Excited to listen to more Genshin stuff soon! Btw, the videos I've done recently on Zelda TotK music turned out pretty well. Have you seen them yet? -> kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdRipNSknpfdop8.html&pp=gAQBiAQB

welcome, Davi. You'll like it here, the water is very warm.

So the "first phase" was a cutscene that happens a bit before the fight. That's why it sounded so different; it had musical motifs belonging to a faction unrelated to Raiden Shogun

We really need Rhapsodia Roscida (Phase 1) and Polumnia Omnia (Phase 2) next, by far some of the best tracks in the game.

Genshin is set in 7 nations Each nation has its own main element and is based on a different culture, and the music reflects that too. 1 - Mondstadt: a country based on medieval Germany, with traces of Italy and other European countries, it uses alot of wind instruments in basically every soundtrack, because its the nation of wind. 2 - Liyue: a nation based on ancient dynasty China, uses alot of traditional Chinese instruments and ancient Chinese opera, since its the nation of rock, it has very bombastic OSTs. 3 - Inazuma: a country based on ancient Japan, its a very secluded nation shrouded in a civil war, so the music reflects that, the Raiden Shogun is the God of this nation. 4 - Sumeru: a nation based on India and middle eastern countries, its separated into two distinct regions, the desert and forest, and the music reflects that. 5 - Fontaine: the nation based on industrial revolution France and England, its very mysterious and uses alot of accordion, its the nation of water. 6 - Natlan: the nation based on pre-colonialism south and central America, we don't know much about its OST since its not out yet. 7 - snezhnaya: the nation of ice, based on Russia, we again don't know much about its OST.

A few things! the first "phase" technically isn't apart of the boss battle, so the motifs you were hearing actually belonged to another character (specifically a boss preceding this one). You mentioned how the music has eastern influences, and that's because this boss, along with the nation she belongs to, is based on/influneced by Traditional Japan (I think specifically Edo/Tokugawa era Japan!). Each region and it's bosses are based on different regions. (If you plan to listen to more Genshin music, you should definitely listen to Saltatio Favillae/Signora boss theme, as it's where those beginning motifs come from! Other popular ones are Polumnia Omnia and God-Devouring Mania)

The reason 'the Execution' cutscene sounds so very different is because it represents a different character. In this situation you basically have back-to-back boss fights. You have a boss fight with Signora, who has an eastern European, witchy theme. You defeat this character and Raiden shogun appears and literally executes that character and begins the next boss fight. So 'the Execution' is a mix of Signora themes (the choir parts mostly represent her') and Raiden's theme (Japanese traditional instruments like the Japanese flute).

im so happy youre finally listening to genshin music i love its so much 😭 (btw i recommend listening to polumnia omnia or god-devouring mania next!)

YES HE'S BEING CONVERTED also, on the eastern instruments used: genshin impact is split up into 7 regions (4 have been released, the 5th releases literally tomorrow), and each region is based on a different real world country. and so, the music for each region incorporates real life instruments and styles from that region. as a result, the soundtrack is incredibly varied, as it incorporates a lot of different cultures. raiden shogun is a boss/character from inazuma, which is based on japan. hence, the japanese instruments. some of the leitmotifs used in the beginning with the cutscene theme are actually from another region, sneznhaya, which is based on russia.

Genshin impact is a MASSIVE melting pot of cultural music, especially when it comes to the battle ost’s and each individual boss fight. The one you listened to comes from a major boss fight within the story that takes place in the nation of Inazuma (inspired by Japan) There are many bossfight songs I do recommend! Scaramouche Boss Theme - Traditional Japanese mixed with electric La Signoras Boss Theme - More Latin inspired combined with rock Apeps Boss Theme - Traditional middle eastern Azdahas Boss Theme - Traditional Chinese mixed with rock These aren’t all the boss fights nor am I doing them enough Justice by simply explaining them, I highly recommend you check them out when you can!

