It makes the game so cinematic.. I remember playing with friends years ago in the Passing map and I found a machine gun and just decided to trudge on ahead from the power going to my head and then I literally flinched and stopped when I heard, the Smoker sound, before I could even frantically look around the Smoker sitting on top of some railings got me and I was turned into a human pinata while my friends were so far away..... A sad tale of what should've been cooperation
The sound design of Left 4 Dead games is one of the best in games history. Every small musical cue carries a piece of information of what's happeing around players. The very first soundtrack with long name that is indeed a compilation of "bad things" happening to your characters in the game (in order of them playing). This is music for those times when the Special infected zombies (mutated ones that are a cut more dangerous than common zombies) are attacking the Survivors. Contusion (1:04) - a short chord that plays when the Charger rammed the survivor and still barreling through everything until he stops and starts beating his victim. Exenteration (1:06) - the most horryfing special infected music, when the Hunter (stealthy and agile, but extremely deadly) zombie successfully pounced on Survivor, knocking them on the ground and starts literally ripping their innards away. This attack deals the highest amount of damage and WILL kill Survivor very quickly unless interrupted. Mortification (1:19) - Back to our Charger infected. This one plays when Charger finally stops with grabbed Survivor and starts bashing them against the ground mercilessly. The low pitched sounds are perfectly synced with him slamming the victim with his huge mutated arm. Asphyxiation (1:33) - so called Smoker infected has wrapped the Survivor with his unnaturaly long mutated tongue and now is trying to suffocate them. Music perfectly reflects that "gapsing for air" feeling. By the way, there is also an additional musical cue for Survivor being dragged to Smoker called Tongue Tied. Sets up the mood for what is about to happene next. Vassalation (1:55) - Jockey special infected has jumped on top of Survivor, effectively "riding" them, while clawing their eyes out and trying to lead his victim away from other Survivors right into other infected or make them fall to their death. Enzymicide (2:21) - Spitter zombie attacks survivor by spitting extremely dangerous acid that spreads out on the ground, making it deadly to stand upon. Music plays when Survivor is standing in that puddle and taking damage. And she too has ANOTHER soundtrack for her called Pileobile that plays for Survivor who stands dangerously cloze to the acid puddle. Germs - there's actually more than two variations of that music cue. They are played by the game when the Horde of zombies are approaching the Survivors. A short audio cue for the coming storm. The deeper the sound - the bigger the horde. Bacterias - audio cues to warn Survivors that a certain Special Infected is lurking nearby. It plays different variation for it's own Special infected. And even those small strings of notes can relay the character of those infected. Amazing. I am sorry if this comment looks so big, but I just wanted to express my fascination how Left 4 Dead can improve the game experience with those little music pieces.
The germs are actually just random, I believe. I'm not seeing anything in the soundscripts that triggers specific ones based on horde size; There's just MobSignal1 and MobSignal2, with the specific track within them being randomly picked each time. Germs can also play when leaving a checkpoint.
@@JAiZTH-cam Unfortunately, TH-cam doesn't allow direct links, so just google "Left 4 Dead Horde Germs", wiki explains it. Also, if you have subtitles on, the tune is accompanied by a bright orange caption about incoming horde.
This is an incredibly nifty and informative comment. I'm a lifelong musician and huge L4D/2 fan, but I don't have excellent auditory integration so I've always kept the game music pretty low so I could hear in-universe noises better. I always knew the soundtrack was iconic, but I had no idea it was THIS granularly specific and communicative! I'm definitely going to turn my music volume back up and make an effort to internalize and use these cues. Amazing, over 1k hours in 2 and yet I still learn new things all the time. I'm so glad these games have stayed so active and get so much reverence and coverage and analysis.
Your feelings on the Parish are SPOT ON! That is the final (official) level in the franchise, where the survivors have made it to New Orleans, which was supposed to be a safe zone from the infection, only for you to arrive late and bear witness to what has happened to a city, once full of life and music.
Not only that, but if you listen closely to some of the things they say during the Chapters, it just gets more grim and more.. scary for them. Despite it being so sunny, so bright, it gives me, "doomsday" vibes. You know that bright light you see before you see the mushroom cloud? Or an undead marching band. That's what it gives me. "Jesus, these were people! They were shooting people!" Before starting the alarm. "What was this guy doing?" In the unfinished house, upstairs before you drop down the hole on your right, there's a wall with writing. If you go up to the left side of the bed, you'll see two stick men. One normal and the other angry with tick marks below. "That one was close." "STOP BOMBING US!" We all know that what that's about. And hearing those bombs in the background would honestly scare me if I wasn't so used to hearing it. Thinking about it a little more gives me chills. "We ARE NOT infected!" It gives me different dialog feels every time, as if this is serious. Same goes with my favorite line, "Right before we head to guys who've been dropping bombs on us, anyone wanna talk about a Plan B?" And this is coming from the same man who doesn't seem to care about the team, who wanted to go solo in the first round of the game, the same man who's been yelling at Coach throughout the chapters, telling him NONE of what's going on is *right.* Everyone seems to brush it off or maybe make small remarks about it, but Nick is the only one who sees a problem with it and that this is getting serious. He can see what Ceda is doing, and it's like the other three have completely ignored the writings on the walls and Nick is starting to finally believe and piece things together and he's literally trying to warn them because they're just looking the other way and not wanting to look too deep and find out that if they stay, it won't be as a better option for them if they were with the military. They don't want to end up like them, but they just CLING that it isn't another bad ending. Another way to PARISH. Or maybe it's the only way. Maybe that's why it's called the Parish, you die in New Orleans, or you go dying with the military. Nick and the last Map of L4D2 will always be my favorite, because it's so unique, and it's so serious in GOOD ways with the PERFECT background. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
For musical context (not about the lore or anything) the artist who played a lot of the "southern delta" sounding guitar pieces did the Dark Carnival theme which is played on a Musical Saw! A Saw cutting tool but played musically to produce that high pitched wailing sound! His Hard Rain piece was also done using a handcrafted "resophonic Geetar" with a metal slide! His name is Reggie Miles and he is quite the artist!
