Opeth - Ghost of Perdition for Full Orchestra

[@drigoli86]

Man, that's absolutely mental. I truly love it. Thanks from a huge Opeth fan.

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you so much!

[@Irelandunited2012]

OH MY GOD MAN. This is pure and utter fuckin genius. Well done - thank you

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you so much!!!

[@xavierdumont]

Also if someone sees this comment and could post it to the Opeth FB group (the big one with like 11k users) I'd be grateful. I haven't been able to get in!

[@1UShawn]

done

[@xavierdumont]

@@1UShawn niiice merci Shawn!! J'espère que tu vas bien!

[@nourgaser6838]

This is insane! Good job man, this could EASILY be the soundtrack for some big hit fantasy movie.

[@xavierdumont]

I wish! Thank you :)

[@metalhead_karan]

Xavier man you're genius! Opeth on orchestra is like playing Metal in heaven infront of all the so called gods.

[@xavierdumont]

You're too kind!! Thank you

[@henrique88t]

I love how this sounds like the music for an epic boss battle

[@xavierdumont]

It does!

[@foolishball9155]

Of course. It is a song about a big bad devil so it's gonna give a big bad boss vibe.

[@atthecore4560]

This is absolutely spectacular! Does anyone else get a Kirby boss battle vibe from This?

[@jmcsquared18]

What the fuck that was epic enough to open a black hole. Good job, I think Opeth would be proud

[@apersian2260]

1 minute in and I got tons of goosebumps. This is amazing man well done

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it

[@onion8694]

Kinda sounds like a movie soundtrack..

[@jmcsquared18]

Exactly what I was thinking. Someone make this happen!

[@toprak3479]

@@jmcsquared18 Whelp. Mikael is working on a score for a Netflix series so... it's kind of already happening but also not really.

[@bartsuijs7196]

This is fucking incredible!!! The members of Opeth should see this!!

[@andrealopezs]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! It's just perfection

[@xavierdumont]

You are too kind! :D

[@alexfilma16]

Andrea López Ghost of Perfection

[@Jablan11]

8:00 is why im here, chilling! Adds another layer of badass to the song

[@lupuslogos2018]

Incredible. The translation in your transcription is masterclass.

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you so much! That means a lot!

[@heathwaltenburg5984]

Just like the original...I find myself banging my head.

[@figeon]

L’arrangement est vraiment exceptionnel. Excellent travail!

[@xavierdumont]

Merci!! C'est vraiment apprécié!

[@alund1306]

This is awesome. Great job! I'm gonna be playing drums to this.

[@kostarazman3444]

Thanks for a great idea.

[@fredericktarr8266]

This orchestration makes everything sound 200% better, and even in places 'heavier' than the original metal version due to the more nuanced dynamics. The single note gallops really benefit from being played on multiple instruments.

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you!! :D

[@franciscomezamusic]

Mindblowing, would have love to hear some timpani during the ghoat of perdition section at 6:44

[@numbdigger8558]

goat of perdition*

[@asloii_1749]

@@numbdigger8558 boat of perception

[@joeyhardin5903]

@@asloii_1749 foot of perhaps

[@rotsmeg]

I absolutely love this. And I absolutely love you for making this

[@wilderunthejewels4935]

Incredibly epic. What a hard song to do this to; and you aced it.

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed

[@JaziB]

This is dope as hell.

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you!!

[@mohammedelshimmi7950]

this is a masterpiece ❤️ well done buddy !

[@Sorect974]

Incroyable ! Ça mérite beaucoup plus de reconnaissance

[@nuruleka2732]

I just find this, beautiful sound❤

[@bradyward2177]

Wow really shows how good opeths writing is

[@sankharaYT]

This is GREAT work! Highly enjoyable! :)

[@iceddevil2005]

Any chance for Sorceress? I think it is quite symphonical song.....

[@putaquewebean]

Oh my God! This is amazing!

[@xavierdumont]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@bryansantiagocuellar3846]

I fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking love it

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you!!!

[@KwakKwakArmada]

This is pure genius! Great amazing work!

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!

[@pukumusic]

A piece of true art. Please make more

[@xavierdumont]

I have 8 more prog arrangements on my channel! As well as a ton of prog-inspired compositions :)

[@pukumusic]

@@xavierdumont awesomeee i'm going to take a look. I make some freak músic experiments too

[@reducetheatoms]

9:55 😔😔😔 beautiful

[@ag4640]

You blew my mind dude!

[@xavierdumont]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@IDKsomeguy9]

Fantastic work! Mikael needs to hear this.

[@xavierdumont]

Thanks! I really wish he would but I have no way of getting it to him!

