The attention to detail in those elderly bat ladies is amazing, the fact they are singing actually lore about the world in a language that few are going to understand, it's just beautiful.
@cutcutado
2 жыл бұрын
Wait, is there lyrics somewhere
@LinkCafe82
2 жыл бұрын
Latin.
@fuckaduck5748
2 жыл бұрын
@@cutcutado just look up elden ring bat song and its the first vid
@FurryEncyclopaedia
2 жыл бұрын
@@cutcutado Nos, destinatae matribus, nunc fiunt turpes. Ploarvimus lacrimavimusque sed nemo nos consolatur. Aureum, cui irascebaris? We, betrothed destined to be mothers, now become tarnished. We have lamented and we have shed tears but no one consoles us. Golden One, at whom you were angry?
@actuallyidisagree6628
2 жыл бұрын
I'm just glad that the Latin's better here than in the Bloodborne ost
@saturnoperative4484
2 жыл бұрын
the moment of randomly stumbling across the frenzied flame dungeom and hearing that first imprisioned merchant's song slowly fade in as i approached actually brought me to tears, like genuinely... it was so haunting along with the rest of the incredibly dark lore surrounding it that i just happened to come across that it stopped me dead in my tracks. elden ring is by far the best fromsoft game, next to bloodborne, in terms of those kinds of perfectly crafted moments of impact and emotional heft, it's insane. ok i'll stop ranting now i just ADORE this game and all of its little design details and moments :')
@TheGamerNamedTony
6 ай бұрын
The Song of Lament certainly lived up to its name, that jump puzzle was maddening, along with all the stuff you had to do to get down there, but I wish they would have kept Kale's quest so that everything down there would have had more impact.
@caibra88
2 жыл бұрын
Deep in the darkness of Siofra Well I found myself following the song of the merchant #2, not knowing it was even a merchant playing. After many dark corners I finally see him sitting next to his fire almost soothing my nerves as I had been killing many creatures in the darkness. Don't even get me started on the Bat Matrons!
@caucasoidus_anglicus
6 ай бұрын
Love the detail of the merchants hand wiggling just the slightest bit as he plays certain parts of his song
@joca_sol
2 жыл бұрын
Leyndell's song with the trumpets feels ominous, like something is about to happen Edit: I read about them, and yes, the music is just another form of presenting the lore
@WPPaH
2 жыл бұрын
the first screaming lady her voice gave me nightmares
@jaxdakid5598
2 жыл бұрын
merchant song #2 slaps. he’s my favorite merchant he’s so nervous and kind and plays such a cool song
@schkoopdawhoop7885
2 жыл бұрын
I like that the merchants actually move their fingers and hands up and down the fretboard of their instrument
@joeoc7762
2 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe the devs animated accurate fingering for the merchant songs. Even vibrato
@mmalone139
2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was really cool how the nomadic merchants playing goes so well with the theme of Atlus Plateau. It fit in so well with the vibe and everything that I just mistook the violin bit for being in the soundtrack until I realized that it stopped playing when I left the merchant and then I realized it was coming from the merchant. Very good attention to detail. I just thought it was so cool how you can tell it was written for that theme but they also managed to make it feel like a character is playing along with it
@greedisbad9890
Жыл бұрын
Frenzied flame merchant reminding me of brook from one piece Everyone died around him while they play a song together
@camilo9192
2 жыл бұрын
this is great, thanks!
@mhiggs8001
2 жыл бұрын
Man, the poor merchants, their fate is roughhhhh
@carlosignacio6735
Ай бұрын
Bro they should add the ability to hug that merchant
@cruzgodinez9928
2 жыл бұрын
Isn't there someone playing an instrument in the village of the Albinaurics?
@thebadsammet515
2 жыл бұрын
amaría que los instrumentos musicales sean objetos obtenibles y las canciones se puedan aprender como los gestos, que esto tenga efecto en npcs o en el mundo ya seria increíble. además también seria gracioso en las interacciones de multijugador, ya saben podrían armar sus propias bandas xd (espero que se incluya algo así en algún titulo futuro de la franquicia o ya soñando un dlc de elden ring)
@Skippy_Dinglechalk
2 жыл бұрын
Woah I did not know that you could have a flute vibrato...
@WiggyJiggy
2 жыл бұрын
The merchants song underground reminds me of the scene in titanic when the band plays their last song. Sadness.
@yeoldebanjo5470
2 жыл бұрын
Anyone else notice that the traveling merchants' song is strikingly similar to Gehrman's Theme from Bloodborne?
@Shadow-qc2ij
2 жыл бұрын
We need more of these in souls games
@MforMovesets
2 жыл бұрын
Subtitle: oh.
@Steven-se4gd
2 жыл бұрын
they need one that plays the electric guitar or maybe a bass
@dl-gq9lr
2 жыл бұрын
I think yuka kitamura was a violin player. I don't know if she actually plays.
