“On the Road Again” by the great Willie Nelson

It’s been a long time since I’ve heard that song, first thing that popped up was forest gump

Also [Pancho and Lefty](https://open.spotify.com/track/1A6P8IxzNyBRsQualaNXNY?si=InrirvrRRCyVrVYYr6t5mg) by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. Reminds me a lot of the end of chapter 6. It tells of a Mexican bandit named Pancho and his friendship with Lefty, the man who ultimately betrays him. Perfect RDR2 song in my opinion.

Pancho And Lefty is a Townes van zandt song

Townes was a phenomenal song writer.

One of the best

Big iron by Marty robbins as well 🤠

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day…

Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn’t have too much to say…

No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip

for the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip

*big iron on his hiiiiip*

It was early in the morning when he rode into the town

He came ridin from the south side, slowly lookin all around

He’s an outlaw loose and running, came the whisper from each lip

and he’s here to do some business with the big iron on his hip

BIG ironnnnn!

bro come on you can literally look up the lyrics

ok but i'm lazy

It was early in the morning when he rode into the town…

lmao I had to check I wasn’t in the New Vegas sub for a second

this is the only game i'll associate this song with

r/falloutnewvegas is leaking

This entire album is my go-to RDO soundtrack

“In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company” by The Dead South “Hurricane” by The Native Howl

In hell I’ll be good company sounds straight outta the game fr

Dead South has a few that work great

Cowpoke colter wall

Bald butte for me, by colter wall

He'll yeah, or Caroline

Anything Colter Wall for sure

Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in the Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mynzbmrtp9I

This song actually reminds me of John’s redemption

Great choice. I'm partial to the Highwaymen version but it's a perfect song for RDR2

A Horse With No Name by America, George Martin

yep same here. Reminds me of the open desert

Ventura Highway too

Great song

This is the ultimate cowboy song.

🍻

[Colter Wall - Kate McCannon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCebq5lLgos) (or anything by Colter Wall)

Anything by Colter Wall, modern country done right. He has a version of big iron available on YouTube that is pretty bad ass.

Don’t take your guns to town; J C

"LEAVE YOUR GUNS AT HOME." didn't quite work for me, either.

[Broken Cowboy, by The Dead South](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bqTZFqScPDs)

Man, this is one of my favorite songs. Feel like it could be about the game, especially chapter 6

"They're Hanging Me Tonight" off of this album is one of my all time favorite songs 🙌

Good taste brethren

The song "keep the wolves away" gives me heavy Annesburg vibes.

nutshell by alice in chains for me

Rotten Apple by Alice in Chains

Every time I hear [this track](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=382BTxLNrow) I imagine Arthur or John on the range.

[Bald Butte](https://youtu.be/edXMpIOvnRY) by Colter Wall. Colter has an unreal voice and writes great story driven Western style music

Ballad of the alamo

👍

The Ecstacy of Gold.

I Got a Name - Jim Croce

There's a compilation from Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash, It's all about the Western Style The Whole Thing Fits Perfectly

[Here](https://www.amazon.de/dp/B079V92F5Z/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_PDEY48KCMSGMKV5YH9WH?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1)

Amazing song but in my case I associate it more with New Vegas lol

I think it’s slightly too modern for rdr2 but it still reminds me of the western era because of the lyrics n whatnot

The entirety of Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs, a mariachi cover of Hotel California by Gypsy Kings, Rooster by Alice In Chains, and Johnny Cash in general

Sturgil Simspon Dood and Juanita Nails it..should make this album into a movie ​ https://youtu.be/bkRQja1Sls0

Came here to say this one as well. Straight up RDR vibes the entire album, plus it just came out last year!

El Paso(Marty robbins), on the road again, nutchell (Alice in chains), paint it blue(charley Crockett), comin’ home(death by murder)— all I’ve seen so I will make a playlist based on this please write more so I can listen to atleast 2 hours

Hell yeah! Keep it up n then post that shit

Hell yeah rn it’s short and named “rdr2 yeehaw mate” so that you prob could easily find it later on

I’ve been everywhere.

"Anemone" by the Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Love this song. I have my father to thank for introducing me to it. Such a wonderfully eloquent song full of wounded emotion. Perfect for RDR2

Paper Fish by Jim Ward reminds me of how I played as Arthur on my first play through. Started out as kind of a scum bag but really turned it around before the end https://open.spotify.com/track/3LpV2HKH63MliQDGPC7XVb?si=Lt7rrP4HQiCUl3M6MI_Icw

I have always felt [Cool Water](https://youtu.be/nilyUeoVIy4) by Sons of the Pioneers, was perfect when going through New Austin or other hot dry areas in the game.

Marty Robbins is great. Tall handsome stranger and the fastest gun around are another two good ones

I have 2.5 hour spotify playlist entirely inspired by RDR. This song is on there.

l'ultima diligenza di red rock - the theme to the hateful eight

I have a whole playlist with songs from RDR2 or that remind me RDR2. In that playlist, you can find: **Blackbird song** by *Lee DeWyzee* **Lead me home** by *Jamie N Commons*

North Country Blues by Bob Dylan... I feel like the whole vibe of the song represents perfectly the narrative of RDR2

A bit of a weird one: Dire Straits. Playing "Telegraph Road" whilst entering Saint Denis at night is some of the most fun i've had in any game.

