Opera Singer Reacts: Astarte || Darksiders: Genesis OST
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
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This is a whole new soundtrack to me that I'd never heard before. It actually makes me want to play it. Darksiders has always been an interesting game to me due to the whole War, Death, Greek, Roman mythology thing. Astarte is no different: Astarte is the Greek form of the name Ashtart, who, along with Asherah and Anath, was one of the three great goddesses of the Canaanite pantheon. Astarte is well known as a goddess of sexual love and fertility but also has associations with war. (thanks google) - Really interesting to hear her sonically personified. Composer: Gareth Coker @garethcokermusic 
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For context: This music plays when the two horseman, arrive in the garden of Eden, a place that was destroyed because of the war between the nephilims and their on kind, the Horseman, who slaughtered their peers for the sake of the balance of the universe. Astarte was the guardian angel of Eden, and she feeling such remorse that flooded these lands was eventually tempted by Lucifer himself to betray the angels. So much so that in the fight she uses necromantic techniques to revive the nephilims to kill War and strife.
That's the theme of the music, betrayal, like the horseman who betrayed their own kind for the greater good, or as Astarte who betrayed her purpose by self-interest
A cool detail is that eden IS STILL BURNING in this period of time when the game takes place, and in Darksiders 1 which takes place a millenium later, it is already restored
@@augustocabralbueno6722 Good eye. I never actually considered that part.
@@augustocabralbueno6722 Well Eden isn't really restored, more like dead and abandoned.
Astarte never felt remorse for the war with the nephilm. Non of the angels did. Astarte was left alone on eden to rot. Abaddon said he thought of her like a daughter in genesis but knowing him from the first game was selfish in his goals. Astarte was forgotton. She resented being left alone ti guard a dying eden. Hits even worse in the first game where the angel of death azrael safe guarded eden said itll be lost after war was done with the trees vision. Lucifer took advantage of astartes insecurities and loneless.
also Astarte is half-horse(angel-centaur?)i absolutely love how during the bossfight while she is galloping arround there is basically sound of her hooves in song
Never thought Darksiders would be covered on the channel but this theme is one hell of a way to start the series.
It's really ironic yet fitting to use the word "Hell" in this context, considering Astarte as a boss is an angel, and yet gave into infernal forces.
No kidding I consider this one of the best music tracks in Darksiders. Now I hope he does more like stains of heresy, the guardian, Dagons boss theme, and Molochs Boss theme. Honestly, there are so many great tracks from Darksiders 1 2 and genesis. 3 had some ok ones but not the bops from those listed
It was composed by Jesper Kyd. Of course it would.
@@kohinonion1794 This one was actually composed by Gareth Coker. Darksiders 1 & 3 were composed by Cris Velasco. And Darksiders 2, which is easily the best one in my opinion, was composed by Jesper Kyd.
Omg, i was literally listening to this few days ago and i thought "what a shame that Marco won't ever hear this, cuz the game isn't that popular". A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
The darksiders series is definitley worth checking out. The games always had one of the best soundtracks ever imo.
Guardian Theme, Gilded Arena, Plains of Death, Archon Theme, Tree of Life, Abyssal Plains Theme... So many good tracks.
Darksiders 2 has one of the best soundtracks in gaming.
Darksiders 3 was bad. 1,2 and genesis had so many good songs. In ds1 eden was also used just before the astarte boss
@@stephanieobeirnes2534darksiders 3 was by no means a bad game. It’s just that 1 and 2 are just that much better
Gareth Coker killed it on this soundtrack. What a smart choice to bring him in from his stuff on Ori. I recommend the ending credits to this game as well. That's also a banger.
This song screams to me both Duty and Madness to me at the same time. This repeating melody implies to me a form of growing insanity, but the extremely measured and steady war drum beat hints at an important purpose for whomever this theme is for.
I'd describe guarding the entire realm of Eden amidst the remaining corpses of one of the most brutal genocides existence has ever seen from evil, while in nigh total isolation leading up to said insanity, to be pretty important.
@@jurtheorc8117 Sounds it, I never played the series... seems like a jubilant time for all involved xD
Might have to check it out or at least watch a playthrough.
@@Dizzifying1 There's a lot to love about the Darksiders series. Individual titles can carry a number of differences between each other, and thus each entry has been divisive between the fans so far. Generally speaking, 2 seems to be regarded the most fondly, with 3 a bit more on the lower end.
