Music Producer REACTS to Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Soundtrack

Alright, I'll be the one to do the timestamps... 2:11 - Rules of Nature 10:44 - I'm My Own Master Now 17:36 - A Stranger I Remain 27:28 - The Stains of Time 37:58 - Red Sun 49:17 - The Only Thing I Know For Real 59:34 - Collective Consciousness 1:16:16 - It Has to Be This Way 1:26:34 - Dark Skies

friendly reminder that the composer of this OST is also the composer of ToonTown's soundtrack, which was the only other "big" song project he'd worked on before this.

crazy how this was the first time this composer had done metal music

This soundtrack came out alongside the game in 2013, at the peak of dubstep's popularity, which is why so many of the tracks are so wub-heavy. It's a testament to the compositions that this album is still considered to be 100% bangers 11 years later. Also, the lyrics to "Collective Consciousness" are terrifyingly prescient.

One of my favorite things about Collective Consciousness is that it fits 1:1 with All I Want for Christmas

Finally, my persistent asking for this has pulled off! Thanks for this!

STANDING HERE

It Has to Be This Way A song about how Raiden and the final boss of the game have clashing philosophies pushing them. They acknowledge that each have good points but ultimately cannot come to any reconciliation and thus must fight knowing that neither of them have the best answer to fix the problems being experienced.

i did NOT expect you to react to metal gear rising ost

I love how fluid these songs are, as someone who has played this game multiple times its insane to me how well these songs match their bosses. Even to the point that the songs seem to match how each boss dies. Ray dies being overwhelmed by a greater predator, completely overwhelmed with Raiden's power Mistral's charm fails to work and she bites off more than she can chew when Raiden outwits her and uses her own weaponry to kill her, stopping her deadly rampage Monsoon seems to just give up, finally happy to be dead with a smile on his face, his ending is happier than the rest Sundowner dies as he lives, embodying the cruelty and hate of war and innocence, he meets his end violently and with a almost childlike glee, and for style points, being slashed in half like he did to so many others Sam dies still confused, he is a man of principle and will, having such a enormous amount of power despite not being augmented, yet he is bested by Raiden and their dance comes to a sudden and powerful end, completely destroying everything Sam believed in Khamsin dies believing and fulfilling his doctrine of Freedom, that any creature no matter how small being able to claw freedom and power to break the bonds of slavery is a "damn good mutt" Armstrong's 2 song fight is incredibly complex and masterful. From starting off as exactly the type of tyrant you expect him to be only so much worse. Then ripping away the facade to reveal the ultimately too human man overflowing with hope and ideals who is Raiden's equal in almost every measure. Both bleeding and tearing into each other hoping to create a brighter future for the one's they protect and trying to get humanity to evolve beyond its current ways. Their legendary fight though extremely close, with both giving it their everything, ends with Raiden metaphorically and literally shattering Armstrong's dream by ripping out his heart and crushing it. Showing that despite everything, despite Armstrong's ideals and words, his heart is too soft to really change anything and that he doesn't possess the true will and desire to do what must be done.

The Hot Wind Blowing - Khamsin's theme , also from Metal Gear Rising. please check it out, you won't regret it. 🎸🔥💯

13:26 There actually is an acoustic intro for this.

So, you chose songs according to collective suggestions from chat. Does this mean that chat was COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS

Since no one has said it and I understand your policy on not having time to play games just for the music, I’ll just explain here: That big break in Rules of Nature is synced up to play right as you begin a quick time event where Raiden parries a sword the size of a city block, and continues over the playable cutscene so it ends right as the boss dies. MGR’s ost has many cool cues that loop parts and sync during pivotal moments in the boss fights. Tbh though it could easily be understood from simply watching a playthrough of any one boss fight to get the idea, for anyone who does want to check it out.

I love that you dont just give it a one-time listen, but instead rewind and reanalyze the entire track! As a long time Metal Gear Solid fan I really appreciate your analysis of one of my favorite video game soundtracks! 🙇

"why is this part the most watched?" Well that's probably because at that point the protagonist is in the process of suplexing a metal gear ray and cutting it into salami

For Collective Consciousness, the base drum continues to be played at a fixed tempo the entire time. Almost like a metronome. Hypnotic. It also works with your militaristic ideas as i can be interpreted as marching.

My Favorites From The MGRR OST Have To Be "The Only Thing I Know For Real" "Collective Consciousness" And "It Has To Be This Way"

1:32:20 - That's right. Dark skies is one of the regular battle theme. You should listen rest of tham as Return to ashes and A soul can't be cut And don't forget to listen missed boss theme - The hot wind blowing. It's one of the best soundtrack in game. Boss of this theme was planned as boss in main storyline but it got cut and used as the only boss of one of two DLC

I hope you're going to react to "The War Still Rages Withing" too! It perfectly sums up the theme of the game. I can also recommend Geoffrey Day's cover of "The Only Thing I know For Real". He helped on the original soundtrack and even brings back a lot of other musicians who worked of the original song to create this heavier cover.