I love how a lot of the music is tuned to a horse’s gallop. The rhythm in game is so dope when you’re riding.

Monroe: " I can't shoot at my own men" Charles: "BUT WE CAN!"

Never forget that canonically, Arthur and Charles fended off an entire cavalry regiment.

Gotta give credit to Monroe's character too. He's betrayed by his own men, men he called his brothers, while he starts talking about his own ideals and how he's just trying to be a good soldier by helping others and it shows throughout that chapter what kind of a man he is. And even after all that shit, he STILL refuses to shoot his own men. Damn good character.

"I heard Tahiti was a good place but avoid guarna" - "what?" - "never mind" that line killed me xD

I love that Arthur just takes it upon himself to save Monroe, because he sees he's a good man trying his best in a rough world, just like him. Arthur really is saving himself by this point of the game

This song represents the beginning of Arthur's Redemption.

Monroe might be a great character but I’m still sad about that hot air ballon guy 😭

"I can't shoot at these men!" "But we Can!"

"I wish I had acquired wisdom at less of a price" ~Hosea Matthews

The Indian missions were always my favorite. Really drives home Arthur's redemption, and extremely fun to boot.

Some people always say *If only Arthur didn't get that cough, and never got sick* I think the exact opposite. Arthur getting sick turned him into a bigger badass and a better man especially in high honor. Arthur even said he saw things alot more clearly in life now thanks to his sickness. It transformed him. TB Arthur > Healthy Arthur.

Take a gamble that love exists, and do a loving act.

From the steady bass line, to the triplet military style snare, to those trumpets (oh those trumpets) this score is a masterpiece.

I love this mission. Arthur does not save Monroe because he can be "useful" or because Dutch told him that. He saves because he knows he is a good man and wants to avoid him getting killed unfairly and dishonestly by a crooked army.

Rockstar: Have you ever replayed the game multiple times for the music Everyone: No Rockstar: Would you like too?

When you chilling in your native hut and the hills start speaking white man

This song really emphasizes Arthur’s heroism, and how he helps people even when there’s nothing in it for him

The worst part about red dead redemption 2’s soundtrack is that this was left out (on Spotify) 😭

The western guitar that plays along with those military style drums is just a genuinely good mix.

"Can't even kill a Dying Man" ~Arthur Morgan.

“I have a plan. It’s a good one.” -Dutch, 1899 1911

GTA: arcade fun game... Red dead: serious west shit.

I feel so bad for Captain Monroe and Rains fall. Something about Arthur helping them out with his bloodshot eyes and coughing fits (he was also minimum weight in my playthrough for some reason) made me feel so sad. Especially the last missions where you save Edith Dawnes and her son

I never knew I could love a game so much

“The disaster” Describe Micah’s birth.

Rdr2 has honestly changed my outlook on life in a way. My ex got me this game about 2 months before we broke up. I was depressed af and felt the most lonely I've ever felt in my whole existence, but somehow Rdr2 helped me keep going. The game is just so amazing and I felt like i could relate to everything that was happening with Arthur and his journey toward redemption. My life is much better than it was at the time when i first played this game and I'm forever grateful for Rdr2!!

This song always gives me chills. Just the fact that they actually took on the us army is just mind boggling

THE TRUMPETS I SWEAR TO GOD this is my favorite song out of the whole game Escaping with Captian Monroe was the best thing because of this

Red dead redemption has such a unique sound, I love it. One of the most underrated things about a game series is the sounds you hear and instantly associate with the game

We don't want GTA 6,, we want Red Dead Redemption III

The trumpets are why this song is so great. Change my mind

Yall know they were killing it in the studio

It felt to me like sh*t got too real when this music played.

Red dead redemption 2 is fun Friend: oh gta with horses Me: “”the disaster song comes in””

Hands down one of the best mission soundtracks in any game ever. You feel like a hero riding towards salvation and taking down whatever stands in your way. Which is exactly what you were in that mission.

TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT TOOT

This song is why Red Dead got best music score.

Best rdr2 song in my opinion

I'm going to loop this while I attempt to survive with a $250 bounty in all states

This is the kind of song you’d hear riding into a war

What I love must about captain Monroe is how well he parallels Arthur. A man who bought into the myth of his organization only to be betrayed. Monroe however sticks to his ideals in the face of betrayal by refusing to shoot his men. He ends up serving as role model for us the players. Arthur may be surrounded by bad men but he doesn’t have to be bad himself. Unlike Dutch who is only as good as the man whispering in his ear

Red Dead Redemption 2 es de las pocas cosas que podemos llamar arte hoy en día

This game does a fantastic job at introducing new characters that are interesting. You get hooked to them almost instantly. Captain Monroe, although we didn't know him that well, we can all tell he was a great man and character. Not many video games can do that nowadays.

I might be the only one, but one of my favorite things about RDR2 is when you’re out of a cutscene, on your horse, just started getting chased and have to open the weapon wheel to select your weapons and all you hear is the incredible theme playing while riding in slow motion going through your weapons about to lay waste to everyone.

I can't stop listening to this, it takes me back to my favorite moments in my first playthrough.

One of my favourite tracks. It always gave me goosebumps in game

As a trumpet player, *I approve of this masterful design.*

This is such a perfect theme for the U.S. army from 1899 to 1919, like seriously. Just perfect Those trumpets, man, those trumpets

The constant trumpets sounds like this could be used in a WW1 game or movie

I felt that while Arthur was dying, for the first time in a long time, he was really living again. He was just a ghost, passing through life when his family was murdered. But that day, with Captain Monroe on his horse and TB in his lungs, he got to do a loving act.

Fleeing with Charles and Captain Monroe was one of the best missions in this game imo.

I want to see the musicians behind this play it live

"No, you put your hands up soldier. Take a little, humiliation, and leave these fine folk alone." "who are you?" "A concerned citizen!"

When you wear a cowboy hat for the first time.

I got the chills when I played this part, you jumping on the horse and fleeing the army; this game is an absolute masterpiece that I will never forget

I love the disorienting rhythmic work here, with the song itself being 4/4 but the trumpets playing 5/4. It really adds to the confusion of the chase.

It's a damn shame that this didn't make it into the original score album. One of the best songs in the game imo

My GOD, ROCKSTAR! HOW MANY TRACKS DID YOU HAVE TO MURDER ON THIS SCORE?! This has to be at LEAST on the top ten list of best Scores in videogame history. If not top 5.

Rockstar has been legendary when it comes to musical composition. RDR 2's soundtrack is no exception, and this score is just one good example.

This song has actually helped me through this depression I’ve been going through for the past 10 months. It reminds me how alive I felt first going through it when I first got through it, putting your life on the line to help the captain out.

Everyone is talking about the trumpet but those drums are fire

That game's a masterpiece

Up to this point of my playthrough, I can just see Arthur’s face and what he was thinking about. Doing all these bad things to good people. Realizing all the gang stuff that was once the life is no more. Needless deaths, taking risks for nothing, and running from what they always started. This is how you do a single player experience. Job well done.

One of the most underrated themes imo next to fleeting joy

"With Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games has set out to create its most ambitious Open World experience to date. It is an epic tale of outlaw life."- Female narrator from trailer

“Outta the DAMN way!” ~ Arthur Morgan

Its a crime that this aint on spotify

It makes sense (in lore) that they'd be able to take on the army the same way Arthur or John can mow down dozens of people in a second. Dutch liked to try and find and recruit people with near superman abilities, and worked very hard to keep those people on his side, as opposed to colm, who thought quantity was better than quality

