@@michaelmonstar4276 he is, but its so hard to tell because of the emotion he put into it. That happens with the flute. I've seen it myself in person multiple times.
Even when your game doesn't win GOTY, just having the nomination and getting your game's theme played by this orchestra on this stage is more than enough of a reward and recognition.
This was my mindset even before the nominees were announced. I personally voted for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and I wanted it to be nominated for GOTY even, but I knew that the game would NOT stand a chance against Elden Ring and God Of War Ragnorok especially. But I honestly mainly wanted to hear the orchestra play anything from the game, that alone was a win for me.
@@Lana_305 There have been so many incredible games released this year, so many good games just overshadowed by games like Elden Ring and God of War. I mean, Elden Ring and God of War are incredible and deserve the praise they're getting, but far too many like Xenoblade aren't getting the recognition they deserve
@@Lana_305 To be fair on God of War Ragnarok’s OST winning over the others, it’s a mid Hollywood score w/ one good track that is really just leitmotifing off the previous game. I’ll take the “weeb music” tag if it means it actually sounds like something fire for Xenoblade 3 since it had custom hand-crafted traditional shinobue flutes, hand-crafted because they wanted a specific acoustics to them to match in-game models of the rivaling nations’ funerary flutes. Elden Ring is to me the 3rd weakest FS Soulslike OST but still has bangers. Wouldn’t be mad in the slightest if Metal Hellsinger won as I heard it and its a banger. Sonic Frontiers should’ve been nominated at least.
It's absolutely astounding how Stray, an indie game, managed to get a game of the year nomination alongside all these triple A titles. What an incredible feeling and accomplishment that must be
Yeah there's almost always and Indie nominee... Control in 2019, Celest the year before, and of course Hades and It Takes Two in 2020 and 21. TBH Stray is probably the most shoehorned in of all them as it's not really that great of a game outside of atmosphere. Doesn't do anything insanely new and the story's not anything to write home about. Basically just a pretty walking simulator but people love cats so here we are lol.
@@anonymousnate678 I get your point but I still think that Plague Tale specially, and Horizon after that, are quite more shoehorned. I actually enjoyed Stray as a good game. I think the fact of not being a powerful being as a main character helped a lot.
Flute Guy if you're seeing this know that the Xenoblade fandom loves and appreciates you. You gave us the best part of the medley and you're the true MVP of this year's Game Awards.
pedro eustache! he’s been around the film and game scoring industry! wwww awards for getting him more recognition even if it’s only as flute guy hahaha!
@@NinjaRose23 I meant specifically for this year, he had little to no screen time and he ended up being the most memorable part for this year’s Game Awards show.
@@wadejg_blaze0n213well, that just my opinion. I honestly didn’t care what that kid said since I didn’t really understand what he said and why he said it. Anyone care to explain?
@@vicdemon4598 he said “I think I want to nominate this award to my reformed orthodox rabbi, Bill Clinton. Thank you, everybody” He was just troll who wanted to irritate adults lol Apparently he was detained and kicked out of the theater right after.
I'm currently saving 100% of my salary for a Samsung Galaxy S22, might get Xenoblade 3 with the December Salary, just $50K CLP in the Nintendo eShop of 🇵🇪
After watching TGA 2023's orchestra, I went back to watching TGA 2021 & 2022's orchestras and while all 3 of them are great in their own way, I'd say THIS orchestra for 2022 was, without a doubt, the *BEST orchestra* out of all of them. Simply WOW! *10/10.*
Funny, I just did the same thing and while this one was amazing, I think this year's was better; I might be biased because I love Down By The River and ToTK has a great orchestra sound as well
@@str8Jonesing After re-watching all orchestras from 2018 all the way to 2023, I'd say my top 2 favorites are *2022 orchestra* and *2018 orchestra* IMO.
The thing is that in 2022 the games aligned perfectly, almost every GOTY nominee had the same style, fantasy. While in 2023 the nominees were more diverse, having two horror games (idk, I haven't played Alan Wake 2 nor RE4 Remake), two action and adventure games, a family friendly game and a RPG, they didn't match up at all and the Orchestra still did a great job, but I do prefer the 2022 presentation over the 2023 presentation
Songs(in order): 0:09-0:38 - Horizon Forbidden West - In the Flood(Lovisa's Version) by Lovisa Bergdahl and Oleksa Lozowchu 0:38-1:08 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - The Weight of Life by Yasunori Mitsuda & Kenji Hiramatsu 1:08-1:33 - A Plague Tale: Requiem - Main Theme by Olivier Deriviere (feat. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Eric-Maria Couturier) 1:33-2:03 - Stray - The Way You Compute Tonight by Studi01 2:03-2:33 - Elden Ring - The Final Battle by Tsukasa Saitoh 2:33-3:05 - God of War Ragnarok - Main Theme by Bear McCreary ft Eivør
Is it truly 'The Final Battle'? To my unmusical ears it sounds nothing like it. I've been scanning the soundtrack up and down for months and the only track that sounded remotely similar to this was 'Dragonlord Placidusax', but just vaguely so. Maybe also 'Ending'.
