Pokémon Gen 1 Cries on Piano!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- This is a project where I learned every generation 1 Pokémon's cries on the piano and made a musical interpretation out of them! This was a TON of fun to make! Which cries were your favorite?
Special shoutout to Gordon R. aka grandmastergordo for his help figuring out some of these cries!
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Thought Paras & Parasect were surprisingly beautiful
Almost eerily beautiful!
they sound like a sound effect in a horror game when you find a key item!
Parasect's call is just the rhythm of JENOVA's theme played backwards
Imagine hearing that in Legends Arceus lmao, the BOTW Guardians of PLA
Given how macabre their fates are, it's definitely fitting
Fearow's cry has been a flawless masterpiece since 1996
Underrated cry and Pokémon for sure!
INCREDIBLE. All I need now is the original cries side by side comparison
A good idea that I'm considering!
Please do@@ElementalityStudios
If you're not on mobile, you're welcome to open up the cries on UA-cam in a second window
@@ElementalityStudios That would be awesome for next time,. I'd even watch a reupload!
With sheet music please!!
whats interesting is that the evolutions all create a sort of harmony with eachother, repeating the same phrase or a variation of the phrase either in a different key or sometimes in a melodic movement, its really cool
Thanks to limitations with the memory they had available, a lot of cries in generation 1 are modified versions of others. Some are direct copies, but for many they took a "base cry" and played with values to adjust pitch, duration, playback rate, and when to shut off certain sound channels. Retro Game Mechanics Explained has an excellent in-depth dive if you're curious, and they even set up a website where you can play with those values yourself to create your own cries.
@@ryguy7227 Most obvious might be Vulpix to Ninetales which appears to just be slightly stretched and pitched. Super cool fact, thanks!
Unless it’s the anime where Bellsprout and Weepinbell sound like they look if that makes sense. Victorybell strait up just screams like a woman about to be murdered😹 Like where the hell did that come from? Game cries are more consistent at least. There’s probably an odd one but for the most part the pitch or something has changed when the Pokèmon evolves
Rhyhorn and Charizard have the exact same cry too. I think Poliwhirl or Caterpie share their cry with another Pokèmon too. But like was said before, Game Boy had its limitations
Listening to it 2x makes them sound almost like the original
So cool! 1,5x even better imo?
Yass...❤
I love how these sound like Breath of the Wild jingles now
Yeah i can hear that too
Yeah i hear it
Wouldn't be suprised if the jingles derived from these sounds.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this. But also pissed that you stole my comment. Damn Psychic Types
Linking all of them together in order without pauses in between each one would make the ultimate contemporary piece
I liked how the Alakazam and Electrode lines were just a slamming of the piano.
I find it interesting how many cries are built off of the tri-tone
On top of that, I would say most, if not all, of these cries were semi tones too. So if a cry started on a tone between C and C#, I used my own judgement to play whichever one I thought sounded the closest!
The piano version of poliwrath's cry ends up just sounding like its normal cry, I love it!
Some of the more resonant cries are so close to the original its hypnotic for someone who has heard them before. This tickles my brain juuuuuust right.
Seadra was insane to listen to.
Starmie’s was very twinkly, it was fitting 🌟
Right?! Starmie was one that turned out better than I expected it to!
