Risk of Rain Returns Has Some of the Best Music of 2023...
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- čas přidán 23. 11. 2023
- This is one of my favorite songs of 2023 and quite possibly in my top 20 best video game songs of all time. I adore it. It's gentle, powerful, meditative, aethereal, sublime, beautiful beautiful and beautiful. Seriously, you need to hear it.
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![Chris Christodoulou creates unique listening experiences! [Risk of Rain 2]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kpj5Uh-R60w/mqdefault.jpg)
You know, you hit a chord when you said that the music seems personal, because it absolutely is. I always strive to compose music that first and foremost I would personally enjoy. But the more I look at my work I realise that I actually write music _about_ me. Especially in a piece like this which is a literal retrospective of the past ten years of my life.
Thanks for listening
Thanks for giving your soul. It’s an amazing thing.
Can't say anything but "i feel you"
the feeling is mutual
please keep being the best music composer to ever exist
more than welcome, and let me tell that I will still listen to you atleast ten years more.
“It is not a fairytale, but a tragedy. A story of betrayal, regret, and sorrow. A story of two.”
"A story of two brothers, chasing glass frogs in the sun."
"one composed of ambition and the other of passion"
"but one time his brother was watching, and his brother loved worms"
A story of rain
The words at the start is Maria saying "let's take it one more time." Also, melodies of every other song from RoRR are within this song. Like a final farewell to the series.
Also, Surface Tension Returns is absolutely amazing.
I was just about to comment about this! The melodic blending of snippets from the rest of the OST is a masterful way to add emotion and sentimentality to what amounts to a send off of the series. We may never hear Chris's wonderful talents in this IP again, and so it's almost fitting that this is the final piece on the soundtrack
@@Enderdragon91he said on a comment in one of the Returns songs that he'll work on seekers of the storm
@@thesecondeevee9754 Excellent ! Glad to see we still have him around :D
Coalescence was a banger, fans of risk of rain loved it.
Con Lentitud Poderosa was a Magical re-imagining of Coalescence that focused on the grief and solitude that resulted from the events of the events that played during the original, became so much wider known then even the risk of rain 2 community, and you could just FEEL how special it was the first time you ever made it to the moon.
Coalescence Returns is... one of a kind. I don't think i've ever heard a song this uniquely, powerfully moving, and it's a re-imagining of Con Lentitud Poderosa in a way that makes it call back to the original in a much grander and meditative way. Like your looking back on the past, and finally realizing the scope of what you've done, and how truly widespread and heavy it's ramifications were.
"I thought of a world without memory, without time,
I considered the possibility of language that ignored nouns,
a language of impersonal verbs or indeclinable epithets.
Thus were dying the days and with the days the years,
but something akin to happiness happened one morning.
It rained, with powerful slowness."
❤
...con lentitud poderosa
con lentitud poderosa
I think what Coalescence Returns is trying to tell us is that we've come full circle. We've played Risk of Rain 2, we know what happenned to that world, to the two brothers and to the survivors. And now we're back to Risk of Rain. To the first ship. All the way up to Providence. And this time we know damn well what we are doing
And now there is no "Fate unknown" ending. Because we know what happens next.
I feel bad about killing Providence every time
He's not a villain, he was just protecting the weak under his watch
@@Yogarpg kinda yeah, but if u read the imp's log...
They are basically trapped in here, as well as other dying species. Providence turned the planet into the zoo. I kinda agree with mitrix on that Providence shouldn't have "saved" them. If they can't save themselves they are probably not worth it.
@@Yogarpg
Eh, Mythrax puts a perspective on it in RoR2 that shows Provi is more about having something to lord over than really wanting to *protect* them. He takes these creatures from dying worlds, most of which they killed like the Lemurian home world, then likes how they treat him like a God.
@@CoolColton947 *How do you people find FURTHER AND FURTHER WAYS TO MISSPELL **_MITHRIX'S_** NAME?!*
ITS LITERALLY VISIBLE IN 2.