@@Thelaretus Yea, I haven't been too sure either, but some other videos list it as The Final Battle, so maybe the orchestra had to speed up the music to make it match the tempo of the whole piece?
Jeez, that transition when Stray builds up and up and just hits like a bomb on the down beat when Elden Ring's theme starts... gave me shivers, it's so good
The whole band killed it everyone is just bringing attention to the flute player because it's an instrument that takes a lot of exertion of breath therefore everyone assumed he was "going way harder than the rest of the band" when in reality it just takes a lot of effort to make the flute audible in a sea of other instruments.
i am ashamed i didnt recognize the way you compute tonight immediately when i used this to get that 1-hr achievement, i was too focused on the elden ring beat drop.
@@Thelaretus Even if the orchestra didn't perform any of the music, the audience should at least get a substantial listen to some of the best music from the nominees.
As a massive Xenoblade Fan, this really gives me tears of joy. I had never thought, that this series gets this much of attention and competes to Game of the Year with all of those other amazing games. Even though Xenoblade didn't win an award, I'm happy that it was on here. Especially the part of The Weight of Life in the Orchestra really made me cry in the middle of the night. Thank you for nominating my favorite series of all time, thank you for finally giving it the attention this series always deserved. Thank you, for letting us compete here with the best of the best. Congratulations to all the Award Winners 🙌
Such a great moment to see the amount of respect that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is getting. Although, the game didn't win any awards, it was amazing to see it be nominated for GOTY, Best RPG, and Best Music. As part of the Xenoblade fanbase, it was such an honor to listen to The Weight of Life preformed with such passion!
The 2022 GOTY Awards was special. Seeing smaller games like Stray be nominated for GOTY was so inspiring, and this medley conveys the feeling of that so well!
Even though Stray didn't win GOTY, it's still one of my favorite games of 2022. You're playing as a cute cat and even it's even nominated together with Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok.
Can we give the flute guy props for playing the best part for the XC3 theme. Even though it didn't win, I'm still glad it got nominated. Still GOTY in my heart. Got robbed for best music in my opinion though.
Played both but gotta admit xenoblade was robbed here imho. GOW’s other categories there was good reason for the wins, but music wasn’t one of them for me
stray gave me tears in my eyes. What an honor for an indie game man. So happy it won best indie game. Edit: Song name for Stray was "The Way You Compute Tonight". Im really happy they chose that song :D
Honestly, this is the only arrangement that has genuinely made me emotional and even tear up a little bit, especially during the transitions from Plague Tale to Stray (1:33), and from Stray to Elden Ring (2:03). Absolutely amazing, and would've given anything in the world to have the honor of playing in this orchestra. Great job. Sincerely, a band student.
The orchestra at TGA is something I look forward to all year and really sets it apart from other award shows. Music to games is such an integral part of the experience that we love to see honored. Please never stop this tradition!
Reminder everyone. Live you life with as much enjoyment and eusiasium as the flute guy with the blond hair. That dude was living the best life, and it showed :D Amazing work. Might be one of my favorite orchestras, along with the 2020 one. Goodnight, have a great rest of your night/sleep, and see everyone next year
I’m so glad for his performance really !! The award does not mean anything. Just the shear dedication this musician put into his performance.. got no words for it.. I hope you see this man. What a performance ! Thank you so much !
@@Hyhak Horizon: Forbidden West - In the Flood Xenoblade 3 - The Weight of Life A Plague Tale: Requiem - Main Theme (I think I'm not sure either) Stray - The Way You Compute Tonight Elden Ring - Radagon of the Golden Order/Main Theme God of War: Ragnarok - God of War Theme
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 might not have gotten an award but at least we got to hear a real off-seer. All I wanted was to hear the game awards orchestra play "The Weight of Life" and it was marvellous!
I can’t overstate how amazing that this presentation was. I know that people are (understandably) cynical about awards shows these days, but I thought that this year’s GAME Awards were actually really good. It felt like an actual celebration, and not just an industry circlejerk.
Yep, and to top it all off it had moments like the or orchestra/ flute guy, Rabbi Bill Clinton, Miyazaki getting on stage but not announcing DLC just yet, Al-Pacino handing out an acting award and the winner talks for 30 minutes, sequels getting announced, fans actually voting for categories, etc. It was gud... And Elden Ring won which is HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. But games like Stray and Xenoblade made it into the nominees... Animal simping for Malenia... That's all I'm gonna say.
