Music

Overview

There are few things in City of Heroes that set the mood more than the short pieces of music that play as you move about the city. Nearly every neighborhood in every zone has unique music that clearly identifies where you are, even without seeing what's on the screen.

The styles of music used vary widely, and range from soft pop and techno to hard rock and full orchestra. The music used for the original release of the game through Issue 5 consisted of fairly generic synthesized instruments and percussion, which makes it more difficult to maintain uniqueness without sounding amateurish.

With the release of City of Villains and Issue 6, the palette of instruments and percussion was completely overhauled which allowed for more realistic and lush arrangements. All zones added or revamped since then (such as Faultline and Rikti War Zone) have made use of these updated sounds.

The new music for the Praetorian zones in Going Rogue, and that which has been added since Issue 18, has been composed with a high level of thematic unity, with both melodic and rhythmic motives providing a more coherent immersion while playing through that content. One potential drawback to this composition method, however, is that it can become difficult to discern differences between pieces because they do all sound very similar.

Neighborhood Listings

Hero Zones

This is a consolidated listing of each zone's neighborhoods and the music associated with them. Neighborhoods marked with an asterisk (*) are duplicated or modified from music elsewhere in the game. See the following section for details.

Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood
Outbreak	Hot Zone (unused)	Atlas Park (Pre-Issue 21)	Atlas Plaza * Prometheus Park * Chiron Medical Center * The Promenade HyperionWay Argosy Industrial Park Downside * (Unused)	Atlas Park	Atlas Plaza Prometheus Park Chiron Medical Center The Promenade Hyperion Way Argosy Industrial Park Downside	Echo: Galaxy City	Freedom Court * Cygnus Medical Center * Equinox Orion Beltway Nebula District Constellation Row * Gemini Park *
Sewer Network	Atlas Park Sector * Kings Row Sector * Skyway City Sector * Underworld * Steel Canyon Sector * Boomtown Sector *	Kings Row	Freedom Plaza Crowne Memorial * Aqueduct * The Gish Industrial Avenue * King Garment Works Royal Refinery * High Park	The Hollows	Cherry Hills * Four Seasons (No Music) Red River * Eastgate Park * Grendel's Gulch * Eastgate Heights *	Perez Park	Boneyard Hell's Highway * Perez Park * Everett Lake Bettis Hills * Gaiman Woods *
Steel Canyon	Bronze Way * Copper District Gimry Ridge * Steel Canyon Medical Center * Platinum Lake * Blyde Square The Fools Gold District (Unused) Silver Lake Royal Overlook *	Skyway City	Aeria Plaza (No Music) Lagrange Medical Center * Astral District Vista Plaza (No Music) The Gruff (No Music) Hide Park Land of the Lost *	Boomtown	The Fuse Powderkeg Primer The Cannonade Grenadier Village	Faultline (Pre-Issue 8)	Subduction Downfall Dark Canyons Precipice Aftershock Reservoir
Faultline	New Overbrook Overbrook Medical Center * Aftershock * Overflow * Arachnos Dig Site * Overbrook Dam *	Independence Port	Bell Point * Bell Medical Center * Wave Landing Crey Cove * Steel Pier Industry Pier * Patriot Wharf Valor Bridge Power Island * Liberty Quay * Justice Quay *	Talos Island	Phoenix Medical Center * Helen Point New Thebes * Ithaca Island * Argo Highway New Corinth New Troy Circe Island * New Sparta The Serpent's Teeth * Eleusis * Scylla Island	Striga Isle	Port Noble * The Maw * Bonny Morass * The Bog * The Wolf's Throat * Council Base *
Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22)	St. Elegius (Unused) Romero Heights * Raimi Arcade Toffet Terrace * Barca Plaza * Dido's View * Moth Cemetery (Unused)	Echo: Dark Astoria	St. Elegius (No Music) Romero Heights * Raimi Arcade * Toffet Terrace * Barca Plaza * Dido's View * Moth Cemetery (No Music)	Terra Volta	Coroman Manufacturing * Challenger Technology Raysun Petroleum * Rogers Industries * Walker Energy * Gordon Trench Carter Engineering Savage Waste Disposal Terra Volta Reactor	Croatoa	Salamanca * New Connaught The Misty Wood * The Broken Teeth Sunset Ridge * The Grim Vale *
Brickstown	The Mashu Bridge * The Crescent Prison Power Station * Seven Gates * Brickstown Infirmary The Abyss Towers The Chasm * Dark Waters * The Ziggurat *	Founders' Falls	Williams Square Harvey Medical Center * Louis Forest * Liberty Town The Red River * Hutchinson Park * The Gaspee Blackstone Hills (No Music)	Crey's Folly	Crey Factories * Paragon Water Works * The Blight * Tangle Town Portal Industries The Circus Carnival Town *	Eden	Arcadia * The Pit The Utopia Complex The Serpentine Adeva Towers * The Cascades The Hive
Abandoned Sewer Network	Atlas Park Sector * Kings Row Sector * Skyway City Sector * Underworld * Steel Canyon Sector * Boomtown Sector *	Peregrine Island	Bayside Docks * Curry Cove * Nelson Borough * Aquarius Medical Center * Mera Heights * Poseidon Square * Portal Court Cutlass Isles * Tempest Quay *	Firebase Zulu	Firebase Zulu Tempest Sector (No Music) Point Alpha Point Bravo Point Charlie Point Echo Point Foxtrot Point Sierra * Point Tango (No Music) Point Victor * Point X-Ray * Firebase November *	Cascade Archipelago	The Marooned Shores The Air Shoals The One-Way Path Tyrant's Rock * The Chanting Islands Crimson Falls
The Chantry	Path of Tears Bastion of Pain * Bastion of Denial * Bastion of Guilt Bastion of Regret (Unused) Bastion of Sorrow (Unused) Chantry * Bastion of Shame * Path of Rage *	The Storm Palace	Path of Madness * Lock of Anger * Lock of Malice Lock of Torment Lock of Hatred Lock of Fury * Lock of Destruction * Storm Palace

