@@AtlasBenighted Hey man. Please do my suggestion, they aren't exactly your taste but good none the less. So to let you know what they are exactly, think of them as hyper and DeadMouse on drugs, with good ass Theme, and Lyrics. Well one only talks but one just is from the best Electro musicians combined. I'm not forcing you to listen to them, it's your own merit if you want to listen to them. But can't hog good music too. And 'K vs K' theme is from K series, 'K: Return Of King's' to be said.
About the language of the singer: it's not actually a real language, it's a "mock" Latin of sorts. They mixed Latin with the fictional language of the Fodlan in the game. I guess you could call it Fodlatin?
This is a composition trick I've been noticing more and more to avoid the trap of using just Latin or another language that fits. For example League of Legends theme for Volibear called "The Relentless Storm." uses a "mock" Norse language as the region he's from in game takes inspiration from Vikings.
This song is pure epicness. Imagine, you are stepping onto the battlefield, there is a misty marshy swampland, and pure silence. You see an army before you, lead by an enemy out of legend. Suddenly, out of nowhere...God Shattering Star hits.
@@swordsmancs nah, I would say Verdant Wind makes the ideal _second_ route anyway unless you are really into slice of life, since Part 1 gives off so much of that feel with it's Supports and the main events feel more disconnected than with Azure Moon or Crimson Flower/Silver Snow. I'd say the ideal way to do a perfect full playthrough is either Azure Moon or Crimson Flower first, then Verdant Wind, then Crimson Flower or Azure Moon, and then finally Silver Snow to wrap things into a neat bow. Add in Cindered Shadows DLC somewhere in the mix as well to round things to around 400 hours or so.
"Why is God Shattering Star not in smash? This is an outrage" Well, you've reacted to all three of my favorite franchises now. The other tracks I'd recommend are a bit niche, but as a shot in the dark... Anyone else wanna see Project Wingman's "Kings" OST reacted to? It was an awesome final boss track
Glad you liked this track so much! Music from fire emblem is really good :) To explain, A lot of recent fire emblem games incorporate basically two versions of the same song that play. 1, the 'on the battlefield overall' , and 2, when you 'zoom in' on specific battles. In the 'battlefield overall' version, you can usually hear a more 'normal' version of the song, and when you 'zoom in' on specific battles - one soldier against another, or two generals facing off in combat, etc, the music will swell and grow more epic. This video that you reacted two sort of meshed the two different versions together. More specifically, the vocals you hear only play in the 'overall battlefield' version of the song, whereas the parts without vocals play in the 'zoomed in' view. It might seem like it should be the other way around, but it works. If you ever want more fire emblem music to have a look at, I'd reccommend Fire Emblem Echoes's 'Twilight of the Gods' genuinely one of my favourite pieces of fire emblem music. Its an orchestral remake of an older 8 bit song.
Now imagine this song playing for +3 hours as you figure out how to finish this final battle with no casualties and sick crit quotes from the characters. Absolute perfection
Well i wanted Twilight of the Gods but God Shattering Star is good as well. Both awesome tracks from Fire emblem franchise. Since you liked this song i expect more form this series. Fire emblem: Echoes - Shadows of Valentia has the best ost in my opinion, with Three Houses close second.
I agree that Shadows of Valentia has the best soundtrack in all of Fire Emblem. That being said, God-Shattering Star kinda what you get if you mashed up Lord of a Dead Empire, Twilight of the Gods, and The Scions' Dance in Purgatory: epic, seemingly discordant, but actually very melodious, and the eastern operatic tenor.
@@marcusmajarra Indeed. These three tracks, together with Pride and Arrogance And Heritors of Arcadia, are one of the best i have ever heard in a video game.
Worth giving a few shoutouts to some of the best songs of the previous games too, for the sake of time though will just say power hungry fool from path of radiance is amazing.
Best song, best final map, and best hype generator. Thank you Marianne for not only doubling Nemesis on maddening but also dodging the counter, you truly are best girl.
Fire Emblem fan here! God Shattering Star is fantastic. To throw a suggestion into the pile: Sky Tower from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team. It has had a remake, but the GBA version of the song from the original is still great.
Also any of the tracks from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/darkness/sky! My suggestions would be “battle against Dusknoir” or “Dialga’s fight to the finish”
Heya, just found your video in my recommended, I just wanted to mention something about those orchestral hits, this being Fire Emblem, since Awakening in 2012, most songs in the latest entries have a separate version of themselves usually contrasting a "calm" version, called "Ablaze" "Fire" "Wind" "Storm" etc... In three houses map themes play in their "Rain" version while you're doing all the Strategizing and planning of your units, while "Thunder" plays when you made your choices and your units start fighting, the tracks switch right where it's other self left off so it feels extremely natural. Again in three houses the thunder themes are jam PACKED with those hits, every note is a staccato and everything feels extremely percussive as if you could hear the clashing of steel, so what you listened to was God Shattering Star rearranged switching at prime moments, it's an amazing edit that allows you to hear see both sides of the same coin. Just thought I'd let you know, it's something interesting to take into account. Edit: I see a lot of people not liking this version of GST, kinda surprised, it's basically become how I envision the song, you NEED those vocals but you equally need some majestic powerful notes from the thunder version, I mean, at the end of the day that's also how players will discover the song in-game, only switching rain and thunder at different timings.
Lyrics that i found from the original video. Arise, you who cannot bear death Raise your heads bravely and take up your weapons. No more wishing for the corpses of your comrades. It’s time to rebel and liberate. Warriors, gather to this banner. Run! Raise the flag! From the beast called God. To take back our pride from the beast called God. Warriors, shout to the earth! Follow me through the wilderness! In the name of rebellion. Let your bodies tremble Let your souls do as they wish Like the wind that blows through Mother Earth(Fódlan) Like the sunrise that colors the great Ogma Stamp it out, raise your voice, strong as a lion. Our cries will ride the wind for a thousand miles. Let it reach the starry shores of the sea. Reach high and praise me, for I am the one who will liberate you all.
