If you'd like to, could you maybe do a break down of "Fountain" from the game inmost. Very talented music composer. It tells part of a story and I think you'd really enjoy it along with the rest of us
Fr, the amount of depth he can create with a single scale is mad. I also have a huge appreciation for his instrumentation, the soundscape of this track is so unsettling, I mean just listen to that heavy string percussion. When it comes to the soundscapes in their music I honestly believe Larkin is one of the best composers there is.
It’s that way, because it started as only the first part of the music playing over and over it was repetitive and annoying, i was one of those who didn’t like And then, with the last dlc i believe, the soundtrack has been updated, and is now actually and definitely very good
Man it's impossible to dislike Larkin's music. He just doesn't miss the mark when it comes to atmosphere and emotion. Hollow Knight's soundtrack as a whole is nothing short of a masterclass, borderline perfect in my opinion. And somehow he already looks set to outdo himself with Silksong judging by those samples, I cant wait to hear the rest of that soundtrack.
Hollow Knight combines a unique and gorgeous art style with an amazing soundtrack. The game itself is a masterpiece, but it just wouldn’t be the same without the music. The music strings the whole experience together, especially in a game where there’s no spoken dialogue, as the main character is dead on the inside and can’t talk. The music conveys the emotions of the game perfectly. There hasn’t been a game like this in years. Absolute perfection
Nosk is a terrifying ambush predator. Intelligent enough to disguise itself to lure in prey until they willingly enter its nest. Then revealing its true self after ensuring there is no escape and attacking until the prey is subdued. The movement of the music really feels like dealing with a predator that's jumping in and out of the shadows to attack you.
It's an intelligent creature that seems to lack readable thoughts from the Dreamnail. Even when it's taking the form of Hornet in Godhome, if you use the Dreamnail on it all you'll get is "..." Yet despite that it seems to be proud of its hunting, stringing them up as trophies of a sort, suggesting it does it for sport and not just to eat. A fascinating creature, truly.
@@garytina7009 and the fact that it can actually read deep enough into its preys mind to know about its loved ones and disguise as it is what it makes me. Like, imagine seeing a friend you haven't seen for years, and when you get close, they just burst into a long neck and transform into a spider 3 times your size. This is why I love Nosks "lore"
@Garytina Nosk operates by reading a creatures memories and emotions and disguising itself to lure in food, because the knight is a hollow vessel it has no thoughts or things to lure us in with, so nosk appears as us and I'm willing to bet that the dream nail dialogue is our own mind as we pick up our memories that it's reading Or nosks (if its a species) can simply stop thinking so prevent another nosk from preying on it effectively
Yes, but that's specifically because of the impact of music on culture. A culture who has never heard the patterns in music that are most commonly associated with "something scary" would never assume anything disturbing from it. It's cultural and based on experience.
Now I’m waiting for a reply going to tell this guy on how the brain listens to some ways of music despite never hearing it before show emotion or force emotions.
@@godslaughter Maybe, but I heard that high pitched sounds that horror movies often used are supposed to remind us of crying baby which would naturally make any human feel uneasy.
@@vanjaarsic1616that would explain why those notes never have that effect on me (and even sound rather pleasant). Crying babies have always made me feel happy for some reason. I am autistic, so my brain reacts to all sorts of things differently than it should, so if its just how the brain is wired, regardless of reason, it makes sense I'm an outlier. As usual, for better or for worse.
I always loved that little quiet part with just the violin playing. It reminds me like an even more understated version of the Jaws theme right before the shark shows up
The twisted beauty of Nosk's theme is that it basically tells you what that... thing is doing. When the music is 'quiet', it is lurking, waiting to catch you off guard. When it gets louder, the beast is jumping out to attack you with all its relentless brutality. And the way in which new disturbing sounds and scales appear in both segments with each iteration tells you how the battle is escalating, becoming more savage, more... violent. Until at last it reaches its climax and, abruptly, ends. No fanfare, no heroic or tragic feeling, just silence. The quiet, tense relief born of having survived the trap of a vicious predator. Art. Glorious, musical art.
I've always thought that these little " tic tic" noises around 0:36 resembling the sound that fangs or claws would do if poking something empty, like a skull or a shell. It's kinda fitting to Nosk
Taking into account the quickness of that percussion line, perhaps this could be further interpreted as a suggestion of Nosk itself scuttling over piles of bones. Or exoskeletons, seeing as they are bugs. 🕷
Nosk is easily the scariest monster in this game, and the music for him is designed to match that terror perfectly. Appropriately, you won't hear that track for any other beast in the game. Even before you see him, everything about his lair is designed to entangle the player in a sense of creeping dread, like you're walking into a death trap. And if you should die the first time you battle him and go to face him again, that beast still has another trick under its twisted carapace that literally defies the standard formula for every other boss encounter. (If you know, you know!)
yeah Nosk is like, openly cunning and intelligent, almost feels like there's a thinking complex mind underneath the more monstrous behaviour which just adds to the effect. _especially_ with the vague implication that all the Corpse Creepers you find in Deepnest are just juvenile versions of the same species
@@SirPogsalotCreates I believe they're referring to the fact that if you die to Nosk and reenter the arena, you expect to see the beginning cutscene again, but Nosk will start charging at you before you have time to safely reclaim your Shade
This is definitely one of my favourite brakedowns of yours. The type of music it is and having some understanding of it makes this a bit more goal oriented. You didn't just analyse what is happening, you also did an exceptional job explaining why it happened.
