Dwarf Fortress - Dwarf Fortress Mode theme

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  • The music which plays for Dwarf Fortress mode in Dwarf Fortress, a freeware civilization/adventure simulation and strategy game being developed by Tarn and Zach Adams of Bay 12 Games. The piece was written and performed by Tarn Adams.
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  • @GorrilaJohnson
    @GorrilaJohnson 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1103

    This song has craftsdwarfship of the highest quality

    • @GBooneoh
      @GBooneoh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      i laff everytime i read this

    • @PepsimVideos
      @PepsimVideos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +GBoone "laff"

    • @VaalerianG
      @VaalerianG 8 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      It menaces with spikes of guitar sound

    • @redjive_industries3760
      @redjive_industries3760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@VaalerianG dammit I was gonna do that.

  • @hillbillya1
    @hillbillya1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1280

    This is the kind of game you sit down to at like nine o'clock, and the next time you blink, the sun will be rising.

    • @habdochkeineahnung
      @habdochkeineahnung 10 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      i was like: yeah. heard that a lot about games. fuck, thats true this time.

    • @accursedcursive4935
      @accursedcursive4935 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Pieter Vogt
      I've had the game autosave for me many times before.
      And I really don't want to know what the autosave delay is.

    • @adamant356
      @adamant356 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      My first night of DF ended in pretty much the same way xD

    • @habdochkeineahnung
      @habdochkeineahnung 9 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      weird thing is, in you first night (and probably some time after) you dont have a clue whats even happening :D but you watch the symbols anyways. for me it was like that

    • @kanrup5199
      @kanrup5199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      this is why I dont play it often. sadly, there is too little time and too much DF

  • @HTFFanOfFlaky
    @HTFFanOfFlaky 8 ปีที่แล้ว +749

    The creator of this song forgot the notes. The true composer is Armok. May Fun come slowly to his enemies

    • @jollygrapefruit786
      @jollygrapefruit786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It wouldn't very hard for someone with musical knowledge to decipher it and put it into tablature.

    • @GeoffreyBronson
      @GeoffreyBronson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @DUD31 why should he

    • @peachy7776
      @peachy7776 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@jollygrapefruit786 you dont get it, this comment is written in the procedural style the game uses for item descriptons

    • @wryyman5552
      @wryyman5552 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@peachy7776 could you give me another example of that? I don't get it

    • @rodelero12
      @rodelero12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      a strange curse. but I approve.

  • @davidolvera1031
    @davidolvera1031 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1154

    This song man. I can get stuck in your head while you can't even remember how it goes, almost like an Eldritch Abomination in music form.

    • @MisterSmith00
      @MisterSmith00 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      David Olvera Like the music of Eric Zahn?

    • @jasonfenton8250
      @jasonfenton8250 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      It is terrifying.

    • @cheetoschrist5685
      @cheetoschrist5685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@jasonfenton8250 i am content after listening to a live performance

    • @Robert-vk7je
      @Robert-vk7je 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@jasonfenton8250 It was inevitable.

    • @themagichobo768
      @themagichobo768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Robert-vk7je It's for the best.

  • @jasonfenton8250
    @jasonfenton8250 6 ปีที่แล้ว +933

    "So the state dictates all careers, sets all production, and siezes all the goods?"
    "Yep."
    "Then the goods go to privately owned shops, free of charge, but the aristocracy sets all the prices."
    "Right."
    "How do you live with a system like that?"
    "I made a really snazzy leather earring a few years ago, so I'm exempt from it all."

    • @Dresdenstl
      @Dresdenstl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      Some don't. They go insane and have to be put down.

    • @Mnnvint
      @Mnnvint 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      The economy system was a long time ago, though!

    • @gemstonegynoid7475
      @gemstonegynoid7475 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Im glad the economy isnt part of recent versions. Now its just a rather communist commune system :p

    • @jackspedicy2711
      @jackspedicy2711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      dwarf fortress is proof that comunism = good ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @johanolsson4295
      @johanolsson4295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jackspedicy2711 Epic notion there, dear. I'd like to assert the importance on of this subject. At this array we could hypothetically prove the effectiveness of communist society.

  • @tyelork
    @tyelork ปีที่แล้ว +125

    This will always be the best Dwarf Fortress song.

  • @TheFatPunisher
    @TheFatPunisher ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Its hard to imagine Tarn sitting down and just creating this alone one day.

    • @djizomdjinn
      @djizomdjinn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Clearly he had a strange mood.

  • @shai4129
    @shai4129 8 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    note for classical guitarists: this song is capo'd on the second fret.

    • @vincentpresscod7531
      @vincentpresscod7531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Wow, huge thanks! I've been trying to play it barehanded and failed miserably

    • @Shot5hells
      @Shot5hells 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I listened to this and thought “Ah that’s not too complicated I should learn it”. Jesus Christ.

