Song mentioned in this video; Dimmu Borgir - Sympozium kzread.info/dash/bejne/c6Oh0cWQobu_hLg.html

@seekittycat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the rec!

@YamiGenesis

2 жыл бұрын

wow. that sounds alot like it.

@sebaschanable

2 жыл бұрын

This was fun and hope you do more like Lady Maria(the hunter in the picture) and I fuckin LOVE Dimmu!

@cat_and_cabbage4662

2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Boar Gear

@_lost_paradise5089

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You for a new favorite band

"wherever this is taking place, I dont want to be there." Correct.

@koenverrijt1493

2 жыл бұрын

even the people who were there don't want to be there

@theunholygamer6474

2 жыл бұрын

Pain , but amazing challenging 👌👌

@onceuponarevenant9409

Жыл бұрын

@@koenverrijt1493 Who wants to be in a world that fuses Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Howard Phillips Lovecraft's narration style? Unlike Deadspace or Resident Evil where you die instantly, this one will set asunder your will to live combined with impending death that never comes.

@myaimistrashgaming5175

Жыл бұрын

*ludwig aggressively screeches from across the room*

@SJ-di5zu

Жыл бұрын

You don’t want to be trapped in a grand room with a 1 foot pool of blood, corpses littered everywhere, and a giant screaming monster with eyes inside its mouth?

"Is this the final boss?" Actually he's the first boss of the DLC, this is how the DLC starts you off and its amazing.

@latinkingzgl

2 жыл бұрын

From firing on all cycles. Bloodborne is so well refined game/music and all. They say Eldin Ring is the current highest point, but gosh Miyazaki just gets better. Imagine what could be next. You cant. I cant. But he WILL. God tier OSTs and games

@ThaPugster

2 жыл бұрын

@@saladfrog lost GOTY to witcher, a mediocre game imo

@AnriHarper

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThaPugster agreed. I’ve tried getting into it. I wanted to get into it. But I got 6 hours in, and the only thought I had was “when do I start having fun?”

@SomeKrieger

2 жыл бұрын

Genshin Impact is the game that starts you in the kiddy pool and then moves you to the slightly deeper end of the kiddy pool. Bloodborne just throws you into the ocean.

@nicholasmills3469

2 жыл бұрын

@@SomeKrieger why the hell you talking about Genshin

This track does an amazing job of reflecting the state of the fight. In the beginning, you fight this horrifying abomination, so many limbs and faces that it can be hard to tell what you are even looking at. The beast lumbers and lurches at you, and the track lurches with him, having a heavy, plodding energy. But if you look carefully, you can see a sword on the monster's back. Halfway through the fight, the sword gets knocked off, and the monster sees it, and remembers. Remembers that he was once a man. A warrior. A _knight._ And so he picks up his sword, and suddenly, his countenance changes. Though he is still in the form of a beast, he begins to carry himself like a man. Swing his sword like a man. Fight you like a man. And the music instantly becomes more organized, more energized, more dangerous and powerful than ever. Cursed to roam as a beast, Ludwig spends his final moments fighting as a man, one final time. A man in the grips of madness, a man who lost it all... but a man, nonetheless.

@sablemae8853

2 жыл бұрын

There's alot of heroic vibes in the 2nd phase. It really seperates itself from the first half

@yourebreathingmanuallynow3944

2 жыл бұрын

Cannot be described any better well done

@RX0_GundamUnicorn

2 жыл бұрын

There's also the bonus damage of serrated weapons again beasts dissapearing after the transition to phase 2 indicating you're no longer fighting a beast but a man, a beastly man but a man nonetheless

@emeraldknight2820

2 жыл бұрын

The best description for this track and fight I have ever heard.

@poeethics9331

2 жыл бұрын

I love his backstory...it makes that fight all the more impactful with just a feeling of tragic circumstances.

Every From Software fan went bonkers when Ludwig pulled out the Moonlight Greatsword in the second phase.

@for_the_lore5567

2 жыл бұрын

In more than one way lol

@PinkFluffyAlex

2 жыл бұрын

Oh fuck, that's a moonlight greatsword. OH FUCK, THAT'S A MOONLIGHT GREATSWORD!

@windbrush

2 жыл бұрын

"Ah, you were by my side all along... My true mentor... My guiding moonlight."

@svenbernhagen6320

2 жыл бұрын

@@PinkFluffyAlex exactly

@normanderi

2 жыл бұрын

We went bonker with all of bloodborne, seriously but that scene and then the music goes to fucking 20

Ludwig is a horse/person/eldritch abomination thing that is actually the first boss of the Bloodborne DLC.

