History AwesomeMusic / Portal

* Despite being a fan-made game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvL4HxAKhGI the soundtrack]] from Portal: The Flash Version would qualify. With the electronic/orchestra mixture and featuring of choirs, it sounds exactly like something taken from an actual Portal game.

%%* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvL4HxAKhGI music]] from Portal: The Flash Version.

* [=GLaDOS=]' boss theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RThhEK2srk "You Can't Escape You Know"]].

* Not strictly from ''Portal'', but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IGS9qY7xko Put me down. Put me down. Put-put-put-put me down.]]
* Also not strictly from ''Portal'', but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izWwfjlS9kw both]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_S0-jbsKEk tracks]] by Silence, from the main menu of the mod ''VideoGame/PortalPrelude''.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvL4HxAKhGI music]] from Portal: The Flash Version.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvL4HxAKhGI main theme]] of Portal: The Flash Version.

* Ellen [=McLain=] once wrote her own song for [=GLaDOS=], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgiNKEXtx7I "GLaDOS' Song"]] (also known among fans as "Don't Say Goodbye").
** One fan made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihYVZFl-Ck0 GLaDOS-ified version]] with music video.

* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' has enough to warrant [[AwesomeMusic/{{Portal 2}} its own page]].

* Also not strictly from ''Portal'', but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izWwfjlS9kw both]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_S0-jbsKEk tracks]] by 'Silence', from the main menu of the mod ''VideoGame/PortalPrelude''.

* Also not strictly from ''Portal'', but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGvr47u_jFI both]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_S0-jbsKEk tracks]] by 'Silence', from the main menu of the mod ''VideoGame/PortalPrelude''.

* Also not strictly from ''Portal'', but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGvr47u_jFI both]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_S0-jbsKEk versions]] of 'Silence', from the main menu of the mod ''VideoGame/PortalPrelude''.

** Peter Hollens, who previously produced a cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDzlKtEVZJU "I Want You Gone"]] from Portal 2, produced an acapella verison of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H18XBTDNF78 "Still Alive"]] with his wife Evynne. Evynne's plastic smile, plus she doesn't appear to blink once during the video, sell the performance. Devin "Supertramp" Graham put together [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osdjho3oKw8 this version]] showing three Aperture employees using a Portal projector to lob cakes at random people.

* [=GLaDOS=]' boss theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RThhEK2srk&feature=related "You Can't Escape You Know"]].
* While playing through ''Portal'', most people don't consciously realize there's music. It's so subtly woven into the ambient noise, it's barely even noticeable, except at a few very key moments (the radios and Still Alive, of course, but also the end of Chamber 19, getting the fully-functional portal gun, and so on).

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33jk7MXZJeU "4,000 Degrees Kelvin"]] - the song from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' which plays at one of the most tense moments in the game. It fits the scene perfectly, especially with [=GlaDOS=]' comments.

* GLaDOS' boss theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RThhEK2srk&feature=related "You Can't Escape You Know"]].

* While playing through ''Portal'', most people don't consciously realize there's music. It's so subtly woven into the ambient noise, it's barely even noticeable, except at a few very key moments (the radios and Still Alive, of course, but also the end of Chamber 19, getting the fully-functional portal gun, and so on).
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9nocjg2OLI Self Esteem Fund]] kicks in right about the time where the player begins to feel the isolation of Aperture Laboratories, having seen no one but Chell and heard no one but [=GLaDOS=] despite all the testing they have been doing. And this song perfectly augments that feeling... it is quiet and atmospheric, but solemn, reflective, and tugs at your heartstrings, making you feel truly alone in these bright walls of the testing facility.

* Also not strictly from ''Portal'', but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGvr47u_jFI both]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_S0-jbsKEk versions]] of 'Silence', from the main menu of the mod Portal: Prelude.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9nocjg2OLI Self Esteem Fund]] kicks in right about the time where the player begins to feel the isolation of Aperture Laboratories, having seen no one but Chell and heard no one but GLaDOS despite all the testing they have been doing. And this song perfectly augments that feeling... it is quiet and atmospheric, but solemn, reflective, and tugs at your heartstrings, making you feel truly alone in these bright walls of the testing facility.

* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33jk7MXZJeU 4,000 Degrees Kelvin]]'' - the song from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' which plays at one of the most tense moments in the game. It fits the scene perfectly, especially with [=GlaDOS=]' comments.

** And here is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYriNfPC7U Delicious and Moist,]] an upbeat Ska rendition of Still Alive.

** And, of course, how could anyone forget [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-UFPhz2nZ0 the jazzy upbeat version]] that plays from the radios over the levels?
** Not quite beautiful enough for you? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7mNokDFnw&list=FLMgogGrycWUr6wAjcj2GqJw&index=1 Try slowing it down by 800%.]]

* The genuinely creepy music, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0nl2BjLRkc "No Cake For You",]] that starts up when you discover the RoomFullOfCrazy. Now that's thinking with portals.

** You gotta lotta guts mentioning ''Portal'' without putting ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iTmJy1u1B4 Still Alive]]'' up here, too...
*** It's even better with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCt2nZF2nLk typography]].
*** What else could make ''Still Alive'' more charming? Having it performed by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m5TuxdkfkE a children's choir.]]
**** Either "more charming" or "heightening the creepy LyricalDissonance of the original." Or both.
*** You want charming? Try performing it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLgd72t4brA on a music box]].
*** How about this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DJBgnSxl5A minor key version]]. It's even more villainous than the original.
** What about the genuinely creepy music ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0nl2BjLRkc "No Cake For You"]]) that starts up when you discover the RoomFullOfCrazy? Now that's thinking with portals.

* The first time This Troper played through ''Portal'', she didn't even consciously realize there was music. It wasn't until she specifically looked up Orange Box music that she realized there was music the whole time--it's just so subtly woven into the ambient noise, it's barely even noticeable, except at a few very key moments (the radios and Still Alive, of course, but also the end of Chamber 19, getting the fully-functional portal gun, and so on).

* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33jk7MXZJeU 4,000 Degrees Kelvin]]'' - the song from ''{{Portal}}'' which plays at one of the most tense moments in the game. It fits the scene perfectly, especially with [=GlaDOS=]' comments.

* ''{{Portal 2}}'' has enough to warrant [[AwesomeMusic/{{Portal 2}} its own page]].

* ''{{Portal 2}}'' has enough to warrant [[CrowningMusic/{{Portal 2}} its own page]].