History AwesomeMusic / Left4Dead

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'''s main tune was a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtrSNUJcvJY sorrow filled piece]], that made you realize that many have died from the ZombieApocalypse, wondering if you will be the exception. At the end, when the chopper/APC/boat arrives, the music seems to be shouting "COME ON! YOU CAN DO IT! SHOW THESE ZOMBIES!". Your teammates are being attacked by hunters, barfed on by boomers and thrown across the map by tanks, but you are still getting to the vehicle. The AI director is throwing everything it has at you, but you keep running. Once you get to the vehicle, you feel like you really accomplished something. ''[=L4D2=]''[='=]s main tune sounds like something, really, really horrible happened in the last 5 seconds, and this is the aftermath.

* More than a few people online have mentioned online that after long gaming sessions, they can still sometimes hear the songs and panic music from the game even after going to bed.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0Q82oTDoo&t=15s The Parish's Horde theme]] uses a frantic trumpet that makes it sounds like you're in a surprisingly fun mad dash as you slash and shoot your way through -- exactly what most Horde encounters are. And in the Parish, [[spoiler:the final level is a bridge filled with zombies, fun mad dash indeed.]]

* What could beat the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiob3F1NIX4 Tank Theme]]? Why, it would be the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk6n1o0YheM Midnight Riders Tank Theme]]. Not to mention Xenogenocides unoffical [[https://youtu.be/Xh0FjIevAnw Metal Tank.]] And the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I00FXQUgtDM other Midnight Riders Tank Theme]].
** In 2020, Xenogenocide's metal version was made official for the ''[=L4D2=]'' Last Stand campaign's final Tank battle.

-->I think I speak for all of us when I say I understand
-->Why you folks might hesitate to submit to our demands...
-->But here's an FYI:
-->You're all gonna die screaming! ''(cue zombie swarm)''

* Ladies and gentlemen, the song from the Zombie Survival Guide trailer for ''Left For Dead 2'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAjCUCnoijc Chocolate Helicopter.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp6-0_-1Dxo Listen to it here]]

* ''[=L4D2=]''[='s=] version of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA9totuk3fU Skin on Our Teeth]] music mentioned above. The second that badass track starts you feel like if you don't haul ass NOW some completely gruesome and epic thing will happen to you, as opposed to ''[=L4D1=]''[='s=] version that seems to go: "You can do it!"
** The first version tells you that you can escape. The second version tells you that if you don't get out of there now, you are dead. And there are several hundred zombies in your way.

* Left 4 Dead 2 features several different versions of the Horde theme for each campaign, mixing the frantic drumming with unique instrumentals to fit with the setting and theme of the campaigns:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mxDpf70TL8 Dead Center's Horde theme]] uses a face-paced banjo that makes encounters with the Horde feel more hectic and chaotic than they already are.

** The pre-level saferoom music is a subdued piece of awesome music, giving a safe, relaxed mood mixed with feelings of preparation and anticipation of the zombie-filled path outside. In ''Left 4 Dead'', it's slightly different for each campaign; in ''Left 4 Dead 2'', it isn't - with the exception of ''The Passing'', in which it's a mix of both games' songs.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IktN4EF1S4 Hard Rain's Horde theme]] uses a Dobro guitar and a harmonica

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvjZcHQeo_8 The Parish's Horde Theme]]. The frantic trumpet makes it sounds like you're in a surprisingly fun mad dash as you slash and shoot your way through -- exactly what most Horde encounters are. And in the Parish, [[spoiler:the final level is a bridge filled with zombies, fun mad dash indeed.]]

* What could beat the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiob3F1NIX4 Tank Theme]]? Why, it would be the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk6n1o0YheM Midnight Riders Tank Theme]]. Not to mention Xenogenocides unoffical [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MawVdHI1fEc Metal Tank.]] And the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I00FXQUgtDM other Midnight Riders Tank Theme]].

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'''s main tune was a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtrSNUJcvJY sorrow filled piece]], that made you realize that many have died from the ZombieApocalypse, wondering if you will be the exception. At the end, when the chopper/APC/boat arrives, the music seems to be shouting "COME ON! YOU CAN DO IT! SHOW THESE ZOMBIES!". Your teammates are being attacked by hunters, barfed on by boomers and thrown across the map by tanks, but you are still getting to the vehicle. The AI director is throwing everything it has at you, but you keep running. Once you get to the vehicle, you feel like you really accomplished something. [=L4D2=]'s main tune sounds like something, really, really horrible happened in the last 5 seconds, and this is the aftermath.

