# Debussy vs Minecraft subtitles Let's just get to it, all right? So here's
number one [music]. Hmm, what do you think? My initial impression is that this is classical,
um, probably just because of that figure in the what they've put in the left hand here
is just a very sort of straightforward, you know, to my ears, classical figure. I think
on the Minecraft soundtrack it might be more arpeggios or something, maybe, but um, yeah,
it's hard to say really. I don't recognize it. I'm going to disagree with you right on the
first one and it's because of that A-flat and this, ah, I guess it's it's like a minor
two, minor seven, flat five inversion or minor four, but just the way the melody went to
that, um, that just didn't feel that felt modern to me. I agree, I agree, but it's one of those things
where the these, uh, especially I don't know if it is subtly, but when his his classical
music is almost get leaving what most people think of as classical music, so I feel like
he might be able to catch us out, but yeah, all right, yeah, ah, fair enough. [music] I'm gonna hear the main theme here [music].
"Cleo craft elevator", yeah, all right. Well, that was a good spot, yeah. We're off today,
I'm joined by David Bennett. We're going to see if we can tell the difference between
music from a classical composer or music from a Minecraft game. So, David, welcome. Thanks
for doing this. How are you feeling? You confident, um, reasonably. I I know, um, it'll be interesting
because the Minecraft soundtrack is uh, it's quite minimalist in style, right, but then
I think the type of composers it's going to be put up against are also sort of minimalist
and more sort of Impressionists, so yeah, could be embarrassing. Okay, number two, Minecraft
or classical? Thank you. I recognize this. I thought you did, from
your reaction right? I uh, I don't recognize it, um so you go first. Oh, it's hard isn't it? I am, it doesn't sound
like something that would be out of place in Minecraft at all, but um, I also feel like
that that chord in that sort of arpeggio figure is is more of a classical thing, but I'm sort
of just clutching at straws. I really don't know, it's a bit of a coin toss for me. This
is going to be a lot harder than the last one I think. Is your what's your vote classical?
I'm going classical. I am quite confident this is Debussy. All right, okay yes, forever
right, yes, yeah man this could come right out of a, I was just thinking about this game
right, if once you get the piano tone in there it actually sounds more like Minecraft right,
which would not have helped. Oh man, okay well let's let's keep going, this is gonna
be tough: Minecraft. I like the pixel image that's funny, yeah Minecraft or classical
— well that's it [Music] hmm what do you think [Music] I'm gonna go with mine Minecraft
I think um... If it was writing something light-hearted,
almost sort of kitty Whimsical, but it's you know that could be either really, but I'm
gonna go Minecraft for this one. I don't recognize it. I don't know. I'm not really confident.
Is this no? I've not got a little line cliche, yeah let's both we're going all in, yes oh
thanks on Venus. Foreign. I think it's just uh [Music] yeah
yeah once you get the instrumentation back and and everything right, everything's been
neutralized to that, yeah yeah was it Note Block sound fonts so that, yeah so that we
don't even know even then it's it's still it's you know we I can't believe how close
they are to be honest, how similar it is, it's impressive. All right number four, foreign
[Music] I don't recognize that. I maybe it's just
this segment we've got, but it feels like the melody isn't really a sort of a grander
Melody, it's just this very short snippet that's looping, which would be more indicative
of something like Minecraft. That makes sense because it's just kind of a vibe, yes, yes,
unless it's a segment taken from something and I'm and we're just not sort of, but the
Sati I mean I don't know Eric's tattoo very well, um, but the one the one piece I do know
is it's fairly similar to that, right? That it's like a Feeling, I think. I think that
it's I know the piece you mean, um. Text: or something right, but anyway that
that I feel like that has a Melody that you could sing and recognize that context, whereas
this I should say it's very vibey, it's just sort of little sprinklings of of notes. So
yeah, I'm gonna get Minecraft for this. I'm going to accept that argument. I was thinking
I was leaning Court towards it being said to you, but I'll go Minecraft as well, actually.
Ah, oh God okay--so this oh okay, so it's like single notes lifted from the chords [music],
but it is just this kind of feeling, yeah? You know, "what was was kind of a clue?" Was
that low, really low note was kind of odd, that but to be isolated like that, unless
you needed it with with like your hand, yeah, yeah it was just arranged? You wouldn't need
to separate it that way, but that's true. Um, or I I actually haven't really been keeping
track of our score; I'll add them up, you know, yeah, yeah and I don't think we're doing
too good. I know I got one right, but having the majority are wrong so far for me. All
right, the squiggles are interesting. All right, Minecraft, or classical [Music]? Okay, what the the squiggle? Was the the spread sort of arpeggiated
chord? Instantly makes me think this is some sort of piano work, because that's a very
sort of piano thing to do. It's yeah, unless that's a bit of a red herring, but because
there is like piano music in Minecraft itself, but I feel, I like the three fourth, that's
like quite I can imagine a a Saturday piece in three four on piano that sounds like that,
so that I'm gonna do classical for this one. I'm gonna go Minecraft okay. Uh, I don't have
a reason, no. I know what you mean, it's very hard I think because the right hand doesn't
change ever, maybe, but yeah. Oh, you got it! I want to hit it, you. You were right
to suggest tea as the competitor for Minecraft, because yeah it's, it's um, I don't even know.
So the guy who made the Minecraft soundtrack, he goes by the name C418 I think, he was sort
of channeling um Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, um sort of ambient composers, but I think that
if you follow those guys back in where they got their influence from, it's Eric City--the
origin of ambient music, right, right? The grandfather of ambient music, yeah yeah. Uh,
sorry, let's hear this one. [Music] Interesting. All right, a little more elaborate
one here--Minecraft or classical? [Music] [Music] To me, with this, the um, the flaps they're
going down the flat seven and then the flat six um, would you call this chord at the end
E minor or E sus4 over G or something like what is it? Yeah, yeah, it's quite yes, almost
sort of a quarter thing, but um, the thing is the octaves um, well, before we heard the
music, the octave made me think, 'Oh, that might be like a piano thing to do.' Well,
it felt kind of Debussy; the octaves, yeah. I'm going Minecraft, I'm gonna get Minecraft,
but um, I'm not sure without too much confidence, yeah, yeah, okay, cool. Minecraft caves and cliffs, so we're spreading
out a little bit, I think. Minecraft's relationship to its score is really interesting, because
a lot of people, including myself, turn it off because it. If you wanted to because the
music only kind of comes in and out every now and then, if you want to listen to your
own music, you just sort of mute the soundtrack, and it can also almost be like a little bit
creepy that you'll be walking around in silence and suddenly this piano music appears out
of nowhere. I wanted to ask you actually, what's your
background with, like, how well do you know Minecraft music, I guess? So Minecraft is
one of those, it - I'm not a big gamer, but Minecraft is a sort of exception to the rule.
Okay, I played a lot over the last 10 years, but, as I said, I by default used to turn
off the music, but a couple years ago I did a video about Minecraft music, okay. Uh, so
that sort of gave me a bit more information about how it was put together, and, yeah,
although I'm surprised I'm not recognizing more of these Minecraft tunes. So, you don't you don't put - well, you said
you turn it off, so yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't - just for anyone watching, I don't have very
much Minecraft experience at all, so it's all new to me, for the most part. Like, I
think it's became more exciting; I think I've seen more Minecraft on YouTube than I've actually
played the game, which is like a weird thing. But, um, anyway, let's see - let's go for
number seven: Minecraft or classical? [Music] Thank you. Okay, the initial triplet run at
the beginning, I thought that sounds like you could be on the piano, and maybe with
a bit of Roberto or something, but then in the left hand there's some, I guess you could
you could jump them, but there's a very big... um... intervals going on, which makes it seem
less pianoy, but I don't know, I think classical though, from the amount of um, accidentals,
and that chromatic run, I think that's quite a classical thing to do. That's true, like,
where would this fit in a, again, a video game context, because that run is such, like,
would need to hit some action or something, otherwise it would be real, like you said,
