Sen no Kiseki IV [BGM RIP] - Majestic Roar (Final Boss Theme 1)

Music: Majestic Roar
Composer: Takahiro Unisuga (Falcom Sound Team jdk)
Playlist: • Sen no Kiseki IV [OST ...
Source: Gamerip
Platform: PlayStation 4
Copyright© Nihon Falcom Corporation

[@titahpanutan617]

By far the best character in Sen/Steel series. Such indomitable will and even go to such lengths as to brand himself villain of the very country he was supposed to protect. Not to mentiom making his one and only blood relative alive his mortal enemy. I'm glad that at the end, he has a father son moment, if only for a short time.

[@theazureknight9399]

Not only the villain of the country, but of the whole world. And let's not forget he defeated Ouroboros and had them surrender to him.

[@elock1277]

@@theazureknight9399 The Grand Master allowed it, I am sure she could of handled the situation if need be.

[@theazureknight9399]

@@elock1277 All of Ouroboros' decisions are made by the Anguis. The Grandmaster just watches, she dosen't do much other than give gifts to members she likes, Loewe and his sword for example. And besides, we don't even know the power of the Grandmaster or even if she could hope to measure up to Osborne. Keep in mind what McBurn said when he first saw Ishmelga: "I guess there is something out there that can utterly overpower me." McBurn wouldn't have said that if the Grandmaster too could defeat him in a fight.

[@elock1277]

@@theazureknight9399 And remember in CS4 Mcburn was also going to go and fight Osborn anyway. But the Anguises will make the wishes of the Grand Master come true, which is what Vita and Maribelle where aimming to do. Just on different sides and ways, plus our beautiful Grand Master is the biggedt mystery in all of Zemuria. She is older than both the Lion Heart Emperor and the Steel Maiden combine. Her knowledge and wisdom knows no bounds. And all of which that has happen is all in her plan. She allowed everything to go the way it did because she saw it to be the benefit of her plan. (Including the betrayal of the enforcers.) I cannot defend the Grand Master and her power, is she strong enough to completely annihilate the Steel Septerrion? Who knows, but she is obtaining and breaking each Septerrion that exist. And the power that is the Aerol which can grant wishes may be enough to wipe the floor with the other Septerrions. Lets also not forget that even without the black work shop Ourobors still has plenty of brains to build powerful weapons. Professor Norvartis and possibly Professor Epstine himself. If Mcburn full power is enough to go against Rean in full power+Valimar with all Knights absorb. I say he has a fair shot against Ishmelga, and remember Ouroboroa has plenty of other weapons to combat Ishmelga as well. There is just so many more unknowns about Ourobors and what exactly they can do. I personally M waiting on Enforcer 3 and Anguis 4? (Sharron mentioned that two of her Assasin buddies got recruited as a Anguise and another as a fellow Enforcer.)

[@theazureknight9399]

@@elock1277 Yeah, but you said that you were sure that the Grandmaster could've handled him, that's not possible. Nobody can be sure of that because we don't know what she's capable of. Everything about her power level is just speculation and conjecture, there are no feats and no hard evidence. *Could* the Grandmaster end up being more powerful? Yeah. Hell, Gilbert could end up being stronger than Osborne and we just don't know yet. Anything could happen if the writers want it. But no, for now you can't be sure that the Grandmaster could handle Osborne in battle. There's no way of knowing up to the date i'm uploading this comment. So far, Osborne is confirmed the strongest villain we've seen in the series. Could there be people more powerful than him? Yup, but there's no way of knowing for sure yet.

[@ryzen2824]

YES FOUNDER! YES YOUR MAJESTY!

[@MrSasukeSusanoo]

That part really hypes you up, the feeling that even though you are before your respected past hero of history, you still need to fight accordingly and give only your best. The youth had to arise and become the foundation of a new era, defeating the reincarnation of the foundation of the actual one, truly majestic

[@guifire9747]

Not gonna lie, i have chills everytime i hear it And i don't even played the game yet ^^

[@MaskedKingDavid]

Kinda annoyed NISA changed it

[@Averi0]

@@MaskedKingDavid Eh, it's close enough to the original and I think it still works.

