I had a very, "wait, am I the bad guy?" moment in the battle. (The fact that I was spraying it with black fire and scarlet rot didn't help my case.)

“Life sprouts from death, as it does from birth. Such is the way of the living.” -Remembrance of the Regal Ancestor

This music is ethereal. This is the only boss in this game, maybe even ever, that genuinely made me not feel fear, excitement or tension, but instead it made me feel a bit melancholic with its majestic and beautiful style. It's the only boss where I stood in place contemplating whether I should finish the fight or not because every moment of it was great.

I had a hard time in this fight. Not from the hit boxes or the patterns of combat. But the desire to admire both the creature and the music as long as possible without finishing the fight too quickly because of how much I thoroughly enjoyed the music playing. This game is a true masterpiece.

This sounds like an awesome mashup of european and east asian music, which is exactly representative of what elden ring is

The Ancestor Spirits honestly have this feeling that they have been around far longer than anything else in the Lands Between. Like even predating Queen Marika herself. Maybe even predating the Erdtree. They have that true primordial being kinda vibe to them.

The moment Elden Ring became the most beautiful Zelda Boss Ive ever fought.

Dude I felt completely empty after this fight, like I literally sat there thinking that I killed this poor thing who probably didn’t even want to fight in the first place.

I know many feel like the villain in this but I actually feel like this is a battle of respect. Kind of like Radahn in a way. The two of you are not fighting out of hatred but out of a respect for each other’s power. It’s a competition that you won. The spirit was laid to rest after likely many victories.

This is inspiration for my next druid char at my dnd table. Melancholy.

The toughest enemy in this fight: -The music.

This is literally the definition of what exactly you should do for a boss fight to remember....a beautiful creature that no one really wants to kill but have no choice, a killer soundtrack of sadness mixed with tension and that ending was not expected...im gonna miss this boss

During this battle, I didn't feel what every other boss made me feel. No anger, no excitement, no fear. But instead, I was awestruck. This was no beast to slay, no warrior to conquer, no horror to destroy. This was an true, wild and ancient spirit unfathomably old, and my efforts to ignite all of the flames to call it were enough that it deigned to give me this test of will and resolve. No ashes of war. No summons. No magic. This being made me feel like it deserved my absolute respect, and so it was given. Blade against antlers, shield against it's ethereal might. I didn't know I could feel this from a game, but this boss stirred my heart. I can only give FromSoft all the credit they deserve for making an unforgettable boss fight. This one was a masterpiece.

A truly beautiful theme for such a moving battle

The ancestor spirits are really mysterious entities in the lore, one thing i noticed is that many of the powers in the setting are connected only to a single aspect reality, like life, death or rot, this spirits are connected to the entire cycle of life-death-rebith, shame we never got a mending rune from this entities.

I felt like I was laying a restless spirit to rest in this fight. Couldn’t help but emote in respect with a simple prayer when done.

I feverishly keep on writing those golden words in the air before me, just for a chance to experience this encounter again.

This boss fight ranked at number 1 easily because of the music alone for me. Such beauty and elegance in a creature that you are forced to kill once entering its domain. If only there was an option to sit in the fight in peace with it while the music played, that would be dope, and I’d sit there for literal hours just admiring the spirit and music

A boss fight not made to challenge the player, but to give them a beautiful experience. For me this felt like first stepping into Ash Lake in DS1.

I fought a grand trial, lighting its torches. I met the regal beast in its home, a plane for the spirits. And after showing him my power, I was given a gift of ashes. A servant who would follow me and save me throughout the rest of my journey. The entire Siofra River well experience was nothing short of amazing.

Visions of regret Visions of sadness

I don't know what it is about this boss, but there's just something about it that's so beautiful and majestic I felt sad after killing it, even though we hardly know anything about this ancient beautiful creature, aside from the fact that it is apparently from beyond the erdtree

I thanked Regal Ancestor from the bottom of my heart for permitting me an audience.

