The History of Sampling in Video Game Music
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- What's the one thing that Malcolm X, Adam West's Batman, and a common work printer all have in common? You can hear all of them in various Sonic the Hedgehog songs - and I can prove it.
This video is an in-depth exploration of music sampling in video games, covering its long history, showcasing the sheer range of samples used in gaming, and the unique origins behind some of the most iconic samples heard in video game music. Even if you think you know all there is to know about sampling in gaming, there might still be a few surprises in store for you here...
A good pair of headphones is highly recommended for this video!
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THUMBNAIL ART BY: KiwiBoxers over on Discord!
INTRO CARD ART BY: / zygazoon
ENDSLATE ART BY: / jackoonz
SPECIAL THANKS to: Kuri, for editing input and assistance on some of the research!
FULL LIST OF VIDEO CREDITS: docs.google.com/document/d/14...
While a LOT of research went into this video, I still wouldn't consider it a definitive source on music sampling in gaming by any means. In fact, if you're interested in learning more about how sampling is used in games, then please consider checking out some of the following links!
- "VGM Sound Sources" spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
- "Pop Fiction: The Fire Temple Chants," by GameTrailers (RIP)
• Pop Fiction: Season 1:...
- "SAMPLING in Video Game Music," by ToffeeBun
• SAMPLING in Video Game...
- "The Samples Used in Silent Hill," by gilmasan
• The Samples Used in Si...
- "Sonic CD Sample Pack + Some of it's origins," by Collision Chaos Radio
• Sonic CD Sample Pack +...
- "Golden Sun Restored" playlist, by Cyanne
• All Golden Sun Restore...
- The Toby Fox Sample Sheet
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
- UNDERTALE Sample List
docs.google.com/presentation/...
00:00 - [INTRO]
03:00 - Sample CDs, Composers, and You
06:38 - Sample Batch 1
10:11 - Mystery Samples (Xenogears, Killer7, C&C)
14:21 - Sample Batch 2
16:47 - The Infamous Adam West Batman Sample
19:05 - Sample Batch 3
22:09 - Games that sampled... other games???
27:39 - The Obligatory Amen Break Section
29:20 - The Less Obligatory Think Break Section
30:51 - Conclusion
34:00 - [ENDSLATE]
MUSIC USED (that isn't already listed in the video):
Red Hot Skull ... for Red Mountain - Sonic Adventure
HaKox Theme B - Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
File Select - Super Mario 64
U.M.N. Mode - Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
Where Money Flows Like Water - Skullgirls Encore
Don't Preheat Your Oven Because If You Do The Song Won't Play - Pizza Tower
Redial - Bomberman Hero
Save & Exist =garage life= - Auto Modellista
Beefzone - DJ Joel (Vinesauce Joel/Vargskelethor)
Number One (Sonic R) - Kamikaze Bitch remix, Sonic Jamz: Volume One
( • Sonic R - Number One (... )
SOURCES CITED/REFERENCED:
www.factmag.com/2016/06/25/sa...
www.musicradar.com/news/10-cl...
/ what_is_being_whispere...
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/...
• The Story of 'Thong So...
www.tracklib.com/blog/music-s...
www.historyofinformation.com/...
www.thomann.de/blog/en/a-brie...
www.romanolaw.com/2022/10/14/...
diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-...
www.soundonsound.com/techniqu...
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zero-g.co.uk/pages/company-fo...
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abbeyroadinstitute.co.uk/blog...
www.pressreader.com/australia...
tulamics.com/blogs/news/the-h...
www.vox.com/culture/2018/4/16...
#Sampling #Music #Sonic - Ігри
Hey everyone, it turns out that despite my best efforts in researching this video, a few errors still slipped into the final upload. In the event any other mistakes or updates related to the video come up, I'm leaving a pinned comment here with any relevant information.
09:32
- Ollie King did NOT release on the original Xbox; it was exclusive to arcades, albeit on arcade hardware that was directly based on the Xbox's hardware. While it's possible to play Ollie King on a modded 128MB Xbox, Sega never released the game outside of arcades. This was something I was supposed to fix before the final export that fell to the wayside during the final touch-ups.