[@MaskedKingDavid]

@@Averi0 It's far from a terrible change, I just personally think the original sounds cooler.

[@antoniomoede9499]

God his episode in Hajimari too good it ties up his character perfectly and that final part had me in tears

[@JohnThaDreamer]

I can’t wait until Hajimari is released in the West.

[@tbxnintendo531]

​@@JohnThaDreamer Same

[@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904]

The picture that we get at the ending of his daydream is honestly my favorite out of everything.

[@marrlethefirst]

I didn't appreciate this theme as much before, but this is actually an awesome theme that suits Osborne incredibly well. The surface level of the track sounds very composed/calm compared to other boss themes, where in those tracks, it is made to sound very grandiose and even overwhelming at times. On the other hand, this theme doesn't feel like it has those moments, even the chorus/climax never feels like it goes beyond, sometimes even slowing down. However, lingering fierceness is present throughout the entire track, as if a flame is burning ferociously without ever faltering. Osborne is an intelligent and authoritative leader that is known for his cunning and strategies, but even below all that, he is an extremely strong person with such an indomitable will that he was able to completely resist Ishmelga's curse to the very end, despite it being right over his shoulder.

[@tantofaz7580]

I love this man so much.

[@Fulikia]

almost like thanos, sacrificed everything, except he left with smile

[@CS2Malk]

how unfitting to say that with a Crow profile picture. The man who shot him.

[@theazureknight9399]

@@CS2Malk Well, Osborne apologized to Crow for what he did, when else has Osborne ever apologized to anyone for anything he did? Dosen't happen that often. That's gotta count for something at least. And Crow had clearly let go of his drive for revenge as we saw in his bonding events in CSIV. And after learning the truth as to why Osborne did what he did, i'd say they parted on at least neutral terms, their score finaly having been settled.

[@optimaltt6070]

@@Fulikia yeah, no, unlike Thanos, Osborne's plan makes sense and doesn't suck. Thanos WISHES he could be compared to Osborne.

[@thealmightypuht.a.p.]

One of the best written characters in any game I’ve played. He was a villain but for the right reasons. Every vile act he committed he did for his people. No matter how vile or how ruthless he was in the end it was all for the land he loved and the people in it. Even if he had to become a monster his people despised he would become that monster if it was for them. He truly had the blood of a lion run in his veins and the will of unbreakable iron. I never been so conflicted on how I felt about a character. In the Libryl arc he is mentioned as this menace. In the Crossbell arc he appears as larger than life itself. A behemoth of a man. A unstoppable force. And in Erebonia he is fleshed out entirely. The true personification of a necessary evil. He was willing to make himself that evil. Even his greatest opposition in their final moments they do not address him as Chancellor nor his Excellency. They address him as “your Majesty”. I honestly am gonna miss him. He was foreshadowed and hyped up for so long I do not know how President Gramhart is gonna live up to him remotely. Just an awesome character. Truly.

[@TheRealMaruki]

Reminds me a lot of (Persona 5 Royal spoilers) Takuto Maruki (who I made my profile match, at least for now). He's not evil, but he's your opposition. He wants to create a perfect world, where everyone would be happy. An ideal world. The phantom thieves (you play as) like this idea, but want a world they make for themselves. The real world. The whole point of the game is destroying the corruption within the higher-ups in society, whether it be their pervert teacher, an artist who steals work, or wannabe Jeff Bezos. But Maruki is different, he's not corrupt, he's far from it. The game gives you an option to give in, triggering the "bad" ending. His theme is called Ideal and the Real, and the bad ending has a remix of this theme over the credits.

