Opera Singer Reacts: Somnus | Instrumental (Final Fantasy XV OST)

[@glazcanon8593]

Learning Noctis's fate, I thought, "welp, I guess this is it." I understood the situation logically, but not emotionally, and Somnus (w/vocals) changed that. Noctis, the King of a fallen kingdom was walking to his death, but he'd walk tall with silent, unwavering conviction... and I FELT THAT. Gladio, Ignis, and Prompto, were there alongside him, they grew up with him, they loved him, he was their brother and they walked him to his death... and I FELT THAT. I didn't feel sad though, it was... bittersweet? Opening up emotionally has never been my strong suit but slowly allowing myself to feel music has allowed me to understand it on a different level. I love 15, despite its many flaws, it was the game that cracked my shell and allowed me to feel the music instead of listening to it.

[@MarcoMeatball]

Stunning

[@zacatkinson3926]

XV was awesome

[@idontwannatypeaname]

A story with no happy ending. The story may have fell apart after chapter 4 but it all comes back together for the last couple chapters.

[@Korwies]

There is another version of this song called "Somnus Ultima" and it's used on the final scene of the game I think it's one of the most epic video game soundtrack I've ever heard....

[@SeanyFNF]

"This isn't just game music!" LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!

[@PossiblyIrregardless]

This song is so ICONIC for Final Fantasy XV! I first listened to this piece in the second trailer, back when it was still called Final Fantasy XIII Versus - When I did, I knew that I had to see the final work. The final product wasn't perfect, but the role this piece played absolutely was, and hearing it play with vocals on the party's final trek into Insomnia was an experience I won't forget.

[@MarcoMeatball]

Omg right

[@zacatkinson3926]

XV was perfect for me

[@js-ro5jk]

Out of all the FF games soundtracks, Somnus is an easy S tier track

[@SirYamazuki]

My friends have been trying to get me into this game for such a long time now, and while I think the game isn't for me, I absolutely love the music to bits.

[@MarcoMeatball]

It’s okay - not my favorite by any means but the music is insanely good

[@arisenpai]

If you actually enjoy games, it might just be enough to carry you through it. You can streamline a lot of content now that the game has had more time to be polished.

[@blulaguna18]

Somnus always make me cry. Its so beautiful. And i sing along to the vocal one too.

[@DT-bo1zk]

The emotional feel of this song for a moment reminds me of Code Vein's tutorial theme "March of the Lost" and Eva's theme "Requiem: Tranquility and Light" both in the same game, composed by Go Shiina, and both are masterpiece. Right from the start, before the gameplay even get to you, the tutorial theme will lead you into and throughout the entire story of this game.

[@Hermiju98]

somnus really is just a lovely song. it feels very.... resolute? for me is what i'd say. i recently found your channel and you just have lots of great stuff here, congrats!!!

[@MarcoMeatball]

Thank you so much for being here

[@igorroxas2979]

Yoko Shimomura has shaped my musical taste so much thanks to pieces like this. I discovered classical music and other game soundtracks through her art. Love your channel man, keep up the good work!

[@MarcoMeatball]

Thank youuuu

[@PurplePoss]

I would love to see your reaction to the vocal version giving how much more impactful it feels~

[@mitt8262]

The live version is so~~

[@riikka9842]

FFXV has some truly brilliant pieces of music. Of course I'm also massively into KH music, so, uh, yeah (shoutout to Ventus' theme for the latter, which I cannot listen to without tearing up. The phrasing used there is just *chef kiss*)

[@riikka9842]

And the dynamics. And how it will have a note just held with brilliant tone and it fades out and vibrato is added then... yeah. I absolutely enjoy the more epic and bombastic stuff she composes too, but she is magic with the other stuff.

[@lertox00]

I haven't played this game, but this was used by a friend of mine as a major motif in his dnd campaign (he was the dm, i was a player) and the discussion on transcendence is something that really resonated with me. It's incredible how much power there is in music, even removed from its original context. "This isn't just 'game' music" might be a very simple sentiment, but i truly appreciate the way you articulated it.

[@andrebastos3785]

Man, this is my favorite song of all time. I usually go for heavy and hyper stuff that gets me energetic, but this song was just too beautiful. It's really melancholic but still peaceful in a way. Really does make me reflect on the pains and qoes of life but still hang in there for what feels like a more hopeful future. I love this author and this is her magnum opus in my opinion. This song is so good aaaaaahhhhhh.

[@Elma-cy4rk]

Fun fact: this was composed by Yoko Shimomura, the same composer who did the Xenoblade Chronicles Title Theme. The two tracks have striking similarities.

[@miscielrossvillegas6307]

Man when this track was playing when you're picking the one photo because Noctis knows he is walking into his final moments and suddenly while you're sifting through your photo album you just recall your entire adventure with your bros and loved ones. It made me ugly cry.

[@MarzBaer]

FFXV is really special. Whenever I hear this piece I can’t help but think of the moment at the start of the game where King Regis is chasing Noctis down the stairs, knowing he didn’t have much time left but desperately trying to cling to what he knew would be his last conversation with his son. Doing all he could to try to impart some lasting advice without worrying Noctis or giving him any reason to think anything was amiss. But in his last words, you could see in his eyes the overwhelming sadness of a father saying his last goodbye to his son. My father had the same look the last time we spoke. He passed away last week and I miss him so much. So I find myself coming back to this song.

[@alaaranaranoya1499]

Absolutely love your content, it’s my favorite discovery on youtube since I first came across Alex Moukala’s channel. I adore how in-depth and knowledgeable about music you are, and how your intense passion shows through every reaction to a note or comment. Most wholesome content out there.

[@MarcoMeatball]

I truly and profoundly appreciate this comment

[@frenchfriessss]

This piece convinced me to buy a PS4 along with this game. I myself was surprised when I found I wanted to spend so much money over a music track, but really, Somnus is special, magical. I tear up almost every time I listen to it...it makes me feel something like longing, it's a hard feeling to describe but I just love this piece. I'm so happy to have bought FFXV. It's become one of my favorite games of all time. It's not a game you play for the story (while it IS good if you watch Kingsglaive and do the Episodes (DLC)) but rather I think it's meant to be played more... slowly, without a care about whether or not you're advancing. Just enjoying exploration with the bros (I have the platinum trophy and hundreds of hours played so I think I know what I'm talking about lmao). The ending always makes me cry btw, i get too attached😭 (another song I love from this game is Ardyn's Theme (II), it shows his character SO well! also Home Sweet Home and Episode Ignis Theme!)

[@dragonpride95]

I can’t listen to this piece without getting emotional, it hurts so much! 🥺😭

[@requiem8940]

Well said, it was always a struggle to put to words why I have such an affinity with this music but you summed it up quite well! Thank for always putting yourself out there!

[@MarcoMeatball]

❤️❤️❤️ thanks for receiving

[@ferociousmop6642]

FF has some amazing music in general but I have especially loved the music from XV. The Florence and the machine FFXV songs are some of my favorites.

[@mitt8262]

Magna Insomnia is also a really outstanding song from ffxv, is the final boss theme, you should try it

[@groudonvert7286]

Without listening Ardyn's theme first I'm not sure you can appreciate that them that much.

[@steliosmakrogiannis2003]

Always you feel the music you hear and thats what matters!! This theme always makes me feel sad and nostalgic for some reason I was in tears when I first listened Somnus but the version with the lyrics Keep up the good work!! React to more FF music Nier and try Kingdom Hearts!!! Yoko Shimomura is the composer in Kingdom Hearts too!!!

[@MarcoMeatball]

I didn’t realize! I will!

[@vialomur__vialomur5682]

This song is so beautiful!

[@weekells09]

I never often comment, however I’ve fallen in love your content that you produce. The very emotion that have during several of your videos is something you don’t see on this platform and I thank you allowing us the viewers into your personal moments like this. Your words, everything you speak about has given me some happiness since I found it, this week was a rough one as someone I knew and care about is no longer here and your videos have helped me heal. Walk tall, my friend.

[@MarcoMeatball]

I am very grateful to read this, Ryan. I understand loss like that. I’m glad music has provided you a balm at least a little. Glad you’re here.

[@dffagundo]

Marco, those were some of the wisest words I've ever heard concerning the power of music, not just videogame music. You've just put into words what surely everyone feels while listening or later putting things into perspective. Thank you!! 🙌 Oh, and Luna sure is one gorgeous puppy 😄

[@MarcoMeatball]

Thank you Diogo. Thank you.

