Adaptive Sci-Fi Music: Retrofuturistic Dystopia

Dark alleys between neon-lit streets; floating cars weaving between endless skyscrapers; mega-corporations enacting lethal enforcement while androids are hidden among the crowds. This is a future made of both dreams and nightmares.

This is the first of an intended series of adaptive sci-fi music packs. These packs are intended to be broad rather than deep, so that developers can maintain a consistent musical landscape from in-game, to menus to trailers. There are three sets of dystopian, cyberpunk-esque tracks, plus a bonus orchestral-only set.

Multiple implementation options are provided for the adaptive tracks:

• Compiled loops
• Looping adaptive stems for use with included UE Blueprints / Unity C# classes
• Original adaptive stems with tails for use with middleware such as FMOD or Wwise
• Sample FMOD project

Details:

• Audio file types: WAV
• Unique Tracks: 11
  • 4 Adaptive, each with:
    • Low Threat layer
    • High Threat layer
    • Battle layer
    • 2 melody layers
    • Prefab built with included classes
  • 4 Menu, each with:
    • Lead-in version
    • Looping version
  • 3 Trailer, each with:
    • 2 minute version
    • 1 minute version
• Sample rate: 44100 Hz
• Bit depth: 16 bit
• Loopable: Yes (Adaptive & Menu Tracks), No (Trailer Tracks)
• FMOD Version: 2.00.16
• Unity Classes included
• Unreal Engine Blueprints included (made in UE 5.2)

Videos:

Selection of compiled loops:

In-game demo for Track 1 - Electric Alleys:

In-game demo for Track 2 - Unravelling the Simulation:

In-game demo for Track 3 - Critical Malfunction:

In-game demo for Track 4 - Hero's Stand:

Unreal Engine Walkthrough / Tutorial: