was so keen to do a part 2 so here u go 💙

@alexdefoc6919

4 ай бұрын

You really need to ask this question!? EPYC is always a rewatchable series. ❤

@carmenblankespoor1905

4 ай бұрын

Awesome!!! Btw you did watch three unreleased songs, Also watching them in order really improves the context and makes you feel it so much more Thanks for your content! ❤

@KatsCookie5678

4 ай бұрын

Day 4 of asking for highest rated episode of Ninjago

@messin1457

4 ай бұрын

Hi! I've been a big fan of your reactions for a while now! For a new Musical-themed video I would like to recommend the Musical "Hadestown'. The actors all have absolutely stunning voices, especially the actor who plays Orpheus. Road to Hell' & ,Any way the wind blows' are a great introduction to understand the plot.

@angels2wings

4 ай бұрын

In ancient Greece was disrespectfull to leave your enemy alive.

I'M BEGGING WATCH THEM IN ORDER they will be so much more impactful and they'll make more sense

@mayadargeon2172

4 ай бұрын

He doesn't listen to musicals in order, unfortunately. He says that if he did, he'd probably be more focused on the story rather than on the music itself (which, I think he is anyway, confused by what is happening all the time, but what do I know?), and so it'd kinda ruin it, or something.

@allysonaham7190

4 ай бұрын

For me, at least, the songs were SO MUCH BETTER when I understood what was going on. I really wish he watched them in order​@mayadargeon2172

@mayadargeon2172

4 ай бұрын

@@allysonaham7190 I knoooooow T^T

@dewaunwarren1

4 ай бұрын

​@@mayadargeon2172respectfully, that makes no sense. He's spending most of the video missing the point of what's being said.

@mayadargeon2172

4 ай бұрын

@@dewaunwarren1 Oh trust me, I'm aware. I'm just quoting the time he answered me when he did the same with Heathers.

PLEASE JUST LISTEN TO THE FULL RELEASED VERSIONS IN ORDER😭

@jrblake03027

4 ай бұрын

I know!!! Most of the animatics Matthew listened to weren’t even from EPIC: The Musical!!!!!!!!!!! These are from demo, TikTok sounds, shorts and songs Jorge was working on. The least he could do is actually react to songs from the soundtrack otherwise just say you’re reacting to music from Jorge Rivera-Herrans.

@HannaSakura-m8y

Ай бұрын

@@jrblake03027no hey are all from Epic, just not released yet

@killian_hook_jones

6 күн бұрын

I feel your pain but amazon workers will get a day off before Mathew intentionally watches something in order

Some of the songs you reacted to are not officially released yet! In "get in the water", Poseidon's voice IS Jorge Rivera Herans, who is the creator and also voices Odysseus. Make sure to listen to the official full release of "wouldn't you like"

@kristianavolika4337

4 ай бұрын

Dangerous too is not relised yet

@Annabethchaseakawisegirl

4 ай бұрын

Ooooooooh, thank you because I was very confused with heremes’ song and was like “did I not get this song or forget it or what” so THANK YOU

@meganmcleod6152

4 ай бұрын

i knew it. i knew that wasn’t possidion yet

@allisonfennewald2288

4 ай бұрын

Yes!! And PLEASE watch the audition a woman sent in, her voice is so deep and haunting!! (Help me out I don't remember her name!!!)

@BlueCookies1116

3 ай бұрын

@@allisonfennewald2288morgan clae?

