EXCELSIOR OST: Inexorable - Cathedral

A reimagining of The Binding of Isaac's OST. Made with love and something else that I cant remember. Just wanted to say THANK you for the massive support on this remake, blown away by the massive amounts of people. Please enjoy!

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Album art: RedRachis

[jimmington-ljjo]

the medieval peasant after i lock him in a small dark room and force him to play juice galaxy

[Nyuk_AllegedlyAtLeast]

Cathedral: exists
Mod music composers: It's Showtime.

[yeetlejuice]

'wailing' really is the best way you could describe the guitar in this song, there's such raw *emotion* in it. it sounds triumphant, but desperate and broken at the same time- a perfect mood for an isaac track. hearing it in-game is even better; it comes right after the more atmospheric tracks of chapter 4, making the impact of the sheer feeling in this song all the more powerful. the impact is almost so strong it hurts

absolutely heavenly track, might be my favorite in all of isaac period

[gentlesin]

This song is hauntingly beautiful. A unique take on the track, and one that undeniably fits isaac’s theme. I want to simultaneously beat someone up and kiss them. And this is a fan ost no less. Bravo.

[Blasanic]

Damn, listening to this while driving is a whole different experience ngl. I just shut down and cried the minute I heard that guitar pierce my soul and pull out all of the painful memories in my life

[skapaloka]

my favorite theme, it sounds like it's in pain

[thekingofrockin]

I adore the name of this song. Inexorable can mean something impossible to prevent, so it can be seen as Isaac's inevitable death approaching him as he reaches the end of the run (you do kill Isaac on this floor after all). But, inexorable can also mean impossible to persuade or convince, which can be seen as Isaac's mom's unshakeable faith, which had ultimately led to all of Isaac's hardships and inexorable death.

[Xamsims]

Perfect theme for how the Cathedral is supposed to be a safe sanctuary yet still there are hostile monsters all over the place.

[Wendafulz]

i was listening to this while resting off an overdose in the hospital, and It felt dream-like. It was really weird but everything just simply felt ethereal.
ever since that, I've been in love with this track.

[bedeuhdby]

Its duality in sound (both sounding heavenly and obnoxious at the same time with the distortion) make up for a perfect encapsulation of what this floor represents, reminding us of isaac's "inexorable" destiny and its brutality.

[CableSpark]

This track feels like an angel in audio form: It's incredibly beautiful, but also incredibly intense, and you cannot look away from it even if you try. Your whole attention is drawn towards its presence.

I say it because this song totally hypnotized me the first time I reached the Cathedral with Excelsior. I was playing the game in auto pilot at that moment because the song was the only thing in my mind.

I thought it would be hard to top "The Thief" from Antibirth, but wow, this might be on my top 5 favorite Isaac songs ever.

[raven]

I think this might be my favorite of the tracks in the ost. Somehow you've made a theme sound desperate.

[thatonerandomperson]

this gives me the urge to shout bible verses at someone but also cry in the corner of a fast food restaurant bathroom
very beautiful, this is a literal blessing to the ears

[GlorySnowstar]

My goodness this is downright Heavenly. I went in with bated breath since The Thief (Antibirth's Cathedral theme) is kind of my favorite song just... ever, but this provided me with an entirely new circumstance behind Cathedral. That guitar is such a divine medium between deterministic energy and otherworldly sorrow, both selling the sacred might of Cathedral's divine protectors and the suffocating fear of a child who feels they deserve to rot in Hell. It's the closest thing I've ever heard musically to a human body being torn apart, metaphysically and literally.
I actually feel like the two songs work in tandem to communicate these two halves. The Thief is the half that sinks from the stairs of Heaven due to the weight not of their sins, but of their guilt. Inexorable is the theme of the half whose mufflers were severed, now granted the attempt to articulate its suppressed terrors through screams and the final strands of denial. Isaac's life was never fair, and he will never be perfect, and this realization breaks his spine and soul into the shrapnel constituting the sick shreds from Inexorable's guitar. It's banger music, AND it makes you think.
All while headbanging, of course.
I'm gonna have to get used to having two absolutely amazing pieces of Cathedral music in my power, I am beyond excited to see what sort of things I draw with Inexorable's screams coursing through my fingertips.

[tiagomatias]

It's hard to describe just how well this song encapsulates the narrative of the binding of isaac. I still can't believe the celeste ost got overthrown by a mod ost from a 10 year old rogue-like game as my favourite ost of all time! Media in general doesn't make me cry but this comes pretty close so thanks for that I gess!

[catomaxjeev]

This along with Fiend Folio make the cathedral have a "final level" theme

[feefington]

Sounds melancholic and holy, like we're walking upon something grand and blessed, but said blessed spirits aren't exactly on our side which explains the pitch of tension and fear

[toomanyusernames]

1:09 - 1:23 is the best part of any Isaac soundtrack I've EVER heard, It feel like music that plays when you pass away and you can see all your past memories and your best moments in life come flooding back into your memory as you ascend into heaven and rest in peace, Its just SO FUCKING

[JohnTheBoober]

I can't put into words how beautiful this track is.

[redsphinx]

It's like it's at war with it's self. Like it loves all things and it can't bring itself to kill you. This song is nothing short of divine.