    • @ajbaker1213
      @ajbaker1213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a fucking comment. Tyty

    • @imlxh7126
      @imlxh7126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      upvote to save a guitarist's life

    • @darrenringer9811
      @darrenringer9811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@kerokero_furogu Sadly most tabs these days are a sick joke more than a useful reference in any way, although if you look at several different ones and use your ear it can help a lot.

  • @jonahwolf3252
    @jonahwolf3252 8 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    "You must be a mighty warrior indeed..."
    "I'M FOUR!"

  • @berwind
    @berwind 11 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    This music got me through my master's, and is still my 'quiet work time music' one year into the PhD.

    • @cosbos7934
      @cosbos7934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      nice man, wonder how you're doing now

    • @MrHomelessHobos
      @MrHomelessHobos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@cosbos7934 he died.

    • @jaws8621
      @jaws8621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@MrHomelessHobos rip o7

    • @wryyman5552
      @wryyman5552 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Guessing he doesn't use this account anymore huh

    • @mberwind5395
      @mberwind5395 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@wryyman5552 RIP me

  • @FamiliarAnon
    @FamiliarAnon 10 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    This music is fantastic for the first few hours.

    • @EnderCrypt
      @EnderCrypt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *****
      i done that too

    • @EnderCrypt
      @EnderCrypt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *****
      =)

    • @Gunnarr123abc
      @Gunnarr123abc 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      It started driving my STARK RAVING MAD after awhile, and switched to loops of Battle for Middle Earth II Dwarven songs in a playlist for awhile and i switch between the two once i get sick of one or the other!

    • @KlingonCaptain
      @KlingonCaptain 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anonymous I listen to "The Village" ost and the "Alien 3" ost when I'm playing.

    • @stagdragon3978
      @stagdragon3978 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I'm just laughing because I imagine this soothing calm tune still being played as you open up a hole into hell and your dwarves start getting slaughtered by demons.

  • @alexbeelen8283
    @alexbeelen8283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    There's just something about the music in dwarf fortress that's so...indescribable.
    It almost seems strangely morose in a sense.
    The clearly home recorded sound quality with the ever so gentle white noise is a crucial part of it, i feel.
    It sounds like the restless dreams of a poet from a hundred years ago.

  • @Foxite__
    @Foxite__ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Urist McDwarf cancels Pull Lever (do it now): Getting something to drink.

    • @Rubyofthedead
      @Rubyofthedead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Urist McDwarf cancels Drink: No arms.

  • @AtillaTheFun1337
    @AtillaTheFun1337 9 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    The music makes you go insane. Not in a good way, but a "fun" way.
    Though dwarf fortress does that to you in general...

    • @KnufWons
      @KnufWons 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Dwarf Fortress is "Fun".

    • @Rubyofthedead
      @Rubyofthedead 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Elliott Pascoe Berserk is the most fun kind of insanity. Especially a miner with a candy pick.

    • @MechWarrior894
      @MechWarrior894 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nah, I just girder my loins and start mining. Strike the Earth.

    • @swordofstabbingold
      @swordofstabbingold 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "fun"

  • @GentleShotgun
    @GentleShotgun ปีที่แล้ว +24

    it's not a big orchestral ode to dwarves or a choir of bombastic adventure, just a lone guitar playing a nice song. this song is what dwarf fortress is -- humble, well made, and really sticks with you.

    • @Notion3D
      @Notion3D 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey that's a pretty nice comment, cheers

  • @bryang4838
    @bryang4838 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    No matter how many remasters there are, this is the one I will always return to.

    • @REGIONBRITANNIA
      @REGIONBRITANNIA หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The static maaaan, such a vibe 😭

  • @brendensibo9320
    @brendensibo9320 7 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    I play this at school. Makes me feel like a dwarf as I travel through the halls.
    Also, it fits an average life well.

    • @umadbroimatroll7918
      @umadbroimatroll7918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Never thought of crowded school halls like my crowded halls of dwarves. Basically the same, messy floor with shit spilt everywhere, everyone smells bad with miasma down the halls and everyone is short. Huh.

    • @mairidberz1450
      @mairidberz1450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@umadbroimatroll7918 yeah but you cant get fucking maimed by hordes of monsters in school

    • @umadbroimatroll7918
      @umadbroimatroll7918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@mairidberz1450 well.... depends really xD

    • @jessegauthier6985
      @jessegauthier6985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mairidberz1450 yes you can

    • @martinguerre8220
      @martinguerre8220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@umadbroimatroll7918 the orcs...

  • @minionmangamingxd9510
    @minionmangamingxd9510 8 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    I used to use Sound Sense, but none of the music fits Dwarf Fortress as well as this music.
    It fits everything that ever happens in the game: when you first strike the earth, deaths, etc.

    • @StarmanSuper00
      @StarmanSuper00  8 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      +ErrorIam It's interesting to hear you say that; I've long had an impression of this theme as encompassing the span of a civilization's history...a promising, hopeful introduction, resolving to uncertainty as the melody begins, thereon evoking a whole range of conditions: triumph and loss, peace and strife, jubilation and despair. Eventually it all comes full circle and the cycle repeats itself forever.

