The sounds of Venice. 1 hour of ambient sounds and music from Venice in Assassin's Creed II.
Music by Jesper Kyd
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We should thank Ezio for standing in that roof for an hour to record this.
Thanks Ezio
Such a vlogger
What a chad
Thank you, Ezio Auditore de Lalalà
@@Malenck bruh
When you are 14 year old and just got back from school in the pouring rain, your folks are at work and you are home alone and you boot up this game and the soundtrack kicks in combined with that aroma of freshly rained upon soil from outside. That was 12 years ago for me and I miss that so much...
Nostalgia...
That sounds so nice. I played it a bit older but if I have a kid I would love for them to have that experience.
@@skyd1207 It's a good coming of age story and I feel like music portrays that really well. In Florence, at the start of the game, the music is almost mischievous and as the game progresses and Ezio starts embracing his assassin heritage the music turn more dark and mellow. Orr I'm just over analyzing as usual
@@francojavierfazio9670 Indeed...
Same, only difference being just 9 years old.
"It is a good life we lead, brother." "The best. May it never change." "And may it never change us."
And than the angelic singing climaxes
riposare in pace to the Auditore family
UBISOFT PRESENTS…
Gonna get a tattoo of that quote
When Ubisoft wasn't a front for the Templars.
🤣🤣.
The Templars are far more competent, and not always evil, especially when they are simply moderate and not extremists. Want to see a successful and great Templar led society? Just read about the Roman Empire...
@@paulmayson3129 you are a Templar
@@ijustcomment3533 lmao
@Bartolome, thought i was the only one with that thought.
I remember roaming through Venice with my grandma sat next to me about 6 years ago. She used to say how realistic it looked and tell me stories about how she went to Venice and sat in the square and how it was the most expensive coffee she ever had in her life. She passed away in January (not from COVID luckily) and it feels like a part of her is in Venice with me when I play this game. Because of her and this game Venice is the one place in the world I want to go more than anywhere else and I pray I can go there before it sinks and have that same coffee in her memory Edit - Wow guys I am seriously at a loss for words I never in a million years expected so much love and kindness from strangers. I didn’t expect this comment to get noticed at all and as I sit here reading your guys’ comments and similar experiences I can’t help but cry. The AC community truly is one of the best groups of people in the world. The past year was incredibly hard to get used to a new life without my grandma in it but I’ve finally healed and am living my best life to do her proud, about to start my final year at university in September. Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart, sorry for the long soppy paragraph but I wanted to address everyone who took the time to sympathise or share a similar memory. You guys are the best of the best Edit 2: I MADE IT GUYS! I have just come back from Venice yesterday and it was the most amazing experience ever! (I didn’t realise how lifelike the game is to the actual place, especially in the square). I could feel my grandma with me the whole time, especially as I walked through the square. It genuinely took my breath away walking into the square for the first time and all I could picture was her sat at this cafe with my grandpa. I highly recommend anyone who is reading this to go if you get the chance! Just don’t eat or drink in the bars in the tourist spots because you will get ripped off! Thanks so much for everyone wishing me to get there, it took over 2 years, but I finally made it!
Good luck my friend, its such a beautiful purpose in memory of your grandma. Requiescat in pace
Hope you do visit Venice one day. I visited there a couple of years ago during the Carnivale specifically because of ACII. An amazing place to be in especially when all I could think of was Ezio during that time. Requiescat in pace.
Requiescat in pace to your grandma ❤️
Damn I really felt this my dude. Also lost a grandparent recently and hearing this game's soundtrack reminds me of better, earlier times.
You will go to that square and you will have that coffee, my friend. And it will be even sweeter than you imagined.
When game creators actually had passion in creating games instead of just for the money.
They still do, they just no longer make triple A games. If if you want great games you need to move away from ea and the like.
@@berndarndt9924ur probably new to this community but here players like to shit on the new games. Just a little tip
@@gespacho0902 here? everywhere in ANY series ppl like to shit on new games. if anyone want some reality, they just check userscore leaderboard in steam for example, and they will see that new games are good. different era = different approach for making a game. as it should be
@@MrVoland44 They just lack passion. It's kinda like how Fallout 4 was a great game, but a bad Fallout game. The new ACs are alright, but they're nothing like what made people fall in love with Assassin's Creed.
