Opera Singer Breaks Down Riven of a Thousand Voices || Destiny 2: Forsaken

Last Wish is not a Raid I have completed but it is a raid I have fallen insanely in love with, musically. What a treat to hear this music and relive Forsaken, a fantastic dlc for Destiny.
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Chapters:
00:00 How to Earn my Respect
02:36 Lore Lore Lore
05:42 The Horns Make it
07:24 The Beauty of the Motif
10:42 Duality of the strings + Oryx turns you Taken
14:15 Building up as the stakes raise
15:10 If you're gonna skip this would be a good place to watch if you like visual reactions
16:53 Swell Into phase 2 with duality
20:02 Riven is desperate and holding on
22:18 hear that dance?
23:20 The battle
24:47 Constant duality
27:15 Unrelenting and tug of war

[@RosaNagashi]

Fun fact #1: This theme and its alternate (Mists of Memory) were composed by Brendon Williams, someone not on the main music team at Bungie, and this is the only track group he’s ever done for Destiny. When he wrote this theme, Michael Salvatori told him “You used multiple different motifs better than I ever could, wow.” Fun fact #2: the “phase 2”, more formally known as the “High Action”, doesn’t actually play in the riven fight, apart from the first 30 seconds and the ending. Keep of Voices isn’t really even Riven’s music. All of the Dreaming City tracks were composed generally for the destination without specific missions or encounters in mind, and then they were just slotted into the places that fit them best afterwards. Keep of Voices is also just a patrol track for the Dreaming City and can play in multiple missions and the shattered throne dungeon as well. Shattered Throne is still the only place in the game where you can hear the full Ascendant version of the High Action. Fun fact #3: All dreaming city music actually has 3 separate variants. “Normal”, “Cursed”, and “Ascendant”. The normal versions have orchestral and elegant elements like strings, choirs, flutes etc. The cursed versions replace those elements with synths, horns and electric guitars. The ascendant version takes everything from the cursed version and adds a “spook” layer on top of it, which is those eerie high-pitched strings that horror movies often use. Normal versions play in patrol during week 1 and 2 of the curse. Cursed versions play during week 3 of the curse. Ascendant versions play when in the ascendant plane. For last wish specifically they used the cursed versions, since it doesn’t take place in the ascendant plane, but they did want to make use of the heavier elements that the normal version doesn’t have. Hence, riven uses Keep of Voices *Cursed*!

[@OhYeah_]

I’m just curious where did you get quote of Salvatori talking to Brendon?

[@dragonfire4869]

In my opionion, the ascendant parts of the tracks are riven corrupting even the music of the game. Riven's theme is prevalent throughout keep of voices, the dreaming city and watchtower osts, and completely takes over by the end. To me, that's showing just how powerful riven's curse is, that it literally consumes the music tied to the area. I love it. also keep of voices is my favourite ost in the entire game.

[@JJMomoida]

I always ALWAYS love it when they manage to throw in "Inner Light", aka the "guardian theme" into the raid boss' theme. It's the game telling you it's YOUR time to strike.

[@SuccubiSage]

I always have music playing, but *especially* when I raid. Not only is it awesome to listen to, but it's also a good way to time/anticipate things.

[@cr0wnest]

Inner light is the main theme of destiny 2 (during red war) and it seems to mostly represent the light and the light inside of us. The guardian motif begins with similar notes but ultimately is a different one all together, you definitely heard it multiple times since destiny 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n32TnJJ5aqdmqLs Adding on to the motif of Inner light is the (no surprise) Beyond Light motif which represents the darkness wielded by our guardian and our mastery of its powers. The taniks raid boss fight theme in the beyond light raid is called "Look Within" which showcases the motif at its fullest strength, and that is the same track played whenever our guardian has made major progression in mastering stasis during the beyond light campaign. Because lore wise, this power has always existed inside of us. Interestingly enough whenever we come across those strand empowered powerups in the lightfall campaign, the in-game prompt to activate them says "look within...." And the beyond light motif is featured heavily throughout lightfall because strand is a darkness power and our guardian had to learn how to master it as well. bungie and their music team truly knows what they are doing with their leitmotifs and how to tie them into the gameplay and lore.

