If you want to experience Eli as Floki you had better react to VoicePlay singing My Mother Told Me. There he is definitely full-blooded viking. I think this is one of VoicePlay 's more beautiful songs vocally. Omar is stunning together with the others here.
That echoing bass drum noise 4:29 was Layne (beat boxer) putting the mic right up against his throat. He can do some pretty insane vocal acrobatics to get sounds in the "Geoff range."
The thumping sounds you were hearing were the base kicks. Fun fact, the beat boxer actually placed the microphone against his throat and would make those sounds.
From what I understand, not being a gamer. An Imperial barbarian, a Dunmer battlemage, a Bosmer archer, a Breton necromancer, and a Nord Jarl hang out in the Palace of Kings ready to belt out a classic. Geoff is an Imperial Barbarian, Cesar a Dunmer (dark elf) Battlemage, Omar a Bosmer (wood elf) Archer, Eli a Breton Necromancer, and Layne a Nord Jarl. They sing in Dovahzul ("Dragon-Voice"), the Dragon Language or Dragonish.
I enjoyed your reaction and am glad you liked this one. They are singing in the dragon language from the game. Their featured guest, Omar Cardona, use to work at Disney World with Cesar and they are best friends and roommates. Omar is also Voice Play's featured guest in "Dream On", "Superstition", "Carry On My Wayward Son" and some of their mini's. For a full Viking feel, you would love Voice Play's "My Mother Told Me".
I think Omar is a session singer and the brother of EJ Cardona who is a member of Voctave. I think he and Cesar are roommates. I know they are very good friends.
I don't think the sound came from Geoff. However, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find out that it was Layne- he can make an absolutely ridiculously broad range of sounds, and his vocal range is actually a wee bit more extensive than Geoff's (if you're counting the pitches he can achieve with ingressive phonation). Add a little post-production magic, and Bob's your uncle!
I'm guessing ingressive phonation is what beatboxers would call inward bass. Beatboxers can do ridiculously low, demonic sounds doing that. Although, I would guess Layne would be doing a lip roll type sound to make that noise if anything
@@trufflesnuffle3108 No idea what beatboxer call it, as I don't really know much about how vocal percussion is produced. Ingressive phonation literally means making sound on an inhalation, but it's probably more of a blanket term for a variety of sounds than any specific technique.
Layne was going to be my guess too; I think he did something similar (albeit once, as opposed to repeatedly like here) in Hoist the Colours. And we know he can make some quite deep sounds -- the most obvious case is that thing he does in Enemy that I can only describe as "Layne's beatboxing warthog impression".
Omar was also in Superstition, and in Dream On. Wonderful voice. (also in some of the minis, and if you haven't listened to them, you should. If you want to use them in a reaction, you could do 2-3 together, they're typically about 60 seconds long - and extraordinary.)
Really enjoying your reactions to Voiceplay! I hope you keep them coming! May I suggest you do more of Geoff's solo work? I'd start with House of the Rising Sun, but really it's all great. Watch until the Patron list rolls, or you might miss something. Also, keep the closed captioning on, he throws in a little humor from time to time!
Geoff once told a story about them performing at the Library of Congress. They had set up and were doing a sound check when the Secret Service came running up and stopped them. Evidentially, Geoff and Layne were setting off the alarms on the Constitution. After completely rearranging their setup, they were allowed to continue with the concert.
I’ve always taken for granted that these “bass sounds that sounded like massive drums” are done by Layne. He can go crazily deep and is amazing at different sounds! I don’t know though. Talking about “Vikings”, I’d love to see you react to VoicePlay’s “My Mother Told Me”. But I’ll be here for everything VoicePlay and Geoff Castelluci! 😊
One of their best. Omar Cordona is the brother of EJ Cordona from Voctave. So excited for you to react to this one. The game originator asked the composer for a new language abd he came up.with it in one night
Dovahzul is the language of dragons. In Skyrim the main character (called Dovahkiin) can speak their language, because she/he is able to absorb the soul of dragons after killing them. Dragons and dragonslayers appeared in the same timeframe of Skyrims history under mysterious circumstances. "The dragonborn comes" is not a main song, more a niche bards piece, but has come popular more recently.