12:20
- While I couldn't find it prior to finishing the video, the source of the "Forever" whisper isn't actually a mystery: it can be found on Voice Spectral II, tucked away in the "WHISPERS" section of Partition C. Thanks to @maufromtheplanetearth9722 for pointing this one out!
20:52
- It turns out that the sample heard in Egg Emperor doesn't come from Datafile 2; it actually comes from Chemical Beats, a later Zero-G release. The sample in question is "104FXDRLP0" (104BDEMO). The two samples heard in Datafile and Chemical Beats are extremely similar, but there's a small staccato drum section in the Chemical Beats sample not present in the Datafile sample, which can still be heard in Egg Emperor. Other games likely use the Datafile sample, but Sonic Heroes isn't one of them.
01:30
- Just to clarify, the "bottom text" bit in the "Sampling Popularization" box was actually intentional: it's just a silly joke, since I boxed myself in with the editing format there and didn't wanna leave that space beneath the years blank. There're a few layering errors and typos that snuck into the video, but this one ain't one of them.
Don't worry too much on this stuff, I can tell that the video is very well polished and you actually put effort in research despite some minor errors. Also you're awesome for using the Ridge Racer Type 4 UI as a way to present the video, a really nice touch.
Just a nitpick, the "i can't hear you" "i can't see you" wasn't the only time the Xeno series had a connection with Sonic. The Riki theme also appears on a Sonic Free Riders song
also in 9:23 there appears to be a typo in the title "Let Mom Sleep" where it says "Sleepl" instead
This wasn't really much of a "History of" more like a brief intro then a select few examples, but I really liked this video, and hope in the future you will do more videos on iconic sample packs which shaped gaming soundtracks. There could be room to classify them better, like "Gaming Sounds of the Early 2000's", just a suggestion, I would watch them all if they were similar format and titled appropriately. Nice job and thanks for making it.
20:52 I heard this drum beat from Rayman 2 “Final Boss”. There’s a missing sample. I’d highly recommend: ua-cam.com/video/-ctFOwon8Go/v-deo.htmlsi=TeHzfRuctwvrZj5p
I can’t believe Tommy Tallarico even composed all of this!!
DAMN, he's good... Tommy's mother would be proud of him
@@TheRealFolkBluesIt’s to be expected from the guy who ghost-wrote Aerosmith’s greatest hits
It was Joey! It's walkways joey!
It was Joey! It's walkways joey!
It was Joey! It's walkways joey!
It's kinda hilarious how when talking about music samples in video game soundtracks the Sonic franchise is not only unavoidable but it keeps popping up XD
If you can believe it, I actually tried 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 the number of Sonic songs in this video, because there's just too many examples of it despite the series having like 20+ different composers
@@TheRealFolkBlues I can totally imagine Sega having a massive collection of sample CD's that they simply throw at their composers when they start working for the company.
@@TheRealFolkBlues Honestly I think there might be enough for a part 2 video on this topic with JUST Sonic, and it would be just as long IF NOT LONGER THAN THIS.
@@Eric_PernaI'd watch this for sure!
Ditto. I'd 100% watch that.
That Panty & Stocking sample reveal completely blew my mind, I had no idea that vocal was taken from a sample library
Same, blown away.
IM GOING NUTS
I remember reading something about it when I was diving into the music of the anime, but that fact got locked away somewhere in the cabinets in the back of my mind. When that happened I was like, "CORE MUSIC MEMORY: UNLOCKED" 😂 It's honestly so fun tracking down samples and listening to the original songs they came from, like with Daft Punk's Discovery.
It makes me want to FLY AWAY NOOWWW
I actually learned about that anime heavily using samples when I heard the Vocals from Scanty and Kneesocks theme being used in an America's Funniest Home Videos episode and was extremely confused. I eventually researched and learned it originated from a sample CD.
Okay, I knew Sonic Rush had a lot of samples, but sampling Malcolm X goes absolutely nuts
holy shit Sponge Bob when Akuma's theme kicked in fucking KILLED ME
almost made me shoot hot tea out my nose,, so fuckin funny
i need the freaking flute they used in ibuki and akumas theme
where in the video was that?
