Because Max richter knows the heart strings. Listen to his “Luminous”. It will do the same. There is a great comment under Luminous where someone wrote the song “is what true love sounds like”.
I took my teenage daughter to watch him perform last night at the opening night of a festival and transcendental was the exact word I used. We stood with tears rolling down our cheeks as the sun went down and the giant Lovell satellite at Jodrell bank lit up behind the stage. It was absolutely beautiful and heartwrenching. I've seen many, many live performances in my time, but absolutely nothing compared to last night ❤️
First time I heard this is in Arrival which is one of my favorite movies of all time and now hearing it again in The Last of Us really makes me appreciate this piece even more
I’ve heard this song in Shutter Island, handmaids tale, and others as well. I’ve been searching for this song and when I heard it again last night on The Last of Us (while crying, of course), I searched the internet and finally found it in an article written about the episode! Now I’m listening with tears. Place this over any heart wrenching cinematic scene, and I’ll break to a blubbering fool.
@@heck6330 search for Giles lamb - dead island theme. Another one for any emotional scene. Probably would of fit better too as it was created for a zombie video game. 😂
I lost my lovely mother three days ago and listening to this song over and over again is helping me to keep all of my beautiful memories with her alive and allow me to connect to her soul with my feelings,God bless her.
Conner Skynet I’m not the type of person to give advice, this is actually my first RUclips comment ever, but I can say with confidence that you will see her again. The first death I’ve ever experienced was my great grandma. This was when I was around 8 or 9ish. Up until than I was taught in church about heaven, and never questioned it. But the night I heard she died I was sad and confused. I had this empty feeling that I had lost her and would never see her again. I cried all night just thinking about where she was and why she had to die. It wasn’t until a few years later I had a dream. In this dream I saw her. She looked like I remembered her. She reached out her arm and touched me on my arm and smiled. After she did I woke up crying, but this time I was crying tears of joy. Because for some reason at that point in time I understood people never really leave us. I felt her touch me and I saw her face, something I never thought I would do again. Idk if your religious or not, it doesn’t really matter to me, but even if there is no god, there is an afterlife. This life is too simple for people to just die. They will always live in our hearts, and in someway, and some point, we will see them again. I’m truly sorry for your loss, I can’t even imagine what losing a mother is like, but stay strong, and i will keep you and your family in my prayers. Again I’m very sorry, when you miss her just think that you will one day see her again, and she is in a better place now. I have nothing else to say, sorry for writing so much. Just trying to help
When that violinist comes in, the entire cadence and energy of the music shifts to a higher state of profoundness. I love it. That moment moves me every time.
The violin represents the feeling of tension between feeling happy and feeling dread. The strings try to bring you up but only bring hollowness, never achieving a sense of satisfaction. This is what grief feels like, this is what depression feels like. The struggle to be happy but never reaching it, only the attempt and the emptiness that follows....
I swear as it came in I was saying to myself out loud how I heard this for the first time like two weeks ago. It had me straight up crying- not one or two tears, straight bawling from how muthafukin moved I was.
@@Jimmy-re5px You summed it up Jimmy. Look after yourself. We can't cling on to anything, good or bad. It is all transient and there is the beauty of it...
I suffer the most horrendous mental health and depression, this beautiful composition makes me feel everything, pain and healing, loss and hope, past, present and future, to everyone who suffers, it is never over
Minimalism is so hard to nail. Most times you just end up with a song that's too "basic". But in the hands of the right composer, minimalism's strongest quality is that in its simplicity it creates a direct line straight to one's core. No fluff, no bells and whistles, just a series of notes that, through their slight variation and careful repetition, form the closest thing I can liken to "code" for the human psyche. It really taps into something, some people say it's sad, others happy, but really, I think, just like the genre itself, it's simpler than that: It's emotion itself.
Indeed it is dear Taylor, I couldn't agree more. Such a subjective experience, with a lot of emotions involved, minimal but complex in it's message. Sometimes, complex things are a bunch of 'simple' things acting together, and what may see simple in this music is part of a much more complex universe unknow for many of us.
@@karymmassuh2798 god is just a man-made creation. Make up your own mind. Believe whatever you want, that does not make it true (even if millions of others believe the same thing)
@@Hithere-ek4qt this music is so tranquil and pensive mate how can ya be so confrontative, i'll tell ya what, god is as real as money, or traffic laws, languages, books, music, philosophy, free will, we're all tiny bubbles of consciousness dictated by a monkey brain made of stardust in a meaningless universe. meaning is fiction, everything you experience is a shared fiction that exist in our own made up universe where things matter, and just like every group of humans ever have been compelled to create languages that exist within each individual but beyond the reach of any one person or any dictionary, so too have we been compelled to create gods. gods have been our way to make sense of a meaningless universe, to feel comfort and belonging in a world we randomly came to exist in, a world that was and is still beyond comprehension. just like we live in societies because the natural environment of humans is humanity and not in nature, governed by fictions like laws and authority and united by cultural and social constructs, and religion did just that, for thousands and thousands of years until we reached the point where some smartass asshat, in a digital space embodying the fact that we exist in a realm beyond physical reality, can gratify his ego by making sicc burns at strangers while listening to some of the most beautiful music i have ever heard, music that reminds me that humans started the second big bang of creation in the history of the observable universe by filling it with beautiful and terrible fictions alike
Many interpret or succumb to sadness when hearing this piece. I understand why. But this piece worked wonderfully as my wife progressed to me down the aisle at our wedding. I had never felt so helpless and empowered all at once. Invincible and vulnerable. Like I was moments from death and had taken my first breath of a new life. Complete polarization. Perhaps I felt beauty from my bride before me, but sadness from the foreshadowment of all our memories to come: that evening and night, dancing in the living room, raising children, growing old, living alone after one of us was stolen away. I like this piece because its geniunity. Its realness.
Thank you for your kind words. Currently I am a geotechnical tunneling engineer, but ironically enough, I just finished my first novella. Meeting with publishers soon. If you are at all interested in historical fiction, I will return to this thread to provide a link if it is lucky enough to be published. I write with landscape photography, as well. IG: rmtrue_ Have a good day.
@@raymondsantiago966no. Just reminds me too much of Arrival 😢. I just listened again and got to 24 seconds before I had to switch it off, can’t cope I’ll bawl my eyes out
I recently, and rather suddenly lost my Dad. I worked with him everyday for almost 15 years. I was with him on site when he collapsed. This is the song I listen to when I need to let it all go, let it all out. And I hope whoever is listening right now, that does the same for you, whatever it is you are going through, don’t be afraid to let it out, don’t ever let the grief outweigh the love.
Condolences my unknown friend. I hope you have people in your life who will see you through this rough time. Cherish your memories of your dad and remember those lessons he taught you. Peace.
I'm just sitting on a rooftop terrace of a very cool hostel in center of Lima, Peru. The bar has closed, tha barman has shaken my hand and called it a day. I can hear cars and noise of the city, but it is just an ambient noise, actually kinda relaxing. I'm finishing my beer, working on my computer, listening to music. When this song started playing, a hostel cat climbed onto my lap, like so many times before, but this time, this time it felt like everything was exactly as it is supposed to be. Thereby I wish to all the people listening to this song to find their inner peace. You all deserve that. Edit from July 2023: 1) Wow. I never expected to get so many likes and so many nice words from all of you guys. This became my place to get my faith in humanity restored after having it shattered in other parts of the internet. 2) I wish you again all the best in your life, may you always find a way and inner peace. 3) Couple days ago I got a sad news from the hostel that one of the cats died. So for all the cat lovers around here: wish Gringo all the best in his feline heaven. He has a little shrine with his ashes in the hostel now.
Ah, you deserve better! This coming from a person who loved to much, cared without shallow tricks and found myself hurt badly with no one to care for me until I cared for myself! Even a beer is poison to the soul, yet I am aware it can feel like it takes the sting away of what seems like a sea of idiots! Yet they where just living casualties affected by the crimes of political humanity themselfs looking for refuge! I ask myself these days "What about me? And dear friend, how about you?" Would you trust a stranger to know that putting that beer down is a step to better artistry and an effortless life? Because the devils will fall by the way side and what seems like despair will not!
Here because of TLOU too. This song playing contributed to my husband being a blubbering mess along with me. Beautiful, beautiful episode of television.
