Ar Tonelico III - EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE/. with Lyrics

Finally did FLIP ARPHAGE, took a while because I stopped halfway through out of frustration. Please not the last section may not have all the lyrics spoken in the background as there were so many it would have me explode. Take a look at the translation at the link below and scroll down further in the post to see a section that shows the lyrics overlapping. My videos aren't perfect, I know.
My apologies if anyone is upset by not having original hymmnos in the video where applicable. An updated video will be made in due time. For now please enjoy this video, thank you!
Source: artonelico.isisview.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1786
Translator: Utsuho Lazy
I DID NOT TRANSLATE ANY OF THIS SONG AT ALL. PLEASE SEE SOURCE.
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[@MyraSlokov]

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[@Mousy677]

one of the weirdest things about returning to this soundtrack as a classical musician is realising how heavily it was inspired by russian orthodox chant.

[@celstymonoss]

interesting, could you share us some examples?

[@miorioff]

I'm also interested in how a professional musician views these songs. They are so unique

[@Mousy677]

@@celstymonoss I'm mostly thinking of Rachmanninov's All-Night Vigil Service!

[@blara2401]

@@Mousy677 You have no idea how happy that makes me as both a Rachmanninov _and_ EXA_PICO fanboy.

[@ben-taobeneton3945]

@@Mousy677 i heard someone mentioned befored that this was inspired by Rachmanninov. That makes me happy!

[@danijellino1921]

Never in my life have i ever expierinced anything like that 2nd swell/drop. This is the most bombastic piece of music i have ever had the pleasure to listen to. If i go deaf because of blasting this it will have been worth it.

[@MisakaMikotoDesu]

You've improved my life for basically 10 years thanks to uploading this video thanks

[@meatniku7166]

I`m absolutely in love with this game`s soundtrack

[@thaeros]

I discover Akiko shikata from the first one lol she do one " singing" voice in each of the 3 game (Misha in the first, cloche in the second ans saki in the third so yes it's her here)!

[@waimerfbr]

13 years... And i return here every month to hear this. Thanks

[@ArrohFFXI]

Akiko Shikata sings this song and has many others like it so should check her out. Also Yuki Kajiura is pretty awesome when it comes to this kind of music since she composes most of them with her own created language. The NieR game had a good soundtrack as well.

[@selphiia]

Well, as for artists, there's Shikata Akiko, Shimotsuki Haruka, Suara, Yanagi Nagi, Kokia, Rurutia, Origa and Itou Kanako. Many of the Tales of series games have music like this, so does Ar Tonelico, and many doujin artists do music similar to this song for series like Umineko no Naku Koro ni. As someone else mentioned, the Nier soundtrack is similar to this one. I know this is a late comment, but I hope it helps all the same!!

[@atomlight5568]

"I know this is a late comment..." MEANWHILE 10 YEARS LATER... *me reading the comment XD*

[@mirumizure]

I would also like to add to check artists like kaoling (Kaori Ohkoshi), and the ground Alstroemeria/WAVE (Morrigan and Lily's group)

[@Ryuustrawberrycake]

This sounds so beautiful. Akiko Shikata is a genius with hymnos.

[@AusSP]

People keep asking what language this is, without the ability to reply to them... The language is Hymmnos. It's a language made up for the Ar Tonelico game series. The glyphs themselves are an English cipher, so each character correlates to an English character, which is then used as a basis to pronounce it. However, the grammar and the words it actually translates into are completely different from English. For example, the first three words in about half of the Hymmnos lyrics are an expression of emotion, which is a standard part of Hymmnos speech. If it doesn't have Hymmnos glyphs, then it's in Japanese, with no Japanese characters written.

[@aquagondrag]

Part of the lyrics is also in Ar Ciela, which has nothing in common with Hymmnos when it comes to structure or pronunciation.

[@Alusnovalotus]

+AusSP Yes. they have roots and structure from latin, Sanskrit, um.... japanese and i forget the last language. they melded these into a language that can be sung. they use emotional sound to describe tone. like when we in english make a strong remark or a question by inflecting the words.

