The best part about ULTRAKILL is that it's mostly made by only one person, including the soundtrack. The only exceptions are Tenebre Rosso Sangue and Ultrachurch made by Keygen Church, The Cyber Grind made by Meganeko and HATEFUL made by Health. Hakita is a juggernaut when it comes to game dev.
P-1 boss also represents failed duty, while P-2 boss represents futile duty. Both conclusions based on their after fight monologues. I and some other people speculate that P-3 will be fulfilled duty.
Fun fact: Hakita has an intense dislike of his earlier works heard in Prelude. Also fun fact: Hakita's repetitive use of Amen-style breaks is because of skill issues with drums.
@@turtletowntwo He's gotten a lot more experimental with the later music and finds the Prelude stuff generic in comparison. Also he spent a lot of time in those first few levels tuning game mechanics and had to hear them a LOT.
yeah, the tracks from the prelude are definitely a weak point of the ost. they're pretty much just an amen break over a repetitive guitar loop. the soundtrack improves drastically as you go farther into the game
Meganeko as an EDM artist is an INCREDIBLE musician that manages to make insanity seem calm, and calm seem insane, regardless of what the song it is they are making it could be a song about milkshakes, or a song about future apocalypses, and it will always be enjoyable
Terminus is his best imo to show just how built different his arrengements are. The energy and development throughout on such an amazing melody, it's moving stuff.
yeah but honestly altars of apostasy is a castle vein remix, i think it's better but you can hear the similarities so idk how blind of a reaction that could be. also i think glory would fit as a reaction, mostly the piano part
@@kcr1694 Hall of Sacreligious Remains is the remix of Castle Vein, which is included in Altars of Apostasy in the OST, but it's technically another track
Ultrakill is basically Devil May Cry the FPS, but also you're a blood-fueled robot and you're actually going into the different layers of hell like in Dante's Inferno
yea, hall of sacrilegious remains is a heavier remix of castle vein and almost sounds like 2 castle veins playing, and thats because hall of sacrilegious remains plays with 2 Hideous Masses
@paron Halls of Sacrilegious Remains is included with Altars of Apostasy if you look at the OST album though. But yeah in Cybergrind they are separated
Fun fact, almost the entire soundtrack is made by the main developer himself (hakita), with a few expectations being a few cyber grind tracks, and a level theme. If you check out more of the ultrakill soundtrack, you should look at tenebre rosso sangue
21:34 most videogame music is made to be *looped* at some instances, since each individual player can take diffirent time to beat a level/boss on which such piece plays. I think that also means when people upload this from the game files it's ending ubruptely (since it's designed to loop certain part over and over) and then they make it fade out to make a proper "end" for it, but that's just my opinion of it.
The tracks in this review are not the exact same tracks as in the game itself. They were mixed separately by Hakita, the main composer of Ultrakill, specifically to be listened on their own. For Castle Vein, for example, the game itself has two entire individual tracks, a "calm" and a "battle" version, that cross-fade into each other depending on the current in-game situation; but in the album Hakita merged them into one track, using parts of both, and added a proper conclusion at the end.
15:21 Really neat that you noticed the melancholy of the song! Order is the boss theme for a character named Minos Prime, a character with a very sad story behind him, so that melancholic tone was completely intentional!
Sometimes I'm tempted to not call the "Electronic sound" a genre, it contains so many different interpretations that I find myself classifying it as a Super Genre of sorts. It not only has extremely varied interpretations, it is prone to merging with other genres to become something unique. I could spend a whole month researching electronic music and find all of the songs listened different to one another.
Calling "music that uses electronic instruments" a genre is like using a word for "music that uses string instruments" and it does not make much sense to me. There is also the fact that sound design and post processing associated with purely electronic genres can also be applied to older works to improve on it no matter the genre.
In the song order, there is a leitmotif called requiem which is heard a few times in the first act of the game which can be heard in the songs requiem, glory, an dif you speed them up guts and the spinal staircase. This leitmotif basically embodies the suffering of minos (order is his theme) for his people.
fun fact: the cybergrind was never planned, and a guest composer went to hakita and said: "hey i made this banger inspired by your game for your game" and hakita went and added a new gamemode just for that track
18:28 As it should because Ultrakill is basically robot runs through Catholic hell with some mythology sprinkled in. The old style of Baroque composition perfectly suits the setting and lore of the game while the techno/metal genre fits the time, being so far in the future that humans made peace, only to be slaughtered by the machines they made for war.
It's always nice to see someone react to Ultrakill's music. Hakita's one of my favorite musical artists, and it's wonderful to see how passionate other fans are of his works!
Another really good one is the song of the very first level (if you count the Prelude at least, which I do), Into The Fire. Like Order, there's actually gameplay that fits really well with the intro. With Order, the boss, Minos Prime, monologues during the intro of the song. With Into The Fire, you're walking through some really narrow hallways towards your first weapon during the intro, and the actual music starts when you grab it. Hakita did a *really* good job with stuff like that.
