Music Producer SMITTEN by Risk of Rain 2 Soundtrack 

Chris Christodoulou makes you feel the game without even playing the game. The whole RoR2 ost is phenomenal.

oh yes terra pluviam, the song of not finding theses damn pressure plates

It's really interesting that you called out the cords in "You're gonna need a bigger ukulele" sounding like the Jaws theme when the name of the song is almost definitely a nod to the famous line "You're gonna need a bigger boat!" from the same movie! You're a master!

The fact that you can get a decent mental image of everything even though you've never played the games just goes to show how good this music is

... and his music was electric

The "channel switch" at 2:23 is when the boss (Mithrix) is done his first phase and goes away while you have to fight his minions (lunar Chimerias) so you could argue that his boss theme went away with him and he's waiting in another room with his music while you fight his minions, hinted a little by how the music is drowned and a little fuzzy

Wow, this soundtrack does ambient mood setting effectively. The violin sounds epic with it!

your first reaction video to this game’s soundtrack is what got me into this game and i play it with friends all the time.

I like when you create your own story based on what you’re hearing/feeling

Ror2. It goes hard. Especially "They Might as Well be Dead" *sundered grove's theme, a stage from the dlc*

I watched this video expecting just some basic comments and thoughts and was suprised to see and hear detailed information and some amazing added instrumentals, I love how you made "You're gonna need a bigger ukulele" sound even more intimidating

This might just be me, but A Glacier Eventually Farts to me sounds like you're in a vast, much larger place than you can comprehend (from the chimes), yet it feels claustrophobic, terrifying (from the intensity). This description also really fits the environment that the music is played in, where you are exploring the void, as infinitely deep as it seems when you look off the edge of the island that you arrived at, but you are forced to defend yourself against heavy hordes of difficult enemies inside of tiny little bubbles of safety to avoid the void destroying you. The music to me perfectly captures the feeling of being very small.

24:21 Wow your train analogy perfectly summarizes the player’s experience in the game. You travel through changing environments, the stages, in your steadily chugging vessel, the survivor. Wonderful analysis on the artificial vs natural sounds. This encapsulates the RoR story/world and is what makes this soundtrack so beautiful to me.

The Long awaited 2nd Risk of Rain 2 ost reaction is finally upon us! It is quite hard to focus on the gameplay when the music is just soooo good and relaxing, Chris Christodoulou's music style truly is one of the most magical and phenomenal to ever be crafted (In my humble opinion at least). And great analysis' & reactions on the tracks like always, Now there are still a few tracks from Risk of Rain 2 that you still need to explore and experience for yourself, however. There are also a lot of tracks from Risk of Rain 2013 & Returns that will also leave you in awe, and here are the ones I think you should check out next: **Risk of Rain 2:** Once in a Lullaby The Face of the Deep They Might as well be Dead **Risk of Rain 2013:** Dew Point Monsoon 25.3°N 91.7°E Surface Tension Coalescence **Risk of Rain Returns:** Surface Tension returns Coalescence returns Double F!$%ing Rainbow Returns and still my Personal Favourite: The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky (Risk of Rain 2)

I think you’re definitely one of the best music reactors I’ve ever seen. After you heard the full song of theme you also add your own part to it. I’ve been looking for music reactors that add like they’re own bit but that’s a long time ago. But your definitely one of the best music reactors I’ve found.

i'd like to mention the "radio station change" is for the transition between phase 1 and phase 2, where the final boss dips out and lets his army soften you up for phase 3. it's a more ambient phase because the boss ain't there fighting you.

I went into this game with some buddies a while ago and didn't expect to be met with insanely good and unique music. Especially sky meadow theme.

I just want to say, you were able to replicate that noise SO WELL at 2:04

OMG I'm so happy that he listened to the Herzog Monologue version of the "Glacier that eventually farts" , it really amps the song by one hundred percent and it is for sure, the ideal version of the song.

Terra Pluviam is probably my favourite track of RoR2 OST. I just can't get over these electric guitar sections. They are so unbelievably satisfying

I can only imagine how much you're gonna love the music from Layer 7 in Ultrakill. The two-parter of Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves and Danse Macabre is incredible.

this was a HUGE service to the love i have for the RoR2 OST, THANK YOU!!! the analogies are perfect and the way you attentively listen to offer your full analysis just makes my appreciation for the art feel complete.

That was awesome. Your improvisation was good too. I'm going to start making music again today because I got inspired again! Thank you for continuing to teach me music! I'm going to try to do something great today.

