This track was released way back in 2015, it's super early in Warframe's life, it came with the story Quest "Second Dream" and was a major plot point in the story that I won't spoil. It's wild how good the music in Warframe was, even in the early days.
Actually, this specific track is from The War Within, the track you're thinking of is literally titled "Second Dream". They both use the same motif, but the last section of "This is What You Are" especially is very different from anything heard in the Second Dream quest. (Your point about it being old still stands though lol, TWW was only two years later than Second Dream)
@@tarakolindonope "this is what you are" is from second dream, while the one you are thinking of is "your decisions make you" which is indeed from TWW
@@archonnova20 Ahhhh, you're somewhat right, I completely forgot the moment where it plays with Stalker in the Orbiter, so yes, it is from Second Dream originally. However I wasn't confusing which track I was thinking of, "This is What You Are" plays in TWW, when the Operator uses Transference properly for the first time; "Your Decisions Make You" is the theme that plays when speaking with Teshin at the end of the TWW.
@@tarakolindo True it might be that one half plays in second dream and the other in TWW. But all in all, this is what you are is in total from the second dream. It was already fully released with second dream before TWW got even revealed.
This has pretty much become the main character theme for the game. And the song structure is very much the same as the character's story. You are basically a child with way to much power and responsibility for your age. You start by relying entirely on your mother in game, who guides, supports and helps you in everything. You then go into losing her and having to find your own strength as a person. Finally you build into going back and rescuing your mother from what's taken her and protecting and helping HER this time.
@@Noobthepro0 This is part way through the main story, so weather you start as the Drifter or as a Warframe, you'll hit this once you get to The War Within.
As someone who has been playing Warframe for 10 years, this brings back very fond memories of one of the most mind blowing and epic plot + gameplay pivots in all of gaming history. Almost teared up again listening to this.
I played the second dream together with my then girlfriend, we were both entranced by it, and the moment of the reveal was such a powerful thing that we both started crying over it. We had been playing for the better part of two years by the time the Second Dream rolled around and finding out what we actually were had been the culmination of hours upon hours of theory crafting and lore digging between the both of us. So to see some of our assumptions proven while others were disproven in the most dramatic way possible? Perfection. The pod coming down, the static, the drop, then the change of perspective, the crawling as the music builds and then... contact while the aria rises up through the mix as everything falls away. Both of us got full body chills and it is bar none one of the best moments in gaming for me. I replay that quest at least once a year just to sit there and... remember better times and younger years.
To be honest, it reminds me of memory that have changed me as a person. Like legit it was a core memory, and the simple sentence that springs to my mind when thinking of it. "Dream... Not of who you are... But of who you want to be." It sums up who we all are. We play game to feel the dream, not of normal mortals, but of tenno. Of gods on the battlefield. Poweful, destructive, able to make a difference. A game... A dream. Dream of who we want to be. Dream deep friends, dream of person you wish to be. And by this dream bit by bit, you will become them.
Same! Started in the Hunt for Alad V event. This plot point changed Warframe forever and is probably the biggest reveal I've ever seen in my 25 years of gaming. A perfectly deep, emotional, and high-energy track for a deep, emotional, high-energy reveal and post-reveal gameplay. It hits to this day. Nothing since The Second Dream has changed Warframe nearly as much. I don't think they'll ever manage that much change again without ruining the game.
The song is beautiful representation of the story. The main character one of many tenno (child choir) and the Lotus (mother, female voice) is at the start, a simple relationship, ehich gets more complicated due to external factors and the children growing into hardened warriors (Primal vocal section is where it peaks in terms of the warrior theme), then there is the epic unity of all elements that represent the tenno but at the end there is space mom, still here. She never left. That mother and child relationship and its complications is a core of the story
Potential spoiler: The female vocal breaks before the primal vocal choir because Lotus was removed from the picture for refusing to let the Orokin militarize the Tenno. So her vocal absence denotes her physical absence during most of their training and service during the war. I also think first and final lullaby denote the times the Tenno were put to sleep, with Lotus only one awake thus singing alone.
As a grown man this moment in the game is the only game to make me tear up. Not a sad piece in itself necessarily, but in the context of the story it's like a 30 hour pay off. Beautiful moment and massive plot twist. True art, from a visual, audio, and writing perspective and a brave decision to hold this signifiant moment that far back into the game, where it has all the more impact once you are attracted to your character.
Bro, I started in 2014. The Second Dream didn't come out till DECEMBER 2015. That shit hit SOOOOO different back then. Over a year with the sudden reveal at the climax of the first narrative quest that the Tenno are more than the Warframes. We are more than weapons. Really epic. I feel bad for people nowadays, there is almost no way to get to that point without being spoiled of the operator's existence by someone in a public mission.
Yeah i didn't start that early but was very lucky not to get it spoiled. In retrospect there were some close moments where I got a glimpse, but when I asked no one gave it away just said it was a warframe I would unlock later. Good crowd this lot.
*SPOILERS* Man, when ballas just casually strode in to our game and just took lotus from us. I was actually distraught after that quest. still absolutely mind blowing warframe's a free to play game, DE really made something special
The eastern-style string instrument you pointed out is the Erhu! It's honestly my absolute favorite sounding instrument, it has such a beautiful and unique quality to it. And I agree completely, this track really does give similar vibes as Halo's OST (specifically the main themes).