[@Resener1]

@@TheRealMarukiI do love Maruki, and I do think they share some similarities, but I think he and Osborne are different in one key way: Osborne is willing to become the necessary evil; Maruki thinks that he is the ultimate good. Osborne is taking on the entirety of the Empire’s sins in Ishmelga by bringing the world to the brink of ruin so that he can ultimately destroy Ishmelga once and for all. Maruki on the other hand believes that human suffering is something that can be cleansed by inducing a “happy ending” for everyone, and he is willing to become the arbitrator for all of humanity to achieve that. Essentially, Osborne is attempting to kill the Devil, while Maruki is trying to become God. One wants to rid the world of evil by becoming it and destroying it, while the other wants to help the world achieve the ultimate good by leading everyone to it.

[@anthonychez688]

.......you do know he was possessed/being controlled by Ismelgha right? Your manifesto about him clearly doesn't make it sound like you do🤦🏻‍♂️

[@thealmightypuht.a.p.]

@ I do. Clearly you don’t know the character. He makes it very clear in TOCS4 that he wanted to become the villain the people hated. Also Ishmelga(maybe spell it right before yapping) never had complete control. Only partial. Its why he used Ishmelga intentions against him. Maybe play the game with your eyes open this time before trying to be an elitist 🤡🫵

[@thealmightypuht.a.p.]

@@TheRealMaruki I do like the Maruki association in the sense they both are trying to basically using evil for a greater good outcome. Maruki using the power of Shadows and Palaces to create a world where everyone is living their ideal life and Osborne using Ishmelga to destroy the root of the problem thar has plagued his people since the beginning. Maruki approach is kinda different. He really resembles Aizen in the sense he wants to essentially become god to be a sentient overseer so he can make sure everyone is happy. Aizen more or less wanted the same thing. To become god so the universe was more stable and self sustainable. Meanwhile Osborne essentially wanted to take in all the evil of the land, ball it up and plan to have someone destroy it to root it out entirely. Him becoming the target of resentment and the vessel for that evil meant everyone could point their blades at him and destroy him, and by proxy, the problem once again for all.

[@JohnThaDreamer]

The writing of this whole series is what I wanted for the Final Fantasy series…

[@georocks3810]

The world building in this franchise is outstanding

[@EliBender-ku3oz]

Honestly, Falcom is a much more respectable company compared to Square Enix, especially considering how they have been going for the last few years.

[@MR.LMR1996]

Everything he did. The good, the bad and the ugly. Making himself the villain of the empire, the entire world and making his own son stand against him as his mortal enemy. All of it was done in the name of a massive all or nothing gambit to bring down Ishmelga and the Curse of Erabonia for good. Magnificent Bastard, thy name is Giliath Osborne

[@kolz4ever1980]

Ah... so the "original" storyline in every anime/manga of becoming the big bad to force peace between two sets of enemies.. Well that just ruined everything so thanks for the save, lol.

[@VClyfe]

​@@kolz4ever1980 Oversimplified way of looking at it at best. This guy was super well-written and definitely didn't act as the "big bad" to force peace between parties or anything lmao. Who even are the parties here? lol He's no Lelouch. He definitely turned out to be a "good" character in the end just like him. But he bet the fate of the world on his gamble - yes, it is for a noble cause like to ensure that the cause behind almost all the tragedies in his country (and the neighboring countries) for the past millennia don't happen anymore - but he did it nonetheless. He definitely didn't have any intention of making himself the center of all hatred in the world or anything. He had no ambition to portray himself as the big bad just for appearances' sake.

[@names-are-for-friends]

@@VClyfe nah he was mad stupid

[@names-are-for-friends]

@@VClyfe also wasn't his epic plan to feed the curse by causing as much chaos and slaughter as possible? He acted on behalf of a malign curse to cause as much suffering as possible, and the fact that he was stopped had nothing to do with his own actions at all; the only humanising trait Osborne has is that he is being controlled by an evil force, much like most of mankind

[@VClyfe]

@@names-are-for-friends not really. CS4 spoilers follow . . . . . . . Osborne's plan was to go along with Ishmelga's wish to conduct reverie till the very last moment where he'd eventually betray it and probably commit seppuku like rean does in the normal ending. There's a reason he's explicitly shown to start the final reverie prematurely - and that's precisely because he did NOT wish for maximum destruction and chaos, all he wanted was a chance to fuck up ishmelga. There's no way to really fight against him UNTIL you finish off the reveries and most of the things that happen in the game are unavoidable. It is also arguable he went to annex the regions like he did to prevent most of those from getting the same treatment as Hamel. So no, a very misunderstood character imo. He did not desire destruction but was kinda forced to take up that path because of the curse. And I do not believe he was under the influence of the curse, he was probably in control the entire time. Just didn't let ishmelga know that is how it was.