You mentioned the 2 different instruments representing different characters. Duality is a huge theme for her character, so they likely represent the Raiden Shogun & Ei. The shogun, as a creation, could also be represented by the electronic music, while the traditional instruments represent Ei.

The first part is actually a mix of Raiden and La Signora themes which show the confrontation. Also, hope next genshin track you'll hear will be La Signora theme)

The reason why this music also has EDM elements is because raiden is the god of lightning in this game. For recommendations: LA SIGNORA BATTLE THEME: you heard her motif in the executin phase of raiden SCARAMOUCH battle theme: He's connected both to a faction la signora belongs with and heavily connected to the raiden shogun herself. Tartaglia battle theme: which also belongs to a certain faction together with la signora and scaramouch.

Without giving too much away, you were right about the character being otherworldly. Yu-Peng Chen tends to mix up traditional and electronic elements in much of the music from the game. For this character in particular, there was more emphasis on the electronic parts because, as her name suggests, her element is lightning/electricity. The Eastern instruments represent the region she is from, which is Genshin's version of Japan. In all regions of the game, the music will use elements of the countries represented. Since we're giving suggestions, I'll recommend a few: keeping in the spirit of multi-phase, Ode to Azhdaha/Rage Beneath the Mountain (Azhdaha theme) and Chrysalis Suspirii/Saltatio Favillae (Signora theme). A Storm, A Spire, and A Sanctum and Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie are also wonderful tracks. To be honest though, all of their themes, whether it's a boss battle, a normal battle, character themes- just the music in the game overall is amazing.

Genshin music is truly great for setting up the atmosphere. I'm sure a lot of people will recommend boss themes (some already did), but from other great tracks i would recommend: Die mittsommernacht-fantasie - A track that was used only for a limited time and never came back in the game again Across dimming asterisms - A normal battle theme Halcyon Times - Just a regular tavern theme, mostly just my fav The Almighty Violet Thunder - Rock/metal version of the Riden theme (not a cover, actually in game) But overall, the whole OST from genshin is just great to listen to

In fact, this Raiden theme has another phase but it's basically the same as phase 2 but metal version. If you want some exotic music, you'll be served as the game is a world on its own with different regions with different music each based on a real country :D

Glad you checked this out. Raiden Shogun’s theme is one of my favorite ones, and I almost haven’t listened to anything else than HOYO-MiX since I started playing Genshin. They never miss with the music. It’s incredible!

10:35 You're gonna love Die Mittsommernacht-Fantasie, from the same game. They do this in quite a lot of pieces.

Genshin is more of a sci-fi fantasy world, where there are underlying mechanics as to how the world functions, than a strictly medieval one. People in the world attempt to demystify the mysterious. The game has a mixture of cultures in its nations, and with that a mixture of musical representatiom; genre fusions occur in key scenarios where exceptional things are occurring. On the topic of looping tracks, they rarely end cleanly in the game, as an event occurs to progress to another stage of story or combat, and will thus crossfade into something else. Thus, all looping tracks will have an album-only clean end point.

Genshin travels throughout the world with its story and music, thats why i love it so much, with eahc new release there will be always such an awesome mix of different cultures (also la Signoras battle ost is great)

I would really recommend the Dvalin boss theme, "Caelestinum Finale Termini" and Azhdaha boss theme, "Rage beneath the mountains". Also, just as a pointer: the regions in the game are take inspiration from various cultures around the world. With the music and art being incorporated by some real world countries.

The reason this soundtrack in specif uses so much eletronic instruments has to do with the character itself. The Raiden Shogun is the personification of lightining, and shes the God of Inazuma, the nation of lightning. The music reflects that through eletronic instruments.

Up now, the Raiden Shogun is one if not the more imposing character we encountered so far.

We need more Genshin boss themes. This one is good, but there's many that are even better.

