Deus Ex 1 Ambient Mix - Chill Out

[@KooYu]

Here are 2 fun facts: This video was recommended by Warren Spector himself! I got the heads up by a subscriber whose comment is now sadly deleted (I had pinned it so I'm quite sure). twitter.com/Warren_Spector/status/1148942998820085763 facebook.com/warren.spector/posts/pfbid034wBXgRxeM1MLZHWTf7zrESfxyrPHeG8t235nq3bMvb8chTywCmtoFcVagyMfwiJ1l The mixing was done in real time using my virtual console and not through video editing. Basically sat through this for 1+ hour because it felt good "DJing" Deus Ex tracks.

[@sirsmallsthemighty821]

now do a combat mix

[@CAL1MBO]

Good man. DJing it is probably easier in realtime anyway.

[@jcdenton6427]

Mixed it by yourself and not in a lazy way? What a chad, we need people like you in UNATCO

[@MajorT0m]

I used to enjoy treading on those vacuum bots in UNATCO headquarters. They would actually become frightened of JC if you damaged them and become frenzied. Ahh happy days.

[@christianek_h]

So awesome, I listen to this mix often while I draw and work on games :D

[@JimSting]

To this day, UNATCO is one of the finest pieces of game music ever made

[@afivey]

Unforgettable openning notes. Immediately recognisable.

[@vinnlerr]

When I came back to this game after 20 years that music hit me hard man. Nostalgia overload.

[@H3llBaron]

I think is way better NY streets 1

[@reagan1884]

And the finest gane ever made!

[@Djorgri]

Agree! If you missed it, you could give a try to the TF29 track of Deus Ex Manking Divided which had some excellent similar vibes too.

[@stevenpitera8978]

And to think after this era of gaming, the whole industry would take a nosedive into a massive crash of shitty loot boxes/cosmetic unlocks. Truly the golden era of gaming. RIP 95-2006

[@we-must-live]

it can always come back, like a phoenix from the ashes

[@killobot2388]

and so did the world! and how prophetic this game was in showing us how it would become!

[@badsiknius4862]

@@killobot2388 No, it didn't. That's what y'all should start to understand. The game was made surrounding what conspiracies were popular at the time. They fictionalized most of that. Nothing "prophetic" about it, it's just the way the world works. Coming to think of it, nothing ever changes.

[@jerrysmith8814]

More like 95-2011/2012

[@aMiyafuji]

@@jerrysmith8814 No he's right. It started around 2006-8 while they were testing the waters. All the massive amounts of dlcs that grew until it became DLCS and M*a*crotransations? Sims still does the DLC stuff... the what 36 dlcs they have... It's insanity.

[@plastique45]

So many memories of playing this game alone late at night in my little downtown apartment.

[@KooYu]

Just hearing the soundtrack brings back memories, doesn't it? 17 years ago I remember the lights off, black light tubes on, my AV amp at high volume, a tall glass of rum & cola and Deus Ex. For me, that was heaven back then.

[@elzogalleta3121]

Late reply but i wish i had this moment back in the days

[@kulsevdasi]

@@KooYu I cant imagine heaven being anything too different from that, then or now or in the future.

[@greensquirrel4019]

I was enjoying myself 5 months in my mothers womb when the game came out

[@Mike-hb4qz]

The golden age of gaming. I wish I could experience it again

[@yittmashups]

My nostalgia has been augmented.

[@NoOne-tl1zp]

Do you have a single fact to back that up?

[@rhone733]

I asked for this.

[@judgedrekk2981]

tell me you didn't get the skull gun....

[@SiveenO]

Imagine not knowing these tracks. What a rotten way to live.

[@Serendip1ty]

28:59 "I need you to escape. I can cut power to the door only a few seconds without being detected. Get ready." Such fond memories. This is the moment i fell in love with this game as a kid.

[@enthusiastenthusiast]

The part where JC approaches Alex in Hong Kong with "I know who you are...DAEDELUS" and Alex is just like "what? who?" says so much about how the writers knew exactly what they were doing. In any other game that would've been the twist, and Alex would've been your sidekick--here, there was something much more.

[@peersvensson9253]

@@enthusiastenthusiast JC approaches him in the UNATCO HQ when breaking out

[@Micke12312]

magic moment for sure

[@weekachawchaw6304]

@@enthusiastenthusiast that part was funny too i love it so much i honestly thought it was alex but BAM THE GAME PULLED A FAST ONE!

