Deus Ex - 019 - NYC Streets - Ambient

The music of "Deus Ex".

[@nefariousgremlin7554]

This music is so indescribably immersive. All the layers of instruments just add to this atmosphere of high tech urban decay, the colorful denizens of a crowded city and an uneasy feeling of being watched.

[@SerMattzio]

It's that slight echo and weirdly mournful synth hook that's perfect I think. A city that's full with people but...dead, lonely. Definitely one of my fave game tracks ever, possibly #1 (though I love the Shock 2 soundtrack too).

[@user-dq7mi6lx5d]

SerMortzio you just perfectly described what I love about this track the most. in my mind this echo sounds like a cold wind whistling on empty streets of a decaying city..so subtle

[@peir5074]

@@user-dq7mi6lx5d Late response, but the synth in battery park that calmly kind of flows around you feels amazing as well. Like atmospheric wind, soothing and calm.

[@ggabey14]

Actually, on your last visit to NYC, you are getting stalked by a thug and when you get him to Dowd, a squad of MJ12 will attack you.

[@Janfon1]

"crowded"

[@masterbison8957]

"Password." 'Open up.I'm a candy bar." *Unlocking sound*

[@tomypower4898]

Arcade 1978 clicked!

[@jonathan-iw2wj]

😊

[@zephyfoxy]

"The GEP gun? But that would require the Explosive mission pre-order DLC available only from GameStop"

[@Ragitsu]

I am afraid the reference is beyond me.

[@zephyfoxy]

Ragitsu There was a mod for Deus Ex that basically mocked the fact that Deus Es: Human Revolution had so much DLC. That reference is a modded quote from JC from that mod.

[@ada4ka390]

Zepher Tensho mod name?

[@Gigla9]

Deus Ex: Unreal Revolution

[@KingLich451]

hahahaha

[@snappyllamas]

This is the most "immersive" ambient music I've ever heard. If you play this at night you WILL feel like you're in a dark metropolis with shady characters lurking around.

[@CreepyboomGamer]

You can say a lot of things about Deus Ex, you can even say a lot of negative things about Deus Ex, but I believe that the games tracks are both absolutely incredible, and incredibly immersive. I am in awe at the quality of the music in this game from 2000. I genuinely feel like I’m in a decaying city in the relative future whenever I hear this music, and I am impressed so much meaning can be compressed in an audio file. I really need to beat this game soon, I can’t believe I haven’t yet.

[@digimaks]

Very reminiscent of Unreal and Unreal Tournament 99 (Since Deys Ex is build on Unreal engine to begin with).

[@FakefulandDisgracedSlaveClass]

same composers too (Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos)@@digimaks

[@poke548]

Ah, the sound of being lost and having no clue where to go for hours each time.

[@dreamer8877]

So true

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Check the map, even if it's not of GPS quality. Seriously, why does UNATCO *NOT* have GPS tech?!

[@jamesmcmackin8773]

Getting lost and stuck in Deus Ex is still a better experience than modern games literally having a GO HERE sign in the front and center of the HUD.

[@vasiliypupkin3239]

@@michaelandreipalon359Guess the GPS was defunct by that time

[@Covolsky]

Not an awful track to get lost in honestly...

[@RiotDogGaming1]

If only JC knew at this point, "The unplanned organism is a question asked by Nature and answered by Death. You are another kind of question with another kind of answer." Paul knew.

[@SkywalkerBatPrime]

Easy bro. Just havin' us a conversation.

[@KingLich451]

*One.*

[@reboomer8369]

KingLich You know that shit can go down if JC ends up saying "Zero."

[@SerMattzio]

Get out of here before I get your ass picked up for pandering.

[@RebornV3]

you got 5 seconds before I add you to the list of NSF casualties

[@MSMPlays-rc5sh]

@@RebornV3 *10

[@kemocity5905]

What plays in my head while doing uber eats deliveries on bike at night in lockdown NYC

[@Ragitsu]

Thank you for pressing on.

[@kemocity5905]

@Stix N' Stones I still see some on my end..guess its hidden ...not surprised if so

[@birchmontthat3634]

I'm waiting for the grid zoning laws to be implemented in 2021

[@Ragitsu]

@@birchmontthat3634 ?

[@jax2728]

You’ve got 10 seconds to deliver your package before I add you to the list of Uber casualties.

[@TyrannoWright]

"Those elements mixed together is definitely like a sauce."

[@rainmanslim4611]

But you gotta be careful not to get lost in the sauce

[@Wasmachineman]

"What?"

[@SommerSen]

@@Wasmachineman ICARUS!

