😎Hey Gang!!! Thank you for hanging in there through that intro. Old guy just gets excited for this new journey with video game OST's. THANK YOU for the comments, likes, and shares :)🙏
Yes, how you said I get a smile on my face when I was watching this video What you do is really cool and I hope you will get success in this!!! PS: possibly will be easier to understand and get new impression of OST watching with the video, and In my humble opinion I think will be nice to see in a video reaction to more compositions from the game/movie. Have a great day!
Great that you have moved on to reacting to video game OST! Just throwing a suggestion, if you are doing video games you have to do the masters of soundtracks, the Final Fantasy series. check them out Geebz!
Hey, you should definitly check out Hollow Knight. It's an indie and the soundtrack by Christopher Larkin is just amazing and probably my favourite of all time :) Hornet (Nr.1), Dirthmouth, Mantis Lords, Resting grounds, Broken Vessel, Pure Vessel are my recommendations :) All of them are fairly short and under 3min. From deep sadness to pure enjoyment, Hollow Knight got everything in its soundtrack. Hope you find the time to listen to it, even if you dont make video on it, I'm sure you will like it. I just stumbled upon your Channel and your Videos are great :)
Great video! The orchestra is playing together with a band named Percival, a Polish folk band that uses traditional instruments like the lyra or a long-neck lute. That's where the "european" feeling is coming from.
The witcher game series was created by cd project red a Polish based studio. The original series of books were written by andrej sapkowski a Polish author. Witcher is a dark fantasy series with a lot of slavic mythology and other mthologies in it. The games are great. The music on witcher 3 is just beautiful. Slavic influence, a few gaelic influences I think aswell not sure what else. Definitely worth a listen. (There may be mispellings as I speak English not Polish and phone autocorrect, so apologies).
The composer of this piece, Marcin Przybyłowicz, is Polish. The game is also developed by a Polish studio and is based on The Witcher series of books by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski. So it makes sense that the music would evoke a sound fitting of that cultural space
Sapkowski created his world based on pre-WW2 Europe. You can easily hear it different themes across the Witcher 3 game. Nilfgaard has more of a High german tones, Velen has wild and nature themes, Novigrad has Polish/Slavic tones and Touissaint went full on French.
Some of the tracks that were used on Skellige are great and I don't think they are included in official soundtrack, are also quite nice gems, some unreleased Skellige battle tracks or that musical theme for Cave of Dreams though pretty peaceful and mild, there is something mysterious to it, the Slavic vibe themes, especially in Velen are amazing, the folk tune and the singing.
Totally a polish accomplishment of the current people🙄. Some individuals created masterpieces and random strangers take pride in their work, for what? What are you proud of when you had nothing to do with their work. This weird pride and patriotism is something that confuses me
@@christophbethe7871 people are proud because it's made by individuals raised in the same or similar environment and in that way feel represented, (there is a very eastern/middle european "vibe" to the witcher many would agree) it's not a question of patriotism at all, it's about representation, on a whole we like belonging to groups as human beings, some might feel that towards their country of origin, ethnicity, geological location (like i mentioned to me the witcher always felt very middle european, not just polish in particular), for others it could be religion or even a social movement and it feels good when we feel represented as part of said groups... yes you can argue that patriotism is a form of this but not the only thing and I don't see why it would be bad if it was patriotism either anyways....
@@nuirama9120 representation and participation are still two different things in my opinion. Feeling represented doesn't make one feel proud. Just because I identify with a character in a book/movie doesn't make me claim I was part of that
@@christophbethe7871 I can see that, but the original commenter didn't claim to be part of the work because they are polish either, they just said they are proud of the works done around the Witcher as a "fellow polish person" if you will. I think this is a general sentiment about many things to be proud of and I think it's fine, I doubt anyone's intention is to claim a part of the success as their own, it's more about feeling happy about being able to relate to them in a way, in your example of a book or movie character it would be the catharsis... Then again I can kinda see where you are coming from in general and it really is a question of interpretation of what's going on in the human mind, I jsut prefer for the glass to be half full :)
This wasn't the main theme but I'm still glad you covered it. The actual main menu theme is called "Geralt of Rivia". Depending on the additional content you have for the game, the main menu theme can also be "Hearts of Stone" or "Blood and Wine", which are alternate versions of the original
When i was playing the main game i thought "wow, you can't go any darker than this without going metal", and then Heart of Stone came out. Main theme of it is so dark and depressing, that it's on another level. And fits story so well. Blood and Wine was great expansion, many consider it the best, but for me HoS was better, because it felt more personal. No big world saving plot, no grandiose political intrigues, just a life of one family that went very wrong.
@@Kvint-kh12345 I've just finished Hearts of Stone and the main plot in Blood and Wine, i've already known the BaW music before, but i heard the HoS music for the first time and it's really another level, amazing feeling, the mistery, exactly like the plot, amazing, this game makes me very happy of being Polish
@@robertlewandowski1718 yup. grand stories of global scale are fun, but nothing beats emotional attachment of personal story, which HoS provides. Music enhanced it greatly too. It makes you feel something you feel when you think you'll soon encounter and experience your phobia. Not scary yet, but expectation of some horror. An incredibly dark type of mystery.
Fun fact: the group itself is named after Percival Schuttenbach, a Gnome Character from The Witcher Books themselves. A Band named for a character, who then got to play on the Videogame of the same IP!
Interesting fact about OSTs: Video game music is often composed with a specific goal in mind: that it’s (infinitely) replayable. Some games take up or over 100 hours to play. You cannot compose music for every moment in that. This means that music tracks often get replayed within a game. Composers must be taking this into account when they design the music. Ideally it’s neither forgettable nor intrusive. Would love to hear if you recognise this when listening to the music, based on your expertise. Anyway, thanks a lot for doing these videos. I really enjoy hearing your perspective.
yeah one of my favorite things about video game music is finding the leitmotif of the soundtrack and then picking it out of every track i can. Earthbound (snes) has a very obvious one that's in nearly in every track and the variety of ways it's played is super fun.
I kinda took advantage of that fact and made a video ( mainly for myself, for studying) where I combined many Witcher tracks and connected it as if it was a single OST.
Not exactly the main theme, this song was used for the main trailer of the game. This is my favourite game of the past 10 years. This game does ambient music really really well. People love just listening to “the fields of are skellig” to calm down. But a ton of music has the same kind of vocals in it that are repeated over and over, and it’s a bit of a meme now. Whenever this game is mentioned someone will say “LELELELELELELE” or “banana tiger” and it’s funny to me every time.
The Witcher 3 has a lot of great Slavic inspired music to check out e.g a track called The Fields of Ard Skellig. If you’d like to hear another main theme, then I highly recommend the main theme of Xenoblade Chronicles. It has such a fantastic use of strings, it really moves you.
Actually... The Fields of Ard Skellig is based on a Gaelic song called "Fear a' Bhàta". Makes sense, considering that Ard Skellig is a separate region with a different culture. The most obviously slavic inspired song would be "Steel for humans" which is based on a Bulgarian song called "Oj Lazare".
Man, the moment when the ship crashed and Geralt ended up in the shores of Skellig and the soundtrack started .. it was the best moment I've ever gone through in my whole gaming life hhhhh
Skellige music was mostly inspired by Celtic music samples, the same that was used in other games like Heroes of Might and Magic and Zanzarah. Touissant also different, but most of the zones have slavic music.
