I know in my community post recently, I said I'd play the Outer Wilds soon but I started it not too long ago, and I can't. It's a little too painful for me. Being lost out in space, falling into a black hole. I think I need more time.

Outer Wilds feels like a love letter to everything that makes us human. Fear, curiosity, loss, love, loneliness. Sitting around a campfire and shaking hands with tragedy to play a beautiful song that's already hidden inside everyone, though they've never listened to it before. Outer Wilds makes you face it all head-on, and you can't help but come out of it feeling that everything is going to be okay. Everyone deserves to experience this game, and I don't think anything could ever take it away from my #1 spot.

“I learned a lot, by the end of everything. The past is past, now, but that’s… you know, that’s okay! It’s never really gone completely. The future is always built on the past, even if we won’t get to see it. Still, it’s um, time for something new, now.” -Riebeck

Andrew composed a final track called outer wilds reprise. It feels like he is saying goodbye to the game, remembering the journey of the game, and the journey that the game itself went through development.

This Soundtrack could just be summed up by two words. Beautiful sadness. There's this somber feeling about it. A longing for adventure, yet feeling contempt with your place the universe. It's Like the dying universe is telling you: "It's fine, enjoy."

Andrew's song, "Echoes of the Eye," from Outer Wild's DLC (AKA sequal) is hands down the most beautiful piece of music I've heard him do. I very much relate to the feeling of loss and death, but also to the feeling of renewal and calm acceptance that permeates his tracks. So far, Outer Wilds and its DLC are the only games that've managed to make me cry, and I cannot recommend those two games highly enough.

Although all the original instruments were gone, the song continued to play. No matter how many times I listen to this soundtrack, it keeps bringing the emotions of when I first played the game. Out of all the innumarable possibilities this game could have been, I'm really glad I've got to observe it to the end.

Breathe in...breathe out... A new sun rises...

It's rare to find music that is both sorrowful and heartening at the same time. Every time I hear this, I can't help but think of just how much I miss my grandpa and all the happy memories I have with him. Never easy to lose someone.

I lost my father 15 years ago, when I was 7 years old. And you know... the sadness never really goes away. But it gets a little easier to bear, after a while. And music like this helps me think about all the things I wish that I'd had with him but couldn't. It's like... allowing yourself to be sad, because to miss something that much means that for at least a little while, you had something beautiful.

Never apologise for not talking during the tracks. Your expressions and face journey tell us all we need to know. 🧡

For me, this song isn't truly bittersweet or true loss. Rather, it's the beginning of the end, and the end of the beginning. It represents the passing of time in the sense that all good things must come to an end, but through that ending, something new springs up. The track is full of hope, new adventure, and just a little big of crazy. There's a sense of longing, but it's not the focus of the track. The net result being an extremely beautiful track that, if you played the game itself to completion, hits completely differently. Which I do recommend. On my second playthrough years after the first, after playing Echoes of the Eye (which I likewise recommend), it still hit me just as hard the second time around as with the first. Also, try Elegy for the Rings if you just want to continue.

Always so heartwarming to hear the relationship you had with your dad. And of course gut wrenching to know hes gone :( But music is something magical that can help you relive memories you miss, love, put a smile on your face and will never forget. ❤❤❤❤❤

Okay, I know i just said I wasn't gonna say anything, but screw formalities. This game is easily the most gorgeous thing I've ever experienced in my entire life. I don't think any media has really impacted me even close to as much as this, the thought of existentialism, (these arent spoilers btw this is what I took away from it) contemplation of existance, and I think marco summed it up perfectly to how this game made me feel. life is beautiful, life is worth it. I was in a really low spot finishing this game (and a year later, its DLC) but outer wilds always reminds me just how incredible life is. my family makes fun of me for sitting around outside during a nice sunset, always enjoying the clouds, or feeling the grass and leaves on the trees, but whenever i do that, i just remember my time on timber hearth, staring up into the solar system wondering what is and what could be. Its why timber hearth is probably my most listened to track, it just makes me want to live. I have more to say, but I think ill leave this one off here. My condolences to your father, Marco. Sounds like the relationship people dream of having with their parents.

