This actually does a better job of portraying the weight and reality of what has happened to the world in game better than the game ever does. Between constantly searching for better gear, exploring vaults, trying to survive and helping another GOD DAMN SETTLEMENT, it's easy to forget just how much the world was devastated, and the importance of holding onto hope and learning from the past for a better future.
The best story I read that portrayed this in such a strong way was the book of Metro 2033. When Artyom sees for the first time the vastness of the world and can't even comprehend how it worked, imaging planes as if they were some godly machines. It hit so hard to think that there is so much to lose.
Okay, this is some serious talent hiding behind those lyrics and voice. I've never seen the Commonwealth this way : a wasted world, another proof of human's most powerful light and darkness. And goddammit, that's huge. Thank you, seriously.
deray bell I remember one time an outpost got raided and the kid living there was gone. Instead of thinking "Holy shit, a kid died? That's horrible!" I thought "That raider is lucky. I wish I could've put an end to that shitbag ankle-biter."
I like the other Fallout songs, but this one is definitely the best. This one is on a completely different level. It captures the spirit of the whole franchise so well. Basically, this song is Fallout.
Somehow, you made a song that sounds emptied of glory, yet still full of life. I don't know how, but you have perfectly emulated the setting of Fallout.
Hope y'all enjoy the first song of 2016 :) It'll be on Itunes in 3-4 days! Don't forget my 2015 collection Level 6 is on sale now on Itunes, Bandcamp, Amazon etc: miracleofsound.bandcamp.com/ Thanks for all the support in 2015, big luv
you don't have to hope for us to enjoy it, you know we will (that's why we're subscribed to you afterall) also: keep up this bloody amazing work. greetings from Germany Gav
Once again another wonderfully crafted song and video. Not gonna lie, the lyrical callback to Beauty Bleak had me vibrating in my chair! Here's to a great 2016 for Miracle of Sound!
Sometimes it's the worst moments in life that sees me back here. Strangely, that's when I really see; these songs are about more than gaming. You draw us in with your fancy thumbnails relating to this franchise or that game title, and instead teach us the ways of faith, perseverance, and hope in one's self. You're musics strangely relatable, and catchy enough for nearly anyone to remember it's lyrics--lyrics that'll keep resurfacing through thick and thin. Hope is something that people truly need, and this is one of its purest forms of delivery. Thanks for sharing. ~
Re-watching this video reminds me that even though Bethesda may not have made the greatest quests or the most branching speech trees in this game, they crafted one heck of a world. Makes me want to get back out there and explore more of the Commonwealth.
In some ways, Fallout 4 is perhaps the most hopeful. This is is the first fallout game in full color, it has people actively building things up, and while the settlement system may have disappointed/frustrated people, you are actively building things up. You are building up a future. Your wanderings can be invested into homes and towns.
Nah id be out west despite all of its wars I'd take taxes in some ncr city with running water and electricity rather than the slums in the commonwealth
Honestly it has a hubris of humanity issue and shows that throughout the game. The most human person is nick, a fake human, who would stand by your side till you died most likely.
I'm sorry did you miss how in like two generations the ncr had electricity, gold currency, anti slavery laws, and everyone's biggest issues were fresh eggs, burgers, and tin siding?
bethesda just screwed up massively with the dates, should have been like 70 or 80 years after during a massive minutemen collapse vs gunner invasion and institute sabotage
See, the thing Bethesda brought to Fallout, that I don't feel in the older games, is a sense of atmosphere and wonder. This song perfectly captures that feeling. Great work Gavin.
+Sauron The Dark Lord Now i haven't played the new Fallout, but if a dark "you're doomed" post-apocalypse atmosphere is what you want, I strongly recommend Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas (and 4, I guess,) had a sense of beauty and wonder. The soundtrack helped, being almost mystical and ethereal. The originals do not have this vibe - a bit of a mythological vibe, maybe, but it doesn't have the "beauty of the dying world" feeling.
Jesus, I've never seen Fallout this way. So emotional. So perfect. I've been a fan of the franchise for so long now, and it astonishes me I've never really seen fallout the way this guy portrays it, truly beautiful and terrifying. Fucking amazing, an enchanting song. "And ever and on we go, never to learn or grow. I guess somethings never change. We fall, we fall again."
After hearing your voice on jimquisition for the past 6 months I finally checked out your music, was not expecting this at all, genuinely moved and emotionally affected by this song, you have a new fan, amazing
This song ages like fine wine. Every year it feels more prescient. Every news cycle feels like another step toward this cautionary tale becoming reality.
Agreed, albeit, we are trying to wean off of fossil fuels, which was one of the main reasons for the resource wars, which preceded the sino-american war and the great war
@@virmirfan Trying, yes. Thing is, all that I see happening is trading one contested resource (petroleum) for another. (Whatever goes into electric power storage systems.) Thus ending up right back at square one. Maybe even square zero if we are careless.
