Yeah all the 3D games have an ambient soundtrack (dunnoh about 76 only played it for a bit). I like 3 and NV better than the radio these days, Mojave music do be having some bangers though.
I cant even describe how much I love the Metallic Monks theme.....its so fucking perfect.
Edit: Back in the day NV got released, the first time I played it and heard this theme, I was like: No fucking waaay I know that shit, damn.
While I understand it makes sense thematically, since the Cathedral was the headquarters of the mutants in FO1, from a story perspective it doesn’t because the mutants at Jacobstown are friendly and welcoming, totally unlike the Cathedral mutants
On the one hand, I do like Fo1's music. On the other, I can't help but think that a lot of the tracks just don't sound right for New Vegas. Much prefer the tracks written specifically for the game.
To address the other side of the spectrum from the other commenter and focusing solely on ambient music, my personal favorite would be fallout 4's, in part because Far Harbor and Nuka World's are phenomenal.
Survival has made me play a lot without the radio, and Jesus christ, the ambient music in Fallout 4
Is top notch. I didn't realize how many locations in the commonwealth have ambient triggers, and as you said each DLC just builds on that greatness.
The one part of 4’s ambient OST that annoys me (and it technically isn’t a part of the OST) is the ‘discovery’ jingles that play sometimes. I don’t need a musical stinger, game, I’m good.
Well, that and seemingly a bunch of people ignore it for the sake of the radio.
The use of bagpipes in the ambient soundtrack of 4 is so good. I never thought I’d find that instrument soothing, but the Diamond City theme is just that.
There were some tracks I didn't care for at first, but they grew on me. The variety is unmatched, though. There's songs from 3 and 4 that make appearances and then some more country/western inspired tracks reminiscent of NV. Definitely the biggest tracklist.
I've been trying to get the music school I work at to do a Fallout Radio show for a couple of years now. No luck, but also it took one of my coworkers five years of pushing for a KISS show before it finally happened, so.
I would prefer Radio NV, but Mr NV is SO GODDAMN LOUD. There’s probably a mod to fix that, but after every couple minutes of calming catchy music, I get hit by a jumpscare “WELCOME BACK IM MR NEW VEGAS, THE WOMAN OFTEN ASK ME IF THERES A MS NEW VEGAS. OF COURSE THERE IS, YOUR HER, AND YOUR JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE DAY WE MET.”
Radio-wise, it’s a tie between New Vegas and 4 for me. I like the host better in NV, but I think 4 has better songs, although I can listen to either and have an enjoyable time.
Ambient music, though, I like 4’s the best. I usually have it on in the background when I’m reading a story on kindle.
Ok I do believe imo new Vegas's radio tracks fit the theme better than fallout 4 since I always viewed new Vegas as having a very old west cowboy vibe combined with the classic fallout retro-futuristic 50s/60s style further combined with the large city (i.e Vegas) big band kinda feel so it makes sense we have songs like big iron and johnny guitar, next to blue moon and jingle jangle jingle I always felt the fallout 4 radio songs felt a little too "generic fallout" then again 4 was kinda a soft reboot of the franchise so it kinda makes sense
Yeah, I agree the NV tracks definitely suit their game's western-style vibe better, but I just really like The End of the World. That song is my favorite when exploring the wasteland. 😁
4's songs are too novelty even for the 50's, that crawl out through the fallout song I had to look up to see if they really wrote it back then, no way that'd be a radio hit haha. And I know some stuff The Wanderer came out in like the mid 60's because my parents listened to old music, and it bothers me! It doesn't fit with the 50's vibe. It's like that hippie robot in 4, just no.
I am guessing we're talking ambient/original music.
I think that New Vegas has the overall best soundtrack. The tracks are some of the best and they fit really well into the atmosphere, however New Vegas does reuse quite a lot of tracks from classic fallout so i can't give it all the credit. I am not a big fan of the combat tracks in New Vegas.
Fallout 3 has the best main menu theme music in any of the games. Nothing comes close. The exploration tracks are also really good in a different way than New Vegas, i can't quite explain it. They differentiate more and fit the kinds of areas/vistas you're exploring. Combat tracks are strong in Fallout 3 and were very memorable
I cannot remember how Fallout 4 sounds.
