RWBY Volume 5 Soundtrack Reaction
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Fun fact: in the animal kingdom smiling is a sign of aggression
So that's why that coyote ran away from me, not cus I looked like a psycho. Good to know.
Edit: to be clear this is a joke, do not do this unless you actually want to fight an animal.
Smiling is a human concept....in nature the facial movement just looks like bearing teeth/fangs and is of course a sign of aggression.
Probably why the aliens haven’t visited us, because smiling is a positive trait for us and they are likely vegans
Funny enough, whenever I
interact with animals I make
the effort to smile without
showing my teeth and it
may not be only that but I'm
pretty damn popular with pets.
Whenever we visit my FIL
who owns a dog and a cat
both of them jump on me as
soon as I sit down, demanding
snuggles and scritches.
The song Smile is Ilias theme the prevailing theory is that it was originally a lullaby her parents sang to her being corrupted and warped by Adam and his more violent point of view.
The song All Things Must Die is described as both Cinder and Ravens theme. Cinders interpretation is the chaotic evil way of ensuring that life on Remnant is utterly exterminated. Ravens interpretation is the true neutral way of accepting that life is short and that you and your loved one will wither away and it's best to accept that and move on and forget.
Was it confirmed, the fact Adam currupted it? I heard that "interpretation", but I've always preferred the creepy idea that her parents instilled some twisted disturbing ideas themselves
Given what was known about Raven then compared to now the song is more of a chaotic ensurance versus a solemn acceptance.
@@robertolanzone While it is a creepy interesting idea, her parents as we knew them just wanted a good life for their daughter so they wanted her to hide who she was. Having them want revenge while it makes sense based on how the faunus are treated doesn't make sense for what they wanted for their daughter and kinda cheapens the journey the character went through. She took the good life her parents wanted for her and turned to the life of the white fang due to their deaths and lack of empathy from the humans around her at the time. Having her pull herself out of that life after all that is a much stronger character arc personally.
@@swhaw I see your point. In my opinion, the lyrics don't sound necessarily akin to White Fang ideals. The idea I get from the song is, like you said "live a good life", just with the addition of "but know it's all an act to take advantages they wouldn't give you, it's all a deceit to those bastards who deserve the worst and wouldn't let you win otherwise". It's nothing like "kill them" or "do terrorism crimes", it's just "keep exploiting them with your lies since they don't deserve truth". Basically what the show canon told us (they wanted her to blend with humans and hide the fact she's a Faunus, which when you think about it isn't the best or most healthy advice and even now that Ilia turned her life around for the better she still is not hiding, she's proudly a Faunus), the lyrics add to the canin only the feeling of haste towards humans for it.
@@robertolanzone I can see that and I would agree if we had any kind of hint that her parents were self referential to it being an act but for the most part while yeah it isn't healthy advice the goal was just for her to live her life in a wealthy nice school while her parents worked in the mines to afford it for her. If I had any other indication that they were more directing her as you say then I would feel better about it. But all we got of her parents wishes were their rules they gave her for fitting in about not changing color or bringing anyone home. There wasn't any more targeted instructions about it being a lie to take advantage, moreso instructions so as not to ruin the illusion so she can go to a nice school.
As a bumblebee shipper "All That Matters" left me in tears. lol
It really shows just how heartbroken and betrayed Yang felt over Blake leaving her behind. Now that they are reunited it will be interesting to see how it goes from there.
Same
Im not a fan of Bumblebee but i agree
I love the differences between Path of Isolation and This Life is Mine from V4. Path of Isolation took place while Weiss was still living at home and you can hear her despair in it. Once she leaves, she grows so much and you can hear that when she sang This Life is Mine.
Honestly it was her songs that made her probably my favourite character. Started out with Yang being at the top spot but Weiss' personal growth and all of her inner turmoil expressed in her songs solidified her spot for me.
Yeah, path to isolation is a direct prequel to mirror mirror. The final lines of all Weiss songs flow into each other.
"Mirror, help me, who am I?"
"I'm the loneliest of all"
"Mirror, I'll tell you something, I think I might change it all"
"It's My Turn"
"This Life Is Mine"
You said they've got a really good guitarist and that's true. It's Jeff Williams, Casey's father. That man has a heart made of rock and roll.
