Old Tales :: A path with Broken Heels [GODDESS OF VICTORY : NIKKE OST]

[@doubleto]

아나키오르가 구두를 신고 걸어가는 공포의 길과 그걸 지켜볼 수 밖에 없는 신데렐라의 절망을 노래로 표현해보았습니다. 게임 속 이야기와 함께 즐겨주세요! 🎵

[@Invizive]

You did a wonderful job with this composition, thank you!

[@Mf_Agios_helios]

Such an amazing piece. When I heard the choir and the strings play it reminds me of the pice you wrote On the cliffs giving me goosebumps. Know what happened in the Red Ash event and see this seen makes it so beautiful and terrifying in a story telling perspective.

[@asmokingtube]

great work!, i really got that feeling your describing

[@lillllliiill-r3e]

아나키오르 테마라 그런지 on the cliff랑 연계되는 느낌이네요

[@drinkingsoda4094]

이번 이벤트 스토리 마지막 에필로그 보고 정말 엉엉 울었는데 이런 좋은 음악들이 있었기에 스토리가 더 빛났습니다 감사합니다

[@mm-yq5dt]

The scene isn't even depressing, it's haunting

[@LIGHTANGEL_EX]

I guess that confirms this event being the Halloween one.

[@Lavendulan]

@@LIGHTANGEL_EX Nikke don't skip Halloween, all they need to do is release their Pilgrim story

[@Strider_1_Trigger]

​@@Lavendulan nah last year we got acpu halloween event with quiry, i guess this year is none

[@Borkyius]

I love how we finally see how corruption works. Chatterbox did mention that one is trapped within themselves, having to see what their corrupted body does, while slowly getting corrupted psychologicly. But it being this depressing i don't think any of us would've thought. I feel so sorry for Cinderella.

[@contodoslospoderes]

Where is this mentioned? Is it mentioned in LAST KINDGOM? I'm afraid that if that's the case, I haven't reached that point in story. But if corruption works that way, its an interesting field of study.

[@FusionDjango]

​@contodoslospoderes Yup, it's mentioned in the last kingdom.

[@suriles4652]

@@contodoslospoderes LAST KINGDOM was the 1.5 Anniversary event. You'll have to watch it on YT or replay it when it comes to the archive

[@djsercy5879]

​@@suriles4652 it's already in the archives

[@helmiboboy]

If you feel sorry about Cindy, then imagine how devastating it would be for Marian during the literally first time we saw her as a heretic.

[@djsercy5879]

Something I noticed from listening to this: Sprinkled throughout this song are two leitmotifs. The first is a corrupted version of the main leitmotif of Nikke's title theme: Goddess Fall (which is heard all throughout the song, but starts as early as 0:10). The other i a simple four-note rhythm that's present in both Ominous Cross and Inferno of Nihilist (which can be heard around 1:09). What sticks out about both of these is the fact that it makes this abundantly clear that what is standing before you is, in fact, a Nikke. However, it also perfectly conveys the terror that is what happenens when a corrupted Nikke, especially one as powerful as Cinderella, suddenly turns on the very people she was meant to protect. The four-note rhythm/leitmotif I mentioned for the heretics has different notes and instrumentation for all three instances (a choir for Modernia, dubstep/EDM for Nihilister, and strings for Anachiro). What I noticed, however, is that neither Nihilister nor Modernia's themes have any level of dread to them. I think that's because by the time either of them entered the picture, the Central Government and our Commander is much more aware of how screwed they are if a Heretic decides to attack. When Anachiro did it, however, there was absolutely no preparation that could be done at the time because this was the first time a corrupted Nikke ever completely turned on humanity (keep in mind, Red Hood had been corrupted long before Cinderella and was the only Nikke ever recorded to fight through the corruption). All of this is to say this song perfectly encapsulates the exact moment that humanity lost all hope of ever defeating the Raptures and it was all because of its own creation. All it took was one girl's dream being ever so slightly warped by someone who shared it.

[@44MagnumNA]

Great summary, thank you for conveying how emotional beats are expressed through such a haunting song. I could definitely feel the terror and dread in each element.

