Old Composer Reacts to Metal Gear BOSS FIGHT SONGS Video Games OST Reaction Session from Twitch 

I think the chat doesn’t realize that these songs are built to tell the story of the characters, rather than just being lyrics that exist to exist

Me showing a friend the OST of Metal Gear Rising, when Rules of Nature kicks in: - My friend: That's a quite dope song, from which boss is it? - Me: It's from the tutorial

that one guy in the chat, the lyrics do have sense they are literally telling the story of a boss you are fighting

The reason why these songs seem like they're cut short is pretty simple: They are pretty short. However, the way they work is that parts of them loop over and over. For instance, the vocals usually only start once you've made enough progress on a boss to force them into their second phase. So these seem pretty short now, but in a playthrough of the game you will spend quite a while listening to them as you try to figure out each boss and you might have been at it for half an hour or more before you hear the vocals for the first time, making it a very cathartic experience.

This is something you could not get because you haven't played the games: I cannot understate the emotional impact these songs have. Shouting RULES OF NATURE every time during the highlight of the bossfight is ingrained in my being. So whenever I hear that part I'm brought back to the game. It's a very important part of the experience.

i feel like this OST should be listened to while looking at the footage of the fight itself,

Yo Geebz! Thx for reacting/reviewing the music for our game and glad you dug it ;) Hope you are well! Jamie

By the way, if you didn't know, this game was pretty much the composer's first experience writing metal music outside of a few individual tracks! Edit: Damn, chat RIPPED INTO this soundtrack for some reason. In my experience, literally everyone I've talked to/seen loves the whole thing.

Chat is a bunch of haters. They don't understand the greatness of Christopherson.

Jesus, what was up with the same like, 2 people in chat who just felt the need to crap all over the vibe by saying the same 3 negative comments every 10 minutes? We’re all here to have a good time, no need to bring the mood down, guys! 😅

