0:57 Revenge with a Vengeance 3:24 Chasing the Wind 6:49 Rules of Nature 11:44 Dark Skies 15:26 I'm My Own Master Now 17:40 A Stranger I Remain 22:46 Return to Ashes 25:34 The Stains of Time 28:34 Mystical Ninja 34:31 Red Sun 37:04 The Only Thing I Know For Real 41:13 A Soul Can't Be Cut 44:08 Collective Consciousness 48:26 It Has To Be This Way 52:09 The Hot Wind Blowing 56:41 The War Still Rages Within 1:01:58 Staff Roll
For someone who apparently never worked on a metal OST before, Jamie Christopherson had a pretty amazing start with MGR. I love how the lyrics of the boss themes are there to tell you more about their character, as they don’t really get fleshed out ingame other than Sam.
sam doesnt get fleshed out that much either. if it werent for his theme and dlc we’d think hes just some overly cocky desperado goon who happens to be really good with a sword.
The design of these themes is something that should be done in more games. I love the fact that these songs explain the characters beliefs and personalities while also being absolute jams.
And honestly its amazing way to flesh out characters. Theres no need for 10h of backstory, falshbacks, notes, cutscenes and whatnot. One song that you can listen to for like 5 minutes and you basically learn everything you need to know.
@@Nothing_happening_here_go_away You know the motorcycle Raiden stole before Sam’s fight? In the Sam dlc he was seen with the same motorcycle in Denver before he kills two cops and enters the sewers. So Raiden stole Sam’s bike, kills Sam, and takes his sword
For those of you who don't know, he picks the OSTs based on total superchat donations which are listed in a Google Spreadsheet linked in the description. Then, everybody votes on the top 5. If you want him to listen to an OST, that's how it'll happen. Upcoming ones are Mother 1, FF7 Remake, Risk of Rain 2 w/ its DLC, Ace Combat 7, and Persona 5 Strikers & Scramble in no particular order. You can vote in his community posts.
@@David-kt3kb I think right now it is in last place, but he is changing the process so that all 5 WILL be covered. It is just determining the order. Before, he would cover the winner then put the highest donation into running with the other 4. That would lead to certain OSTs to be stuck on the voting block for months.
each songs lyrics in MGR tells a story about the character, and some internal struggle they are dealing with. Mistral has never felt like she belonged, Monsoon is a nihilist, Sundowner is a warmonger who only functions in the fight, Samuel is torn between fighting and giving in, bladewolf is fighting with the fact he's "chained" by him being an AI under the control of someone. Also, "It has to be this way" is a mix of raiden and armstrong's struggles. "I've carved my own path, you followed your wrath" could be from either POV because of the senator's brutal ways, but also because of Jack the Ripper existing.
And Sundowner's is unique because While most of the others are basically the motivations and ideals of the boss fight Sundowner's theme is from the perspective of those who are harmed by him and the last two or about Raiden not Senator Armstrong
And Kahmsin's was just roasting him that he's an idiot that thinks he's special compared to other soldiers but the only difference is actually just him having robo mecha-legs
And "Rules of Nature" plays for fights against Unmanned Gears. Once upon a time, the Metal Gear was the ultimate weapon and feared as such. By the time of MGR, however...well, let's just say that MG Ray went from the semifinal boss in MGS2 (and even then only because of the series tradition of having a man-to-man duel for the very last boss), to the _prologue's midboss_ in this game.
As such is the rule of nature for the way of things to evolve and what was once powerful and feared will eventually become outdated and get replaced or entirely phased out as a concept. The metal gears are now the prey to the new predators.
I love how he instantly picks up that the rift in the Hot Wind Blowing is the same as Collective Consciousness. Really goes to show he understands music
25:35 Me Hearing "Stains of Time" for the first time 26:26 when Monsoon Jumped down and the Lyrics Kicked in thats the Moment i fell in love with this Game Metal Gear Rising is a Game Everyone should alteast play once. It is Truly a Masterpiece
39:30 it’s track number 2 because the instrumental version plays very early into the beginning of the game when you fight the boss for a guaranteed loss. You hear it with vocals closer to the end of the game where you fight the boss again.
Can I just say thank you for doing THE ENTIRE soundtrack. The vocal boss ones overshadow everything, some people don't even know what I'm talking about when I say my favorite song from the game is Dark Skies. The game has so much more to offer and hearing somebody who actually knows about music and give more technical explanations about its nuances is refreshing! Also the reason The only Thing I know for real is #2 in the release but 11 in Herr is because you fight the boss it belongs to at the beginning of the game with the instrumental playing, but you get the full glorious vocal package with the solo in the second to last boss of the game
Watching Dan really is fascinating, because he's one of the only music people I watch who are visually just as expressive as the music he listens to. It's also really funny, watching chat devolve into memes and song lyrics; it really is the perfect display of mankind's duality
Fun fact: All the main cyborg antagonists in this game have references to wind in their names or themes. Monsoon- a type of seasonal thunderstorm in desert areas Mistral- a type of cold northwesterly wind that blows down from France to the Mediterranean Sundowner- in his theme it refers to desert updrafts that birds of prey use to glide Jetstream Sam- the jet stream is a stable fast moving air current that persists blowing across the continental United States
In his DLC Sam was also called Minuano by Monsoon. "Minuano, the cool Brazilian wind". Sundowner is also occasionally called the "Californian wildfire". His wind is fast and dry, preventing the extinguishing of said wildfires. You never hear him say it because he's just so cruel, so powerful that he doesn't need to introduce himself, you already know who he is.
