Rain World OST - Threat - Outskirts

[@wen9157]

When you're playing Rain World for the first time and you're greeted by that first lizard in the Outskirts who REALLY wants to meet you.

[@RainLandSociety]

_chomp_

[@alanavalos6645]

I just finished my first play through of rain world

[@alanavalos6645]

It kinda sucksd

[@darkjanggo]

@@alanavalos6645 why?

[@protomedia8325]

@@alanavalos6645 Your joking, yes?

[@Deadflower019]

I'm amazed by how the composer managed to make such natural sounding music with such electronic sounds.

[@RainLandSociety]

James actually used a technique called "junk audio" in the composition of a lot of the music, which involved recording and processing sounds of everyday / junk objects. Here is an interesting article on it www.theverge.com/2017/2/21/14685358/rain-world-game-junk-audio-soundtrack .

[@sundowner5491]

I know right

[@Ottomancat5256]

Most of rain world is half organic tho right?

[@thebckwrdshntr1019]

Kinda reminds me of the opening to AKIRA

[@Mike14264]

Yeah, it feels very... organic. Pulsating, even.

[@jaydentt]

that waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa sound is actually the slugcat crying because there is so much stuff out to get em

[@fedoraman.]

man someone pet that slugcat its sad

[@strawberrysunriseyt8165]

@@fedoraman. Pet. The. Slugcats. Here is a tutorial. For the Survivor, just pet them, they don't really care how it's done. Monk is delicate. Gentle. Hunter must be held onto while being pet, and might kill you when your back is turned so install security cameras. Gourmand is very heavy, do not hold him while you pet him. Just pet, no hold. Artificer will bite your ankles. This is completely normal, just make sure to use water to get her off after you are done petting. Rivulet likes pets behind the gills. DO NOT pet Spearmaster on the tail unless you want holes in your finger. Saint has the saddest life. When you are done petting the floof, give the floof a teddy bear. Inv has an equally hard life as Saint, gently toss the teddy bear to them. Do not pet them, they bite. Nightcat is gentle. Give her some gentle pets as she deserves. The yellow pup in Gourmand's ending cutscene is smart, give them a treat when they tell facts about Gourmand. The purple pup in Gourmand's ending cutscene is small. Give them small pets. The blue pup in Gourmand's ending cutscene likes scratches behind the ear. Do it gently, they are small. The pink pup in Gourmand's ending cutscene wants to be squished. DO NOT squish them, they will become a pancake. Just pet them. The three white female Slugcat sisters in the Gourmand's ending cutscene don't really care, but make sure to pet all three or the others will get jealous. For Survivor's pups, give them some head rubs. Artificer's pups should be given a leech ouroboros and a pearl as gifts before petting for maximum happiness.

[@Train_lizard]

The leech ourboros… where the hell do I get one? I’m not a squidcada

[@XtremeGirl1025]

@@strawberrysunriseyt8165I actually read that

[@ScottCrass]

Idkw why it it makes me sad

[@hiphyro]

I find it funny that the first area in the game has some of the best music imo The deep wubs are one of the best parts. I always like to imagine that hidden scavengers actually play some of the rain world songs, and that in this one they found a random slug pup and gently squeezed it which made it go waaaaAAAAAAAA

[@RainLandSociety]

That's such a hilarious concept xD . There are always Scavengers playing music off-screen.

[@memeyartist5591]

*gentle squeeze* Slug: aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@cupoflean8697]

I'd like to think that the scavengers are playing war drums the threat music

[@akehaku]

Headcanon accepted. Especially the part with the gentle squeeze and the Slug Pup going "waaaaAAAAAAAA"

[@akehaku]

Slug Pup is Waluigi confirmed

[@-Commit-arson-]

I love how everyone agrees that the slugcat is singing this in some form of intimidation display

[@ULTIMATEMEGATRONHATER]

The instruments are scavengers playing music in the background, and the waaaaaaaa is the slugcat

[@Sea_Leech]

And those rerughhrr sounds are the miros birds shaving their beaks against their weird hydraulic legs

[@thenyan3095]

waAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

[@thenyan3095]

waAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

[@thenyan3095]

waAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

[@DoomerSlice]

It makes sense why Outskirts has the best (in my opinion) threat music, and that is because 99% of the time you won't get maximum threat music, so usually it's quite basic. But through whatever means, that first time you see a red lizard, and this plays, it seems like an entirely different track. And boy do you realize you better run.

