Opera Singer Reacts to Natlan Music || Genshin Impact OST
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- Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2024
- I went into this video knowing I wouldn't be disappointed but I did go into it with some hesitation and ended up coming out the other side with absolute pleasure! These tracks are really exceptional and it feels like MiHoYo and the Hoyo-mix team have really found a true and unique sound for themselves when it comes to the natlan region. Really cool.
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Timestamp for y'all guys:
0:15 - 3:50 (Natlan Battle Theme 2)
7:20 - 9:14 (Weary Inn theme)
10:08 - 11:50 (Children of Echoes OST 1)
11:56 - 13:40 (Children of Echoes OST 2)
13:58 - 15:11 (Natlan Main City Day OST 1)
15:15 - 17:42 (Natlan Main City Day OST 2)
17:46 - 19:12 (Natlan Main City Night OST 1)
19:16 - 20:41 (Tequemecan Valley OST 3 (Day))
20:46 - 22:25 (People of the Springs OST 1 (Day))
22:28 - 24:32 (Ode of Ressurection OST 1 (Speaker’s Chamber))
24:36 - 25:55 (Hall of Parting Vows Ruin OST 1)
26:03 - 27:36 (Coatepec Mountain OST 1)
27:41 - 29:15 (Between Pledge and Forgottance OST (Sacred Mountain))
Natlan Battle Theme 2 is confirmed to be Dance of Fire.
Im so happy you're back to reacting to Genshin 😭
Ikr! It's nice to see him react to Genshin music. It's like chillin and bopping to the music
Same. I've been trying to find more people reacting on the general Natlan OST but I always get recommended only the reactions to the symphony performance 😂
He's Dvorjak he can't leave Teyvat yet😆😂
Marco don't listen to the haters, ESPECIALLY those outside of your youtube comment section. The opinion of people who don't know you or even watch you doesn't matter, even less if they are being disrespectful.
Marco should not get involved in the English VA drama.
true but shouldn't involved in the first place, not like he is wrong or smth, just not a good sign
@@theskywalker8416 Not a good sign? Could you elaborate?
Just need to stay away from Twitter in general.
@@FabioGrenkh Lots of companies will check your personal social media to see what "kind" of person you are.
For example, if someone or content creator post a lot about "drama" (ex: tectone) they are not good influncers to work with since those "contents" are not fit the company intention. If someone who work for a company but take part in things doesnt involved them and affect the face of the company... obviously no company want employee like that
the two Children of Echoes is such a vibe. Bop Nation
Children of Echoes is my favorite town music since Port Ormos
It really caught me off guard music-wise, but it functions as a pretty good introductory music to suck you in before the game shows you the Abyss and Fatui
I hope you don't stop Genshin for good. Though variety with other stuff is good, there's always a new adventure & new music in Teyvat! :)
I'm from Puerto Rico and music makes me feel very comfortable, especially salsa tracks. Here our people cannot live without listening to salsa everywhere.
Cada vez que sale ese salsa track I can't help but smile! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
I'm also PR. I agree! I think they did a great job. Would have loved to hear more like that.
same here!! it felt kinda weird listening to the salsa tracks and seeing the plants called quenepas JAJAJAJ strange feeling seeing your culture in this game but it wasn't unpleasant!!
Agreed! I'm from Cuba 🇨🇺 and while the salsa also relates to us, so do the African instruments.
I hear a lot of Yoruba talking drums and bongos and Clave in a lot of the osts, specifically in the theme that plays at the ancestral temple. Us Cubans are very closely tied with not just Jazz and Cabaret, but also Yoruba culture and music, so hearing such an obscure diaspora finally represented feels so nice.
Escriban en español papus.
I love how most songs are hopeful and peaceful in Natlan
Which is kinda funny for a nation known for war and combat
To be fair, hope and peace is what defines the people and every group/character we've met so far. The musi seems to be telling us that the war, the bloodshed, the violence doesn't define those of Natlan....rather the war is what they must do to protect hope and peace. The hope, the peace is their reason and their end. Also seen in the lyrics to Natlan where they say it's for their 'ideals, hope, and future'.
Truly the wilds of Natlan are lovely, bright, and full of life....compared to the hostility of Inazuma's environment or the emptiness of Enkanomiya. @@geraldthegoose1685
@@geraldthegoose1685ritual combat, friendly competition, learning from experience. They fight so that the nation becomes stronger as a whole, so that when a threat approaches their home, they will be ready.
