Why Elden Ring Has the BEST Soulsborne OST

[@TheLastGame666]

I wholeheartedly agree, Elden Ring OST was super special to me because of how varied it is, for example both DS3 and BB have the same type of scores because they put so much emphasis on heavy bombastic orchestra and choirs, so many of their themes feels a bit samey. but ER keeps things balanced and more interesting and unique, It has so much going on for it that every single track was immediately engraved in my head, every single encounter, whether a boss or an area, felt more special because of the distinct difference between the instrument and layers, from bombastic and grand like Godrick, or the soothing and somber like rennala or astel, to a sad yet unevitable feeling like Maliketh, the layering is genius with many secrets to spot and along with the spectacle and scenery, makes this OST among the best and most memorable in my eyes, Even the mini-bosses themes are phenomenal, despite being reused they still offer alot of diversity and emotion, Erdtree avatars are an example of that, despite not being the main scores, they still offer alot of complexity, 2 whole phases and alot of instrumental arrangement it's crazy, I still feel hyped to fight some mini-bosses just because of the music alone, they're super underrated. Also the most underrated thing about the soundtrack are the ambiance themes, they just add so much to the game and the exploration it's insane, each region and area feel like they have much more personnality than other soulsborne games for this reason, It just makes the whole world feel more alive in a good way. themes like Elphael, Leyndell, Farum Azula and Siofra river are among the best ambiances i've ever heard, probably one of the best, these areas won't feel the same without them, and part of me wishes we could've had such ambiances in past soulsborne games. It's honestly sad how many people underestimate the soundtrack as a whole, It really deserves more love than what the community gives it, hopefully it'll get even more appreciation when the DLC drops.

[@shinyhydreigon7257]

I think everyone loved the lack of ambient themes in most SoulsBorne areas, myself included. While a part of me does miss that, I completely agree that the ambient themes in ER are phemonal and shockingly underrated, likely for the fact that older games RARELY had them. And God knows the Souls community (or at least the vocal minority) hate change. Elphael, Leyndell and Roundtable Hold have to be my top 3. But I do love pretty much all the Legacy Dungeon themes. Roundtable Hold OST might just be my favorite Hub OST in the series. I could go on about what I love about it but just the fact that the exact same song takes on two different forms between when you first arrive at the Hold, and when it is literally burning and deserted is astonishing. While I love both of DS3's themes and how one is used when the state of the hub changes later in the game, I can't help but appreciate and cherish the fact that the Roundtable Hold pulled that off with just the same song.

[@alariaaurora8456]

BB Samy music? You dare to say the terrifying ost for blood starved beast and father gascoine is the same as the gloomy/epic ost of gehrman the first hunter or laurence the first vicar? Or they’re similar to the wondrous theme of the living failures? Or ludwig which uses horror music at the 1st phase while uses epic orchestra at the 2nd? Or the horror choirs played at the upper cathedral ward are similar to anything ever? Or the soundtrack for Mergo’s wet nurse is similar to other bosses? You elden ring fanboys are nuts. Then we have dark souls 3 which has such epic OSTs that makes elden ring look like a lego game. The community remembers themes like sister friede, slave knight gael & the abyss watchers way more than any theme in the elden ring. Why? Because in the entire elden ring there isn’t anything comparable to them and the funny thing is the elden ring sold much more than the dark souls 3. We don’t underestimate the elden ring’s ost. It’s simply not that great or to better put it: extreamly disappointing And it gets even worse when you consider the fact that the elden ring has 170 bosses many of which use the same Soundtrack which makes the soundtrack feel samy. Also the fact that the game takes 2X more to complete yet the number of great soundtracks are too low.

[@TheLastGame666]

@@alariaaurora8456 keep that opinion to yourself then lmao. Yes DS3 and BB music are samey, 80% of the track uses heavy orchestra and choirs, this isn't an opinion it's literally a fact, majority of their tracks feel way less distinct than ER, and not in the best way. also remember that most of the main bosses in those game try to convey mostly dark, sad and/or horror arrangement and theme, which put into prespective doesn't give much variety. you're just trying so hard to dickride both of their tracks without much going on for your argument other than heavy bias lol. ER is nowhere near disappointing lmao, Who's in their right mind will hear such a heroic, menacing and somber theme like Radahn, or mystical, old and natural theme like placcidusax and maliketh then still think the "OST" is weak? literally every track has amazing complex layering and instrumental arrangement, more so than any other OST in the past, each track has more personality and feel like it tries to convey each encounter more than you'd see from other tracks, DS3 and BB theme and encounters themselves don't offer their tracks to be that different, but it still could've been better in those terms, Living Failures would've worked much better for example if it wasn't bombastic and more somber, giving the idea and lore. ER just gives a fresh experience to each boss and area, If a boss like astel was in bloodborne it would've probably had heavy orchestra and choirs which wouldn't fit nearly as much as what we have, the outerworldly music given to the boss it perfect, there is also alot of hidden secrets to the layering of the music in ER, many of the music experts will tell you more about it than the other scores of the soulsborne series which says alot. It simple gives much more flavor to the adventure. Also the track isn't "samey" because there are reused bosses, that's a normal thing, for an open world game, plus the track has over 50 different tracks, with more variety and versitility than any other. plus you're talking like the reused tracks are bad, they're a banger, you can't tell me that the Erdtree avatars or Dragons score doesn't slap. Know very well that nothing on my comment was made to make fun of any other soulsborne OST, they're almost all S+ tier in my eyes and i think they're the best in gaming in general, my reasoning is just that ER in my eyes is better. Unlike you here trying to make fun of ER ost unfairly. I've argued with a few people before about this, but atleast they used fair reasonings and arguments unlike you.

