Elden Ring - Song of Despair (Remix of Frenzied Flame Merchant)
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I'm going to leave this pinned for a while so anyone coming by can get updated on what's happened to my channel recently: I was targeted by Bandai Namco and specifically had covers I made from Dark Souls 3 removed as a copyright takedown (even one of my originals can you believe it). As a response to this I made private all my covers and relevant videos that involve music owned by Bandai Namco, in order to stop getting three strikes as part of RUclips's rules and prevent an account termination. Despite this, it happened anyway and I was given the notification that I had seven days before I'd lose everything here on RUclips.
Thankfully due to some good connections and support through social media I was able to get some of the strikes removed and some of my videos restored. I still believe what's happened isn't entirely legal and to be honest I'm not 100% sure why the representatives of Bandai Namco backed down on the videos they did. I'm in the process of potentially working with a group that will be able to give my music protection when necessary, however I am not out of the woods yet.
I have had people ask about this song in particular. I've already seen it reuploaded once to RUclips and I'm not entirely comfortable about that, even if it is in the best interests to keep it alive. So I'm making it public again and taking a chance based on these things: Bandai Namco hasn't targeted any of my Elden Ring material yet, the original song wasn't released on the soundtrack and by that account I'm not entirely sure Bandai Namco has the right to say they own that song (especially now Fromsoft owns the Elden Ring IP, even if BN are still involved), and finally I can spare one copyright strike on my channel so I'm willing to take that chance.
Also, in the video description is a link to the song available on Bandcamp. It's always been there and you can bookmark or download that song (for free if you wish, enter 0 when it asks for payment) to make sure you always have it. The reason why this song isn't on Spotify or other services is because the original violin piece was not released on the official Elden Ring soundtrack, with my current distributor who handles the licensing of my covers they cannot license a song that doesn't exist on the soundtrack. I hope I can find a way in the future to distribute the song to all platforms but for now I am limited on where I can release it.
If you love the song though I highly suggest downloading the song for free. As it is a cover I am not asking for your money, but if you wish to support me it would be extremely appreciated and I have a large discount on my discography. I would release the covers on Bandcamp for free but for some reason they do now allow free songs to appear in someone's collection on their account, which doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
This has been quite a long message so I'll wrap it up with a big thank you for all the support I've received, it's been very stressful and hurts as a content creator for something like this to happen. We shall see if I have interest to cover music in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC coming in June, but I have plans to work on my albums and game soundtracks in the near future. And it's been amazing to see how much love there has been for this cover in particular, Fromsoft truly has some of the best fans in the world.
Man I was trying to find the song again! I'm so happy that is back! fck bandai namco Alex, idk how they don't aprecciate your talent Oo
They're overdoing it... you've done a fantastic job of transcending their music and offering a version that perfectly matches the wonder of the players diving into their world.
In particular for the revival of the theme of the merchant and nokron.
I've listened to this for hours and I was so sad to see it disappear. Glad to see things are now somewhat under control. And as someone who rarely comments, I hope things turn out well for your music and this channel.
Bro that is crazy to hear. Keep fighting that fight and bringing your amazing musical talents to the world.
Thankfully Bandai Namco gave FromSoftware full ownership of the Elden Ring IP so this one should be fine
THE CALLBACK TO THIS FROM MIDRA'S BOSSFIGHT IS FUCKING CRAZY
I wish it was more apparent tho, it's really easy to miss but yeah still pretty cool
@@baimer5588agreed
@@baimer5588 what timestamp is it at in the official ost?
@@Blizzzful 3:35 - 3:55. The notes are more dissonant and sound kind of twisted and wrong, fitting with Midra's presence.
The moment I heard this again I got reminded of midra
It’s basically criminal that Kale’s quest was cut from the game. There’s so much emotion and despair in it, probably one of the best written quests From Software had made, in my opinion.
I was shocked to see those corpses but if Kale's questline wasnt cut, those corpses wouldve hit hard
Hopefully and this is a big amount of hope. They will add his quest line to the upcoming dlc. If not then we'll just find another way to tell his story.