[@BubblewrapHighway]

I was living in a car with my friend in Pacific Grove, CA in 2011 and this is what I heard all day cause he was playing Deus Ex. Now I love the game and every time I play, it brings me back to that Safeway parking lot and all the memories. Puking up Steel Reserve, frying SPAM slices on the lid with my lighter, going inside for wifi and laptop battery charge.

[@humanharddrive1]

holy fuck i'm so sorry for you

[@simonhuel6732]

Perfect music for macgyver'ing up dinner and finding resources

[@SadButter]

"Oooh you baaad!"

[@SerMattzio]

"Ohh you baaaARRRRGH." "What a shame."

[@BanditOfBandwidth]

Living in a Pandemic yourself, you suddenly understand why the streets in Deus Ex were so empty (aside from game limitations)

[@Ragitsu]

Killer robots and trigger-happy soldiers?

[@BanditOfBandwidth]

@@Ragitsu Nah. Those were already common before the crisis.

[@Ragitsu]

@@BanditOfBandwidth Da Tuh-min-ay-tah.

[@coaxill4059]

This is peak game design. It's about doing the best with what you have. The "limitations" don't matter as long as what's present fits together.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Yeah, love the ghetto and curfew explanations for the game levels.

[@andrewhunt7328]

The soundtrack to deus ex is so amazing. Over 20 years old and still sounds catchy 😀😀

[@TheRappelzfun]

"bloodshot"

[@NoName-rs4us]

blow me

[@Sleepy1988]

My urban walking music.

[@reboomer8369]

Sleepy1988 Where do you live in? In the shittiest city of Russia? Because that music isn't for a everyday walk for me

[@timofeygerardi5650]

Especially in night time

[@EurocorpFx]

This one has so much in common with the Unreal Tournament Menu Theme. Thank you Alex Brandon for the nostalgia flashes

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Oh, you're right, it does have some similarities.

[@wemstrum]

"The code is 4321" Really Paul? Really? So much for being a super secret agent

[@Ragitsu]

Sometimes, the best way to hide is to lie in plain sight.

[@godweenausten]

Just like the movies, right?

[@Frehleythefox]

4321? That's amazing I got the same combination on my luggage! Sargent find this man. And somebody change the combination on my luggage!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

0451 is still king!

[@hcsvntdracones5726]

When that code makes you discover Paul Is probably in a romantic relationship.

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

The best track in Deus Ex.

[@strongplatypus7663]

Deus Ex soundtrack gets better the more times you listen to it

[@TheIrland09]

I remember first playing this and thinking I'd been spotted by an enemy every time 1:11 came on.

[@followingtheroe1952]

TheIrland09 when in reality you had just spotted a great melody

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Man, I really remember this part.

[@Mr.Kumar1]

For me thats when I would be hearing the best part of this damn soundtrack, it kicked even on those flat stereo pc speakers I had, back in 2000 with no bass

[@Lambonights]

One of my favourite tracks from an OST that is already brimming with great tracks. :)

[@cyborgninja5489]

Why do the NSF always assume that whoever they hear sneaking about must be a cop?

[@aNemetZzZ]

Who else would be sneaking around? Small-time crooks kniw better than to take on a well-equipped paramilitary organization and the big shots are probably in on the racket. That leaves cops, national guard and UNATCO.

[@DevilWolf000]

@Jotaro97 but that's not the truth now is it? ;P

[@civildisorder]

Because all cops are bastards. And crooks.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Sometimes they assume it was just a homeless guy.

[@BusinessZeus]

@@DevilWolf000 It is.

[@peir5074]

You know, after you've played a game for a pretty long time and gotten used to it and it stopped being mysterious, you lose that 'new game feel'. And then you look back on the beginnings of your play-through, and you remember that feeling, and this is exactly what this music brings me, is that nostalgic feel of something you can't truly grasp that comes from the past. I love Deus Ex.

[@Ragitsu]

There is always rediscovery.

[@peir5074]

@@Ragitsu I intend to play it again, for sure. I can't wait to rediscover the streets of NYC, Battery Park, Hong Kong, and their music, one day. But I still haven't finished the game yet, even though I started playing it in may of this year. I'll replay it and remember the events that came along when I played it. That's the power of video games, frankly, is their aptitude for immense nostalgia and memories, the power for you to live your own adventure.

[@Ragitsu]

@@peir5074 Nostalgia can be a negative force if one ignores or excludes the problems of the past. However, if one is wise enough to recognize all the good *and* the bad, nostalgia can be used in a positive fashion...as a filter to take the best of what was in order to faithfully represent it in the modern day.

