It’s surprising to me too considering that it is probably one of the closest to the pure sound and hype most souls games have. It’s definitely better than some of the stuff DS3 pulls, but it’s not like it’s the typically softer music of Elden Ring too. I think the unfortunate truth is that a lot of these players just have an under appreciation for the deeper parts of music. I love being bombarded by epic sounds in most of DS3’s tracks, but if I were to continuously listen to the whole thing I’d probably need to get my hearing checked. It is often better to bring it down at points and this adds to the despair that is in these games. If you look at Darkeater Midir’s theme for example, it’s very well composed, but is just pure epic hype. We don’t get the feeling that this is a beast who has lived for ages through pain and suffering caused by the nature of the Soulsborne genre. That’s why I love Gwyn’s theme and the Soul of Cinder’s theme. We get this slow composition that shows the true despair of the situation. Looking at Hoarah Loux’s theme and more specifically Godfrey’s theme altogether, we get a nice regal tone in the first half that is slower and fit for a king, but then is devolves into the rapid warrior nature of Hoarah Loux while still not just being a bombardment of sound. My favorite piece of music of all time is hands down New World Symphony. It is exciting, horrifying, sad, and calm all within 12 minutes. We get the blasting of brass as if something horrible has happened and then transition to the melody of flutes and strings not two minutes later. Oh and the French Horns the Horns! The best time I have ever seen this song used was in One Piece when Luffy defeats Crocodile, something I hope they repeat in the Live action instead of putting on of the generic Luffy battle songs. New World Symphony is probably one of the best examples of how you can have an intense exciting song that just isn’t music and noise blasting at you to give you a sense of epicness without any proper distinction.
I just finished hollow knight and the music was rlly cool in like city of tears and greenpath n stuff. What really did me in is the funeral music that started playing when i entered path of pain (which i later found out was also the sealed vessel phase 3 theme), i knew it was a funeral for me.
Honestly, based. Elden Ring's OST is super underrated and has some of the best Kitamura work (Malenia, Ancestor Spirit, Leyndell, Rennala), which is ironic, considering you're dunking on DS3's ost that was mostly made by her 🤣
@@FireBurner101 i know... So? That has nothing to do with my comment. I thought it's curious that he makes examples of bad music using Kitamura's themes while contrasting it with examples of good music... Using Kitamura's other themes. I think that's kinda funny. Nothing more to it.
I'm sad to see Kitamura go, but part of me is glad more composers are taking the creative direction, I like her work but man I Swear you could feed 3 tracks to an AI and you could get the DS3 tracks to the T lmao
It was a lot of fun to take your quiz, Loopine! Thanks so much for having me involved. You've also 50% guilt tripped me into editing future videos, and 100% guilt tripped me into some Metal Mondays.
I think it's because of how many composers they had. Also, Shoi Miyazawa is a genius. Radahn, Fortissax, Mohg, Godrick, and my personal favorite, Maliketh, were all composed by him. This game has the best soundtrack of any game right now. Also, the Regal Ancestor Spirit is probably Kitamura's best work along with the Divine Dragon.
The variety was great for everyone involved imo, Kitamura got to make a couple of inspired themes that feel unique, the new composers got to develop their experience, and the fans got the best OST ever
Dude, 100%. Miyazawa tracks are just on another level for me. It's all very subjective of course, other composers have highlights too, Kitamura did amazing with Regal Ancestor, and I confess I find her style a bit boring and aimless sometimes, but Godrick and Mohg are top tier for me, on par with Ludwig from BB, and it takes a lot for me to say that. Still, I don't really care too much for most of ER's soundtrack, but the highs are really high.
I challenge people to let the Regal Ancestor Spirit fight play out. Do not spam weapon arts, don’t speed run it. Just stay alive. The atmosphere of it starts to set in, you’re invading this creatures habitat, the cycle of life happening around you, and the spirit gets more and more angry the more it has to destroy life to stay alive. When you finally do kill the ancestor spirit, all life in the area ceases to exist. The regal ancestor spirit was the heart of the wild, and you killed it. It’s seriously an incredible fight if you don’t try to speed through it.
Ok I finished the video now and the main thing I took away from it was that Lupine may be the only person alive more dedicated to winning an argument than me 😂 really good video!
I know this may sound random, but do you know how the song at 1:12:20 is called? Loopine also used it for the Sekiro combat video and I absolutely loved it lol
Only 5 minutes in to this monster, and I can already tell its a banger. Editing is noticeably different, and it is great. I wanted to add that I find myself listening to Souls OSTs outside of the game and I typically find myself reliving the memory of the encouter, along with all the lore and emotions that go with it. Old Hunters bosses, Gael, pretty much every ER Rememberance boss, Twin Princes, Gwyn etc. I genuinely get watery eyes most of the time I listen to Elden Beast OST. Not simply because it is a great track, but because I find myself so deep in thought as to what EB means in the scope of the lore and game of ER. Its something that cannot be appreciated by people who havent played these games which I think is what seperates them from so many.
Secret Betrayal from DS3 takes me away completely. It puts me in a fucked up place. Its really short and has a lot of open space, but for whatever reason it's really impactful to me
Hot damn, I knew a video you’ve been cooking for the past year would be good, but man, you really killed it with this. Funnily enough, this video made me realize why I enjoyed listening to DS3’s soundtrack so much. I always felt like Elden Ring’s soundtrack didn’t have the same intensity that DS3 did. Turns out I’m just a sick fuck who likes listening to loud music at full blast volume with headphones on. Even if the production value is considerably lower in DS3, the “beat” of some of those songs hit just right that you feel the intensity and anguish of it all. I think this was the point Koop was trying to communicate when he said Elden Ring’s wasn’t iconic. I’m not at all educated in music so I can only describe it in vague, nebulas terms, but DS3 has got such raw emotional power that the poorer production doesn’t bother me. Not all the songs are bops, mind you. I was incredibly surprised and disappointed at Nameless King’s theme, especially. Elden Ring has more distinct tracks, with a lot more flavor and variety, as well as better “production quality” and “mixing.” (Whatever the hell those words mean idk) Which does ultimately make it the better soundtrack. Though I will say, I think most of elden rings ambient tracks are just unnecessary, I find the music in areas like Liurnia, Limgrave, and Altus to be too repetitive and distracting. Especially when there’s just no escaping it’s presence. I much prefer the silence in Dark Souls to the constant overbearing presence of music in elden ring. Wasn’t expecting to come out on the side of dark souls as much as I did, considering I have ten times the amount of hours in elden ring than all Dark Souls games combined. So as it turns out, in your attempt to convince people of elden rings superiority, you made me appreciate Dark Souls more 👍 (still love elden rings soundtrack though)
@@naxergss2625it's better as a whole than most soulslike series by the fact it has leitmotifs, that alone makes a proper complete soundtrack rather than a collection of loops
Silent Hill 2 still has the one of the best OSTs of all time imo. Theme of Laura, Promise/Promise (Reprise), Prisonic Fairytale, Silent Heaven, A World of Madness, White Noiz. Really it's the whole damn soundtrack that hits different.
