Ruiner Soundtrack - Island Door (Paranesian Circle) by Susumu Hirasawa (Lyrics)

Lyrics and translation from: hirasawalyrics....
Big thank you to / hirasawalyrics for the translations, check the original blogpost for notes on the translation.
From Susumu Hirasawas solo album Aurora, released in 1994. If you enjoy the music, make sure to support Susumu Hirasawa by purchasing his music: shop.teslakite....

[@knightshousegames]

I was curious about the title to this song, and after some hunting, I suspect the intended root word is Paramnesia, which means "a memory-based delusion or confabulation, or an inability to distinguish between real and fantasy memories."

[@likhithmanjunath7213]

Thank you for doing the difficult work for us! 🫡

[@qurokee4174]

damn I didn't even know what this word mean before, yet the second part of the song itself gave me some kind of a vibe like it's a flashback of thousand memories from someone's life

[@igodreamer7096]

"False memories ”, yep that married to the cyberpunk theme like a glove.

[@joshuahendra4918]

I'm pretty sure it's an island from susumu hirasawa's imagination. the song title is island door, nesia or nēsoi means islands, like micronesian means little islands or Indonesia means indian islands. and the word para it can translates to many things depends on the language used for this word, or maybe it's just him naming this island paranesia

[@knightshousegames]

@@joshuahendra4918 It could also be a pun on the original meaning with your naming scheme in mind He does however name the island in the very first line of the song, "Tobira - A land of 3000 nautical miles seen in dreams" The Paramnesian Circle seems to refer to a ritual, not the place where it happens, at least based on how the lyrics talk about it.

[@anshpatel2174]

At 10:00 minutes you can hear the song "Murder" from the eclipse in Berserk. His style is so unique relaxing and intense. I haven't been able to stop listening to this recently.

[@valentine7947]

Exactly ❤️❤️

[@sirquaffler542]

Glad I wasn't the only one to hear that

[@sergeyromanchenko714]

Well, the lyrics of this song kinda resemble the Eclipse.

[@BlueKaz]

The devs of the game bought a license to the song and use it in the game. The song itself came out before berserk 1997. He basically re uses the synth for ‘murder’ and eventually this song is used in ruiner. Still pretty cool

[@qqq2276]

Yeah, as "Murder" was partly re-used inspired by this song from 1994. The album this is from, "Aurora" is phenomenal

[@captainchaos7315]

They really nailed the atmosphere in this game.

[@danielvictor3262]

"Ajeusshi... I love you..." Wojak.png

[@Joey7321]

Yes, except for the art of some characters, mainly in the city, which were immersion breakers to me.

[@Barbarossa97]

Real Cyberpunk

[@mando6296]

@@Barbarossa97 The most cyberpunk game out there

[@D3CD95]

The music existed before the game though

[@TidusplZUO]

Holy shit, seriously? Hirasawa in my video games? brb throwing money at Reikon

[@henriquedldart1676]

he did worked in several j rpgs

[@aeasire]

DAILY REMINDER TO BUY RUINER

[@AlterRektMLG]

people aren't buying it just because it's actually challenging and fair cuphead is hard okay but not RUINER-hard in ruiner, you literally have to think within milliseconds while that goes upto seconds in cuphead

[@Punishthefalse]

In case of doubt, enter bullet time while planning dashes. Also, pick up every weapon for more bullet time. Also, the C.A.T.S. reported that you haven't bought and played Ruiner. Do you not want your Karma, citizen?

[@DraGon72097]

AlterRektMLG RUINER isn't hard at all. For the arenas, dash behind enemies and melee, rinse and repeat. Then, once you can spec enough into your shield, for the bosses, just stunlock them. The only hard way to play the game is to restrict yourself to dash only, then it's hard, but it's also bullshit.

[@monmonstartv5159]

+BraSS play the game on Hard difficulty

[@shadeofsound23]

BUY RUINER BUY RUINER BUY RUINER BU-KILL BOSS KILL BOSS KILL BOSS KILL BOSS

[@Amiitsu10]

Doctor: you're perfectly healthy and have sixty years left to live Me: *listens to this song 2,326,113 times*

[@feather8814]

Isn't it too much?I mean, it's a 13 minute song, you probabily will diebefore the end

[@warsokk]

... You really calculated that ?

