Listening to this soundtrack on a surround sound setup with low lights, just enjoying the memories and feelings, is almost a transcendental experience. Memories from simpler, better times, filled with excitement, adventure, without a single worry for mundane problems.
Actually a millenial from the 80's, played diablo 1 online when it came out, sounds like today to me cause i still enjoy project diablo 2 a lot @@mrmike1183
This introduction song to D2:LOD reminds me of being in 7th and 8th grade during the summer. Sitting playing D2 upstairs and looking outside watching the sunset, knowing I was about to spend the next 6 hours playing my favorite game of all-time, with amazing friends I met online. One of the best feelings man.
Not only the game but the soundtracks what made this game unforgettable. Man, experiencing this game as a kid... and still nothing came close to that feeling.
Back when blizzard music was eerie, mesmerizing, and utterly memorable. Topnotch quality in fx/sound effects too. Nothing will ever come close to the first two games in this franchise.
56:11 Lyrics translation Harem: I bow to the one who has lotus in her hand, has a pleasant happy face, who gives good fortune and destiny, gives refuge (fearlessness) with her hand (posture), who is adorned with lots of gems and other ways, who gives the very much desired fruits to the devotees, is attended upon by viShNu, shiva, brahmA and others, behind whom are lotus, conch and other opulence and who is always with power.
damn, i played this game for hundreds of hours during school and after that i wrote my bachelor thesis to this soundtrack, then i wrote my master thesis to this soundtrack and now i am still playing that game every evening. Diablo 2 is more than just a game for me, that is a life changer.
haha i can totally relate. i m just writing my master thesis to this and so I did with my bachelor ;) its the right sound to keep excitement but also gives you chills
This intro song carries me on a timeless journey, like a TP that swiftly transports me back to an era where I stood before a majestic hunk of beige machinery, humming with the essence of Windows 98. Oh, how vividly it feels, as if yesterday's echoes resound, the symphony of my inventory items gracefully falling with each click after clicking a link. They're echoes filling my ears, only to witness another player swiftly collecting them all. Good times.
I hear some subtle differences, even on my cheap speakers, I bet someone with good monitors could tell more about what went into the remaster. e.g. 3:38 the drum roll and cymbal crash feels wider, deeper. Btw this is part of a track called "Monastery", which plays in the Act 1 Monastery exterior.
It's a remaster, like all remasters, done solely to make money. All D2 Resurrected has been remade, it's not even the same game. Same with Warcraft 3 remaster, and Starcraft remaster. Half the time the new models and textures look worse, or completely different. It's like a slap in the face to all the original graphic artists who worked on the games. It's like you're saying the original games looked like shit, so we have to re-design them now. Did Diablo 2 really age that much? Did it even look bad? No. Did it even need to be remastered? Of course not. But they realized they could make a LOT of money re-releasing it. And consumers could have ignored it, and saved their money ,but you all got suckered into a huge moneymaking SCAM.
@@chumbawampa It's not like saying original games looked like shit. SC and Diablo remasters are great, as they keep the original art direction and improve what originally was limited mostly by technology. I dislike some changes (like new portraits in SC, resembling more those from SC2), but that alone doesn't cancel all the great work that has been done and that really improves how the game looks and works. Sure, they are made with profit in mind, but guess what? Originals were aswell! WC3 Refunded is ofc another story.
The music from the FLAC files in the description are much lower quality than the D2 OST CD music. There is quite a significant difference if you listen to them side by side.
This game and this soundtrack will live in the memories of a generation. It's been over 20 years we can remember the days when nothing mattered, no worries, no deadlines, just the thrill of adventure into the depths of hell, searching for loot and jumping for excitement at the words.. "Diablo Walks the Earth"
The soundtrack from the 4th city is delightful, the 2nd, 1st and Harem are cool too. But to be honest, I didn't notice the difference between the sound of the tracks from the original and the remaster of the game.
