Loved animating for this! The song is so good 😁😁😁 also really glad you released a month early! 🎉🎉🎉

Singing the fastest verse while playing a steamdeck is maybe the greatest power move I've ever seen.

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favourite orchestra on the Citadel!

R.I.P. Mordin You truly were the very model of a scientist salarian, but more importantly you were the very model of a good friend.

Can we talk about how Will straight-up embodies Mordin for this entire video? Not just with the voice, but his speech, inflection, and mannerisms. He keeps his hands in the three-finger configuration the entire time and does Mordin's little throat clear at the very end. Absolute brilliant attention to character.

Me: Yay this song is so much fun and from such a good game! "had to be me" Me: *curled up in a corner crying*

Just speechless. The iteration of Gilbert and Sullivan we didn't want, need, or deserve, and yet somehow...it still feels right.

You know, I NEVER in my life expected to hear an ENTIRE version of this when I played ME3 when it came out. What a time to be alive

Referencing his final line "had to be me" is beautiful yet sad

The fact that the lyrics came from a fanfiction is kind of amazing.

For some reason, I picture Mordin conducting experiments and research while casually singing this to himself, but changing the lyrics while staying in tune as a mental exercise. He probably has countless iterations of this same song in his head. Edit: Mental exercise, that was the term I was looking for when I first wrote this comment!

Ok, but seriously, someone needs to write a Mass Effect musical

there is no way this could have been better or more tailored to me. will roland really did mordin justice. had to be him. someone else might've gotten it wrong.

In my school days I played in the pit orchestra for the school's production of Pirates of Penzance. Years later, while playing the Mass Effect games for the first time I found this reference to Gilbert and Sullivan in the game. I was so surprised I almost dropped my controller. Well done to all involved in this performance. Great work.

Enthusiastically appreciative: This was a very good song. Respectful and honest: I especially love the parts where he thinks out loud in-character to come up with the next rhyme.

Last time I heard this song, a man I knew and loved blew tf up saving the world. This performance does that man a great honor

This gentleman looks like the person I would indeed pick to play a scientist Salarian.

God, the singer in this does SUCH a spot on Mordin impression! It's incredible.

Will Roland did such a good job singing in character of Mordin that I had to look up if he was one of the voice actors! He brought passion and levity to this I am so happy that this song was made a reality!

It's incredible how deep the lore in this song goes. "I cut up more batarians than Torfan's famous butchering" refers to the battle of Torfan where the System Alliance anihilated the whole population of the pirate moon Torfan as retaliation of the Skylian Blitz. That's one of the backstories of creating shepard in ME1... and i have absolutly forgotten about this until hearing this line.

This is what I needed! Finally, my boy Mordin getting noticed. RIP to the best Slarian in Mass Effect next to that Salarian who gave the "We hold the line" speach.

“My work’s more highly cited than a Krogan on Presidium” is a great line.

