@LionmightOfficial CP violation, requiem for ravenholm,ravenholm reprise, apprehension and evasion, triage at dawn ,combine harvester,dark energy,Nova prospekt,kaon,particle ghost and lastly (Something secret steers us. These are some of the best soundtracks from half life 2 and are definitely worth a listen.
Nuclear Mission Jam plays when you find and pick up your first exotic weapon, an absolutely deadly experimental prototype particle accelerator cannon. Up until that point you've only had access to conventional firearms, although some of them are still very powerful.
Nuclear Mission Jam is also called Something Secret Steers Us in Half-Life 2. If I remember, this plays when you deliver the Jeep with the tau cannon attachment at the lighthouse, kind of poetic.
@@norXmal Remember at the lighthouse you get the rocket launcher and the Combine attack....I think it kicks in right as the Combine dropships fly in. Perfect timing.
@@LionmightOfficialRight sorry forgot you already did Left 4 Dead as well, was just thinking of the Orange Box and the big three from Valve. And in my personal opinion Portal 2 has an awesome OST, love all the leitmotif used thought the different tracks, it’s probably my favourite out of the Valve games previously listed
@@LionmightOfficial would also love to see you listen to the outer wilds or NSR music someday ^-^ but also dont forget half life 2 curious to see how you feel about those tunes too!
So grateful to hear you consistently react to Valve stuff, as a fun fact Half Life 1 and 2's Score was composed by Kelly Bailey, Lead Audio Designer of HL1, who had not really Studied or composed music ever before, he made the HL1 score on a rush , as they needed music and had no one else, so Kelly picked up a Synthetizer and Music and Audio library, and made the music only using his knowledge on Audio mixing Do you plan on reacting to Deadlock score next? latest from Valve, by Mike Morasky (composer of Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2)
Fun fact! Most of the Half-Life OST uses a majority of Stock Music, and effects to make its soundtrack. Kelly Bailey had never made music before. But being a sound engineer, he used what he knew to make what is considered to be a pretty good soundtrack.
Half life 1 ost always gave me the vibe of suspense and feeling of being surrounded but when they really start they tell you "hey, you have a gun, start blasting already!"
You're right about storytelling; every single track in HL1 and HL2 (and its episodes) coincides with specific moments. For example, Diabolical happens when you go to the surface for the first (very brief) time, after finding out the HECU is liquidating the Black Mesa staff to cover up the incident. You are confronted with Marines, are shelled after dealing with them, forcing you back underground. Hazardous Environments (which is used now as Valve's theme in other games) is my favorite moment in the game. You exit a drainage pipe out onto a shear ledge, high up on a cliff.
@LionmightOfficial well, I didn't know you were about to analyze HL1's ost. I would love to hear your part on that piece if there another video for HL1. Love your content!
CP violation, requiem for ravenholm,ravenholm reprise, apprehension and evasion, triage at dawn ,combine harvester,dark energy,Nova prospekt,kaon,particle ghost and lastly (Something secret steers us). These are some of the best soundtracks from half life 2 and are definitely worth a listen and are some you should see from half life 2 totally worth it.
The soundtrack's composer, Kelly Bailey also did almost all sound effects and atmosphere effects for the game. He's the one who made the game's sound environment system too.
Kelly Bailey is truly THE genius of his own way. I always thought that and still. Valve is no Valve without him already and Half-Life (whole series) is not Half-Life without his vision.
Kelly Bailey, the greatest mind of our generation. I love how he managed to make that unique and memorable sound design, and also i love his ambient compositions
Ngl, the beginning of Nuclear Mission Jam literally gives you this storytelling that you sense an unknown danger is coming towards you, and your take on the baseline being similar to a "heartbeat" sfx is quite fitting actually. This sense of "fear of the unknown" comes into play in the beginning where despite knowing a danger is coming towards you, you still don't know what that danger is, and therefore you are shaken up by the fear of what's worse to come. So when the beat finally drops, it tells you that the danger has arrived and now you must fight your way through it. I absolutely love Kelly Bailey's way of storytelling through his soundtracks alone, it makes his music feel more alive
list of valve games we need you to listen to: half life oposing force half life 2- it does resuse a lot of half-life 1 music, but it also introduces its own half-life 2s episodes 1 and 2 all with their own music tracks more left 4 dead, of course portal 1 and 2 half-life alyx
One thing that I feel people is not talking about much around (I may be wrong) is the HL:Alyx OST. In particular the 11th chapter "Point Extraction" album it's absolutely out of this world! I would love to see and ear your impressions about it one day eventually.
@@domenicopisano4383 there is one good reason to it why. because entire ost is preety much a mess. not saing its bad. but ost has like 300 tracks where some have 2 mins or less because they are mostly just ambient which are getting into loops suposed to play either in some enviroment or with certein interraction within game. if they would released composed version of ost it would be more likely a diffrent story. long story short HL-A ost is 95% ambient plaing with player like ost in doom but without finishing polish to it.
@@MorrrisEk as far as I've listened that mostly applies to the previous chapters, but the mixing on the 11th seems pretty much clean. At least as it is on Spotify. Even the HL2 OST has some tracks that are just few minutes long if not seconds, even tho I agree that they're not 300 of tracks compared to alyx.
@@domenicopisano4383 i hate using spotify mostly because of ads so i didn't heard how ost is there posted but on youtube, soudcloud (reposted steam version) and on steam i did. its preety much mess of ambients with one track per chapter which feels while lisening more like catalogue of sounds to pick up rather than soundtrack ost. i really wanted it to be made same way portal 2 ost was threated. well i guess they did maybe some crunch with making music for game
It has a sense of being dreadful, but at the same time, it's hopeful. You're in a scary, dark world, but you're also the hero who rised up to the occasion that everyone now looks up to. Such a beacon of hope, that many will gladly sacrifice themselves to assist the hero just so he could advance just a tiny bit further.