@@misspurdy27288 I'm really not familiar with the entire soundtrack of Xenoblade and GoW, but I gotta say that the Elden Ring soundtrack is chef's kiss.
Seriously don't judge a game by its cover. I did the same thing with Xenoblade, and when I decided to give it an oportunity 10 months ago with Xenoblade 2... Best game ever.
It makes me so happy that XBC3 got so far as to be nominated for GOTY. Even though it didn't win, I'm still so happy they got that far My heart goes out to flute guy for repping the gang
I literally only tuned in for Stray and the song choice did not disappoint. I cried tears of joy. This whole tribute was absolutely AMAZING. Idk how many times I’ve watched this.
the way the flute guy absolutely went hard during ‘The Weight of Life’ shows truly how significant the flute is in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Bummed out it didn’t get any awards, but it’s a GOTY game in my heart. THANK YOU FLUTE GUY!!!!
Imagine if you were the flute guy playing normal song , then all of the sudden you were hired to play “weight of life “ and the other cool music I’d be going crazy too 😂
I’m gonna be honest, seeing the cast of Xenoblade up on the big screen almost made me cry. I don’t know what it was, but it’s like I had flashbacks of their journey since I completed the game not too long ago.
its a shame that xenoblade never stood a chance due to mainstream games being a thing, sure theyre good but EVERYONE that gave xenoblade a chance knows it is the GOATTT
Xenoblade won with the orchestra and nominations even if no award. That was good enough after being robbed year after year thank you for the beautiful music
@@marcusgabriel8365 Tbf xenoblade 2 in my opinion even though i never played it only watched it but i feel was the worst one. The character design was so questionable in that game but in XC3 waaaaay better I'd say the best game in the series and probably go a step beyond that and say a good starting point for newcomers since this is Nintendo's final fantasy where storylines in each game don't really connect, just references that's it. In the end i feel this game is Nintendo's FF7 aka the best xenoblade ever made and would buy again if a remake ever happens in 10-20 years
The flute guy is really killing it
He's the same guy who played on ghost of Tsushima premiere
I love how the camera guy focused on him like they knew exactly who would be vibing lol
Pedro Eustache
He worked with hans Zimmer on dune score
Pedro Eustache is the GOAT. So many scores-look for live performances of The Passion of the Christ score.
The flute player for XC3’s theme deserves an award tho! 🏆
Yeah. Weight of Life is very flute heavy so that dude deserves it
This guy really looked at the music, saw the flute duet and said “I can do it solo” and did! He deserves a medal!
Bill Clinton
@@Diagrams 🤣🤣🤣
agree the flute guy
For any one curious the flute guy is called Pedro Eustache. He also helped Hans Zimmer work on the soundtrack for the movie Dune which won an Oscar.
Why did he not actually play and overact though? - Sometimes he’s not even blowing the instrument when you supposedly “hear him”.
@@michaelmonstar4276 Maybe just stream latency? Just my guess
@@michaelmonstar4276 Theres more than 1 flute player, so the part you are hearing when he's not playing is another flautist.
Thanks for the information 👏✌
@@michaelmonstar4276 he is, but its so hard to tell because of the emotion he put into it. That happens with the flute. I've seen it myself in person multiple times.
Even when your game doesn't win GOTY, just having the nomination and getting your game's theme played by this orchestra on this stage is more than enough of a reward and recognition.
This was my mindset even before the nominees were announced. I personally voted for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and I wanted it to be nominated for GOTY even, but I knew that the game would NOT stand a chance against Elden Ring and God Of War Ragnorok especially. But I honestly mainly wanted to hear the orchestra play anything from the game, that alone was a win for me.
@@Lana_305 There have been so many incredible games released this year, so many good games just overshadowed by games like Elden Ring and God of War. I mean, Elden Ring and God of War are incredible and deserve the praise they're getting, but far too many like Xenoblade aren't getting the recognition they deserve
@@makaiwise4609 hmm wish I had a switch or the game wasn’t nintendo exclusive
For me, the "The Way You Compute Tonight" rendition blew me away.
@@Lana_305 To be fair on God of War Ragnarok’s OST winning over the others, it’s a mid Hollywood score w/ one good track that is really just leitmotifing off the previous game. I’ll take the “weeb music” tag if it means it actually sounds like something fire for Xenoblade 3 since it had custom hand-crafted traditional shinobue flutes, hand-crafted because they wanted a specific acoustics to them to match in-game models of the rivaling nations’ funerary flutes. Elden Ring is to me the 3rd weakest FS Soulslike OST but still has bangers. Wouldn’t be mad in the slightest if Metal Hellsinger won as I heard it and its a banger. Sonic Frontiers should’ve been nominated at least.