[@Nako3]

What games lack nowadays is catchy and memorable music. The music is a huge part why it feels nostalgic!

[@ElStink4K]

There are plenty of newer games with good soundtracks

[@Nako3]

​@@ElStink4K I dont know

[@MrRagnarxx]

@@ElStink4K mostly not mainstream releases tho all good OSTs from the last 10 years i can think of were indie

[@legendarysjs6491]

This mix is augmented.

[@bradley5319]

"I wanted orange, it gave me lemon-lime!"

[@ncsupi]

Are you sure you pressed the right button?

[@MrEAus]

"The machine would not make a mistake"

[@dostwood5103]

@@MrEAus Your hand might have slipped!

[@davidgn40]

It's crazy how Gunther was right too

[@bradley5319]

​@@ncsupi I do not make mistakes of that kind.

[@MajorT0m]

Thanks for uploading this, memories of a difficult young life, made so much better by dark long nights playing this, the escapism to this story stays with me always, going to those pubs and clubs in those worlds, trying to be a good guy, taking too much zyme (literally, my screen resolution went all funny even after reloading it still was all zoomed in and messed up. Had to load an earlier save. Don't do pretend drugs kids! But yes what a game, what a world, what a story. Nothing like it will be made for the foreseeable. A different time when small studios could forge the vision of a very few writers and producers. Magic times.

[@pratyushrishabbiswas6912]

Deus Ex is life... I can always sit back and relax and play it forgetting everything else and just be back to my childhood days. Its my Ratatouille.

[@litlsnek]

"I think I saw something!" ... "I must be hearing things."

[@Baconbits16]

"Must be some homeless guy" MJ12 Lab trooper 😂🤣

[@healthyjibbit]

I got a bogie no ID

[@loulimibarney3435]

Pig!

[@SerMattzio]

Super nerdy comment here, but I like the slightly sinister "chanting" bit at the start of the UNATCO track. It reminds me of Gregorian monks; not only does it sound authoritative, it's like a subtle hint embedded in the song itself that UNATCO has ties to an ancient conspiracy. Given they explicitly say that Manderley was involved in wiping out the Knights Templar, I wonder if this is actually a deliberate nod from the devs. (Shame the modern games are nowhere near as smart...)

[@KooYu]

I never thought of it this way. Though there is reason in your thinking, I personally thought of it not as a hint that points to some ties to a cospiracy, but giving a feel that there is more to the tune (and the location) that cannot be interpreted the first time you hear it, but gets quite obvious later in the game. Which now that I'm reading it, it's more or less the same thing you said :P This feeling gets more intensified (imo) in the GOTY soundtrack, which is more "punchy" and has more authority. I like the original better, however.

[@steviemcdonut]

Can you go into more depth regarding the sinister chanting? I can’t hear it

[@croonaw8790]

@@steviemcdonut Think it's the bass notes that get held

[@CollectorDuck]

@@croonaw8790 Which is of course not sinister chanting at all. Lol.

[@awk-irl]

@@steviemcdonut is that string synth you can hear in the background, it has a phaser and heaps of reverb though, so i guess it sounds a bit like chanting

[@Sercil00]

First track already brings back memories. "I'm here to take all your ammunitions and equipment. Thanks for your cooperation, agent." Yeah sure. Take everything. It's not like I tossed every single LAM and weapon right past your window, so I can get past you and collect everything again.

[@Zsolyy]

Broo I did the same 🤣🤣

[@mrsharpie7899]

You tossed a WHAT?!?

[@linxus_0]

everything about this game is iconic

[@Yetipfote]

Alexander Brandon and Michel van den Bos are kings... or better than kings... GODS!

[@charlesballiet7074]

I got that quote from the intro

[@M0butu]

If you're going to write the name wrong, write at least Michel van den Boss 😂

[@Vilsent]

lol, that was good : )

[@BuckySeifert]

All the Deus Ex games have such great chill out music.

[@blueshit199]

@toplinefool444 big oof

[@KingLich451]

meh

[@1d10tcannotmakeusername]

@toplinefool444 They've almost taken over. They're going to be the ones to bring forth the masked totalitarian revolution. Tyranny is activated by useful idiots who think they're liberating their country with a revolution, but really, what they're doing is clearing a way for their intellectual leaders to step in and rule with an iron fist.

