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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[JustForFun/OneOfUs Gavin Dunne, video game-themed musician]]]] |
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| 4 | Gavin Dunne (born 1980) is an Irish indie musician who produces mostly [[JustForFun/OneOfUs video game themed music]], under the name "Miracle of Sound". |
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| 6 | Miracle of Sound began as a hobby during a lull in Dunne's music career. After playing ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' he began thinking of song lyrics related to Gordon Freeman, the protagonist. He wrote it all down, recorded it and released it on the net. After seeing the mild popularity of the song, Dunne wrote and released more. |
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| 8 | This side project quickly became popular after his [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] song was released and went viral. Soon afterward, his show was picked up by Website/TheEscapist for a biweekly (later monthly) music video, with a monthly behind-the-scenes article called "Encore". He left The Escapist on good terms in 2015. |
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| 10 | All his work can be found on his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/miracleofsound YouTube channel]], and various music storefronts and streaming services, such as Bandcamp and Spotify. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | He also has an official website, which can be found [[http://miracleofsound.rocks/ here]]. |
| 13 | ---- |
| 14 | As of April 2019, Gavin has released twelve albums, detailed below:\ |
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| 16 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[folder:Level # (2011 - Present)]] |
| 19 | Released yearly since 2011, these albums are the bulk of Gavin's output, being {{Compilation Rerelease}}s of all the singles he's released throughout the respective year. The vast majority of the songs are inspired by video games, ranging from the ultra-popular like ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' to the more obscure or CultClassic like ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''. |
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| 21 | Less frequently, a song will have been inspired by a movie, such as ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'', or a TV show, with ''Series/GameOfThrones'' being the most frequently highlighted. Occasionally a song will be completely original, with no ties to any previously existing media. |
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| 23 | The tracks are remastered from their original single release.[[/folder]] |
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| 25 | [[folder:Press X To Rock (2011)]] |
| 26 | A selection of tracks from Gavin's first album, ''Level 1'', ''Press X To Rock'' consists of his biggest hits from 2011. The only Miracle of Sound album to get a physical release, it was released exclusively on The Escapist's online store and is now out of print. |
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| 28 | Windows identifies the genre as "Awesome".[[/folder]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[folder:Vistas (2014)]] |
| 31 | ''Vistas'' is a collection of instrumental, relaxing ambient tracks, most of which are not based on any particular media. Includes an instrumental version of "The Call", which was inspired by ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline''. |
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| 33 | Another track, "Hitoshio", was rereleased on Gavin's [=YouTube=] channel in 2017 as a tribute to ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', in celebration of the announcement of the eighth-gen remastered version of said game.[[/folder]] |
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| 35 | [[folder:Metal Up (2015)]] |
| 36 | Taking a small break from his usual output, ''Metal Up'' consists entirely of original metal songs. When released, this was the best-selling Miracle of Sound album, as well as the best-selling metal album on iTunes.[[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Collaborations and Unsorted Songs]] |
| 39 | Despite all the albums, a handful of the singles have never found their way onto any of them: |
| 40 | |
| 41 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JybRG2ZFtJw Somewhere Over the Rainbow]]" |
| 42 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8rKamM3l7U Winter Still]]" |
| 43 | * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-WlEgn_pig I Want My RPG]]" (Lyrics written by Creator/InXileEntertainment) |
| 44 | * The original, shorter version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9feUxKIqKmg Take It Back]]", from Level 2 |
| 45 | * A remix of "[[https://miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/track/reclaimer-everything-up-to-eleven-mix Reclaimer]]", from Level 3. |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Gavin has also contributed to many other artists' tracks: |
| 48 | |
| 49 | * [[Music/EricCalderone 331ERock]]: |
| 50 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBfBLTnQ6FA The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]" |
| 51 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajwLiL_bIus Deadpool Meets Metal]]" |
| 52 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoKmcunpm78 Spooky Scary Skeletons]]" |
| 53 | * Music/{{Aviators}}: |
| 54 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH0ewuSL4gs Let There be Fire]]" |
| 55 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0P1hhFt-nU A Thousand Eyes]]" |
| 56 | * Music/{{Bonecage}}: |
| 57 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmkeqBLkQC4 Living With the Dead Things]]" |
| 58 | * Music/DanBull: |
| 59 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQx1kbUbgaQ Last Light]]" |
| 60 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi69aTLYF8E Overwatch]]" (also feat. Music/IainMannix and Music/{{Veela}}) |
| 61 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZIB_-U4PYI The Last Guardian]]" |
