We actually purposefully ressurected nezarec to that he isn’t in this paranormal state where he can invade the neomuna network. So our whole goal is to revive him into a physical form so that we are able to destroy him, I think this fear factor is the uncertainty if that course of action will lead to victory and the guardian and neomuna motifs are to reassure us we are doing the right thing.
Especially considering nezarec WAS the bad guy that caused the collapse of the human golden age in the first place... It was literally "Sweet, sweet justice" or collapse 2.0...
I wiped for seven hours on Nezarec, on Contest Mode. That damage phase, with Nezarec _screaming_ as both Light and Dark blasted him, _rejecting_ him, and the chorus starts singing... Even after 7 hours, it got me hyped!
The blasts of Light and Darkness rejecting him is some of the strongest visual communication the Bungie team has put on so far. Nezarec's entire existence seems so troubled, you _almost_ feel bad for him. Then you realize he's a total POS hellbent on being an asshole 🤣. He deserves to be farmed.
My team got stuck for and hour on day 1 because we forgot about the refuge mechanic and tried to force it lol. We were on very fast pace, so no clear answers were on the internet
What I love about Oneirophobia is that it comes out swinging. It holds nothing back, and fits Nezarec perfectly. He's an insane psychopath who wants to cause as much suffering as possible.
Couldn't have said it better myself. There's a reason why he's called the final God of pain. He's the one who lead the black fleet during the collapse and there are instances during the collapse where people died in horrific and painful ways
12:32 - so this isn't actually the theme of lightfall. This is actually the Beyond Light motif. To me, Beyond Light is the theme of "Guardians wielding the darkness" as it was where we first communed with the darkness to get Stasis. This theme i think fits really well with Lightfall showing that Light and Darkness are not inherently good and evil respectfully. The darkness theme that we'd known for so long is the theme of the Witness and the Pyramid fleet wielding the darkness against Sol. In this Raid, the terraforming light of the Traveler inadvertently revived Nezerac and makes him sort of a mix of light and darkness but we also can use the power of both light and darkness to defeat him.
I know this video is like 3 months old, but one thing I love about this raid's music is how evil and horroresque it all sounds. The feelings and emotions it conveys are great.
What's really cool about this raid is that as you progress you're growing the tree of Silver Wings in the distance and also regrowing Nezarec's body at the same time, and the final encounter takes place in the same location as the first encounter after it's been uplifted and deformed by the Traveler's roots. I also remember in your Oneirophobia video you were wondering why the Cabal theme was in there and the Cabal's relation to Nezarec, it's because not only are they obviously featured in the raid but some time ago the Psions used to worship Nezarec.
One thing I really like about Rhulk’s theme vs Nezarec's is how they differ in their motifs at the start. Over the years since the end of the D2 vanilla campaign we've seen the Black Fleet's theme evolve and become more menacing over time as they get closer and closer to us, and The First Disciple starts off with a blaring brass version of that motif to signify that the Black Fleet is here and that there's nowhere else to run. Oneirophobia on the other hand tarts off with the Witness’s motif now that it has fully revealed itself and taken centre stage.
34:51 the fight music has a very few moments when you can hear that wild synth piece, but if you look up Oneirophobia tension version (instead of action) you would hear tracks with much more emphasis on it
If you look into the lore for Nezarec, he killed his sister after a psychotic breakdown. Its theorized that the female voice in the background are his hallucinations of her, calling out to him. BUT THATS JUST A THEORY-
Here's my thoughts on Oneirophobia. To me, during the action DPS phase, the choir represents the Witness (The Darkness), and the single voice (Laura) represents the Traveler (The Light). The two are clashing, taking turns singing and trying to overpower the other. Then, when the higher action starts, Laura is singing for us to keep going, as the choir is singing for Nezarec to overpower us as he becomes more aggressive.
There is one song in this raid that I think doesn't get nearly enough love, and it's called Diffracted Truth. It plays as you're going through the root between the 3rd and final encounters. Personally I'm a big fan of calming/mysterious ambient music, and I was honestly awestruck by that song when I first heard it. If you ever want to, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Also, these raid videos are awesome, and keep up the good work!
The Darkness theme at 33:18 is really interesting because it, like some instances of the Lightfall theme in the raid's soundtrack, plays with changing a note or two to produce a discomforting effect, despite the Darkness theme *already* being sinister and discomforting. The usual Darkness theme is two bars, three notes then four notes (low, high, low...high, low, high, low), while this version plays only 3 notes in the second bar, swapping the last two notes for a single high note (low, high, low...low, high, higher).
at 15:07, funny enough a very good question haha. I love the breakdowns you've made of the raids; it truly gives hints about the emotions the guardians are going through in the encounters. Keep up the great work!!
love the music in this raid, please keep doing raid runs I enjoy your real time reactions to the raids, out of all of them I think last wishes music is the most immersive for me
The OST just comes out swinging Nezarec already wanting to just absolutely tear you apart, where Rhulk's opening is him just asserting dominance and simply staring you down
With all of the voices from my teammates whenever I play raids, I never really pay that much attention to the music as the encounter progresses as it most likely gets overpowered by either mechanic/fight callouts or casual banter/chatter. It's nice to be on the other side every once in a while, and actually listen to the melodic sequences and atmospheric ambiance of what every encounter has to offer. It's like taking a breath of fresh air after a long hour shift at work. Thank you for this Marco. Can't wait for the next one.
