Was nobody gonna tell me the HOLLOW KNIGHT soundtrack absolutely slaps? 

Thank you for coming along y'all 💙I'm hoping you enjoy that I'm finally doing this video lmao

The funny thing about Grimm is that the song plays when you are fighting the boss to help nurture his child. So opposite of murder.

you 100% should play Hollow Knight.

HOLLOW KNIGHT FANDOM BE REVIVED ONCE MORE

As much as I adore all the themes in this video, I'm a little sad that you didn't get to hear any of the slower somber Beautiful themes this game is also known for. I hope that you get to hear some of them in a future video.

1:03 - Radiance 4:27 - Hornet 7:49 - The Grimm Troupe 10:29 - Mantis Lords 12:26 - Nightmare King

Not only is the soundtrack absolutely phenomenal, but the game is ABSOLUTELY beautiful and amazing. The music is just icing on the cake, it's what makes the game so breathtaking, makes you kinda feel like your in the universe almost. Probably why I almost have 300 hours on it.

All of the songs you listened to were boss fight songs and you can tell a lot about the boss fight itself just from the music. Both Hornet and Mantis Lord's have very agile bosses that have quick attacks. This is shown by them having themes that are very heavily string centered. While with the Radiance, Grimm, and Nightmare King have a more barrage-y attack pattern. There is almost constantly an attack coming at you and they have a very wide arrange of attacks and the orchestral style really shows that. Also Grimm and Nightmare King have the same character as the boss and you can also pick that up very easily from the music.

YES FINALLY!!! All the songs you listened to were boss themes, if you want to listen to more calm tracks I suggest City of Tears and Greenpath, also another good boss theme is Dung Defender. Radiance - Fight God of Dreams. Hornet - Fight nimble Warrior Lady. Grimm - Fight Nightmare ring-leader. Mantis Lords - Fight the Matriarchs of a vicious tribe to earn their respect. Nightmare King - Fight God of Nightmares, who happens to be the circus ring leader you fought earlier.

If you react to more of this ost i highly recommend Sealed Vessel! It's a GORGEOUS track I will never stop praising

Some other hollow knight tracks that would be good to listen to: Sealed vessel (Theme of a particularly tragic boss fight) Pale court (Unused track that symbolises the history of the game's setting) Reflection (Plays in rest spots) City of Tears (Theme of the ruins of a grand city) Soul sanctum (Theme of a spooky, sad part of the city of tears) Pure vessel (Not really sure how to describe this one without spoilers)

WE, THE HOLLOW KNIGHT FANDOM, HAVE BEEN SUMMONED. Per usual, an absolutely great reaction! I'd love you to react to Greenpath next, it is one of my favourites of the whole soundtrack.

Fun fact: hornets theme mostly utilizes string instruments cuz in her fight she weaponizes a needle and string/silk

Sealed vessel and broken vessel are also incredibly good,i would recommend

If you do another OST reaction for Hollow Knight, you absolutely *must* listen to Sealed Vessel, Soul Sanctum and Broken Vessel. Of course, everything goes with this game, but really. Low (high) key just do play the game, all the music hits a million times harder that way (Sealed Vessel is a certified tear-jerker after gameplay).

From Hollow Knight, I'd also highly reccomend City of Tears and Kingdom's Edge: where all of the songs you've listened to here are frantic, these two songs are far slower, but in a good way. Dirtmouth also fits this nicely too. If you want more boss theme songs, I reccomend Nosk for terror, Soul Sanctum/ Soul Master for a contorted version of City of Tears, and whatever other people also reccomend.

11:05 It's a viola. The viola is the signature instrument of the whole soundtrack, basically.

Hollow Knight is absolutely one of my favorite games 🙌❤️ The art, characters, music and story are amazing on so many different levels

12:08 to 12:22 actually describes the Mantis Lords fight perfectly. Especially if you're fighting the Sisters of Battle variation. It's typically the first fight in the game that has you facing multiple swift-moving bosses at the same time, and it can be super overwhelming for new players.

