I LOVE Symphony of Boreal Wind || Opera Singer Listens to Genshin Impact 

As scary as Andrius's music is, he is the only weekly boss that can be considered a friendly duel. Every other boss want to tear the shit out of you during their boss battle

when ur so excited about a piano concerto that u almost get yourself demonetized

Andrius kicked my ass so I'm going to dive into his music to justify why.

Ah yes, the Wolf King, the North Wind, Lupus Boreas, Andrius. And when you mentioned him being actually somewhat benevolent, that is true. During the Archon War, Andrius had taken part in it. However, due to the blizzards he had summoned, he realized that he may not’ve been the best for humans. He then gave up his corpeal form, later coming back as a spirit of ice and snow. Andrius also had somewhat complex thoughts on humans in general. Andrius is also the only weekly boss we physically fight every week. All the others are memories, we use the Ley Lines that recorded these fights to relive them and gain new insight, which we use resin to turn into materials that can further help us. But we have permission to beat up a god on a weekly basis to further our skills.

10:30 that part always gives me goosebumps. Fun fact: Andrius is already dead. He only manifests now as a wolf spirit, but the fact that he can still kick butt after passing away makes him so formidable. It's no wonder Decarabian sealed himself and his people inside Old Mondstadt.

I played this in my car once, and even my parents, who have zero interest and knowledge in video games, said that this sounds like a furious blizzard. Really goes to show how incredibly well this piece conveys otherwordly grace and wrath of winter.

Every other weekly: *Perish where you stand* Andrius: You're here? Good. Fight me. Let's see how much you've learned over your years in this world.

Heres some fun facts for you: Genshin takes alot from our own history,with the archons being named after demons from a historical book called the ars gotia. Andrius is one of the four winds,which is seen in a few mythologies,mainly in mesopotamian and Greek myths. in Greek mythology,there are entities known as the anemoi, gods of wind that each correspond to a Cardinal direction,the north wind is called Boreas ,bringer of cold weather,another is zephyrus (also called Favonius in Latin) these winds also exist in Roman mythology,being known as venti,which means wind And speaking of Venti, the mythological barbatos had four kings under his reign,and is depicted using baggy pants,a feathered hat,and wind instruments. From this,you can see just see how rich the world of genshin is,taking so much and integrating it perfectly and seemingly into Teyvat.

Extremely underrated theme, I remember being obsessed with this for weeks after hearing it in awe while fighting him. The piano concerto section is just godly, it always makes me smile. Makes me so so happy to see someone as excited about this theme as me!! Nice to not feel alone in musical appreciation.

Gotta love how they pay homage to classical pieces like Lacrimosa in this theme. I also noticed they used a similar melody to Dies Irae in the latest version trailer, it will be heavy spoilers for you, but I think you can find the isolated track on RU-vid!

As difficult of a boss as he is, just remember, this is him AFTER HE DIED. You’re fighting essentially a ghostly wisp of his power. Imagine him in his heyday. There’s a reason he was the obvious choice other than venti to become the successor of decarabian

ahh i remember the first time i faced andrius and i was freaking out with all the blizzard and the fog, then phase 2 started and i was like "whoa what i am hearing ksjwjwjisoa" and then my brain shut down because i wanted to listen the music but had to survive 😂

Sadly one of the most underrated tracks in genshin, I absolutely love the crazy piano parts, always gives me chills whenever fighting him

Arguably one of the best boss tracks in the game. I'm super happy to see you reacting to this! EDIT: The clocklike sound is (I'm fairly certain) a typewriter! It's also used in Caelestinum Finale Termini, Dvalin's theme.

One of my favorite parts of the 2nd phase track is the part at 11:23, because of how well it plays into the move where Andrius is running circles around the arena, leaving behind an after image in the process, giving the illusion that time for the player has slowed down, while Andrius is still running around at regular speed, making him seem a lot faster than he actually is

I may be wrong but part of the melody is a reference to Lacrimosa, in 10:29 u start hearing it

The thing I love most about your videos is you have a much deeper understanding than I do for music. You put into words the way music makes me feel, the reasons my brain makes the happy chemicals. Watching you absolutely lose yourself in music makes me wish I had continued my education in music theory. Genshin has fantastic music. I think I'll get back to playing it.

