Drummer Reacts to Cocolia Boss Theme - Honkai Star Rail OST "Wildfire"

Honkai Star Rail has one of the best gaming soundtracks that I've heard in a long time. I'm a drummer and this is my reaction to the Cocolia boss fight theme in Star Rail. The official Hoyo-Mix release for this OST is titled "Wildfire", a fitting name for a song that comes at this point in the Honkai Impact story and lore!
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00:00 INTRO
00:38 STAR RAIL WILDFIRE REACTION
08:41 COCOLIA BLEW ME... AWAY!!
#honkaistarrail #starrail #honkai

[@Samizard]

Watch my reaction to the full boss fight right here! kzbin.infov-qlEXJ_dU4?feature=share

[@LexLootHoe]

Fun fact: Pela is Serval's drummer.

[@Samizard]

I just found that out while playing the quest today. So cool!

[@IO-BLANK-OI]

if they wanna make a music video they should make a 3d model of pela,serval and gepard and that one silvermane guard to represent them that would be cool

[@whyrutoxic8489]

​@@IO-BLANK-OI and sing wildfire

[@Aarkwrite]

@@IO-BLANK-OI guard captain Dunn I think?

[@dez3940]

​@@Aarkwrite this

[@luisapisacar9252]

"WE MADE A CHOICE, GO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR FATE!" chills.........everytime.

[@rellucifer]

This song really go crazy i wish i can experience it for the first time again. Sheesh

[@andrewac1096]

The whole theme of the game.

[@shd_samurai9676]

The insrumental is the music that plays during Phase 1. The lyrics drop at the start of Phase 2 and it fucking slaps harder than an alcoholic stepfather 69 beers in.

[@Samizard]

👁o👁

[@kitsune2152]

What's more interesting is when your playing the story quest when you fight this boss the first time the first phase have a different theme called "the past of no return" that's also a banger and when you get to when the the second phase you get the instrumental of wildfire and the last phase then the actual song

[@spiderdude2099]

That first big vocal drop is also timed perfectly with a huge impressive attack from the boss. It's a really amazing moment when you first encounter it in game

[@danteellerbe3427]

and then the music builds after that it really gives you a sense of fighting back and building up against it. It's so perfect

[@unlonsee]

for me it actually timed in the fire mc's first ult

[@lenardsanchez7850]

@@unlonsee there's no way to time it, it will always drop as the boss drop the dialogue before befalling you a meteor

[@lenardsanchez7850]

@@unlonsee unless maybe you skipped the dialogue

[@unlonsee]

@@lenardsanchez7850 maybe I took a bit too long?

[@idkwhattocallmyselfanysugg8697]

The closer you look at the lyrics the more it hits different

[@Samizard]

Depression Impact hitting hard, even in the songs

[@Trygorn]

​@Samizard I see your a fellow captain XD

[@Reluin]

This song is pretty much the second phase of the fight. Really like the first phase theme as well called "A Trap with No Return". Drums go hard AF

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

I would call it 3rd phase, the first one was with the mobs around, then the 2nd phase where... you know what I mean I don't want spoil it others.

[@Reluin]

@@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe Ye true

[@Leiger]

Ya i love how it just makes it that much more epic when the vocals start singing into the next phase. Chef's kiss. Amazing.

[@TrevTheMan00]

@@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe I guess technically but it’s the second phase since you don’t get that in between part when you repeat the boss fight for mats

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

@@TrevTheMan00 If you repeat the Bossfight, you only play phase 3 of it.

[@penguins0301]

This song with Cocolia's voice acting is amazing.

[@Good_Hot_Chocolate]

👀

[@r3birth9543]

The jp voice, yes.

[@vuvohoan368]

​@@r3birth9543 agree

[@MrSignman65]

​@@r3birth9543 nah I don't like the Eng VA but she went HARD on that pre-ultimate line and I have nothing but respect for it

[@Goosiz]

​@@MrSignman65 they said japanese, not english.

[@TravelerSaniar]

This music is an absolute banger i was literally shaking when i got to the boss fight and when the music started my shake got worse and there was goosebumps all over my body

[@shadow-faye]

I have played this fight twice That bit hit just as hard the second time

[@ZycheCiorre]

Took me a long time to get through my turns on this fight, I couldn't help myself from just listening to the song.

