Final Fantasy XIV - Answers (Epic Metal Cover) | [feat
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- Опубліковано 27 гру 2023
- My epic metal cover of the song "Answers" from Final Fantasy XIV. Original song by the legend Nobuo Uematsu.
Huge thanks to everyone who helped this cover come to life:
- @KristinStarkey
- @Myuu
- @bardovasgard
- @AriahMusica
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Video by @bardovasgard
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🎸🎤Equipment used in this cover🎸🎤
Final Fantasy XIV Fender Stratocaster: www.fender.com/en-LI/electric...
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Archetype Gojira: neuraldsp.com/plugins/archety...
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Slate Digital VRS8: slatedigital.com/vrs-8/
Everything recorded and produced in Cubase 12
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I now also have my own Patreon site. Here you can get all my covers in mp3 and full quality 24 bit 44,1khz wav files.
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#finalfantasyxiv #ffxiv #metalcover #coversong
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Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile? Share your favourite FFXIV moments with me!
Laughing at you failing at the game :3
Finally convincing my brother to play the game with me, was the best part for me.
The entirety of Shadowbringers has a dear spot in my heart&mind
I've played since ARR launched, and it has been a stable source of comfort in what has been the most difficult decade in my life so far. Too many favourite moments to list just one or a few.
Personally, my favorite part was FF14. Not a single moment let me down, and it has all the right touches and pieces of a great book or movie.
Thanks for having me, Skar. Such a pleasure to be part of this project!
It was an absolute honor my friend! 🤘
Legends supporting legends 👏
am I imagining things Myuu or did you sneak a tiny bit of "To Zanarkand" into the intro?
Thanks so much for having me aboard on this project!! 💜 The amount of love poured into this masterpiece really shows and it's such a pleasure to be a part of it.
Thank you for stepping in on such short notice and lifting the choir up! 😁
The song would not have been this great without you, Kristin. 🇫🇮❤🤗
I adore all of your FFXIV work! How delightful to hear you be a part of this fantastic cover!
Amazing vocals
Loved seeing you in this Ariah
It's finally here! We had such a great recording session for this. You've put in so much hard work to deliver this amazing cover. So proud to be a part of it!
As always an enormous pleasure having you on my covers, Kristin! Wouldn't have been the same with you!
Love you both! Kristin is a goddess. Perfect voice.
Thank you so much! You did amazing job!! 😊😊
Kristin, your vocals take me to another world every time. You're incredible at what you do. 🔥🔥🔥
I wish you could tour with the FF orchestra, singing all the songs, that would be amazing. I love you so much!
I met my wife on FF14. I am from Canada and she is from the UK. We now live togther, we are married and we have two beautiful children after we had to fight through it all to be able to be together. Thank you for the song it means so much to me and touches my heart a lot.
I met my wife on FFXIV as well. She is American and I am Dutch. It will be 10 years since we met next month. Still play FFXIV and this song will never not bring a tear to my eye!
I met my husband on FFXI and we play FFXIV together. We have 4 kids now and our oldest now plays and our 2nd oldest wants to play.
Thats awesome man. This game is great
How? Didn't the UK people play in EU server?
I always wonder how this happens. "Oh that's a cute mqote, hey boo boo, what you doing?" Story???
"No more shall man have wings to bear them to paradise. Henceforth, they shall walk"
And Venat had the longest walk of all.
Quite possibly the greatest line in the entire game.
Song is 10 years old, and it still brings a tear to the eye.
It might be 10 years old, but to me it’s timeless ❤️
The friends I've gained, and the friends I've lost during this journey. Venat knew how heavy of question she asked our WoL.@@SkarProductions
I still remember the night of the 1.0 servers shutting down and this playing. Tears will fall at this song always.
@@faelin8362 and to have Answers (reprise) playing for the anniversary
You and me both. And this version manages to nail it enough to have the same effect, damn.
"Don't look at me so. A smile better suits a hero." -Haurchefant
"At the end of everything I find you, my friend. I take it this is your prey. But why does it still live? Surely it is no match for you." -Zenos
Best part is what Zenos says after the second quote
"I would have thought you were above something so banal as despair."
>"I don't want your help."
"And I'd rather not give it."
