Opera Singer Reacts: Roar Of the Jungle Dragon || Terraria: Calamity Mod

OKay so, Stained, Brutal Calamity was pretty impressive and everyone begged me to dissect this....soooo. I did. Lots of lyrics here. Lots to explore. Lots to unpack. I hope you enjoy it.

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Composer: DM Dokuro

[strapps]

To add even more badassery and a slight correction to your analysis, the Dragon is indeed the one "singing", but the person hes singing to is his childhood companion and master Yharim. Who is the VILLIAN. The enemy who's "ascended beyond your control" is the PLAYER. The dragon is warning his master that the player will kill him if he fails.

[awannabehappyperson]

Fun fact this was the first song where DM dokuro actually sang. So he did a pretty good job for his first time :)

[fednerization]

The bells are dokuro's signature. Once u hear those bells, you simply know the song is gonna be a banger

[memesrdreams]

Out of this song, the sheer energy that the line "THE ENEMY HAS ASCENDED BEYOND YOUR CONTROL, OR WAS THAT ALL YOUR INTENTION!?" exudes is something I can't get enough of. There's just something about being the one that the villain is shaking in his boots over that's incredible.

[colinlinvill]

Hearing this for the first time is a very special moment in the game, as no previous track up to this point has spoken lyrics. So when you get to Yharon's fight and hear "THE ENEMY ASCENDED BEYOND YOUR CONTROL", it really does hit like a ton of bricks.

[hotrocketfire]

I love how the song takes the player's ability to respawn as a sort of unstoppable relentlessness. The boss, Yharon the Jungle Dragon, is telling his master, the Jungle Tyrant Yharim, who raised him from birth, that the player will stop at nothing. Even if Yharon kills them over and over again they'll keep coming, and they only have to get lucky once

[coroianimator]

man it's amazing that he managed to understand exactly how Yharon's lore portrays us from the point of view of music listening to the lyrics, you are really very talented

[sparkcircuit]

I think what makes this song hit hard for me is that Yharon (the Jungle Dragon) and Yharim have been together since Yharon was born, back when he hatched and saved Yharim from a fiery death - but unfortunately couldn't save Yharim's family, which is what started Yharim's depressive spiral and villainy. This song is Yharon finally turning to his lifelong friend after all the destruction they've caused and saying "I will support you no matter what, but you *must* know that if you continue, I *can't* continue with you; and I'm _scared_ for you, that you will *not* be able to handle that after everything we've been through."
Yharon is more concerned for Yharim than Yharim is for himself, so after Yharom goes down in flames, who will be there to support him after?

(To answer your question, Marco: I would *love* a full livestream for this OST! I'm especially interested in your reaction to the Devourer of Gods' "nonstop" battle medley!)

[theaugmentedbard]

I've always felt that this song is Yharon's plea for recognition. It questions "was that all your intention?" and following the later mentions of Yharim's depression makes it seem as though Yharim wanted an enemy strong enough kill him and doesn't see how much Yharon cares for him. This song (In my opinion) is Yharon pleading that Yharim see that he has a life worth living, and for him to see how much he wishes that he lives. The sentence "I will go forth and win your wars, but if I should die before you continue, you shall have heard my final dying roar" makes me feel as though Yharon is saying "I will fight for your life but if one day I cannot protect you from yourself I ask that you acknowledge my loyalty toward you, and that I tried to reach you".

[flufficornss]

dm dokuro is a brilliant composer and im glad people are paying more attention to his work

[tornic]

Oh also just a side note, the bells you are hearing are actually a Motif used by DM Dokuro all throughout the Calamity mod. They are so prevelant that people now refer to them simply as “The Calamity Bells”

[aleh]

Late to the party, wanted to talk about the context of this song used to have (that as of now was changed and I think it plays from the start of the fight).
In previous patches, you had to fight Yharon and when he'd flee when he's about to die, unlocking some changes in the world and some gear upgrades with it. After that, you had to fight him again (all this had a completely different boss theme) and when he dropped to 10% HP he would start regenerating until 100% while the heroic part plays (timed almost perfectly) and the lyrics began when you were able to hurt him again.

It was effectively a last stand song, he knew you had the power and the will to kill him (at that point, you already did that twice). That made this song extremely powerful and it makes me really sad it was eventually changed to a single fight with no regen.

[lochiegriffiths]

So the pov of the song is the Dragon, the loyal friend of the Tyrant. The "enemy" in the song is you, the player.

[greenarrow]

An entire livestream of calamity would be amazing

[jackalsniper]

Yharon is the closest companion of Yharim, god-emperor of the world. Yharon is one of the most powerful beings in Calamity, behind Supreme Calamitas and Yharim himself.

[titocristobal]

08:00 "This is the dragon putting themselves in the line of fire..."

The Dragon IS the line of fire.

[legenberry]

It’s always fascinating to see musicians/artists carefully explain in-depth on the smallest of details on why the music excels. It just gives you more reason to enjoy and appreciate the work that went into the making of the song.

[Spiney]

Dokuro is as much of a musical genius as Toby Fox, he just went less appreciated by us because the audience was younger, so less people could understand the intricacies of the music.

[TheNextDecade]

Generally, it is thought that the point of view in this song is based on the fact that Yharim, the master of the Jungle Dragon of this song, is in massive depression. And the dragon wonders if, perhaps, his master has orchestrated this entire situation, the protagonist of the game in the first place, all the challenges and fights, all in order to be able to watch his empire burn to the ground, and then step into the fire themselves and turn to ash along with it.

I never even thought about just how much this is reflected in this song, not just based on the lore and the words, but also by the tone of the voice and the music itself.

[potatoking]

What's cool about the fight too is that the first half the song is Infernal Catharsis, only after Yharon sees the power the player holds at the midpoint does he get serious and starts this amazing theme