Demon's Souls OST - Character Creation Theme (extended)

From the video game Demon's Souls (PS3 - 2009). This theme is played when you're in 'Character Creation' mode and when you're in the 'Load Game' menu.
This theme, entitled "Souls of Mist", wasn't released on the original Demon's Souls soundtrack.
This music was composed by Shunsuke Kida. I don't claim to own anything.

[@legohaloguyXx56]

It's like being in an empty ocean, with just yourself in it.. nothing else

[@TrueHolyRune]

Very true. Really is a calm them.

[@HDeppix101]

I’d clap on that one

[@frankmaka2763]

Then follow with the games intro cutscene and yeah, that description is almost dead accurate. Alone in the colourless fog...or so you thought

[@phattruongtohuynh8867]

That Dark Souls,baby a calm but violent and dark sea with mark of a old world

[@Newguts]

Thanks for this description

[@junker154]

Best menu music in the souls franchise.

[@Gorayama1]

rather most simplier

[@junker154]

Gorayama1 Sometimes less is more

[@quintonthevillain2745]

Personally I`m more taken with the character creation music of the first Dark Souls, but this rocks too.

[@hellinterface6721]

darksouls 1 is a huge contender. When those meddlesome meddlesome meddlesome bells come in....

[@junker154]

And the heavy metal of the heathen bells

[@BeautifulGaston]

Servers just went down, RIP 2009-2018 We did it boys, Demons Souls is back! You all have hearts of gold, dont let them take it from you.

[@colephillips9348]

sad... Such a beautiful game.

[@AnarchyMagic]

This game will be remastered mark my words this is too legendary for them not to Atlas can work something out

[@kanedamikami7771]

There is still an unofficial server

[@locussolus9997]

@@kanedamikami7771 what do you mean by this?

[@KamoErmine]

@@locussolus9997 There are still active private servers, just check yuvi.app

[@2HandHangerDunksOnly]

It sounds so... Otherworldly...

[@royfox2010]

Something about Demon's Souls that the other games in the series just could not replicate and I miss it. Maybe I'm just nostalgic but I always remember a certain "atmosphere" Demon's Souls had that was full of intrigue. Felt like you were exploring the shadow of a broken world.

[@plasmagear4652]

totally agree. Demon's Souls has the best atmosphere!

[@badassnomad3181]

You were exploring a broken world, just not a shadow

[@STRING3R]

It had a really surreal, almost dreamlike atmosphere.

[@AIONBERSERKER]

I think Bloodborne had the best atmosphere.

[@AIONBERSERKER]

I think Bloodborne had the best atmosphere.

[@FUZATl]

A moment of calm before the shrine of storms.

[@DJNenz]

Seriously man my anus was not prepared for that place when I first reached it

[@FUZATl]

+TheGeek11 When you hear that calm theme playing while creating your character, you're million miles away to expect all the brutality /blood/salt/tears this game can hold. That theme remembers me of Akira Yamaoka's work on Silent Hill

[@007megaoof]

@@FUZATl it reminds me of the beginning section of hl1 where your on the tram.

[@cA5TraTioN]

@@007megaoof reply 5 years later

[@007megaoof]

@@cA5TraTioN no

[@MrNuclearz]

This song seems so out of place. So calm, but not depressing. Nothing like this in any other Souls game.

[@KironKhashnobish]

Sounds quite somber.

[@BlackenedDrummer]

You don't perceive a hint of sorrow or anguish, or at least melancholy?

[@MrNuclearz]

+Nathan Magnuson Nope. I get a feeling of respite from this song.

[@BlackenedDrummer]

MrNuclearz weird

[@danielhadzima511]

Maybe the Dark Souls 1 file select.

[@SilentTree12]

There's something so ethereal about this.

[@KingLich451]

@Humanitarian Toilet yep

[@insertnamehere001]

Being the character creation music, I imagine a baby in the womb. Safe, not really alive but certainly not dead, and completely ignorant of the outside world, just peacefully floating around. It's peaceful, yet you still have the urge to leave this peace.

[@KironKhashnobish]

Poetic

[@followingtheroe1952]

A womb, or a tomb?