That's because the music isn't remastered, it's just the original music. It's not even as good as the music from the D2 OST CD - the music from that CD is of higher quality than the FLAC files linked in the description. There is quite a significant difference in quality. This is Blizzard so you can't expect more than the minimum effort when it comes to remasters.
@yosharian To be fair, Resurrected was not a low effort remaster. I'm no longer a blizzard fan boy as I was during the golden age of Diablo 2 and LOD, but we have to give kudos where they are earned.
I like that they used the dungeon (Cathedral) soundtrack in the spider cave sountrack. Not sure if the other soundtracks (except Tristram of course) were used. I think the options soundtrack has some similarities to the one from D1.
What i like the most about Blizzard is that every game has an amazing story behind it. The main story of Diablo is so amazing that a movie should be shot about it. Uelman's composed music is also the backbone of the game. As if Matt Uelman practically went into the game and lived it...
I knew Diablo 2 soundtrack was amazing, however I don't know why but tonight while listening to it again through this video (maybe musics in this video are in higher quality ?), I feel very overwhelmed by the beauty of all the musics ! Thanks for sharing
Other commenters are right this version is extremely high quality thank you. Me: I don't want remakes. Also me: I just want it for the sound. That wilderness. Never is my necromancer more vulnerable then the first 30 seconds outside that town trying to slap something to death with a wand. Survival Mode.
A very nice upload. Thank you. Sometimes i wonder what my neighbours think when i play video game soundtracks like this. Anyway, ty for the upload, upvoted.
I didnt play diablo 2 back then, but still I love this music and feel a kind of pseudonostalgia for the age of early modern games. And now I play Resurrected in both old and new graphics and both are fantastic. And really cool is that the new graphics keeps the style feeling of late 90th - early 2000th
This game was insanely popular back in the early 2000s all my older brother friends were playing it. Addicted to it like crack. Then I tried it, I understood immediately why. Haven't played D4. No way they can ever get back to that level unfortunately.
Back when my Dad and I would play together. He would choose the fighter, I would pick the sorceress. Years after the Resurrection remake, I'd take my crack at the Assassin. Still listen to this and the Warcraft 2 soundtrack. 😌
I played this game when I was in my teens and I was very impressed and marked by its soundtrack. Latter on, I became interested in music and I fell in love with Metallica. Looking back I can see that Act 1's music moves in a similar sound pallette than some passages of the music of Metallica, specially the album Ride the Lightning. For example, listen to 'The call of ktulu' (its similarity with some passages in Tristam is incredible, almost looks like a big influence), the intro in 'Fight fire with fire', or 'Sanitarium'. Seems that I picked Metallica becouse I had previously fell in love with this sound
This soundtrack brings me joy! This game is one of the absolute best game created.. I wish they would work on more expansion, following the same "principle" and mechanics, not like the new games!... There was something about grinding and find your first Shako (1.07 edition of course! LOL)
You can feel the passion and detail to this, real guitars mixed in too not cheesy synthesized pop music like they did for the D4 trailer which was more a pathetic attempt to grab "clout" than actual playing something that suited the genre. Nothing cheesy about this whole video, especially if you can play music yourself.
I am a 51-year old fart hardcore video gamer since the early 1980s. When I heard this soundtrack in here I almost cried. I have never stopped playing D2. Never. Best CRPG ever.
I can’t forget this track until I live. This will always make me feel nostalgic and think to my mother, father, brother and great childhood. I was playing with Diablo 2 exactly 19 years ago today, when my father was told me that my grandfather had passed away.
Commenting your description ("It seems that in the final version of the game no changes were made to the music files!"): I think any masterpiece, like this Matt Uelman´s entire soundtrack, must not be modified... It´s the best soundtrack in games ever...
Listening to this soundtrack on a surround sound setup with low lights, just enjoying the memories and feelings, is almost a transcendental experience. Memories from simpler, better times, filled with excitement, adventure, without a single worry for mundane problems.
