The great thing about writing songs in a fictional language is that you can accomodate your "lyrics" to make sure your singer's voice shines

Interestingly, God Shattering Start, while a final boss song, isn't for a final boss that is a gigantic colossus or the like as one would think, but rather a human. By no means a normal human, quite literally a god-slayer, but the enemy is in a frame of a human. This, I'd say, makes the music work even better, giving a large than life status and oppressive feel for something that is not much bigger than you, but an incredible ancient evil nonetheless, making sure you don't underestimate them as anything close to a regular human.

3 small fun facts 1: this is one of 4 tracks in the entire game with vocals, and the only one with a male lead 2: this song is sung ENTIRELY in Födlansk, a fantasy language made specifically for this game made from mashing latin, german, and norse 3: this is one of the final bosses, whos literally just an anime dude who happens to wield a sword made of *gods spinal column* , and depending on if you are just moving around the map or fighting it switches between the vocal and instrumental version which were mixed here

-"Weapons?" -"Sharpened and ready!" -"Warhorses?" -"Ready to deploy!" -"Siegeweapons?" -"Ready!" -"Healers?" -"On their positions!" -"Suply chains?" -"Established!" -"Opera?" -"Wait! what Sire? I dont understand!"

The way your face just lights up when you hear a fellow Tenor in their element is so endearing. Super infectious!

God, can you imagine the acoustics of God Shattering Star belted out in a symphony hall? Like, it's intense just from the song itself from its own soundtrack, but in person? I bet it'd blow you away so much harder.

Lyrics from the official 3h ost booklet: Arise, you who cannot bear death Raise your heads bravely and take up your weapons. No more wishing for the corpses of your comrades. It’s time to rebel and liberate. Warriors, gather to this banner. Run! Raise the flag! From the beast called God. To take back our pride from the beast called God. Warriors, shout to the earth! Follow me through the wilderness! In the name of rebellion. Let your bodies tremble Let your souls do as they wish Like the wind that blows through Mother Earth(Fódlan) Like the sunrise that colors the great Ogma Stamp it out, raise your voice, strong as a lion. Our cries will ride the wind for a thousand miles. Let it reach the starry shores of the sea. Reach high and praise me, for I am the one who will liberate you all. Pierce the sky, mysterious artifacts I am the embodiment of wrath I am the god shattering star

If I recall correctly the male voice is that of the actual boss for this battle. So he's singing his own boss theme.

SPOILERS FOR THREE HOUSES: Btw fun fact, although the lyrics are in a fictional language, there is an official translation, and the song's actually from the perspective of Nemesis (the final boss of the "Verdant Wind"/Golden Deer route that this song belongs to). He isn't a giant, but he _was_ a very ancient and very powerful conqueror who killed the physical form of a creator goddess and made a mystical sword from her bones. There's a secret society you fight in 3/4th of the routes (one of the other comments said there were three but Black Eagles actually splits up into two near the end of the first part based on a choice you can make,) in Verdant Wind they actually succeed at the last second and resurrect Nemesis _and_ his army, right after you kill the cult's leader, Thales. By the time you fight Nemesis (and also phantoms of the Ten Elites who a lot of the protagonists descended from, who apparently weren't so nice and helped him slaughter the Goddess' children and descendants). The song's lyrics essentially say that Nemesis will far surpass any and all that oppose him, even gods, who he refers to as "beasts". The song ends with Nemesis declaring himself as the world's salvation, and that he is the "God Shattering Star". Fittingly enough, the protagonist who wields Nemesis' sword for good throughout the game is nicknamed the "Fell Star" in-game by Nemesis' worshippers so there's an interesting parallel lol

So interestingly enough Joe Zeija, the voice of Claude, whose story gets this song for the final fight did a cover of this song with TheFamileJules who does a bunch of video game covers, with Joe taking the vocals.

For clarity, this is a medley of Rain version (which plays during the map section) and storm (which doesn't feature vocals and plays during battle animations)! I look forward to you reacting to my personal favourite final boss theme, "Twilight of The Gods", from Shadows of Valentia!

