Echoes of the Eye Soundtrack - Travelers’ Encore 

I did not think this track could be improved, but the prisoner's singing feels like it's always been there.

I like how the prisoners theme feels disconnected from the rest of the tune, but somehow still perfectly intertwined.

To me, the addition of Solanum's piano as an alternative accompanying melody that perfectly compliments the main melody of the Travellers is symbolic of how the Nomai were your partners in reaching the Eye. The Prisoner's feels like it was a piece of the tune that was always meant to be there, supporting the main melody in the background, just like how their actions made reaching the Eye possible, however subtle or hidden.

"When my kind found the Eye and realized what it was capable of, they were terrified. It was too difficult a truth. Like a light too bright to look upon directly, it burned them. What they could not unlearn was hidden away in darkness - obfuscated, then lost. They did not want to see their story end. My kind weren’t always like this. We weren’t always so afraid. I did what I could to set things right, yet I am still of my kind, and you know now what they did. I cannot promise our fear won’t stain your mind. And so, a choice: Are you certain you want to remember me?"

It’s so fitting to that you blow out the candles for everyone, as it’s time to let go of the past and create a new future

Try not to cry 2:05 cry a lot

It sounds like the warbling of a lone owl, stained by doubt, faded by tragedy, but ever enduring. I always felt like that ever-so-faint sense of fear and uncertainty was missing from the track, and the prisoner’s addition definitely provides that feeling. What a wonderful DLC.

"I learned a lot, by the end of everything. The past is past, now, but that's... you know, that's okay! It's never really gone completely. The future is always built on the past, even if we won't get to see it. Still, it's time for something new, now." _-Riebeck_ "You cut it a little close, don't you think? Well, it worked out all right in the end, I suppose. Ahh, I hope there are beasties in the next one." _-Feldspar_ "I tell you what, this has been really fun. And I got to help make something pretty cool, so I've got no complaints. I mean, not me, exactly, but close enough. It's the kind of thing that makes you glad you stopped and smelled the pine trees along the way, you know?" _-Gabbro_ "Even if it's over now, I had a good time learning. But I think the rules are about to change." _-Chert_ "Wow... How long has it been since I got to make music with everyone around a campfire? I'm really happy we're all here." _-Esker_ "I believe we've reached the end of our journey. All that remains is to collapse all the innumerable possibilities before us. Are you ready to learn what comes next? I admire your curiosity, friend. Let's find out together." _-Solanum_ "...How beautiful. It's different than I'd envisioned. Whatever happens next, I do not think it is to be feared." _-The Prisoner_

God, the prisoner's part in the song is so melancholy it destroys me.

My dream is to one day, learn the banjo. Then, sit on a street corner and play that tune for an hour or so, once a week. The ultimate goal, would be that eventually, somebody gets it, and joins in with me. That'd be sick.

I like how they decided to make the prisioner's instrument a bit faint and sad, representing a part of the strong sense of nostalgia, fear and sadness their race seemed to carry.

Im a simple man, i hear the owl man song, i cry

To me, this entire DLC represents a side of a coin that the base game didn't explore. The Hearthians represent endless curiosity, and courage - courage to face beasties with Feldspar, courage to face your fears with Riebeck, courage to face yourself with Esker, and courage to cross time and space with Gabbro and Chert (respectively). The Nomai represent science, logic, and progress - but also hope. Hope for discovery let them persevere a botched warp, crashed escape pods, quantum trials, impossible odds to find a planet that barely exists, supernova(e), and one of them even survived a radioactive extinction event, in a way. The game is a beautiful story about hope and curiosity into accepting our deaths, and the fact that everything is temporary. Everything we do and hold dear will someday disappear, but also, it carries on in those who still live to saw it. We only pass on the torch of art and beauty. The Strangers represent how some don't like to see how their story ends. Hope and curiosity fall away into malice and secretiveness, homesickness and loneliness, and ignorance enough to almost doom the entire universe to die. But the deed of just one good person can change all of that badwill. WIthout even knowing, our prisoner passed that glowing green torch onto a species thousands of light years away, long after everything he knew had vanished. His people committed bad acts, silencing knowledge for all in the future - but even if the Eye is silenced, the universe will still end, and at the end of everything, I'll see you there, reader, and once everything is gone, maybe we'll play a song to pass this torch of art and beauty ... and of life, and sorrow, and homesickness, onto a universe with different rules and mantis people. Struggle all you want to avoid the truth but we'll all be playing this song; But for now, it seems a Stranger approaches the campfire; and I'll say he's as welcome here as anyone! Stay safe, my travelling friends. Tell me about your journey when we see each other again. :;)

