Steampunk Opera Overture

[@direwolf3659]

We need more steampunk games

[@Dragonite_Knight]

+Dire Wolf We need more steampunk everything.

[@johannnoriega2048]

+Sandvichninja Yeah....WE NEED A STEAMPUNK MMORPG!!!!!!

[@grannysmith2924]

+Dire Wolf we need a steampunk world !

[@ViceAdmiralHoratioNeIson]

+Johann Noriega check out Worlds Adrift :)

[@FairyOfSomething]

+Johann Noriega Oh yeah! I'd love to play this! :D

[@KatyKatetheLeeKaylee]

Man I LOVE the Dolls of new Albion. Our DM used this for one DnD session and I freaked out because I knew the tune as soon as I heard it open! Great piece of work Paul.

[@meerkatkim]

0:00 At the beginning, a steam punk inventor tinkering with his various gadgets 1:22 Underground, a mischievous, slightly crazed tinkerer is on the verge of a breakthrough of being able to control a massive army of iron Golems 2:40 A female pirate on an airship looking into a hazy sunset, planning her next adventure

[@jimmygriffin8450]

Some call it the City of Dreams, its nickname, The Fay City. The city cradles factories of the working class, and mansions of the super-rich, creating a spectrum so wide, only a city such as The Fay could hold its components. But one day the inner workings of this city were destined to change forever by a revolution-a revolution bound to be birthed from the deepest machinery in this superficially perfect invention that was doomed from the start. The prologue to my novel :)

[@jellyfish6794]

Is it published? What’s the name?

[@festethephule7553]

You ever get your novel published, mate?

[@riches3581]

how is it going ?

[@floor_tank_shanks4194]

Im writing a steampunk themed book so far, and find this music very engaging. I like to think of it as a theme song

[@dergartenbaumlaufer6635]

Will you publish it somewhere where I can read it?

[@pseudonymousentity5334]

Me as well, I'd like to read it.

[@EmperorAmbrose]

How about you post it on to fanfiction.net and leave a link to it for us. I will give you some feedback on what I think about it.

[@floor_tank_shanks4194]

Not sure if I'll post it there. I plan on a hardcover or E-Book publish. Professional editing seems like a better way to contain the idea.

[@EmperorAmbrose]

Gregory Auger alright

[@alexp.288]

It’s crazy how much work and creativity has sprung from this one man, really humbling

[@Eythen0]

Some guy : "Do you believe in anything ? " Me: " Actually, Steampunk is my religion..."

[@Chefodeath]

This song is amazing, a true tone poem. I had this entire story in my head while I listened. I envisioned an adolescent nestled in a formless dream, waking to the sound of a rusted city drawing breath. I saw him awaken, one of many, and ready for a day destined to be identical to the many thousands that came before it. I saw him walk as one amongst many, a cog in the machine, the music of his soul lost in the litany of those harsh mechanical things keeping a constant time: 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3...

[@Snookbone]

Not a song

[@TheRagernaut]

The synopsis for the album is just beautiful, and of course not to mention the tracks themselves ~ well done my friend, regards and wishes for your continued brilliance and success.

[@scribblescar4810]

OH MY GOD!!!!! If The Dont Starve game had a movie this would be the perfect trailer theme!!!!!!!! X3

[@EPWillard]

Make a fan-trailer for the new don't starve.

[@AGreenSquidKid]

Guess what. I kid you not, me getting into the Don't Starve fandom brought me to Steampunk. Holy crap small world.

[@Uxoriouswidow]

I haven't the slightest hesitation to call this a masterpiece.

[@eDrIClImOAnCo]

Up to the height where birds would fly, Striding beyond that cannot die. And comfort to wish to join their flock, Instead to feel like slave in stock. Up to the dream in a city of gears, Coiling to hide by worry and fear. The senseless frail must end today, To spread such wings on soaring ray.

[@TheClassicWorld]

I'm here for inspiration for my Steampunk novel: Dr. Kingsley in City Auttaa.

[@eDrIClImOAnCo]

The Anti-Theist I'm sure it's a good book

[@TheClassicWorld]

Cedric Scorch Thanks, just started a full blown fantasy screenplay. In which there are nine objects which teleport you to nine different places in another realm. A young man goes into an old pet shop and sees a fish tank which is ancient old with gold casing and no fish inside (It is one of the nine objects) - if you touch the water within the fish tank it teleports you to a beachy shore within another land. The 50-year-old owner and the 18-year-old touch the water and go on an adventure in this mysterious realm. It is a cross between The Golden Compass (Northern Lights) By Philip Pullman and Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

[@eDrIClImOAnCo]

The Anti-Theist How does that work with the cross world idea? Does the old man touch the water and instantly submerges into the ocean?