They are collectively referred to as the Winds of Destruction. The wind motif is very much a deliberate one that is told to the player rather directly, much like everything else in the game, which I love
My favorite part about this is that Jamie Christopherson had barely played any metal at all before this. He learned while he was making this soundtrack.
I’m so glad you went back to listen to A Stranger I Remain a few times. I absolutely adore that song and I always seem to be the odd one out when talking about favorite MGSR vocal tracks.
I like it and it's up there but I like the other boss themes more. Unless we're talking about the 'perfect edit' in which case that's something I listen to on the daily
I think it's fitting that "It Has To Be This Way" is so key variable given the fight with armstrong was all over the place emotionally but not really disorganized
The only thing I know for real is listed as track 2 because there's an early game "boss fight" (you're scripted to be forced to lose) where the instrumental version plays. You fight the same boss later in the game for real, and that's where the full version with lyrics plays.
I first heard this OST when I was 27 years old, a few months after the game's launch. Good thing, too, because this soundtrack was made _with the express purpose of killing anyone above 40._
I never noticed the riff in Hot Wind Blowing is the same as in Collective Consciousness. Completely fits since Khamsin is a patriot that believes he’s fighting for the “freedom” that the lyrics of Collective Consciousness are condemning
The more I watch your live reactions and the reactions of other creators with backgrounds in music, the more I pick up and recognize. Thank you for making stuff like this, it's really insightful for someone like me who is very unfamiliar with music theory.
The faces you make when hearing good music, quite hilarious, love to see such extensive reactions. Most people react to single tracks, you're one of the first i saw to do entire albums.
The main male vocalist here also is currently heavily involved with the Final Fantasy XIV OST. I remember hearing "Footfalls" and being like "I know that voice!" Sam Carter, lead singer of The Architects iirc
I think you're confusing Sam Carter with Jason Miller. As far as I can tell Sam had nothing to do with MG:R. Jason also had no part in Footfalls either, other than maybe the "2 toned echoes" part.
@@xSueet I think I was thinking of an earlier song tbf. I had recently watched the Primals Shadowbringers stuff including To the Edge and maybe that's what I was connecting
@@Auron200004 Or a later song? You might be thinking of Close in the Distance instead. "Whispers falling silently, drift on the wind But I hear you... Our journey now a memory fading from sight But I see you..."
The singer on "A Stranger I Remain" is Free Dominguez, who was the lead singer of an industrial metal band in the 2000's called Kidneythieves, their music was featured heavily in the game 'Deus Ex: Invisible War' which made me a fan of them. I only found this out a few years after playing MGR when I watched a live performance of the OST played to promote the game during release (BTW that video isn't amazing, whoever did the audio mixing for the event was a complete moron and completely fucked up the volume levels for the various bands, so some instruments and vocals are RIDICULOUSLY LOUD while others are completely inaudible)
Man I remember seeing a music video for one of their songs back about 20 years ago. I can't remember the name of the song for the life of me and any time I tried looking up the band I came up with nothing. I completely forgot about them until you mentioned it.
I believe he is listening to the various songs via a playlist on RUclips, which could explain the wildly varying audio quality and volume from track to track
@@fable23 I actually meant the live performance I was talking about had terrible mixing, I've edited the "this" to a "that" to hopefully make it clearer
Glad to see you pausing to talk more! You always have interesting things to say! Also, the boss themes are actually dynamically played back inside the game itself. In most cases, the big gimmick is that the game mutes the vocal track until the fight itself enters its last phase, at which point it skips to the chorus at the end of the bar and unmutes the lyrics. Or maybe there's discrete instrumental and vocal versions stored and it swaps them, but still, the effect's the same. The two big exceptions are Only Thing, which starts with the vocals and silences them anytime you make Sam drop his sword, and Has to Be, which also starts with its vocals and goes instrumental anytime _you_ get disarmed. It's worth noting that these two fights are roughly consecutive to each other, and in that order.
Surprisingly, my favorite tracks from this OST are different from everyone else’s from what I’ve seen (but I love the whole OST, bought the album on iTunes) but they’re A Stranger I Remain and Return To Ashes. There’s just something about a female vocalist singing their heart out over what I think is Nu Metal instrumentals that gets the adrenaline going (Casey Lee Williams has the same affect on me in the RWBY OST). And while return to ashes sounds badass in the background in game while you’re fighting, the lyrics go unnoticed by a lot of people compared to the other songs even though I believe they’re among the most relevant not just to the game but also in real life. Just two underrated examples from a legendary soundtrack.
Few more osts to recommend: No More Heroes 1 and 2 - Rather varied and creative Japanese electronic music, jazz fusion, punk rock and even a bit of pop Transistor - Liquid Drum and Bass meets a jazz singer Silent Hill - All of the ones by Akira Yamaoka, those being almost all with the exception of Downpour and Book of Memories. These soundtracks involve Industrial, Industrial Rock, Ambient, Noiz and Anti-Music Transformers Devastation - Vince DiCola returns to make more Transformers music.