Imo it fucked with the ambiguity of the merchants a bit too much, but the dialogue did make it cool. We still don't actually know in game if the merchants were originally worshippers or not, or if they were driven to chaos
also was the only real explanation for why everyone wants to kill you. they're all infected with some sort of madness- vengeance, obsession with Miquella, religious fervor for the golden order, despair, rot, what have you.
a curse of madness would have explained alot of the game's worse moments, and would have made the ambition to rise beyond it that much more profound
It's nuts to think they cut this side quest out of all of the ones in the game. This one is by far one of the most emotional and sad of the bunch. It definitely should have even been one of the main ones considering the Frenzied Flame is insanely important to the lore.
They both say 'May chaos take the world' but where Shabriri is full of passion and mad glee, Kale holds nothing but utter despair and spite.
Despair, spite and an unspeakable weariness. 😢
Kale's questline made the Lord of Chaos ending feel justified.
Probably exactly why they removed it.
Lord of chaos is probably one of worst and most selfish endings as of now (the nomads seem to be victims in the current version)
Making them supporters of the frenzied flame instead of victims wouldn't really change much, unless the flame of frenzy got a completely different meaning
@@ungratefulingrate1268 what’s selfish about it? If anything, it’s as selfless as possible, looking beyond your own sense of accomplishment, your own opportunity to rule, to give the world the ending it deserves, rather than selfishly gobbling up your own slice of mindless perpetuation-flavored pie
@@marinusjohn6642 The rotten perpetuation we see in game is just a consequence of marika's inability to be a proper god. Normally the ages go on just fine, as we can observe many times. Frenzied folks want everything to end, because they feel like it shouldn't go on. Thing is, anyone is free to take their own life, instead of dragging everyone down.
Also the GW split from the one great once, it could happen again
@@ungratefulingrate1268
I feel as though, even if it is but a reset, it plays into the cyclical nature of worlds created by Miyazaki, a larger theme across his works.
Maybe it isn’t ethically the best solution, nor a final one, but narratively it is very satisfying, reflecting the end of all misery, the possibility to start all over, while also tying into the theme of cycles that Miyazaki seems to love almost as much as swamps and decay and… womens feet…
Beautiful soundtrack.
Damn, to think one of your comments got forgotten about. It feels like this was around your height in popularity. Weird to see happen, but nice to see you here lol.
no way, the man himself 🤩
The legend himself (kotows)
May Chaos Take the World
Its him🍲
"Did you see? What they did to my ancestors?
The whole clan, buried alive.
Sick... maddened... husks of themselves.
...Have you *heard* their moans?
They're hardly *human* anymore!"
Absolutel CHILLZ my guy
And thr voice acting is so good auugh I wish they bring it back with the dlc or an update
Yap
That line delivery had me choking up dude
The soundtrack really made it that much more impactful hitting your soul.
Divest yourself of everything. Please, a Frenzied flame to melt away the curse’s suffering and despair. And the order entire. May chaos take the world. May chaos take the world.
Part of what makes the merchant mass grave hit so hard is how depressingly grounded it is. A religious minority, with no state or army of their own to defend them, quietly disposed of with clinical brutality. All evidence of their existence buried to hide the crimes of the perpetrators, and the survivors scattered to the winds, clinging to whatever scraps of their old culture they can remember. There aren’t mutated, horn-covered ogres being oppressed in real life, but there are many stories like this one.
It makes the howling pit of nihilistic depression at the core of the Frenzied Flame feel tantalizing, for a moment at least. Do we deserve to go on, when human beings do this to one another over and over throughout history? Is there really enough joy in life to counterbalance such horror, or is that just what the lucky and comfortable people tell themselves?
At last all things, great and small, will come to an end. So the Question remains. Are they truly mad? Or have they only accepted this Fate, this path with no return long before we did?
Sounds like philosophical foppery to me to question “why go on”.
@@WhiskeyPatriot exactly, thats the beauty of it.