[@TheDriver458]

This song was in my 2021 top 5 list on Spotify. It's so soothing and yet somber as well, great for long drives. Would this song work as the opening song for a wedding, I wonder.

[@mangaflipnoteanimations6159]

After that discussion, I'm in love with you... I needed to hear your speech about music❤️

[@MarcoMeatball]

Happy to help!!!

[@Smiley-ps1yc]

oooh He is so professional alright ! He never stops the Song or killing the mood or Killing THE ZONE ! 🤩

[@MarcoMeatball]

i do it normally.

[@Smiley-ps1yc]

@@MarcoMeatball YES YOU ARE ! 🤣

[@Jakco808]

What you said at the end was beautiful and that's what I do everyday. Letting that music wash over me with emotion

[@iTzOminousTic]

Saw Somnus, instantly liked. Lmao

[@mitt8262]

bro same

[@MarcoMeatball]

🤣

[@janaboo9285]

I cannot listen to this song without tearing up. It's just like...pain...sorrow...loss...determination...victory...peace all wrapped into one package. Still working thru FFXV, so I haven't heard it in context yet, but this song makes me pick up my idle guitar every time I hear it.

[@IMB4L4ND]

Love this channel and your reactions! You really love music and it shows. I would suggest pretty much anything from the FFXIV soundtrack, but here are two examples I really like: Zodiark Theme for opera choir as main instrument or Flow for a much more calm piece.

[@MarcoMeatball]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@Kowsky2805]

My god, the emotions you show in these types of songs is just so infectious.

[@MarcoMeatball]

:)

[@yarion4774]

Never played much of final fantasy. But the music is always great. Also, adorable doggo.

[@Blackfox2602]

I think I needed this one today

[@MarcoMeatball]

You’re welcome glad you’re here

[@kuyacoolin5267]

amazing video!! one of my favorite tracks from the whole series, thank you!

[@MarcoMeatball]

Thank YOU.

[@samrajesh6008]

Great choice of theme to react to, this one’s easily one of my favourite themes from this amazing game, love your perspective on it as usual!

[@MarcoMeatball]

Thank you so much!

[@icegoddesslexra]

XV had it flaws, but damn was it's music a fucking masterpiece. I LOVE this game and it's soundtrack. Somnus is probably one of my overall favorites from Final Fantasy as a whole. Damn is the piece so powerful. This track never fails to make me feel powerful emotions, whether it be about the game itself or something personal for myself, it always invokes something powerful. It's cathartic, this piece.

[@MrRidhuan99]

OMG SAME. The accepting things for the way things are part

[@chromaarts5921]

"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so"

[@JustCauseFan]

Somnus and Lightnings Theme will forever be treasured music pieces

[@falsefugo]

I was listening to this song when i had to say goodbye to my family and loved ones as I was going to live abroad and continue my studies there It gets me everytime because it reminds me of that sadness of letting go but also a new page for a better future

[@ArturiaCelas]

Another song comes to mind, HIKARI, Instrumental. I am beyond joyed to come across your analysis of video game music. My favorite by far is your words dor Kuroi Uta and Kainè

[@MarcoMeatball]

thank you so much

[@hifijunkieTX]

I've played the FF series since the early 1990s. While Nobuo Uematsu wrote some of the most iconic pieces of music from the series that I still revisit fairly often, Shimomura did a beautiful job with FFXV and wrote some of the most gorgeous pieces of 'video game' music ever written. I am very glad that soundtracks for games are getting more respect.

[@mini-mei]

I love to just listen to music (mostly soundtracks) and send my mind on a journey.

[@eoschar2758]

Ohhh the puppy:D how cute This final fantasy was the first I played. And the intro music well it left me quite surprised and emotional. With vocals is even better. Btw i want to see Luna more:D

[@MarcoMeatball]

I’ll work on that 🤣

[@presidentnaruto3152]

Most of my nights, i listen to this song (with the vocals) to sleep.

[@Gilgamesh97C]

This song means a lot before it was tied to XV listening to song brings up a pain and my childhood A certain duality it feels sad yet hopeful

[@nicolaslopezquintero1654]

I read Somnus and saw a puppy to go straight to the like button! though your reaction is as amazing as the song!

