Pokémon Gen 1 Cries on Piano! 

Fearow's cry has been a flawless masterpiece since 1996

Thought Paras & Parasect were surprisingly beautiful

INCREDIBLE. All I need now is the original cries side by side comparison

Listening to it 2x makes them sound almost like the original

I love how these sound like Breath of the Wild jingles now

I find it interesting how many cries are built off of the tri-tone

I liked how the Alakazam and Electrode lines were just a slamming of the piano.

whats interesting is that the evolutions all create a sort of harmony with eachother, repeating the same phrase or a variation of the phrase either in a different key or sometimes in a melodic movement, its really cool

The piano version of poliwrath's cry ends up just sounding like its normal cry, I love it!

Some of the more resonant cries are so close to the original its hypnotic for someone who has heard them before. This tickles my brain juuuuuust right. Seadra was insane to listen to.

Starmie’s was very twinkly, it was fitting 🌟

I lost it at Alakazam! 😂 I loved the twinkly sound of Clefairy and Clefable

I really liked Drowzee, and Hypno. They sounded like their actual in game cries the most, though a few others did stand out too, like Spearow and Mankey.

There's some cries that just stay with ya, even after twenty something years. The starters, Pidgey, Caterpie, Spearow, and many others I didn't have to check to compare, and they all sounded great

Pokemon Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:51 Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur 0:57 Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard 1:02 Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise 1:06 Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree 1:10 Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill 1:14 Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot 1:18 Rattata, Raticate 1:20 Spearow, Fearow 1:24 Ekans, Arbok 1:28 Pikachu, Raichu 1:31 Sandshrew, Sandslash 1:34 Nidoran♀, Nidorina, Nidoqueen 1:38 Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking 1:43 Clefairy, Clefable 1:46 Vulpix, Ninetales 1:50 Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff 1:53 Zubat, Golbat 1:56 Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume 2:00 Paras, Parasect 2:07 Venonat, Venomoth 2:11 Diglett, Dugtrio 2:15 Meowth, Persian 2:17 Psyduck, Golduck 2:20 Mankey, Primeape 2:24 Growlithe, Arcanine 2:26 Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath 2:31 Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam 2:38 Machop, Machoke, Machamp 2:43 Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel 2:46 Tentacool, Tentacruel 2:49 Geodude, Graveler, Golem 2:54 Ponyta, Rapidash 2:57 Slowpoke, Slowbro 3:00 Magnemite, Magneton 3:04 Farfetch'd 3:05 Doduo, Dodrio 3:09 Seel, Dewgong 3:11 Grimer, Muk 3:14 Shellder, Cloyster 3:19 Gastly, Haunter, Gengar 3:25 Onix 3:27 Drowzee, Hypno 3:32 Krabby, Kingler 3:36 Voltorb, Electrode 3:40 Exeggcute, Exeggutor 3:45 Cubone, Marowak 3:47 Hitmonlee 3:49 Hitmonchan 3:50 Lickitung 3:52 Koffing, Weezing 3:55 Rhyhorn, Rhydon 3:59 Chansey 4:00 Tangela 4:02 Kangaskhan 4:04 Horsea, Seadra 4:06 Goldeen, Seaking 4:10 Staryu, Starmie 4:14 Mr. Mime 4:15 Scyther 4:17 Jynx 4:21 Electabuzz 4:23 Magmar 4:24 Pinsir 4:26 Tauros 4:27 Magikarp, Gyarados 4:31 Lapras 4:33 Ditto 4:34 Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon 4:42 Porygon 4:44 Omanyte, Omastar 4:47 Kabuto, Kabutops 4:50 Aerodactyl 4:52 Snorlax 4:53 Articuno 4:55 Zapdos 4:57 Moltres 4:58 Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite 5:04 Mewtwo 5:15 Outro 5:35 ????????????????

The very specific way the electric piano buzzes and reverbs with your audio setup quickly reminded me of old-school flip phone ringtones. My brain actually started processing each cry as if I was picking a ringtone and I had to manually clear my head and remember what I was watching, lol. Very well done on all of these! Especially want to shout out Kadabra and Alakazam, truly the pinnacle of melodic Pokémon cries.

i dont know if its a good thing or a bad thing that i could hear the cries in my head as you played them, amazing work

Drowzee and Hypno always had my favourite cries. Creepy, ominous, mysterious, and fitting to their appearance and powers. Here was no exception.

2:04 this sounds like a "Secret Discovered" Jingle - and I'm all for that!

This is incredible! When I saw the video title on my front page I didn't expect the cries to sound *this* spot on. Absolutely amazing work! It's hard to pick a favourite honestly.

There were a few that sounded a bit off from the actual cry, but imo that made them so much better, just because the notes on an instrument sound so much better than static noise

You can really tell what game freak was trying to convey with the personality of a Pokemon when its on piano

These sound like they'd be useful in a Pokemon musical.

Love this. Especially: Weedle, Parasect, Victreebel, Cloyster, Drowzee, Hypno, Krabby, Jynx, Zapdos.

What an interesting idea, and very well-done! :) I didn't know that the Pokemon cries were so harmonic!

Those early cries were kinda fascinating, a lot of them sounded eerily similar to other cries of completely different Pokémon. Victreebel and Porygon for instance.

Play through this at 2x speed, and they sound so close. Well done :)

I think using these as an intro to a song involving a battle between two pokemon would be really cool

This is great. I thought I would need the original cry before listening the piano rendition. But I'm so used to the gen 1 cries. You totally nailed it

OK BUT YOU DIFFERENTIATED EVEN BETWEEN CRIES THAT WERE EXACTLY THE SAME!!!! Like caterpie and goldeen each had a unique take and that is true artistry

I loved the tonal shift from the Poliwag line to the Abra line

If you discovered this video through a Short either from RU-vid, TikTok or elsewhere, which Pokemon cries brought you here? Comment below and let me know!

