Opera Singer Reacts: Twin Moon Knight || Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree OST 

"Lots of movement" CORRECT please let me drink my flask

"I could be totally off" and then proceeds to be way too accurate, I love how much you can understand from a character based on their soundtrack

You can hear Rennala's motif at 1:12

Rellana fights like if Pontiff Sully and Lady Maria had a daughter and I love every second of it. 10/10 would let her stomp my guts again

The official title is "Twin Moon Knight", but I like to give it another name, something like "OH MY GOD COULD YOU PLEASE END THE DAMN COMBO ALREADY?!"

its crazy how the music can paint such a clear picture where someone who has never played can still extrapolate the story extremely accurately

Dude you are describing Rellana’s lore damn near perfectly, god Fromsoft music communicates things so well

3:12, brother, how do you get it so right from just hearing the music. Rellana left her homeland and gave up her responsibility as a Carian princess to serve Messmer. Maybe out of love or infatuation but whatever it is she essentially became his sworn blade. But now, after the crusade and after the founding of the Golden Order, Messmer and his legion have been left in the Land of Shadow, forgotten and obscured. The great sin of Messmer’s crusade hidden away so that the new Order can flourish. And now Messmer, along with Rellana sit idly, holding to their purpose they swore to so long ago. It’s interesting that Marco points out an air of reluctance, possibly this was meant to convey how Rellana was feeling after the crusade had concluded. Also: 7:25 this could be a reference to Rellana and Messmer again two very distinct people from very different backgrounds working in surprising unison. Kinda a reflection of the fire giants and the astrologers creating a bond between the moon and flame, only now Messmer represents flame and Rellana the moon.

Bayle the Dread is one of my new favorite boss tracks of Fromsoft games. Incredibly epic (especially for a Bass Trombonist such as myself. You can hear them ripping through the intense brass sections.)

You should absolutely listen to Midra, Lord of the frenzied flame. It’s the soundtrack that stood out the most to me. It even has a leitmotif to the song that the merchants play. Which is a nice reference if you know a bit of their story

Here is somewhat i know about the Lore but correct me if i am wrong. Relana is the younger sister of Renala, while her big sister was more of a wizard type, her younger sister trained with the Carian Knights. When the golden order went to war with Carian Royal Family, Relana was tasked to take a contengent into the Shadow Lands. Thats where Messmer the Impaler was but once the war was over and hence came to peace Relana went into his service. It is possible the Relana dosent know the fate of her sister and her house while still being in service to Messmer. She is a Royal duty bound princess, hence a knightly music.

It SHOCKS ME how well you can piece together lore just from MUSIC

I love this boss fight. It was pretty amazing. Her twin moon ability was so freaking cool.

Her theme reminds me of both Hornet's theme and the Mantis Lords's theme for some reason

This is so DS3 it’s INSANE

Id heavily recommend "the promised consort", it's the OST of the final boss of the DLC and may remind you of someone

Dude, it's insane how you analyze these tracks before you've played the DLC and you manage to parse the lore almost perfectly. It really goes to show how intricately crafted the music is.

My recommendation is saint of the bud, there’s just something about it’s higher pitch and flowing beauty that I love so much.

The legend has it that somewhere deep below the Shadow lands there are ancient ruins that home the trailer versions of all the souls ost-s.

Fun fact! Renalla and Rellana have similar names cus they're twins apparently Edit: Not twins just sisters, Rellana is younger

I finished the dlc yesterday and it was absolutely AMAZING! (And extremely difficult even for a souls veteran) This dlc also gave me Midra which was my favorite boss fight in the dlc and is now probably my favorite fromsoft music piece hands down. Midra and Rellana were definitely the most fun I've had fighting a boss in any soulsborne game. Amazing and satisfying gameplay from both of those bosses. They really felt like true 1v1 duels where the boss and I were on equal footing.

DUDE. I CAN'T FATHOM HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS GUY BECAUSE HE REALLY UNDERSTAND MUSIC THEORY AND KNOWS STORY BEHIND IT WITHOUT EVEN PLAYING THE GAME I RECALL THIS HAPPENS A FEW TIMES BACK ON MONSTER HUNTER MUSIC ALSO DAMN UR GOOD

2:50 Base game Elden ring character names: Godrick, Godefroy, Godfrey, Godwyn Miquella, Melania, Melina, Marika Renna, Rennala, Ranni Radahn, Radagon Morgott, of all psuedonyms he could have chosen, uses Margit. I think that it's just an Elden Ring thing.

