Musician REACTS to MORE Dark Souls 3 OST! (Pontiff Sulyvahn, Twin Princes, Sister Friede)

[@TeraCMusic]

Here's even more Dark Souls 3 content for you all! I'm excited to keep going and clear this massive list I have 😅 Earlier this week, I filmed quite a few more reactions for Bloodborne tracks (including Ludwig's boss fight) so we will be on the FromSoft train for quite a bit longer! I do want to react to some other games too, so ill try to sprinkle them in here and there. 🎶 As always, I'm open to your suggestions on what to react to for future vids! Thank you all for watching 💜

[@QasimAli-to5lk]

Pls react to Slave Knight Gael and For the Dark Soul from DS3

[@thunder_pika1783]

If you enjoyed Sister Frieda trust me you will enjoy Gravetender's OST kind of has the same feel as Sister Frieda but at the same time its different always be so hard for me to make up my mind on which track was better haha. Again LOVE your reactions and i'm on this train with you :D

[@CthulhuSeeker]

Epilogue 🥺

[@HansWurst-lg1ws]

I have seen your Nier cover! Any chance you gonna react to Nier:Automata or are you already familiar with the Soundtrack? Anyways, can't wait once we get to the Elden Ring ost

[@jeremiel1818]

You should definitely hear "Epilogue".

[@Liann_02x]

Fun fact, in the first half of the twins princes soundtrack there aren't any choir voices, 'cause one of the princes is mute (Lorian, the elder prince) and when his younger brother (Lothric) joins the fight, the choir joins the orchestra 8:15

[@TeraCMusic]

@@Liann_02x More musical genius! I love it!

[@generalfeldmarschallaugust8089]

Nice now Slave Knight Gael

[@Royle-18]

Give the others a chance

[@RoronoaKennpachi]

@@Royle-18no

[@Royle-18]

@@RoronoaKennpachi respectable

[@nerak7896]

If she likes the major cord in Twin Princes she would definitely like Gale theme

[@anticapitalistliterature]

yes pls omg im waiting for it. its one of my fav on the OST

[@carterbohren8253]

13:35 friede goes invisible and tries to sneak up on you that way so the breathing is probably representing that in some way

[@Jm-zd6iu]

The breathing most likely represents chills, due to her ice attacks. People often do the heavy exhale when they are cold.

[@AnOldEnglishBloke]

Just seek the puff of ice dust 45° behind your character to know where she moves to. Move quick for a free backstab 😁 As for the chilled intake of breath... I'd assume it to be a stealth thing. Intake of cold air as she disappears so she can remain silent until she slinks in for the surprise attack on unaware players. It's interesting to hear a music industry pro remark at how complex and distracting many of these ost scores are, yet as players we take it all in whilst simultaneously being tuned in enough to decipher the subtle sound queues during the boss fights too. Acute audio spatial awareness.

[@ck14ev]

@@Jm-zd6iu Its more likely her relationship with father Ariandel. How her cold whispers poison him into keeping the rotting, stagnant world alive with a flame he still thinks hasn't gone out instead of setting the whole thing ablaze and starting over. Either way she definitely embodies the villainous controlling role of ice in the game as does her theme-her in the painting and Pontiff outside of it.

[@roketatararda]

I really love when musicians get the context just from listening to the piece. That really shows how music is able to do not only sounding pleasant but give you a story.

[@Nobodyandthegiant]

The bells are important story wise from all the way back in DS1! so yes they all begin and end on bells, and the story begins and ends on them too. It's very poetic

[@Myhaay]

how do you say the story ends with bells lmao? did i forget something

[@chimorin2656]

@@MyhaayI think it’s because the bell continues to toll even in the end credits

[@ItsMeSNiPEZ]

The older brother Lorian is mute, while his younger brother Lothric is crippled. During the first phase of the fight, you're fighting Lorian on his own and the soundtrack is purely instrumental without a choir since he is mute. In the second phase, Lothric joins the fight to revive his brother and use his magic against you while sitting on his brothers back, and that's when the choir kicks in. It's one of the best fights in the game for me.

[@TeraCMusic]

Omgggg can't wait to watch the boss fight!

[@TheCrucibleHandle]

At 5:32 you can slightly hear the choir motif in the background but at the end it roughly translates in Latin "Sulyvahn, Sulyvahn, ascende solio" which as far as I know means "Sulyvahn, Sulyvahn ascend the throne" which perfectly describes his character as a usurper.

[@glockenspiel604]

The bells starting and ending each song that you keep noticing is a direct reference to how player character was raised from the grave when the firelink shrine bells were tolled at the start of the game.

