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[Brook Mithani]

Musicis a big part of the Left 4 Dead experience. It brings suspense to a bad situation, alerts you when something happens, and sends chills down your spine. The music is dynamic and is controlled by Left 4 Dead's Director. Most of the music is centered around the experience of the game through the Survivors, though music does play while playing as the Infected.

"Left 4 Dead" is the main theme of the first game. The noticeable cue in this song reoccurs in many other musical pieces in the game, such as in the Tank's themes. This usage of an often-repeated cue in Left 4 Dead's soundtrack is similar to how some real-life movies have cues (or leitmotifs) which recur throughout their soundtracks.

"Left for Death" plays upon dying as a Survivor. The "death" music play if the Survivors have been overwhelmed. When a Survivor other than the player has died, a monotone variant of this song is played. "Left for Death" in Left 4 Dead 2 has changed in tone. Left 4 Dead 2 variation's occasionally only plays the last few notes.

"Skin on Our Teeth" plays at the end of every campaign's finale to keep the players on edge when the rescue vehicle has arrived, and the Survivors are attempting to board it while evading the Director's last stand against the Survivors. The theme appears to be a modified section of the Tank theme to set a similar but more urgent mood. The name is wordplay of the well-known idiom "by the skin of one's teeth, " meaning "by a narrow margin; barely." The Left 4 Dead 2 "Skin on Our Teeth" has been changed to fit the music theme of Left 4 Dead 2.

At the end of every chapter barring the finale, after the Survivors have reached and closed the safe room door, with statistics being shown and the next chapter loading in Left 4 Dead. The "Monsters Without" in Left 4 Dead 2 has changed.

"The Monsters Within" plays after one or more of the Survivors have boarded the rescue vehicle and escaped, and throughout the "credits." The Left 4 Dead 2 "The Monsters Within" is very similar to Left 4 Dead, only the music theme is changed.

"Gas Can of Victory" plays when both teams have the same number of points on a Scavenge map and is used to keep both teams on their feet, as suggested by similarities to the "Skin on Our Teeth" music theme. The name is self-explanatory as it plays during the fight to fill the gas can that would claim the Survivors victory for the round.

This is the overlay tune that will play in the midst of a horde attack in the Left 4 Dead 1 campaigns. It features constant drum beats in the background alongside synths sounds which is a common trend with the tracks of the original Left 4 Dead. Unlike with the campaigns of the sequel, which features instruments related to specific campaigns, this horde theme will always play in all the campaigns featuring the original survivors without any different (with the exception of the Left 4 Dead 2 version of "The Last Stand").

This is the drumbeat that will play exclusively in the Left 4 Dead 2 version of "The Last Stand" during a horde onslaught (which makes it the only campaign with the original survivors with a distinctive track for the hordes).

In-game, the horde themes are backed up by a drum beats which are simply refer to as "drums". These drums always play in the background during a horde onslaught in any campaign starring by the Left 4 Dead 2 Survivors.

This is the overlay tune that will play in the midst of a horde attack in the campaign "Dead Center", along with the constant drum beat in the background. It features a banjo to tie in with its southern setting and to link in with "Dead Center"'s other themes.

This is the overlay tune that will play in the midst of a horde attack in the DLC campaign "The Passing", along with the constant drum beat in the background. It features a jazz organ to tie in with its tacky nightlife and wedding setting and to link in with "The Passing"'s other themes.

This is the overlay tune that will play in the midst of a horde attack in the campaign "Dark Carnival", along with the constant drum beat in the background. It features a carnival carousel and music saw (possibly a theremin) to tie in with its carnival and funfair setting and to link in with "Dark Carnival"'s other themes.

This is the overlay tune that will play in the midst of a horde attack in the campaign "Swamp Fever", along with the constant drum beat in the background. It features a violin, or "fiddle", and accordion to tie in with its southern shanty-town setting and to link in with "Swamp Fever"'s other themes.

This is the overlay tune that will play in the midst of a horde attack in the campaign "Hard Rain", along with the constant drum beat in the background. It features a dobro guitar and a harmonica, or "mouth organ", to tie in with the culture of the southern setting and to link in with "Hard Rain"'s other themes.

This is the overlay tune that will play in the midst of a horde attack in the DLC campaign "The Parish", along with the constant drum beat in the background. It features a trumpet to tie in with the New Orleans Jazz music scene and its southern setting and to link in with The "Parish"'s other themes.

