Wipeout 2097: The Soundtrack

Wipeout 2097 The Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released 30 September 1996 (UK)
1 November 1996 (US)
Genre Electronica, IDM, techno, acid house, drum and bass, big beat
Length 84:01
Label Virgin (UK)
Astralwerks (U.S.)
Wipeout series soundtrack chronology
wipE'out": The Music
(1995)
wipE'out" 2097
(1996)
Wipeout Pure: The Official Soundtrack
(2005)
"CD"
CD which features a face of a Designers Republic character from the game.
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Wipeout 2097: The Soundtrack (Wipeout XL in the US) is a soundtrack album of various British and other European electronica, big beat and techno artists from the video game of the same name, released in 1996.

Album

Wipeout 2097, released for the Sony PlayStation on 30 September 1996 and the Sega Saturn on 18 September 1997, was the sequel to Wipeout, one of the first video games to incorporate electronic music by popular artists into the game. The audio tracks on the video game disc were red book audio and could be played in any CD player by simply skipping the first track, which held the actual game data.

The soundtrack album and the actual soundtrack of the video game do not contain the same collections of music. CoLD SToRAGE supplied several tracks for the game, the Chemical Brothers produced "Dust Up Beats" and Future Sound of London produced "Landmass", none of which were included on the soundtrack album. Conversely, Photek's "Titan", the Chemical Brothers' "Leave Home", and the tracks by Daft Punk, Source Direct, Orbital, and Leftfield did not appear in the game itself. The soundtrack album also includes Fluke's track "Atom Bomb" in its original single version, which is markedly different from the "Straight Six Instrumental Mix" featured in the PlayStation version.

The artwork for the album was made by The Designers Republic in their typical futuristic style, in line with the artwork of the game and its future setting.

The album spawned one single, "Atom Bomb" by Fluke with similarly designed artwork by tDR.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)PerformerLength
1."We Have Explosive" (from Dead Cities, 1996)Garry Cobain, Brian DougansThe Future Sound of London6:14
2."Atom Bomb" (from Risotto, 1997)FlukeFluke7:57
3."Loops of Fury" (from Loops of Fury, 1996)Ed Simons, Tom RowlandsThe Chemical Brothers4:41
4."Tin There" (from Pearl's Girl, 1996)Darren Emerson, Rick SmithUnderworld5:00
5."The Third Sequence" (from The Third Sequence / Titan, 1996)Rupert ParkesPhotek4:48
6."Leave Home (Underworld Mix 1)" (from Leave Home, 1995)Ed Simons, Tom RowlandsThe Chemical Brothers5:14
7."We Have Explosive (Herd Killing)" (from Dead Cities, 1996)Garry Cobain, Brian DougansThe Future Sound of London5:42
8."Firestarter (Instrumental)" (from Firestarter, 1996)Liam Howlett, Keith FlintThe Prodigy4:39
9."V Six"  FlukeFluke5:19
10."Musique" (from Da Funk, 1996)Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-ChristoDaft Punk6:51
11."2097"  Phil Aslett, Jim BakerSource Direct5:35
12."Titan" (from The Third Sequence / Titan, 1996)Rupert ParkesPhotek5:58
13."P.E.T.R.O.L." (from In Sides, 1996)P & P HartnollOrbital5:49
14."Afro Ride" (from Afro-Left, 1995)Neil Barnes, Paul Daley, Neil ColeLeftfield4:24

Production

Virgin (UK) ℗ 1996 Virgin.

℗ 1996 Virgin Records (UK)

Licensed courtesy of Virgin (UK) / Astralwerks ℗ 1995 Virgin (UK)

Virgin (UK) ℗ 1996 Virgin.

℗ 1996 Virgin Records (UK)

Sony Music Publishing. ℗ 1996 London

Licensed courtesy of Virgin Records M62/BMG Music Publishing/MCA Music Ltd. ℗ 1995 Virgin Records Ltd

References

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