Game Composer Listens to REMNANT 2 Music for the First Time - ANNIHILATION

[@ShiniesAreCool]

Without going into deep spoilers, in the 1st phase, the enemy presents mostly as an organic, draconic, magical and mystical entity. But there's technology under that appearance, hinted at by the electric guitars and synths you can just barely hear supplementing the orchestra. In the 2nd phase, the synths and electric guitars rise to prominence as the enemy's true nature is laid bare.

[@ryanthunder3247]

My favorite souls like boss tbh

[@dolfins4everwin]

I really love how you describe it as chaotic at 5:19 , because When the tone shifts is when you go into phase 2, and it is the most chaotic thing ever. I also can't recommend the game enough. All the music and the overall sound design is very well crafted.

[@caliberkat]

8:36 exactly this, because the flow of the fight is done so masterfully. The attacks are very well telegraphed but it still keeps you on your toes, especially in the 2nd phase

[@ThreeDog28]

This boss was fuckin NUTS

[@devist8er117]

Understatement of the century. 😂 it's more than that

[@AlmostJordan]

I never listened to it in it’s entirety because of how chaotic the second phase is. I like the inclusion of the different elements to signify the glitching environment that we get thrown into mid fight

[@blazex224]

Best boss in the game for sure

[@srg.graphouni6628]

@@blazex224 arguable, Alepsis-Taura and Sha'Hala. I mean the whole of N'erud world is one of the best parts of the game lore wise. I find Losomn and Yaesha. The desert world in first game was awsome too.

[@Agony-co4pd]

Apoc is nuts too lol with 3 ppl

[@Eona93]

THANK YOU for covering this, I was hoping you'd get to it eventually 🥳 Remnant 2 music is such a banger all the way and it gets pretty much zero recognition on youtube. Annihilation is the final boss of the game, the source of everything you're trying to fight against. But even random world encounters have incredible music, like The Huntress or even just the basic fighting music in the overworld.

[@Fairuslolomg]

The Imposter King and Sha'Hala(both of them) are incredible too

[@Eona93]

@@Fairuslolomg Yeah, Impostor Kings are my personal favourite. But they're all so close to each other, the favourite might as well change with daily mood ^^

[@dakstar5773]

Shahala, Imposter Kings, Venom, and so many more bosses in Remnant 2 just have insane music. Highly recommend checking more out

[@Rikcey]

Yes! the Huntress' theme is great!

[@Deadsnake989]

The Huntess theme goes so hard considering she's one of the easiest minibosses in the game. Cancer is my personal favorite because his theme is a remake of "Last Stand of the Wicked" the final boss theme for Remnant 1's expansion. That song fit the Haarsgard fight so well.

[@ClassicalCatDX3]

Remnant 2 has some excellent tracks, and Annihilation is one of them, but my personal favorite and one you should definitely check out is "The Red Prince" it's just an astoundingly good piece.

[@khashygeld9776]

I listened to red prince for TWO days on LOOP!

[@Tice022]

the boss fight was amazing as well

[@Rikcey]

The red Prince is definitely a great one.

[@Donnovo]

Red Prince theme goes hard

[@SympatheticStrawmanVA]

Remnant II is STUPENDOUS, and the music is highky underrated

[@Bladerunner-sn7tv]

Everything about the fight that corresponds to this song, oozes "A being beyond our understanding". From the choreography, to the setting, to the very climatic nature of every movement in the track. It's such a spectacle of a final fight. Gunfire might never be able to recreate how much of a masterpiece this boss was.

[@zachialadams9279]

I've seen some concept leaks from the next game. If you thought the boss in Dark Horizen was something else, you are NOT ready to see what they've got cooking. Hope you like eyeballs.

[@supercato9613]

@@zachialadams9279 They're making Remnant 3? That's confirmed?

[@supercato9613]

You really gotta listen to Alepsis-Taura too, maybe also Red Prince and One True King.

[@zachialadams9279]

Annihilation is probably my favorite track from the game, and the fight itself throws an incredible number of twists at you out of quite literally nowhere. It really goes for the 'see that literal god? Shoot it in the F***ING FACE' feeling and tops it out with the idea that not only can that work, but you can WIN this fight.