[@Snnoy]

@@feather8814 Nope. If you’re watching without ever stopping, the calculation is almost entirely accurate, assuming they’ve got *exactly* 60 years.

[@vandarkholme4745]

@@feather8814 woosh!

[@jongibson3799]

Dude how this small ass dev team managed to convince Hirasawa to join their project is a blessing i'm not gonna question

[@hidalgobc]

He didn't write the song for the game, they just licensed it; the song was released in 1994.

[@jongibson3799]

@@hidalgobc nice and thanks for the info

[@freeallfaded]

@@hidalgobc that's a huge surprise. this doesn't sound like something from 94, or anytime. Hirasawa really is a timeless genius

[@hidalgobc]

@@freeallfaded Completely agree

[@karhu7581]

@@freeallfaded Honestly i could sorta tell. mid to late 90s hirasawa has a very distinct sound when compared both to his older and more recent work. The Berserk OST and Kyosai no Gihou have some of the same DNA, as does Electronic Tragedy Enola.

[@GoldeneyeDoubleO7]

it's criminal that this song isn't on spotify

[@Ewan661]

There's so much good stuff not on Spotify sadly

[@АлексейБулыгин-м4т]

it's too long for music services but i know one exception this is Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm this track lasts for 22 minutes...

[@chiraedisk702]

It's on Soundcloud

[@zenqmeister]

99% of Hirasawa's songs unfortunately aren't available worldwide on Spotify. I know for sure that albums Nurse Cafe and Technique of Relief are there so it's probably also there but region-locked

[@dr.bongsmoke]

@@АлексейБулыгин-м4т not true. mirror reaper, a song that's 87 minutes long is on spotify.

[@maurocavalcante6131]

Hirasawa, my cyberpunk Mozart

[@igodreamer7096]

Exactly! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@kukokaki9595]

1994

[@nagi603]

I never thought I'd see the day when I'd hear anything from Susumu Hirasawa in a game...

[@Kodaemon]

Uhh, he did new music for the Berserk games.

[@YamashitaTsubasa]

Super Robot Taisen W features his music via Detonator Orgun being in the cast, it's pretty dope

[@Kodaemon]

Yup, check out "Sign" for example, it's ridiculously awesome.

[@leonardohenrique5647]

All of the Dreamcast Berserk game OST was made by Susumu. Including a new version of Forces, and the opening song, Indra.

[@Phireo]

Though as epic as Sign was, Sign 2 was probably the best ending song of all time. Well, Ash Crow comes close for me!

[@livingthevoidlife9396]

This music just reminds me that Ruiner deserved to be twice as long as it was, I NEED MORE RUINER

[@doris3026]

It could be the Guts Theme if he was born in a Cyberpunk era Cyberpunk Berserk ...

[@mostattaa1646]

that paints a very nice picture in my head. now for the next few hours that's all I'm gonna be thinking about ... thank you person.

[@ironreeve9370]

Cyberserk, if you will

[@robbierootbeer8056]

@@ironreeve9370 fuck that's a good name for something

[@jacktheripper5112]

welp, i wanted a proper berserk game even a 2D one would be amazing for me, now i want a cyberpunk styled berserk game, and i really want it badly

[@timjack4650]

You know what , this is a perfect soundtrack for BLAME! if it ever got a anime show release.

[@馬の骨と化した先輩]

まさか平沢進が楽曲提供するとは思わなかった…

[@ヤーナム市民灰の人]

どこにでも湧く先輩

[@syoonokin2187]

夢に見た三千海里の地 “トビラ"その豊穣の土を蹴り 腰にさす短剣　聖なる舞踊る かのプリメラの玉座には 日に焼ける“かげろう王..." 日に焼ける“かげろう王..." ヤギの背を刺しては 染める赤く その手際には花が降り 数にして三百有余の目をみはる かの生贄は目を覚ます 火に叫ぶ人の声... 火に叫ぶ人の声... 血は焦げて上る火と水の間を 回りだす パラネシアの 悠久の歯車... 時にして3.3秒のドラマ その始まりの奧義には 夢の外 一切合切の日常 その影を成す スピリット 日に焼ける“かげろう王..." 火に叫ぶ人の声... パラネシアン サークル　サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル　サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル　サークル サークル パラネシアンサークル サークル サークル サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル サークル サークル... 回る必然かつ 唐突に 極まる高まる この恍惚の夢魔 枯渇を喰い 豊穣を吐き 死の器に光明降らす 火の火炎の桃源郷 または聖なる輪のモータードライブ パラネシアン サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル サークル 滑舌さえ断固たる嗚咽 かの生贄 夢の外 無風の無名の継承者 昇る下る昇る下る 火の火炎の桃源郷 または聖なる輪のモータードライブ パラネシアン サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル サークル サークル パラネシアン サークル サークル サークル サークル サークル

