One song from this game’s OST you should definitely react to is Words That Never Reached You. In my opinion, it’s one of if not the best songs in the entire game.
This was such a treat to listen to. Xenoblade 3 is a game of the year contender for me so I loved this & hope you’ll do more of these. Other games as well btw, it’s fun seeing you break these down!
Something fun about Weight of Life is that if you play it's equivalent tracks from the first two games (Engage the Enemy, and Counterattack) in order, you get some cool musical story telling that encapsulates the story of each game and their relation to each other.
Part Two: ruclips.net/video/CKO_SHGkv3c/видео.html . Also, a note about me knuckleheadedly calling the composer "he", despite the fact that the composing team is bigger than Mitsuda and is comprised of both men and women: I didn't mean disrespect to anyone and tried to do better in the second video. A little explanation into my frame of mind for this video: this was a new format for me so I was a little nervous and worried about a million things. Did the audio work without artefacts this time? Are the volumes balanced out? Is everything lit sort of properly? Am I giving the chat enough attention? Is there enough to say about this track? Etc.. I defaulted to the Dutch way of using "him" in a broader sense (in Dutch you can use "'m" for just about anything, including bread, CDs and pieces of music, and I subconsciously translated this into English - yes, speaking in English also costs me a lot of brain time), but should've been more neutral. For the record: the composers are Yasunori Mitsuda, ACE, Kenji Hiramatsu, Manami Kiyota and Mariam Abounnasr. Thanks for watching! =D ---- Bonus Dutch examples of using "him" neutrally that I shouldn't translate verbatim to English next time oh my god I'm so Dutch: "Heb je het brood al in de vriezer gestopt?" "Ja, hij zit erin" "Hoe was je livestream?" "Hij was gezellig!" "Is de fietsband al geplakt?" "Ik heb 'm al drie keer geprobeerd te repareren maar hij blijft lek gaan!" "Wat een tof muziekstuk." "Jazeker, ik vind 'm vooral zo lekker cheesy met die discodrums!"
59:20 That is such an incredible thing to get from that sus chord since the last time this theme plays is on the ending and it actually lets it open to interpretation what ends up happening to the party, which is one of the themes of the story, to carry on even if you don't know what will happen or how things will turn out. Beautiful.
man this is awesome. idk where you learned the piano like that, but as a very average player myself, this is so inspiring. totally subscribed just for that. xenoblade music is an extra nice cherry on top
I did not expect to see a Xenoblade analysis here, but I'm all for it! I really liked this idea, and if you also did, I would recommend the other Xenoblade games' OSTs, they are so good as well. (Also I can't believe nobody told you about "You will Know our Names-Finale", it's a staple of the series at this point 😂)
1:33:51 "that's a beautiful thing" Idk anything about music, but those like 5 seconds after the quote, the bit with the triplet key thing (or whatever) and all that, it was indeed beautiful af lmao
Not me hearing Noah saying, "This isn't the end, this is the decider." and Mio "You're fate was sealed when you rose against us." during the chain attack music.
This game's ost is really incredible, you should react to songs like A Step Away, Words That Never Reached you, and maaany others, glad you're doing some xenoblade content
Enjoyed your Xenoblade stream and hope to see more as there is over 30 hours of tracks to listen to from 4 games. Some of my favorite tracks from Xenoblade Definitive Edition are the Main theme, Engage the Enemy and beyond the Sky, the first game has so many tracks to recommend
Great video! I just want to point out that Xenoblade 3 has 4 or 5 different composers, so not every song is composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. The other composers are Kenji Hiramatsu, Manami Kiyota, and ACE (CHiCO and Tomori Kudo). They all worked on Xenoblade 2 and 1's soundtrack as well.
I still come back to this to hear that 10 seconds of harmony over A Life Sent On at 56:00. Absolutely beautiful, it makes me wish it was part of the track
I love Xenoblade and I love seeing music composers' reactions to the music equally as much. I highly recommend this game (and the first) for anyone even a little bit interested, they are absolute masterpieces imo. The games have real-time fighting which I like, of course you'll have to see for yourself if you're into it. But yeah you earned my sub!
