The Music of Lego Island | Documentary (Featuring Lorin Nelson)

[@LorinTone]

Great work Mr. Birkett, it's all true, I promise! Lego Island will live on for generations to come.

[@dean.lambros3695]

Just wanted to say thanks for being a part of my childhood. Lego Island was one of the first video games I ever played. Pretty awesome to see how far Lego games have come at this point. I'm 22 now so this game was slightly out of my generation, but it still shaped me into the gamer I am today, I love exploring RPGs and to this day still play Lego games. I know at the time you guys thought it would be a relatively small job, but it's pretty great to see how much of an impact Lego Island has had on the evolution of free roam games!

[@LorinTone]

I should point out that the "dreadful endings" music was played by Polkacide. Beginning at around 22:00. That band is crazy, that's why we liked them.

[@thingspool4553]

I can't believe there is such a professional documentary dedicated to Lego Island! As a big fan of this game, I'm really impressed.

[@madschtz]

I genuinely think of the first lego island more as a piece of art than a video game.

[@matthewshoemaker2211]

It's really cool that Mark Mothersbaugh was brought in to do the music for The Lego movie when it came out. His influences and sensibilities have so much overlap with Lorin Nelson and it feels like an extension of the philosophy that was brought to lego island.

[@marseillais3423]

Joel, you have done a great service to the LEGO Island community with this documentary. This game founded my appreciation for jazz, latin, and blues music and it continues to influence me as a musician to this day. Thank you, and thank you to all who contributed to this treasure of a game.

[@elgeeie]

Looks like I just discovered a hidden gem of a video!

[@skysamfreeman]

"We weren't always drinking beer and smoking pot. But often we were." This explains so much lol. Amazing video! I love hearing these stories from the creators. You can tell a lot of heart and soul went into this game and that's why it still has resonance today.

[@mumboking]

I heard Laura Brick in the background saying "Mmmmm... You shouldn't do that!".

[@MineTimelapser]

I love this! Super well made & lovely to hear from all the people working on the game and making sure it's preserved. Thanks for featuring me & the project, I'm really thrilled to be considered a little part of LEGO Island's future (and history!)

[@noitsjustcody]

I have never been happier to see something pop up in my recommended. This was such a nostalgia trip.

[@noitsjustcody]

I keep coming back to this video, as it just naturally comes up in conversation even years later. I truly hope the algorith picks this video up, as it deserves far, far more than its current 13k view count!

[@Samwow]

I've never even played lego island and I got sucked into this documentary. Great work!

[@Gosha1992]

Amazing soundtrack, thanks for making this

[@drumline17]

This was really well made

[@christopherwilliams9418]

I just happened to order a pizza before finding this and ate a few slices while watching... Hot pizza and cool music! :P

[@Autisticguywithacamera]

I loved Lego Island! Makes me wish they would make a Return to Lego Island theme as a tribute to the old 90s fans.

[@Dboytrace]

This game was very influential in my childhood, I’m amazed you compiled such an extensive documentary on this game. Truly nostalgic!

[@sarahwright7076]

Man, I'm a huge fan of this game. I have been since the day it was released. It needs to be available to play again. I really miss it.

[@BriansBricks]

Can't believe this has so few views! Incredibly high quality and I learned so much more about this game I love so much! Thanks for putting it together!

[@darkroom0716]

Thanks for making this, I still think about Lego Island to this day.

[@hamANDmeat]

Thank you so much for making this awesome documentary. This game/music will forever have a place in my childhood, hence my heart.

[@davidsp88]

What a great documentary, glad you gave this the attention it deserves.

[@franklinhirsch1654]

This video SERIOUSLY deserves more views

[@birkettmedia]

Thanks for the kind words, hopefully one day it'll blow up on the algorithm and people will see it!

[@lotusbandicoot]

Honestly I'm surprised how much they all remember from that gig. Huge thanks for putting this all together, it's really cool to listen to.

[@Maxmulham]

Really enjoyed this video! Played it religiously as a kid.

[@thedipermontshow]

My favorite song of the soundtrack it's the information center. Great video!!!

[@MrTechfreak95]

What an amazing Documentation about one of my most memorable childhood games. :')

[@BemusingProjects]

I am amazed on how few views this excellent documentary has gotten. An awesome video containing exactly what I was looking for in interviews with people who helped develop my childhood. Thank you.