This is actually only one of three final boss themes though it is the best in the game. Apex of the World- Azure Moon and Crimson Flower Funeral of Flowers- silver snow And God Shatering Star- Golden Deer Each fits the scenario you're dealing with Apex of the World:The final end to this long bitter conflict after one final push Funeral of Flowers: Your victory has turned into a tragedy due to an unfortunate event God Shatering Star: Fighting a myth back from the dead who wishes to see all that you know and love destroyed.

An important note here: between the opening chords and the general tone, the singer's voice in the vocal version of the track is heavily implied to directly represent the final boss himself. This is HIS song, so the feeling of power it gives is very specifically HIS power. Similarly the heroic tone, as the factions in FE3H are multifaceted and aside from being a terrifying enemy to you the singer is also known as the King of Liberation and pretty much established the setting's current way of life. He's an ancient, larger than life legend of a man risen to rule again, and your force, the weakest of all those in the setting, is in his way. Good luck.

Trust me, it's more epic when you're leading Claude's army against Nemesis during the climax of Verdant Wind route. This song reprised again in the mobile Fire Emblem Heroes as the theme song for Legendary Claude's map.

I can imagine myself going to watch an Opera with that music and enjoying very much. Fire Emblem has an amazing soundtrack! Other music from Fire Emblem that you might like to listen to are Lord of a Dead Empire, The Scions' Dance in Purgatory, and Twilight of Gods. There is more but I have to remember them all. Those three musics are the ones that marked me most from the ones I remember and I think it will be a good start for you.

When I was invested in music in college, I would always try to bring up to people the quality and amazing compositions that were in video game music, and that these composers were the modern composers of our time... and I'd always get dismissed with the ol "oh but its just a game hur dur", im glad there's more people out there like you coming to the realization that yeah, these games have some incredibly talented composers behind them and these pieces SHOULD be played in concert halls as more than just "pop music"

As a Tenor myself, I absolutely adore both the Fire Emblem 3 houses game and Soundtrack. When I was playing the game I often stopped in the middle of gameplay because the music is so intense and incredible!! I completely agree that this type of music should be recognized and added to repertoires since it's made with love and passion with a classical focus. It would be amazing to see some of the world's most recognized singers belt these insane notes!! Loved the video dude, I'm so glad to see another opera singer react to this beauty of a game!!

I'd hoped one day you'd react to God Shattering Star, the reactions of many people (myself included) were just awe and surprise. Here is a side note for context, this is indeed the final boss track of one of the routes, Golden deer.

God Shattering Star gets me going every time. The cadence of the voice and the instruments that, at times, can sound overwhelming, presumably on purpose, fit the theme of the battle the song plays during, a large, murky battlefield with old warriors presumed dead marching for your defeat. It makes my heart sink at the slow start in the best way possible, then gets me fired up and determined again when the orchestra kicks in again. Three Houses is def my favorite game I've ever played. The music alone might be the reason, every track is able to instill some kind of emotion into me. Serenity in some places, and intense focus in others. God Shattering Star in particular does a good job of immersing you in the idea that "Hey, this ain't no regular fight, be on your toes and be prepared to take risks and make sacrifices." Side note: Part of the reason I cried at the credits was because Lorenz died in that fight in order to just barely let Claude finish the boss with a ~20% critical hit. Hate that guy, but he's a champ for that one. Godspeed, and may your hair look better in the afterlife, Lorenz.

Seeing someone genuinely enjoy music like this brings such a smile on my face, thank you

Ooh, wish he did the mix version that had the lyrics throughout.

Never woulda thought I'd see an Opera Singer Reacts perspective. A really good one I think you'd like is Octopath Traveler's That One They Call The Witch and Daughter of The Dark God. The first being a more "traditional" song while the latter is kinda like an opera-rock remix ver of the former

i still vividly remember pressing start on this battle and just LOSING IT over the music. i sat there for so long not even making a move, it was amazing. i’ll never regret playing the golden deer route for my first playthrough cause this was such an experience.