1:07 hunter 1:20 charger 1:34 smoker 1:56 jockey 2:23 spitter 3:36 horde calling? 4:04 jockey calling 4:06 spitter calling? 4:08 charger calling? 4:11 hunter calling 4:14 smoker calling 4:17 boomer calling ^^^^^ let me know if some of these are wrong! 11:03 i love this campaign song so much idk why 16:26 this also
If you're wondering about the reeeeally long title of the first track, they're basically the themes of the Special Infected that are played when you're pinned or caught by them. Asphyxiation refers to the Smoker strangling you to death with its tentacle-like tongue/organ (hence why the song leading up to is called 'Tonguetied'). Enzymicide refers to the Spitter dealing damage to you via the acid pool it spits at you. Exenteration refers to the Hunter pinning you down before pulling and shredding your guts to pieces. Contusion is them theme that plays when the Charger grabs a survivor and rides off with them, while Mortification refers to the Charger grabbing you with its giant hand before pounding you into the ground. Vassalation refers to the Jockey leaping onto your head and driving you away from survivors, essentially taking control away from your movement as you try to fight back. There's a lot more information about the song titles in the Left 4 Dead 1/2 wiki, recommend giving it a read! Hope this helps!
Fun fact: you can make that same "banshee singing" in Dark Carnival by taking an old saw, bending it, and then using a violin bow on it. Bending the saw changes the note. I thought you'd love to know. You can find plenty of videos of this if your even more curious!
I was looking for this comment!! It's so fun to tell people that weird singing sound is literally a metal saw used to cut trees being bowed. I saw videos on it and my brain instantly connected it to this map, the way the instruments were carefully chosen and used in this game is just genius
@@Punkmonker It's a saw, you can see it named as such in the game files! I thought theremin too, but you can hear it isn't just an electronic noise, there is something organic and REAL in there too
You did a very interesting arrangement of Dead Center with your violin! It almost seems like the mind of the characters or simply a passer-by person cannot comprehend what is going on around them, yet slowly but surely accepts the circumstances, signified by the violin finally mixing with the leitmotif, but having its own sting at the end is like a cry for help, a lingering and deminishing hope for a better tomorrow.
Many developers know how to "make a game", but Left 4 Dead developers at Valve knew what really *makes* a game. Every part of the game, from music, to where the music plays, to balancing, gameplay, visuals, gunplay and map design were all amazing, so much so that it's unmatched to this day, there is no other horde/zombie shooter like it, plenty have tried, none succeeded.
Great video, I've always loved the soundtrack of the Left 4 Dead games Side note, the shrieking sound throughout Dark Carnival is made by a musical saw, which is a very unique instrument as it's just a saw and a bow
I love when he starts making theories of where each song may play within the game, and often nails them perfectly, just from the power of music and the way it was composed! Fascinating...
If I remember correctly, the theme that plays at 13:45 (the parish) plays in the main menu showing central New Orleans, with all of the life (the living people and colour) sucked out of it. The devoid of life feeling is reflected by having the saturation almost completely taken out of the environment (which is arguably one of New Orleans’ most prominent features), and the people that once were, are now replaced by the afflicted aimlessly wondering the streets during the background of the main menu.
4:03 Bacterias is actually jingles for the Special Infected of the game. They play in game when player doesn't see them to signify what special infected is lurking around and to be prepared to fight them. More than that, there are 2 versions of these jingles: strings and piano. In the order that you listened them in, Special Infected Jinlges are: -Jockey Piano - C C C C C# C B C Strings - C C C C C# C B C -Spitter Piano - A A# G# A Strings - A A# G# A -Charger Piano - G# G A# A G G# Strings - G# G A# A G G# -Hunter Piano- D C C# Strings - D C C# -Smoker Piano - F-G# E Strings - F-G# E -Boomer Piano - C D# E F E(sus) Strings - C D# E F E(sus) What is funny about your description of bacteria is that how the special infected work. They kinda appear, signified in game by their jingle, and they start doing their thing....by trying to kill you.
since i mostly play expert if I hear any of the themes I go into defence position and try to find the source since most of them play after the special infected comes I just go for them immiediately regardless of horde of commons since the more they stay alive the more chances they get to kill me and the tank actualy has a theme if you dont alert it you can hear it if you dont imediately shoot it so use melees indoors because expert maps can spawn a tank indoors and I learned that the hard way
Even though these left 4 dead 2 is 15 years old, it still has a good amount of people playing it because this game has a soul. From the music cues, ambient sound, and everything. Its just hard to not come back
fact: the "bacteria" video are audio queues for the special infected in game, so if you hear them, you know who is coming after you they are (in order of appearence): 1) jockey 2) spitter 3) charger 4) hunter 5) smoker 6) boomer
Fun fact: the instrument in the Dark Carnival that is playing isn’t a theramin or a synth, it’s actually a musical saw! Yes an actual saw! The kind you cut wood with!
I've put over 500 hours into Left 4 Dead 2 and still play it frequently, never paid much attention to the soundtrack until this series of videos. Used to cut the music volume and put something else on in the background, nowadays I've got the soundtrack cranked way up. Never realized how fantastic it was, thanks for covering the music of this fine game in detail!
I believe, given the southern flair of the pieces that the instrument that you can't quite place at 6:00 is probably someone playing a handsaw rather than a theremin. I may be wrong. But, it sounds like that to me and would fit the bill.
glad you are doing videos on the music of these games because I don't think I appreciated before now how experimental and cool this music really is, I am very grateful for it!
the thing I love about the bacteria's for each special infected is that it fits what they look like and do, and how they're all instantly recognizable and unique
Just a quick thought. The themes you heard in that one video was (almost) all the special infected attack themes. Asphyxiation is where the smoker will strangle you. Vassalation is where the Jockey sort of "enslaves" you, forcibly taking you somewhere. Contusion is where the charger hits you with its charge and is followed by mortification where it crushes you to death. Enzymicude is where your standing on the spitter's acid spit. And Exenteration is where the hunter pounces on you and rips you apart.
i had to look up vassalation. i always thought it was just a way to say jockey is the vassal and you are his steed. but turns out, to vassate someone is to make them dependent or a subordinate to you. very fitting. most of them are.. asphyxiation is a fancy word for strangulation, or deprivation of oxygen contusion is blunt trauma exenteration is surgical removal from a cavity in the body, basically organ removal enzymicide seems to be the only word that is made up, from the word enzyme. biochemical reactive substance produced by a living being mortification i think is the least fitting. it means to be very embarrassed. the only embarrassing thing about being pummeled by charger is dying from it, that always takes the longest of all specials without the help of a horde, and it likely means you were left behind. unless he just charges you off the map, which can be pretty embarrassing too. he is the only special that uses direct blunt trauma to kill you, i think it would have been more fitting with a word describing that, like for his charge
God i love this game, i've been playing it since about 10 to 11 years since i first found it and yet it still gets me excited every single time i play the same campaigns from the 1st and 2nd game, but now hearing the OST more deeply, makes me think just how damn good this game is.