I absolutely love the music composition for this boss fight. I forced my friends to turn music up super high just for it when we fight it

This entire fight felt like a scene out of Princess Mononoke. So magical, but I had to try my hardest to not absolutely obliterate this guy so I could enjoy him for a little bit

0:30 Ziak : Même pas un grincement

Such a beautiful fight. Not hard in the slightest, but simply majestic in every way

This fight was a dance. A duet. I couldn't bring myself to fell such ancient and alien beauty. I gave my life for thee. And showed that with my death, so too would it fall. Our bodies becoming the warm glow that chaperones the other. Passing spirits. Undying lights that respect each other's glimmer.

6:32 is the phase change music. Mostly commenting for myself since I like the 2nd phase more than the first, feels less empty.

This music is very western, native American to me. Very calm yet sad.

This is literally the best boss in the entire game. The theme behind it, the weight it has on your emotions, the pacing of the fight. It’s such a shame that it’s criminally underrated because I really couldn’t stop looking at it. I had to dispel my summon to properly feel the fight, the ghosts it was summoning, realizing it was supposed to portray the beauty of life, death, what comes before, after.

The music really captured the essence of this boss perfectly. A graceful creature from very very long ago, awakened from its slumber. You do not belong here, and you question your morality upon defeating it.

i imagine this thing prancing through a forest made of stars flying over the eternal cities at their prime. prog rock level imagery

Not only do I love the whole atmosphere of this fight I played this boss while in a lot of pain. I'd messed up a muscle in my neck and had to sit in a very particular position to limit the pain. The music in this fight and the fight itself oddly helped me to relax and feel a bit better.

There was something different about this one. For the first time I was truly awestruck in a boss fight. It felt so primordial, ancient, like I was this small thing that had intruded on something sacred and old. Killing it didn't feel right, there was no sense of accomplishment. Only this feeling that I through my actions had severed perhaps the last link to a time before time. This one will stay with me a while I think.

Anyone who says this game isn’t influenced by Celtic mythology is wrong. This is basically cernunonos

Anyone who said this boss was mediocre just doesn't what makes this boss great

Downed this boss on first attempt but hung around the area and kept throwing down my summon signal to experience it again and again. There is just something so magical about this track and this boss in general.

How many people came here because the OST isn't on spotify yet lmao

I went into this fight at level 80ish and got it my 2nd try but it was a very fun fight that I wish lasted longer. But dude, This music for a forest creature spirit boss..... incredible! This piece is absolutely beautiful and haunting.

the only boss fight that I cried at the end. I actually felt really bad beating it.

Permit me to stay a moment with you in these fading glades, Ancestor.

This boss fight caught me off guard. I was way over-leveled when I found them, so it wasn't too hard. But what really hit me with them was the take it had from some heritigal mythology. It felt personal, like "What have they done to you?" A mercy kill.

Sampled song of Ziak - Même pas un grincement

This isnt a boss theme It's a regret theme

I approached the beast with its soul tethered to lifeless shell - It forbid its own dismissal until its oath was fulfilled and the conservation of its cradle-land, insured. Entering it’s anima, the beasts majesty shadowed my subconscious instincts to strike. As it danced in the air thick with brume clinging to stalagmites I sensed a deeper suffering, one kindred to my own.. The beast challenged me, and as we fought I could sense Its great disdain for the shattering and the rot seeping its way towards the darkly-bespangled, ancestral halls it once protected. I would send it back - back to the tree of life from wince it sprung. Send it back to be born anew in a land I intend to purify. And so I did. With truest aim, and a mighty chasmal clamor, I paid homage to my foe with quick cessation and by troth - a promise. I will back take back the splintered shards, a gift given in whole, from the dregs of a treacherous bloodline. Slaves we may be, but in every structure across this this great land our blood has supplied the mortar on which its stones rest. Who better than us tarnished could restore its foundation as we are it’s truest denizens.