Man, 8 years later this OST still hits just as hard and it still fits the game's narrative to this day. I love that throughout the track it's like a back-and-forth between one motherly voice and a choir of younger people. And it was building up. The percussion and strings that come in sound very heroic and epic but it still felt like a build-up. Very much in tune with how The Lotus woke up the Tenno and the Tenno are slowly learning to stand on their own feet. And then when the track drops the melodic parts and it's very percussive even with the vocals, it feels like a turn of events. The low-sounding chants of a group of lower voices makes it feel like the enemies arrived. The variations in the percussion and the lack of melody makes it feel chaotic and alarming. And then the finale. Where if you notice in the first few sections, the sequence has been the Mother singing and the children sing it back. But in this finale, the choir representing the children sing first, and in an explosive way. They're their own people now and they're ready to fight. And right at the end there, everything slows down and it becomes more intimate as the Mother voice closes it out. Almost like affirmation. "Yes, this is how strong you are, child. This is what you are." It's such a powerful piece. I'm glad you liked it that much despite it not being that complicated in its melody and harmony. The main melody is simple and kinda repetitive but they carried it throughout the song in different context. This track might not incorporate words as the voices are just singing and humming, but it tells a vivid story.
This is perfect example of how music can trigger memories of a moment. Whenever I hear this theme, the emotion attached to it from the game and the reveal of what we are was so strong, I still get the feel of it from just hearing this. It was a monumental moment for a lot of us who had played the game since it's start and after all the speculation at what we were, it was such a beautiful and crazy experience to live it. Many other games gave me emotions, but Warframe will always be at the top in terms of impact with this music piece and the emotions attached to it.
I really, deeply appreciate how you appreciate and enjoy all the bits and bobs and layers, transitions...the only thing I feel you are missing to round out your appreciation is the context of being familiar with the character of Space Mom (Lotus). As one progresses through the story, I feel coming back to this song after having been playing for around a decade, there is such a deeper appreciation and resonance for the different presentations of the melody. Lotus, man, what a character.
I love the vocals on this track; they're so simple, clean, and beautiful. Simplicity is one of the hardest things to do, because if you mess up at all, you have nothing to hide behind; it has to be basically perfect. And, on this track, it is.
"Dream, not of what you are, but of what you want to be" Some remember songs or themes from a certain event or happening in their life. For warframe players, its pretty much the pinnacle of the story. The cinematics, the song, the story, this unique centerpoint of emotions. Those moments are rare in games, very rare that i can only remember a handfull (FF7 aeris, WoW 'is it over', RDR2 'i tried' to name a few). And for people to reconize this as a great piece even not knowing the game or its story, only proof that this is one of those unique ones in gaming history.
@@blazing_wraith1617 he used it yes, the original is from the in-game scene when you black out, The Lotus will tells you these lines, it's called "the second dream" quest.
If I could take a pill to experience a piece of media again for the first time, the moment this song plays for the first time would be pretty high on the list
It helps to understand the sections with a frame (hah) of reference and actual context. This is a mother singing to her children, teaching them their culture (the oriental violin/shawzin), guiding them through becoming warriors (the drums), until they're strong enough to stand on their own (children's choir and shawzin reprise) and overcome the threats they're faced with (men's gutteral chant, triumphant combined choir/shawzin), and we leave off with a farewell.
Warframe Warframe! Hope someone suggests Smiles From Juran next, it's an emotional powerhouse of a song that so perfectly fits the moment it plays in the story that, in my opinion at least, you can feel it even if you have no idea what the story is about
I really have to thank you , that you re reacting to such an emotional support of a Song for me. You are awesome and we all really think that you are a great Music expert. As soon I saw you your Video I was crying because it means so much to me. Even if you wouldn't liked it your opinion would be very important to me.
This track gives you chills in the scenes its used in the game. Even the title is a reference to some of the most poignant lines and concepts of the game. It's so eerie and beautiful
I think I said their name in the first .... maybe .0345 seconds of the video. You don't have to skip youtube intros. It's literally like 7 seconds long 😩 😅
@@DrumRollTonyReacts Yeah, you did say their name right when the vid starts. "Limp chicken" is the name of this fine gentleman xD but i doubt that's what they are actually called soo 😂Great vid as always!! Warframe has soo many great tracks, and they just recently released part 2 of their soundtrack so i hope you check those out as well.
I unironically found this video while playing Warframe on my other monitor- 'This is What You Are' always gives me goosebumps. You should look into ''We All Lift Together'' and ''For Narmer'' those are connected and easily one of my favourite soundtracks from Warframe.
Been playing the game since 2012. Back then in closed beta and the start of open beta for the game, the only music in the game was smaller drum rolls and percussion only. This was the first real song added to the game, and represents a MASSIVE turning point in the story, and more importantly, set the bar for what Warframe was going to be for so many years after. It's hard for me not to get emotional when the chorus explodes at the end, knowing how much the game has come since those early days, but the core of Warframe is still intact. It feels like watching a child grow, and this song was right there at the forefront when it happened
you should do scathing mockery from warframe, if you love percussion and vocals you will find it quite unique (just a side note the song is not gibberish, it is a language that the community is working on translating actively)
I just realized there's a bit of call and response between the vocals and traditional string instrument. Like a conversation between the Lotus (mentor character) and Tenno (player character). And after the high male vocals and percussion segment it becomes harmonious. Awesome details!
Man, its been so long, but i still get shivers from this. For most of us this marks the end of the 'tutorial' :) To me tho, this is the Anthem for the Tenno. The Mother, The Children, The Warriors, Tenno.
