Imagine the look on Alexander the Great's face if someone went back in time and told him that in 2,300 years, an Iranian would compose a forty-minute symphony about him.
Farya, you have inspired many people about culture and history that unfortunately is underrepresented like Non Arab rule in middle east (Persian, Byzantine, Greek) amazing work 👑
Im so sick of Hollywood continuing to make films based off fantasy or sci-fi. I want more historical films based off Rome, Greece, Persia, Babylonia, Assyria, India, China, Japan, etc etc. Your music makes me imagine what an historical Hollywood or even Bollywood film would be like
Don't forget the mysterious Ancient Etruscans. Instead of flimsy sequels and remakes, where are the films about these other lesser known, mysterious and intriguing civilizations?
@@linagreenlyfe6705 Oh your right I forgot about them. And now that I think about it I forgot the various Native American Empires too like the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans. And the Akkadians also
I'm personally rooting for a massive GoT-like series starting with Xenophon and the 10 000 in Persia, then back to Greece with the peloponnesian wars, then following the rise of Macedon with Phillip the Second and his son, then the conquests of Alexander, ending with the Diadochi wars as a "cycle-ending" climax. As a tease for the next cycle, we could have a transition episode on Pyrrus of Epirus trying his luck in Italy, unaware of an emerging new Roman Republic. Then second cycle depicting the clash between Rome and Carthage, Hannibal and Scipio. Maybe it's a little too ambitious for it to ever happen but eh one can dream.
There is certainly no lack of epic historical films and series based off India, China and Japan at least. Throw in Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and a bunch of other countries too. Anyway, Hollywood has done enough cringeworthy appropriation, and here you are wishing for more.
Before Gaugamela, Darius offered half his Empire, seeking for peace. Parmenio said "If I was Alexander, I would accept that offer". He simply replied "and if I was Parmenio, I would too". The beggining of the end. Alexander saw complete conquest as the only acceptable destiny.
To Eternity, his last dying moments. There is peace at first, but then, at 40:07, you hear it, his last breath; it's his ascension to Olympus, side by side with the others. He is now a god. And then the symphony allows itself to end, and Alexander's life with it. Masterpiece.
Alejandro Magno, el conquistador de Asia, hombre virtuoso y de gran carácter mezcló ambas culturas, la Persa y la Helénica y las llevo a su punto más alto ciertamente sin olvidar los logros del gran Ciro, pero sin tampoco olvidar su pasado Helénico.
The whole piece is amazing! But that ending... "to eternity"... is out of this world. Silent and peaceful at first , then magnificent and awe inspiring at the end of the piece. Really hit me in the feels. Thank you for this music once again!!
One of the greatest warrior kings in history. His name shall eco for all eternity and his achievements in life will forever be in the hearts burning life into men.
The ending of Gaugamela is bone chilling its like listening to the dying gasp of an empire. Especially because of the contrast and the juxtaposition of the how that melody is introduced so grandiose and bombastic in the beginning.
Even now, 2,300 years later Alexander the Great is still one of THE most known ancient figures just below Jesus of Nazareth. He conquered the literal known world for his time and became the direct inspiration for Julius Caesar and practically started the Age we now live in. His name shall be known even as we reach the furthest edges of our galaxy and we have a galaxy-spanning Empire. His name shall never die.
@@Mildau30 i agree.. Non king was like cyrus the great...i dont say this couse i am iranian myself.. But even after he died...no king comes close to how great man he was.. Even Darius or any other king from our land... And we had so many great kings... But cyrus was more than king.. Prophet? Maybe.. But in my opinion...he was and is liks father for iran and iranians...sad we know little about him.. But even that little information is Enough...Alexander the great consider as enemy for us.. But i have a lot of respect for him couse he atleast respect and worship our great king cyrus the great!.. I hope iran couls be great like his ancient time again.. We need leader or king like cyrus the great..we pepole needs to be better as a person...
Reading Arrian's account of the campaigns of Alexander with Farya Faraji's mystical symphonies playing in the background makes you feel as if you are standing in the battlefield itself, watching the carnage unfold. It is sublime, surreal and serendipitous. I highly recommend playing the India soundtrack when reading Book 5 of Arrian detailing Alexander's campaign in Pakistan and the Battle of Hydaspes on the river Jhelum against King Porus and his elephants.