I am SO STOKED you're covering Ultrakill, I've been obsessing over this OST and it's so neat to see your impressions!! I hope you look at other tracks, like Dune Eternal, Death Odyssey, Versus/Duel, and The Death of God's Will!
You cannot forget to hard recommend Tenebre Rosso Sangue bro that song truthfully blows all of the other ultrakill soundtrack out of the water which speaks volumes about the incredibleness of the song
@@Enter54623 Oh absolutely, that track is incredible! But we gotta give love to all the hard work Hakita's done, especially since he made Death of God's Will literally hours before Act 2's release lmao
@@nintendo-nut1 agreed! In no way does it make the rest of the soundtrack worse or take away from the talent put into it it just stands above it in its own league personally, death of gods will is a close contender though definitely in my top three
ive been waiting for you to make a video on the ULTRAKILL ost. a cool thing about this game's ost is all songs have "calm" and "combat" variants that play whether theres enemies fighting you or not, the combat versions usually have stronger drums and add a crunchy guitar to the song and intensifying it. Best part is that it cleanly switches between the two
Just to note: the game producer never asked the music producer to do anything. This happens to be because they are the same person, and Hakita is a genuine madman.
@@cade-musicyup, and Tenebre Rosso Sangue and Ultrachurch made by Keygen Church, and Hateful by Health. Two of those are also in the cybergrind while Tenebre Rosso Sangue is the track of P-2
Hi SPG! i just happend to find your channel because of ultrakill, and i love your takes! and your additions with the violin! if you want to make a sequel i recommend "The death of god's will", "tenebre rosso sangre", "altars of apostasy" "into the fire" among others! cheers
Fade-outs in videogame music specifically are there to make the songs easier to loop seamlessly! Unless there are specific versions meant for listening outside of the game they don't get proper endings Great video btw, love the vibe
I have to suggest Tenebre Rosso Sangue, it’s from the most recent major addition to the game, so far the hardest level, and my god it’s just a tour de force of incredible composition. I would LOVE to see you react to it
fun fact: all of the levels music (not boss music) have two version one the combat loop and the calm loop, combat loop happens when there are enemies still around and calm loop is when you either ended the level or have cleared the enemies in the section of the level
Love how I went from Obsessing to Undertale and finding your covers, forgetting about it for years, then getting into ultra kill and finding this video
What I've noticed in reaction videos is that music composers have the most visible positive reactions to music because they know how hard it is to make something sound good.
Great to see you listening to ultrakill's sound track, I really like how the music conveys emotion and panic/intensity well, specifically during the boss themes. Speaking of which, if you do continue down Ultrakill's discography, I recommend Tenebre Rosso Sangue, Divine Intervention, Fallen angel, The death of god's will, Alters of apostasy and Versus (or Duel (Versus Reprise))
A thing to note for Order, it's the theme of the first super boss on Ultrakill for P-1, Minos Prime. He's in a vengeful wrath, not only from being freed from his flesh prison he was in (long story) and, while thankful, you're a "Creature of steel" and so your punishment is death as he says. This song hits harder when you hear both his opening monologue and his death speech.
Ah...Free, at last...O, Gabriel...Now dawns thy reckoning, and thy gore shall *GLISTEN* before the temples of Man! Creature of Steel, my gratitude upon thee for my freedom. But the crimes, thy kind have committed against Humanity, are NOT, forgotten! And thy punishment... *IS DEATH*
Amazing video! I really hope you consider doing a part 2 reacting to other songs, because the game is full of musical gems. Some examples I would recommend is "Death of God's Will" and "Tenebre Rosso Sangue"
i love ULTRAKILL so much. it's like someone gave DOOM 15 disorders, 13 mental illnesses, and 3 pounds of crack cocaine+5 bottles of percs. Game of the decade for me so far
As someone whos discovered ultrakill recently, and the music more than the game has changed my life. Theres something about the intricacy of the music made here inspite of also being heavy and metal that is just surreal to me
You can not truly experience P-1 #3 "ORDER" without hearing Minos' speech with it. It adds so much more meaning and emotion to the track following, and if you listen to the speech in real time with the beginning, you'll understand.
A bit of spoiler-free context for each song! -The level that Castle Vein plays in - "Hall of Sacred Remains" - is structured like a metroidvania where there's lots of alternate secret paths and choice in where the player can go, as well as paths that loop into and cross over one another. One of many definite nods to Castlevania in the game. -The artist for "The Cyber Grind", Meganeko, approached the developer Hakita with this song. As a response, Hakita created an endless wave arena mode just so that he could have a place to put this in the game. -Order is the track for an incredibly difficult and entirely optional secret level. It takes a prominent leitmotif from an earlier song "Requiem", which is relevant for spoilery story reasons. If you're only allowed to listen to one other song from Ultrakill, listen to Requiem - its an excellent song in and of itself, and will retroactively improve your appreciation of Order. Bonus Trivia: -Each level in the game is named after a song. -The "overall genre" of Ultrakill's soundtrack is breakcore, but each four songs in the main albums follow their own style to suit the levels that they're part of.
