Mother 1 Sound Track BLOWS Music Teacher's Mind! - OST Reaction

[@matthewbankey5547]

Timestamps for each song and Dan's reactions (also including composers and singers as a bonus): 0:46 - Mother Earth, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 2:24 - Poltergeist, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 4:37 - Battle With a Dangerous Foe, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 5:31 - Underground Theme - Hirokazu Tanaka 6:42 - Battle With a Flippant Foe, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 9:11 - Pollyanna (I Believe in You), composed by Keiichi Suzuki 12:05 - Hippie Battle, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 14:15 - You Won (since it's a jingle, I can't be certain who the composer is, though I'm willing to bet it was Hirokazu Tanaka) 14:22 - Big Victory (see above statement) 14:28 - Level Up! (same with this one) 14:52 - House Theme, composed by Keiichi Suzuki 17:17 - Game Over (another one I can't be sure of the composer, again assuming it's Hirokazu Tanaka due to him doing most of the tracks in this game) 18:00 - Humoresque of the Little dog, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 18:59 - A Ghastly Site, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 22:07 - Bein' Friends, composed by Keiichi Suzuki 24:31 - Comforting Sleep (don't know the composer again, placing bets on Hirokazu Tanaka) 24:57 - Hotel Sleep (see above comment) 25:08 - Alien Investigation (or Alien Invasion), composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 26:30 - Cave of the Tail, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 27:05 - Magicant, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 30:39 - Wisdom of the World (Queen Mary's Castle), composed by Keiichi Suzuki 32:14 - Twinkle Elementary School, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 36:05 - Factory Theme, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 37:59 - The Paradise Line, composed by Keiichi Suzuki 40:51 - Snowman, composed by both Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 43:46 - Yucca Desert, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 46:40 - Airplane Ride, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 50:18 - Roving Tank, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 51:55 - Monkey Cave, composed by Keiichi Suzuki 53:10 - Youngtown, composed by both Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 54:20 - Live House, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 55:47 - All That I Needed Was you, composed by Keiichi Suzuki 58:00 - Approaching Mt. Itoi, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 59:17 - Mt. Itoi, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 1:02:27 - Fallin' Love, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 1:04:27 - The Tombsone, composed by Keiichi Suzuki 1:05:47 - Eight Melodies (Separate Parts), composed by both Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 1:06:24 - The Ocarina's Final Melody, composed by both Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 1:06:54 - Eight Melodies, composed by both Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 1:08:31 - Versus Giegue, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka 1:09:03 - Epilogue/Ending, composed by both Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 1:12:32 - Credits (this song was exclusive to the western release of this game so it's difficult to know who composed it, however, since it includes melodies from tracks composed by both Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka, I'm going to credit them both with this) 1:14:53 - Eight Melodies, After Credits Version (again, assuming both Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka did this) 1:16:14 - Dan's final thoughts on the in-game OST for MOTHER/EarthBound Beginnings (before moving on to the vocals album) 1:17:27 - Pollyanna (I Believe in you), sung by Catherine Warwick, music by Keiichi Suzuki 1:21:14 - Bein' Friends, sung by both Catherine Warwick and Jeremy Holland-Smith, music by Keiichi Suzuki 1:28:45 - The Paradise Line, sung by Jeb Million, music by Keiichi Suzuki 1:32:33 - Magicant, music by Hirokazu Tanaka 1:36:58 - Wisdom of the World, sung by Catherine Warwick, music by Keiichi Suzuki 1:41:37 - Flying Man, sung by Louis Philippe, music by Keiichi Suzuki 1:46:21 - Snow Man, music by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 1:50:39 - All That I Needed (Was You), sung by Jeremy Budd, music by Keiichi Suzuki 1:55:11 - Fallin' Love, and (REALLY not sure why there's that "and" at the end there), music by Hirokazu Tanaka 2:01:51 - Eight Melodies, sung by the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, music by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka 2:08:26 - Dan reads out superchats and plugs his stuff That took a while, hope this helps people. I don't normally leave comments like these, but I do like the MOTHER/EarthBound series, and I didn't see any comment like this beforehand, so I figured I might as well. Looking forward to more from Dan in the future!

[@TurboTveit]

Thanks! Scrolled over your comment at first looking for timestamps because they were hidden by "read more", maybe move your comment under the timestamps so it is easier to find? :)

[@matthewbankey5547]

@@TurboTveit yeah, I’ll shorten my intro a bit, make it easier to spot.

[@MusicTheoryforGamers]

Official thank you!

[@T-Dawg75]

Absolute Giga Chad!

