Helldivers 2 | Video Game Soundtrack + Timestamps

Tracklist:
0:00:00 - Main Menu Theme
0:02:50 - Dropzone/Loadout Select Theme
0:08:22 - Extraction/Mission Completion Theme
0:13:23 - Galactic Map Ambience
0:18:30 - Helldeath/Hellreinforcement Themes
0:19:18 - Initial Helldive Theme
0:19:58 - Main Theme (A Cup Of Liber-Tea)
0:23:35 - Mission Selection Theme
0:25:58 - National Anthem
0:28:05 - Socialist Automaton World
0:53:51 - The Helldiver Wakes
0:54:08 - Tyrant Terminids World
Music by Wilbert Roget, II
Compilation based on audio recordings from @TheHigherHigher
Playlists:
• Video Game Soundtracks
• Helldivers 2

[@EarthMenPlayGames]

(2015) Helldivers - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIPKqqmbeMh3q9U (2024) Helldivers 2 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZero5yqZbqChpI

[@RussiLIVE]

I hope Helldivers 2 will be nominated for GOTY on the Game Awards just to hear the soundtrack in the orchestra.

[@tyreemack228]

Same

[@petpumpkin]

hellllllllllyes, that would be sick

[@marcguinto3637]

Then everyone in the audience who's doing their part in spreading democracy will stand up and salute when it plays.

[@spectreshepard1]

@@marcguinto3637Yessss

[@Shitweas]

I think the way things are going it's not gonna happen. Although I believe Johan and his team along with the new CEO have what it takes to make Super Earth great again!

[@fluxsarchive859]

If anyone turned of the music of their game. Please report to your democracy officer for disciplinary action.

[@Kong-11._.]

Anyone who turned off their music is under investigation for treason😂

[@Kingborax501-ce3ju]

How could someone do this?

[@gavinz7115]

What about if I'm playing the starship troopers theme on a loop?

[@NONNNONN_]

I spill oil without the music so I can hear them in the trees

[@mitchellbarton7915]

I listen to it *and* my Vietnam Playlist when I'm in the creek

[@vortex-21S117]

I turned off music for one mission to listen to something else, failed the mission, turned the music back on, freed the sector for democracy and freedom I'm doing my part!

[@bigrasky]

Fr, I usually listen to Spotify when playing games but something about this soundtrack hits different

[@BunnyTwist]

one hundred lashes for ever turning off the soundtrack

[@elibroide]

@@BunnyTwistlashes!??? What are we? Barbaric and hiveminded bugs? A month in solitary confinement and two in reeducation democratic camp should do the trick

[@davidrobinson7260]

I’m doing my part! 🫡

[@ramentamago4094]

listening to this in the car to pick up my mother just like doing a very important mission LOL

[@EnterpriseKnight]

She was the one doing the mission, you extracted her

[@HarrowKrodarius]

​@@EnterpriseKnight however you could say that for him picking up his mother was the mission. Same for the pilot doing the extract.

[@EnterpriseKnight]

@@HarrowKrodarius Either way, he did it for Super Earth.

[@Jbread456]

Great job fellow helldiver, you deserve a nicely stooped cup of liber-tea!

[@tommywong3336]

Pelican-1 is real!

[@bencook6548]

3:02 “Here?” “What about here?” “Here?”

[@rewhakki]

Into a terminid nest!

[@viveredicinema]

HERE!?

[@mrknickersgaming]

"Drop us on the Bile titan!" 😂😂

[@nixodgaming8108]

Exactly what I thought too lol

[@Maarcinos]

My need to spread managed democracy intensifies 🦅🦅🦅☠️

[@Nails1-9]

👨‍✈️👩‍✈️🧑‍✈️👩‍✈️🦅🧑‍✈️👩‍✈️👩‍✈️🧑‍✈️

[@shlup6239]

we need to get a better master of the extraction theme. that song has crazy wack dynamism and its hard to listen to in this state, but i cant find any better version of that song online

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Yeah... I came here to use it for a music analysis and its just impossible to listen to.

