Journey Soundtrack (Austin Wintory) - 17. Apotheosis 

My friend you have no idea how these words touched me. People have been consistently writing some moving words for the past year of JOURNEY's release and it never ceases to leave me speechless. You have deeply affected me today. I must say I don't think I can lay claim to your experience. At best, I created a doorway, but ultimately you walked through it. You felt what you did because it was already inside, lying dormant. I am honored to have helped in some way, but you did it all yourself.

The only multiplayer that makes you like the person on the other side.

I am not sure how to describe the feeling of playing through this game with someone that I will never know.

When I was a little red cloak, I met a stranger garbed in white. He showed me everything: the hidden places of all the glowing symbols, the most breathtaking views, how to ride the cloth fish ... and he was sooo positive the whole time. Every time I got a new glowing symbol he'd chime and run in circles around me like no one in the world could possibly be any prouder. And when we came to Apotheosis, spinning in flight around each other, finally reaching the top ... he drew a heart for me in the snow. And I chimed so excitedly, retraced his heart, ran around him as he chimed back and spun around me. Like I wanted to cry, he was the best stranger I've ever met ... I didn't want to walk through the light because I knew that would be the last time I saw the stranger. I swear, this game can end wars if it tried. I miss my companion, I don't remember his username exactly, it must've been something like M3TAL_HEAD, haha :) So wherever you are buddy, you're the best, luv ya.

Journey : The first walking simulator to make me cry

That moment when you see another player for the first time, and you are both jumping around each other without saying a word, and you can tell they are just as happy to see you as you are happy to see them. The connection you share, together fighting and traveling along trying to stay with each other till the very end. You don't even know their name, gender, creed, religion, etc. It's just you and another random person sharing an experience you will never forget. An adventure in cyberspace, the internet, with no stats, no scores, no leaderboards, no killing, just an adventure with your and another person making your way to the top of the world. What a feeling, as tears of joy, pour down your face and you feel like you have done something so special and enjoying the music and the scenery passing by in instants, evading dangers, and the sense of joy you feel as you experience this with another human being, without even seeing their face, you know they are feeling the same sort of joy. Masterpiece.

"What exactly do you do in Journey, like what's it about?" "Well, your character starts out in a desert and tries to get to a mountain, and then you find God." "So your character is just trying to find god?" "No. Your character is trying to get to a mountain. The player is the one who finds god."

It's not all about the destination it's all about the journey

I had the honor of hearing this be played live conducted by Austin Wintory himself. It was an indescribable experience. I sobbed through the whole song. This truly is one of my favorite music pieces I've ever heard.

Not religious, but if there is a heaven i would imagine this is what it sounds like.

To the first companion I've played with, we may never see each other again but know that you will always find me at the top of this mountain....

It took 30 years but i finally played a game that made me cry. I am so lucky the first time i played this i found someone who obviously also didn't play the game and wanted to explore. What a beautiful game.

"GAMES ARE ART!" "No, they're not" "Have you played Journey?" "What's Journey?" "Yeah, that's what I thought"

This is literally one of the most powerful games ever created, and one of, if not, THE best games ever made

I’m not even joking when I say this, I cry every single time I listen to this. This is easily my favorite track in any video game because the emotions that it brings are so powerful.

I hope I hear this music when I eventually see my Dad again. I miss him.

I have just played Journey for my first time. I have gone through my first journey. When this song played, I was left speechless by the immense beauty. Everything was just so breathtaking, no words could justify describing anything... just... _reaching your destination_ after all hope is lost... being able to fly again... to enjoy the light... to fly with dragons... to soar majestically into the light... We were complete strangers, and we may end up being complete strangers, but I do have to thank the stranger online who helped me through my first experience with Journey. We never spoke, and we probably never will, but thank you for being a great companion through my travels. It meant much more to me that we have traveled together. I'm sorry I was such a troublesome beginner traveler, but you and I have made it. We've done it. Thank you, friend.

If I could fly, this would be the song I would want playing in the background.

I was going through a bad spell of depression when I decided to play Journey for the first time, desperate for some form of escape. It's impact on me was surreal, from the gorgeous visuals to the breath-taking music. I still remember connecting with some random player and feeling like we had some connection. Journey honestly made me fall in love with video games again.