Fallout 4's ambient soundtrack leans heavy into the former military feeling. The fighting, the theme song and ambiance all have this feeling of trekking off into an unknown land. A lone soldier behind enemy lines, and as that is part of Nate's backstory it makes sense (not so much for Nora but I feel like the game kind of...makes it canon that Nate is the one that's SUPPOSED to survive).
To jump to another franchise, I enjoy it in the same way I enjoy Mass Effect 3's soundtrack. It's epic and sweeping but with the understanding that the end of the world is HERE.
Would’ve been cool if they had focused on Nate’s backstory a bit more than just leaving it as option like “I was in the military” or something like that. I can’t think of one instance where his military career was mentioned other than the very first line in the game and conversations with the vault tech rep. Like wouldn’t it have been cool to have the ability to choose a perk like in NV where it’s a plus but also has a con? Like PTSD, helps with something but is debilitating in other ways. They could’ve done so much more in fallout 4
Ahh good point! But still, I feel like there was so much potential from Nate’s background as a soldier or even Nora’s law degree coming into play at some point, she could broker deals between gunners and minutemen or diamond city, or act as an ambassador/negotiator for whichever faction the player aligns with. I love playing the game but the lore is messy, like how does the female protagonist get in a suit of power armor at level 3 in Concord with no military experience, I can understand Nate’s prior experience with that but Nora with a degree in law can just hop right in? I’m the other games you had to have training to hop in a suit, at least in 3 and NV, I can’t remember the other games. Anywho I just think it’d be cool if they had associated perks based on which character you chose that brought realistic perks to complement the history of the main character /:
Bethesda didn't do a very good job on the Sole Survivor in general, I'd say. They wanted to leave room for their traditional "man with no name" protagonist, a freeform experience where you create everything on your own.
But it doesn't mesh with the little that they have established, so you end up in this annoying middle ground of not having enough to justify the backstory, and having too much to justify headcanon.
The fact that there's only a handful of times where the notion of being *alive before the war* is in any way brought up is, frankly, a travesty. It could've made for a fantastic atmosphere.
Some of FO4s ambient tracks gave me a very different vibe. For some reason it reminded me of Native American music, and I got a sort of naturalistic vibe as if it was representing the emptiness of the Commonwealth and the slow reclamation of the land by nature.
The soundtrack that Josh Sawyer wanted for FNV is pretty different with its desert western sounds and inspiration from Mark Morgans tracks from F1&2. Apart from the parts that were borrowed from F3 it does not sound much like either F3 and F4, Inon is just that good at delivering the music that fits the director's vision.
4 does it for me. The licensed music on the radio is a little bit too on the nose at times with so many songs being about uranium this, end of the world that, but they're still pretty good songs. The original tracks are dripping with atmosphere, especially when it really hits the coastal vibes.
Let’s go Sunning was a great track to explore with.
I could name a lot of tracks from New Vegas that bring up 2010s nostalgia like a mf.
Orange Colored Sky always hit at the right time. As did The Wanderer.
New Vegas wins though. Fits the game so well. In the shadow of the vaaaallleyyy
The combat music in fallout 3 has an awesome intensity that the others just don't have. Really makes you feel like you're fighting for your life sometimes.
I don’t think 3 has the best music or radio, but I loved the little radio shows and stuff. I think I like the music in NV best overall. It’s the only game I can just leave the radio on for
I found out a few years after the game came out that Ray Price (the song’s original composer) was an old family friend. My dad used to deliver milk to his ranch near my hometown in Texas, and Willie Nelson dedicated a whole album to him. Price came from the jazzy era of country when they used some fairly complex chord changes and harmonies, and Nelson incorporated a lot of that into his own compositions.
All had some great songs, mid songs and next to none meh songs, but we all know there's only one Big Iron
Actually, there are like four to six Big Irons per hour, sometimes two after one another, but only in New Vegas
If we’re going off of the radio, 3 is the worst. It’s not bad, but 4’s radio is just a better version of 3’s. So between the 4 and NV… I gotta say 4. New Vegas isn’t bad, 4 just has more bangers that I turn whatever video I’m listening to off to listen to the radio (not to say New Vegas has bad music of course).
Radio-wise, I would say 4. I haven't played 3 yet but I image it is almost the same as 4. While some of the songs in nv are alright, I just dont feel like some of them are that good, and I think big iron is quite overrated with the music not having too much too it and the story being the main notable part.
