Musician REACTS to EVEN MORE Bloodborne OST! (Cleric Beast, Father Gascoigne, Bloodborne, Ludwig)

Here is Part 2 of my Bloodborne Reaction series! In this video, I listen to a few more HIGHLY suggested tracks! If your suggestion didn't make it into this vid, don't worry! Chances are it's in either Part 3 or Part 4~

Tracks in this video: Cleric Beast, Father Gasciogne, Bloodborne, Ludwig (Accursed & Holy)

Video Edit: @LorenzodeSequera, TeraCMusic
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[beansnrice]

The Ludwig boss, like many bosses in the game has two fights and hopefully explains the large transition in musical motifs. The story, is of a swordsman who lost his mind to beasthood, regaining his mind for just long enough to fight you in an utterly epic duel.

[philoconnor]

Bit of lightweight context for you.

When you first encounter Ludwig he's barely human, a twisted monstrosity still adorned with the shredded rags that were once his holy vestments, and a sword strapped to his back that he doesn't even remember is there. The music in the first phase is, therefore, chaotic and dissonant, while this huge, mangled creature howls and claws unrelentingly at you.

Midway through the fight you knock the sword loose. In this moment, Ludwig remembers that he was once a man; he picks up the sword and stands on two legs to square off with you. It's at this exact moment the OST switches to a stirring, triumphal waltz, and the player has to effectively dance with him to close out the fight and free him from his misery. It's a remarkable piece of music.

[Spirit-Fox-Yukime]

Its a crime that you dont listen to the whole thing! Its known that those songs get better AFTER the second half!!!

[gabrielalcantara]

4:20 “Are there hunters hunting you?” is pretty much Gascoigne in one sentence.

[beansnrice]

Father Gascoigne is your first fight against a hunter he is also the first fight where you see someone turn into a beast. It makes me want to gallop. lol.

[beansnrice]

Lol, to say Cleric beast is terrifying is an understatement. It's screaming throughout the fight and even the level. Seriously, I can think of few other games that try to work so many senses at once. They even constantly go on about how the hunter smells nice in game. lol.

[apolloisnotashirt]

9:08 Unironically I actually do listen to this music every night, to you its scary, to me its peak emotion, tragedy, fear and despair, when they were composing these tracks the composers had one phrase in mind and it was "Mortal Struggle" and by god did they nail it so hard. I find comfort in many dark and grueling stories where you have the choice to either succumb to it or become the tiny flicker of light that still holds on to hope despite how truly hopeless.

[ghostwanderer]

Insane fact about Ludwig’s song: it is not just a choir imitating some abstract words. It is an actual text in latin language. (With mistakes, but still)

Latin:

O venator, deus sanctus
cum a forti candida
non vos perdemus viam nocte,
nec in sanguine potulentus
Cum a forti et stola
non itinere excidatis dominus!
Feris maledictus catenas maledictus
Factus gladio deus honoratus
Feris maledictus catenas maledictus
Solus persona stat in lunae
Factus lamna.

English translation (approximate):

Oh, hunter of the holy god
With a powerfull white sword
You neither lose your way at night
nor become drunk with blood
With a powerfull sword and robe
the lord does not fall away (from the path)!
Cursed beasts, cursed chains!
Become the blade of the honorable god!
Cursed beasts, cursed chains!
A lone person stands in the moonlight!
Become the blade!

[szymonkowalski]

the thing in this music is it's not beast chasing us, it's us chasing the beast. they are prey and we are the Hunters

[ArgyleRD]

Knowing you aren't playing the game, let me add some context to one of the pieces: Gascoigne is a very sad story. The player is a hunter, but a very new hunter. Gascoigne is a hunter who has been hunting beasts much longer, and who's constant exposure to the blood of the beasts and the violence of the hunt has driven him slowly mad. He has a daughter and a wife, and his wife keeps a music box close at hand to play their favorite song to call him back to his humanity. By the time the player encounters him he is teetering on the edge of beasthood and madness. On this particular night of the hunt his wife had forgotten the music box. The player can find her corpse in the boss arena, and the player can also find his daughter and get the music box from her if they can find her house before encountering Gascoigne. Sadly Gascoigne is now too far gone to respond to the song and return to himself and it only serves to cause him to stagger in mental anguish. If you play the music to him too many times he will go into a frenzy. It's an amazing piece of mechanical storytelling. The "Father" in Father Gascoigne might be mistaken for a rank in the healing church which he works for but the game makes it explicit that no such rank exists and one can infer the game refers to him as Father Gascoigne because he is a literal father.

