Matt Uelmen ~ Diablo 2 Outtakes

[@johnhio1843]

You know the bar is set high when these are outtakes.

[@JVTeamGreen]

Outtakes II and III are straight up BANGERS

[@Birds_A_Killa_Now]

Lol ohhh yes they are lol

[@chrisoseland4643]

I respect his style of guitar so goddamn much.

[@SebaDiGiuseppe]

Hi's style is unique in a way that you hear and know it's him

[@filipedoria9561]

looks like Steve Howe + Buckethead

[@AxelCross]

Hes said that he was heavily inspired by South American picking styles during this era. Just in case you want to find more like it. Alas I can no longer find the original interview or remember the specific country (Peru?) but thats how I found more of the same myself.

[@viperstar6229]

I think the problem with this track specificly was that it was too happy. Diablo is supposed to be a dark themed game and I would see no space for such happy vibes. Maybe in the outro or end and still it would be wrong because diablo ends always tragic, there won't be a happy end. There is a reason why the lore calls it the endless war

[@T-Mello]

@@viperstar6229 I think since you play the hero, the music is sprinkled with happy uplifting moments to give a sense of hope, for when you get some nice loot, upgrade your character/mercenary and progress over the game. So not to give a overwelmingly doomed, depressed feeling to the game.

[@jorgeegrojjorge]

The music of diablo is simply a master piece!

[@TheMillersToll]

*CORE MEMORY UNLOCKED* I had all these on a CD-R that I burnt as it was clamoring for any Diablo II content at the time. Thanks for posting!

[@stakeandburn]

Activision Blizzard, stay a while and learn...

[@snozzberrybush]

if only

[@stevejeffrey11]

They just re releasing better, older games to milk the nostalgia bucks -warcraft 3 -wow classic & tbc -diablo2 ressurected

[@MIMALECKIPL]

They need to be smacked hard in the head with a bamboo stick

[@Argom42]

Diablo III was a disgrace in the face of Diablo I and II. Also the first track is giving me Blasphemous vibes hardcore

[@andresmorera6426]

​@@Argom42 Truuuuue... What a wonderful collab it would be to have Matt Uelman and Carlos Viola working on a project together.

[@NoobieLandCity]

Listening to those masterpiece make me sad that there'll never be a game that feel the same way we did back when playing D1-D2 for the first time.

[@hazardeur]

yeah, blizzard screwed that up. the first big screwup that soon would lead to many many more

[@NickLemay-w8w]

Path of exile 2 looks sick

[@0NaiveDreamer0]

When Tristram breaks in it always gives me chills

[@ousha5011]

2:00 « Beware! Beyond lies mortal danger for the likes of you! » - Flavie

[@Terra101]

She was such a bae, caring about me and stuff.

[@sfeeges]

Flavie our girl.

[@JackDangerous]

Playing Diablo 4 with this in the background right now and i gotta say Matt is a genius, his outtakes make even Diablo 4 a much better game.

[@hazardeur]

god damn. man. never had my eyes to read something this blasphemous and vile.

[@calippo1185]

Outtake III is a masterpiece.

[@cloudbusting_]

Yes

[@ExileLBL]

1:20 - 1:55 how could nobody else feel, that its one of the best masterpieces ever?

[@followingtheroe1952]

Sounds more like it should be in heroes of might and magic

[@nopasarancamarada141]

It kinda reminds me of Heroes 4 lol.

[@YSEVERYNAMETAKENGOD]

well said

[@BlackBerserkgasme]

I can see how it wouldn't quite fit Diablo's style, but damn it sounds way too good to be a fucking outtake, god damn.

[@Saigfock]

Sounds a little like The Dear Hunter

[@TheEternalElir]

This guy was in a class of his own

[@kahahabahaha]

I wish Uelman released a lossless flac version of these, these are such great compositions that feel authentically Diablo and Uelman at the same time

[@Dominuzzz]

Yeah, I wish that too...

[@polskaftw6807]

u (and me too!) are in luck. flac version can be extracted from D2R (via a tool like CASC Explorer).

[@kahahabahaha]

@@polskaftw6807 they really included the outtake tracks in d2r? I mean, I'll use the CASC explorer and check when I get home from work so I guess I'll find out

[@polskaftw6807]

@@kahahabahaha oh no... my bad. :( I was convinced d2 files contained all the soundtracks. :( and neither does d2r. really sorry for giving false feeling of hope. ;(

[@hazardeur]

@@polskaftw6807 hope you learned your lesson. never hope for actiblizzard for anything.

