This music is so indescribably immersive. All the layers of instruments just add to this atmosphere of high tech urban decay, the colorful denizens of a crowded city and an uneasy feeling of being watched.
It's that slight echo and weirdly mournful synth hook that's perfect I think. A city that's full with people but...dead, lonely. Definitely one of my fave game tracks ever, possibly #1 (though I love the Shock 2 soundtrack too).
SerMortzio you just perfectly described what I love about this track the most. in my mind this echo sounds like a cold wind whistling on empty streets of a decaying city..so subtle
@@user-dq7mi6lx5d Late response, but the synth in battery park that calmly kind of flows around you feels amazing as well. Like atmospheric wind, soothing and calm.
Ragitsu There was a mod for Deus Ex that basically mocked the fact that Deus Es: Human Revolution had so much DLC. That reference is a modded quote from JC from that mod.
This is the most "immersive" ambient music I've ever heard. If you play this at night you WILL feel like you're in a dark metropolis with shady characters lurking around.
You can say a lot of things about Deus Ex, you can even say a lot of negative things about Deus Ex, but I believe that the games tracks are both absolutely incredible, and incredibly immersive. I am in awe at the quality of the music in this game from 2000. I genuinely feel like I’m in a decaying city in the relative future whenever I hear this music, and I am impressed so much meaning can be compressed in an audio file. I really need to beat this game soon, I can’t believe I haven’t yet.
If only JC knew at this point, "The unplanned organism is a question asked by Nature and answered by Death. You are another kind of question with another kind of answer." Paul knew.
Bum : Our country, Tis of thee' Sweet Land of liiiiberty o thee i sing **weird pause** Bum : Land where my faaathers died, land of the piiiilgrims pride, from every mouuuntain siide let freeeedoooom reeeeeeing
I was living in a car with my friend in Pacific Grove, CA in 2011 and this is what I heard all day cause he was playing Deus Ex. Now I love the game and every time I play, it brings me back to that Safeway parking lot and all the memories. Puking up Steel Reserve, frying SPAM slices on the lid with my lighter, going inside for wifi and laptop battery charge.
Who else would be sneaking around? Small-time crooks kniw better than to take on a well-equipped paramilitary organization and the big shots are probably in on the racket. That leaves cops, national guard and UNATCO.
For me thats when I would be hearing the best part of this damn soundtrack, it kicked even on those flat stereo pc speakers I had, back in 2000 with no bass
On your second visit to NYC, walk the hallways inside the 'ton and you get to hear fascinating noises from one of the rooms. Discovered this myself in my 6th playthrough.
You know, after you've played a game for a pretty long time and gotten used to it and it stopped being mysterious, you lose that 'new game feel'. And then you look back on the beginnings of your play-through, and you remember that feeling, and this is exactly what this music brings me, is that nostalgic feel of something you can't truly grasp that comes from the past. I love Deus Ex.
@@Ragitsu I intend to play it again, for sure. I can't wait to rediscover the streets of NYC, Battery Park, Hong Kong, and their music, one day. But I still haven't finished the game yet, even though I started playing it in may of this year. I'll replay it and remember the events that came along when I played it. That's the power of video games, frankly, is their aptitude for immense nostalgia and memories, the power for you to live your own adventure.
@@peir5074 Nostalgia can be a negative force if one ignores or excludes the problems of the past. However, if one is wise enough to recognize all the good *and* the bad, nostalgia can be used in a positive fashion...as a filter to take the best of what was in order to faithfully represent it in the modern day.
@@Ragitsu I find that video game nostalgia simply gives me comfort and happiness when thinking of it. I don't really experience strong nostalgia for other things, or things that could affect my life or become a 'negative force'. I feel your point doesn't strongly relate to video game nostalgia, which was what I was expressing, however.
@@peir5074 Fair enough. Certain people cannot separate the two, however. In any case, I didn't feel as though my time was wasted making that point :-^).