The Weight of Life is my favorite song from this stream! I loved you playing along with it and also adding your own arrangement onto the City theme. So good!
We actually know the composers for most tracks in the game now, from uploads to music rights databases: Chain Attack - Kenji Hiramatsu The Weight Of Life - Yasunori Mitsuda & Kenji Hiramatsu City - Yasunori Mitsuda & Manami Kiyota A Life Sent On - Yasunori Mitsuda Keves Battle - Kenji Hiramatsu Iris Network (the menu track) - Manami Kiyota Moebius Battle - TOMOri Kudo (ACE) Erythia Sea - CHiCO (ACE) The co-compositions with Mitsuda are most likely because those tracks incorporate motifs he made from other tracks.
A really cool piece of musical storytelling: the moebius theme in general seems to be all of the moebius (shown as the audience in a theater in the game) singing in the choir. What is really in character for them is looking down on everyone else. The theme has a certain part where it seems the choir is laughing kinda mocking the player. The second moebius theme when the fight gets more serious lacks this laughing part entirely.
Also, I might be completely imagining it, but it feels like the Climax version has a lot more parts with no choir, just the melody and guitar. It almost feels like the Moebius are on their last rope, not so confident anymore
Glad I found this video I really enjoyed your reactions and recreations of the music! Looking forward to watching your other vods too in this series :)
Not sure if it was mentioned, but Moebius is the main antagonistic faction in 3’s story-and this they show up pretty often. Yet the Moebius boss theme is entirely fitting every time and it’s great.
Awesome video. Love Xenoblade, and every soundtrack is amazing. So many echoes to Xenoblade 1 and 2's music in 3. And I love how you interpret and add your touch to all melodies. I hope there's going to be a follow up to this video.
Woaah, I'm impressed ! (Again and again !) Very nice video, I'm enjoying it while working and listening/watching. Very cool ! This game and it's soundtrack are something I really love ! I saw you made another one but I wanted to finish this one first haha I hope to see the next video in live ! :D Take care !
This is awesome man. The Switch had some of my favorite game soundtracks, all bangers, always on repeat on rotation: Astral Chain Daemon X Machina Fire Emblem Three Houses Octopath Traveler Xenoblade 1,2, Torna, 3 I'm gonna sub hoping for more reactions.
**Moebius Battle** "definitely sounds like final boss kind of music" someone actually said the thing people have been joking about! lol btw, not all jrpgs are turn based. This series is real-time in-overworld action with no random encounters. Ofc, it does have its melodrama, but I find this series has some of the most impactful storytelling you'll find anywhere. Ive only played it since 2018 and I know its had a significant impact on my life. Definitely recommended!
Very nice that you listened to Erythia Sea at the end. It‘s my fav exploration theme. Even better that it‘s the largest area in the game so you hear it long. And if you wanna play this game then don‘t be afraid that it‘s a JRPG. It‘s not turn based, but real time battles with plenty of moving around, positioning attacks and plenty of features to use in battle. The tutorial is making sure you got it… it‘s a bit too much at the start but after chapter 2 they leave you alone mostly with tutorial spam. Anyway it‘s really worth, one of the best stories I‘ve ever experienced. My game of the year for sure. Also no previous knowledge is needed. It‘s just a nice bonus if you know Xenoblade 1 and 2. Also the Kaleidoscopic Core Battle Theme and the Noah and N Phase 2 Battle Theme are the best battle themes in the game. At least I like them really much.
Just leaving a comment to show support for this vid so you return to it! If you do XB2 some suggestions are You Will Remember our names, Counterattack, Boinis Shoulder(Future Connected), and Beyond the Sky.
