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Hey Yama, great to hear from you! He really doesn't get enough respect, he's on the same level as Uwematsu, Matsuda and Shimura Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
@@DarkCloudCompendium I completely agree with you, he's an exceptional composer! As for my favorite track, it's really difficult to give an answer. They're all masterpieces; many of them evoke intense and very nostalgic emotions in me. But personally, my favorites are "Departure" and the Matataki Village theme 🎹🎶
Departure is such a good track,@@Yama98989 it's actually the oldest musical track in the Dark Cloud series as it first was heard in the Tokyo Game Show 1999 demo It's my favorite too, the guitar work is subtle but masterful
As good as koji kondo! Both made iconic songs for me. Dark cloud is as iconic for me as Zelda. In fact it's fine if dark cloud only has 2 games. So good it's left unscathed by repetition.
The Thanatos, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳 Oh for real, it's been more than 20 years since Dark Cloud 2 and we're long overdue! That was the reason why I made this channel, to give fans a place to rally behind and to show Sony & Level 5 that there's still a passionate fanbase out there! What would you want from a Dark Cloud 3 🌟👀
Hey man, you don't have to twist my arm to start a new Dark Cloud file haha 😂 Having the opportunity to upload and preserve these rarities for the Dark Cloud Community is a pleasure, glad you enjoyed it Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
@@xDuttinho Departure does it for me, brilliant use of the strings and always gets me hyped! I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere 💯
This is wonderful!! More lost media preserved! Dark cloud as the one we got is perfect and so happy these beta tracks showed the perfecting of the soundtrack. Divine beast cave alt tracks sound so good! Faster like in dark cloud 2 when being on a last level of a dungeon, the vibe of getting closer or farther in a enemy realm. Its nice! And gallery of time and shipwreck 1 was GROOVY. they wanted sadder sounding so its obvious they didnt use these alt ones.
Ay ay look who it is! It's great hearing from you again! 🥳 It's crazy how fast time passes, the feeling of nostalgia is ever present and these music tracks are absolutely timeless. Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 I wish they would have used some of these alternate tracks in the backfloors some of them were truly excellent!
Panicatthebrunch, it's so great to hear from you! 😁 I'm excited to see the Dark Cloud Community dismantle these beta/variant tracks and go over the differences 🎹🎶
Gallery of Time Alt. totally should've been used somewhere in the final game. Its a great variation of the final version, the rest of them you can really hear the journey to the final version. That being said, SO glad they took the percussion out of Shipwreck.
Hey there MckinnonChristopher, it's great to hear from you welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel 🥳 I agree with you on the drums with Shipwreck, I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere. I think these alternate mixes could have been used in the backfloors to change things up, they were too good to used be unused like that😂 Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 Which track was your favorite 🎶🎹
Ya Salam look who it is, welcome back great to hear from you Ali, Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 Which tracks were your favorite? 😁✌🏼
My two favorites from this video have to be alternate version for sun and moon temple and the alternate version for gallery of time. From the entire game, "Open your eyes" is my favorite soundtrack. Honorable mentions "Queens", "Departure", and "The Spirit King"
@@alibaghdady9710 Open Your Eyes and Departure are honestly some of the best JRPG music tracks of all time; Level 5 knocked it out of the park with their very first game it's insane how good they were in the 2000s for being such a new studio 💯🎶
Thanks for being a Dark cloud channel. This world needs 1. It warms my heart knowing that we exist. Aches me also knowing that there will come a time where nobody left will remember or care for this amazing series.
Hey Efrainamezcua, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month if your into that consider subscribing for all things Dark Cloud 🥳 Wow thank you so much for the kind words, we're both so passionate about the Dark Cloud series, as long as we're enjoying these iconic games they won't ever go anywhere ✌🏼🤠
The original Gallery of Time always had a hint of confrontation in how it sounded. The alternate version sounds more like a "Let's finish this and then let's go home!" vibe.
Hey hey hello Loneelementalcross, great to hear from you! Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere Which tracks were your favorite? 😁✌🏼
Ooh, I was aware of a couple of these, but the Shipwreck and Gallery of Time ones in particular definitely caught me by surprise! I personally prefer the originals since they sound a bit more solemn, which better fits the atmosphere, but I love the added drums to these versions!
Ay ay it's MsDaBoss, great to hear from you again so soon! Thanks for checking out my Dark Cloud Channel, there's a lot of interesting Lost Media videos in our library to enjoy 🥳 Oh for sure, I think you hit the nail ont he head. I do wish they would have included the varients for use in the backfloors, it would have made those ominous areas more impactful if they had a subtle musical change to reflect the change in atmosphere 🤠
I absolutely LOVE the music of Dark Cloud, I always find myself listening to the OST when I try and write stuff. It's really cool getting to hear alternate versions of the music I've grown accustomed to. Definitely going to listen to these a lot, especially the second Wise Owl Forest variant and Gallery of Time.