[@chikuvyas7917]

Other ost 1.Darkeater Midir 2.Gwyn the lord of cinder 3.Soul of cinder (do it after Gwyn) 4.dancer and vordth of the boryal valley

[@zanzan2738]

+ dragonslayer armour

[@aidanvallee1458]

@@zanzan2738 most underrated track in ds3

[@chikuvyas7917]

Most underrated song in ds3 is actually pontiff Nobody talks about it

[@The_Real_John_Dark_Soul]

And Demon Prince

[@allgamesps4raizohun152]

@@chikuvyas7917 yeah + Demon Prince

[@Rogue_One214]

Twin Princes is my favorite boss fight and theme in the entire game.

[@akulazz9360]

🤨

[@stonearucard]

For me It's number 2. Super fun fight and the music is probably my favorite boss theme from ds3. Only problem I have with the boss is that It's too easy. Otherwise It's an amazing boss

[@Suirioujin]

An additionnal fact about Pontiff Sullyvhan He was originnaly the final boss of the game, and at one point of development, he had a different theme, that was later changed by this one. And the former ost is now the main theme of Dark Souls 3

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

Pontiff was not ever the final boss of the game as a character. His player model was almost used as the final boss model, but it was an entirely different character writing wise.

[@congregationofashes]

At this point, you could watch Sister Friede fight for the context. You could appreciate it even more then.

[@snakewins7808]

Finally !! So hyped to see ur commentary on those ones, by the way I wanna recommend "champion's gravetender and great wolf gravetender" ost, that's hugely unpopular because of the boss, but this music is one of my personal favorites from ds3 alongside Abyss watchers, Dancer of the boreal valley and epilogue. Whatever the next ones I'll be here :)

[@madelinemitchell5102]

I never noticed the children’s choir, It’s implied that pontiff sulyvhan fed people to Aldrich the devourer of Gods, Anri and Horace in the game escaped the Cathedral of the Deep as children and anri will help you fight Pontiff and Aldrich as revenge.

[@LegendaryBrah]

Aldrich had just arrived to Anor Londo, and Sulyvahn fed Gwyndolin to Aldrich (who we see is in the processing of eating) so Sulyvahn never fed anyone but gwyndolin to Aldrich. Aldrich ate children before he became a Lord of Cinder, he only met Sulyvahn after he was revived

[@alexanderson4497]

This spot marks our grave, but you may rest here too- if you'd like.

[@steel2572]

Ive listened to that Sister Friede one many times because she is tough. Hardest boss in the game imo. Im not as familiar with ds3 lore but ill try my best to explain because her stories quite important as it links to Gaels story. She lives in a painted world with Father Ariandel. The painted worlds are a bit confusing but they are literal paintings in the real world and also are small worlds of their own that people can be transported to and live in. After a while every painted world starts to rot and must be burned away so that a new painted world can be created. Sister Friede enters the painting and manipulates Father Ariandel in to not burning the painting away and just letting it slowly rot. I believe she does this because she is in some way afraid of fire because she once tried to possess the First Flame in the real world but it badly burned her. Many of the people that live in the painting are downtrodden, forlorn, tragic members of society that didnt have anywhere else to go. So she acts sort of as a mother figure to all the people in the painting and they all love her. How I understand it is shes sort of doing the wrong thing for the right reasons. The painting is getting more and more corrupted but she doesnt want to let it go. She wants it to stay stagnant and slowly rot. Because the real world of Dark Souls is essentially in a big unbreakable loop Gael wants to create a new special painting that wont rot anymore. Sort of an escape from the cycle of the world. But he needs the Painting of Ariandel to burn. So he tricks the player character into getting trapped within the painting hoping we will defeat Friede and let the painting burn. The second thing he needs is a pigment for the painting. The other paintings used blood as a pigment but he wants to use the essence of the Dark Soul. The Dark Soul was used to create humanity and is held within the bodies of all the old lords he created humanity. So Gael goes and kills and devours all those old lords so he can possess the Dark Soul and bring it to the Painter who will create this new perfect world. After following a trail he left and with some weird time travel shenanigans we find Gael at the end of time. Hes gone completely insane and has become almost animalistic in his hunt for the essence of the Dark Soul. Its implied he knew he would go insane on his quest but was hoping the player character would find him, kill him and take the Dark Soul and give it to the Painter so she can use it as a pigment for this new uncorruptible Painted World. That is how the series ends. We give the Pigment to the Painter and she begins painting a new world. That probably makes no sense to someone who hasnt played the games but hopefully that gives some context. Sorry its so long ahaha.

