Jazz Pianist Breaks Down Pokémon 8-Bit Music

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  • @CharlesCornellStudios
    @CharlesCornellStudios  3 роки тому +258

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    • @eazyaccount
      @eazyaccount 3 роки тому

      sure

    • @ciangrant3042
      @ciangrant3042 3 роки тому +3

      I got my friend that white hoodie for her birthday last year and i don't know if she even knows you exist, she thinks it's just a hoodie

    • @sir_chiizsawad2702
      @sir_chiizsawad2702 3 роки тому +2

      Charles please do a video on Genshin Impact music

    • @williamhiegel2756
      @williamhiegel2756 3 роки тому +2

      Could you react to the Terraria soundtrack (original and/or Otherworld) or to Tom Lehrer?!

    • @stenduginski2306
      @stenduginski2306 3 роки тому

      What's your favorite pokemon game?

  • @maxhutar1891
    @maxhutar1891 3 роки тому +3698

    Imagine being a lounge pianist at some ultra upscale restaurant and sneaking Pokémon music into your act

    • @gatitocafe1251
      @gatitocafe1251 2 роки тому +320

      Don't know if you'd be interested, but I saw a video somewhere of a guy who snuck in the Jurassic Park theme into a church service routine. Lol.

    • @blakeharvard5841
      @blakeharvard5841 2 роки тому +21

      Perfect

    • @DavidBennettPiano
      @DavidBennettPiano 2 роки тому +506

      When Pokemon Go came out, the restaurant that I used to play piano at was a “Pokemon Gym” in the game. We started getting people coming in playing Pokemon Go so I would play the Pokemon Center theme for them. 🙂

    • @Avriel_Mimiga
      @Avriel_Mimiga 2 роки тому +87

      holy shit nobody'd complain if it was the national park theme

    • @carlangelo653
      @carlangelo653 2 роки тому +84

      @@DavidBennettPiano That's very nice of you, a nice easter egg to those who know. Somethings still good to listen to for others.

  • @austinevans
    @austinevans 3 роки тому +2752

    I'd watch you break down 100 of these Pokemon songs man

  • @Dragonmastersservant
    @Dragonmastersservant Рік тому +352

    Japanese composers, especially in video games and anime, have such a unique style and sound. They know how to capture emotions I've never felt from anything similar in Western media

    • @noname106
      @noname106 Рік тому +39

      I went to Japan a few years ago and had a realization. It felt like Japan has held on to, and preserved a lot of things from the 70s-80s/late 20thC. Im in my 20s so can't claim to have lived then but there's a lot of 70-80s music that I got into because it reminded me of japanese game/anime music

    • @wagiqwq
      @wagiqwq Рік тому +1

      Yes.

    • @kingdoge69
      @kingdoge69 Рік тому +5

      I think they know how to touch your soul with the music because the games/anime touch your soul as well because of the scenes or story

    • @yoshiguy123
      @yoshiguy123 Рік тому

      Probably because you consume Japanese media in excess.

    • @konsta9600
      @konsta9600 Рік тому +4

      It's in Japanese pop music as well. I think you are just not familiar with Japanese pop music other than some few that are famous in West. Check some top 50 pop list and you'll hear a lot of jazz influence

  • @darrensucksatgames
    @darrensucksatgames Рік тому +159

    The Japanese composers can take a popsicle stick and a rubber band and make you a JRPG theme song that slaps in any bit.

    • @stdesy
      @stdesy Рік тому +5

      Seriously. I still tear up when I hear Celes theme

  • @nautilus2116
    @nautilus2116 3 роки тому +1987

    the Japanese don't get enough credit in the music world. they are cracked at composing music

    • @yens1609
      @yens1609 3 роки тому +324

      Asia in general doesn't get enough credit in the music world, despite western classical music unironically being carried by them at the moment

    • @xboxer808
      @xboxer808 3 роки тому +96

      Absolutely cracked, Joe Hisaishi for another example!

    • @felipecagorago
      @felipecagorago 3 роки тому +82

      Is a case of "if is not white and/or from the US, we don't take it seriously"

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому +15

      Agree. But at least these brilliant boys give Japanese composers lots of credit: ua-cam.com/users/TheConsoulsBandvideos

    • @SlyHikari03
      @SlyHikari03 3 роки тому +12

      I know.
      Games such as Ar Tonelico/atelier totori, Chrono Cross, Evergrace have amazing soundtracks too.

  • @whiplash779
    @whiplash779 3 роки тому +1022

    I would pay MONEY for an album of Charles covering pokemon music in his signature jazzy style

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому +19

      Until he does it: ua-cam.com/video/BiqDtkCoPb4/v-deo.html

    • @aamu3
      @aamu3 3 роки тому +1

      Yess

    • @andrewxu3602
      @andrewxu3602 3 роки тому +23

      @@cooldebt That, and insaneintherainmusic.

    • @attabooii
      @attabooii 3 роки тому +15

      You should check out insaneintherain! Granted his jazz compositions are more sax based, especially his earlier stuff but he does really amazing work and is very versatile. He usually provides a breakdown of his arrangements in the descriptions

    • @manbeezis
      @manbeezis 3 роки тому +2

      Seriously, me too. whens our mans dropping an album anyways

  • @SSJ9K1
    @SSJ9K1 Рік тому +133

    Hearing these took me back man...
    Pokemon silver was my only game until like 6th grade and I beat it at least 30 times.
    What a pleasant way to start the morning! Thank you.

  • @Drforrester31
    @Drforrester31 Рік тому +81

    As much as I love Red and Blue's music, Gold and Silver really took it to a new level with the overall compositions. Game Freak really pushed that cartridge to its limits

    • @mraaronhd
      @mraaronhd 6 місяців тому +5

      Absolutely. Gold and Silver are Masuda’s best soundtracks, bar none. And it’s not just in the compositions, but also how he utilized the waveforms to make them sound fuller (compare the bass channel of the gym theme from G/S to R/B. It just sounds much better and fuller).