Another fantastic video. Thanks for highlighting one of my favourite part of this game that too many players ignore or disregard. Also finally seeing someone highlight good video game music to those who don’t think it’s good is very vindicating. Keep doing whatcha doing
A few comments about Root of Nightmares music: 1) Almost all D2 raids use percussion as the predominant music during the mechanics phase of an encounter. As well as being a way to supplement the narrative, music cues are also a way to communicate when something is changing or about to happen in a raid and to indicate that players are progressing the mechanic in the right direction. You can think of it as transitional music that might play in theater performances during a set change, there to fill the space between main story beats. 2) Not covered in this video, but the vocal melody that plays between the 3rd enconter and the final boss as you're opening the door is a serene, major-keyed version of the vocalist melody that appears during the 2nd encounter (on the soundtrack, compare the tracks "Diffracted Truths" and "Scission"). It's a really neat little detail, indicating that as we are progressing through this Pyramid ship, we (and the Traveler's Light) are literally redefining the environment around it, removing the corruption. 3) During the first damage phase against Nezarec, Laura's solo voice is a melodic response to the choir and brass, almost lost in the sound; during subsequent damage phases, however, Laura's solo voice leads the melody, the brass voice responds, and the choir supports it in the background. I like to think of it as our Guardian responding to the call to danger, singing out in defiance against the universe, and then rising to take command of their own fate. 4) The inclusion of the Beyond Live motif in Oneirophobia is a super neat touch. Darkness has now become a power we have fully reclaimed from the influence of the Witness, and in Lightfall we truly are embracing it for what it is.
I think I can speak on behalf of everyone when I say to please listen to Vault Third Phase Theme - Last Wish Raid. It's by far my favorite OST in the game & I think you'd LOVE it. Great video!
The one thing that makes this raid stand out for me with the darkness motifs in comparison with vow is that vow is just simply the darkness has a sinsiter undetone not fearful not of malice but something old and evil. Root's darkness motif is more wrathful in how it plays it not welcoming filled with lingering dread raising your hairs cause this is one of the few instances were the darkness is actually anagonistic to us and is fully unwelcoming and that continues throughout the entire raid where every time we hear the darkness it's wrathful as the nezerac himself
Let's all remember nezerac just like oryx his influence has been felt for years in the game even when he was dead nezarec is truly the root of all nightmares and is the boogy man of destiny
The thing with rhulks theme was more intense in terms of being pure Darkness and eventually being burned out by the guardian theme as we killed him. It started off with this sharp bass that was probably the most sinister thing I’ve heard in destiny. It was a pyramid of pure darkness and our opponent was the strongest thing we had ever faced, we were outmatched but won due to rhulks ego. It played to someone who was truly stronger then us, the subjugator of the hive and their gods. The first disciple of the witness. Someone who would do anything to enact the grand plan the witness set him out to do. He was more then just a bad person. He was a calamity capable of wiping out a planet of his own by extinguishing his own sun. He was a FORCE that strengthened some of our greatest enemies. When his dps phase plays I think about how we overcome the greatest obstacle we ever have faced and that this is only the beginning of whats in store for us. The Nezerac theme is sinister but its almost as if it feels like the purpose of this theme was to extrapolate all the suffering that Nezerac has caused. He did alot of this for his own pleasure and gave more people nightmares then we could imagine. Lore on the armor had Psions, Fallen, guardians being tormented by him. Then Neomuna in light fall. As soon as the light fall motif plays during dps the only thing I’m thinking about is how we get to avenge all the suffering he’s caused. Not so much to do with his relationship to darkness like with rhulk carrying out his plan with the witnesses. That motif kinda exists to remind me has that power but his sadistic nature is what I truly think about. Rhulk truly was worthy of being the first disciple that would carry out his mission for the witness with the power of darkness. The one who would beckon for his next challenge against the children of sol. Despite being the calamity that could exterminate his own people and subjugate hive gods. His success had a weakness. He became overconfident and underestimated the defenders of sol. Nezerac truly was a final god of pain. Gaining strength from the suffering of others. A greed. Tormenting everyone he could. The psions had worshiped him. Eventually gaining the powers of light and darkness after the light bought him back. He asks to devour our fear after we resurrected him, to which the light and darkness rejected him yet graced us. We bought another disciple to its death.
I have not played Destiny 2, although the game is popular and I think few people played Rock of Ages 2-bigger and boulder, but it has a lot of alternative history and alternative classical music, combined with impressions of the life of historical figures and contemplation of works of art for a modern viewer
Man string instruments are so heavenly it fits in almost every scene. Perfect 👌 Also, you gotta have a look at some of Legend of Zelda Tears of the kingdom OSTs. Its damn perfect
I saw some interesting things on oneirophobia where the person said that the male vocals in the damage phase represent the darkness and the female vocals the light and that it is a call and response section
I like to think that the entirity of Nezarec's theme is both his mind and light and darkness rejecting him his full power, his mind drifting towards both light and dark being clouded by both ideologies while fighting us and it only gets worse as we damage him more, and also light and dark both not allowing him to use his full power
You've listened to some music from Endless Space, so please listen to some Endless Legend as well, even if only the main theme of Auriga's Song. It's a beautiful piece that immediately gets you in the frame of mind for the game itself and sets up everything else you will experience in the game.
You missed a part in the syzygy soundtrack where there was aggressive percussion before the planets aligned which I personally think makes the soundtrack and adds so much tension of if the planet rearrangement was correct hope you enjoyed that part in the raid could only imagine the reaction :)
If you haven't yet, I would highly recommend checking out the music from Grasp of Avarice, but also the history of the Castlevania series, going right back to the beginning. Game music in the 8- and 16-bit days never ceases to impress me, in spite of or maybe even because of its limitations.