What it do Dave does a reaction on this as well and is a huge fan. He knows everything about this game. I recommend you watch his reaction. He explains everything as each part comes up. He even knows the characters.
Yes. The interview is with Elizabeth Zharoff who does the Charismatic Voice. It was a really good interview. and very rewarding for VoicePlay fanatic like myself to know that they’re respected by people who have that musical training. I’m just a really fascinated listener
@@janetdw ah, I remember it now.. Thank you. 😊. I remember her interviewing Geoff and Layne too... Sometimes I remember substance of things I've read or seen but not always from where... I think you need to follow my comments and fill in my missing bits lol
@@mrpakeha8095 you are right. I went back to look for the interview I was thinking of. It was an interview about the writing of the score and how he was involved. The wrong interview- completely different person and the comment about VP was in the HALO interview. 🤦🏼♀️ Here’s the link to the one I was thinking of which is a very interesting piece as well. And I like that he talks about the Nordic accents that they used. I don’t know why but I thought that was really interesting. And it was astonishing to see Christopher Plummer 😱voicing one of the characters. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pOSFHtD0pbw.html
This song was composed for Skyrim which was released back in 2011. If anyone has played the game they will know this song. It was very nostalgic for me.
If you've made it to the second or third episode of season 4 of Stranger Things you have heard the song. It was a song made in the 80s anyway by Kate Bush. You should hear her original just for comparison. Nothing is spoiled by the video though
Someone might have already said this but they are singing in the language for Skyrim, Dragon Language (I forget how its spelled). Also, Omar is the one with the quiver on his back. Yeah Geoff and Eli can just go off
The language that was spoken in the middle was a made-up language for the game skyrim. That was supposed to represent dragon language called Dovazhul. When they said "Fus Ro Da" that is what's called a dragon shout. To humans it looks just like random shouting but to dragons it is something similar to like a spell chant. As a Dragonborn you have the soul of a dragon which allows you to use these dragon shouts and you could also absorb the soles of dragons that you kill which allows you to use more Dragon shouts. Fus Ro Da is the first one that most players encounter
Play the game the language is dragonish and where you see a bit come their mouths is called a shout which you used to fight some Dragons the big bad Dragon is called Alduin. You can chose different races that what they dress up as. It is a good game but if you play unless you trying do not get turn into a vampire like my husband made me once. Also you join a thing that changes you into a werewolf. The shout to name a few is Ice one and a Fire one but alot more then that.
Running up that hill would spoil the show a little bit, it’s not too bad, but you would appreciate it more after you finish the show, also Great reaction!
Well this was...a thing. Really didn't match the song at all. It was very droning. Removing the instrumental really detracts from it. Some things weren't meant to be a cappella.
Skyrim has nothing to do with Vikings you're so obsessed with. Stop making comparisons. Skyrim is more Elf, Dragon, Nord, Orc, etc. driven. Sorry, I don't see a single Viking in this video...Geez, do your homework, know-it-all.
@@jakeldk6811 it seems that most fantasy games, and indeed fantasy fiction of this style, seem to have their roots in both Norse mythology and Celtic mythology. I tend to get them mixed up sometimes because there are so many similarities since the Norseman basically invaded parts of Britain and there’s a lot of crossover. I know those dragons in the mythology of one or both.
Instead of making snotty remarks, why don’t you simply point out the fact without being bitchy. He was comparing the look of Eli‘s make up with that of the Vikings. And the Vikings wore a lot of facial tattoos that are very reminiscent of this. So he’s not off point. If you watch the cover of My Mother Told Me you would see the similarity. It’s really easy to sit back when you’re an observer and make all these critiques. Do you have your own channel? Can we go to your personal channel and make remarks like this. He already made it clear he wasn’t sure where some of this came from. Instead of being snotty you could’ve used this to educate just like a real grown-up. Geez