[@alariaaurora8456]

@@TheLastGame666 A) it's a comment section and comment sections are for: sharing opinions If you can't handle this simple fact then maybe don't contribute in conversations ? B) being an open world game ain't an excuse for having lots of recycled tracks and bosses. I didn't ask mr.Miyazaki to use this crappy open world design. He chose it and i hate that choice so I'll criticize it. Got any problems? Read point A again. C) I'm not going to sugar coat my words buddy. Yes in my opinion the soundtrack for some bosses like general rhadan are straight up CRAP (i wrote that in capital letters for more emphasis) Tracks for malenia, are boring generic orchestral tracks without proper rythm, godrik's track has some nice ideas to it but it's filled with loud nonesense garbage filler notes, radagon's track is straight up taken away from the main menu which is a disgrace cuz it shows how they lacked proper tracks so they had to reuse that theme in the lamest way possible. Mohg's theme was so forgettable that I don't recall any of that. The only tracks that I'll give 8 and above are: the tree sentinel's track (which is ruined by multiple re-uses so a terrible job from the team for ruining this good track), ancestral spirit, the elden beast, main menu theme, Godfrey's theme. That's all and all of them combined still can't hold a candle against Ludwig's theme alone in BB. Overall I'm extremely disappointed by the OST (and bosses) like many many many Many more members of the community and i ain't sugar coating that. You loved it? Cool But no amount of pretty words is going to save this failure for me :)

[@TheLastGame666]

@@alariaaurora8456 1- your opinion was extremely biased and it was just trying so hard to point that out as some sort of objective standpoint, learn the difference between a valid one and whatevers yours was, music taste in general is subjective, that's why you don't see me try and put my subjective taste on the table and instead compare the tracks on a technical view to make it more fair and valid. 2- It IS an excuse, recycled tracks were always a thing in every soulsborne game, look at sekiro and their mini-bosses, literally the same fucking thing, plus there are still the main themes and ambiances that don't get reused at all? reusing a track isn't going to change it in anyway, it's still the same track that is attached to a certain boss with all it's lore, design etc, these mini tracks are still better layered and arranged and unique than like 90% of other tracks you'll find anywhere else. also neither did miyazaki ask for your stupid standpoint about his design choices, the open world was fantastic and immersive, you're literally not criticizing anything you're just blindly hating on it for the sake of the argument, you can't use the "It's my opinion" point to slide in your biased hate and takes, and even if you do i'm allowed to reply back. 3- Yeah saying that radahn theme is "CRAP" is just straight up invalid lol, from it's layering, to the story it conveys, to the amount of instruments it uses perfectly, to it's buildup and it's glorious end, literally a fantastic piece that does a perfect job at showing us who Radahn really is, and his story till it's end, even the people who find ER OST to be weak won't think of such a team to be bad in the slightest, again you're trying so hard to just blindly hate for the sake of the argument to spite others of, it's not working out tho, you're embarrassing youself. Also i really find it hilarious how you're calling these tracks "boring" and "generic" when again, 80% of BB and DS3 tracks use the same 2 musical instrument and less arrangement than normal, you literally have 0 idea how music actually work and layered and it shows, I suggest you go watch actualy music experts react to ER OST and see how they find it's creation, Malenia's theme is amazing, 1st phase keeps the momentum down and the somber feel till the 2nd phase hits to actually give a proper buildup and transition, Godrick's theme is literally just bloodborne, probably why you like it more than normal lmao. Radagon theme is symbolic, having it be a continuation and an upgrade to the main theme makes for a super memorable ending full of hype and emotions, truly giving you that sense of finaly, something that you're worm-infested brain probably can't handle, and i'm not even going to argue with the mohg theme cuz that's just straight up criminal to call it "forgettable", maybe you should get new ears if that's how you see it, barely any of the tracks in ER are forgettable because the game does a great job at giving you just enough to the encounter to make the music it's attached to memorable and distinct. 4- Ludwig's theme is literally the most overrated track in soulsborne, it's above a 9 but the way y'all dickriders make it sound like it's going to cure all your diseases once you hear it or something, It won't, it doesn't stand even close to some of the more complex and versitile themes like Gael, Aldia, Maliketh, Placcidusax or Midir, with each of these encounters offering more to the experience and feelings than what Ludwig did. 5- You do know that the vast majority of people adore this OST right? Kinda hilarious how you think that you and the vocal minority are a big part of this community, you're not, and atleast some of those in the minority do have actual valid opinions and try to put out solid arguments in the table, unlike you here clearly just trying so hard to disguise your hate as valid criticism, I'm not trying to save anything for you because you're already a lost cause and i feel sorry for you lmao. have fun listening to the same heavy bombastic shit for hours straight 😊

[@deogracias9869]

Finally someone gave elden rings soundtrack some love, thank you 🙏

[@Diablopray]

It’s decent but worse than any souls game. It’s prob close with Sekiro

[@clanlorrd3025]

To me, it seems like there are some "fans" who try to criticize everything about ER, just because it's the most popular and successful From title by far. Be it the score, level design, bosses, weapons, open world etc. Anyway, great video as always.

[@questionablezoomer764]

Or they think it’s much to critizice the game for because they think it deserves it…

[@saalok]

Or maybe they also paid for the game and don't like some aspects. You can absolutely be a fan and criticize stuff. Hell, you should criticize stuff you don't like and say what you like. There is a difference between a fan and a fanboy.

[@bilalahmed-bu7bi]

​@@saalokthere's also a difference between constructive criticism and being wrong and a scrub

[@AlexCatable]

​@@saaloknah, more often than not it's to make their fav game look better by throwing dirt on the competitors. A tactic widely employed by a certain game fandom.

[@tavishdegroot5127]

​@@bilalahmed-bu7biEven when they have " constructive criticism" they bloat those up so much. Everyone agrees with the copy paste flaw, but when they act like the open world is the worst thing ever makes me go BALLISTIC, ngl.

[@ZannaCo]

I feel like Maliketh’s theme doesn’t get enough love, it’s so powerful

[@HeyTarnished]

Finally people starting to realize it, whenever this discussion is brought up, the contenders are BB, DS3 & ER, which is fair, however IMO I think ER wins it because it has the quality AND the quantity, you may have 2 or 3 OSTs from BB & DS3 that are GOAT tier, but the rest don't invoke that same feeling, they mostly range from forgettable to great, as for ER, it has a lot of awesome banger boss OSTs (with some forgettable ones but they're far less than DS3/BB relative to how many more soundtracks ER has so it wouldn't be bothering) AND it has those 2 or 3 GOAT tiers as well like Radagon, Malenia phase 2 & Mohg, also ER tackles a lot of different themes for every main boss which can be excruciatingly hard, plus you have different ambient OSTs for each dungeon & open-world areas, Leyndell's background music is so good, previous Souls games didn't have that, but all in all, I think my best 5 boss OSTs are: Malenia, Ludwig, Radagon, Mohg & Pontiff.

