funny and mildly horrifying fact: I got to this part in the game on an airplane, and the ONLY part of the soundtrack I could hear clearly over the plane engine was JUST the whispering.
@@TheSpitefulSword I was more creeped out... retroactively, I guess? The plane engine was too loud for me to really get immersed in it, but I was still like "Man, this *would* be really creepy"
I feel like itâs worth talking about how the monsters in this section are made _specifically_ as mirrors (pun unintended) of Madelineâs moveset. They are genuinely just the playerâs set of mechanics in enemy form; the dashing, the color scheme, the segment where you actually control one. Hell, they even have the same death animation as you in the precious few rooms where you can kill them. Since the temple generates its horrors from the minds of those who enter, it can be reasonably inferred that this is just part of how Madeline sees herself. This is just part of her internalized image of who she is. Textbook self-destruction.
another thing to note is that the statues of the monsters don't look newly built, they look like they were made ages ago, which is odd. maybe it's trying to say that everyone's inner demons look the same? or maybe the statues just look different to everyone who sees them, and Madeline seems them like that. maybe they never existed.
Kagami Covers Lena reine composes this music to fit the theme with Madeline, which both Lena and Madeline have/had internal [error], and when you play the game you can just feel the music. (Not including if you have it blasting around the house.)
the way I understood it was that it was her voice, or at least, her emotions and fear. if you listen to this track reversed, the otherwise unintelligible whispering can be understood. itâs pretty rough.
People say that Anxiety is a track that sounds just like an anxiety attack. But, to me, this one is the one that really sounds like anxiety. The beginning with the almost discordant synths and the erratic and booming drums that come together into a cacophany of threads that make it hard to follow, looping over and over, while the synth gets just higher, and higher, and higher. Like the voice that wants to scream, but can't. Yet, there's something cathartic in the progression of the track as a whole, as you work through it, and reflect upon what you're experiencing. It's cyclical. It comes back, in the end. It's never something you fully work through--you just learn how to cope with it.
yes. with the many different discordant synths, the pounding drums, the high volume, it makes your blood pressure really rise. it felt like a crowd of people screaming at you at once, and something has to break. 0:00-2:20, that is.
The way I see it, Anxiety is about anxiety attacks while In the Mirror is just about anxiety as a whole. How it lingers with you even outside panic moments
Anxiety and this were also my top 2 for eerie or discomforting tracks in the game. Anxiety does its job of feeling very panicked and scared.. This.. just feels awful, but in the best way possible. It feels gross, claustrophobic, scary, etc.. And that's what it's meant to do, and.. that's probably part of what makes it so satisfying.
Nathan Carver Yeah those are some good adjectives. I also really like describing songs with verbs; this one to me seems kind of like running away from yourself which you canât do. Also, imo, this is the best song in the soundtrack because of how strong it is in its emotion.
Simonsaysgaming the panic attack scene is my favorite, just the sudden darkness and intense atmosphere was jawdropping. This has to be my favorite though, the whole thing feels like itâs leading to a sort of upbeat track but it just... doesnât. It feels hollow and hopeless, which is exactly what itâs meant to make you feel. Anxiety is a more panicked and intense track, itâs meant to take you by surprise, but in that scene you arenât alone like the beginning of this track, so it seems to have a bit less of a hopeless tone (or it at least drops off in Anxiety before the end)
'I'm at the bottom of the ocean, I can't see anything in any direction. It's claustrophobic, yet I feel exposed. I remember feeling normal, but now it just feels out of reach, no matter what I try.' When I first played Celeste, I couldn't really relate to Madeline at all. But now, I understand this quote on a spiritual level lmao.
@@MrsExit-wz3sq a very deep self loathing and/or depression, thatâs something Iâve had run through my head a lot in the past, including the 3 years since I wrote that comment. Things are slowly improving though, but that will always be a part of me that made me who I am
Through the mirror temple, the whole place is pinned on using a personâs anxiety to test their strength to advance to the summit. Itâs obvious that madalineâs anxiety is about herself. Even before she reached the temple, she was being pitted against herself. Against a version of herself that she hates. And because she hates herself, the temple acts to hurt her, not because itâs doing so of itâs own intention, but because thatâs what madaline is trying to do, sheâs trying to fight herself. And it becomes clear that the temple is not just centering around her the whole time once she gets to theo. The temple is also using his anxiety against him as well, with eyes constantly staring at him and being trapped inside a crystal barrier. Theoâs anxiety is a social anxiety, he is uncomfortable being watched and feels trapped when being surrounded by strangers. Itâs also why he takes photos for his social media account. He still wants attention, but is unable to be in public to do it. Itâs... something i understand all too well.
Want to know backwards whispering, here ya go; "Sometimes, I... don't really know... what's going on anymore. I... I don't... know who I am. I just... look in the mirror, and... don't know who I'm looking at. Or... who's looking at me. I... think a lot... about... where... my train of thought is going... and it's not always a good place. And that scares me. I don't... like... scaring myself. I don't..." -Madeline, Celeste
This song really makes me feel uncomfortable. It's like the walls are closing in on me, but I have to keep running because someone needs me. When the music goes quiet, it's like everything freezes and I get chills. It feels so alien...
Yes this is a masterpiece from the artist, really makes you feel uncomfortable, I forgot which scene this is from but isn't it from the panic attacks on the gondola? Or the mirror temple. Either way, this soundtrack really makes me feel for the characters
From what I understand, this is what the music and the level is suppose to make you feel. So yea, it achieved its goals. I was super uncomfortable with the Mirror Temple too I tell you. Havenât gone back to it even now
I swear, when you had to control one of the monsters and bring it to Madeline, that's the only time I can ever remember being genuinely creeped out and unnerved by any game I've played, excluding horror games of course. The entire temple was one big nightmare, what with the difficulty, music that oozes of negative thoughts and emotions, as well as the way that poor Madeline felt throughout the chapter, as well as the whole game up to that point, this level, while not as frustrating as say the wind in chapter 4, is definitely the chapter I least want to go back to, in a good way though. It's not intended to be a good place, the temple achieves its goal perfectly.
The music for this level, as well.. As I mentioned in another thread, it's gross, claustrophobic, eerie, disgusting, etc.. It makes you feel uneasy, and like *you shouldn't be here,* but it was *intended* to do that. Despite being my least favourite to play through, from a gameplay perspective, this level is one of my favourite for concept and.. I guess how it relates. I genuinely wish I could put better into words how this track and level is perfect, but.. I can't. It's just so.. *right*.
