The the clokc ticking and the piano. I don't know why, but the piano just feels like a very nostalgic instrument. Might be because of it's age and how it was widely utilized during the classical period with figures like Mozart and Beethoven bringing it to the publics focus. It's been used for way way more years than for example the base, the electrical guitar or modern drums. Also ticking feels nostalgic because the passing of time + the fact that we've all grown up keeping track of time through clocks, but that's self-explanatory.
I thought myself crazy at first when I felt like if I left this place, I'd be leaving something dreadfully important behind. I kept coming back to this map instead of progressing the story later on just to talk to the shadows and listen to the music, and sit in the atmosphere of the map. Soken is truly a mastermind when it comes to telling a story and implanting reason through music, this map and Elpis both hold so many precious moments and I hate it like we're the Ancients who cry for their lost home!
I love how much this game has made me want to cry. Haurchefant, Ysayle, Minfillia, the helplessness of Ardbert when he tried to protect the crystarium soldiers, and now Emet-Selch... I think Emet's been the one to tear at me the worst. He just wanted to save his family. He wanted his home back. If I were in the same position, I would've done the same. I wish there was some way he could've done so without causing so much suffering. Some way this could've ended without him at the receiving end of that axe. But that's probably why it's the saddest part so far for me. Because I knew his motives weren't inherently evil and yet I didn't have a choice but to end him. He didn't deserve it. Any of it. Dying or living an eternity wishing for his loved ones back. And then his last words. Those damn last words.. instead of hating us for stopping him, he entrusts to us his memory? The memory of him and all of those he had been working so hard to get back. Instead of dying in spite and hatred, he looks to us, knowing there's no more he can do, and trusts us. Gah, I'm sorry, I'm rambling at this point. My heart just hurts so much rn, lol. I will forever love this music and the character that let us roam in such a beautiful, lonely city.
I keep coming back to this music and this map, not just Elpis, but I totally agree with everything. He's just one of those character you wish could have had everything return to him. They did brilliantly with the development of his character, and I always thought it painful that we couldn't do anything for the Ancients. That's how the story goes, and I'm sure they wanted the players to feel their sorrow and see their side of the need and despair to have everything back to normal. And with Emet-Selch case, the burden he carried around for so long, it honestly haunts me to this day that we can't have him and Hythlodaeus join us as Ardbert did on the First. But it's true that this is only the start, and they're all now sleeping in the lifestream. So who knows what the future will bring. But for the love of god, did they have to make us love them so much that now we're like the Ancients who wish to have everything back? I feel like they had an evil scheme with that.
@@OnibiTeru EW annoyed me so much with its treatment of the ancient storyline, but at least they walked it back a bit via the 6.1 Q&A and the Omega quest... I still feel most sad about Emet and what was done to his people and their star. Very much agree with your last paragraph... that is how I feel.
You could argue that Emet Selch's motive was the exact same as your's, only difference being he's saving what WAS, instead of you, who's saving was IS, and because of that Emet Selch *had* to die, he wouldn't have had it any other way, he was just like you, willing to stop at nothing to save his own kind, and with that, I think Emet Selch really does define was a morally grey character/villain is, yes he wants to essentially kill a bunch of innocents, but what different would it be to him than what happened with his brothers from Hydaelyn? And his death only solidified his position as a top tier villain, he realized that even in a fractured state, being only a piece of the true power of what you were, you managed to best him, and for that, he deemed you worthy of continuing, and worthy of "remembering us"
I always find myself coming back here and sitting on top of the taller buildings, just looking out at Amaurot, listening to the music, the ticking clock. Oddly relaxing...
The general vibe of the place (music + atmosphere + context) really feels like one of the most Final Fantasy moments in the series so far. You know, that moment when you arrive to that one advanced (sometimes extinguished) civilization in many games of the series.
I mean it was basically a persona battle at the end. literally fighting a guy named after the greek god of the underworld while using our bonds of friendship
@@IngeniousNinja FINALLY! I thought of those too! I loved their voices and I love the Ancients' voices too. I loved going to Elpis and learning all about them, but I felt somewhat robbed of their voices. Of course, Venat, Emet, Hythlo and Hermes wouldn't have made the same impact without their VA, but still... I liked to think the ascians took on "human" voices rather than the idea that the Ancients' voices were lost in memory (although voices lost in memory is quite bittersweet too).
