I find the music in this game compared to Fallout 3 is definetely much better. When I mean music, I don't mean the radio music, I mean the actual music when in battles, when exploring etc. I think it's alot better then Fallout 3's sort of upsetting end of the world music. I can't really describe what I want to say, but the music sounds alot more "digital"(?) - like, having fights with people and hearing these little electro-ey sort of sounds really makes the game feel like I'm more involved and really gives you that impression of - "this is what's happening, right at this moment in time".

Sorry for the absoloutely abysmal description of what I'm trying to get across, but to me, the game makes me feel alot more like I am actually the character, and yes, those are deathclaws on that hilltop.

Not only that, but there is quite a bit of music from the original Fallouts in there. Especially when exploring vaults. Really takes you back..

I've never played the original two Fallouts, but I did check the directory and it seems they took alot of music from those two games. I wouldn't know, but I imagine F:NV is alot more similar to the two first games, more than Fallout 3 was.

Lol i can't really say much about the music itself, because ive not paid attention to it much sad to say, but now that I think about it you have got a point :tops:

If any PC users open their directory and go to 'Sound', check the BTTL folder, I presume it's Battle. Definetely check the Evil folders, you'll know what I mean by digital etc.

I agree. It's a step-up from Fallout 3's score. I actually even like the new radio music as much as or better than Fallout 3's. Fallout 3 had a lot of memorable, goofy songs. New Vegas has some great moody ballads and ramblin' Western tracks with some nice guitar. Definitely different, but I like it!

I think the worst flaws of the soundtrack are the somewhat inappropriate reuse of the Fallout 1 & 2 pieces in some places (but it may be because in my mind they're strongly linked to certain factions and places) and the reuse of some Fallout 3 pompous pieces that honestly felt pretty out of place to me. Inon certainly outdid himself with the new pieces though, they sound all appropriate and push in a new somewhat unusual direction. I'm pretty pleased with the soundtrack overall.

I turned the ingame music off in Fallout 3 but have left it on in FONV because it just "feels" better.

i also noticed that, i can fully agree, improved background music!!

The music IS rad, but you gotta check out a compilation called “Atomic Platters”. It’s all vintage cold-war music about atom bombs, fallout shelters, flying saucers, radiation, and commies. :nuke:

There’s songs like “Atomic Baby” “Atomic Cocktail” “Fallout Shelter” “Jesus is Gods Atom Bomb” “Uranium Fever” “Love That Bomb” and so on and so on. It’s even got Marty Robins (who does “Big Iron” in the game) and it all 50’s era music that’s f***** perfect for the game.

I can’t believe they didn’t include any of it in the game.

I love the music and the soundtrack as well.. I love exploring a ruined town to some rock-a-billy music and then hit a casino and have some ratpack-esque music playing as I attempt to break the house. :tops:

Agreed. The first time I really paid attention to it was when I visited nipton for the first time and bumped into the legion. When the vulpas guy was describing the lottery the music sounded very appropriate like I was witnessing something terrible and inhumane. It really svcked me into the whole mood and atmosphere of the situation.

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I agree the backround music is impressive. I just wish the radio music wasn't so repetitive and same-sounding.

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In that case, the background music is superior to FO3 music especially when you go to a certain camp with ncr ghouls and it plays some creepy music. Inon zur is so good.

We're talking about the non radio stuff here.

It is fantastic. Makes up for the lackluster radio if you ask me.

This track is from Fallout 2, and it did fit the mood perfectly. Whoever designed the music for F1 and F2 was a genius at establishing atmosphere.

There is one track from fallout 1 that still unnerves me every time I hear it. I'm at work right now, so I can't look up the name, but it sounds like some type of machinery clacking away in the background and every few seconds there is the sound of bells which get increasingly louder. I remember the first time I heard it in fallout 1 during a random encounter and then again at the church near the end of the game. It is incredibly menacing.

If you go into the music sub-folder in your fallout install folder you should be able to find it under the old tracks.

That was one of my complaints with fallout 3, was that the ambient music just wasn't as powerfull as the original fallouts. One of the best things they did with NV was bringing back the original tracks.

It's decent. (radio stations)
I can listen to it without feeling the need to take a chopstick and pierce my eardrum.
So it's okay.
Not great, but okay.

On the other hand, the ambient music from the old fallout games and the new stuff is incredible.

Whenever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iy4tStuK7s starts playing I stop whatever I'm doing to listen.
I love it.

The music in this game is fantastic - much better than the music in Fallout 3. And that's saying a lot, because I really liked Fallout 3's music as well. I wouldn't have thought it possible to improve so much on it.

As far as the radio goes, I'd like more tracks on the radio stations, but I'm a big fan of older country music anyway, so I really enjoy the songs that are played. What I'm really hoping for is a New Vegas version of the GNR: More Where That Came From mod that features a bunch of 50's Vegas, country western and bluegrass tunes.