I always replayed the mission to make sure I rescued all the cryo pods. Don't know if it made any difference once you got the minimum but I refused to leave anyone behind.
Hiddenus: The piece of music has been around for over 70 years, and used in several movies before Platoon. "Adagio for Strings" is a work for string orchestra, arranged by the American composer Samuel Barber from his first string quartet. Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" originated as the second movement in his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11, composed in 1936.
The minute I heard this song on the game my boyfriend at the time was playing, I was madly in love. The song itself on strings is delightful but the vocals in this rip my heart apart because they are so beautiful!
i remeber i had 5 years old and i look to my father playing this game for hours and hours .... my god..... this is my 1000000 visual on this video.... omg that game so slow so damn beautifull great things from italy !
It was one of my first PC games. It was amazing. The hardest slog, managing resources, trying to keep everyone alive. I was exhausted when the credits rolled. Then "Homeworld" from the band Yes starts playing. I can't even begin to express how kid me felt. The sound and music on that game was incredible. I will remember that first completion for the rest of my life.
Ah, such beautiful music. First impression is everything, and to hear this music while seeing the mothership slowly making it's launch, with awesome graphics (for its time), and perfect camera angles.... .... It was epic.
The fact that someone at Relic came up with the idea to combine THIS piece and their already outstanding fiction really gives me hope for humanity. That they could pull so much emotion out of a game that at its heart really wasn't character-driven at all shows it's worth, especially against character powerhouses like Star Wars. The setting is infinite, the story is sound, and that feeling you get at the end of the final level...i cannot think of many things more compelling. "Hiigara. Our Home."
God I loved the beginning of homeworld. You didn't need characterization. You only had the resources for a handful of ships anyway and every single one of them was instantly important to you. Pure story-through-gameplay element right there. Brilliant.
The greatest game of all time. The controls were tight, the effects and models were polished and the execution of the story was flawless. No RTS (and very games in general) have ever come close to eliciting such an emotional response.
Thanks for posting this! Hearing this song brings be right back to that incredible game. I loved the balance between frantic chaos and sudden calm. The methodical planning before unleashing your fleets and squadrons. And all of it backed by, IMO, the best musical score for a game, ever.
I plug in my headphones, turn this up to 9, and close my eyes. This is some of the most amazing music in gaming history. Thank you Samuel Barber, and thank you Relic entertainment.
The goosebumps, simply from reading the phrase (hearing it in the voice of the tactical advisor) "Hiigara. Our Home.", one can get is amazing. Also, the infamous mission 3... Manages to be more emotional than basically any other computer/video game to date, and the best thing is they didn't try too hard - it just hits the perfection spot.
This composition is haunting! I can honestly say that "Platoon" would not have been the same without it, but this version is 10 times more powerful, it gives me chills!
I've heard several takes on this piece (though never on strings; rather ironic considering the title), and this remains my favorite version. The voices add a haunting quality that really set the tone for the gameplay.
The Homeworld series had some really good soundtracks, and this is one of them. I really like what they did with Samuel Barbers version, and added a choir in it. It fits it into to game perfectly.
This has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music created, the moment when I first heard it in game still stick with me to this day. I could feel their pain as they watched Kharak burn...
because its so poetic. you get drawn into this game and the sounds. they all fit so well, a people fighting to reclaim homeland is a classic human endeavor
This was the first game I played that I would say was truly epic. The story, the score, the sense of scale and despair. I've still yet to play anything like it.
Receiving no communication from anywhere in the system. Not even beacons. You can hear him choke back a tear as he says 'beacons'. I can't hear this beautiful song without that line, and that choke, coming back to my mind. Still makes me tear up, a decade later.
He turned away from Trenis, his hands clutching the railing of the walkway upon which he stood. From his position, he could see across a chamber large enough to hold an entire Janissary platoon. As he watched, ancient loading systems drew back, grinding and shuddering their way to empty magazines. The source of the sound, of the dwindling cadence was a battery of railguns dry-firing over and over. The thunder that had plagued the boarding teams was the loading racks slamming against the launch tubes. Fortunately, they were devoid of shells. Either depleted in some ancient battle, or the malfunctioning conveyor system had not been able to load them.
