That moment when you equip most of your favorite characters with the Emblem Quartz and you keep spamming S crafts *Form is emptiness emptiness is form,1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th..... 8th Leaves LUMINOUS ABYSS!!!!!!!*
When i first heard it, this song gave me goosebumps and made me cry. It's like farewell with most of the characters I got connected emotionally from all previous Kiseki series.
The most intense elevator ride. It started with the Sky trilogy, the Zero/Azure duology, the Sen quadrilogy, and now the story of western Zemuria comes to an heart pounding conclusion
Just beat Reverie. Its been a pleasure to finally finish my last stop and have time off before Kuro comes out officially. I have blitzed all 10 Trails games over the span of this past year or so. I will now add all of the OST to my playlist and reminisce on how great this journey has been.
still can't believe how Jindo managed to land 2 back to back slam dunks with Reverse Babel and Resonance of Ray that somehow also perfectly complement each other
I loved this segment, everything from Sky 1 leads up to this final mission with your favorite heroes from Liberl, Crossbell, and Erebonia. This dungeon theme makes you feel like this is really it. More than an hour of goosebumps, nothing else mattered. glad they topped it all off with endgame content full of fanservice. can't wait to see Kuro.
Now that's what I'm talking about. It's epic it feels so sad at the same time. It's like the game is trying to prepare you to say goodbye to all the characters that you met in the previous arcs while telling to move forward because the future is filled with hope.
@@buttertoast1146 Up until this point we always changed the cast of characters for new arcs. Falcom's president confirmed that the next arc will feature a new cast. Though that doesn't mean that we will never see the other characters again but they won't be at the center of the story anymore.
I think Lapis and Rufus as well their companions might appear again. Cedric and Ouroburous of course will be back again. I hope the next arc focuses on Calvard and the Septerian Church more.
This song feels nostalgic when it is the last game released of the series at this point of my comment. It gives so many goosebumps and chills. I love it.
Jindo created a masterpiece with this track. It perfectly embodies the sense Of finality of the Western Zemuria arcs. Somber and hits you right in the feels.
Falcom team, you made me hear this song and now I can't wait for the English port! This is so cool. Maximum vibes that something magical, twisted and deep is coming.
"Reverse Striped Babel" This track is stunning. I can hardly find the words to describe it. It's so unlike Spiral of Erebos and End of SAGA, yet it feels so fitting for the end of this saga. My congratulations to the composer, whoever it is.
Quite simply, the BEST track in Hajimari- no, ALL of Trails. The intensity is presented in a form of a somber tone, giving a sense of finality as well. This is it. The final dungeon. The last crisis Class VII, Liberl Team, SSS, and the first Crisis C's team will deal with. And once this crisis is resolved. A new beginning, and a new future will unfold, for Zemuria as a whole. For our next heroes, with the assistance of heroes of the past must stop the Third Phase of the Final Orpheus Plan.
This is so somber and "finale" like, compared to most of the final dungeon themes in the series, it's really good. Makes me wonder what sort of theme we'll be getting once we reach the actual end of the series.
This theme fits best when you enter the dungeon for the second time to save Rufus. This theme plays, Rufus saying his last words and the party shares their feeling.
Completely unrelated but I find it funny how the Trails series and the Kingdom Hearts series took about the same amount of time to conclude their first half of their stories KH1 release date - 2002. KH3 release date - 2019. 17 years Sky FC release date - 2004. Hajimari's release date - 2020. 16 years Trails is the better series tho but still pretty cool how they both finished their first halfs nearly at the same time, yet still have a long way to go. At least with trails I see it having an ending in sight eventually since the story revolves around ouroboros and the septerrions. I can't say the same for kh though lol
I love how subdued it sounds compared to other final dungeons in the CS saga. They could've just gone full MEGA EPIC SUPER LOUD route considering this is the last time we're playing as the current cast, but I'm glad they took a bolder approach, it's impeccable thematically.
@@cyborgocam5498 it's gonna be 2040 and kids are going to be hunting for ancient ps4s to try and play cold steel 1-4 because divine blade mega super god king of the United zemurian continent rean schwarzer makes a cameo in trails 18
Great final dungeon osts, at least in this aspect falcom hasn't failed, every final dungeon ost is fitting for the context of the story at each point so much that I can't say one is better than the other. They are all uniquely fitting in their respectives contexts
Agreed. Every final dungeon fits each game's current narrative. I really love how subdued and sombre this track is. Especially knowing this is the last game before we move onto Calvard.
