Genshin Impact Concert - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction 

What a great video! More than that, what a great IDEA for a video! It is not surprising that a video game would use classical music. Remember that early cartoon animation also relied on classical music both to inspire thematic storylines and to provide soundtracks. Disney's Fantasia epitomized that trend. Many classical musicians at the time of Fantasia's release took quite a dim view of it, claiming that it compromised the music on which it was based. Perhaps they were shortsighted. For many children like me in the 1960s, Saturday morning cartoons were a primary exposure to classical music. Anyhow, thank you Mr. and Mrs. Shafer for this wonderful excursion!

To answer your questions as someone who's a player of the game: -you got the intention for the music perfectly, the major theme in the game is travelling, travelling through a fantasy world that has many different places that are each inspired by different parts of the world. The first motion showcased music from the first area which has inspirations from central Europe, majorly Germany. There's other regions inspired by China, Japan, Middle east & South asia, Southern europe,etc. The devs always talk about introducing traditional cultures from around the world to the young generation, and for positive intertwining of cultures from around the world. -To answer "where does the music play?" Well, everywhere. You have background music for all locations that play while youre exploring the different areas and locations of the world, you have battle music that plays when you engage in battle(that is specific to different regions). There's music that plays during the narrative quests, according to the situations in the quests, music that plays during cutscenes in the quests,there's music for grand boss battles, there's musical motifs for characters, characters have thier own themes that is played in their trailer videos on youtube(which has more modern components ) etc. One thing the game is praised a lot for is the mixing of traditional sounds and modern sounds, which is seen majorly in boss themes, character trailer themes, etc. but my favourite example of that is "Duel in the mist" the battle theme of a Japan inspired region, that uses completely traditional japanese instruments in a style you'd see in trap music, and "rage beneath the mountains" the theme for a boss in the china inspired region that integrates traditional chinese instruments and modern rock. Greatly enjoyed the video and I'd be very happy if you want to check out more tracks from the game :)

In the world of Genshin Impact, there are seven nations, each one representing an element and a real world region. The music Amy has dived into here is from Monstadt, which is Germany. The church-like splendor of the music represents the Church of Favonius and their Archon, Barbatos, the God of Wind and Freedom. The music from each nation reflects the nature of its Archon and real world locale. The time and care that has gone into Genshin's music (and the game itself) is extraordinary. The game developers, MiHoYo, has put on several live concerts and have been very well received by players and Classical music fans alike. The game is currently in the nation of Fontaine, which is France and its Archon is Lady Furina de Fontaine, Goddess of Water and Justice. Quite a bit of Jazzy, high energy music to be heard. Anyway, the composer of all this music is Yu-peng Chen, known to fans as the Music Archon. He's not afraid to mix Classical with modern, including legacy instruments from each country. Chen clearly understands his talents and what his goals are.

Well, this is a revelation! I’ve never played a video game. I just assumed the music would all be metal or rock. Never occurred to me there might be a classical vibe In the music. I learned something. Thanks to those who requested this!

Delighted that you listened to this concert! There are over 900 pieces of music in the game (and more being added as the game continues to expand) so this is very much a taster! Events tend to move very rapidly in video games, hence the shortness of many of the tracks! Many pieces will only ever be heard once during play as they are used in a specifc story scene! Fortunately, there are a couple of dozen soundtrack albums available.

PSA: Video games are not just for children. It's fine to not play them, obviously! But please don't reduce them to something for children if you openly acknowledge that you have not engaged with the medium; there is way, way more to the video game industry, and video games in general, than you likely realize. They are art, just like classical music is art.

I really enjoyed this. I think that people who are unfamiliar with video games don't realise how diverse they can be, from cheap cash grabs to genuine works of art. The video game industry brings in more money than music and movies combined. There's a lot of talent across many different disciplines and when good talent is arranged well, the end product can be quite spectacular. I would love to see you try out video games, but would also be quite content with more video game music reactions. This was a fun watch.

LOVE THIS!! Hope you continue to react on each region's soundtrack/live concert. What Genshin Impact did was more than just creating a masterpiece of a video game but also imbued to the new generation a newfound appreciation for the classical music, on varying regions at that!

The Genshin fans can explain the game in far more detail than I can, but It is a massive game with many regions or countries in it with different music in each area. Much of the music is a clever mashup of known themes or motifs. My 1st encounter with it was the 2022 concert where the Dawn WInery Theme (basically "Greensleeves") was given to the Japanese rock band Band--Maid who turned it into a theme and variations with each section rocking harder than the previous one.

Hi, I just discovered this because genshin and music channels fan xd and love how you interpret the songs. So spot on. And I know every genshin player has said everything about the music and the world and they are totally right. I just want to point out your comment about bohemian rhapsody because there is actually a character written around that specific song and loved that you pass through the concert and got it.

As you alluded too, large videogame studios now hire orchestras and professional musicians to record the composer's soundtrack. We've come a long way from the beeps and boops of the midi soundtracks that I grew up with.

