The thing I love about Godfrey is that the pace of phase 1 ost perfectly matches the pace of the fight. You could say that about a lot of fromsoft ost’s but with Godfrey it really feels synchronised.
You really feel the weight behind each attack when it’s punctuated with the music of his OST. When his axe breaks the ground open, the music adds just enough oomph to it to be like “Yeah, that was BADASS”
With every listen, Maliketh's theme just continues to evolve for me. Knowing the lore, it really has a feeling of "the beast you're fighting is from a time long before you, and the gods feared this beast". When that childlike singing kicks in, and is slowly joined by the soprano... it's like you've awakened this once feared soldier. I imagined the cliche old man with a horrible past of death and destruction, who just wants to sit quietly somewhere, and you've awakened that part of him that he had buried. But the feeling is like... he's sad that you have? "Why have you made me bring this monster back?". It's just incredible.
At the same time too, the joining choirs after the childlike voice and the almost military drums almost make you feel a sense of duty. Not a sense of duty within yourself, but... within Maliketh. He KNOWS he is the last line of defense. He's the only one left between you and Destined Death. He cannot afford to fail now, even if he knows it's inevitable. So he fights to his last breath.
So basically Shoi Miyazawa composed 3 S+, 3 S and 1 A tier (and the character creation music is easily S tier, which he also composed). That guy absolutely killed it for his first role in composing and surpassed his predecessors.
Shoi Miyazawa has a bright future as a composer,the man has a wide and diverse range in his compositions that is simply breath taking,from religious tones to beast clergyman to "sophisticated evil" like is heard in Mohg.I cant wait to see more of his work in the future.
He also made Altus Plateau theme which is also at least A tier, and in my opinion is the best location theme, maybe rivaled only by Farum Azula theme (which was also composed by him)
Might not be the theme you jam out to, but I think Placidusax's theme is the most fitting theme in the FromSoft catalogue from a thematic standpoint. If you know the lore of Placidusax, I think it perfectly encapsulates it. To me, it is the swan song of an immensely powerful and regal but long forgotten civilization. Metyr's black hole ambience is in a similar boat, although more exaggerated. Hers is thematically powerful, but nobody is listening to that for fun.
I love how Regal ancestor spirit kinda has the playfulness of an animal in it. It sounds like you´re being reminded that nature is everywhere.... its so enjoyable to listen to.
I’m baffled that you put Morgott so low! Absolutely one of my favorite tracks, has an incredible balance of differing tones of violence, tragedy, corruption, and the chorus in the first half is unparalleled
That’s interesting because I feel like the overall balance of the piece rather holds it back. Everything feels like one big mass (except for the string section) just like Messmers OST before the main choruses at the end of each phase. The last section of Morgotts soundtrack is incredible but to me most of the other sections sound kinda flat and monotonous. I still really like the soundtrack but I get why others probably don’t. Although it’s one of those OSTs where sound quality really matters. I had the same experience with Maliketh before where I didn’t like what I’ve heard until I tried better headphones and a better quality version in general. Now that I can hear every instrument instead of one big wall of sound it’s one of my favorites.
Romina is def an A or S tier ost , idc about malenia ost tho i agree it is just one part that go around with like dark souls 3 but romina is just the epic version of malenia ost , it is so so beautiful theme and religion in unique but obvious way, I don’t think romina rank make any sense , I know he is being *harsh* and it is his personal opinion, but still man.
@@MarcoMeatball Hi marco !! I totally respect ur opinion especially that you are an opera singer that I listened to his performance and liked it and ofc you are much more expert in music than me , but I don’t think that I agree in this one or at least u didn’t justify it in proper way. Hope you are not pissed of from my comment
I really love how you balance critique with your usual appreciation for the music in this video. I don't know if you're as intimately familiar with other OSTs as you are with Elden Ring's, but I think it would be great to see more of these ranking vids. Cheers!
I personally think Consort Radahn Phase 2 is the single best Theme they made for this game.I'm not a big music guy so I can't really explain it but it just never fails to give me immense goose bumps. But other than that your S+ picks are pretty much the same. (I would just put Maliketh and Messmer in S+ too because I'm biased lol)
Divine beast dancing Lion is just one of the best i've ever heard, absolute S+ tier. Honestly most of these boss theme are top notch, Elden Ring really became my favorite OST-wise after the DLC and that really says alot considering how many other game tracks i used to enjoy.
It is the only music that i have heard combines between eastern instruments and westren pattern and intensity , I don’t know if there is type of music similar but this OST is just unique and insaaaane , the most unique piece that fromsoft have ever done
Music is one of the most subject fields ever. Imo, DS3 is much better & more consistent than Elden Ring. 1. DS3 2. Elden Ring 3. Bloodborne 4. Everything else😭
@@HorrorISPassion2honestly for me when I got into that boss fight I knew instantly that this was the single best track I’ve listened to. The way that the boss fight seemly flows with the song gave me chills as I was fighting the boss lol. No other track for me comes close as to how much emotion and vibrancy that this song made me feel. Especially while fighting a boss.
