Tantal does have a city, but this theme is actually what plays out in the wide open area surrounding the city, which is a beautiful yet frozen wasteland.
One of my dreams is that monolith would make a xenoblade live concert across all the games. It'd be so beautiful and diverse, and truly a wonderful memory I would cherish if this were to ever happen. Hearing this live along with all the other wonderful themes would be sublime.
I would love that too but I don't think would be very profitable as these pieces requires a large amount of musicians and although not superstars to require to pay a person a huge amount lots of musicians plus lots of technical staff will require that the ticket to be very expensive in order to pay all that people and also to be on profit.
What you just listened to was the Tantal day theme for the overworld area of Tantal. The area is a massive frozen wasteland filled with monsters, ruins, and very few people. It’s by far one of my favorite overworld themes in XC2 along with its companion night theme. There is a city in the region, but it is very old and run down and has its own theme, Ever Come to an End and Shadows of the Lowlands, which are the day and night themes respectively and are two of the most haunting pieces of music I’ve heard
Xenoblade series is one hell of a musical feast. I think Xenoblade Chronicles X has the most underappreciated music. I'm honestly considering making a patreon just to suggest Sylvalum (night). That song is just hauntingly beautiful.
Seconding the Sylvalum request, but I would add to listen to both the day and night themes, with listening to the day version first, then the night for full effect.
By far one of the best tracks in XC2. Beaten only by Counterattack!, Roaming the wastes, and Drifting Soul. This track honestly encapsulates the frozen tundra of Tantal, with the chimes. It’s super chilling…. But that’s what it’s supposed to be, and it’s fantastic.
I’ve spent so many hours in this area killing off King Ken, and it’s an amazing track once it gets going. I love how all three xenoblade OST’s don’t necessarily stomp on the other in terms of musical quality. They all pay homage to one another. Especially with the reboot with DE. All three now tie into one another with their music.
oh my god we're touching the XC2 OST?! Please, I implore you to give a listen to Our Eternal Land(Indol's Pretorium Day). It is no doubt the nost beautiful song I have rver heard in a game and I highly believe you would enjoy hearing it! Love your appreciation for music
You mentioned XC's blending and juxtaposition of natural and synthetic sounds - that's always been one of my biggest loves about this series' OSTs (and music in general). It's such FASCINATING, versatile symbology for opposition or, conversely, harmony. I first fell in love with the style thanks to Ecstatic Waters by Steven Bryant. It's not a game OST, but a live orchestral performance paired with prerecorded synthetics. I played it in a summer band camp one year and instantly fell in love, haha. Your takes on XC music are always my favorites; even though I've spent thousands of hours in the games, your thoughts and analysis always give me pause to contemplate new meanings. 🎶🤔
2:30 you mentioned forward momentum and busy-ness/uncertainty which is very interesting as an important aspect of this area relating to the main story means the party only has a few hours to achieve a certain goal here (not going to drop spoilers but it would make a lot more sense if I did), so I feel the music attempts to combine this urgency with the breathtaking frosty and historied landscape.
Super late, but I would describe tantal as a place of abundant uncertainty, fear and very little hope for the people who live there. The residents of tantal are descendants of thriving ancestors whose home was destroyed from war. They migrated to tantal but due to the harsh environment the economy is low and many people struggle. The song is a cry of past ancestors and the sadness of their descendants due to war, famine and isolation. They are a fallen civilization that was once one of the most highly regarded and respected who fell due to no fault of their own. A dying civilization on its last legs freezing to death.
When I first got here in game I'll admit I was not feeling it. Boy do I feel the opposite of that now. It is by far one of the best cold area themes I've ever heard. It's so dynamic and it's really perfect for Tantal. Just absolutely perfect.
The moment you reach Tantal and the music starts playing - that's the best moment ingame. Tantal is my favourite music track, and even after 5 years I get goosebumps.
I'm listening to the whole Xenoblade playlist you've got going in order, and somehow I managed to lose myself in listening to the track every time, and forget that you have a commentary in it too. You just pop in to talk and I'm like WOAH forgot you were there buddy
To me it sounds very sad, but also very mighty. Like a sacrifice. A force that is about to do something very dire, that has been stirred and affected by a terrible experience, about to completely overwhelm things like a tidal wave of change.
I remember being stuck somewhere in this place and it took me several minutes to find the right path. Other than that Tantal is both the name of this place, the name of a Kingdom and the name of a living being iirc. The sound always gave me some vibe of chill and danger. Like something cruel and bad is happening there we can't really see and that you shouldn't stay there.
The titan as a continent is called Tantal, so the Kingdom got the name "Kingdom of Tantal" from there. However, the name of the titan as a living being is Genbu, similarly to how Gormott is the name of the titan as a continent, but the titan's real name is Melnath.
So because you mentioned the singers being generated I figured I should mention that they did get some famous opera company for this game's vocal soundtrack (I don't remember the name). Now, I don't know if they did all the vocals with real humans, but I know most of the tracks with vocals are at least real humans.