If you don't watch them in order you won't get the story and will be confused the entire time without understanding what's happening. It's basically going to lessen the impact of both the songs and story (like you listened to Just A Man out of order when it's a really important song to the story). Please listen to them in order so you don't keep listening to the unreleased songs. Please listen to the produced songs, not the demos. Only 17 of the 40 songs have been released. Here's a list of the songs in order: TROY SAGA: 1. The Horse And The Infant 2. Just A Man 3. Full Speed Ahead 4. Open Arms 5. Warrior Of The Mind CYCLOPS SAGA: 6. Polyphemus 7. Survive 8. Remember Them 9. My Goodbye OCEAN SAGA: 10. Storm 11. Luck Runs Out 12. Keep Your Friends Close 13. Ruthlessness CIRCE SAGA: 14. Puppeteer 15. Wouldn’t You Like 16. Done For 17. There Are Other Ways Here's also a playlist I made for the animatics in order: kzread.info/head/PLjaNJHXk-DKfRNTRwPDW5BZiOP3_6OSoV&si=I9B-3bPbRev8UIMi

@TheNitpickChick

4 ай бұрын

Commenting to try and boost this, because the playlist is great! 😊

@MildlyPerturbed

4 ай бұрын

@@TheNitpickChick Aw thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it! I tried to find the ones I thought were the best animatics, though there are still very good alternatives.

@jrblake03027

4 ай бұрын

This is soooooo helpful!!! With this playlist at least he could react to songs from EPIC! Most of what this reaction is was just snippets, demos, and shorts of unfinished songs.

@MildlyPerturbed

4 ай бұрын

@@jrblake03027 Thank you! I’m glad you liked my playlist! I hope he at least considers it. It’d be great to see his reaction to the musical in order.

@jabali2843

3 ай бұрын

You don't need context for these songs. They're good on their own

Odysseus: I am the infamous Odysseus! Polyphemus: lol wait till my father hears about this

@phoenixedge7

4 ай бұрын

Polyphemus: Wait til my fatha hears about this!!! Bros in his Draco era

@user-xd4wz6ki8w

4 ай бұрын

Omg noooo lmao😭

@timaxd5809

3 ай бұрын

Hahahahhah love the reference

@samwitherington4386

3 ай бұрын

TBF, "wait until my father hears about this" plays a bit differently when your Dad is the literal GOD OF THE SEA!!!!!

@karateman302

3 ай бұрын

@@samwitherington4386 Ah you left out one very important part. "My Dad is the literal GOD OF THE SEA and...you're on a journey by boat."

it's literally a crime he didn't listen to the officially released version of "wouldn't you like" I POLITELY DEMAND A PART THREE

@whitekitties4224

3 ай бұрын

Politely? I AGGRESSIVELY DEMAND FOR A PART THREEEEEEE ☺️thank u

@GleamDrawz

2 ай бұрын

My man did my boy Hermes DIRTY by doing that 😭 Let the man sing, please! Part 3 I NEED

Telling the person you just blinded that you are their darkest moment is such a shitty way to flex, I love it so much

@Mary_Studios

4 ай бұрын

And the fact that Posiden uses it in Ruthlessness. It comes back.

@severigne_m7652

4 ай бұрын

Lmao Poly deffo quoted that verbatim to Poseidon since Poseidon said it in Ruthlessness. Odysseus of Ithaca too lmao Lowkey finding it hilarious to imagine Polyphemus just crying going all "A-and then he says he's my darkest moment...after he stabbed my eye too."

@whitenobeard

4 ай бұрын

​@@severigne_m7652Odysseus was such a dick to Polyphemus.

My guy... PLEASE watch them in order I'm BEGGING YOU

@0NI0N_57

2 ай бұрын

RIGHT?!

@killian_hook_jones

6 күн бұрын

I feel your pain but amazon workers will get a day off before Mathew intentionally watches something in order

Fun Fact! The woman singing as Circe, Talya Sindel is actually Jorge Rivera-Herrans the creators girlfriend! They've been dating for a year!

“hermes gave it it to you, didnt he?” yes hermes gave oddyseus the magic flower

@mandygibson5601

4 ай бұрын

"Yes.... But regardless!"....

@fandommemes8858

2 ай бұрын

that is totally not we3d :)

"It just now occurred to me, did Hermes give him the flower?" ...had a feeling you just sort of glazed over that when listening to 'Done For'. Yes, yes he did.

