Matt Uelmen (Diablo 2) - Tristram

[@landth78]

I don't think anyone will ever truly know the degree at which Matt Uelman was responsible for the success of the Diablo games with his music.

[@Adam4ge]

the whole diablo 2 soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal. I really hope they bring him back for Diablo 4.

[@cheyneyparsons8496]

I strongly agree.

[@InnuendoXP]

Diablo 4? I'm praying for a Diablo reboot (with Diablo 1 as an extended prologue) so they can undo the clusterfuck that was Diablo 3's lame story, characterisation and art direction. Nothing will bring Blizzard North back though, they are to Diablo what Lucas became with the Star Wars prequels now.

[@Kholdave]

Along with burning crusade

[@frankspringby4779]

the music is epic. but noone including myself play the game because of the music. it was a great game, please dont glorify the music. they are both great

[@marlesimms]

This for me is the single best video game OST song every composed. Because it's the single greatest piece of music ever included in a video game? No (although I have to imagine it's up there) - it's because it not only captured the tone of the game and the environment in Tristram, but it added so much depth to an otherwise boring town. I used to look forward to going back to Tristram in Diablo because of this music. It was haunting, foreboding, and reassuring all at the same time. Outrageously beautiful and chilling bit of music

[@nicholausfd9788]

Marle Simms I think Ominously fits better than Outrageously :p

[@AngryVikingBiker]

Marle Simms I could not agree more with you, the Diablo games Tristrum music is just Beautifully played.

[@MasterRave]

Yes, I became a Diablo addict, sometimes playing more than 8 hours a day and going to Tristram was always magical.

[@awakenedbyadream3253]

@ Marle Simms, Absolutely without a doubt! A Magnus Opus, or in other words... A masterpiece!!!

[@dolemomo3417]

Stay a while and listen.

[@IlMemetor72]

Greetings

[@excon1122]

If I had to listen to one song for the rest of my life, this would be it.

[@SinTroNeX]

Couldn't say better, same here. Once i had a sad thoughtful mood, and listened to this masterpiece for 12 hours

[@Markhoss]

The calm stop with all the crazyness before 3:57 and after that time when it begins showing the dangers but in such a safe way is beyond something I can even explain

[@cuneytsonmez]

I remember wandering around the town for nothing just to be able to listen this tune more...

[@bingus6050]

Yes!!! Same

[@joemanji2264]

Second that! Brings a tear to my eye. Good memories that one.

[@panaOrama]

BRING BACK MATT UELMEN FOR DIABLO 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@horrornightspowers7847]

+Angelica Lauren He doesn't work for blizzard anymore. You got to listen to Torchlight 2 music, its how Diablo 3 was supposed to sound.

[@Quettesh]

Diablo 3 and other Blizzard games have great soundtracks - yes, Matt Uelmen is great, but that doesn't mean that other composers can't produce similar quality. He made Diablo soundtrack which made him a legend, not the one and only god.

[@chaos_omega]

MATT UELMAN IS GOD! BOW BEFORE HIS DIVINE BRILLIANCE OR SUFFER ETERNALLY!

[@sparrow4214]

@Quettesh He may not be a god but he is the original composer for the game and without him, David Brevik and the original team who made the game, Diablo 3 isn't a Diablo game, it's a clone. A really bad one at that.

[@buttergolem8584]

Immortal

[@Nonsensei436]

Uelmen is a master of video game music. One of the best parts of his compositions is that he frequently changes gears and pacing as the piece continues. This keeps the music from ever getting old.

[@steffenshamoni8880]

Brings back so many "childhood" memories.

[@YomYestreen]

+Steffen Bürger "childhood" in quotes, because Diablo 1 is a game that makes you a man. :D

[@RalfSchlindwein0]

Tristram is one of the best music for a game ever made. this music pass on a feeling of anguish, tension and apprehension. simply an masterpiece. i remember being in town for hours, just hanging around, just to listen this music.

[@Deltar2r]

shivers... forever

[@MrMusicGuy1980]

You're 16 years old...your best friend is the only one of your group that owns a computer that can play Diablo. You go to his house that night and install it. It's 8pm, you are met with the haunting into cinematic...then you're hit with this gem of music. You enter the church, the sanctity of this place has been fouled. You hack your way through the maze of corridors.....AHH FRESH MEAT!!!!! It's 6am....

[@shiny.and.bright]

Burning Crusade had the best Warcraft music, because of him.

