SOULLESS: Generations

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Welcome to "Soulless: Generations" - my take on the Soulless songs that have dominated the Guitar Hero scene for well over a decade.
The original "Soulless" was released over 15 years ago. That song was written with only a few synths, and is widely regarded as the least polished song of the series. But as time went on, ExileLord (the composer) found his footing and released some mammoth sequels to the song, ending with the 17-minute "Soulless 5". It was a challenge to bring all five of these songs together in a representative way that sounded like a fresh and coherent piece of music.
This piece is primarily orchestral rock - though we explore many other genres of music throughout the piece including pure orchestra, classical, jazz, and even electronic. The orchestra glues the piece together as it travels through various movements. Many transitions are smooth, but some are intentionally jolting - reflecting the often unpredictable nature of the Soulless series.
Since the release of the original "Soulless", an entirely new generation of rhythm gamers have entered the scene. People who were not active in the scene during the rhythm gaming boom of the late 2000s have now joined in and brought these games back to life. If you fall into that category, I recommend taking a dive into the depths of CZcams and watching some of the very old playthroughs of these songs. It was quite a different community back then!
Conceptions for this piece began five (!) years ago. I had many sections mapped out in my head, and even made a few demo recordings. But these were never released, and I ended up putting this piece on the backburner for quite a few years. Though in retrospect, this decision significantly improved the final product. My compositional skills have grown in the past five years, and technology has swiftly advanced. This piece would not be possible without the recently developed SWAM Audio Modeling software, which physically models almost every relevant orchestral instrument in the winds, brass, and strings families. The technology is astounding. Gone are the days of gigabytes of pre-recorded samples; this software synthesizes every instrument in real time, and I'd like to think that these orchestral instruments sound very, very close to the real thing. For more information on the SWAM orchestral virtual instruments, visit their website here: audiomodeling....
Finally, thanks for watching! This song is available on major streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music under my name, Jarod Fedele. Additionally, you may further support my work by purchasing this song on Bandcamp: jarodfedele.ba...
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[@borealis227]

You are one of the most talented musicians in the world. That’s not an exaggeration :)

[@Coalesence333]

I still love the Soulless series still to this day. This is honestly Soulless 7. You are out of this world talented.

[@Nikola_M]

Soulless 8. Egoless is Soulless 7

[@luigidude3504]

This is criminally underrated, my god.

[@Vala7K]

amazing

[@jawnintendoSH]

Had to log in to my old account to say this. Wow, you've come a long way. I remember first meeting you back when I was trying to FC songs on Pro Keys and you had some serious natural talent in you. I hope to see more in the future and I wish you great success. :)

[@CheesecakeMilitia]

Jawnintendo! Hope you're doing well, man! Jeez seeing some decade-old names on a hot new mazegeek videos is always a treat.

[@acepie413]

this is insane 🤯

[@xane60]

Huge fc

[@CyclopsDragon]

You are full of surprises, never in my life did I think I'd genuinely enjoy listening to stuff from the original Soulless :P

[@BIIIIGBODDY]

😮

[@win9xse]

HOLY SHIT DUDE RIGHT AFTER CHAOTROPIC?
absolutely in awe of your insane instrumental skill, can only aspire to arrange things as well as you, but dammit if i'm not gonna try
major props, heres to even more kickass shit in the future

[@droyal1994]

The Final Fantasy vibes in this were immaculate

[@notsubbydude]

Beautifully done once again

[@Wardazord]

Your skill / talent truly knows no bounds; wow. Incredible work.

[@donaldtrump4206]

Called it ;) you should put some of the information in this description into your Channels description and start commissioning work here.

[@jordyandrews]

soulful

[@KeganC]

Incredible medley, you have so much talent. I've never loved the Soulless series musically, but you transformed it into something I like a lot. I joined your Patreon and am looking forward to future content!

[@zacpilled]

i am blown away. this sounds like the OST of the greatest game that hasnt been made yet.

[@guitarherorobloxgod]

Another absolutely incredible piece, HOLY SHIT. Blown away once again!

[@Venerabela]

This is simply top notch scoring and performance. What else can really be said?

[@baileyapedaile8306]

This is beautiful

[@DEvil5951]

I can't unheard of dream theater vibe

[@leftyfl1p]

Incredible as always Jarod!

[@BrianTheDrummer9192]

Wow, just wow dude 😮😮

[@Invontor]

Insanely impressive

[@Verkern]

the goat does it again

[@arceus413]

soulless 1 mentioned ❗

[@matthiasadam4066]

This exudes Final Fantasy final boss vibes!!
Holy Shit BTW, you're amazing, I knew that those Dream Theater custom charts had to pay off

[@GoulartGH]

based SWAM user

[@dziztit4495]

Will you also be charting this? Really enjoy playing Chaotropic and cant wait to try this out!

[@aidenmcdonald5605]

No way bro