Studio Musician | Guilty Gear Xrd OST Reaction & Analysis

[@AzureAiluren]

The Xrd songs aren't complete until you've listened to SIX BLACK HEAVEN'S GUNS and Sky Should be High

[@SchizoGuitarist]

And Heavy Day too

[@pantspants7018]

my brother in christ storyteller

[@AzureAiluren]

@@pantspants7018 My brother in christ, I can't just list the entire album. Or rather I can, but I'm not going to.

[@Shun01000]

Wanna be crazy

[@TheNicokapo]

_Give it_ _Give it_ _GIVE IT UP_ *_YOU BASTARD_*

[@tsugu9146]

Freesia is my all time favorite in the series. The lyrics are most probably about Sol and Aria, but the person that uploaded the video chose a very nice moment between Ram and Elphelt anyway (and yes, they're sisters) I would like to recommend Storyteller for the next one :3

[@aganaom1712]

Freesia most closely relates to ky I believe. Songs that are most closely tied to sol that are like Freesia are Divide My Heart and Icarus

[@glad16252]

In Freesia you can really feel the Freddie Mercury inspirations in Daisuke very clearly Storyteller is amazing and I hope he reacts to that one next too

[@FlutterSwag]

Its so emotional, pure queen Its like a whole song based off the last minute of 'let me carve ur way'

[@venomousasian6579]

The cool thing about Ride the Fire is that it'll replace whatever song was playing once Sol transforms, truly an "oh shit" moment

[@SuperHexer123]

The slower Guilty Gear tracks are absolutely beautiful...like all of them, also causal reminder Daisuke is a major Queen fan and the slower songs are where it REALLY shows. All I can do is my favorite of all the slower tracks, but Freesia is easily my number 2 fav, followed by Lily.

[@wanabdulhadi1268]

Xrd has a lot of awesome ballads; my favourite including Lily, Birthday Train, Icarus

[@pian-0g445]

Interesting for Freesia is you can interpret it in many ways. Maybe a love song between Sol and Jack-O, or the bond shared by the valentines, But interestingly enough, in the story mode, was used between a relaxing scene between Sol and Ky. So, it may not actually be a love song either. With Sol and Ky having been in conflict more often than not, Xrd was the first canonical time they were actually just chilling with each other.

[@luiscarlosperezchavez9484]

You can actually seeing the negation of Frederick from get over aria and hot new life

[@andrewfraser924]

I can't wait to see this man listen to Storyteller Also he miss two more vocal tracks that are on the Strive albums: Name of Heaven, Talk About You

[@J2ojuiced95]

There’s also Rock and Roll, Rock Hard Maniac that one always seems to get overlooked.

[@reptilechurrasquero9048]

​@@J2ojuiced95 isnt this xrd?

[@mankdemes8887]

@@reptilechurrasquero9048 nah season 2 of strive

[@reptilechurrasquero9048]

@@mankdemes8887 oh mb then

[@andrewfraser924]

@@J2ojuiced95 I didn't know this song existed until looking Necessary Discrepancy again

[@soft5454]

Dude, you should listen to "HEAVY DAY" next time, it sounds really great!

[@MECHA_DI]

Heavy day is my #1 fav song

[@toughbreaker3378]

Back to back!

[@Luv_sicc]

"Dice." Is still my favourite Guilty Gear song of all time. While technically not from Xrd, it is a part of it's soundtrack. And as a bonus, there are 0 reactions to it on youtube so far, hint hint

[@d0ttxt]

Same! Only other person I have ever seen with Dice as a favourite

[@Jolly_Jack]

man, I love freesia but I think a theme that doesn't get enough love from Xrd is "Lily" which is the ending credits theme from Xrd -sign- also, saludos desde chile

[@katunu6030]

Lily is literally my favorite theme 😭

[@FlutterSwag]

Birthday train, lily, freesia are just all so good!

[@LNMTerry]

I don't know if you knew, but one of the super moves of Ky Kiske is called Ride The Lightning.

