a Tolkien inspired song eh... what to expect? strings? a drum and tuba arrangement breaking into a cello and flute mix... nope... THIS IS METAL! THIS IS MORDOR!
I don't know if it was intentional, but at 0:14 I swear you can hear faintly the sound of hammer hitting steel from the video. Something about that is just... perfect.
I just realized the reference to Call of Home: "Through rubble, rock and stone The ashes are my home The silver sting of hatred It creeps into my bones" has the same melody as "Through river root and stone, the distant call of home."
One thing I love about Tolkien's universe is that it was so consistent, so malleable that others could work with it too. One can learn much by traversing the lands of Middle Earth, even if only through the eyes of another character.
Having now watched Gav's studio video on mixing and layering none of his songs are the same. I keep noticing where the number of voices change, and getting clearer hints of the different instruments. These songs are really impressive.
i'm sorry!!! i couldn't answer before now because I was doing some hellish martial arts training in the mountains! (I actually just haven't been on youtube for a long time...)
Gavin, how, just how, is every single one of your songs a masterpiece?? Seriously! I haven't heard a single song by you that I haven't liked! You truly are a Miracle of Sound!
I really love how you connect almost every song from the same universe together. Like this one has the "Through rubble, rock and stone The ashes are my home" Which is clearly taken form Call of Home, there is the "Justice runs in crimson rivers" for AC games, the Dark Souls bridge melody in both DS songs and the list goes on. Love your work Gavin, you're amazing.
Gav really likes to include references into his previous songs in the same universe. Some are more subtle than the others. See, for example, his Bioshock, Assassin's Creed and Batman songs.
I know he likes to reference previous songs, and i love it. Especially the My Revolution song putting the reference in French. I was just commenting that i noticed the reference in this.
That opening shot is just freaking stunning. And it goes perfectly with this song. Hell, I'll be honest, everything Gav the Mighty does goes well with just about anything.
Stern Is the spirit Deep In the flame Curse Of the wicked Creeps Into my frame And the glow Is a guide Time is cold, forlord And the rage Smothers all In a molten scorn Broken blade Revenge is calling Savage shade In the dark I dash Broken blade Black blood falling Shadow of the ash Through rubble, rock and stone The ashes are my home The silver sting of hatred It creeps into my bones Brand Of the phantom Hilt Of the son Hand Of the shadow Gift Of the one And the gates Ever higher Earth and root and tree Will burn In the fires Of industry Broken blade Revenge is calling Savage shade In the dark I dash Broken blade Black blood falling Shadow of the ash Dominate!! Devistate!! Through rubble, rock and stone The ashes are my home The silver sting of hatred It creeps into my bones Broken blade Revenge is calling Savage shade In the dark I dash Broken blade Black blood falling Shadow of the ash
This is insanely good. I don't like metal that much, but this is awesome. The amount of subs you have proves the general populace doesn't know what good music is. You and your songs are worth so many more subscribers.
I know this video's been up for awhile, but it just popped up on my playlist as I was wandering Morrowind with my Dunmeri Vampire Templar in ESO and it worked surprisingly well as badass background music to her adventures! Props!
Finished it too, and I got to ask, what did you think of the end? Personally I hated it, not going into further details to avoid spoiling, and thought it was a lousy ending for such a great game.
Andrew Day In my own opinion i fell like the ending may have been a set up for a possible sequel or a future dlc. The game's season pass was announced early so maybe they intend to do more with it in dlc or ran out of time. I will agree the ending was a let down but i wouldn't mind a sequel as long as they refine a few things (like the ending), I think it would make a good trilogy.
I feel like they could have worked on the bosses in general. [SPOILERS UNDER THE READ MORE] I think the final boss was a terrible fight(space, space, e, left click. Just did the final boss.). Final bosses are supposed to be an accumulation of everything you've learned playing the game, or a great narrative piece, or something significant. But really the ending was "You killed the black hand! Yay!".
I'm not hyped for the game, in fact I'm not hyped for any games this year or early next year, but this song is amazing! I love the drum introduction especially.
Bob Stamos Yup most people were pretty skeptical, so when the game didn't turn out to be shit it was well received. Seems hype results in disappointment this year. Watch_doge and Destiny were hyped to oblivion and ended up being average.