There’s another theme called “Moebius Battle Interlink” that plays for a different type of that enemy and it’s one of the several dynamic battle themes in this game. This video has the regular part of the song, the climax, and the end ruclips.net/video/IFbjoYeUPgs/видео.html
If you ever check out Xenoblade 2's soundtrack, I'd recommend occasionally just ignoring chat and picking a track that sounds interesting to you. That entire soundtrack is fantastic, and relying solely on the iconic tracks people suggest will lead you to miss out on so many other amazing pieces. For anyone that's never looked up the soundtrack before, check out "A Ship in a Stormy Sea" because it plays once in chapter 1 and I feel like most players haven't even heard the full song. It'll give you a good idea of what kinds of great songs you're missing when you see a song name you're unfamiliar with.
I haven't finished this segment yet so if someone pointed this out in chat, my bad, but: "A Life Sent On" is a combination of the two most major leitmotifs of the game, those being the themes for the two main characters, Noah and Mio. Both of them are "Off-Seers"-who help the souls of fallen soldiers pass on through flute playing. Both of their leitmotifs were written with the intention of being able to harmonize, which is what this track is.
Thanks Fryman, I don't have perfect pitch but can recognise certain notes and chords from musical memory. Knowing musical conventions - in particular of Japanese game music - takes me the rest of the way =) .
The xenoblade series is a monolith when it comes to JRPGs music. It has always been consistantly good across all the xeno games (Xenogears, Xenosaga I, II, III and Xenoblade 1, X, 2 and finally 3). And those soundtracks are all HUGE. I mean XC3 has *262* musics (counting every alternate versions), XC2 119 on the main game and about 15 in the DLC and they're all so consistently good ! The main composer can go from straight-up rock (like here ruclips.net/video/7v-F44YyTwc/видео.html) to calm and peaceful musics like Eryth See or Rest spot. It's just so good ! This game also has insanely well placed and on point fan service with its musics with for example the "You will know our names" that is used in XC1, the "You will recall our names" in XC2 and "You will know our names - finale " in XC3 and some songs that are remastered in XC3 (like those two : "ruclips.net/video/l7Y00MEXjEs/видео.html" that is reference to a very impactfull cutscene theme in XC2 : "ruclips.net/video/cvTb1VgABw8/видео.html" and this one "ruclips.net/video/wwIMS20A0jM/видео.html" that refers to "ruclips.net/video/gdqGq0rZ5LU/видео.html" Also, have to give huge ups to the quality of this vid. Your comments are always on point, it's just mind-blowing.👍 Keep on the good work ! It will pay of eventially for sure !
You should do some Kingdom Hearts songs! Dearly Beloved, The Other Promise, Sacred Distance and Vector to The Heavens might be some great picks since they have some good piano parts.
Mannnnn kinda disappointed you didn't do "A Formidable Enemy". Imo that is note for note the best track in the game Still really cool seeing the reactions of someone well versed in music tho lol
I find it a little weird 10 minutes into it how it seems he's just referring to "him", in regards to the style of the music, as in Mitsuda (bc he never mentioned any of the others' names), even though this style in the Chain Attack music, the very recognizable Xenoblade style, was an established thing way before Mitsuda ever solidly joined the team- bc like, in XB1 Mitsuda only composed Beyond the Sky, but this style and sound that the series has was a thing since the beginning 12 years ago; its very Hiramatsu. ACE+, Kiyota, and Hiramatsu's work make up for more of the overall sound of the XB series than Mitsuda's contribution does. And yeah, Chain Attack (as I guessed; I looked it up again to confirm my memory, just in case) is only composed by Kenji Hiramatsu. A ton of tracks are just Hiramatsu; especially a bunch of the battle songs. Mitsuda commanded more of the overall sound of, of course, Xenogears and Xenosaga, but Xenoblade has been primarily the sound of Kenji, ACE+, and Kiyota, with Mitsuda jumping in during 2 and 3 to add his flare to the OST, especially the most emotionally moving tracks (bc thats what he does best)
Yeah, this is a new format for me so I was thinking about a million other things :P. Did the audio work without artifacts this time? Is everything lit sort of properly? Am I giving the chat enough attention? Is there enough to say about this track? Etc.. I defaulted to the Dutch way of using "him" in a broader sense, but should've been more neutral. Didn't mean disrespect to anyone - I hope I did better in the second video.