    • @albertnortononymous9020
      @albertnortononymous9020 Місяць тому

      It’s crazy that it was the same composer with the same hardware and they sound completely different

  • @edwardlee374
    @edwardlee374 3 роки тому +1138

    I have no idea what the funny jazz man is saying but it makes me happy

    • @hastypastry6353
      @hastypastry6353 3 роки тому +21

      Same here brother. I don’t understand him, but he certainly brings joy

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ 3 роки тому +17

      If you can understand what he's saying, the beauty of these pieces is magnified and can bring you even more joy

    • @ThaMobstarr
      @ThaMobstarr 3 роки тому +7

      I‘m not understanding anything, too, but I love to just soak up information on something I am not understanding. :D

    • @johnwiese6760
      @johnwiese6760 3 роки тому +12

      @@ThaMobstarr how i learned music theory, i just sorta listened to adam neely videos for like 2 years and then i got it

    • @philliplanos
      @philliplanos 2 роки тому

      Lol

  • @spynae
    @spynae 3 роки тому +443

    The way that harmony is implied in chipset music is an absolute masterpiece in working around technical limitations.

    • @kupopuffs420
      @kupopuffs420 3 роки тому +13

      Truth about all aspects of old games (game design, visual, audio)

    • @JoseRivera-ym3wj
      @JoseRivera-ym3wj 3 роки тому +7

      It's evident when you have the chiptune genre, where the musicians really put the limits of what the old game consoles are capable of.

    • @EthanMitch
      @EthanMitch 3 роки тому +5

      The 33 & 1/3 book series has a nice book about Kenji Kondos Mario music that spends a lot of time on this point! I totally agree

    • @OfficialTigerino
      @OfficialTigerino 3 роки тому +2

      Redbull did a series called "diggin in the creates" (I think) and it digs deep into what your talking abt

    • @supergene256
      @supergene256 3 роки тому +4

      It’s something I’m sad modern VG composers seem to have forgotten how to do, given that there are basically no limitations anymore. I’m waiting for the VG industry to rediscover the ingenuity the limitations forced them to develop in the early days

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 роки тому +1072

    Nothing can match the eeriness of the original Lavender Town song

    • @Ceaseless_Cischarge
      @Ceaseless_Cischarge 3 роки тому +48

      except for the original played backwards?

    • @alecnardone3309
      @alecnardone3309 3 роки тому +42

      You’re starting to scare me. Or you have shockingly similar UA-cam habits that I do

    • @samakechijowo
      @samakechijowo 3 роки тому +16

      You know, Just, I saw you in almost every videos that I saw, from vtuber scenes to here. I guess we both got similar youtube recommendations lol

    • @BlueSodaPop_
      @BlueSodaPop_ 3 роки тому +8

      That was horrifying when I was a child!

    • @ZayZayZayZay
      @ZayZayZayZay 2 роки тому +5

      Pokémon leaf green was my first own game that I played through and I wouldn’t have had it any other way

  • @cpthegenius
    @cpthegenius 2 роки тому +311

    This video got a little emotional for me. Hearing melodies that are submerged in some of my deepest memories; recalling playing hundreds of hours of Pokémon games. It’s deeply nostalgic and reminds me of simpler times. The detail and admiration you took in your approach to video this made my heart smile.

    • @nikolaspeippo
      @nikolaspeippo Рік тому +1

      🥰

    • @imdethfannotmike7001
      @imdethfannotmike7001 Рік тому +7

      I actually cried, man I played the piano back when this game was new, played the games, man it's so beautiful

    • @nunolance23
      @nunolance23 Рік тому

      Same here bro, I feel you

    • @m74568
      @m74568 Рік тому +3

      Honestly if it didnt have catchy music i wouldnt have remembered it

    • @mraaronhd
      @mraaronhd 6 місяців тому +1

      I remember just listening to the title theme on loop via headphones on my game boy. I wouldn’t press start and just let it loop.

  • @rileymorel_
    @rileymorel_ 3 роки тому +269

    I would watch an hour long video of Charles reacting to a bunch of different Pokémon music. He doesn’t even have to break it down, his reactions to chord changes are all we need.

    • @pokemasterjerry
      @pokemasterjerry 3 роки тому +4

      And then rejazzing and soloing along😭

  • @ElsieLovelock
    @ElsieLovelock 3 роки тому +881

    Sir, imma need a full piano cover of the National Park theme from you 😭😭😭🙏
    EDIT: Very Joe Hisashi esque sound, extremely beautiful. I loved listening to that as I always loved the National Park theme and it’s so nostalgic!

    • @nuclearbirds
      @nuclearbirds 3 роки тому

      Holy crap, Hi Elsie 👋🏼

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому +8

      Agree full piano cover from Charles would be great but in the meantime, not piano but a fantastic cover: ua-cam.com/video/BiqDtkCoPb4/v-deo.html

    • @anthonydiecidue7916
      @anthonydiecidue7916 3 роки тому +2

      @@cooldebt the consouls are so good

    • @aamu3
      @aamu3 3 роки тому

      Yeees!

    • @DarkZekrom9898
      @DarkZekrom9898 3 роки тому +3

      PLEASEEEEEE

  • @voia_online
    @voia_online 2 роки тому +148

    I LOOOOVE how you slowly fade out music when cutting to an explanation instead of it being a jarring jump. It's the little things, but it really keeps my focus and allows me to enjoy your playing as well.

  • @StevenMWilson
    @StevenMWilson 3 роки тому +90

    Go Ichinose is goated. All his compositions in Pokémon are a treat for the ears

  • @AlexMoukalaMusic
    @AlexMoukalaMusic 3 роки тому +664

    Pokémon Red's Gym Battle music is also incredible.
    To this day, it has some of the best arpeggios / run I heard in Videogame Music

    • @starrk7158
      @starrk7158 3 роки тому +18

      Team rockets theme and the Pokémon League champion in that game as well. As well as Lance's theme in gold and silver.
      My favourite pokemon music though has to be diamond and pearl because of all the jazz influences that went into writing the music.

    • @elroy9186
      @elroy9186 3 роки тому +8

      Team rocket hideout from blue/red is also on that level, its like a bach intervention.

