Some cut songs from EPIC!

[@thefluffywaffle8388]

0:27 Calypso Island Bop🌴 0:46 tHiS iS thE wAy!🕺💃 1:26 Telemachus’ Dilema🌊

[@mrs.samuel.L.jackson]

Why tf did my brain read this as "Telemachus' Dilemmachus"

[@thefluffywaffle8388]

@@mrs.samuel.L.jackson Aw dang! That’s a good one!

[@nadialam1202]

@@mrs.samuel.L.jacksonthat might be even better than the original

[@thatcottagecorewitch5910]

⁠​⁠@@mrs.samuel.L.jacksonI am now calling every decision I have to make “Telemachus’ dilemmachus” 🤣

[@signna]

​@@mrs.samuel.L.jacksonLMAOAO

[@rileyh725]

most people have to cut songs from projects because they don't think the songs are good enough meanwhile jay writes songs that have to be cut because they're too good 💀

[@foxynonym6384]

FR 😂

[@boomit189]

I need these

[@invadersel3025]

Jay: I'm just TOO talented! (dramatic pose)

[@alex_pix]

"Man of the house"😭😭😭

[@voidfloof]

undertale art moment

[@luxury_nightmare]

I disagree. Athena having a Hermes style dance party over Odysseus’s mental breakdown is peak storytelling

[@thenarrator6846]

Therapist: "Now what does your trauma remind you of?" Odysseus: "Dunno, but it's fire tho"

[@DigitalPhoenix.]

A love how we use the words “Hermes style” Truly my favorite Gremlin character

[@yes07777]

@@DigitalPhoenix.Omg I read gremlin was German and got really confused for a second

[@rosydevils3390]

@@DigitalPhoenix.I read it as German first too 😭

[@Ange.revolte]

I read it at genshin idk why 😂​@@yes07777

[@rachelong3755]

The line "empathy may make you good, but it doesn't make you right" reminds me of Last Midnight from Into the Woods, when the witch says, "I'm not good, I'm not nice; I'm just RIGHT."

[@Matheus-ql7mn]

The Witch part of that scene is perfect, the way she's objective in trying to solve the problem instead of finding someone to blame, wish the world was a bit more like her. And yes, it does sound similar!

[@abithefallenhuman921]

​@@Matheus-ql7mnshe's not quite objective though, that's the point of No One Is Alone. Yes, no one should die, no one should be blamed, but sacrificing a boy only becoming an adult is not going to bring back her daughter, sticking together and rebuilding is what needed to happen

[@loserme414]

Odysseus being forced to question his life decisions: This can't be the way...! Athena: 💃This 🎶is 🕺the 🎵way 👏

[@michellelopez2170]

How is my brain both at once?

[@direwolf8531]

I need this as an animatic

[@breilamccauley8621]

THE WAY SHE BROUGHT BACK THE LAST LINE OF THE HORSE AND THE INFANT 😮

[@AuDHD_Teen]

His eyes in this

[@s3nsation646]

BADASS SEÑORITA 💃💃

[@patata888]

i love how odysseus is breaking down while athena is just VIBIN

[@mxchigurl_x]

THIS IS THE WAYYY

[@Tanvibee1]

@@mxchigurl_xTHIS CANNOT BE THE WAY

[@nantoo-on9fd]

@@Tanvibee1 THISS IS THE WAY

[@Tanvibee1]

@@nantoo-on9fd THIS CANNOT BE DA WAE

[@vicefandonna1575]

The Athena one was such a banger and I fully understand why you cut it! Jiving whilst Odysseus is in despair and confronting Athena over the moral ambiguity of his choices probably isn't what you were going for 😂😂😂 Extra album with the cut songs would be .... EPIC

[@AGhostInTheCorner]

True but I love Athena's voice so much that I would kill for another song with her featured! I hope the cut songs are made and released as an extras album.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

Strategic Athena at her best. Proving she wasn't just being cold, but rather that there was true reason behind her decisions.

