Old Composer Reacts to Thomas Bergersen Protectors of the Earth - Two Steps from Hell Invincible

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[@phoenixkingtheo]

Two Steps from Hell is by far one of my favorite instrumental (or epic music) bands. They got me into listening to more instrumental stuff. Honestly their entire track list would be worth of a react. Though some of my personal favorites are Skyward, Heart of Courage, Nemesis, Sariel to name a few

[@philroi2672]

Second, heart of courage.

[@BlueEyedRaven_]

Victory and Heart of Courage are my favourites

[@mrleung1]

What about Nevers give UP tour dream ans Nevers black down

[@phoenixkingtheo]

@@mrleung1 notice how I said my personal favorites

[@kineticstishi]

The latest Myth Album has some goldies too - especially Away With Your Fairies, Myth, Dragonborn, Amethy.... Yeah I can't name an actual favourite, No matter how hard I try, I'll always end up mentioning my full spotify playlist... ha...ha

[@zarana9499]

It's hard to go wrong with Two Steps From Hell. I'd definitely look at High C's, especially the video where they recorded the orchestra playing it. Thomas Bergersen is just one of the composers in Two Steps From Hell, and they've got a huge variety and many different styles and inspirations. Well worth the listen.

[@Ithirahad]

If you go through their oldest work, t's pretty easy to go wrong tbh lol. Lots of generic music. But yeah - High C's, Dragonland, Fearless, Race to Durango, We Are Legends, Enchantress, Secret Melody, basically anything from the new album Myth - all really good stuff.

[@TheRober82]

If you want to feel goosebumps all over your body... Heart of courage is the most epic song ever. Same guys. Good luck :)

[@musiclad290]

True

[@marcovaccari7276]

Try " Mountain Call"

[@kybercrow]

More Two Steps From Hell please! Didn't even think to suggest them for some reason-maybe it's because their music is TOO epic. Three of their songs I love: El Dorado Skyworld Blackheart

[@noobpownerxxl]

Perfect list, I love two steps from hell and those are also my favorites!

[@paulclarke4099]

Yes an interview with Thomas Bergersen would be great, would love to hear him discuss what sample libraries he uses and what he does to make his compositions sound so realistic as if they are being performed by real musicians (when he is not using real performers that is) 😃👍

[@monemusic1428]

Believe it or not, Thomas actually uses sample libraries that he's created by himself for his own personal use. The vast majority of his music is recorded with a live orchestra, but there are a couple rare gems that use entirely his samples. "That's A Wrap" is probably the craziest example, but also the original upload of "One Million Voices" from 2019ish was also 100% samples.

[@barlarg]

Bergersen (and the entirety of Two Steps From Hell) have some of the most incredible pieces I've ever heard. My favorite is still Apollo from Bergersen's Humanity anthology

[@ChrisTanner1983]

My favorite track by TSFH is "Impossible" - a mini-epic with multiple sections and a huge variety of instrumentation. Highly recommend checking it out!

[@blazingangel5463]

Awesome! You finally reacted to my favorite composer! Thomas Bergersen is such a musical genius in the Epic Orchestra world and he also leads, alongside with another brilliant composer Nick Phoenix, Two Step from Hell which pioneered and dominated the Epicore industry. They even finished concluding their live tour in Europe this past year with another one on the horizon later in 2023. What I loved about their music that with every songs, it was there to provoke your emotions and take you on a journey, thereby making you feel more connected to music. I can't wait for you to review more TSFH music and I highly recommend their another popular song 'Impossible' which is composed by Thomas and it have multiple genre mixed together flawlessly. I would loved to see you react and break it down

[@jacobstrelingermusic9482]

Man, you should listen to some of his recent works. He is a master at sound layering and epic orchestration. I would reccommend Iron Will, Molto Pirattissimo or Made of Earth from his recent work. Defo check that out!

[@aristosachaion_]

Bergersen and the team at TSFH have vastly improved since this piece, but it still remains one of my favourites for being the track that got me to notice them in the first place.

[@AM-el4iv]

Love this guy's vibe and music selection. Subscribed!

[@gizzardgulpe]

Still here! I think there's something to be said for being predictable but not in a bad way. Songs need something predictable to be accessible by listeners, which usually means predictable keys, tempos, instruments, chord progressions, but then it needs a little bit that is unpredictable to make it interesting. Sometimes the fun of a song is wondering if the choral buildup will pay off or if we'll be hoodwinked by a different instrument taking over the melody.

