Hearing you trying to figure out the background trough the theme was great. And you weren't all wrong he is confused and that confusion is leading him to evilness. Maybe check Light and Shadow (ft. Hiroyuki Sawano) - League of Legends (Either the trailer or the complete song) . Really great and i would love to hear your thoughts
If you are going to react to more champion themes the one that i would recommend is Samira the desert rose theme. Its one of the new ones and is also very good one
Aphelios, Kindred, Taliyah, Xayah & Rakan, Neeko, Evelynn, Jhin / Dark Cosmic Jhin, Aurelion Sol, and Thresh are all good ones to listen to and recommend.
Your impression on Veigo’s theme is spot on. He lost it. The traumatic experience of losing his queen, and wanting to revive her. Up to the point of not wanting to let go of her corpse. Dark, twisted and eerie...
"Once ruler of a long-lost kingdom, Viego perished over a thousand years ago when his attempt to bring his wife back from the dead triggered the magical catastrophe known as the Ruination. Transformed into a powerful, unliving wraith tortured by an obsessive longing for his centuries-dead queen, Viego now stands as the Ruined King, controlling the deadly Harrowings as he scours Runeterra for anything that might one day restore her, and destroying all in his path as the Black Mist pours endlessly from his cruel, broken heart." -Viego's story Not that far off from just going off of the music honestly
So, a young rash king who simps a seamstress and marries her and that wife died due to failed assassination, after some years later; and he wants to revive her to a specific island, caused a massacre and successfully revives her yet the wife stabs him because she's angry and turns him into the ruined king today
You asked so there is very quick tldr of his story: Viego was never fit to rule as a kingdom, but after suddenly his older brother died he had to take the throne. He wasn't interested in politics but one day he feel in love in a peasant woman named Isolde. She was all that he cared about. After enemy natios tried to take over his kingdom Isolde was lethaly injured by toxic blade - and Viego gone crazy. He spent every last bit of money of a kingdom to find a cure but without success. Isolde died and mad king locked himself in a room with her corpse. When one of his generals soon returned from the journey to find help for queen and let Viego know about sacred Isles to the west of their kingdom. Viego instantly rushed there with his entire army, but when monks of the Isles refused to help (because his wife was rooting corpse at this point) he orderd the slaughter of everybody there and gone to the holy waters himself to attempt to bring her back. But all he did was snap her consciousness to her long dead body. Isolde from fear and confusion (that the unlclear part of the story - why would she do that, there is a chance that she never was happy with him) stabbed him with his own greatsword through his heath. It caused a massive cataclysm amplified by numerous magic artifacts turning the sacred isles into the home of undead and souls that can't reach afterlife and are trapped in magic Black Mist. Hundreds years later - Viego stands once more, with one goal that once twisted his mind. He doesn't care for a destruction he causes along the way - Isolde is all he cares about and absolutely everything he does is to get her back. So you basicly got the story right based on his theme lol :D
Imagine someone wakes u up from a deep and comforting sleep without any dreams, now imagine u wake up in a body that does not feel like urs and instead is rotten and dead. Yeah i dont think she was too happy... Plus she was confused. It must be scary to see a person who u thought to be dead walking around, it would be even scarier if that dead person is urself.
And also, I would like to add that the music box we here in the music theme is representing the music box of Isolde, that Viego took from some king in his color story "She".
Oh my, You’ve stepped into a new corner of League of Legends music. If you’re now doing themes.. Fiddlesticks, Warwick, Urgot, Jhin, Kindred, Rell, VoliBear, ugh. So many good ones to just list. Good luck we have over 100 champions. And the majority of them have themes.
The progression of the music is actually telling us his lifestory (timing based on original video) 0:00 - He becomes next in line for King after the death of his older brother, becomes an important character, yet he is selfish and carefree for he was not meant to have the responsibility 0:25 - He meet and married his Isolde, as the music-box was a gift from his wedding day and this references that love and happiness in his life 0:37 - We start hearing darker undertones in the music, indicating that their sweet life together will soon end because of Viego's inability to rule the country, his wife was poisoned. 0:52 - Return to Viego's original theme before he met Isolde, perhaps meaning she came I'll at this point and he was once again, alone 1:20 - Music intensifies, Viego is going into madness 1:31 - A sense of urgency is added, Viego gets desperate and spends all of the kingdoms resources trying to find a cure. 1:57 - After a spike in the sense of urgency, that feeling is quickly removed and more dread is added, Isolde has died 2:29 - After Isolde's death theme feature, once again we return to the original theme of Viego Alone 2:55 - Viego sails out to the Blessed Isles (where the cure is) 3:04 - He attacks the Blessed Isles in order to revive Isolde, a battle 3:23 - On screen, a semi-final draft of Viego's splash art appears, signifying him choosing who he is and dooming the Blessed Isles for the sake of his love, he puts Isolde's body in the water (the cure) 3:45 - The splash gains colour, Isolde became a wraith and stabbed Viego with his blade, Ruining the Isles, now we are in present day There u go Joey, this is his story, the pictures u see in the video are just art samples to see which one they will pick, in the end u can see the final art for viego. >I> also love how close u were to knowing his story by just listening to the song, very impressive. My recommend u watching kindred, jhin and aphelios theme, they are even better than this and and if u thought viegos theme were complex, just u waist untill u hear the others.