Yeah, went straight down the flame ending when I saw this with no second thoughts
That’s why I think the frenzied flame ending is the true ending.
Seeing the jars in the pit surrounded by merchant corpses is SUPER telling with DLC context.
Marika truly is no better than those she overthrew.
i have endured more than enough
The song gives me the impression of a silent boiling anger. Not one born of hate, but compassion for those who are unable to rectify wrongdoings with their own hands. Simultaneously beautiful and frightening.
anger is hate, lol
@@lanceelopezz223 🤡
@@lanceelopezz223 Two different things
@@lanceelopezz223bro doesn't know basic definitions
This. This encompasses the frenzied flame ending. It's a crushing lament. Frenzied flame's madness is quite literally the knowledge of all who suffered. It's grief turned up to the max
Yet it's interesting that shabriri, the face of frenzied flame clearly doesn't fit the bill of those who worship it. Perhaps its in line with the 3 fingers, who felt so scorned yet seem to indulge in the suffering. Willing to make *everyone* suffer just for the sake of vengeance.
"If that is what they expect from us, THEN THAT IS WHAT THEY SHALL GET FROM US!"
It's criminal how the best line in the game was cut
"All that there is came from the One Great. Then came fractures, and births, and souls. But the Greater Will made a mistake. Torment, despair, affliction... every sin, every curse. Every one, born of the mistake. And so, what was borrowed must be returned. Melt it all away, with the yellow chaos flame. Until all is One again." - The word of The Three Fingers
Haunting
Noooooo I don’t wanna be fanta
"May chaos take the world! MAY _CHAOS_ TAKE THE WORLD!"
@@Batsquid_ Yes.
"Nooo don't burn me away I want to suffer for all of eternity never being able to rest." 😭😭😭
Wtf! why? 🤔
Far away my people call
Distant as the sky
From the light of grace we did fall
Never again to fly
Tree of wisdom, tree of light
Golden Order shine
Left us reaching, living in plight
The truth shall now be mine
Tomb beneath the royal home
Sealed away their screams
Seeking answers, far did I roam
Chase the light in my dreams
Endless mem’ries left to rot
Sent off long ago
Search for truth, seems all was for naught
Chasing that distant glow
People spurned from hate and lies
Shunned beyond reprieve
Frenzied flame their only ally
For their deaths none did grieve
Now embrace the yellow fire
These three fingers, furled
Burn their mark, the tree’s our pyre
May chaos take the world
Beautiful poem, enhanced only by Alex's rendition of the song. Kudos
May chaos take the world!
MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD!!!
You wrote this??? Very cool. Also, I like it is ABAB and not the usual AABB rhyming scheme.
May chaos take the world ...
“Please, a Frenzied flame to melt away the curse’s suffering and despair. And the order entire. May chaos take the world. May chaos take the world.”
One thing I really loved about this song is that it's stated that the lullaby the nomadics play was once a song of St.Trina (Miquella) in hopes to give them ease in their slumbers. The frenzied flame route that ends all their suffering really is the most impactful.
I guess that was his mission, the Haligtree was meant to provide refuge to those treated horribly by the golden order.
It's just so heartbreaking looking at this.
@@samf.s.7731 All I can think of when I’m reminded of that is “please don’t be Griffith…”
It explains why the ones not violent/dead are the ones just peacefully playing the song.
@@wildfire9280and he was
@@wildfire9280oh well
It does look like the three fingers are so happy to be freed It gave the main character a genuine hug
You know...I kinda see it. Even the three fingers wishes to be burned away by the frenzied flame and after it does leaves it's desperate hope for cleansing to you. It's almost like it's a final breath that's also a sigh of relief.
The moments in elden ring where you stop and listen to the music of the characters like the bats, the flute page, and the buried merchants are amazing. Amidst the violence and constant struggle for power there's these beautiful quiet moments of calm and it makes me love the games all the more.
At 0:53 I love this part because you hear other instruments seeping in and then a whole bunch of new ones when the player has the madness in his head and he can hear all the instruments of those who passed on.