[@ash_dies_alone1940]

you can get the maximum threat if you dare make the mistake of doing a detour to the outskirts as hunter

[@Ottomancat5256]

Man i swear in my first playthrough i already knew about red lizards cuz my curious ahh wanted to know about the "most" powerful lizard (because i saw a lizard and wanted to know it's origins and found out there were more species of them) so after i found out it was the red lizard, i ventured forth and to my surprise, a pink lizard with red color. I. Lost. My. S**t. And i still laugh whenever i think about that moment. Ahh... Good times... Good times.

[@jessiesowter]

​@@Ottomancat5256 I had a similar experience. I also knew about red lizards because of a Skurry video where he tames two of them, and on my first monk playthrough, I saw red pink lizards everywhere, and I assumed monk was set before hunter in the timeline, and that the pink lizards were just baby red lizards 💀

[@Artificer_]

​@@jessiesowter monk is set before hunter i think since moon is still mostly broken when you meet her as monk/survivor

[@fbgws]

​@@Artificer_monk is set after survivor

[@irrelevantperson785]

You know you're in for a chase when this song amps up. I never noticed the badass wubs in this one.

[@RainLandSociety]

Thump, thump, thump, thump...

[@biggarlick6673]

or a brawl.

[@znoopsy]

A brawl is surely brewing... You're up!

[@scpfoundation4609]

I like the W U B S

[@lesb1anEvilWubb0x]

@@scpfoundation4609 - average Wubbox enjoyer

[@onyxfangz9583]

Those deep thuds playing makes me feel like the rain is near. I get a sorta rainy vibe.

[@jessiesowter]

Ironically, threat music stops playing when rain is near

[@hooplahe5608]

I have to say, you're mostly on your own in this game. You fight, you run, you take shelter from the rain. No one is around to help. But when this song's ringed, you heard the cry of waaaa, suddenly all the suppressed emotions were released, which is really a stroke of magic.

[@Alejo40r]

i feel that fr. 😭

[@mochaXX16]

for some reason i had a dream that this song played and when the slugcat singing part came there was actual lyrics over it and some idk tally hall neil ciceriga sounding man sang and the lyrics were sm like your miiiiiind i’ll put it in your miiiiiiiiiiind then i’ll ride….. i’ll ride in the sky 🗣️🗣️🔊🔊🗣️🔊🔊🔊🗣️🗣️🐌🐌🐌

[@hessi_943]

thats actually fire dawg 😭

[@LordSeethe]

lol this is so cute

[@paw9122]

makes me kinda angry that a lot of people dropped this because it was too hard lol. undoubtedly one of the most underappreciated games ever.

[@borbis6723]

Once you learn the mechanics, it's not even that hard. Just gotta play it smart and not rush in like you normally would with other platformers.

[@coconutmomentyeah]

And geometry dash

[@pesimistr104]

@@coconutmomentyeah geometry dash is not underrated tho

[@coconutmomentyeah]

@@pesimistr104 it will never have enough ratings to make up for how good it is tho. It deserves more love than the world has to offer.

[@drewthompson1704]

@@coconutmomentyeah Did do well enough to be considered a successful game by the devs and thus is getting dlc that is larger than the base game itself.

[@idrinksinkwater7602]

I feel like this is the most intense threat theme, and I think it makes sense. Imagine being a small creature, and seeing something over twice your size. You'd probably be terrified

[@idrinksinkwater7602]

Actually, I think it's so intense not only because of that, it's because this is the first time survivor (or monk) has been away from their family, making everything scarier!

