There's a side quest that ends with this song, not going to spoil which one, where I can feel the npc crying thier lungs out. No voice acting, just text, but I can still audibly hear her.
I remember the first time I was directed to murder my closest friends to affirm a sycophantic belief in a creator- God that no longer exists used as an excuse to give me superficial meaning. We've all been there.
I just did this side quest, hearing the music come in at THAT part was so evocative. One of, if not my favorite moment in the game. It was just a kind of experience I’ve never had in any other game before.
God this scene was amazing. Nier Automata starts with the illusion of a happy ending, I think this was the first real glimpse at the tragedy to come. Spoilers below: Just imagine the life of someone who exists only to kill their friends, lovers, family. A horrid existence where you build connections, delete the memories of your past misdeeds to try and move on, only to have it all happen again. It's an endless cycle; all she can do is delete the truth of her being for days of blissful ignorance. But she'll always remember. And the pain will always begin anew. It's no wonder she lost herself to madness.
Playing through the whole game and hearing these songs made me feel like everything was slipping away from my hands, probably the same way 9S felt during the C route
One of my favorite things about this song, besides the song of course, is how rarely it is used in the game. There are a total of 4 (?) instances in the entire 40-60 hour game, two of which are from side content. If you play through just the main story this song only appears twice, and while I won't spoil when or why the song makes an appearance, in 3/4 instances it is used as a leitmotif. The final instance where it is used is when the story and characters are at their lowest, and one last mournful attempt is made to prevent the worst case scenario. In every instance, it is beautiful, and it is probably my favorite song in the entire soundtrack, both on its own and in the context of the actual game.
**SPOILER** When I was doing a quest on killing a group of machine life forms, this song started playing while they were asking 9s why he was killing them/how they will avenge their fallen family by killing 9s. This song made me question what 9s was doing and what he has become. In a way, I thought this song was mourning the loss of compassion and innocence 9s had after 2B's death. I also thought it was an outward look on what the proxy war has done to the machines and all parties involved. Now that the truth about YoRHa was revealed, I thought the song really reflected how pointless their struggle was.
@@rojanleecastillo8317 Spoiler Warning (full game): It is played once during the sidequest where you learn about E type models, again when the “truth” of 2b is revealed, and finally when A2 attempts to save 9s from the logic virus. I believe there is also one other place it plays, although I cannot recall.
@@WaluigiIV The remaining instance of this song playing is after destroying all of the Golden Robots I believe, With their speeches it once again drives home the feeling of "Oh god, what am i doing..."
If you listen to "War and War" immediately after this one, you can pick up a bit of "Mourning" in the refrain--except in that song it hits like "remembrance of the fallen" rather than "last desperate struggle." Of course, "War and War" is built upon the "City Ruins" melody, so I might be putting the cart before the horse, but that's how it reads to me.
omg thank you for reviewing one of my favorite tracks! but every time I listen to this song, it brings me to tears its so powerful. the sense of existentialism and purpose throughout the game gnaws at you more and more the more you uncover. the game is truly elevated by the gorgeous soundtrack.
I was researching about how music conveys emotion and I came upon the concept of 'awe'. I haven't played NieR but this song evokes many times of 'awe' within me, especially in climax where choir and instrumental come together and the last moment of relief.
The game was built and designed to make you feel a specific emotion. The music is absolutely amazing and is just one of those factors. If you like video games and music then Nier Automata is a must play especially if you find value in games being art. Nier Automata is the one game I can confidently point at to prove video games are art.
YESS!!!! I'm so happy that you reacted to this one, this is one of my favorite songs from nier automata, the pure melancholy and sadness after what happens in the game is so incredibly fitting, as per usual with NieR.
Yoooooo, thanks so much for making this video! I’m actually pretty surprised you did it, but I appreciate it a lot! The song Mourning was to showcase what the characters are lead to in Ending C, (which is why most people either never heard it in the game or don’t remember it.) If you were to stop and listen while in that scene, then you’ll finally understand the connection of the song with what the character is going to do and what’s the cost for doing it. But I still can’t thank you enough for this! Kudos to youuuu! :D
ye and this one too forget this one, pure dope. this song come from the end of nier automata, last mission with A2 after her dual with 9S, that kick in when she is about to sacrifice herself for save 9s..and for the sake of 2b memory
Hey Marco. I recently discovered your channel and I love it. Really enjoy all your reactions to such beautiful music. I was wondering if you've ever heard of a composer by the name of Yuki Kajiura? She's one of my favorite modern day composers and has a huge catalog of songs under her belt most of which have some major opera elements to them. If you haven't I highly recommend her I think you'll really like her music. A few good places to start are the songs Mezame, Salva nos, siren song and Godsibb. Anyways keep up the awesome content. :)
Great and insightful analysis as always, particularly your breakdown of how each of the vocal layers are doing their thing in very specific ways (pouring one out for the bass-baritones who underpin everything and just sort of melt into the root of the background, we see you and you are loved lol). I haven't been checking out many of your Nier-related videos because from my limited experience with the games (solely Automata) the music is predominately very, very melancholy, and I'm not always in that headspace. Don't ask me why I made an exception for a track literally called "Mourning" though. Glad I listened to this one, though, because I hadn't heard it during my initial partial playthrough, and it's a wonderful kind of haunting ethereal. Cheers as always!