This game has many very good music and one of the defining characteristics is the use of orchestration with electronic, rock and ethnic elements. There's even some music with Opera, like Saltatio Favillae (Signora Boss Theme Phase 2), there's Dance of Sabzerus which has Bossa Nova elements. HoYo-Mix is one of my favorite music production studios as of late The electronic music here is probably symbolism for the Shogun being the "God of Thunder", while the Japanese instruments symbolize the region she reigns over which is inspired by medieval Japan.

We definitely need more Genshin, Yu Peng Chen and Hoyo-Mix are truly amazing

The motif you hear e.g. starting on 16:16 of your video is leitmotif of the main island of the nation (which is based on Japan, hence use of traditional Japanese instruments). It's based on traditional Japanese song Sakura Sakura and is used in multiple BGMs throughout the area. I find it fascinating how menacing it sounds in this battle theme while it sounds serene and peaceful in version for rural areas, or busy when used for city streets. All that done to my understanding just by choice of instruments, without changing the melody or tempo. But I'm no musician, might be wrong. I just love to listen to it every now and then.

The replayable version of this boss has a form change mechanic. The music will transition seamlessly when the boss changes form so you could consider phase 2 to be phase 1 with more layers.

Love the analysis! I think you would absolutely love Genshin's music. I find that the game's music is a wonderful blend of classical music with various cultural instruments, that really provides a unique listening experience. The further you delve into Genshin, the more you'll realize its not quite just the "typical" fantasy game. In reality its admirable that there are a lot of cultural influences in both the game's music, world-building, and themes

More about genshin plis!! Tysm for the reactions btw!!

I can't wait until he listens to Polumnia Omnia XD

Your videos made me realize how little I appreciated the music, you really gotta listen to it alone and pay attention to really see how much effort someone put into making those. Also really thankful for teaching me so much about music related stuff, it's great to be listening to someone knowlegable.

Heck yeah ,Genshin! Funny how you finally did it as 4.0 drops today. I hope you do more, Genshin music has become my favorite game music. It's my go to background music and I never get tired of it even when I play the game all day. In terms of setting, it's closer to Final Fantasy then medieval. Like the new area dropping is steampunk themed. And the last area had a very magic-tech computer connected to your brain. But the area where this song is from is basically Japan when it was a closed state. Setting in this game is wild.

I was kinda hoping he would keep doing niche music requests, but since its already happened. I can suggest a few Genshin tracks that I don't believe have been reviewed before. 1. All-Conquering Tide 2. Fragile Fantasy 3. Misty Truth 4. Echoes Of Solitude 5. The Abysmal Region (But Honestly Though All Of Enkanomiya's Themes Are Worth Listening To At Least Once IMO)

Please react to La Signora Battle Theme next (Boss Battle - All phases). Genshin Impact music is amazing in general, and I look forward to watching your journey through the Genshin Impact music experience. ❤

Genshin's music is soo good! I'd love to see more of it on your channel :)

I love Genshin impact's music. Happy to finally see it here on your channel :) (Btw Swirls of Shamshir is beautiful. I recommend listening to it next)

Please do La Signora boss theme it my absolute favorite boss theme

Very cool to see you finally react to some of Genshin's tracks! They really go all out with including folk instruments, love their live orchestra performances too. I remember recommending some others a while back on Patreon but Raidens themes are a great starting point!

So excited to see you're starting to delve into Genshin music! I hope the requests try to take you chronologically through the OST, since major characters sometimes get referenced in later themes.

it's great to see you reacting to genshin's songs, they are amazing!! if you're going to keep reacting to them I suggest the theme song of la signora, it takes place just before the raiden one and the first song you heard from raiden ( the execution or wreck of eternal bane ) is kind of a mix of the music of both congratulations for the work, hug right from Brazil !

There’s a ton of character motifs happening in this! Switching back and forth! This game is amazing!

Man, you should definitely check out more genshin music and explore all the leitmotifs and stuff. Even just the soundtrack is an adventure itself.

