Turok 2 - The Port Of Adia

Music from the N64 Cartridge for Turok 2: The Seeds Of Evil.

[@R.DeMora]

Acclaim: "It's just the first level music, don't go too overboard" Darren Mitchell: *proceeds to create orchestral masterpiece*

[@junkhead1109]

😂 😂

[@jondickens7068]

Darren Mitchell: "what's this overboard you keep talking about"?

[@Vampshroom420]

its such a banger

[@tokyobassist]

"UGH UGH UGH WHEW UGH WHEW" Serious ladder action.

[@red.362]

LOL

[@pvtj0cker]

Nigga was packing some HEAT.

[@jstn9914]

I heard this.

[@Danny328DT]

UGH UGH UGH *pew pew* AAAAH ERRUUUUGH!

[@HotBoxTrucking]

thank you turok!!!!!

[@ProphetOfWhoa]

The 1 dislike is the Primagen.

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

lol fuck that freak

[@DeafeningCha]

No more dislikes, he has been defeated.

[@eliezerortizlevante1122]

Still clocking 17 dislikes today.

[@clavius23]

How can be posible

[@kokopok100]

dude 😂😂😂

[@andrejuarez]

"Child rescued" "Thank you Turok!"

[@genericnamehere7602]

I AM TUROK!

[@DjClayface]

Turok, Help

[@comfort.pillow]

there it is

[@HappyScaryMoxley]

*Random seagull noises*

[@manny2themaxxx333]

Dinosoid death screech

[@Scrappy_ill_fold_ya_Doo]

I miss this game. I miss the old days. I miss Nintendo 64. I miss my childhood.

[@MASA-ARRI]

Tell me about it ... 45 now I'm glad I got to experience this game when it first dropped ... But yes time is definitely flying

[@beardedretroguy6428]

@@MASA-ARRI Shit, I still have Turok 1 and 2 for my N64 and they still work. But here's the kicker - I found out they released these games for PC using the GLIDE API for 3dfx cards, so since I have old gaming PCs running Windows 95 and 98, I play these WITH KEYBOARD AND MOUSE! WAY better control scheme for this game and the soundtrack is still amazing.

[@alexkist8607]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. The 90s were a great time to be growing up.

[@BratislavMetulski]

​​@@beardedretroguy6428heres the kicker. Turok 1,2,3 got a complete remaster for modern pc and console

[@antoniorosa285]

Me too

[@Dualpersonalities617]

*Activate 3 distress beacons* *Rescue the 4 children* *Locate the energy totem and defend it at all costs!*

[@eliaspergantis]

The music in this game is phenomenal, it made the game seem much more epic and next-generation back in 1998. As a kid, I usually sat in an area with no enemies just to hear the music, even for studying for school. I can still hear the seaguls in this track.

[@LITTLE1994]

This game altogether was awesome for its time. To this day, I think it was the most complexly made FPS in N64.

[@eliaspergantis]

@@LITTLE1994 Actually Perfect Dark was more detailed in missions and scope, but yes the levels in Turok 2 were epic, huge and complicated. Lair of the Blind Ones especially.

[@CrizzyEyes]

To me, the thing that made this game feel so next-gen was the gore and animations. I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw this game as a kid. The monsters all have different death animations depending on where and how you kill them. The death animations in this game put many modern games to shame.

[@BL-mf3jp]

@@LITTLE1994 Doom 64 was excellent too

[@cainasmo9]

Exactly my favorite animations were of the weapon damage especially the cerebral bore!

[@casperondat983]

“Thank you Turok” 😂😂😂

[@samconduct1356]

Amazing track. I loved how the N64 game was on a black cartridge. Heck the box was even textured to feel like dinosaur skin.

[@lindbos2368]

I still have it including the textured box

[@mateokovac2642]

Great times

[@Vaporewave]

wait. mine is grey? And turok rage wars is black for me. is 2 supposed to be Black too?

[@atomiswave1971]

​@@Vaporewaveblack copy had an error, it was fixed but they didn't have any black shells so used grey on 2nd run.

