Baldur's Gate 3's OST Made Me Want To Play It.

[@Civil_Disguise]

Raphael (Andrew Wincott) singing his own boss fight music was incredible

[@roryschussler]

They made a better Disney villain song than anything Disney has made in a decade.

[@beelzebuzz1713]

The song is overrated in my opinion

[@joshgreiner2599]

I just sat there with my mouth open for the entire song, lol. Fight can wait, time for music!

[@salcano6918]

@@beelzebuzz1713 I don't think its overrated but the boss fight took forever for me to beat and the amount of times it replays makes it a bit annoying after a while lol

[@Atlanas]

If you cast silence on Raphael during the fight, the singing stops. 😂

[@TheBlarggle]

"This sounds like 'Down by the River'" That's deliberate. A lot of the songs have the same foundational melody, it's in context to the original story of the game. It's not in it anymore, but the parasite in your brain used to commune with you "down by the river" in your dreams.

[@xuxogaming8735]

It's the leitmotiff of the game

[@liamwhite3522]

And also, the funny part being where Harpy song plays.

[@RatelRegalement]

it's way of subversion and take over, if I remembers right - "let your sleeping soul take flight" intended quite literally..

[@hcesarcastro]

For a song like 'Down by the River', but without the eerie end, I would suggest the credits song (The Power).

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Is that why most of the camps are right next to a river?

[@DustyDimmadome]

For the final act track, I'll paint a brief picture. Imagine fighting an extremely egotistical devil in his own house in hell, and he's singing his own theme song while fighting you. Yup.

[@lurkingdrake4193]

Raphael is a devil with a REALLY big dramatic flair that essentially makes him a disney villain. His voice actor isn't a devoted singer, and if I'm not mistaken this is his first time singing like this.

[@longo9595]

"What's better than a devil you don't know?... A devil you do!"

[@carnilia]

He teamed up when he won an award for the performance of the song, and you could really tell that he was so surprised and grateful to be recognized for something that he didn’t believe he was talented in before!

[@kantpredict]

He performed it live at the game awards and was so off the tempo, you can really tell it was a studio performance in the game.

[@javahikage]

In case you wanna avoid themes you haven't played (like me with Raphael's) 0:00 Main Theme Part 1 4:03 Down by the River (Character creation theme) 6:31 Sixteen Strikes (Act 3, Wyll's personal quest line) 11:02 Harpy Song (Act 1, East from the Grove encounter) 14:46 Twisted Force (Any act, hard fight theme) 17:21 Nightsong (Act 2, final quest) 19:14 Raphael's Final Act (Act 3, Raphael's Deal with the Devil quest line)

[@chilihunter7392]

Thank you for the timestamps! I believe Sixteen Strikes also plays at the fight when you first arrive at the Druid’s Grove.

[@HazrulNizamSidek]

@@chilihunter7392 I prefer Nine Blades to Sixteen Strikes. I believe the grove fight starts with Nine Blades then changes depending on what happens in the game.

[@chilihunter7392]

@@HazrulNizamSidek I prefer Nine Blades too, actually. I love the beginning with those drums. And you’re probably right about when it plays now that I think about it!

[@hornmusiker]

I think it's really neat you're avoiding Raphael's Final Act since you haven't gotten there yet! I did that as well despite hearing all the hype for so long (I was only able to get BG3 a few months ago), and it was totally worth it when I finally got there and got to experience it fresh. The whole area of the game where you experience the boss battle goes down as my favorite locale in BG3, and one of my favorites "levels" I've experienced in 30 years of gaming. It's something else. Crazy that's it's all totally optional.

[@terraopg8259]

Baldurs Gate 3 is simply the best game that happened to the gaming world in the last decade at the very least. Simple as that.

[@isaacheard4202]

elden ring then that in back to back years will be looked back upon favorably

[@JohnDoe-ur3tr]

@@isaacheard4202 Also Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Helldivers 2, Black Myth Wukong, Zelda BotW and TotK. Despite what many have claimed, these have been some of the best years of gaming. It's only the established AAA gaming market that's dying, primarily due to blood loss from repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot.

[@NathanFrank-n9d]

JohnDoe-ur3tr w comment

[@Zeroh95]

@@JohnDoe-ur3tr Black Myth Wukong doesn't do anything revolutionary tho, it adds nothing to the industry

[@JohnDoe-ur3tr]

@@Zeroh95 While it may not have revolutionized anything, it was still imo an artistic masterpiece of a game with phenomenal visuals, music, and voice acting. It also put the rest of the world on notice that Chinese gaming devs were worth taking seriously and that they don't all just make terrible gacha games. Just my opinion of course.