38:25 it's funny how fortissax's theme does what people like about DS3 tracks better than most DS3 tracks in its goal of overwhelming with sheer orchestral intensity
It would help if Forti didn't have 500HP though. I have no idea how that fight was balanced like that. I always have to do some goofy crap to enjoy that fight, lest Forti die before the music can even properly get going. He still does though.
hey lupine, this video is great! this feels like a rant I would go on with some friends over some beer and that feels really cozy! your longer form videos are really fun and I hope you make more of them!
I think the reason I still love the Ds3 soundtrack so much (even though I do think ER's is still better) is cause I've basically just gotten used to the bad mixing and audio quality (definitely not nostalgia btw) so I can look past those issues and focus on how the songs connect to the fights and the story (definitely not because of nostalgia). Though doing your quiz was actually kinda mindblowing cause I've barely listened to the ER ost (having not listened to basically anything outside of the game) and I got 9 Ds3 tracks right and 10 ER tracks. (Wildest of which was Lichdragon Fortissax which I've only fought like twice) Anyway, your videos are super well done, man. This 'little' series has been a ton of fun and has made me learn a lot of interesting stuff. Thank you!
As a seasoned music enjoyer, I've never heard of most of the bands referenced, but it's amazing how when i heard The Black Ryder i thought "The Verve"! And the UFO sound effects as Hendrix. Definitely have some new music to tunnel into! Cool video man
In my mind, every time I hear Godrick's theme, I imagine something similar to what Messmer was doing in the last story trailer. It feels like if the song was part of a horror tale (Something similar to the tapestry that, for example, BOTW uses to talk about the Calamity), talking about all the horrible things Godrick did to others, with the grafting, killing entire familys just to get the right body parts and making all fall with his little army, just to try and be a 1% of what Godfrey was and represented for him, turning into a tyrannical figure. It's such an amazing track, I love it
Aaah Waterflow Dance , the thing that makes me yell " *FUCK* " when Malenia decides to use it on the start of my r1 attack. I -despise- love that attack.
Very glad I found this video when I did, I’m a huge fan of all different kinds of OSTs and Elden Ring knocks it right outta the park. Everyone trashes the godskin duo fight but regardless of how painful that fight is the OST is easily in my top 3 for the whole game. Praying I’m lucky enough to get some of those sick-ass headphones, keep up the amazing content dude!
Godspeed and Swans are great but I'd disagree that Godspeed's discography is full of "bangers" since they returned in 2012. There's a reason why most diehard GY!BE fans these days primarily listen to live bootlegs from 2000-2003 because that was the band at their peak and they'll never return to that level again. I think when Swans and GY!BE returned in the 2010's post-rock fans were so excited about having them back that they in turn extremely overrated their new material. Not to say that they were terrible albums by any measure, but just that they lacked the creativity and ambition that permeated their earlier material (especially in GY!BE's case).
I really appreciate how you brought to attention all the specific sounds and how they move. I’ve never really paid attention to atmospheric music in games. I always just wrote them off as effective or not effective.
I like both. I think most of elden ring's ambient music is pretty bland, but the atmosphere of the areas themselves are great, so I don't mind it much. The boss soundtrack is just so good.
I remember seeing people complaining about the ER OST on release and I was really surprised. It's absolutely amazing. I think I slightly prefer DS3 as the DLC osts are just...wow... and the elden ring ost was solid but not quite as amazing. In any case, fantastic video!
THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD AND THOUGHTFUL VIDEO! First, I loved how you opened up by sharing what kind of music you're into. Also, I liked how you discussed the music in-depth despite not being like an "academic." It was educational for me nonetheless, as a person who listens and doesn't think about the components that go into a piece, so it was thought-provoking. I've always thought there was something very special about the ER ost and it was the first ever Souls game I played. I enjoyed nearly every song from ER and I still listen to the soundtrack habitually. Then I started to play through the DS trilogy, and I hoped it would have the same effect. There was a lack of ambient music that I found disappointing, but the hubs all had very good music and I would say the Firelink Shrine ost from DS1 is probably my favorite. I understand that some people prefer less ambient music, but I would've made my experience with the Souls trilogy a lot better. Nonetheless, I think there are a lot of good tracks from all the games and I loved how bombastic DS3 was. I have a lot of the songs from that game in a dedicated workout playlist, it really helps get me motivated. Gael's ost is the epitome of how excellent DS3 ost can be, but I do agree with you that it can get monotonous with having fairly similar songs throughout the game. It does make it pretty consistent though, which I like. I don't think it'd be appropriate to describe any of the Souls soundtracks as "bad" because they have a lot of their own merits. However, I agree with you that ER has vastly better mixing and production quality, and now you pointed it out I start to notice how muddled DS3 can get with its songs. If they ever make a remaster, I would love to see how they would improve the mixing. ANYWAY, please excuse my tirade. Thank you for the video, it was very enjoyable!
Hi, rarely comment on videos but I came to say I really love the soundscapes in music section and can relate so heavily since I tend to get lost on similar genres. I still put on FLCL OSTs from time to time. But what blew me away is when you mentioned Kid A. Radiohead largely shaped my taste in music, particularly the bends, OK computer and Kid A. I used to listen to these albums and transport myself away to another reality listening to these during long transits ages ago, so really understand what you're talking about. Have yet to watch the rest of the vid but subscribing for this great take.
This is a beautiful video. I love the way elden rings soundtrack makes me feel. And I'm very excited to listen to a lot of the bands you brought up in the beginning.
I think Armored Core 6 has some truly fantastic songs that people are really not talking about. I love Cries of Coral and Coral Guardian so much due to how the storytelling is in those songs. Rough and Decent is amazing as well and really characterizes Carla well. Even the C Weapon music is amazing in my opinion due to how weird it is. 👍
I'm literally only 13mins into this so far, fuck yeah Reflections of a Floating World shoutout Banger vid so far, honestly idk why I didn't know it was called shoegaze but that's exactly the kinda music I vibe with. Thank you for making this, absolutely masterful stuff
Godfrey fight will forever be one of my favorites in huge part thanks to the soundtrack. Just something about how it compliments his aggression and constant stomps gives me an еrection. And the second phase devolving from an honorable duel to a scrap in the mud with biting and kicking in the nuts both musically and visually.
Lupine, the way you described why you enjoy shoegaze so much is exactly how I would describe why I love black metal. It's just unfortunate that so much of it is filled with crimgy edgelords and racists that I don't want to support... Maybe I'll try some shoegaze. I do enjoy me some blackgaze, a lot of the metal community gives them shit but I absolutely LOVE Deafheaven!
My friend, I have two suggestions: The album Souvlaki got a huge cult following by virtue of its strong atmosphere. Since you're into Black Metal, you know how texturing and ambient elevates the harmonic work. Is not fully Shoegaze, and it's in spanish, but Soda Estereo was the equivalent of The Beatles in Latin America when it comes to rock. Their album Dynamo has some strong Shoegaze vibes, with their song En Remolinos being a pure Masterpiece. Long story short, check out En Remolinos by Soda Estereo, since the atmosphere is truly powerful.
