"I'm TRYING to be diplomatic, here." *proceeds to kill Madeline multiple times*

I don't want to replay Celeste. I want to replay the things I felt playing Celeste.

Listening to this as a woman now. How time flies.

Literally just Phase 1: "Am I depressed?" Phase 2: "Crap, I'm depressed" Phase 3: "Oh crap my depressions got hands"

I paid for this song, and as bonus, it came with an awesome game

i remember when the blocks became active for the first time, and the drastic music change was soo cool

Mozart's been really quiet since Badeline dropped this banger

I love that Lena made this official upload so KZfaq didn't automatically put the "music" tag on it, allowing it to be played in PiP. It's the little things, like letting me listen to music while on Discord, that always give me that little happiness boost I need.

I'm telling you fellas, between this game, Undertale/Deltarune, Cuphead, Hollow Knight, DDLC and a ton of other titles, indie music just keeps getting better and better. If we aren't careful, we'll soon have to start composing 4-hour-long sonatas for every track in our new games just to hit average quality.

never forget that Theo accepted and was nice to Badeline as soon as he met her. absolute legend.

Best part of the song 0:00 Even better part of the song 2:12 Somehow better again 5:53 This is a good song

I took a digital music production class in freshman year of high school. The first assignment we got told us to give up one song that we love and listen to often and not listen to it for the remainder of the semester. I decided to give this one up, since it was my favorite song at the time. Once I heard it for the first time in five months, I cried . Thank you Lena

5:53 describes what "Running away from all your problems (assignments, deadlines, etc) but the responsibilities keeps haunting while you run" feels like.

in case anyone wants time stamps... because i sure want! blocks inactive: 0:00 to 2:11 blocks active: 2:12 to 4:25 Badeline conversation: 4:26 to 5:52 Badeline chase: 5:53 to 8:58 phone call: 8:59 to 9:38 man this soundtrack is so good and it all blends so seamlessly! Lena Raine, that you so much for this, you did such a great job with this ost! I'm gonna buy it when i can.

I just love how everyone just agrees that this is the best song in the soundtrack.

As someone with anxiety, the part where she has an Anxiety attack shocked me on how realistic it was, not being able to breathe, acting as you stuck in a cage of your own despair, it genuinely shocked me and made me think about all the things going on around me more

You are a legend, Lena. ❤️

Thank God for indie developers. You are a remarkable artist. I hope to hear more from you. This is hauntingly beautiful.

This litteraly was a life savor for me on my first backpacking trip. I downloaded all the celeste soundtracks and listened to them repeatedely and they really made an unfit person like me feel like I could overcome obstacles and stay determined to keep pushing and climbing

5:53 is my favorite part, but honestly the entire soundtrack is just so, so, so amazing. Big props Lena Raine

I don't have crippling anxiety or depression, no this game didn't cure a crippling mental illness, no my grandparents didn't die when I was playing this, no this game didn't help me fly through school, no this game didn't give me a confidence boost in my life, no this game didn't save my life, i just kinda think Celeste is a cool game man i dunno

I actually listened to the whole soundtrack while climbing the highest mountain in my city! Such a great feeling while listening to this masterpiece! Thank you so much Lena Raine. Hope to see more of your work in the near future

How did it take me this long to realize that this track eventually goes into First Steps but in the MINOR key. makes so much sense, given the level and story.

Lena did really put her soul into these tracks. But gotta say this gives off a very different vibe when you have 5 bad clones of yourself chasing you on a mountain lol

My father suffered from dementia. I was told music was a way to reach those who suffer from it. One weekend last year, before Covid hit, I stayed with him and my mom for the weekend. I played this song and others from Lena while I made dinner. He stayed with me as I cooked. Covid struck and I wasn't allowed to see my Dad again for six months. By that time, the disease put him in a nursing home because he couldn't function. Soon he couldn't speak. I held his hand this past January when he stopped eating and we lost him soon afterward. When I hear this song - and I see my dad before I lost him totally. It reflects both sadness, grief and love. I miss him but this song brings me back to when he was still himself. That sounds sad but it's actually comforting. I miss him but when I listen to this I feel him next to me, watching me cut tomatoes as part of the last meal I'd ever cook for him.

I’ve never played Celeste but damn I might after hearing this song

„Did you seriously pay 20 Bucks for one Level and one Track?“ Yes, yes I did! And it was worth it! Celeste is now my favorite 2D Plattformer and one of my favorite Games of all time

I find it wild how often I see Lena Raine in video game sound-tracks. She worked with Minecraft, with Toby Fox in Deltarune, and in Celeste

Everyone is talking about how long and lovely this whole song is being, and that’s all fine and dandy... I just love the little detail that if you wait idle long enough next to a wall during the level, Madeleine bumps her head against the wall when she thinks nobody else is looking. (I love that she acknowledges this might be a dream, I’d probably try doing that, too...)

