"So, what instrument does your party's bard play?" _looks at their elaborately-dressed artificer_ 'It's... complicated.'

My friend's tarantula saw this, he's a guitarist now.

For an instrument that looks like some Lovecraftian horror, it makes good music.

Imagine walking into an ancient, crumbling castle, and this instrument was in the middle of a chamber, just playing by itself...

2008 me: "Such impressive animation!" 2021 me: "The action on that 8-string is ridiculous!"

The compositional skill here is insane. Like, it’s one thing to write a cool song, it’s another to write a cool song with only string instruments, but it’s a whole other level to write a cool song with only string instruments that then looks cool when animated on imaginary instruments

This is literally SO underrated. Can't believe it's got 6.5K dislikes when not only does it SOUND this good, but the fact that it's animated 100% correctly in a world where they can't even animate someone to play 1 instrument correctly is just baffling

I went about 15 years thinking these videos were a figment of my imagination. It was always such a treat to watch these during music class in elementary school. Happy to have rediscovered them!

"How long did it take you to tune this?" "Yes"

KZfaq is just almost 12 years late to recommend me this...

It's such a beautiful melody, but it's almost haunting how it seems incomplete. There's a couple of instruments that aren't being used that seem to be missing pieces, and I just can't help but imagine what must've happened to the artificer who designed this instrument to leave his masterpiece unfinished.

I am here to tell the sad tale of Animusic. My father and I first saw this on a TV screen inside a best buy. We decided to investigate further and found out that they had made one movie the first one Animusic 1. He and I found it a great delight and went home and watched it several times within the next however long it was. We then caught wind of an Animusic 2. This proved to be fruitful. We did indeed find Animusic 2 and it was just as wonderful as the first one if not more. We then heard wind of a 3rd. We waited and waited and waited. And no Animusic 3 ever showed up. Well then the internet became a thing and in my later teenage years I decided to look up what happened to them. The software they used to animate ended up being not functional or they tried to upgrade it and they ran out of money something along those lines. And they could not make any music three and they gave up on that dream and there has never been anything like that since.

Fun Fact: The moon is a different phase every time the window is in view.

Imagine just hearing this music in a house, then walking into the room and seeing this goddamn thing playing itself

RIP to everyone looking for this nostalgic masterpiece.

I swear to everyone here, I will make this one day. I am a mechanical engineer hell bent on blending the worlds of engineering and music more than what it is today. Just like the Wintergatan, I will make stuff like this a reality one day.

My Grandfather passed away from cancer when I was 13, he was a very kind and caring man. He lived about 2 hours from my house and he would visit about 2 times a year and every time he came he would bring the animusic DvD with him. Its a treasured memory and I am so happy I found this again!

Therapist: Don't worry, the spider guitar can't hurt you. The spider guitar:

Here's something I bet you don't know. Even though though this song appears midway in the LP, it is actually the last ever made (and greatest) animusic piece from the whole 2-part series. I guess that is why it is my favorite.

Thank you for giving your eldritch horror proper enrichment! They’re very intelligent and sensitive creatures, and the popular perception of them as murderous is from understimulated individuals kept in improper environments. Giving them creative outlets makes them far less lethal!

Imagine this self-playing instrument just strumming the same song for eternity, with no one around to hear it... something about it feels so chilling and lonely

It had lain there for years-a testament to a dead civilization, long since gone and forgotten by time. For years, it had collected dust in the empty mausoleums of a civilization, patiently waiting for its masters to return and allow it to fulfill its purpose once more. One night, as the moon rose in a velvet-black night sky sprinkled with stars like diamond dust, a lone mouse searching for food happened upon this curiosity. It quickly came to realize it held no food, but as it left, it happened to accidentally trip a wire deep inside of it. Gears turned. Strings tightened. Pulleys went up and down, levers went back and forth, and echoing through an empty city of the dead, with nobody to appreciate it... The machine played its song once more.

