Please do gandrayda theme from metroid prime it is the best song in the game and one of the best in the series its a crime it has not been voted yet lol
The Rundas fight is extremely tragic. He wasn't a bad guy, he was corrupted and driven to fight Samus. As much as you don't want to fight him, there's no choice and you have to put him down
@@lesliecarl7623 It's not like that, it was controlling him, it made him kill himself and let him feel it. It's the single most dark moment of any Nintendo history, and easily in the top 10 of videogames history in general, which is not stranger to dark and grim stories.
Wow, never thought I'd see a Metroid track here. Rundas was one of my favorite bosses. He even saved Samus in the beginning of the Game so killing him is kinda sad because Samus concidered him a friend.
Oh that makes sense. I'm starting to think I didn't beat this game or maybe even didn't get very far (I definitely played it tho), because I remember nothing about this fight or the story
@@DaviVascAnother tidbit: I’m pretty sure the end section with that one diminished chord played with those particular instruments represents Phazon or Metroid Prime. If you listen to the themes of other bosses connected to or influenced by Phazon, you can also hear that chord played with those instruments- Parasite Queen, for example. Here, it represents Rundas’s corruption as he’s finally overtaken by the Phazon.
@@DaviVasc Long story short. Basically the third game was about the Arch enemy of the galactic federation trying to ruin everything with the help of Samus two Arch enemies called Ridley and Dark Samus. (The latter being an evil Clone made from the remains of the final Boss of the first Prime game) The Galactic federation was hiring some of the best Bounty Hunters, Rundas being one of them. He saved her from a 10.000 Meter or so fall during a fight with Ridley but ended up corrupted later by Dark Samus after contact with him broke. So basically Samus had to fight him and after he failed to kill her, got killed by Dark Samus in front of Samus. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.
This theme is for a fight against a fellow Hunter, one of Samus's equals, a friend and a comrade. In the opening act of Metroid Prime 3, all of the Hunters, including Samus are simultaneously infused with Phazon by Dark Samus, causing them all to pass out. The Federation steps in and equips each of them with a PED suit to allow them to properly utilize this corrupting toxin now being generated in their bodies. Samus is the last to awaken, and informed that the rest of the Hunters were deployed after their recoveries. One by one, they all drop off the grid, leaving Samus as the only one left to investigate the Leviathan Seeds, Dark Samus, the Pirate Invasion, and their connection to the mysterious planet of Phaze. One by one, she finds the others, corrupted into violent and irrational shells of their former selves, but still just as smart and deadly as Samus herself. Rundus is the first she finds, her first glimpse into what fate lies in store if she fails her mission and gives in to the poison. Out of respect, and duty, she personally takes him out to protect his good image, and end his suffering.
@@Scudmaster11 Honestly, with how Phazon functions, it technically might not even be physically him anymore. It might literally be a clone grown from Phazon or at least his entire body replaced by it.
The reason it sounds tragic is because it is. This is a hero and friend who is being mind-controlled to battle you. You may not want to kill Rundas, but only one of you is leaving that room alive.
I've written like 3 books (exaggeration) in total talking about this one soundtrack, so I'll save myself some breath by saying that it is without question my all time favorite video game soundtrack. Emotion, power, tragedy, heroism, regret, pain, sorrow, conflict, loss, grief, and destruction. Rundas Battle has it all to quintessentially represent the untold amount of catastrophe that's in full agonizing display when you're forced to pull the trigger on the one who's done so much for you, and that putting him out of his misery is how you repay him. The fight against Rundas is even worse since you're left with 2 options on how slow or quick you want to kill him. It gives new meaning to painfully easy and it all belongs to a character that deserves so much more. A very rare sight to see in the Metroid series, and that's what makes the fight and Rundas himself so damn iconic. Thank you for covering this.
Good to know this track still makes me feel things all these years later. Of all your allies in the game that got corrupted and mind-controlled, Rundas seemed like he fought the hardest against it. On the world you eventually fight him on you're constantly finding evidence of him helping you. A bridge of ice over a chasm, a bunch of difficult enemies frozen to the walls, things like that. You can even spot him watching you from a distance in a few places, before he flies off. Before his boss fight even starts, he shows up to help you defeat some enemies, with his theme heroically playing and everything. Then he starts acting strangely and a phantom image of Dark Samus appears over him, as if brushing away the last bit of his resistance. The sinking feeling in my stomach as this battle theme started and the game handed control back to me sucked. But you know, in a good way. Beating Dark Samus at the end was all the more satisfying after she made me kill a character I liked.
That one observation about the militaristic snare drums you pointed out is a very nice touch. You notice that they start off filled to the brim with power and epicness and slowly grow weaker and weaker overtime. Which perfectly symbolizes a warrior like Rundas losing his strength. The former heroic image is beginning to completely die out until there's nothing left but atmosphere drowning in the darkest emotion imaginable. This soundtrack is a masterpiece in every aspect.
I clicked this video just to like it. I don't even need to watch it. The title alone speaks so true to me. You can hear in the music throughout the battle the hopes of Samus, and how they turn into sadness as she realizes she can not help Rundas in the way she would like, and the only way forward is to defeat him. It's beautiful, and is by far my favorite track from any Metroid game.
I love how 'icy' this theme sounds. Perfect for a fight against someone who wields uses ice in battle. As some have been noting, Rundas isn't 'just a bad guy' in this game. At the beginning of the story, he starts off sane and merely as a fellow bounty hunter working with the Federation. Each of the other three hunters, and yourself, get infected with a radioactive substance. This substance is the reason why the other hunters go crazy and attack you, and throughout the game you also show signs of it taking its toll on you. Each fight with these hunters is a reflection of what will happen to you eventually if you are to fall to its influence.
Rundus (if I remember right) is the 4th boss in the game. He saves you once from space pirates and again from Ridley himself. You then loose contact with him until this fight.
3rd boss fight, theres also a part in the plant on trying to find him, a lot of players miss this tue first time, at one part if you look around you see him on a structure looking at you and then ises his ice powers to fly away, throughout that plent you see hints of him like frozy lizard ppl that he beat but are still alive until you leave the planet and scane them again before you go and their life sign are flat lined.
The garbled lyrics in the background actually tell alot about the music if you listen close. Sounds like its trying to comfort samus while the phazon corrupts her friend slowly.
Rundas sets the tone for the rest of the game. The relief to see Rundas mingles with the corruption you've experienced to create this free-lance chilling dirge. Rundas is here... but he's NOT the one in control. He's not the operator, he's just been taken over by his hunting instincts (or the corruption brought out his primal hunting instincts). The Phazon is a mutative, semi-sentient toxin that gives you strength, but it demands you give up your mental restraints to harness it. If you stay in hypermode too long, you become corrupted & game over. This fight is what Metroid Prime 3 is all about. Using friends/coworkers as unwilling roadblocks to make the player & Samus feel even MORE isolated in a game series about solo exploration.
The game is about slowly descending into corruption. I don’t think there has ever been a better song that has told that story so perfectly just through music.
