Soundtrack changes

Seasick

Seasick

First time out of the vault
So, I was awake one night (as my insomnia often instigates) and I got to thinking about New Vegas, specifically it's soundtrack. I felt that the one we got was lackluster and didn't have enough songs, so I figured i'd make a fun little thread where we all could chime in what we would've have liked to see.

Personally, I liked Mojave Radio. I just think that there were WAY too few songs. Here's what I would've liked for a line up:

"Blue Moon" - Elvis Presley

"Let's Ride Into The Sunset Together" - Tony Vice, Jerry Burnham

"Big Iron" - Marty Robbins

"Home on the Range" - Gene Autry

"The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be" - Tom Lehrer

"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" - The Carter Family

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - Johnny Cash

"Blue Moon of Kentucky" - Bill Monroe

"The Wild Side of Life" - Hank Thompson

"That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine" - Gene Autry

"Give Me That Old Time Religion" - Jane Russell, Connie Haines, Rhonda Fleming

"Slave To The Blues" - Ma Rainey

"We Three" - The Ink Spots

"Guilty" - Al Bowlly

"Lonesome Town" - Ricky Nelson

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Helen O' Connell

"The Gypsy" - The Ink Spots

"Dream" - The Pied Pipers


And, to contradict the more country-based Mojave Radio, you'd have New Vegas Radio, playing songs like:

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - Tommy Dorsey

"On A Slow Boat To China" - Kay Kyser

"I've Got Spurs" - Kay Kyser

"Ain't Got a Dime To My Name" - Bing Crosby

"Pennies From Heaven" - Louis Prima

"Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" - Billy Cotton

"In The Mood" - Glenn Miller

"Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson

"Why Don't You Do Right" - Benny Goodman

"Orange Colored Sky" - Nat King Cole

"The Clouds Will Soon Roll By" - Billy Cotton

"You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" - Harry Edison, Buddy Rich

"20th Century Blues" - Noel Coward

"Sing, Sing, Sing" - Benny Goodman

"Minnie the Moocher" - Cab Calloway

"Papa Loves Mambo" - Perry Como

"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" - Louis Jordan

"Held For Questioning" - Rusty Draper

"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" - Louis Jordan

"Blue Moon" - Frank Sinatra

"You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" - Dean Martin

"Ain't That A Kick In The Head" - Dean Martin


What would you like to have seen?


PS: SCREW JOHNNY GUITAR.
 
Johnny Guitar is a good song.

Anyway, your list seems exhaustive, although I confess that I don't know all of them, but borderline unrealistic for a video game, where the whole radio thing is just optional. The cost for licensing and using all these songs would be way to high (I imagine Elvis or Johnny Cash songs could be quite expensive) to be profitable for the studio.
Besides, using Elvis' songs is a no-go because of The Kings.

Also, I think that the whole country music focus we had in FNV wasn't bad at all, as it was a solid contrast to the music of FO3, and fit the setting, more or less.
But yes, I suppose I can agree that more songs should've been added, or at least, that Mojave Radio and New Vegas Radio should have had a bit different playlists.

Opeth, death metal, and any heavy metal music wouldn't fit the game at all.
 
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