Music Producer Reacts: You Will Know Our Names (Xenoblade Chronicles OST)

You Will Know Our Names from Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition: here's my reaction & analysis to this incredible piece of music, from the perspective of a Music Producer.
I think this was the first time I ever listened to this song, and holy s**t: am I the only one noticing all these Persona, Xenoblade 2 and FF parallels?
In any case, thank you guys for recommending it for my Music Producer Reacts series!
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Game: Xenoblade Chronicles
Composer: ACE+

[@AlexMoukalaMusic]

I'm SO glad Xenoblade won the poll last week. Can't believe I missed out on this masterpiece for so long! Looking forward to stream it on Twitch after I finish Persona 5 this week. Speaking of which, feel free to join the next stream for the big conclusion of P5R! twitch.tv/alexmoukala

[@lordcatington8188]

Are you reading my kind with the soundtracks I love? It's scary and amazing

[@BlackLion45]

I have to say that in my opinion the Storyof Xenoblade Chronicles is way better than the story of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and it is super cool in which way these two games are connected.

[@mohamedfr6456]

How about unfinished battle from xenoblade 1 :)

[@bladeofevilsbane5808]

I think you're *really* gonna like Mechanical Rhythm.

[@JackgarPrime]

Still hoping we get some Ace Combat music though!

[@garethwilkins6744]

XB1: You will know our names XB2: You will recall our names. XB3: You better god damn know our names by now.

[@Kaname85]

When you know the song and you can't wait until he gets to a specific part of it

[@KilleRoy_NL]

Hell yeah! I learned the timestamp from listening to it so much

[@elfakyn]

@@KilleRoy_NL YES YES THAT ONE

[@ventolivre6945]

Facts

[@Rarururu__]

Hell yeahhhh

[@justaaron1048]

I've been waiting for him to get to THAT part bro it's so good

[@Smaug555]

“We paid for the whole orchestra, we’re gonna use the whole orchestra”

[@Scorpio3002]

Incidentally, this was one of the innovations that Mozart brought into the opera world. Most operas before him had full orchestras, but the music had a very segregated approach; first the horn section might play, then it was the woodwind's turn, then the strings, etc. Mozart was really the first composer to truly form the whole orchestra into a cohesive sound, which would be elevated even higher by the singers on stage. I like to say that he used orchestras the way that American Indians used a Buffalo.

[@TheHeteroHero]

I was eating and almost choked from laughter. Good job almost killing me lmao.

[@Kirusei]

"I'm a lousy guitarist" "I'm a lousy pianist as well" the struggles of taking interest in learning other instruments

[@AlexMoukalaMusic]

True story. 😂 I'm only ok at Bass, and great at composing , arranging and reverse-engineering tbh

[@bm1259]

@@AlexMoukalaMusic It would be really cool if you documented your progress on these instruments

[@andregon4366]

@@AlexMoukalaMusic At least you're good at something. 😭

[@LaerHeiSeiRyuu]

@@andregon4366 Its basically classing like in an R P G

[@VncentValntine]

Is it such a hard ask to want to know how to play it all??

[@Handshot]

Me: "Oh look, a composer who reacts to my favourite game" Alex: *speaks Italian without foreign accents* Me: "BELLA FRATEEEEEEE!!"

[@Lagzlot]

The best thing about the intro is that it perfectly matches the "oh ****" moment of accidentally aggroing a wandering boss that's dozens of levels beyond you and fleeing for your life, but if you're still fighting around the part of the song at 2:40 of this video then you've dug in your heels and are in for a fight.

[@jellycore1316]

YESSS

[@pottedplant37_]

Territorial Rotbart has given me nightmares

[@SaintDicc]

I have a feeling you'd get a huge kick out of 'Zanza the Divine'

[@coolyeh1017]

Or Mechancial Rhythm. Tbh he would get a kick out of both variations of the entire Xenoblade Chronicles soundtrack. ACE+ and other composers (Yoko worked on the main theme) are amazing.

[@marche800]

@@coolyeh1017 or Tragic Decision.