What I really love about this song is it almost tells the history of the Tenno all on its own with how it develops. This is heavy *spoilers* so I'm gonna drop a few bars - - - - - - It starts lost in the void. Then the voice of Margulis rescues them as the vocals rise. The children choir calls out. But then it gets a little sad and ominous again, the council forces them to train as soldiers and Ballas forces them to pilot the Warframes. Margulis tries to save them and is sent to the Jade Light, the children lament. Lotus takes her place, completes them as Tenno, and guides them through the war against the Sentients as the song intensifies. And then... the beat of the Naga drums. The drums that marked the victory of the Tenno over the Sentients and their simultaneous rebellion against the Orokin. Full soldiers that are ready to discover their own fate, and their place in the system. And an empire falls for their freedom as the song crescendos with the vocals blending back with the drums and shouts. And yet, despite their newfound freedom, the Tenno must yet dream under the watchful eye of the Lotus, as the Tau system will not remain isolated forever and the Sentients will return, and the Orokin will rise again, and the Corpus and Grineer will pillage their power, and the tenuous balance of the system will be disturbed, and the Tenno will wake, but for now, the song lulls to dreams again under the voice of Lotus.
Aaah, u're reacting to another one. Hope the devs see ur videos about their game. They always shoutout to streamers, creators, artists that talks about their game. Especially when it's about the creative part of it. (and i'm here for that)
Warframe reuses this leitmotif but changes it to indicate what is going on. Such as a version without the female vocals, replaced by an ominous deep male droning, and the children's choir sounds woeful and depressed...
The top comment here didnt really start at the beginning of the story where this piece is relevant so here goes, il explain how this piece marks the start of our story. These children who we the players control, are in cryo sleep scattered through space and void. The space between space that can lead to other timelines, quite literally lost BETWEEN space and time, until we wake up alone. Our adopted mother is calling to wake us. An enemy is breaking down the doors and shes to guide us from danger, toward the power to protect ourselves. We survived being lost at void and there are billions of soldiers from a wide range of factions who will stop at nothing to trap, study, kill, and dissect us. In order to take our new found power for themselves. This piece of music is about us waking up and echoing our adopted mothers call to action. She sings to wake us, we get up to echo her song, but she tries to interrupt. She has bad news and is in a hurry to make sure we understand. The solemn strings are her explaining that we have enemies, that theyre here, and why. Then we spring into action. Nowhere will be safe, we take to space and become warrior nomads, whether we like it or not. Mere children with enemies crashing through the front door of our every home, forcing us into a solemn life of war we never chose.
I know everyone talks about We All Lift Together and Sleeping in the Cold Below for being incredible, but This is What You Are is The Warframe Theme to me. partly because of where it sits in the story (keeping up the Warframe player tradition of spoiling as little as possible about Second Dream), but also because the vibes. the ethereal music that turns into almost a war beat. it fits everything it's trying to match--Second Dream, the specific characters involved--but also the game. you start off knowing nothing, coming into the game like the 'I do not know who I am, I do not know why I'm here, all I know is I must kill' meme, and then opening up the world and lore to discover... this is what you are.
Something I really love this song is that it’s not quite a lullaby but it calls back to one in my opinion. At least in the beginning. Which is VERY fitting for the quest it’s involved in
First time I played Warframe and heard this track, I knew it was supposed to make me feel like a young god. Time, violence, even the ineffable void of space and beyond. We were born to stride through all of it and bring it to heel. Very few other mediums can express reverence the way WF music does.
Dream... Not of who you are... But of who you want to be. So dream deep friend. Dream of who you want to become. Dream of every detail of person you wish to become. Dream it hard, feel it into your core. Dream it, and bit by bit, you shall be able to become them. Dream of person who you want to be, so you may become them!
as a Warframe gamer, i approve :) its pretty awesome seeing someone push forward something one might consider as unimportant (but actually very important) which music in a "everyday" moment of joy and relaxation is. also kudos to developers paying so much attention and resources to music in their products.
You should check out the jade shadows music!! It’s amazing to me but I feel like you’ll love the breakdown when it comes to the vocals, and just everything ❤
At the beginning there's an almost whimsical/pensive start, maybe even a little hesitant, like drops of water in a pond. A mother calling out to her children, and while their response at first mimics hers, by the end of the phrase it becomes their own. A little bit of sorrow, almost a keening wail of the strings, and then an explosive leap forward. Grief, and then the attack. The child is now a warrior, but always coming back to that original root of their mother's voice. Love, loss, pain, anger, courage, the will to fight all represented with just music, and at the end the voices of your brothers and sisters and then the mother with a fade to silence leaving you in a literal void. At which point you think about the title, "This is what you are?" Overall an incredible musical summary of the story of Warframe so far.
This piece plays at multiple major plot points in the story, sections of it here and there and together makes the entire piece. People forget only the quite sections play during "The Second Dream" quest while the rest plays in the next quest, with variations of it during the quests after. This is the closest Warframe has to a "main theme", and it tells the story Warframe as a whole: the relationship between all players, represented by the children choirs, and Lotus (the character in the video thumbnail), represented by the solo soprano. A mother and her children. Lotus calls her children, and they respond. The quite sections play during The Second Dream quest, a major plot point where we learn hard truths and why the world is the way it is. Unpleasantries, betrayals, lies, secrets and more. This is only the calm before the storm however and why only the quite sections are there. At the end of the quest, Lotus doesn't tell us to calm down or take it easy despite us having too many questions in mind. She tells us the work is not done and that we should get mad for what we endured. Despite that, we are tired, we want to calm down and digest everything that happened, all while Lotus is right in front of us telling us more hard truths that will make everyone mad. The next quest is called "The War Within" and where we actually do something about the state of affairs. Now we get mad, now we are violent, now we take revenge. Now the loud sections play and we want more of it.
The main draw for this song is how emotional it is. I appreciate you pointing out how it flows and the instruments, but you should let it speak to your soul as well.
A mother figure calls out into the void for her "children", broken and desperate. Children start answering to the call. They unite. Children start to recognize their potential within under her love and guidance. Now those once helpless and lonely are a hurricane of power sweeping through planets, bringing balance.
If you like this track, you should check out 'Smiles from Juran,' also called 'To take it's pain away.' It's another gorgeous track from Warframe, and it's from a really well done quest line that gives the main weapons you're using in the game *so* much more depth than just suits with fancy powers.
