat

[@somedaybutdelayed]

@@mctristandelossantos978 i wish i could hear it :'')

[@partybarge]

This is excellent, shame it doesn't have more views based probably on game popularity. you can feel the care and time that went into this one though. Love it. Thanks so much for these videos. though I feel the synth at the end was a bit unnecessary, you could do anything you want on that rhodes and it'll sound like heavenly butter. I can't believe it's not butter.

[@StevenMorris]

+partybarge I'm happy you liked this one! This song actually provided a ton of different challenges that I originally didn't see coming. I actually agree with you about the ending, too. I was planning to have the rhodes do the solo during the fade out, but then thought it didn't sound natural fading out that early after listening to it the next morning so I decided to just add that synth at the end to finish it up. Maybe more rhodes would've equated to more views ;P

[@StevenMorris]

+partybarge On second thought- I just noticed that a new Legend of Mana album was recently released by SE with a version of To the Sea on it-- it's an arranged version and puts mine to shame -_-

[@partybarge]

+Steven Morris I just got it in the mail the other day along with the new Millennial Fair Chrono Cross/Trigger album. It's excellent! Great jazz and bossa arrangements. Don't sell yourself short though! I like both equally for different sound signatures and instrument choices. your productions are of no lesser quality at all.

[@StevenMorris]

partybarge Aww thanks :). BTW- I'm totally jealous of both of those albums you got! I need to pick those up soon!

[@GameLarkRemixes]

Using a weight as a percussive instrument? You are the MacGyver of the VGM world.

[@StevenMorris]

GameLark Remixes Thanks :D!! BTW, I forgot to mention that I also played the broom on this one.

[@donutdrums]

Steven Morris WHAT! You have to give me some broom lessons ;)

[@StevenMorris]

DonutDrums step 1: put field recorder on floor in reverberant area (i.e. garage); step 2: get broom & sweep; step 3: profit? Check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGOwpXipp8iHitU

[@nafzee]

PogChamp

[@ultris07]

Not bad, but I personally think the wind instrument was a bit piercing. Overall though, not bad.

[@StevenMorris]

Thanks for the feedback. Actually, I used quite a bit of EQ to remove most of the pier in qualities of that sopranino recorder-- you should hear how that thing sounds in person! (Or not, it'd probably give you a headache :( )

[@ultris07]

Steven Morris XD I would have to listen to it in person first to judge accurately.

[@mediacoregroupph]

:'((