[@expressodepresso5909]

Odysseus: sad, pleading, on his knees crying, even. the gods: "THOU SHALT VIBE OR THOU SHALT DIE. CHOOSE!"

[@AnimePal-Z]

😂

[@SarahBerry-hj2cg]

The "choose" part of this comment hits different after the release of the Thunder Saga

[@CoralshellOnPaws]

Zeus: Choose, you vibing, or your crew dying.

[@Kowalski12Analysis]

​@@CoralshellOnPawsThis is art

[@theonewithtoomanynames3933]

​@@CoralshellOnPaws Thank you for making me laugh today😂❤

[@Space_Ace39]

Yo can you PLEASEEEE release an extra album with all the cut songs????? I so wanna hear all these in full

[@derekosoriomartinez5974]

Ditto on that

[@manueldelacruz2397]

Holy yes, they are such bangers

[@Tobias11011]

Agreed

[@lamplightbeetle7759]

I would sacrifice my firstborn child for this to happen.

[@Terminator01159]

@@lamplightbeetle7759😂

[@1minimuffin562]

That second song with Athena is SO FREAKING GOOD! such a freaking bop!

[@dokikicingene1517]

Right I can’t stop looping it

[@XxlamaxXishere]

Yeah I love it but like I feel it doesn't fit her charecter. Tho I hope he uses it in another project or maybe this project

[@mehnotreallymyname3888]

Yeah and i love the lyrics.

[@ilyte1]

This is the way

[@Epic_Halfblood]

This cannot be the way… tHiS iS tHe WaY

[@aebliss]

"someone tell me why instead of strength I've oceans in my eyes" OH MY GODDDDDD I'm almost glad you cut it so that i don't cry myself to death listening to it YOU TRULY NEVER MISS EVEN WITH CUTS AND EDITS !! SO EXCITED TO HEAR ALL THE REST !!

[@peaceokafor3639]

Yea

[@Potato_stabbed]

Someone please tell me the old story

[@Ye1diamondOfficial]

He needs to make a cut album I would buy it for this song

[@kurou_18]

​@@Potato_stabbed ig it would've been closer to the Odyssey, with Telemachus ACTIVELY participating in the suitors' unaliving, but here he has a conflict while in the Odyssey he's just like *fck all those btches*

[@Pr0j3ctLim]

Petition to make an "EPIC the musical concept album: scrapped songs saga" so we can still hear them cause they're such bops Update: Mr Jorgey georgey said that there was a big probability that scrapped songs could be released, depending on the state of the song itself when it was recorded. For more information you should look around for that video. We win these!

[@AdaraJackson]

Agreed!!!

[@Furaidotsikon]

Agreeeee 🎉

[@person10283]

Signed 🫡

[@Ayvee_]

Agree

[@CHB-Poseidons-kid]

Signed.

[@Fruity_one]

"Empathy makes you good, But it does not makes you right! Sometimes mercy desapears, Sometimes you're better of using fear, The world is insensere" PLEASE! Bring these lines back in SOME way! They're the best and actually help explaining the theme of ruthlessness. JAY! PLEASE!

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

I mean Ruthlessness explains ruthlessness, the cut athena song is moreso to help carry the infant guilt through cyclops but cyclops already does that so overtly that it's not really necessary

[@libraryphantom]

Agreed! I think these lines would definitely add something to the musical, just... presented in a less boppy way 😂 that also goes for the line: "The blood on your hands is something you can't lose All you can choose is who's" Like, holy shit. That's metal as hell

[@AnimeLovingBagpiper]

I'd buy an entire album of just the cut songs. Especially the one with "oceans in my eyes". I need that on my playlists.

