Frédéric Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude, Op 28, No. 15

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  • Опубліковано 24 бер 2009
  • Beginning in D-Flat Major, this piece focuses on inner confliction and the contemplation of the solitary self. The composition was born from the mind of Frédéric Chopin in 1858 during his stay at the Valldemossa monastery. Amantine Dupin once commented, "It casts the soul into a terrible dejection. Maurice and I had left [Chopin] in good health one morning to go shopping in Palma for things we needed at our "encampment." The rain came in overflowing torrents. We made three leagues in six hours, only to return in the middle of a flood. We got back in absolute dark, shoeless, having been abandoned by our driver to cross unheard of perils. We hurried, knowing how our sick one would worry. Indeed he had, but now was as though congealed in a kind of quiet desperation, and, weeping, he was playing his wonderful prelude. Seeing us come in, he got up with a cry, then said with a bewildered air and a strange tone, "Ah, I was sure that you were dead." When he recovered his spirits and saw the state we were in, he was ill, picturing the dangers we had been through, but he confessed to me that while waiting for us he had seen it all in a dream, and no longer distinguishing the dream from reality, he became calm and drowsy. While playing the piano, persuaded that he was dead himself, he saw himself drown in a lake. Heavy drops of icy water fell in a regular rhythm on his breast, and when I made him listen to the sound of the drops of water indeed falling in rhythm on the roof, he denied having heard it. He was even angry that I should interpret this in terms of imitative sounds. He protested with all his might-and he was right to-against the childishness of such aural imitations. His genius was filled with the mysterious sounds of nature, but transformed into sublime equivalents in musical thought, and not through slavish imitation of the actual external sounds. His composition of that night was surely filled with raindrops, resounding clearly on the tiles of the Charterhouse, but it had been transformed in his imagination and in his song into tears falling upon his heart from the sky."
    Played by an Anonymous passionnée

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  • @pigpig252
    @pigpig252 9 років тому +2054

    Most versions of this aren't very well played. This one is. It's slow, relaxed, and it feels like it's not constrained to any real pace. It's entirely in the hands of the musician. Most people seem to rush this piece too much.

    • @cameronsharpe12
      @cameronsharpe12 5 років тому +58

      100% agree love this version and other versions seem too rushed

    • @johnchronic5248
      @johnchronic5248 5 років тому +78

      John Frusciante once said something to the effect of some classically trained musicians stick to a perfect time signature like a grid. They rarely play around with the space between the notes. Could explain a lot here.

    • @bunkkasponge
      @bunkkasponge 5 років тому +22

      That is why I come back to this one for listeing.

    • @Asriel723
      @Asriel723 5 років тому +14

      Foehammer I can imagine being in a forest or my happy place or two people in love but they can’t be together so they have to find a way

    • @eklipse2976
      @eklipse2976 5 років тому +8

      Was trying out this piece but once I listened to this I noticed that I was much more faster than what it should be. I’m so used to Chopin’s incredibly fast pieces like petit chien and black keys where I am too slow and this time it’s the opposite.

  • @apaperrabbit1669
    @apaperrabbit1669 Рік тому +352

    You’re either “Believe” or “Remember our promise”

  • @averagegamer3145
    @averagegamer3145 Рік тому +218

    "And things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl"

    • @amanishenoa4976
      @amanishenoa4976 9 місяців тому +2

      😮

    • @Hennichell
      @Hennichell 9 місяців тому +23

      REMEMBER OUR PROMISE

    • @deadcatisbad2673
      @deadcatisbad2673 8 місяців тому +21

      "Great holes secretly are dug where Earth's pores ought to suffice."

    • @bennnoboyo5238
      @bennnoboyo5238 7 місяців тому +9

      *WAKE UP.*

    • @peppermintgal4302
      @peppermintgal4302 6 місяців тому +7

      Cursed the ground where dead thoughts live new and oddly bodied, and evil the mind that is held by no head.
      Wisely did Ibn Schacabao say, that happy is the tomb where no wizard hath lain, and happy the town at night whose wizards are all ashes. For it is of old rumour that the soul of the devil-bought hastes not from his charnel clay, but fats and instructs the very worm that gnaws; till out of corruption horrid life springs, and the dull scavengers of earth wax crafty to vex it and swell monstrous to plague it.
      Great holes secretly are digged where earth's pores ought to suffice, and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl.
      (From The Festival, by HP Lovecraft)

  • @takeusernname
    @takeusernname 6 років тому +554

    _"I remember how this war started. What your kind did to mine. I can't forgive you. But you have my thanks, for standing by him to the end."_

    • @tenurialcorgi4093
      @tenurialcorgi4093 6 років тому +6

      Takeusername Nostalgia

    • @Crackedcripple
      @Crackedcripple 4 роки тому +53

      Were it so easy...

    • @tommyhill7645
      @tommyhill7645 3 роки тому +9

      Why tf you gotta make me tear up like that

    • @aaronmarkey8218
      @aaronmarkey8218 3 роки тому +23

      “Hard to believe he’s dead”

    • @Safis100
      @Safis100 3 роки тому +4

      @sourcreampringles Halo franchise last I checked, sounds to be halo, judging by the context.

  • @DeepeyeLV
    @DeepeyeLV Рік тому +77

    Signalis... thank you.

    • @MegaJani
      @MegaJani Рік тому +7

      That's the exact name I gave to the screenshot of my first ending screen.
      The game really was right about being connected.
      Peace.

