No Man's Sky has a really underrated soundtrack to be honest! They're mostly chill ambient tracks, but they blend great with the gameplay and exploring planets. Some do go hard or funky though, like this one.
if you've never heard of NMS, there's a very good, albeit kind of long video called The Engoodening Of No Man's Sky. It's one of my favorite youtube videos period, it breaks down everything from the origins of the game to its current state. Suffice to say, it was a game that promised everything, from a tiny studio of half a dozen people, that got shoved out the door early by Sony with almost nothing they promised in it. In the intervening years since, they have continued working on it, adding nearly everything they promised and tons of things they didn't. It's one of the biggest comeback stories in gaming history, and the above-mentioned video is an excellent and genuinely enthralling explainer of it all, I highly recommend it. also, the music is real good.
This game's OST is just perfect. Gives the perfect feeling of being lost in the strange universe of a sci-fi novel. Much of the music is this beautiful dreamy ambient stuff, then you'll hear something like this when achieving a milestone or doing something notable.
65DoS is Sean Murray's favorite band, Sean Murray being the main guy behind NMS. He asked them if they'd like to do the song for their trailer (Debutante is the song that plays on the first trailer), they responded that they'd like to do the **entire** soundtrack for the game. It's a great soundtrack as a result and End of the World Sun being my absolute favorite song from the entire soundtrack. 65DoS also has some good other songs, like Piano Fights, Taipei, Radio Protector, and Install a Beak in the Heart That Clucks Time in Arabic. (an odd and long song name, I know, but it's good). I squealed with excitement when this came up, as the soundtrack for NMS is easily one of my top favorites. It's even been remarked that despite NMS having a horrible launch, people still had to admit that the soundtrack was amazing. Us loyal fans were hoping that 65DoS' name wouldn't be marred by being tied to NMS, I'm glad that it never happened. NMS has since uprighted their ship completely and has become a far better game that's absolutely worthwhile, so there's that as well. I know I'm rambling... I'm sorry. I just saw that you got the chance to listen to NMS and I was very, very excited. :P
65dos is a great band if you're a fan of drums, or experimental instrumental rock in general. A lot of their songs have some pretty complicated time signature stuff, to the point of there being a fan wiki page on all of the strange time signatures they've pulled. Rob Jones is their drummer, and probably my favourite drummer to watch. There's a small live set they did with Beatcast TV if you want to see them at work.
Is it Beatcast that has their live version of 'Burial Scene' from their Silent Running alternate score? There is a fantastic live performance of that on RUclips, but it might have been for a different set up
Supermoon is the main motif for No Man's Sky, the theme is used everywhere, but mostly as stings for when you complete milestones, or when you accomplish some sort of significant story event or something like that. A nice full version of it plays during the ending, as well, although the mix on that version is a bit different from the soundtrack version.
*spoilers* in the current version of the game, this is the soundtrack that plays when you reset the computer that runs the simulation of the current galaxy to generate a new one. This plays as you race through the new stars. It's fucking awesome.
That's some very strange timing, looked up whether you had covered this song last week lol This song is super impactful in game when it triggers, or was for me anyways SPOILERS: This song triggers when after hours of exploring, meeting the characters of the game, building homes, finding new systems, and makings alliances with certain people/enemies with others, you end up meeting this world's "god" A massive unfeeling machine that is second by second closing in on death. And since this thing is simulating the entire universe, with it's death comes the end of everything. Then you have a choice. Leave it be, unaware of exactly when it will fail or essentially factory reset it. If you choose to reset it, it wipes the entire universe you've been in and creates an entirely new one. The only thing left after the reset is your memory and in the new iteration nobody you met in the previous life remembers you. During the reset you watch your old universe and life being erased and this tracks plays. It's definitely an experience, and I'm 100% aware this comment comes off as incredibly cheesy and nerdy but I think it was a super cool moment lol Also the new universe it generates is completely separate and new from the starting one, so anything that was in the previous is totally gone minus a few main characters who either don't remember you or just think you're 'familiar'
Something I'll say to any reactor is that you might want to explore some of the videos of people just playing the game - there is a set of composed songs including this one for key moments in the game, but the bulk of what people hear while playing is being procedurally generated (maybe arranged?) according to what is happening around them. It uses 'atoms' that the band put together like riffs (with variations) and other sequences and what that means is that although every note is played by the band, they can play the game and hear a piece of music that is new to them. That thought is incredibly trippy! I wish someone would do a documentary or at least an interview with the person who created the engine for the music and with the band to go through how it was put together as it's such a unique project. Nowadays I'm figuring someone will try to do a generative AI rather than go for that effort, so it may remain a very unique soundtrack overall.
