Pokémon Scarlet & Violet OST: I was SPEECHLESS | Musician's Reaction

The best part about the Team Star Boss theme that it canonically plays in-universe as well, having been composed by Team Star Boss Giacomo.

I swear Go Ichinose is a gift to pokemon and the fact its both Go and Tobey Fox working together on the area tracts is just a masterpiece

Some context: - 9:59. In Pokémon canon lore, this guy right here in the video wrote the Team Star battle music tracks. - The Area Zero tracks are designed to blend between each other. - Champion Geeta is the official champion of the Paldea region (where Scarlet and Violet takes place), but in Paldea the title of "champion" works differently compared to other regions. If you beat Geeta in an official battle - you are a champion but it doesn't make Geeta or anyone else who beat her less of a champion. This is because, I believe, Geeta is also the chairman of the local Pokémon League. If you beat her, you get the title of a champion but you can't just replace Geeta as the chairman. Someone has to run the league, and it's not a job given to anyone who only proved themselves as amazing trainers. - Nemona is one such case and why she also has the title of a champion. She beat Geeta, but because she doesn't run the league Geeta keeps her title. Nemona actually beat Geeta before the game starts, and the entire time Nemona acts as your rival and nurture you to become stronger. Nemona reached a point where she ran out of challenge so the thrill of battle was lost to her. It's all too easy for her. The battle in the video takes place right after you beat Geeta, as you are finally strong enough for Nemona to go all in and she waited the entire game for this moment.

You should totally react to DLC music too! I can suggest a few tracks: Pecharunt battle theme, Blueberry academy elite four, Champion Kieran battle theme, Area Zero underdepths, Stellar Terapagos battle theme, I hope you'll give a look at these <3

Not counting either DLC, each Wild Battle theme is a remix/cover of its corresponding Area theme, sync'd to fade in and out as you enter/leave wild encounters. And that slap bass features in ALL of them! It's pretty great!

Pokemon music gets better and better. This gen they pulled out all the stops every theme is emotionally fitting and a bop

Fun fact: The big plot twist with Team Star is that they're awkward nerds cosplaying as gang bikers in an attempt to scare off the bullies at school.

I’m not gonna lie, Pokemon music has always been on another level. There’s always some bangers

A little bad sad that the version of the team star boss theme that most reactors react to cuts off right at the variation on the guitar solo to finish that happens on the second loop

Ths game's region is inspired in Spain. Probably that's why the guitars.

the team star tracks honestly felt as energetic as a Sonic ost,which fit their story so well. the devs really went all out on S/V ost. It was all bangers

The “density” and feeling of zero gravity you were feeling from the song is largely due to the fact that like space, Area Zero (essentially a giant hole in the ground) is a place that has been completely shut off from the outside world and the people in the region know nothing about what’s in it. So when you get there, there is the immediate feeling of “This is a place we were not meant to see or be in.”

Pokémon’s soundtracks deserve Grammys and other awards it’s a shame it gets overlooked so much

Fun fact, Toby Fox actually composed Area Zero along with a few of the other songs!

i saw people not liking scarlet and violets music when it released and i was shocked. its so good

I would REALLY suggest for you to listen to the Terapagos battle theme next, that's one of my favourite songs in the game

I'll always be most fond of the grunt themes for Team Plazma and Team Skull for the vibes and immediate impact (kinda important when most pokemon battles with grunts end in under a minute) but they're probably less interesting from a musician's perspective than the straining strings of the Tear Star grunt theme so ranking a 'best' really depends I think. The Team Star boss theme has fantastic immediate impact and is definitely one of the best 'admin' themes in the series tho <3 Cackles at that Area Zero theme reaction Yeah, yeah! XD That's the universal feel when hearing that theme for the first time! <3 What really gets me is the use of the pauses between the choir bits - like the choir is powerful but those gaps between it just makes each moment they start and stop so impactful you know? And the way it all blends with the light tinkly stuff and the heavy BAAAAA and then the use of the theramin (idk how to spell it) and the more eastern-ish instruments that I can't identify and synths and the glitchy stuff and EEEEEE it's so good!!! <3 <3 <3 Go Ichinose and Toby Fox really created a masterpiece with the Area Zero themes <3 <3 <3 (Btw the Area Zero battle theme is synced up to the main Area Zero theme when you're in the area so they always smoothly transition from one to the other. Made the area even more magical than it already was - which er, btw is not shown very well in that video. The area itself is genuinely amazing despite Pokemon's usual meh graphics issues and it's just. I liked it. A lot <3) Penny's theme might be my fav rival theme in this game but I do like the energetic joy of Nemona's theme (its very her <3) but yeah mostly wanted to gush about the Area Zero themes so um. Yeah! Thank you for the fun vid and hope if you get around to playing Scarlet/Violet you have just as much fun playing as you did listening to the music <3 <3 <3 Edit: Fav themes of the game were definitely Penny's theme, the Vs Professor theme and Area Zero. Can't really pick between and spent literal weeks playing them on repeat by now so yeah. Definitely my top picks <3

Area Zero is one of the best ost pokemon hzs released so far, I'l really impressed, it really comed from nowhere, and 100% of the players love it it's just so differenr from what we've heard since 1996, it just hits

My favourite track from the game is Ruinous Legend (the legendary Quartet battle theme).

Damn man if he loves the Area Zero Themes so much then the Underdepths theme and Terapagos two battle themes are a must react for him. Seriously Terapagos is like the reason Area Zero exists and it’s theme reflects that: a battle version of the Area Zero Theme, so fucking good I still listen to it regularly!