ULTRAKILLS LAYER 7 has a SPECTACULARLY Emotional Soundtrack
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- I am so excited for layers 8 and 9 to see just how much the production quality steps up
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00:00 - Intro
1:50 - The World Looks White
5:00 - The World Looks Red
8:06 - The World Looks White (Kirby)
10:07 - The World Looks Red (Kirby)
14:20 - Bull of Hell
16:52 - Breaking the 4th Wall
18:38 - Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep
20:04 - Hear! The Siren Song Call of Death
24:21 - Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves
30:11 - Danse Macabre
31:18 - Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves (Kirby)
37:40 - Danse Macabre (Kirby)
40:53 - War Without Reason
47:10 - Additional Notes
52:56 - Kirbys Additional Notes
55:03 - Finale
57:43 - Post show stuff :)
Just to let y'all know, this was my FIRST go at scripted content like this. It obviously won't sound good but I hope whenever I inevitably make more either with DJ or on my own channel, it sounds much better! Thanks for putting up with my shenanigans tho :3
also this layer smacks so hard that my opinion on what's my favourite is literally changing every time i think about it. that's how you know this is a work of video gaming art
@@ipostgarbage8555 to be totally straight with you, there was no way to make the discussion of suicide NOT uncomfortable, I'm sorry that you felt it was out of character, but frankly there was no better way to handle this portion in the video other than not including it at all
Idk why but out of context this sounds really funny @ipostgarbage8555
@@grasstouchersensei agreed
@@DJCerealSauce6455what was the comment lmao
I am in your walls. (really good video btw)
WHY ARE YOU IN MY WALLS 😥
also thank you 😁, the feeling is mutual!
How do so many of the youtubers I end up watching manage to connect to each other this is insane
@@justarandompersoniguess we like to mention each other a lot :)
and by that I mean, I've mentioned Marco 2 or 3 times already and he has not mentioned me once because what would I do that would prompt him to mention me?
MARCOS IN THE GODDAMN WALLS
You be whispering stuff I his ear like satan
Fun fact: The death whistle in Bull of Hell was played by RUclipsr MandaloreGaming who bought it specifically to fuck with his stoner neighbors
As he should, no smoking the cabbage of the gods around these parts
@@DJCerealSauce6455F O U L S M E L L I N G N E C R O M A N C E R K U S H
Blaspheme. It is not the product of the devil nor is it as meager as the humble lettuce. No, for it is GODS GREEN HERB.
@@hunterdull5024 welcome to the Green Gang
@@hunterdull5024 herb messiah
We can all agree the riff in The world looks red gives us all an unimaginable amount of dopamine
Dopamine is all my body runs off of when I play 7-1
Not dopamine, that would be cyber grind. This is depression
@@DJCerealSauce6455 ultrakill is just another name for Dopamine
dj cereal sauce SPOTTED trying to PARRY with the KNUCKLEBLASTER
19:04
I AM THE ONE THAT KNUCKLEBLASTS, NOT HIM
EXILE HIM
@@DJCerealSauce6455THE CRIMES THY HATH COMMITED AGAINST HUMANITY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, AND THY PUNISHMENT IS P-2 VIOLENT DAMAGELESS!
@@estenslopPREPARE THYSELF
@@germanscience7246JUDGEMENT!
To me, “The World Looks White” always felt like you’re being watched, judged by countless unseen eyes.
THEYRE IN THE WALLS
ᵀᴴᴱʸᴿᴱ ᴵᴺ ᵀᴴᴱ ᴳᴼᴰᴰᴬᴹᴺ ᵂᴬᴸᴸˢ
@@DJCerealSauce6455 ooooo how'd you make your text look like that in the 2nd part?
@@Ashhley_the_shawty I literally googled “tiny text generator” and you can copy the message it spits out there l lol
@@DJCerealSauce6455 ah gotcha dude thanks 👍
That’s the perfect description of the track.
Hakita had mentioned in the dev stream that he hates people saying that the soundtrack of the violence layer contains the order motif, atleast after 7-1
Yeah he made a whole tweet about this and a bunch of people were like "I think I hear a requiem motif in this tweet" lmao
that's understandable of him 😂 when i hear Requiem in War Without Reason i think of it as mourning for humanity and for the machines. but i won't tell Hakita that
@@gingerninja137I genuinely don’t understand where people are hearing order motif after 7-1
@@emorybest1003 for me it's in War Without Reason around 6:00-the end, but i could totally be wrong. im not a music expert and i love finding motifs so i could be hearing what i want instead of what's actually there yk
8:00 the correlation between Minos and the Labyrinth is that the labyrinth, along with the Minotaur is a depiction of HIS sins during his lifetime as King Minos
I totally forgot about the portion where he saw it as a depiction of his own failings, shit, time to edit the WHOLE video and re-upload
He didn’t do it to the bull I’m pretty sure his wife framed him
At least that’s my guess
@@goopy0_0 Yeah well my theory is that it reminds Minos that he FED Innocent Boys and Girls to his Mutant Bastard Son because he thought it was a fitting punishment for Athens killing HIS son
@@goopy0_0his wife was the one getting it from the bull
This game is so good that you can talk about 4 levels for a hour and act III ain't even out yet (fully) . what a game
right? What an age of video games we live in
@@DJCerealSauce6455 it's beautiful ain't it?
The power of queer finnish autism makes great games
26:30 knowing hakita, this might be sampling a piece of public domain classical music, kinda like how the intro to 2-1, P-1, and P-2 do
Honestly, I didn't even know that he did that at all, so now I have that bit of knowledge under my belt
@@DJCerealSauce6455 The song is "Take a Look at Molly" by John McCormack. I don't know if it's credited in the museum yet, but Hakita confirmed this on the Discord.