Absolutely my favorite fight of the game so far :)

As someone who defeated the first (not Regal) Ancestor Spirit recently, this is my favorite OST in the game, hands down. Ethereal and mesmerizing are only two words to describe how this made me feel the first time, among many more. Some of you questioned whether you were the "bad guy" in this fight, and I believe it's all a matter of perspective. I was playing as a Samurai, and from my point of view, the battle was a test of strength, a rite of passage from the ancestral spirits of the Lands Between. I felt nothing but awe and respect as I fought this enormous moose, far past its prime, but still so powerful, even in death. As a Samurai, it became my duty to bring peace to this beast's restless spirit. It was the honorable thing to do, as a show of respect for its power. Yeah, this moment in the game is going to stick with me for a long time...

Ive always wondered how Torrent thought about this fight. If he thought we were right to kill it. We know he is both sentient and sapient as he literally chose us. And is very similar to the ancestral spirits even the spirit air jumping and the horns. I would like to know his thoughts on if it was right to defeat this creature, they seem kindred

The moment when I listen to this I feel like a spirit flight in the sky, among dark clouds.

Ive been really enoying this game. Everytime I start it up again I find something unique or new. With the few issues I have personally (I get lost quite a bit and/or forget what I'm suppose to be doing for certain quests), this boss here was absolutely beautiful. I noticed how unique not only the looks were but the moveset as well. The music is genuinely my favorite in the game so far.

what really made this fight eerie is the sound design of the ancestor spirit attack, it blended perfectly with the music

Listening to this song, eyes closed and wind lightly blowing on you is the best feeling. Listening to this just genuinely makes me smile because it's so gorgeous

The most haunting boss theme in the game, i half feel the regen mechanic was put in just so we could experience this masterpiece for longer

Man, coming back to this game after being away for so long, this song still hits on such an cosmically EPIC level. I just melt listening to it.

this fight was gorgeous visually and this music was soooo good, made me sad the majestic beast fell. damn. game of the century.

I am going to miss Yuka Kitamura's music so goddamn much. She made 2 of my top 3 tracks, this and Leyndell ost.

I wish I could fight against this majestic beast again for the first time. The scenery, soundtrack and pure majesty of the beast definitely made this battle one of my favorites. It gave me the same melancholy as Blaidd, something I didn't necessarily want to kill, but had to in order to progress. Just phenomenal.

A fine hunt it was, the wolves and the red hood all chased after the beast. The azure sword gleamed and the bow was strung, the hooded hunter smiled as he exchanged blows with the regal ancestor of dwellers underground. However, upon slaying the Spirit, emptiness overcame the crimson hood and the pack that indulged in the fight.

imagine if from made a game with the tribal aesthetic we see in the undergrounds, with the horned bros and animal spirits I just want more of this type of ost

who else stayed in this boss battle for extra time just to listen to this master piece? sounded amazing on my party speakers

This was the most saddest boss i ver fought yet so astheticly pleasing. At one point it dropped to its knees in struggle to get up, i felt like a monster.

A french drill rapper used a sample of this soundtrack in one of his song that is "même pas un grincement" by "Ziak"

I repeatedly got this boss down to 1 hit range, yet still haven't killed it. I could have. I was on full health each time. But each time I formulated some obtuse, eccentric strategy to finish it. Each ending in my death. Until the last time I attempted it, where once again we were in that familiar position. But this time I let it kill me. I don't want it to go yet. My favourite encounter in the game thus far, and potentially in all of the Souls series.

God this ost is so good. Like its so good

Reminds me Ori's games soundtrack

I honestly felt horrible killing this boss since it was genuinely beautiful and the thing was just minding its own business

any of you guys know how i can find more music like this? i litterally found my soul in this.

Such a beautiful boss and song. I've found that my favorite songs from the souls series are of this "Ethereal" tone...Moonlight Butterfly, Celestial Emissary, Divine Dragon, etc

I don't know the lore yet but when I fought this boss, I was streaming and normally I ramble about random things but this boss gives VERY indigenous vibes. From the design, to the name and to the music. I have only fought one of these (I see comments that tell me there's multiple) and of all the soulslikes I played, this was the first time a boss made me go full focus with every fiber of my being. I felt like it was solemn duty to give this great being a true fight. I cried during and after the fight because I felt genuinely horrible for the life I had taken.