[@peir5074]

@@Ragitsu I find that video game nostalgia simply gives me comfort and happiness when thinking of it. I don't really experience strong nostalgia for other things, or things that could affect my life or become a 'negative force'. I feel your point doesn't strongly relate to video game nostalgia, which was what I was expressing, however.

[@Ragitsu]

@@peir5074 Fair enough. Certain people cannot separate the two, however. In any case, I didn't feel as though my time was wasted making that point :-^).

[@masterbison8957]

Sick woman:*moans*.

[@SerMattzio]

Jesus Christ, Denton!

[@stereosets1]

Homeless guy: *coughs*

[@Wasmachineman]

Somebody kill me.. anybody!

[@kirkhammer9612]

Bum : Our country, Tis of thee' Sweet Land of liiiiberty o thee i sing **weird pause** Bum : Land where my faaathers died, land of the piiiilgrims pride, from every mouuuntain siide let freeeedoooom reeeeeeing

[@DEADEYESTUDIO]

Everytime that one lady moans in the game my woman thinks I’m watching something spicy XD

[@harixd4158]

Just started playing it, games look so good and ahead of it's time. Ps: this music is awesome. Edit: I just completed a masterpiece game 😍

[@Raider8784]

I played a bit of this game as a kid but never all the way through. Decided to play it recently after finishing the newest games and good lord I'm blown away. Not only is the story ultra relevant, but the gameplay is great and the music is other-wordly, Just a masterpiece.

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

@@Raider8784 I just started playing this game and am a kid and am afraid this is what our world will come too

[@michaelandreipalon359]

So, ready to redo it again?

[@harixd4158]

@@michaelandreipalon359 I have finished this game 4 times and Deus ex hr 3 times by this year. Now I'm looking for a graphics card for deus ex md since my graphics card is dead.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Oh, nice. Hmm, good luck.

[@metalfoxhound]

This still slaps in 2019🖤🖤

[@michaelandreipalon359]

And 2021 as well.

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

And 2022 as well.

[@ibrahimjaved5574]

Hear hear

[@KyubiHitashi]

Want a medkit?

[@ibrahimjaved5574]

@@KyubiHitashi only 1250 credits

[@OverwatchSniper]

Theme music of the current times.

[@Ragitsu]

How so?

[@OverwatchSniper]

@@Ragitsu The streets of NYC and other places are emptied out because of the coronavirus.

[@dimitrios1798]

@@Ragitsu Gray Death virus epidemic -> Majestic 12 -> NYC shut down

[@Ragitsu]

@@OverwatchSniper In Deus Ex, however, the city is dangerously close to martial law (and is indeed under martial law when JC returns).

[@Ragitsu]

@@dimitrios1798 In this analogy, how does Majestic 12 factor into the real world pandemic?

[@ITBEurgava]

On your second visit to NYC, walk the hallways inside the 'ton and you get to hear fascinating noises from one of the rooms. Discovered this myself in my 6th playthrough.

[@ibrahimjaved5574]

The banging ones? Better than a paid subscription.

[@totaltryhard2151]

I though I was the only one who noticed….

[@RandomPerson-hd6wr]

Yeah it was hilarious lol

[@nicholasdiaz8255]

"That's him, he's a cop".

[@Mannetasi]

Pig!

[@psychosis1767]

*Cuts to combat music*

[@leeroyjenkem3471]

"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" - That rat you stepped on

[@doncornetto]

What a rotten way to die.

[@HunterShows]

No other game lets you stumble on rats accidentally!

[@Ragitsu]

@@HunterShows Half-Life did allow you to squash the occasional cockroach.

[@HunterShows]

Do you, like, trip over them like you do in this game?

[@Ragitsu]

@Jotaro97 Monolith developed F.E.A.R.? If I was ever made aware of that fact, I must have forgotten it.

[@lonecolamarine]

Sign him up for the Knicks !!!

[@Ragitsu]

JC Denton: "Those were simpler times."

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Gotta love Looking Glass Studios'/Ion Storm's attachment to basketball in their games.

[@neolunaticus]

This sounds like something that would play during a stealth section.

[@JSHADOWM]

This instance does have enemies. if you trigger combat, "Combat" starts playing instead.

[@Zelousmarineinspace]

Jordan Bernotavicius That's why they separate Ambient music from Combat music in the game.

[@TheIrland09]

It sounds like something from a John Carpenter movie.

[@wrcz]

My whole playthrough is a stealth section

[@MrGordyne]

Listening to this with a good headphone sends chills down my spine. 100% immersive while not being over the top.