I hope there will be reaction videos for Half Life 2 and its episodes. Civil Protection Violation, Brane scan, Triage at down, Hard fought, ghost particle, what kind of hospital is this, guard down, you're not supposed to be here, Dark interval and vortal combat. I'm especially curious about your reaction to these soundtracks.
I love your videos man, I really like the energy you bring, it’s clear that you genuinely enjoy the art of composition. These videos are especially my favorite because Left 4 Dead was a huge part of my childhood and it does have a very unique soundtrack. I love your videos!
watching this vid and listening to your reaction has made me realise something, along with the motif of the left 4 dead theme, throughout each of these campaign and menu themes, there's the essence of a marching band, which makes so much sense because of the whole game's story is that the survivors are trying to make it to new orleans.
The entire L4D series is just a masterpiece. No other zombie game beats L4D, or even comes close to its creativity, gameplay, music, color, environment etc. It's just such an iconic game that is incredibly well-made on every aspect. I absolutely love it. Your L4D music breakdown makes me love the game even more.
9:25 So gratifying to see I’m not the only person completely spellbound by this track. Nothing else in gaming comes close to the craft and love Valve does in their art.
The bacterias track is the one when the “Special Infected” are near and play as a warning and the one with compilation of loud tracks at the beginning are the soundtracks they play when the “Special Infected” attack
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musics and various sounds are one of the core element to left4dead so much care put into it, truly amazing franchise no idea if you are into gaming or not but if you have never played left4dead2, its definitely a game a would recommend having that soundtrack linked to every situations is something else man
I was gonna say I would really love it if you reacted to the L4D 1 & 2 trailers, but then I read your rules and I completely understand why you won’t. ❤️ I’m just happy to see someone react to the music and describe it so well, since those were my childhood games. Thank you for sharing your opinions on the music, it’s so fun to watch and listen with you!
L4D 1 and 2 had the best video game soundtrack ever I’m so glad I grew up playing this when it was in its prime. When I listen to this music in the game I just imagine a Band of The Dead playing instruments.
I always loved The Parish main menu music, to me it perfectly encapsulates how everything has been destroyed by the time survivors finally got to “sanctuary “. 15:22
It’s so awesome to see somebody, React to L4D giving to its recognition. I absolutely loved playing 1 and 2 L4D back when I was growing up I was such a Zombie fanatic.
6:43 I never even considered this idea! Or the fact that the trombone/trumpet sounds like marching, which makes sense with the zombies all walking around aimlessly.
…the reason it has marching band trombones and the “woooooo” ghostly theremin sounds…is obviously because it’s a carnival…with clowns…the track is called dark carnival…how could you not connect those dots my friend? The aimless walking of zombies is a very thin parallel that you’re trying to draw there.
The very first one with several names is different yet similar jingles to play during things like when you're hanging onto a ledge, being constricted, pinned, jockeyed, hit with bile, or persued, basically different manners of being incapacitated, or hindered by the different special infected, or map hazards in the game
When you said "Either a tuba or a trombone" For the low brass instrument in "Dark Carnival", I got excited because I knew in my heart or hearts that that was a tuba. I played a tuba in high school ( the only female tuba player) and I loved playing.
for the parish, my personal opinion: It's a trumpet, slow kind of tune, in order due to the campaign final being the survivors getting rescued, so for me i guess it sounds like some relief to be finally away from that hell, or at least temporarily... i've never ON MY LIFE ever thinked of music that way, i've been playing Left 4 Dead 2 for a loong time, but i never got to actually hear the musics withouth all the chaos of zombies and special infecteds, beatiful actually.
The music in L4d is something you dont really think about cause it's incorporated so well and fits every single moment, but it's irreplaceable for that exact reason.
You gotta react to the L4D2 and L4D hoard themes for each campaign, i find them really good in expressing different emotions such as panic, anxiety and more.
Some of the themes of the first tracks are sounds you hear when a Hunter, Jockey, Boomer, etc attacks you and maybe some where you near an edge about to fall too
germs is actually the pre-audio for when a horde is about to attack, and backteria are all the musical stingers for when special infected are in the area.
The "Bacteria" track is for when the special infected spawn, each of the pieces of it are for their own special infected, like a leitmotif. 1st - Jockey, little gremlin that latches onto you and drags you around away from your team. 2nd - Spitter, Gross person who most likely had phlegm problems or acid reflux before turning, spits acid at you. 3rd - Charger, person who most likely um, idk jorked it a lot. Charges at you and pummels you into the ground after smashing you into a wall. 4rd - Hunter, A street runner or someone who liked doing parkour, leaps long distances, pins you down and starts mauling you. 5th - Smoker, A person who smoked a lot, uses its elongated tongue to grapple and pull you close, explodes in a cloud of smoke when killed 6th - Boomer, a person who ate a lot before turning, yaks bile all over survivors to draw infecteds attention towards them, blows up and spews bile everywhere when damaged.
lionmight. just so you know the "bacterias" song is actually a compilation of spawning sound effects for these things called "special infected". and the struggling ones are a compilation of the music that plays when they are doing a specific kind of action to you. you might want to research about this game's special infected in a video one day
3:02 ON THE MONEY those are the songs that play as you're constricted from one of the games "special infected" they restrict a player from moving. which encourages teamwork and cooperation. The victim is stuck listening to that 4:10 left 4 dead 2 treats itself almost like a kids show. those little jingles are essentially the "themes" of the special infected. They put you on edge, and if you're incredibly attentive, can clue you in, to WHAT kind of danger lies ahead.
I know the point of these videos is to get his raw reactions to the music without context, but I would love for him to see how they play out in game, especially with the first track(s) listened to because his prediction was spot on.
You were right. The first song are the Themes for being attacked. For example being pounced on by a hunter, Grabbed by a charger, a jockey riding you or a smoker pulling you. Bacterias are like ambience sounds. For example you hear hunter growls around the corner and then one of those sounds plays to give the encounter more tension.
The final part when he got his violin and started playing I got goosebumps❤ if they make a Left 4 Dead 3 which I hope to God they do and make it perfect I hope he plays the violin parts
Its really interesting cause i never thought of L4D2 having music tracks, it kinda plays music as sound effects for events and since its randomly coming up with how it kill you all these songs play when something is coming for you. Not really a theme more like an announcement.
valve games have the best type of sountrack in any game i ever played in my life, including portal 2 half life, they are musics that add to the experience and is dynamic, not just a music by some band put on the background. btw the game have e entire system called music director that chooose how to play these samples even the horde theme is dynamic based on the quantity of zombies (around you) each player is listening to their own custom version of the ost.
