Soul Reaver 2 Soundtrack - Ariel's Lament [Soul Reaver 2 Theme]

Musical theme composed by Jim Hedges and Kurt Harland for the video game "Legacy Of Kain - Soul Reaver 2".
Thème musical composé par Jim Hedges and Kurt Harland pour le jeu vidéo "Legacy Of Kain - Soul Reaver 2".
Source audio : PCM 2.0 44,1 kHz 16 bits 1411,2 kbps

[@WolvenCraft]

Lyrics for fellow citizens of Nosgoth: Kain refused the sacrifice. What are you, little soul? Locked in eternal limbo... Be wary, Raziel... Those blind with rage are by destiny ensnared. Kain refused the sacrifice. You know that this is true. May you find peace here, Raziel. Kain refused the sacrifice. Locked in eternal limbo... Locked in eternal limbo...

[@seekerofnothingness]

Thank you

[@CurtisLittlechild92]

I thought she said 'locked in a time limbo'

[@CyberWarezz05]

As a kid, I thought she said"Locked in a tiny limbo"😂

[@we-must-live]

@@CyberWarezz05 locked in a lil' ol lambo!

[@Sphagnum-Moss]

for some reason I always heard, "locked in eternal emperor" which I knew was definitely NOT what she was saying. So thanks for finally clearing this up for me! haha

[@sparrowsanzo]

“You nearly had me, Raziel. But this is not where, or how, it ends. Fate promises more twists before this Drama unfolds…..completely.”

[@Mandred85]

Sadly it never did.

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

@@Mandred85 Holy cow. You responded to a 2 year old comment, bro. Also why did you say it didn't? Ofc it did.

[@sparrowsanzo]

@@nocturnaljoe9543 And I’m back responding two years later as well. This goes to show you the fanbase is still devoted.

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

@@sparrowsanzo *Whattah....!* I am.... crushed... Edit: You are worthy.

[@donotevenbegintocare]

Fun fact, the voice of Ariel is Skyler White from Breaking Bad. Yep, that's Anna Gunn putting on an attempt at a British accent

[@coppergage8357]

This series is SO underrated.

[@BookofGates]

Blood Omen 1 was amazing if you like old games. Most people say Soul Reaver

[@paulvarus859]

Being underrated means it's rarely known, which makes it a diamond.

[@HarzerI]

@@BookofGates i love Legacy of Kain as a whole

[@Mandred85]

was actually pretty big in its days

[@vendarian7818]

"History... abhores... a paradox"

[@zion6680]

The fact Kurt Harland improved this mix so much and fixed the notation from a Megadrive game he composed for to make this piece of perfection, which is so awesome to me. It's from a game called Nightmare Circus apparently, and man it's pretty ironic I always felt Ariel's Lament was like an orchestral performance that was being performed before the puppet show to get you pumped lol

[@gemini-shadow4284]

It's a poignant point you make, as all of Nosgoth save one, are puppets of Fate.

[@HarzerI]

Thanks, the Nightmare Circus Soundtrack is awesome 👍🏼

[@Lbmaniak]

I love this track. Pure darkness.

[@legacyofvrak]

2:36 that chorus in the background gives me goosebumps everytime

[@HarzerI]

[@MaskedGuyCh]

I would love to see Soul Reaver 1 & 2 being remade into one game with modern graphics

[@VaeVictis96]

Well, it looks like that might be happening soon

[@maurotruscello1065]

I will always remember the first time i opened this game. It was a hot fucking summer day. Everything changed at 0:00. The ghastly voice of Ariel and the dark sounds started. It was so special, i remember i couldn't actually begin the game, 'cause I stared the Sarafan's stronghold right beyond the options menu while the song kept on sounding and scalating to an amazing climax at 1:19. Man, that was so... good. When it comes to lore and narrative, i guess SR2 is the best of all the entire saga. It's a huge puzzle that, still to this day, i'm trying to decipher...

[@Lean-vn7kv]

SR1 se rie de tu comentario

[@maurotruscello1065]

@@Lean-vn7kv Ni ahi. SR1 es una obra maestra, pero no le ata ni los zapatos al SR2 en lo que a historia y narrativa respecta. Es basicamente una historia de venganza similar a la de Berserk, en sí no hace mas que introducir a la historia. Después lo que es gameplay, ambientación, música, etc. te lo discuto, son cosas aparte.