@@gespacho0902 *shit on odyssey. Origins and the others were fine. We hate odyssey cuz it breaks lore and bad narrative. Not because it's new and has a waman protagonist
They don’t make games like this anymore :(
Austin Batton definitely not the only thing in which the story was “decent”. The world and soundtrack for example was miles better than any other assassins creed game to date. You REALLY get to feel like you were in that time period they portrayed so much.
@Austin Batton Unity is a great game, but AC2 and ACB are the two best by far. They should've just ended the series after killing Desmond. The new games are an abomination that make no sense within the AC framework.
@Austin Batton Soundtrack, setting, characters, it was fun, never slow or too fast, appealing, it had a great story. Unity had good graphics, nothing else
last good assassins creed was origins
@@virtual_warbirds Unity I really like, however I would not call it a great game, as it was rushelly made and I consider it unfinished, uncompleted. For me it feels as if AC2 ended with Ezio retrieving the Apple in Venice, and that's it. No Savonarola, no Rodrigo in Rome, no Vault. Or even better, no Cesare, no Liberation of Roma.
Man, AC2 is so important to me. The music, the locations, the characters Funny how a game can get so deep into your heart
Same... 😭
I'm here with you friend.
Same
They cared for it so much. Its a shame that this level of storytelling and depth isn't seen today.
I have the same feelings, I was surprised that the game was so addictive in positive way.
Anybody else think the soundtrack to assassin's Creed 2 was the best soundtrack out of all the games ?
I prefer the first but it's close.
2 and Brotherhood are tied for me. Followed by another tie Revelations and Origins hahaha
AC3's has to be the best for me. What Came Before is a 10/10 track.
@@midnighthymn AC3's tracks are so underrated. I think it was the last great AC ost before the big transition into the other games where the soundtrack isnt as memorable and are just repeats of Ezio's Family. Lorne Balfe and Jesper Kyd were amazing composers (they did all games up to AC3) I wonder why Ubisoft dropped them...
@@Messi-rw9ng Agreed. It fused the ancient yet futuristic sound so well.
And now you‘re fighting huge Monsters together with Thor in Valhalla.
So bad isn’t it
And all the bloody kids pay for skins.. disgusting
The ac series is dead
@@4TheWinQuinn at least Jasper Kyd is back for the soundtrack
@@kell2859 Didn't really dig the soundtrack tho
If it wasn’t for my uncle accidentally giving me ac1 I wouldn’t know anything about this amazing game series.
And that is what Bob Ross called *"Happy little accidents"*
i got this game from my Uncle too!
Wow, my story is similar. my uncle was playing it and that's how I knew about it
My dad downloaded it for me ^^
@@baqer_3204 Me too, my uncle used to play it and I got into the series. Amazing coincidence for all of us.
I love how he moves his mouse/joystick at around 15:00, this guy literally just opened Assassins' Creed ll and sat in game for a whole hour. Now that's how you do ambience people.
21:32
I love how you noticed that he actually does that at 15:00 bloody minutes in. Now that's how you watch ambience people. haha
respect. at around 20+ minutes, he did the same.
43:46
It's a good way to earn florins too!
Thing is this game wasn’t a game, we weren’t playing as Ezio we were living his life and made it our own. Whether your male or female didn’t matter.. all that mattered was the hood. The soundtrack perfectly placed through the open world actually made us feel peace, anger, love, revenge and the need to fight evil so we could sleep at night and doing it from the shadows whilst we then powered down, went to sleep, woke up went back to work or school etc the next day and then returned back to our Ezio life and continued our fight for freedom. To all you true members of the creed out there, Ezio’s story is and will remain a huge part of us forever ❤️
You know i bet this game helped tourism in italy massively
"Been there, climbed that"
i can't forget what AC II makes me feel, the ambience the gameplay in those days , whole ezio series was just so emotional and its heart of my gameplay. the ambience was like it made me cry sometimes because its feels like i am there in venice , rome , constantinople. just so good.
Istanbul not constantinople
Constantinople is my home in games
@@mowzrascal2350 You mean Byzanz. No fuck back in these days called it Istanbul.
