Opera Singer Hears Frostpunk 2's Main theme for the first time

[@11bitstudios]

Thank you! 🖤

[@AshenVanguard]

Jesteście wspaniałym studiem

[@snehilmallick4680]

Most epic studio in the world!!!

[@theemersonful]

I love your game, but the prices here in Brazil are very expensive.

[@bakutie]

the goats

[@Sparrowthebird]

GOAT

[@boom350ph]

"glimmer of hope nvm" frost punk in a nutshell

[@ProLexa-xn1zx]

So freaking true

[@austinin]

Bro I was literally about to say the exact same thing haha

[@11bitstudios]

Oops.

[@boom350ph]

@@11bitstudios omg I thought u where a troll !

[@a.the.k8695]

Do you see the light at the end of the tunnel....nvm that a whiteout

[@hughmilner7013]

What I love about this is how it summarizes the emotions of going from Frostpunk 1 to 2. We get an almost triumphal rendition of "The City Must Survive," as we are in the wake of the city surviving The Great Storm. The Generator rises as the clouds parted... to reveal a barren, frozen world. The first game ends with the question of "we survived, but what comes next?" and this theme embodies that question.

[@totemictoad4691]

yeah, Frostpunk 1 captured the feeling of the transition from the Apocalypse to the Post Apocalypse overcoming the end and being ready to move forward, Frostpunk 2 very neatly steps forward and says, what happens at the end of the 'post apocalypse' phase and the beginning of the 'post-post apocalypse' the rise of a new normal, new civilisations, which most setting are hesitant to do, the New Cali Rep in Fallout is one of the few cases but even then the setting tries to constantly cling to that initial phase,,, while im not sure if itd ever happen there's an argument that based on the trendline Frostpunk 3 would be a 4X of becoming a true nation and exploring/expanding across the world of frost

[@agmnii]

Oh we’re eating today (the people aren’t)

[@topsmug3409]

of course they are eating, what else are we going to do with all the coal miners.

[@dprimido]

eating sawdust

[@cumlord4374]

​@@dprimido"Extra fiber" you mean?

[@johannsanchocuevas7854]

​@@dprimidochemical additives*

[@537monster]

One thing the music behind frostpunk is incredibly good at expressing is struggle. More than anything else that what I feel when I listen to the theme behind Frostpunk 1 and 2. However, with 2, it’s a very different kind of struggle. It feels like it’s on a much larger scale than 1. Which is fitting, given the concept behind the game.

[@tadesubaru1383]

The creators said they wanted to respect FP1's musical identity but wanted to make everything bigger. deeper sound, more complete orchestra, more industrial sounding instruments, everything bigger and more grandiose, but still respecting the first game's incredible musical legacy and identity

[@zerberus_ms]

The beginning actually made me feel the other way around. Theres tension and uncertainty that rises, but then the generator gets turned on, turning it into a fight fo survuval.

[@josephtran592]

THE CITY MUST NOT FALL

[@veryyes1607]

I LOVE THE CITY I LIVE IN

[@syazaplays3303]

HEAVE LADS, HO LADS

[@nadimulislamtonoy9604]

Remember if the city falls your cause fall with it.

[@Dracobyte]

Time to call the children to the oil rigs!

[@mauke90]

The Children yearn for the Mines

[@LolGamer5]

@@mauke90 Sorry kids, but the automatons took yer jerbs!

[@pmcomposer1]

Thank you! I love how you read between the lines and get it right! Please keep your passion for music, it's a treasure.

[@11bitstudios]

We couldn't have dreamed of a better composer for Frostpunk 2, Piotr! 🖤

[@phalanxiatheroan863]

The man behind the masterpiece himself. Love your work here, the universe of Frostpunk is richer for your talent. I get frisson from both soundtracks.

[@ItzFoxUwU]

hey, its the dude

[@Lorelath]

I still remember recommending you the "The City Must Survive" OST of Frostpunk 1 back on your Patreon, when I still went by OniMusa. Glad to see you look at this one too, I've always loved Piotr's music.