This comment will be somewhat expansive, but I will try to answer some of your questions and explain some things How does this music appear in the game? In Genshin Impact (as well as in many games) music can appear for many reasons and under many circumstances. Some tracks only play in certain areas, some only play at different times of day (not real life time, but time in the game world), some tracks only play during battle, and some of the longer tracks are dedicated to particularly tough and special foes. The music will fade in and out depending on the current situation in the game to fit the current mood. Genshin is coming close to 1000 unique and fully orchestrated in-game tracks (it releases new music pretty frequently) so there is a song for pretty much any situation. What about the Asian influences? The world that Genshin Impact takes place in is split into 7 distinct nations. Each nation, while also representing one of seven elements (earth, wind, fire, water, ice, lightning, nature), each represent a real world culture and history. The seven nations and their influences go as follows: Monstadt: Medieval Germany (the two songs at the start of the concert are from this region) Liyue: Ancient China Inazuma: Japan between the Edo period and Meiji restoration Sumeru: A combination of various middle-eastern cultures like Mesopotamia as well as some northern African cultures like Egypt Fontaine: Victorian era France Natlan: Mainly inspired by Meso-American cultures Snezhnaya: Eastern Eurasia (mostly Russia) These cultural influences affect the music of each region through both compositional and instrumental means. However, the music always keeps a basis in western European classical music to some degree. Each region also has their own in-universe cultures, values, and aesthetics that also influence the music, and that's not even getting into the topics of regional themes, character leitmotifs, and metatextual motifs. What about the more contemporary/"rocky" type parts? There are a few reasons why Genshin will use more contemporary styles. Sometimes when creating a piece for a "boss" (a boss in videogames is a super special and tough enemy that usually has multiple phases that need to be beaten before it goes down) the composers will use electric guitars, rock drums, and even electronic elements to add even more energy to the music to fit the intensity of the fight. The other reason is that instead of in-game music, what you may be listening to is trailer/promotional music. Because this music doesn't need to fit the tone of the rest of the game as much, the composers and producers have a lot more freedom in what instruments and techniques they use.

Ooooh, now I have high hopes of seeing you watch Genshin's first concert from 2021! It remains my favorite and has a mix of orchestra, jazz, rock, and electronic. Especially the orchestral ones are amazing, they're playing in a grand hall, there's no VR distractions and stuff.

And so it begins people! hahaha Kidding aside, there's so much amazing orchestral music in the Videogame world. Just this year alone, some amazing work has been put forth in the genre. I can really recommend the work of Jeremy Soule for the game Skyrim. He makes the sort of atmopheric music that takes you on a journey. Next time you clean the dishes or take a walk, put on the Skyrim soundtrack. There's some amazing pieces of music in there. Specially the songs "From past to present" or "Journeys end".

The catalogue of great video game music is huge. My favourite is probably Sogno di Volare by Christopher Tin from Civilization 6. Although, if you want to ride the hype train, the Baldur's Gate 3 score is also amazing.

Interesting change of pace, which allows you to analysis something much closer to what you are normally involved with (classical). I would love to see you do a video on one of your favorite classical pieces, using a similar analysis method as you do with rock songs. It would be fascinating to hear what imaginative description you have for some of these pieces, since I'm sure your ability to visualize things in rock was developed doing the same with classical music. I did watch some parts of the full video, since I never played this particular game. A nice blending of different styles and moods. I love how enthusiastic you can get with some rock songs, so I'm sure this is even more the case with your favorite classical pieces. I have played a lot of video games over the years, mostly computer based games. But in recent years I try to stay away from them since they are so addictive and can take up huge amounts of my time. The ones I like allow you to enter into and get lost in a completely different world, often medieval fantasy and futuristic sci-fi worlds. With todays technology some of these environments look very realistic, rather than just the cartoonish style of the one you were looking at here. Video games can be a genuine art form that combine multiple mediums, such as visual art, environmental sounds and music. Since I am a computer programmer by trade, I have created several video game environments just for fun. I just did it as an artistic outlet for creating my own worlds that I could move around in and interact with. To answer your question, the music generally changes based on the environment you find yourself in (as you guessed). If you enter a cathedral you hear cathedral music, if you enter a tavern you will hear medieval bardic like music. It will also change based on the intensity of the scene. If you are being attacked by other people, animals, or monsters the music will become very intense. If you are going through a scary environment, the music will reflect that. So in this respect it functions much the same as in film scores, other than needing to be dynamic based on your actions.

I'm bewildered you decided to react to Genshin music but absolutely thrilled!! I adore the music in Genshin, there are so many tracks and areas and each one has astounding music. Music from The Chasm is some of the most enthralling in my opinion.

I've watched and listened to many of your videos since you started here. I'm also a professional gamer and Twitch streamer. I've played quit a few hours of Genshin, which has lots of great music and wonderful visuals. There is the background ambient music, or course, but some of what you've listened to is used in battles or encounters. A melee combat scene has all of the sound effects and character voices (and noises), but the up tempo music pieces help make the scene more exciting. I'm always tickled to think about all the young people who are discovering classical and traditional genres because of video games using so much music like this.

There actually is a lot of rock and metal-based video game music, if you're interesting in combining the two. After all, video game scores can be as varied as they are in any other medium that utilizes music. Doom Eternal with its heavy metal choir is probably one of the more famous ones, but there's a lot more out there if you're interested.

