Red Dead Redemption 2's Incredible Soundtrack Has a Ridiculous Amount of Talent Behind It

I love pressing down that touch pad for some beautiful sounding cinematic bliss.

@Bad-MuthaAdebisi If I was going to play this game it would be for the music. I always wanted to name my son Ennio but my wife just kept refusing. Maybe I'll get a dog someday. I'm partial to GBU but the harmonica theme and music throughout Once upon on a Time in the West is pretty awesome. Also a big Bronson fan way back when so basically naming his character Harmonica always stuck with me.

I'll never play it though. I like watching 3 hour movies, but a 100 hour game needs dragons to hold my attention.

I love that PS4 theme music. The game feels so natural. Hunting has never been this satisfying. Side quests have never been this well written. Witcher 3 side quests though also interesting enough always ended up with you ultimately slaying a monster. With RDR2 you just can't tell how it'll play out.

The former Mars Volta drummer??? D'Angelo??? Nas??? Wow, where has this soundtrack been all my life?

Whoa, it’s nice to know Josh Homme’s in, but I never thought I’d see Jon Theodore on that list 😧
I love The Mars Volta to bits and all three drummers they’ve had, too, but Jon Theodore is surely the best of the bunch. Probably one of the best drummers alive along with Simon Phillips and Chris Tsagakis, in my opinion.

@nessisonett You like TMV too? 😁

It's a great soundtrack, especially when nothing's going on and you're just riding about. On the same level as BotW in that regard. It doesn't quite match the ridiculous quality of soundtracks like Horizon, No Man's Sky, Hue, Nier: Automata et al for me, but to even come close is such a huge accolade.

@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Well your dog is probably thankful not to be named after Randy Newman b/c then people would constantly be singing "Short People" whenever they saw him. 😂

I obviously have no idea who Gary Numan is.

Oh wait, Cars, duh. Much better.

@clvr Yeah I think they're pretty good and I honestly just didn't expect one of their former members to turn up in a project as big as this.

@nessisonett neither did I, it was a huge surprise 😄

@clvr More Mars Volta love coming from here! As for best drummers, you've got to include Terry Bozzio and Dave Lombardo in the mix. Buddy Rich, too!

Anyway, RDR2 soundtrack. Yeah it's immense

@Mergatro1d nice to know there are fellow Tremulants in here 😉

Well, Buddy Rich I took for granted (my bad! 😅), while Dave Lombardo I know but haven’t really listened to any of his bands/projects carefully, and Bozzio I know some of his work with Zappa, but unfortunately my Zappa knowledge is pretty limited, I’d have to retrieve a lot of albums and listen to them closely.

Just out of curiosity, what’s your favorite TMV album?

@clvr Lombardo and Bozzio have both played in Fantomas, who are nuts and well worth checking out if you don't know them.

As for TMV album- Deloused in the Comatorium without a doubt. Pretty much a perfect album and I have fond (and very hazy) memories of seeing them perform it live after it first came out

@Mergatro1d will certainly look them up, thanks for the advice!

Well, De-Loused is always a pretty sure bet, it’s amazing! I’d personally go with Frances The Mute, though, as I love the songs both individually and how they connect together as whole; also, Cassandra Gemini. Do I need to add anything else? 😆

Wow, you were lucky to see them live; I’d probably give a kidney for the privilege lol

@Kidfried whaaaaaat, you didn't like Hue's? Maybe it doesn't hit the same highs without the narration over the top, but it's in my top 10 this generation.

I know what you mean, it does seem to be that a few minutes' music for Red Dead 2 have been written for one=off instances or encounters that millions of players won't ever happen to come across, which is crazy. It'll be interesting to see a complete tracklisting one day that's for sure.