Preserve from Heroes of Might and Magic IV | Music Analysis and Reaction

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8 ай бұрын

Preserve is a song that you could easily listen to in the most famous symphony halls and NO ONE would imagine it came from a video game.
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@redmist2195 8 ай бұрын

Composed by Paul Anthony Romero who is one of the greatest videogames music composers out there.

@sassort 8 ай бұрын

More from P.A. Romero please!

@acceptablecasualty5319 8 ай бұрын

Could probably get him on the show.

@krykry606 8 ай бұрын

@@acceptablecasualty5319 That's true. Romero still loves the Heroes of Might & Magic franchise. When Docent Picolan, main game dev and music guy for HoTA mod passed away leaving unfinished OST, Romero himself pitched in to finish Docent's OST for the still upcoming new update. He has a channel on youtube btw.

@timex2053 5 ай бұрын

Word "videogames" is redundant here)

@lostn65 4 ай бұрын

@@sassorthe's been doing performances with Heroes Orchestra in eastern europe for a few years now. I don't know if he's composing new music. The Heroes series was permanently shelved about 5 years ago by Ubisoft who has decided to focus on Assassin's creed. Just another great franchise bought by an overlord who decides to throw it into eternal prison.

@gregthesovereign7525 8 ай бұрын

Heroes 3, 4 and 5 are full of such great pieces. I recommend checking out as much as you can, I'm sure you won't be disappointed

@vaderothormbiten 8 ай бұрын

I cannot second this enough. . . The Heroes Franchise has a vast library of masterful art pieces of music. (sadly obscure in these times due to strategy tiles being less. . popular)

@Birmanncat 8 ай бұрын

Heroes 2 ost is stacked with operatic pieces.

@gampie13 7 ай бұрын

dont forget 2, it has some awsome operatic pieces as well

@incubus5112 8 ай бұрын

There is a Heroes Orchestra in Poland. They play the HoMaM series music live. In some occasions with Paul Anthony Romero himself as well.

@OldNileDepot 8 ай бұрын

I've heard Preserve in their rendition for the first time - I never was a big fan of HOMM4, but they made me realize that the music is still pristine.

@ForTheHordeCro 6 ай бұрын

@@OldNileDepot music is one thing I will always remember HOMM IV for

@lostn65 4 ай бұрын

@@OldNileDepoti don't like that they changed the lyrics.

@Gigasius 8 ай бұрын

Seriously, Heroes of Might and Magic series has some of the best video game music out there. Paul Anthony Romero kills it everytime.

@Vaslof 8 ай бұрын

Did you know there's a Heroes Orchestra made by fans? Reacting to an old concert could be fun.

@Lyn685 8 ай бұрын

Man, the music of these games has been stuck with me my entire life, it's just that good. Need more reacts of this, especially HoMM 4 and 5

@yafrai6348 8 ай бұрын

HoMM Heaven town theme would be a great candidate

@mailpack584 8 ай бұрын

"Hey hey people" is all i could think when i saw the title

@justpotato816 8 ай бұрын

The fun part that it is in symphony halls))) Here in Russia there's a Heroes of might and magic concert's going almost every 1-2 years Yeah this game has a stellar soundtrack Honestly I'm so glad you have listened to it. I was always so curious about how you would react and analyse it. For me these sounds and motifs mean so much because it is through this game I got closer to my brother in my childhood. He was in his teenager faze in life back then and so he always wanted to be alone and to play video games. Luckily I learned how to play it quickly and we played it for hundreds of hours. This game is truly a gem that will forever stay in my heart as the Greatest adventure strategy game ever. Even though it's so old it feels so good to play. And the music is a huge part of it. If you are curious about what my favorite track is then it's gotta be Asylum. Incredible sound of evil, power and corruption. Thank you for reading this) Have a great day)

@deviancepurplehaze6045 8 ай бұрын

Father Gauldoth is so proud of you, fellow adventurer!

@pyopyonyo3222 8 ай бұрын

Very rare track for a game. Can't believe Heroes series is so old... I still remember playing 3rd part. Time flies.