@@Zadamanim28:29
The immesurable pain of recognizing a sample from somewhere and not recognizing the song
Ikr is awful
Go to whosample
There’s one on a sample CD I have and I’m like… I know I’ve heard it in a video game, maybe even a Zelda game, but I just can’t think of what the hell it is
this ridge racer-styled presentation is so hot
Agreed! I'd love if every video looked like this tbh
I creamed when I noticed it. I actually went "IS THAT R4!?"
Didn't cover ridge racer though ;=; Still loved the vid though
yeah when I saw the pattern at 1:26 I realized the information presentation was based on R4’s menus
It’s very slick!
I'm a huge fighting game fan and hearing some of those samples blew my mind. I had NO IDEA they were samples to begin with. Actually a mindblowing video.
I thought Capcom was the most obvious.
Sick video
That second male hip hop clip on Capcom Evolution I've heard that on so many Japanese games ❤
Ultima never escaping the tourist allegations
Hearing the actual sample of the Fly Away vocals is kind of blew my mind.
19:01 Rhythm Thief mentioned, it's peak I'm afraid
28:37 Tomoya Ohtani absolutely LOVES the amen break. seriously, it’s everywhere in his works
he hasn't actually used it that much recently, it was only in two of his songs in frontiers
06’s soundtrack is filled of amen breaks, and I love it
funnily enough the bomb rush blush remix from ssbu (which was also included in this section), was arranged by Ohtani as well
everyone loves amen break, thousands of songs across hundreds of genres sample it
@@cr1nge689 ikr, it’s just so versatile and effective
That “Ethnic Flavors” instantly shot my brain to “Woodfall Temple” in Majora’s Mask.
I was hoping someone would comment this too LOL
my man
Came here to post this! Nice work everyone!
I remember being a kid pre-internet and freaking out about why the "causing much mayhem dropping drama" sample was in like every Japanese videogame I owned and not having any resources to tell me where it came from.
Man, seeing the wind up to the Sonic Rush final boss track sent me to places I didn't expect.
Love that tune.
Hearing it's Malcolm X being sampled, took me by SURPRISE
Dude you do not understand HOW HYPE it was at 25:07 when you were talking about sampling a voice clip, and as you were talking I realised exactly what song you were talking about, then when I saw you show the Shenmue II clip my face lit up like crazy.
16:18 That's also the sample used in the Woodfall Temple in Majora's Mask
I didn't bother to look it up to check but it obviously is.
Also, mentioning OMORI and not mentioning Sprout Mole Village, the song almost entirely made out of the Toad "bup" sound? What a travesty.
7:08 I also know this song was used in like 50 different games, including as a vocal backing for an orchestral boss battle theme of some JRPG I forgot the name of lmao
This is definitely an infinite rabbit hole to an extent. It's a fun one though, not like one that ends in getting bitten by a snake.
Lol yeah that's definitely from the Woodfall Temple. I wonder if Odolwa's chant is also a sample, it probably is
Baten Kaitos Origins?
The OMORI song you're referring to does not actually use the Toad "bup" sound as its sample. It's actually sampling Scatman John, specifically the song Scatman's World. The title of the song, See in Your Fantasy, is actually a line from the song too.
@@SoIstice This reply ruined my life. (not hyperbole + real)
fun fact the same sample is also used in Big Shot by Kendrick and Travis Scott. In the beginning and end you can faintly hear it
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know there were samples in Splatoon, but really, I should have expected it just due to the style of the soundtrack. Now I’m curious as to just how many other samples are in the OSTs for the trio of games!
EDIT: I've watched this video at LEAST 10 times now, and I just can't stop coming back to it. This video even got me to buy two of ZERO-G's sample libraries. Here's hoping we get a masterpiece like this solely on Hideki Naganuma some day.
There's actually an entire channel dedicated to showcasing the various audio samples people have discovered that were used in Splatoon songs. Its called Splatoon Sound Sources if you're curious.
