Even though I love the song I remember... Younger I will enter the land and some enemies will beat the SH%t out of me and I will get frustrated... Even more after I turned into a stone... Who will forget all the dragons and snakes in the era??
And the emotive moment when Randy finds out her mother.. the "Mana Tree" Sob Sob... Im becoming emotional Now!...
I arrived at the Pure Land without Nico's armor upgrades. I vividly remember dodging guardians that could strike me down in one blow while this haunting, new age theme whispered of the power of mana, drawing me closer to the tree.
Pure Land was quite hard the first time you did it... I remember playing SoM on my SuperNintendo, I was 6-7yo... Now I'm 20 and I'm playing it on my iPhone... Still one of the best RPGs ever made.
The secret of mana is eating walnuts. How surreal that must be, bring out the nut cracker in the middle of battle, bust a few nuts open, munch munch, start casting again.
This music is so calm and relaxing, ironic considering the pureland is filled with killer enemies and 7-8 bosses. Srry if that was a spoiler for anyone
I remember my very first time in Pure Land. The fiends were so damn strong and fierce, I kept dying. Then, once I started killing them more and more and gained so much experience points, Level up, level up, level up... No problems after that.
Part of this song reminds me of the gameover theme of Seiken Densetsu 3 (sequel to this game only officially released in Japan and also known in translated english as Secret of Mana 2 whew lol). Really nice tune.
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I hated this place sooo much. You have to fight Dragon Worm then Axe Beak then Red Dragon then Thunder Gigas then Blue Dragon and they were kicking my butt. I ran out of Candy's and Cup of Wishes and Chocolates and most of all magic and Farie Walnuts.
@contenital but hey, you have to admit, getting down to the wire like that is always refreshing. And you feel so good wen you succeed! sucks when you lose tho...
hmmm this one makes me think of a silver lining in the clouds that lets even the darkest heart see heaven also makes me remember the past i am a man of many mistakes and regrets
@GenG3000 You do realize this game came out years before FF7 did? Also, the games are from the same company and have the same people working on the sound tracks.
music from this, the final fantasy series and many rpg's in general always remind me of many black metal bands, the atmosphere of both are just fantastic and share many common aspects
I still love the contrast this area had between it's music and the actual game play. Soothing, restful sounds in a beautiful, mystical forest with monsters that could practically kill you just by looking at you. It's like the game was playing a requiem for your party ahead of time because it knew that you were going to die.
This piece really gives you the sense that you are walking through a place where other humans haven't been for thousands of years, somewhere truly beautiful and holy. And then a disembodied griffin foot tries to rip your face off.
I remember I the first time I got to the Pure Land and this soothing music got me I was feeling sleepy and would eventually fell asleep. And my party died. :(
This is one of the most amazing and innovative pieces of soundtrack music in the history of gaming . . . still. I literally stood still in the pure land just to listen to this over and over. I was so mad when I finished that area and I could not go back to listen.
Why do I have to age? Why can't I be 14 forever, playing this game? I could cry thinking about it. I was one of the only girls with a SNES and I still have it. Other girls laughed at me for playing video games. I laughed at them for missing this unique and wonderful game, better than any movie, better than any book.
@zeitdrache i agree with you 100% i got laughed at for playing this kind of game and at the same time i laugh on what they think of the game because they have never played it(sucks to be them)
I remember an uncle of mine used to always try to tell me to not play videogames. It would have been a nightmare had I listened to him. Im glad to have played this game and heard music like this theme. It invoked so much good emotion in me, songs like this hits me deeper than most music and was glad to have had the opportunity no matter if most dont understand it.
@zeitdrache My friend and I were of the only girls our age who had SNES consoles... I remember going to her place to play Link to the Past and Secret of Mana, and she came to my house to play Chrono Trigger. I agree that this was such a beautiful and unique game (with such lovely music), and I have really happy memories of playing it.
Please don't associate this masterpiece of a game with that pathetic excuse for a movie. Avatar was one of the WORST movies ever. It was like fucking cowboys and indians all over again "unobtainium?" what the fuck. its just like kicking natives off their land for oil only this way its "politically correct" FUCKING BULLSHIT
@MrNunfister Old plot, sure.. but shitty? I'd say it's as good as ever. I really liked it, made for a great movie. Actually I don't know. I reckon it might make people think it over. Someone who may not normally care, might think that it's real unfair to the avatars, until someone tells him that nothing hasn't really changed. Message stays the same no matter the color, size, species etc.
When Avatar came out, I went to go see it... and I found out for myself, after such a bore, that the masses are a bunch of sheep. They know everything everyone else does, they claim to have common sense, but I just don't fucking buy it!
