The Final Fantasy X Prog Rock Concept Album || 02 - The Endless Dream

[@Marc_Papeghin]

01 - Steps of Fate : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHzPh394p798qZY 03 - Children of Yevon : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKW7anuViqtjd6s 04 - Ultimate Journey : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaObdKyYbbOrfck

[@bramweinreder2346]

"Don't let let the fears of life get you down, you're OK" Credit to the arrangement and beautiful singing, but that part caught me off guard again and turned me into a sobbing mess. No matter how many times I listened to it before. I salute you, Mr. Papeghin. Only very few songs get this from me. It doesn't help that I'm taking care of my wife and our 3 year old daughter while working from home, and had a bad night. This particular song in the medley is the reassurance that I needed. Know that I love your work, and everyone else going through hard times: you're not alone. Love, laugh, and enjoy the small things. It can't be said too many times.

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thank you very much for your kind words ! I'm especially glad to know this piece brings you comfort :) Children of Yevon was a very special project for me, it took 4 years to complete and was a true work of love ! So it always warms my heart to read comments such as yours :)

[@bilson7523]

This might just hit different for me because I am a prog rock/metal fan in general, but I'm two songs in now and I'm hooked. That incorporation of the Chocobo Theme at 11:40 *chefs kiss*. You and the people who contributed are all very talented and your love of this score shows. Also, how has this been around 3 years and not appeared in my recommended?!? Feels almost criminal. Hopefully my comment and thumbs up gets this some love.

[@SongeLeReveur]

The love for Final Fantasy X shines through every note of this medley. Truly a work of art. Thanks for your dedication, Marc!

[@Marc_Papeghin]

And thank YOU for nailing those crazy basslines I wrote ^^ Even though I've heard them countless times I'm still blown away by them...especially that Chocobo section :D

[@joeb5167]

I can hear little bits of Dream Theater woven throughout big stretches of nostalgic Final Fantasy, and it brings me so much joy throughout my workday. Marc, your channel is really something special.

[@joeb5167]

By the way, I get huge Happy End vibes around 14:15, and wonder if that's on purpose!

[@wilderwhim]

When I'm having a particularly hard time with life, I come back to this series of videos. Thank you for putting this together.

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thank you for sharing this, it sure means a lot to me !

[@zacharyaustinart8805]

This album is something else. I've listened to this once a day for like two weeks now. Praying for the algorithm to throw you a dang bone like it did for the Zelda medley. Keep trucking! Your music is great!

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thanks a lot man 🙂

[@waah919]

Hadn't seen anyone else talk about it, but the drum section during the People of the North part is out of this world. Heck the drums throughout the entire work are amazing. The double kicks are just so smooth and quick. Thanks again for the labor of love.

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Many thanks 🙏

[@notsomoody5338]

Perfect vibe playlist

[@bramweinreder2346]

The keys solo in the end is nothing short of a masterclass. I'm impressed with how you use the different themes so liberally, and improvise on them to give a unique atmosphere to your songs. This on its own has me drifting away into productivity, and when I pay attention to the videos it often brings me to tears. The re-interpretation couldn't be more in spirit with the game itself. I'm confident to say you're one of the most talented and underrated KZbin music creators, and you do it so casually and with such apparent love for the source material.

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thanks a lot for your kind words ! It is indeed a work of love and I'm especially glad you're receptive to it :)

[@bramweinreder2346]

@@Marc_Papeghin the energy between an artist and his audience is of a symbiotic nature. It has to be.

[@sulthanyasykur9263]

But dude seriously? How the hell someone give a thumb down? I bet there is 3 dude who love to act tough and dislike this video because they are crying like a baby over the joy of this video.

[@TheCreepypro]

I knew this second part wouldn't disappoint, this was great to listen to

[@xpavpushka]

7:08 MAGIC

[@WaterMusic34]

This gets better every time I listen.

[@JonnyMcPot]

Songe kills it so hard on this one... those bass lines are crazy :O also Moonbow! :3

[@SongeLeReveur]

Thanks man! They were all written by Marc, and 11:36 is one of the hardest thing I've ever had to record. :D

[@jamilp2869]

Ahhhhh!!! The transition to People of The North.... then the voices come in...

[@梅洛-x6l]

Amazing song... 4:25~6:39 I played again and again. At least 8 hours + replayed. People of the North Pole mixed with Suteki da ne...it gives me chills and makes me have tears in my eyes. I can feel how much love in this song and entire album. it's a shame my Eng isn't well and i can't describe my feelings exactly.But thanks for those beautiful song.

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thank you very much for your comment ! This was a very special project for me and I'm always glad when someone enjoys it 🙂 Oh and by the way, 我会说汉语 😉

[@brittanysmith4071]

The emotion you capture here is palpable - optimistic and upbeat only to become melancholy and longing because we all know what's coming next. I am most certainly a huge new fan.

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thanks a lot Brittany ! Very glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@Gojiraglix]

HOW IS THIS VIDEO NOT VIRAL ON KZbin????? This is absolutely incredible.

