The "male" voice is in fact J'Nique Nicole, a female singer with a deep tone, and the lyrics are a combination of diferent phonemas of a ton of languages to simulate a futuristic one, a made out language by Emi Evans (the "female" voice), which also avoids the meaning of words affects the feel of the song. My favorite song from this game will always be Weight of the World, the 3 versions (english, japanese and this futuristic language) because each represent the point of view of each of the 3 main characters (english for 2B, Japanese for 9S, and the last for A2), and by the end of the game, those lyrics are really meaninfull. I suggest you to give them a try
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Look at that, the more you know. When I was listening to the song I did hesitated in between, but the lower register made me think It was a guy. That's cool. I've heard males that sound like females too.
@_GRiM14 жыл бұрын
I don't know how her voice can sound male
@CassyRiv4 жыл бұрын
@@_GRiM1 at begining I tought that was a male vocalist xD
@Toksyuryel3 жыл бұрын
@@_GRiM1 White guys who've never heard a black woman sing
@dradvrim13 жыл бұрын
@@Toksyuryel So it could only be white guys?
@CupofVile3 жыл бұрын
interesting that he mentions rollercoasters..... isn't it guys?
@TheRyujinLP3 жыл бұрын
Come for the sweet silky Robutts, stay for the insanely deep philosophical overtones, deep, deep existential dread, and the crippling depression that will inevitably result :D
@Marontyne3 жыл бұрын
lol yeah. you literally ride a roller coaster to get to the place where this boss is.
@eljapo60783 жыл бұрын
@@TheRyujinLP :’D
@cojay_193 жыл бұрын
Yeah what a coincidence, that was cool
@procyon.3 жыл бұрын
Jojo reference goes brrrr
@Norbert_Sattler3 жыл бұрын
Due to "the song" being for a game - and this game in particular - it's a bit more complicated than merely looping or not. There are four versions of this song that change into each other depending on the in-game situation. Three being different levels of escalation labled "quiet", "medium" and "dynamic" and the last is a 8-bit version that's played during hacking. The song you hear here is the "dynamic", so the most high intensity for the most dramatic parts of the fight. Oh yeah: fight, because it's music for a boss-fight. In essence all four versions are the same song, with the same length, structure and timing, but different amount of instruments and vocals Thanks to them being so similar, the game can seamlessly switch between them by fading one out while at the same time fading the other in as the situation requires, by going in on the same time-index, rather than stopping one song and starting another song at it's beginning, like is very common with multi-stage bosses in other games. The reason why it starts out at such an intense spot is because of how the boss is introduced. There is a lot of build-up as you battle your way through the minions, then a moment of silence. And that's when the boss rolls onto the stage (quite literally) and let's lose a series of three partially screamed chants I think is the closest I can put into words. Either way those chants/screams then transition into the music. The melancholy part is very fitting because the boss that has this music as a theme is a robot that has fallen in love with another robot and tries to became more beautiful to win his "heart", but no matter what she tries, her love stays unrequitted. There are parts of the fight where the game prevents you from looking in her direction and during that section she beggs you to look at her. In my opinion the two voices represent the two states of 'mind' of the boss. The higher being the hopeful one that is still striving to become more beautiful in the hopes of finally attracting the one she longs for, while the lower (also female by the way) voice represents the despair of it not working, no matter how hard she tries. A small voice in the back of her mind that tells her to just give up. "A beautiful song" is very much tied into her persuit of beautifying herself. Something which she does by canibalizing parts of other robots and the 'corpses' of androids to make herself more beautiful. Sorry for the wall of text, but Nier just does not lend itself to short explanations. ^^
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
Now I want to play this game more
@issacluzuriaga27973 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted for the music alone it is definitely worth it . experiencing this orchestra live is amazing as well
@Aradia0003 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted This game takes a lot from philosophy. Particularly this boss battle, her name is Simone, and she is longing for the attention from Jean Paul. This is based on 20th century french philosopher couple Jean Paul Sartre & Simone De Beauvoir. Real life Beauvoir is the author of The Second Sex, that is basically the foundation of modern feminism. She argues that gender is a mere performance, from us to the society. In this game, as a non human being, she tried to build her gender identity by the idea of "beauty", cannibalizing another robot to wear them as accessories. That part when the camera is locked so the player can't see her and she is begging us to look, is a truly genius moment that you could only get from video game medium. She is performing her gender as a woman, but not Jean Paul, nor the player, are watching her.
@NotAGoodUsername3603 жыл бұрын
@@Aradia000 It also takes heavy influence from Madoka Magica's Sayaka, who ends up sacrificing her entire being for the sake of healing a boy she liked, only for said boy to fall in love with another girl. Her subsequent fall into despair transforms her into her Witch form: A crazed opera singer singing a song of unrequited love, attacking anything and anyone around her until she's finally put down. The enemy database entry for Simone makes this more explicit by specifically referring to her as a "witch".
@kevinmarkony87812 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such explanation, Nier series is def my favorite games, the music is more than art, it trancends, gets to our feelings and soul.