Rundas saves your life, gets corrupted later, and you have to fight him. At the very end, he regains his sanity only for dark Samus to kill him. It’s INCREDIBLY tragic. Easily the most likable new character introduced in prime 3
Explanation: In metroid prime 3, Dark samus evolves again and discovers a new ability, the power to use her own phazon to corupt and controll other life forms. She uses that to reach the origins of phazon (the living planet phaaze) and to control it for her purposes. After that she infects samus and the other 3 bounty hunters to controll them, since samus did an extra effort in the first battle she took 2 weeks more to wake up from the infection, however the other 3 were corrupted. The thing is Rundas feels different because its supposed that he was a good friend of Samus, and he wasnt fully corrupted. Thats why he has some moments of lucidity despite the corruption, so he tries to save samus but at some point he is forced to fight her. At the end of the battle he decides to end the battle by hitting himself with his best attack since he had the last moment of self controll. The rest of the bounty hunters are kinda different. For instance, for Ghor samus was basically his proffesional competition, and for Gandrayda samus was his rival but since Rundas was her friend is kinda sad he was corrupted by dark samus :3 About the song itself, consider Rundas is essentially a boss battle based on a guy who fly and who uses ice attacks, thats why i suppose they used all thoose harmonycs (to remember a crystal of ice), The "military vibes" probably are a reference to his past with samus and the galactic federation (also, to rundas actitude, since he is based on the same principles); the guitar part is probably a way to give it a propper identity to the song, and the last aggresive part is probably a reference of the corruption of rundas when he is forced to use the hypermode agasint samus. Essentially think about this.... How would it sound a battle against a friend who controlls the ice and who is extremely powerfull, elegant and methodic who is progresively being controlled by an evil entity? Thats probably how this theme was created :3 P.D.: This part ( 7:27 ) is located in a moment of the song where the player in the gameplay usually reaches a phase of the battle where rundas starts to create a big ice-phazon pillar to destroy most of the scenario in area (what is curious since is probably the most ominous moment of the song) :p
This track has always stuck with me ever since I heard it the first time. It perfectly encapsulates why I love Metroid as a series. It tells a story through the music and actions, without words.
Something really interesting about Rundas's fight is that he's the only one of the hunters to lose his ability to speak after being corrupted, and with some of his actions and the fact you see Dark Samus's appearance over him one can infer that his will was strong enough to resist the corruption and had to be personally controlled.
Great video as always!! This piece is so sad and beautiful. Every time I hear this, I feel a cold wind blowing quietly and a sense of loneliness is spreading. The atmosphere is so calm, as if it’s stifling the emotions, yet it stirs up your emotional feelings. Rundas is one of my favorite characters. I could say that this cold vibe is perfect for him, but it really shouldn't suit him. It feels like that irony and the loneliness of Samus are filled with this piece. Very heartbreaking. Thank you, Davi :)
This is an incredible track to select! The Metroid Prime orchestra is so evocative and Prime 3 just adds this extra sense of gravitas and stakes. At the start of the game, Dark Samus infects Samus, Rundas, and the other bounty hunters they're working with with phazon, knocking Samus out for a month. Rundas and other bounty hunters wake up and the Federation sends them out on new missions before she wakes up, but they soon lose contact with all of them. This is the theme for when you finally run into Rundas, but he's actually toward the start of the game. Metroid Prime 3 is just so moody and tells a very emotional story with a silent protagonist and not much dialogue.
A memorable track from an extremely memorable moment. The devs worked really hard to make Rundas a very likeable and competent comrade who could have easily been a leading role for the rest of the game, and then he’s gone. He’s set up to make you feel loss and it’s super effective.
Despite the fact that Rundas (and the other two bounty hunter characters in this game) does not get much screentime, or lines of dialogue, what little screentime he gets in tandem with this song does a fantastic job of painting a picture of the kind of character he is. Stoic with a sense of honor, though a bit of a loner. The sense of sadness in the song comes from the fact that the entire plot of Metroid Prime 3 revolves around the main villain essentially controlling the minds of things around it in order to spread its influence across the universe. This includes the Space Pirate army, all three bounty hunter characters, and even Samus herself if you aren't careful. So when you fight Rundas, you're essentially fighting a comrade in arms who has been brainwashed beyond saving. This comes into play again during the last portion of the song which sounds like a cacophonous mess, as if his brainwashing as turned him into a monster with no thoughts except killing Samus. They really tried to get you attached to these characters (which is unique since the series rarely featured any meaningful side characters at the time this was released) but I think they also kind of blew their load a bit early with Rundas. All three bounty hunters assist Samus at some point with a big mission near the beginning of the game, but the other two take care of issues that Samus could have easily handled herself; Rundas literally saves her from falling to her death after a fight with Ridley. Then on top of that, he has the best theme out of them all, no contest. And he's the first of the three that you fight.
To me it always felt like the electric guitar symbolizes Rundas in this track, and the way it plays through the 4 "major" sections also shows how he's feeling and living the fight on his side : In the 1st section the two just meet face to face and are ready for the duel. Until now Rundas have been trying to avoid Samus, seemingly not caring that much while Samus understand she has to eliminate her friend, because he's corrupted and it's her duty. Like you said, the drums and their militaristic tone emphasize more on the combat aspect than the emotional one. At this point you can only hear very faint traces of the guitar because Rundas isn't really trying to express anything. The 2nd section feels like the fight is slowly shifting : the more they fight the more Samus remembers that she's attacking a friend that saved her life earlier, duty isn't the main concern anymore. The drums and percussion becomes a bit quieter to shift on a more emotional aspect, just like you also described with the change of base. Meanwhile the guitar is appearing more frequently because deep inside, Rundas attempts to resist the urge to kill Samus, and the guitar is the manifestation of this resistance. The next section feels more like a realization between the 2 fighters and the emotional peak of the duel. The drums and percussion are very faint compared to the 1st section and the guitar is also completely silent. If this scene was turned into a movie you could almost picture a short break in the fight with Samus and Rundas just watching each other, not saying anything, because they both realize the situation they're in, they both wish they could stop but they also know it can't be resolved peacefully. One of them will die, there is no other choice. The last section with the repeating disturbing chord feels like the moment the fight finally carry on after the break. The fact that *this* is the moment you can hear the guitar the most, really makes me think Rundas is desperately fighting back against the corruption, he might even be trying to say something to Samus but he just can't. Because of the corruption he's not in control anymore, and you can hear the struggle between the disturbing chord which represents the corruption, and the guitar which represents Rundas. It doesn't really feel like the two are playing together, both are trying to overcome and drown each other out, and you can hear that the guitar only have a few instants when it's clearly heard without the disturbing chord, because Rundas is losing his internal battle too... This is just my interpretation and not necessarily what happens in the fight of course, but since this track sounds so sad and tragic i like to think this is what actually transpired between Samus and Rundas. Thanks for you analysis on the song, it's always a pleasure to learn how video game music is made !
I love these music analysis/reactions. It's amazing how much of the story the music conveys, even without any other context. I also really like how you showed the same cord being played with one sounding happier and the other sadder, even though it's almost the same notes.