Pierce the sky, mysterious artifacts I am the embodiment of wrath I am the god shattering star
That theme is really good but overrated imo, dlc bosses themes are all better (but I think first hunter's theme is best bb soundtrack without considering DLCS)
Nier isn't the first fucking thing with musics with their own made-up language. Just because you only know overrated garbage everyone recommends to your otherwise empty head, doesn't mean you have to make reference to it for a fact that is otherwise common: that some song writers use made-up languages.
@@powerfulberry237 The salt in your comment aside, I referenced Nier because it is what Atlus knows. If I told him that the song pulls one from a game and music he doesn't know do you really think he would understand the comment in it's full context?
God Shattering Star is a brilliant track and very fitting for when it plays in the game. Family Jules made a very good Metal Cover of the song in collaboration with one of the Game's Voice Actors.
To answer your question of lyrics; there are no official lyrics to the piece! People have tried to examine the lyrics and figure out what language it is, most speculation I've seen says it's a combination of languages (Latin and a few others, from what I've seen). Very unfortunate because I would have absolutely learned the lyrics by now. If they were posted somewhere.
I think the idea was to mimic a latin church service. Most don’t know the language but can understand through the intonation behind it. Using gibberish allows the power of the music to shine while not being overshadowed, or distracted by what the words actually mean. I think this makes it more powerful.
You should listen to “The Edge of Dawn”. Leitmotifs from that track are in nearly every piece from the Three Houses soundtrack, and it makes the emotional payoffs in the late game amaaazing. He really built up the themes over the course of a game that can easily take 70+ hours per playthrough, and then hits you with some truly amazing and emotional tracks at the end of each route. You should also check out “A Funeral of Flowers” sometime. The tone of the song is super tragic and it hit me like a punch to the gut on the Church route. Underrated track from Three Houses.
The fact that you bring out the Silk road makes a lot of sense, since this is the boss battle theme for the golden deers, a house made in majority by traders and commoners and even the leader Claud is an inmigrant in Fodland :0
The only part of the lyrics I can understand is when the singer says "Fodra", the japanese name of Fodlan, the continent of this game. So, my idea is that the lyrics are about the bad guys thinking that they are saving the continent of Fodlan by killing the goddess Sothis.
They released an official translation in the premium version of the soundtrack. It's an anthem from the point of view of Nemesis, encouraging humanity to free themselves from "the beast called God."
PLEASE give Symphony of Boreal Wind a try from the game Genshin Impact. The OST from that game is INSANE, and that's one of my personal favourites of the bunch. If you can, I'd also give Childe's Theme from the same game a go. Love your stuff dude, keep it up!
With a Masterpiece of a song like this it was a outrage that this game didn't get even nominated for Best Original Score (to my knowledge) The rest of the soundtrack is great.
So much love for Fire Emblem's music 🥺🥺 I cry. I really suggest you to look into this franchise and his music.. i recommend what the others told you, but don't stop, because their music is beautiful! Look through the other titles
I love this game and this song, the Golden Deer route allows you to face the real threat, hence the intense music. God shattering star is a prime example that good Classical music can still be made, if only it involves talent and dedication.
When it comes to God Shattering Star it feels Epic. And I mean that in the more archaic sense. It feels like an accompanying song to the telling of some old epic fable. Like an unfolding story that still sounds like the same story but going on, it ages and shifts over the runtime like the phases of a great story. From a foreboding beginning to a more frantic and desperate tone with great highs and tragic falls.
Gotta recommend the beautiful FFX theme 'To Zanarkand', specifically the Distant Worlds live orchestral version, which is the absolute best version. It's not as complex as some of Uematsu's other works but it is, imo, the most gorgeous and emotional.
This might sounds a little out of nowhere, but i would love to see a reaction to The almigthy from Persona 4 (the extended version with the intro), is such a beautifull track
The parts without voice basically sound when the troops goes into the battle screen, the voiced ones comes when you're watching the map. it's a really amazing piece of music and makes you feel the pressure of how important that decisive battle is it.
I liked so much your analysis of the song! The examples you named made the explanation more easy to understand (talking about the silk road, the slavics, the red army choir) and more interesting, I actually learned a lot. I was surprised when I you said that the singing voice in God Shattering Star sang in a similar way to Smuglianka (by the Red army choir). You really know what you are talking about and I love that! Thank you for reviewing this song, it's one of my favorites of all time :D
Thank you so much! Actually I picked that song out of many because it had a similar phrasing to the one in the FET song. But you could hear similarities in all the songs in The Red Army Choir tbh!
I like how this song takes it time. Especially if you are familliar with it, you'd want to jump to the next phase but it reminds you that no, there is an enemy phase aswell. You issue orders (lyrics) then the battle play out (instrumental). Such performance really summarize what type of game it belongs to. You can feel the clash on the battlefield throught instruments responding to eachothers, the ideals being shout out even if mere soliders don't know anymore the details of what they are fighting for (gibberish lyrics), partaking in something way too big for them.
I really liked how you incorporated and talked about the silk route, I totally get what you’re mentioning! If you want some chaos and a short song that is bound to unsettle you, try Master of Masters from good old Yoko Shimomura for the Kingdom Hearts series.
Scions Dance In Purgatory would be another great fire emblem song to listen too. Especially if you watch Berkut's breakdown beforehand with his voice actors performance
Since you like metal, I would recommend Ao no Kiseki (trails of Azure) - Azure aribtrator! An amazing final boss song that you would certainly like And Ys origins - Silent Desert (super arrange version) is pretty good pick too, but there's so many great music from this serie! Both serie are from falcom
I will NEVER forget the first time I played the end of game boss fight this track is tied to ... I legit put the controller down and went "what.. the F is going on?!" and legit didn't pick it up until I could collect myself again ... because ya know, it was an end of game fight so a minimum of focus was required ... and all of mine was into the track.
This is one of the Best Soundtracks in all the Games out there. I played a lot of Games so i can tell that. The quality is the same as the boss track from the Abyss Watchers from Dark Souls 3.
I love God Shattering Star, but I'm not a fan of the specific version of the song used for the reaction, as that version edits together the vocal and non vocal versions together and it doesn't sound as good as the original vocal version found in the game. This version has clunky transitions and the sound quality between the vocal and non vocal versions even differs a little. Its a minor nitpick and not a reflection of you at all. Love your content, keep up the good work!!!