[@carlosherrera9092]

Amazing

[@int_enc]

Instant subscription !!

[@xavierdumont]

😍 thank you!!

[@zynosgd9982]

WOW. La seule chose que je veux plus que de voir un véritable orchestre interpreter cette version là c'est de voir le Québec devenir un pays!

[@xavierdumont]

Wow enfin des VRAIS compliments

[@zynosgd9982]

@@xavierdumont Haha! J'ai su juste au nom que t'était un fellow du québec!

[@xavierdumont]

@@zynosgd9982 Queb de Queb! Un tsi gars de chénou

[@bouchrakarimi]

Next level of perfection !

[@revolutioninside]

wow, I never realized the Holst vibes that this song has. Especially the phrase from about 1:00-2:10

[@xavierdumont]

There might have been some light plagiarizing on my part ;)

[@revolutioninside]

@@xavierdumont don't artists just call it... inspiration? :D

[@xavierdumont]

@@revolutioninside Oh, is that what they call it these days? :D

[@TANKE777]

Superb!

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you!!

[@jeffreylong1478]

Those horns are so heavy !!! 😎🤘

[@xavierdumont]

ohhh yea baby!!

[@Moisttowelette1111]

brilliantly done. sounds like a soundtrack for fantasy. slightly shadow of the colossus vibes. maybe zelda in some parts.

[@xavierdumont]

Thanks! It definitely has those vibes

[@edwardbaquet8393]

SUPER cool and SUPER well done, dude! Gonna be listening to this for a while!

[@fafifafi]

Amazing!

[@sawmesalami]

awesome

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you!

[@einDUCKFLIP]

Proof that Metal music is just classical music before electricity

[@numbdigger8558]

Isn't it the other way around?

[@atthecore4560]

Much of Metal was formulated from old Orchestral music. Equally; much of the classical was already Metal in spirit. Beethoven and Stravinsky prove this alone, but they're hardly the be-all of it.

[@proteusblack8913]

Final Fantasy 7: Ghost of Sephiroth

[@reducetheatoms]

XDdd !!! On his way to kill Mario 😈

[@chuckofalltrades]

This is absolutely beautiful. I've always dreamed of a symphonic cover of my favourite song and I have no idea why it never occurred to me to just search on YT. I'd love to purchase a high res version of this if you offer it. A request from me would be White Walls by BTBAM.

[@xavierdumont]

Cheers mate! I don't have anything to sell but I can export you an audio file if you wish!

[@luisammot9731]

Perfect

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you!!

[@mastergame1311]

Good stuff.

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you!

[@HJ-ln3ho]

Liked and Subscribed 17 seconds into this. Bro you're crazy...... Can you PLEASE do more Opeth?

[@xavierdumont]

Thanks man! Happy you like it! I was hoping to do more Opeth but I have so many concurrent projects, it's hard to find the time :) But eventually, yes

[@HJ-ln3ho]

@@xavierdumont for pieces that cool, we can wait forever my friend! best of luck!

[@xavierdumont]

@@HJ-ln3ho Thanks! I might get on that after my current project :) Also, out of curiosity, where did you find this video? I'm getting a huge influx of views and I'm wondering where they are coming from!

[@HJ-ln3ho]

@@xavierdumont Well Opeth is (SADLY) VERY under-represented by the orchestra/symphony material online.... there are barely 5 or less which is crazy if you ask me... Being my favorite band, and one which should actually be recomposed entirely into a symphonic setting, I was looking for one... and found you. (and it was exactly what I was dreaming of finding...) Opeth fans are very avid, and chances are, many of them are stumbling on your material right now. You have the chance to monopolize this ;)

[@xavierdumont]

@@HJ-ln3ho Fair enough! I just saw a spike in views and I was wondering where the hell it all came from. The algorithm works in mysterious ways ;D

[@portishphonic]

this is lovely!

[@musicislaw77]

You sir, just earned a sub. Oh my god.

[@StevenLynnMusic]

Amazing.

[@Omran-g9o]

Simply great!!! took me to another world

[@1UShawn]

Good job man! Continue le bon travail :)

[@StevenLynnMusic]

I would pay good money for a real orchestral performance of this.

[@xavierdumont]

One day, when I'm a millionaire and I can afford to hire an orchestra 😅

[@eduardoantonio2172]

THIS IS FUCKING OUTRAGEOUS MY GOSH

[@xavierdumont]

Outrageous... in a good way?

[@eduardoantonio2172]

@@xavierdumont oh, I'm sorry I'm not a native speaker (I'm from Brazil) and "outrageous" was the first adjective that came into my mind hahaha sorry again if it didn't sound well but, yeah! "outrageous" in a reeally good way! hugs from brazil 😄

[@xavierdumont]

@@eduardoantonio2172 No worries man! So glad you enjoyed it!!