[@Kholdave]

Agreed

[@jarrynvandyk319]

I sense a soul in search of answers.

[@isenseasoulinsearchforansw1257]

recognized

[@aaadj2744]

All that's left of proud are ghosts and ashes ....

[@kiirakunn]

His work and work of Paul Romero on Homm3 were the most impactful tracks of my early gaming life. I will never forget it.

[@rasta_nico]

Ces accords dissonants sont juste fous, comme quoi y’a de tout en musique !

[@rahbeat9785]

tears in my eyes ... good feeling

[@proudarts9127]

This song was the "hook" that pulled me into the world of Diablo. Matt Uelmen, you are a Musical Genius!!!

[@Poserwrc]

im gonna "stay for all my life and listen" cause this is epic...long live "old school" times!!!!!

[@AlbertoNeurohr]

Cool beans. I played Diablo 2 for a decade, for at least 30 hours each week, and many gaming binges where I would play up to 16 hours a day with friends. I had various level 99 characters. I also played and won every single Diablo 2 mod in existence. I find Path of Exile to be the closest thing to it, and a worthy spiritual successor. It has everything that made Diablo 2 excellent, and it's still in beta.

[@druidofthefang]

4:51 the change in atmosphere is otherworldly

[@aaadj2744]

It's as if a great war were fought here

[@konradwurz6852]

What a fucking masterpiece The music in Diablo 1 and 2 made all the iconic atmosphere which Diablo 3 never reached

[@Zen8844]

This guy and his music is the soul of the game

[@Senior666]

An absolute legend. His music fills me so many good memories and epic moments. I would love to ask him if he took any inspiration from Opeth. Matt you're music will live with me forever 🖤

[@kayeplaguedoc9054]

This is one of the first video game tracks I really remember leaving a deep *impact.* There was video game music I had heard before that I liked hearing, but this is a first one I remember that actually made me... *feel* something. It felt mysterious, foreboding, and comforting - yet also unquestionably sinister.

[@egokrusher]

Love it! I don’t think it sounds the same, but it definitely raised some nostalgia for Matt Uelmen’s Tristram theme for Diablo 2.

[@Cybraxas]

Psst, over here!

[@druidofthefang]

This is something I always come back to, and always it brings a tear in my eye

[@juankoenig3095]

stay awhile and listen!

[@AnxietyCrewGaming]

Matt, your music still echoes in my soul! God Bless Your Composing this track!!!! Such a nostalgic feeling in my soul that resides forever!!

[@SciPhi161]

this picture really adds to it, i can just imagine

[@mikek.2703]

Wow I didn't know an extended version exists!

[@jollyroger2012]

Yep, the shorter one was from Diablo and the longer one was from Diablo 2 when you go back to Tristram.

[@Radoslavvo]

godlike

[@nugrahawisnu6529]

This is why i still love Diablo II...

[@rgerber]

I heard that he actually recorded a few *riffs/chords* on tape and then mixed it into a full song. Look for it on the Internet. He then just arranged it and filled the gaps. Because the tapes only allowed a limited amount of recording time. It was then 16 riffs/chords, of which upon he built the whole song. I don't remember where I read that but there is a lot of composer notes on the LOD soundtrack which involved a full orchestra written by himself. It was an interesting read.... Because one of the LOD tracks is a harmonical or something recital of Diablo Tristam, maybe its Rogue or Camp.....

[@Markhoss]

Thanks so much for sharing this information I unbelievably appreciate it and even though you don't know the full story I bet if we knew the correct terms and know the behinds of how this was done somewhere on the internet there might exist a video/pictures or some source of it. If there is one thing I am sure about it's that it's out there somewhere maybe even looking up "How was the diablo 1 soundtrack made" would help and then you could slowly find other bits of info, still what you're writing is fascinating I recall similararities with other games from a different PS1 game for the audio creation and the way you're saying it brings me back.

[@Marinealver]

The Terran theme was one of his best works. It is a shame the video game industry doesn't take care of their great composers. The whole Marty O'Donnell fiasco with Activision exposed that.

[@Sinclairelim]

This theme is amazing. It made all the mood for the game. There's no better piece to accompany a desolate village that has undergone a terrible nightmare, now cut from the outside world and with a terrible shadow looming every second closer.

[@armorder]

Это классика! Эта мелодия запала мне в душу лет 20 назад и, я думаю, что уже на всю оставшуюся жизнь) Гениальное произведение!