I was also like "Isn't that Rain and Thunder mixed together"? I feel listening to both versions separately would give a more thorough image of both of them. An analysis as to what both versions do differently and what those differences achieve could be interesting.
this soundtrack is godlike. "Between Heaven and Earth" always gets me emotional. something bout that marching snare and war drums. 2:25 of that song hits the heart.
Unfortunately that song is only good if you have played through enough... That emotional connection to one or all of the houses, and to Edelgard in particular. Your investment in her interactions and rise/fall is why you like the song so.
@@a-aronander-son5861 oh yeah i forgot randoms know why i like songs for a game i havent played nor give a shit about the characters for. Thanks for enlightening me.
Know the song yet never played the game? Hmm sorry, I don't believe ya. Regardless, don't get your panties in a twist bud, literally every other person who likes the song does so because of their emotional connection to the game. So stop acting like I peed in your cornflakes with my comment.
Thanks for reacting to this!! I love this song! Completely caught me off guard when I heard it in the game! Other really nice songs in the game include: Apex of The World, Chasing Daybreak, and Between Heaven and Earth (my personal fav)
Do Funeral of Flowers next!! Another good song (From a different franchise altogether) is Swirling Desire from Dragon Quest 9. May just be my nostalgia, but that song slaps.
I literally thought "Atlas should react to God Shattering Star" this afternoon. Thanks Mexican Zoidberg for the suggestion, and thank you atlas for the great breakdown as always.
The song is a broken version of italian but there isnt any actual lyrics. Edit the only actual words in the song is "They All Fight For Fodlan." Fodlan being the name of the continent the game takes place on.
The music thats in video games is always topnotch imo. Anything from Jeremy Soule is just perfect. Just a quick edit, if u wanna look up JS I recommend his guild wars 2 songs
The final map OST’s from Fire Emblem games over the past decade are all phenomenal, and God Shattering Star happens to be the latest in that group. If you care to listen to others on your own time, definitely check out Id-Purpose, End of All, Lost in the Waves, Twilight of the Gods, and Apex of the World. I’ll also give a special mention to the soundtrack of Fire Emblem Birthright, as it incorporates traditional Japanese instruments into its themes, a rarity for the series.
You should make more Fire Emblem OST analyses. It became a very famous franchise these last years, I can even guarantee you such videos will caught a lot of attention
basically what the comments have said, yeah. The song’s written in its own fictional language which is meant to sound vaguely like Latin to give off a more epic feel to it. Though the song doesn’t have any actual lyrics, there have been some interesting fan attempts to give the song lyrics which I like
If you liked this, I can recommend more music from Fre Emblem Three Houses: The Edge of Down. Blue Sky and A Battle. Between Heaven and Earth. You already been informed about the Rain and Thunder versions of the musics. Both are in the game but used in different instances. "The Edge of Down" is the "main theme" of the game and doesn't have Rain/Thunder versions. Can't get wrong with it. "Blue Sky and A Battle" and "Between Heaven and Earth" does have Rain/Thunder versions. Rain is the original one so pick that. About these two specific pieces, they go and in hand and there is a clear similarity between the two. What makes them special is the context of those pieces and why they sound like they are the same. I could tell you the context, but I wander what kind of impression it will give someone who doesn't know the context. Listen to "Blue Sky and A Battle" first and "Between Heaven and Earth" after for the right experiance.
This was a great track. That chanting was crazy and like you said those strings start going off at the end. Once more another great breakdown. Theme of Grandia by composer Noriyuki Iwadare is, as the name suggests, the opening track for the PS1 video game Grandia. As the story goes Iwadare was shown drawings of the main characters and given a short description of the game's synopsis when he was brought onto the project. He was so inspired by the game's vision that he wrote the entire theme that night only making some minor changes in the following days until it was recorded. I don't want to spam your comment section since I imagine you have a list and such so I'll just comment this recommendation once in a while. Im enjoying your videos either way.
One of my favorite tracks in the franchise, I love the way it just keeps building and building, like every time you think it’s reach the climax it just gets even more insane! A perfect way to end the game (well in 1/4 runs anyways)
"I don't know anything else about that franchise" One minute of silence please Nah seriously, I can totally recommend that series. Great reaction anyway, thank you so much!
Technically it has lyrics, but the only official translation is from some art book for the game or something. Lyrics (from the FE wiki BTW): Arise, you who cannot bear death Raise your heads bravely and take up your weapons No more staring at the corpses of your comrades Warriors, gather to this banner Run! Raise the flag! To take back our pride from the beast called God Warriors, shout to the earth! Follow me through the wilderness! In the name of rebellion. Let your bodies tremble. Let your souls do as they wish. Like the wind that blows through Mother Earth (Fodlan) Like the sunrise that colors the great Ogma Stamp it out, raise your voice, strong as a lion Our cries will ride the wind for a thousand miles Let it reach the starry shores of the sea Reach high and praise me, for I am the one who will liberate you all Pierce the sky, mysterious artifacts I am the embodiment of wrath I am the God Shattering Star.
Just throwing it out there, "Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Worlds Converge: Sidon and Yunobo" is one of my favorite pieces of music this year. If you've not heard it, I'd recommend it-it has a wonderful use a leitmotif and counterpoint, as well as emotion and, well, yeah. It's good.
