Drakengard 3 - The Rising Fool | Reacting To Video Game Music!
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There are two separate tracks here. Using the official English titles, "Exvulsion / Phanuel" for the first half and "Exvulsion / Galgaliel" starting 5:10 of this video. Contrary to popular belief, Keiichi Okabe isn't the only composer and he works together with his own studio MONACA all the time. These 2 tracks here were both composed and arranged by *Kakeru Ishihama* who is from MONACA. As for the vocals, they were simply officially credited to "YoRHa". So it's a mystery. This is also interesting because the term "YoRHa" is irrelevant in this game and it's only relevant in NieR:Automata which was released years later.
Yoko Taro was actually already working on the original YoRHa stageplay during DOD3's development, the song Normandy from the stageplay is hidden unused in the game's files. The stageplay was performed live for the first time a few months after DOD3 released.
@@iamcaim Oh right, I forgot about the stage play.
As far as I'm aware, what you've been referring to as a lunar tear is the Flower, though they do look similar.
My favourite part of all the intoner themes remains the transition between the intoner's normal voice getting distorted into the song.
Ah, its even a version with the Intoner intros included! They give a bit of character to each of the five, even if you haven't seen the story around them.
Keiichi Okabe is indeed the composer, but you'll recognise his style in this game more than Nier, because he got experimental in this one, a bit like how he plays around in Tekken, but though the music may intrigue you, in its current state, it's not the easiest game to grab a copy of, & it's rough. The gameplay loop itself isn't particularly terrible, but the performance is. The frames drop far too much for what the action is demanding. It's a very strange game, as Yoko Taro tends to make them, but it's a beautiful one, & a compellingly tragic story set at the start of the whole DrakeNier timeline (for now).
Also, regarding the guitar riff, perhaps it reminded you of Wrath of the Harrier?
Finishing the video, caught a few other questions to answer. You asked about the audience sizes between Drakengard & Nier, & yeah, Nier is bigger. Automata was the standout game that introduced more people than any other. & due to that, more people are familiar w/ the Nier style soundtracks, & prefer it. I do too. However. The Final Song of Drakengard 3, which you reacted to a long time ago remains my favorite that Keiichi Okabe has done.
Emi Evans is also the predominant voice of this soundtrack, because it's also mostly in the Chaos language. She tends to have a good working relationship w/ Okabe.
There's also quite a difference with the Intoners' songs and the rest of the soundtrack, but that difference make them more impactful to me. The rest of the soundtrack ressembles more what we have in Nier but more triumphant, although "Empty Tone/Aethervox" is definitely something i could hear in Nier.
However the majority of the OST does not have vocals if not in Intoner Mode, which is a shame because the vocals elevate the soundtrack imo.
Overall, i also prefer Niers' sountracks but D3 has still one of my favorite OST ever. "This Silence Is Mine", "The Final Song" (& "Kuroi Uta"), "Empty Tone" and the DLC version of "Thirteen Chapter - Closing" are among my favorite across all soundtracks.
If your going to play this, (Assuming you have a good computer) I recommend emulating it with RPCS3. It received a 60FPS patch a few years ago and performance is more stable there.
If you have a good PC, you can actually Emulate it and power through most of the performance issues I've discovered.
YES! I LOVE THESE BOSS THEMES! Like legit, I love how the vocals all lead into the song itself by getting more and more distorted and just slowly turning into the initial chops of the boss themes.
Out of all the songstress, Five's theme is my most favorite.
Two for me
Four for me
Nice! I've been waiting to see you reacting to Drakengard 3 songs. The protagonist of Drakengard 3 have 5 sisters, named from Five to One, each one with an especific boss battle theme. You should definitely check out their other songs, they are AMAZING, like unbelievably good, it is rare to find in life something with as high quality as their songs' composition, you will understand once you hear them. Although it's Keiichi Okabe that also made the D3's music, it is a little diferent from the music in NieR series. I believe the reason was to better match the game's identity, since D3 is a more violent and visceral game.
