Risk of Rain 1 BLOWS Music Teacher's Mind! - OST Reaction

[@AspieOld]

0:14 Start of stream 0:54 Risk of Rain 4:11 Dew Point 7:57 Tropic of Capricorn 11:23 Monsoon 15:02 Cyclogenesis 19:22 25.3N 91.7E 25:25 Hailstorm 28:37 Moisture Deficit 33:22 Intermission 33:47 Tropic of Cancer 37:16 Aurora Borealis 42:24 Surface Tension 47:23 Arctic Oscillation 58:18 Precipitation 1:02:36 Double [REDACTED] Rainbow 1:07:00 Coalescence 1:13:00 Chanson d'Automne 1:18:00 Superchats

[@thema8871]

Bless u

[@chysero8636]

Ah yes, my favorite risk of rain track, redacted

[@SmoothTurtle840]

@@chysero8636 Easier to remember than probably my favorite track, which is just a bunch of coordinates.

[@letsgobrando3562]

I have this OST on vinyl, and it includes a really cool message from Chris himself (I hope it's okay I post this?): "Looking for inspiration for this text I revisited the very first email I got from Hopoo, Dated February 4th, 2013. Reading through the thread I found early discussions on style and genre, the first music demo (A draft of the titular track), working out the kinks of crowdfunding, amateur contract negotiations, talks about game mechanics, more demos, an early draft of album art, final tracks, final-final tracks, absolutely-final tracks, ultimately-final-remastered-v2 tracks, a release date, and finally, the actual launch of the game. The emails contain many facts about the making of the album. But -- As Werner Herzog would say -- despite all the facts, the emails contain none of the truth. There is no mention of my one-room-fits-all living conditions, my strictly-noodles diet, my struggling PC, the time spent blankly looking at the screen, the books I've read, the long walks I've taken, my long-distant girlfriend, my ex-long-distant girlfriend... You don't have access to my emails so you can't get the facts. But you are holding this album in your hands, and trust me, if you pay close attention to the music, you will hear its truth. Thank you for listening

[@SmoothTurtle840]

I so wish I got the DEADBOLT OST vinyl he rereleased sometime within the past year, but then I remembered I don’t really listen to music all too often, especially via record player.

[@letsgobrando3562]

@@SmoothTurtle840 Deadbolt has a great OST as well. I only recently started collecting vinyl, and the RoR2 OST was my first one actually. It's what inspired me to start collecting. I saw the inkspot version and had to find one. Ended up paying way too much for the only one listed that I could find, but hey, it's mine now! Worth it.

[@kablamo7599]

My favorite part of this stream was when the survivor said "Its risking time" and rained all over the stage

[@zacharycollierAW-PL]

I should not have laughed at this

[@MojoPjojo]

He Did Not Say That

[@zacharycollierAW-PL]

@@MojoPjojo That's the joke

[@thema8871]

@@MojoPjojo he literally did???

[@confucheese]

@@zacharycollierAW-PL Actually, it’s you who didn’t get the joke.

[@kevinwells9751]

The track named 25.3N 91.7E is the coordinates of a region in India called Cherrapunji, which is known as the wettest place on Earth. In just one month (July 1861) they got over 30 feet of rain, which is insane

[@kevinwells9751]

Also yes, that isn't a typo, not 30 inches, 30 feet. An average of about a foot a day for that whole month. Even an average July there gets almost 9 feet of rain. No wonder he used that as one of his references to rain

[@Erik-le9ui]

When Coalescence plays in game, its one of the most profound moments in any Videogame. Risk of Rain fans can back me up on this!

[@arbiterally101]

It’s telling that we only play as “Survivors”, not heroes. One may leave Petrichor V, with its smell of rain, but they never leave unchanged by it. One might say we all died on that world. Even those of us who walked away.

[@omnisel]

100%, Coalescence is a masterpiece of music and showing up at the ship you crashed on with it playing is transcendent

[@SmoothTurtle840]

@@omnisel That moment is coalescent, if you will.