I bought Journey when it came out for the PS4, as I had heard about it being incredible. As I played it, the music, the atmosphere, the subtle cutscenes that allowed you to interpret what was happening for yourself, and the anonymous multiplayer all came together to make one of the greatest experiences of my life. It is unlike any other game, very literally, as it is hardly a game. But, it wouldn't be able to be done in a movie. That feeling of going on a Journey with someone who you will never see or speak to was incredible. And every time you got off of each others' screens, you tried so hard to find each other again; it was magical. And, if worst comes to worst, when they sit down and then disappear and log off, it's one of the most heartbreaking things I have ever experienced. Thank you to the person that made it to the end with me. I will never know you, but I will never forget you.

to everyone leaving their stories in the comments: you remind me that people can be wonderful and beautiful and kind. Thank you. to austin wintory: every time this track ends i cry. every time. thank you so much.

1:12 This was the moment where I wanted to turn to my partner, with tears in my eyes, say "We made it, man... f**k yeah!" And we go flying off screaming at the top of our lungs. To say this game and this soundtrack are perfect together is an understatement.

The artists gave the game its beauty, but the soundtrack gave the game life.

The night that I decided to commit suicide, I listened to this masterpiece for the first time. It changed me forever, now I'm actively involved in helping kids with social issues.. All that I have to say is thank you, for saving me.

Cried so hard at this part that I had to stop the video twice and all I could think was, "You did it little guy! You made it!" :,)

4:45 Its at this point where me and a red cloak that I have been guiding end our journey. He shall become a white cloak after this journey, guided by me and others to the hidden symbols, to guide other red cloaks just as I have. This is the unwritten rule of white cloaks, to guide all red cloaks and to pass along secrets that we have uncovered.

The build-up from 3:10 - 3:14 and then I just loose it at 3:15. If I don't get goosebumps, I get teary eyes. No matter how much I listen to it over and over, I can see my red-caped avatar fly in joy towards the mountain. I am buying a PS3 so I can replay this again. Thank you Austin Wintory for making the world beautiful!

A short story. I wasn't sure who I was, or where I had come from, but I knew the Mountain, and that was my goal. My story began as every story does; at the beginning, taking baby steps to my goal. I didn't dare venture far but, frankly, I didn't need to. At that time, the path was well laid out for me. The first time I met The Ancient, I learned what I suspected; that the Mountain was the goal of this, my Journey. My scarf short for now, wafted gently against my back. The Fallen Bridge stood ahead, and beyond, the Mountain loomed. Here, I think, I began to grow up. My path lay obvious in front of me, my goal beyond. And yet, despite this, I could explore. Scattered about the ravine, crossed by many bridges, were fragments of fallen Guardians. Old, dying Cloth fluttered from it in the gentle wind. The smaller ones, the Fish, waited inside, and helped me along when freed. They completed the bridge for me, aided me on my Journey. But then came the Desert. It was a time of joy and fun. It was a time of fear and aprehension. What came next? Over the next dune? In the next ruin? What do I do know? The Mountain was always there, always the goal. I would skip happily with the Cloth I came across, as Dolphins now, but also the small Fish. My Scarf grew longer, and now fluttered a distance behind me. Sometimes I found my self joyful and playful. Other times, I was terrified and small. Ocasionally, I questioned the Ancestor, even the Mountain. I met someone in the Desert. Who it was I cannot say, but they stayed with me until the end. Until the Mountain. Finally, across many miles of the Desert, we found the Sandstorm, a foundry for Guardians. The Ancestor met with both of us, and told more of the story of what came before. The City lay immensely before me. This was the highlight of the Journey, the staging ground for beyond. Here the Dolphins and Fish dipped playfully into the sand. Journeying. Just as we were. To the Mountain. To the End. Me and my companion had become good friends now, and we dared not stray too far from the other. Or Scarfs, longer now, flapped behind us in the rushing wind. This was the golden time of the Journey. The time when nothing was wrong, and we had everything we needed. Our path was clear. We knew what to do. And then that ended, and all was unknown. The Ancestor spoke more of the story, of the peace. And of the War. The Catacombs were always dark, and little light shone through. We found havens, and Cloth that hid. It hid from us. It hid from Others. Beyond was the Staging Grounds of the Guardians. They loomed, gathering dust and sand. But not all.of them were dead. These times were times of fear, of not knowing what would happen. The Journey might have failed, for we would be trapped. But there was still hope. The Temple saved us from the monsters behind. The Temple harbored our light, and protected it. We were safe there, with its aid. The Temple filled, first with the Light, then with the Cloth. Fish, Dolphins, Jellyfish, a Whale, all there, safe in the Temple. Finally, we reached the top. We learned that the future was already history. And that our Journey wasn't done. Great hardship was felt on the Mountain. The wind whipped, tearing our cloth, and the cold sapped our light. Many times, we had to huddle together to survive. Graves littered the slopes. Many other creatures were there. On the way to end their Journey. Too many never made it. The Mountains cold was unrelenting, and many froze in the ascent. Still others were cast down. Guardians patrolled the slopes, tearing apart those they found. The climb was hard. Many times, we were frozen, attacked, and had to hide in holes, or were simply blown away. But the Summit, oh, the Summit, the Journeys End, was to important. The storm blew everything away; Guardians, the Cloths. Only we were left going. We kept going And we kept going And we kept going Until we weren't. We fell into the snow. We were frozen through. We could barely move. We expected to die. The Ancestors stood about us, watching us. They lent us what light they had. And we flew. Past the storms, past the cold, past the machines that sought to consume us. We flew for the Summit. And then we were there. What a glorious place it was! Shining with warmth and light, overflowing with energy and life. We continued up. And we were there. We were at the he Mountains peak. We did not stop. Our destination is beyond Was beyond. Is here. We were here, at the End. And then we weren't anywhere. Rushing, rushing, rushing. Great wind all about. The Mountain behind, behind, behind. Going away. The Journey in reverse. Down the Mountain, the Temple, the City, the Desert, the Bridge. The sand littered with graves. Mine wasn't there. Mine was on the Mountain. From the End to the Beginning. The reverse of all stories. Yours, mine, the worlds. Beginning to End, and back again. Almost there, almost. No memory, only purpose, only will. The Journey lay ahead. I wasn't sure who I was, or where I had come from, but I knew the Mountain, and that was my goal.

