I think Orpheus would be 'older' than Achilles actually. Achilles father and Orpheus were together on the Argonautica(aka a comic book crossover event for greek myths) and Achilles died very young.
I can’t believe it took me this long to piece it together. In the myth of Orpheus it is said that after he fails Eurydice, he returns to the mortal world and makes a song that is so sad that crops die, people are plagued with depression and nightmares, and women miscarry. All leading to his being murdered for ruining people’s lives with his Uber-depressing lament. THIS is supposed to be that song.
Well hey, at least in the Underworld, the only people around him are immortals and shades so no harm no foul, right? Right? (We're just gonna ignore how massively upset Achilles would be listening to this okay? We'll deal with him later)
In Greek mythology Orpheus' voice is so beautiful he causes gods to weep. And, somehow, Korb lived up to that. Darren Korb is amazingly talented. He voices the main character, composed the game's score, brought a legendary musician to life, and held an early Hades speedrun record.
I spent the game like "ok he can't be THAT good just let him go" and then i came out of the pool and heard this and i *F R O Z E* for a solid 5 minutes
in some versions of the myths, Orpheus actually accompanied heroes on their journeys across the sea to counteract the siren songs, allowing them to pass without harm.
He was so good that when his wife was killed he sang a song so sad the gods cried and allowed him the chance to be reunited with his love but he fucked up.
@@kir9107 Orpheus having a singing battle with the Sirens? That is a show I’d love to see! Or game! Heck, dlc or sequel please! (Even though I haven’t finished the Hades just yet).
This game is incredible. There is nothing that was even remotely half assed in this game. The music, the art, the voice acting, the gameplay, the story, the characters, the relationship mechanics. Everything just works.
My favorite thing about it, really. Every bit seems crafted with genuine love and care and respect for the source material in all sorts of little puns and jokes and contractor orders and background bits and bobs. The emotions the shades make, the impeccable design of everything (motifs everywhere like hades' sigil, and so much of the art has these incredible levels of detail and references). I genuinely think having Darren voice Zagreus was one of the best decisions, I'm sure it afforded him and Supergiant a LOT of leeway with recording and rerecording lines since The Zagman has to have a response to almost everything.
At first I was like "Hades, how could you imprison that poor man for refusing to sing?!? That's so cruel!" But then I actually heard him sing and I immediately understood where Hades was coming from
Even though "Good riddance" is, arguably, fan favourite, this one takes the cake for me. Clean, simple to understand, and could easily be translated into poetry from Greek mythology itself.
I can agree with this. As much as Good Riddance got me to stop dead each solo performance, this song made me stop dead for two cycles of the song. I saw someone once say that Orpheus' performance of GR made them understand how he was the voice to drown out the Sirens and make gods weep, but nah. this song. there is so much that is impressive about this song that it sucks how I don't hear anyone talk about it.
I was on that train before I knew this song existed. I had to play the game a while before I heard this song! I beat Hades in the pre release so there was no story reason to keep returning to the surface. So I kinda lost interest for a couple of years thinking I kinda played everything the game had to offer. I recently decided to do a run, won, saw Zagreus mother for the first time, died, and came back to this song for the first time. I couldn't move for 10 minutes while I kept listening over and over. My point is, I would bet many people who have played the game have never heard this song.
for me personally, good riddance is my least favorite (not that that says much when i love all of them) simply because of how much more i love this + hymn to zagreus. the fact that hymn to zagreus establishes a motif for zag also used in house of hades + the way that this compares to the actual myth (especially w/ the "don't look back") puts those above good riddance for me
It's even more unsettling when you realize that line is probably a reference to how he died: Dionysian worshippers murdered him and threw his body into the river, along with his lyre.
Fun fact about Orpheus, when he lost his wife in the underworld, he played a song that was so upsetting that it had a negative effect on life in the nearby area, crops where failing, dogs where going nuts, woman were having miscarriages, it got so bad that a group of woman actually killed him and threw his body into a river, I get why Hades put him in prison now.
The way I heard it is that either Dionysus's maenads became angry for him to refusing to pay tribute to Dionysus even though he had done so earlier in life so they ripped him apart, or they did it because they loved him and he couldn't or wouldn't love anyone besides Eurydice, or that it was because they were sick of him only singing sad songs. But that either way they tried first with sticks and stone but they refused to hurt him and actually stopped themselves from touching him (like how when he first tired to kill himself after failing to bring back Euridyce the wind caught him and carried him down when he tried to throw himself off a cliff, nothing would let him die), so they had to rip him apart with their own hands. And then the trees were weeping and in such agony that their leaves fell and they looked like women tearing at their clothes and hair in grief. And then the Maneads or nymphs who killed him were turned into trees by Dionysus either in order to protect his followers from the death sentence that lingered over them or out of anger at them for killing Orpheus since he still considered him to be his musician.
You can impress your friends, or just make yourself sound like a huge lit nerd, by pointing out that the first few stanzas are in trochaic tetrameter, mostly catalectic trochaic tetrameter to be precise, which is unusual. Don’t see that very often. That type of meter can help add a somber and haunting tone, which works perfectly in this song. Great track imo.
Thanks for this, I know nothing about music and I keep hearing how much of a genius Darren korb is for technical reasons. Auston Wintroy said he finds it brrilliant that you can take any snippet of a song and it still retains it's mood.
Im gonna pretend i understand what youre saying and act smart by denying that no, you're wrong. The first stanzas was actually archaic altimeter in a centimeter kilometer
Ah, the Tragedy of Orpheus. The story of how self doubt and anxiety took away a man's second chance to bring back his beloved from the land of the dead.
@@martir851 Best poet in the world is like "hey can I have my wife back for a lil bit? Eternity is long and I like love her or some shit" Literally everybody in the underworld is like : "damn dawg that's a fantastic argument sure!" Small caviat. She can come back out of death back into the real of the living if you do one thing. Just like walk all the way back out. She's gonna follow you the whole time. Just walk out and you'll have her back" If you trust, she gon be there. If you falter and check she gone forever. He walks 99% of the way out And then is like... But like... Is she there? Yep. But also game over. You looked. Goodbye forever.
M S M The version in the game is pretty much the same as the mythological version, though there are a couple of changes. In the myth, Eurydice is Orpheus’s muse and he’s the one that made music, but the in-game version says that they were both musicians but Orpheus was simply more well known than Eurydice, and she’s a bit annoyed because it felt like the spotlight was being taken from her. In the myth, Hades and Persephone are the ones that offer Orpheus the chance to go to the underworld, but in the game, it seems only Hades offered it (though obviously since Persephone isn’t in the game right now, it’s impossible to say what involvement she had), and he also says that he offered it to Orpheus knowing there was no way Eurydice would be allowed to leave.
