Yeah... I didn't even notice it until I went to replay HL1. The chapter titles there just kinda happen after a map is loaded, but in Black Mesa it is done at the perfect time. Whether it is just as the door open in Anomalous Materials, as the elevator opens in Office Complex, as you hear "Forget about Freeman", as this elevator goes down into the Lambda complex, or when "Xen" shows up on the screen just as you see the full scope of that beautiful borderworld.
@@Gordon_Freeman_PhD I think the best example of this is Gonarch's lair. The chapter name only shows up after you've first encountered it, and the music slows down at just the right moment as you're descending deeper into the caves.
I think the hl team realised this and began putting the chapter titles at the right time. For example "White Forest" appears when you see the portal storm in half life 2 episode two.
@@lyokianhitchhiker Actually, they did. In HL1, once you got into the airlock and the level transitioned, it would automatically show the title card. In Black Mesa however, the chapter title only appears once the doors into Sector C open, and you actually enter Anomalous Materials.
This is by far one of the best songs. You slowly realize the hard truth. All of the horrors you’ve survived. The aliens, the military, the black ops.. And your real mission hasn’t even started. That was just to get here. Now, the real game starts.
facility personnel fighting aliens. millitary arrives front line xen infantry and heavy infantry arrive millitary begin struggling with aliens and freeman combined millitary are forced to evacuate, leaving the operation to the government small race x activity government deploys black operations group to clear out the facility race x activity grows black ops begins killing staff and the aliens, start arming the nuclear device race x begin flooding in now HECU deserters that were left behind by the evac are also being killed, including adrian shephard who is fighting his way through the place race x and xen invasion in full force black ops start getting overrun black ops proceed to evacuate before anything worse happens adrian shephard kills the race X gene worm trying to teraform earth adrian is taken by the G-man black mesa is destroyed by the nuclear device adrian shephard is put into stasis as detained.
Walking through that airlock and then seeing the 'LAMBDA REACTOR COMPLEX' sign lit up on the far wall, and then hearing this sign on your way down, knowing that you've finally found it, was simply amazing. Black Mesa is an example of some really good game design.
This is so... Half-life 2. I guess that's not a coincidence, since that lambda bunker is the last Freeman was going to see of the surface world until the events of Hl2. A lot of these long purring combine motifs together with a metal-drummy feel recreating the atmosphere of a facility deep in a desert of New Mexico. Very stylish and aesthetically pleasing
To me this song perfectly represent Gordon's thoughts and feelings as he descending down the Lamba Complex. It took him so long to get there, he literally went throught hell and got tougher (compare it to Unforseen Consequences elevator music and you'll see the difference), but his journey hasn't ended yet. He feels that great danger and top secrets lays futher and he realize there's no way back for him. So, the only option he has is to fight for his life again.
Im surprised no-one has mentioned the subtle, yet superb parallelism. This is the "same" song that was played when you were first entering black mesa on the train ride (inbound part 3), except it has this undertone of added experience melded with the curtain starting to come down for the end of the story. Contrast this to inbound part three where the curtain is initially going up, and you realize the game is just beginning (where the crescendo of the song is when you see the scientists attempting to contain the leak on the train ride whilst the overlay of the PA lady says "work safe, work smart". Gosh, I agree with @jeremiahjohnson4243 that this is one of the best songs, but the fact that nearly every song is amazing in its own right speaks volumes. The ability for each song to add such a violent feeling of emotions through the story is a true testament to the genius of this games soundtrack. Bravo Joel. Bravo.
I don't know how to explain it but, for me every song in here is absolutely awesome and fits perfectly in every instance it plays in the game.It's like you were actually there and lived these events in real life.For me Sir, you are a legend.
Since this plays on that one huge elevator I like to think this music describes Freeman fighting the urge to decompress cause he knows it'd drive him mad if he took even a second to consider what he's currently going through. He indeed has seen more than any one man is supposed to.