What Nosk is is a predator that dwells in the deepest, darkest tunnels beneath a kingdom, it can read minds and shape shift, and uses this to take on the form of it's preys loved ones. When you encounter it, Nosk is disguised as a sibling of the main character, All around it's lair are the bodies of everyone it killed, and if you read their minds you'll be given warnings of what Nosk is, cause their last thoughts were all about confused shock at seeing people they cared about being in front of them
Wait I thought nosk shapeshifted into the knight, not one of its siblings. I assumed this was because the knight is emotionless and has no loved ones, which confused nosk Although in godhome nosk does actually end up imitating hornet when you encounter it
Nosk is easily one of the most fitting tracks for that fight. I was watching my little brother play and guided him to Nosk on purpose just to see how he would react. Let’s just say he is scared to play hollow knight now😂
I had the privilege of playing the game totally blind (rare for someone chronically online like myself lol). Nosk was one of the moments that I wish I could relive. The bewildered confusion and excitement at seeing another knight, the gut-wrenching shocked-silent _horror_ as Nosk twist and bent itself outward and expanded into its true (?) form, the frantic running and panicking during a boss that is actually fairly simple to defeat once you expect him and understand his attacks. It was such a jarring shift in tone from the rest of the game. Mentally scarring in the best possible way 👌
In game, nosk will disguise itself as it's prey's loved ones to lure them into its nest, which could be the explanation for those 'wrong' notes you mentioned.
@@supercato9613 That's... not a spoiler. If you know what happens in game this is NO spoiler for the actual encounter, it's obscure lore you just read in the Hunter's Journal. How does it makena difference where you read it?
@@helion_ut It is a spoiler because it may come as a shock or surprise when first encountering it in game. If you can't expect it on your first playthrough, then talking about it is spoiling it.
@@TryHardGamerYT I don't think such a vague random lore side informatiom 90% of all people miss is a spoiler, tbh. Spoiler, as in to spoil, means literally turning someone's experience from good to bad- This comment changes NOTHING about the experience because yet again, it's an obscure lore fact. When he will meet Nosk for the first time he will STILL be surprised and terrified by what is happening, I'm certain.
@@helion_ut it's one of the 2 things that make Nosk scary: his introduction. If you just say how Nosk hunts, the whole mystery and creepiness of the encounter is ruined. Now we can of course just hope Davi forgets about it, but I don't like to rely on that.
Some of the sounds in the background of Nosk's theme is actually Deep Nest's ambience where Nosk resides. Funny thing with Nosk, he's effectively a shapeshifter. Thus we never truly know what he looks like because he has a spider-like form... and a flying insect form that's only used in a DLC area dedicated to boss gauntlets. His theme initially not being 'full' and being 'hidden' is fitting because of his very deceitful nature and the fact that he's an ambush predator also.
@@kwamemwangs2173 then again, what if Nosk only took on the spider form because he is in Deepnest, surrounded by creatures with similar appearance (most of the enemies in Deepnest resemble spiders in one way or another). Who knows how Nosk would look like if he decided to make his lair in Greenpath, or Forgotten Crossroads or Fog Canyon?
Not the song I expected from Hollow Knight but a great choice nonetheless. Also definitely listen to the rest of the HK soundtrack, Christopher Larkin really upped his game for the DLC music, which makes me extremely excited for Silksong's music.
I think you’re doing a really great job explaining the thought process behind these songs to people who don’t know much about music theory like myself, I understood everything in this video!
"I'm going to tell you why we get this sensation of hunter stalking prey" and that's why I love your channel, you explain why music works the way it works
This is one of the few soundtracks we get in the deepnest area of the map (it’s mainly just scuttling and crawling noises, no music) and I think that really adds to it
I think that it would be funny to see your reaction on "Truth Beauty And Hatred" from Hollow Knight. It's a song from a DLC so you haven't heard it in the official soundtrack yet
A very underrated but actually gorgeous song I remember was Fallen Blood from EBF4. Maybe you should give it a listen in your free time because I think it's truly a masterpiece.
I absolutely adore the extra little stutter that Larkin does when descending at the end of each line (line? bar? I don't know music terminology) It makes the music feel like it's more frantic or like it's skittering, which suits Nosk's encounter so well
YEEES I'M SO HAPPY! Saw this video in my notifications and I couldn't believe!! Nosk isn't the most difficult or interesting bossfight, gameplay-wise, but it has the COOLEST setup in the entire game, and the music, in my opinion, delivers the horror that was set up perfectly!
Amazing video, as always! Nosk has a unique vibe that is different from the other bosses, and I really liked it along with the music. This theme makes me feels exactly like being cornered. For me, while other Hollow Knight’s tracks stimulate my emotion, this one stimulates my sensations. It feels like jangling my nerve. The fight was so fun though!! Thank you for this, Davi :)
Your comment on some notes being hidden is very in line with the so called hunter or Nosk as it mimics the player on first contact but later is reveals its monstrous spider-like form
I love this track. It certainly gives off that scary and uneasy feeling and the fight itself is that way. You find this secret area and then you see something interesting so you decide to follow it but actually it lures you into it’s trap and you have to fight it and your like “Wtf is this thing!” I love how you can totally understand the entire thing just listening to it. Very cool.
Hey Davi! Could you react to "Lace" from Hollow Knight: Silksong (made by Christopher Larkin of course) Silksong is a sequel to Hollow knight which haven't released yet, but we have gotten 2 samples from it's OST. "Lace" is Silksong's version of Hornet, and I think you'll understand why when you listen to it. Atleast check it out in your free time if you won't make a video of it👍
With the way the violin is used I also get ' Psycho ' vibes 🤔 And fun fact near the end they actually put the sound Nosk makes in the track which adds even more dread 😮 Also while Nosk is spider-like it's more of a dangerous ' mimic ' creature rather than a full-on spider 🤔 😉 So yeah Nosk is the main reason why I severely dislike going to Deepnest 😓 ( the area where it lurks, somewhere) the build up to it is absolutely fantastic 😉
It's so interesting that the chords are suggested at first rather than explicitly played, and it makes sense. I don't like spoiling the game for the sake of discussing the music, but it's suggested that the true likeness/nature of Nosk is hard to ascertain, which makes it all the more disturbing. Nosk doesn't exactly have a definitive form of its own but rather it appears as a creepy twisted image of its prey.
It would be cool if you reacted to some Bug Fables' music, it has a very interesting soundtrack as well. If I had to choose one song it would be probably "Oh no! WASPS!!" or "Transcending, Overpowering, Everlasting".
