The History of Sampling in Video Game Music

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

Hey everyone, it turns out that despite my best efforts in researching this video, a few errors still slipped into the final upload. In the event any other mistakes or updates related to the video come up, I'm leaving a pinned comment here with any relevant information. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="572">09:32</a> - Ollie King did NOT release on the original Xbox; it was exclusive to arcades, albeit on arcade hardware that was directly based on the Xbox's hardware. While it's possible to play Ollie King on a modded 128MB Xbox, Sega never released the game outside of arcades. This was something I was supposed to fix before the final export that fell to the wayside during the final touch-ups. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="740">12:20</a> - While I couldn't find it prior to finishing the video, the source of the "Forever" whisper isn't actually a mystery: it can be found on Voice Spectral II, tucked away in the "WHISPERS" section of Partition C. Thanks to @maufromtheplanetearth9722 for pointing this one out! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1252">20:52</a> - It turns out that the sample heard in Egg Emperor doesn't come from Datafile 2; it actually comes from Chemical Beats, a later Zero-G release. The sample in question is "104FXDRLP0" (104BDEMO). The two samples heard in Datafile and Chemical Beats are extremely similar, but there's a small staccato drum section in the Chemical Beats sample not present in the Datafile sample, which can still be heard in Egg Emperor. Other games likely use the Datafile sample, but Sonic Heroes isn't one of them. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="90">01:30</a> - Just to clarify, the "bottom text" bit in the "Sampling Popularization" box was actually intentional: it's just a silly joke, since I boxed myself in with the editing format there and didn't wanna leave that space beneath the years blank. There're a few layering errors and typos that snuck into the video, but this one ain't one of them.

[@Leo-vn5mn]

Don't worry too much on this stuff, I can tell that the video is very well polished and you actually put effort in research despite some minor errors. Also you're awesome for using the Ridge Racer Type 4 UI as a way to present the video, a really nice touch.

[@gustavoduarte3507]

Just a nitpick, the "i can't hear you" "i can't see you" wasn't the only time the Xeno series had a connection with Sonic. The Riki theme also appears on a Sonic Free Riders song

[@Leo-vn5mn]

also in 9:23 there appears to be a typo in the title "Let Mom Sleep" where it says "Sleepl" instead

[@johnbravemusic]

This wasn't really much of a "History of" more like a brief intro then a select few examples, but I really liked this video, and hope in the future you will do more videos on iconic sample packs which shaped gaming soundtracks. There could be room to classify them better, like "Gaming Sounds of the Early 2000's", just a suggestion, I would watch them all if they were similar format and titled appropriately. Nice job and thanks for making it.

[@Zairemoore22]

20:52 I heard this drum beat from Rayman 2 “Final Boss”. There’s a missing sample. I’d highly recommend: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5TXd4KtpNNrfdEsi=TeHzfRuctwvrZj5p

[@ScreamingAllTheTime]

Okay, I knew Sonic Rush had a lot of samples, but sampling Malcolm X goes absolutely nuts

[@NRobbi42]

That line was also sampled in Bring The Noise by Public Enemy which is probably where Naganuma got it from given his Golden Age Hip-Hop influences

[@TheCh33ks]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1710">28:30</a> I was not ready for Spongebob hitting the Shun Goku Satsu.

[@bird6708]

I can’t believe Tommy Tallarico even composed all of this!!

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

DAMN, he's good... Tommy's mother would be proud of him

[@thepixelglitched]

@@TheRealFolkBluesIt’s to be expected from the guy who ghost-wrote Aerosmith’s greatest hits

[@Inari_the_Fox]

It was Joey! It's walkways joey!

[@Inari_the_Fox]

It was Joey! It's walkways joey!

[@Inari_the_Fox]

It was Joey! It's walkways joey!

[@forgot7en]

holy shit Sponge Bob when Akuma's theme kicked in fucking KILLED ME

[@locke_d]

almost made me shoot hot tea out my nose,, so fuckin funny

[@aniiii_wxs]

i need the freaking flute they used in ibuki and akumas theme

[@Zadamanim]

where in the video was that?