[@gazda9272]

Listening to this masterpiece with tears in my eyes as I'm waiting for Reverie's tommorow release.

[@AnimeSimp234]

Osborne is the most complicated antagonist in the entire series.

[@Darkyan97]

And the best one.

[@leehamza2943]

pro trick: watch movies at Kaldrostream. Been using them for watching a lot of movies these days.

[@dlarenceparks2211]

​@@Darkyan97 fact nothing but facts

[@TheFeezy777]

The most well respected man in any RPG

[@leone9482]

not to forget that his character was really cool and very powerful i never thought i would like an antagonist character as much as i did with him

[@NeroArisato]

Truely majestic, an honorable theme for the chancellor of iron and blood and the reincarnation of Dreichels The Lionheart, Giliath Osborne.

[@DausZero]

Truly an amazing theme, a combination of theme from cold steel 2 and 3 final dungeon

[@pondrthis1]

Yo I just realized the percussion at 2:31 actually sounds kinda like a train for the Blood and Iron chancellor. The railway system was his big thing, after all.

[@Baba-yv6ml]

Honestly they could've done with making it less subtle, like kzbin.info/www/bejne/rarbXoWLd7arg7M levels of subtlty. Although then again, maybe it'd make it sound too silly, and I feel like I've heard the clang behind the percussion in some CS song before which only adds to the idea that this is more appropriate (it's that kind of subtle near imperceptible (to my ear anyway) clang). EDIT: I realised that we weren't talking about the same thing, but I still wanted to make this point: I was listening to another song and I was hearing the clang as well, I realised that it's present in the 'The Final Choice' where the leitmotiff originated and it's also present in leitmotiff usages of that signature song such as in the Heimdallr theme from CS1 and it's generally much louder but it still makes me think of a train.

[@ohmygoditszawarudo1204]

On October 27th all of the games lead up to the final battle against Chancellor Giliath Osborne the best character from the franchise. The hype is real 47 days left

[@georocks3810]

This boss was satisfying. It was challenging and so many crucial events lead up to this. A perfect final well semi final boss

[@SoraDestiny471]

His S-Craft is cool though. Walking menacingly

[@SenseiMasterShikikan-sama]

His immense aura is the testification that you need to dogpile him with 16 people just to have a chance of beating him.

[@NeoDanomaru]

I still can't believe his S-craft can destroy your orders!!

[@nickwilliams904]

That's how OP'd he is I wish I had an S-Craft to destroy The dis Order Order

[@harrymason4300]

S-craft? You mean you didn't just spam Chrono Burst?

[@NeoDanomaru]

@@harrymason4300 Not my playstyle!! My playstyle involved spamming S-crafts while healing any and all damage taken with Moebius-enhanced items!!!

[@anthonychez688]

Is this true? Oh snap I never knew that!👀👀

[@Schinak]

A fitting theme for the end

[@lucca9234]

What an amazing theme

[@davidtimmer596]

Now, Rean. Let us begin. Together, we shall write the end to this wretched fairy tale. In ink, black as despair!

[@BLAZER_VA]

Yes your majesty

[@yupzVGM]

One of the best song of the series my god.

[@gachalibra9243]

Sen no Kiseki IV hype!

[@arengaming2170]

Fooling ishmelga for year them his son delivering the final blow to ishmelga is the best thing.. CS4 is the greatest master piece for me! What a way to end the cold steel series

[@KyunaCookies]

THAT PHANTASMAL BLAZE LEITMOTIF

[@phantom3668]

it is specifically the final choice, but i think it is used best in phantasmal blaze

[@578t7645uyb5]

To be fair it's Heimdallr's theme, which is then used in Phantasmal Blaze and other OSTs, very fitting indeed!

