Left 4 Dead - Menu Theme
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Left 4 Dead Original PC Main Menu Background Video and Theme Music "Left for Death"
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Game info:
Release : 2008
Genre: First-person shooter
Platforma: PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One (backward compatibility), OS X
Developer: Valve South
Publisher: Valve Corporation
L4D1 soundtrack by Mike Morasky
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I love this theme it feels like a lost of hope how everything is lost and how CEDA failed and the military failed.
exactly
I loved the darker theme of the first game, the music was great.
Yeah the reason why they failed because they underestimate the greenflu
@@blizzardfog9501 imagine if they encountered a horde of tanks lol
L4D2 made this series into a joke......
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Left 4 Dead's themes are the saddest themes I've heard in my entire life
But gameplay is not
The theme for the second game has more of a "badass" feel to it
Not Komi-san which is unfortunate. The original game really set the tone with its music and audio design, showing a hopeless landscape where the survivors have really been “left for dead”.
@@CaptainBonar Yeah.
@@shoebillthx6129 but The sacrifice map is bill died
It's sad to hear this after reading the Sacrifice comic, because you know that the infected you shoot, feel pain, they're not mindless, they retain a little bit of their personality.
I don't really know if they feel,you kinda chop and shoot them and they never stop trying to kill you
@@theodorvalentinghita1779 They do because well they're still alive
@@theodorvalentinghita1779 In the L4D1 comics is explained that every infected are just sick normal people (sometimes heavily mutated) they can think and they're still their old selves inside, just very delusional and filled with rage to the point in which they just ""ignore"" the pain (even if they're still going on they do scream in pain). They see everyone who ISN'T infected as horrible creatures, that's why they attack you, they see you as their enemy and due to the rabies-like sickness the green flu is, instead of being scared sh*tless of the survivors they want to kill them.
TL;DR: Basically they're all normal human beings trapped inside furious meat suits, their only desire is to kill survivors and sometimes even each other, incapable of any kind of reasonable thinking.
@@taco8077 They are reduced to primitive lifestyle
"this is sad"
also the infected when they're shot:
*GORBLOLLOLLOL*
I feel bad for the infected in the main menu themes becuase they are just wondering around like lost souls
same man its also sad and depressing
Now I'll never look at this menu the same way again.
Aren't the infected supposed to be alive people but just went mad because of the virus? Maybe I'm getting it confused with another infection from another game
And there's tons of them
It’s like Kensington, PL USA
this game was far ahead of its time
Very much...
All valve games were...
@@bacon_haired_dude7050 correct
@@bacon_haired_dude7050 Even Half Life 3
I mean for the time it needed to be ahead to sell it. Games then needed realism to sell it, nowadays people will just buy anything. It kinda sucks how that changed
this menu scene is honestly beautiful
Ironically beautiful
Its better looking than any of l4d2's themes except hard rain they are in my opinion equally beautiful
@@UMBRELLACORP22 l4d2 isnt meant to give a depressing vibe. They already did that in l4d1 so they went with the badass zombie killing vibe in 2. Honestly it works cause i love l4d2 themes
You're very right
That is a good thing because it matches the game
I just realized:
What if the Main Menu's of Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 are basically the perspectives of survivors who unfortunately didnt make it out and died? And what we see is their last place of demise and the place he/she is looking at is the Menu screen of the game
Imagine dying at the beginning of the Parish 💀
Interesting!
@@Neotrec And the beginning of Crash Course lol
@@Neotrecexpert difficulty lone gunman
Would be an interesting idea, but this just isn’t true. You start here at the very beginning of the game.
I started this game knowing nothing but killing zombies, but when I later learned that the Infected are still technically alive, not risen, undead corpses, this game took on a different tone. You’re not killing mindless, resurrected corpses, you’re killing people with no control over their own actions…
So when you thought they're zombies, it didn't bother you that they're running?
@@totalguardian1436 running at the player specifically, only in l4d2 does one infected actually try running FROM the player, and it's the fallen survivor.
They're like really sick people that cant sleep, they can only lean on a wall for 3 seconds or so then keep mindlessly walking...Just aim for the head please
Essentially, the infected in left 4 dead are basically trapped within their own bodies due to the green flu, passengers within that can feel, see, and hear EVERYTHING. But they cannot control their own bodies and see un-infected individuals as monsters or demonic beasts, thus causing them to attack instead of just running away (though an exception to this would be the Fallen Survivor Uncommon Infected from The Passing, as it runs away if it is shot at).
@eyeblech2001 I have a hard time believing that since they look like rotting corpses. Does the infection spread when they're still moving and breathing like war of war z zombies they get infected in milliseconds, and it takes over their body that way?