It's absolutely astounding how Stray, an indie game, managed to get a game of the year nomination alongside all these triple A titles. What an incredible feeling and accomplishment that must be
Yes, but tbh there's almost always an indie in that category, and everyone felt the hype for "that cat game".
Yeah there's almost always and Indie nominee... Control in 2019, Celest the year before, and of course Hades and It Takes Two in 2020 and 21. TBH Stray is probably the most shoehorned in of all them as it's not really that great of a game outside of atmosphere. Doesn't do anything insanely new and the story's not anything to write home about. Basically just a pretty walking simulator but people love cats so here we are lol.
It's honestly not that good of a game. Indie games can be much better
@@anonymousnate678 I get your point but I still think that Plague Tale specially, and Horizon after that, are quite more shoehorned. I actually enjoyed Stray as a good game.
I think the fact of not being a powerful being as a main character helped a lot.
@@Legnica148 Plague Tale's main character is a simple human with no powers. And it definitely deserved to be on GOTY list.
Flute guy giving his 100000%. 2 instruments in XC2 alone? GOAT!
He should’ve gotten the award
Flute guy of the year
*XB3
@@MisterHeroman XC3*
@@ZeldaBlade I have nothing to correct here I just wanted to do it*
The flute guy wasn't just the flute, but the entire show
the goat pedro eustache
Yeah, his enthusiasm was contagious.
You can see his pure dedication
He's not only playing the flute, but also playing other instruments
He said: you will know our names... :)
Flute Guy if you're seeing this know that the Xenoblade fandom loves and appreciates you. You gave us the best part of the medley and you're the true MVP of this year's Game Awards.
Pedro Eustache aka the goat
pedro eustache! he’s been around the film and game scoring industry! wwww awards for getting him more recognition even if it’s only as flute guy hahaha!
"The Musical Fanservice doesn't exist"
TGA 2022 GOTY Flute Man: Are you sure about that?
Haven't even thought about playing or even buying Xenoblade but flute guy is a god
@@OneNativeWolfe74 You should play it, it is Wonderful
Nobody is talking how epic of a medley this arrangement was. So fluid transitions from one game to another
💯
Love our boy Lorne Balfe for this!
Oh, absolutely!
i love especially when god of war awards, the opening done so amazingly, can be heared eternally
hans zimmer in action!
Everyone’s talking about flute man, but the guy on drums was killing it too!
He kept it all together
Bro everybody was killing it
Pedro Eustache, the flute guy, cheers the drummer on in a longer clip that shows who one Game of the Year. The teamwork is so wholesome
@@kenniwithani46343:35
@@kenniwithani4634they are probably both gamers so they can feel and relate to the music for it
For those who wonder, the "flute guy" name is Pedro Eustache.
A kind and hearty thank you
Saw him live At the Game of Thrones orchestra back in 2016 or so he stole the show just as he does here.
Awesome thanks !
He worked with the one and only Hanz Zimmer for dune 2022 creating a custom flute out of PVC pipes, he knows his flutes
@@nvrlrn Don't know this is true, but I don't mind making Chuck Norris-like stories for flute guy!
You can tell the flute guy was especially passionate for his performance for Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
He’s definitely the underdog of this show.
Oh he's no underdog, he's worked for Hanz Zimmer, he's definitely known 👏
@@NinjaRose23 I meant specifically for this year, he had little to no screen time and he ended up being the most memorable part for this year’s Game Awards show.
nah it’s between him and the bill clinton kid
@@wadejg_blaze0n213well, that just my opinion.
I honestly didn’t care what that kid said since I didn’t really understand what he said and why he said it. Anyone care to explain?
@@vicdemon4598 he said “I think I want to nominate this award to my reformed orthodox rabbi, Bill Clinton. Thank you, everybody”
He was just troll who wanted to irritate adults lol
Apparently he was detained and kicked out of the theater right after.
Flute man really went "ITS FLUTIN TIME" and Fluted the whole show
my favorite part was when he fluted all over the crowd
Mwamba
truly one of the performances of all time
This doesnt feel like a meme. It really is what happened
He absolutely one of the most flute performers ever !
The transition between Stray to Elden Ring music was so incredible that the camera and the cameraman felt it at 2:04
I'm still just amazed that Stray appeared next to Elden Ring on this
LOL
@@ferrox8421 the concept for stray was sooo godd
it just give me chills
Lol, true!
Stray to Elden ring transition was goddess!!!!!! Goosebumps😮😮
Hearing The Weight of Life in the game awards, clearly this is one of the better timelines.
XC3 just getting nominated was a win for me
@@verycleverusername8159 Deserved the OST award tbh
Yeah it went hard and deserved the dub
I'm currently saving 100% of my salary for a Samsung Galaxy S22, might get Xenoblade 3 with the December Salary, just $50K CLP in the Nintendo eShop of 🇵🇪
@@MoyanoJerald go for it! It's a wild ride!
