Darkest Dungeon - Combat Music

[@MarkusKrassius]

"Slowly.Gently....This is how a life is taken"

[@googane7755]

MaximusMeridius I get that all the time from using my plague doctor.

[@polskiobywatel553]

School in a nutshell...

[@matthewnickolas4706]

Great is the weapon that cuts on it's own!

[@multidimensionalcenturion9863]

Push the advantage give them no quarter.

[@BrettEns]

A death by inches...

[@Damuse8191]

I dont think any other game can match the pride and adrenaline you experience when your stressed out party members go heroic

[@kespec]

a tide turning 10% critical hit in xcom ironman can get pretty close. :)

[@ZenekMetalGuru]

When my Crusader or Vestal gets heroic I always imagine them screaming "DEUS VULT INFIDIELS!"! Shit simply just got more searious :D

[@L0ngsword]

The Vestal I brought with me for the last fight became Vigorous halfway through. Unfortunately I brought Reynauld and Dismas, so I had to *(LMAO SPOILERS)*

[@Estuways]

"Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today."

[@rhyadil5309]

My vestal has a tendency to get heroic under stress, so whenever she starts getting stressed I'm like, "Yeah, Godard! Kick their asses!"

[@CloudOfJudgement]

"As the fiend falls, a faint hope blossoms."

[@LordFhalkyn]

More dust. More ashes. More *disappointment.*

[@CValbusa]

"Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer."

[@Based_Witch_Hunter]

"Behold the infinite malignity of the stars!"

[@ZenekMetalGuru]

How quickly the tide turns

[@tagar67]

Continue the onslaught! Destroy. Them. ALL!

[@Apoc0001]

"The way is lit. The path is clear. We require only the strenght to follow it."

[@zaydr5774]

Yes we need this strenght

[@Weirdguy6]

THE WAY IS LIT‼️🔥 💯

[@ffejpsycho]

and the spelling! ;p

[@rewjik7998]

confidence surges as the enemy crumbles

[@ezekielbaskerville2710]

Remind yourselves that confidence is a slow and insidious killer. *Which is it now, old man?*

[@seivenk9453]

@@ezekielbaskerville2710 Overconfidence*

[@BeardedKenyan]

@@ezekielbaskerville2710 Call the ambulance but not for me moment.

[@blacksun3884]

My god, these themes make even the simplest battles seem like a titanic life or death struggle

[@eStecko]

+Renald Lefebvre (DraxxKraven) "Mortality clarified in a singular strike!"

[@Nedoxu]

All of my deaths on one of my files have been because one of my bounty hunters took a critical hit, and the next enemy just happened to target them as well. Both times I didn't even get a chance to counter it.

[@RenaldLefebvre]

Shamblers will do that to you.

[@Damuse8191]

+Renald Lefebvre (DraxxKraven) How quickly the tide turns.....

[@kumisz2]

And they are titanic life or death struggles. Remember, death waits in the slightest lapse in concentration.

[@Peusterokos1]

"Remember that there cannot be bravery...without madness!"

[@Sulicius]

Perfect battle music for my D&D adventure!

[@victoriazilverentant5593]

Sulicius I know right, right now I am picking out music to run with Curse of Strahd. This is just Perfect!

[@IHateNumbersOnNames]

Well hello fellow DMs im doing the same ahahahahaha

[@TheKlawwGang888]

Saving it for the final boss of the campaign, going to give them all Nam flashbacks before the fight even starts XD

[@steve4278]

Haha same! My players are in a haunted town about to come up against a banshee and I will definitely be using this for the combat music.

[@TheKlawwGang888]

Got plans for the final boss of my campaign to be an evil drow lich queen that actually turns out to be one of the party members mother. Long way to go yet but i look forward to the encounter, this soundtrack fits perfectly!

[@FanaticBG]

Having [Tempting Goblet] flashbacks at the moment...UGH... NO Mr. SKELINGTON NOBLE, I DON'T WANT ANYMORE DANK GRAPE JUICE! NO, N-ooo!

[@googane7755]

FanaticBG I had a triple vomiting pig battles 2 times in a row. Disease and stress fest, fuck my life.