[@chasepalestrant1264]

Forstpunks music has always been good and, this delivers just as much as the first game.

[@Newt3D]

It feels a lot more hopeful than the first game, yet you can still hear the grinding of the gears and feel the overarching cinematic battle against exctinction, really excited to play!

[@techwyn6526]

"What we getting the constant that the world around us wants to pin us down, to push us down and to make us unable to move or breath" So kinda like being frozen. Neat.

[@freshfallproductions3505]

I desperately need frostpunk adapted into a show. You could write and absolutely KILLER script for it, all of the drama!!

[@CarloftheBells]

AYY I'm really glad you're reacting to this! The music has a very good atmosphere; it really pulls at the heartstrings when it comes to despair and survival, while still implementing a grandiose vibe in some parts. You know it's gonna be a good analytical video when the song is only a couple minutes long, but the whole video is almost 14 minutes 🙌 EDIT: I wanted to talk more about your channel, to balance out rambling so much about other things. 😅 Ever since I came across your reaction to "Emil's Theme" from Nier Replicant/Gestalt, I've been so utterly delighted by how visible your adoration for video game music is. With every reaction I've watched, you have so much to say about these pieces of music- things that I had either already picked up on, or things that hadn't occurred to me before. Sometimes it's little tidbits of trivia, other times you may bring up a classical or operatic piece that has parallels with the current song, and most often still are your musical analyses about the form and progression a piece takes. This reaction and analysis is very plain to see for this video as well! For such a short piece of music, it carries us through many emotions- a story or monologue being told through music. Seeing your passion on display here is inspiring, and is yet another reminder of why I pursue music as much as I do. Keep being great, Marco! ~~~~~ Speaking of Frostpunk music !!! The creators of Frostpunk (11 Bit Studios and AMD) reached out to The Stupendium and sponsored them to make an original song to generate hype around the release of Frostpunk 2! There's a specific motif from the OST that was integrated into the song- hearing it now in the original context felt so powerful and gave me goosebumps! The Stupendium also created 2 other Frostpunk songs prior ("Faith & Order", and "Shelter From The Storm"- of which I highly recommend the 2022 remaster for that 2nd one), and the newest one named "The Ark & The Tinderbox" has quite a few callbacks to both There's a bit of rap in these songs, so it's got a couple steps away from classical and opera genre-wise, but I can't help but appreciate The Stupendium's lyrical genius- they're very poetic with a lot of fun word-play, phrasing, and alliteration. It might be worth checking their songs out! ❤ (No pressure to make content out of it, just something cool to check out and listen to! I got to contribute a high choral voice to the latest song, so this may be a little bit of a self-plug too 😅 )

[@Anthony_Cika]

The solo at the beginning of 'The Ark and The Tinderbox' might be right up Marco's alley! Edit: You were phenomenal!

[@arttops2563]

I love your work! I love the Stupendium! I love this vid! The Frost smiles upon us friends.

[@MrBongie]

Playing game for a while (Beta and early access recently) I can say that the way OST and SFX blend together is amazing. It easily passes the vibe check and makes you feel like you are actually in the Frostpunk world.

[@carlalima7365]

I love how they put tension, melancholia, despair and hope (?) at the same time in a song.

[@ryanthefilmmaker2574]

Heave lads! Ho lads! Forget the comforts of home, you're a nomad!

[@ig_4220]

Perfectly encapsulating what they're going for in this sequel, it's retained the oppressive tones of the hostile environment straight from the first game but with the added dissonance of the competing voices tugging every which way

[@damsonrhea]

I wonder what you would think of "The Arc and the Tenderbox." It's a piece 11 Bit Studios commissioned to help promote the game, and it's pretty oppressive itself.

[@esoopthederp7672]

Loling at calling a nerd core rap a “piece”, it’s my favorite genre but that’s the first I’ve heard it called that

[@PatrickMartinez1]

An absolutely amazing work of art. Can't even boot up the game without listening to it in full.