This ship was trying to kill us. The whole time Bequeathed had been on approach, this battery - and Triarchs knew how many others - had been cycling over and over, trying to destroy the cruiser. A dead ship had been trying to murder them.
This is the second best game ever made. The first was Packman. This game bring to us the modern RTS gameplay, the 3D play. The storyline it´s incredible, the sound efects are amazing, the music, the grafics..Everything was made to impress. This was the 1s game made by Relic studios the same that created Company of Heroes. God bless Relic when create HOMEWORLD
Homeworld was one of the greatest games I've ever played. The music was so erie and fitting for the game, and this song really drove home the emotion of what happened to your home. I think the premise of Homeworld would make for an incredible movie as well! Too bad it hasn't come to being.
Beautifull game... beautifull soundtracks... ^_^ beautifull atmosphere... i cant forget the time i played it with one of my friends before 6 - 9 years ago :)
this was originally in platoon :3 and im a 17 year old young man and this song brings tears to my eyes and the woman im in love with can play this on the viola :) my life = complete
OMG i want to start playing homeworld again now! What a game. Thsi music is great. I found it really hard to find the vocal version so big thank-you to kilmindaro2 for uploading it.
Hard to believe in classical music circles it's Agnus Dei - Lamb of God. A very beautiful and haunting piece of music that is one of the best pieces of classical music ever made fits perfectly like hand to glove in one of the greatest RTS strategy games of all time.
Best RealTime Strategy Game Ever! This masterpiece composed by Barber is undelining the unique feeling through the game! I cant discribe what it is, but it feels ... Homeworld.
It has long showed its age, but for many it was the first true 3D space strategy game, and it had a killer story to boot. This music track accentuated a very desperate part of the game perfectly!
God I loved the intro!! Totally swept me into the game!! Made me collect the entire series!! THQ!! Allow Relic to create the 3rd incarnation of homeworld!1 its my favourite series!!
An awsome game with an epic soundtrack and an original storyline. Adagio for strings helps me calm down when I'm stressed out. I guess it counteracts the frustration at times when I play homeworld XD.
Homeworld to coś więcej niż tylko gra. To powiew całkowitej nowej myśli i rozwiązań, na które nie była przygotowana ludzkość. Tak niewielu potrafiło grać w tą grę.... Homeworld is more than just a game. It's a breath full of new ideas and solutions, for which mankind was't prepared. So few were able to play this game ....
Could not have said it better myself. The most compelling game on the 90's First True 360 degree space strategy. The controls Perfect the game experience its self mind numbingly fantastic. The game of the year on its release. God bless Relic when they created HomeWorld. November 15, 1999. RTS game of the year.
you can't help feel your guts wrenching at the sight of Kharak burning, the scaffold remains floating derelict when this music plays. I spoiled the story for myself before i played the game so i knew what was going to happen. But i felt so overpowered by this i almost cried.
Hey guys, I just wanna point out, that while yes one of the most memorable moments this song was attributed was was when Kharak was Burning, does no one still have the memory of the first view of the Mothership, this big thing that had taken years to build and an entire race of people coming together to build it, and this track playing in the background as the Mothership ran through her pre-shakedown tests? For me, this song perfectly captured that culmination of effort, that amazing moment.
i keep coming back to this game myself, i played it first when i was 12 or something. but i must have played it all over again atleast 30 time. just such a beautiful and stunning story, and such a powerfull burdening feeling of frustration, despair, anger, vengeance, joy and wonder when you play the game.. it is almost as you become a part of the game, because it's so well created. and this song makes me cry every damn time i listen to it to..*sigh* good old days..
I still consider Homeworld the best game ever made. Top graphics and playability for it's time, actually, I think it surpassed it's day. A truly epic story which is rare enough in RPGs much less a strategy game. It was just a work of art, a masterpiece. I miss it. Anyone else agree?
@transtlantic Growth over time of mountains as a result of tectonic activity has been observed. Goatsbeard, as I suspect most, if not all, of these vascular plant "speciation" examples are, is one example of what was thought to be speciation (even touted as such on TalkOrigins) is simply an example of polyploidy plants.