Black Mesa: oh, it seems unforeseen consequences didn’t have the gravity of the situation hit close enough to home. *Black Mesa is now playing: Lambda Core*
This tells you that you made it through all of the challenges that was thrown at you and you had made great progress in your journey but your journey isn't over yet
I love this feeling the music gives. You've gone through the Marines, and Aliens along the way, and now you've finally reached the lambda center for you to prep the reactor, and get ready to go to Xen.
This track playing while you are descending in the lift to the entrance of the lambda labs gives you an idea of how many kinds of wrong await you further ahead.
Everything about it is great, the buildup to this as you finally enter the enigmatic Sector F Lambda Reactor Complex sets the tension and goosebumps very nicely, as you get to uncover some final secrets.
Oh this one is my favorite... I mean entire soundtrack is amazing, but this one is just superb! You're very talented indeed, hope to hear more soundtracks like this one from you soon. It created such an incredible atmosphere for entire game and atmosphere is often the thing that makes one game forgettable and another one replayable for years, because you want to experience it again.
This theme made me so emotional. Considering what awaits humanity in the future. This theme perfectly conveys the feeling of the entire burden of responsibility that lies with Gordon. And it is unknown whether this will be a one-way trip? Gordon knows only one thing: humanity needs to be saved. Even at the cost of his life. There's only one last elevator ride ahead. Joel, you are an incredibly talented composer. I can't imagine any other composer in your place who could write so deep music. I thank you from the bottom of my heart! It was unforgettable.
This is it. You've been travelling here ever since entering the Rocket Silo. The military is out of the question, so it's just the Aliens now. It won't be any easier from now on, but this is the last leg of the journey (on earth at least). Welcome to the Lambda Core.
I feel like the beginning of the song is the echos of Surface Tension up above the Lambda Complex. It has the same rhythm as Surface Tension 1, and the metal clanging too, but a lot more quieter. Really shows what hell is up above with the aliens.
Reminds me of a mix of C2:M4 Gate and C4:M1 Tau Arrive from SOMA combined with Questionable Ethics 1 from Black Mesa That's a good thing, I love all three tunes
I don't know why but this music really makes me feel empty and also I almost cry just from listening to this when Gordon ride the last elevator to the Lambda Complex 😢
Somehow aperture went unaffected by the combine and chell had absolutely no clue about the combine Besides, she was probably down there for so long the combine's citadel already got defeated
It’s quite ironic to me, the last thing Gordon Freeman sees before he goes to a literal mother alien world presumably thousands of light-years away, possibly on a different plane of existence, to kill a literal space god, isn’t home, or loving, waving goodbye from his friends and family, or a handshake from respected higher-ups and generals, it’s the clean, sterilize, metallic hallways of a cold reactor facility, in the last people he meets before taking his journey to the next level is coworkers and every day people who he probably would’ve been having a conversation and a cup of coffee with at the break room if the experiment had gone to plan, it just makes you think who Gordon Freeman really is, why out of everyone is he the person who’s fighting for humanity, why not a super soldier, or a highly trained professional, the only reason they see potential in Gordon is because he has survived the unsurvivable, that he is just a man, who’s to say Gary from HR shouldn’t be the one to go fight the space god, he survived The unsurvivable like Gordon has, maybe it’s the fact that there’s really no time for them to find a better candidate, maybe it’s the fact he was able to track through the entirety of Black Mesa and get pass highly trained assassins that make seal team six look like kindergartners, maybe it’s the fact that he’s killed more of the alien brutes and monstrosities then the military has, whatever reason, out of all the people that they choose, It was Gordon, your average Joe Also fun fact, I weirdly associate this part of the game with hot freshly toasted Oreo pop tarts, I don’t know why, maybe I was eating one on my first play through or something
The first ten seconds made me Imagine a long trail of dead vortagaunts and headcrabs and at the end of the trail: Gordon Freeman's drumming on a metal pipe with his crowbar.
Anyone know where I can find an extended version? This, Anomalous Materials, and Unforeseen Consequences are all pieces of the OST that NEED an extension so so so much.