[@noerknown]

Thanks, I was really wondering what he was saying :)

[@Ret1r10n]

@@noerknown mee to lol

[@無白-t9g]

@@noerknown I'm Japanese, but I don't know what he says.

[@ハルマガリオン]

無白 me to

[@GabryyLG]

I wish there was more of Ruiner. Once experiencing the whole game, the ambience, the characters, that gritty universe, I want more. That ending left me wishing for WAY more. Ruiner is one of those games so unique and different, yet so full of charisma and personality that you just want more. The fact that there are barely any games set in a futuristic cyberpunk universe baffles me Good thing Cyberpunk 2077 is COMINGGG

[@andreatoppi5627]

Observer ;) Now it cost less than 10€....buy it, dude.

[@epsilon1572]

Ruiner sets up pretty well for a sequel, but if one hasn’t been announced by now I’m not sure if it’ll ever come I don’t want this game to end up like Furi :(

[@bezejel]

A sequel would be cool because, well, more Ruiner. But story-wise I think it can stand without one. I mean, thinking about everything that the ending led up to... Spoilers obviously below: You've been broken loose the shackles of everything that held you and was controlling you. You're free from who you thought you were, and drive into the night. Will you try and meet Her, at "where heaven falls", and see what lies in store? But remember, in the end it turns out she was deceiving you as well for Her own ends. Does she really have your own best interests at heart? Maybe you'll just keep on driving, and take your own road into the future. Become as free as anyone can be in this world, and choose your own path. But what if your actions have made you some powerful enemies? Can you face them alone? Either way, I like the ambiguity. I wouldn't complain about a sequel though, naturally. It's a damn good game. Hell, it doesn't have to have the same protagonist, though I hope it does because that face mask is sweet.

[@coel3572]

@@bezejel well, since you only worked for her and that's the only thing you could do, I guess that sticking to it is the best option.

[@wonghenry8731]

It seems the developers of Ruiner are planning to add the game to Nintendo Switch.

[@PlayFloyd_IN]

The lyrics of this are a part of my life now. Post pandemic, the perception of my reality has shifted.

[@TheEiyashou]

I feel exactly the same, I bought this game just before the pandemic when I was going through a real rough life moment, these lyrics became something like hope for a better future

[@PlayFloyd_IN]

@@TheEiyashou - sending you my absolute best wishes. Please, take care of your self. ❤️🙏

[@virgo113]

Best part is, for a song composed over two decades ago, the lyrics can be pretty convincingly adequated to the plot of the game.

[@wichitawwojak3786]

Well, cyberpunk culture and tropes were made over two decades ago as well. When you think about it, it works out pretty well.

[@JCOOK2112]

And life itself

[@necromax13]

​@@wichitawwojak3786 Make it closer to 40 years. modern "cyberpunk" is just a regurgitation of Blade Runner, with the exception of things like Ex Machina...

[@wichitawwojak3786]

@@necromax13 Forty years is over twenty years.

[@whoami8752]

@@necromax13 There is more cyberpunk out there than bladerunner rip offs, you just have to look harder.

[@hosokawart]

1984年とか好きなヒラサワからしたら好きな雰囲気のゲームだったんだろうかねぇ.... これを聴くためだけに買おうか悩んでたりする

[@komp31to-confett1]

結構評価高いゲームらしいですね

[@Joseph_Joseph_stalin]

他のBGMも素敵なの多いし普通に面白いからオヌヌメ

[@RatmanXtreme]

I'm only now realizing that hirusawa was part of this game's ost, I'd listened to it so many times without making the connection between him and berserk, but after hearing the OST from paprika it clicked instantly. This man has transcended beyond artist and has become something else entirely. Bless hirusawa and everything this man touches.

