This still brings a tear to my eye and lump in my throat everytime I return to Kharak and hear this. You here the emotion and shock in the narrators voice.......stunning use of music in the best RT game of all time.
@Nanomaru I didn't know that side of the story but one thing I've always pondered who are the taiidan and who are they to the Kushan how did they know each other
@12RulAll its from a game where you play a race named Kharak, this is the song you hear when they notice that there whole home(planet) along with there people have been blown into ashes that is spread around there space.
@12RulAll This music is about the biblic apocalypse as it seems when you look at some comments here... but in Homeworld I understood it as a music telling about genocide... when a race almost completely dies and there is no hope anymore for surviving. This music is a unbelivable epic masterpiece.
My band is going to play the instrumental version next year for a marching show... It brought so many of us to tears. And this is what I remember it from. (Yes i was but a wee young lass in kindergarten playing strategy games lol)
The Adagio was written in 1938. In 1968 Barber created a choir version in eight parts (for eight voices, sorry I am german and not sure if this is the right term) as a scoring of the christian Agnus Dei prayer.
Well... for those of you who want to play this master piece, I have a nice version which you can unzip and start playing right away... hell it even has a trainer (cheat)... msg me if interested...
I fell in love with this back in 2000 playing Homeworld. Have since tracked down other versions of it but they don't have the vocals. this is my favorite version.
I am thinking of recording the first 10 mins of the game and posting it. this music and the launch of the mothership are timeless and beautiful. I wish everyone could have experianced it back when the graffics looked awesome in comparison to the other games on the market.
@Yogsoggeth You, sir, succeed at life. For i have had the same experience of hearing this and having to track down it over the years. And indeed this is a far superior version to all others.
@Yogsoggeth You might want to listen to the version of the german Dresdner Kreuzchor. I actually like it much more than this version, since for my (amateurish) ears it sounds much more clear and brilliant.
Just search for Dresdner Kreuzchor adagio an Youtube or go to... watch?v=3e_sm7VUuZE
When i first watched the movie Platoon, and listened to the track i thought awesome, and was really upset. Then when I played Homeworld nad saw Kharak burn i was upset too... when i noticed its the same composer i was upset again because it took me so long to notice.
@jaylex666 Depends if you played it as the Taiidan or the Kushan; I played it as the Taiidan; especially the Taiidan were originaly the race that was exiled, but alot of people used the Kushan and so Sierra just ran with it. Just look at the names of the Taiidan ships, they all have names of cretures from Karak, and then look at the similarities between our jet fighters to the Taiidani designs...much more alike than the Kushan ones.
This song is so so so beautiful. It was definitely not originally for a video game soundtrack, but was instead written by Samuel Barber in the 1930's.
Kharak is being consumed by a firestorm. The scaffold has been destroyed *voice breaking*... ALL orbital facilities destroyed... significant debris ring in low Kharak orbit...
Receiving no communications from anywhere in the system... not even beacons...
@AirWaterLandBuffalo Actually, this is Adagio for Strings, but arranged for choir and using Agnus Dei for the lyrics. Agnus Dei obviously existed before Adagio for Strings, but this arrangement grew out of Adagio, not the other way around.
@AirWaterLandBuffalo Yep, the string version was composed in the '30s by Barber and this arrangement was done by the same guy in the '60s. But like I said, the words have indeed been around much longer, since the middle ages, at least.
the vocals are latin for: Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
How befitting for that part of homeworld
This is still the only game that has made me so emotional over a moment and the only thing that gets as close to it's sadness is the ending of doctor who series 2 when rose and the doctor are split.
Very emotional song while playing. I couldn't have fought of a song that would accompany the moment better. Homeworld music was as magnificent as the game.
Every time I hear this song I want to replay the single player. I've done it since '99 and it's become a bit of a Christmas tradition lol. It's fun to mod the game to change things up a bit each time.
- homeworld 2, battlestar mod = epic. I loved homeworld, it's probably my favorite strategy game, even more so than starcraft - just had such a good emotional aspect.
And HW2 was good, but the original was just breathtaking
the game is allready 11 years old or something but its Great i found the cd yesterday and man i was so hoping it would work on my laptop and it did work yay for the older games =D
exactly the same thing happened to me. it's from 1999! i wanted to play it whatever it costs xD... so i tired it at least... and WTF?! it even runs with vista home premium!!! best game ever made!
True. I've seen the movie and played the game, and I must say the impact the song had on the game was alot more... emotional, than the scene from Platoon. That's my oppinion though.
