# The musical style of Team Fortress 2

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 2, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-musical-style-of-team-fortress-2/587635 "2011-07-02T16:27:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-musical-style-of-team-fortress-2/587635/1 "2011-07-02T16:27:58Z")

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I’ve taken a liking to TF2’s music and I’d like to know where I can find more. Does it have a name?

Are there any video games whose music you particularly like?

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**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-musical-style-of-team-fortress-2/587635/2 "2011-07-02T16:54:54Z")

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> [@MichaelEmouse](#):
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> Are there any video games whose music you particularly like?

[None](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekOqgknkVN4) [compare](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EABSk4JyB-0) [to](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Srcikm4Hh0) [Katamari](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmInyB-7FhA) [Damacy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFLJX-T7LPk).

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**Author:** ![charmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@charmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charmstr)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-musical-style-of-team-fortress-2/587635/3 "2011-07-02T19:35:05Z")

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I asked my son about it and he didn’t have much to say (other than that he liked the “Meet the Sniper” theme), but he did point me to the [TF2 Wiki page for the soundtrack](http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Soundtrack). Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-musical-style-of-team-fortress-2/587635/4 "2011-07-02T20:46:38Z")

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It’s a subset of jazz that was heavily used in spy and adventure shows/movies back in the 70s.

No One Lives Forever (both 1 & 2) made heavy use of it.

[NOLF Main Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss4r7SMLnms)

I bought the soundtrack to the first one, but I’m not sure as to its current availability. The games were funny as hell, too.

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**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-musical-style-of-team-fortress-2/587635/5 "2011-07-02T22:50:27Z")

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Here’s a few more. I guess it actually predates the 70s by a bit, heh.

[Peter Gunn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcflCzZlLcQ)  
[The Saint](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3x2MHT1Q7E&feature=fvwrel)  
[The Pink Panther](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp6z3s1Gig0&feature=related)