Does he know that there are two versions of the Song? One (Rain) and the other (Thunder) Though this one is an Combination of the two, having the Vocals with the pure Orcestra being a bit streched in terms of playtime
If I could make a suggestion, I'd say one or two of the following (I apologize if it's too long, ZUN doesn't give short titles to these themes): • Tonight stars an easy going egoist (live ver.) ~ Egoistic flowers [Note: it's a "Live version" since it's supposed to take place during concert in-game, there is no other variants to the song] • Evening star ~ Night falls • Catastrophe in Bhava-Agra ~ Wonderful heaven • Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind • Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend • The Ravine's Kappa technological prowess • The ground's color is Yellow ~ Primrose • Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke • Inchlings of the Shining Needle ~ Little Princess • The inverted castle lit by the setting sun All of them are different songs from the same game, "Touhou 15.5 ~ Antinomy of Common Flower" (AoCF for short) while eachs lasts around 4 minutes before looping, they are some serious jams from a franchise I'd love to see getting some more recognition, once again, I'm sorry if the comment is too long
I have a suggestion for you that I wouldn't be surprised if nobody else in the comments here even knows about, but trust me, you will not regret giving it a listen. It's "The Merciless Savior" from Trails in the Sky SC (AKA Sora no Kiseki SC). If you enjoyed this and Dancing Mad, I have no doubts you will enjoy that as well. It's an incredible song from a fairly obscure JRPG that absolutely deserves more attention than it gets. And if you listen to that and want more like it from this series, I can recommend "A Mighty Power" from Trails of Cold Steel (Sen no Kiseki), and "E.O.V" from Trails of Cold Steel II. Again, you will not be disappointed.
I have another recommendation from another fire emblem game, specifically fire emblem awakening. The song is called Id (purpose) and its one of my favorite boss themes ever. Its somewhat similar to this one, operatic vocals and such.
Wonderful video and very interesting analysis! One thing you might find interesting, but would have missed because you haven’t played the game: At the beginnings of some of the passages, the composer incorporated leitmotifs from different parts of the game! This evokes a more vivid story in the mind of a listener who has played it.
I would like to recommend listening to, or better reacting to the cover of this song by FamilyJules. It's actually done featuring the VA, Joe Zieja, who is the house leader for the Golden Deer where this is from.
You should do 'With Mila's Divine Protection' from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia at some point. For what's really just one of the standard battle themes for the first half of the game they went all out.
Considering the amount of knowledge you have on this stuff (which I am more than jealous of btw), I would like to recommend MARIA from Atelier Ayesha, the song that made me try out the Atelier franchise.
Destiny 2 has some amazing soundtracks, but I think a breakdown of Deep Stone Lullaby from Destiny 2 Beyond Light would be so cool. It's one of my favorite soundtracks ever
Really great song! A personal recommendation would be Origami Castle from Paper Mario: The Origami King but if you were to pick one then The Final Fold would also be a really good choice.
God bless you Atlas and Mexican Zoidurg for making this reaction possible. That being said, can you please react to Stickerbush Symphony from the original DKC 2?
If you liked this then definitely try Bravely Default's Serpent Eating the Ground. ITS EPIC and stands out as total boss music. edit: just realized he already did the other day and I MISSED IT
A lot of people here have already mentioned it, but you should react to Twilight of the Gods from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. One of the best tracks in the series
Glad you enjoyed my song request so much. 👍
It's pretty rare for a track to get your diamond award.
Bro thanks for requesting this
Thank you for the support and of course the excellent request! I will revisit this franchise in the future in the channel!
@@AtlasBenighted Hey man. Please do my suggestion, they aren't exactly your taste but good none the less.
So to let you know what they are exactly, think of them as hyper and DeadMouse on drugs, with good ass Theme, and Lyrics. Well one only talks but one just is from the best Electro musicians combined.
I'm not forcing you to listen to them, it's your own merit if you want to listen to them. But can't hog good music too. And 'K vs K' theme is from K series, 'K: Return Of King's' to be said.
@@vhsninjaccoon7705 what's my taste?
@@AtlasBenighted Hm? Don't know. You'll be that classic music type of guy, but seeing if you'd enjoy any music. Probably classy.
About the language of the singer: it's not actually a real language, it's a "mock" Latin of sorts. They mixed Latin with the fictional language of the Fodlan in the game. I guess you could call it Fodlatin?
Fauxlatin
@@postapocalypse0763 🧐 oui oui
@@postapocalypse0763 woosh
so genius!! to mix an ancient language with a fictional to make such a masterpiece:O
This is a composition trick I've been noticing more and more to avoid the trap of using just Latin or another language that fits. For example League of Legends theme for Volibear called "The Relentless Storm." uses a "mock" Norse language as the region he's from in game takes inspiration from Vikings.
''Does this song have lyrics''- Every person ever
Read as soon as he said it lol
It's actually a very old form of latin, as hard to write as it is to translate, which makes it quite useless.
"Well yes, but actually no"
It’s not Latin, it’s a fictional language invented for the game
@@timklebel879 it’s a mock Latin not an old Latin it is a fictional imitation
This song is pure epicness. Imagine, you are stepping onto the battlefield, there is a misty marshy swampland, and pure silence. You see an army before you, lead by an enemy out of legend. Suddenly, out of nowhere...God Shattering Star hits.
Tbh the second I heard it it made me regret doing Golden Deer second (my first was Blue Lions)
@@swordsmancs nah, I would say Verdant Wind makes the ideal _second_ route anyway unless you are really into slice of life, since Part 1 gives off so much of that feel with it's Supports and the main events feel more disconnected than with Azure Moon or Crimson Flower/Silver Snow.
I'd say the ideal way to do a perfect full playthrough is either Azure Moon or Crimson Flower first, then Verdant Wind, then Crimson Flower or Azure Moon, and then finally Silver Snow to wrap things into a neat bow. Add in Cindered Shadows DLC somewhere in the mix as well to round things to around 400 hours or so.
@@badlatency9979 this is exactly what i wanted to do but the game gets a little too easy after the first playthrough imo
I'd be sweating with the rest of the army.
@@anibalvaldebenito8810 well I’m assuming you weren’t doing maddening lol
"Why is God Shattering Star not in smash? This is an outrage"
Well, you've reacted to all three of my favorite franchises now. The other tracks I'd recommend are a bit niche, but as a shot in the dark... Anyone else wanna see Project Wingman's "Kings" OST reacted to? It was an awesome final boss track
Also, I believe the lyrics were from a constructed language for this song in particular
Oh I would absolutely love that, it's an amazing track
It really is an outrage though, pls Mr. Sakurai.
