What's your personal feeling about coalescence? You said something about not remaking this track out of spite. It sounds like there was a discourse of some kind around it.
I can attest to this as when ROR2 first came out I had to go on the forums of steam to get people to play with. Risk of Rain 2 really was the friends I made along the way on steam :)
I love how in the final level they basically allowed Chris to take over by having just a long walkway with music. That's some serious faith in your composer!!
@@AstronautDown hell yeah man, I was hoping that was part of the reason for the hallway, you've got yourself a great team in these folks, this song got me all sorts of teary eyed
Considering the track "Your gonna need a bigger ukulele" exists, this means that commando shreds the regular sized ones out of existance for this song, and he needs bigger ones to replace them. Solution? Tesla coils. Not only do they do electric shenanigans, you can play music with them too, so its basically a uke in essence. Just, bigger, and better.
_"March nineteenth, twenty-two fifty-five. Please state your name for the record."_ _(There's a long silence.)_ _"This is a safe place, my friend. Take your time if you have to. But you have to state your name for the record."_ _"...Commando."_ _"Mmmm. See, the thing is, that's not your name. That's the classification of your job title as it relates to your position on the UES Safe Travels, but your name according to the logs should have been [REDACTED]. Is that correct?"_ _"I don't know that name."_ _"I can't say I find that surprising. You've been gone a long time. Four years to the day."_ _"Far longer."_ _"So you've mentioned. How much longer?"_ _"Unsure. I don't know how long it was between deaths."_ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The creature stood on the edge of the road, a series of horizontal white lines before it. No, him, it reminded itself. Himself. It'd been a long while since he had needed a term to refer to himself. Petrichor had stripped that from him, the endless massacre, the bodies piled up, sparking husks of destroyed machines that he himself had battered and broken and- He shook his head, antlers swaying and the phantom arm mounted at his shoulder clenching its violet knife. A mantle of pieces and devices were stuck to him, loosely moving about even though he knew they would not detach. Two pedestrians stood beside him, nervously eyeing him. They were human. Partially modified. One had a prosthetic, one had glasses. Did glasses count as modifications? No, they were augments, he supposed. A temporary addition. He looked at them, the yellow dome of his head twisting atop his narrow shoulders, red lenses glittering. Without a word, they turned as one and started walking the other direction, crossing the road in a different place. Now that they were gone, he looked forward and down. Forty feet of road in front of him. A short distance. Such a short distance. Just one step forward, followed by another, and another, slowly moving over the crosswalk until he was on the other side of the street. An easy thing to do. All he had to do was take the first step, and then the second. The road wasn't blocked off. Hovercars and trams and buses drove past, some pausing for a moment as their drivers stared wide-eyed at the vaguely humanoid monstrosity standing in front of the crosswalk where it'd been placed by government officials trying to help. Where he'd been placed, he reminded himself. It was positive to attach humanity to himself. Although there were a few people who told him was alright to be an it. Pronouns and whatnot. He wasn't sure identifying as a weapon was healthy for him right now. A light turned yellow, and then red. Another light turned green. The crosswalk was open. Commando took a deep breath, the goat leg replacing his own twitching, the red whip at his hip swaying in a wind that wasn't there. One step. Just one step. He lifted his leg, and took one step. His foot landed in the next state over. Dammit.
Back at it making story's again can you make another one about the new the void boss end cut cutseance whene it's show all void monsters dieing I would to see a short story about surviver leaving the see that happened I would love to see it in comments so I like man
This is such a marvellously written little chunk of story. I love the equal parts melancholy and silliness of Commando's state of being, acknowledging the loss of his ability to recall regular life while also considering how bizarre and darkly funny it would be to be estranged from humanity because you've got a bunch of random junk stapled to you that's inexplicably made you uncontrollably powerful.
It's one thing for an experience to take your life from you. It's another for it to take your death, as well. Oh wait that's just a joke about movement speed buffs
"This relic tells a story. But it is not a fairy tale, it’s a tragedy. A story of betrayal, regret, and sorrow. A story of two.” "Uh… okay…? How the hell do you know that?”
ok but actually, how the hell does he know that. like seriously how. the only people who could know is the heretic(i forgor the real name), mithrix, and providence. ok actually it’s probably providence. its probable that the lemeruians have some form of language, and providence could speak it. but i think its more likely, that perhaps providence told it to a few lemurians, and this is one of the lemurians that was told it, and talking to another one.
When I first got here I was like "hmm, didnt expect the music to be so quiet" then the guitars kicked in and my jaw litteraly dropped, god teir song right here.
to translate the description; I thought of a world without memory, without time, I considered the possibility of a language that ignored nouns, a language of impersonal verbs or indeclinable epithets. Thus the days were dying and with the days the years, but something akin to happiness happened one morning. It rained, powerfully slow.
I thought the description was en español because I set all my apps to Spanish when I started learning... So its in Spanish for everyone? Huh I always assumed Chris was greek, with the surname and all 😅
I was playing this song in my brother’s car today, because we were playing good songs to test the new speaker system. I asked my brother to put this song on, and the whole time both he and my sister were like “never pass him the aux again” because of how solemn the beginning is Then 2:05 happened. With bass-boosted speakers, it definitely hit different. About halfway through, my brother put it on loop, looked back at me, then nodded his head. It’s really hard to get my brother’s “seal of approval” on a song outside of his normal genre, so I’m definitely sharing this with you
@@AstronautDown No, thank YOU for making a soundtrack I would shamelessly blast into a friend’s car in an attempt to get them to play this absolute banger of a game.
I can't tell you how much this song and the entire risk of rain project helped me get through hard times but i'm surely not the only one that wants you to know, that no matter how hard things get you should keep going and always remember everything you have done so far wasn't in vain it was for yourself and the people that enjoyed it. I hope that this small amount helps you and please keep up the great work.
Amen brother. Same here. It got me through my partners pregnancy and shortly followed by a messy separation. Risk of Rain 2 kept me going through hard times and this is probably one of the finest tracks.
Beautiful message Robert! I will never forget the first time I arrived here, in this room. It did something strange to me when I beat the game for the first time. My blessings for Risk of rain, and everything around it :]
"They knew to stay away from the wells - but they were just kids. And they wanted to know. They threw in dirt and stone and kifruit and starseed, watching as they collapsed. Thorp! The gravity wells would swallow up everything. Glass and mud and silver. Wind. Heat. Pulsar radiation. And when his brother wasn't watching, Mythrix would throw in worms. Thorp! But only when he wasn't watching. You see, his brother loved worms. It would make him sad. But Mythrix didn't care much about worms. He was just curious. But one time, his brother was watching, and his brother loved worms."
"It looks like starseed, tanning in dirt. It smells like hot stone, and tall grass. It tastes like spiced fruit, sweet and hot. It feels like solar winds, and solar chimes. It sounds like two brothers, chasing glass frogs in the sun."
I played risk of rain for the first time around 7 years ago. I was 14-15 when I first played it with my friend Davis. We would spend hours playing it until 3am, doing run after run before having to get up and go to school the next day. Coalescence has been on my playlist to this day, and I honestly think it’s one of my most listened to songs ever. I’ve bought everything Chris has put on Bandcamp, and I will never forget the good times I’ve had playing these games and listening to these songs. Chris, thanks for sticking with music. You’re one of the best.
He said he'd never make a Coalescence 2. The absolute madlad. This blows the original out of the water by MILES, the pure atmosphere behind the track and the area it plays in was mindblowing. When that guitar kicked in, I had absolutely no shame in crying. I haven't choked up that hard in such a long time. Thanks for the memories, Chris.
Honestly I think this is so good because of Coalescence. Yes the song is legendary, but the emotion of it is just enhanced by the connection with the original.
@@deadlynova9941 Nothing _convinced_ me, it was something I had in mind very early on, before we even launch EA, as a way to come full circle thematically and this aligned with the what Hopoo aimed for the final level, so there it is. I'm not making decisions about a game I'm working on based on popular opinion or personal whim (or spite).
"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."
People fail to realize the time And effort put into music like this. There is something deep and foreboding about the tone of this music. It builds toward a dominant force where you feel helpless, a despot of sorts, almost as if you can tell something malevolent is waiting around the corner. A fantastic finale to a well thought out and intriguing game. A job well done. It is something I will look back on with nostalgia. Impressive. The pure talent require to make music like this takes years. I cannot explain how impressed I am.
Commando ..and so he left, with everything but his humanity. He murmured something, faint, leaning against the body of Providence, and silently nodded. That felt great. He was in pain, and in agony, but that felt great... Enforcer ..and so he left, mutated beyond recognition. He slowly lurched around the enveloping bridge, trying to make out the shapes that passed by. Snatched them out of the air like flies. He stared at his hand, fused into the riot shield, and simply chanted- "I am better this way." Bandit ..and so he left, with his pyrrhic plunder. It sat, gasping in the cargo hold for air, wheezing for one last spoken word, and he watched carefully as it all fell slowly to the ground, finally silent. He enjoyed being a thief, but now came the realization that he could not steal lives and array them in a museum. Huntress ..and so she left, her soul still remaining on the planet. She had hunted the best. She had won. Why was it only empty inside? She tried to gasp in horror, staring at guilt. But it never came, so she sat and waited on the floor. And then came the voices. Engineer ..and so he left, more steel and circuit than man. He stared at the motors around him- or was that him? He stared at the ship around him, and finally felt separated. The cargo hold was in pain... Miner ..and so he left, adrenaline still rushing through his veins. Like fire beating down on a door, he felt his arms slowly detach, his bloodied weapons fall to the ground, replaced by sheer maniacal laughter. Soon came the lust for blood again. Sniper ..and so they left, the sound still ringing in deaf ears. "I wish you could stay," they tried to hack out, but it was useless. So they held each other, and the Sniper slowly shut off the spotter. Finally, tears fell from blind eyes. HAN-D ..and so it left, servos pulsing with new life. Maybe it was the parasite, or maybe the imp, but maybe deep inside the metal lie a simple janitor bot, riding a desecrated ship home. Where was home? Where was home now? And it answered its own question. Mercenary ..and so he left, never to become human again. He stared out of the window, trying to find interest in passing stars. Quickly he swung his sword and the feelings were gone. All he had left was the blade. They will be coming soon. They will be coming soon to rescue him, but all he had left was the blade. Acrid ..and so it left, with a new hunger: to be left alone. Swallowing the putrid blood, it looked back at what was once a god, now writhing in a pool of acid, dying to disease. The hunger was not worth sating, so it went where there is nothing.
CHEF ...And so it left, entirely forgetting its original purpose. What did it do just now? It didn't seem to know. It didn't seem to care. What's done was done. What mattered was what it did next. Whatever that may be...
where did you get these completed character ending titles? Also why was the enforcer mutated? I cant find anywhere which states why. His is the only one which i really dont understand.
I swear when I heard the beginning of coalescence in this song I literally had to stop playing and almost started tearing up, fucking perfect song you’ve made Chris
2:07 Always makes me feel sad. And will only get sadder from here on out because it is becoming older, a memory to revisit. I find it crazy how this is in 2020 and now we're already in 2022. Time has gone too quickly...And it hits even harder looking back at 2013 Risk of Rain... My childhood. Thank you for this journey and the amount of emotions I've experienced throughout these soundtracks Chris! 😭♥
Con lentitud ponderosa means with powerful slowness. Describing the EXTREMELY LONG TIME IT TOOK TO DEVELOP THIS GAME! Actually though, it’s a reference to this: “ I thought of a world without memory, without time; I considered the possibility of a language that ignored nouns, a language of impersonal verbs and indeclinable epithets. This is how the days died and the years died, but something similar to happiness happened one morning. It rained, with powerful slowness. ” - quote from Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet and short story writer. Translated from Spanish to English
The best part about that poem is, that "it rained, with powerful slowness" has all of those things that he imagined in that language. "It rained"= a personal verv, "powerful" = a declinable epithet, as slowness is usually attributed the adjective of "weak" (its epithet) and "slowness"= noun. Alluring to the absurdity that is a language that is too dry and devoid of meaning
What does it mean to be 'Coalesence 2'? It could be a song that achieves the scale, intensity, and grandeur of Coalesence. For me, you achieved that all the way back when the game first went into Early Access, with 'Into the Doldrums'. It could also be a song that is simply 'as good' (airquotes, as this is all subjective) as Coalesence. For me, you not only achieved that with 'Into the Doldrums', but 'The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky' and 'The Rain Previously Known as Purple'. It could be a 'sequel' (a callback? something inspired by?) to Coalesence; and for some we have '... con lentitud poderosa'. But-- it also achieves being as fantastic as the original, and it surpasses that sense of scale and greatness. '...con lentitud poderosa' is more than a callback, and more than a sequel. It feels like a parallel; in a realm where Coalesence stood as the perfect finale to Risk of Rain (2013), '...con lentitud poderosa' does the same for Risk of Rain 2 (2020). While this feeling might be hard to properly describe, I suppose the best way to phrase it is that '...con lentitud poderosa' has purpose and soul-- instead of being just something that says "hey, remember this?" Thanks, Chris, for more than just the music. The journey, the experiences, the memories, and now the excitement for whatever you have in store for the future.
Thank you. It's hard to describe how difficult it was to write this track. If I said I spent _years_ thinking how it should be executed, it would not be an exaggeration. Comments such as this make it worth the struggle.
@@AstronautDown Not gonna lie, I teared up a little when I heard this ingame for the first time, holding off from the Bandcamp version because of your own suggestion. though Monsoon was my favorite track of the first game, This is my favorite from the sequel
Someone commented on coalescence a long while back, calling it “the sound of realizing there’s blood on your hands.” I feel like this is the sound of realizing the blood on your hands will never wash away.
@Decorous Ice RoR2 endings have a pretty large emphasis on how your player characters change for the worse by the end of their journey, so I always envisioned it as them not really caring about the metaphorical blood on their hands (since it's that of the various creatures they face), until they realize that there's little separation between said creatures _and themselves._ Thus, the blood they see on their hands is very similar to their own.
Risk of rain will always be a tragic story. It tells you about the horrible things we do to stay alive. It doesnt matter how many creatures have to die
When it started showing all of the early access updates at 2:09 I may have teared up just a little. This game got me through some tough times lately and is one of the few things still keeping me sane during this quarantine. I legit don't have words to explain how much this game means to me. Thank you and the development team for creating this experience, i can't wait to see what the future holds for the game. Now the fun part, beating it on Monsoon with all the artifacts on....
True. But playing with all the artifacts is quite a different challenge than Eclipse. Not harder, not easier, just different. Honestly I'm most likely going to end up doing both in the future when console is released
I'm in the same boat. This game has been with me through two major relationships, one past and decimated, and one current and struggling. I've played this game with both partners (separately, of course) and have shared the love for this game with them. It got me through the impossible breakup that I endured, and is getting me through the rough times in my current relationship. It's a master class of a game that you play with a friend, no matter how important that friend is.
I feel that the developers of Risk of Rain 2 receive so much more unfair criticism than others receive for their games, and for seemingly no reason. They are creating almost flawless gameplay so good you'll casually play for hours. They are creating lore and telling stories that give you chills. They are writing music that makes you cry. They are 3 people, and they may have made a few small mistakes, which were then addressed or fixed within two days of 1.0 release.
Blows my mind how entitled some people are. I can understand with a massive triple A company that doesn't fix a bug for months. But 3 people working on this game and keeping it to such a quality and standard meeting every goal they set for themselves you dont see that much at all anywhere.
I think people got so used to the impeccable quality of previous updates, that when there was a small hiccup, it stood out so much and that was all they pushed attention to!
I don't know how PC players are mad at all most console players had to start from scratch because it took the console team 3 months to patch it, so most people on xbox didn't really even play artifacts for real, I got my stuff back because that's how dedicated I was (well you know after it was patched)
@@damienw4958 I feel like that is a subconscious thing--the devs have done an amazing job with... quite literally everything. It does not excuse the immature and unappreciative things that people did. Review bombing because they got a bug that affected about 1/3 of players patched after three days? That's disgusting.
@@damienw4958 the first game was bugged a lot iirc. you could skip the entire last stage using a glitched with the ropes. not to say that it wasn't a high quality game
My grandfather passed just yesterday morning with no warning or signs that he was going to, and a day later (today), it really set in that he was just, gone, and during that time this was the first song to come to mind while i was thinking about him, so from my heart and soul, Chris Christodoulou, thank you for this amazing song, and thank you for working on Risk of Rain 2, and making its soundtrack the Best damn thing i've heard in a very long time.
Wait nvm, just found out it's a song from the first game I wish I had played RoR before this one, and had experienced the same feeling as you guys, with nostalgiia filling my ears...
@@bansheex4563 There's nothing like entering Commencement for the first time and hearing this music play and being reminded of the first game through it and the enemies on that stage. Something I probably wont feel again
@@bansheex4563 never played much of the first game but listened to this song from its soundtrack way too much, so it was nice to hear it on the final stage
"...And his music was electric." A huge thanks for what has become a daily listen and one of my favorite soundtracks. I can't stress enough how much I love your work and how much I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with next!
Chris, I want you to know that this song is the perfect length and has the optimal mood for the microwave cooking of a P.F. Chang’s Home Menu Pork Shoyu Ramen. At 4 minutes, 51 seconds, it fits the total time of 3 minutes of heating and 1 minute and 30 seconds of heating with a short stirring period between the two. The anticipation at the beginning of the song, with quiet piano is reminiscent of your younger self enjoying cheap top ramen from the bag. The guitar explosion is the middle of the cooking- the ramen would be edible now, it is great and smells like food. But you can do better. So you stir it and put it back in for another amount of time, eager to see it better than before. By the time it is done with its second round in the microwave, the triumphant guitar is fading away, leaving you satisfied and ready to eat your meal. A truly inspired piece. P.S. the ramen was fine. Better than other microwave meal options, but if it’s not on sale it’s really overpriced so try this method at your own risk. Overall rating: tasted like salt, but overall fine dining
Those 4 notes right where the timestamp is remind me of "Balcony" from Cave Story, for just a brief moment. I actually thought that's what you were referring to at first.
The swelling of the sound and the guitar(ukulele) at 2:07singing out so loudly and powerfully… dude, I had no idea that music could have this much raw emotion and feeling in it
I dont know if youll ever see this Chris Christodoulou but this is the first piece of music to give me chills and make me tear up. But not from sadness. Just from pure awe in how much raw emotion this makes me feel. Extraordinary.
Coalescence was one of the most memorable songs I've ever heard, no actually just getting to the Contact Light with that song was the most memorable moments in gaming for me, and you Chris have outdone yourself, you raised the bar for memorable moments in a video game so impossibly high with con lentitud poderosa that if I were to make a list on the most memorable parts in any video game, the whole list would be full of triple A titles. Except one indie game at the very top being Risk of Rain 2 Con lentitud poderosa may not be the best song in the world, but it sure as hell is the most memorable. Risk of Rain may not have block buster level story writing Risk of Rain may not have the best gameplay Risk of Rain may not have the best graphics but it sure does make memories. Good job Chris, you win, you actually just win, the bar for memorable moments in video games is just set way too high.
we went from "coalescence" and "precipitation" to "con lentitud poderosa" and "You're gonna need a bigger ukelele" they're both used to same way, the walk up to the boss and the boss fight
I dont feel the same Risk of rain gameplay is amazing Risk of rain graphics are nice Risk of rain soundtrack is insane Risk of rain story is good for an game of its type Of course it isnt the best in any, but fuck off its good enough on what it needs to be
@@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039 I sure isn’t the best there is but it’s damn good, not a single game in the world has stuck with as much as risk of rain
That's it, you've forced my hand Chris. I'm learning guitar to specifically play this song aggressively at my friends. Look at what you have done. Unironically this has got to be one of my favorite tracks in gaming history, and i actually did learn this song on guitar lol. I would've never thought a music box would hit so different with metal guitars involved. The way you mix all the different instuments so seamlessly to which all of them aren't just background noise and each one gets the spotlight is absolutely marvelous and incredible. Your motif work is as well done as a steak from a 5 star restaurant. The bass work in The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky is very subtle and very crispy like KFC. The amount of emotion and feeling in every song is just insanity, and the fact that you keep well in touch with your community is just a cherry on top. all of your songs are great and fit the RoR2 aesthetic so well and everything is still good to listen to on its own if not better. Keep creating and keep being rad as fuck cuz holy shit this game wouldn't be the same without you. Thank you.
@@captain-cool2275 No freaking wonder you got more likes than I did. I literally made my comment years before you did but it's all LIES. I LIED to CHRIS CHRISTODOULOU about my experience. Because of YOU!!! How DARE you share me this song without giving me a chance to listen to it blindly in the game?! Why must you hurt me and make me deceive in this way?!
Risk of Rain's music invokes a feeling in me that I hadn't felt since I first played Starcraft, the port on the n64 at that (little me was obsessed with it). As a result, RoR invokes some strong sense of nostalgia despite being nothing like the thing it reminds me of. It carries a lot of the emotional weight and familiarity while being a completely new experience.
Talk about coincidence, I search for music posted over a year ago and within a day one of my favourite creators comments on the very track I was searching for
When Risk of Rain 2 was announced, I was holding my breath for Coalescence's eventual remaster. Few years later - today, 1.0 dropped and with it, came this song. I'd made it to the Stage 6. Empty, grey stones of old welcoming me, impossible looking structures guiding me to the final boss. I'd lost for I lacked mobility on my Artificer build, but the long trek up to boss' lair - when I had the initial note being played over and over in electronic piano with accompanying piano chords, that tease... I knew what was coming, but I was NOT ready for the song to be this good. Goddamn. I'm not even upset that I lost to the boss, I just want to get to the stage again so I can hear this very tune, the build up of the pianos > acoustic > electric with drums... This isn't just music. It sets the tone and accompanies you till your eventual defeat or victory. 7 years it had been, and my expectation has been met with something even superior and grander. Thank you for doing this song a justice and then some, because I reckon I'll never stop listening to this song. And also for uploading the song along with the game's launch!
"I thought of a world without memory, without time; I considered the possibility of a language that ignored nouns, a language of impersonal verbs and indeclinable epithets. Thus the days were dying and with the days the years, but something similar to happiness happened one morning. It rained, with powerful slowness." - Jorge Luis Borges Great job Chris :)
@@AstronautDown I feel the same way but about the song. I still can't believe a song that had defined a pretty large part of my life, Coalescence, got a remake that was bigger and better in every way. It really brings tears to me whenever I listen to this.
Hey Chris, you probably won't ever see this, but this song means so much to me and is so powerful. I'm going to be in Brazil for 2 years and won't be able to listen to music much. Thank you for being such a great composer.
The piano, parts from Coalescence, the guitar and literally everything... This is the perfect theme for the last and the final challenge. Thank you, Chris, for the soundtrack. Thank you, Hopoo Games, for the game. Thank you all. For one of my greatest experiences ever.
It reminds me of gentle tears, and a cry of pain. From everything you've been through, and everything you've had to do. A sudden, painful revelation. A scream, at the cruelty of it all. Then silent determination. There's one more step.