[@MatthewYelvington]

Right? Just in case you missed the team comms, the music tells you "The Light within you swells! Strike while you can!"

[@DasKomet]

Now imagine listening to this theme song for like 8 hours. The first team to beat this raid took 18 hours and 49 minutes to finish the raid, and I think they’re were stuck on Riven herself for 8 of those.

[@adamboy0559]

We can only hope final-shape can somehow replicate this. Il be fine stuck for hours and not beating it but only a handful of teams actually beat it. I’m hopeful but prepared for another 4 encounter mid raid. It’s the final boss of 10 years of story tho so I feel like they have to give this expansion as much as they can plus they need a forsaken level expansion to save the game rn

[@bispthebear5010]

I honestly would love trying to be stuck, beating riven for 8 hours when the fight is so amazing and the music straight up slaps

[@aapur]

Now do "Shell of what was" :D It follows up this encounter, and genuinely slaps

[@AntVaz7]

Legit one of if not the best track from Forsaken

[@lordbuntcake]

@@AntVaz7 based

[@colinkwasnik]

Me and my friends had a running joke about queens walk where we’d just in vc go “dunnunnunnunNUNnunnunun dunnunnunnunNUNnunnunun” and yell at each other for getting the song stuck in out heads 😂

[@shadowstorm9363]

it made queenswalk that much more epic

[@insertsomethingfuni2617]

Vevuvevuvevuvevu

[@joanomari8600]

In my humble opinion, the absolute BEST soundtrack in all of Destiny. The intensity, the marriage and clashes of leitmotifs, the gravitas, the brilliance of tempo and rhythm, the blissful union between fantasy and science fiction. Absolutely Majestic!

[@ryanschulte3742]

Man when that second phase hits,it hits hard, to go into the raid to stop the last wish dragon to save a cursed people from damnation and then when you finally start killing the dragon and it change to Second phase and it makes you feel like heroes

[@dadshirt6681]

i was just cheesing her last night and was thinking hey marco should cover this so i can listen to the second phase 😂

[@klinetalladen]

i still have not finished this raid...

[@adamboy0559]

@@klinetalladenit’s destiny’s best find a team to run it legit and youl not regret it. By far one of the best boss fights they made the area is massive and mechanics challenging

[@RosaNagashi]

The “second phase”, more formally known as the High Action, is not scripted to play in the riven fight beyond the first 30 seconds for the damage phase on the top floor and the ending bar. The only place where you can hear the high action of this version of the theme is shattered throne.

[@klinetalladen]

@@adamboy0559 the raid teams i join .. we kept getting booped into oblivion at a certain phase

[@klinetalladen]

@Crypto sounds like a plan... weekend run? hahaha... but first.. timezone check... UTC +8

[@Real28]

I have something like 70 clears of this raid. I could pick this song playing on someone's phone during a noisy concert. It's just engrained into my brain. The sad part is that if you don't cheese her, it's one of the most satisfying boss encounters in the game. My personal fave section of music in the raid is what's played at the end, it's called "Shell of what was" kzbin.info/www/bejne/boTMaaSwi9Ked7M

[@palehorseriderx]

My clan learned how to defeat her legit, and we haven't done cheese ever since! It's already been 50 clears since we learned legit.

[@KCGabe]

​@@palehorseriderx I wish I have enough luck to land in a clan like yours, I'm a 1 month old new light but already learning the hopes and this raid is my first main medium-term goal. It just sounds like a real accomplishment, something to remember with friends.

[@whaleborne1308]

21:59 this rise up in the chords just makes you feel the power and epicness of the entire scenario of facing Riven. It feels triumphant and yet daunting.

[@Nailfut]

16:27 It might be a stretch, but since Forsaken also started as a western revenge tale, those first trumpet notes always remind me of The Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Just a triumphant moment.

[@Blazuchan]

I really enjoy this Marco, understanding the music with Lore.

[@MarcoMeatball]

:)

[@machiyukirei2812]

Man i love it when marco starts speaking in orchestra. Cant wait to see a whole performance thats just marco instruments.