... the song in this vid is also featured in a movie called Platoon. That's the movie I'm talking about. I've played the game, seen the movie, game had bigger impact from song. That was all.
i remember having this game. after every week we had to reinstall it, because of some file problem, and i ended up more annoyed at the game than i should have been. I haven't played it forever, but i still remember this song being awesome.
One of the best tactic is to scavenge/steal the ennemy frigates with 4 or 5 salvage corvette with one or 2 light fighters for the escort, which give time to the corvettes to steal the frigate, and not to be destroyed. It works!
By the end of the game, i've stolen around 100 ennemy frigate, and my fleet was huge! The Taidan bit the dust!
Oh god, remember the one with the giant sphere of ion frigates? That was fun, i actually worked out a strategy and captured most of the sphere is the little salvage bots. Took me 10 hours or so. I have no life, geez.
Don't fret, I did the same thing! :D Time-consuming like hell, but so much fun. Especially when those frigates all have to fly in formation next to the mothership. The length of that frigate line, it was baffling!
Really, that was the only way to finish the game. My first time through, I just completed that mission as required. Then I was still able to defeat the next level (meteor), but had absolutely no hope at all of even making it out of the starting area of the final mission. Had to replay it and salvage most of those ion frigates in the sphere like you did, then it was anticlimactically easy lol.
Homeworld... a game that is unsung in it's brilliance, depth, and story.
bilen7 1 week ago
This is fleet command... I can't detect any life signs from our pods....
TokyoHart 3 weeks ago
This still brings a tear to my eye and lump in my throat everytime I return to Kharak and hear this. You here the emotion and shock in the narrators voice.......stunning use of music in the best RT game of all time.
Morethanbobsonofbob 3 weeks ago
@Nanomaru I didn't know that side of the story but one thing I've always pondered who are the taiidan and who are they to the Kushan how did they know each other
jaylex666 1 month ago
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DarkApostleMatt 1 month ago
Elias
shonkhuulai 1 month ago
what is this from?
SquigApocalypse 1 month ago
Noone's left, everything's gone, Kharak is burning....
szrajb 2 months ago
Thank god i have this version
Trepatastic 4 months ago
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We will never forget
lgonggr 5 months ago
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
English:
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
patotaku007 5 months ago in playlist adagio for strings 15
Nothings left, everythings gone, Kharak is burning.
JCBOAaa 6 months ago 5
Hauntingly beautiful.
MarthaStout0202 6 months ago
what is it about this that seems to make everyone want to cry?
12RulAll 7 months ago
@12RulAll its from a game where you play a race named Kharak, this is the song you hear when they notice that there whole home(planet) along with there people have been blown into ashes that is spread around there space.
kalasbra77 7 months ago 2
@kalasbra77 that race isn't called Kharak, they are called the Kushan
kikker33 6 months ago
@kalasbra77 The planet is Kharak, the race are actually called the Kushan.
YaoiBIossom 4 months ago in playlist Homeworld Soundtrack (Paul Ruskay)
@12RulAll This music is about the biblic apocalypse as it seems when you look at some comments here... but in Homeworld I understood it as a music telling about genocide... when a race almost completely dies and there is no hope anymore for surviving. This music is a unbelivable epic masterpiece.
RavenWarrior90 1 month ago
still gives me goosebumps
MangaRoX232 8 months ago
My band is going to play the instrumental version next year for a marching show... It brought so many of us to tears. And this is what I remember it from. (Yes i was but a wee young lass in kindergarten playing strategy games lol)
Seirra54 9 months ago
This is Agnus Dei, not Adagio For Strings.
Amazing music and truly moving episode in Homeworld. Probably the most moving moment ever in gaming history.
ElcomeSoft 9 months ago 2
@ElcomeSoft Agnus Dei = Adagio for Strings
The Adagio was written in 1938. In 1968 Barber created a choir version in eight parts (for eight voices, sorry I am german and not sure if this is the right term) as a scoring of the christian Agnus Dei prayer.
Furzkampfbomber 7 months ago
Well... for those of you who want to play this master piece, I have a nice version which you can unzip and start playing right away... hell it even has a trainer (cheat)... msg me if interested...
Meiddas 10 months ago
BEST SOUNDTRACK EVER!!!
i was lucky enough to buy the game of the year edition that included that soundtrack with it
=]
coopisgod13 11 months ago 5
This is the best version of Adagio for Strings.
I fell in love with this back in 2000 playing Homeworld. Have since tracked down other versions of it but they don't have the vocals. this is my favorite version.