[@mayer492]

BRUHH FR I CANT STRESS ENOUGH HOW FKIN GOOD THAT FIGHT WAS

[@nicolaslehmann3084]

@@mayer492 just my two cents but... THIS GAME WAS MADE AS A FKIN MOBILE GAME!!! Like... HUH??? Since when do mobile games drop Triple A Bossfights?=!?!?!?!?!?

[@ateapachuau4009]

I got you bro.. I almost cried.. When that colossus hand slam down on poor Cocolia..

[@psybot0946]

I can't forget how EPIC the transition to second phase when I played this part for the first time. Goosebump!

[@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe]

Not just play during the soundtrack, there is a very specific part of the song, which is come always when a very specific attack of the boss. And it's played under the rerun bossfights too. With the same attack. This bossfight is epicly well built. I dare to say, when I first played it, I first thinked: "That's all? That's not much" Then I realized, I just finished the first stage of the bossfight. And when that specific boss attack I already know, it's maybe the best bossfight I played a long time ago. I can't wait when you reach that bossfight in some playtrough video. 🤣

[@Samizard]

It'll be happening live on stream here on KZbin some time next week 🤙🏻

[@fangikun1791]

The way the theme is only instrumental at first and then turns into the vocal tune at 'that moment' really had me at the edge of my seat

[@Bondrewd__21]

Best part catch sync with song when you use “Engine of creation”.

[@lesterism]

This music makes me hype af when i'm in cocolia's second phase. Hopefully future boss fights will have this kind of music too

[@ezzeldinezzat5060]

The thing is they really put high expectations in the minds of us because of this song at the first actual boss (I am not counting the doomsday beast)

[@Fenghuang0th]

This is honkai, a series known for insane drops and bangers like this

[@figloalds]

Hoyo uses a lot of clever musical tricks, in this instance they had A trap with no return loop for the first phase of the boss, then this song enters in the second phase as the boss is channeling a special attack, during the fight there's a special loop-cut version of this track. They also use a small cut of Wildfire instrumental version in a cutscene prior to this fight as the MC gets their new power They also use these tricks in Genshin Impact, where they have 2 tracks that line perfectly (Eg: A Shard from Past Glories and Seething Animosity), and they play together, but one of them is at 0 volume, when you enter/exit combat, the game fades the current out and the other one in, causing a musical change that does not disrupt the melody, it feels extremely dynamic and amazing to explore the Chasm and have this incredible musical experience in that game Other game that uses this technique is NieR Automata, but they do it through the entire game and absolutely brilliantly, every song in the game dynamically morph between vocals, no vocals, 8-bit, calmer version according to gameplay

[@lyravain6304]

We can say what we want about Hoyo, but their games have some AMAZING people working on them. Especially in the music department. Honkai has some absolute headbangers in it. Genshin, for all its faults, when it decides to go hard, it goes HARD and Star Rail... well, it's already going hard.

[@CrowYaeger]

Did the Cocolia fight yesterday and when that big drop happened, the goosebumps were INSANE Thanks for this breakdown, I'm learning more about drumming from you (:

[@goranges5582]

Absolutely love your reaction and breakdown of what’s happening! You’re gonna flip when you get to this part in the game!

[@Samizard]

Thank you! Very excited to reach that point on an upcoming stream :)

[@Mythical_8]

I was massively taken by surprise when this song started playing. This game made an amazing first impression and I'm looking forward to the future of this game.

[@InquisitorAstelon]

This boss fight was awesome. The music really sold it. Very cinematic for a boss fight.

[@nephi_ecl1606]

the song is played in the 2nd phase and the breakdown (?) is played when boss Cocolia does her ultimate that's insane

[@redcrimson6394]

Watch it for spoilers

[@SVD2]

Great video, I play piano myself and just could not comprehend how the drums and guitar work together. Love the way you broke it down for us mere mortals to understand. Keep up the good content. :)

[@Samizard]

Pianists 🤝 Drummers

[@EricChien95]

@@Samizard Both percussionist instrument.

[@kallethen9389]

This whole boss fight is quite a ride... from the lead-up into it, the first half of the fight, the scene in between, then second half of the boss fight, and the finale. Easily one of the BEST boss fights I have played in any game. The music (including this song) is used so expertly to elevate the fight to something absolutely emotional and memorable.

[@whzg]

It’s always great to watch someone with proper knowledge to react and explain about things so people can see (in this case hear) song from different perspectives and what is great that it’s all for ‘free’, thank you for making this video. I’m looking forward to your future contents.