[@Timmah73]

Twisted Force plays frequently in combat throughout the game, but you hear it right off the bat in the final battle OF THE TUTORIAL. You hear that banger in the tutorial and you go "Oh, OH. This is how this game is gonna be."

[@wstafford22]

which fight?

[@nocteexmortis979]

With the Cambions and the Mind Flayer on the nautiloid when you’re racing to the control panel

[@jeffstut55]

I cried during the Nightsong scene in the game, not ashamed to admit it 😂 Always get emotional whenever I hear it

[@luigibiava]

@@jeffstut55 Oh ... I cried several time during the game .... Karlach litteraly melt my Heart ... And not with her infernal flames but with her personality ... Love you karlach

[@ilavain]

Shadowheart made me cry so many times

[@sujetoagradable6642]

One of the best scenes in any game.

[@_MrToast_]

Totally understandable. One of my favorite gaming moments ever.

[@scorpion11729]

One of the funniest parts for Raphael's Final Act is you can cast a spell that silences him. Normally that's gameplay related to stop people from using spells but for him it literally cuts his lines from the song lol

[@marszenka]

My best friend is a Larian scripter and he swears they didn’t code that. Like its not supposed to happen. It happened in my run too though! And multiple others have noticed it. It’s either an awesome coincidence or the game is gaining sentience. Which frankly would not at all surprise me.

[@catatemyname7801]

@@marszenka I think it's just a mythos people have been repeating without having experienced it themselves. I saw at least one video testing that and it didn't happen. It would've been really cool if it was a thing though.

[@IsilionNELE]

That's actually a myth. Nobody knows how the myth started, but it isn't true. But people just keep repeating it online. It' simple to test, do it and you'll see the song is unaffected. I tried it myself. anyone who doesn't believe me is invited to test it themselves

[@timlwry]

An instrumental extended version plays after he's done singing

[@scorpion11729]

@@IsilionNELE but it was on the internet it MUST be real!!! Jk I never tried it myself though and am now sad it is not a thing

[@tiffk5768]

The sound track in game with context is just wonderful, the composer even won an award for his work : )

[@lolgisticalofficer233]

Down by the River plays when you're having romantic moments too, and it's absolutely perfect. Raphael's Final Act was also the first time Andrew Wincott has ever sung for something.

[@TheSilael]

Another song that you should check out from the BG3 soundtrack is "I Want To Live." There's a piano version, a classical version, and the original version with vocals (the newer upload has a minor fix to the lyrics in the 3rd line of the first verse). I think you would love all 3 versions!

[@nezfromhki]

15:47 "I feel like I'm in the pits of Hell" Well, funny thing about that, the first time you hear this song near the start of the game is when you're fighting against devils and imps in one of the Nine Hells.

[@rafazatylny3222]

15:49 "I feel like I'm in a pits of hell" Well, you are not wrong, given where you first hear this song in the game.

[@Danceofmasks]

Ehh ... I wouldn't call the first layer of hell the pits ... XD

[@abessia1494]

That was my exact reaction to the Nightsong when in played in-game. One of my all-time favorite moments in 3+ decades of being a gamer.

[@Osmotic]

I told a character to decide for themself. Experiencing that scene the first time, I shouted and got up from my chair. I was so animated about it, I ended up laughing at my own reaction.

[@samvakarian]

Came here to say the exact same thing. I love everything about that whole sequence

[@PriceFamPrime]

Regarding the Harpy song, it is literally a song sung by harpies in an attempt to charm the characters.

[@lemonjinxxy]

Which if you notice, had her swaying a little. She was charmed herself! XD

[@cdnxman1326]

it's wild, that, as far as I can tell, it was only played once, unless I missed something?

[@NoLifeButMyOwn]

@@cdnxman1326 Yep quite literally only a song that plays when they use their charm ability. Gotta break that concentration.

[@spinxies]

your harmonising made this a lot more enjoyable don't apologise i loved it

[@TotalNoobAtEverythin]

Nightsong is one of my favorite songs from the entire game, not just because of how BEAUTIFUL it sounds, but also because the scene where it plays is incredibly moving and inspirational and it literally made me cry the first time I ever played

[@shinrugal]

I still tear up at it.

[@ninjahaz0180]

Gives me shivers everytime, I love it

[@IsilionNELE]

OUR LADY OF SILVER, HEAR ME!

[@persimmonplays2399]

I still cry a little any time I hear it

[@Atlanas]

@@TotalNoobAtEverythin same. For me it was so impactful because of just how intense and bad the situation was in that part of the game, and also because I had just been really sick IRL, so hearing that hopeful music after all that was very emotional. I definitely cried too.