For a guy who constantly played Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 since 2009 up until now and even the mods it had on Steam, I could say that Valve definitely made musics on these two games an absolutely detailed and a masterpiece
Hey! Just stumbled on your channel and watched you react to the BloodBorne soundtrack and the first Left for Dead soundtrack. So, like you usually say to suggest you music. Elden Ring is a game like BloodBorne, like Dark Souls, and the music is SOOOO GOOOOOODDDD! My favorite song in Elden Ring (I've yet to beat the game yet...) is "Regal Ancestor Spirit" Its SUCH a beautiful violin mixed with vocals I think you'd melt over. Along with may other songs they have you'd love all the music they have
I only just stumbled across your channel today. Haven’t watched that many videos (there are a lot), but I really like what I’ve seen so far. If you haven’t already done it, I’d be very interested in hearing your thoughts on comparing the different versions of Dearly Beloved, the title song from the Kingdom Hearts games. For the most part, each game has a different version, and they get progressively more complex with each iteration.
@ That is a very good question… 🤔 I’d have to say the original Kingdom Hearts 1 version, where you can hear the waves lapping at the beach, is definitely the most nostalgic for me as it was the first one I ever heard. Kingdom Hearts X (chi) sits just above it in my personal ranking as it’s probably the most energetic and playful sounding version, and I just think it’s fun. Weirdly enough, I’d probably pick Dream Drop Distance as having my favorite rendition of Dearly Beloved, even though it’s easily one of my least favorite games in the series for purely personal reasons. I can’t quite put into words why it’s my favorite, but it is.
Always loved your reactions Lion but wouldn't it be better if maybe before or after listening there would be some context of what the songs are about? Like for example Dark Carnival's tone takes place in an amusement park which explains the drawn out "carnival" noises or Asphyxiation (contusion, mortification, etc) are basically the music cues that play when player is being attacked by specific special infected.
@@KizuTheBunny it would make more sense for the viewer to look these things up. He’s just reacting to the music not here to tell you every detail about what the songs are about lol
"but how does it sound?"
Usually accompanied by EEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH and lots of gunfire
@@zebraforceone GET EM OFF GET EM OFFFFF
He’s got Me!
Hunter's got Nick!
Aw shit man, Spitter goo!
TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK!!!!!!
Bacterias is all of the special infected sounds that play just before you encounter them
They're all light motifs, I think.
On keyboard most of them require The sharp keys.
But sometimes you need basic keys.
It makes the game so cinematic.. I remember playing with friends years ago in the Passing map and I found a machine gun and just decided to trudge on ahead from the power going to my head and then I literally flinched and stopped when I heard, the Smoker sound, before I could even frantically look around the Smoker sitting on top of some railings got me and I was turned into a human pinata while my friends were so far away..... A sad tale of what should've been cooperation
@@unamifox leitmotif* is the actual spelling.
The sound design of Left 4 Dead games is one of the best in games history. Every small musical cue carries a piece of information of what's happeing around players.
The very first soundtrack with long name that is indeed a compilation of "bad things" happening to your characters in the game (in order of them playing). This is music for those times when the Special infected zombies (mutated ones that are a cut more dangerous than common zombies) are attacking the Survivors.
Contusion (1:04) - a short chord that plays when the Charger rammed the survivor and still barreling through everything until he stops and starts beating his victim.
Exenteration (1:06) - the most horryfing special infected music, when the Hunter (stealthy and agile, but extremely deadly) zombie successfully pounced on Survivor, knocking them on the ground and starts literally ripping their innards away. This attack deals the highest amount of damage and WILL kill Survivor very quickly unless interrupted.
Mortification (1:19) - Back to our Charger infected. This one plays when Charger finally stops with grabbed Survivor and starts bashing them against the ground mercilessly. The low pitched sounds are perfectly synced with him slamming the victim with his huge mutated arm.
Asphyxiation (1:33) - so called Smoker infected has wrapped the Survivor with his unnaturaly long mutated tongue and now is trying to suffocate them. Music perfectly reflects that "gapsing for air" feeling. By the way, there is also an additional musical cue for Survivor being dragged to Smoker called Tongue Tied. Sets up the mood for what is about to happene next.
Vassalation (1:55) - Jockey special infected has jumped on top of Survivor, effectively "riding" them, while clawing their eyes out and trying to lead his victim away from other Survivors right into other infected or make them fall to their death.
Enzymicide (2:21) - Spitter zombie attacks survivor by spitting extremely dangerous acid that spreads out on the ground, making it deadly to stand upon. Music plays when Survivor is standing in that puddle and taking damage. And she too has ANOTHER soundtrack for her called Pileobile that plays for Survivor who stands dangerously cloze to the acid puddle.
Germs - there's actually more than two variations of that music cue. They are played by the game when the Horde of zombies are approaching the Survivors. A short audio cue for the coming storm. The deeper the sound - the bigger the horde.
Bacterias - audio cues to warn Survivors that a certain Special Infected is lurking nearby. It plays different variation for it's own Special infected. And even those small strings of notes can relay the character of those infected. Amazing.
I am sorry if this comment looks so big, but I just wanted to express my fascination how Left 4 Dead can improve the game experience with those little music pieces.
The germs are actually just random, I believe. I'm not seeing anything in the soundscripts that triggers specific ones based on horde size; There's just MobSignal1 and MobSignal2, with the specific track within them being randomly picked each time.
Germs can also play when leaving a checkpoint.
@@JAiZTH-cam Unfortunately, TH-cam doesn't allow direct links, so just google "Left 4 Dead Horde Germs", wiki explains it.
Also, if you have subtitles on, the tune is accompanied by a bright orange caption about incoming horde.
This is an incredibly nifty and informative comment. I'm a lifelong musician and huge L4D/2 fan, but I don't have excellent auditory integration so I've always kept the game music pretty low so I could hear in-universe noises better. I always knew the soundtrack was iconic, but I had no idea it was THIS granularly specific and communicative! I'm definitely going to turn my music volume back up and make an effort to internalize and use these cues. Amazing, over 1k hours in 2 and yet I still learn new things all the time. I'm so glad these games have stayed so active and get so much reverence and coverage and analysis.
