Ranking the Hollow Knight OST from Worst to Best

[@JustAWildSkullKid]

It is a good list. A fun fact about me is that I have listened to the entire OST before playing the game , and it was all a giant video on KZbin so I wasn't reading the titles. Now I did play the game and here's some of my favorites: - The Grimm Troupe: I like this one a lot. The first time I heard it on that video I thought "alright, this has been classical music so far and whoever is bringing drums in here is going to be very cool, OH MY GOD IS THAT A GUITAR?!". I wasn't wrong. I like this one more than NKG because this feels like, it's supposed to feel like, more of a dance, a showcase, while the other track is just pure madness (and for good reasons; no bows, no ceremonies, here's the name of the boos, good luck). That's a bit too intense for me, I like the other one better because it has more of a progression. - Dream Battle: it is a bit of a bummer that the only warrior who makes me feel like I'm literally fighting for my life is Markoth, but this track gives me absolute chills. It is intense but not too intense. It makes me feel braver rather than intimidated, like NKG does. - Pure Vessel: you're fighting the cursed Prince of Hallownest when they still were a prince, what were you expecting? This track is majestic to say the least. And the fact that I even managed to beat them more than once makes me feel very good. - White Palace: it's peaceful, but if you ignore the buzzsaws you can also feel the sense of regret and sadness that the king feels. - Sealed Vessel: you know, there are a lot of instances where you have to fight a mindless, corrupted creature, and you do that with ease, because in your head there's nothing left of them. You have fun even, because you're aware that what they once were is long gone. But what if halfway you realize that not all of it was gone? And you see that they too want to end themselves, end the threat that they represent, even if that means dying? What do you do then? Do you ignore it and go on as if nothing ever happened? I don't think so. But you have to. You can't let them live, you can't save them either (not in that context at least), yet you don't want to kill them. Then even realization just turns into pity because that Vessel can't even stand anymore, so you end up killing them out of mercy. Sealed Vessel is it's soundtrack. - Soul Sanctum: this might be my favorite. It has nothing to do with the game, I just find it otherworldly and it's one of my favorite songs in general.

[@Sevorion]

I agree with pretty much all your reasoning, nice picks!

[@sam4p801]

yeah soul sanctum is TOO low on Sevorion's list, it might be one of my favourites too

[@gdlifesteal5824]

@@sam4p801 hes not even considering Soul Master, which is technically part of the Soul Sanctum OST. imo one of the best boss themes in the game

[@popeyeschickennuggets7112]

@@sam4p801 hear me out... I would rather NOT remember all the pain and terror of the soul sanctum thank you very much

[@pandanarian7625]

9h comeon, you don't want pure madness? Really?

[@SpadeOfAces55]

"Silksong looming around the corner" - A video posted over a year ago

[@Jan_with_coockies]

Didn't even notice that

[@NvianJ009]

Upon hearing that I immediately laughed

[@Artem.Dobretskiy]

he doesnt even know

[@roxas5071]

big ass room that corner must have been in

[@Lorenzo-py8pt]

​@@NvianJ009 I cryed instead

[@jakeguillot6246]

When the lowest ranked song is still A tier, you know it’s a good soundtrack

[@jamesrumer7935]

Correction you said good but it is absolutely incredible

[@jamesrumer7935]

Correction you said good but it is absolutely incredible

[@SolarisTheDis4]

​@@jamesrumer7935 *a-absolutely?......*

[@redflash1681]

​@@SolarisTheDis4 *ptsd thousand yard stare*

[@CosmicSpacee]

@@SolarisTheDis4…r-radiance??

[@matthewanderson7824]

This just makes me want to replay hollowknight

[@lourdeslopez7541]

This made me replay hollow knight

[@nanashi7779]

Same

[@Noob_Clan713]

Same

[@tyu4707]

you should

[@Betheno]

do it

[@Soulkinthehuman]

Team Cherry: The game is already pretty good, you don't need to go crazy with the soundtrack. Christopher Larkin:

[@vxtallytwister3833]

Christopher Larkin: No I must

[@TheMarkoSeke]

_starts hovering and his eyes glow white_

[@k4rli_475]

the music got me into hollow knight!

[@kwad9145]

*Beethoven on flaming piano*

[@Ascended55]

No one would say that

[@MateyMusic]

Reflection is literally my number 1 lol, I just feel like it perfectly captures the whole feeling of the game.

