Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack

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The soundtrack of the game Grand Theft Auto IV, like the previous games in the series, is mostly made up of in-game radio stations. These radio stations can be listened to when driving various vehicles in the game, or at the start menu. Radio stations in past Grand Theft Auto games have included licensed music, original music made specifically for the game, DJ chat, and spoof advertising. This game includes 19 in-game radio stations (20 in the PC edition) and over 200 tracks (whether licensed or original). Of the 19 stations, 16 are musical stations while the other 3 are talk radio.

The soundtrack of the Xbox 360 version is expanded by purchasing two episodes of downloadable content, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony, which each add over 50 songs and a talk radio program to the existing radio stations.[1][2] The songs included with the downloadable content carry over to the compilation disc Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City but songs featured originally in Grand Theft Auto IV do not. Instead there are three exclusive radio stations featuring 48 songs not available for the original game.

While the songs are no longer randomized as they were in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the radio stations still start at random points whenever the player enters a vehicle.

Along with the in-game radio stations, other credited music is heard exclusively at certain points in the game. This includes the opening credits sequence and when walking through the interiors of certain buildings in the game. Michael Hunter composed the theme and incidental music for the original game.

As part of a partnership between Rockstar Games and Amazon.com, most of the music heard on the in-game radio stations is available for download through the Amazon MP3 digital music store.[3] Beginning with the release of The Lost and Damned, Rockstar's soundtrack sales partner is the iTunes Store.[4]

Contents

[edit] Music stations

The following is a complete list of music-oriented radio stations in Grand Theft Auto IV and the music programming found on them, as credited in the Grand Theft Auto IV game manual[5] and the Amazon.com MP3 Music Store.[6] In the PC version there is also a "Independence FM" station which plays music files stored in My Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\User Music path.

[edit] The Beat 102.7

DJ: Mister Cee, DJ Green Lantern, Funkmaster Flex† and Statik Selektah†
Genre: Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, R&B[7]
Tracklist:

† Only in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned & Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.[1]

[edit] The Classics 104.1

DJ: Mixed by DJ Premier
Genre: Golden age hip hop[7]
Tracklist:

[edit] ElectroChoc

DJ: François K and Crookers†
Genre: Electro house, Electronica, Electronic Rock [8]
Tracklist:

† Only in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony & Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

[edit] Fusion FM

DJ: Roy Ayers
Genre: Jazz-Funk/jazz-fusion
Tracklist:

[edit] IF99 – International Funk

DJ: Femi Kuti
Genre: Funk and Afrobeat[9]
Tracklist:

[edit] JNR – Jazz Nation Radio 108.5

DJ: Roy Haynes
Genre: Jazz[7]
Tracklist:

[edit] The Journey

DJ: "A computer"
Genre:Ambient/Chillout[7]
Tracklist:

aWhile not credited as such, this piece is unofficially titled "[z twig]" from the album 'Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2', which is also referenced in the file name ("ZTWIG").

[edit] K109 The Studio

DJ: Karl Lagerfeld
Genre: Disco[10]
Tracklist:

† Only in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony & Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

[edit] LCHC – Liberty City Hardcore

DJ: Jimmy Gestapo and Max Cavalera†
Genre: Hardcore punk, crossover thrash, and varied extreme metal† genres [11]
Tracklist:

† Only in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned & Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.[1]

[edit] Liberty Rock Radio 97.8

DJ: Iggy Pop
Genre: Classic Rock
Tracklist:

† Only in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned & Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.[1]

[edit] Massive B Soundsystem 96.9

DJ: Bobby Konders
Genre: Dancehall[7]
Tracklist:

[edit] Radio Broker

DJ: Juliette Lewis
Genre: Dance-Punk, Alternative rock[7], Indie rock[12]
Tracklist:

† Only in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned & Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.[1]

[edit] San Juan Sounds

DJ: Daddy Yankee & Henry Santos Jeter†
Genre: Reggaeton, Latin[7]
Tracklist:

† Only in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony & Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

[edit] Tuff Gong Radio

DJ: Carl Bradshaw
Genre: Reggae
Tracklist: (All music is Bob Marley or Stephen Marley.)