I hope you will do "die sommernacht fantasie " battle domain music from genshin impact too! You will love it. It's based on a character named Fischl in the game and the battle song adapted with her character demo trailer ost 🤩

First undertale, then hollow knight, now genshin? Wonderful soundtracks for wonderful games. Ty genuinely for listening to them.

I am so glad whenever someone with a music background reacts and analyzes Genshin music. It's the one element of this game that will never fail to astonish, and seeing people give it the credit it deserves really makes me happy that I enjoy these videos! Thank you so much! If you are curious about that 'Execution Phase' melody, then I wish to direct you to a different battle theme. Combined their names are "Chrysalis Suspirii" and "Saltatio Favillae", better known as Signora's Boss Theme!

Thw "First Phase" was actually a cutscene where the Raidne Shogun, God of Eternity who controls the element of electro, menacingly walks to some lady who I now cal Ashes (La Signora), and turns ''Ashes" into literal Ash with a one move of her sword.

I would be interested in seeing you listen to some other songs. They all give off very different vibes and have so much work out into them

Oh boy, you're diving into Genshin?! There are a lot of really stellar songs in that game. I recommend the Azdaha boss theme next! I've been following your MH adventures for a long time, so this is exciting to see for me

There are so many sublime themes for you to react to. I recommend you either react to La Signora’s boss themes or Scaramouche’s boss themes next, as multiple other people here have recommended.

I managed to resist watching this video because it seems to be a boss battle music. I've been thinking about starting to play Genshin Impact. My friends have all been raving about how amazing its OST is. I've only heard two tracks so far, "Dawn Winery Theme" and "Lone Sojourner," and they were both so beautiful. The titles of them sound lovely.

Loved watching this, and getting a new perspective on the track thanks to your insights! I really hope you continue reacting to more of Genshin's music! I personally recommend the "Scaramouche Boss Fight OST" - all phases!

Well... Genshin isn't exactly your typical medieval fantasy, it has a lot more variety, especially later on Can't wait for more reactions to genshin, you're in for a ride!

You know, after hearing what you said about the key changes and knowing the context of the fight, it’s interesting how they put the context of what is happening. There’s definitely high stakes in the first phase and confidence of the MC in the second that’s there only after a certain intervention.

12:42 Thanks for the easy-to-understand explanation "you don't notice consciously but your brain notices it". Some other will definitely throw a lot of music theory or terminology here. I want to add some extra info without throwing in too much game specific terms (others may have pointed this out though). 1. The video you are watching is for the cutscene/battle in during the story quest. The music starting from 16:00 (which you called "Phase 2") is also used in Raiden Shogun weekly boss battle (same boss, just that we can attack it outside of story quest). The above mentioned music is actually consist of two similar track: one is peaceful, and one is more intense. This boss has two forms: one is normal, and one is more powerful. In normal form, the peaceful track is used, in powerful form, the intense track is used. What's interesting is, this boss switches back and forth between two forms periodically. Which means the battle theme also blends between peaceful track and intense track. You can look for the weekly boss battle version and see (listen?) to the transition when the boss switches form. In this video onle the peaceful track is present. 2. In this game, especially when this boss is released, people were relying heavily on the use of Skill to battle (in contrast to Normal Attack. In the part at 8:25, the boss suddenly lock player out of all Skill, which leave player in huge disadvantage and also this is the first time ever player got locked out of all skill. I think this is also the reason the music here starts to feel more alien, uneasy as you described. You can also listen to those track from the OST here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9iDmKSAusDUlYU.html They are Track 3 (Phase 1), Track 4 (Phase 2 peaceful version) and Track 5 (Phase 2 intense version).

OH FINALLYYYYYY Welcome, Davi, to the world of Genshin Impact. ***AND IT'S BANGER MUSIC*** On top of boss tracks, some regular battle tracks are also super cool! There are 3 per region, and all of them have their own unique stuff to analyze. Character demo music are also a fandom favorite, check those out too! Rex Incognito is a good starting point for those.

Thanks bro. I recommend La Signora boss theme.