"If ever react to Champion Themes is this what I gotta deal with" Yep, exactly. The champion themes usually are like this and there's also a lot of experimentation going on. I would recommend the Aphelios theme cause, oh boy... That one is amazing
Apehlios, Sett, Lilia, Yone, Taliyah, Jhin, Braum (My favorite) Quinn & Valor (my second)... etc, etc, etc. Are amazing themes to, please listen and give them a chance! And welcome to the musical world of the Champions (of LoL).
Some of my fav themes from League -Aphelios, Weapon of The Faithful -Jhin (Normal and or Dark Cosmic) -Fiddlesticks, The Ancient Fear -Star Guardian 2019 Theme “Light and Shadow” Hiroyuki Sawano feat. Gemie
Viego was a king, a young and not very good one. He fell madly in love with a seamstress and made her his queen. When she fell ill he became desperate to find a way to cure her. His kingdom suffered as he left it in the hands of his powerhungry general (Hecarim). One of his subjects (Kalista) travelled the world to find a cure and came upon a hidden place, the blessed isles. there were waters here with healing powers. While the monks of the isles were hesitant to let a foreign power into their land they allowed Kalista to bring the queen for healing. However, when she returned, Viego's queen had already passed away. The now practically mad Viego brought his dead queen to the blessed isles. The monks said they could not revive the dead but Viego wouldnt take no for an answer and forced them to let her into the waters. There his queen rose once more. But it was not meant to be. Ruination spread over the isles, turning its inhabiants into ghouls. Undead and horrified, the queen took Viego's blade and stabbed him with it. Viego, now risen once more, not remembering his queen stabbed him, leads the horrors of the shadow isles (once the blessed isles) and the black mist, scouring the world to find his queen, slaughtering everything in his way for 'love'. He is pretty crazy at this point. Seeing his wifes face in everything. The music box you heard at the start was a wedding gift Viego had made for his queen.
Yeap, League has over 150 champions and almost everyone has his own Theme - some of them are really epic. Really enjoyed your break down and the reaction. I am down for more...
tl,rd story: he loved his wife, is wife was poisened he tried to find a cure and went mad, his wife died he went completly mad, he went to some islands and killed everyone until they showed him some magic waters where he could "revive" his wife, he revived his wife but since she was in so much pain and so confused to be alive again she used his own sword and stabbed viego in the heart, she combination of the swords magic with the waters transformed the whole island and their people into undead ghostly things and now he is still looking for her because he doesnt remeber what happen
Those pictures throughout the video were just concept arts and the process behind making his character, but the story you inferred was basically spot on
Why this have low views? Please don't stop making this, Jhin's theme is one of the best ones, Rell is is a metal theme, Senna is another good one, Volibear, Fiddlesticks and more
You're actually absolutely right about Viego not being "all there"! I'm actually impressed by how much you were able to glean from just the music alone with how CLOSE to his story you got. There are other comments detailing his lore but god I just wanted to point out how cool it is you got all that from the music, testament to how good Rito's music team is.
Love your reaction joe as you tried to compliment the pictures according to the music composition you heard and understand... Like you thought that he's on a throne under a cave because of deep tone of the music👍👍👍👌👌👌
Every champion since Lulu who was released in 2012 has a theme, so yeah... a lot of themes. Some of the highlights that I think would make for a good video based on their production are Jhin, Kindred, Sett, Fiddlesticks, and Ekko.
