Chris, I don’t know how much effort went into something as “small” as having the quotes fading into the title of the song, but it was absolutely worth that extra touch and is so god damn cool.
I'm genuinely surprised this theme wasn't one of the most popular ones from SotV. Even before it gets to the absolutely DEADLY climax, it sounds really cool. Plus the name is fucking awesome.
Sulfur pools is just not a fun map, and this song is too long for it. This song feels like it was designed for a longer/linear level, similar to the moon level.
@@20110102 I like the map a lot, even if it is a bit difficult. Also, I spend easily enough time on this stage to listen to the entire thing. Chris’ songs are narrative, and I think the progression on each stage compliments the music.
It's the B-section from the same Prelude Chris used in the first track in this album. Also, for anyone old enough to remember the marketing campaign for Halo 3, this was the same part used for the "Believe" ad, where the camera pans through a diorama of soldiers and covenant. Anyway, I can't wait for the album commentary on this, because it's phenomenal and I can't wait to hear Chris's thoughts on it!
4:28 i still can't get over the drums with the droning guitar fading in- it has such a feeling of anger and hopelessness, i just love it so much. Literally just slam my feet into the ground matching the drum tempo like BWAAAAA IT'S SUCH A POWERFUL DROP
It's probably my favourite moment in the soundtrack. The original composition is so beautiful. Interestingly, Chopin has this part marked _p_ (ie. piano, soft dynamics) and lets the tension of this stunning harmony do the heavy lifting. But I felt it was a nice opportunity for an explosion :)
Two of my favourite indie games remixing this song in different ways, its so cool to see it in different lights It's like a weird crossover in my brain. Remember our promise
@@deltaplains6195 This song is a cover of Raindrop Prelude by Chopin, and it was also used in the psychological horror indie game "Signalis". It's an amazing and weird story about androids and is super worth playing!
@@AstronautDownwhat you have is beyond skill or talent, it’s something that I’ve never seen, I’ve liked music before but yours makes me feel like I’m transcending reality every time I listen to it. Even my family says your music is good, they barely play games and they tell me that you have insane talent Not even exaggerating, you have one of if not the greatest music I’ve ever heard Might not be a lot since this is coming from just one guy compared to the thousands of comments you probably get on how good your music is, but I just wanted you to know that.
I really think the RoR soundtrack is painfully underrated outside of the RoR community. Your tracks set the tone of the game perfectly, and the game would feel extremely different had they chosen a different artist.
"set the tone of the game perfectly" ah yes, nothing like going through the 5 stages of grief and crying while fighting hordes of whatever the fuck THAT is.
@@BM_Pink it does set the tone of the game perfectly. not ironically, once you stop and think that you're genociding thousands of creatures only in order to survive is honestly depressing, you realize that after a certain point your character is no longer human - but a machine to kill. and it also fits for when you have a horde of several elite elder lemurians when your run was going perfectly fine.
Почему в аргумент за то, чтобы саундтрек был хорошо известен вне сообщества RoR записано то, что он хорошо задаёт тон игре? Для того, кто не играл и, возможно, не будет играть в игру, не имеет значения насколько она задаёт игре тон
This song feels like the emotion I had looking up in the void and seeing that void whale swim around, knowing its out there and its unfathomable how massive it is, how its such a unique departure from the rest of the void creatures, its not some crustacean or anything, its more fleshy and less like a living machine made of hard shells and the void, I wanna reach out and touch the only truly peaceful being in the void, I wanna know what it is exactly and why its so different, I wanna know if the void isn't just some unfathomable hell hole from prisoners waiting for their sentence at the end of time, I wanna know if this place is like our world, a place where there is life and the beings there love it, I want to know if they're not just working from the void but live there and take care of its floating islands in the deep of infinity Or in short terms: Thats fucking dope
@wanderingvagrant1551 - You want answers? - I think I'm entitled. - You want answers? - I want the soundless depths! - You can't fathom the soundless depths.
As a strong classical music enjoyer, and someone who has actually played this Chopin prelude, I actually really like this. I've heard other classical piece's be "modernized," but I don't normally enjoy them. This is really well done though and keeps the sort of dreamy & agonizing middle section well intact. Very true to the original.
4:24 Great thanks for this part Chris, because here your song has changed my grandmother's opinion, who was not accepting video game music as the art. At this moment she really understood how good video game music can be
I really want to say thank you for this amazing piece of music. The two "Raindrop Pieces" basically singlehandily preserved my sanity while studying for my finals. And I still can't believe that it has been two years since we decended into the void and I'm really exited what the storm will bring in the future.
Those last 4 notes right at the end of the piece… it’s the Risk of Rain leitmotif. In an excerpt from one of Chopin’s Prélude. How do you keep finding new ways to sneak it into your music every time??
That is an AMAZING attention to detail. I listened as I read this comment and at first I didn't understand it, but when I thought back to the Moon theme, it all clicked. The notes are even emphasized by the bells on top of the piano. Absolutely genius utilization of motif.
Its so cool seeing you get the recognition you deserve over the years. From 2013 when I first picked up Risk of Rain and started making Command builds that could stand still so I could just listen to the music, to 2016 with Deadbolt, then 2019 with Risk of Rain 2. Its hard to really put into words, but these feelings are super happy. Not only do you get to make more of what you love and are excellent at, but have it reach millions more people too while also growing as an artist too. More people get to feel how transformative this music really is. It's so goddamn cool. This song, though. I love it, and it has so much to listen to! From feeling contemplative to fierce and even melancholic, it really doesn't spare the listener from letting the emotion of the track take you. The guitars feel like a guilty teatamony, the piano quietly grieves that other instruments stole its piece, the bass a familiar friend, the synths this futuized edict from Chopin that somehow feels aloof. All of it comes together in this almost enigmantic track. Its tracks like this that give me life and make me remember why I love music. I dont really have the words to describe it, and boy have I tried, but damn does it make me feel something.