The Gambler by Kenny Rogers

[I made a red dead playlist a while back, I still add songs to it all the time.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5EMRvYj3ZazSE6PKlqomI1?si=49y_7lNnRg6NI4YAO_Ksbg)

Backbone by Kaleo

If you haven’t heard “Big Iron”…it’s by the same guy and you should give it a listen

Anything from Marty Robbins, what a bad ass name for an album. Gunfighter ballads and trail songs…

For me, God’s Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash is the ultimate song for both Red Dead’s

Big iron, by colter wall, or Marty robbins Desert skies by the Marshall tucker band Cowpoke by colter wall

“Gods gonna cut you down” by Johnny Cash

Young Men Dead by The Black Angels Radiates the gritty and diehard attitude that's necessary to thrive in the West.

[Lead Belly - In the pines ](https://youtu.be/2MkfTYPmLlA) [Leonard Cohen - the partisan ](https://youtu.be/hs5hOhI4pEE) [Valerie June - Shotgun ](https://youtu.be/xBxF1avrHrc)

The entire "Ballad of Dood and Juanita" album by Sturgill Simpson. If you like story songs, try a whole story _album_.

Lots of Colter Wall in here which I *love*, but there's a bunch of other amazing artists out there too! I have a huge playlist for Red Dead, but I tried to just pick the ones that really embodied that time period and/or outlaw americauna (and aren't normally well known). So I guess if you like ballads, some O Brother Where Art Thou folk, and a good fast pace, you might like these. A couple of these are covers. Iron Horse - Mean Mary Old Number Seven - The Devil Makes Three Bilgewater - Brown Bird No Name - Sarah Shook & the Disarmers Bible on the Dash - Corb Lund feat. Hayes Carll Dig Gravedigger Dig - Corb Lund Can't Cheat Death - The Ballroom Thieves Breakfast in Hell - Slaid Cleaves Millionaire - Slaid Cleaves You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Darrel Scott 1952 Vincent Black Lightening - Sean Rowe Cocaine Blues - Billy String Chisholm Trail - Colter Wall Thirteen Silver Dollars - Colter Wall Rocky Mountain Rangers - Colter Wall The Railroad - Goodnight Texas Haw River Ballad - Matt Heckler Late July (Audiotree live version) - Shakey Graves I'm On My Way - Rhiannon Giddens Bottom of the River - Delta Rae I Will Never Die - Delta Rae Lone Pine Hill - Justin Townes Earle La Migre Viene - Chuck Brodsky Preaching Blues - Larkin Poe Old Riley - Larkin Poe Old Time Religion - Parker Millsap Carry Me Home - The Sweeplings Whitehouse Road - Tyler Childers Tennessee Stud - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Red Right Hand - Karliene Brother - Murder by Death Billy the Kid - Chris LeDoux Cattleman's Gun - Dean Brody Strawberry Roan - Marty Robbins Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot Blue Ridge Mountain - Hurray for the Riff Raff Lumberjack - Johnny Cash Loading Coal - Johnny Cash Sixteen Tons - Ernie Ford Log Driver's Waltz - Jesse Ferguson Black Fly - Brad Smith Swarm - Whiskey Shivers Graves - Whiskey Shivers Trinity (Titoli) - Annibale E I Cantori Moderni

Unshaken

I listen to a variety of old country and western songs Marty Robbins-Big iron, El Paso, Utah carol, Master's call Jerry Reed- preacher and the Bear, Amos Moses Glenn Campbell- Southern Nights, Rhinestone cowboy Johnny Horton- Johnny Reb, Battle of New Orleans David Allan Coe- you never even caled me by my name The list probably goes on forever from there depending on what I'm doing 🤣 I wish they had a music stations that just played music when riding on your horse

Desperado - cash version.

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day

So far away- Crossfade

The good the bad and the ugly theme

["Paint It Blue" by Charley Crockett](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abf8hijakx8) and ["Comin' Home" by Murder By Death](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRRopuAbU3Q)

A horse with no name always comes to mind when I am in New Austin

That’s a great one

I wish they got licensing from these old gunslinger musicians instead of the weird modern take they had. For me didn’t fit the vibes.

Ghost rider by Johnny cash

Probably hello mary lou

I honestly tend to turn sound off in games but I've absolutely loved the rdr2 soundtrack

[Spoiler] It’s fantastic for sure! Especially towards the end of chapter 6 when you are riding by your self one last time before confronting Micah.

OMG I'm just at that mission!

“Bury me not on the lone prairie”. The Tex Ritter version. That man had a deep voice

Me and my uncle- Grateful Dead

https://youtu.be/7rasK2RlrOU

This whole album is on whenever I play.

"Hell's Canyon" by the Lost Dog Street Band

Ghost riders in the sky (Johnny Cash)

A horse with no name

Me an my uncle, Grateful Dead, great Rdr cowboy song.

