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! style="text-align:center;" |#
! style="text-align:center;" |#
! style="text-align:left;" |Name
! style="text-align:left;" |Name
! style="text-align:center;" |Length
! style="text-align:center;" |Len.
! style="text-align:left;" | Where it plays
! style="text-align:left;" | Where it plays
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|'''Intro'''
|'''Intro'''
| style="text-align:center;" | 1:37
| style="text-align:center;" | 1:37
|Intro ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬40]]), [[Power Filter]] ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬11]]) and "True ending" ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬43|44]]) cinematics, Ending stats
| data-sort-value="Cine1" |Intro ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬40]]),<br>[[Power Filter]] cinematic ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬11]]),<br>"True ending" ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬43|44]]),<br>Ending stats
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|'''Trace Awakens'''
|'''Trace Awakens'''
| style="text-align:center;" |4:04  
| style="text-align:center;" |4:04  
|[[Eribu]] (after getting [[Axiom Disruptor]])
| data-sort-value="Eribu2" |[[Eribu]] (after getting [[Axiom Disruptor]])
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|'''Trace Rising'''
|'''Trace Rising'''
| style="text-align:center;" |3:33
| style="text-align:center;" |3:33
|[[Bosses]] ([[Xedur]], [[Telal]], [[Gir-Tab]], [[Ukhu]])
| data-sort-value="Boss2" |[[Bosses]] ([[Xedur]], [[Telal]], [[Gir-Tab]], [[Ukhu]])
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|'''Otherworld'''
|'''Otherworld'''
| style="text-align:center;" |3:29
| style="text-align:center;" |3:29
|[[Absu]] (except prison areas)
| data-sort-value="Absu1" |[[Absu]] (except prison areas)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |6
| style="text-align:center;" |6
|'''Rusalka'''
|'''Rusalka'''
| style="text-align:center;" |3:13
| style="text-align:center;" |3:13
|[[Absu]] ([[Elsenova]]'s room)
| data-sort-value="Absu2" |[[Absu]] ([[Elsenova]]'s room)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |7
| style="text-align:center;" |7
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|'''Inexorable'''
|'''Inexorable'''
| style="text-align:center;" |4:54
| style="text-align:center;" |4:54
|[[Kur]] (caves)
| data-sort-value="Kur3" |[[Kur]] (caves)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
|'''Apocalypse'''
|'''Apocalypse'''
| style="text-align:center;" |4:38
| style="text-align:center;" |4:38
|[[Bosses]] ([[Uruku]], [[Vision]], [[Athetos]])  
| data-sort-value="Boss3" |[[Bosses]] ([[Uruku]], [[Vision]], [[Athetos]])  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|'''Cellular Skies'''  
|'''Cellular Skies'''  
| style="text-align:center;" |3:22
| style="text-align:center;" |3:22
|[[Kur]] (surface)
| data-sort-value="Kur4" |[[Kur]] (surface)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |11
| style="text-align:center;" |11
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|'''The Dream'''
|'''The Dream'''
| style="text-align:center;" |3:12
| style="text-align:center;" |3:12
|Midgame cinematic (after [[Vision]]) ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬41]])
| data-sort-value="Cine2" |Cinematic after [[Vision]]  ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬41]])
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |13
| style="text-align:center;" |13
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| '''Occlusion'''
| '''Occlusion'''
| style="text-align:center;" |3:13
| style="text-align:center;" |3:13
|Upper [[E-Kur-Mah]]
| data-sort-value="Kur2" |Upper [[E-Kur-Mah]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|'''Occlusion Lens'''  
|'''Occlusion Lens'''  
| style="text-align:center;" |3:13
| style="text-align:center;" |3:13
|Lower [[E-Kur-Mah]]
| data-sort-value="Kur1" |Lower [[E-Kur-Mah]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |16
| style="text-align:center;" |16
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|'''Trace Reborn'''  
|'''Trace Reborn'''  
| style="text-align:center;" |4:00
| style="text-align:center;" |4:00
|Ending cinematic ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬42]])  
| data-sort-value="Cine3" |Ending cinematic ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge|🎬42]])  