[@blue-ef6zh]

I highly recommend listening to the main theme, as well as “You Shall Rise” (which is the end-credits version of the main theme). It makes the experience so much cooler when you pick up on the leitmotifs!

[@laxor5902]

Got over a hundred hours in the game, never completely heard this ost, what a banger.

[@christoskontopoulos8411]

Remnant 2 is such a good game, I'm so surprised he got that much lore out of just the music

[@beneckersley17]

I recommend Labrinth Sentinel soundtrack. Also It makes sense it is chaotic Annihilation as a monster that's head of the root. a rot that erodes reality and dimensions so it's literally causing things to spiral out of control and become insane. plus during the fight the boss will switch between phase one and two between it's atacks so it becomes difficult to predict.

[@basicgiraffology3709]

I have been getting MarcoMeatball to react to music from this game during his patreon streams. I recommend: Red Prince, Nightweaver, Hephaestus, and The Council Gathers

[@supercato9613]

I can't thank you enough for getting Marco to listen to Remnant 2's OST. Literally no one else on KZbin listens to it, it's criminally underrepresented.

[@basicgiraffology3709]

@@supercato9613 I've been doing one boss theme from each world since I saw his Annihilation video. I'm hoping to get more people interested. Remnant 2 is probably one of my top 5 favorite games/series

[@jonsman975]

It's such a cool Endboss. Love this game.

[@E-NordOue]

Absolutely Impressive Boss fight It's appearance, attack mode and theme, all of it is impressive to me. Especially the phase change cutscene.

[@CapraDaAlbaRegia]

I love how phase 3 is utter madness while remaining almost 100% fair (tiny bit depending on build due to summoned orbs and distance). Also the lore took a surprisingly dark turn with this fight, the aggressive and mercilessy enthropy that Annihilation is was a spine chilling crescendo of the series' story for me

[@Abken.]

I've never played Remnant games but the music sounds amazing! And it's souls-like shooter?!

[@Xandralas]

Gaijin Hunter made a vid about what the game is without to many gameplay spoilers, look into it if ya are interestet.

[@Someone-lg6di]

The combination I used to describe to friend was dark souls mixed with borderlands

[@Abken.]

@@Someone-lg6di I was a fan of the first 2 Borderlands games! Sounds fun Is it fun as a single player? I've heard people play co-op a lot

[@w0wdonger896]

It's honestly the best souls-like game so far

[@joshp.1682]

Definitely my favorite derivative of Souls. This boss is also incredible.

[@cymonin5549]

Remnant 2 is one of my favourite games of all time, and it's OST is sooo underrated. Also really well timed release, considering their biggest and final DLC just released earlier today. Edit: 4:55 So this is the final boss theme, and the reason why the first part was not as chaotic as the rest of the song is because both the boss & the arena start glitching out, and the fight keeps ramping up. 6:12 Yes, you're correct! It is very "other-worldly". The game has you exploring different worlds and fighting strong foes in those worlds, and afaik all culminating in this fight against a monster that has been the source of corruption in those worlds. Also, each world does has their own sounds, leitmotifs, and instruments used.

[@zaelheimricht4978]

1:04 "Immediatly it sounds super High Stakes." Oh, you know. The whole multiverse is about to collapse.

[@devist8er117]

4:06 this is what it sounds like to be alive for about 5 seconds without comprehending a signal thing happening to you 😂

[@truth7down]

FR. first time your like 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮💀

[@Zomboy123456789]

The sound that accompanies the player going "uh?... uuuh UUUH UUUUUUGH FUCK!"

[@SnakeEater776]

I think i remember my exact reaction "Alright, phase 2 le... wait, what the fucK? what th... WHAT THE FUCK? AHHH SHIT WHAT, WHAT THE FU... WHAT THE FUCK? AHHH, STOP IT, WHAT THE SHIT? *2 attempts later when he started swapping phases* "Alright im starting to underst...THE SHIT? WHAT IS GOING ON? AHHHHH, CHILL FOR 5 SECONDS, WHAT THE FUCK?????"

