To add even more badassery and a slight correction to your analysis, the Dragon is indeed the one "singing", but the person hes singing to is his childhood companion and master Yharim. Who is the VILLIAN. The enemy who's "ascended beyond your control" is the PLAYER. The dragon is warning his master that the player will kill him if he fails.
@@trulers8713 no. What. How. Hes a tyrant that has done so many unspeakable things to the point where he tried to freeze hell because he knew he would end up there. The main character is just the dude that wants to stop evil Edit: this was written before the new lore, where yharim is more of a character Edit: this comment was made before the lore rewrite, and so was the original comment
@@awannabehappyperson5742 I believe he sung like 1-2 songs for Night in the Woods, a few songs in the OST credit him for his work and singing, but all of it is minor parts being short amounts of words or having repeating parts that reuse audio, etc. Still interesting nonetheless.
I love how the song takes the player's ability to respawn as a sort of unstoppable relentlessness. The boss, Yharon the Jungle Dragon, is telling his master, the Jungle Tyrant Yharim, who raised him from birth, that the player will stop at nothing. Even if Yharon kills them over and over again they'll keep coming, and they only have to get lucky once
I don't think that the ability to respawn is even somehow considered here. It is simply a desparation that they have let the player to develop up to the way when they are as powerful as gods.
Out of this song, the sheer energy that the line "THE ENEMY HAS ASCENDED BEYOND YOUR CONTROL, OR WAS THAT ALL YOUR INTENTION!?" exudes is something I can't get enough of. There's just something about being the one that the villain is shaking in his boots over that's incredible.
@@adragoongoon5666 As Azure pointed out Yharon is afraid of what is potentially happening to Yharim as he cant see Yharim defeating the Player but still gives him the benefit of the doubt despite the player being seemingly unstoppable. Its also pointed out in the wiki that this Yharons point of view regarding the player.
Well if you think about it, you are the villain in this case, yharon is like Yharen's loyal friend, sacrificing himself in hopes of defeating you so you don't kill his master
@@dusty4896 You're really not. Yharim is a tyrant in the lore and yharon nothing more but a mindless loyal dog only because he was raised by Yharim from birth.
I think what makes this song hit hard for me is that Yharon (the Jungle Dragon) and Yharim have been together since Yharon was born, back when he hatched and saved Yharim from a fiery death - but unfortunately couldn't save Yharim's family, which is what started Yharim's depressive spiral and villainy. This song is Yharon finally turning to his lifelong friend after all the destruction they've caused and saying "I will support you no matter what, but you *must* know that if you continue, I *can't* continue with you; and I'm _scared_ for you, that you will *not* be able to handle that after everything we've been through." Yharon is more concerned for Yharim than Yharim is for himself, so after Yharom goes down in flames, who will be there to support him after? (To answer your question, Marco: I would *love* a full livestream for this OST! I'm especially interested in your reaction to the Devourer of Gods' "nonstop" battle medley!)
man it's amazing that he managed to understand exactly how Yharon's lore portrays us from the point of view of music listening to the lyrics, you are really very talented
@@MarcoMeatball Fun trivia time (assuming this gets to you): The jungle dragon’s master, Yharim, is planned to be the mod’s final boss. It is suggested, though never outwardly told, that he may have some degree of regret over some few of his actions during the course of the lore. Moreover it almost seems as if he is deliberately letting his foe become strong, as the lore items (literally items that give you snippets of lore) would seem to suggest. Yharon, the jungle dragon, is apprehensive about his master’s, Yharim’s, actions, but since he was essentially hatched while carrying a severely injured Yharim on his back, that sense of loyalty is well founded and admirable. …Sorry. I am, admittedly, FAR more invested in this lore than perhaps I should be~
Hearing this for the first time is a very special moment in the game, as no previous track up to this point has spoken lyrics. So when you get to Yharon's fight and hear "THE ENEMY ASCENDED BEYOND YOUR CONTROL", it really does hit like a ton of bricks.
Lyrics are rare in the terraria (mods), DM DOKURO got inspired by Metal Gear Rising Revengance, just like the entire mod. It underlines the drama very well though...
I've always felt that this song is Yharon's plea for recognition. It questions "was that all your intention?" and following the later mentions of Yharim's depression makes it seem as though Yharim wanted an enemy strong enough kill him and doesn't see how much Yharon cares for him. This song (In my opinion) is Yharon pleading that Yharim see that he has a life worth living, and for him to see how much he wishes that he lives. The sentence "I will go forth and win your wars, but if I should die before you continue, you shall have heard my final dying roar" makes me feel as though Yharon is saying "I will fight for your life but if one day I cannot protect you from yourself I ask that you acknowledge my loyalty toward you, and that I tried to reach you".
@@90enemies yeah, that’s why I chose to leave the calamity fan base and just play with my friends. It’s un-ironically really sad and I hope he can get better.
@@erband8454 From what I understand some of the fans pestered him for new music to the point where he stepped away from the mod. I don't really know how bad it actually was, the whole "Calamity fans are entitled and chased Dokuro off the internet" thing has become kind of mythological and might've been exaggerated over the years since it gets repeated any time DMD's music comes up.
Oh also just a side note, the bells you are hearing are actually a Motif used by DM Dokuro all throughout the Calamity mod. They are so prevelant that people now refer to them simply as “The Calamity Bells”
It’s always fascinating to see musicians/artists carefully explain in-depth on the smallest of details on why the music excels. It just gives you more reason to enjoy and appreciate the work that went into the making of the song.
Yharon is the closest companion of Yharim, god-emperor of the world. Yharon is one of the most powerful beings in Calamity, behind Supreme Calamitas and Yharim himself.
@@rodneybuckentime4838 I thought they were meant to be super bosses- when they come out- like extra bosses you can fight but aren’t necessary for progression. Like the Adult Eidolon Wyrm
@@Xddnapkin i feel like thats an arbitrary distinction based entirely on lore lol. There's still going to be progression & loot and gear beyond the endgame.
Late to the party, wanted to talk about the context of this song used to have (that as of now was changed and I think it plays from the start of the fight). In previous patches, you had to fight Yharon and when he'd flee when he's about to die, unlocking some changes in the world and some gear upgrades with it. After that, you had to fight him again (all this had a completely different boss theme) and when he dropped to 10% HP he would start regenerating until 100% while the heroic part plays (timed almost perfectly) and the lyrics began when you were able to hurt him again. It was effectively a last stand song, he knew you had the power and the will to kill him (at that point, you already did that twice). That made this song extremely powerful and it makes me really sad it was eventually changed to a single fight with no regen.
Dokuro is as much of a musical genius as Toby Fox, he just went less appreciated by us because the audience was younger, so less people could understand the intricacies of the music.
@@borzoilover4156 its not only scal, its other bosses before scal that are also difficult. I dont think people 14 and under have that kind of understanding in the game or dedication to do it
@@greenarrow1558 Then i agree. Plus he had never played terraria before even without mods, meaning he would play on easy difficultiy and people would mald about this.
I will never get tired of listening to Calamity Mod’s music. DM Dokoru really outdid himself with every theme and added a lot to each of the boss fights in the game. 11/10.
What's cool about the fight too is that the first half the song is Infernal Catharsis, only after Yharon sees the power the player holds at the midpoint does he get serious and starts this amazing theme
Generally, it is thought that the point of view in this song is based on the fact that Yharim, the master of the Jungle Dragon of this song, is in massive depression. And the dragon wonders if, perhaps, his master has orchestrated this entire situation, the protagonist of the game in the first place, all the challenges and fights, all in order to be able to watch his empire burn to the ground, and then step into the fire themselves and turn to ash along with it. I never even thought about just how much this is reflected in this song, not just based on the lore and the words, but also by the tone of the voice and the music itself.
