Apocalyptic Music for a Dying World

Antistar · 2014-10-30T00:13:46.000Z

There’s a lot of stuff here I’ll have to check out sometime - nice.

For my part, I mostly listen to soundtracks from other games when playing CDDA:

Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 0-4 soundtracks (including all the ‘unreleased’ music extracted from the game files; hours and hours of stuff)
Hitomi Shimizu/Kuniaki Haishima - Siren soundtracks
Alexander Brandon - Deus Ex Invisible War soundtrack
Michael McCann - Deus Ex Human Revolution soundtrack
Power Glove - Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon soundtrack
Ben Houge - Arcanum Soundtrack (doesn’t fit CDDA as well, but it’s my favourite game OST ever, so…)

Jarlaxle · 2014-10-30T07:34:47.000Z

Dat nipple massage.

Works best with regular start at evac shelter. By the time I make my way to town with a makeshift I am good and ready to be suprise butt secks’d by a skeletal dog and the song is starting to kick in full motion.

Abbysynth · 2014-10-30T13:53:48.000Z

Basically everything post-rock is what I listen to to get that post-apocalyptic vibe.

Definitely everything Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
East Hastings, as heard in the opening sequence of 28 Days Later
Kicking Horse on Broken Hill

Also, Explosions In The Sky.
Have You Passed Through This Night

Mogwai

Sigur Ros

Jarlaxle · 2014-10-30T16:06:52.000Z

[quote=“Abbysynth, post:23, topic:5959”]Basically everything post-rock is what I listen to to get that post-apocalyptic vibe.

Definitely everything Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
East Hastings, as heard in the opening sequence of 28 Days Later
Kicking Horse on Broken Hill

Also, Explosions In The Sky.
Have You Passed Through This Night

Mogwai

Sigur Ros[/quote]

I see your Mogwai and raise you Pelican.

Also, the Myrrors is an awesome group that I hope everybody checks out yesterday if you’re into atmosphere.

Dark_Star · 2014-10-31T15:36:23.000Z

Mosquito Project - Post Apocalyptic

Everything’s Asleep

Resident Evil 2 Soundtrack - The Underground Laboratory [The Underground Laboratory]

Also the 28 days later and 28 weeks later soundtracks xD

Rhodri · 2014-11-02T04:59:03.000Z

I always have 94.7 (music radio channel or whatever) playing in the background as I go. This started playing while I was slaughtering a city.

R.E.M. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

Canalan · 2014-11-02T06:16:05.000Z

I saw someone else with:
Blue Oyster Cult - Veteran Of The Psychic Wars

And to that I add:
Blue Oyster Cult - Sole Survivor (Might as well be the theme of the game)
The Doors - The End
The Glitch Mob - Fortune Days (Drink the Sea is pretty good as a whole)
robocop.mp3 (DEHUMANIZE YOURSELF AND FACE TO BLOODSHED)
Gazelle Twin - I Am Shell I Am Bone
YATD (Should be obvious)

Valpo · 2014-11-02T21:40:53.000Z

Shin Megami Tensei

John_Candlebury · 2014-11-03T02:36:11.000Z

Canalan:

The Glitch Mob - Fortune Days (Drink the Sea is pretty good as a whole)

Whoa, that’s one great song.

BeerBeer · 2015-01-10T05:09:03.000Z

Well, hello, this thread. Where have you been all this time?

Titled “Nordic Ambient Music”. 3 hours long. Works surprisingly well most of the time, IMO, but does sometimes force you into fantasy D&D RPG vibe. Might be great if one were to cut out the “bad parts”.

Then there’s these two similar mammoths. Creepy, disturbing, dark ambient. Sometimes soothing. 1+ hours long each.

“Dark ambient” btw is what I used as search words in YouTube to find those. Please share any great search words. Also, if you ever get your hands on a game called NEO Scavenger, that game’s entire soundtrack is probably potent material for Cataclysm.

Illogical_Blox · 2015-01-10T14:01:35.000Z

Well, Ride of the Valkeries is always good for a fight.

There’s also a song… I don’t remember the name, but it is in the style of an announcer talking about what to do in the event of nuclear war. It ends “mine is the last voice you will ever hear. Do not be alarmed.”

mdtexeira · 2015-01-10T16:49:51.000Z

Ever since Fallout 2, I basically associate Louis Armstrong with apocalypse. So, La Vie en Rose, Kiss to Build a Dream On, What a Wonderful World (perfect for the apocalypse).

Also, while I haven’t tried it…I think Tool’s Aenema would be a good listen. ‘Learn to swim’

Straume21 · 2015-01-11T06:07:17.000Z

The album “Black Messiah” by D’Angelo is probably the best thing I’ve ever used as a soundtrack to this game.

John_Candlebury · 2015-01-13T00:41:53.000Z

mdtexeira:

Ever since Fallout 2, I basically associate Louis Armstrong with apocalypse.

Well its good to know I’m not the only one.

Didnt need to play fallout 2 to form that association though.

AllisonW · 2015-01-13T00:56:12.000Z

A soundtrack to a lab delve: http://youtu.be/uIlGeT6N6Xs

And here’s a slightly more atmospheric track for overworld shenanigans: http://youtu.be/1J8fCN13tZQ

For refugee camps: http://youtu.be/A1CbeY08eKA

Once you’re confident in your ability to save what’s left of the world and you’re also traveling around in a sweet ride: http://youtu.be/3L_8V3ex2Jo

dovla · 2015-01-13T11:44:16.000Z

I tend to listen to Mark Morgan’s Vault archives (Fallout 1&2 soundtrack). They’re free to download by the way:

http://auralnetwork.com/releases

Nighthawk · 2015-01-13T16:29:04.000Z

AllisonW:

A soundtrack to a lab delve: http://youtu.be/uIlGeT6N6Xs

You hit the nail on the head with this one. Perfect lab music.

AllisonW · 2015-01-18T07:20:17.000Z

Nighthawk:

[quote=“AllisonW, post:35, topic:5959”]A soundtrack to a lab delve: http://youtu.be/uIlGeT6N6Xs

You hit the nail on the head with this one. Perfect lab music.[/quote]

More music. BOOM HEADSHOT. http://youtu.be/kCx0N-_5wrQ

Rivet · 2015-01-18T07:22:43.000Z

[quote=“AllisonW, post:38, topic:5959”]

More music. BOOM HEADSHOT. http://youtu.be/kCx0N-_5wrQ[/quote]

Creature Feature is always good.

FrAvatar · 2015-01-20T20:04:39.000Z

well I use royalty free music from : Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Specific songs from that site:

Songs / titles:
Aftermath
Awkward Meeting
Bent and Broken
Birch Run
Darkest Child
Darkness is Coming
Devastation and Revenge
Dub Feral
Epic Unease
Ghostapocalypse - 1 Departure
Ghostapocalypse - 2 The Call
Ghostapocalypse - 3 Road of Trials
Ghostapocalypse - 4 Temptress
Interloper
Irregular
Lightless Dawn
Lithium
Lone Harvest
Martian Cowboy
Plaint
Private Reflection
Slow Burn
Spring Thaw
Static Motion
The Chamber
The House of Leaves
Thunder Dreams
What You Want ver 2
Wounded

I may add more to the list, There is simply to many songs on that site to go through all of them in one go.
I tried to choose music that had an “end days” feel to it.