Wow, you hit the nail on the head. Yes, 'Diabolical Adrenalin Guitar' (at least in Half Life 2) plays during the apex of a chase sequence where the player is travelling through a water canal, being chased by a light assault helicopter. It is by far one of my favourite sections of a game.
The only downside of that sequence is that music doesn't continue through load zones. And if you're playing casually with even a modicum of skill, you will get through the sequence and through the next load zone long before the song has time to finish.
i really cant remember hl1 having soundtrack, but now that you play them, i can put them in places/situations, is that brilliant soundtrack design or bad?
Now you've done the OG Half-Life's soundtrack, I'd highly recommend doing tracks from Half Life 2. But also, definitely look at Black Mesa's soundtrack (the remake of Half-Life), because it's absolutely astonishing. For Black Mesa, I'd suggest the following tracks : Internal Conflict, We've Got Hostiles, Questionable Ethics 1, Forget About Freeman and _especially_ Ascension.
There are exist so much game ost styles with individuals settings behind of it!!! I think you my friend you have a lot of work with and I sure you got it! Have fun!
Great video! Half-Life’s music deserves more recognition. Can you review these other five great tracks? Vague Voices, Nepal Monastery, Valve Theme (Long Version), Threatening Short, and Jungle Drums.
I never knew that Nuclear Mission Jam needed an electric violin solo until now. Well done, and it's also great to see the reactions to tracks I've known and loved for years.
I cannot wait until we get to HL2 plus episodes OST and Portal 2 OST. Vortal Combat is so damn good Hope to see DOOM and Wolfenstein feature on the channel too in the future!
bro...bro....bro...I fecking teared up on your Nuclear Violin Jam. That was just such a "thing that I did not know I want in my life" feeling. Thank you.
Oh wow! I asked for half life back in the tf2 music reaction video! Im really hoping for half life 2 in the future. That has my favorite soundtrack out the half-life games for sure!
Do Unreal Gold soundtrack which includes music from the original Unreal and Rerurn to Na Pali mission pack. To put it simply- it's UNREAL. The best ambient soundtrack I've heard along with Donkey Kong country, Morrowind and Gothic 2.
Valve always nailed it with their otherwordly sounding music and sfx. It's no wonder I'm into synth-based music so much 😅 The music just helps you to realize how horrific the situation is in the game's world, but also, that you're a total badass who's about to set things right. And that last track encapsulates that perfectly. Also, an amazing electric violin solo at the end there. I would love a full version of that.
"Last Legs" has got to be one of the most heavy hitting tracks from Half Life 2. It's from Half Life 2: Episode 2. Try it out if you're gonna make a part 2 or 3!
You should also give Black Mesa's OST a listen, being the fan made Valve approved remake of Half Life 1. A few tracks I'd recommend are Unforseen Consequences, Office Complex, Blast Pit 3, Questionable Ethics 1, Internal Conflict, and Ascension.
Damn I now want a full cover of Nuclear Mission Jam with your style. It's my all time favorite track and you've enhanced it so well! Please review more Half-Life stuff, maybe HL1's remake Black Mesa as well that game's soundtrack is PHENOMENAL especially the xen parts
Because Half-Life so infrequently uses music and stars a silent protagonist on a lone journey, Half-Life is a quiet understated game where the atonal and strange soundscapes of Black Mesa and its new inhabitants take center stage. It works to its benefit and you can feel the atmosphere oozing off the walls. The music is simply an extension of that, it's pure excellence. And no wonder why, either. Kelly Bailey was in charge of all the sounds and music, giving it the industrial, speculative hi-tech, and completely inhuman alien vibrations, and it is all the more cohesive for it. Simon Zinzovski made a brilliant video on the subject.
Nuclear mission jam plays in HL1 when you get the tau cannon, which is basically an experimental handheld particle cannon that is basically the best weapon in the game
I was one among the peeps who popularized the HL SFX memes back in 2019, and this gets me back every time I hear one piece from the OST, especially from Kelly Bailey. You should check out his Black Mesa counterpart, Joel Nielsen (Among my favorites from Joel's OST are the parts where Gordon reaches the surface in We've Got Hostiles, the music in On The Rail, the battle theme in Questionable Ethics, and the dam part in Surface Tension). Sent one in the form. I'm glad you had to cover this amazing soundtrack! Cheers from the Philippines, solid na solid to! :D
One of the best games ever made! Here is a fun fact - there is a Serbian song that sampled one of the Half Life 1 soundtracks Nepal Monastery. The song is called "Svidja mi se tvoja devojka". (It's almost at the end of the Serbian song) Enjoy :D
The Half Life 1 soundtrack is absolutely class. Pretty much a cool amalgamation of all the musical trends and genres that were big in the mid to late 90s Bit of industrial, metal, grunge, trip hop, drum and bass, electronica, world influences with tracks like Nepal Monastery, club music (Adrenaline Horror sounds like something out of the Matrix movies, the first movie released a year after Half Life)
This is why the hl soundtracks (all of valve's stuff honestly) is in my regular playlists. Having played the game so many times too, I'd love for you to be seeing what you're actually DOING when this music all cues up!
That's amazing! I was among those people who recommended it to you)) You should do some more of these Half-Life 1 songs and then please do some Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2 Episodes One and Two OSTs especially! They are all so amazing! P:S After all this Portal 1 & 2 soundtracks could be great for you to check out, game from same devs, in the same universe even.
