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You gotta react to the whole OST, it’s phenomenal overall. The gods and nightmares soundtrack has some bangers too

Nosk is the theme song for a boss fight that is located in the scariest spot on the entire hollow knight map, Deepnest. a place full of horrifying creatures, darkness and traps. the point of all this is that nosk is not our direct enemy. he attracts us through curiosity. It amazes me how the music perfectly translates the scary and predatory nature of this character. for a next one i think you should react to Lace, is a song from the upcoming sequel of Hollow Knight, Silksong. and if you like hornet, you gonna be amazed by Lace, a full song made only by string instruments.

For me, this track evokes a sense of visceral, primal fear. The shrill screeching of some sort of bow in the background puts you on edge, and the loud start at the very beginning brings to mind the sudden slam of a door behind you. It’s dark, wherever it is you are, and there is a sharp feeling of dread in the repeating strings, that only becomes louder and louder the longer you listen. You are not alone. There’s something here. Something scuttling about on many limbs, just outside your field of vision. Hunting you.

that laugh in time with the music at 4:42 was really creepy lmao

That eerie sound you were getting was bowing behind the bridge of the string instruments where the strings are much tighter

This sounds like something you'd hear if a huge tarantula is chasing after you lol, It's brilliant.

would love if you reacted to Sealed Vessel, easily my favourite song from Hollow Knight

Is it scary in-game? Yes. This track is the only reason the boss fight is difficult (plus its build-up but still). You should definitely react to Sealed Vessel for a more emotional experience. Love that track to pieces.

the sheer terror this theme invokes is crazy and unnerving, the into to the boss fight combined with this theme just jacks the creep factor up to 11

Definitely listen to the entire OST it is absolutely wonderful and awesome.

You're going to LOVE Sealed Vessel and many others (e.g. Greenpath, Enter Hallownest, etc.) and as my favourite game music of all time I would love to see an entire reaction to the whole OST

Thanks for reacting to more music by Christopher Larkin! I just wanna say though it is a CRIME that you reacted to the first opening to Overlord in one of your videos but didn't react to the other three overlord openings. They are definitely worth a video!

This one freaks me out too. Would really appreciate your take on Greenpath or Queen's Gardens from Hollow Knight.

I played Hollow Knight A LOT and always jammed with the soundtracks but with every reaction of yours (and intense focus of mine) I am able to experience something new regarding one of my favourite games. Thank you very much for that and of course I hope that there'll be more tracks from HK covered. I'm unsure how well it would fit into your repertoire but I'm curious about how music of boss fights is connected to the background music of the environment the boss is located in. Nosk is a Boss in an area called deepnest. It can be accessed fairly early in the game, the only hurdle beeing a bossfight infront of the entrance. There are a lot of visual and storytelling cues that hint to the dangers of the coming areal. Most new players wouldn't dare to enter deepnest that early, as it is supposed to be a late game zone. You have less vision, no map, nearly no safe spot and save point. Of course there are stronger enemies, but the audio effects of the area are scarry as hell. If you don't intend on playing the game I recommended watching some short gameplay in that area and also reactions to first encounters of nosk :D Another reason the boss is so special is that it is completely optional and I'd bet not 50% of the player base of HK encountered it. That's because the boss is located near the first entrance to deepnest but is a bit hidden and only accessible if you have double jump (monarch wings) or long dash (crystal dash). Most players wouldn't care to check there again after getting those upgrades since there are 4 possible entrances to deepnest (1 of them beeing falling from above and getting trapped in deepnest).

trying not to spoil, nosk is a beast that has hunted many of the player charecter's brethren. It is made to be extremely unsettling and dangerous, which is also reflected in it's move set as it uses the entire room's space and jumps into the ceiling essentially cornering you and being very efficient in capturing you and killing you. Also as other comments have mentioned it is a huge spider like creature found in the area known as deepnest which is also just a very dangerous and unsettling place.

That was really nice! For sure, some times I listen to some VGM and think "man... what is this?? I should check this out!"

The weirdness and scary part represents so well that moment of the game. Because of that the inmersive way all is contructed is very shoking at the moment. Perfect

Oh man if you enjoy this one you'd love the Nightmare King Grim theme from Hollow Knight

Another intense track from Hollow knight that doesn't get enough attention is Broken Vessel, it would be awesome if you reacted to it.

Love seeing these reactions to the Hollow knight OST, so far I've noticed you've only looked at boss themes. In terms of others i think are worth looking at I would highly recommend "The grimm troupe" and "Sealed vessel". I'd also recommend checking out some of the area themes, they tend to have a lot less going on koverall but create a strong sense of ambience that it might be interesting to see a break down of, of those I'd be particularly interested in seeing "city of tears".

That sound is someone quickly playing below the bridge of violin or similar instrument. Probably cello.

Hollow knight is one of These games with such a great atmosphere. You should go to all osts. Also recommend Ori and the blind forest. Keep up the great work(:

the glass mallet sound you described is Col Legno, a string instrument technique where the wood of the bow is bounced on top of the string (as opposed to dragging the hair across it)

Could you answer this question for the fans? How has video games and anime affected yor music outlook and inspiration?

Adding another comment to the pile saying PLEASE do more of this soundtrack!

My favorite OST is for sure Sealed Vessel it's just so good

Highly recommend Broken Vessel. It’s my favorite boss and song in the whole game, DLC included.

