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Nice job guys. I love James Horner. He was taken away from us way too soon. You should listen to the extended version to "Cocoon". It broke my heart. As for my top three: Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrman and John Williams will always be my holy trinity. For you younger composers: hang in there. I know people think you will be replaced by AI. That is bullshit. The torch has been passed to you. Continue the legacy of great music, because I know you can. Struggle is inevitable. Life is painful. Let your music reflect that and you will do fine. And you will be remembered.

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

It was delightful to hear all the different versions of the piece you pulled into this arrangement. It's a perfect touchstone for her work not only for its profound beauty, but also the fact that it spans the past two decades of her life.

The definition of short, but sweet.

Austin Wintory? And Kingdom Hearts? YES

didnt expect to see kingdom hearts. What a lovely subdued arrangement especially those low string lines

I’m replaying the series for the gazillionth time now that it’s on Steam, truly one of the most beautiful OST’s! Beautiful arrangement, Austin, there would been many a shiver down people’s spines I’m sure!

I love that final swell of the strings

I bought the CD immediately after viewing the film in the theater. The music is so beautiful and so unsettling. It makes my wife too anxious so it's always a headphone listen. Lucky me.

Love it. So incredibly deserving. Her music has been part of my whole gaming life going back to Street Fighter 2.

This just made my entire day! Thank you so much for doing this 🥺❤️

Legitimately one of my favorite composers (don't worry Austin, you're up there too). I got to see her perform when I saw the World of Tres concert in NYC. It was an amazing surprise.

What a fantastic piece, thanks for sharing Austin.

I never even played this game myself, just watched people. And this music is still absolutely burned into my soul. It's so beautiful.

Parasite Eve was my first Yoko soundtrack that made me pay attention. Hope they remake that game because it was unique.

The soundtrack of my childhood

Was so cool to see this Live!

As a longtime fan of both Shimomura's work, as well as yours, this small snippet of Dearly Beloved was a true treat to hear. Thank you Austin, for honoring her, as well as the series, in your own beautiful way. ❤

My hero! 😍 One of the greats!

So good! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

God bless Yoko and her work on lots of JRPGs.

Man only a couple of notes in this many years later and this track still gives me chills.

One of my all time favorite pieces of video game score. Excellent arrangement Austin :)

Yoko Shimomura ❤❤❤

That was really precious... Hope she liked it

So happy you posted this, thanks Austin!

Great talk! Now we need the ultimate Star Wars roundtable with Williams, Haab, and Kiner!

🎉Yay🎉 New music to check out 🎉🎉🎉

Gracias por esa hermosa pieza musical .

Between Grim Fandango and Psychonauts, I will always have a deep respect for Peter McConnell's work. One of the most underrated VG composers.

❤ it ❤ Thanks for making these events a reality, and, sharing it for everyone to see.

Did like his score for Braveheart.

Horner, not my favorite, imatated Goldsmith quite often. Patriot Games, Alien 2.

Jerry Goldsmith is my favorite composer of all time. I own his music on vynle and cd. Planet of the Apes, the Prize, Seconds, Adrian Messenger, the Satan Bug, i purchased when i was in high school in 1959, im now 82. and when im out walking or whatever, im listening to his music with earbuds. .my history with film music goes all the way back to Alfred Newman, Herrmann, North, Roszsa, Koerngold, so i count myself for being able to experiance all these great composers first hand so to speak. I love Goldsmith's inventiveness. There were actually times id go to a movie, just to hear his music!

devastated. I saw this days ago and got so excited I applied without realizing it was over already😭

Incrível

12 years later, and this still packs the same punch. A wonderful piece of music.

You're doing beginner composers like me a HUGE FAVOR when you make videos like these Austin, thank you so much for the generosity of your content! I can't wait to watch more of your videos!

oh gosh i always have goosebumps, it always happens to me whenever ashley starts singing

Amazing work and tribute Austin! 👏🏽

Okay the 2001 Space Odyssey docking scene score by Alex North absolutely blew my mind hearing that without context and then discovering it's backstory... like just... *HOW???* I'm always trying to expose myself to as many scores as I can, and my brain was starting to short circuit trying to put THAT score to THAT scene in my head. The crazy thing is I was enjoying the music itself quite a bit, it had a unique energy to it with the strings and winds passing back and forth and such. But it sounds so beyond unrelated to 2001, it is amazing to hear about this for the first time. I had no idea there was a rejected score for this movie up until now. Stuff like this is why I love this series, always look forward to future episodes!

I got introduced to Laura Bailey and Ashley Johnson through those roles in Critical Role Campaign 1. This has the unfortunate side effect that I had a full blown animatic of Vex and Pike duetting this playing in my head while listening to this song.

Very relaxing makes you wanna pray to Jesus

my next music kit i will be getting