But the franchise as a whole is definitely worth exploring if you love dark fantasy inspired by mythology and Biblical stuff, with gameplay that's a mix of hack-and-slash, exploration and puzzles and dungeons like Legend of Zelda.
(though 3 is the weakest on the puzzles and dungeons front).
The Darksiders series has a really underrated sound track. The Stains of Heresy is my personal favorite boss track besides this one
well out of 4 games 2 had memorable soundtracks. Darksiders I and III didn't have that many tracks giving us more ambiance over musicality. Mostly because I and III were more combat-driven and II and Genesis were exploration-driven, so the music played a bigger role in the later.
Hey Marco, thanks for your reaction to Astarte! I felt a lot of the same emotions as you when I was recording the vocal. It was one of my first collabs with Gareth and I had just moved into my apartment in LA and set up my home recording studio. The apartment was off the 101 freeway and despite all the sound proofing, I always had to redo the vocal take when a motorcyclist would drive by! Haha. Gareth just sent me your reaction and we love it!
Hi Gareth and hi Kelsey! I’d love to connect :)
Darksiders content in 2022!?! please do more, there are so many amazing music from the series especially Darksiders 2
And forgot to mention that you were right about the beginning of the theme, it feels like loss because they went back to Eden where the Horsemen fought against their own kin, brothers and sisters, they have bad memories coming back to that place
YeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS DARKSIDERS REACTIOOOOOOOOOOOONSSSSSS
2 and Genesis have the *best* music in the series. I still regularly listen to Supernatural Plains, Story of the Makers, The Dredge Works etc.
I am SO glad to see this awesome series getting more coverage on fronts like these!
Oh man darksiders has so many great soundtracks I don’t even know where to begin. Love the whole series.
Just imagine 4 people of our race, have betrayed and slayed all other 7 billion individuals, thats how horrifying scale of betrayal is, on those 4 do feel guilty. Cartoony style of the game kinda hides it.
I have been a Darksiders fan since the beginning back in 2010, and it feels right finally that Darksiders is finally getting the recognition it deserves.
Also for context
Astarte was originally a member of the Faneguard and lieutenant to Abaddon who fought with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse against the Nephilim at Eden.
Abaddon implied he held her in high regard and was his lover at some point. However, being made to guard the tomb of a realm slowly drove the once noble warrior mad, allowing the seeds of Corruption to take hold, which in turn led to her allying herself with Lucifer to be free from the dead realm of Eden.
Their deal was freedom from her duties and the power to raise a army from Eden's corpses in exchange for access to Eden and her soul upon her death.
Some interesting stuff on Darksiders Genesis, the main bosses are Mammon, Belial, Astarte, Dagon and Moloch. Aside from Belial, most of these bosses are either;
- symbolic terms (Mammon comes from an expression relating to greed-- "You cannot serve God and the Mammon at once) ;
-demonized pre-Abrahamic deities
(Astarte was demonized later on in time into Astaroth, from a protecting warrior goddess into a Lord of Hell in the Ars Goetia,
*EDITED NOTE: YOU ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THIS IN THE DESCRIPTION*
and Dagon was some... Canaanite, i think god associated with rivers, whom H.P. Lovecraft later interpreted as a fish god) ;
-or Both (Moloch may have existed as a worshipped god, but Biblical and Abrahamic scriptures described his worship as a minotaur creature-like statue from the waist up, with a big flame in the belly to which children were sacrificed).
The outlier here is Belial, who first appeared in a DLC for Darksiders 2. In accordance with the timeline, he is the only main boss not actually killed-- just severely punished and stripped of his rank.
Ironically, for being considered a brutish low-life, he has two really quality boss fights in the entire series.
In Abrahamic views, I believe he's a fallen angel.
Knowing this, let's direct our attention to Astarte in Darksiders Genesis. In the series mythos, the Nephilim, a cursed union of Angel and Demon which the Four Horsemen were part of, tried to conquer Eden as a realm all their own, after already having conquered and slain countless worlds in creation.
The Horsemen grew weary of the slaughter, and forged a pact with the Charred Council, an ancient union set up to preserve the very balance of the universe. They would be the Council's enforcers in exchange for formidable power.
Thus the Four Horsemen were born, and their first act was to annihiliate their own species.