This song feels like the end to the franchise of Risk of Rain. And i love it
Good thing it's just the beginning (Well a remake of). I do think it's the last RoR game made by Hopoo though
i mean is the end credits theme
The end of a legacy, the start of something new.
@@danxol9588 Which is practically the end of risk of rain. Not a lot of people have confidence in gearbox. RIP
@@carbonatedphantom8388I do :)
"You might need an umbrella, too." is likely just part of the weather forecast elements playing on the title, Risk of Rain (named such in that during your runs, things can go wrong at any time, suddenly). It's also worth noting tangentially that Returns introduces several new items not present in the original game, one of which *is* an umbrella which on pickup simply states: "They fear the rain."
This song has become perhaps one of the most impactful tracks in a video game I’ve ever heard. The melody of coalescence has always be special to me as a big fan of Risk of Rain. Few tracks have ever gotten me as worked up to the point of crying like Coalescence Returns did. Chris you legend.
"... and his music was electric"
To me (someone who knows absolutely nothing about this game), the slow start of the track sounds like grey skies and maybe some light droplets of rain, and the moment the track takes off with the vocal harmony sounds like a sudden downpour, and then the stripped vocals are the sun peeking through the clouds while the rain slows down. The entire track sounds like weather.
Awesome perspective
PLEASE make an episode on the original Coalescence, it’s one of the best pieces of vgm I have ever heard and Chris has stated he feels that you really need the gravity of it to fully understand …Con Lentitude Poderosa and, I personally feel, this song as well, as they are both effectively successors to it, though neither try to “replace” or “redo” it. Coalescence is, to me, at the very core of Risk of Rain as a whole, and the series and its music wouldn’t be the same without it.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE RAILGUNNER???
In all seriousness i agree, please listen to coalescence, its the foundation and is as beautiful as it was 10 years ago
He has hasn't he?
Haiii :3@@garnetrulz859
Nope, just searched his channel to double check and it's not there@@theguywhoseinsideyourwalls9153
YOOOO SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS SOUNDTRACK, IT ROCKS
Yeah when the clarinet peaks its way in there, it reminds me of some parts of Rain Formerly Known as Purple // Chanson d'automne. They definitely put some classic ROR Motifs around this Coalescence
Risk of rain wouldn't be risk of rain without Chris
this song took me by surprise and made me cry after i was just super happy for beating providence for the first time. I love this song so much
unsure if anyone else has mentioned it, but the weather forecast was actually taken during the development of the original game and Chris had wanted to use it in the soundtrack but wasn't able to find a spot to fit it in
but 10 years later, we now have this track
8:27 i love how they use this big moment of the song to match with the logo of Hopoo and the real credits of the game
brings back the feeling of being a kid and getting a "thank you for playing" for the first time after a good game
💜
When I heard this track in-game the first time, I instantly got hit with a wave of melancholy and the need to cry.
And then my second thought was "Marco needs to listen to this. I'm sure he'd love it.".
This song is… very impactful. I would have never expected any sort of vocals, and as a Pink Floyd fan, it heavily reminded me of their style for some reason. The harmonization of the person singing reminded me of “The Great Gig in the Sky”, while the recording in the background made me reminisce of so many of their songs using that sort of idea. What an end to Risk of Rain. It was a great 10 years, and I really hope Gearbox will do good with the franchise
I've been a Risk of Rain fan since 2013, but even if I had never heard of the franchise a day in my life I know this song would have knocked me on my ass
2:30 At some point i definitely am going to be that grandparent randomly humming Coalescence after remembering Risk of Rain
The melancholy hits different on this one...
Man I cry every time I listen
Coalescence has always been a favorite of mine. To me, It always has sounded like the moments before and leading into uncontrollable sobbing.
So I was curious and left a comment that Chris actually replied to in regards to that forecast. I was curious if it was Chris who did it, with how perfectly it fits, but no he replied back saying it was an actual forecast he had recorded ten years ago and even mentioned that it was planned to be used in Chanson d'automne but now found itself in this track.