@@enman009 Thanks I'll check it out, I had to take a break and go listen to Afsky because everything Lupine was saying just reminded me of it... The thing I love most is black metal that sounds sorrowful and full of despair like Afsky or nihilistic but not in an edgy teenage I hate the world and wanna watch it burn way but more in an absurdist acknowledgement of meaninglessness of everything while still clinging to hope no matter how futile it seems. Music from people who read too much Camus lol. Think MGLA exercises in futility which is probably my favorite black metal album despite the band members being a bit sus.
@@BBQcheese Well, I might as well search for Afsky. Although I'm not a Black Metal aficionado, I adore bands like Opeth, which used some influences from that genre to expand their sound. Blackwater Park is an absolute Masterpiece, and you can feel some of those influences from that genre. And yeah, we need more Camu inspired music, lol.
Masstaden Under Vatten by Vildhjarta is an album that completely transports me to a different existence. The art, the ambience, the vocals, the rhythm, literally everything about this project is perfect as a soundscape experience. I couldn't reccomend it enough
Good shit good shit, I've gotta say I never paid too much attention to the soundtracks outside of some Demons' tracks, the entirety of ds1 and maybe half of Bloodborne. I take pride in having known Dragonslayer Armor's OST on the test run immediately since I have fond memories of howling along with the silly ass chants on that song during some old 2017 ps4 streams
I enjoy that you mentioned how the SFX are likely the missing element to remembering these tracks. They compliment the tracks very well, it's strange but I bet if you were to tell people to guess what SFX come from what boss most might be able to tell. I love that as a soundie
This is my topster from a while back. imgur.com/a/topkekster-3-0-wwh0Dv7 The other massive one with labels would be the /mu/ essential albums list and the shoegaze starter flowchart
Great video as usual, I welcome this discussion of music. Elden Ring doesn't have 68 tracks--it's over 100 because each ambient track has combat, night, and night combat variations that the official soundtrack neglects to include, as well as the 3 colosseum tracks, the two nomadic merchant tracks, the Leyndell Flute player, and other more obscure ones. Unfortunately the channel that had the ambient variations uploaded got taken down after the DLC story trailer dropped. Radahn phase 2 is one of my favorite parts of this game's soundtrack so I'm surprised you rated that low, although I don't think you really get to hear that part ingame unfortunately. Also in that segment I think you called Fire Giant a "shardbearer" boss--to be the huge pedant I am, those are specifically the ones which give you a great rune on defeat (Rennala + the six demigods), whereas "Remembrance Boss" is the category that includes bosses like Fire Giant and Maliketh too.
Walking into redmane castle for the first time I stood there for like 10 minutes just listening to song of honor and jerren’s announcements about the radahn festival.
I will defend ds3 and say: Dancer, Sister Friede (phase 1...), Premonition, Epilogue, Firelink/Secret Betrayal, and For the Dark Soul isn't the worst variety wise, but yeah everything else tends to be loud choirs. Also soul of cinder theme phase 1 > phase 2. Good vid
I love the Elden Ring OST and you made a great video showcasing that. What's even more incredible is that I find that the DLC went so far and beyond in therm of quality. I felt that they even fix most of the issues that were raised in your video by other creators like the uniqueness and lack of distinction between tracks. My "jaw dropping to the floor" moment was Midra Lord of Frenzied Flame. This track was for me their masterpiece. It starts with those choirs that almost feel distorted and alien, then the cords play this hunting melody reminding us of the merchant and their theme. The energy then swells slowly into madness, overwhelming you to the point of commanding transcendental authority. It matches so well with the visual extravagance of this encounter. He crashes in a fiery explosion going into the second phase, the music doest a perfect switch with some very deep orchestrations and something that sounds like an alarm growing. It gives such a feeling of urgency and panic to that fight. Divine Beast Dancing Lion also is a contender for their best work in that department. I would be very curious to know your thoughts on the DLC music. Peace
@@loopine Oh my bad. Didn't want to spoil anything for you. Sorry about that. Hope you have a nice trip in Japan and a good time with the dlc once you get to it. Hopefully it will inspire a follow up video like you said. Hard to say no to more of this. You gave a lot of albums recommendations I gotta check out that seemed right in my alley. So thanks and best go luck
if you really like soundscapes, the first album that organically turned me onto that idea was explosions in the sky - the earth is not a cold dead place my guitarist friend told me to listen to it because the guitarists for that band know how to shred but they do it very tastefully, i was like "what the hell does that mean, shredding is shredding, how can you be tasteful about shredding" but i listened and then i understood they know how to play guitar with all of the talent of any metal guitarist, but they choose to make that shredding into a semi-ambient soundscape, their music is just incredible. until i got into them, i was a guitarist, and i only had an appreciation for guitar insofar as you know how to play notes on your guitar, I didn't know there was this much depth in just manipulating the timbre of your instrument, it's like this whole new world opened up to me, guitar to set a mood, to convey a scene, to induce an emotion
I thought this was just about elden ring but actually 1 hours and everything else about your music taste. Very well made video. I also used elden ring soundtrack in my videos as well because they are easily to listen to and not too loud. It feel good putting on some gameplay and random location like tunnel, haligtree, stormveil or eternal city. But I also like sekiro soundtrack a lots. Probably because of bias toward more traditional instrument. Sekiro really hit me
DS3 is my favorite game ever, and I feel insulted by you talking like this about its soundtrack. But to my surprise, you're right in a lot of points. DS3 themes lack diversity and the audio quality is worse than in ER (to be fair, that is to be expected). What I find most revealing is that after over a hundered playthroughs, very few tracks really stand out soundwise, because if the effect you talked abot at the end of your video. You hear the first bit of the music and it sets the tone, but wverything else just flies over the head, either because you're missing the souns effects of the bosses, or because you focus into the fight and not listening to the music. I have way less playtime in ER and I felt this effect even harder there, so while its soundscape is wider, I wouldn't recognise the tracks any better. Except for Leyndell. That horns may be iconic and recognisable, but they become really f-ing annoying after dying for the 20th time in the city.... But to cap everything off, I love both soundtracks either way, I love the bombastic and sometimes a bit chaotic boss music of DS3 but ER is more refined and a delicate soundtrack in the open world does wonders to the games feeling.
