Classical Composer Reacts to GENSHIN IMPACT: La Signora Battle Theme | The Daily Doug (Episode 689)

[@Hide1440]

I really recommend doing another one for Genshin. If you want something more technical, I highly recommend GIlded Runner, which uses the Fibonacci Sequence. For a more epic/boss theme, Scaramouche Boss Theme All Phases (Yu-Peng Chen actually sings in this theme) or All-Devouring-Narwhal are good choices. Sadly, Yu-Peng Chen isn't in the HOYO-MiX team anymore, but there are still many composers left that make incredible soundtracks for the game.

[@KiryuSeiran]

Gotta admit, I still like Yu-Peng Chen made sure to clarify he stopped working on the music before his annoucement and let players know to show that the team left behind is up to the task of quality. I feel that was a classy move to literally make sure that we knew we are in good hands music wise.

[@Jesses001]

@@KiryuSeiran Classy is a good way to describe that. He slowly slipped out making sure to showcase the other talent before we noticed.

[@Qopa]

the dragonspine piano with yu-peng tho. chef's kiss.

[@GABiHatchiiwa]

I thought the rumor of YPC singing in Scara's theme was disproven?

[@KiryuSeiran]

@@GABiHatchiiwa he sangs one version, but there is two versions, the YPC and the professional singer one that we saw released as official live on the youtube channel. I remember Marco comparing both versions and talking why he liked more YPC more due to having a youthful hint.

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

The Genshin Impact OST is nuts, pulling from multiple cultures and styles. One of the songs GIlded Runner (Sumeru Battle Theme) uses the Fibonacci Sequence (like Tool Laterlus).

[@aracuscesar]

thats incredible

[@canisfabico]

Yu-Peng Chen is a genius in combining Classical music with modern themes.

[@kevinirmiter3669]

Yes but it's worth pointing out that he recently left Genshin Impact. And it has always been a collaborative effort.

[@baronstriker8378]

@@kevinirmiter3669 but he has been apart of everything except the newest region Fontaine

[@kumiiz]

​@@baronstriker8378yeah, most of the genshin community was a bit scared abt how the fontaine ost would turn out but the quality didnt drop! Fontaines music is absolutely stunning

[@Itsuki-r3d]

​@@kumiizyeah especially the boss theme of the "all-devouring narwhal" i really like the second phase because it does a really good job on portraying the whale's origins being outside of the world and that it's an alien being, that doesn't belong to the world of teyvat (the world of genshin impact)

[@rakh3942]

@@baronstriker8378 Actually, before quitting, Yu-Peng Chen composed two tracks for Fontaine ("Je sais le nom de l'etranger" and "Caliginous Hearthfire"), and if you check credits on different OST albums, he seems to have stopped being the lead composer for Genshin around the time Sumeru Desert first came out. It's also worth noting that he had almost no part in writing most of Enkanomiya OST and composed only two tracks for the Chasm ("Stories of Remote Antiquity" and "Inevitable Conflict"), because Yijun Jiang, Dimeng Yuan, Qian Ding and Xin Zhao composed the majority of the OST for these locations (and later produced the majority of the OST for Sumeru Desert and Fontaine). EDIT: Yu-Peng Chen is mentioned in Fontaine OST credits because HOYO-Mix used some of his leitmotifs or parts of previously composed tracks, it seems.

[@DR_REDACTED]

Her backstory is heart breaking😢 Before becoming La Signora "The Fair Lady", she was Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter, a young woman from Mondstadt (The starting area of the game.) Around 500 years ago she fell in love with a knight. After some time she left to study. While she was studying in the Sumeru Akademiya Rostam (the knight) died in a war agains monsters. As Rosalyne comes home to Mondstadt, she finds out about the fate of Rostam, leading to her insanity. After mourning, she decided to use “her life’s flame” to cleanse “the world’s crookedness,” becoming the Crimson Witch of Flame. She let liquid fire consume her, abandoning her mortal body. She only ever used her liquid fire to burn monsters and demons, but it gave her infamy amongst people and they started to fear her as the Crimson Witch of Flames. Before she could be fully devoured by her own flames, Pierro Leader of The Fatui (an enemy organization ingame) found her and decided to make her an ally. She was given a Cryo Delusion a human made copy of crustals that give people powers) to suppress her flames and became known as La Signora, the Eighth of the Eleven Fatui Harbringers. (Group of eleven strongest Fatui)😊

[@trottinettesauvage]

Amazingly impressed by all the information you collected beforehand to get just the amount of context needed for you and the viewer to get to listen this piece of music! This is such a sweet effort I feel like it needs to be enlightened. The algorithm seems like it has putted your video into the genshin community feed so hello and hoping this first step in here isn't too overwhelming with all the people being very excited about it 😂

[@Doug.Helvering]

Thanks very much!