This song has been constantly playing in my mind throughout the last week. I love that your work can be separated from the game and still hold up so well. Feeling completely addicted to this soundtrack
I know this is for the sulfur pools stage, but for me it's the song that plays when you pick up the stone flux pauldron and have to try and get as much mobility as possible because of the movement speed decrease. That is to say, it was painful, and I never want to pick up stone flux pauldron ever again.
Chris, as an avid classical enjoyer, you had me in shambles when I realized what your inspiration for this Banger of a track was. Bravissimo you absolute madman, I never would've imagined the day where Chopin sounded so Existential.
I love the part at 4:28 because the way that the guitar is used, wailing out, crying, begging for help in these soundless depths, not even it can fathom them.
man those discordant rifts at 4:27 give me goosebumps each time i imagine a man fianilly coming to understand the depths, and then being driven mad by the revelation
oh hell yeah chris is a real one for two absolute gems of a song in one day but really, all of your work is amazing and i could not fathom how you are able to put so much emotion into the songs you compose. godspeed, chris.
The music really adds to the atmosphere. While the game is supposed to be fast paced, the music is of a moderate tempo, which helps cement the idea that this planet is utterly unforgiving and hostile. It will lull you into a false sense of security, and, when you realize it, it will spit in your face.
I've heard this song hundreds of times, and every time it makes me feel so many emotions. Its incredible the way the ending of the song manages to take you from a feeling of regret, despair, sadness or such, to a sensation of inner peace. The wavy ambient sounds at the end makes it feel like pure inner peace. And after all of that, the rain motif just hits you so hard. And I couldn't fully express how perfect, how well thought out that final rain motif, those 4 notes, manage to end the album. I'm repeating a previous comment of mine, but I just love this. Thank you.
I was doing something at the time of listening to this, and when I heard "Raindrop" near the end, it stopped me dead in my tracks. I stood in stunned silence when hearing whole album coming together right then. I love your work, it is simply beautiful.
I wonder which of these new songs is Chris's favorite? Or is that rude to ask, like asking a parent which child is their favorite? Lmao, In any case, this is another absolute legendary track and album. Probably my favorite so far, 20,000 leagues is one of my favorites of all time so that title drew me in and I stayed for the music. 100% happy I bought the album and the game- support for Hopoo and Chris both. Great job, as always!
@@AstronautDown god you put so much care into all of your work. The names of the songs in particular have always been crazy to me. How in ror1 they all had something to do with rain or weather, and now in ror2 the inclusion of all the references to poetry and music. And the fact that you put your own little quirks like choosing to use the ones with the question mark sort of as an inside reference gives them so much personality. Honestly you never fail to amaze. Thank you for creating these pieces of art
The very last song in the album ending with the little ror motif thing. What a perfect ending. That squeezed a few tears out of me. Thank you so so much for making this game's music. I'll definitely be listening to whatever you may make next.
Chris this is beautiful! When I stumbled into the Simulacrum menu and heard the electric, but all too familiar Chopin melody - I knew there would be a fire followup to finish the timeless piece. Keep doing what you do, and if you ever wanted to do another album commentary, I'd love to tune in!
some of the later parts in this track like 4:15 onwards remind me alot of muse. The quiet electronica leading to the guitar, then the classical outtro.
I don’t know if anyone else has had this idea but I used to swap the music in the original RoR for some of the songs from Muse’s first two albums and the combination is extremely effective. Butterflies and Hurricanes is a great sort of sister track to Dew Point, for example. Likewise for Pray for Absolution and Coalescence.
holy SHIT the fucking sliding, whining, intense chorus at 4:30... god it's so good. i love slides and bends and christodoulou does them so well. and the way the soft and tender chopin rises out of that angry tempest!! god it's so good!!
this song sounds like sickness. like pacing the halls of a hospital filled with festering wounded, filled with dread, knowing it will only get worse from here. it feels like watching the clock tick while bombers get ever closer. it feels like an air raid siren fading in and out of consciousness while you stumble around, wracked with fever and blight, aimlessly, wordlessly, in agony and lethargy and fear. it feels like the seconds, days in the aftermath of a nuclear bomb, the very earth blasted with vitriol and writhing in agony as her children corrode and dissolve away between her fingers. absolutely brilliant.
I feel like this song is a representation of the motions of life, fluttering with each enticing chord leading to an epic blast that legit rocks the soul, and then finally softly fading to a familiar piece...
I recognized this piece right away, I absolutely love its inclusion and this arrangement. Terrific work as always. I can't wait to hear what you do next. 💜💜💜
I really enjoyed the new music, listening to it on the now delisted pre-stream vod which introduced Railgunner, and caught every daily upload until today, when I bought it as soon as it came up along the dlc on Steam. And I'm listening to it now to. When and If can we get an album talk-over as with the previous album? I would really like to know inspirations and references behind each track.
5:38 how Is there a single song on the soundtrack without the motif? I started listening for it a few days ago, and my mind is blown at how prolific it is.
Incredible effort once again Chris. I've been a fan of yours since I first heard the soundtrack of Risk of Rain 1, and have bought all your stuff on bandcamp since. Favorite song by far is Coalescence, but.... this might trump that one... I can't wait to see what you do next.
I've started playing risk of rain 2 few weeks ago and I have really been loving the music. Thank you for all of the effort you've put into everything, and I can't wait to hear more!
Chris it is quite sad to see that you might or might not be continuing work on more Risk of Rain in the future, but I just want for you to know this a "long" time fan since deadbolt, you have come amazingly far and I am so happy for the life of me that I found you and your music. May whatever you do in life, gives you the most amount of wealth and happiness. -Sincerely Nikhilesh Duggal Loving Fan
@@lewdboyo9927 It's the description of the Survivors of the Void OST on bandcamp. "This is the soundtrack to the Risk of Rain 2 DLC, Survivors of the Void. This album marks the end of a spiral that was set into motion almost ten years ago. This music brings us full circle, only one level above. It has been an honor and a privilege. Chris". Wherever you may go Chris I'll always be a fan of your music.