Hear, o gods, my desperate plea To see my love beside me Sunk below the mortal sea Her anchor weighs upon me Fasten her tether unto me That she may rise to sail free Don’t look back Close enough that light we can see My doubt betrays the better of me A glance to the stern is all it would b That anguished shade shall haunt me Ever on Calm Seas Winds a-lee But now the squall’s upon us We’re foundering Drowning Don’t look back
God the tears when I heard this the first time. A man who's spent so long regretting his failure, only rediscovering his passion through a god who chose to show some humanity for him.
I think that's what makes Zagreus special. Despite his godly heritage, he's still humble and has a lot of humanity in him, unlike a majority of his family. Personally, I think Achilles had a lot to do with it, considering he played a big part in Zag's upbringing.
Maybe it was because of folks having the same feeling back then that they had him rise to godhood. I remember seeing somewhere that Orpheus had his own followers after he died.
This character used to annoy the hell out of me until I actually heard him sing, and it was RIGHT AFTER I reached the surface. He instantly became my favorite character right then and there.
Yeah he was getting on my nerves a little. But after my maybe 6th successful run today I finally came down to see him strumming those notes and I HAD to pause everything and just absorb.
@@aster5035 I loved the scene when it came up. Orpheus singing his regrets he's also making a plea to Hades to reunite them. The imagery of Orpheus singing this in the great hall with Hades quietly doing paperwork beside him was great. Hades is likely moved but knows he can't break the rules of the Underworld.
How could he even come across as "annoying." If you DO know who he is, you immediately recognize a sad, depressed husk of a man. If you DON'T know who Orpheus is, he is still a sad musician who wont play because his heart obviously aches.
Kevin Tang Funny thing is I have an incredibly high singing voice so I can reach it, I’m just really ashamed to do so because I only started singing classes a month ago and my voice simply isn’t clean enough to make it sound like anything nice yet. I feel like I’m doing the song a disservice anytime I try.
@@BonDieu617 Think like that and you'll never be able to sing it. You've gotta practice those notes, to get them clean. Keep going! (and don't look back).
@@gombles I'll give it a proper try once I'm a more practiced singer, first I want to get the basics down. Thank you for the encouragement, one day I'll get there!
I heard this last night in game after clearing a run and was like "Wait, the music changed... wait, is Orpheus playing? WAIT, IS ORPHEUS SINGING?!" I had to just sit there and listen. The tune, haunting and full of pain with each belted note. It makes me want to work on my own falsetto.
A fun headcanon I have is that Hades got chills the first time he heard Orpheus sing this. Like, he's just sitting there listening while scribbling away on his Official Documents™ thinking "hmmm this guy's pretty good" and then the *DROOWWWWWNIIIIIING* hits and Hades just _shivers_
(Orpheus, tapping his mic) "Alright, you morose fucks, get ready for some of that unreleased shit. This next one's called 'i miss my wife'." (Hades)"Oh, no." (Achilles) "Oh, *no.* "
It's hard to think about when you know the subject matter I guess, but afaik I didn't think about the subject matter at all when I first heard the song, the pacing and the tone just made it for me :) It's also one of the reasons why I dislike a lot of universally recognized "good" songs I think, I mostly disregard the lyrics the first few times I listen to any given track, because to me that's very secondary :^^ That's no fair way of judging a song though and I know it, lyrics do matter and subject matter/subtext matters a lot when it comes to lyrics :) Also all this being said, I do have songs I like where the lyrics are a big part of it, it's just a rare thing for me is all.
I finally heard Orpheus sing in the game, after 57 escape attempts or so (and 3 or 4 ambrosia bottles in total; I think the key here is patience, you will hear him sing eventually!). I didn't want to look at this video before to fully discover the song in-game, and boy I wasn't disappointed. I had just reappered in the House of Hades, and heard an unusual song in the distance... Immediately, I KNEW it was him. I litteraly spent the next 20 minutes wandering around in the House just to keep listening to Orpheus' Lament. By the way, Darren Korb's vocal range blew my mind. In the Flame was already impressive, but this, this is... Unreachable. Magnificent. I should've anticipated this considering Orpheus' rather high-pitched speech, but still. I was amazed. Now, I only wait for him and Eurydice to meet again and the latter to be dubbed by Ashley Barrett :D
@@zakaria653/videos I think Tyler Mills is right, because I only gave him two nectar, but progressed enough in the storyline with him and Eurydice and he also started singing again.
Man, when I first got this game I went “how are Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett gonna pull off singing as a third set of unique characters without just being instantly recognizable as themselves” and they DID IT the madlads Such sheer talent
I love this song because the mood fits so well for Zagreus as well as Orpheus. He's desperately running to the surface- not with someone, but towards someone. To be with his mom. But he never quite makes it. And so he keeps running, and doesn't look back....
I remember when I heard Orpheus sing this (I think) for the first time when I emerged from the pool of Styx. I just sat there in silent shock with mouth agape - after all his dialogue of not being able to sing without his muse, I haven't expected to hear him sing, and not like that. It's so eery, melancholic and beautiful, wow just wow
When I (as Zag) came out of the pool and I finally heard different music and - dare I say, SINGING - I think I started crying. Not only is the song beautiful, but it made me think that maybe Orpheus was emotionally better, if he was willing to sing. Plus Darren's voice is absolutely beautiful. It's funny, I can definitely hear the Zagreus in his singing voice now that I know, but man... Orpheus has yet to sing for me again since that first time 🥺 I'll keep playing and hopefully reunite him with Eurydice.
I’ve been a lover of Greek mythology my entire life. However, I’ve never been able to properly imagine how Orpheus sounded, until I walked into the House for the first time and heard him singing the Lament. I don’t know where they found this man but oh my God, he spot on how Orpheus must’ve sounded!! Every time I return to the House and he’s singing. I always pause and listen. It’s beautiful.
"don't know where they found this man" I don't mean to alarm you but he's the audio director, wrote a majority of the music, and voices Zagreus lmaooo. Darren Korb is very talented
All props to Good Riddance and The Hymn of Zagreus but this is by far my favorite of Orpheus' songs. I just love how much all the other characters can relate to it. Except for Hypnos. Hypnos just thinks it's a nice little ditty.
I like Hymn of Zagreus a lot more now that I know that it depicts the character Zagreus as the Orphic mystery cults understood him, but don't look back is just such a demonstration of vocal range.
I've become a fan of Hadestown ever since I came upon your comment, and I just want to say thank you! I've fallen in love with everything about it, and I wouldn't have found out this amazing musical without you, so thanks again!