@@geraldthegoose1685Not really if you look at it from a more realistic perspective. Fiction needs to exaggerate or focus on the negatives when it discusses a topic so war is treated with gravitas, but when you're in an actual war, your TV is not going to be talking about casualties, defeats and sacrifices, it's going to be selling war bonds, talk about the bright future that awaits after, sing patriotic hymns that suggest courage and heroism and be abound with propaganda and misinformation to keep you hopeful for the future.
A book or movie has a message it wants you to get so it focuses on the elements and themes it wants you to read and war is mostly and correctly seen as a tragedy so it's depicted in that way. Real life would much sooner weigh morale and positivity above giving a lesson about the tragedies of war and so those in charge would try to paint an image of urgency coupled with hope that the conflict will end soon. Of course this is a game that is also trying to tell a story, but the point I'm trying to make is that living in wartime won't always match the impressions we get from fiction that is focused on the overarching message.
Natlan is also extremely similar with the HI3 setting (constant war against a formless enemy that tries to destroy civilization whenever it grows past a certain point, with a grand incomprehensible will behind it) and the major theme there is to fight for all that is "beautiful in the world" so even while it would tackle heavier topics and the despair that a constant war against an unstoppable faceless enemy could create, it was focused on trying to suggest that hope in the darkest of times is needed and that, conversely, despair would lead to desperate decisions ending in even more preventable tragedies. Natlan probably (hopefully) won't go quite that hard, but Hoyo does have experience with the topic so they'll probably try to make the same points and bring up the same themes. It'll surely be an uplifting and wholesome story, one nation before we get to Snezhnaya and finally get some big answers to some big questions.
That is also not a sarcastic or ironic tagline, HI3 which is one of Hoyo's more serious games (and the origin for the oft quoted "heartwaming, wholesome and uplifting story"), despite its fame as being depresso theater, focuses primarily on themes of hope, love, courage and empathy. That's what I'm expecting to see in Natlan as well, though I do hope they'll have some nice twists on the way.
@@birubu yeah I know that its just kinda funny how before going to Natlan we are told that its a nation of war which would mean the archon would be called the god of war and that the GOAT Capitano is getting in the mix so you would think the region would be like the inazuma Civil War on crack instead its just a tournament arc of friendly fades
Considering natlans love for music will the iridescent tour happened in natlan
It's got to be. Not sure what's the entertainment landscape over on Snezh but the fact it's mostly autocratic, Natlan is the last frontier to present that tour to be successful
Where did Xinyan learn rock from again? Didn't she get it from Natlan?
@@itsacharcoalice She learned it from Fontaine.
I think Dvorak is even mentioned by an NPC in Natlan
@@Nick-jt5nboh really? can you remember which npc?
"Now this is a place of harmony and peace, for sure" yeah... Natlan is actually pretty acturate the depicton of latin america haha. It's supposed to be the nation of war, but has the most peaceful, happy and chill vibes out of all the places we've been to.
Tiny disclamer: I'm from Colombia so... all the clowns who are here to cancel people (if there are any, I hope not) you can start leaving 🥰
That's awesome how they profiled Natlan in their music then!
The way I was interpreting it is that the war is something they must do, but not something that defines the people of Natlan. Rather it is the vibrance, the hope, the joy, the peace that they are trying to _protect_ through the war that defines them.
@@worm2976 That's a great interpretation, I can't say much about the lore of Natlan since I haven't played much of the story, but what I can tell you is that your idea is really similar to the reality here, especially in previous years. I would add the fight for freedom in our case, since there's always a sense of oppresion when you're dealing with organized crime, corruption, cartels and shit like that.
Another detail that hits close to home is how well they seem to be adjusted to death, to the point where is just part of the culture. That was actually a really big issue here in colombia (and still is, kinda) bc of how FUCKED were the 80' and early 90' (and years before too, it's just that specifically the 80' were literally called 'The Terror' or 'The Fear').
@@ssamirs1881 Yess. I felt this idea of war in a way that defines the nation as a fighting for the nation rather than within. Specially with the songs from the live symphony, the lyrics reminded me of the anthems that our latin american countries (and probably African too), that come from the idea of fighting for Independence and such.
Yeah, it really is a good depiction of Latam xD
Like, we are SO USED to shit, constantly dealing with inner problems and the maquinations of other countries, that we became accustomed to "war" and decided to look at it with a smile, to just stay positive despite everything xD
I'm loving Natlan a lot, so much so that now whenever I'm in down time or have to craft something, I default to teleport to the Stadium instead of Inazuma City now xDDD
@@RodrigoLeaf15same here in my country the Philippines our fight for independence back in the days we see war as to protect what we love instead of seeing it as a sad reality. And that’s why I love Natlan sm I see my people who despite is struggling in life we still find a way to be happy. That’s why I hate those people saying it’s not a Nation of War just cause it looks chill, they just don’t understand the cultures and mentality of other countries cause prolly their country fight to steal from other cultures not because they have something to fight for. War for them is to get more power to oppress not to fight for freedom.
