@@davidzaydullin It's basically a way of organizing a song to make the notes make more sense. Pull up a random song on a radio and count "1,2,3,4" in your head repeatedly, and most songs will fall in line with that way of counting. That's called a 4/4 time signature, which is the most common found in music. Music like Ultrakill is more chaotic and usually goes crazy with time signatures and it makes it really unpredictable as well as a ton of other things. In this case, relentless and angry, raging even.
Heaven Pierce Her is basically the artist name of the game's creator, Hakita. The guy woke up one day and said "What if I made a balls-to-the-ceiling fps about diving deep into hell? And made the OST go a million miles an hour?" And made ULTRAKILL.
"My blood is a controlled substance in 39 states. I have personally killed 12 TRILLION people." -Minos Prime, after spending all of the lust layer's budget on bisexual lighting and Percocet.
Ultrakill is a game about four things: 1. A robot that runs on blood, descending into hell to kill demons, because there aren’t any more humans left on earth to refuel with. 2. Ricocheting a rail gun bullet off of a coin into your opponent’s skull, because fuck yeah 3. Secret levels that turn the game into a horror game, a puzzle game, a dating sim, and literally just crash bandicoot 4. The body pillows of V1 and Gabriel that are sold on the official Ultrakill store.
A 'quick' explanation of who Minos is: Ultrakill's story adapts its own version of Dante's Inferno with the whole 9 circles of hell thing, with limbo, lust, gluttony etc. Minos was the benevolent king of the lust layer, who thought Heavens eternal punishment of those who's only sin was to love another was unfair, so when god disappeared and Heaven was in chaos, he started the Lust renaissance, reforming the layer into a new civilization free of its punishment. However when the council was formed and took control of Heaven again, they quickly sent Gabriel, the brightest of the Angels, to kill Minos. Minos did not fight back, instead trying to plead for reason and empathy, but was mercilessly killed by Gabriel anyway. The angels, fearing that Minos' will was strong enough to defy Heavens rule, imprisoned his soul in the flesh prison in an attempt to prevent it from forming into a prime soul, a being so powerful that even Heaven feared it. Minos watched from within his prison as his corpse, now controlled by parasites, destroyed everything he had worked so hard to achieve, and vowing to take revenge. Another thing to note about Minos is how he refers to the player character, V1, as a creature of steel, and not just a machine. It goes to show how much respect he has for it in contrast to somebody like Gabriel, who detests V1 and seeing it "as a mere object".
something to note, or at least from what ive read, is that the flesh prison was meant for like 6-7 people and they put only minos in there. the angels are so scared of minos they put him inside of a prison meant for 6-7 people.
@@meepletpie1234 now this is only speculation, but is V1 really just a machine and not an actual creature? Now we do know that it was created by humans and is sentient just like V2, but what if it somehow got a will of its own outside of the "programming". Seeing as it seems like willpower seems to be able to make a few things true i suppose that maybe even a machine may get an actual body with its own will after spending some time in hell.
@@dembi2770 minos believes in intentions over consequences so as V1 is killing flesh prison for blood, minos just sees it as V1 being greedy and thus deserving judgement. also considering that minos loved humans and cared deeply for them he would definitely despise machines for what they did.
Ah, the “P-1 Suite”. Technically 3 songs that play for a secret level: 1. The Spinal Staircase, a simple descent down a massive, twisting spine. 2. Chaos, which plays when fighting the mindless Flesh Prison. It attacks you to prevent you freeing its prisoner. 3. And finally, Order, which is the theme of the Flesh Prison’s captive: the Soul of King Minos, AKA Minos Prime. A noble king who loves mankind dearly, and that love compels him to attack your character. After all, your character is an AI, and the AIs did terrible things to mankind. Humanity has had some bad things happen to them in Ultrakill, and Minos is perhaps the only character we know of who actually tried very hard to protect and care for mankind.
And for selfless care and love, he had to first punish people; and eventually, get punished himself; for what can a king do if they're unable to even protect their people
I felt bad killing Minos as V1 as he was the most careful person I believe (as of now before the lore of new characters) in all of Hell. You truly take away most of the goodness in Hell like the angels did before, all because he was “in your way” to the path to Gabriel.
I like how Minos, despite his tragic past and wish to kill v1, never becomes enraged during the fight. And that when he says "weak", he's not talking about v1, but chastising himself for allowing all of this to happen
@@TheElysianPrince It's not confirmed, it's just a little theory i read in a youtube comment some time ago. It may not be true, but it made sense and I liked it.
@@c1v1ll Maybe when you die and restart, Minos just sees you come back after he killed you and says that in remark to his previous attempt to kill you. It was useless because you just came back afterwards anyways
The rage-filled vengeance is correct, but Minos what’s a very good king. “Chaos” actually represents the prison of flesh he was sealed in. He is filled with vengeance for what the machines have done to humanity
@@Valole666 doesn’t necessarily show it, but he tells v1 that it needs to pay for what he did to humanity cause v1 y’know, wiped them out. in his whole monologue sequence, he thanks v1 but still tries to kill v1 because of what he did to humanity, which is the whole reason why this fight happens, the anger of minos cause you killed everyone
Minos is derived from Dante's Inferno, where he is the judge of hell. This game takes place after God has "vanished", which threw heaven into disorder. While this happened, Minos, deeming the people of the Lust layer of hell (second layer according to the divine comedy) to be unfairly punished simply because "they loved each other". So, he helped them to build a sprawling city, ruled over them justly, and brought an age of prosperity to the layer. However, once heaven had sorted things out with God vanishing, the arch-angel Gabriel was sent down to kill Minos for turning against the will of God. Minos tried to be diplomatic about it, yet Gabriel struck him dead, forcing his corpse to wander through the city he created, destroying everything he worked for. This is where the Prime Soul comes into play. A Prime Soul is a soul powerful enough to manifest physically outside of a body. The angels, knowing the sheer power of a Prime Soul, decided to imprison Minos' soul within a prison of flesh, locked deep within his own corpse. Thus, Minos' soul was forced to watch as everything he had worked for was destroyed. EDIT: Also, his Prime Soul appearance is the most raw characteristics of his being. He is faceless, for he did not rule for wealth or power. The crown fused to his head resembles a city, such as the one he helped build. The large heart clearly visible beneath his "skin" represents his kindness and compassion for others. The snakes, though, are a bit more connected to the mythology of Minos.
@@mintw4241 both are correct! Minos, alongside Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, were children of Zeus (like at least 20% of other greek gods. the man gets around!), appointed as judges of the dead after their own lives expired - Aeacus judged the people of the west, Rhadamanthus those of the east, and Minos had the casting vote.
King Minos is the first of three Prime Souls in Ultrakill. That boss feels like fighting an unstoppable force. His moves may look like he's teleporting... until you see that he is just moving so damn fast. His punches create shockwaves of the size of the whole arena. This man is strong. And then you remember that he was a peaceful person in life, unlike King Sysyphus, who started a freaking war with angels. And this guy likely to be the next Prime Soul. I mean... It scares me.
@@Lottchen621 Technically yes, which can be readily apparent if you spawn Minos Prime in with cheats to places he's not supposed to be. But flavor-wise and in his arena, he is, in fact, moving that fast.
This song pulls one of my favorite Musical tropes subversions of "the last stand of a hero, but not for you." As the problems faced are 50% your fault. This song really exemplifies this "last stand for humanity" idea and really makes you question your role in all this after you kill a kind and noble king.
This plays into my belief of V1. I don't want to spoil anything, but everyone always portrays V1 as funny and dominating. To me, V1 is the most brutal and emotionless of the machines. There is two reasons for V1 being stronger than the other machines and even Minos, one of them being represented in gameplay in the ability to heal instantly, and other being V1 being made for Frontline warfare unlike the other machines which is represented in how it's controlled by the player. Also, his only line in the entire game and where in the story it is reinforces my belief that V1 isn't like V2 like most people portray it as.
@@tri-sapien6487 Something just feels weird in how V1 kills V2. Like is V1 conscious enough to take down his own kind? Also, if we’re to believe the lack of action during the cutscenes, it’s clear that V1 *is* willing to listen to others, but they usually resort to violence. It’s clear that something’s different with V1 compared to his other machine counterparts.
I disagree that most problems are of v1's creation. When you get to hell it's already been messed up, there's a reason the main title theme is called "The Fire Is Gone" the world is burning out, the great kings and angels of the land are dying out, the river styx is now an ocean of tears, the world is already doomed, v1 is just confirming the world's descent.
@@Dr.OofersWe get more insight into the infighting of machines through lore found in layer 7, which shows us that machines were used for combat during wars, and that each new model was either a direct improvement or counter to the last. We also find out more about their fuel, which is that V1 isn't the only blood fueled monster. So there are a couple of reasons as to why V2 and V1 fight, those being A) V2 needs to take down V1 as he is a "direct counter" despite being made during a time of peace. B) There isn't enough blood in the entirety of Hell to share. One will have to fall eventually.