[@KironKhashnobish]

Myrdred Deceiver YES

[@followingtheroe1952]

Kiron Khashnobish Did you know tombs were historically made to resemble wombs so that they may represent a rebirth in the afterlife?

[@KironKhashnobish]

Wooah! No, I didn't

[@Amun590]

This game was really creepy at its core. But in a good way, mind you.

[@saintultra2737]

I've listened to this well over 5,000 times over the past three years. I can fall asleep to this, study to this, daydream to this, etc. This is a timeless piece of menu music, and I think it's a shame that Dark Souls 3 did away with the peaceful, otherworldly music at the title and character creation menus.

[@yogurtretzel8865]

True but Secret Betrayal and the Firelink theme in Dark Souls 3 are really encapsulate that feeling, in my opinion.

[@MEUAR]

Dark Souls 3 wasn't the same theme, the same story. It was a tale of an ending world, of a cycle of cycles tired of turning round and round on itself, but which did not concede to go so gentle into that good night, and still raged against the dying of the light. As some Welshman would say. It demanded grandiose themes, and rightfully so.

[@hammerite6418]

@@MEUAR exactly it’s like in dark souls 1 where you get a huge explosion of flame at the end in the words of dj peach cobbler “you get a flickering flame one that can barely sustain itself burning at the edge of a dying world”

[@jonny9425]

that's awesome im currently listening to this for my 8,423rd time

[@BridgeWyvern]

Same lol

[@snaffus]

You have a heart of gold, don't let them take it from you. Thanks a million for uploading this.

[@HawkLeijon]

I just KNEW i had listened this track somewhere but I couldn't recall. TYSM

[@MorganEarlJones]

the windmills track?

[@TheMagiAlchemist]

When someone says Demon souls, this song comes to mind straight away

[@MichaelPsyche]

+kheartsify Hook me up with a copy m8?

[@TheMagiAlchemist]

+Malcefium Mike only have on ps+ account sorry dude. Shud b cheap online

[@user-ir8rd6oy4w]

+Malcefium Mike It's pretty cheap now. Bought it on the PSN store for $5.

[@edgefriends]

the most hardest stage in demon's soul

[@Dalfrid1]

Character creation is the first and hardest boss of all

[@SeipherNL]

And the final boss, Na'ming the Character is even harder than any boss ever!

[@ohno4266]

In any game for that matter.

[@MichaelPsyche]

Best character creation theme out of all of the Souls games and Bloodborne.

i prefer the dks 1 theme :D

[@MichaelPsyche]

Ensora ñ_ñ Dark Souls 1's character creation theme is beautiful.

dude just imagine the boss theme´s!!! *O*

[@MichaelPsyche]

Ensora ñ_ñ Yeah, they're cool.

[@Bluecloudandrew]

+Malcefium Mike I agree. This tune set the stage, I feel, for the entire series. There is something of a 'reaching hauntedness' to this piece. As if it's beckoning you into some mystery. Man, this game.....

[@pongopea]

it's official boys, it's coming for the ps5

[@heyguysinternet]

Just a correction: this piece is not by Shunsuke Kida, although it is obviously based on a theme -- that of the Nexus -- by Kida. It is in fact composed by Yuji Takenouchi, who also composed Dark Souls' menu music, and was both games' lead sound designer.

[@lubu4u312]

Organ: Religious, contemplative Chanting/Choir: Ominous, foreboding Synth Effect: Drawing, containing Overall a great song that draws the mind in and provokes thought while balancing low and high tones that have an almost horror effect

[@plasmagear4652]

I miss music like this in Dark Souls 3.. :(

[@Newguts]

Me too...

[@217adaptiveperspective]

Dark Souls 2 really was similar to Demon Souls in a few aspects... although it's always going to be remembered as the black sheep of all the games.

[@sagekins4083]

dark souls 3 has like 40 songs that are exactly the same

[@aagh8714]

@@sagekins4083 how dare u

[@sagekins4083]

@@aagh8714 hi

[@nivekogilvie3368]

Literally a minute into the song, and I made my mind up to buy back my PS3 and replay this game. So many damn memories I want to relive just from hearing this tune.

[@warlockguy42]

+Nivek Ogilvie I never sell my systems because of games like this.

