Left 4 Dead 2 | HORDE THEME | All Campaigns

[@moxoyyy]

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[@matthewhefner9474]

These don't sound the same without the sounds of shotguns, automatic weapons fire, explosions and the characters shouting out names of random special infected.

[@moxoyyy]

You sparked a idea 💡

[@HuskyWolf101]

Doesn't make me without the melee slash sounds

[@Rocklobsta_]

Don't forget about the survivors yelling at each other due to friendly fire.

[@deadprism]

@@Rocklobsta_ me and randoms be like

[@Sgt.Peanut16]

@@HuskyWolf101 Ah yes I do love committing zombie massacre with a katana or a chainsaw Also I didn't expect to see you here xd

[@oculusarmy8873]

People asked me “Why does it sound so mixed up and crunched together.” I say, “What do you think of when your fighting hundreds of the undead running full sprint, multiple wounds over your body, drugs coursing through your veins, with nothing but a gun, explosive, and a side weapon. Now think of that with this music.”

[@echommm3621]

It sounds mixed up because the music is dynamic and reacts to what’s going on in game. These nightmares of sound design obviously didn’t get put into the game unedited.

[@randomtexanguy9563]

@@echommm3621 No.

[@Veikko_Vox]

@@randomtexanguy9563 The sound files for all the horde music is separated and it is RNG, it can start and end at anytime.

[@RealErdenman]

They are not dead... They are infected...

[@sleeplessnarcolept6541]

iirc it selects random segments to play when its going on, have heard so many variations of it

[@ХристиянНинов]

You can tell that the audio designers were going bananas on the instrument samples. They were cutting, shifting and sticking them back together like a frankenstein monster. They make no sense and resemble no cohesive melody. It represents true chaos and danger. That rough sound that plays in the background and repeats itself is meant to act as an alarm to make you feel absolutely out of control and paranoid. The pitch is always high, which resembles a tone that a child would make, instantly grabbing your attention and making you focus on the music instead of what's in front of you. The rawness of the instruments used, such as the uncoordinated symphony of the violins creates a grotesque and wild feeling of danger, agony, unfiltered anger and an unexplainable expectation of an upcoming, gross, filthy and painful demise. It lets the listener fill in the holes in their own knowledge of what is to come and what is the current situation. A truly powerful move.

[@ХристиянНинов]

Also some of the instruments resemble gunfire

[@kunii.9261]

@@ХристиянНинов you blow my damn mind brother.

[@acpbullet9501]

this man just deciphered the entire L4D2 soundtrack he needs a job with Game Theory

[@makuneenja]

dude your comment inspired me to make a presentation about music in the game

[@ciff8f8dididifif25]

@@makuneenja Lets see it

[@CertifiedH2]

Valve sound designers be like: Ayo just break the instrument and record it

[@No-te5lg]

The passing theme in a nutshell

[@bigkabooomedbam]

Here let this random 5 year old on the midi keyboard

[@heartbeat7939]

Result: Perfection

[@rafaelplayschannel9995]

Fax

[@vitzpso]

It gives you the feeling that everything is going to go wrong and the broke instruments gives you adrenaline and agony because you want to go to safe house faster and it just repeats and repeats

[@MittensTea]

I love how the Passing's Horde music is using L4D1s Horde theme as a base since this is where you meet the L4D1 survivors. Small things like that are amazing.

[@smolmage316]

Bruh the passing sounds like the dam piano cat hat a siezure

[@fixingbutton8144]

Truly a banger

[@dannyrote9854]

Yeah I heard the l4d1 horde theme. It only contains one music in all campaigns tho. Until L4d2 has all the horde themes with different instruments playing

[@NeovenatorGuy]

@@smolmage316 damn sure gets your blood pumping

[@jennykeele]

if the left 4 death survivors exist the horde theme from left for die and left for death 2 collide

[@chowder6534]

I like how the drums are included in all of the horde themes as the drums represent the violent rush of the zombies footsteps while the other instruments reflect on the location the survivors are in.