Please dont cut so much out of the track!!! Id really like to see your full reaction without so many cuts Also, please do "tenebre rosso sangue" next if you're going to continue with ultrakill
He has to do it for time sake. The assumption is that most people will already had heard the whole thing. But the ending of The Cyber Grind being cut off, that was a little cringe for sure. Since it sounds like something from Doom Eternal, he might had hedged his bets and played safe with its omission, rather than this video being omitted _in its entirety_ by Id.
A little lore behind ORDER... Minos is derived from Dante's Inferno, where he is the judge of hell. This game takes place after God has "vanished", which threw heaven into disorder. While this happened, Minos, deeming the people of the Lust layer of hell (second layer according to the divine comedy) to be unfairly punished simply because "they loved each other". So, he helped them to build a sprawling city, ruled over them justly, and brought an age of prosperity to the layer. However, once heaven had sorted things out with God vanishing, the arch-angel Gabriel was sent down to kill Minos for turning against the will of God. Minos tried to be diplomatic about it, yet Gabriel struck him dead, forcing his corpse to wander through the city he created, destroying everything he worked for. This is where the Prime Soul comes into play. A Prime Soul is a soul powerful enough to manifest physically outside of a body. The angels, knowing the sheer power of a Prime Soul, decided to imprison Minos' soul within a prison of flesh, locked deep within his own corpse. Thus, Minos' soul was forced to watch as everything he had worked for was destroyed. EDIT: Also, his Prime Soul appearance is the most raw characteristics of his being. He is faceless, for he did not rule for wealth or power. The crown fused to his head resembles a city, such as the one he helped build. The large heart clearly visible beneath his "skin" represents his kindness and compassion for others. The snakes, though, are a bit more connected to the mythology of Minos.
Yooo! You did ULTRAKILL! It's a really great and hyper game, and the soundtrack goes just as hard! If you'll do more ULTRAKILL, I suggest Deep Blue (will definitely catch you by surprise), Death Odyssey, Versus, Duel (versus reprise), Tenebre Rosso Sangue, CHAOS (will readily confuse you) and The Death of God's Will.
So, more context for ORDER. This is the battle theme for Minos Prime. If I remember correctly, Minos was the king or judge of the lust ring of Hell. Minos didn't view lust as a sin. After God parted with the universe, Minos took advantage of Heaven's utter confusion and shock and started reforming the lust layer into a metropolis. The archangels eventually caught on and sent Gabriel, Ultrakill's antagonist, to confront Minos. Minos didn't want to fight Gabriel and tried reasoning with him. Gabriel killed him. Even after death his soul and determination were so powerful that Heaven feared it, and so they imprisoned him in a cage of flesh, which is the cover art for ORDER. Minos was imprisoned in his own dead body and was forced to watch as it destroyed his metropolitan haven. Later, he is freed by the player character, V1. Minos now done with reasoning sought vengeance against V1 as it had taken part in mankind's extinction, and Gabriel for obvious reasons. When Minos is finally killed, he apologizes to all those he couldn't save. Near the end of ORDER after the build-up and before it loops, there's a somewhat important leitmotif that's been dubbed "Requiem", which is the overarching motif of Minos and his failed attempt at saving those who fell victim to the lust layer. This is the best build-up to a Prime Soul battle in this game so far, in my opinion.
If youre up to react to Ultrakill again, I would love to see you talk about Tenebre Rosso Sangue. Definitely one of the best Ultrakill songs in the ost.
your analysis of this soundtrack is very much appreciated especially since games like this and their music usually slip under my radar since I don't care for these kind of games but the music is good like you said for how much intentionality it has in it and is proof that just because something is intense and rhythmic doesn't mean it can't also be melodious and beautiful
Ultrakill is not only an incredible game, but also a BIG source of inspiration for breakcore and drum and bass, as well as the game being "Wouldn't it be cool if _blank_ " the game. I love that you listened to the soundtrack. Also, fun fact, _CYBER GRIND SONG CAME FIRST, AND HAKITA (the main dev) MADE THE MODE BASED OFF THAT_ .
So Ultrakill is all about being super stylish and coming up with crazy shit to do with the massive toolbox hakita gives the player, combined with the phenomenal level and game design. Definitely what gives the soundtrack that harmony but beauty feeling you were talking abt
god i love the last violin cover? solo? idk how to explain it but it feels like a voice that starts sad and melancholic only for it to explode in anger and suffering but still crying, like, raw emotion
Amazing stuff! If you wish to do continue listening for Act 2, I'd recommend Dune Eternal/Sands of Tide (one or the other), Deep Blue/Death Odyssey (can be one or the other, or both!), and Altars of Apostasy (especially the version that includes Halls of Sacrilegious Remains). There's also other recommendations like Tenebre Rosso Sangue, WAR, and The Death Of God's Will as well!
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99% YAP 1% music
Bro thought this was Spotify
Holy shit how often does this dude check comments???
