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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

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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.