Tyrian Full Band Metal Cover (DOS/Windows Game)

[@PiotrMichniewski]

I love that you got Alexander Brandon on board to play with you guys

[@vikingguitar]

It was really a dream come true. I'd been playing Tyrian since I was about ten, and met Alex about ten years ago. He and I got to collaborate on a few projects, which insanely cool in its own right, but getting him to join up on the Tyrian medley here was something really special for me. :-)

[@TurboMMaster]

There's nothing as uplifting as creator and fans joining forces to honor a legacy.

[@Inventure751]

Talk about a once in a lifetime wish come true! Like when Jonathan Young got Jason Page to duet the Pokémon Theme together

[@TurboMMaster]

No idea why Tyrian covers are recently all the time in my recommendations, but for sure I'm glad that they are.

[@chriswinters3317]

Every year or so I scour youtube for remixes of my favourite game tunes from my childhood, in particular Tyrian and One Must Fall 2097. You made an ageing millenial's heart sing today. Absolutely amazing work! I'd die a happy man if you could spare the time to cover something from One Must Fall!

[@vikingguitar]

Believe it or not, I actually DO have a cover of OMF2097 on my channel. It's not a full-band rendition like this one, but it's metal-centric with some electronic elements. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ69lKJ3g6yfgc0 Thank you for the kind words! Sounds like you and I were both grabbing the same shareware titles back in the 90s. 🙂

[@chriswinters3317]

oh no way, I've heard this before haha! 11 years ago wow. Maybe time for a revisit? ;) the pc shareware of the 90s was truly a golden era of gaming @@vikingguitar

[@DanimalCannonOfficial]

Those guitars so clear and CRUSHING

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you, dude! I know you have a damn good ear and wouldn't say so if you didn't feel that way. Means a lot to me!

[@TheHungrySlug]

@@vikingguitar Bro, you all really made this something epic! Ya give any player of the game a case of the mad tingles, I tell you!

[@K4RN4GE911]

"I have a ship that's a carrot."

[@vikingguitar]

YES!

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

Was I the only one to pick the weaker ship because it looked much cooler?

[@iamstartower]

i know i should be headbanging to this but tears of nostalgia is the only thing i can get...

[@vikingguitar]

Hahaha, that works for me, too! I'm glad the song brought up some memories. 🙂

[@TheHungrySlug]

I am thrilled I tell you that I have found this! It's like a grown boy's best dream come true. It's nostalgia with an extra kick of SPICE.

[@TheHungrySlug]

Ok, I'm subscribing to you, this is GREAT.

[@vikingguitar]

I'm happy to hear! This soundtrack holds a TON of nostalgic connection for me as well. Thanks for the comments!

[@thewall5540]

OMG, I sometimes hate the youtube algoritm. I search for and listen to the Tyrian OST once year and i never got this recommended, I had to find it myself when it was time again to listen to the OST. This medley was awesome, i sat smiling through the whole video, I will have to download this song. GREAT work👌

[@vikingguitar]

KZbin fears the power of TYRIAN. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the diligence!

[@LIFEFORCEX]

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you!

[@doughaid3778]

Played this at work and a buddy said he imagined Sonic flying through on his red plane. Not exactly. I thought of Swat Katz. Either way. Been on repeat since release. Thank you guys as always for awesome music.

[@vikingguitar]

Thanks, Doug! FWIW if your buddy picked up on the flying vibe (even if he framed it in a Sonic setting) that's great! Thanks for spreading the good word, man. 🙂

[@theo-u8z]

Sweet old memories come from this metal of yours!

[@GameBoyGuru]

DUDES! This is so sick! How does this video have so few likes? Amazing interpretation of these songs.

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you for the kind comment! We had a lot of fun with this one. I'd LOVE for it to get more views, but I'm mainly happy that people are digging it when they stumble across it. 🙂

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

Relatively niche game. Not many can accept that a Raptor clone turned out better than Raptor ;)

[@PawnSacrific3]

1:54 is one of my favorite video game songs ever, you guys nailed it

[@vikingguitar]

Hell yeah! Honestly, that was the main one that made me want to do a medley. Alex wrote some really incredible music for this game.

[@PawnSacrific3]

@@vikingguitar I can totally see why, and the one right after is great as well. It's crazy to see just how well the songs translate to metal. Great game, awesome soundtrack and badass covers!

[@monsterrun]

My god the asteroid part! This song never fails to impress.

[@optimaximal]

Fucking Awesome.

[@optimaximal]

Asteroid Dance at 3:46 and ending with the End Level motif. 👨‍🍳💋

[@vikingguitar]

@@optimaximal Gotta finish strong! Thanks for the comments!

[@Duhemsounds]

This is very catchy and powerful, super job

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

I listen to this every day driving to and from work.. Road all constipated? No problem. I can only mourn for those commuters who aren't rocking out on their trip.. Poor bastards!

[@vikingguitar]

If I can help with a long commute, I'm happy! Thanks for the kind words. :-)

[@rissavoices]

My ears hath been blessed.

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you so much, Rissa! This is the other half of what I do around Horror Hill. 😛

[@heavymetalmixer91]

This was absolutely brutal /m/

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you!