YESS FINALLY HOLLOW KNIGHT OST IS GETTING SOME RECOGNITION LES GOOOOO This game is no doubt one of my favorites ever. It has everything, and it's music absolutely slaps! ty so much for doing this reaction, i didn't watch the video yet but i bet you're gonna love it, just like i love your opinions about each music that you react to. Next time, can you react to some of the A Hat in Time OST please? They have great music, and are included on my favorite games just like HK, Omori and Undertale.

1000% you should play Hollow Knight for yourself. Hearing the songs in a vacuum is one thing, but hearing them in the game? With all the beautiful visuals, interesting locations, and amazing opponents? It gives _chills._

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOREVER!!!!!!!!!

Sealed Vessel and Nosk are some of my favorite songs on the track. I know this video's a year old, but I highly recommend giving them a listen.

Loved the video! I'd also like to recommend "City of Tears" and "Pure Vessel". Although City of Tears is an area theme rather than a boss theme, It's still one of my favorite soundtracks and Pure Vessel is a very unique theme compared to other boss themes

I didn't know you were down to react to this kind of stuff, maybe a bit more orchestral than I've seen you react to? This opens up so many gateways in my mind omg

I'd love to see you react to more hollow knight. 'City of Tears' and then 'Soul Sanctum', are two great tracks that should be heard back to back. also more of the non-boss tracks will give you a better sense of what the game's soundtrack is usually like - two of my favorites are 'Greenpath & Kingdom's Edge'. Finally, there are several tracks that go together and define kind of a core identity or soul of the game: 'Enter Hallownest' (though i think that was only used for trailers), 'False Knight', 'Hornet', 'Queen's Gardens', 'White Lady', 'White Palace', 'Sealed Vessel', 'Pure Vessel', and of course 'Hollow Knight'. All of those are great, and there's no particular order to them, but 'Sealed Vessel' especially is a must listen track, absolutely stunning, and I'm shocked that it was left out of your initial recommendations.

To answer your question, that low string in the mantis lords is definitely cello

I recommend the Spiritfarer soundtrack, it’s a beautiful game about learning how to say goodbye and I cry every time I hear multiple of the songs, it’s *incredibly* underrated and I’d appreciate you showing more people this game, maybe playing it?, it’s really sad and if you complete it it’s about 60 hours long, but now that I’m done with it, I’m too sad to replay it

I fell fulfilled with your game ost choices, thank you! 🙏 Hollow knight music is really unique because it uses a lot of strings and it is very emotional. The song itself holds a story and it's amazing. I'm surpised you didn't check out probably the most popular song: "sealed vessel". It has several sections that are all different and it contains the main leitmotif. Said motif is also used in "broken vessel" track. You should also listen to the beauty of the slower tracks like "city of tears" or "queen's gardens" Another amazing thing is that the game is getting a sequel- hollow knight: silksong. We don't have a release date yet but it's getting really close. The story will take place in another kingdom and you play as an important character from the original that has special abilities and higher mobility. Can't wait to spend hundrends of hours into it when it's out 😁 It's so cool to see the difference between the differnt games with their own genres. They all compliment the games' stories, characters and ideas perfectly and that's one of the countless reasons why I love them so much

Wohoo I Love Hollow Knight and the Soundtrack Edit: "City of Tears" is another Song from the Hollow Knight Soundtrack you should listen to If you want

You know, I believe you would love Ori and The Will of the Wisps soundtrack! Here are some great tracks suggestions: - A Shine Upon Inkwater Marsh - Shriek and Ori - Meeting Kwolok - Kwolok_s Malaise - Mora the Spider - Howl The whole soundtrack is filled with great tracks, but these are some of the ones I personally consider to be some of the best, please take a look at the soundtrack someday?

