Shadow of the Tomb Raiders main menu theme that plays first before the main theme does are the only themes I like in the reboot trilogy, SOTTR theme is both sad and dark but also a mysterious tone to it which is the point but it's actually really beautiful. The main menu theme gives the feeling of tragedy and disaster has happened and you can feel that when you play the game and I love that and the Mayan, jungle feel to it too. But SOTTR theme will always be my favorite from the reboot trilogy!
My grandmother played Tomb Raider while I watched as a kid and we both grew to love the series as we got older, sadly she's passed away now and can't experience the new Tomb Raider games with me but I still like to play the game "with grandma" and see and talk about all the things that I think she would have liked about them. My grandma's raiding tombs in heaven now but I'll keep playing for her, her adventurous spirit will never die and our adventures will stand eternal. I love you grandma.
Same with my dad he showed me the gaming world and it's shaped my life. tomb Raider gold in that trapezoidal shaped box. Rememaber whan games came in boxes.
Mon 1er jeu.avant se jeu j'ai jouer a mario sur Nintendo,mais sur PlayStation la première console avec les jeux en cd et mon tout 1er jeu que j'ai kiffé tout en jouant seul dans ma chambre duant la nuit avec LARA et ces vraiment là que j'ai pris conscience de se que la console de jeu allait révolutionner...
When I was younger, I lost the most important person of my life. I didn't know how my life would go without him, and my health was declining. My family was very worried. A friend was selling his playstation, with games. And the first game I played was Tomb Raider 4, The Last Revelation. And everything has changed. This game awakened something in me. A curiosity that had left me returned. I discovered a passion for history, for ancient civilizations, and for the world around me. I was 9 years old and I thought everything was going to end for me. Today, I am 25 years old, and I am finishing my studies in Egyptology and Medieval History (Medieval centuries of Middle East). I speak 6 languages, and I can read 3 ancient languages. So, thank you Lara. Thank you for making me stronger and for supporting me through my bad times. Thank you for participating in my reconstruction as a child, and in my construction as a woman. You are not real, but you have been like a friend. You have been a great source of comfort to me.
Those first 6 games bring back so many memories for me. Great times. I often felt like Lara was almost like that crazy friend you go on a fun adventure with solving puzzles. Lol. Then again I was only 8 when the original game came out in 1996. 😄 I always had an overactive imagination.
I agree with you, it is like a feeling of greatness, of return home, victory, a thing like that. I was 14 when it was released and Tomb raider has always been a symbol of my childhood and somehow a great family coziness. Listening to the soundtrack makes me feel so warm, loved, like child again. Yet, now 28 years old, more like Lara herself, am adult woman, protagonist of my own story. It is indeed, an undescribable feeling
The fact that nobody is talking about TR Last Revelation's theme is a true crime. I cry when I hear that theme..... for me is going to be, by a long shot, the best game in the series
Ikr? It is mysterious and tells stories of secret treasure chambers, tombs and traps. It's also a bit sad and tragic as Lara dies in the end, staying forever in those ancient tombs.
For me TR4 was also my faviourite one, mostly because it was much longer then other ones. It took me over 3 days of actual play time to finish the entire game. The story was also much more fleshed out.
I love that theme but I like the anniversary because the original theme capture the wonderful and beauty of the ancient civilizations and tons Lara steps in but the anniversary theme is more soft in tone to represent the new lara and wonder and beauty of the tombs is captured perfect in the anniversary theme
I watched friends playing TR1 and 2 on their computers back when the games came out in my childhood, but my personal first Tomb Raider game was Last Revelation. Many years later I bought the first four games for PlayStation (played them on my PS2 around 2008), but couldn't get into TR3. I sold them all, because of financial problems ( I was a student lol). Only many, many years later I bought them all on Steam. Played TR1 in 2018, and 2-5 this past year. And I can safely say, TR1 is still the best (with TR2 a close second). I also love TR3 now. Sadly I was hugely disappointed by The Last Revelation. I have no idea how I beat the game as a kid. I found it very frustrating now haha.
I adore the Legend theme, how it starts slow and almost shy at the beginning, I feel so nostalgic and then it transforms into that powerful score, which has something ancient and temporary to it at the same time
yes!! i played that game when i was 5 threw back so much memories, my first xbox game ever and i loved it i still do but i wanna downlad it on my xbox 1 the new one again but idk where to find the game or to downlad it
@@lvvqss steam I think have it and I've heard xboxone has connections to steam but no clue if I'm correct doesn't xboxone have the market place though ?
In my opinion I will always regard tomb raider angel of darkness as one of the best themes. It may be one of the worst tomb raiders if not thee worst but that theme is just a perfect balance between mellow, sorrow, and epic action all blended together.
I'll go on record stating that I love Angel of Darkness. It had the best music overall (though nothing tops the original TR theme), atmosphere, and story in the games. It's a shame it was unfinished and so buggy gameplay wise.
It's a remake, and addition of many new parts and rearrangement of "Tomb Raider IV - The Last Revelation", just in case. I hear other TR's themes in this too.
TRIV (the last revelation) is probably the most important game in my whole life. My father played it when I was a kid (he played all TR games, but that one has the bigest impact on me), and I watched as he play. It's hard to believe I've decided to be an archeologist thanks to that game. And I regret nothing.
I swear, my childwood was the same. Watching my father play TR2 and Last Revelation and then growing up to play Legend and Anniversary with him... I love TR so much
My childhood too! It feels like a tomb raider curse, any gamer of tr has so a childhood I think. A father who played the best game, and now we are the player... ❤️
When I saw the ending scene in TR: Last Revelation, I was so heart broken and sad for years!! Happy to have Chronicles, but I thought that was the end of her. Then AoD came out, but wish they explained how she managed to escape. I don't care what people say, AoD was a good game! I loved Dark Lara, it just made sense with her time line.
It was originally supposed to explain it in details after Last Revelation, but was cut. Then I learn the final boss fight in AoD was suppose to be an illusion of Lara's past while fighting Eckhardt. That would've been one hell of a game, but they cut the content and never improve on the controls. I learn something new about AoD every day.