[@junkbin6796]

If your looking for something slightly more rooted in... well... classic classical i recommend Fischl's songs Ouverture der ewigen Nacht and Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie. Ouverture was her trailer theme and Mittsommernacht was her domain theme that expanded off of it. It is one of my favorite songs period!

[@AshXiao1]

I LOVE the Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie track. One of my absolute favorite osts to date and am so sad it was lost to time because it was part of the GAA event. There is even a rock cover of that song that I am still obssessed with to this day.

[@Nabvir]

​@@AshXiao1The original versions of all GAA osts are available on yt!

[@AshXiao1]

@@Nabvir I know lmaoo but thank you for informing me 🥰

[@Remls]

​​@@AshXiao1It's criminal that they never performed it in concerts. And it's sad to see how the Veluriyam Mirage tracks suffer the same fate now.

[@AshXiao1]

@@Remls I know it's a tragedy 😭 I'm just glad they released the tracks at all since they were from a limited event so even if they never get performed, we still have access to them. Although it would be cool if they were reused at some point. That way we could hear them in game again and more people would get to experience them.

[@calethos]

If you give the Tartaglia and the Scaramouche battle theme a listen, you'll hear the Fatui leitmotif runs through them all. Other battle themes have sounds coming from the regions they portray: Rage Beneath the Mountain being Chinese-inspired, God-Devouring Mania having an Indian/Arabic feel, and even Scaramouche's own boss theme (Polumnia Omnia being part 2 of the piece) taking inspiration from traditional Japanese music while integrating modern electronica into it. Even the Fatui motifs have a Russian bent to them, as their origins are Russian-inspired. When not in battle and just exploring or existing within the world, there are various ambient songs that play depending on the time of day, weather conditions, and even based on which region you're in at the time. The music for Port Ormos is a banger, and is just walking around music while you're in that location. There's depth to Genshin music, and at this point, I'd say there's almost more music than game.

[@blaze_burn]

Absolutely I most recommend Tartaglia and Scaramouche

[@jo0rd73]

I think its also present in the all devouring narwhal which I guess may be to reference its connection to Childe and the long battle they fought themselves

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

I'm pretty sure the genshin ost recently crossed over 1,000 tracks, and the game is only half finished.

[@vincikeeper1581]

I mean, all fatui harbingers has fatui leitmotif.

[@herb2110]

Genshin is an absolute goldmine of great music, I hope you'll check out some more tracks from it sometime

[@herb2110]

also, some suggestions I have for future reactions: - Fontaine Main Theme - Gilded Runner - Inevitable Conflict - Scaramouche Battle Theme

[@azorailke6057]

Great reaction! Fellow composer here. I started playing Genshin Impact when it just released and I wasn't going in expecting any kind of musical masterpiece, thinking "oh, it's just going to be another anime gacha game." Boy, how silly did I sound back then. Few days later as I sat through the game with the music in the background, I found myself in awe, pondering "what is this music?", "who composed this?". Honestly, even after being over two decades into my music career, Genshin soundtrack has shown me colors I've never seen before. Yu-Peng Chen truly is a genius along with HoYo-MiX. He has undoubtedly cemented his place as one of the generational greats of video game music. I'd put him up there with Nobuo Uematsu. I see many other great recommendations in the comments. But as a fellow composer to another, I recommend "Rite of Battle". The depth, complexity, virtuosity, mastery and "pretentiousness" put into this piece has no place in a video game soundtrack, but it works so well. Personally, I believe it's the piece that truly shows off Yu-Peng Chen's musicianship and genius. I am glad you got into Genshin OST. You are in for a treat, seriously. You've earned yourself a subscriber and I look forward to enjoying more of your reactions.