Definitely
Yea, thanks for the time stamp
Pokemon Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:51 Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
0:57 Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard
1:02 Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
1:06 Caterpie, Metapod, Butterfree
1:10 Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill
1:14 Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
1:18 Rattata, Raticate
1:20 Spearow, Fearow
1:24 Ekans, Arbok
1:28 Pikachu, Raichu
1:31 Sandshrew, Sandslash
1:34 Nidoran♀, Nidorina, Nidoqueen
1:38 Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking
1:43 Clefairy, Clefable
1:46 Vulpix, Ninetales
1:50 Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff
1:53 Zubat, Golbat
1:56 Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume
2:00 Paras, Parasect
2:07 Venonat, Venomoth
2:11 Diglett, Dugtrio
2:15 Meowth, Persian
2:17 Psyduck, Golduck
2:20 Mankey, Primeape
2:24 Growlithe, Arcanine
2:26 Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath
2:31 Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam
2:38 Machop, Machoke, Machamp
2:43 Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
2:46 Tentacool, Tentacruel
2:49 Geodude, Graveler, Golem
2:54 Ponyta, Rapidash
2:57 Slowpoke, Slowbro
3:00 Magnemite, Magneton
3:04 Farfetch'd
3:05 Doduo, Dodrio
3:09 Seel, Dewgong
3:11 Grimer, Muk
3:14 Shellder, Cloyster
3:19 Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
3:25 Onix
3:27 Drowzee, Hypno
3:32 Krabby, Kingler
3:36 Voltorb, Electrode
3:40 Exeggcute, Exeggutor
3:45 Cubone, Marowak
3:47 Hitmonlee
3:49 Hitmonchan
3:50 Lickitung
3:52 Koffing, Weezing
3:55 Rhyhorn, Rhydon
3:59 Chansey
4:00 Tangela
4:02 Kangaskhan
4:04 Horsea, Seadra
4:06 Goldeen, Seaking
4:10 Staryu, Starmie
4:14 Mr. Mime
4:15 Scyther
4:17 Jynx
4:21 Electabuzz
4:23 Magmar
4:24 Pinsir
4:26 Tauros
4:27 Magikarp, Gyarados
4:31 Lapras
4:33 Ditto
4:34 Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon
4:42 Porygon
4:44 Omanyte, Omastar
4:47 Kabuto, Kabutops
4:50 Aerodactyl
4:52 Snorlax
4:53 Articuno
4:55 Zapdos
4:57 Moltres
4:58 Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite
5:04 Mewtwo
5:15 Outro
5:35 ????????????????
Doing God's work 😄👏🏾
I can't believe you timestamped all of these, you're incredible!
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This is incredible! When I saw the video title on my front page I didn't expect the cries to sound *this* spot on. Absolutely amazing work! It's hard to pick a favourite honestly.
There's some cries that just stay with ya, even after twenty something years. The starters, Pidgey, Caterpie, Spearow, and many others I didn't have to check to compare, and they all sounded great
The very specific way the electric piano buzzes and reverbs with your audio setup quickly reminded me of old-school flip phone ringtones. My brain actually started processing each cry as if I was picking a ringtone and I had to manually clear my head and remember what I was watching, lol.
Very well done on all of these! Especially want to shout out Kadabra and Alakazam, truly the pinnacle of melodic Pokémon cries.
I lost it at Alakazam! 😂 I loved the twinkly sound of Clefairy and Clefable
hahaha glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing!!!
i dont know if its a good thing or a bad thing that i could hear the cries in my head as you played them, amazing work
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Never in my life have I needed something so much and never known until I received it.
You can really tell what game freak was trying to convey with the personality of a Pokemon when its on piano
OK BUT YOU DIFFERENTIATED EVEN BETWEEN CRIES THAT WERE EXACTLY THE SAME!!!! Like caterpie and goldeen each had a unique take and that is true artistry
I really liked Drowzee, and Hypno. They sounded like their actual in game cries the most, though a few others did stand out too, like Spearow and Mankey.
The Seadra was on point too.
Agreed I was just about to say that about those two
There were a few that sounded a bit off from the actual cry, but imo that made them so much better, just because the notes on an instrument sound so much better than static noise
Part of this challenge was that a lot of these were in semi tones. I had to make decisions whether to pitch them down or up, but I think they all still turned out well!
Breath of the Wild OST Piano Cover
Featuring Bokoblin Cries on Piano!
Drowzee and Hypno always had my favourite cries. Creepy, ominous, mysterious, and fitting to their appearance and powers. Here was no exception.
Hey, man, I'm overextended with a full time job, full time school, physical fitness maintenance, and trying to spin up a comedy special, losing my sanity in the process.
You gave it back to me. Keep making content.
This is great. I thought I would need the original cry before listening the piano rendition. But I'm so used to the gen 1 cries. You totally nailed it
What an interesting idea, and very well-done! :) I didn't know that the Pokemon cries were so harmonic!
It's definitely surprising how many of them do sound harmonic!
And then there's Voltorb and Electrode...
@@ElementalityStudiosWe don’t talk about Voltorb and Electrode.
I think using these as an intro to a song involving a battle between two pokemon would be really cool
These sound like they'd be useful in a Pokemon musical.
It’s amazing how I can hear the gameboy cry in my head as you play it on the piano. Amazing.
Sounds like a Stravinski suite. What a great project! Very nicely done.