[@TeraCMusic]

This is great, thank you so much!!

[@perforateur415]

The sound of princess twin is more insane in game , the sound of greatsword hit the ground + sound music , that wow 🥰🥰 I love this fight

[@fantomeduchateaux8136]

Yuka Kitamura is 💥💥💥 Twin Princess is one of the best and most tragic pieces in Soulsborne ❤ PD: Sister Friede OST has a 3rd part with a female choir, but was never released :( it can be heard in the Ashes of Ariandel Trailer

[@carterbohren8253]

By the way when you listen to soul of cinder ost listen to gwyns first it’s just a Requirement Edit: you’ll know why after you listen we can’t tell you

[@grimmarielle7205]

Second this!!!

[@TeraCMusic]

@@carterbohren8253 At the end of the video, I mention this! I'll be doing boss fights for both 🎶

[@chikuvyas7917]

Great But yes do gwyn first And then soul of cinder

[@Noizzed]

​@@TeraCMusic Yep, keep in mind that there is like half a decade between the two OSTs and the reference in Soul of Cinder hit so hard for players of the original DS1 when they played DS3.

[@mt2r-music]

Same for „Aldrich Devourer of Gods“ and „Moonlight Butterfly“

[@nateh8427]

When you get to the Dancer of the Boreal Valley, you REALLY need to watch a video of the fight with it. The atmosphere of that one is incredible

[@aced4fun]

Man I love the Pontiff's theme. So brooding, methodical, and eerie until it explodes with a raging despair, really suits him

[@you_just_got_sarged5065]

I originally wasnt a fan of friede (mainly because she kicked my butt) but MAN her theme has grown on me immensely. That second phase really gets the blood pumping. Some fun facts about friede: She one of the only bosses in the series to have 3 entire phases with 3 entire health bars (friede-> friede and father ariandel-> blackflame friede) the only other in the souls series is slave knight gael (3 phases, 1 massive health bar). The game even fakes you out when you pass second phase. It gives you a reward and everything to distract you. Only for her to slowly stand and have that music kick back in... its so good.

[@fromsoftserve]

ebrietas is absolute must listening! love these reations!

[@fantomeduchateaux8136]

Ebrietas sounds like the cosmos itself!

[@The_Real_John_Dark_Soul]

I was scrolling through the comments and I saw nobody recommending you The Demon Prince. You MUST listen to it, its the most underrated theme in Dark Souls 3

[@TeraCMusic]

Added it to the list!

[@The_Real_John_Dark_Soul]

@@TeraCMusic also, if you're ever gonna listen to Old Demon King, you should listen to Bed of Chaos from Dark Souls 1 first, they're both similar, like Gwyn and Soul of Cinder

[@aquaticIntrovert]

It's a great track but the "most underrated" HAS to go to Oceiros. Probably because he's not a particularly good boss fight, he gets forgotten about a lot, but his track is an absolute banger.

[@The_Real_John_Dark_Soul]

@@aquaticIntrovert now that you mention it, I completely agree

[@m0poker727]

It's so incredible that you managed to understand that Sister Friede has someone else that she cares a lot about AND that she doensn't wanna fight you in the beggining. All that from just listening, not even watching! Amazing job!

[@saggxnoah1979]

I imagine you're getting just about every request under the sun, and whilst I'd wholeheartedly recommend them all I understand that requesting everything is rather difficult. With that being said I think the three best tracks to listen to would be Soul Of Cinder, Slave Knight Gael, and then the epilogue. Nice video 👍

[@soulsborne_enjoyer]

YEAAAAAAAAH

[@justanotherguy560]