I think not, one of the letters written by J.R.R. Tolkien is about how his work is not to be understood in a fixed way but appropiated. Therefore, he will be happy that someone took over and made an interpretation
Game was fun for me cause I like having the opportunity to fight a huge amount of enemies all at once without being too overpowered. It gets the gamer blood flowing, like this song.
+Ignis King u must not have had everything unlocked like I did then cuz the Gravewalker is fucking OP. XD (btw I use Gravewalker to refer to Talion and Celembrimbor together.)
When I listen to a song for the first time, I'm never able to like it on spot, but your music is so much different... I love every single song you've made, can't define why.
Was so excited about getting this game for Christmas. Concept is awesome, but I ended up having a lot of trouble playing it and put it down without beating it.
The game was great imo, but the scaling was absolute garbage. It was super hart at first, forcing me to run away a lot. Eventually, I got something that made it so that whenever i got a combo of 5, i could use whatever ability was the B button and restore 1/2 of my health. Then it went down to a combo of 2 (or 3?). Then it possessed the enemy and turned them to my side. The game became easier than pokemon. Games should get harder over time- not easier.
Just turn off all the things that tell you an enemy's about to attack. I will say that being able to brand enemies in the middle of battle is a bit overpowered. Especially if like me you only have the "heal when you brand" runes on your dagger.
So glad you enjoyed the game enough to make a song of it. Loved this game way more than I expected I would, was a bit skeptical because I'm one of those lore guys, so I didn't go in expecting to enjoy it, however I can say I liked it enough as its own story to put the "canon" issues behind me, and just enjoy the game. In fact, when I heard the opening to this song, wasn't sure I was going to enjoy it, so its kind of cool that you've managed to capture what the game did to me where I enjoyed it more than I expected. Also that link to the hobbit song, without making it the exact same lyrics made this feel such a great song. TL;DR I guess I'm saying, thanks for the great song about the great game!
miracleofsound just got it off band camp. Downloaded the app so I could get your songs. Would love to see you team up with fellow youtuber Karliene Reynolds. I think you could do a great duo. Can't wait for your next song
"earth and root and tree will burn in the fires of industry" Nice one Gav. Before listening to this, I had considered "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" by Blind Guardian to be the best musical tribute to Middle Earth ever. Now...I can't really choose. I guess you're both awesome ,and I'll leave it at that. Rock on Gav- your music is that good that I'm starting to believe you just might be one of the Valar in disguise.
This song just made me realise, do Talion's weapons symbolise the holy trinity..? Dagger of the son, sword of the father and bow of the spirit? (Granted, it's not a holy spirit, but still).
He could represent god before he saw noah. Before talion met the people of the sea of numen everyone he saw in mordor was cruel and wicked so his plan kill everything. Before god saw noah he was just gonna let everything die however he realized there was some good in the world and spared noah and his family
Ethan Rae That is a very good point. After Talion reaches the sea he begins to enlist orcs, almost as if he's converting them to his faith. The newfound faith given to him by the queen (representing Noah) as God (Talion) realises that the orcs (human race) can have some belief towards Talion's power and use it for good. I might have to enlist MatPat here...
Something I came up with while playing the sequel. Rings of the old kings, links in their chains Plied by their power, warped, driven insane But I know what went wrong, how to bring reform When my light touches all it will be reborn Ring remade New plan devising Savage slaves With their kin will clash Ring remade Green tide rising Bright Lord of the ash From rubble, rock and stone I'll build a golden throne To rule above a brave new world built high on backs and bones Brand on the chattel Freedom from choice Built up for battle Fear and rejoice And my gates ever straight Ever charged, my scroll Will master the fate Of each living soul
_As the music plays the world falls still. The final battle is apon us - we prepare for confrontation with the worst foe as of yet, success barely within plausible reach. The journey this far has been hard, but now we open forth the floodgates of fire and fury. Survival is a question, not a guarantee. Prepare for your end, or titanic victory in the face of incredibly unlikely odds. Good luck, Hero._ I love this song, I feel like what I just described above - the hero about to take on the final boss in an incredibly hard fight. The more it repeats the more awesome it feels. Great work miracleofsound! Keep up the great work. :) -_I'll Be Listening._
This song makes me want to play the game, but I don't have money to buy it. I'm also a mild LOTR fan, but seriously; This is fantastic. You are awesome. Keep awesome.
