The Skaarj escape pod has broken free from the planet's gravitational pull... barely, Yet its fuel is depleted and you drift aimlessly. From where many have died, you have escaped. You laugh to yourself: so much has happened, but little has changed. Before the crash landing, you were trapped in a cramped cell. Now, once again you are confined in a prison. But, you feel confident that someone will come upon your small vessel... eventually. Until then, you drift and hope. To be Continued...
I started playing Unreal very recently, and it's instantly become one of my favorite games. This game shimmers through its age with its screaming passion, engaging gameplay, colorful luminosity, and immersive experience. I've known old PC graphics when I was much younger, but damn, this game is *beautiful,* and it has a fantastic soundtrack to match. This song and Dusk Horizon are among my favorites here.
that's exactly what i think,and i love dusk horizon too,so atmospheric it's hard to find soundtracks better than it..Another game which i love is Hitman 2 silent assassin his musics will stay in my heart..i mean the H2 exploration track and the russian track
Unreal was pretty much state of the art when it released in 98, and was a benchmark game for a number of years. You needed a hell of a PC at the time to max it out with a decent framerate.
A. Brandon is a musical genius. Who can make sound tracks sounds so impressive like him? And he can show that with synthesizer is possible to make a masterpiece.
I know this is an old comment but there was a few of this calibre who were part of the old demoscene/tracker scene (Brandon amongst them) many of whom became part of or did some work for video game companies like Epic and Remedy - groups like Future Crew, Fairlight and people like Teque, Purple Motion and Skaven, etc.
I know this is an old reply but YT didn't show me any notifications. First of all - sorry for my English, I was just a dumb kid when I wrote it. I didn't know it was acctually composed both by Alex and Michiel. Still, this track after all these years of searching new music remains one of the most beautiful I've ever heard - it moves me to tears, so I listen to this only on special occassions. Quite forgotten demoscene has a lot of great tracks in electronic music, which I dig a lot these days (thanks to the guys from Straylight Productions, and I follow their works nowadays, too). Gotta check all your suggestions, thanks!
Favorite FPS of all time. I remember playing loads of this MP on the old Wireplay service. Cost a fortune on dial up! Brilliant game and excellent community. Shout out to any ex SWIPE and MOB members. Especially Giddy, Executioner, and Potted Frog. Djinn.
This game was truly a piece of art. They spent so much time detailing the natural environments just as much as the mechanical elements. Coupled with music like this, it was quite an experience.
Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos and Spencer Nilsen did some of the most brilliant video game music during the 90's. This is another perfect example of why.
Yes... Now they're working on Unreal Redux... The all maps still the same, but they enhanced the enemies and player shoot projectiles, the structures of the places... Its look way better than the original one
@@blackidna engine has nothing to do with it. The 2 main composers for Unreal did Deus Ex and UT99. Now? They are forgotten by game devs who dont believe in electronic soundtracks that dont sound like Tron.
Name catchy RPG or whatever game tunes which are much younger (and are not referential or inferior to older examples). The argument simply never made sense to me...
Damn, I'm 15, but these are the games I play. Unreal, Unreal Tournament '99, Quake, DOOM, Half-Life and all those original classics. Screw MW2 or Halo. THIS is what it's all about, classic original gameplay with the best storylines. Game developers didn't care about graphics back then. I wish it would've stayed like that.
Taka prawda, ścieżka dźwiękowa z Unreala nic a nic się nie zestarzała i nie spowszedniała. A z kolejnymi latami wzrasta poziom nostalgii przy powrocie do jej słuchania.
What I like about Alexander Brandon is that you can actually hear who's composing just by listening to it. This Track from Unreal sounds like you put something from Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and Deus Ex into a mixer
this music represents to me that you survived as prisoner 849 that you endured all they could throw at you you survived where no one else could. you, prisoner 849, survived UNREAL.
@Ravebow_Dash I agree to some extent, though I would switch Unreal and Unreal Tournament's scores, mainly because of the multiplayer community that was active on Unreal Tournament back then, while Unreal didn't have such a vast playerbase. Unreal Tournament 3 was sort of disappointing at first because of the clunky gameplay, but I grew to like it after some time. And also, 2k4 was the real deal back then, still play it from time to time even now.