The dude who was preforming Weight of Life deserves a game award
They all do
Flute guy deserves a raise and an award omg!!!
I think he gets paid very handsomely haha
After watching TGA 2023's orchestra, I went back to watching TGA 2021 & 2022's orchestras and while all 3 of them are great in their own way, I'd say THIS orchestra for 2022 was, without a doubt, the *BEST orchestra* out of all of them. Simply WOW! *10/10.*
Funny, I just did the same thing and while this one was amazing, I think this year's was better; I might be biased because I love Down By The River and ToTK has a great orchestra sound as well
@@str8Jonesing After re-watching all orchestras from 2018 all the way to 2023, I'd say my top 2 favorites are *2022 orchestra* and *2018 orchestra* IMO.
same
Elden Ring, Gow of War, RDR2 are all masterpiece @@TheInfinityMaster1
The thing is that in 2022 the games aligned perfectly, almost every GOTY nominee had the same style, fantasy. While in 2023 the nominees were more diverse, having two horror games (idk, I haven't played Alan Wake 2 nor RE4 Remake), two action and adventure games, a family friendly game and a RPG, they didn't match up at all and the Orchestra still did a great job, but I do prefer the 2022 presentation over the 2023 presentation
Songs(in order):
0:09-0:38 - Horizon Forbidden West - In the Flood(Lovisa's Version) by Lovisa Bergdahl and Oleksa Lozowchu
0:38-1:08 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - The Weight of Life by Yasunori Mitsuda & Kenji Hiramatsu
1:08-1:33 - A Plague Tale: Requiem - Main Theme by Olivier Deriviere (feat. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Eric-Maria Couturier)
1:33-2:03 - Stray - The Way You Compute Tonight by Studi01
2:03-2:33 - Elden Ring - The Final Battle by Tsukasa Saitoh
2:33-3:05 - God of War Ragnarok - Main Theme by Bear McCreary ft Eivør
goated
Much appreciated
@@nestormelendez9005 You got it!
Is it truly 'The Final Battle'? To my unmusical ears it sounds nothing like it. I've been scanning the soundtrack up and down for months and the only track that sounded remotely similar to this was 'Dragonlord Placidusax', but just vaguely so. Maybe also 'Ending'.
@@Thelaretus Yea, I haven't been too sure either, but some other videos list it as The Final Battle, so maybe the orchestra had to speed up the music to make it match the tempo of the whole piece?
For anyone interested, the flute guy's name is Pedro Eustache. He truly was the real MVP.
We were all thinking it
And he was the MVP
He truly is the MVP. I hope more games has flute just to see this guy again next year.
Give that guy his own award 😤
The Orchestra absolutely nailed the music presentation for Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Killed all of them
Wish it did the same for Plague Tale... Was a total let down and disservice. Was totally flat and powerless. Good thing they had their own orchestra
It was the best! Nice pfp btw lol
@@WindyWooshes thx!
Jeez, that transition when Stray builds up and up and just hits like a bomb on the down beat when Elden Ring's theme starts... gave me shivers, it's so good
Even the camera man was blown away, you can see the shock hahaha
The jump from A plague tale to Stray was beautiful
And then the transition between Stray-Elden Ring- God of War Ragnarok is so godly
To see Xenoblade honored on this stage is more than enough!
Metroid Dread too, due to the Nostalgia Factor
Nintendo knows what's it doing
Dunkeys video on xenoblade made me not want to buy it
@@californiansniper2133 yeah because dunkey hates JRPGs. I dunno why you even listen to his opinions. Form your own.
Dunkey poisoned the whole well when it comes to Xenoblade discourse
Flute guy just demonstrating how important the flute is in XC3. Dude is a professional off-seer.
the flute player has THE BEST energy throughout the entire performance! (and after!)
Why nobody is talking about the drummer?, he's also killing it 1:41
Exactly my thoughts!!!
Give the drummer some!
Damn right !
The flute guy and the drummer guy are the real heroes of this orchestra
The whole band killed it everyone is just bringing attention to the flute player because it's an instrument that takes a lot of exertion of breath therefore everyone assumed he was "going way harder than the rest of the band" when in reality it just takes a lot of effort to make the flute audible in a sea of other instruments.
Flute guy was definitely thinking “Xenoblade didn’t win best music? I got you fam”
The transition between songs here is incredible. Perfect and smooth, especially when they hit the high note when moving from Stray to Elden Ring
I always get goosebumps from the switch from stray to Elden ring
One of the best parts of every game awards, is the orchestra, its like an annual masterpiece.
i am ashamed i didnt recognize the way you compute tonight immediately when i used this to get that 1-hr achievement, i was too focused on the elden ring beat drop.