Most mobs in Natlan are really peaceful. They never attack us first, instead they intimidate us when we approach them. The battle music really match the vibe.
nah bruh if I stand next to a tepetlisaur long enough he starts a fight, at that point I have to double dash with xiao and plunge on it
I had very high expectations for Natlan music, but at the same time I trusted them meet them. And they did!
Latin America and Africa are extremely rich musically and there are all sorts of unique instruments. I knew they would pull a Sumeru again and draw inspiration from them to create something new with a mix of everything.
When i enter any place on Natlan i feel at home, im from Mexico, so exactly for that we have the perfect location to be embrace with so many cultures, including USA more in their native part, all the Caribbean, center America, and because of migration and mix of many countries, i have them all at hand, literally im at work and 2 blocks from here theres a little colombian restaurant, and specially here in Guadalajara there's an immense music culture so, all that I hear in natlan's genshin is what I hear in my radio and in the streets, ballenato, cumbia, sallsa, merengue, reggae, etc by themselves and experimental mixture of music genres, i have been suppressing my urge to say that natlan's music is my favorite in the game cause I might sound bias, but i do feel that cause i feel that what represents ME is not the color of my skin but my music, my history, my culture and boi oh boi i see it all in natlan, there's even tacos as food in game xD, anyways i can't stop smiling when I see many people loving Natlan ❤.
I actually agree, when you listen to music that you have grew up listening to at every phase of your life represented in an accurate way (I hope so? I know nothing about other cultures) it feels like you are returning to your home after a long journey, I felt the same in Sumeru since I grew up listening to those instruments in particular, since I grew up in Asia. Thus listening to those tracks make me feel right at home of my culture where I belong with similar people who grew up with me experiencing the same. It also becomes very relatable to hear different emotions being portrayed in instruments you are acquainted to the most.
Anyway I love the playful rhythms and guitars in natlan it feels very fresh
"what represents ME is not the color of my skin" You didn't really need to go there..
I so agree with you, i am from Venezuela and I can say that music makes me feel at home, I went with my family to the mall and in the food court there was almost always a man from Peru, he is a master with the flute and the Ocarina, we could stay all afternoon listening to him play the flute. It sounds as beautiful as you can hear it on Natlan's Soundtrack, it really brought this music home to me. There are many things in Natlan that remind me of home, of people, of the warmth and comfort of being with family or friends. The warmth they provide to visitors and the treatment as a local, I admit I didn't expect anything but they gave me everything.
@@SyiepherzeI mean, he's right. The ability to maintain memories through death by instilling them to the next generation; that is the very foundation of cultures and nations.
In this modern, globalized era, culture is no longer simply tied to skin color.
If evolution is physical.
Culture is spiritual.
@@Syiepherze well that’s the main argument against natlan so its a point worth mentioning ig
The night theme for the Stadium of the Secret Flame is absolutely my favourite background melody. Especially that part with the battle motif but slowed down. Stunning. I did not expect this soundscape from Natlan before the region and the music were introduced, I expected mainly something rhythm-driven, but I got pleasantly surprised
Ahhh i saw that one short about how you left twitter and supposedly left genshin or whatever, and saw your response to that short, and i just wanna say man its rough out here (not to drag it out much), but i really appreciate seeing you cover genshin music again, its probably one of my favorite parts of the (admittedly quite flawed) game experience that is Genshin, the atmosphere and exploration and music really make the game. Thank you for covering them again, your input was always so cool and seeing your enjoyment of the music is so nice!! I hope you have a nice day if you read this
every game is immensely flawed if you put them under a hyper critical lens anyway so it's all good at the end of the day.
The last time I felt so engrossed with a region’s music was with Sumeru and Inazuma. Natlan brought that back for me and the feeling of exploration was fun all over again. I truly happy with how Hoyo Mix did the music for Natlan.
i felt very disconnected from the music and jaded about the exploration in fontaine, but natlan definitely brought the magic of genshin back
Fontain undewater music was so good tho.