Whats so major about Root of nightmares is that Nezarec who is the god of pain exists because of light. Im not sure if you seen last weeks season of the deep story cutscene where it goes over the witnesses backstory won't spoil but you will see the connection to Root of nightmares. When the Traveler strike the witnesses ship it isnt confirmed yet weather or not the traveler intended on reviving Nezarec yet but it is true that Nezarec aka god of pain or in a more metaphorical since pain is the result or one of the symptoms of the light. In the files for root of nightmares if i remember this raid was actually called harmony or something related to both light and darkness being combined im not sure. But your combining both light and dark to grow this tree that you see in the far distant aka tree of silver wings. I like to believe that in the very first two encounters the music is telling the emotions of pain. The emotions of suffering, Sadness, despair, and misery. No matter what life will bring pain. Although Nezarec is being brought back to life again so is the tree of silver wings and the roots that pierced through the pyramid ship. When you face Nezarec you are back at the 1st encounter area except it is now overrun with roots, life and vegetation because you been harmonizing both light and dark together and growing this tree of silver wings but in return Nezarec is fully formed and fully returned. Whats noticeable in Nezarec dps is that he gets struck with a beam of darkness/light. Where both sides of the cosmic forces reject Nezarec reject his hunger for pain and suffering. It is very likely that Nezarec isnt dead but more of just casually waiting to strike again. Although this raid wasn't the vex network that everyone was hyped about when lightfall was first announced im still happy with how this raid turned out. It really was a needed motivator and confidence boost when you hear the choirs during dps phase.
words cannot describe how much i adore oneirophobia, easily my favourite raid track so far i dont really care if his fight is more simple than expected nezarec is probably one of my favourite raid bosses and one of my favourite characters and oneirophobia only adds to it like being a runner on day one there would be instances where after damage phase we'd be waiting at the light and dark nodes to respawn as the downtime part of the song was playing and i kid you not *right as the nodes respawn* the music picks back up again, i absolutely love stuff like that in video games where the music syncs up with the gameplay itself the one thing i wish they'd change is how long last stand lasts in game, it is *criminal* that such a great part of the track only plays for around 8 seconds at most, and sometimes it won't even play at all if your damage output is high enough, i wouldn't mind if my boy nezzy got a tiny bit more health just so i can jam out to last stand for a bit longer lol
Love the raid videos. I have a suggestion if you wanna have a bit of fun as a solar hunter. Try skyburners path with weighted knife. One hip fire shot then a knife will instantly ignite any enemy. Tons of explosions if you use the melee dodge, maybe even with ophidian spathe
I would love to see you go through the new dungeon ghosts of the deep, one of the best activities bungie has ever made and the music is awesome, especially the final boss, no spoilers.
I remember doing the day 1 run. We had so many wipes on Nezarec that till this day the music gives me flashbacks. But it is also so good that I can't really stop listening to it, alongside the Planets music. Btw, day 20 of asking you to check out the music from Heroes of Might and Magic series
There's actually an entire different DPS theme for oneirophobia at the very end, nobody ever hears it because you always get into final stand before it plays but you can hear the BL theme lead up to it at 35:51.
Interesting that you say that the ending doesn't really feel like an end. In the lore, Savathun actually has betrayed and killed Nezerac before but since he's still talking after destroying his body (plus infecting the mind of Neomuni's people while being "dead") I think we will fight him again in the future.
Nezarec, like Rhulk, is a deciple of the Witness. Yet unlike Rhulk who's power is focused on using pure brute force to subjugated his foe, Nezarec likes to torment, to inflict pain on others, both physically and psychically, the Nightmares on Luna is his design. Because of this, as long as he remain as a Nightmare, he cannot be killed, and is able to infiltrate Neomuna citizens' mind causing nightmares and chaos. When the Witness attacks Earth, the Traveler fired a beam of pure Light into the Witness's pyramid, accidentally revived Nezarec's body, causing it to start grow again. So what we do in the Raid is actually to *help* Nezarec reform his body by completing each level, so he can be properly killed this time. (Fun fact: when you enter the Raid map, you can see a statue with a scythe, that's actually Nezarec's original form as Witness's deciple, the form we fight at the end is he, now holding both Light and Darkness(but also be regecting by both side), even his scythe is affected by the Light and grow into the abomination we see in the Raid)
Yo Marco! I dunno if you'll see this, but I figured I'd post this comment on your latest Destiny video. A fan-made soundtrack called "Fight Forever" got posted here on the tube, and it's genuinely fantastic. Created by Breshi, the dude got Laura Intravia herself to sing throughout the soundtrack! Super cool, super good track full of love and references to Destiny's history, and I'd just love to see you react to it
As long people still fear Nezarec, he will continue to live on through nightmares and dreams. And his followers and colt will make sure he is never forgotten. Nezarec will come back through fear and his form will change on his surroundings and what suits him in the moment.
Oneirophobia is probably my personal favorite raid track and there are many bangers. There are pieces that are probably better, but this one resonates with me the most.
Man, i wish we couldnt use those plates to stand on. He would be far more formidable if he was just chasing us around instead of us standing in a well on a plate where he *usually* cant get to us. I love Oneirophobia. But so far, Boss DPS phase in Vow in the First Disciple gives me goosebumps every time those french horns hit. But raid team has been killing it. Whatever they got cooking for Final Shape, its gotta be incredible.
