As a reminder: Full video with tracks from Skyrim, God of War, and Journey can be found here -ua-cam.com/video/DhkovY4G2DY/v-deo.html as a reminder: Chances are your favorite song isn't here. I only had an hour with Ryan and I work really hard to protect myself from copyright tracks since this is my day job. I would kindly ask for you to be respectful even in your disappointment.
One thing you have to remember about game music is that a lot of these days is dynamically mixed. Which means the OST is rarely the same as you hear it in game. Or even one appearance of a piece to another can be different. Some games will add additional lines or instruments, distortions, looping certain parts or skipping others.
Timestamps :) 0:50 : You're Not Alone - Final Fantasy 9 3:03 : Kuroi Uta - Drakengard 3 5:40 : The Unsung War - Ace Combat 5 8:35 : The Only Thing They Fear Is You - Doom Eternal 12:31 : Azhdaha - Genshin Impact 16:40 : Dust - Punishing Gray Raven 17:30 : Tenebre Rosso Sangue - Ultrakill 19:02 : Reqiuem - Arknights 20:55 : Ryan tells some stuff about himself 21:43 : Deep Stone Lullaby - Destiny 2 24:20 : Has Ryans Opinion/Perspective Changed? 25:19 : Bury The Light - Devil May Cry 5 Tell me if I missed anything! And enjoy the video ;D
Man I was so happy when he said bury the light was his favourite. No matter how big of a meme it has become It´s still my favourite videogame song of all times, it´s just so exceptional.
Serious question; do you think there's like a cutoff point for when music is VGM versus when it's a Theme Song or like a Piece from a Musical? In other words, do you think something like Bury the Light, which has so much Character, can turn the Concept of "Programmmusik" on it's head?
@@acceptablecasualty5319 quite a tough one :D but tbh I´d say at this point the only reason to call it VGM can be a gateway for people not playing games to get into this style of music writting and make it so that the line between differentiating it as VGM and listening to it as just a great musical piece becomes so thin that they realize that even though it´s written for another piece of medium, it can stand alone as great piece of art and therefore I can see it not necessarily turn its concept on its head but definitely make a big impact on its own.
Listening to "The Only Thing They Fear is You" and "Bury the Light" reminds me that, even though I grew up in the "satanic panic" of the 80's and early 90's and it was heavily impressed on me as a child how metal was bad & angry music that only evoked negative emotions, the reality is that very few things bring me as much joy as crunchy distorted guitars and pounding drums.
Ending on Bury the Light was a master move. The fact that Ryan loved it shows he's a man of culture as well. Again I can't overstate how much I love this style of videos. Keep at it Marco.
I love the course correction after "They Only Thing They Fear is You". Goes to show how varied VG music is, and how intermixed and experimental it can be, that someone who enjoys heavy music, but is known for classical operatic based job, can find things that they can totally jam to.
Ending on Bury the Light...has me thinking about the level of _earnestness_ that's lost in memes. Referencing references to references, without slowing down and _hearing_ the sentiment. I think anything with any angst is particularly susceptible to this. A song about falling on hard times, losing your spark, 'drifting in the ocean all alone'...digging and clawing into the heart of _you,_ looking for the fire that made challenges seem manageable, that made life worth living, that _made you who you are._ Finding it after all this time and _lighting the fucking world on fire for a brief, beautiful instant._ Sometimes it's okay not to be disaffected and ironic.
From what I know, Kuroi Uta is sung in Japanese, but written in a way where the exact meaning of the words is difficult to understand. Depending on how you pair phrases together, the meaning of the song could completely change. This is why when you look up the lyrics, they are officially written in katakana rather than with kanji which would make the words clear to understand. As a result, any sort of translation is probably seen more as an interpretation of the lyrics.
Ahhh, this was awesome! Thanks for taking me on the ride through those songs! It was wonderful. Thank you! Looking forward to the next "guinea pig". ;)
Have you reacted to the Ori games? ‘Restoring the Light, Facing the Dark’ is absolutely beautiful. ‘Naru embracing the Light’ is incredible, too! Gareth Coker is a gifted composer.
Deep Stone Lullaby is a classic but you absolutely should have shown “The Watchtower”, the song that plays during The Vault opening during the Last Wish raid. I get goosebumps every single time.
Bury the Light is still one of the best video game metal songs ever made. Casey Edwards had Mick Gordon (you know, that one dude who made the Doom music) help him on it. Meaning you had two really good composers working together. No wonder it turned out amazing.