I love watching you dissect the musical layers of video game scores and it makes me super happy you're doing the Half-Life Universe. I promise you, you will be astounded by Kelly Bailey's work as he's also done Left 4 Dead's music and Portal. Also, your jacket's pretty badass, with the yellow-orange shirt, kinda has that HEV vibe my man!
Nuclear Mission Jam is one of my favourites, it plays when you pick up the Tau Cannon, a miniature particle accelerator that fires a concentrated beam of tau particles, which can be charged up with right-click and used to absolutely obliterate most enemies. I think it's really fitting for that moment in the game
I didn't expect this at all! Half-Life is my favorite game and I find its electro-industrial music compositions wonderful. I'm also a music producer and I couldn't agree more with all your words. My favorite part is at minute 8:54 where you can perfectly guess the setting in which the soundtrack is set, this same one was heard at the beginning of the chapter "Energy" in which we are presented with an imposing alien, with a bulletproof armored cape that makes him indestructible and his way of presenting them in the game is with this soundtrack warning us that a much greater threat than we were used to is approaching.
Amazing that people are still reacting to this soundtrack. I am here as a person requesting you to react to the BlackMesa Soundtrack. BlackMesa is the Fan-Remake of Half-Life (so the same game with more modern tech and adjusted level in some parts BUT also (almost) completely new music). I am a HUGE FAN of the whole BlackMesa soundtrack and think it is MASSIVELY underrated (it is mostly unknown to be honest). It is so good, especially if you think about the fact that this is a mod in it's origins and (if I am not misinformed) this was the first soundtrack the composer ever wrote (and as far as i can tell the last as well unfortunately) [Transparency: I copied this comment from a different reaction-video I already commented on] This will probably be a longer comment ;) Here are my personal favourite tracks from the Black-Mesa soundtrack (I will write behind each track if it is from Xen or from BlackMesa as both are pretty different in their style) - Ascension (Xen) - This track plays during the final level before the big boss-fight - Questionable Ethics 1 (BlackMesa) - As far as I can tell, this is a fan-favourite, especially amazing if you actually play it in game - The Hunting (Xen) - This is basically an extended version of the Xen-Theme you reacted to in this video that actually goes places - Shadows of Death (Xen) - Probably one of the best produced tracks from this OST. Also the best Boss-Music form this game (as you will see unfortunately you can tell it started as a mod in the production-values) - Blast Pit 3 (BlackMesa) - A very short track that perfectly shows of the musical style they aimed for in the BlackMesa levels (Guitar with Piano) - Convergence (Xen) - THE PERFECT XEN AMBIANCE-TRACK. As you already heard Xen's music incorporates both it's danger and awe. This track however focuses very much on the awe of this alien world - Entangled (Xen) - Another Xen Ambiance-Track that in this case focuses really hard on the mysteries of this alien world - On a Rail 1 (BlackMesa) - A bit repetitive but that Piano is just amazing and really captures the ambiance at that moment (you have already seen how big of a catastrophe was caused and are right now on your way to launch the rocket while everybody is hunting you) - Inbound Part 2 (BlackMesa) - this one is almost more of an ambiance-track but I still wanted to include it as it is one of the three tracks that plays during the ICONIC TRAIN-RIDE right at the beginning of the game. That means this track captures the atmosphere of BlackMesa (before the big catastrophe) but also hints very much that not everything is right - Black Mesa Theme (BlackMesa) - I mean, it is THE THEME (short but sweet) - End Credits Part 2 (Stasis) - Simply sums up the atmosphere at the end of the game. Gordon is in Stasis and the world will never be the same (as seen in Half-Life: Alyx and Half-Life 2). In a way you really lost at the end of Half-Life 1. It is melancholic but somehow also a bit beautiful I also made a Playlist with all the Songs I just listed: music.th-cam.com/play/PLjGucx6RXXAayVrkROYd-5ce98O4YesFX.html&si=MfTGLIW9qNeoRv9Q Now to the part I don't think I will ever see a reaction to unfortunately since this is a niche cover of a very niche soundtrack. There is a TH-camr who made multiple (in my opinion) amazing covers of this soundtrack. They also fix the biggest problem with the Black Mesa OST (production values) as these covers are very well produced. The two best are in my opinion: 1. Obviously the Medley. The only problem with this is that it doesn't contain any Xen-Tracks (as those weren't even out when he made this cover) and that Questionable Ethics 1 is missing 😅: th-cam.com/video/chBdnbNX2RI/w-d-xo.html 2. Because there were no Xen-Tracks in the first Medley he made another Medley of Xen-Tracks: th-cam.com/video/_kcF6ywwhcI/w-d-xo.html Oke, that is the whole comment. I said it would be long 😉 I don't expect any reactions as this will probably not perform nearly as well as reactions to more known OSTs but if you want to make reactions (or are simply curious to listen to some BlackMesa in your freetime) you now have a list 😉
I beg you to check out the soundtracks of red alert 1 and 2. Incredible work done in it. Some of the music is so influencial that its still used to this day like the song hell March being spliced on every military parade out there and sometimes actually used in the parades themselves.