21:57 proud to say i instantly knew where this sample was going that character select really imprinted on me
As someone very familiar with the, "Let's go" from 3rd Strike, I found that part especially fascinating.
The moment I heard that sound I immediately smiled because I KNEW it was the SFIII 3rd Strike SA Charge sound
"To the Batmobile. Let's Go!"
I have a theory as to why the 60's Batman show (including this facsimile) was so popular for sampling in the 90's, not just in VGM, but Goa Trance.
This show did not get a home video release until 2014, due in part to the legal conflicts between Warner, who had owned the characters of DC since '69, and Fox, the show's original broadcaster. This meant that any sampling of it was not strictly enforced due to the conflicting rights.
My favourite example is from Juno Reactor's 'Pistolero,' which quotes Zelda's line: "I hate robbing banks."
I lost count of how many times I loudly went "HA!!" out of pure giddy excitement every time you showed a sample. An absolute delight of a video.
9:43 THE WAY I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SONG THIS WAS SAMPLED ON AS SOON AS I HEARD "TOO STRONG" AFTER HAVING HEARD "TOO BLACK"????
EXACTLY
The Pizza Tower samples from the pre-relkease/beta (minus the one used in "Pizza Time") were intended as placeholders
20:52 - Oh MY GOD!
You have no idea, how much I wanted to find to source of that drum sample. To the point of isolating drums from the track and Shazam it multiple times.
i think it comes from led zeppelin - when the leeve breaks
8:30 that raw "This is the true love we makin', this is the true love for you and me" almost made me tear up because i INSTANTLY RECOGNIZED IT
5:16 that glitchyness really freaked me out. I had to watch it a few times to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
FOOBAR2000 MENTIONED !!!! RANCE MENTIONED !!!! MITSUDA MENTIONED !!!! TAKADA MENTIONED !!!! ok there's too many cool things mentioned but GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS BLUE !!!!!!!!!
oh I forgot SOKEN MENTIONED !!!! LIL B MENTIONED THANK YOU BASED GOD
Takada!!! 27:13 he used that alarm sound in Pokémon Colosseum! Awesome stuff
Absolutely insane to find out the origins of Japanese Beat from Rance 5D! It's always been a stand out song within the entire series for how unique and experimental it was.
Shade's use of sampling in the late 90s/early 00s has always been so interesting.
@@megaman2055 Oh 100%
15:25 I'm not sure if you omitted this for time's sake or for some other reason, but free riders shares not one, but two samples with xenoblade, and funnily enough, it's the same one you'd shown just a minute earlier! It's "Theme of Rocky Ridge", at just about a minute into the song. I love finding wacky throughlines between franchises I love :)
There were a few shared samples that got cut for the sake of time (like the sample PE-RI-CA uses), but that's actually not one of them: I just up 'n' missed that one somehow. Kinda crazy since I've 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 Rocky Ridge before; I probably just forgot about it somewhere during the compilin' process.
20:31 That is the best sample sonic cd ever used
28:30 I was not ready for Spongebob hitting the Shun Goku Satsu.
what a refreshing video about sampling! Sampling doesn't make someone less of a musician. They're sound artists. Just like using blue paint as a painter.
Thanks for the unbiased take on sampling~
As someone who’s getting into music production and delving into sampling, its awesome to usage of sampling throughout all of my favourite games and the applications with it. Defs feel more confident around expanding what can be sampled.
This video was so awesome! When I read the title, I assumed it was on how "regular" musicians sample video game music for their songs, but I didn't know that game composers also draw so much from samples. As soon as you played that "Leena Improv" sample, I immediately recognized the NLA Day theme, haha
9:52 SONIC RUSH MENTIONED!!!
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I fell down a small rabbit hole with that one track from a Persona anime that used a sample from the Masterbits Rhapsody Vocals CD, which went memetic for how absurdly awkward and silly it sounded in practice. He's in the house like carpet, etc. etc.
I got curious about it, but it seems like a lot of information about masterbits and their libraries seems to have sort of eroded. Their website is defunct and only accessible via the wayback machine, and they don't have a wikipedia page or anything like that it seems either. I feel like tou can't help but be a little saddened by that, especially when you realize just how prevalent their work was across so many great soundtracks.