| 62 | * [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]: |
| 63 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJph8sd828 Epic Hole (B Mine Cliffy)]]" |
| 64 | * Music/JTMusic: |
| 65 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iADcO6WnfsA Let Your Soul Walk Free]]" |
| 66 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sGF-Pb0aBk Shepherd of this flock]]" |
| 67 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieVKIBs5lqA Starting Over]]" |
| 68 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upSRegUXQkY BATTLEFIELD V RAP]]" |
| 69 | * Music/{{Tryhardninja}}: |
| 70 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEzfXiF7SqU Calling All Ghosts]]"[[/folder]] |
| 71 | ---- |
| 72 | !!Tropes associated with Gavin 'Miracle of Sound' Dunne include: |
| 73 | * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Uses this in spades. |
| 74 | ** Witness its use in "Road Rage". |
| 75 | --->"Guns and gas and gods!"\ |
| 76 | "I will redden the road, release the rage!"\ |
| 77 | "I can hear the drums in the distance / Bedlam in the blare." |
| 78 | ** "London Town" is another prominent example. |
| 79 | --->"Slaves in seas of soot we drown,\ |
| 80 | come on down, to London Town,\ |
| 81 | the cogs they creak, and the pistons pound,\ |
| 82 | come on down, to London Town". |
| 83 | ** And another one in "Fires Fade": |
| 84 | ---> "Cold kings clutch crumbling crowns" |
| 85 | ** The chorus to "Wheatley's Song" includes this line: |
| 86 | ---> "There is no conundrum that my core cannot compute." |
| 87 | ** One more in "Ditto": |
| 88 | ---> "Courtship of chemical and chrome" |
| 89 | ** "When Forever Comes To Be" |
| 90 | --->"Plots and plans to pluck the petals free." |
| 91 | ** In the refrain of Shadow of the Ash: |
| 92 | --->Broken Blade, revenge is calling,\ |
| 93 | Savage Shade, in the Dark I Dash.\ |
| 94 | Broken Blade, Black Blood falling,\ |
| 95 | Shadow of the ash. |
| 96 | * AffectionateParody: "Shooter Guy" is one to the entire FirstPersonShooter genre and the people who play it. More specifically for "modern military shooters" (''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'', ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'', ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'', ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor2010'', ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'', etc.) |
| 97 | * AlliterativeTitle: [[VideoGame/DarkSouls2 "Fires Far"]], [[VideoGame/DarkSouls3 "Fires Fade" and "Forever Flame"]] are about the same game series and start with the same letter. Subverted with [[VideoGame/DarkSouls "You Died"]], which is OddNameOut due to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. |
| 98 | * ArcWords: He does this for songs about games in the same series (if not about the same game): |
| 99 | ** For his Assassin's Creed songs he has "Justice runs in crimson rivers" |
| 100 | ** For his Bioshock songs he has "And I dream of the (blank)". |
| 101 | ** For his Dark Souls songs, he uses "Mourning bells." |
| 102 | ** For his main series Fallout songs, he uses "Sterile Soil/Will Harden/Wasted World/My Garden" |
| 103 | ** For his 3 ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]]'' songs, he has "I get in my car and drive" |
| 104 | ** The ''Franchise/FarCry'' songs all feature the line "Come into this world of mine". |
| 105 | ** ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and its sequel both feature the line "There ain't no more cowboys, only men with violent hearts". |
| 106 | ** All three ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' songs feature the line "running out on the edge". |
| 107 | * ArtShift: The first few seconds of "[[VideoGame/Doom2016 Hell To Pay]]" start with Doom starting in the old sprite graphic and midi music before shifting to modern graphics and shredding guitars. |
| 108 | * AuthorAppeal: Loves to layer his vocals, experiment with non-mainstream genres and tends to default to or infuse things with metal. Also Skyrim. More specifically, for "Life in Bullet Time", he took cues from Music/FaithNoMore, to the point of him admitting that he basically ripped them off. In an appreciative way. |
| 109 | * AuthorAvatar: In his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jv0B2S6tsM Place In Nature]]" video for ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'', he designs his character to look like himself. It's best seen when he and the Handler are escaping the Great Jagras at the beginning of the game. |
| 110 | * AutoTune: Averted, in that the artist has never used it and has gone on multiple rants saying that it is one of the biggest problems with today's music industry. |
| 111 | * BadassBoast: The chorus of "When Winter Comes" can be considered one from the perspective of [[Series/GameOfThrones the White Walkers]]. |
| 112 | -->Walls will not hold the winter\ |
| 113 | Over and under crawl\ |
| 114 | Walls will not hold the winter\ |
| 115 | All in the way will fall |
| 116 | * BalladOfX: Did one for [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Clayton Carmine]]. |
| 117 | * BerserkButton: |
| 118 | ** Do ''not'' accuse him of using Auto-Tune. |
| 119 | ** On Social Media, it's been making claims that every country's politics and social issues are exactly like America's. |
| 120 | * BilingualBonus: |
| 121 | ** In "The Day The World Died", there's a brief verse in slightly broken Russian, saying: День, когда умер мир; which translates to: "The Day The World Died". |
| 122 | ** Similarly, "Silver and Steel" has the lines with the [[TitleDrop song title]] sung both in English and Polish, the original language of the Witcher novels. According to his blog, he found out later that the pronunciation is completely wrong. |
| 123 | ** "My Revolution" has verses in French. People seem to be split on how accurate the grammar and pronounciation is. |
| 124 | ** "Sirona" and "Gráinne Mhaol, Queen Of Pirates" from ''Metal Up'' have verses in Irish. |
| 125 | ** The ''Skyrim'' song "Legends of the Frost" has a verse in the dragon language from the game. |
