History AwesomeMusic / Arknights

* Music/{{Starset}}'s songs being used for the trailers' music has been a major hook for many people (''Arknights'' even had a ColbertBump effect to Starset for those who haven't heard of the band before), with most of the fanbase agreeing that the other vocal songs used for the game just aren't as thematic, or as good as these three:

* Wiš'adel's theme, [[https://monster-siren.hypergryph.com/music/880323 "Arsonist"]], is a reprise of Renegade with similar instrumentation and beat, but takes it in a new direction to suit her finally finding a new direction for her life, while still establishing that she's the same CuteAndPsycho wildcard from before, but now of her own volition rather than not knowing anything else.
* Logos' theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbGfpAWTk0A Whistle Stop]]", is a mournful acoustic dirge with plenty of ringing bells and high whistling to evoke the Banshees' death knell, proclaiming Logos as one who honors and sends off the dead, while also serving as an elegy for all the companions and fellow Elite Operators he's lost over his journey.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wFTiUMqqp8 Echoism]]", theme of Civilight Eterna, is a beautifully tranquil lament with two sets of vocals singing in harmony, with the main vocals seemingly representing Civilight Eterna trying to come to terms with their existence and Theresa's loss, and the backing vocals representing Theresa herself reassuring her copy and entrusting her with her legacy even in death.

* Logos' theme, "Whistle Stop", is a mournful acoustic dirge with plenty of ringing bells and high whistling to evoke the Banshees' death knell, proclaiming Logos as one who honors and sends off the dead, while also serving as an elegy for all the companions and fellow Elite Operators he's lost over his journey.
* "Echoism", theme of Civilight Eterna, is a beautifully tranquil lament with two sets of vocals singing in harmony, with the main vocals seemingly representing Civilight Eterna trying to come to terms with their existence and Theresa's loss, and the backing vocals representing Theresa herself reassuring her copy and entrusting her with her legacy even in death.

** The Emperor's original composition of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqOjxCPWLcI "Tomorrow's Opus"]], the true original mix of the logon screen BGM, is a stylish and still recognizable tune, even with the different instrumental emphasis in this piece.

** "Broken Sun", the main theme from the PV, is a magnificent orchestral theme with operatic vocals resembling a hymn of hope, giving the chapter an immensely climactic feel as Rhodes Island heads into the heart of the Londinium crisis and further uncovers the truth behind the conflict and Originium itself.

** "Merciful Broken Sun" from the main menu is a calmer, more hopeful reprise of "Broken Sun", with soft background vocals and acoustic guitars building up to the triumphant chorus, getting the player hyped up to tackle the challenges ahead.
** "In Originium Covered Fields" is one of the most apocalyptic battle themes the game has presented yet, with harsh guitars and strings backed by a frantic orchestra driving home the sheer hopelessness of the burning, contaminated battlefield.
** "Here Come the Exiles", the second battle theme, is more hopeful and triumphant, showing that Rhodes Island has braved the catastrophes and will continue striving forwards to achieve their ideals, even against the new and unnatural dangers ahead.
** "Transcending Brilliance of Gold", an orchestral piece that transitions from hopelessness to triumph as Siege finally uses the Sighs of Kings, cleaving the Catastrophe as per its legends.
** "Cries of the Cinderbringer" for the first boss brings in Yuka Kitamura of ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' fame to create an appropriately climactic theme for facing an enormous Sarkaz Revenant, complete with a hefty dose of booming orchestra and ominous chanting.
** "Antiphon of Agonies Old" starts with an ominous hymn-like intro before bringing in aggressive strings and vocal chanting backed up by a rocking guitar to provide a fitting background theme to facing a BossRush of your former Sarkaz foes.
** "RATIO ULTIMA" for the FinalBoss brings back Yuka Kitamura to make a theme befitting the ultimate climax of the chapter, with the end result being a magnificent orchestral theme punctuated by a OneWomanWail and piercing violin, which wouldn't be out of place as the final boss theme in a Soulslike game.
** "Succession" is a beautiful orchestral reprise of "Wrathful Cerulean Flame" that heralds Amiya's new class conversion, as she resolves to say farewell to Theresa and truly take up her mantle as the Sarkaz King's successor.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDN7JemZww0 This amazing medley]] performed on full orchestra for the 5th anniversary encompasses how far we have come by throwing many, many recognizable themes from previous anniversary celebrations in the mix - starting out with the main menu theme ("Void/Flow of Life"), following up with the main themes from Under Tides, Near Light ("The Grand Knight Territory"), Stultifera Navis ("Stultifer Cantus"), Il Siracusano ("Signore dei Lupi"), Lone Trail ("Control's Wishes"), Zwillingstürme in Herbst ("The Theme"), and finally returning to the event that details where it all began: Darknights Memoir (with it playing the original PV theme).

---> ''Broken sun, shed a light on everyone\\

I won't let you go dark''
** "Merciful Broken Sun" from the main menu is a calmer, more hopeful reprise of Broken Sun, with soft background vocals and acoustic guitars building up to the triumphant chorus, getting the player hyped up to tackle the challenges ahead.

** "Cries of the Cinderbringer" for the first boss brings in Yuka Kitamura of VideoGame/DarkSouls fame to create an appropriately climactic theme for facing an enormous Sarkaz Revenant, complete with a hefty dose of booming orchestra and ominous chanting.

* For the CN 5th anniversary, Music/{{Mili}} lends their expertise for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KawV_oK6lIc "Grown-up's Paradise"]], a chilling lament for the loss of innocence and conflict that comes with growth and maturity, especially in the CrapsackWorld of ''Arknights'', while still having a hopeful air as if to proclaim that it doesn't make things less worth fighting for. It's also accompanied by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ1OD0cL6Qw a stunning animation]] that depicts all of the conflicts Amiya and Rhodes Island have gone through up to this point.

* Logos' theme, "Whistle Stop", is a mournful acoustic dirge that proclaims the heir of the Banshees as one who honors and sends off the dead, while also serving as an elegy for all the companions and fellow Elite Operators he's lost over his journey.

I won't let you go dark

I won't let you go dark\\

* Wis'adel's theme, [[https://monster-siren.hypergryph.com/music/880323 "Arsonist"]], references Renegade with similar instrumentation and beat, but takes it in a new direction to suit her finally finding a new direction for her life.