interesting that he mentions rollercoasters..... isn't it guys?

@TheRyujinLP

3 жыл бұрын

Come for the sweet silky Robutts, stay for the insanely deep philosophical overtones, deep, deep existential dread, and the crippling depression that will inevitably result :D

@Marontyne

3 жыл бұрын

lol yeah. you literally ride a roller coaster to get to the place where this boss is.

@eljapo6078

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRyujinLP :’D

@cojay_19

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah what a coincidence, that was cool

@procyon.

3 жыл бұрын

Jojo reference goes brrrr

The "male" voice is in fact J'Nique Nicole, a female singer with a deep tone, and the lyrics are a combination of diferent phonemas of a ton of languages to simulate a futuristic one, a made out language by Emi Evans (the "female" voice), which also avoids the meaning of words affects the feel of the song. My favorite song from this game will always be Weight of the World, the 3 versions (english, japanese and this futuristic language) because each represent the point of view of each of the 3 main characters (english for 2B, Japanese for 9S, and the last for A2), and by the end of the game, those lyrics are really meaninfull. I suggest you to give them a try

@AtlasBenighted

4 жыл бұрын

Look at that, the more you know. When I was listening to the song I did hesitated in between, but the lower register made me think It was a guy. That's cool. I've heard males that sound like females too.

@_GRiM1

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how her voice can sound male

@CassyRiv

3 жыл бұрын

@@_GRiM1 at begining I tought that was a male vocalist xD

@Toksyuryel

3 жыл бұрын

@@_GRiM1 White guys who've never heard a black woman sing

@dradvrim1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Toksyuryel So it could only be white guys?

Due to "the song" being for a game - and this game in particular - it's a bit more complicated than merely looping or not. There are four versions of this song that change into each other depending on the in-game situation. Three being different levels of escalation labled "quiet", "medium" and "dynamic" and the last is a 8-bit version that's played during hacking. The song you hear here is the "dynamic", so the most high intensity for the most dramatic parts of the fight. Oh yeah: fight, because it's music for a boss-fight. In essence all four versions are the same song, with the same length, structure and timing, but different amount of instruments and vocals Thanks to them being so similar, the game can seamlessly switch between them by fading one out while at the same time fading the other in as the situation requires, by going in on the same time-index, rather than stopping one song and starting another song at it's beginning, like is very common with multi-stage bosses in other games. The reason why it starts out at such an intense spot is because of how the boss is introduced. There is a lot of build-up as you battle your way through the minions, then a moment of silence. And that's when the boss rolls onto the stage (quite literally) and let's lose a series of three partially screamed chants I think is the closest I can put into words. Either way those chants/screams then transition into the music. The melancholy part is very fitting because the boss that has this music as a theme is a robot that has fallen in love with another robot and tries to became more beautiful to win his "heart", but no matter what she tries, her love stays unrequitted. There are parts of the fight where the game prevents you from looking in her direction and during that section she beggs you to look at her. In my opinion the two voices represent the two states of 'mind' of the boss. The higher being the hopeful one that is still striving to become more beautiful in the hopes of finally attracting the one she longs for, while the lower (also female by the way) voice represents the despair of it not working, no matter how hard she tries. A small voice in the back of her mind that tells her to just give up. "A beautiful song" is very much tied into her persuit of beautifying herself. Something which she does by canibalizing parts of other robots and the 'corpses' of androids to make herself more beautiful. Sorry for the wall of text, but Nier just does not lend itself to short explanations. ^^

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Now I want to play this game more

@issacluzuriaga2797

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted for the music alone it is definitely worth it . experiencing this orchestra live is amazing as well

@Aradia000

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted This game takes a lot from philosophy. Particularly this boss battle, her name is Simone, and she is longing for the attention from Jean Paul. This is based on 20th century french philosopher couple Jean Paul Sartre & Simone De Beauvoir. Real life Beauvoir is the author of The Second Sex, that is basically the foundation of modern feminism. She argues that gender is a mere performance, from us to the society. In this game, as a non human being, she tried to build her gender identity by the idea of "beauty", cannibalizing another robot to wear them as accessories. That part when the camera is locked so the player can't see her and she is begging us to look, is a truly genius moment that you could only get from video game medium. She is performing her gender as a woman, but not Jean Paul, nor the player, are watching her.