[@Cetadrius01]

if I may, consider given the song The Stupendium's made for this game. The man is a master wordsmith

[@Stukov961]

Seconding that. The lyrics, especially for the chorus parts really nail the themes the main track conveys. "Stoke the fire, give your last Keep the flame of all we've known" "But discord thrives when laws decide which thoughts must guide the ark Through the storm"

[@ChristopherKetcherside]

I appreciate it for it being a mirror of the og song…

[@rezomusic3044]

Man I have been listening to this OST all day thinking "I hope Marco listens to this" and HERE IT IS!

[@quill9648]

I heard some City Must Survive in there.

[@DellKaGor]

That’s the main leitmotif of Frostpunk! You can hear it in many other songs- my favourite of which being the whiteout theme

[@quill9648]

@@DellKaGor Ah yes, it is the leitmotiff! I need to get my shit together, seems i've been drinking stupid juice, can't imagine how i didn't pick it up.

[@rokasb9441]

When you analysed and played this piece a few times it really made it fullier, like if new melodies started appearing. So interesting!

[@Scattman101]

It perfectly represents how Frostpunk 2 takes place at a much grander scale than the first game. The opening makes me think of the city finally, barely making it through the whiteout years and being able to grow and expand far beyond its original size. Then the theme gets more and more complicated like the game does with different political factions, different sources of fuel, and more of the map to be explored. Then the population starts to get too big, the factions start to fight each other; and while all this happens the whiteouts start to return. The city's fight is far from over.

[@speeda3259]

I hear the factions fighting and fracturing the hope for the future with moments where they come together, while the storm closes the doors of life.

[@Kokorocodon]

Your translation of the song is delightful, had me in this tearful trance state, a wonderful experience. Music is the soul spilled outwards.

[@MarcoMeatball]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@yupebet]

This one feels "grand" (obviously city now big) when OST's from 1st game feels isolated and intimate

[@DrRemuss]

The 08:12 to 08:18 then onward reminds me of a March of Progress of some sort. Humanity always goes forward.

[@svenfruiti494]

I begun playing the game last week and I still know that i booted it up and just stared into the screen in my title menu. This theme is incredibly well done!!

[@setakh]

Its so nice that you can hear the tunes here and there from the 1st games OST. Brilliant

[@hadendotexe]

You should check out the song The Stupendium made for this game! I know its not an OST but they were asked by the devs to make it and it turned out amazing!

[@humblebumble2448]

I second this

[@gabrielmotta3224]

this game will be a truly masterpiece! Finally is here, frostpunk !!! im eager to play

[@Cave____]

"glimmer of home nevermind" literally sums up the whole game, you have enough food, coal is in the green you think you are on the top of the world, next thing you know it gets colder, then colder, and colder, and colder, and colder, the coal dries up, you are in the red again, you crops aren't sustainable anymore you are in the red, the city is in chaos, and you can do little about it other than course correct very slowly from a mistake you made 2 years ago in game.

[@gianlucapistorello3586]

I really like how you explain in a really clear and easy way the song's passages and what they mean to you! I really think that if high school music lessons were like this there would be more music culture and more people listening activley to music. I enjoy this piece a lot, it's like a very compressed summary of the frostpunk experience. I would have spent also some thoughts about the 1:45 passage, were the fourth grade becomes major with that alteration of the theme, I personally think it could represent the moment were humanity believes having found enough resources to make it and prosper, preparing the contrast with the sudden stop that occurs some seconds later because: "hey this is frostpunk, did you really believe that you could have made it eventually?" xD

[@MarcoMeatball]

Thanks for the comment btw that means a lot

[@impracticalnuke]

It's true that a theme song can make or break a game, but the sole intention of the Frostpunk theme song is to break *you*

[@RainbowQueen23]

Can confirm these absolutely set the tone for my first playthrough and it was amazing 13:23

[@MattrocksTheUltimate]

Some folks have recommended it already, but I also highly recommend listening to "Anger", also from Frostpunk 2. While it's not quite The City Must Survive, it's also played at the finale of this game, and is just as fitting and intense :D

[@olimar243]

The thing i thought of at the start of the game, im 33 years old, Which means in that world, i would've been 1 year old last time it was summer. Living in this world is literal white hell, i would've never seen summer my whole life, wearing a coat 99% of my time, and being alive is more of a lucky outcome. That musixlc represents this very well.