[@Voradorek84]

Ayyup. As much as I adore Sr1 for amazing and innovative gameplay mechanics, using lack of engine power as story element (smoke), its a game without any load screens and its overall a masterpiece of its era, but just like you said, when I come back lok, its always SR2 for its amazing and convoluted story.

[@edsonestebannovoadiaz4642]

I'm really happy that it may be a chance to go back to nosgoth since crystal dynamics is interested in bring it back

[@RICARDOZXD1]

@@maurotruscello1065 exacto, soul reaver 1 es muy bueno, pero es la que pone los cimientos a la historia bien bien, soul reaver 2 es cuando se desarrolla toda la locura de trama, paradojas, destinos y demás

[@ChrisTownsend98]

"I saw the horror in Kain's eyes, as we pushed history too far." Kain: Raziel, Janos must stay dead. "His words fell on deaf ears as I was transported into the Spectral Realm my physical form too weak to for the physical world. There waiting for me was my symbiotic weapon. I realized I can never escape my terrible destiny, I merely postponed it. History abhors a paradox."

[@xxLegitIronIngotxx]

Nostalgia...

[@uncanalsinsentido2766]

Entrando al chat*

[@AlastorGalamoth]

Nosgoth*

[@monkeyman767]

I love Ozar Midrashim so so damn much, but to me, this is the theme that sticks out for me the most, SR2 was the first one I played and I immediately fell in love

[@kizurura]

Ozar Midrashim is very iconic, but Ariel's Lament sounds emotional.

[@robarans4866]

Ariel brought Kane a bag of white rice, but he rejected it, because he had specifically requested jasmine... "Kane refused the sack of rice..."

[@VintageGameRoom]

Wtf hahahah

[@nskVideos]

ok, so noodles? will noodles do?

[@gonzaloNMF]

ROFL!

[@sirVhailor]

cracked me up

[@thegamingprozone1941]

Kain:I am not hungry

[@fuglegock1127]

"Kain refused the fashion advice. You know this is true..."

[@Mandred85]

"May you find and please him, Raziel!"

[@TheFounderUtopia]

Fear.... THE TUBE.

[@kairosprods]

Outright the best soundtrack i've ever heard.

[@hypan0vaULTRA]

It's like a mix of classical from around the 16th century infused with industrial. Elizabethandustrial. It's dark as all fuck. And it's fucking amazing.

[@Death_Korps_Officer]

Steampunk is the word you're looking for.

[@hypan0vaULTRA]

@@Death_Korps_Officer it's not steampunk. steampunk implies that everything is powered by steam. This is set way before that was ever a thing. Blood Omen 2 is steampunk. Nothing in SR2 is steam-powered, therefore steampunk would be incorrect. Hence me making up a random term that fits better. Also, steampunk is not a musical genre. It's an aesthetic.

[@zion6680]

Holy shet, I Think you just made a genre of music I wanna listen to lol.

[@hypan0vaULTRA]

@@zion6680 I wish I could take credit for that but it's what Emilie Autumn's music is. It's industrial with a harpsichord.

[@KrikIDDQD]

It's actually just a vanilla Freestyle (Electro-funk with R&B structure and vocal) on dark orchestral tracks, lol. Quite traditional music for Harland. For comparison, you can listen to InSoc's "Running" and "Think."

[@internalreality]

i`m literally gonna cry

[@wareforcoin5780]

Ariel is an underrated character.

[@SkillBasedGamer]

She a ho.

[@diegomayz8503]

She was a moron. Dumbass woman thought that trusting Kain to sacrifice himself was a good idea, and refused to acknowledge that she was being played like a fiddle.

[@CyberWarezz05]

As a kid, I always thought she said"Locked in a tiny limbo"

[@ryanninjutsu]

LOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLL

[@artemisarrow179]

Legacy of Kain is timeless

[@blueshadow3794]

One of the best stories I ever experienced!

[@PorToGeN1792]

Most epic soundtrack even after all these years!

[@DAREDAWGJAY]

Right when it starts I got the chills

[@erice.9514]

2021 and the hair on my arm still rises like the first time I heard the Song.

[@ericocccams5865]

this year marks the 20th anniversary.

[@maotti88]

I love this music! :)

[@Dhaos620]

You nearly had me raziel. But this is not how or WHEN this drama unfolds

[@sirVhailor]

...completely

[@deadlyerick2692]

Como fue que pasamos de esta legendaria época a la época de Fortnite y Free Fire??