You knew it was going to get really serious and awesome when Nuclear Mission Jam played in this game. Those who remember and were there would know, like me. 😆😎💯💯💯💯👌❤️
Love to see you reacting to this ost. Kelly Bailey is a great composer and really ups his game in the HL2 and (in my opinion) in the episodic expansions. While the first games ost is great i feel like the seconds is where he develops that unique style hes known for.
is it amazing how much while not on the expectations of a high musical technicality that most people would want for an ost or else have much melodic quality to theory to be analyzed esp for most music channels (sometimes it can come thru in a few tracks but yeah), still manages to be some banging stuff? Sound design is def an underrated aspect when it comes to music I'm tellin ya. Maybe another can say using loops from sample CDs is considered cheating or lazy like using Splice sample packs, but def amazing how much Kelly Bailey can pull off putting some stuff together that he didn't make from scratch cohesively. sometimes you gotta work smart, not hard with the tracks you make and I'm def all here for it! beat maker me here def feeling this
Opposing Force and Gunman Chronicles also have awesome soundtracks. OF has hard-hitting military band marching snare type tracks as you play a grunt... and GC has haunting strings, synths, and choir vocals, evocative of being in the desolate wastes of space that some parts of the game are set in.
Can't wait to see you get to the episodes (they have the jammiest guitars known to me), I absolutely recommend for you to listen to Sector Sweep and Vortal combat, they're the best and sound AMAZING
You can totally make more videos with Half-Life 1, 2, Episodes 1 and 2 OST, they have such great music. All of Valve's games have extraordinarily good music, really, I would love to hear your comments on almost every single one of their tracks.
This game has some of my favorite soundtracks I can't stop listening along with to this day. If you check out the sequel I'd recommend Tau-9/Drums and Riffs cause it has one of the most relaxing soundtracks that I've ever listened to.
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You did Half-Life 1, now you gotta do Half-Life 2 and Episodes 1 and 2.
Can't wait for you to get to Vortal Combat.
Yes, please request your favorite songs with links in the suggestion form in the description.
@LionmightOfficial CP violation, requiem for ravenholm,ravenholm reprise, apprehension and evasion, triage at dawn ,combine harvester,dark energy,Nova prospekt,kaon,particle ghost and lastly (Something secret steers us. These are some of the best soundtracks from half life 2 and are definitely worth a listen.
@@tonivoul1971 Dimentia
And Opposing Force and Blue Shift too !!!!
@@tonivoul1971 lg orbifold too
Valve have one of the greatest soundtrack all time
@@pyrofrek I know a few other good soundtracks.
facts
@@pyrofrek so sad that they cannot count too 3.
@@aspiringadonis1253 actually they are doing it
@@pyrofrek imagine they call it Half-Life 4
The best part is that the composer, Kelly Bailey had never made any music before this point, he just drops a musical bombshell unannounced.
That's insane, kinda reminds me of Trent Reznor's full album, kinda just landed out of nowhere.
This reminds me of Jamie Christopherson who didn't make much well known music and randomly dropped the MGRR ost which went crazy
Greatness from small beginnings and these people made GREAT ones right out of the gate.
He was a singer and songwriter in Seattle before Half-Life
@@Baratako0 hm, thats cool, I saw no record of that, still his first album as far as im aware
Half life 1 OST was so good, they reused most of it in the sequel
Well hello there, I see ur vids too
and even some in HLA
@@vibaj16 really?
I believe they remastered them
@@scrungus_frodonkle yep
Nuclear Mission Jam plays when you find and pick up your first exotic weapon, an absolutely deadly experimental prototype particle accelerator cannon. Up until that point you've only had access to conventional firearms, although some of them are still very powerful.
Yup. First, apprehension, then kick-ass, just like the introduction of the weapon itself.
@@tommcewan7936 It is my favourite song on the ost ;D
The first exotic weapon are the snarks, a few levels before the Tau Cannon
Nuclear Mission Jam is also called Something Secret Steers Us in Half-Life 2.
If I remember, this plays when you deliver the Jeep with the tau cannon attachment at the lighthouse, kind of poetic.
@@norXmal Remember at the lighthouse you get the rocket launcher and the Combine attack....I think it kicks in right as the Combine dropships fly in. Perfect timing.
My favorites from Half-life 2 :
-Supression field
-LG orbifold
-Slow light.
Can't forget CP Violation and Brane Scan, those are bangers too
-Distorted trumpets
@@Koiiiiiiiii I love brane scan.
Ain't forgetting Hazardous Environments, the well known theme for anything HL and even Valve now.
Also the absolute slap that is Vortal Combat.
Last Legs is a banger too
Team Fortress and now Half Life, Portal 2’s OST is gotta be next, right?
Don't forget Left 4 Dead.
@@LionmightOfficialRight sorry forgot you already did Left 4 Dead as well, was just thinking of the Orange Box and the big three from Valve.
And in my personal opinion Portal 2 has an awesome OST, love all the leitmotif used thought the different tracks, it’s probably my favourite out of the Valve games previously listed
@@LionmightOfficial dont forget about terraria or subnautica
@@LionmightOfficial would also love to see you listen to the outer wilds or NSR music someday ^-^ but also dont forget half life 2 curious to see how you feel about those tunes too!
dont count out Portal 1's OST. One of my favorite Valve tracks is Self Esteem Fund from P1
So grateful to hear you consistently react to Valve stuff, as a fun fact Half Life 1 and 2's Score was composed by Kelly Bailey, Lead Audio Designer of HL1, who had not really Studied or composed music ever before, he made the HL1 score on a rush , as they needed music and had no one else, so Kelly picked up a Synthetizer and Music and Audio library, and made the music only using his knowledge on Audio mixing
Do you plan on reacting to Deadlock score next? latest from Valve, by Mike Morasky (composer of Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2)
And a guitar :)
Deadlock doesn't have enough tracks though, maybe after release there will be enough for a video.
I think that's what makes it more unique. Good tracks from a totally unexperienced music composer.
