Shovel Knight: High Above The Land - Acoustic Cover || Ryan Lafford (feat.insaneintherain)
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- everyone died a lot on this level, hopefully you still like the song
Carlos the sax man also just made a Shovel Knight video, it's a 13.5 minute long jazz extravaganza! (which I'm also on). Check it out !!
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I recently beat shovel knight a few weeks ago and pretty much the entire time I kept saying "wow, everything about this is really good", including the music. So I thought I'd try to do one of the tracks in my own little way! I thought the chorus to Propeller Knight's theme was really cool and I said "hey, I bet that would sound cool if it was slower" and then I said "hey, I bet that would sound really cool on saxophone" , so I asked Carlos and he said "yeah boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" (not his longest one ever, but that's fine) And now we're here! Hope you like it~
(Virt, please don't hate me for getting rid of your really cool bass lines, ily)
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~~~Gear~~~
Steel String Guitar - Yamaha FG-412S
Classical Guitar - La Patrie - Etude
Glock - $20 toy thing
Melodica - Hohner S37
Interface: Scarlet 2i2
Mic: AT2020
DAW: Mixcraft 8
shimmer me timbers
come roll around in reverb w/me sometime, pappo
Propeller Knight approves!
+Propeller Knight **tips hat**
Screw you.
I'm two months late but I don't care.
Casually approach knight
I want propeller knight to be playable now
"Everyone died a lot on this level," That is the most relatable description I have ever seen
Can’t beat Propeller Knight the same way Megaman fans can’t beat Airman
It's great how this cover fits Propellor Knight's whole romance thing so nicely
Authentic Canadian shovel practice. Such an intimate moment we all got to witness with those snow shovels
(your pick was never seen again)
aw yeah, this was just my pregame
Why didn't I find this earlier? This is beautiful beyond words.
Propeller knight must be a fan of Jazz. That saxophone...nice.
That shimmer makes the world go round
I'm a really big FAN of this soundtrack. And this is a PROPERLER cover, you put a nice SPIN on it, so good it got me WINDED, BLEW ME AWAY. Nice work, keep FLYING!
Puns :^ ((()))
It sounds like it should on 1.25x
An already beautiful track gets a beautiful remix. Absolutely *blew* me away
Very VERY melodious with acoustics and slowed tempo.
Damn, you make a very good Polar Knight I must say.
I'll stick two bananas to my head and get a grade A cosplay
This seems like the theme for a Shovel Knight themed Animal Crossing town.
smooth as silk
Raise thy shovel friends
The main part is calm and the part which is supposed to be calm is more energic...
Love it!
Sounds like a sweet romantic scene in a JRPG. Love it! :D
these 2 took me higher than I ever thought I could go with this amazing cover!
Where are the views on this!? GLORIOUS. Really beautifully done. Thanks for a great rendition. :D
Wow, this is absolutely majestic.
Very beautiful duo work on that track Ryan
Dude. This is so good!! Reminds me so much of Chrono Trigger type acoustic cover, but for Shove Knight!! Awesome job!!
omg those chords starting at 3:07 are insanely good. Then the build up to the SK melody and Carlos's solo with epic backgrounds, the feels man.
I am so happy to see you finally expressing your love-affair with snow shovels
This is rock solid!
Thanks, James!
This is my favorite song from Knight boss battles, and this made me fall in love with it again
2:54 why are the best musicians always like this, we can't take you anywhere
I'm not sure your shovel is working, did you try turning it off and turning it back on?
(Great video, dude. Glad to see you put out more music!)
I tried unplugging it, but I couldn't find the cord :^(
And thanks, Eric! It feels good to push "Publish" again :D
Incredible. The sweetness and beauty of thie cover, remind me of village songs from Chrono Cross. More people need to try out Shovel Knight! All the music is quite good, but High Above the Land is my favourite theme song because the melody really resonates with me. Your cover really accentuates its charm.
Well done!
Unquestionably my favorite song from the entire Shovel Knight soundtrack.
this is so peaceful
Throughout most of the song, I was like "Huh, this is really calming and pleasant." I had even read the comments so I knew the part from "The Requiem of Shield Knight" was coming. But the MOMENT I heard it... I got the biggest damn chills ever. Amazing.
this sounds so calm and smooth, i had to bookmark the link so i would never forget about this arrangement. thank you
Nice work dude! a cover i didn't know i wanted, you went above and beyond the land with this one
Yeah I feel you, the original is so fast and has all those crazy bass lines, I wasn't really sure how it would turn out all stripped down like this, but I'm super happy with the end result!
Thanks for the kind words :)
So god dang beautiful
This easily ranks among my favorite covers of a video game song (or any song for that matter) I've ever heard. Well done, and thank you for such a beautiful composition.
Thanks so much! I'm still super proud of how this turned out, glad people are still finding and enjoying it :)
those damn green propeller guys. nice job btw lol
I hope you're talking about the mice, the games most powerful foes
Really? You had trouble with the flying mice? Those guys are easy! Now the red beetle things on the other hand...
