Rockstar Games usually has the perfect choice of music and the Red Dead Redemption series features some of the best - most of it being custom for the game. Below is information about the soundtrack for Red Dead Redemption 2.
Building on the evocative score of the original Red Dead Redemption, the soundtrack and score of Red Dead Redemption 2 is a powerful, emotional journey through the final days of America’s outlaw era.
Red Dead Redemption 2 features an interactive, dynamic score composed by Woody Jackson. Rockstar fans will already be familiar with Woody’s work on the original Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire and Grand Theft Auto V with Tangerine Dream, The Alchemist and Oh No.
The score features additional production and arrangement by Jeff Silverman (Truth and Soul, Aloe Black), with additional musical score and orchestration provided by Colin Stetson (Bon Iver, Hereditary), David Ferguson (Johnny Cash’s engineer), David Ralicke (Beck, Sons of Anarchy), Gabe Witcher (Punch Brothers, True Detective), Luke O'Malley, Mario Batkovic (of Geoff Barrow’s Invada), Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Superwolf, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Prince Billy), Rabih Beaini and Senyawa, as well as contributions from over 110 other musicians including Arca (frequent Bjork, Kanye West, Frank Ocean and Kelela collaborator), Duane Eddy (Lee Hazlewood protégé), Jon Theodore (former drummer of Mars Volta and current Queens of the Stone Age drummer), Michael Shuman aka Mikey Shoes (Queens of the Stone Age, Mini Mansions) and more.
All of the vocal moments in Red Dead Redemption 2 are produced entirely by Grammy Award-winner Daniel Lanois, known for producing albums for Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Willie Nelson as well as collaborating with pioneering musician Brian Eno to produce several albums for U2 including the multi-platinum The Joshua Tree. In addition to Lanois' production, the soundtrack features additional vocal performances from a range of award-winning artists including D’Angelo, Willie Nelson, Nas, Rhiannon Giddens, Josh Homme, plus an additional track written, produced and performed by David Ferguson. All songs for both the score and soundtrack were created exclusively for Red Dead Redemption 2.
On June 14th, 2019 Rockstar Games announced the official soundtrack album
would release on July 12th and began taking pre-orders. "Crash of the Worlds " and "Table Top" were available to download for those pre-ordering.
As of July 12th, 2019 you can dowjnloa and listen to
The Music Of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Soundtrack on
Apple Music and
Spotify among other major outlets.
Known tracks from the end credits:
- Moonlight Open Hymn - Rhiannon Giddens (Fire in Your Eyes)
- Unshaken - D'Angelo
- That's the Way It Is (High) - Daniel Lanois
- That's the Way It Is (Low) - Daniel Lanois
- Mountain Finale - Daniel Lanois, Nas
- Crash of the Worlds (High) - Rocco DeLuca
- Crash of the Worlds (Low) - Rocco DeLuca
- Cruel World - Willie Nelson
- Red - Daniel Lanois ireddead
- Cruel World - Josh Homme
- Mountain Hymn - Rhiannon Giddens
- Table Top - Daniel Lanois
- Love Come Back - Daniel Lanois
- Dulcimer Campfire - Daniel Lanois
- Mountain Banjo - Rhiannon Giddens
- Oh My Lovely - Daniel Lanois
- Moonlight Nola - Daniel Lanois, Daryl Johnson, Joseph Maize, Darryle Hatcher, Rhiannon Giddens (Fire in Your Eyes Vocal)
- Gospel Redemption - Daniel Lanois ireddead
- House Build - David Ferguson
Environmental Music:
- A Prisoner for Life - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- Boring for Oil - Vance Rudolph
- Buffalo Gals - Traditional
- California Stage Company - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- Can-Can - Jacques Offenbach, Ossi Bashiri
- Cielito Lindo - Quirino Fidel Mendoza Cortes
- Cole Younger - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- Dan Taylor - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- Drinking Song - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- Flower Duet - Leo Delibes
- Habanera - Georges Bizet
- Hello My Baby - Ida Emerson, Joseph Howard
- I Ask That Gal - Traditional ireddead
- I Got a Gal in Berrywood - Traditional
- I Wouldn't Marry an Old Man - Traditional
- Jack of Diamonds - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- Jesse James - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- Key Hole in the Door - Traditional
- Libiamo Ne Lieti Calici - Giuseppe Verdi
- Little Joe the Wrangler - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- O Soave Fanciulla - Giacomo Puccini
- One-Eyed Riley - Traditional, Tom Clancy, Pat Clancy, Liam Clancy
- Pie Jesu - Gabriel Faure
- Poor Lonesome Cowboy - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- Proctology - Ralph Waldo, Terry Waldo
- Runk-Dinky Di-Lo - Traditional ireddead
- Ruby Lorraine - Ralph Waldo, Terry Waldo
- Spanish Patrillio - Traditonal
- The Amsterdam Maid - Traditional
- The Cowboy - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- The Hell-Bound Train - Alan Lomax, John Lomax
- Un Bel Di - Giacomo Puccini