@@mowzrascal2350 bruh in revelations they call it in a thousand names i dont even know which one its the real one
@@loisl90 islambul*
never knew a couple of pixels and sounds could make me fall in love so hard
I loved playing the game and being in venice was so relaxing
Nice ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Sian I know, right?
The best place in the history of AC Ezio's Triology
jesper kyd is the best compositor ever
*laughs in Howard Shore*
along with jeremy soul
Whilst agree that he is great, he does not really compare to the giants.
@Charlemagne Oh no I was thinking more like James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer. Mostly because yes, Jesper has some really good pieces in a couple of things, but those I mentioned and probably others that don't spring to mind now have had so many successes that you forget several of the good pieces they have done, just because they have so many good ones. But if you're talking video game music then I am sure he is top 3.
I'd like to go to Florence, climb to the top of Santa Maria dei Fiori and just let the time goes by.
...and leap of faith.
The... guards may have something to say about that. And, no, they don't serve pizza in italian prisons. Source: I am italian
@@arthurdayne8029 You noticed it is a wish, didn't you? A condition of an unreal thing, right? And nope, not everyone thinks of pizza when talking about Italy.
@@dihen784 It was meant to be a joke bro...
I've done exactly this - put in earphones and listened to Florence soundtracks from the game, just looking across the city recognising memories I've created of places to which I'd never even been yet. It's a lovely way to pass time
I remember coming home, sad because of all the bullying. AC was my oasis of freedom and the franchise that healed my soul in my hardest days.
I am sorry for that my friend glad to know that you overcame it. And god bless!
Bullies get treated like Rodrigo Borgia. Lol that's a joke don't assassinate anyone. Seriously though, bullies suck, and I'm happy you're still able to appreciate the beautiful parts of life
@@MalikBarrow16 I no longer get bullied at this moment
@@madduzzi3420 Great to hear, my friend. I wish you well
@@madduzzi3420 Oh yeah? Well it's about to happen again! Hahahaha!
I can’t see Ubisoft ever topping what they did with the Ezio Trilogy. All 3 games, but AC2 in particular had so much soul. The ambience and atmospheric cities would never fail to amaze me. If only I could jump into a time capsule and replay these games for the first time all over again. Just beautiful..
Yes. Assassin’s Creed 2 was the first video game I ever played. It’s also one of the best games I have ever played and the overwhelming nostalgia that came with this video is beautiful
Bro why are you cutting onions?
they didn't do justice to Altair though, he deserved a trilogy as well at least
10 seconds in and I already want to replay this game
One of the best games with amazing music...
I had a girlfriend who loved to come over and play a little bit of II just to roam around in Firenze and Venezia. Everytime she did, she looked like a kid on a toy shop. Last time I've heard from her she was somewhere around the southern lands of Italia. Every once in a while, when I play with Ezio, I remember her with the same joy as she had when she played. I hope she's alright and that life has been smiling on her. She deserves it.
Im pretty sure she thinks of you every day
bruh... o.o
What happened with her?
Man. Visit her in Italy as soon as possible.
did she just left you like that or what happend?
BTW please everyone go and take some time to show love to your familly who has you closest at heart ceuse at the end of the day your familly was there when you came to life and your familly will be there when you leave your life remember that love you all.
AC2 soundtrack is one of the few games that makes me feel a type of way. This and Elder Scrolls Oblivion soundtrack.
Venice's ambiance and Oblivion's are eerily similar.
YES!!!!
17:30 is what I came for. Beautiful piano on this
Jesper Kyd was one very big part of why Assassins Creed 2 was so god damn amazing
AC2 needs remasterization more than any other ubisoft games
nah... i give u better for ubisoft. Just make a REMAKE.
Let another company remake it. Ubisoft is trash
@@pakilla4578 and definitely not EA or Rockstar. you know the reasons 😂
No don't touch it. Leave those good memories intact
@@kylel2376 right T-T
This game is a straight up classic. The soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal. What I truly loved about AC2 was the adventure and the story. And the characters and the everything XD But honestly, having different cities and maps you could visit, each with their own vibe and music, was just so awesome and freeing. I loved Brotherhood and Revelations a lot, but there was more adventure in AC2. I remember being in Venice and so many times I'd find myself looking at that little inaccessible area of the city across the water, and just listening to the music, I had this immense desire to see what was over there. And that sense of adventure the game gives you is just amazing. The fact that we get an amazing story and amazing characters along the way just makes it even better.