[@shambles-q5o]

same, it's in my top 5 and so is Dirtmouth

[@edvinloner8458]

Same

[@rustnepoteter]

Same, its my number 3 place

[@dummy5218]

reflection makes me feel nostalgic and sad over something I have't even experienced

[@kleebaggins]

One of my top track tracks too

[@ErPaniX]

Pale Court is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good man Great video! Really like the analysis you give to each song, really adds depth to the video. Personally, my favorite is Sealed Vessel. Fucking cried with that. Other than that, I agree almost completely with your list. Can't wait for Silksong (copium)

[@edwon1]

They used bonebottom (silksong) for the outro

[@sleeper6548]

It was so epic to reach THAT area and hear pale court start playing, truly one of the moment

[@RobinsMusic]

never have i listened to that without getting so many goosebumps

[@NocturnalAegis]

"With silksong looming around the corner"

[@cosmix1829]

😭

[@joehambres5]

😔

[@ShiroiYomu]

Soon our lives will be fulfilled... i hope...

[@dataexpunged4784]

No game to play No news to read No release date to save

[@joshgamer1012]

Looming because hornet has a needle

[@QuackersMcCrackers]

Honestly, the one bad thing about a list like this is that any song is at the bottom of the list.

[@Snyper077]

Every single song I'm like: "How can you rank it that low? It's so good!" and then repeat.

[@pixelpython7567]

I find Queen's Gardens to be one of my top songs, because it combines elements of my two other favorites (for areas), Greenpath and City of Tears. It has that mysterious, beautiful feel that CoT gives, while also having the liveliness that Greenpath brings, because it really is just the Queen's Greenpath

[@dilokokalari7829]

I hope I wasn't the only one that was singing along for the entire video to see how well I remembered each song. Turns out, really well, I managed to keep up with all 40 of them, which probably means I've played this game way too much

[@Sevorion]

It's just such a good soundtrack!

[@MrWol]

Tf does too much hollow knight mean lol

[@dilokokalari7829]

@Mr. wol it means beating all pantheons with all bindings. I have 800 hours on steam of hollow knight

[@MrWol]

@@dilokokalari7829 i must say. I stand corrected

[@dilokokalari7829]

@ikerrad2804 yes, even P5

[@Alex-qr8nw]

"With Silksong looming around the corner" It's still looming, friends

[@chuckles2364]

This is genuinely one of the best ranking videos I've ever seen. You're respectful, you reassure, you explain, but most importantly you don't make a video about opinions feel like a "factual list". A lot of ranking videos will have "if you don't like my opinion, than that's fine" which is fair, I don't think I've ever felt genuine anger over something like that. What happens instead is the considerably large amount of jokes targeted towards swaying your opinion, "If you don't like x then what are ya even doing man" is the only example I can remember clearly enough to put into words. Anyways, these comments are littered throughout so many videos, and eventually they leak into the sub-concious, and I'll find myself genuinely NOT enjoying things on the list, that or feeling bad about myself. It's really hard to speak up about this stuff because clearly sarcastic remarks are just jokes, which comes with the expectation that no actual negativity can come from anywhere but you yourself being too sensitive. So yeah this is a good video. I can't say with certainty that it didn't have any of the negative points I mentioned, but if it did then it was to an extent to where I didn't notice. I felt like I was sitting down discussing my favorite things with a friend, it was quite nice.

[@Sevorion]

I really appreciate that. Thanks for such an in-depth comment :)

[@luiseitor5]

Thank you for giving Pale Court the credit that it deserves even though it's not in the actual game. It's just sooo beautiful and beautifully played... I'm really looking forward to listening to Siksong soundtrack when...oh... someday

[@edwon1]

I see you used bonebottom for the outro

[@Sevorion]

and Lace for the intro!

[@edwon1]

@@Sevorion I didn't even notice that one...

[@QuickBread]

Queens gardens is so low 😔

[@Sevorion]

I can't have every single song at the top unfortunately 😔

[@QuickBread]

@@Sevorion 😔

[@-.---.-..]

Queens gardens is soooo good 😔

[@flamingpaxtsc]

My favorite tracks: •Dirtmouth - it’s so calming and peaceful. It will always be my favorite. •The Grimm Troupe + Nightmare King - hey do you know that one song by Man on the Internet? Yeah, it makes these great. •Hollow Knight - It’s so iconic to me that it has to be one of the best •Dung Defender - Ogrim is a great character and his song is that too.

[@Wheel-chair-]

Extremely agreeable, good job👍

[@lordmax-2002]

Silksong looming around the corner lmfaoo

[@reformedorthodoxmunmanquara]

2:48 Woah what happened here?