Came for the Elden Ring video, subscribed when you jumped from buttock through Mongolian chanting and cock and balls Temple into psych rock. Hell yeah 🔥
I remember when I first stumbled upon your Anderson elden video and thought damn this dude thinks pretty similar to how I do. And then I found you streaming and thought holy shit how does he know about these bands I like lmao. Was surprised to even see you had an image of Summer Fences by Castevet (I know they have an different band name now I believe but I can’t remember it lol) And now this video too to top it all off. Basically I like you tee hee. Great video dude very well done you rule
@@loopine they had to change their name cause there was a black metal band or something with the same name and they agreed to change their name. I just looked it up now and the new name is just CSTVT lol I think it’s still pronounced Castevet
Ayo Loopine, I'm new to your channel and don't usually recommend games but... if you haven't played it already, I highly, HIGHLY, recommend the game Outer Wilds (not Outer Worlds btw). In my opinion, it has an absolute masterpiece of a soundtrack and soundscape. If you don't believe me, boot up the game, and if it is going to get your attention, it should start to do so before you even hit play. Also beware of spoilers, it is a game you can only play once, so it is best played going in blind. Also I thoroughly enjoyed this video. You explained a lot about Elden Ring's music that I couldn't explain myself, and gave me some music I haven't heard before that I am enjoying listening to, so thank you. My Outer Wilds recommendation is at least partially selfish in that I want to hear your opinions on the game and its soundscape.
@@theiabodium I bought it years ago, probably time to play it this year. Usually I do spooktober and take a break from souls to play some variety and do some horror events
I’m always surprised when I see people downplay Radahns theme, yes it’s slow, but it perfectly reflects him. It has the loudness and grandness of a fight of his scale, the strange organ/strings that represent the gravity soundscape present in astel and fallingstar beasts. The song also has a lot of strangeness in it, because he’s insane from the rot. And finally, the ending is the best piece of music work fromsoft has done in my opinion, it’s a funeral, you can hear people mourning him, as his corpse is carried down the streets, and it nearly brings me to tears every time. Aside from that minor gripe, S tier video. Also 1:10:28 pop off king
Great video! I like the more in-depth discussion of the two and the editing is amazing! I like them about equal myself, I really appreciate the more variety in Elden Ring but until the dlc came out (because damn there’s come crazy bangers in there Midra especially is perfect) I don’t think ER had quite the heights of Ds3 and I think that’s because my favorite ds3 tracks focus more on melody. I love tracks like Twin princes, Champion Gundyr and Abyss watchers. I really do think it’s very close tho. Also nothing on either come close to Ludwig on either imo. Completely different thing I was kinda disappointed you didn’t bring up Risk of Rain 2s OST during the soundscape in games section. That’s probably my favorite soundscape in any ost it’s so legendary. If you happen to not of heard it I really don’t think you would be disappointed it’s a huge favorite of mine, especially the Survivors of the Void DLC tracks
Baded high quality production while being a small channel. When the song of honor from ER played in my firsy playthrough, even with my headphones on I legitimately thought it was from a church near me. The audio mixing and the layered choir sounds super realistic. I still think DS3 soundtrack is pretty good but Elden Ring is goated at the end of the day (and Armored Core 6) (and Bloodborne)
I’m actually surprised Hoarah Loux’s theme is rarely mentioned. Always one of the most hype moments of the game to me
Yea I like the choirs in that one
It’s surprising to me too considering that it is probably one of the closest to the pure sound and hype most souls games have. It’s definitely better than some of the stuff DS3 pulls, but it’s not like it’s the typically softer music of Elden Ring too.
I think the unfortunate truth is that a lot of these players just have an under appreciation for the deeper parts of music. I love being bombarded by epic sounds in most of DS3’s tracks, but if I were to continuously listen to the whole thing I’d probably need to get my hearing checked. It is often better to bring it down at points and this adds to the despair that is in these games.
If you look at Darkeater Midir’s theme for example, it’s very well composed, but is just pure epic hype. We don’t get the feeling that this is a beast who has lived for ages through pain and suffering caused by the nature of the Soulsborne genre. That’s why I love Gwyn’s theme and the Soul of Cinder’s theme. We get this slow composition that shows the true despair of the situation. Looking at Hoarah Loux’s theme and more specifically Godfrey’s theme altogether, we get a nice regal tone in the first half that is slower and fit for a king, but then is devolves into the rapid warrior nature of Hoarah Loux while still not just being a bombardment of sound.
My favorite piece of music of all time is hands down New World Symphony. It is exciting, horrifying, sad, and calm all within 12 minutes. We get the blasting of brass as if something horrible has happened and then transition to the melody of flutes and strings not two minutes later. Oh and the French Horns the Horns! The best time I have ever seen this song used was in One Piece when Luffy defeats Crocodile, something I hope they repeat in the Live action instead of putting on of the generic Luffy battle songs. New World Symphony is probably one of the best examples of how you can have an intense exciting song that just isn’t music and noise blasting at you to give you a sense of epicness without any proper distinction.
Btw , Ancentor Spirit is one of the most underrated fights, and have a beautiful soundtrack. Mind recommend you guys to hear it out if you can.
Fight? Hell nah, ost? Yes
I had no idea sound could entirely immerse me into the area until i played Hollow Knight
I just finished hollow knight and the music was rlly cool in like city of tears and greenpath n stuff. What really did me in is the funeral music that started playing when i entered path of pain (which i later found out was also the sealed vessel phase 3 theme), i knew it was a funeral for me.
Was it Greenpath, City of Tears, or Deepnest?
Honestly, based. Elden Ring's OST is super underrated and has some of the best Kitamura work (Malenia, Ancestor Spirit, Leyndell, Rennala), which is ironic, considering you're dunking on DS3's ost that was mostly made by her 🤣
The Regal Ancestor Spirit is the only Kitamura piece that surpassed the Divine Dragon track she made for Sekiro.
@@TheStraightestWhitest yeah, divine dragon is cool as hell too
How is it ironic.
Someone can make something good and also bad
@@FireBurner101 i know... So? That has nothing to do with my comment. I thought it's curious that he makes examples of bad music using Kitamura's themes while contrasting it with examples of good music... Using Kitamura's other themes. I think that's kinda funny. Nothing more to it.
I'm sad to see Kitamura go, but part of me is glad more composers are taking the creative direction, I like her work but man I Swear you could feed 3 tracks to an AI and you could get the DS3 tracks to the T lmao
It was a lot of fun to take your quiz, Loopine! Thanks so much for having me involved. You've also 50% guilt tripped me into editing future videos, and 100% guilt tripped me into some Metal Mondays.
Hell yea partner
The video length is a lie, I've been sidetracked and listened to 15 albums before even getting halfway through the video
when the video is an hour long but takes you two days to finish it because it kept sending you down music rabbit holes every 2 minutes
I think it's because of how many composers they had. Also, Shoi Miyazawa is a genius. Radahn, Fortissax, Mohg, Godrick, and my personal favorite, Maliketh, were all composed by him. This game has the best soundtrack of any game right now. Also, the Regal Ancestor Spirit is probably Kitamura's best work along with the Divine Dragon.
Starscourge Radahn ost is damn special. An absolute banger
@@GodWarsX I can't decide between it and Maliketh. They're ridiculously good.
The variety was great for everyone involved imo, Kitamura got to make a couple of inspired themes that feel unique, the new composers got to develop their experience, and the fans got the best OST ever
@@leonardo9259 Agreed. Having one composer for a large game makes everything become repetitive.