[@AeternumUnus]

@@arbiterally101 Canonically only one made it out, and that is Commando he's also known as "The Survivor" everyone else died horribly on the planet.

[@mmandible5470]

Absolutely 100%

[@StephenLewisUniverse]

This OST captures the mood of exploring the unknown so well.

[@StephenLewisUniverse]

I can't get enough of this OSTs atmosphere.

[@borzoilover4156]

​@@StephenLewisUniverse i think coalescence does this ESPECIALLY well

[@AttacMage]

coalescence always makes me cry. I don't know if I've conditioned myself into a feeling of finality by listening to it so much when I'm finishing up projects, along with a combination of Chris's sheer feeling he got into it, but it gives such a strong emotion. I love it. along with con lentitud perosa, some of my favorite tracks I've ever heard.

[@arbiterally101]

I love how the last song gets across the sound of rain falling on a still pool as you slowly walk away. It’s very close to the feeling we all got as we successful escaped that world, losing pieces of ourselves and replacing them with new things along the way.

[@itscriispy]

I am beyond excited for this. ror2 is my favorite OST of all time and ror1 is a very close second

[@mynameispat_]

thoughts on deadbolt?

[@12gaugepony57]

Great reaction! I hope you like the second one as much as you liked this one. Also, I wish every Risk of Rain enjoyer a very pleasant day.

[@MusicTheoryforGamers]

Liked it more!

[@alosvods615]

You’ll find that risk of rain 2 is just an upgraded version of this in terms of music and gameplay. One of the best sequels to a gem I’ve ever seen

[@Xenonfuji]

You'll find that this is an opinion that not everyone shares

[@The4j1123]

@@Xenonfuji Exactly. RoR1’s OST slaps so much harder imo

[@Xenonfuji]

@@The4j1123 and I prefer the gameplay of the first game

[@celestiallarvae8254]

Gameplay and music in 1 is better, plus it also has starstorm.

[@adam-px2ye]

its deadbolt for me

[@atomicbaconbits6695]

So, Intermission is actually an easter egg. If you of a bunch of stuff with the file you'll find it says "End of Part 1." I assume Risk of Rain 2 OST is your next gig? You're gonna be blown away.

[@hotline9807]

ror2 is scheduled for the 4th and survivors of the void is a bit after that

[@thenotoriousguy]

He's gonna need a bigger ukulele

[@atomicbaconbits6695]

42:28 Droplets forming together on your arm is coalescence, surface tension is water stretching around an object before it breaks through.

[@RingZftw]

Sad I missed this live, but I'm glad you've enjoyed your time with RoR and Christodoulou's work! I've loved his work since playing the first game, and his work on these games, and Deadbolt are some of my favorites in any indie game (or maybe games as a whole)

[@Salt_Mage]

I love that the track names all have to do with water/weather patterns. That level of thematic naming hits all the right vibes for me

[@SmoothTurtle840]

Then Chris did it again with DEADBOLT’s track names, all of which are references to death. It just goes to show how great he is at thematic consistency with his tracks, all the while avoiding sounding “samey”.

[@jellicledry1380]

To my knowledge, Chris is a big fan of Dream Theatre, and has referenced it in a few of the songs, including from the dlc of Risk of rain 2: Survivors of the Void. You nailed it immediately!

[@halowaffle25]

One of my favorite game OSTs! Nothing else quite captures this sort of atmospheric yet thrilling sound imo.

[@LawlCam24]

1:13:05 He felt out the end of the measure to blow his nose during the rest. I was listening without watching and his nose-o-phone solo became part of the song because of the excellent timing.

[@Bobbias]

The production in this is absolutely mindblowing. I particularly love the bitcrushing you hear all over. The heavy use of both polyrhythms and polymeter in one OST, and featuring so heavily in it is something that really sets this apart from a lot of other music out there.

[@ArtofCrimms]

I am SO MAD that I missed this stream! I wanted to be here just to at least see this live! I sure hope one day Dan and Chris talk because I'm sure they'd hit it off immediately, being such music-literate!