[@KingLich451]

@@1d10tcannotmakeusername k boomer

[@Foreignhedgehog]

@A waterfall You were a bit too obvious with your bait. Funnily enough, the guy you replied to did it a lot better.

[@tropicarls]

That UNATCO track is immaculate. Total perfection from part of the engineers.

[@bencetoth9523]

Good old days. First game I've ever played. I was only seven back in 2000. Didnt even speak english, didnt know that the player actually can save his/her game. Best days :D Cheers to every fan!

[@m0-m0597]

nice fellow millennial

[@KooYu]

Track index: 0:00 Training facility 3:58 Liberty Island 12:45 UNATCO 15:49 Battery Park 19:13 NYC Streets 23:57 NYC - Lebedev's Airfield 28:59 MJ12 Labs 32:21 Hong Kong Helipad 36:33 Hong Kong Canals 41:15 NYC Streets 2 44:35 Brooklyn Naval Shipyards 49:26 Paris Streets/Catacombs 51:42 Cathedral 56:46 Vanderberg 1:01:28 Vanderberg Tunnels 1:04:40 Ocean Lab

[@SnoopJeDi]

You're a real one, thanks

[@allypezz]

4:09 , I don't know why I love that bit.

[@St_Rizla]

The gas station is actually the naval base

[@KooYu]

@@St_Rizla fixed it, thanks!

[@justadude57483915748]

bravo my dude

[@ravenclause]

my heart is vibrating

[@bugsted]

hong kong section is amazing

[@The1Wolfcast]

That training session track always takes me back. I love this game so much

[@moussetache1815]

I've actually started playing this game about a week ago, after keeping it in a drawer for an eternity. Those chime-like notes on Lebedev's airfield have instantly became classic to me. The whole soundtrack is beautiful. Thank you.

[@JesperHauerslev]

Even now, in 2024, we are still listening to this amazing score and sharing fond memories of playing the game 🤩 This speaks volumes to the sheer quality of the work that went into both 🙂 The Deus Ex-games were an amazing game series and features hands down some of the best game-scores of all time.

[@SemperAugustusBubble]

Absolutely mindblowing how good the Liberty Island track at the beginning is. Jesus!

[@KooYu]

My favorite.

[@greensquirrel4019]

The only level which completely blew our minds away...... I remember falling from my chair and hitting my head hard, when I (by mistake) used GEP gun on some crates, it broke away and inside were several heal bots... What a discovery... And that underwater shotgun... Man I love this game

[@allypezz]

Played the game 10 times easy, maybe more and still didn't figure that one out. Great game, but I'd say Hong Kong is the best hands down. Never seen anything like it at the time, and the Maggie Chow plot was great.

[@Flammiedrum]

As someone who's loved this game for decades, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

[@KooYu]

I'm glad you like it!

[@B0nezee]

I listen to the unatco theme at work and i become jc Denton.

[@jnesrh420]

😄👍

[@GmanGer]

Me: "Ah time to chill out!" *Vanderberg Starts playing*

[@KooYu]

ambient > chillout

[@dougprishpreed2540]

Ahhh almost asleep [battery park with a gep gun]

[@1d10tcannotmakeusername]

​@@KooYu isolated chillout is for weaklings, ambient will always be superior. Who wouldn't want to listen to dystopian ambient tracks on a cassette tape while getting groceries during the 2020 corona epidemic?

[@Ezio999Auditore]

Epidemic? Surely you mean hoax?

[@AB-dm1wz]

​@@Ezio999Auditorehoax?

[@staletoothpick9584]

I'm a little newer to this game but I fell in love immediately with the soundtrack (and the game) Thanks for the upload!

[@TammoKorsai]

Jaime Reyes: "Go up to the PC and right click it. Now go into your inventory and use the Deus Ex CD to re-install the game."

[@ryder8646]

great game, even better music

[@ezrafreemantle1824]

When I first played Deus ex I wrote down JC Denton password bionic man on a piece of paper. Feeling like I was actually going to need that

[@bm6729]

Man i will always love this game , played it like 50 times , know every detail of the original game ,and still love it . Remember i had the demo from a magazine , and played it at a friend ( didn't have a PC at that time ) , and when i got a PC and played it i was so thrilled ......this memories .....

[@KooYu]

Same here, I had the demo from a magazine that had reviewed it. Played liberty island 100+ times and was emotionally attached to it, heh (you can see liberty island theme is the longest in the mix).