I played a bit of this game as a kid but never all the way through. Decided to play it recently after finishing the newest games and good lord I'm blown away. Not only is the story ultra relevant, but the gameplay is great and the music is other-wordly, Just a masterpiece.
@@michaelandreipalon359 I have finished this game 4 times and Deus ex hr 3 times by this year. Now I'm looking for a graphics card for deus ex md since my graphics card is dead.
Having played Deus as a young child, and not able to get much further past NYC, I remember spending hours just roaming the streets and talking to people, just soaking in the atmosphere and roleplaying as a cop, sometimes as a hitman, stuff like that. This is *the* track that represents Deus Ex to me
This one always reminded me of like a gritty 80s action movie, like Escape From New York fittingly enough for example. Captured the setting perfectly, can’t go wrong with cyberpunk NYC in perpetual night as an early level.
Deus ex is the ultimate companion, here's why. Girls: -May cheat on you -may only act like they like you to get what they want -never want to pay for the mcdonalds -be on they phone -twerk -be bisexual -eat hot chip -lie -Insult your style for not killing everything in sight Deus Ex: -Only crashes and glitches out sometimes -loves you as much as you love it -You get so much food you HAVE to give some away -phones don't even work in far future new york! -only leans -is straighter than Sam Elliot -Only eats soy food, candy and soda on cheat days -is honest -Promises it won't cramp your style
@@Ragitsu The "-be bisexual" line along with a few others are from a popular Internet meme that goes "Women from 1993 can't cook, all they can do is McDonalds, charge they phone, twerk, be bisexual, eat hot chip and lie.".
One of those tracks you can almost visualize. The melody at 1:14 always makes me think of the nighttime NYC skyline, platforming rooftop to rooftop to get to the power station.
It's not a coincidence that i hear a lot of "Unreal" vibes coming from this song - since both games had the same music composer doing the tracks for both games.
@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 Well unreal is now very old game - so graphicaly speaking its shine is long gone so if you are one of those who play for graphics then it might be a bother ( i remember when it came out and it was mindblowingly awesome graphics for its time) - but as for its quality as a shooter - hell yes.
I wasn’t sure about the game’s soundtrack till this started while I was going building to building on rooftops. This game is something else, it’s a hybrid of movie and videogame without being riddled with uninvolved cutscenes. and I P R O M I S E I W O N T C R A M P Y O U R S T Y L E
So good, channels with a thing for dystopias (Kilian Experience, for one example) play it on the background of certain neo-city gameplay scenes. Also, 1:11 sounds like "Nightvision" from Unreal.
This game had sutch a good story, way ahead of its time with predictions for the times we are living today kind of, one of the greatest of all time, to bad the grapichs dont hold up, I even remeber reading king lear on the table in the game lol :-)
This music is so indescribably immersive. All the layers of instruments just add to this atmosphere of high tech urban decay, the colorful denizens of a crowded city and an uneasy feeling of being watched.
It's that slight echo and weirdly mournful synth hook that's perfect I think. A city that's full with people but...dead, lonely. Definitely one of my fave game tracks ever, possibly #1 (though I love the Shock 2 soundtrack too).
SerMortzio you just perfectly described what I love about this track the most. in my mind this echo sounds like a cold wind whistling on empty streets of a decaying city..so subtle
@@user-dq7mi6lx5d Late response, but the synth in battery park that calmly kind of flows around you feels amazing as well. Like atmospheric wind, soothing and calm.
Actually, on your last visit to NYC, you are getting stalked by a thug and when you get him to Dowd, a squad of MJ12 will attack you.
"crowded"
"Password." 'Open up.I'm a candy bar." *Unlocking sound*
Arcade 1978 clicked!
😊
"The GEP gun? But that would require the Explosive mission pre-order DLC available only from GameStop"
I am afraid the reference is beyond me.
Ragitsu
There was a mod for Deus Ex that basically mocked the fact that Deus Es: Human Revolution had so much DLC. That reference is a modded quote from JC from that mod.
Zepher Tensho mod name?