[@Vaporewave]

@@atomiswave1971 yes, but what about turok 2? I had that for a long time and its gray. Ik rage wars had a gray one that was later released.

[@george2p]

Wait, YOU made this music!? Dude, the soundtrack of this game is the thing that stuck with me the most out of the entire game since I first played it when I was a kid!! I could never forget the haunting yet beautiful tone of this melody. You have no idea the impact "The port of Adia" did on me. Thank you, man!

[@Arokh1]

с чего ты взял что автор этого канала написал эту музыку?

[@GabrielofAdonai]

@@Arokh1 Darren Mitchell is the composer for Turok.

[@Rodelero]

​@@Arokh1автор Даррен Митчелл действительно создал эту превосходную музыку. Бог с тобой

[@hermanherman5834]

Unforgettable first level. I used to get so lost.

[@LordMalice6d9]

Usually, the first level of any video game is not that epic. But Turok 2's is! And the music is a big reason for it.

[@jstn9914]

Yes! Once you reach the palace area, the level becomes quite the maze. I remember struggling as well.

[@gospelfade3944]

MAYBE cuz in almost all levels the character starts in a happy chill area ,this is not the case, also Turok 3 have that taste@@LordMalice6d9

[@joelbenitez1790]

Turok 2 was actually one of the most difficult games of the N64, some leves like the Lair of the Blind Ones were actually completely enormous dark mazes xd

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

@@joelbenitez1790 Can't go back to the original N64 version, it always ran like cr*p. Even the original PC port wasn't that good to begin with. The 2017 Nightdive remaster plays well but it also negates all and every difficulty the game originally had.

[@Hastrica]

The drive of this piece and the sense of urgency it creates is incredible. Keeps you on edge constantly. There's no time limit to find the kids or the totem, but it damn well feels like there was, and combined with all the fires and ruins and enemies it really hammers home the feeling that you really need to get a move on if you want to accomplish your mission.

[@MacMac1313]

The sense of urgency !! That's exactly the type of energy this theme gives off. You can play this through a busy day while in the city, running errands and it fits perfectly. This is why I look into some of these old, gaming soundtracks just like movie scores. It's a drastic change and feel compared to listening to just musical artists that are signed to a label. I don't listen to music the way I would as a teen, I hear it according to my troubles, struggle and emotions that I may be going through. Regards from Los Angeles 🤝

[@MP-nq5nk]

Excellent comment i spoke alot about my thoughts on this game but i never put my finger on the sense of urgency insane.

[@MSDTADarthRevan]

And the battle sounds of the background, of the soldiers firing wepons, screams of death of soldiers and horses.

[@bud389]

The ambient noises like the seagulls, distant gunfire and cries of despair really add to the sense of location and given circumstances. Goldeneye was great, but Turok 2 was next level in terms of controls, atmosphere, and AI.

[@DanMehmet-yy1ly]

@@MacMac1313 100 percent. one of the reasons modern games are piles of shit. no emotion ,no atmosphere. plastic garbage. glad to be born in the golden era

[@DjCanadaMan]

Man this is my childhood, remembering explosions and swimming in the beginning for an extra life

[@Krisztian5HUN]

I AM TUROK!!!

[@red.362]

@@Krisztian5HUN I was going to say that!!!

[@dondelion8415]

They pulled it off on limited hardware. So impressive

[@Bombastic0013]

Almost limited as it was impressive at this time.

[@pvtj0cker]

Don't forget that Nintendo had a much more powerful hardware than it's main competitor. The only big limitation was the size of those cartridges.

[@SestoMazzanti]

@@pvtj0cker precisely. The competitor can use CD Audio recorded from an orchestra for examople. This is played by the Nintendo 64 itself

[@jhkuno88]

Most Psx and N64 use samples to create music like this or Resident Evil for example, the difference is that the N64 has to process the music on its CPU or CoProcessor RPC whilst the Psx had a dedicated sound chip, thats why N64 games had to prioritize between better peformance or better sound resulting in Sound losing the battle most of the time.

