tiny list of some awesome tracks for a part 2 :) - The Apex of The World - A Funeral of Flowers (both rain and thunder versions to compare them!) -Chasing Daybreak -The Edge of Dawn -Shambhala Area 17 Redux, you're in for a shocker Redirecting you to Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes' arrangements, too :>
Fire Emblem as a series has absolutely incredible music. I HIGHLY recommend Shadows of Valentia's OST, especially Heritors of Arcadia. Absolutely beautiful soundtrack, it's my favorite in the series even above Three Houses.
Even in its infant NES/gameboy days, FE’s had neat little themes that’s practically like folkmusic now. You know the cavalry’s here when the score changes to Together We Ride!
you absolutely need to listen to the two vocal themes for this game “The Edge of Dawn” and “The Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare” they’re technically the same song but they have completely different instrumentals and a couple different lyrics changing the vibe completely, they’re both incredible and some of my favorite songs of all time
Blue Skies and a Battle plays during a mock battle when all three groups of characters are students at the same academy. When Between Heaven and Earth plays, several years have passed and the groups are meeting again as enemies in a war between three kingdoms. This is why the latter feels so similar but more powerful and with a hint of melancholy
I feel like everyone should listen to “God Shattering Star” three times. The first, your attention focuses completely on the vocals - it’s inevitable. They’re so commanding. The second, I recommend focusing solely to the orchestra and all of the absolutely fucking insane stuff going on there WHILE the vocals are happening - because oh my god, the talent that those runs take.
Emily:You know how I feel about vocals/ choir Me:Yes. The last one is one of my favorites. And for context. Rain just means like the theme out of combat. There is another version called thunder, which is the in combat version.
The (Rain) mean which of the two versions of the song is playing. Each battle song has two versions, Rain and Thunder, where the Rain plays during the map view and the Thunder plays during combat, the two seamless fading into each other
Some facts about God Shattering Star, the language used for the song is actually a made up language that is supposed to be spoken by the characters of the game: Fodlian (I think it's spelled like that). Also Joe Zieja, one of the main VA for the game, made two covers of this ost alongside FamilyJules: One "normal" and an English one. On both covers, Joe is the one singing and FamilyJules brings the instrumentals.
I never played FE:TH, but I really like the soundtrack. In particular, I love “Rain” and “Thunder” concept. For those that don’t know, Fire Emblem is a tactical RPG, and you command units on a top-down view of the map. There are two different versions of each battle theme: the “Rain” version plays while viewing the battlefield, and the “Thunder” variant of the track plays when the player selects for a unit to attack, and the camera pans down to said unit for the attack animation. The Thunder variant is usually more a more intense and driving version of the same track, though with one notable exception (but I won’t spoil why now - go look up A Funeral of Flowers yourself).
Blue Skies and a Battle Between Heaven and Earth is one of my favourite pairs of complementary songs from any game, they play at such a big point in the game and are super good. There's actually a quad mix on TH-cam mixing the two songs as well as switching between the rain and thunder
The reason you recognized Fodlan Winds could also be because of the main theme. The motif of the main theme is also used quite a bit throughout the game. It's also present in Between Heaven and Earth as well as Shackled Wolves(but much less). The VA of one of the main characters also did a cover of God Shattering Star on their TH-cam 👀
For the (Rain) bits at the end of some song titles, the game does this cool thing by having 2 different versions of the battle themes. Rain is for when you're looking down at the map and moving your characters around, while Thunder usually has some extra instrumentation and is used for when you're actually watching your units fight. They've been doing this for a few games as well! Fates used Calm/Roar to separate each version, while Awakening had (no extra title)/Ablaze versions.
Blue Skies and a battle, and Between Heaven and Earth, are 2 COMPLETE contrasts. Genuinely, this soundtrack is one of my favourites of all time, and not ALL of it is intense like these
Three Houses really is a marvel of a game. I'm glad you got to experience some of it. Funnily enough you missed out on all my favorites besides the final one, so hope to see this one get a Part 2 at some point with bangers like Roar of Dominion, Chasing Daybreak, Tearing Through Heaven, and As Fierce As Fire. The whole series just has fantastic music overall. I'd especially like to see a video dedicated to Shadows of Valentia, that game's music is utterly amazing. One fun thing - I'm glad you listened to the Rain version of God-Shattering Star. For those not in the know, the game basically has two versions of the battle themes, Rain for when you're looking at the overall battlefield and Thunder for when units actually clash in combat. The Thunder themes tend to be a bit more aggressive and bombastic. God-Shattering Star is funny because the vast majority of reactions to it that I've seen are specifically to a video on TH-cam that's a dual mix of the Rain and Thunder, which curiously enough really loses the impact since the Thunder version doesn't have the incredible vocals. Happy that you got to experience what I think is the best version!
LET’S GGGOOO!!! One of my favorite games of all time! I’m incredibly happy you chose to react to some of the songs in the game. Thank you Emily, it made my day. Here’s a fact. Three Houses is one of the highest rated games of 2019 yet it only got nominated once at the Game Awards (Which was the Best Sim/Strategy game category). Yup, the game, even the soundtrack, got snubbed.
At least it won the (very first!) Player's Voice award, which is the unofficial Game of the Year award for many people. I'm also 99% sure that people's complaints about the game being snubbed was the main reason the awards even added the category in the first place lol.
@@rhettmitchell Yes it was 2019 when they added it first. And yeah it's admittedly a bit of speculation on my part. The thing is though is that there was a lot of people that were pretty vocal about 3H being snubbed (and no other game got that amount of support to my knowledge), then they started flooding Geoff's and the TGA's twitter posts complaining about it. Shortly afterwards they added the category and, surprise surprise, 3H won.
Much like Xenoblade 3, Three Houses has such an amazing and varied OST that a second part would be most welcome. Especially considering Apex of the World, and many others have vocals, which I'm positive you'd enjoy a great deal. Don't even get me started on Three Hopes, which is Three Houses' ost with even more drums, guitars, and vocals.
