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The Soundtrack for Fallout 4 includes the base game score and Far Harbor and Nuka World soundtrack composed by Inon Zur. It also includes musical works played by in-game radio stations.
Background
Composer Inon Zur returned 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.[Dev 1]
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.[Ext 1]
In addition, a collaboration with singer/actress 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.[Dev 2]
Radio Songs
Diamond City Radio
Several songs have been reprised from the Fallout 1, Fallout 3, and Fallout: New Vegas soundtracks as well as used across the series after the release of Fallout 4. See the Radio and Appears columns below for multiple appearances.
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Magnolia
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.
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Baby It's Just You | Lynda Carter | 2:33 |
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Train Train | Lynda Carter | 2:14 |
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Man Enough | Lynda Carter | 3:23 |
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I'm the One You're Looking For | Lynda Carter | 3:25 |
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Good Neighbor | Lynda Carter | 3:34 |
Classical Radio
Settlement Radio Beacon
The following are heard on the Settlement Radio Beacon. These are the same songs that were used in the Enclave Radio in Fallout 3.
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The Stars and Stripes Forever | Rick Rhodes and Danny Pelfrey | 2:34 |
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America the Beautiful | Rick Rhodes and Danny Pelfrey | 2:13 |
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Dixie | Brian Nimens | 1:30 |
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Presidential Entrance | Rick Rhodes and Danny Pelfrey | 2:19 |
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The Washington Post | Rick Rhodes and Danny Pelfrey | 2:32 |
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Yankee Doodle | Brian Nimens | 1:19 |
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic | Brian Nimens (arranger) | 1:28 |
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Marines' Hymn | Brian Nimens (arranger) | 1:22 |
Score
Base Game
On November 6, 2015, the full score was released on iTunes. The soundtrack for the DLCs, Fallout 4: Music from Far Harbor and Nuka World, was created with help from COPILOT Music and Sound and released on August 14, 2017.
DLCs
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Nuka-World Theme Song | Inon Zur | 1:21 |
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Welcome to Far Harbor | Inon Zur | 1:05 |
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Song for the Fog | Inon Zur | 3:44 |
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Lifting the Gloom | Inon Zur | 4:16 |
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Atom's Whisper | Inon Zur | 3:43 |
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Lost Memories | Inon Zur | 4:07 |
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Of Dusk and Dreams | Inon Zur | 4:25 |
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Call of Acadia | Inon Zur | 4:12 |
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Moonlit Ranging | Inon Zur | 3:59 |
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Tale of Oak and Elm | Inon Zur | 4:25 |
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Wander the Children | Inon Zur | 3:43 |
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Shadows of the Sea | Inon Zur | 3:54 |
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The Gulch | Inon Zur | 4:16 |
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A Galaxy Apart | Inon Zur | 4:30 |
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Great Outdoors | Inon Zur | 4:18 |
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Summers Past | Inon Zur | 4:15 |
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Dust to Dust | Inon Zur | 4:16 |
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Lonely Winds | Inon Zur | 4:12 |
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Honor of a Sort | Inon Zur | 3:35 |
Promotional
The following tracks appear in promotional material for the game:
- "Mr. Sandman" plays in the Fallout 4 VR trailer.
- Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" plays in the Contraptions Workshop trailer.
Unused
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Atomic Cocktail | Slim Gaillard Quartette | Diamond City Radio 
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Fallout Shelter | Dore Alpert | Diamond City Radio
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Massachusetts | Gene Krupa and his Orchestra Anita O'Day (vocals) |
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Behind the Scenes
- In an interview with iDigitalTimes, audio director Mark Lampert hinted at another atomic war-pop song from the Dot Records catalog.[Ext 2]
- Before the game's release, "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.[Ext 3]
Soundtrack and Score