Opera Singer Hears League of Legends Music For the First Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- My buddy Josh is a classically trained and working tenor and also a huge League of Legends fan but due to time or other responsibilities he's never actually heard any of the music! So, I forced him to sit down and listen to some of the greatest LOL hits.
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oh... I wish marco has one of these sessions with Necrit or some other league lore enthusiast.
Yes please i second this
omg yes
Necrit would be amazing for this. Gained a lot of my interest in the lore from him. With his kind of knowledge over the lore, this could be an amazing video.
I absolutely second this so hard.
Necrit is also going through his gacha arc, so they can also branch off into Genshin or HSR music/lore too. :P
7:17 Kayle and Morgana haven't reunited yet. That scene was set in the past where they used to work together before they had their falling out. That bombastic side-eye from Kayle is foreshadowing the split between them in the future
morgana supremacy all the way.
fucking "bombastic side-eye" was not on my cards of describing league cinematic stuff.
yeah so the kayle and morgana part is the past and the tryndamere part is the present and then yasuo is the future and kindred is omnipresent as like a force of death its very cool
I'm a big kayle supporter.
Timecodes and more.
1:30 - Still here (2024 season cinematic)
8:20 - The Call (2022 season cinematic)
15:10 - Ornn
20:50 - Fiddlesticks theme (rework)
27:15 - Jhin
34:55 - "Get Jinxed"
39:40 - Gwen
45:45 - Viego
54:00 - Udyr theme (rework)
Also, i suggest you look up Riot (Riot Music) discography. There are plenty of things people don't really know/remember. Like "Warsongs" album, for example, not much lore behind though . Or 3 albums of "Pentakill" (though it is not a genre i see you to operate in). Among other things.
As a sidenote/personal comment (well, because this is my comment) to the point of 14:05 - i don't really think League is as toxic as people make it out to be. At this point it feels like it is more of a meme.
Even if it has degraded from the past, it is still as new player unfriendly as ever, if not worse. There’s no real tutorial, it’s all Trial by Fire
@@gamingandchill4186 getting into how League works is the most difficult part. after that it's basically CoD Lobby level imo.
@@DrkRyu yea that’s fair I guess
A 10 year league player? Damn. Hope he gets well soon 🙏
Hahahaha that’s awesome! I have a disease
Been around there for like 10 years too. Good game honestly.
53:34
Josh: "I'd own a bᵃₖᵉᵣʸ........"
Marco: "Wait what'd you say sorry you got cut out"
Josh: "Oh, I said I'd probably own like a bᵃₖᵉᵣʸ......"
humour.
The idea behind Still Here is that it is a vision of death in the future, past, and present. Kayle and Morgana are taking on Aatrox in the past, when they were still together, forshadowing the death of their relationship.
The future is with Yasuo, in a potential world (which is literally for a skin tie in) where he continues to wander his entire life, evading the wolf till he finally gives in and accepts that graceful arrow.
The present, is with Tryndameres constant fight against the Wolf, his anger literally making it impossible for him to die or accept death, only fading once he sees the love of his life coming to save him. Hes STILL fighting death but its not as steep a hill as it was before.
The "still" is more for Kindred in fact. Cuz death will still be there, at any part of time. The entire video is about Kindred ^^
if i remember correctly in "the call" Orn is canonicly making weapon for the first time or at least first time in realy long time
I believe it's the first in a long time
@@giuseppe9653 mind you, he vowed to never again make a weapon because it caused a lot of pain and always ended up in the wrong hands, so for a long time he only made like platters, tuning forks, and other household items ( but again those things were so well made and strong that were also used as weapons)
so for him to make a weapon is very significant.
33:30 Imo to a degree, Jhin IS disgusted with his self and his work. Because it just...is...never...GOOD ENOUGH!
In the Jhin song they've incorporated the bullets, gun and shots, but they've also artistically incorporated the cries of their victims and those mourning them as the choir, because Jhin sees it all as part of his canvas and he's reveling in their sadness and mourning, explaining the contrasting feelings.