[@KashKey-]

If we're doing Xrd songs you can't do Xrd without doing Heavy Day. It's fucking iconic. Same goes for Icarus, the anthem of all whiffed DPs. Also, Ride the Fire. That is the song that plays whenever Sol Badguy uses his Dragon Install in a match. This is his true Gear form. It lasts at most 15 seconds, but is also Sol at his most terrifying, most powerful, and in gameplay, most unga. That's why it has the lyrics "Guns and Steel that's what I am," because he's a gear, and "Corrupted Sun yeah that's my name." I think that one spells itself out. It's just a song about Sol going all out and saying "*Congratluations. You die immediately.*" Oh! And we missed an amazing Strive song! Talk About You! It was beautiful! I can't believe we forgot about it!

[@arkdetective]

The name of heaven was also missed. That and talk about you are no joke, probably my favorite songs in strive.

[@justingabriel1765]

I swear guilty gear has no bad music, they have some great emotional songs plus the crazy rock/metal music and I just can’t get enough of it

[@ShikiRyougi05]

I'm sry but i gotta say...perfection can't please me is kinda ass

[@hozcar30]

@@ShikiRyougi05 It isn't

[@ShikiRyougi05]

@@hozcar30 just my opinion. The song attacks my soul. In an aggressive and harmful way

[@hozcar30]

@@ShikiRyougi05 Good

[@kaz7886]

@@ShikiRyougi05 As it should.

[@maxmanchik]

Dude, Daisuke always makes the lyrics. He's the original, he's the OG, the creator

[@KaptainKommissar]

he knows

[@katunu6030]

God I can’t wait for Lily and Icarus. Those are my favorite songs in all of guilty gear along with Freesia. The 3 main ballads of Guilty Gear.

[@kusanagi3579]

Funny that you mentioned Ride the Lighting that's one of Ky Kiske's signature moves. Lot's of moves are named after songs and bands, like Millia's Iron Maiden and half of Slayer's moveset being named after Queen songs.

[@peakbow]

While not from Xrd, The song "Pillars Of The Underworld" from the Korean OST of Guilty Gear XX is a great instrumental track.

[@ShikiRyougi05]

I still can't believe how good the korean ost is lmao

[@jerdure]

This track is unreal, the unison line of the intro kills me every time

[@rockcandyplanet]

Since nobody has yet, I'll explain Raven briefly for more insight on this theme. He's an immortal originally from medieval germany. He was a solider who died during the crusades, only to wake up again and realize no matter what he did he could no longer die. After 1000 years of living, most things have grown dull to him and life has lost its savor. One of the few things that makes him feel anything anymore is experiencing as much pain as possible, the lyrics like fearing of becoming "just a machine that breathes" or "live a worthless life, that's death" reflect his ideas on living. But by the end of XRD he's gained a new purpose in being a storyteller for future generations, hopefully keeping the stories from across history alive. Raven has a lot of depth to him that I didn't get into but he's one of my favorite guilty gear characters and his theme is also one of my fave gg songs :]

[@KenjTheSnek]

Correction, he was BEFORE the crusades. And he was basically drafted into several normal wars as a pretty good soldier.

[@ok_fb]

@@KenjTheSnek correction, op was talking about original crusades, not GG crusades

[@lolasian1016]

Unironically, Freesia is one of my favorite songs of all time and I'm really glad someone finally got to react to it.

[@kingofgrunder5494]

I just wanna let you know that your pure joy and excitement is so infectious. It makes me feel like I'm listening to these songs for the first time again.

[@mikotoba707]

Ride the Fire does indeed play when Sol transforms, it changes the song currently playing by force (so it kinda became a meme because Sol players always transform, even in risky situations where you want to play patient) Ky Kiske's signature attack is named "Ride the Lightning"

[@VeeZzz123]

First time hearing Xrd OSTs too, I was missing out

[@BreedableVaporeon0978]

I miss Bedman ;-; he was such a nerd I miss him

[@JimmyHimself]

Bro me too

[@ShikiRyougi05]

And his goofy ahh win quotes

[@0hadd]

tf is bros username

[@MouldyBoss]

Is bed man the bed or is bed man the man in the bed?

[@harve2321]

@@MouldyBoss Well, in Xrd Bedman is a man in the bed his name is Romeo. In the end of Xrd *SPOILER* he dies, so in Strive ingame charcter name is "Bedman?", and there is girl, who is his sister - Delilah. So we kinda don't know what exactly happened, but either Romeo "spirit", or part of his "spirit" somehow is in the mechanical bed, or the bed just follows his last command to protect Delilah. Hence question mark in the name. Sorry for my english, ain't my first language.