0:44 This moment gets me every time.
The sound embodiment of no hope...., everything's gone and everyone's dead.
Imgonna cry
Doesn’t help how tragic some of the characters are.
In the comic, Zoey realizes that her immunity to the effects of the green flu are from her fathers side. When an infected man broke into their house, her mother was bitten and turned, and her father scratched
She and her father didn’t know the details of what the virus’ nature was, and their biological immunity
She shot her dad at his request, because they thought that he was about to turn
Her dad was immune just like her. She only finds out after they’re quarantined and analyzed at the military outpost they arrive at
Omg when the static happens and then you feel even more lonely, as if you were once listening to the actual woman humming but now it's just a recording! 😱😱😱 PERFECT!
@@Armin2012 the (2nd) saddest part in all L4D2 for me
This song always makes me wanna get back to l4d2/l4d. That goes to show how good this game is.
Yeah me too bro
The Green Flu. Truly like a piece of hell brought to earth. Most zombie viruses are alike. When you get bitten, you’re basically doomed to die and become a mindless husk that hungers for living flesh. At least those kind of zombie viruses are somewhat merciful, because it kills you. The Green Flu keeps you alive, let’s you experience the agony, the pain, and the unbridled rage that it causes. You’re forced to wander like a lost soul, forced to attack any survivor you see. Forced to watch as you mercilessly tear that survivors innards out in rage. With the green flu, all you can wish for, is death. But how long will it take to finally come? How long will you be forced to commit such inhuman atrocities until your misery is finally put to rest.
sound alot like the Half life zombies, except less painful
You can see in many menu scenes in l4d2 that zombies are holding onto their heads and stomachs because of pain that they are experiencing in those areas and they cant do anything about it.
@@pavlegojak8700L4D captured what many zombie games appear to miss. Whenever you see people turn, they’re almost always completely on monster mode.
Just straight to the bloody, mindless, murderous drive. Shambling around until some one shows up for them to converge on. Only some examples played with the idea that the victims remain conscious and present, but in control. Dying light had such an example, where the “fresh” infected will briefly beg for mercy if you stagger them before they resume their rage.
But L4D nails home the idea that they’re not monsters, they’re victims. You can see them visibly sick and unwell. Sitting, leaning against walls, holding their head and covering their eyes in agony. Vomiting on the streets, and so on.
The green flu is no “perfect weapon of evolution”, it’s a disease. Nothing sinister behind it. No conspiracy, no delusional corporations or insane bio science . It just showed up, and began tearing through the populace.
@@Armin2012those fresh infected are called virals just to let you know
Just like the corona virus
I feel so sorry for the pilot who did everything in his power to save us.( L4D1 CrashCourse)
Pretty sure we’re the reason why he died too since the gang are carriers they turned him and that’s why they crashed :(
@@ghost-maid3174 "I just had... an incident." Don't think it mattered if the L4D1 survivors are carriers, he definitely got bit.
@@Jimmeeehhh but how he was in the chopper for the whole time I would assume
@@ghost-maid3174 Probably rescuing other survivors. "Looks like you're gonna be my final run." He was helping other people and got bit.
You really can see the pilot's model, that hes slowly turning into a zombie,if you take a look at his hand
When I Was A Kid I Was Always Creeped By This Menu
Heck when I was a kid I instantly get scared of the valve guy on the intro before I even boot up the game
@@animq4ionboi.153 Same, especially when starting portal 2 because the valve guy starts turning
@@animq4ionboi.153 Relatable
Me too cuz how scary more zombie around the urban
Me too
This is "The Godfather Theme" of zombies.
Accurate
Nah
True
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Every time you hear this in a game trailer 0:01 you know it's a Left 4 Dead game
I forgot how good this song was. I'm so used to L4D2's theme.
its the same theme, just with different melodies
@@dutchvanderlinde5218 still mutch better than l4d2 ones... atmosphere here is spooky, hopeless, not goofy like in 2nd... to this day l4d1 just hit diffrent even if u play same maps on sequel
Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 are one of the only games where the military losing actually makes sense in my opinion
Agreed, though I do find slow zombies defeating the military believable if it's handled correctly (Ie the breakdown happens very slowly.)
Tbf the green flu is a very unrealistic and "overpowered" virus. You just can't really win against that when most of your personnel are susceptible, it transmits like nobody's business, and the transformation into a zombie can be as short as a few hours.
L4D and Tlou imo
Because Tank
@lieutenanttofu2536 maybe the virus somehow enhances someone that's a Carriers durability?
