@@zennvirus7980 Then we have Ciel and Ar nosurge. While I haven't listened much to the Ciel nosurge OST, the Ar nosurge OST has some amazing songs, CIEL_EN_PROTECTA, class::DISTLLISTA, class::EXPAJA, and my personal favourite Class::XIO PROCEED.
@@snailthelostcow63 As someone who just know this Song, I'm sure people praised Nier OSTs more bcz They didn't know Ar Tonelico, I don't even know what kind of game is It💀 people tend to know Nier more bcz the Game look more Modern so Nier would be more known in the market while AT old game🗿💀
You'd bet. I've been a fan for years and the fans are all the most dedicated bunch you can find. It's for a handful of reasons, mainly the amount of good content and lore, but it's also because there's something special in the games. No one will deny their flaws, but the writing -Especially the song writing- has a special something. You don't see many RPGs that address and really talk about actual relationships between couples and how that extends to overall society, at least for me that's the best part.
As soon as someone reacts to Ar tonelico songs I get happy again. This series is such a niche gem that it never really got the recognition it deserves. Still can't get over the fact that there are AT LEAST 5 different conlangs in that games universe, of which only one doesn't have a fully realized grammatical structure and dictionary and three of which have their own alphabet. Hell, one of them has two entirely different dialects, effectively making the second dialect its own language and bringing the number up to 6! Hearing EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA/. again after so long made me really nostalgic, I was not prepared for that. It was like I was playing the game again and I was watching the credits roll. (I am proud to know I still remembered most of the lyrics though.) I appreciate all your thoughts on this song (your reaction to the orchestra coming in at the beginning is fun to watch). This song is indeed sung by three characters with the chorus coming in at the end signifying the people of the land joining in their song. Oooh, I'd really like to recommend basically all of this series' songs, but some are more experimental or chaotic than others. Also that'd be a lot, what with 5 full games, drama CDs and bonus albums. For now I'll recommend Ar nosurge's "Ra Ciel Reincarnation" to you. It's not as... unconventional(?) as PHANTASMAGORIA is but I think with your background you could appreciate what it does and I'd very much like to hear your take on it.
I'll never forget the first time I heard this song after getting the final ending of the game I was in TEARS. It felt like the perfect send off to such an amazing game. The fact that the three singers compose the song based on their experiences through the game and take in everyone's feelings for peace and put them into song just had me bawling during the end credits when this song happens. It's a masterful piece that not many people will hear.
I can't believe that someone is talking about fantasmagoria! I'm Japanese and in the process of learning English, so it is frustrating that I still only understand a little of what you say. Thanks for the nice video!
Ar Tonelico series is the game that introduce me into Constructed Language when I was 8... Hearing Phantasmagoria Hymmnos again makes my remember my childhood... Thank you, sir
Considering how the first Ar tonelico ends, the uplifting sound and sense of peace is appropriate. The biggest things that stand out in the Ar tonelico universe are the world building and the music. The universe revolves very much around music, to which the game has its own made up language, and that the magic in the universe happens to be the vocals in the game. What I even said there is an oversimplification. The world building and its science makes for an incredible read. That said, I love Phantasmagoria to death, but to echo another commenter, this song wouldn't be my first choice to listen to, nor even my second. The Purger/Paja themes (especially Misha's version), Chronicle Key, or all the Singing Hills from all three games (which are the intro themes) are far better examples of the Ar tonelico hymmnos to check out IMHO.
Phantasmagoria is the ending song of Ar Tonelico, so that feeling of everything coalesces together before fading away you felt was quite fitting. It also tells me that Akiko Shikata did a really good job with this song. I’m very happy that you listened to more Ar Tonelico songs. There are a lot of great songs throughout the series. You might also want to take a look at Ciel_nosurge and Ar_nosurge which are related to Ar Tonelico. They also have similar style of songs, which remarkably use two more different constructed languages.
Yeah, I was blown away playing the first game, at just how good the OST is. The game itself isn't particularly special, though it has its unique points, but God damn that OST is beautiful.
@@mirosvanisland1649 Dude, the sequel set the standards WAY too high for the 3rd entry. The characters, the society, the politics, like wot? They're way complex than they needed to be
@@snailthelostcow63 yeeep. I felt bad for qoga. it was still really good, and that ending was to die for. but 2 will always hold a special place in my heart.
I have seen this singer, Noriko Mitose, in concert twice and she's as good vocally as on record, and incredibly warm and funny with the audience. But truly a world class musician.
Some of her music is a bit darker, but generally I'd describe the emotion of her singing as soaring, which is a nice contrast with most (western) music.
I'm so glad to see Marco covering more Ar Tonelico songs! I loved the series for its music, and it's a shame that not many people knew about it. The series definitely has some songs worth checking out, and I'm looking forward to seeing your reaction to them in the future!
The Ar Tonelico series has several pieces with excellent voice trading. EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA is another good example as a duet as opposed to the trio here. Also, this is the last song of the first game. The last song of the series (lore wise) is probably Ec Tisia.
For some context, in Ar Tonelico they have song magic and beings who are artificial/synthetic humans called Reyvateil that can utilize it. They live in these futuristic, continent sized towers that are regulated by said song magic in the same way a computer is controlled by a program (hence the Exec_ part of the song name). From the Ar Tonelico Wiki: "This is the last Hymn crafted during the course of the game, containing the feelings and wishes of everyone in Sol Ciel. Its effects include causing an orbital readjustment on the Tower to give to it and its surrounding areas a favorable weather, normalizing the functions of the Tower, and amplifying the positive thoughts in the minds of the Reyvateils to make them kinder towards the humans and to each other" I love Ar Tonelico. Chronicle Key being a personal favorite of mine from the same game in the series as this one. EXEC_HARMONIUS is another big one that heavily involves the main antagonist of the game. I would also recommend checking the lyric video for future songs if you aren't already in this series, as many of them feature a made of language specifically made for the game's setting.
