"The Parish" from Left 4 Dead 2 on Windows, Xbox 360, OS X, Linux (2009)
Composer: Mike Morasky
Album: No Official Release
Publisher: Valve
Developer: Valve
We had previously used this theme, first written for the first Left 4 Dead game, back in 2015. In Left 4 Dead 2, each of the different geographical locations had its own take on the Left 4 Dead theme. Maybe the fact that I play trumpet really draws "The Parish" theme to me more than some of the others? I also really appreciate a trumpet playing a dirge-like song and not something closer to Arturo Sandoval. Similar to what I said seven years ago, I think a lot of what draws me to this motif is that is just so hum-able.
Just a great song that invokes both nostalgia and fond memories (for when I first played L4D2 at PAX09, when I first played it with Beardsnbourbon later that year after he got it for Xmas on the 360, and I spent a minute or two remapping the controller to be closer to Solitaire 1.2 or the countless hours (66.4 hours I spent playing solo and online with SnikiTiki and Coolman after moving to Oregon).
Plus it is an excellent and slightly creepy song appropriate for the season that I wished lasted longer than a minute-and-a-half.
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