Personally I wish during dps we had a rhulk situation where we moved to a separate part of the arena to do dps. Not flat like rhulks but perhaps a hill we’d have to climb as nezarec chased you and you’d do dps whist running. Would make more sense with his very weak healthbar. Our contest team managed to 2 phase him which was good for contest standards
I just saw your reaction to the Halo music, and I thought i’d suggest a few songs: 1. Peril - Halo 2 2. Heretic, Hero - Halo 2 3. Deference for Darkness - Halo 3: ODST 4. Leonidas Returns - Halo 3 5. Covenant Dance - Halo CE 6. Walk in The Woods - Halo CE All of these are classics in the Halo series, I hope you enjoy them should you get around to listening to them
I believe the Witness brought Nezarec's body onto its ship to trick the Traveler into "resurrecting" him. And I believe the Witness wanted to resurrect Nezarec so that he can lead the Second Collapse as he successfully did in the first one.
This may sound like an odd idea for some music to listen to, but I really think you may enjoy "The Betweenlands" OST. I noticed that you listened to Terraria's Calamity mod OST, and The Betweenlands is also a mod with an interesting soundtrack, but from Minecraft rather than Terraria. Some real stand out songs in my opinion are "The Adventure Begins", "Dreadful Peat Mummy", and "Pit of Decay". I think for you however "Dreadful Peat Mummy" would be the best place to start. I just think it's really amazing how a small group of people can come together to make such a unique and beautiful world, as well as a soundtrack, free for people to enjoy.
Hello Marco, it's been a long time since the last Destiny reaction, you are releasing plenty of great soundtrack reactions, but my inner guardian is craving more traveller powered music) I am not sure how to make a request, and to be honest, i doubt i can, due to my geoposition and some net restrictions in my country, but with all my heart, i am asking you to react to "Queen's oracle". This music piece means a lot both to Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 fans, i think you will understand why, if you listen to it) So, if you would have the time and if you would want, it would be really great.
Interestingly, you mention the "Lightfall Theme" at around 12:40, but I believe that's actually the Beyond Light theme! Not trying to call you out, but I think it's interesting just how deep these Destiny medleys go.
Btw you did a LOT of reaction to Destiny2 music from vanilla to Lightfall, but why is there no Forsaken music? Is it a copyright issue? Or just you not liking the style of it? Or just teasing? Sry to bother
I beg you to check out Music of the Spheres by Martin O'Donnell. It was what he created for Destiny 2 before Activision cut him off, and I would love to hear your take.
Is this from the last dlc? never listened that track before. Also when you gonna react Libera me from hell from Taku Iwasaki because damm thats a good opera/orchestral/hip-hop hybrid.
@@MarcoMeatball wow didn't expected a response thats so cool, I totally respect that, also just asking what do you think about the alternative orchestra hip hop lost trend? I think its totally underrated
Loved this video, somehow Bungie keeps making amazing music. Heres the full version of the dps phase since it cut off when you played. ua-cam.com/users/clipUgkxru5CQLAdZ5OdLvdpomGc8-pA8ATsh9vd
kind of a shame you didn't play during season of arrivals, you would have appreciated the location even more. also, pretty unrelated: i suggest a reaction to some Ratchet&Clank soundtracks, mainly Courtney Gears battle OST
I really hope you enjoyed this raid specifically the Oneirophobia dmg phase, also if you pay attention to the soundtrack, the official onirophobia dmg phase track will kick in after you get Nezarec' health to it's last 1/3 the other dmg phase track is not present in the official version that they released
now thinking about it, i do wonder how diffeent Destiny would be if the sound Designer and composer was Kelly Bailey (the guy who did the music for half life games(not the ones made by gearbox) and portal), yet again his design of music and sound would make destiny more darker and serious, and scarier i guess, but we all know Destiny 2 cant really fit all those but to be fair, Destiny universe is far from that "living hell" type feel
Servers might be dying, Telesto might be overthrowing the game's logic, storytelling might be butchered by being rushed... But it seems like the Music Team gets their proper cut and time to do their job.
@@MarcoMeatballdefinitely listen for it if you happen to run it again! It’s probably my favorite part of that encounter’s music. Or if you don’t have time to run it, check out a video on UA-cam that has the game version of the track. Those are usually the best way to experience the ost when you’re not playing it, the ones that are posted by bungie don’t always have some of the best parts or some of the layers that the game version does.
We actually purposefully ressurected nezarec to that he isn’t in this paranormal state where he can invade the neomuna network. So our whole goal is to revive him into a physical form so that we are able to destroy him, I think this fear factor is the uncertainty if that course of action will lead to victory and the guardian and neomuna motifs are to reassure us we are doing the right thing.
I don't know that, nice lore
Especially considering nezarec WAS the bad guy that caused the collapse of the human golden age in the first place... It was literally "Sweet, sweet justice" or collapse 2.0...
I wiped for seven hours on Nezarec, on Contest Mode. That damage phase, with Nezarec _screaming_ as both Light and Dark blasted him, _rejecting_ him, and the chorus starts singing...
Even after 7 hours, it got me hyped!
The blasts of Light and Darkness rejecting him is some of the strongest visual communication the Bungie team has put on so far. Nezarec's entire existence seems so troubled, you _almost_ feel bad for him.
Then you realize he's a total POS hellbent on being an asshole 🤣. He deserves to be farmed.
@@Real28 He does deserve every *"AHH MY FACE"* scream we put him through.
Contest nez was an absolute monster. Those abyssal cleaves… they still scare me
My team got stuck for and hour on day 1 because we forgot about the refuge mechanic and tried to force it lol. We were on very fast pace, so no clear answers were on the internet
What I love about Oneirophobia is that it comes out swinging. It holds nothing back, and fits Nezarec perfectly. He's an insane psychopath who wants to cause as much suffering as possible.