@@chrvrada Why'd you copy the reply before yours word-for-word?
@@JoBot__ bot?
DUDE, THE VIOLIN THERE WAS AWESOME! That should be a solo video just a rendition of that song. I love it.
Seconded. Fit SO WELL.
I keep replaying it. It's so good! I would love an official cover of that track.
Watching a couple of his vids in a row i can confidently say
i'll never be able to recognise musical instruments.
11:33 "It's like you're being surrounded by this massive swarm of alien bees or something"
As a Half-Life fan I can confirm this is very accurate
live hivehand reaction
That one part where you have to fight 3 Alien Grunts that have an eletric stationary gun
2:56
alien grunt moment
@@romnekk MODS ARE ASLEEP POST ALIEN GRUNT
Fun fact! Most of the Half-Life OST uses a majority of Stock Music, and effects to make its soundtrack.
Kelly Bailey had never made music before. But being a sound engineer, he used what he knew to make what is considered to be a pretty good soundtrack.
Half life 1 ost always gave me the vibe of suspense and feeling of being surrounded but when they really start they tell you "hey, you have a gun, start blasting already!"
Especially because music is so rare when it happens it really captures your intention.
You're right about storytelling; every single track in HL1 and HL2 (and its episodes) coincides with specific moments. For example, Diabolical happens when you go to the surface for the first (very brief) time, after finding out the HECU is liquidating the Black Mesa staff to cover up the incident. You are confronted with Marines, are shelled after dealing with them, forcing you back underground.
Hazardous Environments (which is used now as Valve's theme in other games) is my favorite moment in the game. You exit a drainage pipe out onto a shear ledge, high up on a cliff.
DO HALF LIFE 2 PLEASE
please?
he already kinda did
12:44 awesome, now I want this version of Nuclear jam in the game!
He actually just straight up improved the track with that one. That sounded insanely good.
You missed my favourite, Hazardous Environments! It became Valve's theme for most of their games
You should've requested it then. I only follow what the people want. I don't really care about looking for it myself.
@LionmightOfficial well, I didn't know you were about to analyze HL1's ost. I would love to hear your part on that piece if there another video for HL1. Love your content!
@@LionmightOfficial Be sure to include it whenever you do a video for Half life 2, it is featured in that game as well.
@@LionmightOfficial damn, what a douchey response
@@youdonegoofed what a weak mind
If you plan on making a part 2 to this, react to Military Precision. It’s one of my favorites, as it has a nice factory sound to it I really enjoy.
He should react to the ''On a rail'' beginning song
And Hazardous Environments.
@@mr.silver1614 YES!!!
It just makes me think of Freeman's Mind now lmao
CP violation, requiem for ravenholm,ravenholm reprise, apprehension and evasion, triage at dawn ,combine harvester,dark energy,Nova prospekt,kaon,particle ghost and lastly (Something secret steers us). These are some of the best soundtracks from half life 2 and are definitely worth a listen and are some you should see from half life 2 totally worth it.
I like “you’re not supposed to be here”
LG ORBIFOLD MY BELOVED
08:00 here comes the gargantua!
Holy Frick O_O Your Jam Session at the end was sooooo Amazing!
Also i really love your reaction to the Music, it feels so addictive
The soundtrack's composer, Kelly Bailey also did almost all sound effects and atmosphere effects for the game. He's the one who made the game's sound environment system too.
Kelly Bailey is truly THE genius of his own way. I always thought that and still. Valve is no Valve without him already and Half-Life (whole series) is not Half-Life without his vision.
Kelly Bailey, the greatest mind of our generation. I love how he managed to make that unique and memorable sound design, and also i love his ambient compositions
Ngl, the beginning of Nuclear Mission Jam literally gives you this storytelling that you sense an unknown danger is coming towards you, and your take on the baseline being similar to a "heartbeat" sfx is quite fitting actually. This sense of "fear of the unknown" comes into play in the beginning where despite knowing a danger is coming towards you, you still don't know what that danger is, and therefore you are shaken up by the fear of what's worse to come.
So when the beat finally drops, it tells you that the danger has arrived and now you must fight your way through it. I absolutely love Kelly Bailey's way of storytelling through his soundtracks alone, it makes his music feel more alive
6:30 Diabolical Adenaline
12:41 Jeeeesssuss, what is thaattt, omg that was amaziingg
list of valve games we need you to listen to:
half life oposing force
half life 2- it does resuse a lot of half-life 1 music, but it also introduces its own
half-life 2s episodes 1 and 2 all with their own music tracks
more left 4 dead, of course
portal 1 and 2
half-life alyx
and Black Mesa(Fan Remake HL1)
9:35 100% pure 90s music
Next - BLACK MESA
nah. better if he would focus on og games first.
Yes please
Nah
@@Emezomm Absolutely
YES
You should do part 2 for it i liked your comments about every part of the sountrack and this is just really perfectly made video for me
One thing that I feel people is not talking about much around (I may be wrong) is the HL:Alyx OST.
In particular the 11th chapter "Point Extraction" album it's absolutely out of this world! I would love to see and ear your impressions about it one day eventually.
and the credits theme
@@domenicopisano4383 there is one good reason to it why. because entire ost is preety much a mess. not saing its bad. but ost has like 300 tracks where some have 2 mins or less because they are mostly just ambient which are getting into loops suposed to play either in some enviroment or with certein interraction within game. if they would released composed version of ost it would be more likely a diffrent story. long story short HL-A ost is 95% ambient plaing with player like ost in doom but without finishing polish to it.