    • @phillholbrook9515
      @phillholbrook9515 3 роки тому +13

      RBY had some amazing music. Remember the Viridian Forest music? The B section could be super easily converted into a nasty walking bass line

    • @xtratic
      @xtratic 3 роки тому +1

      My favourites are the when on the bicycle and when a wild pokémon appeared in R/Y/B

    • @Eamil
      @Eamil 3 роки тому +8

      I love that the two music analysts I follow know about each other. :D

  • @matthewronquillo9078
    @matthewronquillo9078 3 роки тому +278

    I did not expect a piano solo over 8-bit to sound that clean jeez

    • @HofTheStage
      @HofTheStage 3 роки тому +23

      We need a full album, that was crazy nice

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому +12

      Until Charles does a full cover, try this in the meantime: ua-cam.com/video/BiqDtkCoPb4/v-deo.html

    • @mA-nd1xr
      @mA-nd1xr 3 роки тому +4

      THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. Perhaps 8-bit and jazz hybrids are a thing. Imma look it up
      Edit: @cooldebt Thank you

    • @xenontesla122
      @xenontesla122 3 роки тому +10

      If you like that combination, you should check out Aivi and Surasshu. They're a duo of a pianist and a chiptune composer who both did the soundtrack for Steven Universe.

    • @jocloud31
      @jocloud31 3 роки тому +3

      An artist called Schnabubula had been doing it for years and it's absolutely incredible

  • @PrestonThePianist
    @PrestonThePianist Рік тому +51

    Charles' run at 11:13 is easily one of the coolest sounding renditions of National Park I've ever heard on piano. Especially the resolution and build into the high melody notes at 11:23-11:41.

    • @MundoBoss
      @MundoBoss Рік тому +1

      Totaly agree. He must publish a complete and clear version of it 😭🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

    • @wabdih
      @wabdih Рік тому

      a bit of refining on that part right after and its perfect. Loved that so much

  • @minako134
    @minako134 2 роки тому +57

    When I played Pokemon Silver way back in the year 2000 when I was a high schooler, I would go to the park and to Ecrutek city just to stand there and listen to the music at those locations over and over again, I loved them so much. And now in 2021, this jazz musician UA-camr has made a tribute video just to those two awesome pieces of video game music. Sometimes it feels like Mario, Zelda, Final Fantasy, and Metroid get all the chiptune love, but for me Pokemon was my first chiptune love, so this meant SO MUCH to me~

  • @isaacherrera5345
    @isaacherrera5345 3 роки тому +329

    I don’t think Charles realizes how hard his free style solo piano playing goes like GODDAMNN BROO

    • @AKFakuade
      @AKFakuade 3 роки тому +19

      facts, theyre like my favorite parts of the video, I'd so watch an hour long video of just him freestlying

    • @junatan25
      @junatan25 3 роки тому +4

      He just flexin. But I ain’t mad

    • @datavalisofficial8730
      @datavalisofficial8730 2 роки тому +2

      He knows alright ehehe its normal to flex without noticing after you graduate
      I didnt graduate in music tho but i think i applies to every skill
      He just vibin
      But with technique and mastery of a professional musician, its amazing

    • @Uathe
      @Uathe 2 роки тому

      Almost makes me cry! It’s so good

    • @BlackStarSymphony
      @BlackStarSymphony 2 роки тому

      I'm new here and I'm already hooked on is freestyle piano playing.

  • @thornels
    @thornels 3 роки тому +155

    You have awoken in me an earthly desire for a 1-hour long video of you playing Pokémon soundtracks on piano

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому +1

      Until that happens, try this: ua-cam.com/video/BiqDtkCoPb4/v-deo.html

    • @anonymone453
      @anonymone453 3 роки тому +1

      This was just a few tunes from GSC. There's hours of music to break down. I hope he does more.

  • @The8BitBigBand
    @The8BitBigBand Рік тому +40

    I'm so glad you made this video because it's SO true that those early pokemon games have some of the most incredible use of the insanely limited voices they had to create some of the most interesting and inventive melodies and harmony which makes it SUCH a joy to arrange, since it really is some of the best raw materials of a piece of music to work from.

  • @PenguinLord10
    @PenguinLord10 11 місяців тому +14

    I'm so glad you went into the technology involved. It's difficult to fully appreciate how incredible these old songs and their composers are without knowing the constraints they had to work with.

  • @samuelecallegari6117
    @samuelecallegari6117 3 роки тому +867

    I would love to see Charles breaking down the Diamond/Pearl and Platinum soundtrack as it is the jazziest Pokémon Ost for sure!

    • @IanRonquillo
      @IanRonquillo 3 роки тому +10

      Agree! Please!

    • @garshtoshteles
      @garshtoshteles 2 роки тому +23

      I think that would be cool, but I definitely disagree that gen IV is the jazziest. I find gen II very jazzy as well.

    • @vstirylw7058
      @vstirylw7058 2 роки тому +32

      Gen 4 definitely the jazziest fs

    • @johnapple6646
      @johnapple6646 2 роки тому +17

      yall forgetting about Gen 5, literally based on New York

    • @isaelp1969
      @isaelp1969 2 роки тому +2

      Agree, Diamond and Pearl are super jazzy!

  • @homiefromfl
    @homiefromfl 3 роки тому +365

    8:52 - 9:38 this slaps sooo hard! I'd pay for an entire pokemon music cover album by Charles.

    • @b.g.31_58
      @b.g.31_58 2 роки тому +6

      Honestly

    • @Nastyn1nja808
      @Nastyn1nja808 Рік тому +1

      Yoooooooooooobclip it lll

    • @radiorain5665
      @radiorain5665 Рік тому +2

      Right?! It's like he just invented a new genre! XD

    • @yue7507
      @yue7507 Рік тому +4

      Very similar to Aivi and Surasshu's music! Especially with the piano + electronic 8 bit tunes. I highly recommend anyone who liked what Charles played to check out their work :)

    • @124Musick
      @124Musick Рік тому

      Fuck yeah

  • @samgottlieb7339
    @samgottlieb7339 2 роки тому +71

    Since i was a kid playing Gold and Silver, the Ecruteak town song always made my eyes well up because i thought it was so beautiful sounding. Thank you Charles for letting me feel that again.

    • @LinktheDragonslayer
      @LinktheDragonslayer 2 роки тому +3

      Dude same. Gen 2 is so weird for me cos I only experienced it second hand from my older brothers' cartridge. Because of that my memories of Gen 2 are the haziest but also the earliest memories of pokemon.

    • @Beofware
      @Beofware Рік тому +1

      So majestic and filled with a sense of history... God the nostalgia is strong :')

  • @barte6128
    @barte6128 3 роки тому +450

    Not to be "that guy", but the sound chip in the original gameboy is 4-bit. The games are 8-bit but the music is actually only 4.
    To see proof of this, pause at 5:37 and see the triangle wave consists of only 15 steps. 4-bit has 16 possible values and 8-bit has 256, which would result in way smoother lines.

