Opera Singer Reacts: Epilogue || Dark Souls III
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2023
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dark souls 3 is one of the greatest OSTs in gaming of all time and I'm definitely not biased
Absolutely! I think they all are
This hits the absolute hardest if you save off listening till after beating Gael. It’s great after the soul of cinder, but it’s truly at its better after beating Gael.
yeah, that straight up feels like a "sad goodbye"
Nah. Gael isn't epic like SOC.
@@Wyxill Gael is 100% a better boss and a better conclusion to end the series, and the epilogue after gael is more "sad"
@@Wyxill nah gael is better in every wa including lore
@@miroslavf5671 i don't like gael bossfight at all. You can just rise a medium shield and tank all his attacks. SoC have a larger moveset, and a way more epic feeling. The ultimate defence of the First Flame, the ultimate challenge for an undead: are you stronger then the old lords?
Yes, Gael let you "touch" the Dark Souls and have a sad ending, but.... ok? And? A sad ending isn't always the better one. And Dark Souls isn't only a sad world, but an epic one too, with incredible legends... and when you fight SoC you're fighting all this legends, all the story of Lordran, Drangleic and Lothric united. It's the most simbolic fight of the trilogy imo. The Soul of Cinder! The Flame himself!
One day tiny flames will dance across the darkness
Dude that's an amazing quote, thats something i would totally get tattooed with the Dark Sign as a tribute to one of my most favorite games
Not anymore.
@@themagikarp9676not correct 😊
Ashen One, hearest thou my voice still?
Every single character in Dark Souls fails. Gwyn fails. Gwyndolin fails. Aldritch fails. Pontiff Sullivan fails. All of the Lords of Cinder, they all fail. The chosen undead failed. Even the Ashen One fails even if they link the fire, because in the end, the reigniting of the fire only slightly prolongs the inevitable as they fire simply can't sustain itself anymore and the world will fall into Dark. I love Dark Souls because the entire series is a struggle against the inevitable, and this song captures that feeling, it's so depressing!
It's also interesting to think of the Ashen One as the antagonist of the story, because all of the previous Lords of Cinder (save Aldritch because he WANTS the Dark to take over) refused to relink the fire due to the suffering the see every time the fire starts to fade. They're brought back from the dead to save the world, and they all chose to let it die instead, because they saw all of their homes get destroyed through the passage of time - and here comes the Ashen One and forces their souls to link the fire anyway, prolonging the suffering.
I would argue that Gael succeeds despite everything. He was aware that he was no champion and that he would likely not come out of this unphased, which is why he guided you through the Ringed City with his messages and summon signs. He wants you to retrieve the Dark Soul from him and finish his work, which you do.
in Dark Souls, facing your demise head on and accepting death is not always seen as a failure. Someone like Siegward seems to perish with content as he managed to fullfill his promise in the end (which is probably to kill Yhorm should he ever abandon his duty). Other characters like Anri avenge Horace and the children she knew by killing Aldrich with your help. Even a tyrant like Sullyvahn took out his oppositions and died at the peak of his power. Their demise is tragic for sure, but from their perspective, maybe they didn't fail.
So...we are the bad guy this time?
@@iruga7379 that age of dark is evil has always been a lie, sparked by the great serpents and fead by Gwyn’s fear of humanities potential as a great power to outlast his flame. The coming horrors of the age of the deep are cause by the defilement of humanities nature, so too was the raging abyss manus spawned in retribution for the splitting of the artefact housing his soul (while possibly split off a part of his soul & humanity in the abandoned half). He never kidnapped dusk, he possessed her through the ring made of the missing chunk of his pendant after he recovered enough of his strength and awoke
The god of smiths likely knew this too seeing as the demons born of the titanite present at his death bare runes describing the coming age of dark, rather then the tales of the first flame usually found on titanite slabs
So unless you where smart enough to figure out that mess you were accidentally the bad guy every time you linked the flame
No mention of DS2😢
Anyway, yeah, that's Dark Souls, you play a game where you are basically forced to see the world start glorious and slowly sink in ruin and despair, truly sad and amazing, love 'em all, thanks FROM
The Dark Soul series has that vibe of 'end of the world', in 1 you feel the ending coming, you can't quite grasp it but still feel it, in 2 you are living it as it goes, and in 3 you witness the very last days, everything and everyone has failed to change things, and in the end they all went either in some forgotten corner of the world to live their last days, get devoured by madness and corruption or keep fighting until they die because they have no other thing to keep them going
The Epilogue must be the most emotional track in the DS3 ost for me. On the first playthrough I decided to link the fire, like the previous games. A saw my Ashen one catch fire and... that's it. Nothing else happened. The flame didn't burst out, the world wasn't lit anew. I was just sitting there burning at the bonfire in front of a desolated landscape. And then the credits rolled with this music. All I could think of: "This is it. All those cycles, all that suffering, all that cruel fate that this world was subjected to over and over again was for this. To keep that goddamn fire burning until it couldn't go any longer". Needless to say, I went to sleep crying over the tragedy that is that ending.
