Signalis is proof that classical music still hits…

Despite playing signalis and not vibing with it. the music is a haunting example of how music can create feelings of emptiness, solitude, and void. The music in this game is harrowing, even though they are pieces written hundreds of years ago - it goes to show this music is still valid.

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[sajmon]

Cigarette wife
Expectations: intense chase scene
Reality: elevator music

[daz]

19:48 "Things are never going to be the way they should be" could be a tagline for the game, honestly. That is very much the feel of the game, especially in the later stages where story bits are falling into place

[IoFoxdale]

Cigarette Wife is my favourite track. It’s an angry track but, unlike say DOOM tracks where the anger is player empowering it’s a song all about someone being incandescently angry at *you* the player and meeting their gaze.

[Lesquidliestone]

I'm not gonna lie, as someone who has played all the way through Signalis, your analysis of Die Toteninsel Emptiness had my jaw on the floor. I shouldn't be surprised at this point, you're always super on point, but it still flabbergasts me when you casually describe key plot and narrative points on a whim while listening to music. Especially the bit about there being a sense of... not moving forward in the song. Of not letting go, one might even say. It's even crazier since it seems you recorded this before your streams playing the game.

[caelumgriseo]

13:59 the reason of why it's positive is it's the music of Elster and her lover's room Elster being the character we play as, it's the room where she and her lover danced to that same music.

[Dastankbeets]

Incredible how he’s able to nail like 90% of the games themes and story from the soundtrack alone

[felixrowan]

Signalis, both musically and thematically, put me in the mood of the tragedy of Orpheus. The entire thing feels like Orpheus turning around and watching Eurydice vanish. . .and hanging his head as he ventures back into the Underworld, knowing what is ahead. A hopeless descent into a sadly familiar horror.

[HunterKiller]

A lot of the music in this game have a somber theme of love since thats the main motivation for your player character. When you realize the full extend of that love, thats where it gets really depressing

[ReelRai]

Some of the soundtracks on this OST have this overbearing emptiness, melancholy and tragedy vowed into them so beautifully I don't think I've seen it done better in any other soundtrack.

[xxspooky_sandwichxx]

Signalis was an emotional rollercoaster to play. I never cried that bad since when I first played The Last of Us way back.

[D.Nobile]

This game literally changed my life, and the music played a massive part in that. It's one of the only soundtracks I own on vinyl. Absolutely beautiful.

[BaumCultist]

This was the first time my cheast hurt of sadness because of something from the internet.I realized the significance of the story when i listened to your analysis of "Promise".And how many things you got spot on only by listening to the music.

Signalis is a gem, and i already know that you are a gem even if this is the first video i saw from you.

[barricadedpurifier]

7:31 yes, it’s a chase but we’re the pursuers.

[hirosasaki]

Signalis is one of the most unique games i've ever played, it was as beautiful as it was horrifying, i loved it SO MUCH, but i doubt i could ever play it again

[momsaccount]

I personally don’t consider what I’m about to say as a spoiler. It is a really small detail that most people won’t even know exists unless pointed out. But I know it will come off as a spoiler to a bunch of people and I know people will attack me for “spoiling” something before Marco is even done playing the game (Marco did catch what I am about to mention by the way). So just as a disclaimer, here’s a “spoiler warning”.







In the room where you receive the radio for the first time, this sort of outpost area you go into after receiving the Plate of Eternity, you can hear Ständchen in the background. It doesn’t play until after you’ve picked up the radio, and you don’t hear it anymore when you step outside, but you can hear it. It is extremely faint and it’s a slower rendition, so for a lot of people the music isn’t even there at all. I figured I’d comment this for anybody who haven’t watched Marco’s Signalis streams or for people who played through the game but didn’t catch this detail.

[cpt.zangscarlet]

This game was a hugely pleasant surprise for me last year. I daresay it's now in my top 3 for "traditional" survival horror games. So, SO much more than an homage to RE and Silent Hill.

[lvcrimosv]

there is this haunting and melancholic beauty to this game. i won’t forget the experience of this game for as long as i live.

beautiful analysis for a beautiful soundtrack ! signalis is breathtaking, and so is its music.

[screamsintothevoid]

The music already made me sad, but I just hit a whole other level of depression after listening to your incredibly well done analysis.

[raptorofwar]

6:01

"You did it! You broke Signalis down to its bare essentials!"

[revartillery]

512 episodes to his podcast at the time of watching this... Everywhere I look...