I remember playing AC2, and when that bit at 1:33 kicks in. I remember specifically thinking "if I hear this when Im older in 15-20 years its going to be nostalgic as hell, and I'm gonna miss being this age". And here we are 14 years later. Its the one time when I was younger I predicted a future nostalgic moment.
This was the first game that ever made me feel like I was somewhere where I actually wasn't. The first game that made me reminisce a time that hadn't even come. This is where it all started, and to see it where it is today... kinda hurts. We've been to the USA, to the Caribbean, France, London, Egypt and even Greece but none of it ever felt real. Not like this did.
i feel it's because once we grow up the magic of games fade away and it feels less immersive thats at least how i feel
@@taltigolt Sad but true however sometimes there are some games like Overwatch that can make me totally escape for a brief period 👍
My always-daydreaming brain read that last two lines of this comment and immediately imagined a scene where a young man - late teens or early twenties - is standing either on a rooftop or a street looking across a canal in Venice with his friend. He recites "This is where it all started, and to see it where it is today... kinda hurts." He lowers his head and begins gesturing with his hands as he continues speaking. "We've been to the USA, to the Caribbean, France, London, Egypt and even Greece but none of it ever felt real." He raises his hand and pulls the hood of his hoodie up over his head, and as the shadows of the hood reach his eyes the hood turns to a cowl, his clothing becomes white Assassin robes, and the scenery around him changes from real-life Venice to in-game Venice. He takes a deep breath, exhales, breathes in again and finishes, "Not like this did." He reaches up again and lowers the hood, changing his surroundings and clothing back to reality. Then he turns, smiles at his friend, says "Come on," and walks away.
Regardless of how many times I’ve played this and Brotherhood, 15:19 always gives me goosebumps
>viewpoint synchronized
@@obi-wankenobi3973 21:40 for me
@@obi-wankenobi3973 well hello there
imagine if life was actually like this lol. You step outside and there's ambience music playing
This would be really really cool !
I would love that.
remember kids to hug leonardo every time you see him
I remember being a kid and playing this game in Christmas holydays of 2009, running on Venice rooftops with this song on gave me an immense feeling of peace and calmness that I couldn’t describe. Hearing it now makes me want to go back in time to those moments of absolute happiness and carefree, when everything was easy and the life was like a game.
Making me wanna cry reading this, 100% agree... a lost era we'll never get back.
Right in the feels man. You speak on behalf of many, many people. There truly are no words 😔
Жизнь игра играй красиво
Not just a game, it was a historic experience for all of us.
facts
I remember finishing brotherhood and at 15fps in my moms potato laptop... Good times, when you didn't need super graphics or high fps to enjoy something. Thats a sign of a masterpiece...
When I scroll threw these comments, I see how good the community from assassins creed is. Hopefully one day we will get a game like the ezio Saga.🙏🏼
i sleep to this everyday
Me too
I just came back from 5 days in Venice and each time I was alone I was playing this on my earphones just walking around. It felt magical
This music takes me back to when I was 13 and I preordered this game after playing AC1 for the first time. I spent so many hours just freeroaming trying, out all outfits and discovering the maps. The story, setting, exploration and music were so perfect. I wish they would remake this game.
Right the ezio collection honesty was a sad excuse for a port then a remaster tbh
One of my fondest memories from this game was when I was playing around near the villa, collecting statues while it rained. It not only rained in the game, but in real life too, and it made my shitty day a little bit better. This game really makes me feel like crying sometimes.
Bro there is no rain in ac2 as a dynamic weather feature. S
@@dhruvo100i think there is distant thunder tho.
1:29 6:07 my ps3 died a long time ago and these parts really brought tears to my eyes, miss the good old days playing this masterpiece
This was the best game in the series imo. One of the few games in my life I spent the time to get 100% achievements for.
