Opera Singer Breaks Down The Emotions of Bipolar Nightmare
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2022
- bipolar nightmare is by far one of my favorite "battle themes" I really enjoy it's constant motion and the feeling of unease it brings with it.
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"Bipolar Nightmare" and "A Beautiful Song" were the songs that literally left me speechless when I first heard them. They both really set the scene of action in a perfect way. Flawless songs.
I can still hear the chanting from Beautiful Song in my head when I think of "Video Game Music"
Ditto.
"A Beautiful Song" literally made me buy the game after randomly listening to it on youtube
It's not just the song with this one but the moment it hits as you build towards the climax of this insanely emotional story shifting between the perspectives of the 2 characters showcasing 2 different aspects of gameplay as the transitions to the characters get faster as the music builds. Of all the moments I've experienced in gaming this is probably the one that I would choose if I could experience something again for the first time. One of the greatest climaxes in all of gaming.
Seriously, Route C is one of the best things I've ever played, wich wouldn't have been possible without the build up of A and B. Just so intense and tragic, and this part is the cherry on top (not counting ending E)
I literally could not agree more. this climatic moment is one of the most memorable moments in my entire gaming experience, I experienced it at like 15 years old with my dad watching along with me as I raced toward the top of the tower and neither of us said a word the entire time. so amazing.
I remember listening to this in the prologue, I didn't pay much attention but when I heard to it again in this part of the game, holy mother of Jesus, you can feel this is the VERY climax of the game
The first boss theme is also the last
bipolar nightmare, perfect description of a AI discovering and experiencing emotions for first time.
God, that piano at 2:10 absolutely *sends me* . That and I'm a complete mark for "two people racing towards the same place with diverging goals" scenarios.
Tangentially, my biggest gripe with the official Nier Automata OST is the omission of a section of the Amusement Park song, where it's just the isolated strings. It's just this quiet, haunting little aside that works wonders for the atmosphere of the environment.
When I hear this part when am running I go to speed 300 km/h automatically 👌🏽
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PART 🔥
Easily one of my favorite tracks of this game. Just that image of 9S and A2 ascending the tower is etched into my mind with this song. For the record, I love every single song on this OST, but this one manages to capture that tense forward momentum of the game perfectly.
You know what Marco, I wish i can forgot that i have played and beat this game to be able to experience the while game from 0 knowledge, this game is that good and im also hyped for the upcoming anime series of this game! Thanks for covering this song, keep up the good work!
I forgot they were working on an anime!! Thanks for reminding me about this
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This, together with Possessed by Disease and Dependent Weakling are my favourite battle themes in NieR Automata.
On my second playthrough, where i understood everything more, i really took some time in the bosses to listen to the music, and i noticed how well it fit.
Especially this song near the end of the game.
Chaos language really is such a good element of Nier's music scape, it allows us to have a music within the music, something you can viscerally connect with and understand even though we can't have a clear interpretation of the chanting.
Absolutely in love with this music and Marco always on point with the reaction and analysis! ♪
This is my favorite track on the entire soundtrack because of the part where you're climbing up the tower simultaneously as A2 and 9S and switching seamlessly between their perspectives as the song shifts. It's just so damn cinematic the way it flows naturally.
Yes.
A "Bipolar"
We feel a opposite spectrum of emotion
We rage, but we sad
We anger, but we understand
We war, but we know its meaningless..
Its why ragefull 9s is paired with lentient a2
We see the double meaning of war.
I love how as you race up the tower as A2 it starts playing and then the time signature changes from 3 to 4 as the camera shifts to 9S, amazing stuff.
Wait, is it intentionally that way? Man, I thought I just got lucky that the song transitioned so perfectly.
I always forget this song exists until I'm in the middle of the fights, and it just amps me up. This is one of the few games that i platted, and i still go back to from time to time.
Edit: I think my favorite song from these games is Emil's Sacrifice, specifically the version from his boss fight in Automata. It feels so melancholic and triumphant
Toby Fox music is well thought and emotional when it needs to. The composition of the songs are just a masterpiece.
Genshin music is Orchestral almost makes you feel like you're part of a musical theater, lol. But really good music in general.
Now Nier and Nier Automata music are sometimes wierd in theyre own unique way. Those songs make you realize that you don't need intellegible lyrics to make it a good song. In my opinion, Lyrics help understanding the meaning of a song (while not all the time), but from where I stand, I see it only as a way to complement it to make a whole.
In the Nier games, the song and the lyrics does exactly that.
That makes me wonder what Genshin music would be like with lyrics.
I just wanted to share my thoughts on the matter. Once again great reaction video!😄
Another NieR Video? That's really nice!
