Risk of Rain 2 - Terra Pluviam | Reacting To Video Game Music! 

Hey, just discovered your videos reacting to my music! First off, thanks, it’s fascinating to watch these! Thank you for the kind words! To your question, I’m doing it all, yes. The drums are the only thing that is strictly programmed (because I can’t fit a drum kit in my home studio) but being a drummer I spend a lot of time on them-otherwise everything else is just me performing. And Terra Pluviam means Land of Rain :) P.S. Seems like a lot of folks want to see Antarctic Oscillation and I definitely agree :p

Fun fact the dev's when they went to Chris for the first album of the game, they didnt know what they were doing for the final boss level, chris pitched con lentitud poderosa to them and they built the level around the music

Risk of Rain 1 and 2. Phenomenal games, Phenomenal soundtracks. Highly recommend playing, the music suits the gameplay extremely well

Its funny that you mention ruins. One of the levels this song plays on is an abandoned aqueduct set amongst ruins in the desert.

This soundtrack is indeed insane. They Might As Well Be Dead from the new DLC quickly became my favorite track, which reprises the melody of Moisture Deficit from the first game. The first game's soundtrack is also beloved by fans, where Monsoon is my personal fave while Coalescence is a fan favorite that might be worth reacting to.

Your on point with the ruins as this song plays in the abandoned aqueduct, a ruin filled desert canyon type stage.

chris makes everything on his own yes, and that is indeed him playing the guitar, he's super talented if you want another song to get lost to I suggest "The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky" (also every single track's titles are related to rain in one way, terra pluvium means land of rain in latin)

I can't wait until he listens to …con lentitud poderosa 👀

I feel like everyone is just building Jesse up to listen to the absolute madness that is Chris Christodoulou - Antarctic Oscillation

Risk of Rain 2 - Risk of Rain 2 is also an amazing song, as well as The Raindrop that Fell from the Sky

Antarctic Oscillation, They Might As Well Be Dead , 'Having Fallen, it was Blood'. So much goodness for you to explore. Also, cool tidbit, the game gets harder the more you idle in each stage. If you hear the guitar part of Terra Pluviam, it's time to haul ass .

Part of why the game's soundtrack goes so damn hard is because players are on a time limit. While people can enjoy the OST on their own time outside of the game, when they're in-game and the music starts going hard as hell, that's when it's time to leave the level, and fast. It kind of acts like a timer, and the intensity grows as the difficulty does.

I think the two most important aspects of this soundtrack are evoking feelings of wonder and awe at the alien environment you've been put into, as well as to let you jam to the rhythm of the insanity and slaughter that's going on. Personally despite the chaos of the gameplay, I kind of find myself flying across the stages and killing to the beat in a state of absolute chill.

What an amazing and good one, this is definitely going on my playlist - I know nothing about the game but the music totally got me!

Terra Pluviam has been one of my favorite songs of all time for quite some time now. The whole RoR/2 soundtrack is so amazing and it fits the landscapes in the game so well, it's amazing. Thank you Chris for the tracks. And thank you Jesse for the react.

Yep... Risk of Rain 1 and 2's soundtracks are both just full of songs you will get lost in and just wonder where the time went when they're over. Mister Chris C did the soundtrack for both and he has commentary videos here on YT where he discusses the tracks while the OST plays and it's pretty amazing just hearing him talking about them. Paraphrasing, but one of the things he says is 'Nothing is unintentional,' and when you're listening it's like... yeahhhh XD There's also a pretty notable motif that goes on through most of the songs, not sure if you'll be able to hear it listening to them spaced out so much but it's a cool touch tying them all together.

This is a bit off topic, but I though of it while watching this video: I really like the dynamic of you blind reacting to songs from games, and then playing the game and experiencing them in context. (like you did with FF7R) I don't think I've seen anyone else do it, and I hope you do more.

"lost in it" "lost in space" "space and ruins" man if only you knew how true that was

This is my favorite track off RoR2. The discordant harmony, the build up of the eerie and suspenseful, the payoff. It's all so good. Here's to seeing Moisture Deficit here one day.

Damn. That part at 6:10 woke me the fuck up! I was just chilling and vibing to this in the background till that part hit. That was crazy cool.