He's also the writer and composer of the songs
Tracklist Timestamps V
Intro 0:00
Triumph 0:22
Ignite 4:38
Path to Isolation 8:44
Smile 12:46
All Things Must Die 16:48
This Time 21:21
All That Matters 25:46
Thank you kindly
Add a “intro 0:00” at the beginning and it will divide the play bar to list them automatically
Volume 5 soundtrack:
- Triumph - Easily in my top five OPs. Bit of banger.
- Ignite - Appeared in the Yang character short. What really sells me is the trumpets, and this is probably my favorite rap Lamar has done. Also love the nods to the OG Yang trailer quote.
- Path to Isolation (Mirror Mirror 0.5) - Appeared in the Weiss Character Short, taking place before Weiss’ OG trailer and before she got her scar or found a way from under Jacques’ thumb. Which explains why it’s asking “who am I” since it’s taking place before Weiss even went to Beacon.
- Smile - Appeared at very end of the Blake Character Short. I think the idea was Ilia’s parents’ words getting twisted by pain and rage and grief after their death. I could be wrong. But if so it is sort of Adam's ideology twisting Ilia's thought process. Admittedly, not my favorite song. Jeff and Casey do great, as usual, it’s just not my taste.
- All Things Must Die - Appeared during the Maiden Fight in episode 13. Uses both Cinder and Raven’s motifs so it’s sort of a duet between them. I love Casey’s voice in this, how she can go from slow and eerie to morbid rock at the drop of a hat. Fun fact: Murder, unkindness, and conspiracy are all names for groups of crows/ravens.
- This Time - Credits song. And the fan art got this one wrong. It’s actually a duet between Ghira and Blake according to Jeff. Which makes a little more sense, since it’s talking about forming the new movement and all. Minor detail but worth mentioning I suppose. And, yeah. Never got into this one. I have a hard time getting into Blake songs for the most part, which is weird because I like Blake…
- All That Matters - Appeared in Ep 14 during the RWBY reunion. I’m not even gonna try to cover up the fact that I listened to this on repeat for a couple hours and cried because it gave me a lot of feelings when it first released. I love that it shows a lot of complicated feelings on Yang’s part. She’s happy Blake is back but still hurt that she left in the first place. It’s just gonna take a bit for things to get back on the steady ground, you know? Also just… Bee Angst.
Your dream discussion reminded me of a lesson I was given at one point. There are four types of dreams, the dreams you achieve, the dreams you delay, the dreams you let go, and the dreams that were never meant to be. The last one sounds like a downer, but it's meant to acknowledge that there are dreams that are unhealthy and unrealistic. It's okay to let them go or fail at them.
That’s a great lesson! Thanks for sharing 🙂😀
Something to keep in mind with these RWBY songs is to try to remember when and where the song was featured like for example "The Path To Isolation" played during the Weiss character short which takes place before Volume 1 so the song is from the perspective of who Weiss was back then
There’s a few things that confused you, so here’s the lowdown -
“The Path to Isolation,” the Weiss song is played during her character short, which is a prequel. So this song reflects her inner feelings about herself before Volume 1 starts.
“Smile” is actually voiced by both of Ilia’s parents to her, before she heads to Atlas and has to disguise herself to avoid their prejudice.
“All Things Must Die” is played during the Raven/Cinder fight - it could be about both of them, but the explanation that makes the most sense is to view it as Raven to Cinder as she takes her out.
“This Time” can be confusing as the male lines were interpreted by the artist as being Sun lines, but they’re actually Ghira’s, Blake’s father.
Hope that helps!
I came here to say this, but I figured someone would beat me to it, ha ha....
My own headcanon with Smile is that it starts out from the perspective of Ilia’s parents but then transitions into what Sienna and Adam bastardised their lessons into
@@jonasquinn7977 Sienna doesn't really belong there. She's the Malcolm X to Ghira's MLK, jr, but she's not Adam's... uh... Louis Farrakhan, maybe? The metaphor breaks down a little here, but the point is the same: Sienna advocates violence when violence is necessary, but Adam advocates violence for violence's sake. Very different approaches, and if Ilya had stuck with Sienna's views instead of following Adam's, she'd have not been on the side of eliminating the Belladonnas in the first place.
@@dunerat42 Sienna definitely isn’t as bad as Adam but I do think she still would have encouraged Ilia to use her ability to blend in with humans against them and to steal back what she’s owed.