[@klausbeger6380]

upvoting to make him see it. I'm tired of making this recommendation haha

[@marche800]

@@klausbeger6380 I mean he said he would play the game I doubt he would spoil himself to the final boss theme. Though I guess it's possible

[@EnderMon]

I feel like I’m the only one who doesn’t like that song very much. It just feels meh. To me, the tire final boss song is “The god slaying sword”

[@AlexMoukalaMusic]

Wrapped this video very quickly, so once again I forgot some fundamental things in the editing, such as: adding credits for the legends who make these sort of video possible through their support on Patreon. HALL OF FAME: KYHAHN Dominik Schmid Rachel Ward Shormin Goat Fobblesupreme . Sharktoothedgrin Mythril sgl Kira Edlenn Raechel Casterton Sonomaa Kihten Kon Kazuki Matthew Clark Cassandra Nightingale Jeannie Ong Vincent Pableo Chelsea Carter cpxp88 MARCO ANTONIO BLANQUEL REYES blueblanket201 Chris Barmonde Irah Harenam asirensis LucBot mfresh SquirrelKidd Hiroyuki Fujii Adam Blenner Scott McKee Natesh Stephen Karna Sean Stephenson Rhekara Nxxdle Ronan McKinless Asdf Silver Deeds Daniel Ferreira Baltà Katelyn Gadd José NgPhTr Rachel Castle Jerry Lai mastrtonberry2 Spoony Bard Anthany bogar-hatchett Athena Tan rina Ross Kinlaw Victor Ochikubo Josh Sunarso jel nicks Meruvis Xanheart Edric Kusuma Laura Mami Pua Diego9697 Kirstie Halstead Julio Dimas Venusian Bacon Vasiliy Chris Plaguey Bolwic Michael Higham Jeremy Germino leo Matt Warren a random channel XTRMNTR2K FFXIIKD V Tylor Haibucher ~puck ragu Neffy Blitz Marcus Lewin Skinny Hal Paul Doyle Kyle Black Art of Drumming HQ MochiFtw Andrey Belenky Mathieu Binette Roland Taranis koraeva Chat Wacharamanotham Nick Palmer coltdee Trent Blackburn Austin Colombo Shaan Sapra Yan Vernikov QWE Joanne Moo Kuro Shirokami AngeryKorbyPancake Anthony Costeseque Sam7 Enzia Erica Hanna Albrecht Jonathan Joey O'Hara Lenorah TheRealRompy Bruta Aniblast Alex English Jakeneutron Brandon Sharp YOMI FF14 KaideGirault Matt Hunsaker David Ly Kristian Koivisto Lloyd johnson Alex Schroeder Michael Arroyo yarrrrco Karolina Arabska Martin Tribo Summer Naomi Williams Paul Miller Rafael Yser RickyBO89 Kurichan (Kris) Vasin Vongchaiyasit Ghesh SupahNIN10doh Kaeyun Jed Hamilton Rayan Arshed Elvis Lara II Eli Stephens Long Brendan Tomissi Chlorine as a Seasoning greenhillmario ZwizzeR John Rizoyannis Rafael Menelau Rasha Al-Sabbagh Husky By The Geek Nina Asquith-Rhenius ShengWei Yuan Hayk Kasparian Dallas Rowsell Billtone Meyoum Alek Murillo TREVOR BEEDIE Troy Cavanaugh IgnisXIII Xaluc Vanistia Naolin Abraham Molina Espíritu Makoshin KenSeiei Tabby LaRasa Holiday Koval Dal Sentient Bee Loski3 DecembeRisa aerophage Ehow Laura Collinson DuBois Jennings Athena cacodemum Andrew Russell Vagelatos Claire Vogel Kasey W Gray Jon Cantwell Dlice Tyler Bartz Marius Stubberud Rena Nox Luis Garcia Stormie Teague Wilfredo Baluja Kieran Thompson Chris Nu&ntilde AZODi Xar Alkaid Gilberto E Burgos Jevidiah Jake Stamps Alex Moukala richard dudrak On behalf of everyone who watches these videos: thank you guys!

[@LaerHeiSeiRyuu]

The violin on this song kicks ASSSSSSS kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5a6kKyZib2njLs

[@toonlinkssbb515]

Listen to Pokemon ORAS Zinna's theme

[@toonlinkssbb515]

If I recall the music piece is in SSBU

[@LoreGoshi]

still can't believe you're italian. I got caught off-guard when I heard the sicilian accent

[@oreore949]

By the way, the song "Counterattack" from Xenoblade 2 is a direct sequel to the song "Engage The Enemy" from Xenoblade 1. I'd absolutely love a video talking more about the parallels between the two games, as well as some of the Torna: The Golden Country OST. There are a TON of little easter eggs like that.

[@dominikbehrendt1934]

Counterattack is probably my favorite XBC2 track without vocals, so that would be awesome

[@dswngz]

Actually when I've just found this channel, my first thought was: I'd like to get a review of those two tracks

[@SticktheFigure]

Engage the Enemy is such a fucking good track. I think it was the most memorable song in the entire game for me, out a massive list of memorable tunes.