If there is one musical tune that encompasses all human emotions, both negative and positive, in such a beautiful and harmonious way, it is this one. A true masterpiece. On that note, to everyone out there suffering from depression or just going through a hard time, please know that life is precious and a beautiful privilege to breathe, to think, to enjoy, and to love. Darkness isn't always the end of your wondrous fire. Never, ever let your fire become extinguished. Keep pushing, be bold.
❤ Could not agree more. For me this song encompasses life in it's two most elemental forms - love/contentment/hope and pain/struggle/despair. A real masterpiece. Despite being a die-hard hiphop-head, this is my favourite song in the whole world.❤
"So, Hannah. This is where your story begins, the day they departed. Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it, and I welcome every moment of it."
I saw this movie right after my 14 year old Labrador passed away. I know she was just a dog to some people, but she was my whole world. I thought this comment was so deep because, you may not know where the journey will lead when you have a human daughter, but you do know where the journey will lead when you get a dog. As much heartache as she caused me, I wouldn't trade the moments I spent with her for anything.
A therapist told me “Try to be your best self every day, little at a time, you will make it a lifestyle, you’ll live your best life. Try and do everything all at once and you will fail. People overestimate what they can do in a year, but underestimate what they can do in 10 years” you got this bro
"I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you."
The film destroyed me and gave me an existential crisis for a whole week. I was questioning why choosing to suffer & embracing an end was so important to us.
I feel that it asks us to recognise the former, but remember the latter is always there for us to find and walk into. Whatever your darkness, which may be unavoidable, there is always your light for you to discover ultimately.
The greatest blessing that a child can have is a parent(s) who love them... this feeling lasts through eternity. The only impossibility in this Universe is THE IMPOSSIBLE... your love and desire WILL reunite you both in some way or form. You are both loved and blessed here.
This is what I think about when I listen to this. We lost him at 41 weeks in September and it's so incredibly painful but this is so amazingly beautiful.
at 1:54 when the violin starts, it feels like a knife is piercing the heart, without pain, making you sad and happy at the same time, reflecting on people you have lost, giving hope for the next day. (English is not my first language) love this piece of music
Arrival, the scene where the daughter tenderly tells her mother that she loves her, and as she's older screams that she hates her - absolutely heartbreaking 😞
I played this song to my dog on his last breath, we had to put him down because of cancer. All the family were there for him, I held him in my arms as his sight vanished. I don't know what it is about this song that caresses something so deep and beautiful about life, connection and gratitude. Thanks for producing this
I'm sorry for your loss... this song was the soundtrack for a little video I made in honor of the passing of our dog. I can relate to your feeling and experience
I had major heart surgery 5 weeks ago, this song helped me prepare the fact that i might die, it also gave me strength to fight, this song is a journey. This song can evoke so many emotions, but for me the biggest reaction was a sense on calmness and still even acceptance. Such a clever piece of music. Thank you, you will never know how much this song helped me through such challenging circumstances. It truly is magical
So glad you made it through. God bless you. When I hear this music, I think of a farmer that, after having a horrible growing season, and near starvation, has the courage and strength to plow the soil and plant what seed he has. Hope. Sorrow. He that sows in tears shall reap in joy (Psalms 126:5).
That is the most beautiful and sadly,truthful way to describe how this music affects me. Even as a retired 70 year old Marine, this music sents me to my knees in tears.In the last 10 years,I lost my mom,dad,my sister and my little chihuahua.And the pain is deep because,I can NEVER go back and make right the wrong I placed in their lives.The arguements.The disappointments.And I now,to my dying day,must live with my regret and loss. This music piece sings the heartache I endure every day.
this song always moves me to tears and I weep for all the people who may never hear this song. So thankful to be alive to enjoy this, and i pray our world stops all this hate and finds a place of peace where we could all love and rejoice together with the beauty that is music, song, and dance.
Whenever I stumble across music like this, I always look forward to reading the comments and how songs are beautifully interpreted by different people. It is truly an honor to watch this, to read how music like this make people feel. Many would say this is depressing or sad but this piece is so beautifully put together. It gives hope. 💛
Yes @Mercedes Low Koon. Interesting and insightful comments spring from songs like that. "... Recognition is the first installment of a benefit received!" Renew me faith in humanity! Gratitude. @paul_rvp
This is the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard. Maybe not everyone thinks so. But to me... this simple little string quartet composition says more than all poems, all paintings, all philosophies, all stories, all words. This music is a description of the way the entire universe works. It's the beauty and majesty of birth and death. The joy of suffering and the pain of happiness. The final reality of all that is. This is the greatest music I've ever heard. My very favorite piece of music of all time.
you capture my feeling about this song...it captures all my pain, all my longing, all the beauty and all the sadness in my life. I've cried the first time I heard it, and couldn't stop crying, the death of my mom, the end of my relationship, the death of a friend, the different transformations in my life, where life ended and turned in an unpredictable way...life creates us and destroy us, and somehow, there is something unimaginably beautiful in that process, I guess God's masterpiece.
My sweetheart was a musician. He loved this piece. I played it repeatedly when he was passing away. It was beautiful to listen to in life and in death, and now in life alone ❤.
Well, this is not "film music". Is (classical-contemporary-postminimal) music that was used in a film. I do not mean that "film music" is a derogatory term in any way, but is like you said "The Blue Danube" is film music because Kubrick used it in 2001.
@@WMRhapsodies However I just wanted to mention the fact that I really like the kind of music used in some, films, by the way thanks for the clarification.
It's funny, I discovered this song after watching Arrival (a wonderful movie, if you haven't seen it, I recommend it ). But I was listening to this just recently and thought the same thing--of Nietzsche's genius, his seclusion, his chin lifted to the sublime. I just find it incredible how this song provoked a similar thought in you.
@@conradjane8659 Hope you and your loved ones are well and safe from coronavirus. I have watched Arrival and it is one of the best movies I have ever watched. It is no surprise that one connects this soundtrack, Arrival and Nietzsche since in Arrival's climax Louise's act of embracing her bittersweet future reminds of Nietzsche's notion of Amor Fati and Eternal Return. I can never listen to this melody now without thinking of Nietzsche, his unhappy but profound life, his philosophy and my own struggles. I often listen to it when I am melancholy, haunted by memories and anxious about the future. I don't feel happy when I listen to it but sublime and I remind myself that like Louise I must find the courage to say yes to life. By the way, watch this video ruclips.net/video/QA_X1hN0Tws/видео.html
On The Nature of the Daylight is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard in my life. Not just the best music, but the best thing, in general. There's no doubt about it.
October 2023, I’m currently on Terceira Island, in the middle of the pacific. It’s 2:13PM and I sit at the beach, I stare at the hill I climbed two days ago with the person I came here to meet for the first time. I hear the sound of the waves, I feel the sand on my feet, I was randomly scrolling looking for a music and this found me again. Once it started to play, a small bird landed nearby, the ocean washed my feet and I can just feel everything. It all makes sense, me being here, the waves, the small bell of a bicycle running by, the wind circling my body, the partially cloudy sky. I feel alive again. I feel like I belong on this world, when I once thought otherwise. Thank you for this amazing score.
I was told recently I have a cancer for which there is no cure, no treatment. They gave me a prognosis, a timetable. Is there anything where I'll be going? If this piece of music will be there, I' think I'll be okay.
Living and death are one in the same. To die you have to live. To live one must die. Its all one movement no beginning or end. Just one constant movement.
nearly cried.. maybe, just maybe many people forget about their dreams, what actually they loved to do. And gave up on the stream of life. Their dreams are gone
ME too!! too bad we won't be around to hear it again but who know it might the song we have in the "afterlife" .. that my friend would not be a bad thing.. go in peace.
I have some different favourites in my lifetime, but this just gets into my soul, simply the best piece ever written, it starts me low, then builds me up and then at the end rises me to the heavens........thank you Max, this song saved me many times...........xx
Smiling with tears in my eyes running on my cheeks. Thinking of my lost mother that lost the battle with cancer at 49. This masterpiece gives me a strange mixed feeling.
It goes deep in your soul.. I also feel a very strange mixed feeling thinking of my mother . She dayed 7 years ago , I was 29 ... this song is the only one touching my deep feelings ... Your mother is your quardian angel , she will always be by your side and I am sure you feel her in this way. 🙏
I truly wish the best for you. Have you heard of EMDR therapy? It's stupidly effective considering how it sounds a bit strange at first. I hope that you can give it a try sometime, if you have not yet :)
@@LivingFree365 i pray for u brother. may jesus christ bless u and may u experience the peace only god can give. i hope my english isnt too bad. greetings from germany!