Where did you hear that from? I haven't heard anything about Mick Gordon work on Bury the Light or any other DMC music. Haven't read Casey say anything of the like as well. When I googled it, Casey commented on a reddit post that was asking people if they'd like to see MG work on DMC in the future, Casey gave a lenghty response about how artists adapt to the work requirements and didn't mention once that Gordon had worked on it with him. So that makes me think MG didn't have anything to do with Bury The Light. I know Casey has worked with Mick before, on Killer Instinct soundtrack. But that was then and I don't think they have worked together since then.
Always feels like a win when Bury The Light gets more love 🙌 Thank you for the video, Marco; Always excited to see more of this series and looking forward to the next one!
so keygen church the artist for Tenebre Rosso Sangue, uses some non-traditional instuments. same for Mic Gorgodon. and im always surprised no one has questioned "WTF is making the sounds im hearing right now?" because keygen is using ancient computer parts to make those gritty percusion sounds. and one of mic's pieces sure sounds like it has guitar... but has no guitar at all... it does have a chainsaw though.
I found this channel a long while back from your initial reaction to Arknights music. But man. Final Fantasy 9 is by far my favorite game of all time. Hearing "You're not alone" brought me such a wave of nostalgia. Thank you for that, truly.
Continue spreading the joys of video game music among the opera crowd Marco! and with a little luck we'll have them make one with song from them somewhere in the future :)
I think it'd be a great idea to throw in some curveballs from some straight up WEIRD soundtracks. A lot of classical music is designed around liturgical or theatrical experiences, so i think it'd be a cool angle to showcase how the medium of videogames expands the scope of experiences possible, and how the musical scores or "Programmusik" for these unique experiences changes to account for this. This is also why i think a follow-up session with your guests where they get to look at or experience the gameplay context of a particularly sample they liked would be a cool idea- as you mentioned before, sometimes having context for a piece really elevates the experience! To give an example, the Armored Core games always had very creative Soundtracks, but having Gameplay and Story experience makes me appreciate the wistful and melancholic undertones a LOT more. There's even some games like Dead Space, where the music is so programmatic, it is literally tied to "The Program"- changing depending on gameplay Events. Or, in other Cases, music is part of the game's setting, like all the original music made for Cyberpunk 2077. Those sort of experiences are entirely unique to games as a medium, and i think it's part of what gives VGM it's artistic element; beyond just being enjoyable to listen to.
I think these introduction videos are so great! As someone from the Arknights community it would be funny/interesting to show 2 arknights songs and see if they can tell its from the same game, especially when you have songs that range from trad. russian to euro pop to church edm
Man, you treated Ryan to truly iconic pieces here, especially Bury The Light. I still go back to watch your reaction to Bury The Light because it's so interesting hearing folks break down the lyrics, themes and instruments of that piece. I think if you want to include a Devil May Cry song for another of these videos, I'd highly recommend Devils Never Cry from Devil May Cry 3. That one is a HUGE fan favourite in the franchise, largely in part because it's kind of the song tied to Dante awakening his demonic powers for the first time.
Thank you for the video, I enjoy this series. Love that you provide a space to bring people in and experience video game music and can generate discussion about it.
12:21 the craziest part about these that in game they aren’t 7 minutes long, they are set up to loop sections infinitely based on what is happening in the game and the type of enemies you are fighting
Marco, you are such a beautiful human. Music sets the atmosphere after all. And atmosphere is probably the most important aspect of all Video Games. It brings us gamers out of reality and places our emotions at the mercy of the game we're playing. Thank you for understanding the beauty behind the music in video games.
Another nice touch about Requiem is that it is paraphrased from a famous poem by Anna Akhmatova, from her work titled Requiem (somebody knows better than I, so correct/expand if needed). The lyrics match a story two characters have, and can be seen as the other ones lament, at the loss of the first one.
As soon as i heard Marco say "It fills you with motivation and determination" i knew instantly itwas Bury The Light, so you can imagine the shit-eating grin that just broke across my face when it came in.
Marco bring out the inner rockstar of all these classical musicians and we are all here for it! Music may have its genre but it does not have a boundary, to be appreciated by all
The Red War campaign trailer paired with Deep Stone lullaby is such a throwback. I still haven’t forgiven Bungie for taking away a huge chunk of content.
I think it's fascinating to see the reactions to Video Games from people who are non-gamers. Some people don't realize how insanely huge the gaming industry is; The Gaming Industry is valued at anywhere from 200-300 BILLION Dollars. That's bigger than the film industry and music industry combined...but DOUBLED. The budget for these games are nearly the same as most mainstream movies; but the revenue from the games are sometimes in the billions. For example; Elden Ring's budget is rumoured to be around $200,000,000; that's twice the budget of John Wick 4... but the revenue of the sales from Elden Ring were around 6-7 BILLION. Mind blowing.