    • @YHUAN01
      @YHUAN01 2 роки тому +44

      The PCM Wave Samples on the Gameboy was 4-bit. The other channels were 8-bit in resolution as it was done by the CPU itself like the NES and MegaDrive and PC-Engine before it. The Triangle wave was made on the Wave table so yes, it would be 4-bit. The actual sound generators are integrated on the circuit for the custom CPU in the GB.

    • @zynidian
      @zynidian 2 роки тому +9

      ​@@YHUAN01 Actually, every channel is indeed 4 bit, not just the Wavetable channel. The two pulse channels and the noise channel all produce 1 bit waveforms that are adjusted by a 4 bit volume control to produce 16 different volume levels for each channel. The wave channel is also only 4 bit, and because of this only the max volume level can accurately reproduce the wavetable. The other 3 volume levels use bitshifting to lower the volume, to the point where the lowest volume for the channel only has a bit depth of 1. Also saying it was done by the CPU can be a bit misleading as it makes it seem like the sound is generated in software, when in reality (as you stated) the Sound hardware is integrated on the same chip as the CPU (NES and PCE are like this as well, but not the MD), and the CPU's role in most cases is to act as the sound driver, adjusting the sound hardware's registers in order to produce music/SFX.

    • @YHUAN01
      @YHUAN01 2 роки тому +5

      @@zynidian the DAC is 4-bit. The CPU controls the sound mixing and pitch and timing. Yhe sound generators are part of the cpu itself though essentially on a separate circuit. Could have phrased it better but my point stands that the sound generators are not 4-bit. Hell the shift register on the noise channel is 15-bit but the polynomial register is 0-7, 8-bit. Much like the other channels sans the wavetable. The Mega Drive is similar a bit in how the sound generation is of higher bit depth than the final output. The YM2612/3438 produce sound at 14-bit depth but after converting the digital signal to analog the final output is 9-bit depth. PCM playback on channel 05 of the YM2612 is 8-bit depth.
      Case in point, any programmer is working with 8-bit computing with the sound on a GB. Though yes the final analog output is 4-bit due to the DAC.

    • @zynidian
      @zynidian 2 роки тому +6

      @@YHUAN01 Ah ok, I was primarily talking about the bit depth of the final DAC output for each channel, since that's what ends up getting heard. You're right about how, in the process of getting to that final output, parts of the hardware have lengths that are neither 4, nor 8 bits. I guess it really depends on what "bit" even means in context. Take for instance the LFSR used for the noise, which itself is 15 bits wide. But the output used for audio is just 1 bit. So is the noise channel 15 bits?, 1 bit?, 4 bit? Well, it's all of them depending on how you look at it. Bart E's original comment was specifically referring to the bit depth of the output, so that's what I focused on in my previous comment.

    • @Aveance94
      @Aveance94 Рік тому +1

      @@YHUAN01 Its two channels at 7 bits each. It's fuckin weird.

  • @TheGart43
    @TheGart43 3 роки тому +170

    I mean yeah, Junichi Masuda is a great composer (he does literally ALL the battle themes), but all the tunes here were composed by Go Ichinose

    • @PianistTanooki
      @PianistTanooki 3 роки тому +9

      He’s kind of stepped out of that role lately, though. Many battle themes in Sun/Moon we’re done by other composers, and Masuda only contributed battle themes to the second DLC expansion las.

    • @samuelecallegari6117
      @samuelecallegari6117 3 роки тому +5

      Masuda heavily composed only the 1st gen music, then Ichinose took the main role. In the 4th gen the main composer was Hitomi Sato and in the 5th Shota Kageyama. Now instead the lead composer is Minako Adachi

    • @PascalvandenBos
      @PascalvandenBos 3 роки тому +2

      @@samuelecallegari6117 the lead composer is and has been Go Ichinose since gen 2 with exceptions like bw, oras and xy when he was on break, he's basically the head of the sound team currently at Gamefreak still

    • @samuelecallegari6117
      @samuelecallegari6117 3 роки тому +1

      @@PascalvandenBos well if you check the track by track credits you will discover that the majority of the 4th gen tracks are composed by Hitomi Sato and the 5th ones by Kageyama

    • @PascalvandenBos
      @PascalvandenBos 3 роки тому +3

      @@samuelecallegari6117 thats actually not true at all, i have all of the cds and theyre pretty equally split among composers, that doesnt take away that Go Ichinose was still lead on gen 4 though and 8 too i bet but the ost still isnt out

  • @ATTACKofthe6STRINGS
    @ATTACKofthe6STRINGS 3 роки тому +64

    When you started playing that Ecruteak City arpeggiation, man. You doing these analysis of Studio Ghibli and Pokemon and stuff is everything my child heart could have wanted. Thank you for making these videos!

  • @Freshtildeath
    @Freshtildeath Рік тому +18

    Listen to Ruby, Sapphire, and Emeralds soundtrack. Literal masterpiece in terms of Music. It's score is so adventurous, relaxing, uplifting, and powerful. I listen to Dr. Pez's cover of the music quite a lot. Brings tears to my eye.

    • @sonikokaruto
      @sonikokaruto 6 місяців тому

      little root town is my default ringtone since 2003ish

  • @dylanhelvetios2300
    @dylanhelvetios2300 2 роки тому +62

    Always had a thing for the gen 2 ost.
    there's something that hit the nostalgia really hard in those more than Gen 1 and Gen 3 ones

    • @J75Pootle
      @J75Pootle Рік тому +12

      The Johto region is honestly my favourite region. Yes, the games themselves may not be the best especially with the wack level scaling, but the vibe of Johto is just so strong - the music, the locations, the characters just makes Johto's culture feel so strong

    • @mraaronhd
      @mraaronhd 6 місяців тому +1

      ⁠@@J75PootleI think Johto had the strongest character identity with its Japanese architecture, the mythos surrounding it, and just how the world was laid out. The soundtracks are definitely the best in the series (especially the remixes for HG/SS).

