Balatro OST - Main Theme (Extended)

[@apollojustice5338]

It's gonna be a glorious moment when the GOTY Orchestra plays this at The Game Awards.

[@residays]

Objection! ...I agree.

[@nathanhopkins7976]

The lucky 7/8 time sig seems very appropriate for a game about poker. Props to the artist for making such a natural sounding song in an uncommon meter.

[@Nathan55411]

Is it 7/8? I thought it was 7/4

[@orora667]

@@Nathan55411 for me it's 7/8

[@Vario69]

The melody in this is so loose and detached from the meter, the 7/8 doesn't even matter to it... Unimpressed

[@nathanhopkins7976]

@@Vario69 I take the opposite view. Meters like 5, 7, or 11 are uncommon enough that it's far easier to write melodic lines which seem excessively rigid and forced, and which then draw greater attention to a beat which thus comes across as limping along, like something in 4 or 6 which has had a limb amputated. The Balatro theme allows the listener to get into a groove with the song without even thinking about the unusual rhythm because it has such a natural sound, and the composition provides multiple sounds interleaving between each other which they can shift their attention between: the relatively steady drumbeat, the syncopated chords, and the fairly free-floating synthesizer melody. While doing something more deliberately "off-sounding" in 7 can accomplish another interesting aesthetic effect, as in some math rock or jazz, I think the hypnotic but undistracting way this is written perfectly suits its role as the main soundtrack for a video game.

[@macchiato_1881]

@@Vario69 L take

[@lnterest-ing]

I may not be super interested in card games, but this game's audio and visual design are just gorgeous! I might pick it up to play when it comes out

[@matthiass._.]

there's an early access demo you can play for free

[@demonioum]

I dont even care about poker but this game has me hooked and learning all the hands, real fun.

[@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn]

that's february 20th. also make sure to hear all the variations of the music

[@Theminimarvela]

It's out now if you're still interested!!

[@bargyarr]

opinions?

[@s6laju00]

This game is like having a very strange fever dream of being in casino and thinking you're playing poker, but instead it's Balatro and it's awesome.

[@RaineErasmusWalker]

holy shit this so much👆🏻

[@vitowidjojo7038]

Me garnering NaN^inf chips and realizing it's balatro and not casino:

[@keilstar222]

"This game is like playing Balatro"

[@pear-zq1uj]

i heard a cool theory that you're actually a god playing and whenever you use a planet card you vanquish a real planet

[@ddodd69]

correct

[@karlklein2263]

My favorite part is when the cards go brrrr and the music goes do do do.

[@TheDiamondMc88]

And the money goes $$$$

[@FicusLicker]

REALLLLLL

[@izzyn2528]

balatro

[@De_an]

I love it when games go for this kind of vibe.

[@mistercookboom1899]

Yeah! It kind of reminds me of Earthbound battles.

[@rosettemusic23]

@@chonky_walrusmaybe you’d like the Baba Is You OST? it’s sorta similar, super cool vibes

[@Revvnar]

​@@chonky_walrus I can recommend some stuff with similiar vibe: David Wojciechowski & Victor Fritzsche - Gato slowerpace 音楽 - The Great Escape Soothing Tunic Music (or just entire TUNIC ost) Smooth - Vintage 01 [Full EP] Smooth Genestar - Last Train Downtown [Full Album] 寺田創一 (Soichi Terada) Futarino Fantavision Full Soundtrack (HQ)

[@martinquetzal5346]

You should try Find the balance, my friend. While very different from balatro, it allows for nice couch vs matches. My gf and I play it while talking and drinking coffee.

[@taiao7700]

@@chonky_walrus Check out the risk of rain 2 OST. very similar instrumentation and arrangements, just a bit darker. hotline miami OST is also great

[@evilpellu]

This game feels like trying to solve a gambling addiction through the use of soft drugs and the windows music visualizer

[@ponderingspirit1475]

The drugs are an addiction too no?

[@ZatClaire]

@@ponderingspirit1475 soft drugs like marijuana and shrooms typically aren't addictive. At least not in the way that, say, nicotine or caffeine are.

[@bensweeney5878]

A game that literally allows you to play until you can't. Perfect gambling therapy!

[@pruwyben]

As if this song wasn't already constantly playing in my head.