@aliceyu70674 жыл бұрын
I actually like it with Simone’s echo scream as opening
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@nesoukkefka17413 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted One thing interesting is in game during the first phase of the fight the boss is, or at least try, to be synchronize with the song with her moves ^^
@CMTechnica3 жыл бұрын
Considering that's how it actually starts in the game I'd have to say that's the original version
@brettfitzgerald62803 жыл бұрын
Sends chills up my back everytime.
@trevorveillette84152 жыл бұрын
@@CMTechnica it's honestly just REALLY good game design to have the bosses moves and sounds sync up with the song. The bells that ring during the fight are all her, not the song. The scream at the beginning too. I wish square enix would release a CD with the bells version as the one that plays.
@InvidiousIgnoramus4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, the context of this song is just tragic. It's effectively a cry of despair.
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
It has indeed a melancholic tone
@Official_MikeyT3 жыл бұрын
A cry of despair while 2B and 9S are subjected to their fallen comrades strung up on crosses and being weaponized against them. This battle was really fucked up when you look back at it.
@KnIf0rTITAN3 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted Basically the story behind the song is about a robot that gains sentience and falls in love but the object of her love seems unable or unwilling to notice her, she then learns of a thing called "beauty" that is said to make the things you love notice you and becomes obsessed with it doing more and more extreme things in an attempt to be seen as beautiful in the eyes of the ones she loves but goes unnoticed time and time again..... in the end it drives her insane and she is left broken, murderous and obsessed with being beautiful. What's really sad is when you kill her on the 9S playthrough you learn all this and in the end you are left with the last thoughts to go though her mind that simply goes. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He won't look my way. He... won't... look... my... way.
@c0mplex_Ale3 жыл бұрын
@@KnIf0rTITAN this game is just too good, i need more of it
@finnmurtons87273 жыл бұрын
Bro the composition is synced with her attacks... if you know how to listen, you can play her entire sequence based on the song alone.
@Mr.Sniffles3 жыл бұрын
“It has lyrics?” Yes, but no.
@The_miIk3 жыл бұрын
I learned how to sing to alot of the songs lol
@Toutarou3 жыл бұрын
A jumble of a whole bunch of different languages.
@sterenn7263 жыл бұрын
@@Toutarou Yeah, but with a LOT of work, you can see that it form real sentences. The song mean something.
@granzon73963 жыл бұрын
for short, chaos language
@MizzterFu2 жыл бұрын
Well here’s my lyric interpretation Intro This is not love, this is madness Beautiful rose turned to ashes Please stop Verse Now I’m, filled with all this beauty Surely, now I am worthy Please love me Doing this for you And you still won’t look at me Chorus Born with beauty Love does know you If you would just look inside She’s too far gone She dimmed her light Tearing herself, that’s beauty Verse Now I can see that I destroyed what was, Who i am or who I’ll be ‘S unknown I can’t stop Now I am someone else Thought I could become worthy But you still won’t look at me Please Look!
@Draggobuttboi3 жыл бұрын
My favourite part about the song was how it introduced the duel layer music system, there are actually two tracks playing at the same time with an "8-bit" version taking over whenever the player enters a hacking mini game
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome!
@teriases3 жыл бұрын
I have the full CD soundtrack including all 8-bit versions
@meurer13daniel2 жыл бұрын
I heard the 8 bit is actually not a track, but a filter that plays over the original sound.
@Arithekiller2 жыл бұрын
@@teriases Where did you get it ? Been searching forever
@lexiemusic14 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful gibberish I have ever heard
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
😀
@lexiemusic13 жыл бұрын
@Sleeping Dreams lol I know, it was just a joke
@firekeeperiswaifu30923 жыл бұрын
@Sleeping Dreams Therefore, gibberish as it has no true meaning besides sounding cool
@HolyNatanil3 жыл бұрын
@@firekeeperiswaifu3092 Chaos Language can be Translatet so it has meaning
@Xplosive_Star3 жыл бұрын
"Achually..." Oh boy I was excepting this coments the moment I saw OP
@Naterkix3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there isn't actually any "official" translations for Chaos Language. It's basically meant to be from so far in the future that all the languages have bled together and it's meant to express a feeling rather than any specific words. If you listen to other NieR songs you can get a good feel for how they "feel" even if the lyrics themselves are basically "meaningless" in and of themself; it's the combination of music and Chaos Language that works together.
@snowball03-boop3 жыл бұрын
If that's the case, then why is there a song called Weight of the World, sang in Japanese and Chaos Language as well?
@Naterkix3 жыл бұрын
@@snowball03-boop It may be a rare case of matching lyrics but, if it's like the rest, the Chaos version is using lyrics to mimic the same "feeling" of the original while not actually having a specific "meaning". I'm honestly unsure but as Chaos Language is, well, chaotic, there isn't an actual "written" language or even rules. It's a mish-mash of many languages so even if a single word might mean something in the language it's from, it's used more for sound/mood instead of actually saying anything in particular.
@princessaria2 жыл бұрын
@@snowball03-boop The three languages in that song were meant to represent the 3 main characters/POVs that you experience in the game. The Chaos language doesn’t have an actual translation because there was no system of grammar it was built on. She chose random sounds from different languages that she felt expressed the feelings she wanted to convey, they weren’t actually words with meanings. It wasn’t a conlang, let alone an actual language. But that’s okay! Emi still spent a ton of time researching world languages and combining elements from them. I personally loved that Emi purposefully included pieces of dying indigenous languages as a way to have them live on through this incredible music.
