Joel Nielsen Xen Soundtrack 09 Shadows of Death (v2)
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Fun fact: the vocals of this track are just recordings of Gordon Freeman being chased by 13 angry gargantuas.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
XD
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Those screams are from the Gargantua, afraid that Gordon Freeman will kill them.
Half life: Here have some easy enemies you've already dealt with
Black mesa: run
Underrated. I laughed way too much at this.
Never before have I ever pressed jump so many times in my entire life than that entire chase sequence.
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 jeez same man i had to keep pressing the dang space button to get away
Half Life: Here's you one gargantua
Black mesa: _How about the whole family?_
@@onutrof1157 Gargantua: I want you to meet my son, Fred.
If you start hearing this music.
Run.
Don't Look back.
TRUE LULW
SHREK IM LOOKING BACK AAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!
Awolnation's Run starting 2:05, is basically what happens.
th-cam.com/video/mw2kKyJu9gY/w-d-xo.html
yeah i know these guys are mad
lo chuj chucken witam
How many gargs in Xen do you want?
Crowbar Collective: Yes
And the winner of the Black Mesa Decathlon goes to ...
Haha!! That would have been so funny if you saw results poster or something in Black Mesa with Gordan as the winner. That certainly explains his fantastic endurance... besides being chased by 300 Gargantua
@@ScantaniouslyCombust Unfortunately the decathlon never happened because of the Resonance Cascade. Maybe Gordon won the previous one.
@@atlev more than likely, he's quite the athlete. AND he does all his physical feats in a heavy metal HEV Suit!
@@CodenameBolts or maybe the hev suit increases his strength
@@Coldtea25 Yeah, it could have some sort of mechanical leg thing inside it
Half Life: Here you go, a simple battle
Black Mesa: I can offer you a battle you have no chance of winning
you have little chance of winning*
You know what? I'll take the anti-climax instead.
i remember you can stealth past the gargantua in half life, something that i wish black mesa retained was the Xen Stealth.
Rather an anticlimax after what you just survived
Except I did! :D
The "Always run" option in BM menu :
*Now this looks like a job for me*
Real pro gamers go through this area without the "always run" option.
*So everybody just follow me*
I can hold LShift for hours, are you hurting your pinkie by pressing too hard?
Besides, you miss out on the animations where you swing the weapons while you sprint, they can be oddly nice to watch. Especially with the Glock animation fix on the Steam workshop.
@@TheEmeraldSword04i know this comment is 2 years ago but i 100% agree with you
@@stormvipernone9165 On my end I saw my full Google name id complete with the few numbers at the end, and I thought this reply was going to be serious if referring to me like that.
Relief it wasn't, and thank you.
Gordon: Walking around
Gargantuas: *h e l o*
@@jakez0r529 Thanks bro
Gargantuas: *B O N J O U R*
Gordon: *A D I O S*
Gargantuas: Allow us to introduce ourselves.
Gordon: 👁👄👁
*music starts*
Gordon: *spams the long jump module*
I like how Joel's wife is just like "AAAAAAAAAAA" like everyone else when they got to this part.
She's screaming like the rest of the new players.
Nice pfp
@@mrchannel3760 thank you sir
@@pass9786 no problem sir!
The vocals were made by his wife????
Doing his on hard mode was like trying run from a pack of angry bears with flamethrowers strapped to their paws
I actually got in hard the no damage achievement for this section first try, and by accident !!
You forgot the armor
Yall dont realize that he just basically described what gargantuas are
Except bears would have a harder time running because you know, there are flamethrowers strapped on them. Standing wouldn’t work.
@@deus_nsf same
black mesa in facility: challenging yet playable
black mesa in xen: *i require DEATH*
Caleb for the Computer Goddess!
I only used god mode once because I was struggling a lot in chapter: power up. but I never needed god in Xen, guess I managed to git gud.
Later in Xen: Haha Gluon gun go BRRRRRR...
>Challenging yet playable
Hah. Funny joke.
Why is my finger glued to the shift key?
*When the boost pack is recharging*
Because you forgot to turn "Always Run" on in BM options, to keep up with the spirit of original HL.
Glued to W, Shift, and Space xD
And not forget to move mouse
why is my finger glued to space?
When i got to that part, i just knew there was going to be a gargantua chase scene.
*But i wasn't expecting a dozen of them.*
Well your dead wrong pal (yes I am aware there is only one Gargantua on the original)
The map, the chase, the music, the ending. FUCK THIS GAME WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY AND THE WAIT
Black Mesa is ridiculously underpriced IMO
@@ralphrestubog5519 yes considering there are new games out there that are over 1000$ but has sh*t graphics 💀
@@steamroller9945 graphics arent why we buy games. its the immersion. story telling. that sorta shit.
@@alexandersndergaard8927 yes some are exceptions but it still really depends whenever the game is worth that much or just plain not.