[@Ankarua]

I haven't watched all the video yet so this might have been mentioned in live chat, but if you weren't aware Dan, on his own channel on KZbin Chris has a video that's at the end of the playlists for both Risk of Rain games that gives some of his thoughts about how the tracks came about. More stream of conciousness type stuff than a breakdown, but I thought you might be interested.

[@BlackMDawn]

This is one of my all-time favorite OSTs. I'm so glad you got to listen to it!

[@5uperM]

Finally! Now I'm waiting for RoR2! Chris is a music genius!

[@Ledyuka]

For those who don't know, Chanson D'Automne is actually a Poem from Paul Verlaine, a French Poet. Its verse has been used in WWII to command secret orders to the resistance in France! Surprisingly enough, its verses stick perfectly to the song's melody! Les sanglots longs (The long sobs) Des violons (Of violins) De l’automne (Of autumn) Blessent mon cœur (Wound my heart) D’une langueur (With a monotonous) Monotone. (Languor.) Tout suffocant (All breathless) Et blême, quand (And pale, when) Sonne l’heure, (The hour sounds,) Je me souviens (I remember) Des jours anciens (The old days) Et je pleure (And I cry;) Et je m’en vais (And I go) Au vent mauvais (In the ill wind) Qui m’emporte (That carries me) Deçà, delà, (Here, there,) Pareil à la (Like the) Feuille morte. (Dead leaf.)

[@Skrighk]

The beginning of Coalescence still gives me such emotion. It has this sadness to it that has remained in my head ever since the first time I played it, and it was only compounded after I read all the logbooks and understood the gravity of the situation. There are no heros in Risk of Rain. Providence may be the "bulwark" of endangered species, but as we walk through the remains of the UES and all those that died aboard, he is no hero. Just a madman who likes his pets. And we, stepping away from the hoard of animals we have slaughtered, marching towards Providence, our next victim, are no hero or villian. We're a survivor. That word is specific. We just want to live. We just want to get home. This is no conquest, no grand victory. All there is for us is survival. Even the end credits say it, "And he left, with everything but his humanity."

[@ossyx]

Ouu, risk of rain is always elegant. Get well soon, keep it up

[@atomicbanana55]

With Risk of Rain Returns announced, can't wait for a reaction stream to that OST. It's supposed to have a remastered soundtrack and probably some new tracks as well.

[@XephereX]

Fun fact; The track "Intermission" spells out "END OF PART 1.." on a spectrogram.

[@tehidiotoffun459]

Hell yeah this and the second one are some of the best video game OSTs out there. Thanks for reacting to it!

[@elnogal9298]

As a wise man once said: "this rain is pretty risky" and risked all of the rains.

[@TyPier]

risk of rain 2 is one of my favorite games I have ever played, and I only just got it the end of last year. The music is a huge part of me enjoying it, I have never played any runs with it off. Hope you will enjoy that soundtrack as well :)

[@Techy_fin]

so, on aurora borealis, if i remember correctly from chris' album commentary he just wanted to name a song aurora borealis

[@thend4427]

Lol

[@ellpoyohlokoh]

so in regards to the 6+5 thing on 25.3N 91.7E, it actually switched back and forth between 5+6 and 6+5 through the song. I would call it 11/8 and then just identify the feel as it moves through the song

[@rumdonkey7826]

At this point your mind has been blown so many times, I'm surprised there's anything of it left.

[@avi8aviate]

Cyclogenesis is the formation of tornadoes and hurricanes. All of Chris Christodoulou's songs for Risk of Rain have titles related to rain and weather.

[@snipesy]

Chris' most iconic creation will forever be those 4 notes

[@RDKelly12]

This was really a mind blowing soundtrack for an indie game to ship with, especially when i picked it up all the way back in 2014 The way that Chris establishes a motif and plays on that in a lot of the tracks is really masterful. I love how well paced each of the tracks is, right as you're hitting the climax of a level is when the songs tend to reach a fever pitch with the wailing guitar. It's perfect. He also really captures the feelings of the environments for some of these tracks, i am instantly transported back to those environments when i hear them.