@francescofavro8890
2 жыл бұрын
love how there's all these complex, endearing song, and then the envoys are like " *DOOT* "
@Jim26D
2 жыл бұрын
That doot was still pretty powerful. It was a perfect introduction to the fallen great city
@RedAngelXV
Жыл бұрын
and then the bigger one is like “ *BLEEEEEH* “
@RedAngelXV
Жыл бұрын
and then the giant ones say “you call that a horn?” and reply with big fat load of “ *W̴͔̏̕W̴͔̏̕R̶̨̨̖̬̹̥̜̠͎̺̍͐̂R̶̨̨̖̬̹̥̜̠͎̺̍͐̂R̶̨̨̖̬̹̥̜̠͎̺̍͐̂R̶̨̨̖̬̹̥̜̠͎̺̍͐̂A̶̤͍̟̲͓͕͍̼͕͎̽́̒̇͝A̶̤͍̟̲͓͕͍̼͕͎̽́̒̇͝A̶̤͍̟̲͓͕͍̼͕͎̽́̒̇͝Ù̸̺̓̀̓͒͑Ù̸̺̓̀̓͒͑Ù̸̺̓̀̓͒͑G̶̢̨̖͚̜̺̭̥̭͓̾̒̃̃̈̏͋͝G̶̢̨̖͚̜̺̭̥̭͓̾̒̃̃̈̏͋͝H̸̪͊̒G̶̢̨̖͚̜̺̭̥̭͓̾̒̃̃̈̏͋͝H̸̪͊̒G̶̢̨̖͚̜̺̭̥̭͓̾̒̃̃̈̏͋͝H̸̪͊̒H̸̪͊̒H̸̪͊̒H̸̪͊̒N̶͎̫̉̍͘͝N̶͎̫̉̍͘͝* ”
@Avelithe
6 ай бұрын
I felt that in my soul
@KisnouMusic
6 ай бұрын
To anyone passing by here, I love reading your comments so much. I wish I could write music for a game like this. If you want to hear some storytelling music, last year I wrote an album titled 'The Untold Story of The Rainmaker', inspired by Dark Souls & Elden Ring. It's been hard to share it with the world due to its narrative nature, that's why I am writing this - but if you have some free time, I'd be so happy to hear your opinions on it. Thank you so much 🤍
@grandvalentine6942
2 жыл бұрын
When I first got to Leyndell and heard the bubble enemies using the trumpets, It made me feel like I arrived to a city of heaven, with angels blowing their horns
@llukas58
2 жыл бұрын
Wait til you get hit by the big ones. You will indeed arrive at heaven's gates.
@Calex55KH
2 жыл бұрын
When they attacked I guess they really... burst your bubble
@grandvalentine6942
2 жыл бұрын
@@Calex55KH indeed, i felt betrayed and realized this place is just as bad
@collapsiblechair9112
2 жыл бұрын
Haha I felt the opposite the trumpets sounded cacophonous and the freaks blowing them deformed. It's great that the game can elicit two different reactions.
@SIGNOR-G
2 жыл бұрын
@@collapsiblechair9112 in a way it could be a distorted heaven
@Epicmonk117
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite musical transitions in this game is in the Altus Plateau. There’s a merchant there playing the Altus theme on his instrument, and when you approach him, the background music fades as his gets louder.
@atomicbaconbits6695
2 жыл бұрын
It sound very close to the violin part of Gehrman's theme from Bloodborne as well.
@blackalphadragon96
2 жыл бұрын
Witch site of grace is he close to?
@CriticalCamZ
2 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed. It’s definitely my favorite out of them all, the frienzied villagers always intrigued me
@Epicmonk117
2 жыл бұрын
@@blackalphadragon96 He’s by the one on the south side of that shattered bridge near the minor erdtree, next to the portal that takes you to the north side.
@absolutelyshmooie7086
2 жыл бұрын
@@atomicbaconbits6695 I can't hear it, the instrument sounds simular but I don't hear the gehrman melody
@SwitchFeathers
2 жыл бұрын
The saddest of these is by far the Frenzied Flame Merchant's song, which is ironic since of the tunes its actually almost a happy one, but you find the guy hidden down in the deepest depths below the sewers of the capital, sealed behind a stone door guarded by an evil blood mage, with all the merchant's closest friends, family and companions either dead or insane around him and his own mind inches away from its last dregs of sanity, clinging to the very last vestige of joy he held in his final moments before he and all his people were cruelly buried alive for heresy. Also interesting to hear a song in English in the form of Renalla's sweetings, been looking for a version of that for ages! Thanks for this upload.
@CriticalCamZ
2 жыл бұрын
Saddest & definitely my most favorite tune
@hamzafairs3262
2 жыл бұрын
Same bro
@michaeljohnston8891
2 жыл бұрын
Guy has the same face as the DS3 hollows
@stormp6962
2 жыл бұрын
One of the interesting things about it is that the mage protecting the secret of the merchants’ is a clone of Mohg himself! Does anyone know the reason he’s here as well?
@セータン
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine how a blind woman get in there by herself while I'm here dying my ass for a hundred times just to get there.
@JustSnowglow
2 жыл бұрын
I love how for the merchants playing, the fingering is actually reasonable. Also it sounds like they had the performer play a little sloppy on purpose for the recording. The vibrato sounds really confident to me but they're definitely letting the bow wander and jitter on purpose. In general, I love all the musical NPCs in this game. I always feel the need to go investigate faint music in the distance.
@lebarondeminuit3580
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@juancorzo5081
2 жыл бұрын
I think it is made on purposw to show it is a handmade rudimentary instrument. It sets the tone better than a perfectly played song.
@JustSnowglow
2 жыл бұрын
@@juancorzo5081 totally agree!
@GeraltofRivia22
2 жыл бұрын
I love little purposeful imperfections like that. It really adds another level of realism.
@MrGhostTheBigRoast
2 жыл бұрын
the vibrato and them lifting the bow is what seals it for me. a lot of animators would animate the fingering, but not many would actually bother to do the rest.
@Mall13vm
2 жыл бұрын
First Merchant sounds like he's trying to cheer himself up or try to remember something with that tune
@dragonator36
2 жыл бұрын
The Great Caravan was purged and buried alive. He's utterly mind broken in that state.