@@steamroller9945 fax
Gargantuas: Hi
Gordon: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
The Harvinator Arthur Dent escaping the crumbling Cathedral of Hate & learning to fly?
Gargantuas: Why are you running? Why are you running!?
JAJAJAJAJAJA un capo
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Gargantua: S̸͈͍͕̙̤͖͉̦̽̕ ̵̠̼̩͚͐̍̕̕A̴̡̝͍̭̝͔̦͎̞̖̎̓̄͗͑̽̇̆̚͘ ̴̨̥̜̝̱̻̩̊̄̈́̊͆̚̕͝C̶̠̩̩̬͕̭̤̠͈̀̌̎͊̿̕͝ ̸͕͈͚̺̱̩͎͈̝̓͐̅͒̐̆̕K̷̨̳̩̐̐̾̏̈͋̎̀̊̃
Gargantuas: *YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE, FOOL!*
Hey Gargantua it´s me Gordon Freeman chill chill!!!
You picked the wrong dimension fool
*OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!*
I think it wasn't a coincidence that this chase happens right after you leave the village, those gargs weren't just there. They are guards that kill any vort that tries to leave.
Damn.
The vorts got it real bad :(
It could also be because they were sent when the alarm was tripped. The reason they were not active and only broke those when is either because Ai or they were sent to ambush you.
Whoever originally came up with “How about we just have like 15 gargantuas chasing the player I’m sure that’ll be memorable” you were right, but also you’re a monster.
The music in black Mesa was all so good
I had learned in the OG Half Life that the Xen Gargantua could be killed by the Xen Trees, so I tried to lure the first one to the first trees I found, but it quickly became apparent that it did not work like that in Black Mesa, and I just needed to skedaddle.
Imagine an episode of Freeman's Mind taking place during this scene.
"Oh my gosh, another one!"
"You guys have absolutely zero chill"
"I wish I stayed at University of Innsbruck!"
"F*k, f*k, f*k, f*k!"
Freeman's Mind isn't copyright, so I'm sure someone will fill in.
i thought barney went to innsbruck, and gordon went to MIT
@@mr.notsoincredible5345 Deer gawd, how on Earth did you get to the conclusion that Barney went to Innsbruck? Unless, I dunno, he was voiced by the goddamn Arnold Schwarzenegger :/ Just... how?
And, yes, Gordon graduated from MIT and was working at Innsbruck for a few years prior those events. At least according to the common lore.
Why are you running? WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?
The only battle anyone have no chance of winning, is composing a music against Joel Nielsen!
I'm glad someone said it.
What I absolutely loved about this part of the game was that there were no arrows pointing you were to run, no annoying sidekick telling you what to do. Just sheer adrenaline and spatial awareness. I only died once because I got stumped, which is not a lot considering how far you have to run. The music truly immersed one into the experience of running for one's life. It's been far too long since I last enjoyed a game as much as I enjoyed this one :)
I have seen some 5tupid people🤣
"no arrows pointing you where to run" except for the subtly placed lightsources that guide you through the entire level.
@@SophieJMore "Just sheer adrenaline and spatial awareness."
Might wanna finish reading something before ya reply to it, else you accidently agree without realizing it :D
i did the run and the jump first time i think, without knowing what to expect, it was a very well crafted adrenaline inducing level. one of the best crafted levels in my opinion.
@@SophieJMore I never knew there were light sources, and I still knew where to go.
Virgin Xen Tourist
vs
Chad Xen Runner
Who ever did the vocals did a fantastic job with xen
Joel Nielsen's wife
@@MultiScrotchMVP of the Xen soundtrack
Half-Life 1: Here's one Gargantua, pretty easy to get by...
Black Mesa: *RUN DR. FREEMAN, RUN AS FAST AS YOUR TINY LEGS CAN CARRY YOU*
Xen teaches you three things: run from big scary aliens, scream, and head bang to this song.
*W H Y D O I H E A R B O S S M U S I C?*
Why do I hear TEN separate tracks of Boss music playing together!?
Orange kinda sus
Gordon Freeman: "alright lets go kill the giant fetus monster wooo"
The thousands of Gargantuas: *_n o_*
The bit at the end where you turn around and they are all there flaming away... priceless! Couldn't help but offer up two fingers to the screen!
My favourite Xen bit after the beginning when you explore the abandoned research base. Awesome environment that was, very Avatar like!
FrontSideBus I think mine must have bugged out because they were all stationary, no animations. It was like they were billboards for the “Gargantua World Water Park and Wild Animal Sanctuary”
@@Hazelw0lf that happened to me too, i actually thought it was supposed to be some symbolism or something deep hahahahahah
And then this bits get ruined when they start "t-posing".
I prefer Xen to be alien and not a rainforest.
