TFW you head bang so hard your camera starts to lag lmao 😹

"Vergil hires Vergil's brother and Vergil's son to kill Vergil so that Vergil could become Vergil. (feat. Vergil)"
- Max0r

Not even kidding when say this is LITERALLY the plot of DMC5. It's hilarious and I'm all for it.

This is not a song...

This is?...

Motivation...

Game designers sometimes employ a technique in video game osts where the soundtrack reacts to the player in certain ways. At its simplest it can be the music being muffled when you go underwater at its extremes (like here) the song is written with the intention to ramp up when the game does. It's not static either the programmers have to make it so the song transitions to the appropriate section of the song on beat, with no jarring cut offs and all based on the player's performance.

"I'm gonna have to play this game now, god dammit" -Every person who listens to Bury the Light

According to Casey, the composer, the last section of the song was a personal vendetta for him. Vergil as a character means a lot to him personally, so he felt like he had to portray the character the best way he could in that finale. His sadness, loneliness, trauma, desperation for power, all of that is laid bare in that section.

10:20 you are the boss, this is YOUR boss music

“Is he a good guy or a bad guy?”

“Yes”.

😂

Born in flames I have been blessed, my family crest is a demon of death is so badass it gives you chills. Pure Aura.

This has to be one of the best songs I have EVER heard, my friend recommended it to me about a month ago and I'm still listening to this multiple times a day, for me it never gets boring even with the length of this song, it is it's strength, from beginning to end all sections individually sound so good that it doesn’t get boring. Now I’ve been looking at a few other “reactors” and came across this you might enjoy this https://youtu.be/5NU8vH39BoU it's a short interview with Casey Edwards about this song and how it all came to be, that being said I love this reaction keep it up

Yes, this is the song that plays when you're fighting him as the final boss of the game and whenever you play as him in dlc, when you play as Virgil, he is one of the only bosses who doesn't lose power when you play as him all moves he uses as a boss you can use when you unlock them
The deeper meaning is that this is a love letter to fans because both Casey Edwards and Victor Borba are fans of the dmc series

10:42 The in-game theme isn’t 9 minutes, how it works is that the song will start when you get into a fight and it will start playing different parts of the song based on your current style ranking of D to SSS. For example, having an S style rank will play the “I am the storm that is approaching” or “Forsakened, I am awakened” part. They did that also with the other 3 battle themes

this song always gives me goosebumps

Great video, love seeing people react to this masterpiece of a theme. To answer some of your questions (in chronological order as I'm watching the video):

Special Edition is simply a version of the game that came out after the main game did for the PS5 and XBSX. It was the first to feature Vergil, the character whom this theme belongs to. However, Vergil (and obviously his theme) can also be bought for the main game, so you don't need the SE to experience them.

Bury the Light is a battle theme, which means it plays in combat arenas where you fight basic enemies (or at least most of them, as there are a few that play ambiance music instead). It is Vergil's theme by default, but you can use it on any character you want.

The version of the song used in the game is shorter than this one, but it doesn't work as you may think it does. Devil May Cry has a mechanic we call "Style Meter". It's basically a ranking system that starts from D and goes all the way to SSS and increases or decreases based on your actions during a combat encounter. If you do varied combos in quick succession, it increases. If you get hit, spam or are too slow, it decreases. The way the music fits in is that depending on your current rank, different parts of the song play. From D-B, the verses and everything else in between are what you hear. On A rank, you get drums and synths starting to build up and finally once you hit S rank and above, the chorus drops. This is how all 4 main battle themes of DMC5 work. And "Special Edition", like I mentioned above, is simply a version of the game that the song was introduced in. It has nothing to do with the song itself.

Vergil wasn't in the anime so it's no surprise you don't remember him. He's Dante's twin brother and is indeed the antagonist of both DMC3 and DMC5. As for the line "I am the storm that is approaching", it's a nod to DMC3 where another character says that phrase word for word.

Victor is indeed the singer and the reason Casey picked him as the vocalist was because he wanted someone who could perform all these different styles you're talking about.

In the "Beyond the Tree" section there are indeed the deeper vocals in the background. As for what they're saying, it's the exact same lines from the previous section. So when you hear "Beyond the Tree", what's sung in the background is "Lurking in the shadows under veil of night". Good ear by the way.

Fun fact: The last part of the song before the outro (the "Bury the light deep within" one) uses the same melody as another song that Casey wrote which is called "Devil Trigger". DT is Nero's battle them and Nero is Vergil's son. So this was Casey's way of "connecting" the themes of the son and the father.

11:12 YES. This is basically the catharsis for the character, this is the V game so it has a lot of meaning to him and to us

This is like the fifth reaction video of this song I watch in a row because I just don't get tired of hearing this over and over again despite the fact it's 9 mins lmfao

Casey Edwards is male musical artist who is a huge fan of Devil May Cry and Vergil was his favorite character in the franchise, so he wrote The Bury The Light and did most of the music as well. Also Capcom told him not to use guitars including electric guitars while he was making this theme, but he still nailed Bury The Light, and this theme rocks!!! 🤘🎶

Also this theme is talks about Vergil and how much suffering he went through throughout the franchise if you played the games.

This song is like Vergil's Story it fits hims perfectly as a character

You know what you need to do next, you seen it, “Devil Trigger” is a complete contrast to “Bury the light” and I highly recommend you check that musical piece out next! Can’t wait to see your reaction to that!

The more I listen to this song, the more impressed I am just by the mixing. It's so hard to get so many different things to sound so good and so clear. I don't know how else to describe it.