No More Heroes 2 I feel would especially blow his mind with all the different artists and musical styles somehow all working together. And Silent Hill is a given.
It's surprising you didn't note the very obvious and prominent trip-hop in Silent Hill, given that's one of the primary musical genres that Yamaoka employed on the series. No More Heroes 3 also deserves a shout, absolutely masterful soundtrack there too.
the credits low-key made me emotional, it was a combination of how good this song is, knowing there will never be a sequel, and knowing that i had so much fun playing this game
Fun fact - while he chuckles at the Sundowner garden theme "Mystical Ninja" the name is intentional - it's a reference to Konami's "Ganbare Goemon", or, as the franchise was known stateside - "Legend of the Mystical Ninja"
He got so distracted by the great vocals in A Stranger I Remain that he had to double back to it. Completely agree! That song stands out so much, her voice is perfect for it
I REALLY love It Has To Be This Way because, the entire time, you can tell it's meant to represent Raiden and Armstrong talking to each other about their ideals. They're both similar and they know this. They both strive for world peace but Armstong is willing to use any needs necessary including using an entire war while Raiden wants to go a different path of this.
Didn't find this till now. MGR:R has definitely left an impact on music tastes for me and MANY others who found the game back when "Rule of Nature" was the meme to quote before and even after "One thing I know for real" and "It has to be this way". I want to make a song like "It has to be this way" for a game one day!!!!
I love seeing someone get blown away by one of the things I find super exciting and your insights into the workings of the music were really great to hear... since the only thing I could connect it to before was the narrative, visuals and gameplay, but you give a musical context which is awesome.
If the soundtrack ain't enough to tip the scales, nothing else is. but yeah get it if you can, hours of entertainment even if it's a short game relatively.
as a small note, calamity mod was heavily inspired by this game and so was the soundtrack by dm dokuro. roar of the jungle dragon has a lot of parallels with "collective unconscious" and "it has to be this way", which is super cool.
I really liked this stream, hearing you talk a lot more during/after the music makes it so much more fun to watch. it was also great hearing you interact with chat at the end. keep it up!
Mystical Ninja is a reference to the old Goemon titles that the track pulls musical cues from, and the reason The Only Thing I Know for Real is track 2 is because it technically is the second track to play during the main story. It just doesn't have its vocals during that mission since it isn't the last time you fight Sam.
If you liked this, you should definitely check out the Devil May Cry 5 soundtrack, it's similar but also different from this track. Love this vid please make more!
You should check out the Halo osts, specifically Halo Reach and Halo 3 ODST, they have a mix of Jazz, rock, orchestral and really depressing piano stuff in there lol
I'm sure you've been recommended it before, but Ori 1 and 2 both have magnificent and beautiful soundtracks. Also Nier: Gestalt and Replicant remake is almost better than Automata's
“Bury the light” and “It has to be this way” have to be the two best video game songs in my opinion. And it’s not even that I’m biased cause I’ve never played MGR or DMC
@@pixel3dgaming574 I'd say that stains of time beats it has to be this way, but Bury the Light is definitely the best song I've heard from any video game soundtrack. Devil trigger is also great though we can't forget it.
@@gavinl7702 i wouldn't say bury the light is the best video game song of all time. may be one of the best boss themes but best of all time? i don't think so
something i like about hot wind blowing is, at the beginning you can hear the guitar play the “Heat of the desert, dust settles on my face. Without a compass, the soldier knows no disgrace.” which you cant unhear once you realize it
I feel like I've managed to pin down most the boss references. I think 'we try to justify all the things that have occurred' is Sundowner 'Without a compass the solider knows no disgrace' is surely Monsoon as Monsoon as a nihilist has no compass of morals. 'Out of the ashes the eagle rises still' is Armstrong because America is represented by an eagle and out of the ashes he does indeed rise....METAL GEAR RISING lol. 'Blindly followed the herd' is obviously Bladewolf. 'On my own, invisible warrior' is Sam as he is a warrior without purpose, hence the invisible. That's all I got. Lol
Starbreak would be an amazing ost to go through. What you were talking about with variety of key keeping the soundtrack interesting is something that starbreak does amazingly. Not just with the notes, but the instruments between songs change often to give drastically different feelings.
I would love if you could listen to the Narita Boy soundtrack. It's really good, but basically no one has heard of it sadly. It's like TRON mixed with Daft Punk and It's one of my alltime favorite synth-inspired soundtracks!
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0:57 Revenge with a Vengeance
3:24 Chasing the Wind
6:49 Rules of Nature
11:44 Dark Skies
15:26 I'm My Own Master Now
17:40 A Stranger I Remain
22:46 Return to Ashes
25:34 The Stains of Time
28:34 Mystical Ninja
34:31 Red Sun
37:04 The Only Thing I Know For Real
41:13 A Soul Can't Be Cut
44:08 Collective Consciousness
48:26 It Has To Be This Way
52:09 The Hot Wind Blowing
56:41 The War Still Rages Within
1:01:58 Staff Roll
Thank you!