Hear, o gods, my desperate plea To see my love beside me Sunk below the mortal sea Her anchor weighs upon me Fasten her tether unto me That she may rise to sail free Don't Don't look back Close enough that light we can see My doubt betrays the better of me A glance to the stern is all it would be That anguished shade shall haunt me Ever on Calm seas Winds a-lee But now the squall's upon us We're foundering Drowning Don't look back Don't look back Don't look back Don't look back Don't look back
*This all happened post Ver 1.0 launch btw* The first time this song appeared during my playthrough was...rather special. For the first time, Zagreus had defeated his father and escaped the Underworld. He had finally reunited with his mother, Persephone, only for the Fates to cruelly pull him back to the Underworld. As the prince trudged out of the Styx, soul heavy from having his time on the surface cut short, a melody faintly echoed through the halls of the House of Hades. It was then he realized that Orpheus had once again decided to grace the House with his music once again. Though no doubt Zagreus was still grieving and frustrated by having himself torn from his long lost mother and already planning on fighting his way back to the surface once again, I like to think that he felt some tingle of joy to hear his friend play once again. A melody urging him not look back on his failures and continue on in his quest for answers.
It hit me when I had to go into Hades’ room for the first time to find the picture of Persephone after she says she doesn’t actually want to return Perfect timing really
For me it was also right after the run before Zagreus gets access to Hades’ room. Perfect timing, since it felt like the beginning of a turning point in the story
I'm blown away. this song actually made me believes that this is really what Orpheus' songs would be like. something so depressing yet pleasing to listen to. something that would move the king and queen of the underworld that they would give him one chance to bring back his beloved.
This song is un-fucking-believable. I'm not even going to try to articulate the feelings I'm feeling. It's evergreen. I will always come back to this song years into the future.
That moment when he sings "Dont look back" at the end is so beautiful and cautionary. I really love how this song evokes the greek myth and just fits perfectly as if its always been a part of it.
the "don't look back" part 😭 he just spends who knows how many years regretting that one moment of weakness! Man, Darren Korb's voice is amazing. it's crazy to remember that this is zagreus lol
How can a man be this good at everything? Darren Korb voices Zag (and Skelly), wrote a killing soundtrack (or 4), AND sings an amazing falsetto in this. Leave some talent for the rest of us man!
The first time I've heard this was when I reemerged from the styx after Persephone told me that I shouldn't come to visit her again. I found it very fitting for the moment.
I downloaded Hades with no knowledge of the game or what I was getting myself into...first time I heard this I was absolutely floored. Never heard something so beautiful and haunting at the same time.
Oh boy! The first time I respawned and heard Orpheus sing was this song. I WAS IN AWE!! I just stood there for a solid 15 minutes and listened to him. Wonderful song!
I remember the second time I beat Hades, when I walk out of the bloody pool and I heard this song for the first time. I felt chills all over my body, and I just stood there for a minute. When that fealing passed I walked further into the house, ignoring Hipnos compleatly, not paying attention to Cerberus or even Hades. And then I saw Orpheus. That was the moment I realised why Hades was willing to wait a hole century just to hear him play once again.
@@remratsuken It's kind of tragic because all he needs to do is going out of the underworld without looking back. It's like don't press the button yet you still press it. And he's so close to above too.
@@korsekil plus Orpheus didn't realize that both him and Eurydice need to be outside the underworld, so when he stepped out of there Eurydice was still inside and you can guess what happens next
This song is so hauntingly beautiful. I can't get it out of my head, looking at the lyrics Orpheus is CLEARLY distraught because of how his tale ended. I love that they showed his pain, anguish and self hatred so well in this song
Hearing Orpheus' shaky and high voice for the first time...I didn't know what to expect when I would hear his singing voice....this blew me away when I first heard it-
The myth of Orpheus and Euridice is one of my all time favorites or Greek mythology. The first time i heard Orpheus's name mentioned i audibly celebrated, i knew he'd sing something but i didn't think they would do the mythical musician justice. But i stood shaken to the core walking out of the river styx to hear Orpheus, son of Apollo, serenading as beautifully as they describes in the stories.
"I play the lyr actually! Orpheus even gave me a few pointers, but I never really considered singing" you can just FEEL the shit eating grin of Zags va as he said this xD
The song is incredible, the first time he says « don’t look back » feels like an order to himself trought the past and the last is full of shame and regrets. Masterpiece
I won't say that much. The core part for me was gameplay, which didn't stand out much. There are other indie games that surpasses hades in game play like dead cells and enter the gungeon. Tho everything else is amazing in hades. The character design, VA, dialogues etc
This track caught me completely by surprise in the game. Just when you thought that you were making decent progress and feeling like things have gotten into a groove, you pop back to the great hall after a run... and Orpheus is playing music. it took me a moment to realize that it was a full on song, not just random instrumental filler music. Then I noticed there were lyrics, the singing was amazing yet haunting. After being mesmerized and just standing there to listen to the entire song play through from beginning to end, it finally dawned on me that it was his story.
I’m just getting into the quest and was absolutely floored when I first heard him sing. I expected it to be alright but no, it’s legendary. So much thought and effort went into this game. I love it
Sinister, dark, sad and mesmerizing. This piece is way more Metal than countless generic "heavy" songs that depend on palm mute, double bass, and heavy highs to deafen you. ART! 10/10
I like to think Orpheus says “don’t look back” multiple times in order to remind himself of his mistake, which makes this hit harder, especially at the end where it feels like he’s really beating himself up for it
When orpheus first played this, it took me a second before i realized he was playing music again. I was floored, and couldnt help but be entranced by his tune. The attention to detail and the personalities of each of these characters are so on point, that every little detail about all of the gods and what they say makes me question their true intent. If i were in zagreus' shoes, i dont know how i could trust anyone.. the very thought of it makes me nervous. Hades is one hell of a game.
You can just feel the pain and sadness. I don't know if I've ever heard music so accurately capture the essence of something so fundamental as sadness.
When Orpheus sang Cerberus fell asleep and later on when he sang in front of Hades and his council everyone started crying and Persephone told Hades ''Give this man whatever he wants for his sorrow is too big''.
Lore was on point (with a fun twist or two), gameplays amazing, immersion was perfect, music is nothing but total bangers from start to finish, voice actors giving it there all, and beautiful art as far as the eye can see. Countless hours of gameplay down and I'm still getting new dialogue. 11/10 game.
2:42 the finale gives me chills every time. It really feels like the desperate warnings and pleas of the person who made the mistake of looking back and paid the price.
The most beautiful thing about this song to me is that it's just his voice, the guitar, and a haunting echo. Super easy on the ears despite the heartbreaking lyrics.
I first heard this song in game yesterday and after some time I realized the reason he uses sailor/ocean lingo is because he was an Argonaut with Jason and a few others in Greek myth, and the Argo was the ship the Argonauts rode in. He’s using his experiences from being a sailor to better describe his loss and grief :’)
I grew up reading mythology books, especially on Greek and Egyptian mythology. Although there's plenty of stories with a lot of references to Greek mythology, most are pretty superficially inspired, or only reference its most famous aspects. I was really pleasantly surprised with how Hades created a complex story that goes a lot more in depth than usual with its references and understanding of the source material, while still putting its own spin on it. This song was chilling when I first heard it, especially since I already knew the story behind it.