Some background information on the bosses in the game: Boss 1: Metal Gear Ray He appeared in the previous games and was a much bigger challenge then. In previous games, you had to use missile launchers and such to kill them. In this game, it’s the tutorial boss. You cut him in half with a katana in a couple of minutes from starting the game. This is used to show that the protagonist of the game is much stronger than he was before. Boss 2: Bladewolf After killing MG ray and getting beaten up by a katana wielding Brazilian (don’t question it) the protagonist got a new cybernetic body and is off to find his next victim. This victim is bladewolf. I’m not going to go into many details about the fight itself, as it is pretty straightforward: you cut him with a sword before he cuts you with a chainsaw, and you also turn the reinforcements he summons into dust by the same occasion. When you finally cut him to bits, somewhere offscreen he gets rebuilt and now fights on your side in some missions, not because he is forced to, but because he wants to. This is supposed to serve as a lesson about freedom and stuff, but in reality it’s an introduction to cutting all the following bosses into a million pieces because that’s something you can (and should) do. Boss 3: Mistral She is a mercenary fighting for the private military company you have been going after due to plot. She has a bit of background information on her being an abusive owner for bladewolf, but more on that later. She also has one of the more … how to put it… interesting models in the game. The devs clearly were having fun designing her. And all the other bosses as well, but her mostly. Boss 4: Khamsin. He is a boss introduced in a later (free) DLC. He is a disabled man in a mech-suit. He has a chainsaw axe and his whole thing is that he’s useless. What I mean is that he achieves nothing, he has no character ark, even his coworkers (people like Mistral) hate him. So remember when I said that Mistral was an abuse owner to Bladewolf? Well, over the course of the DLC she essentially gets Bladewolf to kill Khamsin. Trust me, it is way better done/explained in the game. Boss 4: Monsoon. To sum up Monsoon’s story, I can only really say one thing: he is insane. Not in the **haha I’m going to kill all humans I come across because that’s the writer’s will** kinda way but in the he sais weird stuff that surprisingly makes a lot of sense when you think about it way too much. For the fight itself, it’s fun to watch other people struggle to figure him out. In other terms, his “powers” are all about one thing: magnets. What that means in practice is: 1. To quote famous RU-vidr Max0r: his preferred method of dodging is self bisection 2. He can throw heavy chunks of metal at from afar. 3. To actually deal damage to him, you either have to either A. Parry his attacks, so you can hit him in the face, B. Throw an EMP grenade at him, allowing you to do the same thing as mentioned prior. When he only has a sliver of health remaining, he throws an obelisk at you, and you run op it’s side and cut him in a million pieces. Here’s a quote from him I think sums up his character pretty well: “Free will is a myth! Religion is a joke! We’re all pawns controlled by something greater: Memes: the dna of the soul!” Boss 6 I think : Sundowner This boss is, well, even more insane than Monsoon. He likes war, to kill, and to commit war crimes. His fight goes like this: You fight him on top of a building. He has a sword, you have your trusty katana by your side, and you fight. Except, the boss has a truck up his sleeve, or should say back, because all of a sudden, he pulls out 6 shield that if you touch you explode, losing quite a bit of health. Phase 2 begins when you cut his shields off. He actually tries (and fails) to deal damage to you. When you deal all the damage to leave him on sliver of health, he falls of the roof, catches the bottom side oh a helicopter, and uses a unmanned assault bird to knock you off the building as well. What follows is a sequence of you falling and flying back up the side of the building on the bird while piloting it with your sword. You then throw the bird at the helicopter, making it explode, and knocking sundowner towards you, where you can finally cut him into a thousand pieces. Boss 7: Jetstream Sam He has a history of taking down a drug cartel all by himself and of having his own DLC, he is also the tall Brazilian katana wielding and ass kicking man from earlier. He has a red sword, a will to leave, the best smile in the franchise and next to no cybernetic augmentations. He is here to do two things, cut you with his sword, or punch you with his fist if you disarm him. He is a tough fight, as he can do pretty much the same things as you, and it all really just comes down to the skill of the player. Boss 8: Metal Gear Excelsus. A massive mech with a US senator inside of it. Need I say more. It’s theme, Collective Consciousness also fits perfectly with Mariah Carey (did I spell that right)’s “all I want for Christmas is you”. Look it up. I don’t suggest reacting to it, even thought it would be neat, but listening to it at least once is a must. Boss 9: Senator Armstrong. Remember the US senator inside MG Excelsus? It’s him. He is even more dangerous outside the mech. Some of his iconic lines include: “Nano-machines, son”; “I do need capital. And votes. Wanna know why? "I have a dream." That one day, every person in this nation will control their OWN destiny. A land of the TRULY free, dammit. A nation of ACTION, not words. Ruled by STRENGTH, not committee. Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think -- to act -- for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chicken-shit bureaucrats. Fuck this 24/7 Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit. Fuck "American pride". Fuck the media! Fuck all of it! America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it -- we need to pull it out by the roots. WIpe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged, and the strongest will thrive -- free to live as they see fit, they will make America GREAT AGAIN!” “You still don't get it. I'm using war as a business to get elected... so I can end war as a business! In my new America, people will die and kill for what they BELIEVE! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!” That’s about it. Hope you enjoyed this read, that was about 6700 symbols long. My RU-vid crashed while writing this. Had to restart once. edit: a lot of spelling corrections. Also, someone in the comments to this comment argued that monsoon and sundowner are not insane, and I agree with that person, so go read their comment too.

No way the entire chat just piled on hot wind blowing. I think every track in the entire game is fantastic almost equally

saw some comments about the lyrics. they are a bit cheesy, but they kick in right when the boss is about to die ( most of the time ) which makes it feel awesome edit: someone mentioned it

18:48 It sounding really homogenous and basic without guitar is ENTIRELY the point and I’m glad you picked up on it. Khamsin, the character the song’s about, is basically just a training dummy. He’s supposed to be a faceless soldier to kill and out of every boss, he has the least identity. It’s poetic that way

Whenever i hear RED SUN i really cannot help wanting to scream "IM F***ING INVINCIBLE"

The Stains of Time and Stranger I Remain are my all time favourites from this ost.

god some of the guys in the stream chat sound like they would be really fun at parties.