[@KingHoborg]

I don't know if it's still up, but I recall listening to an audio track with Chris Christodoulou's commentary (I think you can find it on his youtube channel) . It was quite interesting. Edit: Looks like a lot of people mentioned it in chat.

[@JaysephsDen]

Omg yess!!! It's coming all together, can't wait for the reaction of Risk of Rain 2!

[@emerald3616]

I'm suprised he didn't catch the polyrhythm of Surface Tension. There's both 5 and 7.

[@mranch4]

I'm so excited you're reacting to the Risk of Rain games!

[@wack1059]

would love to see your reaction to ultrakill's soundtrack, some of the most intense music ive heard in an OST ever with such a unique style all composed by the main developer Hakita

[@biomech7360]

omg please check out Deadbolt ost, it also made by Chris Christodoulou

[@mondayheadache1402]

What a fantastic and entertaining reaction, from such a wonderful soundtrack. Thank you for this piece. If you are perhaps interested in reaction suggestions, how about reacting to the Gravity Rush 2 Soundtrack? I would be thrilled to see your reaction of that.

[@azur7362]

13:35 fun fact - i noticed a while ago, on the spotify version, the snare at the end of the chorus has a different timing.

[@calebmichael0618]

woah, you're so right, it's even different in the remaster!

[@azur7362]

​@@calebmichael0618i've always thought it was an interesting design choice, but then I learned it was not on purpose after watchimg this video haha

[@sleepy_rose6575]

I'm excited for the risk of rain 2 reaction. After that I would loooove to see you check out the Hades soundtrack!

[@AspieOld]

The way the guitar played during 25.3N is 9+2 type of 11

[@chysero8636]

I'm literally beside myself with dopamine. Can't wait for you're gonna need a bigger ukulele

[@TheCookieGang26]

The fact that Chris could make a song as good as Coalescence and even the others is fascinating. He HAS to be a god of music or something. There is no other explanation.

[@davidowen1388]

This is just a small taste of what you’re in for! Just wait till the Risk of Rain 2 OST, one of the best sound tracks of all time.

[@EchoDeko]

Man when Coalescence played in ror2 I went crazy

[@ProLexa-xn1zx]

Can't wait for Deadbolt ost. And Risk of Rain 2 too, of course, yes, hehe

[@zombieboss5178]

Somehow, by some unknown force, Chanson sounds even better while being bullied by childs and parents while trying to avoid the great wisps's pillars of purple fire

[@kobarsos82]

Finally a video about some of my favorite indie game music. :D Genuinely happy for this at some point I thought the FF7 videos would go on forever in infinity lol.

[@Crabdoodles]

looks like the song with the coordinates is the location of a town in India where more rain falls than anywhere else on Earth. checks out, given the rest of the titles

[@xt1988]

I was waiting for this one !

[@Universo_Pax]

As someone who is easily compelled by music that plays with emotions I can easily say, coalescence brings me the closest to nostalgic tears.

[@Universo_Pax]

Nostalgic tears in a good sense because i love music that can somehow convey emotions that FEEL real enough for us.

[@NeoNoteDev]

It's actually much more interesting to hear Coalescence motif almost everywhere. I love to interpret it like it's a theme of the whole ship crashing incident and thus all risk of rain basically. A theme of all the personnel of that one giant cargo ship becoming a part of this whole tragedy. There's so many lore details about the survivors of ror1 in risk of rain 2 items descriptions and the reoccuring motif really adds up to the situation of Contact Light crash on the planet.

[@Sbreddragon]

Lets GOO ROR, we need 2 as well!

[@literatemax]

I'm so glad you didn't listen to the sequel's songs first this time ♥️ love the vibes

[@spicytunahh]

It’s not very often that I play a game and go searching for it’s soundtrack like I did with this game. They nailed the first game and the second game is really good too. I can’t wait for them to return to RoR1 with the next release

[@my_name_is_J_777]

the risk of rain one soundtrack is so overlooked (like the game in general)

[@zarakikenpachiish]

Purple waiting room

[@tOGGLEwAFFLES]

As an autistic person with a fixation on certain note sequences, Chris's work is pure serotonin.