OK, people, listen up! As of December 15, 2022, Epic has made the foolish decision to shut down official multiplayer support for this game, Unreal Tournament 1999, and Unreal Tournament 2004 due to them being "old and crap," in rough terms. Objective is simple: Stop them by any means necessary, even if it means giving bloody Fortnite the Team Fortress 2 and Titanfall treatment, *if you know what I mean.* #SaveUnreal #SaveUnrealTournament
@Sceptorful right. First time I heard this tune I thought that prehaps the prisoner thinks "goodbye, nali, without you this place would be an even worse nightmare!" Just hearing this really makes me think - maybe when prisoner 849 left, half the planet's population alerady knew him/her - and the escape pod caught the eyes of nali that might be there. Probably a bit sorrowing for them to see their rescuer leaving...
Either this particular track was composed by Alexander Brandon or Epic used to have a sort of "house style" for their soundtracks, because this sounds remarkably like some of the music from Jazz Jackrabbit 2.
I made the mistake to play Unreal on the unreal difficulty. It took me 2 years to finish and to these days I wake up from nightmares including Skaarj warriors.
my friend's computer has phenom x4 2.6ghz and hd 5770 and youtube and anything running on flash lags like shit.. i dont know why but some computers have had problems with flash recently..
@Sceptorful He was caught by a human spachip named Mathews I believe. It's in wikipedia. When he was caught, they sent him back to NaPali in a mission and when he would be back he would have a full pardon to come back to Earth. Well the plan was to kill him when the information was secured, he only realized that when he heard a transmission in a fallen ship on the Na Pali planet. You should cehck wikipedia it tells exactly what happened
While I agree that there have been many great games in the past (my personal favorite comes from 1999), but there are just as many great games of recent development. Not to mention that the Unreal franchise itself is still alive and kicking. You shouldn't confuse progress/evolution/change in times and perspective with simple nostalgia.
yes i know this post is 8 years old but this is the ending theme, where your escape pod flies through the mothership. This isn't the main theme but the end theme, the confusion lies that the .umx file for this track is called main theme in the mod data
@Sceptorful Oh, yes but when he left Na Pali in the 2nd time he still had fuel. I'm sure he got safe somewhere...but who knows =) That's what makes Unreal cool ^^
Definitely one of the best games ever made. Had a few downsides but some parts were so amazing I still feel like playing this game now when I get a chance (free time), preferably with someone in coop. I absolutely loved the first two levels. I remember playing it just to wander around admiring the maps' geometry, the graphics and the atmosphere. A great adventure I've got a sentiment to.
Imagine they made a tv series out of this game. Skaarjs are enimies of the humans as the humands are sent on missions to research na pali. At the same time, theres a half human half skaarj wanting to create a world war among Titans, Kralls, sliths, mercenaries, brutes, humans and skaarjs, just so he can obtain a POWERFUL weapon.
You made a valid, slightly relevant, interesting comment, and got a reply. Contrary to redditor practice, I also give you a little Like, instead of killing 30 dogs and a retirement home in furstration of not giving you a visible Dislike (for no reason). Wow, revolutionary.
@Wharwulif and, or your life right? But that's me talking about Unreal Tournament, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Metroid Prime, Quake.....this part is still amazing... 3:52-4:04
The main theme doesn't necessarily have to be the one that plays in the menu. Flight Castle sounds more like a brief intro to the game, than a proper theme, anyway.
![Astral Projection - Nilaya [HD,HQ Sound].](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/g8xNH7v5lKU/mqdefault.jpg)
The Skaarj escape pod has broken free from the planet's gravitational pull... barely, Yet its fuel is depleted and you drift aimlessly.
From where many have died, you have escaped. You laugh to yourself: so much has happened, but little has changed.
Before the crash landing, you were trapped in a cramped cell. Now, once again you are confined in a prison.
But, you feel confident that someone will come upon your small vessel... eventually.
Until then, you drift and hope.
To be Continued...
it`s 2024 and THIS piece of Soundtrack is still a banger
90's games music and soundtracks were powerful and energetic af. 2018 and this tune still bangs. NEVER gets old.
I know right! So badass.
Epic Games really was epic back then!
lucky88shp Their name was "Epic MegaGames" back then. With the ludicrosity went the epicness, I guess...
And nowaday, Epic lost his epicness because of Fortnite :(
*BREAKING NEWS:*
Epic Games just shutdown Fortnite Battle Royal 3 hours earlier
And kids have PTSD now
My first first person shooter i played
I'm here because of news at December 15, 2022... all right, people, now or never! #SaveUnreal #SaveUnrealTournament
I started playing Unreal very recently, and it's instantly become one of my favorite games. This game shimmers through its age with its screaming passion, engaging gameplay, colorful luminosity, and immersive experience. I've known old PC graphics when I was much younger, but damn, this game is *beautiful,* and it has a fantastic soundtrack to match. This song and Dusk Horizon are among my favorites here.
that's exactly what i think,and i love dusk horizon too,so atmospheric it's hard to find soundtracks better than it..Another game which i love is Hitman 2 silent assassin his musics will stay in my heart..i mean the H2 exploration track and the russian track
@@enricoisaia641 try dying light's ambient tracks, all god tier.
