Nah man, thank YOU! Thank you for making this banger of a track completely free to use. It gets better, even opting for "attribution not required" meaning you don't even have to mention in the description that the song is in the video, it's the safest kind of song to use in content on KZfaq. That is so incredibly generous! Also ultimately how I found this track! I had been demonetised with my previous Dankmus project and really didn't want to go through that again and opted for only the SAFEST songs possible, BOOM. Scarlet Fire was found. Your studio is cool as heck btw, no wonder you crank out such phat tracks. 💕 Frank says nothing 🐍

He even knows about Dank Pods. This is amazing

This guy's the king of youtube audio library tracks

the nuggetphones should be thankful they had the privilege to be blown up to this masterpiece of a song

This might be the first time I hear this without it being 1000x times louder than it should and a speaker blowing up in the process

Wait, Scarlet Fire and Mighty Fine share a sample? Dang dude what a banger. Both are some of your top used songs.

Otis McDonald has to be the best royalty free music maker ever. This song will forever be remembered as an internet classic next to basically everything Kevin MacLeod has made.

It's crazy how behind every odd free-use song you get, there is an artist who put soul and work into the piece. It's very easy to forget. I'd love to see a collab between you and Mr. Dank Pods, it just sounds like a really good time.

Woah I never knew “scarlet fire” and “mighty fine” shared a sample! You should do more of these !

The Man The myth The legend and the creation of the most iconic destruction theme ever 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The fact Otis is still in the comments interacting is so cool to me! Love the song! Hopefully it isn’t the last thing my headphones hear though 😂😂

I never thought I'd see the artist of the song shoutout the funny ipod guy who blows up stinky earphones! This really warms my heart, thank you for all you do Otis, you're a godsend to the KZfaq Audio Library and your tracks are absolute bangers!

'Scarlet Fire' was the first piece I'd ever heard from you a few years ago. Which then led me down the rabbit hole of listening to more and more of your creations!!! Thank You . 😊

Scarlet Fire is always the track I reach for when I have friends over. I just lead in with, "Do you wanna listen to a banger of a song?" Every friend of mine walks away with a huge smile on their face! It was really neet to see how you created such an iconic track!

Thanks for making this amazing song so that Dankpods can blow up headphones! He wouldn’t be able to blow up headphones without copyright infringement if it wasn’t for you. You have definitely earned a like and sub!

Scarlet Fire is still *burning* inside everyone's heart.

I finally got to hear the full original sample after all these years. Thank you! Hope you are doing well! Keep making music!

out of all non copy right music you make some of the best and most recognizable music on youtube

The fact that you kept the original project file after 8 years

I remember the old Making Of you did for Mighty Fine showing this sample and everything, so as soon as this popped up I knew immediately what sample was gonna pop up

i love when the artist shows how they’re work is made

Still not over how amazing the original sample is!

I found you through a baking video where they used hang ups. The song instantly stuck with me and since then it's still my favorite when coding. Ive been listing to it for years on repeat and neither does it get boring, nor does it disrupt me, absolutely incredible. I was quite surprised when I found Scarlet Fire and felt really nostalgic hearing not for nothing again. Many KZfaqrs I used to watch back in my childhood used that song. Just wanted to tell my personal story about you and say thanks for the awesome music

So surreal to hear the original sample after hearing the song so many times

I cannot believe this, this is amazing, this guy is a legend in the "free to use" music industry, and to know that he knows DankPods, that's amazing... like two worlds which were not meant to be together uniting anyway

I just want to say thank you Otis for making this absolute hit of a song. I found it because of DankPods and I have since used it in my own videos here on KZfaq a few times and its such a nice song. I cannot thank you enough for making it. Any time I need music Scarlet Fire will be in a video!

That choppy, plucked sort of sound from the novation, on its own, spurred me to get back into music production. That sound is just... fun, and I wanted to play with sounds that were equally bizarre to me coming from the world of piano and jazz

Okay, but can I say that the original sample concept absolutely slaps too though? Can we get a full version of that? 😃

This song has such a good beat, This guy is a king!!!!!!!!!