I think Godfrey's theme should consider the comparison and escalation from the "Lord's Apparition" theme. The progressive growth and destruction of the holy sanctified sounds of the Elden Lord's illusion, Apparition is this very noble and religious sounding track, while Godfrey immediately takes that melody amd turns it stroundous and overwhelming, like a Kaiju trying to do his impression of a prime minister in a hall made for humans. And finally at the second phase that melody is finally gone and all that's left is energy and explosive primal destruction, Hoarah Loux's true nature.
I think Placidusax was one of my favorite bossfights in any Fromsoft game BECAUSE of the soundtrack. The choir, brass, drums! We're fighting an old, decrepit god, but it's STILL A GOD.
@@quill9648 I guess that’s your headcanon, but it’s stated nowhere that what you’re saying is true. Godfrey is not regarded as a god, or even a demigod. When we kill him, the title says “Legend Felled”. Radagon is also Marika, who is a god, but doesn’t make the title holder of Elden Lord automatically a god. Placidusax is a Lord, not a god.
I've always found Fire Giant's theme the most intrigueing, not because I think it's the best one but because it's so forgettable. I'm not sure how. It seems to have all of the elements that the rest of the soundtrack does yet it blends in with everything else so harmoniously that it does not have an identity of its own, and that contrasts so heavily with the Fire Giant which really isn't like any of the other fights. Perhaps it needed a much more unique theme like Regal Ancestor Spirit.
I always assumed that was the point, Marika wanted everyone to forget about the giants and the flame in the mountaintops, and the fire giant just wanted to be left alone. He wanted to blend in but it’s hard when you’re one of the largest living beings in the lands between
There is something special about Elden Beast theme - harp from og game theme, music becomes calm, spiritual, just as the boss fight itself, with the great ending which sums up whole journey as a tarnished. I'd say the same about Miquella's theme. Last one i want to mention is Mohg's theme, propably the best after those 2 i mentioned. I've listened to them all and i absoluteley adore them.
I’m a little disappointed that you didn’t like Godfrey, his phase 1 is one of my absolute favorites in the entire game. I just love the pace and the sort of “regalness” of it. It’s so good to me. But everyone has different tastes I totally get it. No hate of course. On a separate note I didn’t really appreciate divine beast too much until now, that really is an awesome track.
27:07 i always thought that it sounds like the voices in the Dancing Lion soundtrack are the hornsent who were wiped out by Messmer. The Lion was their divine protector animal after all.
I really appreciate the Placidusax ost because of the clear similarities to the Game of Thrones Daenerys/Dragon sountracks as a way to show respect to GRRM and GoT as a whole. If you want to hear it for yourself I recommend listening to the GoT soundtracks called The Spoils of War and Dragonstone!
I think Bayle the Dread is both improved and held back by its reliance on Igon‘s voicelines. There’s breaks and moments in there that are noticeably placed for the monologue. It does however convey some thematics excellently imo: it‘s like a mix of fury, regality and tragedy. It‘s like the emperor of china finds himself poisoned, and with blood already running from his eyes he still sits straight, summons his ministers, and in his fury goes full scorched earth and has all of them executed. It just oozes with „my prime may be past, but right now I‘m still king and you *will* have to pay the price for my head“
I'm glad you gave Starscourge Radahn some recognition, I think his phase 2 is the single best OST in the game, as you said it's fun to listen to. I don't see people often talk about it (though his theme is so fucking long people barely know it exists) I was so glad to hear a reprise of it for Promised Consort.
@MarcoMeatball I'm about half way through, I have to agree with your arguments... especially Fortissax. It was a track too for me that I first heard and I was like, this is noise. Then after multiple listens I was like WOW. Now I'm back to feeling like 'this is still a lot of noise'. The second phase saves it as I pretty much hate the first phase. If the first phase was more mellow, or melodic and less aggressive on the ears I think it wold be better. IMO Lady Maria is the best example of 'this is gonna be intense without letting up'.
It's great seeing Elden Beast at first place, it gives a sense of finality, of the end of a great journey, and i wouldn't have it any other way for Elden Ring's finale. Also i think the reason people (including me) like The Promised Consort so much is that it's heroic tone is in contrast to the entire rest of the game, and pretty much all other FROMSOFT titles for that matter. God this game has some bangers
Only disagreeing with promised consort. Should be at S+ just for being the most epic track ever created by fromsoft (I dont like comparing it with starscourge, as the tracks are too different). There was never such a good final boss theme.
Idk, true Mohg's and Godfrey's soundracks are S or S+ for me, It's my second and third favorite soundracks after Elden Beast from maingame. And Scadutree avatar A or S. Cause, it's erdtree avatar theme, but remixed, and with each phase becoming more and more sad. And fight, maybe not great, but I love fights with bosses, who fighting, losing their power more and more. Like Old Demon King from DS3, or cutted move of Issin from Shura ending. I mean, depending on context it's cool or sad, and details like this making bosses better for me.
