"Venice violins" from TOMB RAIDER 2 (1997) - Remake by Dean Kopri

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Blast from the past!!! :D Since I've been working on a Tomb Raider 2 remake soundtrack, I haven't uploaded any TR track in a while... So here's a remake of a Tomb Raider 2 (1997) track called "Venice violins". Every old-school TR fan will recognize it! :D This one is for them ;) Hope you'll enjoy it!
You can find the audio version at my SoundCloud profile / tomb-raider-inspired
Original Tomb raider 2 track by Nathan McCree, game developed by Core Design.
This is a fan work cover covered by creative commons inspired by Tomb Raider franchise.
Original music and Tomb Raider are registered trademarks of Square Enix Europe (c) and Crystal Dynamics, and no copyright infringement is intended.
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[@ShakiraCroft]

Masterpiece! I have to listen to Venice Violins once a day to keep me alive and you're version just give it a fresh breath ♥ Haha amazing job :)

[@DeanKopri]

Haha :D glad you like it! :D

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

Lololol 😂

[@2l84me8]

Playing this song in Lara’s home while fighting off Bartolli’s men was such a power move.

[@hanason3082]

Ahh the memories of turning on the record player in the ballroom and flipping everywhere to the music and locking the butler in the freezer 😌

[@DeanKopri]

Good memories indeed!

[@joachimlindemann415]

A Dream 💙👏

[@Lady_Elfie]

Right in the childhood *-*

[@DeanKopri]

❤️

[@scopex2749]

AAAARGH this induces panic as I only have 30 seconds to get the speed boat through the gates past the mines!!! SUPERB.............probably THE BEST piece of TR soundtrack ever!

[@DeanKopri]

Definitely an iconic theme!!!

[@Dragonblaster1]

If you leave the boat outside the boat house when you activate the gate, and swim under the door to get back into the boat, the timer never starts. You can take your sweet time about it. I did that to practice the speed run without mistakes when I played TR2 again recently, after years of neglect.

[@Hohmann2000]

Проход разминируется другой лодкой, их там две , бро !😁

[@osamanamur633]

What a beautiful memory from the 90s

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you 😀 Glad you like it

[@CanaltioMetal]

I Will remember my 16 old year decade 90.😌

[@tajnejmenotajneprijmeni4307]

Incredibly powerful piece. One of those rare instances when remake outperforms the original. Absolutely stunning!

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you so much! I really love the original and I wanted to do it justice!

[@GabrielOnuris]

Didn't know it was possible to feel shivers for 2 minutes and 38 seconds straight.

[@DeanKopri]

Glad you like it, thank you!

[@xenomorphapex7702]

Huge fan off the ps1 era of lara , just recent played the rise of tomb raider and found this music in the croft mansion , never switched so fast to TR2👌

[@DeanKopri]

Tr 2 is ❤️

[@TheyCallMePhilip]

Absolutely incredible! The progress at 2:13 is just such a nice touch!

[@DeanKopri]

Glad you like it, thank you!

[@scopex2749]

OMG i have actually FOUND this awesome piece of music at last! I had to keep playing the VENICE level again again just to hear this SUPERB!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🤟🏻

[@linro7751]

I miss my holidays in venezia

[@matilara4040]

Right in my memories! I still love classic Tomb Raiders and TR II was one of my favorite. Love this music ❤️

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you very much :)

[@Hohmann2000]

My too !👍

[@alexxxxkid]

this is amazing. brings back so many good memories from 20 years ago

[@DeanKopri]

And those are great memories. Thank you

[@CanaltioMetal]

Sweet memory from my infance!!

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

every note is EXACTLY how I remember them! the classical harpsichord, strings, the exhilaration of trying to beat the clock! yeah , it's a pretty neat revision!

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you 😀

[@Fulldrag7802]

Fantastic, loved this game as a kid. Soundtrack for it is one of the best in gaming history for sure.

[@DeanKopri]

For sure :D

[@3lmss]

And just like that, all of my childhood stress from this level came back. 😂

[@DeanKopri]

Hahaha yeah, I know the feeling xD

[@kratochvil11]

Stuck in a boat? :D :D

[@ApacheNL1]

Very nice, makes it fuller and more powerful

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you 😀 it was not easy to mix it though

[@nikos223a]

Aaa those memories.......was so unique !!

[@DeanKopri]

definitely! :D

[@ronnieleebriggs]

The memories!! Tomb Raider 2 is my number one! l love this, you did such a great job.

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you so much! :D

[@KopKid88]

WOW...... brings back so many memories when i was kid playing this game , very well done !!!

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you, much appreciated :D

[@italianstlln]

Chills. God i love this game. Thanks for the nostalgia!

[@DeanKopri]

My pleasure :)

[@Crocodile_1997]

I totally remember this them while playing this.

[@DeanKopri]

Yup, nice memories

[@sibionic]

Love Lara's expression here - warning us to focus!

[@Beforezzz]

2:14 All this makes me think about is the *sheer terror* I experienced as a child, encountering that Trex in the first game. Nice!

[@DeanKopri]

Hahah I know the feeling very well 😅 thank you

[@sabrina2368]

not only in tr 1 in tr 2 was 2 t-rex`s too on the first level the wall when you found the last dragon statue

[@MatheusDemeteri]

This is perfection in the form of music!

[@addernewer7035]

Perfection

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you 😊

[@jacobmaraj9981]

SO I THINK THAT NICOBASS IS WOKING ON LEVELS IN VENICE ;D !!! YASSS !! THIS IS DOPE DEAN !!