I really admire how well you picked up on Minos's character when ORDER started to play. In summary : Minos was originally the judge of hell, who signed up souls to where they belonged in the 9 layers. When a soul manifests in hell, their body is determined by the image they left when they were alive. The more people remember you the larger and more powerful your body becomes in hell, and Minos was the largest sinner to ever manifest in hell. But Minos was incredible conflicted with the punishment imposed on the Citizens of the Lust layer. He believed that eternal punishment was too hard of a punishment for someone whos only crime was love. At one point in time, because of a larger event, heaven lost control of hell and the sinners were left to their own devices. Minos ceized the oppertunity and erected a massive sprawling metropolis where people would live free and in peace. He was beloved among the people for his compassion and justice he lead his people with, until heaven regained control. Archangel Gabriel descended into hell on command of the angelic council, because they saw the sinners not paying their penance as a Insurrection against them. Minos believed in peace and wanted to negotiate with the angel, but Gabriel struck him down before he could utter a single world, his waining pained cries only overshadowed by Gabriels proclomation of justice. And once he died, Gabriel animated his corpse and forced it to wreak havoc on the city he build, while his soul was imprisoned inside a Flesh Prison inside his body, so he would watch as he destroyed the city he built and kill the people he protected. When we find Minos it is after we destroyed his prison, having lost everything the only thing he desires is to exact revenge upon those that wronged him, but he fails even that once we kill him. This is how he dies, apologizing to his people for not being the king they deserved.
@@DeaDemo194 yeah knowing the lore puts his voicelines really into context, now I just get depeessed when I hear "Forgive me my children, for I have failed to bring you salvation from this cold dark world.". I keep replaying 2-1, 2-2 and 2-4 for the spinal staircase and requiem motif alone, just so I can fight Minos and have the emotional rush I crave for when it comes to game music.
Can we just appreciate how strong Gabriel is though? I mean, he took down Minos - with the wording seeming to suggest - instantly. It'd be easy to assume that his corpse is much weaker than when he wasn't smited by Gabriel, so the fact Gabriel did this probably without even trying shows his power.
For such a great guy, he must've been real stupid to not realize that love and lust are not at all the same thing. Love comes from God in Christianity, whereas Lust is the desire for physical pleasure. Rapists, Pedophiles, they'd be in Lust (if Dante actually had his run of things) Great job building them their paradise, Minos.
@@sobero274 every time the "leitmotif of king minos" i pay a second of respect ... then return to enjoying the best "pre-set music track" i have ever lisend to
Some in lore explanation for the monologue. Gabriel, an archangel was sent to destroy Minos’ kingdom because it went against the “will of God.” As we learn later in the game, God really isn’t in the picture so Gabriel killed Minos and slaughtered his kingdom, turning it into basically a hellscape for no damn reason. As for the crimes, machines run on blood, and basically had to genocide the human race to survive. With humanity dead, the machines raided hell for more blood. I really do hope you play the game! Edit: Clarifacation
Something interesting about the section at 11:19 is that it's actually a leitmotif! For context, this game takes place in hell as interpreted by Dante (and then by the game's creator), and Minos (who has ORDER as his battle theme) was once the ruler of the layer of Lust. The melody here is from the theme for one of Lust's stages, and is called "Requiem" (no relation to that one other obscure song :P).
What impresses me most is how Hakita is both the game director/developer and composer for the game. Game design and overall technical side of making a game is already hard enough. Definitely one of the most talented newer gen of developers. Since I'm here, I'd really love to see you listen to some of the Yakuza games music pieces. One of my favorites is called "Destiny" from Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.
I find your reading of _Chaos_ as particularly interesting because _Chaos_ plays before the player even sees Minos; at this point, the player is fighting the Flesh Prison. However, the brutal rage definitely lines up with some aspects of Minos; the reason he fights you is because the player's character had a hand in the destruction of humanity, and Minos is also tortured by his inability to protect not only the people he ruled over in life, but the people he ruled over while in Hell as well. EDIT: Also, it's always a joy to see someone enjoying this game's content for the first time, whether it's the OST or the gameplay itself.
The thing about the Minos fight is that it feels like you're fighting an anime character... in a first person shooter. He's flying all over the place, teleporting and launching these incredibly powerful attacks at you between bouts of menacingly approaching you at a slow, steady walk. He sentences you to death, and boy it feels like it.
The motif at 11:19 really hits hard because it's a motif you hear in the level 2-2, in the song "Requiem", and in that level you traverse an abandoned city in the layer of Lust. To avoid having to type up a ridiculously long summary of who Minos is, here's a snippet from the game itself, taken from the lore entry for Minos Prime: "A prime soul is an incredibly rare occurrence in which a soul amasses so much power that it no longer requires a Husk as a vessel to manifest physically. As manifestations of pure will, prime souls are incredibly powerful, to the point that even the prideful angels see them as a threat and will use any means necessary to stop them from forming. King Minos felt that eternal suffering was an unfair and unreasonable punishment for those whose only sin was loving another. After the Disappearance of God, as angels were lost and Heaven was in chaos, Minos began his efforts to reform the Lust layer. The Lust renaissance was prosperous, as King Minos guided its inhabitants to come together and build a new civilization. The combined efforts of the countless who had been damned to the second layer bore great results as the grand city of Lust grew and grew. However, after the Council took control of Heaven and brought stability to it through their iron fist rule, they saw that Minos had gone against God's will by freeing sinners from the punishment that God had designed for them. Gabriel, the brightest of the angels, was sent to kill Minos. The king, rather than fight back, tried to reason with him, but Gabriel mercilessly struck him down without listening. As Minos' will was strong enough to attempt to stand up to Heaven's rule, the angels chose to imprison his soul in an attempt to stop it from forming into a prime soul and appointed Gabriel as the new Judge of Hell. From the prison inside his own body, Minos helplessly watched as his soulless corpse, now controlled by parasites, tore apart everything he had worked so hard to build, cursing his own weakness for failing to protect his people, vowing to take revenge..." When V1 (the player character) breaks Minos out, Minos realizes he has a chance to set things right. That sad motif is the desperation in Minos, it's him wanting to take revenge for failing his people and kill the ones who caused them suffering. For a game called "big murder" it has some surprisingly emotional beats.
The leitmotif an 11:19 that everyone talks about can be seen in another track: "Requiem." In this level, you explore one of the cities that Minos built for his people to protect them. In Minos' absence, the city is dilapidated, and it's denizens killed. ORDER as a track is showing King Minos' grief more than anything.
King Minos is a man with high power, and he proves it. Ultrakill is an amazing game and wears it's inspiration on it's sleeve. I highly recommend giving the entire OST a listen.
Here's some backstory for the maximum impact of the song and it's parts as it's quiet tragic: Throught act 1 of the game you traverse the lust layer of hell. When Minos was a King and alive, he tried to bring "ORDER" and "Happiness" to the people that were sent there because he thought that eternal torture wasn't fair for those who only wanted to love each other. He built a beautiful city and brought *Order* to it and the souls. Council of Heaven, seeing the souls not receiving the punishment they expected, sent Archangel *Gabriel* to King Minos. As a fair and peaceful ruler, Minos tried to talk to Gabriel, but the latter mercilessly struck him down. His body became a husk, just like that of others sinners in hell, but due to the amount of people that remembered and respected him, that husk was massive, as to represent his impact during his afterlife. Gabriel and the Council guided his huge mindless husk to destroy the city and it's inhabitants that he throughout his life tried his best to protect. When you play through the city levels you can hear a sad and melancholic tune, something that sounds like a weak reminder of the past greatness... Which is the 'Order' part of this song. It's strong, energetic, lively, same song but showing how it would have been in it's *Prime* if it wasn't for angels. The face, the king, the ruler and the creator of that once beautiful city is here before you reborn anew, his soul so powerful it manifested him a body to live once more. And just like before, he is set on fixing everything, but his first and toughest obstacle is right in front of him, it's you, the player, a V1 war machine robot, one of the sentient creations that brought humanity to it's knees and destroyed it. For as long as you're alive he cannot bring salvation and justice to his people... "and thy punishment.. is death." Throughout the fight, when he gets really hurt he starts even chastasing himself for his failures as a ruler and protector, he shouts "Weak." after dropping to 50% hp, but it's not a taunt towards you, no, he thinks himself weak for not being able to get through you. In his frustration he begins fighting his best, at that point there are no attack windows, no rest, he will do whatever he can to kill you. But, at last, he loses the battle and in his final speech blames himself for it all, after which this new Soul-body/vessel of his gets destroyed and he dies for good.