[@rodrigo528]

Guau muchas gracias sobre todo por el nombre del autor y ademas que las canciones no tienen un nombre oficial, Lo valoremos ❤

[@itsCbomb]

Was so glad he checked out the vocal album. more people need to listen to those godly renditions.

[@urameshi6254]

YES

[@jellycore1316]

Aww, agreed!

[@SuperNero791]

I love the franchise and its music so I was shocked to hear these for the first time. The vocals for Pollyanna is the only one I've heard before. And a bit of Bein' Friends from the old JP commercials

[@Vincent_Roy]

I heard about it before but never listened to it. I never thought it would be so good ! I immediately went to buy it on the iTunes Store. My favourite is Falling in love, and…

[@nickglover4620]

Amazing instrumentally, but I’d love for a better vocalist to cover them tbh. One that’s more accessible to a more general audience

[@KingKuron_]

That first track will never not send shivers down my spine. The raw magical feeling it gives, with its ups and downs and the incorporation of the 8 Melodies is so mystical. Love it so much.

[@JesusJavierAmaviscaValenzuela]

Idk why always make me feel like nostalgic and make me tear up a little bit

[@AMTRAX]

It is impossible to frown while listening to the vocal version of Pollyanna

[@MusicTheoryforGamers]

👋

[@OOFUS4103]

The only frown is the abundance of tears from listening to the ost 🥹

[@theguywhodoesthings9608]

​@@OOFUS4103and even then, you'd have smiles and tears

[@heehaw575]

@@theguywhodoesthings9608 then again, only smiles, 'cause there's no crying until the end.

[@cravdraa]

Fun little fact, the twinkle elementary track incorperates the west minister chimes repeatedly, which is actually used instead of a school bell in a lot of areas of japan to signal the beginning and end of classes.

[@supremekirb]

and was later remixed for the gameboy camera credits theme. for some reason.

[@zephryus]

i really love that. thanks for sharing.

[@MilkyWayMarsBar]

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!

[@Rubberman202]

I'm so happy to hear that you really enjoyed MOTHER 1/EarthBound Beginnings' OST. We had a small hiccup there at the beginning, but we got it sorted out relatively quickly. Music like this manages to stick with you throughout your life for various reasons, it can be hard to articulate why. The composers Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka were already quality composers, but the stuff they wrote together were magical. Also, I mentioned this in-chat, but this was Keiichi Suzuki's first game he composed for, and he did it because he was friends with the game's director/writer/creator Shigesato Itoi, and they collaborated with each other in the past. Suzuki knew nothing about making music for games, so what he ended up doing was he'd play the music he came up with on piano for Hip Tanaka, and Tanaka would enter it into a computer. Tanaka would occasionally offer feedback on how to alter the music to better fit the limitations of the game, something the both of them really struggled with. It ended up turning out really well, though, as you can tell.

[@captainpep3]

This is an exceptionally great soundtrack for an NES game, the sounds were so limited on that console but they made some really good tunes for this game despite that

[@sanmeiwolf]

It's rare that an NES game has much of a soundtrack, but it happens! Solstice is the one everyone remembers, if they heard it even once.

[@Plasmariel]

@@sanmeiwolf I mean there's a reason for that

[@urameshi6254]

Many don't know about the vocal versions. Would be awesome if there was a Mother 1 remake that featured it.

[@R_wir3]

Mother Encore's soundtrack takes inspiration from the album

[@atraxos]

At least the original game advertisement made use of (one of) the vocal versions.

[@Akogiri]

@@R_wir3 not unfortunate fans shilling a mediocre fangame

[@frankierossette]

@@Akogiriand what have you made

[@Akogiri]

@@frankierossette first off, I do wish to rephrase my initial statement. While I do have my gripes with Encore as a little bit of a purist and huge fan of the first game, Encore is still, as is any effort to pay such a great homage to the series, an incredible project and huge stepping stone, I would say so far. My problem with Encore isn't as much Encore itself as is the approach people looking to get into the series often have - that is, that Encore will be the "definitive" version of MOTHER, and the perfect lens through which they shall experience the rest of the series. With that I simply disagree, considering how integral I find witnessing the evolution of both visual and narrative aspects of a series to be, and also due to the simple fact that Encore changes/adds a lot, and I mean a LOT of things, many of which are simply not my cup of tea. Having said that, I do get the struggle of the developers of Encore, having to "translate" a game to the modern gaming landscape while having their own creative outlook on it and wishing to push that outlook out to the world. I myself am working on the remake of a "MOTHER" game - that being the fangame MOTHER - Cognitive Dissonance. It's a game that changes many things about the original, entirely rewriting its characters, setting and delving into aspects of its story and lore with depth never seen before. The project is looking pretty good so far, and despite being a whole other can of worms, I do find it to vastly improve upon certain aspects of the original pretty blatantly. It's not perfectly in tact with what MOTHER is, and that is on purpose - it is something that both I and the people working on it beforehand have poured our hearts and souls into, and while not written by Itoi, I do wish for it to be a great game, just not quite a to the beat MOTHER game, and not quite the original. If my year old, nasty comment hasn't lost you, be on the lookout for the project! You may just find something that you like, or even love about it. And I'm greatly honoured by that notion. Have a good night!