Pontiff sulyvahn, for all intents and purposes, is the main villain of ds3. He’s not the final boss, however and there is a reason for that. Sulyvahn was born in the painted world of Ariandel, a refuge for all manner of creature that have lost their purpose in the unforgivable world. Sulyvahn however, never lost his purpose, because he never had one. So ironically enough, he just didn’t belong in a place of belonging. So he leaves the painting to find his own purpose. While traveling the world, sulyvahn found that much like him, this world was devoid of any purpose. That’s when he discovers the profaned flame. It is a flame that never fades, and seems to have a will of it’s own. Maybe it was being in close proximity to the profaned flame that corrupted him. Or perhaps it simply nurtured and guided a darkness that already resided within him. Either way, sulyvahn found his purpose within that flame. He joined the dark moon covenant and manipulated it from the inside. He poisoned the god gwyndolin and usurped the throne. He enslaved the people of irithyll, turning them into hideous monstrosities. He enslaved a daughter of gwynevere, first making her a dancer for him, then making her one of his outrider knights. They were knights who would slowly be driven mad and turned into monsters as time passed before being exiled. He allied himself with the cannibalistic sludge that Aldrich had become, feeding him children and gwyndolin as well. We fight and kill pontiff at around midway through the second half of the game, and there is a reason for this. Despite all the cruelty he had inflicted through his tyranny, sulyvahn was no god. He was no king nor lord of cinder. Much like everyone else, he was just another person seeking purpose in a dying world. And we can hear the desperation and his conviction to cling to this purpose in the second half of his music. The first half of his music represents the title of pontiff, and the facade of nobility and divinity that he portrays. The second half of his theme represents sulyvahn. His mask has slipped, he is being driven into a corner and has nothing and no one left to hide behind or deceive. He’s fighting tooth and nail to keep his purpose going, and yet he stilll falls in the end.

[@bentleyqcrusade3696]

Please watch the cutscenes too and read a short lore. It’s so painful, especially for sister Frieda and her father.

[@TeraCMusic]

@@bentleyqcrusade3696 I'm thinking I might do a stream at some point and just watch all the boss fights!

[@chikuvyas7917]

Oh please I would be the first there

[@soulsborne_enjoyer]

@@TeraCMusic that would be great

[@chikuvyas7917]

Also you should watch vatividya lore videos That guy made movies on the game.

[@optie5]

@@TeraCMusicgotta play the game 🙏

[@Grunbeldknight]

Awesome reaction and thanks for including twin princes.

[@moisesrojas3074]

Oh i'm so ready for your reaction to Ebrietas, wich composer is also Yuka Kitamura (yes the same one that made almost all of the DS3 soundtracks) and the last minute of Ebrietas is where Bloodborne peaked to me, is so much going on that just overwhelmed me. Also to add some more recommendations on my previous coment, there are only 2 tracks on the whole game that are not compose by Kitamura Iudex/Champion Gundyr (By Tsukasa Saitoh) The Nameless King (By Motoi Sakaruba) It would be cool if you react to those to as well

[@sodalitia]

13:00 closer indeed... while she cuts you to ribbons with her razor sharp scythe and then whispers to your frost bitten corpse: "I will snuff out these ashes for good".

[@Le_Canker]

Pontiff is my favourite boss in fromsoft history. He is pretty much responsible for most major events in DS 3. The main menu thene was originally his theme, and in early development was meant to be the final boss. He is a manipulating tyrant, who enslaved the low and the meek, corrupted his knights and deacons with the deep, and wielded the profaned flame, which corrupts man and caused a kingdom to be wiped out pretty much. He also fed a god to a cannibal who devoured children in masse, drove out the royal family out of their home, imprisoned another god in a tower and spread his influence across the land with his cursed outrider knights whom he gave a ring that would turn the all in horrible beast by the time they were well away in their journey.

[@srarts123]

The duet with sister freide is interesting cause i don't think it is actually about her and father ariendel but rather there is another character named yuria who is her sister and if you are doing yuria's ending to the game she has special dialog asking as to why you are in the painted world and asking you to leave it and become the lord of hollows. The duet may be that connection with yuria as they are both female voices. Slave knight gael and darkeater midir are probably some of my favorite ds3 tracks. If you wanna stay within fromsoftware games and move to elden ring, mohg, lord of blood, godskin theme, and godrick are amazing tracks

[@TeraCMusic]

Oh man!! I had mentioned that maybe she had a sister but I cut it out when editing cause I was like "maybe I'm wrong" 😭 but that makes a whole lot more sense as to why there are 2 female voices

[@demiabrasax170]

"Return from whence thou cam'st. Yuria surely awaits you..."

[@jakeyeatsbacon]

Sulyvahn's is a story of the corruption of power. He was born in a world that was basically a refuge for those suffering in the world of the game (Lothric by the time we get there as the player character). But he never knew the suffering of the outside world, and wanted to experience it, so he left. He had an aptitude for magic and discovery, and once made a discovery of a "sinful" object that would grant him power. He used this to gain political prestige and allowed his followers to perform pretty vile things while he himself began to experiment on people to cement his rule. Ultimately we find him the ruler over a broken city clinging to whatever power he can, though he started his journey in complete innocence and ignorance; the more knowledge he gained, the more he allowed it to govern his actions. This is my 2nd favorite fight in the base game. It is dynamic and frenetic while maintaining an air of mournfulness and severity that most other fights possess, but few can top.