33:14 What the guy in the chat said is absolutely correct. These songs are MUCH better when you're actually playing the game as they start to buildup the more you hit your enemy ect. Kinda like how "RULES OF NATURE" plays as you catch Metal gear ray's sword or how "AND IT WILL COME LIKE A FLOOD OF PAIN" plays as monsoon jumps down and does the throw attack thing

You're missing out how this music is made specifically and how it works with the fights in the game

I love how someone said that he pays More attention to the mix rather than lyrics when the lyrics are the important part of these songs in particular, being the story of the boss you fight

Shoutout to the one person in the chat who doesn't know that Buffalo are, indeed, herd animals.

I've never seen so many negativ comments about mgr's ost before...this chat is wild lmao

People being snobby in the chat made me laugh. All of the lyrics touch upon the characters you're fighting along with representing their morality or motivations. The only exception to this is "It Has To Be This Way," which is from the main character of the game, Raiden's, perspective. (but there are also instrumental versions, and there are mixes out there on youtube that have both. Look up "Metal Gear Rising Maniac Agenda Mix" to hear them)

A bit too late for that, but: 0:28 - Rules of Nature 5:40 - I'm My Own Master Now 10:49 - Stranger I Remain 15:20 - Hot Wind Blowing 20:35 - Stains of Time 26:10 - Red Sun 33:00 - The Only Thing I Know for Real 38:40 - Collective Conciousness 42:20 - It Has to Be This Way

Most of your chat never touched the game or watched gameplay and it shows. "It's too on the nose. It's too try hard. The lyrics are cheesy." Etc. All of these songs are story telling telling devices and the lyrics only play when you progress far enough into the boss fight. They tell the stories of the bosses and brilliantly I might add. You can understand everything about them as you fight. Everything from their mannerisms to their philosophies. There's a reason why this game's OST is praised. It's kind of like Undertale music where if you've never played the game or seen gameplay to really understand the context, then you won't appreciate the song to the fullest. You won't "get it". Regarding "The Only Thing I Know For Real", specifically to the guy who said the song was good until the singing started, counter point: go F yourself. This song slaps. Better yet, all of these songs slap. You better believe if I was in that chat I would have been tearing those uncultured people apart, lol

I love how the chat complains about the vocals as if its supposed to be some mainstream radio track. its boss fight theme songs for their backstories in a game about a cyborg ninja soldier, not Ed Sheeran

"The lyrics in these songs are so cheesy! Come on, guys, a game about a cyborg ninja carving giant robots in half with a samurai sword alongside his chainsaw-wielding robot dog companion trying to save kids' brains from being used to coordinate military equipment needs to be taken seriously! That Senator just kicked a guy like a football and a non-existent crowd cheered! C'est magnifique! If only the lyrics could match such raw artistry!"

The vocals being mixed in a way that they get drowned out is pseudo-intentional. Not really for removing a distraction this time, it plays into one of the overarching themes: the battle between nature and identity. The clearer and louder the vocals are, the more that character is "solud" in their identity and self image.

The lyrics of Collective Consciousness actually perfect fit with the music to All I Want For Christmas is You, I'm not joking.

Ignore chat for maximum enjoyment of the video.

Most of the chat just seems off and doesn’t seem to realize the song is trying to tell a story while you are fighting this boss, whose moves and way they think are influenced by their backgrounds. Some of them were very traumatic. All the boss songs is MGR are amazing

Reading that chat was absolutely painful 💀 And i see many ppl in RU-vid comment section noticed that too.

One of the worst outcomes of a sequel never happening is that we'll probably never see Jamie Christopherson again, at least for a very long time. He only had a couple notable credits before this project, and he's basically dropped off the face of the earth following it. Such a shame with what an incredible job he and the sound team at Platinum did. The true beauty of this soundtrack that is wholly unique to this game is how the songs are primarily a look into each of the bosses' character and what motivates them. Metal Gear is traditionally a very story heavy series, but with the high-paced action of this spin-off they didn't feel it was right to pack in a bunch of heavy storytelling and exposition. Their solution was to tell you each character's story through the music while you were fighting them. The intensity of this is further emphasized by how the vocals only kick in once the boss is brought down to the final phase of their fight, only having an instrumental track until you push them to their limit. For Jetstream Sam in particular, his vocal track plays right from the start. However, when you succeed in knocking his sword out of his hand he loses his identity (the sword being the "soul" of a warrior is a very common theme in Japan) and the vocals in his theme stop until he picks it back up. It ties in very nicely with the internal struggle he faces as a character. The use of music in videogames has evolved a lot over the years, but as of yet there's no other game on this Earth that utilizes its soundtrack and ties it into its gameplay and storytelling quite like Metal Gear Rising.