I don't know if you'll ever read my comment, Chris. I really doubt it because it'll be lost in the sea of comments that congratulates your work, it's completely normal, your work is espectacular. But if you do so, I want to openly and directly thank you, because your music helped me get through depression but not only that, it helped me during that time during the moments in which I thought about self destruction and committing suicide, listening to your work in RoR2 helped me cope with the pain, with the voices in my head and with the horrible reality I was going through. You made not only music that plays during a game, you made music that helped someone going through one of the hardest periods of his life, and if it wasn't for this kind of ethereal music that helped me detach myself from reality, I wouldn't have make it, and I wouldn't be here typing this comment. So once again, thanks for everything Chris, you helped me, you saved me, and I owe you my life. I wish you a long and beautiful life, just like the one you gave to me.
chris is one of the greatest composers of our time. this talent, skill, and application go beyond the classification of video game music. this, and every other track, is otherworldly.
Hello "two men out of all mankind" ? No no no, not anymore : now you are the third man who can fathom the soundless deep, and the first who has the power to bring it back to us... using sound ! :) Your work on RoR (1 & 2) is a masterpiece. The RoR's music has a kind of SF poetry that makes me travel far, with a little smile and a strange nostalgia for the future... an unadvertised, fluid quietness that contrasts with the frantic shooters. These games and their music... truly powerful alchemy. FYI, I just talked to the youtuber Marco Meatball about it (as a comment to one of his posts ; he is a pro opera singer who analyzes game music with contagious passion). I am grateful to you
I remember reading "Polaris" and "Call of Cthulhu" while having this on the background; and like, it fits WAY too well. Truly an otherworldly experience
The very end coming full circle to the first song in the soundtrack, on top of the theme of a majority of the songs coming full circle by incorporating Risk of Rain 1 soundtrack elements with the more modern Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack is too many full circles that my brain can comprehend.
I don’t know Greek at this very moment but I could try and show my friend that’s learning it and see if they can translate it for me, but I’m taking this as a compliment!
This goes even harder that "They Might As Well Be Dead" and even harder that "The Rain Formely Known As Purple". The drop here was insane. Thank you for such amazing soundtrack, Chris!
I work at a phone repair shop. Lately my manager has been setting the playlist to classical music, and I heard something familiar. I was just now in the middle of repairing a broken screen when I realized I recognized the cord progression in the song that was playing on the shop speakers, and I quickly went over to the computer to see that it was. I remember Chris mentioning somewhere that this song was based on some classical piano piece by Chopin, but I never went to look it up. Sure enough, it was a Chopin Prelude, linked here: th-cam.com/video/1U1x-ESvfZk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NxifOOq-BXXcp-2G I've loved so many songs from Risk of Rain 2 and Survivors of the Void, and it's even expanding my familiarity with music theory and other genres. Chris, thanks for being a big part of my life for the past 2 years, without even knowing it :)
Thank you for the support! I'm so happy to hear this music is a pathway to discover more music for you, I feel this is one of the biggest compliments I could get!
All the montages and clips of Sulfer Pools made me think I'd hate the stage more than anything, but as soon as this started playing, I realized I can sit on it for hours. This song takes it from my second least favorite to number one stage. It's just so beautiful.
I am in love with how utterly miserable and pained this song sounds. It almost sounds like something wailing at points! It fits not only for the Sulphur Pools, which just seem unpleasant to even be near for any creature not accustomed to the toxicity, but also its Simulacrum version. The void-based mockery of a familiar locale, the eternal torture brought upon by the imprisoners, the song paints an already dire picture that The Simulacrum bolsters to a beautiful degree.
I do love how this extends from Prelude, and the ending of this song loops back into Prelude creating the sense of a never ending cycle which truly encapsulates Risk of Rain
Dude, sometimes I wish you never made an OST for this game in particular. I always die standing around taking in the scenery as your music plays in the background. It takes the stage turns it from a rogue like into a rhythm game. This game did not need music this good, but I’m damn glad it got it.
Idk how else to explain this but 4:28 is honestly one of the most satisfying and euphoric moment of any song You are genuinely one of my biggest inspirations as someone who composed music.
Deep Rock Galactic's "No Dwarf Left Behind" track has the exact same feeling in it. Highly recommend you check that one out if you like drops like this one
Nothing quite like listening to this absolute banger as you desperately dodge imploding purple mushrooms, a tracking ball of death from a crab with a shotgun and a thicc lobster firing tracking missiles while praying for the pillar to get fully charged. Well done sir, ror wouldnt be the same without you.
ever since i first began playing risk of rain 2 i immediately was in love with your sound, especially as to how well it plays off of the visuals, aesthetic, narrative, and thematic feel of the risk of rain games. the survivors of the void tracks especially moved me to tearful emotions, once again amplified by the context of the game itself. the world of risk of rain and the accompany music has this sort of 'tragic beauty' that really feels emblematic of space itself that i feel not many pieces of media really touch on. they talk about the beauty of space a lot, and space is beautiful, but something about something as simple as a title like 'survivors of the void' translates this feeling for me that is kind of hard to put into words. risk of rain really captures the cold apathetic cruel feeling of space that still draws us in and intrigues us. everything about petrichor V is hostile, foreign, wants to rid of us for invading their home, and yet it keeps drawing us in. the area of existence where gravity is the least abundant and yet it has a gravity of its own. a lot of this is expressed through the feelings i get from listening to the music and how floaty and unnerving the sounds are yet i can't stop myself from wanting to learn its rhythm. learn the intricacies and nuances of the alien sound of space and the void and the places in-between and beyond time. the orchestral segments on the SOTV ost really get me especially because of how innately human they are compared to the rest of the sound. the merging of the warm feeling nature of humanity and the cold unfeeling nature of space by literally combining the beautiful piano and the droning quirky synths. I wrote a college paper about the ROR2 ost in one of my classes about studying video game music because it made me feel so many things that putting it down onto a formal paper felt like the least of things i could do. every time i listen to my ROR vinyls i ponder these feelings and also just jam out to some really nice tunes. i love your music a lot chris and its very special to me, so thank you!! beyond risk of rain i want to be a fan of your sound and i thank hopoo for creating a beautiful world and for introducing me to your music.
