9:53 in the first several versions of guilty gear, daisuke not only composed the music, but designed all the characters, did most of the key art, and voiced sol badguy!! he still does a lot of that but he no longer voices sol.
Considering if someone tried to be polite knowing his nickname and used his "Last name" he'd just be Mr Badguy But in universe he also loves Queen, he's basically a self insert of what Daisuke found cool
Funny you mention Guilty Gear concerts cause Naoki Hashimoto (the singer for japanese band Outrage ; he sings like pretty much every single male vocal in the entire series' tracks) DID do a bunch of live performances for GG songs lol.
"What character is he supposed to be?" I've been told Sol is Daisuke's self insert. lmao He is THE Guilty Gear. The main character. And his weapon is a giant lighter.
That B section in Alone Infection is a pretty direct reference to Radiohead's "No Surprises", a song about a slow/wanting a lonely death which plays pretty directly to Faust's development as a character in this game, him being a shell of his former self (quite literally lol). If you or others haven't had a listen definitely do, Radiohead is so good
He did a pretty good job at character analysis Sol's entire character is just badass personified lol, He's the main character of the series and has been a rebel since the first game Faust is 100% the weird character lol, and yes, his giant weapon is a scalpel
there's a common sentiment about Find Your One Way. to put it bluntly it's the kind of song you think of when you're in a bar fight and you're winning. as far as the character goes. Sol Badguy is a former researcher of magic particle physics turned artificial super weapon who was originally a man named Frederick Bulsara. He is functionally one of a handfull of individuals in this universe responsible for the wider state of the world. Sol is a gruff and taciturn man, often doing the absolute minimum he has to in order to get something done. Impatient and generally uncommunicative, Sol often does what he wants at the pace he is comfortable with and while it is hard to get him to take things seriously enough put in in his all towards something, when he does, the results are often cataclysmic. This man has nearly singlehandedly ended wars, put down multiple planetary threats, and designed technology that is centuries more advanced than anything else in the world. He was a scientist, he was a lover, he is a murderer of his own kind, a god of war and a destroyer of a way of life. He is a bounty hunter and a tinkerer. He is the guilty Gear
Sol's entire design concept is basically "how many Queen references can I cram into a single character", and then Daisuke made him a cool self-insert (even going so far as to personally voice the character in the first few games). His going name is Sol BADGUY, his birth name is Frederick, his favourite music album is "Sheer Heart Attack" by Queen, and in previous games, he even held his blade in the same way Freddy Mercury held his mic stand. As for Faust, he USED to be more weird in a funny way than creepy. He was a child doctor who went crazy when a child died during his operation. The trauma turned him into the crazy killer Dr. Baldhead, until he caught a glimpse of the truth of the world, which warped his perception. He put a paper bag on his head to hide his shameful past, and returned to being a good doctor, except he kinda lost his mind, causing him to go crazy on occasion. The information he absorbed allowed him to warp reality, letting him create rifts between dimensions and manifest objects out of nowhere. He mostly used these in combat as lethal joke items, cause in his heart, he still wants to be a kind and delightful doc who can make children laugh. In Strive, Faust's psyche has deteriorated to the point of him no longer remembering his accomplishments, regressing from a famed doctor to a simple practitioner. The line "Blue, Red, and Black Paranoia" is his perception of what is left of himself: blue for the kind doctor, red for the crazy killer, and black for the insanity of "forbidden knowledge" that erodes his mind. It's him trying to bring it all together into a cohesive personality, but he struggles with how others perceive him and tries to adapt to expectations he doesn't understand.
The other thing about Faust is that the reason why he looks like a zombie now is because he burnt out literally all of his magic saving Delilah, by sacrificing himself he has gone back to square one by being able to save a young girl when his failure to save the young girl in his past drove him mad. He might be saved and restored to normal but at the moment he's a shell of a man still helping people as a doctor because of his sheer willpower.
I don't think that's accurate regRding what's going on with Faust in Strive tbh Based on Another Story and Daisuke's own comments, Faust in Strive has confronted the fact that the hatred he's always held for himself in the past is destructive, not just for himself but others as well. If he truly wishes to atone and helo people, he will have to accept helping himself as well. He may look... awful, but the truth of the matter is he used to be much more unwell in prior games, he was just masking it with acting.
Daisuke's lyrics have certainly improved over the years, but yes, they are what you get when you have an originally Japanese speaker who is *really* obsessed with western culture trying his darnedest to write a song in English. People have made tier lists for the GGXrd and GGS soundtracks based on how much sense the lyrics make. You just can't rhyme blazing with blazing, Daisuke!
2:42 It's funny you should say that, seeing as it's been kind of a meme that this song can best be described as "it's a bar fight, and you're winning."
"Alone Infection" owes a lot to Faith No More's 1989 album The Real Thing, all the way down to the vocal melody of the line "blue, red, and black paranoia" being a direct musical quote from the chorus of "From Out of Nowhere" (the first song on the album). It's such a weird song, but back then FNM was doing some fun, weird stuff too. :)
The interesting part about Sol in this game is that he essentially has 2 themes, with this one and Smell of the Game. This is his "real" theme, but considering Strive itself is supposed to be the end of Sol's story that began from the first game, and Smell of the Game is the main theme for Strive while essentially describing Sol's past to a tee, I've always considered that song to be his story based theme in line with most other characters in the game, while Find Your One Way is some extra flavoring that works as a feel good homage to Guilty Gear's vibe as a whole.