[@aquagondrag]

I think you are confusing Hymmnos with Carmena Foreluna and Ar Ciela, and you don't know how these two languages work. They have absolutely nothing in common with the Standard Hymmnos grammar, as they don't have a set vocabulary and instead give each letter a specific meaning, with letter combinations translating into whole phrases. Ar Ciela goes even farther due to the fact that the meanings for its letters depend on the frequency used in their pronunciation, and anyway, it's unusable by humans and Reyvateils because they can only hear and emit sounds of a frequency band up to 20000 KHz, when Ar Ciela can reach up to the 600000 KHz band.

[@Alusnovalotus]

+aquagon_drag .... oh i'm sorry LADY SHURELIA. How silly of me. when you graduate from Hymnos school and can teach it... lemme know. or at least when you can compose something on this scale.

[@aquagondrag]

+alus nova And lemme know when you can read who is the one who made the translations for the songs and wrote the English grammar guides and dictionaries for all the languages from the universe of these games. You obviously haven't realized it at all. Plus, you getting offended over getting a misconception corrected speaks very negatively about you as a person.

[@FlashFire40]

God...the songs are so deep. So so deep. Especially when you think about what's going on in the game at the time. Just amazing.

[@saphrinka]

Transcripting songs like this can be a royal pain - I commend you for tackling this, and so well, too! That said, this song is my new favorite - it's like a lovechild between Misha's Purger, Mir's Harmonius and a bit of Frelia's Hibernation. The first part is what really pulls me in, it truly sounds like a hymn being sung. The second part has the same kind of oomph that Misha's Purger sends out. Awesome song!

[@MarthandIke92]

This is the best Hymmnos ever. I can feel my heart crying while listening to this song.

[@ZerotheIntoner]

Why is this song so good

[@thaeros]

Maybe because " akiko shikata"?lol

[@onyx9943]

The bass is addictive... The composer is an absolute genius...

[@Soren59]

Akiko Shikata

[@hardgorechunchunmaru9349]

WAS YEA RA!

[@aquagondrag]

Which is precisely why I put that comment. Some have begun classifying Shikata as a darkwave artist, but I couldn't disagree anymore, as with the exception of a few, her songs, either from Ar tonelico, Ciel Nosurge or from her own independent albums; don't sound disturbing or dark enough for them to fall into that classification, and the same goes for the lyrics.

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

We need a new ar tonelico!

[@faidou9954]

If this trilogy doesn't release on the Switch before the end of its lifespan, I'm gonna cry pools... I've never played a single game in the series, but I can tell by the soundtrack a lot of love was put into the games.

[@vDorgengoa]

I hope you get the chance to play these gems!

[@faidou9954]

@@vDorgengoa So far, these games are only available on the PS2-PS3 respectably, so I highky doubt it. At least I can play Ar No Surge on the PS Vita.

[@vDorgengoa]

@@faidou9954 I recently bought that and its currently unopened in my room. I've played the ps2 (1 & 2). And 3 on the ps3. I enjoyed them quite a bit (never got to finish 2 because of a glitch). There is a current rumor that the PS5 may support backplay as far back as the ps1. Slim chance but the percentage isn't zero....

[@diagtot8310]

looks like surge concerto dx will come to switch (switch/ps4 my guess, tho need to change something within ciel nosurge), hopefully COMPLETE in the west this time:/ ar tonelico trilogy probably has the same problem like xenosaga... gust is with kt, banpresto with bamco; bamco probably has something to say within their rights for a re-release :(

[@faidou9954]

@@diagtot8310 Funny, I was just listening to EXShpere and I got this piece of news.

[@albertteller4196]

The Ar Ciela is even crazier than regular hymmnos. Take the first line: Sawul fffam tecasa sssy, it's actually: (wish)-(power)-(mind)-(hatred)-(you) (convey)x3-(power)-(compassion) (self)-(love)-(change)-(power)-(wish)-(power) (wish)x3-(light) Parse that in your head however you will, that's all this means. you would need a decent poem to say that in english mind = blown

[@DAmaterasa]

To the powerful wish of your hateful mind, I want to strongly convey the power of compassion, give me power to fulfill my strong wish to change selfish love, I am always wishing for light (lol I tried)

[@audrey_belrose]

^ when you are creating a conlang and too lazy to make a lexicon for it

[@juliepagala975]

I went here after hearing Vtubers cover Phasmagoria. Now I wonder why I never knew this game when it's JRPG with music as an integral part of the lore. Oh right. PS2 to PS3. That's the gen I skipped in gaming all because haha, living in a (poor) developing country.