[@miklostakacs4415]

This is actually true. Our brains are looking for logical shortcuts and patterns non-stop in everything. This is an evolutionary thing and this is how biases are surfacing for example. When e are listening to music, our brain is searching for patterns trying to predict non-stop what you will hear next. When your brain gets it close to right, you feel satisfaction.

[@juliusn.6922]

I will forever connect this particular track of their's to Mass Effect 3.

[@Alex-wp9oo]

I found Two Steps from Hell by accident a long time ago when I was 12 and I’ve been a fan of this genre of music. Protector of the earth is one of my favorite. There’s a bunch of other songs too.

[@koen2715]

YES!! Thomas Bergersen is one of the best composers of this time. I can't wait to see more reactions from him. Great reaction!

[@Tilla00]

I highly recommend reacting to Heart of Curage - Two Steps from Hell. It's one of my absolute favorite songs. It's just epic ❤️

[@Joromonni]

two steps from hell is peak childhood for me and reminds me of showing World of Warcraft boss fight compilations to my friends. RIP Paragon.

[@cheetawilliam]

I attended a concert from two steps from hell, the two man composer group he is part of. It was the most intense musical experience of my life. I cried, I laughed, I was scolded for moving to much in my chair. I'll never forget it. Please react to more. Especially his HUMANITY albums.

[@khymaaren]

The pieces by Two Steps From Hell are consistently used in trailer for movies, TV and probably video games, as well. My introduction to the project was when I saw the third theatrical trailer for the 2009 Star Trek reboot.

[@PhoenixFire46]

I'm still here! I would suggest you to listen to more recent tracks that Thomas Bergersen has created, his music has evolved a lot. Also, another composer I would suggest you to check out is Ivan Torrent.

[@sirornstein]

This was great! I think you would love Ace Combat 04's track, Megalith Agnus Dei w/ intro Rex Tremendae

[@mupicap7927]

Thomas and TWFH was FIRE man! U need to get more reaction about them

[@ferrisulf]

Thomas Bergersen and Two Steps from Hell are AMAZING. I don't actually know this one. Some of my favorites are Starvation, Creation of Earth, Talia, One Million Voices, Promise, New Life, Colin Frake. I like the Bulgarian choirs quite a bit. ^_^

[@NowlZeoPlus]

All of his tracks that used Bulgarian choir is pretty awesome! hence why the album "Sun" is still my favorite to this day. So glad that he's still always using Bulgarian choir in almost every album for at least in one track or so

[@ferrisulf]

@@NowlZeoPlus Sun is also my favorite album of theirs. It is awesome he still has those choirs in his newer things. There something so haunting about them. Love it

[@elisabetta611]

All I hear here is MASS EFFECT 3 and now I have ALL THE FEELS!!

[@jem5080]

It's always so fun watching people analyze & enjoy music, I'm so glad I discovered you! Now, I'm not sure if anybody's recommended this before, but as a fan of all genres & world music in general, I think you'll find it interesting listening to the Genshin Impact OST! The game frequently draws from culture around the world for their game design & music (Northern Europe, East Asia, SSWANA, and more in the future). Some of my favorites are "Sumeru", the main theme for Sumeru (one of the nations in the game), & "The Divine Damsel of Devastation" (which is a story teaser technically). As for more intense ones, all the phases of La Signora & Scaramouche's battle theme songs are pretty good! Yu-Peng Chen is one of my favorite composers because of how creative Genshin's music is to be honest. There are 11-ish albums of the game's OST on KZbin as of writing this, and there are a ton of great tracks in there!

[@kitfox1399]

It's been a lot of fun discovering your channel and seeing your perspective on different kinds of music! If you are interested, I recommend listening to the Genshin Impact OST! There's a whole bunch of really good music in that game that you might find interesting. I would recommend listening to Azhdaha's Battle Theme (especially if you like rock/metal), La Signora's Battle Theme, and Scaramouche's Battle Theme, as they're some of the best in the game so far. Anyways, thanks for all your hard work and looking forward to seeing what you react to next!

