The Living Tombstone
Logo used from 2013 to present
Background information
Origin	Tel Aviv, Israel[1]
Genres	Electronic rock alternative rock pop rock EDM geek rock
Years active	2011 (2011)–present
Labels	Ghost Pixel 10K Warner Screenwave
Members	Yoav Landau Sam Haft
YouTube information
Channel	TheLivingTombstone
Subscribers	8.76 million
Views	3.91 billion
Last updated: November 17, 2025

The Living Tombstone (TLT) is a Los Angeles-basedelectronic rock group andYouTube channel, founded as a solo project by Israeli-American producerYoav Landau (Hebrew:יואב לנדאו) in 2011, and becoming amusical duo with American singerSam Haft in 2016. The group is notable for their songs based on video games and pop culture media, such as theFive Nights at Freddy's series,Overwatch andMy Little Pony, as well as original music. Signed toWarner Music, they have released two studio albums,Zero_one (2020) andRust (2025).

Several of their songs have garnered online popularity, and they have been credited with spawning various internet memes. In addition to their music videos, they have created music for the video gamesIn Sound Mind,Beat Saber, and have created the video gameAudioClash: Battle of the Bands. Music publicationNME has referred to them as "the internet's biggest gaming band."^{[note 1]}

The Living Tombstone was founded by Landau in 2011 as both a YouTube channel and a musical project.^[2][3] Landau, a native ofIsrael,^[3] was involved in theonline fan community of the media franchiseMy Little Pony, where he created remixes of the songs featured onMy Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.^[2][3] After one of his remixes garnered several thousand views, Landau created more songs of the franchise before eventually shifting his focus to various video game communities, creating songs based on video games.^[2][4]

Five years after forming The Living Tombstone, Landau moved to theUnited States where he met vocalist Sam Haft.^[2][3] Haft had previously been involved with other musical projects in the past, such as the comedic music group Sam & Bill.^[3] Landau and Haft sent each other their songs before eventually collaborating on music, with Haft becoming an official member of The Living Tombstone.^[3] The pair wrote songs such as a remix ofSuper Mario Odyssey's "Jump Up Superstar" in which Haft contributed backing vocals, and the original track "My Ordinary Life" which was cited byLA Weekly as their most popular song.^[3] Both Landau and Haft worked on theworldbuilding for The Living Tombstone, including the characters, story, and lore surrounding the group's music and videos.^[2][3] The attention their music received online causedWarner Music to notice the band, and the record label signed The Living Tombstone.^[2]

The Living Tombstone's content consists of both original music and homages to various video games and pop culture media, several of which became popular online.^[2] One of the group's first video game-related videos was a trilogy of songs for the first three games in theFive Nights at Freddy's series.^[2][5] The trilogy went viral on YouTube with each song accumulating hundreds of millions of views;^[5] thefirst video in the series reached over 68 million views by 2016^[6] and over 372 million views by 2024.^[7]Houston Press listed the trilogy as one of the best songs based on the horror game.^[5] The trilogy's success led the band to develop a cult following amongst the game'sfandom.Rolling Stone credited the band with launching a subgenre ofFive Nights at Freddy's themed music inspired byhyper-pop.^[8] The first song was later used for the 2023film adaptation in the credits.^[9] Shortly before the film's release, the band released a gothic remix of the first song.^[10] After the film's release, the song reached the top 5 ofBillboard'sDance/Electronic Songs chart, peaking at #4, previously only charting on theDance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart.^[11]

In 2018, The Living Tombstone's song based on the hero shooter gameOverwatch, "No Mercy", went viral on social media.^[12][13][14] Originally released as an animated video from YouTube channel Mashed in January 2017,^[13] the song describes two players on the same team arguing about their choice of characters and its contributions to the team's repeated losses, mainly due to the lack of a support character in the team.^{[note 2]} The song features the refrain "I'm AlreadyTracer," which became the subject of numerous videos made on social media platformTikTok in which users recorded themselves lip-synching to the song.^[12][13][14] The meme attracted negative attention as it was the subject of various "cringe" compilations on social media. Outlets such asKotaku,Polygon andThe Daily Dot noted that such compilations soon became rooted inmisogyny, with comments disparaging those who created such videos miming to the song alongsidemocking women who play video games in general.^[12][13][14] Gita Jackson ofKotaku also offered criticism for the song's production and vocals; however, she noted its catchy melody and relatable lyrics.^[12]