I like that interpretation a lot. The thought of having to bear witness to the suffering of all those merchants as they could do nothing but weep and play their haunting melodies would surely Madden even the most stalwart of minds.
You absolutely killed it with this song, I was blown away on first listen when creating this scene. Masterful music makes my job so much easier bc I can just envision the scenes in my head when I hear such moving tracks.
Props to you too for making kickass scenes
Thanks a lot Mispap! You did an amazing job as well, I bet I could score something incredible to something you made too.
@@alex-roe Even though I’d absolutely love to, I don’t think I’d be able to commission anything atm, but id absolutely love to collab for a music video for one of your tracks if you’d ever be interested.
@@mispap1 Who are you?
@@Graddg Its Mispap1
“Then that’s what they shall get from us!!!” Holy shit was that amazing. That was Vaati’s best one yet. The amount of emotions that came from that one line is heartbreaking. This song was beautiful as well. Honestly the best part of the video.
I agree, that line and the line before it are the best in the video. It's heartbreaking and you can truly feel the contempt and hatred he holds towards the world. The music flowed beautifully with the dialogue, amplifying just the sheer level of despair consuming these merchants, Kale included.
I felt defeated, when I found the sealed chamber deep in the catacombs, and of course, what was hidden inside. An entire people buried alive and forgotten, with some still clinging to life whilst playing this haunting melody. Great work, Alex, and thank you so much for giving us this rendition! 🙏
Clinging to life? Clinging to life is all you can do. There literally is no death.
@@bungiecrimes7247, I know. My point was, most seem to have given out and appear dead, whilst some still cling to their violins and to this haunting melody.
@Joske Vermeulen, don't give up. Invest in a few good summoning ashes, and use them in battle, if you need. They're good at attracting attention from bosses, so you can do your thing. This game is a masterpiece!
@@joskevermeulen3271 Just become a tank with the heavy giant stars weapon using wild strikes ash of war, Also get consecutive attack buffs.
@@joskevermeulen3271did you meet the bear or is it something else
Came here from the shaman village. Time is a flat circle.
Vaati did an amazing job on the whole video but this song is what made it for me. I always loved the music down there (kept me sane while failing the jumping puzzle) and hearing a full arrangement is amazing. Well fucking done!
if your having trouble with the jumps vykes spear ability is the perfect distance for all those jumps
@@SirTart nah I beat it a while ago but damn that would’ve been nice to know back then hahaha
@@SirTart lol its pretty ironic that the frenzied flame weapon helps you get to the messenger of the frenzied flame
@@Trolhg That's not ironic. Would be ironic if it was a Golden Order approved weapon
Keeping you sane is the opposite of what this is supposed to do.
This is outstanding. It really captures the despair, anger and sadness Kale must feel learning what his people went through and still do to this day.
Literally tearing up. Music like this really touches the soul.
@Ben Luttenberger don't be.
Especially when you know the context and story behind what it was made for. The emotion it evokes, it's tragically and despairingly beautiful
Even with it being just a hand it still conveys so much emotion in it's movements. The way it tries to be gentle yet firm when grabbing you and the desperation as it crawls towards you. And the shakiness it has that most people get when in a manic state. It's a depressing but great representation of how the merchants must be feeling
Re watching that scene with these emotions in mind really changed the feelings of the scene. I always interpreted the clawing at the ground like you walked in and found the god of violence. The way the floor is burning specifically looks like the fires from forgings weapons.. the three fingers movement when they stop and really notice you, it’s like a snake right before it devours. The way it arcs back first before reaching for you.. it always seems so predatory and primal to me. And the scene of it grasping on to you, marking you.. the whole thing can be read the way you’ve presented or in a much more nefarious way lol I’m glad I was able to see it in a much softer light
@@AllCloudsAreBunnies to me it always looked like painful desperation,waiting and writhing in pain until it can finally fulfil its purpose and die
@@the_dennator7723while to me it makes me think it's writing
What a wonderful adaptation of an already beautiful song. I can easily imagine the merchants hearing the early parts of this song in their heads as they reminisce of better days.