The music of the Xenoblade games, especially Xenoblade 2, is pretty fantastic. The songs that play when you're just walking around a city can sometimes feel like they belong in the final level or during the final boss. One example is the song "Our Eternal Land" which is the song that plays whenever you're in a specific city in the game. I'd highly suggest giving it a listen, it's one of my favorites.
I just found this videi by chance! AMAZING! the xenoblade games have a wonderful osts,and this one is my fav from XBC2,that song relaxed me and make me daydream a lot,its a beautiful piece once you know the context of that dying titan,and why is slowly perishing
It's funny, the music contrasts with the frozen nature of the landscape; I guess it adds to the urgency of doing something or you're going to die in the cold. People are not moving around, it's frozen, and you're trying like hell to reach the city because it's cold as hell and it's urgent.
I finally have time to get back to watching your videos and I see this one and I am delighted that you reacted to it. I don't know if it's all my experience with Mega Man games but the immediate image this track gives me (especially thanks to the effects and certain instrument parts) even without looking at the game is ice, a snow storm or the start of one. As for the pace, you're right, it's very forward moving but it feels like someone is performing a vigorous dance or a duel of sorts.
Xenoblade music, ohhhh boyyyy, hope to see more (Tantal is interesting because the kingdom has made up this lie of being connected to a praised hero from long ago, so the themes mixture of sad/coldness and almost grand feeling works really well It also feels cold because the area is frozen over and cold due to the dying titan, and how secluded the people have become not wanting any lies to come out, their titan (giant creatures that act as land) can dive deep into the world's sea (the cloud sea) away from the world)
This is one of my personal favourites!!! The others for me are Where We Used To Be, Counterattack, Drifting Soul and One Last You. Out of all the Xenoblade Chronicles games the second is by far my favourite ❤️
You mentioned that the song conveys a sense of urgency, of not being able to complete the mission in time. That's exactly right. I won't say how, for spoiler reasons, but it is very much right and it does take place in the overworld as part of the main questline.
Definitely one of my favorite area themes in the series, the night version is especially good. the Kingdom of Uraya and the Empire of Mor Ardain also have excellent themes, Xenoblade 2 really went all-out with lively area music.
Tantal is the beautiful, but dangerous isolationist kingdom inside the titan Genbu. There is only one city, floating high about the snowfield this theme plays in. The kingdom is in decline mostly due to food shortages and the kings refusal to get help from other nations. Outside the safety of the main city is nothing but a frozen wasteland, full of ruins, ravines, and high level monsters. In some of the higher areas (like the cliff you climb down to get to the fields) you have to watch out for slippery ice, and crumbling floor. It's one of the most beautiful areas in xenoblade 2, and one of my personal favorites.
Your interpretation here of "city and lively" is very interesting, for Tantal is a wide snowy field littered with ancient ruins and absurdly strong wild monsters. You used the words "diminishing crunch" at the beginning, and that's a great way to describe snow, and business you can at least find in the snowstorm. I do prefer the night-version of this track though. It is very fun to compare the overworld themes with their night-versions, and look for the Leitmotiv hidden in all them and where they are hidden.
yes yes!! I love XC2 music,!! My personal favorite overworld theme has to be Uraya's night theme (cannot remember for the life of me what was it called) and I would love to see a reaction to that one at some point.
I do love me some Xenoblade 2 music, put like 600 hours on this game somehow back when it came out. The music for this series never disappoints. Day 3 of asking for anything from the Project Moon games, especially Reverberation from Library of Ruina.
Oh, please listen to the Tantal Night theme as well. The Day theme is great but Tantal Night is easily one of my favorite overworld tracks in the whole series, and that's saying something when Mechonis Field and Central Factory are songs that exist lol, not to mention the rest of Xeno 2's soundtrack which is just, absolutely stellar.
Xenoblade 2 not only tries to set big gameplay and story contrasts between areas in the game, but tries to represent that through the music. For context, the main two areas before this are Leftheria, a quiet archipelago where the main character was raised. The wildlife is dangerous if provoked, but otherwise it's a peaceful and straightforward trek toward Rex's hometown, the only place in the game not touched by war and the war economy. This is the last truly peaceful moment in the game. After this is the Indoline Praetorium, a holy place and the center of Alrest's culture, being one of the few areas to still have untarnished artifacts from a world before the Aegis War. And then you get to Tantal. Like Indol, it's an old culture that is traceable to a time before the Aegis War, but it was still a war site. There is one castle town where the king lives, but the ruins of fallen cities and kingdoms are strewn all over the entire area. There is a stretch towards the end just scorched back from battles. And to make things worse, the entire place is a hostile climate freezing over. People really aren't supposed to live here. Because of this, you can't really "walk" through Tantal. It's a series of ice bridges and calculated drops that are just barely not far enough to kill you. And to make matters worse, the party is on a timer when you first get here. Everything that made Leftheria comfortable and peaceful has been reversed and I think the music is so good at nailing that.
marco! i think you would enjoy hearing some of the homestuck songs like collide, cascade, etc. homestuck has an extremely unique approach to music, especially in combination with its animated [s] pages.