[@Samizard]

Thank you for watching! If you liked this video then check out the rest of my drummer reaction videos, and join our Discord server to hang out with our amazing community! Drummer Reactions - kzbin.info/aero/PL3IfamSl36rhG3LgVwtPdS3lact7vvmM6 Discord - discord.gg/fzRUaAZBT8

[@Kamen_Demonz_Kazael]

Bro gonna clap the boss everyday

[@mrsister032]

The way this song weaves into the boss battle is insane.

[@overscoresam948]

Me not knowing anything about music "Yes speak more words music man"

[@Samizard]

Lmaooo

[@Saji_0]

If the vocal would go scream at that drop, I would be blown away when cocolia oneshot my entire team lol

[@Shark5060]

best part about the song? experiencing it the first time during that boss battle. It was EPIC. and then playing further to unlock it on the express as a background track =D

[@user-qo7zr1lu4p]

as someone who never learn music, i appreciate all the analysis and explanations on why the instrumentation sounds so good! thank you for the amazing content!

[@mandar107]

It is an absolutely brilliant piece, and I would *love* to see a discussion *after* you play this part of the game. My favourite so far. It’s what I set my Train music to!

[@OhNoTheFace]

This was so awesome to see from your perspective

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

You know, the breathiness of the vocal and the way the drums slowly echo during the very beginning is what told me this is going to be a banger. It just had the feel of someone calmly ascending the stairs towards their foe, on a mountain peak, surrounded by roaring skies and giant monoliths. And you can be damn sure their holding their best weapon in hand.

[@AcaciaAvenue]

Found this channel in my youtube home today. I play Genshin since the first Venti banner (Q4 2020 I think) and started Star Rail, one of the things I love the most about Genshin is the music (my favorite rn is Die Mittsommernacht Fantasie), and Star Rail isn't really falling behind in that regard. I was already convinced of that by listening to "take the journey", althoug that one's short... But when I listened to this I was like "OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT" and I've been listening to that song at least once everyday. I love commentaries and reacts, expecially from people more knowledgeable than me about music, that's also emotionally invested when listening to these songs. Subbed.

[@kawikamyers7320]

The drop after the end of the section with the clapping just slaps so hard and so unexpectedly

[@phamnhuhien6758]

I love your music analysis sooo much!

[@Samizard]

I'm really glad. Thank you :)

[@STOPTIMMERTIME]

The first verse and chorus are played during a cutscene leading into the final section of the fight. The second verse is looped (no vocals) during the fight half of the fight. The bridge and second chorus are played when Cocolia drops her ultimate, and the song loops from the breakdown with another bridge and 3rd chorus until the end of the fight. It's just really well written.

[@FlamingNinjaBoi]

Cocolia fight gave me chills. What's pretty crazy is this is just chapter 1... and I'm already sold. I can't imagine how they'll top the Jarillo expedition, but I already see some hints of the epicness in Xianzhou. We'll certainly find out soon!

[@c920mrc]

One the best boss fights I fought in a long time and the music absolutely makes it next level

[@convenienceplays]

this song gives me chills every time I listen to it. Literally went through all of my echo of war chances for the week just to hear it accompanying the fight. Honestly my favorite song rn, glad to see someone breaking it down.

[@sailcat662]

For me this game came out of no where and just put its claws in me. The whole production quality is unreal. You can tell this was a labor of love. Thanks for your artistic perspective!

[@nevanV12]

I cant wait for your reaction when you get to this point in the game.

[@YvaiatheDemon]

Oh yeah I was surprised too, but this song plays during the boss fight xD At first its just instrumental, but at a certain point the vocals come in and completely slaps you across the face, believe you me xD

[@michaelmeyer1277]

One of the best fight scenes in all of gaming. I go back and watch other players experience it for the fist time and I still get chills

[@YoHoosierDaddy]

Love how you catch all these lil details they threw it in there. Sometimes those lil flavors change the whole dynamic of the music.🤘🤘🤘

[@choccotacco4752]

Can’t wait for the drum cover, gotta be so lit!

[@Samizard]

Oh boy 👀

[@Hugothester]

This song and bossfight singlehandedly and non ironically carried out the game, this made me so hyped for what the game is gonna bring in the future!

[@Samizard]

I’m super late seeing this, but I agree! Very excited to see what the next big, over-the-top boss fight will be like in version 2!

[@suclash3313]

Love your reaction!!

[@braddl9442]

Hoyo loves to use the music to tell the story as much as the writing tells the story. The first time the song hits when your playing the game this is a once in a life moment that cant be repeated. When it happens and you were not expecting something like it in a boss fight you get that WOW moment.