I cannot catch English but your reaction is impressed with me. I love FETH OST, so I'm glad if you listen another FETH OSTs such as Chasing Daybreak, Ashen Wolves, The Apex of the world. And also, I like your nice smile and voice. I'm looking forward to see your new movies. Nice work keep it up! From Japan.

For other Fire Emblem music, I would also strongly recommend Twilight of the Gods from Fire Emblem Echoes and At What Cost from Fire Emblem Three Houses: Cindered Shadows. The latter is my personal favorite from the Fire Emblem franchise and also features quite a bit of opera style vocals within it. For video game music in general, it’s basically impossible to go wrong with anything from Xenoblade, but my most recommended piece from Xenoblade music has to be Walking With You from Xenoblade Chronicles 2. That piece is, in my humble opinion, the greatest piece of music I’ve ever heard in a video game. It is hauntingly beautiful.

This honestly is one of the best final boss theme in Fire Emblem. I literally had to stop and listen to the song for a few minutes before realizing it felt like I was re-enacting a historic battle and to a degree you are

A funeral of flowars is another absolutely phenomenal track from this game. It is one of if not the most powerful peices of music i have ever heard and when i first heard it, it almost brought me to tears, one of the most epic and yet sad themes i have ever heard, i would love to see you react to it blind. Also just a quick thing i should tell you if you decide to listen to it. Fire emblem three houses has this neat thing with its music where each main battle theme has two versions, called rain and thunder. To expain the difference i will quickly have to tell you how three houses works, its a grid based stratagy game where you have units that you can move across the board to battle enemy forces. When you initiate a battle with an enemy the game will transition into a battle between the two units where you watch them perform the actions you instructed them to do in the battle. Where the rain an thunder versions come in is when you havent initiated a battle and you are looking at the board and moving you units you will be hearing the rain version of the track which is the full complete theme , but when you initiate a battle the music will initiate the thunder version of the track which is typicly a more simple version of the track with lots of precussion. You were actually listening to a mix of both the rain and thunder versions, you can tell wich part is wchis because the thunder version of god shattering star does not have the vocals and had lots of precussion and the rain version did have the vocals and had less precussion. Taking all of this in mind know that the rain version of a track is typicly the complete and proper version of the track with the thunder version typicly only there to makė a battle stand out more and is in very rare cases better than the rain version. So in short, if you decide to react to funeral of flowers, make sure to listen to the rain version of the track it is FAR better. Sorry for the wall of text, i love your video and cant wait to see more of them.

Hey! I just wanted to note that this particular song is a mix of both versions (the overworld and the in combat versions) of this track from the game it comes from and I am so glad you reacted to this as I and many others see it as the best version of this track. As always, so insightful and keep doing what you’re doing! I love these vids!!

Awesone video man! This one is such a banger. You should also listen to "Twilight of the Gods" by the same game franchise, Fire Emblem. It's really good.

It's always a treat to watch a musician's first time reaction to God Shattering Star. If you're open to suggestions, I 100% recommend the Xenoblade soundtrack. Xenoblade X's soundtrack was composed by Hiroyuki Sawano, most famous for his work in anime soundtracks like Attack on Titan and Gundam. "Theme X" and "Codename Z" are both fantastic pieces from the game. The numbered games are composed and played by a group known as ACE+ who as a group have composed for the Xenoblade games, and are confirmed to be working on the OST on the upcoming Xenoblade 3, and some of the most popular song remixes in Smash Ultimate, and members having worked on the OSTs of games like Chrono Trigger. The most iconic from the numbered series are probably "You Will Know Our Names" and "Counterattack" though songs like "Unfinished Business" and "Drifting Souls" also usually rank among the top of people's lists.