I am thinking of recording the first 10 mins of the game and posting it. this music and the launch of the mothership are timeless and beautiful. I wish everyone could have experianced it back when the graffics looked awesome in comparison to the other games on the market.
Yogsoggeth 11 months ago 8
@Yogsoggeth You, sir, succeed at life. For i have had the same experience of hearing this and having to track down it over the years. And indeed this is a far superior version to all others.
Ruin368 10 months ago 3
@Yogsoggeth You might want to listen to the version of the german Dresdner Kreuzchor. I actually like it much more than this version, since for my (amateurish) ears it sounds much more clear and brilliant.
Just search for Dresdner Kreuzchor adagio an Youtube or go to... watch?v=3e_sm7VUuZE
Furzkampfbomber 7 months ago
When i first watched the movie Platoon, and listened to the track i thought awesome, and was really upset. Then when I played Homeworld nad saw Kharak burn i was upset too... when i noticed its the same composer i was upset again because it took me so long to notice.
Morteisen88 11 months ago
@Morteisen88 The exact same thing happened to me. Ashamed but happy I got there in the end :)
lgonggr 5 months ago
2 Taiidan obviously did NOT like this
jaylex666 11 months ago 9
@jaylex666 Depends if you played it as the Taiidan or the Kushan; I played it as the Taiidan; especially the Taiidan were originaly the race that was exiled, but alot of people used the Kushan and so Sierra just ran with it. Just look at the names of the Taiidan ships, they all have names of cretures from Karak, and then look at the similarities between our jet fighters to the Taiidani designs...much more alike than the Kushan ones.
Nanomaru 1 month ago
didn't realize back then how epic this version of the song is. don't think there are any musical instruments at all, just choir voice
tehuberpowa 1 year ago
I can listen to this song over and over again, and every time the opening gives me goosebumps.
gankaloid 1 year ago
this song feels so sad thats why i think it was the best for the destruction of karak
drymouras2003 1 year ago
I cry every time I hear this song....
Kinepho 1 year ago
best soundtrack music for rts ever made
PadsBanger 1 year ago
Kharak... is burning...
And I DID cry.. lol
Apaxmai13 1 year ago
@Apaxmai13 we all did
drymouras2003 1 year ago
first time i had welled up teary eyes in a game....
amazing
Not even beacons... BAWWW
PunkyJetGrrl 1 year ago 4
I hear this on the Warburtons advert, the burnt loaf.
Damn it, it still makes me cry, and I mean how did they not notice how much it was like Kharak?!?
Kharak forgive them!
viralhatred 1 year ago
This song is so so so beautiful. It was definitely not originally for a video game soundtrack, but was instead written by Samuel Barber in the 1930's.
youarelovedSOmuch 1 year ago
All eyes were cast upward to the sky. The Scaffold -- the Moon herself -- was disintegrating into flame above them.
The world was coming to an end. Soon the fires would claim the planet as well. All that was left was to pray. And so they prayed.
"Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us."
"Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace."
And then, the skies themselves caught aflame. And there was peace.
Tenebrys 1 year ago 32
@Tenebrys Beautiful!!!! Especially when listening to this soundtrack *w*
NarrowDipShit 1 month ago
NOT EVEN BEACONS
VictorRovial 1 year ago
Two people couldn't see through their tears.
KaineHeresy 1 year ago
Kharak is being consumed by a firestorm. The scaffold has been destroyed *voice breaking*... ALL orbital facilities destroyed... significant debris ring in low Kharak orbit...
Receiving no communications from anywhere in the system... not even beacons...
JinRenegade 1 year ago
Small correction: This is Agnus Dei, not Adagio for Strings. Adagio for Strings is basically this, but, well... with strings.
AirWaterLandBuffalo 1 year ago 4
@AirWaterLandBuffalo Actually, this is Adagio for Strings, but arranged for choir and using Agnus Dei for the lyrics. Agnus Dei obviously existed before Adagio for Strings, but this arrangement grew out of Adagio, not the other way around.
gankaloid 1 year ago
@gankaloid Huh, really? Interesting.
I have evidently been misled by the other guys I talked to.
AirWaterLandBuffalo 1 year ago
@AirWaterLandBuffalo Yep, the string version was composed in the '30s by Barber and this arrangement was done by the same guy in the '60s. But like I said, the words have indeed been around much longer, since the middle ages, at least.
gankaloid 1 year ago
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anybody6142 1 year ago
There's nothing left for us here... Let's go.