Fodlan Winds is fantastic, it gives such an identity to the game it makes me want to play it again. But nothing can beat pressing the fight button on the preparations menu of the final battle in Golden Deer, having the characters speak a little and after the "PLAYER PHASE" screen dissappears, that beatiful song starts playing.
in Fire Emblem: Three Houses you choose 1 out of 3 Houses for your playthrough, each with a different ending (there are actually 4 endings, but I'll let you discover that for yourself, unless you want to know the context for it) God Shattering Star plays on the last map/battle of one the 3 Houses (again, if you want to know which, I'll tell you)
The battle of the Eagles and Lions. This is my very favorite chapter and also favorite track. Compared to that is another version that plays on the same battleground 5 years later. The difference is incredible, you can hear and feel the despair. Also, Blue Lions forever 💙
Edit: Ah, I see. You had the song in your list. I can't edit my comments, so I have to use the reply function. So, Between Heaven and Earth is that mentioned 2nd version.
roar of dominion is one of the most intense themes I've ever heard - highly recommend! also, your reactions we're almost exactly how I felt when I first heard each theme
Now she needs a Three Hopes version of this vid and hear the Darkness Inferno Medley above anything else. That theme for me is one of the greatest final boss themes I ever heard. Also the Apex of the World version and Melody of Clarity… these three themes are the best.
I seriously recommend the game. Also, Family Jules has an English translation of the last track. It’s not exact but it gets the message across well, and (unless you consider the lyrics a spoiler because they give insight into the relevant character) spoiler free.
If you can’t get enough God Shattering Star, look up the covers by FamilyJules. The man who does the vocals for them is the voice actor of one of the lead characters, who was incredibly passionate about the game and constantly engaged with the community.
If there’s any other game you should check out, it should be Kid Icarus: Uprising. Many of the tracks in the game are comparable to that of a film score, since they NEVER loop when listening to them. They’re built around the places they play in-game, and react to events occurring in the stage itself. If you do cover this games here are some suggestions: - The Return of Palutena - The Reaper’s Line of Sight - Viridi, Goddess of Nature (A personal favorite of mine) - Lightning Battle (this one ESPECIALLY) - Hades’ Infernal Theme - Destroyed Skyworld - Boss Battle 1 While those last two DO loop, they’re good enough that they deserve a spotlight.
Btw the (Rain) and (Thunder) denote two variations of the song. Since fire emblem is a turn-based, grid-based strategy game, you pick your guys and have them take an action. When they attack an enemy unit or support an allied one, the screen zooms in from the top-down map perspective where you move your units around like in chess, down to an on-the-field perspective where you watch the action you selected play out. When it zooms in, the song seamlessly transitions from the calmer Rain variant to the more intense Thunder variant and back again when it zooms back out Really hypes up whatever you happen to be doing mid-fight lmao
One thing that's fun is the synthetic instruments represent an evil faction called "Those who slither in the dark" and are primarily used in their themes, and in the theme "Edge of Dawn" which is a character theme when the lyrics say "I fear the edge of dawn knowing time betrays." That's immedietly followed by an intrumental switch up to nearly all synths taking over the track for a few seconds of the track before switching back to the prior intruments and it tells a nice story
Someone may have already commented this, but the Rain and Thunder versions are for when you are out of combat and in combat. When you engage an enemy in this turnbase strategy game the camera goes from a top view of the battlefield to a close up view of your units that are attacking or defending. If you are in the top view angle where you select your units and decide what to do next, you'll hear the Rain version of the song that plays during a mission, but when the camera zooms in to the close up view of the action, it transitions to the Thunder version to heighten the tension. Hope this helps. Also, I just started the video, so if you found out later in the video, sorry for the long winded explanation!
I hope you eventually try out the soundtrack for 3 Hopes, it’s a warriors spin-off/what-if scenario and while it does remix many songs from the original there’s also a fun amount of new music! Also fun fact: Blue Skies and a Battle and Between Heaven and Earth are very related, kinda like the latter being a reprise of the former due to the events that happen when both of these play.
Something that goes under appreciated with this game as well is that the music that plays in battles has 2 form 1st for is when you’re deciding who to move or attack and 2nd is in the combat itself where the music get more tense but it transitions perfectly and many people don’t even notice it
Several comments have already recommended The Edge of Dawn and Apex of the World, and a few have recommended Chasing Daybreak and Shambhala Area 17, so I'm going to do something slightly different. I'm going to recommend a few songs from a spin-off(?) game, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Specifically: Ashen Demon, Melody of Clarity, and Darkness. A lot of the game's other songs are remixes of songs from Three Houses, but while these three songs borrow leitmotifs, they're ultimately original songs that don't exist in Three Houses.
pleeeaase do a pt 2 eventually. so many gems in the ost. beautiful or songs that go super hard. yes it's a masterful mix of orchestral and synth the motifs of the main theme and the theme of like the monastery (sort of the home base/hub world of the game) show up Everywhere. and they're so memorable that it's been like two years since ive touched the game but i am singing along to all of these songs easily
the context for shackles wolves is this is the non final boss map/battle music for the side story dlc with 4 character being part of the ashen wolf house
We’re gonna need a part 2 for this one. Lots of stuff others already mentioned! I’d love to see Indomitable Will, Roar of Dominion, Chasing Daybreak, Funeral of Flowers (Rain and Thunder versions, trust me, you need to hear both. Completely different from other Thunder versions). And if there’s a part 3 (lmao sorry), I’d love to see you react to some of the Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes versions of some songs, it’s more of a orchestral rock vibe of some of the same songs and lots of new songs, it’s awesome too! Melody of Clarity (Part 1 Inferno) from that game is like a sequel to God-Shattering Star, in a way
In reference to your comment about the rain part of the track title and I am sure somebody else has mentioned it but most modern Fire emblem tracks have reactive ost's for battle music, where there is a version that plays when you are looking at the map and a version that plays when you zoom into the battle. This is done seamlessly as you play and both tracks have the same name on the ost but art marked by subtitles denoting what version, for three houses I believe they are Rain and Thunder tracks.