[@andreasfanelli6510]

Just like the game despite it being fucked up it's still amazing

[@Volcano_oso]

Sweet liberty my ears!!

[@MilkyBoost]

I was like away from the extraction and it was like diffrent as hell I was like wtf it sounds like I'm about to die the start up of the song happend 2 times in a loop and then it got epic when I got there

[@Megalomaniakaal]

@@Gibblets411 It might have been intentionally mastered like so to let other sounds and effects such as explosions and gunfire dominate in certain sections/parts.

[@Aspirish]

The sheer satisfaction I receive after finishing a mission and hearing 11:53 is on par with the satisfaction that I feel when I hear the safe house jingle in Left 4 Dead 2. God I love this game's music.

[@offsetcircle1903]

Also the sheer amount of relief that washes over from making it out alive

[@Ccs4646]

DEMOCRACY PREVAILS ONCE AGAIN

[@McCloudJedi202]

Gives me Starfox 64 vibes with how they fly off the planet after the mission is accomplished. Love it.

[@gabrielrodriguez8810]

Victory was never in doubt

[@blu6]

The Extraction theme is amazing, I love the usage of an orchestra in any game

[@offsetcircle1903]

Fr, it's one of a few themes where you don't just hear it, you *feel* it as well

[@ezequielrobles2744]

Honestly for $40 it beats any game they been making us pay over $70 for the past 2 years games been so repetitive

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

not Tears of the kingdom

[@wolfe_rayet]

This game is repetitive. It’s just fuckin awesome so repetitive is a good thing lol

[@laars2233]

​@@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee yes. Especially tears of the kingdom. I've seen better graphics in fucking minecraft

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@laars2233 ok 1 totk is beautiful but 2 the game has hundreds of hours of content and no microtransactions or live service ba

[@Pinkberry953]

@@laars2233 Leave TOTK alone it never stood a chance😭

[@gruntzilla8]

Today is a dark day, we have lost the Creek. For those who ventured into the howling dark to never return, we will honor your sacrifices. Remember the Creek. Spill Oil. Vengeance shall be ours.

[@darkbolts3302]

I salute to those furious creek crawlers who have died serving democracy to free the great planet hail to the creek crawlers hail democracy

[@ExplosiveDevil]

I only just recently started playing, but why is Creek so tragic with it's loss? Was it a special planet?

[@SkelaboiReaper]

i went to the creek and lived on solo hard difficality i saw hell that day...

[@dvduwu]

@@ExplosiveDevil It was Vietnam, except the trees spoke binary. Dropship after dropship of Rocket Devastators, Hulks, and Tanks coming in like the rolling tide. It was a jungle of madness where the light of liberty shone dimly.

[@Sammysnows]

the high command has issued us some armored support really soon, we lost the Creek today but we never lost our courage, when the time is right we will retake the Creek.

[@funkydavy2071]

19:18 initial Helldive! Il's an epic moment!!!🫡

[@JerryLi-ht8dk]

Hellpod launch initiated, all helldivers to hellpods

[@leilualualemaga6172]

I really want this as a notification sound on my phone. The initial drop sound….

[@arathyn8294]

I really love how the music for each faction reflects their combat style and the way that the game intends you to counter attack. The music for the robots is foreboding and slower paced, matching how you will likely spend much of your time behind cover and dreading the impact of explosives. Then for the bugs, it's creepy, tense, and erratic, signifying how you're forced to stay on the move and constantly check your back. Really great work.

[@TheDrunkMunk]

True, I never thought about that but you're right. And the use of industrial elements for the bot music helps slow it down, putting your mind into a more apprenhensive state, whereas the bombastic horns of the bug music makes you want to dive head-first into a nest and burn everything around you.

[@sochen3793]

The music also fits each factions tone and the way you're supposed to feel playing against them, and for similar reasons. The automaton music sometimes feels forbidding and sometimes gives you a sense that this is an upward battle in humanity's case. And you're spot on with how the terminid music makes you feel; anxious and wanting to dive head first into bugs.

[@Dogelord222]

@@TheDrunkMunk "bug music makes you want to dive head first into a nest and burn everything" I love democracy too.