@MrNunfister I agree they shouldn't be compared, but the movie in 3d was an awesome experience, everyone in the theatre was like partaking in the event together, not to mention I was baked. It was an awesome experience, and I can see past the basic plot, the fact that the movie had a basic plot didn't rattle my cage like it did yours. LOL at watching it only for the story, you one dimensional dork. The movie had a high enough budget, and paved the way for 3d movies.
@goochsurfer yeah it had an abysmally high budget, all the more reason it should have had a plot. I too was baked when I watched this but it still bored me to death. what rattles my cage is overpaying to watch that shallow shit, if not Avatar surely there would have been another "first" 3D movie. I actually fell asleep in the theatre. oh and you must have been baked when you wrote that comment. LOL at watching it only for the visual effects you one dimensional dork.
@MrNunfister Haha yeah I guess in hindsight accepting the movie just because of the effects is pretty one dimensional, but I guess the story was ok, it was enough for me in combination with the effects. I really like seeing awesome scenery, so seeing such eye candy was enough for me. I guess I'm biased in that way, but it was cool to see scenery on a planet that isnt real with creatures that werent real, and having little complaints about it looking fake.
@MrNunfister Amen to that bro, there is nothing made in this world compared to this game. Every single time I listen to every track there is a chill is going up my spine.
@MrNunfister Amen to that bro, there is no game in this world better made by this one. Every single time I listen to any of these songs a chill goes up my spine.
Wow, this takes me back. Secret of Mana was one of those experiences that really defined my childhood. The atmosphere and the songs are still often in the back of my head many years later. I'm very grateful to whoever made these incredible compositions.
@bolyon96 To even compare the two is completely idiotic. Both FF6 and SoM were amazing games from a time when games had to have stories and not just graphics. Shame on you.
The most interesting part of this part of the game is where you arrive at the Mana Tree and how it gets destroyed, only to find out that the Mana Goddess, who had turned into the tree, is the main characters mom. That part made me sad for the main character but also angry. Thanatos was SO getting a big can of whoop-ass for firring the Mana Fortress on her.
This is the part when you are in that dark foresty area and you fight a crapload of bosses right? Been searching for a way to listen to this again. Thanks! :")
I loved this song already as a little kid :D now I'm all grown up and I still love it in the same way I always have. So soothing, yet it boosts your courage and fighting spirit past maximum.
"Sure it'll be tough, but you will make it to the end nonetheless. With one step at a time." I use to think to myself when I reach this area of the game.
Makes me feel there's more to our own world than we care to think.
I first played Secret of Mana when I was ten years old and I still remember getting goosebumps when I got to the Pure Lands and stopping and listening to this beautiful song for several minutes. I then moved up a few steps and the enemies proceeded to rip me apart like a blowtorch through tissue paper.
i remenber when i played the HARD version. When you came to the Pure Lands, the enemys are really annoying. the make so much damage. it´s like you run naked in the original game.
I still own the original SNES cartridge of this game, and have absolutely refused to give it up after 15 years !! It only cost me $25 at the game store when I got it. :o It remains to be my most favorite RPG ever, at that.
I like a harder then hell game that last forever and has so many characters and cities and palaces and themes that you actually get immersed in the experience and feel like you are apart of the world that the video game is. I like living a really great RPG. They just don't make games that are this complex and creative anymore. New games lack the imagination in the storyline. New games do not develop. Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, A Link to the Past and Final Fantasy 4 are the greatest ever.
This track is lightyears ahead of its time. No other video game music uses sounds like this. It always one of my favorites because it made me feel like I was in the true Holy Land; like I had been transported to another dimension somewhere between here and Heaven.
@morrisandlola i know right? that place had stronger monsters than in the mana fortress! when i was a little kid (16 years ago OMG) i was captivated and scared at the same time lol. i would just dash through the places not even fighting the enemies sometimes.
This is where I'm at in my current (first ever) run through SoM on my SFC (so, technically, Seiken Densetsu 2), and I'm very glad to need to level up some of my weapons (and get a Griffin's Helm) in there because the music is very nice. Games of that age just captured the imagination in a way few do these days.
@1Argon Holy shit that's the same thing I did. Even my brother, who loves SoM almost as much as me, thought, like most people, "lol World of Warcraft." It was like a huge rendition of Mana, though!
@Son0fSun I'm glad you brought up Lost Odyssey. I had heard nothing but good things about it from RPG reviews, but in the end I really bought it because the name Nobuo Uematsu was on the cover. The music was great, as expected, but it also has a rich and tearjerking story behind it. I deeply regret that this makes it so exceptional among modern games. Instead, it really ought to be the best of its kind, rather than simply being the only one.
Today, it's very much the reverse. Game planning begins with the programming; what they can do with physics engines and new graphic techniques. Once they are content with what they believe will set a new benchmark for game programming, the writers are brought in to tie all of these little features and engines together with a story.
Engineering has replaced imagination as the driving force behind video games, and the industry has suffered since the mid-90's for it.
