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one of the weirdest things about returning to this soundtrack as a classical musician is realising how heavily it was inspired by russian orthodox chant.

@celstymonoss

Жыл бұрын

interesting, could you share us some examples?

@miorioff

Жыл бұрын

I'm also interested in how a professional musician views these songs. They are so unique

@Mousy677

Жыл бұрын

@@celstymonoss I'm mostly thinking of Rachmanninov's All-Night Vigil Service!

@blara2401

10 ай бұрын

@@Mousy677 You have no idea how happy that makes me as both a Rachmanninov _and_ EXA_PICO fanboy.

@ben-taobeneton3945

10 ай бұрын

@@Mousy677 i heard someone mentioned befored that this was inspired by Rachmanninov. That makes me happy!

I`m absolutely in love with this game`s soundtrack

@thaeros

6 жыл бұрын

I discover Akiko shikata from the first one lol she do one " singing" voice in each of the 3 game (Misha in the first, cloche in the second ans saki in the third so yes it's her here)!

You've improved my life for basically 10 years thanks to uploading this video thanks

Never in my life have i ever expierinced anything like that 2nd swell/drop. This is the most bombastic piece of music i have ever had the pleasure to listen to. If i go deaf because of blasting this it will have been worth it.

Akiko Shikata sings this song and has many others like it so should check her out. Also Yuki Kajiura is pretty awesome when it comes to this kind of music since she composes most of them with her own created language. The NieR game had a good soundtrack as well.

This sounds so beautiful. Akiko Shikata is a genius with hymnos.

Well, as for artists, there's Shikata Akiko, Shimotsuki Haruka, Suara, Yanagi Nagi, Kokia, Rurutia, Origa and Itou Kanako. Many of the Tales of series games have music like this, so does Ar Tonelico, and many doujin artists do music similar to this song for series like Umineko no Naku Koro ni. As someone else mentioned, the Nier soundtrack is similar to this one. I know this is a late comment, but I hope it helps all the same!!

@atomlight5568

9 ай бұрын

"I know this is a late comment..." MEANWHILE 10 YEARS LATER... *me reading the comment XD*

@mirumizure

7 ай бұрын

I would also like to add to check artists like kaoling (Kaori Ohkoshi), and the ground Alstroemeria/WAVE (Morrigan and Lily's group)

People keep asking what language this is, without the ability to reply to them... The language is Hymmnos. It's a language made up for the Ar Tonelico game series. The glyphs themselves are an English cipher, so each character correlates to an English character, which is then used as a basis to pronounce it. However, the grammar and the words it actually translates into are completely different from English. For example, the first three words in about half of the Hymmnos lyrics are an expression of emotion, which is a standard part of Hymmnos speech. If it doesn't have Hymmnos glyphs, then it's in Japanese, with no Japanese characters written.

@aquagondrag

9 жыл бұрын

Part of the lyrics is also in Ar Ciela, which has nothing in common with Hymmnos when it comes to structure or pronunciation.

@Alusnovalotus

8 жыл бұрын

+AusSP Yes. they have roots and structure from latin, Sanskrit, um.... japanese and i forget the last language. they melded these into a language that can be sung. they use emotional sound to describe tone. like when we in english make a strong remark or a question by inflecting the words.

@aquagondrag

8 жыл бұрын

I think you are confusing Hymmnos with Carmena Foreluna and Ar Ciela, and you don't know how these two languages work. They have absolutely nothing in common with the Standard Hymmnos grammar, as they don't have a set vocabulary and instead give each letter a specific meaning, with letter combinations translating into whole phrases. Ar Ciela goes even farther due to the fact that the meanings for its letters depend on the frequency used in their pronunciation, and anyway, it's unusable by humans and Reyvateils because they can only hear and emit sounds of a frequency band up to 20000 KHz, when Ar Ciela can reach up to the 600000 KHz band.

@Alusnovalotus

8 жыл бұрын

+aquagon_drag .... oh i'm sorry LADY SHURELIA. How silly of me. when you graduate from Hymnos school and can teach it... lemme know. or at least when you can compose something on this scale.

