The Threat Music of Rain World

What kind of music accompanies being chased down by a hungry predator twice your size? Rain World implements an adaptive and subtle musical system for such occasions, the result being something not only stylistically unique but pragmatic as well.
Rain World gameplay recorded myself
Final Fantasy XV gameplay credited to Shirrako
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Twilight Princess HD gameplay credited to Halberder84
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Metal Gear Solid V gameplay credited to MKIceAndFire
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Slugcat artwork by 5019
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[@turtletoad7725]

Ah, finally someone addresses the threat music.

[@aaronschmitt5701]

Hello turtle toad

[@zn4452]

i love me that wood block

[@jonmurac7068]

Omg its god he has spoken

[@Ivan_1791]

You are everywhere. xD

[@wanderingvagrant1551]

Other then the metropolis theme, yeah

[@miscellaneouschaos6693]

everybody gangsta, till you get all the layers playin

[@Araly74]

I see the music in rain world as the instincts or the slug cat. they are here to tell about danger even when it's not nice yet, but is not perfect

[@olegmoki]

Same, i thought about it now like when the slug cat smells a predator nearby

[@squirtage0984]

I find the game play at 3:30 funny.
Summons vulture with pickle.
Watches it attempt to abduct lizard.
Saves lizard after vulture attempts to leave with it.
Lizard: You're my hero!
The Monk moment of all time.

[@liamhobbs1401]

Watching this made me realise that the static screens that occasionally obscure danger in the next section is softened by the fact the danger music usually precedes the danger itself. Good video!

[@wanderingvagrant1551]

I dont need sustenance, i need music analysis videos for my favorite games.

[@thenose7254]

Surprised this video didn't get much attention despite the high quality. I can't believe I haven't seen this yet. Underrated video.

[@wanderingvagrant1551]

Scav detected

[@infinityc2859]

4:22 Actually the exterior is one of 4 regions with no threat music
the others are drainage system, shaded citadel, and subterranean.
Nevermind you mention it later

[@alfredfeldt5694]

fenominal video, i love to see breakdowns of systems in games like this were there is so much thought put into it

[@aNubbr]

I got here while searching for the FP threat music and found it, but I also saw this video which I thought was a compilation of all threat music. I decided to look at the channel and went to the about page and realized this was for music this person makes and for videos analyzing game music. I decided to watch this video after that and I’m glad I did, this was a great video. Definitely underrated, but it is rain world so stuff about it usually is.

[@thebearmiestergeneral1425]

I feel like an interesting slugcat would be a mostly blind slugcat that has even deeper detail in their threat music, with each enemy having a specific threat value and a visual indicator on the screen as to what enemy it is. As you get further away from the enemy the music layer would quiet down, and when you get closer it would get louder. Could be fun.

[@aurelian122]

This video is way too underated

[@object_unit7144]

Quite lovely

[@penelo2000]

Great video! Totally thought I was watching a 100k+ channel

[@grindsushigrind]

This was very well done. Makes me wanna play some Rain World and smack a few green lizards on the face :P

[@EPOCHGAMER64]

This is like pikmin, especially pikmins 2, 3 and 4 were is dynamically changes, in pikmin 2 there is a threat(enemy near)theme were an enemy notices you then an actual battle them when you engage with the enemy, both in and out of caves, pikmin 3 also has a battle theme that adds to each area theme, and pikmin 4 is honestly crazy, with it adding instruments for every enemy, and those instruments are added for each area and cave themes, there is also a specific cave, called the Engulfed Castle that has separate music fade in over the normal cave theme as the specific enemy comes closer to dropping in... pikmin in general just has fantastic uses addaptive music

[@ilikebarrels]

ive been playing rainworld for a long time i have almost all mechanics down but I still have no fing idea what kind genre the music is

[@enderzilla747orleomiranda8]

Yeah ok

[@IvoryMadness.]

What a great video! You deserve more views!

[@alizardperson4365]

Commenting here because I agree that this video needs more recognition.

[@PicroMenis88]

FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT MGSV'S CAUTION MUSIC

[@rmarsh1732]

3:55 I might just be confused but I don't think eating meat is possible as the monk.

[@aNubbr]

Monk eats the same thing as survivor, which includes meat like batflies and centipedes. You are probably getting it confused with the monk passage, where you can’t eat meat for 5 cycles to get it.

[@SkifNomadcat]

Love your videos about Rain World. Great in-depth analysis. Thank you!

[@Tuney657]

Ngl I love threat music in rain world ESPECIALLY METROPOLIS,SKY ISLANDS AND OUTER EXPANSE THEY SLAP

[@Ivan_1791]

Really glad to see this video exists. :)

[@esoopthederp7672]

Excellent

[@zzz-ovidiu2015]

5:04 those dont play threat music until they reveal themselves i think
The music prolly came from smth in the screen above u

[@athing4733]

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[@bitchassmoththing]

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