@@SanguinaryStrife ua-cam.com/video/gHdMlKjUdko/v-deo.html here's a retrospect of the game that this guy did some serious research. Enjoy watching his stuff, it's really good.
TR IV is the best to me. As a child, I was a lot into ancient egypt, stories of tombs and mummies and so on. It was fascinating and scary at the same time. Then I got my first TR game, The Last Revelation. I was instantly hooked. The game was pretty scary and I got stuck several times not knowing what to do. Each time I died, it was the main screen with the music and the background visuals that made me try again. It was a camera ride through some treasury chambers and dark tempel-like rooms (also here on UA-cam), and I would always ask myself whether I could visit these places in-game as well. And the music... damn so mysterious, but also sad and tragic. As if the main screen already lets you know that Lara will not leave these ancient egyptian tombs alive.
Although my first game was Tomb Raider III, l agree a lot with your opinion about TR IV, that music really has different vibes depending on your age and if you are playing or not, and that animated main menu really makes it mysterious and asking of if she will ever make it. Although my favourite main theme is Tomb Raider III, it has a way different vibe and l love it :)
I like the new series, but it makes me sad every time that the original personality of Lara Croft created by Core Design is not being used in the Lara that is going around right now. That’s why I am definitely not obsessed with the newer games. Loved the Underworld series, because it had a little Lara in it. But now… nothing is left from good old miss Croft. Sad.
The original Lara was very inconsistent. Toby Gard (creator of Lara) left Core Design because he was unhappy with the direction Core and Eidos were taking the character. He had insisted on having animal enemies in the original TR game because he didn't want Lara to be killing humans all the time, and he didn't like how sexualised she was becoming in the marketing. In TR2 onwards, Lara turned into a mass murderer. The final level of TR2 ends with Lara's home filled with a pile of corpses, while she nonchalantly disrobes and takes a shower. The version of Lara we see in Legend, Anniversary, and Underworld is much more consistent with how Gard originally wanted Lara to be portrayed because he helped write the story for that trilogy.
Years later I still get goosebumps from the ending of the Underworld theme, like, even now.. 24:30 This woman has been my personal role model since childhood, with a sharp mind, wisdom, incredible fortitude and control over emotions. She is always so calm and focused.
These newest tomb raiders don't even contain single melody from the old serie. It feels like they totally said goodbye to the original and were not even pretending these games were not fanfics
Tomb Raider's theme was the best. it was romantic and adventurous and held so much promise. My daughter and I played the games over the Christmas holidays. It made this single mom so happy to spend so much time with my kid.
It's so beautiful to see all these comments from each of us connecting these amazing themes with our lives and memories..childhood nostalgia 🎶🔥..greetings from Greece 👊💙
I know the gaming community said angel of darkness was the worst in the series, But i absolutely loved it, Even tho the controls were clunky and the game was unfinished i still enjoyed it. Collecting all secrets & solving difficult puzzles playing those classics from CORE DESIGN, I will always cherish those good times.
Exactly, I loved the dialogue part of TRAOD, it was absolutely great. From what I know, it was revolutional at the time. Core design had a great idea on how to make TR enjoyable and not boring. The locations, puzzles, everything. TR. I to IV were pretty similar at their mechanics, the fifth part was a little different but it resembled them, and TRAOD was a very fresh idea. They planned on making a trio of games like this one, but they sadly never got to do that :(
I liked the first reboot, but now the games are too "recent" for me, similar to other new games now. I don't hate them, it's just not tomb raider anymore.
i used to play tomb raider with my mum and today 5 years ago she passed away but this music always reminds me of the times and memories i had with my mum.. :"(
TR3 was my first Tomb Raider game - first one I played, first one I finished. It is relatively hard, but once I became good at it, TR1 and TR2 felt really easy (by comparison). And that's why TR3 has a very special place in my heart. For me, TR4 is the best among the classics, and perhaps the series should have ended there. Still, Chronicles isn't as bad as people say it is. AoD on the other hand... ouch.
Missed opportunity, yeah. The story itself was a solid enough foundation, it just needed sooooo much more time to reinvent the ideas and mechanics that didn't work and needed polish. Thankfully, devoted fans are trying their hand at it themselves.
I started playing these games as a kid with my dad. They filled me with such a powerful sense of wonder. Because of them, I'm so eager for adventure and travel, and I'm so fascinated by history (especially account Egypt - TR4). These games hold a special place in my heart. The original TR1 theme warms me every time I hear it.. Thank you Lara. You've drastically helped shape who I am today
Lara Croft's character got ruined...utterly. Total personality change, and that goes for the game too. What a shame. If that wasn't bad enough, they make the graphics so demanding, you need a super computer to play it on PC.
@@DaveThompsonfairlife4all I agree with you about everything except for the last part. For such beautiful graphics, it's optimized more than any other game i played. Many other games have much worse graphics and they even run worse, not optimized enough. Graphics/performance/optimization for the Tomb Raider games is 9/10 in my opinion. Much better than Ubisoft at least..
Tr have been granted a new life since Trilogy. I abandoned the old tr as they are boring and the control - I can say stupid. I played through the great pyramid in tr1. However I will never look back since 2013.
I don't care what anyone says, the Tomb Raider (2013) reboot's theme is my favorite ESPECIALLY the piano theme! XD This is coming from a person who likes the Survivor trilogy the most. I like old games and themes too though. They're all unique in their own way imo.
The classic are the classics tho and will remain the original sound that belongs to Lara Croft, because they represent the first Lara . Others are fine too but they aren’t the official song that belong to her. There can be only one real Lara, and that is the one that Core Design created and has tought up.
Man I miss the days when video games had so much mystery and soul in them. The graphics were not the best but that pushed the developers to really dive deep into the story and build the charisma in the characters. Just hearing the Last Revelation theme brings so much nostalgia and it leaves me wondering what happened to the mysterious and enigmatic Tomb Raider series... It's not like the new TR games are bad or anything. I like the idea of surviving in a more realistic way but it's just not the same experience anymore. 😕
how I agree with you, you would know. I also noticed that this hour of the game is empty and cannot be compared with the old ones. As if they exchanged charisma for the beauty of the picture ....
legend of tomb raider, and the second tomb raider makes me so emotional i played them all my childhood and it throws me back to the good memories, now here i am dying my hair brown and dressing just like lara. i guess it’s just the influence🥲🤙
reading your comment I remembered my grand father too,when I was a child all the family used to play tekken 3 on ps1 and he played with us, he had a young spirit ,I really understand your feeling... they are all in a better place now..