Shackled Wolves actually uses the main theme melody in reverse! Just like how Zelda’s Lullaby backwards is The Ballad of the Goddess in Zelda: Skyward Sword
During a battle there’s 2 music tracks that play parallel to each other, one while on the map, one while in combat, when you phase in and out of combat the music transition is seamlessly transitioned into the other track, which is why the best way to listen to the battle themes in Fire emblem games would be the versions by ZX Apocrypha, they have both versions fall in and out of each other so it’s more faithful to what the game actually plays to you (for 3 houses the Thunder version is the battle phase version and usually goes harder)
So the deal with the (Rain) and (Thunder) brackets. Basically Three houses has a dynamic soundtrack, when you're overlooking battles, choosing where units need to go (since F.E uses tactical combat) you'll hear the rain version of the themes, but when a fight between 2 units actually HAPPENS, the camera zooms into them and plays out the fight, and the music shifts to the more bombastic and clashing thunder version
This game is ABSOLUTELY above all, one of my favorite games of all time! And I ABSOLUTELY love the soundtrack and would recommend another reaction! I'd recommend “The Edge of Dawn” (The vocal version), apex of the world, Roar of Dominion, A Funeral of Flowers, and Shambhala Area 17 Redux! I really, really, really hope you do a second video to this soundtrack!! P.S Would love an LP of this game ;)
so, some of three houses songs are categorized into rain (calm) version and thunder(intense) version the main diifference is one is the map version(rain) and the other is the combat version(thunder) some differences you hear is the type of instruments used.
Thank you so much for listening to one of my favorite soundtracks! If you ever do a Part 2, I hope you'll try Chasing Daybreak, Roar of Dominion and Funeral of Flowers! Also, if you want another Nintendo game with a film-like score, Kid Icarus: Uprising has some phenomenal orchestra pieces!
One of my favorite games and OSTs of all time!! If you ever want to do a part 2, here are some recommendations: Roar of Dominion Indomitable Will Chasing Daybreak The Long Road Dwellings of the Ancient Gods Shambhala (Area 17 redux) Anyway, it was great to see you discover this OST/game. Listen to it regularly.
I’ve never seen your stuff before but as a musician myself and a huge Fire Emblem fan, seeing you just get fully immersed and appreciate the music brings a huge smile on my face! If you ever listen to some more Fire Emblem Three houses specifically, please listen to Shambhala. It really shows the “range” of the ost in this game
FETH is my favorite Fire Emblem game, I played 4 playthroughs back to back to back to back lol. It holds the top spot in playtime on my Switch of like 560 hours. It's only draw back I can agree with is sure some of it's visuals could be higher quality, but it's characters, the story, the replay ability, the sound tracks, the gameplay are all just AMAZING.
They are phenomenal battle prep themes. Fun fact: Both song's titles are actually pulled from a quote from very famous book, none other than Sun Tzu's "The Art of War".
Oh my god oh my god oh my GOD You need to do a Part 2, like, yesterday. I’m that serious girl. You havent even heard Funeral of Flowers (rain is phenomenal but thunder version is the GOAT), The Edge of Dawn -Seasons of Warfare-, Apex of the World, Paths that Will Never Cross, Tearing Through Heaven….. This game’s OST is a treasure trove of masterfully woven pieces, it will be a treat for you I’m sure 🤧
So, you enjoyed the OST. Now, just imagine playing roughly 75hrs for EACH route and listening to this music the ENTIRE time... It is/was quite fantastic to say the least
I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Shackled Wolves, starting at 15:09 of this video to 15:21, is just the reverse of the leitmotiff of Edge of Dawn, the game's main theme.
Fire Emblem as a series is so phenomenal wonderful characters and music, very few things get as much of a reaction out of me as Fire Emblem, I listen to the OSTs of multiple games constantly, so many catchy and badass themes.
I love watching musician's first reaction to God Shattering Star. This track gets a reaction out of everyone, and you didn't disappoint. About the 'Shackled Wolves' track, the one that left you confused about how all over the place it was... it's the combat theme for a group of four misfits that banded together out of necessity, in order to get out of some bad situations they found themselves in (re: shackled. They also call themselves the Ashen Wolves, so track name get). My guess for the chaotic nature of the song is because it doubles as their respective character themes, with various parts corresponding to one of said misfits respectively. The piano section for the somber but snarky girl, the groovy part for the suave but shady pretty boy, the harp section for the girl with the split personality and the bombastic brass part for the bombastic but not too smart leader(?) of the group. Maybe.
Didn't think you'd do this so soon after Awakening! Three Houses is my absolute favourite game of all time, in no small part due to the OST. I was even listening to Chasing Daybreak at work today!
Oooooo you gotta do a part 2 of this, there's still so so many good songs on this game Apex of the World, Tempest of Seasons ( specially, this is my favorite one ), Corridors of the Tempest, As Swift as Wind and As Fierce as Fire Although I would be satisfied with just the first three ones xD, those are bangers
So there are two parts to every battle track in Modern Fire Emblem games, usually denoted as X/Y versions. In Three Houses, Rain is the Strategy theme, moving units around the map and such, while the Thunder Versions are for combat, when the battle animations play out. For example in Fates they are Calm for strategy and Roar for combat, and the Warriors alternate story Three Hopes has Embers and Inferno for the strategy menu and combat themes.
Fodlan Winds and Fodlan Winds (Rain) as well as all other tracks with a Rain variation are basically the battle themes. The two variations play in slightly different keys so when you're looking at your units from a Birds-eye view on the *tactical map* it's less intense than when you move a unit to attack, which shifts the perspective so you're watching from the thick of the fighting while the soundtrack transitions to more intense notes.
*sees title of the video* Me: You damn right it is. Before Octopath Traveler 2, I’ve never felt so invested in a story as I did when playing Three Houses in a long time. It’s such an amazing game with a remarkable cast of characters and a gripping story that tugs at your heartstrings.
I know there’s a ton of other people suggesting game OST’s to react to, but I honestly think you would really like the OMORI soundtrack. It has such a way of communicating the feelings and raw emotions in each and every one of the tracks. You can really feel the sadness, the joy, the absolute Terror just as you would actually playing the game itself. That accompanied by the sheer variety in the music styles while also keeping it consistent enough that you can see the songs flowing from the same game is super cool to me. Fair warning, there are some pretty heavy spoilers to the storyline of the game in the soundtrack alone, so if you do search the game up and find it as something that interests you I would totally recommend playing it for yourself ! Genuinely one of my favorite games of all time and I think it deserves more recognition.