[@Rodrigo761980]

Shift up made a good job at deceiving us with the trailer, making us think that Cinderella would be corrupted in a fight, and I think because of that, everybody was caught off guard when that scene happened, and hearing about the corruption from Chatterbox is one thing, but seeing it like this really show the terror of corruption, the fact that the usualy calm Cinderalla was screaming, crying and begging for it to stop made it even more impactful, seriously, the writers are genius

[@kryanush8685]

I played "Red Ash" just a few days before anniversary update. If you played or remember what happend in it then CInderella's corruption was expected around this time. I didn't expect it would be like this.

[@dragonfable66]

@@kryanush8685this also puts her smile at the end of red ash part 2 in a much more painful light. That was Cinderella herself smiling that she pulled a fast one on the Corruption

[@NeonBlueLight]

Yeah, her VA nailed the horrific screaming and horror part well. Anyone that jeered her VA saying her voice didn't fit should have let her cook first. Cause she *really* did cook.

[@Darkwings01]

Corrupted Cinderella absolutely brutalizing her teammates was so haunting, even more so when you find out what Cinderella was going through inside.

[@eques9280]

"I won't tell you what happened... I might cry." Cinderella message side story.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Keep in mind Chime got threatened with this type of corruption Cinderella suffered from...and she pulled a loyalty power move in response.

[@phantom7958]

She don't know how terrifying corruption is, either way, we know her loyalty won't bend

[@ShadiC636]

When I hear this music, I somehow cannot help but picture a pair of *red shoes* tap dancing mockingly at someone else’s misery. Just like in a certain cursed fairy tale.

[@Way-warden]

Damn you, Red Shoes!

[@Ardeact]

red shoes is already somewhere in hell

[@PedroSilva-ik8mv]

somehow i dont think Red Shoes did that by herself, she was already corrupted before the experiments

[@FrenchOverlord]

🗣We are slashing, smashing, searing and shattering everyone for goddess, FOR THE QUEEN! 🗣With this one

[@Rommulo35628]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@TonyBMan]

I hope her heels don't get caught on the hem of her dress!

[@colinward4120]

Than be like redshoes to fix that issue. She didn't seem to have any issue where she stands

[@T29hotrod]

This song is a Leitmotif to the REDASH song "On the cliff"

[@Mf_Agios_helios]

I can not believe my music teacher has never told me about Leitmotif this explains why I enjoy so many of the games I play including NIKKE especially when I heard Land Eater and Moving Fortress for the first time. @T29hotrod thank you for the new term the I have learned makes explaining music in game easier for me now.

[@古明地恋-s9c]

Originally on the cliff is considered as Cinderella's theme as it is also featured in Chapter 32

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Ngl, Im so happy Behemoth failed to corrupt Cinderella and return her to the Anachiro status. Not only we would've ended up basically dead...lest Behemoth somehow intervened but we'd be unable to stop her even with Rapi's Red Hood and Absolute. But...there's also the chance we could use Vapaus yet again but even that chance is slim. So I'm very happy Cinderella got redeemed.

[@leonides1527]

While anachiro attacked. Cinderella was forced to sit in a cell of her mind and watch everything unfold with no way of stopping it

[@max_mojo4917]

@@leonides1527 yh in. The main story it was explained how corruption feels like a nikke is aware what's going on but can't control themselves all they can do is watch helplessly as their own body starts killing

[@wanderink3016]

This scene made me cry when I saw it... seeing these companions dismembered while you are a spectator is impossible to bear.

[@Schinak]

That awkward moment your fairy Tale princess turns into the T1000 without warning

[@thaitoan4760]

I’m so glad Little Mermaid survived all of this. Poor girl got her fking jaw punched out like that’s just downright haunting to imagine

[@Blarpozoom]

Honestly, I don't know if having th jaw smashed to nothing or having the legs ripped of by hands is more haunting

[@Dripster296]

@@Blarpozoomit wasn’t that either. It was the betrayal that came out of nowhere, and their screams while being ripped apart or getting pummeled mercilessly like Mermaid

[@JOROYAN808]

She had the omniman treatment

[@Demonboy007]

$20 says this won't age well once part 2 comes out...