Sounds like today to me ♥
@@PeachRap You must be gen Z or A
Actually a millenial from the 80's, played diablo 1 online when it came out, sounds like today to me cause i still enjoy project diablo 2 a lot @@mrmike1183
sounds pretty gay
@@bradcallahan3546 love you ❤️
This introduction song to D2:LOD reminds me of being in 7th and 8th grade during the summer. Sitting playing D2 upstairs and looking outside watching the sunset, knowing I was about to spend the next 6 hours playing my favorite game of all-time, with amazing friends I met online. One of the best feelings man.
dude... fuck yea
You can almost hear the wind, the dread, the quiet, the demons, the horror, the beauty
I feel it
Anyone with +40 years old and still enjoying this surrounding music art while coding?
I'm not quiet 40, but I do :)
Im not 40 but i use it for coding!
I'm 42 but not coding but listening enthusiasticly while traveling etc. Sooo tasty, moody quality music tapestry with chilling hooks.
37 years old, this is still the best diablo game IMHO
43, indie game developer. somedays I start my work with this music.
Not only the game but the soundtracks what made this game unforgettable. Man, experiencing this game as a kid... and still nothing came close to that feeling.
It really did all tie together. The ui, the gameplay, the music, the voice actors. More then just it's parts.
@@Drak976 That is what you call A+ game ..or a master piece. There is quantum of games out there but only few reach this status.
The only thing that i can say it matches D2 is being a noob in Lineage 2. I remember traveling the first time to giran.
Diablo 1 did
after 25 years im still listening ah memories best game ever
Close, release date: June 29, 2000
Да, чувак!
- After 25 years? - Always...
starcraft is better by far, but diablo is pretty sick yes
@@LogoSystemCG comparing RTS to Slasher RPG is like comparing Car to Boat
Back when blizzard music was eerie, mesmerizing, and utterly memorable. Topnotch quality in fx/sound effects too. Nothing will ever come close to the first two games in this franchise.
lol D4 trailer playing some synthesized pop nonsense that doesn't even match the genre.
Diablo 4 is cool as well and in ten years there will be guys commenting on D4 videos on how it was the best game ever made etc
@@josephmueller3752 not everything is nostalgia,, sometimes things are objectively a masterpiece and d4 aint got any of that
@@josephmueller3752 yes, wortless subhumans
@@Despond they
WHAT
15:07 and onward in Wilderness and into Tristram has influenced me in ways I cannot describe. I wish I had an endless loop of this style of guitar.
Just loop the first 52 seconds of The Eagles "Hotel California" and you will have your wish.😆
@@DPR-GENXI think of Diablo everything I hear this song!
Listen to the album "The Moon is a Dead World" by Gospel, its exactly what you're looking for.
Listen "call of ktulu" of Metallica, that intro
56:05 onwards gets my heart racing, it’s so good
Only song with vocals... It's crazy how good this is without anything too fancy!
At long last, high quality full soundtrack with full Act V Siege piece. Thank you
I thought it was Mars by Gustav Holst when listening to it, especially around 1:58:00.
56:11 Lyrics translation Harem: I bow to the one who has lotus in her hand, has a pleasant happy face, who gives good fortune and destiny, gives refuge (fearlessness) with her hand (posture), who is adorned with lots of gems and other ways, who gives the very much desired fruits to the devotees, is attended upon by viShNu, shiva, brahmA and others, behind whom are lotus, conch and other opulence and who is always with power.
Thanks for this. Always wondered what the translation was. One of my favs by far on the soundtrack
@@mantra510 YW. The language is Sanskriet btw.
@@indridcold2872There's a word in the song that in English sounds like turkey. What's that translation?
@@kimballhansen2629 Can't identify it, can you provide a time stamp?
@@indridcold2872@57:37
damn, i played this game for hundreds of hours during school and after that i wrote my bachelor thesis to this soundtrack, then i wrote my master thesis to this soundtrack and now i am still playing that game every evening. Diablo 2 is more than just a game for me, that is a life changer.
haha i can totally relate. i m just writing my master thesis to this and so I did with my bachelor ;) its the right sound to keep excitement but also gives you chills
Dude, that's awesome? Where can I read them?