“Smashing a beer bottle over some biker’s head” You just summed up Sol Badguy. It’s just his bottle can very easily vaporize the world multiple times over.
The reason why these look so official is that the background footage is mostly spliced clips from the official trailers, if you look closely you'll see the same clips repeated a few times through the longer songs because there wasn't enough trailer footage for the whole duration
Faust is a fascinating character. He WAS Dr. Baldhead, one if the best surgeons on earth. But he lost one of his patients and he never knew why so it dropped him into a deep paranoid psychosis and became a serial killer. He cant stand to even look at himself anymore or even BE dr. Baldhead anymore, hence the bag. Sad thing is, turns out the patients death was because of someone else, not him.
The theme of Find Your One Way is basically just Sol telling some poor fool “look, just quit bothering me, leave me to my own devices, don’t touch my stuff. If you can do all that, I won’t beat you to a pulp”
Regarding Find Your One Way: One of the community's favorite inside jokes is that "this song sounds like a bar fight, and you're winning" and it's so funny that you picked up on that immediately Regarding Alone Infection: Faust is one of the most powerful magic users in the GG universe, and he uses that power to heal. He fights by throwing random bullshit around the stage, and I mean random literally- his signature move is pulling out a random item from a preset list, which can have one of a variety of effects on the match. Lorewise, he was a beloved and respected doctor with a silly side until a child died under his care. The trauma made him snap and go on a murder spree. He eventually recovered and went back to practicing medicine, this time unlicensed and with a bag over his head. In Strive, he was put in a similar situation as before, where he had to save a young girl from subsuming to her own magic power. He had to use enormous amounts of his own power in the process, which physically stretched him out (he was quite tall to begin with), and fried his brain, leaving him in his current state. It's quite sad, because you can see the shadow of the man he used to be in the creature he is now.
Sol's weapon is called The Outrage and is a modified anti-Gear sword that is blunt but can be used to channel magic. Everything like technology and abilities in Guilty Gear are powered by magic. It's classified as a superweapon due to its efficiency but Sol is very good at absolutely slamming it around most of the time lol The name "Sol Badguy" comes from the time Freddy Mercury called himself "Mr Badguy" and he is THE Guilty Gear, who the series is named after. Gear are crazy artificial monsters that infinitely regenerate so they were extremely hard to kill. "That Man" aka Asuka (the guy who has the song "The Gravity") turned him in to one.
Alone Infection is such a tragic yet beautiful and chaotic song! I really appreciate your analysis of the Guilty Gear series, because this series has changed my life so much. When I first got into the series my Grandmother was slowly fading away due to lung cancer. Those few weeks were some of the hardest in my entire life, but the Guilty Gear Strive soundtrack helped ease some of the pain and grief. Ever since then I've been a hardcore Guilty Gear fan, and because of all the Heavy Metal Band references in this series I've also gotten into a lot of other Heavy Metal music outside of the games! Each time you post a new video it makes my day, because I'm not just a huge music fan but also a huge GAMING fan. Hope you make it to 100k subs!
There's a line in Find Your One Way I really like and it's "You're not me/You're not the law". As someone with anxiety and OCD, it resonates with me because it always sounds like there's a voice in my head, telling me to be afraid 24/7 and stop enjoying life (like that "STOP HAVING FUN" meme.) This song is sort of a coping tool for me, because when I listen to, it feels like I'm telling my anxiety to take a hike. Also, I love it when themes are used as a way to build lore. Metal Gear Rising does this really well with its boss themes.
They already had like 4 concerts: 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2023 (2011 and 2014 are mostly instrumental) Also on latest concert Naoki was VERY drunk, so it's very funny to watch. Absolutely recommend it :D
My favorite thing about these videos is that a lot of the ways you describe the music and your interpretation of the characters pretty accurately describes their gameplay
I once heard a description of the song "Find Your One Way" that I now am certain is the best and only description of the song: Find Your One Way is the song that plays because you're in a bar fight and you're winning that fight.
Here we go, these two are pretty fun. I'll try not to make a massive comment but I don't have too much context on Faust so that'll help. It starts out with such a dope riff and the clapping part in the verse is easily a reference to We Will Rock You, the hand percussion is such a cool detail. Yeah bar fight really fits this theme, I'm sure someone already mentioned the comment in regards to that. The song oozes confidence and I love that about it, this song is kind of perfect for pumping weights. The break section references Sol's original theme Staying A Live and that's really cool. The solo is dope like always. The yeah's on the chorus are pretty fun. The song's lyrics basically talk about Sol's outlook and that's basically it. I think there's a bit more in the instrumentals that make the songs different from each other but I do think the similar swing/kind of repetitive tones just comes from the fact that this soundtrack uses one to two genres with progressive elements. The lyrical content imo does enhance these songs a bit but I think you can enjoy them by themselves too. There has been live Guilty Gear concerts but Naoki seems to have trouble singing several of the songs in a row which is unfortunate. There was a recent performance and I theorize he didn't get much time for a heads up and it was out of no where because he was very jet legged when performing (he did a good job considering he was jet lagged lol). Faust's theme has... a lot lol. There isn't that much to mention lyrically since the lyrics are about his whole character arc. Brutal riff and it hits just right, the screaming has a bit of insanity. The whispering part gives me insanity vibes as well. I like the screams here, I didn't like them at first but then they grew on me. The chorus has a wonderful melody, the goofy jazzy section hearkens back to him being more goofy in past games. It also gives a nice bit of variety to the song. The chill Radiohead part is really touching and very sombre, it's so tender and sad. The strings sound so good and lead into the final chorus so well. The climax with the final chorus is so good and I love the shredding in the background. Great song, I enjoy the melodies quite a bit. Sorry for the long comment.