Making you control the monster, letting it overcome all the obstarcles to get to Madeline and attack her was one of the most genial elements in the game. They further displayed Madeline's anxiety, presenting a breaking point, some sort of climax of the built-up tension. (Theo lost, temple growing darker, moster statues... i immedeately suspected they will mean trouble.) It also enhanced the player's anxiety, by forcing you to do something highly uncomfortable - you're supposed to attack the heroine you've learned to love, bring her deepest fears to her and [kill] her. Did you notice the poor girl tries to run when you're closing in? And while all of this you learned how these monsters work. They explained gameplay element to you the most disturbing way possible. After finishing this level, i couldn't sleep for like 2 nights.
Sometimes, I... don't really know... what's going on anymore. I... I don't... know who I am. I just... look in the mirror, and... don't know who I'm looking at. Or... who's looking at me. I... think a lot... about... where... my train of thought is going... and it's not always a good place. And that scares me. I don't... like... scaring myself. I don't...
@@fyrefox45 Listen at 7:24 with headphones on. There are some very quiet sounds that don't match with the soundtrack. That's Madeline speaking backwards
I think the most compelling thing about the theme of depression in this theme is not just the reversed Mirror temple theme in 4:46, but when it gradually transitions to the piano actually playing the new backwards melody in 6:34. It's not an exact reiteration of the reversed melody, but you can feel the beautiful yet anguished melody trying to push through the blaring synths and violent drums. Almost like how people with depression sometimes feel like they have to push through a new normal that has been forged (or in this case, reversed) for them. Nothing is the same as it was before, like how the new melody is not the same as the old reversed melody. It's...hauntingly beautiful.
Your right! Itâs really interesting; like at first with the reversed song your confused, then with the version afterwards like you need to get to the end at any cost. Itâs amazing!
It reminds me of... something. I cant put my finger on it, and it feels completely abstract when I focus on it. It's some distant memory, maybe a dream I had.
I listen to and enjoy a lot of music people might call "oppressive". This is the only music I've that genuinely seems to deserve that moniker. It's good, but... painful. It feels heavy with guilt for sins long ago.
Damn, when I first heard this song, I didn't think anything of it because of how unpleasent the start sounds, and I thought "oh, this is just supposed to be disturbing, alrighty". Now, I appreciate how masterful this song is, how it begins with hopelessness and unraveling to the hopeful tone it sets at the end, using every sound and instrument used to make it sound unnerving minutes before. A piece of art
Do you record with live instruments or are they synthetic? Just curious. Either way the effect of you create organic and machine sounds, in the way that you do, is so affecting. So cool. Thank you.
I've listened to a lot "dark" stuff. Black metal, depressive black metal, dissonant and chaotic pieces from mathcore, rock songs with lyrics way more gloomy than what I've heard in black metal, I went through a lot of musical experiences, from horror videos games mostly, earthbound also played a major role in my exploration of that kind of music (the Giygas, now I don't feel safe anywhere) and I gotta say, this OST is so rich and colourful during a long part of this game and there's this thick track that comes after going through the regular temple sticking to your clothes and your limbs and weighing down on you... I was honestly oppressed by the ambiance and the music... It did made my progression in this part really tough but I never "rage quitted" and kept on fighting my way through lovecraftian horrors, I just wanted to escape this place at all costs, you could say I was scared lol but woah.. I can't seem to have enough of it, thank you Lena Raine and thank you too to the whole team for making such a well executed game!
This theme. This GODDAMN ANAZING theme. *I swear to god when I hear this I physically get colder* *HOW?* The ONLY track that gets more of a reaction out of me is Starjump. *And we ALL know how well that panned out*
âThat chapter was quite fun, I wonder what the next one will be-â *Chapter 5 Mirror Temple* âOH NO!â I was scared by the name because I remembered that Badaline usually appears through mirrors.
i had been kicked out of a CS:GO comp match. i was feeling pretty hurt, and really down, so i booted up sai, pulled up my youtube playlist, shuffled, and began to draw. the thing is, i had forgotten i added this track. i was already feeling pretty negative, and when this came on, it amplified those emotions. i literally began to cry, and breathing got harder. awesome job, 10/10 would break down again
â@@via_embre i really wanna say something inspiring, and i thought of something kind of cool: "try to be cool about it, a random man cannot comprehend you as much as you can yourself and to call somebody bad is to call yourself bad since you are spreading negativity" but then my mind was like "it's a lot better to say git gud since now you are not spreading negativity yet still can hurt somebody" and i dont know what to say so i want to ask hopefully something simple How was your day? Do you want some pancakes?
Quiet and Falling gives you a feeling like you've lost all hope and you sink deeper into the darkness and sorrow, with no way out, with no one to help you. Into the mirror's gives you a feeling of threat and danger, but slowly gived you a feeling that there is still hope, and that someone helps you get out of that sorrow and darkness that you initially sunk into. Honestly, both these two songs represent a mirror not only because one is the reversed version of the other, but also because both have opposite feelings that are present in one character: one feeling of being dragged down, and another one of being pulled up.
This area was just... *shivers Itâs like the True Lab in Undertale. Cool, but unexpected and scary as hell. Suddenly thereâs enemies, eerie music, tentacles all over the place. Youâre literally living your worst nightmares. But the creepiest part is the backwards talking, and the message itâs sending. The mountain/mirror is taking what Madeline hates most and is using them against her, but the scariest things to her arenât the stuff thatâs being used against her. The scariest thing is that fact that it came from Madeline. Sheâs literally scaring herself. Thatâs what anxiety is, and itâs been given a form. The mountain/mirror knows that. Iâm just glad Theoâs here to keep us company.
Peref L. I thinks itâs more of like it represents her own anxiety attacking her, like I said in the comment. Madeline doesnât hate herself, she just doesnât like that her own body actively works to scare her. The enemies are so hostile because they are her own anxieties.
Peref L. Oh I know this is speculation, I was just curious. I agree with you on most parts, but the thing is I feel as if almost Madeline doesnât think Badeline is the same as her at first. This is supported by the Badeline interaction right before she drags you to the bottom of the mountain. Madeline views Badeline and her anxiety as this horrid part of her thatâs always trying to drag her down. Sheâs doesnât realize itâs an important part of her, and is always trying to push that part away, to fun from it. Madelineâs biggest fear is when it fully catches up, when this âcreatureâ starts scaring her. She doesnât realize sheâs scaring herself.