| 126 | ** A rather subtle one in "[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Mojave Song]]": the verse about the New California Republic contains the line ''"Resurrect the '''ol' soul''' of America."'' "Oso" is Spanish (the earliest European settlers of California) for bear. |
| 127 | ** "Soul of Sand," for ''Film/Dune2021'', has guest singer Sheymi Rochdi providing vocals in Arabic, which is extremely fitting. |
| 128 | * {{Blog}}: He occasionally produces vlogs, often talking about what he's working on next, or doing things like [[Heartwarming/MiracleOfSound thanking everybody who got him to where he is now]]. |
| 129 | * CallToAdventure: "The Call" is about this, specifically about the people of Tamriel to rise up and answer the threats of Molag Bal's invasion and the civil war for the Empire's throne. |
| 130 | * CallBack: Gavin really likes this trope. Also crosses over with ArcWords above: |
| 131 | ** "Take it Back", a song made for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', has a bridge that includes the first line from "Commander Shepard", his first ''Franchise/MassEffect'' song, and a line similar to the chorus from "Normandy" , his second. |
| 132 | ** "Blood Of The Creed" ends with the verse "Musket guns and silver slivers/Justice runs in crimson rivers/Words of ancient truth we follow/Bleed these veins into tomorrow". The exact same verse turns up in "His Father's Son". The first part ("Justice Runs In Crimson Rivers..") turns up yet again in "Beneath The Black Flag," as well as an instrumental nod to "His Father's Son." "My Revolution" contains the verse "La justice est une rivière rouge", French for "Justice is a red river." Following that is the verse "Crimson are the rivers/Bleed our grief into the sea" from London Town. "Hallowed Land" has "The Nile runs red tonight". "Crimson are the rivers" appears again in "My Odyssey", along with numerous other lines that will sound familiar to people who have listened to his previous Assassin's Creed songs, such as "Take a leap of faith" and especially the lines at the end of the song (just listen to "My Revolution" followed by "My Odyssey"), "Valhalla Calling" also includes the lines Wind and the waves will carry me/Wind and the waves will set me free" echoing "My Odyssey", as well as "sails a-swaying on the crimson rivers." |
| 133 | ** Also shows up in Ballad of Clay Carmine and The Grind ("We won't stop because we're brothers in blood now/We'll meet again at the end of the line"). |
| 134 | ** "Hengsha" shares part of its melody with "The New Black Gold". |
| 135 | ** "Joker's Song" references "Mind of the Bat" ("I have studied the mind of this bat"). |
| 136 | *** "Mind of the Bat" is again referenced in "I Am The Night" ("Check my head, I guess the joke's on me/I'm not laughing at the irony"). |
| 137 | ** "Dream of the Sky" has this call back to "Little Sister" towards the end: "And I dream of the sky/Broken clouds drifting by/And I dream of the sky/My utopian lie". |
| 138 | *** "Dream of Goodbye" has a similar call back at the end: "And I dream of goodbye/Sinking sea falling sky/And I dream of goodbye/No more tears well's run dry". |
| 139 | ** "The Call" has a clear instrumental callback to "Nord Mead", and according to Gavin, it also has a hint of "Legends of the Frost" in the chorus and "Sovngarde Song" in the harp and verses. |
| 140 | *** Similarly, "Winter Still" reprises some of "Sovngarde Song" in instrumental form. |
| 141 | *** The 2016 version of "Sovngarde Song" features an instrumental callback to "Legends of the Frost" at the end. |
| 142 | ** All of his [[Videogame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]] songs ("Drive", "Rampage", and "Hard Cash") contain the line "Get in my car and drive", or some variant thereof, which was part of the chorus of "Drive". "Hard Cash" also ends with the same lyrics as "Drive" ("Gonna drive my blues away/just another sunny day"). |
| 143 | ** His ''Videogame/DarkSoulsII'' "Fires Far" ends with a melodic call-back to "You Died", his first Dark Souls song. Used again for the ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' song. |
| 144 | ** Part of the chorus of "Shadow Of The Ash" is a lyrical call back to "Call Of Home" his previous ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' related song: "Through rubble, rock and stone/The ashes are my home/The silver sting of hatred/It creeps into my bones". |
| 145 | ** "All As One" has a couple of musical callbacks to "Age of the Dragon" and actually uses a slightly modified version of its chorus towards the end. |
| 146 | ** "Lady of Worlds" has several lyrical callbacks to Gavin's earlier Witcher 3 song "Wake the White Wolf", such as the words "hatred's sails" to describe the Wild Hunt, and the line "Wake the wolf with a distant roar" appearing in one of Geralt's parts. |
| 147 | ** "I am the Night", released to celebrate the release of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', calls back to almost all of his previous Batman-related songs. One set of lines and a short melody change calls back to "Mind of the Bat", while the general feel calls back to "Rise" (which isn't even related to the Arkham series but the Dark Knight trilogy!). |
| 148 | ** "London Town", as well as having the usual callback to the line "Justice runs in crimson rivers" has several contrasts to "My Revolution." The line "Revolution holds us bound" in the chorus is the opposite of "My revolution sets me free" from the other song's chorus. As well, the lines "Cry Revolution, Broken Dreams" and "Cruel Revolution, Smoke and Steam" are sung in the same way as My Revolution's chorus. |
| 149 | ** "Friends to Foes" has the line "I was there by your side" from "Reclaimer", sung in a darker, more hushed and reserved tone, to give it a more remorseful feel instead of the more angry, mournful tone of the line in "Reclaimer". |
| 150 | ** "Some Things Never Change" has a lot of motifs carried over from "Beauty Bleak", such as its somber tone and focus on pianos, as well as using the chorus "Sterile soil/Will harden/Wasted world/My garden" |
| 151 | ** "The Path", due to being his conclusion to the Witcher Saga, carries a nice lyrical nod to "Wake The White Wolf". |