Since your song is freely available, will you ever consider doing a public release of the stems for the sake of remix and education? Because when I was learning DAWs and what not, I had some MJ stems (don't ask me how I don't remember) and it was endless fun messing with them and mixing them. I'd imagine that your stuff would be much of the same. ❤️

you and Kevin Macleod are the kings of free to use music, and thank you for making this absolute banger of a track

Its impressive how much a little goes a long way, made with few pieces yet it comes together to form what many would call a masterpiece.

The best song to blow up headphones with ❤️

The fact that you took the time out of your day to reply to each and everyone of these comments while making banging music is bloody amazing keep up the good work!

Let me just say I am so impressed with how simple this song is but at the same time how amazing it is. You sir are so talented at blowing up earbuds and speakers as well as making music 😂

I can't believe it's been seven years since the music was out. Man time flies so fast

It's always interesting to see the artists behind music that's achieved a sorta "meme" status like, talking about the piece. Way back when, the guys that made Astronomia talked about it, and it was pretty fun to see the creative side behind what people have fun with, I guess? Idk how to describe it.

this is so unbelievably cool hearing all the individual parts of the song separately

this is how you can truly tell one someone has a passion for their work, replying to every comment is so heartwarming, do you have a favorite baseball team?

now its the reason why i will blast any old pair of stinkbuds with this song

Scarlet Fire is my fav song by far. Make's me laugh so much when testing audio equipment and on my super bassy Skullcandy Crushers. Keep up the good work!

God damn Otis you’ve made all the best youtube library music lol, keep making the bangers man.

Bro Otis you're making this look so damn easy but you're an artiste. Banging

I’ve been seeing your song on TV commercials, and my reaction was “IS THAT SCARLET FIRE?”. Haha, amazing song

Bro... This is an amazing song. My friend got this song No.1 in his Spotify Wrapped. Masterpiece.. (chef's kiss👌)

Woah! I did not know "Mighty Fine" came from Scarlet Fire! You knew your boy was gonna know!

Seeing him acknowledge DankPods has made me so happy. He fueled so many soundtracks to famous KZfaqrs!!

Honestly, one of my favorite tracks ever and I'm so happy that it's safe to use on KZfaq. Thank you

Whenever I see a pair of earbuds, this song always plays momentarily in my head.

That sample is legendary man, I would love to hear a full version of it

this song will always gonna be one of my favorites in my playlist

Otis is one of the purest people on earth. Love your songs man. ❤❤

i remember finding this song in like 2018-2019 with my buddy and we had this on loop for hours. really cool to see how it was made

Man music making requires so much skill! Keep on making banger tunes and blowing up pods!

Probably the only freeuse track, that is actually in my day to day playlist, such a good way to start your day, driving to work. Maybe I should set it as my alarm🤔

finally the making of the song that destroys bootleg headphones! i mean all the bits of the song split up sound weird though lol

Damn, you're on fire responding to and hearting so many of the comments. You deserve all the praise that is being showered on you. Especially for generously providing such good music for people to use

feels surreal hearing the original sample

Just imagine... On April 20th... We get... The official dankpods x Otis McDonald Collab. I truthfully think it'd break streaming records.

This man not only mentioned my favorite KZfaqr But also showed us how he created a masterpiece that is scarlet fire I literally listen to this everyday in my phone with my headphones while I am out riding my escooter and it made everything feel like I am in a movie Thank you Otis McDonald for making the best music ever

This really deserves a very high end flac sound quality This is a really good song!

Because of scarlet fire I started using royalty free music as background when I stream. Playlist always starts with scarlet fire. Thank you

Nearly a thousand comments and my guy hearted all of them, legendary song, legend of a guy

I’m a fan of DankPods and that’s how I found your music. You’re a rock star!! Also it turns out I’ve heard a lot of your stuff in my KZfaq browsing sessions, I just had no idea it was you. You make YT so much safer for creators and so much more fun for viewers. Glad to see you’re getting at least some of the recognition you deserve.