[@alariaaurora8456]

The only GOAT tier OST in the elden ring belongs to the godskin apostle Extremely disappointing OST overall. Malenia’s boring 1st phase cannot be compensated with needlessly complicated 2nd phase music (which lacks rhythm) Mohg? I don’t even remember that guy’s ost. Radagon was cool but it used the same menu music. Extremely cheap move.

[@AlexCatable]

Second that! It doesnt really matter if Mohg theme can beat Gehrman them or can Goddes of Rot theme beat Midir theme. When you start adding all the epic OSTs from the game: Radagon, Elden Beast, Godgrey, Godrick, Apostle, Radahn, Ancestoral Spirit, Rykard, Maliketh, Fortisaxx, Morgott ... and the list goes on... it becomes crystall clear.

[@Diablopray]

I think Elden ring has by far the worst Fromsoft soundtrack. I genuinely dislike most of the ambience like caelid

[@HeyTarnished]

@@Diablopray Well that’s strange, if you really dislike the ambience, you could always turn the music volume slider to 0 in the settings menu.

[@denberz711]

nahhhhh. Ds3 wins by a long shot

[@abhistorm]

Close second to Bloodborne OST for sure.

[@alphax101-gaming2]

Souls 3 for me

[@AlexCatable]

DS3 =ER > BB

[@shinyhydreigon7257]

The reason I love Elden Ring's OST so much is because each main boss theme feels like it was carefully and exclusively curated to fit and compliment not only the fight but the CHARACTER. In BB and DS3 specifically it feels like pretty much every OST has the same dark, depressing feel to it, especially in DS3, where Yuka Kitamura composed every OST. Don't get me wrong I love her and her OSTs, but music can be very personal, so theres really only so much a single composer can do on there own. Also I need to give credit to my boy Morgott's theme. His phase 2 is honestly on par with Laurence and the emotions it evokes in me. Super underated.

[@sediondemaj4207]

I absolutely agree. Morgott’s theme does not get anywhere near enough attention

[@hachikuji_mayoi]

ds3 isn't entirely yuka kitamura though, there's some exceptions but they're very much in line with the mood of the rest of the ost. Bloodborne and ds3 I think were just more limited on what kind of emotions they could express in comparison to elden ring.

[@shinyhydreigon7257]

@@hachikuji_mayoi Huh, for some reason I always thought it was all Yuka. Thanks for correcting me.

[@hachikuji_mayoi]

@@shinyhydreigon7257 it's like 90% her but with some exceptions like the tree and gundyr

[@SJ-di5zu]

Imo BB’s OSTs fit each boss really well. Ludwig the Accursed/Holy Blade fit him super well, Laurence’s theme turns somber perfectly at the moment he loses his legs, Maria’s encapsulates her chaotic desperation to keep you from the Fishing Hamlet, Cleric Beast’s theme fits his horrifying design, Gehrman’s fits his depression from sitting in the dream for so long.

[@ThePlagueDrFrost]

The OST in eldin ring makes the battles 10x more epic

[@Diablopray]

Literally can be said about any game. Are you 7?

[@ThePlagueDrFrost]

@@Diablopray No I’m not, I’m just sharing my opinion dude, if you don’t like it, that’s fine. Okay?

[@ZeroOverOne]

Personally, my favorite games in terms of OST’s are Dark Souls III and Bloodborne. However, Elden Ring is still incredible in the music category. Radagon’s theme still has me drooling. Also, good to have you back!

[@exquisitedoomlapointe185]

Elden ring has a beast ost, the elden beast track often gets forgotten, the complete tonal shift and beauty of that beast jumping into the air with the opera chants are magical, once you get through the annoyance factor, it is an incredible scene and scenery really. Godskins, i never get tired, Godfrey's either.

[@NateMonke]

Godskin theme goes unbelievably hard. I'm glad we can enjoy it while fighting the apostle instead of just the duo

[@giuuig]

Finally someone recognized how incredible Godrick's ost is. My personal theory is that the switch to an odd time signature mimics the asymmetrical look he gets when grafting the head to his arm

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Godrick feels like classical music that's intentionally dissonant (like the Dark Souls gargoyles). Kinda that post-Wagnerian but not-quite-atonal-yet period of music. It fits him really well.

[@Al-ji4gd]

How can one man be so brave and yet so correct? The fact that we have such a good soundtrack (and game as a whole) without any DLC to consider speaks to how incredible Elden Ring is. I don't think any of the other FromSoft games have an OST this good, even if you include their DLCs. People often just parrot the same opinions they hear online, on YT or Reddit or whatever, and the majority have no musical ear, let alone training.

[@dyroth]

Very based take Had no idea you make music, can’t wait to check it out 😎

[@erliLila]

Godrick's theme is one of my all time favorites and has served as inspiration for some of my works as a composer too

[@YellowZ04]

I think Bloodborne has the best DLC and Soundtrack among these games, but I think the Elden Ring OST is close to both Bloodborne and DS3. They are all great, and I love them. We got Ludwig's, Maria's, and Laurence's themes from the Old Hunters and Gael's, Midir's, and Friede's themes from the DS3 DLCs. I have a huge hype for the Elden DLC because the former DLCs were way too great.

[@-_-5470]

I especially like how many of the themes handle bosses with different phases

[@gaziasker7683]

after this video i have listened to some main boss ost's and yeah they are amazing no questions asked

[@AndrewThePoet]

FINALLY! I thought I was the only one who thought that ER had the best ost in the souls series. This game has the most brilliant ost across the series, and I will die on that hill.

[@Diablopray]

By far the worst and you’re wrong

[@AndrewThePoet]

@@Diablopray Ye are wrong by a llong shot. Needn't ye say things if you don't know how to even play the game.