I really love this Game so much and the music is one reason why. And cause you asked the "Rain" music is what you hear mostly cause its on the Map/Battlefield and if you are going in the Fight some tracks dynamicly change into their "Thunder" versions
Discovered your channel with this and instantly subbed, hoping to see more of this amazing soundtrack! When songs say rain, thats the track that plays when you're viewing the entire battle map. Theres another version with Thunder in the brackets, which plays during the combat itself.
You should make a Part 2 with the other final boss themes (Apex of the World, Funeral of Flowers, and At What Cost?) as well as a longer version of the ending of the main theme, The Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare)! This game goes WAYY beyond just the tracks you've listened to (God-Shattering Star isn't the only god-tier one).
Just for clarification. Fire emblem is a turn based strategy rpg. As such there are specific instances where a fight is going on. Rain variants of music play while you’re moving pieces around. Thunder variants play while swords are clashing.
The gameplay is broken down into 2 main bits: the overhead perspective of the player controlling the player characters, this is where the (Rain) versions play. When you have your character Engage in a battle, the game zooms in to see it play out. This is when the music intensifies becoming the (Thunder) variant. Both versions are incredible, but listening to them back to back is a journey.
Fun fact: most the the time the music goes electronic, it happens when you enter combat against someone, and reverts to orchestral when it zooms back out to the map screen. Really neat system.
If you do a follow up, I have to recommend you listen to “Shambhala / Area 17”. Trust me, it’ll get you off guard. And if you’re willing to do one from the spin off game 3 Hopes, please try the team of the player character of 3 Houses, called “The Ashen Demon”.
Highly suggest Edge of Dawn and Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare) is the main theme for one of the main characters Edelgard) and its SUCH a well-done mood shifter! its gorgeous!
Please please please listed to Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia it is my personal favorite it’ll be hard to choose which ones to showcase. The Scions’ Dance In Purgatory is one of my favorite songs period hard stop. Pride and Arrogance is really good too, they’re both themes for the same villain.
Blue Skies and a Battle, and then Between Heaven and earth. They perfectly illustrate the difference between one chpater and another. Without saying much, the first one is a big mock battle, without much else going on. The 2nd one however, the scale and what is at stake, you know this is the real deal now. No more games, this is a real war now.
The last track gives me Daughter of the Dark God vibes from Octopath Traveler somewhat (to which it and it’s sequel both have astounding soundtracks). (Also, another breathtaking soundtrack is Kena Bridge of Spirits).
While the story got me thru the game for my first play through, the soundtrack made the next three bearable. So many amazing tracks, but the one I'd recommend you listen to is Shambhara. It's just so different, it's like, 'wait, I thought this game was set medieval-like'
Would really enjoy a Part 2 with more non-combat music. Because yes, the combat themes in the game are incredible, and there’s too many good ones to give justice to every one. But the support themes and area/cutscene themes are also well deserving of more attention, even if they‘re shorter. And obviously "The Edge of Dawn" is a must for this OST
Hilariously, the electronic elements mixed in with the orchestral, acoustic stuff has a thematic parallel in the game, where the world is a sort of medieval fantasy, except the one faction that is... somewhat more advanced. Which is a sort of surprise very late in the game in an area where the electronic elements in the soundtrack comes to the foreground. It's a great use of of timbre to reinforce the story.
I just need you to know that God Shattering Star is only 1 of 4 final boss themes in this game lmao. Every song in this game is fire.
2 endings use the same track so only 3.
@@Sephiro1701 4 if you count the Ashen Wolves dlc final map theme
The side story final boss@@Sephiro1701
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@@fearthemightyedelgard8137does that count? It’s not like it’s another route with story, it’s just somewhere in part 1
tiny list of some awesome tracks for a part 2 :)
- The Apex of The World
- A Funeral of Flowers (both rain and thunder versions to compare them!)
-Chasing Daybreak
-The Edge of Dawn
-Shambhala Area 17 Redux, you're in for a shocker
Redirecting you to Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes' arrangements, too :>
Would add in Indominable Will instead of The Edge Of Dawn since that is pretty much just the same as the main theme
The non-battle tracks are lovely too. I love Life at Garreg Mach Monastery, Respite & Sunlight, and Recollection & Regret, to name a few.
I second Shambhala Area 17 Redux, I was surprisingly shocked by the, change in genre.
i NEED apex of the world and edge of dawn. apex of the world is my favorite song from the game tho
The apex of the world is just chefs kiss, so epic
Fire Emblem as a series has absolutely incredible music. I HIGHLY recommend Shadows of Valentia's OST, especially Heritors of Arcadia. Absolutely beautiful soundtrack, it's my favorite in the series even above Three Houses.
SoV's OST is so beautiful, and very strong
Twilight of the Gods as well🤩
Even in its infant NES/gameboy days, FE’s had neat little themes that’s practically like folkmusic now. You know the cavalry’s here when the score changes to Together We Ride!
Me: sees SoV mention
Also me: *with mila's divine protection intensifies*
I love that ost
you absolutely need to listen to the two vocal themes for this game “The Edge of Dawn” and “The Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare” they’re technically the same song but they have completely different instrumentals and a couple different lyrics changing the vibe completely, they’re both incredible and some of my favorite songs of all time
Blue Skies and a Battle plays during a mock battle when all three groups of characters are students at the same academy.
When Between Heaven and Earth plays, several years have passed and the groups are meeting again as enemies in a war between three kingdoms. This is why the latter feels so similar but more powerful and with a hint of melancholy
I feel like everyone should listen to “God Shattering Star” three times. The first, your attention focuses completely on the vocals - it’s inevitable. They’re so commanding. The second, I recommend focusing solely to the orchestra and all of the absolutely fucking insane stuff going on there WHILE the vocals are happening - because oh my god, the talent that those runs take.
And what about the third time? 👀
@@SpectralDynamiteguess we’ll never know
Emily:You know how I feel about vocals/ choir
Me:Yes.
The last one is one of my favorites. And for context. Rain just means like the theme out of combat. There is another version called thunder, which is the in combat version.