[@oreore949]

@@SticktheFigure Personally, my favourite two songs in XC1's OST are Riki The Legendary Heropon and Riki's Tenderness, because I think they did an excellent jon making the same melody perform different tasks, but Engage the Enemy hits different as someone who played XC2 first.

[@art2norrman872]

Well You will recall our names from XC2 is sequel to You will know our names in XC1

[@Snoozie]

I'm really hoping you do mechanical rhythm next, it's my favourite battle theme ever. Mechanical Rhythm is just thematically perfect when it kicks into the story and it's insane.

[@AlexMoukalaMusic]

Looking forward to hear that one!

[@h1rsch462]

But I would listen to the original one, not the definitive edition, first.

[@KilleRoy_NL]

@@h1rsch462 Why not both? But yeah Definitive version has suuuch a raw feeling to the start of it haha

[@Snoozie]

@@h1rsch462 i believe both should be listened to Both are great, both are also missing parts that are exclusively fantastic in the other version.

[@Eredom]

@@h1rsch462 I love the definitive edition one, I would recommend that one OVER the original. The remastered version has a lot of subtle additions that make it sound a lot more interesting to me. If you listen closely in the remaster, you can actually hear little mechanical noises during the song. It's also in the original, but to a much much lesser extend. Probably just taste? So yea, both versions should be heard, not just the original.

[@TheSenCost]

0:25 WAIT WHAT I've been watching you for months and I discover you're Italian like this? Out of the blue?

[@superdave9]

Watching this video be like "Wait for it... Wait for the drop - THERE IT IS, SON!"

[@Huskybythegeek]

Man, this game will give you so many chills ! Between the soundtrack, the world and the plot twists, it's one of the best JRPG i've ever done !

[@1jidion]

i just finished the definitive edition main story, im trying to work my way through future connected but its hard for me to get into it

[@peeron6829]

@@1jidion im bought the definitive edition a few weeks ago and still got a long way completing the game :) have a nice weekend guys!

[@1jidion]

Peero N don’t forget to pick up xbc 2, I like it just as much

[@peeron6829]

@@1jidion oh thank you i will, after i completed the first one!

[@anaisabelgomezrobledo7426]

*One of the BESTEST.

[@ktvx.94]

*A second passes* Alex: holy shit

[@TainoMoya]

9:47 HOLY CRAP I can't do timestamp for every cool bit in this video cuz you have many, but this is one of the great ones. Great catch

[@Kaitheguy123]

whats the name of that persona song?

[@ado_5]

@@Kaitheguy123 blooming villain

[@kuuga3104]

To sum up this whole song: Holy shit.

[@chuck_duck]

I love how the song starts out threatening and ruthless, but as it goes on it becomes more triumphant. For those who don’t know, this is the unique monster/mini boss theme. When you encounter one, odds are you’ll be getting your ass beat. But if you manage to stay alive, you realize that you have a chance, and around when you realize that, the music becomes more triumphant.

[@Lewdology]

JRPG prog rock is peak human made content. This version gives me Tsuyoshi Sekito and Last Remnant vibe. But with much more expensive production lol.

[@adamreddick1349]

That leaves one more Unique Monster theme: Uncontrollable

[@nevy4256]

XCX gang, bless

[@Novatius]

We really out here. Should be ported someday so everybody can experience X. Super awesome game.

[@pipemarinmontes]

Xeno X for the win, the overdrive song is amazing as well

[@redactedmira6901]

Hope he reacts to it one day

[@ShikiTheKitsune]

That's the "Unique monster" theme that REALLY hit me hard in the Xenoblade Series! "Uncontrollable"(Tyant theme) Damn, I also love how the combat was soo thrilling with overdrive instead of the chain attack! Can't wait for a port! Or Maybe, Better yet, A sequel! Either would be good for me! I'll take anything Xenoblade X related!