[@liquidicev]

I'm still here! I enjoy the in depth talks. Some of the parts that you describe, like musical terminology and what the composer is doing, is very interesting. I do find some of it goes over my head though. I remember one with one of the OST tracks you mentioned some words, they kind of sounded Italian, and I had no clue what those words meant. I'd love a video, maybe as a short, to quickly describe what some of these terms mean. Like, one terminology, one example piece, a quick description. That may be a lot more work tho.

[@koen2715]

GET HIM FOR A PODCAST!

[@captainsharazad]

attempt 2: Darktide OST: Disposal unit, Imperial Remix. - No song should Slap that hard. I would love to see your reaction to more of Jesper Kyd's work. :P Another great reaction and breakdown. Love your thoughts.

[@impressionable22]

I srsly just came here to post/push this :D

[@Hakkar6993]

Another Two Steps From Hell banger worth listening/reacting to is Never Give Up On Your Dreams.

[@PSIHUNTER00]

My alltime TSFH Favorites are Flight of the Silverbird and Impossible.

[@calTM_]

hey I just went on a spree of watching your videos great stuff! also i highly recommend: Merry-Go-Round of Life (from 'Howl's Moving Castle') keep up the good work

[@georgethakur]

If you'd like more Halo, I think you'll find a largely undiscovered gold mine in the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack. It's top-bloody-notch, as is standard for Halo, but it's _very_ different from the epic/heroic vibe of the rest of the Halos. For in ODST, you are not Master Chief -- you're a regular soldier. Try "Traffic Jam", or "Deference for Darkness". Two very different vibes. If you do end up listening to either of those -- I'll give you brief context for the game, since it's very different from the rest of the Halos: The entire game is you, the player, finding clues for the whereabouts of the rest of your squad in the ruined city of Mombasa. You will be so lonely for most of the game that finding the enemy is a _relief._ "Deference for Darkness" is more to that feel, while "Traffic Jam" plays for a particular part where you find a tank and help an encircled platoon of marines out of a death trap by driving it through the alien lines like a battering ram.

[@brychaus9059]

Frankly this track is good but it's not bergerson's best. He has some hits like Heart of Courage and Empire of Angels that are more popular. I still really like Protectors of the Earth though just because of that great brass section.

[@PainkRd]

Listnening Two Steps from Hell while cleaning you house makes you feel like you're saving the planet

[@chibi0vampyre030]

OH MY GOSH FINALLY. YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT High C’s. You will never be disappointed by this amazing duo!

[@leifleifnephew5154]

IT'S A WALTZ! Also, although I love Protectors of the Earth, Bergersen has progressed a lot since these early songs.

[@C0mm0nS3ns3]

Great song for mountain biking...

[@Stalli0n505]

Hold the fuck up. I love Two Steps From Hell. I loved this reaction too.

[@22RiaKon22]

Hey! Nice to hear you still get to do what you love. Wish I could have a job like that. Maybe one day :) Two Steps from Hell is an old classic. Specialists for EPIC. This collective is what made me actively listen to instrumental music. The interview is a GREAT idea. I would love to hear more from the composer. Also, if you would like more stuff of this taste I can recommend: Avenger / With Great Power (Immediate Music) Danuvius (Audiomachine) Dethroned (X-Ray Dog) Radium (The Hit House) See What I've Become / The Way (Zack Hemsey)

[@spambaconeggspamspam]

My favorite work by Thomas Bergersen is called American Dream and it's a great album

[@Md.Kamarussalihin]

As the music picks up.. his eye went full madara

[@markotisovic8233]

Two steps from hell is used in many documentaries as background music.

[@k--music]

Gotta recommend their concert album lots of these tracks were even better with live/real instruments

[@Flaraen]

Empire of Angels is an amazing piece, not sure if Thomas or someone else from Two Steps from Hell (the group he is a part of) but I highly recommend!

[@DivineFalcon]

Anything by Thomas with the word "angel" or "wing" in the title is an instant earworm.

[@terraopg8259]

Two steps from hell is absolutely amazing

[@MrHotdogz1234]

I would love to see you talk with Thomas Bergersen

[@Ugapiku]

Blackheart is my favorite song from them...

[@NewInkFoHalo]

Still here! Can’t wait until you do more TSFH reactions!

[@FuryOfCalderon]

Music for when you need to run through a wall.