@@El_Memoptimus haha the topic is not diablo related if you aim that. it was just that soundtrack that helped us through it.
@@fsfsfs69 hahaha, that was quite the misreading on my part, oh well, cheers dude!
The music + game itself , one of the most epic games of my childhood.
1:13:45 first levels under Tristram cathedral Diablo 1
Ah yess, Lut Gholein really takes me out of my head. It's so mysterious!
This intro song carries me on a timeless journey, like a TP that swiftly transports me back to an era where I stood before a majestic hunk of beige machinery, humming with the essence of Windows 98. Oh, how vividly it feels, as if yesterday's echoes resound, the symphony of my inventory items gracefully falling with each click after clicking a link. They're echoes filling my ears, only to witness another player swiftly collecting them all. Good times.
Muting D4 music and playing this in the background. Pure bliss. Now if only I can change sound effects.
Just change the whole game lol
I firmly believe the fact that d4‘s soundtrack sucks is part of it’s declining popularity
Legendary and unforgettable soundtrack. Thank you for sharing!
Shenk's sting is probably one of the best parts of this whole score.
16:33 best backsong for every game!!!
Man I love the action that plays when you kill Meph for the first time in any difficulty. It's so good! 1:33:08
Um conteúdo que merece ser curtido e compartilhado
Want to say thank you for including the "action" and "resolution" tracks. Nice little touch.
Yeah that's coolo. What's the difference between a resolution and an action? Why is one called one and another called the other?
So glad i got to experience this masterpiece.
16:33 this is why you're here.
you're god damn right!
No im here for 38:40 the true best piece of the ost
Childhood and some more (active player today). Thank you for the upload.
5:35 finally the real version of this song with the right cuts
what you men by right cuts? it was wrong before?
The D2 OST CD version is better.
Thank you for this amazing compilation!
I hear some subtle differences, even on my cheap speakers, I bet someone with good monitors could tell more about what went into the remaster. e.g. 3:38 the drum roll and cymbal crash feels wider, deeper. Btw this is part of a track called "Monastery", which plays in the Act 1 Monastery exterior.
So Just Bass enhanced?
@@Cant-Think-Of-Anythink-Better They didn't just put an EQ and turn up the bass, no.
It's a remaster, like all remasters, done solely to make money. All D2 Resurrected has been remade, it's not even the same game. Same with Warcraft 3 remaster, and Starcraft remaster. Half the time the new models and textures look worse, or completely different. It's like a slap in the face to all the original graphic artists who worked on the games. It's like you're saying the original games looked like shit, so we have to re-design them now. Did Diablo 2 really age that much? Did it even look bad? No. Did it even need to be remastered? Of course not. But they realized they could make a LOT of money re-releasing it. And consumers could have ignored it, and saved their money ,but you all got suckered into a huge moneymaking SCAM.
@@chumbawampa It's not like saying original games looked like shit. SC and Diablo remasters are great, as they keep the original art direction and improve what originally was limited mostly by technology. I dislike some changes (like new portraits in SC, resembling more those from SC2), but that alone doesn't cancel all the great work that has been done and that really improves how the game looks and works.
Sure, they are made with profit in mind, but guess what? Originals were aswell!
WC3 Refunded is ofc another story.
The music from the FLAC files in the description are much lower quality than the D2 OST CD music. There is quite a significant difference if you listen to them side by side.
13:45 always gets me hyped
That part its so good
I live for this part
that first 5 seconds has been blasted in my ears 10x more than any other video game music ever
Legendary OST, one of the greatest in the history of VGM along with StrarCraft Brood War OST.
38:40 Toru (Act 2 Town) - best.
Playing this on Xbox and listening to 1:55:35 Act V, seige, i thought I was listening to Mars by Gustav Holst.
