I picture he updates it so that after you hit naninf on the last blind instead of the game stalling it fade to black, this version of the song plays and the credits roll with all the jokers on the sides of the screen scrolling with the credits
Someone should actually pitch something like this to Localthunk, he could add a balatro theme remix pack and add this and an orchestral (almost) Game Of The Year version, maybe a trombone champ collab or something, it would be kinda cool I guess...
Well , I hate to be probably the one hundredth guy you've heard say this but, All songs are just different versions of one song, So even though they're all Different version. It's still the same thing
@@Real_Pikademonyeah but that doesn’t necessarily mean all together they’ll sound coherent. The reason it works here is that while each track kinda has its own melody, there’s one track that has a much less sparse melody which makes it sound like everything else is just supporting track for the least sparse melody.
@@MelodyDaivia It also helps that the versions are designed to be blended into each other at any point. That's not quite the same as "playing them all on top of each other", but it increases the chance that they'll all kinda fit together.
Composer here. I got to say it's clear that it's not merely tracks being overlaid (because drums would clearly overlap) but rather as if the original project pieces were all put together. I wonder how the video was made.. Unless the song files were already split up for ease of use in the game logic. That would be unexpected, however, as game files are usually obfuscated (encoded) so that assets are not accessible outside of the product. That aside, was an enjoyable listen. Thank you for sharing.
This OST was created by a random dude on Fiverr, and now it was rendered by an orchestra at the game awards. There must be so many artists out there that are just as talented whose work will never see the light of day because they never have their lucky break.
@@zackglickert4495 some musicians never make it. some make it when they're 70. others when they're 12. in the arts industry, things are never easy. unless you're born a son of a label owner.
@@zackglickert4495 good news that balatro´s dev made a deal with the guy that he will put the ost for sale on steam and he (the fiver guy) will get all the revenue from it,
I totally agree!! If you wanna peep some sick synth compositions that are complex in a really good way I recommend Windows 96! They have only gotten better as an artist with time, but 100 Mornings and Enchanted Instrumentals and Whispers are insanely good albums.
At first I thought this would sound attrocious. Because every video that did the same thing of overlaying multiple tracks usually did it with songs that had nothing to do with eachother. But then I listened, and remembered that the music is quite literally designed to fade in and out of each piece you don't even notice. Putting it all together is like the pieces making a bigger, so much greater picture.
I remember there were a ton of combined OSTs for Luftrausers that also had a layered soundtrack, but since the original music was already high energy, it ended up just sounding messy. I'm still surprised at how well this worked for Balatro.
I get still being surprised that *all* of them at once isn't massively overpowering though. It speaks to 1) how coherent they are with each other, not switching out elements for the sake of it, and 2) how economically "less is more" the composition and mixing is. In my opinion, that's what preserves the "flow" in normal gameplay and lets it be a subtlety in the background instead of being a front-and-centre distraction that people disable at hour 10 of gameplay
@@SBradisonThey substitue each other but not that does not mean it will compliment each other, and this does, which makes it a pleasant surprise, however big or small it is.
Took me a second to figure out when measures begin and end but you’re right. This is an incredible piece. There really are too many talents that go unnoticed. This guy I know has a song in 5/4 up on UA-cam, and they said they’re working on a 13/8 song. The 5/4 song is rough but it has potential.
@@JikuAraiguma5/4 has a lot of great examples in jazz and also progressive rock spaces. Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree fame loves to utilize 5/4 time. The tracks "Fear of a Blank Planet' and 'The Blind House' are really great. 'The Remedy' by Puscifer is another notable song in 5/4.
This is so magical to hear all at once. I'm not particularly surprised that they all play well together because the songs are supposed to sync in and out depending on what screen you're on, and fairly effortlessly. But it's still really awesome.
Correct me if im wrong but i heard LocalThunk talk about in the podcast how this was actually delivered as one song with all of the tracks and LocalThunk thought it would add more variety if he broke up the tracks logically into different visuals and fade between them to make it all coherent. That way theres variety but the transitions are seamless because its all actually 1 song.
This is so cool. It sounds so mystical and enigmatic with the tarot/celestial pack themes blended in, and they all kinda take turns filling the silent spots of the others
Guys we should have Luis Clemente do this but mix them all together and have different tracks shine more at different moments, like a medly I guess but they're all still there.