@hexaanon1284

2 жыл бұрын

He also had a reputation for causing refunds

@StugPrimeEnjoyer

2 жыл бұрын

@@hexaanon1284 Not because he's bad, but because he's just better than you.

@Dave_ja_vu

2 жыл бұрын

@@hexaanon1284 I refuse to believe this. To get to the dlc in the first place takes some work and by then people are very aware of what bloodborne is about. I'm guessing you're mistaking this for Father Gascoigne or maybe even Cleric Beast which would be the the first boss in the game.

@melanch0lycat5393

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dave_ja_vu Nah, they're talking about this Ludwig. It's not about not knowing what the game is about, it's the sheer difficulty. It's definetely just some random rumour though because outside of stray comments like this and a line from a review by Max0r, I haven't seen anything else about it.

@MaxinRudy

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dave_ja_vu Ludwig and Orphan are way more dificult than the entire bloodborne boss lineup (including defiled amygdala). I was stuck on Ludwig for 2 days, and I pretty much killed all the other bosses in 5 try tops on the rest of the game. Orphan took me 3 days. Living failures and Maria were easy to me though.

"It has one-winged angel vibes." I would rather say multi-legged horse.

@ellezim8136

2 жыл бұрын

Juxtaposed to a 1 legged horse

@spinerflame7922

2 жыл бұрын

All horses have multiple legs. Silly goose

@jacoboddie5364

2 жыл бұрын

@@spinerflame7922 most*

@SheepyPanda95

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacoboddie5364 *SOME*

@Steven-xz5xt

Жыл бұрын

Horse with suspicious amount of limbs? Hwsaol for short.

"I feel like spiraling to my death" every Bloodborne player: "We know, we know"

@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039

Жыл бұрын

:Roll roll roll oh shit out of stamina, Shit the boss hits so hard, let me heal, shit he hitted me again, roll roll FUCK, ok now lemme attac- BRUH HOW DID THAT HIT ME? Ok lemme roll and heal real quick, IM OUT OF FLASKS?(or vials in bloodborne, tears on elden ring) No no no no please lemme just- and i died again" -Many souls (and Fromsoft game) players

@JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT

Жыл бұрын

Ludwig himself in his head:

@NOVABBX

9 ай бұрын

@@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039 malenia in a nutshell

@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039

9 ай бұрын

@@NOVABBX if that was malenia you would been dead already first hit

This was composed by Nobuyoshi Suzuki. Not much is known about this composer. Bloodborne is his first recorded video game composition, and he only composed like 3 tracks for the game including this. Another game he composed for is Dark Souls 3 where he composed only _one_ track. These are the only games the composed for. Another game he worked on is Super Mario Odyssey where he wrote some lyrics. That's pretty much all we know about him and we haven't heard from him in terms of video game composition since then.

@youtubeisdead1858

2 жыл бұрын

So you're saying he is literally - Appears on the team - Composes only three of the most amazing bloodborne tracks - Refuses to elaborate - Disappears

@LightKeyDarkBlade

2 жыл бұрын

@@youtubeisdead1858 Pretty much. Apparently, he joined FromSoftware around 2013 and worked on Bloodborne and DS3. Then, he joined Nintendo around 2015 and has been working there since.

@Pascll

2 жыл бұрын

what else did he compose in bloodborne, and what did he compose in dark souls 3?

@LightKeyDarkBlade

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pascll The One Reborn and Living Failures in Bloodborne. For DS3, Deacons of the Deep was composed by him. You'll notice that his 3 tracks in Bloodborne have pretty similar styles, while Deacons of the Deep sounds different from them(seems to be imitating Kitamura's musical style).

@Pascll

2 жыл бұрын

@@LightKeyDarkBlade thanks for the info. living failures and deacons are incredible tracks, so that makes sense.

"wherever this is taking place, I don't want to be there" this is absolutely hilarious given the fact that the area you fight in has the charming name of "underground corpse pile".

And then after the battle is over, Ludwig's deformed severed head lays in the pool of blood, still alive and delirious. If you approach him while wearing the garb of somebody from the Healing Church to whom he served, he will have a moment of lucidity and beg you to know if the Hunters that he trained are the honorable warriors he had hoped. And you, knowing full well that his Hunters are all maddened blood addled fiends or have succumbed to the beast within themselves, may lie to him and assure him that they are, to give that poor denigrated hero a peaceful dream.

Dude when you said it sounds like a spiral I actually shouted. I've always pictured it as a mad ballroom dance when that part kicks in.