[@yoruneko34]

I wish one day I will feel again like those first hours in demon soul trying to get through that first level wondering why the fuck I sucked so bad. This game took my gaming habits and broke them against the wall of difficulty and thoughtfulness, making me think again, fell again, wonder again. No more cliches no more tricks, it’s all new and what the hell is going on what am I doing where should I go who are these people. Ha the bliss I felt then. Like playing a game for the first time.

[@jacobpalmer9282]

umbasa

[@KironKhashnobish]

mufasa

[@juliabailey9685]

@Maive Muker blizzaga

[@leandrodure2505]

Thundaga

[@skoogadoo]

nigeria

[@umbasa01]

Si

[@elpikappa]

It’s 4.30 in the morning, I just got back from a party and I’m listening to this under the warm sheets of my bed, completely surrounded by the welcoming darkness of my bedroom and I’m having the time of my life. Forever grateful for this game and this soundtrack that will never grow old.

[@KingLich451]

hope you had a nice sleep

[@nightmoves17]

So simplistic, yet hauntingly beautiful. This will always be my favorite character creation theme.

[@juliopenaloza5655]

In music, often the pauses between notes are just as important as the notes themselves. This song makes full use of that concept.

[@uppstg]

For anyone who wants more like this, the composer is Yuji Takenouchi/TECHNOuchi/Missingsoul. His music has a very distinct tone and is very similar to this, just often with a more upbeat/dance oriented style. Look up his remix of The Black Shell Beast King, from the Mushihimesama Double Arrange album; it uses many of the same samples/instruments as this. He was the lead sound designer for Demon's Souls, and composed this theme and the character creation theme in the original Dark Souls.

[@Enigmashoot]

Thank you

[@helgenx]

Have you heard Chaindive's OST? It's fucking amazing. And the game is mad good, too!

[@sirfijoe450]

The OG Demon’s Souls has the most unique atmosphere I’ve ever seen in a game. I could only describe it as ethereal and otherworldly. Like a dream almost.

[@albertwesker6153]

It might have the best atmosphere in the eldenbloodsouls series

[@bimmer8602]

It sounds stupid to say this because I've never played shadow of the colossus besides the demo years ago but the art direction or style reminds me of that game.

[@albertwesker6153]

@@bimmer8602 ive never played it either but from seeing gameplay online you’re quite right they do have a similar art style

[@Im_Not_Dave]

This feels distant, like in outer space. it sounds calming as if preparing you for the rage and tears.

[@pauls1555]

+David Colletti I know it's strange but the "spacey" sounds reminds of the menu demo of Super Mario Galaxy. That game has amazing music.

[@aeoncalcos7830]

I wish FromSoft kept their King's Field type of music in their Souls games like they did with Demon's Souls. There's that unexplainable feeling of eerie or creepy kind of feeling I get in these tracks. The soundtracks beyond Queelag started becoming grand, and it lasted to DS3.

[@ssspaceman86]

It's almost a year that I listen to this song everyday. No metter what troubles I have, or where I am: when I listen it, i feel a quiet, mysterious peace within myself.

[@bluemagician9724]

I feel the same about Song of Healing from Majora's Mask.

[@ssspaceman86]

I'm still here after 5 years.

[@elevencyan]

with this instrumentation it makes me think of a track in ghost in the shell's ost.

[@Originalcopy20]

Which one?

[@pentexsucks43]

@@Originalcopy20 probably Floating Museum

[@volumzala]

Excellent study music, really gets me in the zone. There are a lot of hidden gems in the Demon's Souls soundtrack.

[@laius6047]

I remember sometime in 2010's I've heard about demon souls. People were talking about it as if it's some old school game were you die easily and have to go truough a whole level again. I've tried it and it sucked me in straight away. It seemed that this was exactly the game I was looking for in terms of theme, atmosphere and gameplay. And look at it now it's a legend and a big brother to all the souls games, bloodborne. I haven't played demon souls since many years ago, so it's like a great nearly faded memory in my head just like this song.

[@metlguitar02]

This track is so mellow. It reminds me of resident evil save room themes

[@aleshofastora440]

Or ICO save benches

[@vRafaeru]

Amazing, wish I had a PS3 right now...

