The music from The Shadow of the Erdtree sounds familiar

[@abababaril]

Holy hell that Maiden Astraea and Putrescent Knight OST matching up fucked me up yo

[@bahamuto9035]

Sameeeeeeee

[@DeathKingChannel]

@@abababaril same! I had a feeling I had heard something similar somewhere and this completely unlocked the memory

[@lastmellon489]

They’re both defending their lady.

[@K.izm.a]

“yo mister white, can you help me defeat promised consort rahadn?” “Jesse, fuck off”

[@nara5077]

@@K.izm.a“Jesse stop doin bloodboon ritual we gotta start cooking comet azur !”

[@_sargentocoelho_4441]

The frenzied flame song into Midras' theme had me awakening chaos within me

[@Imperialstate-101]

In that moment midra came inside you.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

So good I felt the Greatsword of Damnation busting inside of me.

[@martk647]

​@@Imperialstate-101 NYYAARRRRGGHHHHHHHH

[@schadowsshade7870]

Everyone being similar to another boss and Metyr just like: Im a black hole

[@dadqqader]

I love that one the most. Like yeah boss sharing motif is cool but this is truly otherworldly stuff. Miyazaki pls more Bloodborne-esque cosmic horror shit.

[@quynguyenkhanh5983]

Also a fkin gamma ray burst I mean how cool is that, you are fighting the most powerful soucre of energy in the known universe AND WIN

[@schadowsshade7870]

@@quynguyenkhanh5983 Fr Its really cool, but gameplay wise its a pain. I don’t think you can dodge it regularly without ashes or spells and then you just stand there legit 15 seconds doing nothing cause most spells cant even reach her. Could’ve made a more engaging light show

[@luizribeiro2716]

I cant express on words how much I love this game

[@KamilMalach]

Yeah, man. Me too.

[@malikhittam1440]

Me neither bro, me neither

[@Yive.]

@@Vengeance_I_m lol

[@malikhittam1440]

@@Vengeance_I_m :(

[@malikhittam1440]

​@Vengeance_I_m I meant to say that I also can't find the words to express how much I love this game. "I can't find the words to explain this" "Me neither" That type of thing. Idk maybe it's wrong tho

[@superdaveozy7863]

The Putrecent Knight/ St Trina similarity to Astrea/Garl Vinland tracks well. The knight comes out of the cave where Trina is, protecting her at all times. Also both dwell in pits of death.

[@Rokgnara]

3:37 For me, the music holds an especially powerful symbolism here. It only plays the few harp chords that introduce the main theme. We expect a build-up, a dramatic explosion of sound that never comes. And for a simple reason: this soft and melancholic music represents the original life of the shamans, before it was disrupted by the Hornsent, by Marika's rise to power, and so on. The music thus becomes the symbol of a sudden rupture, a disturbance of the primordial purity of life in the Lands Between.

[@schadowsshade7870]

I thinn its literally the strings of Elden Beast though

[@ocean037]

It represents "gold without order". While the rest of elden rings theme (radagon's part) represents the order.

[@cube_cup]

It's also in stasis. Its beauty preserved, but without life

[@nerfer200]

The explosion in the crescendo seems to indicate Marika's rise into Godhood

[@GreenFiireVOD]

I love that the Merchant Violin OST is like a official Frenzy Flame Theme. If you are the Lord of Frenzied Flame, it is literally your Main Theme.

[@DeathKingChannel]

The Radagon notes in Messmer's OST were genius subtle for confirmation of their relation

[@xaitat]

Eh, that theme is the general theme of the Elden Ring I wouldn't say it implies radagon precisely

[@DeathKingChannel]

@@xaitat Radagon's is a more grandiose version of the main theme, so I would argue for it still. On top of the many other indications.

[@spacefaringyoshi]

​​@@xaitatnah. It's Radagon's part of the theme, and it applies to him specifically. Same way Dark Reality applies to the final area of King's Field IV. And how the initial notes of The Final Battle are heard in Marika's village.

