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So the whole "Calm" vs "Combat" songs happens a LOT in video games, it's actually my fav kind of musical transition ever. Games that come to mind that do this besides Hades: FF XIII-2, Fire Emblem: Three Houses and FE: Awakening, there's a lot more but I can't think of any atm.
As I've said during some marbles streams, you should totally play Hades. It's fantastic haha
So…was the requester actually someone who put their name down as Justin & Justin, or was this requested by two separate Justins? :V
this song goes so f*cking hard and I am so glad you're reacting to another one from Hades. Can't wait for Hades II by the way!! Please PLEASE do more. I might actually request on Patreon later…
Funny that you specifically mention Godsmack because I always thought this particular song reminded me of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Which, as it so happens, had a song by Godsmack featured very prominently in trailers and some gameplay sequences, and took heavy inspiration from their sound for the overall soundtrack.
The only downside to Hades is the fact that I never get to appreciate the music because I’m too busy trying to not die lol
Yooo so glad to see Hades featured on the channel again!
Time to get pulled into the underworld, Jesse.
Would love to see you stream hades sometime, glad the hades reacts are back 😀
I forget if this was pointed out in the Scourge of the Furies video, but though the CD version of the track you listened to organizes the track from calmer to punchier sections in a gradual progression, the songs are dynamically mixed in a very interesting way. The calm section plays when in combat with normal enemies and has two versions: the full mix of the section, and one lacking a lot of instruments (keeping mostly the rhythm section with maybe the theremin being retained). The heavy sections play for the miniboss fights and the boss fight. There are a veritable ton of ways in which the game will transition between the two when you enter the room containing the boss, depending on what section of the track you are in when your start the transition. There are many transitional phrases written for these pieces that segue between the sections
As a Greek folk dancer, I love hearing the Greek instruments that Darren got for the OST, and I'm very curious how much he delved up into Greek folk music in researching for this soundtrack!
Hades is one of two VGM albums I've bought and listened to outside of the games, every song just fucks so hard. it's 30 tracks, most of them are the length of a Tool song, and every one grabs me every single time no matter how many times I've heard them and how many runs I've done in the game.
The reason this and Scourge of the Furies sound so similar is because they are 2 of 5 (technically 6 but the sixth is "secret" and way different sonically than the other 5) boss tracks in this game, and pretty much all of them are structurally similar for Reasons™️, except the very very last one doesn't have the calm opening (nor does it need it).
Godsmack is actually pretty known among action game players of 2000s because second game of Prince of Persia Sands of Time Trilogy – PoP: Warrior Within – featured songs "Straight out of line" (Credits song no less!) and especially "I stand alone" (instrumental version was used in every chase section where basically local variant of Death Reaper itself chases after Prince).
And obviously because these two songs were so prominent and important for the game the whole music direction of that chapter in the Sands of Time Trilogy was based around them.
Background music from Ape Escape !!! (one of the later levels / mountain peak glacier, can't remember the name)
I love that there's a little bit of E1M1 from doom in this.
I just LOVE when Hades soundtrack turns heavy. It sounds so crisp and awesome.
I think the Theremin does a lot to make Hades stand out both from a point of atmosphere in the game and also for the Music itself
This is related to Scourge of the Furies in that this is a boss theme. The names of these two songs is directly relevant to the boss fight itself. I don't believe the theme of the first boss fight follows this trend, but fight 2 (Scourge of the Furies), fight 3 (The King and The Bull), and fight 4 (not gonna name it here) all follow this theme. Also, each fight take place in a completely different area of the Greek afterlife, so they don't take place anywhere really near each other, so their relation is ONLY that they're boss themes.
Man, I’ve been waiting to see you hear this one, glad to see you’re coming back down this rabbit hole! You should consider Rage of the Myrmidons for the next, it’s from the same stage of the game and brings the same heaviness but a different style thereof.
And remember- There is no escape.
More Hades 🙏 Can't wait for Hades 2 and to hear what you think of those tracks! They're gonna slap, I know it
It would be a nice mixup to get one of the non-battle themes from Hades, like Good Riddance or In The Blood.
Also, I'm joining the chorus of people saying that you should play the game.