@@thomasbernier2489 True, but as long as we keep developing renewable energy, we as a species can hopefully avoid the nuclear exchange, unless North and South Korea have open war again.
@@virmirfan Or any one of the other powder keg areas doesn't go up like a roman candle. We can hope. We can cultivate understanding between peoples as best we can. Renewables are a step in the right direction, but I doubt they are enough alone. No one wins in a nuclear exchange. It is said that in such an event, the living will envy the dead.
+Will M It's a common trend in his songs, you can also hear it in most of his AC songs, the Far Cry songs, the GTA songs and probably a few more I don't remember.
This is an excellent song about the wasteland. It makes me really want a Fallout spin off game that's not about exploring the wasteland and killing everything that moves, but one about rebuilding civilization, promoting peace and healing the world. Why are so many people hellbent on ruling the wasteland when they should be putting things right? We need a game about that; a group of people hellbent on fixing the world, or at least improving it.
Yeah, but I'm talking about an entire game built around that concept. Think something like Civ 5 but around rebuilding the wasteland. It'd just be a spin off game, but it could be fun.
+David S. (Fallenangel700) Because Chris Avellone, that's why. He's been on record as saying that he hates anything that might push the setting beyond a static "Post-Apocalyptic Survival amongst the Ruins" setting, and has even been noted as saying that he wishes he could utterly destroy the NCR, to send everything back to that state of stasis.
+David S. (Fallenangel700) well, in like seven years (or longer as i'm shit at estimating project times especially with mutiple ones in the works) You can look for a game called Ombrophobia. I plan to make a game like fallout but, as you suggested, about rebuilding. Of course there's combat, even in a perfect apocalypse you've got to defend yourself. and one of the three main story lines is based around rebuilding rather than revenge. (sorry about the advertising for something so far off, its just i'm really excited to share my ideas)
One of the saddest aspects of the Fallout Earth, and the USA of that universe, is just how close they were to not reaching critical mass of nuclear war. With the advent of miniaturized nuclear fusion (2066), the Big MT Sierra Madre matter replicators, energy physics and robotics, the Fallout setting was right on the edge of avoiding the Resource Wars and the Great War, and instead entering into an era of "raygun gothic" space colonization, similar to what the Enclave had planned. Corruption on all sides led to the Great War in Fallout, and by the time the solution was discovered, in 2066, to end resource conflict, the Great War was nearing inevitable M.A.D. Although it seems to be unpopular to Fallout fans, the Institute has the best potential to rebuild the world under the leadership of the Director, as they are not fixated on the Old World, but using their technology to move forward.
Between the Instatute and Enclave they both have the best opportunity of rebuilding the US waste. The only problem that the Enclave has is its leadership, though the Instatute may circumvent this issue they aren't used to working at such a scale and have a huge hill to climb
I know this is a little late but that’s why I like the NCR, yeah it’s holding onto old ways and it’s turning imperialistic. But they try, they really do, yeah the corruption and how thin they spread themselves is a problem but I love them so much because I can tell, deep down, they want things to be better. They’re like the flawed hero of the factions IMO.
@@jadenlawrence1934 The enclave have only made the wasteland worse. The Brotherhood of Steel has its flaws but offers a far better Chance to reclaim what was lost than the Enclave ever will.
This one goes up to eleven! I love the songs that tie thematically to older songs. This one to Beauty Bleak, but the Little Sister/ Dream of the Sky/Goodbye -trilogy are also masterpieces enhanced by each other. Great work!
Someday, i will write an essay on the themes and musical theories interwoven in the callbacks and reinterpretations without jeopardizing the uniqueness of each song on its own in the bioshock trilogy. I look forward to him doing it again.
The beginning of the song immediately made me think of Beauty Bleak, and then the callback just gave me all the chills. Excellent work as usual, Gavin!
Humanity is meant to fall because we lack the wings to soar. So we survive the fall, we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and try to climb again. Until one day when we fall we can spread our wings and fly.
@Fierce Wendigo Only Cowards and fools refuse to climb and fall, in the end waiting for death to send us to the heavens brings nothing but stagnation and ignorance.
It's weird, those fly-through shots do a better job of showcasing the world than the game does itself. Like, when you're walking around, the game is focusing you on the space directly in front of you and below you looking for junk or enemies; you rarely get a sense for how the world is laid out. This captures both the 'physical' composition of Fallout's world and the kind of feeling they were going for, the whole 'pushing through despite everything in a dead world barely holding itself together' vibe. Very nice
+Jack Yes! It was actually only when I went into free cam mode and got more vertical that I noticed some of the really clever details in how the world is built - for example the shattered highway behind the crashed jet, or the way buildings lean away from the glowing sea in the direction of the blast
+miracleofsound Speaking of the crater....did you notice how the explosion appears farther to the left (visually speaking) than the actual bomb crater's location?