Btw you don't need to keep entering the final dungeon to hear this song because once you complete the game and in character viewer this place is available to be selected and you can keep listening to this masterpiece
Reminds me a bit of "Possibilty Flaps" (Tokyo Xanadu's final dungeon theme), though the different instrumentation creates a certain mysterious vibe. Really excellent composition that really hits me emotionally somehow even though I don't know the context. Hands down one of the best tracks on the OST.
Apparently this final dungeon is WAY longer than all the previous ones in the entire series. They also uses the two party group mechanic so you gotta swap and do switches and puzzles etc.
There ain't no puzzle dude. Only switch and one Isla zameil in Loyd group and sen 4 brynia island lost art giving magic golem with four legs in Rean group.
@Alien Star Because this game doesn't have a boss lol to even stand in way everybody is out on vacation it seems lol it's mainly focused on future of Erebonia + Crossbell's re independent
Didnt care for the ost as a whole this time around but this track really hit. I think i like this one more than to the future. Spiral of erebos still my favorite from this arc tho
@@deluxe2396 LoL you clearly didn't play the game Rean's route is on par with C's route for me while Lloyd's route is just all crossbell and crossbell :v
For me it’s C>Lloyd>>Rean, nord is boring, his ch 1 was the worst Rean has some nice moments but overall I couldn’t wait to end most of his chapters. Mid second playthrough and didn’t play the game okay lol
@@deluxe2396 I agree that his first and second chapter is boring but after the end of chapter 3 , rean's route become more intense and more interesting than other route If you really played game, I would respect your opinion but I wouldn't agree that rean's route is the most boring route. Especially in Chapter 4
Haven't played the game yet, cuz it's not out yet in NA (hope it does come out).. I love the song, but at the same time I feel like it can be so much more. There's nothing wrong with it in itself, but it just loops at the start just when I feel like it builds towards something more than the climax, but.. it doesn't. I wonder if the composer thought the same, and couldn't top the end, and eventually gave up. It really sounds like they intended to maintain that climax, but didn't.. IMO. Still though it's great.
@@declanwatson I don't see why the calvard arc needs a new hero when Angie told rean that him and class 7 should look into what's going on in calvard after Osborne goes down
I am beyond glad that they're ditching Rean. The fact that they took 5 games to fully complete his character arc is mind boggling, compare that to Estelle, Joshua, Kevin and Lloyd who took half the time to have more interesting character development. Hopefully the Calvard protags will have more dimension than saying "Haha..." every 5 lines.
@@00hydraburst eh I would argue Lloyd has the least development, Kevin doesn't really count, Estelle is the OG so I'll give you that one. I haven't played 4 yet but I'll have a full opinion by then but I like all 3 equally
Man, I see a lot of praise for this track, but honestly I thought this was one of the most boring tracks in the entire game. Most of the final dungeon tracks from the previous games felt way better to me, personally. This one just sorta lacked the "oomph" for a final conclusion of everything that's going on. And unlike in other games, here I wished some actual battle themes overriden this, ngl.
This was a conclusion to the first half, and imo the fact that this is different and unique to the previous final themes and more emotional completely makes sense here as a last game and smart
@@kentstopme I agree with that, at first I wasn't too fond of it but then as I listened to it more and discovered how this song emphazises the conclusion of the first half of the series and a farewell to the characters we grow up with for so long, then I started to love it alot more.
@@BaRtt4Bro the man had 5 games and reverie did a wonderful job of concluding his character arc. Don't get me wrong I like Rean but we had him as an protagonist for 7 years since 2013 when CS1 came out in Japan, it's time to move on.
I greet all the people that just finished the localization of Trails into Reverie
Enjoy this banger of a dungeon theme
That moment when you equip most of your favorite characters with the Emblem Quartz and you keep spamming S crafts
*Form is emptiness emptiness is form,1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th..... 8th Leaves LUMINOUS ABYSS!!!!!!!*
When i first heard it, this song gave me goosebumps and made me cry. It's like farewell with most of the characters I got connected emotionally from all previous Kiseki series.
@@maverichz Same with me, this song felt like a goodbye song with every character together.
Don't be sad because our journey with them ended. Be happy we were able to go on this journey and watch them overcome all obstacles.
The most intense elevator ride. It started with the Sky trilogy, the Zero/Azure duology, the Sen quadrilogy, and now the story of western Zemuria comes to an heart pounding conclusion
Just beat Reverie. Its been a pleasure to finally finish my last stop and have time off before Kuro comes out officially. I have blitzed all 10 Trails games over the span of this past year or so. I will now add all of the OST to my playlist and reminisce on how great this journey has been.
still can't believe how Jindo managed to land 2 back to back slam dunks with Reverse Babel and Resonance of Ray that somehow also perfectly complement each other
Jindo is just a great composer that's exactly why.