Ah yes! This is the Warframe i fell in love with all those years ago! If you want to look into more videogame music with cool percituons, Monster Hunter World has cool mount themes involving percutions. I recommend the Zinogre theme and his mount theme as well.
Think of the beginning vocals as a parent calling to awaken. The next part of the vocals as a call and response of child and parent, the child not being awake yet. The precussive and primal vocals as a call to action, a precursor to the awakening. And the ending vocals as a response from child from the beginning, to say that I am awake now.
i think you need to play the game till this quest and listen to it as you do the quest you will know how the plot is so fitting with it , hope you can try warframe some day
Another game with an incredible soundtrack that I think would be interesting to see you do a dive into is Outer Wilds including the DLC songs. My favorite specifuc tracks are 14.3 biillion years, echoes of the eye, and travelers encore. They all give me chills almost every time!
Not a clue if you have ever reacted to any of the Destiny's soundtrack but i definitely recommend it. As one of my favorite games (along side warframe here) Destiny 2's deepstone lullaby, the shadowkeep sound track. Destiny 1's Taken king, Rise of Iron and Sepik's Redux, all of the music is just so gorgeous.
If you havent heard the black clover ops i would recomend all 13 of them they all hit and have many styles of music in them i think you would love them.
Very interesting song, I for one as a Warframe player totally understand what's going on without any lyrics, or at least this is how I interpret it; *SPOILER* It all makes sense if you played through the Quests. The calm beginning is you waking up from a sleep As tension grows you figure that you have to fight As drums kicking in - you're growing in power When primal chants hit - you're destroying your enemy Then it's back to a softer and more heroic tone - you won And it's back to the calm wave of meditation and inner peace - you finally know your destiny.
That last segment after the minute four makes me think of Avatar, the wild, the power of nature. But what I think when the song ends is: WHY IT HAS TO END 😭
Tony, me gustó mucho tu perceptiva de la canción. Soy músico y coincido con tus comentarios. Y también juego Warframe desde los inicios. DE sabe cómo tocar el corazón de sus jugadores y en esta historia se juega un madre que no es madre pero adopta a huérfanos, y esas voces de los niños crecen y saben, ahora, que la han perdido o que están a punto de perderla. Te di solo una pincelada del Lore. Gracias. 2024 te paso lo nuevo. ua-cam.com/video/_p_46AIDVAk/v-deo.html.
Percussion and drums has a very significant tie with the Tenno and their Warframes. It was at a ceremony celebrating the Tenno's victory over the Sentients, as the naga drums hailed them, that the tenno slaughtered the Orokin and felled the empire which called them saviours, before finally returning to sleep. Fits very well with how the song concludes. The melody with which Margulis had eased them into rest through their trauma of the Ten-Zero, once again bringing them to rest.
Loved the breakdown (also love the game and the music) Could you be the first to react to the ARKHAM CITY THEME track? I can't find anybody analyzing it, and it's in the same tone as this one was.
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This track was released way back in 2015, it's super early in Warframe's life, it came with the story Quest "Second Dream" and was a major plot point in the story that I won't spoil.
It's wild how good the music in Warframe was, even in the early days.
Actually, this specific track is from The War Within, the track you're thinking of is literally titled "Second Dream". They both use the same motif, but the last section of "This is What You Are" especially is very different from anything heard in the Second Dream quest. (Your point about it being old still stands though lol, TWW was only two years later than Second Dream)
Sheeesh. They did it big immediately
@@tarakolindonope "this is what you are" is from second dream, while the one you are thinking of is "your decisions make you" which is indeed from TWW
@@archonnova20 Ahhhh, you're somewhat right, I completely forgot the moment where it plays with Stalker in the Orbiter, so yes, it is from Second Dream originally. However I wasn't confusing which track I was thinking of, "This is What You Are" plays in TWW, when the Operator uses Transference properly for the first time; "Your Decisions Make You" is the theme that plays when speaking with Teshin at the end of the TWW.
@@tarakolindo True it might be that one half plays in second dream and the other in TWW. But all in all, this is what you are is in total from the second dream. It was already fully released with second dream before TWW got even revealed.
Years later this song still brings a tear to my eye
This has pretty much become the main character theme for the game. And the song structure is very much the same as the character's story. You are basically a child with way to much power and responsibility for your age. You start by relying entirely on your mother in game, who guides, supports and helps you in everything. You then go into losing her and having to find your own strength as a person. Finally you build into going back and rescuing your mother from what's taken her and protecting and helping HER this time.
i started playing warframe when you had to pay resources to resurrect and seeing it grow into what it is now. i love it ill never stop playing
@@infernalsmith9924 paying 12 plat and have 4 resurrection per day.
is this the one where you start as a human or as a warframe?
ys after the duviri update you can ither choose to rmain a fraim and start like the mojoraty or enter the duviri and bgin as the oprator@@Noobthepro0
@@Noobthepro0 This is part way through the main story, so weather you start as the Drifter or as a Warframe, you'll hit this once you get to The War Within.
As someone who has been playing Warframe for 10 years, this brings back very fond memories of one of the most mind blowing and epic plot + gameplay pivots in all of gaming history. Almost teared up again listening to this.
I agree 10 years here too and this piece still hits hard every time I love it
Bruh same here , i prepared tissues before starting this
I played the second dream together with my then girlfriend, we were both entranced by it, and the moment of the reveal was such a powerful thing that we both started crying over it. We had been playing for the better part of two years by the time the Second Dream rolled around and finding out what we actually were had been the culmination of hours upon hours of theory crafting and lore digging between the both of us. So to see some of our assumptions proven while others were disproven in the most dramatic way possible? Perfection.
