Portal OST is like the definition of ambience. You don't notice it the whole game and after listening to the soundtrack you realized how funky it actually is.
I can definitely see the change of pace with both soundtracks. Portal 1 had this clinical and uneasy ambience that makes the player feel utterly alone It definitely matches with what was going on in the lore with the Black Mesa incident happening simultaneously and what was to come in Half-Life 2. Portal 2 changes absolutely everything with replacing the fear of being alone to the fear of getting smashed by a big mashy spike plate.
Portal 1 has chell in a place she does not understand, scared of everything. Portal 2 chell has seen it before, and Is ready to take on the fight again.
@@rustybeskar4664 it could also be because of the fact that there's more fast paced stuff, so the music is different to keep the adrenaline up. If you notice tho, everything makes music. The laser nodes and receiver, the light bridges and the companion cube.
Portal 1 is ghostly, something is always off but you’re not sure if you can put your finger on what’s off, or maybe you do and you’re just too scared to admit what’s off. Portal 2 is being in a place that’s familiar, old, broken in, but also literally broken. Things aren’t the same as they used to be, and you wonder if they ever could be. In other words, a VOCABULARY IS FUN TO USE and I’m pretty much just saying nonense
"Just a heads-up: That coffee we gave you earlier had fluorescent calcium in it so we can track the neuronal activity in your brain. There's a slight chance the calcium could harden and vitrify your frontal lobe. Anyway, don't stress yourself thinking about it. I'm serious. Visualizing the scenario while under stress actually triggers the reaction." - Cave Johnson
I love how the only acceptable way to describe Triple Laser Phase is with the Triple Laser test chamber itself. I think there's something wrong with it though.
@@Valveiscool. idk why this comment is funny, i dont make good jokes! i got another comment from a song from deltarune that got 792 likes! and even a heart, its so popular its been going on for a year! 55 replys, i dont make good jokes!
I feel like the original Portal gives off a more 'alone' and 'dead' feeling to it. While Portal 2 gives off a more 'robotic' and 'high-tech' feel to it.
how could you miss what is singlehandedly one of the most iconic and beautiful masterpieces of music composition, machiavellian bach (frakenturrets and excursion funnel too) 😭😭😭
HL2 OST: Mission Impossible-esque music, guns go pewpew against mean alien police Portal OST: Ooh ooh WaA wAa and other spooky science noises oooh portals
this video made me realize that the different instruments used in each part of the OST represent what aperture looked like during that section of the game. (more acoustic sounding instruments during the beginning and when in lower/old aperture, and more synth heavy songs when in upper/new aperture. surprised i never picked up on that earlier tbh)
Most of the portal 1 ost makes me think of the comforting futuristic liminal feeling Portal 1’s atmosphere has. Portal 2’s ost is a little more varied for me.
its always interesting to me how the opinions on liminal stuff is always divided with people who find it comforting and people (me) who find it absolutely terrifying
honestly i rarely notice the music in these types of games but in portal (especially 2) you can really see the impact it has on the whole experience. my moment was during the part where he kills you when i paused and immediately wrnt looking for the soundtrack
i love how 99% ofportal 1 is melancholic etc and then portal 2 is a mix of melancholy , high energy , silly , and basically every emotion under the sun
Check the whole soundtrack carefully there's a lot of motifs wearlier than expected and some popping out for really short times later Actual masterpiece
A good place to start is "The Courtesy Call", it has most of the motifs in portal 2 from Wheatley's 3 themes, Portal 2's theme (the last part of the song), the aperture jingle (start), and the "Vistas" theme
one makes me feel uneasy and another makes me feel adrenaline. and they might make you feel different things, which is okay! BUT i hope we can all agree that both ost's are absolute BANGERS 💪💪
I don't know if I'll ever have a video game experience as truly magical as playing portal 2 for the first time, age 12, on my crappy laptop that could barely run it. No game since has captivated me quite as much.
