Borislav Slavov shares unheard version of Song of Balduran & his pitch for Down By the River | BAFTA
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Borislav Slavov on composing the Baldur's Gate 3 soundtrack, including exclusive footage of his pitch to Larian for Down by The River. He discusses how main themes should be scalable and shares an example of an unreleased epic version of Song of Balduran; as well as taking risks when working on music for games and collaborating with the whole team.
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Applauding BAFTA for doing this piece. Cannot even begin to tell you how much I love every, single, piece, of music, or should I say "blends" of music, uplifted and magicalized the game for me. Borislav Slavov is a legendary composer; he talked about his craft and his way of crafting with such power, humbleness, passion and love. His skill is different from musicians who made their own albums or directed a concert; to me it felt like Larian gave him a rough, rough pencil-on-paper storyboard sketch, and he somehow made a 10-meter tall, 100-meter long oil painting mural out of it. Sir, incredible job. Salutations.
My 4-year-old daughter loves smacking drums, strumming guitars, playing ocarinas... any instrument that happens to be around. Last Fall I was playing BG3 for the first time, maybe half an hour into the character creator, when she suddenly dashed to the piano. She bounced around notes for fun like she usually does, but eventually worked out, "Down, down, down, by the river." It was the first time she'd taught herself a melody. It was a magical moment I'll never forget.
Wish Borislav could see this
Just one of the best scores of all-time in any medium. Just a genius piece of music in general.
Borislav's music has really touched me deep, and creates a multitude of feelings. I think that is the best kind of music, the music that let's you feel. Thank you for all your work!
I loved hearing the creative process behind this OST. Borislav is incredible.🌟
I was at this event and lucky enough to meet him afterwards. He was as lovely and humble as you would expect.
Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity Original Sin 2 are without question my two favourite video game soundtracks. Many other games have amazing and epic main themes, but these two really stand out by having most of the scores be so memorable. It was great to hear some behind the scenes details of how this music came to be and how it was evolving. And Bobby not only is an incredible composer, but such a wholesome person as well. Thank you, sir, for everything you're doing, you're a treasure!
DOS2 has a fantastic soundtrack! I played it after BG3 because I was so impressed, I wanted to check out Larian's other work. That tavern music got stuck in my head for days! Very underrated game, I'm glad it's getting its own little renaissance.
both were good, however Divinity 2 for me is the one that gets me going!
What an absolute genius. Baldur's Gate 3 is certainly among the best games I have ever played, and the music that invoked the incredible feeling through-out the experience was the Cherry on top.
Baldurs Gate 3 soundtrack will accompany me for life...This is how a music masterpiece can impact your life and be a constant "food for the soul".. Thank you from the bottom of my heart mister Borislav Slavov for your art
His singing js so.. raw.. that its just 🥺🥺 hits different ig
Just chills throughout my whole body, such a powerful masterpiece the OST of this game is
Was so excited he won a BAFTA for this wonderful score. He deserved this. This game has some of the best sound design of any. The music is perfect, the atmospheric sounds immerse you.
I think one of the greastest strengths of the music of bg3 is the use of lietmotifs. In the beginning of the game, i wasnt particularly struck by the music, however the more the themes kept popping up the more i fell in love with them. By the end, during the ending credits i was crying as i played my piano along with it. Beautiful work and it added such a needed aspect of the story to bring it together.
Side note, i love the decision to be able to play along with any of the bards in the game. Being able to pull out a flute while the lyre player is playing and having them join you while playing was one of my favorite things in the game
So much passion seeping from every person involved in this masterpiece of a game . The music will stick with ne forever.
Very educational, I feel like he is a great teacher and communicator. I loved being able to hear that original version of the theme too. What a treat.
6:00-10:00 just goosebumps and tears.
I want to hear the circus version of down by the river! 😂
Check out Dribbles the Clown track :)
Yeah, just one of the best game soundtracks I've ever experienced. I've played through the game way too many times and the music still gives me the feels. Probably even more now, as the songs take on deeper meanings to me as time goes on. Thank you Borislav, for this gorgeous music that I will never forget.
Borislav Slavov is such a humble artist with profound talent. I love your music deeply. Thank you.
I remember going to a certain spot at the camp entering act 3, cause I wanted to see the city... and the singed version started playing; at that moment I had to just stay there until the end of the song... it felt like such a special detail.
Literally brought to tears by the sample of the first draft of the theme. Is it because of the journey I've been on with these characters? The emotions I felt as we transformed from the lilting, simple guitar to the grand and cinematic blaring of the horns? I don't know. But when I hear that first recording I feel the echoes of everything I've come to associate with that tune. I haven't felt this love of fantasy in a very long time.
This was fantastic! Always inspiring to hear about the creative process and the mindset of a composer, and here mr. Slavov gives his heart and soul. Thank you!
Years ago, I remember watching a behind the scenes documentary about the making of Doctor Zhivago. Maurice Jarre, who wrote the score and the iconic Lara's Theme, talked about bringing his first attempt to David Lean, sure it was technically "right." The director told him to go home, take his girlfriend out for dinner, spend some time, and write a song for her. Jarre did exactly that and wrote one of the best romantic themes in cinema. Borislav Slavov wrote from his feelings (as he says right at the beginning of this video) and created one of the best romantic themes in any game ever with Down by the River.
Also anyone who objects to the comparison between Maurice Jarre and Borislav Slavov can get directly in the bin.
My dude made bangers. What a legend.