[@GustavoL17]

"I can feel this world's sadness. I want to protect my precious you." Me too... Feel this world's sadness... And want to protect...My precious...You...

[@takayukifujinaga4338]

Man no matter how many year comes i still find my way back to artonelico musicc especially toki no suna

[@Wortschmied]

I have looked up both ethereal darkwave and neoclassical darkwave songs, and they sound nothing like the songs we get from Akiko Shikata and KOKIA for example. I daresay this is it's own genre, and it needs more artists following it.

[@getlost8027]

I'd say the Hymmnos Concerts draw more from progressive rock with a more modern flair. A lot of parallels can be drawn to Magma (constructed language, complicated arrangements, chorus), but the two only sound similarly on particular songs; Magma's too far in the past to be much more than an inspiration.

[@jameswulkson8904]

Just picked up this game for the second time and I can't wait to get on with it make remasters we need em not want em

[@KuribohTwin]

Once... Twice... A few times... Per year... I will always coming back to ar tonelico to listen the music this game make.😢 And yet, the fleeting emotions of wanting a new ar tonelico game still hold firm in my chest....😞

[@_daredevil]

i don't what language is this but i know that i'm freaking love with this language

[@panther1313]

Some of it is Japanese, the rest is Hymmnos, a language made specifically for the Ar Tonelico game series

[@truebitoy1597]

It's Hymmnos

[@terraclaiborne2088]

orso pitt Hymnos language, Ar Ciela dialect.

[@ichan4215]

is Surge Concerto the second one?? my Hymmnos knowledge is pretty rusty.

[@aquagondrag]

Ar Ciela is an entirely separate language. Also, in this case is Standard Hymmnos with Carmena Foreluna.

[@HaseosAtoli]

I had no idea you did this one, Myra! :D Thank you, thank you, thank you! It's a toss-up which one I like more, this one more METHOD_METAFALICA/.

[@GamePlayShare]

Best song ever

[@NatakuGundam15]

this is beautiful i love this hymmnos it gives me a wierd feeling

[@aquagondrag]

It isn't using New Testament of Pastalie, but a corrupted version of the Ar Ciela language. You can check up the Hymmnoserver and see that none of the lyric parts in Ar Ciela have Pastalie-recognizable words.

[@WingedWithFireyMana]

Like I said, ASSUME. And if you look at it, yes, it is. It's a lot like Pastalia, and actually read this: Pastalia is a mainly emotional dialect that uses sound to express what Hymmnos does in words, with very few words that can be spoken. Ar Ciela does the very same thing, which is why, corrupted, it can translate out to Pastalia, though this probably was not intended. And I did not say it was a corruption of Hymmnos itself, just of what Hymmnos is - computer code, essentially.

[@marukusanagi]

Beautiful

[@brothercoconut6599]

One damn amazing song !

[@imthebadguys]

Was rea ya... Was rea ya... Was rea ya... great now this part is stuck in my head. Nice song!

[@martinvel317]

I'm rather surprised all 3 games made it to the USA

[@michaelbieniewicz-valada4957]

We're up to 4 of the 5 games now. So your surprise is warranted. the 4th title Ciel nosurge was (before this October's complete Offline release) an episodic, almost entirely online title that had no chance of making it to localization. That we got Ar nosurge (5) without it, since there's actually data transfer between the two, was rather insulting.

[@vDorgengoa]

@@michaelbieniewicz-valada4957 Ar Tonelico 1,2,3 Ar Nosurge.... and?

[@AlanTalker]

@@vDorgengoa, Ciel Nosuruge before ar Nosuruge.

[@vDorgengoa]

@@AlanTalker Oh, thanks lol. I was still searching.