One little undermentioned detail I think they got really right is the timing of the chapter titles. They always seem to pop up at just the right time.
Yeah... I didn't even notice it until I went to replay HL1. The chapter titles there just kinda happen after a map is loaded, but in Black Mesa it is done at the perfect time.
Whether it is just as the door open in Anomalous Materials, as the elevator opens in Office Complex, as you hear "Forget about Freeman", as this elevator goes down into the Lambda complex, or when "Xen" shows up on the screen just as you see the full scope of that beautiful borderworld.
@@Gordon_Freeman_PhD I think the best example of this is Gonarch's lair. The chapter name only shows up after you've first encountered it, and the music slows down at just the right moment as you're descending deeper into the caves.
I think the hl team realised this and began putting the chapter titles at the right time. For example "White Forest" appears when you see the portal storm in half life 2 episode two.
@@Gordon_Freeman_PhD Anomalous materials is an odd case: they didn’t move the chapter title, they just move the level transition.
@@lyokianhitchhiker Actually, they did. In HL1, once you got into the airlock and the level transitioned, it would automatically show the title card. In Black Mesa however, the chapter title only appears once the doors into Sector C open, and you actually enter Anomalous Materials.
This is by far one of the best songs.
You slowly realize the hard truth.
All of the horrors you’ve survived.
The aliens, the military, the black ops..
And your real mission hasn’t even started.
That was just to get here.
Now, the real game starts.
20 years later. Dr Gordon Freeman will get into a lot of troubles and horrors.
@@gottagofastfaster ok
love this comment
can really feel that
in the actual half-life, this is the last part that’s good
probably the most sick elevator music out there
imagine if this actually played in an elevator
You clearly haven’t heard ascension yet
I think it fit too in the train ride in the end of half life 2 ep1 ending.
Basic timeline of events:
-facility personnel fighting aliens
-military arrives
-military leaves
-facility personnel fighting aliens
-military arrives again
-military loses
-vichy earth
*-Boom*
-???
facility personnel fighting aliens.
millitary arrives
front line xen infantry and heavy infantry arrive
millitary begin struggling with aliens and freeman combined
millitary are forced to evacuate, leaving the operation to the government
small race x activity
government deploys black operations group to clear out the facility
race x activity grows
black ops begins killing staff and the aliens, start arming the nuclear device
race x begin flooding in now
HECU deserters that were left behind by the evac are also being killed, including adrian shephard who is fighting his way through the place
race x and xen invasion in full force
black ops start getting overrun
black ops proceed to evacuate before anything worse happens
adrian shephard kills the race X gene worm trying to teraform earth
adrian is taken by the G-man
black mesa is destroyed by the nuclear device
adrian shephard is put into stasis as detained.
-xen boom
-black mesa boom
-7-hour war
-slow extinction of human race
-gordon
-eli die
~eli not dead?
~???
If the black ops hadn't nuked black mesa, then the combine wouldn't have invaded earth.
@@maxusman8_351 then it would have fallen to race X instead.
Walking through that airlock and then seeing the 'LAMBDA REACTOR COMPLEX' sign lit up on the far wall, and then hearing this sign on your way down, knowing that you've finally found it, was simply amazing. Black Mesa is an example of some really good game design.
This is so... Half-life 2. I guess that's not a coincidence, since that lambda bunker is the last Freeman was going to see of the surface world until the events of Hl2. A lot of these long purring combine motifs together with a metal-drummy feel recreating the atmosphere of a facility deep in a desert of New Mexico. Very stylish and aesthetically pleasing
The last voice he heard in Black Mesa is Shephard yelling at him
@@flaninty2705 "Hey!" "Get back here you big orange fuck!"
