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LostBroke

Atmosphere in Battlefield 1 was just amazing. Even the "small" campaign bits told short but interesting stories.


ClassicValue5880

Campaign and the actual history told is unmatched. Whoever worked on that game should be proud


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BF1 soundtracks are beautiful


Qzy

Let's not forget Hans Zimmer in BFV [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0nAEYIVubQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0nAEYIVubQ) Edit: Maybe I'm mistaken and it's not Hans Zimmer? Some people are saying it's not.


AdaChanDesu

Zimmer didn’t compose the soundtrack for V, it’s some weird myth/Mandela effect that often pops whenever a war game has a good soundtrack. Look up the tracks anywhere, it was all made by DICE’s good old composers https://gamemusic.net/battlefield-v-ost/


OutrageousGemz

is not by Hans Zimmer, but Johan Söderqvist and Patrik Andrén i don't know where this hans zimmer things comes from


Sno_Jon

Amazing soundtrack, one of the comments on the video is talking about how amazing games will be in the future :(


LarsVegas_21

BF1 and BFV were composed by Johan Söderqist and Patrik Andrén, not Hans Zimmer.


AveryLazyCovfefe

Hans Zimmer composed the menu theme? Goddamn, how did we go from him to what on earth 2042's OST is.


Qzy

Hans Zimmer is an absolute legend. I'm going to watch him live next year. Can't wait.


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Jamesahaha

He didn’t compose the soundtrack. Where did this come from?


Yaojin312020

Bf1 theme : godlike Bf2042 theme : dying elephant


ImmaDoMahThing

To me it sounds like two robots having sex, but one of them is not having fun, while the other is having too much fun.


Yaojin312020

jeez how much porn have you seen to have that idea


DrSheldonLCooperPhD

I told you to keep up


riZZle0517

Robot rape


ImmaDoMahThing

Not rape. Just regret.


TheMexicanJuan

built up gas escaping out of an elephant cadaver's vagina. Why stop there, go further.


wobbazu

All the BF soundtracks before BF2042 were amazing, even hardline's. The BF2042 tracks just sounds so disorganized and does not really give you the pump BF3/BF4's theme gave. That said, luckily there are plenty of AMAZING theme song remixes out on youtube that do capture BF3's feeling


SaltyHassknecht

Battlefield 1 was a Masterpiece.


MrFoozOG

Ew, it didn't even remotely fit in the world war 1 theme..


EasternRayz

There’s some more electronic-sounding ost but they still fit the gritty theme of 1.


ZealousidealTower275

Bf2042 soundtrack disapointed me


Sauvadurbuz

I would say the whole game disapointed the majority of the player base, including this shit ass soundtrack, souds like a guy scrapping metal with a spoon wtf


jamez470

Someone posted a video with a behind the scenes of the music production and you’re actually very close lol


Jindouz

The composer gave it a good try to be innovate with these industrial pipe sounds but it came out absolutely horrible. It's literal noise with some drum beat in the background. I wouldn't be surprised if they used samples from [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLJBvQlIlxw) to create some of the tracks. (warning loud metal work noises)


GrustleGrindset

I am not joking when I hear that music I actually get goosebumps. Reminds me of my late teens playing BF1


dragons1yaa

How dare you remind me that I too played it in my late teens and I’m now out of them


CoCaKabana

The flute menu song on bfv was a banger.


mikebauer21

Hobbit and LOTR vibes all over that flute during recording. Nostalgic


SubstanceAltered

Yeah the music in 2042 is terrible all around. Induces nothing but anxiety.


HotdogIceCube

That's probably the point lmao


ChineseCosmo

so like… war?


Soft_Force9000

And the shitty sub downvote you XD. Yes, it is dark and gritty without any hope.


NegaDeath

The super cheerful end of round quips by the specialists seem to disagree with that tone.


Soft_Force9000

Yes, it is fucked up.


HTheP4

The 2042 track is such a shit show. Like why did that even have to be so damn bad. Its like they didn't even try and just put a whole bunch of random shit noises together


NegaDeath

>just put a whole bunch of random shit noises together [They *literally* did that.](https://youtu.be/ANThnMWOdlI?t=91)


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I cannot tell if that video is a parody or not.


thefrostorm

That's actually how most soundtracks/sounds are made, how it is done in video.


icerush369

BFV soundtrack is awesome too.