To me, this song evokes the terror, the glory, and the austere loyalty of an absolutely determined subordinate fighting a fruitless battle for their lord who isn't even paying them the attention they deserve. Reminds me of the same vibe as Battle Against a True Hero (Undertale)
From what I understand it's basically the jungle dragon, Yharon, singing fighting for his life against us, the player, and also singing for his loyalty to his master. Pretty much in this point of the game, The player (us) has been seen as a monster by the bosses in game (pretty much)
To answer your question Marco the lyrics are from the point of view of the Jungle Dragon itself talking to Yharim (the oppressive Ruler of the Calmity Mod). Edit: Yes, this is DM DOKURO singing and it was his first time using his real voice for a song as well.
@@thatonecommander3463 Yahrim is not a dragon, Yharon is, and anyway, no one calls him a god, as so no one calls Calamitas a goddess but call Providence a goddess. Its about title and almost about race, not about power. And i do believe we as the player are probably something like a demi-god like Doomslayer lol
Another funny part to this is that Yharim himself suffers from extreeme depression and a lore item in the mod explains he could not think of a world without Yharon. Probably meaning that he will try to attack us with full force when he comes out.
@@poloniumpigeon lmao now that I see it yeah it does sound screwed up but hey that’s what you get when you’re a dear mongering tyrant that obliterates anything for any minor inconvenience
The most gut-wrenching part about Yharon is knowing that he was the only remaining family his master, Yharim, had left. His only companion, his only friend, his only family, slain by the hands of the Terrarian on their quest to fix the damage that Yharim did in his grief. It is a tale of cruel and necessary destruction, to end further annihilation.
@@DiamondEnderman I haven't finished all the challenges I want to do with Vanilla, so I haven't touched too many mods. In the middle of a melee only for the worthy master mode playthrough. It's quite painful lol
@@atomicbanana55 I never had much of a taste for challenges and the sort, so I got big into mods real quick when tMod dropped as DLC in 2020. I've got like a thousand hours of just throwing on like 4-5 content mods like Calamity, Thorium, Shaddows of Abaddon, Split, and Fargo's Soul all at once, back when tMod was still in 1.3 Totally recommend just running the game with a bunch of mods and breaking it wide open. My favorite is def the Overflow bow from Split that can kill post-ML bosses while being pre-Plantera. It's nuts. All you need to do is throw on Jester's arrows and watch things melt from the raw attack speed. Even outside that, it's fun to see what amazing bosses each dev comes up with, and spending 3 hours compiling a list of bosses in proper order at midnight because you're too stubborn to download Boss Checklist is fun too. Then the different build options... I could go on for literal hours. Do you want that? I can and will. Fight me. These thousand hours have melted my brain.
I’d say calamity and other mods contain some of the most interesting challenges in the game, after playing through Fargo’s souls mod with eternity mode, I think most other difficulties became a lot easier. Like a kind of high altitude training. Those boss fights are extremely well designed and probably taught me more about the game’s movement than any other mode.
Please do a livestream of this OST, it’s genuinely one of the best OSTs in gaming, and it’s from a mod of a game. DM DOKURO went SO Hard when making it. One of the main reason I replay this mod nearly every year.
i LOVE the lyrical dissection in this vid! the back-and-forth between loyalty and doubt makes it such an interesting POV to analyze (btw, yes!!! i would totally join a livestream of this OST)
Within the story, the dragon Yharon is singing about the player character being a threat to the rule of his master Yharim. This is the players theme song in a sence that symbolizes your exponential strenght, ever coming closer to obliterating the Jungle Tyrant.
We absolutly need more calamity mod reactions, even if there's no more vocal ones, all its soundtrack is worth hearing, and i would love to see your takes on them
You ALMOST got the entire story correct just from the song alone, which is impressive. What happens is, Yharon (the jungle dragon) has been with yharim (the owner and main antagonist) since he hatched from an egg, also saving yharims’ life after his family was killed. Yharon is the one singing the song, and he is singing to yharim. As the player, you make a character that you can gain materials to upgrade with (terraria is like a sandbox game, but with a goal.) The character in this mod is trying to kill yharim after he has caused a ton of construction. The ending part of Stained, Brutal Calamity is actually the final boss of the game talking to you about how powerful he is, and that you wont be able to beat him, so theres the explanation for that.
@@dusty4896 Yharim *was* a protagonist until he got manipulated to preform worse and worse acts by DoG until he finally realized that what he achieved wasn't worth the atrocities committed to obtain his goals. That's why he's all depressed and not hunting down Providence or Slime God
@@Insomniblast In our hearts? Or the actual Calamity canon...? Because Fabsol said that DM DOKURO's depiction of the final battle isn't accurate to canon...
Something I haven't seen mentioned yet here - this is the phase two music, which you can only access the second time you fight this boss - he initially runs (flies?) away when you get close to killing him, so he goes into this second fight knowing full well what the player is capable of.
I would absolutely love to watch an entire Livestream of you breaking down the Calamity mod music. That'll honestly boost my appreciation for this ost even more than I already do. Your insight into these pieces and their meanings are really interesting
Interestingly, this song is played when you fight 'the jungle dragon', Yharon, and so the line about hearing his final dying roar kind of plays off his death during(after?) the fight.
Of all the reactions of this and other songs from calamity, your passion and love for music just shows, in your expression, in your way to speak, even your eyes show excitement and curiosity, something I haven't seen yet in other reactions, my man I am now subbed, your love for music is just awe inspiring.
PLEASE listen to the whole soundtrack, it's so incredible and goes through so many different styles and emotions. It's such a shame that DM Dokuro won't be making any more of this amazing sountrack because the Calamity community is so vile and terrible. Even so, I really really recommend it.
@@eeroke12Only got to this video now, you probably already know but some calamity fans in particular sent threats and such to Dokuro because he didn’t release songs fast enough… essentially they were impatient and their threats caused him to fall out of wanting to keep working on calamity. Iirc he wasn’t being paid for this either, some individuals really thought that he had to do what the fans wanted and the fanbase as a whole suffered at the hands of those idiots.
I've always adored vocal lines because, like every instrument, they have rhythm, pitch and harmony. But unlike most if not all the others, you can also put literal meaning by singing words instead of just making noises, which adds a whole nother immensely complex and intriguing layer to vocal performances
Bro, out of all of the channels I've seen on this platform, yours is one of the most genuine channels I have ever seen, especially if we're talking about reaction channels and the such. After like, two months of watching your videos, I am still astonished on how you can take the smallest details in music and explain the meaning of it so accurately. To keep it short, I love your work here on your channel, and in my opinion, you are probably one of the best (and underrated) channels on RUclips. Keep it up king. Cheers. 🍻
Although sadly only Roar of the Jungle Dragon and Stained, Brutal Calamity have lyrics (there are actually lyrics to the opera, just hard to make out), the rest of the soundtrack uses a lot of classical instruments in unique ways. Even without the lyrical analysis, the rest of the soundtrack would be great to see you react and comment on.
It would make me so excited to see an entire livestream of the Calamity soundtrack! So many great tracks, and this video along with the “Stained, Brutal Calamity” were so fun to watch a listen along to. Not to mention, you absolutely NAILED the meaning of this particular piece of the soundtrack, on many accounts. Thank you so much! Can’t wait to see if there’ll be a livestream in the future!
I love this so much. Other musicians have done reactions on some of the Calamity OST, but have never understood and felt the passion of the music, the sadness, tragedy, loyalty and power. I’m so glad you are really taking these themes seriously because DM Dokuro has so much respect for story and character building, even during scenes where the music is not the focus. I would love an in-depth view on Scourge of the Cosmos and Universal Collapse, the music behind the Devourer of Gods bossfight. An inter-dimensional worm capable of gaining the strength of it’s food. Through the ages it feeds and feeds, until it meets the player. It begins as an arrogant villain, playing with the character as it still sees you as a weak mortal, saying things like “you are no god, but I will feast upon your flesh regardless”. Towards the end it sees your strength and accepts it’s fate. The music is godly lmao
A livestream of the full soundtrack would be absolutely brilliant as Dokuros work for the music of the mod is quite varied and interesting to look at and I also I adore these analyses.