Awibble 1 year ago 7
Seems like two people sneezed when went to hit the like button
ryanevans00 1 year ago 3
the vocals are latin for: Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
How befitting for that part of homeworld
This is still the only game that has made me so emotional over a moment and the only thing that gets as close to it's sadness is the ending of doctor who series 2 when rose and the doctor are split.
spartanatreyu 1 year ago 2
whoever gave the thumbs down to this video must be deaf
Apaxmai13 1 year ago 6
there nothing left....kharak is burning....
i was....almost crying on that....epic scene....it was hard to belive for me of that....
VaygrX 1 year ago 6
Whenever someone tells me that video games are not art, I think of the scene where kharak is destroyed. Great example of a good soundtrack choice
DesertWolf707 1 year ago
Still the best rendition of Adagio For Strings! Best ever! God Homeworld you are so good!
BustaJonesGavin 1 year ago 5
it was a epic game with epic music!
man i loved this...
i had a few good single player mods too...
mh... *dreaming about homeworld 1 and the mods*
SebRhade 1 year ago
Kharak...
is burning.
JLNR1980 1 year ago 2
nah tryed that :/ didn't work.
Tommyleon225 2 years ago
Karak.
Karak is burning...
FullMetalFlak 2 years ago
won't work on windows 7 :(
Tommyleon225 2 years ago
@Tommyleon225 Go into the properties for its .exe, set it for winxp compatability mode. It will run fine then.
arockcalledsteve 2 years ago
Epic music is epic!
fatrat600284 2 years ago
Just got here cause I read about a chorus version of the song. Pretty nice!
Great song!
PowerRedBull 2 years ago
greatest games ever made, i go back to the homeworld series all the time and love em all.
chiddy55 2 years ago
Very emotional song while playing. I couldn't have fought of a song that would accompany the moment better. Homeworld music was as magnificent as the game.
RPNova 2 years ago
god I love the scene when this was played, it was amazing
wookie95020 2 years ago
Every time I hear this song I want to replay the single player. I've done it since '99 and it's become a bit of a Christmas tradition lol. It's fun to mod the game to change things up a bit each time.
WarrantedFaith 2 years ago
I first played Homeworld when I was 13, got it for Christmas 2001. This song has stuck with me ever since.
Saeyabor 2 years ago 3
Kharak is burning...
xelnagahomie 2 years ago 56
greatest strategy game, and best story ever
OrgasmicMexican 2 years ago
this song... it feels like it's cleansing my soul... absolutely breathtaking
i wish they still had online support for the original game, i recently picked it up again after leaving it to gather dust for a while lol
powuhofPIE 2 years ago 3
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Magatama1 2 years ago
@powuhofPIE yeap -- I think this is the best version of Barber´s Agnus Dei
krantzberg 2 years ago
Kharak... is burning...
I was almost crying when I first player that level :(
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fuckin pussy
Magatama1 2 years ago
Worthless troll.
Adeon55 2 years ago 4
@braptasticmerkage I was saddened as a kid, I see i again now and I did cry.
ramdomjoe 1 year ago
@braptasticmerkage I can't even lie, i was brought to tears by that level, and listening to this song i am again in tears.
MrWRSmith 1 year ago 5
@braptasticmerkage I agree so much.... Damn this game left me a scared little boy.
option3failure 1 year ago
@braptasticmerkage some of us i think
drymouras2003 1 year ago
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@braptasticmerkage most of us i think
drymouras2003 1 year ago
@braptasticmerkage
Me too. And this music. I thought that I'd shed manly tears.
Maciejka0111 11 months ago
I did cry. :'(
Xenomancer686 10 months ago
this was just on american dad. fucking awesome.
ChaDMcBaDD 2 years ago
They used the version from Platoon spoofing a similar scene in Platoon.
goldenhide 2 years ago 2
The got Elias!
NewKokujinOptions 2 years ago
Anywhere where I can download this version? It's perfect for a video i'm making.
TheSpartanCannon 2 years ago
The game came with a soundtrack disk. I'm sure you can find a torrent of it somewhere if you look hard enough.
vipermendoza 2 years ago
This song was around before the game FYI.
jacobpetty55555 2 years ago
Of course. Doesn't mean hearing about it from the game before any other source is a bad thing.
WILLTHECANADIAN 2 years ago
i love this game!
makes me think of battlestar galactica than anything
voyager16 2 years ago
- homeworld 2, battlestar mod = epic. I loved homeworld, it's probably my favorite strategy game, even more so than starcraft - just had such a good emotional aspect.
