OST That Cured My PTSDs

Mickey's Descent Into Madness OST created by Tom Bourgeois "Ethereal Snake", Yoann Roussin, Nicolas Pierre.
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Timecode:
0:00 Lenticular Print Promotion
0:20 Trailer Music - Desolation
2:58 Unused Music - Simpler Times
5:14 Face Off
8:50 I'm Fading Down
"I'm fading down" Lyrics :
I feel out of time
I'm fading down
Gone far away
Into silent lands
Memories slowy gleaming
Where soft voices dies
It all seemed out of control
I could not break
The depth of immensity
Now I can finally lie down
A death crowned by it's nothingness
A reasonable dead man
Who knew how to go

[@EtherealSnake]

I've released Mickey Descent Into Madness OST on spotify and all streaming platforms! open.spotify.com/artist/10iFh3psxvBxiiyvveUJYY?si=RliKrKCcRHuYy8qA2PqZrw

[@a.k8185]

Okie dokie

[@David-qw5vr]

nice!!!!! congrats on 1m views here too!!!!!!

[@jaythebeastx]

Could you maybe get them onto Apple Music? Or are least “I’m Fading Down” these songs are fantastic and I wanna listen to them outside of KZbin, and I don’t use Spotify

[@ChristianAluia_Eternity9]

I’ve been waiting……so….long 🫡

[@cheeseslayer6223]

LESSGOO

[@tabe3263]

It is our moral obligation to like this video.

[@FilYRU999]

GIGACHAD GREG

[@muhammadziyahudamatari5132]

Look Mr Hankey Spankey we can't do that we just can't!

[@ironyinc3453]

are you going to make us choose between our country and you?

[@gremlinbox5655]

well, good soldiers do follow orders

[@plotarmor8017]

@@gremlinbox5655 good soilders dont always follow orders

[@soviettoaster_9323]

Dude I loved this series. It first started off as a joke but then blossomed into something beautiful. The storytelling. The emotions and personality of each character. The plot twists. In my opinion It truly is better than Hollywood. And for that. I applaud you

[@RED4RAGE]

Most of the great things start off as a joke. And that's one of them.

[@masterchief4150]

@@RED4RAGE if i remember one punch man also started out as a joke web comic

[@RED4RAGE]

@@masterchief4150 I don't really know, but one punch man sounds as a joke itself, a satire. But even though it sounds like one, now it is definetely not.

[@oozly9291]

@@RED4RAGE it’s a reverse parody shonen, while it is mostly a parody it does try to be serious at times

[@RED4RAGE]

@@oozly9291 yeah, I watched the anime adaptation

[@oblivionfan345Tony]

Hey, Veteran here. Let me just say how much this series resonated with me. While I never killed my best friend to cover up secret CIA documents, I haven't identified with a character as much as I have with Mickey. To have this unquestioning loyalty to country above all else and to have that ideal, that belief come crashing down... It can effect people in significant ways. I know it might seem silly, but these videos helped me more than I can describe, even with the gloomy ending I still feel better having watched it than before I watched it. Thank you, Ethereal Snake.

[@xumuk1]

I hope you'll be feeling good your entire life :3

[@pax4432]

Even tho it's not helping in a meaningful way, it makes feel less alone and knock the pain away for a moment.

[@a.k8185]

> how much *tits* series resonated with me

[@ptrd4111]

I know how you feel

[@asdfg1346on]

40 years of serving. I ve never felt sorry for the families I destroyed. Yet, this series made me know, I have fought in another men's war. I was like prime Mickey. Never questioned, just acted. Give a soldier a weapon and he'll destroy. Thats all I knew, thats my legacy, a decorated soldier of 'Nam.

[@realkingofantarctica]

_"To Mickey, although his feet were back home, he knew that his soul was somewhere else. On a distant, dormant battlefield, that needed him as much as he needed it."_

[@vintheguy]

Where's this quote come from?

[@H.A.L9000]

amen

[@Kaare-The-Heathen]

To the halls of Hel.

[@user-jx2rr4ng9e]

Mickey: “But Donald.. he was innocent” Max: “But you aren’t”

[@user-es6gq3je4b]

Is donald alive though ?

[@mexicanbear2658]

@@user-es6gq3je4b yes

[@IKappa-uy6yo]

@@user-es6gq3je4b nah. The Donald you see after the revelation is just a flashback. He took his own life after Max handed him the gun.

[@justalonetraveler2769]

@@IKappa-uy6yo If I remember correctly the revelation happened before the confrontation with max that is why Mickey doesn’t shoot max and instead walks off

[@IKappa-uy6yo]

@@justalonetraveler2769 it happens midway trough. Mickey was already about to shoot Max, when he snaps back to reality and he has the flashback of his attempted suicide (prevented in extremis by Donald, who is now dead) and the MK ultra stuff that he went through after the war, which messed with his head. Only then he leaves without killing Max.

