Portal "Self-Esteem Fund" OST +1hr Loop

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A u d i b l e l o n l i n e s s

Funny how so many musicians try their hardest to capture the feeling of loneliness through music, yet Kelly Bailey was able to do it with no words and like, 3 instruments.

To me, this is what "Cold" sounds like.

This is what it feels like to be isolated in space.

Reading through most of the comments sums it all up to two words - Audible Isolation. And that is ironicaly the main theme of portal, of ironicaly genius author...

This song makes me feel how Chell feels. Chell feels she is stuck in this series of test chambers and she doesn’t know what to do. The fact that soon she is gonna face a giant robot doesn’t help her. She sits there with no end to this loneliness.

This is what a liminal space sounds like

Audible Depression

I'm having some kind of nostalgic vibe on my brain, it feels... depressing.

It feels like I'm pressed against the glass of my memory, looking at the past, helplessly trying to go back.

Even silence is screaming

This music really shows us how cold and dark the Portal-Half Life universe really is. Chell isolated in a series of test chambers and Gordon Freeman isolated in Black Mesa, Xen and City 17. It really captivates the feeling of slowness and contemplation. The moment in Portal 2 when you accidentally fall into the depths of the old laboratory gives us the exact feeling that this music does. Helpless, all alone in the deep, god knows how far down, in a huge caves, inside of huge spherical chambers suspended in the air. It really does show both sides of the universe, Gordon fighting the entire world and off-world creatures in isolation, and Chell trying to escape a dark, cold and isolated facility, deep underground. One game gives you a sense of action while the other gives you the sense of loneliness. It’s a very complicating and weird way of showing how this music makes me feel but, that’s the entirety of it.

I remember when I played portal and when this song would come on I would just be still and listen. This track is heartbreaking and heavy, a stone in my soul. It's a reminder of the grim realities of inescapable isolation and the knowledge of being entirely alone, forever. Gorgeous piece, but be careful how you listen to it.

The perfect song for the background when writing. Thanks for the loop.

people keep saying this is “audible isolation” or “death and nothingness”, but to me its what you hear when you’re crushed between 2 portals edit: holY SHIT ITS BEEN LIKE 2 YEARS STOP LIKING THIS PLEASE

This honestly, is a real song for isolation. "*Imagine your stuck in a room, nothing to do - but to solve a paradox - a puzzle the human brain can't find the answer to, but to find itself lost in.*"

Congratulations, you’ve successfully destroyed all time and creation, you merely exist in the void. Now would be a good time to think about what you’ve done.

I feel so alone when I hear this

This track makes me think about paradoxes - puzzles with no solution... And how little we know about this world...