Years ago, I once watched a video tribute to a space sim game called Elite Dangerous and the author of that video used a song by Haywyre called Nocturne. Ever since then, I've always attributed that style of song to anything space-related awesomeness but always wished I could find more songs like it. Little did I know that I've been staring it right in the face all these years and simply never noticed it.
I swear I've heard the drums for this one while I was in space combat. The game's soundtrack is reactive, so it's a bit hard to tell. Different flavors of tracks can end up playing depending on the type of location and what you're up to. Also, that shape, the d8 with the red orb inside, is the Atlas. A pivotal character in the game's lore, and a central focus for much of the plot. A LOT of the story missions involve learning more about it. This game has been a nice calming change of pace after long days of working retail.
As a long time fan 65 DOS I would listen to some other songs off the album and some of their work off of Wild Light and Silent Running film cover album if your into rock, edm, metal instrumental songs. They are fire concept albums
I really love the ost for this. Perfect fit for a chill planetary exploration and then hauling ass off-world after accidentally stepping on a bug in front of a Sentinel
Personally, I almost added the track Asimov as one of my recommendations but decided against it. One issue is the way the soundtrack is presented in game (it is largely cut up and with pieces of the various tracks triggered by events in-game). The video is how it is composed by the band and supermoon is normally the track they use for trailers.
you should think about checking out some of the more experimental electronic tracks from this soundtrack. some great ones like Heliosphere, Monolith and Escape Velocity might help you get the feel of the game a bit more
A tidbit of context about the game itself - it had a very similar history to FFXIV, in that everyone hated the original version, which then got heavily reworked, and now it's pretty well liked. (In this case, the "everyone hated the original version" thing came largely from wildly exaggerated promises about the game before it came out.) The game has a heavy focus on exploration, with a procedurally generated universe containing... I don't remember how many planets, but it's orders of magnitude more than the entire playerbase combined will ever see. It's (now) a very fun game though! Not super deep, but great for just exploring and vibing. Lots of fun stuff to find.
No Man's Sky has a really underrated soundtrack to be honest! They're mostly chill ambient tracks, but they blend great with the gameplay and exploring planets. Some do go hard or funky though, like this one.
Post-rock is a really underappreciated genre, I feel.
if you've never heard of NMS, there's a very good, albeit kind of long video called The Engoodening Of No Man's Sky. It's one of my favorite youtube videos period, it breaks down everything from the origins of the game to its current state. Suffice to say, it was a game that promised everything, from a tiny studio of half a dozen people, that got shoved out the door early by Sony with almost nothing they promised in it. In the intervening years since, they have continued working on it, adding nearly everything they promised and tons of things they didn't. It's one of the biggest comeback stories in gaming history, and the above-mentioned video is an excellent and genuinely enthralling explainer of it all, I highly recommend it.
also, the music is real good.
This game's OST is just perfect. Gives the perfect feeling of being lost in the strange universe of a sci-fi novel. Much of the music is this beautiful dreamy ambient stuff, then you'll hear something like this when achieving a milestone or doing something notable.
65DoS is Sean Murray's favorite band, Sean Murray being the main guy behind NMS. He asked them if they'd like to do the song for their trailer (Debutante is the song that plays on the first trailer), they responded that they'd like to do the **entire** soundtrack for the game. It's a great soundtrack as a result and End of the World Sun being my absolute favorite song from the entire soundtrack. 65DoS also has some good other songs, like Piano Fights, Taipei, Radio Protector, and Install a Beak in the Heart That Clucks Time in Arabic. (an odd and long song name, I know, but it's good).
I squealed with excitement when this came up, as the soundtrack for NMS is easily one of my top favorites. It's even been remarked that despite NMS having a horrible launch, people still had to admit that the soundtrack was amazing. Us loyal fans were hoping that 65DoS' name wouldn't be marred by being tied to NMS, I'm glad that it never happened. NMS has since uprighted their ship completely and has become a far better game that's absolutely worthwhile, so there's that as well.
I know I'm rambling... I'm sorry. I just saw that you got the chance to listen to NMS and I was very, very excited. :P
65dos is a great band if you're a fan of drums, or experimental instrumental rock in general. A lot of their songs have some pretty complicated time signature stuff, to the point of there being a fan wiki page on all of the strange time signatures they've pulled. Rob Jones is their drummer, and probably my favourite drummer to watch. There's a small live set they did with Beatcast TV if you want to see them at work.
Is it Beatcast that has their live version of 'Burial Scene' from their Silent Running alternate score? There is a fantastic live performance of that on RUclips, but it might have been for a different set up
@@neilbiggs1353 it was, yeah!
Supermoon is the main motif for No Man's Sky, the theme is used everywhere, but mostly as stings for when you complete milestones, or when you accomplish some sort of significant story event or something like that. A nice full version of it plays during the ending, as well, although the mix on that version is a bit different from the soundtrack version.