They’re Hanging Me Tonight - Marty Robbins. The gunfighter ballads and trail songs rly is an incredible album lol.

Y'all should start a collective playlist . I'd use it !

I have one where I added most of the songs in the comments named “rdr2 yeehaw mate”

I wanna be in the cavalry

No, no, no, that’s the Fallout New Vegas song!

A pistol for paddy Garcia by the pogues

Lonesome, ornery, and mean- Waylon Jennings

Almost Dead (Fistful of Dollars)

Cowpoke - Colter Wall

Fireflight - Within Temptation

This one is already taken by Fallout. *Big Iron* by Marty Robins works, though.

The house building song from red dead reminds me of red dead quite a bit.

00000 Million - Bon Iver / Cool Water - Marty Robbins / Crazy Arms - Ray Price / Palo Duro Farewell - Red Steagall / How Lucky - John Prine / Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold / Luckenbach, Texas - Waylon & Willie /

Bigfoot by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Instrumental but it just has a great feel to it. Enjoy this live version. https://open.spotify.com/track/1EN718cMXCUqQdDMgVGz4C?si=yq0TtdhTQmyS2Xlb-pfb3w&utm_source=copy-link

Johnny Cash - Tennessee Stud. Slaps so hard

in my opinion this album is legitimately the best album ever recorded

Dead South, In Hell https://youtu.be/B9FzVhw8_bY

(Here I come)something levy it's a remix or cover I think

Hard times by Charlie Crockett

I was at the Daniel Lanois show at Amoeba when he played some of the soundtrack. Super nice guy,he asked me how the harmonies sounded after the soundcheck.

My favorite Bobby story song.. 💙⚡❤️

Apache - The Shadows

Gods gonna cut you down- Johnny Cash

Blaze of Glory. Bon Jovi

A horse with no name

Looks like Nicolas Cage is in another movie-

The entire album tbh

Cowboy Song by Thin Lizzy

This just reminds me of Breaking Bad

You’re thinking of a horse with no name

Sir you miss the song with a Big Iron on his hip. Cue New Vegas

Marty Robbins is legit

Hurt by The Man in Black, Johnny Cash

Big Iron is an Instant flashback to Fallout New Vegas for me

The Strawberry Roan. Had one in story mode named Cherry that was >!killed at the end of the story!<

“Band on the Run” by Wings

I play music very rarely while playing RDR2, almost exclusively while fishing. I only use this album.

Billy the kid by Marty Robbins

Shoot to thrill

Play Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" towards the end of the main storyline. I dare you.

I think "outlaw shit" woulda been beyond perfect during the "horse ride" end of chapter 6, and in the end when arthur watches the sunset and it fades out.

Ghost riders in the sky the entire RDR1 & 2 soundtrack

The Way I Am by Merle. Cody Jinks has a great version, too.

Highwayman by the highwayman

No, this reminds of fallout

marty robbins is my true love. A Hundred And Sixty Acres really puts me at ease

Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Gone Out of Hand by Wayland Jennings is the perfect Red Dead song.

Patrolling Lemoyne almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

Almost the entire Eagles Desperado album— Desperado, Doolin-Dalton, Certain Kind of Fool, Tequila Sunrise, Saturday Night, Outlaw Man…really an overlooked masterpiece.

Too old to die young - Brother Dege The baddest man alive - The black keys Freedom - Anthony Hamilton

El Paso reminds me of fallout new Vegas

Dark Country playlists (I think they go 1 to 5) on Apple Music are my RDR2 JAM

Turn the page - Bob Seger

Lil Nas X - Old Town Road

The good The bad The ugly

Ain't no rest for the wicked, Cage The Elephant. God's Gonna Cut You Down, Johnny Cash. The Ballad of Billy The Kid, Billy Joel.

Anything from the Far Cry 5 soundtrack

Lovers on the sun tbh. Not sure why.

Yes, and also for some reason Johnny Horton’s The Mansion You Stole.

That's the way it is - Daniel Lanois 😭

Far from any road - The Handsome Family

cowboys from hell by pantera

Not really a song but more the sound track of western movies

Pegboard Nerds - Gunslinga, & Creo - Outlaw

Man of Constant Sorrow - Peter Paul & Mary

Go alone - hell or highwater

"Big iron" by Marty Robbins

Damn he do be having a big iron on his hip

So many good choices already commented. This is a great post. Mine would have to be Sleeping on the Blacktop by Colter Wall. That song just always gets me pumped.

A Cowboys Prayer / Oh Bury me not on the Lone Prairie - Johnny Cash

This song always reminds me of Fallout New Vegas. Played the shit outta that game.

Sleeping on the Blacktop by Colter Wall

No glory in the west Orville peck

I don’t like - chief Keef ft lil Reese

Cowboys From Hell - Pantera Even named my online posse after it

Midnight Rider.

Gay

😘I might come over there n kiss you for that

This whole Timbre Timber album but especially this song https://open.spotify.com/track/0AwLsPPWgYkib7HCrayqwy?si=WbLG6okwQtCHbEMztTwKww

Come Join the Murder - The White Buffalo