So take Rennala + Pontiff Sulyvahn + Malenia's movement + Insane Poise, that's Rellana she's an absolute beast, and I'm crushing for her hard

This theme for a lot people, made people miss the choirs from Dark Souls 3, and compound that with Rellana's moveset in the game is very much inspired by Pontiff Sulyvahn from Dark Souls 3.

Love watching your SOTE reviews, can’t wait for you to listen to more!

Midra ost aka lord of the frenzied flame is prolly the best track of the dlc you will understand when you listen to it but bayle also good one

I've been enjoying your reactions to the OST. You're really good at noticing and pointing out the great small things in the music. When playing the game, you barely realize just how much is in the soundtrack because you're sweating so much!

I loved the use of strings in this one! Can't wait to see you breakdown. Lord of Frenzy, Bayle the Dread, St Trina, St of The Bud and Promised Consort are some of my favorites!

The driving strings are interesting to me because it's a pretty mechanically dense fight despite being an optional boss that's seemingly gated as a mandatory boss. You used the phrase "push and pull" and I think that's a fantastic way of theme-ing this fight and boss.

I think you're gonna love Bayle and Romina's tracks. Always great when you upload a Boss OST reaction.

What's worse than a giant magic moon? TWO GIANT MAGIC MOONS (And an arena turned pain-trampoline)

Crazy I’ve seen nobody suggest the Romina Saint Of The Bud OST Literally my favourite, great reaction

Viola being so front and center in the melody is beautiful storytelling in music. Viola is often considered second to the violin, which fits Rellana's place as Messmer's right hand, his sword in their crusade against the hornsent. You could even view the dance between the high strings dancing around the cello's legato lines as the way Rellana has bound her fate to Messmer's will through an unrequited love. Absolutely masterful composition

Could you do Midra's theme next please?

One thing I find really interesting is that the first phase sounds a lot like the music played in one of the trailers for the DLC (It could just be that they used this ost for the trailer, but I still felt like pointing it out)

They absolutely cooked with this DLC's music, honestly this elevates ER music to be top1 for me.

Idk who is more genius, you for undestanding and been so accurate based only on the soundtrack or the people who make the theme

You know what would be another amazing soundtrack to react to? "Okami"!

Everything about this fight was perfect and my favorite of the dlc. Listening to this theme during the fight felt like i was almost dancing with rellana. Her moveset is so fluid and graceful but fierce and aggressive at the same time which the theme conveys so well. Its a nice twist to Rennala's theme.

I can feel it, even in the music....i can feel her comboing me to death..... Never-ending slashes, glintstone magic blades... MAKE...HER....STOP

Amazing how he nails the lore without knowing it. Dude is a genius

Waiting room for Romina ost

I'd love to see him react to the music and see what the bosses actually look like to compare his initial thoughts! The Midra video was almost perfect!

This was the first major song you hear from the Shadow of the Erdtree gameplay trailer! Somewhere during the last stretch of development they rearranged this. The trailer arrangement has the more standard Elden Ring harsh grandeur that you spoke of.

Rellana is Rennala's sister who stayed behind to fight with and for the man she loved; forfeiting her royal titles. She is blocking the path forward towards that man she loves (Messmer). I am always amazed how you can gather all this from the music Marco!

Honestly, this was one of the best bosses so far in the DLC. It felt incredibly fair, and just epic.

Rellana’s theme felt regal and imposing. So I found it interesting hearing you state “regality”

Really love that all the soundtracks in from games tend to explain whats happening, a good to song to check out could be the promised consort! its the final bosses, and you might feel familiar with it :)

This is my favourite OST on the DLC along with Midra's theme. Also my favourite boss fight.

The thing I like about Rellana's music is that that second part is basically a warning, it tells you that you've pushed her to the brink and now she's truly fighting which is why the second part feels so much more aggressive. She wants you to know that before she was not serious or that she's become desperate to stop you and is pulling out all the stops.

10:44 I think this part is long bc this is a game and the music has to repeat until the fight end, maybe they set it longer to make seamless transition.

I can't tell if you were joking when you said that Rennala and Rellana sounding similar must be a coincidence, especially given the name of the song. I immediately recognized Rennalas melody being played, which was a nice surprise, and in this case tells you more about the character than the name or visual design manages.

I imagine the conductor looks much like her when making this song 🎵

It's not random the mages name people similarly there is also a carian knight named moonithyl and there was a carian knight named moongrum

you have to check out the Scadurtree Avatar. One of the most emotional themes in the DLC

Immediate Pontiff Sulyvahn vibes as soon as she entered her second phase. What an incredible fight.

cant wait for u to cover midra ost

I love how he hit it on the head about Rellana’s situation.

