The Horse and The Infant + Just a Man | EPIC: The Musical Animatics

If you somehow didn't know these two animatics were originally made last year with the old recordings of the song. I decided to re-release them (with some minor editing here and there) with the new audios and in the same video! I always intended for them to be watched together so yeah

I'll leave the old animatics unlisted.

And thank you for 200k subs!

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The Horse and The Infant + Just a Man | Epic: the musical Animatic
Music by Jorge Rivera-Herrans @JayHerrans

[VictoriaWorldConquerer]

"Well I sure hope this is the last time Zeus makes me make a difficult choice involving killing someone" Odysseus probably.

[kanita]

I just noticed the part where Zeus sings "he will burn your house and throne, he'll find you wherever you go" has the same motif as Sirenope singing "he will chase high and low, so find a place he'd never go" in Suffering

[DuoMonkey]

I’m glad you included that he drops the infant. It’s a very key point for the mythos.

[OneOfThemNotLikeTheRest]

EVERYBODY ASSEMBLE, SHE HAS GRACED US WITH HER ART

[taralarkin]

It's so beautiful. I love how much of the focus is on the infant. When you're listening to the song with no visual input, it's easy to forget what Odysseus is truly doing but the constant images of the child blinking up at Odysseus and the things around him remind you that he was just an innocent infant that hasn't done anything yet. Heartbreaking.

[danieldavid]

THE HAND AT THE END LEGIT MADE ME SCREAM IN SHOCK I CAN’T

[mneeb]

gigi cooked yet again. It’s interesting that hes asking the soldiers for forgiveness when he says “Forgive me” instead of the infant or gods

[hughbrowne]

WHEN DOES A CABBAGE BECOME A METEOR, WHEN DOES A CABBAGE BECOME A FLAME, WHEN DOES A CABBAGE BECOME A

[JabamiLain]

They're together, as they should.

[rebeccaboyer]

Is it wrong to imagine Hades waiting at the bottom with open arms, catching and cradling the infant's spirit right before he hits the ground? 😢

[kimmeeb]

Okay but why did I JUAT NOW realize that the figure Odysseus sees in the mirror at 5:31 is the same figure from Monster oh my gosh I need to go cry now

[Oomy-noomy]

Guys help my cabbage turned into a meteor again 😭😭

[NoOneImportantQ]

NO THE BABY ACTUALLY LOOKED SO ADORABLE-

[sombra]

This just confirms to me what I already knew: I NEED ALL SONGS ANIMATED BY GIGI!!!

GIGI!!!! PLEASE GIVE US ALL SONGS!!! AND MY LIFE IS

[violetknaack]

Can we all just appreciate how smoother and faster the transitions are in Gigi’s more recent animatics. I really love how you can see Gigi’s growth and slight art style change from The horse and the infant-Suffering

[josefinagonzalezdamico]

THE THE FRIKING HAND!!! WHEN YOU SAID YOU MADE SOME CHANGES I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT

[justafan]

These two songs are basically just the same thing like a two part episode

[ahsjdjsx]

I love that Odysseus first tries to stab the baby, but can’t. He ends up opting to drop him, leaving it mostly up to gravity. Maybe because Zeus is the god of the sky, he feels like it puts some blame on the gods

[brysonbarnett]

Probably not intentional, but I like how here, when everything goes dark, Odysseus sees Penelope and Telemachus. Where as in The Underworld, we get "All I hear are screams every time I dare to close my eyes". Almost like he used to see his family when he closed his eyes, but they got temporarily overshadowed by his guilt.

Bit of a stretch but it works for me.

[captainconway]

Just gotta say I love all your depictions of all the other greek heroes at troy, Menelaus looks like a true spartan king. Agamemnon being just a big guy with a big shield fits his big ego. Neo's blood soaked armor and murderous eyes are perfect for how he was portrayed. Little Ajax is also great, I love him with the big smile on his face.

Fun fact according to some sources it was actually Neo who yeeted little baby Astyanax off the walls of Troy.