[@Blindinfection]

The fact that the music creators took their time to make custom themes for each map

[@hanimenstuff2755]

Means that they put there blood and sweat into this master piece

[@legendaryoof7410]

@@hanimenstuff2755 nice pun

[@night4251]

that's what they got payed for to be honest

[@SakuyaShiomiEnjoyer]

the thing i appreciate most about the parish's music the most is that it's not just any old trumpet sound, it's that specific mardi gras marching band/new orleans jazz tone

[@moxoyyy]

Oh really?

[@dieshower9664]

I love how they incorporated New Orleans music into the actual soundtrack

[@moxoyyy]

I know right amazing team

[@giagarex]

The Jazz and Blues zombie horde isn't real, they can't hurt you.

[@yeguybroc17]

​@@giagarex #thepassing4life

[@xmemelord9000x]

​@@giagarexthis reply belongs in a museum

[@justdery17]

@@giagarex The Jazz and Blues zombie horde theme: 18:57

[@mandiec3149]

the starting scream of the hordes always scare me because: *how do they scream that loud and sound like that*

[@Leo.Kalash]

Even myself i think about how is valve able to produce the weirdest sounds possible

[@mandiec3149]

@@Leo.Kalash i fucking agree

[@matthewjones39]

They simply have a good gaming chair

[@Sigma_rizzler55]

They’re so loud cause you alerted the horde ⚠️ and it’s supposed to represent that all those screams are from hundreds of them all screaming at once then coming to get your ass

[@mandiec3149]

@@Sigma_rizzler55 I mean yes, but how the fuck does valve MAKE THAT NOISE??

[@TyrantSupremoDark]

Props to the drummers who performed these beats They are all amazing.

[@itdobelikedattho8112]

Valve orchestra

[@Christopher-D]

It's funny. L4D1 had unique safe room themes for each campaign and L4D2 had unique horde themes for each campaign. It's almost like the L4D1 crew is characterized by scrambling for safety, while the L4D2 crew is characterized by mowing down hordes of infected. That's even what their respective intro movies are about.

[@moxoyyy]

Yup

[@dmytripetrenko4404]

I agree

[@methanoI]

Valve will never fail to make the best games.

[@Lobotimite2007]

​@@methanoI then what was artifact

[@brokenbrocky]

I really like the beginning sounds It really perks up a bit the creepy and scaryness of the game.

[@redmadness265]

The ghostly vowels? Yesss, so chilling. Absolutely love it

[@alexandredesouza3692]

Probably the best soundtrack in gaming, simply because it had an actual mechanical purpose to convey vital information for split second decisions whilst enhancing the mood and storytelling of the scene, in real time.

[@thefumyandthechev]

I mean WOWS and Payday have this feature too

[@alexandredesouza3692]

@@thefumyandthechev These are brilliant! But I like this.

[@r0de]

Dark Carnival's horde theme reminds me of a slide-whistle Actually, considering the Clowns attract and enrage the Common Infected, it makes me think of an undead Clown dancing around, playing his out-of-tune whistle, summoning a horde to ruin someones day Like a demonic pied piper

[@zwro5045]

Wiki says possibly a theremin instrument

[@poofal1283]

There's an achievement referencing the pied Piper about thile clown so this is perfect

[@paynetothemax747]

Where you burn a couple of Infected along with the clown

[@naivan12]

swamp fever is scary,sad and stress inducing, its the best amongst other hord themes.

[@moxoyyy]

You are right about swamp fever. My favorite horde theme is hard rain :)

[@chacharealsmooth1819]

I agree fully, it makes the fight more intense when it starts blasting as background music

[@defnotyuri]

It's also an violin raping Lmao

[@Appstoneoffice]

Nah. Dead Center is the best

[@naivan12]

@@Appstoneoffice i find Swamp fever the best based on my taste.i love the feeling it gives

[@КайратДжуманов-ж5д]

the passing's horde theme gives me anxiety

[@moxoyyy]

Swamp fever as well

[@Scarlet_Chrysalis]

@Misery I agree

[@dngames1001]

Music composers: Nice, just what we meant to do :3

[@tommat72]

It gives me so much anxiety i believe it’s what anxiety would be if it was music.