@@ellaalisaq all of the fontaine music is excellent, i personally just didn’t connect with it as much as i did other regions and now natlan
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS FROM LONG TIME NATLAN MUSIC HAS BEEN AMAZING ^^
When the first songs came out, right before the 5.0 update, I loved all of them but battle theme 2 was the one that made the most impression on me, because of that little bit you analyse at 6:18. I don't know that much about musical composition, but I was a catholic choir girl, and that melody struck me as profoundly religious - bordering on an elegy. To my brain, it spoke of death and lamenting one's fate, but with hope to the future. Very close to what in Portugal we call 'saudade', the feeling of intensely missing someone or something with no expectation of resolution.
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Then I played the archon quest and it became very obvious that people in Natlan have a unique relationship with death and a culturally mandated duty of sacrifice that borders on religion, so it makes sense.
Portugal mentioned!! SUIIII!
I'm glad that you're finally back to reacting to hoyomix after such a long time
Hell yeah!! Super excited to see ur reaction to these beautiful tracks!! Natlan has some of my favourite tracks in all of Genshin tbh!!
The Ode to Resurrection's lyrics are the same as the "Natlan" track from the Natlan Symphony! And omg yes I love the slowed down version of the "Anthem of Savannah" theme in the Night Theme of the Stadium of the Sacred Flame.
Definitely loved listening to Natlan's OST to the point I went back to turn the music on in the game again. Fontaine's soundscape really just wasn't for me and I was worried for Natlan but man, it must be one of my most replayed OSTs from Genshin and it isn't even all out yet!
I was wondering, isn't the ode of resurrection in this video actually the ost from the speaker's chamber in the stadium?
@@yashmalviya3378Yeah, the difference is the pace
Enjoyed this a lot. I hope there is part 2 to this, there are a lot you are missing out.
Been waiting for this for a while now, much love from Brazil! ❤️🇧🇷
Been waiting for this for a long time because of how absolute fire the music was, Truly the nation of pyro.
So happy to see you react to this! I always learn so much from your videos. I think that Natlan is supposed to be representative of the "Pacific Ring of Fire" nations, -Hawaii, South/Central America in particular and as a non-indigenous Australian, I was excited to hear the Didgeridoo as out little part represented!
PS - I'm sorry to hear your negative experience with the Genshin/HoYo community. I think you're great and I know I'm only one voice but I hope you hear it
:) I’m not going anywhere! 🫶
Golly, the Genshin OST never really lets you down! Always top-notch! 🥰
"this place is of harmony and peace for sure"
YUP. FOR SURE
this region sounds so complex musically im loving all the percussion
Glad your listening to genshin again. When i first heard it in game i was wondering how you would react. The only thing that caught me off guard was some moments in the questline it was really sad and dark-- but then the music would be bright kind of jarring the mood.
you know, I think that fits natlan very well, the people are used to the dark and sad moments that have been happening to them, and they're obviously not really afraid of death so despite everything that's going on, they continue to live happily as much as they can
Loved watching your reaction and hearing your take on the osts!! Somehow the Natlan soundtracks always manage to bring me to tears, and it's fun being able to share the excitment and wonder with you and all the genshin players 🥰 Really like hearing you explain all the subtleties in the instruments and the various melodies~ Thank you for the fun vid !!
personally i think my favourite natlan battle theme is the third, it's a shame you didn't listen to that
Yeah same it felt like I'm back to 2014* watching the Rio world cup
@@ggwp8615 That was 2014
@@ggwp8615 2016 was the Olympics
Sameee I really want him to listen to that, it's so vibey
Didn't expect this video, but am wholeheartedly happy that you decided to make it, Marco. Many thanks!
Oh, and that last thing you said about being used to classic western sound, I personally believe that it was precisely the reason why I loved the F-music so much: it felt familiar because that is the kind of music I grew up listening. Not that I wish to imply that other foreign sounds are inferior, not at all! I'd say the most fitting saying here would be "east or west, home's still the best"
I love hearing that combat ost playing at world level 9. It’s pretty challenge for me because i play F2P with mediocre built teams so fighting lasts a long enough to hear the whole piece
Honestly the best part is.
You take people who have never heard these theme songs in certain locations.
You show them various pictures of the region(like lets say a few photos from People of the springs, children of echoes, the stadium, the scions' dwelling..etc) and play the music. Chances are people would be able to match the music to the place just from the vibe alone quite aptly. Like the music reflects the vibe of the places soo well.
That's what perfectly well designed music is. It fits the setting. This is also why music composed for something shines brighter than music composed for itself in my opinion.
It's known scientifically that constraints enhances creativity and not the opposite, and even previous classical works were composed for theaters. Now we have the modern equivalent in video games, movies, anime, series.