Those United In A Common Cause hits hard. I don't get the same "vibe" as you do though, with "hopefulness". It seems totally tragic and sorrowful...kinda reminds me of parts of Mozart's Requiem. Defo S or S+.
For me, I’m torn between Putrescent Knight and Divine Beast as my favorite, both in terms of music and gameplay. Divine beast, to me, is kind of evocative of Gilgamesh, specifically his battle with the giant Humbaba. You, like Gilgamesh, are an intruder in a holy place more ancient than you can know. The beast you fight has lightning in its breath and can summon forth the wind; whereas you have to simply rely on your strength and speed. It is visceral, intense, a primordial duel with a beast greater and more ancient than you could ever be. And then, when you defeat it, there is only silence; as you sit alone on the stagefront. Much like this, when the river of boiling blood from Humbaba’s severed head dries, the muscular, warlike language becomes silent. There it is, the end of the storm, repeated twice like an echo in nowhere. “A gentle rain fell upon the mountains. A gentle rain fell upon the mountains.” Putrescent knight feels otherworldly. From the haunting duet in his theme to the impossible ways he turns and moves, it’s such an eerie and beautiful fight. As the cello and soprano seem to fight for control of the song, you realize you seem to have slipped into this intoxicating dream, this world of purple fog where the air draws you to slumber, where fire freezes, where bones breathe, where the dead live anew. And then you are falling and the chords are rising, and you are breathing while the strings are dying, and the voice takes lead, then strings, then both, and then the boss is in the air and the horse is on the ground and you are made to weave between them frantically. Every single swing is uncanny, bizarre, uncomfortable, yet perfectly the same. You learn the almost mechanical movements, and become a machine in yourself. It is a game of call and response, it is a duet of blades as well as instruments. Thanks for hearing me yap ❤
2:04:43 while I firmly believe the final boss of the DLC should have been Godwyn in the context of the base-game’s lore, I cannot deny that PC Radahn’s theme slaps
Guys can someone explain to me what he means when he says "it's loud" as a negative? Honest, i can't imagine what he wants to tell with that, please T_T
Hey Marco! Ive been watching your videos for a while, and Id like to know if you could react to this: The Witcher 1, Kaer Morhen (and old manor) theme. It might be my favorite video game of all time, but it is so unknown because nobody plays The Witcher 1 anymore hahaha Great video as always!
57:32 as a person living right next to vatican city I literally go around Rome pointing at catholic art and saying "Elden Ring reference", hell marika is even crucified AND pierced by a lance, what else do people need to get the reference? Do you need her to have a beard as well?
I'm posting this same comment again, here. Cause I think it's relevant and I think it'd be super cool to her your thoughts on this. =) Yo! I just realized that Elden Ring and Dark Souls are probably quite literally and directly inspired by Der Ring des Nibelungen by Wagner. Tell me that Alberich is not the furtive Pygmy. Also A legend of Zelda was originally supposed to just have Bolero playing on repeat. Later in Dark Souls 3 they recreated bolero's structure in the music for the dancer. No wonder you love video game music, video game music loves opera
@@MarcoMeatball I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire -Brünnhilde/Melina
Finally someone agrees that stars courage radahn theme is better than the promised consort !! The final part of it is one of the best parts that I have ever heard
I have a mental image of Those United in Common Cause. This shouldn't be happening. Nobody wants to be there. Only one of them wants to do this,and even then,they see it as an odious chore. No gods. No kings. Only mortals,fighting for what they believe is correct. Right or wrong.
Romina being THAT low has got to be a genuine crime 😭😭 Loved this longer styled video tho!!!! It’s awesome hearing your insights into a lot of tracks I would’ve maybe never given a chance.
CUUUUUURRSSSEEEE YOOUUUU BAAAYYYLLLEEEEEEE!!! I hereby vow, you will rue this day! Behold, a true drake warrior! And I, Igon, your fear made flesh! Solid of scale you might be, foul dragon… but I will riddle with holes your rotten hide, with a hail of harpoons! With every last drop of my being! (Also not putting Mohg’s ost in S is evil)
good list. But I think Romina's theme a bit too low. I appreciate maliketh placement (considering how community underrate this piece), it's my top 1 theme from all fromsoft games.