[@g0wl778]

I haven't seen anyone comment it yet but Ride The Fire only plays when you use Dragon Install on Sol forcing him back into his Gear form. He gains significant damage output but starts actively dying so you as the player have to literally ride the fire as your health burns away. But most people who are skilled enough to weave Dragon Install in somehow are almost certain to win thus the cocky-ness of the song lyrics.

[@MECHA_DI]

Does it actually drain your health in XRD? I ignore my health bar so I never notice

[@jackthatistheripper]

​@@MECHA_DIlol me too, never noticed when I activated dragon install in sign that my health bar went down, maybe it's the thing in rev 2?

[@vas1625]

He physically hurt me pausing freesia right before the end

[@isdananero1273]

I think you need to really check out the instrumental Xrd character themes as imo they showcase Daisukes musical Inspirations the most

[@hero-lg7ei]

yes, ride the fire plays when sol transforms!

[@altart8102]

XRD SOUNDTRACK GETS ME SO FUCKIN HYPE EVERYTIME I HEAR IT MAN.

[@fragolari_ml]

Great vid as always! Some tracks you can check next time: Six Black Heaven's Guns, Heavy Day, N.S.F.W. and Name of Heaven.

[@nitrowaffle3074]

YES GOOD, every single song from every guilty gear game is peak. you have to listen to it all

[@MMAddict39]

I love your reactions so much. If I may suggest a few I'd suggest Sky Should be High, Storyteller, Six Black Heavens Guns and Rokumon.

[@RealHumanVT]

Ride the Fire plays when Sol uses his super “Dragon Install”

[@trypticon8619]

I think this is the only reaction I’ve found to xrd’s themes, all for it, hope next is heavy day Edit: six black heavens guns would also be awesome to see

[@NoirLouisStream]

Raven theme has connection to what he is. He was a German soldier during the Holy Crusade in the Middle Ages whom is found himself immortal. He has observed humanity for very long and becomes subordinate of That Man (Asuka). Obviously being immortal and can’t die he needs something to keep himself grounded, so he inflicts pain on himself. This explains his main design where he is covered with bandages and that big nail on his head. Gameplay wise, he possesses a stance that allows him to absorb any attack and it will empower certain special and super. Basically? Raven is immortal whom has observed humanity since the 1st Crusade whom becomes a Sadomasochist to keep himself sane.

[@RedmercyGG]

When you say fresia sounds similar to zaru one, which song are you refering to?

[@ravengenesis8510]

You should hear All I Can Do too. It's also has good mellow ballad like Freesia

[@Labrynth-13]

Freesia is perhaps about Sol before Jack-O came into the picture, he lived alone in the desert with everything to survive yet he was missing something in his life. That something being his lover from long ago... but man Freesia is straight up a banger i newrly cry too A good song you should give a listen is Storyteller from Xrd.

[@callmanduty4035]

It’s criminal that “Rock and roll, rock hard maniac” was not included in the video

[@ShikiRyougi05]

That is not a xrd song ma guy

[@GrzegorzSobkowicz]

Congratulations, I'm pretty sure you're the first person on KZbin to react to Freesia.

[@yuhonihao7508]

I really like how he interacts with the songs0w0

[@hecells]

wanna see someday your cover on some strive/xrd songs. that would be sick as hell!!

[@SquirtleSquady]

Yooooo, Xrd has my favorite guilty gear soundtrack, I’d love to hear you hear more lol

[@paftaq526]

can't wait for you to hear storyteller. also probably my favorite songs in the entire guilty gear series is divide my heart

[@Akay4444444444444444]

Gotta throw Dear Song into suggestions for later Xrd songs. And yeah, unfortunately Raven isn't (yet) in Strive beyond a brief cameo in the story mode credits.

[@RetkiEmi]

Freesia is about sol and aria wasn't it?

[@cringegames1569]

YES! Please continue with the xrd songs, i highly reccommend heavy day, storyteller, six black heavens guns, lily, and icarus

[@ShikiRyougi05]

I love that the chapter is falsely called "rode the fire" ....cause Sol doesn't have dragon install in strive....remember what they took from us sol bros.

