Ao no Kiseki Evolution OST - Unfathomed Force
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- čas přidán 4. 03. 2015
- Music: Unfathomed Force
Original composer: Saki Momiyama (Falcom Sound Team jdk)
Arrangement: Yukihiro Jindo | Performance:
• Guitar: Masaru Teramae (jdk BAND)
• Bass: Atsushi Enomoto (jdk BAND)
• Violin: Akiko Nagano
• Soprano: KIKO
Mixing & Mastering Engineer: Koki Tochio | Assistant Engineer: Kazumi Iwano
Recorded at branch studio
Album: The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution Original Soundtrack
Playlist: • The Legend of Heroes: ...
Platform: PlayStation Vita
Copyright© Nihon Falcom Corporation - Hudba
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Arianrhod when you break her helmet: call an ambulance, call an ambulance.... BUT NOT FOR ME
yep, one hit kill my team right afterwards
When you feel real shit is going down
"So you have chosen... death."
OMG, this "Evolution" version is actually even MORE EPIC than the original version! The arrangement team did a great job remixing this AWESOME theme! :D
心や命を支える女性お笑い軍団にもついにアニメゲームミュージックに夢中なら最高の花ですよね。だから忘れては嫌ですよね。歪んでしまってどうもすみません。薄型平面美女声優軍団が始まりますよ。アニメゲームミュージックなどを忘れては嫌ですよね。
Will you survive this!? I am steel, she who cuts through all!
This is your end! GRAND CROSS!
That feeling when she uses Grand Cross, right as you activate Ebon Crest/Crystal in Cold Steel IV
That violin Melody can catch on Fire at any time
Thunder of the Roiling heavens, fall to the battlefield!
Rean dies
@@8-bitsarda747 I'm sorry...everyone.
@@8-bitsarda747 just dodge lol that’s what I’m saying
Epic
Masterpiece
I really wish they would've used this during Arianrhod's rivalry in CS4.
Oh yeah.
So did I.
Falcom doesn't own this version
@@GiordanDiodato They could've used the song. They just used the standard rivalry theme.
I admire that spirit. I will not hold back either. Bring to bear all the strength you used to best the Jaeger King!
Outstanding arrangement, really like the live instrumentation for this track. Amazing violin, guitar and bass performance.
To me, Argreion!
いざー尋常に勝負！！！
This is just magnificent. Hopefully Cold Steel I and ll as well as Third Chapter are successful enough that we get to see Ao no Kiseki localized.
+Falcom NPC I hope :) !
:')
Matthew NPC they’ve teased it multiple times already and with the PS4 remasters being announced and everything, the likelihood has shot through the roof now!
@@Makuro_XIII Fingers crossed
Your wish has been heard! Zero and Ao will be localized in 2023!!
You know shit is gonna get real when you hear this playing
Ohhh yeaaaah baby
I think there was a missed opportunity to have this play against Arianrhod in CS4.
Exactly my thoughts... But considering how laughably easy to beat she was in CSIV on Nightmare it wouldn't do that song justice.
@@DesMondesBlut yeah that's my complaint about 3 and 4 is that they're too damn easy, however hajimari has a new mode called abyss and it is actually very challenging
@@buttertoast1146 that's a good thing. they were made with a western localization in mind, hence why they were also on PS4 and not Vita.
@@buttertoast1146 still debatable imo, especially once you get endgame stuff
the massive speed increase favors dodge tanks more which are already insane without Arianrhod to put them in their place
and the only thing adding levels does to Abyss is make fights entirely reliant on dodging for everything since literally no enemy ever seems to use arts
@@linuxwizzerd5908And even if enemies try to use arts, we can just impede them every time before they can even cast it
the longest battle in the game
Pfft, it wasn't THAT long!
.....
...
..because she killed me INSTANTLY
CHECKMATE, AIDIOSISTS!
@@optimaltt6070For real, knocked my character out with her first attack and finished me up with her S craft before I could even act. That's when I knew I was in for a fun time
*I bear the name of "Steel"...*
She who cuts through all!
interesting...
F*cked up moments when you broke her helm and forgot to cast C-Shell(Tio's S-craft)
Me when that happened: "oh, is it time for a 2nd phase?"
Arianrhod: *something in Japanese I don't understand, then uses her s-craft and one shots my entire party*
Me: "...what the fuck?"
One of the few times where I don't mind the antagonist just vastly overpowering you.
@@zura8879 "Impressive. For you to have destroyed my helmet... in that case, allow me to fight in earnest!"
That's the effect of what she's saying.
@@zura8879 That moment when Arianrhod's helmet falls off and she one-shots your entire party with Grand Cross....I know you get bonus DP for winning the fight, but honestly it just feels right to lose there.
@@bruhvenant I'd agree if you were just a party of four, however canonically all of them fought Arianhrhod including Yin and Wazy who are described as above A rank talent while Randy's probably just A rank. All of them with Elie/Tio for support should be enough to at least hold their own against her.
@@hahmann nah, going by those metrics Arianrohd would be SSS+ tier. The only people who can hold a candle to her are Aurelia and McBurn.
I hope their music for GBVS Vira Vs Katalina.
the one evolution song that is actually better than the original this remix is beautiful
"To me, Agreion!"
その姿、その意志、その生き様
まさに｢鋼｣
その姿、その眼差し、その愛
まさに｢聖女｣にして｢3人目の母｣
閃４でのあそこの慈愛に満ちた名前呼びは泣けたぜ…
Pretty near flawless god tier arrangement of the original, Jindo did here. I like the original, but the live instruments (especially Nagano's violin) and the live vocalist are just what brought this masterpiece to a whole new level. One of Jindo's best arrangements.
And I love how this one has an ending movement as opposed to the original, which continues with the same chorus fading out. That does tend to get rather tiresome. Not that the original music's bad or anything, but I prefer it if they have an actual ending climactic movement after the 3rd part.
Why they didn't use this instead of the psp version for Sen No Kiseki 3, I would never understand.
Not everyone agrees that the Evolution version of certain songs is an improvement over the original. I'm personally torn on this one, I consider this version "different", not necessarily "better". I listen to both versions and like them equally. It's a matter of opinion and perhaps Falcom felt like more people would prefer the original version, who knows. Or maybe they're waiting to use it later in some epic decisive moment such as when they used the super arrange version of Fateful Confrontation in the 3rd when fighting three enforcers at once.
I don't think Falcom has complete ownership over the music and art in the Evolution versions of these games. Might be joint ownership with Chara-ani.
@@TurnArklight You are correct. Falcom don't completely own the Evolution games nor their assets. That's why Falcom decided to work with the original songs which they 100% own. Otherwise they would have to pay to use them.
Because the original is better
@@LeonGun8 True for everything other than the OST. The OST is owned by Falcom. Also they published/distributed the OST as well, here the VGMDB link: vgmdb.net/album/46413
This wouldn't be possible if they didn't have the license for the OST, not to forget that Ao Evo was arranged solely by Jindo and Okajima (Falcom jdk Band).
Reminder that Arianrhod is gonna be in Sen III
And Sen 4, where I expect a toughter fight. I mean the first one with Aurélia is a bit cheating and the second one with Macburn was way to quick. She hit hard, but I ended the fight before she could really be dangerous. A bit disapointed After trails of azure. Still, she is a great antagonist.
@@sterenn726 More like Anti-villain.
@@davidtimmer596 Most of the antagonist aren't real villain. And that's good (when there are real villains, like the Professor Weismann, they're pretty good).
The best EVO arrangement by far. Whilst I still like the original better, this is honestly pretty close. I love the final added section with the climax. In-game, I'd say the original fits Campanella and Arianrhod better, whilst I feel this version better represents the Sigmund and Mariabell battles more. Ao EVO had the best arrangements; the other EVO soundtracks range from okay (FC EVO), to pretty bad (Zero EVO) to just awful (SC & 3rd EVO).
I came here because of brawlcustommusic
If it wasn't for the wailing at the beginning, I would say this is the best version.
I do get why there is wailing there, but I find it a bit grating.
Extremely good track. I wish this would have been the final boss theme instead of Azure Arbitrator which, while still being a good theme, didn't impress me quite as much.
Okabe Rintaro Yeah, can't deny that. It's just that I wanted my preferred track as the closing battle theme for this game, similar to how I would have preferred Ancient Makes for FC. :D
Okabe Rintaro Yes and no. Ancient Makes is the theme for the first phase while the actual final boss theme - if we ignore the S Break pinata of phase 3 - is Those Who Protect The Greatest Treasure.
While Jindo's EVO arrange is undoubtedly great musically, thematically (and musically personally), it is worse than the original.
First, let us analyze the music title: "Unfathomed force".
"Unfathomed" is a vocabulary that can be connotated to "mystery" and sometimes "danger". Keep this in mind.
Next, what was the original intended effect of this piece?
Yes, it is meant as a battle track against Arianrhod, which atm you fight her is the strongest antagonist you know of so far, to the point of her power level being "unfathomable".
Now let us analyze the music composition of the original track.
This track has a very notable motif at the beginning of the track and at 1:28 . What do you feel when you listen to it? Doesn't it give you a sense of... "mystery"? There's also a tinge of "holiness" that could be felt in its instrumentation of opera vocals. If we were to visualize this motif, it would be quite easy to form the image of a holy mist gathering around a person. (For this reason I will call this motif "mist" motif.)
Furthermore, if you think about it, the element of "mystery" and "holiness" really does well to describe the character of Arianrhod. She is *elegant* but *unfathomable* in power and that makes her very *dangerous* .
Continuing the track, at 0:20 , if we continue the prementioned imagery of the mist, the introduction of the cymbal clash plus the subdued manner of the brass playing makes it seem like the mist is spreading away from the person, and the fight is about to begin. Of course the most obvious explanation for the brass section is that the music is trying to hype up the tension and raise up the "epicness" factor of the fight. (The brass is played in a really subdued manner but it's nature of being a bass note helps it still stay obvious to the listener's ears)
Then the violin part comes. I'm pretty sure we all know why this part exists so I won't elaborate further.
