Get the Portal 2 Soundtrack (Legally) Free!

[BobisOnlyBob]

This first volume - of a planned three - contains 22 songs which can be heard at various parts in the game.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Yeah, I'll pick up Volume 2 when it comes out. I'm guessing Volume 3 will launch about the same time as Episode 3? 8D

 

[Tyro The Fox]

Whehay!I'm happy with that. The Portal 2 music was nothing but nothing but this weird synthesiser, techno-sounding stuff that I really would like to hear more of. Cheers Valve.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Protip: If you have brought the game legally, you have every right to the OST and no one can tell you any different.

Now, if there is auxillary material on the OST disc, like remixes, it'll cost you, but the literal original soundtrack pieces are legally yours to extract from the game or acquire by any means otherwise.

The music is dynamic though, so the game files only have short 30 seconds pieces, layered differently depending on the situation. Releasing an official mix, for free at that, is incredibly awesome.

 

[Zay-el]

I swear, by the looks of things, the next measure will be to send a signed cake to everyone who can confirm purchase of both games.

Seriously though, this brings a smile to my face. This is how you gather good PR.

 

[Reed Spacer]

Okay; bored with it now.

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

Not normally a fan of soundtracks, but DDAAAAMMMN this is great o.o
Really good stuff, and the quality is awesome, too.

 

[TitanAtlas]

Ahem... i got to evacuate the area, and avaluate these sound files with a great sense of perception and attention....

All for science...

 

[TimeLord]

Game/film soundtracks are always good!

My god, I hope that's sarcasm.
If not then... you have clearly never played Street Fighter 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFSqdUTZNdI

Donkey Kong 64: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EZMVEDwiHk
Project Gotham Racing 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3mNdSKEnU0
Marvel vs Capcom 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFA7FyCPtRc

Or any number of other terrible soundtracks...

I can't help but notice that you only quoted game soundtracks there, no film soundtracks.

And anyway, of course not everything in the world is perfect. I meant more that soundtracks from games I love are good.

All Ratchet and Clank games
Portal 1+2
Dead Space
KotOR
LittleBigPlanet
Halo 1+2+3 soundtracks (I have never played Halo or own an xBox yet they are still decent soundtracks)
Medal Of Honour (recently acquired the Limited Edition set of all the OSTs for every MoH game ever)
TF2
and Gran Turismo 4 to name but a few in my collection.

 

[LeeshaJoy]

Dare I hope that eventually GLaDOS will get an album of her own? (Seriously, Valve, do it. We all love hearing Ellen McLain pretend to be a singing computer.)

 

[Kathulhu]

Weow! thanks for link.

 

[Kathulhu]

Weow! thanks for link.

 

[teqrevisited]

Nice to have and a nice gesture aswell, but I can't shake the growing feeling that Valve is secretly Aperture and we are all test subjects working from remote terminals.

There is always a sinister subplot!

 

[googleback]

ah, nice one. Thanks!

Portal 2 has a really good soundtrack.

 

[Zukhramm]

So why can't I get the "ringtone" files as mp3 like the rest of it? Actually, can't phones these days use anu sound file for ringtones without needing a specific file type? Well, I know mine can, whiche means that yes, I can use one of the files provided, but I'm just asking.

 

[de5gravity]

Can't wait for the next volumes!

 

[Thorvan]

Game/film soundtracks are always good!

Donkey Kong 64: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EZMVEDwiHk

To be fair, the ACTUAL soundtrack to DK64 is pretty well composed; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3vBKW7nybU and come on, you've gotta love the DK Rap for its awesomehorribleness.

I've been really loving the ripped tracks that have been popping up on the internet, so having official versions of these is just SQUEE! Thanks Valve, you're the best.

 

[Ophiuchus]

Hell to the yes.

I notice the song on the end credits isn't in there, but it's only volume 1 of 3, so I guess that's to come. Holy shit I love that song so much.

 

[AndrewC]

I'm a huge fan of film and game soundtracks, this is excellent news!

 

[rvdm88]

Its awesome, I'm absolutely loving the "Hard Sunshine" track.
A few days back I did actually attempt to stand as close as possible to the hard light bridges.
So i could hear the goodness of their mezmerizing tunes... now i just have to click play!