I hated the ticking sound at first and thought the tempest theme was vetter but over time... This song is how i feel about life. Its all slow and beautiful. Full of little moments of joy and sadness. Its amazing but it will end. Thats what the ticking symbolizes. The bittersweet end of life. And each second counts so enjoy it to your fullest... because one day you will not be here anymore... One day you will only be remembered...
I don't see how someone can, after spending an entire expansion witnessing how horrific the conditions leading up to a Rejoining are, think "yeah, I want the 5 remaining worlds to suffer this fate too" at the end of it.
@@Oneiroclast Emet-Selch justifies it because he doesn't consider the "fragmented beings" to even be alive. and I guess in a way he has a point if they're all just 1/14th of an original soul.
@@Oneiroclast Imagine someone killed your entire family. Then someone comes and says "Kill those ants and you will get everyone back". Now answer that TRUTHFULLY for yourself: Do you kill the ants?
Someone said "Our Terms" from FF16 was similar to one of these Amaurot tunes... i'm just here jamming to 14's OST at this point. Never played past ARR. hmmmm
best theme of any in shadowbringers and they saved it for last. spent too little time in this city, made an excuse to do aether currents and fly around here.
@@lajohnson8588 In a way though, that emptiness of side quests only reinforces that nostalgic feeling. No matter how much you want to, you can’t interact with it beyond looking. It’s like staring at a photo. You can touch it, but that’s as close as you’ll ever get physically. You can’t indulge into it. Can’t experience it more. That’s it. It’s a memory locked to the past and it can’t come back from it no matter how hard you want.
im genuinely scared for 5.3, graha is going to die, we might wake up the graha on the source, elidibus will be the trial (who else would have a lyric version of amaurot) help
Music to play to when you’re scared waiting for COVID test results (I mean hey Ascians were awaiting their doom, who says you aren’t waiting too atm? )
I think it's more parallel to Zanarkand. A dream city alone in the ocean, brought to life by the memories and magic of the soul(s) who once lived there.
Its crazy how this theme actually manages to make me feel nostalgic
The the clokc ticking and the piano. I don't know why, but the piano just feels like a very nostalgic instrument. Might be because of it's age and how it was widely utilized during the classical period with figures like Mozart and Beethoven bringing it to the publics focus. It's been used for way way more years than for example the base, the electrical guitar or modern drums.
Also ticking feels nostalgic because the passing of time + the fact that we've all grown up keeping track of time through clocks, but that's self-explanatory.
Chill Ascian tunes for studying/relaxing.
feeling like emet selch personality inside you meanwhile you study, he as an academic
*Chill Ascian tunes to Sunder and Relax to
The clock sounds add a lot to the atmosphere and reason behind this zone.
Boy, glad you mentioned that. I didn't have the volume high enough to hear it until your comment made me curious.
And a cool metronome (try the flying chair)
yea, it reminds you of waiting till the gov't bureaucracy finish processing your application and calling your number
yep, the countdown till death
@@bagels4979 considering soken had cancer. that's one hell of a countdown.
Mom: what are you doing listening to this song 24/7?
Me: remembering them. That they once lived.
Mom: :c
Underrated comment.
lmao
Cringe lol
This song made me feel nostalgic and home sick... Like we were where we were supposed to be. And I guess they nailed it.
It made me feel homesick while being at home :C
I thought myself crazy at first when I felt like if I left this place, I'd be leaving something dreadfully important behind. I kept coming back to this map instead of progressing the story later on just to talk to the shadows and listen to the music, and sit in the atmosphere of the map. Soken is truly a mastermind when it comes to telling a story and implanting reason through music, this map and Elpis both hold so many precious moments and I hate it like we're the Ancients who cry for their lost home!
I love how much this game has made me want to cry. Haurchefant, Ysayle, Minfillia, the helplessness of Ardbert when he tried to protect the crystarium soldiers, and now Emet-Selch... I think Emet's been the one to tear at me the worst. He just wanted to save his family. He wanted his home back. If I were in the same position, I would've done the same. I wish there was some way he could've done so without causing so much suffering. Some way this could've ended without him at the receiving end of that axe. But that's probably why it's the saddest part so far for me. Because I knew his motives weren't inherently evil and yet I didn't have a choice but to end him. He didn't deserve it. Any of it. Dying or living an eternity wishing for his loved ones back. And then his last words. Those damn last words.. instead of hating us for stopping him, he entrusts to us his memory? The memory of him and all of those he had been working so hard to get back. Instead of dying in spite and hatred, he looks to us, knowing there's no more he can do, and trusts us. Gah, I'm sorry, I'm rambling at this point. My heart just hurts so much rn, lol. I will forever love this music and the character that let us roam in such a beautiful, lonely city.
