History AwesomeMusic / MidnightClub

* Imagine this scene: It's the year 2000 and you've got yourself a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 for Christmas with ''MCSR'' being one of your first games. You boot up the console and insert the CD, expecting an average-at-its-best racer and then... "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZA0xarSac Strings of Life]]" by Derrick May starts playing as you see the intro juxtaposed to both live-action and gameplay footage taking place in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity with [[PimpedOutCar Pimped-Out Cars]] as featured while making you pumped up for the game's career mode.

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[[AC:[=Midnight Club: Street Racing=]]]
* Imagine this scene: It's the year 2000 and you've got yourself a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 for Christmas with [=MCSR=] being one of your first games. You boot up the console and insert the CD, expecting an average-at-its-best racer and then... "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZA0xarSac Strings of Life]]" by Derrick May starts playing as you see the intro juxtaposed to both live-action and gameplay footage taking place in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity with [[PimpedOutCar Pimped-Out Cars]] as featured while making you pumped up for the game's career mode.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FlyYtO7S5s The Beginning]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB4LR_ozUSY Icon]]" by Derrick May, as heard in the main menu are an eclectic pieces of 90s electronic as you pick your ride for the upcoming event against a rival before getting your hands on their ride upon victory (with Aril Brikha's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RjQjj-Fmvc Read Only Memory]]" playing once you manage to do so).
* The [[https://youtu.be/3KrffcD6ZHM eponymous]] [[https://youtu.be/xCsMPmGPP-g original]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJu9oJm2wfs tracks]] by Anthony Child AKA Surgeon (as heard in New York) were a quite funky yet trippy piece of techno, especially if you're following your first rivals [[WhatAPieceOfJunk only to decimate them with your shoddy taxi cab]]. Ah, the humiliation!
* Upon arriving London, the music shifts right into aggressive DrumAndBass as Dom & Roland's score kicks in while featuring "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze4PHTox5c8 Imagination]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATrQ85KG1qM Soundwall]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK9jGV5wd_Y Skyliner]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAZ17V2f2qk Kaleidoscope]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNRlbMufHkA Original Sin]]". The former two return in ''3: DUB Edition'' albeit remixed.

[[AC:[=Midnight Club 2=]]]
While being [[EvenBetterSequel a step-up to the original]], ''2'' has expanded to more genres from Rap to Trance with a couple of goodies such as:
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HM3QMxfoCI main menu theme]] by David Helping is a nice blend between ambient and electronic as heard once you boot up the game. After returning to the said menu, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5NYmDcJr6Q an alternate mix]] plays in the background with more energy than the former. "Get ready to race?", indeed.
* UsefulNotes/LosAngeles starts up with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qzfYq6lWUM Midnight Club Theme]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a0Vx5I16p8 Ride Out]]" by 8-Off Agallah once you face [[BigFun Moses]] before he gives his souped-up Citi with grace as you start your first steps to become one of the best street racers in the world. In addition to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUv7QC_AJVQ Live 135]]" by Patient Zero, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkcfemub2Dw Aurora]]" by Nokternal, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLl157cX1oo Let's Go]]" by Tre Little, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMLBNtf3YaI G'z Up]]" by Tony Touch and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AbSQUQaozY Midnight Club 2]]" by Blu Warta.
* [[EpicRocking Clocking in at 13:42 mark]], Subtech brings themself with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUeVSFLKAhs Timeshift]]", an outstanding Progressive House track as you start making a new friend with [[FriendlyRival Gina]] after making yourself quite a stir early in the game.
* Moving to UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, you'll encounter some Electro House and Trance goodness featuring "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Xt5llTHkw Silverscreen (Shower Scene)]]" by Felix Da Housecat, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7ALgIdPQE Jump Jet]]" by Alpinestars, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNHOUjXRGs Rococco]]" by Kansai (also heard in the intro sequence), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoFQ-yG8cek Extra Dry]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnaEqxu1-qE Turbo]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EesZ1I-Cvgg Outrun]]" by Thomas Bangalter (of Music/DaftPunk fame), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En-9ULrGUIw Blue Owl]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCu4ZY-B3YM Stealth]]" by Art of Trance and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXw-lN7tIDk Round About Midnight]]" by Antenna.
* While featured in the trailer much as in two certain events during career mode, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYaOqFp7k2k Elements of Trance (DJ Kim's Reload Mix)]]" by [=ACM=] deserve a special mention thanks to its bombastic beat while encouraging you to go mano-a-mano against Ian and Zen with a CoolBike, deciding who flies and who falls from grace.
* The CreepyAwesome "Brain" Hard Trance/Acid Techno tracks by Michael Da Brain and Franz Merwald AKA D-Noiser are probably the biggest highlight in the game's soundtrack. With "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKHqTA2Ik_Q Something For Your Mind (Kaylab Remix)]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qC0QEcZzXE Question"]], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs_FBMdyQmk Only An Illusion]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjNDedit-RY Demon Of The Church (Mix One)]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Kvnjknv6E Brain Train (Psycho TB 303 Mix)]], they tend to get the player on edge while outrunning racers [[FinalBoss including Savo himself]] ASAP before becoming the next world champion.

[[AC:[=Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition and REMIX=]]]
* Speaking of music genres, ''3: DUB Edition'' and its UpdatedRerelease ''DUB Edition REMIX'' expands even further in addition to Rock, Hip-Hop, Dance Hall, Drum & Bass and Techno. Featuring "Real Big" by Mannie Fresh, "The Leader" by Calyx, "The Hand That Feeds" by Music/NineInchNails, "Pain" by Music/JimmyEatWorld, "Rock is Dead" by Music/MarilynManson, "Archaeon" by Dom & Roland (returning from ''Midnight Club: Street Racing''), "Interface" by E-Sassin, "Believe" by Music/{{Noisia}}, "Fire Fire" by M.I.A. and "Renegade Snares" by Omni Trio (also featured in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'').

[[AC:[=Midnight Club: Los Angeles=]]]
* While being the last in the series, ''Los Angeles'''s soundtrack sure did a great send-off for the franchise by featuring the most variety in the series, such as "Crooked", "Set It Off" and "Twist The Knife" by Evil 9, "You Ain't Uh" by Young Maylay, "Get Out" by The Vines, "1,000,000" and "Discipline" by Nine Inch Nails (returning from ''3: DUB Edition''), "Indestructible" by Music/{{Disturbed}}, "Wannabe in L.A." by Eagles of Death Metal, "Suicide Bomb" by Primal Scream, "Mercury" by Music/BlocParty, "Idealistic" by Digitalism, "Midnight Madness" by Music/TheChemicalBrothers, "Royal Gregory" by Holy Fuck, "Day 'n' Nite (Crookers Remix)" by Music/KidCudi, "Kicking and Screaming" by The Presets, "Wayfarer" by Kavinsky and "Snake Eyes" by [=Plump DJs=].

* Speaking of music genres, ''3: DUB Edition'' and its UpdatedRerelease ''DUB Edition REMIX'' expands even further in addition to Rock, Hip-Hop, Dance Hall, Drum & Bass and Techno. Featuring "Real Big" by Mannie Fresh, "The Leader" by Calyx, "The Hand That Feeds" by Music/NineInchNails, "Pain" by Music/JimmyEatWorld, "Rock is Dead" by Music/MarilynManson, "Archaeon" by Dom & Roland (returning from ''Midnight Club: Street Racing''), "Interface" by E-Sassin, "Believe" by Music/Noisia, "Fire Fire" by M.I.A. and "Renegade Snares" by Omni Trio (also featured in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories'').

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