Someone tell him about Twilight of the Gods
I did, a week ago or so
This is the best imo
Don’t forget Id Purpose
Or Lord Of A Dead Empire
Both it’s Gaiden and Echoes version are amazing
It’s funny that you used the word “Apex” when there’s a track in this game called “Apex of the World” XD
Glad you liked this track so much! Music from fire emblem is really good :)
To explain, A lot of recent fire emblem games incorporate basically two versions of the same song that play. 1, the 'on the battlefield overall' , and 2, when you 'zoom in' on specific battles. In the 'battlefield overall' version, you can usually hear a more 'normal' version of the song, and when you 'zoom in' on specific battles - one soldier against another, or two generals facing off in combat, etc, the music will swell and grow more epic. This video that you reacted two sort of meshed the two different versions together.
More specifically, the vocals you hear only play in the 'overall battlefield' version of the song, whereas the parts without vocals play in the 'zoomed in' view. It might seem like it should be the other way around, but it works.
If you ever want more fire emblem music to have a look at, I'd reccommend Fire Emblem Echoes's 'Twilight of the Gods' genuinely one of my favourite pieces of fire emblem music. Its an orchestral remake of an older 8 bit song.
Another game that does this, is the boss fights in Metal Gear Rising Revengeance. A game with a really good sound track.
@@elfireii328 Ah MGRR, Can't forget that game. Loved the soundtrack.
Tl:dr of your out of combat controlling your units you get the Rain version of the song and in combat you get the thunder version of the song
Now imagine this song playing for +3 hours as you figure out how to finish this final battle with no casualties and sick crit quotes from the characters. Absolute perfection
Well i wanted Twilight of the Gods but God Shattering Star is good as well. Both awesome tracks from Fire emblem franchise. Since you liked this song i expect more form this series. Fire emblem: Echoes - Shadows of Valentia has the best ost in my opinion, with Three Houses close second.
I agree that Shadows of Valentia has the best soundtrack in all of Fire Emblem. That being said, God-Shattering Star kinda what you get if you mashed up Lord of a Dead Empire, Twilight of the Gods, and The Scions' Dance in Purgatory: epic, seemingly discordant, but actually very melodious, and the eastern operatic tenor.
@@marcusmajarra Indeed. These three tracks, together with Pride and Arrogance And Heritors of Arcadia, are one of the best i have ever heard in a video game.
Worth giving a few shoutouts to some of the best songs of the previous games too, for the sake of time though will just say power hungry fool from path of radiance is amazing.
Fates also have a god tier ost btw
If you liked this song I highly recommend listening to "Blue Skies and a Battle" and "Between Heaven and Earth" back to back also from Three Houses.
@Terrako Indeed. One more serious than the other. Only that.
Best tracks ever! The battle of the Eagle and Lion - I loved it the moment it started.
Best song, best final map, and best hype generator. Thank you Marianne for not only doubling Nemesis on maddening but also dodging the counter, you truly are best girl.
I'd expect no less from Best Girl
Let's go!!
Best Girl is Best Girl, you can't change that
Can't expect less from our Disney Princess!
Lysithea and Luna A disagree.
Fire Emblem fan here! God Shattering Star is fantastic. To throw a suggestion into the pile: Sky Tower from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team. It has had a remake, but the GBA version of the song from the original is still great.
Also any of the tracks from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/darkness/sky! My suggestions would be “battle against Dusknoir” or “Dialga’s fight to the finish”
@@ninjakirby777 Or Great Canyon or Mt Blaze from Rescue Team!
Heya, just found your video in my recommended, I just wanted to mention something about those orchestral hits, this being Fire Emblem, since Awakening in 2012, most songs in the latest entries have a separate version of themselves usually contrasting a "calm" version, called "Ablaze" "Fire" "Wind" "Storm" etc...
In three houses map themes play in their "Rain" version while you're doing all the Strategizing and planning of your units, while "Thunder" plays when you made your choices and your units start fighting, the tracks switch right where it's other self left off so it feels extremely natural. Again in three houses the thunder themes are jam PACKED with those hits, every note is a staccato and everything feels extremely percussive as if you could hear the clashing of steel, so what you listened to was God Shattering Star rearranged switching at prime moments, it's an amazing edit that allows you to hear see both sides of the same coin. Just thought I'd let you know, it's something interesting to take into account.
Edit: I see a lot of people not liking this version of GST, kinda surprised, it's basically become how I envision the song, you NEED those vocals but you equally need some majestic powerful notes from the thunder version, I mean, at the end of the day that's also how players will discover the song in-game, only switching rain and thunder at different timings.
Thanks for the input mate!
Lyrics that i found from the original video.
Arise, you who cannot bear death
Raise your heads bravely and take up your weapons.
No more wishing for the corpses of your comrades.
It’s time to rebel and liberate.
Warriors, gather to this banner.
Run! Raise the flag!
From the beast called God.
To take back our pride from the beast called God.
Warriors, shout to the earth!
Follow me through the wilderness!
In the name of rebellion.
Let your bodies tremble
Let your souls do as they wish
Like the wind that blows through Mother Earth(Fódlan)
Like the sunrise that colors the great Ogma
Stamp it out, raise your voice, strong as a lion.
Our cries will ride the wind for a thousand miles.
Let it reach the starry shores of the sea.
Reach high and praise me, for I am the one who will liberate you all.
Pierce the sky, mysterious artifacts
I am the embodiment of wrath
I am the god shattering star
This is my first time reading the lyrics. Thank You!
Gehrman, the first hunter theme, I love that one. (And a lot of people do too judging by the comments)
hesitation is defeat
Yeah, that is such a good theme
That theme is really good but overrated imo, dlc bosses themes are all better (but I think first hunter's theme is best bb soundtrack without considering DLCS)
The lore of German and his ost makes me cry
Plin plin plon
God Shattering Star pulls one from Nier here in that it uses its own fictional language
Nier isn't the first fucking thing with musics with their own made-up language. Just because you only know overrated garbage everyone recommends to your otherwise empty head, doesn't mean you have to make reference to it for a fact that is otherwise common: that some song writers use made-up languages.
@@powerfulberry237 The salt in your comment aside, I referenced Nier because it is what Atlus knows. If I told him that the song pulls one from a game and music he doesn't know do you really think he would understand the comment in it's full context?
I mean they've been doing that for YEARS before the Nier series.
I'm assuming it was to keep the song universal.
@@powerfulberry237 jesus christ who hurt you?