[@cilm234]

Genshin's music is one of the biggest driving factors that keeps me coming back. It is such a vast, diverse soundtrack with amazing orchestrations and symphonic epochs but also driving electronic raves and it all meshes together so beautifully. The game world is divided into 7 Nations, each one having it's own theme and influence from the real world. Mondstadt is based off European cultures, Liyue is based off East Asia/China, Inazuma is based off Japan, Sumeru is based off Indian and Egyptian cultures, Fontaine (which just became available) is based off France, Natlan (not available yet) is based off Latin and Hispanic cultures, and Snezhnaya (not available directly) is based of Russia. As such each Nation has it's own musical identity with that basis in mind.

[@skyguysnips]

same same same same same its too good. i mostly come back when theres a big patch update like new archon quests or new areas bcs of the new music everytime, thank god i bypassed my “why do i play this anime game when i dont watch any anime” during quarantine times 😅 too many good music in the game

[@Vericht]

It is finally happening! =) It is nice to see you reacting to Genshin Impact music, I was really curious how you would perceive it. There are so many compositions that are worthy to listen - Apep Theme, Fontaine music, Gilded Runner from Sumeru region. Regardless of the game itself - Hoyo-Mix team really holding the mark with their compositions.

[@caseylp7121]

Also as an addition, Scaramouche's battle theme!

[@nicky111]

Utter nonsense

[@caseylp7121]

@@nicky111 🤔

[@jo0rd73]

The Inazuma battle theme too…..man I’ll never get sick of listening to the shamisen xD

[@Vericht]

@@nicky111 well, musical taste is a subjective matter. Doug clearly knows more about music structure and composition than I am. But it is always nice to see specialist opinion on the thing you like.

[@bananacat5327]

Genshin Impact is arguably one of the best (and most diverse) games when it comes to its music as each “region” in the game is based off of a real countries It scales from western all the way to eastern music. Some examples being Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern/North African, French, and so much more. Currently we’re on the French nation of the game as its constantly being updated

[@ZeriaIiyasei]

As another youtuber I watch says, Genshin Impact is the evolution of classical music. Scaramouche's boss theme is my absolute favorite, but Duel In The Mists is a close second.

[@dweoaeivdsuomx7410]

What’s the video? I’d love to watch it

[@brokencreativity7266]

@@dweoaeivdsuomx7410 Probably Marco Meatball, as he definitely holds that position

[@JirkaKunst]

@@dweoaeivdsuomx7410 If I had to hazard a guess, it would be this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pna2naluZZiLepIsi=yUalyeIZC9MiksEy

[@zr1L]

A good example of genshin mixing the modern and the traditional would be "duel in the mist". There is a music video with a live performance for it so it's even better for a reaction. For information, the genshin OST has reached 900+ tracks as of now, that's about 25+ hours of music and it's all done with that same quality.

[@cuboid2630]

Yu-Peng Chen (former lead composer, recently left) and the entire HOYO-MiX Team are so well-versed in the chords they use, they definitely have a good grasp of western harmonies as you mentioned, simple yet effective. What I love about the soundtrack are the universal leitmotifs they've used in the other ~900 in-game tracks as well as the high quality of orchestration, layering, and instrumentation. Would highly recommend checking out the other boss themes, like Scaramouche, Azhdaha, Tartaglia. If you also wish to check out some of the regular battle themes, I would highly recommend Virelai des marees, since it contains heavily inspired classical elements and features some cool modern twists.

[@ThriceCold101]

If you want a track that has chinese traditional sounds, I'd reccomend the Azdaha battle theme. Ofcourse, you can do area themes as well, for something less "action" and more introspective and ambient sounds.

[@mllewhimsy1161]

You'll see a lot would suggest the boss battle themes, which are amazing for sure. Others you may be interested in: Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie A Lover's Oath Lantern rite theme The divine damsel of devastation Welcome, we hope you enjoy the music as much as we do. Hoyo has a plethora of great music, you won't run out of choices to check out

[@marquinhodoido5]

i'm sure he will love Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie

[@sheevismycity4789]

So many Great genshin songs to look into. But I would recommend the live symphonys they have! Particularly the Fontaine, Sumeru, and Inazuma ones. But More then anything i would love to see the Childe/tartaglia theme

[@gentlemouse102]

I agree! No one ever listens to Tartaglia's boss them, it's so underrated!