My suggestion: *wretched automatons* from the original NieR game.
I was waiting for this, thank you so much!
Oh, I'm SO excited for this video! This is one of my absolute favorite Nier:Automata tracks. This battle (partially thanks to the music!) is one of the few in recent years that has left me with such an epic sense of accomplishment.
This whole sequence in-game has to be one of my favorite moments in gaming. The dynamic soundtrack changing with the fight and going into the ending, non-stop. I wished I could play this for the first time again.
BTW, there is a "middle-ground" version of this track that plays when fighting A2 but it is unreleased.
This one, Possessed by a Disease, and A Beautiful Song all made my jaw drop. I was so enthralled by the music that I almost forgot about the fights in those moments.
Ok, looking back at your vids, looks like I managed to completely miss alot of your Automata reactions.
As far as Bipolar Nightmare goes, unlike some of the other tracks in the OST, I like how it starts with the instrumental version first before going into the vocal version as opposed to the other way around. Aside from the fact the instrumental version alone sounds epic, doing it that way gave me that anticipation when the singers finally start singing. I already liked the song before, yet that simple move made it one of my favorites.
A couple of other favorites of mine are Amusement Park and The Tower. I love the way those songs were arranged in the soundtrack.
you can't go wrong with any track of these Nier's OST 🤩 i listen to them on a weekly basic 🔥
glad you're back to it Marco 🤗
I love those massive drums in this piece. Everything in this music amps you up. One day I need to replay this game
YES, thank you, this is one of my favorite tracks in the game
Yoooo I was just watching your reaction to A Beautiful Song and then I saw this in the recommendation uploaded like 10 minutes ago, what a timing
Anyway although I have listened to Video Game music outside of the video game for a long time starting from Final Fantasy ost to DMC 3 to Kingdom heart and I think they are amazing and I love them but NieR Automata is the first game that made me actually buy the game ost and listen to it regularly for years then I started to do more with other game like Drakengard, NieR Replicant, FFXV, Zelda and nowadays I listen to Genshin OST whenever I read a book because of the huge library of high quality unique sounding music that fit into any and all kind of emotion and moments make it perfect to be used as background music while I read or doing other activity. It helps to emphasize the feeling and emotion that the story is trying to convey just like how it improves the game storytelling while at the same time they just sound amazing on their own as well. Sometimes I just lay on my bed with headphones on and close my eyes while listening to these masterpieces
Enough of my rant, I'm just glad to be a part of this community of music enjoyers. Sharing our passion with each other feels really great
Each musical piece on NieR saga's are truly powerfull and emblematic. Automata is not the exception. I love all and each one of the OST pieces. Thank you for your analisisy and comments about it Marco. Thank you!!
i love nier automata osts, they give me different vibes, colors everytime.
I had this song set as my ring tone for a while. The vocal chants have a very powerful "punch" to them that is bested only by Birth of a Wish.
Automatas music and nier music in general is on another level. The placement of Automatas position as my second favorite game of all time is due in no short part to its uniquely wonderful music. And I agree, the desicion to create undecipherable language for these songs truly does allow us to focus not on lyrics but of the emotion behind them. As far as recomendations go for potential videos I think song of the ancients, possesed by disease, memories of dust (and my 2 personal favorites) wretched weaponry and birth of wish are the best the track has to offer, they still bring tears to my eyes occasionally. Phenominal job as always man
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Adoro os comentários desse cara! O cara sente a música, vibra com a música, se empolga junto, é contagiante!
nier music is definitely one of my most favorite among video music soundtrack i listened, but bipholar nightmare is something else. this music is one of the reason i love playing nier, the atmosphere it created during battle is intense, triggers your adrenaline but also beautiful and amazing at the same time. i enjoyed it so much
This track is another that blends so perfectly with the gameplay and storytelling
The fabric of the song truly finds itself in unrelenting forward momentum of the base melody. Despair is overwhelming & can be made of many things, but here, it is notified as building anxiety that coalesces into despair & the resulting indifferences of helplessness.
The 2 characters highlighted by this sequence serve as both base points of view and foils to each other in this rather operatic stage.
On one hand, 9S is climaxing into an existential meltdown. He just lost YorHa, 2B & was forced to kill a brainwashed 17O. All the new discoveries & revelations are overloading him & tearing apart the world as he knew & the lens he viewed it thru as a logical and methodical scout. This is exemplified by the choir that handles the main chanting & nuances the struggle of juggling the implications of all the revelations and the weight it brings on his soul.
