Max Richter - Rainlight

[@sayfaye]

I used to play this on repeat to go to sleep as a teen, back in the iPod days. Many nights I cried myself to sleep to it. I forgot the name of this piece over the years. I’ve spent days looking for this song and cannot believe the feeling now that I’ve found it.

[@HPTMPI]

My Dad was in the Army when I was growing up; naturally, we moved a lot. I’m almost in tears listening to this. The uncertainty, nervousness, excitement, happiness, sadness...it’s all in this piece. Make new friends, say goodbye. Make new friends, say goodbye. Make new, say bye...God, how I wonder where some of those kids are today. Great composition.

[@peabee4758]

I'm a former military brat too. I know that feeling you describe well. I wonder what happened to my fellow mates from Germany. Unlike Canada, most if not all the kids were Military.

[@BigL88]

Wow your post spoke to this melody so well. Constant ups and downs and all is left is YOU!

[@caitidids]

There is one thing Max Richter does that other contemporary composers can't quite get the way he does -- the way he captures emotion. There is just something about each piece that portrays an emotion. Vaguely hopeful but dark, subdued -- like sun breaking through the clouds of a storm. Absolutely breath taking.

[@AbhilashNoxBaruahnx1ee7]

Couldn't have said it better.

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

[@nathanbrown7944]

This piece is incredible. The song sounds hopeful, yet sad at the same time. It has the feel of being so close to something, yet having the sad feeling of knowing that you still haven't grasped it. It would go great in a movie if a person is reminiscing a memory of a loved one, seeing them so clearly, yet not being able to touch them. Knowing that once you had them, but now you don't. It is happy memories that come, yet the sadness that fills your heart when you realize that those moments are past, and will never be experienced again.

[@evnt.v]

I wanna cry

[@bsartistify]

Thank you for this

[@thepaopoufruit]

There's something hauntingly moving about this piece and the animation combined. Something about hidden memories, or emotions, something that hits me so hard. I feel a weird nostalgia listening to this, a nostalgia for something I've lost or rather never had. I can't exactly tell what. This piece is wonderful.

[@Istszi]

Exactly the same feelings, like something long forgotten, but so familiar. I feel comfort and sadness at the same time.

[@Sameoldfitup]

The one piece of music that does everything to me, sadness & melancholy being my nature. I've not found a piece of music like this that takes me far away in reflection & loneliness, feeling of emptiness. And seeing the child, reminds me of all those lonely years in a children's home. “If emptiness is endless, then everything rests in emptiness.”― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sign and Its Children.

[@Beardman29]

What a beautiful little story. The innocence of children and eternal sense of happiness always makes me smile.

[@Silvermoon221]

I'm reading through the comments and it amazes me how this piece made me feel something so precise and it seems we all felt the exact same thing. Nostalgia, longing for something long gone or that we wish we had, happiness mixed with sadness, memories... People can feel the same way about certain pieces, but something so exact I've never seen. It's not just sadness it's a whole mixture of emotions and images. What a genius Max Richter is.

[@edwardmorris3453]

That's not how I felt listening and watching. I have just finishing watching for the first time and haven't had time to "think" but only register an initial "emotional" reaction and that is one which I must employ thinking to express but something like ... a child inadequately loved and of something buried inside, something shady, a child open and loving and something going wrong. Something tragic. Buried. That's using words to grope for the emotion which is what we have to do when describing emotions because to describe something means to use words and that is in the domain of the intellectual (thinking) realm. This explains why MUSIC more than poetry or literature affects us emotionally - because we can talk all day long (or all our lives, I suppose) attempting to use words to approximate this THING, whatever it is, this quantity, that music addresses precisely.And it's a GOOD thing that we attempt to understand our emotions, which we do by putting them into words, but we need to remember that our words (articulations, thoughts) are not the thing itself. This, too, is a good because it means that our "selves" are mystery novels which never end as long as we live. Remember Oscar Wilde's "Only the shallow know themselves"? Anyway, this video and song do not inspire in me anything close to nostalgia. The music seems to me, at any rate, so obviously DARK as to preclude such a feeling.

[@mobiuspaw494]

His music is Phenomenal Architecture of the mind.. emotional , goosebumps and tears. Keep building this World of dreams.....i wish to live there.

[@elleellison4422]

Beautifully put, David.

[@daniellos333]

Not the kind of music you listen to to let the time pass - you listen to it for a specific purpose, like trying to find something in yourself

[@davidlewis492]

This piece was too much for me right now, Richter can make music break your heart.

[@大山さおり-q1p]

This haunting melody made me feel comfort.and I want to go there.