My new best song from Gav. I love that you can after many years still go better and better. Request: Since alot dark RPG coming, I would love to hear more metal oriented stuff from you.
Wow, that was great. This was my favorite movie franchise and I loved the game. Honestly the words capture the true and total essence of the game. Great Job.
I love how he remixed 'Call of Home' at 3:42 where you see Gollum climbing the wall. And I LOVE that in the Call of Home Video the Gollum scene also starts exactly at 3:42. Oh Gav, you love to place easter eggs, don't you? :)
I always thought they could've done way more to make the Black Hand a good rival for what he was supposed to represent. I know what I would've done. So, a moment of silence for the Magnificent Bastard who never was.
+SecondDeath777 I DO wish we could've had a sword fight with the Black Hand BEFORE he fused with Celebrimbor and became Sauron and we had to finish a QTE.. I didn't MIND what we got, but I wish that we got the epic duel with the Black Hand that we were pretty much expecting and anticipating the whole game too along WITH the Sauron QTE.
It is a very fun game I suggest renting it if you want to give it a taste (if that is still a thing these days.....) however I hear last gen doesn't have the nemesis system fully implemented which is probably the best part of the game even though it is a tad simple at times
Cael Bravery Good idea :P Great game if you love manipulation however I wished they would open the floodgates for mods since the nemesis system would be awesome in several other universes like a song of ice and fire or 40k
TheSpoonyCroy I thought that, if this could be made to go into another complicated universe with deception and betrayal, it would make it even greater than it already is!
darkabysskiller I would love to have a shadow organization simulator where you can start as a grunt and work your way up or start out as a boss of a small group and build yourself up to become a world feared organization :P
do you know that awesome feeling when you wake up on your birthday and the first thing you see is that your favorite musician uploaded a new freaking awesome song^^? i love how you used Call Of Home for some parts :) it sounds just perfect
I've said it before and I'll say it again - fantasy suits you like The Ring suits Smeagol (in a good way)! :P Also, love that little sprinkle of Call of Home in this song. Amazing work as always! :)
Must've listened to this song a dozen times in the last hour...damn you, YOU TOOK AN WHOLE HOUR OUT OF MY DAY AND I WANT IT BACK... Eh, never mind. Probably would have just wasted it anyway...Nice song bro.
This song is absolutely incredible in my top ten favorite video game songs this is number one and the rest are also made by you you've got serious talent
I need to start saying something more clever aside from lol good job, it feels so empty and generic. XD Gav, I love this I absolutely love it. I'm a huge fan of metal so this absolutely appealed to me! Thank you for making this man!
You have a very Turisas kind of sound to this. Its not a bad thing, just saying it more for a point of reference to this. Battle Anthem really fits this, and its a nice song to kick back to.
I have only one question. Will you make songs of Mordor, Nazgules, Sauron and Morgoth himself? I think it would be epic. Especially, if you will sing it.
+TheRumChum +Seier krigføring I wish there WERE more main quests tho… fighting Uruks, Uruk Captains, and Uruk Warchiefs gets old after a while when u have everything unlocked and ur steamrolling over entire armies singlehandedly in open combat.. I sometimes just went into a stronghold and deliberately get the alarm raised just to make the fight a bit more fair and more enjoyable... I actually made a new Xbox 360 profile JUST to play the game again cuz with my original profile I was the most OP thing in Mordor... it gets old after a while being the Saitama of Lord of the Rings. XD
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a Tolkien inspired song eh... what to expect? strings? a drum and tuba arrangement breaking into a cello and flute mix... nope... THIS IS METAL! THIS IS MORDOR!
In the Black Speech of Mordor "Ash" means "One".
"Shadow of the One"
Well.. goddamn.
...classy.
Shows how clear calibrimbor color's are
*Vietnam Zeruel82Mk2 flashbacks*
Shadow of Neo
"Shadow of the one" sounds evrn better imo. Isn't this because he was fighting himself?
I was 14 when I heard this song, now I'm 23 and I still listen to it, what a good song
I don't know if it was intentional, but at 0:14 I swear you can hear faintly the sound of hammer hitting steel from the video.