Yup
Couldn't have said it better myself. There's a reason why he's called the final God of pain. He's the one who lead the black fleet during the collapse and there are instances during the collapse where people died in horrific and painful ways
12:32 - so this isn't actually the theme of lightfall. This is actually the Beyond Light motif. To me, Beyond Light is the theme of "Guardians wielding the darkness" as it was where we first communed with the darkness to get Stasis. This theme i think fits really well with Lightfall showing that Light and Darkness are not inherently good and evil respectfully. The darkness theme that we'd known for so long is the theme of the Witness and the Pyramid fleet wielding the darkness against Sol.
In this Raid, the terraforming light of the Traveler inadvertently revived Nezerac and makes him sort of a mix of light and darkness but we also can use the power of both light and darkness to defeat him.
I believe it’s a version of look within. You can hear it in certain parts
@@adamboy0559 The Look Within theme is a special version of the Beyond Light theme
The beautiful vocals are going absolutely bananas in this raid's tracks... it's so great.
I know this video is like 3 months old, but one thing I love about this raid's music is how evil and horroresque it all sounds. The feelings and emotions it conveys are great.
Absolutely
What's really cool about this raid is that as you progress you're growing the tree of Silver Wings in the distance and also regrowing Nezarec's body at the same time, and the final encounter takes place in the same location as the first encounter after it's been uplifted and deformed by the Traveler's roots.
I also remember in your Oneirophobia video you were wondering why the Cabal theme was in there and the Cabal's relation to Nezarec, it's because not only are they obviously featured in the raid but some time ago the Psions used to worship Nezarec.
One thing I really like about Rhulk’s theme vs Nezarec's is how they differ in their motifs at the start. Over the years since the end of the D2 vanilla campaign we've seen the Black Fleet's theme evolve and become more menacing over time as they get closer and closer to us, and The First Disciple starts off with a blaring brass version of that motif to signify that the Black Fleet is here and that there's nowhere else to run. Oneirophobia on the other hand tarts off with the Witness’s motif now that it has fully revealed itself and taken centre stage.
34:51 the fight music has a very few moments when you can hear that wild synth piece, but if you look up Oneirophobia tension version (instead of action) you would hear tracks with much more emphasis on it
If you look into the lore for Nezarec, he killed his sister after a psychotic breakdown. Its theorized that the female voice in the background are his hallucinations of her, calling out to him. BUT THATS JUST A THEORY-
"as we enter this hallway - first off, where are the bathrooms" 💀
Here's my thoughts on Oneirophobia. To me, during the action DPS phase, the choir represents the Witness (The Darkness), and the single voice (Laura) represents the Traveler (The Light). The two are clashing, taking turns singing and trying to overpower the other. Then, when the higher action starts, Laura is singing for us to keep going, as the choir is singing for Nezarec to overpower us as he becomes more aggressive.
There is one song in this raid that I think doesn't get nearly enough love, and it's called Diffracted Truth. It plays as you're going through the root between the 3rd and final encounters. Personally I'm a big fan of calming/mysterious ambient music, and I was honestly awestruck by that song when I first heard it. If you ever want to, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. Also, these raid videos are awesome, and keep up the good work!
Thank you for reminding me of *_Nezquik_* tea that was used to revive Osiris like a miracle cure
i would love to see an ost reaction from the ghosts of the deep dungeon
The Darkness theme at 33:18 is really interesting because it, like some instances of the Lightfall theme in the raid's soundtrack, plays with changing a note or two to produce a discomforting effect, despite the Darkness theme *already* being sinister and discomforting. The usual Darkness theme is two bars, three notes then four notes (low, high, low...high, low, high, low), while this version plays only 3 notes in the second bar, swapping the last two notes for a single high note (low, high, low...low, high, higher).
at 15:07, funny enough a very good question haha. I love the breakdowns you've made of the raids; it truly gives hints about the emotions the guardians are going through in the encounters. Keep up the great work!!
love the music in this raid, please keep doing raid runs I enjoy your real time reactions to the raids, out of all of them I think last wishes music is the most immersive for me
That's the plan!
The OST just comes out swinging Nezarec already wanting to just absolutely tear you apart, where Rhulk's opening is him just asserting dominance and simply staring you down
With all of the voices from my teammates whenever I play raids, I never really pay that much attention to the music as the encounter progresses as it most likely gets overpowered by either mechanic/fight callouts or casual banter/chatter.
It's nice to be on the other side every once in a while, and actually listen to the melodic sequences and atmospheric ambiance of what every encounter has to offer. It's like taking a breath of fresh air after a long hour shift at work. Thank you for this Marco. Can't wait for the next one.
Another fantastic video. Thanks for highlighting one of my favourite part of this game that too many players ignore or disregard. Also finally seeing someone highlight good video game music to those who don’t think it’s good is very vindicating. Keep doing whatcha doing
Thank you so much Sam! Keeps me going
Nezarec bossfight contains my favorite DPS phase track. I love that choir so much.
A few comments about Root of Nightmares music:
1) Almost all D2 raids use percussion as the predominant music during the mechanics phase of an encounter. As well as being a way to supplement the narrative, music cues are also a way to communicate when something is changing or about to happen in a raid and to indicate that players are progressing the mechanic in the right direction. You can think of it as transitional music that might play in theater performances during a set change, there to fill the space between main story beats.
2) Not covered in this video, but the vocal melody that plays between the 3rd enconter and the final boss as you're opening the door is a serene, major-keyed version of the vocalist melody that appears during the 2nd encounter (on the soundtrack, compare the tracks "Diffracted Truths" and "Scission"). It's a really neat little detail, indicating that as we are progressing through this Pyramid ship, we (and the Traveler's Light) are literally redefining the environment around it, removing the corruption.