This is one of the neatest videos I've watched in recent memory. You did an amazing job!
Amazing video, I found Ninetales to be elegantly spot on! Krabby was hilarious as well loool
Those early cries were kinda fascinating, a lot of them sounded eerily similar to other cries of completely different Pokémon. Victreebel and Porygon for instance.
One of the underappreciated parts of this video is how long it must have taken to add all 151 images of the Pokémon at the top of the screen.
Play through this at 2x speed, and they sound so close. Well done :)
Love this. Especially: Weedle, Parasect, Victreebel, Cloyster, Drowzee, Hypno, Krabby, Jynx, Zapdos.
Great lmao, I'd love to see you make a song based on their cries; a lot of them have similar ideas and could work as harmonies/bass.
Great vid lol, glad to find you on my algorithm just now
The cries of beauty.!.!
I woke up today, in dire need of piano interpretations/covers of individual pokemon cries, I was completely willing to start this project myself, but here you are!
Much appreciated, thanks so much!
This is awesome Jon, look forward to gen 2. Drowzee more than any of them hits the nostalgia. I guess it has the most distinctive cry
Thank you CK! Drowzee seems to be a fan favorite!
I went into this thinking “lol never” - then I shut my eyes and listened. Recognised every single cry. This is fantastic.
When I heard that fearow, nostalgia of passing through victory road hit me. Good job dude u nailed the cries so hard
I loved the tonal shift from the Poliwag line to the Abra line
2:04 this sounds like a "Secret Discovered" Jingle - and I'm all for that!
I could definitely see that!
Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom be like:
I actually wanted to do the exact thing but then never did it, thought that it wouldn't pay off but I was wrong apparently. So interesting, that one could actually recognise the pokemon crys from the extracted notes on the piano. Greatly done and love paras and parasect, sounds so mystical.
My first videogame ever was Pokemon FireRed. I played it until there literally were no more Pokemon in my version of the game I could have caught. I actually caught them all. This has always placed the Kanto games in a special place in my heart. So much of this was nostalgic for me, and incredibly satisfying. Thank you for sharing your gift of music. My favorite ones to rediscover were the Nintetales and Parasect evolution lines. Snorlax was also so cute. Nice job on the Mewtwo btw
I’ve definitely played too much Pokemon over the years because I can recognize an overwhelming majority of them without looking🤣🤣
Good job my dude! Just subbed : ))
It stands out even more that there were just like eight or so base Pokémon cries that all got pitch / tempo shifted
Some of these are incredibly satisfying, well done!
These are so cool!! You did a great job, seems like a lot of hard and dedicated work to transpose everything. They sound like jazz 😄 you could make covers like- bulbasaur to venosaur jazz evolution cover HAHAHAH
This is a fantastic idea! I may try it out!
No worries 😄 as I listened to these, I immediately thought of Peter and the Wolf where each character had its own unique instrument. You did a really good job with all these distinct cries 😄 could make a Pokemon symphony with battles and everything hahahaha
i lost track of them all but fearow, raichu, jifflypuff and cloyster were really good
YO the ones for Weepinbell and Victreebel were spot on! Well done!
I actually keep on forgetting how much character these sprites have. Also amazing job man this is super interesting! Love that ending too lol
this is so very niche and entirely my thing. NICE
edit: 1:34 the nidorans and their evolution lines sound SO GOOD
Paras and Parasect getting some much needed love
Those are very well done, I enjoyed those pokemon cries on Piano, Mewtwo, Ghaslty and Haunter were my favourite due for being the spookiest
just here to say paras, starmie and mewtwo were so beautiful! like a Erik Satie melody 🤧nostalgia to the max, thanks for making this!
The Pudgey family cries are so great! Love it 💕
Same with the birdie trio! Hell yeah!
Shockingly the Paras family sounds amazing!
Omg my phone autocorrected Pidgey oops
Made a separate comment as I do not wish to lose the heart. My bad!
You had me for a second there. I thought you weren’t going to do Mew. For just a moment I was so angry lmao.
AMAZING! My favourite ones were Exeggutor and Fearow!
This is an amazingly well done video! Keep up the good work, man! :D
This was rad! Now I want to hear the piano cries in a Pokemon game
Stumbled upon this through UA-cam algorithm, and I'm pleased to say I enjoyed it. My favourites were where you just mashed the keys.