This is the overlay tune that will play in the midst of a horde attack in the DLC campaign "Cold Stream", along with the constant drum beat in the background. It features the horde theme heard in Left 4 Dead combined with the drums heard in Left 4 Dead 2, serving as a mashup between the two games' horde themes.

This was originally going to be the horde music used throughout all of the Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns, and was featured in the beta for "The Parish" campaign (and "Swamp Fever" at one point). It features snare drums playing in the backgrounds which cannot be heard anywhere else in the final game, alongside with violin slayer tracks.

"Germs" are the tunes that play when there's an incoming horde, they are subtly used to warn of the hordes presence giving the survivors a couple of seconds to quickly prepare. Each campaign features different themes and tunes toward their "germs".

Alongside with music, Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 also features ambience that will play at the appropriate time, to give the game are more creepy feeling. There are 2 variants: Quarantine and Rabies (a reference of what the Green Flu is based of). Both variants will play when Infected ceased to spawn for a moment.

"Crash Course" is the theme of the "Crash Course" campaign (the name is a possible to a brief, intensive course of instruction, as to prepare one quickly for a test). The full song plays at the beginning of "The Alleys".

"Death Toll" is the theme of the "Death Toll" campaign. The full song plays at the beginning of "The Turnpike", and it will not end until the Survivors begin to move along the road. A coding error on the Xbox 360 version (PC version is unconfirmed) seems to stop this theme from playing completely in some consoles. If one listens closely they will hear a clip of "The Monsters Without" around 25 seconds through the song.

"Blood Harvest" is the theme of the "Blood Harvest" campaign. The full song plays at the beginning of "The Woods", and it will not end until the Survivors leave the campsite. The main bulk of the theme is identical to the intro of No Mercy.

The Last Stand is the theme of "The Last Stand" campaign. The song is a edited version of intro_cs.wav, which was the original main theme of the "Cold Stream" campaign.[1] Unlike the rest of themes in the game, "The Last Stand" lacks the signature leitmotifs of Left 4 Dead.

"South of Human" (a reference to Slayer's song "South of Heaven" and the game's setting in the American South) is the theme of the "Dead Center" campaign. The full song plays at the beginning of "The Hotel". The main musical tone is to that of a banjo.

"Dead Light District" (a reference to a red-light district) is the theme of "The Passing" campaign. The tune starts off as the music of "Blood Harvest" as a reference to the presence of the original survivors, then a second theme enters with a strong jazz organ, referred to as "internal organs" in the game file. The music is similar to that played at a party or a night club because Rayford is portrayed as a city with a vibrant nightlife.

"O' Sweet Death" (referring to the campaigns central location of a sugar mill) is the theme of the "Hard Rain" campaign. The full song plays at the beginning of "The Milltown". Some of this theme can be heard in the Left 4 Dead 2 Zombie Survival Guide Trailer. The melody seems to mimic that of "Toll Collector".

This is the introductory theme music for the DLC campaign "Cold Stream", simply known as "Cold Stream". It has a very mystical backing tune and a solemn-like woodwind instrument playing the main tune. It reflects the atmosphere of the campaign's lonely pine forest setting, and gives a depressing and apocalyptic feel to the start of the map. This music was written by Stephan "CosmicD" Vandenborn, based on Mike Morasky's theme.

The Saferoom Themes are tracks that play at the beginning of every chapter barring the first one, where it plays after the intro theme (barring Cold Stream and The Last Stand) when the Survivors are gathering their supplies and just about to exit the safe room. These track were made having a very constant rhythm, to give a sense of security but also temporary stay, similar to the music commonly used in elevators. The instruments used in these tracks varies between campaigns, in order to fit with the overall style of said campaign.

"Death Toll Collector" is the saferoom theme of "Death Toll" and the Left 4 Dead 2 version of "The Last Stand". This track makes heavy uses of "synth" sounds similar to the main theme of "Death Toll".

"Pray for Death" is the saferoom theme of most Left 4 Dead 2 campaigns. The name refers to the horrible situation that they're in and how they would rather die than become Infected. Like with much of the music in the sequel, this track uses a banjo theme for the backing track to help tie in with the southern setting, whereas the original Left 4 Dead gives a more dark and sinister feel with a slight variety in the tracks for the separate campaigns to fit in with each setting.

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