Desolate Music mods

[shy cliff]

Mod that changes most of ambient music in game to the one from old stalker games, Anomaly, Lost Alpha and from another mods as well as other dark ambient artists.

Take a note that curretly playing with audio files in Stalker is a mess, you cannot distigush one file from another so there's no way to connect certain songs to certain locations so it's kinda random. Maybe a future SDK update will help with dealing with audio files.
Also combat music got a bit broken due the mod so I recommend disabling it.
Okay you've been warned 🙂 🙂

Update 1.2

• All lower-quality tracks have been replaced with their higher-quality counterparts or replaced if no higher quality was available.
• A higher quality codec has been used for conversion, which should result in better music quality in the game.
• Volume normalization has been applied to all tracks.
• A few seconds of fade has been applied to the beginning and end of each track, resulting in smoother transitions between tracks.
• Several new, very atmospheric tracks have been added, resulting in an increase in the track list to 74 (previously 64).

Current song list you can find on Nexus or in the pinned comment.
It's not big but will be expanded in future updates. Basicly 90% of ambient music in game has been changed.
No video preview at the moment but I created a YT playlist with most of the songs added as a preview. It's not full since not all songs are available on YouTube.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfBB9ftXTHnLCzpMWqbhqAY43GzCCOqTg&si=r9p4mRE3sU7AC5n2

CREDITS:

Cryo Chamber
Cryochamberlabel.com
Kammarheit
Kammarheit.bandcamp.com
Klangsegler
MoozE
....
And every author stated in the song list.
All rights comes to the respectitive authors.
Thanks rbwadle for great S2 modding tutorials and InKviZ, creator of Old Atmosphere mod for an inspiration to create mine.

If you have any problems or suggestions just let me know. Thanks and have fun!

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1704

Nexus: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1704

[chilly geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/my-jam-jam-music-chill-great-song-gif-15979112

[knotty crypt]

Steam loading available?

[shy cliff]

You mean steam workshop?

[knotty crypt]

Yes boss

[shy cliff]

I would like to eventually but I dont know how steam workshop will handle the copryights of these songs

[knotty crypt]

Oke, i will download through the nexus!

[shy cliff]

Have fun!

[knotty crypt]

Is it possible to change pause and main menu music?

[shy cliff]

Yeah, its possible. Especially the main menu. I just honestly forgot about it. Propalby gonna change it in the next update. What are your suggestions for the main menu music? 🙂

[knotty crypt]

Mooze - Wasteland 1 (unreleased)

[knotty crypt]

Is it possible also to add soundeffects of nature and ambient from Misery Mod?

[shy cliff]

Thought about it and propably gonna go with Priboi Story theme (which actually sounds preety simmilar to Wasteland 1 but better imo).

[shy cliff]

Maybe yes but I'm not interested in changing other sounds than music

[shy cliff]

Update 1.2

• All lower-quality tracks have been replaced with their higher-quality counterparts or replaced if no higher quality was available.
• A higher quality codec has been used for conversion, which should result in better music quality in the game.
• Volume normalization has been applied to all tracks.
• A few seconds of fade has been applied to the beginning and end of each track, resulting in smoother transitions between tracks.
• Several new, very atmospheric tracks have been added, resulting in an increase in the track list to 74 (previously 64).

Current song list

One of the new songs 🙂 https://youtu.be/rZti8LB11zs?si=5EaMHtgeYzU09imL

[shy cliff]

The new update is out!

Update 1.3

• Increased the volume of all tracks by 3dB due to the GSC reducing the volume of background music after update 1.7
• Removed one song that became irritating after listening to it for a long time
• The recommended music volume level in the game settings is now 50%.

In the future 1.4 version gonna add some new songs If you have any feedback just tell me!

[snow escarp]

@shy cliff will this be on mod.io?

[proper jungle]

Man, genuinely thank you so much for this. One of my biggest letdowns in Stalker 2, is the lack of ambient music presense.
You're doing god's work.

[proper jungle]

"Meditation" from Tarkovsky's movie took me so by surprise

[snow escarp]

Can you add this to mod.io?

[shy cliff]

Propably no, same goes for Steam Workshop. They are very restricting in terms of copyrights

[shy cliff]

Thank you so much, glad you like it 😁

[proper jungle]

Hey, one question, is there Ritual from Signalis in the mod?🥺

[shy cliff]

You got the current song list on Nexus page https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1704

There's no such song but gonna check it out 😀

[shy cliff]

Cool, I think i heard in somewhere (GAMMA maybe?). Gonna add it to the next update 🙂

Once again, if you guys have any suggestions regarding songs just tell me. I'll consider every one :)

[vivid sleet]

Great stuff Bro. I'm used Yo old version but now is OMG.

I love Georgian Ambient. Best one. And for Me Lost Alpha was best mod ever.

This unique climate I'm haven't seen it anywhere else. Thx

[shy cliff]

Thanks Wiesław 🙂

[vivid sleet]

Bro, this ambient is amazing, it changes the face of the Zone. Putain!