Sedaroth! It's great to hear from you again! 🌟😁 It's so odd hearing these alternate versions after being accustomed to those iconic tracks after 20 years, it's like gazing through the looking class to a different outcome. Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere, those two tracks were the stand outs for me how about you?
@@DarkCloudCompendiumGotta agree with you when you say Gallery of Time stood out the most here. I'd also say it should have been the in-game version instead. Too bad there wasn't a variant for the Demon Shaft though, that track is undoubtedly my go to in the OST.
@@SedarothI think you hit the nail on the head with that description, Nishihura did a great job composing the game's soundtrack since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯 As for Demon's Shaft while I don't have beta Music I do have a beta screenshot which I found unused in the game's data which shows the dungeon area looking quite different, more Greek inspired. Will do a Demon's Shaft/ AGA video in October for sure 👀🌟
Hey Myekyl, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳 think you hit the nail on the head with that description, Nishihura did a great job composing the soundtrack since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯 Which tracks were your favorite 🎶🎹
Right agreed 101% that track in particular was my favorite out of this mix! Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
That Gallery of Time Beta song I never knew existed and yet needed. Would've totally fit being the dungeon version of the song while the version we have now be the "Seda ambience" for general scenes.
DAVIDKING! Such a cool user name haha! Great to hear from you again! Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 A lot of these tracks could have been used properly for limited zones or cutscene music, I'm not sure why they scrapped them entirely! I had these tracks for about 5 years before this video just thinking about a good way to compile them all together until now. I also have beta and unused sound effects I need to dig up as well on an old computer! Which tracks were your favorite? 😁✌🏼
@@DarkCloudCompendium Definitely Gallery of Time honestly! The beta tracks for everything else was certainly nice to hear but it's certainly different from hearing the finished products! Gallery of Time was always a track that lived rent free in my head though since my first time in B8 of the first dungeon, and the beta track doesn't feel like it's missing anything nor is it a full replacement piece which slots it very well at least for me in having two distinct tracks! Glad you like my username too haha! Resident Evil Outbreak certainly had an influence on me at the time!
Divine Beast Cave soundtrack gives me always huge nostalgia, before I bought Dark Cloud I played the demo over and over again each run trying to get further (not sure if it actually had a ending) but I think it was a timed demo. That whole demo is such a nostalgia trip every time I boot it up, Devil May Cry, Soul Reaver 2, Airblade. Good times, really miss it.
Hey hey CasketKrusher, great to hear from you again! 😁 Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 I feel like I know the demo your talking about it's crazy how fast tike flies! Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
Ay ay FlameCheese great to hear from you! Welcome back to our Dark Cloud Channel ✌🏼😁 I feel the same exact way, I believe maybe that's the reason why they were created or for backfloors before Level 5 got the time crunch to rush the game out for release 🤔
Yoooo 12345done6 (Love your user name!) welcome to back our Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳 I'm so glad that we were able to share this! Nishihura did a great job composing the soundtrack since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯 Which tracks were your favorite 🎶🎹
i love this channel as much as i love this game. thank you my man for having dig up this relic. i wish some of these actually ended up in the final game, like the matataki village one. i'm gonna make sure to bump this mix when i feel like dark cloud again. thanks again
Ay ay Pigozzo, great to hear from you! Welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳 My apologies for the late response, things have just been so busy! Nishihura did a great job composing the soundtrack since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯 Which tracks were your favorite 🎶🎹
This is truly awesome, thank you for this, you know how much Nishiura' compositions are important to me. I really enjoy the alternative version of Gallery of Time!
Honestly I thought of you and other Dark Cloud inspired musicians like you when I first had this video idea, thank you! Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
Wow! I really preferred the shipwreck and gallery of time alt versions! Wish they put them instead! I'm also thinking what use the initial victory theme hard originally...🤔 Btw good job as Always man! Cheers from Italy! 💪
Ay ay Pier! So great to hear from you! 😊✌🏼 I have to say I agree, out of the whole bunch I actually really like the alternate takes on Gallery of Time and Shipwreck; the added instruments help add a new sense of energy that was lacking from those tracks! Cheers 🌟
@@Pierteresiox92There's always something to discuss, I have about 60 or so more videos I would like to do for now, I'm also working on a new Dark Cloud Iceberg for Decemeber which may or may not be 1 hour long 👀🌟
Hey Daniel welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month, if that is something your into consider subscribing for ALL things Dark Cloud 🤠 What early beta song was your favorite in the video 👀🌟
It's really a wierd feeling hearing a Version of a Song that you know for years that is only slightly different but it somehow changes the entire song. Love the first alt. Version for Wise Owl Forest. Sounds even more calm and relaxing than the final Version. The alt. Versions for Shipwreck sound like something that would play when encountering/fighting an enemy. Same with Gallery of Time. Cool stuff. :D But where did you find all of these? Did someone dig up a Build of the game with these files?