This song was sung by KOKIA. She has an amazing voice and if you ever find free time, you should definitely give her other works a listen!
KOKIA is GOATED without question.
wait is actualy KOKIA
I’ve been a Kokia fan for years and listen to Souls’ OSTs for not any shorter, but only recently that I learned she sang for this song.
She also sang the epilogue song in Demon's Souls, she sang at the start of everything and at the end of everything, just to make it even more poetic
My god this hits so hard. All of the playthroughs just flash in my eyes and that ending feeling of just emptiness in my heart as I listen to the end credits. It's just such a beautiful ending song for such an amazing game series. I'll forever stick you in my prayers. A fine dark soul...
Secret Betrayal is brilliant, feels like a stab in the soul (no pun).
One could say it was the act of a uhmm
Dark Soul.
There are two versions of this track.
One after you just beat Soul of Cinder(this one) and the second after you beat Gael and give the Blood of The Dark Soul to the painter(the true Epilogue in my opinion).
Give it a listen.
Right, I think the second version even has a piano part added
Didn't they just replace the old epilogue with the Ringed City patch, that plays even without killing Gael?
@@paralam2175 not sure but in the ost playlist there are 2 separate epilogues, one grouped with the base game ost and one with the ringed city ost, don’t know if they ever over rode the first version in game
That 2nd one you’re referring to is what they used in the PlayStation theme for DS3. The animated background thing.
@@paralam2175 nah but it is used for a PlayStation theme.
This track made me cry the first time I finished the game ! Awesome game ! And a fitting end to such an amazing series !
I'd just like to note that Yuka Kitamura, who composed this song and nearly the entirety of DS3's soundtrack, was _26 when the game released._
She also composed much of the soundtrack for DS2's DLC, pretty much the entirety of Bloodborne and Sekiro's soundtracks, and about half of Elden Ring's soundtrack. Talk about promising young talent.
some people are just built different.
I agree . Yuka kitamura is the best🙏
thank you for mentioning the person behind these masterpieces. I hope we get to see more amazing music from her whatever she decides on doing!
Listening to this track after beating all the prior games in order really hits different. I was so overwhelmed with the memories that came flooding back from each game, I couldnt help but cry. I realized this was the last dark souls game, and this song perfectly conveyed the end of a masterpiece.
It was like a funeral, where each one of us buried a part of ourselves along with the Soul of Cinder.
One of the most melancholic and emotional credits theme I've listened to in my life. It really hammers in the message of DS3 that this is goodbye. Depending on your ending, the world is either prolonged untill it's nothing but dust, or you end the cycle started by Gwyn and have hope that the world will live on in an age of dark. If you beat Gael, there is also the hope that his sacrifice has given everyone a chance at a new life through the painting powered by the Dark Soul. A very conclusive and statisfying note to end on.
I love the way the music hits around 7:50 it makes me envision the bonfire being lit.
one of my all time favorites ;-; will definitely cover it one day
You better
This would be incredible.
The end, in a song. The last breath of a dying world.
This is the what this song is telling, a dead world, put to rest.
It's interesting that there's two variants of this theme. The original was less complex, and hearing it again but even more somber and layered after the DLC released was just a gut punch beyond words. That tiredness you mention is exactly what I felt. ''It's okay. Leave it be. You can rest now.'' That's what I think of when I listen to it. There's sorrow in it, but there's beauty also. The relief of letting go. The environmental and audible storytelling of Dark Souls is unrivalled, and Dark Souls III did it the best in my opinion. My all time favorite game. I wish I could experience it for the first time again, but then the whole beauty of this song is that it's okay to feel exhausted and to let go. They knew exactly what they were doing. The entire game tied into this.
