@@SnakebitSTI drakengard/nier in a nutshell: "you accidentally sent a church full of dragons you made to fight aliens back in time and god has decided to hard reset your timeline.", repeat cycle until he leaves you or your waifu alone
Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara went so hard with this entire game's soundtrack, breaks my heart that you can't buy any of the tracks outside of Japan
this sadly is a thing for most OSTs, hence me importing them because no wonder I'm gonna let art like that sit idling on an island somewhere in the eastern part of this world while we only get "more boring and mainstream oriented" music around here physically purchasable.
The way the panning stereo chopped orchestral hits feel like dread closing in on you from all sides while the singer's voice just barely penetrates the din, giving profound relief but no reason to hope... I'm obsessed.
Lyrics: Crimson lights the sky, the bird still asleep Like a dream it shines, from heaven's safe keep Childrens songs we sung, as soft as the breeze Endless fields, our home, I long for those days I call out these prayers to the sky, heavy with thought, see your face I carry these memories inside, thoughts of a soul colored by love See me grow wings and fly high, passions will die down below I burn in a basin of fire, watchers look on as they dance in their merciless sky Watching me, watching you Silent black, the dawn, and time tells its tale Darkened blood, it flows, the forest receives Look within the dark as deep as you dare There inside you find destruction you seek I call out these prayers to the sky, heavy with thought, see your face I carry these memories inside, thoughts of a soul colored by love See me grow wings and fly high, passions will die down below I burn in a basin of fire, watchers look on as they dance in their merciless sky Watching me, watching you...watching me
Something I noticed recently is the parallels between this and ashes of dreams of replicant. Both start with lyrics about the sky, birds, fields, and even children singing songs. Weight of the world also has some parallels by saying the sky looks ominous, and how it's lyrics describe how exhausted 2b is. But if feels far more hopeful which is fitting as it's the only game with a happy ending. Fitting for a series about the gods attempt at punishing and ending humanity. The only ones to not meet a tragic end are artificial humans.
"Crimson lights the sky, the bird still asleep Like a dream it shines, from heaven's safe keep Childrens songs we sung, as soft as the breeze Endless fields, our home, I long for those days" - Growing Wings "Once there were trees full of birds, Meadowlands vibrant with flowers; Carefree the songs our children once sang Gilding our minutes and hours. Clouds came and covered the sun, The breath of a baleful unease Turning to ashes flowers in their fields, Silenced the birds in their trees." - Ashes Of Dreams
@@flaminhotdumpster7411 I'm assuming they were talking about the androids, not replicants. Replicants could be argued as still being human, considering they're still flesh and blood.
Replicant got the same kind of ending as Automata. They survive their post credits and what happens from there the player doesn't get to see. We know Replicants are all doomed to die out, but that's nothing sad because everyone dies one day anyways irl so their fates could be no different than our own. Yoko taro didn't tell us how they lived or how long they lived after the ending so we don't known if they died peacefully or miserably. Automata is the same except even more up in the air because there's no sequel to Automata yet. We have some post ending lore that does tell us what kind of happens after ending E, but alls we know is they survive. For how long is unknown. So both games endings are "happy". But a yoko taro happy ending is more like a very bittersweet ending for most. Drakengard is the one that just objectively ends horrifyingly. You save your timeline but doom an entire other timeline just for doing battle briefly in one of its cities. It's fuuuucked.
@@trevorveillette8415 when you consider the lore we have for dragons its entirely possible that the sins of humanity angelus talks about is sending the cathedral city and dragons across time subsequently fucking with the watchers plan causing them to start trying to screw the world over just adding on to the bleak happy endings in nier in a misguided attempt to not die fighting aliens we pissed off god and made things worse when a mass murderer who likes dragons "a little too much" somehow managed to stop them
God I wish Yoko Taro would do more like this. Everytime I see Furiae, I feel such tragedy. From the very second you start the story up, she’s doomed with no happy ending in sight for her. When her only crime was loving her brother a little too much. I can never get enough Drakengard. Too bad he’ll never do dark stories like this again :(
I mean, idk about Voice of cards or Sinoalice but like the later NieR and Drakengard games are pretty dark, from NieR being a genocidal mass murderer that refuses to acknowledge the Shades are anything except mindless monsters, Zero being on a murder suicide mission, and the YoRHa members being disposable pieces of machinery. They may be visually more colorful and Automata is definitely a lot more hopeful than the previous games, but they're all still some of the darkest video game stories around.