[@fatbuffalo]

syphilis from pigs fml

[@googane7755]

Abusive from pigs fml

[@wellingtonmcskellington4833]

I have been summoned

[@user-bp6eh7en1v]

Mr. Skellington ain't greedy with the good booze

[@jodyrappin]

"Death waits, for the slightest lapse in concentration."

[@chrisc1914]

+Hi my name is, or the Random Numbers God...

[@bryanglock4237]

MORTALITY CLARIFIED IN A SINGLE BLOW

[@Twogugshavingsix]

Death cannot be avoided. But it may be postponed.

[@piotrnapora5810]

@@chrisc1914 RNGesus giveth, RNGesus taketh

[@SteveIsMe1291]

"Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer..."

[@idiotsplayinggames4752]

"Triumphant pride precipitates a dizzying fall"

[@mannack]

4:57 SUCH TERRIBLE ASSAULT CANNOT BE LEFT UNANSWERED

[@DonProvolone445]

Darkness closes in, haunting the Hearts of Men.

[@zaydr5774]

Ringing ears, blurred vision... The end approaches

[@Casey-zk8op]

2:38 PRESS THIS ADVANTAGE, GIVE THEM NO QUARTER!!!

[@killyn7520]

Remind Yourself That overconfidence is a slow, and insideous killer.

[@frozenladywater1626]

As a DM I love seeing my players lose their shit when I play fitting music for each monster. Im using this for the hag coven next session

[@konstantinemarkelia759]

i mean there is a boss in the game named the hag maybe use her theme song?

[@leonardpanergo7066]

I always use this when one of my players are on death's door!

[@rajamajapetraea]

nice, we are fighting an umber hulk now, im going to propose Battle in the Warrens for the next session

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

DM: *plays DD music* Players: haha I'm in danger

[@Janfon1]

How do you play intense music like this and things not get awkward?

[@RLfirst]

THEIR FORMATION IS BROKEN! MAINTAIN THE OFFENSIVE!

[@gamerfreak5961]

RINGING EARS. BLURRED VISION. THE END APPROACHES....

[@vassalofthenight9945]

TEETERING ON THE BRINK, FACING THE ABYSS!

[@steveninsertlastnamehere3389]

A hand's breadth from becoming unwound!

[@cas1652]

DAZED, REELING, ABOUT TO BREAK

[@Amendelwyr]

BLEEDING PROFUSELY NO BANDAGES NEARBY THE ENEMY STILL STANDS...

[@zxxDarkLightxxz]

That actually has to be one of the most intense of the lines! So many epic encounters in this game arrrrhhhh XD No other game than DD makes you fear for your characters lives like that.

[@SquirrelGamez]

2019, reading all the narrator quotes in the comments in the narrator voice. Give this man more work.

[@conjim]

His name is Wayne June! He does audio books, his stuff is up here on KZbin, if you wanna check it out.

[@blacksun3884]

Also I love how the cove music represents the bosses of the cove. 11:31 is the Siren's song, 12:39 is the moaning and chanting of the Drowned Crew, and the sunken ship bells and drums of the Pelagics are all within the piece.

[@crubby6763]

*How quickly the tides turn!*

[@furkankarabulut6739]

when you got 22crit damage from "rend for the old gods"

[@darukan]

@@furkankarabulut6739 when you get 72 crit by treebranch smackdown

[@muxilava]

@@darukan When you get a crit arterial pinch, don't have bandages or PD.

[@zaydr5774]

@@muxilava When you get 200 stress from grape juice man

[@jocosesonata]

"Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer." Now, take that sound clip and download it to your phone, set up an alam that rings every hour, and have that as the ringtone. That way you never forget.

[@TauvaGreaterGood]

Better tactical retreat than death

[@timothycorrea7498]

Just imagine how stressful DD2's music is going to be

[@Agentcoolguy1]

It's going to be amazing.

[@Razor4884]

10/10, would get afflicted again.

[@touchingisjustthefirststep]

It might be similar to this tbh

[@jordanpritchard5226]

*Masochism* "Let them come!"

