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The fact that Sawano has his own signature sound like a Chopin or a Vivaldi solidifies to me that he’s one of, if not, the best modern day composers in the world! I really do love listening to his stuff like those old iconic composers that came way before him.
We can talk about non-context pieces all we want, but... Damn... This gave me some crazy flashbacks. What a piece. Especially the tiny little electronic giltching in there is such a crazy simple but meaningful accent on the melody that immediately sets an apocalyps (but non-scifi as it's so little and nuanced), I love that kind of stuff. Tears..
There's a similarity in all of Sawano's compositions (even if I can't explain what it is) that you hear and realize “It's a Sawano song!”, but oh God, I love every one of his pieces.
"moving forward" "introspection" the stuff that this music syncs in so well with this show is absolutely insane. "REINER" "REALLY, RIGHT HERE? RIIGHT NOW!!??"
oh yeah, now Marco's gonna watch the entire AoT anime. I just know he's in for a wild ride, I love to see another one of my fav channels get into this show!!
For someone who said he hasn't seen Attack on Titan, very nice analysis. You may like to hear Bakulötze. Those who have finished the anime are like to get tears. I know I cry
@6:02 I love your reaction here! Absolutely warranted! I figured out that those choral notes are the same as the chorus of the opening, which blew my mind! Love Sawano, hope to see more ❤
As someone who loves these songs and listens to them quite frequently, I want to thank you for breaking them down from your perspective. I don't have a musical bone in my body, and I don't understand what the songs are even saying half the time, so hearing you break them down from a musical perspective and telling us what they are saying is amazing to me. You put the feelings and I emotions I'm feeling when listening to these songs into words, and I thank you for that.
I love how he was anticipatin a drop so hard & then when it's "supposed to happen" it jus up & turns into a completely diff song from the start & his reaction is like "TF? THAT wasn't supposed to happen... Let's C how this goes" lmao
I got back into AoT’s OST because of you, amazing ❤ The Grissini Project for Attack on Titan features a full orchestra with choir and soloists. The quality of their recording gave me goosebumps so I’d very much recommend!
I remember watching this show as it was airing those years ago, and thinking about just how highly its score drove its emotional beats. After my re-watch leading up to the Final Finale (Final), I found my opinion unchanged. Truly incredible stuff.
If you want a calm, full of sadness and happiness I would recommend Violet Evergarden, Violet Evergarden's soundtracks is really beautiful and always makes me wanted to teared up most of the time, also it has the same composer as Frieren beyond the journey's end (Evan Call)
Hey marco! First of all , love your work and analysis. Since you are from opera background, I would love to suggest Yuki Kajiura OST since it's heavily leaning towards opera kind of music. :) Keep up the awesome work!
I really hope so! "A Song Of Storm And Fire" and "Swordland" from her has been an anime anthem for decades until Attack on Titan showed up. Recently all of her work became public on TH-cam for free so copyright shouldn't be a problem.
YouSeeBiggirl is a composite song of two others. The beginning is "apple seed" I believe, though I'm not sure, and then it transitions into "Vogel im Käfig", with the dial turned up to 11.
Me sitting, waiting for the Made in Abyss arc. That entire soundtrack is peak. I don't know if you need recommendations for Sawano but 86, Re:creators and Kill la kill have some solid soundtracks.
I do love this OST from AOT and all the other OSTs Hiroyuki Sawano did. Not just Attack on Titan OSTs, also he did 86, Solo Leveling, Gundam Unicorn, Re:Creators, and more.
Sawano is a master! One of my favourites of his songs is "The Weight of Lives" - the melodies are tragic, strong, hopeful, ... - so much emotions just through the music supported by a choir. Maybe you could react to this too. ^^ Kohta Yamamoto is a master even too; he made the most titles for the final season! My favourite songs made by him are "Traitor", "Zeek's Plan", "Splinter Wolf", "The Other Side of the Sea", "Warriors" and "Ashes on the fire".