Thanks king
dam these timestamp people are quick
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@@xxsupergod21xx no wonder I've seen like 3 of em'
Fun Fact: Jamie Christopherson (who made the ost) had never made a complete heavy metal composition before this game.
also composed for toon Town online
@@Silver5kull Wait really???
@@vixwings8809 yes
@@Silver5kull max0r?
@@shauryasuri3653 not from his video, this is a real fact.
For someone who apparently never worked on a metal OST before, Jamie Christopherson had a pretty amazing start with MGR. I love how the lyrics of the boss themes are there to tell you more about their character, as they don’t really get fleshed out ingame other than Sam.
sam doesnt get fleshed out that much either. if it werent for his theme and dlc we’d think hes just some overly cocky desperado goon who happens to be really good with a sword.
The design of these themes is something that should be done in more games. I love the fact that these songs explain the characters beliefs and personalities while also being absolute jams.
@@desperado3347
overstatement.
And honestly its amazing way to flesh out characters. Theres no need for 10h of backstory, falshbacks, notes, cutscenes and whatnot. One song that you can listen to for like 5 minutes and you basically learn everything you need to know.
@@desperado3347 i want a monsoon dlc
What I've learned: Raiden's true character growth was learning how to change his car's color
He changed the color of the bike he stole
Which is Sam’s bike
@@highland2246 what?
@@Nothing_happening_here_go_away You know the motorcycle Raiden stole before Sam’s fight? In the Sam dlc he was seen with the same motorcycle in Denver before he kills two cops and enters the sewers. So Raiden stole Sam’s bike, kills Sam, and takes his sword
@@highland2246 thats what i thought aswell but wouldn’t sam mention that before their fight?
I find it absolutely hilarious seeing an entire chat just spamming "LET YOUR COUNTRY CONTROL YOUR SOUL" and we all just nod and sing along.
THE UNLIGHTNENED MASSES....
@@kilzfordays THEY CANNOT MAKE THE JUDGEMENT CALL
@@salafimuwahhid3109 Give up free will forever.........
@@Mensmoocher PLAYTIMES OVER! *stab*
@@Mensmoocher Well if it isn't Sussy Raiden.
This soundtrack is absolutely insane because you actually learn about the bosses more from the lyrics than you do the game
In my headcanon it's the bosses that sing the songs.
@@TheZero1312 Well now I’m just imagining Ray and Excelsus blasting their themes over loudspeakers
@@TmanTheTdog Excelsus kind of works since it's Armstrong's "ideology" but Ray is a UMG, lol
@@TmanTheTdog Sam put a speaker in his sword
@@antonovsiannikov4547 i finally moved my consciousness into my gaming setup
For those of you who don't know, he picks the OSTs based on total superchat donations which are listed in a Google Spreadsheet linked in the description. Then, everybody votes on the top 5. If you want him to listen to an OST, that's how it'll happen. Upcoming ones are Mother 1, FF7 Remake, Risk of Rain 2 w/ its DLC, Ace Combat 7, and Persona 5 Strikers & Scramble in no particular order. You can vote in his community posts.
Oh I had no idea! Time to put my vote in for Ace Combat
@@David-kt3kb I think right now it is in last place, but he is changing the process so that all 5 WILL be covered. It is just determining the order. Before, he would cover the winner then put the highest donation into running with the other 4. That would lead to certain OSTs to be stuck on the voting block for months.
Is it really RoR 2? Obviously dlc is survivors of the void but it says Risk of Rain without the 2
@@isaacgarzams Then that means both games! Considering he's done massive soundtracks like Xenoblade before, it wouldn't be crazy.
@@GreenHam77 hope its both. I feel risk 2 ost is kinda below the first although still pretty good.
Fun fact since the vocals in metal gear rising come in at emotional climaxes it could be considered a musical
The lyrics are also an integral part of the character development of several bosses, it's incredibly cool
it's literally a philosophical debate in words kind of, like how dragons fight in skyrim,not powers but words.
And the lyrics introduce the character more then the cutscenes and literal game
You stole this from the all bosses video 😂
@@UnderCurrents15 shhhhhh
each songs lyrics in MGR tells a story about the character, and some internal struggle they are dealing with. Mistral has never felt like she belonged, Monsoon is a nihilist, Sundowner is a warmonger who only functions in the fight, Samuel is torn between fighting and giving in, bladewolf is fighting with the fact he's "chained" by him being an AI under the control of someone. Also, "It has to be this way" is a mix of raiden and armstrong's struggles. "I've carved my own path, you followed your wrath" could be from either POV because of the senator's brutal ways, but also because of Jack the Ripper existing.
nice
And Sundowner's is unique because While most of the others are basically the motivations and ideals of the boss fight Sundowner's theme is from the perspective of those who are harmed by him and the last two or about Raiden not Senator Armstrong
And Kahmsin's was just roasting him that he's an idiot that thinks he's special compared to other soldiers but the only difference is actually just him having robo mecha-legs
And "Rules of Nature" plays for fights against Unmanned Gears. Once upon a time, the Metal Gear was the ultimate weapon and feared as such. By the time of MGR, however...well, let's just say that MG Ray went from the semifinal boss in MGS2 (and even then only because of the series tradition of having a man-to-man duel for the very last boss), to the _prologue's midboss_ in this game.