[@beniel-sama]

Having red hair doesn’t mean Radagon at face value I can see why a lot of people would think he is Radagons son but it’s said In many places most namely gaius rememberence that he is the son of Godfrey and Marika

[@blumiu2426]

Sometimes theory crafting isn't required. Not everything is a mystery waiting to be solved.

[@mattiascali7862]

Fun fact about Rellana's OST: of course she has some vibes and similarities with Rennala's, but it shares its melody with the very first trailer of SOTE, the one published in February

[@luizribeiro2716]

I wish we had that version of the song

[@IKuzmos]

Nowae

[@Slave_KnightGael]

and the melody in the first trailer is literally slave knight gael's phase 2 😭

[@Dartokenove]

@@luizribeiro2716 Same

[@domonkosrevay9423]

@@Slave_KnightGael RIGHT?? Her phase 2 change reminds me of him so much tbh

[@PierceArner]

I big part of the strength of Miyazaki's games are that they not only have a very consistent visual design language for how they represent ideas & themes, but that the same also applies to the leitmotifs & orchestration in its audio design language as well. Things having familiar echoes to other works enables the form of thematic & emotional storytelling to be done outside of just narrative or lore descriptions in items, but to extend out into the whole of the setting & environment of the game itself in something that you can sense outside of just what we're explicitly told.

[@Vengeance_I_m]

To add one more thing, I really love how the music in these games doesn't just sound good, but also tells a story, often very reminiscent of what visuals actually show. That's why we have pro music producer youtubers like Davi Vasc and Marco Meatball listening to these OSTs without ever playing these games, and then perfectly summarising the boss/story narrative by simply putting into words just what these OSTs try to convey

[@WorldBurningTime]

They’re just out of ideas 😂

[@victor-jo7wt]

yeah the video did a good job of showing that

[@PierceArner]

​@@Vengeance_I_m They especially do this with boss phase transitions. While it's hard to deny that Ludwig's phase 2 in *_Bloodborne_* is one of the most iconic EVER in the series, I think that *_Shadow of the Erdtree_* probably has my favourite use of this with the Scadutree Avatar, because of how the music carries so much of that storytelling when you're familiar with the Erdtree Avatars and other bits of game lore. The Staff of the Avatar from the base game states that, "The avatars, emerging in the wake of the Elden Ring's shattering, were determined to protect the withering Erdtree's offspring." and in Shadow Keep, the Wrath from Afar incantation explains, _"When the Elden Ring was shattered, the people of the realm of shadow felt it too-and feared it as a sign of the Erdtree's wrath."_ We learn from the Iris of Grace & Iris Occultation that they forcibly controlled others with their Marika's ocular seal to either quell or amplify the fears of the Erdtree to artificially align followers to their faith. However, Marika & Radagon's Scarseals reveal a different side to this as they're themselves beholden to that same system of control, _"These seals represent the lifelong duty of those chosen by the gods."_ which increase in power as the wound deepens into Soreseals but also amplify the pain that is experienced, so their description becomes _"Solemn duty weighs upon the one beholden; not unlike a gnawing curse from which there is no deliverance."_ When fighting the Scadutree Avatar, the Impenetrable Thorns it attacks with are the same things winding through its own body and forcibly holding it together in a wounding embrace, and both of its sorceries state that, _"The image of the misshapen Scadutree is an edict:"_ with slightly different messages. The Mantle of Thorns, _"Spurn all that exists. Wound all that exists. For we have been abandoned."_ and the Impenetrable Thorns, _"Denounce their ways. Do them harm. For they have abandoned us."_ They're no longer magic in the form of Faith-based incantations either, _"Sorcery of those who abandoned the practice of incantations after devout faith rewarded them with only despair. The caster wounds their own flesh using impenetrable thorns grown from the Scadutree, which then sprout from the earth."_ It is an object of utter abandonment and detachment lashing out in a defensive self protection even though it means embracing self-destructive behaviour by doing it. Its Phase 1 theme feels like a normal fight against something powerful. When it re-emerges, the Phase 2 theme feels more regal, powerful, & intense. But then the Phase 3's theme is just... desperate, painful, & openly tragic. The golden facade is cracked open and the pain it takes to continue is an open wound pouring out over and over beyond the point of justifiable nobility. It's a helpless cry to make that suffering end, because it can no longer trust the kindness or pity of another, and it just wants this suffering to be ended. As each phase goes on, its detonation attack gains one more explosion for each of the 3 hammer blows used to shatter the Elden Ring that Radagon uses as his Phase 2 transition attack. As the Avatars all emerged in the wake of the Shattering to protect their respective trees, this theme feels like an echo of Marika & Radagon's own pain growing within the tree as they're the avatars of the Erdtree itself. They're fragmented but eternal and cannot be freed from their duty as rulers. They keep being brought back over and over again, ripping themselves to pieces all alone, and trying to find a way to enable you to slay a god to end them. The tragedy & heartache in that Phase 3 theme against the Scadetree Avatar is something that mere words could never appropriately convey alone for that conflict, but especially against a being incapable of its own speech. Its emotions are solely communicated through the score. Once it's finally finished, and the fragile sunflower falls for the last time, the whole of its golden arena finally fades into darkness & silence. Left with its Remembrance _"Born of dark notions that bear no sense of Order, that twist and bend its stock, rendering it brittle."_ and its boss weapon _"Much like the Scadutree itself in appearance, a second stalk winds tightly around the first, almost as if in a tender embrace."_ the same way Marika & Radagon's bodies are twisted together in the Sacred Relic Sword. Embracing a copy of itself because it is completely abandoned and alone, just like Metyr & the Two Fingers. ...and upon defeating the Scadutree Avatar, the shattered Great Rune that it drops is Miquella's - whose only remaining power is to enable you to break free from the charms a god that would wield love to steal your heart & force you to follow it again without any choice. Because that's a fate even worse than death.