@umbradens6129

2 жыл бұрын

it's a mad waltz that was definitely the mood it was meant to inspire good catch

@Rogue.Rainbow

2 жыл бұрын

I’m picturing an amazing duel to the death, blood flying around the area as Ludwig slashes and slams his sword into the blood drenched floors all while the camera circles the holy blade and the hunter.

The first half of the ost is when we find ludwig, an old hunter and a legend in his worst taste, mutated and turned into a monstruosity, ludwig the accursed, but when he reaches his humanity during the battle, he turns from a moster to his former self, to the holy blade

@Felipemelazzi

2 жыл бұрын

And he then proceeds to kick our asses until we get used to his mighty sword attacks

Listening to this i'm getting PTSD from all the times the boss jumped onto the ceiling and then crushed me to death. Good times.... good times.

@davmanalang6566

2 жыл бұрын

Same vibe. Imagine looking above this 10 foot horse, spider, centour that is already decaying from flesh out to bones, that will land to you're face...😅

@salutations6370

2 жыл бұрын

Such a bullshit but amazing boss fight

@grimm_satisfaction1292

Жыл бұрын

@@davmanalang6566 He is much, much, MUCH larger than a mere 10ft... 😂

Shall we paint a picture of this scene? This battle takes place in the most horrific place imaginable. A large but dark chamber with blood pooled thick on the floor and mountains of dead bodies on the sides. Ludwig himself is a horrific sight. A massive monster with too many legs. His head looks like that of a horse and a human fused together. He has another mouth filled with eyes. He screams constantly. Shrill, piercing but also agonizing. The second half of the fight - Ludwig regains some of his lost sanity. He's still a monstrous creature but stands tall and wields his sword the way a knight would.

@leonrussell9607

2 жыл бұрын

How did ludwig wield the sword when he was human though? The sword is gigantic

@SkyBlueMistGhost

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonrussell9607 an excellent question! That I do not know the answer to. Magic? I mean.. the sword kinda has a consciousness so maybe it magically adapts to its wielder.

@maa-honey7979

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonrussell9607 the same way we as Hunters wield it. It resizes to the user.

@smiley4995

2 жыл бұрын

Also his weaknesses change, since he is no longer considered a beast in his second phase but rather a man.

@Zejoant

2 ай бұрын

Tbf the whole game is just so dark, gritty and horrific that i didnt even think about how the boss room looked

I’m not big on orchestral stuff (I know... I’m so pedestrian).... but some of the songs on this OST are the best things I’ve ever heard. This track being my favorite. I always felt that spiral feeling too. I also love that in this fight, Ludwig pulls out a weapon called the Moonlight Sword. _Ludwig_ pulls out a weapon called _Moonlight._ Ludwig. Ludwig van Beethoven. Moonlight Sonata 🤯

@JessesAuditorium

2 жыл бұрын

Ok that's awesome. Didn't know that

@whyareyouhere6274

Жыл бұрын

The Moonlight Greatsword, not only fitting with Ludwig, is also a weapon EVERYONE playing any FromSoft game will remember. This is its best presentation yet

@E-A-Z-Y

8 ай бұрын

@@whyareyouhere6274I’d started with Sekiro, then Bloodborne so it held no meaning to me 😔

@whyareyouhere6274

8 ай бұрын

@@E-A-Z-Y that's a RIP with a question mark right there.

@Zejoant

2 ай бұрын

Same

"Is he the final boss?" Oh Jesse, dear baby. He's the FIRST boss of the stretch of content that he's featured in!

@trevorveillette8415

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly wish lady maria was the final boss. She's the cover image of the dlc, has the most swag out of any bloodsouls boss. Is completely simpable due to her waifu potential in the souls series. And she's just plain badass. She's like, the exact kind of fighter you think of when you think of a badass swordswoman. Then boom, blood magic using her own blood. Really it's her swag ass demeanor through the fight that sells it the most. Slow walk humanoid bosses are the best. They're just chilling. And they fuck your shit sideways with such a casual saunter towards you.

@SolProxy

2 жыл бұрын

@@trevorveillette8415 And then I beat her ass on my second try. She shouldn't be the final boss for lore reasons anyway, since she's dead and has been relegated to guard dog duty to protect the secret of the hunters sins.

@night1952

2 жыл бұрын

@@trevorveillette8415 Lady Maria is a certified badass and an amazing fight but Orphan is the perfect final boss of Bloodborne. If you were to invert the order of the fights, Lady Maria would be a pretty limp ending, she's too easy.