[@thechapterzee]

Ope, put that way, it becomes really clear why Sulyvahn was originally planned to be the "Eclipse Old King" Final Boss. The sky in the endgame being a direct visual homage to the Eclipse from Berserk was one thing that, yes, one could definitely latch onto. That "made a discovery of a 'sinful' object that would grant him power, used this to gain political prestige, and allowed his followers to perform pretty vile things" bit is the most direct parallel with Griffith that they could make. I wasn't trying to make the comparison, was left trying to remember what the "sinful object" was in the context of DS3 (I get it now), and my brain seized the rest of those narrative similarities and temporarily filled in the gap with "Behelit" in the meantime.

[@paulsnauwaert151]

It may have been said already but the presence of bells is quite important and related to the lore. The dark souls series revolves around the age of fire that comes to an end. Each time the fire fades, a powerful being must link the flame (sacrificing his life in the process) to keep the age of fire going, extending it artificially. The thing is, the age of fire is coming at an end no matter what and more broadly the world is dying. When this occurs, bells toll to resurrect past lords who linked the flame so they may do it once more. Except in Dark Souls 3 they choose not to. That’s where you come in, resurrected as well from the grave although your past existence was a failure and you were unable to link the flame yourself. Which is why the bells tolls are intrinsic to the story. They are the sole reason of your existence, to perpetuate an age bound to end. (Aside from the main theme which you already covered, I would highly suggest you Darkeater Midir’s OST and -especially- Epilogue, it is a blessing and a fitting theme given what you know now)

[@DrClef_1]

Darkeater Midir and Oceiros is a must next. Do NOT skip oceiros OR ELSE-

[@pancakke08]

I second this I lovvvveee oceiros

[@DrClef_1]

@pancakke08 sh$t is disturbing but very cool sounding

[@revenantwolzart]

Just wait for the Soul of Cinder dear lady, plin plin plon! 🥲

[@Tpm12luv]

13:16 This is a perfect representation of how Frieda fighting the player in the beginning of the fight. She is constantly eerily sneaking up behind the player.

[@IKirov1986I]

Happened to see your video, thank you! And what i have to say, when you dont stop music while listening it means something. I absolutely love From Software soundtracks, one of my favourites are from Bloodborne, but Dark Souls 3 is just something else. Globally over all their soundtracks it is pure art, and i dont know what can beat it in this genre. P.S. My humble suggesdtion - Slave Knight Gael)

[@TeraCMusic]

@@IKirov1986I I always have to be careful of copyright if I let the music play for too long, but thankfully we've been lucky so far! My Hollow Knight one got claimed but I'm disputing it based on Team Cherry's official Q&A. Slave Knight Gael will be the last DS3 track I do (per popular demand)!

[@puppetmaster8819]

The reason why you hear church bells at the end, most likely signifies that the Twin Princes are, Lords of Cinder, or as one Lord of Cinder, a candidate to revive the dying First Flame, in order to continue the cycle and usher further the Age of Fire, but in the story, Prince Lothric, doesn't like the idea of continuing the Age of Fire. "...let it all fade into nothing."

[@vincent4805]

Love the Twin Princes theme. It matches well with the title theme and shares harmonic progressions. Yes it's a harpsichord playing those rapid triplets in the background. Once again, lots of 7th chords (maj7, minor 7, diminished 7's) which makes it sound more classical. Major Vi - i (2nd inversion) - iv7 - i (2nd inversion) - V is such an epic progression, with the sustained pedal notes (C and E flat) at the top until the imperfect cadence.

[@andresalmonacid7735]

Dancer of the boreal valley is my favorite song of the game, it is so good how it matches her movements and footsteps in game

[@metalwolf717]

Sulyvahn as his title says was a pontiff, he became part of the church of the old gods which he then took over and corrupted to his own benefit causing most things you see (and fight) in the game

[@davidvazquez5657]

Love your soundtracks reactions ! Hope you enjoy this fantastic music

[@franzferdinand8445]

A reaction to Aldrich, Devourer of Gods would be so peak 🔥🔥🔥 (I have yet to see someone react to it on KZbin)

[@Alex-mn5rs]

Twin Princes is probably my personal favorite of all the boss OSTs but it certainly has some tough competition. The best OST of all though is simply titled "Epilogue." It plays at the end credits for the game and is a masterpiece. It's criminally unrecognized by the community.