@PrincessLala95

4 ай бұрын

Every time I watch one of these I'm silently begging "please just hit the back key when you unpause it so you can catch those few seconds you missed in the process of pausing so you could speak" lmao and I'm pretty sure that part of Done For was one of those moments. Sort of like how the first thing Ody says in "Warrior of the Mind" is "Athena!" and because of bad timing with pauses, Matthew completely missed hearing that it was Athena and had to figure that out as it went on.

@mandygibson5601

4 ай бұрын

Did anyone else think that maybe the consequence for getting the flower is losing Urilicus?(if I spelled that right. The guy with the really deep voice) bc we don't really hear from him during that song and we don't hear from him after. And yes, I have yet to read the Odyssey, so I could be way off

@PrincessLala95

4 ай бұрын

@@mandygibson5601 Eurylochus doesn't go with Ody to get their men back, so that's why we don't hear from him after the first song in the Circe Saga. He'll be back, he has more singing left to do.

Each character actually has music that matches them, Athena is piano, Odysseus is a guitar (changes based on mood between electric and acoustic), Poseidon is trumpet, and Hermes is like a harp I think

@Mary_Studios

4 ай бұрын

And I think Circe's is violins if I'm remembering correctly.

@rafaelaguirre8091

3 ай бұрын

Hermes is not harp, it’s lyre, which is that tiny harp. It makes sense becuase in mythology, hermes murders a tortoise (😢) and uses its shell to make a lyre LITERALLY THE DAY HE’S BORN

@cosmic_cookie5669

3 ай бұрын

​@@rafaelaguirre8091 Jorge actually released a short some time ago (can't remember exactly when) that clarifies that Hermes is represented by "harps and arps", and a lyre in part 1 of the story

In Get in the Water, the voice actor (and writer of the series) is actually singing Poseidon since it's a demo. Everything after the Circe Saga is still a demo/unfinished

Haha, the reason Poseidon sounds like Odysseus is because the only clips we have of Get In the Water are from demos that Jorge-Rivera Herrans (Odysseus) sings!

You should totally react to Wouldn’t You Like again!! The one u listened to was actually the unfinished verison. The finished version is part of the Circe Sage. (Also listening to the songs in order provides an even better experience and gives you more context for the story ^^)

8:53 the voice doesn’t sound like Poseidon, because it’s not. That was an old audio done by Jay (Odysseus) from before he cast Steven Rodriguez as Poseidon.

I love WolfytheWitch’s Get in the Water animatic so much. The way it’s so incredibly clear that Poseidon could just force Odysseus to get in the water, but he wants Odysseus to do it himself is chef’s kiss✨

Hey Mathew, thank you so much for the part 2! However, you mainly listened to the "demos" of the actual songs! They were just recently released, so many older animatics just use snippets or the demo song. The last song you listened to actually has a whole different singer now and he's amazing! Would love for you to react to the new and full versions! Especially because the voice of Hermes is soo good and "wouldn't you like" is my favourite song! Also, listening to them in order makes them much more impactful! 😆

9:58 Regarding the is Ithaca a country or a city question: it's kind of both. Ancient Greece and it's mythological More Ancient Greece were organized in poleis, essentially city-states who controlled some land and villages close by. Ithaca is also an island. Considering it is not a huge island, one polis controlled the entire thing, so Poseidon is actually threatening to drown an entire island, not just a city.

Dangerous and get in the water do not have official vocals as of now. For now, the voice of Odysseus does these songs and they are currently incomplete demos that are scattered across the internet. Wouldn’t you like is now released and the animatic you watched for it was created before it had released.

Dangerous, Get in the Water, and that version of Wouldn't You Like are all unfinished. There is a version of Wouldn't You Like that is finished but idk if it has any animatics yet.

@WhosWhoIsItYou

4 ай бұрын

It does, ones pretty good too.

@EnderWarlock

4 ай бұрын

Feel like he needs a fan of EPIC to organise what he watches. It hurts to see him watch outdated versions or stuff out of order.