[@pointc984]

tf thats exactly what happened to me

[@wrcz]

...paprika?

[@shrekneutron1587]

​@wrcz animated film from Japan that Hirasawa did the score for. I haven't seen it, but it looks like an interesting movie, same dude that did Spirited Away I think?

[@RatmanXtreme]

Year late but paprika is a mentally stimulating jaunt from a visionary director by the name of Satoshi Kon (RIP) pretty much everything Kon has done has something to do with the human condition. I highly reccomend all of his films.

[@ExiStrife]

WE WERE NEVER FRIENDS

[@DJdeliverance]

ExiStrife hello darkness

[@yourjunes]

This is literally transcendental. Hirasawa-san's music is one of the few truly beautiful things in this world.

[@Atlittle104]

When two of your favorite things just happen to collide. Too bad the dragonslayer isn't a weapon in Ruiner.

[@jooname]

This has actually become my FAVORITE song. At 35 years old I don't often find a new "favorite" anything. What a fuckin' masterpiece this is.

[@reddead111]

Uhh that's a little bit sad :(

[@jooname]

@@reddead111 If you think that's sad, wait until you see the stretch marks

[@3rdperson2]

For real.

[@DeadPig325]

Check his other works start with his 96 álbum Siren

[@michaelakinlabi7256]

Mine at 44. It's transcendental. I'm a better music producer for it. It's like a Stanley Kubrick film but music. A piece of work that exposes the possibilities of a medium in such a way that it's beyond you. You have to bask in its sublimity. Then the second part of the genius of this song happens. Years later, you love it more. It's alive.

[@BigTeeEff]

Susumu be spittin' dem mad rhymes at 11:41 :P

[@igodreamer7096]

Indeed

[@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292]

Ruiner has the best atmosphere, really underrated game.

[@MrHalaVar]

Not gonna lie, I used "Toggle Walk" for Rengkok, or just tilted the control stick forward , loved the atmosphere of this stage and I loved the downtime between battles when coming here.

[@inakilukac]

You know it's a real good game when you want to actually slow down and apreciate things instead of rushing through the content

[@JCOOK2112]

I didn't even finish it LOL

[@user-ef6gv4wv1l]

@@JCOOK2112 cringe

[@miilodude_8529]

@@JCOOK2112 cringe

[@Jakerocksteady]

Have you ever heard a song that better embodies the mood of a cyberpunk setting than this? Would love to hear more of this kind of cerebral cyberpunk type stuff if anyone has any recommendations. Searching this kind of music usually pulls up something a bit too heavy and with too much "thump" to it. The blend of soft synthesizer and that Japanese cultural sound is just too amazing. (Also, this song on repeat just got me through seven hours of writing a research paper)

[@shiveringisles3509]

yes to me it sounds like the perfect Cyberpunk track, not sure why it does, but seems to capture the mood and essence of it. haven't yet heard anything else like it..

[@lonelyshpee7873]

Well, you should listen to Hirasawa's other stuff, as well as his band P-Model's music. This song is from Susumu's solo album Aurora, which funnily enough tried to stray away from the sci-fi themes of previous albums, going for more "instinctive" and "mythical" music. I actually never really associated this song with cyberpunk until I heard it in Ruiner, since he has other albums that are a bit closer to my idea of cyberpunk, like Vistoron or Gipnoza, which are both set in a dystopian future, but when I think about it this song embodies the mood of a cyberpunk setting 100x better, since those albums are more on the energetic techno side. So, if you wanna get into Susumu Hirasawa's music, there's Aurora for more laid-back songs like this one, then there's Sim City and Technique of Relief, concept albums with sci-fi settings but not really cyberpunk, as well as P-Model, Big Body and Enola, some pretty energetic technopop albums, the synthpunk/postpunk/experimental trio of Potpourri, Perspective and Another Game and the dystopian trilogy of Vistoron, Gipnoza and Kai=Kai.

[@vox3555]

It may sound ridiculous, but look up the bejeweled 2 OST. The composer for the game, Skaven, produced music far beyond what you would expect for a timekiller game.

