Spyro 1 - Lofty Castle

[@mysterypotatocat]

This song is so beautiful it makes me emotional.

[@MediEvilFan147]

Me too. It's such a lovely soundtrack

[@79guitarherofreak]

i LOVED this song when I was like 5, still do. music doesn't usually hold up like that

[@annascholnick6676]

I honestly feel so lucky that I got to play Spyro as a kid. A lot of people my age didn't get to play it. But my older brothers got it for Christmas one year and since they played it, I played it. But growing up, none of my friends knew about this game or even the Spyro franchise. I'm so happy that my siblings played it, otherwise I probably wouldn't have been given the chance. It's such a fantastic and magical game, I would have really missed out!!

[@olimarfunk]

Anna Harkins my situation exactly! Our generation sure did miss out on these fantastic games but im glad some of us were lucky enough to experience them

[@nathananton12]

Very similar to my situation. First PS1 game that my brother and I got on Christmas 1998. Paid careful attention to the credits to figure out who was doing the music (because I couldn’t check the internet for that information back in 1998). Was super surprised to find out this dude was drummer for The Police. I’ve always thought Invisible Sun by The Police sounded like a Copeland melody.

[@The_Last_Norman]

Year of the Dragon is special to me as it was the first game I ever owned (around 2001ish) but I thought that was it! 😖 Didn't know about the past 2 games until much later on.. Finally redeemed myself by playing them on the reignited trilogy, so glad I did.

[@liamroberts7512]

What a weird coincidence. That's almost exactly what happened to me.

[@RocketNightStar]

I had it as a kid, but I hated it because I thought all you were supposed to do was "collect" the dragon statues. What an idiot I was 😂. Love the game now, of course.

[@StrawHat-xt5hq]

This song and other spyro songs make me feel a way I could never describe. I love it

[@wiley8561]

The bells, the piano, the guitar, the rhythm, the bass, the melodies, the key, this song is magical

[@RodH-pj1py]

This song makes me feel struck by nostalgia. Long live the 90s

[@PinstripeParagon]

This might be my favorite song in the entire game. Stewart Copeland did an amazing job with this soundtrack and the others as well!

[@luca9019_qc]

Tris is mt fav sono from the game!

[@luca9019_qc]

+luca9019_qc stupid corrector, sorry

[@willcarlton3906]

This is definitely the best song from the game!

[@jenisia3600]

Just beautiful

[@stelfzor]

this, or dark hollow, or the credits music are my favourites from spyro 1

[@AdiCool88]

Stewart Copeland, you genius. Good God, SOMEHOW I managed to forget how much of an absolute masterpiece the music in the original three Spyro games were.! Seriously I'm getting crazy nostalgic goosebumps listening to all these songs again.

[@mariosoundtrack4]

Every fckng LEVEL AND WORLD of Spyro has AWESOME music! Why? It can't be real :D

[@opal77]

If I could choose a spyro world to live in... Autumn plains...or winter tundra.... I wish we had portals to get there >//

[@TheKingOfPoop100]

+AntiFormKeyblade Me too. I get so lost in the games when I play them and get so distracted from reality. I wish those sort of peaceful worlds were real.

[@UncoolForYou]

I want to dream to this.

[@Atomic_Thomas]

Desert Eagle RIGHT?!

[@jenisia3600]

This should be the top comment on this vid

[@811chelseafc]

I mean....it is in the dream weavers world.

[@Torbirk]

Well they aren’t called dream weavers for nothing you know

[@gabrieljardine]

i kinda had this feeling when i played this game as a 7 year old boy. i wanted to dream with this universe, somehow.

[@FelipeDermann]

This song still stucks in my head and I never forgot it even to this day. It sounds so magical and mysterious, kinda like a dream... Seeing all those islands floating in an alternate dimension full of magical creatures floating in the corners of space felt like the most magical and beautiful thing to me when I was a kid and I'll never forget this game and this music in my entire life.

[@liv3450]

This comment totally encompasses exactly how I felt about it as a kid too ❤️

[@JeepsterForGlam]

This piece seems almost incomplete without those Gnorcs grunting when you flame their balloons and they start falling, and the noise of freeing the fairies from those wooden cages

[@productivestruggle9489]

OMG you are so right!

[@luca9019_qc]

this is 100% fantasy and magical.. it really comes from another world!!