I want people to remember how even hard the NORMAL BATTLE THEME goes in this game. Yeah Monolithsoft pulls out all the stops for their games and Tantal is one of my favourites from XC2. Specifically the day theme when that beat drops. It feels like you just gotta get going y'know? It hypes you up which you should do since the place is freezing and well, story progression. My favorite ice area theme ever. The Weight of Life from 3 and Unfinished Battle from 1 are my favorite Xenoblade soundtracks though. Give it a listen for those who haven't and listen to Engage the Enemy and Counterattack before hearing The Weight of Life. You'll thank me later.
For Xenoblade Chronicles 2 the Gormott night theme always has a special place in my heart somehow~ the day theme is nice but drawn in more by the night theme. Xenogears' Light of the Underworld is interesting, Omen as well, and also The one who bears Fangs at God are some of my favourites in Xenogears, I feel like I'm really drawn in by Yasunori Mitsuda. Now that I think on in Yasunori-san's, Uematsu-san's and Motoi Sakuraba-san's music were the ones that form the core of the music I listen to growing up and playing games with their compositions, they each have songs that draw you in, open up your mind to extrapolate the scene and its ambience through music and tell a story with music. If you do ever decide to listen or react to any of their songs, I do hope you will enjoy them as much as I do :) thank you for all your hard work and love your videos Marco
I dropped Xenoblade 2 because of the huge leaps in levels for storyline battles in Tantal. It's a lovely locale, I've always loved snow, so I'm a bit biased. I had forgotten how beautiful the music was in the game, though!
well xenoblade has alot of great music, fun fact hiroki swano dose alot of xenblade music (mostly for x) who is also the composer for atack on titan and other animies
OH! MORE XENOBLADE OST!? I like this a lot! Yeah, this is a good overworld song!! I’m playing XENOBLADE 3 these days, and the music in this game is also a banger! This is such a phenomenal series! PLEASE, “GOD SLAYING SWORD” in the future! Also, the main battle theme of XENOBLADE X!! That’s another good one! Edit: I believe the Battle theme of X is called “UNCONTROLLABLE”. Update: Uncontrollable plays when you fight a TYRANT! Sorry about that…. My bad….
I'd say my favorite environmental themes would be from Mary Skelter. I loved all their themes when in menus or dungeons, with the exception of the escape theme of 2. Although I will say they aren't really operatic themes lol
I've never played a Xenoblade Chronicles game before at least I think But I'm planning on buying 3 soon for the switch, can't wait also Day ninety-nine of recommending Stay Gold from the Arknights OST
Did you play Xenoblade Chronicles 1 ? If not, you really should start the game ! I think a lot of people would be here to watch your stream this is the kind of game you'll play once but you'll remember forever So if you want more xenoblade chronicles 2 music, there's this masterpiece : ruclips.net/video/fbTf3moH72s/видео.html
There is other versio called Tantal/night referencing the coming death of "tantal". Meaning the reason it is all ICE around there. I love the Cover by: ruclips.net/video/QaeZdzL1cKg/видео.html It is just masterpiece, have it on my spotify playlist and have listened to it thousands of times. This cover also fits better to what happens to it when you as a "player" leave the place called "tantal".
@@MarcoMeatball it's so sad coz it's a good series with so many good music. I understand maybe this will discourage you from reacting to more Xenoblade music, but hopefully you will still continue.
while i doubt the symbolism is intentional, the choir being artificial/generated is interesting here. spoilers for the game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The kingdom of tantal is dying. Its icy lands barely support crops, it has been backed into a corner by a stronger nation into giving what little supplies it has as tribute. Due to the isolationist policy of its monarchy, all trade is done in black markets, that, despite still being unsanctioned, are done directly in front of the eyes of the government, without opposition, as things are so dire that any persecution would just lead to more death and poverty. The theme of the capital city, Theosoir, is a soft, choral lamentation, begging for salvation. Despite this, the monarchy keeps a facade of strength. They bare themselves as blessed, bearing the blood of an ancient hero; blessing the people of tantal by extension, giving them hope that even in this dire, starved state, Tantals people will persevere. Theosoirs theme, "Ever Come To An End" states: "Pride keeps us strong today, glory will be with us. Now the time has come, to fight and seize the day. When will our prayers be heard, high up in the sky above? Soon fate will show us, the place where we belong." The choir is a strong, even stubborn aspect of Tantals overworld theme. Though at times it wavers, it stays resolute throughout the track. I don't think it would be stretch to say it represents the pride of Tantals people. But the thing is, as we learn in the games story, the King is lying. The royal family was not descended from the hero at all. The King has no divine right, nor does his people. Its all fake, a secret kept for generations to provide an illusion of stability for the kingdoms people, because they have to, Its all they have left. If the artificial choir does really reflect this, then it paints the otherwise proud and resolute song in a tragic light. A false sense of proud security, surrounded on all sides by blizzard and famine.