[@katiehonigford8016]

The vocal album means so much to me (to the point that I have it on vinyl haha) so I'm so happy that he gave it a listen! Mother 1 has such great music and I think it kind of gets lost in the mix of the trilogy. Always great to see someone discovering the music for the first time!

[@itsmagic1244]

Aaaaah you’re so lucky! Been trying to get the vinyl of the vocal album for ages but it’s so pricey

[@katiehonigford8016]

@@itsmagic1244 Honestly I think it was a case of being at the right place at the right time haha. I found my copy on Amazon for like $70, which is waaay down from the like $200 ones on ebay - and I was super salty that I didn't get a copy when I could have gotten it for like 40 bucks 🙃 It just depends on who's selling it! I hope that you're able to get your hands on a copy someday ☺

[@babybell224]

Omg i want one so bad! The album means so much to me and i would be the happiest person on earth if i could hold my favorite album and song (my fav song from the album is “all that i needed was you”) in my hands and play it on my vinyl player

[@katiehonigford8016]

@@babybell224 Aww that's a great song! My favorite song on the album is Flying Man. I'm sure that one day you'll get your hands on a copy of your own!!!

[@sweetpataterz8738]

Unpopular opinion: Mother 1 has the best soundtrack of the trilogy.

[@furtall]

It's not just that Undertaie's OST is inspired by Mother, it actually uses the same soundfont as Mother 2 (Earthbound) in many occasions!

[@GalekC]

1:41:41 I was very pleasantly surprised to see "Flying Man" appear in this reaction! I totes agree, it's my favorite as well !!!!

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Mother 1 is my favorite cause there just is something about the vibes in the OST that hits for me more than the other 2. Idk what, i can only say it feels like Itoi's nostalgia and feelings he wanted to portray when making this game shine through. There's a unique magic in 1. The whole thing feels like an old school kid's movie that's actually darker than expected and scars a generation lol. In the good way of course.

[@jellycore1316]

1:27:43 This was really interesting! ^^ I love singing, but I didn't know about this, that's really cool, I'll have to try out singing with the different vowel methods! X3 Thanks for the react, Dan! ^^

[@MusicTheoryforGamers]

There is more too it than just opening your mouth but it is a good place to start!

[@stwawbewwy]

It's really amazing how some iconic video games tracks started out in the 8-bit era, a time where there were far more limitations with what sort of music could even be made. There's a video by iwanttobelieve that covers the tracks in Earthbound/Mother 2 that sample music from real life sources. I learned a lot, and I've been a fan of Earthbound since it first came state side in the 90's!

[@thatgamingauthor]

This is one of those video game soundtracks I always find myself getting emotional over, and I think it's because of how much it has meant to me over the years. This was a wonderful musical trip, and seeing your input on the music just made it all the better.

[@magicwindow6682]

when he mentioned the similarity of Bein' Friends to Waterloo Sunset I was thinking of the descending part in the beginning of both songs

[@unknown6390]

This soundtrack is one of the best composed and programmed for the system. Timeless music if you take it out of context of chiptune.

[@GalekC]

♫Take a Melody- Simple as can Be~ Give it some Words, and...Sweet Harmony~ Raise- Your- Voi-ces- All Day Long now, Love Grows Strong now Sing A Melody Of Love, Oh Love! ♫

[@atraxos]

"Love is the power Love is the glory Love is the beauty And the joy of spring Love is the magic Love is the story Love is the melody We all can sing"

[@libbyh1835]

Great vid, i loved your eathbound vids and was really happy to see that you covered Mother 1! Btw on Bein Friends it's not just Catherine singing, its actually a duet with Jeremy Smith, one of the choir boys featured on the album. It's kinda hard to tell that it's 2 different people cause they sound so seamless but it is. All the people who worked on this album are so talented I wish more people knew about it!

[@Nextad_]

I'm glad he's able to see the one of the biggest reasons why the Mother series is so beloved.