I Never noticed the whispering until at around 3:30 before i watched the backwards vid, but now it seems so obvious. This was so touching when i just now saw it i am somewhat shaken... Such a brilliant game !!!
This song is both beautiful and haunting at the same time. I feel like (in my opinion) it is not necessarily the creepiest but the scariest song ever made based purely on the fact that it is a bunch of disorienting synth sounds with strange whispering in the middle and haunting piano keys at the end that reverses Quiet and Falling. This song is truly a masterpiece; a work of art! Celeste has one of the best soundtracks ever made!
With CZcams and the internet in general being such a big thing, getting games spoiled for me is a common occurrence. A lot of the times, I buy a game after seeing footage of something really epic that happens at some point in the game (Epic moment, final boss fight, an amazing song, you get the idea). Going into games blind is something I havenât gotten to truly experience since I was a little kid, playing Paper Mario on his GameCube. Recently, Iâve been picking up new game series on a whim and giving them a whirl, trying to expand my horizons. I picked up Baldurâs Gate (frigginâ AMAZING), and when that was all said and done, Celeste. Hit diggity DAFFODILS was this game a whirl. Itâs been a long time since a game actually unnerved me (too proud to say scared). Everything about this area just felt... wrong. The warped music, the reversed lyrics, and the daMN BODY HORROR MONSTERS AAAAUUUGH!! Never have I felt so relieved to finish... no... escape a level. Pat yourself on the back, Lena Raine. You got me good!
I don't think the Temple would have had such a terrifying effect on me if it wasn't for this amazing soundtrack. It really makes you feel claustrophobic, anxious, and all you want to do is get out. Partnered with the freakish monsters that chase you around and the visual distortion, the Temple genuinely made me feel a little bit sick tbh and I was always on edge especially towards the end.
God this song really sold the Terrifying Hellscape of the temple in Madeline's head. Not to mention the VHS effects and the weird squid creatures. This game managed to encapsulate horror better than most movies nowadays can
This will forever be the theme to ease my panic attacks. This song is just the musical manifestation of the saying that you're not alone in what you feel. If I was then this song wouldn't describe my personal panic so well lol
I can definitely understand why a lot of people hate this Level, BUT you can't deny that this section alone sets it apart from the others. The whole atmosphere of it felt dangerous, but in a quiet and controlled way. *Now?* The whole stage just feels like a nightmare. Eyeball monsters are immortal and hunt you down until they literally can't keep chasing you, most sections are rushed with few safe places to stand on, and even your friend is trapped with you, unable to do anything because of his own problems. It's horrible... *but no matter what, you have to keep moving.*
6:08 to the end really seems to have a "Madeline. Get over it. Theo is counting on you. You need to get out of here" sort of vibe. Most of the song before it really sounds like a panicky or "I'm trapped" kind of feeling, but after around the 6 minute mark the song starts picking up again Lena Raine is really good at putting meaning or conveying emotions in music
When the drums kick in at 7:07 i get major chills Also i love the atmosphere this song creates, it's so creepy and lonely and sounds full of isolation, and then the ending just kicks into gear and it flips the track into an epic ending, love it! Yet another amazing track from the best game OST ever!
this was my favourite level. when i kept dying on other levels, i'd have to take a break to calm down (by petting a cat) but i never got frustrated dying in this level. love the atmosphere.
Is it just me or is the high pitch tone that holds through much of this piece 7:10 the same sound and frequency as Madeline's dialogue box jabber makes when she's having a meltdown?
Now that you point it out... It is incredibly similar. That's probably intentional, given what the hidden message (Backwards speech - there's a few videos floating around CZcams) is.
i thought i was the only one that noticed that !!!! i heard that when i played the game for the first time and thought i was goin nuts, i thought madeline was crying and that my ears were tricking me.
This music is frightening : it feels like something is on my chest, and isnât letting me breathe, itâs horrible, and the reverse Quiet and Falling, itâs really stressing..gnisserts yllaer sâti ,gnillaF dna teiuQ esrever eht dna ,elbirroh sâti ,ehtaerb em gnittel tânsi dna ,tsehc ym no is gnihtemos ekil sleef ti : gninethgirf si cisum sihT
This chapter scared the hell out of me on my first playthrough. The music made it more horrifying which is great for level design but not when your trying to sleep.
I gotta say man, when I played the game and listened to the "voices" I got really scared, it was pretty disturbing. When I listened the track in reverse, I thought "this is the best and saddest easter egg in gaming history". I love how it adds so much to the game and thr story
This music does more than put you on edge, it makes you anxious. The slow revolving in and out brash tone like a sort of vibrato yet... there is a clamness and beauty in how it all harmonizes and is quite at moments, yet has notes which are akin to screaming because of the heavy vibrato and ranges they are in, in my mind, you are one of the composers of all time, doing some genuinely inventive things and thinking on the level of haydn's cleverness and beethoven's exploration of music. Haydn, Beethoven, mozart, debussy, lena raine: -sincerely Uel
Those synths are just so good, it doesn't just feel like something is behind you, it feels like there is danger in every direction and you are just petrified in place. There is seemingly no way out. You don't know what's happening. You may be trapped here forever with your personified thoughts.
I remember the first time I played through this chapter and heard the whispers! I got really spooked out by it, this song in general and the seekers trying to kill me. Then I heard the track in reverse and I was amazed! This is why Celeste is my favorite game and 5A is my favorite chapter. Thank you Lena
This is sad yet hopeful, like watching yourself in the mirror and telling yourself everything is gonna be fine. I'm loving this soundtrack, so good even if I didn't play the whole game yet.
That's a powerful image, and also sounds like an out-of-body experience waiting to happen, especially with mid-night drowsiness and disorientation. Can't wait to try it out if I have the chance.
Oooh mirrors. Any piece of media or game that invokves mirrors, immediately expands its value by double, much like mirrors make a room appear much larger than it is. Not to mention their significance in our own spirituality. This song is epic.
The way the sound swirls around your head head in the beginning makes it truly feel like you're in some kind of inescapable, well, mirror world made of your worst fears. The whispering gets to me too. I can hear it over any noise in the room no matter what. its amazingly done.