@windelsiarza4140
2 жыл бұрын
Both
@tylerthomason9461
2 жыл бұрын
@@dragonator36 do you think maybe it’s one of the last things he still knows from before he was driven insane? Like it’s the last surviving part of what used to be that man
@Salvador-312
2 жыл бұрын
In my mind, he’s on the brink of total madness, everything else that he’s ever known has been consumed by the yellow chaos flame, all except the song he’s playing. He can’t remember what it’s called,nor what it’s about, all he remembers is that he liked it, and that he played it in times of joy. So he plays on, alone, before he loses himself completely.
@yordleirl5642
2 жыл бұрын
i thought that song he's playing is in like a similar tune and melody to the dark souls 1 credits song
@bockchoy123e
2 жыл бұрын
Everybody talking about the merchants, but I just love the page's flute. It's so calming.
@Nick-jt5nb
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the Fountainhead Palace's theme from Sekiro
@erwins_arm
2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!! I was looking for this comment:)
@jewunit347
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't bring myself to fight this page
@gregormcduck7188
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, they are actually kids
@bockchoy123e
2 жыл бұрын
@@gregormcduck7188 wait what? ALL THIS TIME WE'VE BEEN KILLING CHILDREN?!
@BigBastion623
2 жыл бұрын
It’s cool to see Fromsoft experiment with music like this, the use of different languages and tunes is really awesome and gives that authenticity of a real world with varying languages and cultures.
@thesaviorofsouls5210
2 жыл бұрын
Theres a similair experience with this in ds2 near...god i cant remember the name. The one with the singing frog.
@letskissnow987
2 жыл бұрын
@@thesaviorofsouls5210 Shrine of Amana! . Hot take, but i always loved that area and its one of my favorites in all of soulsborne... dont know why people hate it so much
@Sohelanthropus
2 жыл бұрын
@@letskissnow987 it's beautiful as fuck
@FromsoftgoatKaj
2 жыл бұрын
@@letskissnow987 Not my favourite area, but I didn't dislike it either. I don't see anything really bad about it.
@nuke1863
2 жыл бұрын
I immediately thought of shrine of amana and the singing Sorceresses there too when i heard the Song of the shamans (beginning of the Video).
@letskissnow987
2 жыл бұрын
The imprisoned merchant song is extremely haunting, finding that area spontaneously in my first playthrough was insane in general, I never expected to find what i found down there, let alone everything it would entail
@ravnemagne9598
2 жыл бұрын
I was extremely creeped out when I first entered that place. I had never expected a tomb, littered with the corpses of a caravan frozen in madness, with a violin straight from a horror game in the background. It was unlike anything I have seen in any other soulsgame.
@meganorax746
Жыл бұрын
Honestly to me the violin melody always sounded strangely uplifting, the juxtaposition however made my heart fall when I heard it
@thosebloodybadgers8499
8 ай бұрын
It brought up some very uncomfortable recollections of learning about the history of the Holocaust and the imagery associated with that. Considering how the merchants themselves are a nomadic peoples living within shadows of larger institutions with not real power to back them up aside from their own communities, I think there could be parallels made to Ashkenazi folk and the persecutions they face.
@rpgadventurer32
6 ай бұрын
@@thosebloodybadgers8499 There are no parallels here. Elden Ring's lore has absolutely nothing to do with the persecution of the Ashkenazi Jewish people in Europe during the Holocaust or even in previous periods. Also, I think you are conflating between the Ashkenazi Jewish communities in various European countries - that were mostly living in settled communities for most of the time - with the nomadic Gypsies. If anything these nomadic merchants would likely be "inspired" by the European Gypsies for obvious historical and cultural reasons. There's no classic good and evil in the world of Elden Ring, almost everyone with the exception of a few is either grey or outright evil in that world with selfish intentions. The Golden Order is flawed and has made plenty of characters and people in its world suffer for not adhering to its strict tenants but some of those involved in the lore wanted to destroy the world and put something even worse in place, as we see with various characters throughout the game. These merchants - at least based on various hints and items in the game - are no victims and were involved in deliberately summoning the Frenzied flame and that is something that involves all merchants in the game. You can't make a parallel to real history and reality with this game that is a sort of a mix of several mythologies put together.
@thosebloodybadgers8499
6 ай бұрын
@@rpgadventurer32 I agree that the connection to Ashkenazi people was somewhat unfounded based on their lack of similarities, either cultural or historical. But I would argue that the g3nocide of the Nomads is too centralized and bears similarities to the treatment of, particularly, but not limited to, Ashkenazi jews in conc3tration camps. I would genuinely speculate that the developers might have modeled the look of the Temple of Frenzy and the Nomads there from the history of Imperial Japan and their war crimes during WW2. I can see such sensitive real world topics being projected onto fiction as being insensitive though, so I agree on that critique. Although, I would also say that the exact nature of connection between the Nomads and the Frenzied Flame is very much so up to interpretation and speculation. Like, I very much see the timeline being the persecution of the Nomads and their g3nocide coming first, them inadvertently summoning the Frenzied Flame as a reaction to all that pain, anger and sorrow being second, and the eventual integration of the Frenzied Flame into the culture of the remaining Nomads coming third.
@ze_glitchy_gamer7629
2 жыл бұрын
Flame merchant looks so accurate in playing his instrument.
@mateojames3231
2 жыл бұрын
Frenzied Flame Merchant Song is very well detailed on the String Play. His fingers and hand move at the positions and pitch intervals. Except the minor seconds he does some sliding and uses his third which is normally a Major 2nd. The detail on bowing is also quite remarkable. Though on some short passages they could have added a little more longer down and up bows. But the picking up for the down bow is really well done.
