Opera Singer Listens to Volibear, The Relentless Storm Champion Theme from League of Legends
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- Thanks to Tyson for this amazing song!!!! Loving these League of Legends songs!!!!
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00:00 Intro
00:32 Music pt1
01:02 This isn't Winnie the Pooh
01:52 Music pt2
02:45 Fantastic Composers
04:57 Music pt3
05:08 Animalistic Music
05:33 Music pt4
05:55 Hearing the Bear
06:30 Music pt5
07:05 Language Use
08:58 Music pt6
09:07 Melody
09:23 Music pt 7
09:30 Two Voices One Intention
10:08 Music pt8
10:33 Raw Power/Sheer Strength
10:50 Creating for Characters vs Opera
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Singer: @einar selvik @wardruna
Composer: @awintory
Developer: Riot Games
Wow! I'm honored by the kind words and deep dive into the piece!!! What a lovely surprise tonight! :)
You're the real deal? Damn! This piece really helped me through a tough time, pretty epic
AUSTIN?! WINTORY?! HERE?! I LOVE YOU DUDE!
I love Volibear's theme, amazing job!
My pleasure, Austin! You’re amazing. Glad you appreciate it. :)
Holy shit, I didn't know this theme was by you! Great song as usual! :D
"I am a god. I cannot die. But do I live if I am not in the hearts of warriors?"
"Ornn's blood on my claws. Surely, there was a reason... Surely, this is just..."
Volibear is one of the 3 demigods of the northern area called Freljord, so that's where the power you're getting from this comes from. More specifically though, he represents the primal side of nature and hates that the people of the land are leaving these roots behind for civilization, so that is why there is sadness and rage in his theme. The Fiddlesticks theme does some really interesting things with people's voices because of the character, so I definitely recommend looking at that one!
Noteworthy that the 3 are just the 3 we've been directly introduced to this far. There are others, we just don't know much about them yet. Like the Seal Sister. We'll likely get more info about them when Udyr's rework is released.
@@bloodknyte There are already 4, the Iron Boar was never show but was already mentioned.
@@joaopedrocruz6432 that'd be 5, I couldn't remember that one, I already mentioned a fourth one
@@bloodknyte There's also Seal Sister and Fallow Fox! And some Lynx, but I can't remember the full title.
honestly he needs to react to Orns theme just to hear what he thinks of the juxtaposition of the two
fun fact the language they used in volibear's theme is an ancient frejlordan, the language is also used on ornn's theme(the path to hearth-home)
ps.the language is made up for the world of runterra (league of legends world)
Ancient freljordian is based on old norse, while modern freljordian which you can hear in Ornns teaser trailer is a mix of all the scandinavian languages. It is actually understandable for scandinavians.
@@vergil8833 It actually makes sense that Volibear wants to make freljord to embrace its old ways, such as returning to the wild etc. thus using old norse is a beautiful detail. While Ornn is more humanitarian and helps people to develop and survive with his forge and lyrics of his song is modern Scandinavian.
@@vergil8833 I wouldn't call it understandable. You can pick out a few words here and there but a lot of it is just gibberish, atleast for a swede.
@@glizzygobbler3046 For a norwegian quite alot of it is understandable. Might also be because the singer is norwegian.
@@vergil8833 Same for an Icelander, since we basically just speak old norse with an accent most of the words are quite recognizable
The singer is Einar Selvik. He’s part of a Norwegian group called Wardruna that do Nordic music
Yup - fantastic stuff.
I will forever be impressed by your ability to correctly infer a characters lore, personality, and even sometimes gameplay just from the first few seconds of their theme. Idk if it's just the skill of the composer or your incredible musical intuition, probably both. Great work as always Marco!
Thank you strapps! :)
Music truly " *bears* " (pun intended) a lot of information, you just have to listen carefully
Lore nerd here!