Im of course aware of THOSE prequels, was thinking of a sequel to Homeworld 2, didnt bother to specify it, sorry I guess :P. Well, some hope is better than nothin', thanks for the update :)
I love how they used this song during the Mothership launch, the return to Kharak, and in the final assault on the emperor over Hiigara. Birth, death, and resurrection/providence are somehow appropriate.
Jesus hell. I played the demo a bunch and I wasn't prepared at the tender age of 15. The second level had me hating myself and replaying the level over and over again.
@transtlantic Venter's team had to eliminate those genes from the host cell and methylate the transplanted DNA to protect it from digestion. They also used a "trick" to make the foreign DNA take over the cell. Synthetic Genomics added antibiotic resistance (tetracycline) to the foreign DNA, then grew the transplanted cells in the antibiotic. Therefore, only antibiotic resistant cells (the ones with the foreign DNA) would grow.
When I was playing this game, then returned to my homeworld Karak, and see it totally destroyed, all the hopes ruined and this wonderful music, never, never again a game makes me feel this way, so furious, fully charged with the spirit of revenge! what a moment, Relic, please, another homeworld is nedeed, not hundreds of call of duty clones. Please, let us dream again.
Its used in Homeworld 1 for the most tragicly sad thing possible. Your planet tests out hyperspace in their first mothership. The jump fails, while you are gone, you receive distress signal from home base. When you return to docking pad, you find your PLANET destroyed, for violating an ancient law long forgotten by your people. The only populus remaining in space are being destroyed and you must scramble despirately to save as many as possible. This piece was put to good use in Homeworld.
i cry everytime i hear that song and remember the moment when i came back to Kharak the first time and saw that dramatic scenery .... it's just the best game i ever played ..
I always replayed the mission to make sure I rescued all the cryo pods. Don't know if it made any difference once you got the minimum but I refused to leave anyone behind.
Hiddenus:
The piece of music has been around for over 70 years, and used in several movies before Platoon.
"Adagio for Strings" is a work for string orchestra, arranged by the American composer Samuel Barber from his first string quartet.
Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" originated as the second movement in his String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11, composed in 1936.
nothing is left. everything is gone. kharak is burning.
Kharak is being consumed by a firestorm. The scaffold is gone, all orbital facilities destroyed. Significant debris ring in low Kharak orbit.....
+Brian Barry Detecting no communications from anywhere in the system... not even beacons
+Brian Barry Receiving no communications from anywhere in the system... not even beacons
+MrShadowtruth There's nothing left for us here. Let's go.
+neogothic1 the Galactic Council recognized our claim to this world..
The minute I heard this song on the game my boyfriend at the time was playing, I was madly in love. The song itself on strings is delightful but the vocals in this rip my heart apart because they are so beautiful!
most songs like this are beautiful.
I remember restarting that mission at least 3 times ... trying to save as many as possible.
Great emotions.
Great use of the music. A notable event in gaming.
"Clearance granted...
Primary directive achieved..."
The only thing I could think of while watching Platoon was this track. I kept thinking "where have I heard this before?" And then I remembered.
i remeber i had 5 years old and i look to my father playing this game for hours and hours .... my god..... this is my 1000000 visual on this video.... omg that game so slow so damn beautifull great things from italy !
I have never played Homeworld, but I was always a big fan if Samuel Barber's work. This chorus has done a wonderful job. It is such a beautiful piece.
It was one of my first PC games. It was amazing. The hardest slog, managing resources, trying to keep everyone alive. I was exhausted when the credits rolled. Then "Homeworld" from the band Yes starts playing. I can't even begin to express how kid me felt. The sound and music on that game was incredible. I will remember that first completion for the rest of my life.
Ah, such beautiful music. First impression is everything, and to hear this music while seeing the mothership slowly making it's launch, with awesome graphics (for its time), and perfect camera angles....
.... It was epic.
This choir version is one of the most beautiful versions of this compositions I´ve ever heard, making it simply heavenly.