@@JAiZTH-cam they play depending on the distance a special infected is from the survivors. Violin for farther away, and piano for closer.
@@AceofSpades-6728 Read my comment properly. I'm clearly talking about the horde, not the special infected.
Germs don't play for the special infected.
Your feelings on the Parish are SPOT ON! That is the final (official) level in the franchise, where the survivors have made it to New Orleans, which was supposed to be a safe zone from the infection, only for you to arrive late and bear witness to what has happened to a city, once full of life and music.
Not only that, but if you listen closely to some of the things they say during the Chapters, it just gets more grim and more.. scary for them. Despite it being so sunny, so bright, it gives me, "doomsday" vibes. You know that bright light you see before you see the mushroom cloud? Or an undead marching band. That's what it gives me. "Jesus, these were people! They were shooting people!" Before starting the alarm. "What was this guy doing?" In the unfinished house, upstairs before you drop down the hole on your right, there's a wall with writing. If you go up to the left side of the bed, you'll see two stick men. One normal and the other angry with tick marks below. "That one was close." "STOP BOMBING US!" We all know that what that's about. And hearing those bombs in the background would honestly scare me if I wasn't so used to hearing it. Thinking about it a little more gives me chills. "We ARE NOT infected!" It gives me different dialog feels every time, as if this is serious. Same goes with my favorite line, "Right before we head to guys who've been dropping bombs on us, anyone wanna talk about a Plan B?" And this is coming from the same man who doesn't seem to care about the team, who wanted to go solo in the first round of the game, the same man who's been yelling at Coach throughout the chapters, telling him NONE of what's going on is *right.* Everyone seems to brush it off or maybe make small remarks about it, but Nick is the only one who sees a problem with it and that this is getting serious. He can see what Ceda is doing, and it's like the other three have completely ignored the writings on the walls and Nick is starting to finally believe and piece things together and he's literally trying to warn them because they're just looking the other way and not wanting to look too deep and find out that if they stay, it won't be as a better option for them if they were with the military. They don't want to end up like them, but they just CLING that it isn't another bad ending. Another way to PARISH. Or maybe it's the only way. Maybe that's why it's called the Parish, you die in New Orleans, or you go dying with the military. Nick and the last Map of L4D2 will always be my favorite, because it's so unique, and it's so serious in GOOD ways with the PERFECT background.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
@@MrBiggyfoot69 I rate this a TED out of Talk. (I really like your comment!!)
@@gamer_man7999 thank ya, brother
For musical context (not about the lore or anything) the artist who played a lot of the "southern delta" sounding guitar pieces did the Dark Carnival theme which is played on a Musical Saw! A Saw cutting tool but played musically to produce that high pitched wailing sound! His Hard Rain piece was also done using a handcrafted "resophonic Geetar" with a metal slide! His name is Reggie Miles and he is quite the artist!
That's neat
win 7 penguin!!
1:07 hunter
1:20 charger
1:34 smoker
1:56 jockey
2:23 spitter
3:36 horde calling?
4:04 jockey calling
4:06 spitter calling?
4:08 charger calling?
4:11 hunter calling
4:14 smoker calling
4:17 boomer calling
^^^^^ let me know if some of these are wrong!
11:03 i love this campaign song so much idk why
16:26 this also
@@louiee4597 u must replace charger with jockey
Thanks
@@aglux3417thanks
Reading and listening to each one , I can automatically hear the infected and special infection 😂❤
If you're wondering about the reeeeally long title of the first track, they're basically the themes of the Special Infected that are played when you're pinned or caught by them.
Asphyxiation refers to the Smoker strangling you to death with its tentacle-like tongue/organ (hence why the song leading up to is called 'Tonguetied').
Enzymicide refers to the Spitter dealing damage to you via the acid pool it spits at you.
Exenteration refers to the Hunter pinning you down before pulling and shredding your guts to pieces.
Contusion is them theme that plays when the Charger grabs a survivor and rides off with them, while Mortification refers to the Charger grabbing you with its giant hand before pounding you into the ground.
Vassalation refers to the Jockey leaping onto your head and driving you away from survivors, essentially taking control away from your movement as you try to fight back.
There's a lot more information about the song titles in the Left 4 Dead 1/2 wiki, recommend giving it a read! Hope this helps!
Really informative thank you
Fun fact: you can make that same "banshee singing" in Dark Carnival by taking an old saw, bending it, and then using a violin bow on it. Bending the saw changes the note. I thought you'd love to know. You can find plenty of videos of this if your even more curious!
I was looking for this comment!! It's so fun to tell people that weird singing sound is literally a metal saw used to cut trees being bowed. I saw videos on it and my brain instantly connected it to this map, the way the instruments were carefully chosen and used in this game is just genius
That’s so cool, I love how people find such creative ways to make such interesting sounds
That sounds considerably dangerous.
@@simonnachreiner8380 they actually make musical saws now
Now we need some horde theme reactions. Especially Hard Rain one
@@jpjfrey5673 true. I'm gonna wait for that one.
My favourite one is hard rain
I'm in love with the parish horde theme, can't wait!
swamp fever 😈
I love how catchy the beat of the Hard Rain campaign theme is, I can't help but stomp my feet at the rythm of the music
@@TheRangerNacho same cant stop
Dark Carnival is my favorite campaign, so hearing the title screen theme was an instant release of dopamine.
It sure is my favorite campaign the amount of dead center I've been through makes me hate it
whisperin oaks! shit i used to go there when i was a kid! lives rent free in my head till this day
Dark carnival is best campaing because of the final part, killing zombies with damn good music is just not you would see in a survival fps game
@@FuzzySamurai oh good, now we can die there as adults
That intro really hits hard for me too man
1:01 " but how does it sound? "
* Gets pounced by hunter *
Edit: damn, never have i ever have this much likes before.
*RRREEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH*
*GET IT OFF*
Get it- GET IT- GET IT OFF MEEE!!!!
@@jpjfrey5673 top 5 comments you can hear
@@dantebegay7256 *Cuts to francis screaming like a girl*
1:56
"ELLIS IS THAT YOU?!! WHAT THE HELL?!" -Couch
I think the "voice" in Dark Carnival is a musical saw. It's recorded so well that you can hear the bow sliding against the metal.
@@valala2987 Or it could be a theremin. I always thought it was a theremin
@@Punkmonker It's a saw, you can see it named as such in the game files! I thought theremin too, but you can hear it isn't just an electronic noise, there is something organic and REAL in there too
You did a very interesting arrangement of Dead Center with your violin!