@@rainbowwhitey9274 fucking hate that line it's so cringey
@@Luka2000_ No one gives a damn
@@rvgr420 u do since u fucking responded
To me this song perfectly represent Gordon's thoughts and feelings as he descending down the Lamba Complex. It took him so long to get there, he literally went throught hell and got tougher (compare it to Unforseen Consequences elevator music and you'll see the difference), but his journey hasn't ended yet. He feels that great danger and top secrets lays futher and he realize there's no way back for him. So, the only option he has is to fight for his life again.
You're Right, In Some Games The Music It represents So Much, And Nielsen Do A Great Job.
His dream was joining the Lambda Team, but things didn't go as he planned....
Gameplay: Perfect
Soundtrack: Perfect
Story: Perfect
Graphics: Perfect
more like:
Gameplay: Perfect
Soundtrack: More than perfect
Story: Perfect
Graphics: Perfect
@@Pnezyx2056 absolutely
and very well optimized, You just need to lower a few details and it will run completely smooth on a low-end PC
story is more then perfect, half life series probably one of the most well written series ive seen
if valve actually worked on hl3 properly it would knock every game out of the water
One of the best moments in the game, the music sets the right mood, like "you went through a lot, but it will be even worse ahead"
Im surprised no-one has mentioned the subtle, yet superb parallelism. This is the "same" song that was played when you were first entering black mesa on the train ride (inbound part 3), except it has this undertone of added experience melded with the curtain starting to come down for the end of the story.
Contrast this to inbound part three where the curtain is initially going up, and you realize the game is just beginning (where the crescendo of the song is when you see the scientists attempting to contain the leak on the train ride whilst the overlay of the PA lady says "work safe, work smart".
Gosh, I agree with @jeremiahjohnson4243 that this is one of the best songs, but the fact that nearly every song is amazing in its own right speaks volumes. The ability for each song to add such a violent feeling of emotions through the story is a true testament to the genius of this games soundtrack. Bravo Joel. Bravo.
I don't know how to explain it but, for me every song in here is absolutely awesome and fits perfectly in every instance it plays in the game.It's like you were actually there and lived these events in real life.For me Sir, you are a legend.
Since this plays on that one huge elevator I like to think this music describes Freeman fighting the urge to decompress cause he knows it'd drive him mad if he took even a second to consider what he's currently going through. He indeed has seen more than any one man is supposed to.
this song is stuck in my head
Black Mesa: oh, it seems unforeseen consequences didn’t have the gravity of the situation hit close enough to home.
*Black Mesa is now playing: Lambda Core*
i like how some of the "static" parts throughout the song are reminiscent of Combine soldier death sounds
This tells you that you made it through all of the challenges that was thrown at you and you had made great progress in your journey but your journey isn't over yet
One last elevator ride...
The Atomic Cherry
That doesn’t fuckin break, lmao.
untill they realese xen than there would be alot of alien elevators ...
Ziv Atad
There’s a theme for one now
I know it's late but ... not the last
@@nightie7757
Was at the time.
This song shows me the amount of advanced technology and innovation that Black Mesa has. They are for sure the best laboratory ever.
I love the rhythm played on bucket
I love this feeling the music gives. You've gone through the Marines, and Aliens along the way, and now you've finally reached the lambda center for you to prep the reactor, and get ready to go to Xen.
This track playing while you are descending in the lift to the entrance of the lambda labs gives you an idea of how many kinds of wrong await you further ahead.
That badass music when you entering Sector F Lambda Reactor Complex :3
Everything about it is great, the buildup to this as you finally enter the enigmatic Sector F Lambda Reactor Complex sets the tension and goosebumps very nicely, as you get to uncover some final secrets.
Oh this one is my favorite... I mean entire soundtrack is amazing, but this one is just superb! You're very talented indeed, hope to hear more soundtracks like this one from you soon. It created such an incredible atmosphere for entire game and atmosphere is often the thing that makes one game forgettable and another one replayable for years, because you want to experience it again.
Pleasant to the ears and is the theme of becoming a nuclear engineer from a theoretical physicist
This part of soundtrack is an example how to turn simple elevator ride into something unforgettable
Im love Black mesa!❤
Its like hell descent music, perfect for going down an elevator.
well siletiy was overtaken by aliens and assasins.