@NotAGoodUsername360

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aradia000 It also takes heavy influence from Madoka Magica's Sayaka, who ends up sacrificing her entire being for the sake of healing a boy she liked, only for said boy to fall in love with another girl. Her subsequent fall into despair transforms her into her Witch form: A crazed opera singer singing a song of unrequited love, attacking anything and anyone around her until she's finally put down. The enemy database entry for Simone makes this more explicit by specifically referring to her as a "witch".

@kevinmarkony8781

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such explanation, Nier series is def my favorite games, the music is more than art, it trancends, gets to our feelings and soul.

“It has lyrics?” Yes, but no.

@AndyMandyBandy

3 жыл бұрын

I learned how to sing to alot of the songs lol

@Toutarou

3 жыл бұрын

A jumble of a whole bunch of different languages.

@sterenn726

3 жыл бұрын

@@Toutarou Yeah, but with a LOT of work, you can see that it form real sentences. The song mean something.

@granzon7396

3 жыл бұрын

for short, chaos language

@MizzterFu

2 жыл бұрын

Well here’s my lyric interpretation Intro This is not love, this is madness Beautiful rose turned to ashes Please stop Verse Now I’m, filled with all this beauty Surely, now I am worthy Please love me Doing this for you And you still won’t look at me Chorus Born with beauty Love does know you If you would just look inside She’s too far gone She dimmed her light Tearing herself, that’s beauty Verse Now I can see that I destroyed what was, Who i am or who I’ll be ‘S unknown I can’t stop Now I am someone else Thought I could become worthy But you still won’t look at me Please Look!

I actually like it with Simone’s echo scream as opening

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@nesoukkefka1741

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted One thing interesting is in game during the first phase of the fight the boss is, or at least try, to be synchronize with the song with her moves ^^

@CMTechnica

3 жыл бұрын

Considering that's how it actually starts in the game I'd have to say that's the original version

@brettfitzgerald6280

3 жыл бұрын

Sends chills up my back everytime.

@trevorveillette8415

2 жыл бұрын

@@CMTechnica it's honestly just REALLY good game design to have the bosses moves and sounds sync up with the song. The bells that ring during the fight are all her, not the song. The scream at the beginning too. I wish square enix would release a CD with the bells version as the one that plays.

Honestly, the context of this song is just tragic. It's effectively a cry of despair.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

It has indeed a melancholic tone

@Official_MikeyT

3 жыл бұрын

A cry of despair while 2B and 9S are subjected to their fallen comrades strung up on crosses and being weaponized against them. This battle was really fucked up when you look back at it.

@KnIf0rTITAN

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted ​Basically the story behind the song is about a robot that gains sentience and falls in love but the object of her love seems unable or unwilling to notice her, she then learns of a thing called "beauty" that is said to make the things you love notice you and becomes obsessed with it doing more and more extreme things in an attempt to be seen as beautiful in the eyes of the ones she loves but goes unnoticed time and time again..... in the end it drives her insane and she is left broken, murderous and obsessed with being beautiful. What's really sad is when you kill her on the 9S playthrough you learn all this and in the end you are left with the last thoughts to go though her mind that simply goes. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He... won't... look... my... way.

@c0mplex_Ale

3 жыл бұрын

@@KnIf0rTITAN this game is just too good, i need more of it

@finnmurtons8727

3 жыл бұрын

Bro the composition is synced with her attacks... if you know how to listen, you can play her entire sequence based on the song alone.

My favourite part about the song was how it introduced the duel layer music system, there are actually two tracks playing at the same time with an "8-bit" version taking over whenever the player enters a hacking mini game

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@teriases

3 жыл бұрын

I have the full CD soundtrack including all 8-bit versions

@meurer13daniel

2 жыл бұрын

I heard the 8 bit is actually not a track, but a filter that plays over the original sound.

@Arithekiller

2 жыл бұрын

@@teriases Where did you get it ? Been searching forever

The most beautiful gibberish I have ever heard

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

😀

@lexiemusic1

3 жыл бұрын

@Sleeping Dreams lol I know, it was just a joke

@firekeeperiswaifu3092

3 жыл бұрын

@Sleeping Dreams Therefore, gibberish as it has no true meaning besides sounding cool

@HolyNatanil

3 жыл бұрын

@@firekeeperiswaifu3092 Chaos Language can be Translatet so it has meaning

@Xplosive_Star

3 жыл бұрын

"Achually..." Oh boy I was excepting this coments the moment I saw OP

Yeah, there isn't actually any "official" translations for Chaos Language. It's basically meant to be from so far in the future that all the languages have bled together and it's meant to express a feeling rather than any specific words. If you listen to other NieR songs you can get a good feel for how they "feel" even if the lyrics themselves are basically "meaningless" in and of themself; it's the combination of music and Chaos Language that works together.