That Fiddlesticks rework video is a huge inspiration to me for my view of horror as a dungeon master for D&D - because it has a lot of narrative from the folk nursery rhyme style to the degradation of the story into the real eruption of screams. It's a real narrative expressed so well in a musical form. My other favorite is the Blade of the Ruined King from Pentakill - it does a great job of illustrating the fall of Viego and his transformation into the Ruined King.
The OG pentakill album has some fantastic story telling, "thornmail" being a personal favorite
@@FlutterSwag Those songs from Pentakill I had a really solid core feel, my favorite was Last Whisper, mostly for the chorus, but man, what a chorus! Lightbringer is iconic, but the acoustic version is just chef's kiss.
@@zenith110 the accoustic version man... so powerful yet somber
Pentakill is so good. i remember being there for their 3rd album virtual concert. man it was such an enjoyable experience. some true banger has been released by Riots virtual bands.
Legit, I practiced Fiddlesticks’ voice to give to the shadow boss of a Pathfinder dungeon because I knew the party’d reach them on Halloween
I can't tell you how amazing it is to have on a fellow artist who also happens to be a 10-year League Veteran. The League community hates itself so much so it's really nice to see cool people like Josh who are still passionate about the game.
Ah! Gwen's theme! It's a thing of real beauty - to me the only thing it might lack is a featured castanet, particularly at that first bass drum hit with the string back-and-forth before her main motif goes through. The classical guitar interlude feels so appropriate! And when the singer joins, it's really sublime and takes it to a new level of haunting ethereal fantasy. But it also gives the piece the one thing Gwen needed - her humanity! The Soul! Man, that piece makes me so thankful to be alive! It's a thing of whistful melancholy but also as it ramps up with the raising voice, you hear the drive of life - the Joie de Vivre and it's a splendid thing!
bro i watch every episode to find no league stuff im so pumped for this one
32:30 I'll let Jhin himself answer that question... "I am a slave to this passion"
Videos like this remind me how much fun it is too listen to new music with a friend. When you recognize something interesting in the song and can discuss it with one another.
I'm a little bit stunned Marco has not watched Arcane. It has a stunningly good sound track as well gives insight into the backstory of a lot of characters. (Though only 3 of them have themes atm to my knowledge Ekko, Vi, Jinx). Technically warwick too but we've only seen a teaser for him.
Banger lineup you set up Marco. Thanks for sharing your friend Josh with us!
The catharsis is real. Obviously, there is only so much LoL music, so it makes sense that you have to space out your League music videos, but fuck if I have not been starving for more of your League content. I absolutely adore the Opera Singer/Industry Expert Reacts series and I always look forward to seeing their reactions and disparate perspectives. I know that you're favourite content on the channel is/was the Guessing (LoL Character) from the Music, but this series is by far the best and most important on the channel. It's just a shame there's so much good VGM that League music can't be in every instalment, I was really hoping we would see Viego's theme in the Composer Reacts video. Alas. So glad you got to share this with your friend, though, Josh was a great guest.
A video of this format dedicated to a single game is pretty cool actually.
❤️
One of the most interesting bits about Jhin's characterization comes from his entire audio presentation; not just his theme song, but also his voice line delivery. Whenever Jhin speaks to _you_ , the Summoner, his voice is accompanied by a faint, angelic choir. As his Summoner, you are partially sharing his thoughts, and Jhin can hear this beautiful voice accompanying everything he does. He _genuinely_ believes that his craft, the act of killing people, _is art_ , and that by his own bullet he is making people into works of art. And what's also noticeable is that when Jhin speaks out loud to other champions, _that choir isn't there_ . The beautiful, angelic choir that validates his own ego is literally just in his head, and as his Summoner, he shares some of that mania with you.
I HIGHLY recommend after listening to Viego's theme to listen to "Blade of The Ruined King" by League of Legends Pentakill. It carries Viego's main theme throughout it. The song title is also the name of that large sword that Viego has in his hand and a core item in the game. It also has some choir elements in it, the song.
Still Here never fails to gets some tears from me man wtf. I've watched, rewatched and wached dozens of reactions but it hits me every single time.
would love for this to have a part 2!
Seconded.
I was hoping so much to hear Warriors as well! Loved the video and the analysis
Ooooh man, Arcane is a must watch in my opinion, if you have any interest in these characters, or just amazing writing and animation in general. Also the soundtrack is a 10/10 on all fronts.
