Guilty Gear is not a Fighting Game Guilty Gear is a Banger Album that comes with a Free Fighting game Mirror of the World and Let me Carve your way are so long that you can't even listen to the full song in game Find your One Way makes every fight feel like a literal brawl and Drift will literally make you stop fighting to listen to that sweet sweet disney song part
2 things i wanna add. Bruh, nago's boss theme crawl was amazing to fight him too. And this video really made me realise that mortal kombat really needs to step up their music game
Fighting game music, especially Guilty Gear's and Tekken, are the most rawest form of OSTs I've ever heard. Tekken specifically because man those techno beats go HARD sometimes.
The scope for both of those games soundtracks goes WAY beyond what was needed. I love both games for that and the only reason I knew about both was primarily from the soundtracks. Guilty Gear Strive legit has the best score :>
one thing I wished you would mention was versus themes. stuff like Under Heaven Destruction (Ragna vs Jin) from Blazblue, Keep the Flag Flying (Order Sol vs Ky) from Guilty Gear, Way to the Horizon (Rock vs Geese) from KOF and so much more. there is so much you can say about these songs and how they not only have to encapsulate 2 different characters, but also their dynamics and relationships in musical format. (and Strive not having any versus themes is yet another proof that it's not a Guilty Gear game)
@@VirtualMementos There's so much to fighting game music you could talk bout so I'd love to see more in the future! One thing that I always enjoyed about KOF's music, for example, is how music is supossed to represent a team of three, rather then one person.
@@strepsilsaregood4u Def will talk about more fg music in the future along with my usual nintnendo nostalgia vids, and even more fighting game vids in general c: KOF is a series I need to mess around with tho for sure!
Guilty Gear XRD/REV2 were my first exposures to the soundtrack. I legit don't remember anything aside from when I booted REV2 up and I legit just looped the opening song Break A Spell over and over. Strive was an instant click too, granted I am very much bias to May's theme or Faust's LOL Thank you though, glad you found the channel and hope you stay c:
@@VirtualMementos I can agree with you very much there! All of the songs are great to just put on while doing things, Guilty gear songs are so good that I use them as my main source of hype music! Also, i didn't realize that strive used the same track during character select, it's a shame! If they hadn't reused smell of the game we would have gotten another great song! Thank you for the video!!
In A Moments Time and Moonsiders are probably two of my favorite songs ever, even though I haven’t touched the game for the latter. You’d think fighting games would be the last genre to do it, but these two songs have made me feel more emotion than almost anything else. It’s a strange, almost sad emotion, but it’s a special one.
One day, my old anime fighter newbie and Xrd fan self decided to buy this "Under Night" game it seemed pretty sick. My expectations weren't particularly high, and Xrd's character select is hype so I didn't expect to be blown away or anything when I clicked the "Training" menu option. And then Gathers Under Night's first few notes played. I spend about 5 mins just there staring at the character select screen and listening to that shit. I still get hype every time I open the UNI character select screen for any reason. Absolutely insane character select theme.
9:55 YES! I'm so happy you included the SF3 Menu theme. For the record I don't really play any fighting games outside of Smash, but Maaaan! My bias is very strong, because i'm a huge fan of hip-hop/rap from that era, but that theme is just so RAW!
The first time I heard third strikes soundtrack, I legit just put that song on loop. It's why SF6 looks so neat to me now too because it's full on embracing the hip hop roots :')
Music for fighting games is extremely important. This video randomly appeared on my feed since I hear a lot of music (and play fighting games who knew). I have to agree. As a kid I didn't pay that much attention (besides MvC2 chara select that was great). It wasn't until I started getting into more games like Guilty Gear R2, Blazblue (specially this one) that made me realize how amazing the OSTs for these games was. Skullgirls ost have been living kinda rent free on my head too for quite a while, specially the character select theme. I love how bombastic Guilty Gear music is, I love the lyrics. And so many new fighting games have amazing OSTs. Thanks for this cool video! c:
Hey well I'm glad you found the video! Music in these games are just that special, and I think the genre deserves all the love in the world. Plus Skullgirls ost lives in my head rent free in my head to LOL
Realy great vid, love the apreciation to FG music in general, specialy Skullgirls, I love it Tho, I'd recomend you also check SNK games music, I was surprised it wasnt even mentioned They're some of my favorite osts ever I'm so sure you will love them aswell
Funnily enough at the time of making this video I never played a KOF game and granted now... I only have played 13 and 15 now, I am very impressed with the soundtrack as a whole and WISH I mentioned it in here haha!