Fun Fact: All the songs made for Portal and Portal 2 are made by Aperture Science machines itself. You can see this on the Artist section of everysong as "Aperture Science Phychoacoustic Laboratories". Actually, this make you think this game it's like a Opera, but for more details, search more about it. ;)
Honestly, after playing Half Life Alyx several times, and now relistening to the Portal 2 soundtrack, I can definitely tell that they're both composed by the same guy.
honestly the OST is part of my reasoning for Portal 2 being the best game of all time. even without the game you can tell the story beats through the music also Love as a Construct and Hard Sunshine make me cry
Stop what are you doing 9999999 The Future starts with you There she is You know her? 15 acres of broken glass I saw a deer today I'm Different I made it all up Comedy= Tragedy + Time You will be perfect An accent beyond Turret Redemption life Bring your daughter to work day Don't do it I AM NOT A MORON You are not part of the control group TEST The Part where he kills you Bombs for throwing at you Your Precious Moon
as a person who has every albums on the music player and is familiar with all of these, this is crazily accurate (bro missed FrankenTurrets, Machiavellian Bach, Excursion Funnel🤓🤓🤓)
man, Almost Fifty Percent went hard there 4:58 he was panicking so well he represented a 12 year old soundtrack also what the fuck does Vanilla Crazy mean?
You have missed your entire life bro. Lemme just put the absolute Banger that this entire soundtrack is here and give yourself an hour or two of spare time to listen to it.
I was just listening to the portal 1 ambience and now i want to replay both games again. I havent touched portal since august 2020 and portal 2 since it turned 10 years old (18th april 2021). I was suprised when i saw that this video came out 2 months ago because the portal community has been very quiet for a long time now. I just wish that we could experience old valve again...
Alright, i made this video czcams.com/video/Pra1VnFoRmE/video.html. Think of it as a sequel to this video.
Time Machine
Portal OST is like the definition of ambience. You don't notice it the whole game and after listening to the soundtrack you realized how funky it actually is.
Yea i have to agree
"Dam this music is boring" to "dam this music expresses me"
im always too invested i the puzzles so my brain just remebers the puzzles lol
This tho
thats kelly bailey for ya
"i saw a deer today"
the deer in question:
I lost it at that part ☠️
@@bobbobbo5278 Me too, bud. Me too.
3:02
I can definitely see the change of pace with both soundtracks. Portal 1 had this clinical and uneasy ambience that makes the player feel utterly alone It definitely matches with what was going on in the lore with the Black Mesa incident happening simultaneously and what was to come in Half-Life 2. Portal 2 changes absolutely everything with replacing the fear of being alone to the fear of getting smashed by a big mashy spike plate.
Portal 1 has chell in a place she does not understand, scared of everything. Portal 2 chell has seen it before, and Is ready to take on the fight again.
@@KaraTheGirlie You said it better than me
@@rustybeskar4664 it could also be because of the fact that there's more fast paced stuff, so the music is different to keep the adrenaline up. If you notice tho, everything makes music. The laser nodes and receiver, the light bridges and the companion cube.
@@KaraTheGirlie ive always thought that portal 1 tries to have its environment be lifeless and desolate, while portal 2's environment is full of life.
Portal 1 is ghostly, something is always off but you’re not sure if you can put your finger on what’s off, or maybe you do and you’re just too scared to admit what’s off. Portal 2 is being in a place that’s familiar, old, broken in, but also literally broken. Things aren’t the same as they used to be, and you wonder if they ever could be.
In other words, a VOCABULARY IS FUN TO USE and I’m pretty much just saying nonense
I've waited for a video like this for almost 11 years
Thats crazy but its true
Ive waited for a video like this for 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9...
Me too
Yeah
I was in coma so I don't even care
I love that Triple Laser Phase is just a picture of a laser test chamber. It's such a strongly-composed track that it indeed evokes that image.
That picture of a laser test, is the map called "sp_a2_triple_laser"
Which, If I remember correctly, is the only map on where it's played
@@Toony17xdcorrect. Each layer of the song gets added as each laser receiver is triggered
the test chamber IS where the song plays too
guys there's something wrong with the music in my test chamber
I like how you can tell which part of the story each song is played at.
this is amplified when you realize that these are all the songs in the playlist in order
I saw a deer today
Procedural jiggle bone
Like the part where he kills you
@@zerotian5661 What is that song title lmao
"Just a heads-up: That coffee we gave you earlier had fluorescent calcium in it so we can track the neuronal activity in your brain. There's a slight chance the calcium could harden and vitrify your frontal lobe. Anyway, don't stress yourself thinking about it. I'm serious. Visualizing the scenario while under stress actually triggers the reaction."