[@Robloschannelnumbergazillion]

I'm pretty sure the music was approved by an actual psychologist for being as distressing as possible

[@Donald_Here]

Once joined a public match, and kept on hearing "PUKE IN THE HOLE!" "FIGHT AMONGST YOURSELVES!" "INCOMING!" from Nick every freaking time he found a Bile bomb. Not one bile bomb was left on the map.

[@yungbirthcontrol950]

Swamp Fever: I am the loudest The Passing: Hold my beer

[@chacharealsmooth1819]

facts

[@Aquaviousyuri]

Hard rain:i am the friendliest

[@JasyIsHere]

My buddy Keith tried camping out on top of a building once. He was shooting crows, but the police were too busy teargassin' him to ask what he was doin' up there. He screamed for an entire year every single time he opened his eyes! Oh, man! At first, it was funny; then it just got sad, but then it got funny again! Oh, man!

[@supbozos4070]

Eli s sweetie can this wait

[@JohnSchlibbleZorg]

​@@JasyIsHere...your point being?

[@ni-237k7]

The Hard Rain one is top tier

[@moxoyyy]

it is the best horde think.

[@majoravideos4393]

It gives me Borderlands vibes for some reason

[@Sumvrkid]

Hard rain has good gameplay and good music

[@alexcarter2461]

I love hard rains, very back country small town sounding dobro, makes sense considering the location of the campaign.

[@ghostface9577]

swarp fever, good

[@MyYTGotTerminated]

What i like about The Passing horde theme is that it plays apart of the LFD1 horde theme at 4:39 Because the LFD1 Casts are seen on this Campaigns Nice Details.

[@lepetitanthony8963]

dark carnival feels like a broken attraction,maybe its what the sound designers wanted to do

[@HuskyWolf101]

Sounds like a broken alien-theme ride

[@agustron2479]

Sounds like a long wet fart sometimes

[@xeno1019]

My god the horde themes are brilliant

[@xeno1019]

Don’t even recall leaving this comment, good to see I was smart 2 years ago

[@IronBoy-hf2lp]

I think Hard Rain out of all of these is the most cohesive due to how the backing drumline matches the central banjo. But when it falls apart, it falls apart HARD....

[@moxoyyy]

Thanks

[@coolgamingvids3313]

@@moxoyyy thanks for what? U didn't make this music lol

[@kennypowers2341]

@@coolgamingvids3313 he invented music

[@Ronin777z]

@@moxoyyy You’re welcome

[@clef9883]

@@coolgamingvids3313 he said thanks for respecting the creators the created it💀

[@Garfieldtheuwu]

I cannot stress enough about how cool it is that Valve would make each individual campaign it's own horde theme to match the environment

[@guhgubble]

fun fact everyone probably knows by now : each horde song will sound different since each campaign has a library of songs to use for the horde theme

[@Sumvrkid]

There’s always a feeling down my spine when the horde comes

[@Veikko_Vox]

Fun facts for people, the horde music is RNG, and all the instruments are all recorded, then played by the AI Director in the game. So whenever you play the game, the horde music with sound slightly different every time, if you could only hear the music, but the sounds are so loud you can almost never hear the music.

[@arl-4452]

Yeah for example, when the horde is activated if your team manages to kill em all without getting closer you will hear the music at very low volume, almost pausing, but if you got the zombies all over you, you get incapped and everything goes to hell you can hear every instrument in the horde theme playing at max intensity, such great details

[@thatportapottyguy6096]

I love the slogans for each map cover

[@moxoyyy]

Thank you

[@Bsjs7uu]

@@moxoyyy fuck off, trying to take credit for shit you didt do

[@fardeater]

@@moxoyyy thank you for what 💀

[@moxoyyy]

@@fardeater I placed each slogan there before each campaign individually

[@TheGamer6969Xx]

I love the parish horde theme because I honestly think the trumpet sounds great

[@TheGamer6969Xx]

Man the creator still hearting comments to this day

[@TheGamer6969Xx]

Respect bro ✊

[@peacefulspirits9756]

Why does it feel like the producers gave the musicians too much energy drinks.

[@dngames1001]

Energy drinks? More like adrenaline shots...

[@dappermaverick]

i like the music of the parish because it sounds like the end of the adventure, while fitting with the nar'lens setting the trumpet indicating you CANNOT give up yet! keep fighting those infected until you see it through to the end!