[@thepiemonk8]

I keep seeing a truncated version of the title in the tab bar saying "Risk of Rain 1 BLOWS."

[@SmoothTurtle840]

What you said about Surface Tension is interesting, because Chris himself noted that it was his least favorite track in an album commentary.

[@cryptcarts]

Among all the Risk of Rain 2 suggestions, here's one hoping that you do Deadbolt. It's by the same composer and game developers, and is one of my favourite game soundtracks ever.

[@CalDunnMusic]

Please please please PLEASE listen to ‘Vampyr’ ost (about a newly doctor turned vampire in london 1918), BEAUTIFULLY combines depressing strings with subtle industrial electronics. One the BEST soundtracks I’ve EVER listened to.

[@thend4427]

Get well soon!

[@wianbason2984]

at the start the facial expressions seemed mocking but after i got use to them it got kinda endearing

[@laundmo]

Yoooo finally!

[@thend4427]

Never heard of this game...awesome music...my favorite is the moisture one so far

[@sn4pi]

I always thought you say "coal escence" instead of "co-alescence". Second makes much more sense now

[@MusicTheoryforGamers]

Pronunciation change may be regional too

[@sn4pi]

@@MusicTheoryforGamers Yeah but in this case I'm german and have never heard of the word alescence 😂 Also love your vids man! I'd be interested to see you listen to the LISA OST

[@supertrolle9555]

I'm so hyped for Ror2!

[@Rubberman202]

There's something I want to say, and I get the feeling it's not going to be a popular comment among Risk of Rain music fans here, but I still feel compelled to say it all the same. I follow someone who does a lot of remixes/covers of video game music, he's a really cool and humble dude and the music he creates is phenomenal. He received a lot of requests to do covers of Risk of Rain music, and he likes to learn more about the series and the composer before he gets into stuff like that. However, despite one song in particular being among the most requested songs he gets, something gave him pause for concern. He came across a Q&A from Chris Christodoulou, and one "question" was in response to a cover/remix of one of his songs, which was basically "it's fine, but what's the point?" This really struck the cover artist in a negative way, so much so he decided to hold off on Risk of Rain covers for a while. Then he came across Chris Christodoulou's FAQ page, which, among other things, say that IF someone were to do a remix/cover of his music, they can't monetize it whatsoever, and made a point to emphasize that they're "legally obligated" to be "creative". The worst bit comes at the bottom of the FAQ page, where he tells anyone who wants to be a composer to "stop listening and start reading", and wasted 5 questions basically being a smartass about what DAW he uses to compose his music, and doesn't even answer the question. Now... I never actually met Chris Christodoulou, but from what little I've heard from him, including on his own website, if I'm being perfectly honest... he comes off as an overly controlling, incredibly pretentious and condescending jackass. Not that he's not entitled do what he wants with his own music, that isn't really what bothers me, it's his attitude that's really a buzzkill. It's honestly why I was concerned that this stream might be in danger, though the FAQ did say that playing his music is fine, so long as you're either critiquing or talking about his music, and I think this qualifies. Still, it does make me feel awkward whenever I listen to his music... it's kind of like how I feel Koichi Sugiyama and Dragon Quest music, though at least Chris Christodoulou isn't a war crimes denier among other controversial things (also Sugiyama is dead now, so he doesn't have final say over his music and how it can be used anymore).

[@venificusmalatia4524]

Damn thats sad to learn. Thankfully im good at seperating art from artist so I can still enjoy his works but Its always disheartening to learn about views like that in the music community

[@thend4427]

To each their own I guess

[@draconocor]

Chris is very sarcastic in replies and comments. I'd say your read is incorrect but I don't think it's irrational to get that impression. It seems to me like you've made a judgement based on other people's interactions with him, and I'd recommend you watch his Q&As to get his sarcastic side, then his album commentaries to get a more realistic perspective.

