Music Producer SHOCKED by Left 4 Dead Soundtrack

You've all been asking for this, now you're getting it! Here's my musical analysis and reaction of your suggested tracks from the Left 4 Dead franchise. It has definitely left me... for dead, with how great the music is! Thank you for your patience.

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Left 4 Dead is a 2008 first-person shooter game developed by Valve South and published by Valve. Set during the aftermath of a zombie outbreak on the East Coast of the United States, the game pits its four protagonists, dubbed the "Survivors", against hordes of the infected.

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[rattiesteps]

L4D has such an amazing soundtrack that you wouldn't expect from a zombie first person shooter, you really get the sense of sadness and despair of a world that is pretty much already over with 4 "carriers" just trying to survive.

[blazingblackness]

The Witch has 3 parts to her theme;

The Approach 15:41 For when you're approaching the Witch and she hasn't been startled yet.

The Attack 16:16 (2nd Part) The Witch has been startled and is now angry and wants, whoever startled her, Dead!

Burning of the Witch 17:57 (Final Part) She's now on fire, screaming in agony but still angry, and wants whoever burned her, Dead!

[lNeml]

4:56 It's very fitting for the game itself because The "Tank" is a very extreme example of how severely the Green Flu can mutate a person, so much so that the result is a Hulk Zombie resembling a mixture of a Man and a Silverback Gorilla. The doom and gloom vibe highlights how severe the infection is and the extremities of it's mutations.

The way he is revealed in the intro of the first game is a good example.

[somethingtoputonpizza]

Left 4 dead 1 music: Fear and Uncertainty

Left 4 Dead 2 music: YEAH ROCK ON!!!

[MikaTheKittyCat]

8:24
I love how he casually whips up a tank theme, that perfectly synergizes with swamp fever's campaign theme.

[LoreChaplain]

3:54
The way his eyes instantly lit up when Tank started.
Exactly what every player felt the first time a Tank showed up.

[kirillassasin]

Genre: Horror Survival
Community: *WHO IS COOKING TONIGHT*

[supergatorhator]

I'm still blown away by the Witch's theme. Everything about it just screams "danger", like they tried to evoke the feeling of walking by a bush and hearing a rattlesnake's rattle... all without ever actually using the sound of a rattle. Really impressive.

[awesomesaucerrr]

9:12 he has the aperture science shirt and thinks we wouldnt notice

[IAmFromTheYear]

9:40 The reason the track becomes "electro rock" as you described is because this particular music plays when you reach an ending safe house and statistics flash up on screen. The "digital" twist to the music is designed to engage the analytical part of your brain in order to make you pay attention to the mathematical feedback the game is giving you so you know what you did well or what you struggled with, allowing you to take this information into account as you play the next round. The same thing happens at 14:16.

[MorbidMindedManiac]

You nailed it on the monsters within saying that it “Hinted a bit of hope but it’s buried under uncertainty”

That song plays at the end of each campaign in the first game, but each campaign are all just parts of the same journey of the survivors, so you have your victory, but there’s still a long road ahead

[auzabraar]

0:22 - The main menu theme.

3:53 - Plays when the Tank (boss enemy that randomly spawns) starts chasing you.
6:40 - Plays when a Tank spawns in the final run to the rescue vehicle.

9:20 - Plays when at least one survivor makes it to the rescue vehicle and the credits (game stats) roll.
14:16 - Plays when at least one survivor makes it to the saferoom (the transition between chapters in a campaign).
In game, these soundtracks don't transition abruptly like in the video.

15:41 - Plays when the Witch (another boss enemy that randomly spawns) spawns but is currently just crying in place, minding her own business.
16:16 - Plays when she chases a survivor that startles her by getting too close, shining the flashlight on her or hurting her.
17:57 - Plays when the witch is on fire, she will chase the survivor that set her on fire regardless of who startled her.

[CraftMine]

"tank" really should be listened to ingame, the tank noises fit in so well with the song i consider it being part of it

[rodneybuckentime]

The tank theme isn't the same without the grunting/roaring of the tank, and the sound of cars being flung around.

[Xryst]

16:08 is an absolute PTSD for those who have played the game including me.. i used to play it in the internet café or computer shop back in the days.

[sussus]

I never noticed the radio in the menu theme, makes it seem like there are other survivors trying contact someone(s) else but they just aren't getting anywhere.

[McGreedle]

as a left 4 dead veteran player, i can’t wait for PART 2 man. keep up the good work❤

[haVocHWC]

Having the experience of playing Left 4 Dead helps enhabce the nostalgia for this music. Hearing the Tank's theme, knowing he is closing in, fight or flight kicking in, the screen beginning to shake as his growls gets louder, perfection. I'm always kind of blown away by people who have a musical mind so it was cool to see and hear your outside perspective.

[Washii_Musashi]

0:23 the L4D main menu reminds me of that one guy that commented on this theme capturing the story about a mother singing this to her baby in a stroller, She was at the evacuation center as one of the guards took a notice upon hearing her humming, Saying how much her humming calms her baby before making it going to sleep. but soon after realizing that the mother is infected, the guards had no other options but telling her to leave. However the mother requested the guard to give her a radio before she go, locking herself in a nearby building in order to make sure nothing happens to them. Knowing she would soon be turned into one of them, the mother uses the radio. Giving her one last time to sing for her baby. As the guard activates the radio, with the baby slowly fall asleep... The mother then was already turned after giving her last lullaby. Which can be heard after the radio was cut off near the end of the song

[Calibree]

What makes left for dead unique is that they use music to tell whats coming at you, Tank! is the best example. There are also short music ques unique for each special infected, it tells you what lurking and it describes them well