[@leolizard3152]

2:36 an Italian man in his natural habitat

[@lucas_lipp]

I essentially stopped whatever I was doing the instant I saw this notification (because surprise: I love Xenoblade music way too much) and I was not disappointed. Although, I did have to go through the duality of being slightly annoyed that the song stops every few seconds, forcing me to adjust the song playing along in my head, but on the other hand those stops made way for the insight of the analysis, which is what I came here for after all. But yeah, I very much appreciate the analysis. I especially love that you don't just mention or explain things but also give examples by playing that part yourself or showing it in that one programm, which helps me a lot to understand some things as I am not familiar with the concepts, or music theory in general. Also, because you mentioned it: I very much recommend Xenoblade Chronicles, especially the Switch remaster, which is just way more convenient and pretty. It's obviously not a perfect game but it has a certain elegance in my opinion and is still one of the games that impresses me on many levels regulalry (a huge part of that is the fantastic music, obviously). And if you ever want to analyze or just listen to more of the OSTs, I'd recommend Engage the Enemy as just an overall killer song, Colony 9, which is a peaceful and incredibly underrated gem and Mechanical Rhythm, if you want something more metal (it's become possibly my favorite XC OST thanks to the remastered version). I don't know if it would be too much work or anything, but I think it would be really interesting to maybe compare the two versions (the original and the remastered one) of a song, as quite a lot was changed sometimes and I would love to hear your opinions on that. Anyway, I have a bad habit of usually not commenting and if I do it's usually a long mess of a wall of text, neither of which is ideal, so I'm sorry for this long comment that I'm too lazy to proof read.

[@TheALVINtaker]

8:20 Alex used the right analogy: "You Will Recall Our Names" is indeed a sequel of sorts to "You Will Know Our Names".

[@marche800]

Funnily ACE actually did the remix of Beneath the Mask in Super Smash Bros. I'm just convinced they just don't know how to make bad music

[@Ckpnguyen]

Convinced?

[@marche800]

@@Ckpnguyen Autocorrect

[@felixLucretius]

Shit, that’s one of the best smash remixes, I had no idea. What a group

[@josuejaime6018]

Link?

[@marche800]

@@josuejaime6018 Just look up Beneath the Mask Smash

[@emanuelediruscio1013]

"Compare, ti devi ricordare dei nostri nomi!" Alex Moukala 2020

[@dunamancer]

Quando entri come personaggio di Xenoblade ma esci come gangstar di Vento Aureo

[@thedarxgamingtm4641]

Ho sentito chiaramente "Mbare" provenire dalla sua bocca. Quest'uomo vive a Catania e non trovo altre spiegazioni

[@_LorenzoCosta_]

Che minuto è?

[@monn9239]

@@thedarxgamingtm4641 io che sono palermitano pensavo lo stesso

[@emanuelediruscio1013]

@@_LorenzoCosta_ 0:29

[@goldencyclone4984]

The build up to the core riff of this song is legit one of the best in gaming, and the core riff itself is utterly fucking incredible.

[@SanjiTyloxion]

Yes yesss. Become consumed by Xenoblade Music. Tempered by it! Xenoblade 1 is composed mainly by ACE+ and Yoko Shimomura Xenoblade 2 mainly by ACE and Yasunori Mitsuda (though Mitsuda also did some for 1 and Manami Kiyota is also a signature of both to me now as well) I'd love for a potential 3rd Xenoblade mainline game to follow the pattern and have ACE work with another well known SE composer on the OST. Like Keiichi Okabe or Nobuo Uematsu And their respective companies. I'd love to see more Xenoblade reactions from you, my fave song being Tragic Decision.

[@dinglberry3320]

Don't forget Kenji Hiramatsu, he was previously a collab composer with ACE in XC1, but in XC2 he had bigger role in composing a lot of tracks by his own seperately from ACE. he did most of the battle themes, cutscene themes, and a few town and area themes. he also did the new battle themes for XCDE's Future Connected which were amazing.

[@ShallBePurified]

Mitsuda composed the ending song of Xenoblade 1 and that was it, so him coming back for 2 and being the lead composer is a pretty big jump, and it also made his style more prevalent in Xenoblade 2 compared to 1. Though ACE is still the main hype music composers for both games.

[@SanjiTyloxion]

@@dinglberry3320 Yeah. I forgot to talk about Kenji Hiramatsu. He was part of ACE+ in Xenoblade 1 (hence the +) and worked separately in 2 (hence why the + is missing from ACE in the credits for Xenoblade 2) it is an interesting situation they have going with ACE haha. I feel that despite the big names like Yoko Shimomura and Yasunori Mitsuda involved with the Xenoblade Games. The most notable and the voice of the games is ACE/+ they're like the staple of the series. Which is why I say if a third game comes out I hope it's ACE/+ again with like another big name helping as YS and YM did. Heck imagine if they got Masayoshi Soken to help out? That'd be wild (though personally still leaning more towards wanting Keiichi Okabe Myself) I didn't even talk about Xenoblade X brcause. Well it is technically a separate spin off series at the moment, and ACE wasn't involved there. Instead they go Hiroyuki Sawano to handle most if not all of the sound track. Which is cool. His music is like big hype anime music, and I love it as well, it is just a different situation from the numbered Xeno Games. Big Attack On Titan, Kill La Kill, Gundam Unicorn, etc etc music haha.