- Cave Johnson
Finally, someone who understands the beauty of the portal and portal 2 OST
this video made me felt like i was re-playing these 2 games again, i just love how some gifs actually fit with the songs
self esteem fund
@@RealEggBeater basically bad memories stuck in the present
I like how you just gave up finding a meme at Triple Laser Phase
"Guys, I think there's something wrong with my meme."
Guys i think there’s something wrong with Premiere Pro
Nah its simply recusive. Theres something wrong
triple laser phase is the feeling you get when you listen to triple laser phase
@@cheesegreater5739i do be feeling triple laser phase today
Portal 1: I’m never getting out of here this is hell I’m in hell
Portal 2: let’s go party wait Where is everyone… I’m sure there coming
what abouut
Technical Difficulties
Overgrowth
Haunted Panels
Robot Ghost Story
Turret Redemption Line
PotatOS' Lament
15 Acres of Broken Glass
@@DoggosGamesthose are the “Where is everyone” parts
Nah this is android hell
7:14
I remember having the same expression, it was like "oooh I finished it... oh wait... It's... over..."
I thought there was gonna be portal radio loop in this and it was just gonna be a gif of someone farting
I love how the only acceptable way to describe Triple Laser Phase is with the Triple Laser test chamber itself. I think there's something wrong with it though.
This should be a new type of meme. People making visual representations of every track in a game or movie soundtrack.
it is
its already a meme
@@beanbagburrito but it needs to be like this
Anyway yeah i agree
@@stanleybochenek1862but they are like this?
1:54 bruh this litteraly fits in the gameplay when wheatly slams the room onto a wall
chell be like in this part:
So true but why has this comment not reached 69 likes
@@Valveiscool. idk why this comment is funny, i dont make good jokes! i got another comment from a song from deltarune that got 792 likes! and even a heart, its so popular its been going on for a year! 55 replys, i dont make good jokes!
@@Hurricane_0313 you should still be proud with what you have , you are doing great 👍
@@Valveiscool. thanks
Honestly 🤣💀
0:37 ain’t no way one of the most iconic portal 1 songs is fucking called “procedural jiggle bones”
lmfaoo
I feel like the original Portal gives off a more 'alone' and 'dead' feeling to it. While Portal 2 gives off a more 'robotic' and 'high-tech' feel to it.
Words can not expres how perfect the "I saw a deer today" gif is
Love As A Construct is just so weirdly comfy. Hard Sunshine has a similar vibe when you realise it too has Cara Mia Addio in it.
5:03 Fits so god damn well lmao
What is that meme?
6:10 "Well... When life gives you lemons..."
how could you miss what is singlehandedly one of the most iconic and beautiful masterpieces of music composition, machiavellian bach (frakenturrets and excursion funnel too) 😭😭😭
How dare they
I thought this would have like 500K views at least...
Fr i am kinda dissapointed that this did not blow up yet
Give it time
It’s going to be
wheatley’s moan caught me completely off guard
b a l l p a i n
uhhh i’m cominh
Bro I didn’t expect THAT kind of voice acting
LMAO
It was a sigh
8:08 I swear robot waiting room #3 is a fucking masterpiece 😭
#4 for me
It could be a beautiful song but the name is something goofy like *ROBOT WAITING ROOM #3*💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
It truly is ;)
@@Fred_Fazbearsame
I never actually realized how terrifying this soundtrack is😦
realizing that portal and portal 2 are in a dystopic hopeless world changes a ton your way of thinking
"I saw a deer today":
@@NeclirGonot terrifying it just slaps
@@goofyahhdog9 it's not terrifying, it's funi
@@goofyahhdog9 that was the whole point of my comment
2:42
This is exactly how I felt
💀💀💀
Real
"Oh it's you it's been a long time"
@@Valveiscool. ''How have you been? I've been really busy being dead.''