3) During the first damage phase against Nezarec, Laura's solo voice is a melodic response to the choir and brass, almost lost in the sound; during subsequent damage phases, however, Laura's solo voice leads the melody, the brass voice responds, and the choir supports it in the background. I like to think of it as our Guardian responding to the call to danger, singing out in defiance against the universe, and then rising to take command of their own fate.
4) The inclusion of the Beyond Live motif in Oneirophobia is a super neat touch. Darkness has now become a power we have fully reclaimed from the influence of the Witness, and in Lightfall we truly are embracing it for what it is.
I think I can speak on behalf of everyone when I say to please listen to Vault Third Phase Theme - Last Wish Raid. It's by far my favorite OST in the game & I think you'd LOVE it. Great video!
Thanks for sharing!
I am in love with the lightfall motif after Zo'aurc's DPS phase
After all he is the Final God of Pain, that feeds in fear using nightmares.
The one thing that makes this raid stand out for me with the darkness motifs in comparison with vow is that vow is just simply the darkness has a sinsiter undetone not fearful not of malice but something old and evil. Root's darkness motif is more wrathful in how it plays it not welcoming filled with lingering dread raising your hairs cause this is one of the few instances were the darkness is actually anagonistic to us and is fully unwelcoming and that continues throughout the entire raid where every time we hear the darkness it's wrathful as the nezerac himself
Let's all remember nezerac just like oryx his influence has been felt for years in the game even when he was dead nezarec is truly the root of all nightmares and is the boogy man of destiny
The thing with rhulks theme was more intense in terms of being pure Darkness and eventually being burned out by the guardian theme as we killed him.
It started off with this sharp bass that was probably the most sinister thing I’ve heard in destiny. It was a pyramid of pure darkness and our opponent was the strongest thing we had ever faced, we were outmatched but won due to rhulks ego.
It played to someone who was truly stronger then us, the subjugator of the hive and their gods. The first disciple of the witness. Someone who would do anything to enact the grand plan the witness set him out to do. He was more then just a bad person. He was a calamity capable of wiping out a planet of his own by extinguishing his own sun. He was a FORCE that strengthened some of our greatest enemies.
When his dps phase plays I think about how we overcome the greatest obstacle we ever have faced and that this is only the beginning of whats in store for us.
The Nezerac theme is sinister but its almost as if it feels like the purpose of this theme was to extrapolate all the suffering that Nezerac has caused. He did alot of this for his own pleasure and gave more people nightmares then we could imagine.
Lore on the armor had Psions, Fallen, guardians being tormented by him. Then Neomuna in light fall.
As soon as the light fall motif plays during dps the only thing I’m thinking about is how we get to avenge all the suffering he’s caused. Not so much to do with his relationship to darkness like with rhulk carrying out his plan with the witnesses.
That motif kinda exists to remind me has that power but his sadistic nature is what I truly think about.
Rhulk truly was worthy of being the first disciple that would carry out his mission for the witness with the power of darkness. The one who would beckon for his next challenge against the children of sol. Despite being the calamity that could exterminate his own people and subjugate hive gods. His success had a weakness. He became overconfident and underestimated the defenders of sol.
Nezerac truly was a final god of pain. Gaining strength from the suffering of others. A greed. Tormenting everyone he could. The psions had worshiped him. Eventually gaining the powers of light and darkness after the light bought him back. He asks to devour our fear after we resurrected him, to which the light and darkness rejected him yet graced us. We bought another disciple to its death.
@lambousginiguccigod2007 it has been almost a year since I posted this. I won't lie first time I had this happen and it's genuinely funny to me
was hoping for you to do this
Cant wait for you doing Last wish music from end to finish
I have not played Destiny 2, although the game is popular and I think few people played Rock of Ages 2-bigger and boulder, but it has a lot of alternative history and alternative classical music, combined with impressions of the life of historical figures and contemplation of works of art for a modern viewer
Man string instruments are so heavenly it fits in almost every scene. Perfect 👌
Also, you gotta have a look at some of Legend of Zelda Tears of the kingdom OSTs. Its damn perfect
I know I'm so behind
17:10 Marco = Otherworldly music
*GUARDIAN DOWN*
I saw some interesting things on oneirophobia where the person said that the male vocals in the damage phase represent the darkness and the female vocals the light and that it is a call and response section
I like to think that the entirity of Nezarec's theme is both his mind and light and darkness rejecting him his full power, his mind drifting towards both light and dark being clouded by both ideologies while fighting us and it only gets worse as we damage him more, and also light and dark both not allowing him to use his full power
You've listened to some music from Endless Space, so please listen to some Endless Legend as well, even if only the main theme of Auriga's Song. It's a beautiful piece that immediately gets you in the frame of mind for the game itself and sets up everything else you will experience in the game.
I was born to see Marco reacting to both ultrakill and destiny
One raid ost you should absolutely listen is the Wrath of the Machine track, Eyes Up being the best track out of all of rise of iron. D1 raid btw
You missed a part in the syzygy soundtrack where there was aggressive percussion before the planets aligned which I personally think makes the soundtrack and adds so much tension of if the planet rearrangement was correct hope you enjoyed that part in the raid could only imagine the reaction :)
Mhm!
@@MarcoMeatball love the overall analysis though thankyou for the vid!
If you haven't yet, I would highly recommend checking out the music from Grasp of Avarice, but also the history of the Castlevania series, going right back to the beginning. Game music in the 8- and 16-bit days never ceases to impress me, in spite of or maybe even because of its limitations.