[@MarcoMeatball]

🤣🤣🤣 Luna appreciates your like

[@Millennial_Echo]

Honestly, I love this song, and the vocal version as well as so many others in the soundtrack as a whole it can en volk so many feelings, as any soundtrack should, be it for a movie, tv-show or video game. And I've always been a sucker for soft, sombre music in games, sometimes I'll find myself just standing still listing to the music, looking at the scenery. One game, in particular, I find that can do that is from Silent Hill. Yeah a horror game, but when you listen to the soundtracks, walking through an empty street in the early morning where no a soul can be seen, it brings a sense of calm and a time to contemplate. I'm not sure if you've ever played any of the Silent Hill games or even heard the music, but I'll mention a few songs from Silent Hill 2 that (to me) can bring a sense of calming or where you can just let your mind go. I've listened to these tracks when reading, doing school work, going for walks or riding on a bus/driving a car. White Noiz, Ordinary Vanity, Promise (Reprise), Null Moon, The Day of Night, Magdalene, Prisonic Fairytale, True, and Theme of Laura (Reprise) Now there are a ton of iconic songs in these games (Theme of Laura especially) but I went for ones that aren't bombastic or over the top. But for now, I just decided to go for the most well-known/beloved out of all Silent Hill games. (Though I love them all equally/for specific reasons in their respective stories, even the disliked ones) though these songs are not very long, they still give so much in the game or just listing to the song as is. If you do give them a listen or you'd like more suggestions for Silent Hill music I'm more than willing to list some more songs for you.😊

[@MarcoMeatball]

I’m editing the main theme to SL3 rn actually as it was a patreon request :)

[@Millennial_Echo]

@@MarcoMeatball oh cool, I think it'll be a song you'll enjoy. The singer, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, sung so many songs in the Silent Hill games. And even recently for The Medium (which is also a really good horror game) so I think you'll enjoy what music they have to offer.😁

[@echoa110]

Not sure if this is the place and time for giving a recommendation, but although its more or less a walking simulator, the soundtrack of "Everybody's Gone to the Rapture" is absolutely outstanding.

[@MrAwkwardRandom]

Love your stuff!

[@MarcoMeatball]

Thank you!!!

[@VTWitch90]

I’d love to hear/see your reaction to Lilium the opening theme song to the anime Elfen Lied. It’s an incredibly somber, sad and beautiful piece of music I think you’d really enjoy 🤗😉

[@AngelOfDaydreams]

I love how you view music. Since my childhood have I listened to things from different counties, other languages because it was able to transport me to so many wondrous states of mind. It could get me active. Bring me hope. And make me feel when other things couldn't. It is one of the reasons music is important to me. My taste in music was often the target of bullies but they at least could never take music away from me. I'd like to suggest something to you. Which is, Nightwish Ghost Love score (live at tampere) Nightwish is a symphonic metal band. Thuomas who composes the music is a brilliant muscician and I am sure that his works and the band will not disappoint you. Another one I'd like to recommend is Erutan. She is someone from youtube who made beautiful music on youtube. The Willow Maid is one of my favorites. Hope you have a great day and again, thank you.

[@gelbana]

Speaking of music that elevates you and makes you feel part of something bigger, you should check out Flow from Final Fantasy XIV! I highly recommend it. ^^

[@patrickrattan8904]

My Dad was a band director and my mom is a piano teacher so I grew up around all types of music, which has shaped me into being a very big music enthusiast. I also have a love for video games, so finding your channel has been amazing. I'm enjoying every video and I love how you can usually spot on describe what is going on in the games or with a boss solely based on the music. Easy subscribe from me and can't wait to see more! Also, I haven't gone through all the videos yet so I could have missed it, but would you be willing to cover some Kingdom hearts music? some favorites of mine are Dearly Beloved (listening to the differences between the Kingdom Hearts 1 and 3 version would make for a great video IMO). A few others are Roxas's Theme, Destati, and The 13th Struggle. Thank you for the amazing content!