Volibear is the Freljordian (basically League of Legends world Scandinavia) demigod of thunder. There are others and they are all related, Anivia the Cryophenix, Ornn the Fire Below the Mountain and the Iron Boar (not a champion as of now). I'll keep this brief, Volibear wants to return humanity back to primal times when pure strength and survivability were key, he got into a fight with his brother, Ornn, because he slaughtered Ornn's followers (reason behind Ornn now living alone and forging beneath a mountain, god of fire and forge). It seems that right now, Volibear is lending his power to the Ursine and other tribes (this corruptive primal power) that transforms the user in their warped image of the demigod. The sadness you feel is because he doesn't truly hate his brother, it is just conflicting ideals between the two god's that forced them apart. To the point that he chooses to fight without armour, aka to have only HIS strength be what drives him on. In Ornn's world's, Volibear made the first ever river, which was made of blood from just how many he slaughtered. The demigods will slowly but surely start to return in a more active form due to a ongoing threat, but for now Volibear is THEORISED to be encased in ice, Anivia is just flying about and creating snow in order to stop the threat which is beneath the earth, and Ornn is still forging and grieving in his own little stay. We don't know what's up with the Iron Boar as of yet.
Don't forget the Seal Sister. There is also the Seal sister
@@Whysoshort i was gonna say, you cant forget the 5th
@@Whysoshort Seal sister is going to be a weird champ lol
@@AthaxDesigns if we ever get her qwq
I recommend also listening to "Jhin, the Virtuoso" if you haven't already
I second that. Aside from Volibear's it is my favorite.
And Pyke and Pantheon and Kindred and Camille, a whole lot of champiosn have amazing themes
Also Dark Cosmic Jhin theme as well. Such good music.
Yes
@@vanquisher4700 Oooh and Samira's theme
wait holly crap I know that singer. Einar Selvik hes in a group called Warduna and they do like viking music which I think is really cool. He did the assassins creed valhalla ost along side 2 others. Hes got such amazing voice I love a lot of his work. I dont play league but have friends that do and I had no idea he was in it lol. Just man I love his voice and a tagelharpa together. Just some of my favourite music game or not.
also he made music to Vikings TV show if anyone wonders
Would love to see Ornn's theme since he is Volibears brother, would be very fitting and they compliment each other very nicely
The singer is Einar Selvik whom is a Norwegian singer making old norse music.
definitely gotta do fiddlesticks' theme. Love the insight into the music you give
Also I could be wrong, but I believe the language being sung is freljordian, an in-universe language thats a combination of a few nordic languages.
So, afaik the language spoken in this is a mix of norwegian, scandinavian and other nordic languages. It is supposed to be the old language of the region Volibear is from, the Freljord. Ancient Freljordian calls the region itself "Vorrijaard" and Volibear's name in the Old Tongue is "Valhir", Stormbringer.
Just like his brothers and sisters like Ornn or Anivia, Volibear also has a following, the Ursine. They harness the power of the Volibear to change their bodies into more animalistic, often bear-like and wreathe themselves in lightning. However, there's a difference between Valhir and The Volibear. The Volibear is how the people see him, a violent god of storms and destruction, while Valhir is a lot more than that. But because of that warped perspective Volibear slowly also changes more and more to fit that picture his followers have, as in the Freljord specifically, but also all over Runeterra, demigods and spirits get their power form the strength of the believe in them (Janna is also a good example of that). And because he changes so does his power, which often corrupts and destroys the Ursine directly harnessing it.
In one of League's best stories, Silence for the Damned, Udyr talks about how he's afraid to harness the power of The Volibear. He has seen what it can do to the Ursine and he fears by using this spirit he too becomes Damned. But in his story following that he notices that The Volibear is not who Valhir was before and that later helps him connect to the true spirit of the Stormbringer, Volibear, Valhir.
It is a bit confusing, but basically can be broken down to "The Ursine pray to an Eldritch Abomination of a version of Valhir that he neither is nor wants to be but is forced upon him more and more"
League music is so underrated it's a shame they removed login screens
Oooh league music, glad to see you branching out with such fervency, personally I'd love if you could check out Pantheon's theme in particular. There's much more music that doesn't come to mind, but this is probably my favorite.
Pantheon's theme is actually the first league theme he reacted to =)
@@Ksilrinda Well damn guess I've gotta go watch it then, thanks for that lol
Never heard that theme before but I got goosebumps. The sheer volume and power the theme develops was staggering.
Thanks for covering it.
