Finally some Zero Escape analysis! Really enjoyed doing this. As my Discord will know, I'm thinking about doing short analysis videos on TH-cam Shorts so any ideas let me know!
One of my favorite little music things in Zero Escape is the four note sequence for “Seek a way out” since it’s the most obvious use of the Morphogenetic sorrow leitmotif, but also because the four note sequence works in tandem with the four syllable phrase “Seek-a-way-out.” It also fits the four syllable phrase “Ze-ro-esc-ape,” but that’s more likely a coincidence since the Japanese name has six (Kyo-ku-gen-das-shu-tsu)
duuuude, this video rocks! zero escape is one of my all-time favorite video game series and I'm so happy you covered it's OST! I've always considered it's music to be more atmospheric, but I never realized just how intricate and well-composed it really is. I swear that background synth in Recollection is also used in one of the Danganronpa games, but I could just be tripping, lmao (slight spoilers below for those of you who haven't played any of the games) I find it very cool that a lot of the tracks incorporate Morphogenetic Sorrow, since a core detail of the series is pretty much centered around the morphogenetic field, so it's almost like we're subconsciously being fed the leitmotifs through the morphogenetic field. does that make sense? idk i'm not a science guy, lmao.
Duuuude I knew ZE had a heavy emphasis on leitmotifs correlating with Morphogenetic Sorrow, but I didn't know there were THIS many tracks... right on for enlightening me!
A great breakdown of the musical identity of a (relatively) obscure series. Very well structured, loved the presentation, easy to understand for even a musical neophyte; you've got a really great head for this kind of content. Earned a sub from me, at least.
Fantastic explanations! This is a series where I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to its music outside of the game, but it’s so distinct that you could start to imagine how other “anxiety tracks” could fit into the game when there’s even a bit of overlap
Always glad to see people talking about Zero Escape. As a non-musician it was great to get your breakdown of the repeated elements between songs and the different games. Ill also shout out my favorite ZE track - Septenary Game from 999. Its not QUITE panicked, but it has a ton of energy and forward momentum to it.
love this video a lot and it showed me a lot of things I didn't even notice especially as a non-musician!!!! i'll shout out one of my favorite tracks - Monitors (VLR). the tone of that track versus a lot of the other escape room tracks is so much more somber and depressing and it's really interesting. it still has the more mechanical/high-tech sound most of the tracks in VLR have but just listening to it makes me really sad. and i think it very much does fit the tone of the moment where it does play, as it only plays in the ending where MANY of the remaining players are dead (it's the leadup to Luna END) and Sigma and Phi are the only ones in this escape room at all. There's a bit of pessimism and sorrow at this point in the game because there are so few people alive (even less once they escape later Dio and K kill eachother) which really adds to it. it's an emotional track! it does also sound very mysterious and strange which is a really good companion to the I WAS YOU / WILL BE ME / SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING puzzle near the end of it. i dunno. i just think it's one of my favorite parts of VLR in terms of emotion and the power of orchestration another i will also shout out is Trash Disposal (ZTD) because the tension and mechanical sounds in that one are realllly good. not as much to say but Fire as a fragment is one of my favorites in the entire of that game and the music REALLY adds to it
I'd _love_ if you did a video on the escape tracks! I've noticed there's a musical identity in the puzzle tracks that I have not heard in any other piece of music. But I'm not a musician so I have absolutely no idea what it _is,_ and I'd love to find out more. I'm only an expert in _listening_ to the tracks (over 600+ hrs combined), not _understanding_ them.
Fantastic video, and great breakdown of the themes!! I can't believe I never caught that reference in Chill and Rigor 😭 I'd love to hear more about the escape themes if you do make that video! (Also it still makes me so sad that ZTD doesn't use the Morphogenetic Sorrow motif at the start of escape rooms 😔)
Wow Thank you i Love this series and it's music and producing music! I aspire to be the best musician in my country Poland and been practicing everyday for at least 8 hours for 2 years (nearly daily with no life beside studying music theory, mixing, piano, guitar and percussion, and song structares) and your channel helps me with my plan. Thank you!