Have you heard of the Great Caravan?
...I see, more's the pity.
Well, even we had a place to call home, once.
The Great Caravan, they called it, but it's been lost to us for ages.
I've been searching for it as long as I can remember.
Am I the only one left barely in tears each time im listening to this brilliant song? Apart from context wise of the merchant's demise, it's as if it's echoing into deeper, subconsious emotions within.
I feel the same when a song evokes emotion so well like this one.
Imagine if Kale's questline had ended with him fighting you to claim your great runes and try to become lord of frenzied flame. I can imagine walking into the boss room to see "Kale, contender for frenzy" with this as the boss theme, and he could use chaotic madness attacks
Doubt he'll have enough strength for that. But him tapping into the frenzy and getting aggro at you if you don't follow the three fongers but return to him anyway could be one of the endings to his questline.
As cool as it sounds it would have been a little too similar to Gael fighting you for to claim your Dark Soul in my opinion
@@clementbeziat7198 idk i feel like the motivations are different enough. Gael kind of planned for himself to go crazy, and have you steal the dark soul to deliver to the painter. His motivation was a desire to make a new world because the old world was dead/dying. Kale's is to burn the world out of revenge for his people
I think him going mad with frenzy and you killing him at the way end after you succeed in getting the blessing of the fingers would have been a good ending.
Like the end of Ahnri's quest when you find Him/Her by the grave of the other eaten orphans
He’d make a better final boss than the Elden Beast did, that’s for sure.
For now you can download this track from Bandcamp, for free if you choose. I cannot release this track on other streaming platforms due to the original song not being a track released on the soundtrack in the US: alexroe.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-despair
This remix is in collaboration with VaatiVidya, for his newest Prepare to Cry (and Cry a Lot) video which you can watch here: ruclips.net/video/UFJtoVS8Qx0/видео.html
Thanks Vaati!
I am happy with your jolly cooperation with Vaati.
just finished Vaati's video and i'm here now.
amazing work on the remix
keep up the good work
I hope this one is going on Spotify as well! Its Beautiful! :D
Can this song be used in people's Streams if your Credited ?
@@dmaxwell3334 You're
I'll never forget the first time i beat Mohg the fell omen and was sad thinking the treasure chest was all it was for, followed by the excitement when i hit that alter to open the door. followed by the horror of what was past the room and lastly sadness of the realization of what happened to them after reading descriptions. i sat my character next the the merchant for hours just listening and imagining what they went through slowly slipping into madness. all together playing this song until they no longer knew who they were anymore or why they were playing that song and what it meant.
I call bs on the part where u sat next to the merchant for hours
That's how you experience this game. That's how a real emotional and beautiful understanding of this games story is formed in your mind. When you just sit down and stop running around and killing enemies, but simply sit and think. May Chaos take the world.
This shit legit makes me want to fucking cry. The song and the video are INTENSE and even though it's merely a video game I can say I haven't felt a real tangible emotion from a piece of media in a long time. Such heart wrenching emotion and torturous scenes. Good fucking job man to you and vaati and mispap
"Merely"
@@szalyn8849 yep. It's a word. Congrats 👍
@@yosemitesam7.62 yikes
This is a masterpiece. Chills down spine. The pain, the suffering, no turning back, solace in the inevitable demise.
came from midra's theme
Love the callback during the bossfight,shi made me thrilled with the boss
I knew it! I was watching Vaati's video when that part came up and I immediately thought "that sounds like something Alex Roe would have made", and here you are, delivering yet another beautiful remix. Stellar work, those strings and choir really remind me of all your other FromSoft remixes, I hope you'll continue gracing us with more Elden Ring remixes in the future, be it per collaboration with Vaati or by yourself :)
Duude same
I third that.
Personally, I don't see the Frenzied Flame as a hate-driven Chaos Lord, but a deeply aching deity who's sunken to despair in its own grief, its empathy turned madness. This song encapsulates that idea perfectly: a god of sadness that seeks to mend the world by burning it to ashes, hoping to destroy with this the roots of all pain
That’s a very mature way of looking at it
although it’s heartbreaking we never got the Kale questline, there’s something about the fact we find the nomads tomb without any context that makes it all the more shocking. Seeing what remains of the merchants we take for granted along our journey with little to no knowledge on them as a race is a soul crushing realisation.