[@beybladetunada5697]

this is what gambling addiction probably sounds like

[@ghostofamoment]

That 7/4 time signature is so weirdly satisfying! I have to tap along with the drums every dang time I play this game

[@nathanhopkins7976]

Would you consider it 7/4 or 7/8? It feels more natural for me to count it as two measures of 7 rather than one based on the high-hats/chords, but I'm not very good at distinguishing simple from compound meter. Good song

[@treehann]

@hopkins7976 the denominator depends on the tempo. I think based on the kick and snare the tempo is around 54. If you count double time it's 108. Counted as the slower tempo, the time signature is 7/8. 3 and a half quarter notes fit in the measure, or 7 eighth notes (thus time sig of 7/8). You're counting the hats which are sixteenth notes by my measure, but those don't necessarily determine the time signature, they just help you keep time. Which is a useful skill in itself!

[@Phiiiiiiiiiiiii]

It's kinda weird to count this beat as 7 as opposed to 14

[@ReverseGuy]

it's not 7/4

[@Phiiiiiiiiiiiii]

@@ReverseGuy it's more like 4/4 4/4 6/4

[@Stuugie.]

This is the smoothest 7/4 beat I have ever heard, I have listened to it for hours and hours by now and it's still not old

[@INF2.160]

Is it not 7/8?

[@nowaydude7123]

@@INF2.160 I feel it as 7/4 not 7/8

[@widget_8475]

@@nowaydude7123It changes a lot but it’s factually 7/8

[@NJAR31298]

⁠@@widget_8475Unless it’s in the official score the bottom number really doesn’t change anything except the readability to a musician. It’s in 7, but if I were arranging it I would probably put it in 7/4 because it would feel more comfortable to read a quarter note as the pulse at this kind of tempo.

[@iuyiop9550]

Is Balatro the greatest roguelike since Slay the Spire? Yes

[@treehann]

It feels both more tightly designed and broader in scope than StS to me. Quite the accomplishment, it's also one of the prettiest games I've seen in a while.

[@NitBeanTheMachine]

@@treehannart direction for this game is 10/10

[@pear-zq1uj]

@@treehann the clicking and flicking sound of the cards is so satisfying, especially on higher speed

[@hulkongt123]

Since sts and monster train yes

[@theincursion5898]

it is physically impossible to be mad while listening to this music

[@SuperWarZoid]

unless you realize that your boss blind is the needle and requires you to get 110,000 chips in a single hand

[@rex_yaldabaoth]

@@SuperWarZoid A rough one to be sure, but a needle that high gotta be like, ante 7 or something (at least on default difficulty, i've not played that much) and my best single hands around then are like, in the 1-10mil range. So it's definitely doable

[@MrRiverFace]

when this kind of track plays it feels like no matter how fruitful, or fruitless, it was meant to happen.

[@alexfong780]

Until you make you whole deck ace of hearts and the boss disable hearts

[@landonlecoq5660]

Or if your unlucky enough to hit the 1/1000 with Cavendish ​@@SuperWarZoid

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

FUCK THIS MUSIC, Its too catchy, I've had it in my head for nearly 5 weeks, and it still keeps on going, its just too GOOD.

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

still going in my head for 2 months. still, I like it

[@SnufflySpy]

This game literally wouldnt be as good without this song. This song makes me want to live

[@TheRamblingSoul]

This game is the perfect intersection of poker, roguelike, and trippy retro graphics/music. I love it and can't wait until the full release 😁

[@maxime9512]

The simple opening title screen gives so much credit to this game its insane !

[@AplicFlare]

absolutely fire theme

[@Shlompskii]

Can't wait to hear this LocalThunk walks on stage to accept his goty award 😌

[@jaggy-snake]

Love the snare sound. This is one of the few soundtracks I’d never turn off.

[@maglev0789]

Hearing an uncommon time sig is one thing but hearing one that sounds this natural is something else

[@Vinsmoke51]

the goty orchestra playing this will go crazy

[@TheDiamondMc88]

Oh boy

[@LanaIsUnderrated]

I personally could always listen to this, to the mere fact that it somehow works perfectly with both intense times, and or just chilling

[@obesellama4754]

I’ve been waiting to find this somewhere thank you for uploading this! I love the soundtrack.

[@vividescence]

Fun fact about this soundtrack. In the game engine the audio is actually slowed down by around 20%, and it has 5 different layers.

[@JaytheBae98]

That's really interesting cause I saw someone uploaded a rip of this and they were all mad fast, slowing it down to 75 % speed sounds exactly like this vid.