It’s so cool to see such accurate breakdowns of my favorite games just from the music! I think it would be really cool to see you listen to some of the tracks from the game Outer Wilds. The game relies heavily on environmental storytelling, and the music plays a huge part in the feel of the game (and the music is just really good in general)
This soundtrack was the reason of why I died so many times to this boss. After I got used to it I won the Battle. It wasn't even a matter of skills or patterns, I was *TERRIFIED* 😂
A track like this that I would love to see a recation to is Mora the spider from Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Any music from that game is a feast for the ears.
Nosk is certainly the most terrifying enemy simply in execution. The intro to their lair is incredible and it really makes you feel alone. Reading what the souls of those who had died were thinking before they died just adds to it. Of course, I knew exactly what to expect so it didn't hit me as much, but some people who might not have the narrative experience of the game might get horrified.
You should, every time you listen to a song relating to a certain character, make a guess at the end of the video about what type of character it is. Just came here from your ASGORE video and you had NAILED him! I would love to see you do this.
While I don't strictly "enjoy" listening to the Nosk theme (you aren't supposed to) it is certainly one of the best tracks in the game artistically. For all the reasons you analyzed it feels just uncomfortable and wrong, which is exactly what nosk is. You didn't mention it but I especially love how the last few notes of each loop almost fall over eachother, just when we think we understand the pattern, Larkin breaks it. The song refuses to submit to our expectations in so many different ways and on all scales from individual groups of notes to the pacing of whole sections, and it fits with nosk's character perfectly.
Another song that’s similar to Nosk’s theme is “one step, two step” by Tobias Lija. The person that made the music for little nightmares 2, it’s a really good song in my opinion.
Hey, I know you already covered everything in the livestream, but if you're going back over certain pieces, then please do a breakdown of Broken Vessel! It's my absolute favourite of the Hollow Knight OST, and it would mean a lot!
The buildup to Nosk and the music that played when it revealed itself was simply incredible! Unfortunately the fight itself was over fairly quickly…that said it’s amazing how they crafted so much atmosphere and immersion into a 2D game with a protagonist who is the definition of blank slate.
That "Jesus" at the end. Came from his heart and soul, Also the "noises" that you can hear in the background of the track are ambient sounds from the area which the boss is located in, and the boss practically represents the area as a whole.
I have a great appreciation for epic video game music, but I am as good at understanding it as I am at being an Olympic athlete. Thank you, Davi Vasc, for providing us mere mortals with your distilled analysis!
1:37 Is not a spider, but it changes the aspect to catch preys. That's why the head it's similar to the player one. It's like the horned lantern fish (ya know, that fish with a light on the head)
@@theroboman727 Having multiple legs means nothing. It has a spider vibe, yeah, but it's just a creature that changes his body to hunt. The hornet version is not a spider, for example.
I find it unlikely that nosk is some kind of shapeshifter and transforms into a different animal for every different bug. There is nothing like shapeshifting anywhere else in hollow knight from what I can remember, other than like, wyrm -> pale king and knight -> slug with shape of unn lol. I don't know what flying hornet is about, maybe another stage in its life cycle? Even assuming that nosk is straight up a shapeshifter, calling it a spider is a good description for the *only form we ever see outside of godhome*
It's been so long since I played this game but maaaaan I didn't expect to remember this song so clearly! Hearing it again just sounded so incredibly familiar, it must've impacted me much more than I remembered
Hi, Davi Vasc. Thank you for your videos! Would you like to make videos about any music themes from "Heroes of Might and Magic V" or "Necropolis Town Theme" from "Heroes of Might and Magic 3"?🙃
At 3:23, that "very disturbing" chord possibility took me IMMEDIATELY to Bohemian Rhapsody! Rather fitting, I think. At 4:05 "more notes," yes...right...onward to the first statement of, "...Mama..." Then you get into the "terrifying" part, and then in the rhapsody, there comes the words, "...sometimes I wish I'd never been born at all..." Wow! At around 6:24 here, things are matching up with about 2:53 onward with Dan's version of the rhapsody. Wild! Around 3:16 in the rhapsody, things get "...very, very frightening..." Perfect! From about 8:31, this track starts sounding like, (about 3:17) "Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo, Figaro!" At 3:39 in Dan's rhapsody, the choral answer, "No! We will not let you go!" drops in, which is quite reminiscent of what begins to happen at 8:42 here. Of course there's a bunch more extended frenetic action in the rhapsody, but it ends up back to the same type of simple progression with which it began. Fantastic! I'm really beginning to want to try this game, but I'll either have to go through Steam or GOG, for my Windows 10 computer. I dislike Steam, intensely. I did (a couple of hours ago) actually get a copy of the slightly-upgraded version of Railroad Tycoon 3 that actually WORKS! Wheee! I LOVE the railroad music in that game, and I love trying to beat out the other RR tycoons...so glad to have it back! I also bought an on-sale, updated version of World of Goo, which was a favorite of mine years ago. I haven't installed it yet, but will soon. We'll see how it works! My grandkids keep telling me they're not sure I'd like Hollow Knight. They're not used to seeing me play that type of game, but I used to, all the time! I'm going to finish out your reactions before I make up my mind, though, I think. Anyway. Thanks for this really fun one. Love it! 😀
While you're still on Hollow Knight music, I would love to hear Broken Vessel, It's one of my favorites and I don't hear as many people talking about it!
I know this is unrelated and I’m not a patron (wish I could be.) But I have a suggestion. I know you heard “The Grimm trope”, but it has a sequel that I don’t think you heard since it’s not in the first album. The song is called “Nightmare king” and it’s theme for a rematch against Grimm (kinda) I think you’d really like it.
This really gives me the same vibes as the blood starved beast from bloodborne. Nothing to complex. Just the same aggressive melody over and over again which is getting more intense over time. A wild animal. The design of the bosses itself are also quite similar.