The music box is a pretty significant part of the his story. It was a wedding gift. In his latest story he found it in a city, which he razed (send a horde of ghouls to kill everyone and turn them into ghouls) in order to get it into his hands
the story is about a young king in love who lost his queen, his love was so great that he spent all his fortune in finding a way to resurrect her, in the end he found a sacred well capable of healing and restoring life, when the queen ( decomposed) was resurrected, seeing herself so horrendous and having been torn from eternal rest, she stabbed her husband's sword in his chest, falling into the well, the place was so magical and so delicate, that it ripped the veil between life and death, plunging the whole place into "undeath", the queen's soul fled, and the specter king was cursed, mad and condemned to seek his queen for all eternity. Now the king expands undeath from his heart, in order to conquer every part of the world, until he finds his beloved
Hey Joey, been watching for a while now, really glad you're looking at champ themes now. I think they're a real treasure trove and have a playlist of my favorites saved somewhere. Off the top of my head, the ones which have the coolest composition and mixing (and will likely get the most views) are as follows: Jhin's Champion Theme Kindred's Champion Theme Camille's Champion Theme Aphelios' Champion Theme Pyke's Champion Theme Some other personal faves are: Braum's Champion Theme Aurelion Sol's Champion Theme Lucian's Champion Theme Aatrox's Champion Theme Pantheon's Champion Theme
Currently, videos in champion themes is just a picture show showing some behind the scenes in the art design/character design. Also his lore shortly summed up (as far as i know) is he used to be a king of an unknown land but travelled to the blessed isles. Who are known for their healing magic and just magic in general in order to heal his wife from a sickness. But unfortunately she had already died when he got there. He begged them to ressurrect her but the warned him she wouldn't be the same as he knew her. They resurrected her and she was just a confused spirit and in her confusion she stabbed Viego in the heart. Consumed by rage, he cast a spell that was amplified by the magical power of the blessed isles so that it killed everything and mader it known as the shadow isles. I t is now a land where spirits wander around and is just consumed by a dark mist that consumes everything it touches, forever trapping their spirits. Viego is constantly looking for his wife's spirit that has been scattered around the world and is leading the world to its en by moving around with the black mist just so that he can meet his wife. If I got the lore wrong, feel free to tell me :)
You nailed the story of the champion! Lately the themes have been more complex (in a good way). Aphelios is another one pretty cool kind of this one. But the old ones are good as well. Quinn's theme is my favorite :)
havn't seen anyone mention rell's theme but thats another really good one along with senna, sett, samira, and sylas's champion themes all some of my favorites
You can really hear the story of Viego in the song, from happy simple origins to sadness of losing his wife to anger and then to madness of trying to get his wife back and finally chaos of his wrath of his quest and his control of the black mist
You got it right on, Viego was a king which his queen was everything to him, but she got really sick and ended up dying and after that he went crazy trying to find a way to bring her back to life and when he somewhat managed to "bring her back" in her confusion for being in between death and life she stabbed him in the chest with his own sword.
I’ve always wanted to hear you react to one of their champion themes because they are definitely much more complex and a breakdown simple or in depth is always interesting.
Fun fact, the music box is actually a wedding gift. It was also explained in a story how Viego got it back, as the music box reminds him of his wife - Isolde.
Joey, thanks for these videos, I play League and the emotion and effort you put on the League videos are just simply amazing, and yes, please continue reacting to champions' themes because you'll find other excellent jewels.
I love these kinds of videos. Seraphines is pretty good although its very much a different style from this, being more a pop song. As for other good ones people have been saying Jhin the virtuoso and Kindred the eternal hunters, and I would also like to throw in Kayle and Morgana, the Righteous and the Fallen which im honestly surprised I haven't seen anyone else mention. Also yeah the images are just concept art.
Most champion themes are very cinematic and is meant to communicate the champions thematic. Some champion themes however are more song like, a good example is the Seraphine one
Fun fact: the last part (11:17) its a reference of another of Riot's works, The Blade of the Ruined King, a heavy metal song that was made by Pentakill (a fictional band just like K/DA but for metal). I found a little bit odd that they put a piece in Viego's theme that was designed for the genre that is the polar opposite of what they were aiming for here, but it still works pretty well.
There are so many amazing champion spotlights, just going to give some of my favorites. Jhin, Kindred, ornn, volibear, camille, yorick, irelia, yone. :p
It’s fun that he doesn’t j ow the back story but still is interested and trying to find out the story through the song goes to show his skill and the people that made the pieces skill to convoy the story
The champion themes are musical depictions of who the champions are and what they do and their lore, Viego is basically the big antagonists for the world of League of Legends. And yes they all do have themes, and there are like 150+ champions in the game lmao. My picks for themes you could react to though are: Pyke, Jhin, Camille, Fiddlesticks, and Samira There are also other themes they make for game events and skin lines, Riot puts out a lot of music for just one game which is absolutely crazy
Hey, Nato first love the vids, big league of legends fan, myself. Now ik I'm a day late to comment but if you want a good ass champ theme look for: Jhin, the Virtuoso Now if you look this up specifically look for the login screen video by league of legends the cinematic is fantastic but the login theme is more for the music specifically and is the full song. Hope this gets to you in the future and thanks for the great vids bro.
As of recently Riot has added the concept art in the back of these champion themes, so to answer the question of what the images shown in the video are, it's the benchmarks of Viegos character development and design work ^w^
Great content as always. For champion themes the most interesting in my opinion would be Volibear, Vi, Ekko, Aphelios, Evelynn, Fiddlesticks, Ornn, Senna. Additionally Light & Shadow from Star Guardian 2019 event is really cool.
