Red Dead Redemption 2 Official Soundtrack - Scarlett Meadows Theme

[@farabor7382]

I'm tempted to say that Scarlett Meadows is my favorite place in the game. Or at least at a tie with the bayou... and the lakes in Ambarino... and the Heartlands... omg every place is beautiful.

[@bmarshy]

Honestly I can never decide where my favorite place is. I love the sense of nostalgia in the snowy grizzlies with the abandoned wooden mining settlements which really captures the spirit of those times, I love the bluebell fields of Big Valley just south of the mountains, I love Cumberland forest for capturing an environment so well known in America, I love Calumet ravine for its unique red rock and crystal blue waters, I love the entire Dakota river with its white cliffs and gravel banks, I love the white mountains in the heartlands, the eery peacefulness in Roanoke Ridge, the novelty of the bayou, the sadness of Scarlett Meadows, the warm welcoming vibes in Tall Trees, the childhood memories evoked by the sunshine in Great Plains, and the classic western feel in New Austin and Mexico. This game is f*cking gorgeous in every way possible

[@majik5194]

People never give New Austin any love.

[@DeclanVH]

@@majik5194 New Austin is beautiful, but there isn’t really much to do there

[@KraTu7]

@@majik5194 New Austin is better in RDR1

[@rustybench3334]

I’d probably say the it’s the place I spend the most time in but you can never have a favourite

[@Skavenscribe]

This track says a lot. It's slow, dreary and almost bleak. When you hear it whilst in Lemoyne you can really see the bent and broken character of the South. A wounded pride perhaps. Dust settling after a terrible conflict. I think this is the game's most spirited track.

[@Arkenway]

Yes, it's incredible how this soundtrack sells the "post Civil War South" atmosphere ! There's such a melancholy to it but also a darkness, the blood feud between the Grays and the Braithwaites. My personal favourite soundtrack of the game.

[@bmarshy]

My comment here is copied and pasted from my reply to another comment in this thread but i thought I’d share it here too, I completely agree. It really gives a sense of the history in Lemoyne and especially Scarlett Meadows. The entire area was a hot spot in the civil war as evident by the huge battlefield left in the center there, and tensions still run high between the Braithewaits and Grays, the presence of small slave trading cells, but mostly the Lemoyne Raiders. I feel like this theme portrays the sad and tragic past of Lemoyne but also shows how it’s a peaceful and beautiful environment that has managed to heal and attract wealth and happiness to its core towns like Rhodes and Saint Denis

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

This definitely feels fitting when exploring Bolger Glade.

[@gmaster634]

I remember hearing this after an ambush by lemoyne raiders and after a long gun fight and looting aftarwards as i rode off hearing 1:04 that low bass playing, feeling like a badass with my spoils riding off into the sunset.

[@zachsterosu]

gmaster634 Yeah, the bass in this track really caught me off guard. It also fits the creepy atmosphere of Lemoyne quite well. That area has some of the best pieces of music in the entire game imo.

[@gmaster634]

Zach Richards agreed. Spoiler........... The feels riding into the Braithwaite manor to find jack was insane and the after math of watching the manor burn was orgasmic in all honesty lmao

[@Pandora8_]

i always found this theme eerie but soothing at the same time

[@bmarshy]

I completely agree. It really gives a sense of the history in Lemoyne and especially Scarlett Meadows. The entire area was a hot spot in the civil war as evident by the huge battlefield left in the center there, and tensions still run high between the Braithewaits and Grays, the presence of small slave trading cells, but mostly the Lemoyne Raiders. I feel like this theme portrays the sad and tragic past of Lemoyne but also shows how it’s a peaceful and beautiful environment that has managed to heal and attract wealth and happiness to its core towns like Rhodes and Saint Denis

[@wolfox712]

This fits so well with Lemoynes atmosphere of the "Around every corner, there is the chance of a plantation house, occupied or abandoned."

[@wanderlustrer]

One of the most beautiful pieces of ambience, including cinematic pieces from movies It's slow , painful , powerfully melancholic - like running a finger across the scars of the south.....

[@Ryusennin]

Thank you Zach, best ambient theme in the game. I often spend some time between the Heartland and Scarlett Meadows just to trigger this chilling tune.

[@LuxeXx]

the chord that forms at the beginning of the piece is so powerful...

[@JayJohnBryce]

0:09 my testosterone increases by 100% riding into the sunset and hearing this in the background. No hurry, no minimap, just enjoying the meadows.

[@bluebrick0449]

It's so good

[@samtheman._.6532]

Easily my favorite part of the map. And it's a tie with northeastern Ambarino

[@teolechaczynski]

Yeah same man it's such a rich chord

[@tylermartin1054]

This music has such a “quiet sunny afternoon in the south” vibe to it. How do people make music this perfect?