What should be noted is that this section doesn't actually take that much space in the track.
At 1:27, the mist motif returns. This transition further helps to accentuate the character of Arianrhod to the listener.
Opera vocals returns and sings the same melody that we have heard at the beginning of the track.
Then at 2:05... electro guitar is introduced as main melody. While this may sound counter-productive to the theme of the composition on paper, in execution, the electro guitar is played in a really muted manner and almost blends in with the background piano that is playing the exact same melody. This section is the only instance of electric guitar being the main melody in the entire piece, and its style of presentation of being played in a blended manner with the piano suggests a blend of characteristic elements as well. Electric guitars are mainly known to be the main melody when an "Action/dangerous" event occurs, while piano takes a more elegant approach. Does this sound familiar? Yes, this connects back to Arianrhod's characteristic element of being both "dangerous" and "elegant". The blended nature of this section makes it so that the electric guitar doesn't take away the "mysterious" and "elegant" tone of this composition, and therefore its usage is perfectly fine in terms of the thematic context.
More violin comes
Mist motif returns.
Track cycles.
So now that we've went through the entire piece, what conclusions can we make?
- This is a piece that characterizes Arianrhod. (Elegant, dangerous, mysterious)
> Constant repetition of the "mist" motif supports this
> No blatant use of "harsh" instruments (Electro guitar section was extremely short and was played in a blended manner with the background piano; Brass section is played in a subdued manner, to the point of being able to form the image of a mist clearing up/spreading out)
*What is the main takeaway?*
*The instrumentation is done fking brilliantly. Not once did the atmosphere of "mystery and elegance" break even though tinges of "danger" were included in the track.*
*This is a prime example of the notion of "uncertainty/ominousness" conveying more sense of danger than other tracks composed in a loud manner.*
Now, let's look at EVO.
- Excellent violin performance (Although really a bit too quiet compared to the rest of the track)
- Extended original unfathomed force 2:37
- Electro guitar is HEAVILY INVOLVED
Honestly, the main issue I have with the EVO version is the overwhelming presence of electro guitar. (From bass section all the way to main melody). I think by now if you read what I had wrote earlier you would get what I mean. Basically it completely destroys the atmosphere of "mystery and elegance".
Well, you might argue that the electro guitar gives more sense of "danger" and "epicness" to the fight. While there is some shred of truth to this idea, I'd like to make the counter-argument of "less is more". Yes the original is played in a more subdued and mysterious manner than the EVO version, but it doesn't stop the original from being as, if not, MORE danger-inducing to the listener.
When a lister hear a "loud electro guitar" boss track, they think "Wow this fight is epic and dangerous." On the other hand, when a lister hears a "holy/elegant but mysterious" boss track, they think: "Shit why does it sound this sound elegant? What the fk am I going against? Am I screwed?".
An example of this idea being employed that is really close to the instance of unfathomed force would be "innocence's theme" from FFIV.
As for the extension at 2:37 of the EVO version. I honestly don't know what it contributes to the overall theme of the track. Perhaps it does serve a purpose but what I'm more concerned about is that it is dragging the melody for too long and is hindering the presence of the mist motif. Thus, the extension also in a way hurts the atmosphere of "mystery and elegance".
Musically and thematically, I prefer Original over EVO.
The "mystery and elegance" atmosphere of Unfathomed Force helps it be distinct from being a regular boss track, and solidifies its presence as "Arianrhod's theme".
For me, EVO is just another regular boss track composed in an excellent manner.
for what it's worth, although i don't disagree that the original version is better (i played ao evo so my experience with the boss fights was with this evo version), this track isnt used just for arianrhod. its also used for campanella and another boss later and the more generic feeling of this evo mix works alright keeping that in mind. if this track had only been used for arianrhod's fight (and i do wish it was) then i would agree that the evo ver is a complete downgrade.
@@dannananananana5961 Right, good rebuttal.
Though tbh I'm guessing in Campanella's case it was due to music budget issues of Falcom? Unfathomed force was not used in any other circumstances other than this rare instance of Campanella. This idea is further strengthened by the fact that step ahead plays for Campanella fight and Unfathomed force plays for Arianrhod fight in CS3.
Don't forget, Cassius kinda took Loewe's silver will once in Sky 3rd also.
@@d3ly746 Richard also took it in FC.
Yeh, like, you pretty much sum up why i don’t like many Crossbell EVO games’s tracks. The over abundance of electric guitar in some tracks ruin the atmosphere of the original, like, they still are good song, just feels really out of place compare to the original.
Also, Silver Will also being used for 2 other bosses in FC.
I really don't like this version, the original was way better.
Disagree. 1:07
Disagree. 0:00
@@stopbeingignorant nope horrible
@@VVayVVard nope horrible
@@OTioRean If you have to insult someone else's work just to claim the original -- penned by the same person, no less -- to be better, then you're not exactly a fan that gets the effort that goes into this kind of music.
Piss off.