The idea of sonic identity isnt really a term ive heard of before but it makes sense. Like i can immeadiately tell when a song is from Atelier. But thats probably because the sound is insanely unique in video games.
SO glad to see a video discussing zero escape's soundtrack! it's one of the most underrated video game OST's out there, i've been waiting for a video like this for a while
I love this!! The music and general sound design from zero escape is some of my favourite in any video game. It evokes such a vivid sense of place for me. This was a great analysis, really interesting! I don’t know enough about music theory to have any ideas for future analyses, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on the puzzle themes.
Same, IMO the puzzle tracks are really underrated! They also make for _perfect_ coding or assignment-writing music! I've listened to the puzzle tracks from VLR for over 500 hours, mainly for studying, and I love them all. (999's and ZTD's too, although I've listened to those less.) It's slightly annoying that the tracks are in such a unique "style" that I can't even find any music that scratches the same itch. I can't even describe the style myself though, I just know that it exists and that nothing else I've found is like it.
After a minute I can already tell this video is going to send me on a mental trip down 999 and VLR lane with all the associated feelings. I think I'll save this video for when I next replay the trilogy.
Finally some Zero Escape analysis! Really enjoyed doing this. As my Discord will know, I'm thinking about doing short analysis videos on TH-cam Shorts so any ideas let me know!
One of my favorite little music things in Zero Escape is the four note sequence for “Seek a way out” since it’s the most obvious use of the Morphogenetic sorrow leitmotif, but also because the four note sequence works in tandem with the four syllable phrase “Seek-a-way-out.” It also fits the four syllable phrase “Ze-ro-esc-ape,” but that’s more likely a coincidence since the Japanese name has six (Kyo-ku-gen-das-shu-tsu)
Oh wow never thought about the syllables. Even if it's just a coincidence, it's a great observation
duuuude, this video rocks! zero escape is one of my all-time favorite video game series and I'm so happy you covered it's OST! I've always considered it's music to be more atmospheric, but I never realized just how intricate and well-composed it really is. I swear that background synth in Recollection is also used in one of the Danganronpa games, but I could just be tripping, lmao
(slight spoilers below for those of you who haven't played any of the games)
I find it very cool that a lot of the tracks incorporate Morphogenetic Sorrow, since a core detail of the series is pretty much centered around the morphogenetic field, so it's almost like we're subconsciously being fed the leitmotifs through the morphogenetic field. does that make sense? idk i'm not a science guy, lmao.
Duuuude I knew ZE had a heavy emphasis on leitmotifs correlating with Morphogenetic Sorrow, but I didn't know there were THIS many tracks... right on for enlightening me!
A great breakdown of the musical identity of a (relatively) obscure series. Very well structured, loved the presentation, easy to understand for even a musical neophyte; you've got a really great head for this kind of content.
Earned a sub from me, at least.
Fantastic explanations! This is a series where I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to its music outside of the game, but it’s so distinct that you could start to imagine how other “anxiety tracks” could fit into the game when there’s even a bit of overlap
Always glad to see people talking about Zero Escape. As a non-musician it was great to get your breakdown of the repeated elements between songs and the different games. Ill also shout out my favorite ZE track - Septenary Game from 999. Its not QUITE panicked, but it has a ton of energy and forward momentum to it.
love this video a lot and it showed me a lot of things I didn't even notice especially as a non-musician!!!! i'll shout out one of my favorite tracks - Monitors (VLR). the tone of that track versus a lot of the other escape room tracks is so much more somber and depressing and it's really interesting. it still has the more mechanical/high-tech sound most of the tracks in VLR have but just listening to it makes me really sad. and i think it very much does fit the tone of the moment where it does play, as it only plays in the ending where MANY of the remaining players are dead (it's the leadup to Luna END) and Sigma and Phi are the only ones in this escape room at all. There's a bit of pessimism and sorrow at this point in the game because there are so few people alive (even less once they escape later Dio and K kill eachother) which really adds to it. it's an emotional track! it does also sound very mysterious and strange which is a really good companion to the I WAS YOU / WILL BE ME / SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING puzzle near the end of it. i dunno. i just think it's one of my favorite parts of VLR in terms of emotion and the power of orchestration
another i will also shout out is Trash Disposal (ZTD) because the tension and mechanical sounds in that one are realllly good. not as much to say but Fire as a fragment is one of my favorites in the entire of that game and the music REALLY adds to it
I'd _love_ if you did a video on the escape tracks! I've noticed there's a musical identity in the puzzle tracks that I have not heard in any other piece of music.