+Jack and doing a pretty bad job at pushing through. with the state of the wasteland, in 100 years it all would've been habitable again, but i guess you already know taht
Gavin, you are absolutely amazing. i love all of your music and i often just listen to some of your songs on repeat over and over and over again. I just want you to know how awesome you are and keep up the awesome work on these amazing songs. :)
A slow, whimsical start to what I can only describe as Beauty Bleak v2.0, with a rythm and motif very Fallout-esque (the general feel, not the actual gameplay). You outdid yourself again, Gav... you really did. Those lyrics... damn, I´ve had the shittiest of weeks, my stomach churning and heart feeling like its going to burst... and then I hear "And ever and on we go" and "I guess some things never change", along with "We fall, we fall again"... those hit hard, really hard. I guess I hadnt really prepared for them. But along came Beauty Bleak, and I couldnt help sing along as I cried the best sad tears I´ve probably had in years... and those tears only dared come out with this magnificent song. So... thanks, Gav. I really mean it... thanks for everything.
+Crazy Spanish Guy That's how I'd describe it. I was getting a bit of feeling of the actual intro from Fallout 4 in the beginning, then the Beauty Bleak hit me.
miracleofsound The way you seem to care for you fans is so inspiring. I hope to be able to make music one day, and if I ever get to have any fans at all, I'll be sure to treat them like you do.
Usually an artist's songs has a pattern. Some focus on romantic songs, like Celine Dion. Then there are others focus on heavy metal, like Disturbed. Then there's gothic songs like Evanescence. I can't find that pattern from you, Gav. First it's Celtic. Then it's Metal. Then atmospheric. Then chillout. It's like you're bleeding creativity out every part of your spirit bro.
+Henrique Chagas For a Fallout game it disappointed majorly in some areas. Story, characters, and the game's rpg elements were all crap. Sure, the gameplay, atmosphere, factions (and their choices), morals were all amazing but Bethesda really needs to make their stories and characters better. Also, stop streamlining Fallout.
Henrique Chagas no. while i love bethesda im not afraid to admit that they aren't exactly good at writing stories or characters. they are only good at gameplay, atmosphere, world building and music (which they do incredibly well, like i really mean INCREDIBLY)
Out of curiosity - how does my original comment state, that the game is bad? All I said is that Gavin's songs are better. This one for example is fucking glorious - which is something few people would say about the game. That doesn't mean that the game is bad though, does it?
I love it when you incorporate past songs into your new ones. Assuming your past songs are good. Which they are! It reminds me of Bjork, making songs that she considered sequels to her other songs.
To me it seems the soundtrack of the game itself served as a source of inspiration for this song in addition the games visuals and your previous work "Beauty Bleak". It would not surprise me at all if that was the case, since I think that Fallout 4 has out of all the Fallout games the best non radio soundtrack by far. It is actually so good that I do not even want to listen to the radio anymore.
+Bobistdeinemuda Yes I have and while they are quite good in their own right, most of it is simply not as good as the music in Fallout 4. Of course there is no way to truly objectively judge the quality and entertainment value of music which means that if you prefer the soundtrack of the earlier titles then that is most certainly a completely valid opinion.
this whole song made me think about a moment from metro 2033 where the dark ones show you a vision of a mushroom cloud off in distance and you also see men, women and children cowering in terror and you hear terrified screaming. and then you hear one of the dark ones say in a disappointed tone of voice. "they never change" and really as history drags onwards that statement grows ever more true.
I was searching for a bloodborne let's play and ended up seeing miracleofsound's song on the game and decided to listen to it. That was around 11:30 p.m. Since then, I have been going on a miracleofsound binge listening to each song multiple times. I have barely even made a dent in the amount of songs that I can listen to, but it's already 1:40 a.m. ...
Ironically listening to this song after 6 years adds to the feeling and beauty of it. Fallout series is a shadow of former self, our world completely changed through those years and we haven't learned much as species. Weird type of "nostalgia". Never to learn or grow, ever and on we go, leaving those beacons of past on the horizon. I guess I just wanted to say that... Well, it was one hell of a ride and thank you. It's just surreal to return.
Just discovered this song on TB's channel on his stream. Honestly that's the first time I've heard it, and I wont lie, you are the first musician in a very long time that I am 100% behind and proud to be supporting. Keep them coming my friend!
Fuck, it sounds like how it felt the first time you stepped out of the vault in Fallout 3, sweeping, grand. I don't know how you are capable of creating this, christ fuck Gav all I can say is thanks for doing this.
Man... The beauty you can witness in a wasteland. What nature can do business with the destroyed world we might have. It's just... Pure beauty... Sometimes I just take a minute while playing and take a gander at this world's beauty. Even though it's destroyed... Awesome song!
