Metaphor ReFantazio Battle Theme in a Nutshell

[@dw4124]

really been annoying my family the last week just going "humbahumbahizzieHUPpahimmahimbahumaHUPdiHUPdihumbidiBUPbaDUP"

[@silverknight706]

"Ndokaiziziratndokaizizirat!!"

[@MoMbarek250]

this made me laugh out loud hahha thank you

[@juliofigueroa5567]

I just imagined Scatman rolling around on the floor while making these sounds whenever the battle themes start 😂

[@luigi7781]

Did they ask if you're having a stroke?

[@TerryFGM]

im sure you annoy them in several other ways too

[@Luckru]

lotus juice ancestor spitting heat

[@rahadianaryo5979]

0:19 - 0:26

[@ZGondi]

More like great great grandson

[@FlynnFromTaiga]

​@@ZGondisir, is this a meme or spoiler

[@redxomegaa]

​@@FlynnFromTaigaBoth

[@yasinachekzai2567]

Most games only assemble the full orchestra for the final boss, but these guys call them to work even for just two jackals. That's pageantry.

[@Scantronacon]

Imagine the boss fight themes if we know Atlus well!

[@adamj7337]

Wayne Stance*

[@eeeeggnog._.]

You need to check out the xenoblade series soundtrack lol

[@TrevorVeillette]

​@eeeeggnog._. Better yet thry need to check out the NieR series soundtrack. Or heck what about a series that only does full orchestra for bosses, aka every fromsoftware game. If anything orchestral is basically the defacto boss music. It just becomes noticeable when it's obscenely good orchestral, or at least has a catchy tune that weasles it's way into your brain.

[@Scantronacon]

@yasinachekzai2567 damn we all were right....these songs in this game are peak like the game awards better play music from this game! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! BEST WITH WEED!

[@Ramsey276one]

0:20 introducing... Lotus BARD

[@rahadianaryo5979]

0:26 - 0:31 Arthur Fleck

[@rahadianaryo5979]

0:32 - 0:37 "Toothless" Night Fury 🌃🐲

[@meggaa223]

Lotus MEAD

[@ZonaiHero-ul5nm]

0:39- 0:43 Bully Maguire dancing

[@argentcontent9874]

More like Lotus Ale

[@evilcow111]

The best part of this to me is that this is playing in the Protagonist’s head thanks to Callica lmao

[@rahadianaryo5979]

Well said about this fact here ya, Evil Cow #111 😈🐄: *Is Gallica was the one playing this battle theme ⚔️🎵 in the Protagonist's (Will the Travelling Boy) head* right then...🤔🙄?

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

​@@rahadianaryo5979JARVIS, translate to english

[@The_Pikaboi]

Metaphor is Atlus using 100% of its power. Peak is inbound

[@Nobody-hc1rw]

Im 30 hours in, what could have been 8 hours. I spend WAYY too much time reading the compendium and talking to every NPC that has something to say. Yeah, it's peak.

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@Nobody-hc1rw Actually, it's more like a "peak fiction of the year 📖" right, Nobody-HC1RW...😏😎

[@chandra_creator]

​@@Nobody-hc1rwYES I loved wandering around each city & talking to every single NPC & seeing what passersby kept sayong! It's so alive!

[@darkg3780]

@@rahadianaryo5979 yeah its very good but for me peak fiction of the year is ff7

[@lisapainfulthe7438]

No they did that with strange journey

[@PhewzGlory]

These are the things that make me happy to be a gamer.

[@VincenzoMGREX]

Couldn't said it better myself.

[@Scantronacon]

Yes indeed!

[@Aerisetta]

Amen

[@javierm.jimenez.9631]

Bro. Respect!!!

[@christographerx64]

The way this theme builds is insane. First they hit you with the horns and you think thats it, then that homeboy throws on some Funky Vocals, now you hyped and then they go hard AF with the orchestral. I literally stopped fighting just to listen to the theme. This game is a MASTERPIECE. Thank you ATLUS for your passionately commitment to the genre!

