Darkest Dungeon II OST - "The Inn" (2023) HQ Official 

I hope you enjoy this piece from Darkest Dungeon II. Leave a comment and let me know what country you're listening from.

Slowly, gently, this is how a great soundtrack is released.

the highwayman just looks so done with everything can't blame him

" A little hope, however desperate, is never without the worth. "

I had played the game for barely 1 hour and I was already subconciously whistling the music. Thank you for this mister Stuart

I like how every character has now an unique attitude. The plague doctor is just lost on it's own thoughts.. The grave rober is already used to this.. to the death and the bloodshed.. Dismas is just dealing with all over again.. preparing himself to endure another dying friend The man-at-arms is that old warrior, resting his body as he knows the combat would be brutal

*"A moment of respite. A chance to steel oneself against the coming horrors."* Everyone knows the best way to clear your mind from the eldritch horrors is with a warm meal and a mug of ale.

Oh look, more music for my D&D campaigns. Stuart, you've done the world a service today. Thank you 💜

1 year left to get to play this game. (No PC, planning to build one) 4:04 this melody... this melody...

That riff at 4:04 is a critical stress heal

Stuart. With this the Inn feels more like a place haunted by the heroes that have come and gone in the service of the player. The Inn feels less like a place of respite and rest and much more like a gate to the afterlife, like it's the last place so many heroes drank their last before setting off on the expedition that would take their life. So many have left this place and not come back, certainly it is only a matter of time before your last visit to the inn arrives. Your work has always communicated the themes of the game so well but you nailed it here, making me see an Inn a way I've never imagined before.

Hmm, how to describe it? It has both a feeling of respite, but also this bleak "How long do we have to do this, until finally something changes?" feeling to it. The last part especially sounds like the local church quoir is singing to encourage. I think saying that this is a great piece of music is both superfluous at this point and a massive understatement. Waiting in Germany until 1 a.m. in the morning is definitely worth it. Hope i can still sleep and are not humming the melody in my head all night.^^

I can't tell if the characters are actually moving in their idle animation or if my brain's just filling it in because now I expect them to move so fluidly. Either way, this is a great theme that conveys the sense of temporary hospitality that's much welcome in a ruined world. And the main theme being in it is just epic.

What I really like about this piece how it runs parallel to the campfire theme from DD1. I love how it emanates a pervasive sense of weariness, fatigue and gloom in lieu of the sweet and delicate peace of a campfire.This thick atmosphere where the proverbial walls creeping in ever closer and closer as the light threatens to dim at this dilapidated shoddy inn

This song, feels like coming home on 2017. I was poor, my girlfriend was sick, my job was soul destroying and when I got through that door the damage stayed as I crumbled into my chair.

These soundtracks are such a huge part of the games immersion. They really make you want to keep playing more. Cannot wait for the full release!

Beautiful theme. It sounds romantic, nostalgic, wistful, sad, and hopeful at the same time.

Brings tears to my eyes for some reason. The feeling of world coming to an end. Flawed human beings gather what strength and hope is left within them to fend off the devouring evil that spreads relentlessly across the land.

This is honestly one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. I can't stop listening to it. And I'm not ashamed to say it brings me to tears. 10/10 mate.

You’re an absolutely amazing composer! The amount of atmosphere, world-building, and concept you are able to design and weave into your songs is truly astonishing.

still my favorite piece from dd2... the atmosphere is just soooo gooood, i listen to this very often. i personally practically consider this to be "dd2's theme".

Woah. Not going to lie, so far your pieces have really stepped it up from great in DD to amazing in DD2. This still has that vibe of a long-awaited yet transient downtime of A Brief Respite, but is much more complex, intricate and emotional. Really amazing thing you've made here.

We're all like Dismas while listening this meanwhile Stuart would be like Barristan

Circle in the dark. The battle may yet be won.

"A moment of clarity in the eye of the storm...." -The Ancestor

This track oozes Lovecraftian ambience with even a hint of witcher with the strings. I feel like for these characters, it’s but a small but uncertain respite from the horrors of the road. I can’t wait to get this game

This one is fantastic. Very somber and wistful. Perfect complement to A Brief Respite from DD1. You can feel the tension and weariness of the adventurers as they steel themselves for the gauntlet ahead, doom gnawing at their nerves.