To this day, the corpses of the Nephilim still litter Eden, said to have been sealed away forever from anyone-- one of the greatest gifts of the Creator, now empty of both its giftees and defilers.
But in secret, a number of angels stood guard over Eden, with archangel Abaddon chief among them. The angel Astarte specifically was to be the foremost guardian, to safeguard Eden and its secrets... but gradually she grew mad in her isolation, believing her sacred duty which she took upon herself, to be abandonment and neglect from basically everything else in creation.
As the Phantom General in 1 said to War, "All of creation cares not whether you live or die."
Thus she sought vengeance... and the Morning Star, Lucifer, was the first to answer her pleas in her centuries of isolation.
That is how the protector and guardianess of one of the greatest gifts of Divinity, turned demon.
I've seen practically *nobody* catch up on this, but for the setting and timeline -the early days of man- to make SUCH poetic meta use of these names, is an absolute stroke of genius befitting of the Darksiders' universe take on Christianity and its mythos, alongside other mythological inspirations and influences.
God now I want to play this
@@MarcoMeatball The Darksiders game series is so underrated, You should definitely check it out.
I highly recommend The Icewind Cavern ost from the same game. It's phenomenal! Which is weird that such a random location would get such a really damn good ost.
The way the vocal and beat of this song are reminded me greatly of some music by Gareth Coker for Ark survival evolved. I love it!
Edit: Oh hell it is Gareth Coker! No wonder I love it
Gareth Coker also did work on Ori, I believe. Now imagine Ori, War and Strife meeting up, then riding on a dinosaur.
Yup 😂
I must tell you, the song gets a way more amplified feeling while fighting her:) It’s a huge arena inside burning Eden, pile of corpses everywhere with her screaming “EDEN WILL BE YOUR GRAVE”
Your analysis made me tear up, literally. I knew the premise of this song and it was something I could really relate to. But your analysis. damn. Amazing.
Astarte is my most favourite track in Darksiders history, besides some DS2 tracks. First time hearing it in game I was legit crying. Gareth Coker's work on Genesis is nothing short of amazing. I also love how you hit the nail on the head with your analysis in just the first few seconds.
If ur planning on reacting to more of Darksiders I suggest you check out the "darksiders genesis menu theme" or "the guardian" from darksiders 2
Most if not all of the Darksiders series OST is godly
I recommend
The Guardian (from Darksiders 2)
Lord of Blackstone or Samael's theme (Darksiders 2)
Fury's theme (Darksiders 3)
Darksiders menu theme (Darksiders 1)
Edit: I also recommend Moloch's theme and Belial's theme, Credits/Trailer theme and the main menu theme (Darksiders Genesis)
And finally War's Theme (Darksiders 1)
Wars theme is really short, but I think the way it sounds perfectly describes War, so I'd like to see your opinions on it :D
Dont forget, darksiders 2 - Death brings hope
I love that theme
@@A7darkpanther7oh shit true! Death brings hope is so good
Oh, another comment to build upon my last one:
Some of the instruments and sound in this piece makes me think of the Morin Khuur, the Mongolian horse-headed violin. This to me signifies the ties to the Nephilim as nigh unmatchedly brutal and effective conquering, nomadic people.
But in this, it is also referring the Horsemen: specifically in the sound of betrayal that you mention, and the fact that the Mongolian hordes are very known for their horse riding.
Mix this with the angelic horns and the choir, to symbolize Astarte's divine origin and how Heaven and Hell existed on the young, pre-Abrahamically established earth, and I personally get this very unique feeling of a time before the grand three religions of our world took foot. I have never felt anything completely like it before or since.
Thus the title Genesis resounds especially strongly for me.
2 has a beautiful and legendary soundtrack as well, but delves more into other worlds (Creation, Death, and and outpost of Heaven alongside a ruling but decaying throne of Hell) with their own emotions, such as the decay of the world of the Makers, the haunting, nostalgic and bittersweet eternity in the Kingdom of the Dead, the corrupted beauty of Lostlight, and heavy and skin-crawling ambience that sweeps over into aggression in the Black Stone.
Earth *does* appear, but after humanity's end instead of her early days on Earth.
In any case, would absolutely love to see you react to more music from the Darksiders series.
