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Man I’ve never noticed some of these, this video is awesome

Certified hood classic ‼️‼️

Double Fucking Rainbow is RoR's official "oh shit" theme. It plays for every final boss theme, including phase 3 Providence in RoRR.

Isn't there a small "chanson d'autumne" bit in "coalescence returns"? The tiny flute

When you transitioned from "Coalescence Returns" to "Chanson d'Automne", I thought you'd *bring up the connection*. You can hear part of the motif as you cut out of Coalescence.

I dont know why i expected you to have an actual russian guy for V.

me when i sleep

I love this music but I have 0 music knowledge nor hearing skills so I really appreciate this and videos of Chris explaining.

Me encanta❤ qué melodía tan hermosa y la ilustración ❤❤❤

is a calm night...

Heyy! This isnt the risk of rain video you were talking about!

Artic Oscillation also has Suface Tension's motif, it's quite present in the track.

I didn't even realize Monsoon was that melody in con lentitud poderosa, even after listening to both soundtracks back to back. I love listening out for the different motifs in songs, so this video was a treat.

YESS I've wished for a video like this ever since I fell in love with the soundtrack, great video!

Pretty insane that The Rain Formerly Known As Purple pays homage to Purple Rain, and it plays on a stage with a main color of purple, in a game called risk of rain.

The breakdown at 0:47 in Tlalocan and 2:16 in DFR are practically the same. Some of the clarinet bits from Chanson d’Automne are present in the outro of The Rain Formerly Known as Purple. That “popping” sound before the drums kick in on The Rain Formerly Known as Purple at 0:43 is also played slower before the drums kick in on Yane No Mori at 0:37, kinda a small thing but I don’t think its heard in any other songs. Also pretty sure the start to Yane No Mori is quite similar to the start of Through A Cloud, Darkly.

I’ve seen a similar video on The Binding of Isaac soundtrack. Very happy to see one on RoR!

Not necessarily a motif but what about 1:05 in OMPH III and 2:33 in They Might As Well Be Dead? OMPH III has always given me very similar vibes to They Might As Well Be Dead (esp the percussion in the first halves) so it’s interesting to see that used in both.

I don't know how to particularly say this, but I think that the way Chris evolved his music from the first game to the second makes it FEEL like the 3rd dimension is springing to life. In tandem with the motifs both from the original and from ror2 makes the game feel lived in, but also like there is still so much more to explore. And even if things may seem similar due to motifs, each song brings a new thing to add or change about it, making it seem like you DON'T know the world, or even make you feel like you have only the smallest grasp of knowledge on it.

Finding the double f*cking rainbow leitmotif in tlalocan is genuinely impressive like damn

I wasn’t in this so it’s mid

_wows_

Back in the day, plaguerism was only known as inspiration. As an avid Chris Christodoulou fan, I thank you for putting this together!

2:05 FOR REAL?!

I just realized how much of a geek I am for music.

You don't notice it, but your brain does

For the record, A Placid Island of Ignorance is not in 5/4 but in 4/4 with each beat comprised of 5 quintuplets (i.e. 4*5:4 16ths).

oh my god this video makes me love monsoon 2.0 even more than before

This is so cool

From 1:57-2:12 in Yane No Mori I believe there’s a segment taken from the old fanfare for Greek television station ERT. I can’t confirm this because I’m not Greek and only saw this in the comment section for that video, but if it’s true it’s pretty cool.

you missed yane no mori from seekers of the storm has the dew point synth in the back throughout the entire song

Precipitation plays in phase 2 of bigger ukulele. I think that ones neat

Thank you SO MUCH for releasing this video! There's literally no little to information about motifs and WHERE exactly they were, so thank you again, ans thanks to Chris that we all now know about this!

Since SotV motifs were reused so heavily in SotS, i wonder if SotS motifs would be reused as heavily in a third dlc I'm imagining part of that epic solo from false son phase 3 reappearing in another boss theme or an exploration theme

this has had a lot of ones i didn’t notice until now! well put together

Thanks for such a nice video There's also 2 part of Chopin's prelude "Raindrop" in "Who can fanthom the soundless depth?"

the pigs one blew my fuckin mind, what a catch

Youre gonna need bigger ukulele part really good help others practice this

Even Pink Floyd, no wonder it's so good.

Absolutely adore Terra Pluviam.

Great Video! I knew many of these but there were a few I had missed, so its great to have them documented here.

Id argue that a lot of these are just extensions of the ror motif

My favorite is probably double fucking rainbow

EDIT : The correct term would be MOTIF instead of LEITMOTIF. My apologies for getting the two mixed😅 Hello! I see a lot of people coming from Chris's TH-cam or Instagram (Thank you for coming to see!!) Letting people know that it's very likely I've missed some. I will be adding all of the ones I missed to the end of Part 3 so feel free to point out some that I missed in the comments (Though I'd recommend reading through first so you aren't repeating what someone said)

Wait what is monsoon 2.0?!

Also, I think he mentioned the song "The Face of the Deep" has a reference to "A Fortune In Lies" by Dream Theater. The intros of both songs are the same 3 drum hits.

Woah, most of these I had no clue!

I love use of leitmotifs in anything, and as someone who's only played ROR2, I love the game's use of it, but I'm glad thanks to this video, I can appreciate it even more via the tracks from ROR1!

Dang this is really well researched im glad this exists