Opera Singer Reacts: Smiles From Juran || Warframe OST
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- There are plenty of pieces from video games that are beautiful to listen to that then allow you to move on with your day. Right? We get that, wow, that's pretty anyway...And then there are songs like this. That...Actually enter into your spirit and leave you changed. That's not hyperbole, either. Smiles from Juran is a poignant piece of video game music, and feels very...important. Warframe is such a unique video game, and this music makes it stand out even more to me.
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"And it was not their force of will - not their Void devilry - not their alien darkness... it was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing - and take away its pain."
-Ballas in the Vitruvian
We return this memory to the Void. And find peace in our emptyness
@@thearcheovistofsolkeeperof6326We use this Memory, it fuels our Wrath
We accept this memory, and move beyond its reach.
You guys have my respect (tip hat)
I am a ptsd survivor and that line about an ugly broken thing having it‘s pain taken away always helped me. I cried to this song bit and to this line so often beforw I managed to getvout of the worst of it.
It‘s one of the most on point depictions of how a traumatised person feels and how at least I myself saw myself when I was down. Still do sometimes. Please don‘t say stuff like „no you are ok and not an ugly broken thing“ I know. Saying that is like telling a depressed person to just do stuff that makes them happy, so just let it be.
I am out of my worst phase for almost 2 years now and it still touches me. The fact that this insight and these perfectly fitting words came from a game like warframe that is not about such thing in the mayority of it‘s runtime (compared to stuff like hellblade eg or other games that make a point about mental issues) is still one of the big reasons I hold DE the developers in high regards.
Even the way umbra twitches and spasms holding his head in the vision and the way the operator slowly calms that down before they can connect is very very, i dunno, relatable I guess.
Sorry to trauma dump like that but it‘s just something I wanted to point out as a positive. It‘s not a common thing for such pieces to achieve this level of depth on such topics
"We accept this memory, and move beyond its reach."
the only time when I didnt choose pure moon path
“We return this memory to the Void and find peace in our emptiness”
I chose umbra path
Acceptance is the only correct choice in that dialog imo. It just matches so well. The story of Umbra is insane.
@user-gt7vi9jm9m This was my only choice when Ballas is concerned
Smiles from Juran represent all the unsaid words that a father couldn't express to his son. A song that tells that there's a heart beating within that frame. :^) I like to think the slow ending is finally letting go of that memory.
shit im so glad i didn't know that cause i would have cried so bad.
We accept this memory......and move beyond it's reach
@@GammaDX27 we use this memory... it fuels our wrath
@@fartyfazbear1932 We return this memory to the Void and find peace in our emptiness
@@GammaDX27 it was there ability to take away the pain
"We use this memory. It fuels our wrath.
We accept this memory, and move beyond its reach.
We return this memory to the void and find peace in our emptiness"
Your decisions make you.
Which string will you pluck? Which note will you sound? Play well, and the universe dances.
You are an instrument most perfect, Tenno.
Haha not as of new war
@@mmfreshmeat2860 I wish that Onko would show up after New War to tell us that we are now more than an instrument, we are an entire ensemble with Drifter and... the others.
I also love the way the game uses the concept of yin and yang in this moment. The wrath option presents as "light" and the emptiness option presents as "dark", even though our modern understanding of good and evil would have us inclined to view those things the other way around. Yin and yang takes that perception and shows the idea of the light within the dark, and the dark within the light, neither of which are inherently good or evil.
This is the song a soldier played for his children.
Years later, forced to do horrible things, the only thing that keeps his mind from finally breaking beyond repair, is remembering it.
"Father, do you remember your shawzin? Remember when you played for us? Smiles From Juran?"
Every time, I weep.
Step 1; Lay down.
Step 2: Try not to cry.
Step 3: Cry a lot.
Dunno which tears me up more, Leaves from the vine(ATLA) or this
Damn I remember hearing this for the first time. Such an awesome moment in game. Wont spoil it for anyone.
Yeah I teared up a bit
Had me crying
Even faceless can cry.