The (Rain) mean which of the two versions of the song is playing. Each battle song has two versions, Rain and Thunder, where the Rain plays during the map view and the Thunder plays during combat, the two seamless fading into each other
Some facts about God Shattering Star, the language used for the song is actually a made up language that is supposed to be spoken by the characters of the game: Fodlian (I think it's spelled like that). Also Joe Zieja, one of the main VA for the game, made two covers of this ost alongside FamilyJules: One "normal" and an English one. On both covers, Joe is the one singing and FamilyJules brings the instrumentals.
Nemesis just be a boss being a bandit lord that also sings a full on opera during his battle.
If that is what the Fodlan people sound like, then I love it. Imagine hearing the characters speak this.
Dont forget the kazoo cover
I never played FE:TH, but I really like the soundtrack. In particular, I love “Rain” and “Thunder” concept.
For those that don’t know, Fire Emblem is a tactical RPG, and you command units on a top-down view of the map. There are two different versions of each battle theme: the “Rain” version plays while viewing the battlefield, and the “Thunder” variant of the track plays when the player selects for a unit to attack, and the camera pans down to said unit for the attack animation. The Thunder variant is usually more a more intense and driving version of the same track, though with one notable exception (but I won’t spoil why now - go look up A Funeral of Flowers yourself).
Yes Emily, this Fire Embelm game had THE best soundtrack of them all.
Thank you so much for this
Blue Skies and a Battle Between Heaven and Earth is one of my favourite pairs of complementary songs from any game, they play at such a big point in the game and are super good. There's actually a quad mix on TH-cam mixing the two songs as well as switching between the rain and thunder
Oh god, i hope there's a part 2 with apex of the world and indommitable will or Roar of Dominion.
Loved it
She NEEDS to hear all those omg!!
Don't forget Tempest of Seasons
The reason you recognized Fodlan Winds could also be because of the main theme. The motif of the main theme is also used quite a bit throughout the game. It's also present in Between Heaven and Earth as well as Shackled Wolves(but much less). The VA of one of the main characters also did a cover of God Shattering Star on their TH-cam 👀
I’ve been listening to Three Houses’ soundtrack for years, and I still get goosebumps whenever I listen it. So glad that you’re checking it out!!!!!!
Where are you listening to it? 😭 I can’t find it anywhere on Spotify
@@MT-xq4km I personally listen to it on TH-cam! But I just did a quick search on SoundCloud and the entire OST is up there as well.
@@MT-xq4km for nintendo music the best you can do is ripping the song off of youtube
For the (Rain) bits at the end of some song titles, the game does this cool thing by having 2 different versions of the battle themes. Rain is for when you're looking down at the map and moving your characters around, while Thunder usually has some extra instrumentation and is used for when you're actually watching your units fight.
They've been doing this for a few games as well! Fates used Calm/Roar to separate each version, while Awakening had (no extra title)/Ablaze versions.
Blue Skies and a battle, and Between Heaven and Earth, are 2 COMPLETE contrasts.
Genuinely, this soundtrack is one of my favourites of all time, and not ALL of it is intense like these
Hi neon
Tearing through heavens, Tempest of Seasons, Chasing Daybreak and Path’s That Will Never Cross are some of my highlights
Three Houses really is a marvel of a game. I'm glad you got to experience some of it. Funnily enough you missed out on all my favorites besides the final one, so hope to see this one get a Part 2 at some point with bangers like Roar of Dominion, Chasing Daybreak, Tearing Through Heaven, and As Fierce As Fire.
The whole series just has fantastic music overall. I'd especially like to see a video dedicated to Shadows of Valentia, that game's music is utterly amazing.
One fun thing - I'm glad you listened to the Rain version of God-Shattering Star. For those not in the know, the game basically has two versions of the battle themes, Rain for when you're looking at the overall battlefield and Thunder for when units actually clash in combat. The Thunder themes tend to be a bit more aggressive and bombastic. God-Shattering Star is funny because the vast majority of reactions to it that I've seen are specifically to a video on TH-cam that's a dual mix of the Rain and Thunder, which curiously enough really loses the impact since the Thunder version doesn't have the incredible vocals. Happy that you got to experience what I think is the best version!
LET’S GGGOOO!!! One of my favorite games of all time! I’m incredibly happy you chose to react to some of the songs in the game. Thank you Emily, it made my day.
Here’s a fact. Three Houses is one of the highest rated games of 2019 yet it only got nominated once at the Game Awards (Which was the Best Sim/Strategy game category). Yup, the game, even the soundtrack, got snubbed.
At least it won the (very first!) Player's Voice award, which is the unofficial Game of the Year award for many people.
I'm also 99% sure that people's complaints about the game being snubbed was the main reason the awards even added the category in the first place lol.
@@Chosen_Din Yeah, thank goodness that they were convinced to make that category. 3Hs was the reason why Player's Voice exists.
@@Chosen_Din oh wait was 2019 the first year they did Player’s Voice and it was bc of 3H? Or is that last part speculation?
@@rhettmitchell Yes it was 2019 when they added it first.
And yeah it's admittedly a bit of speculation on my part. The thing is though is that there was a lot of people that were pretty vocal about 3H being snubbed (and no other game got that amount of support to my knowledge), then they started flooding Geoff's and the TGA's twitter posts complaining about it. Shortly afterwards they added the category and, surprise surprise, 3H won.
The way you react to hearing piano is much the same as me, I always get excited hearing piano in any track. Shackled Wolves is an amazing song
Much like Xenoblade 3, Three Houses has such an amazing and varied OST that a second part would be most welcome.
Especially considering Apex of the World, and many others have vocals, which I'm positive you'd enjoy a great deal.
Don't even get me started on Three Hopes, which is Three Houses' ost with even more drums, guitars, and vocals.
Fodlan Winds is fantastic, it gives such an identity to the game it makes me want to play it again.