[@RyanStorey1231]

Playing through this level and hearing the music was truly one of the most magical moments I've ever had in my life. And I played this game when I was eighteen. :)

[@TheKingOfPoop100]

***** Haha. What are the chances? I grew up with the PS1 and only just played this game for the first time last week and I'm eighteen.

[@RyanStorey1231]

Stephen's YTP's I only grew up with "Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon", which was my favorite game as a kid, and I didn't get around to playing the other games until many years later.

[@TheKingOfPoop100]

***** Oh my God I'm the same. I grew up with Year of the Dragon. I remember having the Demo of Molten Crater with Fireworks Factories soundtrack, Seashell Shore with the Enchanted Towers Skate park soundtrack and Sunny Villa skate park with the Enchanted Towers Skate park soundtrack. I got the second game two years ago for Christmas and I want to own this one now. I recently did a full playthrough of it on my gameplay channel. but I'm still to actually own it on disc.

[@pr0v0cative4pple]

Stephen's YTP's lmao same, I used to have tons of videogame demo discs. I was elated when my cousin let me have her S:YotD game.

[@TheKingOfPoop100]

applepornography :D Sadly I have no idea what happened to mine. but I remember everything about it.I own the actual game now though so that's the main thing. Haha. but yeah I suppose I could still download the Demo online.

[@lysmaticstudios393]

So nostalgic, it sucks how my childhoods over. this music is so calming and nostalgic

[@MaxterTheTurtle]

Like you, this was my childhood. I don't get sad that this is over. I appreciate that I had this. It inspires me now. I am entering the game development profession to try to make more of these wonderful games. I hope that you are inspired by this for whatever you do in your life.

[@LightningSweetharta]

MaxterTheTurtle that's something what I wanted to do and if I were to make video games I wanted to put the classic Spyro and Crash in them. :)

[@TheKingOfPoop100]

MaxterTheTurtle Oh my God that's awesome. Also even though my childhood is well over, I'm still living it. Not letting my age tell me what to do. lol.

[@bdonaghu]

What sets this game's music apart from the other two was the similar theme in many of the songs. So cool how Copeland was able to differentiate the theme, but keep it the same theme nonetheless.

[@ToonReel001]

Brett Donaghue I have a preference for the first game's music and aesthetics, more atmospheric and mysterious than the more cartoony (and slightly saccharine) sequels. Some of the later games additions like improved move set for Spyro and other main characters like Hunter and Ripto were good, but for some reason I still love playing the first game more. I also think the first game had the best title theme, wish it stayed as the 'bootstrapped theme' for Spyro, like Warped's did for Crash Bandicoot.

[@ToonReel001]

***** I'll give credit, I liked the bosses in Ripto's Rage/Gateway To Glimmer a lot more (I can see why Ripto stuck around as main villain till the reboot). But otherwise I preferred the simpler more mystical first game. I wasn't much for all the NPC missions in every game after either.

[@Takeru9292]

+ToonReel001 I prefer spyro 2, even though spyro 3 was more enjoyable to play. The beautiful home worlds of summer forest and autumn plains made me wish I could actually transport myself there. And the peaceful music gave a sense of tranquility that the 1st and 3rd game never had.

[@HistoryandReviews]

Yeah Spyro 1 is way different than the other 2 which is why I like it way more

[@lukebales391]

So much build up in this song.

[@AriaNycyus]

When old games still were in, there was soul and love inside the game tracks.. definitly.. not the games from now..

[@ivangold9218]

There's Korean MMO game game called MapleStory, played a lot, the game might not be that great, but music always was 100%!

[@MrRhysReviews]

@Storm934 I feel like Nintendo have just been spewing the same rehashed stuff honestly, just my opinion though... I however primarily stuck with Sony my whole life and have been basking in continued great Exclusives from Naughty Dog (Crash) & Insomniac Games (Spyro of course) everything is fine here at PlayStation Nation xD

[@Merc7734]

No matter what DICE always makes great tracks for their battlefield games! Just listen to the flute theme for BF5

[@buzzerking]

I disagree, you just haven't found them.

[@stinkyboy101]

comments like these are infuriating

[@goldsmith8502]

This level, Haunted Towers, and Tree Tops were the highlights of the game if you ask me.

[@kirillassasin]

But the third one is just horrible level, the first two at least fun

[@raveaw379]

Tree Tops is a highlight infamously

[@goldsmith8502]

@@kirillassasin strong disagree, I think it's the best use of supercharge in the game and it's super fun to use that to explore. I think it can be a pain if you just so happened to leave behind a gem or two somewhere but finding those last few is almost always a pain in Spyro levels so that's not a problem unique to Tree Tops specifically.