The Ar Tonelico series uses Japanese and a Constructed Language for their songs. Hymnos, in lore, is the name of said conlang which is equivalent to computer code for the magic of their universe. Each region of their world has differences in their "programming code" depending on their corresponding Tower the singers (Reyvateil) are "attached to" and what they mean to do with said magic. Singing Hill (Utau oka) is one song that is repurposed and re-written for every game as an Opening, something of a "Once upon a time..." to set up for the corresponding game's location and story focus (Harmonics Eoria, Harmonics Frelia & Harmonics Tillia. It also has variants to expand on the mythos of the world (Harvestasha). In AT3, Ec Tisia is a song that compiles all three Singing Hill openings and adds to it as a closing to the story.
I just discovered your videos reacting to the music of a series I love sooooo much! Thank you for bringing this game and its unique and beautiful music back from the depths of the JRPG world that is very niche! Please continue to do more! I can suggest songs that are some of my favorites if you ever wish! Thank you again!
Yes! One of my favorite song in Ar tonelico. I wish the director come back to the universe. He already expanded it with ciel nosurge and ar nosurge, but no continuation
YAAAAS MORE AR TONELICO MUSIC! I haven’t heard this one in a year or more. I usually listen to it on special occasions because its such a special celebratory song. Love your technical analysis of the instruments trailing off, too! Maybe I’ll listen to this one again with a movie in my head. I usually have movies in my head when I listen to music, and Ar Tonelico’s songs are 100% perfect movie music.
Ar Tonelico is my comfort game, one that I never got bored of no matter how many times I replayed it. The songs are just so beautiful, especially the way they incorporated the history and lore of the world into the songs as well. How it showed the singer's feelings. This is really nostalgic, thank you for this
one of my favorites and genuninely so beautiful to me! i've listened to this every new year's eve/day since i first heard it. i really feel like the message and the sound really carry the kind of hope i keep close to my heart. so glad to hear you review it!
Songs are central to Ar Tonelico in many aspects of the series, from its grander overarching story down to casting spells in combat. Their composition feels ethereal and really takes you away. Although rare, it's always great to find them in react videos since they're quite underappreciated.
Huh. I would not have started on EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA. Not that it isn't a good song, but that it is really a sort of synthesis to that game and it isn't a good starting point on its own. Personally would have recommended EXEC_METAFALICA as a starting point instead, and even then it's potentially overwhelming and confusing to interpret a set of voices that you're supposed to be intimately familiar with by the point of hearing the song. As a baseline, the Ar Tonelico series as a world is one based off of the power of music, and you are meant to build relationships with each of these girls/singers on an individual basis - literally resonating with their hearts and song. The problem is that without this context, it's very confusing to comprehend what is going on. So really the problem is that this music is _too_ attached to the game that it is in, as it in itself serves a function in the gameplay and the narrative. This is why I never really recommend people just listen to Ar Tonelico music, but rather go and play the game itself. A bit of a hidden gem of the PS2 era JRPGs.
Oh boy EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA/. It's about crafting a song that saves the in-universe of Sol Ciel. This isn't about the three girls who are singing. It's the whole world singing which convey their "wish" to save their already sinking universe.
Phatansmagoria is an amazing song... In game it's also the ending credits song and I still remember vividly how incredible it felt hearing it for the first time. The turns and harmonies makes it so incredible to listen too and has sense also extremely well of how the story of the game is ending too. The Don Giovanni parallels is actually extremely fitting and I never thought about it ahah I feel all those kind of Ar tonelico or surge concerto songs has the impact to make you understand perfectly the message they want to convey even without knowing the lyrics (that add a whole lot considering they invented 4/5 functional languages fo the 2 series) From Ar norsuge it would be interesting having some partial opera singing Ra Ciel Reincarnation, a piece that left me with an incredible emotional impact considering the journey to reach it in the 2 games of the surge concerto series (prequel to Ar tonelico but released after) Plus Phatansmagoria once you read the lyrics translation and know the message and story of the games hits so much much more... I tear up a bit everytime I listen to it ahah The 2 series of Ar tonelico and Surge Concerto are both extremely incredible in music, both normal background and the hymns, you never know what are you going to listen and it's absolutely fantastic
This is the Final Song, aka True End of the Game. These 3 Singers in the end become friends. The first Voice you hear is the "Administrator" of this City Tower and these other 2 fight her way trough to thought her how wonderful the real World is...That's why they start with precaution with progressing of the Music they are encouraged to walk out into the World and bring Shine of Life outside. "Do not be afraid!". I am sorry, if i sound strange. But this game is way in my past and i try to remember its message
If you loved the Ar Tonelico OST music, just wait until you start listening to the Tears to Tiara OST. That series is also well remembered for its music from the niche fans who have been lucky to hear it.
It is always nice to see (or hear) some people reacting to this very unknown series. Especially because getting these games in the west can get pretty difficult nowadays. I can really recommend EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE/. from Ar Tonelico 3 or EXEC_RIG=VEDA from Ar Tonelico 1 if you want to hear some suggestions
Okay I, Don't think I've ever heard of this before but this music is something else, wow! Time for another wiki deep dive Also Day thirty-four of recommending Stay Gold from the Arknights OST
Something interesting about Ar Tonelico 1's hymns is half their lyrics describe the suffering the antagonist Mir experienced over the centuries in the cage humanity threw her in, but this hymn is the 3 heroines telling the world: let her sing and go wherever she pleases, and she just might call humanity a friend one day
A good piece to get introduced into Ar Tonelico is any of the three pieces called "Singing Hill - Eolia/Frelia/Tilia". Tilia flat out tells you the genesis story of the universe and the rise and fall of humanity's hubris manipulating the power of "waves" through music.
Since you reacted to Ar Tonelico's soundtrack, could you also try EXEC_COSMOFLIPS/. or EXEC_REBIRTHIA=PROTOCOL/. from Ar Tonelico III? These songs was sung by my favourite singer KOKIA. Can't wait to hear your thought about the songs and her.