You know the sad part about it all? Rundas took an interest in Samus from the first time they seen each other in the briefing room ( a few side glances at each other). Then he was the only one to actively save / communicate with Samus through the first part of the journey ( good instance was when he said "we're the guy guys , right Samus?" On the Elevator section) . Allegedly from a scan somewhere or from the AI states that Rundas kept checking on Samus until he was deported on his mission to Bryyo. Then his final "save" was freezing over the space pirates before getting possessed by Dark Samus fully. Then kills himself before Dark Samus can do it again so he spares Samus from doing it herself.
Theres also also a part in Bryyo were a lot of players miss, hes on a tall structure watching you and then leaving with his ice powers. Hes one of my favorite characters man QwQ
@@ailoriarayne5086 yeah he's a real one QwQ Here's a little thought/theory maybe since he has ice powers and that his body produces nyogen and that Dark Samus/Metroid Prime is a Metroid maybe that's one of the reasons he was ristesting her and another reason why Dark Samus killed/Randas killed himself at the end. It does make you think if the other hunters talked with Samus more and put away the job comes first type maybe they would have resistanted Dark Samus QwQ
@@Denizozzzy003 That could have been a possibility, yeah. But I also theorize that the brief moment after Rundas was defeated he'd gained his senses back and realized what he had done. ( I have a feeling he was aware the whole fight but Dark Samus had complete control of his body. If you listen to his theme song closely with headphones you can faintly hear Rundas saying " Run Samus!" Or " I'm sorry Samus." or something else.) . Anyways he feels desperate and doesn't want Dark Samus to take control of him again and to spare Samus from having to fight him again he takes his own life by impaling himself
It’s actually insane how you can guess exactly what’s going on in a game just by the music. The Rundas battle is extremely sad and I couldn’t believe what happened after I completed it
You just streamed Hollow Knight earlier today, fittingly enough. Your first Hollow Knight video was on Sealed Vessel, which is a very tragic boss fight, just like Rundas.
Rundas is the Third boss of the game. When you meet him in game he is a fellow bounty-hunter like Samus. He is an alien that uses primarily Ice. He is, no pun intended, pretty chill, he says stuff like ""Hey, relax! We're the good guys! Justice will prevail and all that stuff." and "These Pirates are more fragile than they appear", he even saves you one time after your fight with Ridley. But after the everyone gets infected by Dark Samus the federation sends him to another planet and loses signal of him and the other bounty-hunters. When you meet him he is Corrupted and controlled by Dark Samus and starts to fight you until you finally put him out. Those disturbing cords at the end I believe they are to represent that Corruption in Rundas.
To your last part fun fact: Its part of Dark Samus theme in there hinting to the player, maybe even to Samus as well at whats at play and the samething happened with the other Hunters on why they all went MIA.
I will note that hints of phendrana drift transition into this theme Rundas' fight to me symbolized how they were friends, maybe even tell a story of how they met and now his corruption forces him to battle her, samus' themes usually have the choir notes so i believe the guitar is mainly for rundas and the chords at the end is a realization that "Dsrk samus" has caused this corruption, symbolizing that everyone else may be going through this process as well, even her.
Don't expect to see a Metroid theme, it's a pleasant surprise to hear your analysis of one of my favorite themes. I wish you could give an analysis to Blasphemous and Ender Lilies, two great metroivanias with an incredible soundtrack.
One thing I'm surprised that didn't come up was the inclusion of distorted lyrics. It might be up to interpretation, but there (especially during the disturbing portion at the end) noises that sound very much like "{word} Samus", such as "Fight, Samus!" But once again, what is brought up is delightfully spot-on, a joy to see in a blind assessment of my favorite theme of this game.
this music makes me feel that im not fighting against an enemy but a fellow hunter. And at the same time besides fighting for survive, i cant feel happy knowing im killing him.
I dont even understand music theory, but it's great to know that all of my feelings when fighting Rundas are placed so accurately in this rundown. I'd like to hear what you have to say about Gandrayda's theme and Ghor's theme. They're the other two hunters that were corrupted alongside Samus and Rundas. They became much more different after the corruption. Rundas was painful because you could feel how much he didn't want to fight Samus, but was forced to nonetheless. The other 2 are far more malicious. I dont know if it has more to do with how long they were corrupted, or the simple nature of their personalities.
To the last part on what you are saying with the other hunters, i think imo and also story elements its probably a bit of both like time passes and each time you scane the Lizard ppl that got beaten grom Rundas, they are alive at first but as time goes on in different parts of the first plant you go to fir Rundas they are slowly dieing by the time your done there the first time and heading back to your ship, you scan them one last time and it says they are dead. So by the time you meet up with the other hunters more time has passed, with Ghor he sees Samus as a competitor meanwhile the other hunter sees her as a rival. Im sure Dark Samus influence has made their darker characteristics in hanced and probably made it easier for them to change and time. I always thought for Ghor when you first see him in the cut scene when you're about to use your Plasma Bean to help the arora unit, Ghor misses Samus and does his talking, i think the real Ghor was resisting Dark Samus cus i think he could have killed her there also he gave Samus a hint and kinda helped her to find out whats kinda going on imo. After i beat him and stuff, i played a little bit more and stop cus life so i don't fully know what goes on after that i just know the last hunter sees Samus as a rival and she more of an S whenever she hits Samus.
Ah, yes! We’ve ventured from one of my favorite series of all time (Monster Hunter) into the series that got me into games in the first place (Metroid, Super Metroid got me into games. I played them before, but not a lot… until then). Another series full of great music, and as many have mentioned, this was a more emotional fight, especially for a Metroid game. Rundas succumbed to the corruption and we had no other choice. I am like you, def played Prime 3 the least, but if we weren’t constantly teased with remaster rumors I’d replay the trilogy.
so basically the federation called multiple boutny hunter, but they all got corrupted by the phazon from dark samus's phazon beam. Only Samus managed to stay herself with a device they added to her suit. During the whole game you'll have to fight the corruption within Samus, and fight the now corrupted fellow bounty hunter, some Samus concidered as friends.
Man I'd love to see you react to literally any music from the megaman franchise, they are absolute perfection when it comes to upbeat, fast, and fun to listen to songs
I love the part starting at 7:28, you can just from listening *feel* the emotions, to me it sounds like desperately struggling to accept what has happened with the last chords of the motif cementing that even if it hurts it can only end this way
I accept that Prime 3 is not so good as the first one but to me, the music is much better. Even the menu music left me without words. The music in Corruption is incredible.
song suggestion: "Dancer in the Coral Highlands", the large monster battle music for the locale in MHW. I dont know why but for me this one song scratches an itch no other piece of monster hunter music does, it sounds SO alien
It was a very tragic fight. Funny enough I'm going through the whole Metroid series and this fight is still fresh in my mind. I'll just say it's friend to foe.
The drums are communicating to the player that this is indeed a duty call. But those drums that propel you forward meet heavy resistance from Samus emotionally. It is her duty to eliminate Rundas, but it is one of the most regretful acts of duty in her life. The drums signal "terminate" like some dissociated machine, but the lead and chords are how Samus really feels. 4:26 gives the impression of someone else's life flashing before you. It encompasses memories; a special moment shared (Which was Rundas saving Samus's life).
