MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | The Gravity (Asuka Theme) - Guilty Gear Strive OST
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Fun Fact:
In the Part with the choir (12:42 for this video) you can hear a ticking clock in the background that seems just a little to slow. Instead of 60bpm as it should be it plays at 42bpm. 42 The answer to everything.
Second Fun Fact:
The song is pretty much exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds. As 40 is equal to two-thirds of 60 this makes the song 6.66 minutes long (2/3 = 66.6/100) . This is a nice reference since the character of this theme is sometimes called "The Devil".
I absolutely love this theme.
Wtf man Daisuke isn’t on crack, he’s on ambrosia
How does Daisuke do this shit over and over again?
That's so fucking cool. It really plays into Asuka apparently really being into maths.
@@lucas_lippif I’m remembering correctly he’s something like a bioengineer and scientist
We out here trying to challenge Lateralus’ Fibonacci sequence with the maths involved
This song is so good it made Tony have an existential reminiscence of the last 40 years of gaming
he felt the gravity
Naturally
Incredibly fitting for the theme of the most important character's playable debut for a 35 year old franchise.
As
25 year old franchise@@ethanadams8109
Listen boss, if people are sticking around for a 27 minute video, they’ll probably stick around for an hour long video. Stop MORE, replay MORE. I’m here for it.
The average viewer is about 9 mins of this video. At least with the analytical material so far today. For the length of my channel people watch about 35% to 40% of a video before clicking out. So most don't want longer. But I appreciate that you are here for it.
Oof. That's... frustrating.
For what it's worth, I'm here for deeper analysis, too. I yearn to learn
@@DrumRollTonyReacts im not an expert but i believe that statistic is representative of youtube as a whole. Ive heard other youtubers say that the average attention span is about 9 minutes. So if you ever feel like making a longer video dont let that hold you back!
tbh, it was a bit much for me. Ma guy stopped, commented, and rewound a section of the song on average three times. I started zoning out.
@@zetsumeinaito It's not for everyone. Each rewind is to help you develop a listening for a different part of the piece during that section. 3? 😅 Yea. Lol that is a lot. I'll try to keep it to two. But also like... that's HOW you are supposed to transform content if you use others work on UA-cam. If you just let it play or don't go back many times to discuss and add something.... one of sort of 🐒 stealing views off of other's work. We are supposed to follow tyke fair use act. Lots and lots of "reactors" seem to miss this...
"Beginning and the end all the same" And quite literally too
18:30 I'm so glad to see someone freak out about this delivery as much as I do. Guilty Gear has so many wicked deliveries to such odd lyrics that it never ceases to amaze me. I think they come about due to Daisuke (the writer) and Naoki (the singer) both being Japanese and separately learning English primarily through Western music before working with each other, because as far as I'm aware nobody else is able to do quite what Guilty Gear does in this department
This character is a villain who has been teased at since the 90s, who's directly tied to the main plot of Guilty Gear and essentially set the story into motion. His DLC release coincided with the series' 25th anniversary. And for all these years, we only knew him by the name "That Man".
If Arcsys didn't go HARD with Asuka, I don't think the fans would ever forgive them, lol
So Asuka's story is that he was an apprentice of the man who became Happy Chaos, so there's definitely some similarities in that. His story follows him using the Tome of Origin, a book capable of answering any question, giving any kind of information you would ask, and the song talks of the awesome responsibility and duty that he feels, but the song also has bits where it speaks of him trying to stay human being exposed to that, and being willing to possibly destroy the world and sacrifice himself for the happiness of others. The parts about the sun are him trying to remain human and familiar while also trying to defy fate and carve a life for the people he cares about after indirectly causing the end of the world, and hoping that even though things can never be the same, they can still find happiness. This is contrasted with Happy Chaos and Drift, as while Chaos believes he can be the storm that will bring peace, while Asuka/That Man believes that humanity is strong enough to change, and save, themselves. This is also the first time he's been playable in any of the games, and we didnt even know his identity until a couple years back, and Guilty Gear's been going since '98. The song is also 6.66 minutes long, which is a reference to how he saw himself to be the "devil" and compromise his morals in order to help people.