Is 2020, the people in the world is in quarantine. Im in my house, thinking about the future, then I downloaded this game for free. I played it, i finished it and enyoyed it. My partner in this aventure always are by my side and we clear the game together. My emotions rise in tears, the bonds between us were strong. I made a new friend in real life. Actually im listening this masterpiece in my window, and i see a couple of birds flying together far away in the sky and I inmediately think: "those birds are my new friend and i playing JOURNEY".

Probably the best designed game ever. Simple yet deep, short yet fulfilling, beautiful yet deceiving. This game is truly one of the 7 wonders of gaming. :)

There's something about that bell/gong at 3:24. It sounds like heaven.

When I was just a red cloak, I met a figure clad in white. Graceful and elegant and through the sands, the mountains, and past the mechanical beasts, they were as my shield. When we descended below the surface into the depths of the unknown and long forgotten, they were my light in the darkness, keeping me safe. And then they glitched me into a wall and chirp-laughed at me for 5 minutes and flew away.

If all human emotions just became one being this is what they'd become

To the people who helped me a couple of hours ago with my first experience... you have my deepest thanks. Thank you for keeping up with me, thank you for showing me all the stuff that were hidden, but more importantly thank you for being there. Thanks to you, this experience was more special. I also hope that I wasn't annoying with my constant pushing forward, and sometimes ignoring you - I only wanted to know more, experience more.

Gorgeous piece of music, and it belongs to a great game. Anyone who thinks video games can't be art needs to play Journey.

I hate it that I can't get enough of this game. The part where this song plays is probably the most beautiful and sad part of the whole game. It's when you finish. You say goodbye to your companion. So emotional.

I completed the game for the first time last night. After the hardship endured in the later parts of the game, the euphoria I felt at 3:16 was unlike anything I've ever experienced in a game before. What a beautiful and emotional game.

One of the best games I've ever played. Truly magical beyond words.

I just played this game a few days ago, It was the most enjoyable/emotional game experience i have ever had. So far anyway.

The transition at 3:14 is just spectacular, oh man

I'm pretty sure I've listened to this song more than 1000 times, by now. Still get goosebumps.

I wish I could forget this game just to experience it for the first time again.

I'll hear this song when I die...

I wonder if there will ever be another game like journey.

3:24 That bell makes me melt into a puddle every time

Never in my life will I find a more beautiful piece of music. And, never in my life will I find a more beautiful game. Journey is a masterpiece.

A purer definition of triumph there has never been.

This part of the game is the most amazing moment, in all my years of gaming, that i have ever experienced. You and your pal, floating around in this incredible heaven, each moment more amazing than the last. This music just makes this ending even more amazing. Beautiful game.

This game is the only game that can bring me to tears still after so many years. It means so much to me and I don’t know why.

The chord change at 4:14 gives me fucking goosebumps. I played this game all the way through after a couple hits of acid once and when that part of the song hit when I was climbing up the mountain at the end of the game I literally shed a tear

I just played Journey and didn't meet any other players...still a beautiful game but I feel like I missed out on the most important bit? :/

I cry every time, and that's no exaggeration.