[@tami7992]

Same

[@Matheus-ql7mn]

Fr

[@Mapple318]

Its not a playlist without a bit of angst and crying in it

[@blueberrybowl]

1:13 *odysseus' men getting violently slaughtered by the cyclops* athena: THE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T LOSE 🕺🎺🎹🎤✨

[@thedelta4258]

Odysseus, following Athena: This can't be the way. Athena, completely lost while on the way to McDonalds: This is the way

[@nadialam1202]

apparently Athena likes pizza so they’re probably on their way to pizza hut

[@PilotLyric]

PLEASE I WANT AN ANIMATIC OF THIS NOW

[@LVLNG]

Odysseus: *getting close to a mental breakdown* Athena: DIS🎶IS 🕺DA 🎵WAE

[@emiliar3543]

"Do you know da wae?" Athena:

[@Ella-cd1qt]

​@@emiliar3543There better be a cut song saga CAUSE I WANT THIS TO BE A MEME 😭🙏🙏✨

[@Mariskpoplife]

Like it’s such a happy beat for the lyrics 😂😂😂😂

[@Yourlocalsamsfan052]

DA💅BLOOD🎵ON✨YOUR💃HANDS🤚IS YOU CAN'T LOSE OF YOU CAN CHOOSE HIS WHOSE🎶

[@Yourlocalsamsfan052]

Telemachus: how do you cope? Athena: DIS🎶IS💃DA🎵WAE💅 edit: yes I know it's Odysseus that Athena is taking to

[@NeonFraction]

1:10 If Hera was in charge of music

[@Anastasaki1.0]

And Hermes in charge of the style

[@NerveUnderscore]

The first ones are like depressing but like- you wanna dance while you're having a breakdown 😂 like that post about "having a panic attack with a harmonica it's a banger" or smth like that

[@that_one_kid26]

I love how Jay is just getting more comfortable talking to us, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for this musical

[@angelaphsiao]

The Telemachus song is definitely the one that breaks my heart not to hear in the official album the most

[@everliesseproductions]

Same. That honestly has so much emotional impact and offers such a contrast with his Dad and the changes in morality through the war and voyage home.

[@Starryflame]

Why am I picturing Odysseus standing in the rain, head in hands looking off sadly contemplating life while Athena does taunt dances behind him? XD

[@maximilianogarcia2042]

I’m obsessed over the Telemachus cut song, the ‘oceans in my eyes’ line is so beautiful (I barely understand it).

[@Picaro_12]

0:15 Dear evan hansen has this problem so bad and Im glad someone finally put it to words

[@shadow_leaf7965]

I love the idea of Odysseus being conflicted but forced to dance like "No athena, i want to be merciful. Youre wrong" 🕺

[@ittybittybuckybarnes7012]

The second song is what plays in the Mandalorian’s helmet all day XD

[@Red_Knightly]

*I NEED the last song to be somewhere to listen- It's so painfully beautiful.* It would be so cool if there was a playlist of the cut songs 😌

[@lilysong1321]

I love the lyric “the blood on your hands is something you can’t loose. All you can do is choose whose.” I’m so glad it was kept and Luke delivers it really well in the release.

[@pappanalab]

Jay’s melody: 🎶 😊 Jay’s lyrics: 🪦😢 How very j-pop of you, making wanna cry and dance at the same time.

[@Animokey]

Ooooh that one with Telemachus hit me hard. I'm sure once the full story is released, we'll see why it was cut, but it had so much emotion and weight that honestly captures how it feels to grow up and turn off your emotions and betray your values in certain situations.

[@themrmcnuggett2529]

I need the Telemachus cut song just put out there. I don’t need it finished cause it’s already perfect.