Such a good song for this dungeon.
I felt I was slowly marching forward and up with determination.
これ聴いてるってことはクリアした人だよな…
ヴァリマールが戻った時はガチで涙腺koされたわ また帰っちゃったけど
最後のYES REANというメッセージでいつか戻ってきてくれる事願ってるよ
ありがとう相棒
This bgm is the definition of the finale in the Erebonia & Crossbell Arc
Just finished the main story today. I took my time in this dungeon because of this theme. Can't wait to play Kuro no Kiseki next.
"My mind is clear my blade empty.........."
*Eight Leaves BREAKING DAAAAAWN*
Once I misheard it as "My mind is clear, my brain, empty" I cannot unhear it
I loved this segment, everything from Sky 1 leads up to this final mission with your favorite heroes from Liberl, Crossbell, and Erebonia.
This dungeon theme makes you feel like this is really it. More than an hour of goosebumps, nothing else mattered.
glad they topped it all off with endgame content full of fanservice.
can't wait to see Kuro.
Now that's what I'm talking about. It's epic it feels so sad at the same time. It's like the game is trying to prepare you to say goodbye to all the characters that you met in the previous arcs while telling to move forward because the future is filled with hope.
Not seeing why calvard arc needs a new hero
@@buttertoast1146 Up until this point we always changed the cast of characters for new arcs. Falcom's president confirmed that the next arc will feature a new cast. Though that doesn't mean that we will never see the other characters again but they won't be at the center of the story anymore.
I think Lapis and Rufus as well their companions might appear again. Cedric and Ouroburous of course will be back again. I hope the next arc focuses on Calvard and the Septerian Church more.
@@CS2Malk My guess is the next arc Calvard will be focused more I mean their was an episode hinted of the possibility in the game.
@@buttertoast1146 why not? I mean it's a big nation like Erebonia so their is bound to have someone important other than their president.
This song feels nostalgic when it is the last game released of the series at this point of my comment.
It gives so many goosebumps and chills. I love it.
This is a very appropriate final dungeon theme to end the Erebonia arc. In the other Cold Steel final dungeons, they were usually upbeat.
Jindo created a masterpiece with this track. It perfectly embodies the sense Of finality of the Western Zemuria arcs. Somber and hits you right in the feels.
I was sure this was Unisuga at first. Reminds me so much of his Tokyo Xanadu stuff.
This is the standout track of the ost for me.
The Azure Liberator
The Ashen Chevalier
The Masked Hermit
Entering to stop the crisis
He should be called the Masked Sinner
@@Smoshbestfanever Or even the Jade Hermit.
@@Averi0 gives too much away
@@buttertoast1146 How about "Reborn Liberator",
The Azure Liberator
The Ashen Chevalier
The Auric Sinner
Falcom team, you made me hear this song and now I can't wait for the English port! This is so cool. Maximum vibes that something magical, twisted and deep is coming.
The replay of this game gonna go so hard, Jindo's masterpiece and my second favorite Final Dungeon of the series.
"Reverse Striped Babel"
This track is stunning. I can hardly find the words to describe it. It's so unlike Spiral of Erebos and End of SAGA, yet it feels so fitting for the end of this saga. My congratulations to the composer, whoever it is.
I'm pretty sure it is Jindo, there is sth about this piece that immidiately makes me think of him.
CS1 had Techno music for final dungeon
Hajimari has Techno music for final dungeon.
Ah, perfect.
Love this theme
何気にこの曲聴いてます!凄くいいです!
Oh my god, this is incredible. Get it Jindo ❤️
Quite simply, the BEST track in Hajimari- no, ALL of Trails. The intensity is presented in a form of a somber tone, giving a sense of finality as well. This is it. The final dungeon. The last crisis Class VII, Liberl Team, SSS, and the first Crisis C's team will deal with. And once this crisis is resolved. A new beginning, and a new future will unfold, for Zemuria as a whole. For our next heroes, with the assistance of heroes of the past must stop the Third Phase of the Final Orpheus Plan.
On to calvard
not really but aight
This is so somber and "finale" like, compared to most of the final dungeon themes in the series, it's really good.
Makes me wonder what sort of theme we'll be getting once we reach the actual end of the series.
I don't want to think about this series ending :_: It will happen, but lord do i not want it too. Peak JRPG
I will surely cry on that day @@youristevens379
The BEST Wallpaper I've seen for this game so far!!!
Yep, I'd love a 1080p & 4k version of the wallpaper.
I opened this in full screen and it is a cool wallpaper. Too bad the website didn't put a high res up for download.