The games are so-so in terms of being games themselves, (except AT3, that one is bad with some good music). Most of us love the games for the lore, songs and writing, for me in that order. They're PS2-PS3 games with a sequel-series released for PSV-PS3. If you want to get into it, I'd recommend playing AT1 on emulator, and playing the Fan Retranslation of the second game, since the games suffer from chronically bad localizations to the point the second game's localization introduced a game-breaking glitch. Otherwise, you can simply enjoy reading the wiki and listening to the songs, that is a very enjoyable experience as well. I recommend you listen to the whole Singing Hill trio of songs (Harmonics Eolia, Frelia & Tilia), their alternate versions with extended lore (EXEC_HARVESTASHA, Salavec Rhapalanca, & Ar=Ciel; Ar=Dor). If you want an album talking about stories in the lore of the games (yes, they also released one of those because one of the singers just liked the idea that much, and pitched the idea) you should listen to the Ar=Ciel; Ar=Dor album, by Akiko Shikata. My favorites are the titular song, Shelanoir's Forest and Chronicles of Resshikou. This is too much info already I feel, but I have to also mention the game's Conlangs (made-up languages). There's like 4 of them with one of them having 5 dialects based on the region, and a handful of songs are entirely in one of those languages (like Shelanoir's Forest, being entirely sung in a proto-language). Also, the sequel-series is named Surge Concierto, and has two games: Ciel Nosurge and Ar Nosurge. They also have great music if you mind looking into that! :)
You should listen to EXEC_COSMOFLIPS it sounds amazing for me is one of the best songs from Ar Tonelico. There's a video with translated lyrics and original language.
Within the story of the game, the characters are involved in destroying the world and making it anew at the end, moving on from something terrible and broken to something hopeful and new. This song is played over the credits, it's your "reward" for completing the game fully. The characters are looking forward with hope into a world reborn and full of potential. The music box is a keepsake from one of the three character's childhoods, it's their nostalgia and fond memories for the world that was lost. ---- Ar Tonelico is very strange as a game, the game makes this music central to its premise, both in terms of story and in terms of game mechanics. Most JRPGs have a party of characters who are equipped with various weapons and magic, and fight monsters in a battle system where everyone contributes equally. Not so in Ar Tonelico. Most of the people of the world are "normal" humans, but there are, within the world a few thousand beings called "Reyvateils". Reyvateils are a second kind of person, partially synthetic, and with the ability to, through singing music, alter the fabric of the world, it's kind of like a weird techno-magic. The songs, and the conlang "Hymnos" are effectively the input system for executable code that feeds into the mainframe of the universe and "does stuff". So, in an Ar Tonelico battle, you have a party of 3 or so "human" characters that fight monsters normally, and one Revateil who stands at the back of the group and sings a song. You choose what their song will do (usually a huge amount of damage, or a healing effect, or a status), and they begin singing the song. During This time the Revateil is vulnerable, and the rest of the group have to protect her so she can do her job - the better they protect her, the higher the quality of her song, and the more effective it is. The longer she sings for before executing the protocol, the more effective the song is. Typically, the humans will be able to defeat smaller enemies, taking them out before they can harm the singer - but they usually do damage in the hundreds or thousands. Revateil songs can do billions of points of damage, and are thus core to defeating larger enemies and bosses that are just impossible for anyone else to tackle. The Revateil can't execute her song without protectors, and her protectors can't defeat the enemy without a revateil to blow them up, and therein lies the core of the combat design. Because of this premise, it's understandable why so much of the game's music is so experimental and weird - or why they seem to have put so much work into it. The three singers of this song are the voice actresses and singers for the three revateils in the game itself, so... the distinction between "game" and "soundtrack" is much more of a tightly bound relationship than with most series. ---- A good example of how this manifests within the game would be comparing EXEC_PAJA/.#Misya extracting with EXEC_PAJA/.#Orica extracting. At the end of the first major plot arc of the game, you choose only one of these two characters to fight with you in a battle against the boss, while the other stays behind to deal with another problem. These two songs are used for the boss battle, the character you choose sings her version of it during the boss fight. You only hear the version for the character you choose - and the songs reflect the personalities of the characters themselves - Misya is very headstrong so opens very aggressively, but can't maintain that aggression for long. Orica is very shy and cautious, and takes her time to build up to her full strength.
If you liked EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA which is the ending theme for Ar Tonelico then you should react to the final boss music. EXEC_HARMONIUS. Many songs in the series are good. However, HARMONIUS takes it to another level when it comes to intensity and feeling. It's not the most "complex" song. It's more traditional. I'm no expert but if I hear pipe organs then I consider it a "Traditional" style hymn. It is a song worth reacting to. Here is the link. ruclips.net/video/oxp4X59LoIY/видео.html
Great choice. Although i want you to listen others first before one of this masterpiece. i hope the next video *won't be* Exec.with.method_Metafalica/. because i want you to experience 2 songs before it happened first, which are exec metafalica and method metafalica. anyway, i'm still waiting for you to react on the songs that i recommended on your 1st Ar Tonelico song, Marco 😍
More Ar Tonelico songs? Very nice! If I could recommend more I'd go with songs like METHOD_METAFALICA/. from AT2, EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY/. from AT1, METHOD_IMPLANTA/. from AT2 or XaaaCi. from AT3,... but if there's one song I'd like you to hear is EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE/. from AR3, easily my favorite song in the whole series.
I think XaaCi is a bit too heavy for someone not educated on the lore. It's a great song, one of my favorites, but a lot of the meaning comes from its context.
The Ar Tonelico series is criminally underrated. The games are indeed rather average, but the songs and soundtracks stay with me forever. So much thanks to the uploaders who uploaded the songs to RUclips way back then
@@adampierce7468 I would say not true. They did carve out a niche in JRPG for themselves in the PS2 era. But they never did adapt well to PS3/PS4 and their targeted younger demographic
Other series with great ost : Valkyrie Profile Final Fantasy Tactics Star Ocean 2nd Story Grandia Legend of Mana Xenogears Chrono Trigger Chrono Cross Zone of the Enders and many more titles I can't remember
Hey there! Just wanted to come by and say I loved your reviews of the Fire Emblem songs, and there's one I think you missed that's a really underlistened gem- Lord of a Dead Empire from Echoes.
Man I really respect you for actually being the only youtuber who react to AC5 Unsung war and also reacting to Ar Tonelico (not many people I know play these two game because the genre is so far apart). The only thing these two have in common is these two have quite unusual music/song/bgm, either from the language and the genre of the music. You might be interested to actually learn the Conlang Script Hymnos, because just the script already have double meaning, as a program or command word, and the song itself. Addendum : I think it will be better for your video to also include the script hymnos lyric so people can actually read, and people who play ar tonelico/ciela will explain the meaning of the song from the computer programming stand point.