@trevorveillette8415

2 жыл бұрын

@@night1952 I know. That's why, make her harder. She's just way cooler than orphan. Orphan is some screaming old man baby monster. He's not really much of a character. Feels just like a monster. And monsters are so uninteresting mechanically and behavior wise than humans. To make maria harder they legit just have to boost her poise and make her long ranged attacks chain from her short ranged ones in phase 2. Easy buff.

@trevorveillette8415

2 жыл бұрын

@@SolProxy I'm saying what should've been. They could have taken the lore a different way which makes it so she makes sense lore wise as a final dlc boss. When I say shouldve been, I dont mean just swap the fights. Change the lore, add buffs to her moveset. She's just simply a cooler boss. Monster bosses are lame except for dragons, and they're very uninteresting as an archetype in general since "monster acts like monster" is always their moveset and "personality". Even Ludwig would suck and be a trash uncool boss if it weren't for his 2nd phase which adds personality and human qualities to him. And also makes him a swordsman. Kinda crazy that a boss automatically gets more interesting when they wield a weapon instead of just going hulk smash like the monsters do.

Bloodborne spoilers: Ludwig is a character that is talked about in the lore over the course of the entire game, he was a hero that mysteriously disappeared without any record of what happened. The player encounters Ludwig as a transformed monstrosity with barley any of his former self remaining. It's one of the hardest fights in the entire game, and really feels like a mad waltz in the form of combat. The music fits this fight perfectly.

@ukguy

2 жыл бұрын

The first time I fought him I literally had chills in my spine from the way the music perfectly synced up with his slashes of the moonlight greatsword.

@poeethics9331

2 жыл бұрын

Of all the bosses...Ludwig I have sympathy for.

@TheDoomsock

Жыл бұрын

One of the best parts about his lore that I find is that the church modeled a weapon after his legendary sword that was no where near glorious as the real thing and named it Ludwig's Holy Blade. A cheap imitation of the real thing that had no compare and when you finally get your hands on it, it's not a trick weapon at all, but it's an honest to goodness MAGICAL SWORD!

@MetalxLicaxPP

Жыл бұрын

"one of the hardest fights in the entire game" What? He's an awesome boss but no way near a hard fight.

@MrTrueCaller619

Жыл бұрын

Finally somebody sane who actually thought about giving a spoiler warning before spoiling, i respect U good sir .

the whole sequence with Ludwig is made all the more amazing and horrifying due to the horrific screaming that comes from him during battle.

5:25 “I just see like, flames coming up”. It’s worst. MUCH WORSE. That gigantic cursed horse-like beast just so happen to regain most of it’s sanity AND remembered that he can use a sword.

@thepanzerofthelake732

2 жыл бұрын

And the setting is a rotting corpse pile that flows blood throughout a never ending nightmare... Yeah it really is worse

I, without a doubt, think this is one of my favourite boss themes nearly of all time. The song reflects so well the mental state of the boss you're fighting, the intensity of the fight and the transition was just so well done. I listen to this one regularly and have done since the DLC came out.

Of course Ludwig's theme is always the most requested, but every time, I feel people sleeps so hard on Laurence's theme, for me personally the best song of all of Bloodborne, the reason for this is simple, Ludwig is probably the best Fromsoftware's design for a boss of all their games, and the bossfight itself is Infinitely more epic and remarkable than Laurence's, but I deeply advice you to hear his theme as well Jesse, great reaction and analysis as always ❤️❤️❤️

@TheSylvirr

2 жыл бұрын

Laurence is both my favorite boss and my favorite theme and I have requested it *a lot* but I can't afford to be a patreon member lol so I just have to H O P E

@TheSylvirr

2 жыл бұрын

AND ALSO I think Laurences' fight is pretty goddamn good, since it throws everything you learned in the game to the wayside. Stick to the booty? Hah, what booty? Dodge into attacks? No siree, you'd better goddamn not.

@rompicoglioni8573

2 жыл бұрын

Well that's also really true for living failures, boring boss fight but one of the best ost in all of souls imo

@Mvchinez

2 жыл бұрын

I agreeeeeeee

@Ribsi

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSylvirr I don't think forcing you to basically play Dark Souls in Bloodborne, where you're supposed to play aggressively and HUNT down your prey is a good design choice. Gameplay wise Laurence belongs into Dark Souls 3. It's essentially the same problem that people have with Demon of Hatred in Sekiro because it doesn't fit into the intended playstyle. His OST though is gorgeous, I'll give you that.

4:15 This battle takes place in a room called the Underground Corpse Pile, so good instincts there Jesse!