The questline from which this song comes from is quite the emotional ride as we discover more about the creation of the Warframes themselves. Already saw someone explain the context in the comments but I'll take a shot at it too because having more than one way of telling the story is always nice so SPOILER warning for those who haven't played and/or are interested in playing. We in the community never want you to be spoiled.
In this questline, The Sacrifice, we rebuild a weird Warframe, Excalibur Umbra (or just Umbra for short) and he has a deep tie with one of the game's antagonits, Ballas, the creator and designer of the titular Warframes, who are essentially weapons made using metal, viruses, drugs, Infested tissue, and living humans. We discover that the process to create a Warframe is rather painful, that the person who becomes one goes through extreme pain, and subjects used also tend to be people who have gone through a very rough patch, either recent or not. Success was not granted as they would go berzerk and go on a killing spree. That is until the Tenno, the suriving children of an incident regarding travelling through the Void (extra dimentional space area that is whacky and weird and dangerous and eldritgh) show up with uncontrollable void powers. Ballas then, with the help of his at the time lover and scientist, used their powers and channeled them through the Warframes, establishing a link between the 2 that would allow the Warframes to be calm, and the Tenno to focus their power on until they could control it entirely.
With the context out of the way let us get into the meat of it. We discover with each time we try to connect with Umbra that he used to be a soldier, a Dax soldier, one of the elites, and he was afflicted with a strange illness that left him bedridden. His son would be by his side the whole way through, and you can tell they have a deep loving bond, his son even following on his own father's footsteps and becoming a Dax too. With each flashback we discover more and more, how he was good at this in-universe game, Komi, and was never beat, a game he and Ballas, who is also there the whole time, are playing. We learn he was a good musician, that he played an in-universe instrument called the Shawzin, which is a string instrument (this will be relevant regarding the music). And in the last flashbacks we discover that the illness he was afflicted with was not random, it was Ballas who did it. He was infected with the same stuff he gave the other subjects to make the Warframes, and it was slowly changing him from inside out, and he couldn't speak, only breathe. He also implanted a rod in his brain that would stop him from attacking Ballas once the change took effect because once it happened he would go berzerk.
What happened? He changed, went berzerk, and killed his own son, not being able to kill Ballas in the process. Why did this happen? Because in order for the Warframe to be made, for the change to ocurr, the person must have a deep and traumatic experience. And what could be more traumatic than to kill your own child with your own hands?
And now we get to the song. In the scene, after the final flashback, we are in Umbra's headspace. We see a tree in the distance, and a wailing, grieving Umbra, cursed to re-live that one last memory over, and over, and over again. We get close, kneel down in front of him, the song begins to play as Umbra slowly but surely begins to calm down. The song playing is this one, and it is heavily hinted that this was the song that Umbra used to play to his son on the Shawzin. As the song plays we hear a monologue, almost like a sort of journal entry, from Ballas himself, explaining the reason why the Tenno and the Warframes could have such an excellent balance:
"We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... we brutalized their minds, but it did not work. Until they came. And it was not their force of will, not their Void devilry, not their alien darkness... it was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly broken thing...and take away its pain.".
We, the players, the Tenno, managed to ease the pain of Umbra, to allow him to move on. The pain of that memory will forever be there, it is a scar that cannot heal properly for it is too ugly, too brutal, too deep. But we manage to help the healing process, to help him embrace the memory, go beyond it, and move on. We manage to take away his pain.
And then he finally becomes an empty husk for us to control and manipulate.
@@thebigenchilada678 umbra is still with us, that would explain it's passive to go auto-target mode when we are in the Operator
@@thebigenchilada678 he's still active if you get out of him, he helps in combat
@@alvinvalentino5797 “helps” yeah, he always loses like 85% of his health just running in circles like an idiot, normal Warframes are immortal when you go operator mode which is nice
There is also the heavily hinted at reason as to why the Tenno, and Umbra have such a strong, and almost instantly made connection. One was forced to kill his son as a result of not being able to control himself, and the other was forced to kill the now-insane adults onboard the Zariman 10-0. One is a vilomah, the other is an orphan, and it's kind of beautiful to realize that such deep, traumatic losses helped them connect with others who were so deeply damaged when the Orokin were utterly obsessed with beauty, and perfection in every form at the time, and ironically, their ability to do so ended up being the downfall of the Orokin.