[@night_shade4015]

Whenever you get to revelator you have to listen to "All I Can Do" it has one of the best drops of the xrd games

[@lunathick]

Some song recommendations: -Six Black Heaven Guns (20th anniversary song) -Heavy Day (arcade theme, and very obviously related to Asuka and Sol) -Divide my heart (probably the most emotional song in guilty gear, and def should end a video on)

[@RenoDojima]

The vocal tracks in the Xrd series are what led me to look up Naoki Hashimoto, which had me get his band's self titled album, OUTRAGE. I'm trying to get the other albums as well since I fell in love with the self titled album.

[@dnplayz8410]

Jhulian can't stop with GG OST now 😂😂

[@RasenCore]

Oh damn we're starting with some absolute bangers with Xrd

[@リバーグラム]

xrd signに来たのですね。それならstorytellerとbirthday trainがおすすめです。

[@ShikiRyougi05]

Yes the journey continues!!

[@hozcar30]

Raven was the first character to ever have a vocal theme since his playable debut in the action-adventure version of Guilty Gear, Guilty Gear Overture (Unless you count Order-Sol or Leopaldon) His Overture theme is called "Worthless As The Sun Above Clouds", so you can see why his Xrd theme is related to the moon

[@jorgeperez2872]

Raven is an inmortal being, he became so accostumed to not worry about dying that his life became dull and "meanigless", not thriving for his improvenment, just enjoying the pain he could feel as a masochist to feel something.

[@iciclei7756]

Please listen to Storyteller next if you can!

[@user-wz1hx2vx5e]

Well, now that you've listened to the credits song from Xrd (Freesia), you should listen to Strive's ending songs, Talk About You and Name of Heaven. Also, Wanna be Crazy from Xrd's soundtrack is pretty good.

[@rockcandyplanet]

also if you want to hear more xrd songs, I would recommend "call shot" , "does the sheep count the sheep" and "storyteller" for if you want more songs w lyrics :]

[@freyzerb.castro9124]

Some other nice songs from Xrd are Storyteller, All I can do, Icarus and Lily

[@devsleeps54]

Big Blast Sonic is such a banger. Its a simple song that even though I haven't heard it in a while the Lyrics instantly came to me

[@lightvideovideo]

wtf bro, why coming home hitted so hard? I just came to have some fun, and then I don't remember crying so much listening to a song...

[@sr9001]

oh please you have to do the Xrd Character Themes. They don't usually have vocals but the character is instead given through the instrumentals and they are so fucking badass.

[@chb304]

I love that you're doing Xrd. Please listen to All I Can Do.

[@KaptainKommissar]

Storyteller, Six Black Heaven's Guns, Heavy Day bruh how did he miss all three of the best songs

[@vercival9917]

There are a couple of vocal tracks left on the strive sound track I would love to hear you react to. The name of heaven and Talk about you

[@coffeeluci]

Dice, Shotgun & Head, Storyteller, and Break a Spell all need to be listened to at some point

[@maliceandtaxes4822]

You can't forget about All I Can Do

[@alpha-tomahawk532]

Alright then, personal recomendations: Sky should be high, Juno (lyricless) and One dawn (lyricless), Icarus (ballad). The middle two are themes for Jack-o, to who's theme in strive you already reacted, and Dizzy - a character speculated to be in season 3 characters roster, and why it's important is that Daisuke loves to leave some hidden "winks" on his older work on these characters, i wonder if you can see it in Jack-o's Juno and maybe in future in Dizzy's theme like how us, having the same reaction as us, guilty gear players, when Daisuke drops his new banger and references something inside of it. (Dizzy has another theme, Awe of she, but it's not Xrd, it's from older game than that, so, if you want to you can also compare to old OLD gen songs)

[@alpha-tomahawk532]

Also you were correct about ride the fire: It starts to play, in match, overriding any other track that played, when sol badguy player uses "special move" called dragon install and transforms into a gear, of course, starting with that hype as hell READY OOOOOOOOOOOOR-

[@ShoMinazuki]

Xrd has so many good songs, you really have to listen to more

[@chunkykongers1678]

fun fact, coming home, as well as dice, shotgun and head, and storyteller, are from guilty gear vastedge xt which is a pachinko game

[@andialief4589]

You are right, ride the fire will be played when sol turns into dragon install

[@rainer9931]

All I Can Do, Lily, Six Black Heavens Guns, Divide my Heart, Break a Spell, and ESPECIALLY Storyteller are MUSTS for the next one :)

[@doflamingo7009]

I love these videos

[@cosigmatic6281]

Would absolutely recommend HEAVY DAY, Six Black Heaven’s Guns and Does the sheep count the sheep?