I bet I'm far from the first one to recommend it to you, but that's no accident, the show is just that good.
something i've learnt from playing LoL for like 4-5 years is that Riot Cinematic and Music team are their best teams.
In the call. Ornn hasn't created any weapons in ages only ustensiles etc... (Braum for exemple uses a door created by Ornn as a shield).
In the cinematic he creates the infinitty edge which is significant becasue it means he takes a stance or changed his philosophy
Yes! Hyped to watch this
My favorite theme in lol is probably "Aphelios, The Weapon of the Faithful"
i havent played league, im just here to gain more insight on breaking down music and hearing ramblings and thoughts from you two
You are not alone. I have never played the game, but have been a LoL ride or die for years, exclusively because they consistently release the best music. To me, they literally are a music label that makes games on the side. Watching Marco react to these themes and give some analysis has been such a cathartic experience.
Yes, League is back here on this channel!❤
The real question is when will you do the Arcane soundtrack.
i would love that
It is an interesting question. Arcane is a TV show based on the game, it's music is not from the game. Then again, neither really are these themes. They are ancillary to it, yet add so much. So who knows if he'll be willing to do the Arcane soundtrack. Me personally, I'm still hoping we'll get some reactions to the OST from Mageseeker or Ruined King.
@@dylancraven3979 with no disrespect to you personally, tbh every thing you mentioned about "Arcane" is kind of irrelevant. Not only because its the same IP (as IP can be "rented" and so on), but literally the same team (Riot Music) creating the soundtrack. So you can literally group them together as much as you want.
I'm not positive on Mageseeker or Ruined King though. Since they are indie published by Riot, they might have original music. Or might be reusing other Riot Music products. Like "Warsongs" and alike
@@vitorossi7839 I feel like you are responding to something someone else said. I mentioned one thing about Arcane only, which was that Arcane is a TV show, and therefore not what one would think of as video game music. Kind of like the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. In terms of structure, orchestration, and development of themes, the LotR score is basically a symphony, but it is not considered as such because it is a film score. Arcane's music is about the setting and characters from a video game, but it appears in a TV show, so does Marco want to put a TV show's music on his VGM channel? That is all I said, it had nothing to do with IP.
As for the same team making the music, that was my point. That the champion themes that Marco has been reacting to are not in the game, they exist outside of it, but are nonetheless relevant to it. So maybe the same would apply to the Arcane soundtrack.
Riot Forge games, to my knowledge, have entirely original scores, using many of the motifs found in the relevant champion themes that the games are about. Ruined King has some incredible development of Viego's theme.
@@dylancraven3979 are you 100% positive themes are not anywhere in the game(s)? Because older ones were present during the login screen. And i know how long its been since, but they might be still somewhere in the game? I play with my music turned off, therefore dont know for sure.
The main idea of my initial response was related to "Arcane is not a game" notion. While technically yes, it is not, i think this is too much of a technicality to actually pursue. Like, it's the same IP, same team, same characters (mostly). Personally, this position feels a little like a hair-splitting between LoL (LoR) and Arcane to me. That's what i meant.
You can't really use "Fallout" the game and "Fallout" the series as the same thing. But "Arcane", i think, you can.
Even though i understand where one can come from with the position you layed out. And i can understand two-fold when it comes to content creation.
I am not deeply familiar with the whole LotR situation, so i might miss the mark completely.
But as a sidenote: From what i understand, LotR soundtrack is not a symphony, but rather a collection of completely independent compositions. As independent as they can be, written as a soundtrack. However, parts of this soundtrack were arranged as a symphony post factum. So there is a soundtrack and there is a "The Lord of the Right Symphony".
It might depend on the definion to the word "symphony" you are using. And your position on film scores and their place in the overall musical ecosystem. Last i checked, both of those are pretty fluid and are not set in stone.
That was a great video! 😃
The Debussy piece he's referencing during the Viego part is called "The sunken catherdral"
Nicely done! I just couldn’t think of it!
Two very beautiful commentators. Making very astute comments. 10/10
Also josh is the cabbage salesman of freljord
😂😂😂😂😂
"Oops I just blew up a church" never laugh so hard in this channel 😂
not having pantheon's theme here is borderline criminal.
