Nuclear Winter - Soundtrack (2024)

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[@williek08472]

The beeping in the background is eerily powerful... like measuring the heart rate of human civilization before it dies.

[@riceontopofbeans534]

It's like you're playing plague inc.

[@oliwierkwiatkowski8817]

I interpreted it more like an automaton, satellite or a computer on Earth analyzing the situation and emotionlessly computing... And had a Sputnik 1 vibe for a bit, too... The only remains of civilization that would have been untouched.

[@BigBread-1]

We just like explosions,not 2 billion people dying Edit: there is also the 5 billion deaths scenario, which proves that nuclear bombs are neither good as weapons(because of deaths) or dezinfectants.

[@mr.boomguy]

Excacly. We like hearing things go BANG, but only when no people are dying because of it

[@fakepretender]

We like having control over things

[@goodbye3064]

@@fakepretender no truer words have ever been said

[@chemplay866]

Unless everyone dies because of it. Planet ending booms are fun @@mr.boomguy

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

@@chemplay866 That's right. All or nothing are the only ways to go.

[@gamingsoda1040]

I couldnt think of any better comment so just: good music.

[@gamingsoda1040]

I just got to the last part... holy crap. I cant describe of good that is.

[@NP7_16]

GET BACK TO WORK!

[@NickAndriadze]

You guys absolutely dropped the bomb on this piece, it's a subtle banger!

[@whereismycup]

yeah, the quality made my head explode!

[@Epicmountainmusic]

Thank you

[@Ezra411st]

Both figuratively with the music, and literally with the theme if the video :D

[@realchikinmcnugets]

this music is *exploding* with suspension and i love it!

[@aaravdiwakaristhebest]

pun

[@ThomasThings]

This is one of the most threatening and eerie tracks I have ever heard and I love it

[@mr.boomguy]

Fitting for a doomday scenario

[@citratune7830]

its youu

[@ThomasThings]

@@citratune7830 yes, I am me

[@citratune7830]

@@ThomasThings i recognize you i like your stuff

[@Sir-junior77]

Once again, I managed to find this first before the original video itself

[@theendofemeralds]

Ditto

[@Epicmountainmusic]

We were quick this time 🙂

[@Sir-junior77]

@@Epicmountainmusic Well played👏🏾

[@NguyenMinh792]

The darkest and most dreadful Kurzgesagt video!

[@PoggerFoxy]

definitely one of if not the most *powerful* one yet, it really makes you imagine the impact of such a large scale event on the world while watching the video amazing work as always!

[@XelVedra]

How can you manage to make such a bop like at the 5:40 part be so unsettling like in the intro or at 6:40, all into the same song? You're so talented, you keep putting so much quality in your work for Kurtzgesagt even after all those years! I'll never get tired of your compositions ^^

[@Epicmountainmusic]

Thank you so so much!

[@NguyenMinh792]

6:40 far more dreadful than any horror movies

[@laser_red1820]

Wow! Haven't seen the video already but it really sets up an ambience. And thoses synth near the end

[@thelastroman7791]

That moment when the clock finally strikes midnight:

[@DeltaXK144]

These guys never disappoint. Immediately added to my playlist

[@Epicmountainmusic]

Nice!

[@FBManimations]

I hope there's finally a nuke leitmotif! Edit: I think I may have noticed a motif from Supervolcanoes

[@memati7199]

Why ?

[@FBManimations]

​@@memati7199it feels weird for the Kurzgesagt soundtrack to not have a nuke leitmotif with all the videos they made about nukes. And also I really like finding leitmotiv

[@memati7199]

Well i think this one would directly give anyone an idea that there is a nuclear danger around the corner, kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpOXlK2Ho9Jgr8ksi=gW64dVhM0abhhmys

[@NeilSonOfNorbert]

Yes the supervolcano elements when the video talked about atmospheric ash induced climate change.