Hey there Hugo, it's great hearing from you again! Cheers I'm glad you enjoyed this upload! 🌺✌🏼 Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 These tracks were found in the actual game hiding in Dark Cloud's Sound Debug Menu I wish they would have used the varient tracks as battle themes like you mentioned that's the idea I had too! 💯
@@DarkCloudCompendium "like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future" That's a perfect way to describe these songs. Couldn't have said it better myself. Keep up the good work! :D
@@hugo5724I love sharing these rarities with you and the rest of our amazing Dark Cloud Community, There's always something to discuss, I have about 60 or so more videos I would like to do for now, I'm also working on a new Dark Cloud Iceberg for Decemeber which may or may not be 1 hour long 👀🌟
LittleVboh, it's great to hear from you again! Don't even sweat it I'm more than happy to share these Dark Cloud rarities with our amazing community; we can enjoy them together! ✌🏼😁 Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
*raises hand Question! Question! So like, I've seen(and heard) the Wise Owl Alt. 1 and Shipwreck Alt.2 in youtube playlists waaaay before I even knew your channel, in fact I listened to Shipwreck Alt.1 for the first time on your Dark Cloud Iceberg. My question(s) is, where these songs were all this time? How they were found? And why some Beta songs (like Wise Owl Alt.1) were already out there, but these other alternate versions stayed hidden for so long? Sorry if these questions are super obvious and I'm just super out of the loop lol
Ay ay AlphaPHK, great talking to you again so soon! 😁✌🏼 I know exactly what you mean, for Shipwreck and Wise Owl Forst those two tracks in particular were out for about 10 or so years, I remember hearing them in 2010 on UA-cam not knowing what they were on the Operation Atla Facebook group we thought they were PAL version but now with hindsight we now know what they are; alternate musical takes created during development to see what track works best for the area.🎶 In regards to how those two tracks in particular were found 10 years ago, I believe someone in the mid 2000s must have dumped the game's soundtrack and got lucky with finding these two. I pulled these tracks out of the game in 2020 through using the game's Sound Debug Menu which gives you access to all of the games music; happy to have them finally properly preserved 💯
Ooh, so the songs were there, but were unable to be dumped normally? That explains why the Shipwreck Alt.1 contains a bit of "emulator lag" when I listen to the 1 hour version you posted! Amazing how you were able to find those! :D
Hey DR, great to hear from you again! ✌🏼😁 Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere
Hey Liam great to hear from you, my bad things have been busy these past couple of weeks and I couldn't get to the comments as frequently as I would have liked! That sounds like a great idea, I'll keep my eye out for the RPG Maker games on PS2 moving forward since I don't have them 😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium yh so what I ment was making your own"dark cloud 3 which spins off of dark cloud 1 and 2. I really really think this could be an amazing series. Even if it was say a 15 20 min video 1 episode per month or something. Obviously it will depend on your schedual but it would be awesome. Us fans could give u tips and ideas, suggestions to help make the game. I have dabbled in the RPG maker games and I have found that I think RPG maker 2 is much simpler but less detailed. I've tried both and I can say that to succsefully start a series on it u will have to be very dedicated as it's very hard to know what your doing and learning things but I suppose u are a seasoned dark cloud fan and since u done all that dialogue for the DC enhaced mod (which would be beyond me) I think u will do just fine. Also RPG maker 3 although is harder to understand it's more advanced but it tends to utilise old gen graphics like SNES so not sure how it would look but yh
A clear example of "better doesn't always mean right" Sinking Ship had the perfect atmosphere to it even if I like the first Alt version better. The gallery of time, I feel like it would make a better battle theme than level theme but damn is it good.
Hey GiantKukri, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month 😁✌🏼 Oh for sure, I feel like Shipwreck is such a well composed track that they could have went with anyone of the three and it would have been the right choice, it was interesting being able to hear that creative process 💯 I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
@@DarkCloudCompendium A sinking ship. It's weird, it's half the length of the other dungeon themes. It's just a sleepy little piano piece and yet it's the one that stuck with me. It would have been interesting if you had the percussion/bass as a separate track and have it fade in when the enemy draws near.
@@ThaetusZainI think you hit the nail on the head with that description, Nishihura did a great job composing Shipwreck since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯
@@DarkCloudCompendium so what do you think of Seda? I wonder if he was originally planned to have the bulkier swords in Toan's arsenal and Toan would have stuck with sabers like the Shamshir and lighter swords like the Bone Rapier?
It's so interesting to hear the originals. I'm surprised they went without drums for Shipwreck and Gallery of Time since all the other dungeon themes sounded so much better with drums, and I think trekking through those dungeons would have been better with the beta versions as they could be quite tedious.