| 152 | --->'''Wake The White Wolf:''' Wake the white wolf at the dawn of war, the end of the age is a-comin' now. ''(later)'' Lost and aloof are the loves of my past, wake the white wolf, remembrance at last!\ |
| 153 | '''The Path:''' Weary wolf at the end of war, loves aloof are apart no more. |
| 154 | ** "The Natural Heart" plays this straight and [[InvertedTrope inverts it]], since The Natural Heart carries a lot of motifs over from The New Black Gold (including a very similar opening riff and some recurring lyrics) but it's lyrics provide tonally flipped themes to reflect the change from ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' to ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'' regarding augmentation technology. |
| 155 | --->'''The New Black Gold:''' Broken body built anew, spirit lingers torn in two, metal fingers grip my heart so cold.\ |
| 156 | '''The Natural Heart:''' Broken bodies line the walls, Midas empires crash and fall, wings that melt when we try to soar. |
| 157 | ** "Clockworks" contains one to "Distant Honor" |
| 158 | --->'''Distant Honor:''' And the sad, sad faces of the weary and worn / Live in bad, bad places that are dreary and torn\ |
| 159 | '''Clockworks:''' And I have been to some bad, bad places / Taken gifts at the darkest shrines / I have seen despair in the saddest faces |
| 160 | ** "Numbers" borrows the line "I rush and I run" from "Digital Shadow", and the line "Freedom is a backlight" is a callback to Shadow's "Freedom is a greenlight/redlight". |
| 161 | ** "Break Of Dawn" has many callbacks to "Cataclysm" in the music itself. |
| 162 | --->'''Cataclysm:''' We are the last / Children of the cataclysm / Awoken in a silent prison\ |
| 163 | '''Break of Dawn:''' Just another silent prison / Ride into the cataclysm |
| 164 | ** "[[VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus Revolution Spark]]" reuses the lines "flawless has no face" and "rightness has no race", from "[[VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder Resistance]]". "Revolution Spark" also reuses some of the opening bars of "Resistance", and the "Revolution Spark"'s lyrics further develop the hope mentioned in "Resistance": |
| 165 | --->'''Resistance:''' Hope is an ember in the dust / Spark of resistance will combust\ |
| 166 | '''Revolution Spark''' Hope is a burning fusion / Spark of a revolution |
| 167 | ** Jaime's section of "Only Us" contains the line "I'm no man of honor", which was also in Gavin's first ''Series/GameOfThrones'' song, "Halfman's Song," which was about Jaime's brother Tyrion. |
| 168 | ** "A Thousand Eyes" contains two references to his previous ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' song; "Paleblood will guide your way" is the first line of the chorus, and ''The cogs creak a melody'' forms the first line of the bridge. |
| 169 | ** "[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Mojave Song]]"'s final lines are similar to the chorus of "[[VideoGame/Fallout3 Wasteland Soul]]". |
| 170 | --->'''Wasteland Soul:''' Someday the rains will come and wash it all away / The heart of the wasteland will awaken on this day\ |
| 171 | '''Mojave Song:''' Someday the change will come and wash the doubt away / The heart of the desert will beat harder on this day |
| 172 | ** "[[VideoGame/MetroExodus Open Air]]" brings back an updated version of the bridge from "The Day the World Died" to reflect the new reality of the world, along with a few calls to the original song's ending. Two sets of lyrics also form thematic mirrors of each other. |
| 173 | --->'''The Day the World Died''': And the future's a tunnel stretching endlessly / Into nothing stumble in the black / And the light at the end is but a treachery / It will blind you and force you back\ |
| 174 | '''Open Air''': And the future's a railroad stretching endlessly / All our hopes keep rolling on the track / As the shadows of home become a memory / They will haunt us but they can't pull us back |
| 175 | --->'''The Day The World Died''': The day the world died / we kindled doom / We burned the outside / took to the gloom\ |
| 176 | '''Open Air''': I watch the sun rise / in skies so clear / We learn the outside / there's hope out here |
| 177 | ** "All As One" for ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has basically the entire last minute as call-backs to "Age Of The Dragon" for ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. Both share the lines "Fight for your values/And fight for your friends/Fight through this Blight/Find the light at the end/Through the age of the dragon" (though the next line changes, from "The people will talk" to "Through chaos and hate"), the basic musical riff from "Age Of The Dragon" reappears, and the final chant is "Hope! Hope! Hope!" in the same cadence as "Hawke! Hawke! Hawke!" from "Age Of The Dragon." |
| 178 | ** Between "Savage Side Of Me" for the Tomb Raider reboot and "Edge Of The World" for Rise of the Tomb Raider: |
| 179 | --->'''Savage Side Of Me''': And when the night falls blue / Watch it from a bird's eye view\ |
| 180 | '''Edge Of The World''': Another savage story / Another night falls blue ... Another territory / Another bird's eye view |
| 181 | ** In his back to back VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake songs, "Through Life And Loss" and "When Forever Comes", call backs to the former abound in the latter. One of the lines in the second verse of "Forever" is actually "Through life and loss." |
| 182 | --->'''Through Life And Loss''': When we lose everything that defines us / Can we hold to the promise that binds us / And carry on into tomorrow's sorrow / When we're facing the ghosts of our destines / Will we turn or remain in the memories / And choose to lead or follow sorrow?\ |
| 183 | '''When Forever Comes''': When I learn of the loss that defines me / Can I hold to the promise that binds me / And carry on into tomorrow's sorrow / When I'm facing the ghosts of my destiny / Will I turn or remain the memory / And choose to stray or choose to follow? |
| 184 | ** "To Be Better" calls back to "Ode to Fury", taking a more hopeful spin on the words of the latter. |