@@demantim ah, okay. No, you're fine, I just kinda felt it strange that Mitsuda was the only one mentioned at that point. (i still have yet to finish the video) I hope my initial comment didnt come off as rude, though. (Apparently I have a tendency of writing in a way- just how I form sentences or something, that comes off as rude sometimes. not my intention)
What soundtrack? Sorry, but BotW almost had no music. Sure, the ones it had were good - but overall it was disappointing - at least for me (loving the series for 34 years now).
@@Midna78 it takes a while to actually learn to appreciate what they were going for if you’re just expecting typical Zelda tunes. Which are still there sometimes, but it’s a lot of super atmospheric music that helps with immersion rather than getting you to bop your head to it
@@Midna78 Botw’s ost is amazing, the amount of detail and love poured into such a subtle soundtrack is amazing, and even then more than half the songs really hit.
Just a small thing worth pointing out that you should probably stop defaulting to saying "he" when referring to the composer if you don't know them since Xenoblade's team has three women on it (Manami Kiyota, CHiCO from ACE and Mariam Abounnasr). The biggest example of that here is how the Menu theme is composed by Manami Kiyota, she is one of Xenoblade's main composers responsible for a lot of the area theme vibes in the series, just letting you know!
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Hats off to how you can just hear the song for the first time and join in in seconds. Talent.
Thanks JamMac, lots of practice!
One song from this game’s OST you should definitely react to is Words That Never Reached You. In my opinion, it’s one of if not the best songs in the entire game.
Good one to keep in mind for a Part 2!
This was such a treat to listen to. Xenoblade 3 is a game of the year contender for me so I loved this & hope you’ll do more of these. Other games as well btw, it’s fun seeing you break these down!
The video's doing quite well so far, it's an encouraging sign for moar of this ;) .
Something fun about Weight of Life is that if you play it's equivalent tracks from the first two games (Engage the Enemy, and Counterattack) in order, you get some cool musical story telling that encapsulates the story of each game and their relation to each other.
Part Two: ruclips.net/video/CKO_SHGkv3c/видео.html . Also, a note about me knuckleheadedly calling the composer "he", despite the fact that the composing team is bigger than Mitsuda and is comprised of both men and women:
I didn't mean disrespect to anyone and tried to do better in the second video. A little explanation into my frame of mind for this video: this was a new format for me so I was a little nervous and worried about a million things. Did the audio work without artefacts this time? Are the volumes balanced out? Is everything lit sort of properly? Am I giving the chat enough attention? Is there enough to say about this track? Etc.. I defaulted to the Dutch way of using "him" in a broader sense (in Dutch you can use "'m" for just about anything, including bread, CDs and pieces of music, and I subconsciously translated this into English - yes, speaking in English also costs me a lot of brain time), but should've been more neutral.
For the record: the composers are Yasunori Mitsuda, ACE, Kenji Hiramatsu, Manami Kiyota and Mariam Abounnasr.
Thanks for watching! =D
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Bonus Dutch examples of using "him" neutrally that I shouldn't translate verbatim to English next time oh my god I'm so Dutch:
"Heb je het brood al in de vriezer gestopt?" "Ja, hij zit erin"
"Hoe was je livestream?" "Hij was gezellig!"
"Is de fietsband al geplakt?" "Ik heb 'm al drie keer geprobeerd te repareren maar hij blijft lek gaan!"
"Wat een tof muziekstuk." "Jazeker, ik vind 'm vooral zo lekker cheesy met die discodrums!"
59:20 That is such an incredible thing to get from that sus chord since the last time this theme plays is on the ending and it actually lets it open to interpretation what ends up happening to the party, which is one of the themes of the story, to carry on even if you don't know what will happen or how things will turn out.