@@DJCerealSauce6455 Additional fact: "Take Care" (The music playing when opening the terminal) is a looped instrumental of Russ Morgan's "Were You Foolin" (I feel hakita will use the full song for the ending of Ultrakill because it is TOO GOOD)
Is Take a Look at Molly a sample of P-3’s hellish prelude?
@@feroxino1051 This is also very possible
30:55 I believe the significance of Gabriel’s instrument being played in the suicide level is because of how he has effectively committed suicide through killing the entirety of the council, this is of course referenced in the name of Act 3 GodFist Suicide, GodFist refers to Gabriel as he is the “Right Hand of the Father” and what do hands make? Fists, Act 3, along with the other acts’ names refers to Gabriel in some way, for example “Imperfect Hatred” parallels Gabriel’s speech in 6-2 where he says “All that’s left is PERFECT HATRED”. Act 3 is the end of Gabriel’s story as his iridescent and “immortal” ichor will become only sustenance for the ever-hungering trees of VIOLENCE.
holy fuck this is so good, why didn't I piece these 2 things together?
Don't forget about "Death of God's Will"s' album cover:
It depicts Gabriel killing himself
Because not only is he fully accepting death (and the responsibility that comes with deciding how his final moments will be)
He's also renouncing to the role of 'being a vessel to god's will'
By following his own wants and interested in his final hours, he's eradicated his past identity, his past self
By embracing his true self, and Death... he's killed "the will of god"
@@Eye-Of-The-Beholder I never thought about it that way, thanks for your insight
Gabriel, is tge main character of ultrakill, its a story of someone coming to terms with the sins of the life one was brought up in and escaping. Though Gabriel's escape should never be an option one is forced to make. I'm referring to Gabe turning off his one life support, not the killing of the council.
I always saw the blood-fuel as a failsafe for sentience. If machines become sentient and develop things like empathy or emotion, then they will oppose to the war without reason. This is because even if the machines realize that what they're doing is wrong, (and they don't enjoy it) then they will not be able to live anymore. That's why after the humans dissapeared they needed to stay alive somehow, and that's why they went into hell, to stay alive, and there's nothing more scary to a sentient being, than death.
violence feels like [REDACTED] is actively playing with you, and it's up to you to figure out exactly how
most of its tracks stick with time signatures like doom 2016 players stick with the pistol, all the ambient tracks feature bells making bell noises, and war without reason just casually has like 10 phases
i wouldn't be surprised if danse macabre composed itself, and hakita couldn't do anything to stop it
I like the idea that Hell picked up a DAW and just wrote the soundtrack
The time signature of 7-2 changes practically every bar it’s mental
that minos gif fucking killed me. awesome video dude
Hes SHMOOVING bro
Thank you for the kind words lol
Yep
ARO PFP SPOTTED‼️‼️‼️‼️
@@laetitiaklinkhammer192 fr
@@DJCerealSauce6455 anytime man its good content ^_^
I like how the earthmover has the "No V1" sign as though I am supposed to listen to the sign or something.
“That sign won’t stop me bc I can’t read”
@@DJCerealSauce6455 YES YOU CAN
Earlier, in 1-4, 2-2, and many other levels, V1 is seen scanning and READING the pages. YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO BE IN THE EARTHMOVER
@@theneverwatcher9860that sign won’t stop me because I do not care!
This sign won’t stop me because I have no fucking clue what it says!
Layer 7 is undoubtedly my favorite layer. When playing this game, its kind of always felt like (at least for me) "haha funny vampire go-pro go brrrr" but when I experienced the violence layer, it hit me like a fucking brick. This game is borderline depressing. Its an amazing and fun game at face value, but when you actually sit down and think about the game's story, its just beautifully sad. The whole idea that the whole world is in chaos because of me just hits different. Especially when you get to witness the consequences of your actions. This isn't a game about a bouncy robot with a gun. It's a story about tragedy, loss, and knowing that even if the real heroic characters in the game end your bloodlust and malice, you will always just respawn a-new, ready to cause more and more death and destruction.
(moving away from the depressing stuff) Danse Macabre is best definitely no bias at all. Great video!!! :D
1: thank you for the support on this video
2: Yes, yes, yes, literally everything after Layer 5 is deliberately much more depressing when you play it, and now that I think about it, the idea of "respawning and not being able to be stopped in your bloodlust while everything crumbles around you" gives me Undertale genocide vibes with how eerie and sad stuff is
Everybody gangsta til the Earth Mover shows up as a common enemy
Or, at the very least, an obstacle in p3.
I can imagine it now. Three Earthmovers with a specific skull key locked in the brain chamber or something and the need to defeat all three to move onto the next section
Me when a radiant Earthmover
To me, The World Looks Red perfectly embodies “the beginning of the end” fittingly for the first layer of the final act of course
Almost like a "look at how far you've come, and the worst is only just beginning" type of deal, love it
Something I gathered from Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep was that it was a metaphor for human discovery.
The first section of the song sounds hopeful, exciting. It sounds like progress in science and technology is being made, and humans are discovering new things.
And then the accordion comes in, and the tone shifts to tragedy. This is the moment the Gutterman was built and war became what it was. Fittingly, this part of the song also plays the moment you first see the Gutterman.
The song is about discovery and technology leading too far into humanity’s doom, sealing their fate.
A second thing I noticed was in the name of Hear! The Siren Song Call of Death. I know that the obvious interpretation is that of an air raid/war siren, blaring out like an alarm to get away from danger. But I also think that it has a double meaning, in the “traditional” sense of a siren, lulling people to their death. The song name, much like DRDOES, is a metaphor about how humans drove themselves too far. Every time humans built a new machine to try and save themselves, they were dooming themselves further, coming closer to death.