I've been obsessed with Symphony of Boreal Wind since I first heard it. I printed the score and spent a couple hours analyzing it to learn from it. It is easily the single best piece of neoclassical music I've ever heard and in my top 5 favourite pieces of all times. Thank you for this analysis!

Quick note that Symphony of Boreal Wind has a more electronic mix in Honkai 3rd from the crossover a while back. That one's also very good.

Love how a lot of kaeya fans have claimed this is his theme, thought it isn’t. But if you look up Kaeya theme on yt this song pops up. It honestly represents Kaeya so well as a character, especially the clock ticking part.. (i wont go further into this, it will spoil his backstory and lore)

"I fuc--... I love your videos. I too excited."

Gigachad Marco here appreciating the game to its fullest while some big RU-vidrs create "content" by creating drama

I heard this song first time in Honkai, which is a remix, I didn't play genshin at time so I checked the original one and instantly fell in love

Can I just say I couldn't have been happier to have found you, I've always loved music, you could say it's to an unhealthy point. Music is usually my main way of getting serotonin or adrenaline boosts, lifting up my mood or overall making me feel more energetic. I love noticing little things in songs and hearing people break apart the little things, ESPECIALLY in video game music, I've watched almost all your genshin reaction videos and I couldn't be happier to watch someone just take in and enjoy the music that this game has to offer, watching you appreciate music always makes my day, and I wish more people would do what you're doing. Keep being you!!

A really beauty in GI soundtrack. I’ve never feel so in love with classical music (if this is classical). seeing you enjoying this so much, living the music with passion and in addition explaining us it’s a marvelous present

It allwasys makes me so happy when I see you enjoing the Genshin musik so much!

Ah yes, this was my first "this is a free mobile game?" moment. At that point I knew Genshin will surpass my musical expectations. Very good video, also you're still missing Raiden and we're having a new world boss soon^^

Razor's dad is pretty underrated. He was meant to be the original Anemo Archon, however, due his dislike towards humanity, that seat was given to Barbatos.

I was waiting for this reaction class! I love how HOYO-MiX mastered the syncing(?) of gameplay with the music (referencing the moment Andrius spins around). LOVE IT AAAAAAAA~

Does anyone hear Mozart in phase two? I think it's a very nice nod to the master himself and also Andrius' backstory Lacrimosa dies illa Qua resurget ex favilla Judicandus homo reus

For your description for Andrius, being torn up, full of battle scars, in agony, in anger. Those really does describe him. Because among the four winds, he can be considered a veteran that is still fighting, even just his soul. Venti just wake up from coma after his battle with Durin. Dvalin too, just sober from mind control. Vanessa gone to Celestia. So Andrius has been keeping Mondstadt safe all this time. And if we consider his prime, he did have the power to destroy Mondstadt easily as even Decarabian was afraid of him. He is kind, yet don't want to show kindness easily, unless to those he trusts. I mean people blame his wolves for the attack on people, when it is actually the work of the rift hounds. He dislike people for their foolishness. Yet protect them still, as he honours the deal that he made with Barbatos. He raised Razor as he doesn't truly hate human. And asked Razor to work with Draff to keep people safe around the forest. He is a general that shouldn't show weakness so easily. And kindness, for him is only for those he held dear, or trustworthy. Which are Lupical. Which is why his second stage is test for you to be Lupical. He doesn't want to hurt you, but he still need to do so to know your worth. At least, if you are trustworthy and can be a friend to his son.

YESSS MARCO THANK YOU FOR THE DELIVERY! Symphony of Boreal Wind is by far my most favourite theme in Genshin and I remembered requesting you to do a reaction of it. Once again, I really enjoyed your reaction and it was a joy to watch, thank you so much! Now it's time for you to get revenge on Andrius! Also.. after you've done reacting to Vanguard's Last Resort, may I request Lamia? I've been loving your PGR reaction!

I like how we always bring music to Marco. "Hey, look how good it sounds! What do you think about it?" And Marco extracts meaning from the music with little context. And now Marco is like "THAT exists in the game? You never told me about it. Fine, I'll do it myself!" And shows us how beautiful this music is with all the knowledge and confidence. It's great!