Deep stone lullaby is honestly my favourite song ever from Destiny 2. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. I personally would love to see reactions to some if the newer songs like Oneirophobia (i think that's how it's spelled) or something similar, keep up the amazing reactions.
22:00 Deep Stone Lullaby still goated. Just having that break in the middle of a raid with this playing in the background with all the beautiful visuals, such a special song and moment
9:17, you mention a chainsaw being used. That was BFG division. The Only Thing They Fear is You uses a LAWN MOWER. Because for Mick Gordon, Home Depot is his Guitar Center
This series is so much fun. I had thought, I realize you want to use different song each reaction stream to keep it fresh, but how about picking one song that is either important for or is like important song in gaming and have it on for each reaction stream? Just so judge how different people will react to it? Just though that might be interesting.
See what i love about games is they have become ART, the music, a lot of people only think electro, midi, but in reality there are so many genres in game music including mixes of genres that you wouldnt think that would work, but does. many non gamers just dont understand how the music has evovled
I recommend music from Total Annihilation - I assume a lot of people in YT will jump in joy and rush to listen to it just because I reminded them of this old classics existence. In fact, I'm about to listen to it while I work today :) And outside of gaming music: - Michal Cielecki - mini album: "Orion" - Ivan Torrent - album "Reverie" - and pretty much anything from Thomas Bergersen, starting with "Cannon in D Minor" and his albums "Sun" and "Illusions"
As a very tiny potato girl growing up with my sister (who was being trained in piAHno, which I obviously couldn't say at the time) we got the NES, very young. My (he's not my boyfriend) ****** in first grade got me into Zelda and the first Final Fantasy. I often just sat in the living room listening to the music. We're building story with atmosphere, and what's more immediately emotional than music? It's a joy to me to watch folk like Koji Kondo and Nobuo MATSU-sama demonstrate the stuff we did back even then, with whatever "rudimentary" stuff you thought it was, if it makes a sound.... you can make a story and world. I grew up in the eight bit era so I got to watch the games grow, and as they grew in narrative, some let them grow in musical performance............... ....................On horrible hardware built for text and graphics and lol I love the master Wintergaten, showing us even today that we've been doing this forever. Reminding us. Reminding our hearts and minds how long we've been holding on to this. And hold on we must. The song is sung on any instrument, but only if there's a heart to sing it and a heart to hear.
I'm not much of a metal head, but Bury the Light and The Only Thing They Fear is You are both incredible and don't feel their lengths at all. If you bring back Ryan, you gotta show him some of Mick Gordon's work on Killer Instinct. I think he'd appreciate it!
“You now face godlike judgement. May it extend eternally.” I wish I could go through DSC again for the first time just to hear Deep Stone Lullaby for the first time again.
This is a very fantastic video, I hope one of these days you can get to some of the music from the castlevania series of games, keep up the good work! A huge fan
Deep stone lullaby was such a shock for the entire destiny 2 community. The moment jt played where you are doing a space walk and the other sounds are all muffled and there is a monologue going on was pure magic
Imo, video game composing has a deep history going back even to the 80s. One of my favorite pieces of music to this day is Mieko Ishikawa's The Strongest Foe from Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (the whole game's soundtrack is amazing) in 1989. Even her original composition for the PC-88 (it was a system that had like an NES sound). There's also "The Morning Grow" (sic) by Yuzo Koshiro for Ys I in 1987. It still impresses me how much emotion early game composers could pump out while be constrained by synth and multiple limitations. The other Ys and Falcom soundtracks are also amazing, as is Castlevania, Mega Man, Journey to Silius. Even though they can be covered and arranged with real instruments now, I feel like something is always lost in translation... not all synth sounds that those composers used translated well to real instruments, some are just too unique and can't be satisfactorily replicated any other way. Those are amazing compositions and sounds that are exclusive to the gaming medium, while modern game music can be similar to what you'd find in a movie or classical music just as well.