As both a Genshin Impact fan and a composer, the music in Genshin Impact is absolutely astounding!! There's a lot of games that have used orchestras and classical music for their soundtracks (one of my favorite pieces ever is Gusty Garden Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy), but what the team at Genshin Impact is doing really is next level! I have deeply studied the soundtrack of the game, going down to the orchestration, the narrative and ambient use of the different pieces, and it might be one of the deepest works of music ever made! There's a gigantic list of rules in how the orchestration of different pieces work and what they imply both narratively and in gameplay, and there's hundreds of leitmotifs that come and go and twist and combine and develop... It really is amazing! One of my favorite cases in the narrative of four themes: La Signora, The Fatui, Inazuma, and Raiden Shogun, and how they mix and call and respond to each other when the whole story of Inazuma happens in the game. You can pretty much tell what's happening every time just by the music itself! It would be great to talk about it because it is incredibly dense and there's a lot of info I've gathered! I've thought again and again about doing a video on my channel but there's SO MUCH to tell that I'm overwhelmed and don't even know where to start! I could spend literally days about the soundtrack. Not the game, just the soundtrack itself.

So fun to hear more classical musicians reviewing this game's soundtrack! I play the oboe and english horn in a classical orchestra for over 10 years and I've been in love with the classical influences noticable in the sountrack. I personally have felt like there's been a lot of Rimsky-Korsakov inspiration, also Tchaikovsky, I completely agree! The oboe you enjoyed in the first piece is actually an english horn, also known as the cor anglais, the alto brother of the oboe (though in my language we call it an alto oboe so I understand that you named it the oboe)! There are different regions in the game which are inspired by different regions in the real world, which is also reflected in the music. The first region that you listened to is inspired by central Europe, which you can feel in the music. The latest released region is inspired by France which is definitely noticable by the abundant usage of the accordion, classical guitar, but also the incredible woodwind harmonies and melody lines. That region also has some heavily Bach-inspired pieces, there is a proper fugue in there! I have always enjoyed how popular media uses classical music and thereby introduces it to a broader audience. A good example for me is the Barbie movies, where the older movies were inspired by classical ballet, because of these I ended up playing a classical instrument! I agree with you that these concerts have made an odd choice naming the collections if performed pieces "movements". The interesting thing is that in the actual soundtrack most pieces are longer and also build onto each other. Even though most tracks are about 2 minutes long, they oftentimes have the same leidmotif, and listening to the same pieces back to back gives you a more authentic symphonic movement experience than what is portrayed in the concert. Relating back to one of the things you were wondering, in some areas of the game the background music changes based on whether its night or day (which is actually common for video games to do), and the night versions are a bit slower and have a slightly different instrumentation from the day pieces but more or less the same melody. If you are interested in a "proper" classical concert based on video game music (not that this isnt one but it is definitely not the classical format we are used to), I highly recommend Final Symphony! It is a concert series based on the Final Fantasy Game series soundtrack (a Japanese series of games with an incredible soundtrack by Japanese composer). You can listen to this concert recording on Spotify among others and it has a movement structure similar to classical symphonies. The music is probably what has really gotten me interested in video game music, especially by Asian composers, who love to incorporate classical inspiration.

Great video! I absolutely agree with your thoughts on video games creating interest in classical music. I largely attribute my love of classical music to a video game I played in my early years that used its orchestral soundtrack masterfully. I have actively sought out live performances of these pieces of music because they had such an impact (no pun intended) on me. For anyone who is curious, check out the orchestral version of Hikari from Kingdom Tres for the song that started my love of classical music.

I haven't listened to many scores for games, but the few I've heard have been quite creative. Hooks and 'riffs' ... it's all about the playing ... games, and music ... Thanks for the play :)

please listen to the full concert, its well worth your time!!!!!

Very interesting and unexpected reaction. I don't play games, so I don't know much about it, but I've heard some short pieces of music while my husband and his son play a game. However, I've never really payed much attention to it, but I've noticed the huge variety of music, ftom classical to rock to electronic. I guess it depends on a game. Anyway, I like when you step out of what you're doing on the channel. It is fun and refreshing, I suppose both for you and for us. You should keep doing it from time to time. 😊🖤

Interesting you mentioned Pizzicato, a track from the game which heavily involves that is "Combat beneath the waves", its the battle theme for region of ruins with a tragic history. The track is one of my favourites due to how many varied emotions it expresses while also being upbeat and filled with tension, to fit being the background of combat.

So because those themes are so short, there are actually two reasons to it. First one is that those are only themes. There are actually multiple versions of those themes in a region and they are all composed to loop, because its an open world where the player walks around and often doesn't really listen to the music, in some places stops to take it all in. And with seven regions that are split into many themes you here, the music is composed to melt into the next theme almost seemingless as you walk to complement the scenery. The second reason is, that there are actually long versions of those themes "orchester versions" but as this concert exists to give a small peak into ALL the nations playing all of it would simply take way to much time. If you wanna have a listen to longer themes listen to the shorter concerts as there are mostly less themes but longer played out. I must add tho that all end up aprupt, because of the loop reason i explained first. ❤

I play Genshin since the first day it came out back in September 2020, and what has kept me intwined with the game is the music. The music is amazing