* The jukebox in ''[=L4D2=]'' not only plays Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton, it also spawns a wave of zombies on you. ParanoiaFuel, anyone?
** Bear in mind, it's not ''that'' the song spawns zombies, it's ''when'' the song spawns zombies:
-->''I think I speak for all of us when I say I understand''
-->''Why you folks might hesitate to submit to our demands...''
-->''But here's an FYI:''
-->''You're all gonna die screaming!'' (cue zombie swarm)

** The pre-level saferoom music is a subdued piece of awesome music, giving a safe, relaxed mood mixed with feelings of preparation and anticipation of the zombie-filled path outside. In ''[=Left 4 Dead=], it's slightly different for each campaign; in ''[=Left 4 Dead 2=]'', it isn't - with the exception of ''The Passing'', in which it's a mix of both games' songs.

* While it's completely different from every other song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7vQTe-p92M Save me some Sugar]] from The Passing is a nice love song... or not, as it's a BreakupSong- specifically, one belonging to the category of ''I Have To Go/It's Me Not You''. No wonder the Witch Bride gets really angry if you play on her wedding day.
* The Parish's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6n6xWPcIhg version of the menu theme]] deserves a mention

* While it's completely different from every other song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7vQTe-p92M Save me some Sugar]] from The Passing is a nice love song... or not, as it's a breakup song. No wonder the Witch Bride gets really angry if you play on her wedding day.

* ''Left4Dead'''s main tune was a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtrSNUJcvJY sorrow filled piece]], that made you realize that many have died from the ZombieApocalypse, wondering if you will be the exception. At the end, when the chopper/APC/boat arrives, the music seems to be shouting "COME ON! YOU CAN DO IT! SHOW THESE ZOMBIES!". Your teammates are being attacked by hunters, barfed on by boomers and thrown across the map by tanks, but you are still getting to the vehicle. The AI director is throwing everything it has at you, but you keep running. Once you get to the vehicle, you feel like you really accomplished something. [=L4D2=]'s main tune sounds like something, really, really horrible happened in the last 5 seconds, and this is the aftermath.

* While it's completely different from every other song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7vQTe-p92M Save me some Sugar]] from The Passing is a nice love song.
** It's a breakup song. No wonder the Witch Bride gets really angry if you play on her wedding day.

* Ladies and gentlemen, the song from the Zombie Survival Guide trailer for ''Left For Dead 2'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi5oHs-hj3E Chocolate Helicopter.]]

* What could beat the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiob3F1NIX4& Tank Theme]]? Why, it would be the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk6n1o0YheM Midnight Riders Tank Theme]]. Not to mention Xenogenocides unoffical [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MawVdHI1fEc Metal Tank.]] And the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I00FXQUgtDM other Midnight Riders Tank Theme]].

* While it's completely different from every other song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7vQTe-p92M&list=FLMgogGrycWUr6wAjcj2GqJw&index=1&feature=plpp_video Save me some Sugar]] from The Passing is a nice love song.

* The Hard Rain rendition of the menu theme. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_7C8oN2klY&feature=related Once you listen to this version, you'll never go back!]]
* One better. The jukebox in ''[=L4D2=]'' not only plays Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton, it also spawns a wave of zombies on you. {{Paranoia Fuel}}, anyone?

-->''You're all gonna die screaming!'' * cue zombie swarm*
* What about [=L4D2=]'s version of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA9totuk3fU Skin on Our Teeth]] music mentioned above? The second that badass track starts you feel like if you don't haul ass NOW some completely gruesome and epic thing will happen to you, as opposed to [=L4D1's=] version that seems to go:"You can do it!"

* What could beat the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiob3F1NIX4& Tank Theme]]? Why, it would be the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk6n1o0YheM Midnight Riders Tank Theme]]. Not to mention Xenogenocides unoffical [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MawVdHI1fEc Metal Tank]]
** You seem to be forgetting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I00FXQUgtDM The other Midnight Riders Tank Theme]].
* Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the song from the Zombie Survival Guide trailer for Left For Dead 2: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi5oHs-hj3E Chocolate Helicopter]]
* Is there really no love for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvjZcHQeo_8 The Parish's Horde Theme]]? The frantic trumpet makes it sounds like you're in a surprisingly fun mad dash as you slash and shoot your way through -- exactly what most Horde encounters are.
** And In The Parish,[[spoiler:The final level is a bridge filled with zombies, fun mad dash indeed.]]

* What about [=L4D2=]'s version of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA9totuk3fU Skin on Our Teeth]] music mentioned above? The second that badass track starts you feel like if you don't haul ass NOW some completly gruesome and epic thing will happen to you, as aposed to L4D1's version that seems to go:"You can do it!"