I don't know about you, but whenever I hear distant, old music playing on the radio, I find myself wanting to take cover from an incoming Big Daddy. In fact, an incident from a couple of nights ago is a great example of how BioShock's musical score and sound has scarred me for life.
I shut down my Xbox 360 after an extended session of BioShock went into the wee morning hours. After the sound of my rig and Xbox 360 died down, I could hear a faint, scratchy song in the distance, and it scared greatly. At the very moment that my mind had identified the music as the score from a black-and-white film playing on a television in another room, I heard/felt a thunderous room-shaking rumble right outside my front door. Genuine fear hit me in the center of my gut, and I really thought that Big Daddy had arrived to take me on in my living room. It turns out that it was a massive truck passing by my house, but it was enough to send me to bed with the covers over my head.
After all of that, I don't know why you'd want to compile a list of the ambient music that plays in BioShock, but Major Nelson has put one together for us. He has put up a great chart with some clickable Amazon links for your freaky playlist making convienece. Hit the jump to see it.
Wow. Even out of the game's context, The Ink Spots' "If I Didn't Care" still manages to be spooky.
[thanks, JV]
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
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