[@serioussponge6416]

The extraction music is almost something out of a James Bond movie it's so incredible and feels like everything is down to the wire (which it usually is lol)

[@Noodle177]

the final rush to the shuttle to keep all your samples always hits

[@TruvianceOS]

Oh boy, what an AMAZING soundtrack! I sure hope a massive Gaming Conglomerate doesn't do anything brash, and completely tilt the game on it's side with an overnight decision! That'd be BAD!

[@kobraz5684]

LMAO

[@Warriorcat_Youtube]

I just noticed the Galactic Map Ambience is reminiscent of Mass Effect's iconic Galaxy Map! That's so cool

[@CubeDaWoop]

Yeah and that type of music is what I expect to hear for space sci fi

[@Saint0bi]

If you find one of the long Mass Effect Map songs on here, you might run into the comment where the composer’s brother tells the story of how BioWare picked his song on a whim because the composer they had never finished the intended Map song so that’s how we have the iconic galaxy map song. A complete coincidence.

[@yeyecannotdrift]

Me too. Have always felt they sound alike.

[@Concano]

The automaton music is so amazing It’s slow and heavy, it feels just like fighting the automatons and is just like some of the larger automatons It’s a struggle between two forces, pushing back and forth until one falls over The music also sounds very industrial and sci-fi, the robots have begun mass producing themselves and setting up fortresses with laser Machineguns and such I can never go back to the bugs after fighting the Automatons

[@arcturus960]

You should fight both, the terminids really ramp up hard in the harder difficulties compared to the automatons. To the point it’s truly hell. At least for automatons you can kill commissars and stop the troop reinforcements…for the bugs…all of them can call more…non stop hordes

[@kalbex9376]

I actually find the bugs easier to manage. I have such a tough time against the Automatons, but maybe it's because I'm barely lv 11 with some ok stratagems. The music doesn't help too cause I try to get away, but the theme is so good I just stand there and shoot till I'm dead

[@testpilotbg]

If anyone is not listening this music in their free time, please report to your friendly neighbor Democracy officer at once!

[@Polarwolf-WenXin]

19:18 Comrades, we know what you are looking for. FOR DEMORCRAY !!!💪

[@user-uy7bn4kt2b]

What kind of freedom loving patriot says the word "comrade"? Treason

[@thecellhawk]

Galactic Map Ambience gives me Mass Effect vibes. Likely inspired.

[@scottlinting6308]

I gave a like. I'm doing my part!

[@jamesmaxwell4447]

I'm doing my part too!

[@tygamer63]

I didn’t do s- nah, I’m kidding. I liked it too.

[@cnett486]

This ost is really good. Usually I turn off music in games, but I felt like this game really benefited from a good dose of liberty.

[@malithion5046]

With the gentle touch of an iron fist!

[@Bone8380]

Why would you ever turn off music in games to begin with?

[@jackr2287]

@@Bone8380 Gets annoying, distracting, doesn't really add anything to it after a point... and depends on the game. Sometimes integrate the music well, into the day to day. Helldivers does that well, where from launch to objective to objective to extraction, the music fits what you are doing, and feeling, perfectly.

[@tridonstrident6785]

@@jackr2287 Are you just talking about multiplayer games or something

[@jackr2287]

@@tridonstrident6785 Not especially.

[@danielrhymes4593]

I'm convinced the soundtrack is why this game is so addictive. There's nothing quite like the experience of watching yourself be shot out in a Hellpod with that big, brassy background music that seems to charge forewards into danger. And for a load-screen, that's an AMAZING bit of game-feel.

[@An0nym0]

19:58 i fucking love this song

[@CoronaryArteryDisease.]

I agree my fellow brother in arms! For Freedom!!