Thank you for reacting!! While other games have great soundtracks too, I’ve always felt like genshin’s is very underrated

The first 2 themes from her is one from a cutscene, one from the actual boss fight. The second ad third one are from another boss fight against her after a certain quest. They're the only one's that actually happen in the same fight lol.

Oh you're doing a great job 😮❤

I'm surprised no one who has analyzed these few pieces has ever mentioned the cadence that begins at 3:10 (A7 to Dbm). It is deliberately set up with a dominant chord held over six pulses, meant to prepare the listener for a resolution to the i chord, and then it resolves to the key a step below (Dbm) the original (Dm). It really contributes to the shocking, unsettling, and _serious_ feelings this moment in the game are supposed to hold, as the situation itself rightly is. A very good reaction on Davi's part, and I'm very excited to see more Genshin from him, of course; I just am a little surprised _nobody_ mentioned it, though he got close with his mention of the differences in the songs' keys.

You don't have to worry about the composition since yu peng chen the composer of boss themes in genshin is a mad genius. You'd agree with me after reacting to some other of his boss theme compositions

people are already recommending Poluminia Omnia so i'll recommend another XD, Caelestinum finale termini or Dvalin's theme.

I think Davi went into this expecting Chinese music, but then oops, all Japan. 😉 Maybe if we started out with a different track that isn't specifically from the Inazuma (Japan) region of the game. He's gonna get weird expectations if he listens to Shouki no Kami (Polumnia Omnia) right after.

The „first phase“ as you called it is actually the fade out of the boss battle which happened right before this one so thats why it sounds different. You should definitely also check out the one before the Raiden Shogun. ( its the battle theme from La Signora)

I-I didnt know you did this until now! Im so glad I'll finally get to hear about this game's tracks from your perspective. Thank you!

I have been waiting for this, yay! Thank you for this!

Other name to the raiden shogun is guardian of eternity and shes electric type.

Boss themes is where Genshin's music really shines. You gotta listen to pretty much all of them, because they're all so good!

Genshin music is amazing I a sense as in the 1st phase they use 2 shamisen and each shamisen attributes to the archon present and past. And then in the next phase along with the shamisen they use flute so as incur a passage of time ( for context the 2 gods fought for some years under a domain.) Just like this each main theme of a region like sumeru, inazuma and fontaine and liyue they include a motif that generalizes the story of that region. Pls also have a listen to sumeru symphony.

Raiden's boss fights are my favorite. Unlike the other bosses, Raiden literally just comes to throw hands. She isn't spamming all kinds of big attacks that are just hitting everywhere; she's just here to face you head on. The music isn't as epic as the others but that's because it's the most intense fight. So the simple music really compliments the rather fast paced and intense battle.

Finally, I've been waiting for this moment, I love your videos and i play Genshin so, seeing you reacting to the ost of my favorite game is the best thing for me.

Man, Genshin Impact music is always so good.

At the first part there are actually 2 leitmotifs involved. The first one is La Signora's and the second one is Raiden Shogun's. It's because that part is when there was conflict between them.

I got into genshin recently and i think scaramouche theme is pretty good Also this is a shorter theme but "as charming as ever" is one of my favourite themes i think you'd like it

Across Dimming Asterisms (HOYO-MiX) - PLEASE THIS ONE, THIS IS SUPER AMAZING, FROM GENSHIN IMPACT

17:22 Raiden is from Inazuma and that region is based on Japan. Every region in the game has music that is based on the real world counter part and uses native instruments😊

OMG!!! I'm so happy that you are reacting to Genshin Impact VGM!!! You have to react to all the boss themes, they are amazing!! Such as Azdaha's or Scaramouche's. Also the ones that aren't boss themes!!!! They are beautiful✨

For the most part, the transitions and silences are part of a cutscene where the fight changes. In this case, the first part you heard was actually the cutscene and the fight starts after the first bit of silence.

this raiden shigun theme conveys some kind of origin, primeordial and ancient horror like you are in the circle of first hunters who hypes you up to fight the monster and i think it's amazing because this version of raiden is pretty unnatural and unhuman

The first phase reflects the character of Raiden Shogun as the Electro Archon with an unwavering will. It had an abrupt end, but in reality, there is a cutscene that plays the same melody which is then elevated by some orchestration (called "Approaching Thunder"). It symbolizes the MC at the climax of confronting the Shogun. The second phase plays the leitmotif of the nation of Inazuma because this isn't just a fight between the Shogun and the MC, but of her unwavering stance to the principle of eternity against her people and their ambition, pushing them to move forward.