[@Dazzlemancer_]

Hell ya dude. This is AMAZING. I never played Tyrian 2000 or any of the games Alexander Brandon composed games like Deus Ex(right?) until I was much older, but this stuff still feels like to me a childhood imprinted game. Amazing talent from Alex and killer rendition from you guys.

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you so much!

[@Avantar45]

This is truly fantastic! Childhood memories are resurfacing. Awesome composition. This really made my day!

[@vikingguitar]

We really appreciate the kind words! I remember playing this as a kid, too. Amazing game!

[@RoPanuganti]

I'm coming in with little Tyrian knowledge and so much metal love, y'all put on something wicked here!

[@vikingguitar]

Thanks, man! Tyrian is definitely old-school by this point, but is a damn good shooter. You can grab it for free over at GOG if you have the inclination (and free time. 😛)

[@riorevaldo6021]

Where is the "Rock Garden"? Omg i love this medley cover but please do the Rock Garden

[@vikingguitar]

Glad you liked it, bud! We're likely not doing more from Tyrian, but there were a lot of tunes we considered for the medley before landing on this arrangement. Rock Garden is great!

[@jean-philippeabraham1395]

And then I'm figuring out that The Tyrian OST, my first musical love after Vivaldi, could have led me to Melodic Death Metal. Dudes, I'm working as much as I can to port instrument parameters to VST plugin to get the sound of original OST available in virtual instrument (for Juce OPL or close one VST) After that achieved, the next dream will be to redev it to get four player. hm. . . somework to do but so much love with those songs and sounds !

[@Mustin]

so rock much metal thank you

[@vikingguitar]

Happy to do so, man. 🙂

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

Absolutely amazing! From intro to the data-acquired! Thank you for this journey!

[@vikingguitar]

Really glad you dug it! So much great music from that game.

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

Will there be more? I know you got all the greatest covered (excluding Sarah's Song), but I must admit I miss each level getting to fully shine. Also any place to purchase a digital copy or so?

[@vikingguitar]

@@EnjoyCocaColaLight Download link is in the description, but here it is for convenience: vikingguitar.bandcamp.com/track/siren-song-tyrian-medley-ft-alexander-brandon As far as other songs go, it's probably unlikely. I went through and picked the songs that I thought would flow well together, which is what we did here. But yeah, the rest of the soundtrack is just as amazing.

[@yang5811]

Let's go!!!! Send me a link to vote for the 'Song of the Year 2024' and this will be my vote 💯

[@vikingguitar]

Unfortunately you're a year late! But I really appreciate the kind words. 🙂

[@FrostGiantStudios]

🤘🤘

[@justinfloyd1471]

Amazing

[@mahnplaysmusic]

My gut has been punched and my balls have been kicked. Awesome job all \m/

[@vikingguitar]

We're happy to beat the shit out of you.

[@gnome6969]

Would you ever do a The Black Mages cover? Something like Those Who Fight Further? They were a Japanese rock band that did arrangements of Final Fantasy soundtracks.

[@vikingguitar]

Possibly! There are a ton of great covers of FF music out there, so it hasn’t been super high on our list. I saw The Black Mages back at MAGFest 2014 and they were great!

[@Gunderslam]

Killer!!! Sounds sooo gooood!!!

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you, dude!

[@dhgodzilla1]

Nice

[@stasis191]

Sickkie!~

[@baronpaulcsts]

This is insanely good!!!

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you! We're glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@DanimalCannonOfficial]

5:37 is Nicole Westbrook - Thanksgiving

[@vikingguitar]

How the fuck did you make this connection. 😛

[@DanimalCannonOfficial]

that song is seared into my brain for eternity

[@vyrkmod]

U guys got MOAR?

[@vikingguitar]

This is the only song we've done with Alex, but the rest of us have a ton of stuff up on KZbin and Bandcamp. 🙂

[@domi1154]

Really Great !!!!! 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋🤘🤘🤘🤘✌✌✌

[@vikingguitar]

I really appreciate that! Thanks for the comment. 🙂

[@TheronasaurusRx]

Great video! An inspiration to me

[@vikingguitar]

Thank you, man! I'm glad you dug it. :-)

[@TheronasaurusRx]

@@vikingguitar did you do the video editing? What editing software did you use?

[@vikingguitar]

@@TheronasaurusRx I did do the video editing on this one. I use DaVinci Resolve.

[@tamashko88]

Oh, yeah beautiful ❤️ make a cover on i want it that way BSB please

[@AChannelINeed]

5:37 you are welcome

[@vikingguitar]

Straight to the money shot!

[@Inventure751]

Someone get Ross Scott to see this!

[@DosCaracteres]

Beautiful 🥲 I made a few vst covers years ago, but I'm not a good musician. Hope to hear more of this, there's plenty of music from this game to cover.

[@vikingguitar]

I somehow missed this comment until now. Dude, I actually saw your Asteroid Dance remix when I was prepping this medley here. I wanted to make sure I wasn't inadvertently copying what another cover did. I really dug your version!

[@DosCaracteres]

@@vikingguitar thanks man, I appreciate it. I'm looking forward to hearing more covers like this!

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

Vst?

[@DosCaracteres]

@@EnjoyCocaColaLight yes, vst

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

@@DosCaracteres What is VST?