[@a.s.raiyan2003-4]

Me: Maybe this event won't that traumatic. The Event: Two legs ripped apart, a Shattered jaw, two hands severed. A NIKKE forced to on the people she adored and wanted to be like.

[@ubermatrix]

Well, I was expecting something like this... but the way she did it with... particular efficiency. Well for those Nikke's it was too much 😢

[@FrostySnow1000]

Anniversaries are when we cry

[@megamage911]

And that was just what we got to see on day 1!

[@hezomusicstudio681]

OVERZONE 🤝 OLD TALES

[@スイミルソン]

on the cliffは絶望に立ち向かうっていうイメージだったけどこれは悲劇が強調されているイメージ

[@jacksonmichael-i9p]

니케의 주년이 제일 기다려지는 이유는 니케 성능 보다 브금과 스토리라는 것

[@tamo-san]

ストリングスが緊張感を出しつつ、バッキングのギターがまた濃厚さを出してますねぇ～👍

[@Ardeact]

This music really captures when the ultimate weapon to save humanity turns against humanity

[@_darkey0811]

와 진짜 이 브금을 이렇게 다시 쓰는것도 레전드다

[@soulp8808]

OUR JAWS ARE HURTING TO THIS ONE COMMANDERS!!!

[@delpi.]

레드애쉬 때 마지막전투 음악과 어레인지된것이 너무멋있고 대비되서 좋아요👍

[@signus4279]

there's always that underlying leitmotif to know if a certain heretic is originally a nikke that was corrupted, nice theme overall

[@BeeLy1011]

Is it specifically for Heretics? I know this is a remix of Anachiro's theme from Red Ash but I didn't know it was in all of them I guess there's a part of Modernia's theme that sounds similar but I thought it was a coincidence

[@T29hotrod]

@@BeeLy1011 I think he is talking about 0:44 you also hear it in Marians theme and Ominous cross.

[@signus4279]

yep there's parts in the theme that are in modernia's theme

[@최원기-q1d]

와 미쳤다 이것도 찾고 있었어요!!! 이벤트 전투브금 너무 좋아서 어제부터 계속 검색했는데 잘 안나오더라구요ㅠㅠ 고맙습니다 잘 듣고 갑니다!

[@shiny8300]

여기가 공식이라 그냥 기다리면 다 나와요

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

As a result of that moment, the feet, arms and jaw were the only things harmed during the making of that corruption.

[@acefreak95]

After story 2 this songs name makes much more sense and I'm depressed once again.... DAMN YOU RED SHOES

[@afterdark7791]

A step closer....... To the Queen!

[@KirboZX]

Cosmograph, The GOAT of NIKKE's music album. Thank you!

[@DraxFyre]

Thanks for your great work! Another great album to commemorate the anniversary.

[@zacksilverstone7642]

Bruh, that opening pic... That's straight up PTSD inducing. Poor Little Mermaid.....

[@hyunseonwoo6441]

On the cliff 랑 인트로 부분이 비슷하네요 악역이된 신데렐라 테마 같아서 좋아요

[@ヤマト-v3o]

REDASHのon the cliffって曲のオマージュになってて痺れた🥺

[@vanilla7751]

For the Godess, for the Queen.

[@yehangyeo6470]

This was pure terror. Shift Up really went above and beyond. Sampling her theme "On The Cliff" from Red Ash too. This scene literally gave me goosebumps.

[@jacksonmichael-i9p]

음악 뜬거 보고 바로 달려왔습니다!

[@ubermatrix]

This song just fits perfectly with what's happening... awesome 👍

[@gamerkev30]

This song is amazing

[@PILGRIM-e9l]

I can feel the feeling Cinderella feel when she only can be to stand by herself by this.

[@Agendo.]

This OST is so damn good

[@AtraxParadoxa]

絶望感溢れる素晴らしい曲だ

[@armageddonhusai]

Thank you for such an art.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

This event made me despise the Rapture Queen.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Not you, Marian. You're a good egg.