I had one of my strongest musical moments playing this game. In the story you shipwreck on this sort of Nordic archipelago and an OST piece called "fields of ard skellig" starts to play while you look around this new world. The song itself is very different to the previous music being much more serene and calming. I recommend you listen to it, it is really a nice calming for piece of music.
Skellige is a very beautiful area indeed, seems to take inspiration from both Ancient Scottish/Irish/Welsh and Ancient Norse culture and tradition, construction, clothing,
The string instrument in that theme is "Saz" traditional long-necked folk instrument known well not only in Slavic folk music. The band that play this song is Percival (only 5 people) but have amazing power :)
The Witcher Games are based on Poland if I remember correctly. (If that is wrong please leave a reply) If correct your assessment of an Eastern European theme is spot on.
They are not based on Poland and I say that as a Pole. Sapkowski, who is the original author of The Witcher universe and books, is Polish indeed, however his works are based on many (mostly, BUT NOT ONLY, European) pagan religions, myths and demons (the same goes for game developers and music composers). I would even dare to say that in both the books and the game there are way more celtic vibes than slavic, especially when it comes to monsters and demons. There are many regions in the Witrcher universe, based on many different cultures and real kingdoms. Take Skellige for example, their entire culture and nature is based on the culture of medieval Scandinavia. While the Northern Kingdoms are giving vibes of Middle/Eastern European historical kingdoms (Redania for example is actually the only country that is obviously referring to Poland), we also can't forget about Nilfgaard, that is somewhat similiar to Holy Roman Empire in its structure and insignia. There is Toussaint which is based off Southern France, Spain and Italy. There also is a region called Zerrikania, which was only briefly introduced to the games and is based mostly on the Scythian people. Saying that "The whole world" is based on Polish folklore is a sign of ignorance. Damn, even some of the songs used in game are covers of Balkan folk songs, only rearranged by a Polish band "Percival".
@@jakubgorka315 you are so right, my bad, i was kinda high when i made that comment xd but that was what i actually meant to say, its so cool too how this guy can combine fantasy and real life elements and blend them together.
About some of the things you've been wondering about: Soundtrack was made in collaboration with Polish band Percival Schuttenbach (fun fact: the band was named after dwarf from one of the Witcher books long before the first Witcher game was released). They're using such instruments as long-necked lute, Byzantine lyra, bodhrán and davul, so these are probably what we hear in this OST. Books with source material were highly influenced by Arthurian legends with some Slavic themes. Game developers reversed proportions, so the games in series are highly influenced by Slavic myths - and that's most likely why Percival were chosen to co-wrote this soundtrack, since they're known for being highly inspired by the Slavic folk music. They even released three different albums dedicated specifically to the Eastern, Western and South Slavic music. Some tracks from the OST are even simply instrumental versions of their previous work. During the vocals there is exactly one sentence with words, in the beginning: it's "słyszę tętnią [kopyta] koni", which is in Polish and means "I hear the beat of the horses' [hooves]" (I write it like this because it misses the word "hooves"). These are basically few words taken from another Percival's song (and that's most likely why they left out "hooves"), which was also adaptation of Polish poem "Upalne południe" ("Hot noon"). I guess that "hearing horses' hooves" was left in soundtrack because it quite well resonates with events happening during intro when this track is played Thanks for reacting!
The band that did music for this game is called Percival and they made an album for each of 3 Slavic subgroups (east, west and southern Slavs) covering songs from all Slavic nations and a lot of people put them in the genre of folk metal which is to me awesome considering they play only traditional instrument. also if someone here never heard of folk metal..... y'all are missing out!
As a gamer I love the way games introduce me to new music. For example; I'm a huge Black Angels fan thanks to GTA V. As for The Witcher; they introduced me to the wonderful works of Thomas Bergersen. Just one example of how enriching video games can be.
Great video. I watched a behind the scenes video for the game which showed the creation of the music (you can probably find it on RUclips) and they brought in traditional Slavic musicians like you alluded to.
That's some Slavic folklore for you 😊 Same game, other two themes that are great are "steel for humans" that actually includes a folk song from Bulgaria. Sounds AWESOME! And another one, "silver for monsters"... Also great...
I want to say something about this soundtrack because Witcher 3 is my favourite single player game and it is also made by my countrymen from Poland. So the Music itself is made by Percival Shuttenbach a Polish folk-metal band. This particular track is not any language, it has some Polish words at the begining but rest is just singing, there are some tracks of soundtrack with words like "The Song of the Sword Dancer" where there is Belarussian text or "Steel for Humans" (which is their song Oy Lazare) with Bulgarian words also "You're Immortal" from Heart of Stone expansion have Polish words. I strongly recommend you checking out more Witcher OST like these mentioned above, or others like "Hunt or be Hunted" "Silver for Monsters" and "Kaer Morhen" soundtrack. And also a game with very very good soundtrack is World of Warcraft, you can check out this one too.
The Company who made the "The Whitcher" games are from poland and the games based on the books from a writer from poland. For the musik, they used medievil instruments.
I love this song but it isn't the main theme, I'd say it's the track *Geralt of Rivia.* Also *Silver for Monsters* is a must listen and one of the best songs in the game. Thanks for the reaction!
The Trail is the first track of the OST, and as it was said, was used for the main trailer. The game is so good and so immersive, in part, thanks to the ost, which is great. The Trail is a powerful song, but there is so much more in the OST that is difficult to choose a track. Even a track which doens't appear in the OST, White Orchard, is something impressive. Nice you're getting into this rabbit hole! Still here! Awwright!
Convenient for viewers but it's almost always a terrible decision for creators to spread out over multiple channels until they're enormous in the space with millions of subs and huge name recognition. Even then...
Thank you for the reaction. The music in this game is really unique and deep. If you have 4-5 minutes take a listen to another track from the game which is my favorite “The Fields of Ard Skellige”
Humans can make such lovely things. Music that can make so many people feel, farms that feed many people, art that can make the mind race. Just to name a few.
Suggestions: take your pick. :D Hades Soundtrack - Darren Korb - Supergiant Games: 1. "In the Blood" - (Finale / Orchestral - *Chef' Kiss*) 2. "The Unseen Ones" - ( basically one long metal solo.) 3. "Scourge of the Furies" - (Note: slow at beginning --> must see transition at 4:15...) Love your stuff man, keep up the good work!
Yout background changed and its great. Nice video, I love the witcher series and this song is like a trip back to the hours and hours playing the game =)
I'm seeing a lotta people mention that this is the trailer/intro music instead of the actual main theme without naming what the main theme is, it's titled 'Geralt of Rivia' on the OST
I can't tell you how moving this entire game and OST has been to me over the past decade and more. I still listen to bits of the Witcher 3 OST every single day... it's how I found you! haha.
Percival is just awesome, when working with Przybyłowicz they were told "do whatever you do normally". So they did, and Przybyłowicz made it into, this for example.
Loving your videos on video game ost. As an artist I've found video games to be the complete package of all mediums of art and great games really get me moving. I'm happy to see you listen to great stuff you'd likely never experience otherwise.