Feel like you'd enjoy scaramouche's boss theme, soon !!!

it took me a while to place it, but one of the motifs in symphony of boreal wind was reminding me of something i'd played back in high school... i could remember the tune, but not place or name it. finally figured it out- dvorak's new world symphony movement 4! and after scanning through a bunch of dvorak pieces, it was really cool to see that a lot of genshin music definitely took some inspiration from his work

This song is an absolute masterpiece, i've listened to it multiple times and i'm always not ready for it

YESS I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REACTION FOR A LONG TIME!! One of my favorite boss tracks ever, I can feel the icy chill every time I listen

few soundtracks are capable of giving me chills like this composition

Just reached Liyue, hoping to run into a boss track that is as good as this.

The counterpoint when the male voices come in at 12:17, that’s my FAVORITE PART.

We are 3.8k subs away to reach 100k! As always great video

I remember commenting on one of your first ever genshin soundtrack videos mentioning how good this song is and recommending it, and when I heard you mention in a recent livestream that this was one of your favorite tracks I was so hyped.

Finally! I recommended it to you a few months ago and I'm so glad you're reacting to the music. I love it so so much

I was waiting for this. After two years is still my favorite song in the game too. Inevitable Conflict is another theme you will love.

I’m pretty late game so I haven’t listened or defeated this boss in a while and man, I never really dived and LISTENED to this piece it’s just now hearing it and my mind is blown, def been sleeping on this holy piece

Can’t wait for you to react to Scaramouche battle theme ❤

Symphony of Boreal Wind (especially Phase 2) has been my absolute favorite soundtrack in Genshin so far. The Game changed for me the first time I heard it! I am so glad that it started to grow on you, too!

Such an underrated boss fight theme for Genshin. I hardly see any other content creators covering this song so it's refreshing to see how much you like it!

Fun Fact, Honkai Impact 3rd has a Official Remix of this song from the cross over that has electronic additions.

yeeeii, finally that someone reacts to this song, its second phase is my favorite ost :3, thank you as always to bring up your knowledge of music, and trascend it to words and with help of the expression of emotions

love it when you do interpretative dance alongside the musical analysis 💃

This piece was one of the reasons I started playing Genshin. Such a hidden gem, I couldn't believe at first that this was a theme for a "mere" open-world boss, I thought it was Kaeya's theme or something since he is kinda important lore-wise and the feelings in this ost really fit him. Literally listened to it in loops for weeks back then lol congrats on hearing this masterpiece finally and thanks for reminding us of its greatness :D

these thumbnails just get better and better

broooo I just love so so much watching a person vibe and vibrate with this games music in the exact same intensity that I always do, ty for uploading those videos, man

I thought I was the only person feeling music like this, expressing it through my gesture and body movements. I have found my new favorite channel on this platform. You're so cool my dude!

3:38 yeah, andrius didn't really want to fight us. That's why he says to test your abilities when fighting him. And about relationship with human, it didnt really have good ones. Decarabian, the mondstadt's old god caged his people into that corner because he doesn't want boreas' cold wind to kill his people. So boreas almost doesn't have any contact with human after all...

To be compleatly honest, I compleatly negleted Andriuses track for a very long time. I don't know why but I didn't paid attention back then since the game was very new. But now that I listen to it again, it's quite impactful. Also congratz on reaching 100k+. I remember you had only 28k Subscirbers when I started watching you. Your growing fast Marco and the journey with you has been amazing 😌

This song could be easily used for a Dark Souls Boss

Im glad someone really likes Genshin's music, it rlly brings out the experience of the game. You should try listening to "Symphony Tales", an orchestra concert by a good game called Guardian Tales, it's really nice and filled with happy & sad music.

As someone who plays and loves Genshin Impact, I’ve been binging your videos. I love all of the music in the game. So I really enjoy listening to you break them down and explaining the technical side of what makes them so great. 😊

Symphony of Boreal Wind is one of my favorite OSTs from Genshin but also one of the best OSTs that I´ve heard on games.

always had a blast fighting the big bad wolf with my friends back then. the fight mechanic was awesome and the music is just chef's kiss.