You forgot the part about his clone. I think the clone (Asuka R#) might have been the one who made the gears.
To add to him believing humanity can weave their own fate, the line "As the universe turned black, did the Sun ever defy fate?" can be taken as him questioning Sol's journey
@@ongsosr6308I am not sure about that, but he's the creator of Justice officially.
@@BackOff_xdhe also blew up japan
don't forget he decided to do a podcast on the moon after all this
This character has been in the background of the series for 25+ years pushing most of the story/serving as the major antagonist and Strive was the first time he's been put front and center to lay his cards on the table; In a lot of ways Strive is the culmination and resolution of all those story arcs for most of the cast. Asuka's theme had to live up to not just the hype behind him but also all that history, and I think it nails it.
I LOVE the bass part at 2:50 (in the song). it's so simple yet powerful if it's ever playing in game I want to extend the match as long as I can to hear it again. next guilty gear reaction has got to be mirror of the world now. it's incredible
Yeahhh, Asuka's Theme. This is a great one.
Also, about the guilty gear franchise, all things considered, it's not actually that popular. anime fighting games aren't usually very big and I would say that guilty gear is on the bigger side, but comparing it to a fighting game like street fighter, it doesn't have nearly the same sales or influence. it took them about a years time to finally hit 1 million sales on guilty gear strive, the most recent game, back in 2022, and none of the previous titles were super big. but the music was incredible all the same
I've been a fan since the first game all the way back in the original PlayStation era. Being a Guilty Gear Fan has been a wild ride.
@@tyrantravealpha
I remember seeing a review of XX on Extended Play with Adam Sessler and Morgan Web. They praised the unique character designs and music, and some time later I found a used copy at Gamestop and grabbed it with no hestation.
my favourite song on the Strive OST. That Man's theme from GG2 Overture (which would make a good reaction too imo) was already hard af but this goes beyond it all, it's incredible.
it goes beyond it all? idk if I can recognize that...
I hope you paid attention to that guitar solo…
That man
You mean That man or That Man or maybe that MAN ? Which one of these men ?
that lad?
I don't know if anyone's told you this, but strive's a really fast fighting game. Most matches can barely get to 3 minutes lmao, so the music is really just designed for Daisuke to do justice for these characters and for him to have fun.
It really is just an album packed inside a quite good fighting game.
There's no end to the amount of good things I could say about The Gravity. It's a banger and a gem, pure and simple. The creators did not have to go this dang hard for a game soundtrack, but I love them for doing so! 🥰
For THAT MAN, I'm more than happy they went this hard
Song blows my time every listen
Is this song peak?
the reality of the truth... the reality of the truth...
Yeah, guilty gear music was never about having good lyrics, but instrumental part is great. If you are interested you can listen to old GG soundtracks, like: Meet again, Holy orders, Midnight carnival
@@ueiddd who said the lyrics weren’t good?
play back the history, answers within
@@birdup2141 does meaning have a meaning?