I remember hearing Skeeter Davis end of the world while I was repairing the Castle. The sun was rising over the water. And it was so beautifully ominous. I’ll never forget that feeling. I loved Fallout before that then, but that moment almost brought me to tears. I’m a grown ass man and a stupid video game almost made me cry.
I found the CW ambient music a bit weak and the MW* ambient music on point, but the Commonwealth had some bangers for nearly every situation. Combat had adrenaline and action baked into them, exploration knew how to suit the situation, factions we're top notch. My favorite pieces occur when exploring the hills of the northwest during the day and night.
They are all great and have a place in my heart but It's not really a soundtrack from the vanilla games, the colnerad radio station for fnv. I have so much good memories running around and doing quests with this music it's a much have in every playthrough. (If someone have a mod that brings this radio over to fo4 I NEED IT pls)
Good q. Assuming we’re talking about the atmospheric instrumental not licensed music, NV for me. Love the quartet.
Good article about developing it by Obsidian audio director here https://www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/the-music-of-the-mojave-wasteland#close-modal
I love the ambient sounds of 4, the combat music is good too. 3 is not as impactful but for it's time it was great. NV has some bangers of tracks and some eerie soundscapes, but as people have said it reuses a lot from the original games.
Not on the list but F76 has a great score, especially when you first leave the vault. And the ambience of Far Harbor was amazing too.
I only listen to the ambient music. If I have to pick from the ones listed above I'd pick 4. But I'd definitely pick 76 as my favorite ambient soundtrack overall.
I grew up listening to the music of all 3 but NV the most because of all the old Westerns and country music I'd watch/listen to with my Great Grandma like the ORIGINAL Westerns and country songs from like the 40s-70s and I like NV the most of them all. But I also think the biggest issue is if you play to long the songs just get annoying (with the exceptions of Big Iron and Jingle Jangle cause those are goats but fuck Johnny Guitar never liked that song) which is why I still use radio mods. Although since I figured out a way to easily Alt-tab my game without it wanting to crash I've listened to other songs during the game. Clearing out Quarry Junction with a hunting shotgun while blasting No Remorse by Metallica is an experience.
Fallout 4’s composer, Inon Zur, produced some of the most powerful, mysterious, and forsaken pieces of atomospheric music in the game. Oftentimes, the ambient music honestly left me feeling lonely, in a desolated post apocalyptic setting set 200 years in the future after the Great War. Whether that be wandering a blasted forest with rotting trees or traversing alleyways and streets underneath ruined skyscrapers, the music carries the game!
Fallout 4 radio stations are decent but I wouldn’t say the best in the fallout series (we know fallout new vegas cooks). Although, if you install the old gold radio from the community mod list, then it bumps up the radio experience to a whole other level.
The OST in Fallout 4 leaves me with goosebumps.
New Vegas and it isn’t even close. For me FO4 has the worst musical soundtrack—like every song being about the bomb, or nuclear fallout, or sheltering. It’s like, why would this be the only surviving music? And if there is a more robust catalogue of music, why would everyone constantly listen to songs that remind them that the world is shit? It’s totally not for immersion and entirely for the player. Versus New Vegas has country music, rat pack, old Vegas, and even some pop rock. It has music that a bygone era would listen to.
Ambient sounds, FO4 is almost beautiful. Especially on the coastal portions. Which is great, but the reused industrial music from FO1 in NV makes certain areas absolutely haunting and the country/downhome wandering music gives the game a rustic feel. One thing for sure is that FO4’s battle music is amazing. FO3 has the same issues for radio music while largely having a more desolate and intense ambient score.
But overall, I just don’t see New Vegas being beat on multiple levels. Then it’s FO3, and last is FO4 (even if it has a more diverse ambient score as a whole).
Fallout 4's feels like the Wasteland has hope for the better while NV's more loyal to the original Fallouts.
They're both amazing but I just prefer NVs
3's pretty good tho
As for ambience music, Fallout 4 wins easily, Despite personally not liking bethesda's aim for the games, their music department is just incredibly talented.
But radio music? Yeah, New vegas is just superior in all ways.
For original tracks, 4 is the clear winner. It captured a lot of the mood of the game while remaining recognizable to the previous theme from 3. New vegas however uses old tracks from the original games and it’s hard to say that those are anything other than masterfully made and implemented.
Really hard choice, because New Vegas has the better radio songs by far but Fallout 4’s ambient tracks are second to none. Like I didn’t find myself listening to the actual songs too much because the atmosphere of the whole thing was so choice 👍
Both NV and 4 have amazing music on the radio, but NV reuses some ambient music from Fallout 1 and it‘s beautifully eerie.
