Portal - The Sound Of Science

A Portal parody of 'The Sound of Silence' by Simon and Garfunkel. I originally had the idea for this song about 3 years ago, but only just got around to making it! A huge thank you to The Stupendium for writing the lyrics to this one. About 2 months of work went into this!

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Music | Vocals | Production | Animation | Editing
Harry Callaghan

Lyrics by Gregory Holgate (The Stupendium)

Enhanced 'HWM' Chell model by Maxxy

Animated and rendered in Source Filmmaker.
Music made with Reason 10.
Vocals edited with Melodyne Studio 3.

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Lyrics:
Hello, subject three-nine-ten.
We’ve come to test with you again.
Because there are quotas that we aren’t keeping.
We’ll never meet them if you’re left sleeping.
And if the Samba themes we beamed into your brain,
Still remain...
It’s just the sound of science.
We kept you dreaming peaceful while.
We arranged our portal tiles.
'Neath our heartless master’s watchful eye.
You’ll cheat death for us to analyse.
Or you’ll be stabbed by the spikes of a moving wall,
That crush your skull...
That’s just the sound of science.
And when you reach the exit-door,
You’ll find ten thousand chambers more.
Although we’re not sure what the data means...
You’ll face acid pits and laser beams!
As machine-guns ring and turrets sing your name,
As they take aim...
It’s just the sound of science.
Fire your portal gun in vain...
Each catwalk leads back whence you came...
Hear our words and try to understand;
We do what we must because we can!
And when you’re bested by our tests and left to fall...
...as do they all...
You heed the call of science!
One by one they bowed and prayed...
For the chocolate cake she made.
And should you reach the day your science is done...
You’ll assume the party position.
And be escorted to the room full of cake and definitely not full of flames.
But if there’s pain...
Your screams are just the sounds of science....

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More of my Portal songs you might enjoy:

[HanSoled]

"Hear our words and try to understand
we do what we must because we can"
This is pure gold

[noxfox]

It actually does reflect how terrifying the base concept of Portal is...

[tapitapi]

You know, realizing how many people are either still kept in tanks or how many dead bodies may still be in the facility is actually horrific

[merninjamarshmallow]

They are singing about how you might die or never escape and yet it's so peaceful, I love it.

[FrustratedProgrammer]

I was really enjoying this thinking: "Harry you've done it again!" then it got dark... real fast.
Harry... you've actually done it again...

[tiaengel]

i’m surprised Harry101UK isn’t a doctor from how much he’s kept the Portal fandom alive

[PrebenHollywoodTV]

This makes me want to play Portal more than any trailer or review ever could

[adriansumoza]

"The turrets sing your name" is one of the scariest phrases I've ever heard.

[ArtistKata]

It's so good my husband came running in thinking it was a Portal 3 trailer. His disappointment was only calmed by how awesome this is lol.

[DarkHoodness]

This is art. You will hear a buzzer. When you hear the buzzer, stare at the art.

[ssential]

Me and my husband just found this- WTH - were amazed- we were like “where did he get that footage?” Wait-what? He made it?!? Dude! Woah!!

[jackmino]

When you look at the turrets, if they are moving and looking around, they look very nice and friendly, but when they aren't emoting or moving, simply staring forward they immediately become terrifying

[potato]

This man has single handedly kept the Portal fanbase alive.

[hostkal]

I love so much the fluid movements and protagonism of Chell here, Harry has never give her that much atention before, is incredible, as always.

[Nightweaver]

The shot with the coffins really drives home just how brutal and uncaring the world of the Aperture Science test labs really is.

[zlucky]

I honestly cannot remember the last time I heard something so haunting and beautiful and right up my alley, this whole video is a wonderful experience.

[Ardith_Prime]

I see that portalable surface behind the turret in the "Cake" room. And i think we all know what that means...

[Decenium]

how could you watch this working for Valve and not think: "we should go back, we should make art again, set a new higher standard".

[JayeEntityConcord]

Misread title as "Portal - The Sound Of Silence" and thought it would be funny to hear that song sung by GLaDOS.

What I actually got was nothing short of a masterpiece :)

[Jim_JustGaming]

The lyrics may be dark, but I can't help that the turret voices are strangely calming.