I would HIGHLY recommend reacting to some more champion themes from league of legends. They’re amazingly composed and incredibly diverse. I have a few ones that I really like, but overall, just see what your viewers advice you to react to. - Aurelion Sol Champion Theme - Rell Champion Theme - Fiddlesticks Champion Theme - Camille Champiom Theme - Taliyah Champion Theme - Eclipse Leona Theme - Pyke Champion Theme - Kindred Champion Theme - Jhin Champion Theme
You really should react to more of the champ themes they are all over the place in terms of themes and there are lots of good ones I highly recommend the ones for Kindred, xayah and rakan, jihn, rell, and vi
My favorite songs always sound like you can hear the story behind them, it has to be so challenging to tell a story without words and when you can guess it from the music it is so amazing. This sounds like someone broody is brooding and going to ruin the world if he doesn't get what he wants.
the champion theme is about how they develop the champion from the brain stormng,skill development,champion look,champion design and look, lastly giving color, vibe, and overall look an finisihing touches
The picture reflects more the design ideas and direction of the character before he is fully released so in a way it’s to show the process and ideas of riot designers until we see the final result at the end of the song (in other words the final splash art/the look of the character)
Indeed man! You really should check out some champion themes, they are just like this one! Sometimes while we playing league with friends we are listening to champion themes in the background .. Some to check out if you want : Aphelios champion theme Pantheon champion theme Sett champion theme
Your description was spot on actually. Viego a king of an ancient kingdom and was searching for a cure for his beloved wife that had fallen ill. A place called the blessed isles were found which could cure any disease, however it only works on the living. The wife died before they could reach but Veigo forced them to revive her. She was revived in a cursed state and (oversimplifying) caused one of league of legends worst calamities.
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Hearing you trying to figure out the background trough the theme was great.
And you weren't all wrong he is confused and that confusion is leading him to evilness.
Maybe check Light and Shadow (ft. Hiroyuki Sawano) - League of Legends (Either the trailer or the complete song)
. Really great and i would love to hear your thoughts
If you are going to react to more champion themes the one that i would recommend is Samira the desert rose theme. Its one of the new ones and is also very good one
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You really need to hear Jhin's theme song
You pretty much nailed his story, that's so impressive! 😀
Its the fact that you were able to pretty much deduce his story from just the music is amazing
I was about to say the same thing .. he have a good anticipation
when a piece is well made people with a good ear can understand it very quickly
but he didnt tho. lol viegos story is a tragedy not insanity
@@Only_Fantasies it's kinda both tho, the tragedy drove him insane with a single goal that he'll pursue no matter what he has to do along the way
Joey is rly good at analysing even tho he solely focuses on the music
Aphelios champion theme is another good one, champion themes are gems sadly riot doesn't spotlight them anymore these used to be login themes.
Ye this champion theme is on another level
yea aphelious i think would be very interesting
If you do do another one I'd do Aphelios'. Its so amazing.
yesss I adore Aphelios’ theme so much! Another good one is Light and Shadow for the Star Guardians
Aphelios, Kindred, Taliyah, Xayah & Rakan, Neeko, Evelynn, Jhin / Dark Cosmic Jhin, Aurelion Sol, and Thresh are all good ones to listen to and recommend.
You should check This:
- Aphelios, Weapon of the faithful
- Jhin, the Virtuoso
- Fiddlesticks, the Ancient Fear
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Yesssuum
Don't forget Pyke
Kindred, the Eternal Hunters
Jhin for sure
You have to hear the theme of "Jhin-The Virtuoso" for sure if you liked this!
I scrolled to the comments to type this exact sentence
And pike don’t forget him.
Yes please! React to Jhin's theme =D It's a bit older (2016) but amazing!
Good guesses on Viego's mental state btw! xD
That and Kindred's theme!
Absolutely
Your impression on Veigo’s theme is spot on.
He lost it. The traumatic experience of losing his queen, and wanting to revive her. Up to the point of not wanting to let go of her corpse.
Dark, twisted and eerie...
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"Once ruler of a long-lost kingdom, Viego perished over a thousand years ago when his attempt to bring his wife back from the dead triggered the magical catastrophe known as the Ruination. Transformed into a powerful, unliving wraith tortured by an obsessive longing for his centuries-dead queen, Viego now stands as the Ruined King, controlling the deadly Harrowings as he scours Runeterra for anything that might one day restore her, and destroying all in his path as the Black Mist pours endlessly from his cruel, broken heart." -Viego's story
Not that far off from just going off of the music honestly
100%
Fun fact: the theme is based off the music box that was given to him as a gift during his wedding with Isolde
So, a young rash king who simps a seamstress and marries her and that wife died due to failed assassination, after some years later; and he wants to revive her to a specific island, caused a massacre and successfully revives her yet the wife stabs him because she's angry and turns him into the ruined king today
He HAS to react to the champion themes of either Kindred or Jhin
Why not both 😁
One down, one to go
_Not one without the other_
He has reacted to both already
If we're doing Champion themes now! then all I have to say is Jhin. Jhin's theme is worth a platinum record.
and Fiddlesticks :)
@@Bato8513 AND KINDRED
also Braum...i mean it is right there with Jhin's theme in matters of "iconic" or "easy to recognize" :))
Indeed. My favorite and one of the best League themes
How bout Valhir??