Celeste is a $20 Soundtrack that comes with a game

Listening to this music in youtube : So relaxing Listening to this music in Celeste : WHY DO I KEEP DYING !?

🔥🔥WE MAKING IT OUTTA THE MIRROR WITH THIS ONE!🔥🔥

This game means so much to me. It came out at a difficult time for me. My grandmother, who I was incredibly close to, had just passed away, I was doing poorly in school, and I was becoming extremely distant and depressed. I was lost and I didn’t know what to do about it. The only escape from the world that I had were video games, but I started to see them no longer as a source of fun, but as a chore. I didn’t know what to do, and I was very near to committing suicide. On a whim, I decided to buy this off of the Nintendo eShop, and I spent a long weekend playing it. I couldn’t get past chapter 7, not because the game was difficult, but because the story of the game made me realize something, I can’t change the shit that forced me here, but I can change how I deal with what’s going to happen next. Since then, my health has drastically improved, I no longer feel depressed, I’m more social, and I survived school. This game saved my life, plain and simple.

People in January: 2020 isn't bad so far... February - December 5:51

This level was when I realized how incredibly well-made this game is. 10/10 gameplay, visuals, music, writing, technical depth, attention to detail, emotional & mental maturity. One of the very, very few games I consider a MUST-play.

I wish I could play celeste for the first time again, the soundtrack is magical

Theo: She's like a cute little goth Madeline! :D Badeline: ........hi.

This was obviously the best choice of music to back up the Celeste spotlight during the Nintendo Direct.

I'm approaching 40 years old and cannot see a future where I don't regularly listen to this song. The beating heart of this track is REAL.

I got this game because there was a snowstorm coming and, anticipating the power going out, I decided to get a wintery themed game for my switch and this was it. Not only did it have a profound message about mental health and believing i yourself, but it kicked me in the ### more times than I can count. I finished the game in two days and only had to look up a guide once (during the part where you have to throw Theo in the crystal and dash at the same time to activate a platform) it was both the best and worst experience of my life, but most of the worst part comes from that last room in the mr oshiro chase (I’m joking I have no complaints about this game whatsoever). It’s only the beginning of 2022 and I can already tell this will be at least in my top three games I played this year (because I’ll also be playing hollow knight and skywalker saga and it’s going to be an epic battle between these three games)

lena PERFECTLY captured the feeling of being in a hazy dream and then suddenly becoming lucid at 2:13

There is one section toward the end where there are five recurring piano notes (edit: I mean it's 7, but two of them repeat, 5 are distinct)... one for each of the shadows chasing you. Probably a total accident, but I couldn't disassociate it once I noticed.

WE MAKING IT TO THE SUMMIT WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🔥

"...I'm dreaming aren't I?" "Madeline, of course you are dreaming. I haven't spoken to you in months. Why would I start now?"

I love big budget games like Zelda, Xenoblade, TF2 and Dragon Quest, but sometimes indie games just do things so much better when it comes to music use. The intensity and emotion that these games portray is amazing. I think that the shortness of indies is what allows them to pull off such great stories and have such an effective soundtrack, there is no need to make things last for 60 hours, reuse music constantly or set up a sequel, it is just a creator or a team setting out to make something good.

Me and my brother call the sparkle blocks cosmic brownies

I think the level that this song accompanies is really where Celeste starts showing off what kind of game it really is going to be like, and this is also the song that really tells you what kind of a soundtrack it'll have and what it will express, and for that it has to be at the very top of my list of all time for videogame ost, it's such brilliance, thank you for gracing us with music like this Lena, you're the best

This This right here is THE COOLEST chase scene i've ever experienced in a game. There's so much depth to this entire sequence mentally, metaphorically AND literally, and it was one of the only times in video games for me where the entire "battle with that side of yourself that doesn't believe" actually felt relatable I'm writing this at 11:41 PM on a sunday night but this is what a good game does to you i guess lma-

When i'm listening to this, i'm beginning to search for something that makes me sad, this is so disturbing. Great track, you're a true composer

So haunting and atmospheric, this was definitely one of my favorite tracks.

lena raine gotta be one of the best composers out there

The 5:53 transition gives me chills _every single time_

This song is something else...