What a fucking Chad.
God. I love Zenos so much for that ending. What an antagonist.
My WoL is canonically a Sky Pirate in the Skies of Arcadia 'Blue Rogue' style - a swashbuckling seeker of Adventure, treasure, and discovery beyond every new horizon. So when Zenos called him out for seeking adventure for its own sake, well... "That, I can't deny."
I'll say it until the day I die: Zenos is one of the most quotable motherfuckers in all of fiction and every single line he says is character writing gold
"Our souls have been torn, and our bodies have been forsaken," God that line hits so hard when you realize the meaning behind it. Such an amazing rendition of this legendary song, amazing work to everyone involved.
"Mired by a plague of doubt, the Land, she mourns" hits hard as well I feel with the added context
@@DJtheEmoPirate Indeed. Like, I enjoy the fact that the song has a few different connections and ideas that players can draw from, especially as they go through the story.
At first you might think this is the citizens of Eorzea asking why they must suffer this horrible fate? IE The Garlean's and their attempt to use Dalmude for conquest.
Or that line "Mired by a plague of doubt, the land, she mourns" could be interpetrated as how the land suffers irreparable harm each and every time a Primal is summoned, corrupting not just the land, but the summoner themselves... sometimes... (honestly it seems a bit inconsistent as we saw with Shiva's followers and Ramu.)
But now you realize that this is more referring to the Ascians, specifically the sundered souls of the Ascians who have been reborn time and time again, and made to suffer and strive, when in a past life they had everything they could want and more.
In typical "Answers' fashion, a few tears were shed. It's okay, they were definitely metal tears. My eyeballs are now rust. Worth it. Amazing cover and video.
Oh yeah only manly metal tears on my end to 😅
"We are the stories we tell ourselves. The brave hero, the tortured soul, the altruist, the pragmatist. They will tell you who they see, but you and you alone know who you are. For I speak only for myself. If you find comfort in my words, they are yours for the taking, but that is your choice. Now and ever after, as it has always been."
the fact that all these dark knight lines technically come from our own subconscious just makes them extra personal.
ishikawa is a goddamn genius... that said I have to hand it to koji and the other localizers for that too.
"This world is not yours to end... This is our future. Our story." Ardbert and WoL facing Emet-Selch
That moment man… when my wol speaks. I died
"Take it. We fight as one."
Thank you for having me be part of such an epic masterpiece once again brother 🔥 The journey has been incredible, and worthwhile is an absolute understatement 🔥 Never stop doing what you do best!
Absolutely killer work on both the choir/vocals and the video my friend. Couldn't have done it without you!
Amazing job as always, Bard :)
Way to knock it out of the park Bardo! LEGEND 🔥
Wowwwww that ending gave me literal goosebumps and I'm crying my eyes out!! So emotional and yet so epic!
Dude, your beard is outstanding! And great singing, aswell! :D
Y'ALL DID NOT NEED TO GO THIS HARD. MY GOD. @SkarProductions killing it AS ALWAYS, @KristinStarkey MY GOD playing crystal mother like A BOSS, @Ariahmusica one of my FAVORITE voices popping up in the cover scene, was so excited to see you!! My god! @Myuu this is one of the first times I've heard your voice but MAN you got some punch!! You all brought me to TEARS!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
"Was this life a gift...or a burden? Did you find... fulfillment? I... "
WOW what a voice Kristin has! Incredible! What a powerful metal quartet 🤘
I must confess I am sitting in the dining room at my work...I started balling my eyes out listening to this. I never thought more emotion could be added to this song...mark me down as wrong. Amazing job all of you.
Oh good, I'm not the only one.
In all honesty, I was scared when I clicked on this, Answer is one of the most important piece of music in my life. It means more to me than anything else. Final Fantasy XIV means more to me than any video games ever did. While I firmly believe that the original song just can never be replicated in emotion and meaning, this cover is magnificent. As a fan of metal and the original piece, I was not disappointed. It was well worth the 7 minutes watch.
I have listened to the original time and again and each time it gets my emotions riled up. It means so much to me, this song. It reminds me of a simpler time, a time without the shadows in my life.