[@roripantsu]

thats unisuga for you

[@JetTheBaron]

Thats not even where it popped up first. It was in a lot of other themes prior to Phantasmal Blaze.

[@KyunaCookies]

@@JetTheBaron i mean yeah Its final choice XD

[@VarswordStepblade]

That screen shot doh. (o.o)

[@kawaiipotatoes7888]

His statue still there in the middle of Heimdallr.

[@farelandhikafajar5655]

current erebonia's hero vs ex erebonia's hero nice

[@JetTheBaron]

The villain built up for 7 whole games. Definitely one of the best villains in fiction.

[@GUSRG]

9 games, his first mention was on FC, at the end of chapter 1.

[@JetTheBaron]

@@GUSRG That's even crazier lmao

[@michaelrobosa146]

to think Osborne is branded as the best villain, instead of the Ouroboros organization says a lot about his character

[@buttertoast1146]

Whose ready for war Oct 27th?

[@tbxnintendo531]

GOAT Villain

[@TheKingofAndrosica]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!

[@JohnThaDreamer]

Black Lion Roar!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@lskie0608]

Light vs Dark Good vs Evil Father vs Son -*Rean Schwarzer &/vs Giliath Osborne*

[@matthewy2j]

A man clever enough to outwit other nations, effectively what is the Illuminati of Zemuria, and a lesser deity. Basically Osborne is better Little Finger in my opinion.

[@MR.LMR1996]

Osborne trolled all the major powers of the modern world. The Empire, The Republic, Oroborous, and the closest thing to his world's physical manifestation of Satan, and even though he died in the end, he won.

[@thunderkravenrifthound2288]

The Honorable Darkness of The Blood and Iron Chancellor Gilliath Osborne Reincarnation of Dreichels The LionHeart

[@TheRealMaruki]

If you think about it, both him and Rean go through similar character arcs. Labeled as heros, but behind the scenes, not so much (Rean with the great twilight).

[@EnforcerNr.XBleublanc]

with the SoftBrilliant difficulty mod for this game the Music was so much more pressing

[@emrayyyy]

especially in the third phase with his order and s craft spam

[@sorenman1]

excellent

[@AserehtGracilla]

Most epic theme

[@vader1481]

So he still got his way at the end huh

[@tbxnintendo531]

I Command You As Dreichels Reise Arnor He Who Built Your Foundation - Osborne The IronBlooded

[@Ghalion666]

Sounds much like cs2's final dungeon actually

[@marrlethefirst]

That's because they both use the Heimdallr leitmotif.

[@nesoukkefka1741]

@@marrlethefirst With similar instrument choice.

[@kawaiipotatoes7888]

this f*cking games made you hate a character then makes you love him the next game....crow and osborne for example

[@fjhatsu]

And a certain blonde backstabbing bastard in the next game from this

[@ShadowS.R.]

I never hated Crow tho. Found him hard to hate on my side.

[@mukyapradipta9577]

@@fjhatsu you mean C from hajimari?

[@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904]

@@fjhatsu his character development is one of the best, which is surprising given that it only took place in the course of 1 game yet it never feels forced.

[@Baba-yv6ml]

@@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904 From what I hear, everyone praises C in Hajimari. Makes me kind of sad two thirds of game DON'T focus on him.

[@CeceliaIsAWeeb]

I love you Giliath Osborne

[@Moody.Smiruai]

The best Villain in the whole franchise easy.