[@miguelfliguer393]

This is brilliant !

[@julessimon7665]

🙌🙏

[@haitham_dannoun]

Sooooo cinematic!

[@ignominoussidereus4103]

Love it, spot on arrangement

[@PCanas]

Why is it that only now I'm seeing this? This is epic! It shoul b recorded with a proper orchestra, and played with the band...

[@greg.m-h]

*Majestueux !*

[@xavierdumont]

Merci!

[@brauliodiaz3925]

You should add percussion to the track. Awesome arrangement btw

[@leviruzene]

This strangely reminds me of Final Fantasy Tactics...

[@BossDrSample]

Awesome!

[@kostarazman3444]

This is awsome.

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you!!

[@LukeZuniga]

What DAW and VSTs do you use?

[@xavierdumont]

I'm using Sibelius with NotePerformer !

[@nescaudrummer]

This sounds fantastic!

[@xavierdumont]

Thank you!!

[@8man943]

That was really awesome. Would love to hear some beyond creation on an orchestra.

[@Lolerisapro]

Bien joué mec j'adore continue comme ça

[@xavierdumont]

Merci! ;)

[@alfirian]

Patterns in the Ivy II, please!!!

[@xavierdumont]

Ohhh what a good idea!

[@HillsSilent]

This is dope, props to you.

[@DerAntikristSeelenMord]

Really nice!

[@toprak3479]

A lot of it sounds like if Harry Potter was set in the middle east. Incredible arrangement work though. Can't imagine how much work was put into the transcription.

[@xavierdumont]

Actually I used an old Guitar Pro tab for the transcription, so that helped a lot to speed up the process. But overall it was still 20+ hours of work!

[@FlipperWolf]

Woah that sound so badass! :o

[@matteopriotto5131]

Reminds me of Bloodborne ost

[@kbencze95]

It's pretty good! well done

[@reducetheatoms]

Did you use a euphonium or a french horn at 5:28 ? (Or maybe both ?)

[@xavierdumont]

It's just the horns, I didn't score any euphoniums here :)

[@reducetheatoms]

@@xavierdumont ohh okay :D

[@probjection]

please make an album!

[@xavierdumont]

I'm adding more almost every week!

[@xavierdumont]

@Rritobak Dutta Thank you! I have a few ideas but absolutely no time as of late!! Too busy with work, sadly.

[@kobitadutta1642]

@@xavierdumont Yes please do more Opeth covers. This was absolutely incredible.

[@adelsaleh938]

I think Mikael Åkerfeldt would enjoy this a lot. We should relay this to him somehow

[@xavierdumont]

Is he on Twitter? I couldn't find him, I did tag the band when I released but I don't think they saw it.

[@Siafk]

How much time is consumed arranging this so nicely?

[@xavierdumont]

Rule of thumb for me is about 2 hours per minute of music so in total between 20 and 25 hours.

[@Siafk]

@@xavierdumont Cool, thanks for the reply

[@Siafk]

@@xavierdumont Also good job! I keep coming back

[@ToastedCigar]

Beautiful version! Have you studied orchestration a lot? I'm a beginner at orchestration so I find this very inspiring

[@xavierdumont]

Thanks! I studied a whole year's worth of private lessons for counterpoint, harmony and orchestration. The rest is all practice :)

[@etherealnico]

i hope mikaell find this

[@xavierdumont]

I like to believe he uses it as a lullaby

[@hugof9541]

did you use the MIDI for this online, or arrange it yourself?

[@xavierdumont]

I used the GP tab (as stated in the description) so I didn't have to transcribe it myself but other than that 100% of the arrangement is from me!

[@hugof9541]

@@xavierdumont nice man, fucking legendary

[@mantlemoky5744]

Holy shit this is so fucking good

[@pipezcado]

Some Castlevania shit

[@xavierdumont]

Definitely!

[@mendelzo]

Do I by Meshuggah! 8 double basses \m/

[@stevo19991]

This sounds more Castlevania than Castlevania, great job !

[@AhmedSRiad]

Man.. this is fucking brilliant .. more more please

[@reducetheatoms]

10:19 im crying fuck

[@xavierdumont]

I hope they are tears of joy 😢

[@reducetheatoms]

@@xavierdumont this orchestra version is beautiful that's why :'(

[@xavierdumont]

@@reducetheatoms happy you enjoy it 🤩

[@rorimckenzie237]

8/10 the distorted riff at the beginning sounds a bit awkward