Hey, Mathew, there are 17 songs completed in the musical, why did you chose three that aren't? T^T Like. Dude. Anyway, in "Get in the Water" Poseidon sounds different because the person singing is indeed Jorge, Odysseus' singer, as this is only the concept of a song that will not come for a WHILE. Jorge has a habit of releasing snippets in advance, before they're recorded to make some advertisement. Which is why he was ALSO the one singing Hermes in the "Wouldn't you Like" animatic you chose, despite the fact that the song has been fully released and sang by Hermes' actor, because gigi made that animatic BEFORE the song was put out, using only snippets by Jorge. There's a playlist somewhere on youtube with the list of the songs that have actually been broadcasted, if you ever make another EPIC reaction video, you should chose from that and pick out an animatic using it as a baseline. That way you would know if they're shorter than they should be too.

@Zuzu1684

4 ай бұрын

Yes there are 17 songs on spotify completed. the rest are 3/4 or 1/2 completed. out of 40 songs. but the god games are short and we are still waiting on apollos demo I'm pretty sure? all 40 have a finished idea but the voiced and production of it is in the making

@michix_4063

4 ай бұрын

yeaah he chose the three that have not yet come out haha

@Erisponsible

4 ай бұрын

'Wouldn't you like' is out though​ @@michix_4063

@anthonymedina9425

3 ай бұрын

20 now

"I just blinded him" yes, that was worse than death in Greece

The part about Poseidon gouging out Odyesseus's son's eyes is because he blinded one of Poseidon's sons It's literally an eye for an eye

@GleamDrawz

2 ай бұрын

How did I never notice that

epic has been a growing hyperfixation of mine since feb 2023 and im SO excited that ur checking it out again its just incredible every song after the circe saga, which ends after there are other ways, are not offical yet. all the characters are voiced by jorge LOL . they get the snippets of the songs from his tiktoks! you listened to the wrong version of wouldnt you like 😞 sobs

The reason posiedon sounds like odyssius in 'get in the water' is coz that animatic came out when they were auditioning for posiedon and the person singing in the animatic is jorge himself

Mr. Mathew, i highly recommend you listen/watch these song anamatics in order. It will make so much more sense

"That's a look that screams imma tell my daddy" is so accurate

I would highly recommend looking into which songs are fully released and make sure you're listening to the right ones if you do another reaction. For example: the video for Wouldn't You Like that you used is using the demo for the song and the full version was released on February 14 so you aren't getting the full experience of the song by using the demo

hey, the musical is still a work in progress so make sure you listen to the full songs, for example the song "wouldn't you like" that you played is just half of the full song, te actuall full song released like a month ago

I know the animatic are easier to pay attention to, but some of what you listened to are the unreleased versions, and listening to the sagas in order will also help with the storyline! Love watching you discover more of these songs tho!

Here's a list of all the songs in order: The Troy Saga: -The horse and the infant -Just a man -Full speed ahead -Open Arms -Warrior of the mind The Cyclops Saga: -Polyphemus -Survive -Remember them -My goodbye The Ocean Saga: -Storm -Luck runs out -Keep your friends close -Ruthlessness The Circe Saga: -Puppeteer -Wouldn't you like -Done for -There are other ways Listen to them in order, everything will make so much sense and you'll get a good grasp of what's happening in the story (it also adds more emotion). The version you heard of done for was just a demo, the whole song (with animatics) was released on february 14th Dangerous and Get in the water are both unreleased songs.

@mayadargeon2172

4 ай бұрын

He doesn't listen to musicals in order, unfortunately. I know it's frustrating, but better not get your hopes up T^T

@josefinagonzalezdamico4538

4 ай бұрын

Made a playlist with animatics lol kzread.info/head/PLPMxxnGfu6sHIFSB6Qo1IaiHUJopFbd4F

Some of the voices are gonna be different in some songs, because not all of the songs are released. Jorge (the creator and the guy who plays Odysseus) releases some clips of the songs before they’re performed by the actual voice actors. That’s why in Get In The Water Poseidon sounds different because it’s not Poseidon’s voice actor it’s Jorge, same with Wouldn’t You Like (although that song is out now, the animatic was just created before it was)