[@MarcoMeatball]

thank you Patrick! Probably starting with Hikari because i listened to it recently :)

[@patrickrattan8904]

@@MarcoMeatball heck yes! Can't wait to hear it

[@Yilue]

AHH MAN LUNA IS SO CUUUTE. But damn I was going to request somnus in the discord but I had a feeling you might do it. I just love this song. I learned a part of Ardyns theme on piano and this will be next. Kinda weird I chose Ardyns theme overe this lol. I'm just a sucker for evil themes I guess. But I duno with somnus I feel like I can just sit down chilling and thinking. Kinda remind me of how noctis sits in his chair/throne in one of the versus xiii trailers. It leaves me without worries, puts me at peace even. Also love the version with lyrics. AHH this games ost will never leave me, its just amazing. Japanese games always have osts I love its awesome. Not saying I dont like game osts from other countries, theres some really top picks that arent japanese but japanese games always shoot pretty highly very quickly. Loving the content and community man

[@MarcoMeatball]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ sleep deprived but worth it. It is staggeringly beautiful.

[@Skeleton-chan]

It's hard not to feel what the developers want you to feel when this track plays. Even when the story isn't batting for the fences, you can count on the music to keep you invested in the moment which I truly respect. I do have a bit of an oddball recommendation for you. Spinal's theme "Warlord" from the Killer Instinct reboot. It's a Swedish war prayer begging an ancient warrior god to save them from their imminent death, backed with the sound of a traditional horn made from human bone called a Kangling.

[@xPrincessGarnetXVI]

You should react to the song with singing that woman's vocals are incredible

[@Arthrexx]

To me, XV has a special place. It wasn't perfect. At times it even got frustrating, especially towards the end. I have written a very long steam review as well. But it has some of the best tracks ever for any Final Fantasy (XIV excluded because that would be just unfair) and it also had characters that I enjoyed. Aranea, Ignis, Prompto... Even the villain was good. Someone who got kicked around by the gods, betrayed left and right and eventually just had enough and wanted to see the whole world burn.

[@Luis-hf9ue]

Magnific theme

[@v1n5aja]

The way that this song means "sleep" in latin and the main character called Noctis in a game where the logo is a sleeping goddess

[@MarcoMeatball]

😧

[@pignebula123]

I HIGHLY recommend “Monster of God” and “To the Night of War” from Hellsing Ultimate.

[@Official_MikeyT]

I'm actually playing FFXV right now!

[@natashagilbert3]

I was gonna say if you don’t love somnus, I’d have to unsubscribe 😂 it’s one of the most beautiful songs ❤

[@saint_luiz]

You have to hear the vocal version.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

So I looked through your uploads and didn't see anything from the incredible Dragon's Dogma, so I'd like to suggest Eternal Return or Coils of Light (the English or Japanese version of the latter) from that soundtrack. The first tells the story of the world in which the game takes place and of an ancient man who discovered a startling truth, while the English version of the second tells the story of a boy whose fate sets up the game's expansion, and the Japanese version tells the story of his adopted mother. They're masterworks all, can't go wrong.

[@mjtechnoviking44]

Is the translation actually different? That’s nuts.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

@@mjtechnoviking44 Yeah! It's really cool. Usually when you hear about something like that it's because of a translation error but it was a deliberate choice so they could use each language to tell a different side of the story. It doesn't really reveal more about the story than you can learn from in-game text and dialogue, but it adds some "texture." Also EN is sung by a boy while JP is sung by a woman to reflect their relationship as mother and son. In the JP version she talks about the experience of dying and the warmth she felt wash over her during her transformation, the fact that she never said goodbye to Ashe before leaving on her final journey and dying, wondering why it is significant that the Arisen's heart is removed specifically (that's the plaintive question at the climax of the song where the boy in the EN version asks "what future didst thou envision?"; she instead says something like "what did you mean by this scar on my chest?" which is something the Arisen retain even if they turn into dragons themselves; Ashe's question is fittingly to Greta herself, who was his Dragon, but her question is the her own Dragon, or even to the Seneschal), and wonders if the entire cycle and "dogma" is simply a meaningless dream or illusion and wonders why, then, the Arisen continue to fight. She concludes by singing the game's main vocal motif again except it's the English version ("O, now I have seen the dragon's dogma/unbound-by-time, all-binding, grand design./Land, and skies, and seas yearn/Finish the cycle of eternal return," which is semantically the same in Japanese, just the line/word order is shuffled around a bit to make it fit lyrically and grammatically (or probably the English version is shuffled; the Japanese version was probably written first)). I always tear up listening to the English version when he gets to that climactic verse that goes "when thou pulledst this boy from the sand/didst thou see him bearded with brand?/and along the coils of light (when our blades took flight!)/what future didst thou envision?" It sounds heroic and exciting on its own because it evokes their heroic past and contains a crescendo, but within the context of the story it's crushing because he's earnestly begging for an answer, whether Greta knew the long torture she was dooming both of them to simply by saving his life, and wondering whether it would have been better for her to have let him die as a child rather than making him grow up with a warrior for a mother, who would risk her life constantly and inevitably die in battle, spurring him to take up the sword himself and follow in her doomed footsteps seeking revenge.