This!!! Absolutely this!!! Please tell me you've had the chance to play through EW!
@@dustineric7278 I just finished it the other day! Absolutely loved it!!
I keep coming back to this music and this map, not just Elpis, but I totally agree with everything. He's just one of those character you wish could have had everything return to him. They did brilliantly with the development of his character, and I always thought it painful that we couldn't do anything for the Ancients. That's how the story goes, and I'm sure they wanted the players to feel their sorrow and see their side of the need and despair to have everything back to normal. And with Emet-Selch case, the burden he carried around for so long, it honestly haunts me to this day that we can't have him and Hythlodaeus join us as Ardbert did on the First.
But it's true that this is only the start, and they're all now sleeping in the lifestream. So who knows what the future will bring.
But for the love of god, did they have to make us love them so much that now we're like the Ancients who wish to have everything back? I feel like they had an evil scheme with that.
@@OnibiTeru EW annoyed me so much with its treatment of the ancient storyline, but at least they walked it back a bit via the 6.1 Q&A and the Omega quest... I still feel most sad about Emet and what was done to his people and their star.
Very much agree with your last paragraph... that is how I feel.
You could argue that Emet Selch's motive was the exact same as your's, only difference being he's saving what WAS, instead of you, who's saving was IS, and because of that Emet Selch *had* to die, he wouldn't have had it any other way, he was just like you, willing to stop at nothing to save his own kind, and with that, I think Emet Selch really does define was a morally grey character/villain is, yes he wants to essentially kill a bunch of innocents, but what different would it be to him than what happened with his brothers from Hydaelyn? And his death only solidified his position as a top tier villain, he realized that even in a fractured state, being only a piece of the true power of what you were, you managed to best him, and for that, he deemed you worthy of continuing, and worthy of "remembering us"
The slow and sad tempo is great fit for Emet-Selch & the ascians story
I always find myself coming back here and sitting on top of the taller buildings, just looking out at Amaurot, listening to the music, the ticking clock.
Oddly relaxing...
This music piece improved my life quality.
I remembered you Emet, just like you remembered us. We wouldn't have triumphed against one of our greatest challenges if it were not for you.
The general vibe of the place (music + atmosphere + context) really feels like one of the most Final Fantasy moments in the series so far. You know, that moment when you arrive to that one advanced (sometimes extinguished) civilization in many games of the series.
I cannot help but to think of Persona 3 tartarus tower whenever this theme begins
Ooh good call
first time i listened to it, I was like "Oh Persona"
I mean it was basically a persona battle at the end. literally fighting a guy named after the greek god of the underworld while using our bonds of friendship
Late to the party but...
I have a massive hunger to learn more about the world and life of Emet-Selch.
Play Endwalker :)
@@VDA19 The writers need a raise, I'm in love with his character but purely platonic XD
Emet-Selch we will all remember you and all of those who once lived that life
In my head I can hear those Amaurotians. Their terrifying, beautiful voices 😆
They remind me of Twilight Princess ghosts/spirits, in all the best ways.
@@IngeniousNinja FINALLY! I thought of those too! I loved their voices and I love the Ancients' voices too. I loved going to Elpis and learning all about them, but I felt somewhat robbed of their voices. Of course, Venat, Emet, Hythlo and Hermes wouldn't have made the same impact without their VA, but still... I liked to think the ascians took on "human" voices rather than the idea that the Ancients' voices were lost in memory (although voices lost in memory is quite bittersweet too).
the weenwoons
Damn this is just a soft chill vibes "To The Edge"
More like " To the Edge " is a more epic Amaurot theme
I can't explain how I love this music. I tear up every time I visit Amaurot 💔😔
I visited a recreation of this in vrchat and it was so strange that nobody was there. It was so pretty.
lo fi ascian radio - tunes to study/cry to
Just beat ShB. I miss him. :(
Let us never forget, that they once lived.
I haven't even made it to this area yet and I feel nostalgia
I hated the ticking sound at first and thought the tempest theme was vetter but over time...
This song is how i feel about life.
Its all slow and beautiful. Full of little moments of joy and sadness.
Its amazing but it will end.
Thats what the ticking symbolizes.
The bittersweet end of life.
And each second counts so enjoy it to your fullest... because one day you will not be here anymore...
