Chris Christodoulou - The Face of the Deep | ROR2: Survivors of the Void (2022) 

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2020: You're gonna need a bigger Ukulele 2022: You're gonna need a bigger Polylute

Ror2 is so historically accurate, it even has a giant enemy crab

Fun fact: This song alone contains more saxophone than all other risk of rain 2 soundtracks combined

Man, a few years ago you were worried about "Convalescence 2" being make or break for the whole soundtrack and now you're like "I'm gonna combo a pantera metal riff into a sax solo and you can't fucking stop me."

Looks like he finally found that elusive "bigger ukelele"

I love how half-way through the song everyone goes quiet for the saxophone guy to pop off

Out of all the powerful artifacts the void has locked away, you wanna know what the most powerful one is? That saxophone

Shoutout to Dimitris, his playing is fantastic.

Chris is one of those composers you drop everything to listen to the moment he releases a track. As it should be.

Btw I got a Greek friend to figure out what the one voice in 3:45 ish says. Quote from the guy: "it says: Εντάξυ, είμαστε ΟΚ Great! we're OK."

And here I thought "You're gonna need a bigger Yukulele" was intense enough That intro proved me DEAD wrong

This is an absolute banger. Wasn’t expecting it to be so funky. The saxophone was especially a surprise

I like how much this track encapsulates the feeling of "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT???"

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH HE DOES IT AGAIN. THE FREAKING SAX OH MY GOD CHRIS HOW DO YOU DO IT!

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE FINAL BOSS TRACK. The song gives me the feeling that I'm fighting a GOD while surrounded by DOOM and CHAOS.

2:01 YAAAAAEÆÆÆÆEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYAAAAAAAAAAEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÆÆÆEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEÆEEEEEA

Chris Christodoulou: DIVINER OF THE BEATS

This makes me feel like an astronaut in the ocean.

"Alright. Let's see what this alternate final boss is made of." /the hardest fucking drop of all time plays as a giant one-eyed spider crab crawls out of the depths of the void/ "...o god"

I didn't know what a musical jumpscare was until that ending. 4:35

Amazing work, love the sax

Ah yes, my favorite genre... Heavy Metal Chiptune Jazz Fusion!

"This fight is against possibly one of the most powerful beings in the Void. What should we do for it's theme?" "Hardcore Jazzy saxophone." "YES."

3:52 "Νταξ, νομίζω είμαστε οκ." (Alright, I think we're good.) After that sax solo? Yes. Yes we are.

This is the best one. Starting with the Mithrix melody was already great, but then the sax kicks in and it just sells the whole thing

Now that's what you call a final boss theme. Chris blending a saxophone into his iconic synth/guitar sound is possibly one of the sexiest thing this man has ever done. Actually losing my mind having this on repeat. All I can think about is that one image of Big Jay McNeely playing the sax with three dudes just absolutely living it to his performance.

Absolutely amazing. I hope they can get the full song in-game sooner than later, since I love the progression in this song.

"Hath the rain a father?" Yes. And his music is electric.

"Bro i came here to bust a boss not to bust a move" -Literally everybody when this track drops

I like how much like with the void and its corruption, like Tougher Times turning into Safer Spaces it feels like the instruments in this song reflect the chaotic nature of the void. Instead of majority of the songs using a (Lead Synth I think i'm no music pro) it "corrupts" it into saxophone which was really unexpected by me and I think it fits the void themed boss very well. The music for me was easily one of the coolest additions in the DLC for me.

Gave me a big Dream Theater vibe, awesome tune! Definitely my fav from the DLC.

I see everybody talking about the sax, and don't get me wrong it's amazing, but I gotta say my favorite bit is the robotic screaming! Combined WITH the sax? Absolutely phenomenal

Just beat this DLC for the first time and what an EXPERIENCE. The absolute mastery that went into this game and ESPECIALLY it's soundtrack is astounding. Absolutely amazing job Chris and team on making one of the best video game experiences of all time!

Your boss themes are always so unimaginably menacing, I love them.

One of the strangest final boss themes I’ve ever heard. Love it.

4:37 this vocal perfectly

I can't really put into words how amazing this soundtrack is. Chris has really outdone himself, and I can't wait to play the dlc

THE TIME HAS COME, CONSOLE BRETHEREN NOVEMBER 8TH WE FINALLY GET THIS BANGER OF A TUNE

2:01 YAAAAY YEEEAAAAAAAAH YEAAAAY YA-AH-UH-AY-UH-AY

3:29 it sounds like the saxophone is having a mental breakdown

The legendary Void Lick, that sax is insane. excellent

DLC SPOILERS . . . . . . . Man when this song starts as that huge Voidling comes out of the portal was so fucking good

Man, I cannot get over the intro of the song, its such a powerful, outright devastating opener that does a great job at setting up this "end of the world" atmosphere, taking a theme that we used to know as the final boss of the game, and fragmenting it like the void fragments the very planet you are wandering, eventually melting into its own identity after the initial shock of what you're seeing wears off, and you fight to stay alive against this new threat, with the funky sax coming in as you get in the zone. I love this theme. Immensely. And the intro is a major part of why it all just works so well for me. Thank you, Chris!