Rundas fight is indeed tragic. He was suppose to be Samus's partner during the misson she was in, but ended up corrupted and forced to fight the control Dark Samus had over him, that's why, unlike the other two bounty hunters, he just couldn't speak clearly. In the end Rundas is killed with his own ice powers, either Dark Samus used his own power to kill him, or Rundas killed himself before Dark Samus could control him again because before it seems like Rundas regained self control. By the way, Rundas is of the first bosses and is from Metroid Prime 3 Corruption.
Actually the way I look, I believe it was Dark Samus DID indeed killed him because when Samus defeated Rundas, she doesn't want to kill him. She saw as it looked like Rundas snapped out of himself and tried to reach out to Samus before he met his demise by Dark Samus, impaling him with his own ice pillar.
I've just found a game which all of the music lovers in this community might be interested in learning about. *Kena: Bridge of Spirits* A game I've just finished playing and loved every second of. It has an amazing soundtrack throughout the whole game. If there's a breakdown of the musical composition I would like to see, it should be of this game. If interested you guys can try and listen to *"Mountain Shrine"* . It's pretty much the Theme Song of the game.
Have you heard "clock tower" from dead cells? It's an amazing track, highly recommend giving it a listen, and I think that everyone who have heard it would agree. Another amazing track from dead cells is called "Beyond Reasoning" from TQaTS dlc. It's a dance between different emotions troubling someone.
The music is tragic because the context of the game is. Unlike most Metroid bosses you're not fighting some evil alien monster thing. Rundas and the other hunters were good people turned mad and evil by no will of their own, who have to be put to rest by Samus as an act of mercy.
interestingly yeah metroid never really did a tragic boss fight till now i pin that on the series focused on being alone n shit till prime 3 happened it also reminds me of how prime 2 and federation forces jipped us out of some really great tragic fights both an ing possessed luminoth and the remote controlled samus could of been great
If you are taking recommendations you should cover the Ultrakill soundtrack. My personal recommendation would be Death of God's Will, one of the boss themes. The music that plays before the fight is Fallen Angel, which is an adaption of some Bach prelude which I forgot, but the pre music helps set the mood.
Great content as always! Love me some Metroid OST’s. Also do you happen to know what happened to the hollow night stream. I was not able to watch the whole thing live so I was going to go back and watch it but I can’t find it on either channel
I love your reactions to these songs in video games, a song I've wanted you to review for a while is Moonsong from Cave Story. Theres multiple versions of the song because of the remaster but the original version is the best imo.
@@Dreigonix I can't stand the Wii soundtrack personally. I appreciate it but a lot of the songs just ruin the music for me. Moonsong is definitely the best song on that soundtrack, tho.
@@megamemed2071 Yeah, there are some songs I prefer off the Wii version and some I don’t like as much. The main theme, for example, got slowed down and gutted so it works for the main menu but not so much for the Plantation. >.>
Rundas was a great.... man? Robot? Person. He was a great person. An honorably bounty hunter who saved Samus at least once (maybe more, but I distinctly remember one). Unfortunately, he was corrupted by the poison known as Phazon. The fight was tragic. You had to put him down. Though, it feels like your fight gave him a moment of clarity as he finished himself off rather than succumbing to the toxin and hurting anyone else.
He didn’t kill himself; not intentionally. Either he actually lost control of his own cryokinesis and it caused him to impale himself atop his own ice formations, or Dark Samus had caused it through some subtlety in his mind. It’s a lot more upsetting, but Rundas looked a lot more confused than lucid in his absolute final moments.
@@mkemia814 I mean, I haven't played myself, but seeing the gameplay in this video he clearly fights with decent prowess, so for him to suddenly become confused would probably imply he regained enough control to _feel_ confusion to begin with
This is from MP3 corruption on the wii, so you prob havent played it. The disturbing chord at the end is a indicator for dark samus, which has infested all the other hunters with phazon, at least if my musical memory serves me right.
Either Twilight of the Gods from Fire Emblem Echoes or God Shattering Star from Fire Emblem Three houses would be cool to see you react and make a video on :)
I have some video game music suggestions! Look at some popular songs by ZUN, UN Owen was her, Bad Apple, Night of Nights, and a bunch of the other tohou songs. They’re very popular and would be a good video. (Maybe check some of the remixes like bad Apple ft nomico or 3L
Can someone with money (patrons) nominate Ultrakill soundtack? Specifically Altars of Apostasy, Death of God's WIll, Death Oddesy or Requiem. It would be a legendary reaction.
Would you ever listen to the god of war ragnarok soundtrack? the misic in that game might be one of my favorites so far. you’d probably want to start with the main theme, but personally i’d suggest something like huldra brothers or raeb’s lament
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Please do gandrayda theme from metroid prime it is the best song in the game and one of the best in the series its a crime it has not been voted yet lol
The Rundas fight is extremely tragic. He wasn't a bad guy, he was corrupted and driven to fight Samus. As much as you don't want to fight him, there's no choice and you have to put him down
It is tragic, though as I remember it’s Dark Samus who has him impaled on his own ice to finish him off, which is even more tragic 😢
@@lesliecarl7623 It's not like that, it was controlling him, it made him kill himself and let him feel it.
It's the single most dark moment of any Nintendo history, and easily in the top 10 of videogames history in general, which is not stranger to dark and grim stories.
When he took down those space pirate ships I was like "this is my favorite character, but knowing Metroid he's gonna die"
God my Favorite Boss theme and i hated to shoot him 😢
Wow, never thought I'd see a Metroid track here. Rundas was one of my favorite bosses.
He even saved Samus in the beginning of the Game so killing him is kinda sad because Samus concidered him a friend.
Oh that makes sense. I'm starting to think I didn't beat this game or maybe even didn't get very far (I definitely played it tho), because I remember nothing about this fight or the story
@@DaviVascAnother tidbit: I’m pretty sure the end section with that one diminished chord played with those particular instruments represents Phazon or Metroid Prime. If you listen to the themes of other bosses connected to or influenced by Phazon, you can also hear that chord played with those instruments- Parasite Queen, for example. Here, it represents Rundas’s corruption as he’s finally overtaken by the Phazon.
@@DaviVasc Long story short.
Basically the third game was about the Arch enemy of the galactic federation trying to ruin everything with the help of Samus two Arch enemies called Ridley and Dark Samus. (The latter being an evil Clone made from the remains of the final Boss of the first Prime game)
The Galactic federation was hiring some of the best Bounty Hunters, Rundas being one of them. He saved her from a 10.000 Meter or so fall during a fight with Ridley but ended up corrupted later by Dark Samus after contact with him broke.
So basically Samus had to fight him and after he failed to kill her, got killed by Dark Samus in front of Samus.
Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.
@@Dreigonix Yeah, it has the disturbing chords of Metroid Prime and the guitar of Dark Samus. Never realized that, good catch.
I immediately was like "this is my favorite character, but knowing Metroid he's gonna die"
My favorite boss theme! " justice will prevail and all that, right samus?"
"Between the two of us this should be a breeze."