This is possibly the best game ending soundtrack there is in an any game,the best goobye ive heard to a game series
The first time i beat Dark Souls 3 I genuinely didn't know what to do with my life for like the next month. This song followed by me doing the let the flame fade ending really just floored me, I was really truly feeling for the first time that this was the end of Dark Souls.
I cry every time I listen to this beautiful song 😭😭😭
This song makes me think of Seigward's last moments at the end of his questline. He kept his promise he made to Yhorm, but now he's dying from his wounds. With the last of his life, he thanks you, passes you a beer, and gives you one last toast with his cheerful laughter. And then he's gone.
He actually kills himself 😢
@Megan-uu6me what? I thought he cannonicaly died of his wounds, and the game just expected he took a hit during the fight.
@@jesterbrown90 I've heard that, but I've also heard the theory he commits suicide, as once you leave the room without warping you will gain a few souls.. some say it is implied that since he finished his purpose, to defeat Yhorm, he offed himself before going hollow... up to interpretation though 👀
@@Rouu_Garou Does this mean there's an alternate timeline where he hands us the wrong mug?
I will never forget the moment I beat the dark souls 3 I sat there listening to this song while credits rolled I legit felt like "is it finally over" stared at the screen emotineless
“Ashen one, hearest thou my voice still?”
Darksouls theme to me will always be "This was once beautiful" everything in the world is on its last legs, the ravages of time has worn on all and the last bits of strength are Meer shadows of their own self. Glories that were wonders of behold are lost never to be seen again and all thats left is the smoldering ashes of those that came before.
This isn't the end but its somethings end and we have a right to mourn but we must move on with what we have. Even if we are just making the same mistakes of our past.
Kokia also did the ending song to Demon's Souls, so if you liked this you should check out "Return to Slumber". I recommend original Demon's Souls version for a Kokia song simply because I don't know if Kokia made a return to reprise the song in the Demon's Souls remake or not. Return to Slumber gives me goosebumps.
This is hands down my favourite track from Dark Souls 3, the sheer melancholy of hearing this after being here from the first game up until now hits hard. Knowing that it is the end of this great series makes me feel sad and empty, and yet happy to have been here through it all until the end. It was the first time I sat through the whole credits, just enjoying the music and reflecting on all I have been through up to that point.
I love sooo much that singer, it's Kokia, japanese singer, songwriter, composer, arranger and producer. She was co-composer and singer of two songs from original "Demon's Souls" game, voice of angel, you just feel it in your soul...
I can't listen to Epilogue without at least shedding a tear. It's not only the end of a game, but of a whole world, too tired and depleted of "fuel" to start anew. There's no joy in beating it, only a feeling of fullfillment and maybe the hope that, one day, a new kind of flame and light will kindle again.
Ever since I experienced Dark souls 3 for the first time there was something about it that changed me as a person. Never truly understood until I played the game again when my life had a scary dark turn for a bit. Honestly this song makes me cry, a lot sometimes. Specifically the version when you have both dlc installed.
The original very much has a feeling of "Everything still sucks and its going to continue to suck"
The dlc version of this song, something about it makes me feel like its designed to walk away from the horrors one has gone through. The battles of one's mind and soul has have been finished, the light at the end of the tunnel is in front of you. You're right there, ready to walk into the unknown. All you can do is look back and reminisce on how much you've suffered.
Something I really want to point out with the original version and the other, the second with the dlc. a much more sorrowful mourning quality to it but very much the same song. Yet the only addition to the song is a piano chord that only shows up at the beginning and the very end of the song. Dunno why but that specific chord is the part that makes me w e e p sometimes lol.
I never interpreted this as a piece about despair, but rather that the cycle can/will repeat with the possibility of a new outcome. If you find the eyes of the fire keeper and give them to her, you can trigger a different ending where instead of you re-lighting the fire you ask the fire keeper to gather the last few embers and let the world fall into darkness, thus ending the age of fire (humanity). The hope, the cycle, then is that the age of darkness will come, followed by some of the other ages talked about in the lore, and eventually the age of fire will return. But, instead of the age of fire being born of unending sacrifice and unnatural elongation, it will come naturally and be sparked by just a few helping embers from the fire keeper. I hear a mourning in the voice, but also a sigh of relief that we are finally letting go of the stagnation and cycle of violence to unnaturally elongate the age of fire. By finally accepting the actual cycle (age of fire, age of darkness, etc), the sorrow of everyone trapped in the age of fire unnaturally is released.