[@clementmariette7059]

Colo 2 Zote

[@Th30597]

Yeah for real

[@WyvrnOnYT]

The orchestration of City of Tears is absolutely beautiful. You could probably say that about every track in the game though.

[@elliottmanning9376]

Hi wyvrn

[@PlatiniumKnightmair]

the whole soutrack really adds another layer of depth to the emotional roller-coaster that is this game

[@starwarsbunker]

I’m sorry but this list is invalid when dirtmouth and green path aren’t even in top ten.

[@pyryzer5324]

I hear "I'm trying to hit 10k subscribers" I check the subscribe count: 9.99k I subscribe and refresh the page: 10k subscribers I might be your exact 10000th subscriber, congrats man

[@typhoonboom]

they did tweet out about 2 minutes ago they have hit it neat that you got the cool number

[@Sevorion]

Thank you so much! that's pretty cool that you got the final number

[@comradefourth]

my list is very different

[@cripterix2167]

Resting Grounds, for me, deserves to be at least into top 10, it's one of my favorites

[@RipVanWinkle13]

The only area music in my top ten is White Palace ngl I like fight themes more

[@nightmareguy9051]

Bro 3 defeated saves on steel heart, are you ok? Do you need some therapy?

[@Sevorion]

You're the first person to notice that lmao. I got my therapy by speedrunning steel soul and beating it for the first time at a really fast pace, so I'm all good now 🫡

[@chalco5349]

my unpopular opinion is that nkg's theme, while still being a good song is one that seems less proffessional than others in the game. Don´t get me wrong, it goes hard, but you can tell Christopher has far more experience with more classical music

[@Pedro-ss2qr]

The fact that Reflection is at #39 and it's still a tier list that´s not controversial tells everything you need to know about this OST

[@perriwinkleiii5361]

The crescendo at the start of Sealed Vessel might be one of the greatest moments in video game music. Unbelievably monumental. That said, while it is probably in my top 5, I have like 10 songs in my top 5. Have to shout out Crystal Peak, Godhome, Pale Court, White Palace, Resting Grounds, The Grimm Troupe, and Enter Hallownest as some of my all-time faves. Excellent list!

[@kingsoul_]

"I know that setting my goal to be before silksong comes out is most likely giving myself infnite time" that is just sad but I have hope :)

[@Sevorion]

It is a bit sad, but fortunately it was just for the joke. I actually have pretty good reason to think it'll be released within the next few months! Might make a short about that soon.

[@kingsoul_]

@@Sevorion will be waiting for it 🙏

[@dropfish3109]

@@Sevorion...

[@aikologic]

You keep saying "for a song from an indie game" like indie games don't usually have the best music.

[@Ntximip]

Honestly, pale court just feels like it's telling the story of Hallownest to you and that's probably why it's my number 1 Love the video btw ❤️

[@Sevorion]

thanks!

[@bubblebrain_]

alternative name- why I have a crush on Christopher larkin

[@arthi7121]

i became kinda sad that Soul Sanctum is so low on the list, it's one of my favorite osts!

[@SirPogsalotCreates]

pure vessel is my favorite boss all around. he has amazing, fun, well-telegraphed attacks that perfectly complement his infected form and just the aesthetic of the arena makes the fight feel so climactic. combine that with the fact that he just looks freaking awesome and there you go

[@fireballq2]

Honestly Decisive Battle is in my top 5, I love how most of the notes sound like they'd be off-key, but it just sounds amazing and unique instead

[@Leonardo-mg9le]

I was mad before i remembered there are no bad musics in the game

[@Candle_eater7685]

Your opinions are wrong.

[@boxo78]

reflection is #39? what?

[@Sevorion]

yeah I've already rethought the list a lot since making this video, but there are just so many good songs!

[@EPMTUNES]

I disagree with you on almost everything, but I still enjoyed this video. Very well made!

[@BobHK69]

Noo the old thumbnail was perfect😭

[@Sevorion]

I'm messing around with different things haha, the click-through rate on this video hasn't been great so I'm just trying to help it do the best it can!

[@BobHK69]

@@Sevorion I can totally understand , i make hollow knight videos too

[@r7ne]

finally someone apprecciates nosk's theme without putting it at a low tier for being creepy. deepnest regular ost is S tier for me. even if it is creepy, ambience is really hard to make and i love trance like bg noise as tracks, especially if the theme of creepiness is executed so well.