Deus Ex: Unreal Revolution
hahahaha
Ah, the sound of being lost and having no clue where to go for hours each time.
So true
Check the map, even if it's not of GPS quality. Seriously, why does UNATCO *NOT* have GPS tech?!
Getting lost and stuck in Deus Ex is still a better experience than modern games literally having a GO HERE sign in the front and center of the HUD.
@@michaelandreipalon359Guess the GPS was defunct by that time
Not an awful track to get lost in honestly...
This is the most "immersive" ambient music I've ever heard. If you play this at night you WILL feel like you're in a dark metropolis with shady characters lurking around.
You can say a lot of things about Deus Ex, you can even say a lot of negative things about Deus Ex, but I believe that the games tracks are both absolutely incredible, and incredibly immersive. I am in awe at the quality of the music in this game from 2000. I genuinely feel like I’m in a decaying city in the relative future whenever I hear this music, and I am impressed so much meaning can be compressed in an audio file. I really need to beat this game soon, I can’t believe I haven’t yet.
Very reminiscent of Unreal and Unreal Tournament 99 (Since Deys Ex is build on Unreal engine to begin with).
same composers too (Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos)@@digimaks
Easy bro. Just havin' us a conversation.
*One.*
KingLich You know that shit can go down if JC ends up saying "Zero."
Get out of here before I get your ass picked up for pandering.
you got 5 seconds before I add you to the list of NSF casualties
@@RebornV3 *10
What plays in my head while doing uber eats deliveries on bike at night in lockdown NYC
Thank you for pressing on.
@Stix N' Stones I still see some on my end..guess its hidden ...not surprised if so
I'm waiting for the grid zoning laws to be implemented in 2021
@@birchmontthat3634 ?
You’ve got 10 seconds to deliver your package before I add you to the list of Uber casualties.
"Oooh you baaad!"
"Ohh you baaaARRRRGH."
"What a shame."
"Those elements mixed together is definitely like a sauce."
But you gotta be careful not to get lost in the sauce
"What?"
@@Wasmachineman ICARUS!
If only JC knew at this point, "The unplanned organism is a question asked by Nature and answered by Death. You are another kind of question with another kind of answer."
Paul knew.
"bloodshot"
blow me
Living in a Pandemic yourself, you suddenly understand why the streets in Deus Ex were so empty (aside from game limitations)
Killer robots and trigger-happy soldiers?
@@Ragitsu Nah. Those were already common before the crisis.
@@BanditOfBandwidth Da Tuh-min-ay-tah.
This is peak game design. It's about doing the best with what you have. The "limitations" don't matter as long as what's present fits together.
Yeah, love the ghetto and curfew explanations for the game levels.
"The code is 4321" Really Paul? Really? So much for being a super secret agent
Sometimes, the best way to hide is to lie in plain sight.
Just like the movies, right?
4321? That's amazing I got the same combination on my luggage! Sargent find this man. And somebody change the combination on my luggage!
0451 is still king!
When that code makes you discover Paul Is probably in a romantic relationship.
Sick woman:*moans*.
Jesus Christ, Denton!
Homeless guy: *coughs*
Somebody kill me.. anybody!
Bum : Our country, Tis of thee' Sweet Land of liiiiberty o thee i sing
**weird pause**
Bum : Land where my faaathers died, land of the piiiilgrims pride, from every mouuuntain siide let freeeedoooom reeeeeeing
Everytime that one lady moans in the game my woman thinks I’m watching something spicy XD
I was living in a car with my friend in Pacific Grove, CA in 2011 and this is what I heard all day cause he was playing Deus Ex. Now I love the game and every time I play, it brings me back to that Safeway parking lot and all the memories.
Puking up Steel Reserve, frying SPAM slices on the lid with my lighter, going inside for wifi and laptop battery charge.
holy fuck i'm so sorry for you
Perfect music for macgyver'ing up dinner and finding resources
My urban walking music.