And HW2 was good, but the original was just breathtaking
johndoe528 2 years ago
I am lucky enough to own one of the origional copies of it, from when it first hit shelves. Still have the manual and every thing XD
AtemiRaven 2 years ago
wow, nice! I still have the disks/CD keys (really all i need :) ) for Homeworld, Homeworld: Cataclysm, and HW2... somewehre, HW2 manual...
johndoe528 2 years ago
Same here man, so long ago lol
whitefalcon61 2 years ago
Suits the game perfectly
dalonelybaptist 2 years ago 2
the game is allready 11 years old or something but its Great i found the cd yesterday and man i was so hoping it would work on my laptop and it did work yay for the older games =D
AngelJokerGirl 2 years ago
exactly the same thing happened to me. it's from 1999! i wanted to play it whatever it costs xD... so i tired it at least... and WTF?! it even runs with vista home premium!!! best game ever made!
Curry4King 2 years ago
even viesta? cool then i can keep my old laptop =D (btw i'm not good at maths :P)
AngelJokerGirl 2 years ago
no that "It's from 1999" just should express my surprise that such an old game works with vista... im not the best in maths, too^^
Curry4King 2 years ago
I have never played this game, but the song is absolutely amazing.
InsertNameHereN0w 2 years ago
Also used in the movie "Platoon."
DEP717 2 years ago
Yep. Haven't seen it though.
InsertNameHereN0w 2 years ago
True. I've seen the movie and played the game, and I must say the impact the song had on the game was alot more... emotional, than the scene from Platoon. That's my oppinion though.
Terenin 2 years ago
the movie??? off what
xKILLZONAx 2 years ago
... the song in this vid is also featured in a movie called Platoon. That's the movie I'm talking about. I've played the game, seen the movie, game had bigger impact from song. That was all.
Terenin 2 years ago
o indeed. i cried when i saw it in 1999, then again i was only 9..... yet i could comprehend the amount of destruction that was done.
xKILLZONAx 2 years ago
I gotta replay this game. Words cannot describe how amazing it truly is.
Wasdie 2 years ago
right, man...
daniel622 2 years ago
Actually, i got 3, revolutionary, creative, mind blowing.
AtemiRaven 2 years ago 2
i remember having this game. after every week we had to reinstall it, because of some file problem, and i ended up more annoyed at the game than i should have been. I haven't played it forever, but i still remember this song being awesome.
vgbjason 2 years ago
You should try to reinstall and play it again.
The final missions of the game are fantastic...
It's really worth to be finished...
afterburner94 2 years ago
i just fixed up my old computer and unburied the cd this morning, and i'm currently busy owning the kushan. . .
vgbjason 2 years ago
Ah ahaha ! Great, dude!
One of the best tactic is to scavenge/steal the ennemy frigates with 4 or 5 salvage corvette with one or 2 light fighters for the escort, which give time to the corvettes to steal the frigate, and not to be destroyed. It works!
By the end of the game, i've stolen around 100 ennemy frigate, and my fleet was huge! The Taidan bit the dust!
Good luck, and have fun dude.
This game's awesome
afterburner94 2 years ago
Oh god, remember the one with the giant sphere of ion frigates? That was fun, i actually worked out a strategy and captured most of the sphere is the little salvage bots. Took me 10 hours or so. I have no life, geez.
AtemiRaven 2 years ago
Don't fret, I did the same thing! :D Time-consuming like hell, but so much fun. Especially when those frigates all have to fly in formation next to the mothership. The length of that frigate line, it was baffling!
FierceBirdOfFlame 2 years ago
wow, guys, i did the same thing, spent like a million hours doing that but it was fun, and the line of frigates ...lol
when the meteorite camed it had no chance :d
washyourbraindaily 2 years ago
Really, that was the only way to finish the game. My first time through, I just completed that mission as required. Then I was still able to defeat the next level (meteor), but had absolutely no hope at all of even making it out of the starting area of the final mission. Had to replay it and salvage most of those ion frigates in the sphere like you did, then it was anticlimactically easy lol.
Adeon55 2 years ago
The line of frigates that you had after spawning was quite an epic scene too. Considering it was about as long as the map itself.
AtemiRaven 2 years ago 2
lol, that is true. Upon warping into the system, I imagined the enemy thinking "Hm... perhaps we should have instituted a retreat plan for those..."
Adeon55 2 years ago
Truly Amazing song. brings back old memories of that game. lol *tears in eyes*
BruisedBananna2 2 years ago 2