[@cardmossdn8058]

It’s really annoying that these people who dislike the Elden Ring ost constantly call it “unmemorable”, as if that’s a valid criticism. These people listen to the boss themes once or twice in game and say “I don’t even remember them, how could they be good”. That’s like listening to an album once while you’re watching tv, then calling the album boring and unmemorable

[@teenagesilver6512]

exactly

[@warcoder]

Funny thing is that, when I first played ds3, I didn't pay too much attention to the ost because I was too busy trying not to die. After some time I listened to all the ost and fell in love with it, same with the other games. When I finally got to play Elden Ring, learning from my previous experiences, I decided to tone down the effects volume and put the music to the max and it really paid off. Amazing game and soundtrack.

[@AlexCatable]

You know 100% they lie, when they say "it was forgettable" about Ancestral Spirit or Mohg 2nd phase. These moments hit like truck. I remember the first time that I made it to the 2nd phase after several hours, I died to Malenia Aeonia dive attack, because I was too enthralled by her transformation and the crying violins.

[@Al-ji4gd]

Exactly haha, and they'll listen to Gwyn's theme, which is just plin plin plon, 1000 times and call that a masterpiece.

[@rayzu4380]

Nightwalk always based with his content. Elden Ring truly has an amazing OST, I still clearly remember the moment when I heard Godrick's theme... I literally dropped the controller (no joke, and it was the first time this happened to me in ANY game). I won't ever understand all the people that say that ER ost is worse than other souls. It isn't, it has too much S tier songs and legendary songs lmao. Fortissax, Placidussax, Godskins, Godrick, Godfrey, Radahn, Renalla, Morgott, Fire Giant, Mogh, Maliketh, etc etc I'm SO hyped with Shadow of the Erdtree omg

[@denberzfan5759]

lemme change some. Renalla's is bad, Radahn's is bad, fire giant's is kinda bad. ds3 easily has the most epic and best osts by far. ER's main theme is the only one that really is top of s tier with like Slave Knight Gael, Midir, Soul of Cinder and Lorian etc

[@PBandJ21]

@@denberzfan5759how could you call radahn’s and fire giant’s themes bad?

[@denberzfan5759]

@@PBandJ21 they're boring. Compare them with soul of cinder

[@PBandJ21]

@@denberzfan5759 while soul of cinder is fantastic, i think that a lot of its hype is because of how it utilizes gwyns theme. These tracks are entirely new and do not use previous tracks

[@denberzfan5759]

@@PBandJ21 nah bro just listen to it. It doesn't even need gywn to make it sound good. They just want you to know who you're fighting. I listened to Radahn's theme and it's just boring and stays the same ad doesn't change really at all. It's gotta be like any ds3/bloodborne type of music for me to like it. Godskin and main theme is just 10000/10 tho

[@AlexCatable]

You can argue that some individual masterpieces like DS3 main theme or Gehrman song outshine the best in ER but when you compare OSTs as lists of musicial pieces, it all becomes quite clear. Elden Ring just have more outstanding themes than any other Froms game. It can have more dull ones as well due to the sheer scale of its OST, I can't say because I don't care. It is the best of the best which I'm gonna remember and put in my playlists. And Elden Ring is clearly ahead of any game here, DLC included.

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

Even then, God devouring Serpent is an astounding track that rivals the best from BB and DS3

[@alariaaurora8456]

A) the elden ring reuses many of the soundtracks which makes them less memorable. B) the elden ring takes 2X more time to finish but it doesn’t have twice the quality music Nope i don’t agree. Its leagues below bloodborne, dark souls 3 even without counting their DLC Hopefully the DLC will help it.

[@AlexCatable]

@alariaaurora8456 wait, so, you're saying, because ER is twice as big as other games it should have twice as many great themes to be on par with them? That's funny as f. Even then, the co conditions are met against say Bloodborne. Twice as many great themes? Yes, we have them.

[@alariaaurora8456]

@@AlexCatable there’s a thing called pacing. Yes a longer game needs more great soundtracks to justify it’s length. Xenoblade did that multiple times so there’s no excuse for the elden ring. When 99% of the time I’m hearing the same boring theme then the soundtrack has some huge issues because it’s not doing it’s job well: creating memorable moments When i hear the tree sentinel’s OST for 100th time in one play-through It loses the charm so fast. And nope the elden ring doesn’t even have half the amount of great OSTs as the base game BB or dark souls 3 let alone the DLC. What’s a soundtrack’s job? To create memorable moments Elden ring fails at that miserably. The ONLY soundtrack in the entire game that i would rate above 9/10 is the godskin apostle’s theme which even that music lost it’s charm by being played mutliple times in one playthrough. I’d pick ludwing’s theme alone over the entire elden ring OST every day

[@AlexCatable]

@@alariaaurora8456 ok, man, you seem to be one of the rare breed that somehow managed to not fall in love with Elden Ring. What is the cause, loyalty to old favs or something else, I do not know nor care. I dont buy your argument about "pacing" but it doesnt really matter, because from the beginning, in my post to which you replied I stated that "if you look at the OST as a list of compositions and take the greatest of them, there will be more great OSTs than in any other FS game". I specifically noted, there may be more dull ones as well, because of the sheer size. But you have argued that point as well. I dont have anything more to say to the person who claims, Bloodborne has more grest themes than Elden Ring. Lets just agree to disagree here.

[@reverbedash9282]

Godskin apostles theme still sends chills down my spine

[@aaaz319]

Radagon, godskin duo, ancestoral spirit and more. I wouldn't say the best in the series but rather consistent

[@Dominus564]

ER definitively has a GREAT soundtrack, especially with the bosses like Radagon/Elden Beast, Lichdragon Fortissax, Godskin Apostles, and Radahn. But DS3 is just PEFECT!

[@Al-ji4gd]

DS3 is a bit overrated IMO.

[@warcoder]

To be honest, I love the ost of these games and I think they're amazing, to the point that I perfectly understand if someone likes one more than the other or even says it's better. I personally would give an edge to Bloodborne's because it has actual lyrics in many of its songs, but what really annoys me is the people who need to put down the other ost, particularly with Elden Ring, which it's really weird and seems more like hating than anything.

[@teenagesilver6512]

I feel the same way.

[@cracky4122]

Great video! Will definitely check out Ur new album as I've loved all Ur original music before

[@brian_190]

glad you are uploading again after 2 months

[@someguythatdoesstuff7658]

I agree, the beeps and boops go hard

[@AlexCatable]

I see BB and to a lesser extent DS3 fans hating with passion in the comments section )))

[@Al-ji4gd]

I think they know large parts of the OST in those games is fluff, tbh.