I find that, the music plays so well off the visuals, in part because everything is going on in the song. Lost of details and things happenning at all time, very similar to the gameplay. Since the game is designed to be very chaotic, with all your items skills and enemies acting at the same time, you also have a lot of things to think about. Like in the music. Lots of things going on at all time, during visually, auditively, and musically. Combine that with the sad but hopeful setting and tone of the game's story and soundtrack, and it conveis that feeling of beauty and sadness of space, and life. For some reason, I played RoR1 when I was young. a lot, I liked it. Years passed after playing the game, but Coalescence always was stuck in my head. When I realised that, I got into the RoR music again, and never got out again since for the last 6 years or so. I kind of think that the reason I was brought back to reliving Coalescence is how it very well encapsulated how I was living at that time with life. Sad and melamcholic, but Hopeful, not willing to give up yet.
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Good job mate
Please do an album commentary for this one
It was nice of you to feature small creators like Chopin, they really need the exposure.
He'll make it big one day. Mark my words, kid's got chops.
@@AstronautDown and ins
@@free_playstation_2 I ONLY JUST GOT THIS JOKE WEEKS AFTER SEEING IT FFS 😭
@@free_playstation_2 oh my fucking god
@@hauntedlocker Plz explain ;-;
Chris, I don’t know how much effort went into something as “small” as having the quotes fading into the title of the song, but it was absolutely worth that extra touch and is so god damn cool.
Thanks! Of all the things I had to do for this soundtrack that was by far the easiest :) But it's definitely god damn cool.
@@AstronautDown Is there anything where I can read about the making of this soundtrack, or any of the ones before it? I'm highly interested.
I have two album commentaries about the earlier soundtracks on this channel, and I will eventually do one for this album as well.
@@AstronautDown I apologize, I didn’t even look at the channel. I’m headed there now, thanks for the heads up.
No need to apologize, thanks for the interest, hope you find the commentaries interesting :)
I'm genuinely surprised this theme wasn't one of the most popular ones from SotV. Even before it gets to the absolutely DEADLY climax, it sounds really cool. Plus the name is fucking awesome.
it's because everyone hates sulfur pools (myself included, but I always go there from the bazaar because of this track)
@@fruit314I love that map just because of the song, how could you not!
Sulfur pools is just not a fun map, and this song is too long for it. This song feels like it was designed for a longer/linear level, similar to the moon level.
@@20110102 I like the map a lot, even if it is a bit difficult. Also, I spend easily enough time on this stage to listen to the entire thing. Chris’ songs are narrative, and I think the progression on each stage compliments the music.
There's they might as well be dead tho
For anyone wondering, this work is based off another one of Frédéric Chopin's Préludes (Op. 28: No. 15) and is better known as "Raindrop"
"Raindrop"
Oh my fu-
All of the songs in this album, as far as I'm aware, have titles that can be connected to the word rain
The names of the songs are all climate puns, or can be related to climate in some way
Thank you, the references never end these guys are fucking amazing chris is ridiculous one of the most creative composers I've ever heard
It's the B-section from the same Prelude Chris used in the first track in this album. Also, for anyone old enough to remember the marketing campaign for Halo 3, this was the same part used for the "Believe" ad, where the camera pans through a diorama of soldiers and covenant.
Anyway, I can't wait for the album commentary on this, because it's phenomenal and I can't wait to hear Chris's thoughts on it!
4:28 i still can't get over the drums with the droning guitar fading in- it has such a feeling of anger and hopelessness, i just love it so much. Literally just slam my feet into the ground matching the drum tempo like BWAAAAA IT'S SUCH A POWERFUL DROP
It's probably my favourite moment in the soundtrack. The original composition is so beautiful. Interestingly, Chopin has this part marked _p_ (ie. piano, soft dynamics) and lets the tension of this stunning harmony do the heavy lifting. But I felt it was a nice opportunity for an explosion :)
@@AstronautDownI love the sci fi horror vibe it gives. It’s like being confronted with the void itself.
im convinced the guitar just cries
Every time i hear that part my world stops for a moment
Totally agree amazing drop 🤩🤩🤩
Two of my favourite indie games remixing this song in different ways, its so cool to see it in different lights
It's like a weird crossover in my brain.
Remember our promise
Remember the Promise, Void Fiend
Whats the other song
@@deltaplains6195 This song is a cover of Raindrop Prelude by Chopin, and it was also used in the psychological horror indie game "Signalis". It's an amazing and weird story about androids and is super worth playing!
@@deltaplains6195 The Promise from the game Signalis
@@deltaplains6195 The Promise - 1000 Eyes, off of the SIGNALIS soundtrack.
Chris having a field day uploading these absolute bangers
I'm so happy he drew the inspiration from Chopin. These songs sound so full, beautiful, and passionate. He should be proud of his work, I know I am.
This song can perfectly represent the 5 stages of grief.
I really love this comment!
Real
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@@fluffmaster5104 real!
I'm not getting it, what timestamps would you attribute to each stage?
The ending is perfect, how it ties back with the D Minor Prelude, and how it ends with the Rain motif. Beatiful way to end the OST.
Thank you!
@@AstronautDown I would say that the song has 2 endings actually. First at 5:30, and then again for real with the rain motif. Its too good
You have an absolutely unique and relentless talent. Please never stop making this kind of music. The world would be far emptier without it.