[@ComicalRealm]

"Music is the only art that goes through the ears and straight into the heart" - Minnie Mouse

[@sunium5814]

Music goes through my nose

[@somethingrandom7026]

@@sunium5814 you might need to see a doctor

[@Human_traain]

@@slurpee1874 goes trough the head and out

[@Adrian-xs1xo]

@@sunium5814 and cocaine goes through your nose too

[@somedude9828]

"one day it's all will rest i promise my child" -a good father

[@HOVREDDY]

I wear the shirt around on base and when I work out. You’d be surprised how many fellow Marines recognize it and ask where I got it. Keep it up!

[@trollface4kultrahd]

my dad whos navy said hes actually watched the series before, he said it was pretty good lol

[@user-et3wk2yh8u]

Did you and every other marine also kill your friend to cover up cia documents?

[@apollyonmind999]

why do you chose to be a terrorist ?? Goofy died in vain

[@jasonhua2246]

“Give a farmer seeds and he’ll create food. Give a musician a melody and he’ll create music. Give a soldier an enemy and he’ll create nothing. He only destroys and kills.”

[@RogueFox2185]

“Tell me old friend, do you feel like a hero yet Mickey?” -Goofy

[@animationman7772]

Goofy never said that entire episode but imagine mickey's mind to see goofy and hearing this

[@RogueFox2185]

@@animationman7772 I know he never said that, but I like to think that he did at some point after Mickey returned from Vietnam.

[@Human_traain]

"Did i ever tell you the definition of insanity" - mickey mouse

[@Human_traain]

@@RogueFox2185 wdym he died💀💀💀

[@issabeganovic8822]

"It takes a strong mouse to deny what's right in front of him!"

[@DarkTyyp]

"Quality music doesn't have to be longer than 30 minutes, so long as it slaps." - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

[@MrLFJ7]

Is it true mozart still alive?

[@Dusthandle999]

@@MrLFJ7 umm.. No

[@Dusthandle999]

Sadly he die very young

[@ridoing9969]

Read the doods name, it already slaps.

[@malum9478]

mozart would likely unironically be a super forward thinking and progressive musical artist were he brought to the modern era now that i think about it. he'd be doing trap-metal-folk-ballad fusions and shit.

[@HiddelS143]

Dude, you are talented. You can write, animate, AND play music. P.S. thanks for releasing the OST I’ve been wanting to listen to Face Off by itself for a while now.

[@mikewade1604]

It’s not just him it’s a team.

[@MadSeanZ]

yea i was the same, bit of of a im fading down kind of guy myself tbf

[@kennethfung3618]

And director

[@biggmonke8057]

"Songs either are or aren't bangers. But in a few years, this one will be a certified hood classic." -Ludwig van Beethoven

[@kav9533]

the aggressive guitar part in Face Off is definitely the best part

[@TodGeist]

8:20

[@kav9533]

@@TodGeist yup that's the one, ty :)

[@HeyMomonia]

I wish it was a little bit longer it's just way too good.

[@Crozzzbonez0]

Really helps with showing Mickey’s cartoonized world crashing down on him

[@GregFurey98]

It reminds me of the track that plays in the background when you confront Konrad at the end of Spec Ops: The Line.

[@parknplay8328]

This series was legitimately art. It's one of the things I love about the internet, how often things that start as jokes end up turning into so much more. The whole "Mickey in Vietnam" thing kind of reminds me of Red Vs. Blue, where it establishes a bunch of nonsense when it's a joke and then somehow actually makes everything make sense without really retconning anything when they start taking it seriously.

[@okaymah9746]

@AlfaLima "hey, you ever just wonder if somebodies joking on the Internet" "that's one of life's greatest mysteries isn't it?"

[@yourlocalpunkposer8107]

@@okaymah9746 What? No I mean what are we doing shitposting on this website.

[@alexanderleonardi3625]

fun fact: in season 2 of rvb, Wyoming called Tex "allison". wyoming KNEW

[@parknplay8328]

​@@alexanderleonardi3625 Tex even calls Church "Leonard" when she first comes back as a ghost in season 2. (Also Wyoming calls Tex "Allison" in season 3)

[@alexanderleonardi3625]

@@parknplay8328 ah. my mistake

[@STBill]

"Ayuk" will never make me feel the same again

[@sinansadman]

"You're like a brother to me." "Then look me in the eyes when you do it." "Ah hyuck!"

[@notyoureverydaycultist2579]

"I'll fuckin do it again..ahyuck"

[@aidanpysher2764]

It's like a love child of Spec Ops: The Line and Pink Floyd. This is absolutely fantastic.

[@abdultarsha5312]

Never had listened to Pink Floyd myself, but this is most definitely akin to Spec Ops: The Line. Great game and wonderful observation!