The pod coming down, the static, the drop, then the change of perspective, the crawling as the music builds and then... contact while the aria rises up through the mix as everything falls away. Both of us got full body chills and it is bar none one of the best moments in gaming for me. I replay that quest at least once a year just to sit there and... remember better times and younger years.
To be honest, it reminds me of memory that have changed me as a person. Like legit it was a core memory, and the simple sentence that springs to my mind when thinking of it.
"Dream... Not of who you are... But of who you want to be."
It sums up who we all are. We play game to feel the dream, not of normal mortals, but of tenno. Of gods on the battlefield. Poweful, destructive, able to make a difference. A game... A dream. Dream of who we want to be.
Dream deep friends, dream of person you wish to be. And by this dream bit by bit, you will become them.
Same! Started in the Hunt for Alad V event. This plot point changed Warframe forever and is probably the biggest reveal I've ever seen in my 25 years of gaming. A perfectly deep, emotional, and high-energy track for a deep, emotional, high-energy reveal and post-reveal gameplay. It hits to this day. Nothing since The Second Dream has changed Warframe nearly as much. I don't think they'll ever manage that much change again without ruining the game.
The song is beautiful representation of the story.
The main character one of many tenno (child choir) and the Lotus (mother, female voice) is at the start, a simple relationship, ehich gets more complicated due to external factors and the children growing into hardened warriors (Primal vocal section is where it peaks in terms of the warrior theme), then there is the epic unity of all elements that represent the tenno but at the end there is space mom, still here. She never left.
That mother and child relationship and its complications is a core of the story
Potential spoiler:
The female vocal breaks before the primal vocal choir because Lotus was removed from the picture for refusing to let the Orokin militarize the Tenno. So her vocal absence denotes her physical absence during most of their training and service during the war.
I also think first and final lullaby denote the times the Tenno were put to sleep, with Lotus only one awake thus singing alone.
3:50 children's choir. Perfect description regarding what happens at that point
As a grown man this moment in the game is the only game to make me tear up. Not a sad piece in itself necessarily, but in the context of the story it's like a 30 hour pay off. Beautiful moment and massive plot twist. True art, from a visual, audio, and writing perspective and a brave decision to hold this signifiant moment that far back into the game, where it has all the more impact once you are attracted to your character.
Bro, I started in 2014. The Second Dream didn't come out till DECEMBER 2015. That shit hit SOOOOO different back then. Over a year with the sudden reveal at the climax of the first narrative quest that the Tenno are more than the Warframes. We are more than weapons. Really epic. I feel bad for people nowadays, there is almost no way to get to that point without being spoiled of the operator's existence by someone in a public mission.
Yeah i didn't start that early but was very lucky not to get it spoiled. In retrospect there were some close moments where I got a glimpse, but when I asked no one gave it away just said it was a warframe I would unlock later. Good crowd this lot.
*SPOILERS*
Man, when ballas just casually strode in to our game and just took lotus from us.
I was actually distraught after that quest.
still absolutely mind blowing warframe's a free to play game, DE really made something special
The female voice in the beginning is a mother calling to her children, the choir are the children responding to the mother
The eastern-style string instrument you pointed out is the Erhu! It's honestly my absolute favorite sounding instrument, it has such a beautiful and unique quality to it. And I agree completely, this track really does give similar vibes as Halo's OST (specifically the main themes).
Thx! That's the name that was escaping me
I recognized it immediately. I got Jia Peng Fang's Cherry Blossoms vibes from it
Man, 8 years later this OST still hits just as hard and it still fits the game's narrative to this day. I love that throughout the track it's like a back-and-forth between one motherly voice and a choir of younger people. And it was building up. The percussion and strings that come in sound very heroic and epic but it still felt like a build-up. Very much in tune with how The Lotus woke up the Tenno and the Tenno are slowly learning to stand on their own feet.
And then when the track drops the melodic parts and it's very percussive even with the vocals, it feels like a turn of events. The low-sounding chants of a group of lower voices makes it feel like the enemies arrived. The variations in the percussion and the lack of melody makes it feel chaotic and alarming.
And then the finale. Where if you notice in the first few sections, the sequence has been the Mother singing and the children sing it back. But in this finale, the choir representing the children sing first, and in an explosive way. They're their own people now and they're ready to fight. And right at the end there, everything slows down and it becomes more intimate as the Mother voice closes it out. Almost like affirmation. "Yes, this is how strong you are, child. This is what you are."
It's such a powerful piece. I'm glad you liked it that much despite it not being that complicated in its melody and harmony. The main melody is simple and kinda repetitive but they carried it throughout the song in different context. This track might not incorporate words as the voices are just singing and humming, but it tells a vivid story.
Keith Powers is a fucking legend.
Keith using 1% of his Power
For real
I have been a warframe player since December of 2015 and i still get emotional when i hear this track 😁👍
This is perfect example of how music can trigger memories of a moment. Whenever I hear this theme, the emotion attached to it from the game and the reveal of what we are was so strong, I still get the feel of it from just hearing this. It was a monumental moment for a lot of us who had played the game since it's start and after all the speculation at what we were, it was such a beautiful and crazy experience to live it.
Many other games gave me emotions, but Warframe will always be at the top in terms of impact with this music piece and the emotions attached to it.
This piece basically tells the whole story of the Tenno from beginning to where we are now.
I really, deeply appreciate how you appreciate and enjoy all the bits and bobs and layers, transitions...the only thing I feel you are missing to round out your appreciation is the context of being familiar with the character of Space Mom (Lotus). As one progresses through the story, I feel coming back to this song after having been playing for around a decade, there is such a deeper appreciation and resonance for the different presentations of the melody. Lotus, man, what a character.
