The Beginner's Guide Soundtrack - Be in This Place

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[Moontea]

Easily the most painful, bittersweet part of the whole experience.

[laytonspuzzle]

"You have to say that your work is fun and easy. You have to say that game development is simple and joyous and that you love it 100% of the time."

[hairlessbear]

This song is so soft, yet jarring. Like everything's fine don't worry!...everything's not fine...

[superbsucculent]

im realizing all these comments are from fucking years ago, i still haven't stopped thinking of this game i love it so much

[prozystudios]

This one is just... sinister? It has this at first ethereal-kind of vibe to it, this echo-y and light melody that slowly grows more separated, more distorted. The voice becomes more compressed. The spaces between each brief section begins to expand. It first welcomes you into the sound, inviting you with a smile. It then locks the door behind you and takes you to the dining room, then it goes at says that it'll be getting dinner ready for you. You hear strange sounds coming from the kitchen. Sounds of things falling. Sounds of things breaking. You want to go up and check but you don't want to be rude and intrude. So now you're just sitting there, anxious and waiting for the song to come back with dinner and you eat and have fun. But it never does. You are doomed to just sit there and exist in this anxiety, this fear.

[Overcrox]

I can't believe it's been almost 5 years since this game came out. It came out on my birthday, and I've never had a game affect me this much since. I've played through it twice alone, and once with someone I loved who had basically never played a video game before, and all of them have been deeply thought provoking experiences. This part in particular, especially the first time, felt just like the ugliest, most desperate and helpless moments of grief I've ever had, crying so hard that my body is exhausted, more like emotional vomiting than just sadness.

I can't play this game very often. In fact, the more rarely I do, the better. Forgetting the details gives it more intensity when I do return. But I know I won't ever forget it.

[KittybeastWhiskers]

It's like the theme song of curling up into the fetal position, screaming and crying until your lungs can't take it anymore.

[outlawedsloth]

I can't stop thinking about this game....There is something about it that just sticks to my mind, like there is a puzzle I have to figure out, like it's MY responsibility to help the two of them. I know that there is nothing I can do though

[TheMrJay]

This stuck with me and is yet to let go. I love how haunting and ethereal it is.

[Highmastet]

Definitely my favorite out of all the OST

[VindAvSorg]

Feels ｅｔｈｅｒｅａｌ
Loved the atmosphere throughout the game. This song felt beautiful at the beginning, but when you get to the last part of the level it manages to add to the pressure. Such an override.

[dadi]

"Video games are not worth this amount of suffering."

[suotn]

I was too young to play this game when it first released. But I did anyway. This piece of music grabbed me by the throat then. It's yet to let go

I replay this game once every year, or two. Each time, I look at it differently. It's almost a measuring stick of how I grew as a person. Every time, this music suffocates me. I love it. And I hate it

[happyjay]

Playing the game with this song while hearing the girl crying for his work was just heartbreaking

[Personaboutspeed]

Amazing song, it captured the moment so well in-game!

[viennasavage]

something about this music...
is just...so mystical...


it dosent even feel like music...
but, it does...

[jacquiegordon]

This, Va, D.S. Al Coda, Turn Back and Escape From This Place are my personal favourites in this game.

[perfidiousprophet]

I've known about this game for months and I've played it countless times. There's something about this game that's kept me up at night and made me think. I don't know if it's because I relate to it or something else. But this game changed me in some way, even if I'm not sure which way yet. I think this game changed how I thought about my friends and my creations, as an artist I've gotten carried away or enveloped in my work. I've hit high and low points but its all part of the creative process. I've had people interpret my work incorrectly and jump to conclusions.

[litholaboratory]

Never get tired of this game.
This part especially just, , has me. As someone who used to do this kind of thing to myself mentally, for years, and still occasionally falls back on the habit; it's odd. All while others I know tell me they feel anxious from this chapter, it's comforting to me. It's a return to a sanctuary of self-protection I thrived on. And somehow the affirmation from the game texts: "Yes." "Perfect." "That's it keep going" It doesn't feel negative, it feels homely and warm. As you beat further into the mind and the sobbing becomes louder, it never disturbed me. It almost felt like I was hearing myself from the outside looking in. Perceiving my habit from another perspective. I could feel the numbing hug I would mentally and emotionally give myself everytime I drove my mind to this point, and it was addictive. I wanted it to last longer. But then the level ends, and you're brought to the next scene; you can’t stay in the dark space between the doors forever. Thanks Wreden, for that one.

Really a good game though. Everytime I play through it I am brought to a differing place again and again and it's extraordinary in its own way.

[pixelperfect]

This is what anxiety and depression sounds like.