[@bopmaster404]

​@@goldsmith8502 tree tops is horrible for these people who didn't assumpt that you had to run behind a bunny (not literally of course) on first minutes of level (so for me when I played it for the first time)

[@bopmaster404]

but otherwise it's the most dynamic and interesting level though

[@halospartan129500]

Still love playing this game over and over again

[@falandodeioio4780]

I first played this game this year, when I was 23, but immediatly Lofty Castle theme and level felt so nostalgic! I just realized I was playing something really special that day

[@AlmightySimon]

W

[@steven310250]

I actually like what they did to the sky boxes for Lofty Castle. Giving it a dream and nightmare crossover. with the light blue sky in the center surrounded by maroon, magenta colored clouds.

[@nickytembo4112]

I’m on the opposite side of the spectrum, I prefer Lofty Castle’s Skybox to be it’s original color scheme like Magenta, Hot Pink, Red, Orange, Purple, and Blue and I prefer the bricks too be pink as well

[@Torbirk]

Nothing beats the OG

[@1d10tcannotmakeusername]

@@Torbirk This. Spyro 1 > everything after combined

[@Hobson64]

@@1d10tcannotmakeusername >:)

[@SiebayPlays]

The piano hitting those low keys get me every time.

[@fantiastaashley7386]

This Game is so unique and phenomenally beautiful!

[@rockhardgamer45]

This is what a lot of games are missing these days, Music where it actually fits the theme of the level and that it gives you goosebumps every time you here it. I love this track! Every time I here it, it seems to get better and better. Love it!!!!

[@666Ico]

True Story my friend. Sadly nobody care about the music today...

[@rockhardgamer45]

I miss music like this.......

[@666Ico]

Me too :S as I can see you played Doom I and II (profile image) :) old school games had great music :D

[@rockhardgamer45]

Doom is my favorite game of all time!

[@666Ico]

Great, I like it too :) I used to make custom maps and sprites with Slade and Doom Builder two years ago :D Doom I and II are the fathers of every FPS game. BFG to you my friend :D

[@KunaiKrazy]

This was my favorite level solely because of the music. NOW, it's Dark Passage. This is a very close second. The bass is sick here as well.

[@rockhardgamer45]

Same, A close second to dark passage. Both awesome levels! Dark passage has always been my favorite level.

[@666Ico]

And how about Twilight Harbor? :D

[@KunaiKrazy]

I hate Gnasty's World. UGH!

[@algerianboi_213]

gnorc cove????

[@MrNatwill2]

I grew up with this game. Today, Spyro inspires much of the architecture that I design and build. I was 7 years old in 2001, and this was my favorite game.

[@Nickster130]

The bass is amazing

[@TrueCRaysball]

One of the reasons I love this track so much.

[@DaddyGreer65]

Damn 100k views for song from a video game that's 16 years old...shows you how goddamn awesome this game was.

[@MediEvilFan147]

+DaddyGreer65 18 years old in fact. :D And yes it is awesome.

[@waynejohnson9374]

remember kids, this is the only realm with a red gem in a spring chest.

[@mechreports1]

I have to admit that i am so glad they allowed the original soundtrack in the reignited trilogy. its just not the same without the OG music, it just isnt. i am so glad they did this and i am so glad i had many good memories of this game as a kid.

[@kura-pika]

would just come to this level and fly on those spiral wind things and do nothing lol just wanted to hear the music

[@enthrallingusername]

same here

[@spyro1541]

me to:)

[@Venusstar22]

Oh WOW....the sound of that guitar in this song is soooooooooo awesome.

[@vegaharp]

I was 8 years old first playing this in 1998. Now get this, the babies that were born that year are now 15 year olds in High School. You take that in for a minute, I feel old now lol.

[@mrwrong7921]

welcome back Spyro

[@dwfootzoning]

What made spyro so great? It's the comforting music and epic skies & voids.

[@Ralphfridge1]

I still love spyro, Im 32 and play it on my PS3. This track reminds me of my daughter, She played on spyro all afternoon the day before she moved 200 miles away

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

That's a nice memory.