[@westilldontknow3407]

when the outtakes are better than most modern game's ost...

[@anthonymetcalf660]

It's like Pink Floyd meets Radiohead meets desert music meets flamenco meets pure evil

[@hostilesinbound3241]

Outtake IV is so good. Its the perfect desert track.

[@CosmicTavern]

These are OUTTAKES?! Insane! Matt Uelmen is the best ever! I hope he keeps making music!

[@hraxus3058]

After all these years its like a first contact with this masterpiece.

[@leejordan001]

That's when the right game meets with the right musician. Right there magic born.

[@Tudvari]

I can't believe how awesome Outtake 1 and 3 are. Amazing!

[@PabloYaos]

Same those are my favorite as well! Those are recorded in major I believe and gives a really weird sense of closure on the whole franchise or album, however you appreciate it. Diablo 1 & 2 never got an happy ending (Fortunately, as I believe it fit the stories) but hearing those outake I and III gives me a window into that alternate world where they got it - this or gives me a massive nostalgia boost that put that final number on top of my diablo experience. It's such a strange, complex and intense feeling. To me, Matt Uelmen's music just completely surpassed the games and their content. His OST is a masterpiece that loose nothing by not associating itself with the game.

[@yvind-andreasemanuelsen4804]

OMG! D2 Music I have not heard! What a treat! Thanks man!

[@MrBaraka123]

I miss theese times

[@Si6roS]

Bring them back!

[@christophermckay4555]

You know Diablo II is THAT good when people still play it almost 20 years later.

[@Reaper978]

Who knows why these outtakes weren’t included in the final game?? Strokes of genius

[@slashskii]

Legendary

[@rishabhkaul5556]

Outtake 4 was killer

[@ytgc-royalewarex5190]

That would be a nailed in Act 2

[@yamchathewolf7714]

I was 3-5 years old when my brother played this game in 2003 - 2005, I always watched him play and still remember that magical atmosphere, I was absolutely captured by it. Not too long before I started playing Diablo myself, so many nostalgic memories. Matt Uelmen composed the greatest video game soundtrack ever.

[@PabloYaos]

This is fucking priceless. I feel like Harrison Ford tumbling into a tomb of unknown riches

[@hazardeur]

that is some downright magic

[@donaldduckdumb]

Third outtake is my favorite.

[@Devilman6066]

I played this game when it came out in 2000, and the one before it came out, playing it online, religiously in 1999 . I remember when I finally beat it after my old Paladin playthrough got deleted in summer of 2001. When I finally did beat it in 2005, I played through with a Barbarian I named 'Guts.'

[@joewoodhead7026]

There's always time for another blast. Check out the path of diablo mod. Item, skill and balance changes + no bots online - highly recommend it even just for the nostalgia!

[@user-cp9id1mj8b]

Or just the PlugY mod. Only thing it does is infinite stash space, infinite stat/skill respecs, ladder runewords, and a way to do uber tristram. Offline only.

[@TheGuwrovsky]

I stayed a while and listened

[@asdrubael1985]

outake 3 should ve been included imo

[@lifeisstr4nge]

This intro trumps everything else written

[@lemmingzappa]

Thanks for this!

[@orxalot]

A different version of the wilderness.. Holy shit it's so good

[@reozen8727]

after so many years of playing, i think i am finally beginning to understand this track, it sounds like some kind of credits-rolling music, but with more emotion. i mean the first track.

[@OrnithopterS1]

_”This dispute happens often. Go. Wash your hands. And face. Greet the new world at the pace to your handwritting.”_

[@JustJesseJames]

Thank you so much Matt

[@BrecMadak]

Earlier versions, nice. Wow at the epic version of Tristram! However, the ending ends abruptly imagine how it would continue from there on...