@@CantThinkOfAnythingToUseHereexcuse me put me down pls I didn't mean down the incinerator but ok
I'd love a full version of robots ftw with the boston dynamics robots dancing to it 8:33
portal 2 coop ending real life
HL2 OST: Mission Impossible-esque music, guns go pewpew against mean alien police
Portal OST: Ooh ooh WaA wAa and other spooky science noises oooh portals
this video made me realize that the different instruments used in each part of the OST represent what aperture looked like during that section of the game. (more acoustic sounding instruments during the beginning and when in lower/old aperture, and more synth heavy songs when in upper/new aperture. surprised i never picked up on that earlier tbh)
Most of the portal 1 ost makes me think of the comforting futuristic liminal feeling Portal 1’s atmosphere has.
Portal 2’s ost is a little more varied for me.
its always interesting to me how the opinions on liminal stuff is always divided with people who find it comforting and people (me) who find it absolutely terrifying
The “hard sunshine” in the backrooms hit me hard…It’s not only the same as the buzzing, it’s also the ambience of level 0 of the backrooms
As someone who's played too much portal I can confirm that this is accurate
As someone who’s named themselves after a side character, I personally think it’s mostly accurate.
I play portal so many times that my dad and brother tease me when I don’t play it lol
So I can also confirm
6:40 this fits for some reason…
Because this is the part where he kills us
This must be the most perfect video ever since i'm a portal fan! I love this video!
Guy said you will be perfect to the video while making it.
the fact you probably wont even hear (or realize that you heard) most of these in the game is so sad
Most of these only appear in a SPECIFIC part of the game
Yeah the music in Portal 2 is stemmed so each layer of the song is tied to a certain action or point on the map
honestly i rarely notice the music in these types of games but in portal (especially 2) you can really see the impact it has on the whole experience. my moment was during the part where he kills you when i paused and immediately wrnt looking for the soundtrack
i love how 99% ofportal 1 is melancholic etc and then portal 2 is a mix of melancholy , high energy , silly , and basically every emotion under the sun
Legit didn’t realize the song “the part where he kills you” shares the same motifs with Wheatley science
Check the whole soundtrack carefully there's a lot of motifs wearlier than expected and some popping out for really short times later
Actual masterpiece
A good place to start is "The Courtesy Call", it has most of the motifs in portal 2 from Wheatley's 3 themes, Portal 2's theme (the last part of the song), the aperture jingle (start), and the "Vistas" theme
3:47 that is the perfect sawtooth.
It tickles my brain right.
one makes me feel uneasy and another makes me feel adrenaline. and they might make you feel different things, which is okay! BUT i hope we can all agree that both ost's are absolute BANGERS 💪💪
portal 1 and 2 ost are the only things that make me feel these emotions i am physically going to explode
3:03 that deer do be getting sturdy tho
Rattman spitting bars at 2:12
2:18
Crazy, i was crazy once, they locked me in a room, a rubber room, a rubber room with rats, rats make me crazy. Crazy?...
Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy
Shut up
I heard those all the time a few months ago
This has just reminded me of how absolutely fantastic the Portal 1 and 2 OSTs are.
3:48 PTSD kicks in
Self esteem fund is so good....
Life really startin to feel like *Robot Waiting Room(s) 1-6* right about now.
I don't know if I'll ever have a video game experience as truly magical as playing portal 2 for the first time, age 12, on my crappy laptop that could barely run it. No game since has captivated me quite as much.
the fact i have also played portal 2 for the first time at age 12 on a shitty laptop
Outer Wilds
Bro I also remember playing portal 2 at age 12 on a shitty laptop, I remember how long it always took to loaf
@@PDS350I too can take a long time to loaf
@@judet2992 lmao I meant load, not gonna edit it now
I like how the background of bombs for throwing at you is actually “omg ehat has he done”
That’s called a motif!
WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON WITH THIS ONE!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
Halls of science 4 fucks me up so bad cause I would play the test builder and hearing that music with the emptiness of the test chambers is just
6:40 Exactly lol
THE SOUND WHEATLEY MADE ACTUALLY JUMPSCARED ME 😭😭😭
it just did it again when i came back to the video...
It's crazy how so many Portal 2 songs sound like Death Grips instrumentals
Fun Fact: All the songs made for Portal and Portal 2 are made by Aperture Science machines itself. You can see this on the Artist section of everysong as "Aperture Science Phychoacoustic Laboratories". Actually, this make you think this game it's like a Opera, but for more details, search more about it. ;)
Portal music is something else, how did i not pay attention to how scary much of the ambience music is
4:33
I mean he wasn't wrong..