This piece is so cathartic and melancholic, it can either make me feel the most intense anguish at the brevity of life and the pain of existence, or love and joy for everyone I've ever known and am yet to know. An absolute masterpiece.
@@Francescomedardo I dont understand why you would make that comment. The only thing you've shown is that your perspective is limited. Don't be so hard on yourself... Allow yourself to imagine something beautiful, instead of nightmarish.
This piece has me mentally on top of a mountain with a campfire, watching the sunset as my life fades away. The most peaceful death, one I yearn for after a fulfilling journey in life. Absolutely stunning
You know I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you.
Dear Max, I just heard this song in the very moving third episode of Last Of Us. I recognized it immediately and told my girlfriend about you, and that you were kind enough to engage with me about your process awhile back. The tragic beauty of this song fit in so well with the wonderfully written and acted script. Congratulations for yet another feather in your cap, sir - you are an inspiration! Cheers, Jason
@Kent Aarstad lol anger issues much? If you read my comment, I said I immediately recognized it, as in, I knew it before. What's wrong with celebrating this additional exposure for such a beautiful composition. Cheers
Пидорастией очереди такое величие. Фильм достойный этой музыки называется прибытие, и он идеально довершает всю картину боли, заключённой в этой мелодии.
Love all Richter’s works but this one truly speaks to my soul. That we can all reach a place of peace and acceptance in the midst of this uniquely bittersweet human experience. When my daughter had leukaemia I truly thought I couldn’t survive if she died. There was a moment when I didn’t expect her to last until the next morning. That dark night of my soul saw me battling with my demons to keep holding on. I tried to find a way to survive the night, as dawn broke I knew that if I had to live with the pain of loss, then my choice was to exist in the middle of that pain as a way to honour her life, not escape from it through death. This piece speaks to the struggle of that night for me. The triumph of the human spirit over such adversity is why we exist. I’m glad I made that decision because my daughter is now a woman and planning a family of her own.
I’m walking down the aisle to this song when I marry the woman I love. Thank you for creating such a beautiful song. Life is short, enjoy it, find someone you love and can share the journey with, this song encapsulates so much. Amazing how words aren’t needed to describe life. Thank you for creating such a masterpiece
This song........draws tears from my eyes and I don't know why.....no specific memory comes to mind.....its almost as if this arrangement brings some emotion to the surface I've never felt before.....
Max Richter... a very special composer.....A deeply hand for touching heart and soul. Hope he will remembered in 100 /200 years as Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi and Beethoven.
2:14 (His smile and head nod). One of the sweetest experiences of being a live musician when you are playing your instrument, contributing to the piece that others are hearing while enjoying the piece as though you were an audience member! It is a magical moment of joy! What a brilliant and divine score of music!
Just played this today. That spot felt so special. At 5:36, you have a 6th, the largest interval in the piece so far. So it has a really nice, reaching feeling. Like hope 😊
That is basically the essence of music. Music can't be explained in words because it is its own language with its own meaning that can only be expressed through music.
This song in both last scenes of The Arrival and Last of us episode 3, makes them the two most emotional moments I've ever seen in a tv. The music surrounds you along with the plot and makes you reconsider and search deep inside yourself, about your feelings, about your past, your future, the feelings of your children, your parents, my heart races every time I hear it. Thank you.
I know of your pain as a twin, may all that can console you finds you, today and for all the days (needed) to follow....my deepest sympathy for your loss...
I've grown up in a house of musicians and singers. I've watched my dad play a grand piano in the very center of a prestigious dinner. I've witnessed many wonderous things with my eyes and ears. I can honestly say that as of now, during my 32 years on this Earth...this is the best song I have ever heard in my life so far.
this song for me is like walking barefoot on the street with long clothes while getting wet in the rain, it's like floating in the lonely sea until you sink little by little, it's like walking through a desert or the most icy place with no end at all. this song would definitely play in my final days.
I listened to Olafur for years every night. When my cat got sick - (he loved the music) and he went stone deaf. I stopped listening to music. Now i'm grieving for my dear friend and the music too . . . and i just found this. I never thought i would find anything as beautiful as Olafurs' music.
Watching all these dedicated musicians reminds me the thousands of hours they had to invest to be a master on their instrument. There are recordings where you realize why they did that.
Reto you are exactly right. I have been playing music for 30 years now. And 20 years as a full time musician. I have dedicated 30 years of my life to my instrument and my passion. Thank you for appreciating the hard work that a musician goes thru to be the best they can be.
"You know I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you. " [broke in tears]
Fighting 6th Air Cavalry hey my dude, it’s from the film Arrival (2016) from which this piece of music is also used. Fantastic quote and fantastic movie, I highly highly recommend :)
Miss Metallic Bomb - Thank you so very much, for filling me in. I will certainly have to check it out. May you sincerely have wonderful day and your holidays be bright.
Do you ever feel on the verge of emotions, and need something just to tip it over? This song does that for me- it pulls out what exactly what I’m feeling.
I want to say a big thank you for your comment/comments (how many it may be), your love and support , I created this channel to reach out to fans and you are amazing❤️❤️. where are you from?
“After life’s final light dies, all that remains are the memories. Our effects stay behind, but that is who we are in the end. Someone else’s story; someone else’s memories. We can decide what those memories will be. In the end, it is love; either everlasting-life in the memories of others. Choose that kind of life.”
This perfectly captures melancholy - the sadness of the passing of happy memories. The paradox of being insignificant and tiny against the universe and still being unique and precious in that universe.
Ana Ferrari That's actually true! It takes me to a different world, with new perspectives being explored as the piece progresses. I flow with this music. It's hypnotic!
To my pet buddy, I hope you found in my presence all the comfort and all the love. You brought me so much joy, so much love. I'm sorry I couldn't have done more, I did everything in my reach, I really did. Rest in peace buddy, fly free now leave all the pain behind. I hope to meet you again, someway, somehow.
that made me cry , i remembered my sweet maya, my dog that died to soon (4 y and 1/2). Also i did all i could to save her. i would give everything to bring her back.I also hope i can meet her again. Be strong Matti
@@marklacroix8639 I'm so sorry to hear about your dog 😔 it's so unfair how their life spans are so short💔 but their love remain with us forever ❤ be strong too friend!
@@foun10head I'm losing my mind over how the vibrato in the footage doesn't match the vibrato in the sounds... some minor differences are expected due to mixing/matching across different takes but I feel like they must've been directed to use a lot more vibrato during the session, and the footage must all be from before that.
Max Loh I love it all. The many versions, interpretations, the bitching. Even Max can't get it exactly right. Regardless, I love it all. Sublime. I'll take it any way I can get it and applaud those who give a damn and have the balls to attempt to perfect it, if that's even possible.
Here's one, ruclips.net/video/la5UHh6Zopc/видео.html. Weird channel, but have a listen to this remix. That guy has other ones as well, the semantic compositions album.
Someday, I hope to be able to listen to this piece from beginning to end without breaking down. I'm not sure I've ever made it the whole way through. Achingly beautiful and tragic and hopeful and wistful and nostalgic...
This song brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. My skin tingles, and I get goosebumps. The joy and sadness I feel with this is overwhelmingly calming. I love to close my eyes and dream of my father, who passed away. I miss him every day.
It's hauntingly both beautiful and sad. It fits my current reflective mood as I ask my self, 'What is my life for'? And, that is proving very a powerful moment of awakening. I peace and gratitude.
I'm just listening to this for probably the 1164th time and still it gets through me. Magnificent piece of music. I hope I can listen to this for a few more years.
This starts like someone’s journey, then, when the 1st violin enters is like someone else joined the journey (like a couple), and a further violin joins in (like a child), to add even more wholeness to this one’s journey. :)
That's quote more than okay I think. If this music piece helpt,....great. That's what is music for. To help, to comfort, to heal, to be with you so you won't feel alone. Also to connect etc. I wish you well. ❤
Whenever I need to feel. Something, anything, I listen to this. I close my eyes and the emotion pours out of me, everything that once was stifled is released. I grateful to hear it in my life.
Why does this have to be so painfully beautiful?