[@happymoomoocow]

@@WorldBurningTimeBait used to be believable

[@kidkonundrum4592]

Messmer's ost really gave me flashbacks to Dark Souls and Demon souls. I don't know why but something about the track just felt like a late 2000's early 2010's fantasy ost and thats why I love it so much. His entire fight in of itself gave me good flashbacks back to Dark Souls 1.

[@luciferthemasterblade739]

It sounds similar to motoi sakuraba’s songs for tales and dark souls that’s why

[@peteybakedziti8908]

Consort Radahn theme sounds like Starscourge theme but restored to it's former glory and i fucking love it. Starscourge felt grimey and withering but Consort theme feels like a glorious ode to battle

[@michaeljohnston8891]

My favorite part about that whole thing was that when I first saw the cutscene, it didn’t immediately register who it was, until just four violin notes played, echoing the final chants of his soldiers in the original ost, and then I immediately proceeded to lose my fucking mind

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Yup. Starscourge theme was a tragic sendoff. Promised Consort theme was sheer celebration for his return.

[@Aiden-iy9du]

@@michaeljohnston8891 how did you not know when all npcs are talking about fighting Radahn

[@noamias4897]

Consort theme is one of my favorite songs ever. I have gone on entire runs just listening to it on repeat lol

[@Jormyyy]

I knew Metyr's second phase sounded... weird. I noticed the lack of music and felt that it intentionally sounded like the void of space. Crazy to think that is *exactly* what it was. Also, I may be overthinking but some specific aspects of the Promised Consort theme sound similar to Maiden Astrea's as well. Wonder if anyone else catches it.

[@AshenDust_]

But how do we know what a block hole sounds like? Shouldn’t it pull in all the sound waves and be completely silent?

[@Jormyyy]

​​@@AshenDust_ uhhh idk ask nasa

[@AshenDust_]

@@JoseViktor4099 black holes are black because they suck in all the light, sound certainly wouldn’t be fast enough to escape. The sound of things surrounding the black hole sounds more likely.

[@Ibruk595]

While we can't technically hear the black hole itself (sound doesn't travel through space, and black holes can suck in even light), the disc of matter around it is constantly colliding with itself, causing pulses of heat, light etc. that can be interpreted as sound. At least, that's what I understand it to be.