[@tops1954]

At 5:58, the supervolcanoes/sediments motif starts until the end of the track but becomes more long-winded after 6:21. 4:38 has motifs from nuke a city & nuclear war but much more aggressive like supervolcanoes. Cant pinpoint the motif from 0:00-4:37 so could you help with that? Maybe its from nuke a city too.

[@tops1954]

4:38 is the best part. Sounds like a mix of the nuke a city soundtrack and with the aggressive touch of supervolcanos but more depressed because as the video stated, a nuclear war will cause a nuclear winter that could restart humanity and collapse civilization completely. Nukes should be completely prohibited forever as they are too powerful and dangerous-using them is a cold way of thinking and threatens the very continuity of mankind.

[@happymaster19]

Prohibition is such a short-sighted strategy. Unless you plan on lightsails and cryosleep to traverse interplanetary/interstellar distances, a lack of nuclear technology may be as much a threat to the continuity of humanity. Side note: Cryonics might make for an interesting video topic.

[@tops1954]

Just the removal of thermonuclear weapons, not nuclear technology itself.

[@happymaster19]

@tops1954 And what is the distinction that legally separates technology from weaponry? I don't have a legal background but am curious how law separates the two. A kitchen knife can be used as a weapon. So is it not a weapon until used as one, or is it inherently a weapon? How much difference is there between a nuclear reactor and a bomb?

[@theteadrinker1622]

@@happymaster19 I think it comes down to the intent that something is designed, made and manufactured for. A nuclear reactor is designed and manufactured to produce power, whereas a nuclear warhead is designed and manufactured to produce an explosion. You can see the design differences in the Chernobyl disaster, where a reactor that was pushed to the brink didn't explode like a nuclear bomb, it instead simply just melted down (which did cause a steam explosion, but that was an external factor).

[@happymaster19]

@@theteadrinker1622 Intent is notoriously difficult to adjudicate. Both bombs and reactors are designed to produce a thermal load.

[@BigBread-1]

A lot of big nuclear boom-> 1/4 People die

[@0100-u7k]

this feels like a Plague Inc DLC

[@gniwu]

It's so weird that you seem to be the only one mentioning the resemblance, because this was the very first thought I had as well, right at the beginning of the Kurzgesagt video.

[@bosspin]

c:

[@happymaster19]

0:01 - Winter of Ash 2:08 - Agricultural Apocalypse 4:38 - Catalyst of Catastrophe 6:22 - Desolation What an aggressive track. Very similar in mood to Supervolcanoes. The end is reminiscent of Nuke a City but much less optimistic. The piano towards the end of the track in video is heartbreaking, but stripped from this version. 😢 Check out the video (8:29).

[@goobles24]

5:58 what motif is this?? Ive heard it before, but from where....

[@goobles24]

WAIT its from the guitar strum at the beginning of 'sediments' LOL

[@tops1954]

supervolcanoes/sediments.

[@farmertree8]

Please play this song worldwide if nuclear war happens. I hope this does not happen.

[@SpaceBean0]

aboslutely beautiful piece!! never fails to give me an existential crisis

[@FBMtestingground]

Epic Mountain has 66.6k subscribers at the time of writing this I don't have anything valuable to say

[@hhlangoo]

On spot track, if at any time post apocalypse humans need a nuclear winter soundtrack then this should be it

[@floriankratzer3653]

Its a weird feeling knowing a bomb could fall every moment which is scary imagine how horryfighing it is imagine everyone you know every person you liked or known dieying because someone pushed a red button that is not the subscribe button and then is the start of the horror

[@kradsile]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a

[@keeganawaarethusa2931]

Sandwich

[@Gh0st4rt1st]

Damn this song is impressive, creepy, eerie and awesome

[@Z.O.M.G]

3:12 this part is incredible

[@RaptorMocha]

We’re going fission with this one 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥☢️

[@neutronstar9133]

This soundtrack reminds me so much to Plague Inc. OST lmao

[@banana-vd7jm]

This will work great for my alien world dnd campaign. also just generally good music.