Moebius devs: So we're gonna make a sci-fi space game can you give us some futuristic tune- Andrew Prahlow: Banjo Moebius: Yeah, you know, sci-fi sou- wait did you say banjo? Prahlow: Harmonica Moebius: We were thinking something a bit more space-y... Prahlow: Literally just some guy whistling slightly off-key

I lost my father 6 days ago, he saved many lives and was the best dad I could have wished for, kindest man ever. I showed him outer wilds 1 month ago and he seemed genuinely interested by it, I wish he could have given it a try. I also wish I could see him again and tell him I miss him. Stay safe everyone and enjoy time with your loved ones, present looks timeless but only after you realize how great it was and that you can never live it back.

I feel so bad for the prisoner, he waited hundreds of thousands of years, for a friend to come rescue him and ride the river out to the sunset with. Maybe one day.....

Interesting little detail, that your species parts to the song are hopeful and inspiring, while Solanum and the Prisoner’s parts are melancholy.

On their own, the individual instruments of the Travelers, Solanum, and The Prisoner sound melancholy, but together they are a heartfelt goodbye to everything. For countless loops, you persevered to find knowledge beyond your world, braved nigh-insurmountable challenges, and faced the ultimate existential dread. This is a story of unbound courage and curiosity, about overcoming the fear of impermenance and the unknown. The Prisoner's sacrifice led the Nomai to the solar system, and their persistence led to you finally completing the Eye's purpose. Outer Wilds perfectly wraps up this message with this final goodbye, one last song for the Universe, the final encore.

*_There has to be some sort of meaning in the fact that the Protagonist (The Hatchling) doesn't play an instrument like everyone else, but instead watches. I like to think that they play the role of the Observer, and that would never make sense until you've seen and done everything, giving that new, fresh perspective_*

i know its just a theremin but its so haunting and perfect for the song it makes me so emotional every time i hear it, to the point of bitter-sweet tears. you were a hero, bird man. you were a hero and you are my friend.

dude i never played the game, only watch some streamers play it, and i love it, but this part 2:04 is so hard to tank, i always feel bad for the owl, what a masterpiece!

Why must you hurt me like this Andrew?

When I reached the end, I asked just him to play, and sat and listened for several minutes to his mournful song.

Made me cry again lol. When it shows the slidereel of them going together towords the sun on the raft... 😢

The eye calls May it be evil or not We shall still follow it

Sickest quantum hotboxing session of all time

At the end of everything, all there needs to be is a group of friends, making music together

This DLC was literally all I could have asked for.