1:31 If I remember correctly, Chris Christodoulou said one of his main inspirations for his music is in fact Radiohead!

as soon as i start playing risk of rain 2 this guy upload a video about the game, what a miracle

You should listen to "They Might as Well Be Dead" next because that one slaps harder than Mithrix's pizza

Ok, now you MUST listen to the dlc soundtrack! Survivors of the Void had some of my favorite songs, especially The Face of the Deep and They Might As Well Be Dead. + I also just love the content keep it up man

*”You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Eukelele…* how big?” Yes

I love when a game can get you to understand its world and story just with music. To me music is just as good a story device as any other and the risk of rain 2 soundtrack really embodies that for me.

my lord. i savor every time i go to the void and hear it's ost, often times just sitting in one of the bubbles listening to it for a bit.

I'm so excited to see you getting further into this soundtrack. Risk of Rain 2's soundtrack perfectly complements the tension of its gameplay, Christodoulou is amazing.

You’ve probably heard but the next layer of ULTRAKILL has released with a number of new tracks, I’m sure there a quite a few people who’d enjoy seeing your reaction whenever possible, no rush though ofc, I know time is a limited resource. Cheers

Your instinct at the end of Terra Pluviam is so incredibly spot-on! The little synth melody right at the end is a direct reference to a track from a game called The Dig, a sci-fi adventure game from 1995. Chris speaks to this in his album commentary video, he says that it was a very influential soundtrack to him and he wanted to pay homage to it in some way, so for this he took the opening track "Mission to the Asteroid" and just rearranged it to fit the sound of Risk of Rain.

I remember liking the music the in the previous video you did on this but in this video I can't help but be even more impressed! this composer seems to have a good handle on both electronic music and live samples and knows how to mix them really well! I'm going to have to check him out as well! so much good music so little time! I thank you once again for putting another good artist and his work on my radar!

What I love so much of this entire soundtrack is that it is also self referential, it makes you recall the earlier levels when you hear a sequence of notes in the later stages which evokes this feeling of accomplishment of how far you have come.

loved your solos in this video- first & last especially. i found ror2 through its music before i ever saw any gameplay or anything of the like, so i love seeing a lot of new people watching these videos, finding out about chris christoudolou's work! keep these up ig or sumn idk

I remember your comment from your previous video about enjoying having the situation of the song played put for you by people who've gone through the game, and I will try. The song plays during the final boss fight of the main game, Mithrix. A battle at the top of an abstract spire of the moon of the planet you'vr been fighting through to survive. The two heavier parts of the song, switching between prog rock and the more stretched out "half times" you described are phase 1 and phase 3, where Mithrix is taking you head on, once by himself, and then with his creations of stone and fire coming down from the sky to support their creator.. The middle section of the song where everything becomes muffled for a moment before resuming, sounding almost seperate from the rest of the song, and that is because it carries hints his Brother's theme, the final boss of the first risk of rain. And this chooses to play during the "add" phase, the second phase of the fight where Mithrix takes a break while you fight a spawn wave of his constructs before phase 3 comes. And the end of the song, where it becomes quiet, almost pathetic, the sound trudging along. This plays during the last stand of Mithrix, beaten, weakened to the point he can no longer fight you with his hammer, no long do so much as run, only walk. He creates a vortex, absorbing the items that gave you the power to bring him this low, and he begins to walk at you, raising his undamaged left arm to fire projectiles at you, only using his injured right to punch the ground, creating a cascade of energy balls that roll across the floor, which at this point drains his broken body to the extent it actually damages him. But as he is, he'd pulled out his trump card on us too late, and for as much as he taunts us for being weak without our items, he is too weak now to win even with the power they provide, and falls by our hand.

"From the primordial soup comes the bone and muscle.. something like that." I genuinely cannot believe how accurately you actually nailed that simple guess which fits so perfectly into the context of where this song plays.

The sequel I’ve been waiting for! Risk of Rain 2 OST is SO good, super happy that you revisited it after half of a year! Does this mean we can expect to see the rest on your channel soon? Happy New Years by the way, keep up the great work!

Terra Pluviam (22:50) gives me so many flashbacks to aimlessly wondering around looking for the teleporter after I got all the chests

A Glacier Eventually Farts is a song that brings to mind a certain eldritch horror in my mind. I use it as inspiration for a version of Hell in one of my favorite fantasy settings. The monologue is what carries it mostly for me, with the idea of a landscape foreign, but full of predation, things that attack and choke out everything else for the simple cause of survival. It’s brutal, but in its own flow of constant conflict.

definitely recommend Chris's video where he gives commentary on a lot of the songs and how its not always a guitar than youre hearing

Wow, I've been a big fan if this OST for so long, but your videos makes me discover new things about these pieces. For real, I think it's the first time I've heard "A Glacier Eventually Farts" at 100% volume, I never suspected how much details this track has (for instance the dissonant repetition of the main progression far in the right ear) Thanks for making these reactions videos I love it !

“Once in a Lullaby” is the best song on the soundtrack. Fight me

I think you'd love the songs from the Survivors of the Void DLC. It contains two of my favourite tracks in the whole game -- The Face of the Deep and Once in a Lullaby. Worth checking out!

I wish to see you react to more of Risk of Rain 2 music, all of the songs are amazing and every one gives you perfect sense of whats going on in the game

Dude I just got into risk of rain recently and seeing you discover it with me is amazing

when recomending risk of rain 2 soundtracks, i think "Who can fathom the soundless depths" is a must listen to, its my favorite track and "Once in a lullaby" is also a must hear.

Amazing video, love your reactions

Chris is just insane for making such good songs for a game where after the 6 stage you cant even hear anything due to how much noise all that is happening produces, if you ever react to more of his work please consider giving once in a lullaby or any of the DLC tracks a chance. They're awesome.

I really really hope you check out Risk of Rain 1/Returns OST (same ost but Returns has 4 extra songs) because there are a LOT of leitmotifs shared between tracks and they add so much to their vibes "You're Gonna Need A Bigger Ukelele" takes melodies from "Double Fucking Rainbow" (Yes, actual name) due to the connection between the two bosses, and both being the Final Boss theme Also, hope you eventually get to the Survivors of the Void DLC soundtrack, because Chris Christodoulou manages to go *even harder* in the OST for that than he did with the base game's OST ALSO also, to add on a little more. Really love your note about how YGNABU has a melancholy feel to it, since that's exactly what it's going for (as well as most of the OST to be honest.) This track in particular plays when fighting the main final boss, Mithrix, who is the brother to Providence. Your notes about the track also being "sturdy" and "highly order/freely flowing" also fit quite well. Mithrix's entire shtick is order, he creates things for mechanical purpose, neglecting to give them soul as that brings chaos into their purpose. His brother, Providence, however, loved life, and didn't care much for order. Eventually, they get into a dispute, and Provi banishes Mithrix to the moon, where he is trapped with nothing but moon rock, ala his title "King of Nothing". This is the melancholy vibe of his track. He has been sent away, rejected by his brother, and now, all he can do is make lifeless lunar chimeras in an attempt to create an army, building up his sorrow and rage to hopefully enact revenge on his brother. I can't describe it all well-enough in a single comment, but if you wanna learn a bit more about it, the video titled "The Tragic Lore of Risk of Rain" by Astro is a great video that looks over the lore of the game, and may give a lot more insight into the vibes of the music I could talk so so much about this game but I'm gonna end up writing a massive comment if I try and do that, but one more "little" note The speech in A Glacier Eventually Farts is (obviously) not heard in-game, but it's taken from the 1982 documentary "Burden of Dreams" and is narrated by Werner Herzog. The track plays in the Void Fields, which is intended to be an ocean-like environment in a dark void, and the whole area is covered in a toxic fog, except for little vent cells that you have to open up to clear the fog. The narration is seemingly meant to represent the toxic and hateful environment of the Void in the Risk of Rain universe, and how the Void Reavers act as essentially space police to capture and secure beings of anomalous or intense power Okay ONE last edit! I am so sorry for the massive comment I just love this game so much and have So Many thoughts Your note about how Terra Pluviam sounds like someone screaming/wailing is PERFECT for one of the two stages it plays in, the Abyssal Depths, a very hellish stage that's the home of the Imps and is a very ruthless environment. The log for the Abyssal Depths is even just an audio transcript of a team landing there, and then panicking due to just how hostile of an environment it is. I'm honestly amazed at just how good you are at getting these vibes from the music, though I suppose that's partially thanks to Chris's masterful composing as well. Absolutely love this series so so much because of that

Love your reactions! If you are going to react to Risk of Rain 2 ever again, you should definitely listen to The Face of the Deep, absolute banger of a track!

God I love the f*cking super shocked look on his face everytime there's a switch up, it's genuinely hilarious and reflects how all of us feel when we take time to listen to these songs outside of their game context

starting 2024 off with a banger reaction! excited to see what comes next!

Im still waiting for the Time he reacts to Coalescence from the first game

13:00 When I’m listening to an OST and get hit with that surprise Werner Herzog

hooray! more risk of rainn! i love your reactions to this soundtrack so much.

The addition of your electric violin with the filter on it gave the track an action-horror vibe, loved that.

I absolutely love that little horror part you added to ukulele

its so cool to listen music with you that i watched this video like 5 times:D

Chis chistodoulou is a master of setting the tone in these games. I get goosebumps listening to some of these songs. He was actually my most listened artist this last year 😂

And so he left, with new violin solos to make...

You definitely need to do once in a lullaby, that one is fire

17:42 Wow…. This is beautiful….

