How To: Make an RPG Battle Theme in 6 Minutes (+ Full Song at the End) || Shady Cicada

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  • @whiteface513abandonedchann8
    @whiteface513abandonedchann8 5 років тому +989

    "How many RPG battle themes have you made?"
    Shady: "Yes"

    • @FunnyMemes-dr3se
      @FunnyMemes-dr3se 5 років тому +5

      That is indeed correct...

    • @AllisterVinris
      @AllisterVinris 5 років тому +6

      King Vegeta : *Blasts him* "Fucking smartass"

    • @whiteface513abandonedchann8
      @whiteface513abandonedchann8 5 років тому +5

      You mean to tell me you think he could blast through the thickness of that synth bass?

    • @AllisterVinris
      @AllisterVinris 5 років тому

      @@whiteface513abandonedchann8 Erf, maybe you're right ...

    • @deft9183
      @deft9183 3 роки тому +1

      y is the 25th number, e is the 5th, and s is the 19th. when we put these numbers together we end up with 25519.
      therefore, shady has made 25,519 rpg battle songs.

  • @kilderstret
    @kilderstret 5 років тому +500

    Definitely one of those ethereal "crystal world/dream realm" type of fights!

    • @fentasyfinal
      @fentasyfinal 5 років тому +2

      Megalodonkatsu I get Dragon Code vibes from this, and the game is kind of like you described.

    • @MachineHandler
      @MachineHandler 5 років тому +1

      For me it reminds me of Void Bastards

    • @creater20225
      @creater20225 5 років тому

      @@MachineHandler legend of dragoon for me.

  • @teaapocalypse418
    @teaapocalypse418 5 років тому +330

    Shady: walks into the room
    *Synth bass thickness intensifies*

    • @goggles8691
      @goggles8691 5 років тому +12

      Why do I hear boss music

    • @malmadork
      @malmadork 5 років тому +14

      WOOD WOOD INTENSIFIES

  • @silvver8380
    @silvver8380 5 років тому +175

    "some emotional buildups to keep you more emotionally invested than a bad fanfic."
    what a description

  • @juliemittel3931
    @juliemittel3931 5 років тому +107

    *this isn't rpg, this is....*
    _THE MOST 80S THING EVER_

    • @Zockermaniac
      @Zockermaniac 5 років тому +4

      i thought so too as soon as i heard the bass line xD

    • @Gawkie
      @Gawkie 5 років тому +6

      i can see the low budget video clip playing

    • @slowdriver6868
      @slowdriver6868 5 років тому +5

      We need to *_v a p o r w a v e_* it now

  • @monoceros5637
    @monoceros5637 5 років тому +213

    Every time you bring up your game idea I get more excited on it becoming a possibility. This track gave me chills man, rock on!

    • @frostymug9750
      @frostymug9750 5 років тому +12

      I didn't know he had a game idea. Now I'm excited!

    • @malmadork
      @malmadork 5 років тому +6

      Same here but i am stoked

  • @SpaceWaveKitty
    @SpaceWaveKitty 5 років тому +80

    Man I'm exited to play both of the games that to have ideas for. I bet the music will be phenomenal (as we've seen already, lol)

  • @zeph769
    @zeph769 5 років тому +110

    Literally not even 2 minutes in and I can tell this is an absolute banger. Great work, Shady.

    • @royalcomputer3780
      @royalcomputer3780 5 років тому

      Edgy or Homestuck
      *Igor, spin the wheel!*

    • @zeph769
      @zeph769 5 років тому +1

      @@royalcomputer3780 You're right but you shouldn't say it.

    • @royalcomputer3780
      @royalcomputer3780 5 років тому

      @@zeph769 i see, carry on

  • @jorionedwards
    @jorionedwards 5 років тому +51

    Synthwave RPG battle theme. This I'm ok with.

  • @aMrBoJackHorseman
    @aMrBoJackHorseman 5 років тому +90

    Doesn’t really sound like an RPG battle, more like an dungeon theme leading to a final clash. The music has the emotional kind of, the end is approaching feel to it.