Just wait until he finds “…Con Lentitud Poderosa”

The contrast between the crisp drums and everything else is so cool

seconding the guy who mentioned the raindrop that fell from the sky, its such an unbelievably well structured track also ...con lentitud poderosa if you decide to react to coalescence from the first game

Getting lost in the music for Risk of Rain 2 makes a lot of sense, since many of the tracks generally serve as stage tracks and usually go for a pretty chill, but simultaneously awesome sounding, vibe. Your initial interpretation of the theme is also totally spot on as well. The Super light on details explanation is essentially that you're a survivor of a spaceship crash, crashing on a strange alien planet, trying to find a way to escape and get home. Thus, feeling like you're in space, but also in some kind of ruins actually fits the games theming and setting perfectly.

aww I wanted to see him react to more tracks from this!

An interesting thing to note after the final climactic point of the song, Chris has mentioned there's a very esoteric meaning behind the ending, which is very interesting.

As far as I know. Chris does all of the music himself, instruments and all.

When I were studied for my biggest exam I had the risk of rain soundtrack looped the entire, such a chill soundtrack

Con lentitud poderosa is probably my favorite from ror2

I highly recommend “coalescence” from risk of rain 1

Glad you like Risk of Rain soundtrack. It's AMAZING. One would imagine that the game play wouldn't match the music but when you start playing it blends in the background perfectly while beating waves and waves of enemies.

That's why I think video game is peak ART. It combines everything, like movies, but it also add interactivity. If you played Risk of Raid 1 & 2 you know that the game have it's own timer that gradually makes things harder. The soundtrack here is doing a similar job in a way. Each soundtrack is played in it's specific level from level 1 to level 5 I think then it loops around. But each level get your gradually more enemy spawns and enemy difficulty also rise up based on time. So you have two clocks, the overall gameplay loop and the level loop. Only the level loop and the time you spend on it have an impact on the soundtrack. You can very well go to the portal before the soundtrack end. And yet, I found myself taking more time to activate the portal because I was enjoying the soundtrack too much to end it too early (yes, I'm thinking of "The Rain Formerly Known as Purple" but "Terra Pluviam" is also charged with positive vibes for me as well). So the quality of the soundtrack and the emotions I felt at the time had a massive impact on how I played the game. It was more than a sound played in the background, it had a great impact and on a gameplay perspective for me. I CHOSE to wait instead rushing which is the meta thing to do, I took time to contemplate and enjoy that soundtrack, this music moved me deeply. It is THAT good. Anyway, I just discovered your channel today and I like your vibe. It made me nostalgic hearing this masterpiece again so you got a new subscriber. Wish you the best.

Love the reaction as always! You have a very relaxing voice. P.S. You should check out "…con lentitud poderosa" it's a Risk of Rain 2 song and it's pretty amazing imo.

Risk of Rain 2 changed my life! Well, maybe that's not really true, but I really love this game. They showed it first (i think) on a gearbox presentation and shadowdropped it. Instantly bought it (even though I never played the first one) and I was instantly in love with the soundtrack and just bought it on bandcamp too :D Really great game with a great soundtrack

I've had a couple of back and forths with Chris. He is a cool guy. His music is instantly recognizable. I'm stoked you like it!

I love this OST, one of my friends showed it to me before I played the game, and we'd just listen to it while doing work or whatever, A STRAIGHT VIBE. Now we play ROR2 together a lot lmfao.

If you want another banger of a beat from this game check out “Once in a lullaby” my favorite for sure.

Con letitud Poderosa

7:55 that's the atmosphere intended so yep that's about right lol

I believe chris wrote the drums but someone else recorded them, and the rest is Chris. There's actually a commentary by chris over the entire soundtrack up on youtube that's super interesting

For some context this plays for a level that is quite literally hell it’s called abyssal depths it’s a very chaotic level

One of my favorite artists

The bass is very James Bond in parts!

i beg you man that so epic ost do reaction on that Chris Christodoulou - …con lentitud poderosa | Risk of Rain 2 (2020)

love at the end your slight frustration of not expecting that final bit, like "oh cmon, you killin me there"

You have a really nice setup

risk of rain has some really cool tracks, one of my personal favourites is "Köppen as Fuck"

If you're a fan of synths, you'll love the first one's too.