it would just kind of startle you out of nowhere, right? You're like you're playing and then
all of a sudden, what is that? But then I think Minecraft, because a lot of these songs
that from like, um, and not necessarily music that comes on randomly when you play that,
there might be like a little jukebox, so they have a random, um, compilation of things in
in that game, so that's not a reason that it wouldn't, not necessarily, um, but I know
what you mean though, it, I don't, it seems like a weird thing to put in a Minecraft song
to have that southern weird chromatic realm, it might be the sound font, but the the left
hand part that kind of had a groove to it that made me feel. If it was played in a classical setting, so
maybe we've lost that right, because it's been pulled into time. But, I don't know,
I'm going Minecraft: What was yours? I'm gonna go classical for this one: My Graph ah Minecraft
disc Pig-step? [Music] All right, if I heard it like that, I would
have recognized it. I don't know that one, but yeah, I don't think we would have said
classical right to hearing that for real. Okay, well yes, it's the nature of the game
to get thrown off a little bit. Yeah, it's all right. Oh, definitely. Yeah, number eight,
foreign - as you said, I think it's probably classical. If it's something more that you'd recognize,
this is... Oh, sorry, always. Well, I was just going to say that it's sort of basic
enough, but not too basic, that it could be classical or Minecraft, I think. I mean, that
would it would be perfect as just a in a water settings, yeah. Yeah, I'm
interested to see who it is--uh, the Sleeping Beauty from Ravel's Mother Goose Suite. I
don't know--I don't remember the French title, but uh, um--there we go. Yeah, very nice.
I love this uh, this suite--it's really good. If anyone's looking to study orchestral music,
it's a masterclass and orchestration, so definitely check out that one. Okay, onwards--Minecraft
or classic? [Music] Hmmm... I think it could be evil, or--I think the
long pauses at first made me think um, okay--I can kind of imagine that in a classical setting,
where there's sort of almost like a pause of of um, undesignated length, sort of--you
might pause longer for dramatic effect. But then, even in Minecraft music, it's often
very thin and stoppy, starting--so I don't know. I don't recognize this one, so that's
a story uh--I'm leaning towards Minecraft, I think. The the um, repetition of the same
sort of material--it's almost the same twice or three times, whatever--well, the last one,
the Revel was the same thing--well, that's true, yeah. I I think Minecraft for this.
I think I'm going Minecraft--yes, okay--Annie C418. [Music] OK here we go. Minecraft or classical? [Music] I could imagine, um, just about imagine that
being played on piano. Um, in this third bar, there's a bit of a stretch between the D and
the F sharp. I don't know if you'd actually be able to play that with one hand, but it
looks like piano music on the page there and it sounds like it could be on the piano, so
I, I'm swayed towards classical. It doesn't necessarily have to be piano either, because
that Rebel one they used the orchestral. Um, that's true. I can't I can sort of hit the
the D to the F, it could be a cam, but it's not it's not comfortable to hold that and
play the arpeggio. I, I can't do that with my hand, but um, I don't know. I'm gonna go. I'm actually leaning
towards Minecraft um, just because of the the progression that
kind of formed for, if we're calling it I get her
four one, whatever. I just felt also left to Blue [Music]. It's an accurate transcription
though [Music]. "That settling down into the B flat felt like,
like I said, kind of just contemporary, I guess," yeah I know what you mean, and, yeah,
although we didn't hear the whole thing there, I wouldn't be surprised if it is just one
for a long time. All right not quite. I gotcha OK number 11.Minecraft
or classical? I don't think we're doing too great; I think we're doing it about as well
as rolling a dice. [Music] Yeah, I don't know about you, but that instantly
felt more classical to me. I can't actually imagine that being in a video game, but just
because in fact it felt like more of a Cadence, like a complete Cadence, than a something
you might try and loop. I agree, it feels like it's from the ending of something. Um... And you know, the whole point of cadencing
on a on a seventh chord would be because they're the hip new guys, right? They're the French,
yeah, yeah, whatever. So, exactly, yeah. Well, that's the thing, we're calling this Minecraft
or classical, but these classical composers were almost not very classical as well, so
they're all impressed. I think it's so you consider an impressionist, I think so. Yeah,