    • @linkplayer20
      @linkplayer20 5 років тому +7

      I was thinking the same thing myself

  • @m0n5a80
    @m0n5a80 5 років тому +178

    Why is nobody mentioning the sick-ass Red Brinstar theme at the start??
    Also, "Tábula rasa" means "Blank Slate"

    • @creamofroach7192
      @creamofroach7192 5 років тому +2

      its also the name of an episode of lost

    • @ZED_117
      @ZED_117 5 років тому +3

      I'd like to know where I can find that remix, if there is even one to begin with

    • @pamur7280
      @pamur7280 4 роки тому +1

      its also a type of percussion, remember the bongo thingys he used in his "making a desert theme in 10 minutes"?
      edit: or at least the name of it

    • @pamur7280
      @pamur7280 3 роки тому

      cough, this was before i knew that tabula rasa was an actual word.

    • @tetris450
      @tetris450 3 роки тому

      Tabula rasa (/ˈtæbjələ ˈrɑːsə, -zə, ˈreɪ-/; "blank slate") is the theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception. (This is something introduced by Aristotle as far as I know :P)

  • @makakmokovski2283
    @makakmokovski2283 5 років тому +98

    Stand name: WoodWood
    Stand User:Shady Cicada
    Ability: Thiccens bass beyond the limits

  • @nyloaf
    @nyloaf 5 років тому +9

    I can feel the neon from here...
    AND I LOVE IT

  • @trent6112
    @trent6112 5 років тому +11

    This has so much raw emotional energy I nearly cried, man.

  • @orbtalkz
    @orbtalkz 5 років тому +165

    *Shady Uploads*
    *I click*
    *I click the like button*
    *I enjoy the music*

  • @therockyhelmetferrothorn3613
    @therockyhelmetferrothorn3613 5 років тому +41

    Shady: "This is one of my favorite songs that a make in a while"
    Everyone: Ah shit, here we go again

  • @GoGoForIt
    @GoGoForIt 5 років тому +12

    You never fail to impress, Shady! There's a reason why you're my favorite composer, keep it up!

    • @Shadycicada
      @Shadycicada  5 років тому +1

      That means a lot to hear, man. I hope you enjoy all the originals to come as well!

  • @maccychee3858
    @maccychee3858 5 років тому +32

    I feel like someone's fighting a robot with a crystal powered sword from 800 years ago

  • @kaesunico6901
    @kaesunico6901 5 років тому +25

    Have you ever heard a thickness that unfathomable before? 0:15

  • @kaesunico6901
    @kaesunico6901 5 років тому +19

    I need to pay that one dollar because all my breads have been devoured by ghosts...F for the bread

  • @genuineinterest
    @genuineinterest 5 років тому +27

    When you finally end up making Project EX and/or Project Luca, you'd better make a Kickstarter asap and let us know. I can't become a Patron rn, but I will fund and promote the HELL out of you.

  • @theomegapyrope9715
    @theomegapyrope9715 5 років тому +5

    -This is how to make RPG themes!
    -Shady... this is the 7th time in a row you've shown how to make RPG themes in class.

    • @Shadycicada
      @Shadycicada  5 років тому

      Can't wait to show you all the next one 😅

  • @thidios
    @thidios 5 років тому +6

    RPG Batttle theme that looks like persona 3 game music?
    Hell yeah!

  • @myohel0
    @myohel0 5 років тому +2

    Really awesome! I'm really liking the use of synths in this song, like we're in a really good 80s scifi.
    I can imagine this playing for a major boss battle. Like not just a regular boss, but a major boss, kinda like the "Battle of the Four Fiends" for Final Fantasy 4

  • @princeboo3188
    @princeboo3188 5 років тому +74

    Video: Don't Take This Seriously
    Me: (takes it seriously and makes a good song)
    Video: Ignoring me, mortal?

  • @Amoshuryu
    @Amoshuryu 5 років тому +8

    *WALKING IN THE 80s*

  • @Samwize1
    @Samwize1 5 років тому +1

    I can see why you’re happy with how this song turned out. 👍 I think it sounds pretty epic.