@rllgr3356

3 жыл бұрын

If that's the case, then why is there a song called Weight of the World, sang in Japanese and Chaos Language as well?

@Naterkix

3 жыл бұрын

@@rllgr3356 It may be a rare case of matching lyrics but, if it's like the rest, the Chaos version is using lyrics to mimic the same "feeling" of the original while not actually having a specific "meaning". I'm honestly unsure but as Chaos Language is, well, chaotic, there isn't an actual "written" language or even rules. It's a mish-mash of many languages so even if a single word might mean something in the language it's from, it's used more for sound/mood instead of actually saying anything in particular.

@princessaria

2 жыл бұрын

@@rllgr3356 The three languages in that song were meant to represent the 3 main characters/POVs that you experience in the game. The Chaos language doesn’t have an actual translation because there was no system of grammar it was built on. She chose random sounds from different languages that she felt expressed the feelings she wanted to convey, they weren’t actually words with meanings. It wasn’t a conlang, let alone an actual language. But that’s okay! Emi still spent a ton of time researching world languages and combining elements from them. I personally loved that Emi purposefully included pieces of dying indigenous languages as a way to have them live on through this incredible music.

this is not a game or a movie... this is an masterpiece ART

@AndyMandyBandy

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@Amjed_G2

3 жыл бұрын

Yessir

@elizabethalmendarez4498

3 жыл бұрын

Truth

@user-dd9cg7zc1c

3 жыл бұрын

noice all of u 🕺 thanks for agreeing me

@Tokito_263

3 жыл бұрын

Lol ya just waiting for the 2th game to release soon

Long ago, an old machine lifeform told me something: "Beauty is what wins love." But what is "Beauty"? After researching the old world. I finnaly learned the truth. Beauty is Pretty Skin. Beauty is Stylish Accesories. Beauty is Looking one's Best. I once heard tell of a precious jewel far to the east. It was said to be located on a terribly dangerous mountain. But I didn't care. I slipped on cliff. I fell onto rocks. But eventually I claimed the Jewel. Blue Stone. Brilliant Blue. So beautiful. I lost many parts obtaining this Jewel. I lost... myself.

Regarding the make up languages, not sure if anyone else mentioned her, but there's a Japanese composer that does music for anime and video games - Yuki Kajiura - she created a language called Kajiurago/Kajiuran that she uses in some of her songs, which is very cool too. Some examples - Image Theme of Xenosaga 2 (from the game game Xenosaga 2), Sis Puella Magica (from anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica), Swordland (from Anime SwordArtOnline) and many more. I'm a big fan of Kajiura's work so I'd recommend to check it out in general :)

@arapaimagold8088

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Akira Tsuchiya holy creation, Hymnos in Ar Tonelico.

@tweetugwe1270

3 жыл бұрын

Her works on Heaven's Feel trilogy and El-Melloi Case Files is also pretty good.

@macjakeg

3 жыл бұрын

@@tweetugwe1270 Ohh there are many more examples definitely, I just didn't want to do a wall of text listing everything here :D

@shiichan32

3 жыл бұрын

honestly when it comes to made up languages in songs i feel like its more done with japanese composers man whats nice with yuki kajiura and kajuran is that she sings it herself as well

@2710cruiser

3 жыл бұрын

Fell in love with Kajiura’s music back in high school

everyone should react to Bipolar nightmare. It's probably my favorite soundtrack of all time

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Of all time eh? quite a statement!

@__dane__

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted this games soundtrack is amazing. Check out the mini doc on the channel Archipel with the main composer and secondary composer

@jameswayton2340

3 жыл бұрын

Yea that track is just ridiculous....

@115TUNGUSKA

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed its awesome!

@_GRiM1

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted And i'm still waiting. Also Alien manifestation, like, god damn the perfection of those

The amazing thing about this soundtrack is that in the boss fight this plays, it matches the fight as well which makes it more epic. Also i suggest you react to 'Light of Nibel (feat. Aeralie Brighton) from the Ori and the Blind Forest OST. Its honestly so amazing.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gawd don't get me started with the Ori ost. I played that game when it was released and was mesmerizing!