Whenever I first heard this song in the flooded city, I just stopped and admired the surroundings. It really pulled me in and put me in the moment. I can’t explain how amazing the soundtrack to this game is because it’s hard to understand without playing the game at the same time. It really put me in my feels though… I just can’t get over the masterpiece of NieR: Automata. I think this is one of those games that has a story which will stick with you forever.
I remember listening to this song when I was done with a side quest. I was 13 years of age at the time when I played Nier Automata (I know, very young), and this song scared the hell out of me. I quickly went to a transporter or went to another area, I believe it was City Ruins since it has a calming melody. Now watching your video, remembering the experience, and you commenting "something overseeing an event", it gives it a deeper meaning and it fits so well with Automata's plot. I will forever love both Replicants/Gestalt and Automata's music. It help me through so many emotions when I was coming of age. I'm 18 now and Automata is still my #1 favorite game of all time. Anyways, I can't wait for you to react to either Sound of the End or The Tower
This is such an amazing piece, one of my favourites too. From the first note I feel this heavy feeling through my whole body as gravity would increase. And this feeling never stops no matter how often i listen to it
Music of Nier Automata is definitely a masterpiece. I had this OST on repeat sometimes, it plays only a few times in the game but when it does... well its fitting. Its just so haunting but beautiful at the same time.
I’ve heard this song many times before, but today I had a new take on the piece: the ghostly choir feels like the mourning of the recently departed while the strings feel like the mourning of those left behind. When they unite in the last section, I’m left thinking of the suffering of the dead and the living and how they wish they could trade places. What a piece! 😅
Heya, Marco! I'm so glad RUclips actually recommended me something that's more than worth its time, effort, and quality ^^ If there's any songs I'd like to try and check out it'd be the Bayonetta songs "The Greatest Jubilee" and "You May Call Me Father" and maybe even some of the songs from the Attack on Titan series like YOUSEEBIGGIRL or Appleseed since they're also fun and interesting to listen to!
Hey Marco, loved your reaction videos! Looking forward for more and if I may, I recommend a certain song called ‘Dependent Weakling’ from the Nier Automata OST. The vocals there is one of my favourite if not my most favourite!
Thank you for your thoughts! Mourning is one of my favourite pieces in Automata, so it’s nice to hear other peoples’ thoughts on it. :) I’m curious to hear your thoughts on some of Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s choral pieces - Shadow of the Lowlands and Our Eternal Land both stand out as very beautiful and atmospheric tracks with some very serene vocals by the choir, if you’d be interested!
I'm not sure if this comment will get to you but first of all I love your reactions. Keep up the great work man! I found this song now cause of you and thank you. Hearing the sounds and voices giving the title justice by doing as it states reminds me of another orchestral track where literally every piece gave off a grieving tone. Requiem of Silence is the name and I'd certainly suggest for this entire vibe ❤️
Love your channel. I found it while browsing for Nier Song. I love that it makes you emotional like it does to me. Please do more nier music if possible, I would recommend the quite popular and breathtaking Weight of the world! Take care
I FINALLY FIND THIS SONG, i try to search it on youtbe but i don't know what it called, i hear this song when im finishing dojo robot quest, after i kill the robot i feel....... empty, at first i was annoyed by the robot because he take so long to kill and always demand rare part, but after i kill him i....... feel sad....., yeah i don"t need to find another annoying rare spare part for him but...... the world feel much emptier without robot like him, and then this song playing in the background, i feel guilt.
One trivia thing that breaks me EVERY time when i hear, is that Part B of this song is the SAME part B of "City Ruins theme" (with adaptations of course). Is incredible how this letmotivs was used from something warm, to something painful
Been getting into your channel in the last few days - off to a wonderful start! Loving your reactions and your perspective as both a music enjoyer and a professional singer. If I have any requests it would be for The Tower from Automata - another crushing and revelatory track. Ooh, and you can’t go wrong with any of the Song of the Ancients renditions from Gestalt/Replicant or Automata. There’s a fun mini series of videos in there alone, with the different personalities and moments in the games, it’s a fantastic song. I’ll be sticking with the channel, great work and follow your hearts content to the music you love talking about!
Really interesting note you made, that the piece is so incredibly intense, that it sounds like it's played from an outside point of view, looking into the game; as if it's saying to the player *"this hurts [the character] so damned much, that you can only **_imagine_** how hard this is for [the character]... no, actually, you can't even **_begin_** to comprehend the pain that [the character] is going through, so we have tell you, from the perspective out here, from the outside of the 4th wall itself."* I wouldn't put it past Yoko Taro and Keiichi Okabe to have intended it this way, even - their games are full of that type of stuff, albeit seemingly mostly for humorous intent - but then again, I would not doubt for a second that there are plenty of non-humorous 4th wall breaks in their games that I simply can't think of right now, being filled with emotions from remembering the game, distracted from clarity.