You are right about the "I NEED TO DO THIS AND I CAN'T LET YOU STOP ME" But I believe that applies to the player more than Minos Prime because... ohhh boy, this boss is hard but lots of fun
@@some_dummyhead9880 Yeah I know, screw you Gabriel, but I was just making a joke because while the song is playing it enhances the player's determination to defeat the boss
The design for King Minos is supposed to represent how people viewed him as well as his core characteristics: A crown as monumental as the city he has built, forever embedded into his very soul. Shows that his title of a king was well deserved; A gaping hole insted of a face, represents that he was selfless and didn't put any personal gain in his rule (also looks like the giants from Dark Souls 2); A big red heart, the only organ left on him. Symoblises his kindness and probably love for his subjects. Also might be due to the fact he was sent to the lust layer. The snakes are probably a reference to his real life mythos counterpart. Although an ingame lore entry says he comanded two big parasites, so that are probably them, but much more dignified. Also, the piece played at 11:20 and 15:06 are leitmotifs from a song called "Requiem", or as I like to call it "Requiem" for the city of Lust. Nice way to connect to plot points, and a reminder that Minos has suffered an absolute tragedy. The intense kicking of metal ass that happens during his fight is absolutly justified.
Heaven pierce her or rather Hakita, uses a lot of leitmotif throughout ULTRAKILL ost, for example on 11:19 played the leitmotif named 'requiem', i believe it's all about king minos story and his downfall.
i turned my desk into my drumset how exited i was when i read the title. i also realized my coin drawer makes a really nice sound, i may sample it when i get a decent microphone
Seeing as you did the P-1 suite, now I have to recommend Gabriel's themes (Divine Intervention and The Death of God's Will), and V2's suite (Versus and Duel). Really, Ultrakill is just a soundtrack with a free game. It just happens to be a very good game.
I believe that the massive heart and giant hole in Minos face refers how he wasn't remembered for his identity as the king of the lust layer, but for his 'big heart' and his actions to rise against heaven and its rulers with a helping hand NOT a fist. It could also be inferred that his transparent skin represents his ability to tell the truth so plane and clearly to his subjects.
I love how you mostly correctly interpret characters just by listening to their themes On the plot of Ultrakill: I really wish Minos could be freed for good. Unfortunately, we do play a vampire machine with a goal to consume everything that bleeds
Can i give a critique? There’s a version where the gameplay is shown alongside the song. The songs work really well and are easily understood when shown with the gameplay. This is especially easier to understand if you played the game, understand some of the lore, and then try to beat minos. There’s actually a leitmotif in order: The requiem leitmotif. It is a leitmotif used in the lust layer, specifically jn the song requiem. Minos, king of lust, was killed by the angel gabriel due to saving the lust layer and sparing the souls of the damned from torment by creating a city. In the song requiem, the leitmotif is played with a violin, to show sadness. “Our king has died and everything here is being destroyed by his corpse. We cannot do anything.” That’s it
I will say it's fun to watch Marco try to piece together what's going on from just the music...maybe watch one, then the other to see how close he was, could be fun? c:
When you listen to Death of God’s Will make sure to get the full mix with Gabriel’s dialog. It punctuates the music as it goes along and serves to really elevate it almost like lyrics.
know the video's old but it's incredible how he nailed the scenario for that first analysis: after 3 layers of blood, hell and death, you reach the last stand of the one benevolent king of hell inside his own spine. you see the torch in the middle of what is all flesh, the only source of light amidst meat and the most abstract nightmare one could have. as you descend the spiral spine staircase, the singing begins. as you reach the long section, it gets distorted; once you reach the gate, it is almost louder than the fear. but. nothing here ever was, is or will ever be louder and bigger than you, moving forward. nothing can change the only way this could end.
I love the contrast of the hard-fast drums and electric guitar with strings and vocals it’s like you can hear the machine clashing with the demons and monsters
fun fact 5:40: minos is actually a pacifist, he only challenged v1 because v1 did wrong to humanity, and minos as king of humans was fought him in judgement, also first song was his prision's theme, second being him
I am FLABBERGASTED on how well you described Chaos! Even tho you didn't had any idea about Flesh Prison's existence and the context of ultrakill.... Your words captured the main feeling and idea of it! Fantastic Video! (For more context, there is another music following the main meilotif of Order, its called Requiem, which presents this feeling of dread and misery)
I will still say (until we get later chapters which may change my thoughts) that "deep blue" is still my favorite track in the entire OST. Such a beautifully tranquil track with an ominous layer behind it, until it breaks out into the normal ultrakill chaos.
There's something about Deep Blue. At first it reminds me of old children's videos of aquariums, with the piano melody. But then it goes on to be very somber and also foreboding. The saxophone combined with the low piano notes creates an atmosphere unlike what I've seen before. You're in a sunken kingdom, there is a sadness in the saxophone playing a Requiem for another kingdom. But the piano plays an ominous tone, this place is dangerous and full of souls. Very good track
If you're going to listen to ultrakill's ost, you absolutely need to listen Deep Blue, Death Odyssey and The Abyss and the Serpent, the "water themes" of ultrakill. They've got such a unique ambience, I love them and I think you will too
Spinal Staircase works so well in-game because it plays as you go down a huge spine at the beginning of the level, and the song loops in places so that it only gets more distorted when you descend further. Also, it'd be great to see you react to some more songs from this game! I've seen Altars Of Apostasy suggested already (and for good reason), but Dune Eternal, Castle Vein, and Versus/Duel are also great ones.
looking at the comments, i realize not many people noticed that hakita has commentary text bundled when you buy the music albums from his bandcamp (heaven pierce her) and its the most amusing thing to read while listening as many things start to fall into place... i 100% say you give it a chance whenever
An awesome part about the track ORDER is that one of the themes from the Lust Layer makes a reappearance, with the specific track being called “Requiem” The first time you hear it, it hits so hard
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE! LET'S GOOO!!! For real, I'm SO glad you chose this version of the recording. Minos' spoken word adds an immense amount to the context of this scene.
I hope someday this gets imported over to consoles, because the music the gameplay and the style is I want to enjoy but I don’t have a PC for it. But this music gets me super pumped up to kill some demons.
I mean it runs on pretty much any PC if you have some laptop lying around. I don't know how well this game would function on console with all the very pinpoint accurate shots you have to make for stuff like coin's, core ejects, parries and the enemies move very fast on standard and violent. I'm very good at ULTRAKILL and I find playing with the controller support the game has currently near impossible.
@@santinogirado5487 Yeah but the aim assist locks on and sticks in weird ways. Maybe it was the controller I was using idk, It would be great if it gets ported but I don't think it would be a great console experience.
Woah, wasn't actually expecting to see ultrakill on here! If there's any chance of more, I'd for sure recommend "the death of God's will" and "duel (reprise)." Good stuff!
The song "Chaos" is actually not King Minos. It is his prison trying to keep him locked away forever and you as the player are fighting this giant floating fleshprison.
Also would like to mention that Order actually repeats a motif from various other levels. The motif first appears the track Requiem, from one of the levels in the Lust layer, but it's also used in tracks in Gluttony, because you enter that layer by going into Minos' corpse. It's for this reason that Order is one of my favorite tracks, it's great what the introduction of a brief lemotif can do.
One track I would like to recommend is "The Final Performance" from the game GRIME. You will likely not hear many people mentioning this game, but I absolutely love this specific track.
i'm glad you have the monologue in here since it's a very good tone setter for order itself and if you do gabriel's set of songs that you'd include his as well minos is voiced by the ever talented talented Stephan Weyte who has a vocal range ranging from the boat in pajama sam and caleb from blood heaven pierce her is hakita's (the developer) pen name for the music of ultrakill which he have almost all been by him (there are a couple guest musicians and a handful of royalty free tracks)
I love how he immediately thinks of Minos as "eating" the player, and putting a strong emphasis on it. The bossfight this song comes from is found in the layer of Gluttony
I can nolonger look at that community with the same face. I see the aura - It is green. I hear the aura - It has flies And I think of the aura - it is Merzost'.
I usually dont enjoy this kind of "reaction" video, but this guy really makes me enjoy every single second of the video. And the fact that he is italian too (i'm from Italy myself), makes me kind of proud of my country. I really do hope this channel gets way more recognition than it already has 🙏 P.s. I really do hope he covers the library of ruina OST, i know it's kinda niche but it has tracks like Sun and Moon (even though it is from lobotomy corporation) and Gone Angels that would make this guy braincells explode
I might get some details wrong but to break it down a little. King Minos in ultrakill was sent to hell with the rest of humanity after they were wiped out by the robots, things sucked in hell so King Minos tried to make things better by gathering humanity and establishing order as a just and compassionate King. It worked for awhile because he was seemingly beloved by his people but the whole thing was stopped by the angel Gabriel who slew King Minos, sealing his soul in the flesh prison and taking his giant body and useing it as the overseer of the layer of lust.
close but when Minos died god made him the judge of hell, who would listen to there sins and wrap a snake around them as many times as the layer of hell they were sent to, but after god disappeared he decided the people should not be tortured for all eternity just for being in love so he helped build the layer of lust into a city and a haven, when heaven found out they sent Gabriel to stop it. after Gabriel killed him he turned into a prime soul, a soul so powerful that even heaven couldn't kill him so they locked him up never to be released. also he's is giant because his soul is so powerful it makes his body bigger when he goes to hell.