I actually fought this fight recently! Very elegant but scary! This is also a phenomenal music…

This has definitely been one of my favourite boss battle tracks since I came across it! It's so good!!! Reminds me of a lot of Lacrimosa. I literally get goosebumps! This and Tartaglia's boss themes are tied for my favourite!

it would be sooo amazing if you could also take a look at The Chasm’s “Inevitable Conflict”! it has that piano concertoesque thing to it!

Symphony of Boreal Wind has remained my favorite boss theme these whole 2 years. Not to say that I don’t absolutely love the others. They’re all magnificent, but this one just…. Also the boss fight itself is just so aesthetically gorgeous. This massive ethereal wolf is stalking towards you, and all of the attacks have such an intimidating weight to them. They did such an excellent job animating him, setting up the boss arena, composing the themes. The coolest (hehe) boss in Genshin imo. I know this is a music focused channel, but when the visuals and the music come together it takes everything to the next level, and this boss does that so well.

Andrius gave up his seat as archon to Venti cause he knew Venti had a better plan for the humans for he could understand them. The seats in the heavens were only suited for the seven with the best plans for humanity. He bacame a wind of Mondstadt, a guardian, and relinquished his power to the land. He is but a shell of his former power but this land is his to protect.

so glad you were able to do a video on this one, it is one of my favourite boss themes too!

Perfect. Now you just need to Dvalin's battle theme if you haven't yet. It's not as detailed as the later weekly boss themes, but it was still great early on in Genshin.

I genuinely forgot how tough some of the fights are on account of having Zhongli. His protection helps me enjoy all the boss music without worrying.

andrius had once been my favorite tracks from genshin, definitely one of the best early boss themes

I'm a bit embarassed to say that I discovered the absolute elegant in Andrius theme just few days ago when I let my Mondstadt soundtrack to play through the entire album. The way the strings & brasses went at the ending part there sounds very pride & mighty yet melacholic is just golden and I loved it so much. I've listened to all ost of weekly bosses from Dvalin to Scaramouche, but only now I listened Andrius theme to the end, probably because I forgot him since I didn't need his material for a very long time ago. This really have concluded my thought that all weekly bosses ost are beautiful.

Tfw Andrius is the only boss we face that isn't a past memory like the other bosses.

I'm glad you love his theme! It's one of my favorites for sure

I love the Andrius ost too, It's so epic! and the phase 2 is so glorius!

If you love Andrius theme you really, REALLY should listen to the battle tracks of the chasm. There's a particular one (if I'm not mistaken battle track 5) that I think you'll LOVE.

If enjoy genshin music so much, I have no words to describe Marco's expression I guess that he does 100 times more than anyone's watching this

Loll i love your genuine reactions so muchhhh

Marco, I would love to attend a music appreciation seminar course taught by you. You really get to the heart of not just the act of making music, but the art and the intent of telling a story. And you explain it so well to people who haven’t been inducted to this type of interpretation. That is a very special skill to have.

One of the most favourite weekly boss, finally you did it! 💙 Even thought Andrius dislike towards the human, he and the wolves still take a good care of Razor, the boy who was raised in the Wolvendom before Varka found him. That's why we call Razor's dad 💙

i wanna see you listen to "are you coming home, Love MOM"

Marco i admire your emotions and you! You was absolutely right about Andrius. About his speed and that he's frozen. And about his opinion about humans, i think because of you i understand this wolf much more better! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

I’m so happy you allowed us to revisit and actually appreciate this amazing soundtrack for andrius!

OMG, YES!!! I was hoping you'd react to this song! (specially phase 2, its one of my fav songs in the game)

one of the first songs that moved me so much I teared up before I knew all the lore. the emotional buildup just has this sense of sorrow that resonated so much within it that before I knew it, I died, too transfixed to focus on the fight at hand. A moment I'll carry forever, a moment where music physically stunned me. this is my absolute favorite track and I get emotional every time I listen to it.