Every time I listen to this melody it brings me to tears. The way it sounds, this vocal, the words of the chaos language. Especially the background baratonic voice that is in tune with the main vocal. Also moments in the game when this melody plays. A real masterpiece like the entire NieR soundtrack. And a very useful review of this tune, thank you.
Okay okayyy I'll subscribe. I love seeing musicians react to Nier or Nier's type of music. Classical. Choral. I don't know much so I love your insight on one of my favourite soundtracks of all time. Please keep them coming! Nier and Automata is one of my absolutely favourite soundtracks of all time. Do you take suggestions? I'd like so suggest some other music if this is what you like.
I do and thank you! You can get priority requests on patreon or just suggest here and I’ll get to it when I can :) Fridays are nier days for a while until I finish the soundtracks
I see that you have reacted to a lot of the Fire Emblem series music, would love to suggest Lost in Thoughts All Alone from Fire Emblem Fates (Nohr japanese version). Think it would be a great choice for a video.
Kinda sad or is it me? Specialy in 1:26 lmao. It hits right in the spot man. Im still impressed by the chaos language. I dont think any other game has made it like wow like this amazing. I try to not listen too much because it makes me feel a lot of things😂Ironic, that a language we cannot understand is the most beautiful 😂 Aand since u listened to La Signora music, u should listen to Tartaglia's as well. 👀👀
Another track by the Monaca team (the NieR team - Keiichi Okabe et al.) that may be worth looking at is called "圧殺ノ予感" -- which translates to "Presentiment of Death by Crushing". It's from the soundtrack to the video game Sinoalice. Very worth a listen, and you'll get points for obscurity :)
Dear Marco, firstly your channel is amazing. I love it. Secondly, would ypu consoder podcast (audio only) form? It would be awesome to be able to listen you talk without screen on.
Se me olvido hacer una misión por que cuando llegue a un lugar, se puso automáticamente una misión principal y no pude rescatar a una robot del desierto... me hicieron sentir mal... con la transición de la canción de pascal a esta... 😢 aun lloro por las noches...
The organ version of this track by Sachiko Miyano (on the official Arranged & Unreleased Tracks album) is wonderfully original, especially when it finishes its first 'run' of the main melody. Would love to know your thoughts!
as a french guy , what i hear in the lyrics , since if i remember its a chaos language called "new - french" , i hear " ces mon sang qui ***** (word with no sense after) , mon sang qui a fallen (english word out of nowhere) , english traduction would be " its my blood that ***** , my blood that has fallen " from 4:54 to 5:09 in this video , its something that always struck me with this piece of music , and im not alone hearing stuff in the chaos language of nier , Alex Moukala a composer on youtube hear italian in the song " a beautiful song " when he analysed the song on his youtube .
I think I remember, as a rule, Chaos language is a "concept" language that uses different real world languages as a "seed" on a song by song basis. That is, the common phonemes of a given language are taken and jumbled up, supposing to give an effect of a language's "drift" over a millennia or two. For instance, I believe Grandma is supposed to be French, Kaine is Gaelic, and Wretched Automatons is English. It has an uncanny effect if you speak the language of the Chaos version that's presented--like you can almost recognize words here and there, but not quite.
Yes I am with you here and I've watched Alex Moukala video as well. I speak german and for me personally, I always hear "Weil ich dich mag" - "because i like you" in Pascal's theme. It's amazing how these little bits always fit the tone and meaning of the song. Really amazing work
Hello and salute! Can you react to Starscourge Radahn's Elden Ring OST? Personally speaking, that ost was the most 'overwhelming' sensation I've felt listening to Elden Ring's many incredible OSTs. Thank you as always for your videos.
I would love you to stream some of these games so you could see the what is happening when these songs play. Not to take away from what you feel when you listen to these songs of course.
Hey have you heard of hiroyuki sawano? I highly recommend listening to the attack on titan ost and especially "wlmd" would love to hear your thoughts on it! Thanks for the great content!
The first time I ever heard this song was in route B after going to the flooded city and killing those golden machines that wanted revenge. I was flabbergasted.
one of my favorites song is the japanese version of weight of the world, you should react to it. the english and chaos language version are great. but the Japanese version hits different.
@@MarcoMeatball the english, chaos language and japanese ruclips.net/video/Ag7EEGEViAw/видео.html is called NieR Automata Weight of the World／the End of YoRHa
@@MarcoMeatball thank you sir. Oh and I have just subscribed to your channel (I forgot to subscribe the other day hehehe) hoping for your future uploads. Your new fan from The Philippines.
Y'know, this actually reminded me of another track that is really quite interesting; Sublimity, from Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward: ruclips.net/video/zXKVMy2XzFQ/видео.html Much like this one, it's melancholic, but more than that it also inspires absolute dread and horror thanks to the... shall we say, *interesting* arrangement. To this day it's my favourite "horror" track despite the fact that it's technically not used in horror context, only when a character is reading a certain researcher notebook.
I dont know many of the names of the ost of this game. A sin I know but as soon as it started fricking chills. Oh also if you do streams any idea on the time? And on youtube I imagine, if not twitch?
