Running a cyberpunk-themed game over the holidays. I'm looking for suggestions on cyberpunk-themed music for any of the below categories.
1) Ambient - the party's not doing anything 2) Infiltration - corporation or secret facility 3) Combat - shit's hit the fan 4) Matrix/Net/Hacking
I've pulled quite a few tracks from the Shadowrun Returns OST and some other games such as System Shock 2, XCOM and Deus Ex, but any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Check out the Dredd (2012) soundtrack. I've used it a few times in various sci-if games. You'll also be well served on a YouTube dive into retro/synthwave stuff, all of which can be pretty cool for a more Gibson-esq setting. Have a look at Peterbator, or MOON. Both of those artists have lent a few tracks to my playlists.
Grayson Baker
Here's a playlist of mostly classic Detroit techno I quickly put together last time I saw someone ask. I feel synthwave is to cyberpunk what McDonald's Olympics menu is to world cuisine.
Matthew Phillips
The Neotokyo OST is two hours of god-tier cyberpunk music that will be great for combat scenes, with a few tracks better served in ambient ones.
>Frank Klepacki, both solo stuff and C&C/Red Alert soundtracks >music from the Ghost in the Shell movies >instrumental version of various Progidy songs >stuff like Asphyxia, Psyborg Corp, Technicult of Flesh etc for clubs
If you have Audacity installed you could cut and paste some Welle Erdball or Zentrix tracks for some more cyber-y club music
Jonathan Cruz
I tend to use early Machinae Supremacy songs, mostly the Jets N' Guns soundtrack but a lot of their early stuff without vocals work pretty well too.