In the game,when this song reaches its crescendo,a narrator says,
"We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them,tortured them,eviscerated them... We brutalized their minds... But it did not work. Until *they* came. And it was not their force of will - Not their Void devilry - Not their alien darkness... It was something else. It was that somehow,within that derelict-horror,they learned to see inside an ugly,broken thing... *And take away its pain."*
The narrator comes from a society that's all about perfection and aesthetics. He says all of this with a tone of confusion and awe. All while your character does exactly as he describes; Seeing inside of an ugly,broken thing,and taking away its pain.
He is trying to describe empathy as if it was an alien idea to him.
@@nicolasferreiro4492 when you have lived beyond death empathy tends to die with your mortality,
@@lunerblade13 the line "when you have lived beyond death, empathy tends to die with
your mortality" is way too fucking raw to come from a RUclips comment WTF
@@nicolasferreiro4492 For the Orokin, it is very foreign. Ballas speaks on how they have lost much of what makes them mortal long ago. Fear, compassion, death. They look down upon everything and only live to indulge and take what they wish for, to command those who are their lessor.
@@laundmo I mean the society is basically immortal and considers themselves as gods, and treats everyone below them as objects to be used up and thrown away when they have outlasted their purpose. 1 time where genocide of a race is justifiable, mentions very early in the game that you killed the Orokin
Will forever be an Umbra main. No main quest is done without him by my side. Such a wonderful song, hearing it the first time made me tear up, and for very good reason. What a game, man
I am an Inaros main, only play him, I love the backstory of Inaros. But after The Sacrifice... Umbra is the second frame I play.
What frame I play typically depends entirely on the mission, Ivara for spy, Nidus for survival, Wukong for Railjack, Limbo for Index or Mobile Defense, but Umbra is always my Story frame. The man deserves to see everything through to it's conclusion.
Im here for my boi rhino 😎
Gotta keep Space-Uncle there in case shit hits the fan am i right?
@@19Crusader91agreed
I want more people to hear this short but beautiful song. This song has been described to me as so. "A child who is looking for their mother finds and consoles an old soldier who is grieving that he was forced by someone to kill his own son."
I would say that's more of the quest than the song, though that is a pretty good way of explaining it. But the song itself is more the soldier's melancholic remembrance of their child.
''...We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... We brutalized their minds... but it did not work, until they came... And it was not their force of will, Not their void devilry, not their alien darkness... It was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.''
It hits SO hard when you get the context of that phrase, warframe its such a great game that despise being free its does so much when it comes to feelings. Its such n journey that can only be experienced by yourself
It really does.
I remember pulling an all nighter just to play the sacrifice
Same, and then another some weeks later for New War. I don’t regret a moment of it
Smiles from Juran was a song played by a Dax soldier, a distinguished hero to both his empire and to his son. His tale was a massive tragedy because what he became was the result of him being too good at his duty.
Thanks for reacting to the songs of one of my favorite games!
Small context (Spoiler free): Imagine a moment where you couldn't do anything but to watch someone take what you love the most, and after a really long time you're finally able to let go of that pain. That is what this song represents.
I don’t even play Warframe, nor watch gameplay and listen to its music. Despite that, the emotions this piece brought me - I cannot describe in words. Reading everyone’s explanations in the comments here is a treat as well. What a community you have here, Marco. Wonderful reaction as always.
❤️
as someone who has an embarrassing 2.7k hours in Warframe, i honestly have to say that it is a pretty dry and repetitive loot-grinder type of game. the story quests are pretty good but once you blitz through those, you'll be stuck in a limbo where you have to wait months or (mostly) years for a new story chapter because the team behind Warframe is known for always delaying updates
@@ofcoursenot9520 sounds like you are burnt out. You should take a break from the game when you start feeling that way.