Amazing, I love this song! Did you know Claude official english VA did a cover?! He's no professional Opera singer, I think, but he killed it. It's a metal cover with FamilyJules, and the name of Claude's VA is "Joe Zieja" It's here on youtube :D

Best song to nuke an eldritch horror to

I was among those who recommended this song (most probably not the only one), so I clicked without thinking. Got what I hoped for 👍

"Can we talk about how much is happening in here?" Yeah FE3H mixes styles and instruments that I wouldn't believe would go well together... until the battle grid opens in front of you and you start planning your moves. And then the background music becomes downright soul shattering epic. The whole soundtrack is actually incredible. I really appreciated your video, as always!

You should look at some other Fire Emblem final stages like Id: Purpose, it's a duet I'm pretty sure. Lord of a Dead Empire, The Scion's Dance in Purgatory, Twilight of the Gods from FE Echoes are also great. Going My Way from Fire Emblem 7 is also pretty bangin.

The mix of rain and thunder, the two versions of the track, is nice, with thunder playing first to give you an idea of what is going to come with rain having the melody. In the game, rain plays over your choices, while your controlling your units, with the vocals going away and the music going into that thunder track right where rain was to be like the thunder of the battle as you fight against this undead god like being. Honestly this fight is amazing and the music blends in very well with what’s going on with the game. Nemisis is telling you that he will kill you and your friends, and once he is done that he will rule over Fodlan, him speaking a dead language in the form of the lyrics but with every fight you and your army engage in and every soldier fallen you are ignoring this self proclaimed god wrong. The fact that the leader of this run, Claude con Riegan, has the star crest, being the one to shoot the arrow that ultimately shatters this god like being, is amazing. Best fight in game, by far

I am so happy that you're getting into the Fire Emblem: Three Houses music!

I like your videos on these songs, I’ve also developed a love for these types of songs too. I’ve heard you mention the word “aria” and I thought you could make a video on a song called “aria of the soul” a song that is important in the persona series. It’s got it’s highs and lows and I feel like you would like it. I absolutely love that song!

This same singer sang another Fire Emblem track named Lord of a Dead Empire. It's very strong, but also very emotional. I recommend you react to that as well!

Man, these reactions are so damn entertaining. I just love seeing these game OST breakdowns from the perspective of a classical singer. If you take suggestions "Astalgia of Phantasm" from Lost Ark is a really beautiful track for a soprano voice! Keep up the amazing work!

Just found your channel today and was wondering if you’d done a video on God Shattering Star! How serendipitous haha. Really been loving hearing your thoughts on the Nier soundtracks and I’m so happy Fire Emblem gets a moment in the spotlight :) Praise be to tenors lol!

Should check out Family Jules feat. Joe Zieja's cover of this. Joe is a voice actor in Fire Emblem, and it's his character that is tied to the route that leads to the final boss featuring this song. He's not a professional opera singer, but he seriously did a great job of the vocals.

I just love to see my favorite pieces of video game music getting dissected and analysed. Often, when you talk to people about video game music, the fact that its linked to video games seems to decrease their anticipated quality of it by a significant margin. I just think its a medium with so much potential when it comes to art, be it in Music, Visuals, Story, or all of those, plus a few others. Its a very young medium, that unfortunately seems to already have too many conflicts between its role as a product seller, and an artform. I hope more people like you, who actually is a pro in the music field, give it the time and recognition it deserves. Maybe someday, no one will look down on video games enough to say : "it could never be art".

Just found your channel recently and I already adore the work you do. Not many people talk about the beauty of music in games, especially from the angle of a singer feeling out a composition. Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts and listening with use/with you. If I could recommend and you've never heard the OSTs before I highly recommend Mitsuda's work especially on Xenogears/Xenosaga/Xenoblade. "Albedo" - Xenosaga 1 is a very classical opera. "Fatal Fight" #1 or #2 (I prefer 2) from Xenosaga 2. And especially "Godsibb" from Xenosaga 3 which I can't acclaim without spoilers so i won't and just say it is a great piece.

From this same game, you should definitely check out "The Apex of the World", it's another fantastic piece that although doesn't have vocals like this, has nonetheless some incredible chorus. Now then, I am by no means versed in opera singing, but if you're looking for some interesting pieces that use opera voices with non-orchestral instrumentation, I can recommend "To become God's enemy" from Shin Megami Tensei 4 Apocalypse, as well as "Narwhal" from Punishing: Gray Raven. In a more varied setting, there's the NieR: Automata soundtrack. There're a few pieces with opera singing, but overall the OST is top notch.