[@rochford4204]

I play this as I'm driving into work and pretend I'm coming in for a hard landing inside an Automaton Facility (I work at Boston Dynamics)

[@dbzsmash7224]

Helldivers is now a gaming way of life for me

[@2a4me96]

2024 VGA we're going to hear the orchestra play the Helldivers 2 theme for GOTY...watch.

[@MagusLay]

26:00 o7 o7 o7 Freedom must spread over every last star True citizens march and their all-righteous thoughts Honor their debts, do your part for the cause! Steadfast support, overachieve, This time humankind will reign supreme! No questions or doubts shall be allowed. Traitors will all be disavowed. Managed Democracy is the true path All who resist it shall suffer our wrath White, yellow, blue flying over their worlds Justice and hope are forever unfurled Our way of life, galaxy-wide Paved with the skulls of those who've died Unsinkable tide of Super Earth pride A torrent that can't be satisfied We sacrifice for paradise Anything less will not suffice Citizens rise, Liberty rides Super Earth pride's up to the skies!

[@CoronaryArteryDisease.]

o7

[@crimtox7969]

o7

[@The_Wandering_Modder]

i0

[@k_balu-8104]

o7

[@bjsempre]

Yo! AMAZING!

[@michaellein2389]

I love soundtracks. I listen to a lot of them. Whether it's a movie or a game. And there are lots of them. I don't play the game myself, but this already iconic soundtrack immediately caught my ear and has stayed there ever since. This is a masterpiece! I hope it finds its way into many live acts. For freedom and democracy!

[@TheDrunkMunk]

I love the contrast between the bug and bot music. The bug music is clearly inspired by Starship Troopers - patriotic and bombastic, wheras the bot music is more dire and industrial, which reminds me of the Terminator 2 soundtrack. Roget unashamedly takes inspiration from different places, but then turns it into his own thing. It's incredibly. Everyone who worked on this game did such an amazing job.

[@eliasw8153]

45:20 when your in a mission fighting thoes damed socialist automatons that sci-fi jingle is amazing 1:02:13 for the bugs makes it feel like even in the calm, something is folowing you... stalking, creeping, waiting.... remindes me of the jaws theme, the beating heart in the background being yours as you know something is following you.... pure terror

[@elfcoder9226]

Suddenly homework doesn't seem to take so long. Is this the power of democracy?

[@lukasreher1732]

Just hit the homework with a ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Done!

[@Dogelord222]

I can't hear 12:04 without seeing Pelican 1 in the background, flying to the orbital ship

[@GuilhermeSantos-kk3mp]

55:08 that flute-like instrument. It’s so reminiscent. Maybe middle eastern inspired ? Sounds amazing.

[@gimlithebrave6354]

Exactly!!! You are a man of great taste, that sound is absolutely incredible.

[@FonzSuda7403]

Gives me Battlestar Galactica vibes

[@NeverEverTM]

11:55 Helldivers after Sony retires the PSN requirement

[@zdenkobrlica2856]

Automaton World music is nice to hear in a car without all the other sounds from the game.

[@hansdieter7314]

stand still for the appeal! salute for freedom! 0:25:58

[@Maladjester]

I don't usually do "new hotness" games but my group started playing this yesterday and my zeal for democracy has never been stronger!

[@JoJoLux2013]

Give a bonus to Wilbert Roget, II !! Never listened so heroic music !!

[@BrotherYarmoth]

11:33 "Plican 1 has landed. Liftoff in T-minus 20 seconds."

[@smithnwesson990]

19:00-21:30 Democracyyyyy

[@youdonegoofed]

That bass that swoops in at around 12:49, holy FUCK dude.

[@Bluecollarjoe6B9]

We need to spread Managed Democracy to every corner of the universe!

[@Saint0bi]

The drummer in that extraction theme is a maniac. A menace.

[@Kcthetransgirl]

I wish I had the sheet music for the horn parts! This sounds super fun to play!

[@AmadeusPytlik]

This Soundtrack is a True ⬆➡⬇⬇⬇

[@Pinkberry953]

It's the ⬇⬆⬅⬇⬆➡⬇⬆

[@Dogelord222]

500 kg bomb?

[@jacobmayell8050]

@@Pinkberry953 what is that?

[@Pinkberry953]

@@jacobmayell8050 It's a Hellbomb

[@altairkenway5436]

I need a nice cup of Liber-tea thank you, while go out and spread FREEDOM to the entire Galaxy

[@LAM1895]

I didn’t notice when I heard the music while playing but a few themes are written in 5/4, pretty cool

[@Dogelord222]

Really? I thought they were written in a studio.