Sleepy1988 Where do you live in? In the shittiest city of Russia? Because that music isn't for a everyday walk for me
Especially in night time
The soundtrack to deus ex is so amazing. Over 20 years old and still sounds catchy 😀😀
Deus Ex soundtrack gets better the more times you listen to it
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
- That rat you stepped on
What a rotten way to die.
No other game lets you stumble on rats accidentally!
@@HunterShows Half-Life did allow you to squash the occasional cockroach.
Do you, like, trip over them like you do in this game?
@Jotaro97 Monolith developed F.E.A.R.? If I was ever made aware of that fact, I must have forgotten it.
"That's him, he's a cop".
Pig!
*Cuts to combat music*
This one has so much in common with the Unreal Tournament Menu Theme. Thank you Alex Brandon for the nostalgia flashes
Oh, you're right, it does have some similarities.
The best track in Deus Ex.
Why do the NSF always assume that whoever they hear sneaking about must be a cop?
Who else would be sneaking around? Small-time crooks kniw better than to take on a well-equipped paramilitary organization and the big shots are probably in on the racket. That leaves cops, national guard and UNATCO.
@Jotaro97 but that's not the truth now is it? ;P
Because all cops are bastards. And crooks.
Sometimes they assume it was just a homeless guy.
@@DevilWolf000 It is.
I remember first playing this and thinking I'd been spotted by an enemy every time 1:11 came on.
TheIrland09 when in reality you had just spotted a great melody
Man, I really remember this part.
For me thats when I would be hearing the best part of this damn soundtrack, it kicked even on those flat stereo pc speakers I had, back in 2000 with no bass
One of my favourite tracks from an OST that is already brimming with great tracks. :)
Theme music of the current times.
How so?
@@Ragitsu The streets of NYC and other places are emptied out because of the coronavirus.
@@Ragitsu Gray Death virus epidemic -> Majestic 12 -> NYC shut down
@@OverwatchSniper In Deus Ex, however, the city is dangerously close to martial law (and is indeed under martial law when JC returns).
@@dimitrios1798 In this analogy, how does Majestic 12 factor into the real world pandemic?
"Stay outta the Ton bro, bad 💩goin' down."
"Bitch, I ain't going back to jail. I AIN'T GOING BACK TO JAIL."
My nostalgia is augmented.
'I got a bogey, no ID'
On your second visit to NYC, walk the hallways inside the 'ton and you get to hear fascinating noises from one of the rooms.
Discovered this myself in my 6th playthrough.
The banging ones? Better than a paid subscription.
I though I was the only one who noticed….
Yeah it was hilarious lol
You know, after you've played a game for a pretty long time and gotten used to it and it stopped being mysterious, you lose that 'new game feel'. And then you look back on the beginnings of your play-through, and you remember that feeling, and this is exactly what this music brings me, is that nostalgic feel of something you can't truly grasp that comes from the past. I love Deus Ex.
There is always rediscovery.
@@Ragitsu I intend to play it again, for sure. I can't wait to rediscover the streets of NYC, Battery Park, Hong Kong, and their music, one day. But I still haven't finished the game yet, even though I started playing it in may of this year. I'll replay it and remember the events that came along when I played it. That's the power of video games, frankly, is their aptitude for immense nostalgia and memories, the power for you to live your own adventure.
@@peir5074 Nostalgia can be a negative force if one ignores or excludes the problems of the past. However, if one is wise enough to recognize all the good *and* the bad, nostalgia can be used in a positive fashion...as a filter to take the best of what was in order to faithfully represent it in the modern day.
@@Ragitsu I find that video game nostalgia simply gives me comfort and happiness when thinking of it. I don't really experience strong nostalgia for other things, or things that could affect my life or become a 'negative force'. I feel your point doesn't strongly relate to video game nostalgia, which was what I was expressing, however.
@@peir5074 Fair enough. Certain people cannot separate the two, however. In any case, I didn't feel as though my time was wasted making that point :-^).