@Phoenix10k I agree this is something I've noticed as well. It seems like all the great storylines lie in the past gaming systems. Like you've mentioned, there's a greater emphasis on graphics rather than game creativity.
@Phoenix10k i think you have it backwards.The engineers of back in the day WERE ALSO the creativity at the same time.
A VGmaker's art department could all program a bit themselves. The producer was usually a hard-core programmer that focused everyone's efforts.
Engineering hasn't replaced imagination, but with massively powerful unified archetectures, the creative people are no longer the ones challenged with making a game machine do something you would never expect. Its all seperate now..
Games were a labor of love in the early days; an expression of imagination, storytelling, atmospheres, and fantastic creations. Storyboard designers, concept artists, and composers went into the planning room dying to show the world this universe they created. Games began with a vision, not a goal. The programmers were brought in last only to make this universe a reality.
Lost Odyssey had some fairly decent music, it brought together part of the 'Dream Team' used to score Chrono Trigger. We all look at games like this like our parents looked at music, it gives us a piece of our past we can cherish and hold onto.
I listen to this song almost everyday when work gets hectic. This game is better than some of the new rpg's that are out today. Secret of mana and final fantasy 3 will always be my favorite games
DUDE! I was listening to a song from avatar the bioluminesence of the night and then i thought i wanna hear that song from secret of mana, and bam here I am, your post made me trip out for a second.
:) The AVATAR Score fits the movie perfect. Nearly a shame that it didn't win the Academy Award. I would like to know if James Horner knew the theme from "pure land" when he wrote his AVATAR score.
you know i never thought the song bioluminesence of the night was almost simerler to the pure land theme until you post that comment so good ear and yeah i also wonder if james horner knew the pure theme from this game when he wrote the avatar score too
always played action-,shooter games. RPG is for sissys.....then secret of mana came out and my life changed. i started again 3 days ago(mana fortress appeared) the music is still in my mind.
the thing about it,its atmospheric and there is something mystical like you found a forest full of unicorns and elves but there are no elves or unicorns and the forest is destroyed.
My hairs still stand up when I hear this. Its like you have entered some centuries old cave full of crystals and treasure. Or memories of better times before all hell broke loose. SOM is just ubermench. I bought the soundtrack to this and spin it all the time. Beautiful.
i understand what you guys are talking about, I played this game as a kid and it still brings to my imagination a strong sense of the magical and mystical
beautiful music but those monsters hit madd hard. bitch ass griffin hands and those lil periwinkle spiked creatures that do that lil football thing. Big numbers on ya guy(s). this chrono trigger and FF 2/FF3 is my favorite snes rpgs
Niệm Phật hàng ngày trong thất niệm Phật là chúng ta gieo trồng chủng tử thành Phật. Mỗi tiếng niệm Phật là gieo trồng một chủng tử, mười tiếng niệm Phật là gieo trồng mười chủng tử. Nếu mỗi ngày quý vị niệm một triệu lần, quý vị dã gieo trồng một triệu chủng tử. Cứ niệm, đừng lo tâm tán loạn.
What possesses people to argue about meaningless, trivial and petty crap when this music is playing is simply beyond me.
Know what I'm going to do? Have a psychadelic experience while listening to this wonderful melody, watch the universe unfold before my very eyes...
...then I'm going to go find Bill Hicks.
And then...do this again.
So go ahead and argue. And whine. And bicker. And hate. As if the entirety of human existance doesn't have enough of all of that, already...
TheCrazyCapnMorgan 2 days ago
Sometimes when I get anxious, this track gets stuck in my head. Don't know why; it just kinda happens.
ngoog 3 days ago
Pure Lands, the only part of the game more terrifying than this is that psycodelic lich.
AuraFoxx 1 month ago
ahhhh ...the blissful childhood
kikmazta 1 month ago
Ah...The memories of thinking I was bad ass and then getting facerolled by the first group of Griffon Hands.
Bludcross 1 month ago
@Bludcross and getting stunlocked by mushroom spores
mjkittredge 1 month ago
Top 3.
Charniman 2 months ago 2
Even though I love the song I remember... Younger I will enter the land and some enemies will beat the SH%t out of me and I will get frustrated... Even more after I turned into a stone... Who will forget all the dragons and snakes in the era??
And the emotive moment when Randy finds out her mother.. the "Mana Tree" Sob Sob... Im becoming emotional Now!...
realdeadman321 2 months ago
I arrived at the Pure Land without Nico's armor upgrades. I vividly remember dodging guardians that could strike me down in one blow while this haunting, new age theme whispered of the power of mana, drawing me closer to the tree.
