The Mechwarrior 2

MechWarrior 2

MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat is a 1995 video game produced by Activision. It is part of the MechWarrior series of video games. It separates itself from the original board game BattleTech by placing the player inside the cockpit of the BattleMech....

 soundtrack is the score to the second installment of Activision's

Activision

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 Battletech

BattleTech

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-based sci-fi strategy/simulation Mechwarrior

MechWarrior

MechWarrior is the title of a series of computer and video games set in the fictional universe of BattleTech-Games:In these games, players take control of a single BattleMech and combat other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the cockpit of their machine. A third-person alternate...

 series. It received near universal praise from game reviewers and has been described as one of the greatest game soundtracks of all time. It is generally considered to be a cult classic of game music.http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov98/articles/jeehun.htmhttp://getluky.net/2005/05/20/mechwarrior-2-soundtrack-tribute/

The music was stored as standard audio CD

Red Book (audio CD standard)

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 tracks allowing the music to be played on a standard Audio CD player. Track one contains the program data and should be skipped.

The Soundtrack was composed by Gregory Alper & Jeehun Hwang, who has composed music for numerous PC games. A remix version of the song entitled "Labrea, Circle of Equals (Trial of Grievance)" (aka "Arkam Bridge") was used later in Civilization II

Civilization II

Sid Meier's Civilization II is a turn-based strategy computer game designed by Brian Reynolds, Douglas Caspian-Kaufman and Jeff Briggs. Although it is a sequel to Sid Meier's Civilization, neither Sid Meier nor Bruce Shelley was involved in its development.Civilization II was first released in...

 in the Hoover Dam

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 Wonder

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 video.

The track listings below reflect the original 1.0 DOS PC-releases of the games. Some variations of the games have the same music while others deviate. For instance, the Titanium version of the original game has the same tracks arranged in a different order, the Titanium version of Ghost Bear's Legacy has five tracks replaced with new material, and the Titanium version of Mercenaries has roughly a minute truncated from the end of most every track; the 1.05 standard DOS/Win95 version of Mercenaries also does this.

The PSX

PlayStation

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 release of the original game borrows the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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tracks from Mercenaries.

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Tracks on the MechWarrior 2 Game Disc

Track	Mission Name	Track Name	Length
1	(Data Track)	N/A	N/A
2	Umber Wall	Mission X	2:17
3	Silent Thunder / Rust Heart	Anomaly	2:23
4	Bone Machine	Left to Die	1:55
5	Plum Wine	The Thrill of the Hunt	1:43
6	Rogue Chariot / Bronze Anvil	Routine Mission	2:21
7	Golden Spade	Kill or Be Killed	1:49
8	Bouk Obelisk	Against the Odds	2:14
9	Arkham Bridge	Race Against Time	1:45
10	Iron Piston / Wolf Trial 2	Ambushed	2:16
11	Armor Veil	Confrontation	2:27
12	Pyre Light	Recon	2:15
13	Sable Flame	The Art of War	2:15
14	Mirror Cage	Happy Fun Battle	2:27
15	Burning Chrome	A Walk in the Park	2:19
16	Temper Edge / Wolf Trial 4	No Surrender	2:06
17	Jade Falcon Trial	To The Death	3:10
18	Velvet Hammer	The New Challenger	2:01
19	Aquiline Fire	Unknown	2:40
20	Flame Tongue	The Predator and the Prey	2:20
21	Silver Staff	Death is Imminent	2:09
22	Title Theme	A Second Chance	2:07
23	Blade Splint / Cold Crescent / Wolf Trial 3	The Turn of the Tide	1:58
24	Wolf Trial 1	Die With Honor	3:03
25	Redemption	Retaliation	2:09
26	Scorching Sand	This is It	1:59
27	Splash	Unknown	2:05

Tracks on the MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy Expansion Game Disc

Track	Mission Name	Length	Track Name	MW2 Mission Name
1	(Data Track)	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Moritz, Gnesta Valley (Strike)	2:07	Kitty, Kitty, Here I Come	N/A
3	Garstedt, Space (Defend)	4:20	'Mech Dance	N/A
4	Alshain, Polotmy Mountains (The Blooding)	3:44	Ghost bear 3	N/A
5	Thun (Strike)	2:04	Searching Forever	N/A
6	Moritz, New Coffton (Strike)	2:03	Sneak Sneak	N/A
7	Wolcott (Strike)	2:25	Morning Raid	N/A
8	Moritz, Orbit (Destroy Orbital Platform)	2:07	Silent Predetor	N/A
9	Mannedorf (Defend)	2:03	One Chance Left	N/A
10	(Unknown)	2:10	'Mech Chant	N/A
11	Mannedorf (Patrol)	2:16	Underwater Run	Iron Piston
12	Chandler (Defend)	2:21	Search and Destroy	Rogue Chariot / Bronze Anvil
13	Chandler (Strike)	2:17	Ghost bear 12	Umber Wall
14	Garstedt, Cordivas Grotto (Trial of Possession)	2:15	OmniFun	Pyre Light
15	Alshain (Defend)	1:49	Jungle Jive	Golden Spade
16	Jeanette (Raid)	2:23	Under the Sun	Silent Thunder / Rust Heart
17	Alshain, Polotmy Mountains (Trial)	1:43	Heated Blast	Plum Wine
18	Alshain, Polotmy Mountains (Trial of Position)	2:14	Smoke Jag Scum	Bouk Obelisk
19	Labrea, Circle of Equals (Trial of Grievance)	1:45	N/A (Listed as track 18)	Arkham Bridge
20	(Unknown)	1:55	N/A (Listed as track 19)	Bone Machine
21	Cinematic Opening	1:12	N/A (Listed as track 20)	N/A

Tracks on the MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries Game Disc

Track	Mission Name	Length
1	(Data Track)	N/A
2	Scalpel	2:05
3	Snake City	2:04
4	Dawn Watch	2:04
5	Final Strike	2:10
6	Phoenix Dawn	2:10
7	Homestead	2:10
8	Freedom Fight	2:01
9	Glittering Gold	2:04
10	Back Door	2:12
11	Exodus	2:04
12	Trojan Horse	2:04
13	Tick Tock	2:04
14	Crystal Storm	2:10
15	Night Wolf	2:08
16	Leg-Breaker	2:03
17	Dust River	2:03
18	Dragon’s Teeth	1:57
19	Berserker	2:06
20	Götterdämmerung	4:17
21	Starlight Hunt	1:25
22	Intro	1:40