[@Hopeful_Husker]

Adding this question: would you ever consider doing videos ranking each individual track in FromSoft games? I think as a musician, you’d enjoy the listening experience! Relive all the great tracks, and unearth some underrated bangers

[@simonealcazar816]

The generally can’t understand how people can say ER music sounds the same when DS3 and BB blends into each other way more. Abyss watchers and Friedes theme far functionally the same. Most the tracks tend to be man chanting or a somber woman singing w/ a few different types like Nameless or Deacons. Also most people always remember the big bosses tracks, the other games also had filler tracks as well and I would say ER more average tracks has way more going than others ones. Like do you guys actually remember Ancient Dragon(DS3 and DS2), Wolnir, Crystal Sages, Old demon king, Ludex/Champion Gundyr, Curserooted Greatwood, Demon Prince, Rom, Shadows, almost all chalice boss themes, 70% of the bosses in DS2. I can go on. Idk man, some yah guys REALLY need to back to these other games man cus you guys are high on nostalgia.

[@PBandJ21]

Gundyr’s theme is pretty good. Don’t lump it in with the rest of these mediocre themes. Agree with you though

[@simonealcazar816]

@@PBandJ21 idk man.. I’ll have to listen to Gundyr’s theme again. Like Champion Gundyr is like one of my favorite bosses in DS3 but that theme never stood out. I can always change my mind though.

[@yab3146]

@@simonealcazar816 gundyr has an awesome theme, give it another chance

[@HMCarsSOA]

Demon Prince? I personally found that memorable. I haven't played the game for over a year and i can still remember it, especially the first phase. I agree on the rest, but i must admit, i kind of like Crystal Sages theme, it is such a peculiar sounding track and reminds me of DS1. Shadows of Yharnam track is very subtle and atmospheric, it suits the fight perfectly, though i get that it isn't too memorable, plus it gets reused in the chalice dungeons a ton.

[@JDoggPokepixels]

As someone who could care less about gaming osts elden ring has the best ost in any game Ive ever played

[@medi6892]

Have you played other fromsoft games

[@laurencevicar5798]

Play death stranding

[@laurencevicar5798]

Or GoW: Ragnarok

[@FromTheWombTotheGrave]

Not as good as other souls games

[@JDoggPokepixels]

Look I got yall I just disagree I dont really enjoy game music that much but I have played every soulsborne game except ds2 I have played god of war and I have played a lot of games I hear people say have the best tracks like final fantasy or persona elden ring is my favorite

[@bilalahmed-bu7bi]

For me its ds 3=bloodborne=er>ds 2>des remake>ds 1>des original. Havent played or listened to sekiro soundtrack that much.

[@PBandJ21]

For me its the same but i put ds2 at the bottom and put sekiro right below ds1

[@youcantkilltwice5596]

I just tried remember what sound was cool in ds1. I remembered Gwyn and Firelink Shrine unfortunatly

[@PBandJ21]

@@youcantkilltwice5596 Don’t forget about O and S, artorias, kalameet, sif, and daughters of chaos

[@bilalahmed-bu7bi]

@@youcantkilltwice5596 OnS, sif, manus, artorias and all of the lost izalith bosses also have pretty good osts tbh.

[@charlestonobryant807]

Demon’s Souls original soundtrack is so underrated! I love how moody and less bombastic it is, especially with themes like Flamelurker’s and King Allant’s, something the remake doesn’t get

[@c_l_a_d_d_i_x]

I think people sleep on DS2’s ost. I’m not going to be crazy and call it the best in the series, only that I’ll say certain individual tracks from the OST stand tall and above most and should be in the discussion for best tracks in the series. IMO, sir alonne top 5 OST in the series, he is my personal favorite, even above those from bloodborne, where half of my top 10 would consist of 4 out of the 5 dlc boss tracks

[@Immortalthrone666]

Elden Ring has an incredible soundtrack. My favorites are definitely Mohg and the final battle, but it’s got plenty of great tracks. 7:36 even though I have Spotify I almost always listen to Mohg’s theme on KZbin so I can listen to the version with him screaming “NIHIL”. It’s just not right without it!

[@madcrusader123]

I don't often look at people as if they were stupid, but once my friend said about the Elden Ring OST that it is boring because all the songs in it sound the same, to which he even added that Genshin OST is much better. Truth be told, we almost fought physically. How can anyone say that it all sounds the same? The sad heroic music of Radahn, the distorted holy music of Godskins, the auditory madness of Godrick, the evil of Mohg, sneaking darkness of Nights enemies, natural calmness of Ancestor spirits...

[@hachikuji_mayoi]

I mean he's right in that genshin ost is better, I would definitely agree with that. But "all of the songs sound the same" is just a dumb thing to say about elden ring.

[@madcrusader123]

@@hachikuji_mayoi Genshin OST is in no way better.

[@hachikuji_mayoi]

@@madcrusader123 like 25 hours of music recorded with real orchestras and traditional instruments from around the world + some electronic or even metal tracks. And out of the 500 or so tracks, there's like 100+ that stand out, which alone is more than the entire elden ring ost.

[@madcrusader123]

@@hachikuji_mayoi None of them stand out as much as even the worst of Elden Ring OST.

[@madcrusader123]

@@hachikuji_mayoi Most of them are generic and boring, some of them are annoying. Only a select few are which stand out for real.

[@ASmartNameForMe]

Just had a listen to your album, and i gotta say it was pretty damn good. Gave me late 2000s vibes and a lot of songs reminded me of the song that plays for the credits of dishonoured which is always a good thing. Think my favourite was Never again but i loved the variety of VSTs you used for each of them, its clear you put a hell of a lot of passion into them

[@gotjukez3307]

The man the myth the legend Nightwalk 2 is back

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Elden Ring should have gotten best music in the game awards too.

[@craftihlow69]

While Ludwig the holy blade is the best OST ever i would say all in all Elden Ring has the best. Just listen to Godfreys Theme, Godricks Theme or Radagons Theme.