I am the very model of a scientist salarain. I’ve studied species turian asari and batarian. I’m quite good at genetics as a subset of biology, Because I am an expert which I know is a tautology. In four directions cardinal, I know the blot routinery. I problem solve with tools and guns and even farm machinery. I perfectly recall your genome purine by pyrimidine. (Hmm, rhyme requirement for pyrimidine, ahh yes!) I’ll diagnose the cause of every symptom you’re exhibiting. He’ll diagnose the cause of every symptom you’re exhibiting. He’ll diagnose the cause of every symptom you’re exhibiting. He’ll diagnose the cause of every symptom you’re exhibiting. My knowledge is prodigious though I’m stuffy and professory. I’m fluent in the vorcha tongue and hanar luminescery. My xeno science studies range from urban to agrarian. I am the very model of a scientist salarian. His xeno science studies range from urban to agrarian he is the very model of a scientist salarian. By breakfast time i’m curing seeker swarm induced paralysis. My ideal date would finish with statistical analysis. I’ve mastered optic instruments reflective and refractory. I don’t begrudge the quarians, their hypochondriactery. I’ve memorized eidetic all my patients’ anamnesises, I’ve written papers scores and scores and that not counting thesis’s. I’ll toxify my enemies with nary an apology. (Hmm, ah, ology suffix; not difficult !). Then spend my weekends brushing up on elcor enzymology. He spends his weekends brushing up on elcor enzymology. He spends his weekends brushing up on elcor enzymology. He spends his weekends brushing up on elcor enzymology. When I complete a surgery, I sign my name in suturing. I’ve cut up more Bavarians than torfan’s famous butchering. If knowledge is a library, then I’m its king librarian I am the very model of a scientist salarian. If knowledge is a library, then he’s its king librarian he is the very model of a scientist salarian. When I know all the acids be they levo dextro rotamers. When I tell your asari child her genes are only sort of yours. When I expound the theories that my colleagues find heretical. When I know all the finer points of therapies genetical. When I could cure your cancer with my brain just halfway functioning. When I can fix mutating cells the point the nondisjunctioning. In short when I’ve a smattering of transgenetic strategy. (Hmm, strategy, challenging rhyme. Philately ?, no stamp collecting too esoteric. Sat-a-gee? Homage to original lyrics? No to archaic will confuse audience. Something simpler preferred. Had to be me? No, No, doesn’t fit meter. No NO! YES!!) It had to be done rightly, and so I’m the one it had to be. It had to be done rightly, and so he’s the one it had to be. It had to be done rightly, and so he’s the one it had to be. It had to be done rightly, and so he’s the one it had to be. My skeptics call me mad and thought they always try to censure me. And actuary tables say I’ll live just half a century. I’ve surveyed every habitat from xeric to riparian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian. He’s surveyed every habitat from xeric to riparian, he is the very model of a scientist salarian. At treating varren std’s I’ve singular ability. I don’t prescribe black market testicles to fix fertility. I’ve shifted every paradigm from Sur’kesh to noveria. I’ve studied piscifauna in the field and in aquaria. Of volus pharmaceuticals my memory’s a catalog. I know of all the krogan clans from ravanor to gatatog. My mastery of Drell anatomy is incomparable. My soil science would suffice to make tuchanka arable. His soil science would suffice to make tuchanka arable. His soil science would suffice to make tuchanka arable. His soil science would suffice to make tuchanka arable. I know the use of minerals from plat’num to iridium. My work’s more highly cited than a krogran on presidium. I lecture for the thrill of it, I need no honorarium I am the very model of scientist salarian. He lectures for the thrill of it, He needs no honorarium he is the very model of scientist salarian. I am the very model of scientist salarian!

I'm glad you guys covered it, other bands would have gotten it wrong.

The breath control. The diction. The BEAUTY of you all! I am Cmdr McDaniel and this is my favorite song on the Citadel.

Performances, arrangement and animations are all excellent, but my biggest round of applause goes to the lyricist, who clearly knows both their scientific terms and their Mass Effect lore. Kudos. 🙂

Clearing his throat right at the end was so on point. It shows the love for the character that he mimiced the mannerisms.

11 years 3 months... since this Scientist Salarian left us to save to the Krogans while singing this song. Thanks 8-Bit Band for reminding me I'm due for another replay of the series so I can spend time with our Normandy family - including our Salarian Scientist grandpa.

Scheduling an KZfaq Premier of your next song a month in advance is a massive power move ngl

Of all the songs they could have adapted, they chose THIS?! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NUTTY AND I LOVE IT!!!

A full version I never knew I needed. Mordin's character is so well done in this and the arrangement & mixing are excellent. Another 8 Bit banger.

Omg there is so much to say about this before even listening to the song. First, an all Elcor cast performing Hamlet would be amazing, I wish I could see it. Next, fanfiction helped bring this piece to life? I hope the fanfic writer see this!

“If knowledge is a library, then I’m its King Librarian” is a great line.

I love how he nailed the voice, speech patterns and just his overall mannerisms. Bring Mordin back and have this guy voice him😅

"My actuary tables say I'll live just half a century" If only we'd been so blessed.