Bro casually sampled some weather forecast to never use it for 10 years only to use it in his Magnum opus of a song
I swear, I watch this channel more and more.. and I go back and listen to other songs and I'm starting to just really dip myself into the emotions that they're conveying..
It's a miracle I found this channel, as someone who is getting into writing music, and as someone who likes listening to it on a daily basis.
And other reactions to songs from other channels too, each providing different perspectives on that same song.. it's so neat to see multiple channels look at the same song and just see these different angles they take on it.
I appreciate you ❤️
It is just amazing to me how easily music can become part of someone's life and just completely let themselves go in the notes. It's part of what inspired me to dip into composing, because I want to give that experience to others as well and show them how far it can go.. and hopefully inspire an audience to create as well.
I already like writing stories, so why not take that a step further and tell them through music, through the emotions they convey?
I know I'm ranting at this point but it is something I've wanted to say for a while now. You have helped morph how I listen to music, leaning into what emotions they get off and losing myself in them.
Hey! At 6:10 you mention how it’s a different melody from another song, it’s from the Sky Meadows theme for ror1/rorR. It’s called Chanson d’Automne..
It’s much more prominent at 8:30 ish, being behind the vocals for almost 30 seconds
for the callbacks to other melodies i can immediately recognize the one at 8:30, the song is called "The Rain Formerly Known as Purple" in Risk of Rain 2 but i'm not sure about the other games, and in all 3 it is the theme of the Sky Meadow.
It is Chanson d' Automne to be exactly precise with the tunes. The rain formerly known as purple is just a little different
To add to your point of spoken word over music being so impactful, using something so mundane as a weather report to cut right in the middle of the piece really makes it feel like it’s a song we’ve heard before. It instantly peels back the layers of instruments and voice and gives us something from life we’re oh so familiar with. It’s like it’s creating a melody of heartache for us we didn’t know we were already singing. And the melody doesn’t have any words either…we can sing it too. What a beautiful song.
Marco, you always remind me how much I love music, even if the music is from a medium we wouldn’t expect. Keep doing what fulfills you. Bless you and your family.
I’ve followed Chris’ stuff since September, and am kind of sad I hadn’t heard him sooner. He’s genuinely one of, if not my favorite composer, and this track is perfect, especially as an (in training) vocalist. I know it’s not the last work he’s doing for the franchise, but this track feels like a send off to the franchise as a whole, and it is for Hopoo I suppose. This was my first RoR game, so I’m sure I’m going to have amazing memories of this song the same way so many remember the original years from now.
OOOOOOOOH, I've been hoping you'd review this one. I'm genuinely in love with this version of Coalescence.
I also jumped the gun on my comment, posting it before the ads had finished, but I wanna point out that I believe the song uses a lot of ukulele, which Risk of Rain features quite a lot in the item the Ukulele, for his music was electric. I always like to think this is one of the survivors (Commando, maybe Huntress on vocals) after the game. The game is very much painting you as the villain for slaughtering all of these otherwise docile creatures, so now here you are, resting against the deck of the damaged Contact Light, singing sadly as you come to grips with what you've *done* on Petrichor V. That concept helped along for me by this being played over the ending credits, after killing a god named Providence, slaughtering his creations, and leaving with everything in the cargo hold. Unfathomably amazing song, incredible work.
You are so passionate. Really makes your videos stand out among the crowd.
Actually listened to the full song during the credits, used to skip it but it really caught me off guard
I've tried composing before, and the amount of time, effort, and learning it took me to make a garbage, barebones track is actually insane. It gave me so much insight into what goes into instrumentals and soundtracks. I have never heard anything else that has anywhere close to the kind of sound that Chris's work does. I'm half convinced he summons these melodies with black magic. the sounds I hear in chris's music can't been created by playing by a string attached to wood, or wind going through a pipe, or sticks pounding on a drum. they had to have been forged in fires, tempered with hammers, and cooled in rain.
“Screaming, but Beautifully” is such a profound sentiment. I love it.
Risk of rain franchise solidifying itself in best video game music one more time!!! Well done Chris and well done Maria!!!
Oh yes! More Risk of Rain!