@@SenatorColaArmstrong The RUclips Creator Studio App allows us to see every new comment in real time. It's not rocket science.
omg 4 likes
pin of shame
The best part about ULTRAKILL is that it's mostly made by only one person, including the soundtrack. The only exceptions are Tenebre Rosso Sangue and Ultrachurch made by Keygen Church, The Cyber Grind made by Meganeko and HATEFUL made by Health. Hakita is a juggernaut when it comes to game dev.
hakita and pitr hard carrying the fps genre rn frfrfr
P-1 boss also represents failed duty, while P-2 boss represents futile duty. Both conclusions based on their after fight monologues. I and some other people speculate that P-3 will be fulfilled duty.
@@NeoBeelzemon fulfilled duty = god killing the machines
@@ThunderChipzp-3 is Jesus prime confirmed
@@RyougiVector nah not jesus, he is a pacifist, i say more of fighting God
Fun fact: Hakita has an intense dislike of his earlier works heard in Prelude.
Also fun fact: Hakita's repetitive use of Amen-style breaks is because of skill issues with drums.
how come he doesnt like those tracks?
Bro really dropped the sickest breakcore-based OST purely because of a skill issue
@@turtletowntwo He's gotten a lot more experimental with the later music and finds the Prelude stuff generic in comparison.
Also he spent a lot of time in those first few levels tuning game mechanics and had to hear them a LOT.
yeah, the tracks from the prelude are definitely a weak point of the ost. they're pretty much just an amen break over a repetitive guitar loop. the soundtrack improves drastically as you go farther into the game
@@HafJaf what breakcore you listening to?
love when SPG said "it's ultrakilling time" and ultrakilled everywhere
i can feel the ultrakill coming inside of me
@@cozz124 ultrakill is stored in the balls
People still make this shit joke?
@@AofCastle man i love cbt (cannonballtech)
@@r35ct12 man i love SRS
Never knew" Castle Vein" was lacking violin solo for pure perfection
Basically what halls of sacrilegious remains is (except guitar solo instead of violin)
I was gonna say I'm feeling ptsd but now wow man that part is just very good
the Strings is the Guitar and it goes HARD.
To be honest I can't hear Castle Vein without Skrillex anyone. Thanks SiIvaGunner
Put that before 9-2
Drinking Game: Take a shot everytime SPG says "intense". (Don't actually do this btw)
that would be an intense amount of alcohol
Foregone Destruction (Facing Worlds) - Unreal Tournament
I mean, the game has Ultra in the name, if it wasn't intense then it wouldn't be Ultrakill
you'd be dead
pass out within minutes
Meganeko as an EDM artist is an INCREDIBLE musician that manages to make insanity seem calm, and calm seem insane, regardless of what the song it is they are making
it could be a song about milkshakes, or a song about future apocalypses, and it will always be enjoyable
Terminus is his best imo to show just how built different his arrengements are. The energy and development throughout on such an amazing melody, it's moving stuff.
@@SomeOfBody i place terminus 2nd imo, i prefer empyrean slightly more
It would be a song about milkshake apocalypses lol
Sequence Break, Eclipse, Technokinesis are some examples of meganeko being peak edm
milkshake goes kinda crazy i suppose
Death of God's Will and Altars of Apostasy are probably my top two picks from the OST and they are also very "Electronic Metal Baroque"!
At that point Tenebre Rosso Sangue is a must too
yeah but honestly altars of apostasy is a castle vein remix, i think it's better but you can hear the similarities so idk how blind of a reaction that could be. also i think glory would fit as a reaction, mostly the piano part
@@kcr1694 Hall of Sacreligious Remains is the remix of Castle Vein, which is included in Altars of Apostasy in the OST, but it's technically another track
i think that keygen curch fits better in that description
Requiem and Death of Gods will are my favorites
nah Hakita (the game dev) isn't "intentionally defying your expectations" with the chord progressions, he's just genuinely insane.
what living in finland does to a person
@@slav4335I laughed at this
@@slav4335 wait, Hakita is Finnish?
@@endrek4895 yes
@@endrek4895 I thought he's Japanese lol
Ultrakill is basically Devil May Cry the FPS, but also you're a blood-fueled robot and you're actually going into the different layers of hell like in Dante's Inferno
Devil May Cry but Quake
@@wasdwazd game's website is called devil may quake.
Devil may quake
"I think there's something wrong with my copy of dmc. Theres this annoying mf inside of it"
"YOU MAKE EVEN THE DEVIL CRY!"