Hey hey Daydreamingprincess, great to hear from you and welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel 😁 Having the drums and base on these alternate music tracks makes them sound so much more alive when compared to the originals! Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
when i hear soundracks of wise owl forest and shipwreck i wanny cry in cause of nastolgia and feelings like im a little kid again these are the most loved soundracks especially i love remixes of these from... AND I FORGOT i saw a youtube channel who did nice remixes of these songs and now i lost it :(
LavenderTea, aka Noisy aka Not So Noisy haha great to hear from you again 😎 It's crazy how fast time passes, the feeling of nostalgia is ever present and these music tracks are absolutely timeless. Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
So happy to finally have this uploaded Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌 Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
@@DarkCloudCompendium the opening no adea how its called and there is another one I like I think it's called carnival village or something how about yours 😀🙏✌️👍
Hey Mowsef, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel 😊 In regards to these unused musical tracks, I sourced them from the Dark Cloud Sound Debug Menu I got the tracks and then sat on them for a few years thinking about the best way to release them in a longer extended format I ended up going with 6 minutes a track Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Hey Rockowlgamer, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month!🎉 I would absolutely love a new Dark Cloud game, what'd would you want from a Dark Cloud 3? 🌟👀
@@DarkCloudCompendium Well the first one was about defeating a dark genie and restoring the land he destroyed. The second one was about time travel from the present to the future helping the future towns by restoring/creating towns in the present. The 3rd one.......hmmmm. Well since we did time travel, why not parallel dimensions to represent space theme. Main character has to help his parallel universe self (could go the opposite gender world route to include a female cjharacter) to save both of their worlds or something. Of course the question is who is the villain, how they are making this problem, and why they're doing it. The biggest problem I see this game facing is how would restoring one world affect the other? Maybe say you plant something crucial that would help the parallel world survive like planting wheat or something special. That's just my idea, the gameplay will be like DC2 since that focused on 2 main characters and their 2 weapons instead of 6 who don't get enough time to develop. While Level 5 might not being able to make more games I hope someone will take up the mantle and try to give us DC3.
@@rockowlgamer631Wow I think that could work out really well! That sounds like the perfect Dark Cloud 3 I think dungeons in the past and present would be a great addition to the series, maybe even having time travel in the middle of the dungeon! I think Georama is really what makes Dark Cloud special! I would want them to go all out with the Georama, seeing Level 5 really improve the georama would be amazing as a lot of games focus on creation like Mine craft! It would be cool to for Level 5 to really expand the story and Lore for Dark Cloud as well! What console would you like to see it on? 😄 I made Dark Cloud 3 with AI technology, the results were shocking and very cursed; check it out! 👀 ua-cam.com/video/TNSU-HgkA9k/v-deo.html
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Nishiura is absolutely a GODTIER composer
Hey Yama, great to hear from you!
He really doesn't get enough respect, he's on the same level as Uwematsu, Matsuda and Shimura
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
@@DarkCloudCompendium I completely agree with you, he's an exceptional composer!
As for my favorite track, it's really difficult to give an answer. They're all masterpieces; many of them evoke intense and very nostalgic emotions in me. But personally, my favorites are "Departure" and the Matataki Village theme 🎹🎶
Departure is such a good track,@@Yama98989 it's actually the oldest musical track in the Dark Cloud series as it first was heard in the Tokyo Game Show 1999 demo
It's my favorite too, the guitar work is subtle but masterful
As good as koji kondo! Both made iconic songs for me. Dark cloud is as iconic for me as Zelda. In fact it's fine if dark cloud only has 2 games. So good it's left unscathed by repetition.
We seriously need to convince Sony and Level 5 to team up and make a Dark Cloud 3 already. It's beyond due and that type of game today would thrive.
The Thanatos, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳
Oh for real, it's been more than 20 years since Dark Cloud 2 and we're long overdue! That was the reason why I made this channel, to give fans a place to rally behind and to show Sony & Level 5 that there's still a passionate fanbase out there!
What would you want from a Dark Cloud 3 🌟👀
genuinely every time you upload it makes me wanna start a new dark cloud save haha
Hey man, you don't have to twist my arm to start a new Dark Cloud file haha 😂
Having the opportunity to upload and preserve these rarities for the Dark Cloud Community is a pleasure, glad you enjoyed it
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
@@DarkCloudCompendium defo has to be dran boss battle track or the main theme
@@xDuttinho Departure does it for me, brilliant use of the strings and always gets me hyped! I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere 💯
This is wonderful!! More lost media preserved! Dark cloud as the one we got is perfect and so happy these beta tracks showed the perfecting of the soundtrack. Divine beast cave alt tracks sound so good! Faster like in dark cloud 2 when being on a last level of a dungeon, the vibe of getting closer or farther in a enemy realm. Its nice! And gallery of time and shipwreck 1 was GROOVY. they wanted sadder sounding so its obvious they didnt use these alt ones.
