MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Six Black Heavens Guns - Guilty Gear

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

⏩ Video Question: Anyone in the comments played the series since it came out??? For live content catch me on Twitch. www.twitch.tv/drumrolltony

[@maxcar7298]

Not that long, but I've been playing since I was 7 so yeah about 15 years ago, and I regret absolutely nothing

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

@@maxcar7298 awesome 👌

[@verovyri9820]

i played it not since it came out (being Just 2 years old at that moment) but i have played the whole saga since I met it.

[@tankbusterJ]

Could you React to Hai yo Berserk please : )

[@Orengi-kun]

Never played the old games, but found the music thanks to KZbin.

[@MFGeedorah47]

Daisuke is a developer, illustrator, musician, composer and voice actor. He wrote many tracks in guilty gear, designed the characters and storyline. He also voiced some of the characters in previous titles. And many fighting game story modes have become rather dull whereas his are literal movies. Daisuke is a god.

[@veryloudcat8839]

Daisuke also clearly isn't afraid to break norms (not surprising if Sol really is his self-insert I guess), having put an Amputee (Baiken), a Non-Binary character (Testament), and a Transgender character (Bridget) into the series, all portrayed as strong people who can hold their own. Daisuke is an absolute legend.

[@g_h_o_u_l]

Daisuke is the absolute G.O.A.T

[@soulsparx]

"some of the characters" is a disservice, the man voices the main character of the entire series, daisuke *is* guilty gear

[@hakunam.r.8880]

@@veryloudcat8839 also a black representation which works good and well (Nagoriyuki)

[@severketorskeleton3759]

@@hakunam.r.8880 do NOT forget about Venom and Vernon

[@KapitanWasTaken]

Regarding the Guilty Gear, there is a running joke in the community that Daisuke Ishiwatari is a composer that releases his new albums with a free game attached. He designed the characters and storyline. He is the voice actor behind Sol Badguy, one of the main characters in the game. He was also the producer and director for most of the Guilty Gear games.

[@Jack_Woods]

You know art is good when the artist is THIS involved

[@onarcool9396]

he was only the voice actor for Sol Badguy in the very early guilty gear games. still a legend tho

[@schitzie]

@@onarcool9396 for those interested, it's Jouji Nakata (Alucard in Hellsing, Albert Wesker in RE) providing Sol's voice since XX or so.

[@maxvitor7023]

I actually miss his voice on Sol LoL Joji is much better fitting but Daisuke had a funny take on his thug like personality

[@KaptainKommissar]

diasuke gotta learn english so he can do dubbed Sol too thats gotta be a sick idea

[@dig1taltoaster]

We getting into Guilty Gear now? Awesome!

[@hassanjabari567]

Daisuke ishiwatari is both the composer AND creator of guilty gear, he's a big metalhead and loves western 80's-90's music

[@darkwrath9927]

Guilty Gear is phenomenal, and this is actually one of their safest songs as it doesn't do anything weird. Others use bongos with the hard rock, operatic sections, traditional Japanese strings, and so many times where things just don't make sense, but you can tell they're just having fun with it and its great, and finally with "Drift", my personal favorite, time signatures are basically just out the window.

[@niedoanimowanyrosomak9990]

I DRIFT TONIGHT CARRIED BY THE WAVES

[@darkwrath9927]

I WILL JUST BE A BLACK SEA

[@soren1803]

WHEN THE VIOLENT STORM IS OVER

[@SwordJester]

It has 4 genre changes and at least 16 tempo changes also THE BLUE SKY WILL BE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EEVAR

[@Orengi-kun]

There is so much good stuff on the GG tracks. Here's hoping he reacts to: - Bloodstained Lineage (GGX version) - Holy Orders (obviously) - Meet Again - Diva - Magnolia Eclair - Love the Subhuman Self - Crawl - Mirror of the World

[@limear]

Heavy day

[@ozi-g-be]

Mirror of the world is what I want him to react to the most Others are marionette Just do it Bao Babel nose And destructive goodwill