I think you encapsulated the essence of this song with your review! Awesome job! Also you're tenor voice is great! Looking forward to more! If you want a suggestion for a song that's pretty awesome too, I'd suggest Daughter of the Dark God! That one slaps pretty hard too!

Golden Deer was my first house in the game, and *man* did I choose correctly. What an amazing group of students, and the story was just as epic as this song!

I absolutely love your reactions and it always brings a smile to my face. Watching someone absolutely enjoy and be surprised by video game music warms my heart, and your unique perspective as a musically trained artist makes your commentary even cooler. Keep doing what you do. 💜

Yeah this song is one of my favorites in all of gaming. It’s cool to know that it’s sung from the final bosses perspective and it’s about him trying to rally his forces against the players army. Truly legendary

I have been super excited for this reaction!! Thank you again for the top tier content. If you don't mind, I'd like to recommend another fire emblem track: "Lord of a Dead Empire" from shadows of Valencia. It's a song that some fans say walked so God shattering star could run! 😄

Knowing your background, and loving your NieR reactions, as well as being a big fan of NieR, Fire Emblem, and this song I can confidently say I NEVER CLICKED FASTER

Man thank you for these reviews, they have kept me really entertained. I appreciate it.

Literally looked back at this song for the first time in like a year to find this

Holy crap. Wasnt expecting you to post this one so quick. Awesome stuff as always man. Keep up the good work 🤙

Informative and entertaining analysis. That's worth a sub!

Opera singers are so awesome! It's something that always interested me but I never got a chance to get into it. Anyway, glad to see you reacting to one of the best pieces from Fire Emblem ever created (and it has some REALLY good tracks). ^_^

Ayyy 2k is imminent! Loved your thoughts on the track and what you had to share about singing, I'd never known about that hourglass analogy but it makes a lot of sense!

Caught this off the KZfaq algorithm recommending things to me, glad I found ya. It was really fun watching the appreciation and fun on your face listening to the track. And I totally agree, video games have been providing us with some absolutely amazing music and this niche deserves a lot of respect. Gonna stick around, earned a sub

I'm so glad you finally reacted to this piece, is an amazing theme for one of the most hype parts of the game! Glad my recommendation and many other people recommendations didn't go unnoticed

just discovered your channel recently, and you are so passionate about these songs, you really do feel them, it's amazing i love it, keep it up

First time I played the map this song’s featured on, I had to put the controller down and take a second like “wait, what is going on” and gather my composure before I could play said map. I remember being both distracted and hyped up as I was playing the map, it made the battle in question so epic. No other track in the game is close to this one in style so it was such a surprise. The whole soundtrack is great but this one truly is something else.

Awesome reaction I never knew the names for the different types of Opera singing, so that was cool to learn.

12:26 Ha, that's a really interesting response that unlocked something I've never thought about with Three Houses. I think you mentioned in another video that you like FF's music? I'm not going to be specific for the sake of spoilers, but you know how a certain theme close to the end of the most recent 14 expansion, is, essentially, the Warrior of Light's boss music? For this part of the game, there are multiple 'God-Shattering Star' level people, depending on certain plot details and interpretations, with /you/, the player character, among them. So, with your comment and general thoughts in mind, it's like all these beings are gathered in one place, ready to fight.

Loved your reaction and commentary!

Really happy I watched your take on this song. Coming from a Brass background, I understand things closer to the symphony side of this song. Which is also where a lot of people focus on. Glad you enjoyed it!

It's always fun to see more people react to this piece. I knew the song was coming before I got to the final boss, but it still gave me chills when it started. Definitely one of my all time favorite final boss themes.

Thank you for covering this! One of the greatest OST tracks in the FE franchise!