    • @minionmangamingxd9510
      @minionmangamingxd9510 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +StarmanSuper00 I agree.

    • @followingtheroe1952
      @followingtheroe1952 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Theres this eerie objective distance like in learning about typical human history, an understanding of patterns and cycles of history, no real agenda or sentiment, just "these things happened". And thats why I love this game, All of the sentimentality is what the player brings into the world. There are just these facts: Who fought with who, what minerals are around, what creatures exist together -- and its up to the player to feel how they will about it all.
      For instance, there is this great detail into the psychology of each dwarf and their piety, their loved ones etc. and what we ourselves superimpose is this idea that they are stupid/ get in the way/ just these silly dwarves and playthings. But we say that obviously because its a game, but also they get in our way, at the end of the day we are interacting with the system and wanting something out of them. Ultimately in our attempts to control the dwarves we are just re-actualizing history and understanding it better ourselves. We along with them are trying to tame the ecosystem they are thrust upon.
      And then when something we find noteworthy happens, we impose a character on those involved. Emergent storytelling!

    • @inastateofconrad
      @inastateofconrad 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This may be the greatest thing I've ever read in a comments section.

    • @Croix1
      @Croix1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      >everything that ever happens in the game: when you first strike the earth, deaths
      yeah, that sounds about right for most of my playthroughs tbh

  • @queenmedusa934
    @queenmedusa934 8 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Makes me think of the short story The Yellow Wallpaper, where the main character becomes obsessed with the pattern in the wallpaper, constantly following it but then losing it after a while. Just can't memorize the melody of this song.

    • @StarmanSuper00
      @StarmanSuper00  8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      +Batman Drinks Pepsi I can run through it all in my head, but whenever I have a go at it on the piano or whatever, I quickly lose my orientation. There are a lot of dissonant chords and off-kilter progressions that make it hard to follow intuitively. That's an interesting story you cited. Social commentary aside, there's definitely a similar hypnotic, alluring quality about this tune.

    • @DanteTorn
      @DanteTorn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sounds like how people treat how Dwarf Fortress is meant to progress.
      I honestly don't understand how people find the game so hard to understand, once I got used to the general principles and stopped going blind staring at the ascii it seemed blindingly simple to me.

    • @queenmedusa934
      @queenmedusa934 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Dante Torn GnomoP People find it hard to understand in the same way that someone without experience flying a spacecraft would find the controls of a spaceship to be hard to understand: they are faced with an overwhelming set of controls and options and have only a vague idea at best of what any of them actually do. Once they are taught extensively how the mechanism works, it's easy for them to work with it.
      You asking why people get confused about the controls to the game when you're perfectly acclimated to it, as a result, doesn't really mean anything. You looked through the controls, figured out how it worked, and learned how to operate it perfectly. People who don't have that same experience you do will obviously struggle and complain when the help they ask for that experienced people give to them boils down to "I don't understand why you have trouble, it's obvious to *me*" and "you're a faggot."

    • @troglodyte8242
      @troglodyte8242 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +GnomoP That's a very harsh opinion you got there.

    • @GamerKilroy
      @GamerKilroy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      DF has a pretty much vertical learning curve, i agree. My friends gave up after only teaching them designations lol. Still, this amount of controls is NEEDED. The amount of stuff you can do in this game is astonishing, and even if a skilled player can quickly use the correct command to check what he wants to check, a newbie won't. Yet, once you master the commands, the game is all about careful planning and prevention.
      Also, the embark is pretty much the core decision of "difficulty". I often find myself starting in a very difficult place (Terrifying, Glacier...) or with a horrible embark team and resources (Minimalist start, only one dwarf working...) to get a greater challenge. Still, it took me several years to be able to do so. For new players, even making the fortress survive (booze, food) is kinda difficult. Avoiding tantrums is another problems, cause most new players either do not expect that, or underestimate the threat of a tantrum spiral.
      They say practice makes perfect, and it is true. After a lot of years of play i can safely say i can tackle almost everything in this game. Still, the game WILL find a way to f*ck you up, trust me. No fortress will last forever (Steel webspinning FB with poisonous breath i'm looking at you), and will eventually fall.
      The game gets easier the more you play it, as normal. Just look at games like Dark Souls, for example. The first time you play you die over and over, and the 50th run you quickly demolish most bosses without even taking a hit. The challenge in this game, after you have mastered the controls, comes from the player himself. Having to manage so many things quickly becomes habit, and if no problems appear, easy. That is why expert players usually try to have more "Fun".
      So, the main difficulty is the extremely step learning curve and insanely high complexity. Once you learn those two, it's up to the player to decide what challenge he wants. Even as an expert player, i've found myself starting in a pacific area with plenty of resources only because i wanted a calm fortress.
      So it is up to us to decide the difficulty, and there are no scripted ones like "hard" or "easy". That's what i really love about Dwarf Fortress.