[@forgot7en]

@@Zadamanim28:29

[@dominicbofficial]

@@aniiii_wxs it comes from the E-MU Emulator II, the Shakuhachi preset. you can find the sound pretty easily online since its so iconic, but theres also a full recreation of the Emulator II by Arturia as a VST if you want that. hope this helps!

[@galactichole]

this ridge racer-styled presentation is so hot

[@nwcr_]

Agreed! I'd love if every video looked like this tbh

[@stargazersdance]

I creamed when I noticed it. I actually went "IS THAT R4!?"

[@Fleetish]

Didn't cover ridge racer though ;=; Still loved the vid though

[@sakarain]

yeah when I saw the pattern at 1:26 I realized the information presentation was based on R4’s menus It’s very slick!

[@kozermax]

That Panty & Stocking sample reveal (in the Sample Batch 3 part at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1145">19:05</a>) completely blew my mind, I had no idea that vocal was taken from a sample library

[@leonardchurch814]

Same, blown away.

[@liz_violet]

IM GOING NUTS

[@sopranophantomista]

I remember reading something about it when I was diving into the music of the anime, but that fact got locked away somewhere in the cabinets in the back of my mind. When that happened I was like, "CORE MUSIC MEMORY: UNLOCKED" 😂 It's honestly so fun tracking down samples and listening to the original songs they came from, like with Daft Punk's Discovery.

[@gracep2910]

It makes me want to FLY AWAY NOOWWW

[@mattwolf7698]

I actually learned about that anime heavily using samples when I heard the Vocals from Scanty and Kneesocks theme being used in an America's Funniest Home Videos episode and was extremely confused. I eventually researched and learned it originated from a sample CD.

[@axelprino]

It's kinda hilarious how when talking about music samples in video game soundtracks the Sonic franchise is not only unavoidable but it keeps popping up XD

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

If you can believe it, I actually tried 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 the number of Sonic songs in this video, because there's just too many examples of it despite the series having like 20+ different composers

[@axelprino]

@@TheRealFolkBlues I can totally imagine Sega having a massive collection of sample CD's that they simply throw at their composers when they start working for the company.

[@Zyl_Libblel]

@@TheRealFolkBlues Honestly I think there might be enough for a part 2 video on this topic with JUST Sonic, and it would be just as long IF NOT LONGER THAN THIS.

[@Zetsukun12]

​@@Zyl_LibblelI'd watch this for sure!

[@PressAtoDefendEarth]

Ditto. I'd 100% watch that.

[@youkaijsgb]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="583">9:43</a> THE WAY I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SONG THIS WAS SAMPLED ON AS SOON AS I HEARD "TOO STRONG" AFTER HAVING HEARD "TOO BLACK"????

[@phantommyst1933]

EXACTLY

[@Jenamphetam1ne]

The immesurable pain of recognizing a sample from somewhere and not recognizing the song

[@halohunter1.081]

Ikr is awful

[@jasai2021]

Go to whosample

[@ObeseChess]

There’s one on a sample CD I have and I’m like… I know I’ve heard it in a video game, maybe even a Zelda game, but I just can’t think of what the hell it is

[@Used__Napkin]

Hearing the actual sample of the Fly Away vocals is kind of blew my mind.

[@UltimaShadowX]

I'm a huge fighting game fan and hearing some of those samples blew my mind. I had NO IDEA they were samples to begin with. Actually a mindblowing video.

[@emceeunderdogrising]

I thought Capcom was the most obvious.

[@WhizPill]

Sick video

[@namco003]

That second male hip hop clip on Capcom Evolution I've heard that on so many Japanese games ❤

[@riqopowpow]

Ultima never escaping the tourist allegations

[@Hutch2Much]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1717">28:37</a> Tomoya Ohtani absolutely LOVES the amen break. seriously, it’s everywhere in his works

[@KirbyBandicoot]

he hasn't actually used it that much recently, it was only in two of his songs in frontiers

[@halohunter1.081]

06’s soundtrack is filled of amen breaks, and I love it

[@Joltemon]

funnily enough the bomb rush blush remix from ssbu (which was also included in this section), was arranged by Ohtani as well

[@cr1nge689]

everyone loves amen break, thousands of songs across hundreds of genres sample it

[@halohunter1.081]

@@cr1nge689 ikr, it’s just so versatile and effective

[@Screwy]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1141">19:01</a> Rhythm Thief mentioned, it's peak I'm afraid

[@dusk2714]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="592">9:52</a> SONIC RUSH MENTIONED!!!