Not spoiling, but this plays a couple times in the story and you can totally miss it. I'm sure it's just bias for me since I heard it there first, but when it played first it hit way harder. I thought it the scenarios I triggered to get this song were just funny easter eggs lol - wasting so much time doing something most people probably just skip since it doesn't give much reward after the first one, then you kill the third one and Yoko Taro is like, 'congrats, you are a murderer and now you get to feel like one - here's their song by the way, listen to what you did' as a reward.
man, you have been all in on these uplifting songs that really pep you up and get you ready for the world. ...is my sarcasm coming off well? anyway, maybe try something uplifting, like zelda ocarina of time music.
I really love your reactions to Nier music. Actively watching your newest videos, so you earn a subscribe from me ! Please do drakengard 3 The Last Song reaction c: it is sung by the same singer Emi Evans, and the game is a "prequel" of Nier from what I heard. Cheers ~
Hi Marco! Another great analysis as always! I want to make a song request, and I know you already have received a lot of requests, but just know that you shouldn't feel burdened to pump these videos out; your own pace is most important :) My request is "Le Ali del Principio" from Baten Kaitos Origins. (link: ruclips.net/video/-O0XE8w5glY/видео.html) The song was composed by Motoi Sakuraba, composer of the Dark Souls series, Tales of series, and a bazillion other JRPGs. His wife (Yuko Sakuraba) wrote the Japanese lyrics which were then translated into Italian, and their daughter (Mio Sakuraba) was the singer. It's definitely a special piece of musical talent.
In the off chance you ever get the chance, this is the only orchestral arrangement that I could find on youtube ruclips.net/video/KGyC4LdnZBU/видео.html&ab_channel=FredericaBernkastel No clue why, but this version hits deeper for me
Nier automata is one of those games that has stuck with me over the years. It's so well made...
The gameplay, combat, the music, the set pieces and the themes. Beautiful.
There's a side quest that ends with this song, not going to spoil which one, where I can feel the npc crying thier lungs out. No voice acting, just text, but I can still audibly hear her.
I remember the first time I was directed to murder my closest friends to affirm a sycophantic belief in a creator- God that no longer exists used as an excuse to give me superficial meaning. We've all been there.
I just did this side quest, hearing the music come in at THAT part was so evocative. One of, if not my favorite moment in the game. It was just a kind of experience I’ve never had in any other game before.
God this scene was amazing. Nier Automata starts with the illusion of a happy ending, I think this was the first real glimpse at the tragedy to come.
Spoilers below:
Just imagine the life of someone who exists only to kill their friends, lovers, family. A horrid existence where you build connections, delete the memories of your past misdeeds to try and move on, only to have it all happen again.
It's an endless cycle; all she can do is delete the truth of her being for days of blissful ignorance. But she'll always remember. And the pain will always begin anew.
It's no wonder she lost herself to madness.
Playing through the whole game and hearing these songs made me feel like everything was slipping away from my hands, probably the same way 9S felt during the C route
One of my favorite things about this song, besides the song of course, is how rarely it is used in the game. There are a total of 4 (?) instances in the entire 40-60 hour game, two of which are from side content. If you play through just the main story this song only appears twice, and while I won't spoil when or why the song makes an appearance, in 3/4 instances it is used as a leitmotif. The final instance where it is used is when the story and characters are at their lowest, and one last mournful attempt is made to prevent the worst case scenario. In every instance, it is beautiful, and it is probably my favorite song in the entire soundtrack, both on its own and in the context of the actual game.
When it appeared in the quest that had the android ready to go out and kill whoever killed her partner it freaked me out
**SPOILER** When I was doing a quest on killing a group of machine life forms, this song started playing while they were asking 9s why he was killing them/how they will avenge their fallen family by killing 9s. This song made me question what 9s was doing and what he has become. In a way, I thought this song was mourning the loss of compassion and innocence 9s had after 2B's death. I also thought it was an outward look on what the proxy war has done to the machines and all parties involved. Now that the truth about YoRHa was revealed, I thought the song really reflected how pointless their struggle was.
Which scenes was this song played? I don't mind spoilers but still give a warning to those might mind it
@@rojanleecastillo8317 Spoiler Warning (full game): It is played once during the sidequest where you learn about E type models, again when the “truth” of 2b is revealed, and finally when A2 attempts to save 9s from the logic virus. I believe there is also one other place it plays, although I cannot recall.
@@WaluigiIV The remaining instance of this song playing is after destroying all of the Golden Robots I believe, With their speeches it once again drives home the feeling of "Oh god, what am i doing..."
This OST was first introduced is special side quest called "E for Execution"
Amnesia*
When this plays after that super depressing route b quest. I just stood in that ruined building and listened to this for an age.
Note the city ruins melody in there too.
If you listen to "War and War" immediately after this one, you can pick up a bit of "Mourning" in the refrain--except in that song it hits like "remembrance of the fallen" rather than "last desperate struggle."
