Part 1 of my deep dive into the Prothean Cycle, exploring the highly influential, yet highly mysterious, Prothean Empire.

Music:
Music by szegvari, courtesy of freesound.org
"Dark Synth Drone Action Mood Atmo Cinematic Film Music"
"EDM Myst Soundscape Cinematic" https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...
**NOTE** This was paired with "120 bpm edm drum loop 036" by "waveplaySFX" https://freesound.org/people/waveplay...
"Electronic Cinematic Music" https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...
"Egypt action Cinematic soundtrack background music" https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...
"Haunted Hall Cinematic Fantasy Music Thriller Orchestra atmo Amb soundscape" https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...
"Emotional Trap, Trap, Cinematic_146 BPM_A# minor_Full Mix Audio loop" https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...

Special thanks to the folks at the unofficial Mass Effect wiki for maintaining their invaluable archive of catalogued and easily retrievable information:
https://masseffect.fandom.com

Special thanks also to the Wikimedia Commons (https://www.wikimedia.org/), who hosts Public Domain and Creative Commons images, such as those included in the video.

Gameplay footage from Mass Effect: Legendary Edition.

Films/series excerpted in this video include:
"Inception" written & directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Brothers 2010
"Mad Men" S01E04, "New Amsterdam" written by Tim Hunter, directed by Lisa Albert aired 2007
"Starship Troopers" screenplay by Edward Neumeier (based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein), directed by Paul Verhoeven Tristar/Touchstone Pictures, 1997
"Conan the Barbarian" directed by John Milius, written by Milius and Oliver Stone (based on the work of Robert E. Howard) Universal Pictures/20th Century Fox, 1982
"Idiocracy" directed by Mike Judge, written by Judge and Etan Cohen 20th Century Fox, 2006
"Gladiator" directed by Ridley Scott, written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson Dreamworks/Universal, 2000
"The Muppet Christmas Carol" Walt Disney Pictures, 1992
"Man of Steel" directed by Zach Snyder, written by David S. Goyer & Christopher Nolan Warner Brothers, 2013
"Troy" Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Written by David Benioff (based on the work of Homer and Quintus Smyrnaeus) Warner Brothers, 2004
"Independence Day" directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich & Dean Devlin 20th Century Fox, 1996
"Monty Python's Life of Brian" by Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, & Michael Palin HandMade Films/Cinema International Corporation, 1979

Additional Clips, Sources:
"Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back Cinematic Trailer"    • Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back Cinema...  


Bookmarks:
0:00 Intro
1:01 Sources & Disclaimers
3:34 The Prothean People
8:01 Prothean Civilization
12:36 The Prothean Empire
16:11 The Metacon War


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