After the new update released, I went back to playing Fallout 4 again. This game still passes the vibe check and I *love* it! I honestly haven’t played this in a while and for once in my life, I’m actually enjoying it and looking back at these old videos gives me a big sense of nostalgia. This song was my favorite to listen to while I ventured through the dead wasteland and abandoned ruins of a fallen country, a truly beautiful and down to earth feeling. ❤
Masterpiece as amazing one, so immersive to the Fallout world. My favorite one, with out any doubt and it's for sure. You really do the MASTERPIECE work!
Your music constantly reminds me that these franchises are complete masterpieces! The Elder Scrolls Fallout The Witcher Three franchises that have grown to become the pinnacle of open world games. No matter how many publishers try to flood the market with stale as hell open world games, they will never live up to the greatness that these franchises created. Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and The Witcher III are all on my favorite games of all time list and games that I still play extensively today. Whenever I feel burnt out on gaming I pop in one of these and it reinvigorates my love for this hobby once again!
Amazing tribute to Fallout 4. The experience of being sucked into this beautiful wasteland can be felt through this song. Hope this is the start of yet another successful year for Miracleofsound!
"I guess some things never change." I imagine this phrase being spoken by a Sole Survivor, memories still fresh, through clenched teeth, tears and raw bitterness. Gods, such bitter hatred for the world. So much that is makes more educated companions like Preston, Piper, Deacon and Dance wince.
Some seriously next-level stuff here. I really love this song. The wasteland is a place of lingering ghosts, but also of untamed beauty. It's the phoenix rising slowly from its own ashes.
That's the cycle of the phoenix. To live, to die, to live again, and so on. The people of the wasteland may one day rebuild a large-scale society, which in turn may one day start the cycle of destruction again, but it will be likely be thousands of years into the future. For people like the Lone Wanderer and the Sole Survivor, their actions help in the rebirth of a society, even it is doomed to again consume itself one day.
While the Mojave Song leaned heavily upon the narrative of the game, this one seems to be an atmosphere song, like a song about fallout in general rather than 4 in particular. I think that sums up the problems I had with 4 quite nicely, thank you sir.
I know is a shame for you to go to a 1.000.000 and now 200.000 views for vid, but dude, we are with you, because you bring us hope with your voice and hope, thx for all Gav, i will stay here
Its not always clear how beautiful Fallout 4 really is, until you get some well done over view shots of the landscape. It truly is scenic but devastating.
Just wanted to comment again and say that my mother loves this track. She listens to it almost nightly. She wanted me to say that this video (music and all) is sublime. "High Art." "It transcends beauty and ugly. It gets into something that resonates within, that is bigger than everything." So, thank you so much for this piece. Extraordinarily powerful.
By Atom! I.... I.. I'm speechless this represented all I feel when exploring the wastes, reminds me of the sacrifice of James and his son, the nuclear vendetta of Ulysses, the Tale of the Courier, Desmond's pent-up anger toward his old political enemy, and the tragic life of The Sole Survivor, first watching his world burn in nuclear fire, being frozen for 200 years watching his wife die and his son taken away, coming out after 200 years in a wasteland, a mere shade of what his world, once was to search for his lost son, only to find out that things in this new reality are never going to be the same. I shed a tear when I heard this, this song captures it all, and I Thank You, Miracle of Sound, you always live up to your name!
Gave me goosebumps man, soul-wrenching melancholy and at the same time that triumphant sense of continuation and indomitability. Fantastic song to start the new year with.
Miracle of Sound, Miracle of Sound never changes. The feelings change, their presence does not. Through all the fans views and favorites, the feels remain genuine. Miracle of Sound never changes. -Not Ron Perlman
This song is absolutely fantastic. The emotion you entangled into this song is... There are no words. I want to play Fallout 4 again, and experience it with the wonder I did when I first started it up. Fallout may not have been as true to the franchise as some of the fans wanted... But you know what, I love the game to bits. It's a fantastic game and has a story all its own. Thank you.
Ladies and gentelmans be prepared cause the talented Miracle Of Sound has released another amazing song. Wow Gavin this was made with feelings in it, i cant even describe the amount of talent you have, you are a supermusician and really thanks for existing, in this world we need more musicians like you, happy new year 2016 my friend.
This is absolutely stunning, and punched me right in the feelings. Kudos. I always love hearing you re-work bits of older songs back into related new songs, it's so wonderfully nostalgic.
I still have chills of delight writing this, Gavin, you're one of the best artist of this generation, hands down. I will still bought your albums and support you as you're fully worth every dime I can spend.
I swear every game company needs to hire you to do a commercial like this for their game a month or two after launch. It would bring back that new game "hype" in most players and bring in new ones. Another great song