[@AlanTalker]

@@vDorgengoa my pleasure, Michael Bieniewicz explain what happened with this game in his first answer. 😊

[@Fallenonejs]

thank you very much! I'll make sure to see what they've got as well ;D thanks again

[@mewimi]

Can this even be sang without pre-recording and putting it all together? There is like no room for breathing lol~

[@deaththekid922]

Shin Eris or , do what i did to sing fast japanese songs , make very fast breathing breaks (if you manage to breathe in enough Air in just one quick Gasp like "hah" like Sound it should be fast enough

[@deaththekid922]

Minene Uryuu922 (previously deaththekid922) 2:24 at the "ra" for example you have enough time for a short breathe

[@TaggXero]

Well, Shikata Akiko does the vocals. Knowing her about 200 individual voice recordings are inside this 1 song. So no, I think you need a second or third person for the vocals if you want to do this.

[@pandorapartita3900]

Minene Uryuu922 I PC Masterrace I

[@IcePrincessZeroK]

The 200 tracks aren't because of the breathing room or lack thereof but because there are simultaeneous vocals in the song. All over the place.

[@completelybored9228]

I was playing a mobile game called World Flipper (a pinball gacha rpg) and World 5 of the campaign gave me major Ar Tonelico vibes. As soon as I finished the final boss I knew I needed to come listen to this OST again!

[@microwaving]

Thanks. Now I feel the sudden urge to order all the OSTs.

[@HamtarOso]

I just love this song above others

[@renation89]

I can feel the sadness of this song

[@KaeofEventide]

Amazing.

[@aliastheabnormal]

Raditz: So in this world, nudity makes you stronger!

[@vDorgengoa]

.......yes.

[@baqikenny]

why do I read in krelin's voice

[@Zer0Null]

Wow, tis truely a FLIP hummn -- no matter how many times I listen to it, it always evokes a powerful Feeling. Can you do a EXEC_DESPEDIA/., please? Always wanted to see it in English...

[@GearheadPrime]

It's a Flip song, which means it's going to have some odd function calls in it.

[@BurgnerBuns]

I love this song! I listen to it almost constantly. If anyone asks, the language is made up, but sounds alot like Gaelic.

[@tribzz09]

OMG! this is the most beautiful song i've ever heard! * [] *

[@zaq001]

What a banger

[@crystalchang1989]

Love it!!! so soothing!! >3

[@諾君]

some of the lyrics in the beginning suppose to be Ar Ciela, not in hymmnos.

[@layfar9751]

AR Tonelico 1 has a great music and great story and great character. 2-the song is not as good as the 1st but the story made up for it that the ending tells a forshadow of the 3rd. the 3rd lacks song magic usage but wins in terms of hymnos

[@Boonedale]

The music is fantastic.

[@chaoticag]

@calmegard94 Hymnos were pretty much made for just this game. Do a search for "hymnos conlang" and you ought to find some more details about it, up to grammer structure and words.

[@ZeroNashi0]

Thank you :)

[@Copperdragon12]

I know you said i was not perfect but one thing, if you can change it, is that some of the hymmnos is in the ar ciela font i think and not the original hymmnos.

[@orokanaangel9907]

I still have them TwT I kinda want to replay lol

[@alislittleworld]

Akiko Shikata's music is wonderful ^o^

[@johnhowland9761]

THIS GREAT MUSIC EVER

[@Fallenonejs]

More songs, please? and a game or two wouldn't be bad either ;3

[@WingedWithFireyMana]

Which in itself is a corruption of Hymmnos, inasfar as what Hymmnos actually is - programming language, essentially. It's apparently what you'd hear if you took the messages going from Tower to Reyvateil and lowered it. A lot. And modified it so it could be made by human throats. Essentially it's Hymmnos transmission made audible song. Apparently. And even then you only hear part of it because of the limitation of human ears. I'd assume Reyvateils can hear and understand all of it.

[@JoshuaJinxed]

METHOD_ is only used for 3rd generation and IPD hymns. EXEC_ is used for the B type and Origin hymns.

[@WingedWithFireyMana]

Also Ar Ceila, and corrupted Ar Ciela which by some fluke translates out to semi-coherent Pastalia if you remove what doesn't translate at all.