Sometimes the music in a sequel just doesn't hit the same way as the original... ...and sometimes it hits even harder. Thank you for your fantastic work on this game, Mr. Christodoulou.
There is... just such emotion here. Not just in the song but in the song's context for me and my best friend. 7 years. It's been 7 years, nearly a third of my life. I remember in computer class when someone in my class was passing around a flash drive like a sweet doobie and when it came around to me I had a look. It had Risk of Rain on it, of course, and I had seen some of my friends play this and get the absolute shit kicked out of them. I was next in line for the assbeating. I would procrastinate and play a few rounds on the schools laptop during class... i was terrible at the game but I REVELLED in the challenge. Back then, it was like I had blinders on, the world was smaller, less complicated.... then, so much changed in what seemed like such a short time. Girlfriend to wife, job to job, apartment to house... daughter. And after all this time, hearing this song... when I and my friend finally, FINALLY made it to this stage in ROR2, we just stopped, holding our breath, hoping like hell we knew what was coming. The hype was palpable. And when that DROP kicked, I was HURLED back in time, all the layers of complexity I had gathered in those years were ripped away, and suddenly I was there again, in that small classroom, discovering this amazing, unique gem of a game for the first time. At that point, it wasn't about winning or losing. It was about something so much more powerful than the celebration of victory or the sting of defeat. It was the climb. All those twists and turns, the risks we all took since then, and the rain of rewards we had reaped for daring to try. Thank you, you mad genius, for being a part of my life. It's been one hell of a journey so far. I'm popping the teleporter now. See you in the next stage.
Lol that "Happy now?" Never seen the notifications used like that. I love that you put edits into these, when ost videos are normally a still image the whole way through. Its a nice touch!
I really like how …con lentitud poderosa and Coalescence are basically yin and yang. They are presenting the same thing and yet they are different. Coalescence - Providence's theme, being full of life and wanting for help, just like Providence is. …con lentitud poderosa - His brother's, Mithrix, theme. It starts slow for you to gather thoughts, then bursting with everything that has happened, that you gained over the time. And then you start creating with everything you got, until you finish the creation. Mithrix is that creator. and when he finished his creation then, the music stopped. Mithrix is complete opposite of Providence, yet they are still brothers. And these themes really show that. Truly a work of art.
This has got to be Video Game Theme of the year, if there’s an award for that. I played thru RoR2 for the first time yesterday and when I heard the softer version of this play right before the end credits, I legitimately almost cried. The music, combined with the visuals and the little concluding message as the game fades to black, made for one of the most memorable endings on any game I’ve played. The theme is just perfect. It’s so bittersweet and forlorn and matches the bleak visuals and loneliness of the place. The theme tells Mithrix’s story; that he was a powerful and overzealous being that was betrayed and abandoned by his brother. It really makes me feel remorse for killing him and makes me wish there was another way. I could go on and on, but you killed the music, man. Like its so rare for a game (a run&gun shooter, no less) to get me so emotional and introspective. The music was the number one contributor to the immersion and storytelling. I hope you go on and keep creating masterpieces like this.
I just entered Commencement 1 hour ago without even knowing that I was going to appear there, it was pure luck. (I'm new to the game.) The large empty halls at the beginning, coupled with the music, gave me chills and I felt terror, because such peace wasn't something I was used to in my 13 hours of gameplay so far. I died just before I managed to land the killing blow on the boss, but god damn, this place makes me want to cry. I never felt so calm, yet so lonely.
I didn't reach commencement until over 40 hours into the game because every time I even got to stage 5 I immediately went to go make more progress on my backlog of artifact codes I had spotted while flying around as acrid since he was my main at the time. When someone told me that taking the normal teleporter in that stage sends you somewhere special, I figured I could put off the rest of the list for a bit. Mithrix never stood a chance since I was still playing on drizzle.
I know I'm a little late to the party, but I went into RoR2 pretty much blind, and when I hit this track I actually had to stop and just listen. This is the only music of any kind (that I remember) that has made me teary-eyed just because it's SO GODDAMN EPIC. Like, I'm not prone to getting emotional, especially over music. But this? This is something really special. I'm going to make sure every single human I ever meet hears this at least twice. They say nothing is perfect, but I think this song might somehow be.
Damn bro this song made me unironically air guitar for the first time in my life and I didn't even realize I was doing it until I realized that I had stopped moving in the game. This may genuinely be the best music I've ever heard.
one year later, a fresh installer from buying the dlc with the co-op sale on steam and i can confirm i also did it. looks like this is just how good chris is as a composer
Accidentally discovered this absolute gem a while back on Spotify, and it still gives me shivers when the beat drops. Thank you for making such a masterpiece
this song, over the course of a year, still brings tears to my eyes. sheer beauty behind chaos, knowing at the end of each attempt to escape, the amount of death and violence it took. That last section of the song, the silencing of your own mind as you look back at everything it took to get there, and unspoken yet loud as a canon..."Was it worth escaping?"
For those wondering for the why behind the song title it comes from a quote made by Jorge Luis Borges the first word is actually missing the whole quote reads “llovió con lentitud poderosa” that translates to “it rained with powerfull slowness"
Me and my friends were playing the game, and wandered to the Primordial Teleporter- knowing the first game, we thought it'd be cool to go to the moon, and so, we did. Once we reached the Moon, the music kicked in. We were all silent, marching on through the map, however, about half way through our march, the drop hit, and each one of us started praising the song-- it was brilliant, the feeling of inspiration and regret all hit, and we all were full of determination. We knew by now it was time... time to finally beat the game. The music had helped this whole area amazingly, without it, the game wouldn't be the same. Thank you so much Chris-- this music actually helps me with my writing majorly-- something about it is so... inspiring.
Just wanted to let you know Chris that you've inspired me to truly follow my passion, music production, through all 3 of your amazing soundtracks you've done for hopoo. I can't thank you enough for all the comfort your music has given me throughout the hardest times in my life. You're an absolute legend and I'm never going to stop listen to your music.
This really has to be one of the best songs of the videogames of all history, it's so emotive while sounding ominous but powerful and glorious, but still has a few glimpses of sorrow and melancholy, thanks Chris for all the music you have created, I love each and every song, they're great themes to listen to
After the teleporter was done charging I was filled with excitement, what could be waiting for me on the other side? As I touched down the first thing that struck me was the room I was in; immense and still, so, so very still. Illuminated by the eerie flames that reflected on the water that had flooded the place I noticed a ramp, a way out. As I made my way up a faint melody played in my mind, familiar but amiss, a welcomed change given the previous emptiness I had found myself in. Light! I could see the white on the other side! I could see this world opening itself to me! And as I approached I saw it, a familiar "friend" making it's way towards me. I understood then the melody I listened to, a comfort at the end of the road for all the pain endured and for all the pain yet to be endured. Closer, ever closer, but as I was about to step outside: silence. I felt I had been abandoned, that the only thing numbing the pain had been taken away from me, much like the rest of what this place has taken from me. And as I passed through the gate and the world opened itself to me it happened, a cathartic explosion of emotions. A realisation of every moment leading up to this, that it had _all_ always lead to this. And that it was finally time to bring it to an end. Thank you for one of the most beautiful moments I've ever experienced and for acknowledging the journey we've been through in the best way possible :)
Well said. Very well said! I love this game. Haven't experienced something so unique in a long time. Coupled with the awesome soundtrack, it is unforgettable.
Imagínate ser de Argentina, ser fan de Risk of Rain 2, y enterarte que uno de los mejores temas del tremendo OST que tienen está basado en un verso de un escritor argentino; amigo, esta canción ahora tiene un valor sentimental incapaz de cuantificarse, solo de sentirse.
This track will always bring back the memory of my first ever risk of rain 2 playthrough. i had never played the first risk of rain so i had no idea what to expect. Hearing the almost sorrowful piano notes, only for the more upbeat keys to chime in had me roped in, the acoustic guitar kicking in mimicing the higher notes, all leading to that absolute insane climax had me mindblown, i remember as the song peaked IMMEDIATELY opening settings to turn up my music, it drowned out of the voices of my friends in discord as i just sat there in complete awe. this is a track i will always come back to, when im happy or down, no matter what it always just gives me this feeling of complete immersion, like nothing around me matters. not once have i found a track thats just pulled me in so much. Im not sure if you will see this comment in the sea below, but if you do. thank you.
P.S, This was my most listened to song on spotify last year, along with the many others from RoR2, i ventured back into the RoR1 tracks. and managed to end up in your top 0.1% of listeners
coming back to this over a year later, 6 year relationship just ended. music has been my only vice. this has become a comfort track for me. Things arent great now, but theyll build up, theyll get better.
Major respect, Chris. Your soundtrack is easily one of the best I've heard in gaming. It's possibly one of the most immersive soundtracks I've listened to, and even outside of the game, it's just brilliant. It must've been a hard task trying to make homages to the first game's soundtrack in ways like this, but you do it masterfully. It's genuinely brilliant.
Thank you, it really means a lot! It was super hard and, more than anyone else, I wanted to do justice to the original score when quoting it. I hope I did.
Chris your Music gives me emotions I cant describe (the good kind), and it is genuinely awesome. I dont know if you still read comments but I cant wait for my ears to be blessed in Risk of Rain Return
Holy shit dude, this was the first time a piece of music made me stop playing a game just to take it in. Was on the verge of tears when I first heard it. Bravo man!
YES. I was thinking the exact same thing. Like... Im imagining someone like the G-man from halflife, The kinda character that is controlling everything from behind the scenes. They reveal themselves and explain that things have gotten out of hand and they are nolonger in control. They explain that the world is going to end and they regret not being able to fix things. They leave, then when the guitar hits the earth starts shaking, everything is falling apart, and the last few humans escape into earth orbit, with nowhere to go and the burning earth below them, they wait. Hoping
@@anchoviesonnachos7074 Final Hours from Majora's Mask for me. That piece is nihilism incarnate, it just screams "this is it, hold your loved ones and prepare for the end"
What a fine song Chris. The fact that you constantly amaze us with your fantastical music is truly something to behold. Hell, it’s brought some people to tears. Now THAT is amazing. The game aside, we appreciate you and all your music, whether it’s RoR, Deadbolt, D.I.Y., or anything really. Thank you.
Hey Chris i just want to say i how much i Love the screen changing at around 2:08 . It really shows how far we've come and that everythings been leading up to this.
@@AstronautDown That's funny to me because the soundtrack for the first game left me with surprise that it was better than the gameplay, and I went into the second game with the same expectation, and yet it was still exceeded. And I really don't think that's any kind of coincidence the more I think about it...