In counter, A2 has already been through this, though in a different scale & context. Her entire squadron had been eradicated in a previous skirmish, & she's had a long time to think about all the details & circumtances as well as the way they tumbled & ended up, only to still not make sense of it, and ultimately turn hardened to most of it in order to keep her sanity. You can hear this through the reverberating & unknowable flourish that shortly follows the main chants. Its indifferent, almost alien tune doesn't afford a clear association to what the song has established up to that point, but because it has been composed to run counter to the chanting & the base momentum, it undenaibly comes off as antagonistic; a warning, a demarcation of the point of no return, inspite of its veiled intervention & intentions to help.
The final bit of singing is a fusion of these two sides. It is way more decipherable & clean than the alien flourish, yet also less rigid & more forgiving & merciful than the chanting. This alludes to the kindness & healing 9S would have gone thru had he accepted his grief & how out of control things had become, as well as A2's stoic consolation & assurance that enduring thru grief is always worth it.
Instead, the last singing section ends in a cliffhanger sort of a conclusion, a penultimate lead into their final battle. This nightmare is heavy & full of many dolorous emotions, but being bipolar in aspect is not just a hint to the characters it highlights and their diametrically opposed positions of standing in midst & end point of trauma. Bipolar also means that it is completely full and there is no room for healing or forgiveness. Only the ghost of it.
Omg you covered this too, damn Marco 🙏
Amazing piece, the way it pushes you up that tower with both characters for the grand finale is unforgettable. Though this video might need a spoiler warning when showing final boss or final dungeon of a game I would put up a warning before starting the in-game footage).
Oh shit I didn’t realize that
Such a great track. One of my favorites in nier automata, along with wretched weaponry, a beautiful song, possessed by a disease become as gods version.
"Autuh-mahtuh" lol, its "Autah-mitah"
Love the stuff you do here and it's a ton of fun hearing your take on these legendary OSTs. I've gained a lot of insight on the feeling of music from watching your content lately!
you say tomato I say tohmato tomato tohmato tomato tohmato ;)
Thanks for watching :)
Bipolar Nightmare and Dependent Weakling both pull my brain in so many directions at once, sometimes I wish I could temporarily forget decades of music study and listen to it like a dentist or a roofer or someone like that can.
Among all the masterpieces made by Keichi Okabe in the DrakenNieR franchise I have two songs that are my personal favorite: one is 'Song of the Ancients: Fate' from the original NieR (not the remastered 1.22... version), the other is 'Bipolar Nightmare'.
I have also a VERY soft spot for 'This Silence is Mine' from Drakengard 3.
I know, hard to make a choice among all the songs made by Okabe-san ^_^
Just seeing A2 again gives me the feels :')
Just remember that each song has 4 versions, some even 5. And they change depending on the context.
Firstly, I NEED more NieR content.
Secondly, I would love to see you react to the newer versions of NieR Replicant’s OST
I’m not sure exactly what I would expect from it, maybe a song you’ve already covered like Shadowlord, or the brand new (made for the remake) “Fleeting Words” song & their two versions
Without telling anything I suggest to listen "birth of a wish" always from Nier:automata, as always love your content!
BACK TO NIER WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
My friend who has Bipolar disorder told me it's like the mania phase and the lull afterwards but doesn't suck.
I myself explain this song as that one day you cramp the whole semester for the final exam and the realization that you don't need to worry about anything until the result comes out after the exam.
One of the best of Nier Automata, which makes it like 3rd to 5th because the music in this game is that good.
I don't know wether you read the comments or not but I'll throw it out there that since you like a great variety of music , dusk is a great ost, I'd love to see your reaction to burn in hell from the ost. Keep loving music my guy
Again a lovely analysis of the Nier automata soundtrack. I still hope you'll give more songs of Drakengard 3 a chance, like the bossbattles from the sisters. But also Empty Tone, Deep Darkness.
Nier also has a lovely song called Temple of Drifting Sands. You likely get a lot of requests but even just listening to them without an analysis, is certainly worthwhile.
When I made a video essay analyzing the thematic material of the Automata soundtrack, this song was one of the main reasons that made me want to write it.
Oh nice!
Nier Memories of Dolls concert is by far my favorite mix of the soundtrack. They take songs I thought perfected, and somehow make them better. Also I believe you won’t get copyrighted since it’s live.
Edit: City Ruins, A Beautiful song, and Amusement Park were my favorites from this event.
Nier has my favorite soundtrack of all time. It's Amusment Park. The language sang in the song doesn't exist, it's a mish mash of a bunch of languages and the whimsical feeling leading to the Opera Robot gets me pumped
try listening to the concert version of this song, its spectacular..