This theme is for a fight against a fellow Hunter, one of Samus's equals, a friend and a comrade. In the opening act of Metroid Prime 3, all of the Hunters, including Samus are simultaneously infused with Phazon by Dark Samus, causing them all to pass out. The Federation steps in and equips each of them with a PED suit to allow them to properly utilize this corrupting toxin now being generated in their bodies. Samus is the last to awaken, and informed that the rest of the Hunters were deployed after their recoveries. One by one, they all drop off the grid, leaving Samus as the only one left to investigate the Leviathan Seeds, Dark Samus, the Pirate Invasion, and their connection to the mysterious planet of Phaze. One by one, she finds the others, corrupted into violent and irrational shells of their former selves, but still just as smart and deadly as Samus herself. Rundus is the first she finds, her first glimpse into what fate lies in store if she fails her mission and gives in to the poison. Out of respect, and duty, she personally takes him out to protect his good image, and end his suffering.
The disturbing part near the end is the motif of the Phazon which corrupted Rundas' mind.
And he seems to regain some composure before the phazon corruption made him commit suicide.
What if it was a clone of him?
@@Scudmaster11 Honestly, with how Phazon functions, it technically might not even be physically him anymore. It might literally be a clone grown from Phazon or at least his entire body replaced by it.
@@Scudmaster11you can scan him and it's made pretty clear that it's the real guy.
Rundas was too good for this sinful galaxy. D:
“Hey, relax. We're the good guys. 'Justice Will Prevail', and all that stuff, right Samus?"
The reason it sounds tragic is because it is. This is a hero and friend who is being mind-controlled to battle you. You may not want to kill Rundas, but only one of you is leaving that room alive.
I've written like 3 books (exaggeration) in total talking about this one soundtrack, so I'll save myself some breath by saying that it is without question my all time favorite video game soundtrack. Emotion, power, tragedy, heroism, regret, pain, sorrow, conflict, loss, grief, and destruction. Rundas Battle has it all to quintessentially represent the untold amount of catastrophe that's in full agonizing display when you're forced to pull the trigger on the one who's done so much for you, and that putting him out of his misery is how you repay him. The fight against Rundas is even worse since you're left with 2 options on how slow or quick you want to kill him. It gives new meaning to painfully easy and it all belongs to a character that deserves so much more. A very rare sight to see in the Metroid series, and that's what makes the fight and Rundas himself so damn iconic.
Thank you for covering this.
Good to know this track still makes me feel things all these years later. Of all your allies in the game that got corrupted and mind-controlled, Rundas seemed like he fought the hardest against it. On the world you eventually fight him on you're constantly finding evidence of him helping you. A bridge of ice over a chasm, a bunch of difficult enemies frozen to the walls, things like that. You can even spot him watching you from a distance in a few places, before he flies off. Before his boss fight even starts, he shows up to help you defeat some enemies, with his theme heroically playing and everything. Then he starts acting strangely and a phantom image of Dark Samus appears over him, as if brushing away the last bit of his resistance.
The sinking feeling in my stomach as this battle theme started and the game handed control back to me sucked. But you know, in a good way. Beating Dark Samus at the end was all the more satisfying after she made me kill a character I liked.
Id rather have Rundas live and not die in the game... yes dark samus defeating is satisfying... but its not worth it if you lose someone you love
Maybe it was a clone for the fight??
That one observation about the militaristic snare drums you pointed out is a very nice touch. You notice that they start off filled to the brim with power and epicness and slowly grow weaker and weaker overtime. Which perfectly symbolizes a warrior like Rundas losing his strength. The former heroic image is beginning to completely die out until there's nothing left but atmosphere drowning in the darkest emotion imaginable. This soundtrack is a masterpiece in every aspect.
I clicked this video just to like it. I don't even need to watch it. The title alone speaks so true to me. You can hear in the music throughout the battle the hopes of Samus, and how they turn into sadness as she realizes she can not help Rundas in the way she would like, and the only way forward is to defeat him. It's beautiful, and is by far my favorite track from any Metroid game.
I clicked as Rundas is someone i absolutely adore... i would want his games to be developed over Samus's games... thats how much i love his character
I love how 'icy' this theme sounds. Perfect for a fight against someone who wields uses ice in battle.
As some have been noting, Rundas isn't 'just a bad guy' in this game. At the beginning of the story, he starts off sane and merely as a fellow bounty hunter working with the Federation. Each of the other three hunters, and yourself, get infected with a radioactive substance. This substance is the reason why the other hunters go crazy and attack you, and throughout the game you also show signs of it taking its toll on you. Each fight with these hunters is a reflection of what will happen to you eventually if you are to fall to its influence.
Rundus (if I remember right) is the 4th boss in the game. He saves you once from space pirates and again from Ridley himself. You then loose contact with him until this fight.
3rd boss fight, theres also a part in the plant on trying to find him, a lot of players miss this tue first time, at one part if you look around you see him on a structure looking at you and then ises his ice powers to fly away, throughout that plent you see hints of him like frozy lizard ppl that he beat but are still alive until you leave the planet and scane them again before you go and their life sign are flat lined.
Also in Metroid prime hunters on ds
The garbled lyrics in the background actually tell alot about the music if you listen close. Sounds like its trying to comfort samus while the phazon corrupts her friend slowly.
My favorite song from the game and one that I've never forgotten since the first time I heard it 16 years ago.
Rundas sets the tone for the rest of the game. The relief to see Rundas mingles with the corruption you've experienced to create this free-lance chilling dirge. Rundas is here... but he's NOT the one in control. He's not the operator, he's just been taken over by his hunting instincts (or the corruption brought out his primal hunting instincts).
The Phazon is a mutative, semi-sentient toxin that gives you strength, but it demands you give up your mental restraints to harness it. If you stay in hypermode too long, you become corrupted & game over. This fight is what Metroid Prime 3 is all about. Using friends/coworkers as unwilling roadblocks to make the player & Samus feel even MORE isolated in a game series about solo exploration.
The game is about slowly descending into corruption. I don’t think there has ever been a better song that has told that story so perfectly just through music.
Honestly how could anyone forget this track? It’s a tragic song as you know EXACTLY how it’s going to end.
Rundas saves your life, gets corrupted later, and you have to fight him. At the very end, he regains his sanity only for dark Samus to kill him. It’s INCREDIBLY tragic. Easily the most likable new character introduced in prime 3
The saddest part of this whole tragic fight is the fact that Samus kind of owes him her life for rescuing her.
Which she kinda already almost did
Well this was unexpected, the Metroid prime games have amazing music I would love more videos with this series
Explanation:
In metroid prime 3, Dark samus evolves again and discovers a new ability, the power to use her own phazon to corupt and controll other life forms.
She uses that to reach the origins of phazon (the living planet phaaze) and to control it for her purposes.
After that she infects samus and the other 3 bounty hunters to controll them, since samus did an extra effort in the first battle she took 2 weeks more to wake up from the infection, however the other 3 were corrupted.
The thing is Rundas feels different because its supposed that he was a good friend of Samus, and he wasnt fully corrupted. Thats why he has some moments of lucidity despite the corruption, so he tries to save samus but at some point he is forced to fight her.
At the end of the battle he decides to end the battle by hitting himself with his best attack since he had the last moment of self controll.