Villain Zones

Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood
Breakout	The Yard * (unused) Drop Zone (unused)	Mercy Island {Pre-Issue 21)	Fort Darwin Darwin's Landing Mercy * Fort Cerberus *	Mercy Island	Fort Darwin Darwin's Landing Mercy Fort Cerberus	Port Oakes	Arena District * Dockside * Marconeville * Oil Spill Fort Hades * Villa Montrose *
Cap au Diable	Devil's Coat Tails Haven * Aeon City New Haven Vagabond Hills Mount Diable *	Bloody Bay	Freedom Base * Arachnos Base Water Street Green Nugget Dead Coast Forgotten Forest * Boardwalk Ground Zero	Sharkhead Isle	Port Recluse The Crush * Hell Forge * The Pit * Villa Requin Potter's Field	Siren's Call	Buildville Talos Park Fossburg Randall's Ruins
Nerva Archipelago	Crimson Cove Agincourt * Primeva * Thorn Isle *	St. Martial	Double Down Babylon Black Mariah Fortune's Wheel (No Music) The Flop Jackpot The Hard Way	Warburg	Hero Base * Villain Base * Warburg * The WEB (No Music)	Grandville	Spider City * The Gutter The Tangle * The Fab *
Recluse's Victory	Sector 1 Sector 2 * Sector 3 Sector 4 * Sector 5	Monster Island	Cutlass Isles * Tempest Quay *

Co-op / Shared Zones

Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood
Rikti War Zone	Vanguard Compound The Bulge * Pavia * The Thin Red Line Pork Chop Hill Little Round Top Bloody Lane * Heartbreak Ridge Sunken Road * Point du Hoc The Crash Site	Pocket D	Hero Lobby * Hero Club Side Villain Lobby * Villain Club Side Central Dance Floor Arena Lounge Tiki Room Ski Chalet Ski Slopes	Ouroboros	Whole Zone	Cimerora	Entrance Cave Cimerora City Castellum Bridge
Midnighter Club	Entrance	Dark Astoria	Barca Plaza * Dido's View * Moth Cemetery Raimi Arcade * Romero Heights * Toffet Terrace *

Praetorian Zones

Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood	Zone	Neighborhood
Nova Praetoria	Magisterium Elyssian Avenue North Aetna South Aetna	Imperial City	People's Park Logos Industry Avenue Aureas Four Gables Tiberian Bluff Behavioral Adjustment Facility (unused)	Neutropolis	Neuron's Reach Lambda Sector Keyes Island
Underground Nova	Sector A Sector B Sector C	Underground Imperial	Sector A Sector B Sector C	Underground Neutropolis	Sector A Sector B Sector C
First Ward	Eltentown Free-Fire Zone Mercyview Sunken City Forbidden Crags Mother of Mercy Hospital

Reused Music

Although there is a large amount of unique music found throughout the game, there are several neighborhoods that use musical cues which have slight differences from or are exact duplicates of those used elsewhere. Listed below are examples of the neighborhoods that use identical or similar music. They are sorted by the earliest zone/neighborhood in which the music is used, or by the first zone that uses the most complete version. If there are no notes after a secondary listing then it uses the identical version as the primary one.