[@snappyllamas]

That errr instrument at 1:31 is just, too good

[@aSkyclad]

Having played Deus as a young child, and not able to get much further past NYC, I remember spending hours just roaming the streets and talking to people, just soaking in the atmosphere and roleplaying as a cop, sometimes as a hitman, stuff like that. This is *the* track that represents Deus Ex to me

[@Comkill117]

This one always reminded me of like a gritty 80s action movie, like Escape From New York fittingly enough for example. Captured the setting perfectly, can’t go wrong with cyberpunk NYC in perpetual night as an early level.

[@Ragitsu]

Awesomepunk.

[@Mannetasi]

My personal favorite level with my favorite music from the soundtrack.

[@Ladle66]

My nostalgia is augmented.

[@kenianpark2216]

'I got a bogey, no ID'

[@momoraven8577]

What a shame, that this track ends.

[@cubablue602]

Entrance near the subway. An hour later still looking.

[@gangstergang1654]

even though I've got stuck in the city for hours the song is a one of the best.

[@Lonewanderer30]

"Stay outta the Ton bro, bad 💩goin' down."

[@JonasMighty]

"Bitch, I ain't going back to jail. I AIN'T GOING BACK TO JAIL."

[@lonecolamarine]

Deus ex is the ultimate companion, here's why. Girls: -May cheat on you -may only act like they like you to get what they want -never want to pay for the mcdonalds -be on they phone -twerk -be bisexual -eat hot chip -lie -Insult your style for not killing everything in sight Deus Ex: -Only crashes and glitches out sometimes -loves you as much as you love it -You get so much food you HAVE to give some away -phones don't even work in far future new york! -only leans -is straighter than Sam Elliot -Only eats soy food, candy and soda on cheat days -is honest -Promises it won't cramp your style

[@Ragitsu]

What's wrong with bisexuality?

[@superplayerex2431]

@@Ragitsu The "-be bisexual" line along with a few others are from a popular Internet meme that goes "Women from 1993 can't cook, all they can do is McDonalds, charge they phone, twerk, be bisexual, eat hot chip and lie.".

[@Ragitsu]

@@superplayerex2431 It was bizarre, that's for sure.

[@heartware4616]

One of those tracks you can almost visualize. The melody at 1:14 always makes me think of the nighttime NYC skyline, platforming rooftop to rooftop to get to the power station.

[@krzosu]

It's not a coincidence that i hear a lot of "Unreal" vibes coming from this song - since both games had the same music composer doing the tracks for both games.

[@elfranko1217]

That and both games run on the same engine.

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

Should I get unreal never played it

[@krzosu]

@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 Well unreal is now very old game - so graphicaly speaking its shine is long gone so if you are one of those who play for graphics then it might be a bother ( i remember when it came out and it was mindblowingly awesome graphics for its time) - but as for its quality as a shooter - hell yes.

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

@@krzosu I dont care for graphics am playing Deus Ex and I think the game looks good

[@Shiffo]

"What a shame!" "Such a rotten way to die"

[@anuragkat66]

THE GAME IS EPIC, THE THEME IS EPIC

[@Rashaed]

Needs city ambience.. City Sounds - Ambience - 1 Hour

[@cubablue602]

One of my three favourite tracks from Deus Ex. It just smacks, relaxes, goes stealth, builds tension and then the SMACK comes round again.

[@CS-si4nn]

I dunno why but I loved UNATCO HQ.... I wanted to be in Denton's office in real life

[@krzosu]

This is just an awesome track from a great game.

[@Ragitsu]

Nice!

[@Exodus.1337]

Best synth song of all time

[@Kill3rballoon]

“Girls gotta head fulla marbles”

[@badcholesterol]

0:52 remind anyone else of the Metroid prime 1 theme?

[@ggabey14]

Wait, gotta buy the Smuggler's Den DLC...

[@hcsvntdracones5726]

now this is my jam!!

[@Ragitsu]

Strawberry? Grape? Apple?

[@hcsvntdracones5726]

@@Ragitsu Kiwi jam is the best.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Mine's strawberry and ube.

[@Orange_Swirl]

​@@Ragitsu Blackberry.

[@Ragitsu]

@@Orange_SwirlWorth a try?

[@BluntEversmoke]

Love that Unreal vibe permeating most of Deus Ex music. Same composers and lots of unused samples from Unreal, I guess :)

[@nige12]

NY Beat Cop: "Talk to da Guys in Green. UNATCO's running da show"

[@Amaguq12]

sounds like something straight from Unreal or Unreal Tournament

[@andypanz]

same composers same synths and engine

[@megashawnx4427]

This track would be perfect at night in inner city Chicago.

[@evantambolang3052]

Your pfp looks like JC with a goatee

[@Slydeish]

Absolutely love this song from the game. I use it in my Steelgrave campaign for campaign turns, general character downtime, or stakeout missions.