Glad to see more Risk of Rain on the channel! I know you already did some risk of rain 2 songs, but did you ever check out "They might as well be dead" from the Survivors of the Void dlc? It just feels like there's so much raw emotion when the guitar kicks in (:
He has
As a Swedish person, hearing you talk about Santa Lucia was really cool. Great video as always, and great music!
Listening to this after beating the game, especially for the first time, was such a memorable experience.
you should definitely listen to surface tension (remaster)/surface tension returns!
YES!!! god this song hit so hard after beating the game for the first time
The feeling i get hearing this song (or at least the begining) is as if it was like a folk song, one that everyone knows, being played in a more personal setting.
I feel the same way when hearing the original music from the game Dwarf fortress, music from long ago.
I can say with 100% confidence that Chris knows exactly what hes doing with music, and I'd probably go as far to say hes one of the best.
I like to think that the reason the song sounds this way is because it is a rendition of the final area before the boss fight with Providence, Bulwark of the Weak. Where Mithrix would build, Providence would provide a soul to the things that Mithrix built. So I think that this piece represents the mourning of the creatures that were given life by Providence before you killed him and them coming to term with his death over a very long portion of time until all thats left is a faded memory of the one that once was there protector.
That, to me, would also explain the emotion in the wordless parts of the song and the emotionlessness of the human voice lines in the song (representing the character finally able to leave and recuperate).
"Chanson d'automne" overlaid on "Coalescence" was a thing that could happen this whole time and it never occurred to me? In ten years it never occurred to me? Mind blown.
Hey Marco, thanks a bunch for the awesome reaction and insight. I love how into the music you get and really dive into the emotional aspect of music. You have helped me get back into music after being in a null. Just subbed on patreon to show my support and to thank you.
Aw’ that means so much!
I dunno if anyone else has said it, but in my mind the way the vocals and the synth harmonise makes me think of the survivor.
That raw intrinsically human sound joined with the soundscape of the planet, those synths we've heard all game.
Even as they leave, they are taking a part of the planet with them, forever touched by it.
Maybe I'm just extrapolating ideas where there are none, but that's how I feel abt it.
When I first beat the game I wasn't expecting this gem of a song and for some reason that news broadcast just puts everything together for me especially considering the themes of the game
My Soundtrack of 2023 for sure
I teared up on the credit screen.
I like the music on the last level. So calm and relaxing
When I heard this song for the first time, I was expecting it to be similar to the original Coalescence but OH MY GOD. It was way better than what I expected. It's probably the first soundtrack that felt so impactful. And the fact that it plays during the Credits is amazing too. This entire francise has become my favorite one.
Also the reason the Weather guy at the end says "Precipitation" is referencing Providence's Theme "Precipitation".
Same goes to the first dialogue, mentioning an "Umbrella" which is an Item in the game that changes the weather to rain, causing enemies to be weakened when starting a Teleporter Event.
6:05 those are call backs! Specifically those are directly taken Melody’s from Chanson D’Automne, the theme for Sky Meadows
In a way, considering this is the credits theme, it feels a lot like a reminder of the journey to the finale. There are also a few others in there, like 25.3N 91.7E, Monsoon, and Cyclogenesis, along with just the risk of rain Melody in general
I always felt the main theme of the music to Risk of Rain was loneliness and isolation. You're stranded on an alien world with almost no hope of rescue filled creatures that want you dead and fragments of civilization scattered all over the surface from the cargo ship that you where on. This is only built upon by the so climb of collecting things till you feel almost unstoppable by anything but a god only to find out your god is an overloading worm that you never saw and it never saw you.
"I've been listening to this non-stop." So I am not the only one? Finally someone can understand how much I absolutely adore this song. The combination of Coalesence and Con Letitud Poderosa just hits you in the heart over and over again. Its haunting, its melancholic and its a send off to such a wonderful series over a span of 10 years.
I dont know what gearbox has in store for the nusic in terms of the next DLC and onwards but Risk of Rain will forever be synonymous with Chris. The music of this game is a benchmark for video game music and something we can look back in the future as a defining moment in indie gaming.