The fact that someone at Relic came up with the idea to combine THIS piece and their already outstanding fiction really gives me hope for humanity. That they could pull so much emotion out of a game that at its heart really wasn't character-driven at all shows it's worth, especially against character powerhouses like Star Wars. The setting is infinite, the story is sound, and that feeling you get at the end of the final level...i cannot think of many things more compelling. "Hiigara. Our Home."
Thank you Santa Barbara's Quire of Voyces for this amazing choral version. Left me lots of memories from one of my favorite games, Homeworld
Homeworld is the only game where seeing concept art I haven't seen before sends chills down my spine. Awesome
God I loved the beginning of homeworld. You didn't need characterization. You only had the resources for a handful of ships anyway and every single one of them was instantly important to you.
Pure story-through-gameplay element right there. Brilliant.
"There's nothing left for us here.... let's go."
Just ordered Homeworld yesterday, lost it a while back, this song makes me realize why I need it back in my life... :-)
The greatest game of all time. The controls were tight, the effects and models were polished and the execution of the story was flawless. No RTS (and very games in general) have ever come close to eliciting such an emotional response.
Thanks for posting this! Hearing this song brings be right back to that incredible game. I loved the balance between frantic chaos and sudden calm. The methodical planning before unleashing your fleets and squadrons. And all of it backed by, IMO, the best musical score for a game, ever.
"No one's left... Everything's gone... Kharak is burning..."
An awesome piece of music that fits as though it were written for scene. Love it.
I plug in my headphones, turn this up to 9, and close my eyes. This is some of the most amazing music in gaming history. Thank you Samuel Barber, and thank you Relic entertainment.
The goosebumps, simply from reading the phrase (hearing it in the voice of the tactical advisor) "Hiigara. Our Home.", one can get is amazing. Also, the infamous mission 3... Manages to be more emotional than basically any other computer/video game to date, and the best thing is they didn't try too hard - it just hits the perfection spot.
Hands down best game story and matching soundtrack....they went together FLAWLESSLY!
it's good that someone remembers the epic journey we went through in Homeworld...
The first moments of Homeworld....still amazing to this day.....had to save as many as you could...
This composition is haunting! I can honestly say that "Platoon" would not have been the same without it, but this version is 10 times more powerful, it gives me chills!
I've heard several takes on this piece (though never on strings; rather ironic considering the title), and this remains my favorite version. The voices add a haunting quality that really set the tone for the gameplay.
The Homeworld series had some really good soundtracks, and this is one of them. I really like what they did with Samuel Barbers version, and added a choir in it. It fits it into to game perfectly.
This has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music created, the moment when I first heard it in game still stick with me to this day. I could feel their pain as they watched Kharak burn...
mai sentita musica così bll in vita mia !!!
I think this is the most beautifoul music in the world!!!
because its so poetic.
you get drawn into this game and the sounds.
they all fit so well, a people fighting to reclaim homeland is a classic human endeavor
This was the first game I played that I would say was truly epic. The story, the score, the sense of scale and despair. I've still yet to play anything like it.
Receiving no communication from anywhere in the system. Not even beacons.
You can hear him choke back a tear as he says 'beacons'. I can't hear this beautiful song without that line, and that choke, coming back to my mind. Still makes me tear up, a decade later.
My heart sank when the voice said "There's nothing left for us here." Huge play on emotions.
i felt bad
He turned away from Trenis, his hands clutching the railing of the
walkway upon which he stood. From his position, he could see across a
chamber large enough to hold an entire Janissary platoon. As he watched,
ancient loading systems drew back, grinding and shuddering their way to
empty magazines. The source of the sound, of the dwindling cadence was a
battery of railguns dry-firing over and over. The thunder that had
plagued the boarding teams was the loading racks slamming against the
launch tubes. Fortunately, they were devoid of shells. Either depleted
in some ancient battle, or the malfunctioning conveyor system had not
been able to load them.
This ship was trying to kill us. The whole time Bequeathed
had been on approach, this battery - and Triarchs knew how many others -
had been cycling over and over, trying to destroy the cruiser. A dead
ship had been trying to murder them.
What is that from?
This is the second best game ever made. The first was Packman. This game bring to us the modern RTS gameplay, the 3D play. The storyline it´s incredible, the sound efects are amazing, the music, the grafics..Everything was made to impress. This was the 1s game made by Relic studios the same that created Company of Heroes.