Thank you very much for the present unfortunately I am not too familiar with the application you referred to and am unable to find you on it but perhaps I am looking in the wrong place. 😅
Hey Marco this video was amazing! I'm an avid Terraria fan so I've heard this soundtrack many times as I've fought Yharon the Jungle Dragon, I've read the lore, but watching this video of you breaking down the lyrics and analyzing the music itself I found out so much more about a song that I already loved, you really made me enjoy this song in a new way so thank you!
Me encanta como los vídeos son bastante entendibles en español gracias a los subtítulos y los significados que le das a las letras y la música, aunque te conoci por la de Stained Brutal Calamity esto esta bastante entretenido y espero que subas más de Calamity o de cualquier otra cosa está entretenido
I would love to see you livestream this, here's some things to note though (regarding the soundtrack) 1. Between this and Stained, Brutal Calamity, there's only really one other song with some sort of spoken lyrics. You're going in mostly for the melodies, but goodness those melodies are some of the most insanely unique, beautifully mixed art that I've listened to 2. The music for this mod is VASTLY different from Terraria itself, so if you ever do something with Terraria, have VERY different expectations. Both Terraria and the Calamity mod have very good soundtracks, but the style is super different 3. The entire Calamity OST is comprised of several composers. DM DOKURO has made most of the music, but his album release "The Tale of a Cruel World" is not the full soundtrack, just 99% of the work he did for it. Don't get me wrong, you'll only be missing out on a couple songs if you listen to that specific album, but if you want the full OST experience, there's videos on RUclips showing the up-to-date version of the soundtrack FINALLY, I would recommend listening to the Devourer of Gods nonstop mix by DM DOKURO himself, as it is better mixed and designed than the official soundtrack release. Your breakdown of the music and reactions are wonderful, keep it up!
i would love to see a whole livestream of this ost, it's one of my favorite game osts and it's from a fan made mod for the game which is so incredible. the lyrical breakdown was great, and it's so cool to see how you can pick up the stories almost entirely accurate to the lore in game just from the music itself. really love watching your stuff, and was really happy to see roar of the jungle dragon because it's one of if not my favorite from the soundtrack :)
one of my absolute favorite things about the whole ost, not just this specific song, is the use of bells. DM Dokuro has snuck in the sound of these grand church bells into almost every single main boss theme, and it's been theorized that those bells are the sound of the Player's Character wielding their weapon and preparing to fight seriously/ actually attacking at full power the bells are always the same clear, bright tone and almost always at the same exact pace regardless of the songs overall tone.
When i actually listened to the song myself and read the lyrics, i felt heartbroken. This is a very sad song, an absolute BANGER of a song but so, so sad.
If you are going to do a whole breakdown of the Calamity OST, don't miss Catastrophic Fabrications by Pimpin Neon! It's not an OST by DM Dokuro, but it is as close to an official OST track for one of the bosses in the Calamity mod as you'll get cuz this boss pretty much has a placeholder as its music for the moment
Also, something neat about this song is it doesn't start playing immediately when you fight the boss. It plays a different song (Infernal Catharsis), then when he's at ~55% health, he shifts to the second phase and this starts playing. Which, on top of just being a huge morale boost when you hear this epic music start playing, feels like it's Yharon realizing you're a threat, at which point he starts taking you seriously and getting more desperate.
DM Dokuro's work on the Calamity mod is some of the best video game music I've heard.. ever. The occasional lyrics only serve to elevate the experience, and give us insight into the lore and thought process of the characters that we'd usually have to scour through a wiki page for. The Dragon's final battle, its undying loyalty to Yharim, all of it is encapsulated so well in just one song. I'm not sure how many people there are in this world who can make something like this. And I'm even less sure of how many there are that would be willing to make something like this for what is essentially someone else's passion project. I don't remember if he was paid for this. But if he was paid, it doesn't matter how much he was paid, because it wasn't enough. Even if we don't include how badly the community treated him. He is an amazing artist. Thank you for helping me remember his beautiful unfinished symphony.
3:54 _The air is getting warmer around you..._ This theme definitely the best of the mod. Not as much use of leitmotif as in Stained, Brutal Calamity but that's the final theme of the mod, kinda made as the be all, end all of the journey and challenges the player has faced. It always delivers in Yharon's 2nd phase however, and kinda just sends chills and aaaaaaaaa! Your initial analysis of the heroic style of theme made me realise something about it I actually didn't think about before, and I appreciate that: this is a desperate last stand from Yharon, and a 'final' challenge for the player. I'm not sure what the musical terminology for it it, but the final chord in the 14 second anthem shifts into a minor(?) version of itself and it really sets the gravity of the situation from both perspectives of the story and now that I see it, I love it.
this is one of the only songs I have ever listened to that can bring me spontaneously to tears and I have no idea why. It doesn't get me particularly emotional or anything. but I always come back to it every once in awhile because just listening to it gives me a feeling literally nothing else does in life. I get the chills, my eyes tear up, the lyrics are impactful and the actual writing of the song itself, the melody behind the lyrics, is amazing. I get the chills with other good music but to this day NOTHING else has made me just... tear up. yeah movies and shows make me cry sometimes because something sad happens that we've been building up to but this song... I've never even played calamity, I know literally nothing about the lore besides what I've skimmed through in youtube comments on the songs. this is a genuinely amazing song
Amazing! So glad you reacted to this. These were probably his 2 best calamity mod songs, unfortunately now he does not make songs for the mod anymore due to some serious stuff that happened with the community. He's back to making music on his channel though! And honestly if you were to do a livestream of calamity mod music, YES, i would absolutely watch that, because the other songs might not be as impactful but they are still bangers.
I just saw this video randomly in my recommendations and I really enjoyed this and the other calamity OST reaction! A livestream of the Calamity OST would be wonderful, its honestly a goldmine and the diversity of the all the soundtracks would make it a really fun experience, especially hearing the perspective of someone that hasn't actually played the mod for themselves.
I'd have to recommend for the next reaction, the leviathon trilogy, They don't have any lyrics but they are definitely worth checking out as they are some of my favorites from calamity
The thing I love most about this theme is that as much as it's Yharon's (the dragon) theme the entire song is him speaking to his master about the player. In the first line "The enemy ascended beyond your control or was that all your intention" the enemy is you, the player. By the time you get to the Yharon fight you have already killed multiple gods and have done a significant amount of damage to Yharon (this theme plays during his 2nd phase), so the entire theme is a warning to his master that you have become so astronomically strong to the point that he will lose to you. I like to think of this as the player's theme and Yharon is calling out to his master, warning him of his impending doom.
I found about your channel due to your "Stained, Brutal Calamity" and have been loving your videos on different themes, especially covering one of my favorite OST's. Even though "Roar of The Jungle Dragon" and "Stained, Brutal Calamity" are the only lyrical songs out of the OST, I'd LOVE to hear your intake on the rest of the amazing music DM Dokuro composed for this. And if you do, I HIGHLY suggest also looking at the gameplay where these songs take place, that way, you can understand the intensity of the fights whilst the music plays. Amazing stuff, please keep this up!!!
an entire livestream of the Calamity mod OST would be amazing, not many of the songs have lyrics, but the songs are amazing non the less. DoG Theme (Devourer of Gods) is amazing too
One year later but i'm so glad that I found this reaction!! What you did here is a real analysis, you tried to comprehend the lyrics in a more meaningful way and honestly, it was a very accurate take. I'm going to keep watching your channel because I loved this video!!
An important distinction to note is that this track is the first vocal track of the mod and shows up at what’s arguably the penultimate showdown in the story after several hours of subdued/inferred storytelling, which makes this track hit much harder in the moment.
im loving that you actually react to it, rather than just listening to it, and that was a hell of a good understanding of the lyrics, damn im going to check more videos of yours
Calamity secretly has amazing lore at its core, the writing is awesome, honestly should get more recognition. Yharims character is filled with regret and nihility, and hes trying to encourage you to kill him, slowly leading you to complete his mission beforehand. He may be a villain, but his motives were entirely justified, he was simply blinded by rage and self righteousness, and now that he sees that everything is gone and destroyed, he cannot continue to burn with hatred. He knows hes done more evil than the gods he sought to destroy. He is, in a way, throwing a pity party. This song is yharon pleading with yharim not to fall into despair and to come to his senses, and that yharon will be loyal regardless of yharims decision. He realized yharim wanted the player to slay him, and he responds with only loyalty and concern for yharim, not himself. Yharim evidently doesnt listen to yharon, as in the lore for yharon, it is once again dismissive and sad, as if he had no control over yharon dying. Yharim went from a brutal warrior seeking to save the inhabitants of the world from tyrannical gods to a self effacing , angst filled failure. Hes honestly one of the best characters written for any video game ever, and hes from a MOD for a game!