Here's some more tracks you should check out:
- Tenebre Rosso Sangue
- WAR
- Altars of Apostasy
- Deep Blue
- Death Odyssey
- Glory
- Duel
this
Also:
-Requiem
-"He Is The Light In My Darkness"
-Dancer In the Darkness
-A Thousand Greetings (followed up by A Shattered Illusion)
what the hell no respect for sands of tide (best track)
@@fikou_ I almost included it, but I thought the list was getting too long. Soundtrack too good :(
the fire is gone too
7:07 i like how he played something similar to the altars of apostasy version of castle vein here without even hearing the end of altars of apostasy
the ending soundtrack used in 6-1 is seperate from altars of apostasy, the soundtrack is called halls of the sarcreligious remains
yea, hall of sacrilegious remains is a heavier remix of castle vein and almost sounds like 2 castle veins playing, and thats because hall of sacrilegious remains plays with 2 Hideous Masses
@paron Halls of Sacrilegious Remains is included with Altars of Apostasy if you look at the OST album though. But yeah in Cybergrind they are separated
@@LiteBosmark ah, i wouldnt know since i have an older version of the game and it doesnt get updates, i dont have p-2 or the green rocket launcher ._.
@@LiteBosmark yea, in the ost album/on youtube its included, but technically they're 2 seperate songs
Fun fact, almost the entire soundtrack is made by the main developer himself (hakita), with a few expectations being a few cyber grind tracks, and a level theme. If you check out more of the ultrakill soundtrack, you should look at tenebre rosso sangue
exceptions
21:34 most videogame music is made to be *looped* at some instances, since each individual player can take diffirent time to beat a level/boss on which such piece plays. I think that also means when people upload this from the game files it's ending ubruptely (since it's designed to loop certain part over and over) and then they make it fade out to make a proper "end" for it, but that's just my opinion of it.
The tracks in this review are not the exact same tracks as in the game itself. They were mixed separately by Hakita, the main composer of Ultrakill, specifically to be listened on their own. For Castle Vein, for example, the game itself has two entire individual tracks, a "calm" and a "battle" version, that cross-fade into each other depending on the current in-game situation; but in the album Hakita merged them into one track, using parts of both, and added a proper conclusion at the end.
15:21 Really neat that you noticed the melancholy of the song! Order is the boss theme for a character named Minos Prime, a character with a very sad story behind him, so that melancholic tone was completely intentional!
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Sometimes I'm tempted to not call the "Electronic sound" a genre, it contains so many different interpretations that I find myself classifying it as a Super Genre of sorts. It not only has extremely varied interpretations, it is prone to merging with other genres to become something unique.
I could spend a whole month researching electronic music and find all of the songs listened different to one another.
The armored core series has amazing soundtrack, highly recommended
Calling "music that uses electronic instruments" a genre is like using a word for "music that uses string instruments" and it does not make much sense to me. There is also the fact that sound design and post processing associated with purely electronic genres can also be applied to older works to improve on it no matter the genre.
"Can you make intense music for my game?"
"How intense do you want it to be?"
"Yes."
And that's how Cyber Grind was born.
Hakita contacting other insane people to write music for him when he doesn't want to
Your violin addition to castlevein is top tier
Hell yeah
Hey Trav
oh hey it's trav
Oh hey Trav, epic to see you here
In the song order, there is a leitmotif called requiem which is heard a few times in the first act of the game which can be heard in the songs requiem, glory, an dif you speed them up guts and the spinal staircase. This leitmotif basically embodies the suffering of minos (order is his theme) for his people.
When the requiem leitmotif hits:
I absolutely love the passion you have when you listen to to music. You’re *feeling* the music and I relate to and adore that.
6:43 please release a full cover of Castle Vein with the violin, that sounded so good!
fun fact: the cybergrind was never planned, and a guest composer went to hakita and said: "hey i made this banger inspired by your game for your game" and hakita went and added a new gamemode just for that track
18:28 As it should because Ultrakill is basically robot runs through Catholic hell with some mythology sprinkled in. The old style of Baroque composition perfectly suits the setting and lore of the game while the techno/metal genre fits the time, being so far in the future that humans made peace, only to be slaughtered by the machines they made for war.
It's always nice to see someone react to Ultrakill's music. Hakita's one of my favorite musical artists, and it's wonderful to see how passionate other fans are of his works!
Half of the songs arent his
@@MysteriousPotatoe every song but 2 are made by hakita
Another really good one is the song of the very first level (if you count the Prelude at least, which I do), Into The Fire. Like Order, there's actually gameplay that fits really well with the intro. With Order, the boss, Minos Prime, monologues during the intro of the song. With Into The Fire, you're walking through some really narrow hallways towards your first weapon during the intro, and the actual music starts when you grab it. Hakita did a *really* good job with stuff like that.
GOD THAT VIOLIN COVER SYNCHRONIZED SO WELL WITH THE MELANCHOLY VIBES THAT ORDER BRINGS
I LOVE IT
same, wish we would've got a whole cover, it just sounds amazing
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15:08 “And thy punishment… is death!”
Do you wanna know where The Cyber Grind is played in the game?
*Training mode.*
It's a like training mode... BUT HARDCORE.
just call it endless mode
or, *The Cybergrind*
I am SO STOKED you're covering Ultrakill, I've been obsessing over this OST and it's so neat to see your impressions!! I hope you look at other tracks, like Dune Eternal, Death Odyssey, Versus/Duel, and The Death of God's Will!