[@undertraveler]

Alright now you gotta do Mother 3 to complete the Mother trilogy. It also has quite a few bangers! Edit: He did it and it was a very good reaction!

[@keykeyb2005]

Fax

[@TheLastMisesian]

Mother 3 OST is 6 hours long💀

[@ManiacalForeigner]

@@TheLastMisesian The FF7R OST was almost 10 hours

[@JackiW]

Few? My good sir, I think you need to relisten to the soundtrack yourself and consider that word you just used! ...Now, if only there was a recent video available where one could do that with some great musical commentary.

[@1gnore_me.]

it's also another really great example of composers working under limitations -- most gba soundtracks sounded incredibly compressed & ugly because of how little music could fit on a standard cartridge. yet somehow, the soundtrack sounds crisp & extremely high quality.

[@nrrork]

That vocal cover of Pollyanna has a wonderful fan animation here on KZbin. Like, I had the same look on my face watching it as you do here. Like, I was instantly twelve years old again and playing Earthbound for the very first time. It was only about a year ago when I first saw it and couldn't believe I had not seen it sooner. My understanding is it was pulled from KZbin for a long time.

[@PhirePhlame]

You'd get the Eight Melodies in-game from eight different sources, each of which would play its own fragment of the song in its own way, spread throughout the game world. That's why the first playback of them sounded so disjointed.

[@jonathan130]

It has been a little over a year and I’m still waiting for you to react to Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 soundtrack. It’s worth it, they are most definitely somewhere in the top 10 best video game ost of all time, and I think you will love the music.

[@professionalkek8937]

Nice! Was hoping you'd check this series out! There's a reason these games have had and will always have a place in my heart. Haven't watched the video yet but I just wanted to say this. For some reason, this makes me very happy. So yeah, thanks for making this video!

[@mrcloudark787]

YES CLOSER TO MOTHER 3 OST. LETS ENJOY THIS ONE NOW.

[@1gnore_me.]

it's impossible not to smile when listening to the vocal album. one of my favorite video game arrangements, ever.

[@MilkyWayMarsBar]

1:17:43 As a 17 year old, I've been listening to this song, Bein' Friends, and Eight Melodies since I was 15...I beat Mother 2/Earthbound at 16. Never beat Mother 1 yet though. This song and its lyrics are so optimistic and beautiful that it makes you want to cry man. The fact that this happy and cheerful song is sung by a kid makes it even more carefree if you ask me (Catherine was 14 when she sang this song). Bein' Friends and Eight Melodies are so beautiful as well. I love the dark shift for Bein' Friends. Fallin' Love has the best slow dance music ever; it's so groovy.

[@originalname1]

I was going to take a break from the MOTHER series until Dan dropped this, I'll definitely stay

[@GalekC]

Kumatora best girl

[@originalname1]

@@GalekC damn straight

[@ProjectAudrey]

I don't understand the concept of like consciously just deciding to take a break from a series

[@originalname1]

@@ProjectAudrey It doesn't necessarily happen instantaneously, I just do it because you're basically seeing the same old stuff again and again. I take breaks just to make the series feel refreshing again

[@ProjectAudrey]

@@originalname1 ah fair enough. I usually just one day notice that I haven't been paying as much attention to the given series in a while lol it sneaks away from me

[@barretocastillorodrigoalon2646]

27:05 recuerdo que esa melodía me gustaba mucho, me daba como nostalgia por alguna razón. Muchas veces me quedaba parado solo para escuchar la melodía.

[@Annexialol]

Probably not reading comments on this vid anymore, but I'd love to see you cover the Mega Man soundtracks! The series really pushed the NES to the limits, and even the non-NES songs are bangers.

[@Annexialol]

Holy- woah heart. Uh sorry for doubting you.

[@rac1equalsbestgame853]

NES Megaman is 8bit metal the game

[@Annexialol]

@@rac1equalsbestgame853 fr

[@capriciouslyfabulous]

56:29 I'm certain that this song (or the main part) is based on "Let It Be" by The Beatles

[@ElChicoBush]

There are plenty of games from the NES I'd love to see on stream. The Castlevanias, the Megaman, the Final Fantasies, Kirby's Adventure, the Ninja Gaidens, Ducktales, etc. I hope some day someone votes them.

[@MusicTheoryforGamers]

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[@matthewbankey5547]

I hope you saw my comment with the time stamps for this stream!

[@Annexialol]

Damn, you did Mother 1 too! Now all that's missing is Mother 3... Or maybe that video's only in Japan.