[@novarepter386]

That makes sense cause Yoko shimamura made the music for FFXV which has amazing music too

[@Mnemoniforma9.00]

I think Mitsuda's most underappreciated track is "Before the Angel" from Bomberman 64: The Second Attack. It has this big feeling of God creating the universe and of everything coming to a head at the final battle of supreme destiny, to decide whether the cosmos should be wiped clean to start fresh or if things are okay continuing as they are. That track and the boss it heralded singlehandedly kickstarted my ongoing contemplation of the nature of the absolute and where it stands in respect to the sources from whence I ought to accrue knowledge. That protocol has gone unabated for over 2 decades now and continues to direct my processes of self-expression.

[@coolyeh1017]

I am so glad he is going for the Xeno series. Ace+ is great. Did he get to Torna Battle yet? The jazz and funk is real on that one.

[@AlexMoukalaMusic]

Did you say jRPG FUNK? My god. I seriously need to catch up.

[@FuegodeInfierno]

Battle Theme from Future connected

[@corruptedteka]

@@AlexMoukalaMusic Oh boy, YES PLEASE.

[@TheGamingLegendsOfficial]

@@FuegodeInfierno The name is: Time to Fight! (Bionis' Shoulder)

[@JakeRosen635]

@@AlexMoukalaMusic you NEED to check out both the Torna Battle Theme and the Future Connected Fogbeast Battle Theme. Easily my two favorite battle themes in the series.

[@golfer435]

Song is composed by ACE+. Rhey are a group of three highly skilled Japanese rockers.

[@azuredeath]

noponwisdom t Tomori Kudo (he plays the guitar) and CHiCO (she sings the vocals) are ACE. Kenji Hiramatsu and the duo together make ACE+.

[@lorddarkheart1716]

My younger brother was the one to get me interested in Xenoblade, and as soon as I heard the music, I knew it was going to be an enjoyable experience. I'll be looking forward to more musical content from you.

[@4max0]

Now that we have this I want a video about "Mechanical Rythm".

[@marche800]

I love the fact that this song is so complete. They other instruments are always either playing off each other or adding little flourishes in between the gaps just to make an unbelievable track. It just never gets boring.

[@mariodossantos4269]

I expect someone tell Alex about Serpent Eating the Horizon from Bravely Default , if he doesn't already know about it, he must!

[@UNOriginalDraw]

Mario dos Santos yes. Thats one of the greatest track that can be only rival by Airbuster

[@Salim-RS]

Can agree with this, especially the second half of the battle theme

[@MrSailing101]

And of course, the Wicked Trilogy; Wicked thing, Wicked Battle, and Wicked flight. And I hope he can pick out what Wicked flight in particular is openly mocking.

[@Dharengo]

To truly appreciate that song you have to familiarize yourself with ALL the leitmotifs uses throughout the game though. Because the song has al of them.

[@MrSailing101]

@@Dharengo the opening vocals are built from the normal battle theme, 'Bells of Battle,' followed by a fanfare take from the opening of 'Wicked Flight.' This arrangement repeats, and is followed by a guitar shred taken from 'Sings of the Enemy Invasion.' This all repeats, before moving to 'The Land of Light and Dark' and 'Ship Sailing through the Heavens,' the overworked themes for walking and Grandship. Next is a snip of 'Visitor,' the asterisk boss encounter theme, that leads into a segment of the non asterisk boss theme, 'Fighting to the End.' Then the four hero's themes take over, leading into 'That Person's Name Is'/the main theme, and all called off with History's chime, before the entire track loops, or ends of you're listening to the ost.

[@ninteldazelda]

I love how layered the music is so it just never gets old. You can focus on a different instrument or line every time and they're all just JAMS.

[@qualityexs6295]

Xenoblade 3's battle theme will just be the BotanicSage Xenoblade × Remember The Name by Fort Minor mashup

[@AlexMoukalaMusic]

Yes.

[@TainoMoya]

HECC YEAH XENOBLADE REACTIONS Looking forward to LOZ and more XENOBLADE Two of my favorite series (Also Ys one day. They got ROCKING MUSIC)

[@oreore949]

Oh, hell yeah, getting an Ys VIII OST analysis would be super sick.

[@kainhighwind8328]

Ys or kiseki games

[@danielfielke3895]

Falcom Sound Team JDK have been composing masterpieces for 30 years.