[@FrankieRomano]

the rest of a warrior , he knows what is waiting outside. A melody of meditation before the battle.... Chills.

[@LucasGabriel-me9ol]

Demon Souls Remake! Finally i will have a chance to play this game

[@aranycal2]

Lucas Gabriel ps5 exclusive

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

DeS definitley has the most kings field atmosphere of their 3rd person games, this song is a perfect example

[@daweed7412]

kind of insane how 4:50 is very similar to the mountain top of the giants in elden ring. Also the dragons in demon souls are soo interesting

[@Nazgul094]

Setting this on loop while reading really does it. It doesn't take away the focus from my reading, in fact, it feels as though this track enhances my focus.

[@KSM2026]

Same. I really enjoyed reading the Witcher books and the metro series to this soundtrack on loop, it’s much more enjoyable to read anything with this soundtrack.

[@hotto-dogu5829]

Love how the theme kind of feels like you’re in a dark misty cave with droplets of water dropping into the puddles very serene yet chilling

[@Lukew4lker]

Rest in peace Demon's souls

[@BLCK_MTAL]

Demon's souls is never dead my friend. Every souls game will never die,if fromsoft ever moves away from that franchise,we can still reminsce about the nostalgic times in gaming and we can still go back to them and enjoy as much as we first played the games. I may have never played demon's souls,but it has been drawing me to it and i just cant let it go,but i have played dark souls,and ive loved it since my first time getting into it.

[@2tooful]

BL4CK_M3TAL 2479 specially now that there’s a dedicated fan server up and running for online play

[@ClubGamesChannel]

Nope, remake is coming

[@_Reisen_]

This thing created my love for Dark Fantasy, best thing ever happened to me.

[@JabamiLain]

"Final Fantasy 9" reminds me of the Souls saga due to the whole Mist thing. Which one do you think is a more accurate representation of the world's response against a global magical catastrophe, should such exist ? Dark or Light fantasy ?

[@_Reisen_]

@@JabamiLain idk i just love dark fantasy cause it's a fusion between lord of the rings and horror vibes and designs. so I would choose that

[@kanyekubrick5391]

This is the limbo OST when you die and you’re neither evil or good. Purgatory type beat

[@daamazinfatb0y752]

So glad I started with Demons Souls and not Dark Souls. Got that shit on launch n its STILL a god damn BEAST!!!! Dark Souls is amazing but..... Demons Souls over Dark Souls any day! Cant wait for Bloodborne!

[@midnightdragon67]

So what did you think of bloodborne

[@arcthechef1758]

@@midnightdragon67 I wanna know too

[@krashface4870]

Come on man, let us know !

[@Arionid]

really wish I grew up on DeS. Used to love DaS like how one loves the first Souls title they play, it's great, it has plin plin plon, but DeS makes me feel things that cannot be described by anything in the english language

[@Alex-gf4iu]

Really sets the tone for the entire game. Playing Demons souls is real experience.

[@SeipherNL]

This song perfectly sets up the atmosphere and tone of the game. Very nostalgic too

[@exclamationpointcool]

One of my favorite video game tracks ever. The atmosphere it sets is just...amazing.

[@laius6047]

Wow 9 years ago. Not often you see comments that old

[@ADreamingTraveler]

One of the most influential and impactful games that will ever be made. Dark Souls was the true refinement of what Demons Souls should have been but Demons Souls lay the groundwork for everything that came after. This game changed the industry so much and will continue to do so for decades more

[@sjdjjsjsjs3991]

Лучшая музыка в меню для меня. Уже на создании персонажа определяет всю атмосферу игры

[@thelordofdogs2166]

True

[@Necrotoxin7]

5 people died at the character creation screen.

[@HDeppix101]

No they didn’t

[@Tommymanner]

@@HDeppix101 yes they did, even top chart players have died over 13 times in this game. This game was nearly impossible to do a run without dieing..

[@MilestheDirtyMindedGoblin2099]

@@Tommymanner how did they die at that screen though?

[@vergil1us]

He meant the dislikes. Back then there were 5 dislikes.