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thanks a lot !! And yeah, I still hope the KZbin algorithm will someday give it more exposure, this whole project was a work of love which I spent 4 years of my life on, and I'm really glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@BradenMcClure-q6k]

​@Marc_Papeghin yeah man you are awesome 😃

[@wLasky]

I think my favorite song of the entire album is People of the North Pole. This whole section with the piano chords in the background is somehow.. encouraging!

[@rakino4418]

I see from the comments that I'm not the only one who listens to this every day.

[@smokerd1543]

You people are soo wonderful for making this. Thank you.

[@MajorGeneralPanic]

Your whole album is great, but this track rocks so hard. Thanks for making this, it now permanently lives in my mind's ear.

[@zezblit]

This is so so so good! Got some real Steve Reich vibes from tthe timbre of stuff at the start there

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thank you!! Glad you felt the Steve Reich influence, I'm a big fan 🙂

I listened to the entire album several times now and you made an awesome huge job!!! I'm so glad and proud to have played two solos on it...! I hope we'll work again in the future!

[@juanjm12]

9:00 I love you Edit: I fucking teared up when it transitioned to "to zanarkand"

[@siemp0333]

OMG!! I love it soo much, what a crazy project!!!

[@vicbone]

This is getting better and better as I listen to it! Awesome!

[@Leonzannanera]

In all 4 parts there are so many great moments, like 4:25 to 6:39 it gives me chills but i can't even say its my favorite part

[@WaterMusic34]

Exactly how I feel. Every part is my favorite part. It expands and transforms wildly but with order that fits it all together perfectly.

[@KatjaSavia]

This was truly epic! Wonderful playing all of you

[@vincentaubry3027]

Je reviens écouter (encore) ce medley après avoir relancé une partie du jeu. C'est vraiment un travail incroyable et sensible que vous avez produit. Encore merci

[@vincentaubry3027]

Je veux dire, j'en ai littéralement les larmes aux yeux. C'est vraiment beau 🥰

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Merci beaucoup 😊

[@Azdaja13]

If this is how big The Epic FFX Medley is then just imagine how big The Epic FFXI Medley would be... O.o

[@Pliskkenn]

But... but what about a 7 medley? Please Mr Papeghin, can we have some more? I really don't mind the wait for these, they quality and love put into them is exceptional.

[@squidjib]

Surely you mean the FF Tactics Medley.

[@Pliskkenn]

@@squidjib Ooooo yes

[@patrickpierce7885]

Class as hell. I mean chocobo theme is some type of fun

[@Marc_Papeghin]

@@patrickpierce7885 Thanks a lot ! The chocobo part was definitely super fun to put together 😀

[@machinaprecis]

The name didn't register with me until I saw him in the video, but that's Makoto Suzaki from Meine Meinung!! Really cool that you partnered with him.

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Yes, that is him indeed ! I'm a big fan so I was especially glad he was part of this project 🙂

[@damienl4503]

Pas de mot pour décrire ça, un chef d'oeuvre. Merci Marc, le niveau est beaucoup trop haut... Bravo également à tous les autres artistes !

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Merci beaucoup Damien :)

[@juanjm12]

Shamizen is just 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 3:00

[@juanjm12]

Man this just makes me want to pick up music again...

[@Katkaddajjen]

Yep. Why youtube took so long to show mr this. Uncredibly good!

[@Marc_Papeghin]

@@Katkaddajjen Thanks a lot !

[@Katkaddajjen]

@@Marc_Papeghin Thank us by doing MORE! We neeeeed it!

[@Marc_Papeghin]

@@Katkaddajjen I've done plenty of these already 😀Check out the Final Fantasy Medleys section here 🙂 www.youtube.com/@Marc_Papeghin

[@akrope8398]

Absolutely amazing song. Reminds a lot of Close to the Edge by Yes!

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thanks a lot ! I sure am a big Yes fan 🙂

[@EnigmaticPeanut]

J’adore.

[@regreegg]

Unbelievable. So good. What a talent! :D

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thank you !! :)

[@Feelin_DanDy]

How did you manage to get Hideo Kojima?!! I didn't even know he played an instrument :O

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Haha, that is none other than Suzaki Makoto from the awesome VGM cover band Meine Meinung :) kzbin.infovideos

[@AbdulPaniagua]

That little riff at 5:43 lives in my head rent free. (Is it still called a riff when it's on a keyboard?) I love it so much.

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Oh sure a riff can totally be played on a keyboard ! And very glad you enjoy that one 😃

[@jamilp2869]

1) Pat Matheny shirt 2) Moonbow!

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Ditto !! Also... 3) Songe on the bass 😎

[@jamilp2869]

Doap

[@masterlionheart]

And Pat Metheny inspirations you can hear on certain parts of the song. I love it.

[@meuboui]

Songe, c'est le gars que tu mattes pendant toute la vidéo, parce que tu sais qu'il va t'en faire voir de toutes les couleurs ! C'que je donnerais pour être dans son cerveau punaise !

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Mais grave 😎

[@cylux82]

Incroyable, comme toujours !

[@megalamb]

Listened to all 4 parts - Truly epic work! Any chance you'd release Servants of the Mountain (People of the Far North) on its own?