[@Th30597]

2:12 bro no way the white lady song is one of the best 😭😭

[@layordz5158]

All of these songs are unbelievably good, the lowest one is an A tier, the second is an S tier, so they’re all amazing

[@Sheepybearry]

my favorite songs are hornet, sisters of battle, hollow knight, kingdoms edge, and white defender

[@lethal_vessel]

Watching this video made me crave the HK soundtrack. I'm googling it right now. Thank you for reigniting my love for this masterpiece

[@GGGamesXDlol]

crystal peak has rythm that sounds like undertale ost- undertale sometimes

[@mintokling5]

i would say: number 3 is dirtmouth number 2 is mantis lords number 1 is pure vessel

[@tylerbowdoin372]

Bro forgot Soul Tyrant… That’s my favorite song in the soundtrack.

[@dafjwelkfajklefjkla3662]

I would put Soul Sanctum higher just because of the boss theme in the second half

[@Sevorion]

Yeah I honestly forgot to take that into consideration, I probably would have put it higher too lmao. Oh well

[@PkorniBoi]

Hearing Reflection was the first time I really felt something about that game, and Dream is one of my favorites, sometimes I listen to it before going to sleep haha. But it’s hard Ranking those, it’s impossible to agree with everyone

[@ninetailedkat_.2713]

For me my top 10 is 1. NKG 2. Sisters of battle 3. Sealed Vessel 4. Broken Vessel 5. Hornet 6. City of Tears 7. Mantis Lords 8. Nosk (please don’t blast me for this...) 9. Gods & Glory 10. Pure Vessel Honorable Mentions: Dung Defender, Dream Battle, & False Knight

[@ninetailedkat_.2713]

Oh yeah and normal Grimm too for honorable mentions I’m still debating whether that would be my 10 or 11...

[@doflamingo-l7e]

The area... the bodys falling from the coliseum...💀 -sevorion

[@driftking3344]

Sir, I say this with respect. YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR MIND PUTTING WHITE PALACE ABOVE DUNG DEFENDER Love what u do, keep it up.

[@Lucasth36r3at]

In my opinion this is my list except I would have 2 swaps first hornet and daughter of hallownest not a big swap but I prefer doh over the original and secend hive knight and white palace I love hive knight a lot more then it and the others that come before it

[@fabian6629]

Ufff silksong looming around the corner😅😅

[@scarthoroverlord4521]

in my humble opinion dirtmouth should be waaaaayyyy higher, but i get it, its hard to rank songs when all of them are so good

[@Candle_eater7685]

HAHA HE SAID SKONG AROUND THE CORNER!!! 1 year later...

[@azurelightzz]

i didnt even hear any theme when i fought mantis lords- ( i like how he said white palace was peaceful lmao, i couldnt even feel peace at all, all i heard were just buzzsaws istg- )

[@josemariaruiz1879]

20:40 that is a Magolor Move!

[@samzy5844]

onion i approve of ur vid :)

[@alpos959]

I disagree with this list a lot but I think it's because I like the slower songs more. You know, for example the main menu theme, Path of Pain (Sealed Vessel 2nd part) and Resting Grounds hit hard since they are really emotional and melancholy songs. That's why they are at the top on my list. The story of Hollow Knight is really sad and these songs picture it well. They take the cake on my end since the more intense songs don't have a big impact on me. Guess I just like sad songs...

[@Soul_evacuated_Ian]

The fact that the songs are so good makes it more of personal preference than actually comparing how good the music is (technically art isn’t subjective but…)

[@Thecyanballoon.]

Bro try to hit 10 000 sub before silksong but we all know that he will atleast get 100 000 sub cause silksong will never come out

[@tuca9457]

Why is this the hollow knight ranking I agree the least with?? Not the boss or charm ranking, no, not even the bench ranking or grass ranking, why this one??

[@AndroidHarris]

Resting grounds is in my top 3. It's the only song in game that gave me pause and I went back only to listen to it.

[@mattm7802]

I disagree with almost everything and this list makes me so angry haha. Wdym theres nothing much going on in reflection? What is your zoomer tiktok attention span, when a song isnt very dramatic and doesnt feature a strong beat drums sounds effects its boring? man wtf. no offence tho i liked the video and hope to see more from you but i think you are very very wrong

[@avivgardy590]

Puting dirtmouth that low is criminal

[@e-duh3529]

Putting greenpath right below crystal mid is a war crime

[@brogangoogerstaff]

Honestly, your list pretty much matches mine except I would put White Lady and Enter Hallownest higher (My favorite song is still Hive Knight though).

[@ja-nozreaper5865]

I love discorted version Gods and Glory, that playes when you fight my favourite boss. Whats my favourite boss? Colletor.