A sad thing is, something I feel should be mentioned. Is this was the last, or one of the last songs DM Dokuro did for the Calamity mod. The reason being of course, people/the community being hyper critical, judgmental, and angry at the people behind the mod for basically no reason other than 'its taking them too long' or demanding he do more songs. I honestly don't know the full story or reasoning...but these harsh people essentially killed DM Dokuro's desire to continue on the music for the mod. All of his songs are fantastic in their own rights. This is one of mine and my friends favorites, though we like pretty much all of Calamity Mod's songs.
From my (admittedly vague) understanding of it, I think people were hassling DM Dokuro over Supreme Calamitas' theme specifically and were being *extremely* demanding and rude when "they were taking too long". His talent deserves all the time in the world and I have a high respect for his work, so to see the whole incident happen a few years back was really sad. He's still working on some original songs though and they're very good as well, so I wish him the best in his future, no matter what he does! 💙 Edit: for people who might be interested, the new A Dance Of Ice And Fire DLC, Neo Cosmos, had a few tracks composed by DM Dokuro, and they're absolute bangers too! So if you wish to support his work, maybe take a look over to the Neo Cosmos OST on RUclips and check out the game on Steam if you like rhythm stuff!
As soon as I saw you reviewed the Calamitas soundtrack I knew you were gonna do some more. The entire soundtrack is worth listening to DM is just nuts. And yes, I would love to watch and entire livestream of this soundtrack.
DM Dokuro is such a talented and amazing artist. His music for the Calamity Mod was phenomenal and mind blowing! I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts on "The Sun Rises" from the game Okami! It is my childhood game and the music in it is just out of this world!
To add even more badassery and a slight correction to your analysis, the Dragon is indeed the one "singing", but the person hes singing to is his childhood companion and master Yharim. Who is the VILLIAN. The enemy who's "ascended beyond your control" is the PLAYER. The dragon is warning his master that the player will kill him if he fails.
Just making this popular lol
One correction. Yarhim is not the villan. You, are the villan.
@@trulers8713 no. What. How. Hes a tyrant that has done so many unspeakable things to the point where he tried to freeze hell because he knew he would end up there. The main character is just the dude that wants to stop evil
Edit: this was written before the new lore, where yharim is more of a character
Edit: this comment was made before the lore rewrite, and so was the original comment
There isn't a good guy
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The bells are dokuro's signature. Once u hear those bells, you simply know the song is gonna be a banger
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deadass i listen to the entire calamity ost sometimes
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Fun fact this was the first song where DM dokuro actually sang. So he did a pretty good job for his first time :)
*first one of his own songs
@@chungbunger7331 damn he sang before, what songs im rly curious?
He did a fucking fantastic job.
@@pocketplayer33 damn right he did
@@awannabehappyperson5742 I believe he sung like 1-2 songs for Night in the Woods, a few songs in the OST credit him for his work and singing, but all of it is minor parts being short amounts of words or having repeating parts that reuse audio, etc. Still interesting nonetheless.
I love how the song takes the player's ability to respawn as a sort of unstoppable relentlessness. The boss, Yharon the Jungle Dragon, is telling his master, the Jungle Tyrant Yharim, who raised him from birth, that the player will stop at nothing. Even if Yharon kills them over and over again they'll keep coming, and they only have to get lucky once
hardcore players:
lore wise, yharon can respawn as well, unless yharim dies
I don't think that the ability to respawn is even somehow considered here. It is simply a desparation that they have let the player to develop up to the way when they are as powerful as gods.
@@kajxqeirscl still make sense, the player still unstoppable
It's funny because the last time I played, I literally raged quit at Yharon and never played the mod again
Out of this song, the sheer energy that the line "THE ENEMY HAS ASCENDED BEYOND YOUR CONTROL, OR WAS THAT ALL YOUR INTENTION!?" exudes is something I can't get enough of. There's just something about being the one that the villain is shaking in his boots over that's incredible.
I'm gonna be honest I don't think Yahron is really scared, seems that he accepted his fate. (Especially from the ending lyrics)
@@adragoongoon5666 He isn't scared for himself, he's scared for Yharim's life as he cares very deeply for him
@@adragoongoon5666 As Azure pointed out Yharon is afraid of what is potentially happening to Yharim as he cant see Yharim defeating the Player but still gives him the benefit of the doubt despite the player being seemingly unstoppable. Its also pointed out in the wiki that this Yharons point of view regarding the player.
Well if you think about it, you are the villain in this case, yharon is like Yharen's loyal friend, sacrificing himself in hopes of defeating you so you don't kill his master
@@dusty4896 You're really not. Yharim is a tyrant in the lore and yharon nothing more but a mindless loyal dog only because he was raised by Yharim from birth.
I think what makes this song hit hard for me is that Yharon (the Jungle Dragon) and Yharim have been together since Yharon was born, back when he hatched and saved Yharim from a fiery death - but unfortunately couldn't save Yharim's family, which is what started Yharim's depressive spiral and villainy. This song is Yharon finally turning to his lifelong friend after all the destruction they've caused and saying "I will support you no matter what, but you *must* know that if you continue, I *can't* continue with you; and I'm _scared_ for you, that you will *not* be able to handle that after everything we've been through."
Yharon is more concerned for Yharim than Yharim is for himself, so after Yharom goes down in flames, who will be there to support him after?
(To answer your question, Marco: I would *love* a full livestream for this OST! I'm especially interested in your reaction to the Devourer of Gods' "nonstop" battle medley!)
Commenting for sentinels!
Crab theme
Devourer of God's theme is one of the most epic video game music I've listened to.
feral amalgamation too
@@hotdog8109 crab claws go click clack
man it's amazing that he managed to understand exactly how Yharon's lore portrays us from the point of view of music listening to the lyrics, you are really very talented
Thank you 🙋🏻♂️
@@MarcoMeatball Fun trivia time (assuming this gets to you): The jungle dragon’s master, Yharim, is planned to be the mod’s final boss. It is suggested, though never outwardly told, that he may have some degree of regret over some few of his actions during the course of the lore. Moreover it almost seems as if he is deliberately letting his foe become strong, as the lore items (literally items that give you snippets of lore) would seem to suggest.
Yharon, the jungle dragon, is apprehensive about his master’s, Yharim’s, actions, but since he was essentially hatched while carrying a severely injured Yharim on his back, that sense of loyalty is well founded and admirable.
…Sorry. I am, admittedly, FAR more invested in this lore than perhaps I should be~
@@lvl-9443 nah bro i've read every single scrap of info Calamity devs have given us i'm right there with you it's incredibly well-made
@@Professor_Wisteria_ Same
@@lvl-9443 sorry, but isn't Zeroc planned to be the final boss or am I wrong?
Hearing this for the first time is a very special moment in the game, as no previous track up to this point has spoken lyrics. So when you get to Yharon's fight and hear "THE ENEMY ASCENDED BEYOND YOUR CONTROL", it really does hit like a ton of bricks.
Lyrics are rare in the terraria (mods), DM DOKURO got inspired by Metal Gear Rising Revengance, just like the entire mod.
It underlines the drama very well though...