[@namedoesntmatter9330]

I get the " it's dark the atmosphere is bleak and the people werry

[@tylermartin1054]

@@namedoesntmatter9330 wow... deep words man

[@jplosts]

I think I heard this right after that mission with Sean when you burn the tobacco fields. It was night, dark as hell with a dense and sketchy fog. One of the most beautiful musical moments I experienced on the game.

[@rwils7925]

Jesus Loves You

[@guruprasaathm]

The fact that there are no dislikes to this video speaks miles of this masterpiece

[@jadet-g1486]

you fucked it up

[@lonestonergaming]

The chillest track for the one of chillest areas in the game. I can listen to this for hours.

[@jakeen229]

This set the tone.

[@jadedteevee]

I remember around chapter 3 of my first playthrough, for a while, the menu was a wrecked carriage out in the pouring rain, with this theme playing. It seemed very poetic. Foreshadowing of what was to come of the gang.

[@flixtube07]

YES. Been searching for this. #1 track in the game

[@bizarre_jaco]

It's a bit melancholic... But still, very, very peaceful. Like a mysterious, yet sunny and quiet afternoon. Which is the feeling this area of the map gives me.

[@Jackc3105]

I really like this track but I think it’s quite depressing, especially if you’re playing the game again and you know Arthur’s fate and the gang spiralling downwards and fading away .

[@dylana.9057]

CIA and that's why it's so beautiful .... The impending sense of the doom . Avoiding the inevitable ...

[@Jackc3105]

dylan ameziane and you feel it more after your first play through, the gangs fate is sealed. Very powerful music.

[@monkeysee110]

completely agree it’s so dismal ... makes me wanna cry knowing what’s to come later on in the game. sean’s death is what sealed it for me i was so depressed after that and was left wondering who was next 😔

[@Jackc3105]

monkeysee110 yeah. The bass at the begging of the track is very powerful. I always get this track playing whenever I ride out of the camo with the sunrise coming through the trees. Powerful indeed

[@beStrong_akhi]

Strong theme

[@hellenic1821]

Lemoyne is the Best state in the game

[@JRSRLN]

Imo it's West Elizabeth, Big Valley especially the area where Hanging Dog Ranch is located? It's so beautiful, all the deer and horses grazing, the occasional grizzly bear drinking and catching fish from the stream and mountain lions pouncing on the wildlife... majestic af.

[@gravynavy516]

I love this game so much, i will never forget it

[@bigboat8329]

This game is a fucking tragedy. Arthur...John...Dutch...

[@braden2206]

Sean, Lenny, Hosea, Molly, Susan, Strauss... everyone...

[@ResidentGoodV]

Micah, Milton, Cornwall, O'Driscoll, Strauss, and Bronte

[@Forestgravy90]

That area between clemens point with that grain house/barn thing on the way to Rhodes is so beautiful it's like a Richard Scarry book

[@generalIvan]

0:35 I don't know why I like the most the part where the lower violin plays; It makes it sound alot more dramatic and eerie giving it a good ambiance, specially when it's afternoon in game

[@CowboyMusicArt-pb8qu]

Impressive animation and captivating music!

[@mullemeck5015]

This track is for me the deepest and darkest soundtrack of them all, it shows us the backstory of the south during the civil war and the slavery and other fucked up shit like Aberdeen Farm. It gives me a sad and deep image in my head of someone that has been raised in an abusive family and then u as arthur discovers this years later and this music plays: 01:14

[@HighlandMacGreggor]

Hey, thanks for taking the time for throwing this on youtube. If you're taking requests, I've got a few. I'm looking for a few tracks from the epilogue, mainly those with the Red Dead Redemption 1 theme motif, like the shootout with the Lamery outlaws near Pronghorn ranch. I'm also interested in the track that plays when you encounter the Chelonians, talking Mary's brother down from the cult at the cliff. Regardless, many thanks for your efforts.

[@son0flaw366]

I second that, the theme that plays after del lobo encounters as JM in new austin are upload worthy too. Thanks!

[@EpIc_NaChO]

Dude thank you for posting this

[@studentjamespeloquin332]

Really captured the southern atmosphere its just so good

[@arthyeee]

this theme feels so much like the last of us, the beauty of it, idk it just feels so amazing

[@MRresievil310]

After Ellie Kills Nora.

[@jermainesmith7230]

One of my favs of the game ...

[@kindadim]

Thanks so much for posting this. It's gorgeous

[@Thedogwithnoname677]

This makes me feel at home definitely gives of the state of Georgia vibes

[@JRSRLN]

This song just has that feeling you get when you see what was left behind before the Emancipation Proclimation, can't quite explain it...