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |18
|'''Primordial&nbsp;Shores'''<br><small>(Bonus Track)</small>
|'''Primordial&nbsp;Shores'''<br><small>(Bonus Track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |2:58
| style="text-align:center;" |2:58
|[Unused] Intended for a scrapped ocean-themed area.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35uj1p/we_are_tom_happ_sole_developer_of_axiom_verge_and/cr7zl4g/ Tom Happ's Reddit AMA]</ref>
| data-sort-value="zz" |[Unused] Intended for an ocean-themed<br>area that was later scrapped.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35uj1p/we_are_tom_happ_sole_developer_of_axiom_verge_and/cr7zl4g/ Tom Happ's Reddit AMA]</ref>
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="19"|—
|'''Ambient'''
|'''Ambient'''
| style="text-align:center;" |?
| style="text-align:center;" |?
|[[Eribu]] (before getting [[Axiom Disruptor]]), [[Absu]]/[[Zi]] (prison areas), [[Indi]]
| data-sort-value="Eribu1" |[[Eribu]] (before getting [[Axiom Disruptor]]),<br>[[Absu]]/[[Zi]] (prison areas), [[Indi]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="20"|—
|'''[???]'''
|'''[???]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |?
| style="text-align:center;" |?
|Approaching a [[Bosses|boss]], [[Aborted Clone]]
| data-sort-value="Boss1" |Approaching a [[Bosses|boss]],<br>Boss ([[Aborted Clone]])
|}   
|}   
* The vocals on '''Inexorable''' were modified from a royalty-free sample CD of Indian vocals.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35uj1p/we_are_tom_happ_sole_developer_of_axiom_verge_and/cr7y03h/ Tom Happ's Reddit AMA]</ref>
* The vocals on '''Inexorable''' were modified from a royalty-free sample CD of Indian vocals.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/35uj1p/we_are_tom_happ_sole_developer_of_axiom_verge_and/cr7y03h/ Tom Happ's Reddit AMA]</ref>
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! style="text-align:center;" |#
! style="text-align:left;" |Name
! style="text-align:left;" |Name
! style="text-align:center;" |Length
! style="text-align:center;" |Len.
! style="text-align:left;" |Where it plays
! style="text-align:left;" |Where it plays
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|'''Ancient Armaments'''
|'''Ancient Armaments'''
| style="text-align:center;" |5:01
| style="text-align:center;" |5:01
|[[The Glacier]]
| data-sort-value="Glacier" |[[The Glacier]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
| style="text-align:center;" |4
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|'''An Otherworld'''
|'''An Otherworld'''
| style="text-align:center;" |3:28
| style="text-align:center;" |3:28
|[[Sudra#The Emergence|The Emergence]]
| data-sort-value="Emergence" |[[Sudra#The Emergence|The Emergence]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15  
| style="text-align:center;" |15  
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|'''Interstitial Drift'''
|'''Interstitial Drift'''
| style="text-align:center;" |2:52
| style="text-align:center;" |2:52
|[[The Glacier#Breach|The Glacier (Breach)]]
| data-sort-value="Glacier (Breach)" |[[The Glacier#Breach|The Glacier (Breach)]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |19
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|'''Essence'''
|'''Essence'''
| style="text-align:center;" |3:47
| style="text-align:center;" |3:47
|[[The Filter]], [[Anunna Gorge]] (way to [[A'ansur]]'s portal)
| data-sort-value="Filter" |[[The Filter]], [[Anunna Gorge]] (way to [[A'ansur]]'s portal)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |21
| style="text-align:center;" |21
|'''Nephropidae'''
|'''Nephropidae'''
| style="text-align:center;" |2:11
| style="text-align:center;" |2:11
|[[Amashilama|Final Boss]]
| data-sort-value="Boss2" |[[Amashilama|Final Boss]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |22
| style="text-align:center;" |22
|'''Primordial Axiom<br>(Ending Mix)'''
|'''Primordial Axiom<br>(Ending Mix)'''
| style="text-align:center;" |3:42
| style="text-align:center;" |3:42
|Ending ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge 2|🎬80~83]])
| data-sort-value="Boss3" |Ending ([[Cutscenes#Axiom Verge 2|🎬80~83]])
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |23
| style="text-align:center;" |23
|'''Ancient Axiom'''<br><small>(Bonus Track)</small>
|'''Ancient Axiom'''<br><small>(Bonus Track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |3:17