Because life itself is painfully beautiful ❤
I feel the same
That's exactly what I feel every time I listen this beautiful song...
Real music is allways sad, my friend.
I cried to this song the other day. It‘s painful, i know that, but it’s so beautiful cause life is not perfect at all
How does this song utterly break my heart, then completely heal it, every single time I listen?
Because Max richter knows the heart strings. Listen to his “Luminous”. It will do the same. There is a great comment under Luminous where someone wrote the song “is what true love sounds like”.
@@shellybelly5981 Yes! It is indeed very beautiful! Thank you for the recommendation.
Because you have a soul of enchantment, a touch which others can only dream of
@@landsnailproject2875 I appreciate your kind words! 💕
Because we are complex creatures able to respond to beauty in a variety of ways.
I heard this first in "Arrival", and probably a thousand times since. This is hauntingly beautiful.
I had an MP3 of this back in 2004, before it was used in a million different things.
I heard this in sutter island
@@mohsinamjad8947 just watched it again today and took notice of this song and here i am lol
Love Arrival!!! bought the DVD 🥰
Check out "Interstellar " ❤️❤️
This is beyond a masterpiece, this is transcendental.
I took my teenage daughter to watch him perform last night at the opening night of a festival and transcendental was the exact word I used. We stood with tears rolling down our cheeks as the sun went down and the giant Lovell satellite at Jodrell bank lit up behind the stage. It was absolutely beautiful and heartwrenching. I've seen many, many live performances in my time, but absolutely nothing compared to last night ❤️
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It pulls heavily from Pachelbel I think, but it’s beauty is it’s simplicity. In the indie world, Spiritualized to this to great effect too.
@@asrah14❤❤❤❤ I could only imagine.
I agree
First time I heard this is in Arrival which is one of my favorite movies of all time and now hearing it again in The Last of Us really makes me appreciate this piece even more
Have you seen shutter Island. Really great movie. Also uses the piece
@@HawkerXx Shutter Island is where I heard it first, and then later Arrival.
I’ve heard this song in Shutter Island, handmaids tale, and others as well. I’ve been searching for this song and when I heard it again last night on The Last of Us (while crying, of course), I searched the internet and finally found it in an article written about the episode! Now I’m listening with tears. Place this over any heart wrenching cinematic scene, and I’ll break to a blubbering fool.
@@heck6330 search for Giles lamb - dead island theme. Another one for any emotional scene. Probably would of fit better too as it was created for a zombie video game. 😂
It's beautifully moving!.
I lost my lovely mother three days ago and listening to this song over and over again is helping me to keep all of my beautiful memories with her alive and allow me to connect to her soul with my feelings,God bless her.
They are gone - but so close, when we think about them - and music can help
She is in your heart forever, Conner. Stay strong
Music is the most powerful feeling in the world and the best therapy.
Conner Skynet I’m not the type of person to give advice, this is actually my first RUclips comment ever, but I can say with confidence that you will see her again. The first death I’ve ever experienced was my great grandma. This was when I was around 8 or 9ish. Up until than I was taught in church about heaven, and never questioned it. But the night I heard she died I was sad and confused. I had this empty feeling that I had lost her and would never see her again. I cried all night just thinking about where she was and why she had to die. It wasn’t until a few years later I had a dream. In this dream I saw her. She looked like I remembered her. She reached out her arm and touched me on my arm and smiled. After she did I woke up crying, but this time I was crying tears of joy. Because for some reason at that point in time I understood people never really leave us. I felt her touch me and I saw her face, something I never thought I would do again. Idk if your religious or not, it doesn’t really matter to me, but even if there is no god, there is an afterlife. This life is too simple for people to just die. They will always live in our hearts, and in someway, and some point, we will see them again.
I’m truly sorry for your loss, I can’t even imagine what losing a mother is like, but stay strong, and i will keep you and your family in my prayers.
Again I’m very sorry, when you miss her just think that you will one day see her again, and she is in a better place now.
I have nothing else to say, sorry for writing so much. Just trying to help
Stay strong bro
When that violinist comes in, the entire cadence and energy of the music shifts to a higher state of profoundness. I love it. That moment moves me every time.
Same, I had it stuck in my head and had to figure out what it was called again. Took me a sec but I'm glad I found it, this song is freaking beautiful
The violin represents the feeling of tension between feeling happy and feeling dread. The strings try to bring you up but only bring hollowness, never achieving a sense of satisfaction. This is what grief feels like, this is what depression feels like. The struggle to be happy but never reaching it, only the attempt and the emptiness that follows....
I swear as it came in I was saying to myself out loud how I heard this for the first time like two weeks ago. It had me straight up crying- not one or two tears, straight bawling from how muthafukin moved I was.
Me too R.J...almost addictive :-)
@@Jimmy-re5px You summed it up Jimmy. Look after yourself. We can't cling on to anything, good or bad. It is all transient and there is the beauty of it...
I suffer the most horrendous mental health and depression, this beautiful composition makes me feel everything, pain and healing, loss and hope, past, present and future, to everyone who suffers, it is never over
Great souls never stop shine. Energy is Energy. Be thankfull even if you can't. Say thank you in first.
❤️🙏
You are not alone. Same here...
❤
Love from London
Minimalism is so hard to nail. Most times you just end up with a song that's too "basic". But in the hands of the right composer, minimalism's strongest quality is that in its simplicity it creates a direct line straight to one's core. No fluff, no bells and whistles, just a series of notes that, through their slight variation and careful repetition, form the closest thing I can liken to "code" for the human psyche. It really taps into something, some people say it's sad, others happy, but really, I think, just like the genre itself, it's simpler than that: It's emotion itself.
Beautifully said!
Indeed it is dear Taylor, I couldn't agree more. Such a subjective experience, with a lot of emotions involved, minimal but complex in it's message. Sometimes, complex things are a bunch of 'simple' things acting together, and what may see simple in this music is part of a much more complex universe unknow for many of us.
Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making the complicated simple. - Charles Mingus
Taylor Russell this.
Cette musique va droit au coeur, c'est merveilleux....
This song is asking us if we want to exist or if we want to live
It’s not a song
I just want to be happy. Im fine. I just wish God can hug me for at least one second. No interruptions no pain. No past.... just God.
I also feel the same! And I choose to live.
@@karymmassuh2798 god is just a man-made creation. Make up your own mind.
Believe whatever you want, that does not make it true (even if millions of others believe the same thing)
@@Hithere-ek4qt this music is so tranquil and pensive mate how can ya be so confrontative, i'll tell ya what, god is as real as money, or traffic laws, languages, books, music, philosophy, free will, we're all tiny bubbles of consciousness dictated by a monkey brain made of stardust in a meaningless universe. meaning is fiction, everything you experience is a shared fiction that exist in our own made up universe where things matter, and just like every group of humans ever have been compelled to create languages that exist within each individual but beyond the reach of any one person or any dictionary, so too have we been compelled to create gods. gods have been our way to make sense of a meaningless universe, to feel comfort and belonging in a world we randomly came to exist in, a world that was and is still beyond comprehension. just like we live in societies because the natural environment of humans is humanity and not in nature, governed by fictions like laws and authority and united by cultural and social constructs, and religion did just that, for thousands and thousands of years until we reached the point where some smartass asshat, in a digital space embodying the fact that we exist in a realm beyond physical reality, can gratify his ego by making sicc burns at strangers while listening to some of the most beautiful music i have ever heard, music that reminds me that humans started the second big bang of creation in the history of the observable universe by filling it with beautiful and terrible fictions alike
Many interpret or succumb to sadness when hearing this piece. I understand why. But this piece worked wonderfully as my wife progressed to me down the aisle at our wedding. I had never felt so helpless and empowered all at once. Invincible and vulnerable. Like I was moments from death and had taken my first breath of a new life. Complete polarization. Perhaps I felt beauty from my bride before me, but sadness from the foreshadowment of all our memories to come: that evening and night, dancing in the living room, raising children, growing old, living alone after one of us was stolen away. I like this piece because its geniunity. Its realness.
Reese True 😭
You're right. This song evokes the saddest parts of ourselves and the happiest parts all at once. Beautiful song to walk down the isle to.
You should be a writer. Dont waste this talent of yours.