_I have a very particular set of skills._
@@AstronautDownwhat you have is beyond skill or talent, it’s something that I’ve never seen, I’ve liked music before but yours makes me feel like I’m transcending reality every time I listen to it.
Even my family says your music is good, they barely play games and they tell me that you have insane talent
Not even exaggerating, you have one of if not the greatest music I’ve ever heard
Might not be a lot since this is coming from just one guy compared to the thousands of comments you probably get on how good your music is, but I just wanted you to know that.
I really think the RoR soundtrack is painfully underrated outside of the RoR community. Your tracks set the tone of the game perfectly, and the game would feel extremely different had they chosen a different artist.
"set the tone of the game perfectly"
ah yes, nothing like going through the 5 stages of grief and crying while fighting hordes of whatever the fuck THAT is.
@@BM_Pink it does set the tone of the game perfectly.
not ironically, once you stop and think that you're genociding thousands of creatures only in order to survive is honestly depressing, you realize that after a certain point your character is no longer human - but a machine to kill.
and it also fits for when you have a horde of several elite elder lemurians when your run was going perfectly fine.
@@BM_Pinkin a game where youre a villain, yeah it really does
Почему в аргумент за то, чтобы саундтрек был хорошо известен вне сообщества RoR записано то, что он хорошо задаёт тон игре?
Для того, кто не играл и, возможно, не будет играть в игру, не имеет значения насколько она задаёт игре тон
This song feels like the emotion I had looking up in the void and seeing that void whale swim around, knowing its out there and its unfathomable how massive it is, how its such a unique departure from the rest of the void creatures, its not some crustacean or anything, its more fleshy and less like a living machine made of hard shells and the void, I wanna reach out and touch the only truly peaceful being in the void, I wanna know what it is exactly and why its so different, I wanna know if the void isn't just some unfathomable hell hole from prisoners waiting for their sentence at the end of time, I wanna know if this place is like our world, a place where there is life and the beings there love it, I want to know if they're not just working from the void but live there and take care of its floating islands in the deep of infinity
Or in short terms: Thats fucking dope
So it appears you can't fathom the soundless depths
@wanderingvagrant1551
- You want answers?
- I think I'm entitled.
- You want answers?
- I want the soundless depths!
- You can't fathom the soundless depths.
@@AstronautDown You have a greater responsibility than I could possibly fathom
As a strong classical music enjoyer, and someone who has actually played this Chopin prelude, I actually really like this. I've heard other classical piece's be "modernized," but I don't normally enjoy them. This is really well done though and keeps the sort of dreamy & agonizing middle section well intact. Very true to the original.
I love how Chris was like "I'm just going to make an objectivity better arrangement of Prelude by Chopin for this random sulfur Biome"
If I recall correctly, he just makes the tracks, and let Hopoo decide where to put them.
4:24 Great thanks for this part Chris, because here your song has changed my grandmother's opinion, who was not accepting video game music as the art. At this moment she really understood how good video game music can be
You can thank Mr. Chopin, I'm just the vessel.
I really want to say thank you for this amazing piece of music. The two "Raindrop Pieces" basically singlehandily preserved my sanity while studying for my finals.
And I still can't believe that it has been two years since we decended into the void and I'm really exited what the storm will bring in the future.
Those last 4 notes right at the end of the piece… it’s the Risk of Rain leitmotif. In an excerpt from one of Chopin’s Prélude. How do you keep finding new ways to sneak it into your music every time??
That is an AMAZING attention to detail. I listened as I read this comment and at first I didn't understand it, but when I thought back to the Moon theme, it all clicked. The notes are even emphasized by the bells on top of the piano. Absolutely genius utilization of motif.
At the end of ...con lentitud poderosa it's ascending. At the end of this it's descending
at 3:46 you can also hear those 4 descending notes in the background, but its in another key
I fucking KNEW i wasn’t the only one hearing that
Its so cool seeing you get the recognition you deserve over the years. From 2013 when I first picked up Risk of Rain and started making Command builds that could stand still so I could just listen to the music, to 2016 with Deadbolt, then 2019 with Risk of Rain 2. Its hard to really put into words, but these feelings are super happy. Not only do you get to make more of what you love and are excellent at, but have it reach millions more people too while also growing as an artist too. More people get to feel how transformative this music really is.
It's so goddamn cool.
This song, though. I love it, and it has so much to listen to! From feeling contemplative to fierce and even melancholic, it really doesn't spare the listener from letting the emotion of the track take you. The guitars feel like a guilty teatamony, the piano quietly grieves that other instruments stole its piece, the bass a familiar friend, the synths this futuized edict from Chopin that somehow feels aloof. All of it comes together in this almost enigmantic track. Its tracks like this that give me life and make me remember why I love music. I dont really have the words to describe it, and boy have I tried, but damn does it make me feel something.
i think you found some pretty great words to describe it, personally.
This song perfectly encapsulates the sense of dread and hopelessness felt in the Sulphur Pools. Beautiful work, Chris!
the thousand yard stare i have when i gamble on my stage 3 in the bazaar only to be given pools
This song has been constantly playing in my mind throughout the last week.
I love that your work can be separated from the game and still hold up so well.
Feeling completely addicted to this soundtrack
i love the eerie, sort of, lost and unknown feel of this track. it makes sense since the theme is void and its new, fits so well.
It fits well with the parallel between the void and deep ocean imo
DAMN, after "The promise" from Signalis, this song feels so different.
I know this is for the sulfur pools stage, but for me it's the song that plays when you pick up the stone flux pauldron and have to try and get as much mobility as possible because of the movement speed decrease. That is to say, it was painful, and I never want to pick up stone flux pauldron ever again.
First time picking up Stone Flux Pauldron is always a memorable mistake
My friend stacked them and lost the ability to move. He played commando so even his utility didn't do anything as it's also based on your ms hahaha.