[@supdawg7811]

All the main theme-based ones are

[@sillonbono3196]

They need to release this as a CD or an official download! Will buy.

[@Raznoe-hb1st]

Thanks

[@benmcccool0123]

Dunno about you guys but I feel like the loadout theme is a nice reference to the Afterburner Climax (and Classic) aircraft choosing theme due to its similarities of its BGM. Just a thought.

[@JoshAllenberg]

It almost sounds like a WW2 show soundtrack (I've been watching Masters of the Air) but with some electronic beats thrown in

[@xRlyCorrection_]

*Sick HD2 beats to spread democracy and freedom*

[@juliengrenier9672]

Dont' forget to salute! Oi

[@NutsforDonuts-qc1vx]

The Automaton music (and all the other music ofc) is so damn good! Makes me want to spread managed democracy to every corner of the cosmos!

[@kotuk3493]

Great soundtrack from an extraterrestrial game

[@joshuagonzalez8645]

1:08:49 always seems to play when ammo is low and a new bug breach opens. Perfect

[@GaussTheWarframe]

2:50 this music always get me hella hyped for a mission

[@H.deze25]

galactic map ambience gives me mass effect & tron legacy vibes...sweet!

[@greensmurf221]

The one game soundtrack I don't mute when playing.

[@Kingborax501-ce3ju]

Beautiful 🥹

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

You have galactic imperial symbol so you’re the enemy of democracy, you bug sympathiser

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

(Y)0(u) have imp3rial symbol in your pfp so (y)0(u) are 3nemy of democracy Bug symp@thiz3(r)

[@Kingborax501-ce3ju]

@@revolutionariesoffreedom2374 THERE IS AN IMPERIAL SENATE, I STILL SUPPORT DEMOCRACY

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

@@Kingborax501-ce3ju if you betray the Republic and the rebel alliance to restore the Republic, then you betray democracy

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

@@Kingborax501-ce3ju imperial senate means dictatorship, so you’re the enemy of democracy

[@Lameloball937]

I fucking love the galactic map ambience theme… what a vibe 🤯

[@fahed2544]

if you guys like this, listen to the RAC sound tracks. They share a lot of similarities so there's some more great music for y'all

[@Sean-rm2yb]

Hell Yeah

[@Kirithian_OW]

*_"Injury? WHAT INJURY?!"_*

[@bluephoenix7565]

"helldivers NEVER DIE!"

[@MacAttack163]

Any chance this is coming out on spotify?

[@KoRRoSka]

This BSO is fking awesome

[@victoraguirre7486]

how can this game NOT win a game of the year??? the OST alone deserves ALL the awards :D

[@thesonofsuns7479]

48:10 💯

[@pedrocunha2731]

best part

[@giantslayer9335]

**Vietnam flashbacks**

[@RossZ32]

*Robot Vietnam PTSD kicks in* ☠️

[@LAM1895]

Right, that part of the Automaton battle theme to me is the most impactful, like 1:06:23 of the Terminids one. The moderately paced, evenly distributed chromatic progression with a slight pause and repeat is reminiscent of an automaton army slowly but surely, methodically, inevitably and menacingly invading.

[@mrbrandonbrown7072]

53:51 when I get home from work...

[@Dogelord222]

ha

[@Nicxlive]

This is Amazing!!!! 26:27

[@foxmcclout1503]

48:10 When you're near a artillery tower with a bot drop incoming,4 rocket raiders,3 striders, tank and a shit load of regular automatons heading your way . The sheer anxiety hearing this tune 😢

[@CVarden]

13:28 Mass Effect map theme vibe

[@twilight_mourner1865]

19:26 always gives me goosebumps!

[@adamwollach]

Love this music. Some weird phasing happening for me on Extraction/Mission Completion Theme tho. Wonder if that is baked into the track?

[@baileys6346]

The compression on the extract theme makes me wonder if the game’s audio engine utilizes compression on the score, sidechained to the in-game audio effects and voices

[@anthonydahl5454]

I've never heard so much democracy in a music score! Sweet liberty !