[@bm6729]

@@KooYu Same here , and it was so fun and thrilling , i remember i was so scared of the security bot guarding the entrance to the statue of liberty . So much fun not like the games now , shoot everything :(

[@sorapfeiffer9323]

just wanted to say that i use this all the time to study!! thank you so much :D

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

12:45 Iconic. Thank you for this mix.

[@H3llBaron]

This compilation is perfect to study, read and keep focused, and I love Deus Ex

[@ViCT0RiA6]

exactly what i use these soundtracks for, got me through pre med

[@Frankthetank7329]

Happy to see people still enjoying the mix

[@thescolex]

oh yes, i might try the game cause of the mix

[@ratius1979]

Hong Kong canals is just beautiful. After the hectic feel of landing in HK this was great 🥰

[@wentworthmiller1890]

The days of playing Unreal and DeusEx umx files directly in Modplug Player.

[@Planetdune]

I had a Winamp plugin to listen to those tracks :)

[@wentworthmiller1890]

@@Planetdune Oh yes! That's where I started. Then graduated to modplug. It was because of this game, Unreal, Alexander Brandon, Michel Van Den Bos, and accompanying mod trackers that I even started composing music on modplug tracker. To this day, these tracks are "breathtaking". We can do a Keanu here! Lol! Btw, am still using Winamp for regular music :D

[@burnzy3210]

the stereo separation on this is awesome!

[@elkovido8751]

Waking up in the mj12 labs and then that awesome song comes in... and you have to escape...boy the thrills are way too much.

[@kulsevdasi]

I made that song my ringtone but I got so excited by a sense of mystery everytime I received a call, it ruined my life and I had to change it

[@zafelrede4884]

Wow these transitions are awesome, i can tell you put a lot of work into this!

[@ChickenFingers42]

Really nice mix, excellent selection of tracks! I listen to this when studying and to just have it on in the background, when surfing the internet. Good job!

[@Lubedupsquid]

Jongrer that’s a great idea. Also, If I was into coding this is what I’d be listening to while I did it

[@ChickenFingers42]

@@Lubedupsquid Definitely, it's great for coding.

[@legendarysjs6491]

For me the MJ12 track is so underrated, easily one of my favourites throughout the game.

[@Kriegsgeier]

I've probably listened to it >1000 times: and I still like it - now even more than ever! Awesome piece!

[@jnesrh420]

Thankyou! Reading the comments im glad i wasnt the only one who thought this game was superior to most with a soundtrack that sticks with you. 🥇👏👍😎

[@AmmyNoUzume]

Awesome. I miss this game! Probably my favourite game to this day. Writing, soul, fun levels and characters.

[@kalman_farkas]

wow, they've used a lot of stuff from Unreal here. not like it's a problem or anything. great soundtrack!

[@SRidentitie]

I played this game for the first time when i was around 7-8 years old and didn't go beyond the training mission. I couldn't appreciate the game at that time and English being my second language(which i had about 5years experience of learning at that time) it was hard to understand all the words in the game. Then I randomly decided to try the game again for nostalgia sake when i was in college. Man was i blown away! the story, the mechanics, the choice based gameplay, the dystopian environments and of course the music! I finished the game for the first time in 2015 and could not believe how great it is for a game that came out in 2000. I played it several times later on and still found new stuff that I had missed the previous time. This game is one of my all time favorite and I wish I could play it for the first time again. P.S: Remember the sick guy at Battery park who asks you to kill him? - I look forward to taking him out every single playthrough. Its one of my fond memories of this game lol.

[@anothermetalhead1238]

I really don't know how much time I spent listening to this mix. Thank you so much for your work, man!

[@KooYu]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@SpeedySPCFan]

Thanks for making this. I'm working on a video about the synthesizer that Alexander Brandon used for most of his tracker music works like Jazz 2, Deus Ex, Unreal, etc, and this is perfect background music for editing :)

[@KingLich451]

Nice, which one is it?

[@SpeedySPCFan]

@@KingLich451 It's the Korg Trinity!

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Thanks again for posting this. Its absolutely perfect background music to working

[@shanedude120]

Ah. 2022 and I still come back here to listen to these sounds. I think this still remains the most interesting games I've played till date. Will definitely be remembered as one of the greatest in the history books. Well done. Thanks again for uploading this KooYu.