I started writing a comment and ended up basically writing an essay for 2 hours. Please help it's 2am. Feel free to read if you have literally nothing better to do I think that the Elk represent the fear of letting go that resides in all of us. The fear of giving up everything we worked so hard to build up, to achieve. The fear of losing the things or people most dear to us. The fear of delving into the unknown with no way back, and no way of knowing if we'll like what we find. So often we try to entrench ourselves in our comfort zones, refusing to leave. We'd rather change the entirety of our reality than sacrifice even the most minor detail of our own tiny, precarious slice of the world. We will do anything to avoid moving forward, because it feels safe. But both in this game and in real life, the universe just doesn't care. It's not malicious; it's not out to get us; it's just indifferent. In spite of all the fear and hatred displayed by the Elk after learning of the nature of the Eye, despite preventing, not only themselves, but the whole universe, from moving on, regardless of their efforts to literally live eternally in their nostalgia, the fact still remains; it is only by letting go of everything we know that we can grow. To resist change is utterly senseless. It might be natural, but senseless nonetheless. Each individual aspect of our lives will change until eventually it has nothing in common with it's original state. Even then, the effects, or the 'Echoes', of our past will still be felt. Letting go doesn't mean it was all for naught, but it does mean accepting that you're powerless to decide whether it will have a bearing on the future or not and living with it either way. The Elk, like we so often do, could not accept their fate. They couldn't fathom that their story could be over. They would rather live in denial of the blinding truth than accept the nature of the Eye, the universe, and life itself. If you can't see any parallels between this and your own life, then I absolutely cannot empathise because this personally hits far too close to home. I am afraid. I am afraid of my future, of the next chapter of my life. I am afraid of the chapter after that, where I will be expected to begin the rest of my life. But most of all, I am afraid of the end of my life. I worry about the impact I will have, what purpose I will have served, the legacy I will leave. I wonder what my 'Echoes' will be, if I will have any at all. This all leads me to be highly apprehensive to begin the next stage of my life. To let go of everything I have come to know and become familiar with. To begin anew, a clean slate, a new universe. But inevitably, I will do it. I will plunge headlong into the unknown. It will be terrifying and unlike anything I've ever experienced, but I will be greater for having done it. And when I die, the universe will not stop for me. Regardless of my impacts or 'Echoes', it will not acknowledge me. Like the Nomai, my name, my face, my achievements will crack and crumble over time until there is no trace of them. My very existence will be hypothetical. Even then, at the end of time, the universe will be greater having had me in it, the universe will be greater having had all of us in it. As Riebeck says, "The future is always built on the past, even if we won't get to see it". The Prisoner, to me, represents the courage we must have in order to venture into the darkness. The fact that they are punished so harshly and cruelly shows just how difficult it is to make the leap, to go against our fear and abandon what we know. It's not easy, in fact it's exceedingly difficult, but we, like the Prisoner, must have the strength to do what is right. The Prisoner is left forlorn and guilty, as evidenced by their interactions in the final scene. They feel shame for not only themselves, but their people as a whole for allowing things to get the point they did. They feel guilty for the actions of their species, they question if the damage they did could ever be forgiven, if the sins of their kind have tarnished them, too. Their instrument adds a mournful wail to the final song, a lamentation that acts as an epilogue to the events of the game. They, of all people, accept that they must move on and allow the universe to die, but even still, they are pained to do so. It is imperative to realise that just because embracing change in all it's forms is necessary and logical, it doesn't make leaving things behind any less heart wrenching. If, in the end, we can just let go of our fear, if we can simply enjoy each moment for what it is, if we can accept importance of letting go, then the end of the universe won't be frightening, it will be beautiful. And even though we will be long gone, the memory of us long forgotten, nothing more than 'Echoes', I think that our essence will be there to witness the death of the known and the birth of the unknown, and help the universe shape something spectacular. "Whatever happens next, I do not think it is to be feared." ~ The Prisoner

I never played the game, so I don't know the full context. But just, this song. I've searched for it everywhere when I heard a friend of mine humming it, and it makes me smile everytime. It's as if it's the perfect ending, where everyone comes in, joins in, and slowly departs same order. I love it.

Prisoner: Are you sure you want to remember me? Hearthian: Hell yeah bring your antlery ass over here you magnificent owl boi!

More reasons for this game's music to make me cry, not because its that good, but because it has a story, that I got to find myself.

I wish there was a way to mix and match the different instruments to see what they sound like without having to go into the game and reach the end every time... Like a "campfire" option in the menu for anyone who finished the game that just lets you hang around a campfire with all the travelers you've already met and play around with their instruments, maybe even a few that have retired by the game's start like Gossan.

It's going to take a long time before i can hear this and not cry... The new instrument with the context of the DLC makes the music much more melancholic.

(EotE ending spoilers) When you try to use the signalscope on the Prisoner's instrument, it makes weird sounds, I wonder if it's because it's like a Theremin so maybe the signalscope can't pick it up

Spoilers: Realizing the prisoner is the only reason the eye of the universe was found really adds to the tragedy of him. Locked up for over 280,000 years all because he wasn't afraid and with the thought of what he did being for nothing. Then you freed him and he realized what he'd done might have actually made an impact. Because of the courage of one owlk standing against his own tribe, his seemingly insignificant act of defiance... saved the universe. Face your fears don't run from them that's what I like to think Echoes of the eye is about.