@@tidus1ph I used an ai upscaler and it looks pretty good now for wallpaper
This theme fits best when you enter the dungeon for the second time to save Rufus. This theme plays, Rufus saying his last words and the party shares their feeling.
Completely unrelated but I find it funny how the Trails series and the Kingdom Hearts series took about the same amount of time to conclude their first half of their stories
KH1 release date - 2002. KH3 release date - 2019. 17 years
Sky FC release date - 2004. Hajimari's release date - 2020. 16 years
Trails is the better series tho but still pretty cool how they both finished their first halfs nearly at the same time, yet still have a long way to go. At least with trails I see it having an ending in sight eventually since the story revolves around ouroboros and the septerrions. I can't say the same for kh though lol
One of my favorites, can't wait for the game to come out there.
Even this song was used as a trailer song plus a narration directly by Mr Chiplock
it's here! thank you.
この曲を聴きながら逆しまのバベルを攻略していたときは
これで、西ゼムリア大陸編は終わるのか・・・と寂しい気分になっていた。
良い曲なだけに、余計。 今は来年が楽しみだけど。
I love how subdued it sounds compared to other final dungeons in the CS saga. They could've just gone full MEGA EPIC SUPER LOUD route considering this is the last time we're playing as the current cast, but I'm glad they took a bolder approach, it's impeccable thematically.
"last time we're playing as the current cast"
haha...
@@di-gun5791 *"with the current engine"* come at me bro
@@cyborgocam5498 it's gonna be 2040 and kids are going to be hunting for ancient ps4s to try and play cold steel 1-4 because divine blade mega super god king of the United zemurian continent rean schwarzer makes a cameo in trails 18
Theres a high chance rean and renne will be featured in the next calvard arc.
@@angelofslaughter2431 Indeed, Renne is almost 100% sure, Rean depend when the story take place
Great final dungeon osts, at least in this aspect falcom hasn't failed, every final dungeon ost is fitting for the context of the story at each point so much that I can't say one is better than the other. They are all uniquely fitting in their respectives contexts
Agreed. Every final dungeon fits each game's current narrative. I really love how subdued and sombre this track is. Especially knowing this is the last game before we move onto Calvard.
IMO the best ones are either Spiral of Erebos or To The Future....
@@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904 Spiral of Erebos is so damn iconic, I could listen to it again and wouldn't even be sick of it
Btw you don't need to keep entering the final dungeon to hear this song because once you complete the game and in character viewer this place is available to be selected and you can keep listening to this masterpiece
Falcom nail it like always. 😉
Just like Resonance of Ray, this also grew on me
Damn phantasmal blaze is back, blessed
Hey Jude! Fancy seeing you here. 🤣 How is it going with Milla? Lol
ルーファス……前みたいな周りの気持ちを無視して全ては父のためと言い訳して独り善がりな生き方しか出来なかったお前は、いまや
過去の自分と向き合い……仲間の大切さを知り…周りの気持ちを考え……自分の出来ることを為そうとしてるお前は変わったというより知ってそれを知った上で行動した今なら絶対、やり直せる。償えるチャンスがあるわけでそこから第2の人生で頑張って生きて欲しい。
2:08 reminds me of CS1’s op
You have done it. Thank You Jindo-San. Can't wait for more of your work in the future.
How very 80s retro synth with the intro (in a good way).
it's look like jean michel jarre music from 80
Jindo showing off his Unisuga appreciation 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩
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Second-best track in Hajimari IMO
What’s the best one?
@@phantomslay5612 Rosenberg Studio
Jindo the true MVP!
unmatched best track in the game the others don't even come close!
When I first heard this I KNEW that that this was the end of Crossbell and Erebonia arc.
In Cold Steel 4, we are only one part in The Radiant Wings. In Hajimari, everything rests on us, all our heroes up until now, in action.
Rean gets more and more handsome each game
It's a jrpg rule to make the mc good looking
Simply Sublime.
Jindo 🤩 no need to explain why he is the best
At long last its time...
普通に良い曲
Oof this game had one of the best endings in the series so far
Reminds me a bit of "Possibilty Flaps" (Tokyo Xanadu's final dungeon theme), though the different instrumentation creates a certain mysterious vibe. Really excellent composition that really hits me emotionally somehow even though I don't know the context. Hands down one of the best tracks on the OST.
Spolior alert
Saving rufus 😢
Apparently this final dungeon is WAY longer than all the previous ones in the entire series.
They also uses the two party group mechanic so you gotta swap and do switches and puzzles etc.