  • @lilmaccer7278
    @lilmaccer7278 5 років тому +315

    stop making it look so easy smh

  • @the-ascended-idiot
    @the-ascended-idiot 5 років тому +17

    * lv 5 Kazoo has appeared*
    [ Bag ] [Run] [ fight]

  • @Pendragon44321
    @Pendragon44321 5 років тому +1

    This is amazing....I always feel pumped up hearing your songs

  • @noctuadiscipulum9715
    @noctuadiscipulum9715 5 років тому +1

    This is an absolute win

  • @henryrichard7619
    @henryrichard7619 5 років тому +1

    Those bass pitch bends are 👌

  • @OcarinaSoulBoii
    @OcarinaSoulBoii 5 років тому +1

    I love waking up to NEW Shady vids

    • @Shadycicada
      @Shadycicada  5 років тому

      That means a lot to hear :) I'm glad you liked it!

  • @anthonysanchez3651
    @anthonysanchez3651 5 років тому +1

    I feel like this song is when the main villain is your friend and you can piece this together because he randomly has more levels even though he never leaves his house and you slowly piece it together in the fight.

  • @KainCarthyst
    @KainCarthyst 5 років тому +1

    It reminds me a lot of the vibe stranger things gives off! I love it!

  • @Semudara
    @Semudara 5 років тому

    The vibe I get from this song is that it's one that would play for a while... say, in a towards-the-end-game area. Battles might pop up regularly and of course this track would continue, uninterrupted.
    I can't quite picture it as a "standard" RPG battle theme. But it's absolutely a fantastic piece!

  • @nancygifford8665
    @nancygifford8665 5 років тому +1

    The full song is beautiful

  • @planlessdan
    @planlessdan 5 років тому

    Bending those bass notes like you bend your beliefs in non-astral plane women.
    This track is boppin man, I wish you best of luck with the videogames, if only to hear this song in it and all the others! Plus, making soundtracks for videogames I wanna make is part of what inspired me to make music anyway so I've got a soft spot for this stuff!

  • @violetdarling699
    @violetdarling699 5 років тому

    I love the idea of you making a game, I hope it comes to fruition.

  • @TheMANGADUDE2
    @TheMANGADUDE2 5 років тому +3

    Can't wait to see the shady games to come

  • @rmdcade1717
    @rmdcade1717 5 років тому

    You had my total buy-in at the pitch bend. Everything else was pure bonus.

  • @reesa4912
    @reesa4912 5 років тому

    This is my favorite theme so far! The bass was thumpin and the dark/sad vibe felt very... sincere? It just felt nice and emotional like it intended to, have me the same emotional vibe as Astral Birth Void from Star Allies. Awesome song!

  • @gumbarius
    @gumbarius 5 років тому +5

    This is rather slow paced for a battle theme and it really more sounds like a Castlevania BGM to me
    Especially with part like that: 3:35
    And considering I love Castlevania and it's music, I really love that piece

  • @PresidentPixel
    @PresidentPixel 5 років тому +1

    Shady your content has helped inspire my music creativity so thank you very much!

  • @srrycantthinkofagoodname
    @srrycantthinkofagoodname 5 років тому

    Your game ideas sound amazing, it's cool that you have actual code names for them now

  • @oscarrenaupallares330
    @oscarrenaupallares330 5 років тому

    This is that kind of theme which you can build a game around. Great as always!

  • @ThunderFireblaze
    @ThunderFireblaze 5 років тому

    This song was so amazing! I could tangibly feel the love and effort you put into this, and it’s something that I can find myself listening to repeat for a long while. You never cease to amaze me with your songs.
    I hope to be as good of a musician as you someday! I’m pursuing a major in Music Composition, so this will definitely help me out a whole lot with this. Keep up the good work!

  • @mintygalaxy
    @mintygalaxy 5 років тому +1

    One of my favorite RPG battle themes from you! Amazing work skskksk

  • @joshuab3918
    @joshuab3918 5 років тому

    I don't know what sort of fight this music would work with, but I absolutely dig it

  • @kk2swag122
    @kk2swag122 5 років тому

    This channel is beyond underrated.