@@ueiddd 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
Find it, find it. Something unseen
This song definently is deserving of such a lengthy analysis. Honestly with Guilty Gear reactions on UA-cam I struggle sometimes to stay focused on what the person listening is doing cuz I just drift into daydream mode from the music. Being aware of that now tho I was able to mostly keep it together for this one lmao. This song is so tremendous it's insane. To put it in perspective, there's this other Guilty Gear song called Let Me Carve Your Way, aka Zatos theme, and it's 6 minutes long. The first 5 minutes is pretty much just heavy metal with very rageful confused lyrics, but then right at the 5 minute mark it transitions into a beautiful piano ballad accompanied by lyrics that strike at the very core of Zato as a character, with a revelation that defines his entire story. This final section, is nearly impossible to hear in game because of the pace of matches. In order to naturally hear it you'd have to be really going down to the wire every round on the timer, and additionally have a double KO happen, which in certain circumstances grants an additional final round on top of the usual maximum 3 rounds. The thought of being a Zato player who loves the character, having presumably the match of their LIFE to get to the point of hearing that section naturally in game, it's probably one of the biggest emotional power-ups you could recieve in a videogame. And Asukas theme is almost a full minute longer than even that. The final section of Asukas theme was truly meant to be an outside of game experience, it's a secret to anyone who just plays the game normally. It's fanservice of the highest caliber and I honestly love it. Asuka throughout the series has been pretty much THE antagonist. His most known alias is LITERALLY "That Man". And yet it took them 25 years to make him a playable character and they went absolutely all out on his inclusion. His character design completely boiled down is basically the concept of a normal man with the power of a universe in his hands, and his gameplay and theme in Strive definently highlights that aspect to him for me.
I heckin' love prog metal. You mentioned Metallica, Alice in Chains and others as influences, but I also hear some Dream Theater and Angra.
I definitely heard dream theater in there
It also reminded me of Metallica’s s&m with the San Francisco symphony orchestra
Daisuke loves metallica and dream theater at least. Angra too, I think?
@@Sushiman118
He named the forbidden art that gave Millia her hair control "Angra" so I'd say yeah.
@@vigorouslethargyand Bedman has his nightmare theater.
in his eyepatch it says Dat Rosa Mel Apibus, a musical reference, a song and I guess an obscure reference that hints a little bit about all the crazy stuff they listen to and draw inspiration from for their music
Guilty Gear wears it's inspirations on it's sleeve, sometimes literally.
For instance, the main character is named Sol Badguy, real name Frederick Bulsara, and his most famous theme songs are both called "Keep Youself Alive" and wears a headband that says "Rock You". He's one big Freddie Mercury reference, but he also has attacks named for bands like "Napalm Death" and songs like "All Guns Blazing" by Judas Priest.
I expected a song called "Gravity" to have some good bass and I was NOT dissapointed
As much as I LOVE when GG goes hard, I will say my personal favorites are when Daisuke makes powerballads or slips them into tracks. Naoki and Daisuke just know how to make that hard emotion land and most time are my favorite parts of tracks when slipped in.
This song always just constantly makes me woah every second I listen it’s Insane
I FINALLY PUT IT TOGETHER aaaaa. The "does existence have meaning? The reality of truth..." part is a blues section. That took me way too long to put together.
What a W song
When you point out the similarities in style some points have to old metal bands, that absolutely checks as creator of the series is a fan of a lot of groups and has paid homage to them in previous songs!
Hearing you get excited for this song that I love is fun. And for me, understanding Asuka's lore and how that ties to the lyrics/song structure, as well as small references to his old theme song just adds to the euphoria. Also, that guitar solo feels like it's been 20 years in the making.
As far as I know, I’m the only person to have done any transcription of this amazing song and I’ve only managed to go through the first verse on the guitar parts! Haha. One day, I’ll get back to at least finishing the guitar parts and cleaning up the time signatures on the section leading up to the verse riff.
WOOOOOOO, Enderwars I will find you and thank you 😭😭
The part near the end is one of my favorite pieces of music ever.
And yeah, honestly, it's insane how talented Daisuke is at making this stuff. Dude is such an underrated composer. He truly make special stuff, impossible to mistake it from others.
Oh he’s about to hear some peak Strive music
This song take me to places bro.
I remember when this song first dropped, I was listening to this with a pair of headphones, played this over and over again for like two hours. Was like a religious experience.
Asuka's story is basically someone trying to stay optimistic after committing literally unquantifiable tragedies unintentionally.
Asuka is responsible for a war that resulted in the death of 80% of humanity.
Didn't notice the descending bass part at the solo before!! Wow this song just keeps on giving!!!