Back in my 90s childhood, the only Tomb Raider games I played were TR2, TR3 and TR4. TR2 was the first game I played, so I prefer this menu soundtrack (3:15). No matter how old, it feels magical.
I close my eyes and listen to thes soundtracks and fell with my childhood but when i open my eyes i surprised that im old and no human gonna leave u to love what u want they will call u baby just becaus u attach with ur childhood dream so it's better to keep ur felling insid of u or right it here in youtube caus i know thers lot of like me.......
I’m playing the original for the first time and let me tell you this game is HAAARD! I’ve been on the 4 keys for hours (damocles, thor etc) like omg. I’m trying to get the feeling of the old ones.
I felt like the new tomb raider is telling a story how Lara croft became a bad ass woman , she survived in that yamatai island and get through many things. So maybe that's why she looks like a boo boo kitty(?) like you said. Sorry for my bad english, but I hope you understand 😊
Original Lara felt like an actual character. Survived a plane crash, was fed up with how shallow society was afterwards, and yearned for something more: pure adventure. She was disowned, worked writing travel journals to fund her journeys, and was her own boss. That's awesome.
I just miss Lara Croft the woman. In the latest games she's more like Lara Croft the girl and I can't find it in myself to like her for some reason... I just want the woman back. I admired her and aspired to be as strong when I was young. For some reason seeing Lara Croft the girl I feel like nursing her... ah, maybe it's just my maternal instinct calling!
When I heard this it made me sad cause I remember the feeling of wonder while exploring this world and amazement of the graphics which at the time where so good and remembering the music which really made the world around you mysterious and come to life, I don’t recall another game ever making me feel the way Tomb Raider 1 and 2 did. Wish I could experience that feeling again…..
omg!!! i loce anniversary it’s my favourite, legend was my first xbox game ever when i played since i was 5, i wanna get it on my xbox 1 the new xbox so bad but i don’t know where,
I was 8 years old when my father bought a PC. I'm from Russia and in the 90s we had a big crisis, all our games were pirated, but the main thing was that they were. I continued to play Dandy, but when I saw Tomb Raider, I immediately fell in love with this game and never returned to Dandy. I still remember the very first cutscene of the very first level of the very first part of game and this music from the main theme, amazingly done. Lara Croft became an idol, it seems to me that I understood my values through this game and it influenced my formation as a person. Even now I admire the character of this character in that old version, I don’t like the new versions of the game. But what I also adore about old games is that the graphics were much worse than the current ones, but the atmosphere, mystery, antiquity and expressiveness of the scenes were still conveyed simply wonderful. Excellent work on the scenery and ambience from visual images to sounds and music.
Today I realized why I love Tomb raider lll the most. That's because of the music, the most mysterious, soft and unforgettable! Thanks for the collection!
The original theme (and its version in Anniversary) is an absolutel classic, one of the best melodies in this media. A truly iconic piece. AoD might be a game of questionable quality as a whole; but its score was incredible. Grand and operatic, with a sence of adventure and excitement fully intact, the work of Peter Connelly there was truly remarkable (and his 2018 crowdfounded remastered re-release of his Tomb Rider work is definitely worth checking out if you're a fan). Even despite the diminished reliance on the oboe, harp, and other instruments so associated with TR music, the main theme in AoD is one of my favorite musical pieces among cinematic, stage, and gaming scores all together. I love Legend and Underworld as games, but their scores (Underworld especially) felt a bit too "immediate-music for trailers"-sort of way. They still had memorable pieces in there overall, and Legend was definitely a more unique one in terms of scoring between the two. Everything past 2010 feels competent, yet somehow a tad too generic and boring to me, sadly. The "interchangeable trailer action music"-feeling gets much stronger with them, too. Don't get me wrong, there's occasional swell of emotion and excitement still present; and those scores are solid and do their job, overall.. But they just don't feel 100% authentic Tomb Raider to me, like there's something lacking now. (Though the 2018-edition had been the more interesting of the bunch, with complex compositions and attempts at finding a newer, more mature sound, while retaining some of that classic TR feeling - a noble attempt, at least. I hope the next installment will be truly revitalizing for the music for the franchise, getting rid of the staleness and finding its own voice and sound once more). That's just my opinion, tho.
Love the way Underworld's theme works its way up to a fantastic crescendo - powerful stuff! That entire soundtrack is just epic. Anniversary is magical - almost whimsical... and whatever that lady is singing about in Legend's theme I don't know, but she sure does it beautifully!
I am in love with all of them!😊 Everything,connected with Tomb Raider is perfect!I really enjoy the games and Lara Croft,but even I like and the new reboot version,I miss the old one...😕 And I really hope the next game to "combine" theese two versions!It would be great!May be something like that-to be continue of Tomb Raider Underworld,where Lara loses her home and every hope about her parents and the motivation to go on another adventure anymore,and then to remember all her moments and missions from the past and to remember how her adventures started and how she transformed the younger "reboot" Lara to the classic one and to start feel nostalgia and saddnest,becouse she doesnt have reason to go anywhere and becouse she is gona end everything.And then to realise that the hope dies last and to find more reasons to continue her "raiding" and to find more information about mistical ancient lost artifacts,which can let her see her parents again or even once more and to talk with them for last.And then to find ambition to become better of what she is doing and to improve every her skill from the beginnin to this moment and to become a combination from the reboot and classic Lara Croft and her weapons to be her dual pistols and her bow,which she had already saved as a...memory...of her first adventures..And the whole story as a style to be combimation and the game and even the puzzles...I cant even imagine how interesting and good would it be! (Sorry for my bad English;I am Bulgarian..😅)
I think that a great Tomb Raider game would have Lara as an old woman trying to pass the torch to some other young girl. This way you could have a soft reboot that does not clash with the way we saw original Lara. ^^'
The 1996 themes... oh my god, that's like driving the Delorean at 88 mph ! Here we are, my late husband, myself and Lara. I miss that so very much. I miss him so very much.