Ikr? It's so incredible that the cameraman even felt it. 2:04
Fr tho. Strays whole part was deep af
the flute guy is killing it
This is the best part of the game awards every year. Wish we could get the whole themes of the goty nominated games by this orchestra
They should really play music from the games that are nominated from best OST as well. It's ridiculous that they don't.
@@totalradlad They don't so no one can see the bad choices they made. Elden Ring and XC3 both deserved this over GoW:R.
@@Thelaretus Even if the orchestra didn't perform any of the music, the audience should at least get a substantial listen to some of the best music from the nominees.
Someone make this wish come true, please.
Agreed. But not gonna lie the mixing this year was a bit meh compared to the other years.
I just love how the melodies work together in such a nice way
That transition from Stray to Elden ring at 2:04 is top tier
Even the cameraman was feeling it as he almost tripped
Zzzzzz
@@margarethmichelina5146no 🤢
i love how you can hear that one part of radagon's theme and how they transition it to god of war
As a massive Xenoblade Fan, this really gives me tears of joy. I had never thought, that this series gets this much of attention and competes to Game of the Year with all of those other amazing games. Even though Xenoblade didn't win an award, I'm happy that it was on here. Especially the part of The Weight of Life in the Orchestra really made me cry in the middle of the night. Thank you for nominating my favorite series of all time, thank you for finally giving it the attention this series always deserved. Thank you, for letting us compete here with the best of the best. Congratulations to all the Award Winners 🙌
Same, I'll always get goosebumps when I hear that ost and this is no exception lol
it 200% should've won soundtrack
I was so ashamed that xenoblade 3 didn't get a reward. I truly liked the game and the sad story
Same!!! That made me say "Omygosh" like a million times as I was listening to it.
Xenoblade 3 was not winning but man, the orchestra made it worth
For real, I got chills when that flute came in. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 just being nominated among such big guns was huge enough in my books.
Metroid Dread made it too
Flute guy was giving it everything he had
1:30 still brings me chill. The transition was absolutely stunning
The transition from Stray to Elden Ring was 🔥
Yeah the way it resolves to the parallel major instead of the minor gives me chills when stray came on lol
Same here. Idk why but it made me so emotional. It really made Stray feel so so special and joyful.
Not gonna lie, that Transition brings tears to my eyes.
Me too :(@@tsukikoshiki5003
Pedro Eustache (Flute guy) did so much justice to XC3, that was some passion!
For reference: XBC 3 has a different kind of flute that need to be played. So for Flute guy to smashed that role is a MASSIVE RESPECT
My soul left my body as the Orchestra played Xenoblade music
Aw man that means he offseer you
This really was one of the best GOTY lineups, every single one of these games was amazing
Such a great moment to see the amount of respect that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is getting. Although, the game didn't win any awards, it was amazing to see it be nominated for GOTY, Best RPG, and Best Music. As part of the Xenoblade fanbase, it was such an honor to listen to The Weight of Life preformed with such passion!
The 2022 GOTY Awards was special. Seeing smaller games like Stray be nominated for GOTY was so inspiring, and this medley conveys the feeling of that so well!
An orchestra version of The Way You Compute Tonight is really beyond imagine and still fun ! Congratulations to Stray !!
Affirmatif !
Even though Stray didn't win GOTY, it's still one of my favorite games of 2022. You're playing as a cute cat and even it's even nominated together with Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok.
XB3 won in my heart but congrats to Eldin Ring and all the other nominees this year!!
Can we give the flute guy props for playing the best part for the XC3 theme. Even though it didn't win, I'm still glad it got nominated. Still GOTY in my heart. Got robbed for best music in my opinion though.
Fr ! I wasn't sure how they were gonna do it without our beloved shinobue flutes, but the guy KILLED IT !
As much as I want to agree, GOW music was just too good
Played both but gotta admit xenoblade was robbed here imho. GOW’s other categories there was good reason for the wins, but music wasn’t one of them for me
He wasn’t playing live though…
actual fact. No game came remotely close.
Best Game Awards orchestra so far
I love this Orchestra, I always cry
Yes, it was so powerful, although, mmmh, yea u right
The musical piece with Stray.... mates, I am just crying, I am too exited and happy that this game was nominated!!!
Stray being part of that Orchestra just broke me deep down..😢❤
I cried a little 😢
Weight of Life was the song I was hoping they’d use for Xenoblade 3, and not only did they do it, but flutist POPPED OFF! Props to him fr!
stray gave me tears in my eyes. What an honor for an indie game man. So happy it won best indie game. Edit: Song name for Stray was "The Way You Compute Tonight". Im really happy they chose that song :D
The fact it got nominated was an achievement itself, Stray still wins 🐱
Finally, an Stray comment. Yes, a nameless kitty made it to the big leagues. I love this game 🐱❤️
I'm still trying to work out what track they remixed for Stray, though. Didn't go with any of the tracks I expected. :P
@@angelbloodshinrabut maaan, the stray part was soo good
@@angelbloodshinra yeah me too! It sounds so familiar but I cant figure out what they used.