-Sincerly your new fan❤
Thank you for your kind words. Currently I am a geotechnical tunneling engineer, but ironically enough, I just finished my first novella. Meeting with publishers soon. If you are at all interested in historical fiction, I will return to this thread to provide a link if it is lucky enough to be published. I write with landscape photography, as well. IG: rmtrue_
Have a good day.
Reese: STOP!!!! YOUR MAKING ME CRY !! ITS SO TRUE... 🤧😸🥳🙈🥺🕺🎁😫💝
I can’t listen to this without crying, it’s impossible
I'm crying right now at 5am while I listen to it
@@sarahbadcott bless you sarah I hope you are okay.
I thought i was the only one
@@raymondsantiago966no. Just reminds me too much of Arrival 😢. I just listened again and got to 24 seconds before I had to switch it off, can’t cope I’ll bawl my eyes out
Big hug
I recently, and rather suddenly lost my Dad. I worked with him everyday for almost 15 years. I was with him on site when he collapsed. This is the song I listen to when I need to let it all go, let it all out. And I hope whoever is listening right now, that does the same for you, whatever it is you are going through, don’t be afraid to let it out, don’t ever let the grief outweigh the love.
Condolences my unknown friend. I hope you have people in your life who will see you through this rough time. Cherish your memories of your dad and remember those lessons he taught you.
Peace.
I'm just sitting on a rooftop terrace of a very cool hostel in center of Lima, Peru. The bar has closed, tha barman has shaken my hand and called it a day. I can hear cars and noise of the city, but it is just an ambient noise, actually kinda relaxing. I'm finishing my beer, working on my computer, listening to music. When this song started playing, a hostel cat climbed onto my lap, like so many times before, but this time, this time it felt like everything was exactly as it is supposed to be. Thereby I wish to all the people listening to this song to find their inner peace. You all deserve that.
Edit from July 2023:
1) Wow. I never expected to get so many likes and so many nice words from all of you guys. This became my place to get my faith in humanity restored after having it shattered in other parts of the internet.
2) I wish you again all the best in your life, may you always find a way and inner peace.
3) Couple days ago I got a sad news from the hostel that one of the cats died. So for all the cat lovers around here: wish Gringo all the best in his feline heaven. He has a little shrine with his ashes in the hostel now.
Beautiful…..
5
that's bad-ass
Ah, you deserve better! This coming from a person who loved to much, cared without shallow tricks and found myself hurt badly with no one to care for me until I cared for myself! Even a beer is poison to the soul, yet I am aware it can feel like it takes the sting away of what seems like a sea of idiots! Yet they where just living casualties affected by the crimes of political humanity themselfs looking for refuge! I ask myself these days "What about me? And dear friend, how about you?" Would you trust a stranger to know that putting that beer down is a step to better artistry and an effortless life? Because the devils will fall by the way side and what seems like despair will not!
Your story adds to the ambience of this beautiful music, I can picture it clearly and feel it vicariously
"This isn't the tragic suicide at the end of the play. I'm old. I'm satisfied. And you were my purpose." Rest in peace, Bill and Frank.
Here because of TLOU too. This song playing contributed to my husband being a blubbering mess along with me. Beautiful, beautiful episode of television.
That was such a beautiful story. The fact that people can create this music and tell stories like that gives you hope for humanity.
@Britney Mann my wife and I were the same. Loved the game, but what HBO is doing with this story is incredible.
F*ck. This is like one of my hidden gems of art. Now all the mainstream kids are coming to take the magic out of this masterpiece.
@@britneymann5504 F*ck. This is like one of my hidden gems of art. Now all the mainstream kids are coming to take the magic out of this masterpiece.
If there is one musical tune that encompasses all human emotions, both negative and positive, in such a beautiful and harmonious way, it is this one. A true masterpiece. On that note, to everyone out there suffering from depression or just going through a hard time, please know that life is precious and a beautiful privilege to breathe, to think, to enjoy, and to love. Darkness isn't always the end of your wondrous fire. Never, ever let your fire become extinguished. Keep pushing, be bold.
Gracias por tu comentario, profundas palabras!!
Real feeling...
❤ Could not agree more. For me this song encompasses life in it's two most elemental forms - love/contentment/hope and pain/struggle/despair.
A real masterpiece.
Despite being a die-hard hiphop-head, this is my favourite song in the whole world.❤
Ok life is beautiful and precious I am cured now wish someone told me sooner
Thank you 😢
"So, Hannah. This is where your story begins, the day they departed. Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it, and I welcome every moment of it."
Where's it from
@@towel1636 Arrival
@@towel1636 lol
Best part of the movie. Thanks
I saw this movie right after my 14 year old Labrador passed away. I know she was just a dog to some people, but she was my whole world. I thought this comment was so deep because, you may not know where the journey will lead when you have a human daughter, but you do know where the journey will lead when you get a dog. As much heartache as she caused me, I wouldn't trade the moments I spent with her for anything.
A therapist told me “Try to be your best self every day, little at a time, you will make it a lifestyle, you’ll live your best life. Try and do everything all at once and you will fail. People overestimate what they can do in a year, but underestimate what they can do in 10 years” you got this bro
i needed that, thank you
Living a lie isn't living
Say your therapist to go [censored]. He/she isn't professional.
standard and hackneyed statements (which your therapist said) are a sign of a stupid person. run away from him/her
@@1F98A ?
“And so Hannah, this is where your story begins…”
saw ARRIVAL in the theatre and walked out with tears steaming down my face
"I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you."
@@vanweefrancisj love that line too. Just perfect 💕
My all time favourite movie, the ending is out of this world along with this masterpiece.
The film destroyed me and gave me an existential crisis for a whole week. I was questioning why choosing to suffer & embracing an end was so important to us.
@@ThelVadlee Beautifully said.
what a legacy to have . to have this as your gift to the world
I can never decide if this song brings out the darkness itself or the light shining through it all.
Yes
The beauty of sorrow and the light of hope
Sometimes it can be both. Savour it
It truly does feel like both simultaneously. This composition embodies the term “bittersweet”
I feel that it asks us to recognise the former, but remember the latter is always there for us to find and walk into. Whatever your darkness, which may be unavoidable, there is always your light for you to discover ultimately.
I miss my son so much, I can feel him when I listen to this x
The greatest blessing that a child can have is a parent(s) who love them... this feeling lasts through eternity. The only impossibility in this Universe is THE IMPOSSIBLE... your love and desire WILL reunite you both in some way or form. You are both loved and blessed here.
I am sorry to hear that Ceri, may he RIP.
I’m very sorry to hear this Ceri.. stay strong..
This is what I think about when I listen to this. We lost him at 41 weeks in September and it's so incredibly painful but this is so amazingly beautiful.
Ceri Ward I’m sorry for you. I feel like I’m losing mine.
at 1:54 when the violin starts, it feels like a knife is piercing the heart, without pain, making you sad and happy at the same time, reflecting on people you have lost, giving hope for the next day. (English is not my first language) love this piece of music
for someone who's first language is not English, you've described it quite beautifully
Your English is fine. This beautiful piece of music joins us all, no matter what our mother tongue.
Your English is PERFECT. Peace & love!!!
And then, at 3:36, the unexpected harmony...
I believe it is a Viola that she's playing. But yes, beautiful.
Arrival, the scene where the daughter tenderly tells her mother that she loves her, and as she's older screams that she hates her - absolutely heartbreaking 😞
Yeah I just watched it and I understand now 😢
I played this song to my dog on his last breath, we had to put him down because of cancer. All the family were there for him, I held him in my arms as his sight vanished. I don't know what it is about this song that caresses something so deep and beautiful about life, connection and gratitude. Thanks for producing this
I absolutely love this music. I absolutely hate dogs.
I'm so sorry for your precious loss ❤️
I'm sorry for your loss... this song was the soundtrack for a little video I made in honor of the passing of our dog. I can relate to your feeling and experience
@@Fold_Mobile_Gaming es lamentable que odies a seres tan hermosos, nobles y fieles como los perros.😓
Lamento mucho tu pérdida 😔
I had major heart surgery 5 weeks ago, this song helped me prepare the fact that i might die, it also gave me strength to fight, this song is a journey. This song can evoke so many emotions, but for me the biggest reaction was a sense on calmness and still even acceptance. Such a clever piece of music. Thank you, you will never know how much this song helped me through such challenging circumstances. It truly is magical
I’m glad you made it, and I hope your recovery is going well :)
@@gabrielledennis549thank you, im doing great x
Glad you found hope
So glad you made it through. God bless you. When I hear this music, I think of a farmer that, after having a horrible growing season, and near starvation, has the courage and strength to plow the soil and plant what seed he has. Hope. Sorrow. He that sows in tears shall reap in joy (Psalms 126:5).
how are you holding up? are you doing alright? so glad to hear you made it through.