I love GG music but somehow I hadn’t heard this one before and now I gotta add it to my playlist. Same thing happened with Drift; I hadn’t REALLY listened to it until your video. Great stuff and thanks for introducing new stuff to me hahaha
It is true, the majority of my viewing experience is through mobile.
I think my viewing experience is around 28% desktop, 69% mobile, and 3% Teletubby.
finalllyyyyy let’s fucking go
Always love watching your videos because you pick out musical details I would never know or point out details I didn’t notice when I listen
Love these long reactions!
Awesome stuff, so deep, we appreciate all the long form stuff Tony
Asuka is very analytical. He has a tome that allows him to do basically anything with magic. He also cares really deeply for his friends. This causes him to accidentally make the gears, a race of superhumans that can't die and have incredible powers, and the gear commander, which together fight the human world in a battle called the crusades. At the end he understands that he made a mistake and tries to repent for it.
I love Asuka's story and it fits his theme very well.
I just adore that the near extinction of the human race in GG was because "local socially awkward scientist tries to save his best friends' relationship, causes Armageddon in the process."
Like, so much of the story would be truncated if he was just able to sit down with Sol after the gear surgery and say "Hey, I made you a gear so you'd live long enough to see Aria cured. We still cool?"
Dude i could listen to you disect guilty gear music for hours man,
I just recently got my first electric guitar, you and a lot of rock- ESPECIALLY guilty gear has inspired me throughout my life to pursue it on my own.
Keep up the amazing vids man❤
25:10 Yes, the game is as good as the music :]
Such a good review, you really drove my appreciation of the song way higher. I love it
Another GGS breakdown, THis is a good day
When i first listened to a Guilty Gear Song, i was like "Its crazy that they invested this much in a fighting game music, its so different from the others" so yeah, i can see your point in the end of the video, this is a album that got released with a game as a bonus for me. Now every game i play i pay way more attention to the soundtrack, before guilty gear i didn't notice that much
XD
It's been a bit of a running joke in the GG community for a while that Guilty Gear is Daisuke's album series and he decided to package a free fighting game with each one.
Honestly, this is not one of my favorite GGST tracks (matter of my own taste), but your reaction helped me to appreciate it more!
relateable
Please do Elphelt's theme "Extras" as well! Surprisingly, it's Strive's first vocal track not featuring Naoki or AISHA.
Elphelt is arguably, at least in my opinion, the most referential character of the entire cast; naturally her newest kawaii-metal (think BabyMetal/Poppy, roughly a nu-metal derivative I guess) inspired incarnation reflects this very well.
I'd suggest you at least listen to Marionette, her previous theme, once beforehand; not only is it a fantastic homage to Slash's (Guns 'n Roses/Velvet Revolver) sound, it's also jam-packed with musical references, among others, and specifically the one you'll miss, a throw back to Diva from an even older game which serves to acknowledge her heritage, so to say, and her sister Ramlethal.
Her new theme, and third design for that matter, continues this legacy; as she did with Diva in Marionette, Extras does with Marionette. More broadly, beyond the face value, her theme pays homage to the cultural melting pot that is kawaii-metal for a lack of better terms. Elphelt will reference One-Winged Angel (Sephiroth theme, Final Fantasy) and Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) in the same breath, akin to how the genre neatly blends Japanese idol culture and several flavours of metal.
Elphelt is my favourite character; I enjoy her easy to spot references, Appetite for Destruction is literally the first record I ever bought as a child, but it's the hidden depth that truly sets her apart for me. Her bridal motive subverts expectations, but only if you care to look past her seemingly shallow facade; I argue truly inline with November Rain, memorable for it's bridal motive yet actually about the burden of unrequited love.
Extras is her shedding this facade, she still archetypically seeks companionship but at the same time she also fully embraces herself through her solo career; she'll once again, true to herself, acknowledge Ram (Necessary Discrepancy), but this time around she's aiming way higher, invoking the "Songbird Supreme" and the "Queen of Soul" along the way, as she stands on her own and actually solo sings her own theme. From her new design to the fact her theme has a single vocalist, another masterclass in subverting expectations; metaphorically memorable for all the wrong reasons, in line with November Rain.
he wrote a short form response about elphelt... And I loved it
I’ve been waiting for this
Dude I need someone to show Daisuke your reactions because I'm getting Maximillian with FFVII vibes, you freaking LOVE Guilty Gear music and it's such a joy to watch these reactions and your breakdowns!!