Getting l4d and l4d2 on PC was 100% worth it
Amén
amen
Getting l4d and l4d2 on PC IS 100% worth it
And, indeed, amén
Amen
Amen
Even after 13 years, left 4 dead proves itself to be one of the greatest fps zombie game of all time. it was quite immersive and gigantic for it's time being and miraculously the game only aged liked a fine wine. then you have back 4 blood... from the creators of evolve..
B4b is so bad, 0 fun wasted money in my opinion....
Best fps zombie game and one of the best games ever in my opinion (especially the first one becaouse of atmosphere)
I can't believe I wasted 60 dollars on back4blood
@@xxdarkprayerxx480 I can totally relate with you bro, the game was dull as crap...
@@indiancobra3492 Unquestionably. To everything you said.
l4d1 and l4d2 is the only zombie game that gives you the survival feel
Totally agree
then you didn't play Project Zomboid
Have you try dying light?
L4D1: A dark atmosphere, stranded in Pennsylvania, is there any hope?
L4D2: yo boyfriend just shot Donald Trump while in Mario Land
Yeah true because of the mods in left for dead 2
@@narutogodxturbo5145 yes
Honestly you don’t even need to say it’s left 4 dead being stranded in Pennsylvania alone is enough to make someone go mad
Yes and thats why we love l4d1 more than anything else
@@senpaixxxxlx3038 he really forgot to switch accounts
In my oppionion this theme or soundtrack sounds like a
-deppresion
-sadness
-creepy
-darker vibes
-full of meaning
Rip Bill
oppionion
@@user-tzzglsstle585e38 onion
and for some reason L4D2 music is more terrifying than depressing
deppresion
2020 theme song
It to be in back 4 blood (left 4 dead 3)
@@singlesenses2805 yessirr
true Unfortunately
@@singlesenses2805 it's not left 4 dead 3 lol
Next we gonna get zombies
the sight of alot of traffic cops (they looked too underequipped to be full on police officers to me), minor military/national guard presence, and tons of business workers and employees shows how fast and hard the city was hit when the infection first hit. Hell, alot of people didnt even get the chance to leave their office and go home before they turned. And its obvious that the police and military struggled immensely to try and stop it all.
This game is just like the zombies in dawn of the dead, except that the movie transmits the virus through bites. L4d spreads quickly through the air or touch. It is more terrifying than dawn of the dead, but I still think that traditional man-eating zombies are more Scary anyway running zombies are the scariest
@@俊豪-l7y yeah except dawn of the dead zombies were undead and supernatural said by snyder himself these might still be alive but are unable to control themselves do to their infection instincts hijacking their body functions
@@Maximus1879- This fact is very scary, whether it is the undead or the infected, it is the same. They are no longer human. It is very scary.
@@俊豪-l7y it was explained in the L4D comics that the green flu is sometimes airborne sometimes not. 30% of the infection rate was cause from bite and scratches where the infected blood seeps through the victims mouth or open wounds. While 70% from airborne or cause by asymptomatic carriers. The carriers themselves didn't know that they carry the pathogens while in the evacuation area so these carriers either young or adult end up dead in the process process.
I like how the sorrowful theme makes it feel like youre not fighting a war, youve already lost it
When I listen to this, I always imagine a mother singing this to her baby in a stroller, rocking it back and forth. She’s at a CEDA evacuation center and one of the guards hears her humming. He says how much her humming calms the her baby, making it going to sleep. However the mother is infected and CEDA has to force her to leave. The guard gives her a radio before she has to leave. She locks herself in a nearby building. She knows she’s gonna turn soon so she turns on the radio and the guard turns on his. She hums one last time to her baby (0:45). The guard rocks the stroller back in forth, calming the baby. The mother turns into a witch after she finishes humming.
Офигеть у вас фантазия 😮😥
Mind blown..🤯😢
Бро я даже заплакал
@@ИванФилимоненко-у7й жиза
That story really reinforces the fact that the virus forced most people away from both their loved ones, and the life that they knew. The virus took everything from them...and they couldn't do a single thing about it.
Bro, this was my first video game that I ever played, I just remember the intro cutscene for L4D and was amazed by it and I immediately fell in love with the whole game.
Same thanks to my brother
I remember playing this as a 7 year old at my cousins house and got scared as hell
Left 4 dead and left 4 dead 2 are shining examples of what this medium can accomplish
On another video, someone commented, "It sounds like a mother singing to her recently dead child".
On top of that dark context, someone replied, "A child that she had to kill", making it more dark and sad.
Facts
Don't remind me of the left for dead comics!