Tomb Raider I - 0:00
Tomb Raider II - 3:15
Tomb Raider III - 5:56
Tomb Raider the Last Revelation - 8:11
Tomb Raider Chronicles - 10:25
Tomb Raider the Angel of Darkness - 12:50
Tomb Raider Legend - 15:54
Tomb Raider Anniversary - 18:19
Tomb Raider Underworld - 21:51
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - 25:23
Tomb Raider (2013) - 29:11
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris - 34:12
Rise of the Tomb Raider - 36:25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 40:40
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Shadow of the Tomb Raiders main menu theme that plays first before the main theme does are the only themes I like in the reboot trilogy, SOTTR theme is both sad and dark but also a mysterious tone to it which is the point but it's actually really beautiful. The main menu theme gives the feeling of tragedy and disaster has happened and you can feel that when you play the game and I love that and the Mayan, jungle feel to it too. But SOTTR theme will always be my favorite from the reboot trilogy!
My grandmother played Tomb Raider while I watched as a kid and we both grew to love the series as we got older, sadly she's passed away now and can't experience the new Tomb Raider games with me but I still like to play the game "with grandma" and see and talk about all the things that I think she would have liked about them. My grandma's raiding tombs in heaven now but I'll keep playing for her, her adventurous spirit will never die and our adventures will stand eternal. I love you grandma.
I am so sorry!This is so sad and heart touching!😥😣😭
A candle to a real rider. [*]
Same with my dad he showed me the gaming world and it's shaped my life. tomb Raider gold in that trapezoidal shaped box. Rememaber whan games came in boxes.
I started to cry with your comment 😢😢😢😢. So beautiful. I'm sure she's in a better place, with no suffering and with peace and happiness.
@Θεοδωρα Μουζακιτη Don't be, it was an existence worth celebrating
Tomb Raider will always have a special place in my heart
Me too
Me too,each game and movie simply has something special and epic
Same
Mon 1er jeu.avant se jeu j'ai jouer a mario sur Nintendo,mais sur PlayStation la première console avec les jeux en cd et mon tout 1er jeu que j'ai kiffé tout en jouant seul dans ma chambre duant la nuit avec LARA et ces vraiment là que j'ai pris conscience de se que la console de jeu allait révolutionner...
Same here!! Me too. Love from Philippines. Tomb Raider soundtracks really soothes my mood.
When I was younger, I lost the most important person of my life. I didn't know how my life would go without him, and my health was declining. My family was very worried. A friend was selling his playstation, with games. And the first game I played was Tomb Raider 4, The Last Revelation. And everything has changed. This game awakened something in me. A curiosity that had left me returned. I discovered a passion for history, for ancient civilizations, and for the world around me. I was 9 years old and I thought everything was going to end for me. Today, I am 25 years old, and I am finishing my studies in Egyptology and Medieval History (Medieval centuries of Middle East). I speak 6 languages, and I can read 3 ancient languages.
So, thank you Lara. Thank you for making me stronger and for supporting me through my bad times. Thank you for participating in my reconstruction as a child, and in my construction as a woman. You are not real, but you have been like a friend. You have been a great source of comfort to me.
It is amazing how non existent characters who embody important messages of life can change people, I'm happy for you dear friend and stay strong👍
@@notinterestedretro2542 thank you my friend, I wish you the best for this new year.
@@maitetothecorethank you, I wish you the best as well😊👍
She is more real than most of the fake humans who walk among us.
@@redbaron9029 indeed 🙌
Angel of darkness, it just makes me super emotional. I miss the old tomb raider games
The same for me
I played a free mod of TR fan made in old style, i liked
Those first 6 games bring back so many memories for me. Great times. I often felt like Lara was almost like that crazy friend you go on a fun adventure with solving puzzles. Lol. Then again I was only 8 when the original game came out in 1996. 😄 I always had an overactive imagination.
Same.
Fortunately, they're very replayable
Unfortunately Angel of Darkness is a pile of shit, but the music is nice
The very first game, the 1996 opening theme will always still make me emotional. Every time ❤️😢
TR 1996 is the first, but.. TR4 is the perfection !
@@gladiadorargentino5347 It really is.
The Angel of Darkness and The Last Revelation gives you a sense the series is in a different tone
Over 35, right?
@@user-rf4vf5gi2l yep
I agree. All of the music in tr1 was just perfection. I still remember getting chills on that epic Egypt level, as well as entering the Colosseum.
I like legend main theme, there's something about it makes me feel... Something I can't describe..
I feel like that with the 3rd , so nostalgic
I agree with you, it is like a feeling of greatness, of return home, victory, a thing like that. I was 14 when it was released and Tomb raider has always been a symbol of my childhood and somehow a great family coziness. Listening to the soundtrack makes me feel so warm, loved, like child again. Yet, now 28 years old, more like Lara herself, am adult woman, protagonist of my own story. It is indeed, an undescribable feeling
Mate, it's the same with me with all of them.
@@Chazza_1201 yes the 3rd so nostalgic i remember finishing it in my Gramps's house on my old ps1 ah the good old times
Me too. It's something that I can't explain...
The fact that nobody is talking about TR Last Revelation's theme is a true crime. I cry when I hear that theme..... for me is going to be, by a long shot, the best game in the series
Ikr? It is mysterious and tells stories of secret treasure chambers, tombs and traps. It's also a bit sad and tragic as Lara dies in the end, staying forever in those ancient tombs.
The Last Revelation was the first Tomb Raider i played.
And i connect it more with Lara than the first one with his 2 remixes.
when I was younger i really was scared too much of this theme it always gave me shivers in my spine
For me TR4 was also my faviourite one, mostly because it was much longer then other ones. It took me over 3 days of actual play time to finish the entire game. The story was also much more fleshed out.