  • @unholychild2117
    @unholychild2117 10 років тому +1407

    B E L I E V E

    • @mehrabsadventures4318
      @mehrabsadventures4318 5 років тому +19

      @Christian Galindo I watched that ad again and I just HAD to hear this.

    • @idunno402
      @idunno402 5 років тому +13

      SBEVE

    • @theloughreymonster
      @theloughreymonster 5 років тому

      LAMO, Beelivv333 [:D]

    • @alliknowisthatiknownothing8860
      @alliknowisthatiknownothing8860 5 років тому

      Oh just a halo ad....

    • @Prod.Nembutai
      @Prod.Nembutai 5 років тому +29

      @@alliknowisthatiknownothing8860 not 'just' a Halo ad, this was an entire campaign of marketing. a whole story. The believe trailer struck many of us with its message..

  • @gagefisher4785
    @gagefisher4785 4 роки тому +349

    "If we don't make it..."
    "We'll make it."
    "It's been an honor serving with you, John."

    • @andrewpandrew7786
      @andrewpandrew7786 11 місяців тому +9

      I choked up reading this.
      “Were it so easy.”

    • @user-ze9rh9ts3t
      @user-ze9rh9ts3t 10 місяців тому +4

      The brutes have our scent

    • @SunInTheShadows
      @SunInTheShadows 5 місяців тому +1

      This is in fekin halo?!

    • @commanderbreen764
      @commanderbreen764 4 місяці тому

      "Send me out with a bang."

    • @danielbuege1
      @danielbuege1 2 місяці тому

      ​@@SunInTheShadowsit was the featured song in the ad "believe." I highly recommend watching it.

  • @jtlego1
    @jtlego1 Рік тому +89

    *"Remember Our Promise"*

    • @dylanbourassa4507
      @dylanbourassa4507 8 місяців тому +11

      *B E L I E V E*

    • @Gothicc_senpai
      @Gothicc_senpai 3 місяці тому

      i keep seeing this comment what does it mean? is it from a show?

    • @Sanestmorisimp
      @Sanestmorisimp 3 місяці тому

      @@Gothicc_senpai Its a quote from a game called Signalis,which used the motif of this song in one of its track

    • @avramnovorra
      @avramnovorra 17 днів тому

      "I made a promise. I'll do anything."

  • @mxcreant
    @mxcreant 2 роки тому +64

    can't believe Risk of Rain 2 brought me back to this song, instantly recognizable

  • @ChrisScarlette
    @ChrisScarlette 9 років тому +1848

    * salutes * It was an *honor* serving with you, Chief.

    • @iMartY188
      @iMartY188 9 років тому +34

      John*

    • @pigslapper1252
      @pigslapper1252 9 років тому +24

      "don,t get cocky now..." Brave words from a Brave man....

    • @ntousikos
      @ntousikos 9 років тому +6

      ***** name of the movie?

    • @ratlakmin
      @ratlakmin 9 років тому +4

      What Is rhe movie ?

    • @Vejitatheouji
      @Vejitatheouji 9 років тому +85

      Dim Ntou He's referring to Halo 3.

  • @kappaisrad
    @kappaisrad 2 роки тому +124

    I was playing Risk of Rain 2 and the lobby music was this. I couldn't figure out why this song sounded so damn familiar until I realized that this song was also used in the Halo diorama ad. Glad to finally put a name to this song.

  • @davidj9677
    @davidj9677 2 роки тому +53

    Who Can Fathom the Soundless Depths?

  • @Ketannabis
    @Ketannabis 3 роки тому +175

    It turns so dark and sorrowful at 2:02. What an incredible, beautiful song. I tear up everytime I listen lol.

    • @Ketannabis
      @Ketannabis 3 роки тому +11

      Sounds of desperation and tragedy

    • @chazzwozzio
      @chazzwozzio Рік тому +23

      Its because when composing this song Chopin was trapped in his summer home in Spain. He had bad TB and was there for the dry climate. Then the infamous Spanish rains hit and he was stuck in his room the whole season. So this is him both bored and frustrated.

    • @Unpainted_Huffhines
      @Unpainted_Huffhines Рік тому +9

      It can also be comment on the duality of rain.
      Life-giving, sweet, rejuvenating, refreshing, but also dark, dreary, stubborn, drenching, smothering.

    • @joesharbach3883
      @joesharbach3883 Рік тому +4

      This is the part where the Covenant was clearly winning the battle before Master Chief came back with a plasma grenade.

    • @Ketannabis
      @Ketannabis Рік тому +1

      @@joesharbach3883 Yeah man, so incredible.

  • @PutYoGlassesOn
    @PutYoGlassesOn 8 років тому +669

    Instead of complaining that "my live of music" brought me here, I'm going to say that I'm glad video games and stuff like that are putting music like this in their games, and opening people up to music like this, and making more people like and see how pretty this music is :) my FAVORITE by Chopin. Good choice, halo crew and others.

    • @auerswo
      @auerswo 8 років тому +33

      THANK YOU! I'd have never thought that there would be someone brave enough to capture the very essential thought what music is about and that I doesn't matter with which background it's listened to. Just enjoying it is what really matters.

    • @CaesarAnto
      @CaesarAnto 7 років тому +7

      Sure, but nobody gives a damn about which videogame or movie brings people here

    • @raziel1132
      @raziel1132 6 років тому +2

      Your live of music? As opposed to your death of music?

    • @dmc1673
      @dmc1673 6 років тому

      How would it be "complaining"?