[@FurryMcMemes]

​@@pvtj0ckerthis, the N64 was a powerhouse but the cartridges limited storage space for games. If they had used discs then N64 would have had way more third party support and would have been tough to topple.

[@MidnightSon]

Playing the remake for the first time in 25ish years, it’s an incredible game, way better than majority of modern shooters, this game was wayyyyyyyy ahead of its time

[@pvtj0cker]

Yes, the N64 was the gift that kept on giving. Goldeneye, Turok 2, Perfect Dark.

[@xavierrenegade]

Banjo Kazooie + Tooie, Paper Mario, Mario 64, Zelda: Ocarina + Majora's, Smash Bros...so many great games and lovely childhood memories @@pvtj0cker

[@FurryMcMemes]

​@@pvtj0ckerdespite its limitations the N64 gave us shooters that changed the genre. Even with the Dualshock the PSOne really didn't get any FPS games save for a few, most notably Medal of Honor. Funny how the console with more limits got more FPS games that were so well refined.

[@goukimaster353]

GOSH you are the compositor of THIS MASTERPIECE OF MY CHILDHOOD (from FRANCE) THANKS !

[@ireaperslegend7426]

My favorite theme from the game. Such an impression this game left on me when I was literally 4 years old. This theme is what made me fall in love with music. I’m 23 now and still listen to this soundtrack every few months. The soundtrack makes this game and I can’t thank you enough.

[@QuantumSplitter]

Yes I played it when I was literally 1 and now I'm 26, it also made a great impression on me

[@LITTLE1994]

27 here, and it's nostalgia.

[@GuillaumeLeValiant]

I'm 28 and i've been listening to this almost everyday for 20 years since i discovered this game lol i know your feeling man!

[@lemonismq4642]

@@QuantumSplitter wdym? the game is 23 years old and the age gap in your comment is 25

[@QuantumSplitter]

@@lemonismq4642 I'm highlighting the original comment is retarded. Who the fuck is playing a game where you can fire a gun that drills into someone's head and explodes or even remembering a theme from a game when they were 4, guy is talking shit.

[@8menincostume]

The series lives on through nightdive. Thank you for your work as this game's composer.

[@MarioLuigi2013]

What's nightdive? Ill have to check that out!

[@MarioLuigi2013]

Ohh it's a studio!

[@8menincostume]

@@MarioLuigi2013 some of the original turok team, when iguana entertainment was dissolved, made retro studios to make metroid prime for nintendo

[@MarioLuigi2013]

@@8menincostume oh wow that's very interesting! Thanks for telling.

[@chad1097]

@@MarioLuigi2013 Nightdive is a studio that did remasters of Turok and Turok 2 among other older games.

[@imhappyandyou.4003]

Beware Oblivion Is At Hand!. If you know you know.

[@megamaniscoolrightguys2749]

This song is phenomenal!

[@VirgoMoonSoul]

Alien Gun wielding dinosaurs , I miss this game era

[@raptorrodger]

I never forget my dad getting me an n64 and getting this game lol it was so scary and badass. The soundtrack is what help me get through it

[@doctormasterdevil]

me too, i got this for xmas 1998 wow it was one of the greatest experiences still remember like it was yesterday the moment i heard this song came on and the first dinosaurdroid came at me my adrenaline started pumping!

[@pvtj0cker]

The chills when you see the white lines on the ceiling, in the Lair of the blind ones and it dawns on you that it's giant spider time.

[@brandonmoreno_94]

Same here, gave Me nightmares but still love this game. Love the late 90s

[@clavius23]

Same story for me heje😊

[@magneticsuccubus6885]

PERFECT, like Perfect Dark.

[@aeoncalcos7605]

Dude you did this soundtrack? Absolutely amazing, it´s 2020 and I´m still loving the Turok 2 Soundtrack. If they ever doing a new one and I really hope that. I pray that you will be the composer again. Thanks for this masterpieces!

[@Hamurator]

One of my all time video game classics. Can't say how many hours I've listened to "Port of Adia" in my life.

[@XxchrisxcrossxXx]

Man this soundtrack was really ahead of its time!!!

[@BLACKMASKSOUL491]

Word

[@platinum10000]

how so?