It’s amazing how I can hear the gameboy cry in my head as you play it on the piano. Amazing.

Someone has got to make a sound mod for Red and Blue with these cries.

Amazing video, I found Ninetales to be elegantly spot on! Krabby was hilarious as well loool

Never in my life have I needed something so much and never known until I received it.

Some of these are incredibly satisfying, well done!

This is awesome Jon, look forward to gen 2. Drowzee more than any of them hits the nostalgia. I guess it has the most distinctive cry

This is one of the neatest videos I've watched in recent memory. You did an amazing job!

Sounds like a Stravinski suite. What a great project! Very nicely done.

Hey, man, I'm overextended with a full time job, full time school, physical fitness maintenance, and trying to spin up a comedy special, losing my sanity in the process. You gave it back to me. Keep making content.

This is so cool!! I love finding videos like this!

These are so cool!! You did a great job, seems like a lot of hard and dedicated work to transpose everything. They sound like jazz 😄 you could make covers like- bulbasaur to venosaur jazz evolution cover HAHAHAH

This was really cool! I would love to see this for more pokemon gens!

I actually wanted to do the exact thing but then never did it, thought that it wouldn't pay off but I was wrong apparently. So interesting, that one could actually recognise the pokemon crys from the extracted notes on the piano. Greatly done and love paras and parasect, sounds so mystical.

When I heard that fearow, nostalgia of passing through victory road hit me. Good job dude u nailed the cries so hard

Masterful! So accurate and hit me right in the Nostalgia!

I enjoyed that way more then I'd thought. Spearow, Haunter, Parasect & Jynx all made me smile or laugh. Love them

this is so very niche and entirely my thing. NICE edit: 1:34 the nidorans and their evolution lines sound SO GOOD

It stands out even more that there were just like eight or so base Pokémon cries that all got pitch / tempo shifted

Yoooooooo, i didnt know i needed this video until it started, thankksss

This is a lot of work!! Amazing!!

My first videogame ever was Pokemon FireRed. I played it until there literally were no more Pokemon in my version of the game I could have caught. I actually caught them all. This has always placed the Kanto games in a special place in my heart. So much of this was nostalgic for me, and incredibly satisfying. Thank you for sharing your gift of music. My favorite ones to rediscover were the Nintetales and Parasect evolution lines. Snorlax was also so cute. Nice job on the Mewtwo btw

weird nostalgia of going thru the cries one by one when i was a kid

what a great video! huge props man this clearly took a ton of effort!

Great lmao, I'd love to see you make a song based on their cries; a lot of them have similar ideas and could work as harmonies/bass. Great vid lol, glad to find you on my algorithm just now

This is such a cool concept

This was awesome!

dude this is awesome, i would love to see more gens!!

I’ve definitely played too much Pokemon over the years because I can recognize an overwhelming majority of them without looking🤣🤣 Good job my dude! Just subbed : ))

this is amazing wow

I like Seaking and Jynx. But the ones you pointed out as well as Paras and Parasect were awesome too. Such a relaxing video. Makes me wanna play Pokemon.

I was literally gonna comment what about mew. I was swiftly proven that I should just watch the whole video before commenting lmao

I actually keep on forgetting how much character these sprites have. Also amazing job man this is super interesting! Love that ending too lol

This is quite cool. I’m impressed

Awwww i remember some of these. That is so cool dude! Thank you!

This gave me goosebumps.

AMAZING! My favourite ones were Exeggutor and Fearow! This is an amazingly well done video! Keep up the good work, man! :D

This is so good

This was rad! Now I want to hear the piano cries in a Pokemon game

My favourite ones are Weedle, Spearow, Dugtrio, Drowzee and Chansey. Also I love how in Kadabra, Alakazam, Gastly and Haunter you just slam your hand on the piano.

YO the ones for Weepinbell and Victreebel were spot on! Well done!

Oh, how terribly delightful. Thank you for this wholesome content.

Such a cool idea for a video!

i never knew i needed this

That’s so fricken cool! Amazing job! 🔥

We gotta hear 'em all hahaha. Pokemon cries on piano are so cute, I like them so much 🤘🏾🤘🏾

One of the underappreciated parts of this video is how long it must have taken to add all 151 images of the Pokémon at the top of the screen.

This is awesome

The Pudgey family cries are so great! Love it 💕 Same with the birdie trio! Hell yeah! Shockingly the Paras family sounds amazing!

Farfetchd & Jinx stood out the most, such a cool idea

This is really cool. I bet it would sound really awesome on an electric guitar due to the fact the sounds are very static, distorted and have a crunchy sound for example charizard, pikachu, and metapod. Definitly do another one of these maybe gen 2

Those are very well done, I enjoyed those pokemon cries on Piano, Mewtwo, Ghaslty and Haunter were my favourite due for being the spookiest

This had me smiling the whole way through. So cool!

Such a cool idea and very well executed. Drowzee and Hypno were my favorites

Holy shit, epic video dude!

I need to hear you do this with every Gen

I’d love to hear these with a synth sound to emulate the original! Very well done!

Honestly it's good enough that it sounds more like a midi than an actual person Great work

I could hear the original cries in my head even after going years without hearing them 😂😂 incredibly on point!

This was amazing lol ❤

This is so freaking fascinating.

I have never forgotten pokemon cries on the spot so fast..

They really don't even try on some of em. And completely fitting of mewtwo to come out "Evil"

Playing at 1.25x is almost verbatim. Well done!

Now this… this is art

Good job!

Paras, parasect, and starmie are my favorites! Great job!:)

This is so good 😊

The Poliwag line is so close to perfect in that tone