The idea of Mordin singing this in his youth made me so unreasonably happy. Thank you all!!!!

I have wanted a full Scientist Salarian song for literal years. This is great!

I can't believe somebody wrote the whole parody, that's amazing. And Y'all are amazing for performing it! Everyone did a great job, as always. You people don't miss, I swear.

"My soil science would suffice to make Tuchanka arable" now that's a bar 😂😂👏 he delivers it masterfully This song is just fantastic! The story of how it came to be is almost unbelievable, but the internet can be a wonderful place sometimes 😊

I was amazed at the _initial_ tempo, considering the amount of "unique" words to internalize. But the last minute was insane!!! Bravissimo to all, including the lyricist. (And thanks greatly for the subtitles...).

Percussionists everywhere breathed a sigh of relief you didn’t ask anyone to play the original mallet part

"It had to be me. Someone else might've gotten it wrong". The "had to be me" line, I'm crying. Loooooooove this!

Every time I play ME2 I have Mordin sing this multiple times just because it makes me smile so much. And now to have the full version? I'm gonna need a grinectomy. Thank you very much.

This song is a testament to the fact that theatre kids and fanfic writers are inseparable allies.

I’m glad you were impatient, because this is amazing. Will’s breath control is out of this world. The band looks and sounds outstanding. I really hope you post more behind the scenes footage like you have been on Instagram.

This won the internet. Everyone else pack it in for the day this just wins. I've been waiting years for something i never thought i'd hear. thanks so much.

This is fandom at its best. 11/10 for Mass Effect fan content and 11/10 for Gilbert and Sullivan interpretation, I am in awe, I have no notes.

The thing that delights me most about this functional easter egg from the game is that, per canon, *nobody in Mass Effect learns other languages normally*. It’s all translators that work really well, albeit imperfectly on rare occasion. Which means one of two things: 1. Somehow Gilbert and Sullivan translate *perfectly*, down to the syllables, into a language developed by a completely separate evolutionary tree. 2. Mordin went out of his way as an already short-lived species to learn English so well that he can sing a G&S homage/parody perfectly off-the-cuff like this.

"Ah, ology suffix. Not difficult!"

This video is my 8-month-old's favorite thing in the world right now. He lights up when he hears the opening notes and starts grinning madly when the vocals start.

What? Will Roland AND Mass Effect? What an excellent day.

The grin the singer had throughout made this all the better.

I absolutely love the rhyme-finding bits. Great in the original, but perfectly updated to fit his personality and the new lyrics of the song.

We do not deserve this G&S parody at all. Fantastic work from everyone on this, incredible arranging Charlie! Will was incredible as always. Thank you so much for your incredible arrangements and for renewing people's love of video game music - LONG LIVE VIDEO GAME MUSIC!

This is about 10 years late...but I couldn't be happier it's finally here.

"I've cut up more Batarians than Torfan's famous butchering" is FOUL lmao

I am so glad I live on an earth where the people who love this as much as I do actually get together and make such an amazing masterpiece. Thank you. This feels... Right.

Never before have I needed something so desperately and never known until I received it.

Theres something just FUCKING AMAZING that Mass Effect this amazing little trilogy still has a fanbase making incredible content for it decades.

His Ego is so dense, it causes the Mass Effect Phenomenon.

Full length Mass Effect opera suit confirmed.

This Will Roland guy is phenomenal!

"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong" I'm not crying, I just got salarian ash in my eye

I'm so glad there was enough Interest to make a full version of this 😆😆

This is amazing! But also, congrats on your latest Tony Award! 🎉🎉

Tunes of Gilbert & Sullivan shall ring throughout the ages... in one form or the other.

This is such a specific cross between Pirates of Penzance and Mass Effect that I’m so glad I know and understand

I haven't played mass effect, but after listening to this song, I might. Edit: I'm currently in the middle of the second one and I'm having a blast. I've recently done Mordin's loyalty mission and it was really interesting how they deal with the ethics of what he did. Edit 2: I've just now finished Mass Effect 3 and I liked almost all of it, even though the ending felt a little bit weird. This game series might be one of the best.