Ok so, to put it very shortly Drakengard 3 is about this woman, Zero, going around killing her sisters: One, Two, Three, Four, and Five; who are actually clones of her that were created by an eldritch abomination that takes the form of a flower, and, if they are left alive then that would mean the end of the world. So yeah, Kuroi Uta is very much appropriate
Whenever i talk about music from game to my friends, i become nervous as i don't know how to describe the music, and I'm afraid that they might hate me. So i try to explain it slowly
Perhaps an odd question - is Ryan, like, really smart? I was impressed at his ability to pull both emotional and technical aspects from the music after one listen, and then to articulate it really well as if he'd discussed it 100 times. I bet he's good at math, too.
the original drakengard 1 ost i dont believe had a live orchestra to do it's music, so instead what it did was sample other classical compositions to make a strange Frankenstein's monster of sorts for all the tracks in the game It sounds so cool
I think its interesting to note that game music has to be done in a way that allows the music to continue or end more abruptly. If you don't beat the arena room or boss fight in Doom fast enough the music doesn't just fade out and end. It has to be able to loop, but yet it also has to be able to end sooner depending on the skill level of the player. He touched on it briefly in mentioning how just when you think it might end it somehow manages to continue. In that way the music defies your expectations and surprises you. Bit sad there was no "Children Of The Omnisiah" though. I always got time to listen to that. 😉
As a reminder: Full video with tracks from Skyrim, God of War, and Journey can be found here -ua-cam.com/video/DhkovY4G2DY/v-deo.html as a reminder: Chances are your favorite song isn't here. I only had an hour with Ryan and I work really hard to protect myself from copyright tracks since this is my day job. I would kindly ask for you to be respectful even in your disappointment.
Same link as this video
that link goes back to this video itself, and the vods channel doesnt have a new vid
i think you did a goof?
Link leads to this one, vods channel doesn't have a full one. I greatly prefer to watch a full version, will it be available soon?
I guess the link might just be a placeholder until the vod gets posted.
Heyy marco, you dont have the vod in the link, its the same lin kas this video
One thing you have to remember about game music is that a lot of these days is dynamically mixed. Which means the OST is rarely the same as you hear it in game. Or even one appearance of a piece to another can be different. Some games will add additional lines or instruments, distortions, looping certain parts or skipping others.
Timestamps :)
0:50 : You're Not Alone - Final Fantasy 9
3:03 : Kuroi Uta - Drakengard 3
5:40 : The Unsung War - Ace Combat 5
8:35 : The Only Thing They Fear Is You - Doom Eternal
12:31 : Azhdaha - Genshin Impact
16:40 : Dust - Punishing Gray Raven
17:30 : Tenebre Rosso Sangue - Ultrakill
19:02 : Reqiuem - Arknights
20:55 : Ryan tells some stuff about himself
21:43 : Deep Stone Lullaby - Destiny 2
24:20 : Has Ryans Opinion/Perspective Changed?
25:19 : Bury The Light - Devil May Cry 5
Tell me if I missed anything! And enjoy the video ;D
Thanks for the timestamps! I think they're vital to multi-segment videos like this.
legend
Thanks for timestamps
Weird since I spent half hour doing chapters.... I appreciate it!
@@MarcoMeatballOh no, I didn't even look the description, sorry
Man I was so happy when he said bury the light was his favourite. No matter how big of a meme it has become It´s still my favourite videogame song of all times, it´s just so exceptional.
Serious question; do you think there's like a cutoff point for when music is VGM versus when it's a Theme Song or like a Piece from a Musical? In other words, do you think something like Bury the Light, which has so much Character, can turn the Concept of "Programmmusik" on it's head?
@@acceptablecasualty5319 quite a tough one :D but tbh I´d say at this point the only reason to call it VGM can be a gateway for people not playing games to get into this style of music writting and make it so that the line between differentiating it as VGM and listening to it as just a great musical piece becomes so thin that they realize that even though it´s written for another piece of medium, it can stand alone as great piece of art and therefore I can see it not necessarily turn its concept on its head but definitely make a big impact on its own.
@@honzik3958 I can see that, yeah
Yeah that was awesome, but why all the Nero gameplay when it is Vergil's theme?
@@SgtPriad It's just for illustration. I don't think they watched GMVs.
Listening to "The Only Thing They Fear is You" and "Bury the Light" reminds me that, even though I grew up in the "satanic panic" of the 80's and early 90's and it was heavily impressed on me as a child how metal was bad & angry music that only evoked negative emotions, the reality is that very few things bring me as much joy as crunchy distorted guitars and pounding drums.
Ironically, Doom is one of the most Christian friendly games as your whole mission is to slay demons.
@@J-manlisame as Devil May Cry lmao
@@-antares_ Yesn't, since Dante is probably the most human or angelic Devil in gaming, and Nero too.
@@J-manli Same with Castlevania, as you actually use crosses, holy water and bibles to slay vampires and other monsters.
the funny thing is that DMC and DOOM are the most crusader approved shit, because you're literally there to kill demons and Satan himself
Ending on Bury the Light was a master move. The fact that Ryan loved it shows he's a man of culture as well. Again I can't overstate how much I love this style of videos. Keep at it Marco.
I love the course correction after "They Only Thing They Fear is You". Goes to show how varied VG music is, and how intermixed and experimental it can be, that someone who enjoys heavy music, but is known for classical operatic based job, can find things that they can totally jam to.
Doom Eternal is chock full of great songs. I really like "The Only Thing They Fear is You", really pumps you up :)
Ending on Bury the Light...has me thinking about the level of _earnestness_ that's lost in memes. Referencing references to references, without slowing down and _hearing_ the sentiment. I think anything with any angst is particularly susceptible to this.
A song about falling on hard times, losing your spark, 'drifting in the ocean all alone'...digging and clawing into the heart of _you,_ looking for the fire that made challenges seem manageable, that made life worth living, that _made you who you are._ Finding it after all this time and _lighting the fucking world on fire for a brief, beautiful instant._
Sometimes it's okay not to be disaffected and ironic.
From what I know, Kuroi Uta is sung in Japanese, but written in a way where the exact meaning of the words is difficult to understand. Depending on how you pair phrases together, the meaning of the song could completely change. This is why when you look up the lyrics, they are officially written in katakana rather than with kanji which would make the words clear to understand. As a result, any sort of translation is probably seen more as an interpretation of the lyrics.
Ahhh, this was awesome! Thanks for taking me on the ride through those songs! It was wonderful. Thank you! Looking forward to the next "guinea pig". ;)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Have you reacted to the Ori games? ‘Restoring the Light, Facing the Dark’ is absolutely beautiful. ‘Naru embracing the Light’ is incredible, too! Gareth Coker is a gifted composer.
yeah ori games have great music
The Ori games and Shovel Knight games must be reacted. Their OSTs are amazing.
Huge huge fan of Luma Pools here. Man, that one's real pretty.
Mora the Spider remains one of my favorites
Ori games are fantastic
This series is such a treat. Can't wait for more episodes of this.
Lightning in a bottle really.
Deep Stone Lullaby is a classic but you absolutely should have shown “The Watchtower”, the song that plays during The Vault opening during the Last Wish raid.
I get goosebumps every single time.
Probably my favourite OST form D2 on par with the Riven encounter track, hope he'll consider it for a future reaction.
Bury the Light is still one of the best video game metal songs ever made.
Casey Edwards had Mick Gordon (you know, that one dude who made the Doom music) help him on it.
Meaning you had two really good composers working together. No wonder it turned out amazing.
Where did you hear that from? I haven't heard anything about Mick Gordon work on Bury the Light or any other DMC music. Haven't read Casey say anything of the like as well. When I googled it, Casey commented on a reddit post that was asking people
if they'd like to see MG work on DMC in the future, Casey gave a lenghty response about how artists adapt to the work requirements and didn't mention once that Gordon had worked on it with him. So that makes me think MG didn't have anything to do with Bury The Light.
I know Casey has worked with Mick before, on Killer Instinct soundtrack. But that was then and I don't think they have worked together since then.
are you sure you arent thinking of killer instinct?
Video game? More like one of the best metal songs ever made period
Amazing song choice. So great to see these reactions that other professionals have, and the genuine reactions they have. Love it.
Thank you so much!!
Lets gooo!! Thanks Marco and Ryan.
SO many good pieces in this one! Doom, Genshin, Ultrakill? Yes please! Wonder who will get to listen to Fatalis' theme in the future!
Always feels like a win when Bury The Light gets more love 🙌 Thank you for the video, Marco; Always excited to see more of this series and looking forward to the next one!
Love this series so much. Thank you to you and your guests!!
So glad!
Using Bury the Light for him at the very end was icing on the cake!! Love this guy, hope you get to work with him more in the future 🖤
I love these videos where you introduce others working in opera or classical to video game music you've listened too.
Listened to*
so keygen church the artist for Tenebre Rosso Sangue, uses some non-traditional instuments. same for Mic Gorgodon. and im always surprised no one has questioned "WTF is making the sounds im hearing right now?" because keygen is using ancient computer parts to make those gritty percusion sounds. and one of mic's pieces sure sounds like it has guitar... but has no guitar at all... it does have a chainsaw though.