Of course, "War and War" is built upon the "City Ruins" melody, so I might be putting the cart before the horse, but that's how it reads to me.
omg thank you for reviewing one of my favorite tracks!
but every time I listen to this song, it brings me to tears its so powerful. the sense of existentialism and purpose throughout the game gnaws at you more and more the more you uncover. the game is truly elevated by the gorgeous soundtrack.
Goddamn.. he's not listening to the music, he's feeling it, swimming in it... such grace
I was researching about how music conveys emotion and I came upon the concept of 'awe'. I haven't played NieR but this song evokes many times of 'awe' within me, especially in climax where choir and instrumental come together and the last moment of relief.
The game was built and designed to make you feel a specific emotion. The music is absolutely amazing and is just one of those factors. If you like video games and music then Nier Automata is a must play especially if you find value in games being art. Nier Automata is the one game I can confidently point at to prove video games are art.
YESS!!!! I'm so happy that you reacted to this one, this is one of my favorite songs from nier automata, the pure melancholy and sadness after what happens in the game is so incredibly fitting, as per usual with NieR.
Yoooooo, thanks so much for making this video! I’m actually pretty surprised you did it, but I appreciate it a lot!
The song Mourning was to showcase what the characters are lead to in Ending C, (which is why most people either never heard it in the game or don’t remember it.) If you were to stop and listen while in that scene, then you’ll finally understand the connection of the song with what the character is going to do and what’s the cost for doing it. But I still can’t thank you enough for this! Kudos to youuuu! :D
Why? I love this song
ye and this one too forget this one, pure dope. this song come from the end of nier automata, last mission with A2 after her dual with 9S, that kick in when she is about to sacrifice herself for save 9s..and for the sake of 2b memory
Absolutely crushing piece. This game and it’s OST are a real masterpiece.
Hey Marco. I recently discovered your channel and I love it. Really enjoy all your reactions to such beautiful music. I was wondering if you've ever heard of a composer by the name of Yuki Kajiura? She's one of my favorite modern day composers and has a huge catalog of songs under her belt most of which have some major opera elements to them. If you haven't I highly recommend her I think you'll really like her music. A few good places to start are the songs Mezame, Salva nos, siren song and Godsibb. Anyways keep up the awesome content. :)
And specifically Hepatica - KOS-MOS from Xensaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra, that’s a vocal battle track to remember
Lemme listen! I don’t know her :)
@@ArcTifocx absolutely! But my favorite song from xenosaga III has got to be image theme.
@@MarcoMeatball really hope you enjoy. Beautiful music is meant to be shared.
I recommand the ost of kara no kyuokai and magica madoka
binge watching all your nier content... your explanations really deepens every piece
Great and insightful analysis as always, particularly your breakdown of how each of the vocal layers are doing their thing in very specific ways (pouring one out for the bass-baritones who underpin everything and just sort of melt into the root of the background, we see you and you are loved lol). I haven't been checking out many of your Nier-related videos because from my limited experience with the games (solely Automata) the music is predominately very, very melancholy, and I'm not always in that headspace. Don't ask me why I made an exception for a track literally called "Mourning" though. Glad I listened to this one, though, because I hadn't heard it during my initial partial playthrough, and it's a wonderful kind of haunting ethereal. Cheers as always!
Sorry my videos make you sad, John. :D :D :D :D :D: D
@@MarcoMeatball Not your fault at all! :)
Whenever I first heard this song in the flooded city, I just stopped and admired the surroundings. It really pulled me in and put me in the moment. I can’t explain how amazing the soundtrack to this game is because it’s hard to understand without playing the game at the same time. It really put me in my feels though… I just can’t get over the masterpiece of NieR: Automata. I think this is one of those games that has a story which will stick with you forever.
I am looking forward to see you react to one of my favorites "Vague Hope (Cold Rain)".
For reference is the song that plays in endings A and B.
I remember listening to this song when I was done with a side quest. I was 13 years of age at the time when I played Nier Automata (I know, very young), and this song scared the hell out of me. I quickly went to a transporter or went to another area, I believe it was City Ruins since it has a calming melody. Now watching your video, remembering the experience, and you commenting "something overseeing an event", it gives it a deeper meaning and it fits so well with Automata's plot. I will forever love both Replicants/Gestalt and Automata's music. It help me through so many emotions when I was coming of age. I'm 18 now and Automata is still my #1 favorite game of all time.
Anyways, I can't wait for you to react to either Sound of the End or The Tower
This is such an amazing piece, one of my favourites too. From the first note I feel this heavy feeling through my whole body as gravity would increase. And this feeling never stops no matter how often i listen to it
Really nice insight! Mourning may very well be my favorite song in Automata. Right next to the last "Weight of the World" great video☕💕👍
Yess, so happy you reacted to this! It’s definitely an unique piece. And listening to you digesting it makes it even better. Thank you!
Thank you :)
Music of Nier Automata is definitely a masterpiece. I had this OST on repeat sometimes, it plays only a few times in the game but when it does... well its fitting. Its just so haunting but beautiful at the same time.
