System Shock Soundtrack - L01 - Medical

System Shock Soundtrack, MIDI, Year 1994,
Original Composer: Greg LoPiccolo, Tim Ries
Special thanks to: Joey "Chicajo" D
Thanks to Markus Hein for XMI2MID
and RIPXMI.
Publisher: Origin
Developer: Looking Glass
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Additional info by Chicajo:
Played all through level 1 (Healing Suites). Makes you feel like it's your first time. Added chorus to the overdrive.
Playlist: • System Shock 1 Soundtrack

[@antipsychotic451]

"Enter that room, insect, and it will become your G̵̰͌͘R̷̬̃̎A̵͈̓A̴̙͝A̷̙̓̀Ă̴̮̓A̶̡̩͌̈́A̴̖͊͝V̴̮͆̆Ṿ̷̃̃V̷͍̥̽V̵̦̮͘E̸͖̱͐E̷̳̅͗Ë̵̤́E̶͙̮̎"

[@TheKarui]

"I will have all your secrets and you will learn more about pain than you ever wanted to know."

[@BusinessZeus]

Damn a tiktok user has threatened me!

[@hajimeokajima]

@@BusinessZeus Time to have those cybernetic implants and whack the hell outta them.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

Angel Dust, Hazbin Hotel : Hmm... Kinky. ;-)

[@user-hc2ij7wq6m]

This comment section is cursed as fuck.

[@leolaus]

And then a giant wave of cyborgs came.

[@Terkzorr]

"Your memo- memo- mo"

[@Gameprojordan]

What made those noises? Was it the low level cyborgs or the servo bots?

[@Terkzorr]

@@Gameprojordan I think it was the assassins

[@willdeperetti7649]

@@Gameprojordan The cyborg drones you see in the corridors and after you destroy the computer nodes. The cyborg assassins don't make any noise (except when they die).

[@Gameprojordan]

@@willdeperetti7649 ah fair enough. I thought it was just generic robot chatter at first

[@Jakepearl13]

*[proceeds to pulverize vending bot]*

[@sabatheus]

Ah...the music that started it ALL for me. R.I.P. Looking Glass. *puts hand over heart*

[@minilymo]

you know system shock 3 is in development?

[@kickster4u]

+minilymo Itll be years before its out though

[@CaCSouthPark]

Turns out its just System Shock 1 remaster but i guess at this day and age we need to enjoy this wonder of a game.

[@Althemor]

Actually, from what I understand, both System Shock (the remaster of System Shock 1) and System Shock 3 are in developement. To be more precise: twitter.com/NightdiveStudio have been acting as some kind of (and I mean that in a positive way) Dr. Frankenstein of gaming. They have acquired rights to several games / franchises and re-released those games. System Shock 2 had long been non-available, but they collected the rights and now it can be bought again. They also released an Enhanced Edition of System Shock 1 (enhancements being mouse-view-support and greater resolutions ), re-released several other games and even recreated some game whose original source code had been lost, using a different engine and hiring some of that game's original programmers to do adjustments. And now they have decided to do a bit more than collecting IPs and making old games run on new hardware: They are actually developing the twitter.com/SystemShockGame themselves from the ground up. BUT! They do also act as the publishers for twitter.com/OtherSide_Games who are making System Shock 3. OtherSide Games by the way includes a number of original Looking Glass staff, so hopefully it will capture the atmosphere and general feel of the earlier parts. For information that is less awkwardly written than this, visit systemshock.com/ www.othersideentertainment.com/system-shock-3 or simply en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Dive_Studios

[@CaCSouthPark]

Thank goodness theres some who are willing to revive old games, considering the times we live in we need a change of theme.

[@Autz64]

The E1M1 equivalent of System Shock.

[@intheballs]

Fun Fact: The elite guard on the cover is a 3d model.

[@JIG-vn8sc]

Looking Glass, id Software, and Valve. Three of the most innovative companies of the 90s. System Shock, Thief, Doom, Wolfenstein, Quake, Half-Life, and Counter-Strike came from these legendary developers. All of their games are held in high regard.

