Opera Singer Listens to The First Disciple || Destiny: The Witch Queen 

This video inspired me to finally play the witch queen: Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Gameplay and Music Discussion/Reactions ep.1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RxBMHcpxHm8.html

This is the theme of neither the Cabal nor the Hive. It is the theme of Rhulk, First Disciple of the Witness, and last of his race. He has destroyed the star of his home world, enslaved the Hive Worm Gods to his Master’s will. His master the Witness is the greatest enemy we know of so far, and as his lieutenant Rhulk is the most dangerous entity we have fought yet. With his hands behind his back, he strides coolly around his arena, firing beams of Darkness and, if you get too close, kicking you like a soccer ball. He’s the first raid boss who is actually able to kick your entire team to death.

Rhulk exited this game as quickly as he entered it, yet is arguably one of the best written characters in Destiny that Bungie has given us.

The introduction to the song, is actually the “Darkness Theme” which has been present in some music since Vanilla D2, that actually has this really cool thing going where with every expansion, the theme gets more “corrupted” in the new music added with said expansions. If you actually listen to the darkness motif/theme we get at the end of the red war when it shows the pyramids, and listen to the motif at the beginning of this piece, you’ll see just how far it’s almost corroded and how much brassier and heavier it’s gotten. It’s super intense. I believe there’s a video out there that showcases how it’s changed / been “corrupted” over the years. It’s fascinating. Truly and utterly fascinating.

So the theme is for Rhulk, The Witness' first disciple, who is the final boss for the vow of the disciple raid. He is a member of the darkness, not of the hive or cabal. Awesome fight, and aesthetically amazing. (Same goes for the entire raid.)

rhulk gives a whole new definition to “kick to orbit” And most likely other comments will explain but rhulk disciple of the witness is it a species we’ve never seen before in destiny and the backstory to him is that he killed his entire species to join the witness, then he went on to destroy many other species, and he was the one that tricked the hive into worshiping the darkness and taking of the worms immortal life. And his first words that he says to us are “welcome, drown in deep or rise from it”

"You have served your purpose. All that awaits you now is the gift of death... The darkness beyond your final days." -Rhulk the first disciple. his theme is amazing and really helps to convey the power these enemies have.

A quick note about this track is that the first part of it, with the dread and cockiness, is what plays on loop while the players are running around dodging Rhulk's attacks while he floats above us, immune to damage and taunting us, but once we complete the puzzle and can start damaging him the latter heroic part starts playing until the damage phase ends

Savathun is one of the most intriguing characters in Destiny 2. The mind games she had done were so intricate that she even fooled the Worm Gods controlling her, and the Witness that was the Light's greatest enemy. Savathun is such an amazing character that playing through the Witch Queen campaign is such a treat.

Michael Salvatori is a true genius, each song he did is pure wonder

It's a pity you didn't listen to the full Extended cut of this track. The Phase 2 intro with the strings version of the Darkness Theme might just be about the most heavy hitting transition to any track in the game.

I brought this up in the Zodiark theme breakdown, the concept of the "Heroic Challenge." The heroic leitmotifs pushing back against the boss's themes, making the music itself another front of the battle. That's what changes the music from a Boss Theme to a Boss _Fight_ Theme 4:50 is the point where The Guardian's theme comes in, and blares it in all its glory against the Darkness. Where one pulls a fiery sword out of the Sky, and plunges it into the ground to create a well of radiant Light to empower their allies, as they all pull out their heaviest weapons, and _unload them._

This moment in the game was special. This is the final song you hear in the witch queen raid which takes place in a crashed pyramid ship in Savathûn’s throne world. Before this fight you see the experiments of the disciple trying to basically impregnate other races with the worms that turned the krill into the hive, and you finally see the first follow of the darkness in all his glory and power.