The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th was just a snippet of the songs

Part Three please! Edit: Also, someone else mentioned it, but a lot of the songs you listened to were the demos. Songs that aren't officially out yet, but we have snippets and clips of them. The reason why the voice in "Get in the Water" sounded like Odysseus was because the clip was recorded before Jorge had cast a Poseidon, so he sung both parts himself (yes, that character is Poseidon). I'd recommend sticking to full songs in the future, and of those I'd recommend "The Horse and the Infant" (the first song in the whole thing), "Survive", "Puppeteer", "Keep Your Friends Close" (can't remember if you did that one before or not), and "There Are Other Ways". For the necessary context, "There Are Other Ways" takes place directly after "Done For" and finishes that story. "The Horse and the Infant" is the first song of the musical and comes right before "Just a Man". Other than that...you can figure out the rest.

I am so very disappointed that none of the reactors WATCH THEM IN ORDER! Please don't break our hearts Matthew 😢 Everyone wants you to watch it in order, so just why?😭 There are lines that repeat again and again and you won't ever dive into it if you just hear them randomly. I beg you, grand us mercy🙏🏻🥺

THIS MUSICAL IS LITERALLY SO GOOD THANK YOU FOR REACTING TO IT😩

Ok so just to add to the horde of people who have already explained this but: Epic is _not finished_ yet! So when you were listening to Get In The Water and couldnt tell who's voice is whose, that's because it's the same person. Jorge, (aka voice for Odysseus and also the writer and creator of Epic) has not finished writing most of the songs yet, the unfinished ones he releases shorter clips where he does all of the parts and then will release full songs with the actual voices by different people when he finishes that arc of the saga.

The reason Poseidon sounds like Odysseus in "get in the water" is it's not released yet and the writer/director/etc was showing a little bit of it off and he's the voice for Odysseus 👍

I beg you- you can keep watching out of order if you choose but PLEASE go back and watch them in order after, it flows so smoothly between songs and it plays with emotions so much better!

DO THEM IN ORDER!!!! PLEASE!!!!

So, Dangerous and Get in the Water are not fully released yet, future songs get snippets released, and it hypes everyone up so much. It also sounds like the Get in the Water snippet and Wouldn't You Like snippet you reacted to was a Jorge draft/the audition example, as he released examples and instrumentals for open auditions when he needed characters. I know you always jump around when listening to songs, but I think for context you should at some point listen to all the songs in order.

Im so excited that youre doing a part two!!! It's kind of funny that Matthew was excited to listen to more and ended up listening to unreleased/unfinished songs😂.

Cyclops: IMMA TELL MY DADDY bloody killed me

I've been following Epic the Musical since december 2022 and im so happy that your reacting to it! some of the songs that you reacted to are either in the works/unreleased (dangerous & get in the water) and the animatic for Wouldn't you like was created before the circe saga was released (which is the saga the song is in), so thats why its just Jay (Odysseus) singing in it!

Reactions to animatics for songs that havent even been fully released yet? They're more likely than you think

Matthew: Doesnt watch the musical in order. Also Matthew: "Everything doesnt make sense!"

from what i understand, Poseidon sounds like Odysseus because it is the same person singing. The song hasn't been released on an ep yet, and (in that case) the creator does both voices (the same goes for Hermes, but the song is out now)

@DinoandGalaxy

4 ай бұрын

The creator does not do both voices he only does both voices when it is unreleased

@NicoAshKurz

4 ай бұрын

@@DinoandGalaxy that's what I mean. The songs are either unreleased, or the recording is from that time

@DinoandGalaxy

4 ай бұрын

@@NicoAshKurz ah ok I thought you were talking about if the voice of Odysseus did both Odysseus and Poseidon permanently

@NicoAshKurz

4 ай бұрын

@@DinoandGalaxy but thanks for saying that, i now added a "in that case" to maybe make it a bit clearer

@DinoandGalaxy

4 ай бұрын

@@NicoAshKurz your good it’s my bad 😅

You should follow closely the musical progression and Jay's social medias. Most of the songs haven't been officially released, and Jay explains with short videos the meaning behind each motif and instruments choices.