@@Paivren Damn, I never got to see the end, I had no idea she died! I’m sad, I still want to play it though, hahah.
I will always consider the first main theme as the best. Very nostalgic. It is THE Tomb Raider theme.
I love that theme but I like the anniversary because the original theme capture the wonderful and beauty of the ancient civilizations and tons Lara steps in but the anniversary theme is more soft in tone to represent the new lara and wonder and beauty of the tombs is captured perfect in the anniversary theme
@@dr.setups2278 YES!! i also really wanna play it on my xbox 1 but idk where to get!!
Simmer, 100% agree. This tune takes me somewhere I know I can’t get to. It’s flawless and will always captivate me
When Lara is in Peru and gets attacked by Wolves, bats and a bear and then T-Rex's 😅
I watched friends playing TR1 and 2 on their computers back when the games came out in my childhood, but my personal first Tomb Raider game was Last Revelation. Many years later I bought the first four games for PlayStation (played them on my PS2 around 2008), but couldn't get into TR3. I sold them all, because of financial problems ( I was a student lol). Only many, many years later I bought them all on Steam. Played TR1 in 2018, and 2-5 this past year. And I can safely say, TR1 is still the best (with TR2 a close second). I also love TR3 now. Sadly I was hugely disappointed by The Last Revelation. I have no idea how I beat the game as a kid. I found it very frustrating now haha.
I adore the Legend theme, how it starts slow and almost shy at the beginning, I feel so nostalgic and then it transforms into that powerful score, which has something ancient and temporary to it at the same time
yes!! i played that game when i was 5 threw back so much memories, my first xbox game ever and i loved it i still do but i wanna downlad it on my xbox 1 the new one again but idk where to find the game or to downlad it
@@lvvqss steam I think have it and I've heard xboxone has connections to steam but no clue if I'm correct doesn't xboxone have the market place though ?
The Angel of Darkness theme is so good and cinematic, it evokes grief, danger, and finally adventure.
In my opinion I will always regard tomb raider angel of darkness as one of the best themes. It may be one of the worst tomb raiders if not thee worst but that theme is just a perfect balance between mellow, sorrow, and epic action all blended together.
I'll go on record stating that I love Angel of Darkness. It had the best music overall (though nothing tops the original TR theme), atmosphere, and story in the games. It's a shame it was unfinished and so buggy gameplay wise.
@@mish375
I may second that.
@@rhaenyrareigns2200 I wish they would have continued the story. Where they were going sounded really interesting before it was scrapped.
Totally agree.
It's a remake, and addition of many new parts and rearrangement of "Tomb Raider IV - The Last Revelation", just in case. I hear other TR's themes in this too.
The Angel of Darkness has such a great soundtrack.
In my opinion, the best soundtrack of all the series
@@queefymcqueefton3867best game too
Back when everyone explored the option of majoring in Archaeology. Revelation made me fascinated with Egyptology
I have been playing AC Origins, and it keeps reminding me of the Tomb Raider games. I keep wishing it was a Tomb Raider game!
Ikr! I really wanted to be an archeologist and loved egyptian mythology
TRIV (the last revelation) is probably the most important game in my whole life. My father played it when I was a kid (he played all TR games, but that one has the bigest impact on me), and I watched as he play. It's hard to believe I've decided to be an archeologist thanks to that game. And I regret nothing.
I swear, my childwood was the same. Watching my father play TR2 and Last Revelation and then growing up to play Legend and Anniversary with him... I love TR so much
My childhood too! It feels like a tomb raider curse, any gamer of tr has so a childhood I think. A father who played the best game, and now we are the player... ❤️
Tomb Raider II and Legend themes are perfection.
Yes
Angel Of Darkness is my fave ❤️
Tomb raider 2 ❤️
Agreed, those were the best ones
I can't get off of the Tomb Raider I theme 💆♂️
12:50 "I Feel Stronger Now!"
Lol!
@@goldengod9949 😊
That too, lol. Was it chocolate candy bars?
A croatian here. I am too 😂. Same love for The Angel of Darkness 🙌
Nothing is better than the good old classic tomb raider
When I saw the ending scene in TR: Last Revelation, I was so heart broken and sad for years!! Happy to have Chronicles, but I thought that was the end of her. Then AoD came out, but wish they explained how she managed to escape. I don't care what people say, AoD was a good game! I loved Dark Lara, it just made sense with her time line.
Apparently a Bedouin tribe found and rescued her according to Core's original story.
It was originally supposed to explain it in details after Last Revelation, but was cut. Then I learn the final boss fight in AoD was suppose to be an illusion of Lara's past while fighting Eckhardt. That would've been one hell of a game, but they cut the content and never improve on the controls.
I learn something new about AoD every day.
@@Wardog22476 wow! That would have been interesting. Damn, I wish they had more time to work on it. I wonder why they rushed it?
@@mish375 really? Where is this info, I must read. I used to be all up in tomb raider information, I wish I had kept all the magazine on the game.
@@SanguinaryStrife ua-cam.com/video/gHdMlKjUdko/v-deo.html here's a retrospect of the game that this guy did some serious research. Enjoy watching his stuff, it's really good.
Anniversary is my favorite, very relaxing
I was wondering why no1 mention Anniversary
@@benmathew250 i love that game, i wanna play it on my xbox 1 so bad the new one but idk how
i wnana play it on my xbox 1 new one so bad but idk how
@@lvvqss its backwards compatible, so if you have the disk you can just pop it in there and download it, it might also be in the market
@@Mr.Pig_ oh my xbox doesn’t have a disk, i found the backwards computable anyways
LEGEND IS THE LEGEND
legend is the least tomb raider OST
TR IV is the best to me. As a child, I was a lot into ancient egypt, stories of tombs and mummies and so on. It was fascinating and scary at the same time. Then I got my first TR game, The Last Revelation. I was instantly hooked. The game was pretty scary and I got stuck several times not knowing what to do. Each time I died, it was the main screen with the music and the background visuals that made me try again. It was a camera ride through some treasury chambers and dark tempel-like rooms (also here on UA-cam), and I would always ask myself whether I could visit these places in-game as well. And the music... damn so mysterious, but also sad and tragic. As if the main screen already lets you know that Lara will not leave these ancient egyptian tombs alive.