As such is the rule of nature for the way of things to evolve and what was once powerful and feared will eventually become outdated and get replaced or entirely phased out as a concept. The metal gears are now the prey to the new predators.
I love how he instantly picks up that the rift in the Hot Wind Blowing is the same as Collective Consciousness. Really goes to show he understands music
I always admire how he can do that in these reactions. I appreciate how smart this guy is. He's legit
Collective consensus is lyrically linked with the hot wind blowing which fits the story
@@Monsoon-r5n it's 2 sides of the same coin, the perspective of the one who controls, and the perspective of the one being controlled.
I have noticed that for a while, but never heard anyone talk about it.
@@gabrielhenson5751omg you are right!!!! Jesus that’s cool
25:35 Me Hearing "Stains of Time" for the first time
26:26 when Monsoon Jumped down and the Lyrics Kicked in thats the Moment i fell in love with this Game
Metal Gear Rising is a Game Everyone should alteast play once. It is Truly a Masterpiece
memes the DNA of the soul
My lovely track.
I HAVE WON THIS
@@oimoaua4586
Monsoon: You're dead!
Jack, after hitting a qte: Dead on!
@@Have_some_plasma "what will you do now, Jack The Ripper?!" - famous last words
fun fact Collective consciousness fits 1:1 with All I Want For Christmas
edit: this is doing a lot better than I thought it would
Collective Chrismas-ness
Loooooool
All I want for Christmas is a Collective Consciousness
another fun fact: i unironically like that mix
Max0r moment
39:30 it’s track number 2 because the instrumental version plays very early into the beginning of the game when you fight the boss for a guaranteed loss. You hear it with vocals closer to the end of the game where you fight the boss again.
Its not a boss, its the early tutorial
Can I just say thank you for doing THE ENTIRE soundtrack. The vocal boss ones overshadow everything, some people don't even know what I'm talking about when I say my favorite song from the game is Dark Skies.
The game has so much more to offer and hearing somebody who actually knows about music and give more technical explanations about its nuances is refreshing!
Also the reason The only Thing I know for real is #2 in the release but 11 in Herr is because you fight the boss it belongs to at the beginning of the game with the instrumental playing, but you get the full glorious vocal package with the solo in the second to last boss of the game
I always loved dark skies as well, too bad not many people give it much attention though compared to the rest of the songs.
Third to last
Excelsus and Armstrong come after Sam
Dark Skies is fire, so is A Soul Can't Be Cut
Out of all the normal combat themes Dark Skies is near the top, only beaten by a soul can't be cut for me. It's quite the banger.
he missed the hot wind blowing :(
Man it's always so refreshing to see a live chat sing the lyrics to a metal gear rising song.
Watching Dan really is fascinating, because he's one of the only music people I watch who are visually just as expressive as the music he listens to.
It's also really funny, watching chat devolve into memes and song lyrics; it really is the perfect display of mankind's duality
⁰p
“Memes the dna of the soul”
Fun fact:
All the main cyborg antagonists in this game have references to wind in their names or themes.
Monsoon- a type of seasonal thunderstorm in desert areas
Mistral- a type of cold northwesterly wind that blows down from France to the Mediterranean
Sundowner- in his theme it refers to desert updrafts that birds of prey use to glide
Jetstream Sam- the jet stream is a stable fast moving air current that persists blowing across the continental United States
In his DLC Sam was also called Minuano by Monsoon. "Minuano, the cool Brazilian wind". Sundowner is also occasionally called the "Californian wildfire". His wind is fast and dry, preventing the extinguishing of said wildfires. You never hear him say it because he's just so cruel, so powerful that he doesn't need to introduce himself, you already know who he is.
They are collectively referred to as the Winds of Destruction. The wind motif is very much a deliberate one that is told to the player rather directly, much like everything else in the game, which I love
The winds of destruction have references to wind in their name 😱😱😱
I'm pretty sure "sundowner" specifically refers to the kinds of winds that spread wildfires in the western US
@@draconis17 not only spread, but also prevent (or severely inhibit) the extinguishing of said wildfires.
this guy just makes the most disgusted look ever whenever he hears a fire part of a song and it's hilarious
Jamie Christopherson also made the Toontown Online soundtrack. The range is insane.
My favorite part about this is that Jamie Christopherson had barely played any metal at all before this. He learned while he was making this soundtrack.
I’m so glad you went back to listen to A Stranger I Remain a few times. I absolutely adore that song and I always seem to be the odd one out when talking about favorite MGSR vocal tracks.
Probably because the song is not a meme to people
@@boyeri3558 Someone hasn't been Mistral statused yet
I think it's one of the BEST song with female vocals (although not my fav) my friends mock me for actually liking it but I like singing it
"Welcome to the world's first ever boss fight where we fight the dark skimmed tomboy gf I've always wanted" - Max0r
I like it and it's up there but I like the other boss themes more.
Unless we're talking about the 'perfect edit' in which case that's something I listen to on the daily
Honestly one of the best soundtracks i've ever heard
Wow, I can't believe he did the whole ost from beginning to end.