[@vantablacc3264]

Its so stressful that you get Syphilis.

[@Thongger]

*Tempting Goblet Intensifies*

[@evangelisthahn3478]

gets driven to insanity by expired grape juice

[@wrongtime9097]

Old man: spills some wine Battle-hardened holy crusader: *hopeless*

[@staraptor9959]

STRESSFUL INCANTATION DOOMSAY HOWL ACCUSATION

[@sulfurical7439]

@@staraptor9959 STOPPPPPP

[@Sancturios]

@@staraptor9959 i am crying... it hurts so much seeing my party going insane q.q

[@Blackwingsss]

3:27 This expedition at least promises success

[@condormahjedas6639]

Everytime this game is mentioned, SOMEONE uses a quote from the narrator.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Because he is part of what makes it so unique and unforgettable.

[@edendemarlo]

He will be laughing still, at the end...

[@mrlive4958]

Prodigious size alone does not dissuade the sharpened blade

[@loganpharis6747]

The narrator is amazing

[@twistedlight9750]

A fortune awarded to the brave and foolhardy alike.

[@idontcare6736]

As the light falls, an inordinate exsanguination by inches maintains the spirits which are made clear with impunity as the end approaches, waiting for the slightest lapse in giving them no quarter when the ground quakes because of blurred vision

[@Agentcoolguy1]

Lmao this deserves more likes

[@riukasoulripper8252]

Ultimate ancestor megamix

[@martinmelanopaz6925]

when you don't know which quote is the best for this situation, so you just use them all and expect for the best

[@apoorvaditya7531]

I M P R E S S I V E !

[@patricktsao9630]

Outside the recording booth, "...uh, Wayne? Wayne you alright?"

[@strelok230]

BACK TO THE PIT!

[@MechagirlSachiko]

13:33 BEHOLD THE HEART OF THE WORLD! PROGENITOR OF LIFE, FATHER AND MOTHER, ALPHA AND OMEGA! Our creator... And our destroyer.

[@joshhawickhorst4114]

White Heart not many people got that far, which is why not many people liked the comment: they don’t know the quote. Only us, the chads of this world, understand

[@vicio19995]

@@joshhawickhorst4114 i would prefer i never understood that that... thing

[@vicio19995]

@Gachibass Commentator **many fall in the face of chaos but not this one, no today** pd i got my 2 last characters with focus and stallwart on deads door, (bounty hunter , and bandoleer) so no heals, and they fucking crit, i never screamed so hard in my life

[@kilianm.3648]

""Spare the others... I am ready"" -Leper

[@wizarddaddy47]

Absolute gigachad

[@shkeni]

6:18 always pumps me up. DESTROY. THEM. ALL.

[@SomeSleepyAsian]

+xelena A SINGULAR STRIKE!

[@onod32]

+xelena Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer

[@henrybadger785]

Executed with impunity!

[@ChuckPalomo]

A decisive pummelling!

[@estebanvelarde1]

Such a terrible assault cannot be left unanswered

[@Joumn]

"Continue the onslaught. Destroy. Them. All." - Ancestor

[@BeardedKenyan]

Is it even possible to get more hype than this?

[@XperimentorEES]

A moment of valor shines brightest against a backdrop of despair.

[@Nihiliste-]

I am 33. I play since 1990 according to my parents. I play a lot, and always used to play a lot in the past as well. I experienced most of the mainstream consoles, as well as Neo-Geo, dreamcast, ps2 saturn snes genesis....pc gaming as well in the 90's... and let me tell you this straight: this game has one of the best atmosphere I have ever witnessed.

[@o0Loucypher0o]

Yes and even though it's 2D isn't that just awesome?

[@benworthhansen8863]

It leans hard into the Lovecraft influences, especially with the rich and vivid flavor text, does not hold your hand, and makes insanity a thing to fear more than death. This and Bloodborne do an excellent job at getting at that part of what makes Lovecraft's mythos so good.

[@MaitreEtherion]

Same here and I agree

[@pardolagames8994]

ps2 and dreamcast? You're a legend. But, did you ever play top gear?

[@pesces2]

nice

[@rwbybomb2160]

when i die i want the ancestor's voice actor to come to my funeral and say this: "More dust, more ashes, more disappointment"

[@rpyCTHbluAPTEM]

Russiandoomerwavemusic . Try it.

[@facumorbi33]

"Confidence surges, as the enemy crumbles!"

[@alexanderyee3489]

The soundtrack alone has inspired me to get this game

[@dairygecko]

And the game inspired me to get his soundtrack

[@denjisenpai4569]

The comments are just Ancestor quotes

[@crazy10bears]

Can you feel it? The walls between the sane world and that unplumbed dimension of delirium are tenuously thin here...

[@balls5262]

Because they're fucking epic

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

Like him, they have become a part of this place now. *ha-ha-ha-ha, HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!*

[@Araneus21]

The comments like this are like glittering gold, trinkets and baubles...

[@justaberserkenjoyer5536]

But the quotes are actually good tho

[@htlchtlc]

In radiance may we find victory.

[@truefailure6359]

“ Destroy... Them... *All.* “

[@Samevistan]

“Even the fiercest beast will lay down when it has not eaten. STEAL THEIR FOOD.”

[@GuyFromCanada]

"Dazed.....Reeling......about to break....."

[@FatalError31]

0:16 is my favourite moment, especially when you are fighting in low light vs dozens of creatures, music goes like evil laughter of everything around you.

[@IRatchetI]

7:30 "And now... the darkness holds dominion - black as death."

[@paulhenr1]

As the fiend falls a faint hope blossoms!!

[@marcelomoreira9063]

The slow death.. unforseen, unforgiving

[@timothyholley2546]

Used this for a horror themed DnD session tonight and it was DOPE.

[@MrGoodpony]

Many fall in the face of chaos. But Not This One! Not Today.

[@TV-ny6rd]

Most epic ancestor line in this game

[@Nobody77246]

*Many fall in the face of chaos; but not this one, not today.*

[@Pansizzle]

Hearing the music at 5:00, when your torches are snuffed and your hero's are fighting on their last legs is so intense

[@twistedlight9750]

...and the ceaseless squeals of the swine folk, closing in from all around. Almost like they're lurking just beyond the wall, the only thing keeping them at bay is themselves, squabbling over who gets to eat your party first.

[@Kiloburn]

Prodigious size alone does not dissuade the sharpened blade!

[@fnorgen]

This really came in clutch in our D&D campaign when we got trapped in a single file corridor with a room full of 20 undead on one side and a horde of giant rats on the other side.

[@spoonistoobig3316]

14:55 BEHOLD! The Heart of the World! Progenitor of life; Father and Mother; Alpha and Omega! Our creator... and our destroyer.

[@TheDiazDarkness]

That moment when you are at low health and enemies are getting crits, while the stress is about to hit 100 in the next few turns, the light is low and you have to choose beetwen to try to scape or fight for the life of your heroes. This soundtrack is what you feel at that moment.

[@1God1Fury]

7:28 "A time to perform beyond ones limits!"

[@eStecko]

Hope for the best, expect the worst. Don't you dare go hollow... and most importantly, Keep it Dapper!

[@InkDragon160]

+David Kirth Except for me... Im simply Crestfallen

[@no1mayorofsimpleton]

Or is being dapper merely a drink of the light?

[@cindervee478]

*Tries and fails to think of a Saulden quote*

[@OwnyOne]

I'm in love with this music, it's perfect for combat in my dnd sessions! The game seems to be pretty good too, hope to lay my hands on it when I can.

[@OwnyOne]

I can confirm that I love and hate this game at the same time, and I cannot wait to play the recently released Darkest Dungeon 2, which looks completely SICK!

[@The_Red_Zealot]

@@OwnyOne That's dedication coming back 4 years later

[@OwnyOne]

@@The_Red_Zealot I mean the music's amazing, tho it was already my third or fourth time picking up the game since I first played it when I made the new comment.

[@solalhellio4468]

« And now the true test. Hold fast, or expire. »

[@tali6144]

00:00 Combat in the Ruins pumps me up! Especially at 2:10 when $*!# hits the fan.

