Background Yoav Landau (born April 4, 1992) founded The Living Tombstone in 2011 as both a YouTube channel and a musical project. Landau, originally from
Israel, Five years after forming The Living Tombstone, Landau moved to the
United States where he met vocalist Sam Haft (born 1990 The trilogy went viral on YouTube with each song accumulating hundreds of millions of views; and over 372 million views by 2024.
Houston Press listed the trilogy as one of the best songs based on the horror game. The first song was later used for the 2023
film adaptation in the credits, likewise for the second song with 2025's
sequel. Shortly before the film's release, the band released a gothic remix of the first song. After the film's release, the song reached the top 5 of
Billboard's
Dance/Electronic Songs chart, peaking at #4, previously only charting on the
Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart. In 2018, The Living Tombstone's song based on the hero shooter game
Overwatch, "No Mercy", went viral on social media. Originally released as an animated video from YouTube channel Mashed in January 2017, and a remix of "
Spooky, Scary Skeletons". In 2012, The Living Tombstone remixed the song "Discord" from the
Eurobeat producer Odyssey/Eurobeat Brony, which accumulated over 40 million views on YouTube and was used in over 500,000 videos on TikTok in 2021. 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 album
Halloween Howls: Fun & Scary Music. The group's music has been labeled as
electronic rock,
alternative rock and
pop rock, with influences from
EDM and
Middle Eastern folk music. On January 31, 2025, the band announced their sophomore album's lead single "Be Alone" would release on February 7. While initially being announced for a 2024 release,
Rust was released on May 30, 2025.
Game development The Living Tombstone has also contributed music for video games. In 2021, the band created the soundtrack for the indie horror game
In Sound Mind from Israeli game studio We Create Stuff. 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. The same year, the Living Tombstone collaborated with game studio Big Boat Interactive to create the music-based strategy game
AudioClash: Battle of the Bands. Described as an amalgam of various rhythm games, the
role-playing games
Pokémon and
Dota and the
Scott Pilgrim comics, the gameplay consists of assembling a group of musician characters to compete against rival bands. The group has also contributed
DLC tracks to the 2019 rhythm game
Beat Saber, as well as some music for the 2010
Half-Life 2 Mod
Nightmare House 2 and the soundtrack for its upcoming remake releasing in 2026. ==Filmography==