This comment!
@@celiohelder1 glad to know I'm not the only one!
Although my first game was Tomb Raider III, l agree a lot with your opinion about TR IV, that music really has different vibes depending on your age and if you are playing or not, and that animated main menu really makes it mysterious and asking of if she will ever make it.
Although my favourite main theme is Tomb Raider III, it has a way different vibe and l love it :)
Getting stuck was probably one of the best parts about the game.. you definitely had to figure things out on your own..
Same here
TR I and IV have the most beautiful and emotional main menu melody
And Legend is EPIC 😎
Aod and legend 🔥
Angel of Darkness!!! Yes my personal favorite!
Underworld is also fantastic
Lara was, is and still will be my inspiration. Not just to move forward and chase my dream, but also to not forget about the best time in my life. 🥺
I think we all can agree that TRAOD and TRL have the best themes
you mean Anniversary pal
TR2 for me
I have memories with last revolation💝💝💝
That theme song though...it's fantastic.
@@mish375 yes it is😍💝
It's magical.
The survivor trilogy all had different composers, but I like that they manage to keep the musical consistency of the trilogy
I like the new series, but it makes me sad every time that the original personality of Lara Croft created by Core Design is not being used in the Lara that is going around right now. That’s why I am definitely not obsessed with the newer games. Loved the Underworld series, because it had a little Lara in it. But now… nothing is left from good old miss Croft. Sad.
The original Lara was very inconsistent. Toby Gard (creator of Lara) left Core Design because he was unhappy with the direction Core and Eidos were taking the character. He had insisted on having animal enemies in the original TR game because he didn't want Lara to be killing humans all the time, and he didn't like how sexualised she was becoming in the marketing. In TR2 onwards, Lara turned into a mass murderer. The final level of TR2 ends with Lara's home filled with a pile of corpses, while she nonchalantly disrobes and takes a shower.
The version of Lara we see in Legend, Anniversary, and Underworld is much more consistent with how Gard originally wanted Lara to be portrayed because he helped write the story for that trilogy.
@@Rocket1377fk Toby Gard. He's a hypocrite. My favourite Lara is AoD, which he had no part in lol
14th febraury we will feel nostalgia again ❤️🥲 Can't wait 😊
@BadassgamezRevival I suggest you tune in on 14th Feb. He's brilliant
Tomb Raider Legend has a snippet of the Celtic female vocal song sang called Ailein Duinn. Great piece
Thank you!
Brings back so many memories. Wow. 🙌 Thanks for putting this together.
Years later I still get goosebumps from the ending of the Underworld theme, like, even now.. 24:30
This woman has been my personal role model since childhood, with a sharp mind, wisdom, incredible fortitude and control over emotions. She is always so calm and focused.
I agree, she is incredible and she teaches to be better
Fiero di essere cresciuto con Tomb Raider 2, tra i migliori della prima saga
🔥un vero uomo
Devono rifare tomb raider II e gli altri sullo stile anniversary.
These newest tomb raiders don't even contain single melody from the old serie. It feels like they totally said goodbye to the original and were not even pretending these games were not fanfics
I agree
Tomb Raider's theme was the best. it was romantic and adventurous and held so much promise. My daughter and I played the games over the Christmas holidays. It made this single mom so happy to spend so much time with my kid.
It's so beautiful to see all these comments from each of us connecting these amazing themes with our lives and memories..childhood nostalgia 🎶🔥..greetings from Greece 👊💙
I grew up playing The Last Revelation almost every time I got home from school. The theme song is still stuck in my core memories. So magical.
I know the gaming community said angel of darkness was the worst in the series, But i absolutely loved it, Even tho the controls were clunky and the game was unfinished i still enjoyed it.
Collecting all secrets & solving difficult puzzles playing those classics from CORE DESIGN, I will always cherish those good times.
Exactly, I loved the dialogue part of TRAOD, it was absolutely great. From what I know, it was revolutional at the time. Core design had a great idea on how to make TR enjoyable and not boring. The locations, puzzles, everything. TR. I to IV were pretty similar at their mechanics, the fifth part was a little different but it resembled them, and TRAOD was a very fresh idea. They planned on making a trio of games like this one, but they sadly never got to do that :(
I liked the first reboot, but now the games are too "recent" for me, similar to other new games now. I don't hate them, it's just not tomb raider anymore.
@@diamondangel3442 Totally agree 100%
I really loved AoD, and I think if they had the opportunity to finish it properly, it would have been one of the best.
@@maitetothecore Amen
The Last Revelation is my favourite by far. An absolute masterpiece.
Psx Tomb Raider themes make me feel something else. Like i shouldn’t be in this world. I need to be in another full of adventure and danger
i used to play tomb raider with my mum and today 5 years ago she passed away but this music always reminds me of the times and memories i had with my mum.. :"(
be strong, if you feel bad, remember Lara Croft, she will tell you what to do
Im sorry for your loss my friend. Remember the original Lara, she will be the key to good memories you two had with each other.
I love how they're still using the same 4 notes on the newer games, truly one of the few things that haven't changed after all those years
I will always adore Troels work on TR, it's just perfect.
TR3 was my first Tomb Raider game - first one I played, first one I finished. It is relatively hard, but once I became good at it, TR1 and TR2 felt really easy (by comparison). And that's why TR3 has a very special place in my heart.
For me, TR4 is the best among the classics, and perhaps the series should have ended there. Still, Chronicles isn't as bad as people say it is. AoD on the other hand... ouch.
Missed opportunity, yeah. The story itself was a solid enough foundation, it just needed sooooo much more time to reinvent the ideas and mechanics that didn't work and needed polish.
Thankfully, devoted fans are trying their hand at it themselves.
I started playing these games as a kid with my dad. They filled me with such a powerful sense of wonder. Because of them, I'm so eager for adventure and travel, and I'm so fascinated by history (especially account Egypt - TR4).
These games hold a special place in my heart. The original TR1 theme warms me every time I hear it..