[@KingLich451]

oh man Thief trilogy was really awesome

[@YaBlewItCapiche]

ALL their games are held in high regard? ...Even Ricochet?

[@thistle1320]

@@YaBlewItCapiche that game may have flopped. but damn it's fun with friends

[@deeznutz3609]

What about Daikatana bro?

[@YuffX]

I'd also added Blizzard. Nothing but 10/10 gems back then

[@samgrebe8290]

The starting level to start System Shock’s story with the discovery of the 451 number.

[@zagorith14]

Big, meaty bass drum sound along with a sick guitar riff to give you that epic Doom E1M1 feel. Like you're about to go through hell and back. In Doom Marine's case, it was literal. In Hacker's case, it was damn close.

[@TheSocratesofAthens]

This music is truly a work of art.

0:42 is like: [Hacker Voice] "I'M IN!"

[@user-zb4jk4zq8t]

*Door in neurosurgery opens*

[@helios1087]

@@user-zb4jk4zq8tCYBORG CONVERSION CANCELLED. STANDARD STATION RESTORATION PROCEDURE ONLINE.

[@mmamackela284]

oh damn.. When the notes hit down, I may not have been old enough to play this back in the day but my friend's dad played it. I fondly remember this soundtrack

[@TheBurning1981]

Best music in the game!

[@Gameprojordan]

I always hum the first 45 seconds of the song in my head. I haven't even played this game before (yet) but watching playthroughs of it made me addicted to this song lol

[@Phoebe5448]

@@Gameprojordan same here! Even though I've never played System Shock myself, the story and atmosphere sucked me right in and I've been hooked ever since!! Truly a forgotten masterpeice!! 😁

[@Gameprojordan]

@@Phoebe5448 I finally got around to playing the first one and beat it. Definitely recommend, bump the combat difficulty to 3 if you want a good challenge

[@bulgasssoftworks9035]

And best level in the game. My opinion.

[@CDR627]

This soundtrack amazes me. It makes want to both jam out and rip my ears off at the same time.

[@lilacaggression8956]

It’s an excellent track, but an odd one to wake in an abandoned space station to. It’s like they wanted to do a busy and dangerous city but couldn’t.

[@Frank-bc8gg]

It reminds me of waking up after an unexpected nap and suddenly getting an intense sensation of panic, which is fitting, imo

[@Nihilistic-Mystic]

System Shock's textures are too clean for it to feel "abandoned" per se, I'd say it nails the feeling of a busy and dangerous city.

[@atlev]

Agreed. I always thought this one was a bit out of place. Sounds very happy and kickass- I'm sure the hacker was terrified.

[@divagaciones1628]

System Shock players were never the same afte the nightmare of listening to this song for hours on end.

[@Therealguymins]

My new ringtone starts at 0:43

[@abyzzwarrior3305]

The first game was much more eerie. Getting into Level 3 in Maintenance was the scariest fucking thing ever. And even level 1 was creepy, even with this music. Everything was so fucking mysterious.

[@abyzzwarrior3305]

***** k

[@seakwenz]

I have to agree, it has a more organic feel than SS2 for me. Still love them both but I like SS1 a lot more.

[@Kelis98]

+Name Holder, It might have been creepy in 1994.

[@darkentity1000]

I think SS2 is more scary, but SS1 got the Cyberpunk feel right. It feels like classic Cyberpunk, like Neuromancer or Blade Runner. SS2 just feels like another space marine setting like Aliens/Starship Troopers. I hope that in SS3 they bring back the classic Cyberpunk look and feel as well as the cyberspace levels.

[@abyzzwarrior3305]

Maybe I should also say that I love SS2 as well. Replayed it a lot. :)

[@caligulawellington3171]

I miss these in the remake.

[@Solano1111]

yeah, i still can't understand why they chose generic ambient soundtrack instead of this for the remake

[@thespacemarine247]

They should have just remixed the classic songs. At least you can disable the music in the remake and just play the classic OST

[@zion6680]

The fact this isn't in the remake is not cool :(

[@SnackCannon]

RUN HACKER

[@MotionPixTheater]

The System Shock 1 Cover Art Mouth/Face looks like Bill Murray.