Whats so major about Root of nightmares is that Nezarec who is the god of pain exists because of light. Im not sure if you seen last weeks season of the deep story cutscene where it goes over the witnesses backstory won't spoil but you will see the connection to Root of nightmares. When the Traveler strike the witnesses ship it isnt confirmed yet weather or not the traveler intended on reviving Nezarec yet but it is true that Nezarec aka god of pain or in a more metaphorical since pain is the result or one of the symptoms of the light. In the files for root of nightmares if i remember this raid was actually called harmony or something related to both light and darkness being combined im not sure. But your combining both light and dark to grow this tree that you see in the far distant aka tree of silver wings. I like to believe that in the very first two encounters the music is telling the emotions of pain. The emotions of suffering, Sadness, despair, and misery. No matter what life will bring pain. Although Nezarec is being brought back to life again so is the tree of silver wings and the roots that pierced through the pyramid ship. When you face Nezarec you are back at the 1st encounter area except it is now overrun with roots, life and vegetation because you been harmonizing both light and dark together and growing this tree of silver wings but in return Nezarec is fully formed and fully returned. Whats noticeable in Nezarec dps is that he gets struck with a beam of darkness/light. Where both sides of the cosmic forces reject Nezarec reject his hunger for pain and suffering. It is very likely that Nezarec isnt dead but more of just casually waiting to strike again. Although this raid wasn't the vex network that everyone was hyped about when lightfall was first announced im still happy with how this raid turned out. It really was a needed motivator and confidence boost when you hear the choirs during dps phase.
words cannot describe how much i adore oneirophobia, easily my favourite raid track so far
i dont really care if his fight is more simple than expected nezarec is probably one of my favourite raid bosses and one of my favourite characters and oneirophobia only adds to it
like being a runner on day one there would be instances where after damage phase we'd be waiting at the light and dark nodes to respawn as the downtime part of the song was playing and i kid you not *right as the nodes respawn* the music picks back up again, i absolutely love stuff like that in video games where the music syncs up with the gameplay itself
the one thing i wish they'd change is how long last stand lasts in game, it is *criminal* that such a great part of the track only plays for around 8 seconds at most, and sometimes it won't even play at all if your damage output is high enough, i wouldn't mind if my boy nezzy got a tiny bit more health just so i can jam out to last stand for a bit longer lol
he might be weaker than rhulk but his design and character are awesome.
rhulk was calm and collected, nez is unhinged from the start
Love the raid videos. I have a suggestion if you wanna have a bit of fun as a solar hunter. Try skyburners path with weighted knife. One hip fire shot then a knife will instantly ignite any enemy. Tons of explosions if you use the melee dodge, maybe even with ophidian spathe
I would love to see you go through the new dungeon ghosts of the deep, one of the best activities bungie has ever made and the music is awesome, especially the final boss, no spoilers.
I remember doing the day 1 run. We had so many wipes on Nezarec that till this day the music gives me flashbacks. But it is also so good that I can't really stop listening to it, alongside the Planets music.
Btw, day 20 of asking you to check out the music from Heroes of Might and Magic series
There's actually an entire different DPS theme for oneirophobia at the very end, nobody ever hears it because you always get into final stand before it plays but you can hear the BL theme lead up to it at 35:51.
Interesting that you say that the ending doesn't really feel like an end.
In the lore, Savathun actually has betrayed and killed Nezerac before but since he's still talking after destroying his body (plus infecting the mind of Neomuni's people while being "dead") I think we will fight him again in the future.
Nezarec, like Rhulk, is a deciple of the Witness. Yet unlike Rhulk who's power is focused on using pure brute force to subjugated his foe, Nezarec likes to torment, to inflict pain on others, both physically and psychically, the Nightmares on Luna is his design.
Because of this, as long as he remain as a Nightmare, he cannot be killed, and is able to infiltrate Neomuna citizens' mind causing nightmares and chaos.
When the Witness attacks Earth, the Traveler fired a beam of pure Light into the Witness's pyramid, accidentally revived Nezarec's body, causing it to start grow again.
So what we do in the Raid is actually to *help* Nezarec reform his body by completing each level, so he can be properly killed this time.
(Fun fact: when you enter the Raid map, you can see a statue with a scythe, that's actually Nezarec's original form as Witness's deciple, the form we fight at the end is he, now holding both Light and Darkness(but also be regecting by both side), even his scythe is affected by the Light and grow into the abomination we see in the Raid)
Oh cool!
Yo Marco! I dunno if you'll see this, but I figured I'd post this comment on your latest Destiny video. A fan-made soundtrack called "Fight Forever" got posted here on the tube, and it's genuinely fantastic. Created by Breshi, the dude got Laura Intravia herself to sing throughout the soundtrack! Super cool, super good track full of love and references to Destiny's history, and I'd just love to see you react to it
As long people still fear Nezarec, he will continue to live on through nightmares and dreams. And his followers and colt will make sure he is never forgotten. Nezarec will come back through fear and his form will change on his surroundings and what suits him in the moment.
Oneirophobia is probably my personal favorite raid track and there are many bangers. There are pieces that are probably better, but this one resonates with me the most.
Man, i wish we couldnt use those plates to stand on. He would be far more formidable if he was just chasing us around instead of us standing in a well on a plate where he *usually* cant get to us.
I love Oneirophobia. But so far, Boss DPS phase in Vow in the First Disciple gives me goosebumps every time those french horns hit.
But raid team has been killing it. Whatever they got cooking for Final Shape, its gotta be incredible.
Personally I wish during dps we had a rhulk situation where we moved to a separate part of the arena to do dps. Not flat like rhulks but perhaps a hill we’d have to climb as nezarec chased you and you’d do dps whist running. Would make more sense with his very weak healthbar. Our contest team managed to 2 phase him which was good for contest standards
Nezarec's voice actor is also Oz from Genshin!