Ay ay look who it is! It's great hearing from you again! 🥳
It's crazy how fast time passes, the feeling of nostalgia is ever present and these music tracks are absolutely timeless. Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
I wish they would have used some of these alternate tracks in the backfloors some of them were truly excellent!
For this video to be over one hour makes it feel like Christmas, very excited to watch/listen to this video
Panicatthebrunch, it's so great to hear from you! 😁
I'm excited to see the Dark Cloud Community dismantle these beta/variant tracks and go over the differences 🎹🎶
Gallery of Time Alt. totally should've been used somewhere in the final game. Its a great variation of the final version, the rest of them you can really hear the journey to the final version. That being said, SO glad they took the percussion out of Shipwreck.
Hey there MckinnonChristopher, it's great to hear from you welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel 🥳
I agree with you on the drums with Shipwreck, I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere. I think these alternate mixes could have been used in the backfloors to change things up, they were too good to used be unused like that😂
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Which track was your favorite 🎶🎹
The OST of dark cloud is one of my favorite elements of the game. This video is freaking awesome!!!!
Ya Salam look who it is, welcome back great to hear from you Ali,
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Which tracks were your favorite? 😁✌🏼
My two favorites from this video have to be alternate version for sun and moon temple and the alternate version for gallery of time. From the entire game, "Open your eyes" is my favorite soundtrack. Honorable mentions "Queens", "Departure", and "The Spirit King"
@@alibaghdady9710 Open Your Eyes and Departure are honestly some of the best JRPG music tracks of all time; Level 5 knocked it out of the park with their very first game it's insane how good they were in the 2000s for being such a new studio 💯🎶
@@DarkCloudCompendium yes the dark cloud OST is one of my favorite things in this world 😂😂😂
@@alibaghdady9710 It's right up there with Tacos and pizza 🌮🍕
Thanks for being a Dark cloud channel. This world needs 1. It warms my heart knowing that we exist. Aches me also knowing that there will come a time where nobody left will remember or care for this amazing series.
Hey Efrainamezcua, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month if your into that consider subscribing for all things Dark Cloud 🥳
Wow thank you so much for the kind words, we're both so passionate about the Dark Cloud series, as long as we're enjoying these iconic games they won't ever go anywhere ✌🏼🤠
The original Gallery of Time always had a hint of confrontation in how it sounded. The alternate version sounds more like a "Let's finish this and then let's go home!" vibe.
Hey hey hello Loneelementalcross, great to hear from you!
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere
Which tracks were your favorite? 😁✌🏼
Ooh, I was aware of a couple of these, but the Shipwreck and Gallery of Time ones in particular definitely caught me by surprise! I personally prefer the originals since they sound a bit more solemn, which better fits the atmosphere, but I love the added drums to these versions!
Ay ay it's MsDaBoss, great to hear from you again so soon! Thanks for checking out my Dark Cloud Channel, there's a lot of interesting Lost Media videos in our library to enjoy 🥳
Oh for sure, I think you hit the nail ont he head. I do wish they would have included the varients for use in the backfloors, it would have made those ominous areas more impactful if they had a subtle musical change to reflect the change in atmosphere 🤠
I absolutely LOVE the music of Dark Cloud, I always find myself listening to the OST when I try and write stuff. It's really cool getting to hear alternate versions of the music I've grown accustomed to. Definitely going to listen to these a lot, especially the second Wise Owl Forest variant and Gallery of Time.
Sedaroth! It's great to hear from you again! 🌟😁
It's so odd hearing these alternate versions after being accustomed to those iconic tracks after 20 years, it's like gazing through the looking class to a different outcome. Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere, those two tracks were the stand outs for me how about you?
@@DarkCloudCompendiumGotta agree with you when you say Gallery of Time stood out the most here. I'd also say it should have been the in-game version instead. Too bad there wasn't a variant for the Demon Shaft though, that track is undoubtedly my go to in the OST.
@@SedarothI think you hit the nail on the head with that description, Nishihura did a great job composing the game's soundtrack since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯
As for Demon's Shaft while I don't have beta Music I do have a beta screenshot which I found unused in the game's data which shows the dungeon area looking quite different, more Greek inspired.
Will do a Demon's Shaft/ AGA video in October for sure 👀🌟
I really enjoy Divine beast cave alt 2 and Gallery of time Alt. I prefer those over the ones we have
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think you hit the nail on the head with that description, Nishihura did a great job composing the soundtrack since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯
Which tracks were your favorite 🎶🎹
Gallery of Time was already my favorite dungeon theme, but my God that alternate version is badass!