Wow I am so glad you divided to hang for the whole thing!
@@MusicTheoryforGamershow much do you love Heavy Metal Gear?
I think it's fitting that "It Has To Be This Way" is so key variable given the fight with armstrong was all over the place emotionally but not really disorganized
His reaction to "Stains of Time" is so priceless that it's on sale 100% off
You realize that priceless is meant to refer to something so valuable that it can’t reasonably have a price put on it, right?
@@phntmthf5505 yes, but you just don't get it. My comment purposely doesn't make sents
@@AstralFrenzyVA fair enough
I'm stealing this
@@phntmthf5505 the joke still makes sense in a way if you take the word priceless as literally meaning free
The only thing I know for real is listed as track 2 because there's an early game "boss fight" (you're scripted to be forced to lose) where the instrumental version plays. You fight the same boss later in the game for real, and that's where the full version with lyrics plays.
I first heard this OST when I was 27 years old, a few months after the game's launch. Good thing, too, because this soundtrack was made _with the express purpose of killing anyone above 40._
😎👉👉
*I understood that reference*
I never noticed the riff in Hot Wind Blowing is the same as in Collective Consciousness. Completely fits since Khamsin is a patriot that believes he’s fighting for the “freedom” that the lyrics of Collective Consciousness are condemning
The more I watch your live reactions and the reactions of other creators with backgrounds in music, the more I pick up and recognize. Thank you for making stuff like this, it's really insightful for someone like me who is very unfamiliar with music theory.
"It Has To Be This Way" basicly fits the battle that we are fighting against armstrong because the lyric literally says the move and their talking
The faces you make when hearing good music, quite hilarious, love to see such extensive reactions. Most people react to single tracks, you're one of the first i saw to do entire albums.
The main male vocalist here also is currently heavily involved with the Final Fantasy XIV OST. I remember hearing "Footfalls" and being like "I know that voice!"
Sam Carter, lead singer of The Architects iirc
I think you're confusing Sam Carter with Jason Miller. As far as I can tell Sam had nothing to do with MG:R. Jason also had no part in Footfalls either, other than maybe the "2 toned echoes" part.
@@xSueet I think I was thinking of an earlier song tbf. I had recently watched the Primals Shadowbringers stuff including To the Edge and maybe that's what I was connecting
@@Auron200004 Jason was the main singer in the Shadowbringers theme and To the Edge
@@Auron200004 Or a later song? You might be thinking of Close in the Distance instead.
"Whispers falling silently, drift on the wind
But I hear you...
Our journey now a memory fading from sight
But I see you..."
I wonder what dan would think of the vocal songs from the FF14 OST. Answers, Footfalls, ext...
Making the mother of all cars here, Jack! Can't fret over every color!
The OST for this game is nuts, but it knows what it is and relishes in it. I can respect that.
*"Composed by the famous ToonTown Online composer for the express purpose of killing anyone over 50"*
25:34 his instant reaction to stains of time is too funny to me
Memes the dna of soul
The singer on "A Stranger I Remain" is Free Dominguez, who was the lead singer of an industrial metal band in the 2000's called Kidneythieves, their music was featured heavily in the game 'Deus Ex: Invisible War' which made me a fan of them. I only found this out a few years after playing MGR when I watched a live performance of the OST played to promote the game during release (BTW that video isn't amazing, whoever did the audio mixing for the event was a complete moron and completely fucked up the volume levels for the various bands, so some instruments and vocals are RIDICULOUSLY LOUD while others are completely inaudible)
Man I remember seeing a music video for one of their songs back about 20 years ago. I can't remember the name of the song for the life of me and any time I tried looking up the band I came up with nothing. I completely forgot about them until you mentioned it.
I believe he is listening to the various songs via a playlist on RUclips, which could explain the wildly varying audio quality and volume from track to track
@@fable23 I actually meant the live performance I was talking about had terrible mixing, I've edited the "this" to a "that" to hopefully make it clearer
Glad to see you pausing to talk more! You always have interesting things to say!
Also, the boss themes are actually dynamically played back inside the game itself. In most cases, the big gimmick is that the game mutes the vocal track until the fight itself enters its last phase, at which point it skips to the chorus at the end of the bar and unmutes the lyrics. Or maybe there's discrete instrumental and vocal versions stored and it swaps them, but still, the effect's the same. The two big exceptions are Only Thing, which starts with the vocals and silences them anytime you make Sam drop his sword, and Has to Be, which also starts with its vocals and goes instrumental anytime _you_ get disarmed. It's worth noting that these two fights are roughly consecutive to each other, and in that order.
Surprisingly, my favorite tracks from this OST are different from everyone else’s from what I’ve seen (but I love the whole OST, bought the album on iTunes) but they’re A Stranger I Remain and Return To Ashes. There’s just something about a female vocalist singing their heart out over what I think is Nu Metal instrumentals that gets the adrenaline going (Casey Lee Williams has the same affect on me in the RWBY OST). And while return to ashes sounds badass in the background in game while you’re fighting, the lyrics go unnoticed by a lot of people compared to the other songs even though I believe they’re among the most relevant not just to the game but also in real life. Just two underrated examples from a legendary soundtrack.
a stranger i remain is underrated
my favorite somg is collective consciousness but a stranger i remain is probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite
Man walked into Red sun thinking it wasn't God's gift to is world.