When I played that game I was exactly in Madeleines place. I'm better now but this beautiful song helps me remind me of how fragile your mental state can be. It's perfect!
here is... another thing to note; the statues of the monsters don't look newly built, they look like they were made ages ago, which is odd. maybe it's trying to say that everyone's inner demons look the same? or maybe the statues just look different to everyone who sees them, and Madeline seems them like that. maybe they never existed. also, i noticed that at 5:15 the song is just the normal mirror temple song but reversed, I guess because she's in a mirror, and it's the same temple but reversed. these details are so cool.
I'm sure a lot of people are aware of the hidden message in this song but do people actually stop and realize that this song is just "quiet and falling" BACKWARDS?! This is beyond creative composition.
I am seriously impressed what you did by making this soundtrack with a twist. Your work is phenomenal and will be more than recognizable for your career.
It gets more intense, and with the feeling of going back to do something as its reversed. Perfect music for "confronting the problem" as the old woman said.
The elements at 7:17 are so interesting, i can hear and not unhear the old melody in reverse, yet the questioning synth remains, and the drums come in to provide a moment of clarity on ryhthm which fade out. Some things you do are just tropes of this musical ear, ostinatos, electrical instruments ect yet you do them so well.
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funny and mildly horrifying fact: I got to this part in the game on an airplane, and the ONLY part of the soundtrack I could hear clearly over the plane engine was JUST the whispering.
That must have been really creepy...
@@TheSpitefulSword I was more creeped out... retroactively, I guess? The plane engine was too loud for me to really get immersed in it, but I was still like "Man, this *would* be really creepy"
I also got to this part while on a 2am Plane ride. Quite a surreal experience it was.
@@Alex-bv7it The "Man I thought I was supposed to be climbing a mountain what the hell's even going on right now" experience
@@alchetect9995 oh yeah that one slaps people in the face real hard during this phase
I feel like itâs worth talking about how the monsters in this section are made _specifically_ as mirrors (pun unintended) of Madelineâs moveset. They are genuinely just the playerâs set of mechanics in enemy form; the dashing, the color scheme, the segment where you actually control one. Hell, they even have the same death animation as you in the precious few rooms where you can kill them. Since the temple generates its horrors from the minds of those who enter, it can be reasonably inferred that this is just part of how Madeline sees herself. This is just part of her internalized image of who she is. Textbook self-destruction.
wait you can kill them?
Or maybe the monsters are the players, the ones controlling her
Very through analysis
another thing to note is that the statues of the monsters don't look newly built, they look like they were made ages ago, which is odd. maybe it's trying to say that everyone's inner demons look the same? or maybe the statues just look different to everyone who sees them, and Madeline seems them like that. maybe they never existed.
@@tallkids-spencerhuyck179 Nah don't Undertale this for no reason
The high pitched synth reminds me of Madeline's panicky voice.
Must've been on purpose to signify Madeline's depression and anxiety from the inside
It IS her high, panicky voice:
3:12, I think
Edit: 3:37
I believe that is actually Lena's voice and is supposed to be the voice of Madeline
Kagami Covers Lena reine composes this music to fit the theme with Madeline, which both Lena and Madeline have/had internal [error], and when you play the game you can just feel the music. (Not including if you have it blasting around the house.)
the way I understood it was that it was her voice, or at least, her emotions and fear. if you listen to this track reversed, the otherwise unintelligible whispering can be understood. itâs pretty rough.
People say that Anxiety is a track that sounds just like an anxiety attack. But, to me, this one is the one that really sounds like anxiety. The beginning with the almost discordant synths and the erratic and booming drums that come together into a cacophany of threads that make it hard to follow, looping over and over, while the synth gets just higher, and higher, and higher. Like the voice that wants to scream, but can't. Yet, there's something cathartic in the progression of the track as a whole, as you work through it, and reflect upon what you're experiencing.
It's cyclical. It comes back, in the end. It's never something you fully work through--you just learn how to cope with it.
yes. with the many different discordant synths, the pounding drums, the high volume, it makes your blood pressure really rise. it felt like a crowd of people screaming at you at once, and something has to break. 0:00-2:20, that is.
This is a reversed song
Yeah you can't escape this feeling. It will always be there. But you can accept it. And just see it as a part of you
The way I see it, Anxiety is about anxiety attacks while In the Mirror is just about anxiety as a whole. How it lingers with you even outside panic moments
Definitely the most terrifying track in the game.
âAnxietyâ would be a somewhat distant 2nd.
Anxiety and this were also my top 2 for eerie or discomforting tracks in the game.
Anxiety does its job of feeling very panicked and scared..
This.. just feels awful, but in the best way possible. It feels gross, claustrophobic, scary, etc.. And that's what it's meant to do, and.. that's probably part of what makes it so satisfying.
Nathan Carver Yeah those are some good adjectives. I also really like describing songs with verbs; this one to me seems kind of like running away from yourself which you canât do. Also, imo, this is the best song in the soundtrack because of how strong it is in its emotion.
@@griffinvonkswalgoperson9499 the whole chapter is so dark, I nearly broke when badeline tells Madeline âYOU DESERVE THIS!â
Nah, I think anxiety would be the number one. While this one is pretty scary, anxiety was powerful enough to have a physical effect on me.
Simonsaysgaming the panic attack scene is my favorite, just the sudden darkness and intense atmosphere was jawdropping. This has to be my favorite though, the whole thing feels like itâs leading to a sort of upbeat track but it just... doesnât. It feels hollow and hopeless, which is exactly what itâs meant to make you feel. Anxiety is a more panicked and intense track, itâs meant to take you by surprise, but in that scene you arenât alone like the beginning of this track, so it seems to have a bit less of a hopeless tone (or it at least drops off in Anxiety before the end)
Nobody:
The mosquitos outside my room at 3:am: 0:08
Yeah
What has been heard can not be unheard
No they're not outside they are... INSIDE
lmao i laughed so much
god damnit
'I'm at the bottom of the ocean,
I can't see anything in any direction.
It's claustrophobic, yet I feel exposed.
I remember feeling normal, but now it just feels out of reach, no matter what I try.'
When I first played Celeste, I couldn't really relate to Madeline at all.
But now, I understand this quote on a spiritual level lmao.
Me too
'how do you cope?'