NO WAY BRO PUT PUTRESCENT KNIGHT IN S+ BUT ALL OF THESE GOD TIER SONGS LOWER. How can you put Romina in C but Putrescent knight (literaly one the emptiest themes in all Elden Ring) in S+
@@MarcoMeatball Id agree that its one of the best out of all the quiet and slow paced ones like Astel or Rennala but for me personaly its not up there. Maybe its just me liking the stronger beats and rythms, tho i do like Rennala's and i love Regal ancestor spirit. Cant help it but find Putrescent knight kinda empty and unfinnished. Still, love your content, keep it up. 😘🩶
Godrick, the dumbest boss in the game (lorewise) and one the best ost's...just Absolute cinema from Miyazaki! And our boy Starscourge Radahn got, again, the justice that he deserves...RIP great lion. Putrescent Knight is a fair choice to S+ too, this ost remembers me a lot the old Demons Souls OST style. Spot on about Rominia, too much Malenia. She is just a way From got to insert the rot theme in the DLC. Nothing special
Idk probably because the theme is really empty, and except for the chorals at the end of both parts sounds like a field boss theme. It's not bad, but imo it ain't best either
@@anonisnoone6125 And then proceeded to react to Death Knight, Godskins, Crucible Knights, Erdtree Avatars, Margit, Goldfrey, Tree Sentinels, Basic Dragons, Red Wolf, Jori and Those United In Common Cause :D
You're right but we were all there one day when we didn't know what was going on, just panic rolling to safety. I got some second hand embarrassment watching the gameplay but I think that just makes me the tryhard, not the person playing however they like.
"no religious refences in elden ring" The jars, an instrument of torture and a horrific fate becoming a revered position for the dead similar to how the cross became a symbol of sacrifice for jesus: 🫙
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mohg not being an s tier is crime
ikr
They disrespect my glorious king smh
I stand with blade loft, blood afire. For the dignity of my lord and master, Mohg. Put it on a S right now. xD
promised consort not being s+ for you was really surprising considering how you awestruck you were the first time listening to it
The thing I love about Godfrey is that the pace of phase 1 ost perfectly matches the pace of the fight. You could say that about a lot of fromsoft ost’s but with Godfrey it really feels synchronised.
YES I've always been thinking this, Godfrey's phase 1 theme makes the fight feel like a dance, it's *so* good
本当だ確かに
You really feel the weight behind each attack when it’s punctuated with the music of his OST. When his axe breaks the ground open, the music adds just enough oomph to it to be like “Yeah, that was BADASS”
With every listen, Maliketh's theme just continues to evolve for me. Knowing the lore, it really has a feeling of "the beast you're fighting is from a time long before you, and the gods feared this beast". When that childlike singing kicks in, and is slowly joined by the soprano... it's like you've awakened this once feared soldier. I imagined the cliche old man with a horrible past of death and destruction, who just wants to sit quietly somewhere, and you've awakened that part of him that he had buried. But the feeling is like... he's sad that you have? "Why have you made me bring this monster back?". It's just incredible.
At the same time too, the joining choirs after the childlike voice and the almost military drums almost make you feel a sense of duty. Not a sense of duty within yourself, but... within Maliketh. He KNOWS he is the last line of defense. He's the only one left between you and Destined Death. He cannot afford to fail now, even if he knows it's inevitable. So he fights to his last breath.
it's the BEST track on the main game, absolute top tier.
donno why people underrated this masterpiece. Personaly top 1 of all fromsoft ost
So basically Shoi Miyazawa composed 3 S+, 3 S and 1 A tier (and the character creation music is easily S tier, which he also composed). That guy absolutely killed it for his first role in composing and surpassed his predecessors.
Shoi Miyazawa has a bright future as a composer,the man has a wide and diverse range in his compositions that is simply breath taking,from religious tones to beast clergyman to "sophisticated evil" like is heard in Mohg.I cant wait to see more of his work in the future.
He also made Altus Plateau theme which is also at least A tier, and in my opinion is the best location theme, maybe rivaled only by Farum Azula theme (which was also composed by him)
Might not be the theme you jam out to, but I think Placidusax's theme is the most fitting theme in the FromSoft catalogue from a thematic standpoint. If you know the lore of Placidusax, I think it perfectly encapsulates it. To me, it is the swan song of an immensely powerful and regal but long forgotten civilization. Metyr's black hole ambience is in a similar boat, although more exaggerated. Hers is thematically powerful, but nobody is listening to that for fun.
I agree with most of this, but Godskin apostles, mohg, and messmer not being S tier is wild
Godskin apostle's theme is my favorite in this game, its just so amazingly epic and intimidating
Eh messmer is all right but there are much better OST’s. Amazing boss fight alright ost
godskin and mohg, true. I don't think Messmer's theme was mind blowing or anything, but the boss itself is like top 3 or 2 in the game for me.
Just so you know guys, he listened to Those United in Common Cause WITH voicelines at the start of the stream. It wasn't included in this video.
I love how Regal ancestor spirit kinda has the playfulness of an animal in it. It sounds like you´re being reminded that nature is everywhere.... its so enjoyable to listen to.
until said nature breaths ghostfire before stomping you into the ground.
TLDW: Shoi Miayazawa and Tsukasa Saitoh are goated
I’m baffled that you put Morgott so low! Absolutely one of my favorite tracks, has an incredible balance of differing tones of violence, tragedy, corruption, and the chorus in the first half is unparalleled
That’s interesting because I feel like the overall balance of the piece rather holds it back. Everything feels like one big mass (except for the string section) just like Messmers OST before the main choruses at the end of each phase. The last section of Morgotts soundtrack is incredible but to me most of the other sections sound kinda flat and monotonous. I still really like the soundtrack but I get why others probably don’t.