[@pondrthis1]

All these comments about how Osborne was so clever seem to be missing the point. He just threw together everyone strong he could find, and fate/Ouroboros threw him the Argent Awakener as a freebie. The fact that Teo Schwarzer raised Rean to be an amazing leader and a selfless individual, able to unite the country/Bracers/Church behind him and Valimar, had nothing to do with Osborne. The fact that the Auric Awakener was a dedicated genius was just a lucky find on Osborne's part, initiated by that Awakener. He did groom the Vermillion Awakener, but that didn't pan out very well in the long run as he was relatively weak, and the Palatinate Awakener was just hired with mira. He surely would have done better with Cassius Bright as an Awakener, or even Sara Valestein, than Rean. (A Dominion would have been amazing, but the church probably has ways to break Divine Knight pacts and seal them away again.) And if the Rivalries took any longer than they did, his timing of Operation Jormungand could have led to the true start of the World War. It was riskier than it needed to be. Fittingly, Ishmelga, the stewing hate of humanity, was doomed the moment St. Lianne fell in love with Dreichels. An immortal awakener of such might would have _eventually_ ended Ishmelga, without fail.

[@rifata3383]

Maybe yeah i kind of agree in the first part,but in the final part i absolutely disagree in final black records it says "The holy maiden's fall will herald the appearance of the false pales and the fortress of the end. Soon thereafter, the world will be plunged into the darkness of night. This fate is absolute" Lianne death is a must for the great war to begins(yknow the fortress and the pale) so rean is the only guy who can beat osborne

[@cipher-one]

You're missing the entire point if you somehow think that someone else could have taken Rean's place. The reality of the situation is that no one could. One half of Ishmelga went into Osborne and the other half went into Rean. To kill Ishmelga, you'd need to unite both halves in addition to combining the power of all seven Divine Knights as it's during said fusion where Ishmelga himself is at his most vulnerable along with his Awakener. One way or another, Rean was gonna get involved and all Osborne could do was pray he became strong enough when the day comes as he at least knew that he could count on Teo to raise him right. Also, Sara is a no go because she's not an Awakener candidate whereas Rean is. DKs are very picky when it comes to who pilots them, as Sara has been teaching at Thors for a few years and visited the Old Schoolhouse multiple times but not once did Valimar's trial open up to her or anyone else for that matter. Divine Knight trial grounds also only appear within Erebonia's territory, so Cassius can't really be brought in as he's from Liberl and essentially Persona Non Grata in Erebonia outside of special circumstances. Lianne also couldn't do shit against Ishmelga either. The most she could do was follow Osborne's plan to eliminate Ishmelga by using Ouroboros' own plans for themselves. To begin with, it's also very unlikely that Cassius and Sara would even agree to Osborne's plans because of how morally questionable some of his actions are. His plan to eliminate Ishmelga involved hurting a lot of people. As Bracers, that's something they would have been wholeheartedly against. Sara by herself wasn't even a known Bracer until fairly recently either. She only gained her fame as an A-rank during the events of Sky when Cassius went to Erebonia to assist the guild there during the Jester's incident.

[@davidtimmer596]

Nothing against Michael Sorich, but he made Osborne sound too raspy. If Osborne was gonna be recast, I wish he was played by Richard Epcar. Because what made Osborne memorable, aside from his personality and goal to end the curse by playing 5D chess, but how deep his voice was. He always had this Darth Vader like presence to him, and his voice in Cold Steel 1-3 helped reflect his intimidating and charismatic nature.

[@soniablanche5672]

imagine playing with english dub

[@optimaltt6070]

​@@soniablanche5672imagine being an obnoxious JP dub purist with no taste. The ENG dub is godly.

[@soniablanche5672]

@@optimaltt6070 you should probably check your ears because you have serious problems with them

[@optimaltt6070]

@@soniablanche5672 Oh, scathing! Did Billy from 3rd period math teach you that one? I bet you had to give up a juice box in exchange.

[@michaelrobosa146]

@@optimaltt6070 english dub sucks lmao it's an anime game. why wouldn't you play it in japanese dub??

[@かにかま-k3y]

帝都アレンジなのはいいけど印象に全く残らないBGMだった‥

[@user-natsumeg]

空からやってる人にとっては感慨深いBGMですよ！

[@さんたん-x2c]

@@user-natsumeg それは何故ですか？