I know most of the suggestions come from Patreon, but I recently had a thought about a pair of sister songs I would like to have analyzed due to conflicting opinions on their tone and emotions evoked, and I'm hopeful that they could be looked onto. NieR:Automata's "Vague Hope (Cold Rain)" and "Vague Hope (Spring Rain)" Most comments and opinions I hear measure Cold Rain as melancholic, with Spring Rain as positive. Yet I hear Cold Rain as hopeful and calm, while Spring Rain leads to hopeless, almost desperate tones in me. I can't place the chords or arrangements to objectively compare them as you do, but after many of your videos thus far, I'd love to see your take on how both measure against each other.
Please react to "Skies forever blue", and if you do look at the clip and pay attention at the roles of the 2 people on the 1st and second part There is so much I want to know about how is it made
I just noticed that the music sounds stringy and thin, like Nosk; also, the clicking that you hear throughout the song actually reminds me of a theory I have that we’re attracted to clicking, tearing sounds because it’s similar to the sound of tearing into meat, so of course we’d be attracted to the sound of sustenance. Those clacking, high-pitched sounds in this song represent that such sounds are all that Nosk lives for, and that hunger and desire for the tearing of meat is in place of a mask (identity) of its own.
This song evokes a frantic chase to me, with the fast and repetitive rythm, and the five quick descending notes at the end of every cycle are that moment when you stumble on a log, loose your equilibrium, and the hunter is gaining ground on you.
Nosk caused my only death while trying to get the 100% achievement in a Steel Soul run (where death = save deletion). The music definitely makes it much worse once you start to panic lol.
The great thing with this violin it's the feeling of that's a Violin with a spider web for the cord, the string, that's give a tons of "Predator vibes" and you know how much these creature are really great about to be a predator
I'm unsure where I could make this suggestion, but I highly recommend a specific track in ULTRAKILL 's soundtrack. A track by the name "Order" I feel like you'd be able to break down the emotion it represents perfectly.
Can't really think of specific track tho, maybe someone will suggest anything? Only ones on my mind are "Outer wilds", "Castaways" and "End Times". 1st one for obvious reasons, 2 other because they have "story they tell i would really want Davi to guess what's going on there.
When I clicked or the video, I knew, you would like that track. It tells you so much about Nosk. The interaction with Nosk in the Game is in some aspects, sadly not as expressive, but again, the track really makes sure, you know what Nosk is all about
hi i love your break downs. I think you should react/break down the (Login Screen or Champion themes ) Music from League of legends because there are amazing and many people dont appreciat how much work riot games put in these (i can recommend kindred ,Syndra, PROJECT: MASTER YI, Pyke ,Kayle & Morgana or Pantheon ) yes i like the music from riot games very much have fun Listening to the tracks
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Yo make sure to watch that Hollow Knight OST live stream I talked about if you haven't already! -> th-cam.com/video/RrzjiXIwRqg/w-d-xo.html
can you break down to the Metal gear rising sound track starting with rules of nature
If you want another hollow knight track listen to hive knight, it's one of my favourites
You didn't listen to it in the stream because its a dlc
Fine, I'll watch it again
I suggest pure vessel similar to sealed vessel but more “holy”
If you'd like to, could you maybe do a break down of "Fountain" from the game inmost. Very talented music composer. It tells part of a story and I think you'd really enjoy it along with the rest of us
Nosk is such an underappreciated track. It's so intense and powerful.
@S S I agree lol
nobody hears it cos they shakin and crying
Fr, the amount of depth he can create with a single scale is mad.
I also have a huge appreciation for his instrumentation, the soundscape of this track is so unsettling, I mean just listen to that heavy string percussion. When it comes to the soundscapes in their music I honestly believe Larkin is one of the best composers there is.
It's very good, yes. It does get a bit repetitive by the end, though
It’s that way, because it started as only the first part of the music playing over and over it was repetitive and annoying, i was one of those who didn’t like
And then, with the last dlc i believe, the soundtrack has been updated, and is now actually and definitely very good
Man it's impossible to dislike Larkin's music. He just doesn't miss the mark when it comes to atmosphere and emotion. Hollow Knight's soundtrack as a whole is nothing short of a masterclass, borderline perfect in my opinion. And somehow he already looks set to outdo himself with Silksong judging by those samples, I cant wait to hear the rest of that soundtrack.
Even really underrated tracks like
Fungal wastes
Have alot of depth to them and really enjoyable to listen to.
3 composers that is impossible to dislike
1:Larkin (can’t remember his full name
2:Phyrnna (epic battle fantasy composer)
3: Toby Fox
@@LTDLetsPlays I agree with Phyrnna.
Blaze of Iris is such a great soundtrack
Hollow Knight combines a unique and gorgeous art style with an amazing soundtrack. The game itself is a masterpiece, but it just wouldn’t be the same without the music. The music strings the whole experience together, especially in a game where there’s no spoken dialogue, as the main character is dead on the inside and can’t talk. The music conveys the emotions of the game perfectly. There hasn’t been a game like this in years. Absolute perfection
@@LTDLetsPlays ...not to mention one named Davi Vasc, who writes WONDERFUL game music! 😀
Nosk is a terrifying ambush predator. Intelligent enough to disguise itself to lure in prey until they willingly enter its nest. Then revealing its true self after ensuring there is no escape and attacking until the prey is subdued. The movement of the music really feels like dealing with a predator that's jumping in and out of the shadows to attack you.
Too bad the fight isn't very well done
And there's implied that its a *specie*
It's an intelligent creature that seems to lack readable thoughts from the Dreamnail. Even when it's taking the form of Hornet in Godhome, if you use the Dreamnail on it all you'll get is "..." Yet despite that it seems to be proud of its hunting, stringing them up as trophies of a sort, suggesting it does it for sport and not just to eat. A fascinating creature, truly.
@@garytina7009 and the fact that it can actually read deep enough into its preys mind to know about its loved ones and disguise as it is what it makes me. Like, imagine seeing a friend you haven't seen for years, and when you get close, they just burst into a long neck and transform into a spider 3 times your size. This is why I love Nosks "lore"
@Garytina Nosk operates by reading a creatures memories and emotions and disguising itself to lure in food, because the knight is a hollow vessel it has no thoughts or things to lure us in with, so nosk appears as us and I'm willing to bet that the dream nail dialogue is our own mind as we pick up our memories that it's reading
Or nosks (if its a species) can simply stop thinking so prevent another nosk from preying on it effectively
I love how universal music is, like any human could hear this track and it would make them feel uneasy and alert?