It's useful much later if your speed is getting out of control, and it can and will.
A couple of Purities will fix the issue but only on REX. you can use DIRECTIVE: Disperse with a half second cooldown to basically fly
@@leopardbunny i had 136 energy drink the other day and i really could've used one lmao
That 6th at 4:04 gives me chills. Even when you know it's coming, those G# and A with that synth sound extraterrestrial.
Chris, as an avid classical enjoyer, you had me in shambles when I realized what your inspiration for this Banger of a track was. Bravissimo you absolute madman, I never would've imagined the day where Chopin sounded so Existential.
I love the part at 4:28 because the way that the guitar is used, wailing out, crying, begging for help in these soundless depths, not even it can fathom them.
This music has changed my tastes on what a true ost sounds like and even my art style
man those discordant rifts at 4:27 give me goosebumps each time
i imagine a man fianilly coming to understand the depths, and then being driven mad by the revelation
oh hell yeah chris is a real one for two absolute gems of a song in one day
but really, all of your work is amazing and i could not fathom how you are able to put so much emotion into the songs you compose. godspeed, chris.
The music really adds to the atmosphere. While the game is supposed to be fast paced, the music is of a moderate tempo, which helps cement the idea that this planet is utterly unforgiving and hostile. It will lull you into a false sense of security, and, when you realize it, it will spit in your face.
Looking back on this comment during summer, I took that music class way too seriously.
@@ongoingrhyme57 lmao, it really worked for you
spit hit like 5 elder lemurians
I've heard this song hundreds of times, and every time it makes me feel so many emotions. Its incredible the way the ending of the song manages to take you from a feeling of regret, despair, sadness or such, to a sensation of inner peace. The wavy ambient sounds at the end makes it feel like pure inner peace.
And after all of that, the rain motif just hits you so hard. And I couldn't fully express how perfect, how well thought out that final rain motif, those 4 notes, manage to end the album.
I'm repeating a previous comment of mine, but I just love this.
Thank you.
I was doing something at the time of listening to this, and when I heard "Raindrop" near the end, it stopped me dead in my tracks. I stood in stunned silence when hearing whole album coming together right then. I love your work, it is simply beautiful.
1 year later and I just realized this is very similar to Undead Man Walking, the tone, the lead up, the solo. Absolutely stunning
I wonder which of these new songs is Chris's favorite? Or is that rude to ask, like asking a parent which child is their favorite? Lmao, In any case, this is another absolute legendary track and album. Probably my favorite so far, 20,000 leagues is one of my favorites of all time so that title drew me in and I stayed for the music. 100% happy I bought the album and the game- support for Hopoo and Chris both. Great job, as always!
I marked my favourites with question marks :) Thank you so much for the support!
@@AstronautDown god you put so much care into all of your work. The names of the songs in particular have always been crazy to me. How in ror1 they all had something to do with rain or weather, and now in ror2 the inclusion of all the references to poetry and music. And the fact that you put your own little quirks like choosing to use the ones with the question mark sort of as an inside reference gives them so much personality. Honestly you never fail to amaze. Thank you for creating these pieces of art
She fathom my depths 'till I'm soundless.
*EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER*
She soundless till I fathom my depths?
LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER
The very last song in the album ending with the little ror motif thing. What a perfect ending. That squeezed a few tears out of me.
Thank you so so much for making this game's music. I'll definitely be listening to whatever you may make next.
4:29 this part just made me sob. It just sounds so guttural and emotional, as if the song itself is crying.
I somehow feel the urge to "Remember our promise."
Amazing, you don't have a single "regular" song, they are all majestic
Chris this is beautiful! When I stumbled into the Simulacrum menu and heard the electric, but all too familiar Chopin melody - I knew there would be a fire followup to finish the timeless piece. Keep doing what you do, and if you ever wanted to do another album commentary, I'd love to tune in!
some of the later parts in this track like 4:15 onwards remind me alot of muse. The quiet electronica leading to the guitar, then the classical outtro.
I don’t know if anyone else has had this idea but I used to swap the music in the original RoR for some of the songs from Muse’s first two albums and the combination is extremely effective. Butterflies and Hurricanes is a great sort of sister track to Dew Point, for example. Likewise for Pray for Absolution and Coalescence.
3:40 I was almost expecting to hear the bridge riff of Unnatural Selection
Yes!
holy SHIT the fucking sliding, whining, intense chorus at 4:30... god it's so good. i love slides and bends and christodoulou does them so well. and the way the soft and tender chopin rises out of that angry tempest!! god it's so good!!
this song sounds like sickness. like pacing the halls of a hospital filled with festering wounded, filled with dread, knowing it will only get worse from here. it feels like watching the clock tick while bombers get ever closer. it feels like an air raid siren fading in and out of consciousness while you stumble around, wracked with fever and blight, aimlessly, wordlessly, in agony and lethargy and fear. it feels like the seconds, days in the aftermath of a nuclear bomb, the very earth blasted with vitriol and writhing in agony as her children corrode and dissolve away between her fingers. absolutely brilliant.
Chris got me to turn music back on in a game. This is extremely rare. Good job.
I feel like this song is a representation of the motions of life, fluttering with each enticing chord leading to an epic blast that legit rocks the soul, and then finally softly fading to a familiar piece...
your music actually makes me cry. so much emotion, its hard not to react
I couldn't agree more, I'm so glad others enjoy it's beauty too
I recognized this piece right away, I absolutely love its inclusion and this arrangement. Terrific work as always. I can't wait to hear what you do next. 💜💜💜
I really enjoyed the new music, listening to it on the now delisted pre-stream vod which introduced Railgunner, and caught every daily upload until today, when I bought it as soon as it came up along the dlc on Steam. And I'm listening to it now to.
When and If can we get an album talk-over as with the previous album? I would really like to know inspirations and references behind each track.