Your humbleness is something to aspire to. That studio is looks like a playground. Good on ya Otis.

the entire Otis McDonald library is fantastic

You made scarlet fire AND mighty fine!!!

Beyond Dankpods and the Chord Mojo-powered Audio Device DESTRUCTION, Scarlet Fire's honestly big catchy and I'm glad it's become this popular. I'm a fan!

This song deserves an extended version!

Otis passed the vibe check fr. Love you man!

I blast this song in my car... the best night ride I've ever felt...

The sample 🔥🔥🔥

What a amazing song! I listen to it everyday on the train great way to start a day

Who knows that the creator of the (maybe) most chaotic song in youtube is a wholesome man

Man when you break it down it doesn’t feel like it should work, but put it all together and it’s a banger.

What an absolute banger of a song, this is on my roadtrip playlist and literally all my friends jam out to this.

Absolute props for making it free to use, it is unironically a bop! I have certainly heard it before but DankPods made it more popular. Love it when people like you still exist! Thank you!

This was the song that I was listening everytime I play solo queue goodbye mountain dew days.

u should do a livestream where u make a song, i mean just watching this is extremly entertaining!

It's so cool to see the process behind such an iconic royalty-free song, Otis absolutely spoils us by making jams like this completely royalty free

As a fellow sound engineer, thank you for this, it allows me to blast the headphone killer through PA systems, such a amazing song to eq.

I love the "texture" of the song with the higher frequencies (I can't explain well lmao)

Holy shit. This video has 700+ comments and nearly all of them have a reply from Otis, some of them even have several replies. That's dedication right there folks.

The making of Scarlet Fire 🔥! Awesome video! One of my favorite Otis Tracks! #Boop

Man, this song can cure any sign of sadness I get from time to time. Thank you for dropping this banger, and thanks to DankPods for making this song more known!!

I unironically loves Scarlet Fire it's an actual banger. Thanks for Dank Pods for introducing me to it, it's now in my favorite music playlist.

i’ll forever associate this with content cop intros, classic youtube memories

Thanks to Scarlet Fire I can finally have a song worthy of blasting! This is amazing Otis.

Thank you Otis for making this absolute banger of a song!! Absolutely legendary!

My name, Scarlett, comes from this song! A wonderful song with a wonderful name.

I’m glad Otis is aware of dankpods and this song being used to destroy head-p-hones

This is so cool, I’m glad you know DankPods. You’ve done a good job on Scarlet Fire

We did it boys! THEYRE GETTING WARM

every time i listen to scarlet fire i can hear the sample, great

Otis McDonald is out here responding to all the comments...what a legend!

I'm just glad with how all this came together. I love the video style here, breaking down everything and showing all the different sources that lead to something like this. The playthrough isolating certain parts, as someone always interested in music creation but overwhelmed with how everything comes together to make a cohesive sound, especially with a work like Scarlet Fire, this is great. And thanks for shouting out Dank Pods, obviously like many I'm here because of him, and the acknowledgement means a lot. This is just such a cool moment for youtube - that kind of crossover, organic connection that feels more early internet than the sponsorships and collabs we get now. Can't wait to find out more about Otis

Otis, thank you for making such a banger. All the love sent, you make such good music and deserve all the love.

Before searching for this video, I made the statement out loud that I bet that Dankpods made this track popular! :) I won't talk about the nostalgia about the original sample. You and Dankpods have done a fantastic job!

The first time i remember hearing otis mcdonald was around the golden era of idubbz, leafy etc on youtube. Havent heard anything of him in a while and years later Dankpods posts about him. Glad to have found this again What we do here is go back (back back back)…

I'm always fascinated by people's creative processes. I loved the way you basically used the sample as notes on a keyboard to create the foundation of the song.