Happy you noticed! I've always loved the use of leitmotifs from 19th century Romantic composers like Wagner-having a theme for a previous idea and bringing it back when needed
The grand brass instrumentation of the Son of Ra never fails to put a smile on my face! It's all the grand Egyptian movie scores I've ever heard all compiled into one sublime movement, and as expected it is excellent. It might be neat to hear your musical take on the conquest of Hannibal, but I imagine it's a lot of work! Bonus points for sharp whip-crack-like percussion during battles paying homage to the whip cracks from the slings of the the Balearic slingers, Hannibal's most effective missile unit in my opinion!
Alexandre, O Grande! Como seria o mundo atualmente se ele tivesse voltado seus olhos ao oeste e não ao leste? Roma como conhecemos hoje, existiria? Como seriam as línguas dos povos? A história européia e seus reflexos no mundo (descoberta da América, chegada européia ao leste da Ásia e Oceania) seriam pouco ou tremendamente diferentes? Alexandre sequer teria morrido tão cedo? Perguntas sem respostas, mas pertinentes em minha cabeça.
Damn, I cried at the chapters of "Death" and "To Eternity"... This symphony is really epic, Alexander the Great is my favouritest king in ever of the world history, Good job bro
I think that the part of "the death" is the greatest.... nostalgic that he has died so young, but also honorable.... about the labors he achieved in his life.... Great piece of art🏺🙏🕊
Unfortunately, he failed at establishing a successor in order to continue his empire to exist as a whole. Thus he's also kind of co-responsible for the wars to come after his early death.
Farya, ich bin stolz,weil ich aus Griechenland komme und von die Generation von Alexander bin! Sehr schöne Musik! Ich kann mit die nach meine Heimat Reisen!!
I am a scholar of ancient history. Alexander the Great is truly one of the most fascinating, titanic figures of the ancient world. He strode across the rich lands of Asia, remaking the world. Really love this music and channel. Btw, the personal name of Darius III was Artashata, which means "the happiness of truth" in Old Persian. Artashata was forever cast into shadow by the great light that Alexander cast. One of history's most tragic figures, in my opinion.
I'm rooting for a massive GoT-like series starting with Xenophon and the 10 000 in Persia, then back to Greece with the peloponnesian wars, then following the rise of Macedon with Phillip the Second and his son, then the conquests of Alexander, ending with the Diadochi wars as a "cycle-ending" climax. As a tease for the next cycle, we could have a transition episode on Pyrrus of Epirus trying his luck in Italy, unaware of an emerging new Roman Republic. Then second cycle depicting the clash between Rome and Carthage. Maybe it's a little too ambitious for it to ever happen but eh one can dream.
A little too ambitious? HBO couldn't even bother to finish Rome. I've always hoped for a TV series on just the Diadochi wars but even the budget for that would scare off any studio. 😔 But I guess we can hope and dream...
I would like a long and authentic series about sparta. Started with Lycurgus and his original communalistic and militaristic reforms, inspired by the oracle of Delphi.
That would cause actual wars about what is historically accurate. Also, no more westerners appropriating Greek history and mythology, thank you very much. History that does not belong to them in general, for that matter. Bollywood is welcome to do it though. Or Tollywood.
I've been searching for a dedicated tune to this man.. this is perfect, and I love it! Perhaps some time on the future we could see some which are similar for other figures? Like Cyrus, Aurelian, etc.
Okay, now that I've listened to it in its entirety: holy shit. That was not something I was expecting to listen to a week after your last upload, that was a remarkable piece(s) of music. The use of previous melodies in the context of Alexander and his clashes and integration with those he conquered was portrayed excellently and add a great deal of depth to the story being told. This is going down among the greats. Stunning work, and also as a side bar, I hope you get to doing more music from India too because you also nailed that, and I know you covered Zaalima before with Alexandra but still, would love to see more of your take on older music from the subcontinent.