Ever since I heard this game would have a more "hopeful" yet still desperate tone, I was eager to hear how you would cover this feeling in the soundtrack, and I gotta say, you did a damn good job at it. Keep it going man.

ah yes i always like the Hamlet from the first game, now this, a perfectly music for an inn, it soothing me for all the chaotic mess that i've been through in the dungeon makes it so much worth it

Can't wait to hear this Stuart. The main theme was fantastic

If I could only see what goes through a composer`s mind in the process of creating a piece like this... It has always puzzled me - what happens in between the silent moment he grabs a blank sheet of music paper and the moment when the music invades the minds of the audience... Although you too could never peek into our minds and see how your music makes us feel the first time we collide with, at least I hope you get our word for it, Mr. Chatwood! Thank you for the wonderful experience!

What I feel about this : "This is the music that I want to hear when I've reached my home after tiring work, and cold rain, sitting on a couch near the fireplace, but realizing that I have to do work again, probably until the end of my life"

Huddled together around the hearth, relationships strained to the breaking point, do well to collect yourself here. A spark without kindling is a flame without hope.

So characteristically "Darkest Dungeon"... So hopeful... Yet another fantastic track. Thank you!!

Oh god this is so amazing. You feels so much the sad nostalgia of a crumbled inn in the middle of atrocities, just a glint of respite between the abomination, treason and helplessness. That feeling when you've traveled through the cities eaten by fire fanaticism, finally arrived at the inn, just play some card game to forget the uneasy companionship. Feels so deeply "hot and cold", bittersweet like nostalgia. Amazing work, the game is so promising for an early access I am in love, been waiting this since so long!

Every time i have got some vibes from resident evil series music in safe room. Well done!

Another piece from the genius composer awaits us, rejoice!

Excellent theme remind me of Gaunter o' Dimm Theme from the witcher series , hats off to you sir

Sitting here in Sweden listening inside the house in +22°C on your amazing Soundtrack for Darkest Dungeon II. You have masterly putting tone, tempo and music to "Deal with the hand you have been given no matter how bad" is such a fantastic way. The Winding Vally music is so hitting me so much on the emotional level. Just got the notion that im in my later years have started to get "allergic" to being exposed to the direct sunlight for just some minutes. Sun finaly shines on my part of the world and i can only go out in it while fully dressed. The Sadness in the tune, but faint hope in it is just how i feel atm. It could have been so much better but also alot worse.

Gameplay 10/10 Narration 10/10 Music 11/10

Damn, this is good. Much more "epic" than the Hamlet theme, as if the stakes are even higher now, but so are the chances of success.

Ever since the early access launch I've been hoping you'd post more of your amazing work. I've been looking forward to it!

highwayman : "how can i pay my bills "

1:18 ooooo that string gives me Witcher-like shivers

"Lower your guard, soften your gaze, it is safe here."

your work is amazing!!! 🤩 anxiously waiting here in Brazil🤯🤯🇧🇷

I've heard a lot more tracks from the game itself, and I must say, they are pure aural eargasms, pure bliss. Combined with the Wayne June's narration, your intro track set the atmosphere so well in depicting determination in the face of gloom and despair

The one dislike is from a game journalist that lost all heroes in the tutorial.

I bought the game a few hours ago, and beated it in my first journey, your music inspired me and my characters, i will wait for new chapters to release, and carry that Glimmer of Hope onward with your masterpieces Mr. Stuart. Thank you, your music is in our hearts and minds.

I absolute admire how masterfully this soundtrack paints the athmosphere of the moment. Even in this short period of respite from the madness outside of these walls, there is no true peace of mind. The melancholy reminds you of the horrifyingly tragic transformation the world we knew has undergone, and it might never return back to the old times, and the slight undertone of uncanny portrays the feeling of dread that sooner or later, we have to return to this hellscape perfectly. As it managed to make me tear up, I can easily call it one of my all-time favorite videogame music pieces. Chef's kiss from Belgium, absolutely pristine!

Oh dude... Cant wait! Greetings from me and my wife from Poland.

This sounds like if the characters are losing hope but still clinging to what is left, like if they are unsure if they can save the world but still forcing themselves to keep on going, thats the feeling i get from this piece.

Im so happy you did the music for the second game

The soundtrack's you create are amazing. The sadness and tragedy, and the hope behind some of them. Greetings from Portugal!

Can already tell I’m gonna love this soundtrack as much as I lived the first game’s one. Do wonder when this’ll be out on Spotify so I can add every track to my playlist.