[@Nick-zz6te]

Oh you have to do Last Wish at some point. Still one of my favourite raids. It's beautiful and is still D2's biggest and longest raid. It's definitely not as difficult as it was originally since we've become so powerful since then but I would recommend doing it. I'd also recommend trying the Riven encounter legit once as it's intended. It's really cool to see and hear more of the music than just cheesing it.

[@KindredLamby]

Bless your soul, Marco. Always putting something up when I need it.

[@charlienuggets7443]

Much love to you, Marco! I always enjoy seeing your reactions!

[@tipsfedora3714]

yet again marco, you made me redownload a game i dropped just from listening to you talk about it. not even anyone in my personal life is capable of that. ive been binging your destiny videos and no matter how much i hate the paywalls, im blasting through em if it means i hear the soundtrack again doing all the raids

[@dragonfire4869]

OH MY GODS!! this is the best surprise ever!! I just beat riven legit for the first time two weeks ago, and have been in love with this theme since! Thank you so much for this amazing review :DD

[@millso7372]

Love these Destiny breakdowns Marco, keep em coming!

[@zizzi9806]

Wow never heard this from Destiny 2 since I only did up to Witch Queen and didn't do Raids, but this tracks pretty damn epic and magical

[@MarioPastranaGameDev]

Love your channel, great stuff!

[@Tryon_00]

Adoro le analisi che fai sulle colonne sonore di Destiny, Marco. Sappi che mi diverto sempre a guardare i tuoi video e spesso imparo anche qualcosa di nuovo! Un saluto dall'Italia! Keep up the good work!

[@HeliosW1]

This has to be my favourite destiny track by far, I am so glad that you have gotten round to listening to it too.

[@ryanschulte3742]

to me forsaken and the last wish raid is the pinnacle of design of destiny, there are multiple times were Bungie devs call Destiny fantasy sci-fi and you can see it most when you describe the raid as going to outerspace to kill a dragon in a curse city with guns and magic. Sorry I had to put your editor through that much work.

[@adamboy0559]

It really was the best raid they made by far. Long raid decently challenging mechanics a banger of a boss ost. Boss is a god dam dragon and ever after you kill her it’s still not actually even over yet youv still got to secure your kill.

[@klinetalladen]

honestly, this raid is so fun to do... even if my friends and i keep wiping... we haven't finished it. but we do keep reaching riven. our stamina just can't handle more than 5 or 6 wipes. then we call it a day and reschedule the fun.

[@chongjiayuen7324]

Funny not funny thing is, I adore these music ost and always have my own interpretation on them but rarely listen to them properly since most of the time is focusing on gameplay like Monster hunter, Genshin boss and here Destiny 2. Marco's video and channel is the perfect platform for me to sit down and listen fully, not feeling alone (mainly not feeling alone) then process those interpretation with the video as if Marco is my imaginary big brother and I'll be like "YO EXACTLY, RIGHT?" from inside while he giving more professional terms and vocabs for the breakdowns. I might be cringe but I'm so glad I found this channel, thank you for being you. Appreciate the content and effort. All love.

[@MarcoMeatball]

Aw man this is so sweet

[@ocfos88]

"Gunslinger" and the Forsaken Intro mission it's from is one I would really love a breakdown of from you, because it's such a good theme for the action that goes on. Always made me feel heroic and like it's a high-action movie.

[@cryoanubis]

One of my favorite things about this track is those strings in the back. Just the constant quick, very intense stings makes me love it. Edit: Also can I just say, I love how you really get into the music and move with it because I do the exact same thing and it makes me feel seen

[@raritybelle6876]

It's literally me on my first (and others) playthrough, listening music and shaking my head like you :)

[@AklyonX]

Excellent choice, O singer mine.

[@Dutch_Viking_91]

Probably this + shell of what was make last wish one of my favorite raids in Destiny 2. Trying to solo riven I’ve had my fair share of this one. The buildup goes so well with the fight, goosebumps to this day.

[@loverofjesusMKII]

I've been looking forward to this one.

[@simplyprime117]

One of my favorite Destiny songs, so glad u looked at this

[@joyeuxroger4648]

so happy you finaly listened to this one, this theme is why Riven is my favorit raid boss

[@DoctorWasabi]

Simply fantastic, these video analyses have been a particular pastime of mine to watch, may I recommend queens deception from the Destiny 2: Witch Queen OST soundtrack?

