Opera Singer Reacts: Tartaglia (Childe) Battle Theme (Genshin Impact)

My reaction to and discussion of this wonderfully complex and interesting piece of music. Truly irresistible and delightful.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Never-Ending Performance
04:27 Interjection
06:05: Transformation Phase - Rapture of the Chaos
06:54 Interjection
08:11 Wrath of Monoceros Caeli
11:35 Post Discussion

CREDITS:
- Composer: Yu-Peng Chen / HOYOMIX
-Publisher: miHoYo
- Game: Genshin Impact

[nerovarana---]

“He’s debonair, he’s got charms, he seduces you, he’s playful with a sense of danger.”

You literally listed all of Tartaglia’s traits right there.

[lixiaochen]

"There's no more playing nicely" - wow

He actually said "I promise I will be gentle, surrender is a valid option" at the start of the fight.

[FelipeSantos-lnvf]

It is astonishing how much you are right about the character just by listening his theme. It shows how well composed his theme is and how much knowledge about music you have Marco

[mylji]

I laughed when you said "Here he may have some sort of slam attack"

He literally does. It's an infamous oneshot.

[anne-katriengeerts]

The ticking of the clock and the urgency you feel in the second part of the battle is not about you, but rather of Tartaglia, because using his powers literally slowly kills him, so he's trying to defeat you as a race against the clock before he dies from overusing his power.

[coffeetoffeex]

Fun fact: the guitar frequency matches that of the loneliest whale in the world.

He lusts for battle and blood but because of it, he has to keep everything about him away from his family, who he loves deeply. The traveller is one of the few people he can fight and still be on good terms with, despite us knowing what he is.

[whistlegirl]

A note on 1st phase: at that point Tartaglia doesn't quite take you seriously as an opponent just yet, so he keeps things fun and lighthearted - he doesn't hit quite as hard, his attacks aren't that hard to dodge. However, he still moves around the arena quickly and attacks a lot and just as quickly, so you have to chase after him, and dodge his attacks, and look for openings to strike back, all at the same time, so the whole resulting action looks less like a fight and more like a dance between you two.

[sara_s]

Childe is definitely someone who will wink at you right before stabbing you - he's dangerous, but still young and the most charismatic part of his character for me is how he would do anything for his family. The dangerous part comes from him being a high-ranked soldier in his homeland, and his lust for battle. He will fight even if he knows there is a chance he will lose, because he only sees it as an opportunity to learn and improve, not as a failure.
What I also love though, it's his honesty - he never tried pretending he is a friend who will help you from the kindness of his heart. No, actually, one of the first lines he says to you is
''I'm not a bad guy... Okay perhaps I'm kind of a bad guy, but I'm not here to give you any trouble.''
He dreams big, even says that he wants to 'conquer the world'. In one second, he is able to dare you to fight him to death, and in the next second, you might see him running around with his little brother.

He comes from a place which was designed with Russia in mind - in one of his lines, Childe actually says ''Where I'm from, if we didn't keep moving, we'd freeze to death. Literally.''

His boss fight comes in 3 parts - in the first one, he treats it as a game, using mostly bow (which is his worst weapon, as he says ''I am the least adept with a bow.'')
In the second part, he is starting to have more fun, but there is some seriousness in it, changing forms and weapons - now using mostly double swords/spear, his movement is faster and some of his special moves can kill your character with one strike if he hits you (I think any player can relate).
His final form, he changes into his Abyssal form (one of the coolest scenes from the game in my opinion) and his moveset is a mix of the two previous parts. He used it after getting serious, even angry, after thinking he will have to defeat us to finish orders he was given. Hence the name 'Wrath of Monoceros Caeli'', which is the name of his constellation - 'Celestial Narwhal'. One of his moves is actually summoning and slamming a large narwhal made of water onto you, which I always thought was an awesome idea for a boss move.

There might be some better themes in the game at this point, but I just love his character too much.

[TheGelieace]

thats really spot on. the whole thing about how childe charms, seduces and is playful is so right. his voicelines during the fight are so FLIRTY and he's intentionally teasing you. you're fighting but he's basically PLAYING. you can tell during the first phase he's having fun.

[ghalfo_]

Finally someone getting Tartaglia’s pronunciation right

[mneech]

I like how the three phases represent three personas that Childe could be divided into.
First phase is Childe, who fights for Snezhnaya but also loves battling itself.
Second phase represents Tartaglia, The Eleventh Harbinger, who solely fights to accomplish the Fatui's goal. That's why there are Snezhnayan motives, but the whole feel gets more serious and cold.
And the third persona, Ajax - A man who fell into the Abyss and wanted to fight to keep himself alive and constantly get stronger so he can protect his family. Hardly any Snezhnayan motives, only his own will and the Abyss.

[bwehofruin]

This man characterized Tartaglia better that the entirety of the Genshin Impact fandom, just from listening to his boss theme.
Holy shit.

[emmanuel]

"Playful with a sense of danger" THAT could be literally a description of Tartaglia's personality in the game, OMG. This shows they did a great job matching the music to the themes of the game.

[sparklefreeze]

The whale song in his last phase is a callback to his representative constellation which is a lone narwhal. Tartaglia is tainted by the abyss in game, so he’s condemned to loneliness because nobody else can understand the darkness/madness that is now irrevocably a part of him. Although his facade is really charming, his real self cannot make real connections any more because he’s no longer even fully human. The only thing that excites him now is the bloodlust in battle and climbing to the top of the food chain. He disregards everything else as trivial amusements.

[ExceedProduction]

9:55 Spot on description. Childe is introduced as a character you should be afraid of from the get-go but he has this disarming charm about him. He doesn't try to hide that he loved fighting, he openly challenges you and he is unapologetic about his goals. Through it all, however, he remains with a certain degree of honour. He seems down-to-earth in a way. But then, in the last phase of combat, he uses an ability (he transforms (again)) that is exceedinly reckless and forbidden, something you did not expect of him. This guy is in way deeper than you thought and he has no qualms using "evil" powers to get stronger.

[armmagedon]

His face at 2:24 when he realize that the melody is the same as Signora Theme or in other words "The Fatui leitmotiv" is priceless

[DS-ihwm]

this theme doesn't get enough love. it's my personal fav so far of all the boss themes.

[Star_Rattler]

Childe is one of the most misunderstood characters in Genshin Impact (sometimes on purpose bc some ppl just hate him for some reason) and my mans here understands more about his character on a fundamental level just from his battle theme without ever even touching the game. There's so much genius here from Yu-Peng Chen.

[FlameFlare]

Not only did you manage to nail his personality

You got his story, plotline and even attack move set just from the music and without seeing his design, that's actually insane

I'd recommend some songs related to a character called the Raiden Shogun. They're called "Termination of Desires", "Bane of Ambitions" and "The Almighty Violet Thunder"

[ARMYALEX]

"You know this is a
dangerous character to be around but you can't help it you're drawn by his magnetism and by his charisma and by the sense of class and and how he presents himself"

You described why I main him perfectly