@AMBATUKAM11111
2 жыл бұрын
Probably intentional since the merchant is barely alive lmao
@jurassicbread4279
2 жыл бұрын
@@AMBATUKAM11111 but it wouldn’t make the same sound now would it lmao. If it was intentional the music would’ve matched it
@theknightikins9397
2 жыл бұрын
Even if realistically it’s wrong, considering the instrument is fictional, it could easily just be correct in game. The flute guy just is waggling his fingers around but this one merchant in particular feels like he could really be playing a song.
@theknightikins9397
2 жыл бұрын
@@jurassicbread4279 yeah, but the instrument is also not an exact replica of real life so maybe it makes different sounds at different intervals.
@turtle3527
2 жыл бұрын
I really loved coming across the random singing and instrument playing in this game. Sometimes I’d just stop and listen for a bit. Also that merchant song #1 was the only thing keeping me calm after dying repeatedly trying to get down to the three fingers
@aaidenclark165
2 жыл бұрын
Same, when I first heard the singing harpy I found a spot to hide that was close to it. And just listened to it sing. I killed the bats around it but let the singer live.
@MaximilianBrandt
8 ай бұрын
@@aaidenclark165 And I walked right towards the song, oblivious to the danger, then she just jumped me and ate me. I guess... It does a pretty good job at captivating listeners.
@ninjahattori7576
2 жыл бұрын
the flute guy is giving an honorable burial to his mentor
@ES21007
2 жыл бұрын
Likely not a mentor, but his noble master. He's a page, and they serve nobles.
@detonate8753
2 жыл бұрын
@@ES21007 what nobles do they serve, I’m interested in the pages lore
@ES21007
2 жыл бұрын
@@detonate8753 Any nobles really. Those bald guys you see all around, searching for food, patrolling the Lands Between while being very weak? Nobles. As for the pages themselves, the page ashes say: Spirit of a page who traveled at the side of the noble he served. Uses a piercing sword and crossbow to defend his master. One becomes a page merely by accident of being born into obscurity; nothing is asked of ability, talent, or volition.
@TheBucketBrigade
2 жыл бұрын
@@ES21007 Not sure if it coincides with the game lore, but pages in real life tended to be young children or at least start as young children and served/learned under knights. Becoming squires and then hopefully knights themselves.
@セータン
2 жыл бұрын
I dunno why I always thought all paige were women. It just felt like that's the case
@blak_iron_tarkus8899
2 жыл бұрын
The frenzied flame song I heard when I first went into that area literally made me feel the environment around me, it nearly brought me to tears looking at everything on my way down to the bottom.
@nyar9556
2 жыл бұрын
The actual platforming to the bottom is what brought me to tears
@blak_iron_tarkus8899
2 жыл бұрын
@@nyar9556 I've never had too much trouble platforming in these games. I'm probably better at platforming than the actual combat 😂
@parrotilol
2 жыл бұрын
@@blak_iron_tarkus8899 that plat forming is the reason i burned everything down to the ground even when melina was crying telling me to not inherit the flame
@thezenixianchronicle1353
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah. I feel like a lot of people don't understand the gravity of the situation you're walking through in that zone
@solaviryuvia8953
2 жыл бұрын
I did it to save melina. And then I tamed the flame so she didn't hate me.
@youtubeuser4943
2 жыл бұрын
The frenzied flame merchant song is so fucking sad. I just remember being down there and finding the Merchant armor, reading the gear description, looking at what the frenzied flame guys were using as instruments and then it hit me what was actually going on. I literally put my hand over my mouth in a gasp. It’s one of the most stand out moments in the game for me. Those little details are what make FS games so incredible
@sirith9157
2 жыл бұрын
I had similar reaction on that. Guys for sure didn't deserved what happened to them. But what they did is also dreadfull. Imagine other merchants pain about all of this, I'm not surprised some want to be left alone 😔 Fuck the golden order, Great Tree, Crucible and Omens also didn't deserve for what was done to them...
@williamwoods217
Жыл бұрын
Were they using something specific as an instrument? I didn't notice anything different.
@buffoonustroglodytus4688
6 ай бұрын
I literally gasped aloud as I realized I could read item descriptions. 10/10 best game eva made
@halonostalgiatheater7440
2 жыл бұрын
I hope in future DLC we get to explore more of the Shaman's religion and lore. They're worshipping a world that existed before the Erdtree existed, and before the Greater Will took over. You even get to fight a couple of ancient godlike beings that are connected to that world. There's a TON of potential there.
@FLP-gl2on
2 жыл бұрын
Which beings?
@halonostalgiatheater7440
2 жыл бұрын
@@FLP-gl2on among others the Ancestor Spirit and Regal Ancestor Spirit. The Fire Giant himself is an entity that existed before the current pantheon of gods took over. Mostly anything that has a “Legend” class rating is of the same theme
@Yallan
2 жыл бұрын
I was really hoping there would be an ending associated with them
@thecrtf4953
2 жыл бұрын
@@halonostalgiatheater7440 there was the fire giants god(who may or may not be dead) so he's something that could be explored
@halonostalgiatheater7440
2 жыл бұрын
@@thecrtf4953 I was reading earlier about all the outer gods and other deities and there’s mention of some sort of god being buried under the lake of rot too. DLC has way too much potential, even if it’s just adding some new optional bosses
@filthyalbinauric3011
2 жыл бұрын
There's something very poetic about the frenzied merchants playing a happy tune in possibly the saddest and most horrific eternal prison. I think it is meant to tell us that even if you happen to be in the lowest place you could possibly ever find yourself in in life, be it physical (the pit) or mental (the frenzied flame), music will never cease to be Man's favorite way of finding respite.