@aquagondrag

8 жыл бұрын

+alus nova And lemme know when you can read who is the one who made the translations for the songs and wrote the English grammar guides and dictionaries for all the languages from the universe of these games. You obviously haven't realized it at all. Plus, you getting offended over getting a misconception corrected speaks very negatively about you as a person.

WAS YEA RA!

13 years... And i return here every month to hear this. Thanks

This is the best Hymmnos ever. I can feel my heart crying while listening to this song.

God...the songs are so deep. So so deep. Especially when you think about what's going on in the game at the time. Just amazing.

Man no matter how many year comes i still find my way back to artonelico musicc especially toki no suna

"I can feel this world's sadness. I want to protect my precious you." Me too... Feel this world's sadness... And want to protect...My precious...You...

Transcripting songs like this can be a royal pain - I commend you for tackling this, and so well, too! That said, this song is my new favorite - it's like a lovechild between Misha's Purger, Mir's Harmonius and a bit of Frelia's Hibernation. The first part is what really pulls me in, it truly sounds like a hymn being sung. The second part has the same kind of oomph that Misha's Purger sends out. Awesome song!

this is beautiful i love this hymmnos it gives me a wierd feeling

Why is this song so good

@thaeros

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe because " akiko shikata"?lol

@onyx9943

5 жыл бұрын

The bass is addictive... The composer is an absolute genius...

@Soren59

4 жыл бұрын

Akiko Shikata

thank you very much! I'll make sure to see what they've got as well ;D thanks again

Beautiful

I had no idea you did this one, Myra! :D Thank you, thank you, thank you! It's a toss-up which one I like more, this one more METHOD_METAFALICA/.

We need a new ar tonelico!

Love it!!! so soothing!! >3

One damn amazing song !

OMG! this is the most beautiful song i've ever heard! * [] *

The music is fantastic.

THIS GREAT MUSIC EVER

Amazing.

Best song ever

Thanks. Now I feel the sudden urge to order all the OSTs.

Which is precisely why I put that comment. Some have begun classifying Shikata as a darkwave artist, but I couldn't disagree anymore, as with the exception of a few, her songs, either from Ar tonelico, Ciel Nosurge or from her own independent albums; don't sound disturbing or dark enough for them to fall into that classification, and the same goes for the lyrics.

Thank you :)

Just picked up this game for the second time and I can't wait to get on with it make remasters we need em not want em

I can feel the sadness of this song

What a banger

If this trilogy doesn't release on the Switch before the end of its lifespan, I'm gonna cry pools... I've never played a single game in the series, but I can tell by the soundtrack a lot of love was put into the games.

@vDorgengoa

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you get the chance to play these gems!

@faidou9954

4 жыл бұрын

@@vDorgengoa So far, these games are only available on the PS2-PS3 respectably, so I highky doubt it. At least I can play Ar No Surge on the PS Vita.

@vDorgengoa

4 жыл бұрын

@@faidou9954 I recently bought that and its currently unopened in my room. I've played the ps2 (1 & 2). And 3 on the ps3. I enjoyed them quite a bit (never got to finish 2 because of a glitch). There is a current rumor that the PS5 may support backplay as far back as the ps1. Slim chance but the percentage isn't zero....

@diagtot8310

4 жыл бұрын

looks like surge concerto dx will come to switch (switch/ps4 my guess, tho need to change something within ciel nosurge), hopefully COMPLETE in the west this time:/ ar tonelico trilogy probably has the same problem like xenosaga... gust is with kt, banpresto with bamco; bamco probably has something to say within their rights for a re-release :(

@faidou9954

4 жыл бұрын

@@diagtot8310 Funny, I was just listening to EXShpere and I got this piece of news.

Was rea ya... Was rea ya... Was rea ya... great now this part is stuck in my head. Nice song!

I just love this song above others

I was playing a mobile game called World Flipper (a pinball gacha rpg) and World 5 of the campaign gave me major Ar Tonelico vibes. As soon as I finished the final boss I knew I needed to come listen to this OST again!