So the Siren Song is a literal Call of Death, not just calling to warn you of death, but calling you INTO death.
"Forget Mann Vs Machine this is Machine vs Machine squared!" -this got me coughing from how funny it was
I meeeeen,
Benjamin is L O R G E
Just wanted to add my own two cents onto the final guitar solo of War Without Reason: it sounds so much like a scream. A very, very powerful and lamenting scream that is basically a retelling of the entire Final War.
Knowing that the Final War was an alternate version of WW1 also makes this scream feel even more incredibly depressing than it already is. I can just imagine an almost epileptic film of a screeching, melting skull over grainy black and white footage of soldiers charging into death headlong with the guitar solo as the soundtrack.
War's not very personal for many of us. That's why 7-3 probably hit a lot harder for most people than 7-4 did, which applies to me as well. But I cannot imagine how a veteran would interpret such a track.
Inb4 I wait for a veteran to comment on my analysis of 7-2 and 7-3 lmao
Layer 7 was an experience to put it simply. Specifically 7-3 and my personal experience with it.
Forgive me if I rant a little, but I feel as if this is necessary. It’s a small story in the moments leading up to the 7-3 teaser and then me playing 7-3 for the first time.
On August 26th, 2023 at 5:30pm central, me and my other two brothers (I’m an identical triplet) were about to get on for the first time in a few months since one of them had gotten done with BMT (Basic Military Training). The one who just got into Tech School had just got his PC hooked up and ready to go. We were in the middle of a Ghosts of the Deep Dungeon run at 6:08 pm when one of us started getting a call from our dad. It started with one, that being the recent BMT graduate, and we thought it was just our dad making sure that his PC was working. Then it got to the other that was in Germany (he had been in the military for a while), then to me. We were in a Discord call when all of this was going on and we all said something like, “What’s going on? Dad can just text us what he needs to tell us”.
Eventually, our dad got us all three into a phone call and asked if all three of us could hear him clearly. We responded with, “Yes sir”. The next words that came through the phone would be the words that none of us would never forget: “I just got an update on JP…” (JP was our adopted brother). “I’m sorry to tell you all this after you all had just got together again, but JP committed suicide last night”. At that moment, the whole world just *stopped*.
JP had been suffering from some form of mental illness for some time, and it had gotten worse over the years. Combined with the fact that he was getting in trouble with the law, it most likely made his mental illness significantly worse.
When the call was done, one of our buddies joined the Discord call that we were in. He acknowledged his presence and all that one of us said was, “Can you give us a few moments?”. He said, “Do you want me to leave?”. One of us responded with, “No, it’s fine”. By this point, our buddy had noticed our tone had suddenly and violently changed from what it typically is.
After a few moments had passed, our buddy asked if everything was okay considering we haven’t said anything for a while. We told him no, and then he asked if it was safe to tell him. We said yes, and told him what had happened. All 3 of us almost made the decision to get off for the day.
Fast forward to October 26th, the day the we got the first teaser for 7-3. I had been looking into Dante’s Inferno a few weeks beforehand, as well as watch a summary of it courtesy of Wendigoon. I was on standby just before a small parade for my university. I checked Twitter given it was a Saturday and saw the 7-3 teaser. During the time that I was looking at the teaser I almost cried that day. I knew the context, and now had a personal attachment to the teaser. At that moment, I knew that Hakita and the other devs were going to pull the emotional strings once again.
Fast forward to the update’s release. I had just gotten done with 7-2. I saw the screen that shows you what level you are loading into. The moment I touched the ground in the elevator shaft, I audibly said, “Oh shit we’re entering *here* now”. Once I walked outside, pitch black was all I could see. Then but 2 seconds later the light turned on, and I saw the trees. I was in dread that Hakita was going to put a Jumpscare of some kind, and hoped that he wouldn’t pull that kind of a card for something as sensitive as this. Thankfully he didn’t.
After finding a feeding the first tree, I made the decision to toss a coin near the base of every last one of these trees. By the end of the level, I was a changed man.
7-3 is a sorrowful level. Not only because of the theme and setting, but also how real the theme can be. As Imp said on the dev stream, it hits a lot closer to home for most people.
My condolences to you and your family, I’ve been fortunate enough to not have to bear witness to this
That said, I feel this fully proves that what I was saying is correct, so unless I missed a mark somewhere, I’m glad to know that I did the 7-3 portion justice 🩷✊
I am sorry for your loss, man, RIP to your brother
jesus... that's rough. I feel bad for you. hope you are still okay.
My absolute favorite detail about Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves is that there is no combat version, even when fights begin. The song is stuck in its calm loop, much like how these people are now stuck as gnarled trees and CAN'T change or act. It's such a hauntingly somber detail and it adds so much to the weight of the song in my opinion.
Honestly, this specific song is basically what I was referring to when I said "I love how this game doesn't immediately hit you with a combat version just bc you're fighting" lol
I think in terms of who the protagonist is, I think it's still V1, because while you've entered hell looking for blood, everyone you've fought has been either a victim of hell beyond any hope of salvation, a perpetrator of that torment, or just attacks you on sight regardless. The hopeful tone in War, I read as being from Sisyphus's perspective. Not hope that he can win, but hope that his struggle against futility has meaning to him. And in Altars of Apostasy that moment where the music starts to sound hopeful, it also sounds very mournful. It sounds hopeful for you, that you can succeed in your journey, but also mournful because once you make it to the end, once you've purged all life, that's it for you. But it could also be seen as from the enemies' perspectives. The majority of them are tormented by existence, even as they inflict pain on others, it's almost as if the music is framing V1 as an angel of death, granting all of hell the privilege of death that was once a rarity, while also mourning that this is their only hope at escape.