[@TheClassicWorld]

Cedric Scorch Yes, you touch the water and you are submerged/teleported into the fish tank and when you surface you are in the ocean of the other realm. (So you've been submerged and teleported). This effect can be seen within The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I am currently noting down what the other eight objects are and where they will teleport you. I have nicely named one of the main characters (The shop owner and keeper of the portal tank whom has looked after it for 30 years goes into the realm with the 18 year old) his name is Kai Alika which means 'ocean guardian". Feel free to ask any other questions you might have, - well, with regards to anything really. I am quite learned, I like to know everything about everything. Hhaa :)

[@charmingmagician6145]

I am so happy my dad introduced me to this :D I go thank my dad now ·3·

[@Smuffly]

I'm getting this lovely spine-chilling vibe of a city built atop a massive machine that churns beneath the streets... and some ancient secret is rising up from below to wreak havoc...

[@johntracy72]

There is a town in New York called New Albion. It would be tempting to open up a doll store there and call it "The Dolls Of New Albion" selling steampunk style dolls like Annabella, Jasper and Edgar.

[@OnkelFenrir]

It's the first time I hear Steam Punk Music, but it's great!!!

[@themarionette6903]

Fenrir Fletcher Wow... Two years ago? Do you still enjoy it? Im barely starting. I like it so far too.

[@alicebnuuy6155]

we need more music like this

[@maikamikaela3144]

It's from an opera so if you like it I would recommend checking it out :)

[@Fogheart1]

This is a beautifully intricate piece of music, seamlessly telling a story of at least 4 different places/people. It's an adventure just to listen ^,^

[@jmercedesd]

LOVING this album. I am strongly considering purchasing the full recording of the opera because this is exactly how I would imagine a steampunk opera would be. So amazing. :D

[@timelessadventurer]

I’ve been in love with this song for years! I keep coming back!

[@timelessadventurer]

I still keep coming back to this!

[@johntracy72]

The Dolls of New Albion is a most excellent steampunk opera.

[@halliebuenafe3343]

Reminds me a lot of BioShock Infinite.

[@VllKlNG]

Wish there was a video to go along with it. Excellent work!

[@Iivaitte]

This is wonderful, so hard to find good steampunk music that isn't some form of pop.

[@fulgrimthephoenician5187]

I like to set this on loop and while I work or play videogames

[@LackingWittyTitle]

I bought this album, and I love it. The different storylines are all cleverly interwoven, and the evolution of New Albion is very interesting. My only problem is the lack of an 's' on the end of 'math', in Annabel's Lament, which is a little jarring for my British ears, but that has far more to do with being divided by a common language than any fault on the lyricist's part, and indeed that is one of the best songs on the album. Buy it, and you won't be disappointed.

[@Ansem10000]

I bought the complete Steampunk Opera album, I love it! It's good to hear that some people actually give it a more steampunk related music, with clocks sounds, deep trombone tones in it etc. Most of the steampunk bands I see and hear, are just people who dress up in steampunk style. The music of theirs is only rock, not steampunk themed. Please make some more background/instrumental tracks, you can make some incredible steampunk music =) *subscribed to channel*

[@Guille2033]

Perfect for creating ambient in a table or live action Steampunk role playing game~~ I have to use it someday ^^

[@benjaminlandgren9708]

Guille2033 Or a steampunk like action role play group (LARP). I run with a group called Steam Dreams here in Australia. My guild is the Cup and Sorcerers. Our guild is known for its technical knowledge of chemistry which grants us an in-game advantage with the crating of medicines and performance enhancers similar to the substance EVE in Bioshock. Its a really interesting game!! and to be honest, I much prefer the physical interaction of live action role play to table top role play. But each to their own.

[@Z95HeadHunter]

Guille2033 been using this for mine too, it always helps get players into the landscape as I describe it with as much details as I can. It really makes it feel like we're walking near machinery, with moving parts and gears, hot steam bellowing from pipes, and gas-pressure gas guages whining,

[@samuelroberts5067]

Personally, I've always wanted to try Space: 1889.

[@조재형-m1r]

Steampunk is truth.

[@Lunamine]

What is incredible about this opera overture is that it really emerges you into the steampunk era ! All my congratulations for this musical master piece !

[@leohagan5274]

Exactly what I was thinking. you close your eyes and you can just see a living breathing world around you.

[@Tusalu]

That picture is about Perdido Street Station, right?

[@taegra]

Dear anyone who is curious, the digital painting used in this video is called ‘Perdido St Station’ by Alberto Gordillo.

[@Ineoh]

This is amazing. Pure epicness. I'm working on a Steampunk-project for my application to study Game Design. This one gave me a great motivation! :)

[@MegaBookWormGirl]

I'm listening to this as I finish up some steampunk artwork, and I do say it's my best work yet.