This song plays duing the final encounter of the Vow of The Disciple raid. Once we entered the raid, we were adressed by Rhulk. Nobody knew about him until he spoke to us and nobody knew who or what he looked like. He was an enigma, a new variable, on old but still very dangerous threat. There'd be spoilers but if you watch the day 1 raid streams, his appearance caught everyone offguard and blew everyone away with how unique and imposing he was. The bit at the very beginning of this track, was him slowly descending onto the arena after floating upside down in a crystal. He isn't subservient to savathûn. He breaks worlds and subjugates gods.

That statement about the leitmotif is very true. As a veteran player hearing that during the theme adds so much more impact to it that a newer player likely wouldn't notice.

My favorite part about this theme is that the Darkness horn is FINALLY in your face and screaming "I AM HERE." Instead of being in the background, it's loud and it tells you the thing you're fighting is stronger than anything you've ever fought

My clan and I fought Rhulk a few days after he released. We were all new Destiny players, wanting to experience raids together. This raid was unanimously chosen as the first raid we would attempt as a clan and by goodness, it was amazing. The music, the challenges, and I cannot stress enough the final boss against Rhulk, the First Disciple. His design was unique and his music made us feel the dread we were in for. It was all over-the-top crazy in the best way. It felt rewarding to get there and killing him gave us pride. The only thing we wished never to do again was Exhibition. Never. Never again.

What I love about this music piece is that the last part is the music that plays during Rhulk's final stand, where he realizes "Oh shit, I am about to lose" and goes all out, only to be defeated in the end. For the rest of the music, it is implied that Rhulk is underestimating us, and is holding back

Fantastic theme that evokes both dread and cockiness in the best possible way. The brass heard at the start is the leitmotif of the Darkness as a whole and Rhulk's theme is almost the climax/the culmination of what's been only a sprinkle in various pieces so far. There's a video here on RU-vid showcasing the Darkness theme in various contexts since all the way back in vanilla Destiny 2, so it really feels like the apex of this epic story that's taken place over the last 5 years. Speaking of leitmotifs, the brass heard at 1:53 is the leitmotif of the entire expansion, heard most notably on the login screen. :)

I was too busy shooting Rhulk in the head to pay much attention to this wonderful piece. Now that I have time to just sit back, chill, and listen to it, I can truly appreciate this song. God is it good. Destiny 2 truly does have some real bangers.

our first taste of Darkness… whilst fighting on top of a worm god who’s supposedly made all mini worms for the hive- powering the doomsday weapon- whilst shooting a beam into a doomsday weapon that your fighting Rhulk on top of. lore implications are nice, and the fight is unique as well

Rhulk is my favorite Boss in Destiny, the swagger in which he moves, the imposing voice and presence, the music behind his fight and the lore of his previous encounters all add up to make him one badass threat. Yet at the end of the day he is but another puppet of the Witness. Love his fight so much and it makes me really hopeful for Lightfall

I absolutely love that part where the main theme pushes its way in and overrides the darkness theme. Because that's the part of the boss fight where you're actually able to do damage to Rhulk, really emphasising that, yes, he's extremely powerful and confident, but he has underestimated the strength of guardians. I agree with you, it feels like such rallying cry sort of moment, the perfect moment to strike back.

My favorite part is 4:09 always starts to play when you are finally able to damage the boss, the music getting triumphant as you finally get your opening to attack

Another interesting bit about Rhulk is: he never takes the fireteam he’s facing seriously until the very end, which is where he starts debuffing everyone with Pervading Darkness, where he’ll blind everyone till either he dies or the fireteam does. The latter is mostly the result.

You mentioned at 1:10 that this was the heroic theme. This is actually the leitmotif for Savathûn and the expansions melody, given that’s how bungies composes their music.

In my opinion Rhulk is the best raid boss in D2 so far. I was blown away by the entire the fight and his theme seriously brings it all together. I love that you bring up constant movement towards the end. His dps phase is all about movement and avoiding his attacks while trying to do as much damage as possible.

