Polished Like A Mirror - Alternate Shenmue Music

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Now there's a Shenmue playlist, too.

[@SSMLivingPictures]

You're so versatile!

[@impurfekt]

Playing Shenmue on Dreamcast changed my life.

[@xcreenplay7264]

Same I miss my 14 yr old self 😢😂

[@CereDulce37]

​@@xcreenplay7264 Ik u old old

[@xcreenplay7264]

@@CereDulce37 why you bully me lol

[@niebelization]

Mine also

[@ginjinmishima4773]

Damn what a time sometimes I thought iam really in the game instead of just playing it

[@vhsretrogamer1664]

Kinda funny how videogame locations bring me so much more nostalgic memories than my real hometown. Maybe it's the fact that the real world changes, but videogames are preserved, mostly untouched.. Coming back to Yokosuka is always the best meditation for me. Thanks for the upload as always! You and Joseph are real gems for Shenmue community.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@vhsretrogamer1664 Feel ya 100%. Still trying to solve the mystery. There are many reasons and insights explaining the effect it has on us, and they all make sense. But still, sometimes I feel like… there’s more to it.

[@vhsretrogamer1664]

@@SurvivalSpheres it's kinda what pulled me into the game development. For some people those are just funny games. But to me some games are like another world that touches my soul more than the real one.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@vhsretrogamer1664 Same here. Another thing that puzzles, almost bugs me sometimes, is the search for a common essence. The list of games that have such effect is not long for me, but they are of a (seemingly?) different nature. Take RE and Shenmue for example - both worlds couldn’t be further apart and can not work combined into one, yet they both have that certain something. What is that certain something, the common denominator?

[@lemerdeposteur]

"Babe, wake up. It's time to go to sleep to Survival Spheres."

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@lemerdeposteur shhh people are trying to sleep here ✨🙏🏻

[@NucleaRaptor]

I never realized there's what looks like a meteo station up on the mountain. At every brush with Shenmue, I discover something new. A one-of-a-kind game.

[@marko3852]

That too is why I love video games. No matter what happens in life, the world inside the game is the same. It brings comfort to a rapidly evolving world.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@NucleaRaptor When I think of that station the blinking red light seems like a bonfire, marking the place called home. Those lights played a bigger role during childhood. And I can almost hear that weird, unseen bird.

[@SparrowEntertainment3D]

Here we are eternal

[@f00koff42]

Otherworldly in the best possible way

[@ndafyst4769]

Perfect Sunday Fall music. We made it through another grueling Summer. Bring on death and darkness.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@ndafyst4769 Lightbringer‘s Season is coming.

[@CrazyKoenie]

Exactly what my soul needed.

[@Puni6622]

Good theme. "When a storm approaches, it is common to take refuge. And sometimes we do it in our positive memories: those happy laughs of our parents, brothers or sisters, friends, our first loves, the warm breeze of a summer sunset 🌄🌅 or starry nights admiring the enormous moon, while reading or listening to music.🌌 Those magical vacations to our grandparents' village, riding a bike, getting small, not serious injuries." It is definitely like being in a mental village, for a few moments.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@Puni6622 That quote is one of those rare combinations of letters that create pictures and colors, covering a complete phenomenon perfectly by going far beyond the string of words. I have been there. Maybe we still are.

[@7vasily]

Your music is so beautiful. Thank you for making it

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Thank you for listening🙏🏻✨

[@backgroundnoise9310]

Wondering through the rain slicked streets with no end in sight. My quest continues.

[@silas1414]

Only those who were there truly know how transportive and immersive and evocative and just pure joyous this experience was.

[@mullerss1]

Such nostalgic vibes.

[@sir_jerhyn]

One of the best video games I've ever played in my life! It is truly unique!

[@EtherealRE4]

I missed the Shenmue music ❤❤

[@rjac1989]

What a beautiful song Survival. You’re so consistent with uploading such a vast array of new music, it really is inspiring. Can’t wait to hear more!