My brain paralized for a second until I realized you listened to one of the 'Storm' arrangements. (Three Houses OST is generally split in 'Rain', a much more melody focused version, and 'Thunder', a much more rhytmically heavy version) 'Rain' being the sung version and 'Thunder' being the instrumental version

Just recently found your channel and it's amazing. It's great to hear the thoughts for these pieces from someone who knows their way around music (and who's also a gamer too!) I'm looking forward your impressions on more songs from these great game franchises, specially the NieR ones! You should also listen to Daughter of the Dark God from the Octopath Traveler game. That game has such beautiful music too. Anyway, hope you have an amazing day!

randomly found your channel via the Ludwig video saw classical tenor immediately looked to see if you saw this one. figured youd like it.

The explanation of the song's compositional intent at 12:36 perfectly describes Lysithia having a 56% hit chance with half my party dead, to take out the last HP of the boss in one more move, and only 1 time-rewind left.

In the game the game fades through two different compositions of each track; one when you're on the overview screen and is a bit more tame, and one when the camera pans into a unit's fight that's really percussive. The track you listened to is a great mix of the two by the KZfaq channel Helping Hands

When I reached the battle, I just sat there for 10 minutes listening to the score. I was overwhelmed, hearing it for the very first time.

Yes! More of these please! I love how you said that this is a final boss that is meant to confuse the players. Yes, it does. It really does fit as the map of the final boss push the player to the limit.

14:01 if you wouldnt mind, i'd very much be interested in a video about that! also i'm sure someone mentioned this already, but just in case: for every soundtrack in fire emblem there's a "rain" and "thunder" version. the rain version plays while you're observing the battlefield, moving your characters etc. the thunder version play when you engage in battle. they connect seamlessly while changing and it's all super well made and really clever imo. what you reacted to was a mash-up of the rain and thunder version, which is why it sometimes sounded all over the place and also why it's so long!

I fought this final boss on Maddening mode and I was feeling the weight of this song, God Shattering Star.

I wonder if you've had an opportunity since this video to listen to the versions done by Joe Zieja (the voice of Claude in Three Houses) and FamilyJules-- they did both a version with the original lyrics AND a version with lyrics in english, which i believe they adapted from the official "translation" of the original lyrics and modified to fit into the flow of the song. I'm sure it's been mentioned in the comments already, but they are definitely worth a listen if you haven't!

I don't hear you sing alot but when you do it hits my soul

I’ve been waiting to watch this video!! I saw it in my feed and saved it as I haven’t heard the song yet and didn’t want to listen to it before the ending of verdant wind. But I just finished verdant wind and this is the first thing i’m watching after!!

I love that this is the "triumphant" of the 3 end-boss themes in this game. The other two ("A Funeral of Flowers" and "Apex of the World") are both much more somber, because they are much more bittersweet and conflicted. This boss is the only one that FEELS like an unambiguous victory (mostly because you did the bittersweet fight two chapters before this).

The whole soundtrack is amazing, if you'd like a suggestion you should check out Awakening, The Apex of the World, Chasing Daybreak, Arcana Code and The King of Lions, as they give you a different feel of what could/would be happening when the song/s play. Also, a game suggestion, Xenoblade Chronicles (the Definitive edition) because the music in that is also incredible. 😊

I'm here because my son wanted me to hear the song - and I'm an old who has a background in classical music. I loved watching you react as I listened to the song for the first time, and when you shouted "this song slaps!" I subscribed to your channel. Thanks!!!!

The moment I began this battle and this music played I just stood there agasp. It's so amazing.

The first time I heard God-Shattering Star, I had no idea what kind of song I was about to get. See, Three Houses has four different routes, and I had just finished the Blue Lions route before the one this plays in, the Golden Deer route. The final battle for the Blue Lions plays Apex of the World for its final battle, so I was fully expecting that to play again coming in. The pre-battle preparations are finished quickly, a short cutscene plays to demonstrate the terrain effects and point out dangerous enemies throughout the field, then that *bass* just punched me in the gut through my tv screen I was like, "oh this is gonna be good" and just kept playing like normal until the song fully kicked in, at which point I legit dropped my controller to the ground and just stared at the TV while the song blasted through my apartment, and just sat in complete shock until the song finished, at which point I went "god *DAMN*" and kept playing the battle, a newfound energy flowing through my veins to this day God-Shattering Star is my favorite boss music, hands down

as an opera singer myself and someone who looks into being a voice actor, i think it’s incredible when two things i admire conjoin- making something so lively in music as similarly as they do on stage.