MightyGlock 2 months ago in playlist Secret of Mana soundtrack 3
This music places you at one with the universe...
then the griffon hand kills you.
wratched 2 months ago in playlist Secret of Mana soundtrack 8
@wratched This is why we have Armour
and Epicness
pokemonfreek23 2 months ago
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especially armor :D
maxwell5772 2 months ago
Pure Land was quite hard the first time you did it... I remember playing SoM on my SuperNintendo, I was 6-7yo... Now I'm 20 and I'm playing it on my iPhone... Still one of the best RPGs ever made.
j0hniboi 2 months ago
The secret of mana is eating walnuts. How surreal that must be, bring out the nut cracker in the middle of battle, bust a few nuts open, munch munch, start casting again.
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Bushido21XX 3 months ago
This music is so calm and relaxing, ironic considering the pureland is filled with killer enemies and 7-8 bosses. Srry if that was a spoiler for anyone
MaidenFan24568 4 months ago
I remember my very first time in Pure Land. The fiends were so damn strong and fierce, I kept dying. Then, once I started killing them more and more and gained so much experience points, Level up, level up, level up... No problems after that.
gilgamesh777amg 4 months ago
What's avatar doing on a page dedicated to the best 16bit Rpg music ever?
Ang is the avatar, no blue man group for me. love big arrows as tattoo's,so i know were to hit him.
cmonconan 4 months ago
Part of this song reminds me of the gameover theme of Seiken Densetsu 3 (sequel to this game only officially released in Japan and also known in translated english as Secret of Mana 2 whew lol). Really nice tune.
IbukiSF3 4 months ago in playlist More videos from PeyserConley
Luna theme?
ThePuppetMaster69 4 months ago
Fuck you Needleions One shotting my party. but I love you.
trollsnot 5 months ago
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Can playing a video game make one a better person? If you have truly experienced Secret of Mana, then you know the answer to that question.
zenjiros 6 months ago
+22 for a comment about Avatar..... (totally stupid btw).
I don't understand you internet people...
Pharmabad 6 months ago 6
@Pharmabad I agree
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Hey everybody! I have released my new album 'Progenitor' which has electronic music inspired by great games such as Secret Of Mana. It’s up on my channel ORTmusic to check out and download!
ORTmusic 6 months ago
Love this track. Fav one. Now drop the Griffin Helm you Mother Fuckers!!!!!!
InfectiousShroomKid 6 months ago
I hated this place sooo much. You have to fight Dragon Worm then Axe Beak then Red Dragon then Thunder Gigas then Blue Dragon and they were kicking my butt. I ran out of Candy's and Cup of Wishes and Chocolates and most of all magic and Farie Walnuts.
contenital 6 months ago 3
@contenital but hey, you have to admit, getting down to the wire like that is always refreshing. And you feel so good wen you succeed! sucks when you lose tho...
raireseiyard 6 months ago
@contenital You forgotten the Snow Dragon that you fight after Dragon Worm and before Axe Beak.
CaptainBones 5 months ago
@CaptainBones Woah! Your right, I did forget Snow Dragon. He was easy though.
contenital 5 months ago
@PsychoBurgundy6 you forgot Earthbound THE best RPG from that era...
MrNunfister 7 months ago
hmmm this one makes me think of a silver lining in the clouds that lets even the darkest heart see heaven also makes me remember the past i am a man of many mistakes and regrets
MrKingsme 7 months ago
There's one track in Final Fantasy VII which sounds very similar to this. I won't call plagiarism but...
GenG3000 7 months ago
@GenG3000 You do realize this game came out years before FF7 did? Also, the games are from the same company and have the same people working on the sound tracks.
chanchan773 7 months ago 3
@chanchan773 That's why I said that "FF7 has one similar to this" and not the reverse, implying that FF7 came after.
And no, Secret of Mana and Final Fantasy composers are completely different.
GenG3000 7 months ago 3
@GenG3000 Awesome, I just learned something :3
chanchan773 7 months ago
music from this, the final fantasy series and many rpg's in general always remind me of many black metal bands, the atmosphere of both are just fantastic and share many common aspects
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mmysteryJ 7 months ago
@zacjar12 I would love for you to expand on that.
mmysteryJ 7 months ago
@mmysteryJ just simply look up atmospheric/ambient black metal (ofcourse not all bands remind of me rpg music)
zacjar12 7 months ago
I still love the contrast this area had between it's music and the actual game play. Soothing, restful sounds in a beautiful, mystical forest with monsters that could practically kill you just by looking at you. It's like the game was playing a requiem for your party ahead of time because it knew that you were going to die.
OrcishSlacker 8 months ago 3
atmospheric/ambient black metal, atavistic tendencies and old school rpg's is all i need!
zacjar12 8 months ago
This piece really gives you the sense that you are walking through a place where other humans haven't been for thousands of years, somewhere truly beautiful and holy. And then a disembodied griffin foot tries to rip your face off.
therealkraas 8 months ago 7
I remember I the first time I got to the Pure Land and this soothing music got me I was feeling sleepy and would eventually fell asleep. And my party died. :(
EinherjarLeo 9 months ago
amazing tune. i so wish i played this game when i was younger. and feel the ecstatic in my body...........