[@RainbowQueen23]

I'll keep saying it this game needs to be a show ❤

[@jasonwood4001]

"Anger" from Frostpunk 2 is also AMAZING. PLEASE check it out!

[@aaronsuerocarral9826]

Te music remember me some of the first game while playing It, the strings, the brass.....

[@humblebumble2448]

Im gonna add onto the group of people suggesting to react to the stupendium. Anyone whos listened to them can vouch for their skills and music quality. Ps people who are saying "Heave lads ho lads" are referencing to the first frostpunk song the stupendium made

[@agravemisunderstanding9668]

I think that at the very end of the song the peice is saying "weve done it before, and if you force us to! We will do it again...."

[@mwpretorius7913]

To me the mid section sounds like the battle between human innovation, represented by the fast violin and the cold oppression of nature, represented by the slow and mighty brash. and for a moment it seems like Innovation might triumph, then the open question, but is this enough? is the best humanity has to offer enough in the face of this slow but existential threat. what I also found interesting is that in the very being the clock ticking sound is established and feels oppressive like you are waiting for death, but in the mid section the violin's tempo synergises with the ticking, giving the hope and confidence that the more time passes the more humanity will innovate and become better equipped. And then at the end there is no ticking anymore as there is no one to count the time. Great video as always, made me think.

[@ahmedtag3904]

The city must survive

[@poke-master1284]

Please you should react to official frostpunk 2 song. THE ARK AND THE TINDERBOX, YOU'LL LOVE IT!

[@Rath_Burn]

Has anyone played Frostpunk first level, at the part of the whiteout where the city must survive is playing but myted the music? (I know, never, its the best part) That part is so different without the music. Replaying it after with the music and its shocking how much one track can effect a game. Frostpunk music is one of the best game soundtracks.

[@StronSlinger]

I understand you primarily listen to video game music for the channel, but a fantastic pairing to the game with immaculate poetry is The Stupendium's song for the game. I humbly request you give it a listen, even if it's not for a video.

[@green_cafe]

Initially, the song includes a sound queue related to the generator. Call it a motif.

[@Cresium]

You absolutely must listen to "Anger" next. It's the finale of the soundtrack and sort of a 'final boss' in the game.

[@Isad1918]

YESSS TOLD YA HAHAHAHAHA happy to see you listen to it

[@DeDeDank]

Steward! Can you hear us?

[@cyberfruit3141]

Yeahaha!

[@saltedgrump6591]

I cannot claim credit for this written passage, but it is probably the most evocative scribbling I have seen written about Frostpunk. The demon of the storm snarled its worst outside the ice-crept window. In the distance, the generator snarled back. A single flame-wreathed eye of hell standing defiant to the storm. Inside we hid like rats. Curled against one another. The braver men were in the mining caves, laying down their lives to keep our little eye of hell glaring skyward. Braver men were in the wards, burning anything they could find to keep the blanket-laden people warm. But us? We watched. The storm roared at us, and the generator roared back. We watched, huddled against the far corner and eyes locked as the mercury dropped and ice swiftly crept across the glassy pane. Wisps of winter seeped through the wood and steel planks, and we just huddled together for warmth and watched. The clouds bloomed. Gathered. Shivers of ice-kissed light speared through the clouds as the swirling snows and winds tried to strangle the generator in the distance. The fire flickered. Cowed for the briefest of moments as the mercury continued to fall. Flickered, until the decision was made. The storm snarled at us. Bared its teeth. So the safeties were lifted. The coal flung into the maw of hell. Our little maw of hell. And the generator roared back at the storm.