'i drink, and get mad at people on the internet'
@@NameNotFound147 yeah i know
But instead of beer I drink gasolineđđđ
âYOU DESERVE THIS!â Really hit home. I knew exactly what this chapter represents the second I heard that line
What do you think it represents?
@@MrsExit-wz3sq a very deep self loathing and/or depression, thatâs something Iâve had run through my head a lot in the past, including the 3 years since I wrote that comment. Things are slowly improving though, but that will always be a part of me that made me who I am
"i'M hELpINg"
"theo saves the day once again"
Lmao
Shh silence
âOk now youâre just showing offâ
Man trapped in crystal rated world's greatest hero and comedian
Through the mirror temple, the whole place is pinned on using a personâs anxiety to test their strength to advance to the summit.
Itâs obvious that madalineâs anxiety is about herself. Even before she reached the temple, she was being pitted against herself. Against a version of herself that she hates. And because she hates herself, the temple acts to hurt her, not because itâs doing so of itâs own intention, but because thatâs what madaline is trying to do, sheâs trying to fight herself. And it becomes clear that the temple is not just centering around her the whole time once she gets to theo. The temple is also using his anxiety against him as well, with eyes constantly staring at him and being trapped inside a crystal barrier. Theoâs anxiety is a social anxiety, he is uncomfortable being watched and feels trapped when being surrounded by strangers.
Itâs also why he takes photos for his social media account. He still wants attention, but is unable to be in public to do it.
Itâs... something i understand all too well.
How has nobody responded to this masterfully written comment?
Of course that high synth tone near the beginning is Madeline's breakdown voice sound. She's screaming. đ±
Want to know backwards whispering, here ya go;
"Sometimes, I... don't really know... what's going on anymore. I... I don't... know who I am. I just... look in the mirror, and... don't know who I'm looking at. Or... who's looking at me. I... think a lot... about... where... my train of thought is going... and it's not always a good place. And that scares me. I don't... like... scaring myself. I don't..."
-Madeline, Celeste
Thank you for pointing that out I would have actually never known that
And after that she starts to cry silently :( poor girl
Mixomatosis?? Radiohead? Me pareciĂł similar.
@@memorableman3709 if it's silent how do you hear it
TwoEcksKay With silent I meant that she makes very little noise, not that you literally cant hear her.
This song really makes me feel uncomfortable. It's like the walls are closing in on me, but I have to keep running because someone needs me. When the music goes quiet, it's like everything freezes and I get chills. It feels so alien...
must be something wrong with both of us
Yes this is a masterpiece from the artist, really makes you feel uncomfortable, I forgot which scene this is from but isn't it from the panic attacks on the gondola? Or the mirror temple. Either way, this soundtrack really makes me feel for the characters
From what I understand, this is what the music and the level is suppose to make you feel. So yea, it achieved its goals.
I was super uncomfortable with the Mirror Temple too I tell you. Havenât gone back to it even now
you have to keep running so you can ACCIDENTALLY THROW THEO OFF THE SCREEN AGAIN WOOO
"I'm an intruder in my own mind..."
I swear, when you had to control one of the monsters and bring it to Madeline, that's the only time I can ever remember being genuinely creeped out and unnerved by any game I've played, excluding horror games of course. The entire temple was one big nightmare, what with the difficulty, music that oozes of negative thoughts and emotions, as well as the way that poor Madeline felt throughout the chapter, as well as the whole game up to that point, this level, while not as frustrating as say the wind in chapter 4, is definitely the chapter I least want to go back to, in a good way though. It's not intended to be a good place, the temple achieves its goal perfectly.
Also it's so disorienting, there's dozens of different paths
Actually this is my favorite level.
Some people afraid of the dark. And some people see beauty in it.
The music for this level, as well..
As I mentioned in another thread, it's gross, claustrophobic, eerie, disgusting, etc.. It makes you feel uneasy, and like *you shouldn't be here,* but it was *intended* to do that. Despite being my least favourite to play through, from a gameplay perspective, this level is one of my favourite for concept and.. I guess how it relates.
I genuinely wish I could put better into words how this track and level is perfect, but.. I can't. It's just so.. *right*.
Honestly, the hardest level for me was the resort (so far Iâm currently at the resort again in chapter 7)
Making you control the monster, letting it overcome all the obstarcles to get to Madeline and attack her was one of the most genial elements in the game. They further displayed Madeline's anxiety, presenting a breaking point, some sort of climax of the built-up tension. (Theo lost, temple growing darker, moster statues... i immedeately suspected they will mean trouble.) It also enhanced the player's anxiety, by forcing you to do something highly uncomfortable - you're supposed to attack the heroine you've learned to love, bring her deepest fears to her and [kill] her.
Did you notice the poor girl tries to run when you're closing in?
And while all of this you learned how these monsters work. They explained gameplay element to you the most disturbing way possible.
After finishing this level, i couldn't sleep for like 2 nights.
Sometimes, I... don't really know... what's going on anymore. I... I don't... know who I am. I just... look in the mirror, and... don't know who I'm looking at. Or... who's looking at me. I... think a lot... about... where... my train of thought is going... and it's not always a good place. And that scares me. I don't... like... scaring myself. I don't...
What is this a quote from?
LucianoThePig it's the reversed words in this track
@@LucianoThePig I think its from the creator or one of there friends going through addiction
@@fyrefox45
Listen at 7:24 with headphones on. There are some very quiet sounds that don't match with the soundtrack. That's Madeline speaking backwards
@@tydyman2003 The game is about anxiety, and the composer also went through anxiety, and is voicing Madelines thoughts
Kinda makes sense that it's the theme of the normal mirror temple, but backwards.
Because when things are mirrored, everything is backwards too.
Steven so when Madeline is trying to go deeper into the temple, sheâs actually getting tf outta here ?
@@marshall7439 She goes deeper inside her mind, and gets out of her problems
A mirror doesn't reverse
@@lariana-changaming4168 Left becomes right and viceversa
@@lariana-changaming4168 yea it does...
I think the most compelling thing about the theme of depression in this theme is not just the reversed Mirror temple theme in 4:46, but when it gradually transitions to the piano actually playing the new backwards melody in 6:34. It's not an exact reiteration of the reversed melody, but you can feel the beautiful yet anguished melody trying to push through the blaring synths and violent drums. Almost like how people with depression sometimes feel like they have to push through a new normal that has been forged (or in this case, reversed) for them. Nothing is the same as it was before, like how the new melody is not the same as the old reversed melody. It's...hauntingly beautiful.