Really awesome you decided to check out a League song, they have a lot of genres its hard to name them all at the top of the head.
Champion themes for Taliyah, Yorick and Tahm Kench are also really good, thought I can't wait to see you react to Jhin's theme aswell.
If you decide to react to more League content, well, you're gonna have a field day with it. Keep up the great analyses 👍
Volibear is among my favorites in league. He is raw power, a straightforward force of nature - and this is in every his fiber.
Raw power and sheer strength are definitely apt descriptions of Volibear, "unrelenting force of nature" as well as "dominant masculine rage" also are pretty spot on. I think your comments about internal darkness and suffering are interesting as well, because the gist of this character's story is that he is a primordial war god, but in modern times his people are forgetting him. A point I think is relevant to bring up is that his brother Ornn is one of the forces bringing the world into modernity as a god of the forge and craftsmanship. So they're fierce, bitter rivals, but if Volibear kills Ornn in game he has a voice line that implies immediate, deep regret. *"Ornn's blood on my claws. Surely, there was a reason. Surely, this is just..."*
All this to say I'm impressed that you can not only pick Volibear's surface traits out of his music, but also some of his deeper struggles. Equally as impressed that the composer can communicate these themes as well.
Hey I just wanna say that I love you reactions, your discussion about whatever Music your listening to, and the insight you give is something to look forward too. Best wishes man and looking forward to more of your content. 🍻
Thank you for the affirmation it means a lot
Now that you did one of the brothers, also react to the other! Check out Ornn's theme, it's also one of the best from league. Also, maintaining the region, Braum's theme is also one I would love you to react.
Ornn has 2 theme. 1 is with lyric and the other is just instruments
Ayeee more league reactions! Spot on with the character analysis as always! Fiddlesticks, the ancient fear is another great theme to listen to.
Thanks for the video!
Oh HELL YEAH man, League has some amazing music, glad to see you get to it.
W8 THAT'S AUSTIN WINTORY??? Lmao i didn't knowwww XD
Amazing video, flawlessly grasped who the character is through music! Really hoping for Ornn some day!
For sure!
Heya @MarcoMeatball - bit late, I know but the lyrics do have a translation.
[Verse 1]
The sky rumbles deeply, knowing him
As the thunder calls out “Valhir!”
A memory of ancient and faded glory
Beckon from ages past, ever near
[Chorus]
Vorrijaard calls you!
And the wild heart within
By tooth, and with claw, will return!
When Vorrijaard needs you
To answer the call
Rise now! Together we stand tall!
[Verse 2]
The ground trembles deeply, awaiting him
The wind howls, carrying the reek of iron
And earth, starved for centuries, shall soon drink
The rains of war another time
[Chorus]
Vorrijaard calls you!
And the wild heart within
By tooth, and with claw, will return!
When Vorrijaard needs you
To answer the call
Rise now! Together we stand tall!
Awesomeeeee
With Volibear being a giant bear (which is already a powerful creature) that is capable of controlling storms in a harsh unforgiving and cold region, you're looking at a very powerful character and I feel the Nordic singing with the deep masculine voice is very commanding and strong and really conveys the raw strength and power of Volibear. If sounds had a state of matter the singer's voice would definitely be a rigid solid strong and unbending which I guess is fitting for the harsh cold region Volibear is from too.
this is my favorite character theme music in the game... is just so powerful and "ahhh" provoking
Hope Anivia gets her own theme someday. New scriber here
Sure thing!
I love these break down videos! If it's not too much, next for League stuff can you do Kayle and Morgana, the Righteous and the Fallen? I love the angelic feel of the twin angels of justice.
Yo like this song actually low-key slaps. Kinda surprised but also very glad you listened to it!
Awesome analysis!! I love that you get the character right just by listening to their song or theme, If you would like more league songs, I suggest these themes: Jhin, Ornn's (The path to heart-home), Lucian, Fiddlesticks.
It is not just music, it is also an art.
Beautiful...
That eldritch form you see in the video is canon, as a demigod, The Volibear shows himself as the people who summon him know him, there is a cult of people, The Ursine, who see him as this, a Thousand Pierced Bear, a beast of pure caos and savagery.