[@jericmagnaye2705]

But it has a darker meaning

[@mbsb1376]

Dark Carnival sounds like an alien invasion, a broken carnival radio, and an EAS scenario.

[@smittywerben1849]

This game had the best soundtrack of any zombie game Ive ever played, I'd even say any game too. The music never took away from the experience infact added to it, one does not play l4d without headphones on

[@CottonThing]

Dark Carnival is a weird one with the flute/ saw(?) sound, making it sound alien or ghost like but whenever I hear it, it reminds me of one of those alarms you may hear go off at an amusement park when a ride breaks or when it gives warning to step back from the track. The theme is mostly heard when running on the rollercoaster track and I always thought of it as a alarm, warning to step off the track as fast as you can.

[@primofuze9420]

Late ik, but you were right, it's a musical saw

[@Funnyfungusmonkey474]

Many people shooting at once with really loud guns dose not attract zombies but poring gas into a car does

[@user-hw7-j0e-ma1-ma2]

Zombies got that gasoline smell

[@Funnyfungusmonkey474]

@@user-hw7-j0e-ma1-ma2 then explain How an explosion of a truck dosnt attract zombies but reeling in a raft does

[@Sgt.Peanut16]

This game is such a masterpiece Probably the best zombie horror game to ever exist in the world, I still love playing this game since I was 7 years old

[@PootisPlayer]

i also really enjoy hard rain bc of the homage to L4D2’s main theme, that banjo really gives that feeling that “this is the thick of it, THIS is the worst to come” as even the natural elements of nature become your enemy against the hordes of disgusting, puke-filled, acid covered, mud-drenched, blood smothered zombies.

[@Hexogen1]

I would listening to the Hard Rain dobro for good hours. This is just masterpiece. This soundtrack made dobro my favourite instrument...

[@moxoyyy]

It’s a beautiful instrument

[@pandertv2235]

Imagine an actual L4D movie series with those posters

[@greysvaras9292]

I would be epic

[@neverbeganforme]

This needs to happen

[@reimuhakurei2123]

The game is the movie

[@Pathetic_Pers]

These are what i would think some L4d posters would say. "Make sure you aren't *2* slow" "A sound near the crying will bring death" "Things are only getting started" "These are different types of Tanks" "Remember to watch from above" "Kindness is an illusion" "They own the world"

[@-That0neGuy-]

Hard rain is my favorite it just sounds so good

[@moxoyyy]

Everybody likes the hard rain theme

[@fort1nit3_balls]

@@moxoyyy ye true i like the parish,hard rain,swamp fever and dead center

[@gato_0911]

the dead center and the parish are the best soundtrack I've ever heard

[@kingofhorror4489]

True words

[@grimgamer0527]

The Passing a fusion of L4D1 Horde Theme and an Orchestra Piano on steroids.

[@BRUghNO]

The Passing's theme is really creepy. Imagine this was Dark Carnival's theme.

[@circlebacon1891]

Dead Center: almost sound in hard rain ig The Passing: Someone died in the hospital Dark Carnival: ghosts everywhere Swamp Fever: Playing A Violin in off tune Hard Rain: wild west rock star music The Parish: Who drank lots of coffee and the trumpet goes wild

[@angerydoge]

swamp fever isnt even a violin they just used a bows string part to a banjo

[@beanmann000]

The music of this game is great. When you hear the horde themes out of game it might sound funny, but in the game it is absolutely terrifying. Really shifts in tone.

[@mr.moreidea746]

If your in expert, horde calls is the least thing you wanna hear

[@marcmontbleu5516]

I love how each one of them got its own thematic touch depending on the place they are supposed to be played, smth they didn't do in the first game, left 4 dead franchise is just a pretty piece of jewellery

[@that_oneguy00]

Every hoard theme in the game is amazing. They all do an excellent job at building tension as you try to fight off the horde and push back this nightmare.

[@oil121]

The passings start sounds so much like cyriaks songs he puts in his videos

[@madcat789]

The guy doing the Swamp Fever theme just went fucking nuts and incorporated the Epileptic Techno into this theme.