You asked so there is very quick tldr of his story:
Viego was never fit to rule as a kingdom, but after suddenly his older brother died he had to take the throne. He wasn't interested in politics but one day he feel in love in a peasant woman named Isolde. She was all that he cared about. After enemy natios tried to take over his kingdom Isolde was lethaly injured by toxic blade - and Viego gone crazy. He spent every last bit of money of a kingdom to find a cure but without success. Isolde died and mad king locked himself in a room with her corpse. When one of his generals soon returned from the journey to find help for queen and let Viego know about sacred Isles to the west of their kingdom. Viego instantly rushed there with his entire army, but when monks of the Isles refused to help (because his wife was rooting corpse at this point) he orderd the slaughter of everybody there and gone to the holy waters himself to attempt to bring her back. But all he did was snap her consciousness to her long dead body. Isolde from fear and confusion (that the unlclear part of the story - why would she do that, there is a chance that she never was happy with him) stabbed him with his own greatsword through his heath. It caused a massive cataclysm amplified by numerous magic artifacts turning the sacred isles into the home of undead and souls that can't reach afterlife and are trapped in magic Black Mist.
Hundreds years later - Viego stands once more, with one goal that once twisted his mind. He doesn't care for a destruction he causes along the way - Isolde is all he cares about and absolutely everything he does is to get her back.
So you basicly got the story right based on his theme lol :D
Imagine someone wakes u up from a deep and comforting sleep without any dreams, now imagine u wake up in a body that does not feel like urs and instead is rotten and dead. Yeah i dont think she was too happy... Plus she was confused.
It must be scary to see a person who u thought to be dead walking around, it would be even scarier if that dead person is urself.
And also, I would like to add that the music box we here in the music theme is representing the music box of Isolde, that Viego took from some king in his color story "She".
Short awnser
He a yandere
@@letmediealready-m1q A yandere on a world threat level
YEEES REACT TO THE OTHER ONES, LIKE FIDDLESTICK AND TRESH OR JHIN
Rell and seraphine champion theme too!
those slaps!
Jhin champion theme is absolutely my favorite, Riot created GunStep with this one ♥️
Fiddlestick theme for sure. Its the chills.
Sett, Yone, Camille, Aphelios, Diana, Lunar Eclipse theme are also cool)
I assume you mean dark star thresh 'cause old thresh theme is just freddy reference but dark star one. Boy oh boy. This guitarviol is something godly
you should react to Pyke or Fiddlesticks champion theme
I have to second these!
Yess
Best sound tracks, even with my bias in loving than kench theme
@@Sirprotomarsh yeah they are honestly masterpieces
Pantheon kindred and jhin
Oh my,
You’ve stepped into a new corner of League of Legends music.
If you’re now doing themes..
Fiddlesticks, Warwick, Urgot, Jhin, Kindred, Rell, VoliBear, ugh. So many good ones to just list. Good luck we have over 100 champions. And the majority of them have themes.
U forgot Aphelios
And Aurelion Sol
pantheon? i like his theme
Camille, Irelia
Uh ww and urgot not that good....or just me doesn't fit with heavy metal
2am and reacting to league stuff? He's one of us, now.
ONE OF US ONE OF US!!
The progression of the music is actually telling us his lifestory
(timing based on original video)
0:00 - He becomes next in line for King after the death of his older brother, becomes an important character, yet he is selfish and carefree for he was not meant to have the responsibility
0:25 - He meet and married his Isolde, as the music-box was a gift from his wedding day and this references that love and happiness in his life
0:37 - We start hearing darker undertones in the music, indicating that their sweet life together will soon end because of Viego's inability to rule the country, his wife was poisoned.
0:52 - Return to Viego's original theme before he met Isolde, perhaps meaning she came I'll at this point and he was once again, alone
1:20 - Music intensifies, Viego is going into madness
1:31 - A sense of urgency is added, Viego gets desperate and spends all of the kingdoms resources trying to find a cure.
1:57 - After a spike in the sense of urgency, that feeling is quickly removed and more dread is added, Isolde has died
2:29 - After Isolde's death theme feature, once again we return to the original theme of Viego Alone
2:55 - Viego sails out to the Blessed Isles (where the cure is)
3:04 - He attacks the Blessed Isles in order to revive Isolde, a battle
3:23 - On screen, a semi-final draft of Viego's splash art appears, signifying him choosing who he is and dooming the Blessed Isles for the sake of his love, he puts Isolde's body in the water (the cure)
3:45 - The splash gains colour, Isolde became a wraith and stabbed Viego with his blade, Ruining the Isles, now we are in present day
There u go Joey, this is his story, the pictures u see in the video are just art samples to see which one they will pick, in the end u can see the final art for viego. >I> also love how close u were to knowing his story by just listening to the song, very impressive.
My recommend u watching kindred, jhin and aphelios theme, they are even better than this and and if u thought viegos theme were complex, just u waist untill u hear the others.
the fact that he was able to capture Viego's story and personality from the composition says a lot about both the production and him.