Thank you Lara. You've drastically helped shape who I am today
i feel like the new tomb raider never capture the atmosphere.
It's still fun and exciting
It doesn't. The original trilogy had an ambience that's totally absent in the modern games. The Core games were truly the best.
Lara Croft's character got ruined...utterly. Total personality change, and that goes for the game too. What a shame. If that wasn't bad enough, they make the graphics so demanding, you need a super computer to play it on PC.
@@DaveThompsonfairlife4all I agree with you about everything except for the last part. For such beautiful graphics, it's optimized more than any other game i played. Many other games have much worse graphics and they even run worse, not optimized enough. Graphics/performance/optimization for the Tomb Raider games is 9/10 in my opinion. Much better than Ubisoft at least..
Tr have been granted a new life since Trilogy. I abandoned the old tr as they are boring and the control - I can say stupid. I played through the great pyramid in tr1. However I will never look back since 2013.
I don't care what anyone says, the Tomb Raider (2013) reboot's theme is my favorite ESPECIALLY the piano theme! XD
This is coming from a person who likes the Survivor trilogy the most. I like old games and themes too though. They're all unique in their own way imo.
The classic are the classics tho and will remain the original sound that belongs to Lara Croft, because they represent the first Lara . Others are fine too but they aren’t the official song that belong to her. There can be only one real Lara, and that is the one that Core Design created and has tought up.
Agree 100%. 2013 theme's not only my favorite TR theme but also favorite gaming theme ever. I do absolutely love all the other games tho
Angel of Darkness BEST MUSIC EVER 💙😭😭😭
Man I miss the days when video games had so much mystery and soul in them. The graphics were not the best but that pushed the developers to really dive deep into the story and build the charisma in the characters.
Just hearing the Last Revelation theme brings so much nostalgia and it leaves me wondering what happened to the mysterious and enigmatic Tomb Raider series...
It's not like the new TR games are bad or anything. I like the idea of surviving in a more realistic way but it's just not the same experience anymore. 😕
Yeah! The older games were so mysterious
Amen brother 🙏 Sure the graphics weren’t all realistic, but the story and the music was gold. I miss those classics. Wish they were like that today.
how I agree with you, you would know. I also noticed that this hour of the game is empty and cannot be compared with the old ones. As if they exchanged charisma for the beauty of the picture ....
Tomb Raider the Angel of Darkness the best episode and main themes music x)
legend of tomb raider, and the second tomb raider makes me so emotional i played them all my childhood and it throws me back to the good memories, now here i am dying my hair brown and dressing just like lara. i guess it’s just the influence🥲🤙
Nostalgic Nostalgia...best games ever to be made !!! Totally Legendary!
I'm pretty sure AoD music was recorded by a real orchestra, incredible how good it sounds.
tomb raider 3/4 have this feeling behind them. its indescribable.
They are all beautiful in my opinion, every of them have their defects and their strength
i fell like crying every time i hear the beginning of the first game... so pure, so unique and serene 💝
wish i could go back 25 yrs ago 😓
reading your comment I remembered my grand father too,when I was a child all the family used to play tekken 3 on ps1 and he played with us, he had a young spirit ,I really understand your feeling... they are all in a better place now..
Underworld theme is a masterpiece and undurrated game, the dark fall of lara and the mansion croft.
Back in my 90s childhood, the only Tomb Raider games I played were TR2, TR3 and TR4. TR2 was the first game I played, so I prefer this menu soundtrack (3:15). No matter how old, it feels magical.
yep!
I love TR3 theme so much!!
So many memories, from so many years of Lara! A franchise to keep heart deep ❤️
I close my eyes and listen to thes soundtracks and fell with my childhood but when i open my eyes i surprised that im old and no human gonna leave u to love what u want they will call u baby just becaus u attach with ur childhood dream so it's better to keep ur felling insid of u or right it here in youtube caus i know thers lot of like me.......
You are never old! Embrace that T.R. energy 😍😍😍
@@annbreadin yeah💙
I’m playing the original for the first time and let me tell you this game is HAAARD! I’ve been on the 4 keys for hours (damocles, thor etc) like omg. I’m trying to get the feeling of the old ones.
Such good memories. Stick with it!! It's so rewarding when you figure it out
Back when video games didn't hold your hand and you have to figure out what to do. 😊
@@Butterflywings011 yesss feels so good to finally figure it out!
I miss the old Tomb Raider. She wasn't a boo boo kitty/ Rambo like the new one is.
Same tomb raider 3 the best ps2 was the console growing up
Yes I feel the same
I felt like the new tomb raider is telling a story how Lara croft became a bad ass woman , she survived in that yamatai island and get through many things. So maybe that's why she looks like a boo boo kitty(?) like you said. Sorry for my bad english, but I hope you understand 😊
Original Lara felt like an actual character. Survived a plane crash, was fed up with how shallow society was afterwards, and yearned for something more: pure adventure. She was disowned, worked writing travel journals to fund her journeys, and was her own boss. That's awesome.
I just miss Lara Croft the woman. In the latest games she's more like Lara Croft the girl and I can't find it in myself to like her for some reason... I just want the woman back. I admired her and aspired to be as strong when I was young. For some reason seeing Lara Croft the girl I feel like nursing her... ah, maybe it's just my maternal instinct calling!
I've had some amazing memories with all the games. TR2013, Rise, Legend, TR1 and TR3 are highlights for me among the games
It is more than just game, I have wonderfult memories with it and it takes a large place of my heart and feelings
When I heard this it made me sad cause I remember the feeling of wonder while exploring this world and amazement of the graphics which at the time where so good and remembering the music which really made the world around you mysterious and come to life, I don’t recall another game ever making me feel the way Tomb Raider 1 and 2 did. Wish I could experience that feeling again…..
