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I know the struggle....

Its not the world. Its humanity that has lost the colors.

Never played the game when I was younger, but the track definitely still gives off those vibes.

Definitely in agreement here. The Pure Lands was an interesting place to be, the theme made it that much more magical. Another great place was where the song Ancient Dolphin played. Both places had very fitting music.

totally

This song certainly gave of a magical vibe. I was always induced with this feeling, that the world of Mana had still much more to offer and there were many more secrets to discover, just waiting under the surface, despite this song only appearing at the tale end of the game.

OH MY GOSH THIS COMMENT.

Yes 100% the most difficult part of the game ..if you wasn't well prepared for this part you wouldn't stand a chance

God yes, the Pure Land was a cast iron bitch to trog through. It is basically a long ass maze, boss gauntlet, and a true test of your endurance all rolled into one. When you got through it all though, it was so frigging rewarding!

SPOILER JUST IN CASE ANYONE READING HASN'T PLAYED YET: It was so much of I spike I had to look up what to do. Couldn't even get past the first few rooms without getting killed, and when I did finally get to the snake boss, I was dead in seconds. Once I found out you have to buy the best armor in the game by finding an obscure shop at the tree palace (the area right before the pure land) which is just around the castle, which I never would've thought to look. It was super easy after that, and the bosses weren't much of a threat. I don't know if I can call it the most difficult part, because without finding the obscure shop, it's nearly impossible, but with the armor it's not that hard.

@@1calv or grind your ass and magic too I usually dropped there when all my spells were level 7 and lv 70 ish. the best armors in the game is actually in the pure land from random monster drops like the best helmet for example, it can be rough to get them TBH.

@@TrollOmnipotence Griffin helm 👌🏻 the rest of the best armour/weapons are in the sky fortress ❤💪🏻

For me 2003. Hours of game with my syster

'94 was the darkest year of my life...the year I turned 17, growing up in a terrible home situation. Games like SoM and FF6 were my escape. And a year later, when I turned 18 and moved out, it's like a weight the size of a Mana Beast was lifted off my shoulders.

@@SimuLord Where are you now in life? My darkest time is now, fighting for my son in divorce. I'm 42 and coming back to this is saving my life.

Thanks! I'm glad there are other people out there who have the same emotional connection with the music, especially in the way it was arranged on the original system.

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Ah, I must have copied an old link. This should be the right one: discord.gg/bmABPS

Ah, true, I was slightly confused by that heh.

@@YYorle indeed, I had a hunch but wanted confirmation. "Still of the Night" is indeed the official title on the OST according to Hiroki Kikuta.

Looks like the "Pure Night" I got from my track list was a translation from the Japanese, where "Still of the Night" the title on the official English translation.

@@OrchestralFantasy still a beautiful rendition regardless. I've been watching your videos for a long time and you've done a splendid job capturing the essence of the originals with real instruments. That takes a Supreme amount of talent and passion for what you do. I also enjoy when you have others collaborate with you too. Does Danielle York have her own KZfaq channel? Because she's very talented and French Horn is not an easy instrument to play. Would love to hear more from her as well.

@@OrchestralFantasy I've always seen people call it "Pure Night" online.

I did a little bit of studio trickery. I put a compressor on the recorder that was sidechained to the glockenspiel, so whenever I hit a note there it would slightly turn down the volume on the recorder. I also faded all the long notes out so that it matched the volume decrease of the percussion.

@@OrchestralFantasy The level of effort here definitely comes across, fantastic work!

@@OrchestralFantasy Oo, man. I don't know how it works, but such tricks exist, eh. It's amazing how people could think those things to enhance their performance

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I think a little bit snuck in when I did limiting on the master. It's always nice to know people pay close attention :)

@@OrchestralFantasy is it like some kind of harmonic that accidentally summed to resonance and then clipped? because it comes in and out at the peaks it seems... like from 1:23 to about 1:40 it registers quite a few times. (i'm just asking to figure out where in the signal chain to look)

It probably reminded them of getting beaten up by Griffon Feet :)

@@OrchestralFantasy Or put to sleep by the mushrooms then beaten up by the feet... now I can't sleep.