Fallout 4 Soundtrack

The Fallout 4 soundtrack contains two main elements:
 * The ambient soundtrack composed by Inon Zur.
 * Songs and other musical works which are played by the various radio stations.

Background
Composer Inon Zur returns again to create the orchestral score. For Fallout 4 he felt that game is a more personal story, this time making the piano take a more prominent role in the game's score. He combined a real piano with an electric piano to make a "sound that is really round and not bright at all but very lush."

In addition, he crafted the soundscapes with unorthodox instruments focusing on three elements: "classical instruments; electronic instruments; and a non-musical instrument or an ethnic/primitive instrument." Players could immediately tell what sort of area they were in based on the background instrumentation.

It was also announced that the game would offer "three times the amount of music (compared with Fallout 3)" combining the instantly recognizable with the lesser-known tracks by well-known artists.

The third section focuses on obscure tracks from long-forgotten bands "with ludicrous lyrics and a distinctive sound".

"It's All Over But the Crying" was the first song chosen with The Ink Spots as a hallmark of the series. While the recognizable opening guitar riff evokes a sense of nostalgia, the second half provides a lively, hopeful setting.

Music Supervision and licensing was done by Christopher S. Parker and Ian M. Anderson, music coordinator for Brandracket, LLC.

With Chris, director Todd Howard delved into the area of music history of artists who did songs about uranium and radioactivity with a naiveté to the lyrics. "Back when these songs came out, society was fueled by a utopian optimism that stood in stark contrast with the apocalyptic nature of world-destroying atomic weapons."

Many of these songs originated from the soundtrack to the 1982 documentary The Atomic Cafe and later expanded by the Atomic Platters and CONELRAD Radio.

In addition, a collaboration with singer Lynda Carter was announced to write and perform original songs for the game. Carter was inserted in the game as Magnolia a singer in Goodneighbor.

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Magnolia's songs
The soundtrack also features original songs composed and performed by Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx as sung by the character, Magnolia, in the game.

Baby It's Just You
 * Written and Performed by Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx
 * (C)2015 Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx (BMI)

Good Neighbor
 * Written and Performed by Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx
 * (C)2015 Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx (BMI)

I'm the One You're Looking For
 * Written and Performed by Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx
 * (C)2015 Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx (BMI)

Man Enough
 * Written and Performed by Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx
 * (C)2015 Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx (BMI)

Train Train
 * Written and Performed by Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx
 * (C)2015 Lynda Carter, John Jarvis, and Kerry Marx (BMI)

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Additional licensed tracks
Additional tracks are licensed from APM, a production music company.

iTunes release
The original soundtrack for Fallout 4 was released on iTunes on November 6, 2015. The album in its entirety costs $16.

Other

 * The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Often used when the personal nuclear protection modules are opened. Used at several museum displays

Behind the scenes

 * In an interview with iDigitalTimes, audio director Mark Lampert hints at another atomic war-pop song from the Dot Records catalog.
 * Looking at the track listing for the Atomic Platters, the only songs to have come on the Dot label were The Five Stars' "Atom Bomb Baby" (initially issued on Kernel then reissued nationwide on Dot) and The Commodores' "Uranium'.
 * During the infamous Survivor2299 hoax, "The End of the World" was suggested to be a new song in Fallout 4. The singer, however, was Patti Page instead of Skeeter Davis.