I absolutely adore blind ost reactions with the musically literate because it’s always wild to me how much ya’ll accurately intuit regarding the narratives the songs belong to. Obviously a lot of the work comes from the creators of the music, weaving that subtext in there, but still, I love it.
Ultrakill is genuinely probably one of my top 5 favourite games so I'm incredibly happy to see it show up on your channel as someone who survived the nightmare that is this fight the music fits it so incredibly well may i also suggest checking out the cybergrind theme and the theme duel from this game some of my favourite tracks from this game
I can't wait for you to hear Gabriel and V2's themes. It's always so cool to see people who have a musical ear pick apart music and make accurate judgements on who the characters are from them alone
Probably one of my favorite aspects of this game is its use of leitmotifs. 11:18 is where the leitmotif of the songs Cold Winds and Requiem kick in (bc Minos was the king of the Lust layer)
The theme CHAOS is used when you're fighting the first stage of this battle, The Flesh Prison. The theme being chaotic reflects on the boss as it just throws all these crazy attacks at you.
As cruel and messy as life, and humanity as a whole, can be, Art and music and expression of any kind is so beautiful to watch. Seeing people analyse and interpret the meanings, emotions & intentions of something as simple yet deeply complex as instruments playing together is genuinely amazing and fills me with a feeling of light? (can’t really word it. apologise for the weirdly poetic ramblings, it’s 8am without sleep. Great video.)
I believe Minos had most likely been sorrowful for his tyranny in life, causing him to take a pacifist route resulting in him leading the Lust Renaissance. And what did he get from it, when he tried to peacefully reason with Gabriel, to talk him out of fighting? A broken utopia, destroyed by godless angels desperate for order. Prime souls are formed from willpower, fully capable of maintaining physical form without a body. Now imagine Mino's RAGE that built up when he was interred into the Flesh Prison. As he watched the people he tried to save and the city he built be destroyed by his own parasite-ridden corpse. Rage becomes willpower, willpower becomes true power. He's not releasing it on you, the player, but he's saving it for Heaven. You are however responsible for the destruction of humanity and must be punished.
Ultrakill is certainly an experience, the kind of which you have to get into a certain headspace to enjoy, where a little bit of sensory overload becomes pleasant.
its insane how well you matched the songs to what they're supposed to mean, you hit it on the nose with chaos and symphony, also known as spiral staircase. Your description of king minos was on the dot, he consumed all of the lust layer with his generosity, giving homes to those in need but most of all is the vengeance he has, towards gabriel, and towards the council for killing him for simply giving people homes in the layer where no one did anything wrong other than love another.
Duel and Duel(Reprise) from the ULTRAKILL OST are great songs, imo. definitely give them a listen when you get a chance! as for this one, i always felt like ORDER was more of a waltz than anything with that reoccurring tune that plays throughout the song. and with the way the fight goes, it kind of IS a waltz... a very lethal one, where only one of the two dancers will remain standing. EDIT: the actual songs are VERSUS and DUEL(VERSUS REPRISE), my bad.
Listening to the entirety of ultrakill and then hearing Altars of Apostasy is an experience I wish everyone could have. Such emotuonal resonance, I never felt anything like that listening to music
Dude this guy decribes everything in such depth, and as a choir person myself I love how much depth he puts into this. There is so much I want to tell people when they don’t understand as I listen to music, and this guy literally says what I’d like to say 😭
Minos was a just ruler, but he was killed by Gabriel and he turned Minos' body into a moving corpse that destroyed the city he once ruled. Minos' soul was prisoned inside flesh prison for several years, and when he comes out he wants nothing but revenge against Gabriel, who turned everything he loved to ashes. His children are actually the citizens of the Lust city, of wich he was the king. The soundtrack reflects that feeling of loss and revenge but also sadness for not being able to protect the things he loved, cursing himself for his weakness.
Dude PLEASE listen to the entire soundtrack. It’s easily my favorite video game soundtrack of all time, and there’s so much I’d love for you to dissect about the songs.
“WHAT THE FUCK IS A TIME SIGNATURE?” -Hakita
fr what is time signature
@@davidzaydullin idk something used when composing stuff
he knows what they are only to completely ignore their existence
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@@davidzaydullin It's basically a way of organizing a song to make the notes make more sense. Pull up a random song on a radio and count "1,2,3,4" in your head repeatedly, and most songs will fall in line with that way of counting. That's called a 4/4 time signature, which is the most common found in music. Music like Ultrakill is more chaotic and usually goes crazy with time signatures and it makes it really unpredictable as well as a ton of other things. In this case, relentless and angry, raging even.
*THY END IS NOW*
JUDGEMENT
Swiggdy swoody.
I i’m inside your walls!
@@ghostshrimp5006 YOU CALL SHOOTING A COIN A MARTIAL ART?!
@@DEDomain I SPENT ALL OF IT ON PERCS
Nokia truly remains forever
Heaven Pierce Her is basically the artist name of the game's creator, Hakita. The guy woke up one day and said "What if I made a balls-to-the-ceiling fps about diving deep into hell? And made the OST go a million miles an hour?" And made ULTRAKILL.
I think it started as a stealth game and he changed it cause it wasn't fun. Feel free to correct though.
@@swampfox1007I think that’s true.
And then it became fun.
@@swampfox1007 it was more of a psychological horror game about being in space, the stealth game was before ULTRAKILL
@@NotZealot AMONG US !! !!
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“I am fluent in over 9 million forms of kicking thy ass.”
- Minos, probably
-I'm personally killed twelve trillion people
-That doesn't sound very fun
-On the fucking contrary.
* *War Maker starts playing aggressively* *
"Minos doesn't tolerate slipping up, or standing still in one place, or missing your shot, or living, or breathing."
"Or just existence in general, to be honest."
"My blood is a controlled substance in 39 states. I have personally killed 12 TRILLION people."
-Minos Prime, after spending all of the lust layer's budget on bisexual lighting and Percocet.
@WalterGoinInsane the collab we need and deserve
Ultrakill is a game about four things:
1. A robot that runs on blood, descending into hell to kill demons, because there aren’t any more humans left on earth to refuel with.
2. Ricocheting a rail gun bullet off of a coin into your opponent’s skull, because fuck yeah
3. Secret levels that turn the game into a horror game, a puzzle game, a dating sim, and literally just crash bandicoot
4. The body pillows of V1 and Gabriel that are sold on the official Ultrakill store.
And 5. *the endless suffering of trying to p rank p-1 on standard and violent*
and fishing
@@c1v1ll the p-2 in the room:
@@Terracosm this prison…to hold….me?
Don't forget the s** update.
i cant imagine "ORDER" without "DIE", "CRUSH", "JUDGEMENT" or "PREPARE THYSELF", they are almost a part of the song now
Useless.
Weak.
Thy end is now!
THY END IS NOW!
C-RUSH!
A 'quick' explanation of who Minos is:
Ultrakill's story adapts its own version of Dante's Inferno with the whole 9 circles of hell thing, with limbo, lust, gluttony etc. Minos was the benevolent king of the lust layer, who thought Heavens eternal punishment of those who's only sin was to love another was unfair, so when god disappeared and Heaven was in chaos, he started the Lust renaissance, reforming the layer into a new civilization free of its punishment.
However when the council was formed and took control of Heaven again, they quickly sent Gabriel, the brightest of the Angels, to kill Minos. Minos did not fight back, instead trying to plead for reason and empathy, but was mercilessly killed by Gabriel anyway. The angels, fearing that Minos' will was strong enough to defy Heavens rule, imprisoned his soul in the flesh prison in an attempt to prevent it from forming into a prime soul, a being so powerful that even Heaven feared it. Minos watched from within his prison as his corpse, now controlled by parasites, destroyed everything he had worked so hard to achieve, and vowing to take revenge.
Another thing to note about Minos is how he refers to the player character, V1, as a creature of steel, and not just a machine. It goes to show how much respect he has for it in contrast to somebody like Gabriel, who detests V1 and seeing it "as a mere object".
A prime soul is also a soul that has so much willpower that it doesn’t need a physical husk to manifest
something to note, or at least from what ive read, is that the flesh prison was meant for like 6-7 people and they put only minos in there. the angels are so scared of minos they put him inside of a prison meant for 6-7 people.
the reason minos feels the need to "punish" V1 is that minos sees the player as a creature, thus deserving of judgement
@@meepletpie1234 now this is only speculation, but is V1 really just a machine and not an actual creature? Now we do know that it was created by humans and is sentient just like V2, but what if it somehow got a will of its own outside of the "programming". Seeing as it seems like willpower seems to be able to make a few things true i suppose that maybe even a machine may get an actual body with its own will after spending some time in hell.