This track is one of my favorites. It plays during the ending where A2 hacks 9S
That part was so amazing! I'll never forget that moment
Can u put a fkn spoiler warning
@@Zorooooooooooooooooooooooooooo can't u expect spoilers in a video of 6 yo game lmao
It takes the B theme from City Ruins. Ingeniously done. I wonder where the musical models lie here.
I’ve heard this song many times before, but today I had a new take on the piece: the ghostly choir feels like the mourning of the recently departed while the strings feel like the mourning of those left behind. When they unite in the last section, I’m left thinking of the suffering of the dead and the living and how they wish they could trade places. What a piece! 😅
Heya, Marco! I'm so glad RUclips actually recommended me something that's more than worth its time, effort, and quality ^^ If there's any songs I'd like to try and check out it'd be the Bayonetta songs "The Greatest Jubilee" and "You May Call Me Father" and maybe even some of the songs from the Attack on Titan series like YOUSEEBIGGIRL or Appleseed since they're also fun and interesting to listen to!
Thank you so much! Definitely keeping this in mind :)
Hey Marco, loved your reaction videos! Looking forward for more and if I may, I recommend a certain song called ‘Dependent Weakling’ from the Nier Automata OST. The vocals there is one of my favourite if not my most favourite!
Thank you for your thoughts! Mourning is one of my favourite pieces in Automata, so it’s nice to hear other peoples’ thoughts on it. :)
I’m curious to hear your thoughts on some of Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s choral pieces - Shadow of the Lowlands and Our Eternal Land both stand out as very beautiful and atmospheric tracks with some very serene vocals by the choir, if you’d be interested!
Yes!! A live sit down listening would be great!
I'm not sure if this comment will get to you but first of all I love your reactions. Keep up the great work man! I found this song now cause of you and thank you. Hearing the sounds and voices giving the title justice by doing as it states reminds me of another orchestral track where literally every piece gave off a grieving tone. Requiem of Silence is the name and I'd certainly suggest for this entire vibe ❤️
Thank you so much! Glad you found it.
You know when someone just gets it? It's a rare thing on RUclips. Thank you for sharing your knowledge your reactions are great & always insightful!
That’s kind of you! I’m just guessing and making stuff up 🤣❤️
That is one beautiful piece. I should check it out and add it to my "The Dragon's Children" playlist.
Love your channel. I found it while browsing for Nier Song. I love that it makes you emotional like it does to me. Please do more nier music if possible, I would recommend the quite popular and breathtaking Weight of the world! Take care
Its definitely on my list. :)
I FINALLY FIND THIS SONG, i try to search it on youtbe but i don't know what it called, i hear this song when im finishing dojo robot quest, after i kill the robot i feel....... empty, at first i was annoyed by the robot because he take so long to kill and always demand rare part, but after i kill him i....... feel sad....., yeah i don"t need to find another annoying rare spare part for him but...... the world feel much emptier without robot like him, and then this song playing in the background, i feel guilt.
From this soundtrack I'd highly recommend Voice of No Return, easily my favorite track from this game
YESSSSSSS FUCK YESDSSSSSSSS BRO I KNEW YOU'D UPLOAD THIS LETS GOOOOO TIME TO CRY AGAIN AAHAHAHHAHAA
That sidequest is so deep...
Nier automata has multiple beautiful songs, you gotta listen to more of them!
Every Friday till I have :)
One trivia thing that breaks me EVERY time when i hear, is that Part B of this song is the SAME part B of "City Ruins theme" (with adaptations of course).
Is incredible how this letmotivs was used from something warm, to something painful
Been getting into your channel in the last few days - off to a wonderful start! Loving your reactions and your perspective as both a music enjoyer and a professional singer.
If I have any requests it would be for The Tower from Automata - another crushing and revelatory track. Ooh, and you can’t go wrong with any of the Song of the Ancients renditions from Gestalt/Replicant or Automata. There’s a fun mini series of videos in there alone, with the different personalities and moments in the games, it’s a fantastic song.
I’ll be sticking with the channel, great work and follow your hearts content to the music you love talking about!
Fridays are Nier days until I run out of music from nier :) so the tower will definitely come!!
@@MarcoMeatball huzzah! I’ll watch the other ones too you know, hehe. But Tower day will be awesome. Keep it up!
Really interesting note you made, that the piece is so incredibly intense, that it sounds like it's played from an outside point of view, looking into the game;
as if it's saying to the player *"this hurts [the character] so damned much, that you can only **_imagine_** how hard this is for [the character]... no, actually, you can't even **_begin_** to comprehend the pain that [the character] is going through, so we have tell you, from the perspective out here, from the outside of the 4th wall itself."*
I wouldn't put it past Yoko Taro and Keiichi Okabe to have intended it this way, even - their games are full of that type of stuff, albeit seemingly mostly for humorous intent - but then again, I would not doubt for a second that there are plenty of non-humorous 4th wall breaks in their games that I simply can't think of right now, being filled with emotions from remembering the game, distracted from clarity.
I first heard this in the Nier raid on FFXIV and I really loved it! One of my favorite music to listen to and play in my FFXIV apartment!