I'm admittedly a bit mixed on Tantal's daytime music, which we hear here. At first it blew me away, I thought it was really impressive and strong. It's a snowy, mountainous area, and winter themes tend to not be this intense. I considered it one of the best winter-themes around at one point. But then, you spend a LOT of time in this place, it's quite a large area and way more difficult to navigate than most anywhere else in this game, which further increases the time you spend traversing this place. And to be honest? Hot take incoming, perhaps, I've found it to get really tiresome after enough time. It's not boring, but eventually I was rather sick of hearing it. I think some more of XC2's major areas have that problem, but I feel it the most with Tantal's. I went from loving it to kinda hating it, which I'm not sure I've experienced like this with any video game music track before or since. Conversely, I've developed a bit more appreciation for the more low-key nighttime version. I find it easier to listen to now.
@@MarcoMeatball Maybe, I do agree to an extent, but there are plenty of looping tracks out there, area tracks included, where I hardly get tired of them at all, even after listening to them for extended periods of time. The way you describe Tantal's track in the video, though, I think a lot of the points you bring up and descriptors you use regarding the energy and pace of this track touch on why it burns out for me so much. And to be fair, I also kinda got lost in this place for a while on my first playthrough, so maybe that frustration rubbed off on it a bit for me as well...
11:19 you are so on the nose about the themes of xenoblade being about the machine vs. Nature its not even funny 😭 XBC2 has these sentient weapons called blades which have this very futuristic deisgn to them, along with various machine enemies you encounter throughout. XBC1's central plot revolves around Humans fighting against an endless invasion of machines called mechon, and the two continents, the Bionis and the Mechonis are literally a living being and an artifical being locked in an eternal battle.
Shame you didn't also listen to the night time version of the overworld track as you may have better guessed the landmass the player is walking on. Thinking of all the overworld tracks the day/night for Tantal is one of the better tracks though personally out of all the 4 Xenoblade games I think Xc2 has the 2nd worst overworld tracks.
I know it's not exactly the type of stuff you react to, as it's not videogame music, but I would definitely love a video on your reaction to a few of Ironmouse's songs, both in her normal and her operatic voice, she's an amazing singer and her story and the things she has and is going through only make her talent all the more amazing.
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Tantal does have a city, but this theme is actually what plays out in the wide open area surrounding the city, which is a beautiful yet frozen wasteland.
One of my dreams is that monolith would make a xenoblade live concert across all the games. It'd be so beautiful and diverse, and truly a wonderful memory I would cherish if this were to ever happen. Hearing this live along with all the other wonderful themes would be sublime.
YES PLEASE!!!
as much i wanted it to happend, i think we will not seeing it, i mean this game never even on game award nomination for music.
Mòrag: Sublime. Your efforts have born many fruits.
I would love that too but I don't think would be very profitable as these pieces requires a large amount of musicians and although not superstars to require to pay a person a huge amount lots of musicians plus lots of technical staff will require that the ticket to be very expensive in order to pay all that people and also to be on profit.
@@seakaizers2211 well xc3 did at least
"Music to fall to your death to while looking for a way down!" That is how I call this piece...
That's exactly what I was gonna comment lmao
What you just listened to was the Tantal day theme for the overworld area of Tantal. The area is a massive frozen wasteland filled with monsters, ruins, and very few people. It’s by far one of my favorite overworld themes in XC2 along with its companion night theme. There is a city in the region, but it is very old and run down and has its own theme, Ever Come to an End and Shadows of the Lowlands, which are the day and night themes respectively and are two of the most haunting pieces of music I’ve heard
It's that mood that says "tragic survivors of a lost kingdom, living in arctic isolation".
Xenoblade series is one hell of a musical feast.
I think Xenoblade Chronicles X has the most underappreciated music. I'm honestly considering making a patreon just to suggest Sylvalum (night). That song is just hauntingly beautiful.
True the music is definitely underrated which is crazy since my favorite composer Hiroyuki Sawano was involved with it
X's soundtrack is quite the mixed bag, but it absolutely has a couple of real highs, and Sylvalum Night is one of them. A real standout!
Sylvalum is probably my favorite area from the whole franchise. The landscape in Sylvalum looks so alien and mysterious and music is beautiful.
Seconding the Sylvalum request, but I would add to listen to both the day and night themes, with listening to the day version first, then the night for full effect.
Some of those tracks were pretty fire, Wish they'd release an hd version or something on switch.
By far one of the best tracks in XC2. Beaten only by Counterattack!, Roaming the wastes, and Drifting Soul. This track honestly encapsulates the frozen tundra of Tantal, with the chimes. It’s super chilling…. But that’s what it’s supposed to be, and it’s fantastic.
I’ve spent so many hours in this area killing off King Ken, and it’s an amazing track once it gets going. I love how all three xenoblade OST’s don’t necessarily stomp on the other in terms of musical quality. They all pay homage to one another. Especially with the reboot with DE. All three now tie into one another with their music.