[@coilovercat]

the initiate helldive theme is in 5/4! This is the same time signature that the mission impossible theme is in.

[@stevenhays6816]

Good work spreading that managed democracy, Helldiver.

[@jakebrady5531]

DAMN!!! The extraction music goes harder than it needs to!!! I love it though! 😍/🤣👍🏻/😎

[@thefilmpost2686]

I can't just taste the Liber-tea when hearing this music.

[@stabojert]

Rock & stone!

[@nicolasrvg3803]

11:05 when Pelican-1 tries to land but M. Charger decides that the landing area is now his ground

[@Crusader-wy7sh]

Whats with every interation of the extraction theme having audio dips?

[@freelancerthe2561]

probably people all reuploading the same video from each other. youtube has a problem when theres no good sources, so the only thing they can find gets recirculated. So if true, it also means whoever did the original extraction/capture either made a mistake while recording, or the compression they're using has problems with the levels of the capture. Could be ducking, could be the input is too loud so its clamping, could be a quirk of the source file if its a direct extract. Hard to say without knowing how they did it.

[@EarthMenPlayGames]

@@freelancerthe2561 This is true. This video is a compilation of what I found at that time. I almost always work directly with game archives, but with Helldivers 2, unfortunately, I don’t have the opportunity to delve into these archives.

[@IANSYT]

I'm pretty sure the person that ripped the audio just recorded themselves playing the game and noise cancelled the gameplay

[@easymoney2k449]

I know there are some audio dips built into the soundtrack itself (which makes it even better in my option).

[@squidwardo7074]

@@freelancerthe2561 pretty sure its this. also all the ones ive found have terrible dynamic range and audio quality in general

[@osnovyanenko]

13:28 - Mass Effect map ambience tune, and on 16:00 the same tune is reminiscent of Virmire Ride ost from mass effect 1

[@kitamingo4251]

Without music helldivers turns in horror game

[@Truex007]

The most democratic key is Liber-key!

[@stevewilliams5498]

GET SSUUUMMMM

[@S4MYYT]

woah

[@YiYaEmperor]

8:50 and following: do you notice loss of quality in this song?

[@Alex-xg8py]

My guess is its ripped from the game as a clean version isnt available yet. So maybe some sfx was removed, etc resulting in distortion.

[@Morris_Minor]

I think a resistance faction called "super earth rebels" or something would be cool, they used scavenged helldiver gear, they shouldn't appear as frequently as other factions, maybe once a week or every 2, just to give some flavour to enemies, we have to destroy their radars so I think a small faction to resemble it would be cool

[@HasekuraIsuna]

I think the most possible contender for a 3rd enemy faction would be alien greys.

[@Morris_Minor]

@@HasekuraIsuna that would be cool. I just see terminids and bots getting a little repetitive personally. Edit: A vid got recommended to me and the Illuminate race from the first game are probably getting added to 2. Very cool. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aV7GiGyIg8-Zbqc

[@creatorofanimation]

A resistance faction against what exactly? There can't be any rebels without anything to rebel against! A Ministry of Truth study found that there hasn't been a single case of true rebellion against Managed Democracy ever recorded. A small minority of loyal Super Earth citizens who may have experienced a momentary bout of confusion regarding the benefits of Managed Democracy have been successfully re-educated, posing no threat of forming a preposterous so-called "resistance faction"!

[@alexandrdolya1150]

The 4th is somethings amazing isn't it?

[@markkordvani3527]

i love how they're named "Socialist Automaton" and "Tyrant Tyrminids"

[@manurov]

NATIONAL ANTHEM MAKE ME WANTS SPREAD DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM

[@ElBromoHojo]

Huh huh! Sound familiar? Sounds like these are happening all over the galaxy, right now!

[@H4ppyAn1me]

Thank you for your Service 🫡

[@livingicon-vj4ev]

hey can you create a spotify playlist of this

[@bomberbang6857]

6:31 best part begins

[@Kitfoo77]

Why is the sound all messed up for the extraction song?

[@PostRook]

Reinforcing!