[@drwhite7285]

MotionPixTheater its the Elite Guard

[@JacobKinsley]

@@drwhite7285 no hes an actor

[@kingwaffleton1774]

Jacob Rendall I believe he was just specifying what the “mouth/face” was

[@Supyloco]

Ooh, so scary. The song is fucking awesome, but it made me less scared of the area.

[@MatthewCampbell765]

I love this song, but I must admit that it's an odd fit. The vibe I get is "Going to work...at a job you like".

[@idiotnostalgia5167]

Of course this game slaps

[@JacobKinsley]

*spoiler warning* I was thinking the best way to incorporate the soundtrack into the remake would be to have the music play when you're searching for the systems authorisation code (whichever one initiates the launch sequence, and you have to find by going to each cpu room and writing down the numbers) and when you're trying to go to the bridge because of the escape pod not working the intro music plays

[@dooplon5083]

that was the reactor overload code, Shodan launched the bridge not you

[@JacobKinsley]

@@dooplon5083 That whole part of the game I was focusing too much on trying to escape to be honest

[@dooplon5083]

@@JacobKinsley to be honest at that point your more hunting her down than simply escaping. Yeah escape is a major goal there but now you're hunting shodan too. Also I was really surprised at the inclusion of another fleshed out level before reaching the bridge, personally. Yeah it's shown on the side map but with how the gane tries to make you feel rushed it feels almost like a time consuming detour for a non-existent timer, well unless you play hard mode that is (though the immersion of the sequence is solid for the most part).

[@JacobKinsley]

@@dooplon5083 The level before the bridge is like a big arena with the hardest enemies and a bunch of weapons and ammo if you managed to miss them along the way. A lot of the optional stuff near the end of the level is great, stuff like massive piles of med patches and battery packs.

[@dooplon5083]

@@JacobKinsley Also, can't forget things like the scorpion (I think you find it in this level) and the plasma rifle. While you gotta be careful with itn playing plasma tennis to kill enemies was so fun.

[@navarroguard7911]

Such a shame the remake doesnt have music like this

[@Gameprojordan]

Honestly I don't think it would fit the game. It would need to be slowed down heavily and modified to sound more creepy and horror sequence to fit into the remake

[@Gameprojordan]

Horror-esque* not sequence

[@astillia6073]

it is reminiscent

[@newhampguy]

​@@Gameprojordan ​ I like your point but this music is so iconic, it's a true shame to move on to something less system shockish. At the very least they could modify it like you say.

[@vdubs4189]

If you listen carefully to the music in the demo you will hear motifs from the original soundtrack. It's kinda neat.

[@Kelis98]

0:00, Insert cyborg sound and tutorial/control screen.

[@battles_varied_animator]

This game had a tutorial?

[@reginaldcz6332]

@@battles_varied_animator After starting new game it showed you some hints about HUD and that you can interact with items. It also starts in a room without enemies and then another one has just some weak serv bots. And then you need I think to use key or code to progress. So while it doesn´t have tutorial on its own, first two rooms could be taken as one.

[@fuzzytransmissionman]

YOUR MEMO YOUR MEMO

[@leolaus]

@@fuzzytransmissionman *assassin intensifies*

[@leolaus]

YOURMEMOYOURMEMOMU

[@AdamPuntigliano]

HOW DO YOU MAKE A SONG SLAP THIS HARD !?!?!?!?

[@Famsysthing]

The remake looks great but it doesn't have this banger

[@TheMightyP00tis]

it has the option to turn the original music back on iirc

[@yannickluecker3983]

Am I crazy for wanting to dance to the first part of this track?

[@The3Dblaster]

Why the fuck does this track slap so hard?????

[@thenerddirector]

t-turn around face me i-insect

[@lucasderobotgaming]

Just here to say that the remake is super awesome, just finished medical and even all the little secrets from the orginial game are there. Makes it alot easier if you played the original. Reactor code 1xxxxx, Ooh I'm coming for you SHODAN!!!