Yea. I'll never have that level of context. I'm glad you dig it tho
I love the vocals on this track; they're so simple, clean, and beautiful. Simplicity is one of the hardest things to do, because if you mess up at all, you have nothing to hide behind; it has to be basically perfect. And, on this track, it is.
"Dream, not of what you are, but of what you want to be"
Some remember songs or themes from a certain event or happening in their life. For warframe players, its pretty much the pinnacle of the story. The cinematics, the song, the story, this unique centerpoint of emotions. Those moments are rare in games, very rare that i can only remember a handfull (FF7 aeris, WoW 'is it over', RDR2 'i tried' to name a few). And for people to reconize this as a great piece even not knowing the game or its story, only proof that this is one of those unique ones in gaming history.
isn't that line from JT Music? the warframe rap?
@@blazing_wraith1617 he used it yes, the original is from the in-game scene when you black out, The Lotus will tells you these lines, it's called "the second dream" quest.
To this day this track gives me the chills! I still remember how it brought me to tears hearing it for the first time in the game.
If I could take a pill to experience a piece of media again for the first time, the moment this song plays for the first time would be pretty high on the list
It's crazy how Music Artists manage to deduct some of story elements from warframe just from the music alone.
Good music is just like that sometimes
That's how music soundtracks SHOULD be.
Dream, not of what you are, but of what you want to be.
chills... from fear to hype... Warframe invade that cosmic horror aspect and keep going on that...
Warframe is "Wow cosmic horror is kind of scary good thing i brought my FUCKING SHOTGUN"
It helps to understand the sections with a frame (hah) of reference and actual context. This is a mother singing to her children, teaching them their culture (the oriental violin/shawzin), guiding them through becoming warriors (the drums), until they're strong enough to stand on their own (children's choir and shawzin reprise) and overcome the threats they're faced with (men's gutteral chant, triumphant combined choir/shawzin), and we leave off with a farewell.
I love listening to the new opening theme
I would love for you to do We All Lift Together and Sleeping in the Cold Below! Some of my favourite music from Warframe.
That song is such a wonderful surprise as a new player lol... you dont know where you are going and boom
Warframe Warframe!
Hope someone suggests Smiles From Juran next, it's an emotional powerhouse of a song that so perfectly fits the moment it plays in the story that, in my opinion at least, you can feel it even if you have no idea what the story is about
I've watched a few other folks react to it, and they tend to just listen through the whole thing silently before actually commenting lol.
I really have to thank you , that you re reacting to such an emotional support of a Song for me. You are awesome and we all really think that you are a great Music expert. As soon I saw you your Video I was crying because it means so much to me. Even if you wouldn't liked it your opinion would be very important to me.
This track gives you chills in the scenes its used in the game. Even the title is a reference to some of the most poignant lines and concepts of the game. It's so eerie and beautiful
To whoever requested this song, You are a legend!
I think I said their name in the first .... maybe .0345 seconds of the video. You don't have to skip youtube intros. It's literally like 7 seconds long 😩 😅
@@DrumRollTonyReacts Yeah, you did say their name right when the vid starts. "Limp chicken" is the name of this fine gentleman xD but i doubt that's what they are actually called soo 😂Great vid as always!! Warframe has soo many great tracks, and they just recently released part 2 of their soundtrack so i hope you check those out as well.
@@MEYH3M LMAO 🦐🐓
@@MEYH3MI hope so aswell, "Storm Category 5" and "Riders of the Void" are prob my fav combat tracks in any game thus far
Love those heavy percussive elements.
I unironically found this video while playing Warframe on my other monitor- 'This is What You Are' always gives me goosebumps. You should look into ''We All Lift Together'' and ''For Narmer'' those are connected and easily one of my favourite soundtracks from Warframe.
Been playing the game since 2012. Back then in closed beta and the start of open beta for the game, the only music in the game was smaller drum rolls and percussion only. This was the first real song added to the game, and represents a MASSIVE turning point in the story, and more importantly, set the bar for what Warframe was going to be for so many years after. It's hard for me not to get emotional when the chorus explodes at the end, knowing how much the game has come since those early days, but the core of Warframe is still intact. It feels like watching a child grow, and this song was right there at the forefront when it happened
you should do scathing mockery from warframe, if you love percussion and vocals you will find it quite unique (just a side note the song is not gibberish, it is a language that the community is working on translating actively)
Always tear up when that violin sets in. Hits me somehow. It's incredible, really.
I just realized there's a bit of call and response between the vocals and traditional string instrument. Like a conversation between the Lotus (mentor character) and Tenno (player character). And after the high male vocals and percussion segment it becomes harmonious. Awesome details!
10 years later and this piece still hits me in the feels like a skana between the ribs.
I get goosebumps every single time I listen to this track. It is, by far, my absolute favourite among all of the Warframe soundtrack.
Man, its been so long, but i still get shivers from this. For most of us this marks the end of the 'tutorial' :)
To me tho, this is the Anthem for the Tenno.
The Mother, The Children, The Warriors, Tenno.
What I really love about this song is it almost tells the history of the Tenno all on its own with how it develops. This is heavy *spoilers* so I'm gonna drop a few bars
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It starts lost in the void. Then the voice of Margulis rescues them as the vocals rise. The children choir calls out. But then it gets a little sad and ominous again, the council forces them to train as soldiers and Ballas forces them to pilot the Warframes. Margulis tries to save them and is sent to the Jade Light, the children lament. Lotus takes her place, completes them as Tenno, and guides them through the war against the Sentients as the song intensifies. And then... the beat of the Naga drums. The drums that marked the victory of the Tenno over the Sentients and their simultaneous rebellion against the Orokin. Full soldiers that are ready to discover their own fate, and their place in the system. And an empire falls for their freedom as the song crescendos with the vocals blending back with the drums and shouts. And yet, despite their newfound freedom, the Tenno must yet dream under the watchful eye of the Lotus, as the Tau system will not remain isolated forever and the Sentients will return, and the Orokin will rise again, and the Corpus and Grineer will pillage their power, and the tenuous balance of the system will be disturbed, and the Tenno will wake, but for now, the song lulls to dreams again under the voice of Lotus.
one of the few songs in this world to make me actually cry listening to it
I discovered you because of kukuo and now you're my favourite music recommendations channel
Warframe is SOO GOOD! I hope it gets more popular!