YESSS, been waiting to see what you thought of this track. This track makes me tear up every time. This is the sad farewell to the series, which hurts to think about.
A dying flame that breath it's last embers.
That's is how i feel with this beautiful song.
Fromsoft have the best choices for female vocalists ... KOKIA is honestly one of my most favourite female vocalists ever, her range and style variety is incredible! Check out a song by her called "Chowa Oto" to know exactly what I mean! Fun fact ... KOKIA sings the vocals for the ending songs for the original Demons Souls (Return to Slumber) and Dark Souls 3 (Epilogue), and my girl Emi Evans sings the ending songs of Dark Souls (Nameless Song) & Dark Souls 2 (Longing) ... if you reacted to those ending songs too, that would be awesome! ^u^
As far as i remember originally they said there would be definitelly a 4th part. But with the second dlc the Dark Souls universe was oficially ended, even though the main game ending is open to a possible successor, we will never see it.
That's surprising for me to hear. Considering his track record, Miyazaki seems to be prefer making new projects if Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring are anything to go by. He even started working on BB right after DS1.
@@leithaziz2716Yeah Miyazaki doesn't likes sequels and only let them make DS2 due to Bandai, some say he made DS3 to end things right after the disaster DS2 development cycle was
In almost every souls game that I have played, whenever I listen to the end credits, there is something I always feel, and the name of the epilogue soundtrack in Sekiro sums it up perfectly. 'End of a vicious struggle'. That is what it is. When you play a game like Dark Souls or Sekiro or any other game like them, once you reach the end, you feel like it's finally over after struggling through every extraordinary enemy you faced to reach this point.
I get an acceptance that the journey was ultimately futile, that the future attempting to be postponed is, in the end, inevitable from this song.
I hadn’t watched you in a while and you’ve truly come a long way. Still remember watching your videos on Elden Ring music when you were just under 20k subs.
Appreciate your stopping by
Epilogue is one of my favourite pieces of music ever. Thank you Dark Souls & FromSoftware.
Ashen one, hearest thou my voice still?
Glad we're getting more videos about Dark Souls 3. It truly has one of THE soundtracks of all time.
It is Fromsoft magnum opus.
My personal favorite Fromsoft OST. The collection of tracks is so good.
Did you know there’s actually two versions of this song. First, this one, the one that comes with the base game that is melancholic. The other comes with the dlcs, the fire fades edition, which has more of a tragic tone to it.
Definitely prefer the second version with the piano. It does seem to end on an interesting "what's next?" sort of resolution more than the original in my opinion. Also I think its completely live orchestra, but I could be wrong.
I never knew there were two versions. I always got the piano version since I beat Gael before SOC. I prefer the piano, something about the composition hits harder.
@@bandiriatraveler8343 Almost everything from DS3, Bloodborne and Elden Ring is live orchestra. They have one credited, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
@@TheStraightestWhitest Bloodborne was entirely on Sony's end and was done entirely in studio. Yuka Kitamura did alot of Ds3's ost using vst's with combination of her own violin and other players. Elden Ring I believe was also done as a combination of both.
@@bandiriatraveler8343 For Bloodborne they had many composers, like Cris Velasco, who work with synths. So this is not true. As for DS3, why would they have an orchestra if they were going to use VSTs?
For context:
In the first game there was a choice between extinguishing the First Flame or helping it burn again.
But in third game there is not much of a choice. Even with power of all 5 lords we're still too weak to link the first flame. Gwyn fu**** up the world by linking mankind to the fire. Humans were immortal beings once but they are now suppressed, their power sealed, world itself is breaking apart.
This is where DLCs comes in. We're entering Painted World but it's rotten. It need to be burned away (similar how in the normal world link the First Flame).
We kill a boss there, Painted World start to burn.
We access second DLC and we see how much world is breaking apart, it collapse on itself and ash is covering everything.
Later we access Ringed City where we learn history of first humans and how it really played out with undead curse.
So we kill Gael, take his blood to the Painter and she starts to well... Paint. A new world, devoid of flame that is a "cold and a very gentle place".