[@theunpopularcuber9554]

Most of my favorites have a common theme of becoming much better in the second half: normal grimm, soul sanctum, and crystal peak to name a few

[@samuelstuart3856]

The song hollow knight that plays on the title screen is my favorite. It just has so much melancholy and expresses the tragedy of the game to me so well. Sometimes I go onto my PlayStation just to let it fill the house while I sit there basking in it and the memories it has

[@METro_KJ]

At the start of the video I was furious that you would put Reflection at 39. By the end of the video I understood the challenge more properly. Really the only song that I would move up dramatically is Hive Knight. But there really is only one option for the top spot.

[@roarytheromanarcanine]

The only ones I truly disagree with is reflection and Nosk. I’d never listen to Nosk willingly on a playlist and skip it if it comes up, and reflection is the song I use to curb anxiety, so it would be way higher.

[@MemerChuZ]

I love how you included Pale Court even though it's not in the game (It's also my favorite)

[@alvossozaandronito6]

me watching this video be like number 40 - No one this song is down here its so fucking good 39 - yo this is fire why is it down on 39 38 - omg this one is perfect and so on seriously this soundtrack is perfect in all ways

[@jackalfire6797]

OK I just started watching and I just want to say if sisters of battle isn't top 10 minimum! Ima be a lil sad but still like the video because it's a good video👍

[@beanburrito4405]

Good list! I agree with a lot of your rankings and the ones I disagree with were inevitable. My only “issue” was a small pet peeve in that you kept calling them songs when they aren’t songs but music tracks, because songs have lyrics and these don’t. But I’m a pedant so ignore me lol

[@Sevorion]

my bad haha

[@beanburrito4405]

@@Sevorion you did no bad, dont worry about it at all lol. I just have a few dumb pet peeves and I’m probably the only one

[@milanalic]

Great video man! I really liked your explanations on why you liked certain tracks, but i don’t agree with a single one of your placements

[@jerrbear5958]

Im surprised no ones mentioned that divisive battle is inspired by the track of the same name in Neon Genesis Evangelion, they sound so similar!

[@etienne275]

Great ranking, don’t have much to disagree on at all! I might swap sealed vessel with NKG, because it’s so emotional, but that’s it really.

[@CLUMSY101]

Hollow Knight soundtrack in Pale shell. Worst??? NONE BEST??? ALL OF THEM

[@jacksonrocks4259]

I’m so mixed about reflection bc I’ve heard it sooooo much that I’m sick of it. So idk if that makes it last or first but it’s iconic

[@MadnessLord]

"With Silksong around the corner" oh how delusional we were 😭

[@genio2509]

I actually really agreed with this list, just three songs I would place higher, False Knight, Truth Beauty and Hatred and Radiance, with the last one being in the top 5. Also finally someone who places Nightmare King #1 🟥 And I think Haunted Foes shouldn't replace Grimm Troupe and Nightmare King specially. Nice video.

[@genio2509]

Forgot to mention, Nightmare King is my favorite song of al time.

[@alfongee7406]

This vid made me add like 10 hk songs to my playlist thank you lol

[@lixten7322]

I don't think I had chills this many times watching a video till now

[@Qumush]

honestly

[@IremKarabag]

Sealed Vessel is like dream and nightmare together at the same time

[@murky3583]

Nightmare Lantern (Interlude) is my personal favorite song from HK

[@aggelosfykas609]

Grimm's theme is so hype, it reminds me of Castlevania

[@rabbit7261]

8:52 bro's reading my shopping list

[@tom.wilkinson1]

How dare you have opinions on the internet you put reflection in 39th this makes me angry

[@timofeyboyarskikh130]

My number one is White palace, then Sealed vessel, then NKG, then Pure vessel and top 5 is truth, beauty & hatred

[@RipVanWinkle13]

Your taste is kinda like mine, love it

[@טוםבנו]

my favorite is sisters of battle than nkg and 3rd is mantis lords, I like the hype

[@whatever2045]

Take a shot anytime he says "song" when referring to a purely instrumental track

[@Daniiis00]

I was waiting the whole video for the song Sealed Vessel (Birthplace)

[@5gonza541]

To each one I was like how dare you put it so low! They are all sooo good!

[@merp7174]

BRO SAMEEEEE, the nightmare king grimm song is my top favorite song

[@joshuasgameplays9850]

"Silksong looming around the corner" - 🤡

[@Qumush]

idk why but kingdoms edge theme makes me think of lego batman 2