I love how you said you only saw 1 episode and were still able to soak in the overall tone and actions from just the music alone. I don't think there's ever been an anime that has had music draw me into scenes more than aot has
You have to react/listen to Eighty Six - Avid, it's also made and composed by Hiroyuki Sawano, it's an insanely beautiful piece to a very underrated anime, which is personally one of my favorites I've ever watched. Edit: Make sure to specifically listen to the Full Ending one to get the full experience and song. Love your content, keep it up Marco
I would HIGHLY recommend watching the AOT Suite live performance. Some of the best songs from the series, performed live arguably better than the versions in the show.
i have a lot of buts with the end of shingeki no kyojin but i absolutely love the soundtrack of the anime, it's such a experience that not many works have
Winters End from the Arknights anime is 1 of 3 of the last Frostnova themes you havnt covered yet would be cool to see your opinion on it. Perish in Frost is good too
😂 that wasn’t first time he listened to that surely. He was practically singing the words before they sang them 😂 don’t blame him though, this song gets me so pumped up!
We operate in the shadows, pulling the strings of puppets like albert wesker and chris redfield, both of whom have unknowingly helped us to fulfill our vision.
I've always loved Sawano's music, especially the AoT and AldnoahZero tracks, would definitely recommend you check those out as well if you're planning on listening to more Sawano!
Relly great video, thank you❤ And if you want great vocals you should listen to VOH from made in abyss which is my favorite music up to date. It's the kind of track which we ask after listening to it why would an scene need this music.
You should react and especially break down 0sk from AoT (that’s a zero, not the letter). I’ve only ever found two reactions on TH-cam and one of them got taken down.
Two things, I don’t know if you picked the clips from the show to use when you describe the song or if it was someone else but really great selection for the emotions expressed and very accurately depicted! Second, these songs are amazing in their own right and only elevated when in the context of the show itself. If you want a great, albeit long, watch and you enjoy this music I can’t recommend the series enough
Marco, u should definitely listen to "Ashes on the fire" and "the other side of the sea" by KOHTA YAMAMOTO and "And Ordinary Day" by KOHTA AND HIROYUKI (Just be careful with the thumbnails with spoilers)
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please show the 1st ending song to your ''opera'' friends
I really hope you enjoy the Anime and actually finishing it! it was frickin amazing!
One of my all-time-favourites
yea just keep watching, this is what you could call a masterpiece in my book. top 1 fav anime on my list.
The fact that Sawano has his own signature sound like a Chopin or a Vivaldi solidifies to me that he’s one of, if not, the best modern day composers in the world! I really do love listening to his stuff like those old iconic composers that came way before him.
Anytime I'm listining to my anime music playlist, I can always instantly recognize his compositions, every time
To me he's one of the Triumvirat of Anime Music Gods, along with Kenji Kawai and Yuki Kajiura. Absolute fucking legends, all three of them.
Hes the Hans Zimmer of Anime
You should react to the emu project version it's amazing and they're playing live
@@smexie2946 hans zimmer doesnt hold a candle to sawano
We can talk about non-context pieces all we want, but... Damn... This gave me some crazy flashbacks. What a piece. Especially the tiny little electronic giltching in there is such a crazy simple but meaningful accent on the melody that immediately sets an apocalyps (but non-scifi as it's so little and nuanced), I love that kind of stuff. Tears..
Ughhhh the eletronics in the soundtrack is what makes Attack on Titan special, I love it!
YouseebiggirlT:T never fails to make me shed a tear, especially because it plays during a very pivotal moment
The reveal/betrayal
@@RX0_GundamUnicorn please delete this comment
@@brofst why? I'm being vague in my reply
@@brofst I didn't even say _what_ kind of betrayal/reveal
@@RX0_GundamUnicorn knowing something is coming *is a spoiler*.
Always so good to see someone discover the legendary Sawano Drop.
I've seen this video months ago, so I doubt he is discovering it now
i’d like to say sawano has flawlessly created his own style of music. he is definitely my favourite composer!
There's a similarity in all of Sawano's compositions (even if I can't explain what it is) that you hear and realize “It's a Sawano song!”, but oh God, I love every one of his pieces.
I remember watching 86 without knowing that he composed it OSTs and i immediately knew it was him
@Kobecopter96 I was in the same boat but with Solo Leveling, something in my brain just went "wait a minute this sounds familiar..."