[@michael171]

incredible video mr marco meat ball

[@MacMan77]

I’ve been waiting for this reaction. In my opinion the best single OST from the franchise

[@BLMAN]

This track is so good, and you only listened to the Taken side of it! The non-Taken version is amazing as well. Lots of vocals in that version. Highly recommend finding a version around 10 mins or less though as these long versions tend to loop the same motifs over and over a bit TOO much. Shorter versions line it up better like an OST would.

[@andrewtherrien1643]

You should definitely take a look at the track "Shell of What Was" in the 'Queenswalk" encounter right after this. It's a fitting end to this legendary raid and a similar theme to this. One of my favorites; Last Wish as a whole is just a top tier raid experience.

[@rizreighnand6471]

"Shell of what was" and the Vault encounter theme is the other ones that are amazing to listen to

[@thermalerosion4556]

Chills every time

[@martonkolcsei4322]

18:45 is my favourite part. its absolutely amazing

[@cozysundew33]

You need to listen to Shell of What Was (Queenswalk Variation) as it's the theme that plays immediately after Riven during the heart encounter. One of the most stressful parts of the raid besides the vault.

[@ChrisAndrewsHD]

God what a beautiful track

[@iantober1987]

now this is gonna be good

[@gamesux1590]

This is probably my favorite theme in D2. I absolutely adore how it captures the size, danger, urgency, heroism, the thrill of the hunt, the magnificence of Riven, all of it. It's such a complex and beautiful piece.

[@acrimony1611]

I was just thinking to myself, its been forever since I did this Raid, I need to do it again

[@yeekko550]

You're one of the reason i got back to destiny 2,no't sure i hate you or love you for it day 9 of askin marco for a musical letsplay of titanfall 2

[@MarcoMeatball]

Lmao

[@Igwanur]

I always listen to that one when i do wow raids XD

[@bispthebear5010]

The moment i heard this i could tell that the whole theme is about each side dealing blows, first the travelers theme and then rivens and then back so fourth

[@adamboy0559]

The thing about this whole fight is that she wants us to kill her as we wish to and she feeds off wishes twisting them into her own outcome like we kill her but she isn’t actually dead and still is alive through her heart which we can’t destroy. The whole raid we wish to kill her so the outcome lore wise will always lead to her death. Essentially we got outplayed by this thing by doing what we were told not to and that’s to have an ambition as that’s what riven uses to become stronger. Also after her death she’s free no longer stuck here. “Paradise is a prison when you can’t leave” plays around after second encounter area showing riven views this place as a prison made to contain her there forever

[@joshnash-awanyo7499]

One of the things I love the most about this track (Keep of Voices) and other Dreaming City tracks is that they not only have the standard Action and High Action versions, but also the regular and Cursed versions. If you listen to the regular version of Keep of Voices, it's very high fantasy-like, using only a traditional orchestra, which really appropriately represents the mystery and grandeur of the Awoken and their architecture. But then you have the cursed version (the version that plays during the raid), and you can hear a lot more electronics and non-standard orchestral instruments, like electric guitar. It's just a really cool touch that they even represent the taken curse in all aspects of gameplay, going so far as to have it even corrupt the music. God I love the music in this game

[@Maciappula]

One of the best raids in Destiny. And the songs are amazing

[@sowxsu]

the best

[@vitorhugocamposmoura3383]

this is the only music in my leg workout playlist for 2 years now

[@saponeme2340]

This game hit its peak At Riven for me, no other time in its life-time was it as fun and challenging. Best ost of The game for me

[@cyclo_17]

The music really sells the urgent and impending feeling when doing the encounter itself, sadly too many people don't bother with doing the encounter properly

[@abuckethasoccurred]

I highly recommend the darkest dungeon and darkest dungeon 2 soundtracks, they're incredibly atmospheric and intense, and it shocks me nobody ever talks about them. A couple of my favorites are Sluice Combat, Foetor Combat, The Hamlet theme, and Town in Chaos, specifically the torchless version.