[@megaconure]

Yu Peng Chen is the music god of Genshin!! His pieces are so iconic and still instill the same feelings as when I first heard them. I especially love some of the boss themes like Symphony of Boreal Wind, Beneath the Raging Mountains, Polumna Omnia, and Dance With the Great Vortex Some more chill environment pieces you hear while exploring are also very beautiful, a personal favorite of mine is Wordless Cliffs and all 3 of the Liyue city themes And not to mention all the version trailer themes!! They weave together so many themes in a short amount of time and while those versions are long gone (with some music pieces never returning 😢) I still remember so clearly what happened, because the music accompanying those version trailers are so memorable. If you’re up for more Genshin music, that would be awesome! I hope someday you’ll listen to more of what it has to offer

[@vortechstg4091]

Omg I literally just subbed. We're eating good.

[@DR_REDACTED]

My top 3 Genshin OSTs i'd love you to hear. 1. Scaramouche boss theme. (1st phase) Rhapsodia Roscida, (2nd phase) Polumnia Omnia. 2. The Raiden Shogun boss theme. The Almighty Violet Thunder 3. The-All Devouring Narwhal theme. PS. I love how they use Latin so much.

[@Petershelson]

Oh God, I've waited for this day for soo long... This was so fun! I really hope you continue checking out music from Genshin Impact! It has so many beautifully composed tracks! There's a running joke with Genshin - HoYoVerse (the creators of Genshin) are a professional music studio, that sometimes make games on the side...

[@Chi_ffre]

This is great!! Finally its time for genshin! I personally recommend trying to listen to Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie next for heavy classical inspired music. You can also check Fontaine live symphony. Those two are highly suggested.

[@Psycorde]

These are always a treat, Genshin Impact has incredible music

[@clinsen8576]

This is probably the best reaction I've ever seen. To imagine that you would even delve into latin and do research on the composer, amazing. Please continue!

[@lightbulbDDP]

Very nice to see more professional reactions to Genshin Impact! There are countless bangers in this game and you will never get bored with it.

[@byonty886]

genshin music is really well crafted! I suggest you something recent, La Vaguelette, which has lyrics or something like the new region theme, Le Souvenir avec le crepuscule. If you want something from yu peng chen I suggest Polumnia Omnia :)

[@zahkrosis666]

Genshin music, trust me, is golden. Scaramouche battle theme, Tartaglia, Divine damsel of devastation, Furina's "all the world's a stage", even other things like the 4 main Sumeru battle theme. Summary of Genshin: Magic & Melee anime characters travel from nation to nation to stop evil, but with culture, music, and regions based on real life countries or locations. Fontaine is French, for instance. They go SO SO SO hard with it, it is seriously stunning. Global Warming flooding, changing timelines, dead gods, everything is in this game. Btw fun fact, Fatui Harbingers are based on Commedia'dellarte opera characters, right down to their names.

[@tawlney]

First I want to say that Yu-Peng Chen gradually left Genshin during the Sumeru expansion (middle eastern/egypt/india vibe area musically). As of now he no longer works on the soundtrack for Genshin. A lot of people were worried that the quality of the music would go down, but honestly, it's been about the same. The Hoyo-mix team is really something else On a completely different note, La Singora's theme is good, definitely top 10 even. But for a feel for the variety of the soundtrack of Genshin has, it's actually one of the weaker pieces in terms of variety specifically. That is to say it isn't good, it really is one of Genshin's top 10 tracks for most people, but it is one of it's "safer" tracks (2 years ago I never thought I'd be saying this but here we are). In my opinion, the most interesting tracks Genshin has released are in no particular order: Maidens of Sanctity Gilded Runner Hustle and Bustle of Port Ormos When All has Elapsed Azdaha's Battle theme (all of it) Devastation and Redemption (aka: Divine Damsel of Devestation) Scaramouche's Battle theme (all of it) For something from Fontaine (the newest region made without Yu-Peng Chen's help) I'd recommend: Fontaine (the name is boring I know) Fortress of Meropide I (It hasn't been released yet so that's all I know of it) Another great piece of Video game music in general is "This is What You Are" from the Warframe soundtrack.