"Guilty Gear's weird character" I swear half of the franchises roster could hit that lol. Buncha freaks in this franchise in the best way possible. Also yeah explaining Faust's background is a whole rabbit hole and when you know it his song incoherent-ness starts to make sense. But to give the BIGGEST/BROADEST tldr possible, "doctor gone wrong".
A lot of the characters songs are written like their consciousness is speaking to them. Hence you get Faust's "You went from a happy go lucky and goofy doctor to a serial killer because you lost a patient?! The f is wrong with you! What do you even see anymore?!?!"
For Faust there is a little bit of a story. At least from what I can gleam from the lyrics and story. So essentially Faust was an amazing doctor who could heal litterally anything but one day his patient died on the operating table. As a doctor of such high renown and ability he had never failed before and the stress was eating him alive so after the little girl died he went insane and became a serial killer. But actually he didn't fail the little girl and instead someone had assasinated her. After he found that out he essentially had en exestential crisis(again) and decided to become a doctor again(just not under a hospital) after putting the bag on his head to hide his identity. So, during strive he has this new sickly appearance. From the song and story you can kinda tell his mind is slipping again. Thats why the beginning is so chaotic and why there is a roar and a melodic tone singing at the same time. I think thats were "alone infection" come from because he is infecting himself(?). Some more lyrical interpretations: "We've got only one sky -> blue, red, and black paranoia" I interpret this as his sky no matter what time morning(blue), afternoon(red), and night(black) his sky is always tinted with paranoia, hence he actually sees only one sky. He is always afraid of either failing another patient and/or slipping back into insanity. "I had to run away -> We see eye to eye -> I told me without you" Harmony/duet/two voices: He ran away after the surgery went wrong so the 'you' refers to that girl who died and both side are agreeing "we see eye to eye" that without her they are a mess.
you gotta check out orangeys mvs for some of these songs in your own time theyre so fucking cool. also find your one way actually has an official animated music video and it looks incredible but it cuts out the entire second verse
It makes sense that Sol's theme sounds like the GG soundtrack as a whole, since he's the main character! Also since you were curious about where the puns/references are hiding, Sol's real name is actually Frederick Bulsara, which is literally Freddy Mercury's name, and his favorite music in universe is queen lol.
Also! As far as character shit goes, Sol is the kind of guy that seems like he doesn't give a shit but he honestly probably cares too much (He's one of the two main characters) Faust was a doctor that went crazy when one of his patients died on him and went on a murder spree and after realizing the horrors of what he'd done dedicated the rest of his life to healing anybody he can. Most of his story is just going place to place helping people weirdly.
I believe the line in Alone Infection "no one can see the colors but you" references the fact that faust is a capable of seeing colors that no one else can see like the color "Blurple"
If your familiar with F.A.N.G from SF5, you should check out his successor/protégé in SF6, A.K.I Not only does she have one the best designs I've seen in a long time, but her theme, Poisonous Passion, is quite good
Sol Badguy's real name is Frederick Bulsara, and is directly inspired by Freddie Mercury (aka Farrokh Bulsara) of Queen, which you might've guessed based on how much his theme sounds like Keep Yourself Alive. In the game, he's a scientist who is responsible in part for creating the titular Gears, which are essentially humanoid bioweapons, and turned himself into a Gear in part to make up for the damage he did to the world. Faust is a doctor who essentially died and became the setting's version of the Grim Reaper (the reason he's wearing a paper bag over his head with a hole in it is because that's where he shot himself). In previous games he's generally been pretty affable, but he's having a rough time of it due to events from the previous game, so he's a lot more lethargic and obviously monstrous (although he does try to help, in his way).
You gotta check out slayer and elphelts themes dude, probably the best in the whole ost. Im sincerely hoping someone requests it. Also the best version on yt right now is the vid by orangey.
9:30 Well, "Sol Badguy" is a name he chose for himself, so I've always seen it as as name that sends a message. He very much does fit that neutral territory, so to me, I've always thought of it as him announcing that he is everyone's Badguy - that he's always gonna disagree with you and create problems. No matter who you are, he is the badguy.
I don't play Strive but I greatly enjoy the soundtrack. My rule of thumb for this soundtrack is "if you think you know where the song's going based on the first minute, you probably don't", which definitely applies to Alone Infection IMO. One of my favorite tracks from the game, but I originally didn't like it at all until I got to the first chorus. edit: You should clip that bit if you saying "HEAH HEAH I EAT TOILET PAPER" out of context and put it up as a short
I don't know if they still do or have plans to do it in the future, but Arc System Works has held BlazBlue/Guilty Gear live shows before. You can find recordings of them if you look around a bit.