[@aquagondrag]

It's "Hoshimeguri no Uta", or "Song of the Revolving Star".

[@gracebravo76]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww is cute makes me wanna cry

[@aquagondrag]

If we can even call this specific Darkwave to begin with. The song and its lyrics have a too brighter atmosphere for that.

[@Alusnovalotus]

Hmmm the Hymnos in the third version has a different flavor and even spelling than In the first. I’m still struggling to read the original hymnos from there!!!

[@Ildskalli]

So, is this game any good? I played the first and second ones ages ago, and enjoyed them quite a bit.

[@hollows3829]

The third one is the end of the trilogy. Basically you also get to meet a character or two from the first and second ones. Its good in general if you're a fan of the series

[@Ildskalli]

@@hollows3829 That's great to know, thanks!

[@aquagondrag]

You should check up the other albums made by the singer/composer (Akiko Shikata) and by Haruka Shimotsuki, as they both have several songs similar to this one in style.

[@MyraSlokov]

@suiryuukishi I learned something today.. haha =D Thanks for the explanation!

[@aquagondrag]

It's due to using a corrupted version of the Ar Ciela language. And additionally, it don't see how it resembles the New Testament of Pastalie in any way.

[@MyraSlokov]

@Copperdragon12 Unfortunately once the video is done there's no changing it =P

[@KunKun85]

[@Gallia91]

I haven't played a single Ar Tonelico Game but the Soundtrack is just awesome. Are the games any good?

[@ThePsychoGamer]

Depends on on the game, Ar Tonelico 1 was for the most part generic, Ar Tonelico 2 was really good, hell I'd go so far as to say one of the best JRPG's on the PS2, Ar Tonelico Qoga was shit, (Really a shame because IMO Ar Tonelico Qoga had the best soundtrack of the series) And Ar No Surge was pretty good.

[@aquagondrag]

ThePsychoGamer 1 wasn't generic and 3 wasn't shit.

[@louderthenvisual]

***** THANK YOU, 3 was very good in imo : ) I like Saki, after all, 3 to me was really what a JRPG was! XD

[@kidaf]

***** I wouldn't say 3 was shit, but it definitely pales in comparison to 2. 2 was just too good - the only game in the series that I have beaten every route. 3's battle system was boring, story was meh, and didn't have a satisfying ending to bring the series to the end. 3 had a good soundtrack, but I really like the soundtrack from Ar Nosurge also. Ciel Nosurge is pretty good too, but I wonder why they don't brother bringing the offline version over...

[@aquagondrag]

kidaf I beg to disagree: while I concur that 3's battle system wasn't good due to lacking in execution, the ending was very well done and shows that everyone from it and from the previous two games will have a chance for a happy future, and the story was pretty good too, even if it doesn't quite reach the same heights the stories for AT2 and Ar nosurge did. And comparing it to AT2 is kinda a disservice to it, as expecting a sequel to be greater than its predecessors is sure to end up in disappointment As for Ciel nosurge, I'm playing through it right now, and unfortunately the game is too niche for this side of the ocean: when you're not interacting with Ion for synthesizing items, dating her or merely watching over her as she does her daily routine, you're making and customizing Sharls, making them repair broken memory points, and watching the VN sequences that are the restored memories. Plus, every single line in the interaction and VN segments is voiced, and the game has an amount of text capable of putting both Ar nosurge and AT2 to shame. And while it'd be good to have the first part of the Surge Concerto story available in English, it still defeats the purpose to not have a server set up here because the SekaiLink can't be performed without it: synchronizing the Micro Quasar's state, and sending over the plugins and story progress to change Ion's dialogues still require a connection to Gust's servers in Offline. And since the connection functions were already removed from Ar nosurge PS3, we're ultimately still screwed on that front.

[@VictoryZetaMKII]

I'm wondering why you used Standard Central Note font for the Carmena Forluna instead of the Ar Ciela font.