Bruh, my anger when this guy in chat was like "This is the weakest track" to The Hot Wind Blowing. Bro. That shit is a hype fest man ._.

MGR has such a great high energy soundtrack. Athough listening to the boss themes is only half the experience, as they dynamically match the gameplay, e.g the Rules of Nature vocals don’t kick in until the very climax of the Metal Ray boss fight.

MGR was too ahead of its time, we didn't know it was a masterpiece until we lost it to Konami and their Pachinko :(

God mgrr's soundtrack is so good to listen to

Dude that twitch chat sounds like the biggest metalhead snobs I've ever read.

Do you know what's the problem? Most of people in the chat aren't gamers. Don't sound like gamers at least. There's a HUGE, HUGE difference between VOCALS in game soundtrack and normal pop or metal. It's a much different experience when you play the game. This is why they shit on the songs, if this was my first experience I wouldn't be amazed by many of these much.

Only does Twitch chat has the most unnecessarily critical commentators seen to mankind.

When the wind is slow and fire's hot! "I AM FUCKING INVINCIBLE JACK!!"

most intelligent twitch chat Sorta the problem with listening to these songs without playing the game is you miss out on seeing the characters these songs belong to, which puts the lyrics in context. For example, Sam's theme, "The Only Thing I Know For Real" is about how Sam has lost his true motivation to fight and is now fighting just to fight. Blade Wolf's theme, "I'm My Own Master Now", is about Wolf's desire to be free from the metaphorical chains his makers have set in place, more specifically, if he were to disobey any orders, his memory would be entirely wiped. All of the boss themes are like this, "The Stains of Time" is nihilistic and edgy just like Monsoon is, "Rules of Nature" is about a predator on the verge of extinction, just like Metal Gear Ray, "The Hot Wind Blowing" is about a soldier brainwashed by propaganda into believing what he's doing is bringing freedom, when all it's doing is instilling violence. Sadly without playing the game you don't get any of this context, and you end up with a Twitch Chat with a collective IQ lower than the room temperature of fucking Alaska. Except for the few people in the chat who actually played the game. shoutouts to you lol.

As a (self-proclaimed) music specialist I can state this soundtrack is: *a banger*

34:07 "was good until the singing started" that hurt my soul.

When it comes to the mix, the composer has never made a rock/metal ost before this one. It's a miracle that it turned out this well

The chat is actually brain-dead lol

Fun Fact: The vocalist for "The Hot Wind Blowing" (15:21 in this video), John Bush, is the vocalist of Armored Saint and was at one point the vocalist for Anthrax. So if you thought it sounded kind of 80s-esque, that's probably why!

"was good until the singing started" bruh The Only Thing I Know For Real is amazing

I hate how some of them were saying things like “The lyrics aren’t super clever.” They’re meant to tell the story of the boss that you’re fighting. They wouldn’t get it though because they’ve never played the game.

You have to listen to the Sonic Frontiers boss themes "Undefeatable" "Break Through It All" And "Find Your Flame"

The lyrics to these songs are incredible story telling

7:00 The lyrics aren' super clever Comment comming from a "not so super clever"-guy who has not played the game at all lmao

Just let him listen to Bury the light

the chat keeps commenting on the directness of the lyrics. *They don't play lyrics until the back end of the fight.* For the majority of it you'll be hearing the instrumental until the climax of the battle, and in most scenarios you won't even notice them until you've gotten *really* good at the game because of the amount of attention you need to pay to the combat itself. The story of the characters involved are the mainstay of the lyrics, but the instrumentals can be used to intuit their mentality and motives even if you haven't seen the cutscenes.