You have to watch the boss fight. The way the gameplay works with the music is amazing. The whole scene is probably the most memorable boss fight I’ve experienced

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I want to spoil myself, I want to play the game too eventually 😄

This game is a hidden masterpiece, even tho it's a AA game. The games story telling is amazingly done thru its music, world building, aesthetic, characters and human nature/emotions. So ready for nier replicant.

@FiragaJJC

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, this should have won best RPG over Persona 5. I played both, enjoyed both... however Nier Automata is leagues better than Persona 5 imo.

@NuclearAbyss

3 жыл бұрын

@@FiragaJJC I never played persona 5, but I definitely agree that nier should have been recognized more.

@darshio8307

3 жыл бұрын

@@FiragaJJC well, at least nier automata won best videogame music

@FiragaJJC

3 жыл бұрын

@@darshio8307 right

@AndyMandyBandy

3 жыл бұрын

I love nier automata. Is something me and my dad bond over. I have a deep conection with how they are trying to find purpose in life. Me and my dad are super hyped for the new nier game.

There is something deep about how you have thought the deeper voice would be male. The boss that is fought with this song is symbolic of the feminist existentialist philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir who considered that women construct themselves to be feminine, just so that they could be liked by men, but that construction is actually imposed by social standards. That's just roughly what I can summarize from the research about the philosophy behind the game. The gameplay with that boss is representative of those thoughts. I suppose you get some more layers if you look at the music through that perspective. There is soft melancholy with the higher voice and an even more desperate, dramatic layers with the deeper one, when Simone just can't be seen, as she desperately wants to.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

I'm familiar with Simone to a certain extent. If the creators of the game made it with that in mind cool, I don't adere to that school of thought though

@Sonikadu

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted The entire game sips on different schools of thought, but follows none of them: The game presents it as "How this might be understood many years in the future?"; It is difficult to explain without spoiling, so spoiler alert: Think of it like this: We are 10 thousand years on the future, earth is destroyed by war and destruction. What is left? How much knowledge is left? Books? Computers? Someone wants to learn about humans, where is that information? In the game we assume a LOT of information was completely lost and only small bits here and there are salvaged. Those are incomplete pieces of knowledge and old human philosophy. Simone (the robot Boss you fight against, while this music plays) certainly "found" about Simone de Beauvoir, and followed what was found as best as she could, as those robots are curious about humanity and want to be as close as possible to humans. More spoilers: This can be "further" confirmed because a little earlier in the game the robots play Romeo and Juliet. It is quite clear they found Shakespeare work, but also the entire interpretation is somewhat wrong, as if they only had a few pieces of the script and had to make with what they got. There are other bosses and smaller enemies that follow the same principles, with different philosophers and their respective schools of thought.

@zetsumeinaito

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sonikadu I found it interesting that the Boss of "A beautiful Song"(Simone) and the Sartre of the game were more based on the rumors of the RL couple and seeing how that played out according to their personal philosophies instead of how they actually were. It's like some 10 year olds found the gossip column about them, found their books, made a play based on both sources, and took it too far. Kinda like what you get if you don't know the difference between reality and fiction on the internet. Some weird amalgamation of fact, belief, rumor, and superstition creating something poisonous. Like those negative ion products for balanced body energies. The thorium in them IS still radioactive after all.

@KirurUwU

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted yeah, I might have worded something in a misleading way. The game itself isn't supporting that philosophy. It's rather playing with various philosophies, mostly existentialist ones, and this particular boss where this song is played is called Simone, so she is based on her philosophy. I am curious, if it is possible to find more hints to the philosophies in the soundtrack throughout the game. This is the first one I find and it is not certain if it is intended of course.

This game has the single most beautiful soundtrack I've ever heard. The entire soundtrack as a whole has to be the greatest accomplishment ever in gaming. It is absolutely awe inspiring.

@trevorveillette8415

3 жыл бұрын

Well I would say the greatest accomplishment in gaming is the game itself since the music is only a part of the game. Let's not forget that the story and characters elevate the music to even higher levels and the same applies vice versa. Yoko taro, keichii okabe, emi evans. The holy trinity.

I recommend you a lot to react to another Nier Automata song called "Weight of the world" in his japanese version, it's just art

@thelegendofrosetyler

3 жыл бұрын

Weight of the world just makes me want to bawl ;~; it's so good

@HadeaRin

3 жыл бұрын

Weight of the world is complete when all three version played side by side.