@@andyfriederichsen Well here's the thing. Nothing is native to Xen, so at one place you can have an alien-like rainforest, while another place is filled with fleshy growths and fungus.
When this song calms down in the middle I just imagine Gordon jumping across the giant gap using the booster in slow motion, too good.
Anyone who turn off the music while playing black mesa are dead to me
Why would anyone do this?!
Is it okay if we turn it _down,_ though? I swear, it plays _way_ too loud.
@@Her_Imperious_Condescension all half life games are awesome like that.
@@valoch3187 dunno, but my "friend" turned off the minecraft music
hes not my friend anymore
@@iDUMB What does this have to do with minecraft?!
Half-life: Don't worry, you have time to go through some Xen.
Black Mesa: DIE FREEMAN DIE!
Every time i saw Gargantua, i was like "Not again!"
those motherfuckers are literally askins me to play black mesa again and kill their race once in for all
Crowbar Collective: Its just a half life 1 copy do not go crazy with the soundtrack
Meanwhile Joel:
A mere Half-Life 1 copy you say? Gross understatement.
@@williamwallcroft2559 dude its just a joke dont take it serious
Me:Why am i feeling something is coming to me *fast* ?
13 Gargantuas: *Hello*
Neco The Grim
Allow us to introduce ourselves
Shift + W + Spamming Space Bar
My heart was RACING at this part and you, Joel, was the primary source of adrenaline.
Literally my funniest experience with the game. The first gargantua was after me and i managed to jump across to the other island and i was like "later sucker!" only to find out another one just came out of some hole on that island.
The entire part i felt like in some slapstic comedy where they just keep coming out one after one after one. I love this.
Mix tweaks (vocals/synth)
Has the bandcamp been updated?
@samykillerXD No solo Lo estan haciendo Bien, Mejor Dicho lo estan haciendo mas que exelente, Croswar Collective se volvio una de mis compañias favoritas
@samykillerXD siiiiiiiiiiiii
My soul is singing
Hmm. Will this updated version hit the Itunes versions by any chance? As a "Shadows of Death (Xen Remix)" version or whatever?
Unrelated note, what were the original mesa reworks from anywho? Loved em all.
An unexpected suprise, but sure a welcomed one
Halo-ooooooooo Black mesa-aaaaaaaaaaaaa
"It is impossible to describe with our limited vocabulary"
-Dr. Breen
I actually tried killing the first gargantua as I tried to run away
Little did I know
BuzzHeadGuy Your failure to do so is brought to you by the letter NOPE!
I actually hate that you, by default, can't kill them.
Andy F. Same. It was a fun challenge to kill them with boom.
@@lyokianhitchhiker "RUN GOD DAMN IT!" - HECU Marine
Andy F. Yep. That encounter was brought to you by the letter nope.
1:52 When you turn around to see the epic scene with several gargs flaming and roaring at you, but you're finally out of their reach...
Half Life: Here have some stuff to kill
Black Mesa: Run boy run
copied(?
The adrenaline really kicked in when the first garg came in, then the second one appeared and my heart started pumping real fast. By the time I reached the end I woke up in the hospital and the doctors told me I was lucky enough to survive a cardiac arrest.
Man, that gargantua chase in Surface Tension sure was intimidating.
Interloper: that's cute...
-Oh, here's the Gargantua sequence I remember from Half-Life
-Wait, I don't remember there was two of them
-*OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT*
And then, comes eleven more on the way escaping their lair toward to other side and arrived at the bowl entrance of the Tower Portal at the floating island of Border-world.
That moment when I finally caught my breath and turned around to see all those Gargantuas simply watching quietly, having driven out Gordon from their home, was beautiful - in no small part thanks to this track
YES I FINALLY FOUND IT. To tell y'all honestly, including you Mr. Nielsen, I kept replaying the Interloper Gargantua chase just to listen to this amazing piece of yours. I'M IN LOVE WITH IT. Not to mention Surface Tension 2, We've Got Hostiles, and the Questionable Ethics ambush... Just perfection
This and that song with the screaming cowboy in the sky have the same exact energy.
Half Life: one gargantua will be challenging
Black Mesa: 99 gargantuas will be enough
"We here at Valve want to make music that tells the player what they're feeling, rather than what we want them to feel."
I see this philosophy carried over so well
Half life : "I'll hide here and bypass this gragantua"
Black Mesa : "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! OHHH SHITTT!!!"
Edit : in compliment for Joel's music , I do feel the sensation of running for my life as the music and the atmosphere and the thumping footsteps coming from behind combine, good stuff
Me when I am in that oh s**t part: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I actually prefer the first version where you can hear the vocalist yelling much louder. Now it's very faint and I'm not sure how that's an improvement.
But we'll see how it'll play out in-game tho!
The original is still there. The link is in the info section at the top.