Man, what I wouldn't give to relive those memories, those experiences of the first playthrough of Nier: Automata
Really enjoyed this song and Pascals village theme.
Please listen to Nunu & Willump's theme next, it's my favorite one and I think you will love it
All the music of DrakeNieR is just some of the best music i have ever heard.
I really want to see your reaction and breakdown of the Intoners battle theme from Drakengard 3 (Intros included) and NieR Reincarnation, especially Inori (cuz' of course), Normandy and the Sun and Moon Soundtrack #1.
I think you should take a listen to "Fear Not This Night" From Guild Wars 2, as a Professional singer it'd be right up your alley.
A co-worker of mine started Nier Automata a few days ago and I kept telling him the music was superb.
He is now converted
also
Day eighty-seven of recommending Stay Gold from the Arknights OST
When I'm bummed out i have this playing in my room in ffxiv while i craft. I'm still bummed but slightly more energetic lol love it
People had already said what I needed to say about the music so I came in with suggestions. This is the Project Moon series of games: Lobotomy corp, Library of Ruina, and the upcoming Limbus Company. L.corp only has instrumental namely the "trumpets" set. At the same time, LoR got themselves Mili for some of their vocalized music- there is no spoiler in the lyrics, but they are the best with context (that's also the thing with Honkai Impact's music too, but I believe you are the best hand- or ear, to entrust with the spirit of the songs). LoR has String Theocracy, From A Place of Love, Children Of The City, Iron Lotus, And Then Is Heard No More, Gone Angels, Poems Of A Machine, and various battle themes. I hope you can take a look into that because you have proven to be the best and only blind reactor id ever want to watch
An amazing piece of music. Another of Nier's tracks that's in FFXIV too.
By the way, music video is from Channel Lady Tina.
I think Bipolar Nightmare, Grandma - Destruction and Dependent Weakling tell a story together just by melody and instrumentation alone.
Bipolar Nightmare is the beginning of the journey; your will is strong, and nobody will stop you from getting what you want. All is valid in the name of the thing beyond all things.
Grandma - Destruction is the musical equivalent of a dilemma. You start discovering more, and is hard to tell what is true and what is a lie told by others or yourself.
Dependent Weakling is the end of everything. The lines of what is right or wrong are blurred, and all the harm you've done can be truly seen. You continue stepping forward, just looking for the end of it all.
I think this arc does not only work between the songs, but for the whole Nier franchise itself. Dependent Weakling might not be the most known, but I feel like it's the most emotional between the three (and my favourite), so I think it would be a good suggestion for a video as well!
I love dependent weakling
Ah yes the song that made me say "why- why is there boss music playing-" I was not ready for the boss yet and low and behold I stumbled upon it like an idiot XD but anyways this was a very mixed emotion track for me while playing it gave me fear, and determination, not only that I can hear the sadness in the vocals and here I am questioning my choices basically having an existential crisis XD
The only songs I like more are Dark Colossus (Kaiju) and Alien Manifestation. Fun fact, Alien Manifestation was literally made to be like, the final boss theme and Yoko Taro liked it so much he made it the theme for the prologue as well.
I know that you have already done the japanase and chorus version of weight of the world. I was wondering if you consider to do the english version as well.
So, You can hear Grandma (Destruction) and Dependant Weakling. Both songs is like the Angels sing for those Will die in glorious combat.
NieR Automata gets a lot of attention in terms of its soundtrack, but I always feel that little bit of nerd rage knowing so much amazing, beautiful music exists in Replicant that ought to get covered and analysed like this. Personal favourites are Shadowlord and Fleeting Words - Outsider, but gosh there are so many more tracks there.
Edit: I write this cause I’m very glad Marco dove into those tracks and so many others as well, it’s a huge pleasure to get this view on this music that means so much to us all from such an amazing source.
Replicant v1.22, Automata, and OG NieR are collectively the best soundtracks I've ever heard.
Please, react to possessed by disease. This BMG is at a divine level, the emotion and feeling it gives you is so strong and it always makes meditate about my inner self
Love possessed by disease
Hey Marco. I got recommended your videos randomly (thank you algorithm) and have been binging your videos. I would love to see you cover the music of Drakengard. The game is a “prequel” to the Nier franchise. Drakengard 1, 2, and 3’s soundtrack are each made by different composers which fit the theme of each game. Keiichi Okabe composes Drakengard 3, who also does the Nier soundtrack. Anyways thank you for making excellent videos to binge at 3am.
Edit: Oh it looks like you have listened to some songs from Drakengard 3. You should check out “growing wings” and the intoner themes as well.
Okay!