[@ArtetADS]

Cosmograph, thank you for creating such beautiful music ❤️

[@CO_FRANMA]

Yup, this was the moment...

[@Vanye-d1c]

The perfect music completely elevates the plot of the story to a higher level. I look forward to the follow-up works!

[@TheLsw30223]

승리의 여신이 되고 싶었지만 되지 못한 자의 이야기....

[@w.m-a1889]

Masterpiece, my heartbeat intensifies!!

[@lostwolf4610]

Better bucke up boys. Cause we are just getting started...

[@captaincoldy1192]

Welcome to five nights at Cinderella We will try to survive for 5 days with this one

[@carloscorzo8935]

Dear I say and may be blasphemous of me saying for some but other than "a long dream" THIS.. THIS track right here was PEAK video game soundtrack at its most haunting,beautiful in a twisted way and awesomeness and its imo probably THE best track in Old Tales (I know leave it to me to think the best track is when shit hits the fan in the story lol). Like this track gives me Dark Souls,Elden Ring (any souls/souls-like game really) if they incorporated more metal guitar riffs in their pieces and I LOVED every second of it oh and not to mention this track also gives me Revenge of the Sith Anakin turning to the darkside and his fight with Obi Wan towards the end shit which is a plus. Hell might be farfected of me to say but DoubleTO (the composer) should even get a f$&$ing award JUST for this track alone (aside from Burn it All and a few others I would rank as best overall tracks in Nikke imo) its THAT f@#$ing good

[@n1tr0t0m__]

On the cliff but even scarier

[@eddifer94]

This song is epic

[@aratk4251]

壯麗而震撼

[@X-End_R]

PEAK

[@HappyPotat]

Oh god…it’s Off The Cliff!

[@djsercy5879]

This sounds like a cross between Kingdom Hearts and Dark Souls

[@sandsundertail6936]

That scene was just so fire. Shift Up knows how to turn depression, despair and destruction of dreams into an absolute kino and it's only a shame, that we don't get this kind of good content in the movies today, but rather in form of a visual novel in ass and titties gacha game. I hope there are plans for an anime already

[@Kkjn1545]

신데렐라는 침식되고 난 이후에 자아를 다시 찾지 못했는데 새삼 ..침식을 이겨내려한 프롤로그 마리안, 피나 , 모더니아 , 레드후드 리스펙한다..!

[@RoboticTable]

A more haunting rendition of Cinderella's leitmotif from Red Ash.

[@SniperFallen06]

Las 7 palabras E S E N C I A

[@JOROYAN808]

Cinderella went Omniman in this scene

[@Kiryuu_2434]

I hear this, and I imagine Thanos saying "rain fire"

[@BeeLy1011]

It was cool hearing this when Cindy got corrupted

[@44MagnumNA]

I was both mortified and headbanging despite expecting both a corruption event and awesome accompanying tune. Great combination lmao

[@Hikarochan]

The horror in this song is good and is well done. Would I have loved an animated scene of this? Yeah. Would I want to watch the first victim...n-no...such a waifu and I feel sad. Oo...ooohh...aaaahhh... 🐟 sadge 😭

[@max_mojo4917]

They did little mermaid dirty😭 but the lore dump was cool with her using kotodama which is maidens power now

[@Hikarochan]

@@max_mojo4917 😭 Yeah! They did her real dirty with those blows, but I was connecting the dots to Maiden in the middle of it. Was so confused when they kept saying Siren instead of Little Mermaid. Then, it hit harder once...everything happened. Dx

[@zeroknight9052]

Cinderella become a Terminator

[@nicz7694]

I think the beginning is peak with that Image, especially 0:04 It just fills you with *Dread* knowing that Anachiro deleted Squads in seconds and annihilated everything in her path

[@Schinak]

keep in mind the ease with which she mangled Old tales means that if she wanted she could have SNUFFED THEM OUT without them being able to lift a finger

[@nicz7694]

@Schinak Yep, she is Absurdly strong

[@melchizedekpsj]

Wow!