I. Really want this too, cuz he went ham on those dlc character themes.
I wouldn't expect a big reaction from Daisuke, as he had a very small reaction when at Evo everyone was singing along to one of his themes, but maybe seeing a deep analysis like this would be different? i don't know
I'm sure you've had other people tell you this already, but the entirety of Guilty Gear really is a love letter to rock.
You may or may not ever experience the gameplay side of things, but this series is also sort of the Pink Floyd of fighting games, if that's a fair comparison: It's influence via direct audience is absolutely no joke, but it has had an IMMENSE impact on the people creating OTHER fighting games. Little pieces of Guilty Gear are all over the genre now, and I think that's awesome.
The longer the video about Guilty Gear OST - the better!
So the familiarity you hear that orchestra opening is somewhat similar to the swing rift at Happy Chaos theme, Drift. Drift and The Gravity have an excellent chemistry with each other given that their respective characters are teacher and apprentice. They’re almost foils to each other I’m not only structure and direction, but narratively as well given that they’re treating as opposing answers to the same question.
Peak GG song!
Been waiting for this one!!!
It was awesome 👌
i love how overwhelming it is
This character is very special for this game. He's a villain we have known about for over 20 years of Guilty Gear games, this is the first time he's actually playable, revelead to be more of an anti-hero. Very interesting guy.
He kinda commited a lot of war crimes just to get his two old friends back together after 200 years apart.
Dude yess, this is one of my favorites from guilty gear. Now if only Tony reacted to Love the Subhuman self...
i hated this song for a long time, but after you did this breakdown, now i love it! I was just ignorant of how strange and unique the riffs were, but they are quite amazing! Thank you for opening my eyes, this music is a truly experience. I love it.
also react to "Extras" pls it is a masterpiece
This man needs to just go for it and make a video for each song from strive, they're all so good.
Dawg, you did HC theme I didn't expect you do another, especially this one so soon. This one is so fucking good. The lore masters already hit you with the meaning. At this point I just wait for the new characters of the season for the song. Gotta do Baiken's theme next I guess.
I already loved this song. But your analysis really brought to light elements I didn't even catch so its even better.
If you want to compare Guilty Gear's OST to anything, then it should he Queen. The series has dozens of references to it (The MC is named Frederick Bulsara, A.K.A. Badguy) and Daisuke was very open about it being one of the major inspirations for him
Interesting. That's not what I hear but everyone's ears are different
@@DrumRollTonyReacts It's mostlg structurally I think, with a lot of themes having a kind of rock opera ending and generally lots of changing time signatures
@@OccuredJakub12 I guess I would need to hear the examples of Queen songs that sound like this track to know. I am way more familiar with Metallica and Alice in Chains than Queen for all the similarities I have heard.
@@DrumRollTonyReacts You'll hear a lot of Queen's influence in the older game, GG Xrd Rev 2,. Songs like Freesia and Icarus definitely have that rock opera feel.
@@Kunbuns
Yeah, Xrd and XX you can hear it more. With Strive, Daisuke went off on a lot of his own tangents.
Putting in a suggestion for Baiken or Faust, next (mirror of the world / alone infection, respectively)
I'm really waiting for your reaction to Mirror of the World and Extras, and I'll be especially interested to see your reaction to the second song. Those songs are incredible.
message for the machine! super worth a watch
I think this song is a masterpiece. It's so unique! I love Guilty Gear, it's a ton of fun.
In response to your little tangent at the end: yes, the game itself is very good. However, one complaint many people have is that the length of the matches is generally much shorter than the length of a song. An infamous example of this is the song “Mirror of the World” which has a minute-long intro that’s very mellow, which can be underwhelming if you’re expecting the music to pump you up during the fight.