*You might see things. Things you ain’t ready to see*

I was suffering from stage iv testicular cancer. My frail limbs were giving out and I had been bed bound for months developing horrid rashes and skin conditions from the stagnation. I played this game and it gave me the motivation to overcome my diseases. This game quite literally saved my life

you know you gonna be stuck in a area for a bit when the background music is 9 min

blocks anactive 0:00 blocks active 2:12 Badeline conversation 4:26 Badeline chase 5:53 phone call 8:59

This game was so magical. The controls are smooth and easy to understand. The art was fantastic. The mechanics (The conveyor blocks in the Forsaken City, or the blocks that go towards whatever hit it in the Reflection level) are easy to understand. I was actually sad when the game ended, it was a really good game. I would pay more if i could.

Gotta love arpeggios. One of the things I enjoy about making electronic music is being able to draw those very easily. Magical sounds like this.

Brain: "are you sleeping" Girl" Yeah now shut up" Brain: "Celeste is 6 years old" Girl "Realization"

When I first got this game, I had no idea what it was, and I didn’t actually have high expectations, it was free at the time and I was bored. But holy shit, I played it for over six hours once I started it, and the music is one of the biggest reasons I played it so long, and why I love it so much. Especially the haunting part when you’re talking to Badeline, and the sheer terror I felt running from her. Thank you so much for this

Strangely, it feels like you are in a dream and you are floating.

"Slow down Madeline, dear" "I'm simply a concerned observer" "I'm the pragmatic part of you" "let's go home together..."

when i got gifted a copy of Celeste, i didn’t play it. When i was my absolute lowest point in regards to my social life, it called out to me. A close friend and I had a massive falling out, we wouldn’t speak to each other for days but we would put messages out there that we knew the other would see. We were both being petty, even down right toxic and cruel. I started hanging out with old friends she once considered hers, and she was left with the friends I had abandoned. Leaving all of that behind was cathartic, and forging new beginnings was fun, but i was inherently running away from my problems. It took beating this game for me to see that clearly. Confronting the “evil” side of you is a huge challenge, and the seed that planted the thought of confronting my Badeline was this section in the game. Akin to Madeline though, i kept running away for a bit, but i came to understand why i was avoiding the problem, and what i needed to say and do to put things right. After admitting I went on with this too long, her and I got to talking again. I am convinced this game saved me. Just a silly little platformer with banger tunes. All of this happened just under a year ago, so fitting that this crossed my recommendations. Whatever you’re going through, you can overcome it and you will be a bigger person than you were before.

Celeste is my number one favorite video game, of all time. It's basically the perfect game for me in literally every way. The gameplay is fast and difficult, but doesn't kick you while your down like other difficult games, instead picking you back up and encouraging you. 'Be proud of your death count.' I find Celeste so replayable, I've probably beaten it 30 times since I started playing it June of 2020. The music is amazing. I don't know much about music, so that's all I can really say about it. But it's amazing. The sounds are satisfying too, if that counts for anything. The story is... something else, really. The way it talks about anxiety and depression is, at least for me, really accurate to how I feel. Madeline is the most relatable (for me) protagonist I've ever encountered, and I doubt that'll change any time soon. There were several times where I had to put down the controller and just relax for a moment, because the dialogue was hitting a bit close to home. 'She only helps people to feed her twisted ego!' was one of those moments, for example. Celeste made me _feel_ something, and very few games can say that. So, uh, yeah. Good game. I'd even say it's a 10/10, in my very, very biased opinion.

2:14 easily one of the most memorable moments in gaming history for me personally. The exact moment the song changes after the mirror breaks, wow. Great job on making a perfect soundtrack for an amazing game

I remember listening to this song on my way home on my last day of school before everything shut down because of the pandemic... While i was walking and saying goodbye even though i didn't knew, to a version of this world that is forever gone, now that i look back to it, it felt almost as a cinematic experience

games that impact you emotionally like this don’t come out very often. the last game that really helped me come to terms with my mental problems was omori and before your eyes

0:00 Start 2:13 Badeline breaks out of mirror 4:27 Talking to Badeline 5:53 Badeline chases you 8:59 You escape from Badeline 9:28 Ending sting

This was the track the ultimately got me to play Celeste. I don't normally play platformers of this type, but I was watching a twitch streamer go through the game, and right when I heard the ambient music intensify at 2:12 after the mirror incident in the second level, I immediately stopped watching and bought the game to play for myself. The presentation of the entire game is amazing, but the music really just takes the entire experience to a new level. Absolutely adore it!

Been playing video games since 1990, I’m 39 years old. That moment when the blocks started moving was one of the coolest moments jn all of my gaming history .