Thankyou for this remix, such a beautifully haunting song.
Incredible reharmonization/arrangement/production work. Gave me chills.
I've been listening to this while writing a short story for my English class and I have to say it's been the perfect inspiration, thank you for everything!
Good luck with the story 🙂
I need a whole album of pieces like this. It just nails a certain vibe I struggle to find.
Same. As odd as it sounds sometimes I crave wanting to feel sad and melancholy due to the fact that I don't really feel anything at all. Music like this helps spark an emotion long lost to me even if for a short time.
It's like once you hear this. You feel that madness build up inside you to find out more about the merchants and the Frenzied flame lore
I am learning the violin and I love the merchants theme in this game, and I realized that the theme the merchants play, plays into this perfectly. I hope to be able to play as well as you someday
I don't actually play an instrument anymore, this is just software and sample libraries.
This might be out of line considering this is already an absolute masterpiece -and I'm sorry if it is-, but somehow I wish that there was (also) a version of this song with just the mood of the first half. Yes, I know, I'm basically asking for a version that completely ignores the evil aspect of the Frenzied Flame which is most likely deceiving the despairing into bringing it to the Lands Between, it is an outer god after all. I guess it's just that the more "innocent" yearning of the merchants seems to me more beautiful than the end of the world in flames. There are some other orchestrations/covers out there that stay with the nostalgic feeling, but none as beautiful as the first half of this.
I get you, there is a tone shift in the last half that changes the mood
This is essentially a score so. Ask him to extend the first half, you never know.
I agree. First half is tonally completely different. It feels more grounded and realistic. "Look at what people can do to one another and despair" rather than *LET CHAOS... TAKE THE WORLLDDD*
I just did the Flame of Frenzy for the first time, and this song caught me off guard. There’s a single merchant still alive, playing this surrounded by what must be hundreds of his slaughtered kin. It’s so interesting that this is what you hear as the three fingers take you, and begin the process of burning the world away
Just completed my Lord of Frenzied Flame playthrough a couple days ago, when I heard this one I had to sit and just listen for a while. Phenomenal game with plenty of little details and atmospheric choices that really bring it together into a uniquely unforgettable experience.
This song wonderfully portrays what I think is one of Fromsoftwares saddest stories yet. Excellent as always!
MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD
*MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD!*
Kalé delivers it much better than Shabriri. Really hope they restore his questlien with the DLC, since St. Trina had a connection to the merchants and tried to help them. Imagine Miquella finding out his momdad did this among other atrocities. No wonder he got fed up with the Golden Order.
Watching Vaati’s video, I knew something was off when it was slower than in game, but didn’t sound stretched. Absolutely incredible arrangement man. Great work.
I truly wish they can add all of these deleted quest line back in the game, just to make the game more brilliant
"THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY SHALL GET FROM US!"
We wanted to live in peace. We never figured out why we were scorned by grace. Put below the coffins, the omens, the dung. The world did not want us dead- it wanted us forgotten... erased. We asked why over and over to each other, but in time "why" turned to wails, turned to despair, turned to screams, even laughter. One by one each voice fell silent. A chorus of hundreds became a soliloquy of a few, now disjointed solos of those who somehow linger. Playing our song so someone may become our martyr. Savior? No, it is too late... at least for me. It's high time I sleep, is it not? Goodnight, brothers. May'st thy dreams be of the sky, the wind, trees, and flowers. May my dreams be so...
This is absolutely outstanding work. I can't put it to any more words than that because of how awestruck I am by this. It's like instant nostalgia for something that's so new, it gives me goosebumps. I'll be listening to this for a very long time.
Just imagine if this played as the credits music for the frenzied flame ending.