Yes, but that's specifically because of the impact of music on culture. A culture who has never heard the patterns in music that are most commonly associated with "something scary" would never assume anything disturbing from it. It's cultural and based on experience.
Now I’m waiting for a reply going to tell this guy on how the brain listens to some ways of music despite never hearing it before show emotion or force emotions.
@@godslaughter Maybe, but I heard that high pitched sounds that horror movies often used are supposed to remind us of crying baby which would naturally make any human feel uneasy.
@@vanjaarsic1616that would explain why those notes never have that effect on me (and even sound rather pleasant). Crying babies have always made me feel happy for some reason. I am autistic, so my brain reacts to all sorts of things differently than it should, so if its just how the brain is wired, regardless of reason, it makes sense I'm an outlier. As usual, for better or for worse.
@@--CHARLIE-- That's interesting. At least you won't get annoyed by babies crying in public transit.
I always loved that little quiet part with just the violin playing. It reminds me like an even more understated version of the Jaws theme right before the shark shows up
The twisted beauty of Nosk's theme is that it basically tells you what that... thing is doing.
When the music is 'quiet', it is lurking, waiting to catch you off guard. When it gets louder, the beast is jumping out to attack you with all its relentless brutality.
And the way in which new disturbing sounds and scales appear in both segments with each iteration tells you how the battle is escalating, becoming more savage, more... violent. Until at last it reaches its climax and, abruptly, ends.
No fanfare, no heroic or tragic feeling, just silence. The quiet, tense relief born of having survived the trap of a vicious predator.
Art. Glorious, musical art.
Great description.
"No heroic or tragic feeling, just silence." describes so many of the Hollow Knight bosses in general. It's just a very lonely game. It's beautiful
I've always thought that these little " tic tic" noises around 0:36 resembling the sound that fangs or claws would do if poking something empty, like a skull or a shell. It's kinda fitting to Nosk
Taking into account the quickness of that percussion line, perhaps this could be further interpreted as a suggestion of Nosk itself scuttling over piles of bones. Or exoskeletons, seeing as they are bugs. 🕷
Nosk is easily the scariest monster in this game, and the music for him is designed to match that terror perfectly. Appropriately, you won't hear that track for any other beast in the game. Even before you see him, everything about his lair is designed to entangle the player in a sense of creeping dread, like you're walking into a death trap. And if you should die the first time you battle him and go to face him again, that beast still has another trick under its twisted carapace that literally defies the standard formula for every other boss encounter. (If you know, you know!)
yeah Nosk is like, openly cunning and intelligent, almost feels like there's a thinking complex mind underneath the more monstrous behaviour which just adds to the effect. _especially_ with the vague implication that all the Corpse Creepers you find in Deepnest are just juvenile versions of the same species
I’ve died to Nosk but it’s been a while, what was it?
@@SirPogsalotCreates I believe they're referring to the fact that if you die to Nosk and reenter the arena, you expect to see the beginning cutscene again, but Nosk will start charging at you before you have time to safely reclaim your Shade
@@RottenLegacy and the fact that Nosk doesnt stagger
@@mospusthespider1246 nah that's a thing that many bosses have (for example traitor lord, mantis lords, and gruz mother)
This is definitely one of my favourite brakedowns of yours. The type of music it is and having some understanding of it makes this a bit more goal oriented. You didn't just analyse what is happening, you also did an exceptional job explaining why it happened.
What Nosk is is a predator that dwells in the deepest, darkest tunnels beneath a kingdom, it can read minds and shape shift, and uses this to take on the form of it's preys loved ones. When you encounter it, Nosk is disguised as a sibling of the main character, All around it's lair are the bodies of everyone it killed, and if you read their minds you'll be given warnings of what Nosk is, cause their last thoughts were all about confused shock at seeing people they cared about being in front of them
Wait I thought nosk shapeshifted into the knight, not one of its siblings. I assumed this was because the knight is emotionless and has no loved ones, which confused nosk
Although in godhome nosk does actually end up imitating hornet when you encounter it
@@dando541 you’re correct. Nose does actually transform into the knight due to the knight being hollow
Nosk* Autocorrect
no nosk transformed into the knight
@@dando541 Wait, if it transformed into Hornet, then... Well, another hint that knight ain't pure enough to be vessel
Nosk is easily one of the most fitting tracks for that fight. I was watching my little brother play and guided him to Nosk on purpose just to see how he would react. Let’s just say he is scared to play hollow knight now😂
I had the privilege of playing the game totally blind (rare for someone chronically online like myself lol).
Nosk was one of the moments that I wish I could relive. The bewildered confusion and excitement at seeing another knight, the gut-wrenching shocked-silent _horror_ as Nosk twist and bent itself outward and expanded into its true (?) form, the frantic running and panicking during a boss that is actually fairly simple to defeat once you expect him and understand his attacks.
It was such a jarring shift in tone from the rest of the game. Mentally scarring in the best possible way 👌
You monster
Favorite battle track in the game, by far. I find it fascinating how a track that's SO minimalist, can sound so huge and disturbing at the same time.
For real. The Jaws theme finally has a worthy sucessor.
In game, nosk will disguise itself as it's prey's loved ones to lure them into its nest, which could be the explanation for those 'wrong' notes you mentioned.
Don't spoil him, he said he will play HK
@@supercato9613 That's... not a spoiler. If you know what happens in game this is NO spoiler for the actual encounter, it's obscure lore you just read in the Hunter's Journal. How does it makena difference where you read it?
@@helion_ut It is a spoiler because it may come as a shock or surprise when first encountering it in game. If you can't expect it on your first playthrough, then talking about it is spoiling it.
@@TryHardGamerYT I don't think such a vague random lore side informatiom 90% of all people miss is a spoiler, tbh.