FuckDaMedia 9 months ago 2
This is one of the most amazing and innovative pieces of soundtrack music in the history of gaming . . . still. I literally stood still in the pure land just to listen to this over and over. I was so mad when I finished that area and I could not go back to listen.
ty2 9 months ago
YES!!! I ALWAYS LOVED THIS SONG!! STILL DO!!!
blingzip 9 months ago
Why do I have to age? Why can't I be 14 forever, playing this game? I could cry thinking about it. I was one of the only girls with a SNES and I still have it. Other girls laughed at me for playing video games. I laughed at them for missing this unique and wonderful game, better than any movie, better than any book.
zeitdrache 9 months ago 2
@zeitdrache i agree with you 100% i got laughed at for playing this kind of game and at the same time i laugh on what they think of the game because they have never played it(sucks to be them)
eternalflames03824 9 months ago
I remember an uncle of mine used to always try to tell me to not play videogames. It would have been a nightmare had I listened to him. Im glad to have played this game and heard music like this theme. It invoked so much good emotion in me, songs like this hits me deeper than most music and was glad to have had the opportunity no matter if most dont understand it.
yoshiyambao 9 months ago 5
@zeitdrache My friend and I were of the only girls our age who had SNES consoles... I remember going to her place to play Link to the Past and Secret of Mana, and she came to my house to play Chrono Trigger. I agree that this was such a beautiful and unique game (with such lovely music), and I have really happy memories of playing it.
supershigi 9 months ago
Please don't associate this masterpiece of a game with that pathetic excuse for a movie. Avatar was one of the WORST movies ever. It was like fucking cowboys and indians all over again "unobtainium?" what the fuck. its just like kicking natives off their land for oil only this way its "politically correct" FUCKING BULLSHIT
MrNunfister 10 months ago 34
@MrNunfister Thank you sir. I believe there may yet be sane people left in this world. Fuck Avatar.
DrStabkill 10 months ago
@MrNunfister Politically correct?!?! I thought the movie was trying to tell that it was NOT okay... ?
steffen54321 7 months ago 3
@steffen54321 I'm saying the movie was a shitty old recycled plot. and by using the avatars there was no "insensitivity" ya know???
MrNunfister 7 months ago
@MrNunfister Old plot, sure.. but shitty? I'd say it's as good as ever. I really liked it, made for a great movie. Actually I don't know. I reckon it might make people think it over. Someone who may not normally care, might think that it's real unfair to the avatars, until someone tells him that nothing hasn't really changed. Message stays the same no matter the color, size, species etc.
steffen54321 7 months ago
@MrNunfister lmao he said it was like cowboys and indaians all oveer again lmfao...
MrMuzzy157 7 months ago
@MrNunfister 20 years ago Avatar was called "Dances with Wolves"
SebKnowlton 6 months ago
@MrNunfister
When Avatar came out, I went to go see it... and I found out for myself, after such a bore, that the masses are a bunch of sheep. They know everything everyone else does, they claim to have common sense, but I just don't fucking buy it!
SirKuja 5 months ago
@MrNunfister I agree they shouldn't be compared, but the movie in 3d was an awesome experience, everyone in the theatre was like partaking in the event together, not to mention I was baked. It was an awesome experience, and I can see past the basic plot, the fact that the movie had a basic plot didn't rattle my cage like it did yours. LOL at watching it only for the story, you one dimensional dork. The movie had a high enough budget, and paved the way for 3d movies.
goochsurfer 3 months ago
@goochsurfer yeah it had an abysmally high budget, all the more reason it should have had a plot. I too was baked when I watched this but it still bored me to death. what rattles my cage is overpaying to watch that shallow shit, if not Avatar surely there would have been another "first" 3D movie. I actually fell asleep in the theatre. oh and you must have been baked when you wrote that comment. LOL at watching it only for the visual effects you one dimensional dork.
MrNunfister 3 months ago
@MrNunfister Haha yeah I guess in hindsight accepting the movie just because of the effects is pretty one dimensional, but I guess the story was ok, it was enough for me in combination with the effects. I really like seeing awesome scenery, so seeing such eye candy was enough for me. I guess I'm biased in that way, but it was cool to see scenery on a planet that isnt real with creatures that werent real, and having little complaints about it looking fake.
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machoboobie 1 month ago
@MrNunfister Amen to that bro, there is nothing made in this world compared to this game. Every single time I listen to every track there is a chill is going up my spine.
TheLakestream 1 month ago
@MrNunfister Amen to that bro, there is no game in this world better made by this one. Every single time I listen to any of these songs a chill goes up my spine.