[@irGosu]

as I look ahead into the trees I can't help but feel the groups of Corrupt Rogues and Goatmen coming fourth to attack

[@JimmyJaxJellyStax]

Most creative game soundtrack I've ever heard.

[@batschi12]

An absolutely classic video game soundtrack. If someone is ever going to make a top 10 list of video games OST this has to be included at the number one spot. I am sure it is going to be a reference for other video games OST for decades to come

[@hoacruix]

The wholetrack is amazing, however the peak with the guitar.... love it!!

[@druidofthefang]

Fantastic

[@MasterRave]

Masterful

[@goonyart7489]

Im a great fan.

[@HECKproductions]

it was yea and i still play it occasionally never gets old

[@kyotra]

Like everything in Diablo it is somber and morose with a touch of ominous, yet that guitar is still so damn soothing.

[@TheCooderix]

Understandable, there is no problem to love a game and to like games more than others.

[@Goodmorningroosterlive]

Thanks. Liked hearing it again

[@steveokinevo]

Stay a while and listen...

[@JG-wd2yw]

Still one of my favorite pieces of music ever composed across all genres.

[@Madnek]

Two didn't stay and listen...

[@dylanbourassa4507]

Madnek Make that 5

[@Expertwashgroup]

Its a couple of fallen , quill rat and a zombi

[@publicmockeryofaliar4901]

Madnek the demons scared them away

[@awakenedbyadream3253]

Now 7 didn’t stay and listen!

[@Partickkkkkkk]

Yeah, but obviously not everyone can agree with you, HECK has his own opinion and I can respect that. I, however, COMPLETELY agree with you. Diablo 2 was and still is one of my favourite games of all time. I'm not even sure if I've actually clocked it, but even to this day it's very playable. It can and will withstand the tests of time for a long time. There's something about it other games like Torchlight, Titan Quest and Path of Exile get close to, but can never get right. I love it.

[@ArtyomLastLight]

I think it's interesting how when you type the first letter of his last name the search engine immediately knows who you're looking for. A very unique last name, I'd be interested in its origins.

[@Alzibarctor]

It's a great murky Dark Woods accoustic. Love it!

[@AlexandreDiClaudio]

Matt u are a fuc*ing genius...I get goose bumps each time with this song

[@canerotondo]

Childhood, greatest ost ever!

[@kinh0t]

a direct teleport to tristram

[@brigtvalland1296]

Still the best game music created - extremely well suit for this game. Hope Matt gets another shot for D4!

[@Kingtiens]

Haunting

[@fl00d69]

tbh Matt's music made D2. Lightning in a bottle. Perfect theme for the game right from the beginning.

[@imkanlardahilinde8883]

hello my friend stay a while and listen.......

[@bonto42]

3:00 that flute is GOLD

[@Tibor0803]

Greetings good master, welcome to the tavern of the rising sun!

[@seriouslyWeird]

those feels

[@lordsims05]

Matt is my cousin his music is amazing the guy really knows what he is doing

[@craigbrowning5196]

Nice! This is my vote for #1 game soundtrack ever. Tell him thanks.

[@HappyGnoux]

Well tell him this is my absolute favorite game music ever and the music (in general) that brings back the most memories for me...All of his musics were so cool! tell him thanks! He made my whole childhood and even adulthood too...ok now I want to play ("pst pst over here!" "what can I do for ya?") and go duplicate stuff in tristram :p

[@windrider75]

The photo coupled with this music makes me feel like something is going to pop behind those trees

[@siervodedios5952]

THIS is the tune I think of when I hear "Diablo"

[@thewomanwithnohead]

Diablo I was the first game I ever "seriously" played on a computer ... And I didn't even speak English, back then ...

[@MrEtown87]

Masterpiece.

[@babiss6063]

its a masterpiece for human imagination and creation.....if not evil's hand made :)

[@dankgouw]

Does anybody knows what "music genre" is this song? It sounds like gypsy music, mixed with latin and middle-east genre, but I can't categorize it...

[@ukaszswierkosz1784]

+Daniel Gouw Industrial Ambient

[@cedric2452]

+Daniel Gouw you can hear genesis (early period with peter gabriel), it's the same atmosphere with the 12 chord guitar

[@dieglhix]

sounds like epic medieval leather guitar music

[@matiascavernicola]

cELTIC fOLK

[@InnuendoXP]

Try the "Soundtrack" genre or Composer messing around with a 12 string and merging multiple styles for a one-off creep-suite genre For a similar vibe to his dungeon or wilderness stuff though, just search for "Dark Ambient music" on youtube

[@yrussq]

I can think of 3 genius soundtracks of 3 genius games: Diablo, Heroes of Might and Magic and Doom(2016)

[@1234mikedaman]

I can never find similar music to this.