Also, MELTY BLOOD MENTIONED!!!!!
The funny thing is that finding out I'M IN THE HOUSE LIKE CARPET came from a sample CD was kinda what led to this video bein' made to begin with. It also meant finding any reliable info on Masterbits was a bit of a struggle, for the exact reasons you mentioned. Zero-G is at least still kinda easy to find relevant info on, but Masterbits may as well not even exist now.
That sample sure feel like velvet turtle
3:45 Killer7 sound effect spotted. Subscribed
thanks for bringing some attention to the "she bad sister" part of the think break, people play it so fast its just known as the 'eh' sample sometimes, anyway it brings any jungle song to the top tiers when its used.
This video has so many deep cuts it's amazing
the fact the verse to fly away is a sample blows my fuckin mind. its so powerful and raw i figured it had to be bespoke.
makes me wonder how many other samples are out there that go way harder than they have any right to
7:28 this same sample is also used as the rap lyrics in Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix on the song "Put your faith in me" by Uzi-Lay
A fun one that got missed, the rap sample in CVS2's New York stage can also be found in "Goin' Down!" from Sonic Adventure.
"...Like Michael Jordan..."
28:32 caught me off guard, i repost that meme all the time
It's one of my favorite videos, too; the temptation to throw it in was just too strong
I remember noticing the *funky drummer break* on so much media.. It's such an amazing sample. Powderpuff girls solidified my love for how simple and addictive it was... I just never wanted it to finish, 24/7 amen break!!!!!
Wasn't the sample in Powerpuff Girls actually the 'Funky Drummer' break?
@@jackpijjin4088 ah yes! You're right. Somehow people kept on saying it was amen break back then. I hear the funky drummer break
By the time Powerpuff Girls had it, hip-hop was sick to death of using it for at least a decade 😆
In the Pokémon movie OST as well, the drum loop at 20:55 is heard throughout the song "Pokémon World". Had no idea it was sampled, along with a lot of other ones in here. This was an awesome video, subscribed.
21:06 holy fuck poptropica sampled this
I love poptropica could you clarify where this is used in the game?
@@oliviapate1833 not in-game but a trailer. Search “poptropica tour summer 2009”
@@oliviapate1833 not in-game but a trailer. search poptropica tour summer 2009
@@oliviapate1833 search poptropica tour summer 2009. They used it in a trailer
The "Forever" mystery sample 12:15 is from Voice Spectral II titled "Whisper 02"
That's an exact match, thank you! Not being able to track that sample down was driving me crazy.
Thank you!!
You're amazing!
15:32 I've been searching for this sample since I learned they both had the same sample. Thank you, my search has ended.
What an insightful video! Now I realize why I love some of the most random themes from xenoblade x, spyro 2, sonic forces, splatoon and others. Wow
holy crap 21:06 I have been looking for this sample for years.
I first heard it used as the starting hook for a german pop song, and it ended up also being in "The World Ends With You"... at that moment I knew it was a sample, but couldn't pinpoint where.
I have to thank UA-cam recommendations. I thought I was going to find another samples + games songs video, but no, it's a music and story library.
I literally have a tab open to listen to the songs that this guy is referring every 30 seconds hahaha.
This goes directly to favorites.
One of my favorite videos of all time, i'm huge hip-hop fan and i love how producers are able to use samples to produce some of the greatest intrumentals i ever heard. It's so cool to see how sampling is used in vgm, i think my favorite example is SOR, especially the fourth one, one of the best osts of all time imo. Amazing work dude, i hope u make more videos about VGM in the future.
This blew my mind so many times. All the soundtracks I've loved over the years especially the fighting games, had no idea these were samples!
I've always loved sound sampling, but I never knew that it was THIS deep. Probably the most mind blowing one for me is the Majora's Mask one. Also, "Here We Are" In Undertale also uses the same samples as "Amalgam".
By the way, RelaxAlax made video about musicians using video games samples in their work. I'd highly recommend it as there's some crazy stuff in there. One of the songs he shows used Darkness of the Unknown from KH2 in it.