Dude, 100%. Miyazawa tracks are just on another level for me. It's all very subjective of course, other composers have highlights too, Kitamura did amazing with Regal Ancestor, and I confess I find her style a bit boring and aimless sometimes, but Godrick and Mohg are top tier for me, on par with Ludwig from BB, and it takes a lot for me to say that. Still, I don't really care too much for most of ER's soundtrack, but the highs are really high.
I challenge people to let the Regal Ancestor Spirit fight play out. Do not spam weapon arts, don’t speed run it. Just stay alive. The atmosphere of it starts to set in, you’re invading this creatures habitat, the cycle of life happening around you, and the spirit gets more and more angry the more it has to destroy life to stay alive. When you finally do kill the ancestor spirit, all life in the area ceases to exist. The regal ancestor spirit was the heart of the wild, and you killed it. It’s seriously an incredible fight if you don’t try to speed through it.
Fuck that the boss is kinda mid
Same with Godrick. Even with minimal upgrades, his fight almost never lets the song go past halfway for me. :(
Nah i prefer barely staying alive as midir desperately sprays the whole arena with his dark lasers until he collapses bro
Counter argument: King's Field IV clears both
Bad OST because it doesn't have a theremin
@@loopine but Dark Reality banger though!!!
@@-Ornstein- Zullie-core
Ok I finished the video now and the main thing I took away from it was that Lupine may be the only person alive more dedicated to winning an argument than me 😂 really good video!
I know this may sound random, but do you know how the song at 1:12:20 is called? Loopine also used it for the Sekiro combat video and I absolutely loved it lol
@@rayzu4380
I do not, I'm sorry
@rayzu4380 it's "Yojouhan ki Owari" from the Tatami Galaxy OST
@@loopine Thanks you!
He hit me with the "listening game" video like 6 months after my comments. I was like "ok, we're dealing with a gangster here"
Only 5 minutes in to this monster, and I can already tell its a banger. Editing is noticeably different, and it is great.
I wanted to add that I find myself listening to Souls OSTs outside of the game and I typically find myself reliving the memory of the encouter, along with all the lore and emotions that go with it. Old Hunters bosses, Gael, pretty much every ER Rememberance boss, Twin Princes, Gwyn etc. I genuinely get watery eyes most of the time I listen to Elden Beast OST. Not simply because it is a great track, but because I find myself so deep in thought as to what EB means in the scope of the lore and game of ER. Its something that cannot be appreciated by people who havent played these games which I think is what seperates them from so many.
Secret Betrayal from DS3 takes me away completely. It puts me in a fucked up place. Its really short and has a lot of open space, but for whatever reason it's really impactful to me
Valid
My guy spent over a year cooking this up. I'm doomed 😅
And yet you could destroy me in two seconds with a snarky comment like "lol bro won't even admit how bad the Placidusax track is 🤣🤣🤣"
@loopine I quite like that track though
Especially the sudden stop in the second phase
@@loopine Don't ever shit talk my boy Placi's soundtrack.
Damn did not realize Placi had a fanbase, I'm getting ratio'd again 😳
I will take revenge for this Placi slander. @@loopine
Hot damn, I knew a video you’ve been cooking for the past year would be good, but man, you really killed it with this.
Funnily enough, this video made me realize why I enjoyed listening to DS3’s soundtrack so much. I always felt like Elden Ring’s soundtrack didn’t have the same intensity that DS3 did.
Turns out I’m just a sick fuck who likes listening to loud music at full blast volume with headphones on.
Even if the production value is considerably lower in DS3, the “beat” of some of those songs hit just right that you feel the intensity and anguish of it all. I think this was the point Koop was trying to communicate when he said Elden Ring’s wasn’t iconic.
I’m not at all educated in music so I can only describe it in vague, nebulas terms, but DS3 has got such raw emotional power that the poorer production doesn’t bother me. Not all the songs are bops, mind you. I was incredibly surprised and disappointed at Nameless King’s theme, especially.
Elden Ring has more distinct tracks, with a lot more flavor and variety, as well as better “production quality” and “mixing.” (Whatever the hell those words mean idk) Which does ultimately make it the better soundtrack.
Though I will say, I think most of elden rings ambient tracks are just unnecessary, I find the music in areas like Liurnia, Limgrave, and Altus to be too repetitive and distracting. Especially when there’s just no escaping it’s presence. I much prefer the silence in Dark Souls to the constant overbearing presence of music in elden ring.
Wasn’t expecting to come out on the side of dark souls as much as I did, considering I have ten times the amount of hours in elden ring than all Dark Souls games combined.
So as it turns out, in your attempt to convince people of elden rings superiority, you made me appreciate Dark Souls more 👍 (still love elden rings soundtrack though)
Bro you won the grand prize, where you at?
Edit: I am not a bot lol just read my community post
4:29 Armoured Core 6 has such an underated soundtrack in the fromsfoft community
for me For Answer easily beats it but Fires of Rubicon is still great
its mediocre at best
Yeah it’s excellent. The motifs, percussion and ambience are great
Mid overall. Some bangers here and there
@@naxergss2625it's better as a whole than most soulslike series by the fact it has leitmotifs, that alone makes a proper complete soundtrack rather than a collection of loops
I love how motivated you are by spite. We're kindred spirits.
Silent Hill 2 still has the one of the best OSTs of all time imo.
Theme of Laura, Promise/Promise (Reprise), Prisonic Fairytale, Silent Heaven, A World of Madness, White Noiz.
Really it's the whole damn soundtrack that hits different.
Great ambient
38:25 it's funny how fortissax's theme does what people like about DS3 tracks better than most DS3 tracks in its goal of overwhelming with sheer orchestral intensity
WHO THOUS'T SUMMON ME
It would help if Forti didn't have 500HP though. I have no idea how that fight was balanced like that. I always have to do some goofy crap to enjoy that fight, lest Forti die before the music can even properly get going. He still does though.
@@kimlee6643 i think it helps that phase one is already very attention grabbing so I was compelled to find the track afterwards
@@kimlee6643 Maliketh suffers from this even more. Dude dies in half a second.
@@TheStraightestWhitest Uncle Maliketh is in the air longer than on the ground
hey lupine, this video is great! this feels like a rant I would go on with some friends over some beer and that feels really cozy! your longer form videos are really fun and I hope you make more of them!
Now we need the Lupine cut with the long tangent at the beginning left in
I think the reason I still love the Ds3 soundtrack so much (even though I do think ER's is still better) is cause I've basically just gotten used to the bad mixing and audio quality (definitely not nostalgia btw) so I can look past those issues and focus on how the songs connect to the fights and the story (definitely not because of nostalgia).
Though doing your quiz was actually kinda mindblowing cause I've barely listened to the ER ost (having not listened to basically anything outside of the game) and I got 9 Ds3 tracks right and 10 ER tracks. (Wildest of which was Lichdragon Fortissax which I've only fought like twice)
Anyway, your videos are super well done, man. This 'little' series has been a ton of fun and has made me learn a lot of interesting stuff.
Thank you!