[@pezvonpez]

​@idrinksinkwater7602 survivor is an adult by the time the game starts. The opening cutscene is set in the past

[@idrinksinkwater7602]

Oh alr then thanks

[@AlexStarkey-f1g]

what if the "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" sound in the backround is just your slugcat being scared of lizard because they've never seen one before

[@Icewall956]

What a great game. I’m stuck in Industrial Complex right now, sandwiched between some camo lizards and those bird thingies, and I’m really trying to get food and progress. Can’t wait to see what this game has to offer!

[@capybarafilmstudios1620]

see what this game has to offer. do it for your own good. slugcat is more cat than slug BTW

[@Quallin31]

''Bird thingies'' are called vultures

[@seventy_eight]

Are you perchance going to Chimney Canopy? Because that is the *exact* struggle I had in that particular set of rooms in Industrial Complex.

[@Icewall956]

@@seventy_eight I finally broke through and entered the shaded citadel. I have arachnophobia. Kill me.

[@seventy_eight]

@kirangangadharan5778 Go through the upper tunnels. Not as many spiders that way. Also, as a sidenote, you will have to go through all of UW (the exterior btw) if you want a slightly easier time. Trust me, you do *not* want to deal with sentient goo or electricity. I'd recommend figuring out what to do from there.

[@biggarlick6673]

so this one time i was duking it out with a greenie on hard mode and it was just the tribal drums in the background and that made it feel a lot cooler.

[@litewave5186]

might be taiko drums, but I could be wrong.

[@keegans.969]

Did you survive tho?

[@biggarlick6673]

@@keegans.969 yes i did, but i was eaten by a vulture later in the cycle

[@biggarlick6673]

@@litewave5186 ok cool!

[@memeyartist5591]

@@litewave5186 def sounds like taiko drums to me!

[@ArmyOfOne0day]

When you first play rain world, this is the enemy music, after your fifth time, this is your boss music

[@gladoseon4117]

…until you play one of the harder scugs, which then it becomes the enemy music again. No matter how good you are at Rain World, you will always struggle to the 2 red lizards in Outskirts when playing Spearmaster.

[@Necyar]

​@@gladoseon4117 unless you tame one of them and go assault every creature in the region

[@gladoseon4117]

@@Necyar yeah but that’s even harder since red lizards have an aggressiveness value of 1 toward each other, which means they will prioritize attacking each other even over running from most predators.

[@Xarian_Ral]

This song perfectly captures the fear one would have trying to run away/fight creatures you've never seen before in a place also unknown to you.

[@miscellaneouschaos6693]

everbody gangsta till the green thing starts spittin them dank "ding ding ding"s at you

[@LennoxParsec]

Figuring out i could fight back lizzards (like 2 hours in-game) and actually killing the green one for the first time (and thus hearing this music at maximum treath) will forever be one of my best memories playing videogames.

[@gladoseon4117]

I once managed to get the full version to play as 4 green lizards tried to reach me while I was on a pole, and all I had around me was my spear, a rock, the pole I was on, and another pole. I was completely terrified in the moment, but in retrospect, I could’ve just jumped over them all while they were fighting.

[@the_weezman]

0:32 slug cat seeing a red lizard for the first time

[@Jamesthe1]

I enjoy the SNES-like synth in the background. Really sells the old-style mood

[@amberkatanimations6585]

Even just listening to this for a vibe, my heart automatically starts pumping HARD and my arms get jittery expecting to have to press lots of keys to escape a lizard

[@amberkatanimations6585]

I now know the hell of chimney canopy.

[@Myriadys]

​@@amberkatanimations6585 *hands you a vulture* *hands you a vulture* *hands you a vulture* *hands you a vulture* *hands you a vulture*

[@Ottomancat5256]

Funny enough there's 2 types of phases in this song. The first one is when the threat hasn't noticed you yet and could give chase when see you. The 2nd is when it sees you and the bongos start.

[@dustinjones7458]

All rain music is divided into audio layers based on threat level, starting usually a beat and then progressing to leads and arps based on how much danger you are in.