    • @sethwhelan5066
      @sethwhelan5066 6 років тому +13

      I love this piece but I first heard it in a video game (Eternal Sonata). There were even sections on Chopin's life that I probably wouldn't know otherwise.

  • @davidiniguez1930
    @davidiniguez1930 Рік тому +110

    I remember playing this at my recital when I was about 16 I believe. My dad was hardly home growing up, and he so happened to be home the week of my recital. I was really excited for him to see how hard I’ve been working on this. It took me a few weeks of tons of practice to get it decent. Day of the recital he doesn’t show cause he’s drunk as usual when he is home. This song is always a bittersweet reminder of wanting to be seen, but having to find the need to see myself first. My mom did go and I’ll always appreciate her for picking up the slack of a negligent father

    • @Griff00
      @Griff00 Рік тому +4

      god bless you

    • @knopfir
      @knopfir Рік тому +5

      godspeed brother

    • @gracekohan3111
      @gracekohan3111 Рік тому +7

      So sorry for the disappointments you experienced but you have a gorgeous piece of music to embrace you.🤎

    • @JPWick
      @JPWick 11 місяців тому

      Fake.

    • @scouttrooper2871
      @scouttrooper2871 8 місяців тому +1

      You BELIEVE?

  • @hammertoe00
    @hammertoe00 7 років тому +65

    my teacher played this last night as it was her last performance before​ retirement. I couldn't help holding back my tears

    • @TheBOMMShow
      @TheBOMMShow 9 місяців тому +1

      sounds like a beautiful moment to witness.

  • @DarkSideT_
    @DarkSideT_ Рік тому +52

    Thank you Signalis

  • @travisbramall1669
    @travisbramall1669 6 років тому +501

    No one brought me anywhere. I'm not even here.

  • @yaforhay5781
    @yaforhay5781 8 років тому +335

    I feel like this song best represents the way I've felt the past 8 years or so. Man, my life sucks. Life is still beautiful though. Kind of like raindrops. I hate the rain, but rain nourishes the earth.

    • @moonlight-qr6px
      @moonlight-qr6px 3 роки тому +21

      Your in for a treat with 2020

    • @rosallis6182
      @rosallis6182 3 роки тому +3

      Woah deep :'Q

    • @Ketannabis
      @Ketannabis 3 роки тому +13

      @@moonlight-qr6px and 2021 is no better.. further down the spiral.. forever and always.. over and out.

    • @jacknicholls9679
      @jacknicholls9679 3 роки тому +8

      I life gets better for you friend remember your not alone

    • @KayGri
      @KayGri 3 роки тому

      Blimey.

  • @user-zn5zr2ed3x
    @user-zn5zr2ed3x Рік тому +25

    Yes dude in signalis ost commentary, this is indeed good

  • @jackpartridge7506
    @jackpartridge7506 10 років тому +189

    To me, Chopin signifies something more than music. Hidden within those delicate intervals and un-paralleled harmonies is buried a small part of our souls. Nestled in with those remarkable notes is a story we are all yet to unlock. The music doesn’t only speak to us: it teaches us.
    I am so thankful for the privilege to experience the immortality of Frédéric Chopin.

    • @como.faz.tutoriais
      @como.faz.tutoriais 9 років тому +1

      That's all about semiotics

    • @davefrank4250
      @davefrank4250 5 років тому +4

      Too melodramatic and self important.

    • @ollieh452
      @ollieh452 3 роки тому +2

      Jack, I couldn't sum it up any better than what you just said. Excellent comment.

    • @lorenlash9174
      @lorenlash9174 3 роки тому +1

      Beautiful reflection, good sir.

    • @mark.lawrence
      @mark.lawrence 3 роки тому +1

      beautiful.
      i play chopin. & it is wonderful.

  • @gino14
    @gino14 7 років тому +206

    _"No soldier should be honored for doing what is expected."_
    _"Did you believe that?"_
    _"I did at the time. And I still do."_

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 4 роки тому +18

      The Believe campaign was truly something beautiful, everything from the music, to the actors, to the scenes, and to how the story is put together.
      I wish the Museum of Humanity truly existed...

    • @egee.sheeva6672
      @egee.sheeva6672 3 роки тому +1

      A soldier who dies without honor, and true death-defying service, is trash, less than nothing, in all our timeless wars and battles.

  • @gymrachel
    @gymrachel 3 роки тому +39

    I've visited Chopins grave in Paris. I adore this piece of music it hits deep.

  • @n543576
    @n543576 9 років тому +500

    To me THIS is the true version. Its slow so you can actually appreciate each individual note that is being played and not have it sound like the person playing it is having a seizure while playing. Whether or not this is the correct way this song is suppose to be played or not to me is irreverent i enjoy this 100 times over.

    • @EffectFantasy
      @EffectFantasy 9 років тому +13

      ***** It's written to be a slow song, it was about the raindrops from his monarchy, to me this song sounds a little fast, it might just be me hearing it wrong, either way this song carries a lot of weight emotionally and is incredible. the bit at 2:47 keeps bringing me back to the song.

    • @EffectFantasy
      @EffectFantasy 9 років тому +1

      it was written about raindrops

    • @MurphyTheLawyer
      @MurphyTheLawyer 9 років тому +25

      Effect Fantasy No, Chopin composed it whilst he was in a fevered state as he was dying of tuberculosis. His wife nicknamed it 'The Raindrop' but Chopin himself didn't care for nicknames.