@@malaki7335 yep, no computer games have infinite content, it really sucks to see people complaining in games about them being repetetive, when literally every single pve game out there is like that, just take a break and play smth else
@@SauRonPlay1 Warframe is literally a game about grinding for thousands of hours. When I'm burnt out of grinding, I just go hang out in a public lobby or help new players do their things. It's the best part of the Warframe experience: helping others like others helped you. It makes the grind fun again, to see others feel amazed towards something that's become mundane to you 😊. Warframe might not have infinite content, but it definitely has infinite replayability because every player's reaction is different 😊.
To me, smiles from juran is the perfect audio representation of a grief stricken father, which is exactly what Umbra is, this song feels both so sad and hopeless but also tranquil and accepting and comforting. it's a weird feeling
I remember the song left me crying during the quest. You can feel the pain left by the father.
it's amazing how some simple melodies made with soul can be so powerful.
Spoilers:
The sacrifice was such a heartbreaking experience, being in the point of view of the Dax in the hospital bed, watching through his eyes as everything unraveled and warped around him was so terrible. The heartbreak that Umbra still carried with him must have been so painful.
I'd really wish to lose all my memories to experience The Sacrifice questline again, which is one of the best questlines in Warframe. This song pairs well with its forerunner "Your Creator" which is an evil anthem for Ballas. I highly suggest giving that song a try too. Love from China!
Warframe has good music. I haven't played in a while and it was like hearing this piece for the first time today.
yes-yes-yes-YES.
1:25 as a contexty thing, I think the song looped here. It's pretty much meant to be timed to a cutscene with a voice over going and when that crescendo hits it pauses for a bit then goes to another scene.
Can I suggest "sleeping in the cold below" next? ;) you already listened to for narmer after all.
I suggested this song during your "100k subscribers celebration" stream and now I'm glad you didn't pick it. I didn't know that you haven't heard it before and IMO it's better to listen to such a powerful and intimate piece of music on your own, without the pressure of interacting with chat.
I remember playing this for the first time, the scene was hauntingly beautiful, the story dripping with atmospheric depth and tragedy, all wrapped up in an incredible experience that I wish I could do again for the first time. And the even more impressive part is you have to play the game for a good long while to get access to this or any of the other incredible story quests of this game.
I love this track. The moment in game is so cathartic, it's not even funny
"we had created monsters we couldn't control. we drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them, we brutalized their minds... but it did not work. until *they* came
and it was not their force of will - not their void devilry - not their alien darkness... it was something else.
it was that somehow, from within that derelict's horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... and take away it's pain"
Yessss finally this song, I remember practicing it on Shawzin (Warframe's instrument) back in the day and I think this song is the harder one to actually digest without context or in game cutscene. For me it feels like watching Sakura petals falling at night.
Welp, time to cry again.
Relatable
Warframe has such amazing timing with their music it just keeps hitting so hard
I love that you just listened to it all the way through, no pauses, no talking, and when it ended said “woah” that’s what I felt during the sacrifice.
Cant wait for you to react to Sleeping in the cold below, from warframe also. One of my favorites 👀
Love your videos man
Warframe is a really special game for me, because it was one of the first pieces of media to really acknowledge what it was to live with the sort of illness that I live with in The Sacrifice, the hideous and violating nature of what it's like to relive your worst moments over and over. It told me the two things I'd been waiting to hear, that I'd been hearing from people in my support network, yet pop culture wasn't really clicking with: that feeling anger and wanting to rage at my situation wasn't wrong, it wasn't unhealthy, just that there were unhealthy ways of releasing that anger; and that wanting to just be rid of your pain wasn't too much to ask for.
Excalibur Umbra might not be the highest tier frame out there, but he's never out of my main rotation. He gets me, is the thing.
Yeah i uhh... Don't need to listen to this right now but I will. Put my dog down last night and this song always hits hard. The Sacrifice, indeed. The story of [REDACTED] and the pain he has. Always present.
I'm sorry to hear that, I know that was not easy.
Appreciate it, man. Might have to replay the Sacrifice.
This is such an understated piece in the entirety of warframe. Its such a short piece with so much emotion in it. Idk if you still play or plan play the game up to this point but the song is meant to encapsulate all the feelings and things a father was unable to say to his son in their final hours together.
