Scratchy vinyl warmth and old jazz standards echoing through broken hallways. This remastered collection pulls the licensed music from all three Bioshock games into one set. "La Mer" opens with that French lounge crackle.
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"If I Didn't Care" by The Ink Spots is basically the series theme at this point. And "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" hits different when you remember where it plays in Rapture. These are not original compositions. They are the period songs that made Bioshock's world feel lived in and rotten at the same time.
1930s through 1960s pop filtered through dystopia. If you want a playlist that sounds like a cocktail party at the end of the world, this is the one.