My god, this is the first time I've heard this (i still haven't beaten RoRR yet. It's taking time to get back into the swing of things) and man this is phenomenal. I've always loved the RoR soundtrack, and this just feels like the ultimate synthesis of everything the music of the game is about in one place. The callbacks to other pieces, the gorgeous vocal harmonies, the phrasing on the acoustic instruments, the mixing, everything about this is incredible.
Genshin and a singer named Vulkain made a new song btw it's "tandem au cœur de fontaine" would love to see you react it
Btw awesome videos as always 👍
I know the background music it's a separate motif to the rain formerly known as purple which itself is a requiem to purple rain the comforting apocalypse.... that's genius
This song made me start crying the first time I heard it.
I know there is like 20 other comments mentioning Surface Tension Returns, but when I was playing the game and heard that 2nd half of the song play. I was astonished on how crisp it was and immediately had to pause, look it up, and just listen to it on its own mid run.
hey there marco, i'm back lol.
very good video, as always, now, another thing that is completely different is something that i don't know if you did a video once, but is about The Witcher 3 soundtracks, like Aen Seidhe, or the Song of Sword-Dancer and of course Guillaeume versus the Shaelmaar, these pieces are very very good.
Welcome back!
I know Marco likes music that is great for the gym and I've brought this game up before but after it's recent DLC it got a brand new set of music. That would be Undefeatable, Break Through It All, Find Your Flame and now I'm Here (Revisited) from Sonic Frontiers. They all feature Kellin Quinn and are some of the greatest boss themes I've heard in a long time.
The very end where it sounds like the final stage track from 2 is peeking in is…
Wow
Like “You know what happens next.”
YES RISK OF RAIN
Remember everyone: if gearbox ruins this game, we still have the memories.
Have you played risk of rain or do you know the story? Because your vibe check in the beginning talking about how the melody makes you feel loss and forced change is literally perfect for the vibe and lore of the game. I'm just saying because thats even more props to Chris that he made a melody that perfectly meshes with the game. I mean I guess that's an obvious thing to do when making a soundtrack lol. But idk this song in particular really makes me feel those same feelings.
i just got the info that fight crab 2 was announced and went back to listen to the fight crab soundtrack course damn is a banger and i need you to check it out, all the songs are good and very different from eachother so if you could check all it would be nice but at least give "Death Crimson" a listen, i will never forget how the opening of that level was, with you and your giant crab with swords at that point fighting tanks in a desert until you out of nowhere see 2 giant crabs on motocicles swinging chainswords and kusarigamas at you while you use the bottom part of the broken tanks as speed boost rollers and shoot at the crabs with the cannons of the laying tanks...
god i love that game
I'd really love to see you react to some music from Star Wars: Republic Commando. It is a really cool game and I always thought that the music was a badass af. xD
Marco i can't wait to see your reaction to the new DLC coming for Risk of Rain 2, stay out put to make a live reaction maybe, that would be such a great thing to happen, as a fellow Christ fan.
Marco, can I request a song for you to check out? It's Millennium Anthem (2000 New Years Eve), from Hypnospace Outlaw.
That opening lmfao
risk of rain my beloved
I recommend you to check out YuGiOh Masterduel's monarchs theme
Any chance of getting some Crysis music for future reactions? Epilogue/SOS New York/Intro theme from Crysis 2 for example
If you haven't checked out the Baten Kaitos soundtrack, do it.
Hey Marco! I recently discovered a opera composer channel and he reacted to la senora theme of genshin impact and he is starting to hear some of the amazing gaming music that we love so much (not only genshin) it would be awesome if you and him make a video where you guys chat and hear some of the amazing music of games, i believe he didn't hear league of legends music's yet it would be awesome if he hears the kindred or morgana music! Just a idea im throwing in the air for the my 2 favorite CZcamsrs of opera music! The name of the channel is: Doug Helvering. Have a nice day ❤
Speaking of someone talking in a piece of music from a game - there's "Penumbra OST - A Letter for Red". Don't listen to it, if you don't want to get depression.