I played through Xen completely blind and this and the gonarch’s lair were the only two moments where I had to play as hard as I possibly could. I usually crack jokes and make funny bits but those two parts I was just so focused and immersed
What about the remade better but worse at the same time nilanth.
Gargantuas: "Hey, a new fella is visiting us"
Gordon: *Runs away in panic having PTSD*
Gargantuas: "Hey... hey wait. Why are you jumping around? We just wanted to give you our self-made cookies"
*Sad Gargantuas tears*
i can offer you a battle you have no chance of winning...Dr.freeman...
My favorite riff in the entire Black Mesa game. LOVE IT!
when this song started i was like "bring it on"
*big MF spawns
"shit, well could be worse, i still have a chance"
*game keeps spawning big MFs left and right
"ok, stop, that's enough, stop, STOP, STAHP!"
*runs in terror while crying and heartrate increased to 150/min
Thank you Joel. I might be drunk, but God bless you, and the entire Black Mesa team. This shit is on par with Kelley Bailey's HL2 soundtrack.
Word
I want Freeman's Mind Freeman to react to this scene where 13 gargs chase him.
I can just imagine Dr. Freeman looking over the entire xen army from a cliff on xen and then taking them all out to this song
Because he's just badass like that
The Xen soundtracks totally beat the entire Half-Life 2 soundtrack ngl.
this is voiced by barny because we all know he have smooth voice
Yeah, another epic soundtrack 😆😆
Gordon Freeman is a badass for what he went through; I know a lot of people hate on Black Mesa; but it truly encapsulates the terror and the magnitude of the resonance cascade and the will one man had to face it.
Running for your damn life on gargantua island.
I love it.
8 people currently could never make the jump out of the Gargantua's lair without dropping their pizza
Why does this reminds me A bit of that AHHHH part in Big Enough song?
Hope this gets created as a meme
Makes me think of the female vocals from some of Mechina's songs tbh.
@@nathanwakeham2313 Say no more th-cam.com/video/WOUf8DK3P_w/w-d-xo.html
Love how they've taken a two second encounter with one gargantua in half life and turned it into a full two and a half minute chase scene with about twenty gargantua and a dope ass score to keep you moving.
Everyone involved in this game put so much passion and creativity into it, and it really shows.
nice work you done there,You have a real limitless potential Mr.Joel i'm impressed
That's one... that's 2... THAT'S 3.... WHERE DID MY SHIFT KEY GO!?
Simple Option.
Go to menu and tick Always Run.
@@forthesakeofthenationalist9375 Always run is boring.
Perfection
All of Xen was of one thought. And that thought was DEATH.
This shit was fucking scary
I put the playback speed up just to 1.25x and got waking nightmares of the gargantuans being faster in the game. Dear god...
Tense, energetic and desperate. This song is responsible for half of the emotions caused by the chase.
I can't stop listening to this🥵
Whats harder to defeat than 1 Gargantua?
*16 Gargantuas*
Nobody:
Chris Horn and Joel Nielsen: *So, you've chosen death?*
"Oh dear God, *ANOTHER* Gargantua!?"
"And ANOTHER one! Actually, no. HAVE TWO INSTEAD!"
*HOW MANY MORE OF THESE BIG GUYS OUT THERE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?*
I was genuinely surprised by what was happening but the music especially in xen was so immersive and without it the game would be so different
I like the fact that 2 of my favorites soundracks were made v2. Keep it up!
this is so good it doesn't need a remix
It's literal perfection, I agree.
Music starts*
A big ass pack of gargantuas: allow us to introduce ourselves
When I got to this part, I started freaking out, not because I was being chased by angry Gargantuas, but because this music was so god damn awesome!
EL MEJOR TEMA DE BLACKMESA, GRACIAS JOEL
This scene was incredibly anxiety inducing. I knew there was going to be a gargantua, but not like a dozen of them.
This was such a great sequence in the game. The music was perfect! Thank you.
damn you Freeman....you just did it like you drinking water....you are a beast freeman...respect.
FREEMAN IS SO BADASS
Just got through this section of interloper, the music track makes this section of xen a definite highlight for me.
I had a full on Warframe dream last night, and I was absolutely jamming to this while slicing Corpus to bits on a ship orbiting the Moon. I couldn’t tell the difference between this and the OG Corpus music until I woke up and was like “waaaiiit”
When you hear this song you know that YOU CANNOT WIN. You can only run.
I love the game’s soundtrack and acting.
I love black Mesa it’s my favorite game.
The sheer panic I had when I played this section for the first time it was so great.
Goes hard
Thank you very much for the amazing soundtrack. It adds so much to the game and makes some moments unforgettable.
Some people don't know, but the scream "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" is just gordon having 3679 panic attacks at 1 life point being chased by 100 angry gargantuas
You are AMAZING at making music. Thank you for your work!
Love the Bass!