Outer Wilds is a masterpiece of a game that, personally speaking, has changed my outlook of life, and I'm glad that you're enjoying it too! I would personally recommend doing and finishing the game with its DLC as not only does it bring more beautiful soundtracks, but in addition really concludes the game as a whole on such a heartwarming note. I hope that you can finish your Outer Wilds playthrough and wish you the best of luck with the "owl"-iens!

I lost my mom when I was 12. I had to pause this video to grab my phone and just send a quick message to my dad telling him I love him. I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing.

So glad you listened to this piece, it is truly one of a kind. Within the context of the story, this song hits the absolute hardest for me. The second the banjo pops in it is just a floodgate of emotions and then the cello taking over in the end is...it breaks you in the best possible way. I played Outer Wilds while going through some major depressive episodes and the game, somehow, grounded me. It's a difficult game, emotionally, at times but the characters, stories, and lessons it brings into focus are worth it once you feel you are ready to play it.

Of all the game soundtracks I've listened too... Outer Wilds really is something special. It makes me feel a lot of things from one song to another... yet at the core of it there's always a fuzzy, small warmth to it. Even when it makes me cry, a part of me just feels... alright.

Why does cello have to be so fricking beautiful darn it

Many, when they think about space, tend to contemplate existence and our place in its vastness. It's no wonder it that Outer Wilds' OST has caused you to do so, that just means it is doing its job and doing it well. ♥

Listening to this song during the credits of Outer Wilds really hits on a different level, I always feel like it tells the story of the game through that song.

Yes, indeed, one of the best experiences gaming can give you. It's impossible for to judge the music on it's own because my memories of the game make it so this music becomes an unquestionable masterpiece. Remember, it will all pass.

It's insane to see how, during this journey, you improved in expressing what music made you feel. Your reactions have never felt fake, and yet the words become more accurate and specific as reactions come - it really shows how music is a whole separate language that is much more primordial than words

I love Outer Wilds so much. Everything about this game is excellent, thanks for listening to more Outer Wilds OST!

20 seconds into the song and you already look close to tears. I love how affecting the music in this game can be. That dang cello!

My grandma passed away a year or so ago. She made me feel loved in a way that I hadnt and havent felt before or since, and her passing didnt hit me until I watched this video. You really nailed it with the title, this feeling is truly indefinable. Its such a profound mixture of true grief and happiness, regret and joy. I remember distinctly there was a day I visited her, maybe a month before she passed. My extended family was all there with her, but she was asleep. She woke up for me. She saw me and said my name and smiled like everything was okay again. She had been asleep for a week by that point. I wasnt old enough to understand how much that meant to me at the time, but hearing this song and listening to you speak on it really hit me where it... something. It dosent hurt, but it aches in that indescribable, maybe good way I mentioned before. Thank you, Marco. This music is beautiful, but I'd argue your words are equally so. They have allowed me to truly feel this grief for the first time.

I'll say this, and I legitimately mean it. Outer Wilds and it's accompanying DLC will remain my number 1 favorite game of all time for the sole reason that It changed the way I look at life. It's such a beautiful game and I wish I could express how much it means to me to the developers because I cannot suggest this game to other people enough. Everything about it is perfect and that extends of course to the soundtrack. I'm glad other people are able to experience it in at a piece through your video and highly suggest other people pick it up and play it for themselves, spoiler free, cheat free. This game is an incredible experience and you were able to experience a bit of it through this song. Much love, Brother.

Outer Wilds is such a great game, and it's music is just a reflex of it's imense beauty.

I could say a million things on how in the context of the game this music is so great, but spoilers of course, probably the best song in the game

It make me feel like i was ending Spiritfarer again . A feeling that something change in me , even if i don't know what it is . Outerwilds OST is truely marvelous .