    • @EffectFantasy
      @EffectFantasy 9 років тому +12

      moral: skim reading is a sin

    • @tristanladek6629
      @tristanladek6629 9 років тому +2

      Its how i played it, i miss this so much

  • @conde6077
    @conde6077 10 років тому +170

    I entered the room and heard the haunting music, "What is that you are playing? Who taught you that?" I asked. "The raindrops" said he.

    • @Tywild327
      @Tywild327 4 роки тому

      This music ain’t haunting. This is beautiful

    • @KayGri
      @KayGri 3 роки тому +3

      @@Tywild327 Can’t it be both?

  • @TheMock5000
    @TheMock5000 6 років тому +390

    "Spartans never die. They're just missing in action."
    God, this song paired with the Halo diorama will be a trailer that I will never forget.
    Unfortunately with 343 in charge, there aren't many moments like that, but whenever I hear this song, it gives me hope, not just for Halo.

    • @Tywild327
      @Tywild327 4 роки тому +9

      TheMock5000 HALO INFINITE

    • @titanium_rocket1505
      @titanium_rocket1505 3 роки тому +6

      @Ty Wild327 imo none of Halo Infinite’s advertising has come close to matching the Believe ad for 3, but the Step Inside trailer was awesome

    • @expressnumber-5049
      @expressnumber-5049 3 роки тому

      Hunt the Truth? H5 trailers? HW2 trailers? H4?! And the 20+ books they’ve published

    • @Oscar61985
      @Oscar61985 3 роки тому

      I heard one of the OG Bungie developers from Halo CE joined 343 as a community manager. MCC has vastly improved, since

    • @jamesbondblhk1007
      @jamesbondblhk1007 2 роки тому

      Check out the new Halo Infinite trailer "UNSC Archives - Unspoken". It pulls at the heart strings, man. Something I thought 343 would never do. ;-; It's wonderfully done.

  • @yuirio8228
    @yuirio8228 Рік тому +67

    Chill beats to do anything/keep a promise to
    I guess I'm into classical music now :D

    • @MegaJani
      @MegaJani Рік тому +8

      Sorry. I couldn't keep my promise.

    • @pasteface8761
      @pasteface8761 Рік тому +3

      Perhaps, this is hell

    • @MondySpartan
      @MondySpartan 8 місяців тому +7

      @@MegaJaniNever make a girl a promise, if you know you can’t keep it.

  • @Unit645
    @Unit645 8 років тому +565

    Believe.

  • @PicotheaShark
    @PicotheaShark 6 місяців тому +9

    I suppose these messages might get tiring, but I'm here from Signalis. It was a beautiful experience, and as someone who doesn't know much classical music, it introduced me to several fascinating pieces.

  • @yoboifranny7021
    @yoboifranny7021 5 років тому +113

    This was the piece that made me want to learn piano in the first place. I just couldn't stop listening and playing the middle part when I was 11 years old. Thank you for uploading this piece and its wonderful interpretation; It lead me to the endless pleasure of classical music. Now, 3 years later, I'm playing his etudes and ballades.

    • @jonaswhitt4322
      @jonaswhitt4322 2 роки тому +1

      hope your still playing

    • @yoboifranny7021
      @yoboifranny7021 2 роки тому +4

      @@jonaswhitt4322 hehe, just recorded and uploaded a draft of the ballades. I’m currently busy with the Liszt transcendental etudes.

  • @oneupnerd
    @oneupnerd 3 роки тому +12

    The soul reason I learned how to play this song on the piano was purely for the halo 3 trailer with all the miniatures.... When chief lifts his head and activates the plasma grenade, I know I had to learn this song. Happy to say I still remember how to play it. However I got rusty, so I think I’ll relearn it for halo 3 salute.
    It’s been an honor serving with all of you in the 360 era. *Salutes*

  • @Jarbizu800
    @Jarbizu800 10 років тому +271

    "He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."
    -Aeschylus

    • @Jarbizu800
      @Jarbizu800 10 років тому +5

      ***** If you're Christian, that is a very Christian thing to do; telling someone to kill themselves.

    • @CatLegoDiver
      @CatLegoDiver 10 років тому +5

      wow, what a perfect addition to this thread. Thank you. Not many would know to quote a line from Agamemnon. :-)

    • @Astronaughty03
      @Astronaughty03 10 років тому

      ***** Booooring.

    • @MGWennbo
      @MGWennbo 10 років тому +3

      That is so true. I love that one! God brings you to it, or let's you go through it! Either God care's Or does not care. How can we know? until then we have Chopin and Bach and the movie ALATRISTE!

    • @CatLegoDiver
      @CatLegoDiver 9 років тому +5

      *****
      Methinks you be a troll. Or deranged. Probably both. And it would be "smote", not smited. Duh. "Smite, smote, smitten".

  • @out1312
    @out1312 Рік тому +18

    perhaps, this is hell

  • @othmanmalainine
    @othmanmalainine 7 років тому +41

    I came here because CHopin ROCKS ! ! ! ! ! ! !

  • @Richyman397
    @Richyman397 7 років тому +142

    I brought myself here because this piece is amazing.

    • @isaacrushing8007
      @isaacrushing8007 7 років тому +4

      Richard Vasquez My mother used to play me Beethoven and Chopin as a child. I love this piece...

    • @dendr0apsis
      @dendr0apsis 6 років тому +2

      exactly what i was thinking

    • @zee9134
      @zee9134 6 років тому +2

      Same

  • @keystone4766
    @keystone4766 8 років тому +319

    Spartans never die

    • @henrybadger785
      @henrybadger785 8 років тому +30

      They're just missing in action.