[@HazenMire]

@@lonelyshpee7873 I think trying to stray away from sci-fi is likely why this song works so well. A big cyberpunk theme/trope is loss of humanity. This song, at least to me, sounds like a song of loss, mourning, reminiscing, nostalgia, and celebration. Rengkok South was a great backdrop for this song. It's atmosphere evoked this yearning for something lost, a little pocket of people seeking humanity in a world that you would imagine has been sucked dry of it. A lot of cyberpunk music is thought to be some kind of super bass heavy techno, and certainly that's part of it's identity. But Cyberpunk music should also evoke feelings of loss and yearning, nostalgia, etc.

[@Saurygiel]

@@HazenMire Perfectly put. I definitely agree that the more energetic "cyberpunk music" does have it's place as well, since a lot of cyberpunk deals with themes of full on hedonism. I feel like that kind of synthetic and energetic music embodies that mix of a synthetic dystopian future full of hedonistic pleasures jacking up your blood pressure, on top of all the violence. But honestly, this song captures the atmosphere at it's best: when it's at rest, and you have nothing left to do and nothing to distract yourself from the weight of a dark and dirty future covered in make-up.

[@LossOfEternal]

This song is fucking beautiful.

[@funkyphreakout]

Hear a lot of the same musical themes that were present in his music for the Berserk soundtrack 20 years ago. Very interesting.

[@baroquechevalier8516]

Sounds more like Indra more specifically to me, gives me that vibe.

[@alexgertsog105]

in the developer's diary they said that they watched a ton of anime to get inspired for creating the game, so yeah

[@ksimvanderhlaar]

Paranesian Circle isn't a new song of his, and it was in the same album Aurora with a "proto-version" of Forces, 舵をとれ, so both of them are roughly from the same time period. New songs of his are both like his 20 years old stuff and different from it...

[@Sydney_Belladonna]

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEN IT'S MAAAAAAAAAAADE BY THE SAAAAAAME GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUY!!! (sing that)

[@baroquechevalier8516]

Cyberpunk 2077 would really benefit from this type of music.

[@PassTheGrenadePlease]

*nods approvingly*

[@toasterqueer]

*nods vigorously*

[@unil1015]

There is some japanese reference in every cyberpunk universe, so It could happen

[@zainul0021]

@@unil1015 I want Akira or Ghost In The Shell references in the game!

[@MaskOfLimbo]

@@zainul0021 Boi I want a RUINER reference on that game! Yeah, it's almost impossible to happen, but I still want it :)

[@hive5123]

This game is so slept on seriously The atmosphere, the usage of colors, the gameplay, the soundtrack Everything in this game is perfect.

[@Delta_Pizza]

I just played it 5 hours in a row without realizing.

[@igodreamer7096]

I miss this kind of music, 90's was such crazy and strange times, full of dreams and nightmares about the future. Susumu Hirasawa is so good, love this crazy, eerie and mysterious music of his! Besides the art style from 90's Berserk adaptation, other reason for that show be so great is the soundtrack, which Susumu Hirasawa is responsible for it.

[@igodreamer7096]

9:48 Love this beat/section

[@madhunter08]

Wandering In Rengkok South...

[@Svoorhout85]

Unfortunately we wont live long enough to see that kind of a future. But hey, at least well have sex robots in a decade or two. ^^

[@SE_Lin]

Stefan Voorhout We already have that kind of future if you look hard enough.

[@MICKYD2296]

SikeSplitter Already be taken advantage of without the cool technology

[@Brandonpaniagua1]

You ever just play a game so different and unique that you just can't stop thinking about it? And you just want more of it? I felt that with this game. After finishing it, I was just left with a feeling I can't really describe. Kinda like emptiness but also joy. I felt that too when I beat a game called Furi. Both were so fun and had great soundtracks and I loved them both so much that when I got to the end, I wanted more of it. Though Ruiner's ending...won't spoil anything but I was left emotionally distraught lol and supposedly there's gonna be a DLC for this game that expands on it so that'll be fun. Idk this song just stood out among the others which were also great but still I love this one. Great game

[@atdrawn]

Furi is great! I love that the storyline is deceivingly clear-cut, which is rare to find nowadays. It also has really great character designs that is just inspiring 👍👍

[@kakaroto2599]

I feel the same in Mirror's Edge

[@flintspike307]

