Understanding Hiroyuki Sawano's Track Titles: The Science Behind z5m20i12r04a28 (XenobladeX)

Welcome to the video where MB talks about Hiroyuki Sawano track titles for Xenoblade Chronicles X for 20 minutes! Hopefully this clears up the confusion surrounding many of Hiroyuki Sawano's track titles for the game.
0:00 Intro
0:57 The Rules
3:58 Disc 1 and the 0rCH-SUITE"X"
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15:00 The Field Themes of Disc 3
20:00 Outro & Disc 4
21:08 "One-minute Outro"
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[@nuke2625]

Other composers: writes song titles easy to remember. Hiroyuki sawano: sits on keyboard.

[@disflipmat]

So, what my takeaway from this is, is that Hiroyuki Sawano is simultaneously an asshole, a sadist, and a genius.

[@siphemanana2551]

Sadistic? maybe, asshole? Nah

[@WatteTv]

18:37 For shironotairiku - the white content, also kuronotairiku - the black continent, they are both opposites of each other. 6 flipped is 9 which is mirrored vertically, 9 is then mirrored into p which is a horizontal flip -> this is the absolute opposite of 6 into 9 into p. So, when comparing the opposite colors of white and black, while seen as opposites, they are also seen as a yin yang which leads to a balance.

[@MBMichael]

Ooh I didn't consider this! This is a pretty good interpretation. I like it.

[@OmNi08]

@@MBMichael I'm 1 year late watching this video but ye CR17S19S8 means　クリシス戦場(kurishisu ikusaba(or senjou)) so Crisis: Battlefield or in this context just "Battle" since the song plays on well, battles.

[@MBMichael]

@@OmNi08 Oh of course the 8 would be 場 lmao, then you'd reinterpret the kanji to be read as senjou... yeah this seems like the most likely candidate. Thanks so much!

[@jiyou3]

genuinely such an amazing video overall. and i'm not just saying this as your friend; i'm sincerely saying this as someone who just likes to watch well-made video essays on stupid game knowledge, and this is by all means a well-made video essay on stupid game knowledge!!

[@MBMichael]

Thank you! And thank you so much for the thumbnail!!

[@Taleow]

There is no way Sawano himself looks at these titles and goes “ah yeah that’s Lao’s theme”. Great video

[@may83195]

Wow this was such a clean and well-put together video!! When I tell you that I audibly gasped at the first translation cleanly unraveling into “White Continent” lmaoo I had a feeling they were some sort of cypher but after just staring at them for so many years to finally get what they mean was so cool

[@MBMichael]

Haha thanks! I usually use 46-:ri9 or no4=D91M as ice breakers for Sawano's titles since they're some of the least complicated to explain. Hope you learnt something!

[@whited4299]

7 years?! Great video by the way.

[@MBMichael]

I shouldn't feel old at 22

[@cosmicmoonfrost]

This was a great video. I love Xenoblade X, it definitely deserves another lease of life on the Switch. Thanks again, really enjoyed this!

[@lizardwizar3545]

Please do Mare, Ao no exorcist, Koutesujou no kabaneri and Thunderbolt fantasy. Finally a good video related to Sawano that isn't only a compilation of epic music or an essay about his Aot soundtrack, based.

[@dophirus5101]

That was a very good video ! I'm very happy that we finally have a serious video on this subject. I'd like to see you explain other soundtracks as well, but I don't have any preferences. So if you want to do another video like that, please take your time and do something you love. Thank you for being such a good content creator and member in the Sawano Hiroyuki community ! :D

[@MBMichael]

"Something you love" Guess I'm never doing AoT

[@totalradlad]

I don't know why I waited so long to watch this video, but I'm so glad that I did. Thanks for deciphering this man's goofy naming scheme for me and others that were not able to ascend to his higher level of track title creation.

[@KaiAfterKai]

I'm a big fan of Sawano's titles, they've actually informed the way I title my own songs quite a bit ^^ I really liked this video, would love to see more in this vein. Definitely subbing.

[@MBMichael]

Oh hey thanks! I saw your video on The Meaning of Xenoblade 2. Very good video btw. You crediting the music for that video actually inspired me to do that for this video, lol. (Also I usually title my music was Sawano-style titles too, but that's only until I decide on a final title lol)

[@KaiAfterKai]

@@MBMichael Huh, no way. Talk about a mad coincidence. Funny that I unintentionally ended up contributing to this video in a small way ^^ Thanks for watching my video, looking forward to more of yours

[@Gukanzu]

Amazing video and analysis!