That's true
She's humming through a radio
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This game had a huge impact on my life, much respect I'll always love this game and the fun I had playing it, made me feel good when stuff was going bad, a little escape.
Relatable.
this and portal
we played these as kids, now we are young adults, I am gonna let my child play this !
Great choice of games
I'm gonna buy this game once I graduate to senior highschool, fucking hell the nostalgia man
Edit: Bought it a few weeks ago now
Sadly it will stay the same :/
i was 18 now im 31 :(
@@xxhitttmanxx the times flie fast
This is hopelessness personified. This is what the death of humanity sounds like.
Yes
Probably the best menu theme in video game I've ever heard,it brings a dark atmosphere and shows you that everything's out of hope while the zombies walk on the background with the game logo on it, it's so perfect
Memories...
Yes
For real tho great great memories
@@christv2118 Ye I dont even know the ways to the woods and dark rooms in l4d1
I wish they have an option to change left 4 dead 2 to this theme
Rex Joseph Glorioso theres a mod for it im sure
Sarashi Xaenyth I literally downloaded one yesterday, there’s loads of them
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=647293386
only for pc though
@@majesticnicholas5834 Buddy thank you a lot.I was looking for it.I found similar stuff but they were missing some part because the parts was on another internet links and access wasn't allowed.I hope this one works
When the coronavirus body bag starts moving:
I'm way more concerned about the vaccines. The russian one is mega sus
Russian guy
El corona
Ah sh-t
@@beko4179 talking about the most covid dead case of the whole world..
This theme sounds like everything just went downhill and that there's no longer any hope, the music from L4D2 sound like a few weeks or months have passed since the apocalypse
My parents and I grew up on this game, my parents and their friend use to play it when I was 11-12 and use to watch them play it, and then I played it when I was 13 and fell in love with it, I use to stay up all night, til 6AM playing L4D, and now I'm 20 years old, I still play it now and then.
Glad I grew up with my dad playing left 4 dead with me
Nostalgia hits so hard
You did good Bill, you make me proud. I'm gonna miss that man and his gun.
Come on people! If we make it, he didn't die for nothin'.
I swear Left 4 Dead 1 is such a perfect example of how to squeeze horror into a non-horror environment. Everything from the environments, to the enemies, to the music, it all just makes me feel so good it could cause a singularity.
Resident Evil Outbreak and L4D still have the best main theme zombie game, and both of them we playing as 4 player as civilian with different background who trying to escape the nightmare..... ahead of it's time indeed
When games were made with love
Que recuerdos , en serio me lleva al pasado y dan ganas de volver aquellos tiempos :"(
La canción es apocalíptica (un verdadero juego de zombis) y sombría
Juegazo, en pocas palabras
@@froxythefurry7839 mira chavito estos son juegos de los godz xD
Yo lo sigo jugando
R.I.P Jim French
Rest In Peace Jim French
Soldier, Bill, Father Grigori
Everyone from years ago sharing their thoughts on this music is interesting.
I always heard it as a mother singing one last song to her child as she succumbs to the infection.
Dang
That's sad
😔
💔
None of the L4D2 Menu themes left an impact on me as lasting as the L4D1 Menu Theme.
It honestly hits harder.
Don’t know who you are, or what you’re struggiling with, but it seems like your life’s going better. Good for you & best of luck on your journey through life, goodbye!
That melancholy horror is just so fucking good in my brain
Truly one of the most tragic and haunting Survival Horror game theme has ever had. You can feel the hopelessness, the horror, the dread, and the end of humanity through it.
Now THIS is how you make the perfect Survival-Horror Menu theme.
I hope it happens in real life. Humanity deserves it.
@Calverio did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?
@@cavaleiroanelado9532 my dude you will be begging for your father's life as his throat gets ripped open by his own wife
I love this menu theme song this game brings back great memories 😢😭
Pretty sure L4D1 is the only zombie game with hopeless menu theme
You ain't seen project zomboid then
Probably the most depressing zombie game
@@RaccoonWithInternetConnection The Menu alone is depressing once you figure out the lore behind it.
It seems that nobody pointed it out yet but:
Right at the end of this theme, besides hearing some radio-like noises you can hear as well zombie grunts, honestly I can't help but imagine hordes of the infected, overrunning people.
@@benzema-qw7uf Yup! A small detail that adds some creepiness to the main theme.