*And so he left, firmly grasping onto his final memory; who he was.* *And so he left, no longer alone in the world.* *And so she left, just as mysteriously as she arrived.* *And so he left, leaving his old life behind.* *And so he left, shedding one last tear of sadness.* *And so they left, brothers in arms, to take on the galaxy.* *And so she left, feeling everything and nothing at the same time.* *And so it left, with what little humanity it had gained.* *And so he left, to live what little life he could.* *And so she left, to tell the story of her survival.* *And so he left, falling to the ground before sleeping forever...* *And so it left, with a new directive; live.* *And so he left, asking himself the same question over and over; Why?* *And so he left, dead, but still walking.* *And so I left, to find another purpose in life than talk to myself.*
So I had to analyze a work of art in 200+ words as only a warm-up for my English class, which is why it's kinda hastily slapped together and informal, and I decided to do this song, but I also went a bit overboard. This is only about half of it but I thought some of you might be interested in hearing my personal analysis of the song's title: One thing I like to do for fun with Chris’s songs is to analyze the meaning behind their titles because he tends to put a decent amount of thought into them (This is where someone mentions "A Glacier Eventually Farts" in the replies). The title “con lentitud poderosa” is Spanish and translates to “with powerful slowness.” This is definitely fitting for the song, with a slow, melancholy piano part, and what sounds similar to a rock ballad, which is defined with a generally slower tempo. Both parts are also definitely emotionally powerful, too. But something is still missing. You see, in the soundtracks of Risk of Rain 1 and 2, Chris decided to name all the songs based on rain in some way because the game is called Risk of Rain. However, there’s only so much you can do with just rain so it expanded to anything water or weather-related. So there is actually more to the title of this song as it comes from a quote by Jorge Luis Borges, which reads: “I thought of a world without memory, without time; I considered the possibility of a language that ignored nouns, a language of impersonal verbs and indeclinable epithets. Thus the days died and with the days the years, but something similar to happiness happened one morning. It rained, with powerful slowness". I don’t know exactly what the quote itself means, but it makes more sense in the context of the game’s lore. The final boss has the title “King of Nothing” as he was banished to the moon where he has stayed for a time not exactly know, but for at least a few thousand years, in these grand ruins with only a few machines of his own creation to keep him company. There is pretty much nothing. He is in a world where there are no new memories to be made, where time is meaningless, and where language is useless as there is no one to talk to. As a result, no day was different from any other, and they all blended together and “died.” Until one day, the rain came. There are multiple possibilities as to what the rain is in the lore, but this is already long enough and I don’t want to make it longer. However, I believe that rain is symbolic of a climax or end to Chris. It makes sense that with something called “Risk of Rain” the climax would be the rain, as a risk of rain ends with the rain arriving. I believe the theme for the final boss in the first game was titled “Precipitation” for this same reason, as it is basically a synonym for rain. This makes the phrase “It rained, with powerful slowness” extremely fitting for the song as we can reword it with this interpretation of rain as, “The end arrived, with powerful slowness.” It fits extremely well as both parts of the song are slow, with a slow piano and acoustic guitar piece and a rock ballad. Both parts are powerful with beautifully melancholic first half and the wonderfully climactic second half. And both parts represent an end, whether it be the first half being heavily based on the song “Coalescence” from the first game which was the theme for the final level and is representative for the finale; or the second half being the climactic end of the journey for Chris, the devs, and the player in Risk of Rain 2. “...con lentitud poderosa” is truly the perfect title for this song in every way.
Thank you for sharing such a thoughtful analysis! Btw, I know on the surface "A Glacier Eventually Farts" seems like a childish joke but if you bother looking under the water it is one of the most serious and thought out titles I ever used, and definitely one of my favorites :)
The quote is from the tale "The Immortal" from the book "The Aleph". In summary, the tale is about a man that gain immortality by accident and with the pass of time he starts to forgot who he was originally. He even forgot how to speak. He started to see life with disdain and apathy, with no goal to achieve, with no way to recognize what is good and what is evil in the world. One morning the rain falls over him and had an "awakening". He remembers who he was and realize that his new goal in life is to look for a cure for his immortality.
I love how this song feels like a personification of Mithrix. The first half represents Mithrix's cool, somehwat somber exterior, suppressing emotion somewhat, discarding it as an unnecessary distraction, but the second half both shows that you cant cast that emotion aside, because its always coming, always waiting to burst forth from you. And then it does, explosively, in a torrent of Grief and Anger and Regret. The instruments seem to literally Wail in agony to characterize Mithrix's emotional termoil for his brother. Someone he was angry at but could never hate. The only anything who he felt connected to, riven from him by interlopers, only proving Mithriz right in the worst possible way. Rarely does anything move me to tears, but my eyes well to this song. Its such a goddamn good song man.
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Hello! Do you have the sheet music for the piano section in the beginning? (Love the music)
What's your personal feeling about coalescence? You said something about not remaking this track out of spite. It sounds like there was a discourse of some kind around it.
I love it, it's among my favorite tracks I've written.
whens that engineer edition coming out? :eyes: would love to take a look at it! no rush though, just curious
On the same note as the piano sheet do you have tabs for the guitar ?
risk of rain 2 gameplay: ha ha shooty shooty.
risk of rain 2 music: You can no longer turn back.
Risk of rain 2 gameplay: oooh what does this button do?
Risk of rain 2 music: *”ABOVE THE PLANET AND MOON, I ALONE TRULY AM THE HONORED ONE”*
@@Toasterizer9000 "But would you be able to skip the song?" "Nah, I'd lose"
risk of rain 2 lore: damn
Risk of rain 2: you will never be the same again.
risk of rain 2 metacritic score: what the fuck why am i only 85
Truly, the Risk of Rain 2 were the friends we made along the way
The rain we risked was for the friends we lost along the way
what friends i killed everything
I can attest to this as when ROR2 first came out I had to go on the forums of steam to get people to play with. Risk of Rain 2 really was the friends I made along the way on steam :)
Which friends? I lost them fighting for the loot
@@Ecceil you lost them fighting for who simped huntress harder.
Managed to get this song playing on uruguayan radio, with it even getting praised by the announcer.
Your music is amazing Chris, thanks for existing
Whoa that's awesome howd you manage that?
Because our country is so small (3.5M) some radio stations accept requests and i just happened to get lucky
@@shinobuoshino1052 lol, did someone record it?
Pah, como pude perderme eso bo
A Uruguayan weeb, you love to see it.
I love how in the final level they basically allowed Chris to take over by having just a long walkway with music. That's some serious faith in your composer!!
It was a back and forth. First was the look and level concept, than music, then length adjustment :)
@@AstronautDown hell yeah man, I was hoping that was part of the reason for the hallway, you've got yourself a great team in these folks, this song got me all sorts of teary eyed
Although, that being said, their faith was well placed.
Chris Christodoulou Bro, just in case you didn’t know, you’re a god.
Swarm54 I can’t agree... but he’s definitely got God’s direct input, which basically makes him a Saint.
Bro when this dropped I shivered and shat myself lmao
If you think this is not going straight to twitter you are both wrong and too late because it's already screen-caped.
Very noice
I've never seen somebody get ratioed on RUclips. Well, there's a first time for everything, I suppose.
greatest shit ive ever read on youtube comments lmfao
This music has an oddly calm acceptance of the end.
shit is about to go down in the most unpleasant of ways and my ass will not be prepared for it.
Never played this, but goddamn, the composer went FUCKING SAVAGE on this soundtrack, like, total all in, no regrets style.
you should play it
@@usecodemoo5694 he should play it
@@usecodemoo5694LEAN
100% you should play -it- all of them, if you can afford so
its even more powerful in the context of the two games he composed these soundtracks for. A real master class
_...and so he left, with everything but his humanity_
...and so it left, entirely forgetting its original purpose.
...and so she left, her soul still remaining on the planet
...and so he left, with new tales to tell
...and so it left with a new purpose: To be left alone.
...and so it left, ready to grow into something more
I’m upset that people keep saying that “guitar” when it’s clearly commando grinding that ukulele
not gonna lie you got me in the first half
Considering the track "Your gonna need a bigger ukulele" exists, this means that commando shreds the regular sized ones out of existance for this song, and he needs bigger ones to replace them.
Solution? Tesla coils. Not only do they do electric shenanigans, you can play music with them too, so its basically a uke in essence. Just, bigger, and better.
Its an electric ukelele. And his music was electric
@@moonsalibi modern problems require modern solutions
-engineer tf2
wait but he never said that
@@cryouru well whatever it is Commando is gonna need a bigger ukulele
_"March nineteenth, twenty-two fifty-five. Please state your name for the record."_
_(There's a long silence.)_
_"This is a safe place, my friend. Take your time if you have to. But you have to state your name for the record."_
_"...Commando."_
_"Mmmm. See, the thing is, that's not your name. That's the classification of your job title as it relates to your position on the UES Safe Travels, but your name according to the logs should have been [REDACTED]. Is that correct?"_
_"I don't know that name."_
_"I can't say I find that surprising. You've been gone a long time. Four years to the day."_
_"Far longer."_
_"So you've mentioned. How much longer?"_
_"Unsure. I don't know how long it was between deaths."_
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The creature stood on the edge of the road, a series of horizontal white lines before it.
No, him, it reminded itself. Himself. It'd been a long while since he had needed a term to refer to himself. Petrichor had stripped that from him, the endless massacre, the bodies piled up, sparking husks of destroyed machines that he himself had battered and broken and-
He shook his head, antlers swaying and the phantom arm mounted at his shoulder clenching its violet knife. A mantle of pieces and devices were stuck to him, loosely moving about even though he knew they would not detach.
Two pedestrians stood beside him, nervously eyeing him. They were human. Partially modified. One had a prosthetic, one had glasses. Did glasses count as modifications? No, they were augments, he supposed. A temporary addition.
He looked at them, the yellow dome of his head twisting atop his narrow shoulders, red lenses glittering. Without a word, they turned as one and started walking the other direction, crossing the road in a different place.
Now that they were gone, he looked forward and down. Forty feet of road in front of him. A short distance. Such a short distance. Just one step forward, followed by another, and another, slowly moving over the crosswalk until he was on the other side of the street. An easy thing to do. All he had to do was take the first step, and then the second.
The road wasn't blocked off. Hovercars and trams and buses drove past, some pausing for a moment as their drivers stared wide-eyed at the vaguely humanoid monstrosity standing in front of the crosswalk where it'd been placed by government officials trying to help.
Where he'd been placed, he reminded himself. It was positive to attach humanity to himself. Although there were a few people who told him was alright to be an it. Pronouns and whatnot. He wasn't sure identifying as a weapon was healthy for him right now.
A light turned yellow, and then red. Another light turned green.
The crosswalk was open.
Commando took a deep breath, the goat leg replacing his own twitching, the red whip at his hip swaying in a wind that wasn't there. One step. Just one step.
He lifted his leg, and took one step.
His foot landed in the next state over.
Dammit.
Back at it making story's again can you make another one about the new the void boss end cut cutseance whene it's show all void monsters dieing I would to see a short story about surviver leaving the see that happened I would love to see it in comments so I like man
This is such a marvellously written little chunk of story. I love the equal parts melancholy and silliness of Commando's state of being, acknowledging the loss of his ability to recall regular life while also considering how bizarre and darkly funny it would be to be estranged from humanity because you've got a bunch of random junk stapled to you that's inexplicably made you uncontrollably powerful.
That was pretty good
It's one thing for an experience to take your life from you. It's another for it to take your death, as well.
Oh wait that's just a joke about movement speed buffs
That punchline really got me.
Great job.
It goes a long way to show how good a track is when it turns the comments section into a bunch of philosophers.
That is so true😭
This song changed me
This song changed all over me
If this isn't played at my funeral, I'm not dying
You don't have my permission to play this at your funeral.
You've been granted immortality.
@@AstronautDown I will use my extra time to listen to this song even more. Many thanks.
stock up on them dios.
@@AstronautDown over a million teddy bears PagMan
I hate people named lewis
"This relic tells a story. But it is not a fairy tale, it’s a tragedy. A story of betrayal, regret, and sorrow. A story of two.”
"Uh… okay…? How the hell do you know that?”
For really how did they know that
"I was one of the two."
ok but actually, how the hell does he know that. like seriously how.
the only people who could know is the heretic(i forgor the real name), mithrix, and providence. ok actually it’s probably providence. its probable that the lemeruians have some form of language, and providence could speak it.
but i think its more likely, that perhaps providence told it to a few lemurians, and this is one of the lemurians that was told it, and talking to another one.