@@JoeDay-me3gr I totally forgot about solo levelling, and yes I agree , especially during the fight between jin woo and Igris
Absolutely, I can always tell a Sawano song. Same with Yuki Kajiura, who is also amazing (though Sawano is my favorite)
I found no similarity other than Epicness
I’ve never been so emotionally connected to a show through music as aot. It’s such an awesome journey!
Bleach OST is the only other anime that comes close. 1A and 1B. Shiro Sagisu is the GOAT!
02:50 welcome to anime music realm
ive heard this one SO many times and 17:15 still gives me chills every time
great breakdown, i definitely learned a bit from this
"The Earth roars and turns red" sounds like the rumbling. Even the foreign language lyrics in the music are foreshadowing.
If u watch the openings and endings with another eyes u can tell the foreshadowing from ep 1
@KopherDNB if you watch the anime, it contains content from the manga/LN.
Any other profound insight?
@@insanergamer retarded reply
Is it possible to have a discussion about anime without it becoming toxic? I think it's impossible.
@@PhantommJ I made a statement similar to theirs. Glad you agree it was stupid
16:51 i know all of you AOT fans cried here :)
LETS GOO. (Hearing this during THAT scene will give you crazy Goosebumps)
top 10 scenes in anime imo, it was one of the most epic scenes to date
I was so shocked
16:36 “Eren! Run away!!!”
And then Reiner held him
its so nice seeing you go through all the same feelings we went through when we first watched it :D
I love this ost and anime but after listening to your explanation it’s give bone chills 🫨
the second phase of youseebiggirl has the full version called "vogel im kafig", hope u react to that soon
Not at ALL, these are two different ost, the full version of vogel im kafig contains no part of this ost (which has another better version btw)
@@fauconjoyeux8295 YouSeeBigGirl is a remix of Vogel im Kafig
"moving forward" "introspection" the stuff that this music syncs in so well with this show is absolutely insane. "REINER" "REALLY, RIGHT HERE? RIIGHT NOW!!??"
YOUUUUU TRAITORRRRRR
Ladies. Gents. It’s here. The first of many Hiroyuki Sawano videos.
I mean, he's reacted to Xenoblade X music before, and that was Sawano too.
man, YouSeeBIGGIRL never fails making me shiver
lol the second song with context is crazy
LITERALLY
oh yeah, now Marco's gonna watch the entire AoT anime. I just know he's in for a wild ride, I love to see another one of my fav channels get into this show!!
YES!! so glad you reacted to this, attack on titan has so many phenomenal orchestral tracks like this
For someone who said he hasn't seen Attack on Titan, very nice analysis. You may like to hear Bakulötze. Those who have finished the anime are like to get tears. I know I cry
@6:02 I love your reaction here! Absolutely warranted! I figured out that those choral notes are the same as the chorus of the opening, which blew my mind!
Love Sawano, hope to see more ❤
As someone who loves these songs and listens to them quite frequently, I want to thank you for breaking them down from your perspective. I don't have a musical bone in my body, and I don't understand what the songs are even saying half the time, so hearing you break them down from a musical perspective and telling us what they are saying is amazing to me. You put the feelings and I emotions I'm feeling when listening to these songs into words, and I thank you for that.
its amazing how a person with zero knowledge of the anime figured out the plot of the show just by listening to its ost.
"Constantly moving forward" he says 🤭
I love how he was anticipatin a drop so hard & then when it's "supposed to happen" it jus up & turns into a completely diff song from the start & his reaction is like "TF? THAT wasn't supposed to happen... Let's C how this goes" lmao
I got back into AoT’s OST because of you, amazing ❤
The Grissini Project for Attack on Titan features a full orchestra with choir and soloists. The quality of their recording gave me goosebumps so I’d very much recommend!
Marco, be honest, i was the last straw to force you to do anime OST reactions XD I've been begging for the longest time!
Im really looking forward to him eventually listening to Kevin Penkins work on Made in Abyss would love to hear his thoughts on it
For me made in abyss have the greatest ost of all anime, it is also such a great show❤❤❤❤
waiting for him reacting to VOH or Hanezeve
Some of my favorite anime music of all time. I think Marco will love the emotional connection Penkins achieves on the work he did for Made in Abyss
Bondrewd has no right to have his themes go harder than a tank shell through a brick wall
respeto
I remember watching this show as it was airing those years ago, and thinking about just how highly its score drove its emotional beats. After my re-watch leading up to the Final Finale (Final), I found my opinion unchanged. Truly incredible stuff.