[@tfield003]

I like! It is soothing enough for an overture yet mechanical enough to set the mood for the rest of the opera. To me it felt like it transitions nicely and flowed through the entire piece. I was feeling a little of Danny Elfman with a lot of Paul Shapera. Can't wait to hear the rest of it.

[@sergeantsharkseant]

Keep the Machines Pumping Keep the clockworks spinnig Keep the Ores arriving Keep the Metal flowing Keep the parts Assembling Keep the constructions deploying Keep the Factory Producing Keep the Industry Running Keep the Engine of War Turning

[@BlueBird02760]

If this doesn't inspire anyone to make anything steampunk themed... then shame on them, this is that brilliant!

[@thatonechick2012]

A beautiful elfin girl with long red hair sits in her torn ballgown next to a still pond, dipping her feet in and out of the water. She looks up into the night sky, her eyes enveloped by the black of her soul. She smiles, wiping her curved mouth of blood. This is what I just saw while listening to this. I've found my muse! Thank you steampunk:)

[@AngelusDlion]

This song literally sends shivers down my spine, in the good way.

[@jmythog7]

fun and enticing overture, can't wait to hear more. The prospect of a steampunk opera is pretty thrilling!

[@butterflybean4387]

I love this

[@OwenKoenig]

The first and third acts are my favorite.

[@mmdragondreamer]

Love this. I just purchased and downloaded it. It IS what Steampunk sounds like in my head. Great Job!

[@paul_shapera]

@5ARamir6 Okay. I've included now a link at the top where you can listen to the entire 1st act. (KZbin won't let me post it here in comments.) While the entire thing is written, the vocals for the remaining 3 acts won't be recorded until Apr 2012.

[@kingderpmore5614]

its beautiful....this is why i love steampunk

[@maelstromking6476]

Puts me in a world of my own! With steampunk and bliss! I love this

[@illeatyourself]

Now that I think about it, it kinda gives the sense of a demented, twisted, dark, evil little world, and/or a demented steampunk scientist who can make amazing wonders but can also cause amazing trouble. Or something.

[@Doribi117]

OMG, i love this tune very calm, like a good overture should be, but very steampunky feeling as well, favorited.

[@Clockwork-Heart]

Really good stuff, I like it a lot. A lot of your music is that eye closing and disappearing music. Earned a sub.

[@ThorElvinVal]

This track is excellent. Where can I find more of the kind?

[@nunya7502]

Look at the little buttons to the far right of your comment. (sorry if that sounds a bit harsh, but really!)

[@purplepodperson]

There's a bandcamp website for the guy who wrote this, i think if you look up "dolls of new albion bandcamp" you'll find it.

[@giantnerd4]

X'D that was hilarious!!

[@Elisebelleville]

This is the opening of a steampunk opera called the dolls of new Albion If you search it you will find many more songs somilar ! Yep I am 6 years late but heh

[@MrCrycraft]

2:10 Perfect.

[@himenatika]

I wish you all the best with this project, I'm actually studing computer science, so maybe I should make one game about steam and punk :P You gave me beautiful idea :)

[@camerococonut7]

TRUE steampunk music. The clangs and steam whooshes really make it convincing

[@gurlsluvchocolate]

Holy crap! What is this perfection I just listened to?

[@MadameDeForklift]

I imagine a simple toymaker, tinkering with various little knick-knacks and gizmos in his small simple shop, but as he locks up for the night, we see him descend into the basement and into a darker world, one where his daughter has been dead for a year. but he's been busy. Busy crafting the perfect little doll. The perfect little girl that sings and dances and plays just like she did. He loves the doll, but he knows it's not really her. But he's heard whispers of a way to change that...

[@leohagan5274]

It's so....Emersive....Brilliant...Sssteammmy......😏

[@aramond1000]

Steampunk, of course! It's a synthesis of Victorian-style themes, the power/idea of steam, and modern instruments.

[@bavmbav]

You are not alone dear friend , it seems great minds gather here ... keep up the good work !

[@zodiacmaccarthaigh7055]

imagine living in a city like this......must be cozy and warm or machines and cogs,gears and people with robot arms or a side of a eye....sounds like the best town to live in

[@carakaminski243]

love the old-timey piano sound at some parts :)

[@ell975]

For more information, it is based on the book of the same name by China Mieville. I would definitely recommend looking into it, as it is my favourite book so far.

[@cosettes.3555]

me encanta 😍 me hace sentir como si estuviera escuchando él sonido de otro mundo 👌💞

[@trishokorn771]

I think I'm in love with steampunk music now XD I love it

[@cedgarmusic]

Enjoying the eerie, brooding atmosphere, thanks.