  • @Legoman1352
    @Legoman1352 3 роки тому +129

    Charles' playing really speaks to me, it says: "P R A C T I C E"

  • @MindAndFancyMusic
    @MindAndFancyMusic 3 роки тому +134

    It’s even more amazing, the gameboy had 4 channels, but only 3 of them were tonal!
    Channel 4 is a noise oscillator.
    Channel 1 + 2 are always pulse waves. Channel 3 has a wavetable, so more sounds are possible.

  • @maroona_blue
    @maroona_blue 2 роки тому +20

    Do I know anything about music? No. Do I love hearing Charles geek out over music like this? Yes.

  • @Absurd000
    @Absurd000 Рік тому

    love your content man! this is really cool to see in depth all the stuff behind these tracks and hear a "fuller" version of it on other instruments

  • @Rogers1977
    @Rogers1977 3 роки тому +92

    As soon as I heard that old 8-bit sound, I immediately got nostalgic and began tearing up. These sound tracks were absolute bangers, and we as kids had no idea how incredible they were.

    • @nicolle2126
      @nicolle2126 3 роки тому

      same

    • @SSJKenpachiZaraki
      @SSJKenpachiZaraki 3 роки тому +10

      you kidding? I sat and listened to the music doing nothing for a solid 10 minutes sometimes. I didn't understand *why* it was beautiful, but it was certainly captivating and I got lost in it all the time.

    • @heyiplaybassguitar
      @heyiplaybassguitar 3 роки тому +4

      Listening to the Braxton Burks renditions on Spotify definitely gets me teary. So much nostalgia!! Just reliving these Kanto and Johto places, that don't even exist in the real world. Really crazy to be able to attach music to locations like that

  • @HofTheStage
    @HofTheStage 3 роки тому +465

    Old Castlevania games have some amazing music in them

    • @StanNotSoSaint
      @StanNotSoSaint 3 роки тому +21

      When he said that 8-bit is almost Bach I immediately thought about Castlevania

    • @pumkin610
      @pumkin610 3 роки тому

      Wot

    • @41tinman41
      @41tinman41 3 роки тому +14

      Oh hell yeah! Bloody Tears, Vampire Killer, Crystal Teardrops, Requiem of the Gods.

    • @HOTDAMNADAM
      @HOTDAMNADAM 3 роки тому +9

      I was gonna comment saying that it'd be great to hear this for Bloody Tears and Vampire Killer!

    • @frostydog728
      @frostydog728 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah but who asked

  • @l1teralcanc3r78
    @l1teralcanc3r78 Рік тому +1

    The interpretation you did on the piano brought me to tears it was so beautiful. Absolutely brilliantly done and highlights just how incredible these old 8-bit songs really were at the compositional level.

  • @yongshengs
    @yongshengs 3 роки тому +21

    Holy shit, I never saw Leave The Door Open being mashed up with Ecruteak City theme coming in a thousand years.

  • @AdamSmith-jb2lf
    @AdamSmith-jb2lf 3 роки тому +46

    Okay, I know we say we need full versions a lot here. But I DESPERATELY need a full version of Charles doing jazz improv over the National Park theme.

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому +3

      Agree but until he does, I'll be listening to this: ua-cam.com/video/BiqDtkCoPb4/v-deo.html

    • @AdamSmith-jb2lf
      @AdamSmith-jb2lf 3 роки тому +1

      @@cooldebt Oh, snap, this is a good find. Thanks!

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому

      @@AdamSmith-jb2lf Glad you liked it. The Consouls turn 7 in a couple of weeks so you have 7 years of tunes to enjoy on their channel ;)

  • @jomo999
    @jomo999 3 роки тому +71

    I am still humming the Gameboy Pokemon music to this day - considering how primitive the orchestrations were, the actual arrangements were amazing.

  • @Fefs-yi1gf
    @Fefs-yi1gf 3 роки тому

    man this was a blast to watch/hear, please make more of these! 8-bit to piano

  • @aimsilaon7644
    @aimsilaon7644 2 роки тому

    Your videos are so calming and passionate at the same time! I love watching them in my free time big big fan

  • @classicaltrombone
    @classicaltrombone 3 роки тому +325

    Four part counterpoint has entered the chat.

    • @aidanyelsma7762
      @aidanyelsma7762 3 роки тому +1

      Oh hey! You’re that trombone fella.

    • @refridgalator
      @refridgalator 3 роки тому +6

      Perfect fifth violations 🥰

    • @Chippy569
      @Chippy569 3 роки тому +23

      on a gameboy, it would need to be a 3-point counterpoint. The fourth channel was only a white noise generator, which usually got relegated to being percussion.

    • @EvanYoungMusic
      @EvanYoungMusic 3 роки тому

      8th species

    • @pixelator9002
      @pixelator9002 3 роки тому

      YOOOO sup

  • @Feuer_Meister
    @Feuer_Meister 3 роки тому +72

    So, can we get like an hour long video of Charles just playing the piano? It's always so calming to listen to

    • @aamu3
      @aamu3 3 роки тому

      Ikr?!? Please Charles?!

    • @mr_lemonade4230
      @mr_lemonade4230 3 роки тому +4

      hey charles? please break down bill wurts' here comes the sun

    • @mankypancakes
      @mankypancakes 3 роки тому

      @@mr_lemonade4230 n 7 I'll

  • @pd9020
    @pd9020 Рік тому +5

    Azalea Town might be my favorite track in the entirety of pokemon. it's just so good and so cheerful. it's got that brief little intro and then it jumps right into that uptempo cheeriness. I used to just go there and park myself next to Kurt's house to listen to the music

  • @patricknelson2102
    @patricknelson2102 Рік тому

    @Charles Cornell thank you for your videos. After many years of being away from my piano, my bass, and just playing music in general you've inspired me to get back at it. Thank you!

  • @dannyjohnson6500
    @dannyjohnson6500 3 роки тому +44

    I swear to god, him playing around over the original ost and him converting the 8 bit into proper piano piece is so damn fun and pleasant to hear, i just wish he kept going.Love this stuff!

    • @Joe-ro3xy
      @Joe-ro3xy 3 роки тому +3

      I would highly recommend Aivi & Surasshu. Beautiful jazzy 8 bit with piano accompaniment.

  • @DwayneRidgwayOfficial
    @DwayneRidgwayOfficial 3 роки тому +87

    It's amazing how just hearing these songs on piano is enough to make someone tear up.
    Someone is me. I'm someone.