You should put Jhin's theme in the react list. Masterpiece.
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I love how good the champ personality is portrayed in the theme, and how well Joey manages to pick the story up from that theme
"If ever react to Champion Themes is this what I gotta deal with"
Yep, exactly. The champion themes usually are like this and there's also a lot of experimentation going on. I would recommend the Aphelios theme cause, oh boy... That one is amazing
Apehlios, Sett, Lilia, Yone, Taliyah, Jhin, Braum (My favorite) Quinn & Valor (my second)... etc, etc, etc. Are amazing themes to,
please listen and give them a chance!
And welcome to the musical world of the Champions (of LoL).
Some of my fav themes from League
-Aphelios, Weapon of The Faithful
-Jhin (Normal and or Dark Cosmic)
-Fiddlesticks, The Ancient Fear
-Star Guardian 2019 Theme “Light and Shadow” Hiroyuki Sawano feat. Gemie
Viego was a king, a young and not very good one. He fell madly in love with a seamstress and made her his queen. When she fell ill he became desperate to find a way to cure her. His kingdom suffered as he left it in the hands of his powerhungry general (Hecarim). One of his subjects (Kalista) travelled the world to find a cure and came upon a hidden place, the blessed isles. there were waters here with healing powers. While the monks of the isles were hesitant to let a foreign power into their land they allowed Kalista to bring the queen for healing. However, when she returned, Viego's queen had already passed away. The now practically mad Viego brought his dead queen to the blessed isles. The monks said they could not revive the dead but Viego wouldnt take no for an answer and forced them to let her into the waters. There his queen rose once more. But it was not meant to be. Ruination spread over the isles, turning its inhabiants into ghouls. Undead and horrified, the queen took Viego's blade and stabbed him with it. Viego, now risen once more, not remembering his queen stabbed him, leads the horrors of the shadow isles (once the blessed isles) and the black mist, scouring the world to find his queen, slaughtering everything in his way for 'love'. He is pretty crazy at this point. Seeing his wifes face in everything. The music box you heard at the start was a wedding gift Viego had made for his queen.
Yeap, League has over 150 champions and almost everyone has his own Theme - some of them are really epic.
Really enjoyed your break down and the reaction. I am down for more...
tl,rd story: he loved his wife, is wife was poisened he tried to find a cure and went mad, his wife died he went completly mad, he went to some islands and killed everyone until they showed him some magic waters where he could "revive" his wife, he revived his wife but since she was in so much pain and so confused to be alive again she used his own sword and stabbed viego in the heart, she combination of the swords magic with the waters transformed the whole island and their people into undead ghostly things and now he is still looking for her because he doesnt remeber what happen
"fiddlesticks the ancient fear champion theme" this one is way crazier u should check it out
NEW REACTION WHEN I'M WAITING FOR IT YEAAH :D Thank you sm Joey! *^*
Those pictures throughout the video were just concept arts and the process behind making his character, but the story you inferred was basically spot on
That promotion was slick
Why this have low views? Please don't stop making this, Jhin's theme is one of the best ones, Rell is is a metal theme, Senna is another good one, Volibear, Fiddlesticks and more
You're actually absolutely right about Viego not being "all there"! I'm actually impressed by how much you were able to glean from just the music alone with how CLOSE to his story you got. There are other comments detailing his lore but god I just wanted to point out how cool it is you got all that from the music, testament to how good Rito's music team is.
Generaly what they add in the background is concept art as they develop the champion and diferent iterations of theri splash art.
If u want to react to more champion theme then react to Pyke and Jhin, especially to Jhin music theme.
Man you broke down that musical journey perfectly loved this thanku so much you are amazing much love an god bless x
no joke one of your best reacts to videos out there imo, so much stuff that i wouldn't be able to pick up on myself
One word, 4 letters. JHIN
One of the best champion themes ever.
Welcome to Planet Urf is also good and the neeko theme song beside the other ones mentioned
Love your reaction joe as you tried to compliment the pictures according to the music composition you heard and understand...
Like you thought that he's on a throne under a cave because of deep tone of the music👍👍👍👌👌👌
pyke theme, jhin theme, aurelion sol theme, volibear and kindred pyke theme is 11/10 jhin 10/10 really recommend
Camille theme gives away the feeling of her character instantly, try it if you want.
The final part of the theme is a sample of the pentakill song blade of the ruined king. Which is just objectively cool
Every champion since Lulu who was released in 2012 has a theme, so yeah... a lot of themes. Some of the highlights that I think would make for a good video based on their production are Jhin, Kindred, Sett, Fiddlesticks, and Ekko.