I come back every now and then just to listen this masterpiece.
Honestly, this is the only arrangement that has genuinely made me emotional and even tear up a little bit, especially during the transitions from Plague Tale to Stray (1:33), and from Stray to Elden Ring (2:03). Absolutely amazing, and would've given anything in the world to have the honor of playing in this orchestra. Great job. Sincerely, a band student.
1 an après, j'en ai encore des frissons de ce que tu dis ! ce medley est incroyable et sera imbattable !
Flute Guy gave Xenoblade's flutes the passion it deserves
The man who played the flute in the weight of life deserves an award too, seem like he put his entire soul playing that track
Xenoblade music is untouchable
That transition from Stray to Elden Ring was just ungodly levels of epic.
The orchestra at TGA is something I look forward to all year and really sets it apart from other award shows. Music to games is such an integral part of the experience that we love to see honored. Please never stop this tradition!
Reminder everyone. Live you life with as much enjoyment and eusiasium as the flute guy with the blond hair. That dude was living the best life, and it showed :D
Amazing work. Might be one of my favorite orchestras, along with the 2020 one.
Goodnight, have a great rest of your night/sleep, and see everyone next year
The fact that Stray managed to go on top together with GOW and Elden Ring makes me so happy.
not bad for an indie game
Despite the rather short-lasting playthrough, Stray is absolutely goated. Spectacular indie game.
Stray has just got into the history of video games !
If it was longer, it could have actually served as a real contender for GOTY. Shame it wasn’t though.
I was honestly surprised (and pleased) that Stray was a GOTY nominee. For a short indie game, it certainly made quite an impact.
I knew Xenoblade 3 wouldn’t win but just hearing Those 30 seconds of Weight of Life was all I needed
Flute guy was absolutely killing it
I’m so glad for his performance really !! The award does not mean anything. Just the shear dedication this musician put into his performance.. got no words for it.. I hope you see this man. What a performance ! Thank you so much !
It really should have won soundtrack
The transition from Stray to Elden Ring hit so hard the camera man almost fell over.
The Stray and Xenoblade sections went so hard omg
Last year that girl destroyed the guitar and now this year the flutist just decided to go fluting 💀he really murdered his part and went above that
Always love this part of The Game Awards.
hearing Weight of Life in the medley felt so special and done with such fervor brings a tear to my eye
the transition from plague tale to stray is 🔥🔥🔥
1:30
Totally agree, that transition too smoothi feel so chill and goosebumps when during that
Yes ❤️🔥
0:09 Horizon Forbidden West
0:38 Xenoblade 3
1:08 Plauge Tale: Requiem
1:35 Stray
2:03 Elden Ring
2:33 God of War: Ragnarok
What is the name of the OSTs?
@@Hyhak Horizon: Forbidden West - In the Flood
Xenoblade 3 - The Weight of Life
A Plague Tale: Requiem - Main Theme (I think I'm not sure either)
Stray - The Way You Compute Tonight
Elden Ring - Radagon of the Golden Order/Main Theme
God of War: Ragnarok - God of War Theme
@@darrylaz3570tysm
Which songs specifically are played in each segment, do you know?
@@vogunBurgundy check replies, someone else posted them
Flute Man really did The Weight of Life justice.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 might not have gotten an award but at least we got to hear a real off-seer.
All I wanted was to hear the game awards orchestra play "The Weight of Life" and it was marvellous!
I can’t overstate how amazing that this presentation was. I know that people are (understandably) cynical about awards shows these days, but I thought that this year’s GAME Awards were actually really good. It felt like an actual celebration, and not just an industry circlejerk.
Except best music where they cucked both Xenoblade and Elden Ring,
Dad of War is a great game, but it is not because of the music.
Yep, and to top it all off it had moments like the or orchestra/ flute guy, Rabbi Bill Clinton, Miyazaki getting on stage but not announcing DLC just yet, Al-Pacino handing out an acting award and the winner talks for 30 minutes, sequels getting announced, fans actually voting for categories, etc.
It was gud...
And Elden Ring won which is HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
But games like Stray and Xenoblade made it into the nominees...
Animal simping for Malenia... That's all I'm gonna say.
@@misspurdy27288 I'm really not familiar with the entire soundtrack of Xenoblade and GoW, but I gotta say that the Elden Ring soundtrack is chef's kiss.
This is always the best part of the game awards, for some reason they always make me tear up a bit, love videogames.