Davi NEEDS to listen to "Rage Beneath the Mountains"

Raiden Shogun is the God of Thunder and Eternity. Thats why the music is Electronic and so Godly!

Just a suggestion - to listen to the official soundtrack when reacting because that will give you the full experience rather than a version based on someone's gameplay which can cut things short. Also the official version won't show the gameplay so it can be more interesting to hear what your reactions are only based on the music. Very cool that you know your Japanese instruments. Looking forwards to more GI reactions.

as for the japanese flute/guitar, its used maybe bec. we fight the archon of the region of inazuma (region based of japanese). I also want to take a guess that the electronic kind of sound is based on the speed and agility of the boss. As a genshin player myself, its really hard to dodge even after fighting it alot of times.

this boss theme is full of electronic music elements becuz the boss is the electro archon (electric!)🤣 and she rules inazuma, which is a nation based on japan. thats why got Japanese element is this boss theme

Raiden's theme sounds like this cuz, she is a God, the God of Lighting and Eternity. The music fits the vibe of fighting a deity

Ye the ‘fight’ between the themes is signora’s theme/fatui theme, and then raiden’s theme, the traditional Japanese instruments. You should listen to the different phases of signora’s battle music-ooh and then scaramouche’s! I think you’ll like his

La Signora boss battle theme next pls,

Am so glad that you are reacting to genshin music. It's such a masterpiece

Another thing about phase 2 is that it's a pre-decided losing fight, players and charactors are in a very disadvantaged position because they can't use skills, so the pitch is higher and there is heartbeat sound to make players nervous.

Genshin got me into it because of the music alone. Then stayed for the music and lore.

hopefully you can hear all the bosses themes music , you gonna love it ^^ genshin known to mix the electronic and culture (?) instrument but they are so good

First time watching a video from you and your insight into the soundtrack is very interesting! Gained a new subscriber :) Genshin has a lot of very interesting orchestral music, if you are interested i highly recommend scaramouche's battle theme, i think its one of the best soundtracks genshin has to offer and your discussion about it would be interesting :D They also have some live orchestral perfomances on genshin's channel if you want to check them out, they have two made by the london symphony orchestra, recent one being the fontaine live perfomance

All the Ganshin music is absolutelt phenomenal

Great analysis!! I heavily recommend listening to Inevitable Conflict if you want more genshin music, absolutely blew me away

Glory to the Shogun and Her Everlasting Reign!!!! Her Excellency, the Almighty Narukami Ogosho, God of Thunder and Eternity Raiden Ei. She seeks to rid herself of the mundane delusions of the world, but only in an attempt to overcome the cycle of life and death. No one truly understands her, yet she does not deign to make herself understood... Her Excellency the Shogun is simply full of contradictions.

oooooh i'd been waiting to see you look at some of this ost! i think it'd be awesome to have you look at the symphony performance of some of the fontaine music they put out

I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU STARTED TO LISTEM TO GENSHIN SOUNDTRACK! The composer is so good. I recommend you to listen to the battle themes and the city themes too. But I also want to recomend another boss theme: Is Azhdaha's theme 1 and 2, Ode to Azhdaha and Rage Beneath the Mountain. That being said. I super recommend listen to the battle themes and city themes first.

You should totally listen to the All Devouring Narwhal, the second phase of it is so good and has a lot of cool parts to it like using the sounds that actual whales do in the theme