The moment you begin to create your character and the music starts playing, it's just magical. I'm absolutely not the target of this genre. And I was just chilling, reading everything for more than an hour. I'm sure that, to many of us, Borislav's composition had a huge impact on the first impressions of the game.
There is not one single person I have seen in videos who have been in any way involved in Baldurs Gate 3, who have not made me shed a tear of joy listening to them explain their passion for this game.
I love BAFTA and what they do to bring attention to everyone involved in the making of video games. It’s always my highlight of the gaming awards season.
Yes, emotion. The bare bones guitar version of "Down by the River" hit me right into the feels. No... You're crying!
What an absolute gift of a human being
I want to put the orchestral piece of Song of Balduran on full blast while driving my car. Please Bobby, release that version if you're able to!
This soundtrack is a lot of things, but the most important part of the main theme to me is how mysterious it is. He touches on this when he says it needs to be a "hook" and when he talks about "Down by the River" transitioning into the darker orchestral theme. It makes you curious: What's *really* going on here?
Streets and faces: the absolute jewel for me ❤
My first vinyl set that I've ever bought. Thank you Borislav!
already so nostalgic for this ost, makes you feel so much. thank you for the video. wonderful composer with passionate insight.
Thanks for reminding me how much I love music
This man is a genius. BG3's OST is easily one of the best in gaming history.
This was really great, thank you! I love the process of creating such a strong piece of music, and I'm not a musician.
I think that many things, that Borislav have said, can be applied to other forms of art, not just main themes or music in general. Emotion is a key part of art of any form.
he even looks like a bard
I can hear just a bar or two and identify that song! 😂 Love that soundtrack
I fucking love Borislav Slavov
Has anyone found a full version of the Orchestral Balduran theme online? I hope it gets released officially one day.
I think it's on his yt channel Baldur's Gate 3 OST - Hymn Of Balduran
@@Brockxz omg!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this soundtrack. Truly brings this world to life in a tangible way. This music is timeless and voices the passion of the its creator. One of a kind truly ❤❤❤❤
Thank you Borislav for making all this music and taking some time to let all of us understand the process! I've always been fascinated by scalability of music where essentially the same song can give us such completely different emotions and experiences. You've communicated all of that to us beautifully!
This is so interesting! It's a testament to Borislav's incredible talent! So interesting , thank you very much!
This man is absolutely amazing, we have a lot to learn from him!!!
Raphael's final act is fantastic! I love when the pipe organ kicks in, it's so so good
even today after playing for over 2000 hours and watching ALL BG3 content this theme makes me tear up
Amazing, thanks for this!
Bg3, ark survival evolved, and skyrim are the only games i can leave the music turned up ❤ such great creators of the songs
I absolutely adore this man. He is a global treasure. Music is the only real magic that exists and he wields it so well. ❤
Fantastic session! Bobby is as much a genius as he is humble.
Would love to have a jam, a beer and chat with this guy - seems like a guy that is nice to hang with.
The video ended too early! I want more of the orchestral version!
He should release it on his youtube channel.
Such a glorious piece
Just fantastic.
Pure love.
This guy is a genius. Love his work.
A true Legend MVP of music industry especially gaming music industry!
the world of BG3 is so diverse. sometimes goofy, sometimes grim, sometimes epic.
yet this guy nailed it perfectly
Borislav did amazing work with Divinity and made something even better with Baldurs Gate. Huge respects to him.
The GOAT!
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Didn't even show the version 4 in full lol.
Major spoiler ahead:
28:18 I only noticed on my second playthrough that a version of The Song of Balduran played when we learned that our dream visitor is illithid. It was such an amazing moment. Truly a gift.
Bobbi is an amazing composer and a gamer at heart. No wonder you can feel his heart and soul in his works. Loved his music in DOS2 and loving his music in BG3. Looking forward for his next steps and here's hoping that he stays with Larian longer!
DOS1's was actually Larian's original long time composer, Kirill Pokrovsky, who was also an incredible composer and greatly missed. :( (If you like the DOS1 music, listen to the music from their earlier games especially Divine Divinity and Divinity 2, which Kirill also did. Actually DOS1 has a lot of the older music in it as well, because Kirill's health was declining at that point; they had hit the Kickstarter goal to have a fully orchestrated soundtrack, but Kirill wasn't well enough to do it, and instead they pulled in a bunch of his existing music to create a really expanded score.)
@@hackbod oh my bad. Thank you for the clarification!
@@RageReaver187 I am happy to be able to promote Kirill's music. :)
Nice music
I was so surprised to hear a game soundtrack with lyrics in a real language! Since Skyrim, it seems every soundtrack for years has used a conlang, dead language, or vocalise. Like our immersion would be ruined if we knew what they're singing about. Borislav Slavov and his team used lyrics as another storytelling tool, and it really works.
I was playing my first BG3 session with my wife. Obviously we spent about 2h in character creation. You can imagine how quickly my wife got upset with me making jokes about Down by the River when i kept singing along the theme for 2h xD
OK fine! I'll do another Bard Play-though! Maybe ill be a Dragonborn this time.
He has the vibe of a lvl 20 DnD Bard.
Do we know the lyrics for the chorus?
hey why did you cut off the song at the end 😡
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he didn't play the "going circus" of the main theme song ? 😢
bg3 music is good and all, but divinity OS2 had much better OSTs! also by Borislav Slavov
Thank you for these 3 very interesting BG3 videos, the game is a masterpiece and all the people that worked at it are amazing 🫶🏻
I remember going to a certain spot at the camp entering act 3, cause I wanted to see the city... and the singed version started playing; at that moment I had to just stay there until the end of the song... it felt like such a special detail.