Yeah it really sets up finality for the game very well and sets up stained brutal calamity very well
@@KimDare75 So if Yharon is Blade Wolf does that mean Yharim is Raiden after Armstrong 💀
Bricks like really hurt if you have no armor
well in my case it's funny because I was more focused on not dying xd
I've always felt that this song is Yharon's plea for recognition. It questions "was that all your intention?" and following the later mentions of Yharim's depression makes it seem as though Yharim wanted an enemy strong enough kill him and doesn't see how much Yharon cares for him. This song (In my opinion) is Yharon pleading that Yharim see that he has a life worth living, and for him to see how much he wishes that he lives. The sentence "I will go forth and win your wars, but if I should die before you continue, you shall have heard my final dying roar" makes me feel as though Yharon is saying "I will fight for your life but if one day I cannot protect you from yourself I ask that you acknowledge my loyalty toward you, and that I tried to reach you".
This comment right here, it gives me intense chills
Holy shit that hits hard
I genuinely hope that one day we get to fight Yharim just so we get to help him get better in the end frfr. Feel that poor mf
dm dokuro is a brilliant composer and im glad people are paying more attention to his work
Shame the Calamity Fanbase can't stop being entitled and bullies him for every minute detail to a fault.
@@90enemies yeah, that’s why I chose to leave the calamity fan base and just play with my friends. It’s un-ironically really sad and I hope he can get better.
@@90enemies What actually happened between DM Dokuro and the fanbase? I got into the mod after all had happened
@@erband8454 From what I understand some of the fans pestered him for new music to the point where he stepped away from the mod. I don't really know how bad it actually was, the whole "Calamity fans are entitled and chased Dokuro off the internet" thing has become kind of mythological and might've been exaggerated over the years since it gets repeated any time DMD's music comes up.
@@noaburr yeah, I always wondered why none of DMD's music had comment enabled
Oh also just a side note, the bells you are hearing are actually a Motif used by DM Dokuro all throughout the Calamity mod. They are so prevelant that people now refer to them simply as “The Calamity Bells”
the bells themselves are not a motif lol
They’re not actually from DM Dokuro’s Calamity stuff. It’s a him thing from even before, look up Cave Story Arranged
@@friskdreemurr1155 they’re from touhou
@@Kkbleeblobthey are just bells bro its just a type of instrument
@@borzoilover4156 no those bells are taken from the touhou soundfont
It’s always fascinating to see musicians/artists carefully explain in-depth on the smallest of details on why the music excels. It just gives you more reason to enjoy and appreciate the work that went into the making of the song.
honestly as a musician i can tell you that this is not going "in-depth" , going such way would mean 3 hours long videos
Yharon is the closest companion of Yharim, god-emperor of the world. Yharon is one of the most powerful beings in Calamity, behind Supreme Calamitas and Yharim himself.
there are also the two gods planned to be the true final bosses of calamity.
@@rodneybuckentime4838 I thought they were meant to be super bosses- when they come out- like extra bosses you can fight but aren’t necessary for progression. Like the Adult Eidolon Wyrm
@@Xddnapkin i feel like thats an arbitrary distinction based entirely on lore lol. There's still going to be progression & loot and gear beyond the endgame.
@OctolingGrimm rock
exo mechs where :sob:
Late to the party, wanted to talk about the context of this song used to have (that as of now was changed and I think it plays from the start of the fight).
In previous patches, you had to fight Yharon and when he'd flee when he's about to die, unlocking some changes in the world and some gear upgrades with it. After that, you had to fight him again (all this had a completely different boss theme) and when he dropped to 10% HP he would start regenerating until 100% while the heroic part plays (timed almost perfectly) and the lyrics began when you were able to hurt him again.
It was effectively a last stand song, he knew you had the power and the will to kill him (at that point, you already did that twice). That made this song extremely powerful and it makes me really sad it was eventually changed to a single fight with no regen.
I wish it stayed like that because I feel a return fight would’ve been more rewarding
Oh, is that the reason that technically as soon as you are post Providence you can fight Yharon at any time
I think you can change it back in the mod settings if you wanna get the feels back
I was so mad when they changed it like WHY I DONT SEE THE POINT
@@GiakomoDellbugs and only bugs
Dokuro is as much of a musical genius as Toby Fox, he just went less appreciated by us because the audience was younger, so less people could understand the intricacies of the music.
They have a very similar way of getting emotions to the listener through the music i feel the same listening to both composers
You're telling me 10 year olds can beat Calamity mod? Dream on 💀
@@lelouchvibritannia7702 uh, I did it just fine. It just takes them longer because they don’t use meta strats.
@@lelouchvibritannia7702 scal is like not that hard on revengeance mode lol it took me like 5 tries when i was 12 so idk why a 10 yr old couldnt do it
@@borzoilover4156 its not only scal, its other bosses before scal that are also difficult. I dont think people 14 and under have that kind of understanding in the game or dedication to do it
An entire livestream of calamity would be amazing
Fact
You mean listening to all the ost or playing the mod?
@@Disorder2312 listening to the ost...whole game might take a while
@@greenarrow1558 Then i agree. Plus he had never played terraria before even without mods, meaning he would play on easy difficultiy and people would mald about this.
@@Disorder2312
To be fair, Revengance is the recommended difficulty for a first playthrough
I will never get tired of listening to Calamity Mod’s music. DM Dokoru really outdid himself with every theme and added a lot to each of the boss fights in the game. 11/10.
What's cool about the fight too is that the first half the song is Infernal Catharsis, only after Yharon sees the power the player holds at the midpoint does he get serious and starts this amazing theme
Tbh i prefer him regenerating all of his health after reaching 10% hp back then
@@fjgdkdhgdj816 agreed, i really miss this. Mainly because i feel like the fight is a bit too easy and short nowadays
@@fjgdkdhgdj816if you want that you could play infernum
Generally, it is thought that the point of view in this song is based on the fact that Yharim, the master of the Jungle Dragon of this song, is in massive depression. And the dragon wonders if, perhaps, his master has orchestrated this entire situation, the protagonist of the game in the first place, all the challenges and fights, all in order to be able to watch his empire burn to the ground, and then step into the fire themselves and turn to ash along with it.
I never even thought about just how much this is reflected in this song, not just based on the lore and the words, but also by the tone of the voice and the music itself.
So the pov of the song is the Dragon, the loyal friend of the Tyrant. The "enemy" in the song is you, the player.
08:00 "This is the dragon putting themselves in the line of fire..."
The Dragon IS the line of fire.
Pffftt lmao
I got PTSD as soon as he said "line of fire"
To me, this song evokes the terror, the glory, and the austere loyalty of an absolutely determined subordinate fighting a fruitless battle for their lord who isn't even paying them the attention they deserve.
Reminds me of the same vibe as Battle Against a True Hero (Undertale)
Yharim defenitely Cares about yharon
@@aarthritis I think Evilgenius42 was talking about how Yharim isn't paying attention to teh player, not Yharon.
@@gl7029 I don't think he did
I don't know anything about the calamity mod, just going off vibes
Have you tried a no-item run against Undyne the Undying? THAT DARN FISH IS SO ANNOYING!!!
16:34 Oh please yes an entire livestream would be great as there are a lot of songs in the ost that are worth hearing.
Especially universal collapse
Crab dance intensifies
From what I understand it's basically the jungle dragon, Yharon, singing fighting for his life against us, the player, and also singing for his loyalty to his master. Pretty much in this point of the game, The player (us) has been seen as a monster by the bosses in game (pretty much)
Doesn't mean that they are good though. More like an enemy, not a monster.
@@Disorder2312 it is hard to not think of someone as monster if they keep coming back to kick your ass no matter how much you kill them.
@@Valerion203 But Yharim did far worse than what we did. And its probably not canon that we can reanimate bosses just to get the right loot
@@silverstar1614 That makes us even more a monster and i meant in monster in sense of power
@@Valerion203 Again, you're talking as if it is really considered in lore that we respawn. Was it ever stated? I don't get this idea.
To answer your question Marco the lyrics are from the point of view of the Jungle Dragon itself talking to Yharim (the oppressive Ruler of the Calmity Mod).
Edit: Yes, this is DM DOKURO singing and it was his first time using his real voice for a song as well.
Yharim is technically not a "god", per se, he's just an incredibly powerful figure, rivaling those of gods.