Free Saxophone, in a Risk of Rain track?!?! With something as primordial and alive as that, you know something’s goin’ down.

I can honestly never forget the first time I saw this behemoth. Chris really outdid himself with all the tracks.

"mithrix theme chugs two litres of redbull and tries again" the song, I love it

Actual banger, REALLY love how intense the intro is with those three beats and the mithrix motif. Matches the absolutely terrifying size and power of the voidling. good work.

Bigger Ukelele but with such great intermission riffs, and then Tsakas comes out on the sax to feature on this! I actually didn't know much about Tsakas until I saw a vid of him at the Half Note with a Bass player I followed for a while, Yoel Soto a few months ago, regardless, they are all phenomenal musicians! Sometimes, the solos in game are different from the recordings you have here and on bandcamp. Will this sax solo be played in it's entirety in game, too? Or was there a different take used for that? Love how 4:34 resolves almost like 25.3N 91.7E, right before the disgustingly fantastic 4:37 breakdown. I want to thank you, Chris, as one music nerd to another. No other album has made me consistently do 1 of 2 things; sit in solitude at the mastery of tonal emotion coming from the music, or point at my screen and say "God damn, the madman! He did a thing! What did I just hear?! I gotta rewind that back as soon as the piece is over!!!" You can only ever hear something for the first time once, which is a damn shame, but at the very least, for every one thing I hear, I miss like 7, so I can listen to it again and again and it never gets old. So thanks.

the sax had me like "GET OVER HERE YOU GIANT CRAB" and that was my first attempt at killing the bugger, thanks chris and dimitris

Convinced Chris learned music from a god damn wizard. Like he was playing a sax and just turned it sidways, and it morphed into a guitar

bro found a bigger ukulele

This is AMAZING. The call back in the intro, the groove, and then the solos near the end are unbelievable. I've had the OST on repeat all day and can't wait to hear it in game while playing later!

What does one even say to this? The music feels disorienting, never-ending, and clearly has some purposes beyond our comprehension. The entire album has built up to this moment. We ask "out of whose womb came the ice?", and the music replies: "Behold, the face of the deep!" The face disorients us with its magnitude, we see it stretch to infinity within the confines of our field of view, and - horrifyingly - it makes no sense. We are treated, as listeners, the same way that one would treat an ant running across one's desk. An intruder, but hardly even an annoyance. I would say that Bigger Ukulele reflects a sense of anger and defiance, it is very much the theme of a world raging at our presence. This song, in contrast, is what WE feel when we finally see the face of the deep. In particular the reference to Bigger Ukulele implies a boss theme, only for that to be swiftly subverted with, "Wait, what!?" So, we ask why there's a saxophone in a boss theme. The music says, "Behold, the face of the deep!" It does not care if we understand its methods. One could never explain to an ant what the purpose of a desk is. This must be your boldest piece of music ever - for the first handful of listens I actually had no idea how I felt. Well, I actually still don't know how it makes me feel beyond, for lack of better word, 'panic'. Isn't it just wonderful how music can express things that words and images could only ever hint at?

I just heard this theme in game, i am gonna say. The zone, the music, the boss and more os just… PERFECT, i am loving this DLC, and the music is a big part of why i love this DLC, thank you Chris for all the music

I really love the part at 0:54 to 1:36, 4:15 to 4:25, and 4:37 onwards. That motif is absolutely incredible.

Me muero de añañin cada vez que escucho esto gracias por existir

HOLY SHIT THIS RIPS SO HARD. The lead at 4:35 sounds like if you stole someone's soul and trapped them in a malfunctioning chainsaw and they're screaming. I love it.

One of the most unique game OSTs I’ve ever heard. Was this inspired by King Crimson?

OK this is just an utter banger and perfectly fits the voidling for its theme The intro referencing Bigger Ukulele/DFR caught me so off guard The seemingly random offbeat notes and something about the 5/4 time signature just creates this growing feeling of chaos as the song goes on And don't even get me started on the sax. Never have I EVER thought someone could make saxophone work as the _lead_ instrument for a boss theme, but this just hits it out of the goddamn park. Chris you're a musical wonder and I seriously hope you never stop composing

I’m interested to see how this song changes dynamically in the boss fight. Edit: Yep, it fits perfectly. You’d think a saxophone would be out of place in this games soundtrack but for this boss I think it’s great.

*Pulls out a comically large saxophone*

Most of the comments here is talking about the saxophone, but I can't find any comment about how sick that guitar was on 4:37 and how epic the intro for the Voidling theme was. Those parts in this song is super underrated!