I strongly believe that this is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.

If ever I'm granted the gift of flight, this song will play in my head during the discovery of my newly found power.

3:42 - 4:00 the viola part makes me want to cry

Dislikes... on "Apotheosis?" Must have been 61 misclicks.

still gives me shivers whenever I play this song

"I'M NOT CRYING! I JUST... CAUGHT SOMETHING IN MY EYE!" "what did you catch?" "TEARS!!!"

Hey everyone! Scrolling through the recent comments is, as ever, deeply emotional for me. I will simply never get used to these amazing things you say. Thank you again ... and again ... and again ... I'll be posting some updates on my newest game THE BANNER SAGA on my channel this coming week. Really excited about this game :) ... and again ... and again ...

Apotheosis, Greek: to become divine, to reach divinity, to have divinity ascribed upon you.

The ending sequence of this game is so amazing.

For me, 6:18 is the best part of the whole game. The moment you step into the light leaves me in awe every single time.

I've played this game once in my life, and it was at E3 2015. I was really trying to keep it together, but I don't think I did too well.

I don't consider this as a game, i consider this as a spiritual journey that changes our lifes and how we live

No other game has made me feel the way Journey does, even after all these years.

I had listened to this track prior to playing the game and it was amazing, but after playing it... my goodness. The scene where this track plays is one of the most beautiful things I have ever witnessed in my life. All the hairs of my body spiked like a porcupine.

Player : Now it begins... Game : ... No... Player : Wha..? Game : Now it ends...

Last night a random guy on my steam friend's list gifted me this game along with a very weird note. He wrote "No clue - Enjoy da gif - Best wishes, George Flyod". Obviously I was pretty put off by this note. I hadn't talked to the guy in months, as I only ever added him to queue for a couple of csgo games. I may have been super confused, but I was also not about to refuse a free game. I opened the game and streamed it to a friend of mine on discord. Both of us were super confused with what you were supposed to do in the game, and I was planning to do one of the "levels" and just go to bed. I started the game at 11:30 pm, and told myself "one more area" atleast 3 times while playing. By about 1:00 am this song came on and made me teary-eyed. Even if this was a very short game, it may be the most moving experience I've ever had and all from a gift I was given that was so strange I nearly turned it down.

Who’s here in 2019? I finally bought ps4 and left XBOX . For this game and last of us. I’ve wanted to play this game for a really really long time and I’ve finally in played it in 2019. And I hope every single one of you guys can play this masterpiece. Much Love For Y’all❤️❤️

"I have met God, and he is other people."

No words can describe the beauty of this game by merely saying "it is the most beautiful game in the world"... The words haven't even been invented to describe the words that haven't been invented... This is the best of the best, and with the PS4 adding more vibrant detail... There will be nothing better.

Imagine if this could be played with the oculus rift :O

this song should be like this ''Journey Soundtrack (Austin Wintory & God) - 17. Apotheosis

This game changed how I think about life

I wan't this to be to end credits of my life or the end credits of this decade.

I am listening to this drunk currently and I’m having an experience. It really makes me appreciate my friends. I hope you all get to experience the same thing. If not now then someday. Having friends is the greatest thing I’ve probably ever experienced. I hope you all get to experience the same thing, even if you aren’t now I’m sure you’ll get to someday. I didn’t for the longest time when I was in high school but then I finally did, and life felt so worth it. I only hope that all of you who are lonely right now get to experience it. For everyone that isn’t right now, just keep on pushing forward. You will someday in promise. Good luck out there dudes I’m rooting for you.

Such a great soundtrack and game. This truthfully made me want more than the normal fps game. This made me want a story that had meaning to gamers around the world. Thank you to That Game Co. and Austin Wintory for the amazing experience.

I'm never going to forget how I felt when I collapsed on the mountain, fired up to the summit, and finally reaching the peak of the mountain, not looming in the distance miles away, but just within reach. Unbelievable theming.

Is it sad how it makes me happier to find someone in Journey than in real life

After all this time, this song never ceases to bring a tear to my eye.

This. This is what I believe you hear when you pass away and reach eternity.

The soundtrack to the best moment in gaming history.

Apotheosis : Greek word used to describe the state in which something mortal or made by mortals is reaching a godlike status.

Who still playing this game

I started my journey about a year ago.. my first play through it hurt. It made me confront every single thing happening in my head. It forced me to process everything that has happened up to that point. To this day; My journey still calls me when I need to process situations and people, my own emotions, ideals, it shines a light on everything I have done and yet to still do. That I find myself mentally plying journey when I listen to “Apotheosis” or “Nascence” It reminds me where I’ve come from; where I’ve been and still all that lies ahead.