@user-dd9cg7zc1c3 жыл бұрын
this is not a game or a movie... this is an masterpiece ART
@The_miIk3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@Amjed_G23 жыл бұрын
Yessir
@elizabethalmendarez44983 жыл бұрын
Truth
@user-dd9cg7zc1c3 жыл бұрын
noice all of u 🕺 thanks for agreeing me
@Tokito_2633 жыл бұрын
Lol ya just waiting for the 2th game to release soon
@_GRiM14 жыл бұрын
everyone should react to Bipolar nightmare. It's probably my favorite soundtrack of all time
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Of all time eh? quite a statement!
@__dane__3 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted this games soundtrack is amazing. Check out the mini doc on the channel Archipel with the main composer and secondary composer
@jameswayton23403 жыл бұрын
Yea that track is just ridiculous....
@115TUNGUSKA3 жыл бұрын
Indeed its awesome!
@_GRiM13 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted And i'm still waiting. Also Alien manifestation, like, god damn the perfection of those
@macjakeg3 жыл бұрын
Regarding the make up languages, not sure if anyone else mentioned her, but there's a Japanese composer that does music for anime and video games - Yuki Kajiura - she created a language called Kajiurago/Kajiuran that she uses in some of her songs, which is very cool too. Some examples - Image Theme of Xenosaga 2 (from the game game Xenosaga 2), Sis Puella Magica (from anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica), Swordland (from Anime SwordArtOnline) and many more. I'm a big fan of Kajiura's work so I'd recommend to check it out in general :)
@arapaimagold80883 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Akira Tsuchiya holy creation, Hymnos in Ar Tonelico.
@tweetugwe12703 жыл бұрын
Her works on Heaven's Feel trilogy and El-Melloi Case Files is also pretty good.
@macjakeg3 жыл бұрын
@@tweetugwe1270 Ohh there are many more examples definitely, I just didn't want to do a wall of text listing everything here :D
@shiichan323 жыл бұрын
honestly when it comes to made up languages in songs i feel like its more done with japanese composers man whats nice with yuki kajiura and kajuran is that she sings it herself as well
@2710cruiser3 жыл бұрын
Fell in love with Kajiura’s music back in high school
@najiv87973 жыл бұрын
Long ago, an old machine lifeform told me something: "Beauty is what wins love." But what is "Beauty"? After researching the old world. I finnaly learned the truth. Beauty is Pretty Skin. Beauty is Stylish Accesories. Beauty is Looking one's Best. I once heard tell of a precious jewel far to the east. It was said to be located on a terribly dangerous mountain. But I didn't care. I slipped on cliff. I fell onto rocks. But eventually I claimed the Jewel. Blue Stone. Brilliant Blue. So beautiful. I lost many parts obtaining this Jewel. I lost... myself.
@NuclearAbyss3 жыл бұрын
This game is a hidden masterpiece, even tho it's a AA game. The games story telling is amazingly done thru its music, world building, aesthetic, characters and human nature/emotions. So ready for nier replicant.
@FiragaJJC3 жыл бұрын
To be honest, this should have won best RPG over Persona 5. I played both, enjoyed both... however Nier Automata is leagues better than Persona 5 imo.
@NuclearAbyss3 жыл бұрын
@@FiragaJJC I never played persona 5, but I definitely agree that nier should have been recognized more.
@darshio83073 жыл бұрын
@@FiragaJJC well, at least nier automata won best videogame music
@FiragaJJC3 жыл бұрын
@@darshio8307 right
@The_miIk3 жыл бұрын
I love nier automata. Is something me and my dad bond over. I have a deep conection with how they are trying to find purpose in life. Me and my dad are super hyped for the new nier game.
@__dane__3 жыл бұрын
You have to watch the boss fight. The way the gameplay works with the music is amazing. The whole scene is probably the most memorable boss fight I’ve experienced
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure I want to spoil myself, I want to play the game too eventually 😄
@Mentaljedi4 жыл бұрын
The amazing thing about this soundtrack is that in the boss fight this plays, it matches the fight as well which makes it more epic. Also i suggest you react to 'Light of Nibel (feat. Aeralie Brighton) from the Ori and the Blind Forest OST. Its honestly so amazing.
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Oh my gawd don't get me started with the Ori ost. I played that game when it was released and was mesmerizing!
@th3bingb4ng303 жыл бұрын
I recommend you a lot to react to another Nier Automata song called "Weight of the world" in his japanese version, it's just art
@thelegendofrosetyler3 жыл бұрын
Weight of the world just makes me want to bawl ;~; it's so good
@HadeaRin3 жыл бұрын
Weight of the world is complete when all three version played side by side.
@keeganbrakhage78353 жыл бұрын
i probably enjoy the english version more, but the last version that mixes the japanese and english vocalists is better than both, imo
@trevorveillette84153 жыл бұрын
@@keeganbrakhage7835 don't forget chaos language either. 3 languages play in the [E]nd of YoRHa.