[@eiriksundby]

Funny you say otherworldly considering remnant is about traveling between different worlds

[@m.a.dmatt6689]

The root and by extension the final boss of this song are less like a disease and more like an actual bug or glitch in reality itself. Warping, altering and destroying any and all worlds it connects to.

[@theboredlich215]

Remntant 2 is such an amazing game. And yeah all of the stuff is tied to the events of the last boss and the after math... The ending well, hope is all we got

[@bryanmartin8935]

What an absolute awesome final boss. Love the remnant series and hope you do more.

[@tsmaathearchivist5997]

First off. This is the final boss music... second this fight is honestly hard by itself (I didn't play on easy). This brings back a lot of good memories

[@maran947]

This game has some Outerwordly and Sci-Fi Fantasy vibes I get from no other game, it is incredible.

[@w0wdonger896]

I suggest the theme for the Astropath boss fight, it's so good and it fits the fight perfectly!

[@dracothedraconian]

"This sounds so high stakes" with the context of the game without any spoilers. If the player fails here, everything will be brought to annihilation. The thing you fight here is the cause of everything, and if you fail, the end of everything.

[@dapperdragons7314]

“I guess we won.” He has no idea how accurate that is

[@SunnyJCR]

The phase 2 orb swarm forced myself and two friends to listen to this song for about 4 hours straight on our first playthrough. All of us were tired, frustrated and sluggish by the time we got here (partly because of the game crashing a lot during week 1, partly because we started with nightmare difficulty and partly because it was 1:00am). Improving at this fight was so insanely satisfying though. The music, atmosphere and mechanics came together to create a truly memorable experience. Beating Annihilation for the first time will remain one of the best gaming memories I have for quite some time and the fact it happened with two good friends elevates it even further. Nowadays, he's an easy no-hit fight with an incredible move-set and soundtrack. Always look forward to arriving at the Blackened Citadel each run.

[@csigataraj]

This video was a nice surprise. I absolutely love this piece and played it on the piano myself. I'll record it at some point.

[@EinManU]

gonna assume you know already with the timing of the upload, but the final and biggest dlc for remnant 2 is releasing in the next few hours^^ i LOVE this game. i REALLY recommend it! especially if you can find someone to play with you. its good alone, but its AMAZING in multiplayer!

[@Doncroft1]

It's amazing to me how much you were able to ascertain about Remnant 2 just by listening to the music. That's storytelling through music! Annihilation is one of the best endgame bosses in any video game I've ever played. No exaggeration. It's absolutely epic and feels amazing to master on Apocalypse difficulty, especially in a 3 person team.

[@dustin4747]

Anyone else actually hearing this music for the first time despite beating the boss multiple times? Lol there is so much screen overload and focus on timing that i couldnt for the life of me remember how the song sounded. Appreciate this kind of content though.

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

This is the theme for the final boss, an avatar for a living cancer that is slowly spreading and consuming all of existence. At this point in the game you come to the realization that this might be your best and only chance to stop the end of all things. So yes, you could say the stakes are a bit high.

[@austinwilson7373]

Ohohoho! I’ve been meaning to recommend you this for a while!

[@donmcgreevy7097]

If you play games both remnant from the ashes and remnant 2 are both masterpieces . if you can hold out play the first one first because stamina management changes the game fundamentally in the 2nd but the first one is great once you get into it and understand

[@boncinator8529]

Would definetly recommend sha'hala guardian of nerud, another banger track

[@Oisin80]

Woah, cool track, very interesting. Great video. Either way, today is an amaaaaazing day, we finally got news about the Blasphemous 2 dlc! It looks amazing, and 9 new tracks! Really looking toward to play the update and the dlc, as well to the music. So happy :). That's it. ¡Adiós!