| 185 | ---> '''Ode to Fury''': Grief in the snow / The Winter of Woe / Has come now to judge and bereave me.\ |
| 186 | Always within / To lurk in the skin / The wounds ever aching so deeply.\ |
| 187 | '''To Be Better''': Keep the beast deep within / Always under the skin / Let it claw at the mirrors glass.\ |
| 188 | In this winter of woe / seeds of hope they still grow / sheets of white over rock and glass. |
| 189 | ** "SKAL!" has some subtle musical cues reminiscent of "Nord Mead," both being songs about HornyVikings feeling TheNeedForMead. |
| 190 | * TheCameo: "Second Chance Song" features backup vocals from Website/YouTube's 402THUNDER402 raging at the titular perk. |
| 191 | * ChewBubblegum: Referenced when commenting on Duke Nukem's BadassDecay. |
| 192 | --> Shit- I guess you found more gum. |
| 193 | * CircusOfFear: "Call of Duty Circus" portrays ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' as one of these. |
| 194 | * CloneAngst: The lyrics of "Ditto", a song inspired by {{Videogame/SOMA}}, revolve around [[spoiler:the concept of BrainUploading and the philosophical question of what happens when you exist at the same time as your artificially created clone with all of your memories and personality. Which one is the "real you"? The original? The clone? Both?]] |
| 195 | -->''Stare through the mirror of the self (divide the zero)'' |
| 196 | -->''Reflect the face of someone else...'' |
| 197 | * ContentWarnings: Occasionally Gavin will put one in at the start of the video that accompanies a song; usually it consists of a serious warning that quickly turns into a joke. For instance, "[[VideoGame/Doom2016 Hell to Pay]]" opens with: |
| 198 | -->''WARNING: This music video contains images of extreme violence, gore, metal, awesomeness, chainsaws, and a severe lack of diplomatic solutions to interpersonal conflicts. Viewer discretion is advised.'' |
| 199 | * CreepyCircusMusic: |
| 200 | ** "Joker's Song" opens like the theme for a CircusOfFear and keeps to that tune while Joker invites Batman to his "Fortress of Fun." |
| 201 | ** "Call of Duty Circus" also uses this trope. |
| 202 | * {{Crossover}}: He collaborated with Music/TryHardNinja on the latter's ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts''-themed song "Calling All Ghosts". |
| 203 | * CurseCutShort: In "Rampage". He has no problem with swearing, but prefers to keep his songs PG-13. |
| 204 | * DancinInTheRuins: The lyrics of "Higher Tonight!" allude to this. |
| 205 | --> And when the world is comin' down around me... I'm just gonna keep on dancin'... I'm just gonna keep on dancin'! |
| 206 | * DeadpanSnarker: His responses to some of the more idiotic comments on his videos. |
| 207 | -->'''Youtube Comment:''' I [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty master prestige]] so f all of u\ |
| 208 | '''Gavin:''' You don't need to tell us, we can already tell by your social skills. |
| 209 | * DestructiveRomance: "Only Us" reflects on the toxic nature of [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime's and Cersei's relationship]]. No matter how hard Jaime tries to atone for his sins and become a better person, his and Cersei's emotional and sexual addiction to each other is impossible to let go of. |
| 210 | * {{Determinator}}: |
| 211 | ** Gavin developed tinnitus, which is a condition that causes you to [[HellIsThatNoise constantly hear a high pitched ringing]]. He has yet to allow it to stop him from making music, although it's a significant obstacle when it comes to live performances. |
| 212 | ** His song "[[VideoGame/DarkSouls Embers Rise]]" is about someone who never stops rising, no matter how many times he's knocked down. |
| 213 | ** "[[VideoGame/DarkSouls Forever Flame]]" also has a line about never giving up in is chorus: |
| 214 | -->'''Forever Flame:''' Winding round / Over and over again / Fated to wander / Strike me down / Over and over again / To come back stronger |
| 215 | * DrunkenSong: He made a song about these for [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]], "Nord Mead". |
| 216 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first handful of songs were much more explicit in referencing their subject matter, to the point of directly mentioning characters or places from the games by name. Later songs would take a more indirect, metaphorical approach. Especially noticeable with [[VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} Fire In Your Hole]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Gordon Freeman Saved My Life]], and [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]]. Earlier songs also tended to be more humorous, while later song are more serious and engage with the mood, themes, and tone of the material that inspires them. Compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCWQh6bWZRM Hell In The Headspace]] with the earlier [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYuOStPmYdQ Necromorph Soup]], both inspired by ''Franchise/DeadSpace''. |
| 217 | * EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: In the video for "Niko It's Your Cousin!", when the song gets to a brief segment of [[TheUnintelligible Little Jacob]] singing, the subtitles give up and go "Uhhhh..." before Niko takes over again. |
| 218 | * EvilLaugh: He pulls a particularly magnificent one in "Joker's Song". You'd be forgiven for mistaking it to have come from [[ComicBook/TheJoker the man]] [[Creator/MarkHamill himself.]] |
| 219 | * {{Foil}}: Befitting their status as alternate-company foils, his ComicBook/{{Batman}} song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Wi0XWIdXA I Am The Night]]" and his ComicBook/SpiderMan song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfT2lq-m8QU When I Swing By]]" perfectly counterpoint each other, from the persepectives of the ultimate TerrorHero and [[AllLovingHero Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man]]. Even the direct inspirations are complimentary opposites, "I Am The Night" being most directly inspired by ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' (and the whole Arkham series, more or less), while "When I Swing By" is inspired by ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4''. "I Am The Night" is all about Batman being an even scarier predator who preys on Gotham's criminals; "When I Swing By" is about Spider-Man being a HopeBringer. |