@@glareninjathe heretic’s name is Kur-skan iirc
@@Mega_Croissantamence thanks lol
When I first got here I was like "hmm, didnt expect the music to be so quiet" then the guitars kicked in and my jaw litteraly dropped, god teir song right here.
I spend a lot of time with the mix to make the contrast really extreme :)
It's synthesizer btw
Chris has apparently given up on telling everyone that it's not guitar lmao
It's actually like, 8 guitars or something :P There's a synth too, of course.
@@AstronautDown Damn, it appears you haven't given up yet lol
I was coming from the ROR Lead video that's why I assumed that
I don't use just one sound you know :)
Omg loved when images changed til ror 1,almost cried
Ah yes, the soothing sounds of your life's work crumbling beneath you after being betrayed by one you used to trust.
Accurate description of Mithrix
@@yarisher3127 don't drop your brothers worms into a pit
@@aboclab6524 Thorp!
Did anyone else get crazy chills at 2:43 when the original game's cover art came up, that hit like a truck
maaaaan this one right here
its so good that it can make a man hardened by war tear up
commando chilling
@@KevLKev commando do be vibin doe
@@KevLKev …and so he left, covered in random garbage such as teddy bears and ukuleles.
WE MAKING IT OFF THE MOON WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥
Fr 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
AND THE LUNAR CONSTRUCTS GO WILD 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
We Sacrificing Reds For This One! 🔻🔻🔻
We do be sacrificing dio for this one
WE BE SPAMMING WAX QUAILS WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
to translate the description;
I thought of a world without memory, without time,
I considered the possibility of a language that ignored nouns,
a language of impersonal verbs or indeclinable epithets.
Thus the days were dying and with the days the years,
but something akin to happiness happened one morning.
It rained, powerfully slow.
Hey Bro I got to the final lvl the first day I bought this game.... I used bandit cs the overpowered invisible move and almost beat the boss
@@vanessahenriquez1377that’s crazy😐
Definitely not overpowered @@vanessahenriquez1377
I thought the description was en español because I set all my apps to Spanish when I started learning... So its in Spanish for everyone? Huh I always assumed Chris was greek, with the surname and all 😅
@@supremebuffalo6322 Chris is Greek, but the description is in Spanish because it's a quote from a Spanish philosopher(?)
I was playing this song in my brother’s car today, because we were playing good songs to test the new speaker system. I asked my brother to put this song on, and the whole time both he and my sister were like “never pass him the aux again” because of how solemn the beginning is
Then 2:05 happened. With bass-boosted speakers, it definitely hit different. About halfway through, my brother put it on loop, looked back at me, then nodded his head.
It’s really hard to get my brother’s “seal of approval” on a song outside of his normal genre, so I’m definitely sharing this with you
That's awesome, thank you for sharing!
@@AstronautDown No, thank YOU for making a soundtrack I would shamelessly blast into a friend’s car in an attempt to get them to play this absolute banger of a game.
you can never play your favorite videogame ost in cars when other people are in it. They always get mad at you for it
well you cant tell the composer how to do his job... just doesnt work like that
My brother has a smiler ranking and I hope I can finally get a song approved
This is RoR2's plin plin plon
Well done, Chris. Lovely work. ♥️
Plon plon plon plin plon
what
@@kee5699 They're referring to Gwyn's theme from Dark Souls
Wiser words were never spoken
Ror and dark souls player. Based.
I can't tell you how much this song and the entire risk of rain project helped me get through hard times but i'm surely not the only one that wants you to know, that no matter how hard things get you should keep going and always remember everything you have done so far wasn't in vain it was for yourself and the people that enjoyed it. I hope that this small amount helps you and please keep up the great work.
Thank you! I hope the hard times are behind you now
woah what kinda donation comment is this
Amen brother. Same here. It got me through my partners pregnancy and shortly followed by a messy separation. Risk of Rain 2 kept me going through hard times and this is probably one of the finest tracks.
Beautiful message Robert! I will never forget the first time I arrived here, in this room. It did something strange to me when I beat the game for the first time.
My blessings for Risk of rain, and everything around it :]
@@MrPokebrandon Just commenting to say this is the beauty of music. How it can help, change, and shape lives. Both you guys are wonderful :)
...and so he left, leaving nothing but his music, electrifying the universe.
...and so they left, music still ringing in deaf ears.
...and so it left, servos pulsing with new music
...and so he left, with a new tune to play.
...and so he left, rocked to the core by hauntingly beautiful music only he will remember
...and so he left, music still rushing through his veins.
"They knew to stay away from the wells - but they were just kids. And they wanted to know.
They threw in dirt and stone and kifruit and starseed, watching as they collapsed. Thorp! The
gravity wells would swallow up everything. Glass and mud and silver. Wind. Heat. Pulsar radiation.
And when his brother wasn't watching, Mythrix would throw in worms. Thorp! But only when he
wasn't watching. You see, his brother loved worms. It would make him sad. But Mythrix didn't care
much about worms. He was just curious.
But one time, his brother was watching, and his brother loved worms."
"It looks like starseed, tanning in dirt.
It smells like hot stone, and tall grass.
It tastes like spiced fruit, sweet and hot.
It feels like solar winds, and solar chimes.
It sounds like two brothers, chasing glass frogs in the sun."
Netflix series about young Mithrix and Providence when
Way ahead of you.
where from?
@@bobbob1312 Mithrix's monster log. Chance to get it when you kill him.
I played risk of rain for the first time around 7 years ago. I was 14-15 when I first played it with my friend Davis. We would spend hours playing it until 3am, doing run after run before having to get up and go to school the next day. Coalescence has been on my playlist to this day, and I honestly think it’s one of my most listened to songs ever. I’ve bought everything Chris has put on Bandcamp, and I will never forget the good times I’ve had playing these games and listening to these songs. Chris, thanks for sticking with music. You’re one of the best.
Thank you for sharing! I'm always fascinated by these stories
@@AstronautDown You're an incredible artist, genuinely and truthfully. I can't wait to see where you go next!
He said he'd never make a Coalescence 2.
The absolute madlad.
This blows the original out of the water by MILES, the pure atmosphere behind the track and the area it plays in was mindblowing.
When that guitar kicked in, I had absolutely no shame in crying. I haven't choked up that hard in such a long time.
Thanks for the memories, Chris.
i made the first tweet about coalescence 2 and now i dont know how to feel lol. i guess im happy that we got a fuckin banger of a track
Don't you dare think even for a fraction of a second that I did this because you people asked for it.
Honestly I think this is so good because of Coalescence. Yes the song is legendary, but the emotion of it is just enhanced by the connection with the original.
@@AstronautDown What did convince you to make it Chris? You said you wouldn't do it, but here it is in it's full glory
@@deadlynova9941 Nothing _convinced_ me, it was something I had in mind very early on, before we even launch EA, as a way to come full circle thematically and this aligned with the what Hopoo aimed for the final level, so there it is. I'm not making decisions about a game I'm working on based on popular opinion or personal whim (or spite).
"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."
lloviò...Con Lentitud Poderosa
My God
That's powerful and beautiful
By Jorge Luis Borges, a wonderful writer
@@youwantmyname9208this dude got the same last name as me
El Aleph, Jorge Luis Borges.
People fail to realize the time
And effort put into music like this. There is something deep and foreboding about the tone of this music. It builds toward a dominant force where you feel helpless, a despot of sorts, almost as if you can tell something malevolent is waiting around the corner. A fantastic finale to a well thought out and intriguing game. A job well done. It is something I will look back on with nostalgia. Impressive. The pure talent require to make music like this takes years. I cannot explain how impressed I am.
No man, I'm pretty sure everyone realizes even by looking through the comments.
Nah, everyone realizes. This soundtrack is easily one of the best in all of gaming
Commando
..and so he left, with everything but his humanity. He murmured something, faint, leaning against the body of Providence, and silently nodded. That felt great. He was in pain, and in agony, but that felt great...
Enforcer
..and so he left, mutated beyond recognition. He slowly lurched around the enveloping bridge, trying to make out the shapes that passed by. Snatched them out of the air like flies. He stared at his hand, fused into the riot shield, and simply chanted- "I am better this way."
Bandit
..and so he left, with his pyrrhic plunder. It sat, gasping in the cargo hold for air, wheezing for one last spoken word, and he watched carefully as it all fell slowly to the ground, finally silent. He enjoyed being a thief, but now came the realization that he could not steal lives and array them in a museum.
Huntress
..and so she left, her soul still remaining on the planet. She had hunted the best. She had won. Why was it only empty inside? She tried to gasp in horror, staring at guilt. But it never came, so she sat and waited on the floor. And then came the voices.
Engineer
..and so he left, more steel and circuit than man. He stared at the motors around him- or was that him? He stared at the ship around him, and finally felt separated. The cargo hold was in pain...
Miner
..and so he left, adrenaline still rushing through his veins. Like fire beating down on a door, he felt his arms slowly detach, his bloodied weapons fall to the ground, replaced by sheer maniacal laughter. Soon came the lust for blood again.
Sniper
..and so they left, the sound still ringing in deaf ears. "I wish you could stay," they tried to hack out, but it was useless. So they held each other, and the Sniper slowly shut off the spotter. Finally, tears fell from blind eyes.
HAN-D
..and so it left, servos pulsing with new life. Maybe it was the parasite, or maybe the imp, but maybe deep inside the metal lie a simple janitor bot, riding a desecrated ship home. Where was home? Where was home now? And it answered its own question.
Mercenary
..and so he left, never to become human again. He stared out of the window, trying to find interest in passing stars. Quickly he swung his sword and the feelings were gone. All he had left was the blade. They will be coming soon. They will be coming soon to rescue him, but all he had left was the blade.
Acrid
..and so it left, with a new hunger: to be left alone. Swallowing the putrid blood, it looked back at what was once a god, now writhing in a pool of acid, dying to disease. The hunger was not worth sating, so it went where there is nothing.
CHEF
...And so it left, entirely forgetting its original purpose. What did it do just now? It didn't seem to know. It didn't seem to care. What's done was done. What mattered was what it did next. Whatever that may be...
where did you get these completed character ending titles? Also why was the enforcer mutated? I cant find anywhere which states why. His is the only one which i really dont understand.
@@genraltcj these "completed" ones I think are just made by us. As for Enforcer, I don't know.
Who are you referring to when you say “they” for the sniper
@@l394cy6 these are from the first game
I swear when I heard the beginning of coalescence in this song I literally had to stop playing and almost started tearing up, fucking perfect song you’ve made Chris
You’re not alone 💪
I think everyone who listened to this at least cried a little
Same
I turned my sound to max and sat there for a good 10 minutes
this is where real men cried
2:07 Always makes me feel sad. And will only get sadder from here on out because it is becoming older, a memory to revisit. I find it crazy how this is in 2020 and now we're already in 2022. Time has gone too quickly...And it hits even harder looking back at 2013 Risk of Rain... My childhood. Thank you for this journey and the amount of emotions I've experienced throughout these soundtracks Chris! 😭♥
and now even sadder, in the light of recent events
@@brainb0t_952 What happened?
@@Spewa-em8cm technoblade
Dude, cheer up. Risk of Rain RETURNS in 2023. I hope that would make you feel better!
@@cryonunknown5990 and it's just a farewell game because they sold the franchise. RIP Risk of Rain, RIP Hopoo. all dead
Con lentitud ponderosa means with powerful slowness. Describing the EXTREMELY LONG TIME IT TOOK TO DEVELOP THIS GAME!