@miorioff 8 ай бұрын

HoMM 4 soundtrack from Paul Romero was probably his best work. While game itself is a bit controversial, everybody agrees on the OST being godly

@McHobotheBobo 8 ай бұрын

4 has some really cool features, and did a lot right. It just didn't quite capture the same style as HOMM3

@1wing1 8 ай бұрын

the background story of "sadness" you say fits pretty well, as basically, in part three, the planet was destroyed, and most of the creatures (life-affiliated) jumped through portals, huddled together and stuck together for survival. the sadness comes from the pretty world that was destroyed, and even though they are save now, they lost basically everything.

@vesper_knight 8 ай бұрын

Ooh, this one is a bit of memory trip, very cool analysis! A little correction: this is actually a Nature faction theme (There are several factions in the game like Death, Life, Order, Chaos, Nature etc.) rather than an overworld theme. Think a fantasy village full of trees, elves, fairies, unicorns and other magical creatures. The overworld themes in this game are great and memorable too, I can still hum the Sea theme off the top of my head.

@dotmadhack 8 ай бұрын

If you haven't already, Homm 2 has great opera music and Homm 3 also has some really good bangers.

@deviancepurplehaze6045 8 ай бұрын

Yeah! The best town theme of 4! This old gem of a game deserve more love!

@whiskas7078 8 ай бұрын

God this makes me hope for the Heroes III soubdtrack review so frickin baaaaad. Stillthanks for a video on one of my favorite game franchises in the world!!

@1wing1 8 ай бұрын

2 and 5 are really underrated too, cant wait.

@Teuwufel 8 ай бұрын

HOMM3 soundtracks are very short, because they were made to loop fast (city themes, though the overworld themes are longer), but some compilation of these would be absolutely glorious. I love the wondrous, creepy and/or mystical nature of these OSTs

@SotonyaAcckaya 8 ай бұрын

HoMM2-4 OSTs are my childhoods OST) Also i still in awe of live performances at Poland's Heroes Orchestra and Russian CAGMO together with original composer of those soundtracks. You can check those on youtube, you can see how performers are happy to perform those tracks

@zacharyeaston5577 8 ай бұрын

HoMM V has a bunch of interesting tracks, the Sylvan town theme being a banger

@MelFright 8 ай бұрын

Haven too.

@fila8549 8 ай бұрын

Okay now you HAVE TO react to the 9 faction (city) themes of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 You'll love Necropolis

@AplReach 8 ай бұрын

Wow! 😮 That game was part of my childhood and I really enjoyed it despite others saying that it's not as good as HMM3. Definitely remember the music with warmth, and Preserve is one of the best of the soundtrack. My other faves are The Academy of Honor, The Prayer, and Hope. Unexpected to hear you listening and analyzing it? Yes. In a good way? HECK YES!

@narius_jaden215 8 ай бұрын

The heroes of might and magic series is such a big part of my childhood xD I loved these games so much.

@icipher6730 8 ай бұрын

Such an mind-blowing performance. The 2nd and the 4th games of the HoMM series are really special in their focus on operatic vocals, but the 3rd one is quite different: it's a small but also very competent symphonic journey (even though I'm pretty sure most of it are just really high quality samples) with no vocals. The town themes in it are so incredibly vivid and colorful that they are pretty much inseparable from their respective factions's unique identities. Necropolis has so much agony and pain in it without sounding "horror" in a cliche way, "the great open wilderness" that the Stronghold theme projects, the majestic soaring strings of the Tower theme and ominous and thunderous sound of their underground counterpart, the Dungeon faction... There's nothing like it to this day.

@Tragedous 7 ай бұрын

How did I miss this?! The homm themes is the music of my childhood, the travel themes are on repeat in my head when Im hiking around the world

@kanaoniczym8499 8 ай бұрын

the best banger of heroes 4 is sea theme

@user-gb5fh5ct3d 8 ай бұрын

If you interested I highly recommend listen to themes of towns of different fractions in HoMM V, especially of Sylvan (elves) and Haven (humans)

@HansiHusten 2 ай бұрын

That song is a masterpiece. Loved it 20 years ago and still today

@Sautinus 8 ай бұрын

People can call this the worst Heroes game, but soundtrack is on another level. A pure masterpiece and one of favourite soundtrack on a par with Transistor.

@Birmanncat 8 ай бұрын

Might and Magic music is something else.