Crowbar collective, you guys knocked it out of the park. And good job Joel on this amazing soundtrack it perfectly fits the half life feel.
Leaving Earth is scary, not even knowing if the science team can bring you back from Xen. It’s suicide mission either way.
One of the reasons i bought the BM OST.. Now i make ambient/black metal music myself and look back upon these long gone times :,)
Once again, thank you. This soundtrack proves of great aid in recollecting the mind.
This always will be the best entry into any chapter in a video game
Thanks to you
This soundtrack reminds me something similar to Portal 2 OST. It sounds great when you're riding an elevator to Lambda. Fantastic.
Goodbye, black mesa. I will make sure to keep the tram in good hands.
Will remember you guys.
Amazing, Joel. Every one of these have made my "favorites" list of the top 120 songs I know.
This theme made me so emotional. Considering what awaits humanity in the future. This theme perfectly conveys the feeling of the entire burden of responsibility that lies with Gordon. And it is unknown whether this will be a one-way trip? Gordon knows only one thing: humanity needs to be saved. Even at the cost of his life.
There's only one last elevator ride ahead.
Joel, you are an incredibly talented composer. I can't imagine any other composer in your place who could write so deep music. I thank you from the bottom of my heart! It was unforgettable.
0:00 - 0:30 reminds me FEAR soundtrack.. amaizing job Mr. Nielsen
WHOOO!!! They finally did it! Anticipated in 2009, forgotten by 2011, and woke up this morning with a lovely surprise.
i love this song!
i always get chills when i listen to this
Lots of Metal pipe clanging and breathing. Perfect for final stage.
There's a reason why I don't skip the Lambda Core elevator...This is the reason. What an awesome song!
Id loop the first 8 seconds until you start the elevator. Seems more fitting
the music in black mesa really makes me feel weird. like good weird.
this sound feels like entering a facility you shouldn't be in. AMAZING
I can hear Combine sounds from Half Life 2 in this song. Like, listen closely: 0:55
Hear it?
I can't hear it
That is a distorted version of guard down you hear
0:57 i can hear it
I can hear it, but it seems like it's not the sounds of combines
I hear what you're talking about, and it does slightly sound like a strider dying.
Doesn't have anything to do with the combine tho
Sounds kind of like the music during the non-combat sections of Haestrom in Mass Effect 2 (Tali's recruitment mission). Very good music.
rise and shine
mister freeman
@@manformerlypigbukkit ...Rice and china, blahblahblah you are sleeping on the job
2Mado 188 something something wake up and smell burnt wood
Loved the metallic tone and the toxic smell of this song....
It's so Half-Life ;-)!!! Very good!
omg!! black mesa in just over a week!! any1 else been waitin for years for this? :)
Set the speed to 1.25, and it made me think of a boss battle against a mega-Vort, or something like that.
***** unc unc unc unc unc unc unc unc
Gargantua?
Dr. Videowatching Guy (HUN) I think he means the Nihilanth.
(This evil fucker) --> galeri.uludagsozluk.com/40/nihilanth_43474.jpg
Alexander Grant
He hes not a fucking badass enemy, he is a slave himself, too.
Dr. Videowatching Guy (HUN) wut?
this begs for more..
What you do in the Lambda Core first thing is restore the flow of water to the overheating reactor core. Hence, empty pipes as percussion. I love it.
Those few first seconds are not in game :((
BlueShid199
Oh. its you, at least you changed your profile pic to a different picture of the main character from deus ex
Oh its you...
You are everywhere :/
@@hdvst4322 ;/
Nice,here we go!
This is it. You've been travelling here ever since entering the Rocket Silo. The military is out of the question, so it's just the Aliens now. It won't be any easier from now on, but this is the last leg of the journey (on earth at least). Welcome to the Lambda Core.
soo nice
This sounds sort of like half life on ps2's menu theme.
Holy crap I didn't notice that
This will fit so good with lambda core!