Yes Path of Isolation is Mirror Mirror Part 0 and very specific to the character short, not volume 5.
"all things must die" is interesting cause ravens are a sign of death, and often flock together like the branwen tribe, where as most people see crows as signs of bad luck, qrows song "Bad luck charm" from season 4 fits him due to his semblance, where as Ravens song suits her cause of her name and way of life
Good point 🙂
Weisses song for this season is a prequel it played in the character short its how she was feeling before she escaped home for the first time, before she met her new family in team rwby.
Well Yang is literally also a gun, her new arm has a gun built into it
Oh yes, Weiss got probably her most depressing song yet but this song in particular played in the White trailer - her memory when she trained with Winter, meaning it was before she "escaped" the Schnee manor and met team RWBY and everyone else... so yeah, a lot has changed since then - Weiss knows who she is now^^
Ignite and All that Matters are just insane and I can listen to them both at any point and love them. Funny How "All that matters" shows more hurt in Yang in that little time than the show did in 2 Volumes
12:46 Path to Isolation is a prequel to the rest pif Weiss's songs. Remember that it played during her volume 5 trailer, which was a flashback. This song goes to before she went to Beacon, before she met Ruby, Blake, and Yang, before she got away from Atlas and her father. I can't blame you for missing that, a lot of people do, especially considering Yang's song, also in a flashback trailer, _does_ fit her current state more than her past.
Yes, everything is also a gun, but the new arm is physically a part of Yang and does in fact contain a gun, thus Yang personally is also a gun.
I don't think you guys understood "Smile" at all. It's not a Blake song, it's an Ilia song. I mean, she's right there on screen. The lyrics are about her hiding in plain sight until it's the right time for her to strike and get revenge. It's pretty dark and shows her formerly twisted view of the world.
Also, for context, the Weiss song "Path to Isolation" is from the flashback character short. It's a Wiess before she went to beacon and had 5 seasons of growth.
"All Things Must Die", Ravens song, is from the Raven vs Cinder fight. It's Raven singing, directly TO Cinder (gleefully voicing this eulogy) and basically smacking her down verbally as she beats her physically. Embers extinguished in effigy (Cinder is killed by being frozen). Also "Murder, Unkindness, Conspiracy" are all names for groups of corvidae.
"This Time" is the sequel to Blakes first song, "From Shadows" and has lyrics that are literally the direct opposite of those from the first.
So Ken you were on the right path with All Things Must Die and it not being Raven's point of view. Casey (the singer) confirmed that is was a duet of sorts between Raven and Cinder. That's my favorite track on OST for sure.
so smile is actually an ilia song and your right the song is corrupted as it goes on but its corrupted by ilia the beginning messages is referring to to the rules ilia had when she was studying at atlas it then turns into ilia corrupting that message out of hate and fear to justify her part in the white fang its a really tragic song when you look at it this way also all things must die is a raven song it plays in the fight between raven and cinder but it might make more since if the person raven is singing to is meant to be Salem as they refer to her as not being able to die and the song turns into a song about accepting that that cant be the case and all things must be able to die somehow but you are still correct that raven is a hypocrite that she's scared and broken by her own logic she uses to express her strength she is weak but she tries so hard to hide it to seem strong making her such a beautiful foil to yang
RWBY songs convey so much emotion ❤
Don't forget the Adam character short for vol 6! I'm so excited for ep 3 specifically! Can't wait!
Spoiler. We forget. Kind of. We skipped it before episode 1 but then go back to it for episode 2. Adam isn’t our favorite to say the least haha 😜🤗
@DefinitelyNotDefinitive2 Got It. I'm just making sure you guys get to see it. It's the last character short, so after you watch it, you don't have to worry about character shorts anymore. Also, yeah, Adam is a really good villain. 🤣
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitive2Eh, it fits anywhere in the Volume anyway. The other Shorts are all direct lead ins but Adam’s is just a chunk of backstory.
Great reaction, looking forwards to the next one! =)
Couple of notes to reiterate from other commenters: all of the character shorts were set pre-Red trailer, so "Ignite", "Path to Isolation", and "Smile" are all snapshots of the characters before the show even started. "Smile" is a bit interesting because it's both about Ilya but because the short it's attached to is intercut between scenes of pre-show Ilya and Blake talking and current time Ilya and Blake fighting means it does double duty showing you where Ilya coming from both then and now.