[@DeanKopri]

I can't say that Nico is or isn't working on the Venice levels right now ;) I did this one in advance same as I did with a DoX main theme (and then I wend to edit the whole track again to fit the main menu better). It's just a remake of one of the most iconic TR tracks. When the time comes, I'll edit it again for the DoX :)

[@SamuelMcCunemusic]

awesome! i love it thank you very much.

[@DeanKopri]

Glad you like it, thank you :)

[@FoXMaSteR001]

Hello, can I use it for my Self-Aware Lara videos ? I need a remix because the main theme is now copyrighted, I'll credit of course 🧸

[@DeanKopri]

Hey, send me an email to [e-mail] so I will give you the download link :)

[@FoXMaSteR001]

Thank you a lot dude 🙏@@DeanKopri

[@utamaga25]

This absolutely amazing!!!

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you :D

[@nathangerville]

Incroyable !

[@DeanKopri]

Thanks, Nathan ;)

[@LCroftTR]

We need tomb raider 2 remake

[@DeanKopri]

Yup, definitely

[@romanwood333]

yes.

[@Mat_Croft]

Wow !

[@DeanKopri]

Glad you like it :)

[@kustenwachter2323]

amazing

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you :D

[@michaeljablonowski5014]

This could be a classic tune from 16th or 17th century from vivaldi or beethoveen etc.. i would believe its from there... this such a classic... TR2 i will always this game!

[@jacobgoulding1839]

Absolute banger this! love it!!

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you!😀🔫 🔫

[@KevinsYouTube]

Very nice. Well done matey.

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you :D Glad you like it!

[@manuelcroft7470]

wow!! Nice job again!!!

[@DeanKopri]

Thanks! Much appreciated :D

[@Hohmann2000]

Моя первая любовь ! Я до сих пор влюблён в ту, классическую Лару, хотя мне уже 42 года, есть жена и дети . 💗

[@fabienchelles9572]

Best. Music. Ever. thanks for your job ! #Venice

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you 😀 much apreciated

[@nuralex5480]

beautiful 💖

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you :D

[@jackal0318]

Very nice song good :)))))))))

[@FloydTheWolf]

This is a seriously astounding remake ! One little thing is the E chord at 0:52-0:53 sounds wrong to me, I think it's a Em7 in the original but I could be wrong. Don't mean to sound annoying, but I wanted to make sure!

[@DeanKopri]

Oh yeah! I have noticed that... to be honest, I have no idea why I did that. I had to change the arrangement a bit because I had not so great vst's at that time... But why did I change from minor to major.. I honestly have no idea lol

[@jeelanmousa8212]

Omg I love it so much!! 😭❤️❤️❤️

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you!

[@asafeplace4684]

beautiful !

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you!

[@KingdomofStott]

More Powerfull than the original ! Excellent Cover !

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you, much appreciated!

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

Very mild alteration, perfectly acceptable.

[@ninzart]

nice work ! i love

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you 😀

[@galaxygamer6375]

Trying to get the boat through on the timer and jumping out to hit it into the mines 😃😃

[@DeanKopri]

Epic part of the game!

[@Dragonblaster1]

You don't have to. If you leave the boat outside the Boat House, when you turn the key, the gate opens but the timer doesn't start, and you can take your time about it. Last time I went through the Venice levels (after years without playing it), I pre-detonated the mines when I first encountered them, and did the boat-outside trick to practice the run so I could do it without mistakes when I went back to the time.

[@legionofmetal9968]

@@Dragonblaster1 i did a similar thing, practice run before doing it. ...except i forgot about the mines on the practice run more than once :-/

[@FernandoSanchezDaza]

Beautiful!!

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you 😀

[@laracroft1666]

♡

[@Hohmann2000]

Обожаю !💗💋💋💋

[@sailormercury2386]

Good

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you 😀

[@Torico94]

magnifique🎮😌

[@DeanKopri]

Thank you 😌

[@godsstruggler8783]

This reminds me of throwing the controller across the room.

[@DeanKopri]

haha good times xD

[@spider-gwengwenstacy7032]

I have always preferred Tomb Raider than Uncharted, the universe of Lara Croft is full adventures, challenge, and puzzles to solve And the exploration of environnement are magnificent💖💖💖💖

[@PhuntKlapps]

I wasn't into it at first but the midway point really blew me away. Listened again and enjoyed it all even more! Really really fantastic work. Which DAW did you use and with what plug-ins?

[@DeanKopri]

Haha Glad you eventually liked it xD This one was made in Nuendo 6, but I did a remix in Cubase 8 using Spitfire Studio Strings and Orchestral Essentials 1 and 2 by ProjectSAM :)

[@42_gaia]

Are you working with Nicobass's TR2 remake?

[@DeanKopri]

I was composing music for the demo and beta-testing it, but at the moment, I'm not doing anything for DoX. I'm just waiting for Nico to build another part so I can continue :)

[@spider-gwengwenstacy7032]

I adore Lara Croft she is all my childhood, too bad than I'm more young than she😅😂😂😂😂

[@Sercil00]

Why do I feel like a cliché movie villain for liking this?

[@DeanKopri]

Haha idk :D

[@spider-gwengwenstacy7032]

Lara Croft at 22 years

[@gameszocker1404]

this is not original to the tomb raider song Maybe to 85% but it is goog