A great part of this game is its music, being the other part its story. The music improves the impact (pun intended) of the story. There are several sad and/or hopeful key moments in the game so intense that makes you cry... Later, when that song that was playing in that moment plays again, the feelings and the mood of that moment comes back. Its incredible how music can change the mood of a scene, and evoque certain feelings over and over again just hearing a few notes. I recommend to watch all the oficial cutscenes of the game to check that effect. I know is out of context, but those cutscenes are self-explanatory enough to understand them. They will also help to explain how the music is blend inside the game.

delving into the world of video games. Hmm.... There is a lot of great video game music. I wonder if this will be the beginning of that journey. I know that you will probably get a lot of views, that's for sure

This concert is only about 1/10 of the Genshin's reportoire. The composer Yupeng Chen and the Hoyomix team composed hundreds of pieces in 18 albums in total so far. Genshin is only 3 years old, it will be creating more and more amazing classical pieces.

Kinda late into the party, but the game goes like this: You are a traveller from another world, and your aim is to find your sibling. As you go on your journey, you explore nations, cities, and regions of the world. Each location is always accompanied with its own music. Each music that plays tells a story of the place, it could be lively, melancholic, or an enemy is lurking in some corner. The music also sort of describes the culture of the place, its people and their way of life. The music in this game is diverse. From western orchestra to eastern style music, and every now and then, modern musical elements come in play all to tell a story, from electric guitars to electronic/synthetic music. Sometimes, a fusion of all I've mentioned is evident. There are also music for special characters, those who will play a crucial role in your quest. Those music often depicts their own stories and struggles. Long story short, the music is everywhere.

Interesting you mentioned Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody. There is quite a few references to that with one character called Scaramouche, also known as The Balladeer (a nod to Freddie Mercury). His boss music has a bit of Fandango, but he is not a fan of Dango (the dessert) as he does not like sticky sweets. In one of his teaser videos he says "I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all" and another video is "titled Any way the wind blows" There are others but getting into spoiler territory for those who might want to play this. He is a member of the Fatui Harbingers, the antagonists of the game, and each one is based off the characters in commedia dell'arte.

Yes, Genshin's other name is Escapism - The Game. You travel a beautiful and vast fantasy world inspired by our world, cultures and certain periods in time (Romantic Period Germany, Belle Epoque France, One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, Feudal Japan...) you'll make lots of friendships with a diverse cast of characters, and together with them you become stronger and wiser to save the world, which has become so dear to you, from looming evil and destruction.

This is a concert made for fans . It is near identical to the actual pieces with good quality but they made the arrangement much more live performance friendly and so there are some fine sounds and details changed in sound.

You should listen to some of these tracks from Genshin too. Liyue (Main region OST track) Lover's Oath Rapid as Wildfires Maiden's Longing Fragile Fantasy Chattering Snowflakes Inevitable Conflict Irresistible Force Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie Inazuma (Main region OST track) Duel in the Mist Combat Beneath the Waves Undersea Encounters Tearless Souls of Byakuya Sumeru (Main region OST track) Flickering Shadows of Trees Hustle and Bustle of Ormos ( Port Ormos day theme) Swirls of the Stream Swirls of Shamshir For Riddles, for Wonders Fontaine (Main region OST track) Ballad of Many Waters Clair de Lune Lamentation et Triomphe Rondeau des fleurs et des rapieres Symphony of Boreal Wind (Dvalin) Wrath of the Monoceros Caeli (Childe) Rage Beneath the Mountains (Azhdaha) Saltatio Favillae (Signora) The Almighty Violet Thunder (Raiden) Polumnia Omnia (Scaramouche) God-Devouring Mania (Apep)

This is music meant to evoke emotions suited to the location or the story events. The music pulls the player into the world subconsciously and accentuates important moments. I've seen so many, mostly young, people commenting that they thought classical music was dull, but now they want to hear more. I'm old and have always listened to many types of music, but my appreciation for Chinese Opera certainly rose with the tale also heard in this concert. It is interesting that you picked up the 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. There is a character, Scaramouche, whose name comes Commedia dell'arte, but whose back story can be seen paraphrasing the lyrics of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.

the way you speak are so soothing, hope you can react to more genshin music!❤

When I first heard of the Gregorian chant; [music would never be confined to just Rock]. Your humming along with these tunes, is spectacular: & a new Genre altogether! Can't wait for the new Album!

I would highly recommend the Sumeru concert - the music from that region is sooo beautiful [and was my introduction to this game]. Port Ormos theme is also just really neat

Im glad more and more music related channels are appreciating genshin music

More of this please!!!

Listening to just Mondstadt music from this game, the first few tracks particularly, is extremely limited. The next part of the game is of literal historical musical value. Hope you enjoyed the full concert, regardless!

free game, free music!

Dancing Mad, the final boss music for a legendary game, Final Fantasy 6 as played by the composer's rock band, The Black Mages would be fun. I'm sure you'd be able to pick out a dozen little things it pilfered from classical sources. It's very hymn like too as you're fighting a deranged jester that's ascended to godhood. It's from the early/mid 90s so it was written for a sound chip which had limited abilities but the most skilled could make it do magic. The 80s was all very heavily inspired by 70s Japanese electronic music and 70s British prog rock (at least on the limited consoles) but by the 90s sound chips had gotten good enough other genres became a bit more common. Also Western developers had fully reestablished themselves after the crash of '83. It wasn't until around the turn of the century actual recorded music became the norm, which is when you start seeing an explosion of classical music like this in games (and really generic metal because it was the 2000s). To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy 10 is a piano solo you'd enjoy from that time.

the main character is named the traveller, so there are set pieces for different areas, you travel in the game, as well as visit towns, they have themes as well ,the music is very soothing and almost ethereal except for the boss music which is high tempo.