@keeganbrakhage7835

3 жыл бұрын

i probably enjoy the english version more, but the last version that mixes the japanese and english vocalists is better than both, imo

@trevorveillette8415

3 жыл бұрын

@@keeganbrakhage7835 don't forget chaos language either. 3 languages play in the [E]nd of YoRHa.

Melancholy is the epitome of the machine life form this song plays for

@vetreas366

2 жыл бұрын

Really weird way you have of writing "desperation" :D

It's interesting. It never even occurred to me to consider the deep voice a "male" voice. To me it sounds distinctively female.

The two voices come from two ladys they sing with much feelings

My live-in partner has absolutely no interest in video games but when I was playing this game this music pulled him into my game room and he asked very interested “so what is this about?”

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Live-in partner conversion : started

Keiichi Okabe is truly a master in sound design. Just listen to his work from the first Nier for additional awesomeness. But really, his compositions give out the best when playing the game as the music literally mutates along the scenes.

Love the reaction! I highly recommend playing the game- by far an amazing experience, gameplay, music, visual, and story-wise. Its is both in PS4 and PC but the pc needs mods to be playable (they didn’t do a great job on porting the game sadly but there is a tutorial on yt). It will also make sense why the language is made up if you play the game and it is astonishing why they did it. Highly recommended, hoping you play it in your spare time! ( BTW there are only five true endings: A B C D E , there are in total 26 endings but most are joke endings) Will love to see more reactions on this games music and on its first installment: Nier 💜

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Next one will be from the first game actually

@nullvortex7929

3 жыл бұрын

I will say that there is an Xbox One version of the game as well, which doesn’t have the same issues as the pc port

@ramasama

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted What song from the first game? You're killing me haha! I can't wait! Love your videos.

Hello! I imagined scenes like battles and exploration throughout the song like a montage. You explain it so well!😄😊

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you David!

This song is, for me, up there among the best tracks from games ever.

With the multiple layers/versions of the song might be really cool to have video of the boss fight with only the music going, so that it swaps and changes around.

Makes me want to cry what the fuck, such a game an absolute masterpiece

Man. As someone who loved the first Nier back in the day, I’m so glad Automata exists to introduce so many new people to the games. I never ever would have guessed Nier would become a popular series. I love it.

It is always a pleasure listen your analysis because even if you don't know these games you are able to understand the music theme, as you says melancholy is in fact one of the main themes of Nier. I also liked your thoughts on language and as an italian it sound very familiar to me because the context of the song is an opera, and one of the vocalist clearly says "Fa male qui nel cuore", i.e. "It hurts here in the heart" in english. When I listened the song in game I was sure it was italian or latin and I was shocked it was instead chaos language .

Honestly I feel like I need to get back into this game, the music is just so awesome and the story *Chefs kiss*.

Ar Tonelico is another game that invented an entire language for the video game. Though I consider it far more wild then this personally because the language is actually all In universe based and is based on stuff like programing coding and the likes. So there is some pretty interesting grammar concepts they toy with in some songs. Such as having a chorus where the singer gives a binary string near the end of the song that you can use to decode extra meaning. Imagine each word of a piece of the song being a 1 or 0 which can be stringed together to create second lyrics out of the song itself.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

That is very interesting, never heard of Ar Tonelico before. Going to dig into that, thanks mate!

@moalboris239

3 жыл бұрын

​@@AtlasBenighted If you ever get a chance to I'd suggest listening to Exec_Despedia, EXEC_PAJA/.#Misya extracting, and EXEC_SUSPEND/ That game did some interesting experimentation with the soundtrack but given its age people don't really talk too much about it anymore.

@rydernia

3 жыл бұрын

Hymnos is cool conlang concept, so far my favorite songs are Exec Chronicle Key & Exec Harmonius

@HadeaRin

3 жыл бұрын

Like talking about Emotional Song Pact with the New Testament of Pastelie and then we have Genomic Language and the language to activate Cielnotron is just putting one beast against each other and kinda describe how even in the same planets the language differs and how it is up to intrepretation. Chronicle Key, Exec_Suspend, Exec_Harmonius for Elemia. Replekia, Method_Sublimation, then there is Hearts Talk for my fav Pastelie. Cosmoflips, Rebirthia Protocol, Metemphsycosis, Ec Tisia, Exec Flip Arphage itself for Tillia. I think I love all the song coming from Surge Concerto series. CLASS::EXPAJA, yal-fii ne noh-iar etc. If extra track is put into equation, Ar=Ciel Ar=Dor should get honorable mention since the song is plain 'life'

So interesting how you interpreted the second voice as a male voice. It would never have occurred to me. I wonder if that had anything to do with contrast in the female vocals present in the track. Hehe, it's kinda ironic how plays into the themes of the boss fight in particular and the 'Simone' in question that can be inferred. All in all, I've been enjoying these reactions.