@@dembi2770 minos believes in intentions over consequences so as V1 is killing flesh prison for blood, minos just sees it as V1 being greedy and thus deserving judgement. also considering that minos loved humans and cared deeply for them he would definitely despise machines for what they did.
Ah, the “P-1 Suite”. Technically 3 songs that play for a secret level:
1. The Spinal Staircase, a simple descent down a massive, twisting spine.
2. Chaos, which plays when fighting the mindless Flesh Prison. It attacks you to prevent you freeing its prisoner.
3. And finally, Order, which is the theme of the Flesh Prison’s captive: the Soul of King Minos, AKA Minos Prime. A noble king who loves mankind dearly, and that love compels him to attack your character. After all, your character is an AI, and the AIs did terrible things to mankind.
Humanity has had some bad things happen to them in Ultrakill, and Minos is perhaps the only character we know of who actually tried very hard to protect and care for mankind.
And for selfless care and love, he had to first punish people; and eventually, get punished himself; for what can a king do if they're unable to even protect their people
sisyphus who tried to rally an insurrection to free people in greed:
I felt bad killing Minos as V1 as he was the most careful person I believe (as of now before the lore of new characters) in all of Hell. You truly take away most of the goodness in Hell like the angels did before, all because he was “in your way” to the path to Gabriel.
@@IXenuJ i mean he kinda started it but it is kinda sad
@@IXenuJ I mean; when you think about it, in a way; we are still completing the king's mission
I like how Minos, despite his tragic past and wish to kill v1, never becomes enraged during the fight. And that when he says "weak", he's not talking about v1, but chastising himself for allowing all of this to happen
Wait, what? I was always under the impression he was calling V1 weak. I guess that does make sense, though.
@@TheElysianPrince It's not confirmed, it's just a little theory i read in a youtube comment some time ago. It may not be true, but it made sense and I liked it.
Not the case after you restart though, no way he says hes useless to himself
@@c1v1ll Maybe when you die and restart, Minos just sees you come back after he killed you and says that in remark to his previous attempt to kill you. It was useless because you just came back afterwards anyways
@@internet2oup650 or maybe calling v1's foolish attempts as useless as in it's "useless" to to try afain
marco on his way to casually guess an entire character with surprisingly high accuracy
😂😂
Id believe it if he said he actually checked the lore before and pretended to not know
that just shows how well the music is portrayed and also marco's understanding
@@unknownfactor6489 I didn’t lol
And we frikkin love that!
The rage-filled vengeance is correct, but Minos what’s a very good king. “Chaos” actually represents the prison of flesh he was sealed in. He is filled with vengeance for what the machines have done to humanity
And vengeance for gabriel the archangel
@@lady_deaths_head Both Gabriel and Minos have rage against the machine.
@@crackaddict1692 that was a good one
@@crackaddict1692 minos dont shows rage at the gopro at any moment
@@Valole666 doesn’t necessarily show it, but he tells v1 that it needs to pay for what he did to humanity cause v1 y’know, wiped them out. in his whole monologue sequence, he thanks v1 but still tries to kill v1 because of what he did to humanity, which is the whole reason why this fight happens, the anger of minos cause you killed everyone
Minos is derived from Dante's Inferno, where he is the judge of hell. This game takes place after God has "vanished", which threw heaven into disorder. While this happened, Minos, deeming the people of the Lust layer of hell (second layer according to the divine comedy) to be unfairly punished simply because "they loved each other". So, he helped them to build a sprawling city, ruled over them justly, and brought an age of prosperity to the layer. However, once heaven had sorted things out with God vanishing, the arch-angel Gabriel was sent down to kill Minos for turning against the will of God. Minos tried to be diplomatic about it, yet Gabriel struck him dead, forcing his corpse to wander through the city he created, destroying everything he worked for.
This is where the Prime Soul comes into play.
A Prime Soul is a soul powerful enough to manifest physically outside of a body. The angels, knowing the sheer power of a Prime Soul, decided to imprison Minos' soul within a prison of flesh, locked deep within his own corpse. Thus, Minos' soul was forced to watch as everything he had worked for was destroyed.
EDIT: Also, his Prime Soul appearance is the most raw characteristics of his being. He is faceless, for he did not rule for wealth or power. The crown fused to his head resembles a city, such as the one he helped build. The large heart clearly visible beneath his "skin" represents his kindness and compassion for others. The snakes, though, are a bit more connected to the mythology of Minos.
Proxy is that you ?
@@bluelobster1702 yikes, I've been spotted
Isnt minos being the judge of hell from Dante’s Inferno rather than the greek myths he originally appeared in
@@mintw4241 both are correct!
Minos, alongside Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, were children of Zeus (like at least 20% of other greek gods. the man gets around!), appointed as judges of the dead after their own lives expired - Aeacus judged the people of the west, Rhadamanthus those of the east, and Minos had the casting vote.
King Minos is only the Judge of Hell in Dante's Inferno not in greek mythology, that's wrong.
If you're going to start reacting to ultrakill music, I HIGHLY recommend Death of God's Will, Tenebre Rosso Sengue, and Death Odyssey
i'd add ship of fools and deep blue
One can only hope
Tenebre Rosso Sangue was the collab I never knew I wanted, but holy hell, I needed
Adding Altars of apostasy to that list
Can't forget about deep blue
King Minos is the first of three Prime Souls in Ultrakill. That boss feels like fighting an unstoppable force. His moves may look like he's teleporting... until you see that he is just moving so damn fast. His punches create shockwaves of the size of the whole arena. This man is strong.
And then you remember that he was a peaceful person in life, unlike King Sysyphus, who started a freaking war with angels. And this guy likely to be the next Prime Soul. I mean... It scares me.
wait is he not teleporting?!
@@Lottchen621
Technically yes, which can be readily apparent if you spawn Minos Prime in with cheats to places he's not supposed to be. But flavor-wise and in his arena, he is, in fact, moving that fast.
He leaves a trail of ripped up ground when he moves, I've noticed. So yeah, he's not teleporting, he's just faster than a teleport.
@@Lottchen621 the animation is basically teleporting, but he really just moves that fast
Funny to think how even with all of this, V1 in canon still beats him. V1 is even more terrifying, thank god we play as V1
This song pulls one of my favorite Musical tropes subversions of "the last stand of a hero, but not for you." As the problems faced are 50% your fault. This song really exemplifies this "last stand for humanity" idea and really makes you question your role in all this after you kill a kind and noble king.
This plays into my belief of V1. I don't want to spoil anything, but everyone always portrays V1 as funny and dominating. To me, V1 is the most brutal and emotionless of the machines. There is two reasons for V1 being stronger than the other machines and even Minos, one of them being represented in gameplay in the ability to heal instantly, and other being V1 being made for Frontline warfare unlike the other machines which is represented in how it's controlled by the player. Also, his only line in the entire game and where in the story it is reinforces my belief that V1 isn't like V2 like most people portray it as.
@@tri-sapien6487 Something just feels weird in how V1 kills V2. Like is V1 conscious enough to take down his own kind? Also, if we’re to believe the lack of action during the cutscenes, it’s clear that V1 *is* willing to listen to others, but they usually resort to violence. It’s clear that something’s different with V1 compared to his other machine counterparts.
I disagree that most problems are of v1's creation. When you get to hell it's already been messed up, there's a reason the main title theme is called "The Fire Is Gone" the world is burning out, the great kings and angels of the land are dying out, the river styx is now an ocean of tears, the world is already doomed, v1 is just confirming the world's descent.
@@Dr.OofersWe get more insight into the infighting of machines through lore found in layer 7, which shows us that machines were used for combat during wars, and that each new model was either a direct improvement or counter to the last.
We also find out more about their fuel, which is that V1 isn't the only blood fueled monster. So there are a couple of reasons as to why V2 and V1 fight, those being
A) V2 needs to take down V1 as he is a "direct counter" despite being made during a time of peace.
B) There isn't enough blood in the entirety of Hell to share. One will have to fall eventually.
Damn, didn't expect Ultrakill on this channel. A surprise, but a welcome one.
ikr
I was thinking this was gonna happen just yesterday listening to heresy theme, I can see the future
This was my exact reaction when he reviewed the Deepwoken soundtrack.
I just got into ultrakill a few days before this uploaded which made me question if I was dreaming lol
I really admire how well you picked up on Minos's character when ORDER started to play.
In summary : Minos was originally the judge of hell, who signed up souls to where they belonged in the 9 layers.
When a soul manifests in hell, their body is determined by the image they left when they were alive.
The more people remember you the larger and more powerful your body becomes in hell, and Minos was the largest sinner to ever manifest in hell.
But Minos was incredible conflicted with the punishment imposed on the Citizens of the Lust layer.
He believed that eternal punishment was too hard of a punishment for someone whos only crime was love.
At one point in time, because of a larger event, heaven lost control of hell and the sinners were left to their own devices.
Minos ceized the oppertunity and erected a massive sprawling metropolis where people would live free and in peace.
He was beloved among the people for his compassion and justice he lead his people with, until heaven regained control.