Is popular
But warframe is not for everyone
Take time and grind
Aaah, u're reacting to another one.
Hope the devs see ur videos about their game. They always shoutout to streamers, creators, artists that talks about their game. Especially when it's about the creative part of it. (and i'm here for that)
Amazing how this ost stills give me chills as if I'm playing this part of the game for the first time again.
Warframe reuses this leitmotif but changes it to indicate what is going on. Such as a version without the female vocals, replaced by an ominous deep male droning, and the children's choir sounds woeful and depressed...
Man, this song brings back memories.
I love how Warframe’s entire OST (past and present) is just Keith Powers showing off whatever genre he’s currently into
It is my absolute favorite song since it came out...and for a good reason.. its so beautiful.
LETSGO! I'm happy you reacted to this!
Been playing Warframe since 2014, and this brings me back. This video made me realize how great this soundtrack was and still is.
The top comment here didnt really start at the beginning of the story where this piece is relevant so here goes, il explain how this piece marks the start of our story. These children who we the players control, are in cryo sleep scattered through space and void. The space between space that can lead to other timelines, quite literally lost BETWEEN space and time, until we wake up alone. Our adopted mother is calling to wake us. An enemy is breaking down the doors and shes to guide us from danger, toward the power to protect ourselves.
We survived being lost at void and there are billions of soldiers from a wide range of factions who will stop at nothing to trap, study, kill, and dissect us. In order to take our new found power for themselves. This piece of music is about us waking up and echoing our adopted mothers call to action.
She sings to wake us, we get up to echo her song, but she tries to interrupt. She has bad news and is in a hurry to make sure we understand. The solemn strings are her explaining that we have enemies, that theyre here, and why. Then we spring into action. Nowhere will be safe, we take to space and become warrior nomads, whether we like it or not. Mere children with enemies crashing through the front door of our every home, forcing us into a solemn life of war we never chose.
I know everyone talks about We All Lift Together and Sleeping in the Cold Below for being incredible, but This is What You Are is The Warframe Theme to me.
partly because of where it sits in the story (keeping up the Warframe player tradition of spoiling as little as possible about Second Dream), but also because the vibes. the ethereal music that turns into almost a war beat. it fits everything it's trying to match--Second Dream, the specific characters involved--but also the game. you start off knowing nothing, coming into the game like the 'I do not know who I am, I do not know why I'm here, all I know is I must kill' meme, and then opening up the world and lore to discover... this is what you are.
The energy in ttheir song is infectious; it's impossible not to get swept up in it.
The "energy" 👀
He got it right by saying the part sounded like polite/children because this song has connection between a mother and her children.
One of my favorite plot points in gaming history. Second Dream goes HARD.
Something I really love this song is that it’s not quite a lullaby but it calls back to one in my opinion. At least in the beginning. Which is VERY fitting for the quest it’s involved in
First time I played Warframe and heard this track, I knew it was supposed to make me feel like a young god. Time, violence, even the ineffable void of space and beyond. We were born to stride through all of it and bring it to heel. Very few other mediums can express reverence the way WF music does.
The ending was feeling like lullaby
I gotta say, only game i know that gave me a character creator after playing it for 2 years.
proud to be founder of this game.
This one and We all Lift Together are my two Favorite Warframe songs, however drastically different they are
the beggining of the song is extremelly good, and the rest of the song looks like the beggining
Pretty sure the "cultural" instrument you refer to is "Erhu", I remember the devs talking about it took some effort to hire a Erhu player.
the instrument in the second part is called erhu a chinese instrument
Dream... Not of who you are... But of who you want to be.
So dream deep friend. Dream of who you want to become. Dream of every detail of person you wish to become. Dream it hard, feel it into your core.
Dream it, and bit by bit, you shall be able to become them. Dream of person who you want to be, so you may become them!
as a Warframe gamer, i approve :) its pretty awesome seeing someone push forward something one might consider as unimportant (but actually very important) which music in a "everyday" moment of joy and relaxation is. also kudos to developers paying so much attention and resources to music in their products.
You should check out the jade shadows music!! It’s amazing to me but I feel like you’ll love the breakdown when it comes to the vocals, and just everything ❤
At the beginning there's an almost whimsical/pensive start, maybe even a little hesitant, like drops of water in a pond. A mother calling out to her children, and while their response at first mimics hers, by the end of the phrase it becomes their own. A little bit of sorrow, almost a keening wail of the strings, and then an explosive leap forward. Grief, and then the attack. The child is now a warrior, but always coming back to that original root of their mother's voice. Love, loss, pain, anger, courage, the will to fight all represented with just music, and at the end the voices of your brothers and sisters and then the mother with a fade to silence leaving you in a literal void. At which point you think about the title, "This is what you are?"
Overall an incredible musical summary of the story of Warframe so far.
This piece plays at multiple major plot points in the story, sections of it here and there and together makes the entire piece. People forget only the quite sections play during "The Second Dream" quest while the rest plays in the next quest, with variations of it during the quests after.
This is the closest Warframe has to a "main theme", and it tells the story Warframe as a whole: the relationship between all players, represented by the children choirs, and Lotus (the character in the video thumbnail), represented by the solo soprano. A mother and her children. Lotus calls her children, and they respond.