[@phantommyst1933]

FR

[@RadeonVega64]

fr

[@UliZombie04]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="510">8:30</a> that raw "This is the true love we makin', this is the true love for you and me" almost made me tear up because i INSTANTLY RECOGNIZED IT

[@SonicTheHedgedawg]

That “Ethnic Flavors” instantly shot my brain to “Woodfall Temple” in Majora’s Mask.

[@furretfreak]

I was hoping someone would comment this too LOL

[@laundry_guy]

my man

[@ObeseChess]

Came here to post this! Nice work everyone!

[@Whiteythereaper]

Oh THAT'S why I immediately had a negative reaction to it lmao

[@foggy8298]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="978">16:18</a> That's also the sample used in the Woodfall Temple in Majora's Mask I didn't bother to look it up to check but it obviously is. Also, mentioning OMORI and not mentioning Sprout Mole Village, the song almost entirely made out of the Toad "bup" sound? What a travesty. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="428">7:08</a> I also know this song was used in like 50 different games, including as a vocal backing for an orchestral boss battle theme of some JRPG I forgot the name of lmao This is definitely an infinite rabbit hole to an extent. It's a fun one though, not like one that ends in getting bitten by a snake.

[@domdude64dd]

Lol yeah that's definitely from the Woodfall Temple. I wonder if Odolwa's chant is also a sample, it probably is

[@RamenRiderX]

Baten Kaitos Origins?

[@SoIstice]

The OMORI song you're referring to does not actually use the Toad "bup" sound as its sample. It's actually sampling Scatman John, specifically the song Scatman's World. The title of the song, See in Your Fantasy, is actually a line from the song too.

[@foggy8298]

@@SoIstice This reply ruined my life. (not hyperbole + real)

[@rinor3303]

fun fact the same sample is also used in Big Shot by Kendrick and Travis Scott. In the beginning and end you can faintly hear it

[@Anamonator]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1231">20:31</a> That is the best sample sonic cd ever used

[@Fidel_Cashflow]

I remember being a kid pre-internet and freaking out about why the "causing much mayhem dropping drama" sample was in like every Japanese videogame I owned and not having any resources to tell me where it came from.

[@thehaloofthesun]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="316">5:16</a> that glitchyness really freaked me out. I had to watch it a few times to make sure I wasn't seeing things.

[@citrussockawn2245]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1317">21:57</a> proud to say i instantly knew where this sample was going that character select really imprinted on me

[@w21aaaaa]

Masayoshi Soken was so proud of his work on Mario Hoops 3-on-3, that he always put it in his introduction credits alongside his more orchestral works like FF14 and FF16

[@WretchedRedoran]

Dude you do not understand HOW HYPE it was at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1507">25:07</a> when you were talking about sampling a voice clip, and as you were talking I realised exactly what song you were talking about, then when I saw you show the Shenmue II clip my face lit up like crazy.

[@TwisterTH]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1252">20:52</a> - Oh MY GOD! You have no idea, how much I wanted to find to source of that drum sample. To the point of isolating drums from the track and Shazam it multiple times.

[@user-cj4fu8qq9b]

i think it comes from led zeppelin - when the leeve breaks

[@LFFunEmporium]

They use it in the "Pokemon World" theme song for the Orange Islands

[@medieocrity8903]

I lost count of how many times I loudly went "HA!!" out of pure giddy excitement every time you showed a sample. An absolute delight of a video.

[@ManOfLegs]

Man, seeing the wind up to the Sonic Rush final boss track sent me to places I didn't expect. Love that tune.

[@juggi301]

Hearing it's Malcolm X being sampled, took me by SURPRISE

[@ARDIZsq]

I’ll be honest, I didn’t know there were samples in Splatoon, but really, I should have expected it just due to the style of the soundtrack. Now I’m curious as to just how many other samples are in the OSTs for the trio of games! EDIT: I've watched this video at LEAST 10 times now, and I just can't stop coming back to it. This video even got me to buy two of ZERO-G's sample libraries. Here's hoping we get a masterpiece like this solely on Hideki Naganuma some day.