    • @goyaskill
      @goyaskill 3 роки тому +1

      I'm someone too Ahaha

    • @psychoticbreaks167justletm4
      @psychoticbreaks167justletm4 2 роки тому +3

      Youre not alone... its okay. Tesseract has made me cry once or twice.

    • @davidalvarado9957
      @davidalvarado9957 2 роки тому +1

      I feel that just hearing the chip tune versions of them lol. Ecruteak city is probably my all time favorite track. I just get so nostalgic hearing it. I play that to go to sleep sometimes

  • @kaigai77
    @kaigai77 2 роки тому +8

    The music in gold and silver were so legendary and complex. The runs you hear in trainer battles and pokemon encounters are unmatched. Masterful composition

  • @Joshuakim378
    @Joshuakim378 Рік тому +11

    I love how you used National Park as the center point for this video. It really is so well written for how limited the hardware was. It conveys so much emotion in those 4 channels

  • @eddiewiththe_ie
    @eddiewiththe_ie 3 роки тому +48

    VGM deserves more presence in music education. There are so many VGM themes that are slept on.

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion 3 роки тому +10

      It's a relatively young art-form, so it's only in the last decade or so that mainstream critics have begun to analyze it. Plus once games starting releasing on CDs the soundtracks became more likely to fall into a pre-existing genre (usually orchestral or jazz) and the main thing to analyze was format related elements like loop points and dynamically adaptating to gameplay.

  • @PartyMoth
    @PartyMoth 3 роки тому +391

    Great video! Small correction: the two tracks played in this video were composed by Go Ichinose, not Junichi Masuda. His name and face aren't plastered on the franchise but since Gold and Silver he's been a leading force behind the main series's music for decades.

    • @bkebradley
      @bkebradley 3 роки тому +20

      Thank you, I was just about to comment this.

    • @TazTheYellow
      @TazTheYellow 2 роки тому +15

      @@bkebradley Ditto. Thumbnail should've also been of Gold Version if he were being honest.

    • @BHox01
      @BHox01 2 роки тому +17

      Ichinose is the Game Freak goat fr. Composes stunning route/town themes and amazingly bombastic battle arrangements. So versatile. Also was the sound director for DP, which is still the best overall OST in the series imho.

    • @Tuukkis
      @Tuukkis 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, Junichi Masuda was more of a director and/or music consultant after the first generation.

    • @willfrancescofini
      @willfrancescofini 2 роки тому +11

      Go Ichinose was an apprentice to Masuda on the original Red/Blue/Yellow games' soundtrack. And then on Gold/Silver he took the lead, and Nat'l Park and Ecruteak are the two best tracks of the entire series imo. Love Go Ichinose, unforgettable name to an English speaker too, lol

  • @All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers
    @All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers Рік тому +2

    That solo section you played over the park theme was so gorgeous man, truly heart melting

  • @willreese7114
    @willreese7114 Місяць тому +1

    This brings back so many bittersweet memories from my childhood, with my grandparents

  • @paisanodelpueblo9271
    @paisanodelpueblo9271 3 роки тому +33

    Almost 1 million!!

  • @chipsnever957
    @chipsnever957 3 роки тому +32

    The fact that there's now audio of Charles playing my favorite song from GSC (National Park) in a full piano arrangement makes the world a little better :)
    btw: It was Gō Ichinose that originally composed both National Park and Ecruteak, as well as a good majority of GSC's soundtrack

  • @MoundN
    @MoundN 3 роки тому

    I love the layout of your room and the way it looks. So cozy..!

  • @jerryjb
    @jerryjb Рік тому

    Great video! And I love the jazz bass chilling in the background

  • @Skip6235
    @Skip6235 3 роки тому +32

    8-Bit Music Theory has a great video on his channel discussing the Kanto theme remakes in Gold and Silver. 10/10, highly recommend

  • @supremecud147
    @supremecud147 3 роки тому +163

    the fact charles doesnt have a million subs yet surprises me the man is extremely talented

    • @user-zd4vm4kh8v
      @user-zd4vm4kh8v 3 роки тому +15

      There are a bunch of those kinds of channels. And there are many channels that don’t deserve to be more popular than them unfortunately. *cough cough* James Charles *cough*

    • @SeamusMcFlurry
      @SeamusMcFlurry 3 роки тому

      This.

    • @TheColonelMcKernel
      @TheColonelMcKernel 3 роки тому +15

      Looks like that'll be changing pretty soon.

    • @georgesteffey8375
      @georgesteffey8375 3 роки тому +17

      He'll get there in like two days lmao

    • @supremecud147
      @supremecud147 3 роки тому +2

      @@TheColonelMcKernel hopefully

  • @diegobarreto3010
    @diegobarreto3010 3 роки тому

    Dude please do more of these breakdowns, this is pure nostalgic along with beautiful music

  • @jacoborozco4585
    @jacoborozco4585 4 дні тому

    Love how you go into the complexities of music improv and jamming and seeing groups of licks and changes as chunks of music, making them more predictable and digestible

  • @ErikCPianoman
    @ErikCPianoman 3 роки тому +342

    I also love how they mixed a stereo version of each track into the earlier games. Really changes up the feel of the track imho. Thx for sharing. Those gen 1 and 2 chiptunes are my jam.

    • @bestberryj
      @bestberryj 3 роки тому +3

      Fancy seeing you here :) And he covered two of my favorite GSC songs too

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 3 роки тому +1

      Only GSC is good, RGBY has some grating tunes.

    • @Kiritomens
      @Kiritomens 3 роки тому +6

      Dude I was playing GBI on my GameCube lately.
      The gameboyplayer is basically a whole gameboy without the screen and buttons.
      So it's full original soundchip is in there.
      Played some gold and silver over towers. Holy shit those gameboy channels hit different.
      On emulation it's kind of soft, but original hardware it's raw. Shits actually got bass. I think the high tones fucked up my ears for couple days tho lol.

    • @averytubestudios
      @averytubestudios 3 роки тому +1

      I prefer the GBA tracks, but these are nice too.

    • @pnchtz6357
      @pnchtz6357 3 роки тому +3

      @@averytubestudios every single tune in 3rd gen makes me instantly cry in nostalgia but 2nd gen ones are very underrated imo

  • @Violoncheloops
    @Violoncheloops 3 роки тому +26

    Dude, Chrono Trigger is one of the most spectacular soundtracks of all time. Playing that as a kid is the firstr thing that got me into music. And I became a cello player.