@@MorrrisEk as far as I've listened that mostly applies to the previous chapters, but the mixing on the 11th seems pretty much clean. At least as it is on Spotify. Even the HL2 OST has some tracks that are just few minutes long if not seconds, even tho I agree that they're not 300 of tracks compared to alyx.
@@domenicopisano4383 i hate using spotify mostly because of ads so i didn't heard how ost is there posted but on youtube, soudcloud (reposted steam version) and on steam i did. its preety much mess of ambients with one track per chapter which feels while lisening more like catalogue of sounds to pick up rather than soundtrack ost. i really wanted it to be made same way portal 2 ost was threated. well i guess they did maybe some crunch with making music for game
People aren't ready for this conversation, but Ending Triumph is the best song in any half life game 😬😬
It has a sense of being dreadful, but at the same time, it's hopeful. You're in a scary, dark world, but you're also the hero who rised up to the occasion that everyone now looks up to.
Such a beacon of hope, that many will gladly sacrifice themselves to assist the hero just so he could advance just a tiny bit further.
Wow, you hit the nail on the head. Yes, 'Diabolical Adrenalin Guitar' (at least in Half Life 2) plays during the apex of a chase sequence where the player is travelling through a water canal, being chased by a light assault helicopter.
It is by far one of my favourite sections of a game.
The only downside of that sequence is that music doesn't continue through load zones. And if you're playing casually with even a modicum of skill, you will get through the sequence and through the next load zone long before the song has time to finish.
i really cant remember hl1 having soundtrack, but now that you play them, i can put them in places/situations, is that brilliant soundtrack design or bad?
That's exactly how it should be with the more ambient type of music with no obvious melodies to hook you.
To be fair, at the time they are mostly samples from music CDs that they mixed into a soundtrack. Luckily, Kelly Bailey is good at it
Certain releases of the game only had the soundtrack going if you had the CD inserted, that might explain it.
@@sunhammer420 Old games are like this, the CD drive contains music
I'm that guy who played without music too 😂
Maybe cause it came from Jack Sparrow.
Now you've done the OG Half-Life's soundtrack, I'd highly recommend doing tracks from Half Life 2.
But also, definitely look at Black Mesa's soundtrack (the remake of Half-Life), because it's absolutely astonishing.
For Black Mesa, I'd suggest the following tracks : Internal Conflict, We've Got Hostiles, Questionable Ethics 1, Forget About Freeman and _especially_ Ascension.
I'd add on a rail 1, blast pit 3 and "black mesa theme"
There are exist so much game ost styles with individuals settings behind of it!!! I think you my friend you have a lot of work with and I sure you got it! Have fun!
Great video! Half-Life’s music deserves more recognition. Can you review these other five great tracks?
Vague Voices, Nepal Monastery, Valve Theme (Long Version), Threatening Short, and Jungle Drums.
Busting out the violin to my fav song in the game got you a sub
Finally, the time came for Half-Life soundtrack, was waiting for this video for months.
9:08 music producer not music producers. Kelly Bailey singlehandedly made all these songs
I never knew that Nuclear Mission Jam needed an electric violin solo until now. Well done, and it's also great to see the reactions to tracks I've known and loved for years.
2:22 dimrain47 jumpscare why is that in his recommended lol
WOW were you in for a treat! the music from this iconic '98 game. NINTEY EIGHT! it was indeed ahead of its time. felt like an early 2000s game!
I cannot wait until we get to HL2 plus episodes OST and Portal 2 OST. Vortal Combat is so damn good
Hope to see DOOM and Wolfenstein feature on the channel too in the future!
bro...bro....bro...I fecking teared up on your Nuclear Violin Jam. That was just such a "thing that I did not know I want in my life" feeling. Thank you.
Oh wow! I asked for half life back in the tf2 music reaction video! Im really hoping for half life 2 in the future. That has my favorite soundtrack out the half-life games for sure!
Do Unreal Gold soundtrack which includes music from the original Unreal and Rerurn to Na Pali mission pack. To put it simply- it's UNREAL. The best ambient soundtrack I've heard along with Donkey Kong country, Morrowind and Gothic 2.
A slightly older game now, but Brink. I absolutely loved the music in that game, especially the main theme.
Valve always nailed it with their otherwordly sounding music and sfx. It's no wonder I'm into synth-based music so much 😅
The music just helps you to realize how horrific the situation is in the game's world, but also, that you're a total badass who's about to set things right. And that last track encapsulates that perfectly.
Also, an amazing electric violin solo at the end there. I would love a full version of that.
"Last Legs" has got to be one of the most heavy hitting tracks from Half Life 2. It's from Half Life 2: Episode 2. Try it out if you're gonna make a part 2 or 3!
7:20 actually a pretty accurate description of the half life gameplay loop
did NOT expect the violin solo holy shit thats sick as fuck
love your react and your professional comment
You should also give Black Mesa's OST a listen, being the fan made Valve approved remake of Half Life 1. A few tracks I'd recommend are Unforseen Consequences, Office Complex, Blast Pit 3, Questionable Ethics 1, Internal Conflict, and Ascension.
Damn I now want a full cover of Nuclear Mission Jam with your style. It's my all time favorite track and you've enhanced it so well!
Please review more Half-Life stuff, maybe HL1's remake Black Mesa as well that game's soundtrack is PHENOMENAL especially the xen parts
Because Half-Life so infrequently uses music and stars a silent protagonist on a lone journey, Half-Life is a quiet understated game where the atonal and strange soundscapes of Black Mesa and its new inhabitants take center stage. It works to its benefit and you can feel the atmosphere oozing off the walls. The music is simply an extension of that, it's pure excellence. And no wonder why, either. Kelly Bailey was in charge of all the sounds and music, giving it the industrial, speculative hi-tech, and completely inhuman alien vibrations, and it is all the more cohesive for it. Simon Zinzovski made a brilliant video on the subject.