Thank you for reacting to epic! there's still some more songs like puppeteer, there are other ways, the complete version of wouldnt you like, and also some songs from the ocean saga! but thanks for doing a part 2 :)

you should seriously listen in order. PLEASE OH MY GOD. There are 4 sagas out so far, the longest one has 5 songs, you could absolutely do one saga per video. I know normally you don't listen in order but with this musical you REAAAALLLY have to there's so much lost from the songs when you don't know the context, not just storywise but musically, Jay uses motifs and instruments VERY VERY VERY particularly and you'll never catch those things if you listen out of order. PLEASE you are doing yourself SUCH a huge disservice. Here's the sagas that have released so far and their songs in order, if you happen to see this comment and take everyone's advice to listen in order. The Troy Saga: - The Horse and The Infant - Just A Man - Full Speed Ahead - Open Arms - Warrior of the Mind The Cyclops Saga: - Polyphemus - Survive - Remember Them - My Goodbye The Ocean Saga: - Storm - Luck Runs Out - Keep Your Friends Close - Ruthlessness The Circe Saga: - Puppeteer - Wouldn't You Like - Done For - There Are Other Ways There's also one more saga, The Underworld Saga, that will be released (hopefully soon) before Act 1 is completed. Then we have another handful of sagas coming for act 2, very exciting :>

Thank you for doing a part two, Mathew!! I love Epic and your first video definitely delivered. To answer your question about the voices in Epic (8:54), most of the animatics you listened to are for unreleased songs, and those snippets are usually voiced by Jorge Riverra-Herrans (the man who voices Odysseus). Keep up the good work. I love your stuff.

Get In the Water sounds like Odysseus because Odysseus is sung by Jorge, the writer of Epic. The audio used is unofficial audio posted by Jorge on TikTok, but it's supposed to be a Poseidon song. It hasn't be released on streaming yet.

I strongly recommend that you find out more about the order of the songs, because many of them from the video have not even been officially released yet... This is not the full version of them, just rough drafts 😢

1. So glad I get to watch these with you… 2. Wish you’d watch them in order, - though I understand! 3. Do you have a favorite character?/ or Vocal performance? Hard question I know 4. The Get in the water was a demo. 5. There are a lot of beautiful animatics! Aren’t there

I sware the “ima tell my daddy” killed me- 😂🤣

Some songs are not yet fully out so they are performed by the actor for Odysseus in the mean time. That’s why Poseidon sounds different.

The remaining songs you need to do: Polyphemus/Survive, Keep your friends close, Puppeteer, proper Wouldn't you like, Storm.

PLEASE WATCH THE WHOLE MUSICAL IN ORDER🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Epic is an all singing musical, all the songs go seamlessly with no scenes in between. Not all are finished so it's best to listen to the ones posted on spotify. Most if not all of these were snippets recorded by the creator, not the official songs or voices

Love that you watched random songs and two that aren't even officially out. You should really watch them in order, it will make much more sense! And you should watch the actual "Wouldn't You Like" its one of the best songs in my opinion.

The music of Epic the musical is very good and I loved that you continued reacting to the songs! although I recommend that you watch it in order to better understand the story :D Just in case some of the songs you hear aren't complete, that's why they sound different or aren't complete haha

As many people have mentioned, since this is a retelling of the Odyssey it would be well worth listening to these songs in order as a lot of the songs feed into each other. There are also some pre-release versions of songs with temp voices so keeping the full released version will also help make more sense. Glad that you are enjoying the songs though, now go enjoy the story too!

For the record, get in the water is Poseidon, but the full musical isn't out yet so that's the person who sings Odysseus creating the concept for the song. Also, you listened to the concept version of "wouldn't you like", I'd recommend finding the full version that has come out since then!