[@jiangwongvalencia5076]

I usually play videogames with other sounds at background, I thought it was a sound of the stream and didn't realize it was the boss fight. Is an amazing OST

[@alexjanzen1666]

This song is epic when matched against the boss fight - brought a level of intensity to the fight when the vocals kicked in that you do not get often. This was well executed.

[@KainZC]

This song is so fire when u hear it the first time during the boss fight

[@travelblazer07]

Here bro, subscribed to you for this wonderful reaction video. May your channel continue to grow!

[@Samizard]

I appreciate it! Thank you!

[@BrendanZanitCoen]

God I’m glad a full song got released like this.

[@thomasjml82]

You gotta play it. The way it loops is absolutely brilliant. I can’t really explain it.

[@meuryam7690]

I'm also waiting for ZZZ cuz for sure that would be also had banger tracks. Hoyoverse is a Music Company is understatement.

[@Hoontarius]

I listened to this for so many times over the past few days but I havent payed the drums a lot of mind until watching this

[@trevory9959]

Would love to hear you do the whole game

[@AvianZone]

First time experiencing both the song AND the drop in the boss fight...Literal Chills

[@franz6209]

This is one of the best boss battle themes i have ever heard since it matches with the pacing of the combat

[@ChocoBabiChan]

It's the song that plays during the boss battle. I loved it the second it started playing. I was hoping I'd get the record. Which I did, and now it plays every time I'm on the train.

[@nileprimewastaken]

the guitar part on the bridge i believe is in alternating 4/4 and 7/8 based off of claps on 8th notes

[@mintymedic3189]

It does indeed play during the boss fight and honestly I was pleasantly surprised to have acoustics in a boss fight instead of having it go super hard the whole time. Having it build up made it great.

[@crepette1396]

I love just how bewildered Sam is

[@lumitysolaris4244]

My body shook just playing the final boss fight.

[@Herrscher-of-Autism]

The song loops from the start of the second chorus to the end of the bridge, unless you play it on the Astral Express' phonograph, in which case it plays in full and loops when it's done

[@SolarisSolaire]

Cocolia's fight is my absolute favorite in Star Rail. I re-do the fight in Echo's of War every week just to re-live the fight and this epic soundtrack.

[@lilythefujoshi7637]

i love that snapping sound toward the end it sounds like someone striking a lighter which is fitting since the song is titled wildfire

[@beatrizpinto2154]

This music is perfect itself, the way they used the music transitions in game was also pretty fucking smart. I'm loving this game so much

[@Caligamy]

It's even more impressive IN the game because you very quickly realize it is synced up with the action in the fight, which just elevates this whole thing even more.

[@brysobsailor8178]

I love the cocolia boss fight I replay it alot mostly for this song

[@alfonsoroque8637]

Really, this song reminds me of the 2010s. Something like this was used for the Highmoon Studio Transformers games. War For Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron.

[@StephenC555]

They have done very well in the first planet final boss. This theme song is also doing so well. That epic boss fight is really impressive.

[@Flandre-Scarlet]

7:17 i think that came unexpectedly and the clap section was short because normally in the game the song synchs that climax with stuff in the boss fight. When you or boss lands a "big hit" The slower parts take up the parts of the fight leading up to the big attack moments

[@raisukiiigaming]

this song has been playing in my starrail express day 1

[@jizhihuang5982]

When I heard this song while on that stage, I kept checking my music player if I was playing music on background or accidentally open some ads, at first I didn't expect this song was from the game I'm playing

[@sorensiris1381]

They went full on MGR with this shit, I love it so much

[@fateriddle14]

The song is a banger, it instantly reminds me of that P5R Shido fight with River in the desert.

[@beelzebub33]

That was the most hype song in p5r other than life will change

[@bi7630]

When she first dropped that meteor thing and i heard the song take off I couldn’t believe it. A mobile game shouldn’t have such good presentation i swear

[@michaelcrow6943]

The song in the boss fight is not just in a loop it changes depending on what you do if you go heavy hitting all out with ultimate attacks the song then goes hard as well same when the boss goes into her ult. but it goes back to the regular form when you are doing normal attacks.

[@Synchrojikan]

God I love this track so much. I always have it playing on the Express. WELP! Time to go fight Cocolia again.

[@TheBloodwolf47]

do you think you'd do a vid reaction to wildfire during the boss fight as it escalates. that fight really had me in my seat. such good production. imo ofc.