[@PBandJ21]

Just thinking about the fact that all of the best souls osts are in the dlc makes me so excited for elden ring dlc considering how good the base game ost was

[@Cherrybomblover-j]

The beginning of mohgs theme reminds me of jaws idk why

[@solidsnake9898]

Ooooh, well here we go!

[@squidward4152]

You should rank the best trees in every from software game

[@thewavingbear]

SOULS OF MIST

[@DeadHeadAhead]

in all Dark Souls games, the songs were in Latin, and in the Elden Ring they're in a fictitious language.

[@anigodzapex9384]

Its all Mainly ficticious, even in Bloodborne!

[@yab3146]

pretty much all of the previous OSTs were giberish. i think there is some latin in bloodborne but not much

[@bilalahmed-bu7bi]

Pretty sure the only actual latin ost is laurence though dokt quote me on this. And song of lament from elden ring is definitely real latin.

[@anigodzapex9384]

@@bilalahmed-bu7bi Laurence is mainly Latin and the Cleric Beats/ Vicar Amelia theme. So all the Church Beasts do share this. Every thing else is is made Up Language with inspiration of Latin and obviously Japanese. That the reason why Cleric Beats and Laurence's theme are such Favourite's of mine. They just sound like an exaggerated typical Church Choir. It's so soothing and Haunting and still Beautiful. The only contenders are the second Phase of Lich Dragon Fortisax and Mogh Wich are both very Satanistic and Evil sounding!

[@fixixi4982]

Malenia's ost is THE best ost ever.

[@kindlestix8079]

The kings back at last!

[@Nightwalk2]

Never gone, just missing in action.

[@negansmith5637]

I personally prefer Dark Souls 3‘s soundtrack but Elden Ring is for sure top tier.

[@laurencevicar5798]

1.Bloodborne 2.Dark Souls III 3.Demon's Souls Remake 4.Elden Ring 5.Sekiro 6.Dark Souls I 7.Demon's Souls Original 8.Dark Souls II

[@FromTheWombTotheGrave]

1.dark souls 2.demons souls 3.dark souls 2 4.Elden ring 5.Dark souls 3 6.sekiro

[@questionablezoomer764]

Switch ER and DS, and we’re kinda similar: BB > DS3 > DS1 > Sekiro > ER > DS2 > DeS (PS3) > DeS (PS5)

[@dyroth]

I agree with this list

[@Al-ji4gd]

Horrid list

[@stevendunn1314]

Well that sucks. I played three playthroughs basically muted. 😔

[@teenagesilver6512]

💀💀💀

[@MrGuy..]

Glad you’re back bbg!

[@illusion8457]

I definitely don’t agree but I see elden ring ost’s appeal. Every soundtrack feels like it fits the aesthetic and feel of the game so well. I just felt like a lot of tracks didn’t really stick out, especially because there was ambient music everywhere and having music in an area/encountering a boss didn’t feel nearly as meaningful

[@RedFade]

Wait Magicat and Nightwalk are two different people wtf, what kind of Marika/Radagon shit is this

[@jackjeager8785]

Nah, I'm going to say if you put the OST of bloodborne up to this and have an audio file listen to them. They're going to pick bloodborne

[@Al-ji4gd]

Disagree. Take out the DLC, and the Bloodborne OST is nothing special. The boss themes from the Old Hunters DLC carries Bloodborne hard. Elden Ring has like 8 or 9 elite tracks without even having a DLC (yet).

[@cracky4122]

Thanks

[@Nightwalk2]

A true American hero 🇺🇸 THANK YOU!

[@namirakira7138]

Personally, Bloodborne is the best in my opinion. A solid 10/10. I LOVE CELLOS AND HORROR. But all these composers, Sakuraba, Kitamura, Saitoh, Kida, Suzuki, and much more are incredibly talented, creative, and pumped out multiple masterpieces. So pretty much all the games have a at least a 9/10 OST. Except DS2 that’s like a 6-7/10. Sakuraba and Kitamura had to work on music for poor uninspired bosses like a bunch of rats or a congregation. There are good tracks, like Nashandra, Skeleton Lords, etc, but those tracks are bogged down by really lame bosses; which is a shame, because Nashandra’s theme is really cool in my opinion.

[@broccolin]

what...

[@minerman60101]

A title that would actually work but not be extreme is "Why Elden Ring's soundtrack works so well"... but you'd need to have a degree of musical expertise to do such a video concept justice. Although I do have one huge critique of the game's OST: the credits music. This was the most disappointed a song has left me. (tl;dr it just reused old songs instead of being something new and beautiful, in a game with a lategame full of reused content). I had played Dark Souls where Nameless Song made completing the game feel amazing and just that song helped me forgive the lapses in quality in the four lord soul areas just a bit more. Then Demon's Souls 2009 has not one but two utterly amazing pieces of credits music. Sekiro's was not as masterful as those three songs, but it was great in its own right and marked the End of a Vicious Struggle. Then Elden Ring comes along, and has a mixed quality lategame, with areas that relied far too heavily on reused enemies (Farum Azula struck a good balance, as did the knights in Elphael but not its other enemies). After going through all of those ups and downs I get to Radagon, finally kill him, and then Elden Beast appears. I was completely unable to get to it to damage it before dying. Then going back in, Radagon is still there, and it's going to take a dozen or two Radagon attempts for just another chance at Elden Beast. EB isn't quite as bad on current patch; I think they made it run away less, and you can learn where it'll reappear after doing the rings attacks (opposite to where it flies up to do that, iirc), but that didn't apply for me. It only took three encounters with Elden Beast to win but I was just left dejected with the game after having to slog through Radagon dozens of times just to get to a fight I didn't understand how to do melee at all, and had low flasks to combat. Then I get Ranni's ending which I later learn was mistranslated, get a cool cutscene, and then finally I get to the credits I had waited 150 hours for... and there's phase 2 Godrick's theme. My disappointment is immeasurable, and this game is ruined. The other songs that composed the credits fit better in a concluding song but the damage was done. This very long game did not stick the landing for me on that first playthrough. As a bonus, I'll throw out the changes I would make to the Elden Beast fight I've mentioned in other comments section just to reason what could've prevented my poor experience with the final boss, assuming the changes they already made to it weren't enough. To the fight itself, the lock-on during its fire attack sucks, spinning the camera around and preventing you from running away from it properly to avoid it and get hits in. This is especially a problem for players that are up against this brand new boss for the first time and have no idea what's going on, and will have to face a different boss dozens of times just for a second attempt. The other change would be a rework of Elden Stars, to make it more engaging to dodge and prevent unavoidable damage. I love the symbolism of it being the meteor that brought the Beast to the Lands Between, along with many smaller meteors, but the actual attack sucks in the boss fight and as a player spell. Keep the symbolism intact but make it engaging to dodge. To it being back to back with Radagon, I've settled on two options which I like the best. First is having Radagon's death refill three of each flask. This would give the player an added push to fight Radagon a bunch of times, knowing they'll have just a little bit of help going into the endurance battle of Elden Beast. (Furled Fingers refill one of each flask). Second is having Radagon's death be permanent while not being a truly separate boss. If you die to Elden Beast and respawn, the fog would instead activate an alternate cutscene where the player teleports to Stone Platform with no Marika, and it cuts to the usual cutscene for Elden Beast with Radagon on the ground and you'd be put in Elden Beast's arena immediately. Then to fix the loss of the back to back fight, have a boss rush mode like in Sekiro. Other people have proposed adding Torrent, but this requires a rework to horse combat and a complete rework of the Elden Beast fight. This makes it an unrealistic change to ask for, although if done skillfully it could result in something amazing. The other is making Radagon a separate boss, with Elden Beast only appearing if you go for endings other than the four "Elden Lord" endings. All four of these changes have their own upsides and downsides, but the underlying idea is to mitigate or prevent entirely the dread that comes with needing to kill Radagon many times for each attempt at fighting Elden Beast.