If you want a calm, full of sadness and happiness I would recommend Violet Evergarden, Violet Evergarden's soundtracks is really beautiful and always makes me wanted to teared up most of the time, also it has the same composer as Frieren beyond the journey's end (Evan Call)
Hey marco! First of all , love your work and analysis. Since you are from opera background, I would love to suggest Yuki Kajiura OST since it's heavily leaning towards opera kind of music. :) Keep up the awesome work!
I really hope so!
"A Song Of Storm And Fire" and "Swordland" from her has been an anime anthem for decades until Attack on Titan showed up.
Recently all of her work became public on TH-cam for free so copyright shouldn't be a problem.
i recommend libera me from hell a masterpiece of anime ost :D (and great video marco always with peak videos :D)
i second this!
I have a feeling he won't like the rap lol
this show is absolutely goated. Watched it all the way through like 3 times and still gives you the feels all the way through.
I totally recommend Grissini Project Orchestra version of AOT
YouSeeBiggirl is a composite song of two others. The beginning is "apple seed" I believe, though I'm not sure, and then it transitions into "Vogel im Käfig", with the dial turned up to 11.
apple seed came out later
Man this stuff is so damn good, I feel like im reading your mind with the facial expressions lol
Oh hell yeah! I also recommend Libera me from Hell, it's a soundtrack from my favorite anime Gurren Lagann. It's up your alley for sure.
Me sitting, waiting for the Made in Abyss arc. That entire soundtrack is peak. I don't know if you need recommendations for Sawano but 86, Re:creators and Kill la kill have some solid soundtracks.
HUGE on the 86 rec my god that soundtrack is amazing
MiA is gonna go HARD
Best anime soundtrack no contest
I do love this OST from AOT and all the other OSTs Hiroyuki Sawano did. Not just Attack on Titan OSTs, also he did 86, Solo Leveling, Gundam Unicorn, Re:Creators, and more.
Whaaaat Marco created an anime channel? What a day to be alive. I've always commented that you should analyze more anime songs!
Bring backs the memories 😭
Vogel Im Kafig and YouSeeBigGIRL/T:T are the two masterpieces of the modern music era.
There's also the third variation Apple Seed.
Sawano is a master!
One of my favourites of his songs is "The Weight of Lives" - the melodies are tragic, strong, hopeful, ... - so much emotions just through the music supported by a choir.
Maybe you could react to this too. ^^
Kohta Yamamoto is a master even too; he made the most titles for the final season!
My favourite songs made by him are "Traitor", "Zeek's Plan", "Splinter Wolf", "The Other Side of the Sea", "Warriors" and "Ashes on the fire".
this is propably the only anime i regret that it can only be watched for the first time once
Oh boy when you get to Footsteps of Doom you will have your head exploded.
You should listen to Vogel Im Kafig!! Its the best song off the OST imo!
5:30 when the Sawano Drop hits
I love how you said you only saw 1 episode and were still able to soak in the overall tone and actions from just the music alone. I don't think there's ever been an anime that has had music draw me into scenes more than aot has
You have to react/listen to Eighty Six - Avid, it's also made and composed by Hiroyuki Sawano, it's an insanely beautiful piece to a very underrated anime, which is personally one of my favorites I've ever watched.
Edit: Make sure to specifically listen to the Full Ending one to get the full experience and song. Love your content, keep it up Marco
Oh maan, it took me several months and rewatching the show 2 times to finally be able to listen to Avid in my playlist without choking up.
@@Au_Ra804 Same here, took me ages to not choke up while listening to it.
One of my favorite AoT's songs.
Its like i hear this music and all the emotions from the show come back to haunt me
10 seconds in I have goosebumps and I've listened to this piece dozens of times
"Reiner, bertholdt... YOU DAMN TRAITORS"
If you like this one you should hear Vogel Im Kafig. It's also from AoT and has a lot of similarities
The soundtrack to all anime is outstanding. Make me feel bad and better alternating kinds of moments. ❤❤❤
You can’t see sound: this absolute masterpiece
love the breakdown with your experience keep up the good work mister here I subscribe 👍We will watch your yt career with great interest.