[@TheMegaMagikarp]

I would have personally gone for The Almighty Violet Thunder but I absolutely love that theme

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

It's an older one, but I still love Qingyun Peak. One of my favorites. A Bustling Day in Mondstat is also a classic (can I say that at this point?)

[@kazuhah1743]

I don't think the music has "been about the same" after Yu Peng Chen left. There are still examples of brilliance (like the Fountain waltz in its variations, and the jazzy pieces) but generally my feeling is that beginning with Apep the music is still solid but something is missing

[@fyhwcu]

​@@kazuhah1743 Apep's theme was actually supposed to be just an overworld Chasm battle theme, but was repurposed(for some reason) Try searching on KZbin unused Chasm battle theme, I personally like it better than the official one.

[@tawlney]

@@kazuhah1743 I think it's the purely orchestral pieces that have been of slightly "lower quality". At least that's my feel.

[@redlok3455]

Since you are a classical composer, I'd recommend to cover Genshin Impact's "Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie" from Yijun Jiang and Yu-Peng Chen

[@tinybee9719]

I can also recommend "Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie" from the genshin ost! It is often overlooked since it was a song for a temporary event in the game and not everybody got as far into the event to hear the song but it's really fun to listen to.

[@runekongstadlarsen7569]

all ways love your takes on anime/gameing OSTs, keep up the amazing

[@sommeraband7681]

Your work is amazing. I don't know if someone write about it, but as a native russian (Sneznaya was highly inspired from Russia, and fatui was originally started in Sneznaya), I hear a lot of melodies that are SO NATIVE. I associate Signore battle theme with russian compositor. Maybe it is only me, but i found fascinating that they give their national colourite for ALL THEMES. It's amazing

[@aswinamahendra7456]

If you want to hear one of his best compose, then I would highly recommend "Rage Beneath The Mountains". There is Live Orchestra version if you'd like to hear..

[@peterbabicki8252]

Great to hear the thoughts of someone who understands music explain these things. Thanks!

[@darkpaladin7911]

I'm so looking forward to your dive into genshin's music

[@maggylostnndfound]

i recommend listening every region theme, everything is just so magical

[@XEvilFoxX]

Subbed for the next bit of Genshin impact music :)

[@thuaners]

genshin music is among the best ive ever heard! so cool to watch your reaction and hear your knowledgeable insight about it!

[@RealDemimondaine]

Just finished watching your video on “Now and Then” by the Beatles, so it came as a nice surprise to see your reaction to La Signora battle theme. Great video!

[@Salvador-312]

I’d recommend you check out another Genshin track if you like this one, it’s called port ormus. A more chill vibe but still very accurately represents the overworld vibe of the game. While La Signora’s theme is a boss theme.

[@idmss2663]

Love the explanation you did for the game in the beginning

[@enehmzow]

Unfortunately Yu Peng Chen isn’t with Hoyomix- which produces the music for Genshin anymore- but there is still great music coming out from the game in the Fontaine region. Genshin is actually having a bunch of live concerts going on right now too. One coming up soon is going to be held in the Symphony Center in Chicago where the Chicago Symphony Orchestra often performs.

[@clericneokun]

If you're interested in a mix between Vivaldi and Bach, try listening to 'Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie'.

[@runhuama1999]

The rabbit hole of Genshin music is deep! I think you’ll enjoy the trip!

[@qiaohongrui]

Most Hoyo-mix OSTs are lit as freak! Doug you should definitely react to more gaming and anime OSTs, lot of gems among them.

[@alethwyn]