[@gs32621]

bb and ds3 destroy lamo

[@aghilesl.4040]

I feel like ERs OST is average for Fromsofts standards tbh its still great but does not hit the highs of Bloodborne or DS3 imo

[@trontogaming4330]

ER ost definetly isnt bad but its just not on the same level as Ds1 ds3 and bb imo

[@alariaaurora8456]

Nope it does not Not even close

[@BlacklistedSoup]

Waaah

[@nobody-ri5ng]

HERESY

[@claudetourreau1326]

I disagree but respect your opinions. And people saying BB isn’t a diverse OST should listen to Lady Maria, Orhpan, Laurence, Ludwig, and Living Failure OSTs back to back and tell me what’s so “samey” about them

[@Nightwalk2]

BB is clearly diverse. But every one of the songs you listed are DLC which was part of my point.

[@claudetourreau1326]

Fair point. Gehrman OST can only carry so much 😂 The base game OST is good but lacks the impact that a lot of Elden Ring tracks have so I see your perspective now

[@wardsmaill8973]

'Promo sm' 😱

[@user-ih3mp7wj6j]

Bruh you can't be series ER osts were so mediocre that despite finishing the game multiple times i can't remember any of them except maybe the main menu theme but even that doesn't come close to other soulsborne osts let alone surpassing them lol 😂

[@squidward4152]

Ok

[@KostisApoTinYharnam]

BloodBorne clearly has the better soundtrack. Ds3 is second and then elden ring for me. BloodBorne has like 30 tracks and 28 of them are masterpieces

[@AlexCatable]

You must be a hard fan... to anyone else the easy decision is putting BB OST at the bottom on these 3 and then arguing between DS3 and ER.

[@BlacklistedSoup]

@@AlexCatablenah BB = ER > DS3. Only by a bit tho. DS3 is very close but BB and ER have more quality songs.

[@AlexCatable]

@@BlacklistedSoup BB is worse. It has some bangers, but much less than DS3 and especially ER, the average level of themes is lower.

[@BlacklistedSoup]

@@AlexCatable nah gotta disagree. All of them are great but BB and ER are exceptional

[@AlexCatable]

@@BlacklistedSoup agree to disagree. DS3 takes the lead with main theme alone.

[@hull_]

bloodborne just daer god

[@AlexCatable]

Worse of the 3

[@overhead7045]

I disagree. The only osts I can reliably like in elden ring is the final battle, rennala’s, and weirdly the regal ancestor spirit’s. Take that compared to the bangers lined up in dark souls 1, 2, and especially 3. I can listen to the whole ost continuously for ds3 and be completely happy with each. I feel like Elden ring just doesn’t have that impact that the souls games had. Honestly, of the games I’ve played in the series, I would say elden ring has the least interesting ost in my opinion.

[@teenagesilver6512]

nostalgia played your way

[@BlacklistedSoup]

@@teenagesilver6512so sad but true

[@lenompasbanal2478]

What I feel like undermines Elden Ring's OSTs as standalone tracks, is that very often they are made in tandem with the gameplay in a deeper level than before. The creepiness of the atmosphere, the sudden shifts, the danger... all those components were taken into account and incorporated in the making of the music, but not the music itself. As far as tiers go most of ER's OSTs sit in a B tier, with the notable exception of Godskin Apostle being S along with Godrick's OST, and Lord's Apparition is A tier. If we were to compare DS3 and Elden Ring OST wise, I would definitely lean towards DS3, even just on base game OST alone.

[@roccogough254]

Renalla's theme is pretty much objectively NOT an S tier song. The first phase is so long and boring that it'll put you to sleep before you get to the second phase which is only marginally better.

[@Hopeful_Husker]

Sorry, it’s not the best OST. Dark Souls 3 takes that accolade

[@questionablezoomer764]

I don’t think it’s the worst, but by far not the best. BB > DS3 > DS1 > Sekiro > DS2 > ER DeS. It has overall less memorable tracks especially compared to my top 3. The only ones I like (which pales in terms of numbers compared to other games' numbers) are Mohg, Radahn, and Godskin. That’s it, only 3.

[@PBandJ21]

Just curious, but did you listen to godrick, morgott, malenia, maliketh, fortisax (probably spelt that wrong), and rykard’s themes? I probably still missed a few. While I do agree with that ranking for the most part, I do actually put er above ds1’s ost, and this is coming from someone who constantly listens to all of these on my free time. I am, however, alsways switching my number one between bb, ds3, and er as they all have fantastic tracks.