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@rjac1989 Thanks Richard, always a pleasure and honor to spot you here👋🏻

[@misfitxXxfiend]

Perfect music to get away from this California heatwave, excellent as always :)

[@AntonyKeanMusic]

Definitely could have been in the game. Great work

[@Johny40Se7en]

Never played any of the Shenmue games but the atmosphere looks gorgeous. Fitting with the season we're in right now, this music and footage has one of those transition vibes, like Summer flowing gently into Autumn. You can usually feel it over here in Britain, there's just something in the air like. This music is sort of like that in audio form. Very gorgeous indeed 🙂😊

[@fenix4ever259]

@Johny40Se7en where is your profile pic from? It seems so familiar.

[@Johny40Se7en]

@@fenix4ever259 Pardon the late reply, been over to see Mickey & Minnie mouse in Murica 🙃😅 I use that profile pic for my windows LIVE and Steam account too, and discord but barely ever use that anymore.

[@Andersen-]

Ой, красота подъехала! Как всегда, супер. Спасибо!!!

[@auramuusic]

Very beautiful...

[@xcreenplay7264]

This is so well done I feel like I'm strolling through the Shenmue world with my umbrella😅

[@BleedForTheWorld]

This is my new favorite one from you. The year was 1999 and I got to play Final Fantasy VIII on launch day. It was a Tuesday (or Thursday? I don't remember now!) and while others were on their Dreamcast that night, I wasn't because I never got one. Nevertheless, it's not Shenmue that brings me here. It's your incredible talent and I think I speak for many others as well.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@BleedForTheWorld I‘m curious: what did you think of FF8, assuming you had played 7 before? And what do you think of Remake and Rebirth? Could they transport you back?

[@acrustykrab]

Ive never seen this backround game before i really like it

[@brotheralaric7177]

Probably one of the best game ever realeased on any support

[@aleksgold7540]

Such lovely music!

[@stealfromwork]

I love these. God damn.

[@duedecimal6622]

i want to live in this game

[@SurvivalSpheres]

If you ever find a way, take me with ya.

[@JamesP44]

Sorry bro but you're a genius for this! Love this so much!!

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Much appreciated! 🫂

[@Xerosch]

Thank you for returning to Shenmue!

[@thegreatdelusion]

Never heard of Shenmue, but this is beautiful!

[@HIM27th]

If you like to play video games I highly recommend you play all 3 Shenmue games. They're available on Playstation, Xbox and pc. Shenmue is my all time favorite game ever.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Greatest and coziest ambience ever in Shenmue 1 (outside of surreal and horror titles, obviously).

[@deathoftheoldme8645]

Yayy another shenmue track thanks so much you actually made me want to get all 3 games for my plantation a lil while ago haven’t really played them though😅

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@deathoftheoldme8645 If you want to experience the ambience playing part 1 would actually suffice.

[@geisterweltenkraft]

❤❤❤

[@lighttgaming6481]

Been waiting for new Shenmue music! Blessed.

[@crlpxz]

"Polished like a Mirror.." but my sight isn't any clearer with the darkness that engulfs me; i cannot see. Not a thing, not a bit, but lost in a world where shadows just sit.

[@JamesP44]

Perfect, its autumn here in the UK so this is perfect!! Back with more Shenmue, thank you this is epic!! 😃😃🎉

[@docmanh20]

I love the Shenmue music, I listen to it every other day. Thanks for creating this music, you did a great job on it.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

I never stopped listening to the OST since back then.

[@ChampionLeake789]

YESSS SHENMUE #LetsGetShenmue4

[@Hypercat0]

unexpected but most welcome

[@jacksonjack7838]

Wooooooo

[@arcane0nex122]

Amazing, suscribed.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Welcome inside the save room👋🏻

[@DualStupidity]

To be nostalgic for another time, in another country

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Like we‘ve been there before.

[@dranimations7902]

Great!

[@duman5596]

_All you need is to put some ppl wandering round and this shenmue world will become alive again._

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@duman5596 Where are they all wandering, I wonder. Where are they all wondering, I wander.

[@duman5596]

@@SurvivalSpheres They're all wandering fine and dandy.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@duman5596 There’s always something with these dandy old men!

[@johnd7123]

That first one kinda looks like my place in the filipines except without the the goldfish pond. And found ya on iTunes, gonna listen to some of that when going under for some medical procedures..

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@johnd7123 Down Under you mean? Best wishes!!