@Amocoru3 жыл бұрын
This game has the single most beautiful soundtrack I've ever heard. The entire soundtrack as a whole has to be the greatest accomplishment ever in gaming. It is absolutely awe inspiring.
@trevorveillette84153 жыл бұрын
Well I would say the greatest accomplishment in gaming is the game itself since the music is only a part of the game. Let's not forget that the story and characters elevate the music to even higher levels and the same applies vice versa. Yoko taro, keichii okabe, emi evans. The holy trinity.
@hcli69013 жыл бұрын
Keiichi Okabe is truly a master in sound design. Just listen to his work from the first Nier for additional awesomeness. But really, his compositions give out the best when playing the game as the music literally mutates along the scenes.
@JJKMagic3 жыл бұрын
It's interesting. It never even occurred to me to consider the deep voice a "male" voice. To me it sounds distinctively female.
@christiancroom33863 жыл бұрын
Melancholy is the epitome of the machine life form this song plays for
@vetreas3662 жыл бұрын
Really weird way you have of writing "desperation" :D
@KirurUwU3 жыл бұрын
There is something deep about how you have thought the deeper voice would be male. The boss that is fought with this song is symbolic of the feminist existentialist philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir who considered that women construct themselves to be feminine, just so that they could be liked by men, but that construction is actually imposed by social standards. That's just roughly what I can summarize from the research about the philosophy behind the game. The gameplay with that boss is representative of those thoughts. I suppose you get some more layers if you look at the music through that perspective. There is soft melancholy with the higher voice and an even more desperate, dramatic layers with the deeper one, when Simone just can't be seen, as she desperately wants to.
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
I'm familiar with Simone to a certain extent. If the creators of the game made it with that in mind cool, I don't adere to that school of thought though
@Sonikadu3 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted The entire game sips on different schools of thought, but follows none of them: The game presents it as "How this might be understood many years in the future?"; It is difficult to explain without spoiling, so spoiler alert: Think of it like this: We are 10 thousand years on the future, earth is destroyed by war and destruction. What is left? How much knowledge is left? Books? Computers? Someone wants to learn about humans, where is that information? In the game we assume a LOT of information was completely lost and only small bits here and there are salvaged. Those are incomplete pieces of knowledge and old human philosophy. Simone (the robot Boss you fight against, while this music plays) certainly "found" about Simone de Beauvoir, and followed what was found as best as she could, as those robots are curious about humanity and want to be as close as possible to humans. More spoilers: This can be "further" confirmed because a little earlier in the game the robots play Romeo and Juliet. It is quite clear they found Shakespeare work, but also the entire interpretation is somewhat wrong, as if they only had a few pieces of the script and had to make with what they got. There are other bosses and smaller enemies that follow the same principles, with different philosophers and their respective schools of thought.
@zetsumeinaito3 жыл бұрын
@@Sonikadu I found it interesting that the Boss of "A beautiful Song"(Simone) and the Sartre of the game were more based on the rumors of the RL couple and seeing how that played out according to their personal philosophies instead of how they actually were. It's like some 10 year olds found the gossip column about them, found their books, made a play based on both sources, and took it too far. Kinda like what you get if you don't know the difference between reality and fiction on the internet. Some weird amalgamation of fact, belief, rumor, and superstition creating something poisonous. Like those negative ion products for balanced body energies. The thorium in them IS still radioactive after all.
@KirurUwU3 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted yeah, I might have worded something in a misleading way. The game itself isn't supporting that philosophy. It's rather playing with various philosophies, mostly existentialist ones, and this particular boss where this song is played is called Simone, so she is based on her philosophy. I am curious, if it is possible to find more hints to the philosophies in the soundtrack throughout the game. This is the first one I find and it is not certain if it is intended of course.
@julioc.urbina71033 жыл бұрын
The two voices come from two ladys they sing with much feelings
@jorgealfy3 жыл бұрын
My live-in partner has absolutely no interest in video games but when I was playing this game this music pulled him into my game room and he asked very interested “so what is this about?”
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
Live-in partner conversion : started
@littlemais4 жыл бұрын
Love the reaction! I highly recommend playing the game- by far an amazing experience, gameplay, music, visual, and story-wise. Its is both in PS4 and PC but the pc needs mods to be playable (they didn’t do a great job on porting the game sadly but there is a tutorial on yt). It will also make sense why the language is made up if you play the game and it is astonishing why they did it. Highly recommended, hoping you play it in your spare time! ( BTW there are only five true endings: A B C D E , there are in total 26 endings but most are joke endings) Will love to see more reactions on this games music and on its first installment: Nier 💜
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Next one will be from the first game actually
@nullvortex79293 жыл бұрын
I will say that there is an Xbox One version of the game as well, which doesn’t have the same issues as the pc port
@ramasama3 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted What song from the first game? You're killing me haha! I can't wait! Love your videos.
@zhaf3 жыл бұрын
This song is, for me, up there among the best tracks from games ever.
@David-jw1zh3 жыл бұрын
Hello! I imagined scenes like battles and exploration throughout the song like a montage. You explain it so well!😄😊
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
Thank you David!