[@xenariz]

Ringing ears, blurred vision.. The end approaches.

[@leramar]

6:20 I'm getting PTSD from this.

[@aaronjacobamadorsalazar1934]

That one is really depressing to listen to

[@DonsFan56]

There’s a science that alarm sounds stress us out because we associate the noise with the horrible feeling of having our sleep disturbed and getting out of bed. This though gives me Vietnam-style flashbacks to my inaccurate Houndmaster who’d end up sucking his own thumb if he fell into a barrel of tits.

[@wrongtime9097]

This song: starts playing My team to themselves: “somebody going to die tonight”

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

It makes me mildly panic as suppressed memories of accidentally stumbling into Thing From the Stars in the middle of a Medium Long Weald expedition. My Level 4 Antiquarian and Grave Robber did not return from that expedition.

[@demiiii_xd]

@@OneBiasedOpinion I had a group that was a Leper, Vestal, Jester, and Man at Arms, i didnt knew what the Shrambler's Altar was, RIP. Leper and Vestal

[@punishedredruby]

Playing this while listening to the Narrator's Quote playlist makes it feel like you're playing

[@jonnypferdeschwanz7479]

at that point you might just wanna play the game instead

[@punishedredruby]

@@jonnypferdeschwanz7479 and get mad at RNG and eventually ragequit? Maybe

[@LucasSilvero24]

​​@@punishedredruby that's the thing with this game, if you ragequit you come back stronger and with a different mentality. I think that's the right way to play DD, overrun the game and you will get more and more stress.

[@TheKeranor]

Using this in my Pen and Paper group as battle music. Couldn't be more fitting when a dice roll decides your fate!

[@OdysseyABMS]

love the plague doctor art

[@SolidSon]

"Many fall in the face of chaos...But not this one! Not today"

[@mikoajmarszaek8919]

The Cove Combat music must be my favourite soundtrack in the game! It gives player a mood to fight rather than cry over getting critted by "pelagic fishman-folk" ;)

[@ZealotOfSteal]

Me personal favourite is Return to the Warrens which only plays in low light battles. Hence I'd make as many low light warren runs as possible.

[@stinkypoodog]

Whenever I have to kill a spider for my flatmates - *squish* Me: BACK TO THE PIT!

[@TheTeletrap]

Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer

[@HugoDefante]

As victories mount, so too will resistance.

[@Twogugshavingsix]

FOULISH CREATURES. BROUGHT LOW AND DRIVEN INTO THE MUD

[@lurklurk32]

6:18 The moment when your party is nearly dead and their minds completely broken. Fight on, or live to --die-- another day ?

[@Wotias]

Can we appreciate how these musics describe perfectly the horror and the stress of playing this game?

[@pablofernandez278]

“You can run, but you’ll only die tired...” - Bounty Hunter Boba Fett

[@StaleCrony]

I like this comment. Fits nicely!

[@Snowie7826]

0:00 When you hear mum pull up in the driveway and you remember you haven't cleaned your room like you were supposed to

[@Legoman775]

why do i hear boss music?

[@TheReckoning1991]

"How quickly the tide turns."

[@thetwoll12]

Damn, Return to the Warrens is my favourite, so dark and bestial, I love it. Feels like you're overruned, surrounded by a swarm of belching, howling, growling monsters. It's perfect to work on a urgent project !

[@MassiveDestructionSP]

The battle theme for the weald is probably the best one in the OST

[@xGrundisx]

I switched from Lofi Hip Hop to this and immediately my hair stood up in anticipation.

[@kbzonmarko]

6:19 Mournweald Encounter theme gives me the chills...I can almost feel my crew going deeper into insanity....!!!

[@OlbedSyanKnight]

"Ringing ears... Blurred vision... The end approaches... "

[@dawidmajewski9402]

"Fear and frailty finally claim their due."

[@theotv5522]

Everyone gangsta until the mob rolled 2 crits in a roll.

[@agustincorales4786]

"Slowly, gently, this is how a life is taken"

[@sydniusalminia5364]

Mortality clarified in a single blow.