I’m glad you covered this. It’s my second favorite video game ost and A Stranger I Remain is my favorite from this ost.
Few more osts to recommend:
No More Heroes 1 and 2 - Rather varied and creative Japanese electronic music, jazz fusion, punk rock and even a bit of pop
Transistor - Liquid Drum and Bass meets a jazz singer
Silent Hill - All of the ones by Akira Yamaoka, those being almost all with the exception of Downpour and Book of Memories. These soundtracks involve Industrial, Industrial Rock, Ambient, Noiz and Anti-Music
Transformers Devastation - Vince DiCola returns to make more Transformers music.
No More Heroes 2 I feel would especially blow his mind with all the different artists and musical styles somehow all working together.
And Silent Hill is a given.
@@ManiacalForeigner travis strikes again would also be a really fun one to see him react to. Specialy the killer marathon dlc's music.
@@Goblilingus final boss theme of TSA is especially weird and cool, I think he'd love it
I agree with the Transistor recommendation wholeheartedly
It's surprising you didn't note the very obvious and prominent trip-hop in Silent Hill, given that's one of the primary musical genres that Yamaoka employed on the series.
No More Heroes 3 also deserves a shout, absolutely masterful soundtrack there too.
Everyone’s first reaction to when rules of nature vocals come in: gotta turn this up
Devil may cry 5 needs a review next devil trigger, subhuman, voltic black knight, crimson cloud, and most of all Bury The Light are all amazing
"This next one is called Rules of Nature."
**Grabs popcorn*
Metal Gear once again proves that it's soundtrack is art, definitely one of my top 3
the credits low-key made me emotional, it was a combination of how good this song is, knowing there will never be a sequel, and knowing that i had so much fun playing this game
Fun fact - while he chuckles at the Sundowner garden theme "Mystical Ninja" the name is intentional - it's a reference to Konami's "Ganbare Goemon", or, as the franchise was known stateside - "Legend of the Mystical Ninja"
He got so distracted by the great vocals in A Stranger I Remain that he had to double back to it. Completely agree! That song stands out so much, her voice is perfect for it
MGR Tracks are so amazing I listen to them pretty much daily its just godly
you're getting a lot better at doing these, love the energy!
Saddens me that people react to the MUSIC of this game, but rarely pay much attention to the LYRICS, which are brilliantly written for this game.
The face he made when Stains of Time began made it look like he witnessed a homeless person being eaten by a moose 🗿
I REALLY love It Has To Be This Way because, the entire time, you can tell it's meant to represent Raiden and Armstrong talking to each other about their ideals. They're both similar and they know this. They both strive for world peace but Armstong is willing to use any needs necessary including using an entire war while Raiden wants to go a different path of this.
48:27 standing here
Everyone acknowledges that this is perfect for workout
We unironically need more story times with Dan, where he just tells us things in that voice he did at the end of the stream.🤣🤣🤣
My favorite part of the Gaming OST reactions is the way chat reacts with memes for the duration of the ENTIRE video
Didn't find this till now. MGR:R has definitely left an impact on music tastes for me and MANY others who found the game back when "Rule of Nature" was the meme to quote before and even after "One thing I know for real" and "It has to be this way". I want to make a song like "It has to be this way" for a game one day!!!!
I mentioned this ost in one of your videos some time ago, glad you decided to experience this marvellous piece of art.
Yes! I was waiting for this after Calamity. I’ve never even played the game lol but the ost is so good
Calamity being filled with references from here is pretty good tbh
I’ve played calamity and MGR:R, they were both amazing
I love how the later part of collective concuissness the chat was just nanomachines.
Great, now all I imagine when hearing these songs is the boss driving back and forth from the mall in a red or green car
38:00 when I come back from school with out A+
My dad in the over room with the belt
Was looking at the chat, absolutely love the amount of Max0r quotes during the mystical ninja part 😂
bro looks like that one guy in the bee movie
I love seeing someone get blown away by one of the things I find super exciting and your insights into the workings of the music were really great to hear...
since the only thing I could connect it to before was the narrative, visuals and gameplay, but you give a musical context which is awesome.
I've been interested in checking this game out, and the soundtrack makes me want to go and pick it up all the more.
Do it.
Do it. It’s worth every penny
If the soundtrack ain't enough to tip the scales, nothing else is. but yeah get it if you can, hours of entertainment even if it's a short game relatively.
It's a great game.
Its a game I've replied like 4 times on all difficulties and once you master the parrying you feel amazing
as a small note, calamity mod was heavily inspired by this game and so was the soundtrack by dm dokuro. roar of the jungle dragon has a lot of parallels with "collective unconscious" and "it has to be this way", which is super cool.
It’s collective conscious, but considering how some people act, might as well be unconscious
@@dustin202 Following in kojima's footsteps and criticizing american politics as we do... 🤣
@@drftr6073 he did it before me, but I did it before I knew him
@@drftr6073 the song is literally about armstrong criticizing america
I really liked this stream, hearing you talk a lot more during/after the music makes it so much more fun to watch. it was also great hearing you interact with chat at the end. keep it up!