I remember watching this in my 3rd grade music class way back in 2005. Crazy to think I'd see it again after nearly 20 years.

I was so blown away by Animusic when I first saw it on public television by both music, and graphics.

There’s like a Blu-ray disk full of these animations and they all have different music, and as a kid, I was obsessed with every one of them. I thought they were the coolest looking animations ever, and I absolutely loved the music. It was fascinating just watching how these worked and these videos always give me such a big feeling of nostalgia lmao ok that’s all cisgbfjajgcha

I remember my elementary school music teacher would show us these when she was too lazy to teach and it scared the shit out of me when I was a kid

this is impressive as hell, 14 years later and it's still better than a ton of people who consider themselves animating professionals

When I was about 7 years old my rather eccentric neighbor gave me the animusic 2 dvd, he was always very nice and gave me a lot of gifts that were always related to things I liked/was interested in and at the time I was learning to play guitar. This piece was my first exposure to the sound of a variety stringed instruments and I watched it probably a hundred times if not more. It made me understand fingerpicking much faster than just watching human guitarists and I had a visual representation of different musical parts building upon each other to create a whole song. I still love it

Atop a high tower on an abandoned planet slowly drifting away from its mother star, a strange instrument plays a hauntingly beautiful melody for seemingly hundreds of millennia. Nobody knows how it remained functional without the aid of its creators other than it’s mysterious organic mechanisms and ability to mend itself. It is said that the tower acts as a landmark for souls traveling across the Milky Way and a beacon for lost souls trying to find their way back.

this artifact is the eternal prison for the souls of seven bards

That beginning bass drop is the soul of this song

Remember hearing this as a child, still have a CD of it and man, can't say I didn't miss this animation music, since this is a world class masterpiece that is just way to unknown nowadays.

the amazing thing is that , even though it's "fake" , it is "correctly" playing the strings as if real .....

When you want to be a musician but your father wants you to be an engineer!

Animusic is such a formative memory for me, so it's a real treat for this to be recommended!

I remember my music teacher showed this to my class in fourth grade. It looks just as awesome now as it did all those years ago! She was totally amazing! I came back to see it again, and by the end, I noticed I was smiling without even realizing it. This is totally an amazing masterpiece!

This thing looks like it should be an SCP.

I remember in elementary school our music teacher would sometimes just turn Animusic DVDs on for us to watch. I'm turning 19 this year, and I'm still mesmerized by this song in particular. The way the "fingers" on the instrument work in tandem to strum their strings with no mistakes whatsoever (yes, I know it's an animation) was always something that intrigued me as a small 8-year-old. And the haunting interlude melody that plays between the more intricate upbeat portions helps capture the idea that perhaps this strange multi-acoustic device was created on a now long-abandoned world broadcasting the sound of what their creators had once created. If this was a real automated instrument I could buy, I wouldn't mind paying like, $10k for it at all. So cool.

Saw this in a thumbnail as I was scrolling, I hit my mouse so hard it shot across the table. I adore this. I love the beat, the bass drop, watching the 'fingers', noticing all the other things as it pans around, I get lost in this every time I watch it. There are things you remember throughout your life that stay with you forever, when I first saw this I was mesmerized. Absolute genius. Thank you.

I remember seeing these vids like these on my local PBS station and I was completely hypnotized by the musical tech of it all, not just the beauty of the music (especially when they did the bouncing balls, and laser light videos)

This makes me think of a story of a musician who just wanted to play music forever, catching the attention of a witch who then grants him his wish and infuses his soul with this intrument to play for eternity.

I remember watching this in elementary school... I'm 23 now. I was absolutely mesmerized by the animation and was in a battle of wondering if this was a real machine/instrument. I really couldn't tell at that age lol Still love this. Feels nostalgic

I have been searching for this for like 17 years. It was in the deepest recesses of my memory from elementary school

I absolutely love this song. It's my favorite out of all of animusic.