[@rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven]

-totally didn't forget to comment when I first watched the video- It's been awesome to see this passion project of a video come together, and the end result is excellent! Definitely going to be linking this whenever someone asks about the XCX track titles from now on.

[@MBMichael]

Please do, I'm tired of people calling them gibberish without thinking lol

[@Tom-101]

Was at the back of my mind since looking up Wir Fliegen, interesting!

[@nathaniel7165]

I saw someone reference this video in a xenoblade x remix so I had to check it out. This is really well done and informative, so thank you for the explanation on these titles

[@indianruckus6412]

Waiting for the next Sawano track to just be in morse code so that when its translated it becomes some elaborate meaning that only soldiers figured

[@stampylongnoah]

Welp, time to continue listening to this soundtrack with this knowledge in mind till the day I die.

[@joeyjose727]

These titles send 😭 WHAT WAS THE REASON… it’s confusing in an interesting way at least! It would be so satisfying to have a playlist on KZbin with the titles as explained in this video

[@MBMichael]

Would love to do more videos on other OSTs at some point!

[@maxmaus4402]

Just found this, never played Xenoblade but Sawano is responsible for the soundtracks of a lot of my favorite anime, namely Kill La Kill and approximately half the 86. I had thought of goroawase as the solution for a couple of the themes in those shows, but I'd love to see an analysis of the reading and meaning of more of such stuff.

[@kjriwoutube]

Great video got yourself a sub

[@vgmcal2]

Great video MB. I hope you'll consider making more in the future!

[@MilanTehVillain]

Hiroyuki Sawano in a nutshell. Not just on Xenoblade X.

[@premier1975]

top work. awesome work.

[@thomforest8063]

Amazing !

[@AARVMUSIC]

Great video. Thank you for the spoiler warning too

[@rtmlhm]

hi MB!

[@S_KMKim]

i don't play video games, but maybe F.S.K.O is for the word fiasco?

[@Bogan360dude]

Super interesting information and you presented it in an easy way to understand. Love X and it's amazing soundtrack but Sawano's naming conventions are questionable to say the least lol.

[@Bainonis]

2:44 You don't really -

[@MBMichael]

I hate this

[@famillesabot5719]

After all this time I understand that shit. Thanks you. (And I really prefer the name '' white continent '' than just Sylvalum).

[@orkrucker]

Amazing video :) You should explain Guilty Crown or Blue Exorcist.

[@MBMichael]

I definitely wanna try tackling Guilty Crown at some point. Blue Exorcist, not sure. Tracks aren't that complicated outside of the suite names.

[@Xenofangirl]

SPOILERS AHEAD BE WARNED “Lao Chimera Telethia” Now maybe I just don’t remember XCX like I thought I did, or this is involving lore I haven’t seen yet. But since this is the Telethia battle theme, how is Lao and him turning into a Chimera related to the Telethia?

[@MBMichael]

This track has two halves, the first half is used in the fight against the Vita (which is the "lao chimera" section of the double track), while the latter is used when fighting Telethia, the Endbringer. The final boss theme was The key we've lost, lol, so the first half wasn't exactly used where originally intended I guess.

[@Xenofangirl]

@@MBMichael Ohhhh okay, that makes a lot more sense. Thank you, awesome video!

[@Tom-101]

Yeah I was like wait a minute Lao IS the Telethia?? Huh?? lmao

[@MBMichael]

@@Tom-101 Yeah perhaps I could've been more clear about that LOL. Thanks for asking

[@Skyrus456]

Either it was put in the wrong place, or the telethia fight was originally going to be the final boss which would have possibly hinted at X and XB1 being connected. Possibly changed late in development if it was intended to be that way since X was marketed as a spinoff game that is not connected to the Mainline Xenoblade games.

[@Gameboy-2007-yt]

9:46 i think the ones left over should be 798 as everything else spells CR1S1S i think the only interpretations needed are for 798

[@__imberebad__8424]

What does 1st - 9th Mob mean in the Gundam Unicorn Soundtrack?

[@Gfforte]

tidak di xenoblade saja bahkan semua music dia memiliki kode kode tersendiri di judul lagunya

[@emmanuelmena9176]

Can you do Unicorns please

[@MBMichael]

One day for sure! That's my favourite Sawano OST.

[@dea1rt89]

@@MBMichael it's the only good one smh (this is a joke)

[@legodawg2001]

Nice to see a music analysis of my least favorite Xeno game! Melancholia best song

[@orkrucker]

I know you've moved on a bit from Sawano, but I'm still waiting for more tracklist explanations.🥲