Actually though, it’s a reference to this:
“ I thought of a world without memory, without time; I considered the possibility of a language that ignored nouns, a language of impersonal verbs and indeclinable epithets. This is how the days died and the years died, but something similar to happiness happened one morning. It rained, with powerful slowness. ” - quote from Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine poet and short story writer. Translated from Spanish to English
The best part about that poem is, that "it rained, with powerful slowness" has all of those things that he imagined in that language. "It rained"= a personal verv, "powerful" = a declinable epithet, as slowness is usually attributed the adjective of "weak" (its epithet) and "slowness"= noun. Alluring to the absurdity that is a language that is too dry and devoid of meaning
You know, that poem fits perfectly with what it seems like the creators of these portals and everything else on this planet seem to believe in
wait, so it wasnt google translating the tittle then?
Huh... A few people seem to think so too :) We take English so much for granted...
Wow that's quite beautiful. Thanks for the the reference, friend.
What does it mean to be 'Coalesence 2'?
It could be a song that achieves the scale, intensity, and grandeur of Coalesence. For me, you achieved that all the way back when the game first went into Early Access, with 'Into the Doldrums'.
It could also be a song that is simply 'as good' (airquotes, as this is all subjective) as Coalesence. For me, you not only achieved that with 'Into the Doldrums', but 'The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky' and 'The Rain Previously Known as Purple'.
It could be a 'sequel' (a callback? something inspired by?) to Coalesence; and for some we have '... con lentitud poderosa'. But-- it also achieves being as fantastic as the original, and it surpasses that sense of scale and greatness.
'...con lentitud poderosa' is more than a callback, and more than a sequel. It feels like a parallel; in a realm where Coalesence stood as the perfect finale to Risk of Rain (2013), '...con lentitud poderosa' does the same for Risk of Rain 2 (2020). While this feeling might be hard to properly describe, I suppose the best way to phrase it is that '...con lentitud poderosa' has purpose and soul-- instead of being just something that says "hey, remember this?"
Thanks, Chris, for more than just the music. The journey, the experiences, the memories, and now the excitement for whatever you have in store for the future.
Thank you. It's hard to describe how difficult it was to write this track. If I said I spent _years_ thinking how it should be executed, it would not be an exaggeration. Comments such as this make it worth the struggle.
@@AstronautDown Keep doing a great job and all of us will just be here listening to the masterpieces you make
@@AstronautDown Not gonna lie, I teared up a little when I heard this ingame for the first time, holding off from the Bandcamp version because of your own suggestion. though Monsoon was my favorite track of the first game, This is my favorite from the sequel
Terra Pluviam is also good AF.
@@KingoKings365 oh boy, tears were shed here too
Someone commented on coalescence a long while back, calling it “the sound of realizing there’s blood on your hands.”
I feel like this is the sound of realizing the blood on your hands will never wash away.
I agree!
That, and/or realizing that the blood on your hands _is your own._
@Decorous Ice RoR2 endings have a pretty large emphasis on how your player characters change for the worse by the end of their journey, so I always envisioned it as them not really caring about the metaphorical blood on their hands (since it's that of the various creatures they face), until they realize that there's little separation between said creatures _and themselves._ Thus, the blood they see on their hands is very similar to their own.
Risk of rain will always be a tragic story. It tells you about the horrible things we do to stay alive. It doesnt matter how many creatures have to die
@Decorous Ice I think they mean that they metaphorically killed their old selves in the process or something
When it started showing all of the early access updates at 2:09 I may have teared up just a little. This game got me through some tough times lately and is one of the few things still keeping me sane during this quarantine. I legit don't have words to explain how much this game means to me. Thank you and the development team for creating this experience, i can't wait to see what the future holds for the game.
Now the fun part, beating it on Monsoon with all the artifacts on....
There's always Eclipse mode.
True. But playing with all the artifacts is quite a different challenge than Eclipse. Not harder, not easier, just different. Honestly I'm most likely going to end up doing both in the future when console is released
Heh... "Tough Times..."
sorry.
Nerdy that’s not something you should apologize for
I'm in the same boat. This game has been with me through two major relationships, one past and decimated, and one current and struggling. I've played this game with both partners (separately, of course) and have shared the love for this game with them. It got me through the impossible breakup that I endured, and is getting me through the rough times in my current relationship. It's a master class of a game that you play with a friend, no matter how important that friend is.
I feel that the developers of Risk of Rain 2 receive so much more unfair criticism than others receive for their games, and for seemingly no reason. They are creating almost flawless gameplay so good you'll casually play for hours. They are creating lore and telling stories that give you chills. They are writing music that makes you cry. They are 3 people, and they may have made a few small mistakes, which were then addressed or fixed within two days of 1.0 release.
Blows my mind how entitled some people are. I can understand with a massive triple A company that doesn't fix a bug for months. But 3 people working on this game and keeping it to such a quality and standard meeting every goal they set for themselves you dont see that much at all anywhere.
I think people got so used to the impeccable quality of previous updates, that when there was a small hiccup, it stood out so much and that was all they pushed attention to!
I don't know how PC players are mad at all most console players had to start from scratch because it took the console team 3 months to patch it, so most people on xbox didn't really even play artifacts for real, I got my stuff back because that's how dedicated I was (well you know after it was patched)
@@damienw4958 I feel like that is a subconscious thing--the devs have done an amazing job with... quite literally everything. It does not excuse the immature and unappreciative things that people did. Review bombing because they got a bug that affected about 1/3 of players patched after three days? That's disgusting.
@@damienw4958 the first game was bugged a lot iirc. you could skip the entire last stage using a glitched with the ropes. not to say that it wasn't a high quality game
My grandfather passed just yesterday morning with no warning or signs that he was going to, and a day later (today), it really set in that he was just, gone, and during that time this was the first song to come to mind while i was thinking about him, so from my heart and soul, Chris Christodoulou, thank you for this amazing song, and thank you for working on Risk of Rain 2, and making its soundtrack the Best damn thing i've heard in a very long time.
:(
I'm sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss :(
A toast for the In Development Golem who always greeted us before the title screen and gave us a hope, knowing the wait will be worth it.
His duty is fulfilled at last, may he rest in pieces
Scratch that, in the last Dev Thoughts you can see he went on vacation
@@wilson9263 he deserves it
After nine years in development, hopefully it was worth the wait.
@@dirtydan3565 My favorite class is the Bandit.
Thanks, and have fun.
"If Coalescence was so good why isn't there a Coalescence 2?"
WELL
ABOUT THAT
Coalescence wasn't good enough yet, he had to polish perfection, again.
What is this Coalescence game? I can't find anything about it.
Please, tell me
Wait nvm, just found out it's a song from the first game
I wish I had played RoR before this one, and had experienced the same feeling as you guys, with nostalgiia filling my ears...
@@bansheex4563 There's nothing like entering Commencement for the first time and hearing this music play and being reminded of the first game through it and the enemies on that stage. Something I probably wont feel again
@@bansheex4563 never played much of the first game but listened to this song from its soundtrack way too much, so it was nice to hear it on the final stage
"...And his music was electric."
A huge thanks for what has become a daily listen and one of my favorite soundtracks. I can't stress enough how much I love your work and how much I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with next!
Thank you so much for the support
Chris, I want you to know that this song is the perfect length and has the optimal mood for the microwave cooking of a P.F. Chang’s Home Menu Pork Shoyu Ramen. At 4 minutes, 51 seconds, it fits the total time of 3 minutes of heating and 1 minute and 30 seconds of heating with a short stirring period between the two.
The anticipation at the beginning of the song, with quiet piano is reminiscent of your younger self enjoying cheap top ramen from the bag. The guitar explosion is the middle of the cooking- the ramen would be edible now, it is great and smells like food. But you can do better. So you stir it and put it back in for another amount of time, eager to see it better than before. By the time it is done with its second round in the microwave, the triumphant guitar is fading away, leaving you satisfied and ready to eat your meal.
A truly inspired piece.
P.S. the ramen was fine. Better than other microwave meal options, but if it’s not on sale it’s really overpriced so try this method at your own risk.
Overall rating: tasted like salt, but overall fine dining
What
@@normalhumanbeing6066 Try it yourself. Prove me wrong.
@@seataco5482 i tried it with a ballsack sandwich, it was great
Lmao!
Risk of ramen
You are an absolute legend, I haven't heard this good of a song in video game in forever.
Clearly have listened to deadbolt’s sound track
"Forever" wont cut it.
There certainly has been a dry spell of quality video game soundtracks.
I remember the glory days of the 2016-17 ish indie scene very fondly.
@@Kinda_Venty You should check out supergiant's soundtracks, even their most recent game Hades has some huge bops that also hit right in the feels.
@@WaterVictim It's the same composer so it doesn't really count
I'm leaving my mark here, so everytime someone likes, I'll be reminded of this kickass song.
I'll leave a reply to remind you of this kickass song.
Your welcome
hi
Go listen to this song today! 🎵🎶🎵🎶
doing the same @@FumiTaki
4:08 "Happy now?"
YES.
VERY MUCH CHRIS.
I cant see it...what must i do?
@@WH40KHero The i card in the top right, it should be immediately after the timestamp
@@hexdebt7670 Oh, that. Yeah, apparently my settings are bugged and i cant activate I-cards. Everytime i try they deactivate themselves again
Those 4 notes right where the timestamp is remind me of "Balcony" from Cave Story, for just a brief moment. I actually thought that's what you were referring to at first.
Hey, you’re right. They do sound kind of similar.
The swelling of the sound and the guitar(ukulele) at 2:07singing out so loudly and powerfully… dude, I had no idea that music could have this much raw emotion and feeling in it
Then you clearly haven’t listened to much music and my heart weeps for you.
@@Cipher00007 ?? this is just unnecessarily rude
@@Cipher00007 It was a compliment, get some social skills.
And his music was electric…
@Virus people like you are what keeps the world together lol 👍
I dont know if youll ever see this Chris Christodoulou but this is the first piece of music to give me chills and make me tear up. But not from sadness. Just from pure awe in how much raw emotion this makes me feel. Extraordinary.
I see everything.
Risk of Rain 2 songs tierlist from F to S++: All of them are S++, every song in the game is a banger.
When every songs a S++ no song is :'(
@@mighty6087 not true if you compare it to other songs in other games :)
@@mighty6087 the songs are equal, some of them are just... more equal than others! simple!
@@Pyrax99 example being Terra Pluviam, Köppen as Fuck, You're Gonna Need a Bigger Ukulele, etc.
Risk of Rain songs tierlist from F to S++: All of them are S++, every song in both games is a banger.
Coalescence was one of the most memorable songs I've ever heard, no actually just getting to the Contact Light with that song was the most memorable moments in gaming for me, and you Chris have outdone yourself, you raised the bar for memorable moments in a video game so impossibly high with con lentitud poderosa that if I were to make a list on the most memorable parts in any video game, the whole list would be full of triple A titles.
Except one indie game at the very top
being Risk of Rain 2
Con lentitud poderosa may not be the best song in the world, but it sure as hell is the most memorable.
Risk of Rain may not have block buster level story writing
Risk of Rain may not have the best gameplay
Risk of Rain may not have the best graphics
but it sure does make memories.
Good job Chris, you win, you actually just win, the bar for memorable moments in video games is just set way too high.
I feel the same, ily chris
we went from "coalescence" and "precipitation" to "con lentitud poderosa" and "You're gonna need a bigger ukelele"
they're both used to same way, the walk up to the boss and the boss fight
I dont feel the same
Risk of rain gameplay is amazing
Risk of rain graphics are nice
Risk of rain soundtrack is insane
Risk of rain story is good for an game of its type
Of course it isnt the best in any, but fuck off its good enough on what it needs to be
@@monikaisdonewiththeinterne2039 I sure isn’t the best there is but it’s damn good, not a single game in the world has stuck with as much as risk of rain
That's it, you've forced my hand Chris. I'm learning guitar to specifically play this song aggressively at my friends. Look at what you have done.