  • @beefyblom
    @beefyblom 5 років тому +2

    You win! Enemy has dropped: a sick beat

  • @creativnaim7637
    @creativnaim7637 5 років тому +5

    little did shady know
    rpg battles sometimes last less than a minute so they miss the whole banger 😔😔
    (until you look up the game ost lol)

    • @QueenLayla39
      @QueenLayla39 5 років тому

      Naw This Banger is for a Boss Battle, like one the Strongest in the Game. You get to listen to it multiple times over

  • @Efra_EMX
    @Efra_EMX 5 років тому

    Man I swear every music you made are godly

  • @playerpankak3s221
    @playerpankak3s221 5 років тому +1

    I was about to say: YOU NEED TO MAKE A GAME AND ADD THAT MUSIC.
    If you made a game with that type of music, id buy it even if it was bad.

  • @kermittingarson
    @kermittingarson 5 років тому

    This video was really great! I loved the song and the video format was cool too. I hope you're having as much fun making these videos as we have, watching them.
    If I may add (I am in no way a professional), I would've liked a little more..a little more oomph for the leitmotif. But still, I loved it!
    Love you~

  • @cheva1
    @cheva1 5 років тому +1

    after watching this everything i saw drifted to the right for about 5 seconds

  • @JellybeanSTUDIOS
    @JellybeanSTUDIOS 4 роки тому

    This is why I love Shady Cicada.

  • @evannice3252
    @evannice3252 5 років тому +1

    I caught that metroid music at the beginning.

  • @oKuma5335
    @oKuma5335 5 років тому

    Tabula Rasa is such a curious name. Wonderful song, keep'em going! Great video and good luck with both your projects

  • @EC-kx9dv
    @EC-kx9dv 5 років тому +1

    Now this is the stuff

  • @dragonkitty7519
    @dragonkitty7519 5 років тому

    Ehehehhehe I get to be excited for TWO games now!! Wooo this was so good I really like the atmosphere it gave off such a mysterious feeling

  • @buhimoth
    @buhimoth 5 років тому

    One of your best, mate!

  • @waterycrims
    @waterycrims 5 років тому

    This sounds like a futuristic Castlevania theme, I love it

  • @spreddable
    @spreddable 5 років тому

    Love this tune man, also the dark theme is dope. Really awesome, high quality video and I would love to see more like it! 👍

  • @azulizachan7595
    @azulizachan7595 5 років тому +1

    Oh wow, perfect! There's a videogame soundtrack tag here in Spain and this is just what I needed...
    Also, the song is really good itself

  • @Cyrotech
    @Cyrotech 5 років тому +1

    Love these, keep up the good work!

  • @airiquelmeleroy
    @airiquelmeleroy 5 років тому

    Dude, its awesome. Now I want to play that video game...

  • @moistness482
    @moistness482 5 років тому +1

    It doesnt really matter how you make it, what matters is that it works

  • @rubbaband999
    @rubbaband999 3 роки тому

    this feels very Castlevania. I LOVE IT

  • @Jankenstein
    @Jankenstein 5 років тому

    Sounds like something out of Katana Zero, with a little more sparkle to it or summat.
    Freaking lovely work!

  • @Trinidall
    @Trinidall 5 років тому

    Feels like this song was pulled straight from fury and Im loving it

  • @m3tr0idgrl
    @m3tr0idgrl 5 років тому +1

    Cool red brinstar, you releasing that too? ❤️

  • @ridley2333
    @ridley2333 5 років тому +1

    That Brinstar remix though, I'd pay to listen to that

  • @fishguts_
    @fishguts_ 5 років тому +7

    The song felt like I was playing Katana Zero again

    • @LuisXDotCom
      @LuisXDotCom 5 років тому

      This is the first thing that came to mind. Maybe even a boss fight where timerewind is required

  • @MystFox1314
    @MystFox1314 5 років тому

    great as always Shady!

    • @Shadycicada
      @Shadycicada  5 років тому

      Thank you! Always means a lot to hear.

    • @MystFox1314
      @MystFox1314 5 років тому

      @@Shadycicada No problem! 😁

  • @AlonDrums
    @AlonDrums 5 років тому

    I feel like i'm commenting this too much on your videos, but this is your best song yet

  • @YoramGig
    @YoramGig 5 років тому

    That beat is all Devilman. Nice.