The fact your version does the same just shows how serious you took this and the long wait (I don't know anymore when you first mentioned it) and it is everything I could have imagined, nay, it is more than I could have imagined. You got the perfect people onboard for this.
And your vocals were over the top, I never heard you sing like this before (at least I can't think of any piece right now)
Agree 100% this song means so much to me too.
bro the ending made me cry 😭 was not expecting that. this is incredible!
❤️
@@SkarProductions Awesome ending indeed. Never expected Venat. Very well done. Deserving of the grandest awards imaginable. Thank all of you from the bottom of my heart
this is talent. DAYUM.
I just came from a very long day at work and saw this popping out in my recommendations. I consider this song to be untouchable and the best piece of music ever made for a video game. I had unrealistically high expectations.
And holy damn. It shook me to my core. I knew from the very first few piano notes that this would be an experience. It would be disrespectful to call this only amazing. It was unbelievable, and if I didn't know the original, you could have told me that this cover was the original in the game and I would have believed it.
You are a bunch of incredibly talented performers. Out of this world, I wasn't expecting that today. Thank you for that bundle of emotions !
Thank you so much for your comment man. Means a lot to me! This song holds a very special place in my heart too
Absolutely worth the wait. The labor of love is DEFINITELY showing. Out of the park and then some. Beautiful 🔥❤️🔥
That piano intro gave me the most epic chills ever. And then it just kept getting better the longer I listened. Answers was already my favorite song from the game, and you just blew it out of the flippin water.
Never thought I would see Myuu the literal creator of Creepypasta music collab in a rock song.
Absolutely epic.
Been a big fan of him for almost a decade now!
Y'all NAILED it woaaaah !!
Thank you my friend!!
This song, no matter the cover, will NEVER FAIL to make me feels chills. I was one of the 1.0 players there at the end of it all. This song brings back so many memories, from 1.0, 2.0 and on. Y'all did fantastic. ♥
I find the song hits even harder after every expansion and hardest after Endwalker. I am curious if it will again after Dawntrail.
What an amazing collaboration, the end result is spectacular and goosebump-inducing!
i dont have the vocabulary to express my appreciation for this version of answers
Thank you for making this
Warms my heart you like it so much. Thanks!
Need this in Spotify. Amazing cover. Congratulations
It's been a while that I had shivers like that from a song. Literally crying. The whole Cover is a MASTERPIECE.
Thank you so much for this. I am sure I'm not the only one for whom this particular song has a very special place in his heart and
MAN did you guys touch my heart and soul with this. I'm lost for words.
THANK YOU! KEEP ON!
This song is incredibly dear to me as well and it makes me happy that people who feel the same likes the cover. Means a lot!
Holy hell..! That was AMAZING! You guys really nailed this cover, so powerful and emotional \m/
Pure chills from listening to this! My gosh the five of you put so move love and passion into this cover and it really paid off. I've listened to so many covers of this song, but this one just hits so much harder. The biggest and most pleasant surprise was hearing Ariah and Bard ov Asgard lending their incredible vocal talents to the chorus. Hearing Myuu's vocals during the piano sections was really a treat! Of course, Skar and Kristen absolutely killed it on vocals. I love this cover and thank you to everyone who leant their time and talents to making this come to life!
This is such a transcendent piece. It continues to amaze me how they've been able to continually expand on this for 10 years, adding new context to the lyrics and making it so central to one of the best stories I have ever experienced in my life.
Such chills!!!! My goosebumps were non-stop 😭 amazing cover!
This song truly turned out to be a masterpiece. It still gives me goosebumps when listening to it.
Thank you Skar for this beautiful cover. :)
So much power in one song 👏 amazing man, you should be proud!
You guys are PERFECT together, omg. 🖤 Plus the footage? I'm dead. It's like Red and Evanescence from my childhood collabed.
14 is the first video game where I’ve been so invested that I had a proper emotional response to it
Rage when facing down Thordan after what he did
Release of fear when meeting Venat in the world unsundered
Elation when proving myself to Venat
Determination when proving myself to Hydalin
And desperate wrath on the rainbow path in ultima thul
(Spoiler light, because anyone interested in mmos at all should play it)
This is a masterpiece. Can only imagine how much hard work went into it. Gave me goosebumps. ❤
Honestly the first minute with just Skar and the piano is my favorite part, it's absolutely beautiful. Such a good voice, such a good expression of emotion in voice and body language. Completely sold and drew me in to what he was singing, so captivating. The lyrics also fit FF16 so extremely well even though it wasn't written for it. Fantastically done! Begging somehow for a 7 minute length of that part Skar! Pleeasseee. It would make for such a good soundtrack for cinematic short of FF16!