I like to think of it as „What is the core content of the game?“. It is about a mutant who kills most dangerous monsters for a living while being tied by fate to certain person, the latter being in constant danger and peril and whom the mutant ist constantly trying to protect. Both themes have the vibe of a dance (esp swordplay, it is all about going in and then retreat to give you room to analyse your opponent and for planing your next step, then strike again; true for both humans and esp for monsters), hence the 3/4 rhythm. It’s like a Waltz, never really standing still but have a brief pause. It really summarises the core element of the story and its main protagonist.
You mentioned hearing an Eastern European influence in the music. The game developer studio (CDPR) is Polish, and the Witcher games are actually based on a series of books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Like many fantasy authors, Sapkowski takes a ton of inspiration from various mythologies and legends, but most of the Witcher world is inspired by Slavic folklore. I would highly recommend the Witcher books to anyone with a taste for fantasy and/or romantic fiction in general. If I recall correctly, I read an interview where Sapkowski mentioned that he had always enjoyed fantasy stories, but that the genre wasn’t largely respected in the USSR as it was in the west. He said it was widely considered to be droll nonsense only suitable for young children. So he essentially set out to write mature, thoughtful, complex novels to prove that fantasy should be taken seriously as art. They really are incredible books, and they inspired some of the best video games ever too. Just don’t watch the Netflix show; the characters are all bland, one dimensional shadows of their original selves, and the plot line is a confusing approximation at best. I legitimately feel sorry for Henry Cavill because I know he was a big fan of the series before being cast as the protagonist, Geralt.
This aged well with Henry departing from the show now... Another reason to hate netflix and this weird new wave of making shows suitable for "modern audience". I hope this fashion goes away soon enough and we can get meaningfull and strong characters on screen once again. Prefferably ones that are not always "politicaly correct". This is why I loved the game so much, the writers didn't care about being "inclusive", the game felt as if you're actually in a real Witcher world. It was cruel, dark, unfair, but also witty and complex. And this is why it felt so real and engaging. They had geniuine love for the source material and everyone already familiar with The Witcher universe loved it. The show missed an opportunity to be remembered as one of the greatest and I absolutely despise the writers for what they done to this franchise. We can only hope that in a few years someone else will attempt to create a witcher show that is true to the books and games.
@@alanbator5118 Yeah, if Cavill really did leave over creative differences as some are theorizing, then I can't imagine how bad the writing for the coming seasons must be. It makes me mad because there is just so much wasted potential with this show. The Witcher books are some of the most emotionally powerful and beautiful stories ever, and it hurts to see them completely drained of their soul. As sad as it is, I honestly wasn't that shocked to hear that Netflix's writers genuinely dislike the source material. I know the games aren't 100% perfect in their portrayal of certain characters, but I feel like Netflix should've just hired CDPR to write the show. There were 18 years between The Hexer and Netflix's Witcher, so let's hope we get a more faithful adaptation by 2040.
@@alanbator5118 the games, especially the third one, are quite inclusive. you have a trans character, many queer people, a flamboyant male character, strong (and flawed) female characters. things that were not present in the books. you all see a person of colour and immediately think about forced political correctness. the netflix show is shit because it is poorly written, not because it is "politically correct". it is not "suitable for a modern audience", the modern audience wants well written, thought-out stories.
@@werosification True! You're right about that aspect of the game, well pointed out. I think the difference is that the characters that already existed in the books were portrayed accurately in the game and they added new meaningful characters on top of what was already established in the books. Where the show went wrong is that they changed the appearance and traits of these already existing and established characters and replaced them for no reason other than being lazy and "inclusive". Please notice I'm using quotes when I use these terms here and in my original post. I'm not against casting people of colour / queer or anything like that. It's just that if the books describe a character in a certain way then just stick to it. If you want to have a show that is different from the books, then go ahead and write your own story. But don't pretend and try to sell it as being true to the actual Witcher universe. The game had the privilage in that it all was written AFTER the books timeline so they could write new stories with new characters, yet they still managed to capture the spirit of the books and the universe stayed true to them. The show did the exact opposite even though they were "attempting" to stay true to the story line from the books. This is utterly annoying and dissapointing for someone that is a fan of The Witcher universe.
@@alanbator5118 I agree when it comes to the eventa and traits. netflix changes character's both without any rhyme or reason making the show into a poorly written fanficiton rather than an adaptation. but i don't agree when it comes to appearances. sure, if they changed Yennefer or Geralt's hair colour, it would make no sense. but having a POC playing Fringilla or Triss' hair not being red (which is true to the books) is completely fine, since those characteristics are irrelevant to the story. you can have them in and still preserve the spirit of the story. I really think those two types of changes are not equal. I've seen people being equally mad for making Fringilla black and turning Eskel into a bloody leshen. those two are clearly not the same problem. but then because the show is poorly written, the changes in appearances really seem like netflix is pushing out a show just to meet the diversity quota. to be honest, I feel like even saying the show "attempted" to stay true is more than the show deserves. especially after the recent rumours about the writers disliking the source material. I can't lie, I do find joy in ranting about this monstrosity, but I also agree, it is very disappointing.
Yeah, that's not the main theme. It's the backing track for a trailer/opening cinematic of the game(which is why there are some pauses and other weird pacing that doesn't make much sense without the visuals). Still a good piece, but definitely not intended for a disconnected listen.
@@rpgeebzmusicarcade No problem. It's surprisingly difficult to pin down a main track for this game. It technically has a main theme, but it's more like a long leitmotif that is sprinkled on many tracks. I'd personally say that the best candidate for the "main theme" would either be "Kaer Morhen" or the main menu theme.
@@failureforbeginners10 I think the main menu was ‘Geralt of Rivia’ but it changed to ‘Blood and Wine’ when the dlc was released. Not even sure if it had a Hearts of stone equivalent on the Main Menu.
@@KeytarArgonian Looks like the main menu theme has Geralt of Rivia in it with a minute of louder fanfare at the beginning (which makes sense for menu music, seeing as you usually don't spend more than 20 seconds there). So, "Geralt of Rivia" might be better as a main theme, actually. I think Hearts of Stone had the main theme for the villain as its menu music. Not sure though. The blood and Wine nursery rhyme is worth a listen to all on its own.
I know you’ve done Ezio’s Family, I’d love to hear you react to the main themes from one of the latest games (Valhalla, Odyssey or Origins), and how it’s evolved over the years to fit the game series ❤
This game has one of my favorite soundtracks of all time, might be my slavic origin having a bias, but it just hits different. I'd also highly suggest 'Steel for humans' 'song of the sword-dancer' and 'fields of ard skellig', take your pick or do all of em, but they're great pieces to listen to
Nealy all the music in the Witcher 3 is based around the dance you perform with enemies, and I think your analysis confirms this is present in the music as well.
Thank you for talking about the music from this game! It was enlightening and really cool to know (if only a little bit) more about what makes the soundtrack tick! I would recommend two pieces of music after this: 1.) Steel for Humans (especially one with lyrics), a piece of the Witcher 3 OST that plays when the main character fights against human enemies 2.) A video on youtube called: "Oj Lazare (bolgár népdal / Bulgarian folk song) - Falkafolk együttes". You weren't wrong to notice the music seemed to have a vaguely middle-eastern vibe to it at times. Though the soundtrack was performed by a Polish band, Percival, some of the soundtrack was inspired by Bulgarian and other southern Slavic musical aesthetics. The old Bulgarian folk song "Oj Lazare", a song sung for the traditional Lazaruvane procession, was adapted into an epic combat song. Anyways, I wish you the best!