Other songs of theirs that have become viral include their remix of variousMy Little Pony songs^[16][17] and a remix of "Spooky, Scary Skeletons".^[18][19] In 2012, The Living Tombstone remixed the song "Discord" from theEurobeat producer Odyssey/Eurobeat Brony, which accumulated over 40 million views on YouTube and was used in over 500,000 videos on TikTok in 2021.^[16] In 2013, Landau made a remix ofAndrew Gold's 1996 song "Spooky, Scary Skeletons," which garnered over 90 million views on YouTube.^[18] The remix was also listed byThe Daily Dot as one of the most popular songs of 2019 on TikTok,^[19] and as one of the bestHalloween songs byUSA Today.^[20] The band also created another remix of Gold's "Witches, Witches, Witches" song in 2023, which was released on a new vinyl pressing of Gold's albumHalloween Howls: Fun & Scary Music.^[21]

The group's music has been labeled aselectronic rock,alternative rock andpop rock, with influences fromEDM andMiddle Easternfolk music.^[2][3][12] Landau has also stated that genres such ascomplextro,dubstep,drum 'n bass andelectroswing have inspired the band's musical style.^[17] The band has been regarded as anaudiovisual project.^[3] Their music and aesthetics have been compared toGorillaz andDaft Punk, along withLindsey Stirling's videos.^[2][3]

The group has two studio albums,Zero_one, released on September 4, 2020, andRust, released on May 30, 2025. For zero_one, music videos were released for the three singles that supported the album, including aCG-based music video for their song "Chosen" created by animation studio The-Artery during theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[22][23] On January 31, 2025, the band announced their sophomore album's lead single "Be Alone" would release on February 7.Rust, initially being announced for a 2024 release, was released on May 30, 2025.^[7][24]

The Living Tombstone has also contributed music for video games. In 2021, the band created the soundtrack for the indie horror gameIn Sound Mind from Israeli game studio We Create Stuff.^[25][26][27] Their contributions to the soundtrack were praised alongside the game, with several outlets noting that the poignant and reserved compositions added to the dark atmosphere of the game.^[26][27][28] The same year, The Living Tombstone collaborated with game studio Big Boat Interactive to create the music-based strategy gameAudioClash: Battle of the Bands.^[29][30][31] Described as an amalgam of various rhythm games, therole-playing gamesPokémon andDota and theScott Pilgrim comics, the gameplay consists of assembling a group of musician characters to compete against rival bands.^[2][31] The game was released onSteam in early access in late 2021.^[31][32] The group also contributed aDLC track to the 2019 rhythm gameBeat Saber,^[33] as well as some music for the 2010Half-Life 2 ModNightmare House 2 and the soundtrack for its upcoming remakeNightmare House: Reimagined releasing in 2025.^[34][35]

• Zero_one (2020)^[3][36]
• Rust (2025)^[7][24]

• Tombstone Remixes (2013)^[36]
• Zero_one: Reloaded (2021)^[36]

• Zero_one: Deluxe (2023)^{[37][38][36][39]}
• Internet Childhood (2024)^[40]

• Portal: The Flash Version MapPack – Original Soundtrack (2008)(Yoav Landau as "Koolfox")^[41]
• Nightmare House 2 (Official Soundtrack) (2010)(Yoav Landau as "Koolfox")^[34]
• MFP: My Friend Pedro(Original Soundtrack) (2014)^[42]
• In Sound Mind (The Original Soundtrack) (2021)^[26][43]
• Hazbin Hotel (Original Soundtrack) (2024)(Sam Haft)^[24][44]
• Nightmare House: Reimagined – Original Soundtrack (2025)^[34][35]
• Hazbin Hotel: Season Two (Original Soundtrack) (2025)(Sam Haft)

• Beat Saber (Original Game Soundtrack), Vol V (2021)^[33]
• Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)^[9][45]

• Bad Times (2023)(Sam Haft)^[46][47]
• I Love You Too (2025)(Yoav Landau as "SugarVision")
• FNAFdom (Live) (2025)

• Tombstone Summer Tour (2024)^[7]
• TLT World Tour (2025)^[59]

• The Living Tombstone's channel onYouTube

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