[@verovyri9820]

mirror of the world as a main Baiken player I hope he reacts to it and as well to love the subhuman self

[@mtrmario-ok1tg]

yes please

[@syzonax]

Ky's Korean theme

[@sleepofgc]

As far as styling goes: Earlier guilty gear has a lot of neoclassical influence full of meandering leads and harpsicords and shit. Xrd retains some of the neoclassical stuff and incorporates djent, vocals, and other stylings. Strive is a rock opera in which every character theme is stylistically suited to that character and has lyrics from or about their point of view. For a standout track for each period of the series I would suggest Midnight Carnival, Heavy Day, and Mirror of the World respectively. The games in the series are jokingly referred to as "free games that come with an album" for a reason. Daisuke makes soundtracks and games of equally high quality.

[@TrueasSteele]

Im not even gonna lie to you a little bit, this series has 0 bad tracks. Guilty Gear has never once dropped the ball on a song. I recommend Let Me Carve Your Way

[@MrIronFarmer]

For Guilty Gear, I highly recommend Storyteller, The Roar of the Spark, and Let Me Carve Your Way. So many others but those are some of my faves. Oh yeah, Love the Subhuman Self.

[@sadg3]

Let me carve your way is too much for a first listen, and someone hearing it for the first time would probably not enjoy it as much as you and I do. (Since you and I and other gg players know how that the song fits Zato's character really well)

[@oneish7454]

@@sadg3 I disagree, a song should be able to stand on its own. So whether someone enjoys it or not is entirely dependant on its own qualities. Too many people claim to like the song, but only in the context of Zato's character. I simply like it because I enjoy it for what it is.

[@MECHA_DI]

storyteller is prob my fav gg song

[@AffyMoon]

Did a double take when I saw this lmao. GG music is always a blessing, the games really have some of the most well constructed metal/rock songs I've ever heard

[@FatalisReigns]

"Love the Subhuman Self" or Millia's theme from GG Strive is one of my favorite pieces of music from the series

[@madtownluthier3325]

It's such a banger, but I am not fast enough to play Millia.

[@seankeimakiuchi8055]

My GOD those pronunciation on the names at the beginning were SO GOOD. Though not perfect just yet, I can easily give a solid 98% on that Japanese names pronunciation. Bravo!

[@MrShagification]

Daisuke wears his musical influences on his sleeve in the GG soundtracks, and in the game in general. So many of his character's names and names of moves in the game literally are or reference the names of bands or albums. One of Daisuke's bigger influences is Queen, and when you find a track inspired by Queen, you'll absolutely know it. Honestly, you could make 30+ videos just from the Guilty Gear OSTs. Just pick any track (particularly from Strive, in my opinion) and go.

[@zachstarattack7320]

not strive in particular lol

[@yorickvlt1021]

Particularly from strive

[@hylanderOP]

As a musician and a fighting game fanatic I love this video

[@PotatoRankEX]

Finally Guilty Gear, the series of Albums that just so happen to come with games attached.

[@alpha-tomahawk532]

"Necessary discrepancy" or ramlethal's theme in strive is something even fans of the game were questionable about, the sound in that one is unique, so, i'd like to hear what you'd say about it.

[@JpegDog]

Definitely grows on you over time

[@justingabriel1765]

It’s not that it’s bad, as a song you can listen to it fine, I find the problem is that the second half of the song is amazing, and the beginning and first half are just so slow and repetitive that it gets boring if your activity wanting to listen to it, if your preoccupied and it comes on you can listen to it while you do that and be okay but you can’t just listen to it for the sake of listening or else you’ll be torturing yourself till you get to the parts you like

[@spiritlaw]

Don't forget the *other* unique track. Ahem. It took me 10 years to find the answer to something...

[@alpha-tomahawk532]

@@spiritlaw It's not as unique as zato's theme then where there's 2 songs combined to make 1 harmonic melody down the line and back to 1 melody in the end, showing the the eddie and zato sides

[@spiritlaw]

@@alpha-tomahawk532 ...such a sad, sad song... God I love it...