| 220 | -->''I am the night / A tyrant of the shade / I am the spite / I am the pain repaid / I am the night / A fear that's raised in shadows cannot fade, crush the light / I am the night.''\ |
| 221 | ''And when I swing by / I'll sling away your troubles / Yeah when I swing by you'll shine / And I know that life can often be a struggle / But you'll soon be feelin' fine / When I swing by.'' |
| 222 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Don't Say A Word]]", the chorus says that "You are the voice in the song/It's yours when you sing along", in reference to the game's twist that [[spoiler:you were playing as a body double of Big Boss the whole time, thus making yourself part of his legend.]] |
| 223 | * {{Glamour}}: From "A Dog's Life": |
| 224 | -->No glamour or garb can hide the animal heart inside of me |
| 225 | * {{Haiku}}: Most of the verses of "When Honor Dies", his song about ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'' are haiku poems, though the chorus is not. |
| 226 | * HatedByAll: "Only Us" has Jaime and Cersei reflect on the fact that everyone hates them and they'll go down in history as villains because of their various horrible deeds and their incestuous relationship. They decide to turn their back on the world, no longer caring about anything or anyone but each other. |
| 227 | -->''And they will raze our towers''\ |
| 228 | ''And spit upon our names''\ |
| 229 | ''And the ravens black over the fields of ash''\ |
| 230 | ''Will whisper our tales of shame'' |
| 231 | * HeavyMithril: The metal version of "Wake The White Wolf" takes ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' and infuses electric guitar and pedals with the original [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouzouki bouzouki]]-using piece. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QMKjT6ZoUY Shadow Of The Ash]]" for ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'' is possibly the most literal version of this trope. |
| 232 | * IAmTheBand: He does all work on the music himself, without assistance from other musicians, with a few exceptions, such as [[VideoGame/LANoire "Sweet L.A."]]. |
| 233 | * IAmSong: Numerous songs are written from the first-person perspective of the or a main character from the work in question as they describe themselves in song. |
| 234 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPF25A-XnHE I Am Pudge]]", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin naturally]], is a rather meta song about Pudge bragging about his fame in the ''VideoGame/Dota2'' fanbase as a rather overpowered character. |
| 235 | ** The ''Series/GameOfThrones'' songs include "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOQsYk8cbnE&index=2&list=PL7vOu0c9nrr_ufkZJiqTssVFF197RiGIJ Halfman's Song]]" for Tyrion Lannister, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmJF9a7-g9c&index=5&list=PL7vOu0c9nrr_ufkZJiqTssVFF197RiGIJ Mother of Flame]]" for Daenerys, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jwm1yHy-0A&index=3&list=PL7vOu0c9nrr_ufkZJiqTssVFF197RiGIJ No One]]" for Arya Stark, and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkgmdYxiuM Only Us]]" for Jaime/Cersei Lannister. |
| 236 | ** "[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight I Am the Knight]]"; also doubles as a BadassBoast. |
| 237 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_epoUlyzGM Force of Nature]]" is one for Aloy from ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', where she describes her motivations and backstory. |
| 238 | * InTheStyleOf: Part of Gavin's genius is his ability to write music in a wide variety of musical styles, and while he clearly favors elements of hard rock, alternative rock, and heavy metal, he's not limited to those by any means. He's exceptionally good at taking a certain style, or even a certain artist, and emulating them without directly ripping them off. |
| 239 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfT2lq-m8QU When I Swing By]]" is heavily influenced by late-[=90s=], early [=2000s=] heavy pop and light alternative rock. Think Music/Blink182, Music/TheOffspring, and Music/Eve6. |
| 240 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEB-i8FRRc0 Through Life And Loss]]" will sound eerily familiar to any fan of Music/MyChemicalRomance. |
| 241 | * {{Instrumentals}}: |
| 242 | ** ''Vistas'' is an entire album of them. |
| 243 | ** "The Strut", described as "Music to rob banks to." |
| 244 | ** "Winter Still" reminiscent of the ambient themes from the actual ''Skyrim'' soundtrack. Compare with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Q28EyCa1A Far Horizons]]" from Bethesda. |
| 245 | * InterspeciesRomance: "PLOUGHING A TROLL" is about relationship between a human and a troll. This being [[CrapsackWorld the Witcher-verse]], it ends badly. |
| 246 | * KindaBusyHere: The second verse of "Niko, It's Your Cousin" goes like this. |
| 247 | --> Roman what the hell!\ |
| 248 | Now is really not the time\ |
| 249 | I'm kind of in the middle of\ |
| 250 | A quite demanding crime\ |
| 251 | \ |
| 252 | I'm driving like a maniac\ |
| 253 | I'm on a high speed chase\ |
| 254 | [[SkewedPriorities And you want me to desist]]\ |
| 255 | [[SkewedPriorities So you can stuff your fatty face?]] |
| 256 | * LastNoteHilarity: |
| 257 | ** Most notably used in his ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' song, "Trip to Vegas", where it ends with the song stuttering and "[[GameBreakingBug crashing to desktop]]", with Gavin saying "God dammit, not again". This is an AffectionateParody of how many people, the artist included, experienced many [[GameBreakingBug problems like crashes and freezes]]. |
| 258 | ** "Crucible"'s ending represents ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''[='=]s pre-Extended Cut ending: all buildup, no resolution. |
| 259 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: The music video for the updated version of "[[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption Redemption Blues]]" ends with [[spoiler: John Marston's HeroicSacrifice]]. |