[@MetalReaper7]

​@@platinum10000What do you mean how so? This game came out in 1998, and quite frankly pushed the limits of the N64. The fact that this soundtracks is so memorable till this day should answer your question..

[@platinum10000]

@@MetalReaper7 Being memorable and being ahead of it's time is not the same. I just wonder how can this be ahead of it's time, what does it even mean for you, often I read that about music and never really known why people say that (probably for the reason the person simply likes the song). It's not something completely different and never heard of like.. I don't know, King Crimson or Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa it's not the beginning of a new era/kind of music etc. Those guys were beyond music of that time. So the question remains : Why is this ahead of music in 1998. I'm not trying to be an asshole, I'm just curious about your opinion and how you see that beyond music of the time. This track is great and all, for me it's good music from from a video game that sounds like other games of the time nothing was reinvented there, just a great track!

[@ZA-7]

​@@MetalReaper7old is gold pal, that "ahead of it's time" only applies to graphics this is top hard work, creativity and love.

[@Jarangel87]

The music, the gunfire at the distance, the children crying for help, it was more than two decades ago and yet I can say this was one of the first games ever that managed to make me feel immersed into it, no other music could have done it .

[@theax40]

This is beyond epic

[@fonsie3029]

Goosebumps!

[@TheWalterHWhite]

Turok HELP!

[@darrenengler6888]

thank you turok(;

[@raptorrodger]

Warp portal activated!

[@sephir91]

"Tek bow, sniper capability enabled"

[@notvaliid1360]

child rescued

[@DHCNetwork06]

Distress Beacon..... Activated!

[@dr.acoustic1463]

YOU MADE THIS?! YOU’RE THE REASON I FELL IN LOVE WITH IMMERSION! I wish I could hug you… I would cry at the opportunity… thank you for doing your thing, you’re one of my inspirations

[@StereoMonolith1]

Legendary game and song

[@jjopilis6634]

This song has stuck with me so long, it is literally the best song for a level in any game, it just gives so much atmosphere and hype, like it's just so intense and catchy, it's perfect, all the music for this game is god tier, better than any game I've ever played hands down and that's not even a joke. I used to listen to this song and the lair of oblivion on repeat all throughout middle and high school while in class working, and I played the game since before I was in elementary school, I was very young playing this game, and it's been such a huge part of my childhood. I'm 20 now.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Turok 1 is still fun to play and Turok 3 is underrated but man Turok 2 was so ambitious I would love to see it remade The remasters of the 3 games are great but imagine turok 2 remade with modern graphics and hearing this music uncompressed

[@mike287slashm7]

Whatever ID studios did with Doom...They need to do that with Turok.

[@origaminefretami3480]

​@@mike287slashm7preach

[@diegoyotta]

Masterpiece

[@bluejokelpie1044]

I just bought the re-realse of this game yesterday. When I heard this track again a tear rolled down my cheek. :')

[@donniewills9030]

There's a re-release?!

[@jamesandersen3117]

@@donniewills9030 Ya it's on steam. Same with Turok 1.

[@parsleyisthicc]

Doesn't sound the same without those raptoids going "EHHHH EHHHH" while scratching you

[@Metal-Gear-Moogle]

All these years later and this track has stuck with me. Really helped convey the feeling like the city was in desperate need of help and turok was the only one who could help them

[@wafflesjunior]

Still slaps to this day.

[@stationpro6478]

The best scifi shooter of all time, a true masterpiece.

[@colbygreen9996]

This and perfect dark menu music. The 2 greatest tunes of all time on any video game absolute geniuses who made them. 25 years later and still no other game tune has come close

[@CaseyMongillo]

Listening to this now on repeat on my Switch. This track and others from the game have stuck with me for 20 years. Can't get enough of that energy it gives off.

[@Retrofun69]

Wow man you really made some of the BEST music in the N64 and probably all games. Such awesome theme.

[@garrettrains3916]

We need Turok 2 to get a full Doom 2016 makeover with an orchestral score! It would be absolutely incredible!!