I don't care how, I don't care if it doesn't make sense, I need this version of the song to be an Easter egg in the next Mass Effect game. Fantastic job everybody!

I am incredibly impressed that all the vocalists pronounced everything so perfectly

This is DEFINITELY getting played on the drive to work

This was one of the saddest sacrifices you could make in Mass Effect. Fantastic song

This deserves the highest musical awards!

This is just...a triumph. My goodness. My GOODNESS.

Great scientist, talented singer, special forces member, a Gigachad, and a true friend. RIP Mordin.

Guys! This is unreal...! Tears came to my eyes while I was continously smiling. I just can't believe that this performance with so much talent, humor and intelligence does actually exists. AMAZING! ✨

I'm replaying Mass Effect 2 and mentioned this to my friend. Tonight, as I was working on the very mission to retrieve Mordin, I get a text from him linking this video. That's video game magic right there. Incredibly well put together, this was such a treat to experience. Thank you!!!

Oh this was good. More than anything I can't wait to see the cast's reaction when it reaches them- I just can't see a world where they don't appreciate this as much as we all do.

"It had to be done rightly and so he's the one it had to be." Ohhh.. that hurts.

This was incredible! Cheers to the animator who came up with all the whiteboard artwork! 😂

I am unable to give this the amount of likes/loves that it deserves. Well done. This needs to be in his eulogy.

MAN I just wanna give this three-to-five thumbs up... I always loved that skit in ME2, seeing it expanded into a full-length song is just *marvelous!*

Right in the feels. You can feel the love of the character and lore. 10/10, will listen to on repeat.

This is amazing work! I never expected to see a full version of this 14 years after ME2's release!

Truly one of the most fun and memorable "easter eggs" found in any game, I was delighted when Mordin began singing, and I've gone back over it a number of times just to make sure I got all of the lyrics. THANK YOU so much for putting the lyrics on-screen for the performance! Bravo, my friends. Bra-vo.

in a MONTH????

Holy shit, my man is siting the actuary tables! He's going hard!

I damn near cried watching this. That's how happy it made me. Bless you guys.

This made my Sunday! Thank you for honoring our dear scientist Salarian!

I have been rewatching this for days. The lyrics are so magnificently written! Can't even begin to choose which parts are my favorite. I almost cried at "It had to be done rightly and so I'm the one it had to be." Thank you for this cover created with love!!

Got this in recommendations semi-randomly (didn't look for this video specifically, but was interested in ME content). Puzzled how someone can put this much effort into this song, but it is beautiful. Mordin is love.

I adore the small interjections that suggest he's literally making up the lyrics as he goes.

I've never even played any of the Mass Effect games, and I think I've listened to this three dozen times. Well done!

This was…terrifyingly impressive! Can’t imagine how much time and practice went into this one.

This was a gem to randomly come across. I always wanted to hear a full version of this song with instruments and all. I shared this with my friends without a second thought. 😊

A literal masterpiece.

I can't give this performance enough praise for how fantastic it was, I always wondered and hoped I'd get to see someone do a full version (although I'm not *too* familiar with Gilbert and Sullivan). Mordin was incredible throughout our entire time with him and I felt it was a big mistake Bioware never cashed in on it. The tempo was phenomenal, I didn't expect I'd ever find someone that could do his voice proper justice and the lyrics are excellent. Bravo to everyone that took part.

This video filled me with unparalleled amounts of joy. Life has been hard as of late and that gave me the biggest excitement and smile I've had in a long time. Major thanks to everyone involved. You're all so talented. Mass Effect was life changing for me and this song to honor it is one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed.

How did I miss this! Brilliant lyrics, superb guest, and of course always a vibrant top-notch job done by the band.

I've wanted a full Scientist Salarian song since I first played the game 10 years ago. Thanks for this.