@MSnow-pu4qs 8 ай бұрын

_S P A Z Z M A T I C U S_ *A young king on mad quest to rule the world*

@deviancepurplehaze6045 8 ай бұрын

Mongol. Great barbarian from the north seeking to conquer new lands for his kingdom!

@DJRevan 4 ай бұрын

The soundtrack of Heroes 4 has helped me through some of the toughest times of my life in my 20s. Pretty sure would not be where I am today if it wasn't for all of these exceptional tracks.

@Napp2804 8 ай бұрын

The Romero OSTs for the Heroes series are incredible, and you might be able to get him to collab on a video - he was willing to do a bit even with Sszeth, after all

@strawberryshower1175 8 ай бұрын

I wold LOVE to see your analysis on Order from the same HOMM 4!

@deviancepurplehaze6045 8 ай бұрын

I would recommend Hope (dirt theme). Also from Heroes of Might and Magic 4. Tbh, All music from Heroes4 are the best. You never get tired listen to them.

@GoranlsTheBest 8 ай бұрын

Can't wait for this song to be included in next opera singer interview :D

@afflatusstep6247 8 ай бұрын

Oh shit, I remember when you started doing these videos years ago, I recommended listening to HOMM IV music. I'm so happy you have now done just that. The Preserve is great, but the other civilizations themes are amazing as well !

@moustachiomoustache8933 4 ай бұрын

I hope you review more tracks from this series even though they dont bring many views. These are really underrated tracks.

@shushuda 8 ай бұрын

YES! FINALLY! I've been waiting for this one for months! :D

@ind0minusr3x51 8 ай бұрын

Marco. Heroes of Mights and Magic 4 came out in 2002. A turn based strategy game has this GOD TIER soundtrack

@GwiYeoMi 8 ай бұрын

omg i’m so happy you’re doing a video on this its one of my favorite game soundtracks ever and i remember 20 years ago being a kid and watching my dad play heroes iv

@JaneXemylixa 8 ай бұрын

Wasn't it a thing that the Bulgarian Women's Choir was recorded pitched-up and they left it that way? Either way the result is really eerie and cool

@SiryuszSama 4 ай бұрын

Nostalgia com muito talento e música clássica, incrível ❤

@uvewott2243 8 ай бұрын

HOMM3 is a game I've been playing on and off for 15 years now. The music in it gets my feels everytime, so good! Would love for you to take a listen at it

@generaltoszur1036 8 ай бұрын

Wow i didnt expect him to react to my beloved heroes series now we just wait for rest of heroes 4 and 3 music lol

@Gromash26 6 ай бұрын

loved it, there's like 6 factions in homm4 (life, death, order, chaos, nature, barbarians...) and each has their own music while you are in that faction's city screen making units/buildings.. then there is a few for when you're outside making move on map (grass, sea, snow..) and some for battles and 1 song for end turn (watching enemy move)

@Zularak 8 ай бұрын

My favourite game, love the video! :D

@vaderothormbiten 8 ай бұрын

While Heroes 4 is ok, the Heroes 3 will always be the defacto best soundtrack of the entire franchise. Necropolis, Fortress, Inferno, Stronghold being the heavy hitters of all (These game are literally my childhood so I'm beyond ecstatic that these are getting some love, blessed be the soundtracks of the pre 00s)

@ChrisRainHeart 5 ай бұрын

One of my fav titles, lovely game of my childhood. I still remember how I liked this game, much more than overhyped HMM3. And yes, it has insanely good OST - every music track is total bliss.

@newsheo5822 8 ай бұрын

Oh man, I haven't played Homm4 that much, and I didn't know what to expect going into this video, but as soon as I heard vocals come in, memories instantly flooded my brain. I knew it was Nature's theme, I knew how the song went, to my surprise I rememberd so much in a second. That's the power of the music right there

@theneeerd 4 ай бұрын

Myyyyyy childhood! Got flashback of happily collecting gold for my town, then suddenly the computer comes around the corner and wooops my ass ;_; ptsd to the max.

@jrraced2878 8 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, Heroes 4. I still get chills when I listen to the Chaos Castle theme.

