Final Fantasy XIII: LR - Almighty Bhunivelze | Reacting To Video Game Music! 

This song is really interesting... the context for this song is a boss battle (of course) against an almighty god... it pits "holiness" of the choir against the "chaos" of the instrumentation.... alluding to the fact that the God is not as benevolent as it seems. This song was made in part to rival another final boss theme from the series, maybe I'll request it for next month! (Also love 13's percussion, it's sooooo good.)

the most ambitious Final Fantasy boss theme since Dancing Mad

FFXIII trilogy is overlooked a lot because gameplay-wise it wasn't very popular, but honestly, everything else about the games was top-notch.

I actually love this song because of the dissonance. It's rough, but in a good way, and it perfectly fits the mood of the fight for that reason.

When he said Dissonance and you questioned it, everyone in the room who knows this song started smiling.

Not just any boss battle, but the boss battle of the entire FF13 (trilogy) series. Basically biblical God in that world.

This could very well be the most underrated final boss theme in all of gaming because of how controversial the Final Fantasy 13 series is, and how this is in the final game of the 3, meaning if you didn't like the first game you never heard this composition. However if you committed to playing all three of the games and got invested in them, the payoff is this epic final fight with the literal God of the universe that has been screwing with the main character's life in such a soul consuming capacity. Everything is falling into chaos by the time you face Bhunivelze and this is the final stage of the boss where he is literally sprouting from the tapestry of the universe that is curling in towards you as he's destroyed most of it in hopes of remaking it from scratch. What I wouldn't give to see this piece performed live with a massive orchestra and chorus.

12:45: This leit motif is a direct call back that explains to the player that because of the things that happened in the first game, we are here now. The Fal'cie's plan to call their creator back actually worked.

Yeah it's wild that song never loops. Composing that HAD to be an ordeal

It was composed by Mitsuto Suzuki, who is one of my favorite composers, and definitely an underrated one. He’s not been a main composer of a mainline FF game, but he was for Mobius Final Fantasy, which was a mobile game (incredible soundtrack that’s not talked about enough). He’s also worked on the FF13 trilogy and FF7 Remake.

From Final Fantasy 1-9, the main composer was Nobuo Uematsu. In FF10 Uematsu composed songs alongside Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano. FF10-2 was composed by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi. In 11, it was Uematsu, Naoshi Mizuta, and Kumi Tanioka. The main composer for FF12 was Hitoshi Sakimoto with Uematsu and a few other composers only contributing 6 tracks total. Masashi Hamauzu was the main composer for the FF13 games. Nobuo Uematsu composed the soundtrack for Final Fantasy 14 1.0 but after the game was rebooted in FF14 A Realm Reborn, Masayoshi Soken took over as main composer for 14. The main composer for FF15 was Yoko Shimomura. Hope this helps, it's a lot to keep track of though.

This is probably one of the most experimental boss themes i've ever heard

It's pronounced Boo-Neh-Vel-Zah, but I really don't expect anyone to say it correctly if they never heard it spoken. Also I think this is the longest Final Boss theme in the series, even longer than Dancing Mad. Also, you want anxious? Try listening to this while fighting this boss on Hard difficulty. I felt like I needed a Xanax afterwards.

everything you said really nailed it. this has leitmotifs from across the entire trilogy. i love how experimental this track was. i remember seeing everyone commenting how this was an awful track back when the game was first released (probably because of the dissonance you mentioned). now everyone loves it haha. i was really looking forward to this reaction when i saw you queued it up. this was one of my favorite games back when i was in high school.

Yep, it's meant to be chaotic. When you hear this song in game you are at the very end of time itself, after the world that all three XIII games take place in has collapsed and gone supernova due to plot reasons, and you are about to face Bhunivelze aka God himself who turns out to be a complete asshole. This song is a mismatch of bits and pieces from many other songs throughout the XIII trilogy, think of it like a journey back across all three games but pumped up to the max because well it's a boss battle after all.

Lightning is such an under rated protagonist and my personal favourite and no it's not because she is best girl

The theme fits to the boss since it was just god but he looked really horrifying and abstract.

A lot of JRPGs love to have a final boss fight where you fight and dethrone GOD but this imo is one of the best themes that captures that exact mood. Everything about it just feels so massive in scale and chaotic, this has made me wanna give all the FF13 OSTs another listen lately.

This song is for the last phase of the final boss, God himself. It's also a mix of other songs in the 13 series. Especially the last part. Also this takes place in space cause why wouldn't it. One more thing, this is intentionally 13 minutes cause it's FF13, who would've known lol

You definitely look at Bayonettas The greatest Jubilee, many people like to compare it to Almighty Bhinivelze because they both have the same feel however the greatest Jubilee is less chaotic

It’s weird how I’ve personally heard this song quite a few times playing the game but hearing it on its own without playing I can actually hear the clashing between Bhunivelze and Lightning more clearly than normally, it sounds almost brand new to me lol