[@KBXband]

Man this really sets the mood for the entire game. I was already wanting to be a musician and this inspired me to experiment with song structures!

[@Nakkokakum.europeenjiggalo]

This will go down as the best game soundtrack in human history. The first stage level is legendary.

[@Tpike777]

This track is final stage material and the devs were just like "yah fuck it, throw it in the first level." Thats how good the soundtrack to this game is.

[@darandomone1365]

This music lets you know whatever you gotta do, it's gonna be epic

[@mitanoo9090]

One of the best themes out there, Classic

[@CptEnoch]

Still one of those game tracks I remember from playing it on its release!

[@dturokholmes]

Donkey KONG

[@2adre]

Forever a klassick and a game that terrified me when I was young lol here for the re visit you just had to be there 😅😊!

[@IDKWID1]

The whole soundtrack is great, but Port of Adia knocks it out of the park and into next week. Phenomenal, bravo.

[@aussieducksfan]

This game had atmosphere in spades! And it’ largely because of it’s fantastic musical score. No other opening level does it as well as Port of Adia. Not GoldenEye, not Perfect Dark, nothing! Thanks for your work Darren, you helped make my childhood!

[@CyrusMcWin-bd3sl]

*shotgun strafing bursts* Gets hit *"AGHH! OHH!!"*

[@PouresMaggie]

I remember watching my big brother play this game, this theme is the one that stuck with me, along with the awesome weapons this game had.

[@angelquesito8364]

Thanks for this masterpiece my friend. Loved the soundtrack

[@Shreccz]

Iconic. That's it.

[@Shreccz]

This song is still so good. I come back every now and then and jam out

[@bangthehankers1985]

This music is like something you'd hear in a film epic. Amazing work.

[@misankroptic]

"your mission objectives are as follows"

[@pvtj0cker]

A few seconds after the first level started you knew this game would be special because of the music.

[@sebastiangutierrez8438]

Dislikes are reptiles

[@red.362]

Two games stick out for me in the 90s, Goldeneye 64 and Turok 2 Seeds of Evil. While most people I know at the time were raving how great Goldeneye 64 was I was sat at home playing Turok 2, wiping out the dinosoid army while listening to a KILLER soundtrack! I much preferred being a warrior with a shotgun and a Tekbow watching them dinosoids explode , than some dude prancing about in a suit.

[@AS42100]

As a proud owner of both games, they are both amazing! The Nintendo 64 really has some of the best games ever.

[@twicgaming4560]

Your the guy that did this music? I Bloody well love you.

[@kaiderhai86]

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug 🤩 This is as amazing as it was 25 years ago

[@justthatmichael2176]

The first time I heard this I had no words it was that good.

[@Metalpazallteway]

The Best song in the game plus the Primagens Lightship. I would die to see this live!!!

[@AS42100]

This music is so epic!!!! I just started playing this game, and I’m so hooked!!! It’s so fun!!! 🦖🔥

[@zephyro5089]

It’s you? You’r a legend

[@billy20069]

Distress beacon activated.

[@nothingforgrantedPS23]

Warp portal..activated.

[@red.362]

@@nothingforgrantedPS23 Child rescued.

[@NicoWeber2024]

this music is so fucking epic, and the game way ahead of its time

[@josecarlosramalho1772]

Lembro uma vez que quando acordei de manhã cedo e vi esse jogo que meu irmão alugou de uma locadora de games e me apaixonei por esse jogo e porém tenho até o cartucho pra Nintendo 64, Turok 2: Seeds Of Evil 💓💓

[@orbay9116]

Great memories..

[@JohnnyQuanSW]

Only randomly found out you had a channel. Just want to join the choir of thank yous for being such a big part of my childhood. These tracks have stuck with me into adulthood and still creatively inspire me today!

[@thomasdasilva1464]

something about the orchestrations of these songs really sell the environment. there's a dampness to the instruments in this one that evokes the port, and it feels like a real human operation, saving civilians. later when it's alien levels it's all choirs and intense orchestral pomp

[@Electro096]

when i think of turok 2 this iconic track always stick in my mind

A classic!

[@nicolai3899]

Probably the best game of all time!!