The rest of the bounty hunters are kinda different. For instance, for Ghor samus was basically his proffesional competition, and for Gandrayda samus was his rival but since Rundas was her friend is kinda sad he was corrupted by dark samus :3
About the song itself, consider Rundas is essentially a boss battle based on a guy who fly and who uses ice attacks, thats why i suppose they used all thoose harmonycs (to remember a crystal of ice), The "military vibes" probably are a reference to his past with samus and the galactic federation (also, to rundas actitude, since he is based on the same principles); the guitar part is probably a way to give it a propper identity to the song, and the last aggresive part is probably a reference of the corruption of rundas when he is forced to use the hypermode agasint samus.
Essentially think about this.... How would it sound a battle against a friend who controlls the ice and who is extremely powerfull, elegant and methodic who is progresively being controlled by an evil entity?
Thats probably how this theme was created :3
P.D.: This part ( 7:27 ) is located in a moment of the song where the player in the gameplay usually reaches a phase of the battle where rundas starts to create a big ice-phazon pillar to destroy most of the scenario in area (what is curious since is probably the most ominous moment of the song) :p
Yo Metroid music?! And one of the best pieces in the Prime series I'll add. Love that you reacted to this one
This track has always stuck with me ever since I heard it the first time. It perfectly encapsulates why I love Metroid as a series. It tells a story through the music and actions, without words.
METROID HAS THEMES!
YOU ARE GREAT DAVI
I learn about understanding songs with you every day
I haven’t even played the game and it brings such strong emotions to me like wow
Something really interesting about Rundas's fight is that he's the only one of the hunters to lose his ability to speak after being corrupted, and with some of his actions and the fact you see Dark Samus's appearance over him one can infer that his will was strong enough to resist the corruption and had to be personally controlled.
Am I the only who's like "hey for the full experience, play the game!"?
Thx for covering this one, too! I remember mentioning it. :)
Highly recommend giving Bryyo's Cliffs theme from the same game a listen.
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Great video as always!! This piece is so sad and beautiful. Every time I hear this, I feel a cold wind blowing quietly and a sense of loneliness is spreading. The atmosphere is so calm, as if it’s stifling the emotions, yet it stirs up your emotional feelings. Rundas is one of my favorite characters. I could say that this cold vibe is perfect for him, but it really shouldn't suit him. It feels like that irony and the loneliness of Samus are filled with this piece. Very heartbreaking. Thank you, Davi :)
This is an incredible track to select! The Metroid Prime orchestra is so evocative and Prime 3 just adds this extra sense of gravitas and stakes. At the start of the game, Dark Samus infects Samus, Rundas, and the other bounty hunters they're working with with phazon, knocking Samus out for a month. Rundas and other bounty hunters wake up and the Federation sends them out on new missions before she wakes up, but they soon lose contact with all of them. This is the theme for when you finally run into Rundas, but he's actually toward the start of the game. Metroid Prime 3 is just so moody and tells a very emotional story with a silent protagonist and not much dialogue.
A memorable track from an extremely memorable moment. The devs worked really hard to make Rundas a very likeable and competent comrade who could have easily been a leading role for the rest of the game, and then he’s gone. He’s set up to make you feel loss and it’s super effective.
This boss theme along with the Omega Pirate theme are my favourite MP boss themes
Despite the fact that Rundas (and the other two bounty hunter characters in this game) does not get much screentime, or lines of dialogue, what little screentime he gets in tandem with this song does a fantastic job of painting a picture of the kind of character he is. Stoic with a sense of honor, though a bit of a loner. The sense of sadness in the song comes from the fact that the entire plot of Metroid Prime 3 revolves around the main villain essentially controlling the minds of things around it in order to spread its influence across the universe. This includes the Space Pirate army, all three bounty hunter characters, and even Samus herself if you aren't careful. So when you fight Rundas, you're essentially fighting a comrade in arms who has been brainwashed beyond saving. This comes into play again during the last portion of the song which sounds like a cacophonous mess, as if his brainwashing as turned him into a monster with no thoughts except killing Samus.
They really tried to get you attached to these characters (which is unique since the series rarely featured any meaningful side characters at the time this was released) but I think they also kind of blew their load a bit early with Rundas. All three bounty hunters assist Samus at some point with a big mission near the beginning of the game, but the other two take care of issues that Samus could have easily handled herself; Rundas literally saves her from falling to her death after a fight with Ridley. Then on top of that, he has the best theme out of them all, no contest. And he's the first of the three that you fight.
To me it always felt like the electric guitar symbolizes Rundas in this track, and the way it plays through the 4 "major" sections also shows how he's feeling and living the fight on his side :
In the 1st section the two just meet face to face and are ready for the duel. Until now Rundas have been trying to avoid Samus, seemingly not caring that much while Samus understand she has to eliminate her friend, because he's corrupted and it's her duty. Like you said, the drums and their militaristic tone emphasize more on the combat aspect than the emotional one. At this point you can only hear very faint traces of the guitar because Rundas isn't really trying to express anything.
The 2nd section feels like the fight is slowly shifting : the more they fight the more Samus remembers that she's attacking a friend that saved her life earlier, duty isn't the main concern anymore. The drums and percussion becomes a bit quieter to shift on a more emotional aspect, just like you also described with the change of base. Meanwhile the guitar is appearing more frequently because deep inside, Rundas attempts to resist the urge to kill Samus, and the guitar is the manifestation of this resistance.
The next section feels more like a realization between the 2 fighters and the emotional peak of the duel. The drums and percussion are very faint compared to the 1st section and the guitar is also completely silent. If this scene was turned into a movie you could almost picture a short break in the fight with Samus and Rundas just watching each other, not saying anything, because they both realize the situation they're in, they both wish they could stop but they also know it can't be resolved peacefully. One of them will die, there is no other choice.
The last section with the repeating disturbing chord feels like the moment the fight finally carry on after the break. The fact that *this* is the moment you can hear the guitar the most, really makes me think Rundas is desperately fighting back against the corruption, he might even be trying to say something to Samus but he just can't. Because of the corruption he's not in control anymore, and you can hear the struggle between the disturbing chord which represents the corruption, and the guitar which represents Rundas. It doesn't really feel like the two are playing together, both are trying to overcome and drown each other out, and you can hear that the guitar only have a few instants when it's clearly heard without the disturbing chord, because Rundas is losing his internal battle too...
This is just my interpretation and not necessarily what happens in the fight of course, but since this track sounds so sad and tragic i like to think this is what actually transpired between Samus and Rundas. Thanks for you analysis on the song, it's always a pleasure to learn how video game music is made !
I love these music analysis/reactions. It's amazing how much of the story the music conveys, even without any other context. I also really like how you showed the same cord being played with one sounding happier and the other sadder, even though it's almost the same notes.
Dude! I've listening to this track without even knowing it was from Metroid Prime!
Like... wow...
You know the sad part about it all? Rundas took an interest in Samus from the first time they seen each other in the briefing room ( a few side glances at each other). Then he was the only one to actively save / communicate with Samus through the first part of the journey ( good instance was when he said "we're the guy guys , right Samus?" On the Elevator section) . Allegedly from a scan somewhere or from the AI states that Rundas kept checking on Samus until he was deported on his mission to Bryyo. Then his final "save" was freezing over the space pirates before getting possessed by Dark Samus fully. Then kills himself before Dark Samus can do it again so he spares Samus from doing it herself.