[@duro3666]

Bayle shares the melody in his first phase with Placidusax and Lansseax. It seems to represent ancient dragons, you can hear it around 1:00 in Bayle's ost

[@EryadeBeyond0825]

Peak Cinema

[@BlacklistedSoup]

Ceak Pinema

[@madmaddox3451]

​@@BlacklistedSoupCeaa Pinemk

[@the_wisest_tree]

​@@madmaddox3451penis

[@EldenTarnished77]

Keac Kmenip

[@Jack135-]

that specific tiny brain cell shared between all humanity that tells us to swap letters. Keap Ainemc.

[@Suntoria236]

2:05 That frenzy flame songs’ transition had no business being that smooth! 😮

[@duquette1792]

Sounds familiar ahead, therefore, Praise the message!

[@Vassal_Beastie]

We all love Yuka Kitamura. I know the GOAT of this DLC was Shoi Miyazawa but i hope they hire Yuka for the next game they make.

[@sergeysmyshlyaev9716]

Hire? Aren't both of them Fromsoft employees?

[@ultraphoenix95]

@@sergeysmyshlyaev9716 Yuka left FromSoftware last year to become independant

[@Vengeance_I_m]

"Hire" is not the right word. They're all full time employees at Fromsoft, they just interchange in making music, probably because they have slightly different styles of making music and some styles suit certain games better than others

[@vanpaiaa]

​@@sergeysmyshlyaev9716She left FromSoft last year and is now freelance

[@Obsthunter69]

Yuka has stepped away from the company because she wants to explore other kinds of music. She is a freelancer now so it’s possible that she will do more for From in the future

[@Picolas--Cage]

Shadow of the Erdtree really is the Dark Souls of Elden Ring

[@epicleaf]

The frenzy flame theme got me, that's crazy cause it's like an in game npc playing the theme for a boss, it's almost like the frenzy flame has a melody that all afflicted by it can hear. Also I wonder if the frenzy flame ending has music that's like this as well

[@thegamingbean953]

Its also the theme of the guy from bloodborne, I forgot his name

[@minespatch]

@@thegamingbean953 Gehrman.

[@SEN3-1]

The melody was sung by St Trina to calm the merchants in cut content

[@denharte8670]

St. Trina taught the merchants the melody as a lullaby that would suppress the frenzy and allow them to sleep. When it appears in Midra’s theme it sounds like a desperate attempt to soothe the flame only to become consumed by it as it pitches up on the last note into a shrill scream.

[@thegamingbean953]

@@minespatch Yeah him

[@Cellthegamer]

4:30 Rennala & Rellana osts 🔥❤ i love how all fromsoft games are connected to each other

[@o_hell_nah]

Pretty wholesome, if you forget the fact that she left her loyal family for Messmer. She could've helped her sister, when Radagon divorced her.. Also, love ya videos, Cell!

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

​@@o_hell_nah 18 Inches of Messmer.

[@omara2812]

I can’t believe radahn’s ost was also radahn’s ost!!!

[@lolboy4525]

This is one of the many reasons why i love music and sound so much, no matter how different you make it, it will always perfectly blend in with another sound/song.

[@alfredkhoo1353]

the aggressive violin during the female chant in Malenia's ost kind of represents her struggle holding back the Rot, while Romina's female chant is much purer and heven-like, like the goddess of rot at its purest form fully embraced.

[@Detriax]

It is the theme of rot. That little section. It isn’t Malenias theme nor Rominas. It is simply the theme of rot itself

[@lanowyn]

​@@Detriax you're splitting hairs here and completely missing the spirit if the comment

[@Detriax]

@@lanowyn No, I understood the point of the comment. I was adding more onto it. It may represent those things, but it is very much the theme of Rot itself

[@lanowyn]

@@Detriax okay, fair enough

[@Jareel47]

You guys are all cooking like crazy in this comment section. I never heard it but you’re right it makes so much sense. Malenia never wanted to be the goddess of rot.