I know a game you might enjoy playing, though you'd probably find it pretty easy. It's an old one, originally from 1990, called Loom. The gameplay revolves around learning and remembering short musical figures/gestures that act as magic spells, and figuring out how to use them to solve the obstacles that stand in your way. It has multiple difficulty levels, with the easiest showing you the staff (quite literally) and telling/showing you exactly what notes you're hearing when learning a spell, and on the hardest you have to do everything by ear. Would probably make a pretty good teaching tool for beginners. The background music for it is excerpts from Swan Lake, which is appropriate for the story.

Surprised to see so many that have never played a video games. Truly revealing.

I Hope you see the rest of the Concert

im so glad that for your first foray into the world of video game music, you chose Genshin Impact! I love music and listen to all types, and to me Genshin soundtrack is among the best music in the world 🥰 Loved hearing your thoughts on it!

Video game music are often short pieces as they are usually meant to loop endlessly while the player navigates through a location/fight monsters in battle. Exceptions are when a piece of music is made specifically for a story cutscene or for a specific event.

There’s so much good video game music out there! I’m a huge fan of both them and the music made for them! If you decide to do another episode on video game music, I would highly recommend music from the series Xenoblade Chronicles. Each game has these beautiful piano compositions as themes for the opening screens, as well as amazing battle music with a wide medley of instruments, from piano and strings to electric guitar. It’s wonderful. Another series with highly lauded music (and my personal favorite) is Persona 5, the soundtrack is very jazzy and upbeat (I’ve heard it described as acid jazz before), and is a treat for the ears. Also worth checking out!

Well for a more diverse and definetly where most of the good stuff is at is through the 2023 shanghai orchestral concert.