The way this man goes into "the zone" as soon as the music starts playing. Check out his face and more specifically eyes. A true connoisseur of the art of sound.
Honestly, for me the love song/theme (Yes, I do) is my favourite piece in the game. I love how they use a multitude of strings with a violin (i think) and then the flute (i think) is genuinely amazing, the piece brings me to tears everytime i hear it for unexplainable reasons
I hope you could do the Kaer Morhen theme. I know it is fairly simplistic, but it is my favorite Witcher related track and always brings a huge amount of nostalgia.
For me, this OST always gives me some goosebumps at the start and evokes the image of a sword fight in the back and forth with something like a 'lady in the forest' cheering on the side.
Hey I heard you have multiple channels, if this is the content we're talking about I'm jumping in headfirst. Liked and subbed Geebz, thanks for taking the time with this one, it's a beautiful piece.
I get chills everytime I heard this song. Just gives me so much nostalgia for when the trailer came out. Little did I know it would go down as my favorite game ever
As other people have pointed out, this isn't the main theme but rather a soundtrack titled "The Trail" that's featured in the opening cinematic when starting a new game (the cinematic was also used as a trailer to the game).
Interesting take on the game. Love to hear what you think of the Gaunter O'Dimm theme and O'Dimm children's song from Witcher 3. I've always found it rather haunting in both good and bad ways.
Oh wow, there's a friggin sitar in there?! ....huh, wow....I never realized they used it in their music! Cheers to that. I need to give this game another try. Maybe 5th times a charm xD haha
Good timing they just remade the game for free with better graphics and other improvements! :D Hope you get into the game took me a 2nd time to do it but boy did i fall in and love it dearly to this day.
I think there's a behind the scenes video somewhere, where they show the musicians doing their thing, interview them, interview CDPR (the developers of the game) all about how the soundtrack came to be. I would recommend checking that out because I found it super interesting, you might too. Not even necessarily for you to react to, but just for you, on your own time. I think it was fairly short, and it's just really a neat peek into how it came to be.
Love the vids so far, seems like most videos you listen to the music on camera and give your immediate thoughts, ever thought of a second part of the video where maybe you review it again and give some more collected thoughts?
Despite it is cool track, it isn't main theme of The Witcher (but couple of Main Theme notes are present on the end). Main theme is composed by Pawel Blaszczak (me) and Adam Skorupa. Lot of tracks in Witcher 3 are based/influenced on/by Witcher 1, although Marcin Przybylowicz and Mikolaj Stroinski did great job and put of course their own, distinct style for W3. Anyway Netflix and other series used same vibe of all Witcher games series, but they of course can't straight take from music from the game. It is good that Witcher music has it is own voice. Thanks for this review!
I would love you to react to Percival, the band those vocals are from. BTW this singing technique is called "white voice/white singing" which is exclusively used by Slavic singers in folk music.
Haha, yeah I can imagine you are getting assaulted with requests since you started reacting to videogame OSTs. The well of really affecting videogame soundtracks is endless so don't expect them to let up any time soon. Even with me unleashing a few of my own in a previous video I have to restrain myself from dropping even more on you here.
Ahhh my favourite game!! Thank you 😭 it's so great to hear an in depth analysis of the Witcher music ❤️ my favourite songs from the Witcher are fanfares and flowers, the slopes of the blessure, mystery man, a gifted man brings gifts galore, silver for monsters, on thin ice 😊
The mood in this track cames from polish folk band called Percival (they performed a lot of other "Whicher" tracks as well as took part in composing the whole OST). Vocalists use an old technique of singing called "biały śpiew" (don't know how to translate to English, literally it would be "white singing" or "white voice"). It's basically a technique of singing an open voice - the "brightness" and intensity of the voice are superior to the careful control of timbre and articulation and the maximum use of the body's natural resonators (with an emphasis on the nasal and frontal register) is aimed at.
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😎Hey Gang!!! Thank you for hanging in there through that intro. Old guy just gets excited for this new journey with video game OST's. THANK YOU for the comments, likes, and shares :)🙏
Yes, how you said I get a smile on my face when I was watching this video
What you do is really cool and I hope you will get success in this!!!
PS: possibly will be easier to understand and get new impression of OST watching with the video, and In my humble opinion I think will be nice to see in a video reaction to more compositions from the game/movie.
Have a great day!
Great that you have moved on to reacting to video game OST! Just throwing a suggestion, if you are doing video games you have to do the masters of soundtracks, the Final Fantasy series. check them out Geebz!
Hey, you should definitly check out Hollow Knight. It's an indie and the soundtrack by Christopher Larkin is just amazing and probably my favourite of all time :)
Hornet (Nr.1), Dirthmouth, Mantis Lords, Resting grounds, Broken Vessel, Pure Vessel are my recommendations :) All of them are fairly short and under 3min.
From deep sadness to pure enjoyment, Hollow Knight got everything in its soundtrack. Hope you find the time to listen to it, even if you dont make video on it, I'm sure you will like it. I just stumbled upon your Channel and your Videos are great :)
Great video! The orchestra is playing together with a band named Percival, a Polish folk band that uses traditional instruments like the lyra or a long-neck lute. That's where the "european" feeling is coming from.
The witcher game series was created by cd project red a Polish based studio. The original series of books were written by andrej sapkowski a Polish author. Witcher is a dark fantasy series with a lot of slavic mythology and other mthologies in it. The games are great. The music on witcher 3 is just beautiful. Slavic influence, a few gaelic influences I think aswell not sure what else. Definitely worth a listen. (There may be mispellings as I speak English not Polish and phone autocorrect, so apologies).
The composer of this piece, Marcin Przybyłowicz, is Polish. The game is also developed by a Polish studio and is based on The Witcher series of books by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski. So it makes sense that the music would evoke a sound fitting of that cultural space
That's right.
Here's the link to the concert by Percival - the band which composed music.
ruclips.net/video/5szoqOlAFcA/видео.html
Cool af, I have the same last name as his too
Sapkowski created his world based on pre-WW2 Europe. You can easily hear it different themes across the Witcher 3 game. Nilfgaard has more of a High german tones, Velen has wild and nature themes, Novigrad has Polish/Slavic tones and Touissaint went full on French.
@@EuropeanPatriot8008 i would say that Velen has the most slavic influence - it is very much a fantasy version of what polish folklore is like
@@zwinnik2349 mixed Polish and Czech - with a bit of Eastern Slavic one… yet Velen looks like early medieval Kyievan Rus
The entire Witcher 3 soundtrack is a masterpiece
Truth. For me in TOP3 in all history of gaming. They created better masterpiece than Hans Zimmer himself.
fun fact. it's all covers of folk music from across Slavic nations
'Specially "Burning a tire"
Best is Kaer morhem
Some of the tracks that were used on Skellige are great and I don't think they are included in official soundtrack, are also quite nice gems, some unreleased Skellige battle tracks or that musical theme for Cave of Dreams though pretty peaceful and mild, there is something mysterious to it, the Slavic vibe themes, especially in Velen are amazing, the folk tune and the singing.
We Poles are very proud of all Wicher books, games and ost. Happy to hear so many people around the world appreciate them aswell :) .