I've heard a lot about the game and the soundtrack, and I'm also familiar with all the previous games from this great studio. But in the last 2 years I have been on treatment for depression and I just can't play games, absolutely, absolutely. I work, I read, but I can't play at all. And today I decided to just listen to the soundtrack. All the tracks are fantastic, but getting on this one is... i just began to cry. Melancholy, afterlife vibes, insane vocal and amazing sound. After listening to it 20 times, I just went to the Seam and bought the game for myself and my wife. I know that I won't be able to play for a long time, but I just have to support such outstanding people for their outstanding work. Thanks to Supergiant Games and Darren Korb, insanely stunning work.
Fun fact, the reason he's singing "Don't look back" at the end is because Hades told Orpheus he'd let Eurydice return with him to Earth, but only if he led her without looking back to see her. Right at the very end, Orpheus turned to see her and Eurydice was pulled back into Hades forever.
Holy shit when I tell you I real-life froze to hear every note of his singing when I first heard this, emerging from out of the pool of Styx….Chills, man. Chills.
Orpheus: hear, o gods, my desperate plea, to see my love beside me
Achilles, sobbing: cheers lad I'll drink to that
BAHAHAHH
So, that's actually a really fun question to ask, are we joining Achilles for a drink or Orpheus for one?
@@OGGuaves Both, together. Bust open the ambrosia.
Count one on me too , dear Orpheus , and Great Achilles .. 🍻
I think Orpheus would be 'older' than Achilles actually. Achilles father and Orpheus were together on the Argonautica(aka a comic book crossover event for greek myths) and Achilles died very young.
I can’t believe it took me this long to piece it together. In the myth of Orpheus it is said that after he fails Eurydice, he returns to the mortal world and makes a song that is so sad that crops die, people are plagued with depression and nightmares, and women miscarry. All leading to his being murdered for ruining people’s lives with his Uber-depressing lament.
THIS is supposed to be that song.
Well hey, at least in the Underworld, the only people around him are immortals and shades so no harm no foul, right? Right? (We're just gonna ignore how massively upset Achilles would be listening to this okay? We'll deal with him later)
as a woman im happy i dont have any buns in this oven. it would be Most Unfortunate
@@alesabelen1558 what did I read
@@leonardo9259 "buns in the oven" is a way to say someone is pregnant so she's saying she is glad she isn't pregnant.
@@C-7827 thanks captain obvious
I love the:
Composed by Darren Korb
Lyrics by Darren Korb
Vocals by Darren Korb
That just makes me laugh.
Me when group project
He also wrote all the music for the whole game and voices both Zagreus (MC) and Skelly.
@@tonyq7364 Yeah, yeah. I know. He’s truely quite a sight to behold; however, it’s funny to me.
@@tonyq7364 That man is a powerhouse, like holy shit I feel so untalented
High notes hit by: Darren Korb
I've never heard a voice like this before, and yet somehow it's exactly what I expected Orpheus to sound like.
That is the best description of Darren Korb's voice I've ever heard.
In Greek mythology Orpheus' voice is so beautiful he causes gods to weep. And, somehow, Korb lived up to that.
Darren Korb is amazingly talented. He voices the main character, composed the game's score, brought a legendary musician to life, and held an early Hades speedrun record.
@@Pan_Z Also voiced Skelly, the most dedicated employee of the Underworld!
@@thugles104 Charon would like to know your location
@@mayorgeneralramirez1997 To be fair Skelly is in Charon's employ
I spent the game like "ok he can't be THAT good just let him go" and then i came out of the pool and heard this and i *F R O Z E* for a solid 5 minutes
every time he sings i like to stand in front of him and listen
XD Yeah, that seems like how everyone would be like 😆
You froze for a whole five minutes? You didn't move at all? Okay, buddy, whatever you say
@@zohaibmehmood3027 such a weird thing to be skeptical about. I didn't even say "literally"
@@Salocinist yea fr mans probably having a shitty day
Orpheus is a male siren. The way this sounds. Eery but beautifull.
in some versions of the myths, Orpheus actually accompanied heroes on their journeys across the sea to counteract the siren songs, allowing them to pass without harm.
@@kir9107 Source please. Would really like to read up on some of these myths now that I've played the game.
He was so good that when his wife was killed he sang a song so sad the gods cried and allowed him the chance to be reunited with his love but he fucked up.
@@alexburn4014 The moral of the story is to not look back when you're told not to look back.
@@kir9107 Orpheus having a singing battle with the Sirens? That is a show I’d love to see! Or game! Heck, dlc or sequel please! (Even though I haven’t finished the Hades just yet).
This game is incredible. There is nothing that was even remotely half assed in this game. The music, the art, the voice acting, the gameplay, the story, the characters, the relationship mechanics. Everything just works.
My favorite thing about it, really. Every bit seems crafted with genuine love and care and respect for the source material in all sorts of little puns and jokes and contractor orders and background bits and bobs. The emotions the shades make, the impeccable design of everything (motifs everywhere like hades' sigil, and so much of the art has these incredible levels of detail and references). I genuinely think having Darren voice Zagreus was one of the best decisions, I'm sure it afforded him and Supergiant a LOT of leeway with recording and rerecording lines since The Zagman has to have a response to almost everything.
And that's the case with every single one of Supergiant Games's Games, which is utterly fantastic ♥
Except the four witches room. FUCK that room.
Zagreus’ delivery just seems off to me at times but I’ve grown accustomed to it. The VA has such a unique voice that I’ve come to love it.
@@blakethesnake6686 Trick is to get into a corner.
Love that they even play the song when you move to another room and give it a faraway echo effect. Lot of polish for an unfinished game
Welcome to Supergiant, where "early access" has the possibility of being even better than some released games
@@META_mahn It is definitely better than a lot of AAA released games.
I also just realized they do the same thing if you alt-tab
@@aidenauty9716 thats so cool!
@@aidenauty9716 too bad they don't do it when I go to the home screen on my switch
At first I was like "Hades, how could you imprison that poor man for refusing to sing?!? That's so cruel!" But then I actually heard him sing and I immediately understood where Hades was coming from
??? he sound beautiful
@@pupykig4914 Yes, so I completely understand why Hades would lock him up for REFUSING to sing.
imprison him, lock him in a cage, destroy the keys
@@kevo8664 Then watch your son bail him out
@@diromiz He will join him befor he commits such a crime
when Orpheus was singing this at the house I was listening and when he said Don't look back, I lowkey felt like I was stabbed in my feelings
Backstab then
I shed a tear
Fr, i only know little about his myth, yet hearing this really got me in the feels.