@dumbsterdives
2 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of how in the demon's souls remake, the nobleman's wife in latria is singing return to slumber just to give the other prisoners something to hold on to
@LaJin9292
2 жыл бұрын
Sleep tight Bound tight By mother's amber Sleep tight Find life By mother's umbra
@junoglrr9119
2 жыл бұрын
i think and i might be wrong but i think its 'sleep tight, find light'
@befuddlingvisage5427
2 жыл бұрын
@@junoglrr9119 it varies by vocalist, you can hear the "ife" sound most clearly in the deeper tone.
@jeenxd1499
2 жыл бұрын
The last singer in the clip sounds like she is saying “fight light” . Moon vs the golden order?
@chocotaco2305
2 жыл бұрын
embryo
@cecilkeith1951
2 жыл бұрын
@@jeenxd1499 That's what I think.
@redduskironsky1058
2 жыл бұрын
I love that they actually gave the library students different voices/tones not just a reused voice for all of them. Also, as annoying as those npc-like flute guys, the first time I arrived at Leyndell I took a moment to listen to the song just like I did with the merchant before the Tibia Mariner fight. I loved it!
@Raoulelcuervo
2 жыл бұрын
The Song of Lament is sooo soothingly creepy. The Latin is so nearly perfect
@imair1153
2 жыл бұрын
Was looking for someone who liked the lament song
@Raoulelcuervo
2 жыл бұрын
@@imair1153 I love some songs in Latin, they give you those misterious and fantastic vibes no other song can give.
@rabbit0664
Жыл бұрын
@@imair1153 I like it myself. It just gives like a really different feel to it
@phillipmitchell2254
2 жыл бұрын
I love how the frenzied merchant song sounds like straight up JRPG town music, like he's recalling a simpler and kinder time when the world had color and joy in it.
@secondpath5148
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe he's playing to try and calm his surviving friends and family. He's not the only frenzied merchant that's still alive in that wretched place they were buried in. There are a few other survivors and they Instantly become aggressive when they see you. Maybe he's trying to make them recall happy thoughts so they can all take their minds off the pain and horrible suffering they endured. And when you kill them, he just kind of keeps playing. I always felt like the best course of action was to kill him too. Not out of spite or hatred, but out of mercy. He's obviously suffering terribly, it would feel wrong to leave him with the corposes of everyone he once cared about.
@phillipmitchell2254
2 жыл бұрын
Except the reason they respawn every time you visit a grace is because they literally can't die. I guess a nap is better than deathlessness tho
@robbie3480
2 жыл бұрын
I wish we'll be able to play instruments in the game itself, like in Mortal Shell where you can play the lute. It would be a neat feature especially if in doing it itself opens new dialogues.
@recon4539
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly they would probably be pretty easy to incorporate as gestures
@timspeller4084
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine invading someone and all you see is these guys playing a tune
@foster2095
2 жыл бұрын
the Merchant song is tragic in yet another way (gonna get depressing here)- I think a reason why it's one of the more "happy" sounding songs yet also has a clearly tragic sound to it too is them knowing what the frenzied flame will do. IRL sometimes a warning sign of someone about to commit su*cide is people noticing the person suddenly becoming uncharacteristically happy before they commit. With how dark this game is, I wouldn't put it past the Fromsoft musicians to make a song from the perspective of a race of people who have been horrendously wronged and have found a way to put themselves and the rest of the corrupt world out of their misery. 988 is the new su*cide prevention phone number (previous one still works too), stay strong out there ppl the would's going through a real rough patch rn but we'll pull through!
@poundsofslothcigars
2 жыл бұрын
I think what makes the shaman song better is the deer singing along
@Badassmcawsome009
2 жыл бұрын
The fact that the frenzied flame merchant's song is cheerful, in some band playing while the Titanic is sinking kind of way, while the Nomadic Merchant's song is mournful, because they're probably playing in memory of all their imprisoned breathren, is one of the saddest parts of the whole game.
@secondpath5148
2 жыл бұрын
That's how I interpreted the nomadic merchant's song too, as a lamentful tribute to the Great Caravan, something they'll never get to see or be a part of again.
@Marxistnazi
Жыл бұрын
@@secondpath5148they're kinda influenced by the story of the Exodus. A persecuted people driven from their homelands. They're even wearing traditional Jewish clothing, and have Hebrew names AND they're merchants for fucks sake. It's pretty tragic though. It's even hinted in the game that the nomads were on the receiving end of a genocide. A heavily persecuted people. That's sad 😢
@Marxistnazi
Жыл бұрын
I don't find it cheerful at all, lol. It sounds like the end of a tragedy. That's the vibes I'm getting. His musical tones represent the shit he's in personally. You can definitely feel the emotions of the nomad by listening to his music. And it's sad.
@vergil7776
Жыл бұрын
@@secondpath5148I thought if it as more of a remembrance of their brethren that was locked up and killed in the catacombs and their anguish and fury I believe created the frenzied flame (correct me if I’m wrong)
@childofcascadia
7 ай бұрын
@vergil7776 They were falsely accused of being frenzied flame worshippers due to not being worshippers of the greater will and locked down there. Or they *did* worship the frenzied flame but werent bothering anyone with it. Its up in the air which in the game itself -theres cut content that says they were innocent. Either way, they were branded heretics. And being locked down there in their desperation of starving and going mad (and prolly eating each to survive and other fun stuff) they turned to the frenzied flame they had been accused of worshipping/did worship, and cast a rite to summon its avatar, the three fingers. So the Tarnished who would become Elden Lord could burn the world to ash. Shabriri basically set the whole thing up to get the three fingers in the lands between. He arranged for the merchants to be branded heretics and locked down there. The frenzied flame is the power of madness so ya, sending a bunch of people mad...