Totally a polish accomplishment of the current people🙄. Some individuals created masterpieces and random strangers take pride in their work, for what? What are you proud of when you had nothing to do with their work. This weird pride and patriotism is something that confuses me
@@christophbethe7871 people are proud because it's made by individuals raised in the same or similar environment and in that way feel represented, (there is a very eastern/middle european "vibe" to the witcher many would agree) it's not a question of patriotism at all, it's about representation, on a whole we like belonging to groups as human beings, some might feel that towards their country of origin, ethnicity, geological location (like i mentioned to me the witcher always felt very middle european, not just polish in particular), for others it could be religion or even a social movement and it feels good when we feel represented as part of said groups... yes you can argue that patriotism is a form of this but not the only thing and I don't see why it would be bad if it was patriotism either anyways....
@@nuirama9120 representation and participation are still two different things in my opinion. Feeling represented doesn't make one feel proud. Just because I identify with a character in a book/movie doesn't make me claim I was part of that
@@christophbethe7871 I can see that, but the original commenter didn't claim to be part of the work because they are polish either, they just said they are proud of the works done around the Witcher as a "fellow polish person" if you will.
I think this is a general sentiment about many things to be proud of and I think it's fine, I doubt anyone's intention is to claim a part of the success as their own, it's more about feeling happy about being able to relate to them in a way, in your example of a book or movie character it would be the catharsis...
Then again I can kinda see where you are coming from in general and it really is a question of interpretation of what's going on in the human mind, I jsut prefer for the glass to be half full :)
@@nuirama9120 I see your point. And now we are just talking about the same thing from 2 sides. So nice discussion and good day to ye
Everything about this game gives me chills. What a masterpiece
This wasn't the main theme but I'm still glad you covered it. The actual main menu theme is called "Geralt of Rivia". Depending on the additional content you have for the game, the main menu theme can also be "Hearts of Stone" or "Blood and Wine", which are alternate versions of the original
When i was playing the main game i thought "wow, you can't go any darker than this without going metal", and then Heart of Stone came out. Main theme of it is so dark and depressing, that it's on another level. And fits story so well. Blood and Wine was great expansion, many consider it the best, but for me HoS was better, because it felt more personal. No big world saving plot, no grandiose political intrigues, just a life of one family that went very wrong.
@@Kvint-kh12345 I've just finished Hearts of Stone and the main plot in Blood and Wine, i've already known the BaW music before, but i heard the HoS music for the first time and it's really another level, amazing feeling, the mistery, exactly like the plot, amazing, this game makes me very happy of being Polish
@@robertlewandowski1718 yup. grand stories of global scale are fun, but nothing beats emotional attachment of personal story, which HoS provides. Music enhanced it greatly too. It makes you feel something you feel when you think you'll soon encounter and experience your phobia. Not scary yet, but expectation of some horror. An incredibly dark type of mystery.
@@Kvint-kh12345 yes, especially with the Master Mirror
A lot of the witcher soundtrack is based on songs from a Slavic Folk band called Percival, hence the instrumentation and style you hear
Fun fact: the group itself is named after Percival Schuttenbach, a Gnome Character from The Witcher Books themselves. A Band named for a character, who then got to play on the Videogame of the same IP!
"Percival Schuttenbach" - the newest version for "Benedict Cumberbatch" :D
@@KeytarArgonian In nature, that would be circle of life :P
Interesting fact about OSTs: Video game music is often composed with a specific goal in mind: that it’s (infinitely) replayable. Some games take up or over 100 hours to play. You cannot compose music for every moment in that. This means that music tracks often get replayed within a game. Composers must be taking this into account when they design the music. Ideally it’s neither forgettable nor intrusive. Would love to hear if you recognise this when listening to the music, based on your expertise.
Anyway, thanks a lot for doing these videos. I really enjoy hearing your perspective.
that's very good input man
yeah one of my favorite things about video game music is finding the leitmotif of the soundtrack and then picking it out of every track i can. Earthbound (snes) has a very obvious one that's in nearly in every track and the variety of ways it's played is super fun.
I kinda took advantage of that fact and made a video ( mainly for myself, for studying) where I combined many Witcher tracks and connected it as if it was a single OST.
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Not exactly the main theme, this song was used for the main trailer of the game. This is my favourite game of the past 10 years. This game does ambient music really really well. People love just listening to “the fields of are skellig” to calm down. But a ton of music has the same kind of vocals in it that are repeated over and over, and it’s a bit of a meme now. Whenever this game is mentioned someone will say “LELELELELELELE” or “banana tiger” and it’s funny to me every time.
Then what is Main theme?
@@GameslordXY I'd pick the one that plays in the original game's(no DLC) main menu.
@@krissuyx it’s been so long since the blood and wine theme took over the main menu 😅 was it the track Geralt of Rivia?
LELELE is called ‘Silver for Monsters’. I’ve been suggesting it for so long 😂
@@KeytarArgonian Oh yeah, Geralt of Rivia. That's what it's called.
The soundtrack to this game is absolutely outstanding.
The Witcher 3 has a lot of great Slavic inspired music to check out e.g a track called The Fields of Ard Skellig. If you’d like to hear another main theme, then I highly recommend the main theme of Xenoblade Chronicles. It has such a fantastic use of strings, it really moves you.
Ard Skellig goated
When I want to relax, I put on The Fields of Ard Skellig all day, on repeat. Witcher 3 has an amazing OST.
Actually... The Fields of Ard Skellig is based on a Gaelic song called "Fear a' Bhàta". Makes sense, considering that Ard Skellig is a separate region with a different culture. The most obviously slavic inspired song would be "Steel for humans" which is based on a Bulgarian song called "Oj Lazare".
Man, the moment when the ship crashed and Geralt ended up in the shores of Skellig and the soundtrack started .. it was the best moment I've ever gone through in my whole gaming life hhhhh
Skellige music was mostly inspired by Celtic music samples, the same that was used in other games like Heroes of Might and Magic and Zanzarah. Touissant also different, but most of the zones have slavic music.
2 seconds in and the music already gives me goosebumps. Damn what a game. I will never forget that experience.
I had one of my strongest musical moments playing this game. In the story you shipwreck on this sort of Nordic archipelago and an OST piece called "fields of ard skellig" starts to play while you look around this new world. The song itself is very different to the previous music being much more serene and calming. I recommend you listen to it, it is really a nice calming for piece of music.
Celtic* archipelago
Every single Skellige song is either incredibly soothing and relaxing, or makes your heart race when in combat. I absolutely love Skellige.
Skellige is a very beautiful area indeed, seems to take inspiration from both Ancient Scottish/Irish/Welsh and Ancient Norse culture and tradition, construction, clothing,
The string instrument in that theme is "Saz" traditional long-necked folk instrument known well not only in Slavic folk music. The band that play this song is Percival (only 5 people) but have amazing power :)
The saz is also a very important instrument in Turkish folk music, we love too bro
@@ibrahimtarkpazar8510 Yes, right ☺️ in old times there were a lot common instruments and other things in our cultures then now ☺️
its turkic.
@@alkan68 Yes but not only. It was well known and used in many countries
The Witcher Games are based on Poland if I remember correctly. (If that is wrong please leave a reply) If correct your assessment of an Eastern European theme is spot on.
Yes, the author of the books is Polish and so the music used for the game is too!
Yes, the whole world is based on polish folklore.