[@FireAssassin06]

That’s last one was a insane catch, not lots would immediately recognize that

[@GooTheMighty]

I like how these games always have at least a little cosmic horror.

[@XogoWasTaken]

There's also a really cool connection to Mohg in Gravesite Plain and PCR - there's a sort of warbling string effect used a lot on Mohg's theme that is also present in Gravesite Plain and (in sped up form) in Consort Radahn.

[@whatsnewbois9814]

Last one is just haunting

[@hhowdy]

This what genuinely the coolest collection of references I’ve ever heard in any video game. Fromsoft details are superb even down to the tiniest little things ever. Amazing work BonfireVN.

[@kaijuslayer3334]

1:55 The resemblance to a Sekiro track like Gyoubu’s makes sense. The Guardian Lion already gave me some big Sekiro vibes with its more oriental inspired origin and mask. As well as the heavy storm imagery that resembles the kind of stuff you would have seen for say Genichiro, especially with the lightning version of his moveset.

[@JoseViktor4099]

Fromsoft composers are so great man...

[@utisti4976]

Some of the best that the industry has to offer honestly.

[@mingQWERTY]

Leave it to the Japanese. Soulsborne, Final Fantasy, Persona, Devil May Cry. They all have goated music

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Yup. Name literally one other boss theme as good as Midra or Radahn. Not fucking possible. Other devs aren't even close. Yet From always gets robbed at the Game Awards because they don't have cliche sad BGM playing every time a squirrel falls from a tree 😂

[@mingQWERTY]

@@TheStraightestWhitest Sorry but there are plenty of other amazing boss themes out there. Fromsoft is amazing yes but it's disingnenius to say that no other ost comes close. Listen to Jenova Emergent from FF7 Rebirth or Vergil Battlle 2 from DMC3. When it comes to music in general, not just boss themes Fromsoft ain't the best. But there's nothing wrong with that

[@marc.vonwyl]

Great findings. Though, why did you take off Marika's outfit at 3:27 ?

[@justsomewritingfan2202]

I was wondering the same thing, bro forgot to uninstall the mods

[@millenioilyas5359]

Bro wants to fight naked Radagon

[@JoseViktor4099]

"Investigation" porpuses ✋🗿✋ 🧻🧴

[@Vengeance_I_m]

This helps hearing the music better

[@marc.vonwyl]

@@Vengeance_I_m 🤣

[@Hugo_Tate]

7:25 almost sounds like it’s speaking or crying out to the greater will

[@abrahamlincolnreal8166]

The start of Bayles ost reminds me more of the tree sentinel ost than any of the other dragons in Elden ring.

[@malikhittam1440]

I'm glad I'm not the only one lol

[@luciferthemasterblade739]

Me too

[@Ron_Jambo_]

Broken ears

[@kimlee6643]

I was blown away when I discovered they were all played on instruments. Insane.

[@lillonerboi504]

Chills for Maiden Astraea/Putrescence Knight and the Midra transition of course.

[@justshidded2749]

So good, somebody should make a full track mixing the two

[@someinternetguyiguess5068]

Finger Mother Metyr: "Yeah, let's just use that black hole SFX."

[@Micolashcage1]

Can you do research into how Scadutree Avatar is essentially the same model as Ebreitas from Bloodborne. They have the same skeleton, projectile attack animation and face slam animation

[@Marisa_Magician]

I still think that part of the Elden Ring main theme sounds like the Demon's Souls intro / Old King Allant theme, if only just a handful of notes.

[@goldie1573]

The lone female vocal through Putrescent Knight's theme also matches Maliketh!

[@SunWarriorSolaire]

Not really. The voice in Maliketh’s ost represents Marika since it’s also there in Morgott’s and Messmer’s theme. Three people who have a lot to do with Marika. I believe the lone female vocal represents St. Trina. But it really all depends on what you think, because they are similar. Thanks for this cool catch!