This is a hard ass comment, I’m pinning this
even the album for altars of apostasy kinda frames V1 as an angel of death, all the many hands stretching and trying to reach V1 above who is spreading his "wings", feels like they seek him because he is their only salvation
@@CoisoNull YEAH it really evokes the image of a kind of rapturous religious event, and the way it can be read multiple ways as the hands either reaching out with hostile intent or want, it's just ART
so that's why they always run right into my saw traps
"you play as V1 but in case you hadnt noticed he has very little connection to any of the story that’s unfolding"
-Hakita
Btw, funfact that is only seen in the credits of the game, Mandalore (the funny man who played the mystical druid knight) actually played the aztec death whistle for the Bull in Hell song. And hakita made a really funny shitpost during october with bros funny death whistle.
Y'know, its crazy how I knew about this Mandalore Death Whistle situation before making the video and yet somehow I had neglected to mention it in the video. Someone in the comments even talked about how he used it to fuck with his stoner neighbors lol
Long form ultrakill videos are the best I loved this, you really deserve more subs
I find it hilarious that this games community gets made fun of for not being good at staying attentive after like 5 seconds of no high octane action, but we are also susceptible to long form content and we love it
I’m glad you enjoyed the video, and we’re slowly getting there, I’ve really only been making high quality content since like early November and only have a few videos out at that
Did not expect to see Ms. Slop master here. Hello Maddy.
@@TheRoosterManWastaken you 2 know each other?
@@DJCerealSauce6455 she makes funny ultrakill BRAINROT videos, famous in the ultrakill slop community
@@Theheavyiskilled Correct, the brainrot is strong with this one.
THE WORLD IS YOUR CANVAS
SO PICK UP YOUR BRUSH
AND PAINT
THE WORLD
*R E D*
no paint the world gay... wait wha-
AND PAINT
THE WORLD
B R E A D
@@scale10-47 YES!!
@@ZenithPeak1i ultraboosted bread for 3 days
@@anshsgh6092 How. Much.
4:50 this was one of the scariest jumpscares I’ve ever seen
that shit got all my buddies too
On my computer I have a button that puts it into sleep mode and when I got jumped by these enemies had me jerk-clicking the sleep button… and I had to step away from the game for a minute. That level is very creepy.
I actually really like Bull of Hell ngl, also you totally missed the A Complete and Utter Destruction of the Senses motiff in the beginning of War Without Reason.
y'know, after just picturing both songs in my head, I'm upset that I missed that motif (if you can even call it that)
Also, I'm thinking that what sounds like Order in the world looks red, might actually be forshadowing to the minotaur, seeing as it was created for minos by [UNKNOWN], but was cast into the labyrinth by Minos, hence why there is a trace of his theme in there, since he was responsible for the minotaur being in the maze to begin with.
Edit: whoops you mention that in the video
@@danielc2894 lol you were so close
THEORY:
diying in a level is the good ending.
I meeeean, yes and no, in how most people understand the game, yes, but I also saw this other theory that V1 killing the sinners relieves them of their torment in hell, so maybe if V1 dies sinners continue to be punished for all if eternity, who knows 👀
@@DJCerealSauce6455 oh nvm.
@@DJCerealSauce6455i think some enemies are confirmed to still be alive after v1 "kills" them, mostly the mannequins that can still be heard breathing after they're turned into a bloody corpse
@@FilmBucket oh wait this is sick, I need to jump on the game and look at that!!
@@DJCerealSauce6455 good idea!! i dont recall if theres any other direct confirmation of other enemies still living as a dead body besides them, but i think it's a neat headcanon considering Hell Itself's sadism
World looks Red feels like a funeral march to the end of Ultrakill. As once the final levels kick in, the finale is coming close.
V1 walking right into his own grave
26:35 sounds like a Thousand greetings from 1-1
Hope that helps
@@kandykane4964 This does, or at least it puts me on the right track to start investigating lol
For some reason this sound
Sounds reversed to me
Obviously you wouldn't know till you actually check how it would sound like reversed
But kinda reminds me of the ambient sounds like the beginning of "cold winds" and "in presence of a king"
Which is the spinal staircase slowed down
Not necessarily the same notes but the way of execution of this track
Sounds like tampered with og sound track in someway
Or we might be looking too much into it and hakita just wanted an uncomfortable unique ambient noise
And another thing to add that that if it is a reference to a thousand greetings, that’s terrifying because of the trees being people “greeting” you to their hell
one of the best Ultrakill videos I've ever seen. And absolutely, something War Without Reason reminds me deeply of was this chilling recording of the end of WW2. Constant gunfire, bombs, planes and even screams all suddenly stopping the minute the end of the war as announced.
Certainly a war without reason.
Oh, and saying "the bass of this song is about to shake my goddamn headphones off" is the most real sentence I've ever heard.
I be listening to War without Reason in my car and literally cannot hear anything from the outside world
Hello, I'm Mexican and I just wanted to share some info about the death whistle:
It is, in fact, an war instrument that is designed to sound like a human scream
This was to intimidate enemies but fun fact, if you were to hear a bunch of people playing whistles together in unision, it would sound like howling wind
(Which could be tied to how Mino's layer, Lust, is one characteristic for its strong roaring winds)
And another note here: I had completely forgotten about how in Aztec culture, blood sacrifices were essential to keep many deities alive, it was their life's essence
Makes me wonder if Hakita drew inspiration from this for the trees (or maybe even the machines)
And speaking of trees, let's remember that in ULTRAKILL the cross doesn't not represent a crucifix, rather, it represents a tree, the tree of life
One filled with blood, blood responsible for the livelihood of all sentient beings
I wonder what the connections here may be
This is very cool information you've given me about the death whistle, thank you. for the insight :)
The main tragedy of minotaur is that for all these years that he spent trying to break out of labyrinth, his body started to broke and decay, making him blind.