@@cyrrus_lite2796 true, the amount of king ken that have been slaughtered by me is unknown lmao
That makes me think he needs to react to Roaming the Wastes.
oh my god we're touching the XC2 OST?! Please, I implore you to give a listen to Our Eternal Land(Indol's Pretorium Day). It is no doubt the nost beautiful song I have rver heard in a game and I highly believe you would enjoy hearing it! Love your appreciation for music
You mentioned XC's blending and juxtaposition of natural and synthetic sounds - that's always been one of my biggest loves about this series' OSTs (and music in general). It's such FASCINATING, versatile symbology for opposition or, conversely, harmony. I first fell in love with the style thanks to Ecstatic Waters by Steven Bryant. It's not a game OST, but a live orchestral performance paired with prerecorded synthetics. I played it in a summer band camp one year and instantly fell in love, haha.
Your takes on XC music are always my favorites; even though I've spent thousands of hours in the games, your thoughts and analysis always give me pause to contemplate new meanings. 🎶🤔
🥹 I’m so glad
2:30 you mentioned forward momentum and busy-ness/uncertainty which is very interesting as an important aspect of this area relating to the main story means the party only has a few hours to achieve a certain goal here (not going to drop spoilers but it would make a lot more sense if I did), so I feel the music attempts to combine this urgency with the breathtaking frosty and historied landscape.
The Kingdom of Uraya (night) is by far my favourite.
I love Uraya music
Uraya, both day and night, is wonderful. I love listening to it. Would vouch for Leftheria (Day), too!
It's so good!
The sound of water droplets is so calming and is just a beautiful piece.
Tantal is one of my favourite themes in all of Xenoblade. It just feels so magical with the choir.
Super late, but I would describe tantal as a place of abundant uncertainty, fear and very little hope for the people who live there. The residents of tantal are descendants of thriving ancestors whose home was destroyed from war. They migrated to tantal but due to the harsh environment the economy is low and many people struggle. The song is a cry of past ancestors and the sadness of their descendants due to war, famine and isolation. They are a fallen civilization that was once one of the most highly regarded and respected who fell due to no fault of their own. A dying civilization on its last legs freezing to death.
When I first got here in game I'll admit I was not feeling it. Boy do I feel the opposite of that now. It is by far one of the best cold area themes I've ever heard. It's so dynamic and it's really perfect for Tantal. Just absolutely perfect.
I love how the Xenoblade Series music has so much energy yet beauty all at once, without overpowering one versus the other.
The moment you reach Tantal and the music starts playing - that's the best moment ingame.
Tantal is my favourite music track, and even after 5 years I get goosebumps.
It speaks a lot to the power of musical conveyance that you painted a really solid picture of the setting on the music alone.
I remember counting down the days to Xenoblade 3's release while being in Tantal, just to listen to this masterpiece.
Tantal is a treasure trove of some of the best music in xenoblade 2 and that's why it's easily my fav titan/location
I'm listening to the whole Xenoblade playlist you've got going in order, and somehow I managed to lose myself in listening to the track every time, and forget that you have a commentary in it too.
You just pop in to talk and I'm like WOAH forgot you were there buddy
To me it sounds very sad, but also very mighty. Like a sacrifice. A force that is about to do something very dire, that has been stirred and affected by a terrible experience, about to completely overwhelm things like a tidal wave of change.
I remember being stuck somewhere in this place and it took me several minutes to find the right path. Other than that Tantal is both the name of this place, the name of a Kingdom and the name of a living being iirc. The sound always gave me some vibe of chill and danger. Like something cruel and bad is happening there we can't really see and that you shouldn't stay there.
Technically the Titan it's is named Genbu
The titan as a continent is called Tantal, so the Kingdom got the name "Kingdom of Tantal" from there. However, the name of the titan as a living being is Genbu, similarly to how Gormott is the name of the titan as a continent, but the titan's real name is Melnath.
Thanks for the heads-up. Been a while since I played XC2
2:20 "Diminished Crunching" is an interesting and fitting way to describe snow...
So because you mentioned the singers being generated I figured I should mention that they did get some famous opera company for this game's vocal soundtrack (I don't remember the name). Now, I don't know if they did all the vocals with real humans, but I know most of the tracks with vocals are at least real humans.
Oh wow!
Their name is Anuna, iirc an acapella group
the large scale operatic tracks use the Bratislava Symphony Choir, while the smaller choral tracks used Anuna, the Irish choral group.
The music of the Xenoblade games, especially Xenoblade 2, is pretty fantastic. The songs that play when you're just walking around a city can sometimes feel like they belong in the final level or during the final boss. One example is the song "Our Eternal Land" which is the song that plays whenever you're in a specific city in the game. I'd highly suggest giving it a listen, it's one of my favorites.
Reacting to Theosoir (the town in the kingdom of Tantal) would be awesome too as it also has some incredible vocals. Great music in that region!