Faust used to be a good doctor, but after losing one of his patients, who was a young girl, he went crazy and became a psycho serial killer. He was one of the villains in the first Guilty Gear game. Later, he came back to his senses, so now he is one of the good guys saving people. Although he is still a goofball. Alone Infection feels like his entire story arc compacted together, with the shifting between sanity and insanity, madness and realization, and regrets. I really like the strings from the bridge continuing to the final chorus part and dialing everything up to twelve, where it almost sounds like this guy is ascending to heaven. It almost makes me cry.
I'm kinda surprised you didn't pick on Alone Infections chorus; there's a shout out to Faith No More's From Out of Nowhere chorus in it, about as subtle as a sledgehammer which is par for the course with Daisuke Ishiwatari's amazing writing
Faust is a weird character, as he's essentially a former doctor who was framed for killing his patient, which caused him to go insane and become a deranged serial killer. Eventually he overcame his insanity and regained his conscience, and began trying to help people again. However he carried a lot of guilt from his past crimes and attempted to "Go back to square one" however this mentality screwed with his head and now he seems to have lost quite a lot of his brain again, and moves and talks in very odd ways, as it seems like his mind isnt fully there anymore.
Since you did Requiem for I-No’s theme, then you need to find Wickedest Eyes from EVO. It’s the better theme for I-No, even if it’s not the official theme.
About a Doctor. I herad theory, just stumbled upon it in comments. Doctor was a surgeon and his patient died during the operation, I heard his patien was a little girl. He thought it was his fault and gone insane from the feeling of guit. And "We have only one sky; What is it's like to you?; No one can see the colors but you" its like Doctor asking his dead patient what a heaven looks like to her. For us its like "blue sky 🏙️ at day, red sky at dusk 🌆 and black at night 🌃". I didn't came up with this myself so I can't answer the question if you have some. But this theory sounds pretty decent to me.
@@davidwilkinson4634 I disagree but to each their own. I know my opinion isn't the popular one and guilty gear is now made for a different crowd. Both in music and gameplay. Enjoy and have a good one
@@isaiahhellems7901 idk as someone who plays and enjoys the older games more, strive's music is one of the only things i dont really have any issues with besides other non-gameplay things. the only stuff i enjoy in +r and xrd more are all gameplay stuff but music i think all of it is great in it's own way.
@@omidsarwar931 one. I am not a kid I am 32. Two. Maybe because I didn't feel further explanation was required. I don't like the new direction of the music and that person I responded to does like it. I know how they feel and they know my feelings on the matter. If you want further explanation I would simply say that I disagree because I felt the old music had plenty of personality beforehand. That's about it. If you wanted me to be more detailed I felt like it would get too long winded. So I left it at that but I guess you can't please everyone. And you generally you shouldn't.
"gonna guess his archetype is... uh... kind of just a badass i guess" yep, got it in one
he is also a biker yes
the weapon is, like, a sword/lighter
9:53 in the first several versions of guilty gear, daisuke not only composed the music, but designed all the characters, did most of the key art, and voiced sol badguy!! he still does a lot of that but he no longer voices sol.
Fun fact: Sol's real name is Fredrick Bolsara and is confirmed to be a Freddy Mercury reference
I mean didn't have to be 'confirmed', it's literally in the name
Considering if someone tried to be polite knowing his nickname and used his "Last name" he'd just be Mr Badguy
But in universe he also loves Queen, he's basically a self insert of what Daisuke found cool
Your "weird characters have the best songs" theory will be confirmed when you hear The Circle
I believe he did the circle already
AAAAYAYAYA
AAAAYAYAYA
*CIRCLE*
*welcome the infinite world*
2:53 people tend to describe this song as 'a bar fight, and you're winning' so I'm glad you said the same
Funny you mention Guilty Gear concerts cause Naoki Hashimoto (the singer for japanese band Outrage ; he sings like pretty much every single male vocal in the entire series' tracks) DID do a bunch of live performances for GG songs lol.
heh funny, since the Outrage is a special important weapon in the Guilty Gear series
@@DASH596 the plot thickens...
"What character is he supposed to be?" I've been told Sol is Daisuke's self insert. lmao He is THE Guilty Gear. The main character.
And his weapon is a giant lighter.
John Guilty Gear
That B section in Alone Infection is a pretty direct reference to Radiohead's "No Surprises", a song about a slow/wanting a lonely death which plays pretty directly to Faust's development as a character in this game, him being a shell of his former self (quite literally lol). If you or others haven't had a listen definitely do, Radiohead is so good
He did a pretty good job at character analysis
Sol's entire character is just badass personified lol, He's the main character of the series and has been a rebel since the first game
Faust is 100% the weird character lol, and yes, his giant weapon is a scalpel
there's a common sentiment about Find Your One Way. to put it bluntly it's the kind of song you think of when you're in a bar fight and you're winning.
as far as the character goes. Sol Badguy is a former researcher of magic particle physics turned artificial super weapon who was originally a man named Frederick Bulsara. He is functionally one of a handfull of individuals in this universe responsible for the wider state of the world. Sol is a gruff and taciturn man, often doing the absolute minimum he has to in order to get something done. Impatient and generally uncommunicative, Sol often does what he wants at the pace he is comfortable with and while it is hard to get him to take things seriously enough put in in his all towards something, when he does, the results are often cataclysmic. This man has nearly singlehandedly ended wars, put down multiple planetary threats, and designed technology that is centuries more advanced than anything else in the world.