[@DalekEmperor-S.W.The217th]

for lizard game a fan game of rain world the bongos are when you're far from another enemy the WAAAAAAAAAAAA is for close proximtiy vulture and the electronic is for when any enemy is in close proximity.

[@zootedandstoopid]

Found the music first. Then looked up rain world band. Wow. The music is amazing and the game is absolutely beautiful and horrifying. I love this and everything about it

[@Foxett25]

“A silent beeping Quickly skipping, Run quickly, little one, Since danger's approaching”

[@retro_OSC]

cant stop hearing that WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Randomly677]

All fine and dandy till you realize the green lizard you speared 7 times is still alive, and pissed off.

[@johndasalty111]

Someone is either really OCD and keeps sweeping their floor of there's some paper genocide happening

[@aki7007]

Somehow I find this doesn't fit for Outskirts. It seems it would fit more for the Exterior or Subterranean, though I may just be hearing things. The alien wubby things really add a sense of being lost and threatened by something in a city, and the drums truly bring in the feeling of danger everywhere.

[@nimble102]

fine opinion lizard man

[@Necyar]

This soundtrack is way too upbeat and active for such serious regions

[@colorfulpot2753]

Nobody? Okay I'll say it Outskirts is the best threat music

[@whygosh3217]

It’s one of my favorites so far while playing the game and I’m having a blast but those damn white lizards tho…

[@ryker362]

i raise you metropolis threat theme

[@Necyar]

For me it's chimney canopy

[@crymoce]

I almost never hear the full threat song except as hunter

[@jessiesowter]

I got surrounded by orange lizards as saint and the _WAWAWAWAWAWA_ started playing

[@crymoce]

saint scream

[@Necyar]

WAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA

[@aNubbr]

Barely had any music even though I saw some lizards. I did start hearing it right before I unintentionally grabbed onto a pole plant and fell on a magenta lizard that I stabbed before it bit me and the music stopped. Then when it tried to put me into a den right after, slugcat learned to fly and I got flung out to safety..

[@fedoraman.]

the one kid in a game that starts hacking from rage be like

[@fsajasuperduty]

Imagine peacefully walking in forest and then this starts playing

[@possum4004]

I like the music in the Outskirts. I like all the music that plays near the start of the game. Can someone let me know all the titles?

[@harmlessspider3693]

Well, urban jungle is a theme that plays in the outskirts

[@possum4004]

@@harmlessspider3693 i knew that one but thanks anyway

[@RainLandSociety]

The other one is Unseen Lands.

[@harmlessspider3693]

Bio engineering plays near the beginning of the industrial complex I think.

[@cocolover1237]

Proxima

[@ManaGoober]

Here’s my theory, considering you hear the wawawa scream in this threat theme, it might be a replica of a sound made by threats to scare of predators. This was likely done through evolution and adaptation considering the in-game slugcats are considered an intelligent species. And the rest is unknown, scavengers could use makebelieve tools as shown with rocks, spears, ect… so maybe they use a form of music to overcome threats. And the scavengers could be nearby doing said music, with the help of some predators making the stranger sounds. Except on the third dimension instead of the second dimension we are locked at in gameplay.

[@AlexStarkey-f1g]

i think that "waaaaaaa" is just your scared slugcat because they aint ever seen a lizard before and it wants to eat them

[@dalf_souls2199]

When all the instruments come together💯💯

[@astick5249]

I just imagine one of those goofy speechbubble memes with an image of survivor singing the "WAAAAAAAA" paired with a green lizard singing the bass "BRUU BRUU BRUU"

[@sergiopamo656]

I hear the green and pink lizard in the background ;(

[@MrCloud-ve1hf]

.75 speed is definetly a groovy jam

[@comicalsamaraizac2466]

like how they build it up so much, in my about 65 days(cycles if you want to be proper) in rainworld, i dont think i`ve ever heard threat music to the full extent , always some halfway state (if not less) like only hearing the drum???? sound ,nice

[@thisissoepic6698]

because if you are playing survivor/monk, the chance of the room being filled with enough enemies to make the threat theme be at its highest level is very low, since the strongest enemy you can find in outskirts (not including lineageing) is a green lizard or an angry noot.