I'm really happy you found and react to this theme with this video, and yes is one of the possibile final themes, and a beautiful soundtrack too. I'd really like to see you reacting to other themes of this game (some names could bè chasing daybreak, between heaven and earth, Apex of the World), or the Xehanort battle theme of Kingdom heart 3 (I don't remember if is called forza finale, Italian for final (or even last, intended aspetto the one at the end) force or oscurità di Xehanort, always Italian, it stays for Darkness of Xehanort) or even something from persona (but persona has less opera like songs) like aria of the soul (also called poem for everyone's soul) (listen to the 20th anniversary concert version, it's the best one) If there are language mistakes is because I'm not a native English speaker

Yet another addition to the pile of recommendations...: Everything from Octopath Traveller really, but in particular The One They Call the Witch.

I found this channel earlier today and I thought about this song specifically nice job reading my mind This is very fun to watch as an aspiring composer myself My favorite JRPGs have always been the Xenoblade series which has some really good choir pieces btw

I just found your channel and it's so good to see someone bridge my favorite genre of music and second greatest love to a dear hobby. This isn't on Fire Emblem's track, but regarding classical (I had no idea where else to post this or search for this info lmao), but what are your favorite operas, composers, lieder, other classical work? And I love the tenor focus here, Der Rosenkavalier is my favorite work of music and you know about Di rigori armato, which is gorgeous. Thanks for your time.

i had the largest, stupidest grin watching you react to this. really enjoyed your reaction and sharing your knowledge and experience to us!!

i've done myself a disservice having only listened to this song like...3 or 4 times that said, the deer route was the last one i did after a long break from fe3h burnout. i'd heard ppl talk A LOT about god shattering star but never EVER heard it until finally reaching it in game and i was blown away. all the talk and praise it got was beyond well deserved cause holy wow. very fun listening to your reaction to such a crazy awesome piece

Really cool to see you react to a song from one of my favorite games! I would recommend listening to some of the music from Final Fantasy xv, there’s really cool incorporation of a Latin choir in the music. I would especially listen to ‘Apocalypsis Noctis’ God Shattering Star sumpremacy lmao

This is indeed the music for during the final boss of 3 Houses. Well one of the final bosses I should say considering there are multiple routes. One personal recommendation I have is "Lost in thought, all alone" from Fire Emblem Fates/Conquest, might be the most watched ost of the franchise (and in my opinion sounds beautiful).

I always loved thing particular map because of God Shattering Star, even more if you imagine that Nemesis is the one singing.

I was so awestruck when I first listened to it, It felt like the boss himself was singing it and it was so incredibly epic I still get goosebumps.

Awesome video!

The music in this game is perfection. The metal covers done by Family Jules are absolutely worth checking out too. This one features the voice actor for Claude singing and it’s amazing.

Ya you nailed the vibe of that fight lol! Fire emblem has such great music. I’ve seen others comment and I totally agree - you should react to the secret true boss of octopath traveller. Fight has 2 phases and the song goes into a crazy remix 2nd phase so you really should react to the 2 versions in order. 1st is called The one they call the witch then 2nd phase remix is Daughter of the Dark God. I think you’d love it and that fight/music has stayed with many. Its got some Opera and it’s one of the hardest and most rewarding bosses I’ve ever played. Took many attempts and strategies but didn’t care because of the music ;-) Great job in this vid man!

Swear this song never fails to make me tear up

Awesome thing! Very interesting to hear the thoughts of an opera-singer about classic-inspired music!! God shattering star would be awesome, if the backroundsound would be instrumental and not synth. Thats a question of taste, but i think, instrumental play would be a real banger!