[@robinjones4160]

This is really good stuff, would be perfect with the Chateau music in there as well but this is a great mix and really helps with boring Monday workdays.

[@NicheGames]

Theses soundtracks are one of the many reasons why Deus Ex 1 is a great game. The UNATCO song was such an amazing surprise back then.

[@metalfoxhound]

So ominous yet relaxing, thanks for the great mix. :)

[@Yetipfote]

My favs: Liberty Island UNATCO Hong Kong Wan Chai Market Paris Chateau

[@absurdismworld]

My hearing is augmented. Great mix.

[@justinthorpe6355]

Heads Up...brilliant by Alexander.

[@gattiyon]

*Hong Kong Canals.....* i love it

[@retroartist9186]

"Liberty Island" just send's me flying back to the good old days, time to re-install

[@Remy-MG]

Unatco... O.O So many memories with this music

[@farizgaskin]

all those memories from college years came rushing through

[@SerMattzio]

Thanks for posting this, great mix of a great game :)

[@Ikcatcher]

Listening to this while at work really helps me focus

[@zafelrede4884]

Also how did you achieve this sound quality? Other uploads don't sound like this, this feels like i'm actually in the game.

[@KooYu]

It's mixed directly through the Unreal media player.

[@JesperHauerslev]

Nostalgia just into maximum overdrive at 3:58! 😃

[@vale_3k]

I think its due time i get the deus ex logo tatted on me, this game has been on my brain forever

[@jnesrh420]

2years later... did you do it? Just curious lol no shame either way, this game was alot to me also.

[@Lambonights]

This is a great mix you did here! Oh! Need Deus Ex quote,......um........er......WELL DONE!

[@KooYu]

Thanks. I believe you mean something like "Agent Denton, marvelous!" (Carter quote)

[@wrcz]

One: That's terror. Two: That's terror.

[@juliomonk]

Great work

[@devanmauch7843]

Love this for studying...

[@alter-nator]

Thank you KooYo! Great Mix!

[@qebler17]

Love this so much, the next best thing to playing the game!

[@PhilDrury]

This game is one of the best. Ages like a fine wine (or a Time Lord, take your pick.)

[@tschakob]

UNATCO Theme starts playing, immediatly the voice in my head: "How unprofessional..."

[@holden6104]

This is my work music. Thank you!

[@kanewilliams1653]

fantastic playlist

[@shoes2771]

Just what I needed, thanks!

[@whispermason8052]

I like this cut of the track

[@jurajjakubovic1268]

Great playlist! Thanx a lot ... brings back so many memories ... guess I am getting old:):)

[@whispermason8052]

I like this at 2am when I'm still working

[@AbysswalkerASMR]

Trying to sleep, but thinking of all my former UNATCO friends I've killed

[@justadude57483915748]

Yeah…

[@miketmdesign]

Timeless. I like the new games, but they never quite caught the atmosphere of this one. I think the new ones are a tiny bit too scifi. (didn't play Mankind Divided yet though)

[@justadude57483915748]

Fun Fact: I played through roughly 8 times before I realized you didn't have to go out the window.

[@foxglove65]

UNATCO is a banger!

[@Raubritterr222]

I remember playing Deus Ex back in 2001, on my trusty Pentium 200MMX with 64 mb RAM and RivaTNT2(16mb). The framerate was awful, barely playable. but I still managed to get to Hong Kong... And got lost in all those canals and streets :)

[@noaamonyakuza5]

omg JC a bomb! *A bomb!*

[@SgtZaqq]

Some parts of "Training facility" sound just like Boards of Canada. Good stuff.

[@voxelamateur]

Great stuff! I listen to this at work and when studying complex math and physics. btw, Area 51 should probably be in this mix, too.

[@elkovido8751]

my childhood in one video

[@KooYu]

Good times!

[@blasianchigga]

Battery Park has grown on me quite a bit

[@66metal666head66]

great playlist...really helped me out while working on my Python homework

[@DevilWolf000]

I love this game so much

[@axa993]

Brooklyn Naval Shipyards actually has strong Blade Runner vibes at one point.

[@matthewowens1451]

coolio!! if we cant get a deus ex remake at least theres the music

[@dmitrymokshin7755]

Thanks for the upload, the music is great

[@Galneda]

45:11 that synth sounds like the opening chorus of the Macross DYRL song "Oboete Imasuka" to me