[@VolkoTheShadow]

You should listen to Stupendiums varius Frostpunk songs, they are VARY good at caching the thems of the games as well.

[@sparrowjanitor1272]

Id love to hear you breakdown another track from this game called "Anger". It has one of the heaviest dirtiest brass sections ive ever had the pleasure of listening to.

[@TriCorp109VA]

98 DEAD CHILDREN?!

[@Gaaaaaaabrrrrrrriel]

Plz review frostpunk 2 anger ost as well, it's so good

[@silentfallin]

I would love to see reaction to anger or rising discords (my favourites from this game).

[@Senior--Pomidor]

The old great enemy next?

[@GhostMas7er]

Can you do the same for Frostpunk 1's main theme?

[@omniludum4376]

A really good main theme is Drying light 2: (Run, Jump Fight) i would love to see what your thought on it would be

[@toothlessthenightfury8578]

Reminds me of city unbound

[@Slothboi45]

Can you listen to the rest of the soundtrack for frostpunk 2?

[@FKAYjunior]

wondering if you could listen to this song for me. want to hear what you think hehe. Immaterial Breath (Umbral Choir Theme) - Endless Space 2 Original Soundtrack. Maybe other Endless Space 2 songs also :P

[@Chocobooo92]

Cyberpunk! lets go! wait... no. Frostpunk! lets go!

[@lucbellefeuille3638]

I will suggest to you to listen the music of the game Jagged Alliance 3 maybe you will like it

[@R_corp._Rabbit]

frostpunk still as depressing as always. I would like to recommend you a song to react it's call "Binah Battle" from library of ruina.I can assure you that it will bring a good bunch of people

[@abewlol]

you have GOT to give god of war music a try. old games and new theyre all so good

[@juanmiranda4246]

Marco! Review more Darksouls 3 Themes!

[@Idklmao1502]

Time to force childrens to work on the oil rigs 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TiagoAlf]

Hey Marco! Please, when you can, do those 3 songs, they are short, so you can do them all on the same video if you please: Game - Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Dmitry V. Silantyev - Wrath Of The Righteous Demon Theme kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGPCoGiKbNKmepI Dmitry V. Silantyev - Wrath Of The Righteous Lich Theme kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5a8iJmFjb-jbbMsi=oipj00SVfIQS3vtu Dmitry V. Silantyev - Wrath Of The Righteous Aeon Theme kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ-VqGyMibWVeJYsi=RDB9QBo_i2gkba99

[@chowderdx]

I'm gonna be honest. I completely forgot that Frostpunk and Frostpunk 2 had music. I was just listening to The Stupendium's The Ark & The Tinderbox on loop.

[@GodMaw]

hey marco, can you react to Warframe | What is My Fate? (Koumei & the Five Fates Music Teaser)

[@MarcoMeatball]

Just need to edit it :)

[@originalname8058]

Day 11 of asking Marco to listen to "In Hell We Live, Lament" from Mili.

[@Nerim89]

Before i finish the video... Marco if you dont say a word abouth the motives of "The city must survive" i will be dissapointed!!!

[@Nerim89]

Well you metions it im not dissapointed

[@YgorDracknor]

Day 3 of trying to make @MarcoMeatball listen to the Valkyria Chronicles OST It really is a game with a exelent OST, please give it a look someday XD ( and it is anime WW2 ) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3nafXyqiK-fhq8si=_FzEHwwCihztayqW

[@virtualpilgrim8645]

I wrote that song...

[@fabi3030]

I don't like the Main Theme. There are many places where I expect different directions.

[@anabsentprofessor6120]

2:50 I don’t think you were quite wrong there - it’s not pure, but it is hope. But dissonant, tainted. The future is brighter than it ever was in 1, but there’s still something deeply wrong. What that something is is for people to slowly understand and grapple with.