@@rodneybuckentime4838 Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification
I think oppressive might be a little bit of an understatement, mf enslaved a literal God eating entity and caused multiple mass genocides
@@rodneybuckentime4838 can a Dragon that Can RIVAL Gods can be realy NOT be Called a God?
@@thatonecommander3463 Yahrim is not a dragon, Yharon is, and anyway, no one calls him a god, as so no one calls Calamitas a goddess but call Providence a goddess. Its about title and almost about race, not about power. And i do believe we as the player are probably something like a demi-god like Doomslayer lol
Another funny part to this is that Yharim himself suffers from extreeme depression and a lore item in the mod explains he could not think of a world without Yharon. Probably meaning that he will try to attack us with full force when he comes out.
“Funny thing” “Yharim suffers from extreme depression” BRO 💀
@@poloniumpigeon lmao now that I see it yeah it does sound screwed up but hey that’s what you get when you’re a dear mongering tyrant that obliterates anything for any minor inconvenience
@@tekyboi1189 didn’t he get the Devourer to kill Astrum deus just because he could?
@@trforcectat I think he did. But is that gonna stop us? I mean… we did merk his pet and the D.O.G. Sooooooo
@@trforcectat Even fed Statis and Braelor (lore-only characters who presumably wore the original Statigel and Tarragon armor) to DoG for lols
The most gut-wrenching part about Yharon is knowing that he was the only remaining family his master, Yharim, had left.
His only companion, his only friend, his only family, slain by the hands of the Terrarian on their quest to fix the damage that Yharim did in his grief.
It is a tale of cruel and necessary destruction, to end further annihilation.
a tale of calamity.
The tale of a cruel world?
I really need to do a proper Calamity playthrough at some point. The soundtrack is full of bangers.
definitely do. ive played calamity for probably 5 years now and its always been a treat
@@DiamondEnderman I haven't finished all the challenges I want to do with Vanilla, so I haven't touched too many mods. In the middle of a melee only for the worthy master mode playthrough. It's quite painful lol
@@atomicbanana55 I never had much of a taste for challenges and the sort, so I got big into mods real quick when tMod dropped as DLC in 2020. I've got like a thousand hours of just throwing on like 4-5 content mods like Calamity, Thorium, Shaddows of Abaddon, Split, and Fargo's Soul all at once, back when tMod was still in 1.3
Totally recommend just running the game with a bunch of mods and breaking it wide open. My favorite is def the Overflow bow from Split that can kill post-ML bosses while being pre-Plantera. It's nuts. All you need to do is throw on Jester's arrows and watch things melt from the raw attack speed. Even outside that, it's fun to see what amazing bosses each dev comes up with, and spending 3 hours compiling a list of bosses in proper order at midnight because you're too stubborn to download Boss Checklist is fun too. Then the different build options... I could go on for literal hours. Do you want that? I can and will. Fight me. These thousand hours have melted my brain.
@@KaroxNightshade Yes
I’d say calamity and other mods contain some of the most interesting challenges in the game, after playing through Fargo’s souls mod with eternity mode, I think most other difficulties became a lot easier. Like a kind of high altitude training. Those boss fights are extremely well designed and probably taught me more about the game’s movement than any other mode.
Please do a livestream of this OST, it’s genuinely one of the best OSTs in gaming, and it’s from a mod of a game. DM DOKURO went SO Hard when making it. One of the main reason I replay this mod nearly every year.
And yet the community helped to push him out of the project. Thankfully, his last song: Toxic Wisdom is a bopper
@@jackie_boi116 Bro, have you tried to kill the Old Duke with god mode on, and way underpowered weapons? TOXIC WISDOM IS *SO* DAMN ANNOYING!!!
@@KimDare75 toxic wisdom is good, you just have a skill issue
@@jackie_boi116 (thanks for the insult) Try listening to it in infinite loop...
@@KimDare75 I did, it’s still good
Musical analysis and lyrical breakdowns are something I'm really interested in. Seeing stuff from this mod in a livestream sounds awesome!
“this is my message to my master” just hits different!
i LOVE the lyrical dissection in this vid! the back-and-forth between loyalty and doubt makes it such an interesting POV to analyze
(btw, yes!!! i would totally join a livestream of this OST)
Within the story, the dragon Yharon is singing about the player character being a threat to the rule of his master Yharim. This is the players theme song in a sence that symbolizes your exponential strenght, ever coming closer to obliterating the Jungle Tyrant.
i thought the song was for yharim saying his enemy has ascended beyond his control but he was blinded by his depression to see it
Songs arent canon so sadly this is not part of the story. Though the story for the song.
@@iLikeMuffinsVeryMuch the enemy that has ascended is the player character aka you :> (sorry im 2 years late)
We absolutly need more calamity mod reactions, even if there's no more vocal ones, all its soundtrack is worth hearing, and i would love to see your takes on them
Got you one better! Do a Calamity playthrough!
@@KimDare75 the farming and grinding nature of Terraria doesnt make it a very good streamable game, atleast for me
@@KimDare75 + i dont think the guy is ever going to make it far, his never played Terraria
You ALMOST got the entire story correct just from the song alone, which is impressive. What happens is, Yharon (the jungle dragon) has been with yharim (the owner and main antagonist) since he hatched from an egg, also saving yharims’ life after his family was killed. Yharon is the one singing the song, and he is singing to yharim. As the player, you make a character that you can gain materials to upgrade with (terraria is like a sandbox game, but with a goal.) The character in this mod is trying to kill yharim after he has caused a ton of construction. The ending part of Stained, Brutal Calamity is actually the final boss of the game talking to you about how powerful he is, and that you wont be able to beat him, so theres the explanation for that.
Technically Yharim is the original protagonist and you are destroying everything
@@dusty4896 Yharim *was* a protagonist until he got manipulated to preform worse and worse acts by DoG until he finally realized that what he achieved wasn't worth the atrocities committed to obtain his goals. That's why he's all depressed and not hunting down Providence or Slime God
@@The_Lord_of_Cryptidshonestly i feel bad that we maybe dont even see yharon's face, i don't even talk about boss fight
@@5P_OFFICIALI don’t think Calamity’s done yet. I think Yharim is supposed to be added along with Xeroc and a few other things
A bit late but the devs confirmed that yahrim will be the final boss of calamity
Not only the two tracks are bangers, the entire ost is. It would be amazing a stream trough all the themes.
Basically the lyrics are in the POV of the boss itself warning its master of the players and their progress.
Sadly that isn't canon...
It’s cannon in our hearts
@@ShinyRIS True!
yes it is @@KimDare75
@@Insomniblast In our hearts? Or the actual Calamity canon...? Because Fabsol said that DM DOKURO's depiction of the final battle isn't accurate to canon...
Something I haven't seen mentioned yet here - this is the phase two music, which you can only access the second time you fight this boss - he initially runs (flies?) away when you get close to killing him, so he goes into this second fight knowing full well what the player is capable of.
The three horsemen of video game music:
Toby Fox
DM Dokuro
Heaven Pierce Her
What about ZUN ?
Christopher larkin
Chris Christodoulou
bro forgot about C418 🙏
I really enjoy the subtitles youve added it makes it really easy to follow along as someone that has english as a second language
When you interpret the lyrics, the feel, and the actual fight that is happening in the game. This song is truly something else, some would say godly.
I would absolutely love to watch an entire Livestream of you breaking down the Calamity mod music. That'll honestly boost my appreciation for this ost even more than I already do. Your insight into these pieces and their meanings are really interesting
A playthrough of the mod would be cooler
Interestingly, this song is played when you fight 'the jungle dragon', Yharon, and so the line about hearing his final dying roar kind of plays off his death during(after?) the fight.
Marco, you continue to amaze me with your expansive musical reaction choices, and I absolutely love what you do. Keep it up, man.
🥰🥰🥰
While only “Stained, Brutal Calamity” and “Roar of the Jungle Dragon” have lyrics, the whole soundtrack for the mod is indeed fantastic.