Unironically this has got to be one of my favorite tracks in gaming history, and i actually did learn this song on guitar lol. I would've never thought a music box would hit so different with metal guitars involved. The way you mix all the different instuments so seamlessly to which all of them aren't just background noise and each one gets the spotlight is absolutely marvelous and incredible. Your motif work is as well done as a steak from a 5 star restaurant. The bass work in The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky is very subtle and very crispy like KFC. The amount of emotion and feeling in every song is just insanity, and the fact that you keep well in touch with your community is just a cherry on top. all of your songs are great and fit the RoR2 aesthetic so well and everything is still good to listen to on its own if not better. Keep creating and keep being rad as fuck cuz holy shit this game wouldn't be the same without you. Thank you.
This song cured my compression. I went from 1mb to 1gb. it was kinda rad.
ahahaha i just imagine you : * aggressivivly play while crying, crying but agressive * x"DDDDD
@@captain-cool2275 No freaking wonder you got more likes than I did. I literally made my comment years before you did but it's all LIES. I LIED to CHRIS CHRISTODOULOU about my experience. Because of YOU!!! How DARE you share me this song without giving me a chance to listen to it blindly in the game?! Why must you hurt me and make me deceive in this way?!
Risk of Rain's music invokes a feeling in me that I hadn't felt since I first played Starcraft, the port on the n64 at that (little me was obsessed with it). As a result, RoR invokes some strong sense of nostalgia despite being nothing like the thing it reminds me of. It carries a lot of the emotional weight and familiarity while being a completely new experience.
True, you have a point mr checkmark
Talk about coincidence, I search for music posted over a year ago and within a day one of my favourite creators comments on the very track I was searching for
It's been one hell of a ride, hasn't it Chris.
Thanks for being with us
You don't know the half of it... Thanks for sticking around :)
This will now and forever be one of the greatest pieces written in gaming history. Your work is inspiring
When Risk of Rain 2 was announced, I was holding my breath for Coalescence's eventual remaster.
Few years later - today, 1.0 dropped and with it, came this song. I'd made it to the Stage 6. Empty, grey stones of old welcoming me, impossible looking structures guiding me to the final boss. I'd lost for I lacked mobility on my Artificer build, but the long trek up to boss' lair - when I had the initial note being played over and over in electronic piano with accompanying piano chords, that tease... I knew what was coming, but I was NOT ready for the song to be this good. Goddamn. I'm not even upset that I lost to the boss, I just want to get to the stage again so I can hear this very tune, the build up of the pianos > acoustic > electric with drums... This isn't just music. It sets the tone and accompanies you till your eventual defeat or victory.
7 years it had been, and my expectation has been met with something even superior and grander.
Thank you for doing this song a justice and then some, because I reckon I'll never stop listening to this song. And also for uploading the song along with the game's launch!
... And his music was electric.
"I thought of a world without memory, without time; I considered the possibility of a language that ignored nouns, a language of impersonal verbs and indeclinable epithets. Thus the days were dying and with the days the years, but something similar to happiness happened one morning. It rained, with powerful slowness." - Jorge Luis Borges
Great job Chris :)
This paragraph is so sublime it brings tears to my eyes even reading it here, after having read it a thousand times.
@@AstronautDown I feel the same way but about the song. I still can't believe a song that had defined a pretty large part of my life, Coalescence, got a remake that was bigger and better in every way. It really brings tears to me whenever I listen to this.
Hey Chris, you probably won't ever see this, but this song means so much to me and is so powerful. I'm going to be in Brazil for 2 years and won't be able to listen to music much. Thank you for being such a great composer.
The piano, parts from Coalescence, the guitar and literally everything...
This is the perfect theme for the last and the final challenge.
Thank you, Chris, for the soundtrack.
Thank you, Hopoo Games, for the game.
Thank you all. For one of my greatest experiences ever.
This song is both the perfect symbol for the journey's end, and fits the final stage in a way I don't think could be made better. Thank you, Chris.
More like symbol for getting stuck on an island.
Beautiful I loved the thing of it stays calm during the stage but you get to mythrix and it goes off
Thank you for the support!
It reminds me of gentle tears, and a cry of pain. From everything you've been through, and everything you've had to do. A sudden, painful revelation. A scream, at the cruelty of it all. Then silent determination. There's one more step.
Yes, this is exactly my experience scoring this game.
Sometimes the music in a sequel just doesn't hit the same way as the original...
...and sometimes it hits even harder. Thank you for your fantastic work on this game, Mr. Christodoulou.
I wasn't expecting to be astral projected directly to God's doorstep but man this song has me floating in a space unnamed and untraveled
There is... just such emotion here. Not just in the song but in the song's context for me and my best friend. 7 years. It's been 7 years, nearly a third of my life. I remember in computer class when someone in my class was passing around a flash drive like a sweet doobie and when it came around to me I had a look. It had Risk of Rain on it, of course, and I had seen some of my friends play this and get the absolute shit kicked out of them. I was next in line for the assbeating. I would procrastinate and play a few rounds on the schools laptop during class... i was terrible at the game but I REVELLED in the challenge. Back then, it was like I had blinders on, the world was smaller, less complicated.... then, so much changed in what seemed like such a short time. Girlfriend to wife, job to job, apartment to house... daughter. And after all this time, hearing this song... when I and my friend finally, FINALLY made it to this stage in ROR2, we just stopped, holding our breath, hoping like hell we knew what was coming. The hype was palpable. And when that DROP kicked, I was HURLED back in time, all the layers of complexity I had gathered in those years were ripped away, and suddenly I was there again, in that small classroom, discovering this amazing, unique gem of a game for the first time. At that point, it wasn't about winning or losing. It was about something so much more powerful than the celebration of victory or the sting of defeat. It was the climb. All those twists and turns, the risks we all took since then, and the rain of rewards we had reaped for daring to try.
Thank you, you mad genius, for being a part of my life. It's been one hell of a journey so far. I'm popping the teleporter now. See you in the next stage.
Love how the song kinda shows Mithrix's sad backstory before violently reminding you that you're in grave danger
...and so hopoo left, to work at valve
...and so Hopoo left, with excitement to work for the Ancient.
…and so they left, to go work at valve
...and so they left, to pursue greater endeavors.
Lol that "Happy now?" Never seen the notifications used like that. I love that you put edits into these, when ost videos are normally a still image the whole way through. Its a nice touch!
I really like how …con lentitud poderosa and Coalescence are basically yin and yang. They are presenting the same thing and yet they are different.
Coalescence - Providence's theme, being full of life and wanting for help, just like Providence is.
…con lentitud poderosa - His brother's, Mithrix, theme. It starts slow for you to gather thoughts, then bursting with everything that has happened, that you gained over the time. And then you start creating with everything you got, until you finish the creation. Mithrix is that creator. and when he finished his creation then, the music stopped.
Mithrix is complete opposite of Providence, yet they are still brothers. And these themes really show that.
Truly a work of art.
How do I favorite a comment? lmao
I can literally FEEL my soul ascending into the heavens at 3:20. Beautiful. Powerful. Amazing.
This has got to be Video Game Theme of the year, if there’s an award for that. I played thru RoR2 for the first time yesterday and when I heard the softer version of this play right before the end credits, I legitimately almost cried. The music, combined with the visuals and the little concluding message as the game fades to black, made for one of the most memorable endings on any game I’ve played.
The theme is just perfect. It’s so bittersweet and forlorn and matches the bleak visuals and loneliness of the place. The theme tells Mithrix’s story; that he was a powerful and overzealous being that was betrayed and abandoned by his brother. It really makes me feel remorse for killing him and makes me wish there was another way.
I could go on and on, but you killed the music, man. Like its so rare for a game (a run&gun shooter, no less) to get me so emotional and introspective. The music was the number one contributor to the immersion and storytelling. I hope you go on and keep creating masterpieces like this.
Thanks so much
Looking back, I'm still mad this soundtrack didn't get some serious nominations.
I just entered Commencement 1 hour ago without even knowing that I was going to appear there, it was pure luck. (I'm new to the game.)
The large empty halls at the beginning, coupled with the music, gave me chills and I felt terror, because such peace wasn't something I was used to in my 13 hours of gameplay so far.
I died just before I managed to land the killing blow on the boss, but god damn, this place makes me want to cry. I never felt so calm, yet so lonely.
I didn't reach commencement until over 40 hours into the game because every time I even got to stage 5 I immediately went to go make more progress on my backlog of artifact codes I had spotted while flying around as acrid since he was my main at the time. When someone told me that taking the normal teleporter in that stage sends you somewhere special, I figured I could put off the rest of the list for a bit. Mithrix never stood a chance since I was still playing on drizzle.
Lonliness is the calmest thing one'll ever experience.
I know I'm a little late to the party, but I went into RoR2 pretty much blind, and when I hit this track I actually had to stop and just listen. This is the only music of any kind (that I remember) that has made me teary-eyed just because it's SO GODDAMN EPIC. Like, I'm not prone to getting emotional, especially over music. But this? This is something really special. I'm going to make sure every single human I ever meet hears this at least twice. They say nothing is perfect, but I think this song might somehow be.
Chris Chris is truly amazing, such emotions are conveyed without a single word, it’s almost indescribable.
Just timed 2:07 with the start of the new year and it fit so well! Happy new year to you all, may 2021 be a whole lot better :)
Im going to do this too everytime this song plays i burst into tears
Hello from 2022
hello from 2022
thats a bit ominous
Was it better?
Damn bro this song made me unironically air guitar for the first time in my life and I didn't even realize I was doing it until I realized that I had stopped moving in the game. This may genuinely be the best music I've ever heard.
Achievement unlocked
one year later, a fresh installer from buying the dlc with the co-op sale on steam and i can confirm i also did it. looks like this is just how good chris is as a composer
the ukulele lives within you
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kxk
Accidentally discovered this absolute gem a while back on Spotify, and it still gives me shivers when the beat drops.
Thank you for making such a masterpiece
Great to know! Thanks for listening!
this song, over the course of a year, still brings tears to my eyes. sheer beauty behind chaos, knowing at the end of each attempt to escape, the amount of death and violence it took. That last section of the song, the silencing of your own mind as you look back at everything it took to get there, and unspoken yet loud as a canon..."Was it worth escaping?"
When the alternative is getting my head imploded by a giant hammer wielded by a weird stone god-man... maybe.
Hearing parts of coalescence in this song is like hearing Gwyn’s theme in the Soul of Cinder fight. It’s beautiful....
For those wondering for the why behind the song title it comes from a quote made by Jorge Luis Borges the first word is actually missing the whole quote reads “llovió con lentitud poderosa” that translates to “it rained with powerfull slowness"
That fits and thanks I was curious
Me and my friends were playing the game, and wandered to the Primordial Teleporter- knowing the first game, we thought it'd be cool to go to the moon, and so, we did. Once we reached the Moon, the music kicked in. We were all silent, marching on through the map, however, about half way through our march, the drop hit, and each one of us started praising the song-- it was brilliant, the feeling of inspiration and regret all hit, and we all were full of determination. We knew by now it was time... time to finally beat the game.
The music had helped this whole area amazingly, without it, the game wouldn't be the same. Thank you so much Chris-- this music actually helps me with my writing majorly-- something about it is so... inspiring.
Just wanted to let you know Chris that you've inspired me to truly follow my passion, music production, through all 3 of your amazing soundtracks you've done for hopoo. I can't thank you enough for all the comfort your music has given me throughout the hardest times in my life. You're an absolute legend and I'm never going to stop listen to your music.