Ahhh, just saw this now! Any time we get to watch you experience some XBC is a treat!
I just found this videi by chance! AMAZING! the xenoblade games have a wonderful osts,and this one is my fav from XBC2,that song relaxed me and make me daydream a lot,its a beautiful piece once you know the context of that dying titan,and why is slowly perishing
Yggdrasil is honestly one of my favourite area themes in the game.
But Tantal Day has a certain "tundra wasteland" charm to it that I adore.
This is definitely one of my favorite OW themes from the game, and its the most hauntingly beautiful theme besides anything we get from Amalthus
Yay more XC2 music
Yes! More Xenoblade music.
If you have the chance, check Theosoir's theme, Shadow of the Lowlands, both the day and night versions are amazing
It's funny, the music contrasts with the frozen nature of the landscape; I guess it adds to the urgency of doing something or you're going to die in the cold. People are not moving around, it's frozen, and you're trying like hell to reach the city because it's cold as hell and it's urgent.
Ouuu! I lovw the Kingdom of Uraya (Nighttime) version. I think you will love that one too!
I finally have time to get back to watching your videos and I see this one and I am delighted that you reacted to it. I don't know if it's all my experience with Mega Man games but the immediate image this track gives me (especially thanks to the effects and certain instrument parts) even without looking at the game is ice, a snow storm or the start of one. As for the pace, you're right, it's very forward moving but it feels like someone is performing a vigorous dance or a duel of sorts.
Welcome back!
If you want I could explain Tantal.
Let me know if you want me to avoid spoilers or anything.
Xenoblade music, ohhhh boyyyy, hope to see more
(Tantal is interesting because the kingdom has made up this lie of being connected to a praised hero from long ago, so the themes mixture of sad/coldness and almost grand feeling works really well
It also feels cold because the area is frozen over and cold due to the dying titan, and how secluded the people have become not wanting any lies to come out, their titan (giant creatures that act as land) can dive deep into the world's sea (the cloud sea) away from the world)
You Should react to Moebius theme from Xenoblade 3!!
I'm currently playing through XC2 so breaking down the music I'm currently listening to was a pleasant surprise
Yes Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is one of my favorite games of all time
cant wait for him to react too the mobius battle theme and the M and N mix of it too!
God yes, absolutely one of my favorite area themes in the game, and that’s saying something.
This is one of my personal favourites!!! The others for me are Where We Used To Be, Counterattack, Drifting Soul and One Last You. Out of all the Xenoblade Chronicles games the second is by far my favourite ❤️
You mentioned that the song conveys a sense of urgency, of not being able to complete the mission in time. That's exactly right. I won't say how, for spoiler reasons, but it is very much right and it does take place in the overworld as part of the main questline.
Definitely one of my favorite area themes in the series, the night version is especially good. the Kingdom of Uraya and the Empire of Mor Ardain also have excellent themes, Xenoblade 2 really went all-out with lively area music.
Tantal is the beautiful, but dangerous isolationist kingdom inside the titan Genbu. There is only one city, floating high about the snowfield this theme plays in. The kingdom is in decline mostly due to food shortages and the kings refusal to get help from other nations. Outside the safety of the main city is nothing but a frozen wasteland, full of ruins, ravines, and high level monsters. In some of the higher areas (like the cliff you climb down to get to the fields) you have to watch out for slippery ice, and crumbling floor. It's one of the most beautiful areas in xenoblade 2, and one of my personal favorites.
Your interpretation here of "city and lively" is very interesting, for Tantal is a wide snowy field littered with ancient ruins and absurdly strong wild monsters. You used the words "diminishing crunch" at the beginning, and that's a great way to describe snow, and business you can at least find in the snowstorm. I do prefer the night-version of this track though.
It is very fun to compare the overworld themes with their night-versions, and look for the Leitmotiv hidden in all them and where they are hidden.
Trust me when I say, xenoblade chronicles music rarely if not ever dissapoint
You should listen to Tantal Night, it's the best theme of the game, I'm glad you covered this one tho
yes yes!! I love XC2 music,!!
My personal favorite overworld theme has to be Uraya's night theme (cannot remember for the life of me what was it called) and I would love to see a reaction to that one at some point.
I do love me some Xenoblade 2 music, put like 600 hours on this game somehow back when it came out. The music for this series never disappoints.
Day 3 of asking for anything from the Project Moon games, especially Reverberation from Library of Ruina.
Oh, please listen to the Tantal Night theme as well. The Day theme is great but Tantal Night is easily one of my favorite overworld tracks in the whole series, and that's saying something when Mechonis Field and Central Factory are songs that exist lol, not to mention the rest of Xeno 2's soundtrack which is just, absolutely stellar.
Damn Marco, you're cranking out the videos lately.
