A Plague Tale Requiem - Composer Walkthrough - Chapter 3 - Insanity
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- While playing the game, Composer Olivier Deriviere is sharing his experience with Asobo and explaining all the meaning behind the music. You will discover many secrets and realize that every bit of music is meaningful.
Merci!
The idea of letting an artist just explain what and why he does something is a genius idea...keep up the great work maybe you will win best ost at the game awards xD
"No one cares/notices, but I did it anyway." Aside from how much I appreciate this mindset, I think at least some of us care! I, for one, am ecstatic to learn more about the rising tension in this chapter--something I didn't always notice consciously, but it was there in my head, subconsciously.
Love the fact that Amicia's lines were rewritten to fit the music, this scene in particular gave me goosebumps because of how raw and violent it sounded. It's cathartic, but also so very wrong.
While I think the word "Crazy" is a slightly harsh way to describe Amicia, I do really appreciate the musical theme of her building the rage/wrath within. I think the music used in the stealth section leading up to the big fight was clever. Rather than highlighting the danger the soldiers are to Amicia as you get close like usual, instead it focuses on Amicia's desire to do violence against them.
I think it works really well, as that desire is self-destructive narrative-wise, both in the short term here where Amicia gets herself and Lucas captured when they could have simply left and in the longer term in regards to her own mental well-being and of Hugo's. It is also self-destructive gameplay-wise. The music goads the player to kill/attack the soldiers. But it's a much better strategy to avoid them entirely, both safer and saves precious resources. I like when the gameplay and narrative interlink in video games and the music choices help that for this game.
The barn scene was one of the most compelling moments of the game, and in large part due to the music. Beautiful and exceptional work.
That ‚insanity system‘ is genius. It‘s something that a player like me notices more subconsciously but now that you‘ve explained it, it makes so much sense why I felt so incredibly on edge throughout the entire sequence.
And the barn is just… it‘s so heartbreaking to me. Seeing Amicia loose herself like this. And also hearing it reflected in the music. Just wow
Can I ask: how long did you work on Requiem for? Or maybe you’re gonna talk about that in a later episode. It just feels like there‘s so many details it would take forever in my mind 😂
About 1 year and half, merci for your nice words
25:00 the music during this fight brought so much emotion and meaning to this scene and the following cutscene. Truly amazing. The voice actors were amazing on their own but your music was an entire character on its own. This game was extremely lucky to have you compose for it!
sometimes I just open my playlist and listen to these songs they are amazing and give so much emotion and power 🤩
First of all I just wanted to say thank you for creating such a beautiful soundtrack. I would probably say that Requiem’s soundtrack is one of the best video game soundtracks I’ve ever experienced.
When I first played Innocence, the one part/piece of music that stood out to me the most was “Beyond the Horizon” during the chapter “Penance” - I literally had to pause the game a moment to really let it sink in what I’d just experienced. It was so impactful, not only the voice acting and scene but the music played a very big part for me too. It was my favourite music track from the first game.
When I then played Requiem, I noticed variants on this piece of music throughout the game. One subtle part was during an early chapter (I believe the piece of music is “The Lost Horizon” on the deluxe edition) and again, it gave me chills hearing this.
But the best for me was the track “Up There” with the heavy choirs on top of that theme. Obviously the scene in which this piece covers too is very impactful but the piece of music literally blew me away. It gave me such chills hearing it. I loved the fact that piece of music was used again but had that added addition of a full choir behind it. Absolutely beautiful.
I would love for you to do a video like this for that piece of music. Again, thank you for creating these gorgeous soundtracks.
This has been my favorite episode of your walkthrough thus far!! The amount of raw emotion expressed, through all methods, be it the music, the voice acting, the visuals...all of it comes together so beautifully. Charlotte McBurney did a stunning job with her lines in this bit. Specifically her line about feeling her mind go...damn near had me in tears.
In regards to the music during the 2nd system, the duality of the "De Rune theme" and "The Wrath" depending on how up close and personal the player decides to get, is so masterfully well done, you put it best: Its Exquisite!
Again, this has been my favorite episode of your walkthrough yet. Your insight exponentially expands the depth and potency of everything that this game offered previously. Thank you, again, for taking the time to play through the game with us!!
I love Asobo and Focus for letting the talented artists of the game upload videos giving fascinating insights into the making. It's like a special feature on a blu ray like the Aliens movies. I want to hear about the tech behind the rat tsunamis and main character models as their eyes are realistic and look like they have a soul
Wow and here I thought I was going crazy myself! I keep going "wait is this intentional? Is the music reactive? ... nah... Or is it...?" thank you for explaining it!!