[@TheRealMagicMan]

I agree

[@popsupergokuss]

Yes, specially with The Wall record, such related themes

[@rb_freel0ader892]

Mickey’s descent was something else. Everything about it was incredible.

[@NKWittmann]

I clicked expecting a joke and what I got was long past the joke state already xD I was truly amazed by the feels

[@lordofligma]

Desolation is my favorite track. It just burdened with sorrow, mixed with some kind of twisted and mournful nostalgia.

[@m1garandMUSIC]

Haunting is the word. Desolation is an appropriate title

[@meghandavis5327]

Fell asleep to it last night 💙💔

[@Legion563]

Nailed it perfectly buddy....

[@Bald_Zeus]

The way this whole series started in a way you'd think it was some satirical comedy. just for it to be unraveled as an absolute tragedy. Phenomenal.

[@themangoman9315]

Comedy is just a couping mechanism for tragedy

[@pugman7564]

3 men's lives destroyed by the country they thought to be fighting for

[@carterkruse6471]

I'd say that's what bojack horseman was

[@JOATHaruo]

"I'm fading down" feels like something Kojima would put in the end of MGS V if it was completed. Also loved the "mickey descent into madness" Ur F awesome man, cant wait for your future projects

[@rpyCTHbluAPTEM]

not Kojima, just life...

[@quaker7876]

Kaz, I'm already _fading down_

[@hookyhook6006]

Homestly, it works much better than sins of the father

[@quaker7876]

@@hookyhook6006 umm... No. It depends where you use each song it fits. Both of them do fit.

[@pirobomandias]

I did get strong Way to Fall vibes from it

[@Human_traain]

War can change a man ... But so can music

[@swampy7116]

Funny ain't it

[@tunderstorm2769]

Not in the way war does

[@longwlenguyen4214]

Goofy: "It's our moral obligation." Mickey: "Don't make me choose between my country and you. You're like a brother to me!" Max: "Go ahead, finish what you started."

[@Human_traain]

If there is water over a bridge, what does the bridge serve for?

[@theggfloupin4084]

If you need to hide something to protect your country, then maybe it doesn’t deserve protection...

[@mikesteffensen6017]

This comment gave me the chills

[@soopy6667]

Then look me in the eye as you do it...

[@longwlenguyen4214]

@@soopy6667 Tell my Maxie, that I love him.

[@cupwasneverhere]

Alright. Time to cry. So my uncle was a Vietnam vet who died recently. I've never heard him talk about it when he was alive. However, we still have something from him that remains from the war. His dog tags. One of the any military artifacts my family owns. I don't know a lot about vietnam, but I do know what a hell it was to fight there. He lived. And I saw his urn placed away in my family graveyard. I'm just now realizing I missed my chance to talk with him. Like I did with my grandpa, who fought in WWII. I miss them all. I hope he is in a better place now. I miss you. Thank you for reading. God bless you. Goodbye. Forever.

[@themysteriousstrangerofnow490]

we all share pain there for it's alright to cry we gotta keep going it's what they faught for after all

[@MrKsingha]

@@themysteriousstrangerofnow490 A better way to honor his memory would be to try and prevent another senseless disaster like America's invasion of Vietnam from happening again. There were heroes fighting on both sides of this war, but the politicians who started and prolonged it against the will of the American people were monsters.

[@NamHoang-oy7lj]

*Ngl normal VN is already hard enough I don't think you should make your uncle remember*

[@cupwasneverhere]

@@NamHoang-oy7lj he died about a year ago.

[@cupwasneverhere]

@@NamHoang-oy7lj around this time

[@hamouz1999]

Got fired from my job in a humiliating fashion This ost helped me tremendously

[@theholysnail4663]

I am sorry to hear this. I hope you find better work elsewhere.

[@sentientmonke8265]

Shit happens man, there's always more jobs, maybe even a better one if you play your cards right. Good luck! -some random on the internet

[@dripsteinreborn]

Care to tell us what happened?

[@themysteriousstrangerofnow490]

not every day is the same that's why you should keep enjoying yourself

[@borderjumper2202]

I let a friend down after giving my word. I felt quite foolish for weeks on end. But life goes on.

[@task_failer8223]

This reminds me of life it went from haha funny to really sad and depressing

[@thanosjuice2840]

You good bro?

[@DepressedCrow]

@@thanosjuice2840 are you?

[@futsk01]

Underrated comment. I guess the viewers are still young.

[@abeldelatorre1382]

I´ll drink to that, cheers

[@themysteriousstrangerofnow490]

not every day is truely the same

[@VT-tz5bm]

All memes aside.. this music is genuinely captivating.. wow.. great work to everyone involved, thank you for birthing this creation for us all to enjoy and derive our own inspiration from.