[@tristandumas9076]

When are we gonna get some Bravely Default theme review? That person’s name is and serpent eating the ground are two of the best battle tracks I’ve ever heard and it’s relationship to the main theme is insane!

[@barleyparley8806]

I gotta recommend Bravely Default. The regular battle theme goes hard and has an extended live version out there somewhere, and the final boss theme is like 6 minutes long and slaps every second of it.

[@florsch6781]

I haven't played braverly default....yet... but I would love to see a reaction to some Octopath Traveler tracks :)

[@sebastianserrano89]

Florsch Personally, Bravely Default is way better than Octopath. Octopath could never hold my attention since the stories seemed very shallow. But to each their own. Hope you give Bravely Default a shot soon. And if you like it, there is a direct sequel titled Bravely Second, and another game in the series that was announced titled Bravely Default 2 (which as far as I know is not part of the same narrative as the first two games).

[@florsch6781]

@@sebastianserrano89 I thought some stories in Octopath were more interesting than others, but overall, yes, they are more simple than other games. Still, love the music, the graphics and the battle/skill system. Been thinking about trying Braverly Default a couple of times. Also saw the announcement for BD2. Hmm, I think there was even a demo out.

[@jespoketheepic]

Out of all of Team Asano's games, Bravely Default has an especially incredible soundtrack. It was composed by Revo, and I'm so excited to hear what he will make now that he is back for Bravely Default II.

[@Oliver_Nexus]

Listened to that OST hundreds of times for 7+ years now, so glad the remaster introduced more people to it!

[@gigan1054]

I love seeing people’s reaction to this song. It blows peoples minds and how passionate you were about it was so cool to see.

[@BP-bq9uz]

I don’t know if you know, but, Xenoblade is a spiritual successor to Xenosaga, of which is a successor to Xenogears, which was made by the FF7 team as a side project during development. So the similar composition may not be that coincidental after all

[@NuiYabuko]

That's like a massive reach. lol

[@balsamon69]

Composers were different though FF7 was done by Nobuo Uematsu, while Xenoblade is pretty sure Yasunori Mitsuda (also responsible for most of Chrono Trigger's OST) and other composers, which i don't remember. Edit: Wait, Mitsuda might not have been involved. The track was composed by ACE+ or whatever their name is

[@talonhowe8131]

@@balsamon69 If I recall, Mitsuda had a somewhat supervising role over 1's soundtrack, and has since made tracks for 2 and 3. Yoko Shimomura is also a pretty key contributor to at least the first game's OST, not sure on the others though.

[@dawnray540]

All the xenoblade songs embody, "it don't stop, Can't stop, Wont stop, making you" just burst with epicness.

[@renzomarin3752]

Throughout the entire video, he truly was *feeling it.*

[@marissaangela629]

As an RPG fan and aspiring music producer, this channel has made me so happy over the course of this shitty pandemic. I love the enthusiasm and how he breaks down every section of the song so meticiulously. Keep it up Alex, you rock!

[@masdrionalt]

Watching you break this down made me give the other Definitive Edition tracks a listen, and the new rendition of Engage the Enemy absolutely blew my mind. Would love to see you react to that one.

[@spriddlez]

This just came up in my recommended and it was great. I love seeing passionate people get excited about the things they love. Plus this song is awesome.

[@NinjaChickn-ul1lt]

Awesome reviews man! You give video game music the respect it deserves and I really appreciate that. Its rare to see someone doing what you're doing in such a knowledgeable manner. Keep up the great work brotha!

[@Callum41]

It would be awesome if you reacted to Torna: the golden country battle theme. It involves jazz in a really interesting way. Btw dude, love your content so much, thanks to you I get to learn some cool music features from songs that I love

[@irequireyourcheese5106]

I love how into these songs you get. I love getting exited about stuff with you.

[@UnPokemon]

You will know our names is the OST that just does not stop on giving. I love it so much.

[@h1rsch462]

A music that says "even if we loose: you will know our names!"

[@skizzuto]

Man, Xenoblade's definitely in my top 3 best video game soundtracks of all time. I'd love to see more reaction/analysis vids! Engage the Enemy and Mechanical Rhythm are two of my faves.

[@lorenzogrieco4928]

Have you tried Nier Autimata? You migth like it a lot

[@OfLaSoul]

By you breaking down these Xeno songs, it just makes me appreciate them even more!

[@OtakuDaiKun]

This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you for educating me.