Nice! I enjoyed reading this :)
@@MarcoMeatball You're very welcome! THank you for taking the time to read the comments through, i'm glad it has caught your interest :)
Fair warning that between entries, the Darksiders series can be divisive as the Tower of Babel. They're generally like Legend of Zelda by way of dungeons, puzzles, items and abilities that can be used for puzzles, combat or both, with a hack-and-slash style combat system.
Here's some quick descriptions to get you an idea of each of them.
The first two games are most similar to each other, though 1 has a slow start and some padding that doesn't do it favours. Still a good time, though! Many unlockable and upgradable moves like in DMC, with a primary and secondary weapons, as well as hidden secrets such as relics you can sell or Enhancements you can equip on your primary or secondary weapons.
2 went a more RPG-ish direction with loot and drops, and *really* built upon the presence of dungeons and puzzles and secrets. It's quite long and the last two realms aren't as big as the first, and the kingdom of the dead has some bad padding. Nevertheless, 2 often shows up as one of people's favourites. Death as a character and Jesper Kyd's music went a long way in that.
3 leaned a more into Soulslike elements with less dungeons and puzzles. A later update added an option to switch the combat style to something more in line with the first two and a DLC (Keepers of the Void, i believe) that acts more like a dungeon with puzzles, alongside some specific bosses and a side story of its own.
Story has the presence of the Seven Sins, and Lust especially steals the show in how fantastically it has been depicted.
Genesis puts the perspective in an isometric view and allows you to play as either War or Strife, or as one each if you have a friend. It's more in line with the first two games, bringing back specific weapon enhancements, tools from 1 and 2, and more puzzles throughout.
The structure is changed from connected/open world with dungeons to replayable levels, some of which dedicated to the big boss fight.
It's also the game to best showcase sibling dynamics.
And that's about it for now. Thank you again for reacting to this piece and taking the time to read through and reply to the comments, and I would love to see you react to the future tracks of this series! :)
And on the topic of Biblically/mythologically themed hack-and-slash titles, you might find interest in the OST of Dante's Inferno as well.
Finally! Darksiders. You should also listen to the osts from darksiders 2 (which is considered the best out of the series) for eg
1. The guardian theme
2. The stains of heresy
3. The makers theme
4. The crowfather
How did I miss the debut of my darling Darksiders on this channel!? I haven't finished Genesis but I can say with absolute impunity that ANYTHING from Darksiders (2 especially) is a banger.
Just gonna say it: Abyssal Plains. You cannot go wrong checking that one out, the vibes are immaculate 👀👌
I personally love the Darksiders 2 Guardian theme, the Crowfather theme, and the Archon theme the most.
@@58632hhhh Stains of Heresy (Corrupted Archon) theme is otherwordly good. One of the very few themes I've ever heard that properly represent what fighting a God would sound like. Pure regality, but immense danger and power and tension. Probably the only other themes I've heard that managed the same feeling were Maliketh and Radahn from Elden Ring.
You should play Darksiders 1 and 2, they are amazing games with one of my favourite themes in games.
Probably the Guardian boss fight's OST is the best one, along with Death Brings Hope from the 2nd game.
The Darksiders series as a whole may be one of the most divisive ones in-between entries i've ever seen (with 3 generally ranking on the lower end), but by something if the series as a whole isn't awesome amongst all its spots and divisions. 2 and Genesis have the best soundtracks as a whole to me personally.
Yeah, I second that. Guardian theme from 2 is absolutely legendary.
I wish I stumbled upon your channel a long time ago, this is really neat. I love video game music, it usually drives me to keep playing. To see a unique perspective on songs like this is inspiring. I’m glad to know someone is taking the time to appreciate these works of art. Darksiders Genesis was a hidden gem for music, I hope you enjoy the game as much I did.
You should definitely check out the series' ost
This track, I swear the chorus gives me the shivers everytime I hear it! Especialy the part at 5:12 when that swell almost brings me to tears.
All Darksiders has good tunes
Darksiders 2 and Genesis have the best soundtracks overall in the series.
Found this channel listening to one of my favorite osts and your reaction sold me on your entire channel. Subbed! ❤
Happy New Year! Hope next year will bring way more good things for you as you deserve it ❤️
It's actually insane you were 100% spot on about this song being about betrayal and vengeance
Yeeeey thanks, Marco!