Being the emotionally unstable person that I am....At the very start of the game when we saw the first glipse of the blistering sands and the high and mighty mountain top with celestial light...All of a sudden I associated myself with the character...I saw its journey as my own...imagined a warm dustry air pushing my scarf...I thought to myself "If I reach the top of the mountain I will meet my Dida (Grandma) again...She will be waiting for me at the top of the mountain with the same love and warmth she once bestowed upon me..."... Once the Apotheosis started I felt a surge of emotion that I cant describe with words...an existential punch to the gut...Without any shiny realistic graphics...those 7 minutes felt more real than anything I have every experienced in media...I wept like a baby...overcomed with joy, sorrow, wonder and resolution...Music is the closest thing to magic and I felt that for 7 minutes streight...I cant thank Austin Wintory enought for crafting such a soul-touching music...

Played it for the first time today. When my companion sat down, I jokingly sat in front of him, like we were having a conversation. My giggle turned into a frown in a second when I saw him disappear.

You know why this game is beautiful? The purity of the comments here. Just pure love, joy and appreciation. And connection. All the beautiful vibes

This is not music, it's a masterpiece

I played this Game the first time in march while the corona thing was there. And Sony gave us this awesome Game for free. I wasnt sure if i could like a Game like this but the Soundtrack, the World and this Soundtrack Alone makes me to love this Game

Played this at the beginning of the worst depression of my life that left me wanting to be dead. However the ending of this game kept reminding me that in the end it's all going to be okay.

Tellement peu de mots pour qualifier la splendeur de ce morceau... La bande originale de #Journey est un véritable chef-d'oeuvre à part entière.

I played this when im doing pilgrimage to mecca. Very very powerful experience. The concept of the game is just like islamic pilgrimage.its about the journey, the people you meet without knowing who he/she is. Because everyone can only wear white cloth.and the light is kaaba. (not saying the game is based on this, but very simmiliar)

Journey seems to represent a persons life. They are born, they journey through their life, they die, their spirit ascends...and then, they walk into the light and are born as a new person, ready to journey through a new life.

my only playthrough of this game, i met my first and only stranger in the room that slowly fills up as you ascend. we played through the rest of the game together, up until the staircase at the end where you have to beat the wind and they just couldnt figure it out. i wish they had kep trying. we were so close. i made it the rest of the way, but it was with a bittersweet taste in my mouth.

3 years later, it still makes me tear up and sends chills down my spine. The same rush of dopamine, doesn't get old.

Arisen from bury that creatures flew, Of appointed light in worldly view. Another realm of a higher cloud, That stain untouched, below it shroud. Numerous birds of cloth and red, That live anew and remain that lead. In distant reach that find your way, Of closing tale and memories play.

2023 and this track is still beautiful, just like the game by the way. Forever in my heart :) Peace and love to all.

As much as this was a sentimental and beautiful ending, probably one of the most beautiful in gaming, I didn't actually cry - I just applauded. ;w;

Eu não comento em muitos vídeos, mas quero deixar marcado a minha presença nesta linda trilha sonora. Uma música que me comove toda vez que escuto, que me da todos os tipos de emoções pois essa música foi feita com muito cuidado e carinho. Austin wintory sabia o que estava fazendo quando criou essa obra junto com "I Was Born for This" que também é impecável e tão majestosa. Journey é um dos meus jogos favoritos, ou talvez, o meu jogo favorito junto com Hollow Knight, pois é tão difícil você achar um jogo que realmente faz você sentir todas as coisas, tanto na trilha sonora, no ambiente do cenário ou até mesmo nos personagens. Nas histórias deles. Journey pode não ter uma história dita de forma direta, ou pode ser que realmente não tenha uma história, mas temos que concordar que journey não é só um jogo, e sim uma experiência, Uma obra prima que demonstra que, mesmo acompanhado ou sozinho, você consegue passar pelos seus obstáculos, mesmo que precise voltar do início várias e várias vezes. Somos criaturas teimosas e continuaremos a trilhar nossos caminhos sem medo, apenas com perseverança em nossas almas. Esse jogo me inspirou em muitas coisas, e de alguma forma, me trouxe uma estética de ancestralidade e de culturas que tendem ter a natureza como seu principal foco. Sky tende a focar nesse quesito, e é incrível. Com certeza, journey vai estar no meu coração pelo resto da minha vida. Muito obrigada, desenvolvedores do jogo e Austin Wintory por fazerem esse jogo existir.