You cannot forget to hard recommend Tenebre Rosso Sangue bro that song truthfully blows all of the other ultrakill soundtrack out of the water which speaks volumes about the incredibleness of the song
@@Enter54623 Oh absolutely, that track is incredible! But we gotta give love to all the hard work Hakita's done, especially since he made Death of God's Will literally hours before Act 2's release lmao
@@nintendo-nut1 agreed! In no way does it make the rest of the soundtrack worse or take away from the talent put into it it just stands above it in its own league personally, death of gods will is a close contender though definitely in my top three
@@nintendo-nut1 I think order is my second favorite song from the game
What about divine intervention
ive been waiting for you to make a video on the ULTRAKILL ost. a cool thing about this game's ost is all songs have "calm" and "combat" variants that play whether theres enemies fighting you or not, the combat versions usually have stronger drums and add a crunchy guitar to the song and intensifying it. Best part is that it cleanly switches between the two
Just to note: the game producer never asked the music producer to do anything. This happens to be because they are the same person, and Hakita is a genuine madman.
except for the cyber grind, which was made by meganeko
@@cade-musicyup, and Tenebre Rosso Sangue and Ultrachurch made by Keygen Church, and Hateful by Health. Two of those are also in the cybergrind while Tenebre Rosso Sangue is the track of P-2
@@megan00b8 i entirely forgot about those two existing lel
@@cade-music How could you? Tenebre Rosso Sangue is such a banger lmao.
@@megan00b8 honestly it was never one of my fav tracks :sob:
Fun fact, the music compositor and the game designer is *the same person*
Hi SPG! i just happend to find your channel because of ultrakill, and i love your takes! and your additions with the violin! if you want to make a sequel i recommend "The death of god's will", "tenebre rosso sangre", "altars of apostasy" "into the fire" among others! cheers
Instant liked and subbed when the violin came out, gunna check out what else this channel has in store
Welcome aboard!
Could not have picked a better soundtrack, I am saving this to watch ASAP
"And thy punishment.....is *DEATH* "
- Minos Prime
6:43 bro you NEED to do a remix with that violin bro, it actually got me on tears wtf
Fade-outs in videogame music specifically are there to make the songs easier to loop seamlessly!
Unless there are specific versions meant for listening outside of the game they don't get proper endings
Great video btw, love the vibe
This soundtrack goes hard! Never heard it until now
I have to suggest Tenebre Rosso Sangue, it’s from the most recent major addition to the game, so far the hardest level, and my god it’s just a tour de force of incredible composition. I would LOVE to see you react to it
fun fact: all of the levels music (not boss music) have two version one the combat loop and the calm loop, combat loop happens when there are enemies still around and calm loop is when you either ended the level or have cleared the enemies in the section of the level
Love how I went from Obsessing to Undertale and finding your covers, forgetting about it for years, then getting into ultra kill and finding this video
What I've noticed in reaction videos is that music composers have the most visible positive reactions to music because they know how hard it is to make something sound good.
The songs for the bosses are by far my favorite's.
Ultrakill knows how to combine Classical and Electrical in such a perfect-fast way
Great to see you listening to ultrakill's sound track, I really like how the music conveys emotion and panic/intensity well, specifically during the boss themes.
Speaking of which, if you do continue down Ultrakill's discography, I recommend Tenebre Rosso Sangue, Divine Intervention, Fallen angel, The death of god's will, Alters of apostasy and Versus (or Duel (Versus Reprise))
"Order" is the theme of King Minos. He has a interesting story.
A thing to note for Order, it's the theme of the first super boss on Ultrakill for P-1, Minos Prime. He's in a vengeful wrath, not only from being freed from his flesh prison he was in (long story) and, while thankful, you're a "Creature of steel" and so your punishment is death as he says. This song hits harder when you hear both his opening monologue and his death speech.
Average British person: (they have transparent skin)
Ah...Free, at last...O, Gabriel...Now dawns thy reckoning, and thy gore shall *GLISTEN* before the temples of Man! Creature of Steel, my gratitude upon thee for my freedom. But the crimes, thy kind have committed against Humanity, are NOT, forgotten! And thy punishment...
*IS DEATH*
@@prometheanrebel3838 Which bears the question, were machines responsible for the end of mankind in the Ultrakill universe?
@@Jukantos yes.
@@Jukantossomeone had to make hell full
Amazing video! I really hope you consider doing a part 2 reacting to other songs, because the game is full of musical gems. Some examples I would recommend is "Death of God's Will" and "Tenebre Rosso Sangue"
Really happy to see SPG becoming more exposed to breakcore and drill n bass
If he likes this, I'd definitely recommend the Neon White OST
i love ULTRAKILL so much. it's like someone gave DOOM 15 disorders, 13 mental illnesses, and 3 pounds of crack cocaine+5 bottles of percs. Game of the decade for me so far
As someone whos discovered ultrakill recently, and the music more than the game has changed my life.