New ringtone
Fire af 🔥🔥
I feel like the beginning of the song is the echos of Surface Tension up above the Lambda Complex. It has the same rhythm as Surface Tension 1, and the metal clanging too, but a lot more quieter. Really shows what hell is up above with the aliens.
Amazing I use this song when I am at gym :)
That's fucking fantastic.
I too enjoy the smell of this song.
it reminds me a bit of Steam in the Pipes from the original
The beat is identical, indeed.
Now arriving at Sector F Lambda Complex
Sounds like the beat to some awesome rap.
Reminds me of a mix of C2:M4 Gate and C4:M1 Tau Arrive from SOMA combined with Questionable Ethics 1 from Black Mesa
That's a good thing, I love all three tunes
Amazing!
I don't know why but this music really makes me feel empty and also I almost cry just from listening to this when Gordon ride the last elevator to the Lambda Complex 😢
Why is it so short D:
Cuz it's essentially elevator music.
You make it sound like something's stopping you.
Somehow aperture went unaffected by the combine and chell had absolutely no clue about the combine
Besides, she was probably down there for so long the combine's citadel already got defeated
The best of the whole soundtrack in my opinion. But so short...
I saw that when I first saw your name xD
I love it too :)
~ Mellow
It’s quite ironic to me, the last thing Gordon Freeman sees before he goes to a literal mother alien world presumably thousands of light-years away, possibly on a different plane of existence, to kill a literal space god, isn’t home, or loving, waving goodbye from his friends and family, or a handshake from respected higher-ups and generals, it’s the clean, sterilize, metallic hallways of a cold reactor facility, in the last people he meets before taking his journey to the next level is coworkers and every day people who he probably would’ve been having a conversation and a cup of coffee with at the break room if the experiment had gone to plan, it just makes you think who Gordon Freeman really is, why out of everyone is he the person who’s fighting for humanity, why not a super soldier, or a highly trained professional, the only reason they see potential in Gordon is because he has survived the unsurvivable, that he is just a man, who’s to say Gary from HR shouldn’t be the one to go fight the space god, he survived The unsurvivable like Gordon has, maybe it’s the fact that there’s really no time for them to find a better candidate, maybe it’s the fact he was able to track through the entirety of Black Mesa and get pass highly trained assassins that make seal team six look like kindergartners, maybe it’s the fact that he’s killed more of the alien brutes and monstrosities then the military has, whatever reason, out of all the people that they choose, It was Gordon, your average Joe
Also fun fact, I weirdly associate this part of the game with hot freshly toasted Oreo pop tarts, I don’t know why, maybe I was eating one on my first play through or something
Yes it is.
The first ten seconds made me Imagine a long trail of dead vortagaunts and headcrabs and at the end of the trail: Gordon Freeman's drumming on a metal pipe with his crowbar.
Bailey and Nielsen are both gods. There is no replacement thing.
Amazing, its new its fresh but at the same time it feels like Half Life.
BAACKRUUUUUBS!
it needs more longer
This song reminds me of The Bourne Identity films
I think these bangs means Gordon having fun
Anyone know where I can find an extended version? This, Anomalous Materials, and Unforeseen Consequences are all pieces of the OST that NEED an extension so so so much.
both are great but nobody is irreplaceable
episode 3 is finally coming out and its called PROJECT BOREALIS!
dont forget to reload, freeman!
This music's style sounds very similar to the music played in the first Jak and Daxter game where the giant Precursor Robot is about to be released
3,001th sub. :')
Plays when you go down an elevator thing with the transit system
i wish they mixed these tracks with the old ones.
Is there used edited "steam in pipes" from half life soundtrack?
This music as perfect as just cooked big pizza in the morning
Que música gostosa de se ouvir 😊
coolest elevator music to date
I only just picked up on this years later but
I'm noticing that this song uses a lotta the same synth noises that HL2's OST does
Foreshadowing?
Where can I get more music like this? This and the beginning of end credits 2?