[@Annexialol]

Also the Mother series loves sharing songs so many songs (like the factory theme) which is why a lot of these sounded so familiar to you.

[@Rubberman202]

@@Annexialol He hasn't done MOTHER 3 yet, but if enough people support it, it could be possible that he'll react to that OST soon...

[@Annexialol]

@@Rubberman202 yeah it's an inside joke cuz Mother 3 was never released outside of Japan

[@ArichDKC]

Great video! Would love to see your take on the critically-acclaimed Donkey Kong Country soundtrack (1 and 2 in particular, the latter being crowned one of the best game soundtracks out there by a ton of people)

[@chrobo]

David Wise is great, I was just revisiting the soundtrack recently, there's a lot of neat stuff in DKC 1 & 2's soundtrack

[@JoeMama-el6oo]

Awesome reaction. Love this OST. Definitely one of my faves and I'm glad you enjoyed it too. Now, you gotta react to the Mother 3 OST at this point lol! I'd also love to see you react to the Fall Guys OST as well! Techno-pop music has become a fav of mine thanks to that game, and its seemingly unexpected resurgence in popularity has shown me that they've added lots of music to that game that is worth checking out. That's all, I hope you read this comment and just now I enjoy your reaction videos a lot! I'd appreciate if you took my recommendation into consideration. That's all for now, keep doing what you're doing man!

[@kirbywordy]

im sure he'll see this :)

[@UserLuigi]

Once mother 3 reaction drops, the series will be complete!

[@olivia7782]

I'm so glad you like it! Mother 1 is so often overshadowed by its siblings but theres so much there to appreciate and I still have a very special place in my heart for it. Awesome to see.

[@sanmeiwolf]

Someone had BETTER superchat up some Tim Follin OSTs now. XD

[@Rubberman202]

Plok is on the request list, I think... Hopefully more people Superchat requesting it and other Tim Follin games.

[@ArtofCrimms]

Hey Dan! Love this, it's always great either catching it live, or watching after to hear your insight or see your reactions. Just thought I would pop up to let you know, I think you might have separated two donations for a reaction, since there's one "Insryption" which I assume is for the game Inscryption, but Inscryption is also up on the list of future reactions.

[@theguywhodoesthings9608]

I'm pretty sure Keichi Suzuki made all the songs, Hirokazu Tanaka helped with the composition and brought everything on to the NES. They composed the all the songs together in the same room.

[@Ursaring_Fan]

Mother 3 is definitely a big recommendation

[@pintrovert]

I’ve never seen the “epilogue” song called that I’ve only ever known it as “The End” huh

[@surethingsport6346]

God please do mother 3 I’ll do anything

[@ElChicoBush]

It will probably be in the next round of polls, don't worry.

[@mrostcorp]