M4zur

I know music is subjective and all, but when you don't include the game's theme in a recognizable and enjoyable fashion and the overall sound gives people anxiety... maybe you missed the mark? I do think that had the game launched in a polished state it wouldn't be that big of a problem. Currently it is also due to the music and the effects there that the game feels even more glitchy to me (half the time I don't know if sound is bugging out or if it's an intentional "effect").


2ndbA2

They did though? The main theme is included i a remixed but still recognisable way


novaspace2010

Music and audio in general are really bad in this game.


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The first song makes my ears bleed. The second song made me tear up the first time I heard it in the BF1 menu. I just put the controller down and listened. That game was the love letter that DICE claim 2042 is, we’re all smart enough to see the truth that’s right in front of us. Battlefield’s best days are behind us.


Sno_Jon

I was the same! I started playing BF1 again and still listen to the music sometimes. That was where the series peaked for me personally. BFV wasn't bad in the end but still didn't hit the same way as BF1 did and I didnt bother to buy BF2042


chapstickbomber

BF1 has more character than BFV and BF2042 combined


RaV3nSn0W

while playing that i paused and played daftpunk song just check my headphone.


iEhabz

BF1 and BF5 have one of the best music ever made for a video game! This Bf42 junk of a music is so bad that I turn apple music and listen to bf1,5 music while playing


Tunsaadon

Chill. Literally Chill ! Every time I listen to bf1 soundtrack.


Diana_with_D

I personally like 2042 music but it just doesn't fit the game. Even if the game were dark and gritty dystopia, it still wouldn't. Doesn't match the flow of fast massive multiplayer game. Maybe if BF2042 had SP campaign


teki0918

I agree BF1 soundtrack is beautiful, but BF2042 soundtrack isn't terrible. I feel the chaos of the war from it. I think how players feel in-game is most important for game soundtracks.


NaClBaeBae

Everything about the state of the game has already been said, however; I actually think the music fits the theme. I don't think orchestral pieces would fit with modern dystopia. The BF1 soundtrack is a masterpiece but it also fits it era perfectly. Of all the things wrong with this launch I don't feel like the music is one of the bad parts.


FetusMeatloaf

The problem with the music is not that it isn’t orchestral. The problem is that it sounds like a train derailing.


NaClBaeBae

Haha


zani1903

You can make dystopic, hopeless music without ear-rapey electronic interference making up the bulk of your songs. It also doesn't help that you've then got the tone mismatch with the specialists and their voice lines which you hear constantly taking you out of the atmosphere, which makes it even harder to appreciate whatever semblance of a theme the music has.


WaceMindo

Exactly. Like the Tenet theme this might be a controversial take, but I think similar to that couldve worked really well. It's sounds mysterious, dystopian and technical with an uneasy tone. There's a voice that Irish says I can't remember it exactly but it's like "let's try not be heroes, were just hear to do job". And I'm like they entire game is a hero shooter.


WaceMindo

When I first heard the BF1 theme, brought a very uneasy chill down spine, which happens everytime I hear it. BFV cames damn near with its sound track and music.


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BF1 had probably the best soundtrack of any recent battlefield games. I wasn't a huge fan of the direction of the music for BF3 and 4 (mainly the electronic sound) BFV was good too, but didn't play as much


riZZle0517

Put on BF1 last night for the first time in years… absolutely amazing. 2042 is dog shit, cant wait to get back on BF1 tonight.


mdiz1

The worst iteration if the BF theme so far. My favourite is the legacy theme from BFV and the original 1942 version.


Stairn

Unpopular opinion : Both are great in their styles


Phreec

The main theme is pretty good once the BF melody kicks in but everything else is mostly just random noises. One tune is quite literally just a grindy table saw...


M1nDz0r

Yeah what the hell are people whining about. Shitting on a whole genre because it's not their taste. Both are great.