@Subpar1O1
2 жыл бұрын
I love the Leyndell enemies because their music compliments the OST for the Capital so well. They're great indicators for where the enemies are, sure, but they just work because it just paints a picture of what the city would have been like long before you got there; people walking about, playing music and doing their jobs
@MonkeyBaez
2 жыл бұрын
FS games are just purely insane. We need more studios like this, and not fucking EA and ActiBlizz
@thesaviorofsouls5210
2 жыл бұрын
From has shown plenty flaws in elden ring, i love them dont get me wrong and theyre certainly way more admirable than EA and the likes of them. But just because theyre better shouldnt mean they dont have to improve.
@christopherkline4042
2 жыл бұрын
@@thesaviorofsouls5210 agreed, they need to change for the better. But given the substantial amount of capital these companies get is exactly why they never will change.
@elfinflame6244
2 жыл бұрын
Activision is fucking everyone over, Blizzard was better before, and treyarch actually had the proper funding and time to make good zombies
@1IGG
2 жыл бұрын
As much as I love the games from From Software, the company has their wrong doings in crunch and bad pay, harassment etc.
@FromsoftgoatKaj
2 жыл бұрын
@@thesaviorofsouls5210 Yep. Fromsoftware are great gamedesigners but their programming absolutely sucks.
@lucascalderon5922
2 жыл бұрын
In dark souls 1 there is no music in Landing, only silence and suffering, the music in dark souls 1 speak for the bosses, but in elden ring there are music in land, remembering that in elden ring World, live, joy and hope is not completely lost Sorry for my bad english :c
@senatorstevenarmstrong9821
Жыл бұрын
Indeed there is music. To show that there is peace still roaming in these lands, peace that can be brought back. By standing before the Elden Ring. And become the Elden Lord
@100grizzlybears
2 жыл бұрын
2:43 Whenever I hear the beginning of Merchant Song #2, I always think of “Somebody come get her, she’s dancing like a stripper~”.
@glowingwebmd6112
2 жыл бұрын
I thought i was only one
@SolaScientia
2 жыл бұрын
I went and listened to that song and now it's all I can think of. It really does sound like it, and now instead of thinking of Gehrman when I hear it, I'm just going to hear "somebody come get her, she's dancing like a stripper" instead. Thanks for laugh with your comment, I really needed it today.
@TonyAurum
2 жыл бұрын
Same! Also, it vaguely reminds me of something from The Witcher 3
@peanutbutterandwetsocks9619
Жыл бұрын
It's also a bloodborne reference
@mjddjm96
2 жыл бұрын
I legitimately thought the Flame merchant's song was the theme of the grave, since it was so faint. I wish the other merchants played their fiddles more
@fuckitstaken
2 жыл бұрын
There are so many emotions in the first merchants song. its melancholy yet yearning and hopeful. Very touching.
@AMBATUKAM11111
2 жыл бұрын
Only thing they had left
@mesterorange8181
Жыл бұрын
Thats what souls game focus on, that melancholic yet yearning and hopeful feeling
@-FallenEclipse-
6 ай бұрын
Dude the page's flute song gives me chills, it is so beautiful, I only killed that page once to grab the item, then listened to it from afar after resting!
@Snooki977
2 жыл бұрын
This game is a marvel in sound design : during Renalla's battle, i had to put my earbuds on and look for the lullaby to break her shield, which was an amazing gameplay experience. As for the crones singing in latin, it is one hell of an eerie sight to find an old woman's head on a bat's body singing about lost civilization... As for the merchant, it's like a story that wants you to guess as to why they find themselves into the oddest places (in Nokron?!)
@akiraigarashi2874
2 жыл бұрын
Oh I didn't know you could do that with Rennala so I had to run around and find the one empowering the barrier xD. I'll have to try it if I continue to Ng+
@secondpath5148
2 жыл бұрын
I assume the merchants prefer seclusion because to them, even though the Shattering was a pretty big nail in the Coffin for the Golden Order, there's still the threat of someone that believes they are evil coming to kill or capture them. So hiding in obscure, strange locations gives them a sense of security, even if it isn't the best for business. What better place to go then a place like Nokron? Nobody would ever think to look in an eternal city, sealed deep beneath the ground.
@westieclan3196
2 жыл бұрын
2:27 scratches a spot in my brain
@Gigglenox
2 жыл бұрын
Is there any way you could try overlaying both merchant songs to see if they're two halves of a whole?
@MinecraftMartin
2 жыл бұрын
You can do it yourself pretty easy. Just open this video up in two browsers, play both parts of the video at the same time
@Gigglenox
2 жыл бұрын
@@MinecraftMartin I'm planning to if no one has by the time I get back to my PC
@takemetoyonk
2 жыл бұрын
Just by ear, the frenzy one would need to be sped up to fit the time of the normal merchant song. And it would just sound like a rather strange duet when put in the same key. (Frenzy playing harmonies above the minor key merchant song)
@vindicator879
2 жыл бұрын
yes there are lots of audio softwares, if you're on pc you could try audacity or reaper
@Waltarwhiet
2 жыл бұрын
I doubt it, since the nomadic merchants is a tribute to gehrman's theme from bloodborne.
