Stavros Markonis - I Should Build the Man a Statue | ROR2: Seekers of the Storm OST (2024) 

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I will admit I was thoroughly in "cautious optimism" territory when I heard more composers were getting their hands on the soundtrack. The RoR-style is something that's been honed over the course of 3-4 entire soundtracks, with such a distinct identity that's always been spearheaded by one guy. How could I not feel a little worried? ... I am no longer worried. This track is so so so good.

You can definitely tell there's a difference in style, but I completely welcome the changes that Stavros brings

That is a MEATY bassline

Build this man a statue

I was worried when I saw that Chris wasnt the composer for a song. But hearing this banger, I am more than happy!

All composers who touch the Risk of Rain franchise have the Midas touch.... Stavros Markonis is no exception to the rule. Look foward to the rest of the music from you and any other artists, Chris!

2:17 is such a good fucking lick. The power chords, the filtering, the bass. God I can only imagine how long it took to engineer that

GUYS ITS HAPPENING IM FREAKING OUT

No matter how strongly I love Chris' music, I'm ready to accept Stavros' vision of RoR soundtrack as long as it's the same level of banger. And it seems I won't be disappointed

1. Cool name? ✔ 2. Cool song title? ✔ 3. Does it bang? ✔ Welcome to the storm Starvos! I can't speak for everyone but I look forward to hearing more of your work in the new DLC. You give vibes of "otherside of the coin" in tone but got kept that same general style of RoR2. That's not easy to do and I gotta respect it.

If this is the introduction for Stavros Markonis, I can't wait to see what he'll cook up next. For now, it's safe to say that it's "up to standard", which I don't say lightly since the point of comparison is THE Chris Christodolou. 'Nuf said.

man these percussions go crazy insane how risk of rain this feels

wake up survivors

We really should build this man a statue

WE ARE EATING GOOD TODAY

Stavros is absolutely COOKING with all the syncopation

Man im really felling the Seekers of the Strom vibes

The best thing i found about this track, is that despite it not being written by Chris, it still samples Chris's OST for Risk of Rain!

Been playing a ton of Hades 2 recently, and my play group got back into Ror2 for the devotion update. Now I realize I need a "Devil went down to Georgia" like duel between Chris Christodoulou and Darren Korb.

Gotta call my headphones speakers of the strum from now on

Yeah you probably should, he’s a cool dude after all.

Hey Chris, I just wanted to say that you’ve been a huge inspiration to me, I recently bought a guitar and started taking lessons because a couple of years ago one of my friends showed a song of yours to me and I just fell in love with your work. And now I also want to become a musician and make my own music some time in the future, I still have a lot to learn though lol. Anyway, in summary: you’ve been a huge part of my life and I love your music :) -Lace

2:40 makes me burst into tears and the lemurians will burst into bloody mist

this one is a damn banger, the dynamic duo cooked here

100%chance to NOT miss

Who's up seeking their strom right now?

OOOH that BASS is so satisfying to listen to, and when the synth comes in and the rest, I can’t get enough of it. Plus I’m a total sucker for guitars and when they pause, and oh MAN! Amazing job, Stavros, man!

Engineer, build this man a statue.

I should build this bassline a statue

First time I hear about Stavros' work, and I think it fits pretty good into what Chris has constructed over the years. Love the void themes references, especially A Placid Island of Ignorance stuff, really took me back to one of my favourites. That aside, it absolutely slaps, would love to see more of his work on boss themes in the future. Great work!

Listening to this, eyes closed and full volume was the most intense and incredible musical experience I've ever had. Thank you Stavros for creating genuine perfection. And thank you Chris for making the rest of this game's phenomenal soundtrack. The ror1, ror2 and deadbolt OSTs are my top 3 soundtracks ever and make up all of my favourite music along with 1 other duo. Thank you two so much for these amazing tracks

I love the part where he said "it's building that man a statuein time"and built that man a statue all over the place

that bassline is deadly holy cannoli

I'm already loving it! That is some sick bass work and a fantastic bass tone too!

This guy never misses. We seeking the storm with this one survivors 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Extremely impressive that this song makes my eyes water like only the best of Chris's songs do, pure immersion in a song!

Yooooooooo let's go Super hyped and even more hyped now for this dlc

an amazing soundtrack as always!

In the bottom right it says i should build a man a statue insted of i should build the man a statue

This proves that sometimes having more hands in the kitchen isn't a bad thing. So stoked for these upcoming soundtracks!

Can't wait for the dlc

This is so good

Cannot wait for the release on Spotify. Such a great work. Excellent collaboration, Chris. Keep it up! I hope to see both of you doing more experimental work. It could be interesting to see an application of some experimental genres like folk-rock and folk-electro.

This goes unbelievably hard. Great job on the music, music man

I'm really excited for this dlc's soundtrack

Badass as always.

I should build the man a statue 🗿

Aaaaand now I get why this is the most anticipated OST this year.

Forget coffee, this song woke me the hell up

Hollyyy crap im in love

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!

So good. Love it

Well I'm going to be very happy these next couple of hours. I noticed that little bit of A Placid Island of Ignorance at the end there. Clever lads. Hold on a minute, I heard it in a few different places, actually. Is that riff going to be a new motif for this album?

New Chris Chris upload, happiness ensured !

Strom my beloved

I'm gonna end up listening too this way to much

I seeked the storm chat

ITS FINALLY HERE

I'm glad I stopped myself from developing pre-conceived thoughts about a new artist working on the OST; because 2:17 is legendary, thank you Christodoulou and Markonis for your creative genius on some of my favourite indie games.

Boombastic! Very nice Chris Im still raving on Risk soundtracks

Both of these new tracks are so good I can't stop listening to them every time I happen to look at my open tabs! Very excited for the full DLC and the 4 vinyls that I already ordered!

MORE CHRISTODOULOU LETS GO im so excitedd

WE'RE SEEKING THE STORM WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️

Insane bassline

I’m starting to think the original title of the video may have been Seekers of the Strom 🤔

Babe wake up... new RoR2 music dropped

I can't wait for the full album and commentary! Amazing sound already!

LETS FREAKING GOOOOOOO

Bravo to Stavros, incredible

Always excited when new RoR music comes out! It's always a pleasure for my ears

speechless.

Damn this is so gooooood!

im stromming out rn

Awesome

The music is 50% of why I love this game so much

You know, whenever I listen to this music, it really makes me think, "Wow! This music's so good. I SHOULD BUILD THESE MEN A STATUE."

Damn this pretty good

I especially love the use of guitar here; it sounds and feels very different to other similar guitar-heavy tracks like Bigger Ukulele. And despite the inclusion of existing leitmotifs, the track as a whole still carries a distinct style from everything that came before, but it's one that still fits the RoR universe IMO, which is exactly what I feel a good guest track for this series should do. Huge congrats to Stavros for composing the series' first completely original guest track! Would be cool to hear more from him in the future!

The day has come!

The king is back.

Here we go

there's a typo, also that bass is banger! cant wait to hear stravos!

I just started listening to the ost again

We got a strom cooking

This combined with the free update today? I'm in heaven

seekers of the strom

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It’s all over my screen

Bassline...goosebumps!

Because of how prevalent the Placid Island motif is in this update, I wonder if that means The Void is gonna do some crazy stuff again.

it has been like 2 or 3 days and i still cannot stop listening to this song, it is really good can't wait for more when the dlc releases, chris and stavros simply don't miss with the soundtrack.

WE ARE SEEKING THE STORM WITH THIS ONE

BABE WAKE UP WE GOT ANOTHER BANGER TO ADD TO THE PLAYLIST!!

The drum and bass...yeah this is gonna be real good

GOD 2:40 IS SO GOOD I CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR IT IN GAME

the lick is just too smooth

so beyond fire

YOOOOOO

This feels like teleporter music... cant wait