I didn't play a lot of No Man's Sky but I was THRILLED when I saw 65daysofstatic was doing the soundtrack. Love their stuff!
*spoilers* in the current version of the game, this is the soundtrack that plays when you reset the computer that runs the simulation of the current galaxy to generate a new one. This plays as you race through the new stars. It's fucking awesome.
Makes me emotional every time, I love this dang game.
That's some very strange timing, looked up whether you had covered this song last week lol
This song is super impactful in game when it triggers, or was for me anyways
SPOILERS: This song triggers when after hours of exploring, meeting the characters of the game, building homes, finding new systems, and makings alliances with certain people/enemies with others, you end up meeting this world's "god"
A massive unfeeling machine that is second by second closing in on death.
And since this thing is simulating the entire universe, with it's death comes the end of everything.
Then you have a choice. Leave it be, unaware of exactly when it will fail or essentially factory reset it.
If you choose to reset it, it wipes the entire universe you've been in and creates an entirely new one.
The only thing left after the reset is your memory and in the new iteration nobody you met in the previous life remembers you.
During the reset you watch your old universe and life being erased and this tracks plays.
It's definitely an experience, and I'm 100% aware this comment comes off as incredibly cheesy and nerdy but I think it was a super cool moment lol
Also the new universe it generates is completely separate and new from the starting one, so anything that was in the previous is totally gone minus a few main characters who either don't remember you or just think you're 'familiar'
Didn't expect my favorite band to show up on this channel LOL
Something I'll say to any reactor is that you might want to explore some of the videos of people just playing the game - there is a set of composed songs including this one for key moments in the game, but the bulk of what people hear while playing is being procedurally generated (maybe arranged?) according to what is happening around them. It uses 'atoms' that the band put together like riffs (with variations) and other sequences and what that means is that although every note is played by the band, they can play the game and hear a piece of music that is new to them. That thought is incredibly trippy! I wish someone would do a documentary or at least an interview with the person who created the engine for the music and with the band to go through how it was put together as it's such a unique project. Nowadays I'm figuring someone will try to do a generative AI rather than go for that effort, so it may remain a very unique soundtrack overall.
Years ago, I once watched a video tribute to a space sim game called Elite Dangerous and the author of that video used a song by Haywyre called Nocturne. Ever since then, I've always attributed that style of song to anything space-related awesomeness but always wished I could find more songs like it. Little did I know that I've been staring it right in the face all these years and simply never noticed it.
Those drums caught me by surprise. I almost wish they were a little bit closer in the mix, they gave the song a great texture.
I swear I've heard the drums for this one while I was in space combat. The game's soundtrack is reactive, so it's a bit hard to tell. Different flavors of tracks can end up playing depending on the type of location and what you're up to.
Also, that shape, the d8 with the red orb inside, is the Atlas. A pivotal character in the game's lore, and a central focus for much of the plot. A LOT of the story missions involve learning more about it.
This game has been a nice calming change of pace after long days of working retail.
As a long time fan 65 DOS I would listen to some other songs off the album and some of their work off of Wild Light and Silent Running film cover album if your into rock, edm, metal instrumental songs. They are fire concept albums
Never expected no man’s sky. Play this game a lot tho so it’s cool
End of The World Sun is one of the best song from this game, its a whole journey, you should chek it. c:
How bizarre it is to hear Queens Blood music in the beginning before hearing NMS music!
I really love the ost for this. Perfect fit for a chill planetary exploration and then hauling ass off-world after accidentally stepping on a bug in front of a Sentinel
Personally, I almost added the track Asimov as one of my recommendations but decided against it.
One issue is the way the soundtrack is presented in game (it is largely cut up and with pieces of the various tracks triggered by events in-game). The video is how it is composed by the band and supermoon is normally the track they use for trailers.
Can't go wrong with no man's sky music.
wonderful soundtrack by the way
65dos were great live
Ready that at 65 days of science cause of a series I watch lol.
The shape is called a bipyramid. More specifically that one is a asymmetric rhombic bipyramid
you should think about checking out some of the more experimental electronic tracks from this soundtrack. some great ones like Heliosphere, Monolith and Escape Velocity might help you get the feel of the game a bit more
Music To Fly Spaceships To
A tidbit of context about the game itself - it had a very similar history to FFXIV, in that everyone hated the original version, which then got heavily reworked, and now it's pretty well liked. (In this case, the "everyone hated the original version" thing came largely from wildly exaggerated promises about the game before it came out.) The game has a heavy focus on exploration, with a procedurally generated universe containing... I don't remember how many planets, but it's orders of magnitude more than the entire playerbase combined will ever see.
It's (now) a very fun game though! Not super deep, but great for just exploring and vibing. Lots of fun stuff to find.
NMS actually has more amazing ones. Highly recommended if one likes this one. Plenty more to enjoy.