[@N0thing2SeaHere]

Rokumon (Baiken's second theme) combines metal and traditional Japanese instrumentation extremely well. You may want to check that one out as well.

[@MrShagification]

There are good tracks from all the GG titles, but I honestly think the Strive soundtrack has the strongest package overall. Nearly all the tracks on that games soundtrack are very interesting from a technical standpoint. The variety of styles and experimentation on the OST is just beyond the entries before it.

[@matmil5]

My personal favourite is Overture for managing what strive did without vocals (mostly) and best rendition of Holy Orders, but i agree Strive is very unique and varied and all soundtracks are worth listening to at least once!

[@Venomousse]

Eh, I think Strive's is the weakest by quite a lot. Most of the songs are pretty annoying to listen to after a while but after over a decade of listening to XX's soundtrack I'm still not tired of it.

[@Vexinz]

This is an extremely hot take if I’ve ever seen one in the GG world

[@CastIronNest]

I like Strive a lot but I gotta second@@matmil5 here, Overture is the GOAT

[@Xenonfuji]

Ehhhh. XX has the best

[@MrEdwar248]

I listened to the solo 6 times man, to see your reaction, listen to each instrument and then see it all at once again, I'm glad I found this channel

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Lol that's awesome. Thanks

[@mellowdarkness3344]

I don't often watch/listen to breakdowns of songs I love hearing, but every time it allows me to appreciate it even more

[@HappyLittleBoozer]

This reaction introduced me to your videos and man, these are the best music reactions on YT, your proffesional insight has me discovering new aspects of music I love. I earnestly hope you do more Guilty Gear reactions.

[@miguel_H.C]

If I may, here are some other Guilty Gear bangers that I, as a music student, think are instrumentally interesting: The Lilly of Steel, Heavy Day, Marionette, Freesia, Smell of the Game, Let me carve your way, Love the subhuman self, Necessary Discrepancy So if you want to react to more Ishiwatari music, I think these will give you a nice impression of his full capacity as a composer. Great video!

[@HazeEmry]

Now I gotta listen to Freesia again so thank you for that lol

[@Kiwi-jy1cv]

I would recommend "Let me carve your way". It's such an interesting song to analyze, at least for me

[@LAAGShadow]

I have been a long time Guilty Gear fan and think this is really cool. I discovered your channel the other day when I was sick and had a lot of time to kill. I really enjoy listening to how you not only explain your process of learning and what steps you incorporate but also what techniques you use to tech. I am interested in learning music so that helps me find footing to learn more as I experiment and discover what it is I want to do. I also find it interesting because it is clear you are passionate and understand what is important to understand as a newcomer and a veteran. When you talked about the guitarists trying to sit down and play along with the entirety of the song without breaking it down into easier to understand basic chords and play along from there to get a grasp to build off of it reminds me of how it is to learn fighting games, where it is more important to build a fundamental understanding of the game and when you do learn combos to not worry about what is flashy immediately since you can work your way up to it in time.

[@Goobergurl]

As someone who is a huge fan of Daisuke's games and music, it makes me really appreciative of your music analysis, since I'm not well versed at all in music composing/directing!

[@practicallynoobish8693]

Since we are all recommending a GG song, I highly recommend “Divide my Heart”. It has that heavy rock feeling while being kind of emotional. Also “Freesia” is underrated.

[@jacobtheurer3425]

Freesia is the most loved song of it's kind in guilty gear

[@tabkg5802]

Six black heavens guns is defo one of the best songs in the series. Sky should be high is up there too. Ps: Pray for BlazBlue reactions

[@hassanjabari567]

Also you gotta dissect Heavy Day, one of the most iconic Guilty Gear tracks!

[@Sade4848]

I'm super hyped to see you break down more guilty gear songs! Really good stuff!