No I died when he finished watching “remember them” had he said “oh yeah, that’s the look of ‘imma tell my daddy’”

11:52, the instrument is called a lyre. It's the instrument Apollo uses. Oh and most songs you listened too aren’t the fully released versions, and aren’t in order. So if you want, you can listen to the fully released versions in order and hopefully have it make much more sense 💙

I nearly broke a nail in excitement when you said we would be watching WOLFY’S Remember Them …I might be too big of a Wolfy fan…

Matthew: Wait, that sounds like Odysseus!! Well, ya, this is supposed to be Poseidon, but it’s a demo that the writer, who plays Odysseus, made before he hired the actor for Poseidon. This made me laugh so hard lol

So the song where Poseidon is calling Oddessyues out is in reference to this moment/song with the Cyclops. He calls him out on not just letting him live, but being such an idiot he then revealed his name. To further drive home this point Poseidon steals that cool line for himself, "I am your darkest moment."

Mathew i KNOW you would have ADORED the rest of Wouldn't You Like SOOO MUCH because the second verse is actually THE BEST PART OF THE WHOLE SONG.

Thank god he did a part 2 these songs are amazing.

MATTHEW I BEG OF YOU TO LISTEN TO THE SONGS IN ORDER AND RESERCH IF YOURE LISTENING TO A RELEASED SONG/VERSION OR CONCEPT I BEG!

One of the song i think you reacted in the last video had poseidon using Odysseus's words in this song as a way to mock him

This video was great. The thunder saga just came out and the underworld saga is Amazing, can you do a part 3 for them, I think you'll love them!

We need a part 3. I found your channel thanks to the first part and subbed because of the 2nd part!

Pls watch it in order! P.s you listened to snippets, not full releases

I love it so much!!! Can’t wait for more!!! I’m sure others have mentioned but some of the audios were before the final cast members were chosen and that’s why they sounded like Odysseus.

Just so you know Mathew, there are official animatics and I'm pretty sure most of the animatics you're watching are the official animatics, at least the Wolfy the Witch ones definitely are. you are listening to these songs in exactly the way you are supposed to.

14:07 Heck yeah, one of my favorite songs let's goooooo! 5:15 Circe did it just 'cause she can, they technically didn't do anything in the OG story. Ancient greek men didn't exactly like the idea of a woman with more power (even some tales of Athena get her almost SA'd, and even though it's not the most common myth about Artemis and Orion as being lovers, that's the one that's stuck around even though that doesn't make sense for her at all and a lot of people of ancient times complained about trying to ship them), so there's no explanation for it in the odyssey myths. Circe is a "witch" and witches just do witchy things. That being said in a modern perspective when you put all the stories of nymphs (she's the child of helios and a nymph) and how they're normally the victims in myths, and there aren't exactly good stories of what happens when you leave a sailor alone on the sea for too long. Plus you add the that fact she is a greek goddess, even as a demi-god, the greek gods are known to do things just 'cause. Circe a big powerful witch turning people into pigs, kinda valid for the setting. The added context of the last time someone came by they were pillaged is musical only, but it makes sense. Another change I like, that the musical did, is that they made it so Odysseus extremely loyal to his wife. In many og versions of the Odyssey, Odysseus is stuck on the island with her for a year, they have several sons and it's implied due to Odysseus's cunning and power bestowed by Hermes (which Hermes is his great grandfather, as is the case with many greek kings being the son of one god/goddess/nymph or another which is why even though Athena left him Hermes still stuck around), he can tame even the most powerful woman. I think that's why I'm really glad Madeline Miller twisted the narrative in her book "Circe." It's just a shame that due to COVID and all the changes with HBO, I don't think we're ever going to get the Circe TV series we were promised (based off previously said book).

The voice of Hermes is actually Troy Doherty who makes music of his own!!