This scared me so much as a kid but I was so happy playing this game
Today I noticed that Godfather theme and L4D menu theme are very similar... call me crazy but I can't unhear the similarities now
They do have a similar sombre tone
If there was a zombie apocalypse, and my mom was getting attacked by a zombie, I would sacrifice myself to savers her
probably the most hauntingly beautifull game ost i've ever heard, the girls humming perfectly reflects the hopelesness and tragic nature of it all, you still have to survive
remove random crits
This gives me goosebumps
Left 4 Dead was honestly the best games I ever played in my entire life I was so scared of it along with my Nephew we are 19 and 17 we are greatful to have this game and had apart of our Memories Since day 1!
Imagine you are the only survivor in the world and you playing this song:
Left 4 Dead is still legend
1:06 i just realized you can faintly hear some zombie screams in this part
Will forever be on of the most sinister / Apocalyptic Video Game themes of all time.
L4D1 just has that sad, terrifying, dark zombie game feel to me. L4D2 just turns away from that imo. Love both still.
So much nostalgia man I miss this game I have it but I miss the old days.
Valve did a go job on this a few years ago
Left 4 dead and 28 days later have the best zombie horror themes. Literally perfectly captures a zombie-torn world void of hope and life
I cry when I hear this but I love it so much.
Props to the camera video shooting this masterpiece
Somebody's gotta film the apocalypse, and everyone knows the cameraman never dies, so win win.
Joder, siempre recordaré a este juego con mucho cariño
left 4 dead is actually really competent with how it handle the entire genre, the main reason we find it silly is because the characters are complex and colorful despite being stereotypes, and they seem to use humor to cope with the outbreak realistically
At 0:53 the glitch in television sound made me cry
It's mostly a radio signal lost and this effect in this part of theme music is brilliant
@@arealgamer1076 ikr
Left 4 Dead is the best xbox game that my brother showed me and i love it. Thank you valve for this creation
brings you back 10 years. omg
Really love this track. Its just sets the tone of game.
L4D theme: CEDA failed, the military failed, all hope is gone.
Swamp Fever menu theme: A new world borns while trying to survive a new enviroment
One of the best saddest and most hopeless themes
This menu shows that the l4d infection would actually be impossible to survive and how the survivors deal with it, imagine, a zombie apocalypse with zombies that throw cars like they were toy cars, or that can crush you to the ground or that can take you away, killing you melted with acid... Zombies feel pain as seen in the comics, so imagine the tank, taking every shot, catching fire or taking katanas and axes to the face.
I love how it's basically the Gameover theme for Humanity. It's not metal or fun, it's just depression and lost hope. In this universe, we failed.
Pamiętam gdy ta gra wyszła i z ciekawości ją zakupiłem. Ta magia jaka panowała wtedy była nie do opisania. Tyle setek godzin przegrane z ekipą wieczorami, że głowa boli. Ehhh łezka kręci się w oku ;[
Man i prefer this classic menu background, is so iconic for me
I hope the the last update has this background menu music.
0:35 ... Wow. This just makes me sad...
left 4 dead when i was a kid "haha zombie shooting, iz fun"
left 4 dead when im an adult learning about their lore and there is nothing they can do to prevent the infestation "man....", make you forgot what game you are playing
Recently got into the Left 4 Dead series and hearing this gives me goosebumps. 💕
While playing as a child, for some reason I thought that these were dead people and killed them without any regret. As I grew up, I realized that these are still living people who were simply unlucky enough to become infected. So they just walk around losing all their minds.
For me, the first part of Left 4 Dead will always be cool. Even this theme is very epic, and shows how desperate the world is.. and how he dies... It even got to goosebumps at the moment when the vocals came from the radio.
How valve managed to release such masterpieces back to back is a sight to behold
They should use this for the new left4dead
Are they making a new one?
Christopher Kline It’s called Back 4 Blood by Turtlerock, the original makers of Left 4 Dead. But obviously inspired instead of taking elements from l4d.
@@zacharoni6545 oh
@@filteredvitaminsubstance5302 theres a new concept art for the game its on twitter go to @turtlerock its there
I'm ready for back 4 blood
Back 4 Blood never stood a chance
the mmmm part had me cry..
me too...i just can't 😢
This game really was ahead of its time man. Such a great zombie shooter to play especially with friends and family
You can see agony in their moves.....
I always thought this was the witch humming before she was infected
L4d1: 4 survivors in a world infested with zombies, with it rapidly mutating and always being a step behind rescue.
L4d2: Look I turned ellis into bikini anime girl
Nostalgia at its finest.
This game is a fucking horror game in my childhood, and still is now. Turtle Rock & VALVe managed to keep the theme relevant while making the sequel's theme different.
Good Luck Bill 1929 - 2017 RIP :(
Bill you will be forever missed. Rest In Peace