Your right! Itâs really interesting; like at first with the reversed song your confused, then with the version afterwards like you need to get to the end at any cost. Itâs amazing!
Especially with the reversed whispering
It reminds me of... something. I cant put my finger on it, and it feels completely abstract when I focus on it. It's some distant memory, maybe a dream I had.
at 2:10 you can hear whispers too, they say "sometimes, i dont know... whats, going on anymore..."
I listen to and enjoy a lot of music people might call "oppressive". This is the only music I've that genuinely seems to deserve that moniker. It's good, but... painful. It feels heavy with guilt for sins long ago.
Sins that shouldn't matter anymore and yet continue to haunt you
@@IschmarVI so true
Damn, when I first heard this song, I didn't think anything of it because of how unpleasent the start sounds, and I thought "oh, this is just supposed to be disturbing, alrighty". Now, I appreciate how masterful this song is, how it begins with hopelessness and unraveling to the hopeful tone it sets at the end, using every sound and instrument used to make it sound unnerving minutes before. A piece of art
The way you blend synth and instrumental percussion is unreal.
Do you record with live instruments or are they synthetic? Just curious. Either way the effect of you create organic and machine sounds, in the way that you do, is so affecting. So cool. Thank you.
it's a track playing in reverse
the second half is reversed but the first part doesn't sound like it was reused from my pov
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I've listened to a lot "dark" stuff. Black metal, depressive black metal, dissonant and chaotic pieces from mathcore, rock songs with lyrics way more gloomy than what I've heard in black metal, I went through a lot of musical experiences, from horror videos games mostly, earthbound also played a major role in my exploration of that kind of music (the Giygas, now I don't feel safe anywhere) and I gotta say, this OST is so rich and colourful during a long part of this game and there's this thick track that comes after going through the regular temple sticking to your clothes and your limbs and weighing down on you... I was honestly oppressed by the ambiance and the music... It did made my progression in this part really tough but I never "rage quitted" and kept on fighting my way through lovecraftian horrors, I just wanted to escape this place at all costs, you could say I was scared lol but woah.. I can't seem to have enough of it, thank you Lena Raine and thank you too to the whole team for making such a well executed game!
This theme.
This GODDAMN ANAZING theme.
*I swear to god when I hear this I physically get colder*
*HOW?*
The ONLY track that gets more of a reaction out of me is Starjump.
*And we ALL know how well that panned out*
Do I even want to know?
@@mychannelisdiedbyyoutube9632 Did you find your answer?
Yeah when this song goes into the Madeline and Theo theme only to transition into star jump that was quite the roller coaster
âThat chapter was quite fun, I wonder what the next one will be-â
*Chapter 5 Mirror Temple*
âOH NO!â
I was scared by the name because I remembered that Badaline usually appears through mirrors.
i had been kicked out of a CS:GO comp match. i was feeling pretty hurt, and really down, so i booted up sai, pulled up my youtube playlist, shuffled, and began to draw. the thing is, i had forgotten i added this track.
i was already feeling pretty negative, and when this came on, it amplified those emotions. i literally began to cry, and breathing got harder.
awesome job, 10/10 would break down again
2 yrs later but why you've been kicked out of a csgo match?
@@overdadeirowillsmithreal1479 unfortunately, i don't think he will answer you.
@@overdadeirowillsmithreal1479 wasn't performing very well
â@@via_embre i really wanna say something inspiring, and i thought of something kind of cool: "try to be cool about it, a random man cannot comprehend you as much as you can yourself and to call somebody bad is to call yourself bad since you are spreading negativity" but then my mind was like "it's a lot better to say git gud since now you are not spreading negativity yet still can hurt somebody" and i dont know what to say so i want to ask hopefully something simple
How was your day? Do you want some pancakes?
Honestly, sounds like something you really needed. Crying is good, really. It's cathartic. I hope afterwards, you started to feel better. =)
Quiet and Falling gives you a feeling like you've lost all hope and you sink deeper into the darkness and sorrow, with no way out, with no one to help you.
Into the mirror's gives you a feeling of threat and danger, but slowly gived you a feeling that there is still hope, and that someone helps you get out of that sorrow and darkness that you initially sunk into.
Honestly, both these two songs represent a mirror not only because one is the reversed version of the other, but also because both have opposite feelings that are present in one character: one feeling of being dragged down, and another one of being pulled up.
This area was just... *shivers
Itâs like the True Lab in Undertale. Cool, but unexpected and scary as hell. Suddenly thereâs enemies, eerie music, tentacles all over the place. Youâre literally living your worst nightmares. But the creepiest part is the backwards talking, and the message itâs sending. The mountain/mirror is taking what Madeline hates most and is using them against her, but the scariest things to her arenât the stuff thatâs being used against her. The scariest thing is that fact that it came from Madeline. Sheâs literally scaring herself. Thatâs what anxiety is, and itâs been given a form. The mountain/mirror knows that.
Iâm just glad Theoâs here to keep us company.
very true
"I'm helping!"
Peref L. I thinks itâs more of like it represents her own anxiety attacking her, like I said in the comment. Madeline doesnât hate herself, she just doesnât like that her own body actively works to scare her. The enemies are so hostile because they are her own anxieties.
Peref L. Oh I know this is speculation, I was just curious. I agree with you on most parts, but the thing is I feel as if almost Madeline doesnât think Badeline is the same as her at first. This is supported by the Badeline interaction right before she drags you to the bottom of the mountain. Madeline views Badeline and her anxiety as this horrid part of her thatâs always trying to drag her down. Sheâs doesnât realize itâs an important part of her, and is always trying to push that part away, to fun from it. Madelineâs biggest fear is when it fully catches up, when this âcreatureâ starts scaring her. She doesnât realize sheâs scaring herself.
Why are some people so obsessed with undertale these kind of comments and people make me cringe
I Never noticed the whispering until at around 3:30 before i watched the backwards vid, but now it seems so obvious. This was so touching when i just now saw it i am somewhat shaken... Such a brilliant game !!!
It gave me so many chills when I first heard it in-game.
I was like: ... wait what the fu... Goddamn lady, stop whispering in my ear!
...oh i probably gotta reverse you, donât i?