  • @jovelynbautista7903
    @jovelynbautista7903 4 роки тому

    Oh my Lord these are good battle themes

  • @emperor_putenskiy
    @emperor_putenskiy 5 років тому +1

    Awesome! Like it

  • @justaboy4613
    @justaboy4613 5 років тому

    Hey shady I Love your Content, I hope you keep up the good work and I also hope that your Game is going to Rock

  • @shinigmiblacky1331
    @shinigmiblacky1331 5 років тому +10

    Normal People: Project X
    Shady Cicada: Project *EX*

  • @creater20225
    @creater20225 5 років тому +1

    heres a battle song idea, a song played when the big bad has hit the berserk button of one of your team mates and now you got to fight that team mate to knock him out.(bonus points if berserk button is attacking a love one)

  • @rayk7307
    @rayk7307 5 років тому

    Dude I so want your game ideas to come to fruition

  • @yunus1516
    @yunus1516 5 років тому +2

    For a second I thought the full song was called Viva la raza
    Really liked this video and how it was presented

    • @Shadycicada
      @Shadycicada  5 років тому

      Thank you very much! :’D

    • @yunus1516
      @yunus1516 5 років тому

      @@Shadycicada reading the description of your videos are pretty fun as well

  • @eGG-pi2qd
    @eGG-pi2qd 5 років тому

    This song makes me feel like I’m fighting ghosts with futuristic weapons!

  • @daxy0
    @daxy0 5 років тому

    Loved it! I really wanna see a game with the Shady compositions.

  • @reinhartwiza4888
    @reinhartwiza4888 5 років тому +1

    It is a synthwave dungeon, with the monsters in it are incredibly fashionable with hyper a e s t h e t i c style, drives a metallic yet soft and comfy pink sofa, and drinks diet soda, and are not hostile at all. The clouds are gray blue with pink sky. It is so aesthetic that even JoJo characters that already died or annihilated in the first universe are revived and lived there.

    • @reinhartwiza4888
      @reinhartwiza4888 5 років тому

      The monsters and the boss are kind of like the mafia but with more aesthetic than in JoJo part 5. The background mystical part of the story is that the magical yet technologically advanced planet that has been wiped out of life once, had emerged some new form of life after a long long period of time, and another form of life at the same time entering the planet through the atmosphere, and ended up growing together with the lifeform that is already there, and one race/species with lots of race is actually the fusion of the two life form, granted with a power that is chosen by destiny to beat those huge mafia organization with style.
      Wait--is that a JoJo reference? God dammit.

    • @reinhartwiza4888
      @reinhartwiza4888 5 років тому

      Btw the music is reaaaaally dope.

  • @mateuszodrzywoek8658
    @mateuszodrzywoek8658 5 років тому

    Great song to work with while making an emotional boss fight

  • @glassydiatom
    @glassydiatom 5 років тому

    I actually got chills watching this omg

  • @ratsintheireyes1652
    @ratsintheireyes1652 5 років тому

    Lucky for you I AM the orchestra gang, me and the bois will be payin' a visit sometime soon...

  • @Betsy7Cat
    @Betsy7Cat 5 років тому +1

    My brain wants to put this in a Kirby game for some reason

  • @ven166
    @ven166 5 років тому

    Sound like a “Battle hymn for everyone’s souls” song with all the leitmotifs

  • @Avaez
    @Avaez 5 років тому

    Really reminds me of risk of rain. You're way too good at this shady

  • @SiLucious
    @SiLucious 5 років тому

    gosh these creations always gives me motivation to create my own :')

  • @lurkingphantom5488
    @lurkingphantom5488 5 років тому +3

    full version of that metroid remix from the intro bit when?

  • @froggyranger
    @froggyranger 5 років тому +1

    Lowkey gives me Megaman X vibes. Thats rad! I love it!

  • @kyleellixtt7292
    @kyleellixtt7292 4 роки тому

    this is an amazing video good job man

  • @gensationaldraws
    @gensationaldraws 3 роки тому

    God... this music work is amazing. I seriously need to figure out how to make music in general bc mAN this is tasty tasty tasty and the exact vibes one wants for their own game
    This has CORE energy. Last area of the game. Buildup to a final encounter. Would still play even in battle.

  • @aangelkin5553
    @aangelkin5553 4 роки тому

    wow, i'm very late, but i'm learning how to make RPGs and music, and you really help!

  • @Luckster
    @Luckster 5 років тому

    You make it look less intimidating than I feel when I try to make music. Maybe I should pick up a program and try again.