Nice to see ya reacting more to Genshin's music, in spite of the angry and loud minority of haters. Cool to see that you're playing through the story too. Genshin's combat and exploration aren't particularly groundbreaking, so just logging in every patch to do some story is a very valid way to play the game.
Yeah, Natlan's music is great. The way the cultural instruments and orchestral instruments are used alongside each other reminded me a lot of Sumeru's music, and both instrument types complemented each other quite well.
I adore how there's more vocals now. Tracks like Maidens of Sanctity and the fatui boss themes were some of my favs due to the vocal elements. In Natlan it reflects the humanity of the archon, and the unity we feel across the region really nicely.
There's quite a few tracks I'll be eagerly awaiting on spotify 😆
Genshin's music have carved an identity for itself of fusing cultural music and orchestral music, so when Fontaine came around, it's a soundscape we're quite familiar with. You can't really fuse orchestral with orchestral, and even where they tried to experiment, it didn't feel as culturally grounded as other regions, so that cultural-orchestral fusion wasn't really there. You didn't really get the same awe and intrigue you did with the music of other regions. Fontaine music was still solid, but didn't feel very Genshin coz of that reason.
I'm glad that Natlan, as a region and with its inspirations and all, let Genshin return to the foundation of it's music, and well it sounds really good. Almost like YPC never left tbh.
I’m not playing Genshin rn! But I am getting curious about Natlan’s vistas so I may just explore!
Hey Marco!
I'm from Brazil and I feel so comfortable listening to Natlan's songs! I hope you like the next updates and songs and bring your analysis to us, I love them 💖
as another brazilian here, same
You know the various sayings stressing the value and importance of the journey, rather than the destination? That is what I feel when I hear Battle theme 2 (now officially titled "A Dance in Fire"). It's upbeat, adventurous and majestic, and you mentioned the forward momentum and rhythm... It never loses its energy. Whenever I hear this, I instinctively picture Mualani surfing in my mind. It's already easily an all-time favourite battle theme, I've not been able to get it out of my head since 5.0 released!
I kinda got the classic soundscape fatigue from Fontaine too. Still loved the sound but it wasn't anything that reached out and GRABBED me or made me stand on a vista just listening to a track in awe unlike Natlan. Glad to see the music team is still able to spread their wings.
That might be because of people's western familiarity in the English sphere where classic music is heard everywhere.
Would love to see you listen to more like this, had a very fun and relaxing time listening to these with you. I missed your commentary during fontaine, while I agree you probably didn't feel much for the music because it is inspired by something that you've been listening to for a very long time already, I think it was amazingly done and probably the best it could've been, maybe your own burnout with the game and the community might've left a bad impression so you're looking at it, the time and the music you listened to now, at a bad light, I loved all of Fontaine's music and everything inbetween like Chenyu Vale that I still listen to looped when needing a relaxing moment. Hope you have a great day.
Pan-Pipes are just amazing ❤
Best music so far is at the end of ‘Between Pledge and Forgettance’ world quest.
The single piano is just so beautifully poignant and ethereal [and it’s possibly or par with/better than Alucinatio Gloriosa and Hustle & Bustle Port Ormos]
Natlans music to me is filled with Spirituality and Soul-filled experience. Fit the theme of the region and story. I love the vocals and the magical flute that is sanged in the background. Gives a sort of meditative feeling and freedom to it. ✨
Can't wait what other regions will allow us to experience. It's magical and I would say quite deep. I love it. 🙏
The moment I stepped into Natlan, in a way it had a sense of "home" while also being a whole new world to discover. With the references to the cultures, designs of the landscapes, the music, interactions with the people, it was amazing. Absolutely love Natlan out of all the areas in Genshin.
i was waiting so long for this, thank you!
Only when you talk bout genshin i came back to this channel 🥰🥰
the music in Natlan is what makes me wanna explore more than any other region. I just get lost listening to music and walking around
(translated with Google I speak Spanish😅)Marco I was waiting for the video about the music of Remuria and the last region of Liyue😢. What a bad luck was mine that just when I was expecting those, what you have already explained about diversifying your content happened, well although I know it won't be soon, but if you are still a little interested in the osts of those areas and in the future you decide to make a video with the best from each region a mentioned, I will gladly watch it. But apart from that, to talk about this video, I love Natlan's music haha, some of the songs seem regular to me and they're kind of good, but the ones that stand out are super catchy haha, especially the ones in the area where the Vastagos of Echo are, who appear as dancers and a DJ, and the battle themes, well, the one that starts with Latin dance music (I don't remember the name but I think you people in the commemts know which one I'm talking about haha but you didn't reacted to that one marco😅 ), with touches of Salsa, even Songo, which is a genre born in my country Cuba, that I find this song incredible how they united so many genres without it seeming too loaded.
no te preocupes yo tengo un video de remuria.