[@mjtechnoviking44]

@@vitriolicAmaranth it’s been too long since I read the tablets but if she became a full on dragon then she would have had to lose to the seneschal. There were explanations for the lesser dragons I think in Capcoms official guide or something where they were either arisen or pawns who lost to the dragon and their vocation determined their subspecies.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

@@mjtechnoviking44 Yeah, she did become THE Dragon (Ashe thought he was going to fight the same dragon Greta fought, then realised it was Greta herself) so she did fight the Seneschal. But if you're referring to the part where I said she might be asking the dragon or even the seneschal, I mean that it's about the scar on her chest, for which the dragon was more directly responsible. A funny thing with the lesser dragons is wyverns were rogue classes, and their heart-scar is on their back instead of their chest, implying that while they stood up to the dragon at first, when things started to look bad they tried to run away and got their hearts yanked out through their backs.

[@aribethrose]

My favourite theme of FFXV is Apocalypsis Noctis !! hope you can react someday too ^^ Beautiful Luna !!!!!!!!!!

[@MarcoMeatball]

Its here :)

[@aribethrose]

@@MarcoMeatball just see it now ! :D

[@LegacyArkGames]

If you're a FF15 fan, Marco, have you ever watched the Kingsglaive movie? You'd probably really like it, if not! I did, for sure. It also clears up/shows some vital things in the story which we don't get to see on screen in game.

[@samuraiwarrior87]

Just don't close your eyes while driving listening to this song. 😂

[@emmanuelporte4201]

ALL HAIL ARE QUEEN YOKO!!!!

[@angel__king]

The violin in this… hurts me. Like to me it feels like regret but knowing you can’t go back and change the past and just have to move on. Like painful and hopeful all at once. It’s beautiful and hurting at the same time

[@MarcoMeatball]

Yes

[@ShutterSnapped]

FFXV had a lot of well deserved criticism but it's characters, music and those last emotional bits at the end of the story were remarkable. Absolutely worth playing in my opinion for those alone.

[@handtomouth4690]

These aren't video game tracks but I find them to be incredible pieces of music to me, they are from a show called RWBY. I also recommend they are listened in this particular order, because it's a saga of songs that tell a story. Path to Isolation Mirror Mirror Mirror Mirror pt 2 It's My Turn This Life is Mine All composed by Jeff Williams and the singer is his daughter Casey Lee Williams. Mirror Mirror came out first but Path to Isolation is kinda like a prequel to it. In fact Path to Isolation is the last song to come out in relation to this little story arc, lol. However I understand if you don't want to do it, it opens the doors to anime, cartoon, movie music etc that isn't what this channel was supposed to be centered on. But if you're ok with expanding the scope of the channel that's cool too.

[@MarcoMeatball]

I’ll listen to these privately for certain!

[@handtomouth4690]

@@MarcoMeatball ok!

[@decapulet]

This is the game that i only watched people finish it. I played it myself but never finished it cause it's too sad 😔. I dont wanna send noctis to his death with my own hands & controller ....

[@ebacyes]

I love all your videos so much, I would love to get your reaction of Monster of God from Hellsing.

[@Nepu_Nep]

FFXV may not be everyone's favourite Final Fantasy game. But I feel like it's a masterpiece in writing and music despite its gameplay (which I still enjoyed). And it's my favourite Final Fantasy game by a longshot, yes, I think it's leagues better than VII

[@glen3133]

play this song at my funeral. it is the undisputed number one for me. there is nothing else to say. while i prefer the versus xiii version (that sadly doesn't exist officially :D) somnus is just on another level altogether. i have it playing constantly on my wallpaper engine. sitting here on a friday morning during vacation, with chill vibes and coffee in hand, there is nothing more magical than these couple of minutes.