@concretehippogaming2 жыл бұрын
Makes me want to cry what the fuck, such a game an absolute masterpiece
@moalboris2393 жыл бұрын
Ar Tonelico is another game that invented an entire language for the video game. Though I consider it far more wild then this personally because the language is actually all In universe based and is based on stuff like programing coding and the likes. So there is some pretty interesting grammar concepts they toy with in some songs. Such as having a chorus where the singer gives a binary string near the end of the song that you can use to decode extra meaning. Imagine each word of a piece of the song being a 1 or 0 which can be stringed together to create second lyrics out of the song itself.
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
That is very interesting, never heard of Ar Tonelico before. Going to dig into that, thanks mate!
@moalboris2393 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted If you ever get a chance to I'd suggest listening to Exec_Despedia, EXEC_PAJA/.#Misya extracting, and EXEC_SUSPEND/ That game did some interesting experimentation with the soundtrack but given its age people don't really talk too much about it anymore.
@rydernia3 жыл бұрын
Hymnos is cool conlang concept, so far my favorite songs are Exec Chronicle Key & Exec Harmonius
@HadeaRin3 жыл бұрын
Like talking about Emotional Song Pact with the New Testament of Pastelie and then we have Genomic Language and the language to activate Cielnotron is just putting one beast against each other and kinda describe how even in the same planets the language differs and how it is up to intrepretation. Chronicle Key, Exec_Suspend, Exec_Harmonius for Elemia. Replekia, Method_Sublimation, then there is Hearts Talk for my fav Pastelie. Cosmoflips, Rebirthia Protocol, Metemphsycosis, Ec Tisia, Exec Flip Arphage itself for Tillia. I think I love all the song coming from Surge Concerto series. CLASS::EXPAJA, yal-fii ne noh-iar etc. If extra track is put into equation, Ar=Ciel Ar=Dor should get honorable mention since the song is plain 'life'
@robertmcpherson1383 жыл бұрын
With the multiple layers/versions of the song might be really cool to have video of the boss fight with only the music going, so that it swaps and changes around.
@Fjaloeat13 жыл бұрын
Man. As someone who loved the first Nier back in the day, I’m so glad Automata exists to introduce so many new people to the games. I never ever would have guessed Nier would become a popular series. I love it.
@hassanjabari5674 жыл бұрын
nice video dude. i highly recommend you react to the Doom Eternal soundtrack, specifically a track called "The only thing they fear is you". one of my favorite metal video game tracks i've heard.
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, I know Mick Gordon's work in the Doom reboot and it was outstading. I haven't played Doom Eternal, but I did listen to a couple of tracks from gameplays a so forth, but this is great! Give Hassan a like please!
@kayskreed3 жыл бұрын
So interesting how you interpreted the second voice as a male voice. It would never have occurred to me. I wonder if that had anything to do with contrast in the female vocals present in the track. Hehe, it's kinda ironic how plays into the themes of the boss fight in particular and the 'Simone' in question that can be inferred. All in all, I've been enjoying these reactions.
@cameronmyers21543 жыл бұрын
memories of dust from nier automata is probably my favourite track from that game, if you ever plan on revisiting the automata ost.
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
More Nier will come!
@leonardogroia90483 жыл бұрын
Best game of the decade, by far
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
Big statement right there
@InnoMori3 жыл бұрын
Its a well deserved one at that. This game sucked me in and blew me away at the same time and made me feel emotions for the characters. The music will never be beaten for a video game period. I freaking love this game with my soul.
@kiritsuna3 жыл бұрын
I can't ever get enough of NieR Automata. Every time I look back at the game, it gives me the chills
@epidemiologic88383 жыл бұрын
Your face is saying that this shouldnt work but it just works beautiful
@goncalovilhena21393 жыл бұрын
chaos language basically allows the singers and music composers to transform a human's voice into an instrument at your disposal. you arent bound to lyric meaning, only sound and this should be an example for future music composition. it breaks the boundries that we know about singing
@leila13dnd3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I feel like I need to get back into this game, the music is just so awesome and the story *Chefs kiss*.
@TheAsylumCat3 жыл бұрын
A bit on chaos language, firstly it has no meaning, there's no translation. What it is, is a phonetic approximation of what certain languages could sound like in the future, with a few real words sprinkled in to trick the ear. Currently the variations i know are Japanese, English, German, and French.
@angeltzepesh14 жыл бұрын
I recommend Alien Manifestation and Bipolar Nightmare also from Nier Automata. I mean, i should recommend the entire OST, cuz it's really something different.
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
People is telling me the same thing about FF. Like 'listen to all the osts from all the games!' 😄
@michaeldesiongco70324 жыл бұрын
Pls react to more nier automata ost's my favorite out of all of them is song of the ancients: atonement followed by weight of the world and this one
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
More Nier will come!
@SHGogo-df5jr3 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted Weight of the world actually has 3 different versions. In English, Japanese and Chaos
@bahamutShin3 жыл бұрын
if there is something I learn about video game boss music it's that sometimes the meaning of the fight goes hand in hand with the song. if a song don't have lyrics try searching for the story and reason behind the fight. I learned that from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, which it's final boss has japanse pop music, really unfitting for a game about a private mercenary group stopping a nuclear threat but after hearing Paz Ortega's (the final boss) diary cassette (they are 10 incase you try to search them) it clicked to me what the song was about and why it was playing without even understanding a word of japanese. it changed my view on the song and it's meaning. it turned a japanese pop idol song into a somber lament about an unfullied wish and cruel reality.
