When I was in a bad place, playing Animal Crossing Wild World was one of the few comforts I had. I distinctly remember going to the coffee shop on Saturday nights to hear K K play whatever. When you're really settled into a game and it means a lot to you, it's the little moments, like with an incomprehensible barking howling and whistling dog in the cafe I frequented every day, it's a comfortable place unlike any other. Luke, unlike everyone else there, knows that comfort. Those moments you just sit and listen. No collecting bugs, no fishing, no pressure to go here or do that... Just listening in the safest place you could imagine.
Nice to see that they finally recognized the musical genius of K.K. Slider (and, by extension, Totaka Kazumi)...I just heard K.K. Metal for the first time and thought that Andy would *love* it (and I feel as though Mike would like K.K. Cruisin'...except for that "sqwack" sound, that is 😆).
Maybe I'm a weirdo then for finding K.K. Slider's music as ear torture which I would always mute my game system when he was performing. Shame seeing as K.K. Slider is a cute dog that can't sing or play music very well.
TL;DR Not a fan of Animal Crossing, but a fan of the music of Animal Crossing. I'm not a fan of the animal crossing series...or any game with no end tbh... but most of k.k. slider music has actually been good, imo. I mean there's so much, i don't like all of them, but the one's i do like leave me with a feeling of serenity, or sadness, or bittersweet. It just depends on which song is playing. Each tone is incredibly well made on an entirely small platform for music, like mario paint, but with all the creativity to change the sound into something recognizable as a genre outside that scope. I mean someone took the sounds of mario bros and turned it into Coheed and Cambria's "welcome home" for crissake. Allbeit that's not in animal crossing, but it could be. I mean you won't get bangers from k.k. slider, but if you appreciate good music, you'll get good music. Im rambling.
@@deathbykonami5487 Don't lump composers into his actions. The only thing composers do, is compose. Everything else is unique and varied to the individual. THAT SPECIFIC COMPOSER might not like it. My buddy though, you may have heard his stuff, fucking loves crude/vulgar expressions of feeling because it's a real feeling. "Oh, it's quite nice." Balls it is, it's rocking awesome. Quite nice is your grandmothers cookies. The music of Doom is murder made music. Mick Gordon should grow a set and appreciate that he was appreciated.
If there was ever a reason to fall in love with Luke, this video is it. Him geeking out over K.K. Slider was so adorable and innocent, it touched my heart🥰🥰🥰
I've watched this vid so many times and it never fails to cheer me up. So many hilarious and relatable moments, but I will just point out that you can tell Luke is an actual musician because his miming to the beats of the Corneria Theme is absolutely flawless timing-wise. I also cannot fault Jane for loving a piece that uses 'a combat shotgun racking as percussion'. Nothing more metal than that.
For me its definitely vice city, being in 7th grade, a barely entry level metal head, hearing Maidens two minutes, Slayers raining blood, Megadeth, Ozzy, oh man it was the raddest shit ever i had V rock on constant loop hahaha, led to the next 20 years of learning guitar, sweep picking, being in a melodeath band, black metal, death metal, that was when i learned what good music was haha
But to be fair..as far as MIDI music goes, it's like a 1/10 hahaha, i totally agree it's catchy, i don't think it's janky, but as far as classic retro game music goes it's nothing spectacular hahaha
As I recall, there's an in-universe cross-species porn magazine in Mass Effect 2 whose cover image is a provocatively-posed Hanar. I can't remember the title, and I'd look it up, but I'm pretty sure googling "Mass Effect porn" is a rabbit hole I don't want to visit.
Gotta say Luke, your segment on K.K. Slider won my heart. And if I may say K.K. Bossa was my all time favorite and I outright cried when they used it in the anime film. You're my hero for standing up to a room that just didn't get it and continuing with your point.
With the totally awesome intro in doom as well, Is the use of silence. Right after the "shotgun shuk shuk" the music cuts completely, and its quiet...too quiet. It makes the previous metal moment all the more potent. SO good. Gives me goosebumps.
@@gamehunter88 Good point, Screwey seems to beJane's emotional support murder weapon and I do enjoy their adventures together. Andy does use a wide variety of items rather than just stabbing; the most recent one I saw was the bank vault escalation where they all had to use the ceremonial dagger so I was probably thinking of that.
Yeah, Andy tends to shy away from the pointy items, due to his tendency towards SA runs (and non-target kills are the bane of his existence). He'll happily clatter anyone with a blunt object, though (and some end up getting possible TBIs from multiple whacks on the noggin)...
I literally got into the video because I saw KK Slider, you go Luke! Also, Animal Crossing is a really relaxing game that makes you appreciate the small things in life and the fact that the colorful background dissappears and fades into black when KK Slider plays music and how the camera spins around in a slow motion while environmental effects play in the background is so soothing, really adds to the whole experience of listening to his music
My two year old came running over when she heard the Animal Crossing music, listened intently for a moment and started trying to sing it. So it IS a language... in our house we call it gibberish. ;)
Kingdoms of Amalur is SUCH an underrated game I'm so glad it got a shoutout here. I had the opportunity to actually eat dinner with Ken Rolston and pick his brain on morrwind, oblivion, etc. He spoke so highly of the team and studio making KoA, it just made me love the game even more.