Orpheus has Shadow Presence confirmed
Honestly laughed at the irony, but it was one of those counter feeling reaction of shock you know XD
Even though "Good riddance" is, arguably, fan favourite, this one takes the cake for me. Clean, simple to understand, and could easily be translated into poetry from Greek mythology itself.
I can agree with this. As much as Good Riddance got me to stop dead each solo performance, this song made me stop dead for two cycles of the song. I saw someone once say that Orpheus' performance of GR made them understand how he was the voice to drown out the Sirens and make gods weep, but nah. this song. there is so much that is impressive about this song that it sucks how I don't hear anyone talk about it.
I was on that train before I knew this song existed. I had to play the game a while before I heard this song! I beat Hades in the pre release so there was no story reason to keep returning to the surface. So I kinda lost interest for a couple of years thinking I kinda played everything the game had to offer. I recently decided to do a run, won, saw Zagreus mother for the first time, died, and came back to this song for the first time. I couldn't move for 10 minutes while I kept listening over and over. My point is, I would bet many people who have played the game have never heard this song.
for me personally, good riddance is my least favorite (not that that says much when i love all of them) simply because of how much more i love this + hymn to zagreus. the fact that hymn to zagreus establishes a motif for zag also used in house of hades + the way that this compares to the actual myth (especially w/ the "don't look back") puts those above good riddance for me
This ain't your everyday roguelike dungeon crawler. No, ma'am.
rogue lite*
I hate that there is this division. It is understandable, but it just sounds weird.
Totally read that in Ruck's voice 🤙🏽
This is...advanced roguelite dungeon crawler
GET OUTTA MY HEAD. D:
The "Drowning..." part near the end literally sent shivers down my spine.
Same. This was the first time I heard him sing in game, and as soon as I heard this in game I knew I had to hear more of his songs.
The lungs on this lad,,,,
I am semi-trained and I can't even manage that note
It's even more unsettling when you realize that line is probably a reference to how he died: Dionysian worshippers murdered him and threw his body into the river, along with his lyre.
Fun fact about Orpheus, when he lost his wife in the underworld, he played a song that was so upsetting that it had a negative effect on life in the nearby area, crops where failing, dogs where going nuts, woman were having miscarriages, it got so bad that a group of woman actually killed him and threw his body into a river, I get why Hades put him in prison now.
Extra bit of fun on that fact: The song he played when she first died was so upsetting that it made the gods weep
Funnest fact of all
ORPHEUS IS THE BIRTH OF METAL
Another version of the myth was that wild animals that were affected by his music tore him apart.
@@erikaconley1175Theres a third version where dionyses's crazy Maenads tore him apart because he refused to sing anything else and ignored the lot
The way I heard it is that either Dionysus's maenads became angry for him to refusing to pay tribute to Dionysus even though he had done so earlier in life so they ripped him apart, or they did it because they loved him and he couldn't or wouldn't love anyone besides Eurydice, or that it was because they were sick of him only singing sad songs. But that either way they tried first with sticks and stone but they refused to hurt him and actually stopped themselves from touching him (like how when he first tired to kill himself after failing to bring back Euridyce the wind caught him and carried him down when he tried to throw himself off a cliff, nothing would let him die), so they had to rip him apart with their own hands. And then the trees were weeping and in such agony that their leaves fell and they looked like women tearing at their clothes and hair in grief. And then the Maneads or nymphs who killed him were turned into trees by Dionysus either in order to protect his followers from the death sentence that lingered over them or out of anger at them for killing Orpheus since he still considered him to be his musician.
darren korb deserves a medal for this falsetto.
Can’t believe this is the same guy that voices Zag
@@maiakromer1747 And skelly lol
@@maiakromer1747 WHAT??
@@JJ_-fp9sj IKR 😭😭😭😭
You can impress your friends, or just make yourself sound like a huge lit nerd, by pointing out that the first few stanzas are in trochaic tetrameter, mostly catalectic trochaic tetrameter to be precise, which is unusual. Don’t see that very often. That type of meter can help add a somber and haunting tone, which works perfectly in this song. Great track imo.
Thanks for this, I know nothing about music and I keep hearing how much of a genius Darren korb is for technical reasons. Auston Wintroy said he finds it brrilliant that you can take any snippet of a song and it still retains it's mood.
I didn't understand a word of this, but yeah, I totally agree.
what a fucking nerd
Im gonna pretend i understand what youre saying and act smart by denying that no, you're wrong. The first stanzas was actually archaic altimeter in a centimeter kilometer
Erm, could you or someone uh...translate? Preferably in caveman speech.
Ah, the Tragedy of Orpheus. The story of how self doubt and anxiety took away a man's second chance to bring back his beloved from the land of the dead.
Don't look back
What is his story about?
Does it say what happened EXACTLY? Its very "Hinting", IDK.
Is it the same as in the Greek Lore?
@@martir851 Best poet in the world is like
"hey can I have my wife back for a lil bit? Eternity is long and I like love her or some shit"
Literally everybody in the underworld is like : "damn dawg that's a fantastic argument sure!"
Small caviat. She can come back out of death back into the real of the living if you do one thing. Just like walk all the way back out. She's gonna follow you the whole time. Just walk out and you'll have her back"
If you trust, she gon be there. If you falter and check she gone forever.
He walks 99% of the way out
And then is like...
But like... Is she there?
Yep.
But also game over.
You looked.
Goodbye forever.
Is it really *self* doubt? More like distrust of Hades/The Underworld.
M S M
The version in the game is pretty much the same as the mythological version, though there are a couple of changes.
In the myth, Eurydice is Orpheus’s muse and he’s the one that made music, but the in-game version says that they were both musicians but Orpheus was simply more well known than Eurydice, and she’s a bit annoyed because it felt like the spotlight was being taken from her.
In the myth, Hades and Persephone are the ones that offer Orpheus the chance to go to the underworld, but in the game, it seems only Hades offered it (though obviously since Persephone isn’t in the game right now, it’s impossible to say what involvement she had), and he also says that he offered it to Orpheus knowing there was no way Eurydice would be allowed to leave.
Hear, o gods, my desperate plea
To see my love beside me
Sunk below the mortal sea
Her anchor weighs upon me
Fasten her tether unto me
That she may rise to sail free
Don’t look back
Close enough that light we can see
My doubt betrays the better of me
A glance to the stern is all it would b
That anguished shade shall haunt me
Ever on
Calm
Seas
Winds a-lee
But now the squall’s upon us
We’re foundering
Drowning
Don’t look back
i am currently writing a paper on Orpheus and i wish the content was that interesting as the stuff from hades is
I personally love greek myth and history
But i think the dryness of academics kills many an interesting topic
@@dj_koen1265 it kinda always does lol, i don't get why it has to be like that
Thank you for this because for some reason UA-cam decided to automation this in Korean
P
God the tears when I heard this the first time. A man who's spent so long regretting his failure, only rediscovering his passion through a god who chose to show some humanity for him.