Your face is saying that this shouldnt work but it just works beautiful

What's amazing is the entire first phase of this boss fight is choreographed to the music. The song alone is incredible, but in context it is so much more impactful.

nice video dude. i highly recommend you react to the Doom Eternal soundtrack, specifically a track called "The only thing they fear is you". one of my favorite metal video game tracks i've heard.

@AtlasBenighted

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I know Mick Gordon's work in the Doom reboot and it was outstading. I haven't played Doom Eternal, but I did listen to a couple of tracks from gameplays a so forth, but this is great! Give Hassan a like please!

They are singing in “Chaos language”

3:00 male vocalist 💀

@arjanzweers6542

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i felt that one

@csempe6608

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Tedphoenician

3 жыл бұрын

@@arjanzweers6542 he made a mistake on the internet, get the pitchforks!

@arjanzweers6542

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tedphoenician Hey I'm no American who immediately wants to cancel his ass for a simple mistake like that. I at least allow a human to be human and let him make mistakes and learn from it!

@guntere1004

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tedphoenician Who needs some torches?? I've got plenty

chaos language basically allows the singers and music composers to transform a human's voice into an instrument at your disposal. you arent bound to lyric meaning, only sound and this should be an example for future music composition. it breaks the boundries that we know about singing

I love this videogame! I cried very much playing it because is a beautiful and deep history. The context is about a "female robot" who sacrifices each part of her, just for love, but... i sugess you playing it. Is... wow...no words. I apologizes for my English. Greetings from Chile!

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

That premise sounds awesome! No worries, tu inglés es bastante bueno 😉

You sound like being underneath the sea in Beatle's Submarine XD. Anyway, AMAZING VIDEO, love Nier

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I'm aware the audio is crap 😆 It will get better in the future of course

you know what, its really funny that you mention a roller coaster, since to get to the boss arena in the game you have to ride a rollercoaster

Best game of the decade, by far

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Big statement right there

@UnholyGB

2 жыл бұрын

Its a well deserved one at that. This game sucked me in and blew me away at the same time and made me feel emotions for the characters. The music will never be beaten for a video game period. I freaking love this game with my soul.

You should listen to the orchestral version of this song and others in the album, they're so well orchestrated and would love to know what you think! Great video dude, new subscriber

I can't ever get enough of NieR Automata. Every time I look back at the game, it gives me the chills

Bro, you should listen to Tolkien's songs and poems (from the books) actually being sung. Tolkien was a medievalist, and in the good old times poems weren't meant to be read, but to be sung. Do pick any of the poems in the hobbit or LotR and read them aloud. Since the majority are written in iambic pentameter you'll get the rhythm immediately, the ones in trochaic are a bit trickier to get the rhythm down, as well as the ones with spondee lines. Of course, all of the verses that Tolkien wrote in his invented languages also rhyme perfectly, though the pronunciation is a bit hard to pin down if your mother tongue is english. My personal favorites are the ones with alliterative verse in the unpublished materials (the history of middle-earth), this one gives me the chills every time: 'I cannot,I cannot leave thee. O Morwin, my mother, why makest me go? Hateful are the hills where hope is lost. O Morwin, my mother,I am meshed in tears. Grim are the hills,and my home is gone.'

memories of dust from nier automata is probably my favourite track from that game, if you ever plan on revisiting the automata ost.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

More Nier will come!

Birth of a wish and Bipolar nightmare with vocals are my favourites and some of the most memorable music i have heard in a game

This song is best experienced in the game, as you dance to the death with beats and timing queing attacks and overtures spuring large area attacks. its so good!

The score was written by Keiichi Okabe and the lyrics were written and sung by Emi Evans. In the original nier, Evans would pick a language based on how she thought a song should feel then tweak the words and add sounds she felt would fit in so they weren't understandable. She followed the same process for automata and, if I recall correctly, the base language for this song was Italian. The reason for chaos language was so that you can get the extra emotional "umph" from having lyrics sung but not be distracted from gameplay by having recognizable speech. Either way, this is one of the best songs I've ever gotten my ass kicked to.

I recommend Alien Manifestation and Bipolar Nightmare also from Nier Automata. I mean, i should recommend the entire OST, cuz it's really something different.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

People is telling me the same thing about FF. Like 'listen to all the osts from all the games!' 😄

Inventing a language to sing in on the soundtrack for the game is the kind of insane stuff we can expect from Yoko Taro. It fades because it does indeed loop, effectively playing forever (at least it feels that way while you're fighting Simone Beauvoir the first time.) Many of the tracks are like this, and in addition to 8-bit versions for hacking many of the tracks on the OST have multiple variations to trasition between exploring, combat, and cut-scenes seemlessly which the game switches between on the fly. I don't think enough attention has been paid to just how amazing the soundtrack for this game is. Glad to see you listening to it.

if there is something I learn about video game boss music it's that sometimes the meaning of the fight goes hand in hand with the song. if a song don't have lyrics try searching for the story and reason behind the fight. I learned that from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, which it's final boss has japanse pop music, really unfitting for a game about a private mercenary group stopping a nuclear threat but after hearing Paz Ortega's (the final boss) diary cassette (they are 10 incase you try to search them) it clicked to me what the song was about and why it was playing without even understanding a word of japanese. it changed my view on the song and it's meaning. it turned a japanese pop idol song into a somber lament about an unfullied wish and cruel reality.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, contrast is a resource and sometimes it works great!

Hi there! Just stumbled across this now. If you want more music like this, I recommend checking out more music from the franchise! Drakengard 1, 3, NieR Gestalt/Replicant and of course Automata. I also recommend Ar Tonelico's music, especially EXEC CHRONICLE KEY. Ar Toncelico also has its own lanuage for singing in too, called Hymnos.

Pls react to more nier automata ost's my favorite out of all of them is song of the ancients: atonement followed by weight of the world and this one

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

More Nier will come!

@SHGogo-df5jr

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted Weight of the world actually has 3 different versions. In English, Japanese and Chaos

I honestly think that The Sound of the End is the best song of the entire game, it makes you feel that the end is near, not even knowing about the game at all. Also, if you guys wanna hear something thats gonna destroy your heart, Vague Hope was made for that, what an incredible song

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Benjamin, more Nier will happen VERY soon

Just found about the game a week ago, tried it and it's BEAUTIFUL especially the music :D... But my fav is the desert song (Memories of Dust). That one almost made me cry when i heard it the first time.

@boruj7930

3 жыл бұрын

When you “finish” the game, replay it. It’s not really finished till you replay it three (I think) times. I promise you’ll love it more and more as you continue towards the main ending

i feel goosebumps with nier automata songs

Another beautiful song is Aki Rosenthal's Shallys, which was sung using the Elven Language she created. It even has an official lyric translation. You should definitely check it out if you have time.

As amazing as the entire soundtrack for this game is (and it is really amazing), the soundtrack for the original NieR is even better, especially in context within the game. Half of the tracks in Automata's soundtrack are remixed tracks from the original NieR anyway. I highly recommend checking out the soundtrack for the original game, NieR: Replicant/Gestalt.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

I did Song of the Ancients - Fate

You should review some atlus game osts like the persona series. The music is incredible and the fan base really supports the music

this song with the bossfight context is pure gold

@AharenYuujin

3 жыл бұрын

"I want to be beautiful"

Won't ask you to react. But definitely check out Kaines Salvation(Emils Memories). It's the most beautiful song from the Nier franchise.

god i love this freaking game

A bit on chaos language, firstly it has no meaning, there's no translation. What it is, is a phonetic approximation of what certain languages could sound like in the future, with a few real words sprinkled in to trick the ear. Currently the variations i know are Japanese, English, German, and French.

Please react to Alien Manifestation, also from Nier Automata. No words can describe my love for that piece.

Absolutely love this song and franchise (I'm sure my name gives that away) but I think the fact the most of the songs are sung in Angelic (language created for the game). Makes each soundtrack have such a mysterious vibe

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Well, that alone is fantastic!

@manganoid7426

3 жыл бұрын

Angelic script (also called Celestial) -the weird letters that appear at the top of the screen when something huge happens in-game - wasn't created for the game, is actually from the 17th century i believe. The spoken language in the songs is actually called the chaos language.