[@matthewbullion7935]

surprised no one's posted a time stamp list

[@healthygaming4612]

Pat Metheny T-shirt

[@saedt]

Songe and Meine Meinung in one vid, that alone is just....

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Yeah I was SO excited to have them both sharing the basslines 😀

[@ericmagalhaes618]

Sure, I like some prog rock, and I love VGM... But my favourite music genre is Papeghin

[@angeredtsuzuki]

Fantastic! Your vocals remind me a lot of King Crimson.

[@garmdolf3413]

OMG moonbow! :O

[@MalevolentCreation1349]

It's melody is amazing!!! I'm blown away been hyped for this for weeks!!! So happy it's out :) Btw what type of drums do you use? Been looking for a good set of edrums

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thanks man :) So my kit is a simple TD3 V-drums kit ( which doesn't exist anymore I think, I've had it for 10 years ! ) and for the samples it's a mix of Superior Drummer (The Metal Foundry ) and Steven Slate Drums :)

[@andreypetrean3600]

Nice

[@masterlionheart]

@5:30 vocals really reminds me a lot of Pat Metheny stuff, especially Last Train Home which I played in percussion ensemble in college and we had to sing vocals for it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZWkXpqtatKEjbc

[@Marc_Papeghin]

I've always been a huge fan of Pat and wanted to pay tribute to his music in this piece :)

[@DidierMartini]

I love so much Last Train home (played it on piano again tuesday to someone) ! i have maybe listened some thousand of times "The Road To You" (the live album) (i'm a pathologic pat fan since the beginning of the 90's) Imagine my head when marc sent me the track to do a solo on it and i listened to it the first time lol ... "is it a joke ?" i couldn't beleive it ! (i'm the one who make the synth solo at 5:35)...

[@masterlionheart]

@@DidierMartini My percussion ensemble director in college was a huge Pat Metheny fan. The Ensemble was more of a Steel Band percussion Jazz Ensemble and we played primarily Student arranged Jazz pieces. It was a really cool group to be part of. The video I linked was from a summer concert, so it wasn't the full group.

[@DidierMartini]

@@masterlionheart All the tunes you all play in this video is part of my repertoire ! Great Stuff !!

[@elyprix]

Powerful.

[@carlybun231]

go off french horn guy

[@Ub3rSk1llz]

fuck this one is good

[@megalamb]

Can we have an Instrumental release of parts 2-4? I noticed you put a link up for the instrumental of part 1.

[@Deladien]

hello marc this is my fav album would it be possible to get it on cd? hello from germany^^

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Vielen Dank ! Kowing you love this album really means a lot to me 🙂As for the CD, my original plan was to have it released but the reality is since I used so many themes from the OST and did these really big 20 minute-long pieces, as a result the royalty cost was just insane ! So I decided to give it for free and give people the option to send me a donation if they wish to 🙂

[@Deladien]

@@Marc_Papeghin thanks for the information☺

[@soocool78]

Any way Dr Pez can add a link to this in the Zelda medley? I’ve been watching the Zelda video since it came out and only just now finding this masterpiece

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Thanks for the kind words man, and for the suggestion ! Pez just added the link in the Zelda comments :)

[@bramweinreder2346]

Same! Just when I thought I found my favorite medley on YT, the algorithm threw me part 4 of this medley. I listened all 4 parts a couple of times but keep coming back to this second video.

[@gideonzz]

I love the last song "The Light" and how it makes the lake scene so happy, I was smiling so much my cheeks hurt :'D Question: What song is that based on from FFX ?

[@jamilp2869]

Besaid Island

[@Marc_Papeghin]

Like Jamil said it's based on this wonderful melody from Besaid Island ( one of my favorites from the game ) It appears several times during the whole thing and the full version is brilliantly sung by CamillasChoice during the end credits :)

[@gideonzz]

@@Marc_Papeghin And the bells rang in my head when I read that, thanks haha :D And yes CamillasChoice does a beautiful job during the credits ;)

[@jonwar833]

can i just have the song name from 0:00 - 6:40?

[@Marc_Papeghin]

That's actually a tricky question cause in this whole project I used many songs from the OST, sometimes mixed together ! But from 0:00 you can successively hear Wandering Flame, Hymn of Faith & People of the North Pole :)

[@somejock4396]

How on earth did you get Moonbow involved in this?

[@jus4000kicks]

I was excited when I saw that you had uploaded 4 epic medleys for Final Fantasy X. I've seen the first two now and I have to say I could only enjoy maybe a few songs throughout the entire two of them. With the exception of those few songs this isn't Final Fantasy X music which is the primary reason why I loved your medleys. I didn't come for the prog rock concert (and imagine I don't like prog rock now). I do like different styles as evidenced by the fact I don't like screamo music and yet I ended up liking the otherworld song in the original. However, much of this music sounds completely different from the original FFX soundtrack to the point where this doesn't feel like a tribute to FFX anymore. I had similar distaste in your Ocarina of Time medley. I'm certain a lot of work went into it as evidenced by the 3d created environments but sorry. This just isn't for me. Too much rock - not enough music.