[@hakimhamidi8160]

Quelle musique qui résonne résonne résonne encore et toujours jusqu'à la fin de mes jours merci monsieur richter.

[@Michael0697]

This is the anthem for all the stories that deserved happy endings... but never got them.

[@Anony_mous1993]

its raining but she still smiled even though she had the postcard and the idea of what it was like. she did not stop that from letting her love it for what it was.

[@littlevixen7655]

The beauty of innocence. Right here. Im sobbing

[@alexandreamcclure6037]

I am in awe of the beautiful thoughts that this song brings forth, as well as, the imagery and story it is telling. Brilliant !!!!

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.

[@anthonythomas4541]

Hauntingly melancolic

[@adrianpolo5045]

Muchos años tratando de buscar este video, no recuerdo la musica, pero recordaba bien las imagenes y lo que me hacian sentir mientras escuchaba esta canción. Gracias Algoritmo.

[@mitchellthomas2686]

Listening to this on the road to Istanbul coming from Galipoli where there was once a slaughter of a generation. What astounds me about our species is how vile and yet beautiful we can be to each other. There is such a power in gentleness and kindness and the everyday mundane of our lives. I feel i will see much more beauty on the trip. This song to accompany me.

[@alkimia1987]

The best minimalist,elegant and sincere music. Thanks Max Richter.

[@gamalyoussef3237]

That lovely music describe me every single time i listen to it , it touches my heart deeply , i imagine everything peacefully while playing in the background

[@ALaughingWolf2188]

“In those old days, where we didn’t know what we wanted, we looked at the night sky with wonder, now when we look at it we cry.”

[@muttley9520]

This video is called 'Trip to the Seaside' by Nina Bisyarina. www.itfs.de/en/home/about-us/awardee-archive/awardees-2010/ vimeo.com/43300954

[@Strikerzification]

I was wondering...thanks for your comment

[@Nitroking10101]

Despite the lack of spoken words, there is a set of lyrics for the song 'sunlight' by Max Richter. These are the lyrics I found. The sky before sunrise is soaked with light Rosy color tints buildings, bridges and the Seine I was here when she with whom I walk wasn't born yet And the cities on a distant plain stood intact Before they rose in the air with the dust of sepulchral brick And the people who lived there didn't know Only this moment at dawn is real to me The bygone lives are like my own past life, uncertain I cast a spell on the city, asking it to last The sky before sunrise is soaked with light Rosy color tints buildings, bridges and the Seine Max Richter is a living genius and a wonderful composer.

[@Aeon135]

These are actually the spoken words from ANOTHER Richter piece, called Shadow Journal I think.

[@thisisapersonwhois]

These words have their origin in a poem by Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz.

[@ImperatrixInfernalis]

This is so beautiful it made me cry.

[@MrExtraFINESSEtrial]

It's been sooo long... But I REMEMBER these sounds bringing My Mind PEACE

[@mekydro]

blown away by the music.. thankyou

[@harrihiltunen6896]

max richter-rainlight ...fantastic song.

[@kert2562]

Once listened, it keeps on playing in your mind.

[@common-girl]

and time passes us in the rainlight

[@avail1.]

let us keep looking for the palm trees🏝

[@themayconloko]

the imagination is a gift 'Him' that is given to people q are able to dream and believe in another world, a world where everything is so simple, just imagine who can go ... Maycon.

[@StefanoGensini]

esistono intorno a noi dimensioni che spesso non percepiamo... un bambino vede cose a noi sconosciute come Richter compone armonie che ci guidano altrove. Grazie per questo momento di assoluto piacere. Stefano

[@Sameoldfitup]

“I wonder now whether inner coldness and desolation may not be the pre-condition for making the world believe, by a kind of fraudulent showmanship, that one's own wretched heart is still aglow.”― W.G. Sebald

[@harrihiltunen9888]

max richter-rainlight....best song ever.

[@ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣΑΝΩΓΙΑΝΝΑΚΗΣ-ε2θ]

just divine..!!

[@NiiKeFree777]

Take a few minutes to listen this, take a few minutes to enjoy the heart. :3

[@daniarohani0710]

Can only feel time through memory

[@WEITESTAL]

Magnificent artwork!

[@harrihiltunen9224]

best max richter song ever....

[@Chuck.Mast3r]

My favorite of his as well

[@salomepink6944]

Let the sun shine in you and flood your sadness away....

[@harrihiltunen1244]

best max richter ever-hypnotic music.

[@ronaldihnoraulmaradona6689]

Слезы... Прекрасная музыка..

[@MrBassmanist]

Just , wonderful !

[@jeremiahwhite2624]

Such a beautiful piece.