[@seanclements6206]

Ooooh 13:19 makes me feel 10

[@newpairofboots]

Yo Matt Uelmen cookin' with outtake 1 and 3! Holy... Also, Tristram is always good but not sure why it's included in this vid of "outtakes"

[@kahahabahaha]

Here's why that Tristram track was included in these outtakes, according to the man himself (these are from his liner notes, I think I pulled them from internet archive or something, I have them stored in a text file along with the audio files): * * * * * * * * * * * "Tristram" - Liner Notes - July 19, 2000 Poor, poor, Tristram. What did such an innocent little village do to deserve such a dark fate? This track originally consisted of only the newer music - the last three minutes of the current selection - until Max here at Blizzard North suggested using the original Diablo town music. As it turned out, both are actually in the game, though the original Diablo track is what greets you first when you return to the hometown of that strange evil which swept through Khanduras. I would like to consider the original track, presented here in the first 4:45 of the tune, as being a victory of inspiration over limited resources. All of the guitar, flute and ocarina in the original tune was recorded directly into a $150 AKG microphone attached to a Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler with exactly 16 megs of memory. This tune is the grandfather of the Diablo musical world, first commited to paper in the spring of 1995. The main musical themes of Diablo, which can be heard in almost every tune in one way or another throughout both games, make their first appearance in this piece. Though I was originally attempting to capture a medieval sensibility with this tune, it is funny how stylistically far away from the music of that period this particular song is. I would hope that no one thinks I recorded this tune in a few straight takes and finds themselves frustrated when trying to reproduce it. The track was recorded bar by bar, and originally consisted of at least two dozen chords and phrases which were stitched together in the sampler. Some retuning was done to make those harmonic runs possible, and some of those chords are impossible to perform in a manner which sounds as smooth as the final product. What strikes me when I listen to this track now is, believe it or not, the Peruvian influence. The selection of tunes on my favorite tape back in 1996 featured many gorgeous waltzes written by the legendary Chabuca Granda, and I spent a fair amount of time trying to emulate the finger-picking style used by the guitarist who accompanied the vocalist on this tape. The newer material was originally intended to be used as the Act 1 music in Diablo 2 way back in 1997, though I ended up finding the pacing a bit too tense and linear for the dreamy feel that makes for ideal shopping music. - Matt Uelmen

[@onkkell]

These are all amazing in their own right, but I'd guess the reason for them being outtakes is that they are all similar enough to other tracks that made it in and as such didn't serve enough of a purpose, might even have lacked areas to be paired with. Some of them kind of sound like they could be early drafts of in game tracks. More Matt Uelmen is good any way you look at it, thanks for the upload.

[@hm09235nd]

onkel i agree, he probably made a shitload of music, and every environment got casted. i can see how the emotional tone of some of these made them harder to fit in, but then again that’s exactly the type of eclectic distinction that sets his soundtracks apart in a lot of cases. sometimes, there are a few tones that either plays as a gleam of light in the darkness, or questions the entire setting and puts you at unease.

[@altoids784]

Thank you for uploading this. 🙏

[@jasonbolton2067]

This man + the big 4 (and their loyal colleagues) were the "company" I endorsed, fuck blizzard

[@apurplekiwi2239]

"I'll put that to good use"

[@Aabbcczzxxcc]

Amazing!!!!!! Thank you Mr. Uelmen.

[@rock2world4u]

Oh Wow! older than the Internet! I'm so happy #06:19 is still alive

[@DerWilly96]

Thank you for uploading this!

[@Dominuzzz]

you're welcome!

[@kkacskos1688]

Just fucking wow!

[@Mephyst986]

Really no chanche to a GREAT new Diablo game without Uelmen. That's impossible.. and Blizzard killed Diablo now with developing only for mobile..RIP

[@keine031]

What, you guys dont have PHONES?!

[@majorpwner241]

@@keine031 What kind of glue sniffer plays Diablo on a phone?

[@hazardeur]

@@majorpwner241 thank you, exactly

[@rebjorn79]

Awesome!

[@FDJUwe]

the "tristram" piece seems very good, it would fit perfectly on a dark rpg game, for the town for example

[@FluffyFractalshard]

outstanding compositions, this guy is a genius!

[@usurperstears]

God damn this fuckin SLAPS

[@Armitage574]

thx ! keep this video up please

[@hm09235nd]

i have a hard time sometimes, playing otherwise fantastic games like Pathfinder Kingmaker, due to the bland, lackluster OSTs. Matt Uelmen truly set the bar too high at bona fide Masterpiece. I keep running into this problem. Sometimes I put my own playlists together. The devs will lack a conceptual vision of the sheer calibre that Brevik et al had for this series, and be in deep water when it comes to understanding musical excellence. Please come back for D4, Matt. If they go with that orchestral porridge I will end up in the durance atoning for my hate.