[@thedarkwolfv7233]

This sounds like I entered the poolrooms

[@Purple.Dog17]

The Shenmue songs you make are some of my favorite, with, as I've said. "The Day it Thundered" being my favorite of them. I still haven't figured out how to just download one song from Bandcamp. I can't seem to pull up the individual pages for the songs in the app.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Your comment was the final spark to revisit Shenmue! I’m not familiar at all with the app. Maybe try it on a desktop? Or drop me an email and I’ll send you a direct link, if nothing else works👋🏻

[@EduardoLara-r6j]

Man how I Mcluv this game. Really got me to enjoy being outside and I guess subconsciously getting to talk and know people, as well as finding those who killed my dad, if he was actually dead that is!😂

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@EduardoLara-r6j Agreed, those are trivialities. Let's focus on the essentials, the ambience!

[@BDW0000]

Be careful looking in the mirror..it looks back.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@BDW0000 🙈

[@evgenijmarshal180]

I enjoy it walking with my Russian Armor arround and just enjoy the Peace. Like a Samurai

[@deezolve1235]

Your music is so good, resident evil are my favourite ones. Can you make alternative save music for Dino crisis?

[@s4yanora]

Listen to A Tale of Blue and Silver

[@deezolve1235]

@@s4yanora oh, I didn’t even realize there was already a Dino crisis one. Lol

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@deezolve1235 more than one actually. I do it now and then, but it’s not easy!

[@deadtotheworld]

My god. There has to be some material closely related to your music or this style that I can take notes on. It so authentic in its sound. I've got some things brewing but it always falls flat. Re visiting this channel after a few months im blown away at the amount of inspiration your bringing me. I find it difficult to find things on the internet that go into this nostalgic sound. I usually get stuck just making a loop but you have a great ear for composition and you can group sounds together that sound cohesive. Do you use mostly hardware or mostly vsts?

[@deadtotheworld]

I remember now you have some hardware. Its not really about the gear I guess its mostly about jamming and achieving an atmosphere

[@SurvivalSpheres]

Correct, all my sounds are coming from hardware. There are no specific sounds, I think you could use any tool as the electronic instruments are standard ones. I try to emulate classic VGM from the 90s and imagine what the composers back then achieved with the simplest methods and limited equipment that could be considered primitive compared to nowadays advanced technology. So you are right, it’s mostly about inspiration and composing, and finding your personal working method. For me, it must be without a screen/PC, because it kills my creativity. You seem to have an ear for this music so all you need to do is really try and gain more practice experience so that the operational aspect doesn’t bother you anymore. The musical ability itself is already there. I can not play any instrument, never learned music theory, cannot read sheet music. It’s all just the ear. Believe in your ear and the ultimate language of soundwaves!

[@deadtotheworld]

@@SurvivalSpheres Thank you for your words. That's some great insight and advice! The screen truly does get in the way of most things. Thank you for responding. I'm sure you get questions like these a lot

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@deadtotheworld Not so often actually. But when they come, I always see myself being at that exact spot some time ago. So I can relate a lot.

[@Rihcterwilker]

I really wish shenmue had more side-quests and things to do within the first game. The first town is just too perfect and i always felt like it lost relevance to the story too quickly.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@Rihcterwilker You are right. It became a mere place of transit quickly, almost like a liminal space. But still, whenever I wandered through there, especially at nights, I couldn’t help but look closer here and there. Like maybe something would come up. Of course it never happened, like in real life. A quite realistic game!😆

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

😌😎👌

[@Fenix2879]

Quiero vivir ahí.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

🇯🇵

[@Remake117]

I want games with an atmosphere like shenmue does anyone know ?

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@Remake117 Looks like Nobody knows. Neither do I. It’s one of a kind.

[@Remake117]

@SurvivalSpheres indeed, it's magical

[@CereDulce37]

Have you done a cry of fear one?

[@SurvivalSpheres]

No, I never got to play the game. I did miss out on sth, didn’t I?

[@CereDulce37]

​@SurvivalSpheres I suppose you can say that. It's a very depressing game with a very serious depiction of mental health. It's a horror game and it has a melancholy like ost.

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@CereDulce37 Thanks for recommending. I will check it out.

[@BladeRunnerBlues74]

For the last time, where is the mirror ?

[@SurvivalSpheres]

@@BladeRunnerBlues74 Or else…