In his last seconds of life, he stretches his hand up, trying to reach the sky that he wanted to see for the last time
I really like the guitar part of war without reason because it just feels like the earthmover is doing everything it can without its main source of energy to kill you with it while also somewhat sounding somewhat desperate
The part of Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves where it slows down is incredibly impactful to me
The ticking slowing down like a dying heartbeat as the music rises in almost what seems like joy is soul crushing
The fact that enemies fight each other in 7-3. Yeah.
That part goes hard
Infighting, my beloved
BRO MADE A VIDEO ON ONE LAYER THE LENGTH OF ONE COVERING TWO ACTS WHAT IS HE COOKING. Im eating a whole meal with this one. I love it yess the editing, the script, the analysis.. its amazing
My own take of the bravado notes in world looks red was they reminded me of screams or shouts of anguish, instead of mania.
The slowing gunfire/tree in suffering leaves reminds me of a engine or a train wheels coming to a stop, like the final slow drag leading to the act.
Bro layer 7s music is JUST THAT COMPLEX, it would be a disservice NOT to spend all that time on it
Also I like this perspective on it being like whining or wailing, I don’t think either of our hypotheses can be fully proven per se, but they’re both excellent angles to look at this by
I also heard a kind of train type noise, but definitely couldn’t really piece that together until too late in the production process
@@DJCerealSauce6455 Yeah! thanks for making the vid.
For me, that part in suffering leaves really reminded me of the creaking sound of a body hanging by a rope on a wooden pillar, till eventually the body no longer is moving giving that slow creak to silence at the end of it as the life leaves. It would make sense as well considering the theme of the level.
I feel that the part where you fight the brain (DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN) is the best part of War Without Reason. I don't know why it hits so hard with me but it just does.
The song loses a lot of it's musicality, it has crunchy synths, a lot of bass, shits bitchin, hella
unironically, the time signature visualization was the best way i learned how they work
Same, every time I hear a song that sounds off, I always just count on my fingers like “1, 2, 3, 4, 1- oh wait no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- yeah ok good”
I just realized that when Hakita mentioned that the Story is of Gabriel but through the POV of V1, he could have meant that the music may be for how Gabriel feels while he watches V1 from a distance. Case? (OH) Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep, that could be Gabe asking himself and the music just reflecting on his thoughts. To be honest, as I think more of this, the more it makes sense! "Silence, Introspection", or the other one, feel appropriate for Gabriel's situation, but also for his POV of the situation, they tailor to his emotion! AS MARCO MEATBALL SAID "THE ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK OF THE VIOLENCE LAYER IS INTROSPECTIVE TO WHAT IS LIFE" and it's all after Gabe's second defeat, where he began doubting the order of things!
Thrice? Beaten an object? Thrice??
@@DJCerealSauce6455 “hehehaha as expected, I was unworthy of the holy light from the very start, thank you machine - fucking dies”.
One thing that I swear Hakita must do is make 9-1 have an organ part canonically played by Gabriel to hype V1. It be cool as fuck
@@eagle32349I like this idea, let Gabriel hit the organ again!!
Doth thine organ shred, Machine?
@@charlieseely3464 Doth thine skateboard shred, Gabriel, judge of Hell?
12:38 In the ost versions of Requiem and Sands of Time, the "Motif" section first plays the combat version and then ends with the calm version, essentially describing how everything has just becomes ruins, like its all over, but for The world looks red, the final part starts calm and then ends in combat, like its only just begun. Its a nice addition that gives the song a lot of more emotion.
while it isn't explicitly stated, it IS implied by the introduced lore ahout the machines that V1 is the earthmover counter;
- The Earthmover you're fighting was in the midst of a duel with another; but both stop their fight and focus on V1; Something 30 times smaller than them, and yet becomes a major focus. V1 is a bigger threat to them than they are to themselves
- The V line series never got deployed for war due to the New Peace, with V1 being merely a prototype. They had to find some way to keep the V series post-war (hence, V2)
- The global damage caused by Earthmovers is what stopped the war, and united humanity anew to attempt to cleanse Earth, since it was incredibly polluted. (Streetcleaners were made for this!)
with all this combined, it all suggests that V1 was designed as the counter for Earthmovers
(also i had a fucking heart attack when the first mannequins started attacking. god i will never forget 7-1)
The Guttertank lore also mentions that new machine models were made to counter the last one. Which again ties into the fact that the V model never got deployed, and the Earthmovers ended the war by causing the Long Night.
V1 is designed to be a one-machine army. They board the Earthmover, kill the smaller machines defending it, slaughter some humans for blood to heal and refuel, and then charge right into the brain as fast as possible and kill it.
All of their crazy movement, their ability to seemingly pick up and learn how to use any weapon instantly, the fact that they can parry the Corpse of King Minos' punches, all of it was to take down Earthmovers. They can move like crazy so they can get on board without any issues. They're able to master all sorts of weapons so they can be ready for any enemy that could be guarding the Earthmovers. The Feedbacker can let V1 parry even giant fists because it was probably meant to let V1 parry any attempted stomp attacks from the Earthmover.
So from what I can tell, the Minos leitmotif is essentially more of a "Mankind" leitmotif, and Violence has kinda made that clear
MankindCore
16:21 fun fact the reason why the Minotaurs description in red and crossed out is because of the book “house of leaves” the Minotaur is important for reasons. (not tryna spoil the book it’s amazing) in the book if you get the full coloured edition any refrance to the Minotaur is in red and crossed out like such.