14:22 Think that sample is also used in Sonic Rush Adventure, either for Plant Kingdom or Machine Labyrinth
Extra fun fact!
The track from Xenoblade X has ANOTHER sample that’s used in another Sonic game. The woaaaaaahh in the back ground (you can also hear in the video) is also used in Sonic 06’s Kingdom Valley.
3:08 hey thanks for using one of my sheets, cool video
7:09 This sample was also used in Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift/Kaido Battle in the song titled the same as the sample.
Incredible video, man. Now to listen to each and every song listed in this!!!
The editing on this video is really entertaining
Always love ur videos! Ur one of those channels that I go into every group chat and drop a link of a new upload and say "wake up babes new blue video dropped"
Dude, the art of sampling is so freaking cool! It was great to see how games both new and old used sampling for their soundtracks! Honestly reminded me of a time where I thought the vocalist in the song "Iwatodai Dorm" (from Persona 3) was Lotus Juice (one of the main vocalists). It was actually a rap sample from "Hallelujah" by Best Service, and it always confused me on why they did that haha! Thanks for the great video! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o
Amazing vid dude! Never really knew about sampling until a few years ago after getting into breakcore and jungle, but it's crazy how much it's used literally everywhere. Naganuma sampling Malcolm X will always be the hardest shit ever, but man hearing the clean sample for that portion of Fly Away was pretty insane. I swear though, once you hear it, you can never unhear it. I just hear Amen Breaks and Think Breaks everywhere now o_o
One of the first times i noticed "sampling" in a video game was for Golden Axe (1989, Arcade). Wasnt so much for the soundtrack as for sound fx. There are a couple of death screams lifted from Conan the Barbarian (which is fitting the theme), but a weirder one is the "villager being attacked by orcs" scream... which is taken from American Werewolf in London (1981).. its the scene where the woman who runs the porno theater box office is screaming for help about a "mad dog" in the theater.
9:58 it's my understanding that Sega had an approved sample library and Malcolm X's speech was just kinda in there (on one of their sample CDs as indicated in the video), not so much that Hideki Naganuma went out of his way to sample him. iirc there's another game from Sega that samples a different part of that speech but I'm too lazy to look it up rn
Oh, I'm pretty sure Naganuma's sampling of the Malcolm X speech was more of a thing that just kinda happened rather than him knowingly choosing that speech to sample. It's just that he's used so many samples in his other works that it's not surprising he's sampled public activism speeches on more than one occasion.
Not a Naganuma example but it reminds me of one of the songs on Sega Touring Car Championship ("Are U Wake Up?") sampling a MLK speech, though it's an interesting case since it's a licensed song rather than an in-house Sega composition (shoutouts to dat AVEX TRAX license). At the same time, that same speech also ended up getting sampled on one of the menu songs on WCW Backstage Assault, of all things, so I imagine it probably ended up on one of these sample CDs too and happened to get used by the respective composers. @@TheRealFolkBlues
DAMM you're editing style is very clean, you did a good job!
I appreciate your xenosaga ui during the Mitsuda segment. nice details.
27:12 this sample could also be a reference to jet set radio future in the song "let mom sleep - no sleep remix" which uses it in the beginning.
I'm in the minority with most people around me, but I like seeing how songs are built with such simple techniques.
the ridge racer type 4 menu styling is genius
The samples from NLA in Xenoblade X shook me to my core. Ive never fully listened to the Sonic Free Riders soundtrack before so to say my jaw hit the floor is an understatement
The segment about the Break samples... The samples themselves are so familiar to me since I'm a Drum and Bass fan, and the Amen and Think breaks are so prevalent in certain styles of DnB such as Liquid DnB. I love it!
20:50 "Heroes Come Back" intro drums from that Naruto OP 😁
Yo stellar video. Always a big fan of the deep dive of sampling, and without a doubt this is the best one I've come across. Also thanks for including my track at the end lol
I always had curiosity of how the sampling was in gaming or just in general, but i never dived into the concept, after this video im actually motivated to just try it out and learn
Another fantastic video here! I can only imagine the amount of time went into research alone here. Not to mention the stellar editing here too! Plus, adding the ending here discussing the importance of the human element in this all I feel was a great way to cap it off. Especially considering recent technologies being created with the intent of phasing that important element out. Seriously though, your content is really phenomenal for a channel of this size. I can't wait to see what it is that you've got coming next!