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Holy shit why the hell didn't they do that?! I'm actually pissed
I like the remix, but that outro rendition of the song in 3:46 deserves its own separate cover
edit: the mad lad made it lol
Arguably the best two Souls content creators collaborating? PRAISE THE SUN!
Young hollow, knowing this, do you still desire peace?
Just imagine vyke as a true boss at the end of frenzy flame quest. And this plays during his boss fight...
I went down to the grave for the first time in elden ring last night. I can't remember the last time I got that emotional over a video game area. I just sat down next to the hollow shell of the normadic merchant and just listened to him play while getting tears in my eyes. I can't imagine the suffering they went through.
Holy shit, this sounds like it came out of the official soundtrack. Good on ya!
*_"Oh Tarnished One, thou who art of unbound fate. I beg of thee. Burn it all way, life and death, justice and vengeance, order and chaos, let it all turn into the vacuous nothing, let it all perish and never come back, neither ceaseless mist, ashes of cinder, or mulch of dark - let it all end forever."_*
This song is beautiful starts off merciful sounding and slowly devolves into horror much like the mentality of despair and frenzy
WHY IN THE WORLD would Miyazaki decide to cut this content from the game??? This is singlehandedly the best quest and surpasses all NPC quests I've seen. If this was in game, the buildup and final reveal would literally make my blood boil and say fuck it all to the lands between and become chaos lord because this would be that tipping point that would turn my "character" into a villain. What they did to Kale's people is absolutely brutal even for genocide.
This would've been the perfect quest to give us a good reason to pick the frenzied flame ending, not just for the cool end cutscene.
This part of the video made me completely change my mind about the Chaos Ending, and I don’t think it would have even been a fraction as effective without your music. Thank you, truly, for helping us experience this game in a new way.
The Chaos ending is like sterilizing the Earth for all time because the Holocaust happened. It's utterly depraved madness.
The frenzy ending is the good ending in my book, stooping this suffering is the only right thing to do.
History always repeats itself, so why not completely destroy it. Make sure no one will have to experience such pain is the only true moral act.
Stooping
Stooping
Dude, it’s not the good ending at all. Elden ring’s world still has so much hope in it, and in the frenzy flame ending you destroy all of that. As Melina puts it: “However ruined this world has become, however mired in torment and despair, life endures, births continue, there is beauty in that, is there not?”
@@Eternal_Placidity sunk cost fallacy and appeal to morality
okay we went from pure emotion to comedy at the end nice surprise
To anyone coming back to listen to this, and anyone listening to this for the first time, let me paint you a picture:
Imagine the great Caravan, forcibly thrown into the deepest bowels of the earth, hidden away behind a mound of stone and left to die.
Now imagine all of them looking up as they are entombed, and one by one they begin to play this tune.
First one, then another, and another, and another, until all of them that are still able play the song of despair as the light is slowly shut out.
Imagine Shabriri smiling with his eyeless grin as the song summons the three fingers and the frenzied flame.
Do this, and you may very well be in the proper headspace to fully appreciate how truly beautiful, and heartbreaking this piece of music is.
Wonderful job, Alex.
"Did you see? What they did to our ancestors? The whole clan, buried alive. Sick. Maddened. Husks of themselves. Have you heard their moans? They're hardly human anymore. They think we worship the Three Fingers? That WE called the maddening sickness down upon them?
Well if that's what they expect from us? THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY SHALL GET FROM US!!!
The world of grace and it's people should have been content to let us sink between the cracks. But to have intruded upon our solace... Having broken us upon their whims...
I'll never forgive any of you. We won't be trading any longer...
Wait... what's what?... That burn... your eyes... You've inherited the flame of frenzy... Unknown warrior... divest yourself of everything... O Three Fingers... throw wide the door... Ah that's it... the yellow flame of chaos... please... a frenzied flame to melt away the curses suffering and despair... and the order entire... melt away the curses suffering and despair... and the order entire...
May chaos take the world... may chaos take the world..."
"Melt away the curses, suffering, and pain. Let chaos take the world."