Of all the reactions of this and other songs from calamity, your passion and love for music just shows, in your expression, in your way to speak, even your eyes show excitement and curiosity, something I haven't seen yet in other reactions, my man I am now subbed, your love for music is just awe inspiring.
Aw! Thank you. Yes, I really love video game music and music.
PLEASE listen to the whole soundtrack, it's so incredible and goes through so many different styles and emotions. It's such a shame that DM Dokuro won't be making any more of this amazing sountrack because the Calamity community is so vile and terrible. Even so, I really really recommend it.
What?
@@eeroke12Only got to this video now, you probably already know but some calamity fans in particular sent threats and such to Dokuro because he didn’t release songs fast enough… essentially they were impatient and their threats caused him to fall out of wanting to keep working on calamity. Iirc he wasn’t being paid for this either, some individuals really thought that he had to do what the fans wanted and the fanbase as a whole suffered at the hands of those idiots.
@@Fiiiiishy That is genuinely fucked man.. Can't believe they bullied such an incredible musician out of working with the mod makers.
Please do a livestream of this, it's phenomenal!
then collab with Best music theory for gamers too :)
@@stev2775 yessssss, that's the Collab we need
Please do a Calamity playthrough!!!
I've always adored vocal lines because, like every instrument, they have rhythm, pitch and harmony. But unlike most if not all the others, you can also put literal meaning by singing words instead of just making noises, which adds a whole nother immensely complex and intriguing layer to vocal performances
3:55 "the air is getting warmer around you"
lmao
Bro, out of all of the channels I've seen on this platform, yours is one of the most genuine channels I have ever seen, especially if we're talking about reaction channels and the such. After like, two months of watching your videos, I am still astonished on how you can take the smallest details in music and explain the meaning of it so accurately. To keep it short, I love your work here on your channel, and in my opinion, you are probably one of the best (and underrated) channels on RUclips. Keep it up king.
Cheers. 🍻
Aw thank you so much. It means a lot.
Although sadly only Roar of the Jungle Dragon and Stained, Brutal Calamity have lyrics (there are actually lyrics to the opera, just hard to make out), the rest of the soundtrack uses a lot of classical instruments in unique ways. Even without the lyrical analysis, the rest of the soundtrack would be great to see you react and comment on.
It would make me so excited to see an entire livestream of the Calamity soundtrack! So many great tracks, and this video along with the “Stained, Brutal Calamity” were so fun to watch a listen along to. Not to mention, you absolutely NAILED the meaning of this particular piece of the soundtrack, on many accounts. Thank you so much! Can’t wait to see if there’ll be a livestream in the future!
I love this so much. Other musicians have done reactions on some of the Calamity OST, but have never understood and felt the passion of the music, the sadness, tragedy, loyalty and power. I’m so glad you are really taking these themes seriously because DM Dokuro has so much respect for story and character building, even during scenes where the music is not the focus. I would love an in-depth view on Scourge of the Cosmos and Universal Collapse, the music behind the Devourer of Gods bossfight. An inter-dimensional worm capable of gaining the strength of it’s food. Through the ages it feeds and feeds, until it meets the player. It begins as an arrogant villain, playing with the character as it still sees you as a weak mortal, saying things like “you are no god, but I will feast upon your flesh regardless”. Towards the end it sees your strength and accepts it’s fate. The music is godly lmao
Thank you!
At 3:52 "The air is getting warmer around you" had affected him
A livestream of the full soundtrack would be absolutely brilliant as Dokuros work for the music of the mod is quite varied and interesting to look at and I also I adore these analyses.
Thank you very much for the present unfortunately I am not too familiar with the application you referred to and am unable to find you on it but perhaps I am looking in the wrong place. 😅
Hey Marco this video was amazing! I'm an avid Terraria fan so I've heard this soundtrack many times as I've fought Yharon the Jungle Dragon, I've read the lore, but watching this video of you breaking down the lyrics and analyzing the music itself I found out so much more about a song that I already loved, you really made me enjoy this song in a new way so thank you!
so glad to hear this!!!
LOVE your lyrical breakdown so much!! Never noticed the power and story behind the lyrics.
I also find it incredibly impressive that you can literally get the entire battle visualized just from something like the drum break. Amazing!!!
Me encanta como los vídeos son bastante entendibles en español gracias a los subtítulos y los significados que le das a las letras y la música, aunque te conoci por la de Stained Brutal Calamity esto esta bastante entretenido y espero que subas más de Calamity o de cualquier otra cosa está entretenido
Soy feliz que los subtitulos ayudan - perdon para erores. :)
I would love to see you livestream this, here's some things to note though (regarding the soundtrack)
1. Between this and Stained, Brutal Calamity, there's only really one other song with some sort of spoken lyrics. You're going in mostly for the melodies, but goodness those melodies are some of the most insanely unique, beautifully mixed art that I've listened to
2. The music for this mod is VASTLY different from Terraria itself, so if you ever do something with Terraria, have VERY different expectations. Both Terraria and the Calamity mod have very good soundtracks, but the style is super different
3. The entire Calamity OST is comprised of several composers. DM DOKURO has made most of the music, but his album release "The Tale of a Cruel World" is not the full soundtrack, just 99% of the work he did for it. Don't get me wrong, you'll only be missing out on a couple songs if you listen to that specific album, but if you want the full OST experience, there's videos on RUclips showing the up-to-date version of the soundtrack
FINALLY, I would recommend listening to the Devourer of Gods nonstop mix by DM DOKURO himself, as it is better mixed and designed than the official soundtrack release.
Your breakdown of the music and reactions are wonderful, keep it up!
Please yes, the entire calamity ost is a masterpiece. A live stream of a full listening session would be a dream
i would love to see a whole livestream of this ost, it's one of my favorite game osts and it's from a fan made mod for the game which is so incredible. the lyrical breakdown was great, and it's so cool to see how you can pick up the stories almost entirely accurate to the lore in game just from the music itself. really love watching your stuff, and was really happy to see roar of the jungle dragon because it's one of if not my favorite from the soundtrack :)
one of my absolute favorite things about the whole ost, not just this specific song, is the use of bells. DM Dokuro has snuck in the sound of these grand church bells into almost every single main boss theme, and it's been theorized that those bells are the sound of the Player's Character wielding their weapon and preparing to fight seriously/ actually attacking at full power
the bells are always the same clear, bright tone and almost always at the same exact pace regardless of the songs overall tone.
When i actually listened to the song myself and read the lyrics, i felt heartbroken. This is a very sad song, an absolute BANGER of a song but so, so sad.
If you are going to do a whole breakdown of the Calamity OST, don't miss Catastrophic Fabrications by Pimpin Neon! It's not an OST by DM Dokuro, but it is as close to an official OST track for one of the bosses in the Calamity mod as you'll get cuz this boss pretty much has a placeholder as its music for the moment
i have been waiting for this for since i saw last video (obviously) i am so glad i turned on notifs to see this in the same day it was posted
Me too
Also, something neat about this song is it doesn't start playing immediately when you fight the boss. It plays a different song (Infernal Catharsis), then when he's at ~55% health, he shifts to the second phase and this starts playing. Which, on top of just being a huge morale boost when you hear this epic music start playing, feels like it's Yharon realizing you're a threat, at which point he starts taking you seriously and getting more desperate.
DM Dokuro's work on the Calamity mod is some of the best video game music I've heard.. ever. The occasional lyrics only serve to elevate the experience, and give us insight into the lore and thought process of the characters that we'd usually have to scour through a wiki page for. The Dragon's final battle, its undying loyalty to Yharim, all of it is encapsulated so well in just one song.
I'm not sure how many people there are in this world who can make something like this. And I'm even less sure of how many there are that would be willing to make something like this for what is essentially someone else's passion project.
I don't remember if he was paid for this. But if he was paid, it doesn't matter how much he was paid, because it wasn't enough. Even if we don't include how badly the community treated him.
He is an amazing artist. Thank you for helping me remember his beautiful unfinished symphony.
Can't wait for the full Calamity OST stream! Thanks for getting everything right, Marco!