[@feryth]

@@JaytheBae98 for anyone else looking for the actual playback speed, it's exactly 0.7x from the rip

[@Zack-ti1lj]

😮😮😮

[@Nomad7222]

Never played this game but the music and aesthetic of this game remind me of some fake video game in some tv sitcom where the main character develops an unhealthy obsession with said video game and the entire episode is his family trying to get him to stop playing cause the game is ruining his life

[@Viraus2]

That's exactly what playing this game is like too

[@OliverYoungSomeGuy]

if you really want to speedrun doing that get it on the switch. I can just play a round of Baltaro wherever I go now 😅

[@banjogyro]

Rocko's Modern Life episode

[@jackp2318]

This is a gem in the latest steam nextfest. I can't wait to play the full version

[@JohnLucPicard98]

Game of the year for me. February always has games that fly under my radar and turn out to be my favorites

[@MrCrabguy]

Such a Risk of Rain sounding track

[@SueRoboblasts]

right? it's definitely that synth

[@brokenscart7989]

Same composer

[@Nitrous0x]

@@brokenscart7989 not the same composer.

[@Sicktrees]

This soundtrack has a permanent position in my brain that I cannot shake off for the life of me.

[@ados380]

The whole game feels like you're experiencing one song, and it never gets old.

[@damiencrossley7497]

Ahh what a lovely morning just one game.....AND now its night fall!

[@codycaldwell5042]

Praise the Egg for showing me this game 🥚🥚

[@xJoeKing]

He's so bad at it, now I have to buy it and play it correctly!!!

[@ka5333]

We're balatro guys, of course we listen to the soundtrack for hours at a time

[@LowLifeAM]

I usually don’t like card games, but this has become my favorite game the moment I played it.

[@smilebasic357]

Same! It's perfect on the Switch

[@nickdubie6179]

ALL HAIL THE GOTY! One of my GOATs... Thank you for introducing everyone to YOUR world, Jimbo. And of course... the best for you, Local(Legend)Thunk!

[@FreeWillian]

GOTY ORCHESTRA 🎉🎉

[@SilverKitten10000]

0:38 will likely be Flute Guy’s part

[@WrecklessEating]

Most relaxing song ever.

[@Zaque-TV]

Ayo! 🎉

[@sjan777]

Real Amazing Digital Circus

[@crucible1084]

balatro is like if you were sent into some other worldly interdimensional casino where the rules have been twisted and you play with a bunch of aliens

[@nickdubie6179]

With a "cheap" door fee! Definitely more than well worth the stay.... 👽 🃏♠️♥️♣️♦️

[@LuznoLindo]

I mean, that's pretty much what Balatro is when you think about it: An alien's idea of poker.

[@aksmotorsports]

I heard this song through some streamer at 1.5x speed, now I cant go back to normal, changes the whole vibe!! love it.

[@Zaque-TV]

Woah, that sounds wild

[@GeekdeBraise]

Mysterious, hypnotic, magic🃏 Balatro for ever

[@davidNK-A]

I got so hooked to this game that I randomly woke up at 1 AM and every time I tried to close my eyes I would see playing cards

[@maticampa2336]

cant wait for the full game to come out omg

[@thecyberquake618]

Balatro gave me crippling gambling addiction. 10/10

[@CynosureTheTank]

Slay the Spire finally has a worthy opponent.

[@D-Loc25]

Shout out for getting this great audio and an extended version 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@SystemRush]

The wheel of Balatro continues to spin threads of fate.

[@HoChiMints2007]

Boss Blind: All face cards are debuffed My Pareidolia Joker: Sorry, NOTHING

[@balt.]

you'd just have to sell it

[@FicusLicker]

It’s the worst when you’re doing that one challenge with the eternal pareidolia

[@RaineErasmusWalker]

it's like a Twilight Zone episode, trapped in liminal kitchen floor tiles fever dream with a trippy skybox and you're in Purgatory, playing cards with shrill goofy clown dudes🃏🤡

[@MrMxmac]

at 4:45 there is such a vibe from a certain level in risk of rain 2 so gooood

[@MrKrashmoney]

Don’t think I’ll play it. Don’t like poker. (3 days later) Don’t think I’ll stop playing it. Poker’s fun!