Spoiler, as in to spoil, means literally turning someone's experience from good to bad-
This comment changes NOTHING about the experience because yet again, it's an obscure lore fact. When he will meet Nosk for the first time he will STILL be surprised and terrified by what is happening, I'm certain.
@@helion_ut it's one of the 2 things that make Nosk scary: his introduction. If you just say how Nosk hunts, the whole mystery and creepiness of the encounter is ruined. Now we can of course just hope Davi forgets about it, but I don't like to rely on that.
Some of the sounds in the background of Nosk's theme is actually Deep Nest's ambience where Nosk resides.
Funny thing with Nosk, he's effectively a shapeshifter. Thus we never truly know what he looks like because he has a spider-like form... and a flying insect form that's only used in a DLC area dedicated to boss gauntlets. His theme initially not being 'full' and being 'hidden' is fitting because of his very deceitful nature and the fact that he's an ambush predator also.
The spider form is the real him. In godhome, all the bosses have their power boosted. So nosk kinda evolved
@@kwamemwangs2173 then again, what if Nosk only took on the spider form because he is in Deepnest, surrounded by creatures with similar appearance (most of the enemies in Deepnest resemble spiders in one way or another). Who knows how Nosk would look like if he decided to make his lair in Greenpath, or Forgotten Crossroads or Fog Canyon?
@@bb7344 that would be cool but terrifying especially in the crossroads
@@kwamemwangs2173 you can never trust anything from deepnest, not even the corpses. (I learned that the HARD WAY)
Not the song I expected from Hollow Knight but a great choice nonetheless. Also definitely listen to the rest of the HK soundtrack, Christopher Larkin really upped his game for the DLC music, which makes me extremely excited for Silksong's music.
I think you’re doing a really great job explaining the thought process behind these songs to people who don’t know much about music theory like myself, I understood everything in this video!
"I'm going to tell you why we get this sensation of hunter stalking prey" and that's why I love your channel, you explain why music works the way it works
This is one of the few soundtracks we get in the deepnest area of the map (it’s mainly just scuttling and crawling noises, no music) and I think that really adds to it
I think that it would be funny to see your reaction on "Truth Beauty And Hatred" from Hollow Knight. It's a song from a DLC so you haven't heard it in the official soundtrack yet
A very underrated but actually gorgeous song I remember was Fallen Blood from EBF4. Maybe you should give it a listen in your free time because I think it's truly a masterpiece.
Holy crap, fellow EBF fan found in the wild
The final boss theme from EBF3 also slaps. He should listen to both
Upvoting this. Also hello, fellow Phyrnna enjoyer, I hope you have a good day.
I absolutely adore the extra little stutter that Larkin does when descending at the end of each line (line? bar? I don't know music terminology) It makes the music feel like it's more frantic or like it's skittering, which suits Nosk's encounter so well
I think it's called a phrase, almost like what we call phrases in English. It's a particular section of music.
Me too! It not only fits Nosk's whole aesthetic but also brings much more character to the song
YEEES I'M SO HAPPY! Saw this video in my notifications and I couldn't believe!! Nosk isn't the most difficult or interesting bossfight, gameplay-wise, but it has the COOLEST setup in the entire game, and the music, in my opinion, delivers the horror that was set up perfectly!
Amazing video, as always! Nosk has a unique vibe that is different from the other bosses, and I really liked it along with the music. This theme makes me feels exactly like being cornered. For me, while other Hollow Knight’s tracks stimulate my emotion, this one stimulates my sensations. It feels like jangling my nerve. The fight was so fun though!! Thank you for this, Davi :)
Your comment on some notes being hidden is very in line with the so called hunter or Nosk as it mimics the player on first contact but later is reveals its monstrous spider-like form
if you had a theme this guy would be figuring out your social security number
I love music and I love Hollow Knight, theeeeen I love this channel
Another great explanation of breaking down the musical composition 🎶
I love this track. It certainly gives off that scary and uneasy feeling and the fight itself is that way. You find this secret area and then you see something interesting so you decide to follow it but actually it lures you into it’s trap and you have to fight it and your like “Wtf is this thing!” I love how you can totally understand the entire thing just listening to it. Very cool.
Hey Davi! Could you react to "Lace" from Hollow Knight: Silksong (made by Christopher Larkin of course)
Silksong is a sequel to Hollow knight which haven't released yet, but we have gotten 2 samples from it's OST.
"Lace" is Silksong's version of Hornet, and I think you'll understand why when you listen to it.
Atleast check it out in your free time if you won't make a video of it👍
With the way the violin is used I also get ' Psycho ' vibes 🤔 And fun fact near the end they actually put the sound Nosk makes in the track which adds even more dread 😮 Also while Nosk is spider-like it's more of a dangerous ' mimic ' creature rather than a full-on spider 🤔 😉 So yeah Nosk is the main reason why I severely dislike going to Deepnest 😓 ( the area where it lurks, somewhere) the build up to it is absolutely fantastic 😉
It's so interesting that the chords are suggested at first rather than explicitly played, and it makes sense. I don't like spoiling the game for the sake of discussing the music, but it's suggested that the true likeness/nature of Nosk is hard to ascertain, which makes it all the more disturbing.
Nosk doesn't exactly have a definitive form of its own but rather it appears as a creepy twisted image of its prey.
It would be cool if you reacted to some Bug Fables' music, it has a very interesting soundtrack as well. If I had to choose one song it would be probably "Oh no! WASPS!!" or "Transcending, Overpowering, Everlasting".
It’s so cool to see such accurate breakdowns of my favorite games just from the music! I think it would be really cool to see you listen to some of the tracks from the game Outer Wilds. The game relies heavily on environmental storytelling, and the music plays a huge part in the feel of the game (and the music is just really good in general)
This soundtrack was the reason of why I died so many times to this boss. After I got used to it I won the Battle. It wasn't even a matter of skills or patterns, I was *TERRIFIED* 😂
Great reaction! I think you should also listen to "Pure Vessel" from the Hollow Knight: Gods and Nightmares OST
Yes. Simple agreement
Oh yeah Nosk i love that one. I suggest you white defender or hive knight.