[@SpaceAgeDave]

Gotta react to "Subhuman self" from Guilty Gear strive, it's my favorites, also easy way to pronounce names like Daisuke, is Die-Skay

[@MrShagification]

A lot of vowel sounds in the middle of words, especially the "u" sound, are often only very lightly pronounced to the point where not pronouncing it all would be closer to the correct pronunciation. So, yeah, "die-skay" not "die-su-kay".

[@ember_falls]

Drift (Happy Chaos's theme) would make an interesting analysis

[@SkribbleNL]

Thank you discord ppl for requesting some Guilty Gear! Instant click when I see some gg reactions 🤩

[@Bandit0]

We've ENTERED THE GUILTY GEAR ERA

[@zevindowviper547]

I agree with other commenters that you should do Heavy Day next because it’s from the same era of GG music and a really good theme. Once you hit Strive things get a bit more experimental and I think it would be more interesting to save those for later. That being said, I really want a reaction to Iron-Clad Faith from Strive lol.

[@Unotuchable]

Armor Clad Faith.

[@Mojito465]

I have a feeling most of your suggestions will be from Strive as it's the newest game with a bunch of new fans. I like a lot of Strive songs too but I feel a lot of those songs have been done to death reaction-wise. For tracks from other games these are all great choices: -Holy Orders (from Overture) -The Man (from Overture) -Diva (from Overture) -Sky Should be High (vocal version) (from Xrd) -Storyteller (from Xrd) Marionette (from Xrd) -Rokumon (from Xrd) -Break a Spell (from Xrd) -Sheep will Sleep (if you get Fatigued) (from isuka)

[@donhi1526]

Good list. It would be nice to first listen to some of the classic track before going with strive.

[@ShikiRyougi05]

Strive Songs are cool and all but the xrd and older era is just something else... Also you forgot still in the dark😎

[@LoneSoul00]

Id be excited to hear you reacting to any of the more recent character themes from Guilty Gear Strive since they all differ drastically in both the story the lyrics tell and the mood the instrumentals give off to the player listening. Personal favorites: Hellfire, Rock Parade, and Vanish into Dark

[@lordsceptile6181]

Some great GG songs Holy Orders (also do “Holy Orders?” In the same episode) Hellfire Find your one way Armor clad faith Play the hero What do you fight for Rock parade Crawl

[@sunionbro1048]

Please do carve your way it’s so diverse with all the sections it goes through and the ending is one of the best it’s really quite the song loved your insights especially about composing

[@chehansen]

Glad you got to hear some Guilty Gear!!!! Daisuke releases his albums with a game which is pretty cool

[@jeremymerry7967]

the quack sound almost made me shit myself scared the fuck out of me😂

[@justingabriel1765]

OH YES PLEASE! There’s not enough guilty gear music reactions I LOVE these games and imma need more lmfao 🤣

[@ren7a8ero]

Guilty Gear is a series with impeccable sound works. I think my favorite theme is "holy orders iii - be just or be dead", and my favorite sung theme is "tsuki no shihai" (fret not, because it is in Engrish)

[@jayflach3408]

Been playing since x on the Dreamcast. great fighting games. Appreciate you reacting to this had someone using it as their fight music and didn't know the name.

[@LaDeCR]

If you're still looking for Guilty Gear song suggestions , I strongly recommend you start with the headline song from the first true-3D release for the franchise, Guilty Gear Xrd (ex-ard) - song : HEAVY DAY From there on, Daisuke just evolves and evolves with the subsequent current gen releases of the franchise. Even up to a point where the random intermission of pure smooth jazz in Enough Is Enough (Xrd Rev 2), makes complete sense in amongst all the distorted groove guitars and rhythm section. Up to pure, premeditated, hard-hitting chaos in Does The Sheep Count The Sheep? (Xrd).

[@alejandropupo]

WOAH! Wasn't expecting this!

[@d.t.m8393]

A lot of great tracks from this series over the years.