Love your reactions bro, and the way you cover them in your violin is something else
Hello there( Obi-Wan kenobi voice)
About that, congrats to Ewan McGregor, he got his own Hollywood's walk of fame star today!
General Kenobi!
You are a bold one
Nuclear mission jam plays in HL1 when you get the tau cannon, which is basically an experimental handheld particle cannon that is basically the best weapon in the game
Hell YEAH!
I was one among the peeps who popularized the HL SFX memes back in 2019, and this gets me back every time I hear one piece from the OST, especially from Kelly Bailey. You should check out his Black Mesa counterpart, Joel Nielsen (Among my favorites from Joel's OST are the parts where Gordon reaches the surface in We've Got Hostiles, the music in On The Rail, the battle theme in Questionable Ethics, and the dam part in Surface Tension). Sent one in the form.
I'm glad you had to cover this amazing soundtrack!
Cheers from the Philippines, solid na solid to! :D
PLS do black mesa, its a fan remake of half life 1, i suggest you listen to blast pit 3 and we've got hostiles
That's an awesome violin, Dude!
One of the best games ever made! Here is a fun fact - there is a Serbian song that sampled one of the Half Life 1 soundtracks Nepal Monastery. The song is called "Svidja mi se tvoja devojka". (It's almost at the end of the Serbian song)
Enjoy :D
I love the Chell figurine on the desk, Nice touch since both Portal and Half-life share universes being one in the same.
A truly legendary game that deserves your attention!
I didn't know people were offering it to you so much
YES! IVE BEEN HOPING FOR THIS THE MOMENT I FIRST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL!!
The Half Life 1 soundtrack is absolutely class.
Pretty much a cool amalgamation of all the musical trends and genres that were big in the mid to late 90s
Bit of industrial, metal, grunge, trip hop, drum and bass, electronica, world influences with tracks like Nepal Monastery, club music (Adrenaline Horror sounds like something out of the Matrix movies, the first movie released a year after Half Life)
This is why the hl soundtracks (all of valve's stuff honestly) is in my regular playlists. Having played the game so many times too, I'd love for you to be seeing what you're actually DOING when this music all cues up!
If you're gonna do HL2, you need CP Violation in there
Nuclear Mission Jam is personally my favorite track in the game; they apparently thought so to since it was reused for Half-Life Decay and Half-Life 2
That's amazing! I was among those people who recommended it to you)) You should do some more of these Half-Life 1 songs and then please do some Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2 Episodes One and Two OSTs especially! They are all so amazing!
P:S After all this Portal 1 & 2 soundtracks could be great for you to check out, game from same devs, in the same universe even.
FINALLY !!! :D I was waiting for you to react to one of my favourite video game OST of all time !
Awesome to see you do this one. Hl1 has one of my favorite soundtracks of any video game.
I love watching you dissect the musical layers of video game scores and it makes me super happy you're doing the Half-Life Universe. I promise you, you will be astounded by Kelly Bailey's work as he's also done Left 4 Dead's music and Portal. Also, your jacket's pretty badass, with the yellow-orange shirt, kinda has that HEV vibe my man!
oh my god dude that violin thing you did was amazing. i would like to listen that separately!
Nuclear Mission Jam is one of my favourites, it plays when you pick up the Tau Cannon, a miniature particle accelerator that fires a concentrated beam of tau particles, which can be charged up with right-click and used to absolutely obliterate most enemies. I think it's really fitting for that moment in the game
I didn't expect this at all! Half-Life is my favorite game and I find its electro-industrial music compositions wonderful. I'm also a music producer and I couldn't agree more with all your words.
My favorite part is at minute 8:54 where you can perfectly guess the setting in which the soundtrack is set, this same one was heard at the beginning of the chapter "Energy" in which we are presented with an imposing alien, with a bulletproof armored cape that makes him indestructible and his way of presenting them in the game is with this soundtrack warning us that a much greater threat than we were used to is approaching.
that electric violin at the end goes hard
Amazing that people are still reacting to this soundtrack. I am here as a person requesting you to react to the BlackMesa Soundtrack. BlackMesa is the Fan-Remake of Half-Life (so the same game with more modern tech and adjusted level in some parts BUT also (almost) completely new music). I am a HUGE FAN of the whole BlackMesa soundtrack and think it is MASSIVELY underrated (it is mostly unknown to be honest).