Unreal was pretty much state of the art when it released in 98, and was a benchmark game for a number of years. You needed a hell of a PC at the time to max it out with a decent framerate.
For me it was firs firts person shooter I play on my very first PC so Iam nostagic. But thi is not Main titel song I remember
A. Brandon is a musical genius. Who can make sound tracks sounds so impressive like him? And he can show that with synthesizer is possible to make a masterpiece.
I know this is an old comment but there was a few of this calibre who were part of the old demoscene/tracker scene (Brandon amongst them) many of whom became part of or did some work for video game companies like Epic and Remedy - groups like Future Crew, Fairlight and people like Teque, Purple Motion and Skaven, etc.
"Who can make sound tracks sounds so impressive like him?" - The Rippy Brothers which did the Soundtrack for Age of Empires 1 and 2.
I know this is an old reply but YT didn't show me any notifications. First of all - sorry for my English, I was just a dumb kid when I wrote it. I didn't know it was acctually composed both by Alex and Michiel. Still, this track after all these years of searching new music remains one of the most beautiful I've ever heard - it moves me to tears, so I listen to this only on special occassions. Quite forgotten demoscene has a lot of great tracks in electronic music, which I dig a lot these days (thanks to the guys from Straylight Productions, and I follow their works nowadays, too). Gotta check all your suggestions, thanks!
He's definitely underrepresented and should have way more major work. Both this and Deus Ex are simply fantastic.
I love A. Brandon's work for "Tyrian" game also. Tho, it has much more electro-synthetized vibe to it, it is also a masterpiece
0:29 The sheer might of those drums when they kick in, oh my god...
I like how the ending map is designed to match the soundtrack. One of the best game endings I've ever seen.
Favorite FPS of all time. I remember playing loads of this MP on the old Wireplay service. Cost a fortune on dial up! Brilliant game and excellent community. Shout out to any ex SWIPE and MOB members. Especially Giddy, Executioner, and Potted Frog. Djinn.
This game was truly a piece of art. They spent so much time detailing the natural environments just as much as the mechanical elements.
Coupled with music like this, it was quite an experience.
Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos and Spencer Nilsen did some of the most brilliant video game music during the 90's. This is another perfect example of why.
3:02 My fav part. nostalgia :'(
This game HAS to be redone using the newest engine. Don't change the levels just up the graphics and detail. It would be EPIC!
Been saying this for years! Just make it as a demo purpose of what the newest engine can do.
I think that every single one of us who has played Unreal, feels the same
Can't agree more!
Yes... Now they're working on Unreal Redux... The all maps still the same, but they enhanced the enemies and player shoot projectiles, the structures of the places... Its look way better than the original one
@@icefrost5355
Did you noticed they making Fortnite that goes on the bottom of the Poopvers
Such an inspiring soundtrack of all time that I listened to
I get very strong Deus Ex vibes from this.
Deus Ex was made with the UEngine, obviously the music will be similar.
...you want a piece of candy? "Still have to give me the password!"
Same composer
@@blackidna engine has nothing to do with it. The 2 main composers for Unreal did Deus Ex and UT99. Now? They are forgotten by game devs who dont believe in electronic soundtracks that dont sound like Tron.
"Bloodshot." #SaveUnreal #SaveUnrealTournament
Hard to believe that this masterpiece is 26 Years old ... both game AND Soundtrack are masterpiece
Name catchy RPG or whatever game tunes which are much younger (and are not referential or inferior to older examples).
The argument simply never made sense to me...
Cool demoscene feel in it, loving it!
Damn, I'm 15, but these are the games I play.
Unreal, Unreal Tournament '99, Quake, DOOM, Half-Life and all those original classics.
Screw MW2 or Halo. THIS is what it's all about, classic original gameplay with the best storylines. Game developers didn't care about graphics back then.
I wish it would've stayed like that.
You're 25 now, time to return, legend
Uwielbiam ten utwór.
Jak go słucham to, aż się łezka w oku kręci. T.T
Taka prawda, ścieżka dźwiękowa z Unreala nic a nic się nie zestarzała i nie spowszedniała. A z kolejnymi latami wzrasta poziom nostalgii przy powrocie do jej słuchania.