Hi Doug! I just came across this video and am so pleased to see your interest in Genshin Impact’s music! Most of the soundtrack has been composed by Yu-Peng Chen, however, for the newest region that is Fontaine, The Music Archon (You-Peng Chen) has stepped down. For Fontaine, the music is composed by the amazing team at Hoyo-Mix! Recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Robert Ziegler. Although I may not be a Patreon, I could give a few personal suggestions that shine the classical genre of Fontaine’s expansion of Classical Music! Titles and Composers/Arrangers Theme of “Fontaine” (Composer and Arranger: Dimeng Yuan, Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra) “Spring Song” (Composer and Arranger: Peijia You, Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra) “Cruising in the Balmy Breeze” (Composer and Arranger: Peijia You, Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra) “Langage des fleurs” (Composer and Arranger: Yijun Jiang, Viola da Gamba: Kate Conway) “Rondeau des fleurs et des rapieres” (Composer and Arranger: Dimeng Yuan, Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra) “Que le vent soit doux” (Composer and Arranger: Dimeng Yuan, Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra) “Virelai des marees” (Composer and Arranger: Yijun Jiang, Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra) “Aubade of Coppelia” (Composer: Arcangelo Chen and Arranger: Yuxi Wang, Orchestra: Art of Loong Quartet, Budapest Scoring Orchestra) “Envoi of Coppelius” (Composer and Arranger: Arcangelo Chen, Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra) I have a high passion for Genshin Impact and Hoyo-Mix’s creations they made for this game and for its music, the amount of detail they put in excites me as an aspiring self-taught pianist and composer! (If I made any mistakes or forgotten mentions, feel free to point them out! I really love the content that I’m looking through, I hope the music of Teyvat brings you more analysis of the wonders of Genshin Impact!)

[@3barze]

I loved your insight on the track. I would love to hear your thoughts on any of the Fontaine OST or the Azdaha Boss Theme.

[@cguralol]

I really enjoy watching people like you who are illustrated on music react, and sometimes even enjoy or be amazed by how well gemshin ost has been made since release.

[@distritochristianangeloa.157]

I recommend to listen to A Dramatic Irony (Kafka's Trailer song) from Honkai Star Rail (Same developers as Genshin) it has classical roots and remixed to the modern world.

[@onionknight994]

Tysm for ur reactions, made my day!!... God Bless!!!

[@artnat]

I would suggest Baldur's Gate 3 soundtrack by Borislav Slavov - it is a modern masterpiece, the 3 movements for the main theme are fantastic. I cannot remember anything else like that in gaming. Live concert in London next year sold out in seconds.

[@ArtofCrimms]

An amazing soundtrack, thanks for giving a serious look at this soundtrack Doug! I hope you give a listen to Chris Christodoulou's work sometime, his music for the Risk of Rain series is phenomenal, and for a music lover like you, you're sure to find lots of little easter eggs!

[@Nikop0l]

effing vibed with that a ton. unbelievable sonic material. Was also wondering have you heard of October Ends ? He's new song is fire! You should react to it

[@lucasvillani5484]

Please continue this, there are so many other unique ones, I recommend checking songs from "Character Demos" as well, like Raiden Shogun's - Judgement of Euthymia. Also checking Maiden's of Sanctity, or Port Ormos theme.

[@kanarieV3]

youll have a great time with all the other boss themes, looking forward to em!

[@TheCsel]

The Genshin music is just amazing, I never get tired of it.

[@jimchen3762]

This is honestly the first time i am enjoying this music, since i was dodging ice and fire when it is playing in the background

[@justgado2772]

😂 lol yeah we just concentrate on dodging, ice and fire bars.

[@billystokes3917]

When she transformed during the cutscene between phase 1 and 2, the lights in my room went out and I fully panicked. Didn't have time to listen to the music when I was literally fearing for my life 😂😂

[@drpaimon2369]

Yu-Peng Chen has actually left the team of HOYO-MiX earlier this year. But he imparted his wisdom to his equally talented colleagues. The soundtrack is now headed by people such as Yujin Jiang and Dimeng Yuan. (You can look up the names of the exact composer per piece on the official wiki.) The current team is still making absolutely masterpieces so we're in good hands.

[@АндрейШибанов-о1ъ]

I almost feel jealous. I would really like to experience genshin music for the first time once again. Though i stoped playing for a while, genshin tracks are still in my playlist. I Highly recommend to listen "Port Ormos main theme". Its not boss battle theme, just beautiful ambient. Have fun exploring 😅

[@CareBear5986]

Welcome to the world of Genshin music ... The best of this generation... Many became fans because of its music even if they don't play the game... 😂😂😂

[@Anknara]

I started playing after I heard the music.

[@tea.is.going.insane]

a great reaction! loved the analysis. This game has such a varied and well-done soundtrack, it really is a masterpiece! I personally recommend Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie, which is a baroque inspired track, and my favorite one from the game, it has many interesting elements and lots of personality. Other remarkable tracks are Childe/Tartaglia's battle themes and Scaramouche battle themes

[@weenburger7055]

wow! love how much research you did about genshin impact before listening to the music. really great video.