There ain't no puzzle dude. Only switch and one Isla zameil in Loyd group and sen 4 brynia island lost art giving magic golem with four legs in Rean group.
are you serious, like even longer than ark liberl and azure tree?
i hate it already
Not really that long.
@Alien Star Because this game doesn't have a boss lol to even stand in way everybody is out on vacation it seems lol it's mainly focused on future of Erebonia + Crossbell's re independent
Swap mechanic between party groups? Absorption Gate flashbacks from Tales of the Abyss
Jindo peaked with this one fr
🎹
Didnt care for the ost as a whole this time around but this track really hit. I think i like this one more than to the future. Spiral of erebos still my favorite from this arc tho
1:26 😩👌👌👌
Rean come alone LOL. He is beast in this game
It's just to show that Cold Steel revolves around Rean and only Rean.
Lol rean isn’t even the best character power wise and has the most boring route in this game.
@@deluxe2396 LoL you clearly didn't play the game
Rean's route is on par with C's route for me while Lloyd's route is just all crossbell and crossbell :v
For me it’s C>Lloyd>>Rean, nord is boring, his ch 1 was the worst Rean has some nice moments but overall I couldn’t wait to end most of his chapters. Mid second playthrough and didn’t play the game okay lol
@@deluxe2396 I agree that his first and second chapter is boring but after the end of chapter 3 , rean's route become more intense and more interesting than other route
If you really played game, I would respect your opinion but I wouldn't agree that rean's route is the most boring route. Especially in Chapter 4
Retributive Tower 💀💀💀💀💀
Definitely feels like the synth is whispering FUTURE in your ears.
Sadly I need to buy a new laptop so I can play it 😔
Xenoblade No Kieski
oh?
lol someone's ears must be having problem, that 1 dislike :D
No more dungeon themes?? Nooo! Dislike. Thats my theory lol
Jindo MVP of Hajimari. Or is it Koguchi who made this? Anyways still greatness in my ears.
Idk what it is but the synths sound kinda
Christmasy?
nice track but really dont get chills like Infernal Castle which imo is so much better
Thematically this is better since it feels like an actual conclusion to the series story and characters up to this point.
Haven't played the game yet, cuz it's not out yet in NA (hope it does come out).. I love the song, but at the same time I feel like it can be so much more. There's nothing wrong with it in itself, but it just loops at the start just when I feel like it builds towards something more than the climax, but.. it doesn't. I wonder if the composer thought the same, and couldn't top the end, and eventually gave up. It really sounds like they intended to maintain that climax, but didn't.. IMO. Still though it's great.
this track look like jean michel jarre musician from 1980
Not happy about leaving rean and co behind, I feel there's alot of story left for them but I suppose it's time to move on rean got 5 games after all
Its not like we won't see them again in some capacity. I'll be shocked if at least some didn't pop up again.
@@declanwatson I don't see why the calvard arc needs a new hero when Angie told rean that him and class 7 should look into what's going on in calvard after Osborne goes down
@@buttertoast1146 as far as I heard there's setup in Hajimari for him to go Calvard. He's not the only person from the old cast going there
I am beyond glad that they're ditching Rean. The fact that they took 5 games to fully complete his character arc is mind boggling, compare that to Estelle, Joshua, Kevin and Lloyd who took half the time to have more interesting character development. Hopefully the Calvard protags will have more dimension than saying "Haha..." every 5 lines.
@@00hydraburst eh I would argue Lloyd has the least development, Kevin doesn't really count, Estelle is the OG so I'll give you that one. I haven't played 4 yet but I'll have a full opinion by then but I like all 3 equally
Rename this to retributive tower now
Man, I see a lot of praise for this track, but honestly I thought this was one of the most boring tracks in the entire game. Most of the final dungeon tracks from the previous games felt way better to me, personally. This one just sorta lacked the "oomph" for a final conclusion of everything that's going on. And unlike in other games, here I wished some actual battle themes overriden this, ngl.
This was a conclusion to the first half, and imo the fact that this is different and unique to the previous final themes and more emotional completely makes sense here as a last game and smart
@@kentstopme I agree with that, at first I wasn't too fond of it but then as I listened to it more and discovered how this song emphazises the conclusion of the first half of the series and a farewell to the characters we grow up with for so long, then I started to love it alot more.
Wish they'd give Rean the ending he deserves. I could less about Kuro no Kiseki.
Rean literally had 2 endings for himself. Grow up and change as a person
@@BaRtt4Bro the man had 5 games and reverie did a wonderful job of concluding his character arc. Don't get me wrong I like Rean but we had him as an protagonist for 7 years since 2013 when CS1 came out in Japan, it's time to move on.