Since you did an Ar Tonelico 3 and 1 song, may I suggest an Ar Tonelico 2 one? EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/. This is a combination of 2 songs EXEC and METHOD METAFALICA. As a tiny bit of context, EXEC contains the code to create land, but it requires too much resources and singing it alone would kill the singer. METHOD is the patch to connect EXEC to a, let’s call it energy source for lack of context. Both sung together is EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/. It’s obviously a duet, with the choir joining later.
Honestly, you are missing a LOT of context for this song. There are three individuals singing it. In setting, it was written by another individual when they were still young, naive, and loved humans, before she got fed up and rebelled because they kept pushing her to create Song Magic for war. Yes, Song Magic. It's a fantasy setting, and the magic in it is guided via music by individuals with special traits. Further, the reason there are three people singing it is because of going on a further journey to learn about the past of the main villain (who wrote the song, in setting) and using it to calm her hatred and redeem her. Even all of that is a heavy simplification, but it will give you some usable context for this song.
and for the context of the song, YES it's the last hymmnos in the first game it is used to restore the skye around the tower ( weather) and create a more "positive" conection between humans and reivateil and it's a " crafted hymmnos" a song that didn't already existed see it as adding a code line on the program of the tower it's why it's sang in japanese and not in hymmnos language! so it's a song of peace between peoples and between nature!
Ah yes, the "Ar" series. I'm assuming you are watching the vid from MyraSlokov's channel, would recc his video "Ar Tonelico - EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY/. With Lyrics" too.
Tried a couple of times playing this game... never got to the point where they sing the song... You tube is the only place where I can find the song, but not the real video where the song was used in the game. Lyrics wise, the girls are literally building back a destroyed world using this song, and reminiscing what the world and it's inhabitants were doing so that the restoration would make it a better place!
Not saying it is exactly a nier song but it could maybe work in nier in some way. Just man gives me that sorta beautiful vibe that I love from nier a little.
I just want to say the choices of the 2 Ar Tonelico song are so weird... Even though this one do conclude the Ar Tonelico 1, by the same "Finale" choice of Ar tonelico series, the 'EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/.' from Ar Tonelico 2 and the 'Ec Tisia' from Ar Tonelico 3 are much more epic and enjoyable. Personal opinion, best song is 'EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION/. ~ omness chs ciel sos infel', very peaceful but also powerful, brings energy to your mind and cure your spirit. Another excellent choice of Ar tonelico song like 'EXEC_COSMOFLIPS/.' , a magnificent war song; beautiful songs like 'METHOD_IMPLANTA/.' and 'EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY/.' are also remarkable. If you read Ar Tonelico wiki, each Ar Tonelico songs besides have meaning on lyric, it also told a different story, one songs almost have 2 meanings, which is very interesting too.
in ar tonelico the song are magic there is 2 type of song magic "song magic" and "hymmnos" the idea is that the world had his surface destroyed by a catastroph created by humans but they created 3 towers that ar both towers with piece of ground tied to them ( that are the living place for the "new" humans above the dangerous smoke on the surface that will kill on contact for that they created " reivateils" that are artificial beins ( mostly female) that can sing in hymmnos the 3 tower are both living places ans supercomputer than can even alter reality depending of the song that you can see as a prayer in a divine language ( the god bein the tower and the programer bein the reivateil)! song magic are "normal" spells that alter reality in a small place hymmnos are "writen" songs that are much more powerfull see it as the diference between prayers and sutras! so the hymmnos are that and the strongest the hymmnos the more it need strong multiples reivateils ( don't forget the hymmnos language is coding for the supercomputer that is the tower)!
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Ah yes, Ar Tonelico. The untouched gold mine of JRPG OST.
It pained me a little when people praised the hell of Nier OSTs but Ar Tonelico never get mentioned
For as long as I lived, I will be an Ar Tonelico fan forever although I have a bias for 2 than 1.
@@遊具も数化 Two has HIBERNATION, REPLAKIA and SUBLIMATION\LAMENZA.
@@zennvirus7980 Then we have Ciel and Ar nosurge. While I haven't listened much to the Ciel nosurge OST, the Ar nosurge OST has some amazing songs, CIEL_EN_PROTECTA, class::DISTLLISTA, class::EXPAJA, and my personal favourite Class::XIO PROCEED.
@@snailthelostcow63 As someone who just know this Song, I'm sure people praised Nier OSTs more bcz They didn't know Ar Tonelico, I don't even know what kind of game is It💀 people tend to know Nier more bcz the Game look more Modern so Nier would be more known in the market while AT old game🗿💀
Ar Tonelico feel like one of the most niche, but also most devoted fans of any game.
They just want to share and talk about it, it's wonderful to see.
You'd bet. I've been a fan for years and the fans are all the most dedicated bunch you can find. It's for a handful of reasons, mainly the amount of good content and lore, but it's also because there's something special in the games. No one will deny their flaws, but the writing -Especially the song writing- has a special something. You don't see many RPGs that address and really talk about actual relationships between couples and how that extends to overall society, at least for me that's the best part.
It always warm my heart for every recent Ar Tonelico related discussion
As soon as someone reacts to Ar tonelico songs I get happy again. This series is such a niche gem that it never really got the recognition it deserves. Still can't get over the fact that there are AT LEAST 5 different conlangs in that games universe, of which only one doesn't have a fully realized grammatical structure and dictionary and three of which have their own alphabet. Hell, one of them has two entirely different dialects, effectively making the second dialect its own language and bringing the number up to 6!
Hearing EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA/. again after so long made me really nostalgic, I was not prepared for that. It was like I was playing the game again and I was watching the credits roll. (I am proud to know I still remembered most of the lyrics though.)
I appreciate all your thoughts on this song (your reaction to the orchestra coming in at the beginning is fun to watch). This song is indeed sung by three characters with the chorus coming in at the end signifying the people of the land joining in their song.
Oooh, I'd really like to recommend basically all of this series' songs, but some are more experimental or chaotic than others. Also that'd be a lot, what with 5 full games, drama CDs and bonus albums. For now I'll recommend Ar nosurge's "Ra Ciel Reincarnation" to you. It's not as... unconventional(?) as PHANTASMAGORIA is but I think with your background you could appreciate what it does and I'd very much like to hear your take on it.