In a sense this song is a send-off to the series. It's peaceful, yet still having this epic motive from main menu theme. If this song would have a name it's probably "Acceptance". We fought, we pushed through everything and we succeeded. There is nothing more to fight for. The world is ending, there is no more hope in THIS world.
This is the end of Dark Souls series, we have to accept it and move forward
The Dark Souls 3 soundtrack is a gift from the gods in terms of quality, and this magnum opus caps off not only one of the best soundtracks in all off gaming, but one of the best games I've ever played, that almost 150 hour journey changed me.
I've beaten the game 6 times, yet have have not once skipped the credits, IMO this is the true reward for beating the game, musical perfection.
I wonder if the Secret Betrayal track from DS3 would get a video from you. It hit me so much when I triggered it, and I immediately felt I made a mistake. But later on, I knew I did not.
I love how you can hear parts of songs from 4 main boss fights _(bosses from intro cinematic)_ in one track.
I am not a darksoul player but this music when I heard it for the first time, I understood what the full game entails, how at the end they welcome you with open arms in a crib to finally rest ...
When this song first played for me, when I finally beat dark souls 3 for the first time, as a dark souls 1 player it was already beyond anything I could have ever imagined or hoped, then they hit us with this song during the credits and there was one overwhelming feeling I had listening to it. “It’s over. This is the end.” I cried like a person who just got news that someone they loved had died.
Hearing this song at the end, after fighting gael. knowing it would be the last dark souls. It was just such a beautiful send off, like saying goodbye to a loved one for the last time.
Between already being in tears over the Soul of Cinder theme and getting the fire fading ending, I don’t think any piece of music has emotionally destroyed me as much as this track
I always hear this in three parts to reflect the games in reverse. It starts small and minuscule Lito represent the flame in the third game, the second part is big to represent such a different word and journey with so much you’ve learned and experienced, and the finale is the big burst of flame you ignite at the end of the first. no matter what this song represents, it’ll always represent one thing: epilogue- to a trilogy that saved and inspired me and many others. farewell Dark Souls, and thanks for being there for me
I truly believe this to be one of the best musical pieces ever. Not only is it that good, but it is so symbolic when paired with the lore of dark souls. It is so melancholy and majestic which allows you to remember the journey up until you finally fading the flame.I'm glad I was alive to experience such greatness
8:21 - I don't know why, but you singing it makes it seem more melancholic. Brings me to a scene of a man walking alone down a street once furnished will life and joy, now desolate and empty, and he can only sing this empty tune to an equally empty world, a bleak commemoration for what was lost. A tribute that no one will remember or hear, serving substitute as his only companion, slowly fleeting as he himself loses strength to even stand.
I want this song at my funeral, having gone through a rough and arduous journey of life
I’ve always found Epilogue and I Was Born for This, the final track from Journey, so similar yet at the same time had completely opposite tones and messages behind it
Im back Mr. Ball, I have not forgotten, YOUSEEBIGGIRL must be listened to.
I agree with people saying this song can be kinda depressing. But since I first heard it after finishing the game, after all those tries on the last boss, that 1 vs 1 duel after at the end of the road I associate it with peace, meaning and nostalgia. It was my first souls game.
When end credits rolled all the tension, the curiosity, the rage, the heroism and the hollowing left place to relaxation, the journey had ended (for the moment ;) ).
This is one of the greatest game osts I've listened to and one of the first osts that made me understand that videogame music is not secondary
Beautiful piece piece of music right there, it always gets me emotional when i listen to this song.
Ps: you should listen to armored core: armeria
thank you form software 😭
I swere the music cleared my nose so I may breathe clearly as the world fades to black
As usual.. a phenomenal analysis
Thank you
Is it normal to tear up listening to this?
Dark Souls as a series has some of the most heartbreakingly tragic lore I've ever seen from a game, if not any piece of media in general. It fits right in line with ancient Greek and Shakespearian tragedy in how its thematic elements permeate every story and every character and every locale in the series.
A story about death, the inevitability of all things to eventually fade and die, to consign to oblivion. A theme delivered to us through a mechanic of rebirth and undeath; a cycle that reflects that of the world itself as the fire fades and rekindles time and time again, only for history to perpetually repeat itself until the world finally stops kicking and screaming as it falls into the night.