The area this song plays in is ruins in space so you got both right

Love this game, the stage 5 track gets stuck in my head

all of the ror2 osts are top tier at setting the theme of the areas they're played in, please react to them

Somebody should get Jesse to listen to Monsoon from RoR1. It's crazy how much both games have their own style and sound, but resemble each other in all sorts of weird nuanced ways. Chris REALLY puts a lot of thought into the tracks thematically.

You should really listen to "They might as well be dead" (From RoR2 Dlc Soundtrack). It's so good!

This is an ambient soundtrack that you can really lose yourself in. Love RoR2!

got any ideas around maybe sitting through the entire album of the first risk of rain's music, RoR 2's music often hints back at RoR 1 as a lot of stages are effectively 3d revamps of the original's 2d stages, and thats why the music also hints back

Tea pots in the desert

In a contrast to the super chill songs in this OST I recommend my personal favorites that always get me pumped "Köppen As F̷̬͈͚̃̄̚ὐ̶̻̃̉͠¢̵͉̩͇͍̒̾̕κ̸̢̻͆̔ " "Antarctic Oscillation" "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Ukulele" and from the DLC "The Face of the Deep"

LOVE ror2, insane soundtrack, extremely great game.

Probably worth mentioning, they recently updated the game in a pretty major fashion and the 8 new tracks chris got to bless us with are at the very least up to snuff with what's in the base game. Excellent game, excellent update, excellent composer and musician.

You should definitely do the raindrop that fell to the sky next

Both Risk of Rain games have really good "atmosphere". Heh heh. But seriously, one of the major design themes seems to be like, building tension, and the soundtrack is masterfully executed in that regard. What happens is kind of a space odyssey meets SCP foundation situation where the disparate and the desperate are forced into a divine drama and are woefully out matched until geared to the gills with artifacts and murdering a lot of aliens in self defense. I think Terra Pluviam is latin for uh.... "the Earth Rained"? I'm a terrible student of latin.

i know your priority is via paypal an patreon (reasonably so) but man you should totally try listening to one of the boss themes as well, my personal favorite is antartic oscillation and i'd love seeing your reaction to it, it's also a lot more intense

I would highly recommend that you check out "Antarctic Oscillation" or "Face of the Deep", both from Risk of Rain 2. They're phenomenal tracks that I think you would adore!

He's gonna freak out when he'll be listening to "The Raindrop that fell to the Sky" =D

Bold Brave and Sick, thats basically ROR2 in a Nutshell

To Answer your question, 1) Yes it was all the same person. Its incredible what he can do honestly 2) the Ruins bit is correct, the space bit isn't 3) Chris is the main composer for Hopoo Games

If you’re looking for the next risk of rain song to listen to I recommend con lentitud poderosa it’s my fav out of the soundtrack

If you're interested in RoR1, my personal recommendations would be Dew Point, Precipitation, Aurora Borealis, Tropic of Capricorn.

My favorite songs off the sound track are con lentitude poderosa I think is what it’s called and also you’re gonna need a bigger ukulele

please risk of rain 2 main theme

If you're wondering what the music sounds like when it isn't chill, try Hydrophobia or You're Gonna Need a Bigger Ukelele; those are the "game trying to murder you" songs. For contrast, Parjanya is the music for a peaceful shop area with no timer.

dude, you must listen to "They Might As Well Be Dead", amazing music maybe the best he created

Please please react to "...con lentitud poderosa"

Yeah that's about the reaction I expected, and hell people consider a lot of ROR2's soundtrack not as 'good?' (excluding songs like Rain Formerly Known as Purple and some others) I see it as plenty damn good, but the void dlc especially...........god i can't wait for you to get to They Might As Well Be Dead Also for composer stuff, yeah Chris basically handles all of it with the exception of the void dlc which has some help

All one guy

And then he hasn't done another :(

This soundtrack is overkill lol I love it so much. It kinda reminds me of the animations in that one video that explains how vending machines detect fake coins. Here it is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0AkcWjB0UBE.html

I'm not an expert on Latin tongues, but Terra is related to earth and pluvium is related to rain

I honestly think you'd really enjoy "A Glacier Eventually Farts (And Don't You Listen to the Song of Life)" from the RoR2 OST a lot. Besides having kind of a funny title it's actually really good and is the only song that I know of in the OST that, at least in the full out-of-game version, has "lyrics".

Con lentitud poderosa and coalescence from these games are great