God Shattering Star is a brilliant track and very fitting for when it plays in the game.
Family Jules made a very good Metal Cover of the song in collaboration with one of the Game's Voice Actors.
Excellent song to react to. And since I'm here so early
GEHRMAN GEHRMAN GEHRMAN
To answer your question of lyrics; there are no official lyrics to the piece! People have tried to examine the lyrics and figure out what language it is, most speculation I've seen says it's a combination of languages (Latin and a few others, from what I've seen). Very unfortunate because I would have absolutely learned the lyrics by now. If they were posted somewhere.
I think the idea was to mimic a latin church service. Most don’t know the language but can understand through the intonation behind it. Using gibberish allows the power of the music to shine while not being overshadowed, or distracted by what the words actually mean. I think this makes it more powerful.
I've never been big on Opera but when it's worked in as an element, I really like it.
You should listen to “The Edge of Dawn”. Leitmotifs from that track are in nearly every piece from the Three Houses soundtrack, and it makes the emotional payoffs in the late game amaaazing. He really built up the themes over the course of a game that can easily take 70+ hours per playthrough, and then hits you with some truly amazing and emotional tracks at the end of each route. You should also check out “A Funeral of Flowers” sometime. The tone of the song is super tragic and it hit me like a punch to the gut on the Church route. Underrated track from Three Houses.
The fact that you bring out the Silk road makes a lot of sense, since this is the boss battle theme for the golden deers, a house made in majority by traders and commoners and even the leader Claud is an inmigrant in Fodland :0
That was unexpected 😁
The only part of the lyrics I can understand is when the singer says "Fodra", the japanese name of Fodlan, the continent of this game. So, my idea is that the lyrics are about the bad guys thinking that they are saving the continent of Fodlan by killing the goddess Sothis.
They released an official translation in the premium version of the soundtrack. It's an anthem from the point of view of Nemesis, encouraging humanity to free themselves from "the beast called God."
@@billvolk4236 so basically MKN-Guy was correct. Cool.
PLEASE give Symphony of Boreal Wind a try from the game Genshin Impact. The OST from that game is INSANE, and that's one of my personal favourites of the bunch. If you can, I'd also give Childe's Theme from the same game a go. Love your stuff dude, keep it up!
Give Sinister Toaster a like please!
All music from this franchise is consistently amazing on some level
With a Masterpiece of a song like this it was a outrage that this game didn't get even nominated for Best Original Score (to my knowledge) The rest of the soundtrack is great.
So much love for Fire Emblem's music 🥺🥺 I cry. I really suggest you to look into this franchise and his music.. i recommend what the others told you, but don't stop, because their music is beautiful! Look through the other titles
I love this game and this song, the Golden Deer route allows you to face the real threat, hence the intense music. God shattering star is a prime example that good Classical music can still be made, if only it involves talent and dedication.
Such an amazing piece of work, hearing this at first was perfect.
When it comes to God Shattering Star it feels Epic.
And I mean that in the more archaic sense.
It feels like an accompanying song to the telling of some old epic fable.
Like an unfolding story that still sounds like the same story but going on, it ages and shifts over the runtime like the phases of a great story.
From a foreboding beginning to a more frantic and desperate tone with great highs and tragic falls.
great song to react to nice choice. This os definitly one of my favorite battle songs
Gotta recommend the beautiful FFX theme 'To Zanarkand', specifically the Distant Worlds live orchestral version, which is the absolute best version. It's not as complex as some of Uematsu's other works but it is, imo, the most gorgeous and emotional.
This might sounds a little out of nowhere, but i would love to see a reaction to The almigthy from Persona 4 (the extended version with the intro), is such a beautifull track
The parts without voice basically sound when the troops goes into the battle screen, the voiced ones comes when you're watching the map. it's a really amazing piece of music and makes you feel the pressure of how important that decisive battle is it.
Song that plays when you fight an old man
Highly suggest:
Funeral of Flowers
Blue Skies and a battle
Apex of the World
Edge of Dawn
And Chasing Daybreak.
I liked so much your analysis of the song! The examples you named made the explanation more easy to understand (talking about the silk road, the slavics, the red army choir) and more interesting, I actually learned a lot. I was surprised when I you said that the singing voice in God Shattering Star sang in a similar way to Smuglianka (by the Red army choir). You really know what you are talking about and I love that!
Thank you for reviewing this song, it's one of my favorites of all time :D
Thank you so much! Actually I picked that song out of many because it had a similar phrasing to the one in the FET song. But you could hear similarities in all the songs in The Red Army Choir tbh!
This is a really good track. It's so full of energy in my opinion.
I like how this song takes it time. Especially if you are familliar with it, you'd want to jump to the next phase but it reminds you that no, there is an enemy phase aswell. You issue orders (lyrics) then the battle play out (instrumental). Such performance really summarize what type of game it belongs to. You can feel the clash on the battlefield throught instruments responding to eachothers, the ideals being shout out even if mere soliders don't know anymore the details of what they are fighting for (gibberish lyrics), partaking in something way too big for them.
I really liked how you incorporated and talked about the silk route, I totally get what you’re mentioning!
If you want some chaos and a short song that is bound to unsettle you, try Master of Masters from good old Yoko Shimomura for the Kingdom Hearts series.
Scions Dance In Purgatory would be another great fire emblem song to listen too. Especially if you watch Berkut's breakdown beforehand with his voice actors performance
I've seen you're reacting to OST of video games.
I have a humble suggestion.
The Only Thing They Fear Is You - Doom Eternal - Mick Gordon
You will know our Names from Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition is a bop that should be reacted to
Since you like metal, I would recommend Ao no Kiseki (trails of Azure) - Azure aribtrator! An amazing final boss song that you would certainly like
And Ys origins - Silent Desert (super arrange version) is pretty good pick too, but there's so many great music from this serie!
Both serie are from falcom
I will NEVER forget the first time I played the end of game boss fight this track is tied to ... I legit put the controller down and went "what.. the F is going on?!" and legit didn't pick it up until I could collect myself again ... because ya know, it was an end of game fight so a minimum of focus was required ... and all of mine was into the track.
Slave Knight Gael next maybe?