[@mcdardnalds]

There's actually an entire channel dedicated to showcasing the various audio samples people have discovered that were used in Splatoon songs. Its called Splatoon Sound Sources if you're curious.

[@SlimXG]

As someone very familiar with the, "Let's go" from 3rd Strike, I found that part especially fascinating.

[@ju2tunknown]

The moment I heard that sound I immediately smiled because I KNEW it was the SFIII 3rd Strike SA Charge sound

[@QJ89]

"To the Batmobile. Let's Go!" I have a theory as to why the 60's Batman show (including this facsimile) was so popular for sampling in the 90's, not just in VGM, but Goa Trance. This show did not get a home video release until 2014, due in part to the legal conflicts between Warner, who had owned the characters of DC since '69, and Fox, the show's original broadcaster. This meant that any sampling of it was not strictly enforced due to the conflicting rights. My favourite example is from Juno Reactor's 'Pistolero,' which quotes Zelda's line: "I hate robbing banks."

[@NotGabe001]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1732">28:52</a> There's also a song in Splatoon 3 called Nine out of Tension that uses the amen break. Side note: Seep & Destroy (aka Bang Bing) from Splatoon 3 uses a 909. So that means that in the Splatoon canon, the amen break and the 909 have survived three world wars, global flooding, and the extinction of humanity over the course of about 15,000 years. Looks like we've got a lot of house and DnB music ahead of us.

[@RadeonVega64]

909 MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@ShadowTheSnek]

The Pizza Tower samples from the pre-relkease/beta (minus the one used in "Pizza Time") were intended as placeholders

[@johnsondoee]

what a refreshing video about sampling! Sampling doesn't make someone less of a musician. They're sound artists. Just like using blue paint as a painter. Thanks for the unbiased take on sampling~

[@mudsh4rk]

Sometimes making a deliberate choice to use a familiar or even overused sample or preset BECAUSE of all its cultural associations is a more meaningful creative choice than designing every sound from scratch because you believe anything else is cheating in some way. Shouldn't really need to be said in 2024 (or even in 1994) but plenty of people still think that way, especially about presets.

[@DillonGrubbich]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="925">15:25</a> I'm not sure if you omitted this for time's sake or for some other reason, but free riders shares not one, but two samples with xenoblade, and funnily enough, it's the same one you'd shown just a minute earlier! It's "Theme of Rocky Ridge", at just about a minute into the song. I love finding wacky throughlines between franchises I love :)

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

There were a few shared samples that got cut for the sake of time (like the sample PE-RI-CA uses), but that's actually not one of them: I just up 'n' missed that one somehow. Kinda crazy since I've 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 Rocky Ridge before; I probably just forgot about it somewhere during the compilin' process.

[@VivversX]

Absolutely insane to find out the origins of Japanese Beat from Rance 5D! It's always been a stand out song within the entire series for how unique and experimental it was.

[@megaman2055]

Shade's use of sampling in the late 90s/early 00s has always been so interesting.

[@VivversX]

@@megaman2055 Oh 100%

[@CrashNSplash]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="225">3:45</a> Killer7 sound effect spotted. Subscribed

[@TerryVideoZone]

FOOBAR2000 MENTIONED !!!! RANCE MENTIONED !!!! MITSUDA MENTIONED !!!! TAKADA MENTIONED !!!! ok there's too many cool things mentioned but GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS BLUE !!!!!!!!!

[@TerryVideoZone]

oh I forgot SOKEN MENTIONED !!!! LIL B MENTIONED THANK YOU BASED GOD

[@jacobwall9269]

Takada!!! 27:13 he used that alarm sound in Pokémon Colosseum! Awesome stuff

[@cactus_aimbot]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="448">7:28</a> this same sample is also used as the rap lyrics in Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix on the song "Put your faith in me" by Uzi-Lay

[@DefNotAiko]

"Uzi-Lay" being the man himself, Naoki Maeda

[@DaymanOurSavior]

In the Pokémon movie OST as well, the drum loop at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1255">20:55</a> is heard throughout the song "Pokémon World". Had no idea it was sampled, along with a lot of other ones in here. This was an awesome video, subscribed.