[@CamusZekeSirius]

Amazing. Other good OSTs in DE: Engage the Enemy A Tragic Decision An Obstacle In Out Path Unfinished Battle/Business Zanza the Divine The God-Slaying Sword Time to Fight! Mechanical Rhythm There maybe other themes I’m forgetting, but these are exceptional

[@agate865]

Gaur Plains is also good even though a lot of people have heard it. Calmer ones such as Frontier Village are also quite good

[@lucascosta881]

Damm your video make me so glad to be in Internet! I am pursuiting this song since Xenoblade release in 2011. Listening hundred of times, trying to get something close on my guitar (using my few skills on music) Thank you for reviewing the song, getting inside details I wasn't capable to listen. You made my day so greeeeeat

[@alexandercorbett1147]

Xenoblade Chronicles 3: You Already Know Our Names Btw, I highly recommend playing Xenoblade 1. That's probably one of the best JRPGs I've played, next to Dragon Quest 11. Almost everything about it, including the rest of the soundtrack, is amazing.

[@blivveries]

I love how the guitar starts at the forefront, then immediately backs off to let the strings work the melody; then, as the song builds and builds, the guitar is brought out more and more, right up until the climax where it breaks out in the iconic solo. Perfection.

[@FrymanKikkoman]

I am so glad I found this channel. This and your latest with octopath are top tier VGM anthems!

[@guiltygamerxrd]

YES! I've been waiting for you to do a Xenoblade series song! There are so many good tracks and while I'm not a music expert I feel they cover a variety of musical techniques that there would be a lot to talk about with some of the tracks. I'd love to see one on Incoming!!, Counterattack or Roaming the Wastes at some point. I feel like most people would love to see you give Engage the Enemy a listen though, which is also an amazing track. Thanks for the video!

[@Nuvendil]

Xenoblade's music is actually composed by a collaboration of Yoko Shimomura, Yasunori Mitsuda, ACE+, and Manami Kiyota. Xenoblade 2 brought most of these back with Mitsuda playing a larger role. Shimomura wasn't brought back but they did add Kenji Hiramatsu. So yeah, lots of big names involved in the music.

[@MrLuigiBean1]

Another great video! Love hearing your thoughts. ❤

[@Nagantios]

Man. I love these. Hearing your insight and how you enjoy these tracks is enjoyable but also informative. I'd love to hear your analysis of Sen No Kiseki 2/Trails of Cold Steel 2's Heated Mind. For a regular battle theme, I think you'd have plenty of fun listening to and dissecting it. Plus, it's Falcom; they're automatically amazing.

[@XOB89]

This song is a beast. Thanks for your great content, it's very helpful since I'm soon about to try composing a battle theme myself (without a sliver of pre-existing experience). It's great hearing you breaking down what's good and why and hopefully I can parrot the greatest themes as a small homage to the JRPG genre (the track would be a complement my main project).

[@its_yaya5782]

This song invokes the feeling of “Oh god what is that?!”

[@sow_scout4989]

The song is not only brilliant, but shines even more when put in context with the game

[@DeBron96]

"Zanza the Divine" and the ALL new tracks from Future Connected are top tier

[@itsmaxey4597]

I'm really glad you reviewed a Xenoblade track! Always interesting to hear how you explain everything. I'd really love if you'd listen to Xenoblade Chronicles X's "Codename Z", that game may deviate from the normal Xenoblade style of music but it's still really good. Keep that great content coming!

[@EasyCure0]

I don't normally like reaction videos, but I'm SO glad this came up on my feed.

[@KrazyBean14]

Xenoblade Chronicles is one of the best JRPGs out there. Playing the Definitive Edition was a nice reminder.

[@whotio7374]

11:05 this was really interesting to hear, because I always got this sense from the song of "breaking free from a struggle" and your explanation of it going from a sad key to a happy key to create a sense of triumph perfectly explains why it felt that way

[@Fusorf]

Great video ! I absolutely love the xeno soundtrack and more from just a reaction, you provide really interesting music theory analysis!

[@boulder50psn86]

I need to hear a full version of that clip of Blooming Villain in this video, that edit was amazing

[@ErrenaGlaciell]

YYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSS..... Been waiting for the xenoblade analyses! ^_^ Just finished the main story of the Definitive Edition yesterday, the 4th time I've played through the game and discovered even more stuff this time than the previous run throughs. Honestly top 3 games of all time, I'll try and drop by Twitch when you start playing it. Thank you for the great video again Alex!