[@MS-fe3vo]

That homeboy being an actual Buddhist monk is crazy

[@Onedepressedgamer]

The entire soundtrack makes me feels like about to fight god even when doing the most mundane tasks

[@nicolastremblay1102]

I mean, it’s an Atlus game with SMT and Persona as a core reference for its genre. I would not be surprised if the final boss is some kind of god 🤭

[@Onedepressedgamer]

@@nicolastremblay1102 i say it’s a human form our world sense it’s canon that it exists there

[@nicolastremblay1102]

@@Onedepressedgamer 🤯damn, I haven’t thought of that. It would be so insane

[@Onedepressedgamer]

@@nicolastremblay1102 i played the demo and some of the strongest monsters are referred to as human so the final boss of this game would be the ideal version of the fantasy the people of the world have of humans just a theory honestly i love it when game let me theory about them

[@stopmotion7715]

0:44 They use the same progression of music as The Apex of The World theme in Fire Emblems, and its such an awesome progression. Making me feel a type of way today.

[@rahadianaryo5979]

Well said about this particular comment right here, baby...👈😏

[@snowvilliers5616]

Yo siempre que escucho la rola me dan ganas de jugar fire emblem jajaja

[@rahadianaryo5979]

So perhaps, *it's such an awesome progression of the music* 🔥🎵 that making you to feel a type of way since then, Stop Motion-7715...😏

[@jovanymejias-negron8830]

And FE: Three Houses

[@manutdfan231]

Shoji Meguro once again cooking

[@BoostedMonkey05]

He hasn't cooked this hard since he did Strange Journey. Fear of God.

[@manutdfan231]

@@BoostedMonkey05 I think he's been pretty consistent for a while but this one is very reminiscent of strange Journey. Though my favorite OST from him is still from Digital Devil Saga.

[@BoostedMonkey05]

@@manutdfan231 when I said this I what I mean is that it's been a while since he actually experimented with his composition. He is pretty consistent with his rock/j-pop style but Strange Journey is among his most unique soundtrack where he really got experimental.

[@manutdfan231]

@@BoostedMonkey05 ah gotcha, agreed cause the second I heard it, I immediately thought of Strange Journey as well

[@NinjapowerMS]

Shows the difference between him and Ryota the mid Kozuka

[@xblindx]

“You know what? This song can use a rambling homeless man” Atlus sound engineer: ”SAY LESS“

[@natchu96]

I've been told it's a Buddhist monk chanting in Esperanto, or something to that effect.

[@lyleschlegel3184]

I’m reminded of the final boss theme for golden deer in FE3H

[@gaganmahal4763]

"God Shattering Star" its a banger. @@lyleschlegel3184

[@MarioSonicDKPokeFAN]

​@@natchu96would love to find out the translation of it all!

[@pedrojordan5759]

Why tf would you assume he's homeless?

[@Adkhean]

If this is Metaphor's vesion of "Last Surprise" I can't wait to hear it's version of "Rivers in the Desert", or "I believe"

[@TheKlm213]

I think this is closer to being this game's version of It's going down now/ take over. In where it's used at least

[@DarkWolf-gj9ty]

​@@TheKlm213 and just like Take Over/ It's Going Down Now, you end up hearing this one more than the regular battle theme because you rarely get surprised or enter battles without stunning enemies. I think the only time I actively want to just enter a fight is against elementals and even then I can just switch to Gunner and stun them at a distance.

[@jelloegg]

@@DarkWolf-gj9ty Wait... this isn't the regular battle theme?

[@BlackBlitz7]

​@@jelloegg it's the Advantage theme.

[@jelloegg]

@@BlackBlitz7 Ah I found the other one. I think I like that one better. According to a playlist I found this one is labeled "Warriors in Valour" (advantage) and the other one is labeled "Warriors in Arms."