But nothing can beat pressing the fight button on the preparations menu of the final battle in Golden Deer, having the characters speak a little and after the "PLAYER PHASE" screen dissappears, that beatiful song starts playing.
in Fire Emblem: Three Houses you choose 1 out of 3 Houses for your playthrough, each with a different ending (there are actually 4 endings, but I'll let you discover that for yourself, unless you want to know the context for it)
God Shattering Star plays on the last map/battle of one the 3 Houses (again, if you want to know which, I'll tell you)
The battle of the Eagles and Lions. This is my very favorite chapter and also favorite track. Compared to that is another version that plays on the same battleground 5 years later. The difference is incredible, you can hear and feel the despair.
Also, Blue Lions forever 💙
Edit: Ah, I see. You had the song in your list.
I can't edit my comments, so I have to use the reply function.
So, Between Heaven and Earth is that mentioned 2nd version.
Definitely a part 2 !!! This OST is a gold mine
roar of dominion is one of the most intense themes I've ever heard - highly recommend!
also, your reactions we're almost exactly how I felt when I first heard each theme
Yes, that one is not spoken about enough.
Now she needs a Three Hopes version of this vid and hear the Darkness Inferno Medley above anything else. That theme for me is one of the greatest final boss themes I ever heard. Also the Apex of the World version and Melody of Clarity… these three themes are the best.
I would 100000% recommend “A Funeral for Flowers” and “Chasing Daybreak” if you ever make another one of these Three Houses videos.
I seriously recommend the game.
Also, Family Jules has an English translation of the last track. It’s not exact but it gets the message across well, and (unless you consider the lyrics a spoiler because they give insight into the relevant character) spoiler free.
If you can’t get enough God Shattering Star, look up the covers by FamilyJules. The man who does the vocals for them is the voice actor of one of the lead characters, who was incredibly passionate about the game and constantly engaged with the community.
My god, Fodland Winds still gives me chills after all these years!
If there’s any other game you should check out, it should be Kid Icarus: Uprising. Many of the tracks in the game are comparable to that of a film score, since they NEVER loop when listening to them. They’re built around the places they play in-game, and react to events occurring in the stage itself. If you do cover this games here are some suggestions:
- The Return of Palutena
- The Reaper’s Line of Sight
- Viridi, Goddess of Nature (A personal favorite of mine)
- Lightning Battle (this one ESPECIALLY)
- Hades’ Infernal Theme
- Destroyed Skyworld
- Boss Battle 1
While those last two DO loop, they’re good enough that they deserve a spotlight.
Kid Icarus definitely needs to be noticed more tbh its one of my favorite games I played in 3DS
I was actually going to recommend this myself!
May I add:
-Boss Fight 2
-Main Menu (Viridi version)
Btw the (Rain) and (Thunder) denote two variations of the song. Since fire emblem is a turn-based, grid-based strategy game, you pick your guys and have them take an action. When they attack an enemy unit or support an allied one, the screen zooms in from the top-down map perspective where you move your units around like in chess, down to an on-the-field perspective where you watch the action you selected play out. When it zooms in, the song seamlessly transitions from the calmer Rain variant to the more intense Thunder variant and back again when it zooms back out
Really hypes up whatever you happen to be doing mid-fight lmao
One thing that's fun is the synthetic instruments represent an evil faction called "Those who slither in the dark" and are primarily used in their themes, and in the theme "Edge of Dawn" which is a character theme when the lyrics say "I fear the edge of dawn knowing time betrays." That's immedietly followed by an intrumental switch up to nearly all synths taking over the track for a few seconds of the track before switching back to the prior intruments and it tells a nice story
Someone may have already commented this, but the Rain and Thunder versions are for when you are out of combat and in combat. When you engage an enemy in this turnbase strategy game the camera goes from a top view of the battlefield to a close up view of your units that are attacking or defending. If you are in the top view angle where you select your units and decide what to do next, you'll hear the Rain version of the song that plays during a mission, but when the camera zooms in to the close up view of the action, it transitions to the Thunder version to heighten the tension. Hope this helps.
Also, I just started the video, so if you found out later in the video, sorry for the long winded explanation!
14:55 Shackled Wolves is the primary battle theme for the DLC/Side Story, featuring the "fourth" house, the Ashen Wolves!
Fear the Deer!
I hope you eventually try out the soundtrack for 3 Hopes, it’s a warriors spin-off/what-if scenario and while it does remix many songs from the original there’s also a fun amount of new music!
Also fun fact: Blue Skies and a Battle and Between Heaven and Earth are very related, kinda like the latter being a reprise of the former due to the events that happen when both of these play.
Something that goes under appreciated with this game as well is that the music that plays in battles has 2 form 1st for is when you’re deciding who to move or attack and 2nd is in the combat itself where the music get more tense but it transitions perfectly and many people don’t even notice it
Fe3h has one of if not my favorite ost of all time it’s so unfairly good. Not even just the music either, this game is so peak
Several comments have already recommended The Edge of Dawn and Apex of the World, and a few have recommended Chasing Daybreak and Shambhala Area 17, so I'm going to do something slightly different. I'm going to recommend a few songs from a spin-off(?) game, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. Specifically: Ashen Demon, Melody of Clarity, and Darkness. A lot of the game's other songs are remixes of songs from Three Houses, but while these three songs borrow leitmotifs, they're ultimately original songs that don't exist in Three Houses.
pleeeaase do a pt 2 eventually. so many gems in the ost. beautiful or songs that go super hard. yes it's a masterful mix of orchestral and synth
the motifs of the main theme and the theme of like the monastery (sort of the home base/hub world of the game) show up Everywhere. and they're so memorable that it's been like two years since ive touched the game but i am singing along to all of these songs easily
the context for shackles wolves is this is the non final boss map/battle music for the side story dlc with 4 character being part of the ashen wolf house
We’re gonna need a part 2 for this one. Lots of stuff others already mentioned! I’d love to see Indomitable Will, Roar of Dominion, Chasing Daybreak, Funeral of Flowers (Rain and Thunder versions, trust me, you need to hear both. Completely different from other Thunder versions).