I'm actually in tears with how much I love this game and how this music is so emotionally overwhelming in a good way.

The prisoner´s instrument sounds so melancholic, so lonely, just waiting for someone to find its beautiful sound...

This song makes me cry so much. I love this game... Never fails to bring me to tears. Genuine art. Would do anything to play it again for the first time

And now i feel like the strangers, as they were forced to watch again and again pictures of their old world in sadness to remember it, im forced to listen to this OST to remember this awesome game that i would never experience for the first time again.

I'm a little sad by the suddenness of the end of the song, but it still never fails to bring a tear to my eye. This game is in my top 5 of all time and I never even played it, just watched others do so. What a magical thing it is.

"But above all else, there is one thing you need to know. From one maker of music to another, across all worlds, all times, no matter what you do or what you become: You are nothing less than beautiful."

If there's one thing I absolutely love about the DLC, is that it fits perfectly with the base game. As if it was always there, like they said it would be. During this last scene before the DLC came out, you can actually see that there's room for 1 more person around the campfire.

i like that banjo starts at the very first place and keeps going until the very last, like a captain in the ship

Sometimes I would like to go with my friends to a convention dressed as travelers, so when we split up, we could always find each other with the sound of our instruments.

I am in one of the toughest phases of my life right now, and this reminds me that is not that bad. The world could end right now and I would be smiling. This is how beautiful life is. Thank you, Outer Wilds, for keeping my heads up. Even in the toughests times. The end is an opportunity for a new beginning.

0:00 banjo 0:21 harmonica 0:42 bass flute thing 1:02 percussion 1:23 whistle 1:44 piano 2:05 theremin

(Spoilers) Wait, that voice that joins in around 2:04, is that our new friend's contribution to the song?

my god this soundtrack. andrew prahlow is a genius

Years after beating the base game, friends old and new, we joined again around the bonfire for the dlc. Our theme changed and so did we, but something will remain the same no matter how much time passes and how far we travel. Kinda poetic if you ask me.

of all the songs to sing the universe to sleep... you'll never feel so sad while smiling so much. You'll never notice how much something is missing till an instrument is gone. its one last crescendo into an uncaring universe a shout into the long and silent dark that you were here and it doesn't matter that you wont be soon. You Lived, you Loved, you were Loved, and you made some great friends, You Sang songs into the vast darkness for no other reason than you could, and that it made you and those around this fire happy. it doesnt matter if nothing is after this, or if everything is after this, because this was Real this happened, and Nothing Not an exploding sun not the heat death of the universe can ever undo that fact. in the end nothing will be remembered not the song around the fire not the sun exploding but it all happened and thats enough.

This game will stick with me forever and when I dream of home ill also dream of the wilds

Just finished the game again with the new friend and even though I'd seen the ending before I wept through the whole credits sequence. Something about the new instrument just hit me like a bag of emotionally charged bricks. I came to listen a little more but I clearly haven't had enough time to process cause the *millisecond* the new instrument came in I broke down again. I'll have to come back a little later. Jeez Andrew you can't keep doing this to me.

When I first played this game back in 2019, years after hearing about it during it's early 2013 phase, I was blown away by what it became. Fast forward to now, having beat the DLC a few days ago, I once again have the same feeling that I once had after completing this game for the first time. I absolutely love the story Mobius provided us, I can't wait for my mind to be blown again by them :)

The most beautiful piece of videogame soundtracks ever. God I would give anything to just play this game for the first time. I kinda ruined it for myself by watching streamers and youtubers play the game instead of going at it myself...

I have this song saved for whenever I want to have a crying session. Playing the ending for the second time with the added dlc made me sob more than the first! They really perfected this game beyond the perfection that the base game was. Truly astounding.