[@Octav2000]

This sounds like a final boss theme

[@Ramsey276one]

SMT Strange Journey MAIN BATTLE THEME

[@Octav2000]

@@Ramsey276one listening to it and yeah you got a point I do own all the 3ds megaten games but haven’t played most of them including strange journey basically when I feel like playing one I will

[@Ramsey276one]

Just imagine what those final themes WILL be... Might need an IRL Rakukaja!

[@Octav2000]

@@Ramsey276one so true

[@Ramsey276one]

@tbnwontpop8857 3... Houses???

[@andr0zzsenpai]

In parts it reminds me of Fire Emblem, in parts reminds me of Xenoblade and other reminds me of Nier... hope I'm not the only one.

[@Noctyrnis]

Fire emblem for sureeee

[@SotheAlbion]

Protag is Marth

[@essgamer14]

it reminds me a bit of Shingeki No Kyojin, giving a sensation of something heroic and hope, Sawano years ago composed soundtrack for one of Xenoblade games

[@eddiealva9751]

Nier! That’s so true!

[@koeitsu]

yes, it instantly reminded me of nier’s ost, specially 1:10 after the main part

[@darlthe1st]

This is unironically my first ever turn based RPG. So hyped for the full release!! (will buy it in christmas...)

[@fixo5132]

You are in for a treat with this one, have fun ! I know I will.

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@fixo5132 Well said about this you two, Fixo-5132 and Darl the 1st...👈😏

[@Dumpstermuffin1]

The guy is spitting rhymes like a Gregorian medieval Rap god

[@gentlepatootie2580]

Fuck this goes so hard. Love listening to this while taking a dump.

[@redinmolator]

BABY WE GOING STRANGE JOURNEY ON THAT SHIT CRANK THE DESPAIRING OMINOUS CHANT UP, FAM

[@Ryodante]

Game is a banger and as I predicted, it's a medieval fantasy Persona and I love it !

[@rahadianaryo5979]

Oooh, *YEEESH* ...😃😁!!

[@Ryodante]

well well well here we go again, I'm a little disappointed with Metaphor, great game and cool persona and Fire emblem and stuff but hey the endgame is ass tbh, OST was weak as well shockingly ( besides the battle themes that tends to get a little bit underwhelming by the 100H mark ) Not to say that the game is not good but I hoped for much much more, maybe a more nuanced story as well.

[@bryanabreu]

This is exactly why I'm a Atlus shill. Every game they drop, there's a song or two you could blast for hours and not get tired of!

[@corruptedteka]

Bless, world needs more Metaphor content of any kind !!

[@Babamarcus2632]

Just started playing the demo and let me tell ya, I'm having a blast. This game will be on my list along side sparking zero

[@andrebaxter4023]

Coincidentally, they release on the same day.

[@Babamarcus2632]

@@andrebaxter4023 That's basically the VERY reason I'm buying both at the same day (if I can that is)

[@outrightflame4280]

My poor wallet omg why are there so many good games coming out in the year 2024 it’s crazy and we aren’t even at the end of the year it’s only October

[@ThundraBoy666]

@@outrightflame4280 Atlus definitely killing it with banger number 4 this year

[@alfaudy5607]

Sounds like a fire emblem theme

[@dumbsurvivor1]

on god

[@constabrielbell4523]

Well its set on a fantasy world this time

[@TC_EHGL]

I cannot wait til we get the lyrics so I can stop singing gibberish and actually sing the Esperanto along with the singer

[@Jacob_G9]

0:44 this one section is worth about half the game's price on it's own, the Trumpets Hopefulness mixed with the Choir's more somber tone, with the Cello and Drums making it more like a war march, the tuba coming later to add to the Trumpets, making it more sure that victory is at hand, before returning to the violin to make you know the battle isn't over until one side falls. Immaculate.

[@AnikethBandi]

Shits giving me huge octopath traveler vibes. The OST in those games are elite.