One of only a handful of boss themes in ER that doesn't just feel like a rehash of the same old generic fantasy chanting (this applies to DS3 as well). The instruments all fit together perfectly in this piece.

This shits finna make me cry bruh foreal..

Miyazaki: "Better put a banger music; he is going to be there for a long time"

like sif befor it, i did NOT want to kill this boss, but not fighting it would be a disservice to its creation. I got summoned in once, and just sat and watched the fight.

Yuka Kitamura is the GOAT

Sounds so sad and beautiful at the same time.

This boss and it's theme gave me druid and shaman vibes from WoW.

Watching my friend fight this boss made me buy elden ring and start my first Souls experience.

Remember first time fighting him: He gliched through the floor and died at the very beginning

The Regal Ancestor Spirit is my favorite boss ever. The atmosphere, music, the design, it is all beautifully crafted. When I met the second one, I thought it was the same ancestral spirit as before, but this one was different. It killed me. Over and over again. However, something kept me going. I felt like it was the first real test of my ability. I found all bosses easy before this one, I was underlevelled. After every defeat, I understood it a little bit more. This made me empathize with it. I didn’t want the fight to end. I wanted this to be an eternal spar, I wanted to battle it for the rest of the ages. When I finally got to half of his health bar, like it understood what I wanted, it just rose up and healed. Over and over again it healed, extending our meeting. Every try I would inch closer to defeating it. I was distracted by the beauty and life of it, but then... I finally defeated it. After a dozen or so tries. I felt… sad. It felt like I killed the last member of an ancient species. I felt empty and undeserving. But life sprouts from death, as it does from birth. Such is the way of the living.

J'ai découvert que l'instru de ziak " même pas un grincement " a été tiré de cette ost a 0:30

The Witcher 3 OST are you ? ❤️😻 that atmosphere..🥲

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Are we the baddies?

Didn't expect Beautiful OST

The man vs nature battle

„Well tarnished, as i can see u won, do you feel good?“ „I won physically, but i am way weaker in every other aspect“ „What do you mean,tarnished?“ „His magesty, his wisdom, his respect, i am much weaker compared to him, and it didnt feel like a duel out of anger, it felt like a duel out of respect, and i gained way more then just a victory, i gained his respect, because he knew, i understood. That was his lesson.“

Not crying in guilt for beating this boss... 😢😢😢

This track doesn't even feel like a boss track. You could easily play this as ambience over some sweeping vistas or grandeur areas and it would fit well.

man, the feelings this piece invokes.

this zone and this boss was a magical experience, like psicodelic, but playing a game, what ab gaming masterpiece

Music to have a spiritual awakening to

God when that 2nd phase music hits, just brings a tear to the eye. It's just so majestic

I so badly regret finishing this boss quickly (bloodhound fang-thingy) - first time I’ve ever wished I’d actually died a few times just so I could etch it’s design in my mind. Definitely doing a second play through. FROMSOFTWARE, you’ve made a timeless masterpiece!

So, i would like to start by saying that this game in its whole, is a work of art, every minute, every location and every boss ! I must also say that the music in this game is epic. During this boss battle i had goosbumps the entire battle because of how nice the music fited the battle. Cant wait for the DLC to release!!

Je viens de capter c'est le début de "même pas un grincement" de Ziak voila.

I just want to echo the comments I've read here, and add a little info: This song sounds like the struggle of a dying world, or basically exactly what the Ancestral Spirit represents. It really is that "Wait, am I the baddie?" feeling because the ancestors just want to rest in peace; you literally have to enter their world in order to kill them. Also the music is, unsurprisingly, inspired by Celtic, Native American, and Ainu music. Ainu were the people who lived in Okinawa before mainland Japanese people took the island. You can also find vestiges of this in the song the harpies sing on the climb to Altus Plateau. They sing a version of an Ainu song, which again feels like you're invading a space that wasn't meant for you, and the feeling is overwhelming and melancholic at the same time.

Beautiful indeed

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It reminds me of Icewind Dale OST