[@TheIrland09]

This reminds me of They Live.

[@ELBOZZZZ]

someone should make a lofi mix with sounds or little dialogs in this world of ambient

[@leonferrarese5214]

It's Denton remember the training!!!

[@UwBuis]

Briefing*

[@samuraicupcake289]

Me in 2003 : Man, I sure do hope a pandemic doesn't empty the streets and force the cops to patrol with guns! That's never gonna happen, right? 2020 :

[@Ragitsu]

Why 2003?

[@samuraicupcake289]

@@Ragitsu I think that's when I played it for the first time. Not sure. It was a long time ago. Don't think I played it on release.

[@nodeberiaestaraqui93]

Hahaha...little did we knew

[@lonecolamarine]

I wasn’t sure about the game’s soundtrack till this started while I was going building to building on rooftops. This game is something else, it’s a hybrid of movie and videogame without being riddled with uninvolved cutscenes. and I P R O M I S E I W O N T C R A M P Y O U R S T Y L E

[@thecrowbarfoogle647]

"I ain't got nothing left to sell." -Smuggler

[@hiihmusic]

Шикарная❤

[@digimaks]

Very Unreal-ish! Just love the ambience of those older games.

[@Herowho42]

This song would fit perfectly in Metroid Prime.

[@Teknishun]

Bruh... Youre actually right .

[@wuffymcwuff]

I've always thought the deus ex and metroid prime soundtracks were very similar

[@jess648]

this mission took me ages, so much to do!!!

[@mcdonkey500]

Stick with the candy bar, JC

[@kittykatmann]

OUGH OUGH OUGH OUGH OUGH OUGH YAAAAAAAGHH....aagh

[@mr.nobody6085]

Weird.start with 1:33,it sounds different between headphone and speaker.

[@H3llBaron]

You means better with headphones, of course

[@TheSmashua]

Whoa. Actually noticeably different, aside from headphones usually sounding better. Some instrumentation sounds totally different.

[@glenwicks4976]

1:40 I'm in love with the shape of you.

[@olgajaworska7430]

omg you are right

[@MiloliM]

Best soundtrack imo ever

[@_macheton_dc4_ls563]

"Denton, Heyy it's Denton, you want these?" "Give him the Grenades"

[@justinwolf5226]

Finaly Found IT :D flashbacks with this Musik :D

[@demoncard1180]

I'm your brother, I'm sure you understand!

[@obamavrat671names]

Как же класно, всё же, Флин подбирает саундтрек

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

Head-bobbin' while walking around dirty dystopian New York City.

[@Ragitsu]

Dirty?

[@simondaniel4028]

This is it. Right here. Oooooh yeah.

[@Kameleonic]

How many times I reloaded just to hear this tune...

[@jcmchandsomeface2292]

Stay outta the ‘ton bro, bad shit goin down

[@ray-tx8yx]

Imagine a Deus Ex remake of Yakuza Kiwami 2 level with the same soundtrack. I would gladly pay a 100 dollars for that.

[@Squiddy0912]

Dude, Yakuza in the jank-ass UE1 would be awesome, ngl 👍

[@Sonozzzzrco]

Wow follow the Flow

[@HunterShows]

Hood tested, rapper approved!

nice metroid prime vibes here

[@Ragitsu]

Awesome prime.

[@Hikarmeme]

Talk to the guys in green, Unatco's running the show tonight

[@oscaroscar7904]

This game had sutch a good story, way ahead of its time with predictions for the times we are living today kind of, one of the greatest of all time, to bad the grapichs dont hold up, I even remeber reading king lear on the table in the game lol :-)

[@Ragitsu]

In their own way, the graphics are charming.

[@AndrewsSelects]

Timeless.

[@Taynator]

POV: your a hobo and a man with a blueish black trenchcoat walks up to you.

[@H3llBaron]

The UNATCO agents theme

[@michaelandreipalon359]

So good, channels with a thing for dystopias (Kilian Experience, for one example) play it on the background of certain neo-city gameplay scenes. Also, 1:11 sounds like "Nightvision" from Unreal.

[@kem1kal]

*steam rising from sewer grate*

[@pranoykishore]

The Original Cyberpunk!

[@Ragitsu]

I think _Blade Runner_ or William Gibson pioneered the genre long before _Deus Ex_ was created.

[@pranoykishore]

@@Ragitsu Agree. But, the modern generation of PC gaming, Deus Ex is the definitive Cyberpunk experience. I also meant it in a Cyberpunk 2077 context.

[@arindammukerji1133]

New York Street Smart Muzik ######

[@v11cu96]

"Sargent? Is that you?"