I found this channel a long while back from your initial reaction to Arknights music. But man. Final Fantasy 9 is by far my favorite game of all time. Hearing "You're not alone" brought me such a wave of nostalgia. Thank you for that, truly.
Glad you enjoy it!
This format is really enjoyable. Its great to share the love of the art of music and games with people. Keep up the great work! :)
Continue spreading the joys of video game music among the opera crowd Marco! and with a little luck we'll have them make one with song from them somewhere in the future :)
I think it'd be a great idea to throw in some curveballs from some straight up WEIRD soundtracks. A lot of classical music is designed around liturgical or theatrical experiences, so i think it'd be a cool angle to showcase how the medium of videogames expands the scope of experiences possible, and how the musical scores or "Programmusik" for these unique experiences changes to account for this.
This is also why i think a follow-up session with your guests where they get to look at or experience the gameplay context of a particularly sample they liked would be a cool idea- as you mentioned before, sometimes having context for a piece really elevates the experience!
To give an example, the Armored Core games always had very creative Soundtracks, but having Gameplay and Story experience makes me appreciate the wistful and melancholic undertones a LOT more.
There's even some games like Dead Space, where the music is so programmatic, it is literally tied to "The Program"- changing depending on gameplay Events. Or, in other Cases, music is part of the game's setting, like all the original music made for Cyberpunk 2077.
Those sort of experiences are entirely unique to games as a medium, and i think it's part of what gives VGM it's artistic element; beyond just being enjoyable to listen to.
A whole video without a 2 hr Genshin lore lecture. We are so proud of you Marco.
I think these introduction videos are so great!
As someone from the Arknights community it would be funny/interesting to show 2 arknights songs and see if they can tell its from the same game, especially when you have songs that range from trad. russian to euro pop to church edm
The huge smile he had throughout the Doom song was just SOOO satisfying to see. His smile just kept getting wider as the song kept unfolding
It's nice seeing people enjoy these little vibe sessions and get exposed to music they may not have found otherwise.
Man, you treated Ryan to truly iconic pieces here, especially Bury The Light. I still go back to watch your reaction to Bury The Light because it's so interesting hearing folks break down the lyrics, themes and instruments of that piece. I think if you want to include a Devil May Cry song for another of these videos, I'd highly recommend Devils Never Cry from Devil May Cry 3. That one is a HUGE fan favourite in the franchise, largely in part because it's kind of the song tied to Dante awakening his demonic powers for the first time.
Drakengard 3 is certainly one of the games of all time, but then again can't expect any less from Yoko Taro.
I hope Yoko Taro will have Drakengard 3 remastered like Nier: Replicant. The story is great, just that the combat is quite clunky.
Thank you for the video, I enjoy this series. Love that you provide a space to bring people in and experience video game music and can generate discussion about it.
The deep stone lullaby track is beautiful.
Side note: it reminds me of blade runner / tears in rain.
And the sound reminds me of hyper light drifter.
tears in rain comparison is nice
Oh man, as soon as he started listing off metal bands I knew he needed to hear Bury the Light. Good choice to end on it.
I absolutely love these kinds of videos because you see the guest and theyre enjoying the music so much and it's so damn great.
12:21 the craziest part about these that in game they aren’t 7 minutes long, they are set up to loop sections infinitely based on what is happening in the game and the type of enemies you are fighting
Sorry missed this one when it came out Marco. Once again a wonderful guest and a great video!
No worries!
All of these videos are amazing. Hope this will continue being a regular thing.
Side note regarding Not Alone from FFIX; it is the only song in the entire OST that isn't built off previous leitmotifs.
No Soundtracks from the souls series? The final phase of slaveknight Gael literally has the best musical piece i can imagine
Marco, you are such a beautiful human.
Music sets the atmosphere after all. And atmosphere is probably the most important aspect of all Video Games.
It brings us gamers out of reality and places our emotions at the mercy of the game we're playing.
Thank you for understanding the beauty behind the music in video games.
Aw my pleasure
Another nice touch about Requiem is that it is paraphrased from a famous poem by Anna Akhmatova, from her work titled Requiem (somebody knows better than I, so correct/expand if needed). The lyrics match a story two characters have, and can be seen as the other ones lament, at the loss of the first one.
Didn't expect this to turn into video games' metal appreciation, but I'm all for it
Can only imagine his reaction to the soundtrack of the Halo franchise, and of course, One Winged Angel.
LETS GO!! Fantastic video Marco!
As soon as i heard Marco say "It fills you with motivation and determination" i knew instantly itwas Bury The Light, so you can imagine the shit-eating grin that just broke across my face when it came in.