I highly recommend the gundam unicorn ost, which is also by sawano, specially the tracks full frontal and unicorn
I really hope Marco revisits the 1st song, especially the lyrics, after he finishes the manga. I can't say any more without spoiling.
Sawano is a genius.... his music stay under the skin, and combined with a masterpiece like attack of titan, it creates a piece of art.
unironically some of the best music ive ever heard
the jawdrop when T:T arrives is GOLD😂😂🔥🔥🔥
No choice but to face what I’ve done, as a warrior. No road left but the one that leads to the end. Rayna… Right now?! Here??! 😨 12:44
Hiroyuki Sawano is a big fan of ancient German history and Wagner's music. He even has a song that is partly sung in ancient German - Futarkh
2x6, never forget....
I would HIGHLY recommend watching the AOT Suite live performance. Some of the best songs from the series, performed live arguably better than the versions in the show.
Wait a second, he already has! I’ll be back to this video later… 😂
This whole show has peak music and sound design
You know it's as perfect as can be when Marco is unable to pause halfway through.
Kingdom of Predators from Hunter x Hunter should be added to the react list!
Me listening to this masterpiece and getting flashbacks in my brain of the scenes
i love this one sm, but XL-TT has a special place in my heart
One of the anime that I remember both plot and background music😂
... I'm kinda having a deja vu... I feel like I watched this exact video like a year ago...
You did
i have a lot of buts with the end of shingeki no kyojin but i absolutely love the soundtrack of the anime, it's such a experience that not many works have
Btw as a german, your pronounciation was quite good! Was a bit surprised but that didn't sound too bad
naja ... :D
Sawano is the god for Anime's musing. Every time it's a banger.
Highly recommend Avid from the anime eighty-six. Also recommend to give it a watch, it's an underrated emotional rollercoaster. :)
Winters End from the Arknights anime is 1 of 3 of the last Frostnova themes you havnt covered yet would be cool to see your opinion on it.
Perish in Frost is good too
😂 that wasn’t first time he listened to that surely. He was practically singing the words before they sang them 😂 don’t blame him though, this song gets me so pumped up!
Every time this song goes on my shuffle list, if its not max volume, i ain't feelin it.
you should listen to grissini projects attack on titan suit. it's a 19 minute fully orchestral and choir based cover
UMBRELLA?! I THOUGHT UR ORGANISATION WAS DESTROYED
We operate in the shadows, pulling the strings of puppets like albert wesker and chris redfield, both of whom have unknowingly helped us to fulfill our vision.
I've always loved Sawano's music, especially the AoT and AldnoahZero tracks, would definitely recommend you check those out as well if you're planning on listening to more Sawano!
Absolute peak of the Sawano's music
Beautiful and triumphant
Relly great video, thank you❤
And if you want great vocals you should listen to VOH from made in abyss which is my favorite music up to date.
It's the kind of track which we ask after listening to it why would an scene need this music.
I watched this quite a while ago. Twice.
Happy to watch it a third time. :]
It's sad this is our anime OST for a while; AOT even. I'll wait for more AOT OST reactions!!!
Bros hittin bull’s eyes’ with his eyes closed 😂
Libera me from Hell, Gurren Lagann
Like this comment up 🔥🔥
Woah Woah, Fight the Power!
You should react and especially break down 0sk from AoT (that’s a zero, not the letter). I’ve only ever found two reactions on TH-cam and one of them got taken down.
That’s probably why - it got taken down. Doubt I’d cover that. ❤️❤️
Is this a re upload? I feel intense déjà vu
I feel like you'd love "Rosario" by Yoko Kanno (it's short, though)
getting 2013 flashbacks listening to this OST again
Two things, I don’t know if you picked the clips from the show to use when you describe the song or if it was someone else but really great selection for the emotions expressed and very accurately depicted!
Second, these songs are amazing in their own right and only elevated when in the context of the show itself. If you want a great, albeit long, watch and you enjoy this music I can’t recommend the series enough
Marco, u should definitely listen to "Ashes on the fire" and "the other side of the sea" by KOHTA YAMAMOTO and "And Ordinary Day" by KOHTA AND HIROYUKI
(Just be careful with the thumbnails with spoilers)