This game and this soundtrack will live in the memories of a generation. It's been over 20 years we can remember the days when nothing mattered, no worries, no deadlines, just the thrill of adventure into the depths of hell, searching for loot and jumping for excitement at the words.. "Diablo Walks the Earth"
22:00 GOOOOLD
Stay a while and listen!
The soundtrack from the 4th city is delightful, the 2nd, 1st and Harem are cool too. But to be honest, I didn't notice the difference between the sound of the tracks from the original and the remaster of the game.
How can you improve something that's already perfect? 😁
That's because the music isn't remastered, it's just the original music. It's not even as good as the music from the D2 OST CD - the music from that CD is of higher quality than the FLAC files linked in the description. There is quite a significant difference in quality.
This is Blizzard so you can't expect more than the minimum effort when it comes to remasters.
@yosharian To be fair, Resurrected was not a low effort remaster. I'm no longer a blizzard fan boy as I was during the golden age of Diablo 2 and LOD, but we have to give kudos where they are earned.
@@yosharian I'd have to go dig old CDs out to fact check you but this sounds very nice to me. I don't think this game got the W3 reforged treatment.
I like that they used the dungeon (Cathedral) soundtrack in the spider cave sountrack. Not sure if the other soundtracks (except Tristram of course) were used. I think the options soundtrack has some similarities to the one from D1.
Beautiful music from a beautiful game
I bought D2R t orelive the nostalgia... but, to my dismay, my computer or my internet can not handle it... the music will bring me back
What an amazing work of art.
MY Old Memories Of Diablo II Game Sound Track and awesome time to hear the battle music Love them all
Meteorite !!! Magic Lv...24Skills Like Blizzard !!! _)Lv...24
Skills 24 30 ...Hydra !!!
Thank You Salim Muller...Good Luck///
Ice Armor Lv 1. Skill ...
What i like the most about Blizzard is that every game has an amazing story behind it. The main story of Diablo is so amazing that a movie should be shot about it. Uelman's composed music is also the backbone of the game. As if Matt Uelman practically went into the game and lived it...
I knew Diablo 2 soundtrack was amazing, however I don't know why but tonight while listening to it again through this video (maybe musics in this video are in higher quality ?), I feel very overwhelmed by the beauty of all the musics ! Thanks for sharing
Probably because you don't have to listen to dang underkin grabbling at you.
10:50 une note cachée, qui contient la grandeur de l'univers
Some good depressive chilling music, never forget this emptiness
LOVE IT
Hearing these with good headphones are increasing the intensity from this epic music even further 🎉
Other commenters are right this version is extremely high quality thank you. Me: I don't want remakes. Also me: I just want it for the sound.
That wilderness. Never is my necromancer more vulnerable then the first 30 seconds outside that town trying to slap something to death with a wand. Survival Mode.
Best game soundtrack ever.
A very nice upload. Thank you. Sometimes i wonder what my neighbours think when i play video game soundtracks like this. Anyway, ty for the upload, upvoted.
I didnt play diablo 2 back then, but still I love this music and feel a kind of pseudonostalgia for the age of early modern games. And now I play Resurrected in both old and new graphics and both are fantastic. And really cool is that the new graphics keeps the style feeling of late 90th - early 2000th
Beautiful title render!
This game was insanely popular back in the early 2000s all my older brother friends were playing it. Addicted to it like crack. Then I tried it, I understood immediately why. Haven't played D4. No way they can ever get back to that level unfortunately.
Back when my Dad and I would play together. He would choose the fighter, I would pick the sorceress. Years after the Resurrection remake, I'd take my crack at the Assassin. Still listen to this and the Warcraft 2 soundtrack. 😌
I played this game when I was in my teens and I was very impressed and marked by its soundtrack. Latter on, I became interested in music and I fell in love with Metallica. Looking back I can see that Act 1's music moves in a similar sound pallette than some passages of the music of Metallica, specially the album Ride the Lightning. For example, listen to 'The call of ktulu' (its similarity with some passages in Tristam is incredible, almost looks like a big influence), the intro in 'Fight fire with fire', or 'Sanitarium'. Seems that I picked Metallica becouse I had previously fell in love with this sound
38:40 *chef's kiss*
56:45 my fave
same here
It may be the same quality but in the 20 years since I've heard this my system is now much much better.
