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6:09 Fun fact; you can kind of play that scale on the character select screen, each character has a different guitar note

Please please PLEASE look at the Spy's theme "Right Behind You" if you ever revisit TF2. That song is so menacing in a field full of goofy scores.

I cant unhear the dialogue with “Intruder Alert” “Red Spy is in the base!”

There's just something so contagious about Charles getting excited by music

I know correlation isn't causation, but all of the really cool youtubers end up being fans of TF2.

The TF2 soundtrack, along with the game, is a timeless masterpiece.

I never thought TF2 would be on this channel but it’s definitely deserved

TF2 has a special place in my heart as a semi-retired gmod shitposter, soundtrack lives rent free in my head from the hours I spent feeding the enemy team on Harvest

It's interesting how an FPS where the music is rarely heard outside of the main menu has one of the greatest soundtracks of all time.

11:30 I just realized they actually timed the medic's actions to the music! When he pushes up his glasses and flips the switch on his medigun, it's perfectly on beat.

Fun fact: the class choosing sound effect in the class selection screen is literally the harmonic scale of E Minor, for a guitar.

I love the video, but Im so mad you didn’t mention the saxophone solo in the Medic theme song, The fact that the soloist is completely being over shadowed by everyone else created the perfect chaotic atmosphere of the Medic himself

I can't tell you how much I longed to see someone of your musical caliber finally, appreciate the amazing music thate is this score. Shame you can't hear a bit more of it in the game.

12:52 I can't tell if that was intentional but that was a spot on impression.

Valve's music during this time period was astounding. The music in L4D and L4D2 were fantastic, the heavy percussion that would build upon hoards of zombies added to the confusion and fear that you felt trying to survive.

YES! He finally covered it! The best video game of all time.

The trailer for the Mann Vs. Machine update has one of my favorite pieces of music. That was seriously the most excited I was for anything in my entire life.

it's insane how the soundtrack perfectly encapsulates the gameplay in every way possible, the chaos of the big band with the multiplayer deathmatch lobbies, constant death and fighting but everything is stylized in a cartoonishly way, taunts and such create this charming and fun place in a warzone, the mission impossible style instruments in the background as a constant reminder that the spy could be anywhere, it's just great a shame that they only used them in the trailers and main menu instead of the actual game the trailers enhance the songs so well i can't stop thinking about it whenever i listen to the songs themselves

I want to know if Charles intended to sound like the Medic laughing at 10:37.

It's a nice thing to see that everyone loves TF2 and still does, cheers from the TF2 community

“Chaotic Big Band” is the perfect name for this style of action/spy thriller music. To me, one of the best examples is the Archer theme, which builds up all the 60s secret agent tropes until it appropriately collapses in a hilarious mess of trumpets. Might be worth an analysis?

I’ve got about 3000 hours in Tf2 myself, the soundtrack is one of the reasons I and many others absolutely adore it. It creates the perfect cartoony action atmosphere that makes it so unique.

Would love to see you cover some of the other songs on this soundtrack. ROBOTS!, Rocket Jump Waltz, and A Little Heart to Heart are definitely on my list of favorites.

man he goes so in depth that im sad that he tends to only talk about two or three songs in a whole OST. that in depth stuff though is god damn great.

I am 100% convinced no one before or since has made, or will ever be able to make character intros as good as these. They're so goddamn fantastic, the detail in the animations, the inflexions in the voices and mood of the scenes, I never get tired of rewatching them. In fact, I think I'm due for a rewatch right now.

Shoutouts to how this bassline also gets used in-game as part of a sound effect, specifically the Duel Challenge/Accept/Deny(?) sounds.

There is something just so special about the tone twist in "drunken pipe bomb" at around 01:04. It feels like you're in a safe place, and suddenly get raided by a hoard of angry Scotts. Here are some others that I really like: "Medic!" feels like a power fever dream. "The calm" is a brotherhood's call to arms. "Faster than a speeding bullet" is incredibly fast paced and adrenaline pumped.

On one hand, the soundtrack was SO much better than it ever needed to be. But that's everything about TF2! ALL of it was better than it needed to be. Valve at at its best made games that were really good and would have sold wonderfully well but it went the extra several miles. Let's not forget that the music was recorded by Valve Studio Orchestra. Valve hired a goddamn orchestra! The release of Meet the Medic (and its music) was, in my eyes, the absolute height of Valve's powers.