[@maufromtheplanetearth9722]

The "Forever" mystery sample <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="735">12:15</a> is from Voice Spectral II titled "Whisper 02"

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

That's an exact match, thank you! Not being able to track that sample down was driving me crazy.

[@melofox._]

Thank you!!

[@angelsartandgaming]

You're amazing!

[@mooxsir]

This video has so many deep cuts it's amazing

[@black369ace7]

As someone who’s getting into music production and delving into sampling, its awesome to usage of sampling throughout all of my favourite games and the applications with it. Defs feel more confident around expanding what can be sampled.

[@pylonade2785]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1266">21:06</a> holy fuck poptropica sampled this

[@oliviapate1833]

I love poptropica could you clarify where this is used in the game?

[@pylonade2785]

@@oliviapate1833 not in-game but a trailer. Search “poptropica tour summer 2009”

[@pylonade2785]

@@oliviapate1833 not in-game but a trailer. search poptropica tour summer 2009

[@pylonade2785]

@@oliviapate1833 search poptropica tour summer 2009. They used it in a trailer

[@FizzyK-45]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1910">31:50</a> As one of the people who still make YTPMVs to this day, I'm glad you mentioned YTPMV and otoMAD in the video. It honestly feels kind of odd that not a lot of people are interested or talk about them, considering today's internet humor. 😅 But yeah, great video on the subject. I've always been fascinated by where those video game samples come from and have always wanted to try to get my hands on them. ❤

[@DanieluYoshikoto]

holy crap <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1266">21:06</a> I have been looking for this sample for years. I first heard it used as the starting hook for a german pop song, and it ended up also being in "The World Ends With You"... at that moment I knew it was a sample, but couldn't pinpoint where.

[@ZdenalAsdf]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="830">13:50</a> Man, I love the Methods of Mayhem CD, it's so good. Klepacki and Bailey used it quite heavily on the Red Alert and Half-Life soundtracks, and I like those soundtracks very much. I also find it somehow funny that the Mirai Nikki ending "Blood Teller" used the "Overwhelm and Destroy 81-07" sample (together with the "Shocking 81-08" sample) from Methods of Mayhem, <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1208">20:08</a> Ha, I've heard that sample previously in a track by SFX (early Astral Projection) titled, well, We Are Controlling Transmission. Cool seeing it here.

[@Galaxy40k]

This video was so awesome! When I read the title, I assumed it was on how "regular" musicians sample video game music for their songs, but I didn't know that game composers also draw so much from samples. As soon as you played that "Leena Improv" sample, I immediately recognized the NLA Day theme, haha

[@bobfrankgom2402]

Ain't no way Malcolm X was in a fricking sonic game

[@JackalSlag]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1712">28:32</a> caught me off guard, i repost that meme all the time

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

It's one of my favorite videos, too; the temptation to throw it in was just too strong

[@waverazor]

I remember noticing the *funky drummer break* on so much media.. It's such an amazing sample. Powderpuff girls solidified my love for how simple and addictive it was... I just never wanted it to finish, 24/7 amen break!!!!!

[@jackpijjin4088]

Wasn't the sample in Powerpuff Girls actually the 'Funky Drummer' break?

[@waverazor]

@@jackpijjin4088 ah yes! You're right. Somehow people kept on saying it was amen break back then. I hear the funky drummer break

[@JoseBronxRican]

By the time Powerpuff Girls had it, hip-hop was sick to death of using it for at least a decade 😆

[@swap_cake]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1632">27:12</a> this sample could also be a reference to jet set radio future in the song "let mom sleep - no sleep remix" which uses it in the beginning.

[@koentje8415]

Extra fun fact! The track from Xenoblade X has ANOTHER sample that’s used in another Sonic game. The woaaaaaahh in the back ground (you can also hear in the video) is also used in Sonic 06’s Kingdom Valley.

[@ZincDrinker]

thanks for bringing some attention to the "she bad sister" part of the think break, people play it so fast its just known as the 'eh' sample sometimes, anyway it brings any jungle song to the top tiers when its used.