I love this series, really appreciate you checking this one out
Now you have to do literally any music from Darksiders 2, THE MAKERS FIGHT BACK, INTO ETERNITY, THE GUARDIAN and THE ETERNAL THRONE are my personal favourites
Well, time to listen the Ori's ost if you liked Gareth Coker :D
Happy New Year and a lot of success for your channel, it deserves !
This music Kind of reminded me of another music from another game: dawn's point, from banners of ruin(game).
I went to hear it, and i was wrong... ish; not same feel as astarte, but yeah, here is a recommendation.
Moloch theme is amazing tho and his voice
I hope you will listen to the Darksiders 2 guardian boss theme. It's beautiful.
Oh wow! I literally made the "pog" face when I saw the thumbnail hahah. Didn't expect to see my all time most favorite series to appear here.
Astarte's theme truly is the best one from this particular game. Although, I also really love Bastion's Fall, which comes right after this one and you should listen to it, off screen, later. It's a very emotioal piece and it was even more effective for me during gameplay, because of the story timing.
Gareth Coker, who also did Ori's soundtrack (which is amazing btw), is great and he did justice to this game's ost.
That being said, I would implore you to absolutely check out Darksiders II soundtrack by Jesper Kyd, at least on your free time, if not on the channel. Sure I'm biased becaus this franchise is literally my all time favorite and Darksiders II is also my personal #1 game to this day, but I honestly haven't heard a more fitting, atmospheric and all around a masterful soundtrack in any other game, till Genshin came out.
If you decide to do one of the OST's on the channel, I would recommend any of these three:
-Guardian's theme (which is a fan favourite and rightfully so).
-The Corruption
-Plains of Death
heavily seconded on the Darksiders 2 suggestion! I'd be up for Marco reacting to pretty much *all* of 2's and Genesis' ost, even :P
No shade to 1 and 3, but Jesper Kyd and Gareth Coker's work are just special in ways that words can't rightly convey.
I'd lovet to also see Marco listen to and react to tracks from another particular hack-and-slash game with biblical themes, Dante's Inferno.
One of my favourite soundtrack 😊
This soundtrack is amazing
Legendary boss track and favorite boss if you ask me.
Darksiders has been on a ride.
DS1 is Zelda.
DS2 is like DMC with Diablo-esque looting.
DS3 is Souls-like.
DSG is full on Diablo.
But the art and music have always been top tier.
In whole darksider's series my favourite music is of Darksider's 2 drenchfort
The Makers Guardian by Jesper Kyd for Darksiders II is the peak ost of the entire franchize , give it a go please
Bro i watched your Arknights reactions, but you covered this masterpiece... respect 👍🏻
If he did the boss fight I think he’d understand all the phases and shifts 😂
Gotta do guardian theme from darksiders 2
Would you ever do more Darksiders music? The series has a lot of good music, but one of my favorites not only in Darksiders, but for games as a whole, was one of the tracks from Darksiders 2. I believe the proper name is The Maker's Guardian.
I don't want to give anything extra away about it in case you analyze it yourself, but I really like it and I think it would be interesting to see what you think about it.
I would love to see you react to "Baile de Violetas" from the Blasphemous OST, it's a great game with a great soundtrack!
Great video as always Marco!
Seconded! Blasphemous has fantastic music, lot of it inspired by or based on (South) Spanish types of music.
When it comes to brutal religious themes and music, i'd also recommend Dante's Inferno. It's less elegant compared to Blasphemous, but the music does *SO* much to set the stage there.
What about Plains of Death from Darksiders 2?
I believe you should listen to Darksiders 2 soundtracks. I have a feeling your opinion will be interesting to hear on those tunes. I personally loved most of them.
Unable to find this on Spotify? Anyone have any luck?
Its def on RUclips
please do Abadon from darksiders 1
Happy new year! You can listen the iconoclasts music i thing it's very nice,
Darksiders 2 Jasper Kyd
React this bro
Taco bell? Hell yeah dude.
Darksiders 2 Guardian Boss Theme
Please give a listen to.
Please check out fertile rondo from bayonetta 3. It was a crazy moment from the game
In the new year
Either you have a long todo list or you forgot to do vordt or you did it already and thought it wouldn't be a good vid
I haven’t done it since no one on patreon has asked for it
@@MarcoMeatball oh so you have to be a patreon. Sad but understandable
@@mabooooyleatherface.1044 no but that gets priority