Keep up the work!!👏👏👏👌
Every time I listen to this melody it brings me to tears. The way it sounds, this vocal, the words of the chaos language. Especially the background baratonic voice that is in tune with the main vocal. Also moments in the game when this melody plays. A real masterpiece like the entire NieR soundtrack.
And a very useful review of this tune, thank you.
This song is one of my favorites of the game, a masterpiece.
Okay okayyy I'll subscribe. I love seeing musicians react to Nier or Nier's type of music. Classical. Choral. I don't know much so I love your insight on one of my favourite soundtracks of all time. Please keep them coming! Nier and Automata is one of my absolutely favourite soundtracks of all time. Do you take suggestions? I'd like so suggest some other music if this is what you like.
I do and thank you! You can get priority requests on patreon or just suggest here and I’ll get to it when I can :) Fridays are nier days for a while until I finish the soundtracks
Legitimately one of my favourite tracks too! Also the organ version is great.
Marco out there making people feel sadness 4 days straight hahaha
Emil - Sacrifice, Kuroi Uta, Gherman and now Mourning 😆
I see that you have reacted to a lot of the Fire Emblem series music, would love to suggest Lost in Thoughts All Alone from Fire Emblem Fates (Nohr japanese version). Think it would be a great choice for a video.
flashbacks from the first time running the last FFXIV NieR raid
I was watching your other nier video when this dropped
Kinda sad or is it me? Specialy in 1:26 lmao. It hits right in the spot man. Im still impressed by the chaos language. I dont think any other game has made it like wow like this amazing. I try to not listen too much because it makes me feel a lot of things😂Ironic, that a language we cannot understand is the most beautiful 😂
Aand since u listened to La Signora music, u should listen to Tartaglia's as well. 👀👀
If you haven't listened to it, I'd totally recommend Fleeting Words - Another Edit from the remake to Nier Replicant. Top tier Nier music.
this is the first time i'm hearing this. I didn't hear this piece while playing the game. And the first thing that came to my mind was a funeral.
Another track by the Monaca team (the NieR team - Keiichi Okabe et al.) that may be worth looking at is called "圧殺ノ予感" -- which translates to "Presentiment of Death by Crushing".
It's from the soundtrack to the video game Sinoalice. Very worth a listen, and you'll get points for obscurity :)
Please do weight of the world (Japanese version). The amount of emotion that is expressed through that song is incredible.
it's coming. After Song of the Ancients and a few others in the pipeline. Probably next week or the week after.
Someone needs to get this man to react to Zhao Shen, either Rubia or any of the other songs he has done.
Can't wait for Pascal.
Love the reactions! Btw think you would really enjoy Malenia's theme from Elden Ring, especially the transition between the two parts.
On my list
Granda (Destruction) next will rock. your. world.
Favorite part of the whole track are the instruments
Dear Marco, firstly your channel is amazing. I love it.
Secondly, would ypu consoder podcast (audio only) form? It would be awesome to be able to listen you talk without screen on.
Let me figure it out. :)
My favourite ost are the desert theme and the finale credit song
Se me olvido hacer una misión por que cuando llegue a un lugar, se puso automáticamente una misión principal y no pude rescatar a una robot del desierto... me hicieron sentir mal... con la transición de la canción de pascal a esta... 😢 aun lloro por las noches...
"Its one of my favorite tracks" Do you say that with every Neir track like I do?
More or less 🤣
HIGHLY recommend you check out the Abyss Watcher's theme from Dark Souls 3, easily my favorite piece of music from any FromSoftware game
Maybe also check out Eric Levi's "Era"
Woahh
I’d like to hear you react to Nier automata voice of no return
That’s the song that got me into the nier games.
The organ version of this track by Sachiko Miyano (on the official Arranged & Unreleased Tracks album) is wonderfully original, especially when it finishes its first 'run' of the main melody. Would love to know your thoughts!
as a french guy , what i hear in the lyrics , since if i remember its a chaos language called "new - french" , i hear " ces mon sang qui ***** (word with no sense after) , mon sang qui a fallen (english word out of nowhere) , english traduction would be " its my blood that ***** , my blood that has fallen " from 4:54 to 5:09 in this video , its something that always struck me with this piece of music , and im not alone hearing stuff in the chaos language of nier , Alex Moukala a composer on youtube hear italian in the song " a beautiful song " when he analysed the song on his youtube .
I think I remember, as a rule, Chaos language is a "concept" language that uses different real world languages as a "seed" on a song by song basis. That is, the common phonemes of a given language are taken and jumbled up, supposing to give an effect of a language's "drift" over a millennia or two. For instance, I believe Grandma is supposed to be French, Kaine is Gaelic, and Wretched Automatons is English. It has an uncanny effect if you speak the language of the Chaos version that's presented--like you can almost recognize words here and there, but not quite.
Yes I am with you here and I've watched Alex Moukala video as well. I speak german and for me personally, I always hear "Weil ich dich mag" - "because i like you" in Pascal's theme. It's amazing how these little bits always fit the tone and meaning of the song. Really amazing work
Hello and salute! Can you react to Starscourge Radahn's Elden Ring OST? Personally speaking, that ost was the most 'overwhelming' sensation I've felt listening to Elden Ring's many incredible OSTs. Thank you as always for your videos.