Just started playing it, games look so good and ahead of it's time.
Ps: this music is awesome.
Edit: I just completed a masterpiece game 😍
I played a bit of this game as a kid but never all the way through. Decided to play it recently after finishing the newest games and good lord I'm blown away. Not only is the story ultra relevant, but the gameplay is great and the music is other-wordly, Just a masterpiece.
@@Raider8784 I just started playing this game and am a kid and am afraid this is what our world will come too
So, ready to redo it again?
@@michaelandreipalon359 I have finished this game 4 times and Deus ex hr 3 times by this year.
Now I'm looking for a graphics card for deus ex md since my graphics card is dead.
Oh, nice.
Hmm, good luck.
This sounds like something that would play during a stealth section.
This instance does have enemies. if you trigger combat, "Combat" starts playing instead.
Jordan Bernotavicius
That's why they separate Ambient music from Combat music in the game.
It sounds like something from a John Carpenter movie.
My whole playthrough is a stealth section
"What a shame!"
"Such a rotten way to die"
That errr instrument at 1:31 is just, too good
This still slaps in 2019🖤🖤
And 2021 as well.
And 2022 as well.
Hear hear
Want a medkit?
@@KyubiHitashi only 1250 credits
Sign him up for the Knicks !!!
JC Denton: "Those were simpler times."
Gotta love Looking Glass Studios'/Ion Storm's attachment to basketball in their games.
Entrance near the subway.
An hour later still looking.
Having played Deus as a young child, and not able to get much further past NYC, I remember spending hours just roaming the streets and talking to people, just soaking in the atmosphere and roleplaying as a cop, sometimes as a hitman, stuff like that. This is *the* track that represents Deus Ex to me
What a shame, that this track ends.
My personal favorite level with my favorite music from the soundtrack.
This one always reminded me of like a gritty 80s action movie, like Escape From New York fittingly enough for example. Captured the setting perfectly, can’t go wrong with cyberpunk NYC in perpetual night as an early level.
Awesomepunk.
even though I've got stuck in the city for hours the song is a one of the best.
“Girls gotta head fulla marbles”
Wait, gotta buy the Smuggler's Den DLC...
THE GAME IS EPIC, THE THEME IS EPIC
Deus ex is the ultimate companion, here's why.
Girls:
-May cheat on you
-may only act like they like you to get what they want
-never want to pay for the mcdonalds
-be on they phone
-twerk
-be bisexual
-eat hot chip
-lie
-Insult your style for not killing everything in sight
Deus Ex:
-Only crashes and glitches out sometimes
-loves you as much as you love it
-You get so much food you HAVE to give some away
-phones don't even work in far future new york!
-only leans
-is straighter than Sam Elliot
-Only eats soy food, candy and soda on cheat days
-is honest
-Promises it won't cramp your style
What's wrong with bisexuality?
@@Ragitsu The "-be bisexual" line along with a few others are from a popular Internet meme that goes "Women from 1993 can't cook, all they can do is McDonalds, charge they phone, twerk, be bisexual, eat hot chip and lie.".
@@superplayerex2431 It was bizarre, that's for sure.
NY Beat Cop: "Talk to da Guys in Green. UNATCO's running da show"
One of those tracks you can almost visualize. The melody at 1:14 always makes me think of the nighttime NYC skyline, platforming rooftop to rooftop to get to the power station.
Needs city ambience..
City Sounds - Ambience - 1 Hour
I dunno why but I loved UNATCO HQ.... I wanted to be in Denton's office in real life
0:52 remind anyone else of the Metroid prime 1 theme?
sounds like something straight from Unreal or Unreal Tournament
same composers same synths and engine
Best synth song of all time
One of my three favourite tracks from Deus Ex. It just smacks, relaxes, goes stealth, builds tension and then the SMACK comes round again.
This is just an awesome track from a great game.
Nice!
OUGH OUGH OUGH OUGH OUGH OUGH
YAAAAAAAGHH....aagh
This reminds me of They Live.