Beautiful.
Right? amazing
man this is awesome. idk where you learned the piano like that, but as a very average player myself, this is so inspiring. totally subscribed just for that. xenoblade music is an extra nice cherry on top
Absolutely wonderful!
Thanks Xavier!
@Electric Dessert Chain attack, Why?
@Electric Dessert The piano thing I played at the start was Chrono Cross' opening!
I did not expect to see a Xenoblade analysis here, but I'm all for it! I really liked this idea, and if you also did, I would recommend the other Xenoblade games' OSTs, they are so good as well. (Also I can't believe nobody told you about "You will Know our Names-Finale", it's a staple of the series at this point 😂)
Please keep these analysis videos coming
I very much enjoyed doing this so it might become a regular staple of my programme =) .
1:33:51 "that's a beautiful thing"
Idk anything about music, but those like 5 seconds after the quote, the bit with the triplet key thing (or whatever) and all that, it was indeed beautiful af lmao
It's a strong and dramatic melody for certain!
Not me hearing Noah saying, "This isn't the end, this is the decider." and Mio "You're fate was sealed when you rose against us." during the chain attack music.
Upon this sword... A PLEB RESTAINED!!! xD
@@CordyBrushso that’s what he was saying. After upon this sword I couldn’t understand lol
Was there anyone who could?
@@thebookwyrm235 I mean.. the BORING answer is "Upon this sword... I PLEDGE MY STRENGTH!".. but I like my version better xD
You really should do a full piano cover of A Life Sent On. The theme is already beautiful and your added piano makes it even better
This game's ost is really incredible, you should react to songs like A Step Away, Words That Never Reached you, and maaany others, glad you're doing some xenoblade content
Enjoyed your Xenoblade stream and hope to see more as there is over 30 hours of tracks to listen to from 4 games. Some of my favorite tracks from Xenoblade Definitive Edition are the Main theme, Engage the Enemy and beyond the Sky, the first game has so many tracks to recommend
Great video! I just want to point out that Xenoblade 3 has 4 or 5 different composers, so not every song is composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. The other composers are Kenji Hiramatsu, Manami Kiyota, and ACE (CHiCO and Tomori Kudo). They all worked on Xenoblade 2 and 1's soundtrack as well.
There's also Mariam abounnasr and yutaka kunigo. So there's actually 7 composers. Though the majority of the tracks were made by the 5 you mentioned.
I still come back to this to hear that 10 seconds of harmony over A Life Sent On at 56:00. Absolutely beautiful, it makes me wish it was part of the track
Awwww omg the beginning. Really loved it. 😍
That erythia sea playing after the song had ended was so good. I can see why some want you to make covers of the songs from this game. Got me to sub
Welcome, and thanks for the kind words! Might do a few covers in the future, but have my sights set on another stream first =) .
I love Xenoblade and I love seeing music composers' reactions to the music equally as much. I highly recommend this game (and the first) for anyone even a little bit interested, they are absolute masterpieces imo. The games have real-time fighting which I like, of course you'll have to see for yourself if you're into it. But yeah you earned my sub!
Thanks Allu! I'll do a Part 2 this coming Friday.
@@demantim 👀
I love the way you describe the songs because even though you don't know when they play in the game, it feels like you can!
The Weight of Life is my favorite song from this stream! I loved you playing along with it and also adding your own arrangement onto the City theme. So good!
If you ever do a part 2, Noah and N would be a great choice to react to. It's probably one of Mitsuda's best compositions to date.
The improv jam at 1:42:30 is the best improv play you’ve ever done I keep coming back to it
Thanks Mickey, some nice synergy with the piano in the recording there! =D
We actually know the composers for most tracks in the game now, from uploads to music rights databases:
Chain Attack - Kenji Hiramatsu
The Weight Of Life - Yasunori Mitsuda & Kenji Hiramatsu
City - Yasunori Mitsuda & Manami Kiyota
A Life Sent On - Yasunori Mitsuda
Keves Battle - Kenji Hiramatsu
Iris Network (the menu track) - Manami Kiyota
Moebius Battle - TOMOri Kudo (ACE)
Erythia Sea - CHiCO (ACE)
The co-compositions with Mitsuda are most likely because those tracks incorporate motifs he made from other tracks.