Luke: “listen to this music with little instruments” Everybody: “Yay!” Also Luke: “listen to this other song with few instruments” Everybody: “... He’s insane”
@@marhawkman303 i was trying to type a comment to convince you to the contrary, but then my phone died. So instead, to each their own, but keep an open mind.... because you can never be sure of anything until you've gave it a chance. Not this video, with someone forcing you to listen and overhyping it up along with all his friends and or colleagues degrading him.... Fml i still tried to convince you anyway. Umm...sorry i wasted your time.
Mar Hawkman Just putting my 2 cents in, I enjoy SPECIFIC KK songs not all, most get the same reaction from me that you have. My I suggest that you find a video of just the songs, maybe start with KK Jazz.
They change it up, slightly, in ME2 & 3. Adding deeper bass, a few extra trills, that sort of thing. Hard to hear it unless you have headphones on or a *really* good sound system.
I am late to this video, but ABSOLUTELY. I love the ME map music. Each successive game has a different take on the map and the music, but it makes it nicer when you spend so much time in the map to locate resources missions to get the most out of the game. So good.
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Gerudo Valley Theme The guitar pulls you in from jump. Absolute auditory enchantment. The Lost Woods music was great at first especially being one of the first bits of music you were intro'd to but Gerudo Valley simply elevated the aural experience to a whole new level.
I'm surprised they can reference Mass Effect without mentioning "Leaving Earth" from ME3. Possibly one of the most chilling pieces of music I've heard, its sad, bleak and lonely, and the random blasts of Brass emulating reaper noises only enhance that feeling of utter powerlessness and hopelessness. Add to that the tragic war zone that was Earth... One of the best directed cut scenes I've ever seen in a game.
@@xd3athcabx Well, it was a kinda depressing scene ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--6RHg-BCk0g.html It sorta helps establish the feelings of bleak hopelessness that suffused the rest of the game, and humanity and the rest of the galaxy has to fight for thier very survival against a race of exterminators who have done this thousands upon thousands of times. As well as establish what you are fighting for.
Two songs: the opening screen for Dragon Age: Origins and "Dawn will Come" from Dragon Age: Inquisition. You hear the opening screen music for Origins, and you know that what game it is. However, "Dawn will Come" had several different people do covers for it! And it sums up how I felt the second week of quarantine until... whenever covid ends.
Two years late, but THAT is how much I need to affirm your music choices. :) I don’t think a piece of music has ever made me feel quite the same way as the DA:O opening. Although the reimagining for DA2 was the single best thing about the game.
Totally agree, and amongst many others the first two that came to my mind were: 1. Moon Over the Castle - Gran Turismo 4 Intro Theme (Europe version) or the Extended Orchestral 2. Halo 1 theme, because I prefer the original unaltered piece
Ellen, Luke, Andy, Mike and Jane recall the pieces of videogame music that rocked their worlds. Expect groundbreaking music tech, shotguns as percussion instruments and uh, incomprehensible dog noises. Enjoy, and let us know your favourite bits of game music in the comments -OX
I guess I can't mention any songs from Smash Bros Ultimate because ALL OF THEM ARE INCREDIBLY AMAZING and we don't need to cover the obvious, right? But I will anyway! Mega Man 2 Remix was epic!
Mass Effect's Galaxy Map wasn't the only great music! What about the Final Mission Song from Mass Effect 2? Or the Main Theme from Mass Effect 3 and Mass Effect Andromeda! They are amazing and still give me chills to this day :3 But my absolute favourite Game music has to be "Crush 'em all" from Dynasty Warriors 7! Any of you who loves Guitar music should give this a chance. It is so good!
Italian here (from a few dozen km from Venice actually), Venice without a large majority of the international tourists was actually the most wonderful I’ve ever seen it over the years, the Venetians aren’t wrong in wanting to limit their numbers
@@thegreatpineapple4425 I'm not sure what you mean I went with triss and still got to hear priscilla and just fyi Geralt's voice actor would choose triss over yeniffer
@@rmcgowa1987 I played the games before I read the books, after reading the books I won't go with triss in wild hunt again. Obviously I do in assassin of Kings lol.
New Horizons is the first AC game I've played but I have got to tell you: thanks to Luke's enthusiasm in this video, hearing K.K. Samba now makes me genuinely happy ❤️👌 I hope the knowledge that you converted at least one person to your cause brightens your isolation a little!
K.K Love Song was always my favorite, and remains so to this day, both the version he sings and the aircheck. I'd always go into Punchy's house and just sleep in his bed for hours.
I love the music in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim! When i'm down or had a bad day i'll just run Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to hear the music and it makes me feel better! Also the music in Elder Scrolls Online is pretty good too!
Kingdom hearts simple and clean hit me really hard. Why the song is great, what makes it so good is when you here. It comes after a really hard final boss what felt great to beat, then you have a emotional cutscene and the song starts playing. This all combined makes me still love this song
As someone who also is a big music fan, I gotta say, I love seeing how animated everyone in oxboxtra gets when they're describing their song for the list.
look at mike's choice: he got almost the perfect ambient/music ever put into a game.... i could listen to that ME space sound for HOURS... it's soothing and calming and almost leads to a zen-state, well done.