I was literally listening to this. What a timing.
-Jhin, the Virtuoso
-Ornn, the fire below the mountain
-Fiddlesticks, the ancient fear
When the patreon gets to these for picking,please do it
😏
The singer is Einar Selvik, you should check out his music band called wardruna. They're all about viking & nordic musics.
Einar is fantastic! He should be tagged in the about section :)
This is a really interesting reaction, from an angle you don't really see. Fantastic stuff, especially how you are blind reacting to the character solely through their music. Also I see everyone is throwing out more League character themes so I'll add a suggestion for the theme for Neeko :)
aaah the freljord, aka the coolest region from league
I liked so much your analysis also Volibear is a champion very strong full power of storm
I love this music is so epic
greetings from Ecuador
hola!!!
Speaking of the dialect in the music brought to mind "Sankarin Tango" from Control. It is worth a listen.
Awesome
I just finished high school and next week's saturday is graduation, therefore, as a Volibear main, I am entering the ceremony to his theme.
F ya
Amazing analyzing! I would love to see your opinion on the Ornn theme, which is my most favourite! :D
I love how you put that joke in the timeline too xD
I would've loved to see your reaction to the visuals in the "Animalistic sound/Hearing the bear" section
they got wadruna´s singer for this? o.o damn, that´s cool, because their music is epic, and it fits the champion´s theme 🤩
I love your reaction and the depth you find in the music !
I’m a long time World of Warcraft fan and it’s also a game where you can find amazing musical piece and it would be amazing if you could react to it one day !
I’d recommend « Seasons of War », « Time change » or the Ashenvale Theme.
Keep the good work, it’s always a delight to see you appreciate these underrated musical pieces !
😅 wow is def on my list
dont forget invincible and a call to arms
Einar Selvik is the Singer. He is the Main Singer of the Band Wardruna and he is also in a scene in Vikings. He is an amazing singer. He embodies the pride of the north and is a perfect choice for this song.
I recommend also listening to his Brother Champion Theme, Ornn!
0:13 keep it like that dude lore and the music is awesome, community in the other hand...
ICYMI, the language in the theme is Freljordian - a made up language for Runeterra. Also, Jhin's theme is a must XD
Did you see kindred's theme? They are twin spirits creating a one entity and in their them there are two instruments calling and responding to one another.
9:08 That bit sounded like Ornn's theme (Volibear's brother) or song "Path to Hearth home"
Awesome react Marco! You should check out Pantheon's theme music too, you're gonna love it! Its just as epic as Volibear's
I have :)
He is better than a giant bear, he is the literal incarnation of the storm, he is the God of the Storm.
The Lyrics are in Norwegian, composed by Einar Selvik
The lyrics are not in Norwegian but in Ancient Freljordian, which is conlang that's basically a mashup of the Northern Germanic languages, I'm sure that anyone that speaks Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish could recognize a couple words from the song
I really hope you do the same with Ornn theme!
Nice to some more League themes. Gotta echo the sentiments of some others, Jhin's theme is one of the best and I really hope you'll react to it.
Interesting that you said in opera there is an overarching story and that you're impressed that you hear the same multiple facets for a singular thing. There is indeed a story behind Volibear's theme, and you would have much more material to unpack if you listen to his brother's theme. His brother is Ornn, and he also has a full theme made for him. There is a strong contrast between the two and it'll be fun to watch you see and compare.
It’s on my to do list for sure
If you liked volibear, you need to check out Ornn's teaser theme with vs without the lyrics, its awesome
League of legends?
Dragontrainer Tristana and Kindred have great themes (among other).
Lol does a pretty good job with their music.
Also, nice to see you have some linguistic knowledge
Part of the job ;)
Its sung in a fictional language (Freljordian) but it was structured around old norse and norweigan
You should totally check Freljord theme from League of Legends also I would like to see a reaction for Jinx theme also from League of Legends!! There are so many legendary themes to check out!!!
Volibear theme did a great thing to represent three defining traits of his character: power, rage and godhood. Put that with his name and you can get the sense that he is a powerful bear god filled with rage!