[@questionablezoomer764]

@@PBandJ21 Yes I did and they’re good, I just don’t think they’re on the same level as my favorites. BB’s and DS3’s are easily my favorites, but DS1’s is still kinda close. I put DS1 above ER because DS1’s ost is the most magical compared to the other games imo, and nowadays it’s very underrated because most people only likes and talks about the bombastic, adrenaline-rush themes.

[@PBandJ21]

@@questionablezoomer764 I understand and while i disagree with you, I still believe that er is one of the best osts in souls. My ranking would go bb=ds3=er>ds1>sekiro>des>ds2

[@questionablezoomer764]

@@PBandJ21 Thank you, and likewise. It’s hard to stumble over people who respectfully disagree with you nowadays, without turning to "I’m right you’re wrong"-attitude. Have a nice day!

[@PBandJ21]

@@questionablezoomer764 You too! I think that the only factually wrong opinion is saying that the bed of chaos in ds1 was good.

[@Father_of_Kos]

After beating the game hundreds of times I still feel its not on the level of Bloodborne or even Dark souls 3, Radhan 2nd phase is garbage Mohg 2nd phase is average, Malenia 1st phase is a bore, Godfrey 2nd phase is average, Elden beast and Ancestor spirit are nice but short, off course music is always subjective but to me the game has 2, 10/10 ost Godskin duo and Radagon, while Bloodborne has Laurence, Ludwig, Gherman, Cleric beast, Living Failures, Father Gascoigne, Maria, and Dark souls 3 has Soul of cinder Twin Princess, Midir, Gael. Bloodborne also has an actual orchestra and jesus does the diference in quality shows. Still a great soundtrack and lets see what they have in the Dlc.

[@prawn1717]

Radahn phase 2 being "garbage" has gotta be the absolute worst take I've ever seen, had to do a full double take 💀

[@Father_of_Kos]

@@prawn1717 Just listened 2nd phase again after your comment and its problably the worst music in the entire game, after such an amazing 1st phase ost that sounds heroic powerfull exciting the guy falls down on a meteor like a badass and the music just drags in infinite boredom its like they put 1 note 1 choir and repeat it for 3 minutes. Elden ring has a great soundtrack but radahn 2nd phase is surely not one of them. But if you like it awesome, I like Metallica you might hate it, we all like diferent things.

[@prawn1717]

@@Father_of_Kos ​ I don't mind other people disliking music I enjoy, I just wonder if you didn't really get the message of the theme or something? You're right, the first phase is epic and dangerous in all the right ways, complete with thumping war drums and a gorgeous male choir. But the second phase opens with a bang, the rumble and scream timed perfectly with Radahn's descent. It continues on with the theme of danger while you're still reeling from what just happened. About a minute into phase 2, the song changes completely. A solo male vocalist performing a beautiful funerary rite for the greatest hero of the Lands Between. This represents Jerren, and the voices of the Redmane soldiers rise to meet him, sending off their beloved general in the way he would want. That really doesn't resonate with you at all? I only say this because his second phase theme is my favorite not just in Elden Ring, but in the series. I think it eclipses Lawrence, Ludwig, Godskins, Gael, Fortissax, and every other boss theme yet made. It's the perfect sendoff for such a well-realized character, so it just took me aback to see someone hate it so much. For the record, I like Metallica quite a lot!

[@Father_of_Kos]

@@prawn1717 I don't know how to answer that in the best way, since your obviouslly much into lore and i'm not, and without a doubt you love the music to call it your favorite so this talk kind leads to nowhere but I think musically comparing radahn to Laurence its like comparing an amateur to hans zimmer, Laurence has an actual orchestra with a godlike violin part and an incredible choir in Latin, it transcends videogame music, radahn is a one note repetitive bore sorry. Doesnt matter if the lore is nice the music is still god awfull, a music can be sad and still amazing, just listen Gherman the first hunter played by the royal philharmonic orchestra to witness music perfection, it brings tears to the eyes. Sorry if i'm sounding rude and for the bad english, cool description on why u love the music so much. Wish I liked it also cause i listen the 1st phase quite allot and jump around the house like an idiot vibing to it 😝.

[@Al-ji4gd]

most ridiculous thing I've ever read...

[@JJunkWarrior]

Hell no

[@Inferno594]

I still haven’t seen the video and I already disagree

[@Diablopray]

I think Elden ring has by far the worst OST. The only good parts were radagon, leyndell, and character creation theme

[@BlacklistedSoup]

Listen to it again

[@Diablopray]

@@BlacklistedSoup no it’s terrible I would never do that to myself I’m not a sick nerd

[@BlacklistedSoup]

@@Diablopray best OST in the series baby

[@Diablopray]

@@BlacklistedSoup by far the worst. Dark souls 2 could is better with Majula Alone. 3 destroys it

[@BlacklistedSoup]

@@Diablopray so sad how wrong you are

[@kaschey6145]

Well, to each their own - especially, when it comes to musical taste. To me personally, Elden Ring was a massive disappointment when it comes to music as absolute majority of songs from this game are extremely forgettable. I'm very into From Software music - I have dozens and dozens of songs saved from each game including the entire DS trilogy, Demon Souls, Bloodborn, and Sekiro but Elden Ring... despite the massive scale of the game, there were only 3 or 4 songs that caught my attention...

[@saalok]

I feel the same, and I can't even point exactly why they don't stick. Malenia's and the last boss' songs are really good, for example.

[@kaschey6145]

@@saalok I think it might be because most ER songs are less "focused". They don't have some clear emotional idea in their core and feel ambient-ish due to that. They also often feel repetitive and similar to each other sometimes.

[@hachikuji_mayoi]

@@kaschey6145 Nah all of the games are very focused in a certain emotion for the tracks, including elden ring. It's just that the emotions expressed in the ost of elden ring are different. The characters in elden ring aren't all tragic unlike ds3 for example.

[@rigby8701]

​@@kaschey6145That's such bullshit criticism when BB and DS3 blur together far worse

[@kaschey6145]

@@rigby8701 Lol, what? BB soundtrack is very distinct from the rest of From's games. Anyway, that's basically what I was talking about - perception of music is extremely subjective. Especially, when we talk about whole OST of a game instead of individual songs