This is one of the Best Soundtracks in all the Games out there. I played a lot of Games so i can tell that. The quality is the same as the boss track from the Abyss Watchers from Dark Souls 3.
The FamilyJules cover is also sick, turns it into power metal. The voice actor for Claude in the EN-DUB is also doing the vocals.
I love God Shattering Star, but I'm not a fan of the specific version of the song used for the reaction, as that version edits together the vocal and non vocal versions together and it doesn't sound as good as the original vocal version found in the game. This version has clunky transitions and the sound quality between the vocal and non vocal versions even differs a little. Its a minor nitpick and not a reflection of you at all. Love your content, keep up the good work!!!
I was also like "Isn't that Rain and Thunder mixed together"?
I feel listening to both versions separately would give a more thorough image of both of them. An analysis as to what both versions do differently and what those differences achieve could be interesting.
Yeah... I am also not a fan of the mixed version as well. The Rain version is way better.
Agreed. Either listen to Rain OR Thunder. Not this amalgamation.
Or listen to the Family Jules cover. That one goes hard.
Agreed. The song just doesn't have the impact in this mixed version as it does with just straight Rain.
The sudden vocals from rain and no vocals from thunder at once makes the impact rather lacking yeah
this soundtrack is godlike. "Between Heaven and Earth" always gets me emotional. something bout that marching snare and war drums. 2:25 of that song hits the heart.
Unfortunately that song is only good if you have played through enough... That emotional connection to one or all of the houses, and to Edelgard in particular. Your investment in her interactions and rise/fall is why you like the song so.
@@a-aronander-son5861 oh yeah i forgot randoms know why i like songs for a game i havent played nor give a shit about the characters for. Thanks for enlightening me.
Know the song yet never played the game? Hmm sorry, I don't believe ya.
Regardless, don't get your panties in a twist bud, literally every other person who likes the song does so because of their emotional connection to the game. So stop acting like I peed in your cornflakes with my comment.
Aw shit better tell Atlas also why he likes this song. Since you know him better than he knows himself.
the crescendo around the 4 minute mark is my absolute favorite part. chills every time
Man I'm so glad to see you hear this song. I think you should also visit Tearing Through Heaven from Fire Emblem Three Houses as well.
Thanks for reacting to this!! I love this song! Completely caught me off guard when I heard it in the game! Other really nice songs in the game include: Apex of The World, Chasing Daybreak, and Between Heaven and Earth (my personal fav)
That was a really good breakdown wow
Thank you!
Do Funeral of Flowers next!! Another good song (From a different franchise altogether) is Swirling Desire from Dragon Quest 9. May just be my nostalgia, but that song slaps.
Can you react to Bury the Light - Vergil's battle theme from Devil May Cry 5
Definitely this. Amazing song
I second this!
yessss
I literally thought "Atlas should react to God Shattering Star" this afternoon. Thanks Mexican Zoidberg for the suggestion, and thank you atlas for the great breakdown as always.
This guy uploaded the video on the day I finished my first play through of Three Houses.
Do you believe in fate?
I don't believe in fate thanks to Back to the Future and Terminator 😆😆
The song is a broken version of italian but there isnt any actual lyrics.
Edit the only actual words in the song is "They All Fight For Fodlan." Fodlan being the name of the continent the game takes place on.
The music thats in video games is always topnotch imo. Anything from Jeremy Soule is just perfect. Just a quick edit, if u wanna look up JS I recommend his guild wars 2 songs
The final map OST’s from Fire Emblem games over the past decade are all phenomenal, and God Shattering Star happens to be the latest in that group. If you care to listen to others on your own time, definitely check out Id-Purpose, End of All, Lost in the Waves, Twilight of the Gods, and Apex of the World. I’ll also give a special mention to the soundtrack of Fire Emblem Birthright, as it incorporates traditional Japanese instruments into its themes, a rarity for the series.
You should make more Fire Emblem OST analyses. It became a very famous franchise these last years, I can even guarantee you such videos will caught a lot of attention
When a song has you talking about the Silk Road to explain the feeling of the vocals you know it's something special
basically what the comments have said, yeah. The song’s written in its own fictional language which is meant to sound vaguely like Latin to give off a more epic feel to it. Though the song doesn’t have any actual lyrics, there have been some interesting fan attempts to give the song lyrics which I like
If you liked this, I can recommend more music from Fre Emblem Three Houses:
The Edge of Down.
Blue Sky and A Battle.
Between Heaven and Earth.
You already been informed about the Rain and Thunder versions of the musics. Both are in the game but used in different instances.
"The Edge of Down" is the "main theme" of the game and doesn't have Rain/Thunder versions. Can't get wrong with it.
"Blue Sky and A Battle" and "Between Heaven and Earth" does have Rain/Thunder versions. Rain is the original one so pick that. About these two specific pieces, they go and in hand and there is a clear similarity between the two. What makes them special is the context of those pieces and why they sound like they are the same. I could tell you the context, but I wander what kind of impression it will give someone who doesn't know the context. Listen to "Blue Sky and A Battle" first and "Between Heaven and Earth" after for the right experiance.
Edge of dawn does have two versions however, one in the intro, and one in the end credits which is like a more chill version of it
@@haribansgill3103 Don't forget the lyricless piano version!
This was a great track. That chanting was crazy and like you said those strings start going off at the end. Once more another great breakdown.
Theme of Grandia by composer Noriyuki Iwadare is, as the name suggests, the opening track for the PS1 video game Grandia. As the story goes Iwadare was shown drawings of the main characters and given a short description of the game's synopsis when he was brought onto the project. He was so inspired by the game's vision that he wrote the entire theme that night only making some minor changes in the following days until it was recorded.
I don't want to spam your comment section since I imagine you have a list and such so I'll just comment this recommendation once in a while. Im enjoying your videos either way.
Thank you mate! Remember I'll do an 'underdog' week every once in a while so you never know!
One of my favorite tracks in the franchise, I love the way it just keeps building and building, like every time you think it’s reach the climax it just gets even more insane! A perfect way to end the game (well in 1/4 runs anyways)
"I don't know anything else about that franchise"
One minute of silence please
Nah seriously, I can totally recommend that series. Great reaction anyway, thank you so much!