As a seasoned music enjoyer, I've never heard of most of the bands referenced, but it's amazing how when i heard The Black Ryder i thought "The Verve"! And the UFO sound effects as Hendrix. Definitely have some new music to tunnel into! Cool video man
In my mind, every time I hear Godrick's theme, I imagine something similar to what Messmer was doing in the last story trailer. It feels like if the song was part of a horror tale (Something similar to the tapestry that, for example, BOTW uses to talk about the Calamity), talking about all the horrible things Godrick did to others, with the grafting, killing entire familys just to get the right body parts and making all fall with his little army, just to try and be a 1% of what Godfrey was and represented for him, turning into a tyrannical figure. It's such an amazing track, I love it
Waterfowl dance is NOT a bullshit move my dude.
@@victorprati7908 ????
@@rayzu4380 you called WFD a bs move so whenever we cross pass here on yt I'll be there as a opposing force lol
@@victorprati7908 XDDD
I will always think that it is bs, not as much as others say and not such a big problem, but it is bs indeed
Aaah Waterflow Dance , the thing that makes me yell " *FUCK* " when Malenia decides to use it on the start of my r1 attack. I -despise- love that attack.
I like both equally in terms of actually listening to them, but you do make valid points.
I'm gonna try the ost challenge and see how I do.
I appreciate that one of of favourite souls creators is also a Music Lover™
Very glad I found this video when I did, I’m a huge fan of all different kinds of OSTs and Elden Ring knocks it right outta the park. Everyone trashes the godskin duo fight but regardless of how painful that fight is the OST is easily in my top 3 for the whole game. Praying I’m lucky enough to get some of those sick-ass headphones, keep up the amazing content dude!
Jumped with joy at the Godspeed/Swans segment HELL YEAH
Godspeed and Swans are great but I'd disagree that Godspeed's discography is full of "bangers" since they returned in 2012. There's a reason why most diehard GY!BE fans these days primarily listen to live bootlegs from 2000-2003 because that was the band at their peak and they'll never return to that level again. I think when Swans and GY!BE returned in the 2010's post-rock fans were so excited about having them back that they in turn extremely overrated their new material. Not to say that they were terrible albums by any measure, but just that they lacked the creativity and ambition that permeated their earlier material (especially in GY!BE's case).
Good grief take it to a publisher
@@Maffo__ Sorry if my UA-cam comment was too long.
3:25 Those damn notes... Those were the dark times, man.
Well when you listen to it for 10 hours lol
"I listen to everything" and doesn't even mention any Taylor Swift song. Unsubscribed.
Naw man I'm a huge fan of 1984
@loopine @jacobnielsen6160 He was joking dont worry
@@Daxe382idk the no profile pic only makes me believe this is a braindead swifty
@@jacobnielsen6160the joke really went over your head 😭
Shake it off, shake it off!
I don't think i've seen such a good video about game sountracking in so long
I really appreciate how you brought to attention all the specific sounds and how they move.
I’ve never really paid attention to atmospheric music in games. I always just wrote them off as effective or not effective.
“You don’t fuck with no Cardi, no Uzi no nothin’ !?”
Keep up the good work Lupine you based musical nomad
I like both.
I think most of elden ring's ambient music is pretty bland, but the atmosphere of the areas themselves are great, so I don't mind it much.
The boss soundtrack is just so good.
I remember seeing people complaining about the ER OST on release and I was really surprised. It's absolutely amazing. I think I slightly prefer DS3 as the DLC osts are just...wow... and the elden ring ost was solid but not quite as amazing. In any case, fantastic video!
We need an official release of the audio for ER DLC as the youtube versions sound like trash...
@@Nightwalk2now the soundtrack is in Spotify.. only the dlc. Happy about it nonetheless
THIS WAS SUCH A GOOD AND THOUGHTFUL VIDEO! First, I loved how you opened up by sharing what kind of music you're into. Also, I liked how you discussed the music in-depth despite not being like an "academic." It was educational for me nonetheless, as a person who listens and doesn't think about the components that go into a piece, so it was thought-provoking. I've always thought there was something very special about the ER ost and it was the first ever Souls game I played. I enjoyed nearly every song from ER and I still listen to the soundtrack habitually. Then I started to play through the DS trilogy, and I hoped it would have the same effect. There was a lack of ambient music that I found disappointing, but the hubs all had very good music and I would say the Firelink Shrine ost from DS1 is probably my favorite. I understand that some people prefer less ambient music, but I would've made my experience with the Souls trilogy a lot better. Nonetheless, I think there are a lot of good tracks from all the games and I loved how bombastic DS3 was. I have a lot of the songs from that game in a dedicated workout playlist, it really helps get me motivated. Gael's ost is the epitome of how excellent DS3 ost can be, but I do agree with you that it can get monotonous with having fairly similar songs throughout the game. It does make it pretty consistent though, which I like. I don't think it'd be appropriate to describe any of the Souls soundtracks as "bad" because they have a lot of their own merits. However, I agree with you that ER has vastly better mixing and production quality, and now you pointed it out I start to notice how muddled DS3 can get with its songs. If they ever make a remaster, I would love to see how they would improve the mixing. ANYWAY, please excuse my tirade. Thank you for the video, it was very enjoyable!
Hi, rarely comment on videos but I came to say I really love the soundscapes in music section and can relate so heavily since I tend to get lost on similar genres. I still put on FLCL OSTs from time to time.
But what blew me away is when you mentioned Kid A. Radiohead largely shaped my taste in music, particularly the bends, OK computer and Kid A. I used to listen to these albums and transport myself away to another reality listening to these during long transits ages ago, so really understand what you're talking about.
Have yet to watch the rest of the vid but subscribing for this great take.
@optimisticOrca My go-to strat this year has been listening to Amnesiac to conk out on airplanes
Eternal City sounds so haunting I absolutely love it. One of my top 3 favorite areas in the game before the DLC
yo thank you for music recs. Never heard of shoegaze before but it sounds so cool
Brah, that Brinstar track still gives me chills to this day. It was probably the first song in a game that scared me
"My boy can't live like this"
You the man. Impeccable taste in music my guy. Killed it with this video.
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8:17 I cannot fathom how happy I am to see SLIFT dropped in a video about Dark Souls
I love Elden ring and now I’m listening to the music because I have yet another reason to learn more about this game❤
This is a beautiful video. I love the way elden rings soundtrack makes me feel. And I'm very excited to listen to a lot of the bands you brought up in the beginning.
I would love more videos of you discussing music and music recommendations
bro i just wanted to watch a video about elden ring's soundtrack and now i have a list of cool albums i need to hear 💀
I think Armored Core 6 has some truly fantastic songs that people are really not talking about. I love Cries of Coral and Coral Guardian so much due to how the storytelling is in those songs. Rough and Decent is amazing as well and really characterizes Carla well. Even the C Weapon music is amazing in my opinion due to how weird it is. 👍
Never let this man near the aux or a school zone with the combination of this level of taste and stache.