God bless Relic when create HOMEWORLD
this game was so beautiful in many ways, and this song completes its beauty. Long Live Homeworld
I've heard this music all over the place. I thought it was so iconic that I assumed it was from a classical piece, not a videogame. I'm amazed.
nice, not that fussed about the pics, i was just looking for this version so thanks for the upload :D
I agree... that and "No one's left. Everything's gone. Kharak is burning."
Immediate despair.
"... not even beacons..."
Homeworld was one of the greatest games I've ever played. The music was so erie and fitting for the game, and this song really drove home the emotion of what happened to your home. I think the premise of Homeworld would make for an incredible movie as well! Too bad it hasn't come to being.
i want this to become a movie
TH-cam needs to add a loop button. This is awesome!
Beautifull game... beautifull soundtracks... ^_^ beautifull atmosphere... i cant forget the time i played it with one of my friends before 6 - 9 years ago :)
Dat feel when you escape home to find everything you knew gone...
THEY SHOULD MAKE THIS A MOVIE. I WOULD BEG MY PARENTS TO COME WATCH IT!
I don't know why but this song fills me up with a strange mix of emotions. The only thing I do know is that this is incredibly beautiful.
This is what made me love music. I was playing this game the planet was destroyed and then i learned what amazing music sounded like.
this was originally in platoon :3 and im a 17 year old young man and this song brings tears to my eyes and the woman im in love with can play this on the viola :) my life = complete
Fantastic!!!!!
OMG i want to start playing homeworld again now! What a game. Thsi music is great. I found it really hard to find the vocal version so big thank-you to kilmindaro2 for uploading it.
Hard to believe in classical music circles it's Agnus Dei - Lamb of God. A very beautiful and haunting piece of music that is one of the best pieces of classical music ever made fits perfectly like hand to glove in one of the greatest RTS strategy games of all time.
Best RealTime Strategy Game Ever!
This masterpiece composed by Barber is undelining the unique feeling through the game! I cant discribe what it is, but it feels ... Homeworld.
It has long showed its age, but for many it was the first true 3D space strategy game, and it had a killer story to boot. This music track accentuated a very desperate part of the game perfectly!
God I loved the intro!! Totally swept me into the game!!
Made me collect the entire series!!
THQ!! Allow Relic to create the 3rd incarnation of homeworld!1 its my favourite series!!
I have never played this game. But the soundtrack alone convinces me that it was a work of art.
An awsome game with an epic soundtrack and an original storyline. Adagio for strings helps me calm down when I'm stressed out. I guess it counteracts the frustration at times when I play homeworld XD.
This is probably the most beautiful music ive ever heard, first time I played this game and the music startede I almost had tears in my eyes.
One of the best pieces of music ever, even though it's meant to be a sad piece.
Just makes me feel like theres so much more out there... even in the game you can capture the beauty of space.
Amazing!!!
The burning of Kharak still brings a tear to my eye when I hear this music.
Hell yes, one of the most intimate and emotional strategy games ever, the story mixed with the soundtrack was out of this fucking world.
Homeworld to coś więcej niż tylko gra. To powiew całkowitej nowej myśli i rozwiązań, na które nie była przygotowana ludzkość. Tak niewielu potrafiło grać w tą grę....
Homeworld is more than just a game. It's a breath full of new ideas and solutions, for which mankind was't prepared. So few were able to play this game ....
Could not have said it better myself.
The most compelling game on the 90's
First True 360 degree space strategy.
The controls Perfect the game experience
its self mind numbingly fantastic.
The game of the year on its release.
God bless Relic when they created HomeWorld.
November 15, 1999. RTS game of the year.
The next moment I heard this, I installed game and started to play.
I have trouble figuring out whether Iike the choral or the orchestral versions of Adagio better. They're both so heart renching and pure!
i remember watching my father playing it 10 years ago.... my god what a fantastic game!
Homeworld... a game, a hope.. far away, the best game i have ever played.
Every time I come back to this video I want to like it again!
@Talon1124 I can't believe that you remembered these lines. Brings back the memories of that scene. :)
The way that was said brought tears to my eyes...