That jam on the menu theme was DELIGHTFUL, would listen to that on its own again !
Thanks so much Teka! =D
@@demantim And thank you for the jams ! :]
Amazing that you pointed out Chrono Trigger during Weight of Life, it’s the same composer!
A really cool piece of musical storytelling: the moebius theme in general seems to be all of the moebius (shown as the audience in a theater in the game) singing in the choir.
What is really in character for them is looking down on everyone else. The theme has a certain part where it seems the choir is laughing kinda mocking the player.
The second moebius theme when the fight gets more serious lacks this laughing part entirely.
Also, I might be completely imagining it, but it feels like the Climax version has a lot more parts with no choir, just the melody and guitar. It almost feels like the Moebius are on their last rope, not so confident anymore
This was super fun to watch and listen to.
Hopefully you do these kind of streams again.
Glad I found this video I really enjoyed your reactions and recreations of the music! Looking forward to watching your other vods too in this series :)
Not sure if it was mentioned, but Moebius is the main antagonistic faction in 3’s story-and this they show up pretty often. Yet the Moebius boss theme is entirely fitting every time and it’s great.
Awesome video. Love Xenoblade, and every soundtrack is amazing. So many echoes to Xenoblade 1 and 2's music in 3. And I love how you interpret and add your touch to all melodies. I hope there's going to be a follow up to this video.
Woaah, I'm impressed ! (Again and again !)
Very nice video, I'm enjoying it while working and listening/watching. Very cool ! This game and it's soundtrack are something I really love !
I saw you made another one but I wanted to finish this one first haha
I hope to see the next video in live ! :D
Take care !
This is awesome man. The Switch had some of my favorite game soundtracks, all bangers, always on repeat on rotation:
Astral Chain
Daemon X Machina
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Octopath Traveler
Xenoblade 1,2, Torna, 3
I'm gonna sub hoping for more reactions.
Part 2 this Friday!
**Moebius Battle**
"definitely sounds like final boss kind of music"
someone actually said the thing people have been joking about! lol
btw, not all jrpgs are turn based. This series is real-time in-overworld action with no random encounters. Ofc, it does have its melodrama, but I find this series has some of the most impactful storytelling you'll find anywhere. Ive only played it since 2018 and I know its had a significant impact on my life. Definitely recommended!
This is fantastic.
Very nice that you listened to Erythia Sea at the end. It‘s my fav exploration theme. Even better that it‘s the largest area in the game so you hear it long. And if you wanna play this game then don‘t be afraid that it‘s a JRPG. It‘s not turn based, but real time battles with plenty of moving around, positioning attacks and plenty of features to use in battle. The tutorial is making sure you got it… it‘s a bit too much at the start but after chapter 2 they leave you alone mostly with tutorial spam. Anyway it‘s really worth, one of the best stories I‘ve ever experienced. My game of the year for sure. Also no previous knowledge is needed. It‘s just a nice bonus if you know Xenoblade 1 and 2. Also the Kaleidoscopic Core Battle Theme and the Noah and N Phase 2 Battle Theme are the best battle themes in the game. At least I like them really much.
love the xenoblade music, all 3 games and its respective DLC prequel/sequels are amazingly composed, expertly if I may say
Would be awesome to see full reaction streams of the whole series soundtracks (well the popular songs at least)
Time's scar - Chrono Cross at the beginning 🔥
Just leaving a comment to show support for this vid so you return to it! If you do XB2 some suggestions are You Will Remember our names, Counterattack, Boinis Shoulder(Future Connected), and Beyond the Sky.
Oh you gotta listen to the Elite monster and unique enemy battle themes from this game as well. I think you'd especially like the former.