I would love a full stream of all the music in Calamity. Thank you again for another great video, have a great one.
3:55 damn the air was actually getting warmer
3:54 _The air is getting warmer around you..._
This theme definitely the best of the mod. Not as much use of leitmotif as in Stained, Brutal Calamity but that's the final theme of the mod, kinda made as the be all, end all of the journey and challenges the player has faced. It always delivers in Yharon's 2nd phase however, and kinda just sends chills and aaaaaaaaa! Your initial analysis of the heroic style of theme made me realise something about it I actually didn't think about before, and I appreciate that: this is a desperate last stand from Yharon, and a 'final' challenge for the player. I'm not sure what the musical terminology for it it, but the final chord in the 14 second anthem shifts into a minor(?) version of itself and it really sets the gravity of the situation from both perspectives of the story and now that I see it, I love it.
A Livestream of your reaction to the entire OST would be a treat to see
I love it how at 3:50 marco's takes off his jacket... as if the air around him was getting warmer
I love how he switches between vibing to the music, and deep thought
this is one of the only songs I have ever listened to that can bring me spontaneously to tears and I have no idea why. It doesn't get me particularly emotional or anything. but I always come back to it every once in awhile because just listening to it gives me a feeling literally nothing else does in life. I get the chills, my eyes tear up, the lyrics are impactful and the actual writing of the song itself, the melody behind the lyrics, is amazing. I get the chills with other good music but to this day NOTHING else has made me just... tear up. yeah movies and shows make me cry sometimes because something sad happens that we've been building up to but this song... I've never even played calamity, I know literally nothing about the lore besides what I've skimmed through in youtube comments on the songs. this is a genuinely amazing song
Amazing! So glad you reacted to this. These were probably his 2 best calamity mod songs, unfortunately now he does not make songs for the mod anymore due to some serious stuff that happened with the community. He's back to making music on his channel though! And honestly if you were to do a livestream of calamity mod music, YES, i would absolutely watch that, because the other songs might not be as impactful but they are still bangers.
I just saw this video randomly in my recommendations and I really enjoyed this and the other calamity OST reaction! A livestream of the Calamity OST would be wonderful, its honestly a goldmine and the diversity of the all the soundtracks would make it a really fun experience, especially hearing the perspective of someone that hasn't actually played the mod for themselves.
I'd have to recommend for the next reaction, the leviathon trilogy, They don't have any lyrics but they are definitely worth checking out as they are some of my favorites from calamity
Ayyy insane, one of your favorites happened to be my suggestion, pretty epic. Can't wait to hear the breakdown of the 3
The thing I love most about this theme is that as much as it's Yharon's (the dragon) theme the entire song is him speaking to his master about the player. In the first line "The enemy ascended beyond your control or was that all your intention" the enemy is you, the player. By the time you get to the Yharon fight you have already killed multiple gods and have done a significant amount of damage to Yharon (this theme plays during his 2nd phase), so the entire theme is a warning to his master that you have become so astronomically strong to the point that he will lose to you.
I like to think of this as the player's theme and Yharon is calling out to his master, warning him of his impending doom.
I only found you two days ago, but it gives reason to listen to the entire calamity track so yes stream :))))
An OST stream for the calamity mod would be amazing, one of the best OST I've heard in a 2D game. But sadly most of the songs don't have lyrics.
I found about your channel due to your "Stained, Brutal Calamity" and have been loving your videos on different themes, especially covering one of my favorite OST's. Even though "Roar of The Jungle Dragon" and "Stained, Brutal Calamity" are the only lyrical songs out of the OST, I'd LOVE to hear your intake on the rest of the amazing music DM Dokuro composed for this. And if you do, I HIGHLY suggest also looking at the gameplay where these songs take place, that way, you can understand the intensity of the fights whilst the music plays. Amazing stuff, please keep this up!!!
an entire livestream of the Calamity mod OST would be amazing, not many of the songs have lyrics, but the songs are amazing non the less.
DoG Theme (Devourer of Gods) is amazing too
One year later but i'm so glad that I found this reaction!!
What you did here is a real analysis, you tried to comprehend the lyrics in a more meaningful way and honestly, it was a very accurate take.
I'm going to keep watching your channel because I loved this video!!
An important distinction to note is that this track is the first vocal track of the mod and shows up at what’s arguably the penultimate showdown in the story after several hours of subdued/inferred storytelling, which makes this track hit much harder in the moment.
Fun fact in genius when you click the lyric you will get a brief context and lore about that said lyric
4:54 blud think he is yharon, the jungle dragon 💀💀🗣❗❗🔥🔥
im loving that you actually react to it, rather than just listening to it, and that was a hell of a good understanding of the lyrics, damn im going to check more videos of yours
:)
An entire livestream of the Calamity Mod soundtrack would be amazing 😄
A full livestream would be amazing all of the calamity themes are amazing and its so worth listening to them
I swear it's the funniest thing to see him confused / thinking about it then go into beast mode vibing to it then being confused again
Calamity secretly has amazing lore at its core, the writing is awesome, honestly should get more recognition. Yharims character is filled with regret and nihility, and hes trying to encourage you to kill him, slowly leading you to complete his mission beforehand. He may be a villain, but his motives were entirely justified, he was simply blinded by rage and self righteousness, and now that he sees that everything is gone and destroyed, he cannot continue to burn with hatred. He knows hes done more evil than the gods he sought to destroy. He is, in a way, throwing a pity party. This song is yharon pleading with yharim not to fall into despair and to come to his senses, and that yharon will be loyal regardless of yharims decision. He realized yharim wanted the player to slay him, and he responds with only loyalty and concern for yharim, not himself. Yharim evidently doesnt listen to yharon, as in the lore for yharon, it is once again dismissive and sad, as if he had no control over yharon dying. Yharim went from a brutal warrior seeking to save the inhabitants of the world from tyrannical gods to a self effacing , angst filled failure. Hes honestly one of the best characters written for any video game ever, and hes from a MOD for a game!
I WANT an entire live of this DM DOKURO is really tallented
1:51 The POV is Yharon, the boss you are fighting while this plays
A sad thing is, something I feel should be mentioned. Is this was the last, or one of the last songs DM Dokuro did for the Calamity mod. The reason being of course, people/the community being hyper critical, judgmental, and angry at the people behind the mod for basically no reason other than 'its taking them too long' or demanding he do more songs.
I honestly don't know the full story or reasoning...but these harsh people essentially killed DM Dokuro's desire to continue on the music for the mod.
All of his songs are fantastic in their own rights. This is one of mine and my friends favorites, though we like pretty much all of Calamity Mod's songs.
From my (admittedly vague) understanding of it, I think people were hassling DM Dokuro over Supreme Calamitas' theme specifically and were being *extremely* demanding and rude when "they were taking too long". His talent deserves all the time in the world and I have a high respect for his work, so to see the whole incident happen a few years back was really sad. He's still working on some original songs though and they're very good as well, so I wish him the best in his future, no matter what he does! 💙
Edit: for people who might be interested, the new A Dance Of Ice And Fire DLC, Neo Cosmos, had a few tracks composed by DM Dokuro, and they're absolute bangers too! So if you wish to support his work, maybe take a look over to the Neo Cosmos OST on RUclips and check out the game on Steam if you like rhythm stuff!
@@sparkcircuit7029 yes. He deserves all the hugs and praise for his work.
the last song he did for Calamity Mod is Toxic Wisdom
I think it's a reference to community toxicity
People are a bunch of hoes they got what they deserved
I hate people who push people to make something faster and then get mad when the final result is mediocre like wtf did you expect
As soon as I saw you reviewed the Calamitas soundtrack I knew you were gonna do some more. The entire soundtrack is worth listening to DM is just nuts. And yes, I would love to watch and entire livestream of this soundtrack.
bro took off his jacket as the air got warmer around him
LOVE the lyrical breakdown!
DM Dokuro is such a talented and amazing artist. His music for the Calamity Mod was phenomenal and mind blowing!
I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts on "The Sun Rises" from the game Okami! It is my childhood game and the music in it is just out of this world!