YOOO THE FIRST DISICPLE I STILL HAVNT FOUGHT HIM BUT HE DESERVES MAD RESPECT. RHULK THE FIRST DICIPLE

Yeeeeeees! I listen to this almost every day and it's always an absolute banger! Really happy to see you do more Destiny stuff! The music reflects the boss fight of Rhulk, the last boss of the Vow of the Disciple raid. And it is an uphill battle for a large portion of the fight. He floats above you as if you're unworthy of his proper attention. Instead he tries to blast you with energy and forces you off the platform if you screw up. The music has that feeling of "do or die" in it with an abyss behind you and one of the most powerful villains infront of you. The music also feels like you've met your match, that this enemy is waaaay beyond you. But as the music progresses, you gain ground on this platform and eventually you make it up to his proper arena where he deems you "worthy" of proper fighting and he will pursue you and kill you if you're not careful. The very final piece is you feeling a rallying cry of "We can do this... We can beat him!" And as you smash him with various space magic and weapons to banish him into the next life forever, the very VERY last bit feels like a berserk mode from Rhulk. Almost like a religious Zealot he's trying to pull you down with him. And the very VERY last bits feels like you were a hair pin away from him succeeding in pulling you with him or defeating you and destroying everything. A close call beyond measure. The first time me and my friends fought him, I felt like: "We're never going to do this... It's too damn much." But we kept at it and eventually, after many hours, we succeeded, with that exact hairpin close call I mentioned above. I will never forget our first 24 hour kill of him. It was one of those memories you'll never forget. Thanks alot for listening to this Marco!

Vow of the disciple is my favourite raid, this track is the big theme to the final boss and titular First Disciple Rhulk, hearing this blair as he rushes at you to punt you like a soccer ball during the dps phases is so cool and intense

the video I was most looking forward to, this Rhulk theme is brutal like the character one of the best D2 raids, thank you very much Marco, you are incredible.

Absolutely love the destiny franchise, been playing for more years than I care to admit. The real selling factor for me has always been the music, the orchestration is truely world building.

Yeeees Been waiting for you to cover more Destiny, there's so much more awesome music to cover! Good stuff as always

Hey Marco! Great video and I’m glad you enjoyed listening to this song. I come bearing leitmotif lore. 0:12 What plays in heavy brass at the beginning is *The Darkness Theme.* This theme first showed up in the postcredit scene of the original Destiny 2 Red War campaign, when the Darkness, now better known as The Black Fleet was revealed. Once they showed up in the game proper a few years later, the theme started showing up everywhere. Since this raid takes place inside one of the Pyramid ships of the Black Fleet, it’s perfect for the final boss’ music to start off with this theme. The background hum/spook that plays throughout the entire song is also associated with the powers of the Darkness as a whole. At 0:32, we hear a heavy brass version of *The Witness’ theme.* This leitmotif was introduced in the Witch Queen when the Witness was revealed as the entity behind most events in the game related to the Darkness, such as the creation of the Hive. It is the big bad of the entire “Light and Dark” saga of the Destiny franchise. The final boss, Rhulk, is a Disciple of the Witness. 1:03 (and 1:53) is actually the main theme of the Witch Queen expansion, and is associated with Savathûn herself. Savathûn defected from the Darkness and turned to the Light. While she is still our enemy, she no longer stands with the Darkness and the Witness. When she gained the powers of the Light, she used it to push back Rhulk’s dominion in her territory, even sealing him away inside of his Pyramid. Like it or not, her involvement plays a large role in the events leading up to the raid, so her theme shining bright through the heavier Darkness themes is very fitting. Her theme shows up again at around 4:00 in this video. At 4:15, we hear the *Be Brave* theme. This one, to my knowledge, isn’t associated with one specific character, but sort of just “the good guys” as a whole. It’s one of the heroic themes that’s sprinkled everywhere across the various installments of Destiny 2. As others have pointed out, 4:50 is the *Guardian* theme. It is the main theme of Destiny 1 and meant to represent Destiny as a whole and our character especially. I love how it completely overpowers the heavier and darker parts of the track as we rise up to face Rhulk’s challenge. Apologies for the absolutely massive comment haha. I’m very passionate about this franchise and its music. I’d love to see more Destiny music down the line, but keep doing you my man. Also loving the new editing style. Keep up the great work. Cheers!

Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Terraria (Calamity), Monster Hunter, and now this?! You're awesome, thanks!

Rhulk is honestly such a terrifyingly powerful opponent (most powerful we've faced yet) that it's weird to think that he died solely because he was toying with us throughout the entire raid. His last moments before death when he actually gets serious show us that he could have wiped the floor with us the second we entered his Pyramid Ship.

Your insights and perspective on these make me smile so much, I swear. Rhulk The First Disciple is such a blast in both music, gameplay and narrative and I'm always amazed how well these tracks manage to convey a lot of these themes and emotions. Destiny in particular has so many bombastic orchestral scores that it's almost overwhelming with how many of them hit that sweet spot! Once again makes me hope you'd one day cover Warframe's "Sunkiller" (Aka the Final boss theme from New War, because there's a load of themes and emotion layered in there.)

Oh yes I just started watching you recently and it's awesome seeing you listen to music from my favourite game :D

I had to come here immediately. While reaching and battling Rhulk for the first time wasn't as special a moment as the spacewalk halfway through Deep Stone Crypt, hearing the motif that always meant that the darkness itself was drawing closer, finally backed by a bombastic orchestra, was still special. It is not the theme of the hive or the cabal (though the latter is indeed partial to heavy brass) but of the forces of the Darkness itself. The face of the deep itself.

I’ve been waiting for Destiny to come up! It is gonna be such a great time seeing you pick through the catalogue of what piques your interest and hearing your thoughts!

If your going to listen to destiny themes I strongly recommend regicide and deep stone lullaby, regicide is from Destiny 1 as we fight Oryx who is the big bad the first year lead to with a massive raid ending, while lullaby is a break from not just the raid it is in but the expansion. With us discovering the truth about the innocuous playable race of the exo and the entire expansions heavier themes of coming to terms of maybe switching sides or thinking for ourselves. Edit: I did forget you already listened to lullaby but still hope, if you remember it, that it adds a bit of meaning to that track.

I like how rhulk is not like other bosses, he's not just in one factions he's with all factions or was with them due to the witness using all enemys

That leitmotif works every time! Every single time I hear it in passing while playing or listening to the soundtrack, I get chills!

The people that work on the music for Destiny are genuinely some of the best in the industry

Oh hey, that was my suggestion on your post asking for Leitmotif tracks. How cool to actually see you listening to this piece of music! It's such a joy to watch people experience something you love for the first time and see that same awe. The Destiny raids always have the best music. If you haven't heard the in-game version of the track "shell of what was" then I can highly recommend it. It plays during the final part of the last wish raid from the forsaken DLC. I still get a rush of adrenaline every time I listen to it. You can find it if you search for "Shell of What Was *Queenswalk* (High Action)"

I love this theme cause its ominous and menacing but as you approach damage phase its triumphiant as the Guardian pops off. Then as soon as damage phase is over it loops back to the ominous feel.

YOOOOOOOOOO didn't expect a destiny 2 video :). This franchise has so many good songs!!

I know this remark is very common under many of your videos but I can’t stop myself from admiring how much information you can glean from listening to music. Destiny is easily my favorite game of all time and a big part of what hooked me in was how good the music was. Your comment about leitmotifs is really spot on, as most tracks in Destiny uses them pretty extensively, and to great effect. Also very happy to hear you’ll be taking a look at Lightfall’s OST. More Destiny on the channel will always be welcome.

Rhulk: “I’m not a cabal or hive. Imma whole different breed!” 😈

You would love the "Deepstone Lullaby" soundtrack from Destiny 2: Beyond Light. Lots of boss music are always heavy and energetic but many people really miss out on the lighthearted melodies that play during the journey or transition between boss fights. It's not every day when you are hit with a sudden calming sensation after defeating an alien commander while you escape into the vacuum of space.