Team fortress is a timeless masterpiece. The gameplay, the style, the music. They’re all great! It’s nice seeing you breakdown those themes I heard a lot growing up Wow that’s amazing! I’ve always watched you but to be learning from you at that price. I’ll get myself one.

every valve ost and character is a masterpiece.. i miss them 😢

The theme called "The Calm" (and its counterpart theme, "Robots!") are some of the *stankiest* tracks. I break into a smile and stank face whenever those tracks on the ost come on, they're amazing. Loved TF2 ever since it's beta. Such an incredible game.

Dude i would LOVE LOVE LOVE if you covered all of the songs from this game in their entirety, it's such an amazing soundtrack from a game that everyone loves and I would kill to get some more of your insane in-depth knowledge on all of its pieces!

Needs a Team Fortress 2: 2. Got to hit Rocket Jump Waltz. I am afraid to look at the hours count in my Steam library.

I love how Charles talks about some deeper harmonic concepts (for a beginner like me), then stops to explain what a tritone is. :P

I am glad someone else thinks this game has the best OST ever made in the universe. The shop music, they removed, in MvM is godlike.

I have a brother whom dislikes music in his games. He'll turn it off. Man is a damn fool. To me the sound, the music is a massive critical part of the game. Great scores elevate a game and sub par ones find me wanting.

*opens TF2 *opens youtube to watch something while i play *new charles cornell video, posted 40 minutes ago *it's about tf2

I've always really loved Rocket Jump Waltz, was a little sad you didn't cover it! Awesome game, awesome soundtrack.

0:15 It's not a Good Guy's Theme... It's not Bad Guy's Theme... It's a MERCENARY'S Theme

This, and the Left 4 Dead soundtracks were an absolute blast to record. Morasky is untouchable.

What's cool about the sound in tf2 too is that the main ideas heard here (moving up a minor third then back down, and moving down one half step) are also used in game as notification sounds. Always loved how musically unified it made the game feel.

I just started picking up the piano and even just by watching your videos I’ve learned quite a bit. Excited to see what the course has to offer!

I know absolutely nothing with pianos but I love the tf2 sound track so much, I will die on the hill that this game has the best soundtrack in gaming

Valve has stated that they literally based the TF2 soundtrack (and overall design) on The Incredibles, that you also did a video of. That's why it all ties to spy movies, The Incredibles was emulating that and Team Fortress 2 was emulating The Incredibles. It's, you could say, incredible stuff.

We need more. Like spy's theme, pyro's theme, the song right before the mercs go to fight the robots, engie... man this soundtrack is just goated XD

The “modal blowout” at 2:08 is so reminiscent of the GRP big band arrangement of My Man’s Gone Now it’s uncanny

2:09 *rips a sick ass solo with zero effort* "haha thatd be fun"

DeGroot keep’s final point song. 2178 hours and counting…it’s still living on. TF2 just never seems to die

Tf2 is an incredible game.

I haven't watched the whole video yet but just that isolated bass line screams TF2 to me. Leitmotif at its finest.

I love how he literally stopped the song to re-watch meet the medic I just KNOW he watched it all the way through lol

something about those absolutely SCREAMIN' trumpets! I cannot get enough. This soundtrack is phenomenal.

The music in TF2 is somehow chaos，disorder，somehow funny，like the game itself. The music of TF2 has a Jazz style fits really well with its background story

the music in tf2 makes the gameplay so much more fun

I just recently came across tf2 as I was scrolling through Steam for hours when I was sick and one of the best decisions ever in my life was to start playing it! I absolutely love the game and my favourite theme has to be the medic introduction theme.

Being a trumpet players, every single tf2 song has me grinning from ear to ear.

I recommend checking out the musical cues in L4D2 (another Valve game) and how they are used dynamically to indicate which types of Special Infected have spawned, how close they are to players, their status, etc. Every single Special Infected has its own little motif and they are all super recognizable, even when played on top of one another. The devs have talked about it a bit in various places (including in-game commentary). Also, the L4D1 motifs got reused but restyled with new instrumentation & production to suit the new settings of the sequel.

I got wine drunk in college playing TF2 and listening to Panic at the Disco. Good college times.

Have been playing for 11 years and have probably around 5000 hours in the game and still love it. Source games are just built differently

Barely know anything about piano, but hearing all those chords I've heard for years broken down is awesome

This music is similar to Giacchino's Incredibles score, especially those trumpets.