The quite sections play during The Second Dream quest, a major plot point where we learn hard truths and why the world is the way it is. Unpleasantries, betrayals, lies, secrets and more. This is only the calm before the storm however and why only the quite sections are there. At the end of the quest, Lotus doesn't tell us to calm down or take it easy despite us having too many questions in mind. She tells us the work is not done and that we should get mad for what we endured. Despite that, we are tired, we want to calm down and digest everything that happened, all while Lotus is right in front of us telling us more hard truths that will make everyone mad.
The next quest is called "The War Within" and where we actually do something about the state of affairs. Now we get mad, now we are violent, now we take revenge. Now the loud sections play and we want more of it.
The main draw for this song is how emotional it is. I appreciate you pointing out how it flows and the instruments, but you should let it speak to your soul as well.
That IS how music speaks to my soul
dont know why but it always gets me related to ghost in the shell movie ost... which is nice^^
Watching my gf play the second dream made me wanna start too. It was such a surprise.
A mother figure calls out into the void for her "children", broken and desperate.
Children start answering to the call.
They unite.
Children start to recognize their potential within under her love and guidance.
Now those once helpless and lonely are a hurricane of power sweeping through planets, bringing balance.
If you like this track, you should check out 'Smiles from Juran,' also called 'To take it's pain away.'
It's another gorgeous track from Warframe, and it's from a really well done quest line that gives the main weapons you're using in the game *so* much more depth than just suits with fancy powers.
Ah yes! This is the Warframe i fell in love with all those years ago!
If you want to look into more videogame music with cool percituons, Monster Hunter World has cool mount themes involving percutions. I recommend the Zinogre theme and his mount theme as well.
Think of the beginning vocals as a parent calling to awaken. The next part of the vocals as a call and response of child and parent, the child not being awake yet. The precussive and primal vocals as a call to action, a precursor to the awakening. And the ending vocals as a response from child from the beginning, to say that I am awake now.
i think you need to play the game till this quest and listen to it as you do the quest you will know how the plot is so fitting with it , hope you can try warframe some day
btw it has a really really sad story that i cannot spoil
I've had random customers at work go "I like that song what is that" I blast music from my headphones they let me so long as it's not vulgar.
Another game with an incredible soundtrack that I think would be interesting to see you do a dive into is Outer Wilds including the DLC songs. My favorite specifuc tracks are 14.3 biillion years, echoes of the eye, and travelers encore. They all give me chills almost every time!
Not a clue if you have ever reacted to any of the Destiny's soundtrack but i definitely recommend it. As one of my favorite games (along side warframe here) Destiny 2's deepstone lullaby, the shadowkeep sound track. Destiny 1's Taken king, Rise of Iron and Sepik's Redux, all of the music is just so gorgeous.
If you havent heard the black clover ops i would recomend all 13 of them they all hit and have many styles of music in them i think you would love them.
I did them. They got blocked 🚫. They are on Patreon now
shit was polite as fuck btw! xD
Very interesting song, I for one as a Warframe player totally understand what's going on without any lyrics, or at least this is how I interpret it; *SPOILER*
It all makes sense if you played through the Quests.
The calm beginning is you waking up from a sleep
As tension grows you figure that you have to fight
As drums kicking in - you're growing in power
When primal chants hit - you're destroying your enemy
Then it's back to a softer and more heroic tone - you won
And it's back to the calm wave of meditation and inner peace - you finally know your destiny.
Please react to Warframe: We All Lift Together
Composer: Keith Power
Singers: Kevin Durand, Murray Foster, Jason Lewis, Damhnait Doyle
That last segment after the minute four makes me think of Avatar, the wild, the power of nature. But what I think when the song ends is: WHY IT HAS TO END 😭
From times to times I like to come back here and rewatch this masterpiece
As a percussion guy nothing will top this song. But We All Lift Together from Warframe gets close yet couldnt have a more different vibe.
Definitely reccomend reacting to "we all lift together" if youve been enjoying the warframe music
Only game that lets you play as a child soldier 10/10
just realized at the beginning of the song with the woman singing, thats the Lotus and the kids are us copying her singing lol
More Warframe? Lets gooooo
Tony, me gustó mucho tu perceptiva de la canción. Soy músico y coincido con tus comentarios. Y también juego Warframe desde los inicios. DE sabe cómo tocar el corazón de sus jugadores y en esta historia se juega un madre que no es madre pero adopta a huérfanos, y esas voces de los niños crecen y saben, ahora, que la han perdido o que están a punto de perderla. Te di solo una pincelada del Lore. Gracias. 2024 te paso lo nuevo. ua-cam.com/video/_p_46AIDVAk/v-deo.html.
Warframe songs are so good
Finally its here hes done it thank the void
Percussion and drums has a very significant tie with the Tenno and their Warframes. It was at a ceremony celebrating the Tenno's victory over the Sentients, as the naga drums hailed them, that the tenno slaughtered the Orokin and felled the empire which called them saviours, before finally returning to sleep. Fits very well with how the song concludes. The melody with which Margulis had eased them into rest through their trauma of the Ten-Zero, once again bringing them to rest.
Next should be the fortuna song
Listen to more warframe music, this shit slaps
Loved the breakdown (also love the game and the music)
Could you be the first to react to the ARKHAM CITY THEME track?
I can't find anybody analyzing it, and it's in the same tone as this one was.
а теперь надо пойти потрогать траву))
i would love to see you reac tto delirious or sukuna's domain from JJK
no spoilers but if you get into the story of warframe, it really really adds to the music.
That is accurate any story experience that has music. Context bias with ost is a very real thing
DrumRollTony you should try the op of the anime "Dark Gathering"