[@Marekthejester]

So this theme is the final boss theme which explain the epicness of it since it's the final fight of the game. At the beginning of the fight you're fighting a dragon like creature made out of roots and the music reflect that by going with a very epic orchestral sound, after all, fighting a dragon is epic. But then phase 2 start and the dragon you've been fighting split itself in half and the whole arena start to glitch out into an alternate dimension and now you're no longer fighting just a dragon, you're fighting some kind of eldricht entity able to rewrite reality itself Then as the music goes to rock you return to the original arena with your dragon, giving you a sense that that's it you're back to what you know and you got it. But soon it goes back to synthetic as the boss pull you back into its glitched reality and switch back and forth at a moment notice Finally it comes back to the orchestral epic as you've seen everything the boss had and now it's your fight, you know what to do all is left is to win

[@JUIIICED.]

The music from remnant is fantastic. The entire Losomn suite is incredible, especially the Malefic Palace and Beatific Palace.

[@ThunderJunkOC]

Best boss fight in gaming, backed by a fantastic track, don't @ me

[@samaron8970]

This boss music is made way better after listenning to some other tracks, since it mixes in hints of the game's main theme at points, which adds meaning.

[@kingofthebeakbeavers843]

I feel like i have to tell you that every buzzword you said is insanely beyond spot on! Majestic, godly, space, other world etc. Intirely spot on! Exactly what the game is 😆

[@majorasmask5523]

Strong recommendation for “Red Prince”, “The Huntress”, “Imposter Kings”, “One True King”, “Kaeula’s Shadow”, “Corrupted Ravager”, “Sha’Hala, Guardian of N’Erud@ (Spectral first, THEN Physical), and “Venom”.

[@Nodrasta]

I have some recommendations from Remnant 2 for further analysis. Sha'Hala: Guardian of N'Erud both variants. The song has two variants, start with Spectral and then listen to Physical Another interesting song to analyse would be: "Echoes of Bells Beneath a Crimson Moon"

[@UmbraVolpes]

As a non spoiler comparison. This music belongs to a Fatalis tier fight

[@Crimnox_Cinder]

You've given my boy a high honour.

[@Skrallizar]

Man, the mix ups the boss this track belongs to pulls in the second phase are so cool. It is difficult, but it's nowhere near the hardest fight in the game. The boss looks almost like a dragon yet not. It's such a good time, one of the reasons I haven't uninstallted the game. Personally I'm a fan of Sha'Hala's tracks, though mostly the second version (called Sha'Hala: Guardian of N'Erud (Physical), at least on youtube). Many bosses have two tracks since they can be fought in two ways, often similar but sometimes harder/easier. The tracks are also usually similar. Sha'Hala is best experienced first in Spectral, since finding the key to fight Physical is optional and can easily be missed if you don't know about it. This goes for the actual experience itself, since Physical is based on the Spectral version of the track, meaning that knowing about the lore and backstory of the world this boss fight is done on makes the whole thing feel wonderful. The music itself provides that perfect flavor to the entire experience and are awesome even on their own.

[@rezaruki3912]

That final boss is really hit you pretty hard, im no kidding even with your full gear buddies. Anyway you can try the Sha'Hala boss fight ost (Spectral form).

[@ryanthunder3247]

1:10 "super high stakes", final boss music :)

[@Alucia0]

This boss is stunning, genuinely stunning, the chaos dragon that is so powerful that it breaks down the laws of reality causing glitches in reality its self. It corrupts like a computer virus tearing holes in the fabric of space time. This theme represents a literal god that has buried it's roots so deeply into all of reality, time space, the entire universe and even the core of all worlds It is pure chaos that consumes and spreads its self, corrupting everything across existence. This is Annihilation, The Dreamer, The Dragon, The Root

[@KriticalKatboi]

you should take a look at "you shall rise" from the same game, it has alot of similarities, but its a gorgeous track, even if you dont make a vid about it you should not miss the experience of that song.

[@SkulloMad]

Remnant's story in summary: TREE EVIL

[@dognationgaming172]

This boss did some of wildest shit in gaming ever and for that he earned his theme.

[@Reaper_Rin]

As someone who has soloed the boss that this track belongs to on apocalypse(hardest difficulty) when the game first came out, let me tell ya: the stakes were never higher.