[@brandonmarsh7557]

Strange Journey fans rise up

[@music79075]

Strange Journey mixed woth FE 3 houses

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@music79075 ...and *mixed with a pinch of the FFXVI's "Cascade 🌊🐉" by Masayoshi Soken* on it, ya baby...🎶📯🔥(0:44)

[@yogirajmore63]

I thought the same thing.

[@CrackDingleman]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to have been vibing to Buddhist rapping~

[@pasuteruwu6853]

Hope they didn't set the studio ablaze with how hard they cooked

[@cosmic_drew]

I'm sooo glad I got the collector's edition with the soundtrack. The first time I heard it before playing the game I wasn't sure, but after putting 100+ hours in and now being on my second playthrough.... dude I love it.

[@RallForeman]

Yeah the games a STRONG 10/10. PEAK.

[@animathehallowed1380]

Fighting normal enemies and the music sounds like the entire world is at risk

[@ObjectorOfThings]

"Me and Yu are reincarnated into a fantasy world filled with magic!"

[@Justin6400]

As I finish the demo and can confirm it slaps

[@peccator821]

0:44 reminds me of FFXVI which is awesome

[@aaronbarlianta]

The trumpet reminds me of God Eater 😊

[@properjellydontbeproper3652]

It sounds like an epic roast throwing out facts after facts. 🔥

[@moviedreamers8485]

Literally a great battle theme, it makes me feel like a true hero and warrior

[@JoaoBatista-xw4dn]

There is a part of the song that almost sounded like the battle theme of three houses. Great fantasy song.

[@outright4697]

Fodlan winds theme playing in this song lol 😂

[@Rennnix]

We defeatin' the og creator sword user King Nemesis with this one

[@iberusalliumford6174]

Devil Shattering Moon😂

[@chaoticneutralgiraffe5514]

The prologue has just been fucking amazing!!! ❤

[@Arcticanine]

WHY DOES IT GO SO DAMN HARD?!!!

[@SierenGreenwalt-wp3ub]

CUZ MANS DID HIS THANG ON THE VERSE!!!

[@AppleJuiceStudios]

This song takes me back to lockdown of 2020, when I played Fire Emblem 3 Houses for the first time and doing a Golden Deer run. 😭

[@dvornikovalexei]

This particular track has massive similarities with the Fire Emblem Three Houses's Fodlan Winds.

[@natluvvy]

Thank you for understanding the sheer joy that this song brings me haha

[@AtlantaHoodHistorian]

0:40 - 0:57 is exactly how I feel when that part comes on

[@cdawg0616]

This game had me OBSESSED for 95 hrs over the past week! An absolute banger of a battle theme and an absolute banger of a game! My GotY and it's not even close!

[@kbg-]

Oh thats so Steange Journey coded, i love it.

[@babyjoker997]

Can’t wait to hear this in the next smash game

[@SeraphEvenstar3000]

Love this theme! Also I cannot get out of my head that this is Sarumon singing from the top of his tower 😊

[@rahadianaryo5979]

0:19 - 0:42

[@rahadianaryo5979]

0:44 🎶📯🔥

[@rahadianaryo5979]

0:56 - 01:11

[@snowflower2128]

As expected of a monk, he is spitting facts!

[@EinFelsbrocken]

Buddhist Kendrick on that beat 🔥

[@TheCthultist]

This battle theme got me speaking Esperanto…

[@debido-sama814]

I for real be wanting to break it down when I listen to this during battles.

[@josh3117]

Damn, dopest battle theme since the boss theme from Blue Dragon

[@teddyriggs1305]

all I hear is Perfect Cell having a panic attack

[@dankthemuffinman]

Shit I kinda hear it now

[@lyleschlegel3184]

Anyone else getting the ost vibes of the final boss in FE3H for golden deer? I think it was called “God Shattering Star”

[@outright4697]

Yep u would be correct and ur not alone I was getting the same vibes it’s like persona meets FE I love it this game is going to be amazing!!