There’s also some really good endings for some songs that you will likely never hear in a match, like in “Let Me Carve Your Way”. It’s actually a bit sad that some people might only hear 2-3 minutes of some songs unless they specifically seek them out elsewhere.
The best thing is that once you're done analysing the music, theres just as much lore and how it matches the character theme to go with it! Truly peak Guilty Gear this is!
This is easily tied for my favorite Guilty gear song, rught up there with Love the subhuman self. It just gives me everything i want and more from a piece of music.
Whats even crazier is that this is just background music for the game, Daisuke just loves this series too much to make "just fighting game background music" and I love it
I would love love love love a reaction to the opening for the third season of 'The World God Only Knows', song titled 'Secrets of the Goddesses'. It's pretty obscure nowadays but the song is genuinely soooo good, so many key changes, tempo changes, and time signature changes, each section feels so unique
The bassline imo sounded like primus at some moments
9:40 funnily enough, I usually hear more details when I hear music through a speaker. Which I rarely do because lmao who ever does that.
one of the common sayings about guilty gear is that you're buy an album, but the game comes as a bonus
man the visuals i. Guilty Gear do not disappoint i’ll tell you that
Idk if it's just me but the intro to The Gravity reminds me of the beginning of Dream Theater's "The Alien".
Thanks, awseome
16:29 FUZZY
You should do Free Bird, Blight, or Refrain of Memory from Haibane Renmei.
I love the way you take apart the song and reflect on it. I absolutely adore the Guilty Gear Strive soundtrack, but, while I enjoy the Gravity, I didn't quite vibe with it as I did with some of the other DLC soundtracks, especially Mirror of the World, so I decided to watch your video, to have a more in depth perspective of the song, and I now have a newfound appreciation for it. Thank you. ^^
Im not sure how often/if you take suggestions from the comments, but id love to see youre thoughts/analysis of music from Splatoon! Id recommend Ska Blam by Yoko and The Golden Bazookas.
Praise our Lord and Savior of the FGC lord Daisuke
I would love if you did "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts which is the OP for Season 2 of Mashle
i saw your made in abyss videos, check out Irregular God, from Kevin Penkin, sounds amazing
OMG Tony you should react to Everything I Lost from Bleach. you liked the last Bleach song a ton. It's way calmer than most of the stuff you usually post but it's still really cool for a character's battle theme.
Guilty Gear = Greats Songs
Song I’d like to recommend for him to listen too:
Extras, Requiem, and Mirror of The World
This song’s too good.
Anyone recommend him to listen to carve your one way yet?
It's amazing, in the top 3 Guilty Gear Strive songs for me. Highly recommend "Let Me Carve Your Way"
That bass at 14:54 is SEXY dang
Asuka is a man with far too much power in his hands who tried to do right by his friends on many occasions, which back fired spectacularly, he was the main villain of the series until the last game, as all the choices he had to contend with were horrible in the first place, he learned magic from the man that will later become the Omnipotent trickster God that is Happy Chaos when magic was starting to replace traditional technology, having access to that much power, he tried to save his friend Aria from a desease and ended up turning her and her husband Frederick into the Gears (Kaijus basically) Justice and Sol Badguy, Justice would make it so the entire population of Japan would turn into Gears, levelling the entire world, so in one of the most crucial moments of the series, Asuka took control of Justice and used her to blow up the entirety of Japan off the face of the Earth.
I know its not your focus in the songs, but I would always like to hear your thoughts if any lyrics stick out to you in context of the feel of the song, thats how I enjoy them the most
Keep doing what you do. The algorithm conditions the audience more than the audience shapes the algorithm. The only way to break the machine learning cycle is to ignore it.
You have to do some Code Geass opening Tony, it is just one of the best animes of all time!
react to mashle's season two opening next!
y'all are giving him the weirder songs huh
not complaining, this is good