[@icarobcn]

Para que la duermevela se acurruque a la vera del conticinio. Una pieza serena. Armónica. Maravilloso Richter.

[@harrihiltunen1244]

best max richter and animation video.

[@harrihiltunen4054]

perfect music....

[@janweyn3713]

4 years ago I met this wonderful Ukrainian women, Svetlana….2 years ago she ended our relation….still she will be the love of my life and everyday I still miss her….and everyday I listen to this amazing music...bringing back good memories

[@harrihiltunen1244]

best max richter song and fine animation video.

[@zestrosalumides3555]

I love it.

[@dododancer98]

wow that was beautiful

[@harrihiltunen4682]

fantastic song...

[@maricarmenjuradocarrillo4674]

Maravillosa tu música

[@MsTreboles]

i loved!!

[@harrihiltunen4329]

fabulous song.....

[@harrihiltunen4329]

fantastic music....

[@ryan.1990]

Philip Glass + Sigur Ros = Max Richter

[@carmenpantoja3590]

I loved him 💔

[@harrihiltunen1244]

best max richter ever made....

[@harrihiltunen9888]

never boring listen this song....

[@harrihiltunen3480]

best max richter.....

[@davidarnold2456]

Oddly comforting.

[@theconfessor3177]

beautiful as usual

[@AmrShedou]

what a beautiful thing

[@charitabletrader1581]

"It may not be what I expected. But it doesn't matter. I'm here."

[@Atr-bv1wq]

the saddest thing is when the innocent nature of a child is destroyed by the wicked, decaying, real world we all have to live in

[@Atr-bv1wq]

JV Waters praise God

[@991Weeman]

Ave Maria, gratia plena.

[@Atr-bv1wq]

man how come atheists always enter the conversation and all they do is spread negativity,, while accusing us of spreading negativity? lmao.

[@noncanadian]

JV Waters hm thought i responded to will p. my b

[@photonphotonisonmcphoton1197]

+William P. Civilized much, you}

[@harrihiltunen9548]

amazing...best richter.

[@vmumek]

I am astonished

[@harrihiltunen3126]

best max richter… raint day song..

[@PhVanderfull]

Beautyful !! ....

[@harrihiltunen7922]

simply the best...

[@АртёмБабинцеа]

Очень грустно

[@AvishayPianist]

Hi, I've tried to find this piece but I can't find this specific performance. I found this tune in acoustic arrangment. Can you please tell me where this tune from? Thank you

[@harrihiltunen3029]

all time best max richter.....

[@harrihiltunen1244]

max richter,s best song....

[@CarolinaContreras]

Woah, this is beautiful!

[@harrihiltunen1244]

never older this song...

[@harrihiltunen5192]

great just great..

[@harrihiltunen1244]

best max richter ever.....

[@PATROUXAMBIENTMUSIC]

Very nice animation moovie and cool music , well done :-)

[@CowanLiebowitzLatman]

I am this feeling.

[@harrihiltunen1244]

timeless song..

[@harrihiltunen3126]

all time max richter..

[@avail1.]

🌻OCHEH PRIATHO - 🏝CPACEEBA MAX🏝

[@harrihiltunen5867]

best richter song ever...

[@Jon-zj2cn]

There are two great tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. -George Bernard

[@camyparis]

Writing this comment from Italy during the Covid19 quarantine, thinking about my life and about all the people who passed away because of the virus, to all the ill people, to all the money and jobplaces we lost and we're still losing..thinking about the life that we have to face after the virus, the social distancing, the fear of a hug or a kiss.. i think that nothing won't be the same as before.. and that all the fragile people (even psychologically) won't survive the crisis, it's a sort of Darwinism in 2020..i hope the best for everybody but i'm losing faith

[@juanca_c971]

We passing through hard times its true but there are always reasons to keep going, to rise up again and conquer our fears and insecurities... Full your heart with hope, love and music. Cheers from Colombia my friend.

[@dybrawa]

Brilliant

[@harrihiltunen3325]

immortal music.....

[@JaisonJFranklin]

The transition from childhood to adulthood, I think

[@ClownBass]

So many people in their feels XD

[@TheLedward]

until Muttley confirmed that the animation was from Nina Bisyarina i thought it was by Alison De Vere who made the equaly lovely "Black Dog" Thanks for the info

[@andrean525]

I wonder who made the animation

[@harrihiltunen1244]

best animation music video....

[@BEHEDETY]

Animation is great was made it for the song?

[@Japhala_Aether_Gwangwa]

Nope. But it fits perfectly right?

[@toddhoward57]

smooth and cuzy

[@Picallo1cat]

Love the animation in this. Who did it?