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
Yes, contrast is a resource and sometimes it works great!
@devildante93 жыл бұрын
Bro, you should listen to Tolkien's songs and poems (from the books) actually being sung. Tolkien was a medievalist, and in the good old times poems weren't meant to be read, but to be sung. Do pick any of the poems in the hobbit or LotR and read them aloud. Since the majority are written in iambic pentameter you'll get the rhythm immediately, the ones in trochaic are a bit trickier to get the rhythm down, as well as the ones with spondee lines. Of course, all of the verses that Tolkien wrote in his invented languages also rhyme perfectly, though the pronunciation is a bit hard to pin down if your mother tongue is english. My personal favorites are the ones with alliterative verse in the unpublished materials (the history of middle-earth), this one gives me the chills every time: 'I cannot,I cannot leave thee. O Morwin, my mother, why makest me go? Hateful are the hills where hope is lost. O Morwin, my mother,I am meshed in tears. Grim are the hills,and my home is gone.'
@Tank2073 жыл бұрын
What's amazing is the entire first phase of this boss fight is choreographed to the music. The song alone is incredible, but in context it is so much more impactful.
@cloud99vii272 жыл бұрын
It is always a pleasure listen your analysis because even if you don't know these games you are able to understand the music theme, as you says melancholy is in fact one of the main themes of Nier. I also liked your thoughts on language and as an italian it sound very familiar to me because the context of the song is an opera, and one of the vocalist clearly says "Fa male qui nel cuore", i.e. "It hurts here in the heart" in english. When I listened the song in game I was sure it was italian or latin and I was shocked it was instead chaos language .
@LuckyZap4 жыл бұрын
3:00 male vocalist 💀
@arjanzweers65423 жыл бұрын
Yeah i felt that one
@csempe66083 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Tedphoenician3 жыл бұрын
@@arjanzweers6542 he made a mistake on the internet, get the pitchforks!
@arjanzweers65423 жыл бұрын
@@Tedphoenician Hey I'm no American who immediately wants to cancel his ass for a simple mistake like that. I at least allow a human to be human and let him make mistakes and learn from it!
@guntere10043 жыл бұрын
@@Tedphoenician Who needs some torches?? I've got plenty
@liambenn12143 жыл бұрын
you know what, its really funny that you mention a roller coaster, since to get to the boss arena in the game you have to ride a rollercoaster
@Skuthulu-archives3 жыл бұрын
They are singing in “Chaos language”
@mr.prince70862 жыл бұрын
You should review some atlus game osts like the persona series. The music is incredible and the fan base really supports the music
@nurdownstar26533 жыл бұрын
I love this videogame! I cried very much playing it because is a beautiful and deep history. The context is about a "female robot" who sacrifices each part of her, just for love, but... i sugess you playing it. Is... wow...no words. I apologizes for my English. Greetings from Chile!
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
That premise sounds awesome! No worries, tu inglés es bastante bueno 😉
@Bulkvannderhuge3 жыл бұрын
The score was written by Keiichi Okabe and the lyrics were written and sung by Emi Evans. In the original nier, Evans would pick a language based on how she thought a song should feel then tweak the words and add sounds she felt would fit in so they weren't understandable. She followed the same process for automata and, if I recall correctly, the base language for this song was Italian. The reason for chaos language was so that you can get the extra emotional "umph" from having lyrics sung but not be distracted from gameplay by having recognizable speech. Either way, this is one of the best songs I've ever gotten my ass kicked to.
@SwordsmanOrion3 жыл бұрын
As amazing as the entire soundtrack for this game is (and it is really amazing), the soundtrack for the original NieR is even better, especially in context within the game. Half of the tracks in Automata's soundtrack are remixed tracks from the original NieR anyway. I highly recommend checking out the soundtrack for the original game, NieR: Replicant/Gestalt.
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
I did Song of the Ancients - Fate
@LadyHobbij3 жыл бұрын
Please react to Alien Manifestation, also from Nier Automata. No words can describe my love for that piece.
@benjaminenriquecheuquepanv37343 жыл бұрын
I honestly think that The Sound of the End is the best song of the entire game, it makes you feel that the end is near, not even knowing about the game at all. Also, if you guys wanna hear something thats gonna destroy your heart, Vague Hope was made for that, what an incredible song
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
Hey Benjamin, more Nier will happen VERY soon
@manganoid74263 жыл бұрын
Just found about the game a week ago, tried it and it's BEAUTIFUL especially the music :D... But my fav is the desert song (Memories of Dust). That one almost made me cry when i heard it the first time.
@boruj79303 жыл бұрын
When you “finish” the game, replay it. It’s not really finished till you replay it three (I think) times. I promise you’ll love it more and more as you continue towards the main ending
@pinklilium82313 жыл бұрын
Won't ask you to react. But definitely check out Kaines Salvation(Emils Memories). It's the most beautiful song from the Nier franchise.