[@Obamavrat671names]

The only day free roam soundtrack, that can give you creepy goosebumps so sad it sounds

[@Ghosteriz]

This music plus the Saint Danis bank clocks... is ticking

[@Parsnyx]

29,000 views still no dislikes. That's great

[@Anonymous-ux8ku]

some clowns disliked it :/ now it has 2 dislikes

[@At-jd9rv]

Thanks partner

[@Sternertime]

The beginning of the end

[@schrumdumlum4898]

It's both calm and rugged like the land is good but the people are bad

[@rustybench3334]

That’s what I thought

[@cleanrustybench2662]

@@rustybench3334za

[@schrumdumlum4898]

​@@cleanrustybench2662 fack off mate wheyyy

[@schrumdumlum4898]

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[@kristiantityukov739]

At around 0:50 is it just me hearing something like gunshots fired ,maybe from the 1860’s civil war in Scarlett meadows?

[@junkmale123]

Is there any way someone can get the full length track of this? This is my favourite piece of music in this game.

[@zachsterosu]

Victor The full day and night versions of this are on my to-do list. The night version has an issue where it fades in and out suddenly, but it almost seems deliberate. I'm not sure what to do about that yet.

[@junkmale123]

Hi Zach! Thanks for the reply and for recording this! I'm working on my own version as I type by streaming to KZbin with only in-game music turned on. I might be able to rip the audio from the KZbin video. Hopefully turning down the in-game sound effects also turns it down in the stream. I didn't know the night version was different. Interesting, I'll check it out. How did you record this by the way? It sounds pretty clean.

[@zachsterosu]

Victor Just turned down dialogue + sound volume in the options menu in-game. I then used the xbox capture feature to record it (up to 10 mins). I think it only records in 720p though, so it definitely loses some quality. I wish I had a capture card, it would make the whole process easier, and probably improve the audio a bit. One method that I use is holding down the weapon/item wheel button, so it slows down time in-game while the music plays. this helps reduce the chance of interruptions by NPC's or dynamic events that might cause the music to fade out. And yes, from what I've found, almost all dynamic/ambient tracks have day and night variations ;)

[@junkmale123]

I wish we could rip the music right from the discs :) but for now this will do. I managed to trigger the theme from the start but ran into some Lemoyne Raiders :( Finding a nice quiet stretch of road and holding down the weapon wheel seems like the way to go. Is it just me, or does the ambient music sometimes cue, but not play from the start of the song? I did a save/exit/start game jumped on my horse, it cued a different song, then while still riding it cued Scarlett Meadows but not from the start (or at least what I think is not the start) of Scarlett Meadows. I just want a clean version of Scarlett Meadows from start to finish :)

[@ihaveauniqueperspectiveont1222]

Gang should’ve went west

[@maltezzerss]

Too bad the Pinkerton's is trying are search them

[@gabrielplese7516]

The beginning kinda reminds me of chernobyl

[@killadrone2817]

Listening to this while trying to hunt the legendary Florida panther was intense.

[@Mr10029]

First time i heard this was when i set out of camp after Sean’s death.

[@gdpequenobr4576]

Best game! Best music!

[@samsmarquez9509]

I can almost feel how the band is going down

[@ChrisMaxCisneros]

I got one as well uploaded on my Channel. It's the Main Menu version with the clock ticking. It's the only OST I got on my channel

[@madamebkrt]

Would you be able to upload the Wanted Theme 3, but the parts that play when you've just been caught by a witness or have escaped from the law? The other day I was riding around and only the xylophone and organ (organ) were playing, and it was so good...

[@gigachad9016]

What area is Scarlett Meadows based on? I see the deep south but I also see Georgia too. Makes me hungry for peaches

[@AyubuKK]

Nice

[@absolutelygnarly]

guys. please. who wrote this, where can i find this song in it's "official" form?

[@jplosts]

You're a GOAT

[@MyNameIsOzymandias]

Reminds me of Sean...

[@fatmabastekin3640]

Black soil theme

[@DukesJournal]

2:05

[@lonestonergaming]

Yeah, someone was blowing the reed off the clarinet to make that note.

[@bluebrick0449]

355 likes and no dislikes!

[@omarbouchema5786]

This theme looks like the joker

[@KnightWings-kd3dy]

Sounds*

[@TurtleeyTY]

Sounds like the Jesse James soundtrack by Nick Cave

[@ResidentGoodV]

Nick Cage

[@E180TEKNO]

this is one of the themes that I like the least

[@joseeduardo9895]

2:05