Aaaaa my request finally :DD. Worth the wait. Here's some lyrics translated in English for funsies cause it's metal af. Hunter of beast, By the power of blood. Lord of hunters, Once beloved, now forgotten Your sword spills blood in abundance. Oh hunter, Bound by a holy oath Your crimes are etched upon your terrible blade. A curse awaits you in death and the blood with flow in abundance. *transition Oh hunter, Blessed saint, Death would be too kind of a fate A nightmare shall be your home forever And the blood shall flow in abundance. *transition

@kuroganekaze

2 жыл бұрын

And iirc the Holy Blade phase part is sung from the perspective of the Moonlight Greatsword.

first part is the maddened Ludwig striking out and flailing in chaos, second part is the waltz between Ludwig and his Holy Blade, regaining his senses in an ugly dance to kill the player, i love every moment of this boss

"I feel like I'm spiraling into my death" very accurate fun fact (at least in my experiences with the boss) around 5:40 when the music starts elevating into the chorus, he holds his 2 handed sword up into the air and charges an attack. When the chorus hits is when he swings down into a massive shockwave attack that's incredibly fatal if it connects

@twelveoutoften7432

2 жыл бұрын

it's also a 3/4 part of the soundtrack. Waltz time signature

"This is creepy"... Yeah, you should search for the image of Ludwig... Pure Nightmare-fuel.

@Moody.Smiruai

2 жыл бұрын

he's cute wdym? When he wasnt the Berserk horse I mean

@bingusdingus8268

2 жыл бұрын

@@Moody.Smiruai i think his cut off head is kinda nice but his regular human form is very nice

Amazing. Even better once you hear that transition 2nd Phase. “Aah, you were at my side all along. My true mentor... My guiding moonlight..."

So glad you reacted to this, Ludwig has one of my favorite boss themes, and is one of my favorite bosses of all time. Seriously, his fight and lore is so good.

1:54 if you have played the game and seen this boss you would see this music fits like cherry on cake 9:48 something indeed comes up and every FromSoft fan was screaming at this moment :D

1:54 this was infact the correct response to a boss that is both terrifying and amazing

Dude fucking love your vibe, its so cozy and mellow, keep it up!

Haha Jesse it's amazing how much you get from the music. You totally got a lot of it. As for the setting imagine hell, now make it like 10x more disturbing and that's how Bloodborne do.

@mgk-metalgearkelly5054

2 жыл бұрын

just say England

Bloodborne ost is godlike, and the character on the cover is called Lady Maria (also has a absolute banger of a track). Ludwig is actually the first boss

After the tension stretching first half I ADORE that the Holy Blade is like a mad bombastic horror waltz. It's so grand and evil sounding. Like you're attending a ball in the regal parts of hell.

"It's anxiety inducing." Yeah so is the fight lol

Song: Ludwig - A horse-like abomination that fights you as a savage beast for half of the fight, but regain his composure/humanity and fights you as a sword-wielding man the 2nd half. Person in the Picture - Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower Final Boss - Orphan of Kos (or as some say, "Kosm")

You have the best reaction of all reaction videos! ❤ love it!

Been waiting for this!

Ludwig is only the first boss of the DLC. That person on the thumbnail is Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower, who also has an amazing song.

It's a waltz! That's why it sounds like that, it's a mad dance to the death

I never thought I'd love a game as much as link to the past then I played Bloodborne and my god when getting to Ludwig and hearing this for the first time and the fight together was amazing and it's sooo good being able to see someone else reaction to the first time they hear it great video of a great tune 👍

Great video, so a little bit of lore Ludwig is the first boss of the old hunters DLC which is fitting as Ludwig is the First Hunter of the Holy Church, Ludwig the Acursed plays during his first fase as he is a beast that lost his humanity thats why at first its anxiety inducing as you are suposed to feel chaotic in nature for Ludwig in it self is chaotic in this stage with very hard to predict attacks and fast pace aggressive movement and the song mimics that chaotic nature but once we transition into the second fase where ludwig regains his consciousness and the song reflects this as it becomes clearer and more refind as well you mentioned that you felt like in a spiral and thats done intentionally as Ludwig the Holy Blade is ment to be a Waltz and the battle in it self reflects that as you are dancing around his slow yet calculated attacks. Thats why in my opinion this is the single best song in video game history as the lore is so intrinsic with the song as well the choir in itself is singing in latin and telling the story of Ludwig himself. So yeah, if you read this thank you🫶🏼

Love this. Came across this randomly. Love dimmu and now love this channel

It feels like a spiral because it’s intended to be a waltz of Ludwig’s madness

As you, a hunter whose strength has become monstrous, and Ludwig, a monster who's regained his human mind, rip and tear into each other, the wailing frenzy of the chorus in The Holy Blade always gave me one impression: a crowd of powerless bystanders deathly afraid that no matter who wins, they lose.