Thanks for doing this, Olivier. As someone who is learning to write music, it's really helpful to see you explain your genius work. I never knew how much detail and storytelling goes into writing music for games with all the dynamic systems and very intentional choices for every scene. Huge respect to you.
This chapter's music is my favourite!!! The theme when amicia battling was really incredible!
You're inspiring man, cant have a great game without great music. Definently a contender for best soundtrack this yr.
Merci pour votre travail, c'est un chef d'oeuvre, un voyage, un grand plaisir à écouter et à jouer, évidemment !
25:00 I think for this progression of Amicia into this bloodthirst as response of being scared, the first attack scene of the two farmers in the castle at the very beginning of the game should have been more important. Because the motion capture, that is not shown in the game during the cutscene but is off camera, shows Amicia extremly scared and helpless, pinned down by the two farmers on the ground, choked to death. Without Hugo calling for the rats, she would have died. If you go to IMDB, you can see shots of Amicia, made during photo mode, that highlight that. In hindsight this "lost" moment at the beginning of the game was the trigger for her progression into her aggressiveness.
incredibly fascinating as always, thank you!
29:25 ahhahha, that's exactly me while watching these videos
I love your music so much❤
Did dying light 2 inspire you to keep the dynamic music system? I know its different but its kinda similar concept to make the music tell the story beats where in dying light 2 it plays the game with parkour, no other games does that except the ones you worked on lately
Dying Light 2 music design is in another league. I’ve been pushing for interactive music in all of my games and I think that Dl2 is my most advanced. A video series is coming soon about it.
@@oderiviere can't wait for your next game 🙌🏻
It's great to see how passionate you were for the game. All the details you added in the soundtrack, as you said, they DO make the soundtrack exquisite. It gave a breath of life to the game. It made it alive. We thank you for that so much.
I absolutely heard and appreciated the insanity ramping up. So subtle but masterfully done. The work that has to be done to incorporate into a dynamic medium such as gaming (versus a set score for a movie/cutscene) never fails to impress me.
I've started my second playthrough of the game yesterday and it really hits different to play now knowing all these details you are telling about ♡
Truly amazing!
Thank you
I'm lost for words! The music connected with the narration and player at the same time is just mindblowing! Your explanation has changed my entire view on your music in this game! I'm impressed! Can't wait to see what other games you are working with in the future!
Barn scene is just...an amazing scene. Charlotte did a stupidly good job but her performance and the music really sells the "i want to kill you all" vibe
It’s such a shame this came out so close to God of War Ragnarok….. I feel like it’s overshadowing this beautiful game. If we didn’t have such long waited for AAA games like Elden Ring and GoW Ragnarok come out during the same year and especially Ragnarok so close to Requiem and the game awards… I think Requiem could have easily won game of the year. It’s just hard for a AA (recently indie) studio to have enough attention drawn to thier genre, no matter how incredible a masterpiece it is… to stand a chance against games from AAA studios that zwere literally some of the most anticipated games this generation.
So powerful, that fight scene toward/at the end of the chapter. The music seems to swell and change with the player's decisions and movements, and that is really revolutionary (in my opinion). Such excellent work, to you Oliviere, the actors, musicians, and all - phenomenal job.
I never knew the music was so dynamic and player decision-dependent. Very interesting, and beautiful score.
The barn scene caught me off guard with the voice acting and the music, one of many great highlights in the game as well as after the barn the scene in the tower was amazing
"Only me cares" NO!! I very very much care. I even noticed it before watching these videos (on a minor scale). Thank you for your hard work. You made Requiem so much better.
Olivier Deriviere, You are an Amazing Composer! ❤ i can't wait for more upcoming walkthrough!
Been loving these videos!
The amount of detail in the music is actually mindblowing. I love how it feels like you went and looked at every single level in depth and made sure the music was always perfectly capturing the emotion and feeling of the characters and the players.
can't wait for the next parts :)
This was astounding to watch and learn the intricacies of this soundtrack. I've never heard of a reactive, dynamic soundtrack like this before, and it's absolutely brilliant and brilliantly executed in this game. All my playthroughs will now be so much richer as I can hear the story being told through music as well.
Incredible work!!
absolutely amazing, congratulations...
GENIAL le concept !!
Aaaahhhhh Trop bien ! Merci !! 👃
like how you brought up in the first episode, the dream's music is the macula calling to hugo, which i really like! revealed in this episode is that the music is calling her to violence. Masterfully done :)