@szamanszamanek5367 6 ай бұрын

The "sadness" part can by explain by the lore game. In Heroes 4 we are in a new world called Axeoth. The old one (Heroes 3) world was destroyed. The kingdom of Avlee (Elves) has suffer the most, lossing most of it's populations, losign Ents, Green/Gold Dragons, pegasus. Old allies like Centaurs and dwarves has abandon them + the new kingdom of elves (Aranorn) is in civil war. So.. for the elves came hard times in this new world.

@junes4856 8 ай бұрын

i would LOVE some more homm3/5 ost reactions, some of my favourite atmospheric vgm ever

@Tobi13951 8 ай бұрын

Watching you do this series would be a awesome i'd also love to recommend the settlers 7 menu soundtrack "Hero Within" if you are gonna do more similar strategy games for music analysis

@staniszewskiwojciech7820 8 ай бұрын

You have a lot of music to react to in this series, that's for sure!

@ksjejkddgcci4370 8 ай бұрын

Just a quick note, that it's not an overworld theme, it's a town theme. Also, wanted to say, that there is a lot of people mentioning 3, 4 and 5 chapters of the game, but there is actually a lot of great opera-like singing in part 2 of that series. And, what i find pretty cool, is that somtetimes it includes real-world pieces of text on german or latin, like in this themes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/favYdJavoZuWnNE kzbin.info/www/bejne/raPTYpt7qbpjr9U

@kangaroo8858 8 ай бұрын

In Poland we have a orchiestra that plays the music from whole Homm series and other classic games like ghotic.

@Timi_inc 8 ай бұрын

Finally!!! My favorit game audio

@klapacjuszanimomon8501 7 ай бұрын

All tracks from homm series deserves A reaction. Especially homm3 ,4, 5 im so glad that those games of my childhood are getting deserved credit for thier tracks. I hope there will be more of this because right now my inner child is happy xD. And you just reacted to WoW themes....what a legend Ps: 0:53 Love the flabbergasted expression on your face whenever you hear opera singers

@ardakaya7017 7 ай бұрын

Literally the best song in game

@Granhier 8 ай бұрын

And now an interview with Mr. Romero next : p

@user-px7bq6yd3r 8 ай бұрын

Sea theme the best for me

@stevereallyevil 8 ай бұрын

yoooI've been commenting asking different channels to do this for years I love this game so much the entire ost is so close to my heart I've had this song stuck in my head since I was like 8. you should check out the Heroes of might and magic orchestra in poland I believe they've done just about every song from the series live orchestra infront of an audience amazing stuff

@dutonic 8 ай бұрын

I was not expecting this at all

@Teuwufel 8 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, I LOVE when people try out or listen to music from absolute classics. This video opened up the whole Pandora's Box (heeehee ;) ) of memories for me. HOMM games were my childhood and I've always loved the vibe Paul Romero's music have. I recommend checking out the HOMM3 soundtrack as a whole (though it doesn't have human singing unfortunately), but if that's too much, I suggest some Town themes, especially ''Fortress theme'' that captures the wonder and reptile nature of the town (It's quite literally full of lizardmen and reptile creatures, located on a great swamp.), and ''Necropolis'' & ''Inferno'' themes that both captures two different types of evil vibe, one reminds me of a dance with death and the other is a more classic approach to diabolical beings. If you are more interested in Paul Romero's take on nature, the ''Grass'', ''Lava'', ''Rough''(a rock desert with little life, very dry climate, almost sounds like someone's life slipping away, like you are on the last drop of water, yet other life goes on) and ''Snow'' themes capture nature in a beautiful way. I've never thought you can express the temperature and surroundings with music, but these are the perfect examples of that. Great video as always!

@ace3slOfficial 8 ай бұрын

it’s been 3-4 freaking days since I went and picked HoMM 4 up again just becuse of this video, and it still creeps me when the duo part starts… thanks for the nostalgia and Order is supreme!

@ace3slOfficial 8 ай бұрын

also @MarcoMeatball, you might wanna try Castle too since it also has some ‘parts’ you’d like to look into as well…

@johnmurdoch8534 5 ай бұрын

The might and magic series also has great music. Its more meandering but heroes 6 and 7 especially have some really wonderful pieces. Romero and king know their onions.