The guitar at 4:28 is just... Something else, I want to learn how to play that!
God the risk of rain motif at the end gets me every time. It took me a while to notice it, but once I did it was amazing
5:38
how
Is there a single song on the soundtrack without the motif?
I started listening for it a few days ago, and my mind is blown at how prolific it is.
Incredible effort once again Chris. I've been a fan of yours since I first heard the soundtrack of Risk of Rain 1, and have bought all your stuff on bandcamp since. Favorite song by far is Coalescence, but.... this might trump that one...
I can't wait to see what you do next.
this music really nails it in showing the hopelessness and desperation of getting sulfur pods
I've started playing risk of rain 2 few weeks ago and I have really been loving the music. Thank you for all of the effort you've put into everything, and I can't wait to hear more!
This is the definition of our character on their last legs. Like on the verge of death before accepting reality and letting go
something about that resolution at the end just kills me. thank you
Instantly clicked that this is the Otherworldly rendition of Raindrop Prelude. Amazing.
Chris it is quite sad to see that you might or might not be continuing work on more Risk of Rain in the future, but I just want for you to know this
a "long" time fan since deadbolt, you have come amazingly far and I am so happy for the life of me that I found you and your music.
May whatever you do in life, gives you the most amount of wealth and happiness.
-Sincerely
Nikhilesh Duggal
Loving Fan
Might not? Wdym
@@MICROKNIGHT3000 he said it himself in his bandcamp, or well it really sounded like it.
@@nikhill5340 can i get a source on this? please?
@@lewdboyo9927 his bandcamp says that he has come a full circle and beyond and then he thanks people for sticking with on this journey
@@lewdboyo9927 It's the description of the Survivors of the Void OST on bandcamp.
"This is the soundtrack to the Risk of Rain 2 DLC, Survivors of the Void.
This album marks the end of a spiral that was set into motion almost ten years ago. This music brings us full circle, only one level above.
It has been an honor and a privilege.
Chris".
Wherever you may go Chris I'll always be a fan of your music.
I don't know if you'll ever read my comment, Chris. I really doubt it because it'll be lost in the sea of comments that congratulates your work, it's completely normal, your work is espectacular.
But if you do so, I want to openly and directly thank you, because your music helped me get through depression but not only that, it helped me during that time during the moments in which I thought about self destruction and committing suicide, listening to your work in RoR2 helped me cope with the pain, with the voices in my head and with the horrible reality I was going through.
You made not only music that plays during a game, you made music that helped someone going through one of the hardest periods of his life, and if it wasn't for this kind of ethereal music that helped me detach myself from reality, I wouldn't have make it, and I wouldn't be here typing this comment.
So once again, thanks for everything Chris, you helped me, you saved me, and I owe you my life.
I wish you a long and beautiful life, just like the one you gave to me.
This is definitely my favorite risk of rain track oat, I had no clue it was based off of Chopin's raindrop prelude, Chris never misses!
It sounds like something a spooky space Davy Jones might play on his spooky space ship (with spooky organ of course)
"Are ye afraid of Death?"
Me with a Dio's Friend
A brilliant arrangement of my all-time favorite piano piece! Those synths are haunting. Beautiful work as usual!
Probably my most favorite track. It captures the void's emptiness so well. Thanks for your work
chris is one of the greatest composers of our time. this talent, skill, and application go beyond the classification of video game music. this, and every other track, is otherworldly.
Bruh, this is one of my favorite pieces of "classical" music, and your cover may be the most epic thing I've ever heard.
This sounds like a slowed down, re-arranged version of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor... but in a waltz timing. It's so haunting, but also epic!
It's a slowed, rearranged version of Chopin's Raindrop Prelude
@@nmeister007 I find it a little amusing it’s the *raindrop* prelude.
@@dkboombox9696 probably intentional lol
Hello
"two men out of all mankind" ? No no no, not anymore : now you are the third man who can fathom the soundless deep, and the first who has the power to bring it back to us... using sound ! :)
Your work on RoR (1 & 2) is a masterpiece.
The RoR's music has a kind of SF poetry that makes me travel far, with a little smile and a strange nostalgia for the future... an unadvertised, fluid quietness that contrasts with the frantic shooters.
These games and their music... truly powerful alchemy.
FYI, I just talked to the youtuber Marco Meatball about it (as a comment to one of his posts ; he is a pro opera singer who analyzes game music with contagious passion).
I am grateful to you
I remember reading "Polaris" and "Call of Cthulhu" while having this on the background; and like, it fits WAY too well. Truly an otherworldly experience
this is a REALLY great take on raindrops, fantastic work
The very end coming full circle to the first song in the soundtrack, on top of the theme of a majority of the songs coming full circle by incorporating Risk of Rain 1 soundtrack elements with the more modern Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack is too many full circles that my brain can comprehend.
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I don’t know Greek at this very moment but I could try and show my friend that’s learning it and see if they can translate it for me, but I’m taking this as a compliment!
@@AstronautDown Why did you just have this at the ready?
It's pretty infamous viral video in Greece :)
This song... It feels like im staring into the night sky for the first time in my life. Its breathtaking. This has got to be my favorite of the album.
This goes even harder that "They Might As Well Be Dead" and even harder that "The Rain Formely Known As Purple". The drop here was insane. Thank you for such amazing soundtrack, Chris!
I work at a phone repair shop. Lately my manager has been setting the playlist to classical music, and I heard something familiar. I was just now in the middle of repairing a broken screen when I realized I recognized the cord progression in the song that was playing on the shop speakers, and I quickly went over to the computer to see that it was. I remember Chris mentioning somewhere that this song was based on some classical piano piece by Chopin, but I never went to look it up. Sure enough, it was a Chopin Prelude, linked here:
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I've loved so many songs from Risk of Rain 2 and Survivors of the Void, and it's even expanding my familiarity with music theory and other genres.