I love how the Medic's angelic choir turns dark right after the first chord

Favorite game of all time, the aesthetics of this soundtrack are baked into my childhood

I'd love to see a sequel video covering some of the more "out there" songs in the soundtrack. The ones straying from the jazzy action movie thing.

Finally! The music from this game is so well thought out and so unique compared to a lot of video game music.

The very first thing I thought when hearing this was: INCREDIBLES Which is a huge compliment as the Soundtrack for INCREDIBLES is probably still My favorite of all time (or at least in the top 5)

Seeing Charles being excited about "Medic!", going full nerdy like "Here's the theme! Here's the theme!!" and laugh like a maniac when the choir drops, somehow makes me happy and envious of him.

9:28 Fun fact, theres actually another way that you can "growl" on saxophone that I find easier than humming. If you play while making a gargle sound in the back of your throat (sounds like perry tha platypus or when someone rolls their r's) you can get a really nice growl sound.

1:43 Pretty sure it goes B-B-B-A-A-Bb-B instead of B-B-B-Bb-Bb-B-B. Might be a little different from what I typed but I'm pretty sure it has that A in there because it's played in E minor blues.

@9:11 "And regardless of what it is, it sounds fantastic" My knowledge of music theory in a nutshell.

This is so great, brings back so many memories. I remember I used to play the Engineer's theme on guitar all the time in college when I just wanted to noodle around a bit! I absolutely love the traditional old-west style major into the minor TF2 leitmotif. So sick. Absolutely incredible music in TF2, great video, man!

10:31 scout laugh lol

I DID always wonder how they do that on the saxophone!

I love that he just laughs like a madman like the medic

The greatest thing about the soundtrack is that we didn’t have to stop any of the songs so the trumpets could fix a mistake

Omg yes the episode about TF2, the game that helped me become the band nerd I was in high school, let's gooooo Also, kinda surprised Charles played it a lot too, nice

1500 hours on spy, played the game for over 8 years. The music and shorts are so nostalgic and fun to go back to!

I love seeing the title of a KZfaq video change the second time I look at it

i would never have though Charles was a TF2 player...

Charles’ laugh at 2:07 is just deliciously diabolical

This video came out at just the right time. I played the piano with some simple stuff for the first time in years with my 10 year old sister and I just played TF2 for the first time for a while just today.

2:10 Every teacher ever. Can’t help themselves adding quartal harmony to everything.

Genuinely never quite understood how this OST was even allowed to be this incredible. I loved hearing you talk about it, I just cannot get tired of this score at all

i swear the title used to be "how team fortress 2 made spy music goofy"

Please do a part 2 or revisit it! My favorite tracks are the mvm theme and the rocket jump waltz..

*playing with danger* Cornell: yeah yeah yeah _no you did not_

5:49 I LOVE how frantic the trumpet becomes at this drop. God I love TF2

It's in my name, it's in my brand. TF2 has been my everything, and boasting a lifeless 8000 hours (and counting) into the game, it's great to see more people take a serious whack at the musical composition of the game. It's catchy, it's punchy, it's both chaos and beautifully orchestrated harmony. If there's more TF2 coming down the pipeline for Charles, I'd ask him to take a look at the more character focused themes. Right Behind You, More Gun, Drums of War, and the (unfortunately) latest addition of Jungle Inferno. All of these deserve their own breakdowns!

2:04, Question and Answer - Gary Burton. Not sure if that’s on purpose but that’s a classic.

I don't know why TF2 has this "season" of popping up almost out of the blue across youtube after it's been quite for some time, but I'm here for it. I still play this game every now and then, I'd say at least once a week. It's one of those games that just "stays" with me. Such great nostalgia to watch people bring it up again.

Valve: It’s just a silly fps game don’t go crazy on the soundtrack That one musician:

I think it might be in meet the sniper, but I’m pretty sure they use the ‘Magnum Force’ theme

What pirate plays the piano? Pirate of the Seven C's.

Charles, you didn't even get into the Rocket Jump Waltz!

I'd watch an entire series of you doing these TF2 songs! Seriously should consider doing everything from the animated shorts at the least!

This game has to have one of the best soundtracks I've heard

I love that despite it's age, TF2 is still getting the love it deserves

OMG I SWEAR I WAS WAITING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH CHARLES

The saxophone solo in the 'Meet the Medic' soundtrack is insane! And we can't forget how amazing the mvm songs are!