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I’m generally not a huge fan of this genre of game but Hades was such a shift in the way rogue-likes play. I still have a long way to go before I beat it properly but I’ve had a blast listening to the soundtrack and experiencing some of these more powerful tunes.
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Composed by Darren Korb and sung with Ashley Barrett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojx8dyes__8
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Hope there will be one of the Code Vein ost`s, like "Memory of the Lost"
Marco you should totally check out the Sonic Frontiers OST it's epic! Undefeatable is my personal favorite
LETSSGOOOOOO HADES REACTION
I know many people are recommending you play Transistor, and I also recommend it! It is a short game which can be finished in 5-6 hours, and I love it as much as Hades 😀
Just finished the Hades storyline 3 days ago, this game was truly an crazy good experience and the soundtracks oh my god. Apart of that, are you planning of listening to "Gwynevere, Princess of Sunlight" theme from Dark souls 1 ? Anyway thx for the great content as usual Marco !
Not really surprising. If you played Bastion from the same developers, you knew the high quality of the game and music
YES!!
In the Blood is one of my faves in the OST, even though I only started playing Hades very recently! I've been a Supergiant/Darren&Ashley fan since Transistor, so this is such a treat. They are so absurdly good, hnnng! And I love how the lyrics talk so much about the mixed feelings we might have with our family ties and how much we might or might not feel like we belong with them for various reasons (which is very relatable to me, personally). And as someone who loves symphonic metal w/ female vocals, this really scratches all of my itchings on that regard, specially on the final part when the song REALLY picks up and the orchestra SWELLS UP in such an epic manner!
And speaking of Darren&Ashley and Supergiant!!! There was a concert celebrating Supergiant's 10th Anniversary a couple of years ago, where D&A sing songs from all the games accompanied by a full orchestra – which was arranged and conducted by our man, our legend himself, Austin Wintory. HIGHLY recommend it if you haven't seen it yet, it's full on youtube. Maybe a livestream watch of it in the future? 👀
Nah thought that said "melty blood" ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ pls react to sum melty blood music i know it looks anime and stuff but trust me its a game.
I love this song, such a wonderful piece of credits music to cap off a great experience.
I actually got introduced to Darren Korb because had a friend do her senior thesis on VGM using his work on Bastion as a case study. I was stoked to see how much Hades crashed into the scene because he's been a soundtrack powerhouse for Supergiant for ages and now I have more people to yell about it with. 😙👌
From Ashley Barrett, you might also like any track from Transistor where she's featured… The main character of the game is a singer, so you might even like to check it out! Ashley is among my favorite singers as far as game soundtracks go, her voice fits so well with games from Supergiant which are usually very emotional and atmospheric… She's also on Pyre's soundrack (a couple songs at least, from what I remember), and without surprise she's nailing it!
Please I beg you to react to "Good Riddance" particularly the Euryduce and Orpheus duet.
Great game, I went for the true ending which I got after 100 hours and the OST really help me keep going, such a quality game and such a terrific OST
The whole Hades OST is so good and unique, and this song is the cherry on top. And if the trailer was any indication Hades 2's music won't disappoint either!
The song is a masterpiece.
And imo, this song is about Zagreus and his relationship with his father, Hades. Idk if it's about lose or something like that. But what do I know? I didn't play the game.
Got back into Remnant From the Ashes recently and really wanna see you look at some of the boss themes, Especially Nightmare and Dreamer.
Hades was easily my favorite game of 2019. It was simply amazing. Extremely hyped for Hades 2
Song reminds me a lot of Kashmir from Led Zeppelin, though I cannot for the life of me tell you why.
As you progress in Hades you eventually get a message from Orpheus to Euridice – a song. They both sing it, but when they sing it alone, you can detect the mode that they're in and also the fact that, generally, Orpheus sings in a minor key, but Euridice sings in a major key. When you put them together, with no alterations, you get this more "complete" version of the song that features the totality of their experience – their love, in a way that is truly uplifting, if still bittersweet.
Wait what I started playing right as this vid came out
In the name of Hades, Olympus, I accept this reaction!
absolutely no surprise it won best music when it came out. the amount of thought put into the narrative aspect of it just makes it sound all the better
I'd also check out their other games like transistor, pyre, bastion, They have equally great music
Oh you HAVE TO listen to Lament of Orpheus. Easily my favorite song of Hades.
The amazing thing about this song and the game is that it is both sincere, haunting yet enticing and taunting our protagonist that he is who he is, no better or more different than his Pantheon – his blood his kins. No spoiler: since he is a young god dare questioning how older immortal gods running things and killing, manipulating one another eventhough they are family and relatives of one big, bloody Greek tragedy. I love this take for modern storytelling.
one of my absolute favourite things about videogame music (both soundtracks and fan music) is the way that the meaning of the song taken in isolation can sometimes be quite different from what it becomes in context of the game, and other times carry most or all of the same meaning.
"in the blood" works really well because the same lines that are about the inescapablilty of grief are about zagreus leaving again and again, and always returning through the styx, about the way your actions throughout the course of the game change the House of hades into Zag's home for the first time.
Marco i'd love if you react to the song "On the Coast" from the same game, it doesnt have lyrics but its pretty emotional.
The best part of this song is that when you talk to Orpheus after it's played Zagreus compliments him about it, which basically means Darren is complimenting his own music
Ok now you need to listen to good riddance, that one is so good
While Ashley and Darren are on your radar i highly recommend Setting Sail/Coming Home from bastion,
or maybe even better: the version from their anniversary album titled "Remember the Bastion",
which has a beautiful rendition of both songs tied together with a really well done little soundtrack medley.
What makes the song so memorable to me is how the lyrics stay the same,
but through learning more about the world of the game their meaning changes drastically multiple times throughout a playthrough.
spoilers:
You first hear the song when you find the singer, a single survivor of the calamity singing just for herself.
The song suggests some fear, but a strong determination to, by working together, build a new home. To try even even if it can't last forever.
Then you learn about the ura, the people who've wrote the song, and come to understand what the text actually means.
Its a declaration of war from the ura who build their homes underground, to the caelondians,
mocking their fortified city and promising that one day, they will come to tear it down.
Later still you learn more about the singer:
Zia the ura girl who never actually saw in the lands of her origin.
She grew up in the city of caelondia living with her father,
who, after the ura lost in prior conflicts with the caelondians, was send tothe city to work with their scientists, as part of the peace treaty.
While he taught her some of their people traditions, including the song,
he didn't want his daughter to suffer from the conflict and taught her little to nothing about the war that had happened.
Honestly I just love ashley's voice. Hearing red hum her songs in transistor is both nostalgic and sad. I cried so hard at the end of that game. It sort of makes sense that the song is a bit tragic sounding given how sad most greek legends are. Rarely do characters end up happy.
I would loooooove to see you play through this one.