Well, you know what they say: to grieve is to have loved deeply.

outer wilds music will always have an emotional hold over me whether it’s the music or the game itself. i absolutely recommend the most recent outer wilds album, the lost reels (specifically the spirit of water or older than the universe)! it’s a love letter and goodbye to the game by the composer

After my dad passed away last year, I saw a phrase that just stuck with me. "Beauty fades, that is why it is beautiful"

Marco, I think you have such a beautiful soul. Your appreciation and emotional connection to music really opened my eyes to the beauty that exists in all these amazing video game tracks, and all the incredibly talented people that are out there creating these works.

the most cathartic thing for me is not just listening with you to my absolute favourite songs out there, but also watching the emotion i feel mirrored on your face. especially with a soundtrack like 14.3 billion years, the leitmotif of outer wilds is just so profound even though it's so simple. it's tender but there's also the underline of "beware, we are so small in this big, big universe. yet here you are, here is life, you exist." And something about that makes me feel very safe and content with my life. thank you so, so much, marco.

OUTER WILDS! This has been my favorite thing in all of media since it came out. I am so happy to see you interacting with it! Thank you I'll watch every one 🍿

To me, Outer wilds is possibly one of the best games ever created. the sense of wonder, the curiosity, the thirst for answers, the horror of isolation, of the unknown... The game plays towards all those aspects masterfully. If ever there were a genre defining game for a Castlebrainia type game, this is it.

I realize this is over a year old now, but i want to put this here. "Music is a mysterious thing. At times, the same piece can make the listener cry or laugh. Memories and emotions, long since buried, rise up, whether they want to remember them or not." That's an abbreviated quote from Citan from Xenogears.

The way you visibly grow uneasy with just the first notes of 14.3 Billion Years is wow, I feel you.

Definitely one of the best musical game soundtracks of all time. The instruments are all so simple, but the complete refrain with all the instruments together is absolutely beautiful. The way Prahlow worked the cues into the game's important moments is pure genius.

The river is one of my favorite track from echoes of the eye. This music does speak to the soul, always brings me to tears, while filling me with wonder; I tend to gravitate back to this ost when I need it, glad you can appreciate it as well🖤

I played Outer Wilds and its DLC (which is equaly amazing) earlier this year because I heard the "Travelers" OST randomly on youtube. It directly went in my top 3 of my favourites games. I hope you will be able to go through it once you feel ready and enjoy it. It definitely is a masterpiece !

This music is simply: magical. It's amazing how its notes can heal and touch you. This song saved me in one of the worst moments I remember this year, when I was on the verge of a panic attack. It allowed me to calm down and feel peace. Later I could play Outer Wilds without knowing anything about the game and I can say that it has changed me completely. My way of looking at life is different and I feel completely happy. It is an incredible experience that I will never forget. Thanks for the video and for sharing your experience ♥

I said it on your other video, but this track means so much to me that it played during a portion of my wedding ceremony. I love it, and always will. Watching it resonate in a similar way with someone else with brings back that initial gut-wrenching feeling of the loss I was trying to heal when I first heard it, but also the feeling of hope and acceptance that I felt as I moved forward in life. It makes me smile. I don’t really know how to explain it properly, as you said, but thank you.

I lost my dad last month, and, yea, wow... hearing the points you brought up, the feelings you brought up about this song and music in general is just so well said. The biggest thing I've noticed for me, is just how much music can change after such a large loss. Even music I've listened to almost every single day. These pieces that, still, certainly were impactful and actually profoundly important to me, have changed (or maybe morphed is a better word) sometimes for the better; bringing back memories and emotions of my time with him, but sometimes, well, for the worst; bringing out pain of things not done or said, or the pains of the NOW being here without him. And sometimes it's just what I needed. Sometimes I literally need help to cry because I couldn't. And that is honestly beautiful, even if right now I still have these horrible days and don't feel that way at all.

The music and game deals with a really deep level of death, loss and acceptance. It comforts me on such a deep level and moves me to tears so often. It's sent me to sleep at night on hundreds of occasions. I'll never stop listening to it

The DLC music for me is even worse, because although the base game is about overcoming loss and finding warmth, the DLC is about succumbing to that fear. The music makes me cry everytime

Your talking about your past is definitely from the heart, Not morbid, not self centered. Truthful and honest. A breath of fresh air.