True, there's the official Tokyo Philharmonic voices singing Ra Ciel Reincarnation
I'll never forget the first time I heard this song after getting the final ending of the game I was in TEARS. It felt like the perfect send off to such an amazing game. The fact that the three singers compose the song based on their experiences through the game and take in everyone's feelings for peace and put them into song just had me bawling during the end credits when this song happens. It's a masterful piece that not many people will hear.
I can't believe that someone is talking about fantasmagoria!
I'm Japanese and in the process of learning English, so it is frustrating that I still only understand a little of what you say.
Thanks for the nice video!
Ar Tonelico series is the game that introduce me into Constructed Language when I was 8... Hearing Phantasmagoria Hymmnos again makes my remember my childhood... Thank you, sir
Considering how the first Ar tonelico ends, the uplifting sound and sense of peace is appropriate. The biggest things that stand out in the Ar tonelico universe are the world building and the music. The universe revolves very much around music, to which the game has its own made up language, and that the magic in the universe happens to be the vocals in the game. What I even said there is an oversimplification. The world building and its science makes for an incredible read.
That said, I love Phantasmagoria to death, but to echo another commenter, this song wouldn't be my first choice to listen to, nor even my second. The Purger/Paja themes (especially Misha's version), Chronicle Key, or all the Singing Hills from all three games (which are the intro themes) are far better examples of the Ar tonelico hymmnos to check out IMHO.
Phantasmagoria is the ending song of Ar Tonelico, so that feeling of everything coalesces together before fading away you felt was quite fitting. It also tells me that Akiko Shikata did a really good job with this song.
I’m very happy that you listened to more Ar Tonelico songs. There are a lot of great songs throughout the series. You might also want to take a look at Ciel_nosurge and Ar_nosurge which are related to Ar Tonelico. They also have similar style of songs, which remarkably use two more different constructed languages.
oh man, Ar Tonelico has sooo many good OST, hymmnos is such a good fictional language.. too bad the game is not really well known in the west
Yeah, I was blown away playing the first game, at just how good the OST is. The game itself isn't particularly special, though it has its unique points, but God damn that OST is beautiful.
@@Bobbias the first was pretty bog standard for a jrpg released at the time. Ar tonelico 2 is where things become much spicier :D
@@mirosvanisland1649 Dude, the sequel set the standards WAY too high for the 3rd entry. The characters, the society, the politics, like wot? They're way complex than they needed to be
@@snailthelostcow63 yeeep. I felt bad for qoga. it was still really good, and that ending was to die for. but 2 will always hold a special place in my heart.
@@mirosvanisland1649 Qoga was the first I've played in the series and I loved it.
I have seen this singer, Noriko Mitose, in concert twice and she's as good vocally as on record, and incredibly warm and funny with the audience. But truly a world class musician.
Some of her music is a bit darker, but generally I'd describe the emotion of her singing as soaring, which is a nice contrast with most (western) music.
I'm so glad to see Marco covering more Ar Tonelico songs! I loved the series for its music, and it's a shame that not many people knew about it. The series definitely has some songs worth checking out, and I'm looking forward to seeing your reaction to them in the future!
Man, this made me cries at 3.50 am, dude, thanks a lot for bring back my childhood hiks...
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The Ar Tonelico series has several pieces with excellent voice trading. EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA is another good example as a duet as opposed to the trio here.
Also, this is the last song of the first game. The last song of the series (lore wise) is probably Ec Tisia.
The actual last song lore-wise is EXEC_VISIONDANCE_PLUGINs/.
There are events taking place after Ec Tisia is sung.
@@aquagondrag I forgot about that one.
This is one of the songs in the series that actually make me ugly cry
Another ar tonelico song?! i can listen to these for hours
For some context, in Ar Tonelico they have song magic and beings who are artificial/synthetic humans called Reyvateil that can utilize it. They live in these futuristic, continent sized towers that are regulated by said song magic in the same way a computer is controlled by a program (hence the Exec_ part of the song name).
From the Ar Tonelico Wiki: "This is the last Hymn crafted during the course of the game, containing the feelings and wishes of everyone in Sol Ciel. Its effects include causing an orbital readjustment on the Tower to give to it and its surrounding areas a favorable weather, normalizing the functions of the Tower, and amplifying the positive thoughts in the minds of the Reyvateils to make them kinder towards the humans and to each other"
I love Ar Tonelico. Chronicle Key being a personal favorite of mine from the same game in the series as this one. EXEC_HARMONIUS is another big one that heavily involves the main antagonist of the game.
I would also recommend checking the lyric video for future songs if you aren't already in this series, as many of them feature a made of language specifically made for the game's setting.
i agree, lyrics are essential in ar tonelico
You will never guess my favorite song
Same Chronicle Key is also my favorite song with Vienna as my second
@@exec_rigveda8299Sasage ya Sasage ya kono magatama ya
The Ar Tonelico series uses Japanese and a Constructed Language for their songs.
Hymnos, in lore, is the name of said conlang which is equivalent to computer code for the magic of their universe. Each region of their world has differences in their "programming code" depending on their corresponding Tower the singers (Reyvateil) are "attached to" and what they mean to do with said magic.
Singing Hill (Utau oka) is one song that is repurposed and re-written for every game as an Opening, something of a "Once upon a time..." to set up for the corresponding game's location and story focus (Harmonics Eoria, Harmonics Frelia & Harmonics Tillia. It also has variants to expand on the mythos of the world (Harvestasha).
In AT3, Ec Tisia is a song that compiles all three Singing Hill openings and adds to it as a closing to the story.
ooh, yes. The body of work of the EXA_PICO setting is glorious.
I just discovered your videos reacting to the music of a series I love sooooo much! Thank you for bringing this game and its unique and beautiful music back from the depths of the JRPG world that is very niche!
Please continue to do more! I can suggest songs that are some of my favorites if you ever wish! Thank you again!
Yes! One of my favorite song in Ar tonelico. I wish the director come back to the universe. He already expanded it with ciel nosurge and ar nosurge, but no continuation
YAAAAS MORE AR TONELICO MUSIC! I haven’t heard this one in a year or more. I usually listen to it on special occasions because its such a special celebratory song. Love your technical analysis of the instruments trailing off, too!