Sealed Vessel and Pure Vessel are both phenomenal tracks

1:01 "Oh boy, we starting off with the damn FINAL BOSS! And yes, something VERY BAD is happening here! This fight is literally with a PISSED-TO-HIGH-HEAVEN-AND-HELL GODDESS who's gone insane from sheer DIVINE RAGE. Just surprised you didn't get to hear Sealed Vessel, too. Now THAT one has a story to tell." 4:27 "Ah, someone from much earlier on in the game. Yes, she's definitely more 'relaxed' than the last one. But she's still also a hyper-maneuverable spider who will tear your ass up TWICE if you don't know how to dodge or otherwise keep up with her. Effectively the tragic warrior princess of a long-dead kingdom and its ill-fated neighbors who somehow still has all kinds of life left in her." 7:44 "Of course, the one side-quest character that everyone in the fandom adores. Also one of only two themes in the entire soundtrack to feature electric guitars at all. His boss battle is tricky, too, properly called a dance by the character himself. He's not exactly evil, though; just the surprisingly friendly and symbiotic physical embodiment of fire and nightmares. (Just don't hit him while he bows, trust me.)" 10:25 "Oh yeah, everyone's favorite boss battle. Lead-up, fight, and reward for victory, chef's kiss beautiful. Also the only boss if not only theme to clearly feature a harpsicord. A dance-like battle like the last one, but nothing too fancy. As someone else said, this is more of a decently-benevolent test than a zombie creature sent by the object of the first theme you heard to kill you. But each note still feels like you're taking swings at the boss(es) every step of the way." 12:24 "Ah, there's the other one with electric guitars, this time as more of a quiet but constant bass line. This battle's an upgraded and faster version of Grimm, with the added godliness of its sister the Radiance. Dreams and Nightmares, you see. And the reason why you're actually battling him in the first place is sorta the main objective of the Grimm Troupe side-quest as a whole."

I love watching people discover the hk soundtrack. I don't know much about music but the way it's arranged in such beautiful and precise ways always gives me goosebumps and I've been listening to it for over a year now

I’m so glad you checked out my favorite game’s soundtrack!!!! Another game that has a somewhat similar soundtrack is ‘Child of Light’ (and I absolutely love this game & its soundtrack) You should listen to Pilgrims On A Long Journey, Final Breath, Leave Your Castle, and Metal Gleamed I’m The Twilight! I’d also really like it if you did play Hollow Knight on your gaming channel, because this game is AMAZING (albeit pretty hard)

If you listen to more Hollow Knight tracks in the future, my recommendation is "Sealed vessel". I personally think it's the best track in the base game

Can we talk about how he described Hornet is basicallu just, a description of the fight? "Neat boss time, oh crap shes fast, oh okay ive got this"

The art, the music, the story, everything in Hollow Knight is just phenomenal. It is a long game, but I would LOVE to see you play it!

I have been excited for this since may =) I really hope silk song is finalised so you can listen to that soon to be soundtrack to...

1:41 "It sounds like something bad is happening." No don't worry, you're just fighting A GOD essentially, and the cause of all the problems that have happened in the game.

If you do another I recommend reacting to Sealed Vessel and Nosk. This game has a special, special place in my heart ever since I played it a couple years back. It's one of the few video games that has a strangely somber and dignified feel. Tragically beautiful, I guess. I definitely recommend checking it out.

Hollow Knight!!!!!! Since you did your Undertale/Deltarune videos I was hoping you would react to the Hollow Knight ost, so excited to watch!! Edit: lmao radiance sure is a track to start with

Hollow Knight is literally my favorite game of all time, and absolutely love the music for it, Im very happy you got to hear it! If you do ever do a part two, I do recommend Sealed Vessel, its definitely a trip, also Nosk as well

Radiance Theme Plays: "Evil is afoot" You don't say.

I love how every song he describes almost literally exactly the enemy you are battling.

i love how during the radiance song he was like “this sounds like what a villain would play” who’s gonna tell him

I really want to see a full orchestra perform Hollow Knight tracks live. The pieces are beautiful and deadly at once, especially the boss fights.

This is genuinely my favorite game and I have some of their soundtrack on my regular playlist. Please play it, it’s so difficult but so beautiful

I knew you'd like it! So happy you took a look at it. If you do another, I highly suggest City of Tears and Dung Defender.

Also remember that these songs often have to loop- and it's so impressive and cool that they have satisfying endings as well.