| style="text-align:center;" |3:17
|[Unused]
| data-sort-value="zz" |[Unused]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |24
| style="text-align:center;" |24
|'''Afterworld&nbsp;Axiom'''<br><small>(Bonus Track)</small>
|'''Afterworld&nbsp;Axiom'''<br><small>(Bonus Track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;" |3:42
| style="text-align:center;" |3:42
|[Unused]
| data-sort-value="zz" |[Unused]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="25"|—
|'''[Silence]'''
|'''[Silence]'''
| style="text-align:center;" |—
| style="text-align:center;" |—
|<small>The Glacier (first time), After consciousness split, Uhrum Valley (entrance), After fighting old body, Siuna's room, A'ansur's portal room</small>
| data-sort-value="Glacier (f…" |<small>The Glacier (first time), After consciousness split, Uhrum Valley (entrance), After fighting old body, Siuna's room, A'ansur's portal room</small>
|}   
|}   
* '''Silver Pipes''', '''Procession of the Anunna''', '''Monsoon''', '''White Sand City''' all feature vocals by Lebanese-American singer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayssa_Karaa Mayssa Karaa].
* '''Silver Pipes''', '''Procession of the Anunna''', '''Monsoon''', '''White Sand City''' all feature vocals by Lebanese-American singer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayssa_Karaa Mayssa Karaa].
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Several songs borrow motifs from other Axiom Verge songs:
Several songs borrow motifs from other Axiom Verge songs:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="article-table" style="line-height: 1.2;"
|-
|-
! Song !! Inspiration
! Song !! Inspiration
|-
|-
| '''The Dream''' (AV) || Extended version of '''Intro''' (AV)
| [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''The Dream''' || Extended version of [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''Intro'''
|-
|-
| '''Occlusion Lens''' (AV) || '''Occlusion''' (AV), with extra percussion
| [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''Occlusion Lens''' || [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''Occlusion''', with extra percussion
|-
|-
| '''Trace Reborn''' (AV) || '''Trace Awakens''' (AV)
| [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''Trace Reborn''' || [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''Trace Awakens'''
|-
|-
| '''An Otherworld''' (AV2) || '''Otherworld''' (AV)
| [[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''An Otherworld''' || [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''Otherworld'''
|-
|-
| '''Indra Internal''' (AV2)<br />'''Refraction Seed''' (AV2)<br />'''Deluge''' (AV2) || '''The Axiom''' (AV), [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rR6RQdAEqs#t=1m24s the secondary motif found in 1:24]
| [[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Indra Internal'''<br>[[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Refraction Seed'''<br>[[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Deluge''' || [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''The Axiom''', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rR6RQdAEqs#t=1m24s the secondary motif found in 1:24]
|-
|-
| '''Primordial Axiom''' (AV2)<br />'''Primordial Axiom (Ending Mix)''' (AV2)<br />'''Ancient Axiom (Bonus Track)''' (AV2)<br />'''Afterworld Axiom (Bonus Track)''' || '''The Axiom''' (AV)
| [[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Primordial Axiom'''<br>[[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Primordial Axiom (Ending Mix)'''<br>[[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Ancient Axiom''' <small>(Bonus Track)</small><br>[[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Afterworld Axiom''' <small>(Bonus Track)</small> || [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''The Axiom'''
|-
|-
| '''Essence''' (AV2) || '''Omni''' (AV2)
| [[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Essence''' || [[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Omni'''
|-
|-
| '''Nephropidae''' (AV2) || '''Amnesia''' (AV)
| [[File:Axiom-Verge-2-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge 2]] '''Nephropidae''' || [[File:Axiom-Verge-OST.jpg|18x18px|link=#Axiom Verge]] '''Amnesia'''
|}
|}
[[Category:Axiom Verge]]
[[Category:Axiom Verge]]
[[Category:Axiom Verge 2]]
[[Category:Axiom Verge 2]]

