Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Soundtrack
The Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Soundtrack was a limited edition audio CD soundtrack that was released as a promotional item for people preordering VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines from Best Buy. It was released the same day as the game itself, November 16, 2004.
"Bloodlines" by Ministry was composed and performed specifically for the game. The licensed tracks were all chosen for inclusion in the game by publisher Activision without input from the development team at Troika. Despite this, many of the songs are extremely fitting and have become iconic among the fanbase.
This album was followed up nearly 15 years later with the 2019 release of the VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Score .
Track list
| Track # | Artist | Track Title | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track 1 | Ministry | Bloodlines | 7:16 |
| Track 2 | Daniel Ash | Come Alive | 5:55 |
| Track 3 | Tiamat | Cain | 5:27 |
| Track 4 | Lacuna Coil | Swamped | 4:02 |
| Track 5 | Chiasm | Isolated | 5:17 |
| Track 6 | Die My Darling | Needle's Eye | 3:55 |
| Track 7 | Aerial2012 | Pound | 5:32 |
| Track 8 | Genitorturers | Lecher Bitch | 4:15 |
| Track 9 | Darling Violetta | A Smaller God | 4:25 |
The video for Swamped was also included as a bonus feature when inserted into a CD-ROM drive.
Background Information
- Locations
The tracks are featured in-game in the following locations, in rough order of appearance:
- Isolated can be heard playing in The Asylum.
- A Smaller God can be heard playing on the radio on the Santa Monica beach, and later in club at the Empire Arms Hotel.
- Needle's Eye can be heard playing on the haven radio at the end of one of the Deb of Night broadcasts.
- Bloodlines can be heard playing in Club Confession.
- Come Alive can be heard playing on a radio in the rooftop staging area of the Museum of Natural History, and later in Glaze.
- Lecher Bitch can be heard in the Last Round.
- Cain can be heard in the Asp Hole.
- Swamped is heard in the Asp Hole, as well as during the end credits.
- Pound is heard in Glaze.
Clubs featuring a particular band or artist's music frequently have posters featuring those bands, usually the album cover art from which the song comes.
- Other songs not included
Several additional tracks do not appear on the soundtrack album, but were used in the game or in development:
- Clinic's Come Into Our Room was the original temp track used for the Asylum before Isolated was implemented.
- Goldfrapp's Pilots was added to the Ocean House Hotel in the Plus version of the Unofficial Patch.
- The opening bars to the St. Louis Blues, performed by Germany's Lutz Templin Orchestra, plays in Grout's Mansion.
- An Easter egg in the Venture Tower uses the Laziest Men on Mars' All Your Base.
- Bands mentioned but not heard
Many posters are spread throughout the game advertising real bands, many from the LA area, although those bands aren't included on the soundtrack.
- Bella Morte (not on the Bloodlines soundtrack, but on the "Music to Feed By." Redemption soundtrack)
- The Brides
- Chop Shop
- Die My Darling (found on the soundtrack)
- The Empire Hideous
- Ghoultown
- Holy Cow
- Mister Monster
- The Sins