Chris, thanks for being a big part of my life for the past 2 years, without even knowing it :)
Thank you for the support! I'm so happy to hear this music is a pathway to discover more music for you, I feel this is one of the biggest compliments I could get!
I just bought the DLC and I have to tell you Chris you are the goat, the song feels hopeless and at the same time so powerful!
All the montages and clips of Sulfer Pools made me think I'd hate the stage more than anything, but as soon as this started playing, I realized I can sit on it for hours. This song takes it from my second least favorite to number one stage. It's just so beautiful.
I am in love with how utterly miserable and pained this song sounds. It almost sounds like something wailing at points! It fits not only for the Sulphur Pools, which just seem unpleasant to even be near for any creature not accustomed to the toxicity, but also its Simulacrum version. The void-based mockery of a familiar locale, the eternal torture brought upon by the imprisoners, the song paints an already dire picture that The Simulacrum bolsters to a beautiful degree.
Its so beautiful! I love how you arranged it.
I start ascending and levitating when that last part starts
The guitar section in the latter half is just sublime Chris. It speaks to me on a whole other level
Sulfur pools is my favorite stage in risk of rain 2. This is about 48% of the reason why.
Getting a piss all over your screen is the other 50% I imagine
i see everyone talking about 4:30, but not 2:50, which is my favorite part of the song. it sounds amazing
This song makes me feel like im going deeper in a seemingly bottomless pit that i just cant seem to fathom the depth
This is what I look forward to the most on every RoR update, more absolute fucking BANGERS
The promise.
Marvellous cant have ror without Chris
This one is so haunting, I love it
I do love how this extends from Prelude, and the ending of this song loops back into Prelude creating the sense of a never ending cycle which truly encapsulates Risk of Rain
Reminds me of the Hyper Light Drifter OST by Disasterpiece, can’t wait to play the dlc :D
Dude, sometimes I wish you never made an OST for this game in particular. I always die standing around taking in the scenery as your music plays in the background. It takes the stage turns it from a rogue like into a rhythm game. This game did not need music this good, but I’m damn glad it got it.
how am i supposed to just move on with my life and feel normal after listening to this album
Idk how else to explain this but 4:28 is honestly one of the most satisfying and euphoric moment of any song
You are genuinely one of my biggest inspirations as someone who composed music.
Deep Rock Galactic's "No Dwarf Left Behind" track has the exact same feeling in it. Highly recommend you check that one out if you like drops like this one
Nothing quite like listening to this absolute banger as you desperately dodge imploding purple mushrooms, a tracking ball of death from a crab with a shotgun and a thicc lobster firing tracking missiles while praying for the pillar to get fully charged. Well done sir, ror wouldnt be the same without you.
Ikr lmao
@@nobodycares6761 i swear it was for like 1 day, i swear i heard it there
@@nobodycares6761 It can also be heard in the Simulacrum.
This is an awesome version of Chopin's raindrop prelude, one of my favorite pieces!
This track makes me feel.
imagine walking sky night street with that music in ur headpones
I don't know what to comment, it's kind of unreal how good this is, and it feels like it gets better every time I hear it
I apreciate the solemn beginning.
Every time I hear the song this is based on I think of the sulphur pools or intro of Signalis, great song
ever since i first began playing risk of rain 2 i immediately was in love with your sound, especially as to how well it plays off of the visuals, aesthetic, narrative, and thematic feel of the risk of rain games. the survivors of the void tracks especially moved me to tearful emotions, once again amplified by the context of the game itself. the world of risk of rain and the accompany music has this sort of 'tragic beauty' that really feels emblematic of space itself that i feel not many pieces of media really touch on. they talk about the beauty of space a lot, and space is beautiful, but something about something as simple as a title like 'survivors of the void' translates this feeling for me that is kind of hard to put into words. risk of rain really captures the cold apathetic cruel feeling of space that still draws us in and intrigues us. everything about petrichor V is hostile, foreign, wants to rid of us for invading their home, and yet it keeps drawing us in. the area of existence where gravity is the least abundant and yet it has a gravity of its own. a lot of this is expressed through the feelings i get from listening to the music and how floaty and unnerving the sounds are yet i can't stop myself from wanting to learn its rhythm. learn the intricacies and nuances of the alien sound of space and the void and the places in-between and beyond time. the orchestral segments on the SOTV ost really get me especially because of how innately human they are compared to the rest of the sound. the merging of the warm feeling nature of humanity and the cold unfeeling nature of space by literally combining the beautiful piano and the droning quirky synths. I wrote a college paper about the ROR2 ost in one of my classes about studying video game music because it made me feel so many things that putting it down onto a formal paper felt like the least of things i could do. every time i listen to my ROR vinyls i ponder these feelings and also just jam out to some really nice tunes. i love your music a lot chris and its very special to me, so thank you!! beyond risk of rain i want to be a fan of your sound and i thank hopoo for creating a beautiful world and for introducing me to your music.
not even to mention how much flavor the titles being snippets of book quotes gets me giddy in a special way
I find that, the music plays so well off the visuals, in part because everything is going on in the song. Lost of details and things happenning at all time, very similar to the gameplay. Since the game is designed to be very chaotic, with all your items skills and enemies acting at the same time, you also have a lot of things to think about. Like in the music. Lots of things going on at all time, during visually, auditively, and musically. Combine that with the sad but hopeful setting and tone of the game's story and soundtrack, and it conveis that feeling of beauty and sadness of space, and life. For some reason, I played RoR1 when I was young. a lot, I liked it. Years passed after playing the game, but Coalescence always was stuck in my head. When I realised that, I got into the RoR music again, and never got out again since for the last 6 years or so. I kind of think that the reason I was brought back to reliving Coalescence is how it very well encapsulated how I was living at that time with life. Sad and melamcholic, but Hopeful, not willing to give up yet.
@@vcjg287 well put!