My headcanon is that this is blasted in the Hellpod during every dive.

Song lives rent free in my head

This theme totally hooked me. I just wanted to try the new friendly fire co-op game with my brothers and found myself immeasurablely charmed by the tutorial and opening propaganda broadcast. When we did our first drop and the pods fired one after the other with that music kicking in I was in awe that this $40 game had given me such an epic mission load scene. My heart was literally flooded with democracy!

There's not a single match that I don't get hyped while dropping to the planets with this soundtrack playing in the background! HELLDIVERS NEVER DIE!

"It's building up really fast!" Not faster than the robots coming to get you on Space Vietnam.

"Would you like to know more?"

Nothing like the music when you first dive.

Great theme to play as you launch into every mission! Has the right buildup and hype to get you in the mood for every dive.

the incidental music during missions is unique to each faction, and it's coordinated with in-game action. basically the entire game is a cinematic wartime drama generator

I automatically hear "THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK" at the kick up. So many awesome missions.

Side note, the section heard at 6:34 is actually a callback to the first games main theme, just slowed a bit in comparison to the original.

I know the game is a parody of heroism and patriotism, but the song makes me feel like a genuine hero. I put it up there with legendary themes like The Avengers, Robocop and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

"Point me to the enemy"

I made this my daily alarm to wake up to 👍

This ost didn't need to go this hard, but I am SO glad that it did!

You know, I can’t think of a time before this song dropped, its one of those songs that you feel like you’ve heard when you were a kid in dodgeball or kickball

Game music hasn't touched me this much since the work of Marty O'Donnell in Halo. I almost feel like a teen again

Helldivers have had some horrendous losses so far for sure. 1.18 billion helldivers dead, with 42.8 million of those being on Malevelon Creek alone.

Suggestion: One other piece of music from Helldivers 2 to react to? "Extraction"

This piece of music is so much better than it has any right to be! The strin runs up to the choir gets me EVERY time... Wilbert cranked this up to 11, thats for sure! Remember our fallen brothers and sisters of Malevelon Creek... *salutes*

Sipping that cuppa liber-tea

Great analysis, and I totally got that Klendathu Drop inspiration too. Also, this is is a blueprint for how to do a proper reaction video. Great work!

Charging into an epic battle like you are invincible, the going gets tough and you are not invincible, through the might of the super-earth forces you emerge victorious, you return to the vast emptiness of space to contemplate that the battle was won, but the war is never over, and from there you warp into the distance to carry out the will of democracy and liberty! What a story.

Love your analysis, I'm no expert in music but I love how you explain the emotional meaning of a piece.

Gives me the shivers every time

"Come on, you apes, you want to live forever?" *hits planetside and is mowed down in moments* Well done, Helldiver!

*Extraction Glitches Out* : 🤬 *Theme Still Plays* : 🫡🇺🇸🇺🇳

A perfect mix between Harry Gregson Williams (MGS) and Basil Poledouris (robocop, starship troopers)

Thank you for such a great analysis. I have seen a few other videos on this theme but yours went into the reasons it told such a good story.

For Democracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New viewer, loved your Helldivers 2 X Starship Troopers crossup. Would love to hear it as a full track!

Sweet Liberty!

Please stand for the national anthem...

Every time listening this I want to liberate something

Easily one of the hardest and best tracks out there

just now October ends dropped a banger 🔥 You gotta react to it!

The best game in years !

Heavy Basil Poledouris influences.

Its me or remember Suicide Mission from Mass Effect 2?

Me adding timestamps from my drop pod looking at the map. “Here” “Here?” (What about) “Here?”

Are you doing your part?

And don't forget, you're hearing this as you are thundering out of the sky from orbit, wreathed in flames like an Avenging Angel, descending from upon high to deliver *Democracy!*

Liberty's integrity maintained.

This song is giving me goosebumps and making me feel awfully *DEMOCRATIC* right now…

you 100% have to react to the extraction theme its fully modular and has 14 minutes of different interchangeable segments

It really gives me halo vibes

The sound of Freedom. For Democracy!

When I heard this piece of pure democracy, I liberty'd so hard in my freedom pants.

kudos for 10:17

sounds like God's gift ost from Evangelion by shiro sagisu.

Please check the Extraction theme of Helldivers 2. You won’t regret it

Do a breakdown on susumu hirasawa - stillborn city

Can you react to SCATTERBRAINED by justan oval? Its a great video/song, idk what to call it. Its a mix of horror and epic-ness for me.

Hey atlas would love if you could react to "demon of hatred" from sekiro

That intro was awesome. FOR DEMOCRACY

soundtrack is so weak compared to helldivers 1

My mates set the drop immediately after the build up as a sound in discord. We play it anytime one of us joins ANY game we play and arrive as reinforcements after game start. E.g. Remnant 2 there was a mini boss that spawned and we struggled to kill it as my bro is DPS my mate the tank and I'm the healer. Was just me and tank against this thing and barely damaging it. *Blip of discord join noise* *Cup of Liber-tea blares* *Zoso has joined the game*

Before playing Helldivers 2 for the first time: "Meh i didn't like the original. The sequel is probably just overrated" Adter playing Helldivers 2 for the first time: "➡➡⬆ TASTE THE SUPER DEMOCRACY ALIEN FILTH!!!!"