[@Shadowmane-ho4fu]

So I was playing rain world with friends who had never played and we were doing a spear master play thorough and I heard this and I was devastated as I saw red in the tunnel I told the to run now I have killed a few reds before but I’ve always had an escape route but we were cornerd so I was praying fighting off this red with my heart and I heard it the sound of thrusters I was a vulture a king one at that I told them to get to a tunnel and only 2 of us made it out but when I saw that red get carried away I was relived

[@pesimistr104]

i would have valued this song so much more if i didnt set it as my alarm.now it just gives me PTSD.

[@BJCOOPER14]

IT DA WAWA

[@MrFireWolf]

In my first run after dying several times to the lizards I finally got a spear and used it against one of them, I remember going "yes, finally" and wondering why the music didn't stop. I didn't know it takes several hits to kill one, so I got close to take my spear back...

[@AlexStarkey-f1g]

oh oh

[@sailor3708]

When I first played I was jamming to this not knowing it meant there was threat.

[@higztv1166]

this is beautiful

[@inkspot.1236]

This in 1.25× speed is literally the definition of "OVERTIME"

[@TerrariaissoGOD]

0:00 This is at moment that this game encanted YOU

[@tyreksimmons4167]

Definitely the best threat theme imo. It sounds like an actual composed song rather than just beats, like the other threat themes. I wish the other threat themes were like this.

[@Amongus_2_Revenge_of_the_Sus]

This video is almost at 100k views. It will probably reach it in a few days. Edit: Oct 8, 2023: Less then 7 months later, it now has 200k views. Glad to see the game gaining popularity.

[@blowcrazy]

this song has 3 chords (Dbmaj/C, Dbmaj13/C, and Dbmaj) in that order I think it's really cool that despite using major chords, this song sounds sad and bleak(IMO) It's because it uses slash chords where the note in the bass clashes with the root note, making it more dissonant. Shoreline/waterfront complex threat theme does the exact opposite of this. It uses a bass note to make a chord sound brighter.

[@seagull5976]

this describes primitive fear well

[@Cl-2048]

this gives me nostalgia for something that never happened

[@julidulen]

rain world has traumatized me in ways i can not explain

[@thrynn2914]

Can I get like...a playlist just for the threat music?

[@RainLandSociety]

Do you mean all the separate procedural parts? I could make a separate playlist for that if you really wanted one.

[@RainLandSociety]

I think that they meant a playlist for the full threat tracks. I added one such playlist to the playlists tab that another person made. I can also do the separate procedural tracks, but that is a ton of work and probably wouldn't be too popular even though it sounds cool.

[@monsieurnugai]

@@RainLandSociety did you ever make it?

[@RainLandSociety]

I haven't even had time to make many more ambience videos, so I couldn't make something like a playlist for all the procedural threat parts either.

[@monsieurnugai]

@@RainLandSociety D: thats ok there would be a very specific set of people who would listen to them anyway I was mostly just curious and wanted to play max threat music from around the corner of people who play rain world and watch their fight or flight instinct go off

[@bishan_8617]

when i first started playing i thought the sounds of like the cowbells (?) were like an alert sound when an enemy was coming after you and then I got dissapointed when I didnt hear it anywhere else lol

[@idrinksinkwater7602]

is it just me or is this song even better when it's raining

[@adirblazkowics7717]

I first really began to hear this music when I started bullying the lizards with debris and sticks lmao

[@krafuae]

I tend to really underestimate this track because I never usually hear it at it's max, but it's actually one of the best out there imo. Hits hard when you traverse Outskirts as Hunter for the first time, those waaaaahhhh sounds replicate your reaction to what the heck is going on in the starting region greatly

[@somethinginventive153]

0:32 waaAAAAAAAAA

[@AlexStarkey-f1g]

scared scug noises

[@Jerryelpeludo]

What your cat hears when he leaves the house and a dog starts chasing him:

[@Purple_Sentinel]

WAAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAAAWAWAWAWA

[@jassykat]

I have a cool fight between me and a red lizard, and this song is playing at full volume. Go check it out if you're curious of how it sounds in game.