    • @skipperdmudkipz
      @skipperdmudkipz 5 років тому +2

      117 likes, nice

    • @x_zerzex7556
      @x_zerzex7556 4 роки тому

      @@skipperdmudkipz some cunt made it 118

    • @sassysauron2426
      @sassysauron2426 4 роки тому

      @@x_zerzex7556 Why are you upset that somebody is getting upvotes

    • @x_zerzex7556
      @x_zerzex7556 4 роки тому +1

      @@sassysauron2426 because 117 is a good number

  • @evilparadisev1535
    @evilparadisev1535 10 років тому +425

    Believe in a hero
    -117-

    • @saudadevemcorrendo
      @saudadevemcorrendo 9 років тому +7

      YES .
      SO MUCH WIN .

    • @GhoulishGwyn
      @GhoulishGwyn 9 років тому +19

      Man, I wish the Believe website was still available.

    • @zoidberg96913
      @zoidberg96913 9 років тому +3

      i bleave n goobeh's heroisn

    • @BlazingLeopard98
      @BlazingLeopard98 9 років тому +29

      "The reason why we're here is because of the Chief."

    • @shurtugal81
      @shurtugal81 9 років тому +3

      Unkel Dolan
      fak u dolan

  • @krystallinekris
    @krystallinekris 4 роки тому +31

    I first learned about Chopin thanks to a game entirely dedicated to him during his feverish last days of life -- Eternal Sonata. It was a beautiful game, good music and had clips of his music between 'chapters' explaining how / why he wrote them and even played them. It was pretty cool, and introduced me to a great classical musician.

    • @CAMIMusic99
      @CAMIMusic99 2 роки тому +3

      Eternal Sonata holds a special place in my heart and always will. Such a perfect game.

    • @kruziblue
      @kruziblue 2 роки тому +1

      Yes me too... loved the game... never heard Chopin until then, now a huge fan.

    • @ruthbarratt-peacock8688
      @ruthbarratt-peacock8688 5 місяців тому

      If you like anime (I know those interests don't always go together) but if you do, you might like Piano Mori or Forest of Piano. The second season is basically just all the characters at the International Chopin Competition and they don't skimp on the music.

  • @gnelfpmeh
    @gnelfpmeh 7 років тому +30

    Starts off light and relaxing. Then goes dark and haunting and ends slowly uplifting. Like finding light at the end of the tunnel. Beautiful.

  • @SlightlySolidus
    @SlightlySolidus 7 років тому +10

    I see all these comments about some video game, or an app bringing them to this song. I was introduced to it by a Dear, dear friend of mine.
    However, it warms me to know that while video games are surrounded by some amount of controversy, they can still bring people to experience beauty such as this. I am truly thankful music like this exists, despite it being buried by current genres, and still manages to meet the hearts of people today.

  • @bardonardo2001
    @bardonardo2001 6 років тому +107

    "No soldier is truly honored for doing what is expected..." -Master Chief
    (He doesn't say it in the games but if you've seen the believe ad's you'll get the reference)

    • @jbdbibbaerman8071
      @jbdbibbaerman8071 6 років тому +4

      LordShookscream "Boi I sure like this song and spaghetti!" -Master Chief

    • @sirshotty7689
      @sirshotty7689 5 років тому +1

      Bardo when I first saw that ad I cried, it conveyed so much emotion using nothing but visuals and this song. I was immediately convinced to get the game right then and there

    • @cakeboss4194
      @cakeboss4194 5 років тому +4

      Probably what sold Halo 3. It was a clever ad campaign, full of real emotion and great acting.

    • @LungoScrungo
      @LungoScrungo 4 роки тому

      Do you believe that quote?

  • @rickybobby3960
    @rickybobby3960 Рік тому +34

    Halo 3 brought me here 15 years ago. Signalis brought me here again

  • @avidrunes9442
    @avidrunes9442 2 роки тому +3

    Fitting to come here after Halo 3's server got shut down. Wonderful playing with you all.

  • @davidhogins431
    @davidhogins431 2 роки тому +5

    Chris Christodoulou turned this into a modern classical "Who Can Fathom the Soundless Depths?"

  • @charlrshall
    @charlrshall 9 років тому +25

    Thanks Big O, for putting me onto this music.

  • @jebusfox
    @jebusfox 11 місяців тому +9

    2:02 "Remember our promise. Wake up."

  • @Aleksander1812
    @Aleksander1812 Рік тому +10

    In 2015, my mother passed away from breast cancer. She was a tough Russian American lady, but had her moments of tenderness. Growing up, after I was in school, I'd come home to the apartment. Before opening the door, I'd hear her playing the piano. I'd stop in my tracks. I remembered how It used to give her such joy and jubilation playing Chopin. She'd play with such heart and feeling, and soul, the powerful chords, then the soft notes, the music the pieces were very much like her.. Anyway, I wouldn't open the door. I'd put my book back down, and sit on the carpet in the hallway outside our apartment door and just listen to her play, and play. When she was done, then I'd open the door, give her a hug and a kiss. Vechnaya pamyat, mommichka.

  • @blightybog7207
    @blightybog7207 7 місяців тому +4

    I appreciate both of the robot women this song is associated with, greatly.