And if there’s a part 3 (lmao sorry), I’d love to see you react to some of the Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes versions of some songs, it’s more of a orchestral rock vibe of some of the same songs and lots of new songs, it’s awesome too! Melody of Clarity (Part 1 Inferno) from that game is like a sequel to God-Shattering Star, in a way
In reference to your comment about the rain part of the track title and I am sure somebody else has mentioned it but most modern Fire emblem tracks have reactive ost's for battle music, where there is a version that plays when you are looking at the map and a version that plays when you zoom into the battle. This is done seamlessly as you play and both tracks have the same name on the ost but art marked by subtitles denoting what version, for three houses I believe they are Rain and Thunder tracks.
Also I'm 90% sure the singer for God shattering star also sings Lord of a dead empire from Fire emblem Echoes if you are looking for more like that.
Shackled Wolves actually uses the main theme melody in reverse! Just like how Zelda’s Lullaby backwards is The Ballad of the Goddess in Zelda: Skyward Sword
During a battle there’s 2 music tracks that play parallel to each other, one while on the map, one while in combat, when you phase in and out of combat the music transition is seamlessly transitioned into the other track, which is why the best way to listen to the battle themes in Fire emblem games would be the versions by ZX Apocrypha, they have both versions fall in and out of each other so it’s more faithful to what the game actually plays to you
(for 3 houses the Thunder version is the battle phase version and usually goes harder)
So the deal with the (Rain) and (Thunder) brackets. Basically Three houses has a dynamic soundtrack, when you're overlooking battles, choosing where units need to go (since F.E uses tactical combat) you'll hear the rain version of the themes, but when a fight between 2 units actually HAPPENS, the camera zooms into them and plays out the fight, and the music shifts to the more bombastic and clashing thunder version
This game is ABSOLUTELY above all, one of my favorite games of all time! And I ABSOLUTELY love the soundtrack and would recommend another reaction! I'd recommend “The Edge of Dawn” (The vocal version), apex of the world, Roar of Dominion, A Funeral of Flowers, and Shambhala Area 17 Redux! I really, really, really hope you do a second video to this soundtrack!!
P.S Would love an LP of this game ;)
so, some of three houses songs are categorized into rain (calm) version and thunder(intense) version the main diifference is one is the map version(rain) and the other is the combat version(thunder) some differences you hear is the type of instruments used.
Thank you so much for listening to one of my favorite soundtracks! If you ever do a Part 2, I hope you'll try Chasing Daybreak, Roar of Dominion and Funeral of Flowers!
Also, if you want another Nintendo game with a film-like score, Kid Icarus: Uprising has some phenomenal orchestra pieces!
One of my favorite games and OSTs of all time!! If you ever want to do a part 2, here are some recommendations:
Roar of Dominion
Indomitable Will
Chasing Daybreak
The Long Road
Dwellings of the Ancient Gods
Shambhala (Area 17 redux)
Anyway, it was great to see you discover this OST/game. Listen to it regularly.
I’ve never seen your stuff before but as a musician myself and a huge Fire Emblem fan, seeing you just get fully immersed and appreciate the music brings a huge smile on my face!
If you ever listen to some more Fire Emblem Three houses specifically, please listen to Shambhala. It really shows the “range” of the ost in this game
FETH is my favorite Fire Emblem game, I played 4 playthroughs back to back to back to back lol. It holds the top spot in playtime on my Switch of like 560 hours. It's only draw back I can agree with is sure some of it's visuals could be higher quality, but it's characters, the story, the replay ability, the sound tracks, the gameplay are all just AMAZING.
Great video!! You should listen to the themes “As fierce as fire” and “As swift as wind”, awesome and iconic tracks.
They are phenomenal battle prep themes.
Fun fact: Both song's titles are actually pulled from a quote from very famous book, none other than Sun Tzu's "The Art of War".
Oh my god oh my god oh my GOD
You need to do a Part 2, like, yesterday. I’m that serious girl.
You havent even heard Funeral of Flowers (rain is phenomenal but thunder version is the GOAT), The Edge of Dawn -Seasons of Warfare-, Apex of the World, Paths that Will Never Cross, Tearing Through Heaven…..
This game’s OST is a treasure trove of masterfully woven pieces, it will be a treat for you I’m sure 🤧
There is a cover of God Shattering Star where the musician gets the one of the VA's from the game to sing it..... it is AMAZING
So, you enjoyed the OST. Now, just imagine playing roughly 75hrs for EACH route and listening to this music the ENTIRE time... It is/was quite fantastic to say the least
I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Shackled Wolves, starting at 15:09 of this video to 15:21, is just the reverse of the leitmotiff of Edge of Dawn, the game's main theme.
Fire Emblem as a series is so phenomenal wonderful characters and music, very few things get as much of a reaction out of me as Fire Emblem, I listen to the OSTs of multiple games constantly, so many catchy and badass themes.
I love watching musician's first reaction to God Shattering Star. This track gets a reaction out of everyone, and you didn't disappoint.
About the 'Shackled Wolves' track, the one that left you confused about how all over the place it was... it's the combat theme for a group of four misfits that banded together out of necessity, in order to get out of some bad situations they found themselves in (re: shackled. They also call themselves the Ashen Wolves, so track name get).
My guess for the chaotic nature of the song is because it doubles as their respective character themes, with various parts corresponding to one of said misfits respectively. The piano section for the somber but snarky girl, the groovy part for the suave but shady pretty boy, the harp section for the girl with the split personality and the bombastic brass part for the bombastic but not too smart leader(?) of the group. Maybe.
Didn't think you'd do this so soon after Awakening! Three Houses is my absolute favourite game of all time, in no small part due to the OST. I was even listening to Chasing Daybreak at work today!
Oooooo you gotta do a part 2 of this, there's still so so many good songs on this game
Apex of the World, Tempest of Seasons ( specially, this is my favorite one ), Corridors of the Tempest, As Swift as Wind and As Fierce as Fire
Although I would be satisfied with just the first three ones xD, those are bangers
YESSS
If you do a part 2 I would LOVE to hear Funeral of Flowers (Thunder and Rain versions for comparison!)
So there are two parts to every battle track in Modern Fire Emblem games, usually denoted as X/Y versions. In Three Houses, Rain is the Strategy theme, moving units around the map and such, while the Thunder Versions are for combat, when the battle animations play out.
For example in Fates they are Calm for strategy and Roar for combat, and the Warriors alternate story Three Hopes has Embers and Inferno for the strategy menu and combat themes.