The composer for this is Mitsuto Suzuki. While Masashi Hamauzu was the main composer for the FF13 trilogy, by the time of the third game (which is Lightning Returns), Naoshi Mizuta and Suzuki became more like the main composers instead. You can tell by looking at the final boss themes where Hamauzu wasn't involved in at all. Mizuta composed the first final boss theme ("Divine Love") while Suzuki composed this, the second final boss theme ("Almighty Bhunivelze"). I can't pinpoint Suzuki's musical style yet but I would say that Mizuta and Suzuki's music in the FF13 trilogy sound a little like Hamauzu's style. It's like their composition style sort of rubbed with each other. The official length for this is about 13 minutes (a nod to the "13" in FF13), and while it might sound like it's looped once, it's not. The overall structure of the first half and the second half is the same but there are differences in those two parts. But yeah, as you pointed out, this is full of dissonance and leitmotifs. Honestly, it's one of the favourite tracks in the trilogy if not my favourite. I'll also add that Hamauzu himself also likes to employ dissonance in his music. For example, "Saber's Edge" which you have also reacted to, has some dissonance there too. That's composed by Hamauzu.

Lyrics ALMIGHTY BHUNIVELZE Unofficial lyrics by DerUbermensch (DeviantArt) LATIN: Deum time, et ira! Omnipotens Bhunivelze! Ne in ira tua! Noli timere tuas! At vero in finem dierum Raptus est in gloria! Time amorem divinum et aeternum quod instat! Dea Mortis, servabo, Ut tempora recte ducam. Etsi cor in Chaos, Aut Fortuna bella ferat. Ragnarok de Dies Irae l'Cie Pultis. Tuum fatum sequeris. Sanctuarium tuum affligeas. Per somnum aeternum Numen divinum dictus est Viator elamentabilis. ENGLISH: Fear the wrath of God! Almighty Bhunivelze! Fear thy wrath! Fear the end of days! The glorious rapture! Fear thy divine love and eternal hand! Goddess of Death, I will protect, As I lead time straight. Even if there is a heart in Chaos, Or if Fortune may bring wars. Ragnarok Come Day of Wrath, O Pulse l'Cie. Embrace thy fate, thine home to burn. That fallen souls might bare our plea To hasten the Divine's return. O piteous Wanderer.

This is one of my favourite tunes of all time including non-game stuff. Just outstanding avant-garde neoclassical piece that exudes absolute power and authority. It's just incredible

I found your channel from a different reaction and i thought "oh man he should do the final boss song from lighting returns" and YOU ALREADY DID! Thank you to whomever you requested it!!!

It's the final boss of the game, to be exact FFXIII-3 lighting returns. And it is while literally fighting the God of the world after disobeying

Really, I don't like LR ost as much as I like 13 and 13-2 ost, but this game has some songs that are amazing, like this one. If I can I recommend you some of the first 2 games too, Hamauzu is a genius, I love his music.

can't wait to see you react to "Evolution of Chocobo Theme"

This piece is full of references to the trilogy so, when you factor that in, it sounds so much more mind blowing, specially during the game. It's my absolute favourite piece of music ever.

Brother, almost 8k subs! I started watching you literally the other day with Unbending Steel at 7k, and here you are! So proud of you man! keep it up.

Wow, that was intense. Parts of that reminded me of a later Mahler or Shostakovich symphony.

Sorry this comment is so late, I haven't seen all your vids, so I'm picking through them! At around 12:50, that (yet again) unfamiliar, unpredictable piece they injected at that point in the song I'm almost certain is "Fighting fate" Barthandelus's battle theme, from the first Ff13 game(they go ff13, 13-2, then LR(Lightning returns)13)

Till this day I stand by Lightning Returns FF13 as being the best one in the trilogy....This fight alone fulfilled my fantasy of being immersed in an intense battle with THE God while the song simultaneously calls him out for being this corrupted perverted version of divine light. I fucking love it! 😆

if you like dissonance and a chaotic sound i would recommend the drakengard 1 soundtrack there's some good songs, its kinda of hit or miss though, it sets a good tone for the crazy stuff that happens in that game like giant baby's coming down from space and eating everyone :)

I'm a big music nut, I grew up with rhythm games and did a little bit of percussion when I was younger (although part of me still wants to learn piano), and thats why I love channels like yours and Alex Moukala that talk more in depth on the music. Since watching both, I notice more details in music. Dissonant songs are always fun since they can be very hard to predict, and uf done right can really convey chaos. This song and dancing mad are two really good examples of it done well.

Great game, too hate from ff old fans, i like the three games, and good soundtrack, this battle is great.

Also there are a few themes from the game, from the sides you experience from him all mixed together

Forgot how crazy this song was, totally fit the boss fight. BTW, not video game related, but look up some Frank Zappa and Stravinsky if you're interested in more dissonant music. Petrushka (ballet) is worth listening to the whole way through!

Lighting Returns was a really weird game IMO, and this being the final boss theme encapsulates the mood perfectly. It's actually my least favorite game in the FF13 series, and I can't even say that I particularly like the song in terms of listening to it, but as far as setting the mood it absolutely fits the bill.

I don't know why but the longer I listen to it the more it grew on me. At first I didn't know what to think of it. Started to get a tear at the last couple minutes before the organ.