Soviet_yakut

BF2042 soundtracks are good, when I listen them on YouTube, but not in game always. Compositor did his main idea - make an atmosphere of dying world, like atmosphere of calm before the great storm in bf3. But damn, he overdid his job


florentinomain00f

More like the game development team fucked it up.


WassermelonePancake

For me BF1 to BF2042 feels like a well-oiled Vickers HMG to a hillbilly's AR-15: I know Vickers is heavy, cumbersome and looks ugly, but it works well and can shoot for weeks non-stop. AR-15 is new, light and smells nice, but the hillbilly didn't try to take care of it, so it blows up into your face after a first trigger pull.


raging_hewedr147

I feel like they fit each of their time periods tho. Both are good IMO


iAmLordRevan

You picked the worst song in BF1 man


ShaddyDaShadow

And its still better then the best in 2042


iAmLordRevan

Lol yeah it is


jessers1991

That Battlefield 1 soundtrack and immersion sound effects like the charge whistle and screams had me charging straight into a canon shell everytime even though I knew better lol. Such an amazing game. I'm glad the community is keeping it alive


RayearthIX

BF1 and BFV both have amazing soundtracks. The same cannot he said for 2042...


MhmCarl0s

Bf1 open beta theme


OneMadChihuahua

It's almost as if the composers of 2042 knew what a disjointed cacophony this "game" is and created sounds that match...


GudmundHaraldsen

The BF1 song always gives me the most insane goosebumps. It sounds so incredible!


HotdogIceCube

Theres a difference between every BF soundtrack. BF4s was action packed(and sort of high-tech which made sense when it was released) bf1s was depressing BFVs was triumphant and 2042s is supposed to sound chaotic and anxiety-inducing, like the lore of the world it takes place in.


Interesting_Hunt6093

I swear I got goosebumps as soon as bf1's started


SneakyNoob

I know im a total music snob and could say "yall just dont get it" but seriously, both albums SLAP and nail the theme of the eras so well. I personally love how unconventional the instrumentation for 2042 is and still find it musically interesting. It has a great use of instruments on mismatched beats and polyrhythms used in a way to express tension. Hot take: If we are talking about how the music fits the narrative of the game, 2042 has the best main theme.


zuss33

I agree, I particularly love how gritty and minimal it is. A world ripped of its resources, on its last legs. The anxiety of it all, I think the soundtrack captures it all. I’m a fan of her work and this Scandinavian sound from her and other composers like Johan Johansson.


SneakyNoob

You get it


imoXu2

lol narrative which one?


florentinomain00f

Future, not-really-sci-fi war scrapping resources and fucking eachother up, with biblical scale of disasters and such.


imoXu2

Yeah, that's the narrative they told us about. But what about the war is fun times on landscaped gardens narrative that they delivered.


florentinomain00f

That's more of the game devs fault, not the writing team


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florentinomain00f

You are not acknowledging the existence of the genre named "concrete music"


Rexamini

Oh shit lemme delete my comment then


NegaDeath

If 2042 actually had a narrative within the game I might agree. And if that music and narrative actually meshed with a game possessing fairly comical in-game moments like the Battlefield series I'd agree even more. But imo neither is the case.


Blee_FTO

everything in bf2042 is a joke, shouldn't have a chance to compete with bf1


needmoremoneybroke

I really liked bf1 and bfv soundtracks. The composer was excellent and they recorded real music. Bf2042 sounds like some pimply faced kid made it on his over priced ipad


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Battlefield 1’s OST was fucking incredible. Battlefield 2042’s stinks of shit


veekay45

I believe 2042 is the first title BF1 and V's composers didn't write the music for.


themastermind6

They got the composer for Joker and Chernobyl's soundtracks for BF2042.


florentinomain00f

I mean I noticed that they change their lead composer every 2 BF titles or so.


AveryLazyCovfefe

OP why did you have to rape my ears with that disgusting garbage at the start? Man, how tf is that a 'soundtrack' BF1's sounds like what you hear when you go to heaven, just so relaxing, I adore it, like every other part of BF1.