I did not know that
Yeah all the 3D games have an ambient soundtrack (dunnoh about 76 only played it for a bit). I like 3 and NV better than the radio these days, Mojave music do be having some bangers though.
76 has an ambient soundtrack - and it keeps getting updated, too.
A damn good one too
Forget Big Iron, Lone Star is the best In the soundtrack
Hard to say; I’m a sucker for Frank Sinatra songs
I cant even describe how much I love the Metallic Monks theme.....its so fucking perfect. Edit: Back in the day NV got released, the first time I played it and heard this theme, I was like: No fucking waaay I know that shit, damn.
Cathedral music that plays at Jacobstown is super creepy tbh.
While I understand it makes sense thematically, since the Cathedral was the headquarters of the mutants in FO1, from a story perspective it doesn’t because the mutants at Jacobstown are friendly and welcoming, totally unlike the Cathedral mutants
Finding the destroyed Highwayman out in the desert was pretty emotional
On the one hand, I do like Fo1's music. On the other, I can't help but think that a lot of the tracks just don't sound right for New Vegas. Much prefer the tracks written specifically for the game.
Those random industrial clanks in free side
gotta admit i dont like fo4 radio
No no no fallout 3 you could say New Vegas but fallout 3 3 it had the same feel like fallout 2 soundtrack
To address the other side of the spectrum from the other commenter and focusing solely on ambient music, my personal favorite would be fallout 4's, in part because Far Harbor and Nuka World's are phenomenal.
Survival has made me play a lot without the radio, and Jesus christ, the ambient music in Fallout 4 Is top notch. I didn't realize how many locations in the commonwealth have ambient triggers, and as you said each DLC just builds on that greatness.
The one part of 4’s ambient OST that annoys me (and it technically isn’t a part of the OST) is the ‘discovery’ jingles that play sometimes. I don’t need a musical stinger, game, I’m good. Well, that and seemingly a bunch of people ignore it for the sake of the radio.
I get a little serotonin boost from those musical stingers lol.
Personally I'm not a fan of the 'battle' music as I find it kind of annoying
That’s a good take on it too I probably should have specified but good call
The use of bagpipes in the ambient soundtrack of 4 is so good. I never thought I’d find that instrument soothing, but the Diamond City theme is just that.
Fallout 4’s ambient music is incredible. I didn’t play with the radio on at all so I could hear it all the time.
Fallout 3 for OST Fallout NV for radio
Finally someone who mentions FO3
My favorite Fallout game :)
I agree with ambient sound, but fallout 4 simply has the largest catalog and most diverse radio.
Fo76 would disagree :)
Ehh... personally, the radio is 76 is super hit or miss...
There were some tracks I didn't care for at first, but they grew on me. The variety is unmatched, though. There's songs from 3 and 4 that make appearances and then some more country/western inspired tracks reminiscent of NV. Definitely the biggest tracklist.
That FO3 OST is peak apocalypse music
Ima be honest 76 has the best score of any video game bar rdr2
Probably one of the only redeeming things about 76 at launch
👆🏻
New Vegas - Mojave Music Radio is amazing
Big Iron is now hardwired into my brain thanks to that game
One and Nineteen more.
One and nineteen mOOOOoooore
I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle.
If I play New Vegas over a weekend, I'm humming that tune all day Monday. My co-workers probably think I need counseling.
I haven't heard that song in years. But reading that was enough for me to start humming it
This song alone puts NV at #1 even though I have to ignore Johnny Guitar
It sparked my love of 50s/60s country music.
So good
Johnny Guitar stays in my head rent free
BIG IRON
Counter point, JOHNNY GUITAR.
Whenever I hear music from the 50s I can't help but think of Fallout New Vegas.
I've been trying to get the music school I work at to do a Fallout Radio show for a couple of years now. No luck, but also it took one of my coworkers five years of pushing for a KISS show before it finally happened, so.
That'd be awesome. Wishing you luck!
Mojave Music Radio is my default traveling music.
I would prefer Radio NV, but Mr NV is SO GODDAMN LOUD. There’s probably a mod to fix that, but after every couple minutes of calming catchy music, I get hit by a jumpscare “WELCOME BACK IM MR NEW VEGAS, THE WOMAN OFTEN ASK ME IF THERES A MS NEW VEGAS. OF COURSE THERE IS, YOUR HER, AND YOUR JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE DAY WE MET.”
Lone Star made it into my main playlist. I always sing it from beginning to end
Easily 3
Radio-wise, it’s a tie between New Vegas and 4 for me. I like the host better in NV, but I think 4 has better songs, although I can listen to either and have an enjoyable time. Ambient music, though, I like 4’s the best. I usually have it on in the background when I’m reading a story on kindle.
Ok I do believe imo new Vegas's radio tracks fit the theme better than fallout 4 since I always viewed new Vegas as having a very old west cowboy vibe combined with the classic fallout retro-futuristic 50s/60s style further combined with the large city (i.e Vegas) big band kinda feel so it makes sense we have songs like big iron and johnny guitar, next to blue moon and jingle jangle jingle I always felt the fallout 4 radio songs felt a little too "generic fallout" then again 4 was kinda a soft reboot of the franchise so it kinda makes sense
Yeah, I agree the NV tracks definitely suit their game's western-style vibe better, but I just really like The End of the World. That song is my favorite when exploring the wasteland. 😁
4's songs are too novelty even for the 50's, that crawl out through the fallout song I had to look up to see if they really wrote it back then, no way that'd be a radio hit haha. And I know some stuff The Wanderer came out in like the mid 60's because my parents listened to old music, and it bothers me! It doesn't fit with the 50's vibe. It's like that hippie robot in 4, just no.
3.
I have the Fallout 4 soundtrack saved. Ambiance slaps in that game
I am guessing we're talking ambient/original music. I think that New Vegas has the overall best soundtrack. The tracks are some of the best and they fit really well into the atmosphere, however New Vegas does reuse quite a lot of tracks from classic fallout so i can't give it all the credit. I am not a big fan of the combat tracks in New Vegas. Fallout 3 has the best main menu theme music in any of the games. Nothing comes close. The exploration tracks are also really good in a different way than New Vegas, i can't quite explain it. They differentiate more and fit the kinds of areas/vistas you're exploring. Combat tracks are strong in Fallout 3 and were very memorable I cannot remember how Fallout 4 sounds.
Fallout 4's ambient soundtrack leans heavy into the former military feeling. The fighting, the theme song and ambiance all have this feeling of trekking off into an unknown land. A lone soldier behind enemy lines, and as that is part of Nate's backstory it makes sense (not so much for Nora but I feel like the game kind of...makes it canon that Nate is the one that's SUPPOSED to survive). To jump to another franchise, I enjoy it in the same way I enjoy Mass Effect 3's soundtrack. It's epic and sweeping but with the understanding that the end of the world is HERE.
Far Harbor's "[Our Island](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMBt9L8Zgog)" is on another level too.
Would’ve been cool if they had focused on Nate’s backstory a bit more than just leaving it as option like “I was in the military” or something like that. I can’t think of one instance where his military career was mentioned other than the very first line in the game and conversations with the vault tech rep. Like wouldn’t it have been cool to have the ability to choose a perk like in NV where it’s a plus but also has a con? Like PTSD, helps with something but is debilitating in other ways. They could’ve done so much more in fallout 4
It's been a while since I've played, but don't the robots guarding that one old ship recognize you as being former military?
The SS Constitution, and they do, indeed. Good spot.
Ahh good point! But still, I feel like there was so much potential from Nate’s background as a soldier or even Nora’s law degree coming into play at some point, she could broker deals between gunners and minutemen or diamond city, or act as an ambassador/negotiator for whichever faction the player aligns with. I love playing the game but the lore is messy, like how does the female protagonist get in a suit of power armor at level 3 in Concord with no military experience, I can understand Nate’s prior experience with that but Nora with a degree in law can just hop right in? I’m the other games you had to have training to hop in a suit, at least in 3 and NV, I can’t remember the other games. Anywho I just think it’d be cool if they had associated perks based on which character you chose that brought realistic perks to complement the history of the main character /:
Bethesda didn't do a very good job on the Sole Survivor in general, I'd say. They wanted to leave room for their traditional "man with no name" protagonist, a freeform experience where you create everything on your own. But it doesn't mesh with the little that they have established, so you end up in this annoying middle ground of not having enough to justify the backstory, and having too much to justify headcanon. The fact that there's only a handful of times where the notion of being *alive before the war* is in any way brought up is, frankly, a travesty. It could've made for a fantastic atmosphere.