But I'm not a musician so I have absolutely no idea what it _is,_ and I'd love to find out more. I'm only an expert in _listening_ to the tracks (over 600+ hrs combined), not _understanding_ them.
Dude I love your music on spotify!! Your rendition of Monitors gives me chills!!
Thanks so much!! Really appreciate it
Fantastic video, and great breakdown of the themes!! I can't believe I never caught that reference in Chill and Rigor 😭 I'd love to hear more about the escape themes if you do make that video!
(Also it still makes me so sad that ZTD doesn't use the Morphogenetic Sorrow motif at the start of escape rooms 😔)
I love the soundtracks of this trilogy, really enjoyable video!
Wow Thank you i Love this series and it's music and producing music! I aspire to be the best musician in my country Poland and been practicing everyday for at least 8 hours for 2 years (nearly daily with no life beside studying music theory, mixing, piano, guitar and percussion, and song structares) and your channel helps me with my plan. Thank you!
The idea of sonic identity isnt really a term ive heard of before but it makes sense. Like i can immeadiately tell when a song is from Atelier. But thats probably because the sound is insanely unique in video games.
Just as I finished ZTD! Thank you
SO glad to see a video discussing zero escape's soundtrack! it's one of the most underrated video game OST's out there, i've been waiting for a video like this for a while
Oh wow ZE is one of my favorite serias and it is really cool to see a video of this kind on it!
this was superrr interesting I really appreciate seeing the love you give this series music!
Appreciate you for watching the video! Thank you
I love this!! The music and general sound design from zero escape is some of my favourite in any video game. It evokes such a vivid sense of place for me. This was a great analysis, really interesting! I don’t know enough about music theory to have any ideas for future analyses, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on the puzzle themes.
seeing a really good 999 musical analysis video like this was such a nice surprise!!
great video! I didn't realize Morphogenetic Sorrow was referenced in so many other pieces. having the side-by-side was helpful
This is such an insanely cool and well-crafted video!! Thank you so much for this; I really enjoyed it.
Thank you! Glad you liked it
Please upload your zero escape medleys to spotify!!
They just got approved to be on Spotify! I imagine within 10 days it will be there
Woo!
Loving this
Thank you!
Great video! Thank you for analyzing it and explaining
I love this video! It explores the familiarities and similarities in the music of ZE really well
Very cool! I would love to see a vid about the puzzle tracks; they're probably my favourite pieces on the soundtrack.
Same, IMO the puzzle tracks are really underrated! They also make for _perfect_ coding or assignment-writing music!
I've listened to the puzzle tracks from VLR for over 500 hours, mainly for studying, and I love them all. (999's and ZTD's too, although I've listened to those less.) It's slightly annoying that the tracks are in such a unique "style" that I can't even find any music that scratches the same itch. I can't even describe the style myself though, I just know that it exists and that nothing else I've found is like it.
Omg I LOVE this
Thank you for the video bro!
very simple music it is. oh and have you noticed ( 9:50 ) A>G>D melody is exactly same in Luna theme from FF XV
Oh, man, this video was amazing! Haven’t seen your channel before now, but I’m definitely subscribing!
After a minute I can already tell this video is going to send me on a mental trip down 999 and VLR lane with all the associated feelings. I think I'll save this video for when I next replay the trilogy.
I loved this video!! You go into more detail than the usual video game music review, but making it really easy to parse. Keep it up!!
Damn exactly what I needed!!!
Very good video!!
Nice video
Love it!
Would love to see analysis of the music from somnium files
I need a 4th game!!
Yee I love video game music theory and I love 999
I love you