  • @Rubyofthedead
    @Rubyofthedead 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    The moment when your chief medical dwarf decides that changing his underwear is more important than diagnosing a patient and a farmer has to do it instead... Dwarven priorities.

  • @prawn_emporium
    @prawn_emporium 9 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Well, let's see...
    we've got armies on the march, skulking vermin, and bone-chilling horror.

    • @TheCornerCaseMan
      @TheCornerCaseMan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Paul Chan
      Average day in Dwarf Fortress.

    • @dinosaurdreams3939
      @dinosaurdreams3939 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      don't forget the burning dung elephant that vomits blood in the basement

    • @J-BiRTH
      @J-BiRTH 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well skulking vermin is pretty easy to deal with :P

    • @Ringtail
      @Ringtail 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      i love how your very first task your ruler gives you is always shit like killing a bronze colossus or a huge gang of high-skill bandits so you just ignore them go out into the woods and beat up wild boar and lost kobolds

    • @DAMD01
      @DAMD01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tell me about the armies on the march

  • @tobiasvallely1261
    @tobiasvallely1261 8 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    I had this song stuck in my head for weeks, it was occupying my every waking thought and I couldn't focus on anything. When I finally listened to it I couldn't hear any of the bits that were playing through my head yet I recognised all of the parts of the song. The next day, I couldn't remember any part of the song that was correct and I had a new wave of implanted falsehoods that refused to leave. This cycle has been continuing for months. I'm scared. Get Help, Please.

    • @Jtak-qu5hk
      @Jtak-qu5hk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Armok has given you some !FUN!

    • @aaronp-k67
      @aaronp-k67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      You're just moody. Make sure you have all your mats accessible.

    • @panconchimichurri6035
      @panconchimichurri6035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You might be on the brink of a tantrum. Let's hope you won't need bones..

    • @exhorter7363
      @exhorter7363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Try going near a waterfall
      That mist is heavenly

    • @demo3702
      @demo3702 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Any improvements 6 years later?

  • @Rubyofthedead
    @Rubyofthedead 7 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    This is a raw adamantine TH-cam comment. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is decorated with chestnut and cave crocodile bone and encircled with bands of rectangular raw adamantine cabochons, cherry wood and jabberer leather. This object is adorned with hanging rings of llama wool and menaces with spikes of raw adamantine and light yellow diamond. On the item is an image of Os the forgotten beast and 'Urist McAxe2' Mountainplayed the Earthen Hurricane of Righteousness the dwarf in raw adamantine. 'Urist McAxe2' Mountainplayed the Earthen Hurricane of Righteousness is striking down Os. The artwork relates to the killing of the forgotten beast Os by the dwarf 'Urist McAxe2' Mountainplayed the Earthen Hurricane of Righteousness with Cradlebrass in Lawrag in the midwinter of 133 during The Rampage of the forgotten beast Os in Lawrag. On the item is an image of a thread in adamantine.

    • @GameGearActerina
      @GameGearActerina 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      a kobold has appeared
      The slim kobold as stolen the "youtube comment"

    • @saewings4963
      @saewings4963 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It used hell a lot of candy threads!!!😭

    • @narnbrez
      @narnbrez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      narnbrez is pleased after viewing a tastefully arranged TH-cam comment

  • @roachdoggjr5647
    @roachdoggjr5647 8 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    I have never played a game where I had this much "Fun."

    • @hernandogaribaldi8627
      @hernandogaribaldi8627 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +Happy Mask Salesman What are you talking about? Majora's mask isn't that funny? Specially when the damn moon fall on the Earth. That surely is a LOT of fun.

    • @RDMonkey2
      @RDMonkey2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      woosh

    • @hyperprank
      @hyperprank 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      loosing is fun

    • @1993Delicious
      @1993Delicious 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Had a Scorpion composed of vomit. Fun was had

    • @lathonland
      @lathonland 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      RoachdoggJR plays DF???

  • @arcade5765
    @arcade5765 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    this song is crazy impressive. i wonder whether tarn adams took classical guitar lessons or simply taught himself to play like this. he strikes me as kind of a renaissance man

  • @XiloChannel
    @XiloChannel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Sounds like Tristram's theme by Matt Ueleman.
    Tarn is amazing... not only does he create the largest most complex and rich game in the entire world, he is a musician also!

    • @deweyspaulding7364
      @deweyspaulding7364 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The chord progressions in both compositions are incredibly similar. I agree with you.

    • @MaxLohMusic
      @MaxLohMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@deweyspaulding7364 Actually, the chord progressions are not similar at all (if I'm wrong, provide timestamp for this vid and also for tristram). However, the patterns and textures, and a bit of the melody sometimes, definitely seem a bit tristram-inspired.

    • @curtismcallister9569
      @curtismcallister9569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i don't know all my classical guitar history, but the 19th century russian etudes in this video really feel like the ancestors to this type of music:
      th-cam.com/video/dTdPizz7Dic/w-d-xo.html

    • @SkeletonWord
      @SkeletonWord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MaxLohMusic Tristram inspired? Bah, Bach was doing music like this ages ago! Nothing in art history is ever truly an original, check out BWV999, it's incredibly similar.