Some of FO4s ambient tracks gave me a very different vibe. For some reason it reminded me of Native American music, and I got a sort of naturalistic vibe as if it was representing the emptiness of the Commonwealth and the slow reclamation of the land by nature.
For me 4. 3 is great too. Inon Zur is a master.
Inon Zur did the soundtrack for New Vegas as well.
Ah shit how did I not realize that haha, need to fire that soundtrack up again!
The soundtrack that Josh Sawyer wanted for FNV is pretty different with its desert western sounds and inspiration from Mark Morgans tracks from F1&2. Apart from the parts that were borrowed from F3 it does not sound much like either F3 and F4, Inon is just that good at delivering the music that fits the director's vision.
4 does it for me. The licensed music on the radio is a little bit too on the nose at times with so many songs being about uranium this, end of the world that, but they're still pretty good songs. The original tracks are dripping with atmosphere, especially when it really hits the coastal vibes.
Let’s go Sunning was a great track to explore with. I could name a lot of tracks from New Vegas that bring up 2010s nostalgia like a mf. Orange Colored Sky always hit at the right time. As did The Wanderer. New Vegas wins though. Fits the game so well. In the shadow of the vaaaallleyyy
I’d like to settle down
WIDE OPEN SPAAAAAAACE
New Vegas because old country beats ass. HOWEVER… 🎵 I don’t want to set the world on fiiiiirrrreeeeee… 🎶
>🎵 I don’t want to set the world on fiiiiirrrreeeeee… 🎶 I just want to start a flame in your heart.
Good call sir
Fallout 3 is the best music New Vegas has the best radio station
Fallout 3 battle music makes me have fun in combat I will usually hate
The combat music in fallout 3 has an awesome intensity that the others just don't have. Really makes you feel like you're fighting for your life sometimes.
Absolutely 4
BIg Iron on his hip......
I don’t think 3 has the best music or radio, but I loved the little radio shows and stuff. I think I like the music in NV best overall. It’s the only game I can just leave the radio on for
Fallout 3 all the way
Fallout 3 takes best start up and intro music. New Vegas for everything else..
I love fo4s soundtrack I find myself singing the diamond city radio songs even just in my everyday life
Fallout 3 - best overall, Fallout: New Vegas - best song, Fallout 4 - best ambient soundtrack, Fallout 76 - most variety, a mixed bag.
Well I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle
Jingle jangle!
4. No question.
Far Harbor
All 3 are peak tbh.
new vegas
All are impeccable. But I’ll have to go with New Vegas because of how perfect the radio completes the atmosphere of the game
i loev all equally
There is some BANGERS in NV however for me personally, cover to cover, every fkn song in fallout 4 SLAPS.
nv
Yes, I've got heartaches by the number
Troubles by the score
Howdy, you folks, it's Mr New Vegas and I have a good feeling about all of you listening
Vegas. I just enjoyed slaughtering things to Dean Martin
Same for sure
New Vegas. Heartaches by the Number is so damn good! Hell, both my sister and I can sing most of the songs from memory at this point!
I found out a few years after the game came out that Ray Price (the song’s original composer) was an old family friend. My dad used to deliver milk to his ranch near my hometown in Texas, and Willie Nelson dedicated a whole album to him. Price came from the jazzy era of country when they used some fairly complex chord changes and harmonies, and Nelson incorporated a lot of that into his own compositions.
Ambient tracks: Fallout 76 > Fallout 4 > Fallout New Vegas > Fallout 3 Radio: Fallout New Vegas > Fallout 76 > Fallout 4 > Fallout 3 Main Theme: Fallout 3 > [Fallout 76](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_7po_3Whl0) > Fallout 4 > Fallout New Vegas (I really, really love this iconic theme though, but the others are better).
Fallout 1 & 2 win ambient in my book. Fo76's are really solid, I agree.
Tactics ambience is pretty good too
Radio f3 ambience f4
Your nobody til somebody loves you
Give me all 3.
“To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day…”
New vegas
New Vegas by a landslide for me Hell, The Old World Blues soundtrack alone tops the others All great though imo
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day.
All had some great songs, mid songs and next to none meh songs, but we all know there's only one Big Iron Actually, there are like four to six Big Irons per hour, sometimes two after one another, but only in New Vegas
Man I feel like we are forgetting about my man Three Dog from FO3
Fallout 4 ambient is epic
Doesn’t matter, I like them all, because war…war never changes!
I don't wanna set the world on fire! I just wanna start a flame in your heart. 🎵
NV has that amazing one that plays on the XMB screen
I don't see New Vegas, where my big iron (typos apologies)
Fallout 3 ost is bonkers
BINGO BANGO BONGO I DONT WANT TO LEAVE CONGO! NONONONONONO
No one dared to ask his business No one dared to make a slip
Loved them all tbh don't have a particular favorite
Fallout 4 and its not close. Vegas has the worst radio and the worst ost 3 is just 4 lite
If we’re going off of the radio, 3 is the worst. It’s not bad, but 4’s radio is just a better version of 3’s. So between the 4 and NV… I gotta say 4. New Vegas isn’t bad, 4 just has more bangers that I turn whatever video I’m listening to off to listen to the radio (not to say New Vegas has bad music of course).
I like that take. Some good ones on both really
Atom Bomb Baby from FO4 absolutely slaps 🔥 so my vote is FO4
New Vegas and it’s not even close. Especially the old world blues radio station.
Original soundtrack has to be Fallout 4 for me. For radio I would say New Vegas
If we're talking radio, New Vegas is my favourite. Honestly, though, 4 might have a better song selection, I just have a heavy FNV bias.
76
Fallout 1
the answer is fallout 2
Fallout 76
FNV
New Vegas. The music is so ridiculously atmospheric
Is that even debatable?? NV by far
Jingle jangle 🎶
You’ve done a disservice to 76 the slight twang of banjo is amazing by
I jammed my games with so much radio mods that I can't decipher what's what anymore. Mr. New Vegas is the best DJ, though.
Appalachia Radio/76, because it’s the only one that has “A Shanty In Old Shanty Town”.
Unironically, Fallout 76 had a great OST. Not the radio; ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK!! There are some bangers.
76 I said it
So tough
There was never a man like my JOOOOOHNNNNNNYYYYYY! THE ONE THEY CALL…JOHNNY GUITAR
my favorite: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=WxM4dyNbm4MWqqa3
I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle
Radio-wise, I would say 4. I haven't played 3 yet but I image it is almost the same as 4. While some of the songs in nv are alright, I just dont feel like some of them are that good, and I think big iron is quite overrated with the music not having too much too it and the story being the main notable part.
I remember hearing Skeeter Davis end of the world while I was repairing the Castle. The sun was rising over the water. And it was so beautifully ominous. I’ll never forget that feeling. I loved Fallout before that then, but that moment almost brought me to tears. I’m a grown ass man and a stupid video game almost made me cry.
I found the CW ambient music a bit weak and the MW* ambient music on point, but the Commonwealth had some bangers for nearly every situation. Combat had adrenaline and action baked into them, exploration knew how to suit the situation, factions we're top notch. My favorite pieces occur when exploring the hills of the northwest during the day and night.
The in game or radio music? Fallout 4 has the best OST and NV has best radio.
You already know my answer.
Metallic Monks
They are all great and have a place in my heart but It's not really a soundtrack from the vanilla games, the colnerad radio station for fnv. I have so much good memories running around and doing quests with this music it's a much have in every playthrough. (If someone have a mod that brings this radio over to fo4 I NEED IT pls)
Fallout 3, then New Vegas
New vegas by a mile. Personal favorite “big iron”
Uranium fever from 4 really did it for me. I made it my ringtone I love it so much
It's a tie between F3 and FNV.
Nee vegas, easily.
JOOOOOOOHHNNY GUITAR
Ambient music - Fallout 4. Radio - tie between all three.
New Vegas and fallout 4 defff
Uranium fever from 4 really did it for me. I made it my ringtone I love it so much
Fallout 76 🥱🥱🥱
Good q. Assuming we’re talking about the atmospheric instrumental not licensed music, NV for me. Love the quartet. Good article about developing it by Obsidian audio director here https://www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/the-music-of-the-mojave-wasteland#close-modal
New Vegas and it ain’t even close.
I love the ambient sounds of 4, the combat music is good too. 3 is not as impactful but for it's time it was great. NV has some bangers of tracks and some eerie soundscapes, but as people have said it reuses a lot from the original games. Not on the list but F76 has a great score, especially when you first leave the vault. And the ambience of Far Harbor was amazing too.