[@OsakaDrift11]

22 years ago I first played this game and fell in love with it straight away... It took me a few years to fully appreciate and understand it as I first played when I was just 2 years old but I must have 120% completed this game over 100 times before even the Reignited version released and it never gets old

[@annalisatarozzo]

I love this soundtrack, I think the entire videogame is a masterpiece!

[@LightningSweetharta]

I finally had a dream about this level back in December 2014 and it was really great plus I was in the level with Spyro :D

[@ZexionZeroThe2nd]

Can't wait till september!

[@N8veJay]

Feel Good Music SAME

[@lolwero]

same dude! one of my childhood is coming back!

[@zunikanu1087]

My biggest childhood game is coming on my birth month which would be perfect... but I'd either be getting it on Switch which probably will be later or if I don't have one yet pc if it even comes

[@ZexionZeroThe2nd]

Zunikanu My birthday is in September also :)

[@mariacuellar4764]

Same ;v;

[@TVthePunisher]

Me every time it’s dusk and there’s a perfect mixture of blue/pink/greyish clouds/stars and maybe the moon.

[@Segimaru]

This piece of soundtrack is exactly as beautiful as I remember it to be.

[@dammitcarlos]

Have Spyro fans ever experienced what it's like to be high? Yes, yes they have. When/how did they get high? By playing this level.

[@elimyers9413]

haha seriously. Just listening to this song takes me on a trip.

[@mantasour]

try listening to it 12 years later with a blunt

[@ButtonMasherReal]

Unless you’re Snoop Dogg.

[@jetiscute1]

mantasour Nah

[@amberlynnlight6189]

The part at 1:03... Total wave of memories man.

[@CynicalT0ast]

Stewy ya bastard You make some of the coolest songs w

[@cj56478]

Crystal Crazy one of the best music he ever made

[@annalisatarozzo]

My favourite ost of my favourite videogame!

[@dwfootzoning]

This track is my ringtone. I have to play it on repeat sometimes because it's so good! I have also had the privilege of being introduced to vid games with Spyro the dragon! Fired-up!

[@DaddyGreer65]

This is my favorite song of any video game I've ever played. Pure bliss.

[@zellodine4708]

This song has been stuck in my head for almost 20 years

[@GaFrEzJu47]

Can't wait to hear that Lofty Castle remastered theme!

[@SuperBustyEva]

This is probably the most funky beat in the trilogy. maybe.

[@SpaceAce1993]

Ohhh, the nostalgia....magical.

[@PinkNoseCoyote]

My favorite since 1998! Nothing’s changed! ❤️ bless you, Stewart.

[@CaitlinL13579]

I keep playing the first 3 spyro games over and over because they're so addicting and never gets old. The good old days had the best music.

[@milahaba2862]

Anthem of my childhood!

[@CriticalofOnions]

I love how active nearly every single track of this trilogy's soundtrack is in terms of views and comments. Really reinforces my opinion that this is very wonderful music

[@WikiSorcerer]

I played this game when I was a little kid, and out of all the worlds, Lofty Castle was always my favorite. There was something so whimsical and light about it that the rest of the game isn't.

[@eric_the_egggremlin]

one minute I'm 24 sitting in my recliner with a chromebook on my knee, the next I'm 8yo again watching my sister getting 140% on our tiny old tv in our childhood home.

[@khatholic]

spyro, you brightened my childhood. While I can't really enjoy your games anymore, I will always love the music.

[@DonoDono1995]

This is my favorite level of Spyro 1! The theme is amazing and who doesn't love fairies?

[@kyleholloway3470]

This is my favourite song from this game, and also one of my top 10 from the entire trilogy.

[@RoanNebunescu]

One of (if not my #1) favorites on the Spyro soundtrack, it's just so whimsical, magical and totally nostalgia inducing, I can't wait to hear the remade version!

[@ricardohuff8774]

ahhhhh I just want to fly while listen to this song and relax in the clouds

[@JalapenoSteve]

When the shrooms start to kick in.

[@whitebasilisk3993]

Memories, coming back to this in 2024. Miss my childhood

[@keyakku935]

that freakin drum playing, the bass my man!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jacksnell8875]

Best level in the game accompanied by the best music

[@felipecardel]

been my alarm clock for four years now. ever since setting it, i've only had nightmares whenever i had it set off. probably not related, yes... also yes, will never change it again.

[@MrNatwill2]

I know exactly what you mean... My half-brother gave me a Playstation 1 and this was the first game I ever played, brand new out of the package. There is always a sentimentality toward "Thank you for releasing me" that I will always have. Games just don't compare anymore...