I do remember hearing about the actual greek mythology version of the minotaur being crossed out and I think that's cool. I also really enjoy how in Ultrakill it's probably crossed out because it's creator now hates it (maybe potentially like the House of Leaves, maybe not, who knows lol)
Yeah the Minotaur in house of leaves is actually just referenced and taken from the Greek mythology
Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves is my favorite from the layer. I don't feel like writing an essay, so I'll just say I like it because it really does a great job of representing the level where you find it.
No essay needed good sire, it's a good opinion
YESSSSS YOU UPLOADED ANOTHER VIDEO ON ULTRAKILLS MUSIC!!
Layer 7 had such beautiful music that had me mystified on the lore implications and I can't wait to see what layer 8 has in store.
A RETURNING VIEWER I SEE!!
STAY TUNED FOR THE SERIES
GOD such a good video! Not only loving the layer 7 and the music on it wasn't enough, seeing a video from you about it just made me more than happy! :D My favourite music from the layer probably its The World Looks Red , the hype that I had for it plus the fan songs where already enough but the suprise and relief of hearing it was just incridible ( but the other ones are also very cool and for the moment layer 7 is the best in my opinion from enemies to level layout every thing is just perfect!!!!!)
Now that’s something we can agree on, the soundtrack is banger after banger after banger!!
Bro, those songs you composed are incredible. They remind me of Hakita's style so much, yet manage to feel original enough to be considered their own thing, similar to Marzuku or Duv's works. Definitely checking those.
I'm kind of sad that you didn't talk about the 5:46 part in TWLR though. That part is the sole reason on why I'm so addicted to this song (I literally went from thinking it was mid to considering it a rival for WWR only because of that part)
I mean I kind of did talk about it, just not at the moment where it was playing. I talked about it a bit later at like 6:30 but I suppose it was a bit less of me gushing about it, and more like me finding a really interesting lore implication to it
Also I'm glad you like the tracks lol, I don't really hear my songs sounding or being composed similar to those 3, but it's definitely easier to tell when you're not constantly exposed to them and comparing them to your other songs lol
Yeah, I felt this layer's energy so fucking much that I changed my profile pic!
thats fucken dedication!
7:50 every time I hear Order's motif all I hear is the "She was in the forest looking to see the trees" from Miracle Musical. Am I the only one?
Imma need more commenters to find this comment, because I’ve never heard of Miracle Musical lol
@@DJCerealSauce6455 if you've never heard of it or it's connected band Tally Hall. I highly recommend them cause they are a vibe and a half.
Im guessing i picked the perfect time to start playing ultrakill. Just finished all the current content, and then this video pops up and it was just *chefs kiss* perfect timing.
you are my people!!
19:04
DJ cereal sauce SPOTTED trying to PARRY with THE KNUCLEBLASTER
I was trying to guard break :(
Pretty much most of the ultrakill enemies or areas have a tragic story behind them and the ost represents most of it.
Whoever does 'that' eguitar/violin part of WLR needs a raise
Hakita does deserve more money for these tracks, stream them endlessly
7:51 the minotaur in ultrakill lore was a gift for minos
Astronomically excited to watch. Your original music analysis video was great and this layer has some of my favorite songs in the game!
Hell yeah bro lets goo!!!!
the jumpscare ironically scared the shit outta me
Silly cat jumpscare, but I promise you it’s better than what the original image was supposed to be
@@DJCerealSauce6455I shudder in fear thinking about what the photo COULD have been.
@@Blahajenthusiast honestly, if you want to bear witness, just google "Im coming to the garden No sound no memory" and you'll find it lmao
Average ULTRAKILL player jumpscare
@@DJCerealSauce6455I looked it up, and I threw my phone across my bedroom when I saw that f***ing picture
When you realize that the Spotify release for each song are actually connected, with suffering leaves ending with bells, and Danae macabre beginning with a single bell, just to connect the song (also the transition between Danae macabre and war without reason goes so hard)
The Danse to War Without Reason transition is nuts, but I don’t personally agree with the hype around the SFSF to Danse transition, it’s obviously not bad, but I’m not jiving with it as much
I watched the video and enjoyed it. I also discovered you through this video. I also heard your the music from your album and have been listening to some of the songs nonstop for a couple months now. My favourite song so far is fools gold.
Ahhh so long time content consumer, first time commenter huh? Well I’m happy to see you here!
The Minotaur having a line through its name is a reference to the book house of leaves.
I love bull of hell! it's like if someone took the word RADICAL and turned it into a song
*tony hawk shred intensifies*
Playing the 7th layer made me notice how far different is the previous acts, how serious, Chaotic and catastrophic these themes feel, and how everything turns more gruesome and aggresive its becoming, it's like You're going through the real hell than before, made for the true Sinners with Heresy, violence and the next layers, and how closer to the devil we're going
I can't wait to see what's up in the fraud and treachery layers, it's the beginning of the end.
I think it's kind of funny how the story can be summed up as V1 being an inkling of trolling because people started to like watching machines fend for themselves while invading hell.
V1 is the jester of hell
Gotta mention this too, you can hear a War leitmotif (Sisyphus boss theme) in that “introspective” part of the song. It’s near the end of War, and in the pre-boss fight section where you can hear this tie into Hear! The Siren Song Call of Death, which is very fitting to the surroundings.
I assume you’re tying these things back to War Without Reason?
Layer 7s music opened my eyes to a whole new level of storytelling that has such intense emotions intervoven into it. The composition, the instrumention feels like a direct translation of someone's feelings regarding the subject matter. It's as if the instruments themselves are talking to the listener. There is no good way to exactly describe it but it feels so real and genuine. It's a style of composition that I want to explore in my works as well. As for my favorite Do Robots Dream of Eternal Sleep? is an easy choice. The title poses such a terrifying existential question, and the music answers it in such a harrowing manner. It's so chilling when you think about it I love it.