> Heard of Balatro > Haven't heard it's soundtrack at all > "All tracks together? This should be as awful as hell, wanna listen it!" > Nearly cried of how wonderful it is
This reminds me a lot of the way Chris Christodoulou would layer motifs on each other in his music. especially in the deadbolt soundtrack. unironically sounds so good
this is the mark of an excellent composer. there is so much good flow and shared motifs through each of the individual tracks that they can be layered and still sound good. an example of a similar thing would be toby fox. as we all know, toby fox is extremely good at translating his characters into unique leitmotifs. so much so that characters that share a motif have songs that can flow into each other smoothly. also it is very worth mentioning at this time that localthunk found louisf on FIVERR. until this game louis was just a random guy. i sincerely hope that this changed the course of their life, because this music is so perfectly ambient that i sometimes don't even realize it's playing in the background. it just feels right and was so perfect for this game.
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When you hit Ante 40, this plays.
Trust me.
ANTE 40 OH MY GOD LMA-
I mean, um, they're right. I heard it myself.
love the detail that ante 40 is the first actually impossible ante to get to.
@@tombradshaw1378You "win" the game after ante 8, but really you beat Balatro when you see ante 39.
Talisman (performance enhancing booster packs), help me out here
We're reaching naneinf with this one, boys!
This sounds like the music that would play over the end credits
Thats a really good idea actually, they should make it so that it does that when you open the credits tab!
I picture he updates it so that after you hit naninf on the last blind instead of the game stalling it fade to black, this version of the song plays and the credits roll with all the jokers on the sides of the screen scrolling with the credits
We find out that we were the Balatro all along…
Someone should actually pitch something like this to Localthunk, he could add a balatro theme remix pack and add this and an orchestral (almost) Game Of The Year version, maybe a trombone champ collab or something, it would be kinda cool I guess...
Yeah that would make sense
I was expecting this to sound terrible but it's actually a coherent song
I was surprised too at how well it all meshed together.
Well , I hate to be probably the one hundredth guy you've heard say this but, All songs are just different versions of one song, So even though they're all Different version. It's still the same thing
@@Real_Pikademonyeah but that doesn’t necessarily mean all together they’ll sound coherent. The reason it works here is that while each track kinda has its own melody, there’s one track that has a much less sparse melody which makes it sound like everything else is just supporting track for the least sparse melody.
@@MelodyDaivia It also helps that the versions are designed to be blended into each other at any point. That's not quite the same as "playing them all on top of each other", but it increases the chance that they'll all kinda fit together.
Composer here. I got to say it's clear that it's not merely tracks being overlaid (because drums would clearly overlap) but rather as if the original project pieces were all put together.
I wonder how the video was made.. Unless the song files were already split up for ease of use in the game logic. That would be unexpected, however, as game files are usually obfuscated (encoded) so that assets are not accessible outside of the product.
That aside, was an enjoyable listen. Thank you for sharing.
This OST was created by a random dude on Fiverr, and now it was rendered by an orchestra at the game awards. There must be so many artists out there that are just as talented whose work will never see the light of day because they never have their lucky break.
makes me wonder what this guy is doing being on fiverr when he could be doing better things
I'm waiting for the full orchestral, choral, and rock versions.
@@zackglickert4495 some musicians never make it. some make it when they're 70. others when they're 12. in the arts industry, things are never easy. unless you're born a son of a label owner.
@@zackglickert4495 good news that balatro´s dev made a deal with the guy that he will put the ost for sale on steam and he (the fiver guy) will get all the revenue from it,
@ i’m a strong believer that we make our own luck. i hope this guy takes this great opportunity and does something with it
my dreams after a long run:
this honestly has no business being as fantastic as it is. it feels complex in a really good way
I totally agree!!
If you wanna peep some sick synth compositions that are complex in a really good way I recommend Windows 96! They have only gotten better as an artist with time, but 100 Mornings and Enchanted Instrumentals and Whispers are insanely good albums.
@@chris4164 you're not gonna believe this but I'm already a chad windows 96 enjoyer
huge fan of glass prism
A big part is that tasty 7/4 time signature, keeps everything moving without needing to resolve too hard.
I feel like I should be making a choice, but I'm not sure *what*
This one or that one…
SKIP FOR RED CARD
Turn the left card, into the right one
Nope!
Again!
At first I thought this would sound attrocious. Because every video that did the same thing of overlaying multiple tracks usually did it with songs that had nothing to do with eachother. But then I listened, and remembered that the music is quite literally designed to fade in and out of each piece you don't even notice. Putting it all together is like the pieces making a bigger, so much greater picture.
I remember there were a ton of combined OSTs for Luftrausers that also had a layered soundtrack, but since the original music was already high energy, it ended up just sounding messy. I'm still surprised at how well this worked for Balatro.
I'm a fan of the old Mario Maker 1 tracks mixed together. Messy at times, but I still appreciate them.
