What If - Eric Whitacre

[airrocketdown]

Woooooooooow! That was incredible, man. I was just introduced to Paradise Lost recently and I can't get enough. As far as this video goes, I've probably been responsible for most of your hits. Hahaha! I can't get enough of it. Good job.

[Catherinesk8s]

dang. I want an Mp3 version of this..

[MKarascio]

Omg this so adorable :D thank you for putting your time into this it brightened my day :)

[Catherinesk8s]

amazing. wow. made my whole life.. complete.

[danilodemori]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ScreamDemon08]

Haha, meow meow! This is great :)

[dude999998]

I like his music better in video games!!

[SanniYork]

Haha! Awesomeness!

[bloomgirlbec]

how long did that take you??

[seaspider2]

They should put this in the Mario Games haha!

[lealee24]

i want this program

i love how u did that!!

[cbawahoofish4321]

This awesome!

[hswad]

Wow, that was intense! haha totally amazing

[itsmrGuy]

I think this is the only music in existence that has a tempo of 1300. =P

[SugarbabyLA]

AHHH!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!! It makes me smile a lot :P

[kookelmcjiggerson]

AMAZING. I can't WAIT to hear the whole thing. what a fantastic composer.

[eramseyer]

where can I find the original song? This is so amazing, I want to hear the real thing!

[dhenriksen]

@eramseyer Eric Whitacre, the composer of this piece, has several audio files on his website. Go to: ericwhitacre com and you'll see a list of his musical catalog. Click on "What If".

At the top of the page, there are 2 links, one of the original composition for 5 voices and one of a SATB choral version. They're both great but try the original first. Scroll down the page for lyrics. It is brilliant!

[OnlySuzyV]

no one with a pulse born before '95 can watch this and not smile XD

[JTAggin]

incredible! very cool!

[myburningpixie]

I love this!

[asiainwootwoot]

I really wanna hear the whole song i can't stop listening to this, it's amazing.

[asiainwootwoot]

This was sweet.

[missrikki2122]

sweet

[rumpwrestler]

Wow, this makes music sound like junk!

[rockerfaerie]

ahahahaha omg I adore you

[lyrestonehart]

Holy skillz man... whoa.

[manda13579]

I absolutely LOVE this.

[iamsweetsue]

Amazing.....LOL :D and AWESOME!

[FourthDerivative]

Eric Whitacre.

On Mario Paint.

Now I've seen everything.

[InvocationXII]

this made me laugh. when i saw the name eric whitacre i was expecting something else entirely, haha. fantastic job!

[sixstringstyle]

holy jeebus man. that was insane

[Bbobe900000]

Hey, I was just thinking... what kind of group is "What if" composed for? Because it wouldn't take too much effort to arrange this for wind band, using what you have right here... maybe not the last part though :P

[kivawolfspeaker]

It is a song from Whitacre's Techno-Opera: Paradise Lost: Shadows & Wings

[GeoffFlint]

EPIC.

I love Mario paint now for some reason...

[AngelofArts]

Wow. This is a masterpiece. I can imagine how much time and effort you put into this. Your creativity is fantastic. It gives me great joy and excitement to view your video. Job well done

[videorock2020]

Dude! Totally SICK!! How did you do this?!

[smallglassfrog]

holy crap!!!!

[Bbobe900000]

my god.

[pigswillbepigs]

bravo.

[MusicSnob7]

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!! :D Have you sent this to him? I'm sure he'd get a kick out of it, for sure.

XD You made my year. Thank you!

[Purenicotine]

Eric loved it. :D And thank you so much. :)

[stgybo]

i'm having a hard time fathoming this...believing this. Wow!

[TheGreatVonBron]

Oh my gosh...I could die right now and be perfectly happy.

[justbeyondutopia]

Christ almighty! Good effing job.

[littledagny]

This just made my life. That is AMAZING!

[thatgirlsacowboy]

ok that was probably the most amazing thing ever! nice job

[gomounties08]

thats pretty friggin brilliant.

[apocobring]

...jesus. haha

[apollodesign]

That's fucking awesome, congrats hahaha

[tsunamipanda05]

HAHA! Omg, that's awesome!

[KaneliAmabele]

holy cow that's totally wicked!

[clria23224]

this is amazing

[accoole]

BEAST!!

[Dynshai]

Wow! That is incredibly impressive! I give you mad props for that! Holy cow! Now I want Mario Paint! haha! I have music writing software already thoguh... But seriously! The voicing is awesome!

I agree with SondheimMan this would be the coolest ringtone ever!

[malchikcrazy09]

how do you get sharps and flats?

[Purenicotine]

By holding shift or tab when you put in the notes, I believe.

[moshyourfacekick]

i used to play on this when i was little

this is very impresssive!

awesome

[speakerboxx123]

what program is that?

[Purenicotine]

Mario Paint.

[littleReid]

I love it! I wish the Mario Paint I have could do that. I would be playing Super Nintendo all the time!

[Jinglehop43]

How did you do this!

[SondheimMan07]

This would make a brilliant ringtone... lol. PERFECT for cell phones.

[Zouski]

Awesome

[eramseyer]

I wish we could buy this on ITunes xD

[yoplaitdude1807]

wow this is freaking sweet man, wow, i loved it.

[LoVerT2]

This is a fantastic arrangement of the piece. Well done.

[takigan]

2:00-end

O_O  !!

[eramseyer]

I've never heard the actual song!! I want to so bad!

[musiquedude235]

it's such a cool piece. you can hear it on his myspace page

[eramseyer]

the site is messing up, so I haven't been able to get in to watch it yet. It's driving me crazy!!!

[Supadupa837]

If that's not working for you, the demo is on his blog at soaringleap(.)com

[midnightskyes]

the song is amazing...whatever you hear on the demo recording, when it works--it sounds that good but even better live. ;)

[Hochuuami]

...Holy crap. How did.... D: *cries because she has no paradise lost music*

[Purenicotine]

I sang this with Eric Whitacre at the Portland invitational a few years ago . . . great memories . . . We were his "test choir" on this piece. It was a lot of fun singing, and I got a copy. But the music's been long lost since I even began working on this.

[midnightskyes]

I sang with Eric in Italy last summer, he is way too cool, isn't he!? :)

[Biilllyy]

!!!