-tears up- so beautifull, im a broud owner as well of both homeworld 1 1999 game of the year edition and homeworld 2 first day release
you can't help feel your guts wrenching at the sight of Kharak burning, the scaffold remains floating derelict when this music plays. I spoiled the story for myself before i played the game so i knew what was going to happen. But i felt so overpowered by this i almost cried.
I hear this song, I always remember hearing "Kharak is burning."
Which is great for a game to make such an impact.
Hey guys, I just wanna point out, that while yes one of the most memorable moments this song was attributed was was when Kharak was Burning, does no one still have the memory of the first view of the Mothership, this big thing that had taken years to build and an entire race of people coming together to build it, and this track playing in the background as the Mothership ran through her pre-shakedown tests? For me, this song perfectly captured that culmination of effort, that amazing moment.
Love this!
i keep coming back to this game myself, i played it first when i was 12 or something.
but i must have played it all over again atleast 30 time.
just such a beautiful and stunning story, and such a powerfull burdening feeling of frustration, despair, anger, vengeance, joy and wonder when you play the game.. it is almost as you become a part of the game, because it's so well created.
and this song makes me cry every damn time i listen to it to..*sigh* good old days..
People talking about a video game? This music was used superbly in 'Platoon'. It summed up the futility of war perfectly.
"There's nothing left for us here...let's go..." *sighs*
epic and unbelievable sad...
I still consider Homeworld the best game ever made. Top graphics and playability for it's time, actually, I think it surpassed it's day. A truly epic story which is rare enough in RPGs much less a strategy game. It was just a work of art, a masterpiece. I miss it. Anyone else agree?
'Kharak is burning...'
I don't think three words have ever had such an immediate impact on me in a game that quickly into it.
yeah exactly, truly beautiful
This might be my favorite recording of Agnus Dei
@transtlantic Growth over time of mountains as a result of tectonic activity has been observed.
Goatsbeard, as I suspect most, if not all, of these vascular plant "speciation" examples are, is one example of what was thought to be speciation (even touted as such on TalkOrigins) is simply an example of polyploidy plants.
Sound track was amazing
Game was amazing
Everything about it was amazing.
first game i played still stuck in my head and will always be the best
homeworld will never die.... this is why the epic games exist...
Im of course aware of THOSE prequels, was thinking of a sequel to Homeworld 2, didnt bother to specify it, sorry I guess :P. Well, some hope is better than nothin', thanks for the update :)
I love how they used this song during the Mothership launch, the return to Kharak, and in the final assault on the emperor over Hiigara.
Birth, death, and resurrection/providence are somehow appropriate.
This version of the strings is the absolut best one there is
The best version ever!
Jesus hell. I played the demo a bunch and I wasn't prepared at the tender age of 15. The second level had me hating myself and replaying the level over and over again.
@transtlantic Venter's team had to eliminate those genes from the host cell and methylate the transplanted DNA to protect it from digestion. They also used a "trick" to make the foreign DNA take over the cell. Synthetic Genomics added antibiotic resistance (tetracycline) to the foreign DNA, then grew the transplanted cells in the antibiotic. Therefore, only antibiotic resistant cells (the ones with the foreign DNA) would grow.
Beauty itself !!
When I was playing this game, then returned to my homeworld Karak, and see it totally destroyed, all the hopes ruined and this wonderful music, never, never again a game makes me feel this way, so furious, fully charged with the spirit of revenge! what a moment, Relic, please, another homeworld is nedeed, not hundreds of call of duty clones. Please, let us dream again.
Its used in Homeworld 1 for the most tragicly sad thing possible.
Your planet tests out hyperspace in their first mothership. The jump fails, while you are gone, you receive distress signal from home base. When you return to docking pad, you find your PLANET destroyed, for violating an ancient law long forgotten by your people.
The only populus remaining in space are being destroyed and you must scramble despirately to save as many as possible.
This piece was put to good use in Homeworld.
i cry everytime i hear that song and remember the moment when i came back to Kharak the first time and saw that dramatic scenery .... it's just the best game i ever played ..
This song was in the movie Platoon