[@JettJamesGD]

Dude, this is an amazing video. How do you only have 40 subs?! I really hope you get the attention you deserve. This is quality I’d expect from someone with 100k

[@chrisbroome6423]

Excellent video, incredibly well done and immensely enjoyable. Thanks to all involved!

[@AugustTheStag]

Thank you for making this. The music in that silly, kinda bad but still endearing game is very very special.

[@Rian911s]

just beautiful. this made me tear up a bit.

[@mudsvid]

Great documentery, loved the game it was ahead of its time and the soundtrack was amazing!

[@bobsbrain397]

So much fun to learn about one of my favourite soundtracks, Loren's such an entertaining guy, thanks for organising and making this documentary 🖤🖤🖤

[@Reeferbadnessbeats1]

this is fire, long live lego island

[@blickvincel3130]

Thank u very much, that's great to know about Island music development . I'm from Russia but still this is my childhood game and every time i listen Park theme i feel nostalgic.

[@jonhawkinsguitar]

Top work, and brilliantly produced!

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

This is lovely to hear! I contacted Kathleen myself a few years back asking if she had the lyrics to the song, which was when I was told about the houseboat sinking. I wish I still had that email!

[@Xzeihoranth]

Fascinating documentary! Thank you!

[@ericross5048]

Thank you for doing this

[@stopthrm]

Freaking awesome that there's a new Lego Island project! Played this as a kid and loved the music!

[@thiefrules]

amazing documentary!

[@thiefrules]

ouch. houseboat in Sausalito? I live in the Bay Area and I'm always paranoid of those... this won't help 🤣

[@ESquadProductions]

This deserves wayyyy more views! Fantastic video. Love the time and effort put into this.

[@1Joann1]

I can't thank you enough for this interesting documentary!! I played this game so many times during my childhood, and the soundtrack has always stayed with me.

[@WrestlingVirality]

I can't wait to see the new one!

[@TheFingledorf]

Something to consider is contacting Noclip (the videogame documentary guys) about a LEGO Island documentary and offering some of this footage/audio for their use.

[@macmac436]

Your content is amazing!

[@brianhamilton7132]

Very cool documentary. I remember the game fondly.

[@brph0]

I'm the developer of LEGO Island Redux (not to be confused with Project Island!) - since you used footage from Redux, would it be possible to add a link to the project in the description or at least the name of the project? The more supporters we have, the better!

[@birkettmedia]

All sorted! Thank you for such an awesome app!

[@brph0]

@@birkettmedia Thanks! And great documentary

[@JustinQuinn623]

Awesome, thanks.

[@T-West]

OMG this video is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jeraldjoyce2995]

This is quite good

[@MCInferno]

good video.

[@Pinda50000]

10/10 doc! How did you capture such good audio for the interviews? I wonder was it skype/discord or did you have them record and send back? :D

[@birkettmedia]

Thank you! So, I Skyped my wonderful participants which is kind of funny to think now since it was probably the last time I actually used Skype! I took a fallback recording from my PC audio from the Skype feed (literally just a headphone splitter from my audio output going into the line-in in Audacity). I'd ask participants who had the means to record themselves with either a smartphone or a more professional audio recorder to do so and send me the full recording. That way I'd get a better copy and if any parts did come out a bit scuffed I could use my fallback audio. I'm glad you thought the audio was good though, I spent about two weeks working on this whether it was emailing people, processing the full audio timeline in Adobe Audition or waiting up at night in the UK to call the lovely folks over in the USA. I did get a bit of unused content about Fantasea in Lego Island but it didn't feel complete enough a segment to actually use in the doc, maybe I should dig it out and make a YT Short out of it...

[@Pinda50000]

oh neat! thx for replying!!! @@birkettmedia

[@polishfinnish3066]

That ending gave me Vietnam memories when I was a kid...

[@flower-ld5id]

The Brian eno connection is pretty cool

[@squartbotai1383]

Do we know where the boat with master tapes sunk?

[@bradmcdill73]

A bay near Sausalito.

[@davidark9054]

@23:00 Where on Earth did you get this amplified nightmare fuel?!

[@Zawmbbeh]

i believe Lorin posted it himself.

[@CucumberFan-ci8zk]

Where's the elevator music?

[@koalacrazexd1064]

hahahaha house boat.. island....sink.....shark.....sadness

[@Bowsermmbbreal]

Are you ready to leave LEGO island?

[@devlin3607]

mama papa brickioli

[@thatoneguy9582]

aRe yOu rEaDy tO lEaVe lEgO iSlAnD