2 is seriously a masterpiece
I dont know u guys but second era is my fav
omg!!! i loce anniversary it’s my favourite, legend was my first xbox game ever when i played since i was 5, i wanna get it on my xbox 1 the new xbox so bad but i don’t know where,
I was 8 years old when my father bought a PC. I'm from Russia and in the 90s we had a big crisis, all our games were pirated, but the main thing was that they were. I continued to play Dandy, but when I saw Tomb Raider, I immediately fell in love with this game and never returned to Dandy. I still remember the very first cutscene of the very first level of the very first part of game and this music from the main theme, amazingly done. Lara Croft became an idol, it seems to me that I understood my values through this game and it influenced my formation as a person. Even now I admire the character of this character in that old version, I don’t like the new versions of the game. But what I also adore about old games is that the graphics were much worse than the current ones, but the atmosphere, mystery, antiquity and expressiveness of the scenes were still conveyed simply wonderful. Excellent work on the scenery and ambience from visual images to sounds and music.
Perfect background music.
The theme from the first game is an absolute masterpiece. Thanks for posting this!
Anniversary's theme is such a calming reinvention of the og theme. Replayed that track to death when I was a kid.
Tomb Raider legend and anniversary 😍😍😍
I wish Lara croft in real life, I'm just saying. If Lara croft in real life, I'm gonna friend with her. 😢🥺❤️
I'm obsessed with this game I played every and each one of them from A to Z. One of my favorite games ever
Nothing beats the original theme. All of Tomb Raider 1's music is perfect.
Tomb raider 1996 so emotional ..it was good times
Brings back so many memories from my childhood. I am in tears! Love this!
Tomb Raider 2013...so much nostalgia l love that game and it has an amazing theme.
I recently completed tomb raider 2013 and at one point I almost cried. And I think that tomb raider 2013 is the best part😪🔥
Today I realized why I love Tomb raider lll the most. That's because of the music, the most mysterious, soft and unforgettable! Thanks for the collection!
The original theme (and its version in Anniversary) is an absolutel classic, one of the best melodies in this media. A truly iconic piece.
AoD might be a game of questionable quality as a whole; but its score was incredible. Grand and operatic, with a sence of adventure and excitement fully intact, the work of Peter Connelly there was truly remarkable (and his 2018 crowdfounded remastered re-release of his Tomb Rider work is definitely worth checking out if you're a fan). Even despite the diminished reliance on the oboe, harp, and other instruments so associated with TR music, the main theme in AoD is one of my favorite musical pieces among cinematic, stage, and gaming scores all together.
I love Legend and Underworld as games, but their scores (Underworld especially) felt a bit too "immediate-music for trailers"-sort of way. They still had memorable pieces in there overall, and Legend was definitely a more unique one in terms of scoring between the two.
Everything past 2010 feels competent, yet somehow a tad too generic and boring to me, sadly. The "interchangeable trailer action music"-feeling gets much stronger with them, too. Don't get me wrong, there's occasional swell of emotion and excitement still present; and those scores are solid and do their job, overall.. But they just don't feel 100% authentic Tomb Raider to me, like there's something lacking now. (Though the 2018-edition had been the more interesting of the bunch, with complex compositions and attempts at finding a newer, more mature sound, while retaining some of that classic TR feeling - a noble attempt, at least. I hope the next installment will be truly revitalizing for the music for the franchise, getting rid of the staleness and finding its own voice and sound once more).
That's just my opinion, tho.
Its been 5 years without Tomb raider 💔 we need powerful one with touch of the classic style of the real TOMB RAIDER 🔥
Forever my favourite game!!! I wish the game went back to the original soundtrack versions....
Once I wanna go and see nevada desert with TR3 OST music ON :D
I did that!! ♥ Go and do it. It's an amazing feeling!!
I just lived in Lara's world . Keeley Hawes voice 👧🏻...and the environment. Pure escapism . Nearly thirty years later ,I still play the old games...🔫
The Angel Of Darkness and Underworld, is the best
1,2 and Legend Trilogy has a special place in my heart
This isn't a game franchise anymore. To me, this is legit history.
It's fookin history.
Period
I remember watching my dad play tomb raider 1 in the 90s. The music brings me right back.
Love the way Underworld's theme works its way up to a fantastic crescendo - powerful stuff! That entire soundtrack is just epic. Anniversary is magical - almost whimsical... and whatever that lady is singing about in Legend's theme I don't know, but she sure does it beautifully!
It's a version of Aileen Duin, a classic celtic? Song. But if you search the name you will find different versions of the song.
Best days of my life
I am in love with all of them!😊
Everything,connected with Tomb Raider is perfect!I really enjoy the games and Lara Croft,but even I like and the new reboot version,I miss the old one...😕
And I really hope the next game to "combine" theese two versions!It would be great!May be something like that-to be continue of Tomb Raider Underworld,where Lara loses her home and every hope about her parents and the motivation to go on another adventure anymore,and then to remember all her moments and missions from the past and to remember how her adventures started and how she transformed the younger "reboot" Lara to the classic one and to start feel nostalgia and saddnest,becouse she doesnt have reason to go anywhere and becouse she is gona end everything.And then to realise that the hope dies last and to find more reasons to continue her "raiding" and to find more information about mistical ancient lost artifacts,which can let her see her parents again or even once more and to talk with them for last.And then to find ambition to become better of what she is doing and to improve every her skill from the beginnin to this moment and to become a combination from the reboot and classic Lara Croft and her weapons to be her dual pistols and her bow,which she had already saved as a...memory...of her first adventures..And the whole story as a style to be combimation and the game and even the puzzles...I cant even imagine how interesting and good would it be!
(Sorry for my bad English;I am Bulgarian..😅)
I think that a great Tomb Raider game would have Lara as an old woman trying to pass the torch to some other young girl. This way you could have a soft reboot that does not clash with the way we saw original Lara. ^^'
@@rhaenyrareigns2200 it sounds interesting😊
@Siyana Stoyanova здравей :)
Raga la mia infanzia è nei primi❤️😭💓❤️😭💓❤️😭💓❤️💓😭
E che infanzia di qualità
Tomb Raider 2013 was the best in my opinion. I just love it 🤩
The 1996 themes... oh my god, that's like driving the Delorean at 88 mph ! Here we are, my late husband, myself and Lara. I miss that so very much. I miss him so very much.
Muchas gracias a toda la saga de Tomb raider, me encantan todos estos videojuegos,muy felices fiestas.