As someone who knows next to nothing about Xenoblade, I really enjoyed this stream. That Moebius theme was hype as heck.
Seems like we're in the same boat!
This whole franchise has beautiful music
holy crap that menu trance music.
When that piano note hanged and kept hanging like a drop of water going leaf-to-leaf. That felt greaaaat
There’s another theme called “Moebius Battle Interlink” that plays for a different type of that enemy and it’s one of the several dynamic battle themes in this game. This video has the regular part of the song, the climax, and the end ruclips.net/video/IFbjoYeUPgs/видео.html
"A Life sent on" has some beautiful piano covers. I don't remember the name right now, but I love that one so much, it always makes me cry.
those bereaved and those left behind?
@@linkalot7415 I think the title was Remnants of Memories
If you ever check out Xenoblade 2's soundtrack, I'd recommend occasionally just ignoring chat and picking a track that sounds interesting to you. That entire soundtrack is fantastic, and relying solely on the iconic tracks people suggest will lead you to miss out on so many other amazing pieces.
For anyone that's never looked up the soundtrack before, check out "A Ship in a Stormy Sea" because it plays once in chapter 1 and I feel like most players haven't even heard the full song. It'll give you a good idea of what kinds of great songs you're missing when you see a song name you're unfamiliar with.
Its better then 3 in my opinion to the level of probably one of the greatest of all time.
I haven't finished this segment yet so if someone pointed this out in chat, my bad, but:
"A Life Sent On" is a combination of the two most major leitmotifs of the game, those being the themes for the two main characters, Noah and Mio. Both of them are "Off-Seers"-who help the souls of fallen soldiers pass on through flute playing. Both of their leitmotifs were written with the intention of being able to harmonize, which is what this track is.
Sir i would suggest youdo have perfect pitch! how you join in and quickly work out the deviations is absolutely amazing
Thanks Fryman, I don't have perfect pitch but can recognise certain notes and chords from musical memory. Knowing musical conventions - in particular of Japanese game music - takes me the rest of the way =) .
@@demantim im the same, but nowhere near like you, you have mastered it like no other. kudos!
I'm surprised no one suggested the bionis shoulder theme
Sad day
The xenoblade series is a monolith when it comes to JRPGs music. It has always been consistantly good across all the xeno games (Xenogears, Xenosaga I, II, III and Xenoblade 1, X, 2 and finally 3). And those soundtracks are all HUGE. I mean XC3 has *262* musics (counting every alternate versions), XC2 119 on the main game and about 15 in the DLC and they're all so consistently good ! The main composer can go from straight-up rock (like here ruclips.net/video/7v-F44YyTwc/видео.html) to calm and peaceful musics like Eryth See or Rest spot. It's just so good ! This game also has insanely well placed and on point fan service with its musics with for example the "You will know our names" that is used in XC1, the "You will recall our names" in XC2 and "You will know our names - finale " in XC3 and some songs that are remastered in XC3 (like those two : "ruclips.net/video/l7Y00MEXjEs/видео.html" that is reference to a very impactfull cutscene theme in XC2 : "ruclips.net/video/cvTb1VgABw8/видео.html"
and this one "ruclips.net/video/wwIMS20A0jM/видео.html" that refers to "ruclips.net/video/gdqGq0rZ5LU/видео.html"
Also, have to give huge ups to the quality of this vid. Your comments are always on point, it's just mind-blowing.👍 Keep on the good work ! It will pay of eventially for sure !
"a monolith" heh
@@Reonu Yeah... didn't go far to find this one 😆
Yess...... yesss....
Yesss, EXCELLENT...!
I’d love to see a reaction/analysis of “The Great Sea Stirs” from this game too 🔥 definitely rivals the Great Sea song from Wind Waker 🤌🏼
Yeah, I'm gonna have to do a Part Two on Xenoblade Chronicles 3 =P . So many suggestions still.
Can anyone tell me the title of the first piece played in the beginning, please?