Lmao
Marco bring out the inner rockstar of all these classical musicians and we are all here for it! Music may have its genre but it does not have a boundary, to be appreciated by all
Finally someone giving Drakengard 3 some attention its a masterpiece despite its flaws
12:31 Azhdaha is a masterpiece, one of the best compositions ever made.
The Red War campaign trailer paired with Deep Stone lullaby is such a throwback. I still haven’t forgiven Bungie for taking away a huge chunk of content.
Tbh I think Arknights Ständchen should be mandatory for all these sessions. It is such a good blend of a classical piece with modern rock.
I think it's fascinating to see the reactions to Video Games from people who are non-gamers. Some people don't realize how insanely huge the gaming industry is; The Gaming Industry is valued at
anywhere from 200-300 BILLION Dollars. That's bigger than the film industry and music industry combined...but DOUBLED. The budget for these games are nearly the same as most mainstream movies; but the revenue from the games are sometimes in the billions.
For example; Elden Ring's budget is rumoured to be around $200,000,000; that's twice the budget of John Wick 4... but the revenue of the sales from Elden Ring were around 6-7 BILLION.
Mind blowing.
Always look forward to these vids. The reactions and thoughts of those outside gaming is great.
Deep stone lullaby is honestly my favourite song ever from Destiny 2. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. I personally would love to see reactions to some if the newer songs like Oneirophobia (i think that's how it's spelled) or something similar, keep up the amazing reactions.
Yessss Requiem and Bury the light!!! Btw hype for more DMC and Arknights contents
22:00 Deep Stone Lullaby still goated. Just having that break in the middle of a raid with this playing in the background with all the beautiful visuals, such a special song and moment
i always love when you do these
God, I *love* seeing stankface on classically-trained musicians when the distorted guitars and drums go off.
9:17, you mention a chainsaw being used. That was BFG division. The Only Thing They Fear is You uses a LAWN MOWER. Because for Mick Gordon, Home Depot is his Guitar Center
"I can't explain it to you, it's crazy"
such an understatement
Ultrakill is the only game that I know of that uses an organ in a song for a gauntlet that replaces your blood with pure adrenaline
What's interesting in doom's music is that mick gordon made it from the perspective of the demons, like they are facing a final boss
This was very interesting since I know very little about opera. Outstanding work!
You need to make video you with him on FFXVI OST, especially Bahamut and all !
The crossover between classical enjoyers and metal fans is remarkably large. This is even more true for sub-genres like symphonic and operatic metal.
This series is so much fun. I had thought, I realize you want to use different song each reaction stream to keep it fresh, but how about picking one song that is either important for or is like important song in gaming and have it on for each reaction stream? Just so judge how different people will react to it? Just though that might be interesting.
Great suggestion!
Ugh... Requiem still hits hard, товарищ
See what i love about games is they have become ART, the music, a lot of people only think electro, midi, but in reality there are so many genres in game music including mixes of genres that you wouldnt think that would work, but does. many non gamers just dont understand how the music has evovled
I recommend music from Total Annihilation - I assume a lot of people in YT will jump in joy and rush to listen to it just because I reminded them of this old classics existence. In fact, I'm about to listen to it while I work today :)
And outside of gaming music:
- Michal Cielecki - mini album: "Orion"
- Ivan Torrent - album "Reverie"
- and pretty much anything from Thomas Bergersen, starting with "Cannon in D Minor" and his albums "Sun" and "Illusions"
As a very tiny potato girl growing up with my sister (who was being trained in piAHno, which I obviously couldn't say at the time) we got the NES, very young. My (he's not my boyfriend) ****** in first grade got me into Zelda and the first Final Fantasy.
I often just sat in the living room listening to the music. We're building story with atmosphere, and what's more immediately emotional than music?
It's a joy to me to watch folk like Koji Kondo and Nobuo MATSU-sama demonstrate the stuff we did back even then, with whatever "rudimentary" stuff you thought it was, if it makes a sound.... you can make a story and world. I grew up in the eight bit era so I got to watch the games grow, and as they grew in narrative, some let them grow in musical performance...............
....................On horrible hardware built for text and graphics and lol I love the master Wintergaten, showing us even today that we've been doing this forever.
Reminding us.
Reminding our hearts and minds how long we've been holding on to this. And hold on we must. The song is sung on any instrument, but only if there's a heart to sing it and a heart to hear.