"It had no right being this good" yes it does it was literally designed for this
ikr people acting surprised like all these tracks weren't composed in a way to substitute each other at every moment
I get still being surprised that *all* of them at once isn't massively overpowering though. It speaks to 1) how coherent they are with each other, not switching out elements for the sake of it, and 2) how economically "less is more" the composition and mixing is. In my opinion, that's what preserves the "flow" in normal gameplay and lets it be a subtlety in the background instead of being a front-and-centre distraction that people disable at hour 10 of gameplay
@@SBradisonThey substitue each other but not that does not mean it will compliment each other, and this does, which makes it a pleasant surprise, however big or small it is.
2:27 I love how the shop and arcana themes basically take turns being the focus around this section
Holy shit that part is so good
Honestly, this part is probably my favorite. Thanks for pointing it out!
Gives me chills. So so nice
This score is a truly genius feat of interactive nonlinear composing. I love the way this sounds!!
woah hey there
See, now when someone asks you what music you like, you don't have to send them a playlist because it's all one song.
Almost nobody talks about the song being in 7/4 and how well that lends itself to the nature of the game. It's totally genius.
Took me a second to figure out when measures begin and end but you’re right. This is an incredible piece. There really are too many talents that go unnoticed.
This guy I know has a song in 5/4 up on UA-cam, and they said they’re working on a 13/8 song. The 5/4 song is rough but it has potential.
@@JikuAraigumalisten to take five by Dave brubeck
@@JikuAraiguma5/4 has a lot of great examples in jazz and also progressive rock spaces. Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree fame loves to utilize 5/4 time. The tracks "Fear of a Blank Planet' and 'The Blind House' are really great. 'The Remedy' by Puscifer is another notable song in 5/4.
This is so magical to hear all at once. I'm not particularly surprised that they all play well together because the songs are supposed to sync in and out depending on what screen you're on, and fairly effortlessly. But it's still really awesome.
I think you did a good job managing volume levels, this is extremely listen able. It's like a secret track we had all along
Now add the orchestral version from the game awards 😈
Wouldn't work. The Orchestral version is 4/4 instead of 7/4.
@@syrexio So I'm not crazy. I thought it sounded just ever so slightly off somehow...
@@kristoffersonsilverfox3923 they had to adjust it so it fit with the rest of the composition. I thought it was interesting to hear.
@@syrexio I had a feeling that was why. I'm sure it'd feel weird to be playing in 4/4 and suddenly swap to 7/4 out of nowhere
@@syrexiothat would be so cool if they pulled the switch off tho, i’m sure they could do it in a way that didn’t sound jarring
the pads from the planet card theme really glue the whole thing together
i feel like this should play at Ante 8 during the final boss blind. Actually sounds great and really climactic
nah, ante 11 boss
Ante 39 secret credits roll after hitting naneinf
This
yo this some jazzy polyrhythm shit dawg
none of that, its just in 7:4 time which is still really cool
Polychrome rhythm
Adaptive music is so cool
Friend: “What’s your favorite variation of the Balatro theme?”
Me:
I mean this as a compliment, this sounds like something you'd hear in Risk of Rain
I’m pretty sure they’re the same composer
Risk of Rain. Probably the most meditative shooter I've ever played.
@@Wouldyoulose98 Balatro composer is Luis Clemente and RoR is Chris Christodoulou
@@xiuwalker interesting,thanks for correcting my mistake,just saw someone type it under a post
if you like the risk of rain soundtrack, you should try deadbolt. it's by the same devs and same composer
Correct me if im wrong but i heard LocalThunk talk about in the podcast how this was actually delivered as one song with all of the tracks and LocalThunk thought it would add more variety if he broke up the tracks logically into different visuals and fade between them to make it all coherent. That way theres variety but the transitions are seamless because its all actually 1 song.
This feels so complete it's actually incredible. Makes me emotional honestly, thank you Balatro
this layers so beautifully together. 🃏❤
The dynamic soundtrack in this game is so cool! This is just a testament to how well each track flows into the other
This is so cool. It sounds so mystical and enigmatic with the tarot/celestial pack themes blended in, and they all kinda take turns filling the silent spots of the others
To think this all came from a dude hired off of Fiver
There is great talent hidden in all sorts of places, waiting to be found.
Actually being brought to tears. This is something I never knew I needed, until I got it.
i'm slowly spacing out while listening to this and just drooled on my keyboard.
i like it.
That’s so epic honestly
When you take hieroglyph on the first ante and drop to ante 0
This is what Dan hears in his dreams
Daneshiro
Dan Haelian or someone else lol
@@justarandomdoodDan RTGame
@@jorgeneedssleep7978 ohhh ok lol, thanks
The arcana riffs🔥🔥
holy man this sounds ethereal
When you draw the Legendary Mega Negative PolyChrome Foil Joker
I love how the main and shop themes harmonize with one another.
that's it. bring em to the maximum vibes chamber.