Revision as of 11:17, 15 September 2022

Thomas Happ created the soundtracks for both Axiom Verge and Axiom Verge 2. Both were released at the same time as their respective video game releases.

Availability

Both soundtracks are available for purchase on Thomas Happ's official Axiom Verge Bandcamp page. They are also available on streaming services, such as Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, etc.

The soundtracks can be bought on black vinyl (for a limited time) from Limited Run:

Ship to Shore PhonoCo previously printed three different limited presses of the first soundtrack, but they have all sold out.

Track list

Axiom Verge

# Name Len. Where it plays
1 The Axiom 3:25 Main menu
2 Intro 1:37 Intro (🎬40),
Power Filter cinematic (🎬11),
"True ending" (🎬43|44),
Ending stats
3 Trace Awakens 4:04 Eribu (after getting Axiom Disruptor)
4 Trace Rising 3:33 Bosses (Xedur, Telal, Gir-Tab, Ukhu)
5 Otherworld 3:29 Absu (except prison areas)
6 Rusalka 3:13 Absu (Elsenova's room)
7 Vital Tide 4:58 Zi (except prison areas)
8 Inexorable 4:54 Kur (caves)
9 Apocalypse 4:38 Bosses (Uruku, Vision, Athetos)
10 Cellular Skies 3:22 Kur (surface)
11 Amnesia 3:05 Ukkin-Na
12 The Dream 3:12 Cinematic after Vision (🎬41)
13 Phosphene 3:16 Edin
14 Occlusion 3:13 Upper E-Kur-Mah
15 Occlusion Lens 3:13 Lower E-Kur-Mah
16 Without Place 4:19 Mar-Uru
17 Trace Reborn 4:00 Ending cinematic (🎬42)
18 Primordial Shores
(Bonus Track)
2:58 [Unused] Intended for an ocean-themed
area that was later scrapped.[1]
Ambient ? Eribu (before getting Axiom Disruptor),
Absu/Zi (prison areas), Indi
[???] ? Approaching a boss,
Boss (Aborted Clone)
  • The vocals on Inexorable were modified from a royalty-free sample CD of Indian vocals.[2]
  • The vocals on Apocalypse are reversed.[3]

Axiom Verge 2

# Name Len. Where it plays
1 Omni 4:51 Main menu, Storyboard (🎬0)
2 Indra's Discovery 4:09 Antartica, Anunna Gorge (exterior)
3 Ancient Armaments 5:01 The Glacier
4 Stranded 3:57 Mount Ebih (Jonestown)
5 Silver Pipes 4:04 Mount Ebih
6 Drowned 3:15 Lake Amagi
7 Procession of the Anunna 6:12 Giguna Steppes
8 I/O Echo 3:21 Giguna Steppes (Breach)
9 Argentum Alias 3:15 Mount Ebih (Breach)
10 Monsoon 4:50 Uhrum Valley
11 Breath & Shadows 3:14 Uhrum Valley (Breach)
12 White Sand City 3:50 Irikar
13 Orn 2:27 Irikar (Breach)
14 An Otherworld 3:28 The Emergence
15 Indra Internal 2:28 Boss (Old Body), Escape sequence
16 Refraction Seed 3:48 Anunna Gorge (Breach)
17 Deluge 3:31 Lake Amagi (Breach)
18 Interstitial Drift 2:52 The Glacier (Breach)
19 Primordial Axiom 3:39 Anunna Gorge (factory)
20 Essence 3:47 The Filter, Anunna Gorge (way to A'ansur's portal)
21 Nephropidae 2:11 Final Boss
22 Primordial Axiom
(Ending Mix)
3:42 Ending (🎬80~83)
23 Ancient Axiom
(Bonus Track)
3:17 [Unused]
24 Afterworld Axiom
(Bonus Track)
3:42 [Unused]
[Silence] The Glacier (first time), After consciousness split, Uhrum Valley (entrance), After fighting old body, Siuna's room, A'ansur's portal room
  • Silver Pipes, Procession of the Anunna, Monsoon, White Sand City all feature vocals by Lebanese-American singer Mayssa Karaa.

Motifs

Several songs borrow motifs from other Axiom Verge songs:

Song Inspiration
The Dream Extended version of Intro
Occlusion Lens Occlusion, with extra percussion
Trace Reborn Trace Awakens
An Otherworld Otherworld
Indra Internal
Refraction Seed
Deluge
The Axiom, the secondary motif found in 1:24
Primordial Axiom
Primordial Axiom (Ending Mix)
Ancient Axiom (Bonus Track)
Afterworld Axiom (Bonus Track)
The Axiom
Essence Omni
Nephropidae Amnesia