Composer Reacts to Humanity: Chapter 5! (Thomas Bergersen)

[@eivindtop1869]

Woooo! I Really enjoyed your full length reaction; thanks for taking the time to do it. It's so fascinating to listen to a knowledgeable composer analyse and break down music I absolutely love. Awesome work! :)

[@ChristopherSiu]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@udim7284]

Kingmaker is a masterpiece, got stuck playing in my head for a week.

[@MrOwie]

yes, glad I’m not the only one that thought that

[@kasdannorton]

It's actually Claudio Pietronik who plays the electric guitar on both Xunia and One Last Day and he's had a hand in Chapter I, II and IV, and it's Thomas himself who plays the violin on Night Queen. Thanks for the review! :)

[@koen2715]

amazing reaction video. I love the in depth analysis and your take on Thomas' music. It's so much more than just a reaction video. In a way it's an explanation video and an appreciation video. Thank you for sharing this with us :)

[@ChristopherSiu]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@HyrubatoMusic]

Also, please, PLEASE, react to some more of Thomas' albums, like Sun. Also of course the Two Steps FRom Hell albums, could recommend almost all well known ones; Dragon, Unleashed, Vanquish, Skyworld, Myth, Archangel, Miracles, Battlecry... I would love to see your reaction on literally all of them, haha.

[@dale2283]

Chapter 1: Freedom and life Chapter 2: Vulnerability, trauma, innocence Chapter 3: Love, passion, heartbreak Chapter 4: The world and human determination Chapter 5: Hopes and dreams

[@dale2283]

So far they've been so positive. That's great but something feels missing. I want more tracks like "the stars are coming home" to show the dark sides of humanity, because not everything is sunshine and rainbows all the time. What I would like to see in the last chapters: Chapter 6 could be about the darker parts of humanity, death, war, greed, sin, depression and darkness. The cover could look black, dead and shadowy with very little color, maybe a little blue. I'd love to see this because it would be such a contrast to the other parts. I was a little disappointed with chapter 5 because it just seemed like more of the same. Same sounds and emotional themes. The album cover didn't really feel much different from chapter 3's cover. In fact it somewhat felt like a blend between chapter 1 and chapter 3 to me. Chapter 7 could be about spirituality and finding meaning in life. Questions about atheism, questions about theism. It could show the good and bad sides of both. It could have a song about evolution and even go into universe themes. It could be somewhat similar to the SEVEN album with the references to death and rebirth (how fitting that this one is chapter 7). This one I imagine to have a bright, golden album cover with a halo-like crown on the head.

[@snarf1504]

Eyy, there it is! Glad you are still doing these :) By the way, if you are interested in more musically complex work from Thomas I would recommend his American Dream album (45 min of continuous classic Hollywood writing on steroids) or his Seven symphony (I have no words to describe this).

[@ApocalypticSalad]

Chris has done a video on American Dream!

[@ChristopherSiu]

Yep, already done! Thanks for your support. :)

[@snarf1504]

@@ChristopherSiu Wow cool, I missed that! Seven next? 😇

[@hrvojebutkovic]

I second the request for Seven. It's some of Thomas' best work.

[@joeldaugherty6849]

I would love to see a reaction/analysis of Thomas Bergersen’s Return to Sender! Best track I think I’ve ever heard from him.

[@kineticstishi]

I never knew you had the full versions linked. I'll head there after finishing this

[@Anthony-pk8mf]

Thank you so much for this!

[@ChristopherSiu]

You're so welcome!

[@angelolima4811]

Hope he comes to chicago very soon and can't wait for creatures of the forest and chapter 6

[@luminox_x]

No cabbage in Night Queen, it's "king she fights" XD

[@eliboy105]

I would love to see you react to other of Thomas’ albums and TSFH

[@hrvojebutkovic]

The last Humanity chapter will be chapter 7.

[@ChristopherSiu]

Great!

[@plasticelephant1969]

When will 6 and 7 come out?? it says they come in intervals, how long did it take for 5 to come out from 4?

[@hrvojebutkovic]

@@plasticelephant1969 Chapter 1 came out on 1 July 2020. Chapter 2 came out on 11 November 2020. Chapter 3 came out on 6 May 2021. Chapter 4 came out on 2 September 2021. Chapter 5 came out on 21 April 2023. Chapter 5 was delayed because the Myth album by Two Steps From Hell came out on 3 June 2022.

[@Sunstatemusic]

33:50 this track chord progressions hear itself very ABBAish especially from last their album Voyage:) Perhaps Thomas gave some ideas from it i think. Great review, Chris.

[@snarf1504]

Which Voyage song are you thinking of? I'd day both simply follow common pop music structures. One Last Day was likely written before the release of Voyage as well.

[@abdoun8214]

Nice Content!

[@ToRoS01]

Xunia❤❤❤

[@Veridi]

Can you do a K-Pop reaction?