I get a feeling of 'honor in war' vibe
The language is "freljordian" a fake language that incorporates about 10 different dialects from the "Viking" cultures from Iceland to Norway and everywhere around. There was a really cool behind the scenes video about it, and how they made a effort to not be majority of just of if these dialects.
Definitely recommend listening/reacting to the Freljord music if you enjoy this!
bro if he describe the character based on what he hears without knowing anything for real ? he got real super powers lol awesome...he describe voli as it is ...a rage forgotten god.
Very cool, you really nailed the character of Volibear. I hope you'll do Jhin's or Kindred's theme at some point, if you keep doing league. Also wondering if you ever listened to Baba Yetu or Sogno di Volare, two pieces Christopher Tin did for Civilization IV and VI respectively.
Plan to!
Can I suggest listening to Kindred's theme? I think its really good and it'd be interesting to see you take it apart
I know I'm late, but if no one has mentioned this yet. The language used is "Freljordian" which is made-up and was created by combining Icelandic and Norwegian if I remember correctly.
Ah! As I learn the lore this starts to make sense
I am ashamed that, despite me listening to Wardruna a whole lot on a regular basis, it took me this long to figure out the voice of the volibear theme vocals is Einar Selvik. This man is an absolute legend
The language is called Freljordian and is a made up amalgamation of Nordic languages.
You should watch Ornns theme, his brother (the teaser version)
Its great to see you bring the music angle of the song you analyze, but, i do thing your videos would greatly benefit from some research and experience into the origins of the songs. Especially with how well you get the character just by the listening to the themes, an end of video where you look into the characters themselves would be great. League has stories and bios for its champions, which to be honest most are just great pieces of media by themselves.
Maybe someday but these first 70 odd songs were tasked to be blind reacts and blind reacts they shall be.
7:29
Look, he's learning Slav/Nord accent!
"' almost rage'' nah its pure rage lol
HE SAID IT HE SAID UNRELENTING
Hei the pantheon theme so cool to.. 👍
I would love to see your thoughts to a brighter tomorrow from stellaris. That game has an incredible soundtrack
I love the folks at paradox. I’ll def have to!
this song made me play League of Legends. but i end up mainly playing Ornn.
5:23 "Capable of memeing and killing."
also Vollibear 1st time seeing a kitten:
"WHAT THE..?! WHAT iS THAT?!"
"is that a cub..??" (⊙_☉)
I'd love to see you react to Braums theme.
*:')* This is a fantasy language inspired by northern ones. I dont like Voli and had no idea what the lyrics are or how to pronounce them, but i found them and tried my best to replicate how they are pronounced in the song, so i learned to sing it.
You never heard Austin do stuff like this? Have you skipped his THREE albums for The Banner Saga series?)
Yes lol I’ll have to go back!
I highly recommend looking into pykes theme, and kindred.
You should check out his brother's theme song - ornn's theme
Camille - Steel Shadow next please.
PLEASE DO FIDDLESTICKS NEXT ITS SO WELL MADE
volibear the god of blood thunfder flesh and nature in lol this song is a fanfavorite for a reason me and colleuge sometimes juszt chill hwhile thissong blasts
Can you please do Ornn theme next
The thing about League champions is that they're very simple characters. Most are not one note, but they can be explained in a short sentence very effectively.
In this case, Volibear can be described as: wild, raw, untamed. He's a god who looks back fondly to the days when man was a hunter who lived by proving himself superior to other animals in a test of strength and skill and denounces the comforts of "modern" life.
Interestingly the music is hardly one note though!
the Vocals is make up lang...they combies alot of thing to created this ancient nordic sound vocal. is started with Ornn (volibear's brother)
also Volibear true name is unknown to us... peoples call him by many name Volibear is like a Slang of his tittles.
they are taller mountain.
As others have said, the language is a made up one called Freljordian. Valhir, which you hear a lot in the song is the Freljordian name for Volibear, who is their demigod of the storm, lightning, and the wild.
I´m sure you´d find "Renata Glasc - The Chem Baroness" theme interesting, check it out. It´s also from league.
just waiting for someone ask him to do renata's theme
Singer sounds like Einar Selvik. I might be wrong but sounds is so familiar.
I still like it though!!!!!!!!!
His theme sounds very heroic to me.