Spoliers if you want a more detailed breakdown
TLDR is long long time ago the Orokin (think space roman empire) before they collapsed and resulted in the game world as it is now. Tried making the proto type warframes by literally torturing people with drugs and space viruses and all sorts of experimentation (almost evengalion like if you know that). Go figure it didnt work, the people basically went mad started killing people and yada yada. It isnt till much later when the Tenno show up (the player) who are actual children with their own space powers, are able to sit down and just empathies with them and ease their pain. And then the warframes willingly gave them control.
Fast forward to what this song is about. 1 specific guy who was a high ranking soldier had a long history with the lead designer of the warframes (Ballas) (another long story), he got sick and on his death bead unable to talk he just spends his final moments with his son. Only to find out Ballas intends to turn him into a "special" warframe, which he does, makes him kill his own son, and basically be trapped in that memory forever. Until we come across him years later, and walk through his memories and help him find some kind of closure.
I think thats about as consise as I can make it. The other thing is heres a quote from the part where that song plays
"We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... we brutalized their minds, but it did not work. Until they came. And it was not their force of will, not their Void devilry, not their alien darkness... it was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly broken thing...and take away its pain."
I always love hearing your style of vocalization as you turn these tunes over in your mind.
The fictional instrument at the start is known in-universe as a shawzin, a cross between a Japanese shamisen and a banjo. This was a song that a new major character used to play for his kids. When he's gone mad after his tragedy, it plays again when _we help him_ find peace.
Spoilers:
"It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an _ugly broken_ thing...and take away its pain."
This song brings out the tears in me every time. Thank you for finally listening to it as it is a beautiful piece. The whole quest that involves this song is heartbreaking and very emotional. Every time i hear this song, i just imagine Umbra, sitting there under that tree, shaking.
This music is soooo pretty! But the strings add an inherent sadness to it, almost like sending off a friend for the last time. I need to pick this game up immediately!
It has a very steep learning curve, so be ready
i would suggest watching beginner tutorials on youtube, its a fun game and not that hard to learn but the in game tutorials are quite bad, also its free btw
Ya know, funny you should describe it as that...
That description very much fits what the song represents. Good luck on your journey, it is a great game. And don't be afraid to ask the community for help if you find anything confusing, we have a great community that is always helpful!
Ever since completing The Sacrifice I kept the Umbra scarf on my Operator, Warframe might not get Quests very often, but every main quest is really an experience
oh my goshhhhhhhh you actually did it, I suggested this when I first found your channel!
Smiles From Juran Is one of the best music in warframe. Not going into details but damn it was great and you nailed it describing everything.
What’s crazy is that Warframe start screen, before logging in, has some awesome music as well you should listen to from over the years
I like to think that, whenever I'm not using Umbra, he doesn't just go into storage with the other frames, but instead keeps himself in good company with Kahl's garrison.
Honestly a lot of players think similarly (myself included), although before the New war it was little things like you could see him wandering your ship or find him in the personal quarters kneeling by the window playing his shawzin
"Father, do you remember your Shawzin? Remember how you'd sing to us, 'Smiles from Juran'?"
This track is so tragically beautiful especially paired with the context of Umbra's sad tale.
Honestly, I interpreted it as a sort of bittersweet thing. Like.. “This might be the last time we will be happy together, the last time we’ll be able to smile, the last good memory we’ll get to recollect.. and that’s fine, at least we know this”
and given the things we learn about Umbra, that’s pretty much how it all went, especially if you go for the positive or neutral choices. There is acceptance in that in one way or another.
The old soldier was the best of his group. He did horrible, unspeakable things and was consumed by the death of his son. Until one day, he met a young person who reached into this broken thing and took away his pain.
It's been years since i last played Warframe, and i remember that this quest made me teary eyed
You said it right the first time. I play the games and actually really like this song.
This still makes me emotional. The absolute pain and kindness behind the song are expressed beautifully.
I would *love* to hear your thoughts on Warframe's "Sunkiller" and the New War soundtrack in general. Always loving these perspectives.