[@P.C.16]

I like how dead center’s horde theme kinda makes you feel like you’re going on higher floors on a staircase, basically the last 2 chapters.

[@Definitelyhuman7]

I just realized that the passing horde theme has a mix of the original l4d's horde theme. Nice touch

[@handersonsos3487]

Its very interesting in Parish theme, the trumpet never play a complete song but chopped samples. In game I never notice that (probably wouldnt notice that anyway due to high concentration on the game). But now even listen to it in a completely calm setting, it is not weird to listen to. Personally its actually fitting and giving a uncontrolable/messy feeling

[@sebastiancantillerbonifaci3177]

My honest reviews about it Dead Center-not a big deal,its fine The Passing-it kinda have a mix of a zombie apocalypse and a party music Dark Carnival-it have a vibe of a creepy killer clown sound Swamp Fever-one of the best horde themes ever heard(but i wish the map is good like the horde thems Hard Rain-stormy vibe in it,great The Parish-kinda have a church sound on it,its not bad,but its great

[@moxoyyy]

I’m thinking hard rain is actually the best theme, but swamp fever is good

[@KarnivalReacts264]

I think out of all of them I like the parish one. The way that the trumpets being played matching along with the drums it's just a whole bunch of chaos

[@Kazuma_Sakaki-CHAN]

Everytime I tune to these themes, I always feel that a horde is coming after me.

[@starmaker75]

Left 4 dead 2 horde music is what I like to call “ aggressive southern”

[@saratoga4126]

The artist who performed the musical saw in Dark Carnival and the guitar in Hard Rain his name is Reggie Mills.

[@afdhaladf9460]

The combination of the l4d and l4d2 soundtracks is very interesting

[@theboogeyman1882]

The passing one fills me with so much anxiety

[@_-_-_mansher_-_-_3470]

Left 4 Dead 2 all campaigns Horde Theme Variants . ////. . ///// . Dead////////Center Horde Theme Variants . ////// . . ///// . 0:00 ambience 0:15 Germs 0:18 Horde screams/here they come! 0:24 death drums 1 0:30 death drums and banjo 1 0:35 death drums and banjo 2 0:41 death drums and banjo 3 0:47 death drums and banjo 4 0:52 death drums banjo and horde slayer 1 0:58 death drums banjo and horde slayer 2 1:04 death drums and banjo 5 1:09 death drums and banjo 6 1:15 death drums and banjo 7 1:20 death drums and banjo 8 1:26 death drums banjo and horde slayer 3 1:32 death drums banjo and horde slayer 4 1:37 death drums and banjo 9 1:43 death drums and banjo 10 1:48 death drums and banjo 11 1:54 death drums and banjo 12 2:00 death drums banjo and horde slayer 5 2:06 death drums banjo and horde slayer 6 2:11 death drums and banjo 13 2:17 death drums and banjo 14 2:23 death drums symbols and banjo 2:29 death drums symbols banjo and horde slayer 2:34 death drums symbols and horde slayer 1 2:39 death drums symbols and horde slayer 2 2:45 death drums symbols and horde slayer 3 2:51 death drums symbols and horde slayer 4 2:56 death drums 2 3:02 death drums and symbols 3:09 Gates From Hell {}>

[@andreistoica4714]

The start of the passing is so aggressive, i love it

[@hassandabo6288]

Swamp fever one is by far my favorite but always makes me feel uneasy haha, but I love it so much

[@yurikovRUKR762]

Dark Carnival: You must be this tall... TO DIE! Short People: I am alive, is nice, yes this is stupid

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

Was than a mf heavy is dead reference?

[@steamingsteve2]

@@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK **GASP** THE HEAVY IS DEAD!??

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

@@steamingsteve2 yes

[@steamingsteve2]

@@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK But WHY is the Heavy dead??

[@DELAWARESTRANGER]

The heavy Is dead?

[@tristar6118]

That sax player or whatever in The Parish had wayyy too much coffee.