Great breakdown reaction, well done bro

An incredible boss with an intriguing background and such amazing music delivered through that fight to mirror his story.. Ludwig is easily one of my favorite bosses. His back story is tragic

The setting for this is known as the Underground Corpse Pile, which feeds The River of Blood.

Nice reaction! You’ll shed tears when you hear “Cleric Beast”. Especially the official recording session ver from PlayStation official. Bloodborne is the masterpiece

How has no one requested Ori and The Blind Forest/Will of the Wisps yet? Light of Nibel is the pinnacle sound of the series. Extremely beautifully orchestrated. Gareth Coker is definitely my favorite VGM Composer. Some other great tracks: Ori Lost in the Storm Naru Embracing the Light Shriek and Ori Mora the Spider Dashing and Bashing Ku's First Flight Luma Pools Escaping the Sandworm

between this and 'lady maria of the astral clocktower' some of my all time favorite music pieces

I hope you take a look at The First Hunter also. There's a few really cool live orchestral arrangements of this soundtrack as well

I’ve been waiting for this react

I am binging your vids and when i saw this i went ballistic, my fav game and my fav song from it

I'd love to see a reaction to "Gherman, The First Hunter" Also a soundtrack from Bloodborne

The setting of this fight? Nothing special, just a cellar filled to the brim with corpses that bleed so much, that their blood creates a red river that flows through the ruins of an eternal nightmare. So yeah, a little tense.

Ludwigs boss fight is pure artistry from top to bottom. Every base is covered art design is phenomenal, the music is epic and the writing and voice over is chilling.

Hello Jesse big fan of bloodborne here thanks for your reaction and analysis. really appreciated it. if You're more interested in bloodborne songs, you can try either Cleric beast, Gherman the First Hunter or Lady Maria of the astral clocktower..wich one you choose it doesnt matter because they're all Awesome! Bloodborne's soundtrack for me is one of the best soundtrack and so consistent in his setting. its amazing!

I’ve watched several reactions to this and they all give the same reaction you do: shock and awe. This track is amazing! The first time I saw the trailer I stopped dead in my tracks because of the amazing sound that is this track! The community might agree that this is the best FromSoftware track ever. I think it is. Either way, it just gives me a different appreciation for music and music composition in general.

It's incredible the paralels this boss have with Betoven, beside share the same first name. Ludwig caries the Moon Light great sword, and this sword is so powerfull and iconic in universe that the church made a sword nearly identical visualy; this is a clear reference to the Moon Light Sonata, wich is aprecieted and serves as reference for classic music until today. Both fell victm of irony but still persevered. Betoven gone deff, but after even contemplate suicide, he still composing music because the dude simply breath music, simply know in the head how notes go along, specially in long musics is not a easy thing, he was just that good. Ludwig was a great hunter that went insane and become the very thing that he hunts, but (during the battle with him insane) he contemplate the shine of the Moon Light sword and recover his conscience, and face you (and die) as a hunter, not as beast, and even decrept and half blind, he is NO PUSHOVER and is knowed for make some players REFOUND THE DLC. your ass clinch every second of this fight (and is even more concerning that he is just the first). Other Bloodborne theme you can react is Lady Maria, she is the character in this screen displayed on the video.

Great react! Love Bloodborne!

This for me has always been the greatest boss theme of all time I can’t explain how absolutely invested I was in this fight and the music took me to another planet

Welcome to the Waltz of Madness, Death, Lovecraftian Myths, and Holyness from Bloodborne's

So the spiral you mention is very likely them setting the idea of Ludwig waltzing with insanity. The Holy Blade theme fits so well with him and his lore.

Funny thing in the second phase(The Holy Blade) of this Fight: you can often actually dodge the Boss attacks in the rythm of the music :P Not always of course :D

@TheSylvirr

2 жыл бұрын

you are correct! If you can ever HEAR the music, the boss attacks are often timed to them. Even the Orphan.

His battle arena is literally a corpse pit where the floor is a pool of blood.

@JessesAuditorium

2 жыл бұрын

lovely

Great video! Man, I'd love to see your reaction to "Gehrman, The First Hunter", also from the Bloodborne soundtrack. :D It's less anxious and more beautifully sad.