[@TheRtsKing13]

Sha'Hala spectral guardian and Cancer are the other 2 tracks you should check out from this game, also stakes-wise you are correct since this is the last boss of the campaign.

[@lusterlessnova3199]

"This isn't like first level music" Anyone else curious what he would say about Undefeatable from Sonic Frontiers?

[@Someone-lg6di]

His response to soundtrack ending perfect

[@vishnusreedhar1554]

This amazing song for the game especially end boss

[@sansalphawolf3293]

me playing remnant 2 also looking for videos to watch on the side Davi Vasc uploads a video about the music in Remnant

[@isaacdayton4962]

Schrödinger’s boss annihilation is such a good final boss

[@Agony-co4pd]

This song is very Angelic.

[@goldendelta2945]

Listen to “echos of bells beneath a crimson moon” dats another fuckin BOP

[@mewtu7541]

Let's say the first phase is a lot easier than the 2nd phase because it's shifting between reality's which makes it chaotic

[@srg.graphouni6628]

Can recommend Remnants 2 Labyrinth Sentinel. It has some nice immersion to it.

[@OD-DP]

I would love if you would cover Anathema phase 1 and 2 from Lords of the Fallen, such an underrated soundtrack

[@meyes1098]

You should have listened to remnant 2 theme song first, because you can hear parts of it in this music.

[@Bismarck9871]

If you liked this one you really need to listen to Alepsis taura from the new remnant 2 dlc

[@tommybury4421]

Check out some music from the new Risk of Rain 2 expansion! I heavily recommend Omni Padme Hum Part 2

[@thebrotacogamer2944]

It is worth noting that the name of the boss is not "Annihilation", as this thing IS YOUR Annihilation, should you fail to conquer it. It is not so much a title as it is the manifestation of the concept. A character prior to the fight tells you that such is your fate should you lose.

[@timothy1247]

I rather enjoy 'The Labyrinth Sentinel' I think the track is called, should you want to hear another song from this.

[@Nazrin_Gaming]

this game is about angry plants.

[@sajmon2771]

Were getting glitched by design with this one!

[@mewtu7541]

But I think the best track in this game is Sha hala

[@guiserrs94467]

Please react ro innocence glitched form the binding of isaac

[@Leventmaster]

Day 7 of asking for deadbolt

[@Nimoot]

You said "Reminant" for the name. "Rem-nent".

[@mechanicalsol5711]

Annihilation, the track embodying both Dragon, and Dragonslayer. This fight, while not fantastic (especially on Apocalypse) is probably one of the most visually incredible boss fight out of any game I've played. Glad you got to experience this track. If you do any more Remnant tracks, I'd suggest "Last stand of the Wicked"(Remnant 1's final boss theme)

[@CapraDaAlbaRegia]

Why do you think the fight is not fantastic? I beat it two times on apocalypse with my then gf and while it was hard it is almost completely fair and very fun. Probably the best souls type fight ever imo

[@giovanilucas4857]

I think this boss is absolutely fantastic especially in his second phase, Annihilation is one the best bosses I've ever fought in a video game.

[@vishnusreedhar1554]

​@@CapraDaAlbaRegiathis best music in a game this pretty awesome with flow of the game.

[@fatihcihanhizlikan1427]

Poor song choice: you should have listened to The Labyrinth Sentinel or Sha'hala Guardian of N'erud (Physical) or Lydusa. Yeah especially Lydusa would make you cry. 😁kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3aTk2aflMSWaKs

[@ravynbunny7193]

Ahh, Remnant. The souls like game with no quality of life and a million bugs. This track plays on the final boss, which combines elements from the three worlds you visit beforehand, a space one, a fantasy one, and a Victorian gothic one, which is why the music shifts between these kind of elements. You hit the nail on the head

[@Doabackflip97]

Rob westwood is definitely one of my favorite producers and this is definitely one of the best final boss themes in the industry today

[@Doabackflip97]

Side note and spoiler if you plan on playing this game but the synthy rock parts in the second phase of the song happen when the boss starts breaking down the simulation of the world around it

[@truth7down]

daresay fights too, once you get it