I wish you react to the full concert since I like the way you breakdown the first two piece And since you asked this is the timestamp of the concert and the context in which the music is used but I only did it from my memory and not Wiki so there might be mistakes so please correct me if I'm wrong as I listen to them mostly outside of the game nowadays cuz they are just that good, I have the lossless audio recording of all genshin OST and I listen to them almost daily. 0:00 Beginning 0:18 Genshin Impact Main Theme (Piano) The main theme of the game, the one that plays everytime you start the game MONDSTADT (City of Wind/Anemo) 1:07 Windborne Hymn I'm pretty sure this one plays in the Mondstadt cathedral, the one you see in the video. There are 7 Gods that govern the world, there are more gods but most of them died during the war and only few survivor aside from the main elemental god. Each of the 7 gods rule a nation so there are officially 7 nation each with their own god but there are a lot more teritory/places aside from that. Since the Gods are not only real but also walk the land, religion are viewed differently from the real world which is interesting. 2:57 A Day in Mondstadt Main theme of the city of Mondstadt during the day. 4:05 Bard's Adventure Venti's theme/trailer OST. He is the personification of the Anemo Archon (god of wind) and this is his character trailer OST. He is playful and free spirited as expected for the god of freedom. 6:30 Lone Sojourner This play inside Daw Winery(Diluc's home)? I rarely went there but I love this piece a lot 7:30 Dawn Winery Theme Dawn Winery main theme, I think this play outside of the house? 8:45 Let's Go, Crimson Knight! This is Klee character trailer OST. She is a young and playful but powerful character as she use bomb and explosive to fight LIYUE (Geo/Rock Nation) 10:35 Broker Betwixt Life and Death Hu Tao Character Trailer song. She is funeral parlor director hence the Halloween like music, she is playful and like to play prank so the music represent her very well 12:10 Clear Sky Over Liyue Was it Liyue's night theme? I forgot when this play exactly but it is definitely on Liyue 13:44 Lover's Oath This is Wangshuu Inn OST, the place where you meet Xiao. The music is beautiful but I don't remember story significant of this piece 15:10 Hang by a Thread This play on Chasm Limited Event story quest where the main characters and friend are stuck inside the earth and trying to find a way to escape and Xiao almost get lost alone 19:06 Rex Incognito Zhongli trailer OST. He is the God of Geo/Rock. He is very old and full of wisdom. His OST was very popular and can be considered as fan favorite back when he was first released two-three years ago 21:10 Devastation and Redemption Yunjin Sings this in her performance after we finish one of the Archon quest rebuilding the Jade chamber and fight the wife of ancient God with the help of Shenhe, she is a Chinese opera singer in the game. it is a story about Shenhe and her exploit. This one is memorable and special cuz there isn't many piece using traditional chinese opera singer in modern day so Chinese fan especially appreciate this song. INAZUMA (Electro/Lightning Nation) 24:02 Fall of Maples Inazuma city main theme? or was it the one that play when you get to Inazuma for the first time? I can't remember exactly. Definitely one of my fav piece, extremely beautiful 26:15 Soar in the Wind Ayaka teaser OST. She is a noble lady of Inazuma nation from the Kamisato Clan. There are Teaser and Trailer for major characters in the game and they are different, teaser usually reveal more about the character's story/background and personality while trailer focus more into showcasing the characters abilities, moveset and visual. 29:36 Serene and Fathomless Ayato trailer OST, he is the brother of Ayaka which teaser OST played before this one. 32:17 Termination of Desires Raiden Shogun trailer OST. She is the Electro Archon (god of thunder). She is the god of eternity so she pursue eternity but she stumble in the present and the main character help her in the quest but before that she was an enemy and a very scary one. 34:55 When the Sakura Bloom I think this was from Archon Quest where Raiden Shogun was stuck inside fighting her puppet creation and you tried to help her escape? or was it a trailer OST for the version in which the archon quest take place? or both? SUMERU (Dendro/Plant nation) 38:04 Flickering Shadows of Trees one of many Sumeru city OST, this play during the day 39:51 Swirls of Shamshir One of Sumeru Battle themes. I love the instrument choice in this piece. 44:02 Ethereal Mildness This sounds like Nahida OST but it isn't her trailer or teaser OST as it also play in the forest and archon quest. Nahida is the Dendro Archon btw (god of plant). Sumeru main story feel a lot different from the other region cuz the Dendro archon actively help and interact with you from the beginning to end but her help is limited and often time indirect cuz she was weak. 44:58 Melody of Brave Seeds Aranara OST? I think this play in their village and quest 46:58 Polumnia Omnia Last Phase of Scaramouche boss battle, he is one of the major boss fight in the game and yes the character and music take a lot of inspiration from Bohemian Rhapsody. He is related to the Electro Archon from Inazuma hence the Japanese instrument+lyric and inazuma ost influence on the later part but he is a part of the Fatui which is the villain group hence the ominous music and Latin? Lyric 50:40 Ashes of Anupadhisesa Wanderer (Scaramouche) character teaser OST FONTAINE (Hydro/Water Nation) 53:15 Across the Meadows Fontaine area OST, not the main theme of the nation but it play in a lot of places across the nation 54:42 Ballad of Many Waters City of Fontaine main OST? pretty sure this play during the day 56:47 Dream Aria Genshin main theme OST but with a full orchestra 1:01:10 Blossoms of Summer Night Yoimiya character OST. She is a firework maker so that's probably why they use her OST as the end credit background music And that is all, anyway superb performance, too bad most of the piece/song here are very short and the concert itself is shorter than most concert we have seen from Mihoyo. Next can you react to all major Area main theme? They have live version/recording too and they looks and sounds amazing. Unfortunately for Mondstadt and Liyue, as the early region in the game release they don't have a main theme like the other regions do but they still have a main theme that consist of a mix of multiple OST from the region while the other nation have a unique main theme. Region main Theme OST listed from Oldest to newest: Mondstadt start at 3:15 : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UIam8zl4af8.htmlsi=M3HbV2Wzsn5E09Dr Liyue (I can't find the live version help!) : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d5MrlIKlDno.html Inazuma: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e4bptIoZFDE.html Sumeru: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VrP3lO3aGDg.html Fontaine: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qZ9DaB7xRZs.html BTW since Genshin Impact have multiple channel for different language (Chinese, Japanese and English) the total views are actually multiple times that is shown in the english channel which is pretty crazy

I love music, I love this game and I especially love these songs :)

Please also listen to Fontaine Live Symphony

Need a full reaction on this

Thank you for recognizing that this is actually a genre of music. Many dismiss it because of its use. So much of this music is really very well composed.

I've been a huge fan of Genshin for over 3 years and would definitely recommend it as a first video game to try. It's completely free to play, so you have nothing to lose. It has a huge online community, so I can see this video performing well.

Here for Genshin impact ❤

It's certainly accurate to say these are multiple collections of music, all of which are primarily supposed to feed into the rest of the set. In many cases, it's important that songs can segue into each other at multiple points during their play: in particular the battle themes for each region are both long and complex so that a variety of entry points are available both for the purpose of keeping the sound smooth and to avoid a sequence of repeated entries into battle sounding too repetitive. Mondstat's music is for the most part deliberately intended to sound both familiar and soothing. It's our entry point into the game world, and a place which is relatively clear of horrible impending disasters. (You're not supposed to realize at first how special this place is and how much work goes into keeping it so peaceful.) The point is to give you the feeling you're at home, that you recognize enough of what you see around you to not worry about the oddities.

Wish for more. Specially battle themes

I like your reaction very much. I need more Lady😍

As a lifelong gamer, there are some amazing soundtracks out there in video games. You can easily search a top ten list or something. Off the top of my head most of the standout videogame soundtracks are from Japanese RPGs.

There's definitely some rock inspired video game music out there you could check out, to keep in theme with the channel.