Pushing to 100k 👀
Xenoblade 2 not only tries to set big gameplay and story contrasts between areas in the game, but tries to represent that through the music. For context, the main two areas before this are Leftheria, a quiet archipelago where the main character was raised. The wildlife is dangerous if provoked, but otherwise it's a peaceful and straightforward trek toward Rex's hometown, the only place in the game not touched by war and the war economy. This is the last truly peaceful moment in the game. After this is the Indoline Praetorium, a holy place and the center of Alrest's culture, being one of the few areas to still have untarnished artifacts from a world before the Aegis War.
And then you get to Tantal. Like Indol, it's an old culture that is traceable to a time before the Aegis War, but it was still a war site. There is one castle town where the king lives, but the ruins of fallen cities and kingdoms are strewn all over the entire area. There is a stretch towards the end just scorched back from battles. And to make things worse, the entire place is a hostile climate freezing over. People really aren't supposed to live here. Because of this, you can't really "walk" through Tantal. It's a series of ice bridges and calculated drops that are just barely not far enough to kill you. And to make matters worse, the party is on a timer when you first get here. Everything that made Leftheria comfortable and peaceful has been reversed and I think the music is so good at nailing that.
marco! i think you would enjoy hearing some of the homestuck songs like collide, cascade, etc. homestuck has an extremely unique approach to music, especially in combination with its animated [s] pages.
I want people to remember how even hard the NORMAL BATTLE THEME goes in this game. Yeah Monolithsoft pulls out all the stops for their games and Tantal is one of my favourites from XC2. Specifically the day theme when that beat drops. It feels like you just gotta get going y'know? It hypes you up which you should do since the place is freezing and well, story progression. My favorite ice area theme ever.
The Weight of Life from 3 and Unfinished Battle from 1 are my favorite Xenoblade soundtracks though. Give it a listen for those who haven't and listen to Engage the Enemy and Counterattack before hearing The Weight of Life. You'll thank me later.
For Xenoblade Chronicles 2 the Gormott night theme always has a special place in my heart somehow~ the day theme is nice but drawn in more by the night theme. Xenogears' Light of the Underworld is interesting, Omen as well, and also The one who bears Fangs at God are some of my favourites in Xenogears, I feel like I'm really drawn in by Yasunori Mitsuda. Now that I think on in Yasunori-san's, Uematsu-san's and Motoi Sakuraba-san's music were the ones that form the core of the music I listen to growing up and playing games with their compositions, they each have songs that draw you in, open up your mind to extrapolate the scene and its ambience through music and tell a story with music. If you do ever decide to listen or react to any of their songs, I do hope you will enjoy them as much as I do :) thank you for all your hard work and love your videos Marco
I dropped Xenoblade 2 because of the huge leaps in levels for storyline battles in Tantal. It's a lovely locale, I've always loved snow, so I'm a bit biased. I had forgotten how beautiful the music was in the game, though!
well xenoblade has alot of great music, fun fact hiroki swano dose alot of xenblade music (mostly for x) who is also the composer for atack on titan and other animies
WE ARE BACK WITH THE DARK BACKGROUND HOORAY
YES finally xc2! Now I just want more hahahaha, I suggest Counterattack, Mor Ardain, The tomorrow with you and "battle! Torna"!
Counterattack is here - Battle was just edited
OH! MORE XENOBLADE OST!? I like this a lot! Yeah, this is a good overworld song!!
I’m playing XENOBLADE 3 these days, and the music in this game is also a banger! This is such a phenomenal series!
PLEASE, “GOD SLAYING SWORD” in the future! Also, the main battle theme of XENOBLADE X!! That’s another good one!
Edit: I believe the Battle theme of X is called “UNCONTROLLABLE”.
Update: Uncontrollable plays when you fight a TYRANT! Sorry about that…. My bad….
Uncontrollable is the theme that plays when you fight a Tyrant. Black Tar is the most consistent battle track of the game
@@SilverRay85 yeah, I noticed it after I searched for it, thanks for the info, I’m going to update
I'd say my favorite environmental themes would be from Mary Skelter. I loved all their themes when in menus or dungeons, with the exception of the escape theme of 2.
Although I will say they aren't really operatic themes lol
You know what I want
Möbius? 😂😂
I couldn't stop looking at that Pikachu...
GOATED OST OMAI G O D
Somehow I thought this was about Shadow of the Lowlands (Theosoir).
You should do guessing video on some touhou project boss's theme.
I'd love to hear your opinion on the Moebius battle theme in Xenoblade 3
I've never played a Xenoblade Chronicles game before
at least I think
But I'm planning on buying 3 soon for the switch, can't wait
also
Day ninety-nine of recommending Stay Gold from the Arknights OST
Dire straits is definitely an accurate assessment of Chapter 6
If anyone is thinking of donating on patreon Shadow of the lowlands is kinda amazing too
Did you play Xenoblade Chronicles 1 ?
If not, you really should start the game !
I think a lot of people would be here to watch your stream
this is the kind of game you'll play once but you'll remember forever
So if you want more xenoblade chronicles 2 music, there's this masterpiece : ruclips.net/video/fbTf3moH72s/видео.html
There is other versio called Tantal/night referencing the coming death of "tantal". Meaning the reason it is all ICE around there.