I love existentialism
I subscribe to the theory that the redacted text in the Minotaur's terminal entry is "hell itself".
This is a good theory. For the serious nature of the game lore, I like the idea of "Hell Itself", but for the silly billy in me I also like the idea of the the redacted text being "Arsi Patala"
The pacing, the accent, the tone, the vocabulary, the stingers, the detailed audio descriptions, the music making talent...
... is that you, Soundsmith?
is... is this why people say I sound like him? You are like the 20th or 25th person to make this comparison and until THIS comment I didn't really understand why. I don't really hear it myself BUT you've been the first to actually give a descriptor as to WHY
@@DJCerealSauce6455 To be fair to all those people who can't quite find the words to describe the similarities, it's a pretty subtle set of things that work together to make a sort of "vibe", if that makes any sense.
Regardless, good content ahoy, I recently discovered your channel and have been binging a bunch of your videos. Hope to see more from you in the future.
@@rokaq5163 lol no I totally get that, but some people just go "soundsmith?" and leave it at that and I'm like "What the fuck do you mean by that???". I certainly do not take offense to the comparison because I have my stints of binging the hell out of his content, I just never saw it within myself
Glad to see your enjoying the content so far, and maybe, if I'm lucky, you'll see a DJ Cereal Sauce SoundSmith collab and it will be legendary
18:15 this song brought me back to my middle school days when dubstep and Skrillex was a thing, holy shit…
Welllllll I did use an EDM sample to make that happen 👀
I just wanted to say this is an insanely good video essay. The editing was great and I was hooked with the narration. As someone who knows almost nothing about music I felt like I learned alot! You are very talented at making videos like these and I hope you continue to in the future. Your channel's gonna blow up one day.
Hey man I'm glad I could impart some knowledge into you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I'm also praying for my continued success lol
21:58 Instead of an 11/4 + 12/4 split, I count it as a 5/4 + 6/4 + 5/4 + 7/4 because I think that better shows the similarities and differences on each side of the split.
35:48 To me, the creaking represents being the first to bear the news. Walking around a corner, opening a door and seeing the aftermath.
the only reason I counted it more as an 11/4 + 12/4 split was because it felt like it lacked a sense of consistency if it changed every bar, but also the downbeat would make more sense to associate it with changing every bar. Someone who's more classically trained in music would probably be able to better prove that lmao
7:56 - Minos jumpscare got me fucking weak
He shmooves for his kingdom, and we would do well to respect that
fun fact about 7-4: benjamin has a little tophat on his head
he's a dapper gentleman
I believe I've read somewhere that the people stuffed in the mannequins are not in control. When they wander in the maze they eventually "accept sleep" and get stuffed in. After that, they simply have to witness what the mannequins do.
I think that’s basically the Mannequin lore you can read in the terminal
aint no way that war has a reason
That’s what I’ve been saying bro 😤
7:58 I'm pretty certain you're correct here. The significance being that the minotaur was a gift to Minos, who in disgust banished the minotaur into the violence layer. I'm pretty sure in the description of the minotaur in the terminal it says that the Minotaur's only goal is to see the sun once more.
Yeah that was the lowkey, not so lowkey reference I was trying to make 💀
it's cool how you can tell who made the bull, because it was the first demon it was probably made by hell, you can see tiny spaces between each white box in it's description and the words "hell itself" fits there. The reference to japanese folklore is probably intentional because you're building up to the earthmover which in the lore are made by japan.
The amount of effort put into anonymity, but also just enough connecting the dots makes speculating on this game so much fun
@@DJCerealSauce6455 agreed
Plus, we know that Hell enjoys seeing death, violence and suffering, which fits in perfectly with what the Minotaur symbolised.
As I've mentioned in Marco's video's comment section, I believe the organs in The World Looks Red symbolize a funeral, the tragedy of violence incarnate.
I meeeeean, death do be like that. We’ve just now hit the point of realizing how fucked up what we’re doing is
Something that I haven't seen anyone notice is that the Minotaurs name and description being crossed out is EXACTLY how certain texts in house of leaves are typed out, and its stated that these texts refer to the "Minotaur" or monster within the deeper layers of the house. To me, this makes it seem that Hakita was comparing the Violence layer TO the house in house of leaves, and that just... Makes me fear what we didn't see.
Oh yeah his ass DEFINITELY took inspiration from House of Leaves
danse macabre gives me the feeling of "i've just made a terrible mistake and have to fight for my life against whatever i've unleashed" which is fitting for a level not just containing the jumpscare blood trees but also the chaos emerald that leaves you marked for death.
also the siren song call of death has a leitmotif from do robots dream of eternal sleep, and *supposedly* danse macabre contains a motif that also shows up in panic betrayer and death odyssey, though i've never heard it personally.
Im loving the music and also im listening to your music now great stuff!
That looks like a double win for both of us 👀
I'm pretty sure that reading the log of the machines you can read that machines are sentient and can think for themselves, but always have to perform their programmed directive. Being forced to kill for survival
which log did you see this? I'd love to read this
@@DJCerealSauce6455 you can piece it together by reading each of the machines logs and stitching together their thoughts. also in 4-4 when v2 jumps out of the pyramid it is heavily implied that v1 is saying "your not getting away this time". its also heavily theorized that the scream earthmover makes at the start of 7-4 is a scream of terror, as its thought V1 was specifically made to counter the earthmovers
SUCH A BANGER VIDEO!!!!!! also I'll check out more of your music, that's exactly my jam
Hell, Fucken, Yeah, BROTHER!