[@fionadeonmeister1396]

great video... love how you deconstruct one of my fav game music piece. Keep it up

[@ahcoll]

sadly Yu-Peng is no longer on Genshin team but there's other composers that made some good music as the last one for Furina theme and Furina's song (la vaguelette).

[@noox13]

Great reaction hope you listen to not just the rest of the boss themes but many other tracks form the game! There's a lot of great stuff and some of it doesn't get as much attention as I think it should.

[@spymadmax584]

*"Die mmit sommernarcht fanatasie"* and *"storm terror boss ost"* both are absolute sound like classical music, and also yijun Jiang

[@gazzeruk]

Damn so close to doing band maid, Doug's getting closer, one day

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

Domination Live Version would be epic for him to see. They all get these mini solos and a chance to show off. An amazing performance.

[@The_blindpizzaguy1300]

This soundtrack blew my mind from the very first moment that I heard it in the game when it released. I am a fellow music nerd as you well know by now, and some of the stuff that happens in the Genshin soundtrack as a whole even the little spin off soundtrack that happened during the events in the little stellar moments pieces are brilliant. If you would like some more rock based stuff, there’s Rage Beneath the Mountains and the Almighty violent thunder., however, if you’re leaning towards some thing, a bit more classical, check out the theme for Liyue.

[@ShapeshifterOS]

Have to recommend the Port Ormos day/night theme!

[@flyingposse]

3:57 when you said the bells kinda feels like harry potter, I immediately remembered in her lore, Signora is a witch...

[@Salvador-312]

Very cool how versed you are in language doug

[@mintsugas]

You will be in for a ride with genshins music, it's absolutely incredible

[@sunsettes]

I absolutely LOVE when people who are pros in the field react to this ost.

[@AkmalLovins-j1u]

Beautiful and danger at the sametime

[@Trippysalad]

OMG FINALLY, I know that this great man will react some day to Genshins ost. I'm glad I'm alive to see this

[@Avitus2010]

I really liked your analysis and your explanations about the music. I will really look forward to your reactions to other soundtracks from this game.

[@TheASaurus1]

If you're looking for more, Check out the latest Fontaine Live Concert by the LSO, or Fischl's Die Midsommernacht Fantasy. Absolutely phenomenal artistry and composition.

[@Necr0e1]

the ol switcheroo gets me everytime.

[@ibelieveinwoozisupremacy8681]

should collab with marcomeatball

[@esheep8697]

I really recommend any genshin boss track and even city osts. I'm sure hundreds of comments have mentioned every kind of genshin song out there so just look at those I'll definitely be watching when you do more genshin

[@Osun6]

There are a couple of live symphonies on genshin's official youtube channel that each represent a region from the game, and I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on them as they all take inspirations from very different cultures! The three main ones are, "Fontaine Live Symphony" (french inspirations), "Sumeru Live Symphony" (middle-eastern inspirations, and my personal favourite), and "Inazuma Live symphony" (japanese inspirations).

[@TakisKoroneos]

Woah, been here since the channel was still around 1k subs, was digging the maiden reactions, and never thought you’d actually cover Genshin music one day. Glad to see it happening, there’s so much great music in Genshin. Pretty sure there’s been many suggestions so I’ll only suggest Polumnia Omnia for now. I’m excited to see what’s next

[@Ahntera-n4u]

Games are a treasure box of banger music and great stories

[@mrminecraftcubeable]

I really love the fatui leitmotif that it's present in the somgs of all the fatui harbingers

[@blaze_burn]

Thank you so much for covering this!

[@tigeress151]

Thanks for the video! You might have already seen it but Genshin has live orchestral performances by some of those orchestras you mentioned, like the London Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. and they're fantastic, you should check them out. The one for the Sumeru region in particularly fantastic.

[@AethonZerus]

As a classical composer, I would highly recommend the track Seething Animosity, as there are sections of it that legit remind me of Mozart.