    • @naughtiusmaximus5954
      @naughtiusmaximus5954 3 роки тому +2

      Chrono Trigger has one on the best soundtracks ever. It's incredible just how much the music in that game heightened the mood and atmosphere and turned what were already pretty memorable scenes unforgettable!

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому

      An old one from these boys but a good one: ua-cam.com/video/1rmI3WERIrY/v-deo.html

    • @classiccellist7015
      @classiccellist7015 3 роки тому +2

      Dude, YES!!!! I said this last time, but Chrono Trigger is so dope, especially Zohar's piano renditions. (Btw, it's so nice to see a fellow cellist out in the wild ✊😔)

    • @monsterrbeast
      @monsterrbeast 3 роки тому +1

      Had to look into the comments to see if someone would mention Chrono Trigger. It's absolutely magical.

    • @juliafrederick6685
      @juliafrederick6685 3 роки тому

      I love chrono trigger music too!!learned secret of the forest by ear I was obsessed with those opening arpeggios

  • @dogurt
    @dogurt 2 роки тому

    Just discovered your channel. It’s so great to see how much you love these pieces. I’m enjoying it so much. Now I’m off to Spotify to find the piano and orchestral arrangements 😀.

  • @dinodango3383
    @dinodango3383 2 роки тому

    Really hope to hear covers of these two from you one day!! I come back to this video just to hear you play the songs :)

  • @libracynthia
    @libracynthia 3 роки тому +46

    I hope you will talk about the gen 4 soundtrack soon
    Honestly the DPP soundtrack is criminally underrated. They have incredible music there. Hearthome City and Route 201 are some of my favorites
    And who can forget about Cynthia's battle theme? An absolute banger.

    • @eddiewiththe_ie
      @eddiewiththe_ie 3 роки тому

      Underrated? Its the most overhyped soundtrack in Pokemon. Black and White is underrated.

    • @benjaminpiela5210
      @benjaminpiela5210 3 роки тому +8

      @@eddiewiththe_ie correctly hyped**
      But I agree that gen 5 music is sick too. But there are a ton of good gen 5 music memes out there already so I don't think it's unrecognized by any means.

    • @eddiewiththe_ie
      @eddiewiththe_ie 3 роки тому

      @@benjaminpiela5210 It is correctly hyped, but it's very close to the Hoenn soundtrack in terms of how great it is and often takes all of the spotlight. and yes, gen 5 music is the most underrated

    • @h8den_
      @h8den_ 3 роки тому

      Don’t forget the Lake Themes! Highly underrated!

  • @Dymodeus1
    @Dymodeus1 3 роки тому +40

    Lavender Town theme from the gen 1 Pokemon games is so incredibly haunting

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion 3 роки тому +2

      Something about the Gameboy speaker and chiptune gave it an unearthly sound that later iterations haven't quite captured. Maybe it was the subtle buzz.

    • @SeraphsWitness
      @SeraphsWitness 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, I was thinking this one as well.
      Actually they changed the original song because it was too creepy and dissonant. You can find the original song on youtube though.

    • @steelstrings4
      @steelstrings4 3 роки тому

      Isn’t that the one that supposedly caused kids to commit suicide?

    • @SeraphsWitness
      @SeraphsWitness 3 роки тому

      @@steelstrings4 yea I heard that, but sounds highly unlikely.

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion 3 роки тому

      @@SeraphsWitness
      The Japanese version causing suicides has been a creepypasta for a while, but there's even less evidence for it than the widely exaggerated impact of the Porygon episode. The latter was at least partially real.

  • @kay8379
    @kay8379 2 роки тому +6

    In an indirect form this video has changed my life, after watching it I searched for the national park music and then watched a jazz cover to that music, now Im always listening to jazz, and it all started after this video.

  • @flashed633
    @flashed633 2 роки тому

    Nostalgia hit hard here. Been seeing this video recommended to me, to be honest not even sure why I'm not subscribed yet, but haven't been clicking on it for some reason. Well, surely didn't disappoint! Most of these town songs in Pokemon were so pleasant to listen to and I'm glad I've been able to spend a portion of my childhood in them. Would definitely love to see you cover more of those songs, or break them down while playing. Been smiling throughout most of the video, I'd love to see more!

  • @diegovarela7788
    @diegovarela7788 3 роки тому +29

    8:53. Man, that just sounds great.

  • @Letsplayj0909
    @Letsplayj0909 3 роки тому +28

    The Earthbound and Mother 3 soundtracks are works of art and absolutely worth checking out

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому

      Yes! Especially done by these boys: ua-cam.com/video/FXIyse1sFnc/v-deo.html (they also did Monkey's Delivery Service)

    • @ty_hens
      @ty_hens 3 роки тому

      They are amazing although it’s based around samples more than 8bit of some of them.

    • @johnjowari7128
      @johnjowari7128 3 роки тому

      Lisa the painful too, although its much more simpler and tame in comparison.

  • @Puff996
    @Puff996 2 роки тому +7

    Pokemon taught me how to whistle. Hearing those songs so much just made it easy to mimic them, now I'm a pro at whistling.

  • @Whiteythereaper
    @Whiteythereaper 3 роки тому +4

    Junichi Masuda and Go Ichinose are both masters of using a little and getting a lot back. Such simple 2 or 3 track pieces that sound so full of life

  • @DeMisterShaggy
    @DeMisterShaggy 3 роки тому +108

    its crazy that Junichi Masuda made these brilliant music on an 8-bit game system-- songs full of life, sentimental and jovial.

    • @seanplayscl
      @seanplayscl 3 роки тому

      Was masuda the composer as well as the director?? Damn

    • @seronimo__7735
      @seronimo__7735 3 роки тому +16

      Go Ichinose was actually the composer of all the themes Charles Cornell talked about. Masuda's compositions weren't nearly as ingenious.

    • @portagenial
      @portagenial 3 роки тому +6

      @@seanplayscl in the second generation, the more emotional and harmonically rich songs like this one were composed by Go Ichinose, a very talented composer

    • @DeMisterShaggy
      @DeMisterShaggy 3 роки тому +1

      @@seronimo__7735 Oh I see! Thanks for correcting me.

