Nothing comes close to peak Spyro music as the three homeworlds’ music: they put you in a relaxed state of mind after a long jumping and charging around the levels like few other games out there. Simple, yet so powerful!
Something really interesting about them is they're three songs Copeland didn't "compose" as such. All three are just extended and warped samples from Distorted Reality that clearly fit the bill well :3
Who needs Nine Inch Nails or Skinny Puppy when you have the industrial icon Spyro 2 Hurricos theme. Love the tier lists and the appreciation for the ambient homeworld themes!!! Sad I missed this one live, but it gave me a good excuse to listen through this video
Summer Forest. ❤ 🌅 Words cannot describe how much this track means to me. At eight years old, I lost myself in the beauty that was this homeworld. My Grandma was worried I'd been playing too long: I begged her for ten more minutes, to which she reluctantly obliged. I put down my controller, sat and just listened. I was totally swept away. I escaped to a different, and magical place. At that moment, I knew that gaming would forever have an impact on my life. It wasn't just controlling the character, it was escaping. It's been a love that's lasted a lifetime. ❤
Autumn Plains the banger No lie though, back then it hit me even as a kid. But the ambience of the three homeworlds influenced my liking of ambient music even now as a 29 year old.
Aquaria Towers is one of my favorites because the beginning of the track has this feeling of descending down into the depths and then the RELEASE is the beauty of the underwater city and charging around. I don't know if that descending, quiet beginning was intentional but i love the restraint.
I remember just leaving the Autumn Plains level on my little tv in my room when I was 11 when there was no RU-vid just so I could listen to it doing my homework, Pure S tier.
The homeworlds theme music evokes amazement. It really goes well with how I felt the first time when I travelled to a new homeworld as a young kid. Awe-inspired and excited about the new levels!
What I like the most about Skelos Badlands is the change it undergoes for the chorusses - the primary bridge between them (the more ambient part with the cold synth) makes for a great climax; the first chorus is a bit wonky and silly, but still groovy - and the second chorus is just downright epic, with the bassline and organ kicking in, love that part so much
22:07 - 22:55 Hi Dayo! Fellow music major here. I wasn't too sure what the term was either when you first described it. Oblique motion refers to one note staying stagnant while another moves in counterpoint. I think you were right when you said it's a disjunct melody (a melody that moves mostly in leaps rather than steps), the definition matches what you were saying. You're a legend for remembering that! 😎 My brain is so fried, I didn't remember and had to look it up, LOL. 😅 Another great music tier list! I'll be eagerly awaiting your Spyro 3 song ranking. 🎶
I really enjoyed this. Most of the time when people do tier lists they feel a little... lacklustre, maybe? It felt cool to have you spend so much time talking about and enjoying each track before placing them.
Your tier lists make me so happy and all your opinions are truly based. If i could suggest one, maybe another monster tier list, but the topic would be "most satisfying to kill". Whether it be because they are annoying, or their death animations are satisfying, or whatever
Dayooooooo!! I will say Autumn Plains and Winter Tundra has the best OST! Autumn Plains is truly #1, so simple yet so heavenly-ish. Definitely an S! So nostalgic and so relaxing. Spyro 2 really nailed the ambiance and OST’s, Spyro 1-3 have many good songs but they went all out for the hub worlds in Spyro 2 I noticed
They’ve still got the homeworld theme presets in Omnisphere if anyone’s into sound design kinda stuff. TecFox’s video showing all the samples is super cool
I totally agree! I've just replayed that level today on my PS1. I'm there just singing along to: "Ow nooooohh! Ooow, I knooow. Nooo. Owwww...noh! 😂😂😂 It is one of my favourite levels of Autumn Plains...the crystal popcorn orb mini game! ❤
Spyro 3 had the best music by far, but you could see how copeland arrived there from how much better spyro 2's music was from spyro 1. SPYRO 3 OST TIERLIST WHEN?
My favourite would have to be Colossus, Glimmer and Metropolis for the main levels. For home worlds Summer Forest would be my favourite, probably because I think it was my first Spyro game when I was 5 or 6.
I still have a Yamaha that has similar touch sensitive guitar sounds lol. I love it. The three main hub worlds - music and maps both, are my favorite part of any Spyro game to this day.
Maybe it's just nostalgia because my first experience with Spyro 2 was the demo on CTR, but I feel like you did Magma Cone dirty. I actually love that weird voice sample lol. One of the best tracks, if not the best track in the game for me.
Loved this video! Copeland seems to love ice levels because I feel Crystal Glacier and Icy Speedway are superb grooves. Most of Winter Tundra's level tracks are pretty forgettable to me, maybe Copeland was getting a bit tired by the end lol
Not gonna lie, Magma Cone got a sick beat. It just straight up goes "This is the lava level don't be a clumsy fuck." Sure Fracture Hills got lava too, but this was a much more challenging, hazard ridden level than Hills
Also, damn, Ripto gets a D! As a kid, that overly-dramatic feel did it for me, this is the tiny big-bad in the huge-collared cape. It fit. Gulp felt a bit too much for what it was, but I wouldn't swap them. Oh! Also, they omitted the opera singing for the PAL release. Maybe they figured people who might be more exposed to opera wouldn't appreciate the campy use.
Cloud Spires from the 3rd installment already wins S tier rating by me personally you're welcome. So many bangers in the 3rd game, hoping to see a tier list for that at some point , although it does have some repetitive bits as well.
18:30 That song always reminds me of JamPack’s Jet Moto 3 demo because of that sound To me, it’s like a macho man saying “ooah” 🤣 At the 29 second mark: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BYQKcpQbcZg.html Edit: Q.
All I gotta say is Glimmer, Idol Springs / Fracture Hills, Hurricos, Aquaria Towers, Crystal Glaciers, Zephr, Magma Cone, Icy Speedway & Metropolis, are beyond S-Tier. They're in a class of there own.