[@KallMeKes]

I love how the instruments are sometimes played in predictable patterns and sometimes played in random, unpredictable patterns, just like the horde

[@NicholasLeft4Dead]

You hear these noises in expert: Panik! You’re not playing l4d2: kalm *YOU’RE NOT PLAYING L4D2: PANIK!*

[@vitzpso]

Looks like a dream: Kalm Y O U ' R E N O T I N A D R E A M: *PPPAAANNNIIIK*

[@tartarusprodigy6584]

The Passing sounds like Crazybus.

[@averynaiveoddish7052]

All of these tracks are disorganized, I don't know how but they truly managed to make a filthy feeling, disgusting and nauseating track. It sounds like sickness, and it is done amazingly

[@JasyIsHere]

I feel like I'm swinging a melee weapon right now.. " Yea I'm ready, Y'all ready? "

0:16 what the retail workers hear when it's black friday

[@Turts0]

⚠️They are coming...⚠️

[@du_nut_tuch_me4230]

⚠️ You have alerted the horde!

[@goonman4009]

I always loved The Parishes horde theme.

[@loljpeg2841]

I love the chaotic and jumbled up nature of these songs, it perfectly encapsulates the anxiety of trying to gun down the 30 zombies and special infected rushing at you.

[@theodorvalentinghita1779]

They absolutely nailed everything related to themes and sounds in this game

[@alastor8091]

L4D2 having unique mixes for all the campaigns with the hoard theme is my favorite part of the music.

[@oilman4341]

I think that the Parish is the best one.

[@moxoyyy]

Really? Not hard rain?

[@Aquaviousyuri]

@@moxoyyy hard rain be the best

[@revelyndelaluna636]

The prarish sounds like zombie mexico party

[@apples25555]

I love the l4d ost, it makes the zombies feel terryfying but also badass as fuck, I want to be just like them

[@ProtoBlueGaming]

When you hear those 3 notes, you know shit is about to either go down, or hit the fan

[@discotheque7138]

Swaml Fever and The Passing are BEAUTIFUL

[@lsherwood4997]

I appreciate what they were going for in the passing But holy fuck it sounds awful to the ear

[@susragejr477]

Hard rain is honestly pretty underrated

[@here9087]

The Parish one is so goofy but my favourite horde theme

[@kratos15730]

Best to worst 15:07 HARD RAİN 9:45 swamp fever 0:01 dead center 18:25 the parish 6:33 dark carnival the passing 3:13

[@coach833]

the scariest: see this any theme horde in expert with everyone ded, 5 hp 2 smokers 1 huntes and 3 chargers and a tank theme. F

[@moxoyyy]

Yup it’s over

[@karmazone1525]

Unless you found the safehouse wich you can either Wait your alliés to bleed out or win the level

[@gtvlog7282]

“Valve, what kind of music do you make?” Valve: “Yes.”

[@gordiegordsmith8942]

So many memories when i first played this

[@dmytripetrenko4404]

The group from Left 4 Dead 2 is the biggest horde killer I've ever seen.

[@DThunder65]

Dead Center, Swamp fever, and The Parish are my favorite.

[@Annihilation_Studios]

15:30 how it feels to be an employee in a store the moment any big sale is held.

[@trusted5460]

“Come Hell And High Water"

[@thedark5978]

The Dead Center is kinda offbeat though but i still like it

[@benzicol]

The offbeat is what makes this good

[@alybadry203]

Offbeat is meant to represent the disorder and lack of adjustment to the situation the survivors find themselves in , and an offbeat melody is also panic inducing especially with a horde of zombies swarming you.

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

@@alybadry203 No, like, the separate sound files haven't been put together correctly, so it sounds offbeat when it actually shouldn't

[@d4n_d3_li0n]

​@@reptiliannoizezz.413 ...And I believe that could be intentional?

[@AlphaJnx]

@@reptiliannoizezz.413 it is intentional.

[@wasabi5338]

i like how they emphasized melee weapons in the Dead Center poster, like they showcased them at the very first chapter because L4D1 lacked them.

[@tgnm9615]

*Rochelle alarmed the car*

[@nurfyturf3202]

Nicks head on the passing lol

[@BigBossPW1974]

Really got the smug look

[@12LoLproductions]

The soundtrack actually went hard in both games

[@Cowboyvr2837]

This guy was making these like his life depended on it

[@CuzMichiru9272]

I love those Soundtracks