It's a long and winding and beautiful road! I wish you the best!
This really has to be one of the best songs of the videogames of all history, it's so emotive while sounding ominous but powerful and glorious, but still has a few glimpses of sorrow and melancholy, thanks Chris for all the music you have created, I love each and every song, they're great themes to listen to
After the teleporter was done charging I was filled with excitement, what could be waiting for me on the other side?
As I touched down the first thing that struck me was the room I was in; immense and still, so, so very still. Illuminated by the eerie flames that reflected on the water that had flooded the place I noticed a ramp, a way out.
As I made my way up a faint melody played in my mind, familiar but amiss, a welcomed change given the previous emptiness I had found myself in.
Light! I could see the white on the other side! I could see this world opening itself to me! And as I approached I saw it, a familiar "friend" making it's way towards me.
I understood then the melody I listened to, a comfort at the end of the road for all the pain endured and for all the pain yet to be endured.
Closer, ever closer, but as I was about to step outside: silence.
I felt I had been abandoned, that the only thing numbing the pain had been taken away from me, much like the rest of what this place has taken from me.
And as I passed through the gate and the world opened itself to me it happened, a cathartic explosion of emotions.
A realisation of every moment leading up to this, that it had _all_ always lead to this.
And that it was finally time to bring it to an end.
Thank you for one of the most beautiful moments I've ever experienced and for acknowledging the journey we've been through in the best way possible :)
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience, it's beautiful
Well said. Very well said!
I love this game. Haven't experienced something so unique in a long time. Coupled with the awesome soundtrack, it is unforgettable.
Goddamn poetic.
My thoughts exactly
Imagínate ser de Argentina, ser fan de Risk of Rain 2, y enterarte que uno de los mejores temas del tremendo OST que tienen está basado en un verso de un escritor argentino; amigo, esta canción ahora tiene un valor sentimental incapaz de cuantificarse, solo de sentirse.
como se llama el escritor?
@@flawlesspiner1674 Jorge Luis Borges se llama.
@@nicolasruarte5206 muchas gracias
Posta
Soy español, con que sea hispano me vale para que me emocione
This track will always bring back the memory of my first ever risk of rain 2 playthrough.
i had never played the first risk of rain so i had no idea what to expect.
Hearing the almost sorrowful piano notes, only for the more upbeat keys to chime in had me roped in, the acoustic guitar kicking in mimicing the higher notes, all leading to that absolute insane climax had me mindblown, i remember as the song peaked IMMEDIATELY opening settings to turn up my music, it drowned out of the voices of my friends in discord as i just sat there in complete awe.
this is a track i will always come back to, when im happy or down, no matter what it always just gives me this feeling of complete immersion, like nothing around me matters. not once have i found a track thats just pulled me in so much.
Im not sure if you will see this comment in the sea below, but if you do.
thank you.
P.S, This was my most listened to song on spotify last year, along with the many others from RoR2, i ventured back into the RoR1 tracks. and managed to end up in your top 0.1% of listeners
Thanks for sharing your experience! And for listening :)
coming back to this over a year later, 6 year relationship just ended. music has been my only vice.
this has become a comfort track for me. Things arent great now, but theyll build up, theyll get better.
I can't listen to this song at work anymore because 2:08 causes me to tear up, dammit. Well done as always, such an incredible track.
Apologies for the inconvenience :)
Major respect, Chris. Your soundtrack is easily one of the best I've heard in gaming. It's possibly one of the most immersive soundtracks I've listened to, and even outside of the game, it's just brilliant. It must've been a hard task trying to make homages to the first game's soundtrack in ways like this, but you do it masterfully. It's genuinely brilliant.
Thank you, it really means a lot! It was super hard and, more than anyone else, I wanted to do justice to the original score when quoting it. I hope I did.
Chris your Music gives me emotions I cant describe (the good kind), and it is genuinely awesome. I dont know if you still read comments but I cant wait for my ears to be blessed in Risk of Rain Return
Thank you for your support! Just a handful of new pieces incoming for RORR but I hope you enjoy them :)
@@AstronautDown there's NEW MUSIC?? must buy for sure even if it's the composer equivalent of a quick karaoke sesh in the shower
holy shit, coalescence 2.0 is real and it's INCREDIBLE
thank you for such an amazing soundtrack chris, it's just as good as ever
Holy shit dude, this was the first time a piece of music made me stop playing a game just to take it in. Was on the verge of tears when I first heard it. Bravo man!
Thank you, real name. If that's even your real name... 🤔
I literally found this by searching "that one really good sonf from risk of rain 2" and got exactly what i was looking for
If someone ever asked me "What song sounds like 'The End is Coming' most to you?"
It would be this.
YES. I was thinking the exact same thing.
Like... Im imagining someone like the G-man from halflife, The kinda character that is controlling everything from behind the scenes.
They reveal themselves and explain that things have gotten out of hand and they are nolonger in control.
They explain that the world is going to end and they regret not being able to fix things.
They leave, then when the guitar hits the earth starts shaking, everything is falling apart, and the last few humans escape into earth orbit, with nowhere to go and the burning earth below them, they wait.
Hoping
Either this or the final boss theme from dark souls
@@anchoviesonnachos7074 Final Hours from Majora's Mask for me. That piece is nihilism incarnate, it just screams "this is it, hold your loved ones and prepare for the end"
What a fine song Chris. The fact that you constantly amaze us with your fantastical music is truly something to behold. Hell, it’s brought some people to tears. Now THAT is amazing. The game aside, we appreciate you and all your music, whether it’s RoR, Deadbolt, D.I.Y., or anything really. Thank you.
You are too kind!
Agreed, this is just emotional, anyone could start... Changing! This is just the best soundtrack i heard.
I still see captain just chillin reading a book.
This song really is just perfect for the “dramatic scenery while walkin' to the final boss" type scenario.
What are the odds we had the exact such setting to use it...!
Hey Chris i just want to say i how much i Love the screen changing at around 2:08 . It really shows how far we've come and that everythings been leading up to this.
the editing for this video is also pretty insane, you really have a deep care for your art
It still amazes me how you made an absolute banger of a soundtrack in the first Risk of Rain
and then you just did it again, I love it
Glad you enjoy it! I'm sometimes amazed I made the soundtrack to ROR2 at all...
@@AstronautDown That's funny to me because the soundtrack for the first game left me with surprise that it was better than the gameplay, and I went into the second game with the same expectation, and yet it was still exceeded. And I really don't think that's any kind of coincidence the more I think about it...
*And so he left, firmly grasping onto his final memory; who he was.*
*And so he left, no longer alone in the world.*
*And so she left, just as mysteriously as she arrived.*
*And so he left, leaving his old life behind.*
*And so he left, shedding one last tear of sadness.*
*And so they left, brothers in arms, to take on the galaxy.*
*And so she left, feeling everything and nothing at the same time.*
*And so it left, with what little humanity it had gained.*
*And so he left, to live what little life he could.*
*And so she left, to tell the story of her survival.*
*And so he left, falling to the ground before sleeping forever...*
*And so it left, with a new directive; live.*
*And so he left, asking himself the same question over and over; Why?*
*And so he left, dead, but still walking.*
*And so I left, to find another purpose in life than talk to myself.*
What characters are these?
@@Paper_Brain Just a few ending texts I made myself.
And so he left, the rust on his arm growing onto his skin.
And so it left, thoughts forming over animalistic instincts.
Whenever people ask me to show them video game music, I straight up redirect them to your channel. Masterpiece of an OST.
Smart move
2:41 Never forget where you came from
So I had to analyze a work of art in 200+ words as only a warm-up for my English class, which is why it's kinda hastily slapped together and informal, and I decided to do this song, but I also went a bit overboard. This is only about half of it but I thought some of you might be interested in hearing my personal analysis of the song's title:
One thing I like to do for fun with Chris’s songs is to analyze the meaning behind their titles because he tends to put a decent amount of thought into them (This is where someone mentions "A Glacier Eventually Farts" in the replies). The title “con lentitud poderosa” is Spanish and translates to “with powerful slowness.” This is definitely fitting for the song, with a slow, melancholy piano part, and what sounds similar to a rock ballad, which is defined with a generally slower tempo. Both parts are also definitely emotionally powerful, too. But something is still missing. You see, in the soundtracks of Risk of Rain 1 and 2, Chris decided to name all the songs based on rain in some way because the game is called Risk of Rain. However, there’s only so much you can do with just rain so it expanded to anything water or weather-related. So there is actually more to the title of this song as it comes from a quote by Jorge Luis Borges, which reads: “I thought of a world without memory, without time; I considered the possibility of a language that ignored nouns, a language of impersonal verbs and indeclinable epithets. Thus the days died and with the days the years, but something similar to happiness happened one morning. It rained, with powerful slowness". I don’t know exactly what the quote itself means, but it makes more sense in the context of the game’s lore. The final boss has the title “King of Nothing” as he was banished to the moon where he has stayed for a time not exactly know, but for at least a few thousand years, in these grand ruins with only a few machines of his own creation to keep him company. There is pretty much nothing. He is in a world where there are no new memories to be made, where time is meaningless, and where language is useless as there is no one to talk to. As a result, no day was different from any other, and they all blended together and “died.” Until one day, the rain came. There are multiple possibilities as to what the rain is in the lore, but this is already long enough and I don’t want to make it longer. However, I believe that rain is symbolic of a climax or end to Chris. It makes sense that with something called “Risk of Rain” the climax would be the rain, as a risk of rain ends with the rain arriving. I believe the theme for the final boss in the first game was titled “Precipitation” for this same reason, as it is basically a synonym for rain. This makes the phrase “It rained, with powerful slowness” extremely fitting for the song as we can reword it with this interpretation of rain as, “The end arrived, with powerful slowness.” It fits extremely well as both parts of the song are slow, with a slow piano and acoustic guitar piece and a rock ballad. Both parts are powerful with beautifully melancholic first half and the wonderfully climactic second half. And both parts represent an end, whether it be the first half being heavily based on the song “Coalescence” from the first game which was the theme for the final level and is representative for the finale; or the second half being the climactic end of the journey for Chris, the devs, and the player in Risk of Rain 2. “...con lentitud poderosa” is truly the perfect title for this song in every way.
Thank you for sharing such a thoughtful analysis!
Btw, I know on the surface "A Glacier Eventually Farts" seems like a childish joke but if you bother looking under the water it is one of the most serious and thought out titles I ever used, and definitely one of my favorites :)
is this where I mention a glacier eventually farts in the replies?
I would point you to my reply directly above.
@@AstronautDown oop, didnt see it since i didnt see open comments button, cheers
The quote is from the tale "The Immortal" from the book "The Aleph". In summary, the tale is about a man that gain immortality by accident and with the pass of time he starts to forgot who he was originally. He even forgot how to speak. He started to see life with disdain and apathy, with no goal to achieve, with no way to recognize what is good and what is evil in the world. One morning the rain falls over him and had an "awakening". He remembers who he was and realize that his new goal in life is to look for a cure for his immortality.
I love how this song feels like a personification of Mithrix. The first half represents Mithrix's cool, somehwat somber exterior, suppressing emotion somewhat, discarding it as an unnecessary distraction, but the second half both shows that you cant cast that emotion aside, because its always coming, always waiting to burst forth from you.
And then it does, explosively, in a torrent of Grief and Anger and Regret. The instruments seem to literally Wail in agony to characterize Mithrix's emotional termoil for his brother. Someone he was angry at but could never hate. The only anything who he felt connected to, riven from him by interlopers, only proving Mithriz right in the worst possible way.
Rarely does anything move me to tears, but my eyes well to this song. Its such a goddamn good song man.