[@just_ecaro5868]

What If you wanted to play rain world peacefully but the first lizard that you meet said:

[@MeatbagSlayer]

POV: You just ate a baby noodle fly and the mama is darting towards you at Mach 10

[@MarsMakes]

Nostalgic

[@nombregenerico8014]

"En el antetior capítulo de rain world, fuimos matados por..."

[@arbodox]

wawawawawawawawawaaaaa

[@karenchandler46]

POV: you're swimming through vast open water in shorelines and the threat music begins to play 💀

[@pezvonpez]

maybe should've put this on threat shoreline

[@teacupofdoom]

1:04

[@AlexStarkey-f1g]

as a very scared slugcat once said, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAA

[@D00m0g]

This sounds like one of those old sound-activated ghosts to me.

[@paraceratherium255]

I am going to get a heart attack.

[@RobIoshinob]

The first fight…

[@Spwoob]

Everybody gangsta till the lizor climb poles

[@notashw1n]

when the ptsd kicks in

[@antisocialgoldfish]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@niko_real]

this goes bonkers hard on 1.25 speed!!

[@onlineskitty]

rating this 100/10, one point for every time i died to a lizard on my first playthrough here

[@tristanvazquez8165]

0:32 waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@Wily_Vagabond]

Gives me first world bank vibes.

[@hollowknightenjoyer]

the outskirts

[@Gb484]

As a roach that was in Japan in 1945 I can relate

[@mysteriousinkling8276]

Wawawawaaawawawaawaaaawawaawaawwa

[@uneasypotato7048]

0.5 is epic

[@Blueninja00808]

this at 2x speed is chaotic.

[@insanity6986]

The climb (into EoSE)

[@mmmxp]

1:04 - 1:36

[@explo-sn]

wawawawawawaawa

[@goldfishchromee]

10/10 wawas

[@Randomly677]

Layer 1: threat shaker. ( threat exists ) Layer 2: quick beats ( danger rusting ) Layer 3: Average threat 1 perc ( near green or pink lizards ) Layer 4: average threat bass ( near a pole plant or any other environmental species who want you dead) Layer 5: severe threat drums ( loud banging noise that happens when anything gets 2-10 seconds away, etc green lizard charge ) Layer 6 ( vulture theme, loud noise that sounds like a waaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuaahh ) Layer 7 imminent danger bass. ( if you hear this, your fucked ) - happens when red centi red lizard or anything like that gets near you.

[@yz2949]

waaa

[@existenceispain_geekthesiren]

fuck yeah

[@gav-_-333]

rain world - threat - outskirts ahh beat

[@Chadtf2player]

Omg the wawa

[@RepeatSalt]

I really want to recreate the WAAAAAAAHAHHHHH sounds

[@BloodisFuel7]

i'm at cycle 2 right now, this game better go hard as fuck, i did see some things before this point, like five pebbles

[@waluigihentailover6926]

Did the game go hard as fuck?

[@BloodisFuel7]

@@waluigihentailover6926 stuck on survivor still

[@waluigihentailover6926]

@@BloodisFuel7 Wow. Need help?

[@BloodisFuel7]

@@waluigihentailover6926 sure but what is up with that name, are you one of those people that wanted him in smash bros before they stopped adding dlc characters

[@waluigihentailover6926]

@@BloodisFuel7 Irrelevant!

[@whataniceladmcgreesy5606]

does anyone else think this is the best threat theme?

[@vaguedestruction]

ok but i shouldn't have to tell you why i quit rainworld after the first time i died

[@bjboss1119]

Hours of lore videos and I've never once heard the MFing music. Bops