CvSotN Final Toccata, attempt at harmonic analysis

[IUSB99]

you might get a chuckle out of my video response. I analyzed a 3-minute accompaniment to a silent film clip. analysis is fun!

[rotsenon]

Agree with the things you say in the description, well, she studied at a conservatory for several years, and had lessons on cembalo, you can expect her to be really good at fooling our ears with music mastering :)... Cheers, nice video.

[Symph909]

Hey now that I read the info on the right, I was wondering, do you know other songs with this type of evil, twisted feeling the melodies? Not as in if you know how to play them, just names to start looking, can be old classic stuff or even from weird unknown soundtracks, I don't mind as long as it's got that flavor and it's good.

Thought you might know some.

[GlennMagusHarvey]

@Symph909 Hm, I'm not sure if I do.

Try "Nightmare" from Castlevania III (or Castlevania: Circle of the Moon), or the Marx battle theme from Kirby Super Star for a somewhat less dark version. Or any of Giygas's battle themes in Earthbound (or the Ran Ran Ru version, but that really relies on its visuals to make it scary).

The Flame Dragons battle theme from Golden Sun might also be worth checking out, as well as a few other themes from those two games.

Playful: Colorman area from MMBN?

[ngomez0077]

Cool little jam session you got going on there, Glenn.

[Verdegrand]

Videos like these are indeed highly appreciated!

[ernestomiguel]

" this most evil track in the entire SotN soundtrack sounds so overwhelmingly blooming "... > mAn good job!... ;) keep it up!

[Techra]

it would be nice if you explained (in voice) what it is so that lay people could understand-ish. i can't tell the original song in any way from these random key presses!

[GlennMagusHarvey]

Hmm, you're right, I should probably have done something like that.

I'm actually not really sure why I uploaded this video anymore...

[CielBlanche]

Because it's awesome

[hodarpolla]

are you crazy?!!

this is not final toccata never...

[GlennMagusHarvey]

It was a crappy video for me to upload, yes. I probably shouldn't have uploaded it.

But no, I wasn't trying to actually play the piece; only merely to highlight it's very interesting harmonic patterns.

[CielBlanche]

No way man, it was a really interesting video, particularly for composers such as myself. This sort of thing is very rare to see because people never upload videos that the general public may not appreciate. Even so, I think something like this may be beneficial to fans of the game's soundtrack, just to show them a little bit about how intricate the music really is on a fundamental level. Most people just hear what they call "orchestrated" (good sample quality) music in games and say it is good.

[javier7high]

yes it is. is the intro. probably u need to listen the song again? probably?

[bubbaXzone]

think you can tell me the chords? It does seem very interesting.

I would love to know the chords.

[GlennMagusHarvey]

"A" section: Bmin, Bmin, Bmin, Bmin, Cmaj7, Cmaj7, Cmaj7, Cmaj7, Fmaj+B, Fmaj+B, Fmaj+B, Fmaj+B, Bmin, Bmin, Bmin, Bmin, Cmaj7, Cmaj7, Cmaj7, Cmaj7, C#half-dim7, C#half-dim7, C#half-dim7, C#half-dim7, Bmin/F#, Bmin/F#, F#maj, F#maj

[GlennMagusHarvey]

"B" section, short version (first time): Bmin, Bmin, Fmaj/B, Fmaj/B, Abmaj/Eb, Abmaj, G7/F, G7/F, followed by the following open intervals: B+F, B+F#, B+G, B+G

"B" section, long version (second and third time): Bmin, Bmin, Fmaj/B, Fmaj/B, Abmaj/Eb, Abmaj, G7/F, G7,F, Cmin/Eb, Cmin, D7/C, Dbmaj7/C, Gdim/C, F#min/A, Faug, F#dim, F#dim/A, F#min/C#, Dmin, Abmin/Eb, Abdim7/Eb, Gdim7/Eb, Eb7

[Babejuda]

Thanks for uploading. It is very interesting.

[WinterViolet]

This is great. I'm always picking apart Yamane's work too. She's a tricky one.

[zend0]

awesome

[danmoller]

Don' let your mind get stuck in pre-stabilished models.

[ryu855]

what is that from naver hard that before

[GlennMagusHarvey]

It's not directly from anywhere; it's me playing the harmonies of the track "Final Toccata" from the game "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night".