Although it’s one of those OSTs where sound quality really matters. I had the same experience with Maliketh before where I didn’t like what I’ve heard until I tried better headphones and a better quality version in general. Now that I can hear every instrument instead of one big wall of sound it’s one of my favorites.
Romina is def an A or S tier ost , idc about malenia ost tho i agree it is just one part that go around with like dark souls 3 but romina is just the epic version of malenia ost , it is so so beautiful theme and religion in unique but obvious way, I don’t think romina rank make any sense , I know he is being *harsh* and it is his personal opinion, but still man.
You’re ok to have that at that tier 😂
@@MarcoMeatball Hi marco !! I totally respect ur opinion especially that you are an opera singer that I listened to his performance and liked it and ofc you are much more expert in music than me , but I don’t think that I agree in this one or at least u didn’t justify it in proper way. Hope you are not pissed of from my comment
Romina is the peak of orchestral VGM imo
@@NA-jb7iuyou are not required to be justified for having an opinion
@@KassieBassieactually quite opposite when you proclaim yourself a music specialist to a wide audience
I really love how you balance critique with your usual appreciation for the music in this video. I don't know if you're as intimately familiar with other OSTs as you are with Elden Ring's, but I think it would be great to see more of these ranking vids. Cheers!
I personally think Consort Radahn Phase 2 is the single best Theme they made for this game.I'm not a big music guy so I can't really explain it but it just never fails to give me immense goose bumps. But other than that your S+ picks are pretty much the same. (I would just put Maliketh and Messmer in S+ too because I'm biased lol)
Also I'm so mad that Putrescent Knight is like the only unique boss track from the DLC that they didn't include on spotify
I think the entirety of the Promised Consort Radahn is the best thing they've cooked
Agreed. For me it's the best OST made from FS, i love this song so much
THANK YOU FOR GIVING PUTRESCENT KNIGHT THE LOVE THEY DESERVE 👏👏👏
Nice music trash boss
@@veraccsounds like some sort of issue, i think it starts with an "s"...
@@reio4641 I bet you killed Radahn with a bleed build and mimic, stfu honestly
@@veracc he's a really good boss when u get his moves down tbf
I always cry when I hear Putrescent knight OST... IDK why🤣😭😭😭😭
Divine beast dancing Lion is just one of the best i've ever heard, absolute S+ tier.
Honestly most of these boss theme are top notch, Elden Ring really became my favorite OST-wise after the DLC and that really says alot considering how many other game tracks i used to enjoy.
It is the only music that i have heard combines between eastern instruments and westren pattern and intensity , I don’t know if there is type of music similar but this OST is just unique and insaaaane , the most unique piece that fromsoft have ever done
@@WRSH101 well said
Elden Ring has by far the best soundtrack in Fromsoftware catalogue. Followed by Bloodborne OST
Music is one of the most subject fields ever. Imo, DS3 is much better & more consistent than Elden Ring.
1. DS3
2. Elden Ring
3. Bloodborne
4. Everything else😭
ds3 better,elden ring is the second for me
I remember when the game first came out and people were saying it was the worst in the series and I was like “are you people crazy???”
@@ChromeApollo I know right
@@ChromeApollo It was overall weak with a few bangers...until DLC came.
I just gotta say...Elden Ring has absolutely KILLER music. Regardless of which tracks you ranked where, the overall collection is absolutely KILLER.
The Elden Beast theme is one of my favourite pieces of all time. I'm so glad you agreed with me.
Bro the gameplay at Metyr makes me soo annoyed 😭he's not two handing and he's heavy load like what 😭
Watching all these boss fights back to back with their music in full focus really reminds you just how cool this game is
My only thought going into this was "there's no way Dancing Lion doesn't get top tier." Absolutely brilliant piece.
I know it was an excellent piece but goddamn it's way better than i remember
@@HorrorISPassion2honestly for me when I got into that boss fight I knew instantly that this was the single best track I’ve listened to. The way that the boss fight seemly flows with the song gave me chills as I was fighting the boss lol. No other track for me comes close as to how much emotion and vibrancy that this song made me feel. Especially while fighting a boss.
Honestly the fact that igon was the dudes first ever voice acting role is crazy
He's got that begginer's effort in him
I think Godfrey's theme should consider the comparison and escalation from the "Lord's Apparition" theme.
The progressive growth and destruction of the holy sanctified sounds of the Elden Lord's illusion, Apparition is this very noble and religious sounding track, while Godfrey immediately takes that melody amd turns it stroundous and overwhelming, like a Kaiju trying to do his impression of a prime minister in a hall made for humans.
And finally at the second phase that melody is finally gone and all that's left is energy and explosive primal destruction, Hoarah Loux's true nature.