  • @orange0666
    @orange0666 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I wish that it would play in the steam version. It’s so calming.

  • @issa229
    @issa229 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This music expresses the insanity that each dwarf feels growing inside... day by day... In the end, it is either death or sorrow

    • @nofilter3810
      @nofilter3810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Huh, I’m not even a dwarf & yet I feel personally called out

  • @strevortni
    @strevortni ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Strange. Its as if i can remember every single note of this song and link it to a specific memory i had while playing yet i can never repeat it in my head once its over. Honestly though just hearing this makes me imagine the ascii ace of spades, smiley faces and equals signs. Ah good memories they are, nostalgic even.

  • @carlpanzram2012
    @carlpanzram2012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    There has not been song that fits its game as well as this one does.
    The author really deserves a lot of respect, and this song deserves a lot more attention.

    • @tigertoxins584
      @tigertoxins584 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are lots of vg music that encapsulates their intended feelings perfectly though. Laura shigiharas pvz ost, earthbound, minecraft, kirby 64, P L E N T Y

    • @bingobangini
      @bingobangini ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The first sentence is not true imo.

  • @Poggle566
    @Poggle566 10 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This music is perfect for everything.

    • @AidanMclaren
      @AidanMclaren 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Poggle566 Dwarf Fortress theme goes with everything?

    • @Poggle566
      @Poggle566 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aidan McLaren Indeed.

    • @MagicalPorkStudios
      @MagicalPorkStudios 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Can confirm. Effectively the perfect rhythm to fap to.

    • @amberstarkey1131
      @amberstarkey1131 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      10 year later, I agree!

  • @TheVKfan1
    @TheVKfan1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    It definitely adds a gritty sort of charm to a gritty sort of game, eh? I feel nostalgia even though I've only known about the game for a few years!

  • @PepsimVideos
    @PepsimVideos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    I'm finally gonna sit down and learn to play this god damn game, may take a few months, but I'm determined

    • @12togo34
      @12togo34 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      +Grant Dosland good on you, its amazing . well worth the learning curve. and remember ,losing is fun

    • @stalwort1692
      @stalwort1692 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +Grant Dosland It was inevitable.

    • @jerssh
      @jerssh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Grant Dosland d,b,d d,b,f & d,b,F. You will thank me later.

    • @cantavanda
      @cantavanda 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And, how did it go?

    • @GamerKilroy
      @GamerKilroy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Grant Dosland cancels Learn Dwarf Fortress: Went Insane.
      Grant Dosland has gone Berserk!
      Grant Dosland punches 123nick in the head, smashing the skull and tearing the brain!
      123nick has been struck down!

  • @eveandromeda
    @eveandromeda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I love how so many of the comments are people referencing their own playthroughs or the playthroughs of smaller DF channels. It just goes to show how memorable this game becomes.

  • @Xemptuous
    @Xemptuous 12 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    As a classical and electric guitarist of 11 years, I must say that this piece is beyond brilliant. If this were published on Itunes it would get alot of reputation with the classical musicians. If only this song were put out there more it could be something many professional guitarists play.

  • @big_river
    @big_river 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Its the imperfections which make this perfect.

  • @prop0042
    @prop0042 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Summer has arrived on the calendar.

    • @lederp1182
      @lederp1182 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm only subbing becuase of your quote profile pic

  • @lojocoats
    @lojocoats 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The song that plays when a goblin siege came but you couldn't figure out how to make weapons so all the dorfs are beating up the goblins with their bare hands.

  • @Marcelelias11
    @Marcelelias11 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love this music. It's hard to play, but when you manage to do it it is so awesome. Which kinda fits with the game.

  • @chriss2031
    @chriss2031 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    That background music never gets old.

  • @Emmycron
    @Emmycron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    crazy how this song somehow fits.... everything that happens in dwarf fortress. from the relaxing first days foraging to the all out civil war breaking out inside your tavern. it just..... works.

  • @Volklin8888
    @Volklin8888 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I find this song popping into my head randomly sometimes. I haven't played Dwarf Fortress in years but this song is with me forever.

  • @TheDragonReborn93
    @TheDragonReborn93 10 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    This is so weird. I looked up "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. guitar music playlist" to listen to while playing Dwarf Fortress. 20 minutes in, this song comes on. Confused the hell out of me for a while there.

    • @zackKenyon
      @zackKenyon 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      TheDragonReborn93 heathen... playing without the soundtrack.

    • @themaxterz0169
      @themaxterz0169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/Jt1HnKB5WEc/w-d-xo.html
      th-cam.com/video/dTdPizz7Dic/w-d-xo.html
      4u

  • @red_cosplay
    @red_cosplay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Urist McDeadmeat cancels construction of Wall: Interrupted by Forgotten Beast

  • @blayknight7013
    @blayknight7013 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This song is the epitome of a "blessing and curse" simultaneously... Truly sublime...