[@obamnaprismus]

It stopped being a meme a few years ago

[@VT-tz5bm]

@@obamnaprismus not only a blatant racist but a self entitled hipster as well, bravo sir.

[@TheMusicalKnokcers]

Feels like c418's ambient music but instead of piano and hang it's guitar ☺️

[@obamnaprismus]

@@VT-tz5bm holy shit, you must be fun at parties... can't even make a joke anymore smh smh

[@VT-tz5bm]

@@obamnaprismus When that joke is your entire personality.. you need to question yourself. Have a modicum of self awareness kiddo.

[@stephenlinquistiii7946]

Face Off; just hits so deep. Especially with people who have been in a position of really not wanting to deal with a situation that is infront of them. I think many of us have been in this situation, and damn does that song describe it so well.

[@issabeganovic8822]

*Now that's music...* It's like if the 70's had their own post-rock phase...

[@kuykasamjoktar6191]

As a young war veteran,I know your pain. I needed in the battlefield,not in civil life.After ending my mandatory military service, I am searching a job with my Bachelor degree of Industrial engineering during these 5 months. My diploma has a stamp of FIBBA too.I did a one year internship in BP. A lot of companies are discriminating against me. Some people don't help me at all.Thank you for sharing these songs with me. Rest in power,dear brother-in-arms..

[@ViNncentSmith]

Wtf is this your job application or your made up fantasy Or both?

[@helloTwig]

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS I knew that you had posted your music on Patreon but I'm broke and couldn't listen to it. I'm extatic that I finally can listen to the OST. Without an ounce of exaggeration, this is one of my favorite soundtracks to anything. Just in general. It's remarkable how well the music matches the tone of the story. So few music pieces do this good of a job capturing the emotion that it's paired to as well as this does.

[@HeyMomonia]

I feel you man we're on the same boat.

[@jackplaysproductions131]

Rdr2 has a soundtrack that perfectly matches the tone

[@helloTwig]

@@jackplaysproductions131 Woody Jackson is my hero. Absolute mad lad did an incredible job.

[@Human_traain]

Did i ever tell you the definition of insanity?

[@arctic3007]

@@jackplaysproductions131 The adapting chord that would play randomly while you're out in SP was soo good at making me feel alone in a vast expanse. Really good game, meh multiplayer

[@thewahdcast2754]

“Desolation” 0:21 “Simpler Times” 2:58 “Face Off” 5:15 “I’m Fading Down” 8:50 Time stamps for each of these great tunes

[@animationman7772]

I hope more people to see this.

[@mexicanbear2658]

He already put time stamps in the description but thanks anyway

[@gustavofring7515]

@@animationman7772 I’m one of thoughs people

[@dampmaky]

@@gustavofring7515 same

[@ianrose909]

god i love this whole sound track 0:20 desolation is gorgeous, it has a kinda mournful duty kinda sound. it just feels like regret put into song. 2:58 simpler times has a depressed and mournful nostalgia, wanting for earlier times while regretting your mistakes. 5:15 face off is my favorite track on this entire soundtrack. it feels like the common face off music, but regretful, filled with sorrow and confusion. you can feel mickeys regret from the moment he pulls the trigger in both the scene and the song. when the guitar really rips up in the background you can feel the madness and pain just eating away at mickey. 8:49 im fading down is beautiful. the lyrics paint a picture that is mickeys mind, the PTSD, the regret, the depression, the mania, all of it just controlling him completely. all of this is while the instrumental in the background is slow, and almost sad. thank you ethereal, you honest to god created one of my favorite videos on youtube and one of my favorite cinematic soundtracks of all time. i still cannot believe you turned a mickey mouse shit post into one of the best representations of PTSD, Schizophrenia, and depression i have ever witnessed in media. thank you, sincerely, some prick on the internet.

[@vikramo6994]

Do you know the lyrics to fading down?

[@ianrose909]

@@vikramo6994 theyre in the description

[@vikramo6994]

@@ianrose909 yeah I found out! But thanks

[@Whyisthatthere]

@@vikramo6994 Honestly agreed! This series spiralled into something amazing!

[@Ozuitz]

'I'm Fading Down' is a great piece, it stuck with me after your latest video. Thank you.

[@arcfire1589]

I wholeheartedly agree, I've gone back to the video to listen to it many a time, but I'm very thankful I don't have to now :D

[@francomazza3223]

Although all the songs were stunning, Face Off just hit me deeper. Thought about my uncle with it. He was a Falklands war veteran on the Argentinian side, and during the battle of wireless ridge, he was a part of the 7th infantry regiment, which defended positions near Port Stanley. As the regiment took more and more casualties, most of the soldiers retreated and abandoned their positions, but he and his long time friend were left behind. Out of pure desperation and rush, they grabbed an FN mag light machine gun, and out of despair, left their trench and emptied two whole 100-round belts at the hillsides, hoping to hit a target. They then realized they were shooting at the direction their friends were fleeing at, and not where the british were coming from, coming into sense some minutes later. That final synth riff and then final guitar riff just felt like a climax and then a realization, just like in the video where mickey starts seeing his friends as humans again. Man, war can do some crazy things to people. ps: thanks for all the replies. god bless you all and have a wonderful 2022.