1. "Pollyanna (I Believe in You)" Keiichi Suzuki Catherine Warwick 3:42 2. "Bein' Friends" Suzuki Catherine Warwick, Jeremy Holland-Smith 5:13 3. "The Paradise Line" Suzuki Jeb Million 3:44 4. "Magicant" Hirokazu Tanaka 4:21 5. "Wisdom of the World" Suzuki Catherine Warwick 4:42 6. "Flying Man" Suzuki Louis Philippe 4:49 7. "Snow Man" Suzuki, Tanaka 3:51 8. "All That I Needed (Was You)" Suzuki Jeremy Budd 4:43 9. "Fallin' Love, and" Tanaka 6:18 10. "Eight Melodies" Suzuki, Tanaka St Paul's Cathedral Choir 5:46 11. "The World of MOTHER" Suzuki, Tanaka 16:32 2004 bonus tracks No. Title Music Length 11. "The World of MOTHER" Suzuki, Tanaka 23:53 12. "Smiles and Tears (Demo Track)" Suzuki, Tanaka 4:47 Mother Music Revisited track list No. Title Music Length 1. "Pollyanna (I Believe in You)" Keiichi Suzuki 4:13 2. "Bein' Friends" Keiichi Suzuki 6:04 3. "The Paradise Line" Keiichi Suzuki 4:10 4. "Magicant" Keiichi Suzuki 4:32 5. "Wisdom of the World" Keiichi Suzuki 5:34 6. "Flying Man" Keiichi Suzuki 5:02 7. "Snow Man" Keiichi Suzuki 4:30 8. "All That I Needed (Was You)" Keiichi Suzuki 4:50 9. "Fallin' Love, and" Keiichi Suzuki 3:28 10. "Eight Melodies" Keiichi Suzuki 5:53 Mother Music Revisited Deluxe Disc 2 track list No. Title Music Length 1. "MOTHER EARTH" Hirokazu Tanaka 3:30 2. "MY HOME" Keiichi Suzuki 1:10 3. "POLTERGEIST" Hirokazu Tanaka 0:43 4. "POLLYANNA (I BELIEVE IN YOU)" Keiichi Suzuki 1:50 5. "BASEMENT" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:38 6. "BATTLE THEME1" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:20 7. "BATTLE THEME2" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:19 8. "BATTLE THEME3" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:50 9. "HUMORESQUE OF A LITTLE DOG" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:05 10. "SOUTH CEMETERY" Hirokazu Tanaka 2:21 11. "BEIN' FRIENDS" Keiichi Suzuki 1:42 12. "CHOUCREAM ZOO" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:35 13. "CAVE1" Hirokazu Tanaka 0:44 14. "MAGICANT" Hirokazu Tanaka 2:38 15. "WISDOM OF THE WORLD" Keiichi Suzuki 1:35 16. "TWINKLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:55 17. "FACTORY" Hirokazu Tanaka 2:03 18. "THE PARADISE LINE" Keiichi Suzuki 2:21 19. "SNOW MAN" Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka 1:57 20. "ADVENT DESERT" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:39 21. "AIRPLANE" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:33 22. "TANK" Hirokazu Tanaka 2:01 23. "RUINS OF DESERT" Keiichi Suzuki 1:17 24. "EASTER" Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka 1:15 25. "LIVE HOUSE" Hirokazu Tanaka 0:53 26. "ALL THAT I NEEDED (WAS YOU)" Keiichi Suzuki 1:34 27. "CAVE2" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:29 28. "HOLY LOLY MOUNTAIN" Hirokazu Tanaka 2:13 29. "FALLIN' LOVE, AND" Hirokazu Tanaka 1:54 30. "POLLYANNA (I BELIEVE IN YOU)" Keiichi Suzuki 1:19 31. "EIGHT MELODIES" Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka 1:17 32. "GIEGUE" Hirokazu Tanaka 0:44 33. "ENDING" Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka 4:10 PEPE: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@superknuten3845]

This album is great and a great video as always! Just wondering, where’s the A Hat In Time B-Sides and Seal the Deal + Nyakuza Metro/DLC soundtrack?

[@TheRoboKitty]

The final boss's name is hard to translate into English. In Japanese it would just be "Geeeeeg". English translators have no idea what to do with it, and it flips back and forth between "Gee-gooey" and "Guy-gas"

[@Digital_PeterGriffin]

I’ve heard it pronounced in Mother one as either Gig-goo or Geeg and in Earthbound as Guy-gas or Guy-gis

[@TimelyWalnut]

I think I saw the translators of Earthbound say somewhere that it is meant to be pronounced "Gee-gus" in Earthbound, not sure about Mother 1/Earthbound 0 but I've always heard people use "Gee-goo" for how Giegue is supposed to be pronounced. Probably ok to say it however you want though...

[@TheRoboKitty]

@@TimelyWalnut The 1995 English television commercial for Earthbound pronounced it "Guy-gas", so that's more than enough for me

[@AstralBirthVoid02]

The most important part is keeping the sound geeg because that's why it has been choose, because the sound geeg is unpleasant to ears.

[@AWildDomino]

YES!! MY FAVORITE OST OF ANY OF THE EARTHBOUND GAMES

[@Flamsterette]

I'm looking forward to this one.

[@sporedoutofmymind]

This got truncated on my device as "Mother 1 Sound Track BLOWS..." I'll admit it got me to click lol

[@nessexceptless]

Need to see you listen to some of Tim Follin's soundtracks, (Plok on SNES for example) he is an absolute GOD in the vgm industry.

[@durgeess9490]

Yes, flying man IS the best song on the vocal album, thank you very much!

[@kirbywordy]

the vocal album version of snowman makes me think of a desert instead of snow

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

The song that sounds like Jump also sounds quite a bit like the battle music from Undertale, the interconnected webs of these games are truly endless

[@chuggaavsme]

Wow yea totally hear that now

[@GalekC]

Gotta love it

[@tweer64]

It also has a bit of Good Egg Galaxy in it.