And of course, have to reinforce that "All Things Must Die" is Raven _to_ Cinder, rather than just being about Raven. It is illustrative of Raven's outlook on the world, for certain, but is more about telling Cinder to just die already than anything else.
Btw the fouth song is from Ilia's parents to her
13:06 You were probably told this by now, but just in case, this song is about Illia and her parents, not Blake. Because of her chameleon traits she was able to play human and be treated like she was one of them. This was more or less what they told her, or more likely, what she internalized after their deaths.
1. "I'm girl but also a gun" is reference to vol 2 opening
2. Weiss song is from past. Vol 5 trailer have place before White Trailer.
3. Smile is song from Illia parents corrupeted her vision by White Feng.
So excited volume 6 is next week!!!
Late, but All Things Must Die is both a Raven AND Cinder song. It's basically them monologuing to each other.
Verse 1 is Raven, hence the bridge "Murder, Unkindness, Conspiracy" (all terms for a flock of ravens), as well as some Edger Allen Poet references.
Verse 2 is Cinder, hence lines like "All things conclude, all things resolve. It wouldn't matter - we're always involved." Plus the "Be glad you existed, and draw your last breath" mirrors her words to Pyrrha.
I never really was a fan of Lamar Halls rapping in the RWBY soundtrack, but his verse on Ignite was straight fire 🔥 (Pun intended). The way the Instrumentals played off of his lyrical cadence was insane.
“Really good guitarist” yup… Jeff, Casey’s dad, was the writer for all the tunes as well as the lead guitarist, some bass, all backup vocals, mixing, mastering.. Alex (score composer) sometimes played guitar as well… fast forward all these years and I found out a trumpet player acquaintance played trumpet on this OST .. music world is small.
-Bruce from Sirs & Madams
Alright I just have to brag about it, the art used for Ignite was done by a close friend of mine and I am very proud of them. :)
All things must die is my favorite in this volume
the song about showing how u smile is a illia song from the parents perspective
22:41 " rise up from shadow " so this is basically "from shadow 2.0" XD
Path of isolation was one of my favs cuz it simply was is also a victim of self harm cuz think about it we've never seen her arms shown so I feel the scars weren't just a metaphorical scar
Epic Jeff Guitar solos really are an iconic part of Rwby soundtracks (he wrote them for himself to play, he knows his ability) . A shame Jeff retired before Volume 9 so the solos in 9 just aren't quite the same.
It's weird that Flynt choose poorly with the art for All Things Must Die and This Time.
All Things Must Die is better as a Cinder song to Raven instead of Raven by herself.
Ths time is Blake & Ghira not Blake & Sun as much of the Song is about the White Fang and Sun has nothing to do with them while Ghira is trying to reform them.
Yang's songs are always amazing. Shame shes still the only one to not get an official part 2 to her original theme.
Weiss song takes place before vol 1 of the show
Oh Hella, i forgot about the soundtrack listening at the end of each season...but Ignite has been one of my favorites for a very long time XD
Edit: Plus i K N E W that Kent would enjoy the rap in "Ignite", especially after "I Burn" XD
Edit Edit: All Things Must Die is also a banger XD
Yeah, soundtrack time!!!
Raven song is more darker than it lets on, it's raven fighting Salem completely alone with no hopes of victory
The song Smile is a reference to the real world, humans often mistake animals smile for aggression, it's a joke aimed at humanity for our lack of understanding and compassion when it's needed most
The song of isolation hits hard, in Weiss case she was put there and braking free can be very hard, imagine waking up and finding chains all around you, even covering your mouth, your able to break a few but every time you think your free another one appears to hold you back, that's isolation and the struggle to be free of it
Yang's song ignite is her resolve, did you notice how little she used her semblance? She learned from her dad and Adam, I wonder how long can Yang store that energy and how long
We hadn’t clocked Yang building her power and not using her semblance much 😯
I know that you two are probably well past Volume 6, but I'll be enjoying your reaction to it. Hopefully you weren't spoiled (or too spoiled...) by the FNDM.
Keep up with the positive reactions, see you in the next vid.
The path to isolation is my absolute favorite, even if it hurt me everytime, since I feel for Weiss and relate to it. As a persone who has trouble with my gender and identity, the thing about not fiding yourself because you need to conform or heart and mind not being one... that hurt and hit the spot. That one of the reason I love Weiss as much as I do, I can relate to her.