I like a lot about this track and the whole Drakengard soundtrack, the dissonance, the scattered and eclectic nature of it, the glitchiness and jarring composition, but I think my favorite part of this track is the whispered echoes of the lyrics. Great music
Listened to this song again for the first time in a while. Probably one of the most beautiful songs ever made, from the soundtrack of one of the best games too. I almost cried, this song is really incredible.
This is probably one of my favourite songs of all time, not only does it come from such a fantastic game but the sound is just so incredibly pleasing to my ears, truly a masterpiece.
This song of Furiae's exhaustion describes her unfiltered feelings. Caim's tells his story and the true multitude of emotions behind his character. The two siblings are very clear contrasts of each other and are very intriguing. P.S: A comment said the horns in Caim's song sound like Dragons laughing. Considering the Dragons are actually the devolved versions of the Watchers, I would not be surprised if that was a literal assumption.
Flip your headphones/earbuds around. Somehow it sounds different. I don't know how to explain this but the notes sound faster. Bit of a strange experience.
This story wouldn’t fly with modern audience and industry nowadays. Most likely a very toned down and watered down version with typical anime art style instead of the semi-realistic it had.
I haven’t had a soundtrack that gave me chills so much since the Nier soundtracks. It’s so chaotic and somber. I really do hope this game gets a remastered like Nier did
@@JabamiLain The Souls is more about melancholy and dereliction, and what happens after tragedy befalls the world. It's the result of ancient chaos and the dusty, ashen aftermath of it all, and the weathered, cursed souls who trudge onwards through the bleakness. Drakengard is more about the violent unfolding of chaos and the cataclysmic events that cause tragedy, as well as the characters caught within it. I say they nail their respective themes individually though. Still, they're a bit different thematically
I really wish I wish I could erase all of my memories of all the Drakengard/Nier games and play them again for the first time. Best story telling and lore I've ever seen in games, and the best soundtrack I've ever heard. Yoko Taro is such a special treasure to this world.
Yeah I feel the same. Many of the songs from the OST gave me Silent Hill vibes. Like, what if the guy who made the Silent Hill music did a medieval soundtrack. It's really awesome for a creating a unique kind of music and I like it quite a lot.
I have been thinking about the importance of music for the Watchers to use their power and how important music is for Inuart, to the point that's his Pact's price. I wished there were videos dedicated to analysing this game's characters, such as the similarities between Inuart and Seere as artist/scholar and what makes Manah and Caim reflections of one another. Because it would help me spread this theory. I'm starting to think Inuart may indeed have Intoner blood in him (don't know if it is Brother One, Five or Zero that is his ancestor). It could explain, if you take anything about the disasterous happy go spin-off seriously, why only he and Furiae could use the Seed to birth the New breed. Dragon DNA mixed with Intoner and Goddess material... Remember that in "Drakengard 1.3", it is implied Dragons might actually be the Watchers from "Drakengard 1". I think this is the New breed they were unknowingly strifing for. The Watchers from "DoD 1" are VERY different from the ones from "3". They feel like black holes in baby form rather than destructive beasts of immense power. I think that's because they don't simply have Intoner power. They have dragon and Goddess power to back them up. That said, I don't think Inuart and Furiae died in the fortress. I think he her convinced her to bang, bringing the Watchers from "Drakengard 1.3" over.
@@novustalks7525 not all of them. Brother One survived. And he too is an Intoner since, just like his Sister is an extension of Zero, he's an extension of One. And they make it pretty clear One did not have a Disciple, which means that truly isn't Brother One's role. Also, in the manga pre-dating "Drakengard 1.3", in which Brother One is after all of his descendants, Accord comments on Inuart's non-existance and that she has theories on it.
According to the manga that is the official ending of Drakengard 3 that leads to Drakengard 1 he was beheaded but not by a Dragon weapon, hence he is still alive and the source of the red eye disease. @@novustalks7525
Most people say this song gives them a sense of dread. But to be honest, when I hear this song, all I want to do is to Manah's dance, adding to the coreography a part in which I'm moving my arms and hands as if they're wings ready to take me to the skies.
Pretty much Furiae's fault. Since she wants be the Juno to Jupiter (if you looked it up about roman mythology of Juno and Jupiter, you'll loose you'll lunch)
Except being a weird ass incel entitled as fuck, thinks just because he loves a girl he deserves her love and affection already. And sexually assaults her, nice message there. Bruh. Add Leonard into that if you want to sound even more creepy...