I see a ton of comments for Twilight of the Gods and Blue Skies and a Battle.
I totally agree.
Technically it has lyrics, but the only official translation is from some art book for the game or something.
Lyrics (from the FE wiki BTW):
Arise, you who cannot bear death
Raise your heads bravely and take up your weapons
No more staring at the corpses of your comrades
Warriors, gather to this banner
Run! Raise the flag!
To take back our pride
from the beast called God
Warriors, shout to the earth!
Follow me through the wilderness!
In the name of rebellion.
Let your bodies tremble.
Let your souls do as they wish.
Like the wind that blows through Mother Earth (Fodlan)
Like the sunrise that colors the great Ogma
Stamp it out, raise your voice, strong as a lion
Our cries will ride the wind for a thousand miles
Let it reach the starry shores of the sea
Reach high and praise me, for I am the one who will liberate you all
Pierce the sky, mysterious artifacts
I am the embodiment of wrath
I am the God Shattering Star.
Just throwing it out there, "Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Worlds Converge: Sidon and Yunobo" is one of my favorite pieces of music this year. If you've not heard it, I'd recommend it-it has a wonderful use a leitmotif and counterpoint, as well as emotion and, well, yeah. It's good.
Does he know that there are two versions of the Song?
One (Rain) and the other (Thunder)
Though this one is an Combination of the two, having the Vocals with the pure Orcestra being a bit streched in terms of playtime
If I could make a suggestion, I'd say one or two of the following (I apologize if it's too long, ZUN doesn't give short titles to these themes):
• Tonight stars an easy going egoist (live ver.) ~ Egoistic flowers
[Note: it's a "Live version" since it's supposed to take place during concert in-game, there is no other variants to the song]
• Evening star ~ Night falls
• Catastrophe in Bhava-Agra ~ Wonderful heaven
• Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind
• Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend
• The Ravine's Kappa technological prowess
• The ground's color is Yellow ~ Primrose
• Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
• Inchlings of the Shining Needle ~ Little Princess
• The inverted castle lit by the setting sun
All of them are different songs from the same game, "Touhou 15.5 ~ Antinomy of Common Flower" (AoCF for short) while eachs lasts around 4 minutes before looping, they are some serious jams from a franchise I'd love to see getting some more recognition, once again, I'm sorry if the comment is too long
Yes someone with taste
Got to react to Slave Knight Gael's theme from Dark Souls 3 or Sister Friede and Father Ariandel from Dark Souls 3
Ay good shit. God Shattering Star is goated. Now time to wait for The Apex Of The World or Edge Of Dawn (Seasons Of Warfare Version) 😳😳😳
I have a suggestion for you that I wouldn't be surprised if nobody else in the comments here even knows about, but trust me, you will not regret giving it a listen.
It's "The Merciless Savior" from Trails in the Sky SC (AKA Sora no Kiseki SC). If you enjoyed this and Dancing Mad, I have no doubts you will enjoy that as well. It's an incredible song from a fairly obscure JRPG that absolutely deserves more attention than it gets.
And if you listen to that and want more like it from this series, I can recommend "A Mighty Power" from Trails of Cold Steel (Sen no Kiseki), and "E.O.V" from Trails of Cold Steel II. Again, you will not be disappointed.
I have another recommendation from another fire emblem game, specifically fire emblem awakening. The song is called Id (purpose) and its one of my favorite boss themes ever. Its somewhat similar to this one, operatic vocals and such.
Wonderful video and very interesting analysis! One thing you might find interesting, but would have missed because you haven’t played the game: At the beginnings of some of the passages, the composer incorporated leitmotifs from different parts of the game! This evokes a more vivid story in the mind of a listener who has played it.
Thanks mate! That's good to know!
Ever heard Nier Shadowlord track? It's just marvelous.
Finally someone understands
I would like to recommend listening to, or better reacting to the cover of this song by FamilyJules. It's actually done featuring the VA, Joe Zieja, who is the house leader for the Golden Deer where this is from.
React to gehrman thr first hunter from bloodborne
Desire Below is a personal favorite I think you'd enjoy.
Do Twilight of the gods from fire emblem shadows of valentia it really encapsulates the struggles between man and god in a beautiful arrangement.
You should do 'With Mila's Divine Protection' from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia at some point. For what's really just one of the standard battle themes for the first half of the game they went all out.
Never played this game but this song is pretty cool.
Considering the amount of knowledge you have on this stuff (which I am more than jealous of btw), I would like to recommend MARIA from Atelier Ayesha, the song that made me try out the Atelier franchise.
You should really listen to the main theme of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, "Seasons of Warfare - Lady of Hresvelg (Edge of Dawn)"
Should also check out twilight of the gods
Destiny 2 has some amazing soundtracks, but I think a breakdown of Deep Stone Lullaby from Destiny 2 Beyond Light would be so cool. It's one of my favorite soundtracks ever
Important to note that these soundtracks have dual mixes, meant to be played during as field and battle themes.
13:00. Well, this plays shortly after two nukes hit nearby the area where you hear this song.
Please react to Slave Knight Gael Theme - Dark souls 3 or Genshin impact: Rapid as Wildfires - Liyue Battle Theme I
Really great song! A personal recommendation would be Origami Castle from Paper Mario: The Origami King but if you were to pick one then The Final Fold would also be a really good choice.
God bless you Atlas and Mexican Zoidurg for making this reaction possible.
That being said, can you please react to Stickerbush Symphony from the original DKC 2?
Bless you too. I'm not that familiar with DK 2 OST so yeah, it's possible!
I think you would enjoy "Don't Speak Her Name" from Fire Emblem Awakening.
You should do Lothric and Lorian’s soundtrack from Dark Souls 3. One of my favorites from the game
If you liked this then definitely try Bravely Default's Serpent Eating the Ground. ITS EPIC and stands out as total boss music.
edit: just realized he already did the other day and I MISSED IT
Oops, I forgot to make suggest Coalescence last episode. Could you listen to "Coalescence" from the Risk of Rain OST?
A lot of people here have already mentioned it, but you should react to Twilight of the Gods from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. One of the best tracks in the series