Jesper Kyd always creates epic music
Fr
assassins creed 2 was my main game in my youth... i feel every second in it.
this game is digital art , it should forever be preserved and admired
This is my comfort music :)
Reading the comments is absolutely amazing, seems like everyone has been deeply touched by AC2 ✨ OST is so nostalgic... Bring me back ❤️
It was a great time...
Just leaving Venice in a few hours...came here after 10 years again and still always feels teary to get the soundtrack in ears and roam those alleys of the city...where Ezio used to walk and traverse the rooftops...soo many memories for those times what we will never have chance to re-live again. Bless this game, bless all of you beautiful people! This art is connecting us...
This is such a cool side of KZhead
assasssin's creed 2 it just make me soo nostalgic... my stomach is always up and down when i hear this music.... don' know why.. it's just soo enveloping and time traveling.
Best storyline for a game i ever played, like a movie
Fell in love with Venice thanks to AC2, then visited it in real life and it was even better than i imagined.
When I was little, I always wanted to be in my 30s. Now I can give an arm to return to my childhood. I would come from school and have no worries and I would just play my game without anxiety.
Very much that bud. Said it all!
whatever Jesper Kyd was being paid for it was not enough this masterpiece of a music cant being payed by money nor gold nor diamond
This music always associated with home. Childhood. Safety and calmness…😔
me too
im gonna cry :( , i miss these days so much
These soundtracks made this game worth playing over and over again
May it never change.. And may it never change us
Back then we didn't know we would create memories. We just had fun.
bruhh yes. but dont be sad because it has passed, smile because it happened
Best Assassin's Creed game ever and in my top 3 game ever. And I am gamer over 25 years.
whole of ac2 soundtrack somehow awakens so much memories and feelings not just from the game but also from that part of life when I was 13-14. man, its almost spiritual. I almost dont want to listen to it too much so i dont lose that kind of feeling for the future haha
Venice is the most beautiful city in the whole AC Series 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
My kids are not gonna play modern games, they will be playing the masterpieces from my childhood.
@@plasma2794 They won't play the shit that comes out then. Want to play? Play normal games.
To the person reading this. I know you're tired with all of this, but you should know. You did a good job. You are great. You deserve to be happy
thank you
And may it never change us
_"There are still others I must hunt, Signore. They're already digging their claws into the heart of Venezia."_
If anyone's still listening, can we storm Ubisoft on twitter and tell them to remake the game? Ezio is so deep into my heart, it's so beautiful and makes me feel alive and less alone. Ubisoft needs to be reminded of their roots !
So true. I love some aspects of the newer games but I miss the originality of the stories. The older games had such a unique tale to tell. I played odyssey and imo the story was mediocre. Not bad but not great either. And with a concept like this there is some missed potential.
back then assassins creed was an escape to a dream, fantasy, while keeping everything realistic, and in the realm of achievable. Today games are just mindless entertainment, no purpose, nothing. You're bored the moment you stop playing
Its so wonderful that after all these years we come together to remember the good old times in Assassins Creed. When Ubisoft did a wonderful story about a great assassin. When the story wasn't just fun, but went into our hearts. I miss these days. AC II was the reason why I flew italy. I visited every city of the game and I had tears in my eyes. To stand on top of the dome in florence... To see the Castel Sant'Angelo and remembering the difficult climbing to the top in AC Brotherhood. To stand on the bridge (ponte vecchio) and remembering the first fight when Ezio got his scarf. And so many other places. I hope Ubisoft will do a similar touching story one day. I won't give up my hope
I can't describe in words. Thinking about the past, 12 Years ago. Today i'm 21 years old… 💔
Miss Enzio and his whole story. I’m 43 and played this over 10 years ago and it hit me hard. Just the pure joy of it and it’s immersive experience made me travel to Venice 3 times. Love the place :)
Sounds like rebirth into gentle hands, sorrow of lost ones, beauty of tragedies and the burden of a higher purpose.
wow, how can you describe it that accurately my friend
Still remember playing this in 2014.