[@JoshtheJust]

I was thinking to myself, while listening to The Horse and The Infant, where was Athena during this?? Good to know that there was at least the consideration of having her counsel Ody during that critical moment. 0:49

[@farawaytales4396]

Jorge, you are already making history with the official EPIC albums, but I am BEGGING for a release of an album for full versions of the cut songs. They are TOO good from what I've heard from here ALONE!!💙💥

[@Sumeru_Rose]

That would be amazing!!! All in favor say aye

[@adellefletcher]

@@Sumeru_Rose Aye🙋‍♀

[@dolphin_of_death9344]

I'm absolutely living for the portrayal of Athena freaking breakin it down while Odysseus questions everything

[@jackysnowdrop13]

I was waiting for “Man of the House” which I really love and miss!!! But these songs are so good too! Honestly all EPIC songs are just epic songs!✨

[@ViveMeorLeti]

Me too! I adore "Man of the House" and still listen to/sing it regularly. Would have loved to hear the whole song, not just the two snippets we got.

[@thefoxcelotclub]

I don’t think it’s cut. I think it got moved somewhere else.

[@foufoulo._.z]

​@@thefoxcelotclubpart of it got into Penelope's song the challenge

[@ViveMeorLeti]

@@thefoxcelotclub I believe Jorge shared a list of all the songs in order at one point (can't find it now though), and although there were a couple with secret/unknown titles, those were not at parts of the story that seem to fit for "Man of the House".

[@thefoxcelotclub]

@@ViveMeorLeti I’ll see if I can find it

[@somepersonlmao]

The "this is the way" one was A BOP

[@person10283]

i actually NEED an album solely consisting of the cut songs because they’re all bangers omg. ESPECIALLY the one with telemachus because???? i was genuinely close to TEARS oh god

[@plantkid8680]

So Athena doesn’t just vibe with Odysseus being a fanboy, she vibes with his existential crises too...

[@Bubblemaster3000-uh8oe]

That Telemachus one made me cry a little. He might be 20 but he’s still a scared kid, raised by a single mother with a country to run and near constantly harassed and abused for the majority of his childhood by The Suitors. He’s a bby who deserves the world

[@xinyand8662]

All of the cut must've I've heard is amazing and would sound so great if the voices for the characters got to sing it I think it'd be a great idea to still make the songs when you're done epic but specify they just aren't cannon and add them to a different playlist, just with the cover of whatever saga they'd be in originally, that way we can hear all the cool things with the voices and you can put out all the songs you liked but couldn't put in cannon, plus more epic content ^^ (Praying for more Hermes and Your Light 🙏)

[@EEEEE3EEEEE]

0:40 lol yeah i agree this is a bit too groovy for the story but it is so fun.

[@ea.eaeaeaeaea]

jay is a gremlin... and we love him for that

[@DevikaBTS-qu4op]

"instead of strength I have oceans in my eyes" is SUCH. A. AMAZING. LINE.

[@marthagray4844]

Honestly if you made "Epic the cut saga" i would be here for all of it. I have enjoyed so many of your song!!! keep up the great work! and thank you.

[@aria0ft3hs0u1]

I need to hear the full song with Athena, because it has some freaking fire lines in it. "The blood on your hands is something you can't lose, All you can choose is whose" gave me chills, even with the melody and beat.

[@Ksh_aziz]

PLEASE when Epic comes to an end, release a final saga with all the cut songs!!

[@Mystery__Otaku]

Oh now I'm SOO hoping for a cut songs albums/ep once the Main Album is done and everyone has had a break!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@spiritedaway0tutu]

That second song has been stuck in my head on loop for WEEKS.

[@spiritedaway0tutu]

Those last two in particular are AMAZING, with the third being especially beautiful. I hope that if we get a cut songs album someday that all 3 of these make it onto it

[@ahmobbu]

PLEASE release the cut songs after you’re done we’d love to listen to them anyway!!

[@annitasmalley160]

Instead of strength there's oceans in my eyes 😮😭😍🤌 I felt that in my soul Jay!