Archangel Gabriel descended into hell on command of the angelic council, because they saw the sinners not paying their penance as a Insurrection against them.
Minos believed in peace and wanted to negotiate with the angel, but Gabriel struck him down before he could utter a single world, his waining pained cries only overshadowed by Gabriels proclomation of justice.
And once he died, Gabriel animated his corpse and forced it to wreak havoc on the city he build, while his soul was imprisoned inside a Flesh Prison inside his body, so he would watch as he destroyed the city he built and kill the people he protected.
When we find Minos it is after we destroyed his prison, having lost everything the only thing he desires is to exact revenge upon those that wronged him, but he fails even that once we kill him.
This is how he dies, apologizing to his people for not being the king they deserved.
Holy shit, i didn't know that. Now i am upset for minos :(
@@DeaDemo194 yeah knowing the lore puts his voicelines really into context, now I just get depeessed when I hear "Forgive me my children, for I have failed to bring you salvation from this cold dark world.".
I keep replaying 2-1, 2-2 and 2-4 for the spinal staircase and requiem motif alone, just so I can fight Minos and have the emotional rush I crave for when it comes to game music.
Can we just appreciate how strong Gabriel is though? I mean, he took down Minos - with the wording seeming to suggest - instantly. It'd be easy to assume that his corpse is much weaker than when he wasn't smited by Gabriel, so the fact Gabriel did this probably without even trying shows his power.
I don’t think he intentionally did that
Like you wouldn’t destroy you work randomly because you got imprisoned
For such a great guy, he must've been real stupid to not realize that love and lust are not at all the same thing. Love comes from God in Christianity, whereas Lust is the desire for physical pleasure.
Rapists, Pedophiles, they'd be in Lust (if Dante actually had his run of things)
Great job building them their paradise, Minos.
11:20 For those who know king minos lore, They will shed a tear at this part and the most likely will happen.
It gives me chills every time
@@sobero274 Same, sometimes makes me tear up.
@@sobero274 every time the "leitmotif of king minos" i pay a second of respect ... then return to enjoying the best "pre-set music track" i have ever lisend to
I love how hakita can kind of mix-n-match with his songs, and just throw a bit if requium into order. Beautiful work.
Some in lore explanation for the monologue. Gabriel, an archangel was sent to destroy Minos’ kingdom because it went against the “will of God.” As we learn later in the game, God really isn’t in the picture so Gabriel killed Minos and slaughtered his kingdom, turning it into basically a hellscape for no damn reason. As for the crimes, machines run on blood, and basically had to genocide the human race to survive. With humanity dead, the machines raided hell for more blood. I really do hope you play the game!
Edit: Clarifacation
It was less no reason, and more on the order of the tryrannical Council, as we learn at the end of Act ||.
Kudos to this guy for reading the dictionary's worth of comments and liking them all
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@@Raze_the_Void no way void from the hit game tower battles
Something interesting about the section at 11:19 is that it's actually a leitmotif! For context, this game takes place in hell as interpreted by Dante (and then by the game's creator), and Minos (who has ORDER as his battle theme) was once the ruler of the layer of Lust. The melody here is from the theme for one of Lust's stages, and is called "Requiem" (no relation to that one other obscure song :P).
I believe a requiem is a rememberence of someone great.
It takes notes from whole lust layer, 2-1 2-2 and 2-3 alike (9:34 is obviously Panic betrayer from 2-3 for example)
@@daboss4318 that doesn't sound like panic betrayer, its just the regular "ORDER" melody with a different drum pattern
What impresses me most is how Hakita is both the game director/developer and composer for the game. Game design and overall technical side of making a game is already hard enough. Definitely one of the most talented newer gen of developers.
Since I'm here, I'd really love to see you listen to some of the Yakuza games music pieces. One of my favorites is called "Destiny" from Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.
Both of Someya's themes are bangers tbh
He's like Harry Callagan. This man can animate, does voices for characters and even writes music for games. Truly, a man of many talents.
Try Gabriel's soundtrack of this game, if you do it with his monologues... you will be satisfied with his relating anger too
I was about to comment that
Seconded
Dread cells
Hello fellow dead cells enjoyer I recommend this youtuber check out the dead cells soundtrack
@@triggerhappy4199 oooo especially the clock tower and fatal falls
I find your reading of _Chaos_ as particularly interesting because _Chaos_ plays before the player even sees Minos; at this point, the player is fighting the Flesh Prison. However, the brutal rage definitely lines up with some aspects of Minos; the reason he fights you is because the player's character had a hand in the destruction of humanity, and Minos is also tortured by his inability to protect not only the people he ruled over in life, but the people he ruled over while in Hell as well.
EDIT: Also, it's always a joy to see someone enjoying this game's content for the first time, whether it's the OST or the gameplay itself.
Also, it's just a mindless construct of flesh attacking an intruder.
The thing about the Minos fight is that it feels like you're fighting an anime character... in a first person shooter. He's flying all over the place, teleporting and launching these incredibly powerful attacks at you between bouts of menacingly approaching you at a slow, steady walk. He sentences you to death, and boy it feels like it.
He brought his fists to a gun fight, and won.
JUDGEMENT
CRUSH
To be fair, V1 also moves like an anime character when you play it at a high skill threshold.
Problem is, Minos is not even teleporting, he's just that fast
i like how this man has no idea of the lore but completely guesses how minos feels
Musicians be like
@@Azure9577 fr fr
That just means Hakita did a wonderful job lmao
The motif at 11:19 really hits hard because it's a motif you hear in the level 2-2, in the song "Requiem", and in that level you traverse an abandoned city in the layer of Lust. To avoid having to type up a ridiculously long summary of who Minos is, here's a snippet from the game itself, taken from the lore entry for Minos Prime:
"A prime soul is an incredibly rare occurrence in which a soul amasses so much power that it no longer requires a Husk as a vessel to manifest physically.
As manifestations of pure will, prime souls are incredibly powerful, to the point that even the prideful angels see them as a threat and will use any means necessary to stop them from forming.
King Minos felt that eternal suffering was an unfair and unreasonable punishment for those whose only sin was loving another. After the Disappearance of God, as angels were lost and Heaven was in chaos, Minos began his efforts to reform the Lust layer.
The Lust renaissance was prosperous, as King Minos guided its inhabitants to come together and build a new civilization. The combined efforts of the countless who had been damned to the second layer bore great results as the grand city of Lust grew and grew.
However, after the Council took control of Heaven and brought stability to it through their iron fist rule, they saw that Minos had gone against God's will by freeing sinners from the punishment that God had designed for them.
Gabriel, the brightest of the angels, was sent to kill Minos. The king, rather than fight back, tried to reason with him, but Gabriel mercilessly struck him down without listening.
As Minos' will was strong enough to attempt to stand up to Heaven's rule, the angels chose to imprison his soul in an attempt to stop it from forming into a prime soul and appointed Gabriel as the new Judge of Hell.
From the prison inside his own body, Minos helplessly watched as his soulless corpse, now controlled by parasites, tore apart everything he had worked so hard to build, cursing his own weakness for failing to protect his people, vowing to take revenge..."
When V1 (the player character) breaks Minos out, Minos realizes he has a chance to set things right. That sad motif is the desperation in Minos, it's him wanting to take revenge for failing his people and kill the ones who caused them suffering.
For a game called "big murder" it has some surprisingly emotional beats.
The leitmotif an 11:19 that everyone talks about can be seen in another track: "Requiem." In this level, you explore one of the cities that Minos built for his people to protect them. In Minos' absence, the city is dilapidated, and it's denizens killed. ORDER as a track is showing King Minos' grief more than anything.
King Minos is a man with high power, and he proves it. Ultrakill is an amazing game and wears it's inspiration on it's sleeve. I highly recommend giving the entire OST a listen.
Here's some backstory for the maximum impact of the song and it's parts as it's quiet tragic:
Throught act 1 of the game you traverse the lust layer of hell. When Minos was a King and alive, he tried to bring "ORDER" and "Happiness" to the people that were sent there because he thought that eternal torture wasn't fair for those who only wanted to love each other. He built a beautiful city and brought *Order* to it and the souls. Council of Heaven, seeing the souls not receiving the punishment they expected, sent Archangel *Gabriel* to King Minos. As a fair and peaceful ruler, Minos tried to talk to Gabriel, but the latter mercilessly struck him down.
His body became a husk, just like that of others sinners in hell, but due to the amount of people that remembered and respected him, that husk was massive, as to represent his impact during his afterlife. Gabriel and the Council guided his huge mindless husk to destroy the city and it's inhabitants that he throughout his life tried his best to protect. When you play through the city levels you can hear a sad and melancholic tune, something that sounds like a weak reminder of the past greatness...