It almost seems like the mind of the characters or simply a passer-by person cannot comprehend what is going on around them, yet slowly but surely accepts the circumstances, signified by the violin finally mixing with the leitmotif, but having its own sting at the end is like a cry for help, a lingering and deminishing hope for a better tomorrow.
Many developers know how to "make a game", but Left 4 Dead developers at Valve knew what really *makes* a game.
Every part of the game, from music, to where the music plays, to balancing, gameplay, visuals, gunplay and map design were all amazing, so much so that it's unmatched to this day, there is no other horde/zombie shooter like it, plenty have tried, none succeeded.
Seed of the dead, both ironically and unironically
@@NBmad f*ing based 🤣
Not even Back 4 Blood. But then again, I can’t say I’m not surprised that that didn’t happen.
@@T69873 the truth is back 4 blood is not even made by the same devs of left 4 dead, watch the crowbcat video, they are just liers.
Great video, I've always loved the soundtrack of the Left 4 Dead games
Side note, the shrieking sound throughout Dark Carnival is made by a musical saw, which is a very unique instrument as it's just a saw and a bow
Thats what I thought it was because of the metallic screeching.
the music in L4D2 is such a masterpiece hearing a little jingle will make you tweak no matter how much hour you have played the game
Every time I hear the charger one I'm all like "THIS IS THE 7th TIME!"
Nice name i love doing that
I love when he starts making theories of where each song may play within the game, and often nails them perfectly, just from the power of music and the way it was composed!
Fascinating...
chords and chord progressions are a wild thing, and that's just the surface
If I remember correctly, the theme that plays at 13:45 (the parish) plays in the main menu showing central New Orleans, with all of the life (the living people and colour) sucked out of it. The devoid of life feeling is reflected by having the saturation almost completely taken out of the environment (which is arguably one of New Orleans’ most prominent features), and the people that once were, are now replaced by the afflicted aimlessly wondering the streets during the background of the main menu.
4:03 Bacterias is actually jingles for the Special Infected of the game. They play in game when player doesn't see them to signify what special infected is lurking around and to be prepared to fight them. More than that, there are 2 versions of these jingles: strings and piano. In the order that you listened them in, Special Infected Jinlges are:
-Jockey Piano - C C C C C# C B C Strings - C C C C C# C B C
-Spitter Piano - A A# G# A Strings - A A# G# A
-Charger Piano - G# G A# A G G# Strings - G# G A# A G G#
-Hunter Piano- D C C# Strings - D C C#
-Smoker Piano - F-G# E Strings - F-G# E
-Boomer Piano - C D# E F E(sus) Strings - C D# E F E(sus)
What is funny about your description of bacteria is that how the special infected work. They kinda appear, signified in game by their jingle, and they start doing their thing....by trying to kill you.
since i mostly play expert
if I hear any of the themes
I go into defence position and try to find the source
since most of them play after the special infected comes
I just go for them immiediately
regardless of horde of commons since the more they stay alive
the more chances they get to kill me
and the tank actualy has a theme if you dont alert it
you can hear it if you dont imediately shoot it
so use melees indoors because expert maps can spawn a tank indoors
and I learned that the hard way
Even though these left 4 dead 2 is 15 years old, it still has a good amount of people playing it because this game has a soul. From the music cues, ambient sound, and everything. Its just hard to not come back
fact: the "bacteria" video are audio queues for the special infected in game, so if you hear them, you know who is coming after you
they are (in order of appearence):
1) jockey
2) spitter
3) charger
4) hunter
5) smoker
6) boomer
Fun fact: the instrument in the Dark Carnival that is playing isn’t a theramin or a synth, it’s actually a musical saw! Yes an actual saw! The kind you cut wood with!
19:09 you made that seem like the next campaign is gonna take place in an ancient desert. GOD that’s beautiful
@@AKaidanator i was gonna say definitely a desert or like a small country town
0:42 do NOT look at the bottom left of the screen
I should of listened
YOU WANNA HAVE BAD TOM?!?!?!
SANEEEEEESSSS
😂
I've put over 500 hours into Left 4 Dead 2 and still play it frequently, never paid much attention to the soundtrack until this series of videos. Used to cut the music volume and put something else on in the background, nowadays I've got the soundtrack cranked way up.
Never realized how fantastic it was, thanks for covering the music of this fine game in detail!
I believe, given the southern flair of the pieces that the instrument that you can't quite place at 6:00 is probably someone playing a handsaw rather than a theremin. I may be wrong. But, it sounds like that to me and would fit the bill.
glad you are doing videos on the music of these games because I don't think I appreciated before now how experimental and cool this music really is, I am very grateful for it!
the thing I love about the bacteria's for each special infected is that it fits what they look like and do, and how they're all instantly recognizable and unique
Just a quick thought.
The themes you heard in that one video was (almost) all the special infected attack themes.
Asphyxiation is where the smoker will strangle you.
Vassalation is where the Jockey sort of "enslaves" you, forcibly taking you somewhere.
Contusion is where the charger hits you with its charge and is followed by mortification where it crushes you to death.
Enzymicude is where your standing on the spitter's acid spit.
And Exenteration is where the hunter pounces on you and rips you apart.
i had to look up vassalation. i always thought it was just a way to say jockey is the vassal and you are his steed. but turns out, to vassate someone is to make them dependent or a subordinate to you. very fitting. most of them are..
asphyxiation is a fancy word for strangulation, or deprivation of oxygen
contusion is blunt trauma
exenteration is surgical removal from a cavity in the body, basically organ removal
enzymicide seems to be the only word that is made up, from the word enzyme. biochemical reactive substance produced by a living being
mortification i think is the least fitting. it means to be very embarrassed. the only embarrassing thing about being pummeled by charger is dying from it, that always takes the longest of all specials without the help of a horde, and it likely means you were left behind. unless he just charges you off the map, which can be pretty embarrassing too. he is the only special that uses direct blunt trauma to kill you, i think it would have been more fitting with a word describing that, like for his charge
God i love this game, i've been playing it since about 10 to 11 years since i first found it and yet it still gets me excited every single time i play the same campaigns from the 1st and 2nd game, but now hearing the OST more deeply, makes me think just how damn good this game is.
Don’t see effort like this in many games today. I’m still finding cool things about this game years later
I hope there will be reaction videos for Half Life 2 and its episodes. Civil Protection Violation, Brane scan, Triage at down, Hard fought, ghost particle, what kind of hospital is this, guard down, you're not supposed to be here, Dark interval and vortal combat. I'm especially curious about your reaction to these soundtracks.