Maybe I’ll listen to this one again with a movie in my head. I usually have movies in my head when I listen to music, and Ar Tonelico’s songs are 100% perfect movie music.
Ar Tonelico is my comfort game, one that I never got bored of no matter how many times I replayed it. The songs are just so beautiful, especially the way they incorporated the history and lore of the world into the songs as well. How it showed the singer's feelings. This is really nostalgic, thank you for this
one of my favorites and genuninely so beautiful to me! i've listened to this every new year's eve/day since i first heard it. i really feel like the message and the sound really carry the kind of hope i keep close to my heart. so glad to hear you review it!
One of my favorite music of all time.
Songs are central to Ar Tonelico in many aspects of the series, from its grander overarching story down to casting spells in combat. Their composition feels ethereal and really takes you away. Although rare, it's always great to find them in react videos since they're quite underappreciated.
The most beautiful song in ar tonelico.
Anyone else notice the laughing at the end of the song? It comes before the final music box part.
Yes! I saw in another comment that the laugh was actually from the producer because he was so happy they got the final perfect take :)
Huh. I would not have started on EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA. Not that it isn't a good song, but that it is really a sort of synthesis to that game and it isn't a good starting point on its own. Personally would have recommended EXEC_METAFALICA as a starting point instead, and even then it's potentially overwhelming and confusing to interpret a set of voices that you're supposed to be intimately familiar with by the point of hearing the song.
As a baseline, the Ar Tonelico series as a world is one based off of the power of music, and you are meant to build relationships with each of these girls/singers on an individual basis - literally resonating with their hearts and song. The problem is that without this context, it's very confusing to comprehend what is going on. So really the problem is that this music is _too_ attached to the game that it is in, as it in itself serves a function in the gameplay and the narrative. This is why I never really recommend people just listen to Ar Tonelico music, but rather go and play the game itself.
A bit of a hidden gem of the PS2 era JRPGs.
Wait till you see his reaction to Exec_Metempsychosis from a month ago~ ^u^
Oh boy EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA/.
It's about crafting a song that saves the in-universe of Sol Ciel. This isn't about the three girls who are singing. It's the whole world singing which convey their "wish" to save their already sinking universe.
Phatansmagoria is an amazing song... In game it's also the ending credits song and I still remember vividly how incredible it felt hearing it for the first time.
The turns and harmonies makes it so incredible to listen too and has sense also extremely well of how the story of the game is ending too.
The Don Giovanni parallels is actually extremely fitting and I never thought about it ahah
I feel all those kind of Ar tonelico or surge concerto songs has the impact to make you understand perfectly the message they want to convey even without knowing the lyrics (that add a whole lot considering they invented 4/5 functional languages fo the 2 series)
From Ar norsuge it would be interesting having some partial opera singing Ra Ciel Reincarnation, a piece that left me with an incredible emotional impact considering the journey to reach it in the 2 games of the surge concerto series (prequel to Ar tonelico but released after)
Plus Phatansmagoria once you read the lyrics translation and know the message and story of the games hits so much much more... I tear up a bit everytime I listen to it ahah
The 2 series of Ar tonelico and Surge Concerto are both extremely incredible in music, both normal background and the hymns, you never know what are you going to listen and it's absolutely fantastic
Thank you for reacting to my favorite song from the series, also the one that introduced me to it.
I too deeply recommend Sublimation or Replekia
This is the Final Song, aka True End of the Game. These 3 Singers in the end become friends. The first Voice you hear is the "Administrator" of this City Tower and these other 2 fight her way trough to thought her how wonderful the real World is...That's why they start with precaution with progressing of the Music they are encouraged to walk out into the World and bring Shine of Life outside. "Do not be afraid!". I am sorry, if i sound strange. But this game is way in my past and i try to remember its message
If you loved the Ar Tonelico OST music, just wait until you start listening to the Tears to Tiara OST.
That series is also well remembered for its music from the niche fans who have been lucky to hear it.
Gracias por compartir ❤
OMG DO MORE AR TONELICO or AR NO SURGE THEMES! akiko shikata and the other singers there do WONDERS
It is always nice to see (or hear) some people reacting to this very unknown series. Especially because getting these games in the west can get pretty difficult nowadays. I can really recommend EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE/. from Ar Tonelico 3 or EXEC_RIG=VEDA from Ar Tonelico 1 if you want to hear some suggestions
Okay I,
Don't think I've ever heard of this before but this music is something else, wow! Time for another wiki deep dive
Also
Day thirty-four of recommending Stay Gold from the Arknights OST
I see you
Something interesting about Ar Tonelico 1's hymns is half their lyrics describe the suffering the antagonist Mir experienced over the centuries in the cage humanity threw her in, but this hymn is the 3 heroines telling the world: let her sing and go wherever she pleases, and she just might call humanity a friend one day
A good piece to get introduced into Ar Tonelico is any of the three pieces called "Singing Hill - Eolia/Frelia/Tilia". Tilia flat out tells you the genesis story of the universe and the rise and fall of humanity's hubris manipulating the power of "waves" through music.
Coming here from the cover (had to google the song because despite loving GUST I haven't played AT yet) and seeing Voitan was an experience lol
@@EphemeralPseudonym If it's an Ar Tonelico video on RUclips, there's a fair chance I've seen it, and possibly commented on it. 🥰
Since you reacted to Ar Tonelico's soundtrack, could you also try EXEC_COSMOFLIPS/. or EXEC_REBIRTHIA=PROTOCOL/. from Ar Tonelico III? These songs was sung by my favourite singer KOKIA. Can't wait to hear your thought about the songs and her.
Oh yes. I really believe that KOKIA's vocals are going to blow his mind, or at least he can appreciate her vocals as a fellow songbird.
love this song since this game released
For every Game OST reaction videos, at least one Ar Tonelico song is obligatory
I had never heard this song before. I really liked it! I didn't know the game either of course. I'll look into it :3
The games are so-so in terms of being games themselves, (except AT3, that one is bad with some good music). Most of us love the games for the lore, songs and writing, for me in that order. They're PS2-PS3 games with a sequel-series released for PSV-PS3. If you want to get into it, I'd recommend playing AT1 on emulator, and playing the Fan Retranslation of the second game, since the games suffer from chronically bad localizations to the point the second game's localization introduced a game-breaking glitch. Otherwise, you can simply enjoy reading the wiki and listening to the songs, that is a very enjoyable experience as well. I recommend you listen to the whole Singing Hill trio of songs (Harmonics Eolia, Frelia & Tilia), their alternate versions with extended lore (EXEC_HARVESTASHA, Salavec Rhapalanca, & Ar=Ciel; Ar=Dor).