Theres something about the intricacy of the music made here inspite of also being heavy and metal that is just surreal to me
You can not truly experience P-1 #3 "ORDER" without hearing Minos' speech with it. It adds so much more meaning and emotion to the track following, and if you listen to the speech in real time with the beginning, you'll understand.
Not interested
lol funny as hell answer nice
@@LionmightOfficialfake fan
@@lafethegreat8552 Joke's on you cause I was never a fan (nor claimed to be). I just check out music and move on.
14:05 holy sht stop going this hard! Wow!
This was awesome!!
Edit: I take it back. 22:10 this blessed my ears , it's so beautiful
Every Ultrakill ost is like they are telling you a story about each and every level and boss fight characters.
YESSSS! THANK YOU!!! IVE BEEN WANTING THIS EVER SINCE I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL!!!
Holy shit that was awesome when u started playing ur own melody over the ultrakill song, very creative
First time i saw it i was slackjawed too
"Oh hey a reaction vid for pizza tower- OAAAAGGHAAA?!"
A bit of spoiler-free context for each song!
-The level that Castle Vein plays in - "Hall of Sacred Remains" - is structured like a metroidvania where there's lots of alternate secret paths and choice in where the player can go, as well as paths that loop into and cross over one another. One of many definite nods to Castlevania in the game.
-The artist for "The Cyber Grind", Meganeko, approached the developer Hakita with this song. As a response, Hakita created an endless wave arena mode just so that he could have a place to put this in the game.
-Order is the track for an incredibly difficult and entirely optional secret level. It takes a prominent leitmotif from an earlier song "Requiem", which is relevant for spoilery story reasons. If you're only allowed to listen to one other song from Ultrakill, listen to Requiem - its an excellent song in and of itself, and will retroactively improve your appreciation of Order.
Bonus Trivia:
-Each level in the game is named after a song.
-The "overall genre" of Ultrakill's soundtrack is breakcore, but each four songs in the main albums follow their own style to suit the levels that they're part of.
I wouldn't call ORDER a secret level...
More so a perfectionist's nightmare.
I don't know why but watching you react to these songs makes me so happy, thanks for all the content you make
Please dont cut so much out of the track!!! Id really like to see your full reaction without so many cuts
Also, please do "tenebre rosso sangue" next if you're going to continue with ultrakill
He has to do it for time sake. The assumption is that most people will already had heard the whole thing. But the ending of The Cyber Grind being cut off, that was a little cringe for sure.
Since it sounds like something from Doom Eternal, he might had hedged his bets and played safe with its omission, rather than this video being omitted _in its entirety_ by Id.
@@bluephreakr yeah i know, i just think it sucks that he has to do that
Oh this is going to be fun. So many musical styles in this game's soundtrack it's amazing.
Finally, I've been waiting for this reaction for a very long time, thank you!
Its weird hearing order without minos saying "judgement" all the time
A little lore behind ORDER...
Minos is derived from Dante's Inferno, where he is the judge of hell. This game takes place after God has "vanished", which threw heaven into disorder. While this happened, Minos, deeming the people of the Lust layer of hell (second layer according to the divine comedy) to be unfairly punished simply because "they loved each other". So, he helped them to build a sprawling city, ruled over them justly, and brought an age of prosperity to the layer. However, once heaven had sorted things out with God vanishing, the arch-angel Gabriel was sent down to kill Minos for turning against the will of God. Minos tried to be diplomatic about it, yet Gabriel struck him dead, forcing his corpse to wander through the city he created, destroying everything he worked for.
This is where the Prime Soul comes into play.
A Prime Soul is a soul powerful enough to manifest physically outside of a body. The angels, knowing the sheer power of a Prime Soul, decided to imprison Minos' soul within a prison of flesh, locked deep within his own corpse. Thus, Minos' soul was forced to watch as everything he had worked for was destroyed.
EDIT: Also, his Prime Soul appearance is the most raw characteristics of his being. He is faceless, for he did not rule for wealth or power. The crown fused to his head resembles a city, such as the one he helped build. The large heart clearly visible beneath his "skin" represents his kindness and compassion for others. The snakes, though, are a bit more connected to the mythology of Minos.
Amazing violin shredding(is that even a term), woah... You're the first musician-reactor I've seen play along with the OST's, in the same video.
Yooo! You did ULTRAKILL! It's a really great and hyper game, and the soundtrack goes just as hard! If you'll do more ULTRAKILL, I suggest Deep Blue (will definitely catch you by surprise), Death Odyssey, Versus, Duel (versus reprise), Tenebre Rosso Sangue, CHAOS (will readily confuse you) and The Death of God's Will.
all of these are great
totally agree
So, more context for ORDER. This is the battle theme for Minos Prime. If I remember correctly, Minos was the king or judge of the lust ring of Hell. Minos didn't view lust as a sin.