This soundtrack will forever be in my car for roadtrips.
Thanks for the reminder of how cool the music is in this game. Loved the reaction :)
Half of the soundtrack for drakengard 3 is "I will now sing you the song that ends the world"
To answer some of your questions It's called Five's song because her name is Five, and this is my theory but I think the title Rising Fool is referencing how angels summoned by her song are commanded to "rise", but also because she's a "rising fool" because in any other setting she'd be called an incompetent ruler, but her people adore her because her whims and greedy nature actually have more positive effects than bad by sheer coincidence
Honestly, I thought the title was less about Five and more about Zero. As in tarot, 0 is the card of The Fool. The Rising part could refer to the fact that Five is the first step in her quest, which is also kind of a foolish one in and of itself. Not to mention the fact that everything to do with the sisters came about from her own foolish decisions. But these games love to play around with symbolism and dual meanings, so I'm sure that is the case here as well.
@@saintfayde4438 Oh I never even considered what it could mean in relation to Zero. I like this explanation as well
I've always loved the way that D3 weaved song directly into the plot and theme. It runs through everything and culminates in the final song.
If you want more Keiichi Okabe using guitars, i'll suggest Two's Songs (Two is the name of the character) "Blissade" and "Leap Wishes"
I see people have only been recommending Drakengard 3 so far, but you really ought to check out some tracks from Drakengard 1 & 2. They're done by different composers than this and NieR, and especially the first game has some of the most unique-sounding music in any game - I think you'd love it.
I love the horrible, dissonant sounds of Drakengard 1. Just adore it. I know some people don't but the horrible, droning, grating clamor and clang and the soundtrack is CHEFS KISS.
Drakengard 1 has a very weak soundtrack
@@TheSylvirr This but unironically
I actually listen to Drakengard 1 soundtrack. The entire experience makes the last few actual songs amazing.
@@ManiacalForeigner lol I *do* mean it unironically. I especially love In The Sky chap.1 for..some reason IDK. The whole soundtrack has a constant harshness to the point where the sound of grating metal can be melodic, and the soft voices that ARE there feel out of place and eerie. It's wonderful. The music doesn't feel like a fun romp, it feels like war. And it's perfect.
A bit of background on the intro being what it is, the sisters are goddesses who use the power of song. They're names are simply their respective numbers, Zero being the protagonist of the game. So each of their boss themes starts off with them singing in order to summon their respective boss. Personally I love the transition, it invokes a powerful feeling while still being a little unsettling. A running theme in Drakengard (or Drag-On Dragoon as it's called in Japan.)
I tend to favour calling it 'DoD' over something like 'DG' since there aren't that many if any games that are known by the letters DoD. Otherwise whenever there's overlap with Nier, you'll see people just say DrakenNier.
Funny you mention Touhou, it's heavily speculated that Yoko Taro either likes or is at least inspired by Touhou. Much more noticable in Nier though.
Forgot to mention, the Flower is NOT a Lunar Tear, trust.
Ohhh awesome! Are you going to do all the boss battles? I'm working on making vocal covers of them all they're absolutely amazing. The final song is my favorite of the boss battles but if I had to choose between the sisters, it would be Four.
Section you are talking about might be A Long Fall - The Twinning? Guitar part kinda reminds me of the beginning of Midgar Expressway from FF7R a little bit too.
You should check out the other 4 Intoner themes. I haven’t played Any Drakkengard games, I just have listened to some of the music, and I read the plots. But this is an amazing game for music. The story is incredibly dark. Very dark. But everything in Drakkengard is dark. Yoko Taro is all about dark.