God damn the song picks here we’re so good, doom, ultrakill, deep stone lullaby, bury the light, absolutely stacked list
I'm not much of a metal head, but Bury the Light and The Only Thing They Fear is You are both incredible and don't feel their lengths at all.
If you bring back Ryan, you gotta show him some of Mick Gordon's work on Killer Instinct. I think he'd appreciate it!
Always good to see a fellow bass-baritone get represented.
Your are not alone! LETS GO!!!!
these are great videos glad I got here early!
“You now face godlike judgement. May it extend eternally.” I wish I could go through DSC again for the first time just to hear Deep Stone Lullaby for the first time again.
Bury the light: while showing nero being thrown around twice his dead weight
This is a very fantastic video, I hope one of these days you can get to some of the music from the castlevania series of games, keep up the good work! A huge fan
Oh never heard video game music? Have some earbleeding headbanging Doom then 🤣
Doom's music is always awesome. Glad Ryan is into metal. I heard he mention Pantera, which is awesome.
Deep stone lullaby was such a shock for the entire destiny 2 community. The moment jt played where you are doing a space walk and the other sounds are all muffled and there is a monologue going on was pure magic
Really hope these videos do well. I like these a lot.
Obviously Bury The Light has to be his favourite. And surely, The Only Thing They Fear is 2nd.
Even though i only care for the destiny songs I'm still gonna be respectful of the time you've put into making this video and watch the whole thing
That is really sweet.
@@MarcoMeatball No problem good sir!
The drop from Virgil's Theme is probably one of my favorite VG songs
I love how you started with ff IX, it was my favourite ps1 game and I didn't understand why it wasn't more hyped.
Ezio's family, risk of rain 2 main menu theme, arkham city theme, halo theme, cod mw(2019) main theme pls
14:36 that shift in guitar just, sounds so good but I dont know why
Guys 1999 had Heroes 3
Don't you know your stuff?
Paul Romero gave tours in Russia before the war, it's that good
"so we're both from the industry and i tried not stray away from the stuff you do"
"My favorite is the doom one"
Marco "nauuuuuuur"
Hahahahah
Drakengard... Final Fantasy 9? A man after my own heart.
Imo, video game composing has a deep history going back even to the 80s. One of my favorite pieces of music to this day is Mieko Ishikawa's The Strongest Foe from Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (the whole game's soundtrack is amazing) in 1989. Even her original composition for the PC-88 (it was a system that had like an NES sound). There's also "The Morning Grow" (sic) by Yuzo Koshiro for Ys I in 1987. It still impresses me how much emotion early game composers could pump out while be constrained by synth and multiple limitations. The other Ys and Falcom soundtracks are also amazing, as is Castlevania, Mega Man, Journey to Silius. Even though they can be covered and arranged with real instruments now, I feel like something is always lost in translation... not all synth sounds that those composers used translated well to real instruments, some are just too unique and can't be satisfactorily replicated any other way. Those are amazing compositions and sounds that are exclusive to the gaming medium, while modern game music can be similar to what you'd find in a movie or classical music just as well.
Ok so, to put it very shortly
Drakengard 3 is about this woman, Zero, going around killing her sisters: One, Two, Three, Four, and Five; who are actually clones of her that were created by an eldritch abomination that takes the form of a flower, and, if they are left alive then that would mean the end of the world.
So yeah, Kuroi Uta is very much appropriate
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Whenever i talk about music from game to my friends, i become nervous as i don't know how to describe the music, and I'm afraid that they might hate me. So i try to explain it slowly
Perhaps an odd question - is Ryan, like, really smart? I was impressed at his ability to pull both emotional and technical aspects from the music after one listen, and then to articulate it really well as if he'd discussed it 100 times. I bet he's good at math, too.
He's very intelligent.
I feel like Ryan would LOVE most guilty gear songs lol
the original drakengard 1 ost i dont believe had a live orchestra to do it's music, so instead what it did was sample other classical compositions to make a strange Frankenstein's monster of sorts for all the tracks in the game It sounds so cool
I highly suggest music from Hades or just Supergiant games in general.
I think its interesting to note that game music has to be done in a way that allows the music to continue or end more abruptly. If you don't beat the arena room or boss fight in Doom fast enough the music doesn't just fade out and end. It has to be able to loop, but yet it also has to be able to end sooner depending on the skill level of the player. He touched on it briefly in mentioning how just when you think it might end it somehow manages to continue. In that way the music defies your expectations and surprises you. Bit sad there was no "Children Of The Omnisiah" though. I always got time to listen to that. 😉
when that deep stone lullaby hits, it truly hits