@@MarcoMeatball ohhh thanks 😁
I love the music in Natlan soo much! In my opinion the best atm.
Listening to the tribe themes and the Stadium theme I realize that there is this feeling of singing while you work, or rather, as you walk: Because I think they based much of the music around a theme of going on a pilgrimage, and it's central to the Natlan story.
I always love your Genshin vids, the music is so good! I thought you'd never do another, due to all the braindead trolls. Great to have you back :D
Aw, man, you skipped the Scions of the Canopy tribe, they're the ones with my favorite tracks out of all the ones out so far.
thats a fact right there Scions track is my favorite as well its so good
There will be more opportunities for this.
Also my favorite!! I consider Scions of the Canopy as my 2nd home c: (and it’s partly because I’m biased to Kinich lmao)
The theme on min 15 have so much Mariachi vibes, i havent played so much of natlan, i like the parts of african sounds, but i hear here some prehispanic and more modern latin music and i feel awesome, i beggin to love the music of natlan
I love that so many Natlan themes have vocals, and many of them have full on lyrics. More of that, please, Hoyo 🔥🔥🔥
Hope you know that your content is amazing, don’t let the bad part of the Genshin Fandom get to you. Keep being awesome
I hope you continue to voice Dvorak i love your voice for him especially the times when he speaks softly he’s one of my favorite recurring npcs
Thank you, Marco! We were looking forward to your reactions and reviews ✨
I wish you can cover more DLC region and underground OST in Genshin Impact (not underground like caves but basically OST that mainly comes from world quest and DLC region) like you did with Ruu's melody, Stories of Remote Antiquity and the last song in this video (bro visit the place it's gorgeus asf). I feel like the OST goes harder here than in the main region or archon quest, it is less known because people don't really play world quest (they missing out fr)
Maybe I am mistaken but where is the Remuria reaction? That was really good too.
Loved your reaction, but its such a shame that you didn't get to listen to them for the first time *as you explore.*
I just feels like the Natlan musics hits the hardest when its paired with the sense of discovery you get from....well, exploring.
...but I guess that's just the case with every Genshin music (esp Port Ormos for me).
hi Marco! i'm honestly one of the quietest commentor whose doesn't comment very often and when i do it's because i rly want to and feel the "need" to do so, i wanted to say that everytime a new region/boss is released in Genshin/Honkai Star rail i always hope and refresh your channel for your feedback on it, you've maken me a less ignorant person towards music by making me analyzing aspects of it that i've never would've consider, such for example the meaning of a slow tempo that could mean it want to make that moment more of a reflection on what the character is going trough/what's the enviroment of said theme is currently playing on, another example is the humming, it could mean that it's heartfelt/genuine/surely a moment of peace/reminescence, another one is the use of few instruments in the case of your reaction "Zhongli's theme "the listener" you described it as stillness/maturity/confident it wouldn'tve crossed my mind but now you unlocked that ability in my mind where when i analayze osts/themes/pieces i my mind would pingpong between all of those things you indirectly teached thus making us more able to "understand" music in all of it's shapes and form, TY and sorry for that long essay basicly ahahaha as i said, i rly meant every word!
Just so sweet. Thank you so very much.
The Children of Echoes music goes so hard, when I was exploring Natlan, that was the first Radiant Spincrystal I went for.
did you find the spincrystal?
People of the Springs OST has got to be one of my favorite tracks from 5.0 Natlan, especially because of the prominent ukelele usage.
11:56 I really love this track from the children of echoes area. The instrumentation and rhythm with the drums and flute gives it such an ancient, almost primordial feel, like music a caveman would play if that makes sense. But the synth sounds are the complete opposite, very modern sounds that are only possibly with modern technology, To combine them both in the same track I feel really represents how Natlan is a nation of dragons and humans living together in harmony, with dragons as the original ancient inhabitants of this world and humans as the newest species on the block, with the instruments representing each species respectively.
The track is actually my new port ormos, the flute is so good
For a nation constantly getting wrecked by the abyss more than any other nation, so much of the music is bouncy and happy
when outside forces constantly try to invade and break you, cultural traditions like music are all the more important for people to stay hopeful and keep fighting for a better future.
i really really love the way natlan is themed in that sense, it really feels like the writers dug into the history of being victims of imperialism that the places inspiring natlan share.
they really do put so much effort into this with every region and it makes the character skin colour choices all the more bizarre. i have to guess it's a marketing and money decision at this point, since it clashes so much with all the other parts of the narrative.