Best chapter layout, Thank You!
STILL unsurpassed after playing Diablo 4.
Diablo 2 is still king in every way.
11:58 that bass sticks with me. Something so catchy, dissonant but groovy but wrong and horror inducing, like a nightmare.
Thank you for Upload :)
Cool deal bro! My favorite game and one of my favorite soundtracks. Thanks!
Demonic atmosphere music have never sounded so relaxing. Powerful nostalgia
first one its the login soundtrack , hit right in the feels.
Dedicated to my friends Raimon and Jordi, some day we'll reach the endgame of D2.
Thanks a lot for these Matt Uelmen
This soundtrack brings me joy! This game is one of the absolute best game created.. I wish they would work on more expansion, following the same "principle" and mechanics, not like the new games!... There was something about grinding and find your first Shako (1.07 edition of course! LOL)
act 1 Tristram... wow the nostalgia
D2 intro gives me ASMR
1:31:01 Ultrasound of a baby sound effect used in the music track.
I can't do that yet.
Not in town.
I need Mana.
One of the best video game soundtracks ever
This is perfect for playing Diablo 4.
I've stayed a while and listened..
one of the best games ever played, epic!
When an entire soundtrack is better than 95% of today's games
Caves are so dope!
I have to realize again and again that Act 3 Spider is the Dungeon theme from Diablo 1
1:00:33 the bass here gets crazy
aa uu aa uu aAAAAA Uuuu
38:45 This is the theme of a mystical desert city that got screwed over by the devil exactly
Currently playing the new ARPG Last Epoch with this soundtrack in the Background :')
You can feel the passion and detail to this, real guitars mixed in too not cheesy synthesized pop music like they did for the D4 trailer which was more a pathetic attempt to grab "clout" than actual playing something that suited the genre. Nothing cheesy about this whole video, especially if you can play music yourself.
I am a 51-year old fart hardcore video gamer since the early 1980s. When I heard this soundtrack in here I almost cried. I have never stopped playing D2. Never. Best CRPG ever.
OST 부터가 레전드
Just got it on the PS5 for £11! How it looks now is how I thought it looked like when it was 640p all them years ago.
600p
the most horrifying of soundtracks, the pure terror of the Options menu
that intro is epic!
I literally mute the bgm for every game i play and let this run instead, to this fucking day. Makes every rpg sound so much more exciting
Never forget the Kurast adrenaline rush (ante-litteram Apocalypto Jungle run)
Great experience😂
I now play this soundtrack as background for work all the time, and it got me to re-install D2. It's kind of like Deus Ex in that way.
"Stay a while and listen"
Why isn't there a company making such intense and exciting games these days? It's sad. Oh, Blizzard North... May they be happy always. 😐❤
It's like same song but better quality
Nah, its the exact same quality as the original game.
D2 - the best Diablo game.
I can’t forget this track until I live. This will always make me feel nostalgic and think to my mother, father, brother and great childhood. I was playing with Diablo 2 exactly 19 years ago today, when my father was told me that my grandfather had passed away.
The music makes me tingle. I am playing the current season but I'll admit playing it way back when it was outrageously the King are the best memories.
Commenting your description ("It seems that in the final version of the game no changes were made to the music files!"): I think any masterpiece, like this Matt Uelman´s entire soundtrack, must not be modified... It´s the best soundtrack in games ever...
I love hearing bits of the Diablo 1 music imbedded in it so coolo
its really cool to listen to this while playing Diablo 4. what a soundtrack Diablo 2 have. great memories.