[@catnipboi5155]

man, that’s messed up.. hope your uncle is doing okay.

[@camping_bastard3198]

War stays the same, the Men in it doesn't, i hope you're Uncle is alright, i thank him for his Service, even though our allies we're the British

[@goncalocarneiro3043]

Goodness...It must hurt to kill someone, but to realize you were facing the wrong direction, that must be whole magnitude.

[@CannedCoochie]

abrazalo a tu tio que quiza lo necesita.

[@amtic9696]

Quiere a tu tio bro, todavía debe sentirse horrible por eso

[@pohjantuulet247]

I struggled for a long time with how the world, and subsequently the people as well, had changed in such a short time during my absence from it, while serving as a conscript in my countrys Armed forces. The world i left behind wasnt the same i came back to, and this series really resonated onto me in terms of the theme and the metaphors contained within it. In some aspects, i saw a lot of similarities in Mickeys condition, both during active duty and post-war, which made the experience feel even more personal. The soundtracks are just as amazing. I hope you're doing well Ethereal, you've produced a Masterpiece out of something that started as a mere sketch.

[@based4560]

Oh this happened to you? Was this similar to your own experiences.

[@caralho5237]

army wojak

[@pohjantuulet247]

@@based4560 I did my service during peace time, so i never actually saw live combat. So suffice to say, i was luckily spared from PTSD myself. But everything about my service really stuck with me, mainly the carefree lifestyle inside the Garrison, the daily routines and the Unity of the company, despite all of the other people there being complete strangers at first. If i had to describe my experience, i would say its very similar to being institutionalized, if not exactly just that. In contrast to the freedom you get to experience in the normal world, you only have a relative amount in the service. But in exchange, you are fed three times a day, theres plenty of good exercise and skill courses, and best of all, you get to spend all that time with mostly like-minded people. So at the end of my service, it was a real hard blow to come to the realisation i would be returning to my relatively mundane life once they issued us our Military passports and certificated proof of our service, and all of us would go our separate ways. And for a time, i had a hard time adjusting back to the regular living, granted i no longer had any of the activities or routines the Military provided. It also didnt help that i immediately ran out of work on my line of profession after being released, since the Pandemic had just started when i returned. The world had gone silent in my absence.

[@GenuinelyHorriblePerson]

@@pohjantuulet247 funny you should say that, I actually got institutionalized during my service lol good times. Sometimes I miss the mental hospital sometimes the army, never on the same day though.

[@GenuinelyHorriblePerson]

@@pohjantuulet247 I hope you're doing alright though man, I know it's a culture shock getting out. I know too many good dudes that couldn't cope after getting out and left us early. Keep your head up dude, itll all work out.

[@Senor_Penor]

Thank you for this OST its making me think about my grandpa who recently died, he was a vietnam vet. I'll never forget the story he told me, he was recon in the war was often was out alone in the jungle. Well he came across a huge bunch of bananas and right as he went to pick one up he started taking fire, he managed to escape unharmed. I asked him "what were you thinkinh after that?" He just chuckled and said "They took my damn bananas!" R.I.P First Sergeant Joseph Bartley May your sacrifices for your country never be forgotten.

[@swampy7116]

we need more people like him in this world

[@toolatetothestory]

Hehe, feel a bit bad about the bananas x3 But it's nice when you can still have good memories of times like that

[@Senor_Penor]

Update: I got the story slightly wrong, appatently he was recon but he was a squad leader not a solo guy. So he and his buddies were excited about the bananas. He never talked about them except for once when i was a kid that they were all dead while we were looking at a picture of them together. I truly wonder what other stories he took with him to the grave we will never know.

[@skillex8376]

What a damn legend

[@Senor_Penor]

@@skillex8376 Thanks man, he was also MP on the DMZ during the Korean war, and also trained a lot of people in my state on the operation of the Bradley for Desert Storm.

[@RogueFox2185]

Out of all the OST’s, Face-Off reigns supreme among them.

[@TheAbsol7448]

I think my favorite track overall is the one that plays in Mickey Never Came Back where Mickey decides to kill Goofy. That one struck me so hard.

[@jamiethomas3768]

My favorite is Simpler Times.

[@Sh_zha]

"you know the worst thing about betrayal. Is that it never comes from an enemy".