I remember the first time I finished chapter 1 and I just wanted to see the beginning of chapter 2 to decide if I would continue or not. Forsaken city took me almost 1 hour and I felt very tired. Not very motivated. As soon as I heard this song on Old Site, I knew immediately that Celeste was going to be one of those games that would mark me for life. And, well, here after 3 years I'm still with Celeste. With mods, creating custom room gameplays, etc. All because this song was what convinced me to stick with the game. Amazing music.

I never paid attention to the fact that Madeline's hair after fusion is pink because that's Red and Purple. I always just assumed it's because it's less-angry purple

The transition at 5:53 to the chase sequence is so slick... I am so thankful that Lena composed this OST

seriously this song is so good man. The only song that makes me cry, I consider the best soundtrack of all. It's like taking my whole life and putting it together in one sound.2:13, BRO, THAT PART IS AWESOME.

This is undoubtley the best piece of music i've ever heard in a video game, and it's not even close. And man, that's a huge compliment, because I heard a fuck ton of game music.

I noticed something, the main tune on the first half of the song has one melody repeating twice in a small invertal, like "one following the other"... just like the "shadow chasing you" gimmick in this chapter Interesting

I got this game when it was free on epic games for a day, and even if it wasn't, I would have paid full price for it. This is one of the most incredible games I've ever played.

This song is so absolutely amazing that it provides me with a feeling that I have trouble describing. Serenity, curiosity, and peacefulness combined with a sort of sadness that isn't like any other and in many ways is like happiness. It is just so hard to describe it, but this song is amazing.

The damn moment the music drops for the first time and the the ice turns out to be a space-like cube I just broke down and cried, don't know what exactly but it just made sense. Madeline in this moment doesn't just spilt herself, but reveals her true colors to herself discovering that she have to face her own ego. This only moment is so personal to every of us who played it, a moment in wich we had to look in the mirror and the reflection were not what we wished it to be...

Celeste and hollow knight are the two games that are so beautiful that I have literally no words to describe them.

In the whole soundtrack, there's one repeating theme that I call the Madeline leitmotif, the theme at 4:26 It's in: First Steps Resurrections Postcard from Celeste Mountain Anxiety Confronting Myself Little Goth Reach For The Summit Madeline and Theo Level finish theme My Dearest Friends and probably more that I've missed.

Celeste is a life experience, lena raine is the best! nostalgia!

Ok fine, I'm gonna play this.

Played this game twice now this song gets me every time.

This track changed my view of the game from "this game is great fun" to "holy shit this is actually amazing" in the span of a few minutes, when it picked up at ~2:10 I got goosebumps, kudos for the amazing music!

This is my favorite song in the game. It's so unique and unlike any other song I've ever heard. So repetitive yet it conveys different emotions through the same melody just by changing what accompanies it. It hits so different.

Man, this is one of my favorite soundtracks of all time, it has this tone to it that I just love

I love the transitions

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how good Lena's piano playing is on this track??? Like, my god, her control over dynamics (that amazing little drop-off at 0:46, for example), her incredible sense of timing -- I knew this was going to be an amazing soundtrack from the beginning of the first song, but the passage that starts at 2:12, with its beautiful juxtaposition of organic, flowing piano work with the mechanical precision of the rest of the track, that's the moment I realized we're not just dealing with a really good composer here, we're dealing with a generational talent.

Started replaying the game after a couple years and i stopped moving just to hear this, it's so good.

I love how much meaning this song has and yet with such simplicity.

Im not shocked when lena raine made a song to minecraft. You deserved to make song to minecraft.

This made me cry actual tears, my God. It's like a slow decent into darkness

This is probably my favorite song of all time. The amount of emotion it creates in me with just the music is astonishing, but it also brings me back to the first time I heard it. I had just been broken up with, and this song came on in an auto generated playlist. It felt like I had been transported to another dimension entirely. Suddenly I was floating; I felt more alive than I had felt in years. I've heard the question of "what would you do if you had a time machine" many times before. My answer is always the same; I would go back and relive this glorious moment.. to be able to feel the way I felt, uplifted and amazed during the worst time of my life.

the beginning of this song really gives me portal 2 vibes. anyone else feel that?

Crazy to think this artist makes music for minecraft now.

Just started playing today, and this piece captivated me the moment I heard it. So incredibly atmospheric and haunting, yet peaceful and beautiful. I simply adore this piece and can’t wait to see what you have to offer in the future, Lena!

After playing this game three times, I have decided Madeline is my favourite character in the world of videogames. This game has touched my heart so deep... Love your work, Exok

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