@@VirtualMementos Then I welcome You into the KOF fan club 😀 Great thing about XV is that You can listen to songs from older installments - cause KOF games in general tend to have awesome music IMO.
I never played KI but I only recently heard the music. I know a few games try this but not many stuck with it. For what its worth, I think it'd be a great idea.
@@VirtualMementos There’s a short documentary called “Making the audio of Killer Instinct” with interviews from those who worked on the series, Mick Gordon (2013’s main composer) has his own section where he breaks down how it works using all of his tracks, there’s also a separate video focused solely on gordon where he goes through each character theme individually It’s really easy to understand, surprisingly fascinating and not that long, I highly recommend giving a look!
I find a fighting games that have a strong soundtrack don't just build hype for the players, but any spectators as well. One soundtrack that is just absolutely incredible is Killer Instinct 2013. It's dynamic music makes even more exciting. Fight slows down, the music is more subdued. Fight intensifies and the music explodes with energy. If there is one song I always love to highlight in the game it's Maya's theme City of Dawn. As for other awesome fighting game songs, I gotta mention Moonlit Wilderness from Tekken 5. It's intense and makes any fight on that stage feel like a climactic showdown between two rivals in an action movie or anime. As for boss themes, the one that has recently been stuck in my head is Crawl from the Guilty Gear Strive soundtrack. I can't believe I almost forgot to mention the awesomeness that is The King of Fighters XIII soundtrack I don't think there's any song in that game that I even remotely dislike. But the highlight song for me there is Each Promise which is Team Elizabeth's theme.
Moonlit Wilderness is one I didn't think of before the video aaaa! That one is up there for me too. But as someone who used to just watch a lot of matches, the music can help build up so much hype and tension. Some soundtracks go WAYYYYYY beyond what's needed to like Guilty Gear and the game gets even better for it. Will look into the KOF games soon too since I never played any aside from a tiny bit of XV :)
@@VirtualMementos Moonlit Wilderness is definitely in like the top 3 reasons why Tekken 5 is my favourite Tekken. And if you end up checking out KOF I recommend either 98, 2002 UM and XIII. Also when it comes to fighting game intros/attract modes, some of the best ones come from the SoulCalibur series. Especially SoulEdge/Blade and SoulCalibur 2.
I don't know if you have ever talked about it but, have you ever hear the Gran Turismo OST? Edit: I also love Fighting games, but gran turismo is interesting, especially the music for the menu Edit2: It has a lot of Jazz
It might sound weird, but fighting games having great music is a huge reason why I get into them at all. Not that I can't get into games without their songs being out of the park, but they really help set the overall mood. KOF13/14, Melty Blood CC, Under Night, SF3/4, BBTAG, stuff with amazing tracks can get me to check a game out, let alone spend hours labbing out with said themes playing. It extends to games like Hotline Miami, VA-11 HALL-A, osts can make me buy a game if it's *that* good. Not that they're the only ones that I like, but still. FighterZ is lucky it's so enjoyable, it's the only fighter I turn music off for with how mediocre it is imo. It's not bad per say, but nothing I'd listen to during a match, practice, or anything beyond that over whatever I can pull up on YT.
I really think we are alike in that sense, and granted I only now have began my journey learning fighting games propper (this year) the music has been a MAJOR drive to learn. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, BBTAG, Unist,Guilty Gear all had music that just motivates me to learn and think of the gradual personal progress
@@justsomedude7138 P4AU I main Chie & Marie but some characters like Naoto are tricky. GG Strive and XRD I'm a May main but dabble w/ other characters too. In terms of learning progress, I'm doin bnbs, adapting to the neutral game, and just hopping online as often as I can to try out the things I lab c:
Strive's OST is actually so bad, like I'm sorry its not that good, I don't care what anyone else says, the composition is chaotic, the vocals are distracting and fight with the instrumentals to be heard, and when the composition isn't pure fucking chaos, the vocals are just fucking terrible, I think they're only 3 good strive songs, Ram theme, millia theme and testament theme, that's it, everything else is kidna trash
I can see that being an issue, but I think that's just the approach GGST was going for? Regardless it's not for everyone. The themes you chose are great though, especially Rams c:
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Guilty Gear is not a Fighting Game
Guilty Gear is a Banger Album that comes with a Free Fighting game
Mirror of the World and Let me Carve your way are so long that you can't even listen to the full song in game
Find your One Way makes every fight feel like a literal brawl
and Drift will literally make you stop fighting to listen to that sweet sweet disney song part
After all this time... I was lied to? Well no problem by my end cause the songs RULE!