[@goldie1573]

@A-Rune-bear oh yes, I entirely agree on the singing in Putrescent's theme being Trina- I was pointing out a similarity btwn bosses associated with Death, as one of my favorite bits ab SotE is the musical link between bosses and their lands between "counterpart(s)", and I find this one especially intriguing. The singing here is quite reminiscent of a lullaby imho, while in Maliketh's theme it's much more like a wail, or a howl, lol. I've (personally) been calling this musical reoccurrence "Death's lament". 😊

[@milk.6765]

the cool thing about the divine beast ost is that its a mixture of European orchestra and Chinese using many instruments as melodies from both cultures to make an absolute banger

[@WeirdTroll666]

the attention to detail is immaculate, well deserved GOTY

[@Vengeance_I_m]

I think Elden Ring has the most well crafted and rich soundtrack Fromsoft ever produced

[@BlacklistedSoup]

Yes sir

[@andregomes8229]

Absolutely, but the simple minded idiots will always bash on it claiming "mUhh iTs nooT aS MemOorable aS tHE OThEr GaamEs" because they can't recognize a piece that doesn't have a three note melody playing over and over again

[@malikhittam1440]

It's actually just one of the best soundtracks period

[@tahaelhour690]

@@andregomes8229 It really isn't as memorable, no need to bash someone for an opinion.

[@notusingmyrealnamegoogle6232]

Bloodborne still overall goat but it's good

[@ariannasv22]

Knowing the lore behind marika made me genuinely sad while listening to the music comparisons

[@MitridatedCarbon]

Compared to Elden ring, Sote felt more similar to an original soul, from the setting, the level design and the sparse lore you have to link yourself, while ER base lore was very direct for a Fromsoft game, focused on open world exploration and had a slightly lighter (for a Fromsoft game) tone

[@carlschrappen9712]

Not sure I agree about a slightly lighter tone. Mt. Gelmir always stuck with for how horrific it was.

[@MitridatedCarbon]

@@carlschrappen9712 yeah but compare it with stuff like cathedral of the deep, Izalith, or anything in Bloodborne. It Is less macabre.

[@Devin7Eleven]

ER base lore was very vague, more so than Dark Souls as a whole. So many unanswered questions, mystery how Marika and Radagon can be the same (and why that was important to Goldmask), etc.

[@padrenuestre]

Shadow Keep!

[@Tortuga2223a]

​@@Devin7Eleveni agree. DS, BB etc have an easier story to digest than Elden Ring. Crazy how each brains different

[@gabenvandenbrink9114]

Tysm for making this awesome vid

[@raykeen100yearsago4]

I always love when games uses leitmotifs or a similar melody to reference an earlier boss/character.

[@todd3143]

you know what, i think messmer’s ost is the way it is not only because radagon is his dad, but messmer’s feats in the wars in the lands between is also reattributed to radagon. so wars led by radagon could have been led by messmer instead and this is all to erase messmer from the history of the lands between and i will die on this hill

[@Qonda0T]

The crying sounds I make every time I die to consort Radahn are also the same or very similar sounding.

[@hardcorejack4954]

the thing I love about soundtracks and how they are all a reference both in game and in another game.

[@kevinferdian746]

WHY IS MARIKA NAKED

[@Vengeance_I_m]

Helps hearing the music better

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

It helps our Iris of Grace perceive her more clearly.

[@dsa3017]

for Godfrey

[@azizella2778]

Visiting Shaman Village with that theme hit different. So beautiful and so sad at the same time.

[@jarlsterra]

That Midra one is so fucking cool

[@thexdfacedgamer2306]

Prepare to cry: _(Musical edition)_

[@timeInspector]

When I first came to the shaman village and this music started playing... I got tears...

[@TheRedfieldWay]

I am blown away. This game is a masterpiece in every way.

[@alternateaccounts5134]

leitmotifs are the best thing ever storytelling through sound

[@undine5938]

there's so much here, I'm seeing some great connections

[@DanIsHuman]

Everything comes full circle, even the OST

[@usagipoutine]

The friended song being something that the frienzied flame knows is just so beautiful as it turns from being a bandaid for the soul to being a warning of what's to come.