1:31 "Bottom Text"
Wow, this video is amazing!! The research and editing must've taken you forever. Super stylish + really like how you presented this. Can't believe you're this underrated!!
This was such a fun and educational video!! I had no idea the Amen Break was a thing and I was giggling whenever a sample popped up and recognizing so many of them in games haha
Really good video! Some of these samples hit me out of the blue, "MONKEY BALL??"
I also wasn't expecting an appearance of an FE fav of mine here or the SpongeBob Akuma meme my friend made.
Distorted Reality 2 my beloved. It has found so many great uses, Chrono Cross, The Legend of Dragoon, Spyro 2, etc.
happy to see another video on this subject, much love to you and ToffeeBun
my favorite thing about sampling is how it connects so many different and unlikely worlds, and this video perfectly depicted that. one of the things that always mystified me when i was a kid was hearing a sound in a level on spyro, and then hearing the same sound in a missy elliot song. what a banger video.
1:37 nice, the rapper's delight music video. i love that song
33:44 RIP pomu
:_pomuCry:
One sample I will always remember is in sonic rush where they sampled a bit of Malcom X’s speech for wrapped in black the whole soundtrack for rush and rush adventure is so damn good though. Great video I love stuff like this
I was almost expecthing the infamous "im in the house like carpet" sample to show up during the rapsody example segment, but i guess its only fair since persona trinity soul is an anime and not a game.
All this music sampling stuff is so cool. I didn't know how common it was. These composers were so incredible.
Another interesting thing about the chants in Fire Temple is their use and consequence in the game Kakuto Chojin, an Xbox game that ended up getting recalled worldwide and even causing a formal protest by the Saudi Arabian government because of the aforementioned sample. Rebeltaxi has a good video on the events regarding that game's fate.
already rewatching this banger of a video because it's just that good! Funny coincidence that golden sun has a mention when nintendo just announced it being added to the gba library on switch
Heh, it's all part of my new cross-promotion with Camelot
Might wanna keep your eyes on their next game...
Dude, you completely blew my mind with LiveForever and X-Rave. as SOON as i heard those vocals i thought about it, i paused, found the full sample on youtube, and shared the video and the sample along to my friends. I then resumed, and there you were a couple of seconds later with that song!! As a huge Pump it Up fan, you uncovered a big mistery we all had with this song from DM Ashura.
You've got a new subscriber. The format was super entertaining to watch, and the research done on this is extensive and super detailed and interesting. Thank you for this masterpiece of video.
The popfiction reference 4:56 is goated. I used to wait for them to drop on the Gametrailers website. Super nostalgic.
Thank you for providing an insight into the samples used in my favourite indie games' soundtracks and their origins. There needs to be more videos like this on the art of sampling!
make sonic’s body even longer in your next thumbnail. Break his spine. Mangle his torso.
8:20 such a gem to finally know where all these samples came from great memories lol
I love how most of the Amen Break uses are in some sort of snowy/icy environment. The beta version of the freezer level in Pizza Tower, a snowboardin game, the ice boss of Yoshi's Wooly World, COOL EDGE?? I am surprised White Acropolis didn't use it.
I love this video so much! Got really fascinated with this after getting into fighting games and DDR and noticing the similar samples, so its cool seeing this broken down in so many other games!
Also this editing is incredibly slick
This is such an amazing and well-made video, as a music maker and long-time video game fan I've always adored sampling in soundtracks so this is my perfect niche, I'm definitely going to be looking through some of those sample CDs myself! Awesome stuff
Love this video and the visuals/aesthetics you used are so nostalgic and fitting! Nice job
this is one of those videos that worms into my brain and will sit in my mind for years to come. it feels so meditative and inspiring, this is truly peak !! sorry its kinda hard for me to word this better :( i rarely ever leave comments but i just love content like this so deeply, thank you