Never played Balatro, or heard any of the OST. This mix makes me want to get into it. What an immaculate vibe.
Dude one guy really dislked this masterpiece.
feels like jimbo is watching you from the dark
Guys we should have Luis Clemente do this but mix them all together and have different tracks shine more at different moments, like a medly I guess but they're all still there.
Goddamn, this brought back the magic of hearing the music for the first time! Feels like I’m playing my very first run all over again
You lost yourself in the cards [PLAYER]. Heh, who’s the joker now? Don’t worry, your senses will return. Eventually…
This is like when mom says "here's a cup, fill it with soda" so you just mix all the types of soda at the fountain together
huh. That's... *good*
This is so sick, thanks for doing this.
All tracks have the same rythm so that they can transition seamlessly in the game, that's why it sounds coherent when they are toguether
surprisingly listenable! nice work on audio mixing
I haven't slept for ~22 hours and the music continued playing when I took off the headphones to go to the toilet.
Help.
This is incredible.
It's so messy yet so good
this sounds like a good song to bleed out to after winning a last stand
i really love the arcana theme
It feels like a music version of that one weird dream you had and remember vividly but the millisecond you try to write anything it's gone.
this convinced me to buy balatro
this has no right to be as good as it is
This sounds amazing
This sounds so amzing dude
finally, balatromaxxing
louis f had made much more than 5 simple bangers: we just havent unlocked them yet.
Ante 40 theme song, One blind: John Balatro (Naninf+1)
This is why balatro is a masterpiece in every way
This is beautiful.
> Heard of Balatro
> Haven't heard it's soundtrack at all
> "All tracks together? This should be as awful as hell, wanna listen it!"
> Nearly cried of how wonderful it is
Quite an eargasm that actually fits as an alternate BGM for the game itself
Sounds interesting
It's a blues riff in B, watch me for the changes, and try and keep up ok?
Congratulations, You now became one of Jimbos friends.
This is surprising amazing! Props to Louise F!
This reminds me a lot of the way Chris Christodoulou would layer motifs on each other in his music. especially in the deadbolt soundtrack. unironically sounds so good
It’s actually… so… good. Like honey.
I vibe with it, i dont know why but i do
It's just like my life, in a way.
My ex wife still misses me
@FinnDanger-e3vshe doesn’t
@@SplittTwig it's a gravity falls reference ya wet sandwich
@@SplittTwig but her aim is getting better!
This should just be its own song in the game ngl
Ok, I'm into it.
groovy.
This actually sounds good
It's good but like
I feel like I'm in a room of mirrors right now
This got recommended to me the second i finally beat ante 8 for the first time.
(It was with the yellow deck, if you're curious.)
Wow, this sounds awesome...
this has to be intentional, its fits perfectly
It is, the tracks are designed to loop and fade between each other in-game depending on context so they have to match at all times.
so thats why the transitions are so seamless, they can just swap between them at any point.
Love it, I need an extended version of that banger :) *maybe with times where theres only 3 or 4 layers* 🤔
This but now add the Orchestra theme from the Game Awards
different time signature unfortunately, they put it into 4/4 for the Game Awards while this is more like 7/4
I didn't expect the entire OST to be in the same key, same tempo, and same time signature. That's incredible
did you really not?
@Qyubij I didn't really give it that much thought tbh
I've been playing too much balatro this song shows up in my nightmares, woke up at 5am to hear thing song coming from my air vent.. had to close it
Now we need the game awards verson layered over this. Hope localthunk somehow adds that variant in the gsme. Its so neat
When you find Jim B. Latro in the street and you talk with him, this plays
This should play on the final boss hand
John balatro’s theme
I really didn't want to play Balatro today but...
This actually goes so fucking hard
Missed opportunity to just use Misprint as the icon, but this looks good, too
This go extra hard
This sounds like music that would play when you score over infinity points
There is peace within the madness
Undertale fans would play this for you and be like “see! It’s a leitmotif!!!”
this is the mark of an excellent composer. there is so much good flow and shared motifs through each of the individual tracks that they can be layered and still sound good. an example of a similar thing would be toby fox. as we all know, toby fox is extremely good at translating his characters into unique leitmotifs. so much so that characters that share a motif have songs that can flow into each other smoothly. also it is very worth mentioning at this time that localthunk found louisf on FIVERR. until this game louis was just a random guy. i sincerely hope that this changed the course of their life, because this music is so perfectly ambient that i sometimes don't even realize it's playing in the background. it just feels right and was so perfect for this game.
actually good
A bit chaotic but it is 🔥
I'd love to hear a prog rock version of this!