  • @shwiftymemelord261
    @shwiftymemelord261 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    theme song of the dwarves
    it goes on and on forever like the wheels of civilization
    falling and rising, stagnating and periceing the hearts and minds of those who care to listen and observe
    like how philosophers see life

  • @Komnen0s
    @Komnen0s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This song was my first exposure to the genre of "American primitivism." When I first played DF as a high school sophmore, I remember being struck by the hypnotic finger-picking in this song. It (in)directly pushed me towards discovering John Fahey and Robbie Basho, as I was interested in hearing more folk music like this.

    • @bradfjord
      @bradfjord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Fahey is fucking incredible

  • @30Salt
    @30Salt ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hover your cursor on the progress bar and you'll see that this video is so frequently played on loop that it breaks youtube's code for displaying viewer attention - the video gets watched more towards the end.

  • @Gargantupimp
    @Gargantupimp 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @nubcakken01 the slopiness makes it sound cool.. like its being played around a dark smoky campfire by a travel weary bard, battered and broken by his long journey on the road less traveled he longs only to express the deep sonorities hidden in his tattered spirit

    • @Kronkoft
      @Kronkoft 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Couldn’t agree more sir.

  • @Max-el7zd
    @Max-el7zd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is honestly my favorite piece of video game soundtrack ever. This song encapsulates the entire essence of dwarf fortress.

  • @plemgrubern
    @plemgrubern 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    this gives me a nostalgiagasm

    • @CryingPanSFX
      @CryingPanSFX 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Charles Crumb *Menacing with Spikes*

  • @alexanderweaver586
    @alexanderweaver586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This music is memory. Dwarf shapes flitting across the screen. ASCII trees, mountains, and plump helmets. Disaster and triumph all the same under this tune. Hypnotic and comforting.

  • @Ilovemyfamilyandfriends-z3o
    @Ilovemyfamilyandfriends-z3o ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’ve heard in the steam edition if you name a frog “toady” it plays this as an Easter egg but I haven’t tried it yet

  • @mattrocde
    @mattrocde 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The perfect studying music. Not loud enough or really catchy enough of a beat to get distracted, but just enough to keep you entertained while doing homework.

    • @Notion3D
      @Notion3D 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This man studies ^

  • @IcyScythe
    @IcyScythe 13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    wow this is some pretty good classical guitar music. First game I've ever heard of that had classical guitar for a soundtrack.

  • @travosk8668
    @travosk8668 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    At first I hated this song, because I felt like it was trolling me when everything was going to shit. But when I finally learned how to play the game, I really started to enjoy this piece of art.

    • @travosk8668
      @travosk8668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Do you ever come back to a video you watched a long time ago forgeting you ever even left a comment only to find your past self just chilling there?

    • @dadolphinplayz
      @dadolphinplayz ปีที่แล้ว

      @@travosk8668 yup

  • @dinosaurdreams3939
    @dinosaurdreams3939 8 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    this is a TH-cam comment. All craftstyrannosaurship is of the highest quality. This object menaces with fossilized spikes.

    • @DAMD01
      @DAMD01 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Created by UristMcCrafter!

    • @akakios7386
      @akakios7386 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Dario Martinez you are everywhere.

    • @Rubyofthedead
      @Rubyofthedead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Forgotten Beast Dinosaur Dreams has come! A gigantic theropod composed of dolomite. It has external ribs and it appears to be emaciated. Beware its deadly bite!

  • @predator3299
    @predator3299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Urist McBuilder cancels Construct wall: Site inaccessible.
    The dwarves cancel the construction of Wall.

    • @coqcriard6242
      @coqcriard6242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      pain

    • @Van4eus
      @Van4eus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And its the corner wall on staircase through aquifer...

  • @julian1000
    @julian1000 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    When I started to play Dwarf Fortress I fell in love with the music in the game but began to grow tired of it after having it loop for 6-8 hours a day. I began to look for similar music, first starting out with stuff like "medieval guitar" and "celtic guitar" until I finally found classical guitar. I began listening to the greats while I played, Segovia, Paco de Lucia, etc. I fell in love with the instrument. Now 2 years later I have begun lessons. Thanks Toady for inspiring me to create beauty.

    • @levity9271
      @levity9271 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's nice! ^^

    • @Henryfordisright
      @Henryfordisright ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How good are you now?

    • @moofyman
      @moofyman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      :) i too love classical guitar due to this track

    • @julian1000
      @julian1000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Henryfordisright I just picked it back up! I never got super good (video on my channel if you're curious) but I've found a way to really enjoy lately which is great

  • @RoastCDuck
    @RoastCDuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its winter again, finally I can start rotting away through the four seasons.

  • @HatfieldCW
    @HatfieldCW 14 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is the soundtrack of my hard work, my risky experimentation, my great victories, my crushing defeats, and my magma-based regicide. So many hours, it's burned into my mind. I want to see a video of someone playing it. It sounds very hard.