I just found your channel a few days ago from the dmc reactions and I've been hooked ever since. I gotta say though, your covers are so good too.(Wesker is my favorite character ever so bonus points for that cover.)

I adored ff13 and ff13-2, never got to play lightning returns. Praying for a remaster on ps4/5 but with all that square are up to at the moment with ff16, endwalker, ff7 remake part 2 it would be a while.

Who ever told you to react to this is an amazing human being

Been really enjoying your reactions! If I could make a suggestion: Weight of the World (Prelude) from FFXIV. As someone who only knew the original WotW from Nier Automata, the FFXIV version of the song was quite a shock to the system in a good way.

You’ve gotta listen to the metal gear rising songs, they’d be right up your alley. Red sun is my personal favourite but they are all insanely good

now i wanna play ff13-3 edit: @12:47 is the boss tune on ff13-1

Lightning the god slayer

I just found my favourite type of music thanks to your channel xD

Coming back to realize- the number 13 plays a big role in the worlds structure through history, even the daytime is 26 hours on a 13 dial clock. In the second game, the realm that governs time often shows the 13th hour being struck before the end of the world. In the last 13th minute of the song you can kind of "hear the music fall apart" which perfectly alludes to the boss fight being the end of all time

There is some STRONG Jerry Goldsmith vibes in this track. Absolutely love it

I am once again suggesting Airbuster from FFVII Remake :)

I love this song, is the very very epic Battle the Best!!!

One of The Better Songs In FF history

Soken didn't work on this particular game. I never played this one, but it reminds me a lot of the older Final Fantasy boss themes that Nobuo Uematsu did back in the day. It's really got Dancing Mad from FFVI or One Winged Angel from FFVII energy to be sure. Also this song kind of gives me a headache. Not in a bad way I mean, it's jus ta really heavy song to listen too.

This is, definitely, imo, one of those songs that you kinda NEED the context to appreciate. I can definitely understand that from an outside perspective, the song would be very difficult to understand or interpret, let alone enjoy without said context. That said, i'm glad the music was still able to get across the confusion and cacophony to you without the context.

I want that song in FFXIV for a top tier boss

I know I'm a new subscriber and requested some FF-14 music awhile ago but since you have so many FF songs being requested I actually would like to put a request in for some different kinds of Boss fight music. Some are definitely a bit more "video gamey" then what's been seen so far but I feel you may enjoy them and I know you aren't likely to get to any of these anytime soon due to me not being a patreon member but that's all right, just offering up some variety. 1. Touhou 14 - Primordial Beat : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s-EuVBIY7-g.html 2. Touhou 14 - Kobito of the Shining Needle : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Uqndc-C57MQ.html 3. Touhou 15 - Pure Furies : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UcaOpfwgyoM.html 4. Monster Hunter World - Brutish Indigo : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2dYYaBx946k.html 5. Monster Hunter World - Spark of Blue : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uUTcBVe6c7s.html 6. Monster Hunter World - The Legend Descends/Limitless Courage : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OvpKKpJI6fw.html (this one is over the top I admit)

The song Jesse really has to listen to, is the FF7 remake version of One Wing Angel Also probably J.E.N.O.V.A

Wow that song was intense.

Hollow knight has some amazing music and I'd love to see you react to it!

The weird thing about this music is when I heard it as a music I hated it, when I played the game heck I enjoyed it, I literally enjoyed it then search it on Spotify and be like "this is not the music" but when I replay the game I always loved it, just confusing music hahaha

ooo this is a bit diff but listen to Street Fighter V-Ring Of Power. The Yotatouch MIx has both parts mixed in and transitions nicely, otherwise u gotta listen to it as a 2 seperate songs as it changes goin into the second round

Never paid attention to this track was too busy trying to fefeat him 😂

Although its pretty controversial in the community, i think you should check out "Subhuman" from DMC 5

I just found your channel. You should look at ff type 0 music. Amazing stuff

In 13-2 they pronounce it boon-uh-vell-zuh

Bro look at unseen abyss ost from ff13-2

Okay I don't know if you have any Kingdom Hearts song in your reaction list, probably you do. Yoko Shimomura is a great composer and does a lot of orchestral stuff. You probably have a dozen recommendations but if I had to pick one, you could listen to "Stranded Beyond", from KH3. The absolute contrary to this. To me that song is the most peaceful thing I've even listened to, in fact im gonna listen to it right now to kinda "clean" the feeling after this one oof.

Reminds me of the master of master’s theme from kingdom hearts

I am waiting for Innocence's Theme from FF14, but i see you havent done any Undertale, the hype is totally gone but the music was interesting for what the game was, Undertale - Megalovania

The name in the title kinda sounds like "Buena Velza".

Dancing Mad, when?

You say first ff13 song but you did Saber's Edge. Unless this was recorded first.

4 words. Wrath of the Harrier.

please react to La Signora theme from Genshin Impact. It got some crazy guitar parts.

You have done a lot of ff music. Have a new option. Arknights. Literally any works but lets go with......'Alive'. :)

React to Silent Hill 2 OST

ngl, not a fan of this one myself