we're leaving that classic, right, German-focused, uh, period. I'm I'm going I'll go classical,
okay? It's fine. Yeah, I don't know, oh, but it's the opening, who's setting up? [Music] I guess, because it does have a little bit
of bite, and then it's a song--yeah, it looks like it has a very cool, yeah--so I guess
it's the introduction. [Applause] [Music] Minecraft or classical? This is not a lot
to go on... On this one. [Music] [Laughter] Angry. If that was Minecraft, that would be
almost the entire piece, but if it was classical, that would be like an introduction or something
before the melody enters. This is a trick of someone. Yeah, I want to point out the
pig over here. And also, I'm maybe I'm *really* over analyzing
what's on screen — but the we've got a double bar line, and then the Lions continue, which
suggests it's not like just a little loop; it's the beginning, or I don't know. I'm really
grasp because jobs, yeah. I think that's just the nature of the screenshot; I think I think
classical, but I might be *mistaken* by this. I have nothing to go on on this. I'm gonna
go, I'm gonna go Minecraft, just because you know it's a classical introduction. You're
gonna even, yeah, yeah — *what's the construction*? What is that — oh, somewhere in the *I*
was on that second line, yeah. so with the the 3D Tempo it feels a lot more
melodic than it did when we had it [Music] interesting yeah I don't know I had no way
to know well number 13. Minecraft or classical [Music] I assume that's the original Tempo, because
that felt very fast, um, although I don't really know what that means to me. I was about
to say that means it's more likely to be Minecraft, because it felt very lightened and sort of
easy going and fun, but I could also imagine that being some section in a classical work.
I'm gonna go classical. I, I have this like 51/49, Yogi said it's rolling it's flipping
a coin, but like I'm leaning 51 that this is classical, 49 Minecraft. I'm gonna go Minecraft
just because that's what I originally said, but I am also in that in that 51 situation,
ah okay, and I need to listen to some support. okay that's pretty hip I hate this for 19.
17. yeah right yeah interestingly ahead of his time all right [Music] all right two more
number 14 Minecraft or classical [Music] modern chord progression to me it felt like
it it could almost be in a pop song [Music] um which makes you think Minecraft is it like yeah yeah okay I'll go Minecraft okay yes I flipped
a coin on that one [Music] it felt like the song they found quite
a Coldplay in-esque foreign [Music] I don't know if I'd heard the actual this
this first I I might have said the other actually, but yeah, it's amazing how much um it doesn't
sound like typical video game music as well. Minecraft music - last one before the bonus
round okay... Uh, I think we're doing abysmally, but here we go: last one - Minecraft or classical? `Because it looked [it] even looks on the
page like, um, his [really] famous, um, PD number one, but it could be something in that
same, um, sort of style, same era, so he would be my guess. Yeah, that rhythm of one, two,
three, yeah, two, yeah, I think two, because it's a [as] a longer thought, you know, a
lot of these have been like a two bar thing or something and this you need the whole eight
bars to get it out. Yeah, I'll go, I don't know who, but I'll go classical on this one,
[team] right? Yeah, let's hear it. [Music] Oh, it's notated without bar lines. Yeah,
that's interesting. Now is that just to make it difficult or what? Sure, maybe he's explained
it, but it's in French, so, right, fair enough. I couldn't tell you that. Is [it] interesting?
It might have been a sort of progressive, you do it, you do in whatever meter you want
to do it in, sort of right? Maybe someone in the comments will let us know. Yeah, yeah.
Why would you do that? I don't know. Even for the [night] for 1914, that feels like
you said it very progressive, that that's like a H. I feel like you're with these composers
just also seeing the beginning of of jazz, um, sensibilities coming in, right, Keith
Jarrett's and Chick Corea's sort of stuff. I thought it was after World War One that
a lot of these guys started to, so you know, like screw everything and kind of the nihilism
took over, so I'm surprised that this is already 1915. He's already like, I guess you know,
okay. We have a bonus round for you. I didn't know Minecraft or Beatles, but it's, I'll
be amazed if this is, if this is a difficult one. All right, so, um, I know I know you're
a Beatles fan, so we're gonna see how you do, all right? Can you name these songs, play
it in a Minecrafty way, and there's five of them? [Music]` I was desperately trying to recognize it.
I I feel like I recognized elements of the melody there, but can I can I hit it again?