[@christopherthomas9218]

My body is ready for this

[@ClayvionWhite]

what the heck is this man saying? I need to know.

[@chairkun9139]

Cool stuff

[@arvox1417]

the lyrics are in Esperanto

[@mitchsz]

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a made up language like Nier does

[@rayzojams]

​@@mitchsz esperanto is real and a made up language

[@liviekumori]

Jugemu jugemu gokou no surikire Kaija risuigyo no suigyou matsu Unrai matsu fuurai matsu Kuuneru tokoro ni sumu tokoro Yabura kouji no bura kouji Paipo paipo paipo no shuuringan Shuuringan no guurindai Guurindai no ponpokopii no Ponpokonaa no choukyuumei no Chousuke! [Refrain] Choito ojikan itadakimasu Goseichou kudasai Totonoimashita [Verse 1] Warau koto to kakemashite (Ha!) Omatsuri yarou to tokimasu (Soiya) Sono kokoro wa? Sono kokoro wa? Dochira mo happi ni naru deshou Oato ga yoroshii you de [Chorus] Waraou, waraou, saa, waraimasho Konna jidai koso waraimasho Waraou (Soiya, soiya) naitara make da Yakekuso waraimasho Haran banjou sui mo amai mo Norikoeta appare nipponjin Waraou donna toki demo Nani kuso waraimasho [Post-Chorus] Guwa-hha-hha (Guwa-hha-hha), nyo-hho-hho (Nyo-hho-hho) Kuuki nante yomazu ni warattoke Egao (Egao), egao (Egao) Warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru [Interlude] Minasama, kyou wa youkoso oide itadakimashita Koko de isseki [Verse 2] Nezumi no musume ga oyome ni itte, jiki ni kaette kitan de Nezumi no okaasan ga, taihen okotte “Anna, ii tokoro e, omae totsuide Dare ga iya de dete kitan dai?” “iie, daaremo iya janain desu keredo Goinkyosan ga yasashiin de, iya na no” “Yasashiin nara kekkou jaanai ka nee” “Demo, nekonadegoe desu mono” [Refrain] Isogashisa ni mi wo makasete Kiete yuku da nante beranmee! [Chorus] Waraou, waraou, waraenakutemo Warau shika nai desho waraimasho Waraou (Soiya, soiya) koukaku agete Hitasura waraimasho Ounin no ran daikikin sae Kuria shite gendai nipponjin Waraou mirai eigou Guhaha to waraimasho [Bridge] Komusume no tawagoto, to kirisutenaide Shikametsura nanka henna kao Egao wo mitai kara [Chorus] Waraou, waraou, saa, waraimasho Konna jidai koso waraimasho Waraou (Soiya, soiya) naitara make da Yakekuso waraimasho Haran banjou sui mo amai mo Norikoeta appare nipponjin Waraou donna toki demo Nani kuso waraimasho Hitasura waraimasho [Post-Chorus] Guwa-hha-hha (Guwa-hha-hha), nyo-hho-hho (Nyo-hho-hho) Kuuki nante yomazu ni warattoke Egao (Egao), egao (Egao) Warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru

[@haloknowitall]

Since gallica is playing this shit in your head when you fight and its based on our emotiona you can also infer the weight of responsabulity our MC carries when this orchestra of epic proportions plays even on the most basic of enemies. The whole country sits on our shoulders and instead of breaking from it we break it down funky style

[@forekmuchomorek7157]

0:44 is so accurate

[@rahadianaryo5979]

🎶📯🔥

[@equest511]

Mad priest casting magic like crazy! reciting the ultimate summon!

[@k.o.gthekingofgames913]

We getting to that throne chair with this one

[@Ziminator200]

I feel like this is either going to grate on my nerves having to listen to the gibberish chanting or I'm going to eventually like it.