[@bforbaloney2237]

This is probably one of the greatest songs to get high to

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

Imagine if the song slowly sped up as the game got harder. Since it’s actually slowed by default

[@bedwarsissus1881]

How did this song give me chills? Super great song though. :D

[@theketchupboii]

Because its good :)

[@DannoHung]

The LFO on the lead makes me jazz my pants

[@serghyy]

Thanks for the extended

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

I heard this very faintly in the background of a pretty big youtuber's video and recognized it because Ceres Fauna plays this game a lot. I came here to confirm it really was this I heard

[@CramPlayer]

i listen to this while running from them

[@GKinWor]

the fog

[@dreadcircumference]

the

[@kristoffersonsilverfox3923]

the rot consumes

[@MikeyBison]

Music is 100%. Enjoy

[@aoe9015]

This ost reminds me of someone in a suit sitting in on the sidewalk at night after gambling his savings and looking at the las vegas skyline

[@Swampum]

Literally playing this while playing balatro on xbox cause theres no game audio 😢😢😢

[@quensive]

Just set the audio to stereo in the console’s settings - it worked for me

[@Oblinski]

This game basically puts you in a poker match, but you craft all 5 pieces of exodia and blast through each round.

[@carbonfibercarpet4655]

Flute guy should play the melody during the GOTY orchestra

[@monke6774]

I play this when i don't wanna pay attention to Northernlion talking but want the same vibes

[@Repton0]

I love g major so much

[@Dirimesavir]

This music feels like i'm gonna do pact with devil

[@trancandy1]

sounds like the devil is a chill dude wearing sunglasses, cargo shorts, and a tie-dye t-shirt

[@LiteDisc]

Guess what's getting played by the Game Awards orchestra this year? lmaoooo

[@noscopemonkey3369]

a true banger

[@lettttuce]

NL banter in the background..

[@Skeletroller]

The theme of videogame crack

[@ZeekerDog]

God i love this psychedelic soul like music

[@nexisvids]

Wow, 17 minutes is not nearly enough

[@Zaspar]

So fucking good

[@Lepacodelaluz]

I NEED THE BOOSTERPACK TRANSITION XD

[@Notheare]

How has it been a year already

[@Zack-ti1lj]

Nice, thank u 😊

[@mrgatopascuero9973]

The hymn to procrastination

[@Davi_Dash]

Never underestimate a joker 🃏

[@MMaRsu]

Listening to this made all the KZbin comments wiggle around and wavey

[@TudominotheGreat]

Reminds me of Keep Talking by Pink Floyd

[@johnlau3599]

Anyone, please recommend other artists/album similar to this? Great thanks!

[@ninja3212]

Mort Garson's Plantasia has a similar vibe I think.

[@JessicaCantlope]

When the 2:12 hits...ough

[@liegegaia8376]

is there a name for whatever genre of music this is? i need to know where i can find more like it

[@rodeojones903]

At 40 seconds it reminds me of a SNES era game, but I can't put my finger on it!

[@artlover2866]

listening to balatro ost while writing a poam for my sick gf:)

[@godlyvex5543]

Can you upload a non-extended version of this? It's absurd that not a single person has just uploaded the song as it is, without any modifications or weirdness. I just want to add the song to my music playlist.

[@homtherobot]

Why not do it yourself? It's not that hard!

[@nossaw8246]

POV you are listening to NL banter without playing his hand

[@Thatidiot-y5y]

Are you still running from them?

[@larrydigger461]

7/8

[@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn]

i think it's 7/4

[@nathanhopkins7976]

​@@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn How do you distinguish? I instinctively want to count it as paired measures of 7, which seems like 7/8 to me, but I'm not very good at telling simple and compound meters apart

[@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn]

@@nathanhopkins7976 the drums are regular, which they wouldn't be in 7/8

[@WASletter]

duckolium!? like from the jacksfilms and psychicpebbles colab?

[@ariehayalon6961]

How it feels to play poker while high

[@TheMushMe]

it sounds so hopeless, soul-crushing and dreadful, the perfect bgm to sucks you into this addictive game 😂

[@themetamayhem]

digimon world 4 town theme vibes

[@demonioum]

They took the Demo away😢

[@RatPyromaniac]

ITS BACK

[@opie_]

this might be the most soothing piece ever written

[@AG2Game]

Sounds like Berserk

[@Frandash9]

Parece sacado de un álbum de Tame Impala. XD

[@nix-wizard]

I am going completely insane. Every time I look up a theme on youtube, the extended version pops up. Has no one heard of the "loop" button? jesus christ, this is getting out of hand.

[@dragountastified8083]

RTGame

[@fauxdude9756]

Nope!