  • @JennyJeong425
    @JennyJeong425 2 роки тому +17

    One of the biggest thrills of my life was mastering this when I was fourteen. It took several months, but it was worth it. It was better than sex.

  • @emilyyen7887
    @emilyyen7887 8 років тому +39

    I played this at my recital two years ago. Out of all piano pieces I've played over the years, this is my absolute favorite.

    • @Omabatfartsbruh
      @Omabatfartsbruh 2 роки тому

      halo?

    • @Rycidex
      @Rycidex 2 роки тому

      @@Omabatfartsbruhfuck halo

    • @OMaMaRMY
      @OMaMaRMY 2 роки тому

      @@Rycidex as someone who played piano for 7 years and knew about this song before the halo trailer used it. DON'T fuck halo. seriously man wtf? like im a pro at piano but im also a pro at getting ninjas and double kills also i love the BR and AR and i clap cheeks in rumble pit all day with master cheeks i love his sweaty cheeks so much. so anyways dont fuck halo coming from a piano master and a halo master as well

    • @matthewwynn3025
      @matthewwynn3025 2 роки тому

      @@Rycidex halo?

  • @BobtheHat
    @BobtheHat 2 роки тому +8

    Risk of Rain 2 Survivors of the Void DLC moment

  • @JaguarViper
    @JaguarViper 5 років тому +14

    The anime the big O brought me here. A lovely piece, not forceful or rushed, but relaxed and calming.

  • @Jolis_Parsec
    @Jolis_Parsec Рік тому +7

    Recognized this both from the ending(s) of Signalis as well as what the Colonel’s wife is playing on the grand piano in the background when you go to confront him as Aiden while taking the Nightrunners story path in Dying Light 2. Interesting how this particular piece of Chopin’s work seems to get around a lot here lately. 😏

    • @Jolis_Parsec
      @Jolis_Parsec 6 місяців тому

      Back with another sighting of this particular musical piece out in the wild, this time in Hogwarts Legacy of all things as the piano in the Ravenclaw common room will play it if you interact with it.

  • @g.t.phillips7759
    @g.t.phillips7759 7 років тому +28

    I have never heard anything like this. he transition at 3:48 is beyond words. my teacher showed us this

  • @LethalThreat
    @LethalThreat Рік тому +5

    Not many people will get this, but Happy Birthday Halo 3.
    15 Years strong.
    BELIEVE.
    117.
    9-25-07
    LEGENDS NEVER DIE.
    Thank you for everything Bungie, and thank you Chopin for this excellent track to compliment a truly Legendary trailer.

    • @killerboyprince2559
      @killerboyprince2559 Рік тому +1

      I get it man 😢😢 Reminds me of the song “Halo - never forget”

  • @jakajan3187
    @jakajan3187 3 роки тому +31

    This piece is just so beautiful. The dynamics, rhythm, emotions, and the story behind it is so unique. Any pianist that can execute these is amazing.

  • @thesydricate9050
    @thesydricate9050 9 років тому +23

    "It was an honor serving you, John..." *Hunt The Truth* Locke

  • @John-dz6bm
    @John-dz6bm 8 років тому +586

    halo 3's trailer brought me here, thanks Bungie =)

    • @MexicanPro98
      @MexicanPro98 8 років тому +13

      that trailer is so amazing!!!
      I miss that halo games

    • @theogbeaver
      @theogbeaver 8 років тому +22

      *Finish the fight*
      I remember seeing that trailer. It blew my young mind.

    • @Itsgone99
      @Itsgone99 8 років тому +18

      +HippyTheIrishmen quite possibly the most unappreciated ad campaign of any product meant for the mass consumption to ever be endeavored.

    • @clav1112
      @clav1112 8 років тому +8

      "Believe"

    • @DarkcIoud1111
      @DarkcIoud1111 8 років тому +5

      Big O brought me here. Small world I guess.

  • @risingwindspress
    @risingwindspress 7 років тому +287

    Halo "Believe" brought me here.

    • @netatriark
      @netatriark 7 років тому +5

      Member Halo 3? Member chief? Member?

    • @helfer088
      @helfer088 7 років тому +5

      I member ;D

    • @cactusjuice7723
      @cactusjuice7723 6 років тому

      netatriark lol remember arbiter

    • @skylertremblay3395
      @skylertremblay3395 6 років тому

      117 up votes nice

    • @Tywild327
      @Tywild327 4 роки тому +2

      Skyler Tremblay bruh this ain’t Reddit. They are likes

  • @urallnoobs8943
    @urallnoobs8943 7 років тому +90

    3:20 - 4:20
    Believe

  • @alexadamson1948
    @alexadamson1948 9 років тому +84

    Always see the end of Prometheus when I hear this

  • @denisethasder8193
    @denisethasder8193 8 років тому +164

    I brought myself here.

  • @PS1-Hagrid
    @PS1-Hagrid Рік тому +29

    THINGS HAVE LEARNED TO WALK
    THAT OUGHT TO CRAWL
    3:04

    • @Oltys
      @Oltys Рік тому +5

      GREAT HOLES ARE DUG
      WHERE EARTHS PORES OUGHT TO SUFFICE

    • @calamitydragon9395
      @calamitydragon9395 Місяць тому

      I CAN NO LONGER SEE WHERE FALKE ENDS AND ELSTER BEGINS

  • @LionHeartPianoMusic
    @LionHeartPianoMusic 3 роки тому +5

    In 1858, Chopin had been dead for 9 years. (video description)

  • @adamcummings20
    @adamcummings20 9 років тому +616

    Frédéric Chopin brought me here...