[@TakiroLP]

Somnus is a good song and Yoko Shimomura has some powerful songs! I would like to see a react from you for "Vector to the Heavens" and "Hikari" from Kingdom Hearts. Both are beautiful orchestral songs, and your opinion would interesst me!

[@ancientflames]

You're exploding man great job hope you can finally pay some bills with your vids

[@MarcoMeatball]

❤️❤️❤️ I appreciate you.

[@vernersala]

Have you listen to Kingdom Heart OST? I believe they have some songs that you may like, also another song who has soul in it that i recommend is Pentakill - lightbringer (acoustic versión). Greetings for every1. 😁👍

[@MarcoMeatball]

I really haven’t!!!

[@joonDOWN]

I am expecting a cover for this. plz. plz. :]

[@MarcoMeatball]

Looking into it will be easy enough

[@1AM1AM]

I'm curious if you would consider doing a cover of this song

[@MarcoMeatball]

No idea where to get transcriptions :/

[@michaelcuillere5202]

When i hear somnus i feel like noctis since my dad died last august... Why didnt he tell me he is feeling ill... I couldnt save him... I just saw his lifeless body....

[@MarcoMeatball]

My dad died in January. You’re not alone.

[@k1r0v]

Would love to see you react to some Dark Souls 3 boss music like the opening theme or Abyss Watchers theme

[@MarcoMeatball]

i have!

[@maulalhaq1183]

I recommend you Mr to react Suikoden theme. Especially suikoden 2 opening :)

[@michaelcuillere5202]

The song jits different now that i lost my dad too

[@MarcoMeatball]

😭 sorry my friend. I know.

[@jibbod8499]

You should consider reacting to some Kingdom Hearts songs, especially the ones by yoko shimomura and hikaru utada. I've watched most of your reactions, they're right up your alley.

[@MarcoMeatball]

Which ones?

[@jibbod8499]

@@MarcoMeatball There are so many good ones it's hard to choose, but some notables you would like are Fragments of Sorrow: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmWQZIqujtWsedE and The Other Promise: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnnNgGOhftJ4pZY

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

…was that clip of the beginning one of your performances?

[@MarcoMeatball]

Yes! An outdoor event :)

[@LordMembrane]

Give a listen to Grissini Project´s covers of this , Attack on Titan and Nier´s "Grandma"

[@endless2239]

consider reacting to World of Warcraft's *Invincible* it has some "medieval" hymn vibe, also *lament of the highbourne*, those have lyrics videos btw. Edit: ah, forgot to say, that pup is beautiful, insta like from me.

[@MarcoMeatball]

thank you, i am lucky to have her.

[@daverku]

If you liked this style of a main theme, you should look into Xenoblade Chronicles 1 main theme. Its the same composer and has a similar vibe to it. ( I can only reccoment the entire Xenoblade Soundtrack btw)

[@MarcoMeatball]

It was a PayPal request so it will come :)

[@chromaarts5921]

Would love to see you do ff15 the mystic theme

[@Sugabastian]

Ngl but I didn’t like FF XV like many people but I will say this when I booted up the game and had that song just playing there on the menu I just had to sit there for a minute and just listen to it

[@MarcoMeatball]

It's a tricky game and the story was so disjointed but damn if the music isn't so good

[@blubberfeet5430]

Oh no Luna is gonna learn music! We are all doomed!

[@Pampagruel]

Two cute puppies

[@MarcoMeatball]

😩🙏

[@wbgospel]

As flawed as Final Fantasy XV is, somehow Shimomura, Nomura and Tabata manage to give a heart to this game. You should definitely check out the original track from FFXV with the female voice, I'm sure you'll love it :)

[@MarcoMeatball]

I do ❤️ the instrumental just hit me slightly harder when I listened recently

[@wbgospel]

@@MarcoMeatball oh I totally understand, I have lots of tracks too that I like better without lyrics, I get more emotional with sounds than spoken words. Since you like Somnus I think you'll really like the opening theme of Xenoblade Chronicles, it's also made by Yoko Shimomura (also Kingdom Hearts soundtracks are just beautiful).

[@MarcoMeatball]

@@wbgospel Was a paypal request :) Just have to edit it.

[@italoa.9168]

Despite the boy band, FFXV is a really cool game and I hat a great time playing it. Always had to stop for a few minutes at the menu just to listen to the main theme, haha. I really don't get all the hate.