[@CSsAcnt]

The best tracks in Kurzgesagt, ever❤

[@Dragonisser]

What a banger.

[@animlego3482]

4:47 superhot vibes

[@brickitect420]

Speechless, as I have become plasma.🎉

[@Ezra411st]

The beat is so good for the very depressing end to humanity, ans the theme of the video, the music has such anxiety put into its beat and rhythm yet also has some upbeat parts to it

[@IvanFernandezGuerra]

Me encanta esta canción, felicidades Epic mountain. I love this song, congratulations Epic mountain.

[@anthonygraetz4746]

“Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter”

[@dolamskudoiski306]

5:10 It's good.

[@vuhuy8593]

The song is a way of showing off ultimate power and also a battle between two powerful forces, which is clearly shown in the video by using two different colors and an opposing boundary. The power of nuclear weapons - the power of destruction, the eloquent sound emanates in the soundtrack. This seemed like the last great war.

[@ItstoadXD]

3:00 ish sounds like a PLEASE, DONT TOUCH ANYTHING ending

[@NatoBoram]

Very close to the music of Plague Inc., that's amazing!

[@lucidmaster]

Can I use this in my videos with Link in the description?

[@siz1700]

Amazing

[@eternalslayer.]

aperture science

[@theendofemeralds]

Wherever the term Epic Mountain came from (though I have a few guesses), this piece right here certainly fits perfectly. Its energy is just right, so it works as background music, yet at the same time, it is truly wonderful to listen to on its own. It has a wonderful mixture of heterogeneity and homogeneity that makes ever part of the song feel different and dynamic without feeling out of place. The "instruments" if work perfectly, none are out of place, from the beat to, I think I might hear guitar in some places, it all works perfectly to really paint the picture of the scene. Then the mood of it hangs in a delicate three or four way ballance between somber, angry, generally intense, and in some places even edging on something almost chippper. Putting that all together thats an 11 for energy, a 10 for variety, a 10 for instruments, an 11 for mood, and a 12 for execution, plus 1 for fitting perfectly. Overall that comes to an 11, this is amazing! Note: I am obviously not un biased.

[@goobles24]

Has anyone noticed hat the general styles of EMM had gotten darker since population crash (2023)?

[@floriankratzer3653]

The beeping sounds like someone on live support which fits it because if there's nuclear war then humanity is most likely not recovering from it

[@russizmaylov4875]

I get notifications for both Kurzgesagt and the Epic Mountain Music fraction of a second apart. Absolutely love your work, guys! Keep it up!

[@Alexp89]

Inspired me to make a nuclear war/apocalypse DND campaign and this is going straight on the soundtrack

[@samwithasceptile801]

Does anyone else feel like this is inspired by Factorio soundtracks? Some epic music again, loved it!

[@RandomClips420]

why no 1 millions subs

[@Absolute_Solver_user]

Good question bro

[@joelpichon1494]

This could be one of those interstellar movies in the background music cool!

[@woodwardqueen]

The fact that they used two subtlely different beeps throughout is such a powerful little attention-getter. ❤

[@TJPiano.]

I love how when they bring up Brewing Hotbeds at 4:39 the soundtrack just goes hard for no reason

[@81naixy]

At 4:38 I was too busy boping my head back and forth to focus on the video haha great work as always

[@alacer8878]

This song gave me genuine anxiety. What a work of art.

[@NIkolla13]

4:38 came here just for this banger

[@Fluttercute]

amazing job epic mountain

[@HandsomeErnie]

Another masterpiece 👍

[@yooshi5125]

This one is a banger, again

[@kingalex105x7]

this track scares me

[@OhioButtShakerGyattMachine9000]

The beginning sounds like a terraria ost

[@Pluranium_Alloy]

or factorio

[@wisteria8791]

What a masterpiece

[@abdulhakimay3574]

exellend

[@lasaintebaguette4006]

GROS BANGER j'adore on dirais que ya jonh wick il vas se battre contre les allemands de la secondes guerre mondiale au poings