TheLakestream 1 month ago
@MrNunfister fuck you you avatar hater peice of dog shit
heerogunkenobi 1 week ago in playlist Secret of Mana soundtrack
@heerogunkenobi And fuck you too, you inbred retard.
MrNunfister 1 week ago
@MrNunfister go fuck your mama you big fat piece of crap dont fuck with me asshole
heerogunkenobi 1 week ago
Wow, this takes me back. Secret of Mana was one of those experiences that really defined my childhood. The atmosphere and the songs are still often in the back of my head many years later. I'm very grateful to whoever made these incredible compositions.
ztarzcream 10 months ago
@bolyon96 ey kid leave old ppl remember the old days now stfu and go play hello kitty
Melamamoduro 11 months ago 3
The only thing that this game sucks is the lollipop of awesomeness.
TorchicBlaziken313 11 months ago 60
This place was brutal!
Mannetasi 11 months ago
Makes me think of Griffon claws kicking my arse the 1st time, love it!
earthwolf82 1 year ago
Woooooooooow ...... @__@
MrJackerreur 1 year ago
why there are no any game can better than this game about 15 years ago now...
music,story,amusement..etc....
seedd33 1 year ago
"Mom...?"
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@1Argon this game sucked long penos. FF6 is the beast W0000000
bolyon96 1 year ago
@bolyon96 To even compare the two is completely idiotic. Both FF6 and SoM were amazing games from a time when games had to have stories and not just graphics. Shame on you.
whiteash002 1 year ago
@whiteash002 did i say anything about this game having bad graphics? you suck balls and so does this game final fantasy VI is better in every way
bolyon96 1 year ago
@bolyon96 Just because you suck dick at anything that isn't a turnbased RPG doesnt make SoM suck.
Usersunited 1 year ago
@bolyon96 troll somewhere else, you fag.
valleyofnapalm 11 months ago
The most interesting part of this part of the game is where you arrive at the Mana Tree and how it gets destroyed, only to find out that the Mana Goddess, who had turned into the tree, is the main characters mom. That part made me sad for the main character but also angry. Thanatos was SO getting a big can of whoop-ass for firring the Mana Fortress on her.
Maximaldo 1 year ago
This is the part when you are in that dark foresty area and you fight a crapload of bosses right? Been searching for a way to listen to this again. Thanks! :")
Pandaguin83 1 year ago
@1Argon This game is awesome but that movie Avatar sucks!
musashi7272 1 year ago 3
I just shit
MrNunfister 1 year ago
This takes me back to the summer before High School. Serious memories here.
lordbemylight 1 year ago
The music is light, but the atmosphere is extremely serious and powerful.
mopbrothers 1 year ago
who wrote the soundtrack to this game? sounds ethereal, otherworldly...
TheLordy45 1 year ago
@TheLordy45 Hiroki Kikuta composed the soundtrack.
SirBeanTheJust 1 year ago
Perfect expression of pure...
elbarto94 1 year ago
so tired of people pandering for thumbs up. thumbs up if you agree.
szivalj 1 year ago
I loved this song already as a little kid :D now I'm all grown up and I still love it in the same way I always have. So soothing, yet it boosts your courage and fighting spirit past maximum.
"Sure it'll be tough, but you will make it to the end nonetheless. With one step at a time." I use to think to myself when I reach this area of the game.
Makes me feel there's more to our own world than we care to think.
Stummelbo 1 year ago 5
before Cataclysm this would prolly be a perfect song fer ashenvale forest but i think it might work fer Moonglade
CavalierAdam1 1 year ago
One of the great songs of all time. Thumbs up if you agree.
hendersonj5 1 year ago 2
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hendersonj5 1 year ago
Haunting. I remember 1 driving thought while plowing through those woods to reach the Mana Tree. "Mom...?"
omganotherun 1 year ago
one difference-
avatar sucks
MrNunfister 1 year ago
@MrNunfister You said it, one of the dumbest stories I've ever seen in a movie. May as well have been a high budget Scifi/Syfy original movie.
aerik9 1 year ago
I love this theme.
CaptainBones 1 year ago
I first played Secret of Mana when I was ten years old and I still remember getting goosebumps when I got to the Pure Lands and stopping and listening to this beautiful song for several minutes. I then moved up a few steps and the enemies proceeded to rip me apart like a blowtorch through tissue paper.
TimKraemer 1 year ago 5
Song should be called "Shiver thru spine oh everytime".
iTeaze888 1 year ago
this is one of the places where you really have to watch your step - despite the beautiful music :]
Vazruden 1 year ago 2
This game is just the best game ever. There can be as awesome graphics as in reallife but THIS will ever stay in my heart.
Krati08071995 1 year ago 5
SOM, SOE,Terranigma....BEST GAMES EVER!