Which is the 'Order' part of this song. It's strong, energetic, lively, same song but showing how it would have been in it's *Prime* if it wasn't for angels. The face, the king, the ruler and the creator of that once beautiful city is here before you reborn anew, his soul so powerful it manifested him a body to live once more. And just like before, he is set on fixing everything, but his first and toughest obstacle is right in front of him, it's you, the player, a V1 war machine robot, one of the sentient creations that brought humanity to it's knees and destroyed it. For as long as you're alive he cannot bring salvation and justice to his people... "and thy punishment.. is death."
Throughout the fight, when he gets really hurt he starts even chastasing himself for his failures as a ruler and protector, he shouts "Weak." after dropping to 50% hp, but it's not a taunt towards you, no, he thinks himself weak for not being able to get through you. In his frustration he begins fighting his best, at that point there are no attack windows, no rest, he will do whatever he can to kill you.
But, at last, he loses the battle and in his final speech blames himself for it all, after which this new Soul-body/vessel of his gets destroyed and he dies for good.
Wow
OH MY GOD YOU ACTUALLY DID LISTEN TO THE ULTRAKIL SOUNDTRACK
I did NOT expect that, thank you, this game and soundtrack needs more exposure!
You are right about the "I NEED TO DO THIS AND I CAN'T LET YOU STOP ME"
But I believe that applies to the player more than Minos Prime because... ohhh boy, this boss is hard but lots of fun
It also very much applies to Minos
@@some_dummyhead9880 Yeah I know, screw you Gabriel, but I was just making a joke because while the song is playing it enhances the player's determination to defeat the boss
In this fight, Minos was not fighting for his own vengeance; instead, he was fighting for the vengeance for all of humanity.
The design for King Minos is supposed to represent how people viewed him as well as his core characteristics:
A crown as monumental as the city he has built, forever embedded into his very soul. Shows that his title of a king was well deserved;
A gaping hole insted of a face, represents that he was selfless and didn't put any personal gain in his rule (also looks like the giants from Dark Souls 2);
A big red heart, the only organ left on him. Symoblises his kindness and probably love for his subjects. Also might be due to the fact he was sent to the lust layer.
The snakes are probably a reference to his real life mythos counterpart. Although an ingame lore entry says he comanded two big parasites, so that are probably them, but much more dignified.
Also, the piece played at 11:20 and 15:06 are leitmotifs from a song called "Requiem", or as I like to call it "Requiem" for the city of Lust. Nice way to connect to plot points, and a reminder that Minos has suffered an absolute tragedy. The intense kicking of metal ass that happens during his fight is absolutly justified.
Heaven pierce her or rather Hakita, uses a lot of leitmotif throughout ULTRAKILL ost, for example on 11:19 played the leitmotif named 'requiem', i believe it's all about king minos story and his downfall.
i turned my desk into my drumset how exited i was when i read the title.
i also realized my coin drawer makes a really nice sound, i may sample it when i get a decent microphone
Seeing as you did the P-1 suite, now I have to recommend Gabriel's themes (Divine Intervention and The Death of God's Will), and V2's suite (Versus and Duel).
Really, Ultrakill is just a soundtrack with a free game. It just happens to be a very good game.
I believe that the massive heart and giant hole in Minos face refers how he wasn't remembered for his identity as the king of the lust layer, but for his 'big heart' and his actions to rise against heaven and its rulers with a helping hand NOT a fist. It could also be inferred that his transparent skin represents his ability to tell the truth so plane and clearly to his subjects.
Nah, gabriel stabbed him
I love how you mostly correctly interpret characters just by listening to their themes
On the plot of Ultrakill: I really wish Minos could be freed for good. Unfortunately, we do play a vampire machine with a goal to consume everything that bleeds
Can i give a critique? There’s a version where the gameplay is shown alongside the song. The songs work really well and are easily understood when shown with the gameplay. This is especially easier to understand if you played the game, understand some of the lore, and then try to beat minos.
There’s actually a leitmotif in order: The requiem leitmotif. It is a leitmotif used in the lust layer, specifically jn the song requiem.
Minos, king of lust, was killed by the angel gabriel due to saving the lust layer and sparing the souls of the damned from torment by creating a city. In the song requiem, the leitmotif is played with a violin, to show sadness. “Our king has died and everything here is being destroyed by his corpse. We cannot do anything.”
That’s it
Not a critique! This is good to know
@@MarcoMeatball sorry, i’m not a native speaker so i’m not that good with words and meanings
I will say it's fun to watch Marco try to piece together what's going on from just the music...maybe watch one, then the other to see how close he was, could be fun? c:
@@MarcoMeatball watch the gameplay version in a bonus vid lmao
I would really love to know how to find a video with both the music and gameplay, I've tried searching for it but can't find it.
loving how marco opened his eyes at 8:24. truly feeling the song.
That is actually a great (but pleasant) surprise. Looking forward to seeing other Ultrakill soundtracks on this channel. Keep up the good work!
Ayyyy thanks for using my Minos Prime mix :)
OMG thank you darker - it was given to me from patreon to use. I’ll add you to the bio. Give me a day.
Please listen to the full soundtrack, it is great!
When you listen to Death of God’s Will make sure to get the full mix with Gabriel’s dialog. It punctuates the music as it goes along and serves to really elevate it almost like lyrics.
know the video's old but it's incredible how he nailed the scenario for that first analysis:
after 3 layers of blood, hell and death, you reach the last stand of the one benevolent king of hell inside his own spine. you see the torch in the middle of what is all flesh, the only source of light amidst meat and the most abstract nightmare one could have.
as you descend the spiral spine staircase, the singing begins. as you reach the long section, it gets distorted; once you reach the gate, it is almost louder than the fear. but.
nothing here ever was, is or will ever be louder and bigger than you, moving forward. nothing can change the only way this could end.
the emotions this guy shows are kinda funny, especially their order
go from suprised to vibing to confused to vibing again
I love the contrast of the hard-fast drums and electric guitar with strings and vocals it’s like you can hear the machine clashing with the demons and monsters
fun fact 5:40: minos is actually a pacifist, he only challenged v1 because v1 did wrong to humanity, and minos as king of humans was fought him in judgement, also first song was his prision's theme, second being him
I am FLABBERGASTED on how well you described Chaos!
Even tho you didn't had any idea about Flesh Prison's existence and the context of ultrakill.... Your words captured the main feeling and idea of it! Fantastic Video!
(For more context, there is another music following the main meilotif of Order, its called Requiem, which presents this feeling of dread and misery)
I will still say (until we get later chapters which may change my thoughts) that "deep blue" is still my favorite track in the entire OST. Such a beautifully tranquil track with an ominous layer behind it, until it breaks out into the normal ultrakill chaos.
There's something about Deep Blue. At first it reminds me of old children's videos of aquariums, with the piano melody. But then it goes on to be very somber and also foreboding. The saxophone combined with the low piano notes creates an atmosphere unlike what I've seen before. You're in a sunken kingdom, there is a sadness in the saxophone playing a Requiem for another kingdom. But the piano plays an ominous tone, this place is dangerous and full of souls. Very good track
It's moments like this that makes me wish Ultrakill's ost was on spotify.
It is now :)
If you're going to listen to ultrakill's ost, you absolutely need to listen Deep Blue, Death Odyssey and The Abyss and the Serpent, the "water themes" of ultrakill. They've got such a unique ambience, I love them and I think you will too
I almost always tear up a little at the Requiem motif, such a tragic character.
i know 1000 ways to kill you, and 947 of them Hurts
-Minos Prime probably
Coins.
-V1, surely
Spinal Staircase works so well in-game because it plays as you go down a huge spine at the beginning of the level, and the song loops in places so that it only gets more distorted when you descend further.
Also, it'd be great to see you react to some more songs from this game! I've seen Altars Of Apostasy suggested already (and for good reason), but Dune Eternal, Castle Vein, and Versus/Duel are also great ones.
looking at the comments, i realize not many people noticed that hakita has commentary text bundled when you buy the music albums from his bandcamp (heaven pierce her) and its the most amusing thing to read while listening as many things start to fall into place... i 100% say you give it a chance whenever
6:00 king minos is litteraly the most kind character in the game
THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF MUSIC HAS A STORY BEHIND IT😭🙏
An awesome part about the track ORDER is that one of the themes from the Lust Layer makes a reappearance, with the specific track being called “Requiem”
The first time you hear it, it hits so hard
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE! LET'S GOOO!!!
For real, I'm SO glad you chose this version of the recording. Minos' spoken word adds an immense amount to the context of this scene.
I hope someday this gets imported over to consoles, because the music the gameplay and the style is I want to enjoy but I don’t have a PC for it. But this music gets me super pumped up to kill some demons.
I mean it runs on pretty much any PC if you have some laptop lying around. I don't know how well this game would function on console with all the very pinpoint accurate shots you have to make for stuff like coin's, core ejects, parries and the enemies move very fast on standard and violent. I'm very good at ULTRAKILL and I find playing with the controller support the game has currently near impossible.