[@skiffenderson3942]

It felts like Spec Ops: The Line. Thanks for music, it's really hit my heart

[@Sofilein]

Thanks

[@hunting_fiver2022]

I'm fading down maybe the best song I've heard in a while. It's somber tones make you think, and it's not overly sad to where it's another generic sad song. The word have such a deep and specific meaning behind them, and it's vague words can let you paint yourself into the picture. 100/10 you deserve an Oscar (not sure if the Oscar is still a thing, but it's the most notable award for media stuff to me so I used it) for your sound design.

[@mrapples2362]

Honestly some of the best series on KZbin it's more emotional than most modern blockbusters with more character development too

[@ryanf4106]

this shit hit me hard. i remember comming home after years from bieng away. not a single thing was the same. clean neiborhoods reduced to trash alleys. friends all either dead or hooked on drugs. i followed all of my orders. i did everything i was supposed to do. the world just...moved on. and im a part of yesterday. people forgot there was a war. they dont care that we have enemies or people to defend. that this place is our home. and its still worth saving. they are still worth saving. is the lie ill tell myself. so i can get up ever day. if i trip they will fall. they are still worth saving.

[@themysteriousstrangerofnow490]

be strong and you Will find your way again sure it's bad but it's about love for those you care for that Really matters at the end that's there responsiblity but we shouldn't force them to have it or force them to try just focus on what is Your life because THAT matters to

[@jesusofbullets]

You're not alone. We go out, we do what we're told, what needs to be done. Our hands stained, our memories burnt out, coming home to a place that has forgotten us, or worse, praises us with plastic support without knowing what we went through. "Thank you for your service", a hollow sentiment, though well meaning, from those who don't know. We come back to the place we fought for to find it unrecognizable. We fought for a place that no longer exists and no longer cares. It hurts every day knowing my brothers died for this. I'm tired brother. But only together can we make it through this. Find our brothers and stay close.

[@cooleths95]

life isnt fair and wont be fair buts thats okay, we all face hardships while not everything is worth saving some things are but you find those things worth saving through hardship and then we can realize the truth

[@redbasher636]

Be. Strong. Brother.

[@RutakoVon]

You are not saving anyone by fighting and dying in some irrelevant middle eastern, you are merely serving the oil and defense companies.

[@wilfordbrimleyful]

PTSD is no joke, like Mickey I understand what it is to lose yourself. A part of me died eight years ago with the trauma that started it all, and I don' think I ever came back from that mental war that whilst I can clearly see is over my mind is still fighting despite the metaphorical all-clear being given. Does it ever get better? I don't know, but I don' t think I'll ever be able to lose the fear, that spark that continues to elude my best efforts to calm it with the soothing balm of reality. A part of me died that day, and I don't know if I can come to terms with losing the person I was and the person I continue to be.

[@GarkKahn]

Similar situation here Years have passed and while i'm better now sometimes my mind makes me instictively go back there out of nowhere for a few moments No idea if i'll get even better, only thing i'm certain is that i'll try with everything i have everyday to reach that goal

[@themexican8720]

I hope you’re in a better spot now. It does get better, trust me.

[@nigered7982]

Smoking cigarette while drinking beer in a bar during 70/80's with this music in background. No internet, no cellphone What a time to be alive

[@rpyCTHbluAPTEM]

-_- that you think?

[@Breakaway-ic5gj]

And witnessing the world almost ending, fun

[@themysteriousstrangerofnow490]

sure sounds like a nice vacation from the world maybe we all could use drink now and again

[@borko1581]

@@Breakaway-ic5gj now we can post selfies on Instagram while the world is ending

[@veganboytoy3581]

no human rights

[@UncleJames95]

The journey of this series was like watching decades pass in the blink of an eye. The art, the story and music felt like going from theatre to film to colour TV to IMAX. Beautiful.

[@makun4114]

My girlfriend was murdered 3 days ago. This music makes me remind the old good times with her and do my best to be with her again one day... Thank you so much for this, it helps me to continue living.

[@abdultarsha5312]

God, I'm so sorry, I can't even imagine going through something so awful... Hope you can recover soon buddy.

[@coltthemac962]

I’m so damn sorry man, no one can imagine the pain, loss,grief,and anger you’re feeling. It’s not fair. I hope you can find peace someday.

[@makun4114]

Thank you all for your words. God bless you all 🕊

[@jesusperezgarza7272]

Espero que encuentren al culpable se que eso no te dara la paz que necesitas pero aunque sea que sientas un poco de justicia en un mundo donde en cualquier momento todo se te puede ser arrebatado

[@themexican8720]

I am so sorry for your loss, man. God bless you and her soul.