Just. Tears. We don't know how much we are hurting until we listen to this song ... our hearts. Love to all... ❤️
❤❤❤ love to you too with Everlasting PEACE LOVE AND HARMONY
That is the most beautiful and sadly,truthful way to describe how this music affects me.
Even as a retired 70 year old Marine, this music sents me to my knees in tears.In the last 10 years,I lost my mom,dad,my sister and my little chihuahua.And the pain is deep because,I can NEVER go back and make right the wrong I placed in their lives.The arguements.The disappointments.And I now,to my dying day,must live with my regret and loss.
This music piece sings the heartache I endure every day.
So true
@STEVE_C_1369 Please forgive yourself as I'm sure they all do you... This is what it means to be human!
What a beautiful comment
this song always moves me to tears and I weep for all the people who may never hear this song. So thankful to be alive to enjoy this, and i pray our world stops all this hate and finds a place of peace where we could all love and rejoice together with the beauty that is music, song, and dance.
if only, this world is just too complex
Whenever I stumble across music like this, I always look forward to reading the comments and how songs are beautifully interpreted by different people. It is truly an honor to watch this, to read how music like this make people feel. Many would say this is depressing or sad but this piece is so beautifully put together. It gives hope. 💛
Exactly! I do the same thing!
I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks this calms me in ways I can't describe. Beautiful movie and score. Definitely in my top 3 all time.
Yes @Mercedes Low Koon.
Interesting and insightful comments spring from songs like that.
"... Recognition is the first installment of a benefit received!"
Renew me faith in humanity!
Gratitude. @paul_rvp
This music makes me wonder many things about life, me and the universe itself...
Transcends
That violín breaks my heart every time. So much pain and hollowness yet so much hope and beauty. Genius!
This is the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard. Maybe not everyone thinks so. But to me... this simple little string quartet composition says more than all poems, all paintings, all philosophies, all stories, all words. This music is a description of the way the entire universe works. It's the beauty and majesty of birth and death. The joy of suffering and the pain of happiness. The final reality of all that is. This is the greatest music I've ever heard. My very favorite piece of music of all time.
S. M. Henderson i just took a screenshot for these beautiful words
you capture my feeling about this song...it captures all my pain, all my longing, all the beauty and all the sadness in my life. I've cried the first time I heard it, and couldn't stop crying, the death of my mom, the end of my relationship, the death of a friend, the different transformations in my life, where life ended and turned in an unpredictable way...life creates us and destroy us, and somehow, there is something unimaginably beautiful in that process, I guess God's masterpiece.
You and me both, brother
S. M. Henderson “The joy of suffering and the pain of happiness” well, I guess God is speaking through your words. The best description of this piece.
@@Ari_Canti as so through yours 🙏
My sweetheart was a musician. He loved this piece. I played it repeatedly when he was passing away. It was beautiful to listen to in life and in death, and now in life alone ❤.
My condolences... Each time you place your hand on your heart...feel that, he is still alive inside... Take care 😘
I’m sorry for your loss. My mom is passing away, and I find myself constantly listening to this
Blessings
Am I the only one whose favorite music style is "film music" ?
Well, this is not "film music". Is (classical-contemporary-postminimal) music that was used in a film. I do not mean that "film music" is a derogatory term in any way, but is like you said "The Blue Danube" is film music because Kubrick used it in 2001.
@@WMRhapsodies yes you're absolutely right, I'm sorry for my mistake.
@@WMRhapsodies However I just wanted to mention the fact that I really like the kind of music used in some, films, by the way thanks for the clarification.
@@orlane8667 I like how you both proved that civilized conversation is online possible! Homo sapiens is proud of you!
Agreed, but there's no need to apologies
I now know why Nietzsche said that life without music would be a mistake.
me too.
It's funny, I discovered this song after watching Arrival (a wonderful movie, if you haven't seen it, I recommend it ). But I was listening to this just recently and thought the same thing--of Nietzsche's genius, his seclusion, his chin lifted to the sublime. I just find it incredible how this song provoked a similar thought in you.
@@conradjane8659 Hope you and your loved ones are well and safe from coronavirus.
I have watched Arrival and it is one of the best movies I have ever watched. It is no surprise that one connects this soundtrack, Arrival and Nietzsche since in Arrival's climax Louise's act of embracing her bittersweet future reminds of Nietzsche's notion of Amor Fati and Eternal Return. I can never listen to this melody now without thinking of Nietzsche, his unhappy but profound life, his philosophy and my own struggles. I often listen to it when I am melancholy, haunted by memories and anxious about the future. I don't feel happy when I listen to it but sublime and I remind myself that like Louise I must find the courage to say yes to life.
By the way, watch this video ruclips.net/video/QA_X1hN0Tws/видео.html
Conrad Jane yes I did too! It works so well in that movie and is the saddest song I’ve ever heard.
He was love beethoven af
On The Nature of the Daylight is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard in my life. Not just the best music, but the best thing, in general. There's no doubt about it.
Try Zimmer?
Sums up our society when Cardio B's WAP gets more acclaim than this masterpiece
Or Antonio Vivaldi
@A Magnificent Cunt Agreed. A fellow pessimist
@A Magnificent Cunt I think our peak was when we slithered out of the oceans all downhill from there
October 2023,
I’m currently on Terceira Island, in the middle of the pacific. It’s 2:13PM and I sit at the beach, I stare at the hill I climbed two days ago with the person I came here to meet for the first time. I hear the sound of the waves, I feel the sand on my feet, I was randomly scrolling looking for a music and this found me again. Once it started to play, a small bird landed nearby, the ocean washed my feet and I can just feel everything. It all makes sense, me being here, the waves, the small bell of a bicycle running by, the wind circling my body, the partially cloudy sky. I feel alive again. I feel like I belong on this world, when I once thought otherwise.
Thank you for this amazing score.
what a privilege it is to be alive.. yeah?
Thank you for sharing a beautiful moment of your life. Yes, it all makes sense. It’s so incredibly beautiful that we are here.
I'm so happy this is the last comment I read before going to bed. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful moment.
I was told recently I have a cancer for which there is no cure, no treatment. They gave me a prognosis, a timetable. Is there anything where I'll be going? If this piece of music will be there, I' think I'll be okay.
Terceira island ( portuguese island) is in the the middle of the atlantic not the pacific...
Im not afraid of death, im afraid that I’m not living enough
Since the first is certain, the second is highly probable.
I know a woman who can help you with this
Living and death are one in the same. To die you have to live. To live one must die. Its all one movement no beginning or end. Just one constant movement.
@@sircles-net Long Island medium ?
... as you listen to lovely music, you are living in a beautiful manner ...
"Most people die at 25...we just don't bury them until their 75" - Benjamin Franklin
Well that struck a chord. :0( i hadnt heard that before.
Man that's a deep quote
That’s very Deep Dude
Omg..
nearly cried.. maybe, just maybe many people forget about their dreams, what actually they loved to do. And gave up on the stream of life. Their dreams are gone
I want this played at my burial. Absolutely breathtaking.
I have thought about the same thing too.
ME too!! too bad we won't be around to hear it again but who know it might the song we have in the "afterlife" .. that my friend would not be a bad thing.. go in peace.
Me.too brother
Me too
Same
I have some different favourites in my lifetime, but this just gets into my soul, simply the best piece ever written, it starts me low, then builds me up and then at the end rises me to the heavens........thank you Max, this song saved me many times...........xx
Smiling with tears in my eyes running on my cheeks. Thinking of my lost mother that lost the battle with cancer at 49. This masterpiece gives me a strange mixed feeling.
fuck cancer
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Very profound piece, totally get what you're saying and feeling brother... peace with you
I’m so sorry for your loss. May her memory be a blessing to you.
It goes deep in your soul.. I also feel a very strange mixed feeling thinking of my mother . She dayed 7 years ago , I was 29 ... this song is the only one touching my deep feelings ...