Its crazy how spot on he gets the character from the music alone

Rellana is Renallas sister btw also you should really listen to "The Promised Consort" it's the final DLC boss theme and it's AMAZING. I'd really enjoy see and hearing you pick that one apart.

Rain from the Heavens, Tears from the Twin Moons

The name “Rellana” is in fact NOT random. Rellana is Rennala’s sister. I believe Rellana is the older sister. Some say they’re twins but I’m not entirely sure of that.

Strings, strings everywhere!

I am really hoping Marco checks out Metyr's theme, and then eventually looks at her appearance too

old mate describing the lore exactly while saying "I could be totally off" narrator: he wasn't

Please try Midra Lord of Frenzied Flame that's the best in DLC.

Im getting PTSD hearing this theme 😂 my adrenaline is ready, it was such a long fight. Worth every respawn. Edit: you mentioned nobility and it also reflects gameplay because you have to play it perfectly, like matching the boss

This might be super obvious thats why no ones said it but, her theme sounds a lot like the trailer theme itself for the dlc

The guy discovered the character's lore just by listening to the song, impressive

I'd be so interested to hear your reaction to Bayle the Dread. It's like the musical personification of being overpowered, wearing headphones is almost a must when fighting it- the music gets so loud compared to other tracks in the game that it gets distorted, like the presence of the boss is literally affecting the music, bass boosted, distorted bass just blasting in your ears. I don't care even if it is a mixing error, it added so much to the fight for me, it was incredible

This knight is little the love child between Pontiff and The Dancer

The drums almost make me feel like im in a knights parade while fighting this boss

loved this fight, love the boss, love this OST

Rellana be like: "F**** or f***, either way you will be broken in half by the end." 😂

When i fought rellana i immediately got Pontiff Sulyvahn PTSD. I love this fight soooooooo much

i can hear essence of boht pontiffs and renallas osts

I just want to see him react to Ost of Midra lord of the Franzied Flame, that Ost there gives me goosebumps in some parts.

This music feels more akin to Dark Souls style in character AND IT'S SO GOOD. Never really felt that same quality with the other Elden Ring themes, not in the quantity Dark Souls had at least, although Elden Ring has some bangers. A bit of it at the beginning reminds me a lot of the Moonlight Butterfly/Gwyndolin theme and then the strings has the same intensity as Slave Knight Gael

I know the elden ring dlc got some crazy music that is so good in its score, but you have the time, check out the ost for Cruelty Squad! that sh go crazyyy

please listen to the OST while the boss fight is happening, same goes with divine beast dancing lion, if you dont see the fight itself, you wouldn't know what each part of the OST is related to (the dancing lion using elements to fight and OST changes based on the element the lion is using) and this Rellana when she enters her second phase

I loved rellana's fight so much, I downloaded mods just to be able to fight her nonstop.

Ngl this one is my favourite.

i swear that you can hear for the dark soul in this track

The shaman village track is so underrated

Midra lord of the frienzed flame

I ost I really loved was the death knight in the fog rift catacombs , so good

Cmon, Marco, cmon, BAAAAYYLE!!!!!!! MESSMEEEER!!!! I need your reaction!

Saint of the bud go crazy

This is like pontiff sulyvahn had a daughter who he never know

There is an alternate version of this theme, which played in the shadowlands gameplay trailer. I'm so sad it isn't present in the DLC😞 what is your opinion on that?

everything you said is 100% on the dot and one thing to add is the desperation, from both rellana and the player, as the fight goes on that repetition emulates that desperation, we both want to succeed and we're both growing more desperate as we lose HP.... honestly the music had me fucking sweating in that second phase

Check out the lord of the frenzied flame, it’s my favorite SotE OST. The song is a fantastic representation of madness for me. Also the Promised Consort is fantastic as well.

Check out the other ost like promised consort!

Can you analyze "The Promised Consort"? came out with the DLC and I think it's for sure one of the best soundtracks in any souls

Get this on Spotify I need to have all of these downloaded yesterday

It's a good theme but I do wish they used the version from the trailers. For example the collector's edition trailer.

This and Divine Beast have been stuck in my head for days, the repetitiveness as mentioned has been drilled into my head and it's stuck, Midra is the only other remembrance boss to stick with me with the big brass. Admittedly I've only encountered so many.

You should react to midra’s theme. he was one of my fav bosses in the dlc and his theme is really haunting and amazing.

I cant wait for the lord of frenzy flame review! It's the best I love it