3:51 that was someone saying "alright i think we're good" on greek haha

I am extremely happy that Hopoo added the other parts of the song to the boss fight. Literally spent 3 hours getting back to the bossfight in another run after I read the patch notes. Keep up the great work Chris

When I heard this for the first time, I screamed: "CHRIS, THAT A SAX" Because no way, no way dude. There's no way you could've make this soundtrack even more legendary. But you had to bring the fucking sax. Perfection.

I love how this track and Mithrix' track share the Double Fucking Rainbow motif in the intro. Thank you Mr. Chris, very cool

Holy fuck how does he do it every single time

Voidling ☁️Diviner of the Deep☁️

ror2 is the literal only game I have ever been just as excited to see new music as I am to see new gameplay

Providence: A tyrant of good intentions, saving life where he could, destroying those would catch the ear of his brother Mithrix. In the end as precipitation fell, so did the last drops of lifeblood from providence by the first set of survivors of the UES Contact Light, discordant tones and the still active alarms of the ship haunt the battle. Mithrix: Prisoner, Betrayed, Shaper of Fates of the few lesser beings who served him, knowingly or otherwise. he's been waiting for you to open the way, only needs to crush you, and anyone else in his way to enact his revenge against the machinations of his brother, Providence. The scratching of alien metal ripping through stone, flesh, and steel, shards of glass embedding into an unlucky survivor, though paused a moment. soon the battlefield is littered with the corpses of both friend and foe, and a corruption and pain has overtaken him. soon the hopes of freedom are created/smashed, and in desperation the timer begins, death, salvation, imprisonment once more. [VOIDLING]: The master warden[?] of the void, the black ichors of the stellar sea drown hope, the violet tear in reality bleeds salvation. The stamping of those many legs pulverize dreams, crush bones, and tear asunder tomorrow/yesterday/now. Though blessings be counted, after the bending of space/time/reality/dimensions, it is assured this thing is just as [im]mortal as the rest of us... right? Then... {beauty}[chaos] worlds are torn apart, what is... {help us}[kill us] it doing? {[YOU HAVE BEEN DETAINED, YOUR SENTENCE WILL COMMENCE AT THE END OF TIME]}

The saxophone comes out of nowhere I love it

when the sax hit i fell out of my chair

Honestly amazing song, and perfect timing for the release of risk of rain 2 dlc. I wonder if you and the games dlc are related in any way?

It is so hard to describe the effect the saxophone has on this song, it goes from this epic boss showdown track into some kind of action comedy scene, as if the boss has transitioned into something ridiculous and all the survivors can do is franticly run around and evade attacks until the saxophone stops. Love it.

Really makes you feel like you're fighting an otherworldly horror

Holy sh- I was not expecting that horn. This track....is different. Incredible.

chris i just wanted to inform you my computer bluescreened while listening to this meaning it could not handle the absolute greatness your music holds . Inferior Construct .

DAMN!!! THE UNKNOWABLE HORRORS OF THE ABYSS ARE FUNKY!!!

I hadn't listened to dream theater but I definitely hear it

Me sacrificing my god run so I can listen to the whole track: The voidling detaining me until the end of time:

I can now say, with this DLC, that I have been blasted by a laser in the face from a space crab in an eldritch dimension while listening to a saxophone solo.

Χριστός για σου από το New Jersey. And I'm just glad everything was εντάξει after that banger of a Sax solo.

I can't help but notice that only the first part of this track is looped in game? Bit of a shame, would love to hear the second and third part in there sometime

cant wait for the false son boss fight theme in seekers of the storm, where there’s a 3 minute kazoo solo in the middle.

Absolutely masterful, you’ve done a brilliant job on these tracks Chris!

I cannot tell you how much I love that this starts with mithrix theme and evolves into its own thing

What a journey this was, I got that extra 'Oomph' from this song that I needed to succeed. Thanks Chris for the astounding job you've made with these albums.

it's like that meme said: I scream into the void and the void answers with jazz

This is it. The banger to end all bangers. Chris you madman.

I opened the fridge at midnight for snacks and the music started? *The Crab has occupied my snacks* 💀

the sheer quality of the music chris puts out floors me every time, this song is amazing

chris this song literally blows my mind every single time i listen to it, thanks for blessing this earth man

Love listening to these whenever they pop up on my playlist; keep up the good work!

This soundtrack is so incredible, the saxophone solo is insane too. Every single song on this sountrack is a hit, idk how he does it every time.

I don't know how you manage to make these sound so intense even when you're not in the battle and just listening on youtube, you truly have a once in a generation talent for this stuff, absolutely incredible as always dude, thank you for everything that you do

Oh wow, this track is amazing! I didn't expect it to be so funky. I love it

After playing this game since it was in early access, hearing this music leaves the biggest grin on my face, and it just won't go away.

This song really felt like a solo fight between sax guy and guitar guy, with the sax winning it in the end. What a rollercoaster

Also very cool that sax at the middle gets so chaotic it feels like it could really be just the sounds of Voidling trying to communicate its displeasure