If all the instruments represented a creature type from earth I think it would be like this, Banjo = mammals Harmonica = insects Flute = fungus Drums = reptiles Vocal chords = plants Piano = sea creatures Theremin = birds

spoilers when i was about to do the ending of the game, (the normal new universe ending with the bigbang thing) I gathered everyone to the campfire including the Prisoner. I talked to the prisoner and after that they asked "Are you certain you want to remember me?" then I chose the "Your journey is over. You did well." , then I approached Solanum to start the piano part before everyone else, but then I looked back on the tree where the Prisoner was and they aren't there (he straight up disappeared), then I felt bad for the prisoner because he was so excited to join us in the band or the song and ended up not joining cause I felt like I said the wrong thing . I felt so bad I had to force close the game and do start the ending again because I thought the prisoner felt like they don't belong to be with us cause he is different than us the Hearthians. And with that he wasn't able to join in the song, but since i resetted the game and did the thing, I chose the first one and I can really tell he was excited.

i don't want it to end... this hurts so bad

The way you collect the prisoners instrument is really well done and creative. I’d recommend, if you get the chance, only playing solanum and the prisoner together. They fit very well

I play this song a lot, I played it when my cat passed away, played it when a story I had loved writing ended, played it when marching band ended, it’s a song I’m pretty sure means an end is approaching. An that’s ok

My boyfriend says that this song reminds him of me. This is what he said: It's each part getting added on, I like to imagine each part of the song being added to be a conversation between us, and how we grew closer and closer. I know it's weird, I just think weird Brought a tear to my eye

Even months later, can't stop from crying a bit once all the parts are playing.

I'm very glad Echoes of the Eye was a DLC and not just part of the main game. That made me appreciated it so much more. Every day was one day closer to Echoes of the Eye. It was worth the wait.

A Story that Has no Beginning but also no end...

The addition of the prisoner into this track hit me like nothing else. Feels like he was always meant to be there. And more than that, he represents something i felt needed to be explored in the base game. Its ok to be a little afraid, unsure, and sad. Its ok to mourn the end. And only through that can some find acceptance. The sombre, mournful and heart-wrenching melody just weaving its way through this joyful, hopeful song made it feel so much more human and real to me.

The Traveler's part in this song is a perfect metaphor for this DLC. It didn't feel missing from the base game, but once you play it it feels like it's always been there.

The base game gave me the big sad. The DLC gave me the even bigger sad. I am sad.

Solanum's melody coming in as a counter-melody before the Prisoner's always gets the waterworks going, then I break apart quicker than the Dam does on the Stranger.

This game is amazing. Just hearing this brings back memories.

while Solanum's piano sounds like something added in that stands out yet still goes along with the song, the prisoner's instrument sounds like something that was always there. kinda how nomai architecture stands out on the surface of every planet it is built on, while the stranger is something that blends in (thanks to the cloaking field of course but still)

As if the game couldn't make me cry even more than I already do at the end.

This has soul

if somebody asked me to cry on command I'd probably just need to listen to this, both the main game and the DLC hit like a gut punch when you finish them, it's like the conclusion to a perfect adventure that you don't want to end so soon.

juro por Deus, eu acompanho esse jogo há muito tempo, ele NUNCA e NUNCA deixou de ser meu jogo favorito e nem vai deixar. sério, pode não parecer, mas ele marcou boa parte da minha vida, sempre me alegra assistir gameplays dele e até jogar ele, eu fico muito feliz mesmo só de ouvir algo sobre outer wilds, é tipo meu hiperfoco, além da história ser linda e ter trilhas sonoras impecáveis... eu sou tão apaixonado por esse jogo.

Everyone present at this moment had their time cut short by cruel and unforeseeable circumstances... except the Prisoner. Their journey was brought to and end by the cowardice of their own people. :/

I wish there was a version that was a mix of this and travelers. All the instruments come in one at a time until they all disappear into an ethereal soundscape only for the lone banjo slowly fade back in.

Each new instrument joins the jam 22 seconds after the last.

I love this version so much

What I love most about this song, is the feeling the choice in instruments invoke. They could've made it out pf synthetic electronic instruments to phone in the sci fi feel, but they went with more traditional instruments like the banjo and drums. These intruments feel, at least to me, more organic.... the Sci Fi synths are more something born of the stars and the age of space travel, but these instruments harken back to your origin, your home. The song then becomes a piece of your home, to carry with you to the end like the memories it reminds you.

I absolutely love the extra instrument it sounds so beautiful

When the Prisoner's part starts I never fail to get emotional

I used this song in a school assignment for my music teacher who for no other reason then he needed something for the end of the year decided to do it on soundtrack and sound effects in film, I got him to allow me to use video game soundtracks

"I'm glad you remembered me."