I'm literally only 13mins into this so far, fuck yeah Reflections of a Floating World shoutout
Banger vid so far, honestly idk why I didn't know it was called shoegaze but that's exactly the kinda music I vibe with. Thank you for making this, absolutely masterful stuff
Godfrey fight will forever be one of my favorites in huge part thanks to the soundtrack. Just something about how it compliments his aggression and constant stomps gives me an еrection. And the second phase devolving from an honorable duel to a scrap in the mud with biting and kicking in the nuts both musically and visually.
Lupine, the way you described why you enjoy shoegaze so much is exactly how I would describe why I love black metal. It's just unfortunate that so much of it is filled with crimgy edgelords and racists that I don't want to support... Maybe I'll try some shoegaze. I do enjoy me some blackgaze, a lot of the metal community gives them shit but I absolutely LOVE Deafheaven!
My friend, I have two suggestions:
The album Souvlaki got a huge cult following by virtue of its strong atmosphere. Since you're into Black Metal, you know how texturing and ambient elevates the harmonic work.
Is not fully Shoegaze, and it's in spanish, but Soda Estereo was the equivalent of The Beatles in Latin America when it comes to rock. Their album Dynamo has some strong Shoegaze vibes, with their song En Remolinos being a pure Masterpiece.
Long story short, check out En Remolinos by Soda Estereo, since the atmosphere is truly powerful.
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Thanks I'll check it out, I had to take a break and go listen to Afsky because everything Lupine was saying just reminded me of it...
The thing I love most is black metal that sounds sorrowful and full of despair like Afsky or nihilistic but not in an edgy teenage I hate the world and wanna watch it burn way but more in an absurdist acknowledgement of meaninglessness of everything while still clinging to hope no matter how futile it seems. Music from people who read too much Camus lol. Think MGLA exercises in futility which is probably my favorite black metal album despite the band members being a bit sus.
@@BBQcheese Well, I might as well search for Afsky. Although I'm not a Black Metal aficionado, I adore bands like Opeth, which used some influences from that genre to expand their sound. Blackwater Park is an absolute Masterpiece, and you can feel some of those influences from that genre.
And yeah, we need more Camu inspired music, lol.
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Bro Blackwater Park is incredible!
I'm not a huge prog fan generally but that album is just undeniably good!
Great video as always Loopine! I'm going to have to check out the recommendations.
49:40 the transition from Elden Beast to Vordt was actually physically painful
Masstaden Under Vatten by Vildhjarta is an album that completely transports me to a different existence. The art, the ambience, the vocals, the rhythm, literally everything about this project is perfect as a soundscape experience. I couldn't reccomend it enough
Good shit good shit, I've gotta say I never paid too much attention to the soundtracks outside of some Demons' tracks, the entirety of ds1 and maybe half of Bloodborne. I take pride in having known Dragonslayer Armor's OST on the test run immediately since I have fond memories of howling along with the silly ass chants on that song during some old 2017 ps4 streams
DSA theme checks every box for my list of problems with the ds3 ost and it's still somehow S tier
Loved it man. Subscribed this was cool
Shoegaze is one of my favorite genders. It can be beautiful, raw, sad, mad, and an endless sea of emotions.
They guessed aldritch for every song? The one song in DS3 that immediately announces itself by starting with gwyndolin's/moonlight butterfly theme?
Ikr I thought the quiz would be a lay up
I enjoy that you mentioned how the SFX are likely the missing element to remembering these tracks. They compliment the tracks very well, it's strange but I bet if you were to tell people to guess what SFX come from what boss most might be able to tell. I love that as a soundie
Bro I gotta get that big album chart that was behind you.
Literally listening to welcome to sky valley right now.
So fucking good.
This is my topster from a while back.
imgur.com/a/topkekster-3-0-wwh0Dv7
The other massive one with labels would be the /mu/ essential albums list and the shoegaze starter flowchart
Great video as usual, I welcome this discussion of music. Elden Ring doesn't have 68 tracks--it's over 100 because each ambient track has combat, night, and night combat variations that the official soundtrack neglects to include, as well as the 3 colosseum tracks, the two nomadic merchant tracks, the Leyndell Flute player, and other more obscure ones. Unfortunately the channel that had the ambient variations uploaded got taken down after the DLC story trailer dropped. Radahn phase 2 is one of my favorite parts of this game's soundtrack so I'm surprised you rated that low, although I don't think you really get to hear that part ingame unfortunately. Also in that segment I think you called Fire Giant a "shardbearer" boss--to be the huge pedant I am, those are specifically the ones which give you a great rune on defeat (Rennala + the six demigods), whereas "Remembrance Boss" is the category that includes bosses like Fire Giant and Maliketh too.
Walking into redmane castle for the first time I stood there for like 10 minutes just listening to song of honor and jerren’s announcements about the radahn festival.
Bro I’ve been waiting for someone to talk abt this for so long
this video convinced me to get new headphones
Not that my current ones are bad, just a tad old
also I had my own version of "the aldritch effect" where I thought every song was deacons of the deep
Got chills as soon as I heard the ancestral spirit soundtrack, one of my favs!
I will defend ds3 and say: Dancer, Sister Friede (phase 1...), Premonition, Epilogue, Firelink/Secret Betrayal, and For the Dark Soul isn't the worst variety wise, but yeah everything else tends to be loud choirs. Also soul of cinder theme phase 1 > phase 2. Good vid
I love the Elden Ring OST and you made a great video showcasing that. What's even more incredible is that I find that the DLC went so far and beyond in therm of quality. I felt that they even fix most of the issues that were raised in your video by other creators like the uniqueness and lack of distinction between tracks.
My "jaw dropping to the floor" moment was Midra Lord of Frenzied Flame. This track was for me their masterpiece. It starts with those choirs that almost feel distorted and alien, then the cords play this hunting melody reminding us of the merchant and their theme. The energy then swells slowly into madness, overwhelming you to the point of commanding transcendental authority. It matches so well with the visual extravagance of this encounter. He crashes in a fiery explosion going into the second phase, the music doest a perfect switch with some very deep orchestrations and something that sounds like an alarm growing. It gives such a feeling of urgency and panic to that fight.
Divine Beast Dancing Lion also is a contender for their best work in that department.
I would be very curious to know your thoughts on the DLC music.
Peace
@TheOxydium ive actually been in japan since the dlc dropped so I'll let you know once I play it lol. Might do a followup vid, we'll see
@@loopine Oh my bad. Didn't want to spoil anything for you. Sorry about that. Hope you have a nice trip in Japan and a good time with the dlc once you get to it. Hopefully it will inspire a follow up video like you said. Hard to say no to more of this. You gave a lot of albums recommendations I gotta check out that seemed right in my alley. So thanks and best go luck
@TheOxydium no worries, all that stuff is in the trailer i think anyways. I actually got back today so going to play it soon
if you really like soundscapes, the first album that organically turned me onto that idea was explosions in the sky - the earth is not a cold dead place
my guitarist friend told me to listen to it because the guitarists for that band know how to shred but they do it very tastefully, i was like "what the hell does that mean, shredding is shredding, how can you be tasteful about shredding"
but i listened and then i understood
they know how to play guitar with all of the talent of any metal guitarist, but they choose to make that shredding into a semi-ambient soundscape, their music is just incredible.
until i got into them, i was a guitarist, and i only had an appreciation for guitar insofar as you know how to play notes on your guitar, I didn't know there was this much depth in just manipulating the timbre of your instrument, it's like this whole new world opened up to me, guitar to set a mood, to convey a scene, to induce an emotion
Sounds cool, I'll give it a listen
Dark Souls III theme is a masterpiece
The transition from the video to coups stream is fucking genius
Okay I actually really appreciate this video, introduced a lot of music to me and I thank you for that
I had to cut so much of me talking about music cuz I get way too indulgent lol
I thought this was just about elden ring but actually 1 hours and everything else about your music taste. Very well made video. I also used elden ring soundtrack in my videos as well because they are easily to listen to and not too loud. It feel good putting on some gameplay and random location like tunnel, haligtree, stormveil or eternal city.