[@TH3L3M0N]

Guilty gear hype train let's goooo

[@Flow_425]

Man I love guilty gear and it’s music so much. I highly suggest heavy day, smell if the game, and big blast sonic as well

[@BobTheism]

1998 was an amaaazing year for video games. Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, Tekken 3, Resident Evil 2, Xenogears, StarCraft, Half-Life, F-Zero X, Need for Speed 3, Street Fighter Alpha 3, the list goes on. No matter what genre or kind of game you liked you was eating good in 1998! Guilty Gear 1 is not that good by modern standards, like it's fine but it's not as good as something like Street Fighter Alpha 3 and especially Street Fighter 3 Third Strike which came out a year later. Guilty Gear stuck out though by cutting every possible corner to leave as much space as possible on the game disc for high quality music tracks. Like, the sprites are low res, UI is low res and up scaled, sound effects are compressed to hell but none of that matters because it was all in service of putting high quality music tracks in the game and the music is super good! The music and style was good enough to garner a cult following and on PS2 the series could really thrive with great music and also great gameplay. Most tracks from Guilty Gear XX, Guilty Gear Xrd and Guilty Gear Strive are worth checking out! I'll recommend Necessary Discrepancy just because it doesn't get enough love!

[@DatDavdus]

This was great, I would love to see him analyze more Guilty Gear songs! Especially Holy Orders and Momentary Life from GGX2 as well as my all time favourite Big Blast Sonic.

[@ErmitanoGames]

omg he's just thinking that it would be great if you analyzed the guilty gear songs, although I would specifically like the guilty gear songs strive!

[@theshortguy58]

Yes! I’ve been waiting for your guilty gear reactions! Can’t wait for you to do more and discover some more amazing songs by Daisuke!

[@cmk5498]

Wow my favorite album that comes with a fighting game

[@miguel_H.C]

YOOOOOOOO I've been asking for this franchise in the last videos, so glad you gave it a try. Try to listen next to Guilty Gear Strive OST, it's fully voiced and it's one of the best OST in videogame history!

[@-alma-negra4667]

GUILTY GEAR !

[@馮胖達]

I can’t wait to see you react GGST soundtrack Nice video! Sorry my English so bad

[@fragger7885]

Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- OST Holy Orders III is pretty dope. Definitely worth checking out.

[@HonkshuHardy]

With any luck he gets to hear Heavy Day, and also touch on oddities like Necessary Discrepancy and Drift

[@jopiichi8810]

Oh wow, guilty gear sure is surprising :D Now waiting for Melty Blood ost reaction (especially opening for original game)

[@verovyri9820]

yay finally GG

[@lyutsy888]

I WAS REALLY HOPING YOU WOULD COVER GG SONGS :DDD

[@ozi-g-be]

Guilty gear let's goooooooo I'm so happy

[@markie7085]

Please do Drift (happy chaos theme) from guilty gear also !

[@haiju324]

WWWWHAAAAt???? NICE! I do love Daisuke Ishiwatari and Guilty Gear music at all! And i would like if you'll react other music from this beautiful game series

[@Bobbias]

In Daisuke, the u gets devoiced so it sounds more like "die-ske". Devoicing generally only applies to I or u vowels, and doesn't exactly follow a set rule, so it can be hard to know when it'll s show up until you get a feel for it.

[@Spooks_FGC]

No way he did guilty gear!?! Bro you need to check out Storyteller, best song.

[@brandon-cs7fw]

damn that was quick

[@KusunekoBrainless]

Please don't sleep on The Mask Does Not Laugh, it's underrated asf

[@Zarkator]

this is in my top 10 favorite pieces of music of all time, but I always mishear the post-chorus growl as "Gimme honey mustard" and I dont know if I even want to look up what it actually is.

[@Bandit0]

TONY YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO "SMELL OF THE GAME" that is like the Guilty Gear National Anthem

[@Raghtshade]

GG music is incredible, you should hear to Play the Hero or actually any music from GG STRIVE, everything is just SO GOOD. An honorable mention to 'Beyond the Dark' Life from GG X

[@Brogox]

I'd kinda like to see how he reacts to Falcom Sound Team's music. No end no world, Tie a link of Arcus, Glessing way!!, Sunshine coastline...