I think Placidusax was one of my favorite bossfights in any Fromsoft game BECAUSE of the soundtrack.
The choir, brass, drums! We're fighting an old, decrepit god, but it's STILL A GOD.
Placidusax is not a god, he’s the first Elden Lord that we know of. His god abandoned him
You gotta listen to Fotrissax theme then, it's super grand
@KassieBassie elden lord is essentially, from perspective of the tarnished, a God
@@quill9648 I guess that’s your headcanon, but it’s stated nowhere that what you’re saying is true. Godfrey is not regarded as a god, or even a demigod. When we kill him, the title says “Legend Felled”. Radagon is also Marika, who is a god, but doesn’t make the title holder of Elden Lord automatically a god. Placidusax is a Lord, not a god.
@@KassieBassie Yea i see your point.
I've always found Fire Giant's theme the most intrigueing, not because I think it's the best one but because it's so forgettable. I'm not sure how. It seems to have all of the elements that the rest of the soundtrack does yet it blends in with everything else so harmoniously that it does not have an identity of its own, and that contrasts so heavily with the Fire Giant which really isn't like any of the other fights. Perhaps it needed a much more unique theme like Regal Ancestor Spirit.
I always assumed that was the point, Marika wanted everyone to forget about the giants and the flame in the mountaintops, and the fire giant just wanted to be left alone. He wanted to blend in but it’s hard when you’re one of the largest living beings in the lands between
I've always felt like his theme works well enough. Phase 2 is memorable for me, it sounds exactly like fighting a giant.
Never felt more understood in my Life like when you talked about the Dancing Lion theme, that one turned into my favorite boss theme in that game
There is something special about Elden Beast theme - harp from og game theme, music becomes calm, spiritual, just as the boss fight itself, with the great ending which sums up whole journey as a tarnished. I'd say the same about Miquella's theme. Last one i want to mention is Mohg's theme, propably the best after those 2 i mentioned. I've listened to them all and i absoluteley adore them.
Glad to know I'm not the only one to prefer Starscourge Radahn over Promised Consort. Starscourge is just so well-put together and emotional.
My theme crazy ngl
I’m a little disappointed that you didn’t like Godfrey, his phase 1 is one of my absolute favorites in the entire game. I just love the pace and the sort of “regalness” of it. It’s so good to me.
But everyone has different tastes I totally get it. No hate of course.
On a separate note I didn’t really appreciate divine beast too much until now, that really is an awesome track.
Completely agree with you.
But hey he liked the lord's apparition which is basically Godfrey's theme but just vocals
27:07 i always thought that it sounds like the voices in the Dancing Lion soundtrack are the hornsent who were wiped out by Messmer. The Lion was their divine protector animal after all.
The female choir is a reference to the hornsent that talk in the cutscene
Midra’s is the best hands down
I really appreciate the Placidusax ost because of the clear similarities to the Game of Thrones Daenerys/Dragon sountracks as a way to show respect to GRRM and GoT as a whole. If you want to hear it for yourself I recommend listening to the GoT soundtracks called The Spoils of War and Dragonstone!
Completely agree with what you said about dancing lion, whenever I go running I have it playing on a two hour loop lmao.
Is reacting to Dark souls 3 sound tracks on the table ?
I think Bayle the Dread is both improved and held back by its reliance on Igon‘s voicelines. There’s breaks and moments in there that are noticeably placed for the monologue.
It does however convey some thematics excellently imo: it‘s like a mix of fury, regality and tragedy.
It‘s like the emperor of china finds himself poisoned, and with blood already running from his eyes he still sits straight, summons his ministers, and in his fury goes full scorched earth and has all of them executed.
It just oozes with „my prime may be past, but right now I‘m still king and you *will* have to pay the price for my head“
I'm glad you gave Starscourge Radahn some recognition, I think his phase 2 is the single best OST in the game, as you said it's fun to listen to. I don't see people often talk about it (though his theme is so fucking long people barely know it exists)
I was so glad to hear a reprise of it for Promised Consort.
Its a good thing that the dancing lion has such amazing music because I fucking hate that fight
I have a SUPER boring editing project to do today and this video just made my day so much better.
I'm so glad!
@MarcoMeatball I'm about half way through, I have to agree with your arguments... especially Fortissax.
It was a track too for me that I first heard and I was like, this is noise. Then after multiple listens I was like WOW. Now I'm back to feeling like 'this is still a lot of noise'. The second phase saves it as I pretty much hate the first phase.
If the first phase was more mellow, or melodic and less aggressive on the ears I think it wold be better. IMO Lady Maria is the best example of 'this is gonna be intense without letting up'.