This game and the soundtrack alone is above the possible imagination of emotions. I love how melancholic it is, especially with context of the story. It's truly masterpiece. I want to highlight one specific track, that is not a part of main album, it's called Reprise. I literally have no words for it, just feelings... Without spoilers, but only thing i can say, i relive whole main story with this track, again, and again...

I remember once reading a book that had a line that always stuck with me. " No matter who, when someone loses their parent whether they're 5 or 35 they always show their true self" I feel as though this music conveys the same feelings as we had during childhood which explains the strong emotions it gives off.

Your silence said everything that needs to be unsaid. I’m sorry for your loss, I hope you’re doing better now man.

Wow man, just discoverd you Channel but already fell in love with it. I love how real you are. You truly feel, enjoy and see music as more then just music. Thanks for sharing your story. Must have been a hard time for you, but you pulled through and youre such a strong person for managing it. I adore your philosophical view on music. Thank you for this fantastic video. For me its hard to describe what i feel while playing Outer Wilds and listening to the Soundtrack. But damn this music is a masterpiece. It makes me feel so much and so little at the same time. Its eternal, otherwordly and etheral but also warm, cozy and hearthfull. Its feel like a new begingn but also like the end of something beautiful. Outer Wilds itself is one of the few games that changed me as a person and my view on so many thing. On Death and Life, on the small moments, on friends and fate. I will give a TW from here on. It taught me to accept Death and certin fates and that i dont need to be sacerd of death. It taugth me enjoy life itself and the small beautifull moments that life creates. Just like sitting around a campfire and listening to the music. Id formed my view on life in to something almost nihilistic and im so glad for id, because i fell peace and hapiness. Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not. Even if it can be hard, sad, difficult and heartbreaking and at somepoint everything ends but for me thats ok. This music and the game makes me appreciate the beauty of life itself. Life just like Outer Wilds is filled with sadness, tradergy, loneliness but there are also moments of love, curiosity, compainship, happines that you can enjoy even more because of the dark parts of life. Never have i ever played a game that changed me so much and taught me so much about life. For me this music and this game is are truly masterpieces. It speaks to all the inner parts that make me human.

I lost my grandmother 13 years ago. The pain never goes away, indeed, but it has become a driving force of my life to carry on her legacy. On the game, I tell you it is one of the most wonderful experiences I've had in my life. Please give yourself as much time as you need and allow yourself to embrace the childlike wonder of playing it.

After letting it set in for a month, this song is beautiful, the somberness of it all, but through that, there’s hope and content.

Y'know... This track always felt like it was saying goodbye to me, but that it was a good thing. And tbh I feel like thats the whole crux of the experience, and a powerful lesson the game does an amazing job of hammering into you. 14.3 Billion years will always have a special place in my heart, and I'm so glad you and others feel these sort of things, as sad as these things can be it's beautiful. It's moving in the best ways possible

This song makes me feel the same way as I did when I was watching Interstellar, that is the best way I can describe it

This game taught me to compartmentalize and grapple with the loss I've experienced in a good and healthy way, but good god do those first few notes make me break down every goddamn time I hear them.

I don't know what more I can add that has not already been said. Outer Wilds is amazing! You are Amazing!

I just finished the game today. I’m overwhelmed. I feel both incredibly blessed to have had this experience, and also a burden of responsibility for those in my care. Endwalker (another of my favorite games) really tried to hit home that we become better through our pain and our grief and not seeking perfection. But as parent of a 6 year old, and a school teacher, I see the opposite. Kids go home to neglect and abuse and their troubles will follow them until they die, unless they take matters into their own hands, like the 2 children in my district this year that have taken their own lives. Some of these kids will never know happiness or joy, and my 5th and 6th grade music classroom may be the only place that they can know that somebody cares about them. But I want them all to know that they’re not alone, and that I’m sitting around the fire with them. Outer Wilds is beautiful. It’s a heartbreaking blessing.