Okay, pulling Mama Venat out at the end was a super effective final blow TTwTT I love this so much, this song is so good already, and this cover was amazing. Good job to all the talented people involved!
Thanks so much for letting me be a part of this project by simply watching it as a viewer. Answers is undoubtedly one of the greatest vocal tracks ever produced for a Final Fantasy game.
This is breathtaking! First off Answers is by far my all time fav song from xiv and this.. this makes it 100x more epic, instant tears and full body chills. Outstanding! I am in awe...
Wow turned out WAY better then I expected!!! Great job totally amazing!!!
Hey there! just found your page tonight and I love it! So many good covers!! You guys killed it on Answers! I look forward to the next one! 😊🎸💜🎶
Happy you found it! 🤘😁 more covers are coming
gosh, your voice is amazing!!! I love you singing angrily (that's why I subbed), but omg is your soft voice even better. A lot of praise, sir (also, s/o to your ghest who sounded amazing as well)
I've loved this song ever since I first heard it. I've listened to multiple renditions of it but this. This is my favorite version of the song. Thank you all for doing such an outstanding job with it. You've more than earned my hit of that subscribe button 👍
10 seconds in and you have my like. This game is an emotional journey and I love it. Awesome music guys!
This has basically become my default version of this song now. Thank you so much for all the effort. well done
That was fucking sick. Incredible work everyone. Side note: Nice to see some sweet, sweet Neural DSP love in there.
My legs may be tired but I will never ever tire of hearing covers of this song
The Nightwish Vibes yet still AWESOME!!!! 🤘🤘
OMG yes!
Such an amazing cover for such a great song. Answers is hands down one of my all time favorite songs.
Thank you for this late Christmas gift :) one of my absolute favourite 14 Songs. Cant wait to listen to this on repeat :D
NO! You can’t add that at the end! It’s painful! MY HEART CAN’T BEAR IT!
This cover is incredible!! Congratulations to everyone involved 🔥 🤘
this song kills me every time. everytime i hear it i go "oh no not again" cause i cry and wail like a baby. it just hits deep specially when you have the cutscene during endwalker of *spoiler* walking through the streets while everything was burning. i picture that vividly everytime when i hear this song. congratz you got me crying again. excellent job everybody.
Thank you so much for this amazing rendition!! 😭😭😭😭😭 everyone did amazing!!
I'm convinced this song is impossible to make bad. I have listened to countless covers and not a single one is bad. But this one just hits so amazingly that it really deserves to be picked out of the crowd and praised for how well it handles such an amazing song.
I've had this song on repeat for days now. Your FFXIV covers are on another level! Thank you for sharing your music with us!
Thank you for let me use this cover for my AMV. You are the best!!!!!!
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I want to say thank you for putting this song out. I was in a dark place this past weekend and this came on my playlist. It saved my life I was going to do something I couldn't come back from. Thank you all involved you saved my life I'm forever grateful.
Hope you feel better now.
@@ro--M I'm doing better thank you depression sucks really bad
@@jordantraywick56 Good that you are better. I felt bad nobody replied to you as you were pouring your heart and soul on the comments so had to ask. I have some insight on the issue too so I would like to say some things you might benefit from: if you are in a very dark place you may feel that everything is static and you can't finđ the power to do anything - there are actually brief moments in there where your ability switches momentarily for the better. Notice these moments. When they occur, do anything, things you like or chores, just to keep yourself active. You may notice that your visits to the dark place become shorter. Sounds simple but can give you great results.
Also, if you are into self-help stuff, Acceptance and commitment (ACT) therapy books provide practices that can be not just helpful for depression but also mind-opening in general. Brighter days for you.
Your ability to take songs from games and make them banging metal versions is god tier, you need a custom "The Metal Legend" as this is an ultimate
E.P.I.C.