Something about that is just... perfect.
Wow it is incredible you heard that! I never noticed it
i think it's a sound from the actual game, im not sure though
@@jrex0522 it is
CircleTheSkies I don't know whether it was actually there or I just thought it was due to your comment but after quite a few listens I could hear it.
Jeez I've listened to this song God know how many times and I just noticed that now.
I just realized the reference to Call of Home: "Through rubble, rock and stone
The ashes are my home
The silver sting of hatred
It creeps into my bones" has the same melody as "Through river root and stone, the distant call of home."
ineresting
2:56
I watch Man-At-Arms and I'm just imagining sauron doing commentary like they do as he makes the ring. Endless amusement.
How about Forged in Fire? "Alright today you'll be forging rings. And as an expert to check your craftsmanship we have Sauron."
@@MusingSprite3045 what would be the "you blade will kiel" for rings?
@@trippy5879"Your ring wiel in the darkness bind them"
@@TheHumbleHollow"Your ring shall bind in darkness"
One thing I love about Tolkien's universe is that it was so consistent, so malleable that others could work with it too. One can learn much by traversing the lands of Middle Earth, even if only through the eyes of another character.
Having now watched Gav's studio video on mixing and layering none of his songs are the same. I keep noticing where the number of voices change, and getting clearer hints of the different instruments. These songs are really impressive.
Crazy how Gav's songs can make me want to buy a game, even years later.
Same here
I actualy bougth it because of this song. No regrets. Both games are amazing.
He has incredible talent and unique creativity, his songs are awesome.
They should sponsor him
Did you buy it?
I love the fact that the song's name is actually "shadow of the one" (ash = one in orcish)
"ash" in black speech has a different pronunciation
the game BADASS this song BADASS you gavin ARE BADASS
YOU GUYS ARE BADASSEST!!! :)
I'm not sure why, but this comment was the straw that broke me into paying for the game. xD
You know, if the song weren't enough.
miracleofsound THX!
Gael Guillerm Weird response...
Because I'm actually a dude.
Another goddamn masterpiece as always, Gav. And it won't be your last!
Thank you! rock on \m/
miracleofsound haven't heard a song I don't like yet, keep it up man
miracleofsound
\m/ \m/
that's some good elven METAL-smithing you've got there!
I see what you did there ;)
Dude, that just saved my day :D (Well... night, actually)
*****
One does not simply stay calm, when the Artist responds to your comment.
i'm sorry!!! i couldn't answer before now because I was doing some hellish martial arts training in the mountains! (I actually just haven't been on youtube for a long time...)
The mark of the outsider, I too have visited his shrines
did someone say rock and stone? ROCK AND STONE BROTHER!
5 years later... I was 14 when i first heard this and im still jamming to this when i destroy my brothers strongholds in shadow of war
Gavin, how, just how, is every single one of your songs a masterpiece?? Seriously! I haven't heard a single song by you that I haven't liked! You truly are a Miracle of Sound!
Why is it that every Shadow of Mordor song is the best thing ever?
Who doesn't ?
Love the subtle throwback to Call Of Home
"Subtle"
I really love how you connect almost every song from the same universe together. Like this one has the
"Through rubble, rock and stone
The ashes are my home"
Which is clearly taken form Call of Home, there is the "Justice runs in crimson rivers" for AC games, the Dark Souls bridge melody in both DS songs and the list goes on. Love your work Gavin, you're amazing.
Still one of my favorites. After all these years
That sounded just like Call of Home.
"Through rubble, rock and stone
The ashes are my home
The silver sting of hatred
It creeps into my bones"
Both based on stories set in Middle Earth....so it makes sense
Gav really likes to include references into his previous songs in the same universe. Some are more subtle than the others.
See, for example, his Bioshock, Assassin's Creed and Batman songs.
That's one of my favourite things about MoS!
And "The Call" for The Elder Scrolls Online has a melody from "Nord Mead" for Skyrim in it.
I know he likes to reference previous songs, and i love it. Especially the My Revolution song putting the reference in French. I was just commenting that i noticed the reference in this.
That opening shot is just freaking stunning. And it goes perfectly with this song. Hell, I'll be honest, everything Gav the Mighty does goes well with just about anything.