[@RasenCore]

YES my favourite OST from my favourite raid.

[@CoramDeo-wz3zz]

Once again.... YEEEEEEESSSS!!!

[@crazypens71]

This is why I listen to the music before I raid. I jam out so much

[@Levynite]

salute to marco's editor XD

[@IceRuler]

I've only ever seen Riven twice in my time of playing the game (quit the game entirely, though)) and both were during a solo run to give it chocolate. What makes me remember it is the fact that I looked up when I got into the chamber and oh man did I get so terrified that I actually ran to put the chocolate where I was supposed to. Good thing too because I died two seconds later and I had no idea why. The second time I just ran, gave the chocolate and then made the mistake of looking up again.

[@microwavemicrowave7648]

wow, i was literally thinking about how this is one of my favourite d2 tracks when i woke up this morning and now im seeing a full analysis on it. You just made my day a whole lot better

[@florensiuschristian6272]

dayum finally the masterpiece from Destiny

[@cacolyoko9958]

The orchestral version of this piece is named Keep of Voices (Action) on KZbin, it’s the non-cursed version actually 😂

[@DrPester847]

Came here from the Sisyphus analysis, and I thought it was a great in-depth look at the character of Sisyphus. Thought I'd suggest a song I personally absolutely love, and it's "The Gift" by Kevin Sherwood and Elena Siegman for Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Zombies. I'd love a bit of insight as to what the song means as, even though it's one of my favorite songs, I really get the lyrics messed up with all the characters and what's going on in the map at the time it plays (Revelations).

[@Aarkwrite]

It’s been so long since I fought Riven and I’ve never fought her legit, every time was the cheese 😂 once I got the raid exotic I never went back. This brings back memories.

[@BlackSkullArmor]

Ugh hearing this brings back PTSD trying to get that damn exotic to drop.

[@regex2660]

25:02 - 25:15 As someone who did Riven legit for around 4 hours straight, it's exactly how I felt XD. Riven legit is one the hardest and most fun challenge I have had in a video game

[@adamboy0559]

What really makes it for me is how mobile it is. Your not in one arena for the full fight you move between them doing little bits of damage till you met back up with the rest of the team and do your big dps phase then return to your team of 3 to solve puzzles whilst damaging and stunning geting eyes and surviving. So much is going on just at once and it’s great

[@_Darwin]

Did my first riven legit run with a group of LFGs 2-3 years ago who also had no idea what we were doing. Most fun 3-4 hours of my life and one of the best feelings ever after defeating her after countless wipes. Fast forward to present time, I only ever do riven legit with my friends now. It's not as hard as people think and we're usualy able to one-phase. People who cheese are missing out!

[@dwerical]

Riven's theme is so spectacular.

[@danyelpaladintheimpetuous1438]

Petition for Marco to react to some of the Bannerlord battle music. Specifically, the track called "Divide and Conquer" as it involves some pretty interesting instruments.

[@punchline1729]

BYF needs to watch this, this analysis is awesome

[@MarcoMeatball]

send it to byf

[@capnorcawolf4345]

Can't wait for a The Sanctified Mind reaction

[@Behind_you_lol]

Same that's what I'm looking forward to, since it brings back memories of being stuck there because of the glitches.

[@Kenoi_]

Oo ya gotta listen to the rise of iron soundtrack. Definitely got some good ones in there. It personally got me into destiny in the first place.

[@Grand_Etherion]

It is time for the Shell of What Was

[@schwarzegnade7503]

It's implied that Riven as she is is pretty close to the Ahamkaras true form; there's a statue of her form in the Dreaming City and Shuro at one point claims (paraphrased) that Ahamkara shape themselves to suit expectations but the Awoken had none.