One day you will only be remembered...
geezus chrimany supes deep!
Beautiful analogy.
I love this theme, It's so calm and haunting.
i love this piece... can listen to it for hours and just relax
...Like broken angels, wingless, cast from Heaven's gate...
now i know why Ascians wants the rejoining . i wish i could side with emet . what a depressingly beautiful city . bioshock vibe definitely
let dead things stay dead.
That's called Art Deco my friend
I don't see how someone can, after spending an entire expansion witnessing how horrific the conditions leading up to a Rejoining are, think "yeah, I want the 5 remaining worlds to suffer this fate too" at the end of it.
@@Oneiroclast Emet-Selch justifies it because he doesn't consider the "fragmented beings" to even be alive. and I guess in a way he has a point if they're all just 1/14th of an original soul.
@@Oneiroclast Imagine someone killed your entire family. Then someone comes and says "Kill those ants and you will get everyone back". Now answer that TRUTHFULLY for yourself: Do you kill the ants?
Someone said "Our Terms" from FF16 was similar to one of these Amaurot tunes... i'm just here jamming to 14's OST at this point. Never played past ARR. hmmmm
bro, the trial now includes the whole first 2 expansions, get back for that juicy story and content
It saddens me deeply to know that Emet-Selch was so burdened by his memories and to have missed his home and people so much he recreated Amaurot ;-;
best theme of any in shadowbringers and they saved it for last. spent too little time in this city, made an excuse to do aether currents and fly around here.
this where i really won’t mind if they suddenly bombard me with 20 sidequest, but nope, „here, 3 sidequest for you“
@@lajohnson8588 In a way though, that emptiness of side quests only reinforces that nostalgic feeling.
No matter how much you want to, you can’t interact with it beyond looking. It’s like staring at a photo. You can touch it, but that’s as close as you’ll ever get physically. You can’t indulge into it. Can’t experience it more. That’s it. It’s a memory locked to the past and it can’t come back from it no matter how hard you want.
Funny how a clock ticking down to the end of the world can help you stay focused on homework.
peaceful
They really need to come out with the orchestrion roll for this version ;___;
There is an orchestrion roll, it is called "Neath Dark Waters" from the gemstone vendor in The Tempest.
Neath Dark Waters is the non Amaurot version of this locale. I don't know if there's one out for this yet.
In monochrome melodies our tears are painted in red bleeding to the edge deep inside we’re nothing more then scions and sinners
Anyone else feel a Persons 3 vibe from both this theme and Amarout?
God yes! Like memories of the city but somehow more sad
Chill
Tell me, have you been to the ruins beneath the waters of the Bounty?
Dammit man, why you gotta make me cry? XD
still gives me chills..
Don't mind me just matching the themes with the new Amaurot lyric remix version in the 5.3 trailer.
im genuinely scared for 5.3, graha is going to die, we might wake up the graha on the source, elidibus will be the trial (who else would have a lyric version of amaurot)
help
I love this theme though I can’t stop thinking of Captain Hook and the crocodile when I hear the ticking.
I'm thinking of Clock King from DC comics because Amaurot reminds me of Gotham..
Is this a scroll I can obtain in the game? I can listen to this forever...
hope you like grinding FATES
I get big "The World That Never Was" vibes.
Music to play to when you’re scared waiting for COVID test results (I mean hey Ascians were awaiting their doom, who says you aren’t waiting too atm? )
*Thinks of Persona 3.*
매일 이거 듣고 잡니다 킬때마다 기록용
내 고향은 아모로트가 맞음😢😢😢
댓글 늘 까먹어서... 오늘도 자러 옴
😊
오늘도..잘 잡니다
❤
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Smol Chocobos owo
Reminds me of SMTs Imagine, Nakano ost.
♥
They called it
Rapture
Emet Selch's Elevator Music
Does this not give off any Rapture Vibes?
Even when I was playing, I thought the Tempest theme sounds like slow making love music.
Bioshock on FF?
Welcome to Rapture
I think it's more parallel to Zanarkand. A dream city alone in the ocean, brought to life by the memories and magic of the soul(s) who once lived there.
켈티카옆사냉맵에 피소드에 필요한 것만 주우면돠는데레벨1짜리들이 가소롭게 덤비던게 생각나네ㅋㅋ
主はこの曲をどう思いますか？まあどうせコメントくれなさそうだけど
金のために動画上げてるんでしょそういう人いっぱいいるからね