[@chocopuddingcup83]

You HAVE to play this! Hands down, the best game of the century. Music is amazing, writing/story is Oscar worthy and combat is simplistic but engaging.

[@mocharosa6473]

Down by the River is such a clever piece of music; it plays during character creation and it manages to be both beautiful and slightly unsettling at the same time, which is fascinating to me. Also the vocalist is Mariya Anastasova and she has her own KZbin channel!

[@Xenobears]

19:35 I don’t know what the best part of this song is-the fact that they put so much effort into something from an optional piece of content (you don’t have to do the quest that leads to hearing this song), or the fact that it’s diegetic. Yes, Raphael is such a drama queen that he sings this song at your party.

[@MannerdDesert7]

BG3 LET'S PLAY WHEN ???!!!!

[@zalf1641]

After reading the title of the video I'm kind of really really hyped to see you play the game haha

[@celadore]

I love it when composers use the unique qualities of the instruments to drench the score with texture like this

[@Laban6112]

I like how you completely disassociated during Nightsong and just fully immersed in the experience :D

[@phntmthf5505]

I need another part of this for "The Legacy of Bhaal"

[@michaelgrabner8977]

As I arrived in the game the section the very first time where the Harpies sang for getting a boy into their mind controlI (he supposed to be to become their dinner, and I have to save him) I stopped playing for at least 15 minutes but just listened to their haunting song - I guess the harpies got me as well in that moment.

[@amayabelle8678]

I would love to see a reaction to ‘Weeping dawn’ and ‘I want to live’ both some of my personal favourites

[@siliqua4584]

I’m not a musician myself, but for some reason I really adore watching reactions to BG3 OST. The OST itself is forever in my playlist. Your reaction is amazing, thank you!!

[@hakulives2613]

I am SO GLAD you listened to Nightsong: I love it even more than Raphael's theme, especially considering the circumstances it plays in (no spoilers 😄)

[@applesauce4389]

4:14 as a musician, this is one of my favorite parts of listening to music. I love discovering new sounds in music

[@alefnull]

Steam says i have 70 hours in Baldur's Gate 3, and i'm willing to bet that at least one third of that time was spent in the character creation menu just listening to Down By The River while it played on repeat.

[@lorgrenbenirus]

Down By The RIver is practically a core tune, it is present in many pieces, in different forms but always there. Very nice detail. All of music in this game is great, not to mention the game itself. More then that. Definitely recommend to play it.

[@ZoeBateman]

iirc in twisted force, it’s a lute being de-tuned as it’s playing to get a really unique loose kinda feel

[@TheAxel65]

Not only the Soundtrack! Everything about his game is just incredible

[@owenweatherbie9938]

I LOVED your harmonizing!

[@OhThatRobin]

6:11 you aren’t ruining anything im singing along rn as i watch it’s great x3

[@WarPoodle-pc5wu]

🎵🎶"WHOS THE BALD CAPPIBARRA?" 🎶🎵

[@sean.alphonse]

My favorite was a Portuguese friend was saying it sounds like "o sabor de pipoca" which is "the taste of popcorn" lol

[@WarPoodle-pc5wu]

@sean.alphonse 🤣🤣🤣 I'd be eating popcorn every time I played!!

[@korsakow2310]

Beautiful reaction of yours, I love it! 🥰👍🏻❤ And dont apologize for your singing. You complement these few phrases of melody quite well actually. Nice Voice, did you have singed more often in the past? You recognise some nice details in the music, not seen'd by everyone! I am going to watch all of your BG3 Soundtrack Reaction Videos. Thank you! 😊👌🏻⭐

[@NoLifeButMyOwn]

Gods I love this game. The main theme alone could bring me to tears just from remembering my first time playing. That’s so rare for a game to do that for me.

[@gatorchannel9502]

Down by the River (and another one which is The Power) is tied to the game's original story before the developers changed it to what we have now. The original story was supposed to have a manifestation of the parasite that you carry from the start of the story communicate with you and tried to get you to let go and be with them down by the river (hence the song name). The song being so whimsy and peaceful is representative of the temptation to just give up and give in to the parasite's call and the ending to the song being really ominous is signifying the possible bad ending to that story where you truly let go and be forever lost.

[@356z]

The music director/writer has a long, REALLY GOOD, interview talking about ceeating the music for the game.