"Denton, Heyy it's Denton, you want these?"
"Give him the Grenades"
It's not a coincidence that i hear a lot of "Unreal" vibes coming from this song - since both games had the same music composer doing the tracks for both games.
That and both games run on the same engine.
Should I get unreal never played it
@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 Well unreal is now very old game - so graphicaly speaking its shine is long gone so if you are one of those who play for graphics then it might be a bother ( i remember when it came out and it was mindblowingly awesome graphics for its time) - but as for its quality as a shooter - hell yes.
@@krzosu I dont care for graphics am playing Deus Ex and I think the game looks good
"I ain't got nothing left to sell."
-Smuggler
Love that Unreal vibe permeating most of Deus Ex music. Same composers and lots of unused samples from Unreal, I guess :)
this mission took me ages, so much to do!!!
Stick with the candy bar, JC
someone should make a lofi mix with sounds or little dialogs in this world of ambient
Absolutely love this song from the game. I use it in my Steelgrave campaign for campaign turns, general character downtime, or stakeout missions.
This track would be perfect at night in inner city Chicago.
Your pfp looks like JC with a goatee
Stay outta the ‘ton bro, bad shit goin down
This song would fit perfectly in Metroid Prime.
Bruh... Youre actually right .
I've always thought the deus ex and metroid prime soundtracks were very similar
Very Unreal-ish! Just love the ambience of those older games.
Me in 2003 : Man, I sure do hope a pandemic doesn't empty the streets and force the cops to patrol with guns! That's never gonna happen, right?
2020 :
Why 2003?
@@Ragitsu I think that's when I played it for the first time. Not sure. It was a long time ago. Don't think I played it on release.
Hahaha...little did we knew
It's Denton remember the training!!!
Briefing*
now this is my jam!!
Strawberry?
Grape?
Apple?
@@Ragitsu Kiwi jam is the best.
Mine's strawberry and ube.
@@Ragitsu Blackberry.
@@Orange_SwirlWorth a try?
Timeless.
Best soundtrack imo ever
This is it. Right here. Oooooh yeah.
1:40 I'm in love with the shape of you.
omg you are right
I wasn’t sure about the game’s soundtrack till this started while I was going building to building on rooftops.
This game is something else, it’s a hybrid of movie and videogame without being riddled with uninvolved cutscenes.
and I P R O M I S E I W O N T C R A M P Y O U R S T Y L E
Как же класно, всё же, Флин подбирает саундтрек
I'm your brother, I'm sure you understand!
How many times I reloaded just to hear this tune...
Finaly Found IT :D flashbacks with this Musik :D
Head-bobbin' while walking around dirty dystopian New York City.
Dirty?
POV: your a hobo and a man with a blueish black trenchcoat walks up to you.
*steam rising from sewer grate*
Шикарная❤
Talk to the guys in green, Unatco's running the show tonight
Hood tested, rapper approved!
Heads up JC:)
The UNATCO agents theme
Wow follow the Flow
Weird.start with 1:33,it sounds different between headphone and speaker.
You means better with headphones, of course
Whoa. Actually noticeably different, aside from headphones usually sounding better. Some instrumentation sounds totally different.
nice metroid prime vibes here
Awesome prime.
Imagine a Deus Ex remake of Yakuza Kiwami 2 level with the same soundtrack. I would gladly pay a 100 dollars for that.
Dude, Yakuza in the jank-ass UE1 would be awesome, ngl 👍
So good, channels with a thing for dystopias (Kilian Experience, for one example) play it on the background of certain neo-city gameplay scenes.
Also, 1:11 sounds like "Nightvision" from Unreal.
"Sargent? Is that you?"
This game had sutch a good story, way ahead of its time with predictions for the times we are living today kind of, one of the greatest of all time, to bad the grapichs dont hold up, I even remeber reading king lear on the table in the game lol :-)
In their own way, the graphics are charming.
Making sure to use the prod and the tranquilizer crossbow lol
1:51