  • @DrOctagonapusBraaah
    @DrOctagonapusBraaah 3 роки тому +45

    This made me realize that I desperately need piano improvisations paired with old Pokemon music. That National Park improvisation was beautiful

    • @kevin.skorupa
      @kevin.skorupa Рік тому

      That's why I love what HGSS did with the remake of this tune. Also if you're looking for good Pokémon piano music, I suggest musicmike512 and Darren Ang for their piano renditions of Pokémon tunes.

  • @lucianoobregon890
    @lucianoobregon890 2 роки тому

    What an amazing analysis and amazing breakdowns, hats off to you

  • @Mike-ge7pe
    @Mike-ge7pe 3 роки тому +8

    This is why I love 8-bit VGM so much. The composers had to write such interesting and creative music to overcome the system limitations and would use some beautiful harmonies and theoretical devices to do so

  • @yuvalne
    @yuvalne 3 роки тому +56

    I'm honestly surprised you didn't mention the 8Bit Big Band, perhaps the best example of what happens when you explode 8bit music to a full orchestra.

    • @JoseRivera-ym3wj
      @JoseRivera-ym3wj 3 роки тому +6

      They are among the best. They bring out what many composers tried to replicate when writing their music.
      They show how, for example, Koji Kondo was influenced by latin jazz. (Sidenote: Koji was also influenced by what is now known as city pop.)

    • @andrewxu3602
      @andrewxu3602 3 роки тому

      They deserve more subscribers.

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому +1

      Agree. Also love The Consouls - the best example of exploding 8-bit music into a jazz ensemble: ua-cam.com/video/BiqDtkCoPb4/v-deo.html

    • @ChaosKnuxxx
      @ChaosKnuxxx 3 роки тому

      Super soul Bros has the best Jazz adaptations in the game next to Insaneintherainmusic

  • @Bobbias
    @Bobbias 3 роки тому +11

    I absolutely love that you took the time to explain the limited sound capabilities of old systems. Especially on a channel that isn't highly technical, and isn't focused on gaming. Understanding what the limitations are helps clarify so much about the 8-bit sound and style.

  • @musubi-vidz
    @musubi-vidz Рік тому +6

    In all seriousness, we need a full album of you playing over these 8-bit songs

  • @farisanwari777
    @farisanwari777 3 місяці тому +1

    My Lord Cornell the Mellifluous, I humbly beseech thee deign to release full versions of thine renditions of these most earpleasing music

  • @NoThumb
    @NoThumb 3 роки тому +33

    OH MY GOD I'M STOPPING EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN WANTING THIS VIDEO FOREVER

  • @Scorpymhk
    @Scorpymhk 3 роки тому +32

    fun historical fact: Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow’s Route 1 overworld theme is a 19th century minstrel song called “Golden Slippers” which is now a bluegrass/old time standard and also a real banger

  • @nickrandazzo5249
    @nickrandazzo5249 3 роки тому

    Please make more of this. Am now subscribed

  • @quetimporta9697
    @quetimporta9697 Місяць тому

    Dude, I've watched what, two of your videos? But just that small sample shows your passion for music. Thank you for doing this!!.
    Related to this video, as a kid I spent hours going to National Park in my Pokemon Gold game just to listen to the music. I'm crying here. Again, thank you!

  • @robertglogowski777
    @robertglogowski777 3 роки тому +14

    You have no idea how quickly I jumped out of my seat at 14:33 when I recognized that chord progression from The Baka Mitai vid that 8-Bit Music theory made

  • @raseruuu3742
    @raseruuu3742 3 роки тому +33

    you can close your eyes to this guy's National Park renditions
    also why am i crying

    • @cooldebt
      @cooldebt 3 роки тому +1

      This rendition also: ua-cam.com/video/BiqDtkCoPb4/v-deo.html

  • @nicholasnicoletti8253
    @nicholasnicoletti8253 2 роки тому +17

    It would be really cool to hear you break down some of Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age soundtrack! They were composed my Motoi Sakuraba who has a prog rock background so there's a lot of cool harmony, rhythms, and instrumentation throughout the entirety of each soundtrack and it'll be a bit of a different pace than what you normally do.

    • @viktor821
      @viktor821 Рік тому +1

      Fantastic games

    • @Fiach0Connor
      @Fiach0Connor Рік тому

      Iconic games with iconic soundtracks. Played through them both recently and they haven't aged a day!

    • @oshada
      @oshada 6 місяців тому

      I would absolutely love remakes of these or a sequel 🥲

  • @stayslapped1568
    @stayslapped1568 Рік тому

    There were only a couple songs I hoped you’d cover and you started off on the very first one with my favorite Pokémon track ever. Loved it.

  • @Freddie7010
    @Freddie7010 3 роки тому +24

    Now I just want to see a 2 hour feature of Charles going through the entire Gold/Silver/Crystal soundtrack

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 3 роки тому +64

    Ah yes, I love Whitney crushing my soul in 8-bit

  • @Banhorable
    @Banhorable 3 роки тому

    Hitting me right in the nostalgia, plus awesome rendition. Amazing!

  • @pier-lucgaranddion1527
    @pier-lucgaranddion1527 Рік тому

    Absolutely loved this video. Thanks!

  • @raggedy61
    @raggedy61 3 роки тому +38

    I'd say about 3 minutes of 8 bit song; 5 minutes of music theory, and discussion; 8 minutes of flexing; and Ads make up the res... oh shit he played the full version of those two songs on nebula brb.

    • @raggedy61
      @raggedy61 3 роки тому +7

      Update: it was dope. Got get Nebula.

  • @Brassydoots
    @Brassydoots 3 роки тому +12

    Yeah, we need more of this Charles. I could watch this for hours. One of my favorite videos I've seen recently. Here are a few more I'd love to see you check out:
    -Violet City Theme
    -Champion/Red Theme
    -Vermillion City
    -Ice Path/Dark Cave
    -Rival Battle theme (Johto)
    I could list a hundred more, but these are the first ones that come to mind. Seriously, would love to see more of this.

  • @mr.hernandezdrives
    @mr.hernandezdrives Рік тому

    woooowww, these soundtracks are heartwarming and soul lifting.. hours and hours of joy were invested in these games. it is an awesome thing seeing someone break sound down in a respectful and beautiful way.