Damn how have I never found this channel. Huge destiny fan here, and the soundtrack has always been a consistently awesome part of the game

I ain't gonna lie macro, you're terraria ost breakdowns and reactions roped me in but seeing you diving into my all time favorite game now puts a bigger smile on my face than you can imagine! This particular track blew me away when fighting this boss for the first time what with him strutting around and effortlessly kicking the team out of his way while we were all fighting for our life with everything we had. I can't wait to see you cover more, If I could sub again I would!!

I'm glad you recognized the leitmotif towards the end there. The game does this thing with dynamic music where what section you hear can reflect what's going on and, as you may surmise from the leitmotif there, it's really an uplifting part of the music that tells you and the rest of your team that you've "cracked" the boss. You've struggled and now it's time for YOU to do damage. I love it.

Destiny OST is something truly special and it's such a giant treasure trove of meaning and depth that I cannot recommend enough. The Witch Queen has some fantastic contenders for best music in all of Destiny, including The Aberrant Path, Light Blade, and Insurrection, not to mention The First Disciple. Really great stuff - hope you decide to do more Destiny stuff in the future!

Hearing this track during the fight was amazing! With each step taken, the music would rise and the Guardian theme takes over to indicate we can hit the boss.

Oh my god, I've been WAITING for this one

Nioce! Love this track and this raid/encounter. You can hear the song evolve as the guardians go through the encounter too. Phase 1, Phase 2, and Damage Phase. Things pick up as the guardians complete Phase 1 mechanics and we move arenas. Then as Phase 2 starts, Rhulk becomes more hands-on and takes attacking directly. Once damage phase starts, the music swells and the Guardian theme plays! Rhulk is damageable but he is also the most aggressive. A real ebb and flow. Then the music swells once more and slows as the track begins to loop if your fireteam didn't finish off Rhulk in that phase. One of the best raids in Destiny!

Good to see another really good video Marco. Congrats on the sub scriber count and a happy new year to you. I hope that your possible first delve into Destiny 2 or Destiny music as a whole has been enjoyable. Keep up the good content. Another game series that has various sounds for bosses and areas, would be the bionicle heroes game music.

Having gone through the Vow of the Disciple raid a few times where this theme is from, it really hits home the fight ahead of you, Rhulk being something we've never faced before yet overcame all the same. Love it

I recommend you hearing the "Full action" version. It Gives a feeling Closer to the actual fight

It's really exciting to see you cover something from the Destiny series. As someone who plays it, sometimes I'm too focused on the game play to listen close to the music, so to have someone listen to is really cool, keep up the great work. Also P.S., if you want, listen to regicide.

The First Disciple is easily one of my favourite tracks in the game and metaphorically with the motifs that are used in the song, is literally speaking to you. Just before the DPS phase starts, segments from "Rise" plays from a prior OST and then the "Guardian" theme comes in afterwards. 'Rise Guardian' against one of the most powerful enemies we have faced thus far.

Each time I listen to the First Disciple, I see the whole Pyramid ship coming closer and closer. The music in destiny is phenomenal! Even the triumphant theme in this track as a lot of Dread in it. Not like some we heard that feel like we are wining. This one sound more like we are struggling.

I really enjoyed the back and forth in the song like the two themes were fighting for control.

Always loved the moments when ''The Lucent World'' OST started playing. It fits very well when you're exploring Savathun's Throne World. Also, there are about 30 tracks in The Witch Queen OST.

I would absolutely love to hear your takes on more Destiny music. Sanctified Mind and Deepstone Lullaby are the first tracks that come to mind.

Woah nice to see Destiny here!! There’s a ton of epic tracks in this game! Tangled Shores and Gambit were my favorite areas for music. I’m not familiar with the Witch Queen since I haven’t played in a long time but it looks like they’re still making bangers.