I just saw your reaction to the Halo music, and I thought i’d suggest a few songs:
1. Peril - Halo 2
2. Heretic, Hero - Halo 2
3. Deference for Darkness - Halo 3: ODST
4. Leonidas Returns - Halo 3
5. Covenant Dance - Halo CE
6. Walk in The Woods - Halo CE
All of these are classics in the Halo series, I hope you enjoy them should you get around to listening to them
Im glad you had fun, im happy we were able to help you enjoy raids again
Thanks again!
I believe the Witness brought Nezarec's body onto its ship to trick the Traveler into "resurrecting" him. And I believe the Witness wanted to resurrect Nezarec so that he can lead the Second Collapse as he successfully did in the first one.
This may sound like an odd idea for some music to listen to, but I really think you may enjoy "The Betweenlands" OST. I noticed that you listened to Terraria's Calamity mod OST, and The Betweenlands is also a mod with an interesting soundtrack, but from Minecraft rather than Terraria. Some real stand out songs in my opinion are "The Adventure Begins", "Dreadful Peat Mummy", and "Pit of Decay". I think for you however "Dreadful Peat Mummy" would be the best place to start. I just think it's really amazing how a small group of people can come together to make such a unique and beautiful world, as well as a soundtrack, free for people to enjoy.
Nezerac really went "fuck it, we ball"
You should listen to him in Japanese. The VA sounds like he's _peeling himself off the wall._
Hello Marco, it's been a long time since the last Destiny reaction, you are releasing plenty of great soundtrack reactions, but my inner guardian is craving more traveller powered music)
I am not sure how to make a request, and to be honest, i doubt i can, due to my geoposition and some net restrictions in my country, but with all my heart, i am asking you to react to "Queen's oracle". This music piece means a lot both to Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 fans, i think you will understand why, if you listen to it)
So, if you would have the time and if you would want, it would be really great.
Very epic.
love you Marco!!!! glad to see at least Root of Nightmares was able to have some content pulled from it, unlike goofy ah VoG
Hahahaha
Interestingly, you mention the "Lightfall Theme" at around 12:40, but I believe that's actually the Beyond Light theme! Not trying to call you out, but I think it's interesting just how deep these Destiny medleys go.
Omg that's right lmao
Goodjob, still waiting for LastWish 😢
Btw you did a LOT of reaction to Destiny2 music from vanilla to Lightfall, but why is there no Forsaken music? Is it a copyright issue? Or just you not liking the style of it? Or just teasing?
Sry to bother
I beg you to check out Music of the Spheres by Martin O'Donnell. It was what he created for Destiny 2 before Activision cut him off, and I would love to hear your take.
I have
Oh my bad, I'll have to go look for that
Oooo nice
Hey there! If I could ask you one thing, it would be for you to listen to "Treachery - Aizen OST." It's a MASTERPIECE!
Marco should react to keygen church or masteboot record next, both are heavy metal but keygen church is more orchestral
Only Vgm despite how much i like them
@@MarcoMeatball oh alr, good to know anyway :)
Is this from the last dlc? never listened that track before.
Also when you gonna react Libera me from hell from Taku Iwasaki because damm thats a good opera/orchestral/hip-hop hybrid.
Never. I don't cover anime :D
@@MarcoMeatball wow didn't expected a response thats so cool, I totally respect that, also just asking what do you think about the alternative orchestra hip hop lost trend? I think its totally underrated
just curious, is there a vod for this or was it not streamed? Also 12:30 that Tormentor do be backflipping.
This is everything. I could post a two.five hour video for you with no commentary if you like lmao
@@MarcoMeatball I mean I'd personally love that lol. but it probably isn't worth the hassle for one person
12:33, 13:26 beyond light theme NOT lightfall theme, 14:15 is the lightfall theme
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Loved this video, somehow Bungie keeps making amazing music. Heres the full version of the dps phase since it cut off when you played. ua-cam.com/users/clipUgkxru5CQLAdZ5OdLvdpomGc8-pA8ATsh9vd
kind of a shame you didn't play during season of arrivals, you would have appreciated the location even more.
also, pretty unrelated: i suggest a reaction to some Ratchet&Clank soundtracks, mainly Courtney Gears battle OST
Now RON boss stage bgm got so big problem, bgm always can't match to dps phase
I really hope you enjoyed this raid specifically the Oneirophobia dmg phase, also if you pay attention to the soundtrack, the official onirophobia dmg phase track will kick in after you get Nezarec' health to it's last 1/3 the other dmg phase track is not present in the official version that they released
now thinking about it, i do wonder how diffeent Destiny would be if the sound Designer and composer was Kelly Bailey (the guy who did the music for half life games(not the ones made by gearbox) and portal), yet again his design of music and sound would make destiny more darker and serious, and scarier i guess, but we all know Destiny 2 cant really fit all those
but to be fair, Destiny universe is far from that "living hell" type feel
Servers might be dying, Telesto might be overthrowing the game's logic, storytelling might be butchered by being rushed...
But it seems like the Music Team gets their proper cut and time to do their job.
No clickety clack from third encounter? Damn
Must have missed it when we wiped
@@MarcoMeatballdefinitely listen for it if you happen to run it again! It’s probably my favorite part of that encounter’s music. Or if you don’t have time to run it, check out a video on UA-cam that has the game version of the track. Those are usually the best way to experience the ost when you’re not playing it, the ones that are posted by bungie don’t always have some of the best parts or some of the layers that the game version does.
Hey, i know you focus on videogame stuff, but could i ask you to do a video on the witch from mercury's ost eponymous "the witch from mercury"?
No sorry
Understandable have a good day.
Promo>SM ✌️