@Copperdragon12 Unfortunately once the video is done there's no changing it =P

Akiko Shikata's music is wonderful ^o^

The Ar Ciela is even crazier than regular hymmnos. Take the first line: Sawul fffam tecasa sssy, it's actually: (wish)-(power)-(mind)-(hatred)-(you) (convey)x3-(power)-(compassion) (self)-(love)-(change)-(power)-(wish)-(power) (wish)x3-(light) Parse that in your head however you will, that's all this means. you would need a decent poem to say that in english mind = blown

@DAmaterasa

5 жыл бұрын

To the powerful wish of your hateful mind, I want to strongly convey the power of compassion, give me power to fulfill my strong wish to change selfish love, I am always wishing for light (lol I tried)

@audrey_belrose

4 жыл бұрын

^ when you are creating a conlang and too lazy to make a lexicon for it

@missdeona Maybe eventually, but as of now I don't have much time to be doing much video making =)

I went here after hearing Vtubers cover Phasmagoria. Now I wonder why I never knew this game when it's JRPG with music as an integral part of the lore. Oh right. PS2 to PS3. That's the gen I skipped in gaming all because haha, living in a (poor) developing country.

@suiryuukishi I learned something today.. haha =D Thanks for the explanation!

I have looked up both ethereal darkwave and neoclassical darkwave songs, and they sound nothing like the songs we get from Akiko Shikata and KOKIA for example. I daresay this is it's own genre, and it needs more artists following it.

@getlost8027

7 жыл бұрын

I'd say the Hymmnos Concerts draw more from progressive rock with a more modern flair. A lot of parallels can be drawn to Magma (constructed language, complicated arrangements, chorus), but the two only sound similarly on particular songs; Magma's too far in the past to be much more than an inspiration.

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww is cute makes me wanna cry

i don't what language is this but i know that i'm freaking love with this language

@panther1313

8 жыл бұрын

Some of it is Japanese, the rest is Hymmnos, a language made specifically for the Ar Tonelico game series

@truebitoy1597

8 жыл бұрын

It's Hymmnos

@terraclaiborne2088

7 жыл бұрын

orso pitt Hymnos language, Ar Ciela dialect.

@ichan4215

7 жыл бұрын

is Surge Concerto the second one?? my Hymmnos knowledge is pretty rusty.

@aquagondrag

7 жыл бұрын

Ar Ciela is an entirely separate language. Also, in this case is Standard Hymmnos with Carmena Foreluna.

I still have them TwT I kinda want to replay lol

Wow, tis truely a FLIP hummn -- no matter how many times I listen to it, it always evokes a powerful Feeling. Can you do a EXEC_DESPEDIA/., please? Always wanted to see it in English...

Ah, 2:06 still a delight to hear.

Like I said, ASSUME. And if you look at it, yes, it is. It's a lot like Pastalia, and actually read this: Pastalia is a mainly emotional dialect that uses sound to express what Hymmnos does in words, with very few words that can be spoken. Ar Ciela does the very same thing, which is why, corrupted, it can translate out to Pastalia, though this probably was not intended. And I did not say it was a corruption of Hymmnos itself, just of what Hymmnos is - computer code, essentially.

I'm rather surprised all 3 games made it to the USA

@michaelbieniewicz-valada4957

9 жыл бұрын

We're up to 4 of the 5 games now. So your surprise is warranted. the 4th title Ciel nosurge was (before this October's complete Offline release) an episodic, almost entirely online title that had no chance of making it to localization. That we got Ar nosurge (5) without it, since there's actually data transfer between the two, was rather insulting.

@vDorgengoa

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbieniewicz-valada4957 Ar Tonelico 1,2,3 Ar Nosurge.... and?

@AlanTalker

4 жыл бұрын

@@vDorgengoa, Ciel Nosuruge before ar Nosuruge.

@vDorgengoa

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlanTalker Oh, thanks lol. I was still searching.

@AlanTalker

4 жыл бұрын

@@vDorgengoa my pleasure, Michael Bieniewicz explain what happened with this game in his first answer. 😊

I love this song! I listen to it almost constantly. If anyone asks, the language is made up, but sounds alot like Gaelic.

More songs, please? and a game or two wouldn't be bad either ;3

Raditz: So in this world, nudity makes you stronger!