Personalmente una delle mie boss fight preferite su Destiny. La musica slitta perfettamente tra le diverse fasi del combattimento e passi dall'aver paura nelle fasi di sopravvivenza, all'aver coraggio nelle fasi di attacco. Porti sempre ottimo contenuto Marco.

This might be my favorite raid boss song. got the big dopamine when the song switches for damage phase, literally gave me chills the first time.

Rhulk's whole theme is of dread. The idea of that you're fighting something you really shouldn't be. A song of biting off way more than you can chew, yet that heroic defiance against impossible odds. The idea of fearless determination against a foe you have no intel on, no idea what it is, it truly felt like you were fighting a lovecraftian god's messenger, something that you can _barely_ comprehend.

The part where you talked about the guardian leitmotif captured the moment perfectly. Because even if someone hadn't heard that part of the song before in the earlier parts of the game; the way that it's portrayed in the raid is that it's now the guardians who have the upper hand in the fight. The start of the damage phase of the fight is when that melody comes in. It just shows how much music can add to a game like Destiny.

This song is definitely up there in terms of Destiny's music. I hope one day you'll sit down and listen to the Music of the Spheres in its entirety (Maybe a livestream? It's somewhere around 45 minutes long). Anyways, great analysis as always!

SOUNDS AMAZING

I commented on an extended version of this song and the whole boss fight with Rhulk is akin to finally encountering Darth Vader after dealing with a bunch of sith inquisitors(the other major bosses we’ve fought) and recognizing the extreme power difference and how outmatched we were at the time. From calmly praising you for actually harming him, to letting out a final, rage filled roar just before you take him to final stand shows how perfect of a boss Rhulk was

Right at the beginning is the Darkness/Pyramids theme, which I absolutely love so much. Every time they've appeared since 2017 it's always played and I get goosebumps every time

It’s so cool to see you listening to Destiny music. Since you’re a voice actor now, I would recommend listening to Rhulks dialogue. Some of the best voice acting I’ve ever heard! Would love to hear some more Destiny music on this channel!

4:15 is the time when it start damaging the boss. shooting our rocket launchers while moving here and there to make sure we don't get shoot by laser beam or kicked to death, and unleashing all of our supers, Nova Bomb and Thundercrash as we get blind from darkness second by seconds in the last phase stand. This raid boss truly a refreshing one

Man this is one of the best themes in destiny when the DPS theme kicks in it gets me SO HYPED

I recommend you also give "Insurrection" a listen! Definitely another highlight of the expansion's soundtrack!

This track gave me the same feeling as doing the Security encounter and Crash Landing encounter during Deep Stone Crypt. That rising tension in the music and game play combined to make a masterful experience.

I highly recommend the piece "Hymn", also from the Witch Queen soundtrack. The cutscene associated with it is also worth a watch.

Super excited to see more coverage of this games music, all the raid soundtracks are so good. Id like to recommend you also check out regicide from kings fall, chronologies from vault of glass, riven’s theme from last wish, and shadow thief redux and deep stone lullaby from deep stone crypt

what is really noticeable in this music is that notice how the music is also portrays the gameplay as well. Rhulk's dark theme aka the very beginning section where its heavy brass very like low tone. Its the introduction of Rhulk and how powerful he is and in the gameplay and in the raid your actually pushing him back. He puts up this dark forcefield where only players with a buff can actually go through the forcefield and as each player removes the buff and "Dunks" or deposites the buff he starts being pushed back. In reality its like the Guardians pushing back against Rhulk. Only when you push him all the way back when he pulls out his weapon and starts to duel with the player. That music part where the sudden shift from low to high heroric tone is when the raid team is actually dueling with Rhulk. Its like now its the guardian's turn. At 4:50 when the music when the music really goes up that's when you when you can actually deal damage to rhulk that part of the music only plays when you reach the DPS phase of his fight. Thats when you can actually attack him and deal actual damage to him. Its also a "Oh Crap" moment for Rhulk to because during this part his speed and his attack increases by alot. It was really awsome to hear the sudden shift to heroric moment when you go up to his Arena and duel with him.