Right agreed 101% that track in particular was my favorite out of this mix!
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Sounds about right
That Gallery of Time Beta song I never knew existed and yet needed.
Would've totally fit being the dungeon version of the song while the version we have now be the "Seda ambience" for general scenes.
DAVIDKING! Such a cool user name haha! Great to hear from you again!
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
A lot of these tracks could have been used properly for limited zones or cutscene music, I'm not sure why they scrapped them entirely! I had these tracks for about 5 years before this video just thinking about a good way to compile them all together until now. I also have beta and unused sound effects I need to dig up as well on an old computer!
Which tracks were your favorite? 😁✌🏼
@@DarkCloudCompendium Definitely Gallery of Time honestly! The beta tracks for everything else was certainly nice to hear but it's certainly different from hearing the finished products! Gallery of Time was always a track that lived rent free in my head though since my first time in B8 of the first dungeon, and the beta track doesn't feel like it's missing anything nor is it a full replacement piece which slots it very well at least for me in having two distinct tracks!
Glad you like my username too haha! Resident Evil Outbreak certainly had an influence on me at the time!
Divine Beast Cave soundtrack gives me always huge nostalgia, before I bought Dark Cloud I played the demo over and over again each run trying to get further (not sure if it actually had a ending) but I think it was a timed demo. That whole demo is such a nostalgia trip every time I boot it up, Devil May Cry, Soul Reaver 2, Airblade. Good times, really miss it.
Hey hey CasketKrusher, great to hear from you again! 😁
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
I feel like I know the demo your talking about it's crazy how fast tike flies!
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
Gallery of Time is interesting, it would have been nice have those drums play when you are close to enemies and fighting them
Ay ay FlameCheese great to hear from you! Welcome back to our Dark Cloud Channel ✌🏼😁
I feel the same exact way, I believe maybe that's the reason why they were created or for backfloors before Level 5 got the time crunch to rush the game out for release 🤔
Amazing that you found this mate amazing video!!
Yoooo 12345done6 (Love your user name!) welcome to back our Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳
I'm so glad that we were able to share this! Nishihura did a great job composing the soundtrack since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯
Which tracks were your favorite 🎶🎹
i remember the dran cave music from the dark cloud demo
Oh man that Dark Cloud demo was iconic, I kept trying to beat it to no avail 😂
i love this channel as much as i love this game. thank you my man for having dig up this relic. i wish some of these actually ended up in the final game, like the matataki village one. i'm gonna make sure to bump this mix when i feel like dark cloud again. thanks again
Ay ay Pigozzo, great to hear from you! Welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳 My apologies for the late response, things have just been so busy!
Nishihura did a great job composing the soundtrack since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯
Which tracks were your favorite 🎶🎹
This is truly awesome, thank you for this, you know how much Nishiura' compositions are important to me. I really enjoy the alternative version of Gallery of Time!
Honestly I thought of you and other Dark Cloud inspired musicians like you when I first had this video idea, thank you! Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
Wow! I really preferred the shipwreck and gallery of time alt versions! Wish they put them instead! I'm also thinking what use the initial victory theme hard originally...🤔 Btw good job as Always man! Cheers from Italy! 💪
Ay ay Pier! So great to hear from you! 😊✌🏼
I have to say I agree, out of the whole bunch I actually really like the alternate takes on Gallery of Time and Shipwreck; the added instruments help add a new sense of energy that was lacking from those tracks!
Cheers 🌟
@@DarkCloudCompendium It's Always nice to come back to comment on this channel! It's Amazing how you can find something interesting for this series 🤣
@@Pierteresiox92There's always something to discuss, I have about 60 or so more videos I would like to do for now, I'm also working on a new Dark Cloud Iceberg for Decemeber which may or may not be 1 hour long 👀🌟
the last one is really good
I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere 🎶✌🏼
this beautiful
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What early beta song was your favorite in the video 👀🌟
@@DarkCloudCompendium Wise Owl Forest both versions. Dark cloud is the one game I deleted my save files then restarted over and over…I will subscribe
It's really a wierd feeling hearing a Version of a Song that you know for years that is only slightly different but it somehow changes the entire song. Love the first alt. Version for Wise Owl Forest. Sounds even more calm and relaxing than the final Version.
The alt. Versions for Shipwreck sound like something that would play when encountering/fighting an enemy. Same with Gallery of Time. Cool stuff. :D
But where did you find all of these? Did someone dig up a Build of the game with these files?