@@VirtualMementos and i haven't even touched upon xrd rev2
@@primarchjackfrost8117 And the others? Oh boy the marketing for Guilty Gear as a game instead of an album is genius
The roar of the spaaark!
You are so right. Guilty Gear is essentially Daisuke’s music album. Also, HEE HO
2 things i wanna add. Bruh, nago's boss theme crawl was amazing to fight him too. And this video really made me realise that mortal kombat really needs to step up their music game
Mortal Kombat music hasn't been too great in the past few games but than again I barely play those games as is. Nago's theme Crawl is INSANELY good!
Fighting game music, especially Guilty Gear's and Tekken, are the most rawest form of OSTs I've ever heard. Tekken specifically because man those techno beats go HARD sometimes.
The scope for both of those games soundtracks goes WAY beyond what was needed. I love both games for that and the only reason I knew about both was primarily from the soundtracks. Guilty Gear Strive legit has the best score :>
one thing I wished you would mention was versus themes. stuff like Under Heaven Destruction (Ragna vs Jin) from Blazblue, Keep the Flag Flying (Order Sol vs Ky) from Guilty Gear, Way to the Horizon (Rock vs Geese) from KOF and so much more. there is so much you can say about these songs and how they not only have to encapsulate 2 different characters, but also their dynamics and relationships in musical format. (and Strive not having any versus themes is yet another proof that it's not a Guilty Gear game)
There are always future videos from me of course! But I loved games that did that like you mentioned with Guilty Gear.
@@VirtualMementos There's so much to fighting game music you could talk bout so I'd love to see more in the future! One thing that I always enjoyed about KOF's music, for example, is how music is supossed to represent a team of three, rather then one person.
@@strepsilsaregood4u Def will talk about more fg music in the future along with my usual nintnendo nostalgia vids, and even more fighting game vids in general c: KOF is a series I need to mess around with tho for sure!
Guilty gear hasn't failed to make it like it's music, even the tracks I didn't think I'd like in strive grew on me hard. Wonderful stuff
Guilty Gear XRD/REV2 were my first exposures to the soundtrack. I legit don't remember anything aside from when I booted REV2 up and I legit just looped the opening song Break A Spell over and over.
Strive was an instant click too, granted I am very much bias to May's theme or Faust's LOL
Thank you though, glad you found the channel and hope you stay c:
@@VirtualMementos I can agree with you very much there!
All of the songs are great to just put on while doing things,
Guilty gear songs are so good that I use them as my main source of hype music!
Also, i didn't realize that strive used the same track during character select, it's a shame! If they hadn't reused smell of the game we would have gotten another great song!
Thank you for the video!!
Seeing Tabuu again hit me with a ton of nostalgia! Great vid!
Tabuu is one of the coolest bosses in Smash to this day. Got all nostalgic hearing the theme again too :')
Thanks btw !!
I swear fighting games are like arcace racing games for me, the music is always one of them most memorable parts of the game
In A Moments Time and Moonsiders are probably two of my favorite songs ever, even though I haven’t touched the game for the latter. You’d think fighting games would be the last genre to do it, but these two songs have made me feel more emotion than almost anything else. It’s a strange, almost sad emotion, but it’s a special one.
I agree, both themes have made both happy and emotional at the same time.
One day, my old anime fighter newbie and Xrd fan self decided to buy this "Under Night" game it seemed pretty sick. My expectations weren't particularly high, and Xrd's character select is hype so I didn't expect to be blown away or anything when I clicked the "Training" menu option. And then Gathers Under Night's first few notes played. I spend about 5 mins just there staring at the character select screen and listening to that shit. I still get hype every time I open the UNI character select screen for any reason. Absolutely insane character select theme.