[@kevinweber5919]

I am still here!

[@crowcoregames1785]

yeh i love two steps from hell

[@ohlaceyone]

I just discovered your channel. I always love see people with music and other expertise assess and just enjoy music from things I enjoy. I want to recommend since I saw you have done a final fantasy game song already one from FFXIV. this is technically a two part song as there is one for phase 1 and phase 2 of this fight. I adore and would love if you could check out Ravana's theme, phase 1 is "The Hand That Gives The Rose." and phase 2 is "Unbending Steel."

[@ohlaceyone]

Answers is also really good

[@UMninja]

Thomas has some fun works but Impossible is my favorite

[@rudolfgernd8760]

You can try "Tide" from Danny Olson. It has a beautiful buildup following well... a tide.

[@zetanist]

Hi man. Just found your channel and absolutely love it, been binge-watching all day! May I suggest some movie soundtracks? Most notably Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) - really love tracks like Khazad-dûm from him etc. or even more famous ones like Hans Zimmer? Your take on some of those movie titles would be fantastic. Not sure if you've done them yet since I am still new here so still finding cool things :D

[@penshaw2]

Thomas Bergersen the best Epic Music composer in the world followed by Ivan Torrent and Dwayne Ford

[@jessicaz4621]

"Dear Esther" (s?) its been a while Jessica curry i think is super super good

[@ElvenPrince]

Two steps from hell is amazing. Impossible or victory are must listens imo

[@memegod731]

You've gotta react to Bury The Light!

[@sniperguy022]

Thomas is a very talented composer! I hope that you will feature him more on the channel. His latest Humanity albums are some masterpieces. An absolute YES for the podcast idea ❤️

[@Myragutn82]

Check out Two Steps From Hell Dragonwing, The Colonel, Ride to Victor or Never Back Down.

[@OniGanon]

Two Steps From Hell does trailer music. You got a game or movie and you need something suitably epic or sci-fi or horrific for a 2 minute trailer, they've got you covered. My personal favourite is 'To Glory.'

[@salmonroe5608]

By the way, suggestion for the future, from an old game, one of my favorites. Star wars republic commando : Vode An It's not a song from the movies, it was composed specifically for the game, and it is one of my favorite songs. Here is a link to it if needed : kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5qxqoR6ar6kaac But there might be a better quality version somewhere as i've heard that youtube thends to lower the quality of music. Good luck for what comes next !

[@Ithirahad]

This piece is cool, but for Bergersen it's not especially dynamic. My recommendation would be Bergersen's "We Are Legends" - unfortunately the full version isn't on KZbin, but I think it's up on Spotify and other places. If there're copyright issues with that then maybe try Mountain Call from the same project or High C's from an earlier album. Honorable mentions: Enchantress, Flight of the Silverbird, Secret Melody, Wild Heart, Our Destiny, Creation of Earth, or the live version of Impossible. This dude has a LOT of material, and most of it is better than Protectors of the Earth. :P

[@jessicaz4621]

one of my fav :)

[@andycloud5814]

Congrats man. Reacting to video games/movies/animes music will 100% boost your stats + you're doing it well.

[@evanflynn4680]

Something to consider, a lot of games put their best music in their trailers. Might be an idea to watch trailers for some of the games out there. Mass Effect, The Witcher and Halo have some good game trailers, with Halo 3 ODST having the best trailer that got everyone talking about and preordering it called "We Are ODST" based on the music

[@shaunkhing]

Take your time with this stuff mate. Burn out is real, don't let the algorithm crush your good spirits.

[@zjafo3442]

Thomas Bergersen is an amazing composer but I feel like his best work is "We Are Legends" the 9 minute version. It encompasses so much and I absolutely adore it.

[@DSephi]

More Two Steps from Hell, please!

[@ryokuhasu9699]

Hear me out, you recently just listened to some Toby Fox, but he was recently brought on to do the music for the biggest media franchise in the world, Pokemon. So I'd like to suggest the Cassiopeia Battle Theme from Pokemon Scarlet/Violet by Toby Fox. it's an absolute joy to listen to.

[@guadgamer4418]

Ahh yes Thomas Bergersen the man who inspired me to start making trailer music...