Ohhhhh damn that death growling behind the clean vocals is beautiful!
I listen to a lot of music in my spare time and I've never legitimately decided on a "favorite band". You've taken that title.
Stern
Is the spirit
Deep
In the flame
Curse
Of the wicked
Creeps
Into my frame
And the glow
Is a guide
Time is cold, forlord
And the rage
Smothers all
In a molten scorn
Broken blade
Revenge is calling
Savage shade
In the dark I dash
Broken blade
Black blood falling
Shadow of the ash
Through rubble, rock and stone
The ashes are my home
The silver sting of hatred
It creeps into my bones
Brand
Of the phantom
Hilt
Of the son
Hand
Of the shadow
Gift
Of the one
And the gates
Ever higher
Earth and root and tree
Will burn
In the fires
Of industry
Broken blade
Revenge is calling
Savage shade
In the dark I dash
Broken blade
Black blood falling
Shadow of the ash
Dominate!!
Devistate!!
Through rubble, rock and stone
The ashes are my home
The silver sting of hatred
It creeps into my bones
Broken blade
Revenge is calling
Savage shade
In the dark I dash
Broken blade
Black blood falling
Shadow of the ash
AWSOME WORK as always!
I REALLY love how you did the part in 3:16 in a way that it feels like the elf wraith is singing aswell.. Gave me chills!
This is insanely good. I don't like metal that much, but this is awesome. The amount of subs you have proves the general populace doesn't know what good music is. You and your songs are worth so many more subscribers.
Same here, but how many subscribers does he have? UA-cam does not let me see that when I am one of them.
178,000 about. I don't remember the exact number, but he deserves way more
@@EliShawe now has 879k subs...
I know this video's been up for awhile, but it just popped up on my playlist as I was wandering Morrowind with my Dunmeri Vampire Templar in ESO and it worked surprisingly well as badass background music to her adventures! Props!
Just 100%ed this game and now I find this music video is a nice edition to that victory.
Finished it too, and I got to ask, what did you think of the end? Personally I hated it, not going into further details to avoid spoiling, and thought it was a lousy ending for such a great game.
Andrew Day In my own opinion i fell like the ending may have been a set up for a possible sequel or a future dlc. The game's season pass was announced early so maybe they intend to do more with it in dlc or ran out of time.
I will agree the ending was a let down but i wouldn't mind a sequel as long as they refine a few things (like the ending), I think it would make a good trilogy.
I feel like they could have worked on the bosses in general.
[SPOILERS UNDER THE READ MORE]
I think the final boss was a terrible fight(space, space, e, left click. Just did the final boss.). Final bosses are supposed to be an accumulation of everything you've learned playing the game, or a great narrative piece, or something significant. But really the ending was "You killed the black hand! Yay!".
Magnificent as always Gavin.
I'm not hyped for the game, in fact I'm not hyped for any games this year or early next year, but this song is amazing!
I love the drum introduction especially.
There was no hype for this game, and as I thought the game was amazing.
Bob Stamos
Yup most people were pretty skeptical, so when the game didn't turn out to be shit it was well received. Seems hype results in disappointment this year. Watch_doge and Destiny were hyped to oblivion and ended up being average.
What about no man's sky? It's a huge leap forward in gaming!
Nunurbiznez *Headless Chicken Approved* There's is absolutely no hype for that game..be ready for game fit for the gods!
Bob Stamos There is some. Mostly, among people who've heard of it. I'm excited as fuck!
They should just pay this guy to do the trailer that was a great video 10/10 would watch again
I really like the way you connect your songs together, like this one and "The Call Of Home". Just awesome.
Somewhere, J.R.R. Tolkein is banging his head!
\,,/
I think it’s In his grave
alex moller which proves how awesome this song is, it brings the dead back to life temporarily so they can rock out to it.
why? this Game is awesome :)
I think not, one of the letters written by J.R.R. Tolkien is about how his work is not to be understood in a fixed way but appropiated. Therefore, he will be happy that someone took over and made an interpretation
@@baron2062 No, the eternal shores.
Game was fun for me cause I like having the opportunity to fight a huge amount of enemies all at once without being too overpowered. It gets the gamer blood flowing, like this song.