[@matticus9832]

Legits, broke me 😂😂😂 you just won the internet 🎉🔥😁👍

[@Lilbluepenguin10]

I suddenly have to play this game

[@justWatching1224]

It’s goes so hard for no reason

[@loftyn7369]

Atlus never miss with these battle music

[@suntzu4607]

Remember, the songs are canon in the world that the protagonist really hears since Gallica put it in him because "music is magic" she said.

[@thereallmattgaming2365]

been playing the game for about 30-40 hrs, and I still can't decide if I like the incoherent creak head vocals or not. I've gotten used to it, but im leaning towards no.

[@DarkJustin87]

Music sounds like the battle theme from Strange Journey which im not mad about at all

[@Snowmanse]

Almost died laughing when the Shaq balloon made an appearance.

[@SierenGreenwalt-wp3ub]

Damn, that mf is SPITTING

[@PERSONAfan01]

This is essentially Fear of God but some how Meguro made it like 50x better. So yeah, Strange Journey boys rise up, we're rejecting the lies of the old gods and going pro humanity.

[@ST0AT]

They got an actual Buddhist priest to sing this btw

[@rulerofthesaints999]

I have no idea what the vocalist is saying but im digging what he selling.

[@ThriceGreatHermes-c6p]

This sounds like Omninus Buddhist chanting, but performed to hip hop beat.

[@isuina4727]

We have a code yellow I repeat we have a code yellow SpongeBob has ascended I repeat SpongeBob has ascended

[@argentcontent9874]

Lotus Juice ❌ Lotus Ale ✅

[@lpz7k289]

Absolute Song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@FengLengshun]

Come on, no Strange Journey reference here? This has the same DNA as The Fear of God written all over...

[@Mega_Mii51]

I never played it

[@FengLengshun]

@Mega_Mii51 it is unfortunately in that era where SMT games are on Nintendo handhelds, but I legit still expect the song to become The Fear of God as the monk chant wind down because it is THAT similar in structure. Strange Journey is unfortunately underrated even among SMT games...

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@Mega_Mii51 So perhaps, Mega_Mii #51: *Do you never played the "Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey" game* 🎮 right then...🙄?

[@SilverWhitefang]

I too dance like the joker when the battle music comes on...till teammates say 'your not dpsing enough stop dancing!' and kick me form the party. LOL

[@luffytaro728]

im always standing up and dancing vibing with this glorious theme song

[@darkpower3080]

What enemies hear when they fight the protagonist: Yea i would be running

[@yuyu19971]

So hyped for this atlus games are peak

[@bayouboigaming]

got me speaking Esperanto

[@ibneya2293]

Atlus nunca ha decepcionado con los temas de batalla

[@XDevonBueno]

NI DE UNA VEZ!!

[@NothingHereForYou]

I cant help but think of Chris O'neal singing this

[@edwardgamerx9061]

I'm ripping my heart out with this one.

[@Crowned_Hearts]

Reminds me of Yoko Shimomura's FANTASTIC work for the FF and KH games.

[@Incompetent_Hero]

She also did the Super Mario RPG ost, which has some bangers

[@Mega_Mii51]

And most of the Mario and Luigi titles

[@SilentFlyX]

Yesterday a friend and I were Just blown away by this haha

[@Jacadac]

Spitting straight facts

[@sankakuchu]

I swear my gameplay is gonna be 200+ hours from me bopping to this ost XD

[@agni-kai132]

The Zaza got me speaking Esperanto

[@BlackJesusHimself]

From straight vibe to feeling like an Elden Ring boss. Metaphor should have won GOTY's Best Music

[@javierm.jimenez.9631]

0:44 I'm transcending to beyond

[@LanceKresnikVODs]

strange journey flashbacks

[@ThomasQuiros-n8h]

Just wait for the School theme (forgot if it was Akedemia or something like that)

[@JohnDoe-gt3jr]

At first, I was like, "how is this different from any other orchestral game music??" then it hit. Would I rank it over other battle music? Probably not. What I guess is probably the chorus is basically bootleg "Apex of the World"

[@DolusVulpes]

this is a classic case of an "oops, all bangers" ost