WHAT violation?
@@komar7022Civil Protection
@@YKS-MEZUN22 Also, where is Apprehension and Evasion? No one ever talks about it.
HAAANK! DON'T ABBREVIATE CIVIL PROTECTION HAAAANK!!!!!
@@marvinarellano3087 I forgot about that, now I realize it after you mentioned it. There are even a few more soundtracks that I forgot.
I love your videos man, I really like the energy you bring, it’s clear that you genuinely enjoy the art of composition. These videos are especially my favorite because Left 4 Dead was a huge part of my childhood and it does have a very unique soundtrack. I love your videos!
Also I would like to offer a recommendation for a future video, the dark souls soundtrack, that would be very interesting im positive
19:08 That there my friend was Beautiful 😎👍
watching this vid and listening to your reaction has made me realise something, along with the motif of the left 4 dead theme, throughout each of these campaign and menu themes, there's the essence of a marching band, which makes so much sense because of the whole game's story is that the survivors are trying to make it to new orleans.
The entire L4D series is just a masterpiece. No other zombie game beats L4D, or even comes close to its creativity, gameplay, music, color, environment etc. It's just such an iconic game that is incredibly well-made on every aspect. I absolutely love it. Your L4D music breakdown makes me love the game even more.
you are one of my most favourite musicians. who is open to so many types of music and understands those so accuratly
9:25
So gratifying to see I’m not the only person completely spellbound by this track.
Nothing else in gaming comes close to the craft and love Valve does in their art.
When you loading into The Parish there is a line at the bottom ''it's your funeral''.
@@woundedone isn't it from sacrifice?
the parish is "this time it all goes south"
Is the sacrifice
@@woundedone It's Your Funeral... It's from The Sacrifice
The Parish is "This time it all goes South"
Its in the sacrifice
The bacterias track is the one when the “Special Infected” are near and play as a warning and the one with compilation of loud tracks at the beginning are the soundtracks they play when the “Special Infected” attack
musics and various sounds are one of the core element to left4dead
so much care put into it, truly amazing franchise
no idea if you are into gaming or not but if you have never played left4dead2, its definitely a game a would recommend
having that soundtrack linked to every situations is something else man
Still no "Save me some sugar"😢
WE'RE ON THE ROAD NOW
SWEET GEORGIA FAAAADES AWAYYYY
@yazidefirenze
We'll be pulling down Louisiana by the very next day.
6:00 Dark Carnival's title theme uses a singing saw, with is basically using a bow on a saw and bending the metal :D
@@Xzerixan interesting 🤯
I never would’ve guessed that but now that I hear it , it makes sense :0 that’s super cool
Thank you so much for taking the time to review this awesome music!
I was gonna say I would really love it if you reacted to the L4D 1 & 2 trailers, but then I read your rules and I completely understand why you won’t. ❤️ I’m just happy to see someone react to the music and describe it so well, since those were my childhood games. Thank you for sharing your opinions on the music, it’s so fun to watch and listen with you!
L4D 1 and 2 had the best video game soundtrack ever I’m so glad I grew up playing this when it was in its prime.
When I listen to this music in the game I just imagine a Band of The Dead playing instruments.
I always loved The Parish main menu music, to me it perfectly encapsulates how everything has been destroyed by the time survivors finally got to “sanctuary “. 15:22
It’s so awesome to see somebody, React to L4D giving to its recognition. I absolutely loved playing 1 and 2 L4D back when I was growing up I was such a Zombie fanatic.
6:43 I never even considered this idea! Or the fact that the trombone/trumpet sounds like marching, which makes sense with the zombies all walking around aimlessly.
…the reason it has marching band trombones and the “woooooo” ghostly theremin sounds…is obviously because it’s a carnival…with clowns…the track is called dark carnival…how could you not connect those dots my friend? The aimless walking of zombies is a very thin parallel that you’re trying to draw there.
The very first one with several names is different yet similar jingles to play during things like when you're hanging onto a ledge, being constricted, pinned, jockeyed, hit with bile, or persued, basically different manners of being incapacitated, or hindered by the different special infected, or map hazards in the game
Finally been anticipating this as much as gears e day
The 1st vid is each special infected theme that incapacitate the survivors
5:26 dark carnival ❤❤❤
No matter how old I get, the menu music always gives me chills, especially dark carnival.
When you said "Either a tuba or a trombone" For the low brass instrument in "Dark Carnival", I got excited because I knew in my heart or hearts that that was a tuba. I played a tuba in high school ( the only female tuba player) and I loved playing.
One of the few games i genuinely downloaded some of the soundtracks. They are so good.
Hard Rain is one of the hardest campaign but the Menu Theme "Hard Rain" is my second favorite soundtrack, the first is Monsters Within.
Despite not playing the games, to my knowledge, a lot of what you said about the music was pretty spot on in the context you've given
Even though I play L4D almost every day, I never realized how beautiful these tracks are
would love to see you do frostpunk! the whole soundtrack is good, but specifically “the city must survive”
It's rare for a game to introduce me to a genre, but I'd say Left 4 Dead 2 specifically was what made me wanna look into swamp blues. So good.
for the parish, my personal opinion: It's a trumpet, slow kind of tune, in order due to the campaign final being the survivors getting rescued, so for me i guess it sounds like some relief to be finally away from that hell, or at least temporarily... i've never ON MY LIFE ever thinked of music that way, i've been playing Left 4 Dead 2 for a loong time, but i never got to actually hear the musics withouth all the chaos of zombies and special infecteds, beatiful actually.
him playing with the song when he snapped in sync with banjo was enough to make me tear up
The music in L4d is something you dont really think about cause it's incorporated so well and fits every single moment, but it's irreplaceable for that exact reason.
Amazing video I love your left 4 dead videos this game is my favorite of all time zombie game keep up the great work I like your content 👍
You gotta react to the L4D2 and L4D hoard themes for each campaign, i find them really good in expressing different emotions such as panic, anxiety and more.
amazing reactions ;D
I'd love to see the Dead Center horde theme here, it's amazing. Hard Rain is good too. These ambient themes are truly spectacular though!
love this dude's expressiveness
Some of the themes of the first tracks are sounds you hear when a Hunter, Jockey, Boomer, etc attacks you and maybe some where you near an edge about to fall too
19:09 That sound is so familiar. I have definitely heard it in a horror movie. Insidious or The Conjuring?
germs is actually the pre-audio for when a horde is about to attack, and backteria are all the musical stingers for when special infected are in the area.
