List of games with multichannel music (dynamic or surround)

I made this as a sister thread to The Surround Game Thread (Thread 182143) (which is currently on hold, sorry). This list won’t cover only surround music, but also dynamic music that works with layers that are activated depending on the player’s actions (like Max Payne 3).

Of course, props go to Alpha23 for his Videogame Music Preservation Project (Thread 119745) and the amazing JoshW archive at HCS (http://hcs64.com/mboard/forum.php?showthread=26929).

Some of these game soundtracks have been posted in their multichannel form as threads here in ffshrine and I will include the links next to the names when I get the chance. I hope to sometime make proper surround versions of all of these and post them to The Surround Game Thread.

The list will be updated as I find more multichannel games. If you know a game with multichannel music that is not listed here, please, post it on a reply! Thank you.

Ace Combat Assault Horizon (5.1 Surround)
Advent Rising (5.1 Surround – Two tracks only)
Adventures of Tintin, The (Layers)
Afrika [Hakuna Matata] (5.1 Surround)
Alien vs. Predator (2010) (Layers)
Alien: Isolation (5.1 Surround)
Alpha Protocol (5.1 Surround – Theme only)
Anarchy Reigns aka Max Anarchy (5.1 Surround/Layers)
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (4.0+5.1 Surround)
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Freedom Cry (4.0 Surround)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (5.1 Surround menu + Layers for the rest of the music)
Batman: Arkham City (5.1 Surround menu + Layers for the rest of the music)
Batman: Arkham Origins (4.0 Surround + Layers)
Beautiful Katamari (5.1 Surround – Two very short and silly songs only)
BlackSite: Area 51 (4.0 Surround)
Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War (5.1 Surround)
Burnout 2 (4.0 Surround)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (4.0 Surround)
Clannad (5.1 Surround)
Cold Fear (Layers)
Conker: Live & Reloaded (5.1 Surround – Several short tracks only)
Dante’s Inferno (Layers)
Dead Space: Extraction (Layers)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Layers)
Devil May Cry 4 (5.1 Surround – one track only)
Donkey Kong Country Returns (Layers)
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (5.1 Surround)
Dragon’s Dogma (5.1 Surround)
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 1, 2, 3 + Strikeforce (5.1 Surround)
E.X. Troopers (5.1 Surround – Two tracks only)
Eternal Sonata (5.1 Surround)
Far Cry 4 (Layers)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (4.0 Surround)
Fist of the North Star – Ken’s Rage (5.1 Surround)
God of War III / GoW Collection (4.0 Surround – Few tracks only)
Grand theft auto V (Layers)
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (5.1 Surround – I can’t decode them)
Hyrule Warriors (Layers)
Iron Brigade (Eight-Channel sound – I can’t decode them)
James Bond 007: Blood Stone (Layers)
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace (Layers)
Journey (Layers)
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men (Layers)
Kidou Senshi Gundam – Extreme VS (5.1 Surround)
Knights Contract (5.1 Surround)
Last of Us, The (4.0 Surround)
Legend of Zelda, The: Skyward Sword (Layers)
Lord of the Rings – War in the North (5.1 Surround)
Lost Planet Extreme Condition (5.1 Surround – One track only)
MadWorld (4.0 Surround)
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom (5.1 Surround)
Mario Kart Wii (4.0 Surround/Layers)
Mario Kart 8 (Layers)
Mario Sports Mix (Layers, though there are sequenced instruments as well that need separate decoding)
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 / Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (5.1 Surround)
Max Payne 3 (Layers)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (4.0 Surround)
Metal Gear Solid 2 (4.0 Surround)
Metal Gear Solid 3 (4.0 Surround+Layers)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (4.0+5.1 Surround)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (5.0 Surround)
ModNation Racers (possible stereo upmix)
Mortal Kombat (2011) (4.0 Surround)
Need for Speed: Shift (5.1 Surround – Ambient tracks only, I can’t decode them)
Need for Speed: The Run
NeverDead (Layers)
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (5.1 Surround)
Nier (Layers)
One Piece: Pirate Warriors (4.0 Surround)
Outlast (Layers)
Playstation Move Heroes (4.0 Surround)
Portal 2 (Layers)
Ridge Racer 7 (5.1 Surround, though some tracks are upmixed stereo)
Ryse: Son of Rome (Layers)
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (4.0 Surround)
Sengoku Musou 3 Z (5.1 Surround)
Silent Hill – Homecoming (5.1 Surround)
Simpsons Game, The (Layers)
Sorcery (4.0 Surround)
Split Second (Layers)
Street Fighter IV (also Super, Arcade Edition and Ultra) (4.0 Surround)
Super Mario Galaxy 1+2 (4.0 Surround)
Syndicate (Layers)
Tekken Hybrid (5.1 Surround, I can’t decode them)
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (5.1 Surround)
Transformers: War for Cybertron (Layers)
Uncharted 1, 2, 3 (Layers)
Wheelman (Layers)
White Knight Chronicles (5.1 Surround)
White Knight Chronicles II (4.0 Surround)
Winning Post 7 (5.1 Surround – possible stereo upmix)
Winning Post World (4.0 Surround – possible stereo upmix)
Wipeout HD Fury (Surround… maybe?)

To be checked:
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Battlefield 4
Blacklight: Retribution
Bully (Scholarship Edition)
Dead Space 2
Drag-on Dragoon 3/Drakengard 3
Harry Potter 7 Part 1 and 2
LittleBigPlanet series
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Mortal Kombat X
Phantom 2040
Prince of Persia series
Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus
Red Dead Redemption
Splinter Cell: Rogue Agent, Conviction, Blacklist
Stranglehold
X-Men Legends 2

Mario Kart 8
Hyrule Warriors (songs being literally multitrack, like every instruments has their own track, maybe there’s a few exceptions)
Portal 2 (obviously dynamic with layers)

Thanks! The multichannel formats Wii U and 3DS use are interesting. And how could I forget Portal 2’s innovative dynamic music system?

Shin Hokuto Musou / Fist of the North Star Ken’s Rage 2
Pirate Warriors 1 & 2
Dynasty Warriors 7 and its expansions
Dynasty Warriors 8 and its expansions
Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate
Sengoku Musou 4 & 4-II
Sengoku Musou 3 Empires

These are from the PS3 versions of the games.

Ape Escape 1, and probably the rest but idk. When Spike crawls anywhere there is a ‘sneaking’ version of whatever zone music is playing.
Found a Let’s Play https://youtu.be/MNotgr9qUf8?t=14m41s for example.

Thank you! I’ve piled up a lot of games and will update the thread soon!

I’m pretty certain that all the LittleBigPlanets are multichannel.

Heavy Rain has multilayered music.

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Also: Scratches – 4.0 surround.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Super Mario Maker