[@liliavacyncosplay]

Genshin tells stories through its music. This piece begins with twinkling sounds that reflect the ice powers La Signora attacks with...then after the transition, it shifts to heavy guitar and violins as she enters her fire phase. Another great one, the Raiden Shogun boss battle...the composition has this theme of repetitive motifs that are very static because she is obsessed with the idea of "Eternity", so it is a reflection of the centuries of meditation and stagnancy, as well as the rigidity of the region under these oppressive rules imposed to preserve this concept of eternity. They also just do a lot with setting the scene in each new environment. The region of Sumeru, which is half desert/half rainforest and is kind of an amalgam of real-life SWANA cultures, features themes from Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade--it's my favorite symphony, so when I heard the variations while playing, I was taken aback, but super excited to hear it. And, of course, Fontaine (which is French & Spanish inspired with a heavy culture of operas and stage shows) has some pretty obvious Tchaikovsky leitmotifs, particularly from Swan Lake. Genshin's music NEVER MISSES! Actually, another game from the same company (Mihoyo/Hoyoverse), which is called Honkai Star Rail, has some incredible music as well. Because each planet or space station you visit is different, they tailor the music to match...the newest area, Penacony, is a literal dreamland theme-park, so the music is often "old-timey" and jazzy in the sections where you're doing silly things like fighting mechanical T-rex chefs. Meanwhile, back on the snow planet fighting for survival, they gave us an epic revolutionary rock anthem, and on the East-Asian-inspired Xianzhou Loufou, we're treated to sweeping epic tracks with lots of guzheng and erhu. Yu-peng Chen is a musical GENIUS imo.

[@BradenMorrison11]

Genshin Impact music is objectively some of the best music in gaming history.

[@Mr.scooter-le8yo]

If only the game wasn't pay to win.

[@justsomeslimewithoutalife8500]

Music and Storytelling is what I love most about this game. Sadly people have been hating on this game for its community, which is really a shame. They are truly missing out on a lot of good stuff for keeping up some joke trend.

[@yannayannato5476]

PLEASE LISTEN TO MORE, YOU WILL LOVE IT I RECOMMEND "die mittsommernacht-fantasie"

[@JHD42]

The game itself didn't really grab me, but that won't stop me from enjoying its soundtrack. :) Might I also recommend checking out the Hollow Knight OST? I'm sure plenty others have given similar recommendation, so just consider this a +1

[@Rottypops]

Words cant express the density of music Genshin has put out and the quality of it in just a 3+ year span. In 3 years that franchise has put out over 900+ tracks across 20 albums, with consistently beautiful music in a variety of styles and themes. No gaming franchise in the history of ever had released such great music, so much of it, in such a short time. If you loved Signora's battle theme, do yourself a favor and check out every major album from Genshin. Just fantastic music, every album.

[@lzhsky]

Just jumped from bilibili to Virgin Rock's reaction, then here. Big welcome to join us as a new traveller!

[@SotonyaAcckaya]

All things aside, i really like how they use leitmotifs in genshin ost. I dont even play the game but if you dig arround old ost and then new theme is released you can hear "oh. There is fatui theme, and then this character is involved and it tues down to this country, cool"

[@buumiiiiiii]

I've been watching your videos since your reaction to Bury The Light, I was so hoping you would react to Genshin music! 🔥

[@steveford8999]

LOVE the metal guitar i there.

[@IceMaverick13]

Even as somebody who doesn't play Genshin Impact at all, the music is good enough that it's worked its way into my regular listening. There's a really crazy breadth of styles covered by the soundtracks released over the years. Genshin Impact can really fuel a lot of reaction/breakdowns purely on its own just because there's a shockingly high volume of tracks that also cover a wide variety of styles, cultural influences, and tones. While I will probably not complain about more Genshin reactions in the future because there's so many good tracks, I do hope that we still save some room to include tracks from other video game sources as well as other anime sources - since Genshin tends to have a little overlap in both communities. I'm really appreciating the wide variety of different types of music you're covering on the channel lately. Even if any particular day's track doesn't do it for me, you cover such a wide variety that there's always the next thing to look forward to.

[@A.I.Sharia]

The music is representated the character it self. Like first phase u will hear like snow vibe magician vibe harry potter, because she is cryo / ice magician, cold as ice she lost her lover. And than The second phase is rage of her, she use pyro / fire magician. How beauty story of genshin even the enemy has big story behind them.🔥❤️