They are not based on Poland and I say that as a Pole. Sapkowski, who is the original author of The Witcher universe and books, is Polish indeed, however his works are based on many (mostly, BUT NOT ONLY, European) pagan religions, myths and demons (the same goes for game developers and music composers). I would even dare to say that in both the books and the game there are way more celtic vibes than slavic, especially when it comes to monsters and demons. There are many regions in the Witrcher universe, based on many different cultures and real kingdoms. Take Skellige for example, their entire culture and nature is based on the culture of medieval Scandinavia. While the Northern Kingdoms are giving vibes of Middle/Eastern European historical kingdoms (Redania for example is actually the only country that is obviously referring to Poland), we also can't forget about Nilfgaard, that is somewhat similiar to Holy Roman Empire in its structure and insignia. There is Toussaint which is based off Southern France, Spain and Italy. There also is a region called Zerrikania, which was only briefly introduced to the games and is based mostly on the Scythian people. Saying that "The whole world" is based on Polish folklore is a sign of ignorance. Damn, even some of the songs used in game are covers of Balkan folk songs, only rearranged by a Polish band "Percival".
@@jakubgorka315 you are so right, my bad, i was kinda high when i made that comment xd but that was what i actually meant to say, its so cool too how this guy can combine fantasy and real life elements and blend them together.
@@jakubgorka315 Skellige is 100% based on ireland (with some mix of scandinavia and scotland) but yeah other than that it's pretty much as you said.
About some of the things you've been wondering about:
Soundtrack was made in collaboration with Polish band Percival Schuttenbach (fun fact: the band was named after dwarf from one of the Witcher books long before the first Witcher game was released). They're using such instruments as long-necked lute, Byzantine lyra, bodhrán and davul, so these are probably what we hear in this OST.
Books with source material were highly influenced by Arthurian legends with some Slavic themes. Game developers reversed proportions, so the games in series are highly influenced by Slavic myths - and that's most likely why Percival were chosen to co-wrote this soundtrack, since they're known for being highly inspired by the Slavic folk music. They even released three different albums dedicated specifically to the Eastern, Western and South Slavic music. Some tracks from the OST are even simply instrumental versions of their previous work.
During the vocals there is exactly one sentence with words, in the beginning: it's "słyszę tętnią [kopyta] koni", which is in Polish and means "I hear the beat of the horses' [hooves]" (I write it like this because it misses the word "hooves"). These are basically few words taken from another Percival's song (and that's most likely why they left out "hooves"), which was also adaptation of Polish poem "Upalne południe" ("Hot noon"). I guess that "hearing horses' hooves" was left in soundtrack because it quite well resonates with events happening during intro when this track is played
Thanks for reacting!
The ambient music that plays in the background while exploring is worth checking out as well. Especially the Skellige stuff is beautiful.
Get chills. Every. Single. Time
I like how he listens to the piece then talks about it instead of other musicians who pause every 10 seconds.
They did a live concert in 2016 of the witcher 3 OST and I encourage everyone to watch it. It's fantastic
If memory serves, this is also the track that plays when Geralt has his final duel with Eredin
The band that did music for this game is called Percival and they made an album for each of 3 Slavic subgroups (east, west and southern Slavs) covering songs from all Slavic nations
and a lot of people put them in the genre of folk metal which is to me awesome considering they play only traditional instrument.
also if someone here never heard of folk metal..... y'all are missing out!
As a gamer I love the way games introduce me to new music. For example; I'm a huge Black Angels fan thanks to GTA V. As for The Witcher; they introduced me to the wonderful works of Thomas Bergersen. Just one example of how enriching video games can be.
Great video. I watched a behind the scenes video for the game which showed the creation of the music (you can probably find it on RUclips) and they brought in traditional Slavic musicians like you alluded to.
That's some Slavic folklore for you 😊
Same game, other two themes that are great are "steel for humans" that actually includes a folk song from Bulgaria. Sounds AWESOME! And another one, "silver for monsters"... Also great...
and the third one is "Dancing with Monsters"
The Witcher 3 soundtrack was made in conjunction with Polish folk bands.
Bury the light reaction letsgooooooooooooooooo
Yeah, Witcher is polish, games based on polish novels. CD Projekt Red did a banger with this game, it’s a whole experience
I want to say something about this soundtrack because Witcher 3 is my favourite single player game and it is also made by my countrymen from Poland. So the Music itself is made by Percival Shuttenbach a Polish folk-metal band. This particular track is not any language, it has some Polish words at the begining but rest is just singing, there are some tracks of soundtrack with words like "The Song of the Sword Dancer" where there is Belarussian text or "Steel for Humans" (which is their song Oy Lazare) with Bulgarian words also "You're Immortal" from Heart of Stone expansion have Polish words. I strongly recommend you checking out more Witcher OST like these mentioned above, or others like "Hunt or be Hunted" "Silver for Monsters" and "Kaer Morhen" soundtrack. And also a game with very very good soundtrack is World of Warcraft, you can check out this one too.
The Witcher soundtrack gives me the warmest and most beautiful feeling of nostalgia. Truly my favorite game of all time
The Company who made the "The Whitcher" games are from poland and the games based on the books from a writer from poland.
For the musik, they used medievil instruments.
"that's a blahblahophone" killed me :D ROTFL
I dont know why i have your video in my recomandations, but thx! You just put words on my feelings when i'm listening this theme.
The entire Witcher 3 soundtrack is incredible, one of my favourite soundtracks and it's absolute beautiful when playing the game.
Goosebumps
I love this song but it isn't the main theme, I'd say it's the track *Geralt of Rivia.* Also *Silver for Monsters* is a must listen and one of the best songs in the game.
Thanks for the reaction!
Silver for monsters
Steel for humans
Bananas for tigers- wait what?
@@lunaredelvour2972 banana tiger
Banana tiggger
The Trail is the first track of the OST, and as it was said, was used for the main trailer. The game is so good and so immersive, in part, thanks to the ost, which is great. The Trail is a powerful song, but there is so much more in the OST that is difficult to choose a track. Even a track which doens't appear in the OST, White Orchard, is something impressive. Nice you're getting into this rabbit hole! Still here! Awwright!
Yay, a new video game ost video! Can you make a channel only for video game OST’s? That’s all I’m here for.
Convenient for viewers but it's almost always a terrible decision for creators to spread out over multiple channels until they're enormous in the space with millions of subs and huge name recognition. Even then...
@@mooncalf_4534 Yeah, probably just grouping them in playlists is better.
nah just create a playlist!
I love how often you dare to say "I don't know". That tells me that you really know what you know.
I love your rhythm interpretation. Even when the songs are slow or only have a few instruments somehow they still give you the feeling of power
Thank you for the reaction. The music in this game is really unique and deep. If you have 4-5 minutes take a listen to another track from the game which is my favorite “The Fields of Ard Skellige”
Ori and the will of the wisps has a fantastic soundtrack you should react to
In my eyes, Gareth Coker is the John Williams of video game composers. and the Ori OST (both of them) is just pure magnificence.
Humans can make such lovely things. Music that can make so many people feel, farms that feed many people, art that can make the mind race. Just to name a few.
Suggestions: take your pick. :D
Hades Soundtrack - Darren Korb - Supergiant Games:
1. "In the Blood" - (Finale / Orchestral - *Chef' Kiss*)
2. "The Unseen Ones" - ( basically one long metal solo.)