[@CrizzyEyes]

I'm pretty sure the System Authorization Code is random on each playthrough

[@lucasderobotgaming]

@@CrizzyEyes Yes it is, but this is my code

[@leolaus]

YOUR MEMO YOUR MEMO

[@vittorioromeo1]

This song has no right to slap so hard

[@nigelproctor]

This game felt more like a cyberpunk adventure with a surprisingly menacing antagonist, whereas SS2 is straight up horror sci fi

[@Murmarine]

Straight fuckin banger

[@vcrcleaningcassette39]

"where the FUCK do i gooooo"

[@susanpereyeibo7576]

So many secrets and experiments to discover

[@strawmanbrain]

banger

[@papayer]

I'm here purely out of spite because I wanted to show my friend the cool dynamic music system this game had, and this track staunchly refused to ramp up no matter what I did or where I went in the level lol.

[@jess648]

some of the later parts show up in combat after long enough or when there’s enough enemies from my experience plus being within a certain distance of certain enemy types triggers that system actually

[@papayer]

@@jess648 Good to know.

[@jess648]

@@papayer plus the music distorts slightly in different ways depending on if robotic or organic enemies are nearby you learn to pick up on it after playing for long enough

[@papayer]

​@@jess648 Yeah, I looked it up and found a video on it, very cool detail!

[@jballs5434]

Back when MIDI sounded good. :(

[@peppermillers8361]

This isn't the Midi version.

[@Heisenberk.]

Wish I could play this game like the first time

[@simonh5004]

this made me realize something must be off about the sound in my game cus it sounds different here

[@apiocosmico833]

It's sped up, don't worry

[@serhio4275]

It is from era when sound cards were different from one another, and so sound. Today it depends on what soundfont you use for game.

[@jess648]

it’s the original midis run through the “ChoriumRevA” soundfont

[@ali_m_]

It's the first level why is better than almost all the others!?

[@makiiavely]

i can't say System Shock's soundtrack is very good to be honest, but I sure as hell haven't heard anything even remotely similar to this in a video game like this but it works somehow

[@_ruskie8853]

WHAT?!! This, Groves and Research are slappers and some of the greatest video game music to come out of '94

[@DannyEastes]

The flight deck music fuckin slaps too

[@makiiavely]

@@_ruskie8853 Don't get me wrong I'm not saying it's not memorable, and if you've played it for a long time you must think it's really good, but for every good song there's one that is either completely bland or just plain annoying, at least to me. SS2 does a much better work, you have sick techno tracks that fit perfectly into action sequences and extremely creepy and tense ambiance that reminds you of the horrors of the Von Braum

[@serhio4275]

@@makiiavely well, since it's a cyberpunk (with a litle horror elements, but it's not a main genre of the game) music fits just fine. Grooves full of mutants and dark Maintenance have good and unnerving music for horror. With all respect, imho

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@makiiavely SS2's soundtrack is one of the best in games to me. I just wish the audio tracks weren't compressed/distorted to shit. THey need a remaster.

[@MetalGear0987]

I think the ingame version sound a bit better i like the retro pixel art :D

[@holydiver5196]

Brace yourselfs lads, 30th is coming!!!!

[@Lesquille]

The remake is really good, but I wish they hadn't changed the music. Starting the game with this track playing instantly infuses the game with a sense of momentum and urgency. There's no time to be scared and creep around in the dark: SHODAN is charging the mining laser for a strike on Earth an you're the only one left alive who can stop it. Get to work, Hacker.

[@Alianger]

What midi module is used?

[@lucasderobotgaming]

Chorium Rev A

[@KeithMuirMusic]

So anyone else noticing that this sounds like the zoo race ost? No? just me? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnXEdZt6oZmoaas

[@gabrielcaro]

Sounds like Mario karts😂

[@pruchi111]

prip

[@RamChop451]

zero dislikes. nice

[@themanwiththebabyhands4650]

There's one now. :(

[@RamChop451]

Shit

[@BusinessZeus]

There are two now

[@helpmyass]

3

[@churchguy8325]

5

[@wolcamophone4783]

They ripped the midi’s and put them through their own sound font it’s ruined.

[@wolcamophone4783]

Wait nvm killer drum kit

[@crazytim8256]

I like this version because it reminds me of a MIDI track that was made to be run through a SoundBlaster card or some other exclusive audio processor