WE'LL NEED ANOTHER PART, please ❤ There's so much more and you'll love it

I would recommend eventually listening to the final releases. They are more fleshed out and have individual singer's vs the ticktock sounds and animatics that have Jorge Rivera Herans singing all the parts (because it can be confusing). Some of the songs have even been altered and slightly changed, especially with Hermes songs (they are more exciting).

Fun fact, the singers for circe and Odysseus are in a relationship in real life ❤

Thank you for your reaction videos to Epic the Musical songs. I hope you continue to do them. I got into this musical out of order myself, and found beauty in discovering the fun facts and putting things together that comes with watching them out of order. You do manage to pick up several key points despite watching out of order, which goes to show how greatly talented Jorge is in making the musical. If you do make another Epic reaction (pun intended), may be worth reminding viewers that some of the songs were incomplete and do not accurately depict the full potential of those songs.

I know he usually doesn't listen to songs in order but I think in this case listening to them in order would help with context and not having to spend time for each song trying to figure out which part of the story is even happening during each song. I feel it would be much more enjoyable that way

Thank you for the part 2! I wish you were made aware beforehand that there are demos and teasers/clips of future sagas scattered around the internet, so some of the songs you listened here aren't actually part of the official album (Get In the Water and Dangerous are from future sagas, and Wouldn't You Like is actually a demo, not the official release). As much as listening to these songs out of order is kind of your format, I hope you'll consider eventually doing a video where you listen to all of the songs in order, so that you can get the full context and fully appreciate the genius of the musical and Jorge's writing. Similar to Hamilton, the soundtrack is the musical, meaning that you will probably miss the context if you don't listen to the songs in order. But regardless, can't wait to see a part 3!

Please, please, PLEASE, watch these in order! The story portrayed throughout the songs is AWESOME! It also gives context to the songs Done For, Remember Them, My Goodbye, Warrior of the Mind, and Ruthlessness.

I have been looping this soundtrack since your last video on it. I've known the musical since Jay asked for auditions tapes, but had never fully got into it until a few weeks ago. Thank you for the new video, I literally dropped everything to watch this immediately ❤.

Ahhh!!! I’ve been in anticipation for this video!! I would recommend listening to the whole musical in order though since it’s a story,just to make the events clearer!

Thank you for doing what you do! It's brightened up my life lately! Thank you! You always bring a smile to my face with how you react!!😁😊

The thing is that a large part of the musical hasn't been released officially yet. It's only up to the Circe storyline. However, there are many demos and snippets that have been released, just not with the voice actors or full instrumentation

I am so excited that you are doing another reaction to this musical.

The reason that in “Get in The Water” Poseidon sounds like Odysseus is because the guy who made the musical isn’t finished and that is one of the unfinished songs were he is singing instead of the original voice actor for Poseidon.

PLEASE watch them in order! It'll be so cool to watch you react to them this way. They come out in 'chapters' in a way. The musical is not fully out yet but you have 3 chapters to listen to so far with a few songs in every chapter!

Dude, you need to watch Survive. It’s like the most iconic song, and one of the most intense aside from Ruthlessness. Also what you were saying about how they didn’t even kill Polyphemus, the cyclops, yeah. That’s actually WHY Poseidon’s pissed. If they’d killed him, this entire situation for the most part wouldn’t have happened.

"get in the water" at the moment is a demo the official version hasn't been released. I'm waiting for the official "dangerous" and "get in the water" to be released or see if they got cut from the sound track when the final saga part 1 or the underworld saga gets released on April 26th and some of theses animatics are using the demos of epic songs because the official saga came out after the animatics were created there's the Troy Saga, the cyclops saga, the ocean saga, and the circe saga are all out now

Everytime I listen to another epic song it becomes my personality for the next week

You’ve gotta listen to Survive it is one of the best in the Epic Musical. It’s bold, emotional, and incredibly cinematic.

at the point of get in the water poseidon isn’t only mad about the cyclop’s eye but the fact that odysseys managed to flee him and his wrath in ruthlessness. he thinks of it as an embarrassment to himself and that’s why he talks about having a name to uphold