You. Get. It.
That game is nuts with music and I love every second of it.
9:55 YES! I'm so happy you included the SF3 Menu theme.
For the record I don't really play any fighting games outside of Smash, but Maaaan! My bias is very strong, because i'm a huge fan of hip-hop/rap from that era, but that theme is just so RAW!
The first time I heard third strikes soundtrack, I legit just put that song on loop. It's why SF6 looks so neat to me now too because it's full on embracing the hip hop roots :')
Oh Tekken 5. Major nostalgia right there. And the OP still slaps SO much.
Tekken 5 has some of the best tracks so I get it omg 🔥🔥🔥
holy crap this is well made. Excellent editing, amazing mic, I'm shocked that you aren't more popular! You got a sub in me
Thank you so much! I try my best out here to keep the quality top notch so it means a ton :>
man, im still waiting for crawl to useable in a normal strive match. one of my favorites for the energy it brings.
Heres hoping 🤞
Music for fighting games is extremely important. This video randomly appeared on my feed since I hear a lot of music (and play fighting games who knew). I have to agree. As a kid I didn't pay that much attention (besides MvC2 chara select that was great). It wasn't until I started getting into more games like Guilty Gear R2, Blazblue (specially this one) that made me realize how amazing the OSTs for these games was. Skullgirls ost have been living kinda rent free on my head too for quite a while, specially the character select theme. I love how bombastic Guilty Gear music is, I love the lyrics. And so many new fighting games have amazing OSTs. Thanks for this cool video! c:
Hey well I'm glad you found the video! Music in these games are just that special, and I think the genre deserves all the love in the world. Plus Skullgirls ost lives in my head rent free in my head to LOL
Sick ass video. instant sub. I too love the art of video game music, especially Fighting game music.
I love fighting games so much, & the fact it took me so long to fully appreciate them this year... Crazy 😭Thank you though!!
@@VirtualMementos np. you're quality is far too high for the amount of subs you have, so you deserve it.
@@funkuro :') this made my day aaaaaaa
this is a very good video i expected you to have atleast 100k subs with this quality good job man
Thank you so much :')
Realy great vid, love the apreciation to FG music in general, specialy Skullgirls, I love it
Tho, I'd recomend you also check SNK games music, I was surprised it wasnt even mentioned
They're some of my favorite osts ever
I'm so sure you will love them aswell
Noted! Def plan to make more fighting game esq videos along with my usual stuff cause I started fully getting stuck into the genre this year c:
One thing I wish You'd mention are the team related theme songs - like in "The King of Fighters".
Funnily enough at the time of making this video I never played a KOF game and granted now... I only have played 13 and 15 now, I am very impressed with the soundtrack as a whole and WISH I mentioned it in here haha!
@@VirtualMementos Then I welcome You into the KOF fan club 😀
Great thing about XV is that You can listen to songs from older installments - cause KOF games in general tend to have awesome music IMO.
Really good video essay! I look forward to seeing more of your videos!
Thank you !! I love making these essays and making them something special so hopefully you resonated with it :)
I wish more FG took the killer instinct approach of weaving it into the gameplay, KI has such a unique sound on top of it too
I never played KI but I only recently heard the music. I know a few games try this but not many stuck with it. For what its worth, I think it'd be a great idea.
@@VirtualMementos There’s a short documentary called “Making the audio of Killer Instinct” with interviews from those who worked on the series, Mick Gordon (2013’s main composer) has his own section where he breaks down how it works using all of his tracks, there’s also a separate video focused solely on gordon where he goes through each character theme individually
It’s really easy to understand, surprisingly fascinating and not that long, I highly recommend giving a look!
ayy day 0 gang wazzap lol. But FR this is a hella goated vid!
Thank u for seeing exclusive "I swear I'm done editing" version 💀💀💀
Banger
thank u :3
I find a fighting games that have a strong soundtrack don't just build hype for the players, but any spectators as well. One soundtrack that is just absolutely incredible is Killer Instinct 2013. It's dynamic music makes even more exciting. Fight slows down, the music is more subdued. Fight intensifies and the music explodes with energy. If there is one song I always love to highlight in the game it's Maya's theme City of Dawn.