+Ignis King u must not have had everything unlocked like I did then cuz the Gravewalker is fucking OP. XD (btw I use Gravewalker to refer to Talion and Celembrimbor together.)
When I listen to a song for the first time, I'm never able to like it on spot, but your music is so much different... I love every single song you've made, can't define why.
every time I think you've reached your limit in music you throw all those notions out the window, really good, keep at it.
I love how it has the melody of 'call of home' in some parts. So awesome!
Was so excited about getting this game for Christmas. Concept is awesome, but I ended up having a lot of trouble playing it and put it down without beating it.
The game was great imo, but the scaling was absolute garbage. It was super hart at first, forcing me to run away a lot. Eventually, I got something that made it so that whenever i got a combo of 5, i could use whatever ability was the B button and restore 1/2 of my health. Then it went down to a combo of 2 (or 3?). Then it possessed the enemy and turned them to my side. The game became easier than pokemon. Games should get harder over time- not easier.
Just turn off all the things that tell you an enemy's about to attack. I will say that being able to brand enemies in the middle of battle is a bit overpowered. Especially if like me you only have the "heal when you brand" runes on your dagger.
LOTR metal? I didn't know I needed this in my life.
So glad you enjoyed the game enough to make a song of it. Loved this game way more than I expected I would, was a bit skeptical because I'm one of those lore guys, so I didn't go in expecting to enjoy it, however I can say I liked it enough as its own story to put the "canon" issues behind me, and just enjoy the game. In fact, when I heard the opening to this song, wasn't sure I was going to enjoy it, so its kind of cool that you've managed to capture what the game did to me where I enjoyed it more than I expected. Also that link to the hobbit song, without making it the exact same lyrics made this feel such a great song.
TL;DR I guess I'm saying, thanks for the great song about the great game!
I love the way how this song is a bit similar to the one about "The Hobbit", yet heavier, as if to say that this story is a darker one.
I love how at 2:51, the instrumental sounds like a heavy metal version of one of the LOTR themes!!! Excellent job, Gavin, as always!
Absolutely love it and getting ready to buy a copy. You have such an amazing talent with original songs. Love it
Thanks for the support :) On bandcamp now, itunes etc will be 3-4 days :)
miracleofsound just got it off band camp. Downloaded the app so I could get your songs. Would love to see you team up with fellow youtuber Karliene Reynolds. I think you could do a great duo. Can't wait for your next song
Smokey Beard I enjoy Karliene's stuff! Gonna probably collab at some point :)
miracleofsound that's awesome to hear
+miracleofsound make it so
"One vocal to rule them all, One voice to sing them,
One riff to bring them all and in the darkness ROCK THEM \m/ "
This song has singlehandedly gotten me into LOTR
Aww yeah this is more like it. Really digging this one. Especially loved the call back to Call of Home. God this is amazing.
I can't wait for the Shadow of War song. Hope it's just as good, if not better!
"earth and root and tree will burn in the fires of industry" Nice one Gav. Before listening to this, I had considered "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" by Blind Guardian to be the best musical tribute to Middle Earth ever. Now...I can't really choose. I guess you're both awesome ,and I'll leave it at that. Rock on Gav- your music is that good that I'm starting to believe you just might be one of the Valar in disguise.
This is one sweet rocking song Gav, and a cool video too. Awesome stuff :)
Goosebumps from the beginning and then there was the melody of your Hobbit song and I melted away... great song as always. Loving it!
This song just made me realise, do Talion's weapons symbolise the holy trinity..? Dagger of the son, sword of the father and bow of the spirit? (Granted, it's not a holy spirit, but still).
He could represent god before he saw noah. Before talion met the people of the sea of numen everyone he saw in mordor was cruel and wicked so his plan kill everything. Before god saw noah he was just gonna let everything die however he realized there was some good in the world and spared noah and his family
Ethan Rae That is a very good point. After Talion reaches the sea he begins to enlist orcs, almost as if he's converting them to his faith. The newfound faith given to him by the queen (representing Noah) as God (Talion) realises that the orcs (human race) can have some belief towards Talion's power and use it for good. I might have to enlist MatPat here...