[@Treppy__]

the fact that these songs are made with 2 guitars, 1 bass, a synth and a voice really shows to me the power of music, i love this so much, it's amazing how simple this is and stills making me feel so many things

[@denist.8058]

Damn these tracks are fire and really can cure someones PTSDs

[@denist.8058]

@@katowo6521 true

[@flamepath7583]

In Two Videos, amounting to roughly 30 minutes worth of content you told a story more heartfelt than alot of media could in the same time, especially not with the original concept behind it, you achieved a task most would deem impossible

[@bamboozled2046]

“I don’t know who I am anymore.. I’m going crazy..”

[@joemammoth1]

I’m Fading Down gives me shivers, not only because it is beautiful music, but because it is the song that essentially ends one of the deepest KZbin series’s I have ever watched.

[@pasos550]

What a legend ,thank you for uploading this masterpiece and of course first of all making.

[@Bethladam]

Face Off gives me Silent Hill vibes and I love it

[@emchdude]

i’m getting those cyberpunk end credits music vibes

[@notyoureverydaycultist2579]

"Go ahead, and finish what you started."

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

"it ain't the things you were ordered to do that haunt you, it's the thubgs that you weren't ordered to do, the decisions that you made yourself."

[@PieLordCollin]

This music was absolutely stellar. One of the biggest reasons I keep coming back to Mickey's Decent. Incredible stuff.

[@garrettmaher2137]

have you ever thought about how tom from tom and jerry lived in a mouse infested house, and the owner was living in complacency, while Tom simply wanted a better live for his owner, given his unwillingness to take care of the things leeching off of him in his life. And every attempt to help the owner would only throw Tom into more trouble because you can’t help someone who won’t help themselves.

[@figtree_video_archive]

Tom: "I give up on this shit, my life was all about getting that mouse. But what does it do, nothing at all, nothing at all..."

[@billyboy4283]

Or maybe tom cant catch Jerry because he's his friend but if doesn't try he'll be replaced

[@GarkKahn]

@@billyboy4283 that's my headcanon, sometimes he failed and was forced to leave the house and even got executed in the musketeers style episode It's a "either him or me" for tom but after a while his nemesis became his best friend and now he dreads the moment when finally one of them has to go, because he isn't stupid, he knows playtime will end sooner or later Now i want a tom & jerry video lol

[@user-pl4rl4qh3g]

Hi from Russia, author of Mickey masterpiece. War theme is painful. Though, I've not seen it 100%, i was a 17 year old wordless and helpless watcher of war spreading at home. I saw drunken father crying after he took me and mom from home, far from war, but it was exhausting. It is the biggest pain in my life, i saw him at basement via skype, cause he should take care of my grannies, so he returned home. We all are alive, and uninjured, our home is undamaged. We are much luckier, then hundreds of other families. But some part of us is left behind, somewhere 8 years ago. Why the fuck I'm writing it here? I can't forget it. Nobody deserves it. Be safe, you, your family and home.

[@thugrabbit8556]

I hope you're alive and well.

[@SomerandomShmuck]

“Do you feel like a hero yet?” One of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite games Spec Ops: The Line. Both depict of mentally ill men trying to become what they aren’t, heroes

[@williansondospassossilva5808]

This is one of the most beautiful things i've heard in my life....and it becomes better once you know the story behind it

[@alxndrmzksm8387]

Nice pfp bro

[@HulaLuau]

Im Fading Down is unironically my song of the year.

[@ndm13]

I would pay a stupid amount of money for this soundtrack on vinyl

[@berkayyazici5262]

There are online services that create custom vinyls.

[@draculaschild6626]

I wanted so badly to comment something that captured all of my feelings on this OST, but I just can’t. There’s too many, and not enough words to the music, the feelings, or the work that was put into this justice. Bravo. I can’t think of anymore words. Bravo.

[@sarahdumby]

such beautiful and yet so haunting songs

[@GarkKahn]

Sometimes the simplest ways of expression are the best ones

[@crego5279]

Face off will forever be the best one

[@helghast_7203]

I love it when shitposts become beautiful stories. It’s absurd, yet perfect in every way.

[@arguechefs2998]

This sounds similar to Spec Ops The Line's soundtrack. Would really fit the game too!

[@Yikes6571]

Face Off has such an ominous, depressing, and powerful feeling... I just can't explain it. It's beautiful

[@MrSandManGiveMeADream]

man i was hooked on these OSTs. i searched the whole internet to find it xd. thanks. this is art

[@LSB859]

'Simpler Times' makes me feel like a lost childhood I forgot to enjoy, now it's just a lost memory... Your amazing bro!

[@druginducedfeverdream1613]

"How the fuck could I possibly make up for what I've done...there is nothing I can do."

[@handlesspragmatist304]

“I knew I made the wrong choice. I knew before I even placed enough pressure on that trigger I made the wrong choice.Yet I still pulled it anyways…”

[@scuba616]

Your series is so amazing. This music perfectly suits the story. You feel all the intended emotion just from hearing it. I hope you're making amazing content forever.