This music was just perfect. There's an upbeat theme to it. This is Arthur turning 100% into a good person. Saving Monroe because he was a good man. The music says that to us. This is it, all those shooting skills, dead eye upgrades, all that cooked food, all those unlocked talismans and bought upgrades, is going to be used for good! Time to put the bad men into the ground because you're badder than the baddest. Time to turn his life around while he still can! The music is telling you, "What you wanna be a good guy now?? , when you've been hit by TB!?? after all this bullshit!! Well be my fucking guest, here's your horse and your gun, you already know how to use this shit!, watch out , start running, here they come!" There's even a speech from Charles about how Arthur has time to make a change in his life thanks to the fact that he knows he's not got much time left. I knew I was going to be damn sad and proud of Arthur.

0:09 Eargasm

Honestly the best mission in the game for me.

I love the trumpets in this song.

RDR2 should have won GOTY over God of War. I have played both and really think that.

The Lumbago

Rockstar was in the studio like: "yeah this shit might be greatest soundtrack ever created" "drop it"

I think at this point Arthur knows everything he’s ever done every piece of stubbornness and greediness it was all for the gang and now it’s gone it was all for nothing. At this point he knows he was wrong all he can do now is try his best to be a better man for the small time he has left try his best to give to others what he had once taken from others so maybe his life could actually have meant something and not a failed idea

this shows us that dutch is not that bad for inciting the Indians to attack he did it so we can hear this masterpiece

Your being chased by the US Army in the untamed land, with nothing but your faithful companion riding next to you, your trusty revolver, and your favorite horse, you navigate the unforgiving terrain, ducking and weaving bullets to guide a scared and bewildered man to safety. This song plays. Fking masterpiece that level was.

at first I didn't care much about the side story of Rain Falls but OMG it turned into such an awesome epic final act :O i get goose bumps and emotional listening to this now 😭😭😭😭😭😭 ARTHUR 😭😭😭😭😭

2:07 now i know why rdr2 won the score award, i don't think there's a bad theme on this game

perfect song for an outlaw saving an army man from his own corrupt men

"I swore an oath!" Captain Monroe~ 1899

I swear rockstar NEVER disappoints with their games. NEVER

These dudes was in the studio killing this 😩😩

can we all agree that this game is revolutionary. Rockstar really made a masterpiece here, and if you can't see that then im sorry for you

I feel so badass when this plays during a shoot out

No comments on dat bass?

The best rdr2 theme

God, this song is so epic.

Hope Captain Monroe is doing good

The best game ever made

At this point you simply knew, that things were really getting out of hand. But at the same time it was Arthur's first step changing into the better and real Version of himself. Masterpiece...

1:15 Did you guys notice the RDR1 melody?! Its sick

This is perhaps my most memorable song of this game

Before playing RDR2 I said "It's a joke, RDR2 does not deserve the best OST or audio design (I expected the award for Ni No kuni II or Octopath)". After playing it, I have to say that it was well-deserved prize!

When this song started playing I knew this game was a 10/10

I think I've commented on this before, but I always found the military drums and trumpets in this song reminiscent of Monroe's ideals. He is fighting for what he believes is honourable and what America should be in his vision, which is an America that protects the rights of Native Americans. That is what makes Monroe's men's betrayal all the more heart-breaking to him, as he is forced to see that Colonel Henry Favours, based on the real-life "John Chivington" (who, just like his portrayal in the game as Favours, was truly an evil man), and by extension, the United States army as a whole, serves the interests of American businesses alone and have no qualms continuing the genocide of Native Americans in order to acquire more land and oil. RDR 2 is one of the best games of all time, and it's in my top 3 favourites. Its portrayal of the horrors Native Americans had to endure at the hands of the imperialist United States is both realistic and heart-breaking, and I haven't been able to experience many other games that emotionally broke me as much as Red Dead Redemption 2 did. Never forget the massacre at Wounded Knee, and never forget the genocide of the Native Americans as a whole. A genocide that is considered one of, if not, the most devastating genocide in Human history.

Them horns tho ♥️