Hey SPG, The violence layer has come out to Ultrakill. Would love to see you revisit Ultrakill ost again

glad to see you like my addictions sound tracks

Great to see more Risk of Rain reactions. I would also love to see you take a look at the works of Arnaud Roy (FlybyNo). Particularly Endless Legend and Endless Space 2, they have fantastic soundtracks.

yoo i was watching ur previous music reaction to ror2 and was wondering when or if u ll upload another, so thanks :D

Omg the electric violin goes so well with this soundtrack I absolutely love it

Once in a Lullaby, Koppen AF, The Face of the Deep. All must listens.

You should listen to the dlc ones too ! they might as well be dead and once in a lullaby are so good

It really does feel like there is a risk of rain. But for real Chris is a wizard

its actually pretty cool how he just about perfectly described the mithrax fight just from the music alone, goes to show just how good of a job it does.

Thank you for making another ror2 ost video! If you do another I think you would be interested in The Face of the Deep from the ost!

This is genuinely my favourite game. And a huge part of that is the soundtrack. I wish some of these songs could show up a bit more often in the game, however I listen to this soundtrack all the time

wait til he hears the sky meadow song, i love that one

Im an og risk of rain player but im new to the channel: its a cool coincidence that you covered more ror2 recently! Also, it might be worth looking into The Last Spell ost. Sanctus overdrive is my fav.

nice vid! But man I watched so many Risk of rain reactions of yours, but you never react to Köppen as F*ck. It is my favorite tune that plays during combat, it is very energetic, and totally shreds!! Would love to see you react more to this ost and that song in particular :D

Incredible! Please do more risk of rain 2. Maybe even the dlc music too!!!

I love what you have to say! Also your play gives a lot information about what you feel listening to the songs. I hope you check out the DLC-Songs some time in the future! ^^

I hope you will listen to other soundtracks from risk of rain 2. Some that I like are 'Who can fathom the soundless depths' and 'They might as well be dead' . The new 'I should build the man a statue' is also such a nice soundtrack.

My way of listening to music is picking out the story behind them, especially a game ost. You being able to pick out and find the story behind a song is just amazing and helps me visualize the song as well! Could you react to some Mario galaxy songs at some point(especially melty molten galaxy)?

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Ukulele perfectly portrays the final boss in the game. The heavy parts being the ones where you fight him directly, the slow part when he spawns his minions to battle with you, then the heavy part again where he is even stronger and spawning enemies mid fight, very fast paced battle and many stuff happening with the introduction of new attacks when he tried fighting you again... and then the last slow part, where he steals your items and tries to defeat you while being weakened and slow, all while he insults the player in the game chat. "VERMIN. WHERE IS YOUR INFLUENCE. BREAK BENEATH ME. WEAK. WITHOUT YOUR BAUBLES AND TRINKETS." Amazing OST, i love this game.

Another great vid and once again I am here to request the darkest dungeon ost

ROR2 music gives me goosebumps--it takes you right back to those alien worlds--surviving for your life.

He perfectly mixes something that can be felt as though the planet is both a marvelous beauty to experience or a terrifying reality with no equal

Woo more ROR2! Once again gotta recommend the song “Antarctic Oscillation” and “The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky”

My brain at 21:41 : "Freaking pot! AGGH! Just move! Go! Get on the $%#&@%# plate!"

The melancholic feelings presented by you're gonna need a bigger ukelele is fitting as its played during the final boss fight against a rather depressing character, as in their story is sad and also very interesting if you look into it

Adding a Celtic sound to A Glacier Eventually Farts was unexpectedly amazing

risk of rain is a game i played when i was ten and i liked it. And later then i realised how insane the game was. it became the reason i'm giving my best to learn how to code at 15 with my friend. Can't wait to grow up and make great indie game. I'll give my best dw.

Nothing will be as powerful as ...con lentitud poderosa. Nevertheless, that doesn't stop the rest of the soundtrack from being the absolute dissonance of that power. Have you seen the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night soundtrack? If you enjoy the older Castlevania titles' music, there's a lot of melodic "Vampire Metal."

If you haven't already, you should listen to some of the DLC tracks. More specific, "They might as well be dead" and "Diviner of the deep". Mainly because the first one is the greatest song in the game, and the second is really interesting and different. EDIT: It's "Face of the deep", not "Diviner of the deep"

You know what they say “Chris’s don’t miss”

Chris Christodoulou really put his whole Chris Christodouloussy into this soundtrack

Please check out the music Chris made for the "survivor's of the void" DLC. Most of them are amazing

Wow when I played the game I instantly fell in love with the music and the combat just wow masterpiece

After listening to this soundtrack constantly, I forgot that some people don’t know how good this music is.

Whenever I see that thing I can only hear one thing repeating in my head... "It was a mistake to come here"...

The risk of rain 1/2/returns discography is my go to homework music