[@wolfafe]

I need that story continuation right now bruf, need answers how tf cindarella got corrupted. It has to be that shit she drank from red shoes but why red shoes and ofcourse i need to know what happened with the rest of the team and what is mermaids connection to leviathan. Speaking of mermaid she's the first one to have that ability which also is impanted on Maiden, tho for maiden its on her tongue and for mermaid its on her lower lip.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

OMNI MAN TIME.

[@kapushino6825]

I Jaw-dropped when I read this part

[@glee4256]

기다리는 OST 올라오는 알림 보자마자 신데렐라 침식 당하는 속도로 달려왔습니다! RedAsh부터 on the cliff 엄청 좋아했는데 이걸 더 종말이 다가오는 느낌으로 만들다니.. Cosmograph, NieN그들은 대체...

[@HurricaneRider]

Poor Cindy...

[@金子剛-s9v]

これから来る最悪の事態を象徴する素晴らしい音楽

[@АрменПтукян]

Red ash On the Cliff remix is fire, like the original one. When we meat Anachiro in red ash with On the Cliff, we once again meat Anachiro with this one

[@playernone613]

작게 들리는 높은 음의 합창이 신데렐라의 절규하는 목소리를 표현한거같기도..

[@Alpezzsuga]

Hold up, does this song play too when we fight against replica red shoes boss? I vaguely remember

[@columbina6856]

Jaw brake comfirmed

[@sylvandoggo4416]

WE ARE BETRAYING HUMANITY WITH THIS ONE!!! (parody of the "we ___ with this one" comments)

[@게임올리는계정-j6y]

눈물나ㅠㅠ

[@ChazDragoon]

We're getting eviscerated with this one.... ( o_o);

[@ChazDragoon]

Also... this track replacing the first battle music on top of this being available before that track... I feel like you guys AND the game are now trolling me... XD

[@RideIsLifeRacing]

00.00 When Titan arrive

[@mathieul4303]

One of the best theme of the event 👍

[@AtlascityGG]

YOU HEAR THIS IN STORY 1 - CHAPTER 5!

[@Nothingreallyhere]

ABSOLUTE PEAK 😭🙏

[@ZachAttack8]

At least we now know corruption can be if not cured, treated with vapaus

[@TheProphetOfThePan]

Imagine if this theme started to play after cindy got out of that black sea waterfall. That would put into context how fucked leviathan was.

[@thematiastm]

For the Queen

[@hadiferlan3760]

If only Dorothy have Vapaus at that time, will everything change for the better?

[@denxrstudio]

The moment Cinderella turned into Anachiro is truly pure shocked and terrifying. Though I already expect this situation because I suspect that 1 Nikke that seems will betray Cinderella.. ... Red Shoes too suspicious for me. From her sprite posture, and I believe she is the one corrupting Cinderella from the part she giving her a tea and assisting Abe for Cinderella preparation.. Her smiles kinda looks fake like Kushida from Classroom Of The Elite. Besides, she desires power like Nihilister (which might her Heretic form). Well, this is written before 2nd part of story. Looking forward to see I was right or wrong about this.

[@Schinak]

there's way more evidence against Red shoes than that in the items you find in the event minigame

[@denxrstudio]

@@Schinak Yeah Im aware there is a clue of her from mini game. But she is really a red flag when I started playing the event story. Part 2 story already shown how worst she is tho.

[@RetryOfHealGuy]

Cinderella is our traitor

[@구번-g9w]

신데렐라처럼 달려왔습니다

[@miraclehina]

I think the choir is the same with On The Cliff OST used in Red Ash event?

[@fugaaaaaa-u5g]

巨乳だ...超大型巨乳！Attack on tits redash編のOn the criffアレンジかっこいいな

[@Kijokobodo79]

This sounds very similar to the "on the cliff" from red ash ost. Different but i can hear similarity.

[@abelbalboa3436]

❤

[@alucard002x]

Wait, all the 2nd gen are in the base too? Huh? How come in Red Ash when they arrived to the base they didn't mee- OH.

[@Dayz3O6]

😢

[@umamusume_pretty_derby]

어떻게 극복해 나가는지 궁금해