AnimeAlligator 1 year ago 5
i remenber when i played the HARD version. When you came to the Pure Lands, the enemys are really annoying. the make so much damage. it´s like you run naked in the original game.
EvilchrisX 1 year ago
Lovely!
FloresDeLaPrimavera 1 year ago
I love it ^_^
6DeepKey9 1 year ago
1:46 and 2:22 omg
dschultz6072 1 year ago
This is one of the very few games in my childhood whose story got me teary.
iniche 1 year ago
I still own the original SNES cartridge of this game, and have absolutely refused to give it up after 15 years !! It only cost me $25 at the game store when I got it. :o It remains to be my most favorite RPG ever, at that.
Sylnir 1 year ago
@1Argon whats a grames ( =P )
KaiserVadin 1 year ago
@KaiserVadin :) It's a game with a "r" which stands for Real fun...
1Argon 1 year ago
Strange song that still has the power to put you to sleep !!!
KaiserVadin 1 year ago
I remember going into the purelands with my chars without the best armor equipped and I still owned them all.
Globodyne 1 year ago
I like a harder then hell game that last forever and has so many characters and cities and palaces and themes that you actually get immersed in the experience and feel like you are apart of the world that the video game is. I like living a really great RPG. They just don't make games that are this complex and creative anymore. New games lack the imagination in the storyline. New games do not develop. Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, A Link to the Past and Final Fantasy 4 are the greatest ever.
ty2 1 year ago 2
This track is lightyears ahead of its time. No other video game music uses sounds like this. It always one of my favorites because it made me feel like I was in the true Holy Land; like I had been transported to another dimension somewhere between here and Heaven.
ty2 1 year ago
@1Argon And when they blew up the tree, i felt a little mana nostalgia..
iTeaze888 1 year ago
the pure land isn't very pure, monsters that do 500+ damage is anything but pure. lol
morrisandlola 1 year ago 23
@morrisandlola i know right? that place had stronger monsters than in the mana fortress! when i was a little kid (16 years ago OMG) i was captivated and scared at the same time lol. i would just dash through the places not even fighting the enemies sometimes.
aceTL87 1 year ago
This is where I'm at in my current (first ever) run through SoM on my SFC (so, technically, Seiken Densetsu 2), and I'm very glad to need to level up some of my weapons (and get a Griffin's Helm) in there because the music is very nice. Games of that age just captured the imagination in a way few do these days.
baseballrebel08 1 year ago
I've got a gooseflesh.
Awesome.
RubyKowalewicz 1 year ago
@1Argon Holy shit that's the same thing I did. Even my brother, who loves SoM almost as much as me, thought, like most people, "lol World of Warcraft." It was like a huge rendition of Mana, though!
CanadaGradeEh 1 year ago
This song is all like "Let me sooth you."
and I'm like "Cool, let's do that....hey, what the shit? These monsters are hard as fuck."
JahRasta311 1 year ago 2
As much as i love the music in the pure land i HATE the freaking enemies there!
Mannetasi 1 year ago
@Son0fSun I'm glad you brought up Lost Odyssey. I had heard nothing but good things about it from RPG reviews, but in the end I really bought it because the name Nobuo Uematsu was on the cover. The music was great, as expected, but it also has a rich and tearjerking story behind it. I deeply regret that this makes it so exceptional among modern games. Instead, it really ought to be the best of its kind, rather than simply being the only one.
RagingSpammer 1 year ago
Today, it's very much the reverse. Game planning begins with the programming; what they can do with physics engines and new graphic techniques. Once they are content with what they believe will set a new benchmark for game programming, the writers are brought in to tie all of these little features and engines together with a story.
Engineering has replaced imagination as the driving force behind video games, and the industry has suffered since the mid-90's for it.
Phoenix10k 1 year ago 6
@Phoenix10k I agree this is something I've noticed as well. It seems like all the great storylines lie in the past gaming systems. Like you've mentioned, there's a greater emphasis on graphics rather than game creativity.
dzindzichvilli 1 year ago
@Phoenix10k i think you have it backwards.The engineers of back in the day WERE ALSO the creativity at the same time.
A VGmaker's art department could all program a bit themselves. The producer was usually a hard-core programmer that focused everyone's efforts.
Engineering hasn't replaced imagination, but with massively powerful unified archetectures, the creative people are no longer the ones challenged with making a game machine do something you would never expect. Its all seperate now..
themadmallard 9 months ago in playlist Secret of Mana soundtrack 2
Games were a labor of love in the early days; an expression of imagination, storytelling, atmospheres, and fantastic creations. Storyboard designers, concept artists, and composers went into the planning room dying to show the world this universe they created. Games began with a vision, not a goal. The programmers were brought in last only to make this universe a reality.
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Phoenix10k 1 year ago 5
Lost Odyssey had some fairly decent music, it brought together part of the 'Dream Team' used to score Chrono Trigger. We all look at games like this like our parents looked at music, it gives us a piece of our past we can cherish and hold onto.