Grimm's second part of the song is played when the boss (coincidentally called Grimm too ... lmao) does a specific attack. And the crowd behind him becomes crazy, clapping and screaming ! Hence why there's vocals in it ! And just because I can (and if you do another episode), I'd recommand more from these DLCs ! Especially Gods & Glory, Sisters of Battle and Hive Knight :)

You're definitely need to listen to more tracks AND play the game itself! Hollow Knight is beautiful in every its aspect, I personally deeply love it. I would recommend Sealed Vessel, Fungal Wastes and Nosk

Nightmare King is 12/8, sometimes switching to 6/8 but usually sticks to 12/8. I'm impressed you managed to catch the time-signature difference in this song.

It's a Halloween miracle, my pleading has been answered HK is my favorite game and has my favorite ost, I really hope you enjoyed

This game is an absolute masterpiece, and well worth the time it takes to play it (I'd say an average 1st playthrough is between 10-40 hours, my ongoing one for 112% is around 70 hours) and the game is admittedly very difficult, but oh my god it's so worth it. The ost alone is worth it, but paired with the stunning visuals and heartbreaking plot (so much lore, god so much lore) this is hands down my favorite game of all time. The whole ost is perfect and well worth a listen to but I recommend City of Tears, Sealed Vessel and Soul Sanctum for the next ones! The context for them will be missing without the game play (Sealed Vessel especially won't hit as hard without in-game knowledge) but are still masterpieces on their own.

Grimm by Man on the Internet's a pretty good song. It's a song over Grimm and Nightmare King.

You GOTTA play this game. You understand most of the motifs, and appreciate the music a lot more with the context of it.

While listening to Radiance "It sounds like something evil is happening" Yeah I'm dying to absrad for the 50th time

I'm really missing all the calm somber tracks. I really hope there'll be another video featuring some of those

Oh heck yeah Hollow Knight! I would recommend listening to Sealed Vessel, Greenpath, Enter Hallownest, and the City of Tears! Those are some of my favorites.

I love the Mantis Lords theme, but I used it for a school project and now I'm traumatized.

Hollow Knighhhtttt letsss gooooo!! All the songs were composed by a single person! Christopher Larkins is truly genius... Also radiance foreshadowing??

cellist here-- the reason why i love this soundtrack so much is the willingness to hand off the melody to lower instruments (eg cellos) instead of just sticking with violins brass etc like you see a lot of the time in music (not that thats necessarily bad but i obv have a bias towards cellos). now i dont have much experience with basses unfortunately as the orchestras i have been in are lucky if their entire bass section has two basses, but it sounds as if the lower melodies are handled largely by cellos. again might be wrong but thats what it sounds like to me!

As you can probably tell, these 5 were boss themes, and it'd be cool if you listened to more chill relaxing area background themes, like Ditmouth, Reflection or the City of Tears, the contrast is really something

the impression you got while listening to the mantis lords ost is actually spot on compared to the actual feel of the boss fight

I was not expecting this!! I love hollow knight and I love your channel, I GENUINELY screamed out of excitement when I saw this! Hoping it'll be a good vid. Edit: If you do another vid on HK, PLEASE check out Sealed Vessel and City Of Tears! They're wonderful.

Your observations about the Mantis Lords was actually fairly accurate. In the game, the Mantis Lords are three sister rulers of the Mantis Tribe, and once the player AKA The Knight defeats them, the Mantis's stop being hostile, and you're allowed to progress into a new zone. Unlike most other bosses, the Mantis Lords boss doesn't trigger automatically after entering the arena, you get a prompt that says "Challenge", and the fight is you proving yourself as their equal. The first phase of the boss is a fight against one of the three sisters, which gets you used to the attack patterns, then the second phase is the other two at the same time, with the same attacks, but it gets a lot more intense. In the Godseeker DLC, there's an option to fight them as the Sisters of Battle, which is all three at once, and it's exactly as exhilarating as it sounds. Also about your comments on the Radiance theme, all I'm going to say is, the sun is angry. At you.