The question he asked of "what are you gonna do now? Nod or shrug?" and the choices were 'Nod' and 'Shrug' fucking killed me, that was a hilarious little joke in a relatively serious ending, but it didn't feel out of place and try hard-y

[@inakilukac]

that feeling is called awe: "a feeling of great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise"

[@vanrock1985]

For me this was first Dragon Age

[@inkognitomode1365]

Since I never had the pleasure to play any Deus Ex game (because I suck extremely at stealth) and I was mainly too young when cyberpunk masterpieces like Deus Es, Bladerunner or AKIRA came out (going to be 21 soon December 30th.) RUINER was an absolute gem in terms of Cyberpunk media and I'm thankful I experienced this game.

[@SickTom]

Really ? Susumu Hirasawa in Ruiner ? Well that's cool.

[@mikoajwroblewski4366]

I feel the complete emptiness by listening to this

[@SpicyChickenGodAJ]

God I hope this'll be a good game.

[@LogicalLyricism]

It's great honestly. It's hard af on the highest difficulty, but I love it.

[@thebucketlegendary5663]

Spicy Chicken God it is a good game

[@WatchThatFast]

Game is amazing !!!!!!

[@Voider]

It's freaking awesome

[@WatchThatFast]

Straight from Poland dude!

[@BeyondTheGraveTakai]

*"If you survive this, meet me where heaven falls."*

[@tfwthatfeel9929]

Berserk fans I know you're here.

[@tallestlalafell2345]

It sounds like future music but it was first released slightly before the mid 90's

[@Synthwavu]

Bruh can’t believe this song was released around 1994. Way ahead of its time

[@gabrielsabba1448]

Babe, wake up. New contemplative song obsession just dropped

[@TheStruggler0]

HOLY FUCK LETS GO DUDE GIVE ME MORE

[@ohdahngboi_2237]

once you get a taste for hirasawa's music, you'll never be the same again

[@user-kumaneko]

まさか平沢進氏の曲が収録されてるとは思わなかった

[@lain3565]

ほんとですよね

[@provokingperch3825]

@@whiteoe というか日本語を習ったらどうですか

[@Hattuperno]

Idiot.

[@provokingperch3825]

@@Hattuperno 下品言葉を使うことは必要じゃないですよ

[@Hattuperno]

ごみん(´･ω･`)

[@neu-neu-neu]

還弦ver LIVE kzbin.info/www/bejne/omKufYWdabpma8k

[@LeiCal69]

Damn the lyrics are godly.

[@2day476]

作曲者の平沢進氏は、 「妄想代理人」 「映画 パプリカ」 「ベルセルク」 などの主題歌もてがけているアーティスト 最近新しくアルバムもリリースしたから是非聴いてみてくださいね

[@IgnazioMozzarella]

Damn, I've waited an entire year to listen to a high quality version of this... Then it turns out it's one of his older songs, after all. :D It's still the best upload quality that I've found.

[@IgnazioMozzarella]

Hirasawa's album alone should do the trick. The OST is good, but I've spent a fuckton of time with the game and this is the only track that won't ever be boring to me, no matter how many times I hear it.

[@Shantyenjoyer]

This song has btw. 4 different version. The first one would be the original on Hirasawa's album Aurora, the second version is on his Haldyn Dome project (good luck finding that, or buying it for ~250$) then there is the 3rd version on his album Hen-Gen-Ji-Zai and then there is this version ofc.

[@Shantyenjoyer]

Oh.. I didn't know that but thanks for the elucidation. haha

[@someoneelse8263]

Hirasawa is talking right to my feelings and that feels reallyyyy good !

[@AlterRektMLG]

DAILY REMINDER TO BUY RUINER

[@Danskii]

KILL BOSS

[@bebedor1985]

DON'T DO IT!

[@LucyDejima]

KEEL BAUS

[@thedude3065]

*wake up*

[@sageemerald7685]

GOOD PUPPY

[@johnnybravo5969]

Damn, would be so cool to listen this on spotify while playing in cyberpunk 2077

[@hntr_official]

I feel you. I played RUINER like 2 years before Cyberpunk 2077 came out and I absolutely enjoyed it. It really captures the cyberpunk genre well and the OST is amazing. An underrated gem

[@johnnybravo5969]

@@hntr_official yeah hidden gem it is, at least I am glad that some of ruiner gameplay can be spot in cyberpunk 2077

[@zentran2690]

There is nobody like Susumu Hirasawa... Such a unique sound...