[@kendoweeb2766]

This music makes me feel like I just hallucinated all of Demon's Souls, with it's dreamy atmosphere. Pleasant memories from a painful game.

[@anthonybrowning9213]

I never got the chance to listen to this because I never got a chance to play it when I was younger makes me kinda sad

[@Rehman118]

Came back to this after the PS5 remake was announced. Hope this music will still be in the game!

[@juliopenaloza5655]

I hope so too.

[@wandamaximilf9924]

Didnt age well

[@laurentiusmcmxcv]

"Remake" was a waste in the sound design

[@pentexsucks43]

It exists, just not used in the game. Which sucks because the remake arrangement isn't that bad

[@Jakerocksteady]

Absolute love. The Souls series to me has always had this deep spiritual feel and this song just feels like the pure essence of Souls.

[@ginova0817]

Still one of my favorites

[@brooklyn695]

As I read through these comments it feels as if I’m sifting through a time capsule of a truly grandiose size, reading the numbers atop the comments it feels strange as I come to the same realisation as everyone else has come to too, that we are individuals living lives at different times, 9 years ago i didn’t know what a console or pc was, and now I read comments of people who had to scour for this song. How magical.

[@demonicdude1328]

Bluepoint are bastards for not including this song or any of the original music in the remake

[@alex.starostin]

They really didn't include this majestic piece of music in the remake?? Wow. that makes PS3 original forever special

[@teldoroteldoro4476]

Halo Remastered, made by Microsoft (the devil lmao) had tons of flaws but at least allowed you to swap between old and new music + graphics. Would have been very nice here too.

[@RYNOCIRATOR_V5]

@@teldoroteldoro4476 Give me a toggle for each song individually. Remake Maiden Astraea theme is fantastic.

[@robertgoodnight900]

Thank you for uploading this! My favorite track, from this fantastic game!

[@Piizzachuu]

So this morning I decided to plug my ps3 back in to play this after so many years. Something about the remake doesn’t quite capture everything I feel for the original game. What a masterpiece!!

[@xD00mxx]

Stunning atmosphere

[@repentforgod5338]

Probably the best video game music I have ever heard. Simply amazing.

[@EVisr]

This theme... its haunting, no yet... this is the DEFINITION of a hunting theme

[@galaxyneon6054]

I liked the original Demon Souls more than the remastered version.

[@eatfugu]

I was considering buying a ps5, but I ended up just buying a ps3 for this original version

[@Rodemu]

wise choice@@eatfugu

[@ihavenomindandimustthink]

I like to imagine that this is the type of music that they would have in the souls universe.

[@LPDarkSoulsHD]

Thank you for uploading this wonderful piece. This game is horribly underrated as it is, but the music is just too amazing to ignore. Love the atmosphere of this music!

[@ElBromoHojo]

Thanks for putting this up! Always wanted this one.

[@NYG1283]

This is soo good. I remember firing up DS just to leave it on the start menu and listen to this. Thank you!

[@ripgutcat]

To me Demon Souls and Darksouls had the best atmosphere

[@noxer5589]

This and the character creation menus of ds1 hit hard

[@TheOkrim99]

Golden times that are lost forever

[@Lofirainbows]

The remake removing the reverb on sound effects like dialogue and music may added clarity but it removed place; nobody feels like they are in their location when there's no echo and now there's awkward space where there used to be a filling reverb.

[@Kaspersche0815]

That Is so great! Thank you, dude. 😀👍

[@uncle_lulu02]

This song is so surreal, only way I can think of putting it. I get this feeling of nostalgia that I don’t even have. I never played this game when it came out and I only got to because I emulated it. I am now waiting for a ps5 just to play it again.

[@redseagaming7832]

In 2011 this music made me stay on the character creation screen a little longer than I admit fantastic game Demon Souls was a game that opened my eyes that difficulty could be fun

[@Senthain]

This sounds like something you would hear in Symphony of the Night.