Most of these lyrics don't play until near the end of a boss fight or during "key" moments in a fight (mainly a phase 2 sort of thing). They all are telling the story of the bosses. One boss in particular doesn't even get his lyrics unless you fulfill certain conditions in the fight, and can be beaten without even hearing them.

1:28 "yea this is not metal gear music..." and is MGR like any Metal Gear game?

The chat’s brains are smooth as a Bullet train

This and Guilty Gear's soundtrack use their music to flesh out their characters and I LOVE IT!!! This shit goes so hard.

The dude who did the Toontown ost did this ost. This was his first time fucking with metal. Well... as we know he fucked around and we found out what happens didn't we? Damn this is a good soundtrack to listen to.

''Yeah! This is what nature planned!'' As a cyborg human is fighting a giant skyscraper sized robot in a city. I highly doubt nature planned any of this lol

"Was good until the singing started" I see, You deny your music tastes true purpose

Rules Of Nature is about how the massive destruction robot Metal Gear Ray is a predator designed solely for the purpose of being the strong preying on the weak. It indeed is very dependent on successfully catching and defeating its prey. Not because it must eat, but because failure will result in it being decommissioned and replaced with a more competent one. My Own Master Now is about Bladewolf. A robotic canine AI designed for assassination. After being taken apart by Raiden (the player), he actually does become his own master. Until then, he was constantly at the risk of mind erasure and being repurposed for trying to make own decisions. A Stranger I Remain is about Mistral, a French woman who has traveled through a tough life. She came to find that taking the lives of people who displease her was most pleasing, but she never found purpose. That was however until she teamed up with Desperado and became a Wind Of Destruction, and eventually being hired to carry out the plans of Senator Armstrong. In Desperado, she found purpose. She found a home. She found love. She finally found what she was looking for. A place where she could be without remorse. The Hot Wind Blowing is about Khamshin. An army veteran missing his legs who decided, instead of a wheelchair, he'd make a massive mech suit to sit in and move around in. This song represents the unknown soldier. The men lost on the battlefield without a nametag and will be lost to history. Khamshin has always been a joke to his fellow members of The Winds Of Destruction. And despite his efforts, after he eventually perishes (Mistral sent an assassin to kill him) he becomes forgotten. Never mentioned by anyone ever again, hence the lyrics: "fulfil our duty, then vanish without a trace". He believed that freedom is something that must be forced upon the people who do not understand it, hence the line "I don't know what I've been told, the wishes of the people can't be controlled". In his final moments, he's desperate to prove that he is significant. He is a Wind Of Destruction. Heck, a lyric even has him cry this statement out loud. Stains Of Time is about Monsoon, a man who has seen some bad crap. Having barely survived a massacre home in Cambodia, he was rebuilt essentially more metal than man. Through magnetic technology, his new 80% metallic body can split apart to avoid any strike made at him. He has come to accept that pain, suffering, war, sorrow and all things are all trivial. All that matters is what we take from it. Memories that will stay with you and evolve alongside you, shaping who the individual is meant to be. Red Sun is about Sundowner. A man who truly sees more good in warfare than peace. Things like bringing jobs to communities and creating a common cause. Red Sun is a description of his ideal world. The Only Thing I Know For Real is about Jetstream Sam. A Brazilian man with a katana and a swagger that can break steel. The song speaks on how he may once have had a motive and known what to fight for, but now all he knows is that he is fighting. The only thing he knows for real is that there WILL be bloodshed. The man in the mirror nods his head, assuring Sam that "Yes, Sam. This is all correct, it's all like you used to do it, so nothing has changed" It Has To Be This Way is about Senator Armstrong. An American Senator with some crazy ideals. He has a dream for an America where each and every individual is free to fight their own wars for their own ideals, rather than follow barely understandable ideals of politicians who will never fight themselves. A so-called "land of the *truly* free", he calls it. The song is comparing Raiden (the player character) to Armstrong's ideology. We both wanted to spare the people from oppression. And in this case, how can either of us say the other is wrong? We can both agree that violence only breeds violence, and violence has been both of our answer to our obstacles. But in the end, it has to be this way. This is the end, where we must fight, and violence simply must happen. Loved the analysis!