He was a scientist, he was a lover, he is a murderer of his own kind, a god of war and a destroyer of a way of life. He is a bounty hunter and a tinkerer. He is the guilty Gear
Sol's entire design concept is basically "how many Queen references can I cram into a single character", and then Daisuke made him a cool self-insert (even going so far as to personally voice the character in the first few games). His going name is Sol BADGUY, his birth name is Frederick, his favourite music album is "Sheer Heart Attack" by Queen, and in previous games, he even held his blade in the same way Freddy Mercury held his mic stand.
As for Faust, he USED to be more weird in a funny way than creepy. He was a child doctor who went crazy when a child died during his operation. The trauma turned him into the crazy killer Dr. Baldhead, until he caught a glimpse of the truth of the world, which warped his perception. He put a paper bag on his head to hide his shameful past, and returned to being a good doctor, except he kinda lost his mind, causing him to go crazy on occasion. The information he absorbed allowed him to warp reality, letting him create rifts between dimensions and manifest objects out of nowhere. He mostly used these in combat as lethal joke items, cause in his heart, he still wants to be a kind and delightful doc who can make children laugh.
In Strive, Faust's psyche has deteriorated to the point of him no longer remembering his accomplishments, regressing from a famed doctor to a simple practitioner. The line "Blue, Red, and Black Paranoia" is his perception of what is left of himself: blue for the kind doctor, red for the crazy killer, and black for the insanity of "forbidden knowledge" that erodes his mind. It's him trying to bring it all together into a cohesive personality, but he struggles with how others perceive him and tries to adapt to expectations he doesn't understand.
The other thing about Faust is that the reason why he looks like a zombie now is because he burnt out literally all of his magic saving Delilah, by sacrificing himself he has gone back to square one by being able to save a young girl when his failure to save the young girl in his past drove him mad. He might be saved and restored to normal but at the moment he's a shell of a man still helping people as a doctor because of his sheer willpower.
I don't think that's accurate regRding what's going on with Faust in Strive tbh
Based on Another Story and Daisuke's own comments, Faust in Strive has confronted the fact that the hatred he's always held for himself in the past is destructive, not just for himself but others as well. If he truly wishes to atone and helo people, he will have to accept helping himself as well.
He may look... awful, but the truth of the matter is he used to be much more unwell in prior games, he was just masking it with acting.
You're right about Faust, using him is literally a gamble because some of his moves are randomly generated and the player has to plan around each one.
He is surprisingly decent compare to other random character in other fighting game tbh like Neco Arc from Melty Blood
@@hikarihakai1285 Neco Arc is the definition of "Fuck it, we ball!"
@@fefega what funny is that normal Arc is a top tier
@@hikarihakai1285fuck it we “burunya”
The thing that I think describes Strives music best: theater kids turned metalhead.
Daisuke's lyrics have certainly improved over the years, but yes, they are what you get when you have an originally Japanese speaker who is *really* obsessed with western culture trying his darnedest to write a song in English. People have made tier lists for the GGXrd and GGS soundtracks based on how much sense the lyrics make.
You just can't rhyme blazing with blazing, Daisuke!
The thumbnail is just "absolute cinema"
2:42 It's funny you should say that, seeing as it's been kind of a meme that this song can best be described as "it's a bar fight, and you're winning."
"Alone Infection" owes a lot to Faith No More's 1989 album The Real Thing, all the way down to the vocal melody of the line "blue, red, and black paranoia" being a direct musical quote from the chorus of "From Out of Nowhere" (the first song on the album). It's such a weird song, but back then FNM was doing some fun, weird stuff too. :)
Thanks for finally placing this for me.
Also some of Mike Patton's other band as well, some Mr Bungle vibes
The interesting part about Sol in this game is that he essentially has 2 themes, with this one and Smell of the Game. This is his "real" theme, but considering Strive itself is supposed to be the end of Sol's story that began from the first game, and Smell of the Game is the main theme for Strive while essentially describing Sol's past to a tee, I've always considered that song to be his story based theme in line with most other characters in the game, while Find Your One Way is some extra flavoring that works as a feel good homage to Guilty Gear's vibe as a whole.
“Smashing a beer bottle over some biker’s head”
You just summed up Sol Badguy. It’s just his bottle can very easily vaporize the world multiple times over.
The reason why these look so official is that the background footage is mostly spliced clips from the official trailers, if you look closely you'll see the same clips repeated a few times through the longer songs because there wasn't enough trailer footage for the whole duration
Faust is a fascinating character. He WAS Dr. Baldhead, one if the best surgeons on earth. But he lost one of his patients and he never knew why so it dropped him into a deep paranoid psychosis and became a serial killer. He cant stand to even look at himself anymore or even BE dr. Baldhead anymore, hence the bag.
Sad thing is, turns out the patients death was because of someone else, not him.