EVERYTHING about this game was perfect. The renaincense era, the citys, the soundtrack, the story, THE CHARACTER... I feel bad for the people that never experienced this game 😔
Playing this again after a decade & honestly I feel so alive again. It makes me feel like I need to find a person of value in my life. A person like myself who has been reserved before marriage as Islam taught me. It teaches to hold very strong intimacy. I got the Ezio collection & it was the only thing I really liked playing after a very long time. This game has made my heart drop wanting it to never end because of the soundtracks & realistic setting. Young Ezio reminds me that I'm still young & fit. Making me feel so alive. I'm still young man & I will find a Beauty in my life one day like Cristina & Ezio.
@@HA-gu1qk I'll one up you; True love doesn't actually exist
@@Jdb63 ill one up you, life isnt real, welcome to the matrix.
Желаю удачи бро не останавливайся
AC2 had the best ambience. The best tracks. I know the some of the others are great but this is just something else. While others are great, this one truly felt like it transported us to that era, to that life. How much we’ve endlessly explored Venice in this game while listening to the music. Finding the hidden Glyphs, secret entrances…
Jesus it makes me wanna cry why are games not this beautiful anymore
I used to play this game when it first came out and walk around Venice looking at the buildings.. they did a remarkable job on this game and it will be my favourite forever. The last of us part I and II is a very close second.
One day in my lifetime as I hope and pray that venice still stands I will take my only son and me to venice and walk the streets over canals, bridges and look through windows of old shops and cafes with the streets full of life and happiness I will smile and look down at my son and think AC II brought me here and I will boom box this video/music in my ears 😂
7:14 These quiet transitions between music, hearing the wind from the roof tops of this beautiful city in the night, and then the next music starts! That's so beautiful! I feel calm.
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Getting this game for Christmas. A time I’ll never forget, this game made me feel smaller than the real world ever did and I couldn’t explain how.
I played this game in like what, 2020? For some reason, I'm getting nostalgia from a game I played a year ago.
same! I played Ezio's trilogy during quarantine and I feel like I played them years ago because of the nostalgia
same case bro. While playing this game or listening to its music I feel like I am in the year 2009-10. Sometimes Its like a time travel back to the Italy during 15th century.
One of my absolute favorite OSTs of all-time. So atmospheric, sombre. Goes perfectly with the game clip you chose.
I started learning violin about 3 years ago to be able to play some parts of the OST, now I can play some and you don't know how happy I am.
How badly I always wanted to jump the rooftops with ezio. How badly I wished I could just go back in time or escape in my head. Fly out of my body and go to Venice back in these times. The music to this game was beautiful but especially the whole Venice scene. Truly magical to me as a kid. I'm 23 now and hearing this pours back the emotion.
I'd love to be Ezio's friend or fellow Assassin
Old but gold
This music helps me get fully synchronized marks in my exams.
Studing for Uni with this almost makes me want to Cry!😂 So many years gone by since these inocent times...
So sad I could be able to play this game last month for the first time in my life. I've never owned a console before and now I'm playing all the old classics like the Ezio's trilogy. As an Architecture student (and an Italian) I felt so enthusiastic about this game: going around Firenze and Venezia was insane. Actually I have some old memories of one of my childhood best friend playing this game with me and some other friends when we were 14 yo. Now I'm 24 and playing it for the first time brought back a lot of memories
Playing this again for the 100th time, miss the music and these kinds of games so much :'( RIP this era of gaming
I feel nostalgic when listening to this🥺
this brings me back to my simpler days... the nostalgia!
when assassin's creed was actually great
When you just finished AC 2 100% and you just want to go back to Venice to slowly walk in the streets/stand on rooftops to enjoy these soundtracks
this game was so damn good, at least we got to experience it, sadly something like this cant be made again
i think it's possible, let's put pressure on ubisoft
Might not have the best parkour, craziest combat, top graphics, but story and ambience are out of this world. 10/10
26:25 is the best part imo True nostalgia
I was seven years old when i first got the xbox 360 and with it my dad bought me a random game called assassins creed 1, i loved the game so much, it was one of the first games i played, i didn't play the other assassins creed games untill 5 years later when i decided to get assassins creed 2,And man it was one of the best games ive played, so i got the rest of the ezio games and it was truly amazing, the story, gameplay, sad scenes,music ,everything ,it was next to perfect. As long as i live i will never forget this franchise.
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