This song is both beautiful and haunting at the same time. I feel like (in my opinion) it is not necessarily the creepiest but the scariest song ever made based purely on the fact that it is a bunch of disorienting synth sounds with strange whispering in the middle and haunting piano keys at the end that reverses Quiet and Falling. This song is truly a masterpiece; a work of art! Celeste has one of the best soundtracks ever made!
With CZcams and the internet in general being such a big thing, getting games spoiled for me is a common occurrence. A lot of the times, I buy a game after seeing footage of something really epic that happens at some point in the game (Epic moment, final boss fight, an amazing song, you get the idea). Going into games blind is something I havenât gotten to truly experience since I was a little kid, playing Paper Mario on his GameCube. Recently, Iâve been picking up new game series on a whim and giving them a whirl, trying to expand my horizons. I picked up Baldurâs Gate (frigginâ AMAZING), and when that was all said and done, Celeste.
Hit diggity DAFFODILS was this game a whirl. Itâs been a long time since a game actually unnerved me (too proud to say scared). Everything about this area just felt... wrong. The warped music, the reversed lyrics, and the daMN BODY HORROR MONSTERS AAAAUUUGH!! Never have I felt so relieved to finish... no... escape a level.
Pat yourself on the back, Lena Raine. You got me good!
If you havenât already you should play Hollow Knight. That game is tons of fun!
I was already scared of mirrors.
then Celeste came.
..
AAEAEAEAEAEAEAEAAEEAAEAEAAEAAA!!!!!!!
@@aerothallji6514 did you mean... czcams.com/video/Qcp2W1-SFt4/video.html
@@Joe-wt4rv yes
You too?
I don't think the Temple would have had such a terrifying effect on me if it wasn't for this amazing soundtrack. It really makes you feel claustrophobic, anxious, and all you want to do is get out. Partnered with the freakish monsters that chase you around and the visual distortion, the Temple genuinely made me feel a little bit sick tbh and I was always on edge especially towards the end.
The music is the mvp of video games
- Mirror Mirror, on the wall
- Which is 2018's best game of all?
Answer: /-\ :etseleC
Kyle the Reflectionist itâs funnier because youâre picture is Mirror Kirby
Yep! It's the reason that I'm here.
Points for spelling it backwards.
And now it's nominated for GOTY
game of the year is rigged. Common Person's vote is worth only 10% while company's vote is 90%. not even lying look at their terms and conditions
God this song really sold the Terrifying Hellscape of the temple in Madeline's head. Not to mention the VHS effects and the weird squid creatures. This game managed to encapsulate horror better than most movies nowadays can
This will forever be the theme to ease my panic attacks. This song is just the musical manifestation of the saying that you're not alone in what you feel. If I was then this song wouldn't describe my personal panic so well lol
the way i see it, this song, this part of the level, this moment, turns "you can do this" into "i can't do this, but i have to."
the part where you get to the giant eye at the very end and the music just corrupts always gives me goosebumps
I can definitely understand why a lot of people hate this Level, BUT you can't deny that this section alone sets it apart from the others. The whole atmosphere of it felt dangerous, but in a quiet and controlled way. *Now?* The whole stage just feels like a nightmare.
Eyeball monsters are immortal and hunt you down until they literally can't keep chasing you, most sections are rushed with few safe places to stand on, and even your friend is trapped with you, unable to do anything because of his own problems. It's horrible... *but no matter what, you have to keep moving.*
6:08 to the end really seems to have a "Madeline. Get over it. Theo is counting on you. You need to get out of here" sort of vibe. Most of the song before it really sounds like a panicky or "I'm trapped" kind of feeling, but after around the 6 minute mark the song starts picking up again
Lena Raine is really good at putting meaning or conveying emotions in music
When the drums kick in at 7:07 i get major chills
Also i love the atmosphere this song creates, it's so creepy and lonely and sounds full of isolation, and then the ending just kicks into gear and it flips the track into an epic ending, love it! Yet another amazing track from the best game OST ever!
this was my favourite level. when i kept dying on other levels, i'd have to take a break to calm down (by petting a cat) but i never got frustrated dying in this level. love the atmosphere.
Is it just me or is the high pitch tone that holds through much of this piece 7:10 the same sound and frequency as Madeline's dialogue box jabber makes when she's having a meltdown?
Now that you point it out... It is incredibly similar. That's probably intentional, given what the hidden message (Backwards speech - there's a few videos floating around CZcams) is.
i thought i was the only one that noticed that !!!! i heard that when i played the game for the first time and thought i was goin nuts, i thought madeline was crying and that my ears were tricking me.
I feel like they did that on purpose to symbolize Madeline's depression from the inside since the mirror is pretty much how madeline is on the inside
Just you
Brian ok well donât be stingy
The most haunting track in the OST.
its unsettling how many times I listened to this willingly
this is literally the only place in gaming outside of horror games and Metroid where I felt genuinely scared and creeped out by a part of the game.
I literally have trouble breathing steadily during the start of the song (0 - 2:15) because of how well made it is.
I have massive chills when the reversed piano kicks in , just perfectly, Lena poured her feelings into this sound track
This music is frightening : it feels like something is on my chest, and isnât letting me breathe, itâs horrible, and the reverse Quiet and Falling, itâs really stressing..gnisserts yllaer sâti ,gnillaF dna teiuQ esrever eht dna ,elbirroh sâti ,ehtaerb em gnittel tânsi dna ,tsehc ym no is gnihtemos ekil sleef ti : gninethgirf si cisum sihT
verrry clever
Those last three minutes are so incredibly scary and amazing. Headphones and it blaring, sinking into the song. Whew, took my fucking breath away.
Miss Lena, I doubt you'll read this, but I hope that you never gave up and that you left your depression behind.
I hope you climbed your mountain
it seems that you didn't play the game because its theme actually goes directly against this
@@thisisaterribleargument_but Wdym? I just finished Farewell on Tuesday
@@thisisaterribleargument_but what are you talking about?
YoshiDS I meant that the game doesnât leave Badeline (Madelineâs depression stuff) behind, but learned to accept it
@@thisisaterribleargument_but I mean, fair, but still
This chapter scared the hell out of me on my first playthrough. The music made it more horrifying which is great for level design but not when your trying to sleep.
Dramatic
Terrifying
Chill and Beautiful At the same time
Im asking to myself: How can is this possible?