It is so good, especially if you think about the fact that this is a mod in it's origins and (if I am not misinformed) this was the first soundtrack the composer ever wrote (and as far as i can tell the last as well unfortunately)
[Transparency: I copied this comment from a different reaction-video I already commented on]
This will probably be a longer comment ;)
Here are my personal favourite tracks from the Black-Mesa soundtrack (I will write behind each track if it is from Xen or from BlackMesa as both are pretty different in their style)
- Ascension (Xen) - This track plays during the final level before the big boss-fight
- Questionable Ethics 1 (BlackMesa) - As far as I can tell, this is a fan-favourite, especially amazing if you actually play it in game
- The Hunting (Xen) - This is basically an extended version of the Xen-Theme you reacted to in this video that actually goes places
- Shadows of Death (Xen) - Probably one of the best produced tracks from this OST. Also the best Boss-Music form this game (as you will see unfortunately you can tell it started as a mod in the production-values)
- Blast Pit 3 (BlackMesa) - A very short track that perfectly shows of the musical style they aimed for in the BlackMesa levels (Guitar with Piano)
- Convergence (Xen) - THE PERFECT XEN AMBIANCE-TRACK. As you already heard Xen's music incorporates both it's danger and awe. This track however focuses very much on the awe of this alien world
- Entangled (Xen) - Another Xen Ambiance-Track that in this case focuses really hard on the mysteries of this alien world
- On a Rail 1 (BlackMesa) - A bit repetitive but that Piano is just amazing and really captures the ambiance at that moment (you have already seen how big of a catastrophe was caused and are right now on your way to launch the rocket while everybody is hunting you)
- Inbound Part 2 (BlackMesa) - this one is almost more of an ambiance-track but I still wanted to include it as it is one of the three tracks that plays during the ICONIC TRAIN-RIDE right at the beginning of the game. That means this track captures the atmosphere of BlackMesa (before the big catastrophe) but also hints very much that not everything is right
- Black Mesa Theme (BlackMesa) - I mean, it is THE THEME (short but sweet)
- End Credits Part 2 (Stasis) - Simply sums up the atmosphere at the end of the game. Gordon is in Stasis and the world will never be the same (as seen in Half-Life: Alyx and Half-Life 2). In a way you really lost at the end of Half-Life 1. It is melancholic but somehow also a bit beautiful
I also made a Playlist with all the Songs I just listed: music.th-cam.com/play/PLjGucx6RXXAayVrkROYd-5ce98O4YesFX.html&si=MfTGLIW9qNeoRv9Q
Now to the part I don't think I will ever see a reaction to unfortunately since this is a niche cover of a very niche soundtrack. There is a TH-camr who made multiple (in my opinion) amazing covers of this soundtrack. They also fix the biggest problem with the Black Mesa OST (production values) as these covers are very well produced. The two best are in my opinion:
1. Obviously the Medley. The only problem with this is that it doesn't contain any Xen-Tracks (as those weren't even out when he made this cover) and that Questionable Ethics 1 is missing 😅: th-cam.com/video/chBdnbNX2RI/w-d-xo.html
2. Because there were no Xen-Tracks in the first Medley he made another Medley of Xen-Tracks: th-cam.com/video/_kcF6ywwhcI/w-d-xo.html
Oke, that is the whole comment. I said it would be long 😉
I don't expect any reactions as this will probably not perform nearly as well as reactions to more known OSTs but if you want to make reactions (or are simply curious to listen to some BlackMesa in your freetime) you now have a list 😉
i never expected you to react to half-life music! my man! love your videos
the violin part!! you are the best my man :D
what we really need also is black mesa soundtracks (remake of half life 1 from fans) Literally such amazing soundtracks to be honest
I really love the HL1 ending theme, Gordon literally goes through the most traumatic events in his life, and the theme goes full disco xD
This is my first video watching you. I'm on the first track and you crack me up with your looks 😂
Man your face is so expressive! I kinda understand better the music thanks to the information your face transmits hahha. It's awesome.
I beg you to check out the soundtracks of red alert 1 and 2. Incredible work done in it. Some of the music is so influencial that its still used to this day like the song hell March being spliced on every military parade out there and sometimes actually used in the parades themselves.
You knew it was going to get really serious and awesome when Nuclear Mission Jam played in this game. Those who remember and were there would know, like me. 😆😎💯💯💯💯👌❤️
"What kind of hospital is this" from HL2 episode 1 will always be my favorite HL track.
I still have the soundtrack on my phone and jam to it regularly, closing credits its still a banger
Love to see you reacting to this ost. Kelly Bailey is a great composer and really ups his game in the HL2 and (in my opinion) in the episodic expansions. While the first games ost is great i feel like the seconds is where he develops that unique style hes known for.
is it amazing how much while not on the expectations of a high musical technicality that most people would want for an ost or else have much melodic quality to theory to be analyzed esp for most music channels (sometimes it can come thru in a few tracks but yeah), still manages to be some banging stuff? Sound design is def an underrated aspect when it comes to music I'm tellin ya. Maybe another can say using loops from sample CDs is considered cheating or lazy like using Splice sample packs, but def amazing how much Kelly Bailey can pull off putting some stuff together that he didn't make from scratch cohesively.
sometimes you gotta work smart, not hard with the tracks you make and I'm def all here for it! beat maker me here def feeling this
I know what's making you think of bees and hornets. The Hivehand!
You're String Player Gamer, right? I love your rendition of Alphys's theme!
th-cam.com/video/G8fircZxTJo/w-d-xo.html
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!
Opposing Force and Gunman Chronicles also have awesome soundtracks. OF has hard-hitting military band marching snare type tracks as you play a grunt... and GC has haunting strings, synths, and choir vocals, evocative of being in the desolate wastes of space that some parts of the game are set in.
PLEASE do black mesa next! 🙏
Can't wait to see you get to the episodes (they have the jammiest guitars known to me), I absolutely recommend for you to listen to Sector Sweep and Vortal combat, they're the best and sound AMAZING
I have waited a long time for this thank you!
Awesome video!! Holy shit the ending was so good! Boneworks and Bonelab got really cool soundtracks :D
You can totally make more videos with Half-Life 1, 2, Episodes 1 and 2 OST, they have such great music.
All of Valve's games have extraordinarily good music, really, I would love to hear your comments on almost every single one of their tracks.
This game has some of my favorite soundtracks I can't stop listening along with to this day. If you check out the sequel I'd recommend Tau-9/Drums and Riffs cause it has one of the most relaxing soundtracks that I've ever listened to.
Me encanta tus vídeos maestro, ya era hora de half Lite 🎵🥷🏻