ABZU OST (Full Soundtrack)

[00:00] · 01 · To Know, Water [01:58] · 02 · Heaven Was Not Named [03:26] · 03 · Seriola Lalandi [06:43] · 04 · And the Earth Did Not Year Bear a Name [09:34] · 05 · Delphinus Delphis [14:26] · 06 · No Field Was Formed [16:17] · 07 · Caranx Ignobilis [18:27] · 08 · Myliobatis Aquila [21:58] · 09 · No Destinies Ordained [24:06] · 10 · Balaenoptera Musculus [28:04] · 11 · Architeuthis [29:03] · 12 · Chaos, The Mother [33:56] · 13 · Arandaspis Prionotolepis [38:15] · 14 · Elasmosaurus Platyurus [41:38] · 15 · Ichthyosaurus Communis [43:39] · 16 · Osteoglossum Bicirrhosum [44:54] · 17 · Their Waters Were Mingled Together [55:08] · 18 · Then Were Created the Gods in the Midst of Heaven

finished this game last night; and I , as a marine biologist student, can say this game touched me in a spiritual level. everything in abzu is magical and made me transcend to a whole new world. now im sobbing listen again to the ost

Not gonna lie, every time this gets to "Chaos, the Mother," I'm like, "Nope. I can't handle this right now. Next track."

Imagine playing this whole list of song while sleeping amd dreaming of the ocean

one of the most beautiful games i've ever played the soundtrack included

I just realized, some of the songs put together makes a sentence; “To know, water, Heaven was not named and the Earth did not year bear a name, no field was formed, no destinies ordained. Chaos, the mother. Their waters were mingled together, then were created the gods in midst of heaven

To know, water Heaven was not named And the earth did not yet bear a name No field was formed No destinies ordained Chaos, the mother Their waters were mingled together, Then were created the gods in the midst of heaven.

I just played this game for the first time. Gorgeous through and through.

こんなに美しいゲームは先にも後にも会えないんだろうなあ…世界観、グラフィック、音楽。全てが美しい。この世界に行きたい本当に 現実から逃げて泳ぎたい！

I have no idea if someone else has commented what I'm about to post, but I'll say it anyway. I have played and replayed this game many times, appreciating the story anew and experiencing new and more brilliant aspects each time. For me, the final track is the most beautiful, but I'm a softie for the human voice, particularly when recreating an approximation of the sound of an ancient language, which will never be really known. It has been seen said, and should be well known by now, that Austin Wintory used the First Tablet of the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation epic telling of the slaying of Tiamat by Marduk and the creation of the world from her corpse and various other wonderful things. It is also known that 'Abzu' is the English transliteration of the Sumerian (pretty sure) word meaning many things like "wisdom/freshwater/life," or perhaps best captured as "to know the water which brings forth life." Playing through the game makes this meaning clear even without being an Assyriologist, though perhaps the architecture could clue someone in with knowledge of ancient civilizations! Abzu is also a god. He was the husband of Tiamat, the mother. He represented the 'sweet-waters' (fresh, life-giving waters, particularly groundwater) and Tiamat represented the saltwater and oceans. "When on high, and the Earth went without form" there were the waters, who, from their mingling, brought forth life, their children: various gods and deities. From the corpses of these ancient waters, the world was constructed and water flows through all things with and without life. Also present in this game is the explicit story of our little robotic diver, who is in perfect communion with the water till that fateful moment where they learn the truth of themselves (which itself very tied to that Jungian individuation process), then it all fractures, peace and harmony and love. How can a being which was created to take advantage of this beautiful, primordial sea exist anymore within it, especially after it destroyed it, indirectly or directly? To become reunited with the water which it grew to love, the diver, plunging into the depths of its own self, takes down that evil which invaded itself and the ocean. The diver goes through a process of atonement to make up for the sins of those who came before it and the sins of its own making, which have driven the holiness out of the oceanic temple. Purify the self, atone for the sins, and life returns to the world and sanctity to the individual. According to Julian of Norwich, to atone is to become 'at-one' again. Our little diver makes itself 'at-one' with the waters, reuniting them as well, and restoring the balance to this Abzu, the sea of wisdom at the center of all things, particularly, you the player. And we feel at peace, finally, and lose ourselves in the singing and the voices at the end, which, appropriately, link us back to the very beginning with the creation of the world. When on high, and the earth went without form, neither Heaven nor earth were named, no destinies ordained...

42:56 to 43:22 Pure magic 👏👏

Listening to this while writing a personal statement for applying to a Marine Biology degree, thanks ABZU

As long as music like this exists life can only be beautiful

Ahhhhhhhhh I love this game!!!!!!!!!

'Their Waters Were Mingled Together' this musical score is transcendental. Never have i been so captivated, just beautiful <3!

So beautiful, I was speechless while playing this game for the first time.

私の人生の中で大好きなゲームTOP3に入るゲームです。 ガチで何度でも出来るし、実際に冒険したいです。 本当に本当に大好きです。

27:19 is one of the most if not the most beautiful part of the game it literally bring me to tears

You can definitely hear elements from Assassin's Creed Syndicate in here. Wintory clearly has a signature style. I really like it.

To Know, Water, Heaven Was Not Named, And the Earth Did Not Year Bear a Name, No Field Was Formed, No Destinies Ordained, Their Waters Were Mingled Together, Then Were Created the Gods in the Midst of Heaven.