"Get a life" Savage meatball
Many themes for examlle viego are specifically designed to incorporate their region into the music as well.
Viegos music incorperates the Shadow isles and blessed isles themes, while adding his own touch.
Its amazing.
Qlso you can hear to the individual region themes as well in the 9 different seasons albums on yt music.
25:02 Funnily enough Fiddlesticks' theme is actually one of the few champion themes I have in my playlist. I like songs with vocals and the non-vocal parts of the theme are also still exciting.
I think its cool that Kindred gives a quick painless death to those that accept their end, and seeing yasuo close his eyes to the oncoming arrow while wolf is in the background shows that yasuo had earned himself a painless death through kindreds arrow for accepting his end.
Been playing league since season 3 (2013). So I commiserate with Josh on that one. Eleven years now, and somehow I still enjoy the game and the IPs surrounding it. (I've spent the last several days glued to the PVE playing Swarm.) One of my "claims to fame" is that I've been playing for 11 years and never once had a disciplinary action taken against me. The worst I've had in 11 years is "You've disconnected too many times, you can't queue for 30 minutes" type stuff and that's when I was trying to play on hotel wifi, because I was living in a hotel at the time. Hah.
The music Riot puts out is truly stellar. They have a good music department and they've branched out to work with some pretty great people. While not every release is to my taste (Starwalkin comes to mind), I've enjoyed pretty much every major track they've released for over a decade. That's a pretty damned good record to have. (Much like my own now that I think about it.)
That said, I still play fairly regularly, whether it's rift, arena, tft, and now swarm. I've watched arcane multiple times. I've read a majority of the comics and a decent amount of the short stories. I'm no Necrit when it comes to lore, but I'd definitely say I've still got a lot of passion for the game and the IP surrounding it. :)
I would listen to fiddlesticks' song in my car...better get them windows up. XD
my content right here.
i love viego lore and hes theme, bcs of those reason i main hem on release and still play hem until this dayx bets champion in lore wise in a while for sure
I think you’d love the Arcane soundtrack!
The best game music video ever! i loved
Riot does music really well.
Arcane especially shows this, would love to see you react & talk about the music from it!
I hope Marco one day checks out the Falconshield fan-songs for characters like Jhin, Aatrox, Viego, Gwen, and Kindred!
Omg I didn't know Gwen's creator and Viego's wife were the same person!
A part of Isolde's soul went into Gwen as well
@@geriellindemannvhaseyar3513 whoa! I need to read some lore, that's so interesting!!!
When Riot teased a seamstress a lot of people thought they were going to release Isolde, his wife, only to reveal her old doll who got part of her soul. We were baited lol.
Fun fact Diana's theme is the 1st to ever include lyrics
I wish you had stream with Nectir where you share your knowledge knowledge each other.Your knowledge about music and his knowledge about lore
I would be sooo in for a "musical Arcane reaction" !
Ey Marco cool video! I think you would enjoy watching arcane if you havent already. And you could even upload your rection, it has so many cool songs and moments. Love from Spain ❤
I wonder if you ever heard the Freljord theme, it released about 10 years ago when I started playing. I still think it's the best league soundtrack.
When will there be more champion themes? There are many other very interesting champions yet to see, for example Bel'veth, skarner, kaissa, irelia etc...
He's already done Irelia, I'm pretty sure
@@chrishaven1489 ow sorry i've forgot
I feel you. That being said, there are a finite amount of League themes, so I appreciate that there is some space between his reactions, means we get League content sustained over a longer period. Plus, there's such a wealth of great music from other games, I sometimes feel guilty always asking for more LoL themes.
Swain theme pls
He did Swain @@smatt5153
Fun video!
josh was really fun to listen too i'd love to watch him react to some genshin and warframe music, would be awesome!!
More league lets go!!!
39:15 You should try TFT (Teamfight Tactics) Marco, it's an auto-battler made by Riot and has all the exact same League characters.
Love Gwen's theme, it's the only one that has made its way into general playlists for me.