After God parted with the universe, Minos took advantage of Heaven's utter confusion and shock and started reforming the lust layer into a metropolis. The archangels eventually caught on and sent Gabriel, Ultrakill's antagonist, to confront Minos. Minos didn't want to fight Gabriel and tried reasoning with him. Gabriel killed him. Even after death his soul and determination were so powerful that Heaven feared it, and so they imprisoned him in a cage of flesh, which is the cover art for ORDER.
Minos was imprisoned in his own dead body and was forced to watch as it destroyed his metropolitan haven.
Later, he is freed by the player character, V1. Minos now done with reasoning sought vengeance against V1 as it had taken part in mankind's extinction, and Gabriel for obvious reasons. When Minos is finally killed, he apologizes to all those he couldn't save.
Near the end of ORDER after the build-up and before it loops, there's a somewhat important leitmotif that's been dubbed "Requiem", which is the overarching motif of Minos and his failed attempt at saving those who fell victim to the lust layer. This is the best build-up to a Prime Soul battle in this game so far, in my opinion.
If you’re looking to do more, I highly recommend taking a look at Versus along with its reprise Duel
Whenever you pull out the violin man it feels like direction (violin) + magnitude (breakcore) = vector (of awesomeness)
8:02 This made me grab a penny i had in my pocket and throw it and then fake shoot it with my hand
If youre up to react to Ultrakill again, I would love to see you talk about Tenebre Rosso Sangue. Definitely one of the best Ultrakill songs in the ost.
violin fits so well ultrakill ost surprisingly, holy, we need covers
hakita is like a wildcard, excellent game design, excellent music an excellent concepts
Haven't played ultrakill before but ngl, these soundtracks sounds "BRUTALLY" good
Please play, its pretty good
@@zipyyy5626Pretty... good.
bro this violin part of yours to castle vein WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i literally got goosebumps SO EPIC
8:12 "This is hyper intense" Bro it's just the training mode track...
your analysis of this soundtrack is very much appreciated especially since games like this and their music usually slip under my radar since I don't care for these kind of games but the music is good like you said for how much intentionality it has in it and is proof that just because something is intense and rhythmic doesn't mean it can't also be melodious and beautiful
"There's a hint of sadness"
Just a *hint*
Yep.
13:54 I don't think I've heard a harder violin solo before, this is actually amazing
I cant stress this enough but "Tenebre Rosso Sangue" and "death of gods will (full mix)" are
like said by MarcoMeatball "Full of Musical Rage"
i love reaction videos like this cause you actually stop and explain things in music design that i could never even begin to learn myself
Ultrakill is not only an incredible game, but also a BIG source of inspiration for breakcore and drum and bass, as well as the game being "Wouldn't it be cool if _blank_ " the game. I love that you listened to the soundtrack. Also, fun fact, _CYBER GRIND SONG CAME FIRST, AND HAKITA (the main dev) MADE THE MODE BASED OFF THAT_ .
DUDE your violin solo mixed with castle vein could be used for a boss fight!!!!
6:43
this gave me chills
yukkuri 9
@@veresality ye
5:19 why did it sound like Doppio is getting a call
btw the creator of the game made most of the songs, only The Cyber Grind, Hateful, and Tenebre Rosso Sangue were made by guest artists
Hateful is also made by a guest band
@@swag_master oh yeah, forgot about Hateful
how come that every time I visit this channel I discover that a game I have in my library has been covered already?
10:51 the developer and the composer are the same person, thats what makes it beautiful
So Ultrakill is all about being super stylish and coming up with crazy shit to do with the massive toolbox hakita gives the player, combined with the phenomenal level and game design. Definitely what gives the soundtrack that harmony but beauty feeling you were talking abt
Castle Vein un-ironically goes hard for no freaking reason bro
10:46 funny thing is, the creator IS the producer
Hakita's 2 brain cells
god i love the last violin cover? solo? idk how to explain it but it feels like a voice that starts sad and melancholic only for it to explode in anger and suffering but still crying, like, raw emotion
"but will castle vein have those castlevania vib- it has those castlevania vibes"
the dev made the game and music
also listen to War, Death of Gods will, and Tenebre Rosso Sangue (all from ULTRAKILL)
MANKIND IS DEAD.
BLOOD IS FUEL.
HELL IS FULL.
THIS MUSIC IS A BANGER.
“It’s not just power, it’s beauty” YOU FIGURED OUT THE GAMEPLAY FROM THE MUSIC
Amazing stuff! If you wish to do continue listening for Act 2, I'd recommend Dune Eternal/Sands of Tide (one or the other), Deep Blue/Death Odyssey (can be one or the other, or both!), and Altars of Apostasy (especially the version that includes Halls of Sacrilegious Remains). There's also other recommendations like Tenebre Rosso Sangue, WAR, and The Death Of God's Will as well!
I found this game after pizza tower and I want to know what WAR is.
Order sounds like my emotions 2 months ago sad rage despair hope
Also sounds like cruel demons crying in the infinite pain for help
Great reaction as always, although personally im not digging the frequent cuts this time around
18:12 It was very reminiscent of the soundtrack from the old TV series "Guests from the Future"