These concerts tend to be of the "classical pops" variety. Fun, but designed to be immediately appealing and accessible. The full array of video game music is actually as diverse as movie soundtracks, but with two important differences: 1. Video game playtime is much longer than the longest movies, and 2. Ingenious video game music has often involved brilliant "loops" of music, which can repeat ad infinitum (i.e. until a different task or phase is shifted to in the gameplay) so smoothly and cleverly that most listeners do not even notice for a long time that music that has been playing for 20 or more minutes is actually just 2 or 3 minutes of music in a perpetual loop! 😃

If you are interested in watching a live perfomance of the Concert theres the "Genshin Impact Orchestral Concert 2023" Official Shanghai Performance Recording in the Genshin Impact official channel. Its almost composed of the same songs separated in those movements that I agree with you should be called suites. The game itself has too many more music pieces, and these concerts are just a small fraction of the whole thing. For example one of my favorite pieces is Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie that I'm sure you would like to listen.

I thoroughly enjoy watching folks having a listen to videogame music. Especially when they are very unfamiliar with it! Personally speaking, the entertainment industry has for the better part of my life so far, introduced and educated me in music that I can’t help but wish for others to also give it plenty of chances to experience as well! I enjoyed your video here as Genshin Impacts’ music has always been some of my favorite. If I were to give you a personal recommendation of mine, I highly suggest giving “Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie” a listen to! For context, imagine a growing young girls’ wild imaginations! Someone who believes she is a princess with her loyal subjects in the world in her mind!

NO WAY this is awesome!!!

Sooo many awesome Pokemon songs and their different versions... Can' t wait to see what else comes up from this game angle though :)

thank you for sharing your professional thoughts on genshin music! those songs are played in different areas as you assumed, different songs can be played in the same area depending on whether it’s daytime or night as well. yupeng chen, the composer, is loved by so many players bc of his talent. i highly recommend you try their latest live concert vid which took place in shanghai:) apart from european style, they also have chinese, japanese, and middle eastern styles which is def a blessing for my ears

While the technology might restrict what composers could do early in the medium, you can find great compositions since the mid 80s, some of my fav comes from Xenogears composed by Yasunori Mitsuda and YU-NO by Ryu Umemoto, what I find interesting about game music is that can be very eclectic, alot of times very different from your more commercial songs or even classical ones. Not mention that because most early game music was made with sample instruments or even just especific sounds available in what soundchip they could use, it has a different flavour to it

Genshin impact music is quite unique with may different influences and traditional instruments

That was a great video! Genshin has a lot of concerts and an amazing soundtrack as a whole!

Oh my, it’s my first time watching your channel and I love it! English is not my first language, by the way you talk is so clear and it’s amazing for my understanding. I hope you analyze some Inazume and Sumeru theme, specially the last one. Congratulations for you work and thank you very much!

I'll probably get some of this wrong, but broadly Genshin has 4 types of music: Background, story, character and set-piece. Background is just that. The game involves a lot of exploration, this is accompaniment, meant to set an atmosphere without distracting. It's usually short, as it's likely interrupted by some event. Often designed to be able to loop indefinitely, as it needs to sustain for however long the player is in that place or state. Story music is just that, accompanying narrative events. More elaborate, since you're usually not actively playing the game. Length varies, according to need. Character music is a bit of an odd one. A key mechanic of the game is collecting characters to play as. It's where the money is made. So each new character released gets a trailer, with his or her own theme. Common characters will have their theme and have a runthrough of their personality, position and abilities, while rarer ones get short stories to show off in. Set-piece music is for the big dramatic fights punctuation the story arcs. While similar in function to background music, it'll be far more dominant and elaborate, to hype up the moment. Such battles often have 'phases' with different tone, difficulty, speed, and/or 'rules'. The music will vary between phases, to reflect those changes. A good example of the latter is the battle against La Signora (yes, one opposing faction is themed after Commedia del'Arte). Don't know if it was in the concert you watched, I'll look for a link.

Wonderful analysis. just a couple notes I didn't see in the comments - the songs are played on a constant loop, there's almost never silence, so that's why I believe many tracks are so short. They blend/morph/transition into one another as you travel the realm, and since it's impossible to know how long everyone will remain in one song's area, it wouldn't be very practical to have a noticeable ending. Also, the game is completely free! It's a type of game called "gacha" (like got-ya) and you add characters to your team via a chance draw system. The company's profit comes from people spending real money for more chances to get a character, but it's 100% possible to play without spending anything at all.

I think you’d enjoy the music from world of Warcraft. Invincible is such a beautifully expressive piece. The danish national symphony orchestra has a wonderful version of it

It's great that you're now starting to cover video game music, but there are a myriad of video game tracks that FAR exceed these two. I would recommend checking out the works of Jeremy Soule, Nobuo Uematsu, Koji Kondo and Damjan Mravunac as a start.

Thank you for the lovely video and analysis! I like the note about the Organ melody being very singable. To me, it feels like it traces back to that 'primordial' wind that humanity first mastered: the breath or voice. Which I think is fitting for a hymn dedicated to a god of wind. Regarding 24:50 I do have a story about how this game in particular has helped me in that way, though it is a touch personal. My father had just passed away and it had fallen onto me to pick up the pieces and provide for my mother and siblings even though I was only just completing my college thesis, and despite the grief I was feeling because I'm the eldest son. It was around that time that a new story quest centered around a certain character was released, and it involved helping her find closure as she was mourning the tragic death of her dear sister. Experiencing the quest provided a form of healing perhaps, or maybe just catharsis. Either way, it did help me bring myself back together, and it's one of the reasons why I'm confident in saying that the game has value beyond being just a distraction.

check out masterpiece soundtrack from Genshin Called: Sumeru Live Symphony Performance

Would be really cool if you had a chat with Marco Meatball. He's an opera singer who focuses on discussing video game music on his RU-vid channel!