[@AuntySocialQueen]

I'm surprised nobody (to my knowledge) has recommended the Dragon Age games. Some stand out pieces in Inquisition off the top of my head are Main Theme, In Hushed Whispers, The Dawn Will Come and Lost Elf. In Veilguard I think the Main Theme and Atonement Extended Version are phenomenal!

[@jujudisasters]

would have loved to hear your reaction to I Want to Live (both ver) and Cunning Cruel Crits. honestly all of the OST from this game is A++++ glad uve enjoyed it so far!

[@Obileo346]

The whole soundtrack is absolute gold. Any tracks that didn't make it to this video should be in your next one.

[@ninjahaz0180]

Nightsong and Raphaels final act were some of my favourite moments in the game

[@Synthia17]

Harpy song is one of a kind for a single enemy early game, and the reason it mellows down and the vocals end because well, you kill those harpies :) And Nightsong might be the most iconic moment in the game (for me at least)!

[@What_do_I_Think]

"Raphael's final act" was the best ingame-piece I ever experienced.

[@ItApproaches]

People get stuck in the character customization for an hour just listening to the Down By The River song lol.

[@jeffdietz630]

IIRC Down by the River was originally chronicling the descent into the safe peaceful dream delusions of a mind being transformed into nothingness as the soul evaporated. At least was the original intent during the pre release. Its meaning changed a bit as the game developed. But originally the tension of whether to accept dream visions has a sinister intent/feel.

[@inthannon169]

Borislav Slavov so deserved the award for the music in this game. The entire OST is just brilliant. ❤ He also composed the soundtrack of Divinity: Original Sin 2, another Larian game and that soundtrack is also excellent.

[@Songfugel]

Glad you enjoyed these as much as we have 😊 If you are not familiar with them yet, I'd like to recommend a band called Nightwish that has a lot of similar compositions

[@МаксимКруппа-ц7ц]

0:32 "Who's that bold capybara?"

[@JS-vj1il]

Divinity Original Sin 2 is the game they made before with the same compoiser it has also an amazing OST. Would be nice if you checked it out.

[@jojorumbles8749]

The developers spared no expense and went all in on this game. It won Game of the Year by a mile and for a damn good reason.

[@Yomigandr]

1:16 ALL I HEAR IS SOURCE OF MY JOY I'M ALL OVER IN TEARS AGAIN And I forever will be! I will never heal from this! There will never be anything to replace my Joy! Speak to me! You are the ground beneath me and the skies above. YOU ARE! AND SO: WE ARE!

[@Spmochi]

Nightsong is the only song that ever made me cry out of everything I've listened to. Granted I was unusually invested in that aspect of the story and had listened to it in game with its "resplendent" context, but the point still stands.

[@JABO95SA]

Nobody expects the Larian Inquisition

[@william.strebe]

"I'm happy, I'm content" - that's what the harpies want you to think ☠

[@Gideonite]

Twisted Force is my favorite battle song with the deep guttural chants.

[@lawrencefosterjenkins8216]

just wait until you hear bard dance, old time battles, i want to live, and last light. so many good tracks in this OST.

[@sonalita_]

The Raphael boss fight is absolutely EPIC. In no small part due to the incredible music. One of my most memorable gaming moments.

[@alexeylebedev5350]

Borislav is cooking in every Larian game

[@ShiinigamiSK]

I have seen videos from grown up men who teared up when Nightsong came on. It's even more beautiful with the scene in game.

[@jdspencer60]

The Harpy song is particularly rough because you're trying to save a child at the time and it's very desparate but it lulls you

[@Flusenjohnny]

I love the Harpy Song! It was part of a fight against Harpys in act 1 and I did not want to end the fight or start it because of that song

[@Nobodyandthegiant]

The down by the river song is remixed 5 billion songs in the game hahahaha. And every other song has it included in them somehow.

[@sean.alphonse]

If you're looking for something similar to see the harpy song and nightsong, you'd love The Power (Choral Version) - the mood is kind of like mermaid funeral without spoiling anything

[@clementwymiens7955]

So, this is what eargasm looks like

[@Bavio]

I saw a meme, and now I'll never unhear it. The opening words of the Main Theme Part 1: "Who's that bald Capybara" 😂 Also, cant wait til you get to the song "The Power". It makes me tear up, especially thinking back to the epic story that just happened (its the final credits song)

[@matthewmilliman4518]

First video Ive seen of yours come across my feed, big Baldurs Gate fan! I think the way you said "AN ORGAN" may be permanently etched into my brain 🤣🤣 If you haven't checked out any of the Destiny 2 OST, ESPECIALLY "Deep Stone Lullaby", you definitely should!