But I also like sekiro soundtrack a lots. Probably because of bias toward more traditional instrument. Sekiro really hit me
That's funny, because apart from the menu, Melania and Rennala ost's, I don't remember anything else😂
Armored Core 6 goes HARD!
Contact With You? HARD
Cries of Coral? Hard
Steel Haze (Rusted Pride)? DON'T GET ME EVEN STARTED
2:49
He knows the best track.
POV your favorite boss is Brachydios in monster hunter world, cuz you just gotta jam
YES THIS IS WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW I WANTED THANK YOU LOOPINE!!
Damn man, Opeth, Cynic, Mastodon, Agalloch, and Death? Your taste in music is right up my alley lol.
DS3 is my favorite game ever, and I feel insulted by you talking like this about its soundtrack. But to my surprise, you're right in a lot of points. DS3 themes lack diversity and the audio quality is worse than in ER (to be fair, that is to be expected).
What I find most revealing is that after over a hundered playthroughs, very few tracks really stand out soundwise, because if the effect you talked abot at the end of your video. You hear the first bit of the music and it sets the tone, but wverything else just flies over the head, either because you're missing the souns effects of the bosses, or because you focus into the fight and not listening to the music.
I have way less playtime in ER and I felt this effect even harder there, so while its soundscape is wider, I wouldn't recognise the tracks any better.
Except for Leyndell. That horns may be iconic and recognisable, but they become really f-ing annoying after dying for the 20th time in the city....
But to cap everything off, I love both soundtracks either way, I love the bombastic and sometimes a bit chaotic boss music of DS3 but ER is more refined and a delicate soundtrack in the open world does wonders to the games feeling.
Anyone with deer hunter and justice both in their tops is 10/10 my kinda guy
Thanks for the info, Schloss
The Metroid ambience gave me goosebumps
Dark Souls 3 has some of the best OST in any game to this day…Can’t even comprihent how you can call the orchestral parts “lackluster”
He is a professional ds3 hater no surprise.
@@Touma134 and elden ring's music and dlc especially are incredibly overated
Came for the Elden Ring video, subscribed when you jumped from buttock through Mongolian chanting and cock and balls Temple into psych rock. Hell yeah 🔥
ER ost stick to me longer than ds3 tho
Now i listen to ER ost religiously
I remember when I first stumbled upon your Anderson elden video and thought damn this dude thinks pretty similar to how I do. And then I found you streaming and thought holy shit how does he know about these bands I like lmao. Was surprised to even see you had an image of Summer Fences by Castevet (I know they have an different band name now I believe but I can’t remember it lol) And now this video too to top it all off. Basically I like you tee hee. Great video dude very well done you rule
Cool I didn't know they had another band. I'll look into it
@@loopine they had to change their name cause there was a black metal band or something with the same name and they agreed to change their name. I just looked it up now and the new name is just CSTVT lol I think it’s still pronounced Castevet
Ayo Loopine, I'm new to your channel and don't usually recommend games but... if you haven't played it already, I highly, HIGHLY, recommend the game Outer Wilds (not Outer Worlds btw). In my opinion, it has an absolute masterpiece of a soundtrack and soundscape. If you don't believe me, boot up the game, and if it is going to get your attention, it should start to do so before you even hit play. Also beware of spoilers, it is a game you can only play once, so it is best played going in blind.
Also I thoroughly enjoyed this video. You explained a lot about Elden Ring's music that I couldn't explain myself, and gave me some music I haven't heard before that I am enjoying listening to, so thank you. My Outer Wilds recommendation is at least partially selfish in that I want to hear your opinions on the game and its soundscape.
@@theiabodium I bought it years ago, probably time to play it this year. Usually I do spooktober and take a break from souls to play some variety and do some horror events
You might dig “the angelic process”.
Elden Ring's number one meat rider
What meat do u ride?
I’m always surprised when I see people downplay Radahns theme, yes it’s slow, but it perfectly reflects him. It has the loudness and grandness of a fight of his scale, the strange organ/strings that represent the gravity soundscape present in astel and fallingstar beasts. The song also has a lot of strangeness in it, because he’s insane from the rot. And finally, the ending is the best piece of music work fromsoft has done in my opinion, it’s a funeral, you can hear people mourning him, as his corpse is carried down the streets, and it nearly brings me to tears every time.
Aside from that minor gripe, S tier video.
Also 1:10:28 pop off king
Gotta know if you heard the minute of the dancing lion boss from the DLC gameplay, because it is very different from the base games IMO.
The effort put into this video is just all around phenomenal, and the dedication you put into it shows so much. Never stop making videos dude 👍
I expected "Haha Fromsoft Orchestra good", and subsequently went on a musical discovery trip. Well played sir.
Never knew that Shoegaze was called that, I just knew a few songs that really hit me hard. Thanks for giving me an actual genre to go find stuff good!
Yea it's great and we are in a revival period with "zoomer gaze" blending shoegaze, emo, and grunge
Great video! I like the more in-depth discussion of the two and the editing is amazing! I like them about equal myself, I really appreciate the more variety in Elden Ring but until the dlc came out (because damn there’s come crazy bangers in there Midra especially is perfect) I don’t think ER had quite the heights of Ds3 and I think that’s because my favorite ds3 tracks focus more on melody. I love tracks like Twin princes, Champion Gundyr and Abyss watchers. I really do think it’s very close tho. Also nothing on either come close to Ludwig on either imo.
Completely different thing I was kinda disappointed you didn’t bring up Risk of Rain 2s OST during the soundscape in games section. That’s probably my favorite soundscape in any ost it’s so legendary. If you happen to not of heard it I really don’t think you would be disappointed it’s a huge favorite of mine, especially the Survivors of the Void DLC tracks
Baded high quality production while being a small channel.
When the song of honor from ER played in my firsy playthrough, even with my headphones on I legitimately thought it was from a church near me. The audio mixing and the layered choir sounds super realistic.
I still think DS3 soundtrack is pretty good but Elden Ring is goated at the end of the day (and Armored Core 6) (and Bloodborne)
been waiting for this for a long time! super entertaining
27:20 this game in VR is one of the greatest things to exist
Bro the DLC OSTs cooked so hard i hope we get a followup vid