[@x1Catcher]

This song is amazing!!!!! This game need a remaaaaaake!!

[@sirfrightmare4506]

I think the remaster is enough.

[@onewithsource9742]

Christmas 1998. Aaaah good times.

[@Charlie_Xmas]

I found a MIDI version of this song and it's my fav song to play with my bard inside of FF14, and sometimes I have player stop by "YO is that Turok!? :D " and it always fills me with joy to meet someone else who grew up playing this

[@AWISECROW]

Rest in Peace Iguana/Acclaim Austin. I love this track, music, and game.

[@Calypso694]

Better music than Halo. This is a hill I will die on.

[@Hamurator]

Halo has a nice main theme, the rest is... okay-ish.

[@samtemdo8]

Kinda of a weird comparison if you ask me. Like where does other games fit in by that logic? Like Doom?

[@manlykitten123]

lol

[@WatchmyPlaylist.]

@@samtemdo8 doom 64 was no music, but there were ambiance of scary noises

[@Harib_Al-Saq]

The soundtrack to my youth.

[@Oztington007]

This music is what epic is made of.

[@christophergarcia1027]

I can't help to think that three 6 mafia song "side 2 side" borrowed from this... does anyone else hear some similarity. Love this and that song

[@lubomirtasev6310]

Someone commented this in the "Side 2 Side" video and I had to check -it really sounds alike. Most of the 3 6 music is sampled btw.

[@abelmantor7557]

My favorite track.

[@psychovenom9282]

Oblivionisathand help me finish this game.

[@avianukiplayinggames6174]

As a kid i could not play the game without it

[@bryantubac234]

I AM TUROK!!!!!

[@dumiclumic4423]

True.

[@ronaldtapiaruiz8474]

Uno de las mejores bandas sonoras de los videojuegos me encanta así como la del título de menú

[@MAUKLON]

I am nearly 40 and i still have my n64 and this classic game

[@coffeegodking6579]

*gets life* “I am Turok!”

[@bebtrap]

LEGEND🔥🔥💪

[@randallvanzyderveld-nw5gd]

Still the best sound track to any game to date. The last 1:40 complete master piece❤

[@Quadr44t]

What is it with the late 90s and game music. Unreal tournament 99, Starcraft, Perfect Dark, Jet force Gemini (Well I guess everything from Rare from the N64), This. I guess there is an element of nostalgia to it. Got the 64 as a 7yo I think. Played it like crazy as a kid. Anyway, those are all great sources of inspiration for my own production (AAaah Plagiarism)! Well, I think actually that it is really good and fun to have people recycle ideas, as long as they make it their own. If that makes sense? (Maybe I'm just looking for excuses 🤣). I wonder if Mr Mitchell came up with this from scratch of if it too was created through morphing other ideas into his own. I have been told it is quite common for artists, to do. Personally I wouldn't know where to begin when writing something from scratch, without borrowing other ideas that are broadly the sound I am looking for. It can be just a simple 1 bar riff, and from that something can grow, but without it I dunno. Maybe it's just a matter of practice... By the way N64 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PC version (but maybe because I heard N64 first, so the other one would always sound wrong. Especially that it is in a different key throws me off so much 🤣)

[@kcidd12]

yeeees unreal tournament 👌 most games back then weren’t trying to be movies so there’s a lot more risk and newness

[@djcat64]

Holy hell, you nailed all the shooters with incredible music there! Things like Forgone Destruction from Unreal Tournament and Robin Beanland's incredible work on Jet Force Gemini from the military base at Ichor to the moody Water Ruin... Amazing era for games music!

[@1990rable]

this is sooooooo good damn

[@coffeegodking6579]

“Distress beacon activated”

[@jimjim6095]

"thank you turok!"

[@Gohbbugohkyubbu0036]

Omg after 20 years i found it, I AM TUROK!!!

[@RobRJW]

I hear this theme in my sleep because I've played this shit so much when I was a kid.

[@josealejo4638]

I just want to hear the tek bow sound

[@Daniel328DT]

Tek bow, sniper capabilities enabled.