I don't know if you saw the stage but it's quite an entrance. You come across a river of blood. And you follow this river to the source as you enter a great hall. Corpses strewn about the sides of the room. Their blood pooling the entire room leading out creating the river. One of the bodies barely alive, skinned. Weakly cries to you "plsase,help us. An unsightly beast. A great terror looms, ludwig the accursed is coming! Have mercy! Have mercy! Upon us" as ludwig struts forward as the horrific monster he is and he let's out a bellowing cry before charging at you and the fight begins

Not the final boss, but definitely one that's alluded to throughout a large chunk of the game, who wields From Software's signature weapon that's in every FromSoft game: The Moonlight Greatsword.

this is my favourite OST for nay boss. It is not only composed beautifully, it perfectly encapsulates the grandiose nature of the boss. A monstrous, yet elegant creature who's a savant in his intelligent craft of magic and corrupted by a beastly, other-wordly force to become a monstrocity. The drop in this occurs when the second phase happens -- he transitions from flighting like a deranged animal, to pulling out a mystical sword derived from the stars and wielding it in a knightly fashion. Just perfect.

Every analogy you made during this was like, 100% spot on to what the fight is like, lmao

This is the best OST for a boss fight ever made. EVER. GOAT material.

This is my favorite video game track of all time. Glad to see it getting some love.

Honestly, the music is Souls-games bosses really helps in that it keeps you motivated when your ass is being kicked and you have to start over and over. I remember struggling quite a bit when fighting Ludwig but I didn't even care because I just wanted to hear more of it.

Creepy you say !!! Is there something more Creepy than Going in a Boss Fight Walking on a Lake of Blood 😈😈😈

Bloodborne is a treasure trove for great themes. I adore this soundtrack so much, and pretty much everything about the game (as you can probably tell by my Lady Maria pic)

Fighting Ludwig is like being a feather behind a freight train.

„Where ever this takes place I don’t wanna be there“ yea that’s like the whole premise of the game

I absolutely love Bloodborne music. Not only due to the fact most of the songs have these latin choirs going on they are all designed to be intense, creepy, and fear inducing to go with the monsters you're battling who are typically designed, at least the beasts, to overwhelm you with screams and rapid movements. Ludwig is one of the best examples of this because of the fight itself and because halfway through where he transitions from a half-horse mutated monstrosity (Ludwig, the Accursed) to gaining his mind enough to wield his old Hunter weapon (The Holy Blade) turning him from a creature of flaileinglimbs and screams to an abomination of a man who is now attacking you precisely. Ludwig is the first boss of the Bloodborne DLC and was seen as pretty much the hardest boss of Bloodborne not counting the optional dungeons. The image you pointed to is Lady Maria and she's also extremely awesome and was my personal favorite fight of Bloodborne because it's basically a duel and I love those kinds of fights.

Ludwig the Holy blade. He may not be the final boss, but he is the most important character in all of bloodborne. You see mentions of ludwig, the best hunter of the church, all throughout the game, and when you finally finds him, he is mutated beyond recognition by the blood. The second phase starts when he sees the Moonlight Greatsword, and regains some of his humanity.

Me, chanting: Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos. Seriously though, Ebrietas' theme is perfection. Such an underrated boss in Bloodborne too.

Metal covers of this song are a guilty pleasure of mine. Also, Dark Souls games are in some ways harder than other games, but they're not THAT difficult. A large amount of the difficulty is mitigated just by taking things slow and approaching situations logically. They are primarily games about knowledge and building the instincts necessary to not panic in tense situations. Mastering the souls games is incredibly satisfying and I highly highly recommend them if you like video games because they're super fun.

@trevorveillette8415

2 жыл бұрын

Really it's just bosses that are super punishing and gank squads that mess players up. Fast bosses that pressure you and don't let you heal. Big bosses that are slow but long ranged and do massive damage. And then the awkward bosses that aren't all that big but have delayed attacks with deceptive range. Bosses are the real challenge of soulsborne. But not all bosses are hard for everyone. For some, midir is easy. For others he's the hardest fight ever. Before I beat him, he was impossible feeling. I beat him once and could do it naked with fists if I truly had the time and patience for it. It's just a dance now.

Just wanted to state my take on the part where you said like you are spiraling. That whole moment feels like you are supposed to be over taken my Ludwig’s madness by the way it gives the spiral sensation as well as the feeling that it is a Waltz between Ludwig and his blade.