I never listen this far before, wow I sure missed a lot in this theme

In Most genshin themes, Quick electric guitar symbolises the arrival of traveller. You can go back & many themes start with Their own symbolising instrument then the arrival of electric guitar either compliments or dances around it...

The beginning of this track reminds me of Halo XD

I haven't fought Andrius in a couple months because I don't need the mats anymore but damn this is gorgeous. Reminds me of 90s Japanese games like Parasite Eve.

his track was when I knew this game has some really good music as when I fought him he made me feel so cold in his fight as ive told many, I wish at the time I took more appreciation of some of the ambient tracks tho

for anyone who takes this game remotely seriously with the grind, we hear this ost once a week and its very easy to kind of treat this boss as a chore where we go "yeah time to grab materials from this guy again" and his attacks admittedly tend to just be annoying at some point but i dunno about you, but i never get tired of this fight purely from the music alone. a game worth zero dollars has no business making a boss theme with this much nuance but goddamn. unfortunately, most of us are either too busy trying to stay alive, or too strong to even make the music last that long and just kill him instantly but its on those revisits that make me catch all this stuff. this might be a stretch from me but i think its so cool how that drum and bass section comes in when he runs in circles and dashes at you, representative of his speed and the fact that you cant really stop him from running in that phase. it just keeps building until he does his ground pound again. (and i notice this with other bosses in genshin. theres that drum and bass bit whenever the boss does something we cant prevent. like when they phase into something or they run really fast or do some kind of unstoppable attack, theres always that drum and bass thing letting you know you cant do shit against that.) and that grand piano kinda sets up a new phase and it sounds so triumphant and anthemic by comparison where his majesty and grandeur as oppose to in the beginning which is more scary which i personally think is supposed to manipulate how we feel about him as a character. we fear him in the start especially after he tells us to test our might but by the second phase, theres this vibe of new found confidence and courage and i think thats the might that andrius wanted us to see in ourselves too. his belief that we can get stronger and therefore he has to go all out on us too

I remember you mentioning this was your favorite song in a stream. Glad to see you give your reasons why.

Man it's been so long since I've fought Andrius and heard this ingame. This video is a good reminder of why I like it so much. Also I can't wait till you get to the Chasm: Underground Mines and Explore it and its unique soundtrack. (The final area of the mines has my favorite regular battle theme in the whole game, "inevitable conflict" It's so great.)

me too what a magnificent and beautiful composition :) truly majestic 👏🏻

What I love about videos like these is that they make me realize how great are some Genshin songs that I overlooked in my playthrough. The wolf deity was my very first boss fight and I didn't know exactly what to expect from the game, I mean, I approached it like I would approach any other game, it just had a very interesting story. Now that I'm a seasoned player I know that hoyoverse but a lot of effort in the quality and strength of the game music, and in general all the artistic side. I should really look back and retrace my steps with the knowledge I have now. I mean, something like that already happened to me when I went back to Dragonspine lately to look for some leftover chests and the music started playing and i was like "wait what, has this insane music always been there?"

you should really listen to "Caelestinum Finale Termini", the Dvalin's theme. I think that's my favourite GI boss OST

Hehe. I'm exactly the same. Just can't articulate how awesome it is. So I just enjoy it ☺️

Finally Andrius theme getting the attention it deserves. This is also my favorite boss theme.

Oh my gosh, finally! I was waiting so long for this review - it truly is one of the best themes honestly. (Thank you for finally reviewing what have been suggesting for so long hehe and glad you enjoy it as well) There is SO much depth in his theme. I honestly just walk around him, waiting for true music (2nd part), his screams and echoes of the past to intertwine fully. Andrius must be from of a time of royalty. One of the most immersive music in Genshin. People really are sleeping on this. I wish there was more about him. It reminds me so much of Snezhnaya for some reason - it truly is a Cryo theme - the theme of imperial music in this, imperial opera. Can you hear it? There is theme of time as well, as we can hear the music that plays in the Abyss play in his theme as well - the only melody that is in his theme. Significance? A clock. Mixing in new type of music and classical - it is *perfection*. Chills each time.

Amazing video Marco! I always enjoy listening to your connections and interpretations :)) andrius is sometimes annoying to fight since I always die lol, but his theme is nice to listen to