[@mairujyat]

A lot of people don't realise that the Mother 2 Magicant theme (Welcome Home) is a heavily rearranged version of the Mother 1 Magicant theme; similarly, quotes and elements of the original Eight Melodies from Mother 1 can be heard in the second portion of the Mother 2 Sanctuary theme (Your Sanctuary 2) a few other observations and whatevs: - shout-out to the composers also quoting parts of the melody from Pollyanna in Paradise Line! and the album version of Paradise Line also quoting a part of Youngtown! - The Cave of the Tail theme is basically a variation on the arpeggio in Magicant! Other songs do small little quotes like that too, such as Duncan Factory's theme using that 'calm' part of the track to evoke Pollyanna. - The ending of Magicant makes use of an arrangement style quite reminiscent of the Mother 2 version - absolutely some intentional foreshadowing! --- Also, within this and even the Mother 2 version of Magicant, you can hear the stylistic influence that Hirokazu Tanaka and Keiichi Suzuki may have picked up from the latter's then-spouse, Saeko Suzuki - In particular her 1984 album, "Visinda og Leyndardómur" (科学と神秘) (I also suspect the sample used for Venus' singing in Mother 2 is used in the track "Nightmare" on the same album)! Similar parallels pop up in her other works (such as her 1989 album "No Life King No Music", which would have been in production at the time of Mother 1), though the other big one is between Mother 2's Bicycle Ride theme and "夏休みが待ち遠しい - Mon Biclo" from her 1985 album "The Law Of The Green". - I strongly believe the first two notes in the Flying Man theme are intentionally meant to pair with the last two notes of the main (Famicom, not album ver.) Magicant theme before the loop, which, if true, is kind of a clever way to tie the two songs together. Also a shame it didn't make it into Mother 1 - it was clearly meant to feature in the game! - Keiichi Suzuki once released an early demo recording of the Eight Melodies on his MySpace, which featured both a male and female vocalist - I don't think it'd be a stretch to assume it's both Saeko and Keiichi Suzuki singing duet on it. It's one of my favourite renditions, definitely look it up!

[@joelbell6075]

This video was AWESOME!!! Please, do a video like this for the Lisa: The Painful soundtrack!

[@shattermelon496]

I wonder how he'd react to some of those song titles

[@rpg_haven]

Still my favorite NES title theme. Unbeatable

[@felorobotoscope]

Really hoping to see you react to Mother 3!!

[@Roiq978]

One of the best game ever

[@TheNexDude]

I sincerely hope you get to Mother 3's soundtrack it's one of my personal favorite games and video game soundtracks.

[@thend4427]

Never heard the vocal album big fan

[@theguitarassassin6639]

57:50 maybe the bridge of a million dreams from the greatest showman? that’s what popped into my head

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

Humoresque of a Little Dog: Tobyfox the origin story.

[@ma.2089]

Mother 1 is getting a fan made remake. I’d love to hear your opinions on the OST once it’s fully released, as it’s going to have remastered/remixed versions of these tracks + new ones made in the same Mother style.

[@ranting2damax]

Mother 3 tho. The Mother 3 ost is my personal favorite, really hits you in the feels while also being a bop. I do hope that you react/listen to it sometime if you haven’t already. It’s just such a good experience.

[@fernandobanda5734]

When you do Mother 3, consider using TheNessEB's "HQ" playlist. It's the same songs with the same synths, it just takes out some of the muffling limitations of the GBA. Awesome reaction!

[@Amarand]

First off, I love that Pollyanna (I Believe in You) song. So nice! I was hearing a lot of little bits and pieces that clearly inspired Toby Fox during Undertale, but it wasn't until we got to Snowman that I started to hear intense similarities. One thing I was thinking, back in the Super Nintendo days, I'm sure there was quantizing as a function of the sound chips built into these older systems. In Snowman, you can hear some of the notes wanting to be, like, 64th notes, or whatever...but they're just locked in to the platform's limitations. But with Toby Fox, he's *forcing* limitations on an engine to get that same sound, but because Toby's so artful with it, I've never had the feeling that his music is "forced" into a specific quantizing. I'm assuming Super Nintendo is quantizing by requirement, and Toby Fox (which I thing he's using FL Studio?) can do basically whatever? Certainly keeping on-par with orchestral music.

[@Dare1C]

Mother 3 is gonna blow your mind

[@antitoxine7012]

One of my favorite ost ! I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@fyreice3697]

Thanks for the stream!! Loved the reaction! Can't wait to see you react to the mother 3 soundtrack :)

[@ExaltedUriel]

I'm glad you decided to react to this OST, I'm one of the few people who actually prefers Mother 1 over 2, mostly because of the story but definitely because of the soundtrack. And also because once you play Mother, you realize how much EarthBound is essentially a pseudo-remake. Something about it just resonates so well, I was surprised I found myself tearing up hearing Eight Melodies again. Wisdom of the World is definitely my favorite track, both in the original and the vocal album.