[edit] The Vibe 98.8

DJ: Vaughn Harper
Genre: Soul/R&B[7]
Tracklist:

[edit] Vladivostok FM

DJ: Ruslana and DJ Paul†
Genre: Post-communist Russian/Ukrainian music (Eastern European music)/Electronic dance music†[13]
Tracklist:

† Only in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony & Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

[edit] RamJam FM†

DJ: David Rodigan
Genre: Reggae
Tracklist:

† Only in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

[edit] Self-Actualization FM†

DJ: Audrey - Ashley Albert
Genre: Ambient/Chillout/Minimalism/New Age
Tracklist:

  • The Orb - A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre of the Ultraworld (Live Mix MK10)
  • Alpha Wave Movement - Artifacts & Prophecies
  • Autechre - Bike
  • Larry Heard - Cosmology Myth
  • Chilled by Nature - Go Forward (Love Bubble Mix)
  • Tom Middleton - Moonbathing
  • Alucidnation - Skygazer (3002) (Remix)
  • Pete Namlook and Klaus Schulze (feat. Bill Laswell) - V/8 Psychedelic Brunch

† Only in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

[edit] Vice City FM†

DJ: Fernando Martinez
Genre: 1980s pop music
Tracklist:

It is revealed during Fernando's chat that he is on the sex offender's register, and is not allowed within 200 yards of school, suggesting he is a paedophile. † Only in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

[edit] Independence FM

The PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV adds Independence FM to the station line-up, which plays digital music files of the user's choice. Music files or shortcuts to music files placed within the GTA IV User Music folder are played in varying modes as selected by the user. Sequential mode plays the files in order, Shuffle mode randomly selects files, and Radio mode randomly plays songs with DJ commentary and advertisements. Supported file types are .wma, .mp3 and .m4a. Quicktime or iTunes needs to be installed for M4A support. In order for music to be played in Independence FM, the player must tell the game to scan the folder.[14]

[edit] Talk stations

The following is an incomplete list of talk radio stations in Grand Theft Auto IV and the programming found on them, as credited in the game manual.[5]

[edit] Integrity 2.0

Host: Lazlow[7]
Topics: Talk radio[7]
Other Info: This station follows Lazlow as he tours Liberty City, speaking with various vendors and pedestrians. During the program various references are made, mostly from Lazlow's life, like V-Rock in Vice City, WCTR in San Andreas, and Chatterbox FM in Liberty City, there are also specific references to the Chatterbox program aired in GTA III, as he is told to bring back "the vegetarian guy" (Reed Tucker) who Lazlow made fun of, other references include a Backstage encounter at a Love Fist Concert. During the course of his program he interviews a pervert, a Latin hot dog vendor, a taxi cab driver, and an artist shooting a music video about rain, he also enters into arguments with several pedestrians, including one who tells him to keep his voice down, one telling him that he is an asshole, an internet obsessed teenager who calls him an old man, and a geek who he asks to build a website to sell Lazlow stuff.

[edit] PLR – Public Liberty Radio

Program: The Séance
Host: Beatrix Fontaine (Ilyana Kadushin)
Topics: A call-in talk show[7] focused on New Age spiritualism. During the show, Beatrix, a phony psychic, provides callers with questionable advice, and constantly asks for their money. Beatrix's last name may be a reference to Darius Fontaine, a get-rich-quick huckster who appeared in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Program: Pacemaker
Host: Ryan McFallon (Bryan Tucker)
Topics: A talk show[7] focused on health care. Host Ryan McFallon interviews a panel of three guests: Sheila Stafford (portrayed by Rachel Allen), a spokeswoman for Betta Pharmaceuticals who is said to have left a woman to die because Sheila feared the dying woman would sue, Wilson Taylor Sr. (portrayed by Bill Hader), a representative for an HMO, and Waylon Mason (portrayed by Rick Shapiro), an advocate of holistic medicine and home remedies. The show ends with Mason drilling holes in the heads of the other two guests.