I think that's what makes Zagreus special. Despite his godly heritage, he's still humble and has a lot of humanity in him, unlike a majority of his family.
Personally, I think Achilles had a lot to do with it, considering he played a big part in Zag's upbringing.
Maybe it was because of folks having the same feeling back then that they had him rise to godhood. I remember seeing somewhere that Orpheus had his own followers after he died.
“No one sings a sweeter, sadder song than Orpheus”
This character used to annoy the hell out of me until I actually heard him sing, and it was RIGHT AFTER I reached the surface. He instantly became my favorite character right then and there.
@Jacob Newell Well, he kept saying he was going to sing, but it felt like he never would. It was a little frustrating.
@@dandyfeller It was a nice build up to when he actually did. I think it was pulled off rather nicely and felt in character for him.
Yeah he was getting on my nerves a little. But after my maybe 6th successful run today I finally came down to see him strumming those notes and I HAD to pause everything and just absorb.
@@aster5035 I loved the scene when it came up. Orpheus singing his regrets he's also making a plea to Hades to reunite them. The imagery of Orpheus singing this in the great hall with Hades quietly doing paperwork beside him was great. Hades is likely moved but knows he can't break the rules of the Underworld.
How could he even come across as "annoying." If you DO know who he is, you immediately recognize a sad, depressed husk of a man. If you DON'T know who Orpheus is, he is still a sad musician who wont play because his heart obviously aches.
When that “drowning” hit I got chills
I like how you can hear muffled music even in Zagreus' chamber.
This game is polished like glass.
@@bazzfromthebackground3696 and it ages like fine wine, but with a 20 year head start, because it has always been a Mastahpiece
And in the administrative chamber as well
Me: *sings only in falsetto my whole life*
Also me: *ashamed of anyone hearing it*
Orpheus: *sings*
Me: finally my time has come
@Vicente Hamel a small unknown indie band
@Vicente Hamel haven heard of those
ah, a fellow countertenor
you legit get it
i can sing baritone if i have to but my falsetto is my strong suit and i NEVER let anyone hear it besides when i sing this
"Close enough, the light we can see
My doubt betrays the better of me..."
Tears. Wailing, even.
Skelly has such a beautiful singing voice!
'Don't look back'
Absolute chills.
Years later I am still baffled this voice is also Zagreus and Skelly. Damn Darren Korb has a range.
I thought I could do a not-criminal job singing along to this, until Friggin' Tiny Tim here at the end went off into actual outer space.
The highest being a D, it takes a lot of work to get there
Kevin Tang Funny thing is I have an incredibly high singing voice so I can reach it, I’m just really ashamed to do so because I only started singing classes a month ago and my voice simply isn’t clean enough to make it sound like anything nice yet. I feel like I’m doing the song a disservice anytime I try.
@@BonDieu617 Think like that and you'll never be able to sing it. You've gotta practice those notes, to get them clean. Keep going! (and don't look back).
@@gombles I'll give it a proper try once I'm a more practiced singer, first I want to get the basics down. Thank you for the encouragement, one day I'll get there!
I read this in skelly’s voice.
I heard this last night in game after clearing a run and was like "Wait, the music changed... wait, is Orpheus playing? WAIT, IS ORPHEUS SINGING?!" I had to just sit there and listen. The tune, haunting and full of pain with each belted note. It makes me want to work on my own falsetto.
A fun headcanon I have is that Hades got chills the first time he heard Orpheus sing this. Like, he's just sitting there listening while scribbling away on his Official Documents™ thinking "hmmm this guy's pretty good" and then the *DROOWWWWWNIIIIIING* hits and Hades just _shivers_
(Orpheus, tapping his mic) "Alright, you morose fucks, get ready for some of that unreleased shit. This next one's called 'i miss my wife'."
(Hades)"Oh, no."
(Achilles) "Oh, *no.* "
I mean it is kinda just actually Canon.
I was like "yeah, a nice song really." but then i learned about the tale of Orpheus and came back to this song, it made me cry this time...
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It's hard to think about when you know the subject matter I guess, but afaik I didn't think about the subject matter at all when I first heard the song, the pacing and the tone just made it for me :) It's also one of the reasons why I dislike a lot of universally recognized "good" songs I think, I mostly disregard the lyrics the first few times I listen to any given track, because to me that's very secondary :^^
That's no fair way of judging a song though and I know it, lyrics do matter and subject matter/subtext matters a lot when it comes to lyrics :) Also all this being said, I do have songs I like where the lyrics are a big part of it, it's just a rare thing for me is all.
the moment he sang "don't look back", I immediatly knew this was the best song.
@@MrKlausbaudelaire indeed bro
birebir aynı sıralamasıyla yaşandı her şey. şimdilerde hikayeyi bilerek dinlediğim her seferinde şarkı bir kat daha ağır geliyor.
Darren korb sounds as if he just lost everything important to him and now wants to sing about it.
So he sounds like orpheus
There was a new clip documentary yesterday that shows thieves breaking in and stealing instruments at supergiant games
I finally heard Orpheus sing in the game, after 57 escape attempts or so (and 3 or 4 ambrosia bottles in total; I think the key here is patience, you will hear him sing eventually!). I didn't want to look at this video before to fully discover the song in-game, and boy I wasn't disappointed. I had just reappered in the House of Hades, and heard an unusual song in the distance... Immediately, I KNEW it was him. I litteraly spent the next 20 minutes wandering around in the House just to keep listening to Orpheus' Lament.
By the way, Darren Korb's vocal range blew my mind. In the Flame was already impressive, but this, this is... Unreachable. Magnificent. I should've anticipated this considering Orpheus' rather high-pitched speech, but still. I was amazed.
Now, I only wait for him and Eurydice to meet again and the latter to be dubbed by Ashley Barrett :D
@@zakaria653 Sorry for the silly question, but where in the hell IS Orpheus??? Must have missed him.
He started singing to me after one gift, I think it has to do with how many times you hit his and Eurydice's event conversations.
@@zakaria653/videos I think Tyler Mills is right, because I only gave him two nectar, but progressed enough in the storyline with him and Eurydice and he also started singing again.
i got him to start singing after like 15 runs, i just freed him early on, and talked to him and Euridice a lot
Yeah I can’t wait until they are reunited. I fought the last boss once but I lost. Hopefully after I clear they get back together
Man, when I first got this game I went “how are Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett gonna pull off singing as a third set of unique characters without just being instantly recognizable as themselves” and they DID IT the madlads
Such sheer talent
Darren you can't just keep ripping my heart to SHREDS like this
I love this song because the mood fits so well for Zagreus as well as Orpheus. He's desperately running to the surface- not with someone, but towards someone. To be with his mom. But he never quite makes it. And so he keeps running, and doesn't look back....