[@ProphetChuck8471]

Continue the onslaught! Destroy. Them. All.

[@DigitalApex]

3:27 "Many fall in the face of chaos, but not this one. Not today." 5:40 _The blood pumps, the limbs obey_ 7:30 "And now the truest test... Hold fast, or expire?" 16:00 "Behold the Heart of the World. Progenitor of life, father and mother, Alpha and Omega. Our creator... and our destroyer."

[@bracing_brooke]

using this for my dnd one shot. Thank you!

[@SpectraP12]

A trifling victory but a victory nonetheless

[@Scyhion]

14:10 Too late to run Fight or die.

[@dexter1673138]

happy im not the only one in love with the music

[@lblb100]

Every fight in this game can be your last

[@witherxd3345]

oh the stress of having one of your heroes go insane and- OMG STOP IT WITH THAT STUPID GOBLET!

[@BastanVideos]

Every year my life more seems like a DD run

[@randomstuff8900]

2020 in particular, yikes

[@catwif]

Remain virtuous my friends

[@gamalitox]

This comment aged well

[@CobaltSilverBird]

This song goes with about ANY RPG SYSTEM AND UNIVERSE you play. Played games since 5 years old, my first console was the Atari. I had SNES, megadrive, Dynavision, PS1 and 2, Dreamcast, N64, and i can say with no fear that this game was one of the best ones i've played in my entire life. The feeling of dodging and hitting, getting criticals when needed or death's door checks on the right moment are always like you have won the lottery. Getting all the achievementes in this game took me hundreds of hours and i loved EACH minute of it.

[@dweliq2993]

This is the best music Ive ever heard. Not even top 5 or top 10 nor anything. Top 1.

[@FirstLast-yr9kx]

I love the plague doctor mask

[@mikemcwilliams2735]

"More arrive foolishly seeking fortune and glory in this domain of the damned."

[@ZarHakkar]

I like how the final battle theme seems to combine and implement several elements from each other theme.

[@konstantinemarkelia759]

Makes sense as it is the theme of the final boss

[@ciciosweep]

Make sense, thats a way to end your Journey, a reminder of all you have done till the end

[@Razielts1]

this is perfect music to play Skaven wow was so hard to find something like this

[@randomstuff8900]

ngl the skaven are cool, under aprieciated.

[@idiotsplayinggames4752]

Chad Raziel pfp

[@anshaabdul1089]

I love Mournvield Encounter as it gives me vibes of common first expirience of going there. At first music is stressfull but overall okayish as your run, blight is annoying but Vestal doing her job. Then you ran into a Unclean Giant whos holding a giant tree. At first he just spams mass blight. You resist some of it so you think he is not as dangerous as he seems. And then, when music kicks at 7:29 he crit smashes one of your party members with his tree. Woah! Hold on, I can still revocer! - you think, as next turn he useses confusion spores and your vestal goes front and leper goes back.

[@kennyford2267]

"THESE NIGHTMARISH CREATURES, THEY CAN BE FELLED, THEY CAN BE BEATEN!"

[@blackadder5346]

I once had my entire party die from heart attacks one after another. I wasn't happy.

[@kaboomluong9373]

Can I offer you a goblet in these trying times?

[@blackadder5346]

@@kaboomluong9373 That is quite tempting.

[@hamzaamir3305]

@@kaboomluong9373 If it's that stress inflicting goblet, no thank you ✋🏼

[@GameAlicornLuna]

There can be no hope in this hell. No hope at all.

[@martir3499]

Perfect inspirational music for my writing. Love this score very much. I need more.

[@tscaglione131]

When you're playing DnD and you need music for a Lich Boss

[@agent-xqj3733]

I was playing DND with my brother and friends and we were listening to the soundtrack and as we entered a dungeon a huge wolf monster started attacking us and this song kicked in when he popped out.

[@fashionsoulsonlysouls5575]

Preston Smith which one? There are several throughout the video

[@flaming3624]

​@@fashionsoulsonlysouls5575do you still wish to know?

[@fashionsoulsonlysouls5575]

@@flaming3624 dude near everything about me including my gender changed and i STILL wanna know that song