[@LMoftheCoast]

This soundtrack is absolutely amazing, even without the context of the game itself, it’s just beautiful.

[@Chooie6]

I absolutely think you would love the game it was game of the year for plenty of reasons and the white haired character won best voice actor too and was a great character to have in your party. Down by the river definitely my favorite personally and a streamer I watch called Nerissa ravencroft did a cover of it with the actual composer Boris slavov I think was his name doing the instrumental by the way this one is literally just the character creation music. From a musical perspective Raphael's final act is pretty peak but during this battle his character is literally singing it and if you were to kill him first his lines actually stop being sung and his lips and face are animated to the song.

[@DavidCookeZ80]

I think I'm right in saying the game engine can dynamically stitch together the different sections of each "track" you're listening to in order to match events on screen. The don't all play quite like you're listening to them here, and not all of them necessarily gets used.

[@Augustus_Imperator]

Great game, great OST, I bought it on day one and I still play it 👌🏻 Last game release of which I still listen the soundtrack stand alone because it's so good.

[@HussarPlays]

Vocalized “I want to live” hits in the feels after you really finish the game. “Raphael’s…” is great too but it needs context from the story to really appreciate it. I love these BG3 and FF14 music reaction videos. We enjoy all together

[@luigibiava]

I want to thank you, your reaction made me listening this soundtrack like it was the first time (wich is funny because i have 924 hours on that game 😅😂

[@secondsonofswan9083]

How weeping down didnt end up on your radar but you're missing the bard's song one of my favorites

[@sykeassai]

The problem with the harpy song is every time I hear it, I have a moment where I feel tired. It literally works

[@PCFixer]

You MUST watch the Cutscene for "Nightsong"; it's f--ing amazing!

[@joshuawebb5339]

Every track in this game is a masterpiece 🙏🏻 you should defo listen to The power and and I want to live next time, both stellar tracks with amazing vocals, you’ll love em 💖✨

[@sw-gs]

Main Theme is prayer to Bhaal. Also Divinity Original Sin 2 is also good soundtrack to listen. It's composed by the same guy as Baldur's Gate 3.

[@HarukaLPs]

One thing about Raphael's Final Act, without spoiling anything about the game, when it comes on you are fighting one absolute hardcore boss, it's perfect

[@FROYOBLKb4nny]

Please more Baldur's Gate 3! It's a shame it didn't win best OST at the game awards, the soundtrack is amazing! I highly recommend listening to parts 2 and 3 of the main theme as well, all the parts of the main theme correspond to each act of the game so well.

[@KoppelSS]

First time in the game when Harpy Song was played I did nothing but listen the song for ~15min.

[@dirzz]

Part 2 and 3 of the main theme are even better!

[@cameroooonski]

it's hard to do the harpy fight with that beautiful song playing in the background 😥

[@Raiders1917]

I've got a suggestion for you! Tomb Raider 2013 has an amazing ost. Particularly "A Survivor is born".

[@maeglinweird5662]

Wow... no Alfira's the Weaping Dawn?

[@cixelsyd40]

Definitely check out "Song of Balduran" as well

[@ag1000-l6n]

Harpy song is actually creepy. If you know the lore behind it

[@ricardoorozco9757]

Baldurs Gate 3 , one of a hell videogame 👌✨ perfection , i loved The work of Borislav Slavov since Divinity original sin I , He is one of my favorite compossers of all time . I want him for The next Fable or Danny Elfman 🙏

[@CoffeeSipper555]

It's an incredible game, i have never suggested People to play a game like i did for BG3 and i didn't eben finish it yet.

[@chilihunter7392]

I absolutely love it 😊

[@littreef]

You should also listen to "I Want to Live", it also has very beautiful vocals and music😊

[@kantpredict]

I believe you never hear this rendition of Down By The River in-game any more. It was in the beta but the game had a rewrite and it's storyline got removed. The leitmotif is still all over the game though. EDIT: Okay apparently still on the character creation screen if you stay long enough

[@ItApproaches]

BG3 is one of the best games made in a LONG time.

[@Pavel-Geleznov]

Twisted force sounds like Duegar (Underdark dwarves) song

[@nala6620]

One of the songs made me think "main menu" 😂

[@sleepingdaisy]

please listen to "Wash my pain" away. it's so beautiful and it's so sad it isnt included in the official soundtrack even tho it showed up in the game

[@TheArtOfSubconscious]

the whole soundtrack is written by borislav slavov. just mentioning it, because i don't anyone has here, yet. also if you want priate soundtrack that's very not potc-ish you should check out bear mccrearys work on black sails