3. "Scourge of the Furies" - (Note: slow at beginning --> must see transition at 4:15...)
Love your stuff man, keep up the good work!
Yout background changed and its great. Nice video, I love the witcher series and this song is like a trip back to the hours and hours playing the game =)
I'm seeing a lotta people mention that this is the trailer/intro music instead of the actual main theme without naming what the main theme is, it's titled 'Geralt of Rivia' on the OST
I can't tell you how moving this entire game and OST has been to me over the past decade and more. I still listen to bits of the Witcher 3 OST every single day... it's how I found you! haha.
Fields of Ard Skellig is a great one, if you havent already checked it out I highly recommend
Percival is just awesome, when working with Przybyłowicz they were told "do whatever you do normally". So they did, and Przybyłowicz made it into, this for example.
Loving your videos on video game ost. As an artist I've found video games to be the complete package of all mediums of art and great games really get me moving. I'm happy to see you listen to great stuff you'd likely never experience otherwise.
I like to think of it as „What is the core content of the game?“.
It is about a mutant who kills most dangerous monsters for a living while being tied by fate to certain person, the latter being in constant danger and peril and whom the mutant ist constantly trying to protect. Both themes have the vibe of a dance (esp swordplay, it is all about going in and then retreat to give you room to analyse your opponent and for planing your next step, then strike again; true for both humans and esp for monsters), hence the 3/4 rhythm. It’s like a Waltz, never really standing still but have a brief pause. It really summarises the core element of the story and its main protagonist.
Darren Korb with his work for bastion or hades is a big recommend. I listen to that music all the time.
You mentioned hearing an Eastern European influence in the music. The game developer studio (CDPR) is Polish, and the Witcher games are actually based on a series of books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Like many fantasy authors, Sapkowski takes a ton of inspiration from various mythologies and legends, but most of the Witcher world is inspired by Slavic folklore. I would highly recommend the Witcher books to anyone with a taste for fantasy and/or romantic fiction in general.
If I recall correctly, I read an interview where Sapkowski mentioned that he had always enjoyed fantasy stories, but that the genre wasn’t largely respected in the USSR as it was in the west. He said it was widely considered to be droll nonsense only suitable for young children. So he essentially set out to write mature, thoughtful, complex novels to prove that fantasy should be taken seriously as art. They really are incredible books, and they inspired some of the best video games ever too. Just don’t watch the Netflix show; the characters are all bland, one dimensional shadows of their original selves, and the plot line is a confusing approximation at best. I legitimately feel sorry for Henry Cavill because I know he was a big fan of the series before being cast as the protagonist, Geralt.
This aged well with Henry departing from the show now... Another reason to hate netflix and this weird new wave of making shows suitable for "modern audience". I hope this fashion goes away soon enough and we can get meaningfull and strong characters on screen once again. Prefferably ones that are not always "politicaly correct". This is why I loved the game so much, the writers didn't care about being "inclusive", the game felt as if you're actually in a real Witcher world. It was cruel, dark, unfair, but also witty and complex. And this is why it felt so real and engaging. They had geniuine love for the source material and everyone already familiar with The Witcher universe loved it. The show missed an opportunity to be remembered as one of the greatest and I absolutely despise the writers for what they done to this franchise. We can only hope that in a few years someone else will attempt to create a witcher show that is true to the books and games.
@@alanbator5118 Yeah, if Cavill really did leave over creative differences as some are theorizing, then I can't imagine how bad the writing for the coming seasons must be. It makes me mad because there is just so much wasted potential with this show. The Witcher books are some of the most emotionally powerful and beautiful stories ever, and it hurts to see them completely drained of their soul. As sad as it is, I honestly wasn't that shocked to hear that Netflix's writers genuinely dislike the source material.
I know the games aren't 100% perfect in their portrayal of certain characters, but I feel like Netflix should've just hired CDPR to write the show. There were 18 years between The Hexer and Netflix's Witcher, so let's hope we get a more faithful adaptation by 2040.
@@alanbator5118 the games, especially the third one, are quite inclusive. you have a trans character, many queer people, a flamboyant male character, strong (and flawed) female characters. things that were not present in the books. you all see a person of colour and immediately think about forced political correctness. the netflix show is shit because it is poorly written, not because it is "politically correct". it is not "suitable for a modern audience", the modern audience wants well written, thought-out stories.
@@werosification True! You're right about that aspect of the game, well pointed out. I think the difference is that the characters that already existed in the books were portrayed accurately in the game and they added new meaningful characters on top of what was already established in the books. Where the show went wrong is that they changed the appearance and traits of these already existing and established characters and replaced them for no reason other than being lazy and "inclusive". Please notice I'm using quotes when I use these terms here and in my original post. I'm not against casting people of colour / queer or anything like that. It's just that if the books describe a character in a certain way then just stick to it. If you want to have a show that is different from the books, then go ahead and write your own story. But don't pretend and try to sell it as being true to the actual Witcher universe. The game had the privilage in that it all was written AFTER the books timeline so they could write new stories with new characters, yet they still managed to capture the spirit of the books and the universe stayed true to them. The show did the exact opposite even though they were "attempting" to stay true to the story line from the books. This is utterly annoying and dissapointing for someone that is a fan of The Witcher universe.
@@alanbator5118 I agree when it comes to the eventa and traits. netflix changes character's both without any rhyme or reason making the show into a poorly written fanficiton rather than an adaptation. but i don't agree when it comes to appearances. sure, if they changed Yennefer or Geralt's hair colour, it would make no sense. but having a POC playing Fringilla or Triss' hair not being red (which is true to the books) is completely fine, since those characteristics are irrelevant to the story. you can have them in and still preserve the spirit of the story. I really think those two types of changes are not equal. I've seen people being equally mad for making Fringilla black and turning Eskel into a bloody leshen. those two are clearly not the same problem. but then because the show is poorly written, the changes in appearances really seem like netflix is pushing out a show just to meet the diversity quota.
to be honest, I feel like even saying the show "attempted" to stay true is more than the show deserves. especially after the recent rumours about the writers disliking the source material.
I can't lie, I do find joy in ranting about this monstrosity, but I also agree, it is very disappointing.
I love you man! This feeling when person love what he doing!
Yeah, that's not the main theme. It's the backing track for a trailer/opening cinematic of the game(which is why there are some pauses and other weird pacing that doesn't make much sense without the visuals). Still a good piece, but definitely not intended for a disconnected listen.
Oh I see - THANK YOU for clarifying that for me.
@@rpgeebzmusicarcade No problem. It's surprisingly difficult to pin down a main track for this game. It technically has a main theme, but it's more like a long leitmotif that is sprinkled on many tracks.
I'd personally say that the best candidate for the "main theme" would either be "Kaer Morhen" or the main menu theme.
@@failureforbeginners10 I think the main menu was ‘Geralt of Rivia’ but it changed to ‘Blood and Wine’ when the dlc was released. Not even sure if it had a Hearts of stone equivalent on the Main Menu.
@@KeytarArgonian Looks like the main menu theme has Geralt of Rivia in it with a minute of louder fanfare at the beginning (which makes sense for menu music, seeing as you usually don't spend more than 20 seconds there). So, "Geralt of Rivia" might be better as a main theme, actually.