[@qawsedrftg375]

no seas estupido, claramente no todos los videojuegos son para todo el publico. la razon por la que fornite es tan grande es por su publico infantil y no tiene nada de malo. pero ya pasaba tambien en todas las epocas, antes estaba soul reaver pero habia mas gente jugando mario y tomb raider. ahora es lo mismo, hay mucha gente jugando minecraft y fornite pero tambien esta Dark souls y Hellblade. no se puede comparar porque son juegos tan diferentes que ni en el publico al que van dirigidos se parecen. lo que dices pasaba antes y pasa hoy.

[@ghostchaser1631]

Kain: "We all play out the roles that fate has written for us. Free will is an illusion." Me: I beg to differ with that, Fang Face.

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

Face it, this is the theme of the whole dang series

[@zedre7633]

Puffy the Destroyer Agreed. Ozar Midrashim is iconic, but it's more about Raziel, while Kain is the true protagonist of the whole story.

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

And the theme / boss theme of blood omen 2 is more or less Kain's personal theme song (which defiance solidifies). this, is the series theme i feel

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

like even though this theme originated from soul reaver 2, i feel it's truely the one you can play over a montage of all games in the series, including the original blood omen

[@Element8e4]

Ozar Midrashim 1.1 has to be the series theme for sure!

[@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg]

@@zedre7633 Ozar Midrashim is SR1, Ariel’s Lament is SR2 and both are strictly about Raziel. So no, Kain is not any true protagonist. Raziel is. Kain’s theme from BO2 is quite irrelevant.

[@malik479]

WE NEED THIS IN PC VR

[@BrotherOfCaos]

Where is the last chapter?? WHY??

[@Tayvin4042]

Is there really no instrumental version of this? Cause this music is amazingly good and I'd love to have it on constantly but Ariel's frequent lines make that practically impossible for me.

[@TheConstantOne]

Tfw Kain refuses the sacrifice

[@johnnybegood5871]

Its no about revenge...its not about destiny....its all about who you really are....

[@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg]

rethorical nonesense

[@we-must-live]

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg "Your fatalism is tiring, Jean-Baptiste"

[@sabrinamanni9342]

Bel lamento..

[@quellochepensaprimadiparla6101]

Ma cosa dice esattamente?

[@nachomanrandy]

Wait, I'm confused, so Kain knew The Hylden were setting him up?

[@roxterat]

Setting up who? In what part?

[@TheKain202]

No, when he damned the land and rejected the sacrifice, He was simply fucking done with everything. it's much later - several centuries later that he started dicking around with the Chronoplast that he realized that SOMEONE fucked around with his destiny. But even then he didn't know WHO or WHAT it was, until the SR2 Paradox when he learned of Hylden's involvement and later in Defiance, when he learned that Elder God is a thing and puppeteered everything from behind the scenes.

[@TungstenViper]

He understood that the Hylden were counting on him saving Raziel because he is the one to resurrect Janos. Kain had new memories from the events of Blood Omen 2. That's why he tries to warn Raziel not to revive him just before he drifts to the spectral realm.

[@adnaanu]

At the end of Blood Omen Kain had a dilemma. As a corrupted pillar guardian he had to sacrifice him self to purify the pillars of Nosgoth. But as he was the last vampire, killing himself would mean the end of the species. He chose to live and rule Nosgoth as a corrupted guardian. He later learnt that no matter his choice the game was rigged : if he sacrificed himself the Hylden would have finally gotten rid of their ancient vampire enemies and would have had little resistance coming back to Nosgoth.

[@SamuelBlack84]

If I was given the same choice that Kain was given I would most definitely choose the same one he did

[@gianfranco1176]

2019

[@destroyscenefags]

21

[@Haxteal]

2022

[@maruocg09742]

style of music?

[@BrickMasterMax]

I would say industrial.

[@Tanno_Buchino]

It's called Epic music with orchestra.

[@hypan0vaULTRA]

It's like a mix of classical from around the 16th century infused with industrial. Elizabethandustrial

[@cormoranuud]

style of music: Kurt Harland

[@LucielZ1]

epic videogame music...... EVM

[@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg]

Blue thumb up if you believe Raziel is the Dark Templar Zeratul transferred to Nosgoth after his death in SC2.

[@mohamine9540]

this would make a great live action adaptaion starring nxt aleister black (maybe)

[@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg]

not

[@darkkaiX]

Yes but as who?

[@andrewbrigmond8784]

Boy, movie Raziel would look SCARY! Though, not as scary as movie Melchiah would look.