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OH MY GOSH THIS SONG. This song is the most beautifully haunting melody of my childhood... After so many wonderful songs, it was this one that tore me out of the game and filled me with a sense of reverence, telling me that I was somewhere special and sacred, removed from time.
Definitely in agreement here. The Pure Lands was an interesting place to be, the theme made it that much more magical. Another great place was where the song Ancient Dolphin played. Both places had very fitting music.
This song certainly gave of a magical vibe. I was always induced with this feeling, that the world of Mana had still much more to offer and there were many more secrets to discover, just waiting under the surface, despite this song only appearing at the tale end of the game.
Thank you so much for uploading these songs. Just like many people of my generation (I was born in 1984), Secret of Mana is connected to very strong memories and emotions. As a musician myself (possibly thanks to Hiroki Kikuta), I really like how you play, with such respect to the arrangements and spirit of the songs. Every time I listen to your covers I feel deeply shaken and full of gratitude, it brings me peace and makes me feel more complete. Thank you.
Thanks! I'm glad there are other people out there who have the same emotional connection with the music, especially in the way it was arranged on the original system.
God yes, the Pure Land was a cast iron bitch to trog through. It is basically a long ass maze, boss gauntlet, and a true test of your endurance all rolled into one. When you got through it all though, it was so frigging rewarding!
SPOILER JUST IN CASE ANYONE READING HASN'T PLAYED YET: It was so much of I spike I had to look up what to do. Couldn't even get past the first few rooms without getting killed, and when I did finally get to the snake boss, I was dead in seconds. Once I found out you have to buy the best armor in the game by finding an obscure shop at the tree palace (the area right before the pure land) which is just around the castle, which I never would've thought to look. It was super easy after that, and the bosses weren't much of a threat. I don't know if I can call it the most difficult part, because without finding the obscure shop, it's nearly impossible, but with the armor it's not that hard.
@@1calv or grind your ass and magic too I usually dropped there when all my spells were level 7 and lv 70 ish. the best armors in the game is actually in the pure land from random monster drops like the best helmet for example, it can be rough to get them TBH.
This track is so haunting and beautiful. When you step into the Pure Land, you feel like you've walked into an undisturbed forest sanctuary that you should NOT be in. The enemies make you feel that way too.
Simply beautiful rendition, holy crap, you nailed it. My only caveat is that the song is actually called "Still of the Night" on the OST but amazing job, looking forward to your rendition of "Leave Time For Love".
Looks like the "Pure Night" I got from my track list was a translation from the Japanese, where "Still of the Night" the title on the official English translation.
@@OrchestralFantasy still a beautiful rendition regardless. I've been watching your videos for a long time and you've done a splendid job capturing the essence of the originals with real instruments. That takes a Supreme amount of talent and passion for what you do. I also enjoy when you have others collaborate with you too. Does Danielle York have her own RU-vid channel? Because she's very talented and French Horn is not an easy instrument to play. Would love to hear more from her as well.
Soothing music, but I still have ptsd from the first time I came here and was getting absolutely mauled by monsters because I missed the equipment upgrades in Neko's final shop.
You play a recorder in there?! How.... How could you produce such a resounding flute and xylophone that it seems combined?! Amazing dude... That Secret of Mana, i gonna play it!
I did a little bit of studio trickery. I put a compressor on the recorder that was sidechained to the glockenspiel, so whenever I hit a note there it would slightly turn down the volume on the recorder. I also faded all the long notes out so that it matched the volume decrease of the percussion.
@@OrchestralFantasy Oo, man. I don't know how it works, but such tricks exist, eh. It's amazing how people could think those things to enhance their performance
Your music conveys the original emotions so accurately that I frequently have to walk back to my computer to confirm I'm still on your playlist and not the OST. Thank you for making my days so much more enjoyable!
I have seen many renditions of this but yours is the only one to capture the actual tone correctly for what the place represents. Haunting as it should be and all because you chose the xylophone instead of a flute or piano.
I must the tonality of early square enix. Other than octopath traveller on occasion they don’t seem to make stuff that I would describe as ‘achingly beautiful’ anymore
@@OrchestralFantasy is it like some kind of harmonic that accidentally summed to resonance and then clipped? because it comes in and out at the peaks it seems... like from 1:23 to about 1:40 it registers quite a few times. (i'm just asking to figure out where in the signal chain to look)
Did I already say do the credits? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gR_5m5gUFLk.html edit: get Vic Wooten on Cameo to do the bass solo, just an idea ;)