If you want an album talking about stories in the lore of the games (yes, they also released one of those because one of the singers just liked the idea that much, and pitched the idea) you should listen to the Ar=Ciel; Ar=Dor album, by Akiko Shikata. My favorites are the titular song, Shelanoir's Forest and Chronicles of Resshikou.
This is too much info already I feel, but I have to also mention the game's Conlangs (made-up languages). There's like 4 of them with one of them having 5 dialects based on the region, and a handful of songs are entirely in one of those languages (like Shelanoir's Forest, being entirely sung in a proto-language).
Also, the sequel-series is named Surge Concierto, and has two games: Ciel Nosurge and Ar Nosurge. They also have great music if you mind looking into that! :)
@@viczio Oh god, that's a lot to take in xd Thank you for taking the time to write this!
@@viczio Lmao, I still remember how the IPD after cure event was still in Japanese
Damn so nostalgic :')
You should listen to EXEC_COSMOFLIPS it sounds amazing for me is one of the best songs from Ar Tonelico.
There's a video with translated lyrics and original language.
100% agree
You should check out Maria Marionette with 2 others version of this song😊
Sublime ❤❤❤
One I recommend is Method_Hymme_Granzero=Spear, or even Method_Hymmeli, from Ar Tonelico 3 if you could please react to that.
I suggest taking a listen to Isabella's lullaby from the promised neverland, its a pretty beautiful piece.
Love Ar Tonelico OST and the series.
ゲームの曲で一番好きな曲なので、取り上げていただきありがとうございます！
日本人は口笛かオルゴールで締めるのが好きな気がします。（ゲームのプレイヤーとしてもこの手の終わり方は大好きです😊）
Would love to see a reaction to Touhou 15 pure furies.
More Ar Tonelico please!
This song reminds me a lot of Akiko Shikata's first single (Katayoku no Tori). Specifically the second song, "VII".
Within the story of the game, the characters are involved in destroying the world and making it anew at the end, moving on from something terrible and broken to something hopeful and new.
This song is played over the credits, it's your "reward" for completing the game fully. The characters are looking forward with hope into a world reborn and full of potential. The music box is a keepsake from one of the three character's childhoods, it's their nostalgia and fond memories for the world that was lost.
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Ar Tonelico is very strange as a game, the game makes this music central to its premise, both in terms of story and in terms of game mechanics.
Most JRPGs have a party of characters who are equipped with various weapons and magic, and fight monsters in a battle system where everyone contributes equally. Not so in Ar Tonelico.
Most of the people of the world are "normal" humans, but there are, within the world a few thousand beings called "Reyvateils". Reyvateils are a second kind of person, partially synthetic, and with the ability to, through singing music, alter the fabric of the world, it's kind of like a weird techno-magic. The songs, and the conlang "Hymnos" are effectively the input system for executable code that feeds into the mainframe of the universe and "does stuff".
So, in an Ar Tonelico battle, you have a party of 3 or so "human" characters that fight monsters normally, and one Revateil who stands at the back of the group and sings a song. You choose what their song will do (usually a huge amount of damage, or a healing effect, or a status), and they begin singing the song. During This time the Revateil is vulnerable, and the rest of the group have to protect her so she can do her job - the better they protect her, the higher the quality of her song, and the more effective it is. The longer she sings for before executing the protocol, the more effective the song is.
Typically, the humans will be able to defeat smaller enemies, taking them out before they can harm the singer - but they usually do damage in the hundreds or thousands. Revateil songs can do billions of points of damage, and are thus core to defeating larger enemies and bosses that are just impossible for anyone else to tackle. The Revateil can't execute her song without protectors, and her protectors can't defeat the enemy without a revateil to blow them up, and therein lies the core of the combat design.
Because of this premise, it's understandable why so much of the game's music is so experimental and weird - or why they seem to have put so much work into it. The three singers of this song are the voice actresses and singers for the three revateils in the game itself, so... the distinction between "game" and "soundtrack" is much more of a tightly bound relationship than with most series.
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A good example of how this manifests within the game would be comparing EXEC_PAJA/.#Misya extracting with EXEC_PAJA/.#Orica extracting. At the end of the first major plot arc of the game, you choose only one of these two characters to fight with you in a battle against the boss, while the other stays behind to deal with another problem. These two songs are used for the boss battle, the character you choose sings her version of it during the boss fight. You only hear the version for the character you choose - and the songs reflect the personalities of the characters themselves - Misya is very headstrong so opens very aggressively, but can't maintain that aggression for long. Orica is very shy and cautious, and takes her time to build up to her full strength.
If you liked EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA which is the ending theme for Ar Tonelico then you should react to the final boss music. EXEC_HARMONIUS. Many songs in the series are good. However, HARMONIUS takes it to another level when it comes to intensity and feeling. It's not the most "complex" song. It's more traditional. I'm no expert but if I hear pipe organs then I consider it a "Traditional" style hymn. It is a song worth reacting to. Here is the link. ruclips.net/video/oxp4X59LoIY/видео.html
Great choice. Although i want you to listen others first before one of this masterpiece. i hope the next video *won't be* Exec.with.method_Metafalica/. because i want you to experience 2 songs before it happened first, which are exec metafalica and method metafalica.
anyway, i'm still waiting for you to react on the songs that i recommended on your 1st Ar Tonelico song, Marco 😍
Id like to see your reaction to "dovakiin" and "sovngarde" from skyrim. I still listen to both regularly and they both slap so hard
More Ar Tonelico songs? Very nice!
If I could recommend more I'd go with songs like METHOD_METAFALICA/. from AT2, EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY/. from AT1, METHOD_IMPLANTA/. from AT2 or XaaaCi. from AT3,... but if there's one song I'd like you to hear is EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE/. from AR3, easily my favorite song in the whole series.
I think XaaCi is a bit too heavy for someone not educated on the lore. It's a great song, one of my favorites, but a lot of the meaning comes from its context.
