MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Devil May Cry 3 - Devils Never Cry

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The main character, Dante, and his brother, Vergil, are half-human and half-devil. At 8 years old their home was attacked by demons - their mother managed to hide Dante away but was killed looking for Vergil. Vergil had to fend for himself outside the family home, believing that he'd been abandoned and his whole family was dead. This song is basically Dante's theme and ties into his personality. Dante is the Red Oni in the classic Red Oni/Blue Oni storytelling trope. He's free-spirited, energetic, fun-loving, is generally goofy, and even wears red clothes to push the trope further in your face. In contrast, his brother Vergil is the Blue Oni - he's cold, serious, disciplined, authoritarian, and wears a blue jacket. Dante is ashamed of his devil heritage because it was pretty much the reason his family got attacked, he doesn't like abusing his powers. Part of the lyrics for this song are "Steal a soul for a second chance, but you will never become a man" - saying that he will never truly be human. Vergil on the other hand embraces his devil side, always searching for more power - the power to prevent something like his incredibly traumatic childhood from ever happening again. Compare the lyric "Bless me with your gift of light" in Devils Never Cry to the lyric "Bury the light deep within" in Vergil's theme. There's a running theme through the series of heritage and what it means to each brother. The lighter voice in the song is probably his human half while the grittier voice is his devil half.

A couple of people have already explained the meaning of the dual-vocals in the second part of the track, but something they've missed to an extent is the context of when the song plays, which I saw you ask about, so... The song first appears in the opening of the game, where Dante and Vergil's battle is foreshadowed, but it cuts right when the opening chorus is about to end. The second time it plays is after Dante and Vergil's first battle; Dante's defeated, but awakens his devil blood, and so the electronic metal (or demonic) part of the song plays for the first time now that Dante is embracing his devil half. And the final time it's played is during the game's ending credits. It's also the first and only time when you hear the song to completion. The human vs demonic vocals play at the same time, because Dante has accepted both his human and demonic halves as co-existing. Equal in power. It's also played as a leimotif during a lot of the game; most notably, an all-orchestral arrangement is what plays during the final battle with Vergil (a character who represents a blind devotion to the demonic side of their family) as a sort of thematic counter-point to Vergil's demonic side. It's basically the music telling the audience that Vergil is wrong and that humanity is as strong as demon-kind, and that Dante's (AKA: you) are gonna prove it by slapping him with nunchucks and rocket launchers for 8 minutes.

The final bit you're talking about; the two voices kinda conflicting with each other. It's because Dante (the main protagonist) is half human and half demon. And he is conflicted about his own identity because he hates demon for killing his parents but at the same time it's within him and he has to accept that side of his father (which is a demon). In contrary to him, his brother is obsessed with his father's side and wants to reject his humanity so he could never be as weak as the night when his parents got killed.

Dante and his brother Vergil are both half human half devil. Mother killed by devil for their father eloping with her. Dante embraces his human side as a way to still enjoy life and protect the life his mother lived, but feels the pull of hating what he is. Vergil embraces his devil side as a way to avenge what his mother lived for because he believes you need power to protect and a human cannot protect themselves, but feels the gentle comfort of his human side letting him know it's ok to live. Their dynamic is rather good, as a means justify the ends vs ends justify the means on a scale where you are responsible for making that decision.

I remember when the first trailers came out for this game, with this song, and it was the best trailer I had ever seen for a video game before. My friends and I got so excited for it, and fortunately it lived up to the hype! One of the best games on the ps2, and considering how many all time classics were on that system, that's high praise.

Devils Never Cry is the ending credits song for Devil May Cry 3. The credits in dmc games usually have the player kill a bunch of demons while the credits fly by and if you kill enough demons you get a secret cutscene.

Devil may cry 3 is one of the greatest games of all time holy crap. Glad your reacting to this!

I remember so many musicians hating on this song back when the game released on the ps2 because of it being so digital. I always thought it was sick I love the chaos of everything clashing at the end.

This is indeed the best DMC track.

Hopefully he reacts to Silent Hill 2 OSTS too

Parts of this song, primarily the organ and choir intro, play throughout the game, serving as the main theme, but the full song doesn't play until the ending cutscene/closing credits. During the credits (which is where the heavier section starts), you are still playing the game as the game tasks you with the goal of needing to kill 100 or more demons.

Shall Never Surrender would be amazing as the next DMC song

The first fragment, the church one, plays during the opening sequence that describes the legend of Sparda, demon that betrayed demons and sealed them. The second fragment, till the return of church choirs (?) plays during, well, Dante's awakening of his devil-side powers, showing his increased power during cutscene. The whole song can be heard during the credits sequence, where you're able to control your character and fight waves of enemies (defeat 100 of them and get proper ending to the story kind of deal).

The second half of the song never gets old for me.

Not sure if you caught it but Bury the Light has a cool callback to the break in this song. Was really cool for old fans hearing that part of the song.

Dude has the gigachad face in the thumbnail 😂😎

I think some comments told you in the other videos that "Bury The Light" was Vergil's theme & "Devil Trigger" was his son Nero's theme, "Devils Never Cry" is Vergil's brother (and the main character of the series) Dante's OG theme. I call it the OG because he has another theme from DMC5 called "Subhuman", fan consensus is pretty mixed on that one though so I'd be interested to see which one you prefer. Edit: Nero also has another theme that fans love from DMC4 called "Shall Never Surrender" but they're not really in contention like Dante's two themes are.

This whole song plays over the end credits but the melody of the clean singing is used as a liet motif for strong moments of conflict throughout the game. Such as the lead character Dante being nearly killed by his brother or the lead supporting character killing her father. That melody is also iterated on throughout almost like score music for a movie.

DMC games are full of great tracks, DMC5 especially with its character themes (Devil Trigger, Crimson Cloud, Subhuman, Bury the Light), especially the tracks composed by Casey Edwards