A track like this that I would love to see a recation to is Mora the spider from Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Any music from that game is a feast for the ears.
Nosk is certainly the most terrifying enemy simply in execution. The intro to their lair is incredible and it really makes you feel alone. Reading what the souls of those who had died were thinking before they died just adds to it. Of course, I knew exactly what to expect so it didn't hit me as much, but some people who might not have the narrative experience of the game might get horrified.
I love these break down videos they are always so interesting
Davi is like the friend with whom you share your hype about a game's awesome music. I love that!
You should, every time you listen to a song relating to a certain character, make a guess at the end of the video about what type of character it is. Just came here from your ASGORE video and you had NAILED him! I would love to see you do this.
While I don't strictly "enjoy" listening to the Nosk theme (you aren't supposed to) it is certainly one of the best tracks in the game artistically. For all the reasons you analyzed it feels just uncomfortable and wrong, which is exactly what nosk is. You didn't mention it but I especially love how the last few notes of each loop almost fall over eachother, just when we think we understand the pattern, Larkin breaks it. The song refuses to submit to our expectations in so many different ways and on all scales from individual groups of notes to the pacing of whole sections, and it fits with nosk's character perfectly.
Another song that’s similar to Nosk’s theme is “one step, two step” by Tobias Lija. The person that made the music for little nightmares 2, it’s a really good song in my opinion.
Hey, I know you already covered everything in the livestream, but if you're going back over certain pieces, then please do a breakdown of Broken Vessel! It's my absolute favourite of the Hollow Knight OST, and it would mean a lot!
Davi, I suggest you listen to lace and bonebottom from HK: Silksong. I'm wondering your reactions and your teachs. Please make a video about them;)
I'd love to see you break down 'Dung Defender" from Hollow Knight. It's defiantly one of my favorites.
The buildup to Nosk and the music that played when it revealed itself was simply incredible! Unfortunately the fight itself was over fairly quickly…that said it’s amazing how they crafted so much atmosphere and immersion into a 2D game with a protagonist who is the definition of blank slate.
A quick little suggestion of mine: World’s End Valentine
This is the Megalovania of psychological horror games, it’s really good!
Bold of you to assume Undertale is not a psychological horror game
@@drawingdragon only in genocide
That "Jesus" at the end.
Came from his heart and soul,
Also the "noises" that you can hear in the background of the track are ambient sounds from the area which the boss is located in, and the boss practically represents the area as a whole.
I started watching your videos like yesterday, happy I caught one of your videos and especially on hollow knight early, I love your analysis of them!
I used this for dnd boss fight. Say the least the players where feeling scared.
Glad you'll give some of the tracks from the Livestream a deeper look. Hk ost is just too good.
I have a great appreciation for epic video game music, but I am as good at understanding it as I am at being an Olympic athlete.
Thank you, Davi Vasc, for providing us mere mortals with your distilled analysis!
YEAASS Thankyou for these type of content from Hollow Knight, i love when talk about their soundrack
Can you react to Lost Kin/Broken Vessel theme?
1:37 Is not a spider, but it changes the aspect to catch preys. That's why the head it's similar to the player one. It's like the horned lantern fish (ya know, that fish with a light on the head)
I don't see how that makes it not a spider. It has many long legs and has a very spider-like vibe no matter what other aspects there are to it.
@@theroboman727 Having multiple legs means nothing. It has a spider vibe, yeah, but it's just a creature that changes his body to hunt. The hornet version is not a spider, for example.
I find it unlikely that nosk is some kind of shapeshifter and transforms into a different animal for every different bug. There is nothing like shapeshifting anywhere else in hollow knight from what I can remember, other than like, wyrm -> pale king and knight -> slug with shape of unn lol.
I don't know what flying hornet is about, maybe another stage in its life cycle? Even assuming that nosk is straight up a shapeshifter, calling it a spider is a good description for the *only form we ever see outside of godhome*
It's been so long since I played this game but maaaaan I didn't expect to remember this song so clearly! Hearing it again just sounded so incredibly familiar, it must've impacted me much more than I remembered
You should listen to Hollow Knight God's and Nightmares album that conatin all the DLCs OSTs
Always freak me out when I realize his face is literally just the main character upside down.
Hi, Davi Vasc. Thank you for your videos! Would you like to make videos about any music themes from "Heroes of Might and Magic V" or "Necropolis Town Theme" from "Heroes of Might and Magic 3"?🙃
Hey, I love your content, keep this way !
I suggest you to listen to " World's end Valentine" from Omori :D
This may be off-topic, but it would be really nice if you listened to Universal Collapse by DM DOKURO. It's a track from Terraria Calamity mod.
At 3:23, that "very disturbing" chord possibility took me IMMEDIATELY to Bohemian Rhapsody! Rather fitting, I think. At 4:05 "more notes," yes...right...onward to the first statement of, "...Mama..." Then you get into the "terrifying" part, and then in the rhapsody, there comes the words, "...sometimes I wish I'd never been born at all..." Wow! At around 6:24 here, things are matching up with about 2:53 onward with Dan's version of the rhapsody. Wild! Around 3:16 in the rhapsody, things get "...very, very frightening..." Perfect! From about 8:31, this track starts sounding like, (about 3:17) "Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo! Galileo, Figaro!" At 3:39 in Dan's rhapsody, the choral answer, "No! We will not let you go!" drops in, which is quite reminiscent of what begins to happen at 8:42 here. Of course there's a bunch more extended frenetic action in the rhapsody, but it ends up back to the same type of simple progression with which it began. Fantastic!
I'm really beginning to want to try this game, but I'll either have to go through Steam or GOG, for my Windows 10 computer. I dislike Steam, intensely. I did (a couple of hours ago) actually get a copy of the slightly-upgraded version of Railroad Tycoon 3 that actually WORKS! Wheee! I LOVE the railroad music in that game, and I love trying to beat out the other RR tycoons...so glad to have it back!
