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• Original Soundtrack

Year: 1999

Type: Original Soundtrack (OST)

Composer(s): Colin Anderson, Craig Conner, Bert Reid, Stuart Ross, Paul Scargill

Number of tracks: 45

Rating

★★★★★

Idle mode

One becomes two, seven becomes eleven. This is how the development from the first Grand Theft Auto to its successor can be described - at least on an acoustic level. In terms of gameplay, very little has changed: we still run and drive through the creatively named Anywhere City from a top-down perspective, completing missions and leaving behind an impressive trail of dead pedestrians, criminals and cops. The action is accompanied by eleven different radio stations, ranging from funk to techno to gospel. Originally there were supposed to be twelve stations, but according to the GTA-Wiki , the progressive rock channel Ridiculous FM was cut before release.

There are also a few other changes compared to the first GTA: each of the stations is now hosted by fictional DJs, which is why we are entertained by Sammy Starock on Rockstar Radio and DJ Dai on Lo-Fi FM, for example. 'Entertain' is a good keyword, because this part of the series also marks the beginning of the usual commercials for the series, which stereotypically advertise all kinds of things in an exaggerated manner. On the one hand, this loosens up the music parade a little, as they are linked to the individual songs, but it can be annoying if you want to listen to this one particular song in peace.

Meanwhile, there are plenty of them. A total of 45 tracks can be found in the score, even if 15 of them are played on several stations. This gives us a less impressive net number of 30 songs. However, because the stations are pleasantly different, this is less of an issue. And with songs by Davidson (All I Wanna Do), Bula Matari (Taxi Drivers), Flytronix (Pendulum and Past Archives) and Track 7 (I Wanna Phunk), works by real-life artists and bands have also made it into the game for the first time.

Does it make the whole pack interesting to me? Not really. As with its predecessor, I simply don't have the connection to the game for this loose pile of genre music to get through to me. Although the compilation has become more comprehensive and the quality has improved, Grand Theft Auto 2 is nowhere near the milestones of scores like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. For the sake of completeness, however, here is a brief overview of the stations.

• Head Radio
• Rockstar
  Radio
• KREZ
• Lo-Fi FM
• Futuro FM
• Funami FM
• Lithium FM
• King 130.7
• Osmosis FM
• Heavenly Radio
• KGBH

Funk / Pop / Dance / Jazz Step / Rock

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Yellow Butter	Apostles of Funk	2
02	Real Love	Pussywillows	2
03	All I Wanna Do	Davidson	2
04	Southpark	The One	3
05	Taxi Drivers	Bula Matari	3
06	Pendulum	Flytronix	2
07	Do It on Your Own	Anna	3
08	My Tiny World	Testing	4

Rock / Funk / House

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Holding It Out for You	Stikki Fingerz	3
02	Vegas Road	Conor & Jay	3
03	I Wanna Phunk	Track 7	3

Hip-Hop / Gangsta Rap / Industrial

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Showin Me Love	Negro vs Conner	2
02	E=MC Good Times	Jacking in Hilltown	2
03	Past Archives	Flytronix	2
04	How It's Done	Numb	2

Funk / Jazz / Classic Soul / Classic Rock

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Toucan Pie	Stylus Exodus	3
02	A Cool Day in Downtown	Bert Reid's Guitar Trio	2
03	The Diner	Tammy Boness and the Swinging Mammaries	2
04	Surf City	Cow Tastes Good	3

Funk / Dance / Classic Rock

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	L.E.D.	Reed	3
02	All I Wanna Do	Davidson	2
03	Dazed & Confuzed	Spangly Feet	3
04	Toucan Pie	Stylus Exodus	3

Acid / Electronic / Drum & Bass

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Flymutha	Toys Are Real	2
02	Garage Acid	Future Loop	2
03	O2N	4 How Much 4	2
04	Ball Blaster	Ido	2

Techno / Classic Soul / Electronic / Christian Pop

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	F.A.G. Filter	Tsunami	3
02	The Diner	Tammy Boness and the Swinging Mammaries	2
03	Computer Lust	Voice Box	2
04	God Bless All the Universe	Rev. Rooney and The Rocksta Choir	3

Hard Rock / Soft Rock

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Taxi Drivers	Bula Matari	3
02	My Tiny World	Testing	4
03	Holding It Out for You	Stikki Fingerz	3
04	Standing on My Own	Sterlin	4

Dance / Pop / Alternative Rock

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	All I Wanna Do	Davidson	2
02	Real Love	Pussywillows	2
03	Do It on Your Own	Anna	3
04	I Wanna Phunk	Track 7	3

Christian Pop / Soft Rock / Traditional Gospel

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	God Bless All the Universe	Rev. Rooney and The Rocksta Choir	3
02	Standing on My Own	Sterlin	4
03	Amazing Grace	Zoneboys	2

Classic Rock / Techno

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Welcome to the Arena Suckers	Raison Varner	3
02	Moxxi Wants Your Blood	Raison Varner	2
03	Bring Out the Badasses	Raison Varner	2