The theme of Find Your One Way is basically just Sol telling some poor fool “look, just quit bothering me, leave me to my own devices, don’t touch my stuff. If you can do all that, I won’t beat you to a pulp”
"What weapon is he holding" A rectangular broadsword-gunblade. Like I thought that was pretty obvious /j
Alone Infection! YEEEEEEEAH BABY, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
Regarding Find Your One Way:
One of the community's favorite inside jokes is that "this song sounds like a bar fight, and you're winning" and it's so funny that you picked up on that immediately
Regarding Alone Infection:
Faust is one of the most powerful magic users in the GG universe, and he uses that power to heal. He fights by throwing random bullshit around the stage, and I mean random literally- his signature move is pulling out a random item from a preset list, which can have one of a variety of effects on the match.
Lorewise, he was a beloved and respected doctor with a silly side until a child died under his care. The trauma made him snap and go on a murder spree. He eventually recovered and went back to practicing medicine, this time unlicensed and with a bag over his head. In Strive, he was put in a similar situation as before, where he had to save a young girl from subsuming to her own magic power. He had to use enormous amounts of his own power in the process, which physically stretched him out (he was quite tall to begin with), and fried his brain, leaving him in his current state. It's quite sad, because you can see the shadow of the man he used to be in the creature he is now.
Along with the Frederick stuff already pointed out, "Sol Badguy" is a reference to Freddie Mercury's solo album "Mr. Bad Guy"
Sol's weapon is called The Outrage and is a modified anti-Gear sword that is blunt but can be used to channel magic. Everything like technology and abilities in Guilty Gear are powered by magic. It's classified as a superweapon due to its efficiency but Sol is very good at absolutely slamming it around most of the time lol The name "Sol Badguy" comes from the time Freddy Mercury called himself "Mr Badguy" and he is THE Guilty Gear, who the series is named after. Gear are crazy artificial monsters that infinitely regenerate so they were extremely hard to kill. "That Man" aka Asuka (the guy who has the song "The Gravity") turned him in to one.
Alone Infection is such a tragic yet beautiful and chaotic song! I really appreciate your analysis of the Guilty Gear series, because this series has changed my life so much. When I first got into the series my Grandmother was slowly fading away due to lung cancer. Those few weeks were some of the hardest in my entire life, but the Guilty Gear Strive soundtrack helped ease some of the pain and grief. Ever since then I've been a hardcore Guilty Gear fan, and because of all the Heavy Metal Band references in this series I've also gotten into a lot of other Heavy Metal music outside of the games! Each time you post a new video it makes my day, because I'm not just a huge music fan but also a huge GAMING fan. Hope you make it to 100k subs!
5:12 if I remember correctly, couple of the songs do have official versions and that's what inspired fans to make them like this.
"so is it going to go melodic for the b section or just shred?"
Yes
There's a line in Find Your One Way I really like and it's "You're not me/You're not the law". As someone with anxiety and OCD, it resonates with me because it always sounds like there's a voice in my head, telling me to be afraid 24/7 and stop enjoying life (like that "STOP HAVING FUN" meme.) This song is sort of a coping tool for me, because when I listen to, it feels like I'm telling my anxiety to take a hike.
Also, I love it when themes are used as a way to build lore. Metal Gear Rising does this really well with its boss themes.
Sol Badguy is just “what if we made the coolest fuckin’ guy ever?”
They already had like 4 concerts: 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2023 (2011 and 2014 are mostly instrumental)
Also on latest concert Naoki was VERY drunk, so it's very funny to watch. Absolutely recommend it :D
My favorite thing about these videos is that a lot of the ways you describe the music and your interpretation of the characters pretty accurately describes their gameplay
Happy Chaos: just a weird dude :)
Faust: just a weird dude :(
I once heard a description of the song "Find Your One Way" that I now am certain is the best and only description of the song: Find Your One Way is the song that plays because you're in a bar fight and you're winning that fight.
Here we go, these two are pretty fun. I'll try not to make a massive comment but I don't have too much context on Faust so that'll help.
It starts out with such a dope riff and the clapping part in the verse is easily a reference to We Will Rock You, the hand percussion is such a cool detail. Yeah bar fight really fits this theme, I'm sure someone already mentioned the comment in regards to that. The song oozes confidence and I love that about it, this song is kind of perfect for pumping weights. The break section references Sol's original theme Staying A Live and that's really cool. The solo is dope like always. The yeah's on the chorus are pretty fun. The song's lyrics basically talk about Sol's outlook and that's basically it.
I think there's a bit more in the instrumentals that make the songs different from each other but I do think the similar swing/kind of repetitive tones just comes from the fact that this soundtrack uses one to two genres with progressive elements. The lyrical content imo does enhance these songs a bit but I think you can enjoy them by themselves too.
There has been live Guilty Gear concerts but Naoki seems to have trouble singing several of the songs in a row which is unfortunate. There was a recent performance and I theorize he didn't get much time for a heads up and it was out of no where because he was very jet legged when performing (he did a good job considering he was jet lagged lol).
Faust's theme has... a lot lol. There isn't that much to mention lyrically since the lyrics are about his whole character arc. Brutal riff and it hits just right, the screaming has a bit of insanity. The whispering part gives me insanity vibes as well. I like the screams here, I didn't like them at first but then they grew on me. The chorus has a wonderful melody, the goofy jazzy section hearkens back to him being more goofy in past games. It also gives a nice bit of variety to the song. The chill Radiohead part is really touching and very sombre, it's so tender and sad. The strings sound so good and lead into the final chorus so well. The climax with the final chorus is so good and I love the shredding in the background. Great song, I enjoy the melodies quite a bit.