So, a couple things as clarification. Nier did in fact happen because of the events of the Drakengard games, but Drakengard 3 actually released 3 years after Nier (and is a prequel to the original Drakengard). That said, Drakengard 3 - while being one of my favorite games ever - is really hard to recommend. Yoko Taro has notoriously had to fight Square for every dollar for his games. The fact that Drakengard and Nier have cult followings as dedicated as they are is really a testament to the writing because the actual game part is unfortunately rough. Drakengard 3 especially has a lot of performance issues where the PS3 struggles to even render the game at times and it honestly runs better on emulation but... legal grey area and all that. D3 is honestly one of those games that I'd suggest watching a Let's Play of to get the story, unless by some miracle it gets a remake.
The i just stepped on a lego song
Yes but i prefer the yawn song
Hmm... Maybe I'll request a song from the original Drakengard. It would be... interesting to see what you make of those!
The sky ost of the first chapter Is my favorite
*The Final Song* from Drakengard 1 would be interesting 🤣
Such an unusual song from this franchise but I really like it
Drakengard 3 came after Nier Replicant to the PS3, and it's actually chronologically the first game and also the last one of the whole series
The battle themes, are some of the best songs in the game.
Plz do drakengard 2 - Vein of grief 🙏🏻 instant goosebumps
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Technically, the order of the games is this: Drakengard 3 - Drakengard 2 - Drakengard 1 - Nier Gestalt/Replicant - Nier Automata - Nier ReIncarnation
The order of production/release is: D1, D2, N G/R, D3, N A.
Many fans, myself included, are hoping for a re-imagining of Drakengard 1 through 3. With Yoko Taro's recent success and popularity it just seems like a good move. But that remains to be seen. To be honest, I'd be satisfied with a remaster to smooth out the gameplay - which is why I'd recommend you WATCH the Drakengard games rather than play them.
Maybe you could do a reaction series of sorts?
Be warned though: Drakengard is far more brutal and depressing than the Nier games. I mean, D1 is directly inspired by Neon Genesis Evangelion/End of Evangelion.
Okabe didn't enter DoD series until 3. So similarity in music starts from the 3rd game and onward. BTW, you listened to two song in this. First half is Phanuel version, the second half is Galgaliel version.
The vast majority of Drakengard 1's soundtrack was made to be as uncomfortable and unerving as possible to the point of making you go mad, which is in tune with the story and the themes of the game. I, unfortunately, do not recommend playing any of the Drakengard games. D1 is Madness, The Game and D2 does not exist. D3 is the only one that i would consider playable, if you can get past the framerate that phase in & out of existence (It can be fixed if you can play it on an emulator). It's really unfortunate because i would have loved to see you against the Final Bosses of D1 & D3.
The stories for Drakengard is amazing. The gameplay, is not.
@@Lord_Aba Yeah... I still have hope for remakes.
dod3 boss themes are so good I can't get them out of my head
All drakengard games have fundamental problems that make them hard to recommend
Hope you're doing Leap Wishes as well, it's so good
Drakengard 1 and 3 is the prequel to Nier Replicant and Automata check it out when you get the chance. as the OG fan call it " The Draken Nier Sires' by putting the two titles together
Having played every NieR and Drakengard game (apart from 2, which Yoko Taro didn't work on) I like both series' OSTs. Drakengard tends to be more combat focused so it's music tends to be faster and "rock-y-er" while NieR tends toward more operatic and "epic." They're different but both fall within stuff I like so... they good.
If you want to get into Drakengard/NieR lore and their history and connection to each others, check out Clemps' video essay series on it. Very informative and entertaining videos from someone with a lot of love for the series
Keiichi Okabe was given the instruction to make the soundtrack sound nothing like Drakengard 1 or Nier, hence what we have now.
I prefer Two’s song, or maybe even Three’s. But all of them are kind of crazy (in a good way).
keiichi okabe is drakengard 3 and nier aye aye boss u should also start to reaxt to made in abyss ost made by kevin penkins its a masterpiece pls someone ask him from his patreons im to poor to pay xd
Great reaction, Jesse! I like the ost from this game a lot. It's truly experimental.