The opera on Godfrey's theme is much better in game than it is in the official release
dude... the radon and elden beast theme gives me chills its so good
It's great seeing Elden Beast at first place, it gives a sense of finality, of the end of a great journey, and i wouldn't have it any other way for Elden Ring's finale. Also i think the reason people (including me) like The Promised Consort so much is that it's heroic tone is in contrast to the entire rest of the game, and pretty much all other FROMSOFT titles for that matter. God this game has some bangers
35:56 you can hear marika shattering the elden ring, and shortly after radagon attempting to repair it until the song ends
Holy shit i forget how hard Godskin Duo goes🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Foreskin duo
Only disagreeing with promised consort. Should be at S+ just for being the most epic track ever created by fromsoft (I dont like comparing it with starscourge, as the tracks are too different). There was never such a good final boss theme.
If im correct astels music is a huge reference to some big musical nimber based off of space and the planets which is why its so "spacy"
Thanks for this marco, truly makes me feel like a boss😂❤❤
Idk, true Mohg's and Godfrey's soundracks are S or S+ for me, It's my second and third favorite soundracks after Elden Beast from maingame. And Scadutree avatar A or S. Cause, it's erdtree avatar theme, but remixed, and with each phase becoming more and more sad. And fight, maybe not great, but I love fights with bosses, who fighting, losing their power more and more. Like Old Demon King from DS3, or cutted move of Issin from Shura ending. I mean, depending on context it's cool or sad, and details like this making bosses better for me.
Those United In A Common Cause hits hard. I don't get the same "vibe" as you do though, with "hopefulness". It seems totally tragic and sorrowful...kinda reminds me of parts of Mozart's Requiem. Defo S or S+.
I like the putrescent knight too. It's really underestimated.
The Consort theme song is number 1. Simply amazing! ❤
For me, I’m torn between Putrescent Knight and Divine Beast as my favorite, both in terms of music and gameplay.
Divine beast, to me, is kind of evocative of Gilgamesh, specifically his battle with the giant Humbaba. You, like Gilgamesh, are an intruder in a holy place more ancient than you can know. The beast you fight has lightning in its breath and can summon forth the wind; whereas you have to simply rely on your strength and speed. It is visceral, intense, a primordial duel with a beast greater and more ancient than you could ever be. And then, when you defeat it, there is only silence; as you sit alone on the stagefront. Much like this, when the river of boiling blood from Humbaba’s severed head dries, the muscular, warlike language becomes silent. There it is, the end of the storm, repeated twice like an echo in nowhere. “A gentle rain fell upon the mountains. A gentle rain fell upon the mountains.”
Putrescent knight feels otherworldly. From the haunting duet in his theme to the impossible ways he turns and moves, it’s such an eerie and beautiful fight. As the cello and soprano seem to fight for control of the song, you realize you seem to have slipped into this intoxicating dream, this world of purple fog where the air draws you to slumber, where fire freezes, where bones breathe, where the dead live anew. And then you are falling and the chords are rising, and you are breathing while the strings are dying, and the voice takes lead, then strings, then both, and then the boss is in the air and the horse is on the ground and you are made to weave between them frantically. Every single swing is uncanny, bizarre, uncomfortable, yet perfectly the same. You learn the almost mechanical movements, and become a machine in yourself. It is a game of call and response, it is a duet of blades as well as instruments.
Thanks for hearing me yap ❤
2:04:43 while I firmly believe the final boss of the DLC should have been Godwyn in the context of the base-game’s lore, I cannot deny that PC Radahn’s theme slaps
Oh, haha! I just got super into elden ring stuff again like 3 days ago and all of a sudden ur reacting to it, that funny
Guys can someone explain to me what he means when he says "it's loud" as a negative? Honest, i can't imagine what he wants to tell with that, please T_T
A timestamp would be nice
you should listen to the Garn47 OST! :)
I think ppl like godfrey because of the game play. How godfrey attack with the music beat sounds so nice.
Messmer is the best one by far
Def. my favorite, and the most narratively rich.
My top 5
1. Midra
2. Messmer
3. Elden beast
4. Promised consort
5. Radagon
Hey Marco! Ive been watching your videos for a while, and Id like to know if you could react to this: The Witcher 1, Kaer Morhen (and old manor) theme. It might be my favorite video game of all time, but it is so unknown because nobody plays The Witcher 1 anymore hahaha Great video as always!
Some placements just prove Marco got taken over by spaghetti. Or should I say Macro
57:32 as a person living right next to vatican city I literally go around Rome pointing at catholic art and saying "Elden Ring reference", hell marika is even crucified AND pierced by a lance, what else do people need to get the reference? Do you need her to have a beard as well?
Oeh regá bello vede un Romano qui 😉
@@MarcoMeatball daje Marco, sei il numero uno
@@giuuig hahaha Ottimo sono felice. Mangiame una bella fetta di pizza con patate oppure un suppli
I'm posting this same comment again, here. Cause I think it's relevant and I think it'd be super cool to her your thoughts on this. =)
Yo! I just realized that Elden Ring and Dark Souls are probably quite literally and directly inspired by Der Ring des Nibelungen by Wagner.
Tell me that Alberich is not the furtive Pygmy.