Sorry for the long comment.
"Guilty Gear's weird character" I swear half of the franchises roster could hit that lol. Buncha freaks in this franchise in the best way possible. Also yeah explaining Faust's background is a whole rabbit hole and when you know it his song incoherent-ness starts to make sense. But to give the BIGGEST/BROADEST tldr possible, "doctor gone wrong".
Goddamn Daisuke never fails to write the catchiest chorus in between absolute technical madness
A lot of the characters songs are written like their consciousness is speaking to them. Hence you get Faust's "You went from a happy go lucky and goofy doctor to a serial killer because you lost a patient?! The f is wrong with you! What do you even see anymore?!?!"
For Faust there is a little bit of a story. At least from what I can gleam from the lyrics and story. So essentially Faust was an amazing doctor who could heal litterally anything but one day his patient died on the operating table. As a doctor of such high renown and ability he had never failed before and the stress was eating him alive so after the little girl died he went insane and became a serial killer. But actually he didn't fail the little girl and instead someone had assasinated her. After he found that out he essentially had en exestential crisis(again) and decided to become a doctor again(just not under a hospital) after putting the bag on his head to hide his identity. So, during strive he has this new sickly appearance. From the song and story you can kinda tell his mind is slipping again. Thats why the beginning is so chaotic and why there is a roar and a melodic tone singing at the same time. I think thats were "alone infection" come from because he is infecting himself(?).
Some more lyrical interpretations:
"We've got only one sky -> blue, red, and black paranoia" I interpret this as his sky no matter what time morning(blue), afternoon(red), and night(black) his sky is always tinted with paranoia, hence he actually sees only one sky. He is always afraid of either failing another patient and/or slipping back into insanity.
"I had to run away -> We see eye to eye -> I told me without you" Harmony/duet/two voices: He ran away after the surgery went wrong so the 'you' refers to that girl who died and both side are agreeing "we see eye to eye" that without her they are a mess.
YOOOOO very excited to see this in my feed haha
Find Your One Way just grows on me more and more over time, and Alone Infection is oddly beautiful.
I love how spot on you are with guessing Faust's B section, you're starting to understand Daisuke's vision!
Faust hands down has one the best guitar intros along with Leo and Zato. That riff absolutely TEARS into me
you gotta check out orangeys mvs for some of these songs in your own time theyre so fucking cool. also find your one way actually has an official animated music video and it looks incredible but it cuts out the entire second verse
Great timing, I was just going through the GG playlist. Hope more people put in requests for GG
when you guessed hes the weird character like voldo or yoshimitsu i sat up quick lol. You are right on the money
It makes sense that Sol's theme sounds like the GG soundtrack as a whole, since he's the main character! Also since you were curious about where the puns/references are hiding, Sol's real name is actually Frederick Bulsara, which is literally Freddy Mercury's name, and his favorite music in universe is queen lol.
Also! As far as character shit goes, Sol is the kind of guy that seems like he doesn't give a shit but he honestly probably cares too much (He's one of the two main characters)
Faust was a doctor that went crazy when one of his patients died on him and went on a murder spree and after realizing the horrors of what he'd done dedicated the rest of his life to healing anybody he can. Most of his story is just going place to place helping people weirdly.
I believe the line in Alone Infection "no one can see the colors but you" references the fact that faust is a capable of seeing colors that no one else can see like the color "Blurple"
Alone Infection just turns into No Surprises by Radiohead.
Faust's playstyle is essentially "My opponent can't read my moves if I myself don't know what I'm doing"
If your familiar with F.A.N.G from SF5, you should check out his successor/protégé in SF6, A.K.I
Not only does she have one the best designs I've seen in a long time, but her theme, Poisonous Passion, is quite good
I'm familiar with her and that she's basically a successor. Though, I haven't heard her theme or anything since launch when I played it.
You know the turn of phrase "step off"? Sol is saying "step up".
Faust theme is so fire😭🔥
If you want the opposite to Find Your One Way, listen to Freesia, this one is from Revalator
Sol Badguy's real name is Frederick Bulsara, and is directly inspired by Freddie Mercury (aka Farrokh Bulsara) of Queen, which you might've guessed based on how much his theme sounds like Keep Yourself Alive. In the game, he's a scientist who is responsible in part for creating the titular Gears, which are essentially humanoid bioweapons, and turned himself into a Gear in part to make up for the damage he did to the world.
Faust is a doctor who essentially died and became the setting's version of the Grim Reaper (the reason he's wearing a paper bag over his head with a hole in it is because that's where he shot himself). In previous games he's generally been pretty affable, but he's having a rough time of it due to events from the previous game, so he's a lot more lethargic and obviously monstrous (although he does try to help, in his way).
"I eat toilet paper" and "It's very sad actually" these are both correct about Faust 😂.
Sol Badguy
Sol Badguy
do you know who you are?
You gotta check out slayer and elphelts themes dude, probably the best in the whole ost. Im sincerely hoping someone requests it. Also the best version on yt right now is the vid by orangey.
Love that you're using Xenoblade music in the back now.