RULES OF NATURE! 🤘🏽🤘🏽

The 2 snobs in the chat 🤓

What I saw is that, while chat understood that there was a deeper meaning to the game with its politics and whatnot, they failed to realize what was actually happening. Like that person who believed that Armstrong was war=profit, when he was very much against that. XD Aside from Armstrong killing a bunch of people and having children's brains implanted into robots, you could sympathize at least with what he's wanting. While his methods are terrible, the main character has done similar things. Killing those that are weaker than himself for causes that he may or may not agree with. So Armstrong's theme really hits what's going on between the 2 characters.

What I've recently discovered that blows my mind is that the composer (and singer) of that first song, Rules of Nature, as a solo artist writes and performs country rock music. It definitely caught me off guard but you can tell that Jason is an extremely talented artist! Jason Charles Miller is his full name, as well as the name of his RU-vid channel.

Dude in chat be like "yea this is not metal gear music..." Tell em how you got no clue what Revengeance is

yeah the ending for metal gear excelsus is huge, its a stadium sized robot and you rip its giant sword arm off and have a sword fight with it, cutting it to several pieces also the stains of time with monsoon works with it being super fast because in the fight you are getting attacked left right and centre 5 times a second every second, its really fast also the music is instrumental for most of the fight minus the only thing i know for real and it has to be this way, and when you reach the climax of the fight the lyrics kick in so it makes it sound so awesome plus the final boss song, it has to be this way, is likely about the main character that you play as and not the final boss at all, which i think is pretty neat

"Was good until the singing started." *B R U H*

I know the story is like 4 hours long , but I ended up playing 40 only because of the soundtrack..

That one chatter who constantly talks about the cheesiness like an NPC repeating his line clearly doesn't know a single thing about the game, and it's hilarious

Glad you reacted to this!~ I love the Metal Gear Rising boss playlist. "Stains Of Time", "Red Sun", "The Only Thing I Know For Real" and "It Has To Be This Way" are my favorites!~ 😇

I love Hot Wind Blowing because of how uniquely simple it is, and how well it portrays the difference between Khamsin and other bosses. Every character in the main game is complex, with hidden quirks and mysteries behind their facade. Each one even if horrible, still has some sanity and genuine criticism to offer to Raiden. But then you get Khamsin, straight forward soldier, who doesn't think for himself and does what he has to do. He doesn't bother himself with ideology, complex worldviews or reasons of why he's doing what he's doing. He just goes there and acts, leaving thought processes to his superiors. However he has somewhat complex view of his consciousness and purity. Even if he has doubts, his conscience is clear, because he's just a tool, a puppet in hands of others, who are to blame. But he bears no blame. And you can feel that in his track. Simple straightforward music and angry, raging chorus, that comes after cold, emotionless verse. Even he atarts to understand how flawed his view of the blame is. You can hear deep rage and anger, that is being supressed by professionalism and a need to adhere to rules of existing hierarchy.

Some of the chats' criticisms were pretty one-dimensional.. really frustrating to read at times

I really don't understand why The Hot Wind Blowing gets so much hate. To me this is the best theme in the game.

Monsoon kicking in really made him stop reaching for his drink 3 times. The *GRAVITY* of these tracks is insane

He needs to hear Bury the light.

That "Blood stained saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand" part 🔥🔥🔥

I really wish you could watch the Meti Not The Bad Guy's videos about all the bosses from MGR. He tells you their back story and reasoning. All while using the lyrics from their boss theme to back up the info. And who they relate to Raiden, the character you play as. And then the entirety of MGR is seen through the music and lyrics of the sound track. It like hearing a story told by a bard. The characters are over the top and simplified. And the music takes that and cranks it up to 11.

For the ending of collective consciousness you rip of a giant robots ants arm and use it to chop its main body into pieces where the final boss comes out and the last track plays

7:48 I think it's ingame mix, that's why vocal really sunk. When I played this game the only part of the song I heard was the chorus.

The soundtrack doesn't work without the game and the game doesnt work without the soundtrack.