It's a series that gives us a glimpse at depths of despair and hopelessness, while still assuring us that there will always be hope for the future so long as you continue pursuing your reason for living. It motivates us to never give in and never give up, to continue fighting for our purpose over and over and over until we finally, eventually succeed. All with the looming reality of existentialism permeating every nook and cranny of a world that refuses to die.
When people tell me "video games aren't art", the first game I cite is Dark Souls. Its excellence goes well beyond its tight combat, punishing challenge, and brilliantly designed levels. Truly, its writing is as thought-provoking and profound as any piece of classical literature, mythology, poetry, etc.
I can't stress how much I love this series. What a perfect piece of music to wrap it all up.
Yooooo dark souls 3. A fine wine. A great year. A tragic end to the world
Almost every time, listening to this Music, I imagine flying under a darkening sky over a destroyed world slowly collapsing into the abyss... And so, my Soul goes out, the sky finally and irrevocably turns black, and the last fragment of the world disappears into the depths of nothingness - absolute and eternal.
If someone tells me now that Black Metal is heavy music, I will laugh! HERE IT IS, Truly Heavy Music - Epilogue of the Dark Souls series. And it’s always difficult for me to listen to it again - it’s a dubious pleasure when your heart is being torn to pieces. But, together with you, good sir, it was a little easier. Thank you for this and... Praise the Sun - even if It goes out forever... and especially if it goes out forever.
Chills and tears all in one
This song actually will hits you off and you'll understand the meaning of the soprano more AFTER you've cleared the End of Fire Ending where you give the Firekeeper her eyes back and don't link the Fire. The Choir represent the dark uncertainty of your usual Soulsborne grim world but when Kokia's singing kicks in it hints that a new chapter of life may and will lit another fire.
Yuka Kitamura is fricking genius
I suppose now might be a good time to listen to all the end credit songs to compare and contrast, some have elements of each other or reference OSTs from earlier titles.
Dark Souls 1 "Nameless Song"
Dark Souls 2 "Remains" (added with Scholar Patch) followed immediately by "Longing" (what was originally the only credits song).
Have you played Blasphemous? The music is amazing, i recomend it highly. The game is a metroidvania that kinda looks like dark souls and is inspired in Spanish culture, specially from Andalucía
The song, it represents the ending of the first fleme entirely. The voice was faded overtime until it became halt and then silent come completely.
Such an amazing track.
I hope you do the Hyper Light Drifter soundtrack, it being composed for a game inspired by the designers potentially iminent death makes it very interesting
This is probably in my top 5 from tracks lol
The fire fades but only embers remains
This hit so hard after beating the game
What blows me away every time I listen to this is that it's the Return to Slumber song of Demon's Souls. It's so fitting. The world was forced to stay "awake" so to speak with the age of fire. It's been awake for so long that it's tired, and just wants to rest, but was never allowed to. Now, with the age of fire truly at its end. The world can finally sleep. It can finally heal from Gwyn's greed.
Funny enough, to quote another game's song "Look to those who walked before to lead those who walk after"; the main dark souls games really embody this. Dark Souls 3 being the latter of that. We are that person who came after everyone else, and we are supposed to be the ending in which no one follows. We as a character embody that sorrow, that lament that there is no happy ending anymore. We either prolong a long, dead age trapped in stagnation, or we usher the world into a cruel and cold age of darkness. We had to of known at some point this was a one way trip regardless which fate we took. With the gathering of the Blood of the Dark soul, we ensured that there may or will be a future without the need of fire... and we sadly will never have the chance to see it.
This song feels like we should of known where this path would take us and for all we knew, the protagonist probably did.
So heart touching.
Gonna be honest I beat the game I was so happy, and then I heard this right after and I cried like no tomorrow
Could you possibly make a video about how older videogames (like SNES and NES era) have more depth to them than people think? The prime examples I think of is the overworld theme from FFII and Terras theme from FFVI. I feel like most songs from that NES and SNES era are just there to push you forward, but these two songs have more of a reflective type theme to them. Just a thought I had while listening to this.
Dude i remember, the struggle this first time i reached The Soul of Cinder and my friends were telling me, you won't beat him, this game is too hard. But i wasnt ready to give up. I made it this far. Then after i beat him and i heard this song i teared up. Because it was such an amazing journey. I loved every second of Ds3. And hearing this made every second of the game worth it in every way. And i just loved proving every one wrong
The Ringed City awaits.
i teared up immediately...