@vDorgengoa

4 жыл бұрын

.......yes.

@baqikenny

3 жыл бұрын

why do I read in krelin's voice

AR Tonelico 1 has a great music and great story and great character. 2-the song is not as good as the 1st but the story made up for it that the ending tells a forshadow of the 3rd. the 3rd lacks song magic usage but wins in terms of hymnos

👏👏👏👏

Hymmnos

Can this even be sang without pre-recording and putting it all together? There is like no room for breathing lol~

@deaththekid922

9 жыл бұрын

Shin Eris or , do what i did to sing fast japanese songs , make very fast breathing breaks (if you manage to breathe in enough Air in just one quick Gasp like "hah" like Sound it should be fast enough

@deaththekid922

9 жыл бұрын

Minene Uryuu922 (previously deaththekid922) 2:24 at the "ra" for example you have enough time for a short breathe

@TaggXero

8 жыл бұрын

Well, Shikata Akiko does the vocals. Knowing her about 200 individual voice recordings are inside this 1 song. So no, I think you need a second or third person for the vocals if you want to do this.

@pandorapartita3900

7 жыл бұрын

Minene Uryuu922 I PC Masterrace I

@IcePrincessZeroK

6 жыл бұрын

The 200 tracks aren't because of the breathing room or lack thereof but because there are simultaeneous vocals in the song. All over the place.

If we can even call this specific Darkwave to begin with. The song and its lyrics have a too brighter atmosphere for that.

You should check up the other albums made by the singer/composer (Akiko Shikata) and by Haruka Shimotsuki, as they both have several songs similar to this one in style.

Shikata Akiko

It isn't using New Testament of Pastalie, but a corrupted version of the Ar Ciela language. You can check up the Hymmnoserver and see that none of the lyric parts in Ar Ciela have Pastalie-recognizable words.

It's a Flip song, which means it's going to have some odd function calls in it.

@calmegard94 Hymnos were pretty much made for just this game. Do a search for "hymnos conlang" and you ought to find some more details about it, up to grammer structure and words.

some of the lyrics in the beginning suppose to be Ar Ciela, not in hymmnos.

Agreed with the anime part, but as for a fourth one, unless it's a prequel or an adaptation of the post-game novels, it would feel as unnecessarily extending the series.

All you need is Shikata Akiko.

It's "Hoshimeguri no Uta", or "Song of the Revolving Star".

All of the hymnos can be tied to things in reality just as strong as what they were in game depending on the perspective of the listener. This one (and this version in particular), for example, is awesome for faith strengthening.

Also Ar Ceila, and corrupted Ar Ciela which by some fluke translates out to semi-coherent Pastalia if you remove what doesn't translate at all.

I know you said i was not perfect but one thing, if you can change it, is that some of the hymmnos is in the ar ciela font i think and not the original hymmnos.

I said I wasn't gonna bother. Oh, well. I will never learn.

METHOD_ is only used for 3rd generation and IPD hymns. EXEC_ is used for the B type and Origin hymns.

Other songs as in...? More hymmnos songs? Game music with lots of vocals?

just search Ar tonelico 3 music. ur sure to find some you like

Hmmm the Hymnos in the third version has a different flavor and even spelling than In the first. I’m still struggling to read the original hymnos from there!!!

Which in itself is a corruption of Hymmnos, inasfar as what Hymmnos actually is - programming language, essentially. It's apparently what you'd hear if you took the messages going from Tower to Reyvateil and lowered it. A lot. And modified it so it could be made by human throats. Essentially it's Hymmnos transmission made audible song. Apparently. And even then you only hear part of it because of the limitation of human ears. I'd assume Reyvateils can hear and understand all of it.

アル・シエラ言語だぞ！？

where i can download this? ><

I'm wondering why you used Standard Central Note font for the Carmena Forluna instead of the Ar Ciela font.

I haven't played a single Ar Tonelico Game but the Soundtrack is just awesome. Are the games any good?