Am I mistaken or does the piano and strings part (starting at 2:11 ) have astonishing similarities to Vague Hope from Nier Automata? I wouldn't be surprised to find one of the "polar opposite" themes somewhere in there too, like e.g. Mourning but I couldn't detect anything yet :D
Might be totally over-interpreting this though.
Hahah you know it’s possible!
Nier: Automata is one of my top 5 games of all time, right next to FFX, FFT, 007 Goldeneye, and The Legend of Dragoon.
Speaking of which, if you haven't heard the opening for Legend of Dragoon, I highly suggest you check it out. "If You Still Believe - Elsa (Cornish) Raven", she has an insane control over her vocal range. Her high pitch still gives me shivers after 20 years, and she gets nearly no recognition.
Omg I NEVER PLAYED LEGEND OF DRAGOON BUT THE NOSTALGIA HIT IS SO REAL
You should do one of your OST listen streams on Automata. It is a GOLDMINE for Game music. A Masterpiece.
Waiting for shadow of collossus' 'counterattack' to appear on this channel
На удивление не нашёл на канале лучшего OST из Nier Aitomata - Amusement Park.
Ещё мог бы от себя посоветовать:
Made in Abyss OST - Hanezeve Caradhina
Madoka OST - Sis puella magica
Beyond The Bounds - Anubis (Zone of The Enders)
Это не музыка из игр конечно, но по тематике канала подошло бы. Как мне кажется :)
I was listening the NieR Automata TODAY!
So you've played the game, too? That's awesome!
You should check out his Nier playlist, he's done videos for Nier Replicant too
Sure have!
Have you done grandma destruction yet? If not that's my favorite from nier automata so it's a good one
Not yet!
I will cite the name of an ancient evil and ask if you could react to Homestuck's music all throughout the webcomic.
A lot of the songs there was composed by Toby Fox, the dude behind Undertale and its music. One of the few songs the comes to mind is [s] Cascade
The Kaiju theme is also very cool :D
Yeahhhh
Could you possibly review or listen to Drakengard 3's Two's Song in the future if you can?
Ah yes, this song and ashes of dreams made me a yoko taro fan, hoping for a drakengard 3 remaster or reboot soon
Yes more NIER 😌🙏
Nier was an amazing game and reminded me why I love Japanese games to begin with. Any chance for Alien Manifestation on the channel?
Oh! Possible!
This game is a masterpiece
Just got a sheet music book for nier replicant delivered today what are the chances of a Nier upload😂
Please do more NieR videos! I absolutely love their soundtracks and games!
Okiiiii
Oh yes, the game with a dominatrix anime girl on the cover, that absolutely hit you in the feels, make you feel all the human emotions and leaves you with only your memories at the end of the experience.
aaah Nier Gestalt, automata & al OSTs are magnificence incarnation.
Please check out Emil - Despair!!!
They’re releasing a NieR Automata anime in January 2023! Big news for us NieR fans hahahha. Thanks for the content man 👍🏼
I know so excited!
Jinrui ni eikou are
Glory to mankind
Gloire à l'humanité
Only shows how music and va is important for story telling , and those that play games on mute , are not worthy of playing this games :P
no wonders the game gave me depression when I finished it
Telling you,the more you play - the more crazy and dark the game gonna be. On the first part of the game,they candy us with beautiful waifu,stunning graphic and music. Then when the plot start to showing,you realize the world in this game is the most deepsht you get yourself into.
When are you watching the 5th Anniversary Orchestrated version of the Undertale OST???
Later
It reminds me of Yuki Kajiura.
Yeah im love Nier automata each Soundtrack have emotions.
Sometime i afk to hear the songs.
You should check NieR Replicant choir arrangement album, its much more like opera i guess
I hate that I didn't have choice in A2 vs. 9S like in a similar situation in Reincarnation.
please react to The Dark Colossus Destroys All from Nier 2010
The Title alone invokes terror. We are not fighting just another machine. We are fighting the orcistrator, the puppet master. N2 is a dangerous being only focused on one thing. To learn. It wants to learn what it means to be human and in doing so it is willing to harm everyone and everything for its own selfish gain. As we fight it, the stakes become more and more dire as it begins to understand. To learn it created a duality. An android who learned to care for others, and see beyond their physical forms. The other, an android who is filled with nothing but hate and a desire for blood. As the two fought separately, N2 grew dissatisfied and wished to rest everything, again. However, once the androids put their differences aside to fight against their creator, N2 took great interest. It learned from them what it wanted. After it learned the duality of human nature, it became satisfied and left. It left the world in ruins, but it also left behind hope, hope for a new beginning.