[@Aion1os]

I think this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard in my life

[@GMOTP5738]

Loved that they played this song in the city. Brought a lot of atmosphere to the cyberpunk aesthetic in this game.

[@coenraed]

Shame, When I saw him in the credits I was hoping he'd write some new music. Still, good on them for using this

[@MirrorDepth]

Same. Maybe just one track, I thought.

[@PerkinsVR]

Cyberpunk 2077 wont have shit on this game

[@ukhio]

FROM MINUTE 9:49 SOUNDS LIKE BERSERK SOUNDTRACK

[@AirOne1333]

yes i thoug that too, when i heard it its the end game credit in RUINER i was like " wait i know this artist, is he the one making berserk OST ??"

[@ukhio]

I think it is the same composer

[@RebeccaPessoa]

Because is the same composer.

[@LookADistarction]

I just realized.This track reminds me of Berserk!

[@RebeccaPessoa]

LookADistarction It's the same composer.

[@Cerbberos]

It really does sound a lot alike doesn't it, especially the part towards the end. Kinda like Murder.

[@inika3]

WHAAAAAAAT SUSUMU HIRASAWA?!?!?!?!?!

[@Ultimate_Negi]

YEEEEEES SUSUMU HIRASAWA!!!!!!!!!!

[@shadowlynx4330]

Berserk vibes from this song.

[@ChainikVlad]

Last part of this song was used for Berserk track "Murder", actually many of "Aurora" tracks were reused in some way for Berserk in any shape or form.

[@Getdunkjam]

HAI YAAAAAAI FOOOOOORCES

[@theunforgivensoldier4137]

hoko that sounds kinda racist m8

[@lemanruss3309]

@@theunforgivensoldier4137 Its a refernce to Berserk

[@theunforgivensoldier4137]

@@lemanruss3309 ah good to know thanks for letting me know

[@GabryyLG]

Poggers

[@Getdunkjam]

@@theunforgivensoldier4137 damn sound like a huge bigot, making assumptions like that without basic understanding of culture surrounding the subject educate yourself before assuming things about others, bigot

[@atdrawn]

s-SUSUME HIRASAWA IN VIDEO GAMES!?? *instant like*

[@babyeater639]

he did a soundtrack for god eater i think, i actually don't know

[@AlterRektMLG]

DAILY REMINDER TO BUY RUINER

[@Luke5G]

Susumu Hirasawa one of the best I've ever heard, especially his Berserk music.

[@神崎みちる-n6x]

この虚無に近い音の連なり 人類の繰り返しを儚く奏でてくれるような 秀逸過ぎる

[@tnok5682]

さすがステルス😊

[@カナかな-b1m]

平沢進から知ってこのゲーム買った

[@Barbarossa97]

Real Cyperbunk. Not that colour-vomit zoomer nonsense

[@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292]

Yep agree

[@majorzero5204]

Wait wtf Hirasawa-san made the soundtrack for this???

[@norseca542]

no, only this song from his album Aurora was used, the OST was made by Zamilska

[@ZumaB]

I really want to start sharing this soundtrack. BUT. It's just too good to start sharing it, I don't want to ruin something this good for someone who hasn't experienced it yet. The song and the soundtrack in general is just that pristine and finely tuned. I know I'm not the only one who was awestruck when the 'shift in tone came in. I can't stop mimicking whatever he's saying. It's so fucking perfect. Thank you devolver and raik, you deserve the praise.

[@SoilderKrizer]

Just imagine how more trippy it would have been if celldweller or blue stahli helped with this album

[@山田太郎-s2y3p]

バナナマン設楽いるよね右上に

[@kaiyuanchen2107]

4:47 damn bruh the hiiiiiiiii really hits different in the game

[@Guilherme.18]

So this is the song they use in blackpills about looks lol

[@sebs-shenanigans]

*SPOILERS* Fun fact: The top comment on the video theorizing that the name could be an allusion of the word "Paramnesia" would genuinely fit the Story of Ruiner itself. As the protagonist, being a clone of a different man, literally suffers from implanted, I.e falsified memories. Fun fact x2: I actually listened to Ruiner's Ost perhaps years before actually getting around to play the game. I will not lie, this was one of the first songs that popped up in the ost video after Memories, and I got F L O O R E D, the song itself apart from being just downright beautiful was full of so much unique and surprising moments. Paranesian Cycle Sold the atmosphere of rengkok to me perfectly!