[@nealkelly9757]

***** yep, phantasy star online episode 2 for gamecube lol

[@volumzala]

o hi mugen

[@JhonCena6969]

i remember eating some french fries and tendies on my couch while this looped in the background 10pm no light other than the tv thinking about what kinda class or character i ought to pick slowly designing my character as i ate what a ride i was in for

[@ImUrZaddy]

You nasty mf, I bet your controller has mushrooms growing out of it

[@alejandromomota6934]

@@ImUrZaddylmao

[@omegawario7479]

It’s like everything about this game is eerie or terrifying in some way. The graphics may not be super great even by ps3 standards, but they really add a sense of dread to the game that no other souls game, or even it’s remake, could replicate.

[@HornyHamster]

I cant wait to hear this in the remake

[@aleshofastora440]

Welp

[@frogpwg]

I remember before coming across this video I would leave the game on, put on my headphones, and just listen to this to go to sleep. Great times

[@MZibari]

It's been years since I've listened to it, man I feel like I'm going to cry

[@PaperworkWeight]

Damn, now that we're getting a remake I'm hoping to hear this again, and possibly if this does get in it might be even better

[@califorvacation]

Thank you so much for uploading this! By far the best piece of music from Demon's Souls and yet it wasn't included in the soundtrack. I never understood why the makers omitted it from the release and spent a ton of time scouring the internet for it, and finally... I've found it. Thanks again!

[@hajime_87]

Sony has not forgotten about this game. the re-make releases sometime later in 2020.

[@aranycal2]

石川はじめ it isn’t Sony who “didn’t forget about the game” it’s a different gamestudio, not FromSoftware. Sony doesn’t care shit about the game or it’s community on pc and Xbox waiting for this. They’re greedy sons of bitches all they care about is that people can only play it on the ps5 which makes them buy one. I hate Sony.

[@hajime_87]

@@aranycal2 while it could have been a ps4 game i am glad the ps5 will have a familiar game i love.

[@sokratesnudelsuppe5937]

1:30 I imagine myself being trapped for eternity as this knight in the abandoned Italian city known as craco in an parallel universe. Its Dark and gloomy. I doesn't matter how often i try to escape, there is no way to leave this place. Many other died there. It's an mysterious place with strange creatures and other survivors.

[@joev7014]

My favorite game. I remember not having enough money to buy the newer games but when I played this I was like wow, how does no one play this? I felt like I was the only one who appreciated it. Everything about this game was perfect to me. I was trapped in a dark atmosphere that I never felt. But every win felt victorious especially because getting your souls back was really hard... A masterpiece

[@giacomop.6788]

Everything started here... The calm before the storm.

[@ISAACHALLEY3000]

BEST TRACK ON GAME

[@Gorayama1]

no, Astraea...

[@KironKhashnobish]

Dat archvile

[@ISAACHALLEY3000]

Kiron Khashnobish XD

[@fohstick]

the ultimate meditation melody

[@Garl_Vinland]

I feel like this music played for King Allant when he first discovered the beauty of the soul.

[@Garl_Vinland]

It's been passed down in my family for generations.

[@NULL-ug7ve]

Shouldn't you be dead? I literally have 6 sets of your armor.

[@Garl_Vinland]

Nano Machines, son

[@adamfrost1881]

Me in the heat death floating in space knowing i will be drifting away forever and never see my family again

[@Kirex17]

I love the melancholy in the atmosphere of souls games. Hauntingly beautiful.

[@Dusty_Jack]

You have a heart of gold. Don't let them take it from you!

[@morgrnn]

Original is a masterpiece

[@MrShinobiguy]

Chills

[@squall600]

THANK YOU!!!! i still couldnt understand why this song was never in the soundtrack.

[@Zombiesneglen]

You're welcome :) Such a beautiful piece of music should not be kept hidden away

[@G90ify]

Truly otherworldly music.. There is a vibe in it I just can't describe...

[@lolitsme50]

Best song in the game Thanks for the upload.

[@ksterlings197]

I played DS1 to Bloodborne fbefore going back and plaything this and the moment I heard this I knew I was in for something special. This sound... It reminds me of being lost in Frigid Outskirts and the Shaded Woods ❤ but but somehow more relaxing and calming yet nerve pulling :)

[@chicken5038]

This song embodies so much of my childhood sat in front of our old tv playing on my ps2 on that old memory card screen. Although I definitely spent little time on that screen, majority of my memories from the ps2 is that screen and very few are me actually playing games.