I had never, ever, been down here until my third playthrough, originally only for the final trophy, i was mostly unaware of the context on the ending, other than burning the world. And i had assumed it was the worst ending, but after making my way down there, far below the earth, forgotten by the world, and seeing the hundreds of bodies and hearing that song, i found a new respect for the frenzied flame.
As soon as I heard it in Vaati's video, I NEEDED to hear this separately. Great work!
I was crying through this whole thing. It’s just so beautiful and sad, especially knowing the backstory. It’s amazing.
Truly a masterpiece of a game it's sooo good the beauty, the sadness everything it's all perfection
Man, when this song played in Vaati's video it honestly made me cry. So much raw emotion and tragedy emanates from it
Same! That’s how I found this video
This is deep but humans can relate
This was amazing!! It hit me in the feels. I love the build up and how it transitions from sorrow to what sounds like rage. This is the kind of stuff I love to pull inspiration from as a composer
the build up is just amazing, it gave me hard chills. Thank you mate, incredible work
This really embodies the place of horror beneath the capital.
You really feel like you're in a place where the worst atrocity ever commited has taken place, and despair seeps out of everything. Every last thing, down to the cracks in the walls and the puddles on the ground completely embodies, intentional or not, absolute distilled despair.
If I ever found such a place, and I had the ability to end the world, I would honestly consider it.
This was honestly the best part of the entire video Vaati just put out and that's says something cause it was amazing. Bravo Alex.
This is so beautiful and melancholy, Alex. Wonderful work!
Absolutely nailed the feeling of despair, on my 2nd playthrough, I wanted to get this ending, and after seeing what was down there, there was only one thing I had left to say...
May Chaos Take The World
You did an absolute godly job, you really captured the essence of this song, don't make me cry that much 😭
this is called the song of despair yet to me it fills me with hope, hope that one day, torment, despair, every sin and curse, all that divides will be melted away.
Absolute masterpiece of a soundtrack, your version is fantastic.
This is so good and i think really really finished the trimmings on vaati’s video. It’s lovely. It’s so haunting and just the right fidelity to the original to make it connected. Excellent work ❤️
One of my favorite bits of music in the game, you did a phenomenal job turning it into an entire track!
I just know im gonna listen to this a lots of times. Truly beautiful, thank you for this art of a work.
Amazing work this made the scene from Vaati's video have all the more feeling.
The pain I went through to get to that god damn door was enough to convince me that life wasn't worth living and let chaos take the world.
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During this part...All I could hear is the wailing and moaning of those suffering underneath the capital...
That hit me hard...
Ah, good! I was just looking for this. Thank you for uploading it, and for the amazing work on it.
Just watched the new try not to cry episode, and immediately needed to find you. This gave me absolute chills. It perfectly captures both the tragic fate of the merchants and the beauty of chaos itself. Like it's telling me "We've suffered so much, but everything will be okay, because in the end everything will burn and be whole again"
Alex Roe, thankyou for this track. This sings to me and soothes my soul. Thankyou.
Funny how just one cut quest ends up having more impact than whatever that thing with Melina had with trying to stop us from getting the frenzied flame.
Absolutely beautiful, thank you for this. ❤️
This is incredibly beautiful and moving and perfectly encapsulates the feeling of Elden Ring. I've just finished my third run of Elden Ring and have been playing every weekend since launch and this is a wonderful bookend to that experience.
You and Vaati were both so amazing for this. No, I still haven’t recovered emotionally. What a treat to wake up to. Thank you, Alex! Bless you for this, and thanks to Vaati as well for his incredible storytelling abilities. You guys are the best 🥲🖤
It’s criminal that this hasn’t been uploaded to Spotify yet, it’s such a fantastically beautiful song
Believe me I would if I could, unless they officially release these little violin melodies in a soundtrack I can't license them.
@@alex-roe damn, that sucks something fierce:(
@alex-roe that really really sucks, here's to hoping they do with the release of shadow of the erdtree.
Amazing work, genuinely made me teared up in Vaati's video.
I dont think ill ever get sick of this song
I don't think i'll ever not miss Jim