Musician reacts to Plok! music by Tim and Geoff Follin

More from the Follin brothers and I am SO PUMPED. The only thing I expect from those two these days are great rhythms and high energy.
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[@MGPL_]

Nooooo! I was raging so hard when you stopped Beach and Akrillic, go back and embrace the full loop and progressions, my man

[@cronoesify]

He must be taught a lesson.

[@Quake_Masta]

Miyamoto actually asked follin if he was using a secondary sample chip with the music, This is indeed all original hardware the SNES uses. Follin was a god at making chips work.

[@TheTechnoFunkBoy]

That's incredible. I ... speechless. Wow.

[@j.r.huffnstuff3549]

@@TheTechnoFunkBoy Pretty sure Tim was still in high-school when he started making music on the zx spectrum and c64. Guy had that talent for learning on the job and pretty sure he had to code it all himself, too. Sucks that a lot of the games he worked on were so mediocre for how good his music was.

[@matthewmatthias4181]

@@TheTechnoFunkBoy hi I have an other suggestion if you can? I'm not sure if you just react to nes and snes but this soundtrack is from Japanese home computer msx2. Metal gear 2 solid snake is my suggestion It's got a very cool ost. Snakes theme has a very 80s action film feel to it.

[@jg-7780]

Note that the Miyamoto story isn't confirmed, and could be made up, however Miyamoto was nearly involved in the development of Plok, and at some point was indeed provided with an unfinished copy containing music.

[@cronoesify]

​@@jg-7780it's legit dude. Don't question the god Follin.

[@saucylobster1313]

Good god the blue balls I got off Beach right as the guitar was about to hit. So many of these tracks really shift gear later on and are absolutely worth a full listen some time. As someone without any musical knowledge it is still really interesting to see you take the time to listen to these and explore what makes them so great.

[@malte1984]

yeah man right befor the solo! I was like whaaaaaaattt noooooooo XD same with Acryllic. it really only gets great near the end. That's like cutting off "stairway to heaven" in the middle of the second verse....

[@teroblepuns]

Boss music @ 23:17

[@Doomacam]

You should totally take an extended look at Beach and Akrillic. Where you stopped on both of them was when it was about to switch gears lol. I would suggest a closer look on both of those. They are in fact some of my favourite pieces composed for SNES.

[@TheTechnoFunkBoy]

I think that's a good idea, thanks!

[@Nickel_The_Wise]

Boss Theme for one of my favorites of all time, it's a track so sinister, *it begins with villainous laughter~*. And it starts off like a UFO is invading, but that heavier part kicks in afterwards and is just a merciless onslaught of percussion, like the song is trying to beat you up, The Brothers Follin can't be matched! Ohhhh, baby I can't get enough of sharing enthusiasms and yours is infectious and informed, that's a subbin' for sure~ See you at the Sound Test!

[@amixthekid]

23:44 everybody's reaction to this actually

[@georgemaneta9542]

Also, both "cavern" and "creepy crag" have long upbeat intros (like a minute or so), but both take a massive turn to the creepy right after, do check it out later.

[@JoeDan54]

There's one oldschool composer who I'd say rivals Tim and Geoff Follin, and that's Jeroen Tel. I'd definitely recommend looking up stuff from Jeroen Tel, especially Robocop 3 (NES/Commodore64), Alien 3 (NES), and Golden Axe (Commodore64).

[@NEStalgia]

The title of Alien 3 (nes) oh my, very good

[@georgemaneta9542]

Yo, that's the video I was waiting for! Great commentary, thank you so much.

[@mkwilson1394]

You jumped to the next song very frequently, right before some really interesting parts!

[@brettsmolski2661]

Plok is the pinnacle of game chiptunes and one of the greatest video game OSTs of all time. Cool stuff!

[@zacharydetrick7428]

You did Plok!!! can't wait to watch :)

[@Vitorio582]

I'm a little late again but thank you so much for doing my request. Tim is a genius

[@TheTechnoFunkBoy]

Appreciate it!

[@Sephiroth69]

23:17

[@negrotaku6299]

You’re doin the lord’s work. Thank you

[@matthewmatthias4181]

Yay you done my request lol Ive been waiting for this thank you very much I'm sure I wasn't the first to request but yay I was one of them

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

I know you already mentioned the comments pointing it out, but I am curious; after the comments on "Beach" etc did you go back and listen to it fully out of curiosity? And if so, how did you react when you realised it turned into a completely different song? That said I love your genuine reactions. Some of the facial expressions remind me of my own when I re-found the soundtrack again. There are just so many amazing effects used for this game.

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

Some of the songs such as akrillic and creepy crag take a turn a minute or two into the song and warrant a full listen

[@faceofbear8024]

Plok is my favorite game of all time and the music is probably a big part of that. I suggest you fully listen to Beach, Creepy Forest/Flea Pit, Cavern, Creepy Crag, and Akrillic. They're the real meat and potatoes of the soundtrack and all the weapon named songs are the bonus stage type songs.

[@beej_tunes]

Judging by this and other comments, I think it’s going to be too frustrating to watch this video. Considering those songs are amazing and have long loop points, you really can’t skip any part of those.

[@faceofbear8024]

@@beej_tunes he actually did another video where he listened to these songs fully

[@Stephen-Fox]

I'd say that hard in a playful way sums up Plok well, honestly - Even down to if your ammo being your limbs meaning if you ran out you were a torso hopping along the ground with all the clumsiness in movement that sounds like.

[@matthewmatthias4181]

Just watched and there's one more song that didn't get played which was flea pit / creepy forest. Also listen to beach in full there's an awesome guitar solo in there Love it! Thanks for doing plok 😊

[@faceofbear8024]

My god such a bummer he didn't get to that.

[@Kwstr42]

Lol you can tell the snes chipset, as soon as rocket launcher started I got flash backs to the end credits theme of link to the past where they show the town recuperating from Gannons rule

[@Thiagomii]

Flea Pit is also a very darker track, I'm sure you would loved it!

[@bemasaberwyn55]

I remember it in Spooky Forest

[@jemandjemand2362]

its amazing how few games nowadays have great music. while plok got amazing music with those few sources they got back then

[@eddiealgarin6155]

Awesome. Have to do X-Men Arcades revenge. Another Tim filling classic with disco and prof rock classics.

[@maximyllion]

according to the manual, the costume power ups are meant to be based off of movies plok likes.

[@WDFA_Final]

This one was fun lol "Beach" was probably one of my favorites. Have a good one and take care! I know I keep adding games to the list but It'd be cool if you checked out Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future's ost

[@josheldridge8546]

rocket launcher has some big "Thunderbirds" energy behind it.

[@OriginalMasters]

Which one are you, Geoff or Tim?

[@williambourque6963]

Akrillic, to me, is a ridiculous song. I remember reading someone say to them it sounded like it belonged on a 1970's prog album by Emerson, Lake and Palmer or the Alan Parson's Project - and yeah I can hear it.

[@komaichan99]

Akrillic is genesis influensed rock.

[@1insane614]

You’re blue balling me man. Finish the songs!

[@OGR-4394]

23:16