It's really cool because in the game just to hammer the differences home. The music phases are accompanied by the voices of ludwig. In his 1st phase you hear his high pitched demonic horrific screeching and then in the 2nd when he regains his humanity you hear the grunts and roars of a hero and a hunter. A warrior. With every swing you hear the poise and the focus. Like he takes a deep breath and he follows his form

I’m a fan of orchestra music and this is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard, by far my favorite song in FromSoftware history. Fun fact this song has lyrics, latin lyrics talking about Ludwig’s wasted talent and how he became the thing he swore to destroy, and that when he dies he’ll be cursed for all eternity in a nightmare as a beast, he quite literally lost his humanity.

I'm a Dimmu Borgir fan watching this and I know what you mean! Also, you were right, it is a kind of afterlife, with some aspects of hell. You're actually inside a nightmare, sort of like a massive mutual post-death hallucination of people who hunted so much, they went crazy with the blood and some of them turned to monsters. I think they were cursed to live in this nightmare by one of the game's Lovecraftian god creatures, so it's like punishment for their crimes in a way.

Man, i can tell you, is far better than you imagined

the mad waltz of ludwig the accursed

all I want is for someone to look at me in the same way that horse looks at his sword

Ludwig is my favourite boss in the whole series and the music is large part of why. You can't really go wrong with any of the Bloodborne soundtrack, particularly the DLC. There's Ludwig, Laurence, Maria Living Failures, it's all amazing boss music.

Holy Blade has to be my favourite Soulsborne song. A few come close, but the moment it plays is a big part too and it just unmatched. The Accursed is nice too, but it feels a bit empty without the big boss screeches.

spooky strings and haunting choir vocals. classic 😅👌

Latin lyrics: Oh venator Beatus Sanctus Bonum fati par dia Domus Aeternus fiat morte Perit sanguine opulentum English translation: Oh, hunter. Blessed saint. An honest death is like a blessing. Let death come once and for all. Plenteous blood is lost ADVERTISEMENT Instance 2: Latin lyrics: Mūtaveras tue bēstia turpis Mūtavisse tuī fuit at diu ut Doceat in propinquo fuerat te Mūtari sanguine bēluae tuī Dominus venātorum est preases cum nitere Luna Venātorum dominus monitor prīmus Venātor prīnceps sanguinem mittere Prīmum sanguine bēluae mūtāverat Nē mūtat est bēluae English translation: Mutated into an unsightly beast Mutated a long, long time ago Still, as a mentor, I always were at your side Even when you had turned into a beast The master of the hunters, who stood guard in the night with his moonlight The first hunter who organised the folks to hunt The first hunter of blood And one of the first who mutated into vile beasts by the blood You turned into a beast. Instance 3: Oh venator Ejus Sanctus Tuam Fati Par Dia Dolus Deitus Fiat Morte Erit Sanguinem Opulentum English translation: Oh, hunter. That Saint. The Divine Partner of your fate May it come by mean of the Death, the Departed(or Missing) Blame (or Pain) The Blood will flow in abundant

@eW91dHViZSBpcyBjZW5zb3JzaGlw

Жыл бұрын

you a real ONE

Please make this its own series holy shit

So in bloodborne there's a disease that exists that turns people into beastial monsters, and those of strong will (usually clerics) turn into progressive bigger and stronger ones based on how long they resist the change. Ludwig was the fist beast hunter of the church, a legendary figure in bloodborne. You meet him after he's passed, in an area known as the hunters nightmare, where blood crazed hunters seem to go after death. When you meet him, he's a crazed cleric beast in the guise of a horse (Ludwig, the accursed) and halfway through the fight, he collapses and his sword falls to the floor, the holy moonlight blade. Seeing it, his sanity seems to focus for his final fight. The music changes to the holy blade, as well as his whole movset.

@itsCaptainEli

2 жыл бұрын

Also, the hunters nightmare is like a fucked up version of the world you know, very lovecraftian in its nature, specifically looks like a lovecraftian dreamscape.

"Ah...you were at my side all along...my true mentor...MY GUIDING MOONLIGHT!"

This is not my favorite tracks from Bloodborne but just the pure theatrical qualities of this phase transition during the fight were completely enthralling.

@Exel3nce

2 жыл бұрын

there are not many options for a favorite in bb^^

There is a massive lack of Lady Maria's theme being suggested in the comments. My personal favorite track in the series, and in an analysis mindset, a fantastic song to break down. Could not recommend it enough.

@trevorveillette8415

2 жыл бұрын

Favorite part of the song is when it's just getting started and the brass comes in, In a deep tone. Then the choir later towards the end is nice.

My favorite boss from my favorite game!