This thread is for users to recommend music to mod into FO3's music folder. There are a few folders in this directory: dungeon, explore, battle, etc.

To recommend music, specify when the music should be played, followed by the "artist - track", and (if you'd like) a link to a sample (youtube is fine). For example...


FO3's vanilla soundtrack just doesn't cut it for me anymore. It was adequate for a year and I didn't want to mess with it because I like how the tracks blend into each other seamlessly enough. Buuuuut, I've gotten to the point where I'd rather play in silence.. After listening to internet radio for a while, I found a few instrumentals that I felt would work great in FO3.

So I've set off looking for more thematic (very subjective) music, again instrumentals, with eerie/dark soundscapes. My search brought me to a couple of bands, one I already knew and another I just discovered.

The following are kinda in order of most appropriate (high to low):

Dungeon:
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQC4AYQQJc
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6R8GCX_wSs
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvtYSJnm7Lc
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6TBJEDYU2E
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc5G7r3PUlM
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh9YGLM1O0k
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRawUCNnmsM
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TydwdeJhIAI (gets a little heavy toward the end)


Battle:
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=KQZAZ20S_PU&feature=related
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=GHkhwmSq9t8&p=B2583D83A6276FCC&index=32
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opbrn8FNpI4
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=DApuMNoN3ME&feature=related
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_0cZ658PO0&p=B2583D83A6276FCC&playnext=1&index=25
The Crystal Method - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Out4wtHLFBE
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOdA2xi6Luc
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA00LuSev9Q
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO-zvcPyc7E (hard rock/metal-ish)
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfKqMjJkMk
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fs-HKUSkic
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3xNNleV1aA
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=84bV_2Qvhe4&p=B2583D83A6276FCC&index=31
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQTxXeUCa8 (takes a while to get into the heavy battle stuff, try editing)
Quentin Grey/Methadone/Tobias Tinker - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ai0mOcXrZ4 (electronic)
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=TQPnZ7x1zQ4&feature=related (heavy electronic)
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=TcBKmwFcP_U&feature=related (heavy electronic)


Explore:
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZhBParVjo I (even sounds like there's a bomb warning siren)
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=tG4I8FovIAU&p=B2583D83A6276FCC&index=34
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=5XipJzHD4s4&p=B2583D83A6276FCC&index=28
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wv2ongb8_c
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srJYQESO34g
Nine Inch Nails - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4B62284E89BE4E57&playnext=1&v=oTYb5XwJ7Ss
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf83qR5j9Gs
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=KQRWPcURwFw&feature=related [appropriate for battle music too]
Celldweller - http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=_lnHHlrIjGc&feature=related [appropriate for battle music too]

There's probably a ton more by the following artists:

Massive Attack
Russian Circles
Celldweller

My apologies for any broken links. Also if there are other categories I missed, please go ahead and list them (indoors maybe?).

Here's a couple that I have.
You'll notice that I love my battle music to be fast-paced. I always take songs from movies or other games. (I'm a big lover of soundtracks. )

Battle

John Murphy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VS730swyBo&feature=related
John Murphy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMe4M2-WVHk&feature=related
James Horner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5O2kzrOi68
James Horner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ObD6nFiMQ&feature=related
James Horner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTvx1ZzuLFk&feature=related
James Horner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-7rVdXXwds&feature=related (I edited it to start at 3min09

For dungeons, it's mostly from Aliens' soundtrack again. Songs like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j63VJ2ziuw&feature=related. Some from Silent Hill 1,2 and 3's soundtrack as well.

For the public areas, I used two songs from Black Hawk Down's soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzcPE-5ZeDY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W1W8tgCXkY


Oh and of course, Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics' soundtracks.

Excellent tracks. These fit almost seamlessly with the vanilla tracks. The problem with the ones I've chosen is that many of them will end abruptly as it blends back into vanilla tracks. There's a short "rift" track that plays to transition battle music back into exploration/dungeon music/etc. Doesn't blend at all with anything I've chosen!