@hot_soup4319
2 жыл бұрын
The Nomad song is so eerily beautiful, withered nomads sitting amongst the many bodies of their brothers and yet they play on. Kinda tear-jerking to be honest.
@menghis7286
6 ай бұрын
Hey, I know you!
@anatoliasmercenary.
2 жыл бұрын
The frenzied flame melody never fails to make me shiver, sad and hopeless all at the same time. I also love the fact that you descend in order to meet the three fingers. I guess you could say that it also symbolizes descending into madness
@Violivios
2 жыл бұрын
So I can't find a video of the isolated song that the Demon of Song sings in DS2, but the song that the shamans sing has the exact same or an extremely similar vocalist. I don't know if the song is exactly the same either but both are very similar. Think it'd be worth making a video comparison?
@raulparrado1547
2 жыл бұрын
I think the name of the song is Milfanito
@Bcamb480
2 жыл бұрын
can you get them all playing in a room together?
@KisnouMusic
6 ай бұрын
To anyone passing by here, I love reading your comments so much. I wish I could write music for a game like this. If you want to hear some storytelling music, last year I wrote an album titled 'The Untold Story of The Rainmaker', inspired by Dark Souls & Elden Ring. It's been hard to share it with the world due to its narrative nature, that's why I am writing this - but if you have some free time, I'd be so happy to hear your opinions on it. Thank you so much 🤍
@TheOneEyed-Music
5 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: some parts of the merchant song #2 are from the First Hunter’s theme
@Pippin2luv
2 жыл бұрын
The first merchant song is something I could listen to for hours, it’s gorgeous
@AlastorAltruistGaming
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The nomadic merchant song is a recreation of Gehrman’s boss theme in Bloodborne.
@EpicJordan2013
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Can't wait for the explicit version to drop!
@Marsiekuma
2 жыл бұрын
I always feel so sorry for the pages, born into obscurity, denied thier names and even having to cover thier faces because they belong nowhere. Just stuck following thier Lords' orders to thier death, only freedom or individuality is witnessed in this one flute song, played by 1 page that will die like all the rest...💔
@secondpath5148
2 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for them, but hate them because they are incredibly annoying, lol.
@trymytree3155
2 жыл бұрын
I know that the merchant #2 song is a reference to Gherman. But the flute song from the page reminds me of something as well, but I'm not sure. Maybe sekiro? Any one got a clue?
@AirmanTerror180
2 жыл бұрын
probably the mist noble in sekiro
@Sohelanthropus
2 жыл бұрын
It's similar to the mist noble and the divine palace background music
@Ferromancer86
2 жыл бұрын
To me it sounds similar, but not quite the same as the credits theme from Dark Souls 1. Which I guess kind of works, considering how the merchant playing it looks. It's just as warped as he is
@milkweed9187
2 жыл бұрын
It's just the Leyndell theme lol
@perseusveil9376
2 жыл бұрын
Song of the Milfanito.
@Bdannn1
2 жыл бұрын
Nomadic merchants playing ghermans theme is just insane, also the flute song is awesome. Sounds like the mist nobles from Sekiro
@Dastardly_Duo
2 жыл бұрын
They definitely don't fight like the Mist Nobles
@plank9456
2 жыл бұрын
Everyone says it's ghermans theme but I don't hear it
@grandvalentine6942
2 жыл бұрын
@@plank9456 i can see why people say it is, the way it sounds is similar but it’s definitely not identical
@spectre-ship
2 жыл бұрын
@@plank9456 The songs share the progression of three notes near the start, which are played at different tempos and serve totally different roles in the melody; the resemblance is loose and almost certainly coincidental. I don't know why the rumor that it's a deliberate reference is so widespread.
@aytekineric8306
2 жыл бұрын
@@spectre-ship Finally someone that understands me! It’s not because they use similar notes that they are the same song
@spawner2469
2 жыл бұрын
Can you get the one guy with the massive trumpet in the haligtree?
@Poopmaster2010
2 жыл бұрын
All of these songs are beautiful of course, I love the merchant's songs, but uh, does anyone else think the #2 merchant song sounds like the start of "somebody come get her, she's dancing like a stripper"? Anyone?
@hackerman9s935
2 жыл бұрын
I think my favorite was the Trumpets and Page mixed in with the Leyndell theme. It's by far my favorite theme in elden ring and these enemies help make that experience even better with the atmosphere since they'd use the same keys in the area's theme.
@ginkgkobiloba1071
2 жыл бұрын
I hate bat granny
@Danktorias
2 жыл бұрын
I kill them every time I hear one in the vicinity.
@christopherkline4042
2 жыл бұрын
I get sad when she attacks me ;-;
@kaikart123
2 жыл бұрын
3:49 "How Many Times Have You Died And Come Back To Life For My Sake...?"
@BarryMcool
6 ай бұрын
If latin is spoken in this game does that mean the roman empire is cannon to elden ring?
@jaggidfire
2 жыл бұрын
They make accurate finger movement for the merchants but still don't animate the faces of npcs.
@adelynn3501
2 жыл бұрын
They actually do in ER a lot more which is WACK
@juanramaroto6691
2 жыл бұрын
0:55 Please, confirm me if the way he moves his fingers are the actual chords for the song. If it’s true, this game won’t stop to amaze me.