Those green guys were called "propeller meanies". The game developers knew what they were doing
One of my favourite tracks form the game and I love this.
So beautiful, love it, thank you!
glad you like it!
At times this sounds exactly like a track from Starbound, so hey that's pretty cool, nice work!
This is pretty amazing! =D
Ryannnnnnnnnnnn
This is so good, it's so soft, sweet and mellow, I love it and I love you!
ty dylan ;_;
Now go fight a couple Roo's for me!
This is magic
This is soooo gooooooood!
This is so beautiful, it literally made me cry. Amazing work man.
oh snap, that's pretty intense, I'm really glad you liked it ._.
Loved what you did with this. Smooth and chill af.
Peterrrrrrrrrr
Beautiful.
No other words but beautiful.
glad you like it, my dude
This is awesome! Great work x3
woah, this extremely underrated
Screw those mice and wind shifting section. Amazing cover seriously!
hey, at least they're cute mice!
and thanks :D
So great that you used a melodica too
i can't use this for my dnd campaign why did you make it so sexy
0:17 DUAL WIELD!!
FINALLY AN ACTUAL GOOD ABOVE THE LAND REMIX!!!
aw shucks *blushes* ;_;
Teach me your shovelling ways
Step 1: Pray for summer
AMAZING
The transition to Requiem for Shield Knight was fucking genius
edit: holy goddamn this is a good arrangement
thanks a lot man!
I'm super proud of that part, glad you liked it! :')
So good mang, every time ✌️
aww shucks, thanks, dude ✌️
Damn. Very nice.
this is still awesome 🫶
GOD ITS SO GOOD, BUT IT ISNT ON SPOTIFY AAA!!
Not sure why, but this cover makes me think of Skyloft.
Damn, now I want a Shovel Knight RPG.
Polar Knight, what're you doing here?
being cold :&(
very nice
stage sucked music ROCKED
Agreed. Most annoying stage, but has awesome music
I liked the stage :%(
git gud
It's super stressful if you're trying to do a deathless or under-1:30 run.
Well dang. If I knew you guys did this one then I would have been here sooner
Sounds like it came straight out of animal crossing and I love it!
Harvest Knight. Shovel Moon. S-S-Sh-....it sounds like harvest moon but shovel knight.
I've been digging up potatoes for weeks !!
Best knight.
Loved it. Also nice flag.
Nova Scotia! :^)
This piece somehow made me want to resume playing Wild Arms 2
C'est une très jolie reprise =)
Get down here and face me, you gyroscopic jester! :DDDDDDDDD
This is my favorite
no u !!
Ryan Lafford *a million years later*
🔥
I expected to also hear A Cargo Of Fineries (The Specter of Torment remix). I'm disappoint
Jk awesome cover
Haven't gotten around to playing that one yet!
Glad you liked it :)
“Everyone died on this level”
For me:
Shovel knight: 3-5 deaths per run
Specter knight: maybe 1-3 deaths? (This level was really fun and intuitive with him)
King knight: maybe 10 deaths total cross all the stages related to Propeller knight. I certainly clenched my cheeks on these stages cause I couldn’t cheese ANYTHING.
Plague knight: for my favorite character I added 100 deaths the first time around. And about 20 of those were the level itself. Nowadays it’s about 3 deaths to the stage, 5 to propeller knight. His rematch in the boss rush is SO MUCH EASIER!
You know there's no snow where you're shoveling, right...
a man can dream
Ey man loved the cover since i just finished all the campaings, and was wondering if the music sheets or tabs for the guitar is available anywhere?
I died more on polar knight.
I actually liked this stage... Well except for the boss in new game +, that fella would cut you down in the boss rush with his 2 damage stabby sword.
Good cover btw
I actually liked the stage too!!
And thanks :)
Where can I buy this. It's so good. I need.
As of right now I put MP3s and whatnot for all of my projects on Patreon!
(MP3 tier is just $1)
woah can you help me shovel snow?? this is really good~
I'll canoe over to Sweden and give you a hand :^)
!! :)
👏💖🌬🎼
nice
no u
shut up u potato
You didn't include the shovel in the gear section, how are we supposed to know its quality?
(You gotta look for the one with the good handle)+
Dat shovel tho
dem shovels doe*
I like you Ryan, but I don't die in video games.
stop using your programming hacks, gosh
Your beard is very handsome!
~Dad~
ty, dad : )
Honestly, I would've preferred it too keep the style of the first 90 seconds, but whatever, nice job :)
Am I the only one noticed that he was using Polar Knight's shovel? =)) :v
Nicccccccccccccccccce
no u, eric
1.5x speed is game accurate 👌
Shovel knight: stardew valley edition
set the speed to 1.25
Really nice cover. Definitely gonna listen to this more than a few times!
PS: this stage sucked
hey, the stage wasn't that bad :^(((
1 dislike? I am speechless
ey bubby that was a real handsome vid with a TOP shovel boy song overall 2/10
I mean hey, what can I say.
It's better than a 0/10
ilu
ilu maor zuzurachiiii
1.5 is game speed