[@Sewblick]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="750">12:30</a> the forever sample. I know exactly where it’s from. It’s Terry Funk saying forever after what was supposed to be his final wrestling match in Japan. Type in Terry Funk Forever and you’ll find the clip

[@rotatingdisc-479]

I fell down a small rabbit hole with that one track from a Persona anime that used a sample from the Masterbits Rhapsody Vocals CD, which went memetic for how absurdly awkward and silly it sounded in practice. He's in the house like carpet, etc. etc. I got curious about it, but it seems like a lot of information about masterbits and their libraries seems to have sort of eroded. Their website is defunct and only accessible via the wayback machine, and they don't have a wikipedia page or anything like that it seems either. I feel like tou can't help but be a little saddened by that, especially when you realize just how prevalent their work was across so many great soundtracks. Also, MELTY BLOOD MENTIONED!!!!!

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

The funny thing is that finding out I'M IN THE HOUSE LIKE CARPET came from a sample CD was kinda what led to this video bein' made to begin with. It also meant finding any reliable info on Masterbits was a bit of a struggle, for the exact reasons you mentioned. Zero-G is at least still kinda easy to find relevant info on, but Masterbits may as well not even exist now.

[@lssjgaming1599]

That sample sure feel like velvet turtle

[@thegreatspaget]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="958">15:58</a> samples is also used at the beginning of palm tree panic bad future in sonic cds Japanese soundtrack

[@2-Way_Intersection]

the fact the verse to fly away is a sample blows my fuckin mind. its so powerful and raw i figured it had to be bespoke. makes me wonder how many other samples are out there that go way harder than they have any right to

[@amirbrown8470]

And the continue on Pizza Tower sound samples, this would be used in the noise update <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1008">16:48</a>

[@StaticSheetMusic]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="188">3:08</a> hey thanks for using one of my sheets, cool video

[@oliviertilanus]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="862">14:22</a> Think that sample is also used in Sonic Rush Adventure, either for Plant Kingdom or Machine Labyrinth

[@mateogonzalez5678]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1322">22:02</a> Holy shit that just unlocked a memory :0 That song for Mario Basketball was lying dormant in the back of my mind for years

[@haze5069]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1652">27:32</a> Not "almost." Pizza Tower did, in fact, sample the amen break multiple times. A few examples I can think of off the top of my head are Time for a Smackdown!, The Death that I Deservioli, Pepperman Strikes, Unexpectancy (2 and 3), and Bye Bye There!

[@bruh_machine]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="429">7:09</a> This sample was also used in Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift/Kaido Battle in the song titled the same as the sample.

[@ikagura]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="983">16:23</a> Glad you included PSO for this sample. Of course everyone knows about Woodfall from MM.

[@Smashvillain]

A fun one that got missed, the rap sample in CVS2's New York stage can also be found in "Goin' Down!" from Sonic Adventure.

[@JoseBronxRican]

"...Like Michael Jordan..."

[@djmhyde]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1252">20:52</a> "só you wanna be a master, pokémon do you have the skills to be, number one!"

[@justinejarvis6313]

Oh my frigging god!!!!! I knew I heard that from somewhere.

[@bucket9486]

Incredible video, man. Now to listen to each and every song listed in this!!!

[@Alain7896]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="932">15:32</a> I've been searching for this sample since I learned they both had the same sample. Thank you, my search has ended.

[@KingExtrra]

This blew my mind so many times. All the soundtracks I've loved over the years especially the fighting games, had no idea these were samples!

[@Whiteythereaper]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="111">1:51</a> took me the whole video to think "hang on, that's also Saffron City" lmao

[@burned7033]

One of my favorite videos of all time, i'm huge hip-hop fan and i love how producers are able to use samples to produce some of the greatest intrumentals i ever heard. It's so cool to see how sampling is used in vgm, i think my favorite example is SOR, especially the fourth one, one of the best osts of all time imo. Amazing work dude, i hope u make more videos about VGM in the future.

[@wellplayedkeiji]

What an insightful video! Now I realize why I love some of the most random themes from xenoblade x, spyro 2, sonic forces, splatoon and others. Wow

[@ConnorJaBronie]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="598">9:58</a> it's my understanding that Sega had an approved sample library and Malcolm X's speech was just kinda in there (on one of their sample CDs as indicated in the video), not so much that Hideki Naganuma went out of his way to sample him. iirc there's another game from Sega that samples a different part of that speech but I'm too lazy to look it up rn

[@TheRealFolkBlues]

Oh, I'm pretty sure Naganuma's sampling of the Malcolm X speech was more of a thing that just kinda happened rather than him knowingly choosing that speech to sample. It's just that he's used so many samples in his other works that it's not surprising he's sampled public activism speeches on more than one occasion.