Also A legend of Zelda was originally supposed to just have Bolero playing on repeat.
Later in Dark Souls 3 they recreated bolero's structure in the music for the dancer.
No wonder you love video game music, video game music loves opera
That’s exactly what Elden Ring is!
@@MarcoMeatball I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
-Brünnhilde/Melina
React to the songs from shin Godzilla: Persecution of the masses, Black angels, Defeat is no option, and Who will know. They ARE in English.
Finally someone agrees that stars courage radahn theme is better than the promised consort !! The final part of it is one of the best parts that I have ever heard
Yet another 10/10 macro meatball video many meatballs were macroed in this one
I have a mental image of Those United in Common Cause.
This shouldn't be happening. Nobody wants to be there. Only one of them wants to do this,and even then,they see it as an odious chore.
No gods. No kings. Only mortals,fighting for what they believe is correct. Right or wrong.
Man, would love to see this but with the other Souls games
Divine Beast Dancing Lion is easily my fav
God Midras theme is so good🙏
Promised Consort #1 easily imo. Plenty of very good ost (not as much as in DS3 though)
Don’t let this guy cook again
Placy was never a big bad. He was actually much more of a good guy, i mean, he was the first elden lord.
Romina being THAT low has got to be a genuine crime 😭😭
Loved this longer styled video tho!!!! It’s awesome hearing your insights into a lot of tracks I would’ve maybe never given a chance.
Do Ds3 ost next boss!
CUUUUUURRSSSEEEE YOOUUUU BAAAYYYLLLEEEEEEE!!!
I hereby vow, you will rue this day! Behold, a true drake warrior! And I, Igon, your fear made flesh! Solid of scale you might be, foul dragon… but I will riddle with holes your rotten hide, with a hail of harpoons! With every last drop of my being!
(Also not putting Mohg’s ost in S is evil)
tell me you have no idea what youre saying without telling me
him: *puts placidusax theme in B tier*
good list. But I think Romina's theme a bit too low. I appreciate maliketh placement (considering how community underrate this piece), it's my top 1 theme from all fromsoft games.
putrescent knight ost also resembles alot to Maiden Astraea from Demon Souls ost
NO WAY BRO PUT PUTRESCENT KNIGHT IN S+ BUT ALL OF THESE GOD TIER SONGS LOWER. How can you put Romina in C but Putrescent knight (literaly one the emptiest themes in all Elden Ring) in S+
Because I like it better
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@@MarcoMeatball Sure, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder I understand... but by that much?
@@FlawlessCoja I really meant this one! I love it!
@@MarcoMeatball Id agree that its one of the best out of all the quiet and slow paced ones like Astel or Rennala but for me personaly its not up there. Maybe its just me liking the stronger beats and rythms, tho i do like Rennala's and i love Regal ancestor spirit. Cant help it but find Putrescent knight kinda empty and unfinnished. Still, love your content, keep it up. 😘🩶
Regal Ancestor Spirit is too low. Majestic OST.
Yeah of course some objectivity wrong opinions here and there but still thank you for sharing your thoughts😉👍
No worries!
Godrick, the dumbest boss in the game (lorewise) and one the best ost's...just Absolute cinema from Miyazaki! And our boy Starscourge Radahn got, again, the justice that he deserves...RIP great lion. Putrescent Knight is a fair choice to S+ too, this ost remembers me a lot the old Demons Souls OST style. Spot on about Rominia, too much Malenia. She is just a way From got to insert the rot theme in the DLC. Nothing special
Why is Messmer so low?
Idk probably because the theme is really empty, and except for the chorals at the end of both parts sounds like a field boss theme. It's not bad, but imo it ain't best either
Day 5 of trying to make @MarcoMeatball listen to the Valkyria Chronicles OST
Mogh all the way
3 hours… I’m in 😎
Lock in
Where Deathkindred bird OST?😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
He said only remembrance boss themes.
@@anonisnoone6125 And then proceeded to react to Death Knight, Godskins, Crucible Knights, Erdtree Avatars, Margit, Goldfrey, Tree Sentinels, Basic Dragons, Red Wolf, Jori and Those United In Common Cause :D
Makes me sad how mediocre the ER DLC stuff was overall
radagon only S😳godskin so low 😳
I don't think Marco likes female boss theme
rank the ds3 ost
CURSEEEE YOUUUU BALEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
im sorry but the background gameplay is so god damn awful bruh 💀💀
You're right but we were all there one day when we didn't know what was going on, just panic rolling to safety.
I got some second hand embarrassment watching the gameplay but I think that just makes me the tryhard, not the person playing however they like.
"no religious refences in elden ring"
The jars, an instrument of torture and a horrific fate becoming a revered position for the dead similar to how the cross became a symbol of sacrifice for jesus:
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We need DS III ranking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I apologize in advance.
53:56 Take me out to the ball game...
3:09:04 MAC AND CHEESE, APPLE JUICE
Ngl prefer Promised Consort better than Starscourge