In my opinion of the earthmover, I feel like the entire stage itself is a boss fight in a way, the brain is just where the boss is the most direct about fighting you. It works really well as a spectacle fight, even better than the leviathan, and its theme is a whopping 10 segments. In other words, if phases are going by themes here (as per usual with some bosses, a theme change = a phase change) this boss has 10 phases, and it’s one of the best spectacle fights I’ve seen so far.
y'know, when you think of the Earthmover as a WHOLE as a bossfight, I can understand more about it's hype and I still have a better opinion of the level as a whole than some people do about just the brain
Finally someone mentioning the fact that "v1 was made to counter earthmover" is over done
I’m not even here to discount the idea, but I knew I had to at least mention that I didn’t wanna mention it because there is very little proof of the fact
@@DJCerealSauce6455 yeah. It sounded cool at first but it got annoying after a while
@@BiscuitSenpaiiii people forgot that, if you see an earthmover, you die.
your spotify album is awesome! great work man :)
Thank you for the kind words. Turns out ultrakill players love their ultrakill adjacent albums lol
4:56 very wholesome part :)
Hella
worth every minute, gives me more existential crisis the longer i watch
Good, GOOD
I feel like 7-1 could represent violence to the mind, playing the same memories on loop in ones mind over and over and over and over and over, untill it looses its colour, its feeling, its significances. Till nothing remains, but blank, emotionless, voids
That'll happen when you're trapped in the backrooms of hell
in regards to the most personal layer of level of violence that needed a warning here is what I have to say.
I'm very close with knowing and thinking about death by one's own hand and have come to terms with not going through with that for the reason of not causing pain to people I care about but to see those those trees makes me feel almost scared to find out if that's what people who really went through with it actually ended up like or maybe something similar, I can't stress how much empathy I feel for people who really feel like that's the only way out of their pain especially since I understand that mindset but I cam only hope that the ones who unfortunately did leave us don't need to suffer anymore and just simply don't exist. I think non existence would be mercy there since being left alone with the thoughts of what did haunt you on earth and what you did to yourself and where you ended up sounds like almost too much of a price to pay especially for people of a younger age that had to suffer with massive losses in their life and or some form of mental illness making life that much more unbearable. I'm sorry yall.
Istg that sped up music you mentioned sounds like it'd be the radio song for P-3
PORTAL 2 RADIO MUSIC????
This is the first video of yours I've watched and it was amazing, all of your explanations and different reasonings make a lot of sense and I've never noticed any of these things before!
To be quite honest, my brain is too pea-sized to notice most of these things when playing, but it shows just *how much* detail and care Hakita puts into the game
My personal favorite song is War Without Reason, especially the alarm sections, to me the whole song gives the feeling of being in a horrible manifestation of all violence on Earth, a fight for victory, and gaining said victory through any means possible.
The Earthmover has killed so many, but it will never stop, because that's all it's designed to do
(also it gives me dopamine)
Sorry for the long ramble but thank you for the amazing video!!
Never apologize for being passionate about something, I'm glad you enjoyed this video, I'm glad you enjoyed the analysis, and I really like your take on War without Reason
I like how in The World Looks Red, the drums have this sorta militaristic march feeling. Makes sense, for what happens later in the layer
Marching band drums in this games soundtrack is bitchin
In the files the audio in the tree feeding is called MollyCorrupted
Molly huh? 🤔
@@DJCerealSauce6455 and there's multiple different ones, i think the one used is MollyCorrupted4
Very amazing video man!! As an amateur in music producing, I'm very fascinated in watching analyzing video so I can learn to put them in my songs. This video right here really shows me the way to express emotion in music.
My favourite song is probably Danse Macabre. The sudden stop transits Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves to Danse Macabre when V1 walks into the dark corridor, right after the door closes is adrenaline rush! The soundtrack represents the chaotic scenery that you are facing against and enemies killing each other really makes up the intensity of Layer 7 - Violence. The never ending war, the mourning of the human forest and the hunger of blood trees are truly what 7-3 is about.
Hope in the future, you will make some analyzing vid on CRYMACHINA or even CRYSTAR's OST. Those OSTs made by Sakuzyo are fantastic, but the game i think is a bit underated tho...
5:46 A S C E N D
War Without Reason is one of my favorite tracks in the entire discography honestly. i watched another music analysis video for it and the guy pointed out that it sounds like two different sides competing with each other. it makes me think of the Earthmover, and how it's been throwing single shots at a twin machine for... who knows how long. they never stop, because they're equally matched. and then here comes v1, dashing through it in a matter of minutes, destroying it utterly, and i can never decide if it's crying out for help or in fear. it was built for this. does it hate its purpose? does it dream of eternal sleep? i guess it doesn't matter, since this is the only way it could have ended.
sorry to get prosey, but i love this level a lot and i love the Earthmover design a lot.
looking at the song as if it's 2 opposing forces of not necessarily similar strength really brings this song into a different light, it starts with the heavy prescence of the earth mover, makes you sympathetic for the people who used to live up here while simultaneously introducing V1 into the mix, then hits you with that hard downbeat as you're fighting it's defense system, in a manner of "oh you think I'd go down that easily", and then it does and then the earthmover is panicking with those alarms, then you fight the brain itself and the earthmover feels like it is once again trying to look bigger and stronger than it actually is compared to you before you, y'know, absolutely obliterate it
Hey I've gotta say I love this video! I've been scavenging around the internet for Ultrakill analysis after P-ranking (almost) all of the game and making a lot of custom machine designs, and this is definitely what I was looking for! Great analysis and personal input, excited to see more !!!
Also, :3
Hell yeah, glad to see you enjoying what we're putting out right now
:3
Yes! I’ve been waiting for this!
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