National exile vilify4/30/2023 ![]() "Exile Vilify" (alongside other Portal 2 song " Want You Gone") was nominated for "Best Song in a Game" at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards. Exclaim! described the song as a "sombre ballad that places Matt Berninger's melancholic croon atop gloomy piano chords, lush orchestral swells and some subtle percussion". Paste described the song as a "haunted, piano-lead ballad" similar to the band's song "Think You Can Wait" used in the film Win Win. ![]() ![]() ![]() The track was originally to be used in one of several hidden "fake endings" of the game, but was later rewritten to be more sombre and included in the game as an Easter egg. Valve and Bug Music identified that the National would fit well into Portal 2, as their "raw and emotive music evokes the same visceral reactions from its listeners that Portal does from its players" according to Bug Music's spokesperson Julia Betley. The National had expressed to Bug Music, their publishing label, an interest in doing music for Valve which the label forwarded on to Valve in discussing other music opportunities for the game. The lyrics were composed by the group and reviewed by Valve, the company who made the game, to ensure they fit with the tone of one of the Rattmann's dens, where it appears in-game. ![]() " Exile Vilify" is a song by indie rock band the National, written for the video game Portal 2 and released as a stand-alone single. 2011 single by the National "Exile Vilify" ![]()
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