[@eow4317]

That Telemachus song almost made me cry, I know you said the story changed but man that was incredible

[@Render-scribe]

sometimes you have to cut out parts you like, to keep the integrity of a story, even if it’s really good. You’re so gifted in creating music that can feel so immersive to the listeners. counting down the days for your next albums release😄

[@mutantsandmemes]

"instead of strength, I've oceans in my eyes" I am GAGGED. Pure poetry, Mr Jalepeño

[@AGhostInTheCorner]

I've always wondered if the sirens were gonna make an appearance in Epic since the sirens are already singers so they'd be perfect for a musical depiction. I'd always assumed they'd been cut from the story since there were already so many other songs dedicated to various creatures and hostile encounters. If there was a siren song you could use the voice actresses for Athena, Penelope, Circe, and maybe even get a voice actress to play Odysseus's mom to try to lure him from the ship since lust isn't necessarily something he'd be lured by. Guilt is a much more overarching theme in Odysseus's character in this musical so I think the siren song being about his guilt over his mother's death, leaving Penelope for so long, losing Athena as an ally, and for sleeping with Circe would work for one of the main themes in the story. Such a combination of powerful voices edging towards the more sinister would be awesome too.

[@michellelopez2170]

In the actual book, when Odysseus encounters the Siren's, they aren't trying flirt with him or anything like that. They're telling him about the wisdom he'll gain if he joins them. So it makes more sense that the women there aren't only romantic partners but friends and family too.

[@AGhostInTheCorner]

@@michellelopez2170 Great point! Thanks for adding on!

[@cojec]

​@@michellelopez2170 "We can give you pleasure beyond what you could ever imagine." "No, I'm good, thanks." "...We could tell you how static electricity works." *" I n t r i g u i n g "*

[@Athenabadassinthearena]

This is such a great idea goddd

[@Nobody-wu3gg]

Bro you’ll never believe it….

[@Frowsty_plays]

I hope one day we get to hear these cut songs

[@truekingwormy3960]

BRING BACK THIS IS THE WAY I CANT GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD

[@MythologicalHorrors]

Everything your write is an absolute masterpiece, Jay. What I enjoy about your work is that you still treasure the cut songs despite them not capturing the essence and the drama of the scenario. You are so talented and really portray emotion through music, It is a gift that makes me admire you more than ever before.

[@blane-li]

I NEED "oceans in my eyes" to be released, even if it's just a released album of cancelled songs 😭😭

[@rachelpastors]

I absolutely want a bonus album with all the bops- these are killer!

[@cghouseal]

Ngl, the first cut song snippet was so darn good! I need him to release that first one as a full song, and the third song's intro was really good. Good job, Jay! Keep up the good work! Can't wait for EPIC to be on Broadway (when it gets there)!

[@douglaura2652]

Okay these are all bangers and need to be released as a separate album PLEASE!!!!!

[@Georgia320]

Fitting or not, all the cut songs are slapping hard! We need a full album of these

[@lulu_cat_963]

You could make the cut songs into a side stories arc.❤❤❤

[@coriefegel8775]

“Empathy makes you good but it does not make you right!” Is giving me big Into the Woods vibes in the best way

[@Cloud_Eats_IceCream]

Vibing to the cut songs

[@Anonyomus_commenter]

I can see how the first one came about having heard some of love in paradise, but “the blood on your hands is something you can’t lose all you can choose is whose” being so happy plus the visuals kinda makes me question what drug you were on when you wrote it 😂

[@Gusto_winion]

THE TELEMACHUS ONE IS SO GOOD

[@theredvelvetwitch]

Jay’s dancing is so fucking good, that first one is so funny I wanna cry 😭🤪

[@shinypikagaming]

Turning “The blood on your hands is something you can’t lose” from Horse and the Infant into an absolute banger in that This Is The Way track certainly would’ve been a decision. While it’s a shame to lose it…it’s probably for the best, tone-wise.

[@Stupid_storytime]

Odysseus: I’ve run out of sympathy The music: 💃🕺🎶🎵

[@mussha4742]

When Athena sings 'this is the way," probably a Mandalorian in a far away galaxy sneezes.