As for other awesome fighting game songs, I gotta mention Moonlit Wilderness from Tekken 5. It's intense and makes any fight on that stage feel like a climactic showdown between two rivals in an action movie or anime.
As for boss themes, the one that has recently been stuck in my head is Crawl from the Guilty Gear Strive soundtrack.
I can't believe I almost forgot to mention the awesomeness that is The King of Fighters XIII soundtrack I don't think there's any song in that game that I even remotely dislike. But the highlight song for me there is Each Promise which is Team Elizabeth's theme.
Moonlit Wilderness is one I didn't think of before the video aaaa! That one is up there for me too. But as someone who used to just watch a lot of matches, the music can help build up so much hype and tension. Some soundtracks go WAYYYYYY beyond what's needed to like Guilty Gear and the game gets even better for it.
Will look into the KOF games soon too since I never played any aside from a tiny bit of XV :)
@@VirtualMementos Moonlit Wilderness is definitely in like the top 3 reasons why Tekken 5 is my favourite Tekken. And if you end up checking out KOF I recommend either 98, 2002 UM and XIII.
Also when it comes to fighting game intros/attract modes, some of the best ones come from the SoulCalibur series. Especially SoulEdge/Blade and SoulCalibur 2.
I don't know if you have ever talked about it but, have you ever hear the Gran Turismo OST?
Edit: I also love Fighting games, but gran turismo is interesting, especially the music for the menu
Edit2: It has a lot of Jazz
I have, I grew up with Gran Turismo 3/4 and played a lot of 7 too and the music is fantastic as can be.
@@VirtualMementos nice, I haven't played 7 for reasons, but I really want to play.
And I grew up with GT5 with it's wonderful menu music
@@sagajc037 7 has great music in the menus and has made me fall even more in love with that style of music c:
HOLY BASED
Thank you !!!!
It might sound weird, but fighting games having great music is a huge reason why I get into them at all. Not that I can't get into games without their songs being out of the park, but they really help set the overall mood. KOF13/14, Melty Blood CC, Under Night, SF3/4, BBTAG, stuff with amazing tracks can get me to check a game out, let alone spend hours labbing out with said themes playing. It extends to games like Hotline Miami, VA-11 HALL-A, osts can make me buy a game if it's *that* good. Not that they're the only ones that I like, but still.
FighterZ is lucky it's so enjoyable, it's the only fighter I turn music off for with how mediocre it is imo. It's not bad per say, but nothing I'd listen to during a match, practice, or anything beyond that over whatever I can pull up on YT.
I really think we are alike in that sense, and granted I only now have began my journey learning fighting games propper (this year) the music has been a MAJOR drive to learn. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, BBTAG, Unist,Guilty Gear all had music that just motivates me to learn and think of the gradual personal progress
Completely fair reasoning. Who have you leaned toward, in terms of mains? Any characters from any of those you wanted to learn, but couldn't grasp?
@@justsomedude7138 P4AU I main Chie & Marie but some characters like Naoto are tricky. GG Strive and XRD I'm a May main but dabble w/ other characters too. In terms of learning progress, I'm doin bnbs, adapting to the neutral game, and just hopping online as often as I can to try out the things I lab c:
Guilty Gear Strive music is soo good it almost made thing the game was good.
LOL
and justice for kof
I never played it before this video being made... oops
@@VirtualMementos lol, np
0/10, not enough Great Cat’s Village R
On the real tho, great vid X)
oh god i forgot LMAOOO
thank you though !!
An essay of fighting game music and KI 2013 is nowhere to be found 😭😭😭
Sorry I never played KI 2013 but I am planning on it !
Strive's OST is actually so bad, like I'm sorry its not that good, I don't care what anyone else says, the composition is chaotic, the vocals are distracting and fight with the instrumentals to be heard, and when the composition isn't pure fucking chaos, the vocals are just fucking terrible, I think they're only 3 good strive songs, Ram theme, millia theme and testament theme, that's it, everything else is kidna trash
I can see that being an issue, but I think that's just the approach GGST was going for? Regardless it's not for everyone. The themes you chose are great though, especially Rams c: