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[Toots]

I really like when i a game manage to diegetically insert real life music in its universe.
What game made you discover music you liked and listened to outside of it ?

It can be in the OST (like Tony Hawk Pro Skater) or cleverly introduced within the game (which i prefer and is what diegetically means...) like the two exemples below, which are two of the most recent in-game discoveries for me :



Devouring the Devoted by Ben Uhl in Control
You can listen to this cool indie tune through a radio you can turn on at the very beginning of the game. I love it, reminds me of Ty Segall



Echame la culpa by Dany Rojas, some dude, and a ghost whisperer
Now this gem is an exemple of a rare occurence, when the song in itself i find lame, but the way it's presented in game makes me love it. This can be due to the context, the fact they use a weird remix, or any reason which make you love the song more in the context of the game (in this case Dani's singing).

So friends,
Please tell me which song you discovered in which game, and your best diegetic experiences with music in games.

Edit : typos correction. PS : I swear i read the title four times so i don't fuck it up, should have read it five times i guess...

 

[MasterDerico]

White Zombie playing Way of the Warriors on 3DO! (On 90's...And i still love Rob Zombie)

 

[AV]

You already mentioned Tony Hawk, another obvious one is the radio stations in GTA. Vice City got 12 year old me into 80s music, San Andreas got 13 year old me into Stone Temple Pilots, Faith No More and obviously a ton of hip-hop.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

NHL games during that 07 to 10 range had great songs from bands I never heard of before. Airborne band is awesome. Bought their CD.

 

[Woffls]

Carmageddon 2: Iron Maiden
Guitar Hero 2: All That Remains, A7X

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Poets of the Fall in Alan Wake. Amazing stuff imo. They are still doing it in games like Control as well.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Low Roar via Death Stranding <3

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Poets of the Fall in Alan Wake.

Completed this yesterday.

Wanted to complete it before doing the Control DLC.

 

[Loope]

Poets of the Fall in Alan Wake

Theory of a Dead Man - Fahrenheit(Indigo Prophecy)

 

[Alan Wake]

Shooting Star in Forza Horizon 4 by Anna Yvette. Her comment is pretty amazing and a testament to what a single game can do:

"I've honestly never received so much support and kind comments on a song of mine on youtube EVER! Thank you Forza Horizon 4 for using "Shooting Star" in your game for introducing me to such an incredible community!! I am so grateful for this opportunity, thank you SO much <3 "

 

[bitbydeath]

A trailer but I enjoyed- The Bomb, when it released.

 

[Tschumi]

EDIT:

Using this post for a cooler song, from SSX 3:



SSX 3 also introduced Yellowcard to my brother (not a gamer) he loves them to this day. Also Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 on gamecube... "the things we do to the people that we love--" "sacrifice, everything you know you love"

 

[DZ_b_EZ]

I discovered a band called "Wavves" from grand theft auto V. Their third album is almost perfect.

 

[Alx]

I'm pretty sure I heard it first in the Fifa 98 intro (wasn't too much into pop music at the time tbh).

 

[Punished Miku]

Solar Fields (Mirror's Edge)
Health (Max Payne 3)
Faunts (Mass Effect 1)
B'z (Dragon's Dogma)

 

[HBx2000]

The band Royal Blood through the in-game radio station Horizon XS from Forza Horizon 2.
After their second album I even went to a concert of them.
Same can be said for Avenged Sevenfold, a few of their songs are in Call of Duty Zombies.

But, truth to be told, I discoverd Royal Blood first in the launch trailer for Enemy Front.

 

[Larxia]

It's weird to think I discovered them in that, because I didn't like the game and didn't play it for long, so it's really not an import game to me, but APB Reloaded introduced me to Metric, with this song, and it's now my favorite band.


So, I'm thankful for this game for this reason alone

 

[Banjo64]

Vice City and San Andreas: the thread.

 

[amigastar]

GTA 3, on K-Jah back in 2001
the dub artist Scientist which i still listen till today.

 

[JLB]

Fifa has some of the best music in any videogame. Discovered lots of artists, but the first that comes to my mind is Bomba Stereo.

 

[TLZ]

Usually it's FIFA with the nice music, but PES for once introduced me to something nice:

 

[Son_of_Zardoz]

GTA V - FlyLow FM introduced me to some music I'd never heard but the biggest one was Knower because that led me to Louis Cole's solo work.

This is on FlyLow, I liked it enough to look into them more (and this is certainly not their best song)




Which led me to Louis Cole's stuff which I absolutely love:




I mean on Spotify wrapped I am in the top .1% of Louis Cole listeners for 2021, lol.

 

[fart town usa]

Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding, awesome licensed soundtrack if you're into indie bands. Easily the best (realistic) snowboarding game ever made too, it's basically Skate. Amped 2 has more content but the easy mechanics and sheer playability make the first game my favorite.



Awesome Midwest Emo w/ 3 guitarists, lol.



Super chill beats, Amped had whole albums from certain artists on it.



Whippersnapper makes me think of what Blink 182 could have sounded like if they kept Scott on drums instead of Travis.


Street Sk8er in Middle School introduced my buddies and I to H2O

 

[Toots]

GTA 3, on K-Jah back in 2001
the dub artist Scientist which i still listen till today.

KJAH!!!
You are a no good you are a no good oh oh
For the things that you do, in front of me
REWIND!

(K-Jah and MSX FM defined my musical taste for years when i was a teenager)

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

Gears of War trailer introduced me to Mad World

 

[AJUMP23]

You know the game was going to be good when you heard this. Rocket League has had a string a of great music constantly added.