Mystical Ninja is a reference to the old Goemon titles that the track pulls musical cues from, and the reason The Only Thing I Know for Real is track 2 is because it technically is the second track to play during the main story. It just doesn't have its vocals during that mission since it isn't the last time you fight Sam.
HIS FACE WHEN STAINS OF TIME STARTED
I love the soundtrack on this game, it’s crazy. I’d also recommend the Devil May Cry 5 soundtrack, it’s super metal.
I waited the entire time just to see his reaction to Wham Bam Slam Sams theme.
Ohhhhh a maxor reference
If you liked this, you should definitely check out the Devil May Cry 5 soundtrack, it's similar but also different from this track. Love this vid please make more!
I do believe he has checked out devil trigger and bury the light
Edit: NVM I'm tripping
i actually prefer he would check soundtracks from other DMC games first, like 1 3 and 4 before DMC 5 (except for bury the light)
Go check out his stream archive, he has like 4 streams covering DMC 5
I need to see him react to the DMC5 OST
You should check out the Halo osts, specifically Halo Reach and Halo 3 ODST, they have a mix of Jazz, rock, orchestral and really depressing piano stuff in there lol
It has to be this way is probably the greatest final boss theme of all time and is one of the greatest video game songs of all time imo
This guy love heavy metal and that why I love him
I'm sure you've been recommended it before, but Ori 1 and 2 both have magnificent and beautiful soundtracks.
Also Nier: Gestalt and Replicant remake is almost better than Automata's
trueeeeeee
The Nier games have hands down one of the best gaming soundtracks of all time. I can't get over how good they are
ngl the faces he made during the stream added to how good the music is
i love how chat just becomes a hive mind on each song and starts spamming the lyrics
Imagine the reaction he'd get if he heard Bury the Light or Devil Trigger.
“Bury the light” and “It has to be this way” have to be the two best video game songs in my opinion. And it’s not even that I’m biased cause I’ve never played MGR or DMC
@@pixel3dgaming574 I'd say that stains of time beats it has to be this way, but Bury the Light is definitely the best song I've heard from any video game soundtrack. Devil trigger is also great though we can't forget it.
@@gavinl7702 i wouldn't say bury the light is the best video game song of all time. may be one of the best boss themes but best of all time? i don't think so
something i like about hot wind blowing is, at the beginning you can hear the guitar play the “Heat of the desert, dust settles on my face. Without a compass, the soldier knows no disgrace.” which you cant unhear once you realize it
I feel like I've managed to pin down most the boss references.
I think 'we try to justify all the things that have occurred' is Sundowner
'Without a compass the solider knows no disgrace' is surely Monsoon as Monsoon as a nihilist has no compass of morals.
'Out of the ashes the eagle rises still' is Armstrong because America is represented by an eagle and out of the ashes he does indeed rise....METAL GEAR RISING lol.
'Blindly followed the herd' is obviously Bladewolf.
'On my own, invisible warrior' is Sam as he is a warrior without purpose, hence the invisible.
That's all I got. Lol
@@kilzfordays i think “on my own” could apply to mistral as she has always been alienated from others
@@kilzfordays mate, it's about khamsin and bladewolf, only them
Dude this stream looks like a concert from all the soundtrack seeing the chat saying exactly the lyrics just in the moment
Starbreak would be an amazing ost to go through. What you were talking about with variety of key keeping the soundtrack interesting is something that starbreak does amazingly. Not just with the notes, but the instruments between songs change often to give drastically different feelings.
MGR OST ARE BANGER FR!! Yakuza bosses themes are also legendary, i would recommend it
I am having fun watching his expressions.
I would love if you could listen to the Narita Boy soundtrack.
It's really good, but basically no one has heard of it sadly. It's like TRON mixed with Daft Punk and It's one of my alltime favorite synth-inspired soundtracks!
I’ll note this down for later to listen to
WOOOOOOO! YEAH BABY! THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WATING FOR THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Definitely one of the soundtracks of all time
his face during stains of time reminds me of the way I felt first hearing that song. It’s like an adrenaline shot to the veins
Now we just need him to do mgs2 for "yell dead cell"
chat replay had me spitting my drink out throughout the vid.
Especially the dude who shouted THICC when Sam's theme started.
50:29 always hits so hard
If there is one thing I learned, if he looks like he isn't enjoying it, he is enjoying it.
The Calamity Mod soundtrack was inspired by the MGRR soundtrack
Some parts, I think, like yharon was inspired, but not the entire soundtrack. The mod however, has many references and was heavily inspired
@@noahhughes3263
Im not sure if this is true, but i heard somewhere that the upcoming Yharim fight will be inspired by Armstrong’s fight
draedonmachine son they harden in response to physical trauma
no it wasnt
@@astra3766 That's right!
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE
most testorone beatdrop: Rules of nature
most epic one: the only thing i know for real
best one : it has to be this was
Really banger: Stains of time
I loved how all the live chat singed the lyrics lol
When the game is so good, that even his OST have a lore 54:25