For Me sounds and good ambient, they most important in games, but not lot of games have it 🙂 Zone 😀

[vivid sleet]

Hi very good ambient, fresh and all, but if you have access to old ambients from OP2.2, for example, I would love to hear it in the New Zone and there would be plenty to choose from, because OP2.2 was rich in great music. Of course, the decision is yours because it's your vision,😉 I'm just suggesting an idea 😀 . Regards.

[shy cliff]

No I dont have any access to the OP2.2 music, but If you have something just PM me 😃

[shy cliff]

New songs that I'm plan to include in 1.4 update:

1. Cicada Sirens & 1000 Eyes - Ritual (Signalis OST)
2. Robert Rich, B Lustmord - Synergistic Perceptions
3. Joe Mathews Composer - The Coming Storm
4. Joe Mathews Composer - The Stillness
5. Kammarheit – Hiding
6. Kammarheit – Landfall
7. Mount Shrine - Subtotem
8. Mount Shrine - Winter
9. Sabled Sun - The Outer Zone
10. God Body Disconnect - Dreaming Between The Trees
11. Northumbria - Still Valley I

Many of them you can recognize from GAMMA 🙂

Any more recommendations? 🙂

[chilly geyser]

what genre?

dark ambient?

[shy cliff]

Sure, my mod is about dark ambient 🙂

[pulsar sleet]

Is your mod including some silent part between two musics ?

[shy cliff]

A bit but not long. Songs have around 5 seconds of fade at the beginning and at the end

[vivid sleet]

Hi, but I don't think it's done locally. I mean, a certain number of songs per location. Random loading, I guess?

[shy cliff]

If I understand you correctly then yeah, songs are placed randomly around locations due the modding limitations. There are over 500 music files and it's very hard to recognize one from another

Still waiting for a better tools or a solution for this

[vivid sleet]

U understand good, is ok like this, because always same also no good😀

I'm listening now this new one You have a good vision bro

[shy cliff]

It's often the same too because there are connection between music files and locations but I simply placed these songs randomly

Thats why I'm adding new songs, to give some more variety

Btw @vivid sleet you are polish?

[vivid sleet]

It's a pity there's no access to op2.2, but maybe that's a good thing, it's a thing of the past, we need something new and that's where you come in 😆😀

[shy cliff]

I dont know the song list of OP 2.2, mod makers rarely post the soundtrack of their mods

especially old ones like this made by russians

I only found a good repository of songs from Lost Alpha and songs lists from Gamma and Dead Air

[vivid sleet]

There are no tracks, you're right, but there are files from which you can extract audio 😀

But there's no point in confusing yourself, you're on the right track.Regards

[shy cliff]

Its easier to say than to do it. I would need to install each one, look for the music files, extract and then apply into my mod. Remember that I need to list the song names and authors in the description.

[vivid sleet]

Yes I know is difficult, I'm try one time before pffffffffffffff lot of work 😀 😆

[shy cliff]

Not to mention thats alot of work and I dont have much time

Trying to to my best still

[vivid sleet]

Is nothig bro You do good work, U know what? Dave talking about patch 1.8 👍

About new quests and stories

[shy cliff]

December 18

[vivid sleet]

Again patch👍 Sorry but I'm not answer Yo question, yes My origin is Polish.

[shy cliff]

So, cześć! 🇵🇱

[vivid sleet]

So Witam🇵🇱

[shy cliff]

New version is out!
Update 1.4

• Added 11 new songs
• Reduced sound files volume gain from 3dB to 1dB (previous version was too loud)
• Recommended music volume in game settings is now 70%

One of the new songs that have been added:
https://youtu.be/xLCJqQRoFf8?si=9woWItSv8kVhqUoN

[vivid sleet]

I'm already use, good work like always 😉

And reduced volume was good idea. Regards.

[shy cliff]

Update 1.5

• Combat music fixes
• Underground music fixes
• You can now play my mod with Combat Music turned ON 🙂
  (Combat and underground music files are reverted to vanilla ones, underground music would be changed in the future versions)

Some brief positive news about the future of the mod:

I managed to find a way to match songs to locations, and thanks to that, I was able to fix combat music and underground music in version 1.5. At the moment, I have restored the music in these aspects to the songs from vanilla, but in the next version, I want to change the music in hubs and undergrounds, so there will be a few new tracks linked to locations 🙂 As for regional music, I think it's too much work (still over 500 files from which you have to extract the right name, choose a song, and add it to the mod), so for now it will remain random. That's all for today, see you soon!