| 260 | * LoudnessWar: The "Everything Up To Eleven Mix" of "Reclaimer" invokes this. |
| 261 | * MadnessMantra: [[{{Videogame/SOMA}} "Ditto"]] ends with the whispered chant, "Divide the zero down, sunder and multiply me, divide the zero down" that gradually becomes more intense before [[NothingIsScarier abruptly coming to a complete stop.]] |
| 262 | * MonsterClown: |
| 263 | ** "Joker's Song" is sung from the perspective of [[ComicBook/TheJoker Mr. J himself]]. |
| 264 | ** In "Call of Duty Circus", he compares that one player who is constantly sneaking around to a clown. |
| 265 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: From "Joker's Song" |
| 266 | -->[[ThouShaltNotKill But you'll not make it end]], [[JokerImmunity 'cause I'm your only friend]]. We are opposites, but we're the same. |
| 267 | * OddballInTheSeries: "Valhalla Calling" became this after the rock version was released, for as of now, it is the ''only'' song in the series that covers ''two'' different series - the original version is for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'', while the rock version is set to scenes from ''Series/{{Vikings}}''. |
| 268 | * OdeToIntoxication: [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/miracle-of-sound/5350-Nord-Mead-Skyrim Nord Mead]] is essentially an in-character [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Nordic]] ode to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin mead]]. |
| 269 | * OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: The video for "Higher Tonight" has been rated "W for [[DubStep Wubs.]] Unplanned exposure to wubs [[SideEffectsInclude may cause]] erratic bouts of rhythmic head nodding and/or dancing and in some cases feelings of extreme rage and betrayal towards your favorite musicians." |
| 270 | * PrecisionFStrike: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkFZaQmG-so Any song from]] [[SirSwearsALot Billy Butcher's]] perspective was never going to be PG-rated, but the fact that there's only a single curse in the chorus arguably makes it more powerful. |
| 271 | -->I've seen the beauty burn\ |
| 272 | And I'm still FUCKING fuming\ |
| 273 | [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge And as the tables turn]]\ |
| 274 | [[UnstoppableRage I'm feeling superhuman]] |
| 275 | * RealMenWearPink: When asked about having a lot of pink customized cars and weapons in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', gave this: |
| 276 | -->'''Gavin:''' I like the idea of such hyper-masculine, aggressively macho characters having pink cars & weapons, I think it's funny. |
| 277 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[VideoGame/MetroLastLight "The Day The World Died"]] is one to humanity as a whole. In his words, it's "A tribute to man's eternal folly". The chorus ends with "The day the world died, nothing was learned". |
| 278 | * RepulsiveRingmaster: "Call of Duty Circus" is sung from the point of view of one of these, presenting the people who play ''Call of Duty'' as freaks at a CircusOfFear. |
| 279 | * TheRockStar: Gavin used to be one in the band Lotus Lullaby. |
| 280 | * ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: He's comin' for your tank, bitch! |
| 281 | * SanitySlippageSong: "A Thousand Eyes" is about Provost Wilhelm from ''Bloodborne'' descending into gibbering madness as he gains more and more [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow Insight,]] which causes [[BodyHorror eyeballs to grow on one's brain]] (the thousand eyes are not metaphorical, and insight is a [[BlackComedy darkly comic pun]]). |
| 282 | * ScrappyMechanic: [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps Second Chance]] in Goodbye Black Ops and Second Chance. |
| 283 | * SelfBackingVocalist: As a one man band, most of Gavin's songs use multiple layers on the vocals. Especially prevalent in [[VideoGame/BioShock Little Sister]]. |
| 284 | * SingleStanzaSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebF6Fqhq1P4 Beauty Bleak]] features only three lines. ''Sterile soil will harden/Wasted world, my garden/Beauty bleak in a wasted world'' |
| 285 | * SingingVoiceDissonance: He sings with an American accent, but in interviews, he speaks with whimsical Irish accent. He has explained this to the fans who think he's [[FakeIrish putting it on]]. (Especially after "Nord Mead", in which he uses his natural accent.) |
| 286 | * SongStyleShift: Dream of The Sky is a mish-mash of musical styles emulating the [[spoiler:alternate realities]] and anachronistic music featured heavily in [[VideoGame/BioShockInfinite its inspiration.]] |
| 287 | * ShoutOut: |
| 288 | ** "I Suck At ''Call of Duty''" has a reference to LetsPlay/SeaNanners, who was well-known for his ''[=CoD=]'' videos at the time. |
| 289 | ** "[[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Road Rage]]" has the line "Speedin' to the rhythm of the [[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome thunder in your dome]]". |
| 290 | ** During "Shooter Guy", he [[BriefAccentImitation briefly imitates]] [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]] when singing about ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'''s infamous [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Chest High Walls]]. The same song also has him shout, "[[Film/{{Predator}} Get to the chopper]]!" in the final verse. |
| 291 | ** "Niko, It's Your Cousin" ends with Niko complaining, "[[Music/JayZ I've got 99 problems, and a fat idiot cousin is definitely one]]." |
| 292 | * SpecialGuest: While he has a lot of collaborations with other musicians, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Qs_9a1IT0 Fallen Leaves]]" is unique in that it features narration from Vaatividya, a prominent ''Soulsborne'' youtuber who has not done music before. |
| 293 | * StealthInsult: His "I Am Pudge" song was based on his experience being taught how to play [[VideoGame/Dota2 DotA 2]] by [[Webcomic/CriticalMiss Grey Carter]]. Grey edited the video that went with the song and slipped 'Gav is a casual' into one of the frames. |