[@nuredingeziqi679]

I get the impression that you probably would like Cave Story's soundtrack, especially "Running Hell". Not only are they cool, but the fact that they were mostly made by one man who wasn't even that much into music makes it even more impressive For those who don't know, Cave Story is an indie game from 2003, one of the first to make it BIG. It's maker, know as Pixel, is considered the father of indie games because of it and he made this game in his free time during university (took him 5 years). You can play it on pretty much every console in existance, but the original Free-ware version is still online and can be played

[@hammerbro2833]

Yeah fire game with one of the greatest sound tracks

[@podracer35]

I'd love for you to take a look at the music for Bravely Default. Along with Xenoblade, Zero Escape, and The World Ends With You, it's one of my favorite video game soundtracks.

[@VincCachipiruli]

Zero escape music is great

[@seovania9601]

This was FASCINATING ! As a Xenoblade fan, thank you so much for this music review ! I learned so much from it ! I really love this music for numerous reasons but now you've educated me I feel like I'm going to enjoy video-game music even more ! And I can only recommend you to dive into Castlevania music too :) You'd LOVE a ton of musics imo ! I suggest trying with Castlevania Curse of Darkness or Castlevania Chronicles's arranged OST ! Thanks again ! You rock !

[@OmegaMetroid93]

I would really like to see you break down "The Azure Arbitrator" from Trails to Azure. It's an incredible symphonic metal track, and one of my absolute favourite boss themes in all of gaming. There's like a hundred Falcom tracks I would really like to see you tackle, so tough choice.. Their composers are so good. There's even an amazing live performance by their in-house band. Just such a good track.

[@CDM1717]

Definitely seconded. There's a ton of awesome music from Falcom. I'd also nominate Blue Destination from Trails of Cold Steel 2 because I love it so much, but I think a reaction to The Azure Arbitrator would be more interesting.

[@LBCAndrew]

Falcom definitely has some of the best music in video games. Especially the Ys games. In Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, the very first fight in the game they smack you in the face with this track. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmKakKBnna9lrck

[@veloci-t6629]

You have to listen to the DE’s Mechanical Rhythm. Probably one the of the most epic renditions my ears have ever listened to.

[@ZecaLauletta]

Great video, loved your channel already. Also, the balance and “conflict” between mechanical and non-mechanical is a major theme in the game, I have a feeling you’d like it

[@janieligneo]

The way you analyzed this taught me a few things, so thank you for that! And if we're talking Xenoblade... I think you're gonna love Uncontrollable from Xenoblade Chronicles X

[@lordsith3322]

i don't know a thing about music, but i like that music and you seem to put work in your videos, so good job man.

[@Varizen87]

Alex... I wish I had your ears to break apart things and hear notes the way you do. So many things in music fly over my head and then you point stuff out and it's amazing.

[@StarTropicsKing]

This song is my all time favorite boss battle music, and for great reasons!

[@LBCAndrew]

When that electric guitar kicks in at about 2:45 in this video, watching you light up was epic.

[@Koda_Grey]

I am so so happy you love one of my favourite game’s soundtrack! It just has so much emotion poured into it.

[@aprilfiction8284]

M'bare ottima analisi, è sempre interessante seguire video di questo tipo.

[@GiantButterKnife]

Oh, you want a sick bass? Check out Gladion's theme from Pokemon Sun/Moon. One of the sickest bass lines from a video game I've ever heard.

[@wwld9823]

"I'm a lousy piano player" he says meanwhile I go DO RE MI - DO - DO RE MI - DO - MI FA SOL - MI FA SOL

[@Dharengo]

Remember that this is a game about changing the future.

[@jaircontreras468]

So we ready to talk about "Time to Fight" for the Bionis shoulder?

[@faerievandal]

The pure joy you experience listening to this is infectious

[@mugag]

Loved every bit of energy in this video, you gained a sub!

[@rocker52913]

Great video as always! So happy to know you’re a fan of Periphery!! One of my absolute favorite bands 😁

[@danboom101]

God I love these videos. Your enthusiasm is infectious haha.

[@darthdistortion1934]

Really cool to see you making comparisons with You Will Know Our Names and You Will Recall Our Names. I was hoping for a XC2 ost analysis and we got the best of both worlds here

[@spiderdude2099]

Reacting to “zanza the divine” next would be so sick

[@robTCGZ]

I would love it if Alex reacted to Snake Eating the Horizon from Bravely Default. He would totally lose it.

[@d4rkz3r011]

this man just wrote a research paper on one of my favorite battle themes :O

[@Unovachamp]

I watched the video 3 times already and I'm sure I'll do it again. The music, the reaction, the analysis... perfect