Atlas Park / Atlas Plaza

Echo: Galaxy City / Freedom Court -- longer version

Atlas Park / Prometheus Park

Echo: Galaxy City / Gemini Park

Atlas Park / Chiron Medical Center

Skyway City / LaGrange Medical Center -- longer version

Echo: Galaxy City / Constellation Row

Firebase Zulu / Point X-Ray -- longer version

Echo: Galaxy City / Cygnus Medical Center

Kings Row / Crowne Memorial

Steel Canyon / Steel Canyon Medical Center

Faultline / Overbrook Medical Center

Independence Port / Bell Medical Center -- shorter, similar version

Talos Island / Phoenix Medical Center

Founders' Falls / Harvey Medical Center -- similar version

Peregrine Island / Aquarius Medical Center

Sewer Network / Atlas Park Sector

Eden / The Utopia Complex

Abandoned Sewer Network / Atlas Park Sector

Sewer Network / Kings Row Sector

Abandoned Sewer Network / Kings Row Sector

Sewer Network / Skyway City Sector

Abandoned Sewer Network / Skyway City Sector

Sewer Network / Underworld

Perez Park / Hell's Highway

Crey's Folly / The Blight

Rikti War Zone / Bloody Lane

Abandoned Sewer Network / Underworld

The Chantry / Bastion of Pain

Sewer Network / Steel Canyon Sector

Abandoned Sewer Network / Steel Canyon Sector

Sewer Network / Boomtown Sector

The Hollows / Grendel's Gulch

Rikti War Zone / Sunken Road

Abandoned Sewer Network / Boomtown Sector

St. Martial / The Flush -- unused longer version

Kings Row / Aqueduct

Atlas Park / Downside -- shorter version

Kings Row / Industrial Avenue

Independence Port / Justice Quay

Kings Row / Royal Refinery

Rikti War Zone / The Bulge

Firebase Zulu / Point Victor -- similar version 1, added intro

St. Martial / Turtle Spit -- unused similar version 2, added intro

Perez Park / Bettis Hills

The Hollows / Eastgate Park

Talos Island / The Serpent's Teeth -- similar, shorter version

Striga Isle / The Bog -- same as Talos Island version

Perez Park / Perez Park

Croatoa / The Misty Wood -- extended version

Steel Canyon / Bronze Way

Eden / Adeva Towers

Peregrine Island / Curry Cove

Firebase Zulu / Point Sierra

Port Oakes / Villa Montrose -- extended version

Steel Canyon / Gimry Ridge

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22) / Romero Heights -- similar, shorter version

Steel Canyon / Platinum Lake

Founders' Falls / Louis Forest -- omit rhythm, added animal sounds

Steel Canyon / Royal Overlook

Striga Isle / The Maw

Skyway City / Land of the Lost

Striga Isle / The Wolf's Throat

Terra Volta / Raysun Petroleum

Sharkhead Isle / The Crush -- similar, longer version

Independence Port / Bell Point

The Hollows / Eastgate Heights

Peregrine Island / Poseidon Square

The Storm Palace / Lock of Fury

Independence Port / Crey Cove

Perez Park / Gaiman Woods -- added animal sounds

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22) / Barca Plaza -- longer, added background effects