Son0fSun 1 year ago
nice game and cute music^^
alintschik 1 year ago
how much bpm have super nes games ?
Mosquit 1 year ago
I'll take this game over avatar, music alone.
By the way, any Breath of fire fans?
erv255 1 year ago
Very fitthing music because it makes you think of a far away forest with nature and traquility all over, everything so perfect surrounded by nature.
SourcererZ 1 year ago
I listen to this song almost everyday when work gets hectic. This game is better than some of the new rpg's that are out today. Secret of mana and final fantasy 3 will always be my favorite games
Snowmi069 1 year ago 3
a long track. So many good songs in this game. How is it possible? Today we don`t see this kind of incredible music much...
Maybe the new Castlevania will have good music.
RealDMraider 1 year ago 3
this song is pure genius, it makes me think of dream worlds.
TheJahtucker 1 year ago 2
SOM Soundtrack > Avatar in all forms
The7thCircuit 2 years ago 43
@The7thCircuit don't drag Secret of Mana's name into the mud!
MrPekingCat 1 year ago
DUDE! I was listening to a song from avatar the bioluminesence of the night and then i thought i wanna hear that song from secret of mana, and bam here I am, your post made me trip out for a second.
yoshiyambao 2 years ago
:) The AVATAR Score fits the movie perfect. Nearly a shame that it didn't win the Academy Award. I would like to know if James Horner knew the theme from "pure land" when he wrote his AVATAR score.
1Argon 2 years ago
you know i never thought the song bioluminesence of the night was almost simerler to the pure land theme until you post that comment so good ear and yeah i also wonder if james horner knew the pure theme from this game when he wrote the avatar score too
heerogunkenobi 1 year ago
always played action-,shooter games. RPG is for sissys.....then secret of mana came out and my life changed. i started again 3 days ago(mana fortress appeared) the music is still in my mind.
for me, the greatest (RPG)game of all times.
XFFGSephiroth 2 years ago
the thing about it,its atmospheric and there is something mystical like you found a forest full of unicorns and elves but there are no elves or unicorns and the forest is destroyed.
piromaniac9999 2 years ago
My hairs still stand up when I hear this. Its like you have entered some centuries old cave full of crystals and treasure. Or memories of better times before all hell broke loose. SOM is just ubermench. I bought the soundtrack to this and spin it all the time. Beautiful.
Edd731 2 years ago 3
This music nearly makes me bawl my eyes out.
michaelcp4 2 years ago 3
me too brother
TheManaLord 2 years ago
excellent point, soulstodeny05
WSilva832 2 years ago 2
i understand what you guys are talking about, I played this game as a kid and it still brings to my imagination a strong sense of the magical and mystical
coldmountain1986 2 years ago 3
very calming actually
There is something relaxing about the music,atmospheric and sad at the same time.
piromaniac9999 2 years ago
thanks Aegis!
erv255 2 years ago
I have the impression that at that time the game music was better.
daos1988 2 years ago
first time i came to the pure land, all 3 characters killed in one hit from the grey hedgehog
reillo9 2 years ago 5
@reillo9
Same thing to me then I trained and got money to buy at least Vestguards to survive like 3~5 hits.
EinherjarLeo 2 years ago
Awesome track. Sometimes this game really touches my soul
TheZimmi1 2 years ago 3
DAWN pureland (puritas in french ) things getting harder....with those dragons...and the thunda dwarf!!!!
Skyblazerflash 2 years ago 2
how do you get rid of those ghosts/spectors in pure land?
erv255 2 years ago
Only magic will hit them, same with the clouds in the fire temple/ice forest and the ghost in northtown's ruins
Carrotha 2 years ago
Use Lumina! :D
AegisAegus 2 years ago
love this tune; but always felt so bad for the mana tree
tokus420 2 years ago
haaaaaa~ so relaxin...zzzzzz
PinkCloudo 2 years ago
mythical music..gives me goosebumps all the time.
Verrie77 2 years ago 3
beautiful music but those monsters hit madd hard. bitch ass griffin hands and those lil periwinkle spiked creatures that do that lil football thing. Big numbers on ya guy(s). this chrono trigger and FF 2/FF3 is my favorite snes rpgs
Laughfiend65 2 years ago
no tales of phantasia?
IbnzPrstge1 2 years ago
Hahahaha. Yeah man. I got so sick of recasting lucid barrier. Fucking mushrooms! Argh!!
Zeuts85 2 years ago
lmfaooo!! word. dragon buster for that azz lol. put they ass to sleep
Laughfiend65 2 years ago
Eeek! Not the Griffin Hands! *runs*
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laitutran247 2 years ago
this game rules, I'm just glad that the gfx aren't anime-like, like today's rpgs
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