@ThePsychoGamer

9 жыл бұрын

Depends on on the game, Ar Tonelico 1 was for the most part generic, Ar Tonelico 2 was really good, hell I'd go so far as to say one of the best JRPG's on the PS2, Ar Tonelico Qoga was shit, (Really a shame because IMO Ar Tonelico Qoga had the best soundtrack of the series) And Ar No Surge was pretty good.

@aquagondrag

9 жыл бұрын

ThePsychoGamer 1 wasn't generic and 3 wasn't shit.

@louderthenvisual

9 жыл бұрын

***** THANK YOU, 3 was very good in imo : ) I like Saki, after all, 3 to me was really what a JRPG was! XD

@kidaf

9 жыл бұрын

***** I wouldn't say 3 was shit, but it definitely pales in comparison to 2. 2 was just too good - the only game in the series that I have beaten every route. 3's battle system was boring, story was meh, and didn't have a satisfying ending to bring the series to the end. 3 had a good soundtrack, but I really like the soundtrack from Ar Nosurge also. Ciel Nosurge is pretty good too, but I wonder why they don't brother bringing the offline version over...

@aquagondrag

9 жыл бұрын

kidaf I beg to disagree: while I concur that 3's battle system wasn't good due to lacking in execution, the ending was very well done and shows that everyone from it and from the previous two games will have a chance for a happy future, and the story was pretty good too, even if it doesn't quite reach the same heights the stories for AT2 and Ar nosurge did. And comparing it to AT2 is kinda a disservice to it, as expecting a sequel to be greater than its predecessors is sure to end up in disappointment As for Ciel nosurge, I'm playing through it right now, and unfortunately the game is too niche for this side of the ocean: when you're not interacting with Ion for synthesizing items, dating her or merely watching over her as she does her daily routine, you're making and customizing Sharls, making them repair broken memory points, and watching the VN sequences that are the restored memories. Plus, every single line in the interaction and VN segments is voiced, and the game has an amount of text capable of putting both Ar nosurge and AT2 to shame. And while it'd be good to have the first part of the Surge Concerto story available in English, it still defeats the purpose to not have a server set up here because the SekaiLink can't be performed without it: synchronizing the Micro Quasar's state, and sending over the plugins and story progress to change Ion's dialogues still require a connection to Gust's servers in Offline. And since the connection functions were already removed from Ar nosurge PS3, we're ultimately still screwed on that front.

It's due to using a corrupted version of the Ar Ciela language. And additionally, it don't see how it resembles the New Testament of Pastalie in any way.

Look up the soundtrack of NIER. That's all I can think of now.

2:50

There's something I've ben wondering about and I couldn't find a valid source... Is the Hymmnos language fictional and just made up for a game or did shamans use it to express their feelings though songs? I've twisted everything up so much that I don't have a clue anymore >__ Thanks :3

If you means epic music, try chouwa no oto from kokia,

Those words in the middle is what word font?

emm... I mean some part of the song :)

Sorry, I don't mean to sound like a dummy, but can anyone recommend any other songs like this? I've just discovered this type of music and would like to find more like it. Please help me out ;P

This song gives me them D.Gray man Season 3 OP vibes. Literaly! It's quite mysterious and I would say dark too but filled with hope and emotion. Impressive! I'm curious is there anyone on the world who has learned or learning this language by fun? 😀

You need to know what are this songs first,play Ar tonelico or search for it first.

2:08

@AlejandraMColon

4 жыл бұрын

2:07

What language is this

who played the violin in this music?

@aquagondrag

7 жыл бұрын

Akihisa Tsuboy, widely known as one of the best violinists.

@getlost8027

7 жыл бұрын

As Aquagon said. I know he's worked with Yasunori Mitsuda on some game's soundtrack. His own band is called KBB; caught them at a music festival and they were stellar.

Why the lyric of this song is like the song with METHOD prefix but with EXEC instead?

What language is this in?(I don't even know the game! ^^;)

So, is this game any good? I played the first and second ones ages ago, and enjoyed them quite a bit.

@hollows3829

Жыл бұрын

The third one is the end of the trilogy. Basically you also get to meet a character or two from the first and second ones. Its good in general if you're a fan of the series

@Ildskalli

Жыл бұрын

@@hollows3829 That's great to know, thanks!