[@caserw2]

That guy on the water tower reminds me of bioshock infinite

[@runlikeacrazyman]

Anyone who hasn't yet: Go listen to the whole thing. It is seriously amazing.

[@abalonewaters9759]

I absolutely adore this. :) I'm very glad to have found it and be able to enjoy it.

[@FlashakaViolet]

Oh God this is so beautiful!

[@SnowxXxAngel]

I love that picture!

[@LuisHumanoide]

I love the *.wmv* in the title

[@sirstriker886]

Like the picture. Not a big fan of the song. I could see it in a video game so yes it is pretty good. Some of my favourites are the Beetle Juice theme, Batman Returns theme, Cemetery song from Batman Returns, and the Spiderman theme.

[@sirstriker886]

Kind of reminds me of the game Trine. It may pass for a Tim Burton movie. Not like Danny Elfman but it's getting there. It's like a mix of Danny's dark and his Furturama.

[@Thomas-xd4uz]

I love it! It is awesome!

[@LordElrond17]

This has the perfect earie feel I need!

[@Demondrummer57]

Awsome pice of music. Can totally see a steam filled world.

[@MegaBookWormGirl]

Great to listen to with a thunder storm going on outside.

[@zackfrazier3599]

love it i think its so wounderful it reminds me of alot of music i would hear in games well some parts of the song

[@narwhal17]

I just love this.

[@kittycat2668]

This is a good steampunk piece.

[@MariahnFulminate]

Wow I love this music and I will actively seek out more from the opera. I would love to use it for dance music at the Steampunk Exhibition Ball. It is a great fast waltz.

[@Aetraxos]

Is it okay if I use this in a game? I'll credit you of course!

[@maikamikaela3144]

It's written for an opera (the dolls of new albion) so if you want to ask for permission to use it I would contact Paul Shapera, the writer :) (also, I would 100% recommend checking out the new albion trilogy)

[@ncfly]

It's beautiful

[@MastersofWorlds27]

It's so lovely, and oddly haunting. Beautiful song! :) also i really enjoyed listening to the whole opera, it was a good time :)

[@Boe-Temeraire]

Such a haunting melody, it really sticks with you! I love it!! :)

[@dannyo.s.6428]

let's start a history... the night is cold and the cloudy sky makes me feel alone, front the window, and looking the sky, the zepellin watching over the highest, the lantern moving around the streets...

[@sambutton8494]

Suddenly, the floor shakes, and I grab onto the railing. I straighten my top hat. Curious, I look around

[@vanessaknight4492]

+Sam Button and see that a strange thick fog has carpeted the streets and notice that I was slowly sinking towards it. It's time. Putting my goggles over my eyes, I quickly...

[@さくら-x5y8n]

+Vanessa Knight notice a large cat like toy coming towards me. it's gears are sticking out with springs. the strange noise makes it seem like something is stuck within it's gears. I ...

[@1Worluck]

+さくら make the startling realisation that the object within the cat toy before me was the mangled, bloody remnants of a right hand. As the cat toy lumbered past me, I noticed a emerald ring upon the index finger ...

[@jvcmarc]

+1Worluck The ring was as green as the forests from the far north, and it shines. I felt the sudden urge that I needed the ring, no matter what. So I...

[@PatrickLohKamp]

This is GREAT music. I will look forwards to buying your music in the near future.

[@Courier595]

This is a great track, has really grown on me. To hear new Steampunk band Metropolis just put in My Metropolis by Metropolis,

[@Audrey7648]

WoW! What Steampunk should sound like. Make a whole album of this---no voices no singing and it would sell like hotcakes.

[@blueheartless36]

Amazing!!!

[@OmegadawnBlade]

That is so incredibly well done!

[@lorinachase3801]

Dolls of new Albion overture :)

[@paul_shapera]

@hotguyfranky I LOOOOOOVE Perdido Street Station and it was absolutely an inspiration.

[@99TopHats]

This is AMAZING

[@Keridwyn1]

I LOVE this.

[@DarkEmoEagle]

This is simply amazing! I love it.

[@colineturlure9934]

Y love steampunk

[@niamhlikesmusic]

I love it! I got a sort of Harry Potter meets NMBC vibe off the chimes (or is it glock? Either or, it was great). I LOVE the music in both HP and NMBC :D

[@ratselmann6951]

This music is so wonderfull.

[@tomigallardo-perez9635]

Nya.. I swear the sounds around 1:50-2:00 are so high pitched.. They get less so a bit after but they make my ears feel like twitching. I really love this though.. *^*

[@MegaBookWormGirl]

Listening to this as I brainstorm ideas for my novel makes me feel like a mad genius plotting the downfall of the world. Especially around 2:12.

[@-leochutkin4132]

Veeery goood!! And it's a real steampunk!