My two favorite games are FFXIV and Destiny 2, and my favorite part of both is the music. I found this channel because of FFXIV, and now I see there's both more Destiny 2 already here and more to come in the future. Very glad I subscribed :D

Glad to see ya back reacting to a new Destiny track, a good choice to. Still love that last array reaction some day ;p

Rhulk's "Voto do Discípulo" raid was one of the first and also the most fun raids I've ever done, Rhulk walks out in style while we solve his riddle in the middle of the battle and, if he gets too close to someone, the poor unlucky Whoever he approaches will get the biggest kick he's ever received in his life, it's beautiful and funny to see when it happens.

The beginning of this song is so good when you first experience it in the raid

Recommendation: “The Traveler” is the first ever Destiny track. It plays in the very opening cinematic of the first game, and is supposed to illustrate stumbling over something other-worldly and the beginning of a new Golden Age for humanity that ensued shortly after. As I interpret it anyways. One of - if not the most - iconic Destiny track of all time. It is the most unique track Bungie has put out in my opinion.

Really great track that capped off a really interesting and crazy part of the story. One of my favorite raid boss themes from the series. If you want a really interesting Cabal track, I recommend Insurrection from the same expansion.

Destiny music never disapoints. Even the background tracks are just really good listens. And this track in the grand scheme is really cool. Like some other people have said this track is kinda "alien" it doesnt represent any faction or character we already knew. Its for Rhulk the first disciple of the witness ( a big deal with the lore but to much to go into). Hes completely different to anything and everything weve ever seen. And whats really cool is theres a second lite motif in there which is the big brass stinger that symbolizes the darkness itself. Its just really good. Also 2 other tracks from witch queen specifically i think you should check out are "dethroned" and "hymm" both are some of my favs with lots of story layered into them imo

I love how the darkness motive was always in the background but now since this is the first time we meet someone from the "darkness" its now in the for front as if saying "the darkness in here now no more games"

I heard that snare drum so much in the raid day 1 lol. I really enjoy the fight, Rhulk is such a crazy boss to fight. Its broken up into so many parts, that big brass sound at the beginning when he materializes floating upside down out of this obelisk and gently rotates around to face you, its so creepy lol. Then the puzzles as you fight off the taken and dodge his darkness vortex, he invites you to the top of the arena to fight him head on with the music getting more sinister, then boom! You break his armor, he stumbles and there is the guardian theme overpowering his. You're damn right its a rallying cry lol.

FINALLY THE KING REACTS TO THE KINGS THEME LMAO. I’m obsessed with this song. So powerful, fun to listen to alongside one of the most fun raid boss encounter designs in game. Just chef kiss for me.

The start always give me chills, a theme that has traditionally been quiet, booming into your ears as you see this enemy, unlike any we've fought, invite us to our death

LET'S GOOOO. This game never dissapoints on music. Like, ever. And with context it's even more amazing too

You should give a listen to the in-game version since this is heavily condensed. Having done this raid, the music changes between various sections, such as intro, phase 1, DPS phase 1 (where you actually fight Rhulk), intermission, phase 2, dps phase 2, and one more cycle of intermission, phase 3 and dps phase 3. There's a part where it's just drums for a moment, and being a drummer, I absolutely love that section.

Rhulk's theme, where the Darkness leitmotif goes from appearing in all sorts of music subtly or suspiciously, to loudly announcing THIS IS OURS. PERISH.

I personally love the theme due to them mixing the themes of the hive and the cabal cause they both serve the darkness in a way

i really like how they intertwined both; the "light" theme and the "darkness" theme during th dmg phase.... because you´re fighting as a lightbearer against an entity of darkness.

Im almost certain the leitmotif you caught can be found in the ost "be brave". I think its the best part of the fight when that starts to play!