 

[DigitalScrap]

The first time I can remember being introduced to a band through a videogame was Pennywise thanks to SEGA's Top Skater.

 

[jshackles]

Old weeb reply incoming:

Faye Wong thanks to Final Fantasy VIII



Went and listened to her entire catalog, a lot of really great music that's extremely important to me even 25 years later. This was one of only a few of her English songs, and honestly it's probably one of her worst tracks.

 

[TheMan]

OP, interesting you mentioned FC6. For me it was the Bella Ciao song that really caught my interest

 

[MiguelItUp]

- Health via Max Payne 3 (I vaguely knew about them then, but never really gave them a chance, fell in love)

- Low Roar via Death Stranding (while I love the material from around this era more so than their later stuff, it was still cool to come across them. Even got to catch them live!)

 

[winjer]

From the game "Control"

 

[Kuranghi]

Probably the scored early Need for Speed games up to Porsche Unleashed - Hot Pursuit 2's music isn't really for me - formed my liking of certain genres going forward, Burnout and also GTA from 2 onwards too. NFS Underground is one of the earliest games I remember liking particular tracks from.

I was 11/12 when I played GTA 1 so wasn't really into music in that way yet.

 

[Fbh]

Basically everyone in Vrock in Gta San Andreas (except maybe Iron Maiden which I already knew)

From the game "Control"

For me it was with Alan Wake:


Weirdly though I like their songs for Remedy (as Old Gods of Asgard) more than their actual albums (as Poets of the Fall)

 

[Captain Toad]

I probably already knew them, but I remember being much more interested in Soundgarden after Road Rash on 3DO.

 

[hlm666]

White Zombie playing Way of the Warriors on 3DO! (On 90's...And i still love Rob Zombie)

Was gonna be my pick, your obviously a person of culture

I'm going to also say sound garden with road rash on 3do.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Low Roar from Death Stranding:













ÆMNE22A!C he's a hidden gem, most of Kojima's picks from Low Roar are wonderful and when they kick in during gameplay it's simply glorious!

 

[Pejo]

Recently, a band that was created just for the new Guardians of the Galaxy game. A few highlights:





It's way better than it has any right to be, and actually got me to purchase the game after a listen to the full OST.

 

[Beechos]

I forget the name of the band and song but it was during the opening cinematic of borderlands 2. Made me google and purchase the song.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Low Roar from Death Stranding:













ÆMNE22A!C he's a hidden gem, most of Kojima's picks from Low Roar are wonderful and when they kick in during gameplay it's simply glorious!

Great picks! And yes, they're well implemented indeed, after hearing a couple songs I looked him up on spotify and listened to his stuff for a couple months nonstop. His/their music really resonates well with me! I noticed there are some new songs so I'll have to give it a listen surely =)

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Great picks! And yes, they're well implemented indeed, after hearing a couple songs I looked him up on spotify and listened to his stuff for a couple months nonstop. His/their music really resonates well with me! I noticed there are some new songs so I'll have to give it a listen surely =)

Any of them have LDAC? Because Sony released a new 10.1" screen with LDAC for cars that's at $1200, and if I won't listen to LDAC-quality music here and there I won't bother with such pricetag and buy the lesser models. Actually I don't know where you can find LDAC-supported music as I simply use peasant-level music, youtube.

 

[IDKFA]

I discovered The Chain Gang of 1974, while playing FIFA 12. Specifically, this song. Even now it reminds me of FIFA 12 transfer windows.

 

[VulcanRaven]

I discovered Garbage when their song Not Your Kind of People was in Metal Gear Solid V trailer:


I had heard few of their songs before but didn't know the band.

 

[Ironbunny]

Dont really remember any other song then Alela Dianes Take us back from Walking Dead that has stuck with me. Might have shed a tear or two.

 

[intbal]

Not gonna say I became a big fan of the band (even though they have a few great songs), but I really liked "Take it All" from Trust Company that was featured in Breakdown.

 

[recursive]

GTA5 introduced me to this.

 

[The_Mike]

Smite. Was awesome when you killed someone or ported back to base.

But it's so fucking dark when you actually watch the muaic video and hears the full song.

 

[Shut0wen]

For me it was Albert Hammond Jr in forza horizon 3, really wish playground games would bring back vagrant records radio station

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Any of them have LDAC? Because Sony released a new 10.1" screen with LDAC for cars that's at $1200, and if I won't listen to LDAC-quality music here and there I won't bother with such pricetag and buy the lesser models. Actually I don't know where you can find LDAC-supported music as I simply use peasant-level music, youtube.

No idee. First time hearing about this LDAC haha.. And I'm using a cheap sony headphone so no worries from my end lol.

 

[Soodanim]

Is it cheating to say GTA? 3/VC/SA influenced a big chunk of my music taste.

GTA3
The main one is Royce Da 5'9. Didn't know who he worked with or anything like that, I just knew that he was good. Bought an album I listen to off the back of Game Radio.
MSX FM was a partial one because I already liked Drum n Bass, but it got me onto the Moving Shadow label and Omni Trio.



Vice City
The '80s. The whole decade, and of course the older tracks thrown in like And The Beat Goes On from '79, which is an all time classic. Every station got a listen.

San Andreas
I didn't appreciate it as much as the others at first, but when you catch me singing A Horse With No Name it's because of the more subtle influence of SA.

 

[Farawayfromhell]

Cage the Elephant if I remember well in Borderlands. (the final song theme)
A mess of international artists I have tracked down through all the soundtracks of the various GTAs over the years.
Recently Lil Nas X on Forza Horizon 5... I didn't think I could honestly like it ..