[shy cliff]

Next update going to be huge, I'll add around 26 new songs with most of them connected to the hubs and underground locations 🙂

PS. There's going to be a requested dark ambient classic form Lustmord 🙂 (somewhere deep down below in X-labs 😎 )https://youtu.be/t6zhuFAoC6Y?si=sb2qiKgPc1jWbbCF

[shy cliff]

Update 1.6

• Added 26 new songs:
  9 for the underground sections, 7 for hubs and 10 for standard regional ambient music
• Underground music have been changed
• Music in the hubs have been changed
• Most of the hubs have new unique song linked, rest are vanilla
• Some more fixes, more volume normalization
• Recommended music volume is 65%
  Propably the biggest up to date! Enjoy guys :D

New tracks added in 1.6, its quite big 🙂

Underground:
MoozE - Heat
Kolhoosi 13 - Rainout
MoozE - Zone Triggers
The Inner Devil - The Presence of Death
Klangsegler - Block 4
Lustmord - Black Star
Lustmord - Strange Attractor
Lustmord - Deep Calls to Dub
The Inner Devil - A Place of Emptiness

Hubs:
Zalisya - Anger of Darkness - Bar (True Stalker OST)
Garbage Heap - The Inner Devil - Helpless Stalker in Chernobyl
Rostok (Bar) - The Inner Devil - Last Siren of Chernobyl
Duty (Cement Factory) - The Inner Devil - Sorrow
Sultansk - Alexey Omelchuk – Theme of Zaton. Day
Yanov - Alexey Omelchuk – Theme of Jupiter. Day
Cordon (Rookie Village) - Anger of Darkness - Theme of Escape (MoozE Cover) (True Stalker OST)

New to the region pool:
The Inner Devil - Loneliness of Chernobyl
The Inner Devil - Chernobyl's Heaven
The Inner Devil - Memories of The Past
The Inner Devil - Creatures of Darkness
The Inner Devil - Sunset in Chernobyl
The Inner Devil - Pripyat
The Inner Devil - Sadness in a Empty Soul
The Inner Devil - Calm Before The Storm
The Inner Devil - Distant Dreams
The Inner Devil - Peaceful Autumn

[snow escarp]

(I know it's only a dream, but I can hope it comes to mod.io one day)

[shy cliff]

Only Nexus, I doubt I gonna post it elsewhere

[snow escarp]

🤙

[shy cliff]

Update 1.7

• Added 15 new tracks to the regional pool

Thanks to Paskudne for suggestions 🙂

New songs added in 1.7:

1. Hiemal & Archean Nights - As The Elders Voices Become Our Own
2. Luke Atencio - Projections
3. Desiderii Marginis - Come Ruin and Rapture
4. Kammarheit - Spatium
5. Apocryphos - Consanguineous Spirit
6. Council Of Nine - Memory
7. Phragments - Frontiers Of Hope
8. Apocryphos - Simulacrum of Stone
9. Council Of Nine - Void Of Regret
10. Apocryphos - Clandestine
11. Northumbria - Isolering
12. SULPHURA - The Red Plains
13. Kammarheit - Citadel
14. Skadi - Dead Land
15. Taphephobia - Disillusioned

[chilly geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/dance-group-dance-dancing-music-dance-fast-dance-gif-18055802372213402137

[shy cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-music-gif-12714803110783853155

[keen viper]

just wanted to say amazing mod! I am playing with it for few weeks now, and really like the atmosphere through the zone it brings. Only think i would suggest if i may. I really like the song with horns in Rostok. It has it charm and it fits Rostok, but i would be really happy if there was more than one song for Rostok, since this is so unique tone, it is strange when when i am trading there and then the song loops again. it loses its power a little bit for me. Anyway amazing mod as i said.

[shy cliff]

I can only attach one song to a certain hub sadly. It will require for me manually join few songs into one, but it's possible. Thanks for suggestion, maybe I could figure out something 🙂

[shy cliff]

Desolate Music mods

Here's a new mod from me 🙂 https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/2082

[shy cliff]

Update 1.1

• Added legendary Kino song - Кино - Пачка сигарет (Pachka Sigaret)
  There couldn't be a doomer mod without this song 🙂

[shy cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-rip-sad-sponge-bob-stephen-hillenburg-crying-sponge-bob-squidward-gif-12966776

Sadly my mods have been deleted from Nexus... Cannot do anything about it. I need to think about it, maybe I need to switch to ModDB or try with Steam Workshop. Right now - thanks you guys for all downloads and that you liked my mods!

[snow pulsar]

sadCat

[shy cliff]

https://tenor.com/view/dance-coffin-meme-rip-gif-16909625

[snow escarp]

atleast we can (hopefully) get it on mod.io now

[shy cliff]

I'm started to send messages for each of the music authors for a written permission. So I'm still fighting to bring back my mod to Nexus. Wish me luck guys 🫡

[keen viper]

Och.. all i can say. Great work and taste man. You really brought the atmosphere to another level!

[shy cliff]

Hi everyone,
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about where my mod went, so I have some good news for you. Since the mod can no longer be on Nexus, I’ve decided to publish it on ModDB. Thanks for your support and help! Enjoy! https://www.moddb.com/mods/desolate-ambient-music-mod/downloads/desolate-ambient-music-mod-1-7

[feral cliff]

works with 1.9 ?

[shy cliff]

Sure 🙂