Now we're doing champion themes???!!!! Joey is da GOAT of league reactions period(well mostly music related)
The visuals aren;t normally a story as such, but show the evolution of the champion's design through the splash art concepts
The music box is a pretty significant part of the his story. It was a wedding gift. In his latest story he found it in a city, which he razed (send a horde of ghouls to kill everyone and turn them into ghouls) in order to get it into his hands
the story is about a young king in love who lost his queen, his love was so great that he spent all his fortune in finding a way to resurrect her, in the end he found a sacred well capable of healing and restoring life, when the queen ( decomposed) was resurrected, seeing herself so horrendous and having been torn from eternal rest, she stabbed her husband's sword in his chest, falling into the well, the place was so magical and so delicate, that it ripped the veil between life and death, plunging the whole place into "undeath", the queen's soul fled, and the specter king was cursed, mad and condemned to seek his queen for all eternity.
Now the king expands undeath from his heart, in order to conquer every part of the world, until he finds his beloved
Fiddlesticks champion theme would be a wonderful champion theme for you to react to.
Hey Joey, been watching for a while now, really glad you're looking at champ themes now. I think they're a real treasure trove and have a playlist of my favorites saved somewhere. Off the top of my head, the ones which have the coolest composition and mixing (and will likely get the most views) are as follows:
Jhin's Champion Theme
Kindred's Champion Theme
Camille's Champion Theme
Aphelios' Champion Theme
Pyke's Champion Theme
Some other personal faves are:
Braum's Champion Theme
Aurelion Sol's Champion Theme
Lucian's Champion Theme
Aatrox's Champion Theme
Pantheon's Champion Theme
You cannot go wrong with checking out more of these champion themes!!!!
Currently, videos in champion themes is just a picture show showing some behind the scenes in the art design/character design.
Also his lore shortly summed up (as far as i know) is he used to be a king of an unknown land but travelled to the blessed isles. Who are known for their healing magic and just magic in general in order to heal his wife from a sickness. But unfortunately she had already died when he got there. He begged them to ressurrect her but the warned him she wouldn't be the same as he knew her. They resurrected her and she was just a confused spirit and in her confusion she stabbed Viego in the heart. Consumed by rage, he cast a spell that was amplified by the magical power of the blessed isles so that it killed everything and mader it known as the shadow isles. I t is now a land where spirits wander around and is just consumed by a dark mist that consumes everything it touches, forever trapping their spirits. Viego is constantly looking for his wife's spirit that has been scattered around the world and is leading the world to its en by moving around with the black mist just so that he can meet his wife.
If I got the lore wrong, feel free to tell me :)
The video in the background are concept arts, the old themes don't have this and is only a splash art of the champion.
You nailed the story of the champion! Lately the themes have been more complex (in a good way). Aphelios is another one pretty cool kind of this one. But the old ones are good as well. Quinn's theme is my favorite :)
havn't seen anyone mention rell's theme but thats another really good one along with senna, sett, samira, and sylas's champion themes all some of my favorites
Viegos wedding gift was a music box, thats why u can hear a misic box at the beginning
As always, Joey's breakdowns of LoL are really good.
You can really hear the story of Viego in the song, from happy simple origins to sadness of losing his wife to anger and then to madness of trying to get his wife back and finally chaos of his wrath of his quest and his control of the black mist
and man, you nailed his story with your own guess. the little story that you said, is actually viego's story
You gotta listen to all the jhin ones, his actual theme, the dark cosmic one, and the champion intro thingy with the animation
You got it right on, Viego was a king which his queen was everything to him, but she got really sick and ended up dying and after that he went crazy trying to find a way to bring her back to life and when he somewhat managed to "bring her back" in her confusion for being in between death and life she stabbed him in the chest with his own sword.
I’ve always wanted to hear you react to one of their champion themes because they are definitely much more complex and a breakdown simple or in depth is always interesting.
JHIN IS SUCH A GOOD CHAMPION THEME TOO!
Fun fact, the music box is actually a wedding gift. It was also explained in a story how Viego got it back, as the music box reminds him of his wife - Isolde.
it sounds like those kind of opening fairy tails-like story, that ended up really badly, which is perfect. You can hear his whole story
Joey, thanks for these videos, I play League and the emotion and effort you put on the League videos are just simply amazing, and yes, please continue reacting to champions' themes because you'll find other excellent jewels.
Really cool to see you breakdown something orchestral like this. Big like my guy.
I love these kinds of videos. Seraphines is pretty good although its very much a different style from this, being more a pop song. As for other good ones people have been saying Jhin the virtuoso and Kindred the eternal hunters, and I would also like to throw in Kayle and Morgana, the Righteous and the Fallen which im honestly surprised I haven't seen anyone else mention. Also yeah the images are just concept art.
The last part was taken from "The Blade of the Ruined King" from Riot's band Pentakill. The song is really long but it's my favorite Pentakill song
Any champion theme with these types of pictures show the progression of how the character was made
Most champion themes are very cinematic and is meant to communicate the champions thematic. Some champion themes however are more song like, a good example is the Seraphine one
Fun fact: the last part (11:17) its a reference of another of Riot's works, The Blade of the Ruined King, a heavy metal song that was made by Pentakill (a fictional band just like K/DA but for metal). I found a little bit odd that they put a piece in Viego's theme that was designed for the genre that is the polar opposite of what they were aiming for here, but it still works pretty well.