[killerking]

Cleric Beast theme is so great. It's usually forgotten compared to the other ones, but it's special for two reasons. 1. Despite sounding like the final boss of an average dark RPG, this is the first boss theme lol and 2. It amplifies its big brother, Laurence the First Vicar theme, if you listen to cleric first.

[fallenarchami]

Hi! Bloodborne Veteran and pianist back for another breakdown.

Cleric Beast has some very interesting implications from a music and lore perspective. You're absolutely correct in that this track is incredibly chaotic, and as suggested by the name of the track this is on purpose. As you may have figured out, Bloodborne is a game where the main story revolves around a plague that turns people into beasts. This plague was caused by a holy blood that was used as medicine, synthesized from an Eldritch god that the church found underground. The Cleric Beast is presumably one of these members of the church, who succumbed to the plague and fully transformed into a giant, hungering and feral beast. Much of this games music follows the mentality of the character or story it's telling. In this way, Cleric Beasts theme, therefore, is a heavily transformed Requiem, not only showing the monster that this particular Cleric has become in the heavy and frantic strings and brass, but also, the Mozart-esque liturgical choir, almost desperately calling out and screaming for someone to save them.

The Hunter, or Father Gascoigne, follows this motif perfectly, as in his fight, we don't just see the beast he becomes, we have the privilege of seeing him transform into a beast, as the disease drives him completely insane. What's ironic about the Hunters, is that the very same blood that caused this plague, is the primary healing item for all hunters. This causes a cycle, where hunters are hired to kill beasts, and become beasts in the process due to their imbibing of the blood, and new hunters are formed to hunt those ones. By the time we find him in-game, he is so crazed by bloodlust and plague that he believes he is the hunter, and we the beast. So, you have this Jaws-inspired motif, a relentless pursuit that leads to madness, as in his fight, he literally turns into a sort of werewolf in front of your eyes.

Ah, Bloodborne. The main theme of this game is incredible, it showcases the nature of the game so well. Not much to say about it, it's just a banger.

And then, we get to the most acclaimed and praised theme in the entire OST. Ludwig, the Accursed and Holy Blade. This song is, without a doubt, an absolute monster of a theme. Tritones, tension tension tension, tritones tritones. You walk into his arena, and he is the most grotesque and disgusting creature you faced. His first phase is fast-paced and terrifying, as he charges and flails at you with reckless abandon.

And then, you get him to half health. The entire game chances. The creature falls, and the artifact on its back begins to glow a brilliant blue, like moonlight on the water. His loyal magic blade, in an attempt to give Ludwig an honorable and human death, gave him a portion of his mind and sanity back. The music becomes triumphant, and human, it gains a melody, it truly becomes human. What makes this song great is that the first phase is horrible. Pretty hard boss, too.

Amazing reaction.

[Amaritudine]

I'm not much of a Soulsborne _player, _ but these games are an excellent spectator sport when someone skilled is at the controls. Bloodborne, in particular, has such a distinct tone and aesthetic, with layers of lore woven into the character designs, scenery, and even the music.

Speaking of layers and aesthetics, the editing on this video is so fun and dynamic! Really engaging and full of personality.

[chehansen]

A hidden gem from this OST is Living Failures imo

really enjoying the analysis you have done in both videos so far! Keep it up!

[Noizzed]

The Souls community is really passionate about the Soundtrack, they always support composer/musicians reactions, and there's a lot to react to, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, Dark Souls 3, Sekiro...

[connoranderson]

YES. Part 2 here we

Petition for Part 3. You NEED to check out Lady Maria and Laurence’s themes :)

[AdamsBombin]

As we were listening, I kept thinking how much some of it sounds like the “Jaws” theme. When you showed the shark on the screen, I couldn’t help but laugh!

[Nobodyandthegiant]

You definitely missed the full father gascoigne fight music! I almost want to suggest that you watch the boss fight for a change of pace and get a smidge of context as well as enjoy the full song! there are versions of the fight with the music turned up

also, nobody listens to either part of ludwig's song for the calm, we listen to it because it ROCKS

[Oceanix]

One of my favorites from Bloodborne is Hail the Nightmare, one of the coolest and most terrifying moments in all of FromSoftware games. I also love the Everlasting Dragon song from Dark Souls 1.

[TeraCMusic]

Hello, all! Here is the highly anticipated Part 2 of my Bloodborne music reaction series! I really hope you enjoy it, I actually had a friend help me with the editing on this one!

Quick question: Do you prefer seeing timestamps for these kinds of videos? Let me know! I feel like it makes sense to have them for my Violinist Attempts videos since the tracks are from all different games, but I am curious to know your thoughts!

If your suggestion didn't make it to this video, don't worry! Chances are it's in either Part 3 or Part 4~ I hope you all have a Happy (and safe) Halloween! 🎃