Hey there Hugo, it's great hearing from you again! Cheers I'm glad you enjoyed this upload! 🌺✌🏼
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
These tracks were found in the actual game hiding in Dark Cloud's Sound Debug Menu
I wish they would have used the varient tracks as battle themes like you mentioned that's the idea I had too! 💯
@@DarkCloudCompendium "like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future" That's a perfect way to describe these songs. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Keep up the good work! :D
@@hugo5724I love sharing these rarities with you and the rest of our amazing Dark Cloud Community, There's always something to discuss, I have about 60 or so more videos I would like to do for now, I'm also working on a new Dark Cloud Iceberg for Decemeber which may or may not be 1 hour long 👀🌟
thank you so much brother
LittleVboh, it's great to hear from you again! Don't even sweat it I'm more than happy to share these Dark Cloud rarities with our amazing community; we can enjoy them together! ✌🏼😁
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
*raises hand
Question! Question! So like, I've seen(and heard) the Wise Owl Alt. 1 and Shipwreck Alt.2 in youtube playlists waaaay before I even knew your channel, in fact I listened to Shipwreck Alt.1 for the first time on your Dark Cloud Iceberg.
My question(s) is, where these songs were all this time? How they were found? And why some Beta songs (like Wise Owl Alt.1) were already out there, but these other alternate versions stayed hidden for so long?
Sorry if these questions are super obvious and I'm just super out of the loop lol
Ay ay AlphaPHK, great talking to you again so soon! 😁✌🏼
I know exactly what you mean, for Shipwreck and Wise Owl Forst those two tracks in particular were out for about 10 or so years, I remember hearing them in 2010 on UA-cam not knowing what they were on the Operation Atla Facebook group we thought they were PAL version but now with hindsight we now know what they are; alternate musical takes created during development to see what track works best for the area.🎶
In regards to how those two tracks in particular were found 10 years ago, I believe someone in the mid 2000s must have dumped the game's soundtrack and got lucky with finding these two.
I pulled these tracks out of the game in 2020 through using the game's Sound Debug Menu which gives you access to all of the games music; happy to have them finally properly preserved 💯
Ooh, so the songs were there, but were unable to be dumped normally? That explains why the Shipwreck Alt.1 contains a bit of "emulator lag" when I listen to the 1 hour version you posted!
Amazing how you were able to find those! :D
Interesting! - and great to listen to. The alternate Gallery of Time #1 track is very good
Hey DR, great to hear from you again! ✌🏼😁
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere
Can I suggest a video series idea?
U trying to make your own spinoff of dark cloud 3 in RPG maker 1 2 or 3
?
Hey Liam great to hear from you, my bad things have been busy these past couple of weeks and I couldn't get to the comments as frequently as I would have liked!
That sounds like a great idea, I'll keep my eye out for the RPG Maker games on PS2 moving forward since I don't have them 😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium yh so what I ment was making your own"dark cloud 3 which spins off of dark cloud 1 and 2.
I really really think this could be an amazing series. Even if it was say a 15 20 min video 1 episode per month or something. Obviously it will depend on your schedual but it would be awesome. Us fans could give u tips and ideas, suggestions to help make the game.
I have dabbled in the RPG maker games and I have found that I think RPG maker 2 is much simpler but less detailed. I've tried both and I can say that to succsefully start a series on it u will have to be very dedicated as it's very hard to know what your doing and learning things but I suppose u are a seasoned dark cloud fan and since u done all that dialogue for the DC enhaced mod (which would be beyond me) I think u will do just fine.
Also RPG maker 3 although is harder to understand it's more advanced but it tends to utilise old gen graphics like SNES so not sure how it would look but yh
@@DarkCloudCompendium they are roughly 10 dollars online each I think
A clear example of "better doesn't always mean right"
Sinking Ship had the perfect atmosphere to it even if I like the first Alt version better.
The gallery of time, I feel like it would make a better battle theme than level theme but damn is it good.
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Oh for sure, I feel like Shipwreck is such a well composed track that they could have went with anyone of the three and it would have been the right choice, it was interesting being able to hear that creative process 💯
I wish they would have went with the varient for the Gallery of Time, it sounds so much more intense while keeping that atmosphere
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
@@DarkCloudCompendium A sinking ship. It's weird, it's half the length of the other dungeon themes. It's just a sleepy little piano piece and yet it's the one that stuck with me.
It would have been interesting if you had the percussion/bass as a separate track and have it fade in when the enemy draws near.
@@ThaetusZainI think you hit the nail on the head with that description, Nishihura did a great job composing Shipwreck since it hits so many emotions all at once, I wish they would have kept these varient tracks for the backfloors at the very least 💯
@@DarkCloudCompendium so what do you think of Seda? I wonder if he was originally planned to have the bulkier swords in Toan's arsenal and Toan would have stuck with sabers like the Shamshir and lighter swords like the Bone Rapier?
It's so interesting to hear the originals. I'm surprised they went without drums for Shipwreck and Gallery of Time since all the other dungeon themes sounded so much better with drums, and I think trekking through those dungeons would have been better with the beta versions as they could be quite tedious.