Your mother is your quardian angel , she will always be by your side and I am sure you feel her in this way. 🙏
7 Million views. I'm pretty sure I've got half of those views covered. I love listening to this piece. It helps with the PTSD from the military.
You are never alone brother!
I truly wish the best for you. Have you heard of EMDR therapy? It's stupidly effective considering how it sounds a bit strange at first. I hope that you can give it a try sometime, if you have not yet :)
Thank you for your service....Peace
@@philiplevins6702 Your welcome and Thank you!
@@LivingFree365 i pray for u brother. may jesus christ bless u and may u experience the peace only god can give. i hope my english isnt too bad. greetings from germany!
Despite knowing the journey
and where it leads,
I embrace it.
And I welcome
every moment of it.
This piece is so cathartic and melancholic, it can either make me feel the most intense anguish at the brevity of life and the pain of existence, or love and joy for everyone I've ever known and am yet to know. An absolute masterpiece.
If Max Richter and Ludovico Einaudi created a piece together, it would blow up the entire universe.
It would heal the universe.
That would be my worst nightmare and torture...
Francescomedardo mine too
@@ShinyKristin Yes, I believe you're right.
@@Francescomedardo I dont understand why you would make that comment. The only thing you've shown is that your perspective is limited. Don't be so hard on yourself... Allow yourself to imagine something beautiful, instead of nightmarish.
This piece has me mentally on top of a mountain with a campfire, watching the sunset as my life fades away. The most peaceful death, one I yearn for after a fulfilling journey in life. Absolutely stunning
So basically Arthur Morgan’s death
I am everywhere
I am nowhere
I am everyone
I am no one
The most beautiful thing I have ever heard.❤
This is also the most beautiful thing I've heard, and I've heard many beautiful things in my 51 years.
Seriously think this is one of the most beautifully melancholic pieces ever written. I absolutely love it ❤
This type of music is why I’m obsessed with minimalism and ambient music. It may be simple, but it still gets to me.
same here. .. :)
ditto, my friend, ditto.
You don't need complexity to be poignant or deep.
Less is more...
You know I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you.
Danilo Carvalho amazing comment. Arrival is perhaps the best movie I’ve seen
Argh and then comes the ending :(
✨
Dear Max, I just heard this song in the very moving third episode of Last Of Us. I recognized it immediately and told my girlfriend about you, and that you were kind enough to engage with me about your process awhile back. The tragic beauty of this song fit in so well with the wonderfully written and acted script. Congratulations for yet another feather in your cap, sir - you are an inspiration! Cheers, Jason
I'd like to hear what Max said.
Beautiful episode, I got teary eyed. Loved their story.
@Kent Aarstad lol anger issues much? If you read my comment, I said I immediately recognized it, as in, I knew it before. What's wrong with celebrating this additional exposure for such a beautiful composition. Cheers
Disconnect
Пидорастией очереди такое величие. Фильм достойный этой музыки называется прибытие, и он идеально довершает всю картину боли, заключённой в этой мелодии.
Watch Arrival if you haven't already.
This song makes me teary eyed every single time. Brilliant. True masterpiece.
I’m here because of Arrival and i am not leaving anytime soon
XxaaccoolL LOL Ditto
We certainly have the leading edge when it comes to sound.
so you arrived here because of arrival.
we can say that you "Arrived"! yahhhhhhhh!
@@stevetaylor2986 no
Love all Richter’s works but this one truly speaks to my soul. That we can all reach a place of peace and acceptance in the midst of this uniquely bittersweet human experience. When my daughter had leukaemia I truly thought I couldn’t survive if she died. There was a moment when I didn’t expect her to last until the next morning. That dark night of my soul saw me battling with my demons to keep holding on. I tried to find a way to survive the night, as dawn broke I knew that if I had to live with the pain of loss, then my choice was to exist in the middle of that pain as a way to honour her life, not escape from it through death. This piece speaks to the struggle of that night for me. The triumph of the human spirit over such adversity is why we exist. I’m glad I made that decision because my daughter is now a woman and planning a family of her own.
What are your other favorite works by Richter? Now i want more!
crying from a RUclips comment. God bless you and your family, internet stranger 💕
What a moving post. Grazie & blessings.
Oh Daisy such beautiful words, I'm sure we all wish you and yours well. Stay strong you are needed.
This is the most beautiful comment ❤ love to your family
Despite knowing the journey... and where it leads... I embrace it.
Febrian Prisley T T
Definitely
Febrian Prisley Arrival
And I welcome every moment of it.
amor fati
I’m walking down the aisle to this song when I marry the woman I love. Thank you for creating such a beautiful song. Life is short, enjoy it, find someone you love and can share the journey with, this song encapsulates so much. Amazing how words aren’t needed to describe life. Thank you for creating such a masterpiece
Thank you TLOU for bringing me here tonight. Can’t stop listening to this pure masterpiece. ❤
How could anyone be filled with beauty and love. While simultaneously be so full of sorrow. This, this song is how.
This song........draws tears from my eyes and I don't know why.....no specific memory comes to mind.....its almost as if this arrangement brings some emotion to the surface I've never felt before.....
same :(
Minor keys unlock doorways in the mind which allow the passage into our library of profound deepest emotions.
Such beautiful emotion, such love, such loss, joyful memories, pain and sorrow...
Max Richter... a very special composer.....A deeply hand for touching heart and soul.
Hope he will remembered in 100 /200 years as Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi and Beethoven.
...and Albinoni too !
Also Clint Mansell...
@@persiathiest1963 I really do hope they are shouting give me big mac; give me fries to go in 2223 :)
I want this piece of art to be played on my funeral.... the perfect way to say goodbye
Good way to guarantee someone cries that's for sure
Yes I was thinking of that too / to both. I don’t want to cry there.
@@subspaceanomaly lol yeah
I will wait for the day when you Max, collaborate with Hans Zimmer and make an album or a song only, and blow our minds. Literally.
God Himself will weep
Can we let Ludovico Einaudi play the piano?
@@claudiatilli3806 Hmmm I don’t think so... Diferents styles... 🤔
@@FlapJacka7x maybe listen to Petrichor by Ludovico Einaudi and give me a reaction on what you think of that piece please.
And really nice to get a reply!!!
Это просто не передать словами, что я чувствую, когда слышу эту композицию. Это верх музыки. Я каждый раз плачу.
Me too, friend.
2:14 (His smile and head nod). One of the sweetest experiences of being a live musician when you are playing your instrument, contributing to the piece that others are hearing while enjoying the piece as though you were an audience member! It is a magical moment of joy! What a brilliant and divine score of music!
Well said!!
So true. I thought no one else may have felt so moved by that in that moment, I love that you did and were able to shine light on it.
@@jenniferstasack3483 I've always loved that particular moment in this piece also. Beautiful.
the change of notes in 5:36 makes me feel something that i can't really explain, it's just beautiful
At 5:36… hope.
I agree. Hope.
Just played this today. That spot felt so special. At 5:36, you have a 6th, the largest interval in the piece so far. So it has a really nice, reaching feeling. Like hope 😊
That is basically the essence of music. Music can't be explained in words because it is its own language with its own meaning that can only be expressed through music.
That beautiful sixth hitting you in the memory box
Grown man and I always cry 10 seconds into this piece of art...
Its ok - you are not alone. This music leads you somewhere.
Sometimes it has to be a grown man who has known enough pain and suffering to be brought to tears.
How can such a simple piece evoke so many emotions?
I'm somehow the saddest and happiest I've ever been.
My precious son Gio passed at the young age of 23. This music stays with me everyday that I write our story. THANK you so much, for moving my soul.
mango cross I'm sure he is resting peacefully. Love to you from Sri Lanka. ❤️
He will meet you at the Gates-I swear its true
My heart goes out to you and your family. I feel your pain. I lost my 28 year old younger brother January of this year.
This just really hit me.. my heart goes to you!
My heart goes to you. I lost a brother far too soon. Look after yourself.
This song in both last scenes of The Arrival and Last of us episode 3, makes them the two most emotional moments I've ever seen in a tv. The music surrounds you along with the plot and makes you reconsider and search deep inside yourself, about your feelings, about your past, your future, the feelings of your children, your parents, my heart races every time I hear it. Thank you.
And Shutter Island.....
Don't forget Shutter Island!
Watch Shutter Island.