[@bananabear5653]

Why isn't this on Spotify :(

[@grv2045]

有一个下雨的午夜，我独自开着车穿梭在城市中，窗外有许多的红色霓虹警示灯，我点起了一根烟，然后迅速找到了这首歌开始播放。 我十分享受那个感觉，我好像打开了那扇island door，然后看到了过去的自己。

[@veyar9267]

Edi peepoLove

[@LordOfel]

The visuals were fucking awesome, the red light, the enviroment, the characters, the music. Just walking around the town made me feel so fucking immersed. Sry for my language, but I really liked that game even with it's fault's tbh

[@AqilDaiyan]

Get em Puppy

[@Haddley333]

This is so beautiful. Currently playing on game pass for pc but i should have bought this at launch.

[@Davidson640]

I love susumu and i think it's great games are featuring him, def gonna play this just for it, and the reviews seem good too

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

Not only do they use a Hirasawa soundtrack but also SHE has a pin on her collar with the Berserk Brand on it. You know that the devs are unfathomably based

[@BeyondTheGraveTakai]

This song and that tunnel scene.. this song just fits perfectly to that. In case someone doesn't know what i talk about: /watch?v=vACyWVkoC4Y

[@procraftinator]

waiting in a boat in Rengkok

[@CrazycruxGaming]

Does anybody know what a paranesian circle is? I couldn't find anything other than this song when I searched Google.

[@ritz5102]

In my opinion it is the circle formed by people holding hands around a flame when people perform spiritual rituals. Or it may refer to the circle of samsara, the law of causation, which is metaphorically suggested by that image.

[@CrazycruxGaming]

@@ritz5102 oh! Thank you! That completes the tone of this song 😁

[@kicosoto6731]

The very moment of The Eclipse in Berzerk.

[@Germania9]

Why isn't Hirasawa in more JRPGs? We're stuck with diabetic J-pop crap while playing JRPGs.

[@JeebleyJim]

Zedfinite try playing jrpgs that aren't compile heart games maybe?

[@Esirre]

100% agree, Hirasawa's music would be perfect for a serious, atmospheric JRPG.

[@1LERS1]

As it were stated, Hirasawa as a true artist, works not for a fame, or some money, but his art, so he does business only with those who he really wants, and does things as he wants. So if some game will deserve his help, he will undoubtedly help.

[@Esirre]

ah he must have had passion for this game then eh

[@G00st432]

he was vaguely interested enough to throw two tracks he can't sell directly, anyway, lol.

[@Knightedskull]

I'm just casually listening to various tracks of Susumu Hirasawa, as you do when you've been a fan for many years, and in the middle of work you just noticed it changed in tone and mix you never hear before and what the hell someone put one of the songs in a game?! Is this legit? I recently got the game but hadn't booted it up yet. I will lose my mind if it has this song in it.

[@isenhelldtheskunk1899]

Yes this song is very much in the game.

[@cloudparter]

It's in there but the lyrics are cut and it's just the ambient music in the hub city. It still suits the atmosphere of the city though.

[@kiyoigarashi]

Why is this music not in Apple Music?

[@Ret1r10n]

banger

[@halloweenlett9971]

I would die for a Ruiner Jrpg just so further generations would have it.

[@DrekkPlissken]

First time I heard it was during my very first time in Tokyo, in a store in Shibuya. It was just...transcendent🤤😌 So imagine my surprise and excitement when I heard it in Ruiner. Pure bliss.🙏

[@kevlonk]

Weirdly enough, the last part of this reminds me of a sped up, synthier version of Pruit Igoe by Philip Glass.

[@theradiomachete2364]

fffuck that gave me shivers at the end

[@TJONESY5254]

Go get em puppy!

[@suwa-turibto7181]

What's a beautiful song...

[@malukogamer1154]

If i was thinking if should I buy this game this is the answer

[@victornagel5]

We were never friends...