MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | WARFRAME - This is What You Are

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Composed by both Keith Power and George Spanos this is AMAZING

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-MY GEAR-

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[John-bjzx]

This track was released way back in 2015, it's super early in Warframe's life, it came with the story Quest "Second Dream" and was a major plot point in the story that I won't spoil.
It's wild how good the music in Warframe was, even in the early days.

[chandlershepard]

This has pretty much become the main character theme for the game. And the song structure is very much the same as the character's story. You are basically a child with way to much power and responsibility for your age. You start by relying entirely on your mother in game, who guides, supports and helps you in everything. You then go into losing her and having to find your own strength as a person. Finally you build into going back and rescuing your mother from what's taken her and protecting and helping HER this time.

[crimson_kairo]

Years later this song still brings a tear to my eye

[gacktcbiz]

As someone who has been playing Warframe for 10 years, this brings back very fond memories of one of the most mind blowing and epic plot + gameplay pivots in all of gaming history. Almost teared up again listening to this.

[pasteldad]

The song is beautiful representation of the story.

The main character one of many tenno (child choir) and the Lotus (mother, female voice) is at the start, a simple relationship, ehich gets more complicated due to external factors and the children growing into hardened warriors (Primal vocal section is where it peaks in terms of the warrior theme), then there is the epic unity of all elements that represent the tenno but at the end there is space mom, still here. She never left.

That mother and child relationship and its complications is a core of the story

[ALASTOR.]

The female voice in the beginning is a mother calling to her children, the choir are the children responding to the mother

[BuzzaB]

As a grown man this moment in the game is the only game to make me tear up. Not a sad piece in itself necessarily, but in the context of the story it's like a 30 hour pay off. Beautiful moment and massive plot twist. True art, from a visual, audio, and writing perspective and a brave decision to hold this signifiant moment that far back into the game, where it has all the more impact once you are attracted to your character.

[tarakolindo]

The eastern-style string instrument you pointed out is the Erhu! It's honestly my absolute favorite sounding instrument, it has such a beautiful and unique quality to it. And I agree completely, this track really does give similar vibes as Halo's OST (specifically the main themes).

[goglux]

This is perfect example of how music can trigger memories of a moment. Whenever I hear this theme, the emotion attached to it from the game and the reveal of what we are was so strong, I still get the feel of it from just hearing this. It was a monumental moment for a lot of us who had played the game since it's start and after all the speculation at what we were, it was such a beautiful and crazy experience to live it.

Many other games gave me emotions, but Warframe will always be at the top in terms of impact with this music piece and the emotions attached to it.

[karremania]

"Dream, not of what you are, but of what you want to be"
Some remember songs or themes from a certain event or happening in their life. For warframe players, its pretty much the pinnacle of the story. The cinematics, the song, the story, this unique centerpoint of emotions. Those moments are rare in games, very rare that i can only remember a handfull (FF7 aeris, WoW 'is it over', RDR2 'i tried' to name a few). And for people to reconize this as a great piece even not knowing the game or its story, only proof that this is one of those unique ones in gaming history.

[KRterrorKR]

3:50 children's choir. Perfect description regarding what happens at that point

[JohnDoe-hgim]

I really, deeply appreciate how you appreciate and enjoy all the bits and bobs and layers, transitions...the only thing I feel you are missing to round out your appreciation is the context of being familiar with the character of Space Mom (Lotus). As one progresses through the story, I feel coming back to this song after having been playing for around a decade, there is such a deeper appreciation and resonance for the different presentations of the melody. Lotus, man, what a character.

[SenseofNoneYT]

Man, 8 years later this OST still hits just as hard and it still fits the game's narrative to this day. I love that throughout the track it's like a back-and-forth between one motherly voice and a choir of younger people. And it was building up. The percussion and strings that come in sound very heroic and epic but it still felt like a build-up. Very much in tune with how The Lotus woke up the Tenno and the Tenno are slowly learning to stand on their own feet.
And then when the track drops the melodic parts and it's very percussive even with the vocals, it feels like a turn of events. The low-sounding chants of a group of lower voices makes it feel like the enemies arrived. The variations in the percussion and the lack of melody makes it feel chaotic and alarming.
And then the finale. Where if you notice in the first few sections, the sequence has been the Mother singing and the children sing it back. But in this finale, the choir representing the children sing first, and in an explosive way. They're their own people now and they're ready to fight. And right at the end there, everything slows down and it becomes more intimate as the Mother voice closes it out. Almost like affirmation. "Yes, this is how strong you are, child. This is what you are."

It's such a powerful piece. I'm glad you liked it that much despite it not being that complicated in its melody and harmony. The main melody is simple and kinda repetitive but they carried it throughout the song in different context. This track might not incorporate words as the voices are just singing and humming, but it tells a vivid story.

[insomniacgamingtheater]

I love the vocals on this track; they're so simple, clean, and beautiful. Simplicity is one of the hardest things to do, because if you mess up at all, you have nothing to hide behind; it has to be basically perfect. And, on this track, it is.

[lordvitae]

I have been a warframe player since December of 2015 and i still get emotional when i hear this track 😁👍

[Inoyce]

To this day this track gives me the chills! I still remember how it brought me to tears hearing it for the first time in the game.

[MEYHM]

It's crazy how Music Artists manage to deduct some of story elements from warframe just from the music alone.

[Vikaryous]

If I could take a pill to experience a piece of media again for the first time, the moment this song plays for the first time would be pretty high on the list

[laxxboy]

Dream, not of what you are, but of what you want to be.

[shaytheswift_]

This piece basically tells the whole story of the Tenno from beginning to where we are now.