Tweet the idea to matpat and other social media items and if he makes a vid on it I'm so going to type MY IDEA in the comments
+animationguy1000 Assassins Creed is the same in many ways with dagger sword bow (crossbow)
+animationguy1000 Assassins Creed is the same in many ways with dagger sword bow (crossbow)
At first I really liked this, but then you implemented Call of Home, and from there I LOVED IT.
Something I came up with while playing the sequel.
Rings of the old kings, links in their chains
Plied by their power, warped, driven insane
But I know what went wrong, how to bring reform
When my light touches all it will be reborn
Ring remade
New plan devising
Savage slaves
With their kin will clash
Ring remade
Green tide rising
Bright Lord of the ash
From rubble, rock and stone
I'll build a golden throne
To rule above a brave new world built high on backs and bones
Brand on the chattel
Freedom from choice
Built up for battle
Fear and rejoice
And my gates ever straight
Ever charged, my scroll
Will master the fate
Of each living soul
Gavin might want to see if he can make a song for the Sequel and add your lyrics in
Fits very well foe Celebrimbor actually
Your skills at making catchy Chorus' is outstanding, I was still uttering it under my breath as I was browsing other things. So I came back.
_As the music plays the world falls still. The final battle is apon us - we prepare for confrontation with the worst foe as of yet, success barely within plausible reach. The journey this far has been hard, but now we open forth the floodgates of fire and fury. Survival is a question, not a guarantee. Prepare for your end, or titanic victory in the face of incredibly unlikely odds. Good luck, Hero._
I love this song, I feel like what I just described above - the hero about to take on the final boss in an incredibly hard fight. The more it repeats the more awesome it feels.
Great work miracleofsound! Keep up the great work. :)
-_I'll Be Listening._
"Through rubble, rock and stone
The ashes are my home
The silver sting of hatred
It creeps into my bones"
I love this "Call of home" reference!
It's super awesome that you keep making those small references to old songs :)
that moment when the song is much better than the whole game.
Haven't played the game, but this song is pretty fucking awesome. Loved the callbacks to "Call of Home" in there.
Alright I'm about 1 minute into this video and just had to stop and say 'dope ass power metal, dude!' Miracle of Sound does it again!
A ballad fit for Talion indeed!
This song makes me want to play the game, but I don't have money to buy it. I'm also a mild LOTR fan, but seriously;
This is fantastic. You are awesome. Keep awesome.
two words pirate bay
I am still holding out the vein hope that Gavin also does one for Shadow of War.
Crazy that this song stuck with me for so long that 7 years later I finally said fuck it and bought the game
The best song for shadow of mordor.
Miracle of sound guy let me just say for all of use you rock and great job as always.
My new best song from Gav. I love that you can after many years still go better and better.
Request: Since alot dark RPG coming, I would love to hear more metal oriented stuff from you.
Wow, that was great. This was my favorite movie franchise and I loved the game. Honestly the words capture the true and total essence of the game. Great Job.
So hyped for this game. If anyone here has it can you tell me what its like. I need to wait for it to come into stock.
Also brilliant song
It's "Assasin's creed" in Mordor.
Иван Орлов OK thanks.
It's a wonderfully crafted action game about killing hundreds of orcs, with some story now and then. But mostly killing orcs. :)
Иван Орлов is the story good. I didn't watch anything so I wouldn't spoil it
I love how he remixed 'Call of Home' at 3:42 where you see Gollum climbing the wall.
And I LOVE that in the Call of Home Video the Gollum scene also starts exactly at 3:42. Oh Gav, you love to place easter eggs, don't you? :)
1:55 Is that Anakin Skywalker? It sure looks like him XD
No, that's just the Black Hand.
"From my point of view the Bright Lord is evil!"
Slend "YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DESTROY THE DARK LORD, NOT JOIN HIM!"
I always thought they could've done way more to make the Black Hand a good rival for what he was supposed to represent. I know what I would've done. So, a moment of silence for the Magnificent Bastard who never was.
+SecondDeath777 I DO wish we could've had a sword fight with the Black Hand BEFORE he fused with Celebrimbor and became Sauron and we had to finish a QTE.. I didn't MIND what we got, but I wish that we got the epic duel with the Black Hand that we were pretty much expecting and anticipating the whole game too along WITH the Sauron QTE.