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Well, "Sol Badguy" is a name he chose for himself, so I've always seen it as as name that sends a message. He very much does fit that neutral territory, so to me, I've always thought of it as him announcing that he is everyone's Badguy - that he's always gonna disagree with you and create problems. No matter who you are, he is the badguy.
Sol is the titular Guilty Gear. Like. He's THE Guilty Gear. Main character as fuck
I don't play Strive but I greatly enjoy the soundtrack. My rule of thumb for this soundtrack is "if you think you know where the song's going based on the first minute, you probably don't", which definitely applies to Alone Infection IMO. One of my favorite tracks from the game, but I originally didn't like it at all until I got to the first chorus.
edit: You should clip that bit if you saying "HEAH HEAH I EAT TOILET PAPER" out of context and put it up as a short
I literally just looked through your GG reaction playlist and was sad there was no Alone Infection lol get out of my head
I don't know if they still do or have plans to do it in the future, but Arc System Works has held BlazBlue/Guilty Gear live shows before. You can find recordings of them if you look around a bit.
Faust used to be a good doctor, but after losing one of his patients, who was a young girl, he went crazy and became a psycho serial killer. He was one of the villains in the first Guilty Gear game.
Later, he came back to his senses, so now he is one of the good guys saving people. Although he is still a goofball.
Alone Infection feels like his entire story arc compacted together, with the shifting between sanity and insanity, madness and realization, and regrets.
I really like the strings from the bridge continuing to the final chorus part and dialing everything up to twelve, where it almost sounds like this guy is ascending to heaven. It almost makes me cry.
I bop so hard to Sol theme
"I'm not gonna be surprised anymore by Strive"
You Say That.
There are three left that will surprise you, though only once, whichever you hear first.
I'm kinda surprised you didn't pick on Alone Infections chorus; there's a shout out to Faith No More's From Out of Nowhere chorus in it, about as subtle as a sledgehammer which is par for the course with Daisuke Ishiwatari's amazing writing
guilty gear strive is back! i hope to see more again
FINALLY!!!!!! FINALLLYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
Circle is my favourite one from guilty gear strive. Alone Infection second.
Faust is a weird character, as he's essentially a former doctor who was framed for killing his patient, which caused him to go insane and become a deranged serial killer. Eventually he overcame his insanity and regained his conscience, and began trying to help people again. However he carried a lot of guilt from his past crimes and attempted to "Go back to square one" however this mentality screwed with his head and now he seems to have lost quite a lot of his brain again, and moves and talks in very odd ways, as it seems like his mind isnt fully there anymore.
HE IS BACK
If you enjoyed the drums from Fausts theme then you will love A.B.A's theme
But... we didn't get to learn what color do you see! D:
Faust my beloved
Oh fuck yeah this is gonna slap
Since you did Requiem for I-No’s theme, then you need to find Wickedest Eyes from EVO. It’s the better theme for I-No, even if it’s not the official theme.
You should listen to symphony (ABAs theme or Extras (Elphets theme) next i think they are some of the best if not the best songs yet
YOU'RE GOING DOWN SPUTNIK!
until I saw the lyrics, i thought that line "step it buddy" was "start the party"
i really can't hear the official lyric
guilty gear reaction yippie!!!
Yay more guilty gear
Faust best toonforce doctor, i love him :)
Alone Infection just reminds of a System of an Down song.
Nice vídeo! Please react to Victor theme Tekken 8, It is pretty surprising
Look, that weapon isn't used like any that anyone has ever seen
About a Doctor. I herad theory, just stumbled upon it in comments. Doctor was a surgeon and his patient died during the operation, I heard his patien was a little girl. He thought it was his fault and gone insane from the feeling of guit. And "We have only one sky; What is it's like to you?; No one can see the colors but you" its like Doctor asking his dead patient what a heaven looks like to her. For us its like "blue sky 🏙️ at day, red sky at dusk 🌆 and black at night 🌃". I didn't came up with this myself so I can't answer the question if you have some. But this theory sounds pretty decent to me.
Called Sol Badguy cause Sol Baddass wouldn't make it through the ratings board.
Telephone liiiiiine!
🎉🎉🎉🎉
I sadly cannot get behind the new direction of guilty gear music. I much prefer the old stuff
While I do have nostalgia for the old music. The new music just gives them a lot more personality
@@davidwilkinson4634 I disagree but to each their own. I know my opinion isn't the popular one and guilty gear is now made for a different crowd. Both in music and gameplay. Enjoy and have a good one
@@isaiahhellems7901 Why do people act like this. ''I DISAGREE'' kid say WHY you disagree lol.
@@isaiahhellems7901 idk as someone who plays and enjoys the older games more, strive's music is one of the only things i dont really have any issues with besides other non-gameplay things. the only stuff i enjoy in +r and xrd more are all gameplay stuff but music i think all of it is great in it's own way.
@@omidsarwar931 one. I am not a kid I am 32. Two. Maybe because I didn't feel further explanation was required. I don't like the new direction of the music and that person I responded to does like it. I know how they feel and they know my feelings on the matter. If you want further explanation I would simply say that I disagree because I felt the old music had plenty of personality beforehand. That's about it. If you wanted me to be more detailed I felt like it would get too long winded. So I left it at that but I guess you can't please everyone. And you generally you shouldn't.