[@mizery3885]

Finally some Guilty Gear music! Just about every Guilty Gear song goes incredibly hard and they're so intricate!

[@krasmazov009]

Lord Daisuke. we in here.

[@fisso03]

Love all the guilty gear osts, keep it up. Sky should be high is my favourite from the guilty gear franchise

[@gamerperspectiv]

When "Armor clath faith"? Guilty Gear music is awesome!

[@gcubec7322]

I do want to see your reaction to holy orders be just or be dead. It is a classic from the series.

[@gbird.]

YEAHHHHH HES ON GUILTY GEAR NOW LFG

[@Tropical_Depression.]

Should do the entire Strive OST in 1 vid, that would be such a fun watch.

[@HazeEmry]

That's going to be a LONG video. I'm not complaining but youtube might not like that

[@lyutsy888]

I recommend you do Storyteller , Heavy day , ride the fire , divide my heart and sky should be high

[@KnucklesR2]

Jesus, likely the first time I got jumpscared by a duck!

[@Hazielangelo]

I would love to see a reaction of "Let me Carve your way". The main theme of Zato, in GG strive.

[@thebordeaux3561]

Story Teller, it's a treat.

[@lisorerox]

If you continue to do any more songs from GG I'll be happy

[@rudyhero1995]

A suggestion for a track is Blumenkranz by Sawano from the anime kill la kill, justa track that got completyely stuck in my head, dunno if it's a great fit for the channel, got some interesting stuff going on in the track.

[@bcmspeed6917]

Lily of steel is my favorite from the franchise

[@BadModder]

Next I recommend either heavy day, break a spell, or armor clad faith

[@pillowmaster7190]

We really do live in an armor clad faith

[@DALAmoker17]

Listen to "Diva" from the Guilty Gear saga, it´s one of the most complex and beautiful composition of Daisuke Ishiwatari. i really want to hear your take on that one. Really nice and complex track.

[@yiddymcgriddy4304]

If ever there are also BlazBlue songs such as Ragna's theme Onslaught with vocals or maybe Under Heaven Destruction with vocals. *I say "with vocals" because the original when the game came out didn't have any and I believe Daisuke or Naoki write some lyrics for this I could be wrong*

[@verovyri9820]

Gg is just a musical album that includes a movie and a fighting game for free as well Daisuke is just too generous XD

[@morgynlefey8779]

honestly, im gonna recommend Black Blank Blah Blah Blah from guilty gear xrd, either that or strive's Zato-One theme Let Me Carve Your Way

[@AzureAiluren]

This is one of my personal favorites, yeah, and there's so, so, SO much other GG music that you could take the time to listen and review, and I'm seeing plenty of them in this comment section. But if you really did like this song in particular, allow me to recommend "Sky Should Be High" off of...what I *think* is the same album?

[@dollyzacil]

OMG! yes!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@goby1764]

You're listening to guilty gear? Lets rock

[@culturedbrother]

You could spend half a year doing videos like these on Guilty Gear alone. Because one thing i will say for sure is that the music of that franchise is absolute. But since we are here, maybe you should try a track or two from Galneryus (remember the Hunter x Hunter OP that you instantly liked also because of Masatoshi Ono's vibrato), try the early phase of Mnemic (maybe "Door 2.12") and seriously, i would be interested to see what you say about JAM Project (especially Endoh Masaaki's long notes like in "Seventh Explosion" in the Live Concert of 2011-2012 or something like the obvious "The Hero"). Heck, ya know what? Try Endoh Masaaki as a stand alone singer in tracks like "Engine", "Spec" or his Enson Version of "Ai Wo Torimodose".

[@supertoaster710]

There is a typo in your thumbnail

[@Xenonfuji]

I recommend the song "Holy Orders?" It's the best song in the series

[@junidaydreamer]

you gotta react to Diva from Guilty Gear Overture that track is amazing