[@Samizard]

Thanks for watching! I probably won't be uploading my gameplay of the boss fight as its own video, but I did stream it live here on my KZbin channel if you want to go back and watch that VOD!

[@speedfx7989]

You have to listen to this song AND play the story fight. It's just a more complete experience, IMHO.

[@Rax1n]

Thanks for breaking this down dude

[@LuxminosityBoy]

Hii, this video got randomly recommended to me but I really enojoyed it, keep up the content mate. I was blown away by the song while playing star rail, just a small petition to anyone who reads my comment: can you give me suggestions of songs that sound "similar" to this one? I don't usually listen to this type of music and I don't know where to begin when it comes to exploring that genre

[@williambusmente6723]

I'm not used to listen to music too much but I love this song

[@fireblade295]

This single song gives me Violet Thunder vibes. Now, I gotta replay that Domain...again.

[@SolidShepard]

They use sections of it for different segments of the fight that's looped

[@PaulaABurnham]

My favourite song in game so far

[@kolosalny46]

during boss fight this song is looped and definitely modified it sounds even better

[@gabrielgalvis6697]

Thanks for doing this video! I like seeing these analyses, but, I haven’t seen it from the perspective of a drummer before, so it was very informative. 10:25 about that guitar fill, So, most of the song is at a slower tempo, but, as soon as it goes into that acoustic guitar moment, the tempo increases. The guitar is only playing sixteenths, but accents the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, and 15th. So, it’d sound like 123 123 123 123 12 12 groupings due to the accents. The first four accented sixteenths happen in groups of 3, and since the change happens so suddenly, by the time the pattern comes around again, the tempo change and different grouping makes it sound like it’s in a different time signature, but, it’s still 4/4, throwing the listener for a loop until the drums solidify the rhythm. The guitar’s gritty tone and manner of playing the notes in such a way where the tone isn’t very clean makes the 13th and 15th sixteenth note of the pattern unclear, making the syncopations harder to distinguish. But, after hearing the track enough times, you’ll be able to pick it up. Absolutely love Wildfire, such an amazing track, thank you for making this vid

[@chaa2416]

its insane during the phase change

[@EnderDragonoth]

I am not sure if you have gotten to the boss fight yet, but Wildfire to me is what brings the whole story of Belobog together. From the different people of the world, both under and over, and all funneled into the Trailblazer to, for lack of a better term, open the sky once more. It is an amazing cap stone to a great fight, a great story, and great kick off to a game.

[@your3starweapon]

Me getting hit by Cocolia's meteor while Wildfire chorus drop: “This is fine 🥹”

[@nathanaelmyrick8433]

coclia boss fight theme song always give me chills idk why

[@iispec5936]

It feels very much like a "Boss fight" they really nailed it. That's where the chills come from.

[@zoxfalcon2510]

Idk if I like it having vocals during the fight as it kinda drowns out cocolia

[@iispec5936]

@@zoxfalcon2510 yup, it's fitting the protagonist getting a power up but honestly for her fight it feels off

[@UnrealWaifuTV]

this song plays at the 2nd (and last) phase of the boss fight. In the first phase there is a song very similar but without the lyrics.

[@jdoggivjc]

The song itself is incredible, but the way the devs used it in the Cocolia fight is just legendary. And Wildfire took what was already an epic boss fight up several levels.

[@Spirit_Yoshino]

This song was sooooo epic and just amazing. Like the whole boss fight was just Epic! Fun little moment for me is that I got Serval to deal the finishing blow to her. XD I tried to time my ults with the climax and high points of the song.

[@Aproximal]

I don't play games much with surround sound headphones. I listen with my AKGs, and when I got to this track, it has no vocals. How they implement it. The music is such a big deal that it DROWNS OUT THE VA. And I'm an audio engineer. I mix this stuff. That would drive me nuts if it wasn't for the fact this track hits so hard, and so perfectly. This games been out 2 weeks. It can calm down. Take a seat. Let's not produce this tier of gold THAT fast. Jesus. XD

[@supervegito9117]

This song is why i like to do cocolia's boss in echo of war

[@Andygotblurred]

The voiced proper wildfire kicks in at the first attack of the second phase, it's great, like childe doing whale attack at the whalesong part of his third phase dbfncnvmv, just "you made a choice go fight against your fate" while bitch shaves off a third of your healthbar its amazing

[@Azureneedle]

Drums are cool and so is this breakdown.

[@Samizard]

You're cool too

[@IliaLo]

I think "Wildfire" is the new "Rex Incognito"