[@M4R14NO94]

Not a Naganuma example but it reminds me of one of the songs on Sega Touring Car Championship ("Are U Wake Up?") sampling a MLK speech, though it's an interesting case since it's a licensed song rather than an in-house Sega composition (shoutouts to dat AVEX TRAX license). At the same time, that same speech also ended up getting sampled on one of the menu songs on WCW Backstage Assault, of all things, so I imagine it probably ended up on one of these sample CDs too and happened to get used by the respective composers. @@TheRealFolkBlues

[@sharpfalcon6196]

@@M4R14NO94 Are U Wake Up also samples, I think, James Hetfield shouting, "Are you fuckin' awake out there?", and Sega got away with it!

[@FedeVicente88]

I have to thank KZbin recommendations. I thought I was going to find another samples + games songs video, but no, it's a music and story library. I literally have a tab open to listen to the songs that this guy is referring every 30 seconds hahaha. This goes directly to favorites.

[@CerealSauce_Ch]

Always love ur videos! Ur one of those channels that I go into every group chat and drop a link of a new upload and say "wake up babes new blue video dropped"

[@realmczappa]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1237">20:37</a> as a hip hop producer myself, I’d like to point out that the drum section of the boss theme fa this game is a modified version of “hot pants” by bobby Byrd, one of James Brown’s colleagues

[@BrightBlueInk]

The sample at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="979">16:19</a> made me bolt up because I know that sample from ANOTHER video game! It was used by Motoi Sakuraba for the Baten Kaitos soundtrack, specifically in the song "Rumbling of the Earth." You can hear it around 34 seconds into the track , at least on the Spotify version. The song uses a LOT of "ethnic" sounding samples in it, I bet a lot of them are from the same disc. There's another song on the OST that uses a lot of samples too, called Chaotic Dance. Last I heard nobody knows what the samples are from, but I wouldn't be surprised now if it's just from another sample disc like the chanting in Rumbling from the Earth. Baten Kaitos has one of my favorite soundtracks of all time, and now I'm finding myself wondering how many of my favorite musical moments from it are actually samples? Another song I've always loved is that final night song from Majora's Mask, and I had NO IDEA it had a sample in it until now... Mind blowing!

[@hyliascampi9905]

That sample is also used in Majoras Masks Woodfall Temple theme!

[@lucylu3342]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="418">6:58</a> This guy has balls to casually place an H-game in his informative video lol Honestly I applaud it

[@MythicMachina]

I've always loved sound sampling, but I never knew that it was THIS deep. Probably the most mind blowing one for me is the Majora's Mask one. Also, "Here We Are" In Undertale also uses the same samples as "Amalgam". By the way, RelaxAlax made video about musicians using video games samples in their work. I'd highly recommend it as there's some crazy stuff in there. One of the songs he shows used Darkness of the Unknown from KH2 in it.

[@emo_panda]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="450">7:30</a> - Fun little tidbit, "Track 21 (Drama)" is also sampled in the verse for "Put Your Faith In Me" by Uzi-Lay from Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix.

[@justinejarvis6313]

Thank you, it might explain why some of these samples sound so familiar considering I was constantly playing these games as a kid

[@SchnozMeister]

Amazing vid dude! Never really knew about sampling until a few years ago after getting into breakcore and jungle, but it's crazy how much it's used literally everywhere. Naganuma sampling Malcolm X will always be the hardest shit ever, but man hearing the clean sample for that portion of Fly Away was pretty insane. I swear though, once you hear it, you can never unhear it. I just hear Amen Breaks and Think Breaks everywhere now o_o

[@ajrxc2]

Regarding your comment at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="925">15:25</a>, there actually IS another shared sample between the Xeno series and Sonic, and you may be surprised to know you talked about it not a minute earlier in the video, since the guitar sample used in "Legendary Heropon Riki" is also used in "Theme of Canyon Ridge", which is ALSO from Sonic Free Riders. Been 2 months so someone else well could've told you this by now but if that isn't the case, there ya go.