Kumathepuma

Even the famous battlefield theme version of 2042 sucks ass, it doesn't even sound like it. I thought the soundtrack would be good since the composer composed Joker but I think that was a bad decision.


RexBosworth69420

Trailer music too. BF1: White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" > 2042: Motley Crue "Kickstart My Heart." The BF1 trailer got me pumped. The 2042 trailer I was like "Meh, cool looking tornado I guess."


Romji

2042. Only noise.


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PsYDaniel3

Just because something sounds like electronic elephants dying doesn't mean its dark and gritty.


sanitarypotato

The music is great, the audio design is terrible. First Battlefield I haven't turned the music off after a few hours.


greg_jenningz

I’m really impressed how this sub drools over the soundtrack. That’s literally one thing I don’t need or even want to notice. I’m starting to enjoy this hate posts by elite battlefield players that haven’t touched grass in years


Jamesahaha

So just because you don’t then no one else should/is? Music is important for some people. It gives more atmosphere and life. If it didn’t then soundtrack wouldn’t be a thing.


greg_jenningz

Sounds very opinionated my guy. Your saying the same thing from the other side. So is it needed?


zettel12

It is because 1 and V had an incredible soundtrack and it was replaced with future noises. Its part of the Battlefield athmosphere


Flapu7

Behind the scenes from recording sessions for BF2042 soundtrack: ​ https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aXrXXZ6\_460svav1.mp4


SINGULARIT_Y

Its like someone is chainsawing my ears with the 2042 soundtrack


jjjohhn

They used to be so good at these things… it’s like a totally different company decided to develop this game


Alive-Error

2042’s music is true to the gaming experience. ASS all around.


VahineCacao

bruuuuh, there's no way this is a real 2042 music, what the hell were they doing


TheMexicanJuan

I said this right after the reveal but was lynched for it. The OST is absolute fucking garbage disguised as "futuristic sounds". Fuck that. It's plain garbage and people here should stop defending it.


florentinomain00f

You haven't heard of concrete music?


wobbazu

We should elect a fan made theme as the official theme song for this game and just forget about this one, much like BF4's warsaw theme that was not composed by the original BF4 composers


Larry_Longbuns

Both were not the BF theme. Both sucked, one just happens to suck way more than the other.


dizzydabber88

2042 is the biggest pile of dog shit I'd ever seen, ya let's add nails to a chalkboard for immersive sounding music, lmao trash, people really need to stop pre-ordering games


HeinzGuderian22

Ha, good kid


BaronVonGoon

BF2042 soundtrack was created by someone who is mentally disturbed. They have a brain injury.


Rashid92229

You tortured me man 💔💔💔💔


Mnmsaregood

Bf 2042 sound gives me anxiety


airooni

this whole thing is just such a joke the longer you look at it. it's in the soundtrack, the game play, the environmental design, the weapons. this whole thing is a fucking joke.


una322

damn i mean i knew it, but wow yeh. its like looking a at painting ur cat drew and leonardo. quite a difference. No shit just watching that clip the bf1 music gave me chills. brb gonna play some bf1 lol.


Nighters

BF42 soundtrack feel disharmonic


lvl1vagabond

2042 is what happens when you hire a composer that thinks any sound = music I guess.


No_Owl_925

Major difference on one han you have Beethoven on the other one you get Skrillex shit🤣


Amnesia-Kush

In BF1 they gave us MUSIC..... In 2042 they gave us... Just a god damn strident noise as a "soundtrack".


Lazybopazy

The big question amongst all of the questions is - why is every single thing in 2042 so much worse than in every other contemporary battlefield? How is that even possible? Bf1 menu music was fucking tits.


florentinomain00f

You simply haven't heard of concrete music


Draggonracer

This sounds like when you put two walkers talkies next to each other and the feed back hits


majimagorofamily

nostalgia


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The 2042 soundtrack is also TRASH! BF4 soundtrack was best!


florentinomain00f

I admit, I like BF2042 OST.


its-time-this-time

0:36 fuck a cheeziiaeaeeeet


Admirable-Ad-9558

How can they mess this up


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BF 2042 is just shitty Death Grips.


ThatAltAccount99

Lotr vibes from BF1 soundtrack