[@fdhappy6930]

The ending notes of Twin Princes are just making this boss so more hurtful. You never notice that in the game, but oh boy the feels. Right in the feels.

[@littletweeter1327]

just imagine a live performance of this entire OST.. what an absolute nightmare to program but the experience would be unbelievable

[@AnOldEnglishBloke]

I'm just so grateful to the universe that my life runs parallel with the same time line where all of these gaming experiences and musical genius exists simultaneously. I've always been into big orchestral symphony and classical, even as a youngster many, many, many moons ago. All of my peers were strictly into either metal or electronic during the 80's and 90's, so I was somewhat controversial 😅 I didn't care. I have always appreciated every genre and most sub genres, and now myself and all of my old school friends are in our mid-late 40's, the majority share my enthusiasm for allsorts and they still tell me that they wish they'd been as open minded as I was when we were young.

[@wwklnd]

Aaah, Sister Friede is one of my absolute favourites of the Dark Souls 3 OST. Secret Betrayal still edges it out for fav but it's *so* good.

[@KingCrimson3497]

Funny, I found this channel like two days ago and you react to my favorite. DS3 song 😂 Love it!

[@TeraCMusic]

Hehe welcome to the channel! 🎶

[@dracanisobsidian1613]

Gotta listen to champion gravetender absolutely sets those violins on fire.

[@vb1125]

Hi!!! One track that I haven't seen anyone mention is Yhorm the Giant. It's one of my favourite tracks and it's VERY underrated. I would love to see you talk about it

[@calvinebbert5575]

Pontiff gave me so much trouble he is such a hard boss but man is his soundtrack awesome

[@orohyuno]

Ah, Pontiff Sulyvahn... DS3 was my first From Software game, and he was the first boss who made me REALLY struggle. Nowadays it's easy, but oh boy, the song does bring me memories! Spear of the Church is another great piece from this OST if you're into the church/catholic theme.

[@kokofast1]

From 16:27 it is my favorite part in all of the souls OSTs, classical meets metal, it sound like the sky is falling down, like the aliens declared a holy crusade against humanity and huge asteroid size crosses are coming down on earth.

[@Royle-18]

Pontiff Sulyvahn kidnapped and maybe killed a bunch of children maybe So, great intuition honestly

[@Steyl]

Dark Souls 3 is my all-time favourite, but Majula, main menu theme and Sir Alonne from Dark Souls 2 are great, especially the last track I mentioned

[@kazudomo3077]

Hi there, me again! Love your vids! That theory of Sister Friede is actually interesting, however, Sister Friede's theme is more about her! She, like the player Character, is Unkindled Ash! Lady Yuria of Londor, and NPC you meet if you decide to do the "Lord of Hollows" Questline/Ending and one of the three sisters of the Sable Church in Londor, states that Elfriede the eldest sister, Sister Friede, had long since abandoned them because she felt great despair after failing to usurp the flame, hence what the context of doing the Lord of Holows ending entails! She left the Sable Church and found the Painted World called Ariendel, a world within a painting! She wanted to renew herself by being the protector of the people and residence that lived there! So she does everything in her power to prevent calamity there, but with the events of the game outside the Painted World, Rot set in and the residents tried to use fire to stave the rot. In short, Sister Friede's Boss OST shows how she wants to strive to make a better world through her version of "Kindness"! Hence the breathing and "creepy" undertones, she's fighting to keep the world she's been protecting the way it is!

[@ahmetkaytan6208]

Great reaction. Looking forward to see more :)

[@musician15th80]

Pontiff theme is wicked, very evil vibe right there

[@dearcastiel4667]

I think it's time for Gwyn, Lord of Cinder. Time for plin plin plong. (and Soul of Cinder must be done only after listening to Gwyn's ost).

[@CthulhuSeeker]

🔥🔥🔥

[@bestmanginting1839]

Love your arrangements man

[@_Petrovics]

Perfect choices, lady, thank you!(:

[@ItsMeSNiPEZ]

When you listen to Slave Knight Gael, make sure you listen to for the dark soul as well.

[@Sz3ntAr]

As far as I know Yuka Kitamura is the solo singer e.g. in Sister Friede's ost... she has had an interview years ago and she (at least was translated) to imply this, I'm ~80% sure, but might be wrong...

[@ΓιωργοςΖουγρος]

Champion's Gravetender is also a great track and mostly overlooked. You should give it a listen

[@RoronoaKennpachi]

Damn I didn’t know I liked twin princes’s theme that much! Might be my new favorite ngl

[@methanoI]

Definitely check out Champion's Gravetender and Halflight, Spear of the Church!