Triple Laser just being Triple Laser is honestly perfect
Self esteem fund is isolation as a song imo
Honestly, after playing Half Life Alyx several times, and now relistening to the Portal 2 soundtrack, I can definitely tell that they're both composed by the same guy.
Portal 1 Was SCARY As Hell.. x_x
I wouldn't say scary per se
But it was really unnerving and put you on edge at times
Portal 1's music very much had flash game puzzle vibes, which weirdly fit. Portal 2 is just masterpiece after masterpiece.
Reconstructing more science is so FIRE LIKE BRO WHY DID THEY PUT THAT MUCH WORK INTO THIS OST
Some Assembly Required dude, I put that on LOOP.
dude self-esteem fund has to be the best thing that i've listened to. it's just so depressing and nostalgic idk
finnaly someone still remembers portal
О, папич в видосе, нормально
6:40 this is the part where he kills you
Guys you know those like workshop maps and then this theme would almost always play: 4:05
3:40 This is true in so many ways.
4:19 petah runnin
Translated to runnin' saying 😂💀
my big brother plays these in the car when he drives me to school lmaooo
I can’t tell if this is extremely based or if your brother needs mental help or both
@@roo.pzz4380 take it as u will I ain’t giving no answer 💯
Chad brother
7:30 spooky
honestly the OST is part of my reasoning for Portal 2 being the best game of all time. even without the game you can tell the story beats through the music also Love as a Construct and Hard Sunshine make me cry
My feelings about songs in the ost have somehow been captured in video form! How wonderful!
funny how some of the ost names is just the dialogue from the part it was played
To my recollection, Kelly Bailey couldn’t think of any other names, so he resorted to that.
Stop what are you doing
9999999
The Future starts with you
There she is
You know her?
15 acres of broken glass
I saw a deer today
I'm Different
I made it all up
Comedy= Tragedy + Time
You will be perfect
An accent beyond
Turret Redemption life
Bring your daughter to work day
Don't do it
I AM NOT A MORON
You are not part of the control group
TEST
The Part where he kills you
Bombs for throwing at you
Your Precious Moon
This whole video is a fever dream
2:12 Dayum, Douglas has some great rapping skills
as a person who has every albums on the music player and is familiar with all of these, this is crazily accurate (bro missed FrankenTurrets, Machiavellian Bach, Excursion Funnel🤓🤓🤓)
Some of the song titles feel like captions for the videos (take 6:48 for example)
Robot waiting room #3 is just a straight up vibe.
6:18
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I wish i knew how to clip videos. I'd use the "i made it all up" monkey at 3:34 any time someone asks me for a source on my claims
1:22 I get deja vu when ever I hear that song. Glados is one my favorite valve character.
“Vanilla crazy” Truli woirds of inspirasion 😤
I like that triple laser phase is so intrinsically linked to it's chamber
When the Rattman is Ghost!!
I waited for something like this and it’s finally here :)
This is genuinely a 10/10 video
man, Almost Fifty Percent went hard there 4:58
he was panicking so well he represented a 12 year old soundtrack
also what the fuck does Vanilla Crazy mean?
crazy vanilla
Me when I only have 1 minute left to complete the exam:
Wait, there’s music other that Still Alive and Want You Gone?
You have missed your entire life bro.
Lemme just put the absolute Banger that this entire soundtrack is here and give yourself an hour or two of spare time to listen to it.
Your missing out, holy shit.
imagine being anywhere over the age of 2 days old and not playing the portal games, couldnt be me
i like the idea of those boston dynamics machines busting a move to Robots FTW
the world needs more robots absolutely breaking it down utterly grooving
3:22 MY BRAIN
The way portal 2 uses music is incredible, the different parts of the test chambers actually turning on or off the parts of the song is so cool
This is weirdly a good lesson in game sountrack design
I love how the clips just fit so perfect.
I was just listening to the portal 1 ambience and now i want to replay both games again. I havent touched portal since august 2020 and portal 2 since it turned 10 years old (18th april 2021). I was suprised when i saw that this video came out 2 months ago because the portal community has been very quiet for a long time now. I just wish that we could experience old valve again...
3:48 guys
something is wrong with my test chamber