3 persons did not understand meaning of a original, poetic and epic ending with a music incredibly atmospheric...
OMG!! I still have this game, but it's now over a year, since I last time played it aw...
This song brings back memories =)
Ah, Labors of Love. That's exactly the right word I've been looking for to describe shooters of the 90s versus modern games like CoD.
I think it's time for Unreal 3.
I desire to know what happens next, and if we will drift into space once again..
One of the best game ever made.
Wouldn't be out of place in cyberpunk. Almost channeling Deus Ex in parts.
Edit: Same composer. Never knew that before now..
What I like about Alexander Brandon is that you can actually hear who's composing just by listening to it. This Track from Unreal sounds like you put something from Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and Deus Ex into a mixer
This is one dang good tune! Why am I only discovering it now?!
I say it again: Unreal is DIVINE.
here in 2022 in unrequited love for unreal tournament
Nothing can beat late 90's and early 00's FPS games
13 years ago... E.. my friend shared me in mp3 format this track.. I loved it since that moment.
thx for all your work dude, this soundtrack was one of the best ever made.
this music represents to me that you survived as prisoner 849 that you endured all they could throw at you you survived where no one else could. you, prisoner 849, survived UNREAL.
@MSDjMichaelSlash The ship was named Bodega Bay, and it belonged to the Unified Military Services, to which the Vortex Rikers also belonged.
That's very nostalgic and immersive. :)
@Ravebow_Dash I agree to some extent, though I would switch Unreal and Unreal Tournament's scores, mainly because of the multiplayer community that was active on Unreal Tournament back then, while Unreal didn't have such a vast playerbase.
Unreal Tournament 3 was sort of disappointing at first because of the clunky gameplay, but I grew to like it after some time. And also, 2k4 was the real deal back then, still play it from time to time even now.
Not the main or title theme, but the retrospective credits theme.
The track is called Main Title
@@FloosWorld_AoE Grow a neuron, redditor. (Or sacrifice a dog for your need...)
We used to have games like these. Now it's just the mindless CoD shooters.
there are still amazing games like these.
Unreal Tournament 4 is in development now!
And someone's remaking Unreal 1 as a mod for it!
They're making an unreal 1 mod for it?
Shut up
and take
my
fucking
money
Lonely Potato Yes. And you can download the engine and contribute forums.unrealtournament.com/showthread.php?14841-Unreal-(1998)-Remake
iLikeTheUDK where? gimme.
It's an unknown sadness....desperation...loss.
This words, exactly
OK, people, listen up! As of December 15, 2022, Epic has made the foolish decision to shut down official multiplayer support for this game, Unreal Tournament 1999, and Unreal Tournament 2004 due to them being "old and crap," in rough terms.
Objective is simple: Stop them by any means necessary, even if it means giving bloody Fortnite the Team Fortress 2 and Titanfall treatment, *if you know what I mean.* #SaveUnreal #SaveUnrealTournament
@tronkimitsu I have a version 1 release copy of Unreal (not Unreal Gold) and this is the exact version that's in the game.
@Sceptorful right. First time I heard this tune I thought that prehaps the prisoner thinks "goodbye, nali, without you this place would be an even worse nightmare!"
Just hearing this really makes me think - maybe when prisoner 849 left, half the planet's population alerady knew him/her - and the escape pod caught the eyes of nali that might be there. Probably a bit sorrowing for them to see their rescuer leaving...
Traversing a world derived from the human mind that's existence emanates throughout space and all of eternity.
I have never finnished this game, not even half.
Still it feels like an entire lifetime...
@DaedalusDM The main character gets in a small ship and escapes the planet.
I remember this game: I would spawn Queens and Titans and have them fight eachother. It was great.
Yeah, great song. It listen to the soundtrack at work to become inspired :D
Alexander Brandon, ladies and gentlemen :)
Good game
I miss this game. I wish it was carried on in story and style. Unreal 2 was just rubbish.
Either this particular track was composed by Alexander Brandon or Epic used to have a sort of "house style" for their soundtracks, because this sounds remarkably like some of the music from Jazz Jackrabbit 2.
Solarn40 he did.
Solarn40 It was co-composed by Alexander Brandon and Michiel Van Den Bos.
2020 It's stile epic
I. AM. UNREAL.
0:30-1:30
1 minute awesome
What?
this tune is hot as fuck
they should continue the trilogy
not only the UT
im talking about the unreal 1 and 2 :the awakening .
4:02 - 4:44 is just too good, as a matter of fact, it's unreal.
03:00 wait for it.
03:01 wait for it.
03:02 wait for it.
03:03 JIZZ IN MY PANTS.
