Falcom JDK Band - To Make the End of Battle PV (Audio re-synched with video)

This is the official music video for Falcom JDK Band's classic "To Make the End of Battle". It always bugged me that the version of the video distributed on the "Ys Legacy" anime DVD set has its audio so obviously de-synched from its video, so I decided to do something about it. Using the anime DVD source for the video, and the "Falcom JDK Band 1" album source for the audio, I essentially "remastered" this, cutting and re-dubbing the audio so that it better synchs up with the video (and is of a much higher recording quality). It's still not 100% perfectly in synch, but it really can't be, since certain parts of the video are more out-of-synch than others... so I found the best possible compromise, and went with that. As a result, some segments from the beginning of the video may still appear slightly out-of-synch (though less so than before), but the end of the video should appear ENTIRELY synched-up.

I also added annotations for the dialogue at the beginning, using Hudson's translation from the original Ys Book II on the TurboGrafx-16.

For your own reference, in case you have no idea what the Falcom JDK Band is:

Nihon Falcom is a prolific Japanese game developer (primarily PC games, but lately they've also been releasing a lot of PSP titles), founded in 1981. After several booming successes (Xanadu, Ys I & II, and Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes, among others), they established what can only be described as an in-house glam-rock band, which performed very 80s-esque rock mixes of classic Falcom game songs (both live, and in the studio for several album releases). Their version of "To Make the End of Battle", the opening theme to Ys II, is perhaps the most well-known of the bunch, as it's one of their most beloved game songs of all time... and as a result, it's also the only JDK Band song to receive a proper PV (music video), produced partially to help market the then recently-released anime series.

The Ys I & II games are available in English on multiple platforms, including the TurboGrafx-16 CD ("Ys Books I & II"), the Wii Virtual Console (same), the Sega Master System (Ys I only), the Nintendo DS (as of late February or early March 2009, "Legacy of Ys Books I & II"), and via a fan-translation patch, the PC ("Ys I & II Complete") - the latter being the best version, by leaps and bounds.

The Ys anime is available in English either via three individual volumes, or more commonly, a box set called "Ys Legacy", which includes this music video (albeit with lesser audio quality and notable video de-synching) as a bonus feature.

Please enjoy, and feel free to comment with questions!

P.S. Be sure to watch this one in high quality... the video encoding makes it really blurry and full of artifacts if you don't.

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[Worp3music]

Are there concerts on DVD from this band?

Nicely done job you did there making this.

[Wyrdwad]

@Worp3music - Actually, yes, the JDK Band's most recent tour had a DVD release -- though by most recent, I mean 2010, so it's a VERY DIFFERENT BAND than what you saw in this video. (: They still play this song, though, and they still rock out 80s-style... but they're now fronted by a violinist, along with a vocalist who wears aluminum foil ram horns on his head. ;)

If you're interested in learning how to order the DVD, drop me a PM. I'll be happy to help.

[eatkeniii]

When people speak of humble beginings Ys & Hair Metal arent Included!

[Wyrdwad]

@eatkeniii - Heh. Not surprisingly, I was the supplier for this video. (:

[eatkeniii]

@Wyrdwad yeah i have you seen the new trailer for Ys I & II Chronicles? It uses this! I cant Wait to Pick Upn the Hair Metal Pack It better have both the Original and New JDK versions of this!

[Wyrdwad]

@eatkeniii - Not only have I seen it, it was also partially my idea. (: I work for XSEED as a translator/editor. Definitely pick up Ys I & II Chronicles when it comes out, as I had a lot of fun with its editing, and even sneaked an Ys I walkthrough into the instruction manual! It's gonna be awesome. (:

[IkeFollower]

2d game music owns 3d game music anyday

[otakuoverdrive]

Pure epicness - I love this track! 80s synth rock at it's best! Ys <3

[devouringone3]

Thanks for all the information you provided, I was a bit confused about Nihon Falcom before I came here. Enlightening.

[plazasrose444]

ree rockeros !!!

[RufusShinrareno]

Thanks for upload. His Band is the Best! I love the Music from JDK Band.

[Metalltool]

awsome upload. thanks

[Soukyugurentai]

This is RPG music for people with chest hair :)

[hypersonic64]

@Wyrdwad I love you then. And just in case you didn't know, you guys release the game on my birthday Feb. 15.

[tsukasa5go]

1991～93のLIVEには毎年行っていたなぁ。

やっぱりこのアレンジが一番聞いてて気持ちイイ♪