Theres also also a part in Bryyo were a lot of players miss, hes on a tall structure watching you and then leaving with his ice powers. Hes one of my favorite characters man QwQ
@@Denizozzzy003 I noticed that too. He still is actively caring about Samus deep down but the corruption is too strong
@@ailoriarayne5086 yeah he's a real one QwQ
Here's a little thought/theory maybe since he has ice powers and that his body produces nyogen and that Dark Samus/Metroid Prime is a Metroid maybe that's one of the reasons he was ristesting her and another reason why Dark Samus killed/Randas killed himself at the end.
It does make you think if the other hunters talked with Samus more and put away the job comes first type maybe they would have resistanted Dark Samus QwQ
@@Denizozzzy003 That could have been a possibility, yeah. But I also theorize that the brief moment after Rundas was defeated he'd gained his senses back and realized what he had done. ( I have a feeling he was aware the whole fight but Dark Samus had complete control of his body. If you listen to his theme song closely with headphones you can faintly hear Rundas saying " Run Samus!" Or " I'm sorry Samus." or something else.) . Anyways he feels desperate and doesn't want Dark Samus to take control of him again and to spare Samus from having to fight him again he takes his own life by impaling himself
can´t believe you did this track, omg a lot of memories are comming back!! awesome video!!
It’s actually insane how you can guess exactly what’s going on in a game just by the music. The Rundas battle is extremely sad and I couldn’t believe what happened after I completed it
OH MY GOSH THANK YOU FOR DOING METROID PRIME MUSIC, finally a music composer/reactor has done it!! Maybe we will get Prime 2 next ;)
It's funny because.. he's actually one of the first fights. That just tells you the stakes at hand in Prime 3.
You just streamed Hollow Knight earlier today, fittingly enough. Your first Hollow Knight video was on Sealed Vessel, which is a very tragic boss fight, just like Rundas.
This track...
You can hear a lot of "don't cry Samus" in the back
Rundas is the Third boss of the game. When you meet him in game he is a fellow bounty-hunter like Samus. He is an alien that uses primarily Ice. He is, no pun intended, pretty chill, he says stuff like ""Hey, relax! We're the good guys! Justice will prevail and all that stuff." and "These Pirates are more fragile than they appear", he even saves you one time after your fight with Ridley. But after the everyone gets infected by Dark Samus the federation sends him to another planet and loses signal of him and the other bounty-hunters. When you meet him he is Corrupted and controlled by Dark Samus and starts to fight you until you finally put him out. Those disturbing cords at the end I believe they are to represent that Corruption in Rundas.
To your last part fun fact: Its part of Dark Samus theme in there hinting to the player, maybe even to Samus as well at whats at play and the samething happened with the other Hunters on why they all went MIA.
Awesome. Metroid music definitely needs more attention
I will note that hints of phendrana drift transition into this theme
Rundas' fight to me symbolized how they were friends, maybe even tell a story of how they met and now his corruption forces him to battle her, samus' themes usually have the choir notes so i believe the guitar is mainly for rundas and the chords at the end is a realization that "Dsrk samus" has caused this corruption, symbolizing that everyone else may be going through this process as well, even her.
Don't expect to see a Metroid theme, it's a pleasant surprise to hear your analysis of one of my favorite themes. I wish you could give an analysis to Blasphemous and Ender Lilies, two great metroivanias with an incredible soundtrack.
5:25 Yep. That descending bass line.
One thing I'm surprised that didn't come up was the inclusion of distorted lyrics. It might be up to interpretation, but there (especially during the disturbing portion at the end) noises that sound very much like "{word} Samus", such as "Fight, Samus!"
But once again, what is brought up is delightfully spot-on, a joy to see in a blind assessment of my favorite theme of this game.
this music makes me feel that im not fighting against an enemy but a fellow hunter. And at the same time besides fighting for survive, i cant feel happy knowing im killing him.
I dont even understand music theory, but it's great to know that all of my feelings when fighting Rundas are placed so accurately in this rundown.
I'd like to hear what you have to say about Gandrayda's theme and Ghor's theme. They're the other two hunters that were corrupted alongside Samus and Rundas. They became much more different after the corruption. Rundas was painful because you could feel how much he didn't want to fight Samus, but was forced to nonetheless. The other 2 are far more malicious. I dont know if it has more to do with how long they were corrupted, or the simple nature of their personalities.
To the last part on what you are saying with the other hunters, i think imo and also story elements its probably a bit of both like time passes and each time you scane the Lizard ppl that got beaten grom Rundas, they are alive at first but as time goes on in different parts of the first plant you go to fir Rundas they are slowly dieing by the time your done there the first time and heading back to your ship, you scan them one last time and it says they are dead. So by the time you meet up with the other hunters more time has passed, with Ghor he sees Samus as a competitor meanwhile the other hunter sees her as a rival. Im sure Dark Samus influence has made their darker characteristics in hanced and probably made it easier for them to change and time. I always thought for Ghor when you first see him in the cut scene when you're about to use your Plasma Bean to help the arora unit, Ghor misses Samus and does his talking, i think the real Ghor was resisting Dark Samus cus i think he could have killed her there also he gave Samus a hint and kinda helped her to find out whats kinda going on imo.
After i beat him and stuff, i played a little bit more and stop cus life so i don't fully know what goes on after that i just know the last hunter sees Samus as a rival and she more of an S whenever she hits Samus.
LMAO I WAS JUST LISTENING TO THIS THEME TODAY AND WONDERING WHY YOU HAVEN'T DONE A VIDEO ON IT AND HERE WE ARE 😭
Ah, yes! We’ve ventured from one of my favorite series of all time (Monster Hunter) into the series that got me into games in the first place (Metroid, Super Metroid got me into games. I played them before, but not a lot… until then). Another series full of great music, and as many have mentioned, this was a more emotional fight, especially for a Metroid game. Rundas succumbed to the corruption and we had no other choice. I am like you, def played Prime 3 the least, but if we weren’t constantly teased with remaster rumors I’d replay the trilogy.
“That was a little too hot for my liking, well done Samus. But now you owe me one.”
He was my favorite of the hunters.
so basically the federation called multiple boutny hunter, but they all got corrupted by the phazon from dark samus's phazon beam. Only Samus managed to stay herself with a device they added to her suit. During the whole game you'll have to fight the corruption within Samus, and fight the now corrupted fellow bounty hunter, some Samus concidered as friends.
Wow, just after the live a new video come out !
I’ll look at it this morning
Enjoy!
Man I'd love to see you react to literally any music from the megaman franchise, they are absolute perfection when it comes to upbeat, fast, and fun to listen to songs
I love the part starting at 7:28, you can just from listening *feel* the emotions, to me it sounds like desperately struggling to accept what has happened with the last chords of the motif cementing that even if it hurts it can only end this way
I accept that Prime 3 is not so good as the first one but to me, the music is much better. Even the menu music left me without words. The music in Corruption is incredible.
