Miracle of Sound: You Died (Dark Souls)

[personion]

I love this one! It had a totally unique theme to it, an AWESOME intro, and the vocals took off
in their own direction! The visuals were great too, I laughed at all the possible deaths there
are in Dark Souls. Never actually played but the footage was enough for me not to consider it. Excellent song again!

 

[cricket chirps]

Haha i found it very funny. Hope that was the intended feeling.

 

[purifico]

I lost it at "Graveyard to explore... HAHA DENIED!" So true. I don't think there's a single Dark Souls player who has not died in the graveyard at the very beginning of the game.
A trollface should have been added to the video every time "YOU DIED" was sung.

So, have you finished Dark Souls?

 

[azurine]

This looks like it's really not fun to play.

 

[megarik]

The intro is 1/3rd of the song what is a little bit long in my opinion and than the song goes in a super speed up it seems and then it is over so yeah imo a small 6 out of 10

 

[Owlslayer]

Well damn, this is another reason added to an already pretty big list of things why i want Dark Souls to be ported to the PC...
Also, most of what I´ve seen about Dark Souls came from your Let`s Plays, haven`t even played it myself, but the song did have quite a feeling of, well, despair? Not sure, but it really did remind me of the trailers and stuff I´ve seen of the game. So, yeah. I´d say well done, again, Gav. This was enjoyable!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I'm sorry Gavin I didn't like it that much. It seemed, I dunno, kind of jokey with the "YOU DIED" lines,

It was jokey.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

The intro is 1/3rd of the song what is a little bit long in my opinion and than the song goes in a super speed up it seems and then it is over so yeah imo a small 6 out of 10

Hmm people are really missing the point of this song. Guess I should have made it simpler to understand and not trust in peoples' ability to hear the aural gags in the music itself...

You really captured the essence of the game and its promary mechanic. Kudos.I dug how Ominous the intor was, it makes fro a darkly comic turn when the song proper kicks in.

... or maybe not. Seems the people who played the game get it.

Dark Souls is easy.

You're cool.

I felt like the final section was a subdued buildup that just ended when there should have been a return to the first part (though I guess this kind of fits with the Dark Souls vibe of expecting to continue only to suddenly die).

EXACTLY That was the whole point.

 

[370999]

I'm sorry Gavin I didn't like it that much. It seemed, I dunno, kind of jokey with the "YOU DIED" lines,

It was jokey.

Kay. My taste then, it was as lyrically inventive as always.

 

[shiajun]

It's a funny song. Haven't played the game (and don't mean to) but I get that it reflects the gameplay.

On another note, maybe I'm some other place nowadays, but at first I purchased several of the songs (Little Sister, Wasteland Soul, etc), but for some months now I haven't felt inclined to add any of the songs to my personal library. Maybe something changed in the composition style that I'm just not meshing with anymore. Ah well, I'll just enjoy them over here.

EDIT: except Black Gold. That's one of my all time favorites.

 

[Korak the Mad]

Liked it and i haven't even played the game. Like "Joker's Song" it has a Danny Elfman vibe to it.

Same here.

I got that vibe to it as well. It also seemed to have a castlevania-esque tone to it as well.

Still amazing work.

 

[Jamous]

I honestly wasn't sure how you were going to do this one but I think you captured the spirit (soul?) of the game really well. The ending felt a tad sudden, but that's rather appropriate considering it's Dark Souls. I didn't like the YOU DIED lines, they seemed out of place with the feel of the rest of the song (especially after the intro) but they grew on me quite a bit. Nicely done. ;D

 

[ImperialSunlight]

I... have no words... except perhaps...

Praise the sun.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Really diggin' this one, I laughed when I heard the first "YOU DIED!" and then cried a little because I remembered dying a lot. The lyrics were really good, and the beginning reminded me of one of the first boss battles.

On par with the Sovngarde song, in my humble opinion.

 

[crimson sickle2]

Perfectly explains the feeling of the game, sorta menacing and awestruck, but funny due to the rapid successions of death.

 

[Phlakes]

I was expecting some kind of metal, but this was actually a pleasant surprise. Feels exactly how your LP did. Although I wish it would've gone back to the first two verses sometime, they were great.

EDIT:

I felt like the final section was a subdued buildup that just ended when there should have been a return to the first part (though I guess this kind of fits with the Dark Souls vibe of expecting to continue only to suddenly die).

EXACTLY That was the whole point.

Or that. That works too.

 

[Rainboq]

While the phrasing is awkward to anyone who hasn't played the game, that was pretty spot on Gav, gold star!

*puts a gold star onto the mass of gold stars protruding several meters from Gav's head*

 

[xplosive59]

Love your music Gav, but I was not a fan of this one, the lyrics were great as always but the music didn't grab me at all.

 

[Ansem-The-Wise]

I have to say, I'm loving this new orchestral thing you're doing. It probably wouldn't have been easy to capture the mood of Dark Souls with your usual rock sound, so this worked out perfectly. I'd complain about it being too short, but it actually works since I couldn't play Dark Souls for too much before throwing my controller against the wall.

 

[Issue13]

I finally got the platinum in Dark Souls today. Nice song to celebrate with.