Vol 5 had a pretty decent soundtrack granted i love every soundtrack ofc some more then others but these are my top 3 favs at least on this one
Path to isolation, Man all of weiss's songs hit me in the heart especially this one its so sad to hear how she felt in the past im so glad she found herself through the years and found herself another family that actually listen to her.
All that matters is another one that just hits me deep to hear how yang feels regarding blake, ship them or not i love their relationship, just like i love blake and suns friendship.
Its time, its a bop every time i listen i get hyped i just love it i cant really explained other than that why i like it so much.
Cant wait for you guys to react to vol 6 im excited to watch i hope you guys are excited too.
smile is not young balke its young illia and he parent sya ity to her but no adam not belladonna in smile its just sort of the backstory of illia i mean kingdom of selfish man thats atlas where she got into school somehow but were they hate faunus but illia coudl pass for human until her parents died it went well but after she broke all there teeth also even with the song bmblb came i found it still weird the ynag blake ship cuz nothing ever showed they loved each other ever i mean i found the blacksun ship far more based cuz i mean blake got rly romantic shit with sun
Yeah the lyric video of All that Matters Somehow seems to be very opposite of whom it's meant to be representing. The similar seems to be with a similar lyric track in Volume 6, im assuming by the same guy. Clearly the lyrics for the priorly mentioned song is meant to be from Yang's perspective cause yeah Blake kinda fucked her over emotionally in a time of need and given Yang's past shes had a lot of people that seem to just leave her to cope and find her own way to get better. Tai especially didnt even submit to telling Yang anything about Raven until after permanent damage was already done to her. This was aside the fact Qrow saved her early on because of her own desire to know about Raven and even up until the point he talks about Raven he states Qrow told her about Raven even though he said no.
My own pwrsonal grievances aside on Tai being a terrible dad to gis first born it puts into perspective how much Yang was forced to grow on her own and not have a literal childhood. Something that actually comes up in the Yang central Volume of the RWBY side manga where she literally screams and cries at Qrow that she never had a childhood because she had to step up and it just makes her overall character sadder because she still loves and respects so many people and undyingly loves her sister for better or worse but its also left a toll on her. Even if her recover was really rushed which in my opinion it didnt get nearly any time compared to what it shpuld have in V4 in fact the comics actually have her interract with a character that gives her amazing insight in forgiveness despite being played harshly and it works because it helps develope what she is now and honestly V4 cpuld have used her interracting with that character a lot because of how it plays into her growth.
Later on if somebody tells you Yang is a hippocrite. Please tell them to board a bus to insaneoland because shes never gone against her own ways.
I have always felt like Vol 5 is the weakest musically. 7 Tracks - 3 from trailers = 4 Tracks in the volume - 2 for opening and closing which leaves only All Things Must Die and All that Matters to be in the actual Volume. Only Vol 1 has as little music in it and I feel like the Vol 1 songs as a whole are just stronger. Not to say there aren't a few outstanding tracks but others are just okay in my opinion.
Volume 4 and 5 are not my favourite story-wise, but definitely make my top list when it comes to soundtrack. In fact, it feels like there's more story in the OST than in the volumes itself, at least for these 2. Every song is a character progression or a character description, showing us into their minds and making us understand what they go through mentally. And they're beautifully written and composed. Jeff Williams really is talented.
Nooooooo, i was hoping for volume 6. 😢😢😢
Can't wait for you to watch volume 6. Because a certain someone will make her grand return.
If im thinking who your thinking i think its volume 7
@Conor_Stanley, no, not HER! The other HER!
@@derykjames620 oh HER i forgot about that one good call
Oh yeah, a certain someone indeed …
If you want some more RWBY stuff, there's a fan series called Fixing RWBY by Celtic Phoenix. It goes through Volume 6 currently ,and there's new lore and scenes (both through pictures and some animated scenes, all made by a collaborative effort by many different artists). If you're interested, the first 2 videos cover the new lore and history of the world of Remnant, and he's recently released a remastered version of Volume 1
Unfortunately it's not any good
Can u guys react to gogeta vs vegito death battle
GOOD JOB GETTING THROUGH RWBY'S WORST SEASON! everything gets better from there!!!