@@fareflight2029 I'm only going to say this:
Aim assist exists
@@santinogirado5487 yes but that would kill the purpose of Ultrakill being a precise game
There's literal aimbot in the settings menu amigo
@@santinogirado5487 Yeah but the aim assist locks on and sticks in weird ways. Maybe it was the controller I was using idk, It would be great if it gets ported but I don't think it would be a great console experience.
Woah, wasn't actually expecting to see ultrakill on here! If there's any chance of more, I'd for sure recommend "the death of God's will" and "duel (reprise)." Good stuff!
The song "Chaos" is actually not King Minos. It is his prison trying to keep him locked away forever and you as the player are fighting this giant floating fleshprison.
Up until 7:00 you are fighting Flesh Prison. The Prison that holds King Minos.
i never expected this to be a thing, but it is certainly a very welcome surprise!
Also would like to mention that Order actually repeats a motif from various other levels. The motif first appears the track Requiem, from one of the levels in the Lust layer, but it's also used in tracks in Gluttony, because you enter that layer by going into Minos' corpse. It's for this reason that Order is one of my favorite tracks, it's great what the introduction of a brief lemotif can do.
One track I would like to recommend is "The Final Performance" from the game GRIME. You will likely not hear many people mentioning this game, but I absolutely love this specific track.
i'm glad you have the monologue in here since it's a very good tone setter for order itself and if you do gabriel's set of songs that you'd include his as well
minos is voiced by the ever talented talented Stephan Weyte who has a vocal range ranging from the boat in pajama sam and caleb from blood
heaven pierce her is hakita's (the developer) pen name for the music of ultrakill which he have almost all been by him (there are a couple guest musicians and a handful of royalty free tracks)
the only thing missing from this is the immidiate drop kick to the face the second the fight with minos prime starts or a "cr-USH"
minos is a boss i definetly feel bad for fighting since he's probably one of the few characters in the game i feel like is a genuinely good person
I feel compelled to recommend "He is the Light in my Darkness", another song from Ultrakill
I love how he immediately thinks of Minos as "eating" the player, and putting a strong emphasis on it. The bossfight this song comes from is found in the layer of Gluttony
I can physically feel the projectiles and panic by listening to these lmao
Ultrakill players watching thier 14637th video praising ultrakill
I can nolonger look at that community with the same face.
I see the aura - It is green.
I hear the aura - It has flies
And I think of the aura - it is Merzost'.
I usually dont enjoy this kind of "reaction" video, but this guy really makes me enjoy every single second of the video.
And the fact that he is italian too (i'm from Italy myself), makes me kind of proud of my country.
I really do hope this channel gets way more recognition than it already has 🙏
P.s. I really do hope he covers the library of ruina OST, i know it's kinda niche but it has tracks like Sun and Moon (even though it is from lobotomy corporation) and Gone Angels that would make this guy braincells explode
ciao ciao
I have no idea how people play ultrakill I see gameplay of it and bro the screen is just always in chaos
I might get some details wrong but to break it down a little.
King Minos in ultrakill was sent to hell with the rest of humanity after they were wiped out by the robots, things sucked in hell so King Minos tried to make things better by gathering humanity and establishing order as a just and compassionate King.
It worked for awhile because he was seemingly beloved by his people but the whole thing was stopped by the angel Gabriel who slew King Minos, sealing his soul in the flesh prison and taking his giant body and useing it as the overseer of the layer of lust.
close but when Minos died god made him the judge of hell, who would listen to there sins and wrap a snake around them as many times as the layer of hell they were sent to, but after god disappeared he decided the people should not be tortured for all eternity just for being in love so he helped build the layer of lust into a city and a haven, when heaven found out they sent Gabriel to stop it. after Gabriel killed him he turned into a prime soul, a soul so powerful that even heaven couldn't kill him so they locked him up never to be released. also he's is giant because his soul is so powerful it makes his body bigger when he goes to hell.
I absolutely adore blind ost reactions with the musically literate because it’s always wild to me how much ya’ll accurately intuit regarding the narratives the songs belong to. Obviously a lot of the work comes from the creators of the music, weaving that subtext in there, but still, I love it.
it's the only type of reaction video I enjoy watching tbh
I have to say: this is a very special and unique song from Ultrakill since it is actually from a secret encounter.
Ultrakill is genuinely probably one of my top 5 favourite games so I'm incredibly happy to see it show up on your channel as someone who survived the nightmare that is this fight the music fits it so incredibly well may i also suggest checking out the cybergrind theme and the theme duel from this game some of my favourite tracks from this game
I can't wait for you to hear Gabriel and V2's themes. It's always so cool to see people who have a musical ear pick apart music and make accurate judgements on who the characters are from them alone
I wrote a comment disagreeing with you, but I thought about it further and you’re actually right
Probably one of my favorite aspects of this game is its use of leitmotifs. 11:18 is where the leitmotif of the songs Cold Winds and Requiem kick in (bc Minos was the king of the Lust layer)
The theme CHAOS is used when you're fighting the first stage of this battle, The Flesh Prison. The theme being chaotic reflects on the boss as it just throws all these crazy attacks at you.
As cruel and messy as life, and humanity as a whole, can be, Art and music and expression of any kind is so beautiful to watch. Seeing people analyse and interpret the meanings, emotions & intentions of something as simple yet deeply complex as instruments playing together is genuinely amazing and fills me with a feeling of light? (can’t really word it. apologise for the weirdly poetic ramblings, it’s 8am without sleep. Great video.)
I believe Minos had most likely been sorrowful for his tyranny in life, causing him to take a pacifist route resulting in him leading the Lust Renaissance. And what did he get from it, when he tried to peacefully reason with Gabriel, to talk him out of fighting? A broken utopia, destroyed by godless angels desperate for order.
Prime souls are formed from willpower, fully capable of maintaining physical form without a body.
Now imagine Mino's RAGE that built up when he was interred into the Flesh Prison. As he watched the people he tried to save and the city he built be destroyed by his own parasite-ridden corpse. Rage becomes willpower, willpower becomes true power.
He's not releasing it on you, the player, but he's saving it for Heaven. You are however responsible for the destruction of humanity and must be punished.
i love how the most replayed section of this video is the part where the requiem motif comes in during order-
Ultrakill is certainly an experience, the kind of which you have to get into a certain headspace to enjoy, where a little bit of sensory overload becomes pleasant.
Hard to play when paying attention, you just kinda get into the flow
its insane how well you matched the songs to what they're supposed to mean, you hit it on the nose with chaos and symphony, also known as spiral staircase. Your description of king minos was on the dot, he consumed all of the lust layer with his generosity, giving homes to those in need but most of all is the vengeance he has, towards gabriel, and towards the council for killing him for simply giving people homes in the layer where no one did anything wrong other than love another.
Duel and Duel(Reprise) from the ULTRAKILL OST are great songs, imo. definitely give them a listen when you get a chance! as for this one, i always felt like ORDER was more of a waltz than anything with that reoccurring tune that plays throughout the song. and with the way the fight goes, it kind of IS a waltz... a very lethal one, where only one of the two dancers will remain standing.
EDIT: the actual songs are VERSUS and DUEL(VERSUS REPRISE), my bad.
Duel so good it needs a reprise despite also being a reprise 🙏
i asked for this quite awhile ago, and im incredibly happy about this :)
thanks marco
No problem!
Dude really took a MOMENT to just stand there at the Leifmotif, comprehending the sounds emitting from this amazing soundtrack 11:28
I’m actually so happy to see a professional reaction and analysis on one of my favorite existing soundtracks
I would love to see more on ultrakill
I hope you listen to the full soundtrack on stream, cause its INSANE
Crazy how just through the music you can understand and interpret so much. Huge respect dude!
Listening to the entirety of ultrakill and then hearing Altars of Apostasy is an experience I wish everyone could have. Such emotuonal resonance, I never felt anything like that listening to music
Dude this guy decribes everything in such depth, and as a choir person myself I love how much depth he puts into this. There is so much I want to tell people when they don’t understand as I listen to music, and this guy literally says what I’d like to say 😭
Hi :)
@@MarcoMeatball hello! Yeah I just found your channel and absolutely adored your analysis of them. Every time I’m always like “Yes! See! He gets it!”
@@archfiend3487 awwww
ORDER perfectly represents the feeling of being one step away from regaining everything you had lost
As a wise man once said about “chaos”:
“This music’s time signature IS F*CKED”
Minos was a just ruler, but he was killed by Gabriel and he turned Minos' body into a moving corpse that destroyed the city he once ruled. Minos' soul was prisoned inside flesh prison for several years, and when he comes out he wants nothing but revenge against Gabriel, who turned everything he loved to ashes. His children are actually the citizens of the Lust city, of wich he was the king. The soundtrack reflects that feeling of loss and revenge but also sadness for not being able to protect the things he loved, cursing himself for his weakness.
Dude PLEASE listen to the entire soundtrack. It’s easily my favorite video game soundtrack of all time, and there’s so much I’d love for you to dissect about the songs.