  • @TreeFrogOnATree
    @TreeFrogOnATree ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bless this game. Cumulative 45 minutes played past 10 years. But this track is nice :)

  • @Inoka01
    @Inoka01 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I can't play with Soundsense. I NEED this music to focus. It's part of the Dwarf Fortress experience. I have no idea why.

    • @krullachief669
      @krullachief669 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Inoka01 It helps that you can never quite remember how the song goes when you are done playing Dorf Fortress. No, really, try and remember how the song goes whenever you get done playing for the day.

    • @saewings4963
      @saewings4963 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So I just turn off seasonal soundsense music every 3 months and listen this music

    • @umadbroimatroll7918
      @umadbroimatroll7918 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@krullachief669 I can only remember the part that slows down as it's when I notice the music. The rest is a jumble to me

  • @MaxLohMusic
    @MaxLohMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Man, it's so refreshing and a major relief to see a freeware game have actual good, well-crafted music. Way better than some paid indie games these days which have music so bad that it triggers me to no end.
    My only criticism is the huge noise floor. Whatever, at least it makes it sound "vintage" LOL

    • @sizzle7578
      @sizzle7578 ปีที่แล้ว

      For example? lol curious

    • @MaxLohMusic
      @MaxLohMusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sizzle7578 Heroes of Newerth, ELEX, and to a lesser extent Outward (for the last one, only some of the expansion music was bad, so I wrote a fanmade alternative soundtrack and put it on Nexus Mods)

  • @ScurrilousSpades
    @ScurrilousSpades ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i hope they keep this around in some way or another for the steam release

    • @bastiboyza
      @bastiboyza ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wish they did tbh it was so good

    • @missmoonmage8609
      @missmoonmage8609 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bastiboyza they did! The new main theme is this, just with a couple more movements

    • @bastiboyza
      @bastiboyza ปีที่แล้ว

      @@missmoonmage8609 the new main theme is the old main theme with a couple more movements. this is the fortress mode theme which was not retained

  • @f0cks
    @f0cks 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This song (and the game too, obviously) makes me want to marry Tarn Adams.

    • @Funkopedia
      @Funkopedia 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Samantha Stever Doooo ittttt!!!!

    • @f0cks
      @f0cks 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm not even joking, I'm all over it. Gimme. [grabby hands]

    • @BobwithGlasses
      @BobwithGlasses 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Samantha Stever JUST DO IT don't let your dreams be dreams YESTERDAY you said TOMORROW, so just DO IT

    • @Poetabrasileiro
      @Poetabrasileiro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Samantha Stever JUST DO IT.. oh wait, someone did that already.... whatever! DO IT!!

    • @f0cks
      @f0cks 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      jfc why am i still getting notifications about this

  • @khorn102
    @khorn102 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Only after listening to the song on its own do i realise how perfect it is for playing hours and hours of this game

  • @gemstonegynoid7475
    @gemstonegynoid7475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This song always reminds me of the very moment you embark on a new land, both nervous and excited. As your 7 starting dwarves dig out the meager start to a hopefully grand fortress. By the time you're 7 hours in the music is completely blocked out of your mind. So this track is only on my mind in the beginning.

  • @dies200
    @dies200 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how well the microphone static just fits the feel of the song

  • @orangesilver8
    @orangesilver8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The new one is pretty good but they don't have the fast parts. My favorite part is 0:50 when it's going really fast. That's just not in the new one at all.

    • @MerrStudio
      @MerrStudio ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This part is in the new one at 4:17, but you're right it's not played as fast

  • @AidanMclaren
    @AidanMclaren 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I'm getting hints of Tristram in this song.

    • @wolfpytlak2786
      @wolfpytlak2786 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Aidan McLaren you know... actually I have this saved along with the Tristram song.... You just blew my mind

  • @vaylonkenadell
    @vaylonkenadell 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I play this theme while I play other roguelikes, such as Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. And sometimes I just play it while I write. It's oddly soothing.

  • @Future_Doggo
    @Future_Doggo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've never played dwarf fortress. A video i watched mentioned the game, aswell as a snippet of this song. Got stuck in my head ever since.

  • @Scythemeup
    @Scythemeup 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    maybe it's the combat system? procedural generation? interactions with water and magma? interactions in conjunction with mechanisms and power? syndromes? interactions with civs? differences between biomes? all the different workshops? military? defense and trap design? animal training? skills?

  • @ccandrew111
    @ccandrew111 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love this song just for the atmosphere generated from the use of one instrument... really gives you a feel of being there.. most big budget games can't even get music as good as this...

  • @7yditchfits
    @7yditchfits 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, I have not played this game in over a year.
    It's kind of amazing how much nostalgia this song can bring back....

  • @mustanaamiotto3812
    @mustanaamiotto3812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song is calming and anxiety inducing

  • @ToonyMan93
    @ToonyMan93 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    YES! All must listen to this!