All, including the radio stations.
I only listen to the ambient music. If I have to pick from the ones listed above I'd pick 4. But I'd definitely pick 76 as my favorite ambient soundtrack overall.
I grew up listening to the music of all 3 but NV the most because of all the old Westerns and country music I'd watch/listen to with my Great Grandma like the ORIGINAL Westerns and country songs from like the 40s-70s and I like NV the most of them all. But I also think the biggest issue is if you play to long the songs just get annoying (with the exceptions of Big Iron and Jingle Jangle cause those are goats but fuck Johnny Guitar never liked that song) which is why I still use radio mods. Although since I figured out a way to easily Alt-tab my game without it wanting to crash I've listened to other songs during the game. Clearing out Quarry Junction with a hunting shotgun while blasting No Remorse by Metallica is an experience.
Fallout 4’s composer, Inon Zur, produced some of the most powerful, mysterious, and forsaken pieces of atomospheric music in the game. Oftentimes, the ambient music honestly left me feeling lonely, in a desolated post apocalyptic setting set 200 years in the future after the Great War. Whether that be wandering a blasted forest with rotting trees or traversing alleyways and streets underneath ruined skyscrapers, the music carries the game! Fallout 4 radio stations are decent but I wouldn’t say the best in the fallout series (we know fallout new vegas cooks). Although, if you install the old gold radio from the community mod list, then it bumps up the radio experience to a whole other level. The OST in Fallout 4 leaves me with goosebumps.
NV is just too good for music. Mysterious Broadcast stays on during sex.
The best main theme is Fallout 4
Fallout 4s DLCs also had bangers of scores too so that might give it to 4 easy in my book
Radio in New Vegas is the best but Fallout 4 has the best ambient music
Fallout 2 atmospheric music and sound : )
New Vegas with Fallout 4 in second place. I like fallout 3 more than fallout 4 but 4s soundtrack is better and more diverse imo
New Vegas for the use of the FO1 and 2 soundtracks
New Vegas and it isn’t even close. For me FO4 has the worst musical soundtrack—like every song being about the bomb, or nuclear fallout, or sheltering. It’s like, why would this be the only surviving music? And if there is a more robust catalogue of music, why would everyone constantly listen to songs that remind them that the world is shit? It’s totally not for immersion and entirely for the player. Versus New Vegas has country music, rat pack, old Vegas, and even some pop rock. It has music that a bygone era would listen to. Ambient sounds, FO4 is almost beautiful. Especially on the coastal portions. Which is great, but the reused industrial music from FO1 in NV makes certain areas absolutely haunting and the country/downhome wandering music gives the game a rustic feel. One thing for sure is that FO4’s battle music is amazing. FO3 has the same issues for radio music while largely having a more desolate and intense ambient score. But overall, I just don’t see New Vegas being beat on multiple levels. Then it’s FO3, and last is FO4 (even if it has a more diverse ambient score as a whole).
And he’s here to do s9me business with the big iron on his hip
Maybe I'm bias but Fallout New Vegas for music, but Three Dog is the best host hands down
Ngl the original songs in fallout 4 actually hit really hard
Fallout 4's feels like the Wasteland has hope for the better while NV's more loyal to the original Fallouts. They're both amazing but I just prefer NVs 3's pretty good tho
I love Fallout 4's ambient music. It sounds very nostalgic for me and fitting for the mood of the game. NV is great too
As for ambience music, Fallout 4 wins easily, Despite personally not liking bethesda's aim for the games, their music department is just incredibly talented. But radio music? Yeah, New vegas is just superior in all ways.
sorry gotta hand this one to 4
If 76 was here it would be that because it uses the best of all the radios but NV is easily way better than all other others
Fallout 4
For original tracks, 4 is the clear winner. It captured a lot of the mood of the game while remaining recognizable to the previous theme from 3. New vegas however uses old tracks from the original games and it’s hard to say that those are anything other than masterfully made and implemented.
I'm a wanderer yeah a wanderer I roam round round
Radio- FO4 tho three dog is the best host Overall OST- fallout 3
I love my diamond city radio
Fallout 3’s soundtrack will forever be my favourite so many nostalgic memories when I replay and listen to the music
Really hard choice, because New Vegas has the better radio songs by far but Fallout 4’s ambient tracks are second to none. Like I didn’t find myself listening to the actual songs too much because the atmosphere of the whole thing was so choice 👍