I actually agree with you with Fontaine's soundtrack vs Natlan at the end. Fontaine often felt it was copying what makes classical great without doing anything all that unique with it. Natlan fully embraces the fusion of tribal nations it's based off of so it ends up sounding way way more diverse.
Natlan has managed to recapture something that's been missing in Genshin since it launched. Wonder and mysticism. You don't know why things are the way they are here, it looks pretty and it is the most fun to explore since Liyue back in 1.0. It's that good.
Also nice to see you managed to avoid at least half of Natlan's best pieces (or perhaps most fun). Here's to you being pleasantly surprised in the future!
I agree yeah, Fontaine did feel like it wasn't as unique as the other regions' music.
To me though, that's just it staying true to its inspiration, so it doesn't bother me too much.
Genshin's music formula seems to be mixing ethnic instruments and rhythms with orchestra and orchestral instruments to make a new fusion.
With Fontaine, they're taking inspiration from European music, so they don't really have any different sorta instruments they can combine with orchestra; all those instruments are already. And the things they experimented with like the water instruments, they didn't set the music apart as much as like the Koto of Inazuma, or the Tabla of Sumeru, since they aren't as culturally grounded.
Belle Epoque France (Fontaine's inspiration) also has a lot of music we find familiar, composers like Saint-Saens and Debussy. The magic of Genshin's music comes from mixing the familiar orchestral instruments with the unfamiliar cultural instruments. So in that sense, Fontaine feels very... familiar, quite safe and not really mysterious and adventurous.
It feels like something we've heard before because it's a familiar soundscape.
Not really copying since Fontaine's based on France. And classical music's main roots is Europe. Saying its nothing unique while completely ignoring the fact they used water instruments and the like to add to the tracks.
I'd like to differ a little bit, in my opinion Sumeru was the last time when we got good music from them and then Fontaine was kinda meh
Literally all the Sumeru music were peak and now Natlan is continuing that, in fact taking that legacy far
@@acedias12 I get that. Though since the game's music isn't performed live, you might assume that some of the instruments are more synth based. (which I kinda did). The problem isn't that it wasn't unique, it certainly was. It was just not obviously unique from what I could hear at a glance. Fontaine also in 4.0 didn't have it's frankly better and more unique tracks that came later, which didn't help things for me initially. The starcraft terran style music in the prison sold me that they actually could do something unique, they just hadn't quite figured it out yet.
I'm so glad you react to Natlan OST! Hope u like it too! Please stay healthy as always and stay far away from X, so many anomalies there. Love ur videos!💌
Natlan's entire playlist came out so bright and calm (apart from the latest tracks) that I listen to it every time I work. Very beautiful music that takes you somewhere far away every time.
Passei por todas as nações de genshin e amei todas.
Mas Natlan é simplesmente meu lar.
Abraços do Brasil 🇧🇷, Marco!
I was listening to The Hall of Parting Vows in our car on my way to work, and my dad said it was relaxing. As a tubist, I'm grateful to finally have a track to call one of my favorites; having the tuba carry the melody once in a while is amazing.
The main city music makes me instantly think of the Fire Emblem army loadouts, it seems pumped to march off!
Love the sit down and listen to music videos! Lets me take note of songs to add to my playlist when the official tracks come out 😅
your takes are almost always spot-on man
So happy to see you checking out the Natlan music! Some of favourite music in Genshin thus far!
You should absolutely give Battle Theme 3 a listen, it is by far my favorite of the bunch. It gets so lively and fun towards the latter half
The Children of Echoes song , the 3rd song you reacted to, is my absolute favorite new song of Natlan.
Always highlight of the week seeing you uploading reactions!
Was waiting for you to react to Children of the echoes 1, as soon as you enter Natlan you are hit with that ost and you cant help but feel exited for whats to come.
Always a joy watching your reactions to Genshin music!
This is the best music in the game imo. Sumeru, and most enkanomiya and chasm tracks tie with it in some aspects
Awww, really happy to see this video recommended. :)
The day stadium music is great and intentionally calls back to the Natlan main theme (like preparation before the war). It's cool.
oh that one overworld night theme with the piano (i forgot the name of it) made me stand still and just listen
it was just so damn beautiful
edit: it's Tequemecan Valley OST 7 (Night). holy shit it's just so gorgeous
I've been waiting to hear you react to the Natlan ost! This is such a treat! thank you!