Ah the memories, glad i played the game's story, very good with phenomenal sound track.
"I was transported to a different place"
Can't be more story accurate than that
This melody alone is still enough to make me tear up. The story moment it's associated with was just that powerful.
Just your emotional reaction is more than enough. This piece doesn't need to be analyzed and broken down to be understood.
It's the music I use for my alarm, works great :)
Im so glad you reacted to this particular track. Its really funny because I just recently got back into Warframe and experienced this questline not more than a week ago. God... it was such an experience... it really hit me hard.
Oh wow warframe. Wasnt expecting this
I still get emotional when I listen to that song...
"--We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... we brutalized their minds, but it did not work. Until they came. And it was not their force of will, not their Void devilry, not their alien darkness... it was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly broken thing...and take away its pain."
I may not *enjoy* warframe anymore, but I remember the reasons why I did, and "The Sacrifice" is a great example of it.
this music genuinely left me stunned, it's beautiful. and the emotion behind it, the words left unsaid between father and son, the union of Tenno and Warframe, just...
Beautiful.
"We return this memory to the Void, and find peace in our emptiness."
Warframe will be forever my favourite game even in death, I love umbra so much DE did so much for this game.
Thank you DE.
I don't know why... but this masterpiece, as simple as it is, brings forth emotions I can't explain. Sadness, grief, longing, regret, pain, suffering... yet, there seems to be a note of hope and life. I get wet eyes everytime I listen to this. 😢❤
As many wrote before me, this is a song that got played from a soldier to his son who basically was forced to kill him for spying on someone whos part of the so called orokin. He was later, through beeing exposed to the infestation transformed into a anti-sentient weapon or a so called warframe. We the player control these and are able to do so because we are the tenno. Thats the more or less short version of this soldiers story, everyone may correct me if im wrong :)
This song is a comfort song for me
To take its pain away. spot on dude!!!
A father, grieving his lost son.
A child, who’s lost parents of birth and twice-lost mothers of adoption.
A pair of hurting, broken people, coming together and finding a way to move beyond their pain.
Lotus is often called “Space Mom” by the community. I will always think of Umbra as “Space Dad”; able to protect his adopted child from harm at all times, to never again experience the grief of loss (tying into his unique passive: able to fight alongside the Operator on the battlefield when other Warframes can only stand stock-still like an empty suit if armor).
Remember...
We use this memory...
IT FUELS OUR WRATH!!!
to this day... i can't listen to this without getting choked up... i get watery eyes... and well... yeah... this is my favorite part of this game...............
0:22 don't worry, you can do this. you got this
0:51 *immense sobbing*
How I missed this I REQUESTED IT TOO OMG!!!!
It's a simple melody. Pride, loss, and grief plucked in solo, looking up only at the very end. The melody repeats largely the same as before, but with one important difference.
It's not alone anymore.
Umbra lives up to it's name, pure sadness and anger put in a empty casket of the doomed
I'll tell you what this song is about: a feeling of losing everything you have, and still finding the power to move on.
I'm not gonna tell you that you HAVE TO play Warframe, just to get to the quest requires probably like 200 hours if not more, maybe it's not even a videogame genre you enjoy, but I just want you to know that the emotions in the game are worth it and an experience I would recommend
I already quit Warframe but this song will always be my beloved.
The song is enchanting on its own, get me in the mood if I wanna wrote something melancholic.
That's why I really like the Awoken ost from Destiny, space music with harp? is always nice.
The kind of feeling I get from the song, is like the start of healing and peace, and just a sort of tranquility after a long fight or struggle, after trying your hardest, idk might just be me.
A telling reaction is when someone listened all the way through without stopping to actually react. Lol
"Howl all you want, it won't bring him back."
"We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... we brutalized their minds, but it did not work. Until they came. And it was not their force of will, not their Void devilry, not their alien darkness... it was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly broken thing...and take away its pain."
"we use this memory. it fuels our wrath"
"We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... we brutalized their minds, but it did not work. Until they came. And it was not their force of will, not their Void devilry, not their alien darkness... it was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly broken thing...and take away its pain."