[@Rubberman202]

@@draconocor Sorry for the late reply, but I still don't really understand why he couldn't just saw what DAW he uses and instead felt the need to make up an imaginary person to swear and be a jerk to him just to refuse to answer the question. I suppose that's his "sarcasm", but it still rubs me the wrong way. I'm also not that much of a fan on how he views covers of his work. There's also the insistence to stop listening to music and start reading, like... Is he saying it's wrong to get into composing video game music because you like music? Strikes me as a little pretentious. And all of this is on his own website, so this is apparently what he wants people to know about him, front and center. I suppose it's a bit more nuanced than that, if you actually listen to his Q&As and listen to his commentaries, but I don't think it's a good sign of this is what you thought was a good first impression.

[@NuiYabuko]

I thought this was going to be about him being racist or something, while this isn't too bad.

[@honeychroma]

after you do ROR2 you HAVE to do Deadbolt

[@concondaria]

Surface tension slaps hard

[@ellpoyohlokoh]

dew point took my man to his O face

[@cocoapebbl]

LETS GOOOOO NEXT IS ROR2

[@i3randy824]

Lisa The Painful's ost react please

[@ketra1504]

I hope he tries the Payday 2 soundtrack some day.

[@Stefano.D]

Hope you're doing Risk of Rain Returns soon!

[@elnogal9298]

Btw why is the Risk Of Rain 2 video not uploaded? Wanted to watch it so desperately after this one but found you only have the DLC one uploaded, is there any reason why?

[@YesItsAustin]

I would super recommend listening to the GTA V OST, it's absolutely amazing.

[@WarlosFZ]

Hey MTfG! Just here asking if you could react to the Plants vz Zombies osts. Those are absolute masterpieces (Of course, the osts of the 1st game)

[@Jikkuryuu]

I just sort of ended up here because I really liked RoR 1. If you folks are looking for some more truly good and also weird osts to recommend to him: "Evergrace" and "Forever Kingdom" are just about as weird as you can possibly get while still being incredibly well-made and actually listenable and recognizable as music. I've heard a couple of music people just gush over these osts.

[@noviartz]

Can't wait til he reacts to ror2

[@AjZombie08]

He should react to the Original 2002 Ratchet and Clank soundtrack, it’s very unique and interesting and would love to see it

[@Mantis-yt7sp]

Hope he does RoR2 after this one or soon, both OSTs are amazing

[@Japie__]

He will do it tomorrow at 21:00 CET, you can see it in the upcoming broadcasts.

[@zacharycollierAW-PL]

Next: Risk of Rain 2 It has to be done, and in my mind is the better of the two soundtracks, especially with the Survivors of the Void OST.

[@Ankarua]

It's definitely better in the same way someone performing for x amount of years vs themselves like 5 years of improvements later is, but I'd say this one has its own charm that makes it just as good as the Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack. I'd love to hear a remake from Chris of the soundtrack of the original game done in more of a RoR 2 style.

[@zacharycollierAW-PL]

@@Ankarua All good points. I agree.

[@ketra1504]

in a community post, he said that he'll do ror2 and the dlc. Probably at a later date

[@fidgetpants7568]

you should do risk of rain 2 next please

[@SkullK---ht]

we love it

[@The_Jumping_Box]

Chris doesnt miss

[@shock9616]

Only just heard this OST for the first time in Risk of Rain Returns and it goes HARD! I think I still prefer RoR2's OST overall but there are some real bangers here!

[@mindcake8811]

Hmm yes Possibility of Precipitation

[@Arska5]

Destiny 2 Witch Queen ost please!

[@robinlundin2605]

best game music !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@witkat]

Please reaction moonlighter's ost ❤

[@NitrousKick_]

Please react to super mario galaxy ost!

[@GreatGoldenchip]

Could you please react to The Binding of Isaac Repentance soundtrack? It would be truly amazing!