[@Tocnino]

Saint of the Bud gave me PTSD when the Malenia part started playing mid fight xd

[@AutoBot-b5h]

I feel like elden ring is the compilation of all soulsborne-kiro games. All in one package deal

[@FabioGabrielY]

Yeah, I saw somewhere that thanks to the fantasy nature of ER they were able to use a lot of concepts that couldn't fit in other games or ideas that were scrapped; just look at the God Devouring Serpent, it's basically the great serpent boss we never had in Sekiro, even Malenia fights like the Okami, ulcerated tree spirit is basically a cut enemy from DS3 and all the cosmic horror naturally reminds of Bloodborne. It's basically 3 games in one package, truly insane

[@Detriax]

@@FabioGabrielYand red wolf of radagon was the cut phase 2 for abyss watchers

[@SW02-qb9jv]

The edit in this video is on fire 🔥

[@Jaymetal95]

I still love the fact that you can hear the strings from the intro to Mohg's theme in the very start of promised consort, as a musical reference to the fact that Mohg's body is being used to bring Radahn back.

[@robindabank8722]

thats why it sounds so good

[@endearing3mbraces]

The st.trina and daughters of chaos made me levitate

[@alexanderbaynes9583]

Me recognizing the Frenzied Merchant song in Midra's theme: "Now I can feel the distant light once more..."

[@FrosteryGaming]

When I first saw Bayle, my brain defaults to Midir

[@spidersero9809]

listening Metyr phase 2 ost Black hole ah sweet man made horrors beyond my comprehension

[@Maysha6bona]

Also St. Trina’s theme has that minor pedal with the 5th and 6th ascending/descending chromatically, similar to the vibe of 007 famous theme. That #5 (between 5 and 6) creates tension.. so it’s a sleepy vibe but with tension!

[@Gringoo777]

From softwares, les rois du recyclage 😂

[@69Mikou]

This is insane the details in the game, even in its musics, that how you recognise a master piece ❤

[@ironmaiden93ofangmar]

I like how St Trina and the Daughter of Chaos, as well as the Putrecent Knight and Maiden Astrea, have music reminiscent to each other and thematically they match their respective counterpart

[@RashFever26]

Trina's OST instantly reminded me of Daughter of Chaos when I entered her room

[@neilshewmaker9241]

It’s very subtle, but Saint of the Bud has a small allusion to Gehrman the First Hunter in it. When the melody comes in hard in the second phase, the second time it repeats there is a violin accompaniment which plays a segment of his theme.

[@felipearrais5415]

The Astraea / Putrescent Knight part genuinely gave me some chills

[@mainshowdown]

Idiots would say "Why does fromsoftware reuses their songs? 😭 That's such lazy behaviors 🤓" Though actual souls player would appreciate the references put into the musics

[@Ultracity6060]

Someone should warn Fromsoft that Fromsoft is stealing all their ideas. Seriously though, Abyss Watchers slash Slave Knight Gael crop up _everywhere._

[@definepoetic]

Incredible work. BonfireVN and From Soft take bow

[@tapiocajack3004]

2:36 Now kith

[@cucabeludo9342]

Midir's kiss will deal 999 poise dmg to poor Bayle

[@Vengeance_I_m]

​@@cucabeludo9342Bayle destroys Midir lol. Midir can only stand a chance because he, just like every other DS3 boss, don't follow the rule of stance bar in Elden Ring

[@cucabeludo9342]

@@Vengeance_I_m its all fun and games until Midir uses his phase 2 laser combo and deals 20k dmg just like against Placidussax because of the extra damage caused by poise break, since his laser also deals 999 poise dmg, also because of how the after explosions of his laser have multiple hitboxes kinda like Radahn's meteor It's gonna be worse than Placi cause at least Placi can teleport away from the laser, Bayle will have to tank it all

[@Vengeance_I_m]

​​​@@cucabeludo9342all of that is only possible because DS3 bosses don't have a stagger meter and modders make them do absurd amount of stance damage. If DS3 bosses were actually properly ported, Bayle would beat him easily, since Bayle is much more aggressive. I mean if we are to compare bosses on uneven and unfair conditions, why not simply put any Sekiro boss against Midir? They would destroy Midir since they're immortal, only player can land a deathblow and kill them

[@kwamemwangs2173]

​@@cucabeludo9342bruh the only reason ds3 bosses are so strong in those mods are because they don't port their poise damage properly

[@TheNerdySportsGuy]

The Shaman Village Harp might be my favorite sound in the entire Elden Ring OST.