Program: Intelligent Agenda
Host: Mike Riley (Brian Sack)
Topics: A left-wing call-in talk show. Host Mike Riley interviews a panel of three guests: Brandon Roberts, a Vinewood actor who associates himself with left-wing causes only to enhance his own image, John Hunter, a candidate for state governor, and Zachary Tyler, a child prodigy who was brought onto the show as an example of liberal parenting, but is in fact an elitist. The show ends with John Hunter spanking Zachary Tyler, and Zachary pleading 'No! Please no!'. Brandon also mentions a 'real' religion that he's a member of, The Epsilon Program of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fame, and says "Kifflom" at the start and the end of the program.

[edit] WKTT – We Know The Truth

Program: Richard Bastion Show
Host: Richard Bastion (portrayed by Jason Sudeikis)
Topics: A right-wing call-in talk show.[15] During the show, host Richard Bastion answers guests' questions and statements about what they think is wrong with America. One male caller details about the "Maibatsu Monstrosities" which winks GTA III's radio commercials and Chatterbox FM's female caller driving one.
Other Info: In July 2007, Rockstar sent out an e-mail to their mailing list subscribers advertising an opportunity to get on the radio in the game. The e-mail included a link to a website with more information. On the website, it was explained that anyone could call a phone number provided and leave a message complaining about America. Select messages would be chosen and would appear on the political talk station WKTT in the final build of the game.[16]

Program: Just or Unjust
Host: Judge Grady (Michael Leon Wooley)
Topics: A radio court show. The show's star, Judge Grady, is extremely misogynistic, and is constantly seen insulting and hitting on his female guests. At the end of each show, rather than the judge deciding who is right, the plaintiff and the defendant take part in a game to see who wins the trial. Games include duels, gladiatorial combat with lions, and glass-eating contests.

Program: Fizz!
Hosts: Jane Labrador (Melinda Wade), Marcel LeMuir (voiced by Fez Whatley), Jeffron James (voiced by Patrice O'Neal)
Topics: A celebrity gossip radio show, parodying TMZ, What the Buck and Perez Hilton. Features interviews with Ricky Gervais and Katt Williams.

Program: The Martin Serious Show
Hosts: Martin Serious, Lisa Lynn, Mark the Manager, Smithy the Stunt Boy (East Side Dave MacDonald of the Ron and Fez Show)
Topics: Only on Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, this is a parody of Shock jock style radio programs.[1]

[edit] Other in-game music

The following is a list of songs that are found in the game, but cannot be heard on any in-game radio stations, as credited in the game manual.[5] Instead, other than the song played during the title sequence, they can be heard exclusively while walking through the interiors of different buildings in the game.

[edit] Music in building interiors

[edit] Radio Commercials

[edit] Opening credits theme

  • Michael Hunter – "Soviet Connection – The Theme from Grand Theft Auto IV"

Several different adaptations of this song are used in various parts throughout the game. A remix of the theme, plays upon game's startup. A solemn version plays on the pause screen and several different short variations are heard upon the player's completion of a mission. A remix also plays during the last 20 seconds of a multiplayer match. There is also a short musical jingle version of the theme that is played from an ice cream truck within the game.

  • Stuart Hart – "The Lost and Damned Theme"

This theme and incidental music appear in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. The game's startup sequence is changed that no music plays during the Grand Theft Auto IV title screen, which is followed by specific loading screens and music for either the original game or the add-on game.

[edit] Ringtones

  • Most of the ringtones found on the game's ringtone download website are from previous Grand Theft Auto games in the series. The ringtone "Drive" , for example, is by 15 Ways (a fictional band made by Rockstar) and the full song appears on Head Radio in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and "Pager" is the tone of the pager in Grand Theft Auto III (which is, in turn, the melody of the theme for the original Grand Theft Auto, "Joyride" which also appeared on radio station Lips 106 in Grand Theft Auto III) and the opening tune on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City when it displays the vintage computer screen.