It's like Ghost Love Score, but Skar Love Score :D
My goosebumps have goosebumps on their goosebumps o.O not sure I know the words to describe how incredible this is ❤❤❤
The amount of love and passion in this is amazing!!!
Thank you my friend!
Holy shit, I don't think I have listened to a song ever give me goosebumps like this absolute banger of a song. You guys absolutely CRUSHED it!
Omg, that last part triggered an emotional response I wasn't neither expecting or prepared for..😢..Great job.
This might because this cover is the first time I heard this song, but this is one of the greatest things ever. Replayed to infinity already
Dear Skar
I actually don't have the right words to express how much I love "Answers". 💓The cover turned out so good. I mean, all of your covers are great...but you put "Answers" on a very high pedestal. I'm curious to see how you plan to top this. 😅
I'm really looking forward to your next song 😊
this is awesome!! Happy 10 years FFXIV! Here's to many more years to come!!
Amazing work! Best male voice ive heard in a long time! Beautiful rendition
I thought the same I heard these covers for the first time. His and Kristin's voices complement each other really well.
Thank you!
So this is about the 15th time I've listened to this song today... The tears man... it's just so good...
Holy crap, how is it that I'm 5 months late hearing this absolute masterpiece!? I've only started my own journey in FF14, and this song has been one of my favorites since my first time hearing it. And after hearing this one, I can say many manly tears were shed.
metal makes everything better!
Ok, so when I watched this at the premiere, I thought it absolutely rocked, but I was analyzing it too much to fully enjoy. But viewing it again today, my head just exploded, and I had to try really hard not to rock out in the office. This really is a masterpiece. The second verse especially gave me chills: the guitar lick in in the interlude; the way the chords and the vocals intertwined in perfect harmony; the way Skar went full throttle on the vocals, then Kristin bringing into the drop *smh*. Bravo, everyone. Thank you for putting so much love and skill into these covers. May you ever walk in the light of the Crystal.
I lost my brother to cancer recently. This was our game. This song hits extra hard now.
absolutely beautiful cover of this song great job
Answers was the song I played over and over again for myself and my kiddo fighting n for his life in the NICU. It’s his favorite song being 2 almost 3and still recovering from it. I hum answers to him every night before he falls asleep if he’s able to that night. Thank you for making this cover.
This is the best version of this song I’ve heard since the live version of the original. And y’all nailed the presentation too.
It’s beautiful.
Man this goes hard! Awesome work!
Awesome I Love it 😍🤘. FFXIV Soundtrack with Metal
This song will always invoke tears in me from the very first seconds it starts, and this cover is amazing. 💟
Thal's Balls, this is an awesome cover! Absolutely loved it!
Fucking hell Skar. By far my favorite cover you have done to date. Beautiful cover of a beautiful song... from a masterpiece of a game.
This is beautiful! Stunning! I love it. And you just inspired me to make a new painting!
This made me cry! Thank you!
This was absolutely astounding! Currently running Coils of Bahamut while listening to you and it's definitely heightening the experience!
Legit crying my heart out, this is such an amazing cover. Thanks for this!
Description says "my epic metal cover". Epic is an understatement
I just got the chills and it's not from the cold weather. Great cover!
Crushed it! Seeing her and the symphony perform this live on their world tour will always be one of my most memorable experiences 🔥❤️
OH MY GOD. This piece is the most touching from the entire FFXIV. I only understood it after endwalker. Thank you for that video.
That clip at the 7:00 minute mark after the song... i was not prepared for that again. The whole thing gave me chills, beautiful work by all!
I'm really upset this only showed up on my youtube recommended videos today. This was nothing short of masterful.
This is an amazing cover 🥹
XIV is a game that I can never stop playing I loved Heavensward, Shadowbringers and Endwalker, Stormblood was ok but it’s the community that makes the game what it is, once again amazing cover guys 😃
My favourite moment too was in Elpis with Venat when she said had our journey been a good man that got me choked 🥹
You don't know how much of an inspiration you are bro
My favorite song of FFXIV.. given the most epic cover I could ever imagine. You all did such amazing work on this!
man I got Chills from the first 1:30. even more chills through the entire song! SUCH SKILL!