Dude it's like I'm on 9 hits of acid and watching the damn world being created. WOAH, people kept telling me to play this game and I have to try it now!

"Sona mi areru ec sancitu" from Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998) the song that plays during the credits of the game is sung in a made up language called "Panzerese" which is spoken in the series.

The best "translation" I've seen to chaos language is an analysis to what languages make up its constitution, with small sections of text being the ones translated (much like an archaeologist who translates small sections of egyptian hieroglyphics). Chaos Language consists of a melding of German, English, French, Spanish, some Italian, and a few other languages. I think someone translated one of the italian lines to "The pain lives inside my heart" or something, but I'd need a confirmation on that

I think that this song is so good that by dissecting it you could probably understand the context surrounding it

OMG! Finally find a composer who listen videogames tracks! I wolud like you to reacto to the track "Alien Manifestation" it has a conterpiont part what will blow your mind

It's funny how you mention a rollercoaster. In the game you actually ride a rollercoaster before arriving at the boss room and the theme starts.

this is prolly the greatest video game OST that has ever existed.

I feel the need that Chaos language isn't just limited to this game. I think Emi Evans made it before the Nier series, and she's used it in at least one other game since (Armageddon from Granblue Fantasy also features it, with her singing)

my personal favorite is pascals song. its simple but catchy

I don't think any of the songs in chaos have lyrics in any real language officially, just supposed to feel the emotions from it and get the general feel. Beautiful and fantastical things happen visually in-game accompanied by beautiful and fantastical music that you have no idea what they are saying but you can tell it has meaning.

What makes this song brilliant is it's timing within the game

10:35 like a roller coaster... Yes that game is.. > before this music is played (boss fight) heroes are on roller-coaster 😎🎢 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iIiGr8tsZMishdI.html Song in live version : kzread.info/dash/bejne/iK6cp8alka-3d5s.html

i hope there is a translation for the chaos language, or an official english lyrics

You should definitely check out the ones from NieR Replicant/Gestalt, the first game before NieR:Automata . "Shadowlord" "Gods bound by rules" And "Emil - Sacrifice" Are some of the best in the game

This is a loop as it's a boss battle theme. You should check out "Weight of the World" from this game. Full song and just as good if not better.

The sadness of obsession with beauty leading to madness - that's basically what the song is about. And even despite it being "chaos language"... you can really hear it.

Not sure if you might see this but I suggest Reacting to "Successor" from Code Vein, it incorporates a deep voice focus similar to this song! Just something that may interest you!

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

I see you 🤪

Hoashi Keigo (MONACA)'s music is epic

All of the songs in the game have vocals, it's a bold choice that really pays off

great video, keep up the good work check out also "Song of the ancients" and "Luna park song" From nier automata

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, I'll do more Nier, that language thing got me hooked!

Memories of dust is my favorite, but this one is really good

***Recommendation*** to keep the theme of JRPGs "a tragic decision" from the xenoblade definitive edition - i reckon you'd like that quite a bit! Like if you agree

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Xenoblade getting traction!

@inaraoftyria3878

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted I'll second the Xenoblade request. The music from that game is absolutely incredible.

You should react to Kanie, is my favorite song from the Nier saga

React to the "nameless song" from dark souls 1 it's also the end credits song

"Now they have a male vocalist" Me: Uhhhh... That's a female...

If he were to play the boss fight while listening to this song it would feel and sound waayy better. It just hits different.

Before I played NieR, the only other songs with invented language I had heard were from the composer Yuki Kajiura.

Listen to "The Tower" from NieR Automata, it's amazing!

Might I recommend the FALKKONE cover of this song

This game is piece of ART...

I think the title references the boss you fight while the song plays. the boss has an obsession with beauty.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

Narcissism! what a weapon it is!

@Browniedays

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtlasBenighted Actually it is because the Boss destroyed her mind trying to gain the love of another machine. She heard that Beauty gains Love, therefore she commits cannibalism because of a rumor that say "Devouring the body of an Android gives Beauty" so she didn't hesitated to try that and more. But she wasn't able to gain the love of her crush, and then she lost her mind once she saw in what she became.

@AtlasBenighted

3 жыл бұрын

@@Browniedays Been there done that 😆

The only other song I know that uses a non language would be Ververg by Ani from Cytus. Seriously you might want to check it out