| 294 | * TakeThat: |
| 295 | ** "Roll Out" features a line in its chorus that says "we're making a bigger [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries mess]] than Creator/MichaelBay". |
| 296 | ** "Trip to Vegas" ends with ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' crashing, and Gavin uttering a soft "Oh goddamn it, not again...". |
| 297 | ** "The Call of Duty Circus" is essentially one long take that towards the various types of players in ''Call of Duty''. For example: |
| 298 | ---> Roll up and see the amazing moving statue! SNEAK ATTACK!\ |
| 299 | He waits in corners till you pass then shoots you in the back. (Ha ha!)\ |
| 300 | He never moves or shoot so he will always blow.\ |
| 301 | For all he cares about in life's his Kill/Death ratio! |
| 302 | ** "Doorfighter" is a short song dedicated to directing one of these at the bizarre trend of smashing down and destroying doors. |
| 303 | ** "Wigglesticks" is a quick song directed towards the abundance of [[PressXToNotDie QTEs]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. |
| 304 | ** A brief one happens during "I Am the Night" that refers to the changing of Riddler challenges to races. |
| 305 | --->"Wit for pace this riddle's just a race..." |
| 306 | ** A somewhat ambiguous one comes up in his Iron Man Trilogy song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdysbdsrT2Y My Iron Skin]]" |
| 307 | ---> Gavin: "I've been tryin' to take a detour from these patriotic Rhodes." |
| 308 | * TitleDrop: The majority of his song titles feature in the lyrics, usually the chorus. |
| 309 | * TwilightOfTheOldWest: "Redemption Blues" and "Setting Sun", following the theming of ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' and [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 its prequel]] where the era of cowboys has ended/is about to end. |
| 310 | -->''Our days are [all almost] over'' |
| 311 | -->''Times have changed around these parts'' |
| 312 | -->''There ain't no more cowboys'' |
| 313 | -->''Only men with violent hearts'' |
| 314 | * UpdatedRerelease: |
| 315 | ** Gavin re-released "The New Black Gold" for his 100th video, completely re-recording the song in the process. |
| 316 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cvujeCj000&t=11s Brothers of The Creed]]" was re-released with an updated verse, replacing "I kill for good... under my white hood" with "signal's out of range... I was forced to change" after people raised concerns about TheKlan imagery the original line carried.[[invoked]] |
| 317 | ** "Take it Back", his ''Mass Effect 3'' song, got an updated version with better layer balancing to celebrate the release of the 'Extended Cut' patch for the game. |
| 318 | ** "Digital Shadow" has an updated version with different balancing, called "Digital Shadow 2014". |
| 319 | ** "Wake the White Wolf" was originally released as a folk song, but he later decided to redo it as a metal song. |
| 320 | ** "Shadow of the Ash" was later released again with an "alternative vocals" mix. |
| 321 | ** "Sovngarde Song" was completely re-recorded and updated, nearly five years after its initial release. It apparently took him over 200 hours of work before he was satisfied with releasing it. |
| 322 | ** He rerecorded "Redemption Blues" from ''Level 1'' to coincide with the release of ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' in 2018. |
| 323 | * VillainSong: |
| 324 | ** "Joker's Song", which is from the Joker's point of view about his obsession with Batman. |
| 325 | ** "[[VideoGame/FarCry5 Savior's Seed]]" is sung from the point of view of ''Far Cry 5'''s antagonist, Joseph Seed. Gavin was worried that, without the context of the music video to link the lyrics to the game, the song would be taken at face value as his own opinion. |
| 326 | ** "Only Us" with a side of ThenLetMeBeEvil, basically [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime and Cersei Lannister]] deciding that if the world won't love them, it can all burn down. |
| 327 | ** Similarly to "Only Us," "When Winter Comes" is basically the Night King stating that nothing can stop winter from freezing the whole world solid. |
| 328 | * VisualPun: In the video for "My Iron Skin," the lyrics, ''I been tryin' to take a detour from these patriotic roads'', play over a picture of War Machine, real name James "Rhodey" Rhodes. |
| 329 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Gavin has this relationship with [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]. |
| 330 | ** Even more so with [[Webcomic/CriticalMiss Grey Carter]], to the point that people who see them interact for the first time tend to think they ''hate'' each other. |
| 331 | * WomanScorned: In "PLOUGHING A TROLL", the she-troll eats the farmer once he grows tired of her. |
| 332 | * WarIsHell: The basis of the song "[[VideoGame/Battlefield1 Pawns of War]]". |
| 333 | * WordSaladLyrics: To someone unfamiliar with ''VideoGame/{{Soma}}'', the lyrics for [[https://youtu.be/kYLzNiRHTNo Ditto]] can be a tad obtuse, particularly its main recurring line of "Divide the zero down/Sunder and multiply me" and the variations thereof, resulting in some confusion in the Website/YouTube comments section. |
| 334 | * YouAreWorthHell: Of the DestructiveRomance variety in "Only Us". In the end, Jaime and Cersei decide that it doesn't matter if they're horrible people and the entire world hates them as long as they have each other. |
| 335 | -->''Let it all burn down around us''\ |
| 336 | ''Let the cruel consume the just''\ |
| 337 | ''Let the sin we swim in drown us''\ |
| 338 | ''Let the world shatter into dust''\ |
| 339 | ''Nothing else matters, only us'' |
| 340 | * YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: From "A Dog's Life," about werewolf protagonist Bigby from ''VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs'': |
| 341 | -->''Don't shake me''\ |
| 342 | ''Don't make me bare my teeth''\ |
| 343 | ''You really don't wanna meet that guy''\ |
| 344 | ''Don't wake me''\ |
| 345 | ''Don't let it off the leash''\ |
| 346 | ''There's a monster living under this hide'' |
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