[@NoOneImportant777]

That telemarchus song is crazy good. it's cut just before the "drop" bro

[@Naknave]

The way the music picks up after he starts speaking before the music almost overflows, overwhelms in that last song. Like someone terrified to ask or say something until those feelings spill over and force you to speak before you drown in them It would be cool to see the last song released maybe as an extras sort of album or standalone song

[@aggyst7667]

PLEASE release them one day! They sound so great!!

[@TheBazilLeaf]

Please make another album with all the cut songs! They are so amazing and like if they weren't shared with the world it would almost be a crime. Keep up the great work❤

[@okapi77yeet]

I am living for those dance moves

[@justlikeeden7586]

THE TELEMACHUS' SONG HURT ME IN WAYS I'VE NOT EVER THOUGHT IT COULD DUDE I LOVED IT

[@lizyaizawa1265]

Ok, ok, I know the first clip was likely meant to be at the end of Calypso's section when Hermes tells him they can leave; I know this because of Jorge's AWESOME instrument associations with Calypso's being the hand pan (I think I hear this instrument in the background of this clip lol). Telemachus' clip is cut entirely so I'll ignore where it may have gone, BUT WHERE WAS THE MIDDLE CLIP MEANT TO GO??? I have been trying to analyze it but I can't figure out what instrument this may be in combo with character/situation. Jorge, if you read this, thank you SO MUCH for releasing this! It is a very fun game for my sister and I to try and place where these might have been, who sang what/who was sung to, and find out the possible plot explanations! ^^

[@winston2443]

I think it was a proto version of what eventually became my goodbye or even weirder inside of remember them. Dunno

[@ethanbalzhiser4331]

Jay is the only person who doesn't cut songs because they aren't good enough, but because they are to good

[@snowleopardking492]

DUDE BRING THEM BACK! EVERY SONG IS A BOP OTHER THEN OPEN ARMS

[@flooferderp2918]

Damn we'd love to hear more. These are COOL.

[@bookdragon7546]

I'm personally a major fan of Let Me Be Your Light and I sing it daily. Seconding the request for full versions of the cut songs too!

[@Ashervalcrux]

That second example was so fire bro

[@LilianceFlower]

Oh man you are far too talented I can’t wait to see the completed work

[@yolandaconitzer7333]

The first one tough, is amazing

[@Yeonjuns_respect07]

Athena's one is so funny though because it would be the type of song people would dance to even though one of them is having a mental breakdown💀😭

[@vazak11]

I desperately need more of the second one XD

[@blueberry_sticks]

man of the house 😭😭😭😭

[@agnieszkakmieciak225]

Please, I'M BEGGING YOU, release an album for the scrapped songs! Every and each of those is ridiculously good and I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we NEED them! They are incredible!

[@Queen-oy9rc]

He's so unserious, I love it

[@all_sushhhka]

i really really really hope that jay will release that song of Telemachus, this is soooo good i want to listen to it 24/7

[@corvuswolf952]

I can legit boogie all the way to "this is the way"

[@CelestialLuce]

ok but can we just have an album of cut songs at the end like a good ol' outtakes bc bops PLEASE

[@ToastyToast-h5w]

Cut song time stomp: 1st: 0:27 2nd 0:46 3rd 1:25

[@hibaqomar9105]

I love the fact that Jay is so talented, the songs are too good for him to release. It's actually incredible! Love your work! ❤❤❤

[@rosalindalaboy7111]

I really love that second one, but I get it, it’s *way* too fun....I love the sheer juxtaposition though

[@TacticalOpossum]

a "cut songs" as an additional album when you finish with everything else, would be fire!

[@thenutbutton6912]

Can we have a cut songs album with all the cut and un rewritten songs because of the novelty of it

[@Fabius11k]

Empath"y makes you good but it does not make you right" is an insane line