00:55 Is DISTURBINGLY beautiful. When that bass gets involved, there's a dark, but also elegant quality to that melody that gives me chills.

I love that there could be an entire empty world outside of these instruments with nothing but bizarre landscapes and scenery to explore. It’s such an unnerving yet cool concept

Holy buckets Batman, I'm in awe at how wonderful these crabs play together. This whole instrument must be a one of a kind. I've never seen anything like this before.

I've been watching these since I was maybe 4 or 5, and I'll continue to watch them til the day I die

I'd love to see this re-done in today's CGI abilities. 4k, accurate string tension and physics. Watched this farrrr too often back in the day

Never realized this was in 5/4, such a cool time signature

Music is essential to all walks of life. It's one of the timeless few things that delivers peace, happiness, and unity. It has the ability to take us into the deepest fantasies within our minds or bring us to our knees in tears. Thank you for this little ditty

There is something so beautifal here that I can barely articulate. its beautifal, i love how they move. It makes me feel so encouraged, so comforted, so relieved, and so determined

Yes, of course KZfaq would recommend this to me when I'm on shrooms.

Given how the harp section of the instrument never gets played, I like to think this was an unfinished machine. Perhaps the craftsman who'd spent his entire life on this one contraption slowly had what was left of his soul sucked out by the cruel passage of time. The harp was supposed to play itself, but the craftsman had little time left. The master craftsman could hear the ticking of the clock, and used his sweat, tears, blood, and poured the last fragments of soul to compose this lonesome song. As he took his last breath, what he heard was the sound of the instrument he'd worked on his whole life. Unfinished, yet undoubtedly his greatest masterpiece. His magnum opus. Slowly, he felt naught but the cold of the night, and the warm glow of the moonlight. His last thoughts were those of contentment with a hint of regret, wishing to the night sky that maybe someone, someday, under the same tender glow of the moon, could finish the legacy he had left behind. Even after the passing of this great mind, his instrument continues to play. Be it to an audience, or to the moon which its creator saw last. Eternally, until the world returns to the dust and void from which it came.

This was the most intense nostalgia I've felt in a while. being in my 30s now, looking back at this... it's, haunting.

These videos show up in my recommended at random points in time and whenever I see them it makes me unreasonably happy.

It plays for all eternity, so that time has something to listen to.

Yes, it is back in my recommended! Even after 6 years!

i remember my dad putting these on for me to watch as a kid. animusic was my childhood and i sure do miss it :(

This is incredible how did someone make this masterpiece

When you have an engineering assignment at 7 but a band performance at 8

I was OBSESSED with these videos as a kid. I'm so glad they found their way back to me.

All the strings make it look like the rigging on a ship, and it looks and sounds incredible!

This showed up in my recommended after 14 years. I had completely forgotten about this channel and it feels like a distant memory, I guess because it is, but this totally holds up even after all this time.

Random person: “so do you play an instrument The bard in the pub he is talking to: “why yes, I play the doubleelectricacousticviolincellobass crabspider stringed instrument or ‘DEAVCBCSSI’ for short

The Resonant Chamber: A grand machine made by the dwarves of old. The current location of the device is unknown. It is made entirely of living wood. For an hour each day, it plays a new masterpiece. When it's song for the day is complete, it appears to begin to re-tune itself and begin making up a new song for the next day. It is unknown if the device is sentient at this time. Annotation: SCP classification upped from "Safe" to "Euclid" after the accidental discovery of listeners growing exceedingly hostile against any and all things that may be considered to be interrupting the Resonant Chamber's song.

This was the last thing I shared with my Brother from Ohio when he came to visit me in Florida. Upon returning home a couple weeks later he went to the doctor was diagnosed with cancer and passed away the next month. Thank you 💞

animazing after all these year's.... we've found each other thru all the mascaraed, such a state of grace.. what a RUSH.