[@MyraSlokov]

@missdeona Maybe eventually, but as of now I don't have much time to be doing much video making =)

[@calmegard94]

There's something I've ben wondering about and I couldn't find a valid source... Is the Hymmnos language fictional and just made up for a game or did shamans use it to express their feelings though songs? I've twisted everything up so much that I don't have a clue anymore >__< Mayby it's none of those I mentioned above? Thanks :3

[@aquagondrag]

Agreed with the anime part, but as for a fourth one, unless it's a prequel or an adaptation of the post-game novels, it would feel as unnecessarily extending the series.

[@aquagondrag]

Hymmnos

[@D예응]

who played the violin in this music?

[@aquagondrag]

Akihisa Tsuboy, widely known as one of the best violinists.

[@getlost8027]

As Aquagon said. I know he's worked with Yasunori Mitsuda on some game's soundtrack. His own band is called KBB; caught them at a music festival and they were stellar.

[@TheCrissAngelX]

You need to know what are this songs first,play Ar tonelico or search for it first.

[@YuutaBL]

Does anybody know any males who does songs like Shikata Akiko and/or Yuki Kajiura? I'm curious! Please do tell if there are!!!

[@getlost8027]

Precisely what characteristics are you looking for? Most of Ar Tonelico is some flavor of prog, but the Hymmnos Concerts get to try out a lot of different styles while your typical band is usually locked into a particular genre as a means of branding.

[@MrAnonymousme10]

Pink guy, filty Frank, joji. his voice had many range he can sing a song with different voice like Akiko does, but his lyrics are jokes lol

[@matteste]

Try the song "The Heart Talks" from Ar Tonelico 2. It has the male main character sing in hymmnos.

[@luciahimeka4689]

where i can download this? ><

[@Fallenonejs]

Sorry, I don't mean to sound like a dummy, but can anyone recommend any other songs like this? I've just discovered this type of music and would like to find more like it. Please help me out ;P

[@nanoha007]

Why the lyric of this song is like the song with METHOD prefix but with EXEC instead?

[@kms11402]

Those words in the middle is what word font?

[@MyralinaBradford]

How in the world do you sing TTTTT???

[@getlost8027]

ti- and really drag it out.

[@KaoshimaCheshire]

Implied vowels are fun! Said no linguist ever.

[@pegadirty]

Shikata Akiko

[@BlackRedDragon7]

What language is this in?(I don't even know the game! ^^;)

[@jerryrussoiz7nqr732]

Wait... is this song really Sung by Saki? 😰 ( I don't have the game )

[@KnucklestheEcidna]

yes Saki sings this in order to save Finnel. it serves as a turning point in the game. Saki ending/Finnel ending or true ending. depending if you're able to beat a previous boss while you're in the tower decides wether the story continues or ends with that phase.

[@jerryrussoiz7nqr732]

KnucklestheEcidna Ah, I get it.

[@MyraSlokov]

Other songs as in...? More hymmnos songs? Game music with lots of vocals?

[@CorpseTongji]

All you need is Shikata Akiko.

[@tutuelclark7983]

What language is this

[@Crestlinger]

All of the hymnos can be tied to things in reality just as strong as what they were in game depending on the perspective of the listener. This one (and this version in particular), for example, is awesome for faith strengthening.

[@Pallid3]

What lanquage that is?

[@excelfate1602]

Construction Language made for the game only; Hymmnos. Well, some said that parts of this song using Ar Ciela language.

[@ruki4585]

👏👏👏👏

[@ventk7683]

@yunimibl Dude, even if I knew, I wouldn't be able to tell you...because of your Google+ settings! Fix them, dammit!

[@AniSky759]

***** Don't get mad at him. Blame Google for doing that in the first place.

[@ventk7683]

LukeDude759 Haha, I'm not mad! I wrote that above comment in a joking manner.

[@WingedWithFireyMana]

I said I wasn't gonna bother. Oh, well. I will never learn.

[@filament57]

This is use wrong hymmnos

[@ben-taobeneton3945]

This song gives me them D.Gray man Season 3 OP vibes. Literaly! It's quite mysterious and I would say dark too but filled with hope and emotion. Impressive! I'm curious is there anyone on the world who has learned or learning this language by fun? 😀

[@shko0729]

アル・シエラ言語だぞ！？