Xenoblade still wins in our hearts, just the nominations and the part in the orchestra were incredible blessings !
flute guy you dropped this 👑👑👑
Staying through the awards just for this, and it's worth it!!
0:38-1:08 absolutely the best 30 seconds of the Game Awards.
Xenoblade is trash
Seriously don't judge a game by its cover. I did the same thing with Xenoblade, and when I decided to give it an oportunity 10 months ago with Xenoblade 2... Best game ever.
@@fp2591 You haven't played it tho
@@fp2591roblox trash too
well comments are keep talking about xenoblade flute guy, maybe i should try the game some day.
It makes me so happy that XBC3 got so far as to be nominated for GOTY. Even though it didn't win, I'm still so happy they got that far
My heart goes out to flute guy for repping the gang
This song needs to be on Spotify, it’s a beautiful song.
Nintendo don't do that sadly
@@faiznordin9343 they did it with xenoblade 2 i hope they put Xenoblade 3 music on streaming services aswell 😭
@@nigele8625 wouldn't be surprised if they do once the ost is officially released!
@@faiznordin9343 not only Nintendo, it's Japan things right there. They prefer to sell an album OST instead of releasing it on streaming platform
@@ferryandika7244 that sucks
The man of the 3 flautes, he must earn an award! He is my new hero
I literally only tuned in for Stray and the song choice did not disappoint. I cried tears of joy. This whole tribute was absolutely AMAZING. Idk how many times I’ve watched this.
even the camera man felt the oomph when Elden Ring starts playing.
Xenoblade didn’t win anything but that flute guys in the orchestra sure should, my man is as legendary as that soundtrack!
should have won best music though. Actually robbed.
@@mastersword6464 Nah, god of war Ragnarok music
Flute guy giving XC3 the music justice it never got during the show
@@hervygervy8530 he's a legend now. He made the show not a total disappointment for me
@@ClearLoki the xc3 boat theme clears gow's entire soundtrack
Thank you flute man for the passion and love put in to the XB3 portion
I will never get over the
Stray transition into Elden Ring
Elden Ring transition to Ragnarok
This orchestra, Christopher judge's speech, flute guy and Bill Clinton were definitely the highlights of this year's awards.
The orchestra is what everybody really comes for at the Game Awards ❤
This orchestra will never disappoint me. Every soundtrack for every game is on point.
The flute guy went hard and was the MVP who the whole performance, we need more of him. Give that man all the awards.
the way the flute guy absolutely went hard during ‘The Weight of Life’ shows truly how significant the flute is in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Bummed out it didn’t get any awards, but it’s a GOTY game in my heart. THANK YOU FLUTE GUY!!!!
3:28 Look how Pedro the flute guy is celebrating after giving such a magnificent performance!
Imagine if you were the flute guy playing normal song , then all of the sudden you were hired to play “weight of life “ and the other cool music I’d be going crazy too 😂
Xenoblade Chronicles fans knew it wouldn't win the GOTY but this was everything we could have wished for
Flute guy should be in every future orchestra for The Game Awards. He screams passion, energy, and uniqueness. Please bring him back, again and again!
He returned
so glad that the guy who did the fllute for xenoblade put his all into it. he seems so happy
This is definitely the best GOTY Orchestra so far 🔥❤
I’m gonna be honest, seeing the cast of Xenoblade up on the big screen almost made me cry. I don’t know what it was, but it’s like I had flashbacks of their journey since I completed the game not too long ago.
Ok
XC 3 Part is the only one that REALLY different from anything else. And in a good way.
its a shame that xenoblade never stood a chance due to mainstream games being a thing, sure theyre good but EVERYONE that gave xenoblade a chance knows it is the GOATTT
@@AdabatOfficial every monolith soft game just KILLING IT
@@RealKTZ YEAAHH
@@AdabatOfficial Its a shame that the game is a blurry, ugly mess too.
@@Owlero cry about it
Xenoblade won with the orchestra and nominations even if no award. That was good enough after being robbed year after year thank you for the beautiful music
Yep I agree ! ( Still deserved that Best Music award though... )
Not a Xenoblade fan but that is one hell of an achievement for an anime game to be nominated for game of the year, props to them
@@marcusgabriel8365 Tbf xenoblade 2 in my opinion even though i never played it only watched it but i feel was the worst one. The character design was so questionable in that game but in XC3 waaaaay better I'd say the best game in the series and probably go a step beyond that and say a good starting point for newcomers since this is Nintendo's final fantasy where storylines in each game don't really connect, just references that's it.
In the end i feel this game is Nintendo's FF7 aka the best xenoblade ever made and would buy again if a remake ever happens in 10-20 years
@@TimelessWolves Trust me, they definitely do connect
@@reeriot1485 Oh i always thought it was their final fantasy where it's a new story every game and you don't have to play the others