@techsenseionline45673 жыл бұрын
my personal favorite is pascals song. its simple but catchy
@LeapsofFaith1234 Жыл бұрын
The best "translation" I've seen to chaos language is an analysis to what languages make up its constitution, with small sections of text being the ones translated (much like an archaeologist who translates small sections of egyptian hieroglyphics). Chaos Language consists of a melding of German, English, French, Spanish, some Italian, and a few other languages. I think someone translated one of the italian lines to "The pain lives inside my heart" or something, but I'd need a confirmation on that
@threepercentclay3 жыл бұрын
This song is best experienced in the game, as you dance to the death with beats and timing queing attacks and overtures spuring large area attacks. its so good!
@andryzoun3 жыл бұрын
Hoashi Keigo (MONACA)'s music is epic
@wehavecookies563 жыл бұрын
"Sona mi areru ec sancitu" from Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998) the song that plays during the credits of the game is sung in a made up language called "Panzerese" which is spoken in the series.
@ericbogerd53063 жыл бұрын
Inventing a language to sing in on the soundtrack for the game is the kind of insane stuff we can expect from Yoko Taro. It fades because it does indeed loop, effectively playing forever (at least it feels that way while you're fighting Simone Beauvoir the first time.) Many of the tracks are like this, and in addition to 8-bit versions for hacking many of the tracks on the OST have multiple variations to trasition between exploring, combat, and cut-scenes seemlessly which the game switches between on the fly. I don't think enough attention has been paid to just how amazing the soundtrack for this game is. Glad to see you listening to it.
@techsenseionline45673 жыл бұрын
this is prolly the greatest video game OST that has ever existed.
@c0mplex_Ale3 жыл бұрын
god i love this freaking game
@dreamimgflowerd976 Жыл бұрын
It's funny how you mention a rollercoaster. In the game you actually ride a rollercoaster before arriving at the boss room and the theme starts.
@against1virus3 жыл бұрын
Birth of a wish and Bipolar nightmare with vocals are my favourites and some of the most memorable music i have heard in a game
@nicolasriveros92662 жыл бұрын
OMG! Finally find a composer who listen videogames tracks! I wolud like you to reacto to the track "Alien Manifestation" it has a conterpiont part what will blow your mind
@budabead4 жыл бұрын
***Recommendation*** to keep the theme of JRPGs "a tragic decision" from the xenoblade definitive edition - i reckon you'd like that quite a bit! Like if you agree
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Xenoblade getting traction!
@inaraoftyria38783 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted I'll second the Xenoblade request. The music from that game is absolutely incredible.
@projectaether14314 жыл бұрын
I think the title references the boss you fight while the song plays. the boss has an obsession with beauty.
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Narcissism! what a weapon it is!
@Browniedays4 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted Actually it is because the Boss destroyed her mind trying to gain the love of another machine. She heard that Beauty gains Love, therefore she commits cannibalism because of a rumor that say "Devouring the body of an Android gives Beauty" so she didn't hesitated to try that and more. But she wasn't able to gain the love of her crush, and then she lost her mind once she saw in what she became.
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
@@Browniedays Been there done that 😆
@SeFFiroth59_Eky4 жыл бұрын
10:35 like a roller coaster... Yes that game is.. > before this music is played (boss fight) heroes are on roller-coaster 😎🎢 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIW1fpxpacp5i9E Song in live version : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKvLdpeilrGEfZo
@UnitA33 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this song and franchise (I'm sure my name gives that away) but I think the fact the most of the songs are sung in Angelic (language created for the game). Makes each soundtrack have such a mysterious vibe
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
Well, that alone is fantastic!
@manganoid74263 жыл бұрын
Angelic script (also called Celestial) -the weird letters that appear at the top of the screen when something huge happens in-game - wasn't created for the game, is actually from the 17th century i believe. The spoken language in the songs is actually called the chaos language.
@seanboyle73913 жыл бұрын
Any chance you’ll listen to “Shadowlord” from NieR? :)
@AtlasBenighted3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@seanboyle73913 жыл бұрын
@@AtlasBenighted cool beans. :3
@whydidntiriswin4 жыл бұрын
Not sure if you might see this but I suggest Reacting to "Successor" from Code Vein, it incorporates a deep voice focus similar to this song! Just something that may interest you!
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
I see you 🤪
@MizzterFu2 жыл бұрын
Interpretation Intro This is not love, this is madness Beautiful rose turned to ashes Please stop Verse Now I’m, filled with all this beauty Surely, now I am worthy Please love me Doing this for you And you still won’t look at me Chorus Born with beauty Love does know you If you would just look inside She’s too far gone She dimmed her light Tearing herself, that’s beauty Verse Now I can see that I destroyed what was, Who i am or who I’ll be ‘S unknown I can’t stop Now I am someone else Thought I could become worthy But you still won’t look at me Please Look!
@jesusmejia34174 жыл бұрын
You sound like being underneath the sea in Beatle's Submarine XD. Anyway, AMAZING VIDEO, love Nier
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, I'm aware the audio is crap 😆 It will get better in the future of course
@denslife162 жыл бұрын
i hope there is a translation for the chaos language, or an official english lyrics
@saifis3 жыл бұрын
I don't think any of the songs in chaos have lyrics in any real language officially, just supposed to feel the emotions from it and get the general feel. Beautiful and fantastical things happen visually in-game accompanied by beautiful and fantastical music that you have no idea what they are saying but you can tell it has meaning.