Listening to this after finishing the DLC made realize that in this part of the story we don't only explore horror as players, but also we get to understand fear from the Strangers. At first they scare us, then we realize they are afraid, too. It fits so well and for some reason it makes me a little bit sad.

i always cry, impossible to resist

sometimes i just put this on to have a good cry. you can really hear the cries of the prisoners entire race in their melody. what a wonderful piece of art, truly my all time favorite game

Why do I cry every time? I am not even hurt.

Those first three notes, man. That's all it takes.

There was a quote commented by Noah Zuckman on the original Reprise video, later quoted by Blammbek on the 14.3 Billion Years x Reprise video that I'd like to quote here, though I'd like to modify it a bit: "I hope you may find bravery like Feldspar; bravery to break new ground and do what others won't. I hope you may find peace like Esker; peace to be with yourself, because sometimes you're all you really have. I hope you may find curiosity like Chert; curiosity to learn about the universe, even if it means discovering uncomfortable truths. I hope you may find passion like Riebeck; passion that lets you overcome even your greatest of fears. I hope you may find time to stop and smell the pine trees like Gabbro; time to take everything in, and simply be. Most of all, I hope you may seek out and understand whatever it is you might be searching for in the universe like the Nomai And this is my own personal tidbit: "I hope you learn to be like the Prisoner, and realize it's ok to grieve for what is lost. To realize that because you hurt, that the love you felt was real" The universe can feel very scary, hopeless, and overwhelming at times - we're always dealing with something that feels like the end of everything. But it also comes with an infinite promise of beauty and wonder, and I hope that promise can help you overcome whatever challenges you may face. I look forward to seeing you at the end of the universe. Don't be a stranger when you see me."

Through all my life, different experiences joined the song of my existence. All brought something new and made the journey of my life more and more complete. And just as with the original song, I did not know that it was missing something, to get it all, to finally truelly be myself and aware of my existence. The missing part was suffering, the maddening sadness, the feel of loss, the betrayal, when I lost the love of life. It was needed to complete the song of my human existence and to finally understand it, that suffering and pain are part of the journey and the loss of everything is something to be expected. One should never be afraid to encounter the pain or loss, because running from it will rob you from a chance to have a full life and to be grateful when things lasts, without the shadow of fear that they will end. Dont let fear to consume your mind and corrupt the things you cherish. You can enjoy your life to the fullest only when you accept that suffering and loss are a part of yours lifes song and it is as beautiful as the rest of it, making it a whole and letting you experience new things through constant changes. If you read this, have a wonderful journey, traveler. It is sure as hell worth the trouble

Merci Antoine Daniel de m'avoir fait connaitre ce jeu extraordinaire

It's okay friend. Sometimes you can't save the day.

This masterpiece of a game is still sitting in my library, waiting for me to experience it for the first time. I bought the game and dlc just because the music touched my soul that much. But, like most things in my life, I just can't see a reason to even start. Love, career, family, entertainment, it all seems so blank to me. Trying hard only leads to greater pain when I inevitably fail. I already know I would get so frustrated with this masterpiece, either give up, and look up a walkthrough and never get to experience this game as it was meant to be. No matter what, I feel like I'm born to fail. Never to overcome. Reading these comments quiets those thoughts, but only until the song ends. I feel empty, and I know completing such a unique game would only leave me feeling emptier when it's over.

Now I can't listen to traveler's without the prisoner :')

The sound of the prisoner at the end is the sound of him bowing my individual heart strings

it's always fun, comin back to this song from time to time n really *feeling* it n bein in the moment. like the dlc that adds it, the therolin (theremin violin, jus made that up) doesn't feel like it was missing from the original song, but still feels like it was always meant to be there, if that makes any sense. the story of outer wilds wasn't incomplete before they released the dlc, but in hindsight it feels impossible to imagine outer wilds without it, like it'd always been there. because of course there's this part of the story, why wouldn't this be part of the story?

So relaxing !

oh wow. unexpected shivers

I tried using the Signalscope on Ember Twin after travelling to The Eye for the first time. Every planet aligned, realizing that every traveler are on sync with their instrument. I teared up during my Discord stream and I had to mute up lol I fucking love this game