The military that hires Samus is the Galactic Federation
song suggestion: "Dancer in the Coral Highlands", the large monster battle music for the locale in MHW.
I dont know why but for me this one song scratches an itch no other piece of monster hunter music does, it sounds SO alien
Rundas is indeed a tragedy
Please Review Gandradya Theme now that we are having a new metroid game i would love to hear your thoughts
Yooo I'd love to hear your thoughts on other metroid tracks, Gandrayda's theme in prime 3 is also fantastic, definitely worth a listen
It was a very tragic fight. Funny enough I'm going through the whole Metroid series and this fight is still fresh in my mind. I'll just say it's friend to foe.
I’d love to see you react to the final Metroid theme from Metroid prime. Also you nailed this theme is amazing and sad
The drums are communicating to the player that this is indeed a duty call. But those drums that propel you forward meet heavy resistance from Samus emotionally. It is her duty to eliminate Rundas, but it is one of the most regretful acts of duty in her life. The drums signal "terminate" like some dissociated machine, but the lead and chords are how Samus really feels.
4:26 gives the impression of someone else's life flashing before you. It encompasses memories; a special moment shared (Which was Rundas saving Samus's life).
A stream and a new video! Amazing, just amazing!
A friday full of Davi
Rundas fight is indeed tragic. He was suppose to be Samus's partner during the misson she was in, but ended up corrupted and forced to fight the control Dark Samus had over him, that's why, unlike the other two bounty hunters, he just couldn't speak clearly. In the end Rundas is killed with his own ice powers, either Dark Samus used his own power to kill him, or Rundas killed himself before Dark Samus could control him again because before it seems like Rundas regained self control.
By the way, Rundas is of the first bosses and is from Metroid Prime 3 Corruption.
Actually the way I look, I believe it was Dark Samus DID indeed killed him because when Samus defeated Rundas, she doesn't want to kill him. She saw as it looked like Rundas snapped out of himself and tried to reach out to Samus before he met his demise by Dark Samus, impaling him with his own ice pillar.
I've just found a game which all of the music lovers in this community might be interested in learning about.
*Kena: Bridge of Spirits*
A game I've just finished playing and loved every second of. It has an amazing soundtrack throughout the whole game. If there's a breakdown of the musical composition I would like to see, it should be of this game.
If interested you guys can try and listen to *"Mountain Shrine"* . It's pretty much the Theme Song of the game.
Games never seem to fail with the music when they make you kill your friend.
Have you heard "clock tower" from dead cells? It's an amazing track, highly recommend giving it a listen, and I think that everyone who have heard it would agree. Another amazing track from dead cells is called "Beyond Reasoning" from TQaTS dlc. It's a dance between different emotions troubling someone.
The music is tragic because the context of the game is.
Unlike most Metroid bosses you're not fighting some evil alien monster thing.
Rundas and the other hunters were good people turned mad and evil by no will of their own, who have to be put to rest by Samus as an act of mercy.
i was so bad at this boss fight. i forgot i could use the missiles lol
interestingly yeah
metroid never really did a tragic boss fight till now
i pin that on the series focused on being alone n shit till prime 3 happened
it also reminds me of how prime 2 and federation forces jipped us out of some really great tragic fights
both an ing possessed luminoth and the remote controlled samus could of been great
If you are taking recommendations you should cover the Ultrakill soundtrack. My personal recommendation would be Death of God's Will, one of the boss themes. The music that plays before the fight is Fallen Angel, which is an adaption of some Bach prelude which I forgot, but the pre music helps set the mood.
4:17 sounds very military because is from chika larva
i mean bryo theme is also very tragic and great.
This one and the hive mecha from the first Prime are the best metroid tracks
Great content as always! Love me some Metroid OST’s.
Also do you happen to know what happened to the hollow night stream. I was not able to watch the whole thing live so I was going to go back and watch it but I can’t find it on either channel
The prime menu theme is so nostalgic to md
Probably the most tragic boss in the Prime trilogy. Ironically, it's actually an earlier boss. That said, you should check out Gandrayda.
And Ghor 👀👀
Listen to Malenia, blade of Miquella! It's such an emotional track, and I'd love to see you analyse another Elden Ring track
I love your reactions to these songs in video games, a song I've wanted you to review for a while is Moonsong from Cave Story. Theres multiple versions of the song because of the remaster but the original version is the best imo.
Or maybe Departure form Mega Man Zero 2...???? Zero is my fav series and the music is really good
I prefer the Wii version- it’s a lot more atmospheric, especially with that intro.
@@Dreigonix I can't stand the Wii soundtrack personally. I appreciate it but a lot of the songs just ruin the music for me. Moonsong is definitely the best song on that soundtrack, tho.
@@megamemed2071 Yeah, there are some songs I prefer off the Wii version and some I don’t like as much. The main theme, for example, got slowed down and gutted so it works for the main menu but not so much for the Plantation. >.>
Rundas was a great.... man? Robot? Person. He was a great person. An honorably bounty hunter who saved Samus at least once (maybe more, but I distinctly remember one).
Unfortunately, he was corrupted by the poison known as Phazon. The fight was tragic. You had to put him down. Though, it feels like your fight gave him a moment of clarity as he finished himself off rather than succumbing to the toxin and hurting anyone else.
He didn’t kill himself; not intentionally.
Either he actually lost control of his own cryokinesis and it caused him to impale himself atop his own ice formations, or Dark Samus had caused it through some subtlety in his mind.
It’s a lot more upsetting, but Rundas looked a lot more confused than lucid in his absolute final moments.
@@mkemia814 I need to replay it. I'm not denying that's how it happened, but thats not how I remember it.
@@mkemia814 I mean, I haven't played myself, but seeing the gameplay in this video he clearly fights with decent prowess, so for him to suddenly become confused would probably imply he regained enough control to _feel_ confusion to begin with
This is from MP3 corruption on the wii, so you prob havent played it. The disturbing chord at the end is a indicator for dark samus, which has infested all the other hunters with phazon, at least if my musical memory serves me right.
I was just watching the stream as I was late arriving and then it disappeared so guess I’ll watch this instead :)
You should definitly check out Child of Light OST Boss Battle
Either Twilight of the Gods from Fire Emblem Echoes or God Shattering Star from Fire Emblem Three houses would be cool to see you react and make a video on :)
I have some video game music suggestions! Look at some popular songs by ZUN, UN Owen was her, Bad Apple, Night of Nights, and a bunch of the other tohou songs. They’re very popular and would be a good video. (Maybe check some of the remixes like bad Apple ft nomico or 3L
I do really recommend a reaction video for the track Malenia, blade of Miquella from Elden Ring
Can someone with money (patrons) nominate Ultrakill soundtack? Specifically Altars of Apostasy, Death of God's WIll, Death Oddesy or Requiem. It would be a legendary reaction.
Would you ever listen to the god of war ragnarok soundtrack? the misic in that game might be one of my favorites so far. you’d probably want to start with the main theme, but personally i’d suggest something like huldra brothers or raeb’s lament
Oooooooo very based taste patron
Please do gandrayda s theme battle , is from the same game and story