I'm super glad you liked it my man! As for Indian music, I'm definitely interested in going into it; but it's gonna take a while hahaha. Indian Classical music and Carnatic music are like an entire world in and of themselves, they're like this whole universe of music of their own. I've always prided myself on doing authentic and researched music so for now I'll be listening and learning. It's definitely on my list of styles to cover because their music is just a-ma-zing, but for now I'll be spending at least a year just learning it :p The atmospheric part used samples played by Indian musicians since I'm not equipped to tackle it yet, but one day I hope I will!
Magnificent. I love how you captured his essence with a simple flute. You revisit it time and time again throughout, until his life ends and he steps into eternity. His name shall not be forgotten. He is Alexander. 👏
I feel like a Vikings/Game of Thrones-like show centered around Alexander and eventually the Diadochi would go insanely fucking hard. If the stars align and we are blessed, Farya could be to the show what Ramin Djawadi is to GOT and HOTD.
What would be the thing I would like to hear absolutely the most would be a simphony about Justinian and Theodora - Justinian's dreams about restoring the Empire to it's former glory, their rise to power, the wars with Persians, expansion of the Empire, plague, the Nika riot (the riot that started when the Blue and Green parties united to replace a set of government officials, mainly the tax collector, and the place where Theodora marked herself as "one of the most underrated badasses in the history"), the construction of Hagia Sophia and all other remarkable projects, and finally; Theodora's death, followed by Justinian falling in depression, and him dying. I have so many ideas about how it could be done, and the best man make it would definitely be you. Thank you again for all of your work, and I hope my proposal will be considered.
a symphony for Justinian and Theodora would be awesome, even cooler if there is a TV series about them and we have a series of compositions for each significant event. that is my dream :D
@@byzansimp Byzantium is, sadly, very underrated in the western culture, so some major studio making a TV show on it is somewhat unlikely, but not impossible. As far as Hollywood sees history, immediately after the fall of Rome came the late Middle Ages, with all the stereotypes that come with it. I'd still very much love if they decided to make what we really want, and for once think of the wisest course of action, and not of outdated conventions ;)
Farya, this is literally the best of your works, ngl, it is soooo underrated. Indian and to eternity parts just send me to another world, the way you can encapsulate all complexity and multilateralism of such great persons it is just pure talent. Congrats with 100k tho
I absolutly love it. He just told the entire story of Alexander the great through a symphony... Amazing... Amazing!!!! Going to listen to this the next months... Please, keep it up... Its hard to find someone that makes ancient odes and song like you... You are literally an unicard Farya...
I was listening to the Augustus Symphony. Then, I checked your channel for others and saw this one. Since I'm working on a book about invincible generals like Alexander the Great, I decided to listen to this first. Though not the first or last of military leaders who never lost a battle they commanded, Alexander, like all of us, was a mixture of good and evil. But beyond that, he more than earned his subsequent title of "The Great."
If I was still into modding Total War games I would do almost anything to have you help out or consult for soundtrack. Man am I glad I found your channel Farya, I can't wait to see what other masterpiece gem of music you will create going forward. Peace to you brother.
Great work, as always I really love the use of these ancient instruments and how they were used to the fullest extend, to capture the wide variety of their capabilities when it comes to music
OMG i love it, the order and names of your songs, you design it as the history of macedonian empire and the event all along Alexanders the greats life, this is what they call “art”
Quite a surprise - matching para-orchestral music with biograhy-historical facts and personalities was never easy and yet, here it makes sense. Overall it has the merit of avoiding being just another movie soundtrack kind if piece. .But the paramount is indeed "To Eternity". Just a small catch - gi back to the last movement of Das Lied von der Erde, of Gustav Mahler - ABSCHIUED / The Farewell).. A perfect march to Eternity -- Ewig, ewig, ewig (always, always, always). Thank you.
@@faryafaraji Origins is far better than Odyssey: a more compelling story, mix of Egyptian and Greek cultures + Roman Cyrenaica. And more historically accurate (classical type ruins in Odyssey did bother me)
This is incredible, the music makes me feel an atmosphere of mysticism and makes my imagination fly when trying to recreate those ancient and fanciful times, I subscribe to this channel, I love it.
This channel deserves way more views than it gets. Like this is better than stuff I've heard from music channels like Adrian Von Ziegler with a million subs