Brickstown / Dark Waters

Founders' Falls / Hutchinson Park -- longer, added bird sounds

The Chantry / Bastion of Shame -- same as Dark Astoria version

Independence Port / Industry Pier

Brickstown / Prison Power Station

The Chantry / Path of Rage -- longer version with intro

Independence Port / Liberty Quay

Striga Isle / Council Base -- extended version

Firebase Zulu / Firebase November

Nerva Archipelago / Agincourt -- longer version

Talos Island / Circe Island

Nerva Archipelago / Primeva -- longer version

Talos Island / Eleusis

Nerva Archipelago / Thorn Isle -- longer version

Talos Island / Ithaca Island

Croatoa / Salamanca -- extended version

Talos Island / New Thebes

Croatoa / Sunset Ridge -- extended version with intro

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22) / Dido's View

Eden / Arcadia

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22) / Toffet Terrace

The Chantry / Chantry

Terra Volta / Coroman Manufacturing

Cap au Diable / Mount Diable -- similar, longer version

Terra Volta / Rogers Industries

Sharkhead Isle / The Pit -- unused longer version

Terra Volta / Walker Energy

The Hollows / Cherry Hills

Independence Port / Power Island -- slower, shorter version

Peregrine Island / Nelson Borough

Croatoa / The Grim Vale

Bloody Bay / Forgotten Forest

Brickstown / The Chasm

Striga Isle / Port Noble

Peregrine Island / Bayside Docks

Brickstown / The Mashu Bridge

Port Oakes / Arena District -- longer version

Brickstown / Seven Gates

Striga Isle / Bonny Morass -- longer, added animal sounds

Peregrine Island / Mera Heights

The Storm Palace / Path of Madness -- longer version

Brickstown / The Ziggurat

Rikti War Zone / Pavia -- added intro effect

Cascade Archipelago / Tyrant's Rock -- slightly longer version

The Storm Palace / Lock of Destruction -- extended version

Breakout / The Yard -- longer version

Pocket D / Hero Lobby 1 -- longer version

Pocket D / Hero Lobby 2 -- muffled version of Hero Lobby 1

Founders' Falls / The Red River

The Hollows / The Red River

Crey's Folly / Crey Factories

Sharkhead Isle / Hell Forge -- unused longer version

Crey's Folly / Paragon Water Works

Peregrine Island / Cutlass Isles

Monster Island / Cutlass Isles

Crey's Folly / Carnival Town

The Storm Palace / Lock of Anger -- longer version

Peregrine Island / Tempest Quay

The Chantry / Bastion of Denial

Monster Island / Tempest Quay

Mercy Island / Mercy

Faultline / Overflow

Mercy Island / Fort Cerberus

Recluse's Victory / Sector 2

Port Oakes / Dockside

Pocket D / Villain Lobby 1 -- similar version

Pocket D / Villain Lobby 2 -- muffled version of Villain Lobby 1

Port Oakes / Fort Hades

Warburg / Warburg

Port Oakes / Oil Spill -- unused version

Bloody Bay / Water Street

Port Oakes / Marconeville

Faultline / Overbrook Dam

Cap au Diable / Haven

Grandville / The Fab

Bloody Bay / Freedom Base

Warburg / Hero Base

Sharkhead Isle / Hell Forge

Faultline - Aftershock

Sharkhead Isle / The Pit

Faultline - Arachnos Dig Site

Warburg / Villain Base

Grandville / Spider City

Grandville / The Tangle

Recluse's Victory / Sector 4

Dark Astoria / Barca Plaza

Echo: Dark Astoria / Barca Plaza

Dark Astoria / Dido's View

Echo: Dark Astoria / Dido's View

Dark Astoria / Raimi Arcade

Echo: Dark Astoria / Raimi Arcade

Dark Astoria / Romero Heights

Echo: Dark Astoria / Romero Heights

Dark Astoria / Toffet Terrace

Echo: Dark Astoria / Toffet Terrace

Unused and Alternate Music

Some neighborhood music cues have alternate unused versions or were omitted completely from the game. The list below highlights some of these.

Atlas Park

Downside -- unused

Steel Canyon

Fool's Gold District -- unused

Faultline (Pre-Issue 8)

Aftershock -- removed in Issue 8

Dark Canyons -- removed in Issue 8

Downfall -- removed in Issue 8

Precipice -- removed in Issue 8

Reservoir -- removed in Issue 8

Subduction -- removed in Issue 8

Faultline (Issue 8)

New Overbrook -- extended version

New Overbrook -- unused alternate version

New Overbrook -- unused New Age version

New Overbrook -- longer Oriental version looped in Mr. Yin's store

Dark Astoria (Pre-Issue 22)