[@headphonesdawg]

Geebz, I think you should react to the Shadow of the Colossus OST, that game has some of the most iconic orchestral video game pieces in my opinion. A good track to start with for that would be The Opened Way, but you would likely have to do a slow burn session or something for that game's music because most of the tracks are only around 2 minutes in length. Regardless you should look into it! I think you'll enjoy it :)

[@txync]

You should listen to some tracks from the album "Sun". It's his best work imo, all the tracks are great so I can't decide which to recommend, also, still here.

[@flik221]

Hanz Zimmer, Jeremy Soule, and Thomas bergersen are legends

[@GameslordXY]

Your explaining things is great to listen to,so I do not mind if video is on the longer or even long side.

[@dirtydirtyshisno7284]

Unrelated but I think you would enjoy a reaction to a soundtrack from a game by Supergiant Games, the guy who makes the music for their games, Darren Korb is a long time friend of one of the founders iirc, he works in house with the studio, and he basically takes a bunch of different styles and merges them to create the vibe he wants for the game, and he’ll name them, Transistor might be a good start, Old Friends is a fantastic song that really sets the mood for the game and was used in the trailer The art for their games is also absolutely gorgeous (Shoutout to Jen Zee)

[@DimBeau]

One of the music I hope you check out is Life will Change from the game Persona 5. All the OST is amazing! If you like some little jazz... some little disco... and vocals! And beats! And just all around good feels.

[@DaviDesignn]

I'd love to watch you if you decide to stream on Twitch!

[@beepboop204]

if he can make Twitch work, i will figure out how to make Twitch work!

[@dannysalva5563]

I would love more video game content! Loved the kingdom hearts vid, you should listen to more from that series!

[@joshneapolitanchord6439]

You need need need to react to his humanity albums, he is trying to do 7 chapters of albums inspired by man kind. So far he has just come out with his fifth.

[@dodgrblu]

Estas Tonne - Song of the Golden Dragon (the video with 100m views!)

[@martinvitek5945]

Next you can try something from Antti Martikainen like “legendary” or “from the fields of gallia”. He has a lot of interesting songs.

[@Shythalia]

I have a lot of favorite TSFH songs so I'll only recommend 3: Stallion, Myth, & Impossible.

[@captainsharazad]

Absolutely you should get on artists for breakdown podcasts!

[@inquisitorichijou883]

Did he just get goosebumps around 4:30?

[@brychaus9059]

Dude yes! TSFH is good. My favourite of the epicore groups is Audiomachine. You should check out their stuff too.

[@TheZombieMack]

You know, if I was to suggest ANY video game songs, the two would be The City Must Survive from Frostpunk, and God Shattering Star from Fire Emblem.

[@adamhenton6221]

Sup sup l Geebz. still here

[@Lepppy]

Suggestion: Warhammer 40k Darktide: Disposal Unit

[@yuriss4542]

Although it is not a video game OST, many of his works have been used in various video game trailers. Mass Effect 3, for example. You should really check out the work of Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonski, specially their vídeo game's work 👍 Keep it up, I speak for everyone when I say we love what you do 😁 (BTW, looking forward to a reaction to the A Plague Tale Requiem main theme. Yeah, I know I'm being a bit annoying 😬)

[@yuriss4542]

And yes, I'm still here

[@amyleefan85]

You should really react to the cinematic trailers for World of Warcraft. One (or more) of them have songs from X-Ray Dog, quite similar to Two Steps From Hell.

[@BleaK1211]

Archangel is their most epic one imo.

[@UsielX]

should have listened to hearth of courage, undying love, rada, etc..

[@froopty1854]

Please react to left 4 deads ost. Incredibly good ost.

[@DaviDesignn]

Also, if you're brave, try listening to "Neon Blade" by "MoonDeity", this will be very different from what you're used to, but this is a relatively "new" genre called "Phonk" which gas gotten really popular recently. Disclaimer: It's not for everyone haha, but your reaction would be hilarious I think :)

[@donchichot4587]

Pleeaaaase react to the song "Out of Tartarus" form the game HADES composed by Darren Korb !

[@nicholyer]

try Christopher tin's music, oh and you should listen to sabaton on your other channel

Could you react too "Kaikai Kitan" by Eve. It's the opening song for the anime jujutsu kaisen. I just found your videos from the kick back reaction have checked your other videos out and i enjoy them very much. Keep your good work up :)