Try EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY, EXEC_LINKER and EXEC_HARMONIOUS. You won't be disappointed.
React to Exec_Chronicle_Key 🙏
Its a masterpiece song and my favourite Ar Tonelico song. I'm curious how you can interpret this without context
The Ar Tonelico series is criminally underrated. The games are indeed rather average, but the songs and soundtracks stay with me forever. So much thanks to the uploaders who uploaded the songs to RUclips way back then
Nobody payed attention to GUST games until Atelier Ryza.
@@adampierce7468 I would say not true. They did carve out a niche in JRPG for themselves in the PS2 era. But they never did adapt well to PS3/PS4 and their targeted younger demographic
Other series with great ost :
Valkyrie Profile
Final Fantasy Tactics
Star Ocean 2nd Story
Grandia
Legend of Mana
Xenogears
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Zone of the Enders
and many more titles I can't remember
Hey there! Just wanted to come by and say I loved your reviews of the Fire Emblem songs, and there's one I think you missed that's a really underlistened gem- Lord of a Dead Empire from Echoes.
I didn’t miss it I’m just taking my time. 😏
Exec flip arphage and exec hadvestasya are my favorites ❤️
Awesome video. May I recommend Ode Alla Avidita from Payday 2? It's an opera soundtrack that seems very much up your alley, cheers.
you should react to Starscourge Radahn's OST translated version. Regardless i know this is going to be a banger of a video
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AYO, EXA_PICO GANG RISE UP!
Man I really respect you for actually being the only youtuber who react to AC5 Unsung war and also reacting to Ar Tonelico (not many people I know play these two game because the genre is so far apart). The only thing these two have in common is these two have quite unusual music/song/bgm, either from the language and the genre of the music.
You might be interested to actually learn the Conlang Script Hymnos, because just the script already have double meaning, as a program or command word, and the song itself.
Addendum : I think it will be better for your video to also include the script hymnos lyric so people can actually read, and people who play ar tonelico/ciela will explain the meaning of the song from the computer programming stand point.
Since you did an Ar Tonelico 3 and 1 song, may I suggest an Ar Tonelico 2 one?
EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/.
This is a combination of 2 songs EXEC and METHOD METAFALICA.
As a tiny bit of context, EXEC contains the code to create land, but it requires too much resources and singing it alone would kill the singer. METHOD is the patch to connect EXEC to a, let’s call it energy source for lack of context. Both sung together is EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/. It’s obviously a duet, with the choir joining later.
Welcome to the insanity that is Ar Tonelico and Ar Nosurge music.
Honestly, you are missing a LOT of context for this song. There are three individuals singing it. In setting, it was written by another individual when they were still young, naive, and loved humans, before she got fed up and rebelled because they kept pushing her to create Song Magic for war. Yes, Song Magic. It's a fantasy setting, and the magic in it is guided via music by individuals with special traits. Further, the reason there are three people singing it is because of going on a further journey to learn about the past of the main villain (who wrote the song, in setting) and using it to calm her hatred and redeem her. Even all of that is a heavy simplification, but it will give you some usable context for this song.
oh man, this game. this niche of a series. despite its decline, it still amazes me about how amazing hymmnos is.
Wait. has he heard EXEC_HARMONIUS/ from this game???
and for the context of the song, YES it's the last hymmnos in the first game it is used to restore the skye around the tower ( weather) and create a more "positive" conection between humans and reivateil and it's a " crafted hymmnos" a song that didn't already existed see it as adding a code line on the program of the tower it's why it's sang in japanese and not in hymmnos language! so it's a song of peace between peoples and between nature!
Ah yes, the "Ar" series. I'm assuming you are watching the vid from MyraSlokov's channel, would recc his video "Ar Tonelico - EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY/. With Lyrics" too.
Tried a couple of times playing this game... never got to the point where they sing the song... You tube is the only place where I can find the song, but not the real video where the song was used in the game.
Lyrics wise, the girls are literally building back a destroyed world using this song, and reminiscing what the world and it's inhabitants were doing so that the restoration would make it a better place!
iirc, the song is used in the credits
Not saying it is exactly a nier song but it could maybe work in nier in some way. Just man gives me that sorta beautiful vibe that I love from nier a little.
I watched your Ar Tonelico videos backwards, I'd like to hear your input for EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/. :D
I just want to say the choices of the 2 Ar Tonelico song are so weird... Even though this one do conclude the Ar Tonelico 1, by the same "Finale" choice of Ar tonelico series, the 'EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/.' from Ar Tonelico 2 and the 'Ec Tisia' from Ar Tonelico 3 are much more epic and enjoyable.
Personal opinion, best song is 'EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION/. ~ omness chs ciel sos infel', very peaceful but also powerful, brings energy to your mind and cure your spirit.
Another excellent choice of Ar tonelico song like 'EXEC_COSMOFLIPS/.' , a magnificent war song; beautiful songs like 'METHOD_IMPLANTA/.' and 'EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY/.' are also remarkable.
If you read Ar Tonelico wiki, each Ar Tonelico songs besides have meaning on lyric, it also told a different story, one songs almost have 2 meanings, which is very interesting too.
these are patreon suggestions so they're random
i felt summoned ar tonelico is a dead series do far last game was a phone one japan only
in ar tonelico the song are magic there is 2 type of song magic "song magic" and "hymmnos" the idea is that the world had his surface destroyed by a catastroph created by humans but they created 3 towers that ar both towers with piece of ground tied to them ( that are the living place for the "new" humans above the dangerous smoke on the surface that will kill on contact for that they created " reivateils" that are artificial beins ( mostly female) that can sing in hymmnos the 3 tower are both living places ans supercomputer than can even alter reality depending of the song that you can see as a prayer in a divine language ( the god bein the tower and the programer bein the reivateil)! song magic are "normal" spells that alter reality in a small place hymmnos are "writen" songs that are much more powerfull see it as the diference between prayers and sutras! so the hymmnos are that and the strongest the hymmnos the more it need strong multiples reivateils ( don't forget the hymmnos language is coding for the supercomputer that is the tower)!
Listen to Devil may cry 4 - Out of Darkness,
Maybe in a few months I have a backlog
Basically all the best ones are done by Akiko Shikata