Moth Cemetery -- unused loop

St. Elegius -- unused

The Chantry

Bastion of Regret -- unused

Bastion of Sorrow -- unused

Bloody Bay

Green Nugget -- unused alternate version

Water Street -- unused alternate version

Breakout

Arachnos Pilot -- unused

Searching -- unused

Mercy Island

Fort Darwin -- unused alternate version

Mercy -- unused alternate version

Port Oakes

Dockside -- unused alternate version

Fort Blood -- unused

Oil Spill -- unused alternate version

Marconeville -- unused alternate version

Villa Montrose -- unused alternate version

Cap au Diable

Devil's Coat Tails -- unused alternate version

Haven -- unused alternate version

New Haven -- unused alternate version

Sharkhead Isle

Hell Forge -- unused alternate version

The Pit -- unused alternate version

St. Martial

Double Down -- unused longer version

The Flush -- unused

Turtle Spit -- unused

Imperial City

Behavorial Adjustment Facility -- unused

Mercy Hospital -- unused

TPN Theme Music -- unused

Pocket D

Rave Music -- used in missions

Rave Music -- muffled version of above

Miscellaneous Unused Music

BoomBox Tracks

This list includes the different tracks that can be selected when using the BoomBox emote. Lo-Fi versions of the tracks were implemented in Issue 17 to more accuractely simulate the sound quality from a real boombox.

Altitude	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Beat	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Catch Me	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Dance	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
ElectroVibe	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Disco Freak	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Dog Walk	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Heavy Dude	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Info Overload	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Jumpy	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Kick It	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Looker	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Meaty	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Notorious	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Move On	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Peace	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Quickie	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Raver	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Shuffle	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Spaz	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Technoid	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Venus	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Wah Wah	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Wind It Up	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi
Yellow	Hi-Fi	Lo-Fi

Easter Eggs and Obscure Music

This final list includes music cues which a player would typically have to go to a specific spot to be able to hear.

Faultline

Bianco's Italian Cuisine -- Stand outside the restaurant door at (881, 31, -1830)^[Copy] in New Overbrook to hear this music.

Cryptic Lounge -- Stand near the jukebox in the Cryptic Lounge to hear this music.

El Super Mexicano -- Stand outside the restaurant door at (1088, 31, -1537)^[Copy] in New Overbrook to hear this music.

Grandville

Lord Recluse Voice-over -- This is the speech that loops in the main entrance to Grandville.

Dev Prison -- This music can be heard coming from the restrooms in the Dev Prison room hidden in the tunnels of Grandville. It is an altered version of the old standard Moon River, with some PG-rated sound effects added.

Purgatory -- This music can also be heard in the Dev Prison.

Imperial City

C.D.E.C. Lobby -- This music can be heard while inside the C.D.E.C. building.

TPN Newscaster -- This "spoken" loop can sometimes be heard outside the TPN building.

Studio 55 -- This music can be heard while inside Studio 55.

First Ward

Seed of Hamidon -- This is the "breathing" noise made by The Seed of Hamidon as it flies around First Ward.

Miscellaneous

City of Heroes Freedom Title Screen -- This music became the standard login screen music upon the release of City of Heroes Freedom.

Hero Title Screen -- This is the post-Issue 17 version of the music that loops on the City of Heroes login screen. (inactive)

Hero Title Screen -- This is the pre-Issue 17 version of the music that loops on the City of Heroes login screen.

Hero Mission Complete -- This is the music that plays when a Hero completes a mission.

Villain Title Screen -- This is the music that loops on the City of Villains login screen. (inactive)

Villain Mission Complete -- This is the music that plays when a Villain completes a mission.

Praetorian Title Screen -- This is the music that loops on the Praetorian login screen. (inactive)

Praetorian Mission Complete -- This is the music that plays when a Praetorian completes a mission.

Holiday Rocket Pack -- This music loops while you are using the "Jingle Jet" temp power during a Winter Event.

Carnival of Shadows -- This music loops in the area of the Carnival of Shadows tent setup on mission and zone maps.

Zombie Stinger -- This music is heard when a Zombie invasion begins in a zone.

Deadly Apocalypse -- This music is heard when a Deadly Apocalypse begins in a zone.

Deadly Apocalypse Cleanup -- This is heard when a Deadly Apocalypse has ended.

Sonic Barrier -- This is heard when approaching the sonic barrier surrounding the Praetorian zones.