I also bought an on-sale, updated version of World of Goo, which was a favorite of mine years ago. I haven't installed it yet, but will soon. We'll see how it works!
My grandkids keep telling me they're not sure I'd like Hollow Knight. They're not used to seeing me play that type of game, but I used to, all the time! I'm going to finish out your reactions before I make up my mind, though, I think.
Anyway. Thanks for this really fun one. Love it! 😀
stalking prey huh? more like luring prey and giving me nightmares XD but i think its the best boss in the game ngl, really fun
While you're still on Hollow Knight music, I would love to hear Broken Vessel, It's one of my favorites and I don't hear as many people talking about it!
Can you check out “Baking the wondertart” from the cuphead dlc
I know this is unrelated and I’m not a patron (wish I could be.) But I have a suggestion. I know you heard “The Grimm trope”, but it has a sequel that I don’t think you heard since it’s not in the first album. The song is called “Nightmare king” and it’s theme for a rematch against Grimm (kinda) I think you’d really like it.
Aaah one of my favorite tracks for sure!
Really gives off the "You're being hunted right now" vibe.
I suggest you listen to Nightmare King Grimm Theme , which is also from Hollow Knight and its SOOO good.
He already did it
@@batushck can you send link then please?
I know your probably never gonna see this Davi Vasc but I just wanted to ask what piano and/or keyboard do you use?
Christopher Larkin: breaking music theory in the best way
This really gives me the same vibes as the blood starved beast from bloodborne. Nothing to complex. Just the same aggressive melody over and over again which is getting more intense over time. A wild animal. The design of the bosses itself are also quite similar.
I would love to see you analyse the theme of the Pure Vessel in Hollow Knight :o
Davi, I love that you keep making videos reacting to Hollow Knight. U could listen to DOOM OST too its heavy metal I bet u will love it.
one of my favorite tracks. I can't believe someone else is talking about it!
Lace from Silksong pleaseeeeeee
lol we will get bonus lore
Can we get Broken Vessel as your next Hollow Knight video? That would be amazing!
Great video! I suggest you listen to Hive Knight next
8:35, the ‘screams’ in the background are so well placed! Such a good track!
Easily my favorite boss track, I just wish the fight was harder…
I know most of the suggestions come from Patreon, but I recently had a thought about a pair of sister songs I would like to have analyzed due to conflicting opinions on their tone and emotions evoked, and I'm hopeful that they could be looked onto.
NieR:Automata's "Vague Hope (Cold Rain)" and "Vague Hope (Spring Rain)"
Most comments and opinions I hear measure Cold Rain as melancholic, with Spring Rain as positive. Yet I hear Cold Rain as hopeful and calm, while Spring Rain leads to hopeless, almost desperate tones in me. I can't place the chords or arrangements to objectively compare them as you do, but after many of your videos thus far, I'd love to see your take on how both measure against each other.
@ᴛᴇʟᴇɢʀᴀᴍ 🤳ᴅᴀᴠɪᴠᴀsᴄ That's... unexpected. All I wanted was a music comparison. :'D
Please react to "Skies forever blue", and if you do look at the clip and pay attention at the roles of the 2 people on the 1st and second part
There is so much I want to know about how is it made
@DaviVasc. really ?? How do i contact you?
Edit: bruh this scam account was banned 1 minute after it posted its comment
I just noticed that the music sounds stringy and thin, like Nosk; also, the clicking that you hear throughout the song actually reminds me of a theory I have that we’re attracted to clicking, tearing sounds because it’s similar to the sound of tearing into meat, so of course we’d be attracted to the sound of sustenance. Those clacking, high-pitched sounds in this song represent that such sounds are all that Nosk lives for, and that hunger and desire for the tearing of meat is in place of a mask (identity) of its own.
This song evokes a frantic chase to me, with the fast and repetitive rythm, and the five quick descending notes at the end of every cycle are that moment when you stumble on a log, loose your equilibrium, and the hunter is gaining ground on you.
When I heard the track I instantly heard it as a lot of insects crawling
I always love people getting startled by the sting in this track.
I feel like I wouldn’t have enjoyed Hollow Knight as much without Cristopher Larkin’s score making the atmosphere more immense.
Nosk is by far one of my favorite tracks in the entire game. Thank you for covering it!
Nosk caused my only death while trying to get the 100% achievement in a Steel Soul run (where death = save deletion). The music definitely makes it much worse once you start to panic lol.
Rip
This also happened to me on one of my permadeath runs. It's super easy to underestimate him for some reason.
The great thing with this violin it's the feeling of that's a Violin with a spider web for the cord, the string, that's give a tons of "Predator vibes" and you know how much these creature are really great about to be a predator
Ending your analysis with “Jesus” is just totally correct
You should absolutely listen to Minecraft's OST, especially Alpha
I'm unsure where I could make this suggestion, but I highly recommend a specific track in ULTRAKILL 's soundtrack. A track by the name "Order" I feel like you'd be able to break down the emotion it represents perfectly.
Ah, yes..... Nosk... What can I say about this guy....
he is a mutated mimic, and also a spider, kinda. He's pretty easy to fight, though.
You should check out outer wilds soundtrack.
Can't really think of specific track tho, maybe someone will suggest anything? Only ones on my mind are "Outer wilds", "Castaways" and "End Times". 1st one for obvious reasons, 2 other because they have "story they tell i would really want Davi to guess what's going on there.
*Please do a video on SPIDER DANCE from Undertale*
When I clicked or the video, I knew, you would like that track. It tells you so much about Nosk.
The interaction with Nosk in the Game is in some aspects, sadly not as expressive, but again, the track really makes sure, you know what Nosk is all about
hi i love your break downs. I think you should react/break down the (Login Screen or Champion themes ) Music from League of legends because there are amazing and many people dont appreciat how much work riot games put in these (i can recommend kindred ,Syndra, PROJECT: MASTER YI, Pyke ,Kayle & Morgana or Pantheon ) yes i like the music from riot games very much have fun Listening to the tracks
I love how he SEE the full Game whitout images just the músic and it's becuze hollow knight it's one of My favorite games Ever