The Fallout soundtrack is an iconic part of the game experience, comprising "Maybe" by The Ink Spots, played in the intro, and an expansive ambient soundtrack composed by Mark Morgan.
Tracks[]
Intro Song[]
- The Ink Spots - "Maybe" (1940)
Ambient Soundtrack[]
Track | Title | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | Metallic Monks | 3:25 |
2 | Desert Wind | 3:21 |
3 | A Trader's Life | 4:04 |
4 | The Vault of the Future | 4:02 |
5 | Industrial Junk | 3:25 |
6 | Moribund World | 3:04 |
7 | Vats of Goo | 3:19 |
8 | City of the Dead | 3:25 |
9 | Second Chance | 4:04 |
10 | Underground Troubles | 3:54 |
11 | City of Lost Angels | 3:47 |
12 | Followers' Credo (Thunder) | 2:59 |
13 | Radiation Storm | 3:58 |
14 | Acolytes of the New God | 3:18 |
15 | Flame of the Ancient World | 3:08 |
16 | Khans of New California | 3:19 |
Notes[]
- Many of the tracks were later reused in Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas soundtracks.
- The soundtrack CD did not include the intro song, "Maybe" which can be found in the in-game music files.
- "A Trader's Life" contains similar percussion and structure to "Little Sister" by O'Rang from the album Ambient Isolationism. "A Trader's Life" also uses a sample of horns used in an unknown track from The X Files episode S01E05: Jersey Devil
- The track "City of the Dead" appears to have been primarily based upon the first minute and fifty seconds of "'Self-Strangulation" by Techno Animal from the album Ambient Isolationism, albeit slowed down, and louder. Shares some characteristics with "Tassels" by Aphex Twin from his album Selected Ambient Works Volume II.
- The tracks "Desert Wind" and "Flame of the Ancient World" contain a sample from "Mirror Image" in John Carpenter's movie "Prince of Darkness" (the sound comes approximately 3:12 until 4:04).
- The track "Desert Wind" appears to take heavy inspiration from Aphex Twin's "Grey Stripe" from his album Selected Ambient Works Volume II.
- The track "Followers Credo" samples the string elements from "Trees" by Aphex Twin from his album Selected Ambient Works Volume II.
- The track "City of Lost Angels" seems to be a slower, slightly modified and edited version of "Grass" by Aphex Twin from his album Selected Ambient Works Volume II.
- "Khans of New California" appears to use a toned down sample from "Silver Rain Fell (Deep Water Mix)" by Scorn from the album Ambient Isolationism specifically 2.06 onwards.
- The track "Moribund World" takes heavy inspiration from "Window Sill" by Aphex Twin from his album Selected Ambient Works Volume II.
- The track "Radiation Storm" is based on the instrumentals of "Maria" by Dave Sylvian.
- The track "Underground Troubles" primary beat takes inspiration from the composition of "Matchsticks" by Aphex Twin from his album Selected Ambient Works Volume II.
- The track "Vats of Goo" seems to be a toned down, beat-for-beat version of "Alternative 3" by Brian Eno from his album Music for Films.
- "Vault of the Future" uses a sample of a Russian cold war-era speech about nuclear weapons (which is currently unknown) that was featured in the intro of "To Have and To Hold" by Depeche Mode.
External links[]
- Download the complete soundtrack as a 51.5 MB .rar file at Duck and Cover