@Iffem3 жыл бұрын
I feel the need that Chaos language isn't just limited to this game. I think Emi Evans made it before the Nier series, and she's used it in at least one other game since (Armageddon from Granblue Fantasy also features it, with her singing)
@Sol-um1qn3 жыл бұрын
You should listen to the orchestral version of this song and others in the album, they're so well orchestrated and would love to know what you think! Great video dude, new subscriber
@adamcolins22235 ай бұрын
Absolute best soundtrack in video games.Nier Automata is artism game art.
@zumzici12343 жыл бұрын
Another beautiful song is Aki Rosenthal's Shallys, which was sung using the Elven Language she created. It even has an official lyric translation. You should definitely check it out if you have time.
@Citrusdiesel3 жыл бұрын
Dude it's like I'm on 9 hits of acid and watching the damn world being created. WOAH, people kept telling me to play this game and I have to try it now!
@SeiPR7273 жыл бұрын
Before I played NieR, the only other songs with invented language I had heard were from the composer Yuki Kajiura.
@aquaadmindoggo39583 жыл бұрын
Hi there! Just stumbled across this now. If you want more music like this, I recommend checking out more music from the franchise! Drakengard 1, 3, NieR Gestalt/Replicant and of course Automata. I also recommend Ar Tonelico's music, especially EXEC CHRONICLE KEY. Ar Toncelico also has its own lanuage for singing in too, called Hymnos.
@DeeFourCee Жыл бұрын
Chaos Language is a combination of A lot of languages from the world. Nier is in the yeat 10,000s. This is the imagination of a world where language has been melded into a single language. Japanese, French, German, Gaelic, English, Hungarian etc etc
@magnateplays3 жыл бұрын
i feel goosebumps with nier automata songs
@weepo26514 жыл бұрын
I think anything from the persons 5 soundtrack would be good a lot of funky bass lines and very instrumental last surprise would be the best one
@AtlasBenighted4 жыл бұрын
Persona getting traction!
@_.9S._3 жыл бұрын
Listen to "The Tower" from NieR Automata, it's amazing!
@Nyxo10003 жыл бұрын
this song with the bossfight context is pure gold
@AharenYuujin3 жыл бұрын
"I want to be beautiful"
@princessaria2 жыл бұрын
If you haven’t played Nier Automata yet, you should! Listening to the OSTs out of context is still great, but I think they really shine when you hear how they interconnect with the gameplay itself. Nier Automata actually has 3 versions of every song; a “quiet” version that is stripped down and usually a bit slower, then as tension/action in the game escalates, it seamlessly transitions to medium (usually the full acoustic with no vocals) and finally becomes the dynamic version at the peak of the action. It makes the songs feel so much more engaging and evocative, especially since the boss’ attacks often coordinate with changes in the music! When a peak in the music happens, the boss attacks with more fervor, as though it’s a dance following the rhythm of the peace. Nier Automata does this better than any game I’ve played. It’s absolutely worth a play if you have the time (and a console to play it on). You could also watch a playthrough, although it may not have the same exact impact that it would have if you were playing in the moment yourself. :) This boss fight is also relatively early in the game.
@princessaria2 жыл бұрын
Oh and there’s also an 8 bit version of all battle themes for hacking sections, but I hated doing the hacking so I didn’t hear those much lmao.
@princessaria2 жыл бұрын
Plus you do miss some of the song’s meaning without context, since it has no real translatable lyrics. It was called “a beautiful song” because the boss you’re fighting was obsessed with being beautiful to the “man” she loved, who never noticed her despite all her efforts to get his attention. It escalated to the point that she was cannibalizing other robots in a desperate attempt to become more beautiful to him. The piece is meant to symbolize her desperation and anguish, screaming for him to look at her. She is named after Simone de Beauvoir, who wrote about the performative and shallow concept of stereotypical femininity, and how the pursuit of that femininity erases the true nature of women who do not naturally conform to it.
@wackme17463 жыл бұрын
Might I recommend the FALKKONE cover of this song
@redram82693 жыл бұрын
This is a loop as it's a boss battle theme. You should check out "Weight of the World" from this game. Full song and just as good if not better.
@_Umbrael_3 жыл бұрын
"Now they have a male vocalist" Me: Uhhhh... That's a female...
@pringle2393 жыл бұрын
What makes this song brilliant is it's timing within the game
@asemy15033 жыл бұрын
The real question is: Did you end up playing it?
@AniGaAG3 жыл бұрын
The sadness of obsession with beauty leading to madness - that's basically what the song is about. And even despite it being "chaos language"... you can really hear it.
@hpalpha73233 жыл бұрын
All of the songs in the game have vocals, it's a bold choice that really pays off
@flaviens423 жыл бұрын
You should definitely check out the ones from NieR Replicant/Gestalt, the first game before NieR:Automata . "Shadowlord" "Gods bound by rules" And "Emil - Sacrifice" Are some of the best in the game
@Kondsio3 жыл бұрын
If he were to play the boss fight while listening to this song it would feel and sound waayy better. It just hits different.