What you call cheese, I call just a great, high energy track.
You should do some Kingdom Hearts songs! Dearly Beloved, The Other Promise, Sacred Distance and Vector to The Heavens might be some great picks since they have some good piano parts.
That's also a good series to discuss in the future!
@@demantim Awesome just subbed looking forward to more!
Mannnnn kinda disappointed you didn't do "A Formidable Enemy". Imo that is note for note the best track in the game
Still really cool seeing the reactions of someone well versed in music tho lol
Might revisit Xenoblade 3 in the future!
@@demantim PLEASEEEE do there is no shortage of incredible music in the game, and this franchise in general
I find it a little weird 10 minutes into it how it seems he's just referring to "him", in regards to the style of the music, as in Mitsuda (bc he never mentioned any of the others' names), even though this style in the Chain Attack music, the very recognizable Xenoblade style, was an established thing way before Mitsuda ever solidly joined the team- bc like, in XB1 Mitsuda only composed Beyond the Sky, but this style and sound that the series has was a thing since the beginning 12 years ago; its very Hiramatsu. ACE+, Kiyota, and Hiramatsu's work make up for more of the overall sound of the XB series than Mitsuda's contribution does.
And yeah, Chain Attack (as I guessed; I looked it up again to confirm my memory, just in case) is only composed by Kenji Hiramatsu. A ton of tracks are just Hiramatsu; especially a bunch of the battle songs.
Mitsuda commanded more of the overall sound of, of course, Xenogears and Xenosaga, but Xenoblade has been primarily the sound of Kenji, ACE+, and Kiyota, with Mitsuda jumping in during 2 and 3 to add his flare to the OST, especially the most emotionally moving tracks (bc thats what he does best)
Yeah, this is a new format for me so I was thinking about a million other things :P. Did the audio work without artifacts this time? Is everything lit sort of properly? Am I giving the chat enough attention? Is there enough to say about this track? Etc.. I defaulted to the Dutch way of using "him" in a broader sense, but should've been more neutral.
Didn't mean disrespect to anyone - I hope I did better in the second video.
@@demantim ah, okay. No, you're fine, I just kinda felt it strange that Mitsuda was the only one mentioned at that point. (i still have yet to finish the video)
I hope my initial comment didnt come off as rude, though. (Apparently I have a tendency of writing in a way- just how I form sentences or something, that comes off as rude sometimes. not my intention)
No worries, you're completely right 👍. Just wanted to clarify as it's the kind of thing I'd usually pay more attention to, but fell short this time.
I'm really hoping you do some covers, favorite soundtrack of all time, well after botw.
What soundtrack? Sorry, but BotW almost had no music. Sure, the ones it had were good - but overall it was disappointing - at least for me (loving the series for 34 years now).
@@Midna78 it takes a while to actually learn to appreciate what they were going for if you’re just expecting typical Zelda tunes. Which are still there sometimes, but it’s a lot of super atmospheric music that helps with immersion rather than getting you to bop your head to it
@@Midna78 Botw’s ost is amazing, the amount of detail and love poured into such a subtle soundtrack is amazing, and even then more than half the songs really hit.
It would be awesome if you react to xenoblade 1/2/torna soundtracks as well!
+1 sub
Is gonna happen, but X3 part II first!
Just a small thing worth pointing out that you should probably stop defaulting to saying "he" when referring to the composer if you don't know them since Xenoblade's team has three women on it (Manami Kiyota, CHiCO from ACE and Mariam Abounnasr). The biggest example of that here is how the Menu theme is composed by Manami Kiyota, she is one of Xenoblade's main composers responsible for a lot of the area theme vibes in the series, just letting you know!
Good one, tried correcting this in the second video!
Wait, that's Scars of Time...
Congratulations! =D It's a Mitsuda fave of mine.
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I've heard some pretty amazing music from Genshin Impact...!
as a person slightly obsessed with the second soundtrack and all its renditions by @familyjules or gabocorina this is great!