[@rjskillz92]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="91">1:31</a> "Bottom Text"

[@SamPearman]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="448">7:28</a> Oh man I recognise this one from Bust-A-Groove. It's the opening to Pinky's theme "I know". I apparently didn't play Capcom Fighting Evolution enough to notice.

[@aniaki-]

DAMM you're editing style is very clean, you did a good job!

[@Willedcub93442]

Man ! Super well researched video, I was super shocked to hear the sample at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="766">12:46</a>, because I remember it so clearly from Mirrai Nikki's 1st ending song, "Blood Teller". Hollyyy smokes.

[@JustAPaperface]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="744">12:24</a> HOLY SHIT I WONDERED WHAT THAT WAS FROM Need For Speed 2s song Sound Stage Strut uses that sample

[@Sewblick]

It’s the wrestler Terry Funk during his famous FOREVER promo after his final match in Japan

[@NiRo_90125]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1220">20:20</a> That is a Shakuhachi sample that was included on the E-Mu Systems Emulator II sampling keyboard. That particular sample was also used by Peter Gabriel on his song Sledgehammer and by Michael Cretu on the Enigma song Sadeness Part 1.

[@stephsteph4503]

Sledgehammer is such a banger.

[@VileplumeTea]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1250">20:50</a> "Heroes Come Back" intro drums from that Naruto OP 😁

[@josevazval]

I pop off every single time the “Amen Break” and “Think about It” samples appear in every song I listen to! To me it’s like the ultimate ear candy, it’s so good!

[@SuperSilver7591]

The absolute stunlock i felt when <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1180">19:40</a> WASNT Fly Away

[@SadBnnuy]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1295">21:35</a> that Devil May Cry sample hit me so hard. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1389">23:09</a> I love that you included Suisei

[@creathechiboi]

happy to see another video on this subject, much love to you and ToffeeBun

[@CodeMarbles]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="981">16:21</a>that same sample is also used in Majora's Mask for Woodfall Temple

[@Dizzymid]

Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1220">20:20</a>

[@RodrigoAugustoMatos]

I think both the Zero-G sample CD's and Peter Gabriel's sample comes from the EMU Emulator II. I've seen it on this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoHYf5Wef9ejqc0

[@MichaelBrew_Veiled]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1252">20:52</a> I feel like this drum sample was used in “Pokemon World”, the second English opening of the pokemon anime (Edit) Not sure which came first, they are the same though

[@gracep2910]

OMG THATS WHERE I KNOW IT FROM! WE ALL LIVE IN A POKEMON WORLD (PO-KE-MON)!

[@CyKer]

Dude, the art of sampling is so freaking cool! It was great to see how games both new and old used sampling for their soundtracks! Honestly reminded me of a time where I thought the vocalist in the song "Iwatodai Dorm" (from Persona 3) was Lotus Juice (one of the main vocalists). It was actually a rap sample from "Hallelujah" by Best Service, and it always confused me on why they did that haha! Thanks for the great video! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

[@loopseeker]

my favorite thing about sampling is how it connects so many different and unlikely worlds, and this video perfectly depicted that. one of the things that always mystified me when i was a kid was hearing a sound in a level on spyro, and then hearing the same sound in a missy elliot song. what a banger video.

[@DanJackson1977]

One of the first times i noticed "sampling" in a video game was for Golden Axe (1989, Arcade). Wasnt so much for the soundtrack as for sound fx. There are a couple of death screams lifted from Conan the Barbarian (which is fitting the theme), but a weirder one is the "villager being attacked by orcs" scream... which is taken from American Werewolf in London (1981).. its the scene where the woman who runs the porno theater box office is screaming for help about a "mad dog" in the theater.

[@JEANS__]

I appreciate your xenosaga ui during the Mitsuda segment. nice details.

[@graegrape]

Wow, this video is amazing!! The research and editing must've taken you forever. Super stylish + really like how you presented this. Can't believe you're this underrated!!

[@Gelatinocyte2]

The segment about the Break samples... The samples themselves are so familiar to me since I'm a Drum and Bass fan, and the Amen and Think breaks are so prevalent in certain styles of DnB such as Liquid DnB. I love it!