EverQuest Soundtrack - Played through the (virtual) organ of Hereford Cathedral

Music © Jay Barbeau | Sony Online Entertainment

Full track listing & clickable times below description.

Not like my usual videos, but thought I'd just throw this up anyway.
For my own amusement, I decided to load up some of EverQuest's MIDI files into my virtual organ software. Thinking it had some potential, I went through painstaking editing of the MIDI files so that they would actually play properly. (I didn't alter the actual music itself in any way).

In each MIDI file, there were sometimes up to 10 ore more different instruments playing at once, each on a different MIDI channel. Only MIDI channels 1-5 could be used by the organ software, to specify which keyboard or pedals would play the note. Any notes on the other channels would cause the organ software to go crazy, pulling stops in/out at random.

Therefore, I had to edit each MIDI file by finding the five most important parts of the music (as there are only 5 divisions of the organ to play on), assigning them a MIDI channel to where I wanted it to be played, then deleting the rest.

I then had to play around and experiment to find appropriate stops on the organ (or as close as possible) to the instrument specified in the MIDI file. Then hopefully fit all the parts together!

Some of the tracks are really similar to the originals, so the music can be appreciated in a new way, without the terribly dated MIDI sounds. Though admittedly, the organ is not for everyone.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Wizard Spires - 'Al`Kabor Discovers the Spires'
00:22 - EverQuest Theme - 'Norrath Beckons'
02:30 - 'Academy'
03:18 - Ak'anon - 'The City of Ak`anon'
05:36 - Arena
07:21 - Character Select - 'A Hero Born'
08:40 - Character Select (Full Organ version)
10:00 - Felwithe - 'The Majesty of the Koada`Dal'
11:26 - Freeport Bard Guild - 'The Mournful Bards Sing of Freeport'
14:20 - Freeport Docks - 'Adventure Rides the Foamy Waves'
15:40 - Freeport North - 'The Value of a Coin'
16:41 - Freeport - Temple of Marr - 'Marr Blesses His Followers'
18:57 - Freeport West - 'A City of Four Quarters'
22:20 - 'Haven'
24:57 - 'Home'
27:00 - 'Inn'
28:03 - Kelethin - 'The Fier`Dal Sing Above our Heads'
30:17 - Kerra Isle - 'A Race Defeated, not Destroyed'
31:42 - 'Mystery' - 'The Group Reaches the Forest Outskirts'
35:05 - Neriak - 'Innoruuk Delights in His Chosen Children'
36:15 - Neriak - Lodge of the Dead - 'The Spirits Rise'
38:02 - Neriak - Lodge of the Dead (Full Organ version)
39:50 - North Karana Bridge - 'A Journey Across the Plains'
41:13 - 'Plane of Sky'
42:42 - 'Pomp' - 'The Cononation of Antonious'
44:40 - Qeynos - Bard Guild - 'Belious' Fine Lyres'
47:30 - Qeynos - Guard Tower - 'The Guardsmen of Bayle'
49:05 - Qeynos - Temple of Life - 'The Sanctity of Life'
50:25 - Qeynos Theme - 'The Pride of the Westborn'
53:55 - Rivervale - 'Elvensies in Rivervale'
55:40 - Shop 1 - 'The Group Shelters from the Heat'
56:58 - Shop 2 - 'A Stall in a Market Square'
58:03 - Shop 3 - 'A Dockside Shop'
59:10 - Shop 4 - 'Charisma Assists the Adventurer'
1:00:48 - Toxxuila Bridge - 'A Group Finds the River Crossing'
1:03:00 - Training - 'Great Aspirations'
1:04:07 - 'Underwater'
1:05:51 - Vendor Tune - 'The Enchanter Empties His Bags'

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The music can be compared with the MIDI versions in my other video here:    • A Musical Journey Through Norrath (EverQue...