I remember when I heard Orpheus sing this (I think) for the first time when I emerged from the pool of Styx. I just sat there in silent shock with mouth agape - after all his dialogue of not being able to sing without his muse, I haven't expected to hear him sing, and not like that. It's so eery, melancholic and beautiful, wow just wow
When I (as Zag) came out of the pool and I finally heard different music and - dare I say, SINGING - I think I started crying. Not only is the song beautiful, but it made me think that maybe Orpheus was emotionally better, if he was willing to sing. Plus Darren's voice is absolutely beautiful. It's funny, I can definitely hear the Zagreus in his singing voice now that I know, but man... Orpheus has yet to sing for me again since that first time 🥺 I'll keep playing and hopefully reunite him with Eurydice.
I’ve been a lover of Greek mythology my entire life. However, I’ve never been able to properly imagine how Orpheus sounded, until I walked into the House for the first time and heard him singing the Lament. I don’t know where they found this man but oh my God, he spot on how Orpheus must’ve sounded!! Every time I return to the House and he’s singing. I always pause and listen. It’s beautiful.
"don't know where they found this man" I don't mean to alarm you but he's the audio director, wrote a majority of the music, and voices Zagreus lmaooo. Darren Korb is very talented
All props to Good Riddance and The Hymn of Zagreus but this is by far my favorite of Orpheus' songs. I just love how much all the other characters can relate to it.
Except for Hypnos. Hypnos just thinks it's a nice little ditty.
Because he's just FABULOUS!
Hypnos is blissfully ignorant to everything
Hypnos is too pure, leave him alone
@@petitbloom742 Sleepy boi
I like Hymn of Zagreus a lot more now that I know that it depicts the character Zagreus as the Orphic mystery cults understood him, but don't look back is just such a demonstration of vocal range.
Giving me those Hadestown feels...
Me too!
I've become a fan of Hadestown ever since I came upon your comment, and I just want to say thank you! I've fallen in love with everything about it, and I wouldn't have found out this amazing musical without you, so thanks again!
Mary L. Dam
WAY DOWN HADESTOWN!! WAY DOWN UNDER THE GROUND!!
Dude! Same!
One of the best ost in gaming history
I always give orpheus a nectar everytime he sang this song
Hear, o gods, my desperate plea
To see my love beside me
Sunk below the mortal sea
Her anchor weighs upon me
Fasten her tether unto me
That she may rise to sail free
Don't
Don't look back
Close enough that light we can see
My doubt betrays the better of me
A glance to the stern is all it would be
That anguished shade shall haunt me
Ever on
Calm seas
Winds a-lee
But now the squall's upon us
We're foundering
Drowning
Don't look back
Don't look back
Don't look back
Don't look back
Don't look back
*This all happened post Ver 1.0 launch btw*
The first time this song appeared during my playthrough was...rather special.
For the first time, Zagreus had defeated his father and escaped the Underworld. He had finally reunited with his mother, Persephone, only for the Fates to cruelly pull him back to the Underworld.
As the prince trudged out of the Styx, soul heavy from having his time on the surface cut short, a melody faintly echoed through the halls of the House of Hades.
It was then he realized that Orpheus had once again decided to grace the House with his music once again.
Though no doubt Zagreus was still grieving and frustrated by having himself torn from his long lost mother and already planning on fighting his way back to the surface once again, I like to think that he felt some tingle of joy to hear his friend play once again.
A melody urging him not look back on his failures and continue on in his quest for answers.
It hit me when I had to go into Hades’ room for the first time to find the picture of Persephone after she says she doesn’t actually want to return
Perfect timing really
For me it was also right after the run before Zagreus gets access to Hades’ room. Perfect timing, since it felt like the beginning of a turning point in the story
Its something magical when you show up back home, and he's started to sing this song.
What if I told you she was down below?
Six feet under the ground below
She called your name before she went,
but
I guess you weren't listenin
goddd imagine darren korb as Orpheus thoo......
WAAAAIT FOR ME I'M COMIIIIIIIN
“Keep on walking *and don’t look back* till you get to the bottom land”
@@giselle3964 wAAAAAAAAIT FOR ME, I’m comiiiiiing
This comment gave me whiplash at 4:36 am jdjgjtjvjgjv
I'm blown away.
this song actually made me believes that this is really what Orpheus' songs would be like.
something so depressing yet pleasing to listen to.
something that would move the king and queen of the underworld that they would give him one chance to bring back his beloved.
Amazing vocal range!
This song is un-fucking-believable. I'm not even going to try to articulate the feelings I'm feeling. It's evergreen. I will always come back to this song years into the future.
That moment when he sings "Dont look back" at the end is so beautiful and cautionary. I really love how this song evokes the greek myth and just fits perfectly as if its always been a part of it.
the "don't look back" part 😭 he just spends who knows how many years regretting that one moment of weakness! Man, Darren Korb's voice is amazing. it's crazy to remember that this is zagreus lol
How can a man be this good at everything? Darren Korb voices Zag (and Skelly), wrote a killing soundtrack (or 4), AND sings an amazing falsetto in this. Leave some talent for the rest of us man!
The first time I've heard this was when I reemerged from the styx after Persephone told me that I shouldn't come to visit her again. I found it very fitting for the moment.
I downloaded Hades with no knowledge of the game or what I was getting myself into...first time I heard this I was absolutely floored. Never heard something so beautiful and haunting at the same time.
Oh boy! The first time I respawned and heard Orpheus sing was this song. I WAS IN AWE!! I just stood there for a solid 15 minutes and listened to him.
Wonderful song!
Darren Korb had to literally _be_ the best musician in Ancient Greece...
AND SUCCEEDED!!
That's the voice of a man who had a whole afterlife to wail out his regrets. Goddamn this song is good...
I remember the second time I beat Hades, when I walk out of the bloody pool and I heard this song for the first time. I felt chills all over my body, and I just stood there for a minute.
When that fealing passed I walked further into the house, ignoring Hipnos compleatly, not paying attention to Cerberus or even Hades. And then I saw Orpheus. That was the moment I realised why Hades was willing to wait a hole century just to hear him play once again.
Here's the real kicker, this is Zagreus's voice actor singing
Zagreus is Dionysus and Orpheus at the same time 🤔
He composed the whole game. And @buff isabelle just Orpheus' singing voice. His voice actor is a different guy.
And Skellys !
Orpheus: bring my gf back
Hades: ok but u can’t look back
Orpheus: **looks back**
His gf: **dies**
Orpheus: *:o*
Orpheus didn't die for this
@@remratsuken It's kind of tragic because all he needs to do is going out of the underworld without looking back.
It's like don't press the button yet you still press it. And he's so close to above too.
@@cestalia To be fair, we don't know how long the journey was. Zagreus notes that it was kind of an unfair condition.
