MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Queen's Oracle - Destiny 2

I want to hear a top 12 Drumcorps horn line play this!

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[DrumRollTonyReacts]

⏩ Video Question: Is the Destiny OST in your playlist??

[Exaar]

These Destiny tracks get so much better once you're aware of all the motifs and character themes they work in. Hearing 'Bow to No One' reprised during this song for the first time was magical.

[Bandit]

It's funny you mention Lord of the rings as The Queen in question is the Awoken Queen. The Awoken are basically Destiny's elves. Forsaken Story is probably the most "cinematic" as it's theme is 3 movie genres intertwined. It goes from a prison break film to a bounty hunting "out for revenge" spaghetti western, to a fantasy "Lord of the rings style" Epic! All while taking place in a space setting. Loved this DLC.

[Fantazy]

Destiny does a fantastic job tying in motifs from other iconic tracks in the game’s history which really pulls on the player’s heartstrings a lot more and ties the game together.

In terms of what is going on, this expansion definitely hit a lot of the notes you were talking about. You as the player are stepping away from your duties as a Guardian of humanity for the first time in order to avenge the death of a very beloved character. A lot of the darker tones reflect a moral battle the player faces about whether they are being an executor of justice or vengeance- and wondering if you are any better than the enemy you are facing. The epic fantasy (VERY lord of the rings) vibe you get represents how this personal journey of avenging a friend becomes part of a conflict at a much grander scale, less “me vs him” and more humanity vs the forces of darkness and entropy that are closing in on this final bastion of mankind. Very powerful stuff. Hard to encapsulate in one comment.

[TheRealDawny]

This may be a little late, and someone may have already mentioned this, but at 7:05 this song basically plays a juiced-up and more bombastic version of a song called 'Bow to no one' which is a song HEAVILY associated with the Queen of the Awoken, Mara Sov, who is a major character in Destiny. Bow to no one plays when she dies in Destiny 1 whilst fighting against a fellow monarch called Oryx the Taken King and hearing it revamped in Destiny 2 was a real thrill. In Destiny 1's version, the vibe is much more sombre and lowkey, which reflects the Awoken a lot because at the time, we had very few interactions with them, and we didn't really know what was going on with them. In Destiny 2, this song plays when we are fighting to defeat Taken combatants that have infiltrated the secret homeworld of the Awoken known as the Dreaming City. By this point in Destiny 2, we have learned a lot more about the Awoken and are now fierce allies of them and so the theme has picked up to represent that change between Destiny 1 and 2.

[kozakknight]

One of the best part of the destiny soundtrack is the constant recurrence of leitmotifs. Near the middle you can hear the guardians theme which is in almost every track in the game. And towards the end is the queens theme but well it makes sense to have that since it's in the name of the track

[SpaceKaiser]

Answer to the question, yes absolutely. Also as I said before in your Deep Stone Lullaby react, I highly recommend Journey and The First Disciple. There are also two new tracks that were released ahead of the newest content update for Destiny 2; Lightfall. Once they are officially released, I also recommend reacting to Battle Ready and Oneirophobia.

[oskarradstam]

The lead melody piece starting at 5:21 is essentially the main theme of destiny 2, fun fact

[WckedRcL]

One thing you're gonna find the more and more you listen to Bungie's music and sound is that they never miss.

Their music is always good. The composure and performance are 110% every time.

[Binglemeister]

Seconding The First Disciple as many people have been saying to react to. Also, the new Oneirophobia track from Lightfall is already a favorite.

[Noble_Tiger]

At min 7:06 I love that part. I remember Cayde’s nightstalker quest “ what does it mean to be a hunter? I say it’s all about where you belong. The warlocks have their libraries, titans have their walls… but hunters belong in the wilds. Out there you wanna live? You better have a quick shot or a sharp blade. A lot of us are loners, but that’s not the only path. Some of us know the difference a fireteam makes. Some of us, we touch the void…make it a part of us. And then we take a name…night stalkers. Hunt from the shadows pin them down, and never let them see you coming.”

[matthewdavidson]

Great analysis! This is definitely one of the best tracks from Destiny, glad you enjoyed it.

[-Xeno-]

Me: mom I want Gladd
Mom: we have Gladd at home

[vagabond]

A really cool thing about this piece is that it recycles the main theme from a previous expansion that also involved Mara Sov, the Awoken Queen. That track is "Bow To No One, " and is theme that starts at 7:05

[aidancabrales]

This has always been my favorite track from D2. Great to see it on a channel like this

[hydroc]

Just got your video in my feed, I wish I could analyse music like you. I truly believe that desty has some of the best music to ever exist in games, there are real gems in my opinion

[spacemanthesplicer]

7:06 fun fact that is the bow to no one theme back in destiny taken king and they reused it again here just sounds so perfect

[barrygeistwhite]

Two songs that I whole-heartedly recommend are "Journey" from Destiny 2 and Destiny's "The Last Array". They don't have any relationship to one another, they're just both really good songs.

[Zeniths]

What I'd absolutely love to hear, is Riven of a Thousand voices. Haunting, heroic, epic! A breakdown of such a piece would be awesome

[LordRedfern]

Queens Oracle is the kind of song that you show someone when they say "it's just a game" just to prove them wrong