Because, yeah [Music] I think I'm gonna kick myself when I try. I'm trying, because in
that three four meter which definitely narrows it down, but, well, unless they changed it
to trick us... um, do you do you have do you recognize it at all? I don't. It's in the
the harmony sounds like the song girl, but I the Rhythm and everything sounds different
just because it's in that sort of harmonic minor thing. I'm brilliant, yeah. Oh, I don't
know. No, I'm I'm just gonna have to see what this is, but I'm really intrigued. All right,
I'm gonna pass on that one. I'm I'm I'm I was overconfident. All right, here we go number
two [Music]. Okay, where'd you go? Just so I'm sure there's
help? That was definitely helped me, okay. [Music] Too, although they changed a little
bit. It's amazing at how characterful or that melody is, that I recognized it straight away
in the three notes, yeah. And they've completely changed the everything you just need it in
the town, right? I was gonna say you just need it in the town, too, yeah. So we've got
mystery song, I don't, I don't recognize girl in there, but no, I I don't think help, yo
submarine. [Music] Thank you. [Music] Foreign. [Music] I kind of recognize the melody, but I really
don't know. Oh, wait, wait—give me a second. Ah, I feel like I have this—it's Paul, I
just can't quite place what it's... It's something Paul, um, I can't—I can't, but I hear...
I'm really excited to find out the answer! Oh, okay. This is a deep cut. I'll be interested
to know if you recognize that. I know what song it is, but it's a very obscure song,
so you got that right away, huh? I think. yeah that's wrong 95? Sure, it's the song "Goodbye" which was
written by Paul. I was going to be a Beetle song, but they never wound up recording it,
so he gave it to the artist Mary Hopkins, who was on his um record label on the Apple
Music record label. Wow, which is incredibly I reckon they did, they were thinking what's
the hardest right? And yet, the other two that are probably going to be really obvious
ones once you hear them, they're the ones that were stuck on them all right. Well, let's
see, let's see if you got the the curveball there. Answers: "Revolution... Oh God, that's
mean!" It's not got a melody number nine, number that's what that one one thing was,
yeah ironically number nine. If you took out the number nine bit, this
would sound just like a Minecraft. It does, that's a good find. So, that was a that's
a good choice but yes, oh that was, yeah the next one was "Yellow Submarine". Number four
is the one I was on the tip of my tongue, yeah sometimes. Music, there is something that is bringing
to mind. I guess that's why I couldn't quite find it because it wasn't really real; it
wasn't reality. Would it be if that was inspired by a beautiful song? Maybe I doubt it. No,
it should be fantastic though, if it was. It's bringing something up, that oh oh, well
I can let it go now, otherwise it would just bug me forever. Bye, yes nice. Please don't
wake me up too late. That sounds like it's like Let It Be era, is that it? Was yeah,
it was, um, the LSB Happy Road era. It would if the beat was to stay together, I'm sure
it would have been recorded, but it was just written for the next year when it was all
falling apart. But, right, right, um, yeah, that was good. I'm glad that the two that
we didn't get are actually, you know, kind of tricks, right? Right, Revolution Nine.
I love how we were latching onto the three four meter and the harmony. Yeah, actually,
when you listen to Revolution Nine, it's way back over there and you're just hearing Number
Nine, right? That was a trick, and this one, oh well, oh well. How did you do so? Yeah,
let us know in the comments. Yeah, well, I'll go through and post our scores on screen.
I don't know how well we do, not well. I haven't been quite keeping track. Uh, subscribe to
our channels. Thank you, David, for doing that, thank you for getting me involved, that
was great. That's great fun. Any closing war remarks? Um, I think we've just proven that
we don't know much about French classical music or Minecraft music, but uh, but they're
both quite similar, right? Well, or you know, I think what a lot of people took from the
other video is also, you know, respect to video game music. True, true. To uh, that
it holds up as quality work. Yeah, well, I think there's an element where, right now,
it's a young enough medium that certain generations don't um, even understand it yet, but yeah,
but kind of like film music is only now getting the same respect that the classical music
gets, right? And, maybe, like you said, in like 50 years time, people will be going to
the concert hall to see the Pokemon soundtrack. Sooner than that, sure, sure. Well, thank
you so much for watching, and we'll see you next time!