[@user-cp9id1mj8b]

Yeah D2 kinda ruined gaming for me. It's just too good.

[@voiavictor]

You guys if you want a solid rpg, albeit single player and story driven but with excelent music, try divinity original sin 2. It's not diablo 2 style but it has great music that in my opinion fits the game perfectly.

[@hm09235nd]

@@voiavictor i played it. Good but Too many annoying aria voices define that ost.

[@knifey]

Unfortunately, the megaupload link for the audio from the Diablo 2 wiki is not working anymore. Hopefully someone can re-upload it. Thank you for uploading it here

[@Dominuzzz]

I added the download link in the description.

[@knifey]

@@Dominuzzz Thanks a lot!

[@IzludeTingel]

outtake iv should have been put in canyon of magi, while the current track should have been part of the regular desert (plays 1 after the other)

[@Sam1787]

I agree. It has more of a desert feel to it.

[@pko_2.0_pop7]

If we're being honest, most of this outtake would've had been fit for Act 2, alone.

[@karras3593]

Awesomeee

[@TheModernHermeticist]

awesome

[@tooManyMidgets]

holy shit

[@thejakeyboi]

Love it!

[@appleshampew]

Greetings Stranger.

[@mybrainmelted]

Stay a while, and listen!

[@T-Mello]

@@mybrainmelted lol I knew someone would reply that, even before I expanded the reply to check it 😁

[@oktyabrev]

4:49 Epic

[@zaubergarden6900]

Oh my dear, I never knew some of these. The first one is "sweet" which is new and unexpected for Diablo, but wow it fits Matt's usual style very well (reminds me of Greek myths somehow)

[@nightlight0x07cc]

Every time I listen to outtake I, I think "Oh he thought this was like a campy 90s fantasy adventure" and then they showed him the art work.

[@Back4Fungame]

Outtake 1 is my favorite so far, even beats Wilderness

[@G00N3YC4NG]

I can see it not working so well in the actual game. Too fast paced, too many major key elements. Great song though.

[@lemonke8132]

idk they serve different purposes. I still think wilderness is better though

[@pupsaderpupin5627]

Just one of Uelmen's outtakes is better than most VGM composers' entire portfolio, prove me wrong.

[@sirlionheart4614]

Mick Gordon. Proven wrong.

[@pupsaderpupin5627]

@@sirlionheart4614 Most, sir. Mick Gordon is not most.

[@hazardeur]

​@@pupsaderpupin5627 while micks stuff is great and fits well....come on man. its not on the same level. micks stuff is gonna sound dated as hell in 10 years already whereas the d1 soundtrack has a timeless quality and still sounds great after 30 years

[@akz0]

I was recently listening to, "Nahtram - An Ominous Journey", and was blown away at what sounded exactly like some Matt Uelmen Diablo 2 style music. The piece starts at 3:30 mark and goes until 5:17. There is a 30 second electric guitar part which obviously isn't very D2-esk, but it still sounds great and goes back to a more fitting style afterwards. Here is a link to the exact spot in the song - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYnJonuCrMySl9k Please let me know your thoughts and if you know of more D2 sounding parts in songs. I personally really enjoy it and wish there was more.

[@RandyLott]

Opeth - Closure, similar guitar Opeth - Atonement, Act II-esque Opeth - Patterns in the Ivy The Aristocrats - Burial at Sea Lunatic Soul - Asoulum Lunatic Soul - Escape from Paradice, Act III mood Lunatic Soul - Impression, Pt. 7, Arcane Sanctuary 2?

[@aravaltwc7973]

This reminds me Caves from D1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIO3m5WLjNp3ptUsi=k6VeZOGN-v_Vo1a6&t=284

[@munimionraul2502]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6XEm6KNa7aSfbM

[@ZethHolyblade]

I recall using some of these outtakes as lulling tunes quite often just a few years back 😁 Well... the that and the rest of the soundtrack too.

[@Dominuzzz]

Same here! Try his new tunes from Torchlight 3 here, as good if not even better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHWVdmeomKqbr9k

[@tomatoya]

당시로 생각해보면 게임에 넣기엔 너무나도 고퀄이고 수준높은 음악이었네

[@Markmsv]

Think the game was pretty good for its' time so not really.