Thank YOU! Mohg is next :) perhaps after!
I would love you to stream some of these games so you could see the what is happening when these songs play. Not to take away from what you feel when you listen to these songs of course.
I'm considering it. I may also set up OBS to watch gameplay on a live.
just found your channel and its awesome the way you dissect all my favorite songs, pls pls do a reaction of Cold Steel Coffin from Nier Replicant!!
Next Friday :)
Hey have you heard of hiroyuki sawano? I highly recommend listening to the attack on titan ost and especially "wlmd" would love to hear your thoughts on it! Thanks for the great content!
The first time I ever heard this song was in route B after going to the flooded city and killing those golden machines that wanted revenge. I was flabbergasted.
Is this the music that played when the backdoor virus released?
idk .... it feel like you remember the screaming of infected Yorhas
Wow I love what you do, please do Wretched Weaponry from Nier Automata, it is my favorite song of all video games
Going through the series every Friday until it’s done.
one of my favorites song is the japanese version of weight of the world, you should react to it. the english and chaos language version are great. but the Japanese version hits different.
Is that the one that combined both English and Japanese?
@@MarcoMeatball no they are a version only in japanese ruclips.net/video/Dsk3DTdTY3Y/видео.html
@@MarcoMeatball the english, chaos language and japanese ruclips.net/video/Ag7EEGEViAw/видео.html is called NieR Automata Weight of the World／the End of YoRHa
Im getting ptsd to the amnesia quest.
THANKS...
Hey Marco i recomend you to reaction Hymn of Fayth Final Fantasy X. Because i think its so beautifull
I was JUST humming that!
One Winged Angel Advent version please.
Hmmmmm maybe I can circle back
@@MarcoMeatball thank you sir. Oh and I have just subscribed to your channel (I forgot to subscribe the other day hehehe) hoping for your future uploads.
Your new fan from The Philippines.
Y'know, this actually reminded me of another track that is really quite interesting; Sublimity, from Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward:
ruclips.net/video/zXKVMy2XzFQ/видео.html
Much like this one, it's melancholic, but more than that it also inspires absolute dread and horror thanks to the... shall we say, *interesting* arrangement. To this day it's my favourite "horror" track despite the fact that it's technically not used in horror context, only when a character is reading a certain researcher notebook.
This song sounds like the lowest low of Scrooge's road to redemption.
I dont know many of the names of the ost of this game. A sin I know but as soon as it started fricking chills. Oh also if you do streams any idea on the time? And on youtube I imagine, if not twitch?
Once i figure it out ill make a community post :) a week in advance. Id like to maybe next week :)
The quest with the golden robot family was terrible, the dialogue of the last one hit pretty hard
you should react to "God Devouring Serpent" from the elden ring soundtrack! I think you will like it very much
You should try "we are the chosen ones" or "tantal" from xenoblade 2 (good game) sometime
Yes, but how does End of the Unknown fit into Automata's OST?
Not spoiling, but this plays a couple times in the story and you can totally miss it. I'm sure it's just bias for me since I heard it there first, but when it played first it hit way harder. I thought it the scenarios I triggered to get this song were just funny easter eggs lol - wasting so much time doing something most people probably just skip since it doesn't give much reward after the first one, then you kill the third one and Yoko Taro is like, 'congrats, you are a murderer and now you get to feel like one - here's their song by the way, listen to what you did' as a reward.
Destiny the game, bloodborne and Nier has the best choir
man, you have been all in on these uplifting songs that really pep you up and get you ready for the world.
...is my sarcasm coming off well?
anyway, maybe try something uplifting, like zelda ocarina of time music.
This comment made me chuckle so hard I went ahead and filmed myself reacting to the animal crossing new horizons theme and it's completely your fault.
@@MarcoMeatball excellent! i will happily take the blame.
I really love your reactions to Nier music. Actively watching your newest videos, so you earn a subscribe from me ! Please do drakengard 3 The Last Song reaction c: it is sung by the same singer Emi Evans, and the game is a "prequel" of Nier from what I heard. Cheers ~
I will absolutely do that soon :)
Hi Marco! Another great analysis as always!
I want to make a song request, and I know you already have received a lot of requests, but just know that you shouldn't feel burdened to pump these videos out; your own pace is most important :)
My request is "Le Ali del Principio" from Baten Kaitos Origins. (link: ruclips.net/video/-O0XE8w5glY/видео.html)
The song was composed by Motoi Sakuraba, composer of the Dark Souls series, Tales of series, and a bazillion other JRPGs. His wife (Yuko Sakuraba) wrote the Japanese lyrics which were then translated into Italian, and their daughter (Mio Sakuraba) was the singer. It's definitely a special piece of musical talent.
In the off chance you ever get the chance, this is the only orchestral arrangement that I could find on youtube
ruclips.net/video/KGyC4LdnZBU/видео.html&ab_channel=FredericaBernkastel
No clue why, but this version hits deeper for me
You must listen to Flow from FFXIV's Endwalker!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay! I love ffxiv
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