[@Bukis_Fan]

2:38 is my favorite part it sound pretty calm like the end of an acid trip

[@Mythical444]

Spyro music is my childhood soundtrack. Played this game as a 5 year old in 1999.

[@spyrogal]

I cried so hard the other day cause of Spyro... Feels good to be able to play the games and hold onto that big part of my childhood :]

[@cybermurph04]

Makes me sleepy sometimes.

[@JFKpiano]

Oh, I can't take it anymore!!! All those memories when I was little just pops up! The games can never as good as they we're the first time you played 'em. And the new ones is crap.

[@xyghost9302]

All of the dream weavers songs are burned in my head.... This one sticks out the most :)

[@quickster2237]

if there is one game for the Ps1 era that has relaxing and adrenaline pumping music i wold pick spyro 1

[@MC3520]

I remember when I was just a little kid, and I could never beat this level completely, and I quit. Now it's like, wow. Lots of memories from this song.

[@mrs.sarastaley4552]

Dad u said I was a gr8 singer u was the only parent besides grandma and grandpa to believe in me and my talent. Thank you 4 believing in me even wen I didn't believe in myself now I do. Thank u dad u freed me too

[@9piecewood]

Im glad to see that people still remember this game and how awesome it really was.

[@blazingdusk]

This is the one of the best tracks of the first game! It's my favorite ever. I used to just let the game run so I could listen to the music while I did other stuff, and of course I played this portal over and over again.

[@Corshba]

This game is so full of many unique levels that each world seems like its own game, making an entire series altogether. Also, each level has its own feeling to it. I always forget every level until I go back and play them again, and they each hit me with nostalgia.

[@SizSkiizd]

3 gnorcs fell after their balloon got popped, logged into their KZbin accounts and thumbed this vid down:D Seriously though, this has to be my favourite song of any Spyro game. It just sounds so triumphant, so astounding, so ... epic. - A hardcore Spyro fan since 1999

[@Whelt]

Best song in the entire series. Spyro 2 and 3 had good music, but the first game had the best by far. And this track is the best of that.

[@spyro1541]

i love to explore this world and hearing at this music:) this is one of my favorite worlds in this game:)

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

"Fairies are always on your side, Spyro~"

[@jacobtylerwhitemusic]

I have a special feeling towards this game that most people wouldn't understand... All of you guys who grew up with this game know exactly what I'm talking about.. it's a special feeling that is hard to explain..

[@dancoulson6579]

I love the part at 2:36, where it repeats the same part until it fades away.

[@themaximumluis]

This song is really beautiful... I can remember how as a child I played this level happily while enjoying the awesome music... now that I have grown (and don't have the game anymore :C) I still love this song! :D The best in the whole game, in my opinion. Old Spyro rules!

[@MegaFafnir]

I remember the little fat bird-creatures in this level. Apparently they're meant to be griffins, but my sister and I called them "potato-crows" XD

[@DarkSideKyp]

I love the "infinite supercharge" you can pull off with the round ramp, longest I've held it is about 3 minutes.

[@psychosoma5049]

This track and charmed ridge are my favourites in the whole series,

[@spyergirl4]

i dont understand how anyone COULDNT love this song!

[@TheHyugaClan]

I loved this game.....MAN I wish I still had it. The music for this game was so awesome, Im glad someone put these songs up here. The Spyro (the first one), Jak and Daxter (the first one), and Sonic (Sonic Heroes) music are all really good soundtracks.

[@Some-Darko-cat3533]

I listen to this when I,m drunk. Very tripping but beyond words spiritually top notch. Played Spyro 1 & 2 when I was about 10 to 14

[@SpaceAce1993]

Favorite world favorite level

[@ElronHumpperdink]

Trippiest track in the whole game. And Haunted Towers is my favorite.

[@Lyrrian]

This was my favorite level as a kid. Awesome song 🏹

[@MattttG3]

im glad im not the only 19 year old that remembers this like yesterday. so hard to believe that its been over ten years(i think 13) since i bought and fell in love with syro 1 then 2 then 3 then i got 4 and wanted to curl up in a ball and cry hhahaha you know what i mean.

[@safeman3427]

You know, I think you just might be the Dragon to defeat gnasty gnorc.

[@clayton4887]

That’s me, alright.

[@kmbdbob]

Oh man.. hearing these songs flashes the gamescenes right before my eyes