Ballas -The Sacrifice -Warframe
‘Has the wolf become a dog? Is this Umbra, or some Tenno?’
The Orokins immortality stripped them of their humanity. The longer they lived, the higher they soared, and the greater their accomplishments all served to do nothing but distance themselves from the Earth and their very own souls.
Eventually even love had to be gilded in a cage, and empathy became an alien - foreign thing.
i am not joking, the music made me tear up from nostalgia
This song is forever my favorite from Warframe. Umbra isn't just a warframe. He's a man. A man grieving the loss of his son. An act he himself was forced to commit. His grief is so strong that all he can do is lash out at everyone. Until we come along. We came to him at his lowest point and gave him our shoulder to cry on. we gave him empathy and compassion. While it cannot heal his scars. We could at least take the pain away.
"We had created monsters we couldn't control. We drugged them, tortured them, eviscerated them... we brutalized their minds, but it did not work.
"Until they came. And it was not their force of will, not their Void devilry, not their alien darkness... it was something else. It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly broken thing...
...and take away its pain."
A child awoke in a cold world and was held by the mother
The child learned to walk and gave an old soldier freedom
The mother left the child, abandoned
The child found its way and helped a lost father to forgive himself
This soundtrack makes me cry sometimes
"We use this memory, it fuels our wrats"
We broke them, tortured them, eviscerated them in any way imagineable… but it did not work. Until THEY came.
And It was not their alien darkness, not their void magic. It was that somehow within that derelict horror, they had learned to look into an ugly, broken thing….
And take away it‘s pain.
With Hades II just announced and this guys love on instrumentals I NEED some reacted to the Hades OST
Good Riddance? In the Blood?? God I’m getting chills just thinking about it.
It’s filmed ;)
For the people who dont play Warframe here is a bit of extra context.
The warframe Umbra (frame in the thumbnail) was a soldier known as a Dax, and as punishment for spying on his boss was forcibly turned into a waframe and locked into a room with his son, whom he then killed.
This song, Smiles from Juran, is a song Umbra played to his son many times when he was a Dax and is played on an instrument called the Shawzin (the in-game version of a Japanese shamisen).
The Shawzin can also be obtained and used by players, and yes you can play pretty anything on them, there is loads yt vids for them 👌
For me, this song feels like a microcosm of the way our experiences shape who we are. The Shawzin segment is the experience, or the memory of the experience. The orchestral segment is the part of us that the experience blossomed into. When Umbra was consumed by a terrible memory, we showed him a kinder one, and how that memory became part of who he was. We showed him a part of himself that wasn't a monster; a part that was still a father.
Try being a dad who had to watch his sons grow up from a distance and then one day ask if you play it then get to this point in the story and have your soul crushed all over again bringing back the memories of what could have been that uou missed or were robbed of .... nothing will haunt your soul the way this song does .... nothing will take the pain away
Man I'm sorry Chris that is such a gut punch
With the context of playing through the Sacrifice questline, I feel like this piece is something like an old warrior remembering their past glory.
the Shawzin/Shamisen is the old warrior reminiscing on what was, while the swelling orchestral part is the memories of his past glories coming back to him, and remembering the pain that came with it.
I knew that you would enjoy this piece, as I've suggested it in one of the previous comments. I am glad you enjoyed it so much!
How to describe this song in one word? I think - "Serenity"
Smiles From Juran is very much Warframe's equivalent to Leaves From the Vine in Avatar. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it was specifically meant to evoke that same feeling since thematically they both are about the connection between a warrior father and their son that they never get to see again.
The story behind this music is quite heavy
The revelation the quest brings is quite twisted and dark
I hope Marco gets to see the scene firsthand, I'm interested to see how he thinks about the character of Umbra in the flesh
I’m hoping to see it too
Warframe’s gameplay loop fails to keep my interest above other games now a days. But the moment where this song played among others will always live with me. I may not find fun in the game anymore, though I wish I did. I still love its story and music to death.
This song alone turned mr into an Excalibur Umbra main