Liner notes

The Deus Ex series has, in my opinion, some of the best music ever written for games. Ever since playing the original Deus Ex in 2000, I’ve loved its ambient music and the unique cyberpunk/Blade Runner vibe it brought to each game.

I’ve also long been frustrated by the lack of dedicated ambient OSTs. Like most games, Deus Ex soundtracks are a mix quiet, atmospheric tracks with high-energy combat or stress themes — but it’s the ambient tracks that really shine. So I made my own mixes.

This is a passion project I’ve been wanting to tackle for years, and if you love the music of Deus Ex as much as I do, I think you’ll enjoy these. They’re available here and on YouTube.

More on this mix

This is a mix of most the ambient music that can be heard in Deus Ex: Invisible War.

Unlike my DX:HR and DX:MD mixes, this one is not technically exhaustive, because some of the music in IW is more “ambient soundscape” than ambient music, and not as enjoyable out of context. So these are just the best ambient pieces — to my ears of course.

The original music of IW is also somewhat dry (no audio effects like reverbs), a limitation of music trackers of the time like ScreamTracker. I applied some processing and gentle effects to each track to give the sound more depth and atmosphere, and to modernize the overall sound a bit.

I completely respect the original production of the 2003 soundtrack, but that’s already available elsewhere — this is my take on an IW ambient soundtrack, one that is also more consistent with my other mixes.

Original music by Alexander Brandon and Todd Simmons. Deus Ex: Invisible War is © Eidos Montréal / Square Enix / Embracer Group AB.

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