[@AstralBirthVoid02]

It's crazy how he thinks how Catherine Werewick, the female singer, was a trained classical singer when Mother is some of the only song she ever actually sang, and that she was 14 years old.

[@ZergRushJohnny]

It could also be because he seemed to initially assume that both singers on Bein' Friends are the same person, when the more classically-oriented choirister Jeremy Holland-Smith shares the track with Warwick.

[@wilhastings0756]

Hi this is my first time suggesting and I would love to see you react to the shovel knight soundtrack. Whether you do or not I love your videos. Keep doing what you do!

[@Miles_Action]

He should react to the remixes in super smash bros when he gets a chance.

[@AjZombie08]

He should check out the Original 2002 Ratchet and Clank soundtrack. It’s very unique and interesting, would love to see it

[@ToomStoneMedia]

Would love to see that happen

[@rac1equalsbestgame853]

Oh my god that OST is awsome

[@AjZombie08]

@@rac1equalsbestgame853 Fr, ratchet fanboy lol

[@rac1equalsbestgame853]

@@AjZombie08 Of the first game especially

[@ShimaKaede]

wait I have been looking forward to this one but I missed it T_T

[@NotActuallyElias]

banger OST

[@Icyangel10]

You probably are already aware this cause someone likely told you but Mother is called EarthBound Beginnings(for the longest time Earthbound Zero thanks to a scrapped translated rom fans found/fixed up until the official release happened) because Mother 2/Earthbound came to the US first. Mother 1 was meant to come out & even was being translated(why Earthbound Zero exists) but they scrapped it to work on the SNES which lead to Mother 1 when it was finally translated being called Earthbound Beginning. Mother 3 never came to the US(too much copywrite & issues to deal with) so it has no Earthbound name for it though it was called Earthbound 64 at one point because it was originally going to be on the N64 before that was scrapped & the finished version ending up on the Gameboy Advance.

[@TheEngineerBanana]

Mother 3 soon hopefully???

[@Slagomancer]

The fact that these tracks were made on a little NES cart still gets me shook

[@Braldyy]

You should definitely check out the entire the Binding of Isaac (rebirth, afterbirth, afterbirth plus, repentance) soundtrack. One of the most high quality soundtracks out there.

[@flashback4588]

46:46 that song almost sounds like the undertale battle theme at least the intro does

[@Oldmangamess]

Toby got a lot of inspiration from this series

[@redlabs5473]

can you please look at the dynamite headdys music it's one of the best sega genesis soundtracks out their and i think you would love it :)

[@krycklund]

Hearing you mention The Kinks made me vry happy.

[@aerth6946]

NOOOOOOO I 'm so mad I lost this stream

[@deegobooster]

Always so insightful! The best OST reaction content of KZbin! Would love to see Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky at some point. Someone needs to recommend it ❤

[@shattermelon496]

Super mystery dungeon has the best soundtrack in the series imo

[@blackballensns]

You gotta react to the mother 3 music!

[@dumbledax1040]

You should check out the world of goo soundtrack by Kyle Gabler, it’s one of the best I’ve heard

[@tweer64]

YES

[@thebeanslayer2919]

i would love to see him take a look at the transformers devastation ost one day

[@1Gyro1]

Nice

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

the ending theme always reminded me of a Christmas song for some reason, it’s just so comforting and peaceful

[@Annexialol]

sounds like something from Home Alone

[@ayyarrdiaz]

If there’s one game soundtrack I’d like you to check out, it would be the ARMS ost. It’s a very close game to my heart and I’d like it if more people got exposed to the absolute bangers it has

[@fernandobanda5734]

Yes, please. The game and its music is very underrated!

[@chicknbisque]

you NEED to listen to the Cuphead OST. with the DLC included. it is a masterpiece. (only do it if you can sit through long periods of jazz, though)

[@homemaderamen]

Please please please check out the soundtrack for Rivals of Aether, it’s unreal how jammin literally every song on the soundtrack is, also, it has so many leitmotifs!

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

Just another suggestion for the list, I think you'd enjoy the acoustic guitar tracks of Rimworld

[@matthewdiehl1929]

you should definitely react to ori and the blind forest as well as ori and the will of the wisp's osts they are fantastic

[@jcfx4]

DO MY SINGING MONSTERS SONGS!

[@seansyguy]

dude, ya gotta react to Risk of Rain music, 1 and 2 must listen

[@flecht727]

Mother 3 soundtrack will blow your mind! every song is from the GBA (GameBoy Advance).

[@tavastian3288]

Original Soul Edge from PS1 has probably the best OST of the PS1 era, it is unmatched