    • @angelinabartz3062
      @angelinabartz3062 7 років тому +3

      Kekistani Nationalist same

    • @mada1241
      @mada1241 7 років тому +2

      DUDE SICK!!

    • @CanadianGuerrilla
      @CanadianGuerrilla 5 років тому +14

      You mean he told you about the video? I didn't know the old Polak had such a way with technology.

    • @ritapita1126
      @ritapita1126 5 років тому

      @@CanadianGuerrilla you're an idjit

    • @CanadianGuerrilla
      @CanadianGuerrilla 5 років тому +4

      @@ritapita1126 😙😙😙

  • @sarahkasas989
    @sarahkasas989 8 років тому +14

    I first heard this song on the last episode of 'Hercule Poirot' when Hastings' daughter is playing it on the piano. It is so beautiful and sad!

  • @tiredmeekala
    @tiredmeekala 6 років тому +15

    The way the pianist hits the notes around 2:50 to 2:53 is beautiful. It sends shivers. The power and force brings out a feeling of despair and lamentation.
    I really like this interpretation. 😊

    • @tiredmeekala
      @tiredmeekala 6 років тому

      And I also like the pace. The others I find to be too fast as though the pianist is rushing through it. The whole melody of the piece reminds me of a sorrowful experience with bits of happiness in it. It's as though he was reminiscing an experience that brought both joy and sadness. A fast pace ruins it whereas this pace allows the pianist to fully express those feelings.

    • @jamesrichardson3322
      @jamesrichardson3322 7 місяців тому

      ​@@tiredmeekala Chopin suffered throughout his personal life, he is letting you in without saying a word.

  • @Cline3911
    @Cline3911 8 років тому +280

    I was playing this song on a piano for 2 gorgeous women, when I was interrupted by that meddlesome James Bond.

    • @maxmillman9477
      @maxmillman9477 6 років тому +45

      "I would have gottan away with a threesome too, if it weren't for that meddling James Bond!"

    • @WE-R-EVERYWHERE
      @WE-R-EVERYWHERE 4 роки тому +7

      Moonraker

    • @nietzchepreacher9477
      @nietzchepreacher9477 4 роки тому +6

      @Jazzkeyboardist1 dude is this 1978?

    • @Tywild327
      @Tywild327 4 роки тому +5

      Jazzkeyboardist1 “gay video games”. You are one of the most immature people on this god forsaken website. And so why would I need to learn an instrument just to get a girlfriend. When I can just be a smart and kind human in life, and also know every part of a car, I know how to drive a standard, I bet you don’t even know what that is considering that 75-80% of North America doesn’t know how to use Manuel’s. And I already have a girlfriend. And I don’t have the desire to use her body for my own pleasure. You may have that with your “girlfriend” but that’s just wrong. And I bet if any woman saw what you wrote, she would be absolutely disgusted in you.

    • @INRamos13
      @INRamos13 4 роки тому +1

      @Jazzkeyboardist1 I love this comment.

  • @ameliaeastell3580
    @ameliaeastell3580 9 років тому +10

    I studied this for GCSE music in 2012 and, despite the large amount of revision and excessive playing required, I loved it so much that Im still listening to it years later.

  • @Sedgwickmusic
    @Sedgwickmusic 8 років тому +26

    Chief brought me here .. Believe.

  • @officialFredDurstfanclub
    @officialFredDurstfanclub 3 роки тому +5

    Don’t let her go. Don’t EVER let her go

  • @LaidbackLost
    @LaidbackLost Рік тому +6

    Imagine going back to 1839 and trying to explain to Chopin a giant man in green armor fighting space gorilla aliens set to his music

  • @ianwalsh5954
    @ianwalsh5954 11 років тому +8

    took me 5 years to study and learn Chopin, #15 is by far one of the nicest pieces of music ever to be created. Truly.

  • @bedeo10
    @bedeo10 8 років тому +441

    My piano teacher brought me here

  • @jessescott1148
    @jessescott1148 3 роки тому +11

    The contents of this masterpiece is really well represented over the breath of this creation. Like the stages of life communicated. With light, high notes at the start, to represent youth and vibrance. Then darker, lower, almost dark keys in the middle of life, signifying a youth becoming a adult, and how hard that transition is. Finally goes back to light keys and brings us into old age gracefully and with respect. Letting us leave this world in the same place, we started.

  • @balazskovacs2306
    @balazskovacs2306 5 років тому +7

    "The composition was born from the mind of Frédéric Chopin in 1858 during his stay at the Valldemossa monastery."
    That's why he is best Romantic composer ever! He managed to compose pieces this beautiful even 9 years after his death in 1849! I bet nobody can achieve this ever.

  • @jacksonclithero8559
    @jacksonclithero8559 9 років тому +108

    I found this, then broke into tears as I remembered one of the greatest franchises ever. A story of a war that brought destruction to humankind. A game where you could laugh, rage, and cry in a single mission. A masterpiece of music,story, and gameplay. Halo 1-3 will always, forever be in my heart as one of the best series of video games in history. Although they are not my favorite all three of the games are in my top ten. Halo 2 being number 2 on the list. I love this piece for it's brilliance but also what it brought to Bungie's marketing for Halo 3. remember master chief and hail to the gamers.

    • @jeremypr
      @jeremypr 6 років тому +2

      Nosferatu717 ....cheap. Eye roll.