There are so many amazing champion spotlights, just going to give some of my favorites. Jhin, Kindred, ornn, volibear, camille, yorick, irelia, yone. :p
It’s fun that he doesn’t j ow the back story but still is interested and trying to find out the story through the song goes to show his skill and the people that made the pieces skill to convoy the story
The champion themes are musical depictions of who the champions are and what they do and their lore, Viego is basically the big antagonists for the world of League of Legends. And yes they all do have themes, and there are like 150+ champions in the game lmao.
My picks for themes you could react to though are: Pyke, Jhin, Camille, Fiddlesticks, and Samira
There are also other themes they make for game events and skin lines, Riot puts out a lot of music for just one game which is absolutely crazy
Add Nami's "Tidecaller" to your list of themes to look out for, they did a really good job of highlighting who her character is through the track
Champion themes are usually pretty detailed like this yeah , not all of them but most of them
It would be amazing to see breakdowns of them
Hey, Nato first love the vids, big league of legends fan, myself.
Now ik I'm a day late to comment but if you want a good ass champ theme look for:
Jhin, the Virtuoso
Now if you look this up specifically look for the login screen video by league of legends the cinematic is fantastic but the login theme is more for the music specifically and is the full song.
Hope this gets to you in the future and thanks for the great vids bro.
Man he NAILED tbe Viego personality from the music score!
12:00 this is definition of feeling music, you literaly said right damn he is a psycho that rising from dead
As of recently Riot has added the concept art in the back of these champion themes, so to answer the question of what the images shown in the video are, it's the benchmarks of Viegos character development and design work ^w^
I literally listen to Aphelios' theme like it's regular music. It even has vocals. :D
Love the profound analysis, would never be able to see it this way :D. You should also react to Pantheons theme, it is an epic ballad
You should keep reacting to champion's themes. It would be amazing!
Looking forward to your Jhin and Pyke Champion Themes!!
Great content as always. For champion themes the most interesting in my opinion would be Volibear, Vi, Ekko, Aphelios, Evelynn, Fiddlesticks, Ornn, Senna. Additionally Light & Shadow from Star Guardian 2019 event is really cool.
I would HIGHLY recommend reacting to some more champion themes from league of legends. They’re amazingly composed and incredibly diverse. I have a few ones that I really like, but overall, just see what your viewers advice you to react to.
- Aurelion Sol Champion Theme
- Rell Champion Theme
- Fiddlesticks Champion Theme
- Camille Champiom Theme
- Taliyah Champion Theme
- Eclipse Leona Theme
- Pyke Champion Theme
- Kindred Champion Theme
- Jhin Champion Theme
You really should react to more of the champ themes they are all over the place in terms of themes and there are lots of good ones
I highly recommend the ones for Kindred, xayah and rakan, jihn, rell, and vi
i love your reactions so much. you pick out sooo many things, which in turn inspires me to listen more carefully to music. thank you. 💚
Wow, you actually pretty much nailed his story just from listening to his theme, very impressive.
My favorite songs always sound like you can hear the story behind them, it has to be so challenging to tell a story without words and when you can guess it from the music it is so amazing. This sounds like someone broody is brooding and going to ruin the world if he doesn't get what he wants.
Its concept art for the champion, in a sense it could tell some other details about him that did not show in the final splash art
13:00 dude that description is toooooooo accurate Viego.
you absolutely need to do FIDDLESTICKS theme, that theme is pure horror the way its composed
the climax of the theme is a reference from the blade of ruined king from pentakill
Pantheon's theme...just a legendary epic music than give you the strength to follow your climb in your life day at day.
Yes, every champion has a theme (except for the original 40, i might be wrong tho) so that's basically 100+ songs
the champion theme is about how they develop the champion from the brain stormng,skill development,champion look,champion design and look, lastly giving color, vibe, and overall look an finisihing touches
Yeah, the champion themes have a lot of variety, and quite a bit of them aren't really pop music like this is. Each one will be a unique ride.
The picture reflects more the design ideas and direction of the character before he is fully released so in a way it’s to show the process and ideas of riot designers until we see the final result at the end of the song (in other words the final splash art/the look of the character)
Indeed man! You really should check out some champion themes, they are just like this one!
Sometimes while we playing league with friends we are listening to champion themes in the background ..
Some to check out if you want :
Aphelios champion theme
Pantheon champion theme
Sett champion theme
Jhin's, Eve's, Neeko's, Thresh's, Xayah and Rakan's champion themes are really cool :)
Your description was spot on actually.
Viego a king of an ancient kingdom and was searching for a cure for his beloved wife that had fallen ill. A place called the blessed isles were found which could cure any disease, however it only works on the living. The wife died before they could reach but Veigo forced them to revive her. She was revived in a cursed state and (oversimplifying) caused one of league of legends worst calamities.