[@carterbohren8253]

21:17 midir is my favorite boss so I await

[@junoglrr9119]

cant wait for the next episodes :)

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Nothing will get you more familiar with these pieces than dying 50 times to the same boss, and that will happen. The game is about overcoming what seemed impossible

[@RoronoaKennpachi]

Damn I never caught that they all ended with church bells! Very cool touch when you know the lore

[@fall3718]

Yhorm the Giant, Oceiros the Consumed King, Champion Gundyr, Nameless King or doing the whole OST wouldn’t be a bad idea either

[@paweuszcz4856]

So, about Pontiff. Long story short without too many story spoilers: Almost entirety of DS3 plot is happening because of Pontiff, he's one of the few true villains in Dark Souls verse There's also the fun little fact of Pontiff supposedly meant to be a final boss of the game at first with his theme being the DS3 Main Theme, however it was changed during development

[@TeraCMusic]

No wonder the main theme went so hard! Thanks for the info!

[@iyadalsaud4376]

Found your channel out of nowhere today and really enjoying it! I love your analysis and your editing. Really wanna see your reactions to Elden Ring music and maybe Cyberpunk ❤

[@TeraCMusic]

I've got a big Elden Ring playlist ready to go! 🔥

[@iyadalsaud4376]

@@TeraCMusic YESSS

[@Centeolt]

If you can, you must check out Dragonslayer Armor and the Dancer of Boreal valley

[@afjer]

I'm pretty sure in Pontiff the composer recorded her voice and then sampled it with her keyboard.

[@ogamernumero5]

In the previous video, I shared 3 song recommendations from Genshin Impact, so it’s only fair to suggest 3 more: "La Vaguelette", the Natlan Live Symphony Performance, and the Fontaine Live Symphony. Honestly, any of the Genshin Impact live symphonies are absolutely worth watching!

[@mostafaborman961]

I really like the comments during the reaction and i love dark souls 3 videos , pls react to Soul of cinder, slave knight Gael and dark eater midir. Thank you very much keep up the good work❤️

[@simonlofholm4011]

Even though it’s not a boss, please check out the epilogue track. It’s just too gorgeous

[@antilope5267]

You could say Sulyvahn is the main villain of the game. He is associated with Aldritch, who he uses to further his own goals. Handed Gwyndolin to him as a meal, ellimimated all opposition from those related to the gods of Anor Londo, proclaimed himself as pontiff and regent, sent his knights to Lothric (2 of which are BOSSES) to ensure the flame isn't ignited again and isolated the deacons that follow his associate so that they wouldn't usurp the power he initially usurped. However, those who are around Aldrich seem to go insane, so some say that when you fight him he is afflicted by that madness

[@thecrowrats5535]

When you listen to Gwyn, Lord of Cinder and Soul of Cinder, i would also throw in the Nameless King's OST, the motiff is slightly harder to spot in his theme but it is there which is cool. Unrelated but you should listen to Dark Sun Gwyndolin from DS1 before/with Aldrich, Devourer of Gods from DS3

[@Lill_242]

cant wait for one of the best fromsoft ost : Slave knight Gael

[@chikuvyas7917]

Funny thing you noticed Sister fride actually is very mistivious and naughty and she comes out of nowere and kill you in one hit. With father ariendal.

[@Rotten_Abyss]

Once you hear Slave Knight Gael you can never go back

[@spiritxzero0897]

I would love to see you react to the Dancer of the boreal valley theme. It’s so ethereal and sublime. It has string solos!!

[@drtohtoridoc3954]

Woah I'm a souls veteran and never realized the Gehrman nod there, very interesting. Maybe it's referencing the fact that Pontiff was originally supposed to be the final boss, like Gehrman was the last games final boss? Pontiff was also supposed to have different ost too🤔. I could be reaching tho.

[@neonmn]

ds3 soundtracks are all very good, i recommend champion gundyr , oceiros , dancer of the borreal valley, darkeater midir, champion gravetender and halflight spear of the church

[@matheusbecker2351]

Hey! Really love your reactions! I'm a huge nerd for FromSoftware games (Dark Souls, Bloodborne etc), but since I believe everyone in the comments have at least sugfested every single track from these games (lol) I'd like to suggest something different, and maybe a little underrated. Its the soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country 2. I believe is one of the best OSTs of all time and would love to see you react to some of the tracks. Dont know if it'll be popular on the channel though, since I don't think many people are interested in it. Anyways, keep up the good work! ❤

[@TeraCMusic]

Oooh DKC2 has some great stuff! Could be a one-off video, which tracks do you think deserve the spotlight?