Both video games and some music for anime series tend to be strongly influenced or even derivative of either classical or jazz. A great example of the latter is Yoko Kanno's amazing compositions for the series "Cowboy Bebop" - the song "Tank" being the most commonly reviewed/reacted to, and is certainly highly representative - I think you would enjoy it!

one suggestion for you taking into consideration that you did rock analysis before, ULTRAKILL ost is amazing

RU-vid algorithms is just crazy, everything related to Genshin and music is suggested to me. I found yours lol. But it’s good. The music in Genshin is what drawn lots of players like me. I drawn to this game due to great lore, characters, music, play style and graphic. And you right about the travel part. We traveled from nation to nation (the nation which part takes from our world, from German to China to Japan then se Asia plus Arab plus India then now France.) This video games is not only meant for kids. Most players are teens and our generation of millennials, plus the older gen x. I even found some 60 years old players. If you do give it a try and like it for casually playing it. Welcome to community then😂

we don't have to understand video game to understand the music. music speak to the soul. it more interesting to read this without too much understanding of the video game. and yes I feel the inspiration is intentional, making it instantly relatable and orientate the listener. ya the song can go on much longer but the concert has way too much content to cover. if you want something different try "Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie" that's unhinge "declassical" music.

I'd have thought you'd react to the live Shanghai concert instead of this oen, it has the same music scores mostly, but are done in a live setting with a much more grandiose feel to it. Sure a digital online stream is interesting in itself but it's just different.

Try this, die mittsommernacht-fantasie. It has a blend of different era of instrument.

i was hoping a little video game cross-over might sneak in. i haven't heard much from this game, but the music sounds nice. i recommend the soundtrack for pathfinder: wrath of the righteous. it's little known, but hits hard.

The "Mozart Effect" study was reportedly not designed well enough to isolate Mozart as the key causal variable. Any other appealing and sophisticated music would apparently have comparable "effects." 🤔

The Legend of Zelda OSTs are beyond iconic if you ever want to dip more into video game music. It’s hard to pick just one since there’s so many great songs spread across the series. Definitely would recommend the many concerts out there where an orchestra performs songs from a few games in the series.

I suggest listening to the regional theme live concerts (with a battle theme as the 2nd song for Chapters 2-4). A great way to compare and contrast the full musical theme for each region. In reverse order of the traveler's (your) journey in the game. Chapter 4: "Fontaine" and "Rondeau des fleurs et des rapieres": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qZ9DaB7xRZs.html Chapter 3: "Sumeru" and "Swirls of Shamshir": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VrP3lO3aGDg.html Chapter 2: "Inazuma" and "Overloard of the Thunderstorm": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e4bptIoZFDE.html Chapter 1: "Liyue"*: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8svl0sQXDLI.html Prelude: "Mondstadt"*: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UIam8zl4af8.html * The last two are part of a longer concerts you may want to do separately or include portions. Perhaps start with the main theme in the last video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UIam8zl4af8.html

I hope you do more of these with more of the music from the game. At least with the ones you talked about, it was just one nation's music. You can explore multiple entire nations in this game. All with their own cultures and music.

Amy, the first instrument that appears after the organ isn't an englis horn (cor anglais)??

It's really funny hearing you mention the chapters as movements. The division is much more game related. You might have noticed there are 5 chapters. That is actually 5 nations. Each Nation has its own ideal... Feedom and peace, trade based on contracts, Eternal nation, Knowledge and wisdom, Theatrics and Justice respectively. And each nation is based on the real world... Mediaeval Europe (especially Germany); Chinese culture; Japanese culture; Middle east, India and Egypt; and Early industrial revolution France& nearby nations respectively. And the nations are also based on 5 elements... Wind, earth, Electricity, plant life and Water. I think all 3 of these elements have a strong impact on each of these pieces. Also, pieces have different purposes... Most of them are atmospheric. While some are played during battles and few are specifically designed for few characters/ enemies. The very first Church Music, for example, is the track playing when you are inside the Church in the first Nation...

For video game music, hard to beat the final fantasy series. Answers in a Realm Reborn trailer. Or Liberi Fatali in the FFVIII trailer.

Would be interesting to see last year's (2022) online concert since it has a lot more rock arrangements of non-rock original pieces, and also some other genres. This one was actually very faithful to the original piece and mostly sticked to orchestral arrangements. And for another smaller and recent genshin live performance with classical vibes, the Fontaine live symphony is very nice too, it's only 9 minutes long and even has harps (and also glass harps ^^) : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qZ9DaB7xRZs.html

Would love to hear analysis of portishead, maybe roads or only you. Studio versions of course.

20:05 that was probably part of ominous fandango… xD

Hi! I would just like to point out, if in the future you would like to react to currently released music made by hoyoverse/hoyo-mix you can upload the concerts/songs along with your reactions to it without any fear of copyright claims. Hoyo-mix allows creators to use their songs. If you do receive a claim, please report it to them as soon as you can as there are entities that abuse RU-vid's copyright system.