I gotta say man, when I played the game and listened to the "voices" I got really scared, it was pretty disturbing. When I listened the track in reverse, I thought "this is the best and saddest easter egg in gaming history". I love how it adds so much to the game and thr story
This music does more than put you on edge, it makes you anxious. The slow revolving in and out brash tone like a sort of vibrato yet... there is a clamness and beauty in how it all harmonizes and is quite at moments, yet has notes which are akin to screaming because of the heavy vibrato and ranges they are in, in my mind, you are one of the composers of all time, doing some genuinely inventive things and thinking on the level of haydn's cleverness and beethoven's exploration of music. Haydn, Beethoven, mozart, debussy, lena raine: -sincerely Uel
"one of the composers of all time"
Oh my god I absolutely adore the piano melody at the last part
this song sounds like what it means, and i like that about it. lena raine put an astounding level of care into this soundtrack
This entire segment of the game was absolutely stunning.
This track is so underrated. It fits the atmosphere perfectly. Plus, 8:26 is beautiful.
Underrated. This somehow helps me cope with my social anxiety. đ
*WERE HITTING ANXIETY LEVELS THAT SHOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE*
You are the perfector of this era of music, allowing us to progress to the next. -sincerely Uel
Those synths are just so good, it doesn't just feel like something is behind you, it feels like there is danger in every direction and you are just petrified in place. There is seemingly no way out. You don't know what's happening. You may be trapped here forever with your personified thoughts.
I remember the first time I played through this chapter and heard the whispers! I got really spooked out by it, this song in general and the seekers trying to kill me. Then I heard the track in reverse and I was amazed! This is why Celeste is my favorite game and 5A is my favorite chapter. Thank you Lena
This is sad yet hopeful, like watching yourself in the mirror and telling yourself everything is gonna be fine.
I'm loving this soundtrack, so good even if I didn't play the whole game yet.
This is stochastic emotional terrorism and i'm loving every second of it
When you sleeping beside your massive mirror and waking up next to yourself at 3 AM with your red dry eyes after just sleeping at 1 AM
That's a powerful image, and also sounds like an out-of-body experience waiting to happen, especially with mid-night drowsiness and disorientation. Can't wait to try it out if I have the chance.
Oooh mirrors. Any piece of media or game that invokves mirrors, immediately expands its value by double, much like mirrors make a room appear much larger than it is.
Not to mention their significance in our own spirituality. This song is epic.
RellekEarth
Not to mention the mirrored part of this song. Play it backwards, or look for it played backwards. Itâs powerful.
Ironicly, mirrors make things have half of its size in real life
The song really instills a feeling of complete and utter hopelessness
Underrated track, the drums are superb
I donât know what I want anymore what more do I have to live for.
The way the sound swirls around your head head in the beginning makes it truly feel like you're in some kind of inescapable, well, mirror world made of your worst fears. The whispering gets to me too. I can hear it over any noise in the room no matter what. its amazingly done.
Playing this on a late night bus ride through the rockies was...
immersive
The whispering completes this perfectly. Already a frightening and beautiful score, but with the whispers, it's on a whole new level.
this is trippy with headphones because it switches from ear to ear at a constant pace like its playing through a fan that's on
Years later I realize, this music is playing in reverse because it's the MIRROR TEMPLE
When I played that game I was exactly in Madeleines place. I'm better now but this beautiful song helps me remind me of how fragile your mental state can be. It's perfect!
god. this song feels so real to me. like im living this song.
I absolutely love the percussion in this whole soundtrack
This soundtrack is a work of art. Few songs make me feel so many emotions at once. This delivers. Lena Raine, you're a musical genius!
here is... another thing to note; the statues of the monsters don't look newly built, they look like they were made ages ago, which is odd. maybe it's trying to say that everyone's inner demons look the same? or maybe the statues just look different to everyone who sees them, and Madeline seems them like that. maybe they never existed. also, i noticed that at 5:15 the song is just the normal mirror temple song but reversed, I guess because she's in a mirror, and it's the same temple but reversed. these details are so cool.
Pretty cool analogy I like it.
The hidden message on this song made this game to be on my top 10 ever
I'm sure a lot of people are aware of the hidden message in this song but do people actually stop and realize that this song is just "quiet and falling" BACKWARDS?! This is beyond creative composition.
Holly fuck !!!
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okay, this is the best comment on the platform
Wow, this song is meant to represent Madeline's depression and it SUCCEEDS. Listen to it with headphones.
This girl made soundtracks for probably the best games ever created, such as Celeste, and even _Minecraft_
I am seriously impressed what you did by making this soundtrack with a twist.
Your work is phenomenal and will be more than recognizable for your career.
I know this song is supposed to be scary and hostile towards the player but
the percussion in 1:05 is unironically a bop-
Same
tower of impossible expectations
" the emotion you feel is not fear but [...] anxiety."
-Daryl
On God, those synths sound like fear and menace made manifest.
this song broke me while playing the game
Beat this game on my first blind play through and the soundtracks are just too good at their job.
It gets more intense, and with the feeling of going back to do something as its reversed. Perfect music for "confronting the problem" as the old woman said.
I like how the drums only play in rooms with seekers in them
Favorite part of the whole game, mostly due to this song. The despair hits hard
Fun fact there is a hidden message when the whispering comes on in reverse. Edit the real song also comes on in reverse.
TheFatFellow Lol we have the exact same profile picture lmao
FAKE NEWS
hi, badeline.
@@kappn4748 i knew it, fat yoshi was Badeline all along
Lena..., your music touched deeper than I thought it could, you just put me through surgery.
Thank you.
big mood tbh
Holy Blade Runner Batman! Seriously though, this whole soundtrack is really amazing.
Oh my god so funny and so spot on...how amazing is this soundtrack
I do hear that Blade Runner vibe from this song xD
I think its why I like it so much. The blade runner films are two of my favorites.
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY
Oh yeah I get a lot of 2049 vibes from this. It reminds of the part where K is looking through the orphanage looking for the toy
In my opinion, Chapter 5 Mirror Temple is the darkest chapter of the entire game.
The elements at 7:17 are so interesting, i can hear and not unhear the old melody in reverse, yet the questioning synth remains, and the drums come in to provide a moment of clarity on ryhthm which fade out. Some things you do are just tropes of this musical ear, ostinatos, electrical instruments ect yet you do them so well.
POV: You hide in a random persons house in the basement and you look at the stairs and see a figure walking towards you and you accept your fate
piano hits haaaaaard in game