[edit] Soundtrack releases

Main article: The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV

Rockstar Games has released four soundtrack albums to date. The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV contains several soundtrack selections from the game.[17] Vladivostok Fm features tracks from and "inspired by" the in-game radio station.[18] Liberty City Invasion features original music produced by DJ Green Lantern, some of which appears on 102.7 The Beat in the game.[19] Similarly, Statik Selektah's The Lost and Damned EP features original music produced by Statik Selektah that features in the downloadable episode.[20] An announced future album, The Music of Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned will feature selections from the expansion's soundtrack.[21] Drive By Audio – "Jailbait" was released on the iTunes Store as a single from the upcoming official soundtrack.

[edit] External links

[edit] General

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. Exclusive Features: Radio Station Updates & Soundtracks". http://www.rockstargames.com/thelostanddamned/music/index.html. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 
  2. ^ "Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony. Exclusive Features: Soundtrack: Radio Station Updates". http://www.rockstargames.com/theballadofgaytony/soundtrack. Retrieved 2009-11-05. 
  3. ^ Staff, YVG (2007-03-27). "Rockstar Games and Amazon.com make sweet music together.". Yahoo!. http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/grand-theft-auto-iv/gta-iv-unveils-new-music-download-model/1199430. Retrieved 2008-04-30. 
  4. ^ "Rockstar switching GTA IV music partnership from Amazon to iTunes.". Variety. http://weblogs.variety.com/the_cut_scene/2009/02/rockstar-switching-gta-iv-music-partnership-from-amazon-to-itunes.html. 
  5. ^ a b c Rockstar Games, ed (2008). Liberty City Guidebook (Xbox 360). Rockstar Games. pp. 17–23. 
  6. ^ "Amazon.com: Grand Theft Auto 4: The Music". http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_6774112_2?ie=UTF8&node=491304011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=auto-sparkle&pf_rd_r=1JY5GGT9B4VKN7CVFDFW&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=391434401&pf_rd_i=gta. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Clark, Tim (April 2008). "Grand Theft Auto IV Review". PlayStation Official Magazine (UK) (United Kingdom: Future Publishing) (17): 88–96. 
  8. ^ "ElectroChoc official website". http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=electrochoc&content=interactive0. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
  9. ^ "IF99 official website". http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=if99&content=interactive0. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
  10. ^ "K109 official website". http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=k109&content=interactive0. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
  11. ^ "L.C.H.C. official website". http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=lchc&content=interactive0. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
  12. ^ "Grand Theft Auto IV: Radio Broker". http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=500114011&ASINs=B000SX89PM%2CB000QOROZ4%2CB000QZB4WC%2CB0013D81DQ%2CB0017DC9UI%2CB0016O8NN0%2CB0017UI8S8%2CB001663MG6%2CB00169F220%2CB0018974WO%2CB0017ZIRWK%2CB00189BY8E%2CB0017AJNP0%2CB00182GGV6%2CB0017E1DVS%2CB0017QMZ5E%2CB0017LZYZC%2CB0018C1RDS. 
  13. ^ "Vladivostok FM official website". http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=vladivostok&content=interactive0. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
  14. ^ "Rockstar Games Support". http://support.rockstargames.com/help/rockstar/rockstar_games/q663. 
  15. ^ "WKTT official website". http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=wktt&content=interactive0. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
  16. ^ Rea, Jared (2007-07-13). "Rockstar wants to know: what's wrong with America?". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/13/rockstar-wants-to-know-whats-wrong-with-america/. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
  17. ^ Rockstargames.com
  18. ^ Rockstargames.com
  19. ^ Rockstargames.com
  20. ^ Rockstargames.com
  21. ^ Rockstargames.com
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