    • @youraverageinternetperson4323
      @youraverageinternetperson4323 6 років тому +5

      "Hail to the gamers"
      I wonder why people think the gaming communuty is entitled

    • @XCoreSol
      @XCoreSol 6 років тому +2

      Your Average Internet Person just remember that many people have not really been into this type of music like you are. This would probably would be a song very little people know had it not been used for the Halo 3 "Believe" campaign.

    • @Clutnuckle
      @Clutnuckle 5 років тому

      chopin specifically wrote this song to hate on you

    • @stikassistants28
      @stikassistants28 5 років тому

      Jackson Clithero yes :(

  • @kster809
    @kster809 11 років тому +11

    Metaphors within metaphors, if you get what I mean. He composed this during a storm, using the sounds of thunder and the sounds of raindrops dripping from the monastery roof as inspiration. But not only that. He was dying from tuberculosis, lonely, maybe even afraid of what his future held... As we hear the storm break, we experience darker emotions, reflecting the dark and terbulent storm of his emotions. A wonderful piece... Will always bring tears to my eyes.

  • @Widowmaker9er
    @Widowmaker9er 5 років тому +8

    The halo 3 “believe” ad brought me here and my music professor.

  • @bluekitty3731
    @bluekitty3731 4 роки тому +13

    This piece was referred in a science fiction novel that I was reading set five hundred years in the future, I like to think humans will still be around to be transfixed by this piece of music

  • @raulreyna4883
    @raulreyna4883 6 років тому +17

    even 11 years after. im still believe......117

    • @user-yk5ql9gz9b
      @user-yk5ql9gz9b 3 роки тому

      @@dakotaborrowdale2791 damn bro what did he do😭

  • @kendrastrange18
    @kendrastrange18 2 роки тому +6

    I played this in memory of my late brother and it started to rain...I miss him so....

  • @MondySpartan
    @MondySpartan 10 місяців тому +5

    As the saying goes, Spartans don’t die. They are only missing in action.

  • @Gimbergp
    @Gimbergp 7 років тому +12

    brought myself here this piece is freakin amazing and I absolutely love it.

  • @Ls1opSS
    @Ls1opSS 4 роки тому +4

    My grandmother used to play this on her Kawai. She always told me dynamics in this song are what makes it. All I can think about when listening are non linear correlations. So beautiful

  • @JacobHollis96
    @JacobHollis96 8 років тому +42

    I was brought here by magic piano. Thank you Smule.

  • @MLGSU5P3CT
    @MLGSU5P3CT 8 років тому +58

    Halo 3

  • @LohPro
    @LohPro 2 роки тому +2

    summer of 2007... halo 3 commercials... high school years... i wanna go back

  • @bubbachunk6168
    @bubbachunk6168 8 років тому +708

    Actually my love of music brought me here

    • @mrcja3433
      @mrcja3433 8 років тому +7

      +Bubba Chunk Me too

    • @nevo_chadnezzar
      @nevo_chadnezzar 8 років тому +3

      +Bubba Chunk same :D

    • @kirkchristianaustria6965
      @kirkchristianaustria6965 8 років тому +2

      +Bubba Chunk me too

    • @miliano
      @miliano 8 років тому +16

      Everyone knows that the only reason someone listens to a song on youtube is because something else brought them their. No one every truly, genuinely likes anything.
      *in case no one can pick up in sarcasm, that was sarcasm*

    • @arkan5000
      @arkan5000 8 років тому +2

      +miliano lvl 10 sarcasm

  • @jacobfiles9937
    @jacobfiles9937 7 років тому +5

    It's incredible how Chopin was able to compose a piece of music that literally embraces the very essence of raindrops. A truly beautiful and dynamic masterpiece.

    • @leonardogabrieltrevinoloba2377
      @leonardogabrieltrevinoloba2377 7 місяців тому

      Actually this piece wasn't related to raindrops at all.
      That title was given to this piece after Chopin died.

  • @purrincesskittens8794
    @purrincesskittens8794 7 років тому +6

    I just love how it actually sounds like raindrops that's what I find so soothing and beautiful

  • @idunno402
    @idunno402 2 роки тому +9

    Risk of Rain 2 Simulacrum game mode

  • @taiteakopyte1286
    @taiteakopyte1286 3 роки тому +4

    So simple yet, just soooo beautiful in my ears...am i the one only submitted to this wonderful piece??? SO HEAVENLY ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @csaviation9013
    @csaviation9013 7 років тому +110

    I'm only here for 2:47 and 3:48 :) Those parts are the best!

  • @happinesssmile2894
    @happinesssmile2894 7 років тому +15

    Beautiful! not all piano pieces need to be vivaciously complicated. This piece connects with you and lets you feel every note

  • @canoedist
    @canoedist 5 років тому +5

    This was Kate Liu's last encore piece at her Gilmore recital yesterday, 4.28.19.
    A nudder excellent performance courtesy of an amazing young player.

  • @toniktryadi2683
    @toniktryadi2683 4 роки тому +3

    Sitting down at my kitchen with a cup of warm lemon tea while watching the rain outside the window. What a life ☔☔

  • @annc7739
    @annc7739 6 років тому +4

    This piece by Chopin speaks out within the depths of my soul.

  • @sanlorenzo7896
    @sanlorenzo7896 4 роки тому +2

    I heard this first in Halo 3: Believe, then Tom Clancy’s the Division after finding Heather Lau. It’s a wonderful piece.

  • @vampsith
    @vampsith 2 роки тому +3

    Big things have small beginnings