Ornn's theme actually has an official version with lyrics, the song is known as "The Path to Hearth-Home"
Interesting. I don't know anything about what the creators have said, but The Path to Hearth-home never felt like Ornn's Theme plus lyrics. To me, The Path is the theme of Ornn's followers. It's the same melody, but the original is Ornn humming as he works, calm and content, occasionally pulled out of isolation; whereas The Path is the Hearthblood singing and the walking song feel, combined with the lyrics of always striving and being always just out of reach, was a reference to their culture's emphasis on perseverence and self-improvement. So, to me, they were never the same piece, they just shared the same melody.
@@dylancraven3979 correct.
Path of hearth Home was his teaser, the song which his followers created (forged in a way) out of his theme over generations.
Its actually 14th season currently, close bud! :D
scarily enough, it is already season 14...
From the voice lines gwen feels more mature then "i have been cut of from my mother", or rather she is very cheery overall and when she meets viego her voice is more determent to make things right rather then despretly geting something back or eanting revenge
So sad he didn't pick K'Sante at the end there - it's such a banger!
is the "guessing who the character is" series dead ? .. liked it :P
Please listen to Milio's Theme. It encapsulates motherly love and childish adventure so good. With Viegos and Jhins theme easily my favourite.
I can't wait for The Curse of the Sad Mummy
You should listen to "Blade of the Ruined King" by Pentakill. They are a League of Legends fictional band/group with a metal theme. Blade of the Ruined King is a symphonic metal orchestral song, no lyrics.
When I first heard Viego's theme, I immediately thought that it sounds kind of like Prelude in C Sharp Minor by Rachmaninoff, I recommend listening to it with Viego's one in mind :>
Hey Marco, I've noticed that most of your recent videos like this, you don't have section where whoever you have on can talk about their history or who they are, or a chance for them to plug anything they might have going on. Is there a reason for that?
Besides that, I really do enjoy these videos talking about league music. Irelia's theme is a personal favorite, and it's definitely led me to music I would never have heard without it.
It'll be super cool if they used all the assets they use for the animations and threw it into the LOL mmo
This is captain bones approved 🎉
Asol is still bound by patheon aspect using the crown he thought was gift
Would of loved to see his reaction to volibear's rework theme
If you're doing any other League of Legends music analysis, I'd recommend the original Thresh theme / login screen music.
surprised he didn't know viego and gwen were lore linked
Could you check out the Pentakill albums at some point. Would love to hear your thoughts on it :D Favorite album is the second still.
One day I'll get my Devil Kazumi theme reaction.....one day.
Marco I am begging for you to listen to Needle knight ledas OST before the final boss fight it is so damn good
im sorry to let you know taht it is now season 14 xDDD
We need marco as a va in the mmo
As a Yordle vendor with a very oddly serious voice
Agreed. It would certainly be a good gesture by Riot, given how much time and attention he has dedicated to their work, and how much awareness he has brought to it.
He should check out Pantheon & Sett theme too they are so great
45:30 there are a few more other than Thresh. Yorick, Hecarim, Vex, Karthus, Elise and Maokai. but the only really important character from that list SHOULD be Yorick but Riot loves not giving him sh*t.
gwen soundtrack... makes me goosebumps all the time
Well, technically, Jhin does have a bit of disgust with himself but it's only for his physical appearance. He doesn't like how normal he looks.
You should listen to Star Guardian vocals
22:29 ppl always recommend fiddlesticks, why noone ever thinking of Threshs theme, its awsome too! in the same kind of unsettling way)
"Oh" translation: This isn't the video
12:00 It wasn't Volibear, just an Ursine
waiting for lillia theme
25:10 must have been funny professor 😅
34:30 Marco should introduce Arknights music to this guy
Damn I got hype seeing the old samurai dude, only to find out it's just Yasuo. Would have reinstalled for.
how to spell to summon time stamp guy?
pls summon one of them here
There are time stamps oh shit I deleted them on accident wtfffff
@@MarcoMeatball LMAO oops hahaha
You should do a video on hollow knight music its great
He has.
No porter robinson? 😢 that sucks.
wait, you're telling me he hasn't watched arcane?
I think using gameplay footage was distracting as a league player, and some songs deserved the music video like jinx's theme.