[@DDendrite2]

It hit me in the middle of the video that Rellana's theme, at least that part, also seems very reminiscent of the dancer's theme from DS3, though, a little bit faster.

[@umukzusgelos4834]

Considering some of the Composers were already present for a long time and the games all more or less following a similar musical formula, I wager some of the ones crossing over between various titles are probably more coincidental then intentional, still, it would be interesting to see the sheets laid out side by side

[@michaeljohnston8891]

While From’s ability to worldbuild is beyond incredible, the thing I’ve always loved about their games is that you always tend to understand their stories on an emotional level before you do on a cognitive level. Their incredible soundtracks and unrivaled art direction are mainly responsible for this. Best example from the dlc that I remember is when I made it to Radahn, when the cutscene first showed the close up of his boots, it didn’t immediately register who I was looking at, but then all it took was four fucking violin notes, playing only half of the leitmotif in the final part of his original ost, for me to realize who it was, and I subsequently had the biggest fanboy moment of my life

[@PH0NKDEM0N]

When i first heard bayles theme i could hear the drums from placidusax theme in the background

[@lewismartin533]

Glad someone finally made a video on this to show people who maybe hadn’t noticed. There’s actually even more similarities between Midir’s and Bayle’s OST’s- specifically the use of triplets in Midir’s phase 2, and around 40 seconds into Bayle’s track.

[@mikehat7652]

I spent a good bit of time learning to play the frenzied flame lullaby by ear on my violin and never realized the midra ost contains the a variation of it, that so cool good find!

[@poleofversatility7074]

Learning to play a song about the Frenzied Flame? Sounds sus, maybe you should imprisoned in an underground catacomb.

[@edanpino-xt1ph]

I like how Starscourge’s helmet’s ornamentation makes it look like the lion is insane, or maybe laughing intensely. On the other hand, Promised Consort’s helmet’s ornamentation looks rather focused

[@protonjones54]

2:34 now kith

[@WRSH101]

Best musicin history of from soft was in this dlc, such a great package

[@atomicbaconbits6695]

There is a motif for Phase 2 Promised Consort in the Enir-Ilim theme. It plays only two notes, but its easy to hear.

[@killadrill]

There is also a brief part reminiscent of King of the Storm (Phase 1) in Bayle's theme in 2:47

[@tyler547]

The death knight theme being an edge lord version of erdtree knights theme is so perfect

[@Eldan-l0rd]

thank marika i aint the only one who heard the similarities of the notes of the scadutree avatar's 3rd phase and the erdtree avatar's second ost

[@lepyrolink182]

Miyazaki be like: even the music has lore.

[@meowcucu2]

Ah Dark Souls 3, my beloved As much as I love ER and all the other FS games Ive played, the lores, atmosphere and feels from DS is the best

[@w.d.cortex8518]

Best transition is the frenzy one

[@danielszocs7537]

Honestly Shadow Keep Storehouse Floors really reminded me of the Grand Archives from DS3 + Radahn and Miquella looked like Lothric and Lorian too. I really love DS3 so I was happy for Miyazaki referencing some stuff from DS3.

[@seablackmeduza]

The work that goes into these videos... I'm eternally grateful for it. 🙇‍♀ Also, I might be wrong, but "Gaol" soundtrack really remind me of "Bloodborne" melodies.

[@robertspeedwagon982]

After being Dark Souls II 2 for 4 years, Elden Ring finally became Dark Souls III 2