Bastion OST~17. Mother, I'm Here(Zulf's Theme)

[LuckyLokiLuko]

Zulf's back story really got me. He came from nothing, spent his life promoted to peace, fell in love, made a home for himself in Caelondia. To suddenly lose it all and then to find out that the people he devoted himself to betrayed him so completely and utterly; I can understand the choices he made, and it really chokes me up.

[SandPaperbatVG]

*sigh* oh Zulf... why...?

[charmagician]

@shurhaian oh, undouptebly, they're both there, and i think so too, but, in "who knows where,"

its part of the kids back story,when his time on the walls was done, he arived home to only to

find that "his mothers time was up too" as Rucks says.

eveybody seemed to be stating their theorys, so, i joined in.

[crowcade]

Most manly vidya tears I've ever shed.

[charmagician]

@shurhaian or, it could be refering to the kid's mom, who *spoiler* died while he was working on the rippiling wall. just some food for thought

[shurhaian]

@charmagician I don't doubt that the parallel is there and intentional. In light of it being a funeral song for the world of the game, though (which, note, has been stated by the composer as the idea that the song started from), returning to the Lorn Mother makes at least as much sense to me as being reunited with any mortal mother (who might not be dead, especially in a city with such a richly militaristic culture - sons predeceasing their parents doesn't seem all that unlikely).

[Sharpevil]

The song is supposed to be not so much specific to the character, but an Ura funeral song.

[shurhaian]

@Sharpevil Interesting. Do you have source on this? It doesn't seem to fit the Ura all that well, with its themes of the open sky...

[Ellio]

@shurhaian It's not meant to be specifically Ura, especially since it relates to the Kid so heavily, with the mother themes and all. However, Darren did say during an interview that it was meant to be a funeral song:

"My approach for this one was to write a song that might be sung at funerals in the world of the game."

Source: kotaku.com/5871695/the-best-ga­me-music-of-2011-bastion

[shurhaian]

@Ellio Mmm. It does seem more appropriate to Caelondia than it does to Ura, even in that light. Funeral song I can well believe - and "Mother" in either case may well refer not to any biological mother, but to Micia the Lorn Mother, Goddess of Loss and Longing. "We are all born from the Lorn Mother, and to Her we all return..." or something to that effect. (Stranger's Dream)

[pojo458]

I saw what Zulf had been through, nobody deserved to be left behind, no matter what they did in the past....

[lolorainga]

saddest soundtrack in the game

[aznkid2839]

The kid went and served his time on the rippling walls,

Make some money for his mother, you know?

Kid returned home when his time at the walls was done.

Turns out his mother's time was done too.

[baubble]

I am so in love with Bastion. It's one type of gaming perfection ;)

Still....is Mother, I'm Here really Zulf's theme instead of The Kid's? It totally doesn't make any sense to me. The lyrics don't seem to fit Zulf. I'm just nitpicking though :D

[HeroOfTheHolySword]

@baubble In my mind, at least, it was The Kid's song to Zulf. The lines "Lie on my back; Clouds are making way for me," and "I take your hand; Now you'll never be lonely" seem to imply he's trying to comfort Zulf and ensure he knows he's forgiven. The line "Mother, I'm here" helps, too - implying the Kid expects to die saving Zulf's life, at least to me.

[Valenet94]

@HeroOfTheHolySword I almost completely agree with you. I think it tells what the kid is experiencing after going in the skyline. He flies through the air with Zulf on his back, arrives at the Bastion (His home) and in a near death state he hallucinates that Zia is his mother. I think he's trying to comfort her because he feels gulty about abandoning her to go to the Rippling Walls. Kind of makes sense, right?

[VillainousOperative]

When that one just carried on shooting, and then got knocked out by the others...

[Gravenkal]

I felt so great when they stopped shooting.

[wallesshelby]

thanks for posting this song it's great

[xXZombiFreakXx]

this game is one of the best games i have playd this year!

the story, and the music in it is absolutly the best!!