[@matheusbecker2351]

@TeraCMusic I genuinely love the entire soundtrack lol. But my favorites are Stickerbush Symphony, Mining Melancholy, Hot-Head Bop and Forest Interlude.

[@pokey5509]

listening to these songs without the constant dying feels strange.

[@jazon1407]

hey! loving the videos

[@Moddiebun]

all the lore we know about the pontiff is that he was born in the painted world of ariandel and raised by will o wisps. he left the painted world and went on to conquer the city of anor londo, renaming it irithyll, enslaving the princess of that city and forcing her to be his "dancer", take that how you will. after some time he banished the dancer and continued his tyrannical rule of the city, eventually delving into the caverns under the city known as the profane capital, where he found an unholy flame called the profane flame, he took this power and used it to keep control of his subjects. he also allowed a person named aldritch to live in the city, aldritch was known to kidnap and eat children, and for some reason he was deemed a "saint" and the church that pontiff ran, tolerated this behavior... so yeah, pontiff sully is not a good dude, hes the first real villain that the player runs into in the game and is also typically the first huge roadblock for progression

[@kalmkrew]

I am back, queen. My top tracks from ds3 are Twin princes Champion grave tender Slave knight gael Ds3 main theme Deacons of the deep Soul of cinder Dark water midir Also! You should watch the fights with the music going forward Edit: I just saw your note at the end of sister freide

[@philoconnor1675]

Bit of lightweight context for you. A recurring theme in Dark Souls games (Bloodborne too) is that of repeating cycles. Worlds live and die, then live again. Often the culmination of these games offers a choice to the player, to either repeat the cycle or break it. Sister Friede is the custodian of a world inside a rotting painting, something of a refuge for the wretched and outcast. This world is supposed to burn down and be remade by another painter, but she has found a way to arrest the cycle, for even as the world decays, it is home to those who have no other. By the time you hear this music, you have met Friede many times, and every time she pleads with you to leave the world alone. In phase 2, the original custodian of the painted world, Father Ariandel, sees Friede's body lying on the floor and breaks free of the shackles she placed on him, allowing him to rise and spread the fire which will consume the world. You can hear this shift in the OST. My personal read is that the breathy choir stabs in the first phase represents the gasping inhabitants of the painted world, struggling to breathe in the rot that is the consequence of her trying to stop the cycle. And once the world begins to burn in the 2nd phase, those breathy stabs stop...

[@BlueAsterismSolstice]

Long lore warning about Sulyvahn from someone who did their homework. The lore of Pontiff Sulyvahn is perhaps the most convoluted because his born home was this painted world, home of the forlorn and forgotten. Sulyvahn was a sorcerer and part tree born of the mysterious tree women who breathe frost magic, and he be the origin of frost into his game, DS3. He would leave the painting because he never lost anything, so he was out of place for the out of place. He escapes with a character the player knows of from a previous game called Gilligan, a former petty thief with a talent for absurdly long ladders. Once outside, Sulyvahn was met with the world that had no place left for many others he's aware of now residing in the painted world, and took in for what that really meant. Eventually, he found the thing that had no place for that same world, and yet he couldn't take it back to the painting. It was called the Profane Flame, and it had the ability to warp those who viewed into it as it was a fire made of sorcery and hid the abyss inside of it. He was then inspired to instead change the world with it, slipping into a high position and siezing from the inside. His plans all came to fruition with great success, until we came along with him in our way of our journey. To most people in touch with the lore, it would seem like that's the end of his lore, but it goes deeper. In this universe, fire was seen as the origins of souls, but the First Flame gave what's called the souls of lords, which there is 4 (Life, Death, Light, and Dark). Ages before the Potiff was a force of flame called Chaos brought with the witches, and within this Chaos was ironically Life. Life sprouted from its mantle as demons, trees, and even parasites. The first witch, Conjuring Chaos in mistake, thrived it into demonkind and attempting to control it turned her tree-like. Generations past, and in Dark Souls 2, we see another woman, a sorceress of frost attempting to control it for her selfless lord, after he gave himself to stop it with all his knights. Nobody would remember the king's name. This sorceress was the first true manipulator of frost we've seen in the series, and signs of her frost show within the painting of DS3, a time after her great home was lost, but she wasn't any ordinary girl with magic, but instead a child of the Dark Soul, of 4 known, and represented fear. A nature alike to that Profane Flame.

[@aoistorm]

Hope you do Gael's theme next