I love the Cover by: ruclips.net/video/QaeZdzL1cKg/видео.html
It is just masterpiece, have it on my spotify playlist and have listened to it thousands of times.
This cover also fits better to what happens to it when you as a "player" leave the place called "tantal".
listen to ludex gundyr or halflight the spear of the church from dark souls 3,2 of my fav ds3 themes
I think is the ost of ac major event not gonna spoil
Only 5.4k views? Come on people...
:D more or less normal for my xeno vids sadly
@@MarcoMeatball it's so sad coz it's a good series with so many good music. I understand maybe this will discourage you from reacting to more Xenoblade music, but hopefully you will still continue.
@@LouisandraGan nah I don’t do it for views tbh
while i doubt the symbolism is intentional, the choir being artificial/generated is interesting here.
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The kingdom of tantal is dying. Its icy lands barely support crops, it has been backed into a corner by a stronger nation into giving what little supplies it has as tribute. Due to the isolationist policy of its monarchy, all trade is done in black markets, that, despite still being unsanctioned, are done directly in front of the eyes of the government, without opposition, as things are so dire that any persecution would just lead to more death and poverty. The theme of the capital city, Theosoir, is a soft, choral lamentation, begging for salvation.
Despite this, the monarchy keeps a facade of strength. They bare themselves as blessed, bearing the blood of an ancient hero; blessing the people of tantal by extension, giving them hope that even in this dire, starved state, Tantals people will persevere.
Theosoirs theme, "Ever Come To An End" states:
"Pride keeps us strong today, glory will be with us.
Now the time has come, to fight and seize the day.
When will our prayers be heard, high up in the sky above?
Soon fate will show us, the place where we belong."
The choir is a strong, even stubborn aspect of Tantals overworld theme. Though at times it wavers, it stays resolute throughout the track. I don't think it would be stretch to say it represents the pride of Tantals people.
But the thing is, as we learn in the games story, the King is lying. The royal family was not descended from the hero at all. The King has no divine right, nor does his people. Its all fake, a secret kept for generations to provide an illusion of stability for the kingdoms people, because they have to, Its all they have left.
If the artificial choir does really reflect this, then it paints the otherwise proud and resolute song in a tragic light.
A false sense of proud security, surrounded on all sides by blizzard and famine.
I'm admittedly a bit mixed on Tantal's daytime music, which we hear here. At first it blew me away, I thought it was really impressive and strong. It's a snowy, mountainous area, and winter themes tend to not be this intense. I considered it one of the best winter-themes around at one point.
But then, you spend a LOT of time in this place, it's quite a large area and way more difficult to navigate than most anywhere else in this game, which further increases the time you spend traversing this place.
And to be honest? Hot take incoming, perhaps, I've found it to get really tiresome after enough time. It's not boring, but eventually I was rather sick of hearing it. I think some more of XC2's major areas have that problem, but I feel it the most with Tantal's. I went from loving it to kinda hating it, which I'm not sure I've experienced like this with any video game music track before or since.
Conversely, I've developed a bit more appreciation for the more low-key nighttime version. I find it easier to listen to now.
I think that’s the inherent problem with looped tracks in general!
@@MarcoMeatball Maybe, I do agree to an extent, but there are plenty of looping tracks out there, area tracks included, where I hardly get tired of them at all, even after listening to them for extended periods of time. The way you describe Tantal's track in the video, though, I think a lot of the points you bring up and descriptors you use regarding the energy and pace of this track touch on why it burns out for me so much.
And to be fair, I also kinda got lost in this place for a while on my first playthrough, so maybe that frustration rubbed off on it a bit for me as well...
11:19 you are so on the nose about the themes of xenoblade being about the machine vs. Nature its not even funny 😭
XBC2 has these sentient weapons called blades which have this very futuristic deisgn to them, along with various machine enemies you encounter throughout.
XBC1's central plot revolves around Humans fighting against an endless invasion of machines called mechon, and the two continents, the Bionis and the Mechonis are literally a living being and an artifical being locked in an eternal battle.
Destiny 2 ost reaction when?
Now react to the night version
Shame you didn't also listen to the night time version of the overworld track as you may have better guessed the landmass the player is walking on. Thinking of all the overworld tracks the day/night for Tantal is one of the better tracks though personally out of all the 4 Xenoblade games I think Xc2 has the 2nd worst overworld tracks.
I listened to the link you gave me 😂
That’s very interesting. I personally think that 2 has some of the best overworld themes
I know it's not exactly the type of stuff you react to, as it's not videogame music, but I would definitely love a video on your reaction to a few of Ironmouse's songs, both in her normal and her operatic voice, she's an amazing singer and her story and the things she has and is going through only make her talent all the more amazing.
This is the theme to an open snowscape thats mostly empty. Gorgeous, but boring without the music
I might have mixed feelings on the games, but the music is not one of the reasons.