The whole mass effect series has fantastic music throughout. I genuinely open up the first mass effect every now and then just to listen to the menu music.
Cosmic Monoliths: Nearly impossible to hit, high health, and to top it off it fires off TPK level attacks on the regular. Its first entry is arguably the most terrifying (EBF3) but each game it evolves to better fight you off.
Great selection. Tin managed to summarize the whole of human history in a single tune with words from Leonardo Da Vinci. That's not just astonishing, that's legendary.
Glad to see someone else respect the simple hymn. It is both uplifting and somber in rememberance of the unchangeable past but still hopeful for the future that you will forge. Truly great before the Skyhold scenes.
Every piece of music in Dragon Age: Origins. It was the first game that made me tear up while playing it, mostly because of the absolutely beautiful soundtrack.
I watched this incredibly drunk and when Andy said "Hey" my head whipped around and i stared at him for a while before remembering i was watching a video
"Change.org has crashed due to heavy voting about a youtube channel: "Outside Xtra", requesting a video exclusively talking about popular fictional musical character, K.K. Slider."
I have to admit, when Luke started off with K.K Slider I was in the same mind as the rest of OXtra and OXbox. But I was nodding along to the songs by the end of that segment. So K.K Slider all the way!
I have to say that the musical soundtrack that I fell in love with the first time I heard it was Neir: Automata's theme park song. I had never really payed attention to music in games before they were usually background noise. But, throughout the entire game the music helped immerse me into the story a bit.
For me Its a song called "the air" from sonic adventure. I still cant get over the complicity of the drum beat and how it went from guitar to sitar. Part of me wants to find a band and pay them to see if they can actually play it to the letter.
I absolutely fell in love with Mystic Cave Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It just lays down this thick funk and overlays these warbling wails that impart a sense of spookyness to the proceedings. LOVE IT.
Some game music that seriously blew my mind was literally every track from Skyrim. Jeremy Soule did a really good job at composing masterpieces like "Dragonborn" and "The Streets of Whiterun"
Yeah every time I rewatch this video I have the thought that probably no-one chose Skyrim music because it felt too obvious a choice. Also everyone already knows it's amazing
This whole video was great, but when Mike said "Mass Effect map music" I cheered out loud. Such an iconic song that never ever gets old, even if you're spending hours in this place. Also, watching Luke (and Ellen!) jam out to Corneria theme, super on point.
One song I always seem to have in my head is 'Journey' from Destiny 2. It's newer than the ones in this video, but all the string and vocals is honestly quite amazing to listen to. I seriously recommend.
@@stevef5888 Does Spira have trains? I don't remember any... Soo.. FF7 opener or FFX-2 opener? FF7: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S8NGDsnv34M.html FFX-2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z2e4_XChGwA.html
I know these aren’t instrumental or composed specifically for the games, but the life is strange series has introduced me to about a dozen bands over the past few years
"Journey" from Destiny 2 being played the second time during the final mission with our guardian slashing their way through the last city is a total banger that really hits home
"You're not Alone" from Final Fantasy 9 It is played during an incredible moment of the game and makes that moment so much more powerful, and that song has stuck with me for years
The Dawn Will Come from Dragon Age Inquisition. I love the entire soundtrack for that game, even though loads of fans disagree, citing Origins as having the best. I adore most music from DA2 as well, but The Dawn Will come from Inquisition literally made me cry the first time I played it. It was so inspirational and uplifting when it felt like there was no hope. I also listened to this, and still do, extensively when my mom passed earlier this year.
I thought it was such a great song especially to open in the beginning and as soon as you press play you see everyone wiped out. It just is a hopeful song played right before hope is lost. I think that's what makes it better to me in my opinion.
That track doesn't get NEARLY as much love as it should. That bridge section still gives me chills sometimes. If you want a good remix of it, there's one by a guy named teckworks that I think even surpasses the original.
Mass Effect 2 Suicide Mission. Running through the Collector base, terrified about your friends dying and determined to save the galaxy and having that incredible song thumping as you do it, so goddam powerful and inspiring! The galaxy map is also real good Mike and Oh My God Ellen Venice Violins is great, theme of my early childhood right there!
To me the best part of the Corneria theme is the instrument transitions. The way it moves from the first part of the bassline into that crescendo really sticks with me. I came back to this video when I was thinking about this theme again because I remembered that Luke had a thing for it.
Watch out... Mainstream: the mass effect 3 intro scene music, when the reapers take over the world. This small start going into a big brassian shout was one hell of a stun for me! It's called leaving earth I think and it still blows me away everytime I hear it cuz it pictures the whole scene perfectly, the small hope shepard feels and the dark presence of the reapers tearing his hope apart in just one second, leading to this fade out in the end. Totally beautiful.
I was expecting Dearly Beloved from any Kingdom Hearts! Maybe the one from BBS ou KH2. This song is always remixed a little bit for each game but it is purely great
