Demon's Souls Remake OST - Maiden Astraea

Art made by Cal Santiago

[robertspeedwagon]

"Dearest Astraea.... I Have failed you"

- Last words of Garl Vinland

[tooful]

In the remake the music doesn’t start until you start fighting, you’re the boss

[ProphetofTables]

"Demon Vanquished"
But why am I still standing up?

[emperorl]

Yeah I'm calling this version of the theme Garl Vinland's song

[ghostmist]

You were the boss.

You were the bad guy in their story.

And the Protector failed his Maiden - because of you.

Beautiful.

[IvanBobyliev]

The saddest boss fight in that series...

[unlimitedisme]

i do like this version but it would be nice if they did something similar to RE2 where you had the option to switch between original and remake soundtracks

[patfuryy]

This Theme is the one that makes me say: "I wish things were different..."

[TheNaktrah]

"We live humble lives... leave us be..."

[AMubher]

A perfect blend of Maiden Astraea sorrow and purity, with Garl Vinland heroism.

[huskytzu]

**epic music playing**
Me: “well time to shoot arrows from a safe distance”

[Kapita_Lismus]

I enjoy the dynamic part of the music. The iconic Astraea tune plays as you kill her before it turns into silence. Really good presentation.

[Brother_OTS]

I first heard this theme when fighting Archdruid Caimar from the DS3 Convergence mod. I scoured the entirety of YouTube for a full version until I saw someone's comment saying this is where it was from originally. Very beautiful piece right here

[RickyG]

This boss and soundtrack is the most magnificent part of the game from an artistic and atmospheric standpoint.

The Valley of Defilement the most depraved place in all of Demon's Souls, yet its Archdemon is the most pure of heart and this soundtrack compliments that perfectly.

[Wolfymeh]

I find it amazing that in both the original and the remake - even with how different they sound, they still manage to convey the same feeling of you being the "bad guy" with desperation lurking in the notes... Great piece.

[unironicallyesteban]

The tone of the original is by far the most fitting, but that doesn't stop this from being a genuinely beautiful song.

[koscheiivanovisch]

I've discovered:
This version has the constant melody with the strings (don't know the instrument but sounds like a harpsichord) in 4/4 (8 steps), whereas the original was in a 7/4, they added one step to complete the melody in a fancier way but the original had the 7/4 to make it sound more unnerving.
You can hear it have a double bounce on the same note when it goes down, while the original had no two notes repeated.

[rdu]

More like fittingly, Garl Vindland's theme, his heroic last stand in futility

[ecallahan]

God... this is one of the best tracks in the series. Didn't think anything could come close to my favorite Bloodborne tracks.

RIP Astrea and Vinland. They died so humanity could live.

[Altair_]

People saying how “this doesn’t fit” but honestly I personally love this, you really feel more of Garls side of it through out the song, his final stand, his final task to protect astraea with his life. The choir is the sorrow and cries of the pain and the bang of the drums is the weight of his shield and will to fulfill his task. But when you kill him and you approach astrea it changes into more of a tone of her, showing how their humble lives is now to an end, no hope for them, only despair and death. I personally feel that every instrument in this song perfectly showed every detail of them. From beginning to finish