  • @gestuga1
    @gestuga1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For all of y'all who want to figure out this song to at least some extent: if you can get it on your phone GuitarTab has a decent tab you can use for reference. Not entirely perfect and one measure is just straight up wrong, but most of it is really solid. I recommend checking it out it'll get you like 90% there

  • @3NC3PH4L0N
    @3NC3PH4L0N ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This song should be named: *Fey* *Mood*

  • @Lexyvil
    @Lexyvil 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This song is so relaxing when playing dwarf mode. It really lets you focus on mapping your plans.

    • @jr.jackrabbit10
      @jr.jackrabbit10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dwarf mode
      is that the opposite of goblin mode?

    • @Lexyvil
      @Lexyvil ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jr.jackrabbit10 Whoops, I meant Fortress mode.

  • @Pliskkenn
    @Pliskkenn 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish I had the patience to learn the games interface properly. I love reading about Dwarf Fortress playthroughs. But I just can't navigate the menus for long before succumbing to frustration. Still, I now have this to play in the background as I read more tales of fortresses.

  • @tokcnyecko6055
    @tokcnyecko6055 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tarn couldve been a successful Dwarven Musician.

  • @JesusChrist-qi4ti
    @JesusChrist-qi4ti 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    this is giving me serious diablo vibes

  • @Jargonecius
    @Jargonecius 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't stop listening to this as I play, just foaming at the mouth, staring at the development page... waiting...

  • @CyborgMaid
    @CyborgMaid 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the part at 5:48-6:20 is so depressingly amazing.

  • @deriznohappehquite
    @deriznohappehquite 9 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Music to lose to.

    • @joshsierakowski9553
      @joshsierakowski9553 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +John D. Music to *have !!FUN!!* to. Fixed for you.

    • @HTFFanOfFlaky
      @HTFFanOfFlaky 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +Josh Sierakowski You typed the exact same thing he did.

  • @daverwob
    @daverwob 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is currently my alarm tone on my phone, which is so soft and gentle that it enters your dreams before you wake up. i'd kill for a better version without so much compression and noise.

  • @lukasojala5698
    @lukasojala5698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've started to hear this song after I stop playing

  • @Lexyvil
    @Lexyvil 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The relaxing part of this song really is unique and quite nice to listen to.

  • @HYEOL
    @HYEOL 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This great Theme brought me to *Ewan Dobson* - Acoustimetallus Plectrus

  • @Komplexitet
    @Komplexitet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I learned today through an interview with Tarn Adams that he is the creator and performer of this song, and that he recorded this using the microphone on his old laptop. I just had to get here and relisted to this masterpiece. Apparently he was and still is not happy with the audio quality, so he is not sure about letting it be a part of the steam release of DF.

    • @StarmanSuper00
      @StarmanSuper00  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is it a recent interview? I've wanted for years to hear him speak about it.

    • @Komplexitet
      @Komplexitet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@StarmanSuper00 Yeah it was in a recent interview with Blind : th-cam.com/video/o5c81GNBaA4/w-d-xo.html . I have made the link so it goes to the timestamp at 42:06 where they talk about the music. I don't think Tarn Adams knows how loved the track really is haha
      PS: I have collected content with Tarn Adams in this playlist if you are hungry for more: th-cam.com/play/PLYcZyaw2BAUDpW-mgbYEV_gMzM1rggWGe.html

  • @iamnobody7044
    @iamnobody7044 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Ok...
    I have to breach the wall... this miner is old, I think I'll sacrifice him...
    **Cave in and sudden water burst throw the miner against a wall blasting him into million pieces**
    Whooo!!!
    That was fucking awesome!
    Oh... someone has to mop up the blood... from... everywhere.
    Hey... where is everyo... Oh... wait I forgot fo close the floodgates didn't I?
    Look! THE DROWNING CHAMBER WORKED PERFECTLY!
    If only dwarfs stayed out of the damn death corridor.
    Hey! Stanley the lever guy is still alive!" - Me playing the game.

  • @antipsychotic451
    @antipsychotic451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Reminds me a lot of the "Tristram" theme from Diablo.

  • @daverwob
    @daverwob 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was my phone alarm for 2 years, but the audio quality was so hissy I couldn't take it anymore, not to mention it would enter my dreams and not wakeme up. This needs a clean, crisp cover by toady1 with less mistakes and better quality, and I would donate to bay12 games AGAIN!

  • @thyzzie
    @thyzzie 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had a lot of fun with this music in the background..

  • @Ryan0556
    @Ryan0556 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like it! its imperfections make it even better

  • @TheGeneralGeo
    @TheGeneralGeo 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I play this on loop with adventure mode.

  • @andreramos8194
    @andreramos8194 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wtf? how can someone not like this song?

  • @settratheimperishable4093
    @settratheimperishable4093 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song has some sort of special magical property. I started playing DF about 8 months ago and when listening to this song, even after a week or so of playing, it gives me a feeling of Deja Vu. Like I think of a workshop or something and it seems like a long gone memory.