Thank you brother. Outer Wilds and it's music has been a light in the dark through a tough bereavement for me as well.

What a treat. Just started playing Outer Wilds a few days ago and one of my favrite people on youtube makes a reaction to the OST.

In the heart all the time

Another one of my favorite games! I wish I have as much emotions as you do when listening to music.

omg you finally did it yeeeeesssssssssssssss I recently beat this after my friend's been pestering me to play it for like over a year. so amazing.

I've been patiently waiting for this one.

this song make me feel like so much nostalgic for everything and i dont know why but i cant say for what i feel nostalgic

Exactly what I wanted!!!!! My favourite song from the game (like for most people (i assume)). And holy sh*t that reaction... you know, when I first heard this song (in context of the game) i shed a tear too, okay maybe some more... Yeah I cried so what????? Maybe for a diffrent reason than you but still... sad, but also... hopefull, encouraging maybe. Hard to say honestly... Such a beautiful song, I can't even describe it. Keep it up, hopefully there is more Outer Wilds to come :D

Years after playing the game and being my most listened track for years in a row on spotify, this song makes me teary 100% of times still. It is incredible.

I adore Outer Wilds. It is such a lovely and wonderous experience.

I have played this game to death, I've listened to the soundtrack dozens of times. And just hearing the piano riff come in in the beginning had me openly weeping again. Full blown crying, because of a connection of the piano song to... something in the game. And what it takes to hear this song in-game. I'm glad you're giving the game a try. Take your time. It can be a lot. It's the most emotionally gut-wrenching game I've ever played and I love it far too much.

If i were to tell you we don’t go anywhere after we die, i’d be wrong because we will always be in the hearts of others.

Outer wilds story's story and themes is fundamentaly one about fear of loss, and learning to let go, to allow new things, feelings, relationships to be born, thanks for opening up on what it inspires to you

I got chills listening to it again after so long :D

that freaking piano always gets me 2:02

Marco!! You're light to this world ✨️💜

The Outer Wilds Soundtrack is a Quantum 10/∞

This game was a complete journey there and back..I love my games, I love my game music. When a song can feel like it’s pulling a string of your emotions with every note or sound… when a construct of sounds plays your emotions like a melody of instruments.. that truly is something special and something this game did in waves. It holds a place in my heart as an emotional gem nothing could take !

Lose is something so incredibly difficult to truly understand, and even then each of us react and process it in such different ways. The relationship you described with your father is one that I relate to as well. Not only father and son, but friend. Something that very few can recognize in their life and fewer value. When a truly amazing individual is a part of your life, it leaves such a weight in the wake of loss. I feel for you Marco, and I cannot fathom how it may feel, not yet. But your comment on how it will feel to see him again made me smile, and I agree my friend. Life is a multitude of ups and downs, but just as the stars line the sky in an endless ocean of cosmic wonder, may the joys of life be just as innumerable. And may such sweet music as this score the reunion.

Just wanted to say I love this video and appreciate the courageous show of vulnerability

Most moving OST I’ve ever heard , love it❤

A beautiful sound track for a fantastic game

I love to see you enjoy this music with your entire body. Lost my dad roughly around the same time period as you. I have found a extend of peace with the finite of life through Alan Watts teachings, but I am looking forward to buying this game, and experiencing what it is about. I will now also stop looking at content related, cause at some point I will find spoilers and I do not want that. Thank you for this video brother. I hope you are doing well.

I lost my grandad 6 months ago, coincidently just a week after I finished the Outer Wilds for the first time. He was the closest thing I had to a dad and we were very close. Every time I hear 14.3 Billion years, I can't help but cry and think of him, and how much I miss him.

This game is very good at conveying that even when we feel so deeply alone traversing the darkness of space- it is beautiful the entire time. The loneliness itself can be beautiful. It's been nearly 3 years since I lost my father to his battle with cancer. You're not alone in your pain, and it's good to feel it. It's okay to not be okay. Embrace the love for your father through the waves of grief. As the years go by, the waves don't get weaker, you just get stronger at bracing against them. Be strong, you got this.