[@konstantincrossa-raynaud1442]

we need the first outtake in D4

[@rahbeat9785]

gem

[@Helaw0lf]

From the beginning, I get Wolf's Rain vibes.

[@locoshaggy]

Is different than the game soundtrack version in some parts. But so eay cooler

[@RandyLott]

Outtake III could have been a cloud world. Very airy and dreamy.

[@TheBritishRunner]

Hmm I might use these in a timeline video next year.

[@ITSAHARDNUGLIFE]

Outtake IV sounds like it should have been the first few levels of Harem before the deeper levels.

[@stanislavsetevoy3332]

Outtake II: when Doom Slayer comes to the world of Diablo.

[@drakemcelyea9697]

dude i'm imagining a western Diablo with like guns n shit

[@DreamVikings]

I read somewhere this dude would mail his casettes to blizzard north and was very insistent in them buying his tracks 😂

[@MP-nq5nk]

unbelievable a bit too melodic for d2 yeah but man Uelmen.. Greatness. The guy literally give life to the game.

[@MrSexDrugsAndDubstep]

Some outtakes are in burning crusade

[@MrSexDrugsAndDubstep]

Not in this video

[@KingLich451]

Yeah Auchindoun music are straight out of D2

[@stevejeffrey11]

yes Auchindoun dungeons

[@KingLich451]

some modder should use these in a diablo 2 mod or something

[@joshuaw7364]

Please use this guy for diablo 4

[@sirlionheart4614]

Sadly they won't.

[@krasenmaximov8110]

Hire this guy* not use. Condoms get used.

[@RandyLott]

If you like this kind of stuff with perhaps more metal and electronic/industrial influence, Grim Dawn has a decent soundtrack.

[@lordpeimei]

THEY KILLED BLIZZARD.

[@BboyKeny]

Folk that loved video games made a killing. Then folk that love money took over and they killed it.

[@majorpwner241]

Damn the alternate take on "Temple" is nice and meaty... kind of a heavier take on the track in the game.

[@meankillermachine]

You may not pass.

[@stevejeffrey11]

Outtake IV is perfect to sip some Moroccan tea & chill with a hookah

[@miyalys]

Anyone found the tracks for download anywhere? Could get them from KZbin but since uploading here causes additional compression (quality loss), I'd rather find the original files.

[@miyalys]

If someone has them please push them to archive.org

[@Dominuzzz]

@@miyalys I added the download link in the description.

[@miyalys]

@@Dominuzzz Fabulous - thanks a lot!! Should I update the wiki with that link, or maybe it's better I put it on archive.org and then reference that from the wiki?

[@Dominuzzz]

@@miyalys Sure, both options are valid :)

[@miyalys]

@@Dominuzzz They're now on archive.org and the wiki has been updated. :-) Thanks for the help.

[@sirlionheart4614]

Activision Blizzard gets nowhere even remotely close to Blizzard North.

[@stevejeffrey11]

yeah it's a shame, people think blizzard being assholes is a recent event, when back in 2000 they axed Blizzard North & games have sucked ever since...

[@caradabikeazul]

3:37 Diablo Kombat.

[@Elixir9]

How can anyone make a diablo game without his music personally I prefer diablo 1 soundtrack it's sad and stupid what blizzard decided to not work with him, diablo dosen't feel the same.

[@conspiracymusic7480]

Does he use a 12 string for the majority of his pieces?

[@Annatar0]

I think he uses it more for the ambiance backing track and a 6 string steel/nylon/electric for overdubs

[@Dismantles]

Where did you get that wallpaper, and is there more?

[@Dominuzzz]

I merged some pics in Photoshop, it is a small image, not an wallpaper

[@Dismantles]

@@Dominuzzz Looks amazing man! Would love to see all the acts presented like this!

[@sallowsandy]

Yeah these seem too "happy" I've noticed. Needs more suspended chords and rawness. I'm on outtake 2 though and it sounds like a cool addition to Toru!!

[@aaadj2744]

I think Outtake 1 and Outtake 3 could've had been a great addition in this game. Outtake 4 could be a great addition in Act 3: Jungle

[@stevejeffrey11]

@@aaadj2744 my favourite is outtake 1, could be played after a boss is defeated ending in major key

[@Folgrin]

They should just use this for Diablo 4

[@Dominuzzz]

won't happen but it would be fantastic

[@Widow-Cicada]

Mmmm, picks up like the Lord Of Destruction composition