This gives a nostalgic feeling. Almost childhood like. It makes me want to explore this fictional world.

Could you imagine restringing this fucking thing?

Прекрасная музыка, это просто какая-то серенада под луной, " Лунная серенада ". Было всё так красиво и гармонично, просто загляденье. Спасибо 🙏 вам огромное за красивую музыку. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Oh my stars I haven't heard in a few years. When it first came out i was listening to this and all the other animusic but now that i found it again i intend to drive the people around me once again Crazy thank you and God Bless

I'm so TOTALLY going to use this in a future D&D campaign as something to give the players a clue or quest. Just picturing this thing makes me think of multiple souls of bards gone before their time, but their love of music and their will to keep playing anchored them to the material plane and turned them into this.

I remember watching this over and over as a kid and thinking "Imagine trying to tune that giant thing"

The great mind an Architect behind this magnificent piece of Art Instrument......Just an OMG

The imagination of music machine is just as impressive as the music !!

When the Artifacer takes 2 levels in Bard. "What string instrument is that?" "Yes."

People are saying "this looks creepy" etc. I never thought it was creepy. It is comprised of many instruments and plays this god-like song - it's beautiful.

the time signature in that first part is so weird, but so genius. it switches from 4/4 to 6/4 halfway through every bar, thats insane

What a bloody genius who built this machine unbelievable .

I am devoting my life to building this. I am 65 now. I shall be 108 when it is completed. It shall be magnificent.

This better be a real thing before I die

seeing this as a young kid rlly stood out to me glad i got this recommended at 22 now.

Many years ago when my music teacher played this video in class it has just stuck to my brain. It's like fever dream to me. I'm glad that I was able to come back to this nostalgic video.

HOLY HELL this is a throwback, I remember once in a while my music teacher would put this movie on for the class and I always thought this was the freakiest thing with the "spider" legs in my mind.

I don't know why but on the one hand this thing looks awesome and on the other hand it could be a creepy monster with those Finger.

I didn't say with my own eyes I wouldn't believe it that's freaking amazing well-crafted well music sounds great awesome on everybody who put their effort into making these things thank you!

Oooooh wooooow I remember this video, it was Years ago. And it was so amazing and beautiful that captivated my heart and here tonight, here it is.!!!! As a reminder of the true essence of my Soul.... Music 😍😍😍💖💖💖🙏🙏🙏

I remembered that one week when my Band instructor was sick, so he assigned the substitute to make us watch a whole bunch of these, it was interesting!

This is creepy af and I want it

For sure. I saw pogo sticks on TV in 2014 or somewhere around there, I was glued to the TV. I also investigated it further.I next saw resonant chamber and I was hooked. Then pipe dreams. Absolutely beautiful,stunning music. I didn't hear anything more. I have tried to find out what happened to the creators, not a lot of luck. And I totally agree with you that it's so sad whatever happened, because this kind of talent should be able to shine for the whole world to enjoy. I have the few videos that exist, this person or persons were brilliant. I hope they know that.

I've been watching this for years : )

2020: APOCALYPSE KZfaq: PLEASE ENJOY JAMMING SONGS

FINALLY FOUND IT I got this on DVD somewhere, but that has been lost a long time ago... At least now I can take comfort in knowing where I can find it.

I remember watching this video 15 years ago and getting hypnotized by it!!

I think I just found a video to watch for a crazy amount of inspiration...God has gifted me with this video of a stringed instrument that looks like an airship...stay in my life forever.

THIS CREEPED ME OUT SO MUCH AS A KID IN MUSIC CLASS OMG

This is super creepy. Imagine stumbling into this in a dark room covered in cobwebs and dust and it starts playing like a bunch of spiderlegs...

it hit my recommended after 3 years again and i've never been more excited to scratch that itch again!

What really impresses me is how much work had to go into calibrating this. It looks like it could easily be a 3D model but also like it could be a real-world thing.