I lost my older brother in 2021. in the same year, I was having trouble even focusing on games, which is not like me. I played outer wilds and the emotion after I beat it was unreal... I needed it so much, a game where I could take my time get to know things slow and really feel like I was part of somewhere else for even a moment. The ending was sad but... not sad, like a small amount of my grief was lifted. The game gave me a chance to just try again and again, and cry for moments I lived in game or in life. It really was a breath of fresh air.

I love this game and this music so much, it's life changing

I think the best way to sum up the message of Outer Wilds is this: The end of one story is the beginning of another, even if we aren't there to see it. See you in the next universe.

"It makes me contemplate my entire existence." "Life is beautiful... stunning." The Outer Wilds experience in a nutshell. This might sound strange, but I envy you your pain and sense of loss (and that of several other commenters.) I didn't have that sort of connection with my family. I was born into bad circumstances. I don't say this to guilt anyone for having good parents or to downplay their suffering. I sure as hell don't want anyone's pity. But I sincerely hope that everyone in a loving family appreciates how even grief is a rare privilege. That said, the storytelling magic of video game music is something that's always helped me through difficult times.

Ok wow i got chills listening to this havent heard it yet since im stuck in my play through of this game as well this is what music is something that makes you feel something if that makes sense

not again… tears are back just listening to this.

I hope someday Marco you get to heal a little bit of the grief by playing this game and completing it. It’s the most influential game I’ve ever played and it has changed me forever. Much love to you! See you in the Outer Wilds. ❤️🌲🚀👩🏻‍🚀

The place this song sits in the game is post credits, when you've realised that you can't save anyone, and all you can do is help the people coming next

andrew prahlow is a genius for his work composing all of this game's music. i've never hated a man more for the actual indescribable emotions his work has made me feel. it just feels so human, so authentic, so true to the experience of living and loving and breathing in the fresh air everyday that you get to share with your loved ones. this game is incredible, and its music is so perfect. thank you for sharing about your dad. outer wilds is not an easy experience, but i think it's one that's so important and everlasting, and even life-changing. and i agree, that this music really does feel like a reunion. when you're ready, i'm so so so excited for you to cover travelers, and travelers' encore.

When I hear this theme, past trought my head all the moment i lived in this game, the first time trying to fly my ship, landing in every planet, jumping over dark holes, be terrefied by a big anglerfish, omg, love this game.

I've not played the DLC, I have never heard this song before and it was not the one I was expecting, it brought me to tears and I can't begin to explain why

I usually think about our place in the world, apace and universe. Outer wilds made me love my place and helps me a lot when I feel sad (mainly the soundtrack). I lost my aunt not so long ago and I regreted That I wasnt spending enough time with her. But this music makes me feel like she is telling me: "dont worry. You did nothing wrong". My life will never be the same after playing outer wilds. Thank you mobium

This music will never stop reminding me that this world, this planet, this solar system, this galaxy, this universe.. it’s not mine. I’m just renting a time slot. We all are. And when I, my kids, all of humanity, earth, our sun.. when it’s all gone, I know that somewhere in the universe there are tiny bubbles of safe space that are being born, and dying where life can flourish. And at all times there are places where: *Everything is going to be ok.*

Interesting that you started with 14.3 billion years, considering it’s the song of reflection of your journey it is more somber and contemplative than the others. I’m glad to see you listen to this amazing soundtrack, it might not mean much. But you have my deepest condolences.

The first two notes of the song and im already teary

what you said at the end about people thinking games are childish, it's true that a lot of people see them that way even though there are a lot of great games that would be more like interactive pieces of art than anything else. I love how there are so many great games and stories for every single feeling and situation. Another great one is GRIS which explores and shows in many ways what depression is like, showing that it's more than just sadness, and it does it in a way that no other medium could communicate, in a fun and feeling-packed experience, just as Outer Wilds (been a completely different game) also teaches many things about many different feelings