Awesome song. I'm playing this game as soon as I upgrade my system (probably mid 2015), and I'm already hyped for it.
Reminds me of dream evil and powerwolf at the same time. Amazing!
Holy hell I love that little callback to Call of Home you threw in, brilliant song like always!
Replaying this for the second time only makes me want to buy the game (And the song) even more.
It is a very fun game I suggest renting it if you want to give it a taste (if that is still a thing these days.....) however I hear last gen doesn't have the nemesis system fully implemented which is probably the best part of the game even though it is a tad simple at times
TheSpoonyCroy I'm just gonna grab it on Steam when it goes on sale, as I do not own a console.
Cael Bravery
Good idea :P Great game if you love manipulation however I wished they would open the floodgates for mods since the nemesis system would be awesome in several other universes like a song of ice and fire or 40k
TheSpoonyCroy I thought that, if this could be made to go into another complicated universe with deception and betrayal, it would make it even greater than it already is!
darkabysskiller
I would love to have a shadow organization simulator where you can start as a grunt and work your way up or start out as a boss of a small group and build yourself up to become a world feared organization :P
do you know that awesome feeling when you wake up on your birthday and the first thing you see is that your favorite musician uploaded a new freaking awesome song^^?
i love how you used Call Of Home for some parts :)
it sounds just perfect
I've said it before and I'll say it again - fantasy suits you like The Ring suits Smeagol (in a good way)! :P Also, love that little sprinkle of Call of Home in this song. Amazing work as always! :)
Your best one yet, the video is sync to the tune !! Keep going man, you rock !
Must've listened to this song a dozen times in the last hour...damn you, YOU TOOK AN WHOLE HOUR OUT OF MY DAY AND I WANT IT BACK...
Eh, never mind. Probably would have just wasted it anyway...Nice song bro.
This song is absolutely incredible in my top ten favorite video game songs this is number one and the rest are also made by you you've got serious talent
Wonder how humanity evolved from really old rusty flutes used by monkeys to this masterpiece.
I love how a part of the song sounded like Call of Home! Awesome as always you are,Gavin.
I need to start saying something more clever aside from lol good job, it feels so empty and generic. XD Gav, I love this I absolutely love it. I'm a huge fan of metal so this absolutely appealed to me! Thank you for making this man!
Great song, and game is probably the best thing to come out of middle earth since Lord of the Rings
Can't wait for "Ruler Of The Ash" when Shadow of War comes out
Loving the way you have certain motifs for certain franchises, first Assassin's Creed, then Bioshock and now this, great work keep it up!
You have a very Turisas kind of sound to this. Its not a bad thing, just saying it more for a point of reference to this. Battle Anthem really fits this, and its a nice song to kick back to.
I love how i hear an echo to The Call of Home in the "Through rubble, rock and stone" line, and indeed in the very melody of the song.
I have only one question. Will you make songs of Mordor, Nazgules, Sauron and Morgoth himself? I think it would be epic. Especially, if you will sing it.
Though I do not like fantasy and do not understand why everything is so idolized Lord of the Rings, but this song is just AWESOME!!!
Love this song and this game you are a talented artist Gavin keep doing what your doing
not the kind of song i expected and its FREAKIN awsome
3:52
*agressively lowering arms*
I liked the parallels between Call Home, very nicely done.
I absolutely loved this game, could have been a bit longer. but nonetheless pretty freaking awesome :)
also I keep wanting to hear... EXTERMINATE!.... at 2:48. XD
+TheRumChum +Seier krigføring I wish there WERE more main quests tho… fighting Uruks, Uruk Captains, and Uruk Warchiefs gets old after a while when u have everything unlocked and ur steamrolling over entire armies singlehandedly in open combat.. I sometimes just went into a stronghold and deliberately get the alarm raised just to make the fight a bit more fair and more enjoyable... I actually made a new Xbox 360 profile JUST to play the game again cuz with my original profile I was the most OP thing in Mordor... it gets old after a while being the Saitama of Lord of the Rings. XD
This has to be one of your best ones to date
Guys, the sequel is coming!
'Through river root and stone, the distant call of home, so far yet always with us...' Wait.
Another amazing song, your channel should have more subs.