[@xc_gwpl]

YES FINALLY, I LOVED FACE OFF SO MUCH WHEN IT PLAYED, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

[@sean..L]

'I'm fading down' is so thematically perfect for the ending. It really captures the desolation that war leaves behind and the desire to disappear out of the world that the characters feel.

[@soundtrack-X]

Some of these tracks absolutely have a touch of inspiration from Akira Yamaoka's work in the Silent Hill series, which I really love

[@MtnCreamy]

Didn't expect this to come out

[@Sentay0]

Face Off is my fucking jam, it's been stuck in my head for some time

[@CT-zi8em]

That last song really brings out that hidden depression. Lack of desire to live but unwillingness to die.

[@WyrmrestAccord]

1:22 that cord gives me the chills. Beautiful.

[@polskaoperator376]

Same

[@moscowvicent831]

Mickey mouse was amazing first it was a meme and then you turned it into an actual hardcore retrospective story which was really cool

[@AlexRinzler]

So, actually mickey wasnt mickey but a allucination of a troubled vietnam veteran?

[@operatorparker587]

Correct

[@straciatella777]

a very clever way to transition from a meme to a piece of art showing the horrors of war

[@Ninetails2000]

6:03-My favorite part of the whole video is in large part thanks to this specific riff. It's as if the music itself is hanging it's head in shame, as if it knows as well as Mickey that he's truly going to become an irredeemable wretch the moment the hammer on that gun comes down.

[@snoopybro1512]

Ethereal snake has some godly vocals. I love fading down. my bad yoann roussin does. That’s some talent. But writing the lyrics was great too. The entire production was great

[@christiangray3660]

Simpler time slaps hard. You should put these on Spotify and stuff.

[@IMMINOSUS]

My favorite track was from toads revolution but when I heard that track when he confronts max I fell in love with that score and aesthetic

[@Kaepora2]

As a Veteran, I can appreciate the kind of work you do.

[@doggo1609]

the amount of effort and just pure style put into music over what started as a meme is beautfil and face off is a true masterpiece

[@quincedii9635]

I’ve been waiting FOREVER for this to become available- I’m so fucking happy bro 😭😭💖💖💖

[@sirmrman1]

Fuck Hollywood, I've never seen anything as amazing as what was accomplished in this initial joke series

[@logankruse8032]

Spent the better part of the last 10(ish) years of my life battling addiction and childhood ptsd as well as depression, yadda yada. This series resonated with me heavily as I was constantly battling past selves and memories. Finally realized if I didn't let the bad ones go no matter how bad they were. Spent so long looking into the abyss it started staring back and i knew i would be the first to blink, so i looked away. Got really sick with a bug, quit drinking, vaping, stopped my anti-depressants, and spent the next two weeks just being sick. I didnt nessesarily focus on the good, but i started forgetting about the bad. Stopped crying over spilt milk and just got stuff done. Cut out toxic family members, friends, started surrounding myself with less people and learning to enjoy life with rhe few friends i now have and learning to live myself, bit by bit. Maybe some day my depression will end me, but untill then, I'm going to enjoy the time I've got and all the little moments in between. If you read this far, i hope you have a good day, stay groovy and dont beat yourself up to much, alright?

[@Wither2.0]

Love was never the issue, loving myself was, i looked back at all those i've hurt, all those who's lives i've changed. The friends ive lost to the fight for life. It's very sobering to realize. All the way i've come, the steps i've taken for my own future, the passion that burns within to make sure my family is safe. To ensure my future and theirs. I love myself, i love all that i have accomplished, i regret all that i did wrong, but have the goal to move forward. Life doesn't wait, and i sure as fuck, am not getting left behind.

[@ziongamer6905]

Extremely hyped to have this on public YT now as well

[@haydonfrench636]

Sometimes there is no worldly description of the pain some of us go through. But listening to songs like this help remind us of what we really are fighting for deep down. This hit me hard tonight. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your Animations and Playlists. Thank you Ethereal Snake we all appreciate you.

[@captaindookey]

One of the best sounding recordings I've heard, despite it being a joke this is really well done.

[@dimboomx7582]

It started off as a joke but this monster here is all serious

[@RexWort]

Damn man Didn't expect to see you here

[@pjcinema5600]

The ending of Mickey’s Descent into Madness, with I’m Fading Down playing in the background, absolutely wrecked me emotionally

[@pinkbanana1276]

Your work is banger! I particularly love “I’m fading down”.

[@meghandavis5327]

Friend sent me the first video when it came out and I didn't realize how invested I would get. This series was amazing on a level I can't explain. I applaud you.

[@herec0mestheCh33f]

"Maybe that's my punishment; no burning bush. No smiting. No *anything* *Nothing* Just that i have to look into the eyes of the people i've wronged." -mickey mouse