I dipped into playing Honkai Star Rail for a bit right before 5.0 came out. Musical landscape in that game is wildly different from Genshin, and I digged it a lot.
But when it came time to experience Natlan, the scores were just mwah! Chef's kiss! I don't think I've ever had the urge quite as strong before to just chill in the area and simply listen to the musical ambiance, as when I first got to the Children of Echoes village. There's even an achievement in game for just standing and looking at the performance on their stage thing!
Natlan OST is fantastic, So many songs that you didn't even get to hear that are fantastic as well. Hopefully part 2 :)
You know it's good when Marco can accurately guess the theme of a place through music alone.
I had so much fun watching you react to this!
Feels like youre burned out from genshin, thats fine, we all need a break some time!
Personally Id recommend playing the major patches (the ones featuring region story) and then dropping it for the remaining ~9 months until the next one, if someones purely here for the story/music. Gives a decent balance to be "involved" while not "tied to it" at the same time i find.
I've taken a few month long breaks at a time myself and couldnt imagine still sticking around without them. You just need that palette cleanser sometimes to not become a "jaded veteran".
Glad to see you enjoy the music again though!
Im not burnt out it was just dominating the channel and Genshin has never been my main game
Love that you’re back on the reacts, analysing is fine and all but I wish you could both for genshin and all, love your raw reacts
Marco, your listening of Genshin music are special for me. Ever since I came across your video I've been paying more attention to music in Genshin (despite the fact I already had a basic musical education on the moment before), it's made my experience so much better. don't listen to foes, this content is simply not for them.
Glad you enjoy it!
Man you missed battle theme 3, its honestly my favourite out of the 3, otherwise great video
It's interesting they went for a more Aztec feel with some Carribean and South American influence (music and setting). Some Afro-Cuban in there too. I thought they would have gone the more Spaniard route with Flamenco themes. But this is more imaginative. As a criticism, for me, I feel like the tracks lack the tension a lot of other Genshin pieces have that make me want to listen to it over again. Also, can't help but wonder what Yu Peng would have done with it. 🥲 but, not bad. It's at least enough to analyze and talk about.
Edit: The Salsa piece is fire though. 👌🏼
19:06 there’s another pretty cool rendition of the main “Natlan” theme that can be heard in the Speaker’s Chamber! might be worth a listen if you enjoyed the night time version of the stadium’s theme 🙌✨
Banger video mr. Handsome
Natlan OST is so fresh I love it. Hopefully you can also react to Remuria soundtrack as I find it really beautiful
Always love your reaction and analysis and appreciate the fact you do not pause every few seconds like other channels
At the part you said it's like snow on the ground, i visualize very clearly a cave: water dripping down from ceiling and sound of droplets echoing between walls
They totally cooked with Natlan, Ode of Resurrection is totally my favorites.
I got chills the 1st time I heard Ode of resurrections in the story. Shame I already heard it during the livestream, if not the impact would be bigger.
The child of echos too, I just stops and listen to the ost while they breakdancing then suddenly getting an achievement XD
My favorite soundtrack from Natlan so far is: “Tequemecan Valley OST 4”. Whenever I hear this in-game, I always stop whatever I’m doing just to hear the music and vocals. It’s so peaceful and lovely. Swahili is such a beautiful language. ❤
Oh! You should listen to Natlan Battle Music 3. It's fun. Like "we're not here to battle, we're here to dance!". It has a Cowboy Bebop kind of vibe. 😊
im sure all my fellow LATAM friends can relate to hearing all this type of music as we cleaned the house growing up. god i love the Natlan OST so much...
and hey dont even sweat it man! we are here for Marco whether it's Genshin or otherwise :) keep doing your thing, man.
YEEEAAHHH BOIII! Marco Reacting to more Genshin music, feels likes its been while, but once again Genshin music absolutely slaps.
Hey marco hope you had an amazing birthday yesterday and ill be honest while i wasnt the biggest fan of fontaine ost compared to others (inazuma by beloved) it was still great B tier but it was like trying to scratch that itch and almost getting there but not quite, however for Natlan it was like hoyomix understood the assignment and listened to the feedback to the point i wouldn't be surprised if YPC would occasionally come in and give some pointers to his successors because when i first listened to the ost shown at the beginning which was also used for the first natlan trailer it was a "chat we are so back" and i knew it was gonna be my favorite because the trailer ended as soon as the vocals came in and by then i was already hooked but to have the entire region ost being banger after banger it was surreal. Sorry for the yapping but i just cant get over how great the soundtrack was lmao