I suggest you to check the ost from Final Fantasy XIII-2. All or Nothing by Naoshi Mizuta is a good place to start :)
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Drakengard spoilers. This is how Drakengard ties in to nier
Drakengard is set in an alternate universe and at the end of Drakengard 3 theres a secret ending where the final boss tries to escape through a portal and arrives in modern day tokyo, his dragon gets shot down by fighter jets but its dead body poisons the earth and this is what causes the worldwide apocalypse that leads into nier.
yes its actually that bonkers
As you thought, this is indeed two separate versions of the song. This video is both The Rising Fool - Phanuel, then the second half is a different track, The Rising Fool - Galgaliel. Like Nier, this game has multiple Endings and paths of the story. You hear one version during the first route or two. Then the second later in the game on another route. Each of the major Intoner boss themes have two versions.
As for the "do you prefer one soundtrack to the other" that's... something of a loaded question. At least for me. Like, Nier has more songs that really stick in my brain, but I do feel like Drakengard 3 has the better overall soundtrack. A lot of that I feel has to do with the story of 3 featuring music as a narrative device (the boss here is literally singing that song in universe, doing all the crazy distortion and instruments with her voice) and thus feels a lot more interwoven with the story and is harder to ignore. Like, I will hum Song of the Ancients as I go about my day, but when my playlists brings up either this song or something like Kuroi Uta, I sit up and pay attention, if that makes any sense.
Interesting choice. I find Five's themes to be the weakest of the Intoners, leaning towards dubstep but never quite taking the plunge. The other Intoners have far more active, energetic themes which I'm sure you'll enjoy, particularly Two.
Two also has the most painful start
Great video, regarding the soundtrack of drakengard 1 and 3, there is a big difference, for starters drakengard 1 was composed by Nobuyoshi Sano, while drakengard 3 was composed by Keiichi Okabe,. The music of drakengard 1 is very strange and peculiar, it is closer to "silent hill" than to "final fantasy", it is a music that will never give you a break and that will always make you uncomfortable. While the music of drakengard 3 is an epic music, ideal for combat, it's not bad, but the music of its dlc is simply incredible.
Regarding FFXIV, you might be thinking of A Long Fall.
Most of the battle songs in DK3 when put together create the final song. but have more of a metal rock feel as opposed to the frantic world ending requiem nature of it. but overall does have a Nier feel. not sure if emi evans is the lyricist but still awesome
This game has incredible music, well that's Keiichi Okabe for you :)
My favorite is Three's theme (I recommend it).
afaik Drakengard 3 is the prequel to Drakengard 1.
Drakengard 1's true end(?) leads them shift into another world and destroy the boss in that other world leaving it to disintegrate into particles, which is essentially the premise to NieR Gestalt/Replicant, which itself is the prequel to NieR:Automata.
The Drakengard and NieR games share the antagonist this way. The white flower entity that likes to copy things. It all fits together if you realize that. FFXIV's NieR story arc heavily underlines Drakengard and NieR essentially being the same series, too.
Late reply but that "other world" that the boss disintegrates in was modern day Tokyo (well modern day at the time)
Underrated game? Probably not because of the combat, but the music is top tier
By the way, if you like anime with really good music, I'll recomend you Wolf's Rain. Just watch the opening (Stray) and you'll see, if you liked Wild Arms openings you'll know what I mean
Ah, I see the vid you got actially has both versions of Five's themes. I am personally a fan of Three's first theme and both of One's themes followed by both of Two's themes. That said, all of the Intoner themes are great, so no complaints.
It's more like "Nier music feels like Drakengard" since Nier is a spin-off series which stemmed from one of the many Drakengard's endings
Can't wait to see your reaction when you listen to Empty Tone from Drakengard 3
Friendly reminder that the DLC for this game is more expensive than the base game
The game has a lot more songs similar to that, one for each angel/dragon that the girls have