@MissPoplarLeaf
2 жыл бұрын
It looks pretty accurate to me! I don't play violin, but I play guitar and the principles are similar. When he plays the higher notes, he presses his fingers down closer to him (essentially shortening the string, which makes a higher pitch.) When he plays the highest note, he also moves his hand and fingers closest to him. Also, when he repeats the same notes from earlier in the song, he presses down his fingers in the same places.
@troyscar3735
2 жыл бұрын
realistically, there's no way of knowing. there are Japanese instruments that look remotely similar to their fiddle, but none of which are bowed (i don't think) but it does look accurate given the finger placement and bowing
@as0d251
2 жыл бұрын
"the trumpets" being, single trumpet notes, I love it
@ArcticMoon1982
2 жыл бұрын
The attention to detail on the merchants hands as they play is incredible, they way they shake their hands during the vibrato and the accurate finger positions as they play is impressive.
@QuickSilver2579
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love that they added so much NPC and enemy music to this game; one of my favourite Fromsoft moments ever is delving into the deep corridors of Shulva in DS2 and hearing the song of the priestesses echoing down the halls
@zhaeg0n
6 ай бұрын
as a violin player, i love how the bowing and fingerings of the instrument of the merchants actually match with the notes and looks plausible
@Rubbish_
2 жыл бұрын
Now combine them all into the most fire band that the lands between have ever witnessed
@spongyafiu2138
Жыл бұрын
I felt bad for having to harm those children to defeat rennala. I tried to make sure they survive but i was way overleveled
@antarcticaresearchprogram8349
7 ай бұрын
0:42 The merchant strums his instrument, beckoning to darkness before him, "you're listening to Merchant in the Morning. We've got a classic little tune to start the day out for you. This one goes out to the boys on floor 7." The mad merchants wander the halls below, deafened, blinded, having forgotten even their own names. A few notes waver in the empty air, then the playing stops. The merchant above continues, "Maybe the whole heresy thing will work out next time, eh? Haha, joking. We like to kid around down here." The weary jig picks up once more, as below, the shuffling and gibberish moaning continues unabated.
@v1k1ngVince
2 жыл бұрын
The Frenzied Merchant's song reminds me a lot of the Ashokan Farewell, from Ken Burns The Civil War documentary.
@naoiwatani8402
2 жыл бұрын
The Azathoth trumpeters go so well with the Leyndel theme.
@poly_g6068
2 жыл бұрын
As opposed to the "explicit" versions.
@christopherkline4042
2 жыл бұрын
Oracle Envoys: *Exists* Hidetaka Miyazaki: *this one’s for the E-Bros*
@natinekochan6489
2 жыл бұрын
I frankly really like the ancestral shamans 😸
@SeppukuAddict
2 жыл бұрын
Frenzied Flame Merchant playing has the same energy as Brook's Brew from One Piece
@thecommentguy9380
6 ай бұрын
Elden Ring players hearing the merchants playing music (on the surface): such a somber yet lovely tune Bloodborne players: Gehrman PTSD
@solarpanda3401
2 ай бұрын
If he ever gets up, Bloodborne players are going to have a heart attack 😂😂
@armorris82
2 жыл бұрын
I find the Merchants super sad for some reason… The perfumers are fantastic. Sometimes I forget that’s not background music are almost walk right into them.
@GhostWulf70792
2 жыл бұрын
The envoys and the perfumers really made Lyndell for me. They really added to the overall atmosphere.
@secondpath5148
2 жыл бұрын
The entire story of the Merchants is sad.
@ivanvoloder8114
6 ай бұрын
I was suprised when I heard the Shaman song for the first time and the bat lady that is singing in latin. That is why I like about Elden Ring. The amount of random stuff you ran into is just amasing.
@feno8104
2 жыл бұрын
Translation for Song of Lament (Antonius Tertius on YT, Nyrun from R/Eldenring) and my own interpretation on the bat ladies' lore: "O, that land, formerly blessed, now withered. We'd been destined for motherhood, but now have become disfigured. We wailed and wept. But no one comforts us. Golden One, at whom were you so angry?" Golden One I think is referring to Marika, there is Godwyn the Golden but nothing in the game implies that he was angry at anybody. Marika I assume was devasted and became angry and lashed out against the world (according to Gideon, wanted the Lands to stay in conflict) after losing her first son Marika is also known for having cursed people in the past, so she's likely responsible for the apparent "disfigurement" that the bat ladies refer to. I think she cursed all the would-be mothers in the Lands to become disfigured bat creatures who can't have children. It's her own twisted way of saving them from the sadness of losing a child, by robbing their ability to have one in the first place
@feno8104
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know how much of this is actually true btw, don't take my interpretation as facts and complain that I haven't backed it enough. Ok thx
@jooot_6850
2 жыл бұрын
Marika is so wack that I would believe she’d do something like this
@LordBackuro
Ай бұрын
The bat ladies lament is honestly just depressing to listen to, literally sings towards God asking him why he would allow the world to become the way it is. Even for an enemy creature to sing, something like that is just sad. A showcase that EVERYONE suffers here, even those who seem to benefit suffer in this cold uncaring world.
@Jesus_616_Christ
2 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else notice that the merchants fingers match up with what they are playing? Like, semi accurately, love how what was a "feature" for cyberpunk guitar playing, is a side note for elden ring
@TheSleepyGoblin
6 ай бұрын
All of them were nice, Rennalas students got me 💀💀💀
@thepleasednutlord
2 жыл бұрын
I stand bat granny
@TheDoglover23456
2 жыл бұрын
Sing enemies mean many things. 1. They buff their companies making them annoying. 2. Are super strong and sing for a lore reason. 3. Are harmless and weak and the only thing they can do is sing.
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