The ring city version is different, you should check that out too
As the Unkindled looked upon the sea of ash that became of the now dead world they have one one questions remain, was it all for naught?
just finished ds3 for the third time, perfect timing marco
Honestly, i want you to do some Dark Souls 2 tracks. It's my favorite, and that might because it's the only one i have access to, but it even has an area were the music plays a role in the story
For the love of all that is good, you MUST listen to DOOM Eternal's "Kar En Tuk". Specifically listen to the "unreleased track" version.
You should definitely check that one unused Dark Souls 3 track called Crimson Bat. It's a shame that a track this good did not make it into the game, but it would be cool if you could guess the nature of the bossfight that could have been!
the epilogue of the franchise really is that, an epilogue, an ending, the step into the "not", after all the hardship the players and characters have endured in the franchise, it all ends in nothing, no more nor less than when it was before the first flame appeared, hell, even less, the land of fog had dragons and archtrees, and it all ends with dust and rubble, a nothingness so significant its hard to grasp
The ending to Dark Souls 3 and thus the trilogy as a whole is supremely fitting.
Two nobodies, in the middle of nowhere, standing in the ashes of empires, fighting over nothing and in the end, a new world is born
its not us who is tired, but the whole world. We all want it to end. We want the never ending rest.... the deep, dark and lonely sleep... Death...
You should give Crimson Bat (unused DS3 track) a listen, I think you'd love it seeing how much you like Yuka Kitamura's style.
You must listen to For the Dark soul its a track that it isnt in the game rather in a ps4 theme its basically slave knight Gael theme but with a piano and in a lower tone
what’s your favorite boss fight? and do you like the translations people do?
I cried like a baby after hearing this after beating Gael and realized this is the last Dark Souls game
Hey my dude. checked out your video of friede eariler and loved it. If you want to replay ds3 and just enjoy the ambiance and music whilst playing I would be more than happy to assist you or enjoy your company live.
It's not as well known as others on this channel but it would be awesome if you were to check out some songs from the Tunic soundrack
In epilogue we can hear something from Nameless song, dark souls 1. That is epilogue not only for dark souls 3, but for whole dark souls world. I've played through all souls, but somehow skipped epilogue, that was the worst mistake of my life.
Fun fact, the first track you ever hear in Dark Souls 1 is called "Prologue". We really did go full circle.
@@leithaziz2716"In the age of ancients, the world was unformed..." damn that narrator lady has quite a voice
DS3 was supposed to be the ending for the series, it was even marketed by the creator as the final game. However, I think when the higher ups at Bandai Namco caught wind of how much it was going to sell, based off preorders, they had the devs change it. Then suddenly the marketing shifted to be about DS3 being the turning point for the series.
A ton of data was mined from the game that reflects a ton of what the story was before development altered that supports the idea that it was going to end the series for good. The ending was going to have the fire fade and there was no way to reignite it. This song was written when that was the ending.
Maybe a flicker of light in the darkness still burns, but time will move on regardless.
I advise you to listen to 2 tracks in a row from DS1:
1 - Souls of Fire (Character Creation screen)
2 - Nameless Song (when credits roll)
My thoughts and feelings:
1 Souls of Fire (Character Creation screen) (I would call "the Birth of the Soul")
- very calm repeating motif with different variations. In terms of meaning, this is the music of contagion of our soul, as if we are resting in the womb. But in the track there is a moment of strange tension and release with the sound of a bell (awakening bell?) that calls us and warns of what tests await our innocent unborn soul.
Our soul is led to birth by the choir and temple bells, our soul is the motif of the harp that goes along this warm path, but at some point goes astray in a dark direction, the choir tenses up, beats the bell and returns the soul to the right path (at the second or third minute)
2 Nameless Song (when the credits roll) (I would call "Mother's Lullaby" )
- As if our souls returned to the womb of the mother after death, and the mother (or the keeper of the fire) sings us a lullaby about what awaits us, and about what we have experienced, it will be wonderful, we still have everything in front, but it will end tragically and inevitably, and the mother knows it. And now we can rest in her arms.
Maybe this is the moment of rebirth, or maybe the dying memories of our fading soul, which has passed through life itself through and through. and now can rest.