Please react to "The Troupe Grimm" and "Nightmare King" too, and (if possible) in the same video, cause both are for the same character and have the same leitmotiv

would love to see you react to grimm (the grimm troupe+nightmare king) and sealed vessel (+ pure vessel) and radiance! most bosses in hollow knight have a harder version which often comes with a variation of their boss theme. for example mantis lords which you reacted to also have a harder version and another boss theme titled sisters of battle that is more intense bc the 3 mantis lords are fighting you all at once while in the 1st fight each of them comes down to fight you one after one. definitely worth checking out

This game has such an amazing soundtrack!

I wonder if the percussion at the beginning is actually the backside of the bow being hit on the strings. its a technique i used in orchestra a lot with pieces that were similar to this, very useful in creating tension in a piece!

そう、ホロウナイトで俺1番好きなんよこの曲。なんか全部いいんだけど何故か単調なこれに惹かれる

Sealed Vessel would be a great song to react to next!

This is the track of an ambush hunter. You know he is there... SOMEWHERE. And it climbs up, up and up, until it pounces you.

To me the clicky sounds sound like when you hit strings with the back of your bow, which I think is called 'col legno'

The simplest explanation i can come up with is as follows; the game takes place in a world of anthropomorphic bugs. The nosk is a boss found in a hidden area in a place called the deepnest. The deepnest is a giant den of spiders.

It almost sounds like they loosened the hairs of the bows, causing the wood to slap the strings. In Mars (the Planets) there’s a bowing style called col legno, which means “with the wood”

Lets gooooo Nosk !

You mentioned that glass hammer sound you couldn't figure out? It sounds like plucking violin strings but just the little bit between the bridge and where the strings attach. Its a common technique in the zither family of instruments

Ori And The Blind Forest be like: Allow me to introduce myself.

Title screen OST when 'coz that's by far my favorite non-DLC one.

Spoopy

Oh man I can’t wait for Nightmare King

Try the first opening of Laid-Back Camp!

Now that you started, I recommend reviewing "Sealed Vessel" (It's also a Hollow Knight song

Hey you should react to The Summoning- Sleep Token. They’ve been one of my favorite artist for many years and this song has gotten a lot of traction recently and I’ve seen quite a few reaction videos on it. They have a very unique style unlike any I’ve seen on your channel yet!

please go on with hollow knight ost

I love the dung defender track

Gotta listen to Sealed Vessel.. you'll love it

The Hollow Knight best OST is Sealed Vessel imo, such great final for the game

Sounds like their playing the saw

You should check out the Cuphead ost if you haven’t already. It’s one of my favorite video game soundtracks and songs like Bootlegger Boogie and Floral Fury are just absolute bangers.

You really should play the game on stream

Spoilers Basically in this theme, you are fighting a massive spider called Nosk that can morph into different creatures, this is the boss theme for it. Very unnerving boss fight as well as the atmosphere being a massive spider web nest

If you want to listening to one of the most "friendly(?)" I would recommend my favourite "Fungal Wastes" I just walked that part a lot to listen to the scene haha but I believe most would vote for " Greenpath" or maybe even "City of Tears" instead haha

you have to take a look at ori's soundtrack

Great reaction as always but man I’d kill for your reaction of Nier Replicant’s OSTs

5:37 3rd vid 2nd row. Didn't expect to see a random Bocchi the Rock song on your recommendation, your KZfaq algorithm recommending some good stuff.

Do grimm troupe!

Aww was hoping for the chill main sounds not boss fight music.

Dude PLEASE do Nightmare King Grimm’s ost it’s so sick too

You should do Grimm’s themes next

Please do grimm troupe + nightmare king Grimm theme from Hollow Knight too

just waiting for the day when he react to sealed vassel or the main theme ost

I would love to see you react to ultimate sacrifice from Galneryus they also made the 2nd hunter x hunter ending you reacted to.

PLEASE listen to Grimm's theme

yeees hollow knight

Hey Tony! Can you do Sonny Boy Rhapsody (サニーボーイ・ラプソディ) from TOE or Kyoumen no Nami from YURiKA. Both are great songs.

Sealed Vessel PLEASEEEEEEEE

Has drumrolltony reacted to anything from Cowboy Bebop yet?! I suggest Tank!

Grimm Theme please

i hope you react to bocchi the rock it's about an introvert guitarist who for the first time play in a band and the songs are amaazing

if a song could be horror...

There is just one thing you are missing about this game' soundtracks, and that is "Nightmare King". Do yourself a favor and listen to it.

Please react to White Noise by Official Huge Dandism!!! It's sooooo good! All of the official huge Dandism is good and you reacted to one of their songs for spy family.

I don't know if your looking to react to more anime osts but I'd like to request fairytail, alot of the pieces loop alot but there are a few that I'd think make decent videos

I recommend egg dragoon from sonic unleashed

Can you also react to Vinland Saga Season 2 opening? Would love your expertise

Can you react to "Un'altra persona" from Jojo (main antagonist from part 5).

......still hoping for......Made in Abyss ost react........, saw someone comparing both ost's by the way...... 🥸

React to 2nd opening of Beastars please! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

i would like you listen to 永遠甚だしい (eien hanahadashii) appreciate the content love u

Can you react to blue period op?

Nice but I have a request, might+u from my hero academia, please react to this it is one of the best thing I have ever heard in my life

Can you please react to Vogel Im Kafig from Attack on Titan

Can u react to ado-odo its very nice song

React to the full haikyuu openings

Nier;Automata ost weight of the world english version

More JoJo reacts?

Pleaase more genshin impact or vocaloids

The Waffle House has found it's new host.

Reacting to good games? i see What about UNDERTALE? Bergentrückung for example

Please do some Naruto Shippuden openings like Silhouette by Kana Boon or Toumei Datta Sekai by Motohiro Hata. The music is 🔥. Just ask the people.