And In a movie called Togo
The Handmaids Tale
I listened to this two years ago from "Arrival" and since then i never stopped, it simply the best music i've ever heard from a movie
I missed my plane for reading the beautiful comments of this song. It was worth it
I recently lost my twin brother. This music I know he would have loved. It offers cherished memories of him. Thank you!
Sorry for your loss, may you find comfort in this music & in your memories, always 💖
Sorry for your loss buddy, this is an incredibly emotional piece of music.
I hope you're ok.
sorry for your lost buddy,pls be kind to urself and other 😊
I know of your pain as a twin, may all that can console you finds you, today and for all the days (needed) to follow....my deepest sympathy for your loss...
I wish your twin brother peace my friend ❤️
I've grown up in a house of musicians and singers. I've watched my dad play a grand piano in the very center of a prestigious dinner. I've witnessed many wonderous things with my eyes and ears.
I can honestly say that as of now, during my 32 years on this Earth...this is the best song I have ever heard in my life so far.
Not really a song though is it ...perhaps now that you're 35 you understand the difference.
You know music is good, when it can be played on wedding, funeral, birth, deathbed, engagement, UFO welcoming...
(Edit 2023): ...or zombie apocalypse
In all the pain that brought me to this song, that UFO part had me laughing out of nowhere so thank you! 🤣🤣
👏👏👏👏👏😊
I played this at my labrador Hugo's bar mitzvah.. stunning piece of composition.
Ha, Arrival nod... made me laugh
@@amyadams2945 I loved your acting in Arrival!
What an incredible piece of music. I bow to Richter. His depth of invention and subtlety are breathtaking
this song for me is like walking barefoot on the street with long clothes while getting wet in the rain,
it's like floating in the lonely sea until you sink little by little,
it's like walking through a desert or the most icy place with no end at all.
this song would definitely play in my final days.
💜🌬
I listened to Olafur for years every night. When my cat got sick - (he loved the music) and he went stone deaf. I stopped listening to music. Now i'm grieving for my dear friend and the music too . . . and i just found this. I never thought i would find anything as beautiful as Olafurs' music.
Hope your cat is in peace now
Oh, Olafur is the best way to listening ambient music. Think your friend is alright.
Watching all these dedicated musicians reminds me the thousands of hours they had to invest to be a master on their instrument. There are recordings where you realize why they did that.
Reto you are exactly right. I have been playing music for 30 years now. And 20 years as a full time musician. I have dedicated 30 years of my life to my instrument and my passion. Thank you for appreciating the hard work that a musician goes thru to be the best they can be.
Ogni volta che l'ascolto piango da quanto è bello. Brano struggente, sublime, arriva all'anima e la strazia di bellezza.
"You know I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember. You know what surprised me the most? It wasn't meeting them. It was meeting you. "
[broke in tears]
Louis Duclos basically sums it all up
Oh my God....
If that is your quote, I borrowed it, gave you credit, and shared it with My One True Love of 30 years. Thank you, Sir.
Fighting 6th Air Cavalry hey my dude, it’s from the film Arrival (2016) from which this piece of music is also used. Fantastic quote and fantastic movie, I highly highly recommend :)
Miss Metallic Bomb - Thank you so very much, for filling me in. I will certainly have to check it out. May you sincerely have wonderful day and your holidays be bright.
Doctor : You Have only three minutes to live.
Patient : Plays this masterpiece.
Doctor : But it's seven minutes long.
God : i'll allow it.
Totally agree 🤣🙏🏾💀
I'm borrowing this 👍🏾
what?? i didnt say anything ..
very well said. :)
Now don't say you are a patient of shutter island
Do you ever feel on the verge of emotions, and need something just to tip it over? This song does that for me- it pulls out what exactly what I’m feeling.
I want to say a big thank you for your comment/comments (how many it may be), your love and support , I created this channel to reach out to fans and you are amazing❤️❤️.
where are you from?
Dear Max , your music is a Masterpiece, the first time I hear your music. You are very very very very good Thank You Daniel 67 years old Nice France
I’m crying for at LEAST 3 different emotions, how you do that
Bradenn music, the most intuitive language in all of nature
Bradenn this Bitter world
Bradenn right there with you.
@ ♡
just as you do that
One of my favorite pieces of music it's so emotional it tells a story without a single word
L I agree with you!
Exactly!
L this Bitter world
Totally true
I agree with you
“After life’s final light dies, all that remains are the memories. Our effects stay behind, but that is who we are in the end. Someone else’s story; someone else’s memories. We can decide what those memories will be. In the end, it is love; either everlasting-life in the memories of others. Choose that kind of life.”
Where is this from? It's yours? Because its amazing.
Mark McConnell Yes, this is my own. Though, it is rooted in something my mother taught me. Thank you for your comment!
Memory of photons ellipses or social condition thru out history
beautiful phrasing and wording, an applause in your favour.
also, do I see Interstellar's Endurance in your profile picture? :)
ailbheog thanks and yep
This perfectly captures melancholy - the sadness of the passing of happy memories. The paradox of being insignificant and tiny against the universe and still being unique and precious in that universe.
I travel through time and history when I listen to your music. Thank you a thousand times, Max Richter.
I resonate with this so much. I understand exactly what you mean
Ana Ferrari That's actually true! It takes me to a different world, with new perspectives being explored as the piece progresses. I flow with this music. It's hypnotic!
Ana Ferrari where did u go
This is the most beautiful piece of music ever for me. I weep whenever i hear it. It is just pure.
To my pet buddy,
I hope you found in my presence all the
comfort and all the love. You brought me so
much joy, so much love. I'm sorry I couldn't
have done more, I did everything in my
reach, I really did.
Rest in peace buddy, fly free now leave all
the pain behind.
I hope to meet you again, someway,
somehow.
❤
jaki żal ty…
that made me cry , i remembered my sweet maya, my dog that died to soon (4 y and 1/2). Also i did all i could to save her. i would give everything to bring her back.I also hope i can meet her again. Be strong Matti
❤️
@@marklacroix8639 I'm so sorry to hear about your dog 😔 it's so unfair how their life spans are so short💔 but their love remain with us forever ❤ be strong too friend!
I feel like Max Richter really likes this piece. I adore it myself and cherish every version made.
Oskar Ciesielski Everyone loses their minds over the tempo.
@@foun10head I'm losing my mind over how the vibrato in the footage doesn't match the vibrato in the sounds... some minor differences are expected due to mixing/matching across different takes but I feel like they must've been directed to use a lot more vibrato during the session, and the footage must all be from before that.
Max Loh I love it all. The many versions, interpretations, the bitching. Even Max can't get it exactly right. Regardless, I love it all. Sublime. I'll take it any way I can get it and applaud those who give a damn and have the balls to attempt to perfect it, if that's even possible.
Here's one, ruclips.net/video/la5UHh6Zopc/видео.html.
Weird channel, but have a listen to this remix. That guy has other ones as well, the semantic compositions album.
Someday, I hope to be able to listen to this piece from beginning to end without breaking down. I'm not sure I've ever made it the whole way through. Achingly beautiful and tragic and hopeful and wistful and nostalgic...
I feel privileged to be in the company of these fine humans -- even if it is over youtube.
This song brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. My skin tingles, and I get goosebumps. The joy and sadness I feel with this is overwhelmingly calming. I love to close my eyes and dream of my father, who passed away. I miss him every day.
This song makes me want to change my life. Try harder, be happier.
It's also so sad.
Life is hard, be strong, try HARDER, be good, this piece is beautiful.
It's hauntingly both beautiful and sad. It fits my current reflective mood as I ask my self, 'What is my life for'? And, that is proving very a powerful moment of awakening. I peace and gratitude.
I'm just listening to this for probably the 1164th time and still it gets through me. Magnificent piece of music. I hope I can listen to this for a few more years.
This starts like someone’s journey, then, when the 1st violin enters is like someone else joined the journey (like a couple), and a further violin joins in (like a child), to add even more wholeness to this one’s journey. :)
I'll be needing this song a lot more these coming years.
That's quote more than okay I think.
If this music piece helpt,....great.
That's what is music for. To help, to comfort, to heal, to be with you so you won't feel alone. Also to connect etc. I wish you well. ❤
Felt this
Whenever I need to feel. Something, anything, I listen to this. I close my eyes and the emotion pours out of me, everything that once was stifled is released. I grateful to hear it in my life.
emotional laxative