[@awsomer76]

Well, Oryx did influence Riven, basically turning her into the dragon-esque thing we see today. At least I think so

[@adamboy0559]

@@awsomer76the actual form we see is the truest form of an ahamkara we can see. The awoken didn’t have desires so riven was powerless to manipulate them until uldren wanted Mara back she sees it as the perfect time to open the gates to the dreaming city and free her curse upon it wished by Savathun. She couldn’t twist savathuns deal so all she could do was after death curse the city. When we were sent in to kill her we wished to kill her so we did and in turn she become immortal her heart held her soul pretty much making her unkillable but if the heart is contained it shouldn’t ever cause any issues and that’s why we had to bring it though the queens walk to contain it

[@arcadeinvader8086]

I love all the weird stuff the strings are doing in part 1

[@Maxeh]

It’s a huge shame because 90% of Phase 2 isn’t even in the game. This song goes really hard, I’ve listened to it alot at the gym haha

[@azdownen1906]

I know you may not see this but I would totally recommend listening to Dominus Ghaul! Its a track from the original Destiny 2 soundtrack and the theme for the main bad guy in that campaign, it has some great military/cabal call backs and has one of the best "Light" themes I think Bungie ever made!

[@MarcoMeatball]

Totally :)

[@xXPUNISHER4x4]

Theres another version of Keep of voices where theres orchestra on the background would recommened since its the same as the riven soundtrack

[@karmotrine3817]

you should make a video about the first diciple and shell of what was

[@MarcoMeatball]

first disciple is on the channel and sure !

[@karmotrine3817]

@@MarcoMeatball omg i didnt found that one ty 😘

[@christiand5954]

wish this song was on spotify.

[@jurassicjohn1350]

Hey, I know this is a long shot, but I think you’d enjoy some music from Bionicle Heroes. A game from the ps2 that I feel had some really great music, and that fit in with destiny’s really well sometimes.

[@Sevenizer1]

Yes that game had some amazing music. Especially from Avak’s levels.

[@MarcoMeatball]

I'll look into it

[@jurassicjohn1350]

@@Sevenizer1 yeah, really fits with a lot of heavy guitar, even in the other levels and themes too. The main title always pops into my head when I hear destiny’s guardian theme

[@atomicbaconbits6695]

All the songs in this raid are great. Nothing beats the Vault Encounter though, five minutes of ticking then fear.

[@adamboy0559]

It’s so simple and basic of just ticking and vault noises then it just amps up

[@neotailz]

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any decent uploads of The Vault in it's entirety, but what do you think of it?

[@SKYRIPER25]

Best Destiny raid theme with Crota ❤

[@arkenstar3979]

Ah Destiny! Would love to hear your thoughts about View from Orbit :)

[@ttps__saturn]

I love all the resemblance to other destiny songs in this ONE song

[@tarkhantarkus]

I would also recommend "Shell of What Was"

[@ZHibiki]

Man Destiny's Ost just never misses

[@xogenius2619]

How have the Destiny commenters (myself included) forgotten to recommend the Grasp of Avarice OST!! I remember when they first released the OST before the expansion and I was listening to it on repeat it was so good!

[@alfecar]

1:57 always gets me!

[@RightTurn45]

MARCO have you given Iron Tomb a listen from the rise of Iron dlc from destiny 1?

[@V-Atlas]

you have got to do last wish some time man

[@just_d3spairity]

Marco of a Thousand Voices, fufilling our Wish to hear him react to this track: "I've waited so long to grant one Last Wish" :3c

[@lolosh99]

I ll just say Shadowkeep Track 10, Necropolis is my favorite piece from D2. It’s vibest moodiest sh!t ever

[@08benc]

The bit at 0:58 always reminded me of the Spider-Man soundtrack 😂

[@ianwilliams9678]

are you still playing DMC5 I really loved the gameplay and music analysis

[@MarcoMeatball]

Not for the channel!

[@EyeZee]

1:54 I’m not smart enough to understand what is happening in this section, but it’s amazing. If the second part of the song wasn’t so good, this would easily be my favourite part 🔥

[@scouttrooper2871]

Can you please do a reaction video to the theme The Hangman (Baron High Action) from Destiny 2: Forsaken?

[@devanrana8544]

After subscribing your channel. My prospective of music have changed alot. Now it makes me listen and question if i am listening to some generic background music or is there meaning behind it.

[@MarcoMeatball]

That just makes me so immeasurably happy

[@braydenanderinsandoval8060]

I really want to ask if you could react to Replicate from destiny 2 beyond lights Deep Stone Crypt raid. It plays during the fight with Atrax