Interesting... There's a video in which my earpieces have the notes going out of different sides regarding this videos. And because my brain isn't used to hear them in that other order, the sound comes off different and as if it was in another order. This truly is a chaotic sound.
Is there a flac/lossless version for this specific version of the song with angelus' dialogue in the beginning? I have the version without dialogue, but the gamerip with it adds a lot.
After watching "Evangelion", I was afraid of losing my respect for "Drakengard", so I watched the first game again (but only route C and I used my imagination to turn routes B, D and E into a single one). Best decision of my life, because it allowed me to gain a new appreciation for the characters, particularly Caim, that I failed to grasp the first time. Now I understand that while he's a warrior and I'm a scholar, and even though I feel more compassion for children than he does, we might not be so different when it comes to how we feel towards our respective sisters and how we want the forces above us to see us. I love my sisters too, but I don't see them much in my future, just like Caim doesn't see Furiae in his despite finding her adorable. And he wants God to remember him for all eternity as a warrior, just as I want to be remembered as someone who dances sloppily in the chaos while taking mental notes and commenting on everything like some sort of theatre play. My observations leaving everyone in awe due to how orderly chaotic they sound. We will both be remembered by our respective resilience. This game is a masterpiece, the characters are masterpieces (with Caim, Angelus and Seere being relatable to me), and I apologize for saying I prefered "Evangelion" over "Drakengard". I prefer both in equal measure. It's a crime to put either below/above the other.
Guys, guys... Nier was the only one capable of having a full Pact with the Grimoire, right ? And his Gestalt looked like an angel. What if he's actually one of Brother One's descendants ?
I recently finished an anime called "Lost Song"... And I just MUST recreate this scene, with all characters at their worst: -I'm just a boy. A scientist... What's this ? This dirt ? Al (the protag's foster brother): ...No... -Why do you want others happy so badly ? Why throw yourself to harm ? Forget Finis and stay. Forget Finis and stay ! Please, don't sing anymore. Please, embrace me...Rin. Rin: Al ? -I can see into your heart. -No ! Stop it ! -Smoke won't shut me up. I'm no man ! Men use swords and ride horses ! I hate them ! I'm a four eyed weirdo ! Otherwise you wouldn't see me as your brother ! Al: No, please... -Please... I hate this world ! It needs destroying ! I'll never be Leobolt ! Please, embrace me Rin ! -I'm sorry ! -So, you failed at playing the man of the team. You can't save the one you love, because she doesn't want to be saved. What now ? I'm not sure he would commit suicide, since he's not a seal like Furiae...but since the world is ending in the anime, I guess he would want to go out on his terms.
Let me see if I can recreate it again, based around the sleepy girl. In her case however, it's more centered around self-harm, which she seems to develop later after repressing it for a long time: -I'm sleepy. I'm always sleepy. The world is dangerous and makes me sleepy. I don't want to stay in it ! -Allu (her older sister), I'm.. -Sleepy. Allu, why won't you put me to sleep forever ? Hold me in your arms, and then put my hoodie on. You won't have to look while you do it. -Hey ! You stop making that stuff up about my sister ! -Allu...(The younger sister begins crying as she struggles to stay awake) -I had Four eyes's dog bite me, but it did nothing. I still wanted to sleep to stop the fear. Do it Allu ! Cuddle me, put my hoodie on to cover my face, and then hold my neck ! -Stop it ! (She tries to punch Manah, but fails) -Always beating softly. Always using everything as your drum, even me... Yet you never use your strength to put me at ease permanently. Do it ! -Allu... -Huh !? -I'm...sorry. -So, her mom isn't enough to keep her here anymore. What will you do now ? In short, what that woman of "Evangelion" did. First, she chokes Manah. Then...well, not sure about suicide, since she doesn't learn of Rin's secret until it's too late, not to mention she's part of her orchestra, but something in her would certainly snap. Then again, snapping could have her forget that oath.
I can understand not liking it. But it is an intentional stylistic choice. Melody is very important to JP songs in creating the atmosphere you're supposed to feel from a song. WIth that in mind, the notes they used just make perfect sense and need no change.
Actually it's 3 Notes, take of the left part of your headphone. The right sound is doubled, the left one is singular. It's on purpose cause your brain filters the second bump, unless you pay attention to it, which creates a more chaotic field. No clue if most hearers even know it, but it gives the song a doubled depth.