The story behind each song has such an impact on the players. Just listening to them while fighting the bosses is enough for something great, but knowing the story as you do so makes it unforgettable

Regarding your question about the structure: You're listening to the official soundtrack releases. The songs are designed so the first half loops during the fight with or without lyrics (it depends), and then the second verse and outro kick in while you execute the boss. Regarding genre: I'd classify it as a mix of power and industrial metal.

The best way to experience this soundtrack is to watch the boss fights. The songs tell part of the story of the boss that you are fighting, and the lyrics are synched to key parts of each fight.

mgs saga songs according to me action - rules of nature thrill- snake eater sadness - heavens divide feeling of cigar - sins of father ( even though lyrics were good but people listening to woooooooooohooooooooooo) the end of something - the best is yet to come angry - red sun just remembered something - can't say to goodbye to yesterday talking to someone on bus stand or railway station - It has to be this way

One thing I think people might not have mentioned is that some of the tracks on the OST are mixed (or remixed?) by Maniac Agenda, who are an electronic music duo, while some other tracks aren't (indicated by "Platinum Mix" instead of "Maniac Agenda Mix" in the OST listings) That probably also explains the different "vibe" between certain of the tracks being having stronger electro elements and such, like those heavy wubs and that half-time change-up in Collective Consciousness (Maniac Agenda Mix). Maybe. I could be wrong though!

My friend after listening the track "The final boss must have a crazy backstory" Senator Armstrong: played collage ball you know

Watching the battles with the music adds much more to it.

The people ripping on the music clearly have never played the game. How they gonna complain about the lyrics being "too literal" when thats the whole goddamn point

Lol looking at the chat in which one dude randomly went " nanomchines son "

This soundtrack is so sick! It just gives you so much energy and with the game it's even better.

I’m so thrilled that this game is getting a resurgence and so much love. I remember when it first came out there was so much hate because it was closer to a hack and slash than the stealth based gameplay that all prior metal gear games were. People were saying that it was not a metal gear game. This game was made by platinum games which is known for crazy over the top, John woo style action. One of my favorite parts in the game when fighting Jetstream Sam during The Only Thing I Know For Real is when the sword clashes match up to the song in the mid-battle scene. It will be like “there will be blood-(clash)-shed-(clash)”

Since (I think) he hasn’t played the game itself to see the storyline and the more specific characteristics of each boss I understand why it wasn’t touched on, besides when someone mentioned a bit about blade wolf, but the fact that the songs fit the characters, and not just the lyrics relating to them, but the themes in the way each song is written, fits each of the bosses personalities and character traits so well, and that in itself makes me just love the mgrr ost even more.

This part, when You in last track show the level of the melody... This melody/motive is the main theme of this game. Composer weaved this theme into this track perfectly.

one thing you really miss by listening this way is the way the game layers the songs. you'll start with only the instrumental, and the game will lead into the chorus with full vocals the moment the final phase begins. i felt fear when the "Red Sun" lyrics kicked in as sundowner combined his swords into the scissor form we see him execute people with.

Red Sun really kept things simple and it really works. I love that track so much.

So for the 2nd last song collective consciences it fits perfectly when mixed with all I want for Christmas is you exactly its the funniest thing in all of music for me

This song must be listened to during combat. It's just goosebumps.

One thing I love about the use of boss music isn't just that the lyrics tell a story as you fight the boss (bladewolf's desire to be free, Sam's disillusion, etc.) but the lyrics themselves are dynamic during the game and tell an extra layer of story. As others have mentioned, the lyrics kick in during the final stage of the battle. Sometimes it's when the boss' health reaches a certain point, but in cases like Sam, you fight him a few times during the game so when you have your final showdown the lyrics kick in from the start. But a great detail is that for Sam and Armstrong fights, the lyrics are tied to Sam's sword. When you knock Sam's sword out of his hand, the lyrics go away until he picks it back up. Because, as the lyrics say, only thing he knows is the way of the sword and without it, without his purpose, he's lost. In the final Armstrong fight, Raiden takes up Sam's sword and when Armstrong disarms Raiden, the lyrics also go away until you picks it back up. Sam has passed his purpose, his meme, onto Raiden.