I made the mistake to play Unreal on the unreal difficulty. It took me 2 years to finish and to these days I wake up from nightmares including Skaarj warriors.
Dunno man, the game isn't that hard on Unreal difficulty. Maybe only in the beggining when you don't have much equipment
my friend's computer has phenom x4 2.6ghz and hd 5770 and youtube and anything running on flash lags like shit.. i dont know why but some computers have had problems with flash recently..
@85jakub It was actually released in '98.
I want the 80/90ties back!
@Sceptorful He was caught by a human spachip named Mathews I believe. It's in wikipedia.
When he was caught, they sent him back to NaPali in a mission and when he would be back he would have a full pardon to come back to Earth. Well the plan was to kill him when the information was secured, he only realized that when he heard a transmission in a fallen ship on the Na Pali planet. You should cehck wikipedia it tells exactly what happened
i love it so much, miss those days. I play wow currently, i turn the music off in game and bust this tune. lol
too good
While I agree that there have been many great games in the past (my personal favorite comes from 1999), but there are just as many great games of recent development. Not to mention that the Unreal franchise itself is still alive and kicking. You shouldn't confuse progress/evolution/change in times and perspective with simple nostalgia.
Wasn't this the theme of the U 1 ending. The main theme from U I remember was this with the fly through the castle.
yes i know this post is 8 years old but this is the ending theme, where your escape pod flies through the mothership. This isn't the main theme but the end theme, the confusion lies that the .umx file for this track is called main theme in the mod data
3:03-4:41 It's so Unreal
@Sceptorful Oh, yes but when he left Na Pali in the 2nd time he still had fuel. I'm sure he got safe somewhere...but who knows =)
That's what makes Unreal cool ^^
3:52 for me
@ragdrazi It depends on us. IF it's gonna get a classical, old game or keep rocking, depends on us.
If we buy, if we cooperate with Epic...
The start to this soundtrack sounds a bit like the start to the intro theme to Black and White! :D
Amazing!
Definitely one of the best games ever made. Had a few downsides but some parts were so amazing I still feel like playing this game now when I get a chance (free time), preferably with someone in coop. I absolutely loved the first two levels. I remember playing it just to wander around admiring the maps' geometry, the graphics and the atmosphere.
A great adventure I've got a sentiment to.
Imagine they made a tv series out of this game. Skaarjs are enimies of the humans as the humands are sent on missions to research na pali. At the same time, theres a half human half skaarj wanting to create a world war among Titans, Kralls, sliths, mercenaries, brutes, humans and skaarjs, just so he can obtain a POWERFUL weapon.
Well when I say great. I mean mother fucking amazing.
This is ending song but also caled 'theme'.
You can feel it.
@thepoke3000
I think my first FPS MIGHT have been Unreal Tournament 1... Go Down for the win...and colossus...etc.
This is actually the song it plays when you beat the game.
memories...
btw this first unreal isn´t called : Unreal but Unreal gold.
@Tuthor mmmm is there a cerry Unreal.
0:06 "Epic Games present:"
This part sounds like it's an intro for some reason (actually it sounds a bit a part of the intro scene from Unreal ][)
Sadly my steam version shows thrle castle flyby after opening the game.
This track is playing at the end of the game.
@@Tuthrick Thanks, I did not know that. I've played with Unreal Tournament in my childhood yet I did not know Unreal Gold exists until 2019. :(
You made a valid, slightly relevant, interesting comment, and got a reply. Contrary to redditor practice, I also give you a little Like, instead of killing 30 dogs and a retirement home in furstration of not giving you a visible Dislike (for no reason).
Wow, revolutionary.
Yeah Flightcastle is what you hear on the menu. Dunno why this is named the title track as the file.
You'd have to be smarter than a genius to make this.
3:19 reminds me of Epic Pinball
göttlich =)
So much nostalgia...... I jizzed myself
@Wharwulif
and, or your life right? But that's me talking about Unreal Tournament, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Metroid Prime, Quake.....this part is still amazing... 3:52-4:04
this is a great soundtrack XD
Yes, that would be 'Epic' ;)
Perfect ending...
The main theme doesn't necessarily have to be the one that plays in the menu. Flight Castle sounds more like a brief intro to the game, than a proper theme, anyway.
MY FIRST FUCKIN' FPS!
Unfucking fassbar cool Theme. One of the best ever.
I'm getting this symbol made as a shoulder patch
@halo3masterable yea quake was nine inch nails ^^
2 people were obliterated by an eightball gun
Well, the same people that made DX's music made the music for this.