I think Hearts of Stone had the main theme for the villain as its menu music. Not sure though. The blood and Wine nursery rhyme is worth a listen to all on its own.
I know you’ve done Ezio’s Family, I’d love to hear you react to the main themes from one of the latest games (Valhalla, Odyssey or Origins), and how it’s evolved over the years to fit the game series ❤
almost every track of this OST is worth a listen, especially those of the "Blood and wine" Extension !
This game has one of my favorite soundtracks of all time, might be my slavic origin having a bias, but it just hits different.
I'd also highly suggest 'Steel for humans' 'song of the sword-dancer' and 'fields of ard skellig', take your pick or do all of em, but they're great pieces to listen to
Nealy all the music in the Witcher 3 is based around the dance you perform with enemies, and I think your analysis confirms this is present in the music as well.
Thank you for talking about the music from this game! It was enlightening and really cool to know (if only a little bit) more about what makes the soundtrack tick!
I would recommend two pieces of music after this:
1.) Steel for Humans (especially one with lyrics), a piece of the Witcher 3 OST that plays when the main character fights against human enemies
2.) A video on youtube called: "Oj Lazare (bolgár népdal / Bulgarian folk song) - Falkafolk együttes".
You weren't wrong to notice the music seemed to have a vaguely middle-eastern vibe to it at times. Though the soundtrack was performed by a Polish band, Percival, some of the soundtrack was inspired by Bulgarian and other southern Slavic musical aesthetics. The old Bulgarian folk song "Oj Lazare", a song sung for the traditional Lazaruvane procession, was adapted into an epic combat song.
Anyways, I wish you the best!
The way this man goes into "the zone" as soon as the music starts playing. Check out his face and more specifically eyes. A true connoisseur of the art of sound.
You are very chill, I appreciate your work!
I appreciate that!
One of the few themes that almost fully express all of the emotions packed within the game in a single bit. Very powerful that one.
Honestly, for me the love song/theme (Yes, I do) is my favourite piece in the game. I love how they use a multitude of strings with a violin (i think) and then the flute (i think) is genuinely amazing, the piece brings me to tears everytime i hear it for unexplainable reasons
I hope you could do the Kaer Morhen theme. I know it is fairly simplistic, but it is my favorite Witcher related track and always brings a huge amount of nostalgia.
It's nostalgic for a game I've only been playing on/off for the past 2.5-3 years and nostalgic to a place I never visited as a child. I love it
and Tears!!
For me, this OST always gives me some goosebumps at the start and evokes the image of a sword fight in the back and forth with something like a 'lady in the forest' cheering on the side.
JUST STARTED playing this game this fall! Been listening the soundtrack 25/7. Amazing
Hey I heard you have multiple channels, if this is the content we're talking about I'm jumping in headfirst. Liked and subbed Geebz, thanks for taking the time with this one, it's a beautiful piece.
You should listen to more of it. There are so many good tracks with a range of emotions to be had when listening.
Thank you RUclips for this recommendation!!!!
Thank you so much for the videos you're making
I get chills everytime I heard this song. Just gives me so much nostalgia for when the trailer came out. Little did I know it would go down as my favorite game ever
7:32 I love this part, it always reminds me of the sound effect during the THX intro :D
man, oped he actually watched the opening scene. it adds so much more to the music.
As other people have pointed out, this isn't the main theme but rather a soundtrack titled "The Trail" that's featured in the opening cinematic when starting a new game (the cinematic was also used as a trailer to the game).
We all (including You, sir) need more reactions to The Witcher 3 OST. No wrong choices there :D
This makes me so happy that he enjoys this specific content. It was probably foreign to him at first but he welcomed it and loved it
Interesting take on the game.
Love to hear what you think of the Gaunter O'Dimm theme and O'Dimm children's song from Witcher 3.
I've always found it rather haunting in both good and bad ways.
Oh wow, there's a friggin sitar in there?!
....huh, wow....I never realized they used it in their music!
Cheers to that.
I need to give this game another try. Maybe 5th times a charm xD haha
Good timing they just remade the game for free with better graphics and other improvements! :D Hope you get into the game took me a 2nd time to do it but boy did i fall in and love it dearly to this day.
i feel like video games music, thats made specifically for games just like this is, are some of the very best musical pieces in the world
I think there's a behind the scenes video somewhere, where they show the musicians doing their thing, interview them, interview CDPR (the developers of the game) all about how the soundtrack came to be. I would recommend checking that out because I found it super interesting, you might too.
Not even necessarily for you to react to, but just for you, on your own time. I think it was fairly short, and it's just really a neat peek into how it came to be.
This game and musics are masterpiece.
Love the vids so far, seems like most videos you listen to the music on camera and give your immediate thoughts, ever thought of a second part of the video where maybe you review it again and give some more collected thoughts?
I love witcher music and im proud that my country started the entire "trylogy"
Despite it is cool track, it isn't main theme of The Witcher (but couple of Main Theme notes are present on the end). Main theme is composed by Pawel Blaszczak (me) and Adam Skorupa. Lot of tracks in Witcher 3 are based/influenced on/by Witcher 1, although Marcin Przybylowicz and Mikolaj Stroinski did great job and put of course their own, distinct style for W3. Anyway Netflix and other series used same vibe of all Witcher games series, but they of course can't straight take from music from the game. It is good that Witcher music has it is own voice. Thanks for this review!
Some of the mournful pieces from Witcher 3 can bring you to tears, they have the quality of a lilting, hauntingly beautiful lament.
Thanks for this video, my friend. Please, make moremore icons games videos
I would love you to react to Percival, the band those vocals are from. BTW this singing technique is called "white voice/white singing" which is exclusively used by Slavic singers in folk music.
We use the Witcher 3 soundtrack as background music during our Pathfinder sessions. Works brilliantly.
Im so glad I stumbled into your vids. These guys also did the Cyberpunk 2077 sound tracks too.
Haha, yeah I can imagine you are getting assaulted with requests since you started reacting to videogame OSTs. The well of really affecting videogame soundtracks is endless so don't expect them to let up any time soon. Even with me unleashing a few of my own in a previous video I have to restrain myself from dropping even more on you here.
From Poland with love :) gerat game, great music, great novel.
music starts and instant goosebumps
This one is actually called Uueghhuuegh 🤣🤣
Would love to see you react to the entire album. It's a master piece.
Ahhh my favourite game!! Thank you 😭 it's so great to hear an in depth analysis of the Witcher music ❤️ my favourite songs from the Witcher are fanfares and flowers, the slopes of the blessure, mystery man, a gifted man brings gifts galore, silver for monsters, on thin ice 😊
Awwsome.. Btw i am from Poland, and W3 its a piece of good work and ours culture
Percival (band that recorded some of the tracks) is using hand made instruments which doesn't exist anywhere.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt OST - Sword of Destiny listen to this song, very cool
I like your reaction, interesting to see how person can feel the music so deep. That's cool
The mood in this track cames from polish folk band called Percival (they performed a lot of other "Whicher" tracks as well as took part in composing the whole OST). Vocalists use an old technique of singing called "biały śpiew" (don't know how to translate to English, literally it would be "white singing" or "white voice"). It's basically a technique of singing an open voice - the "brightness" and intensity of the voice are superior to the careful control of timbre and articulation and the maximum use of the body's natural resonators (with an emphasis on the nasal and frontal register) is aimed at.