Fodlan Winds and Fodlan Winds (Rain) as well as all other tracks with a Rain variation are basically the battle themes.
The two variations play in slightly different keys so when you're looking at your units from a Birds-eye view on the *tactical map* it's less intense than when you move a unit to attack, which shifts the perspective so you're watching from the thick of the fighting while the soundtrack transitions to more intense notes.
*sees title of the video* Me: You damn right it is.
Before Octopath Traveler 2, I’ve never felt so invested in a story as I did when playing Three Houses in a long time. It’s such an amazing game with a remarkable cast of characters and a gripping story that tugs at your heartstrings.
Shackled Wolves is one of the DLC battle songs. The Ashen Wolves are the "fourth house" accessible through the DLC.
I know there’s a ton of other people suggesting game OST’s to react to, but I honestly think you would really like the OMORI soundtrack. It has such a way of communicating the feelings and raw emotions in each and every one of the tracks. You can really feel the sadness, the joy, the absolute Terror just as you would actually playing the game itself. That accompanied by the sheer variety in the music styles while also keeping it consistent enough that you can see the songs flowing from the same game is super cool to me.
Fair warning, there are some pretty heavy spoilers to the storyline of the game in the soundtrack alone, so if you do search the game up and find it as something that interests you I would totally recommend playing it for yourself ! Genuinely one of my favorite games of all time and I think it deserves more recognition.
I really love this Game so much and the music is one reason why.
And cause you asked the "Rain" music is what you hear mostly cause its on the Map/Battlefield and if you are going in the Fight some tracks dynamicly change into their "Thunder" versions
Discovered your channel with this and instantly subbed, hoping to see more of this amazing soundtrack!
When songs say rain, thats the track that plays when you're viewing the entire battle map. Theres another version with Thunder in the brackets, which plays during the combat itself.
You should make a Part 2 with the other final boss themes (Apex of the World, Funeral of Flowers, and At What Cost?) as well as a longer version of the ending of the main theme, The Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare)! This game goes WAYY beyond just the tracks you've listened to (God-Shattering Star isn't the only god-tier one).
by far one of my favorite soundtracks in any game i've played.
Just for clarification.
Fire emblem is a turn based strategy rpg.
As such there are specific instances where a fight is going on.
Rain variants of music play while you’re moving pieces around.
Thunder variants play while swords are clashing.
The gameplay is broken down into 2 main bits: the overhead perspective of the player controlling the player characters, this is where the (Rain) versions play. When you have your character Engage in a battle, the game zooms in to see it play out. This is when the music intensifies becoming the (Thunder) variant. Both versions are incredible, but listening to them back to back is a journey.
Fun fact: most the the time the music goes electronic, it happens when you enter combat against someone, and reverts to orchestral when it zooms back out to the map screen. Really neat system.
One of the games of all time for me, up there with Awakening on the 3DS
Love you're checking out Fire Emblem! Would also suggest Fire Emblem: Echoes Shadows of Valentia as that also has an awesome set of songs.
If you do a follow up, I have to recommend you listen to “Shambhala / Area 17”. Trust me, it’ll get you off guard.
And if you’re willing to do one from the spin off game 3 Hopes, please try the team of the player character of 3 Houses, called “The Ashen Demon”.
PLEASE do a part two for Three Houses! There are SO many good themes in this game that deserve a reaction :)
Should also check out three hopes and the remixes of these songs that it did along with the original tracks it had
I want to do another playthrough of Three Houses again thanks to this.
Edit: Also, you should check out Seasons of Warfare (Also from Three Houses).
Was not expecting this! Fire emblem is my favourite tactics series EVER
There are SO many good tracks in this game. And the story is so heartrendingly tragic, it all comes out in the music
This is my favorite video game OST of all time, i highly recommend listening to more of it
You can say what you will about the class reunion, but you cannot deny it has awesome music
Oh my god yes my favorite Fire Emblem!! I'm so happy you liked it.
There's so many more amazing, incredible songs in this game!
Highly suggest Edge of Dawn and Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare) is the main theme for one of the main characters Edelgard) and its SUCH a well-done mood shifter! its gorgeous!
Please please please listed to Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia it is my personal favorite it’ll be hard to choose which ones to showcase. The Scions’ Dance In Purgatory is one of my favorite songs period hard stop. Pride and Arrogance is really good too, they’re both themes for the same villain.
Part 2 PLEASE!! hopefully with Chasing Daybreak and Indomitable Will !!
Blue Skies and a Battle, and then Between Heaven and earth. They perfectly illustrate the difference between one chpater and another.
Without saying much, the first one is a big mock battle, without much else going on. The 2nd one however, the scale and what is at stake, you know this is the real deal now.
No more games, this is a real war now.
Part 2 some day 🤭 alot of killer tracks still
The last track gives me Daughter of the Dark God vibes from Octopath Traveler somewhat (to which it and it’s sequel both have astounding soundtracks).
(Also, another breathtaking soundtrack is Kena Bridge of Spirits).
While the story got me thru the game for my first play through, the soundtrack made the next three bearable. So many amazing tracks, but the one I'd recommend you listen to is Shambhara. It's just so different, it's like, 'wait, I thought this game was set medieval-like'
Would really enjoy a Part 2 with more non-combat music. Because yes, the combat themes in the game are incredible, and there’s too many good ones to give justice to every one. But the support themes and area/cutscene themes are also well deserving of more attention, even if they‘re shorter. And obviously "The Edge of Dawn" is a must for this OST
This is a banger OST, enjoyed the reaction. Hoping for a part 2!
For me "Life at Garreg Mach Monastery" is the iconiest theme of the game, maybe because you spend a lot of time walking and talking in the monastery.
Shackled wolves is the battle theme for the Maps in the DLC story and the characters introduced therein
Hilariously, the electronic elements mixed in with the orchestral, acoustic stuff has a thematic parallel in the game, where the world is a sort of medieval fantasy, except the one faction that is... somewhat more advanced. Which is a sort of surprise very late in the game in an area where the electronic elements in the soundtrack comes to the foreground. It's a great use of of timbre to reinforce the story.