Eyes and ears, people . Eyes and ears - Bill
I highly recommend playing the game so you can hear the sounds when they happen. It’s genuinely such a fun game
The "Bacteria" track is for when the special infected spawn, each of the pieces of it are for their own special infected, like a leitmotif.
1st - Jockey, little gremlin that latches onto you and drags you around away from your team.
2nd - Spitter, Gross person who most likely had phlegm problems or acid reflux before turning, spits acid at you.
3rd - Charger, person who most likely um, idk jorked it a lot. Charges at you and pummels you into the ground after smashing you into a wall.
4rd - Hunter, A street runner or someone who liked doing parkour, leaps long distances, pins you down and starts mauling you.
5th - Smoker, A person who smoked a lot, uses its elongated tongue to grapple and pull you close, explodes in a cloud of smoke when killed
6th - Boomer, a person who ate a lot before turning, yaks bile all over survivors to draw infecteds attention towards them, blows up and spews bile everywhere when damaged.
BABE WAKE UP LIONMIGHT POSTED LISTENING TO LEFT 4 DEAD SOUNDTRACK!!
lionmight. just so you know the "bacterias" song is actually a compilation of spawning sound effects for these things called "special infected". and the struggling ones are a compilation of the music that plays when they are doing a specific kind of action to you. you might want to research about this game's special infected in a video one day
The first track is literally the realization that you have a sudden urge to take a dump while stuck in a traffic jam
I love that all these essentially follow the same leitmotive
He needs to listen to the Midnight riders songs (entire song list can be found on TH-cam) personally would recommend midnight ride
2:49 Yes, those songs sound when a zombie catches you and your companions have to come help you
3:02 ON THE MONEY
those are the songs that play as you're constricted from one of the games "special infected" they restrict a player from moving. which encourages teamwork and cooperation. The victim is stuck listening to that
4:10 left 4 dead 2 treats itself almost like a kids show. those little jingles are essentially the "themes" of the special infected. They put you on edge, and if you're incredibly attentive, can clue you in, to WHAT kind of danger lies ahead.
"The Parish" campaign is the most iconic theme songs of them
Honestly I would love for you to react to Muerte, specially soul dealer, mud in your veins, gravel in your heart, tu me dice. Incredible artist
I know the point of these videos is to get his raw reactions to the music without context, but I would love for him to see how they play out in game, especially with the first track(s) listened to because his prediction was spot on.
You were right. The first song are the Themes for being attacked. For example being pounced on by a hunter, Grabbed by a charger, a jockey riding you or a smoker pulling you. Bacterias are like ambience sounds. For example you hear hunter growls around the corner and then one of those sounds plays to give the encounter more tension.
The final part when he got his violin and started playing I got goosebumps❤ if they make a Left 4 Dead 3 which I hope to God they do and make it perfect I hope he plays the violin parts
I would love to see you react to the actual trailers and react to how well the sounds / music goes with the trailer (: good content tho 🙌
I never liked studying music, it was boring, but hearing you discuss it is fun.
I LOOOOOVE seeing his reactions to the L4D/L4D2 soundtracks
I love your videos so much, make us more videos Lionmight ❤️
About time! After reacting to L4D OST, I thought you’d like this even better. Heck yeah.
Its really interesting cause i never thought of L4D2 having music tracks, it kinda plays music as sound effects for events and since its randomly coming up with how it kill you all these songs play when something is coming for you. Not really a theme more like an announcement.
valve games have the best type of sountrack in any game i ever played in my life, including portal 2 half life, they are musics that add to the experience and is dynamic, not just a music by some band put on the background.
btw the game have e entire system called music director that chooose how to play these samples even the horde theme is dynamic based on the quantity of zombies (around you) each player is listening to their own custom version of the ost.
For a guy who constantly played Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 since 2009 up until now and even the mods it had on Steam, I could say that Valve definitely made musics on these two games an absolutely detailed and a masterpiece
Babe wake up, lionmight posted him reacting to l4d2 music.
me sees an M-16A2
Bill: an Assault Rifle, Man this Takes me Back
Nick: grabbing an Assault Rifle
Hey! Just stumbled on your channel and watched you react to the BloodBorne soundtrack and the first Left for Dead soundtrack. So, like you usually say to suggest you music. Elden Ring is a game like BloodBorne, like Dark Souls, and the music is SOOOO GOOOOOODDDD! My favorite song in Elden Ring (I've yet to beat the game yet...) is "Regal Ancestor Spirit" Its SUCH a beautiful violin mixed with vocals I think you'd melt over. Along with may other songs they have you'd love all the music they have
I only just stumbled across your channel today. Haven’t watched that many videos (there are a lot), but I really like what I’ve seen so far. If you haven’t already done it, I’d be very interested in hearing your thoughts on comparing the different versions of Dearly Beloved, the title song from the Kingdom Hearts games. For the most part, each game has a different version, and they get progressively more complex with each iteration.
Just found and listened to your cover of the song and it is truly beautiful. 🥹
Gonna give it another listen and send it to some friends.
Good idea! Which versions are your top 3?
@ That is a very good question… 🤔
I’d have to say the original Kingdom Hearts 1 version, where you can hear the waves lapping at the beach, is definitely the most nostalgic for me as it was the first one I ever heard.
Kingdom Hearts X (chi) sits just above it in my personal ranking as it’s probably the most energetic and playful sounding version, and I just think it’s fun.
Weirdly enough, I’d probably pick Dream Drop Distance as having my favorite rendition of Dearly Beloved, even though it’s easily one of my least favorite games in the series for purely personal reasons. I can’t quite put into words why it’s my favorite, but it is.
Finally, the campaign musics.
seeing a musician react to the special infecteds themes all together like its one song is pretty hilarious
Always loved your reactions Lion but wouldn't it be better if maybe before or after listening there would be some context of what the songs are about?
Like for example Dark Carnival's tone takes place in an amusement park which explains the drawn out "carnival" noises or Asphyxiation (contusion, mortification, etc) are basically the music cues that play when player is being attacked by specific special infected.
@@KizuTheBunny it would make more sense for the viewer to look these things up. He’s just reacting to the music not here to tell you every detail about what the songs are about lol
@KizuTheBunny bit.ly/read-channel-rules
@Will-cq9lg Most viewers already know which is why they submit these requests but the creator doesn't. Thats my point
And I don't care to know. I'm only interested in the music itself. Then move on to the next content. Read my rules.