Beats to chill/vibe/regret the failures of your past too

With how Highwayman has his head slumped over like that I think he still quietly mourns Reynauld even if his stress is zero

honestly it feels really good listening to those tracks out of the game, to properly apreciate them, they go so well with the rythm of the game. its like it is making one with it and you just apreciate it all as one piece of art, but that music could tell the story on itself. amazingest of works

One of vidya production's biggest rules: if your save room / safe area / save screen theme cannot be made into a 10-hour extended version, you have failed as a composer. This one obviously passes that test.

genuinely, the thing i was most excited about when i heard about darkest dungeon 2 was that we'd get more incredible tracks from you listening to this from india :)

What a perfect emotion this track brings out, it enriches the inn so much. I take my sweet time in here because for me, just like the heroes, this is my only time to really close my eyes and just take it all in. What a great piece.

Stuart, you’ve outdone yourself once again, you magnificent composer.

The melody at 1:18 really reminds me of a portion of Gaunter O'Dimm's theme from the Witcher 3... Fantastic soundtrack.

Once again absolutely stunning, the world has another masterpiece of storytelling in game and music in its midst. You guys knocked it out of the park with this one, and it wouldn't be the same without your score. Thanks from all of us

Oof. Definitely going to be writing my thesis to this. The field hospital is also one of my favourites thus far; I've just sat there idling while it goes.

Truly - wouldn't be a Darkest game without you

The subtle accordion is perfect.

this soundtrack is so good that my ADHD decided i should play it the entire time in my head. this is the greatest compliment i can give haha edit: also, greetings from Brazil!

Another masterpice. Apocalyptic with small amount of hope. I can hear a little atmosphere from witcher 3. I love how its change it have that illusion wich make it darker and darker and then hope and again darker darker and hope. Nice job i have all your work on my playlist keep it up !

I need an hour version of this in my life. also please play this on my funeral

I am glad to see you back for the sequel. Always loved your tracks

This is my favorite soundtrack in the series. Unlike Hamlet, The Inn is the melody which tries to calm you with warmth and comfort while inevitably exposes this mad world's melancholy and anxiety lurk beneath. This is the perfect music to play when you bring a solitary torch for an expedition to save humanity in a cold, mad world.

Not a day goes by where this doesn't play in my head since I picked up the game at launch. Phenomenal work conveying so many emotions in an instrumental piece.

It's always so tempting to stay at the inn for just a little while longer to keep hearing this.

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I have no idea how it happened, but I realised that somehow, in a twisted sense, a turn to major in this melody is not a resolution. Mechanically it is, but due to all the minute details (like keeping the melody oh the dominant instead of moving to the tonic) it doesn't _feel_ right to end there. Despite whatever gain we might find, the solace is not staying with us. Even in these walls, the darkness holds dominion.

France dude, I don't think it would be good to listen this sound when you're sad. What a masterpiece of feelings !

Shout out from Portugal! A Brilliant confluence of melody and rhythm !

Stuart, this is magnificent as always. Listening from Russia, love your work since prince of persia, keep up keeping up!

I'm from Russia. The atmosphere that your music creates, is just incredible! Thank you for your work.

Darkest Dungeon II is even darker and more haunting than the original, and the music really keeps me wanting to play more.

I love everything I heard from Darkest Dungeon 2 OST so far

Easily one of my favorite tracks across both games. It sets the mood and atmosphere perfectly. I could feel myself getting pulled once more into the game world as the track played. Incredible work Stuart.

Feels like an advent calendar getting these one at a time. Christmas came early this year!

after months it came back to me this and the main theme have the same kind of leitmotiv as some of the beginning of terror and madness

Thanks a lot for your work, this song is really awesome ! From France, with love

All the music is amazing, a huge leap from its predecessor. I can't wait for the next soundtrack.

Please get this ost out of my head. It has held me hostage since release of early access

Surely our heroes could use something better than chairs to rest?

From Mexico, just wanted to say you freaking kill it with every single song, not much to say, amazing job

"Great heroes can be found even here, in the mud and rain."

Hell, It's about time.

I'm from Turkey, and I love your work, man. You and Wayne June are the soul of this game.

Enjoying it from Norway!

Some Witcher 3 vibes with that string instrument, really fucking good.

Yet another banger from one of the best composers I've heard for a game

I finally got the game on steam and by God the inn theme is so good to listen to. Had to go back to the store page and buy the soundtrack

Mr Chatwood, it seems like the game has made some changes to its core theme. And the music has evolved alongside it. It's great listening to it! Love your work!

Mr. chatwood you've done it again. Thats all I can say.

Amazing soundtrack, as always. also I have to say, DD2 has even more epic wallpaper materials than the first game, kudos to Red Hook!