[@thegamingdragon1981]

Can't wait to hear Lily, Sky Should Be High (Vocal), and maybe even some of the older character themes!

[@ez336]

Coming Home is easily a top 4 song ever for guilty gear imo

[@ZdkDzk]

Patiently waiting for Break a Spell

[@glad16252]

You would love The Name of Heaven in Strive. It’s very similar to Freesia in that it’s not metal

[@misterpootis123]

just gonna say this: the guitarist is daisuke, always has been hes been shredding the whole time

[@EddyBinxEB]

I just want this man to react to all the vocal tracks from the GG series but I definitely can't wait for him to react to Lily, Storyteller, Icarus, Wanna be crazy, and All I can Do from Xrd. Though the only songs missing from Strive is "Name of Heaven" and "Talk About You" which would be nice to see his reaction to as well.

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

Ride the Fire has to be one of the most epic songs in any game. It does actualy play when Sol transforms, and it continues to play even after you revert to normal. When Sol uses dragon install (hits transformation), you basically just get to be completely over-powered for around 10 seconds with the best moves in the game before having to change back to normal.

[@mrspartacust]

Raven gang rise up.

[@jbjbjbjbjbjbjbjb]

Ride the Fire is a song written for one attack, Sol's Dragon Install overdrive. He basically turns super saiyan for 10 seconds and basically dies if he doesn't win in that time. Despite the fact that DI sol might temporarily be the strongest character in the game, it's usually considered a bad move. So yeah, 3 minute song for a 10 second move that isn't very good... but damn is it cool. It does hijack the music for the rest of the round, though.

[@stratboy9]

I'd love to see you react to some of the Blazblue Soundtrack. Black Onslaught II, MUST DIE, Childish Killer II, Plastic Night II - all really good choices I think you'd enjoy for their unique sounds and riffs, and of course, it's Daisuke's work :D Thanks for another dope breakdown of songs I love

[@gyonafra7686]

30:32 Funny cause one of Ky Kiske's super is literally named after that

[@danhasretired]

You should give "all I can do"and "divide my heart" on guilty gear aswell a listen as well it's pretty good too

[@Raviol358]

Tsuki no Shihai (The Moon's Domination) is Raven theme

[@xlandedit7639]

Awesome 😊

[@JBBRDNKS]

You should also listen to the character themes even tho they don’t have lyrics

[@Pherna_1]

YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO HEAVY DAY

[@FlutterSwag]

Now i hope you can see how hyped all us older GG players were when we realized EVERY chracter would get a custom vocal soundtrack Daisuke is a Rocker, Anime, Philosophist

[@stringbones9360]

Freesia my beloved. I love Strive, don't get me wrong; but Xrd's music is just so unbelievably good. The ballads in Xrd especially are phenomenal. As for song meanings: Big Blast Sonic is an expression of Guilty Gear's philosophy. Tsuki no Shihai is Raven being extremely depressed about the state of the world and his own immortality leaving him no more paths to travel, and so he embraces chaotic pain. Freesia is about Sol missing his dead wife. Coming Home is unclear who specifically it is about. Ride The Fire is a song that plays when Sol transforms with a super move that lets him go fuckin nuts in-game.

[@jessquiatchon2204]

Ayo where's "Heavy day" that was the culmination of all things

[@andialief4589]

I hope raven returns to Strive because it's incomplete if there's Asuka but there's no raven in my opinion

[@salvatorenoth2489]

Blue Water, Blue Sky is my fav

[@mibeador]

Would love to see what you think of Ram's Xrd theme, Diva of Despair

[@oryxthetk]

Dude, you should listen to Sky should be high (Vocal) and Heavy Day at the very least. Storyteller and NSFW are very cool too. And the lyrics are very important too.

[@kevintbjorn]

You should listen to some instrumental themes, they are awesome. My favorite one is "Lily of Steel"

[@ShikiRyougi05]

Ride the lightning as also ky's super btw ;)