Hey hey Daydreamingprincess, great to hear from you and welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel 😁
Having the drums and base on these alternate music tracks makes them sound so much more alive when compared to the originals!
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
when i hear soundracks of wise owl forest and shipwreck i wanny cry in cause of nastolgia and feelings like im a little kid again these are the most loved soundracks
especially i love remixes of these from... AND I FORGOT i saw a youtube channel who did nice remixes of these songs and now i lost it :(
i found it!!!!! its from @ChainL!nkz youtube channel Dark Cloud - Queens (Passionate remix)
LavenderTea, aka Noisy aka Not So Noisy haha great to hear from you again 😎
It's crazy how fast time passes, the feeling of nostalgia is ever present and these music tracks are absolutely timeless. Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
YESSSS I need to check this one out good find 💯🎶
@@DarkCloudCompendium definetley the queens ost
with seagulls and sounds of the sea on the background with clear skyes and wonderful sunset
Nice!
Ay ay Miscellaneouscrux, welcome back to my Dark Cloud Channel 🥳
Which music track in Dark Cloud was your favorite 👀🌟
Bells in the beast cave theme sounds interesting.
There's vocals chantings in Sun and Moon temple theme in the final version?!?
The drums in Corridor of Time is very cool.
This is so badass. It could have been a song for another duel or something.
Kinda wish we had gotten to hear other beta tracks or so.
They sound like the same one from Demon's Shaft 👀
Yessss
So happy to finally have this uploaded Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
Dark cloud 👑 😀🙏✌️👍
Which music track in Dark Cloud is your favorite 🎶🎹
@@DarkCloudCompendium the opening no adea how its called and there is another one I like I think it's called carnival village or something how about yours 😀🙏✌️👍
@@Neonlights92Ohhh okay I know own that one it's a classic, I really like Departure I think it's one of the best tracks in the series 🎹🎶
@@DarkCloudCompendium omg I think I know that track is that the one of the opening gameplay
so where did these tracks come from?
Hey Mowsef, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel 😊
In regards to these unused musical tracks, I sourced them from the Dark Cloud Sound Debug Menu
I got the tracks and then sat on them for a few years thinking about the best way to release them in a longer extended format I ended up going with 6 minutes a track
Nishihura and his work influenced so many of us and hearing these alternate mixes is like gazing through the looking glass at an alternate future 🌌
Man I wish there was another Dark Cloud game
Hey Rockowlgamer, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month!🎉
I would absolutely love a new Dark Cloud game, what'd would you want from a Dark Cloud 3? 🌟👀
@@DarkCloudCompendium Well the first one was about defeating a dark genie and restoring the land he destroyed.
The second one was about time travel from the present to the future helping the future towns by restoring/creating towns in the present.
The 3rd one.......hmmmm. Well since we did time travel, why not parallel dimensions to represent space theme. Main character has to help his parallel universe self (could go the opposite gender world route to include a female cjharacter) to save both of their worlds or something. Of course the question is who is the villain, how they are making this problem, and why they're doing it. The biggest problem I see this game facing is how would restoring one world affect the other? Maybe say you plant something crucial that would help the parallel world survive like planting wheat or something special.
That's just my idea, the gameplay will be like DC2 since that focused on 2 main characters and their 2 weapons instead of 6 who don't get enough time to develop.
While Level 5 might not being able to make more games I hope someone will take up the mantle and try to give us DC3.
@@rockowlgamer631Wow I think that could work out really well! That sounds like the perfect Dark Cloud 3
I think dungeons in the past and present would be a great addition to the series, maybe even having time travel in the middle of the dungeon! I think Georama is really what makes Dark Cloud special! I would want them to go all out with the Georama, seeing Level 5 really improve the georama would be amazing as a lot of games focus on creation like Mine craft! It would be cool to for Level 5 to really expand the story and Lore for Dark Cloud as well!
What console would you like to see it on? 😄
I made Dark Cloud 3 with AI technology, the results were shocking and very cursed; check it out! 👀
ua-cam.com/video/TNSU-HgkA9k/v-deo.html
@@DarkCloudCompendium I don't know how you expand Georama more than what DC2 did but it's worth a try.
@@DarkCloudCompendium Welp I whacted the DC3 by ai video, definitely cursed. Now I want to try and make my idea be better.
Infringing copyright rights. I recommend that you delete this video immediately
If any party has issues with this they can formally file a copyright notice through UA-cam and they can work something out until then I won't change my Lost Media Preservation efforts
I recommend keeping the video up because unless they serve a copyright strike then it's fine to leave up
So great to hear from you again my friend! Always get a chucke when I see your name come up haha!
I haven't had issues with copyright with this video. If any party has an problem they can issue a formal copyrite notice through UA-cam with an detailed explanation, until then i'm not changing my Lost Media Preservation efforts.
Cheers 😊