Alright, I'll be the one to do the timestamps...

2:11 - Rules of Nature
10:44 - I'm My Own Master Now
17:36 - A Stranger I Remain
27:28 - The Stains of Time
37:58 - Red Sun
49:17 - The Only Thing I Know For Real
59:34 - Collective Consciousness
1:16:16 - It Has to Be This Way
1:26:34 - Dark Skies

Rules of Nature : You’re fighting a building sized robot
I’m My Own Master Now : you’re fighting a dog
A Stranger I Remain : you are fighting a French person
Stains of Time : you’re fighting a nihilist
Red Sun : you’re fighting a bald Texan who uses a big pair of scissors
The Only Thing I Know For Real : White Liberian vs Brazilian Samurai
Collective Consciousness: You are fighting a robot the size of Times Square
It Has To Be This Way : It’s you vs a Texan college ball player

These are all canon to my knowledge

friendly reminder that the composer of this OST is also the composer of ToonTown's soundtrack, which was the only other "big" song project he'd worked on before this.

"why is this part the most watched?" Well that's probably because at that point the protagonist is in the process of suplexing a metal gear ray and cutting it into salami

This soundtrack came out alongside the game in 2013, at the peak of dubstep's popularity, which is why so many of the tracks are so wub-heavy. It's a testament to the compositions that this album is still considered to be 100% bangers 11 years later.

Also, the lyrics to "Collective Consciousness" are terrifyingly prescient.

crazy how this was the first time this composer had done metal music

One of my favorite things about Collective Consciousness is that it fits 1:1 with All I Want for Christmas

So, you chose songs according to collective suggestions from chat.

Does this mean that chat was


COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS

The only thing, i know for real: Brazilian cyber-samurai with japanese katana fighting against Liberian cyber-ninja in Colorado desert in style of western

It Has to Be This Way
A song about how Raiden and the final boss of the game have clashing philosophies pushing them. They acknowledge that each have good points but ultimately cannot come to any reconciliation and thus must fight knowing that neither of them have the best answer to fix the problems being experienced.

51:50 "i thought they were gonna transition to the chill part of the song"

That's the magic...there is no chill part of the song

"let me start again to see if I missed something" bro just wants to listen to the song again and again😂

I love that you dont just give it a one-time listen, but instead rewind and reanalyze the entire track! As a  long time Metal Gear Solid fan I really appreciate your analysis of one of my favorite video game soundtracks! 🙇

Finally, my persistent asking for this has pulled off! Thanks for this!

STANDING HERE

It`s kind funny knowing that vocalist from The Only Thing I Know For Real liked the parody of said song so much that he sang it himself and dropped in on YT xD

i did NOT expect you to react to metal gear rising ost

For Collective Consciousness, the base drum continues to be played at a fixed tempo the entire time. Almost like a metronome. Hypnotic. It also works with your militaristic ideas as i can be interpreted as marching.

I love how fluid these songs are, as someone who has played this game multiple times its insane to me how well these songs match their bosses. Even to the point that the songs seem to match how each boss dies.

Ray dies being overwhelmed by a greater predator, completely overwhelmed with Raiden's power

Mistral's charm fails to work and she bites off more than she can chew when Raiden outwits her and uses her own weaponry to kill her, stopping her deadly rampage

Monsoon seems to just give up, finally happy to be dead with a smile on his face, his ending is happier than the rest

Sundowner dies as he lives, embodying the cruelty and hate of war and innocence, he meets his end violently and with a almost childlike glee, and for style points, being slashed in half like he did to so many others

Sam dies still confused, he is a man of principle and will, having such a enormous amount of power despite not being augmented, yet he is bested by Raiden and their dance comes to a sudden and powerful end, completely destroying everything Sam believed in

Khamsin dies believing and fulfilling his doctrine of Freedom, that any creature no matter how small being able to claw freedom and power to break the bonds of slavery is a "damn good mutt"

Armstrong's 2 song fight is incredibly complex and masterful. From starting off as exactly the type of tyrant you expect him to be only so much worse. Then ripping away the facade to reveal the ultimately too human man overflowing with hope and ideals who is Raiden's equal in almost every measure. Both bleeding and tearing into each other hoping to create a brighter future for the one's they protect and trying to get humanity to evolve beyond its current ways. Their legendary fight though extremely close, with both giving it their everything, ends with Raiden metaphorically and literally shattering Armstrong's dream by ripping out his heart and crushing it. Showing that despite everything, despite Armstrong's ideals and words, his heart is too soft to really change anything and that he doesn't possess the true will and desire to do what must be done.

Gotta love games that has lyrics from the bosses perspective as you fight them.