Thanks for the entertainment, Jon.
Playing at 1.25x is almost verbatim. Well done!
WHOA you weren't kidding! The 1.25x versions would be SUCH a cool easter egg to include in some kind of music-based pokemon game.
i love the deadpan on kadabra and alakazam lol. this was awesome to watch!!
My favourite ones are Weedle, Spearow, Dugtrio, Drowzee and Chansey.
Also I love how in Kadabra, Alakazam, Gastly and Haunter you just slam your hand on the piano.
Also on voltorb and electrode he slams his hand on the thing, truly a work of art
@@Cosmic-821 I just wasn't watching because a Fall Guys match finalliy started qfter 3 minut- OH CRAP IT STARTED.
I have never forgotten pokemon cries on the spot so fast..
Oh, how terribly delightful. Thank you for this wholesome content.
I can imagine these notifications on the phone, good job!
Edit: also, favorite is Alakazam!
Thank you! Alakazam is just pure chaos lol
This was really cool! I would love to see this for more pokemon gens!
He is speaking the language of the gods! Amazing work bravo 👏 it’s amazing to think that with only these simple sound effects for a GameBoy were top notch for their time. My favourite generation.
The Poliwag line is so close to perfect in that tone
A wild pokemon has appeared! Trainer: aww what's your name?
Pokemon: ascends in piano
And also wow this is amazing!
I desperately need a version without the intro and outro, and with less of a break between each cry... Turning this into one nonstop song that I can add to my playlist for the express purpose of confusing my family when it comes on.
We gotta hear 'em all hahaha. Pokemon cries on piano are so cute, I like them so much 🤘🏾🤘🏾
I could hear the original cries in my head even after going years without hearing them 😂😂 incredibly on point!
Paras and parasect sounds really like a Botw sound
Honestly it's good enough that it sounds more like a midi than an actual person
Great work
I'd love to see these arranged into a melody. The evolutions tend to make these lovely melodic strings that'd sound great without the pauses between them.
Awwww i remember some of these. That is so cool dude! Thank you!
That is pretty insane. XD I love how Alakazam is just a keyboard smash
weird nostalgia of going thru the cries one by one when i was a kid
Glad to see Gen 1 still getting all the love it deserves
This is a lot of work!! Amazing!!
what a great video! huge props man this clearly took a ton of effort!
This is so cool!! I love finding videos like this!
Now I wanna hear a song from all of them played consecutively
I enjoyed that way more then I'd thought.
Spearow, Haunter, Parasect & Jynx all made me smile or laugh. Love them
It's actually stunning how musical these motifs are. Sure they're super chromatic, but I can totally hear how something so individually cacophanous like some of these are could be used in an ensemble.
From working on this project, I've learned that a lot of them are often centered around C as well (or at least, semi tones and quarter tones near C). So you could really experiment with combining some of them into tunes!
Paras, parasect, and starmie are my favorites! Great job!:)
Thank you! Paras, Parasect and Starmie seem to be a few fan favorites so far!
dude this is awesome, i would love to see more gens!!
Gen 2 coming in the near future!
I always though the gen 1 cries were more melodic, this is a great confirmation
oh i love this! glad the algorithm recommended this to be, i used to try and do this for fun as a kid (very poorly but.)
Man this video is just insane from a musician perspective kudos there my dude
Thanks a bunch! It was a nice challenge learning and interpreting them!
I was just about to comment “no Mew?” and then you tossed it in at the very end. Well played.
Almost had you!
Fantastic stuff. A whole lot more than I thought I went "oh yeah, that's totally it!"
I love gen 1 for this kinda stuff. It's so idiosycratic in the best ways. It really leaves an impression on you and let's you engage with it in weird and wonderful ways not despite but because of its simplicity.
Definitely agreed, I love how the older games allow you to fill in the gaps with your imagination!
I’d love to hear these with a synth sound to emulate the original! Very well done!
Imagine a silent film where these are used as sound effects
fun vid!! my favs are caterpie, fearow, magneton, drowzee, hypno, exeggutor, starmie, and jynx! 💯
Nice! Lots of iconic ones in there!
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@@SuperPlacido1 I hit the char limit so I had to del some letters prob
@@jesser2155 Liar! I have already written longer comments! You are not on X! On UA-cam you can write long comments! Next time, try to find a better excuse!