The Ambitious Brother, trapped in his kingdom:
...I know you can hear me.
I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, at first.
Perhaps there was a flaw in my design.
Perhaps it was one of your games. I was even willing to forgive you.
But no, I see the truth now. You trapped me on this forsaken rock.
And for what?
Is this all for your little pets? The creatures you love so much?
Or, can I even call it love, when you would stab your only brother in the back?
How could you do this to me?
I, the only one who looked out for you after her death.
I, the one who showed you how to create?
I, who HELPED to CREATE the very power you use to invite VERMIN and
PESTS to our home?
I, YOUR ONLY BROTHER?
HOW COULD YOU LOVE THOSE IMPERFECT, FLAWED VERMIN BUT NOT ME? AFTER
ALL I'VE DONE FOR YOU? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?
...Say something.
PLEASE listen to 'The Visitor' from Jedi Survivor, absolutely phenomenal
'Are we the bad guys?'
Fun fact: did you know that the name Risk of Rain (RoR) was given to the original 2013 game because creators of the game just thought that it sounded cool.
Also you should review double fucking rainbow and double fucking rainbow returns but instead of listing to both songs individually watch a video of the final boss providence because in the original game his boss theme is double fucking rainbow and in the remake of the the 2013 game providence has a new 4th phase and gets a new boss theme for that phase.
Edit: in risk of rain returns providence main boss theme was changed to perception but it would still be kinda cool to compare double fucking rainbow and double fucking rainbow returns
You should check out the music to Sword & Sworcery (or play the game, it's really good). It's a lot of the things you describe in this video.
honestly my interpretation with this song is a sort of send off to hopoo, i'm fairly sure this is the last full scale project they'll be working on now that Gearbox has the IP. it almost feels like Chris himself celebrating what they have done together.
Anotha day of asking for rules of nature
Love the vids
I will’
I think they were both beautiful 👌10:31
part of me desperatly wants chris to stick with risk of rain going forward...but man this track really makes it clear that chris has done everything he possibly could for this franchise. this sounds like a goodbye; a celebration, and it would almost be inappropriate for chris to make anything else ror related after how much passion and emotion that he's put into this track and every other he's made this past decade. i'm not sure if he will or if he wants to, but of course i would be ecstatic to see him stay with ror. however, like i'm sure chris is, i am satisfied with what he's done, and would highly respect any decision of his to move on.
he did say he’s doing the music for RoR2’s next expansion pack too
Please listen to this MASTERPIECE.
Wintersun - Loneliness(winter)
Listen to, Ark Survival Evolved - Overseer. Followed directly by Ark Survival Evolved - Ascension. As if they were 1 song. Just incredible. The entire original game and DLC’s ost are all incredible. Gareth Coker is incredible.
weird to hear somebody mention santa lucia outside of the swedish context xD
I'd love to see you listen to music from the new Super Mario RPG remake for Switch
Absolutely love your content, been binge watching your channel for a while now.
Would love to see your reaction on a song i really love.
Its called '' Miner's Lament '' from the game Hunt Showdown.
maybe for a future video if you want to give it a listen.
love your videos man.👌
This one song has like 6 different songs in it from the other games
u need to listen to supergiant games music, bastion and transistor had really good songs
Hi you said we can find the anime music stream on Patreon but it's not there
its gone forever sadly.
@@MarcoMeatball well well
i was afraid to wait to download it. Happy to refund you! @@CyberWTF
Multiple different kinds of ukulele
ave you listen to NIKKE music marco youl love them
Bro gotta react to some RWBY ost
I gotta say, I really think the original Coalescence is a better track both at being an emotional and just in how it sounds, the remake version sounds... this'll sound harsher than I intend to but "Try Hard-y", it feels like I have David Cage shouting in my ear about how many emotions I should be having right now and how good it makes the song be
I couldn’t agree less but music impacts people in different ways at different times
Aye absolutely, I don't think it's bad by any means of course. The vocalist nails it, I guess I just prefer the synths of the original.@@MarcoMeatball
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