[@jilltaiwan]

Try this, please. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGHCZWWuq5Wtd7M

[@awakenedbyadream3253]

It’s because there is only one Matt Uelmen!

[@indigoakaben]

All of Opeth unless you don't like metal.

[@SJ-vc2tz]

Try king crimson

[@DankNatty]

Diablo 2 was sort of a giant masterpiece.. and I say that not even just for the time. graphically dark, not too grind based, and highly customisable builds as far as character creation goes. The amount of games that were based off of Diablo 2, as far as the way character customisation goes is absolutely insane. Totally revolutionary. If that makes Diablo 2 suck, well then.. You probably don't like that kind of game, and I'm not exactly sure why you're on this page right now lol.

[@danalombardijr5563]

Stay awhile and listen

[@AlbertoNeurohr]

The problem with TL2 is it suffers at higher levels because magic items just become this massive list of abilities, so comparing one item to another is impossible. Every item feels like a slight boost, and after a certain point you don't really care about finding new stuff. In Path of Exile, when you find a new item it will always have a very large effect compared to your level.

[@kaliek5281]

Torchlight 2. It feels VERY much like Diablo 2...and this is because it has a lot of the original Diablo 2 developers working on it. As for music, guess what? Uelmen made the music for it and it absolutely screams DIABLO sound track. If you close your eyes and just listen...you may even forget you AREN'T playing a Diablo title.

[@maximum9626]

2 people have no ears.

[@kespec]

+maximum96 lol it's funny because you could loot the ears of your fallen enemies(pvp) in diablo 1

[@hlye640]

This picture makes me feel that I were in the Dark Wood in ACT I.

[@gabrieltudor6165]

Gotta get that Wirt's Leg

[@dieglhix]

BoBaFeTT Trainer

[@h0rk3d]

The title is wrong, this is the town track for Diablo 1. You dont have to include the game in the title. Its "Matt Uelmen - Tristram". Cool ty

[@henrique88t]

This sounds like Wilderness. Or, Wilderness sounds like this, but I find Wilderness so much more enthralling

[@DankNatty]

Oh, I'm sorry -- I guess I didn't think about it that way. Maybe I assumed too much. Diablo was a great game as well for sure. Cheers!

[@julio_jfx5333]

mestre

[@Antwonability]

I want this played when i am ressurected from the dead.

[@HamSapZhai]

stay a while and listen

[@carlz0r]

Blizzard North was once a company called Condor, who made Diablo. They were bought by Blizzard Entertainment right before Diablo's release. They also created Diablo 2 and LoD as Blizzard North, but everybody left the company soon after, and it was disbanded. Diablo 3 has nothing to do with the Condor people who made the first two Diablo games, which is why it sucks. Many of the Blizzard North people are now Runic Games, which is why Torchlight is awesome. Uelmen also works for Runic, now.

[@aaadj2744]

Hrm, yes. Ruins, the fate of all cities...

[@alcovitch]

I wish Blizzard would bring him back to compose the next Diablo game. D3's music, while not bad, was too much orchestra and WoW. Matt's Diablo music was always more... personal, chilling and haunting, not to mention far more memorable.

[@jaifaimonmangequand]

Well DIII doesn't have the ambiance and great soundtracks of his elders. But it's still good, i gave it a try and spent 113 hours playing it ^^

[@ludvigborga5708]

HELP ... HELP ... HELP ...

[@EpicurusWasRight]

KIng Leoric and Lazarus didn't like this.

[@indigoakaben]

Lmao

[@G0ldesun]

3:20 so fuckin epic!

[@mondskiez309]

The Warmth of Matt has entered this tomb.. Prepare yourself mortal, to serve my master for eternity.. Bwahahahaha

[@alexp4932]

"pst.. over here.."

[@juicebowl]

hmm reading the interview of matt uelmen on shacknews brought me to check him up. Yeah I can see what you did here, photo realistic Diablo.

[@jackseran9079]

holy shit 666 likes lol also amazing song. brings back great memories of many late nights.

[@awakenedbyadream3253]

Lachdanan!