@@korsekil plus Orpheus didn't realize that both him and Eurydice need to be outside the underworld, so when he stepped out of there Eurydice was still inside and you can guess what happens next
@@slurpfung906 so it was kind of euridice’s fault too in a way. She should have exited faster lol
This song is so hauntingly beautiful. I can't get it out of my head, looking at the lyrics Orpheus is CLEARLY distraught because of how his tale ended. I love that they showed his pain, anguish and self hatred so well in this song
This is my GOTY. Would buy every DLC if they ever think of releasing one. I felt in love with the music and everything. Thank you for making this gem.
Hearing Orpheus' shaky and high voice for the first time...I didn't know what to expect when I would hear his singing voice....this blew me away when I first heard it-
The myth of Orpheus and Euridice is one of my all time favorites or Greek mythology. The first time i heard Orpheus's name mentioned i audibly celebrated, i knew he'd sing something but i didn't think they would do the mythical musician justice. But i stood shaken to the core walking out of the river styx to hear Orpheus, son of Apollo, serenading as beautifully as they describes in the stories.
I felt hypnotized the moment I heard him. I stood there, admiring the beauty of the melody.
"I play the lyr actually! Orpheus even gave me a few pointers, but I never really considered singing"
you can just FEEL the shit eating grin of Zags va as he said this xD
The song is incredible, the first time he says « don’t look back » feels like an order to himself trought the past and the last is full of shame and regrets.
Masterpiece
Whenever this song plays after I die it makes the loss feel less bad. What an amazing song (along with the rest of the beautiful ost).
Hades deserved game of the year. Its such a master piece from start to finish, everything about this game was done with great care.
I won't say that much.
The core part for me was gameplay, which didn't stand out much. There are other indie games that surpasses hades in game play like dead cells and enter the gungeon.
Tho everything else is amazing in hades. The character design, VA, dialogues etc
1:55 when he just goes all in, it's SO good.
It blew my mind to find out that Darren Korb himself was the singing voice of Orpheus
This track caught me completely by surprise in the game. Just when you thought that you were making decent progress and feeling like things have gotten into a groove, you pop back to the great hall after a run... and Orpheus is playing music. it took me a moment to realize that it was a full on song, not just random instrumental filler music. Then I noticed there were lyrics, the singing was amazing yet haunting. After being mesmerized and just standing there to listen to the entire song play through from beginning to end, it finally dawned on me that it was his story.
I’m just getting into the quest and was absolutely floored when I first heard him sing. I expected it to be alright but no, it’s legendary.
So much thought and effort went into this game. I love it
Sinister, dark, sad and mesmerizing. This piece is way more Metal than countless generic "heavy" songs that depend on palm mute, double bass, and heavy highs to deafen you. ART! 10/10
I swear this song gives me chills listening to it. So freaking beautiful! It's mesmerizing.
I like to think Orpheus says “don’t look back” multiple times in order to remind himself of his mistake, which makes this hit harder, especially at the end where it feels like he’s really beating himself up for it
1:35 Oh that vocal upswing is just heaven.
The best song in Hades so far, in my opinion. I'm 50 hours in and this song made me stop and blew me away.
This song was fucking chilling the first time I heard Orpheus sing it in game, and it kinda stung when I realized what he was singing about
When orpheus first played this, it took me a second before i realized he was playing music again. I was floored, and couldnt help but be entranced by his tune. The attention to detail and the personalities of each of these characters are so on point, that every little detail about all of the gods and what they say makes me question their true intent. If i were in zagreus' shoes, i dont know how i could trust anyone.. the very thought of it makes me nervous. Hades is one hell of a game.
You can just feel the pain and sadness. I don't know if I've ever heard music so accurately capture the essence of something so fundamental as sadness.
When Orpheus sang Cerberus fell asleep and later on when he sang in front of Hades and his council everyone started crying and Persephone told Hades ''Give this man whatever he wants for his sorrow is too big''.
Orpheus is such a cute guy. His voice is so shrill and nervous that I expected him to never sing again. But hearing him sing is such a treat.
Hades has some of the best modern tellings of these myths I've ever seen. Even just through the songs. The songs by themselves are masterpieces
This is the most accurate representation of the actual story of Orpheus in Greek mythology. "Don't look back!"
Lore was on point (with a fun twist or two), gameplays amazing, immersion was perfect, music is nothing but total bangers from start to finish, voice actors giving it there all, and beautiful art as far as the eye can see. Countless hours of gameplay down and I'm still getting new dialogue.
11/10 game.
2:42 the finale gives me chills every time. It really feels like the desperate warnings and pleas of the person who made the mistake of looking back and paid the price.
It took a while but he sang this song and it hit. I did freeze. I loved it.
These are the words of a man broken beyond repair or recognition and still finds reason to continue moving forward.
The notes this dude hits are amazing! One of the best tracks in the game.
The most beautiful thing about this song to me is that it's just his voice, the guitar, and a haunting echo. Super easy on the ears despite the heartbreaking lyrics.
I first heard this song in game yesterday and after some time I realized the reason he uses sailor/ocean lingo is because he was an Argonaut with Jason and a few others in Greek myth, and the Argo was the ship the Argonauts rode in. He’s using his experiences from being a sailor to better describe his loss and grief :’)
I grew up reading mythology books, especially on Greek and Egyptian mythology. Although there's plenty of stories with a lot of references to Greek mythology, most are pretty superficially inspired, or only reference its most famous aspects. I was really pleasantly surprised with how Hades created a complex story that goes a lot more in depth than usual with its references and understanding of the source material, while still putting its own spin on it. This song was chilling when I first heard it, especially since I already knew the story behind it.
I've heard a lot about the game and the soundtrack, and I'm also familiar with all the previous games from this great studio. But in the last 2 years I have been on treatment for depression and I just can't play games, absolutely, absolutely. I work, I read, but I can't play at all.
And today I decided to just listen to the soundtrack. All the tracks are fantastic, but getting on this one is... i just began to cry. Melancholy, afterlife vibes, insane vocal and amazing sound. After listening to it 20 times, I just went to the Seam and bought the game for myself and my wife. I know that I won't be able to play for a long time, but I just have to support such outstanding people for their outstanding work.
Thanks to Supergiant Games and Darren Korb, insanely stunning work.
Orpheus is such a tragic character in Greek mythology, I remember feeling so bad for him when I read sandman.
I'm seriously heartbroken that Darren Korb doesn't have any music outside Supergiant Games
Fun fact, the reason he's singing "Don't look back" at the end is because Hades told Orpheus he'd let Eurydice return with him to Earth, but only if he led her without looking back to see her. Right at the very end, Orpheus turned to see her and Eurydice was pulled back into Hades forever.
Holy shit when I tell you I real-life froze to hear every note of his singing when I first heard this, emerging from out of the pool of Styx….Chills, man. Chills.
Freaking LOVE this game, the music, the artwork, the gameplay, the story. Everything about it is amazing.
We gettin out of Tartarus with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