Please listen to the rest of this ost, it's all just so good.

tracks i recommend from the hollow knight soundtrack: - sealed vessel - pure vessel - soul sanctum - city of tears

OH MY GOD YES I NEED MORE

I recommend listening to Your Turn To Die/Kimi ga Shine tracks in the future. Especially the title theme, Madman and our national anthem Prayer (the last one I think has copyright). :>

i would absolutely love to see you play through hollow knight! i dont have much video game experience, but from what i know, it is fucking phenomenal. a really good, emotional and incredibly thorough story, amazing music, a gorgeous art style, it has so much. it's a pretty long game if you intend to play it properly, but very, very worth it. as for more music reaction, if you plan to do more, i'd recommend listening to some of the more chill tracks that play in normal gameplay, as these are all boss tracks. greenpath, city of tears, and pretty much any of the ones recommended by other hollow knight fans because they know what they're talking about. i really look forward to any possible future hk stuff from you!

YESSSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR MONTHS!!!!

"This sounds like what the villain would be playing on their organ in their creepy mansion as the thunder strikes." Well, 'Radiance' is the theme of the final boss that is the cause of Hallownest ralling to ruin, and it's less creepy mansion and more fighting the goddamn sun in a dream, but close enough XD Also Grimm and Broken Vessel are my favorite boss themes from this game, I definitely recommend the latter if you like more bass-y cello music!

to me, one of the best things about the hk ost are the area themes please check out: greenpath queen's gardens city of tears kingdom's edge hive knight broken vessel dung defender

The best video game soundtrack I’ve heard. Also, in regards to the drums, there are only like…three or four tracks in the entire game that have drums.

If you haven't already, please listen to the cult of the lamb OST! It's so good honestly

Mathew makes our days better

YES THIS IS MY FAVORITE GAME EVER THANK YOU

hollow knight songs id 100% recommend: -broken vessel -city of tears -dung defender -sealed vessel -white palace -pure vessel (this game has a thing for the word vessel)

Now I can't get the image or radiance playing a piano out of my head.

I was hoping to find a video of him playing hollow knight on his gaming channel but there isn't. You would absolutely love the artwork and music in the different areas 😓

DON'T play Hollow Knight unless you're willing to die over and over again, get hopelessly lost, and rage against each and every boss fight. But if you ARE willing to suffer through all that, then I definitely recommend it!! It's an incredibly fun and satisfying game to play through. And its beauty goes with saying.

Nightmare King is for the hard version of Grimm. Also don't think of them as murder music, think of them as insect circus cult themes.

HOLY CRAP YES PLAY HOLLOW KNIGHT PLEASE! Your videos are so good and I want to see Hollow Knight in them. It is currently my favorite game.

"Your honour you do not understand. BFG division was blaring as he passed in front of that school zone, my client had no other choice"

YESSS I HAVE BEEN SUGGESTING THIS FOR SO LONG :D

Oh the inspirational but with turmoil comment really works for hornet because she wants the Knight to succeed and prove their strength against her but at the same time she's unsettled and nervous that her letting the knight go will only doom hallownest further

OH MY GOSH YOU'VE DONE IT IM GONNA CRY IM SO HAPPY MY WORK PAYS OFF OH NY GOODNESS

I think it’s funny that the first song you listened to was the final boss

WHO WOULDA THOUGHT THAT AN ORGAIN AND CHOIRS AND STUFF WOULD GO SO WELL TOGETHER WITH AND ELECTRIC GUITAR??? I SIRE DIDN'T!!!

you NEED to play hollow knoght, its an amazing game, the soundtrack, the art, the level design, the gameplay, everything comes together so perfectly, its a masterpiece

OMG, later you need to see the Sadist's animations doing about the game ☆

Christopher Larkin went absurdly hard with this soundtrack

I got ptsd to the fight as soon as I heard nightmare king

I always thoght that if frisk from ut had a battle theme hornet's song will be definitly the one

“Inspiration but with turmoil” I laughed at this description of the hornet protecter fight and then I thought about it a little bit. Oh. Yeah no that’s right.

You cannot look Christopher Larkin himself in the eye and tell him to *tone it down*, mister McKenna. Anyways, check out the area themes, they're also amazing.

Widely recommend listening to the more soothing and tranquil soundtracks that don't occur during boss battles such as City of Tears or Soul Sanctum.

omg ive been waiting for this for so long. this ost is so good