Music

Music in RuneScape is mostly in-game background music. As of October 26 2009, there are ''612 music tracks available via music player. Music is used to enhance a player's gaming experience.

Players need to unlock most tracks during game-play by going to a particular place, completing a quest, or performing some action (such as reading a particular book).

Unlocking 500 songs will unlock the Air Guitar emote, which plays six notes when activated. It is notable for being one of the few emotes with audio (the enchanced Beckon emote, when played while wearing the Builder's costume, makes the player "whistle"; the Halloween Trick emote makes a "spooky" sound; the Christmas Freeze and Melt emote makes a crackling noise; and the Easter Around the World in Eggty Days emote makes a magical "whoosh" sound).

Music Player
The Music Player lists all tracks, with the titles of unlocked tracks shown in green, and those of locked tracks displayed in red.

As of 18 March 2008, the music system now has a counter which keeps 'track' of how many songs you've unlocked. As of 09 April the music counter had a bug, where it read 1 number higher than the actual songs unlocked. For new accounts the newbie list is 20 songs, but the counter reads 21; those who had unlocked all 549 songs have a counter reading 550 as of 11 June 2008.

On 3 April 2008, Mod Mark stated that a fix for the aforementioned bug has already been written and is currently in testing. Along with that, he also revealed that the counter will also show the maximum number of songs. For example, a player with all tracks unlocked would see "Unlocked: 529/529" on his or her music player.

On 9 April 2008, Mod Mark stated that the counter fix is still in the pipeline and that there is a queue so even very small updates can take a while to complete. No specific date has been given for the release of the fix.

On 1 July 2008, with the release of the RuneScape HD update, the music counter currently shows the total number of tracks: "Unlocked: 550/549". However, it still contains a bug where it shows 1 track higher than the actual number of tracks unlocked. In addition, the Music Player is now translucent and much smaller when opened in Full-screen mode.

On 14 July 2008, with the release of the Bank Update and Item Lending, the counter was finally fixed, showing the correct number of songs unlocked.

Learning the Ropes Music
As of 14 July 2008, all Free players will have the following 25 tracks unlocked during Learning the Ropes when the Music player is first introduced, even though the previous events have passed or it is a members related event:
 * 1) The Adventurer
 * 2) Autumn Voyage unlocks at Lumbridge farm
 * 3) Bittersweet Bunny
 * 4) Diango's Little Helpers
 * 5) Easter Jig
 * 6) Funny Bunnies
 * 7) Grimly Fiendish
 * 8) Ground Scape
 * 9) Harmony unlocks around Lumbridge
 * 10) High Spirits
 * 11) Homescape
 * 12) Jungle Bells
 * 13) Jungle Island XMAS
 * 14) Land of Snow
 * 15) The Mentor
 * 16) Newbie Melody
 * 17) Scape Cave unlocks during the Mining and Smithing Tutorial
 * 18) Scape Hunter
 * 19) Scape Main
 * 20) Scape Original
 * 21) Scape Santa
 * 22) Scape Scared
 * 23) Scape Summon
 * 24) Sea Shanty XMAS
 * 25) Yesteryear unlocks near Lumbridge Swamp

Right-click on music title: This track was unlocked automatically.

Musicians
On 9 June 2009, musicians were introduced to RuneScape, and can be listen to to increase hitpoints and run energy restore rates. These musicians can be found all over RuneScape.



Tracks that are considered difficult to unlock

 * Victory is Mine - requires one of the extremely rare Challenge Scrolls in order to fight in the Champion's Challenge
 * Any song in Master-level quests - songs found in quests such as Monkey Madness, Mourning's Ends Part II (La Mort), Desert Treasure, Recipe for Disaster and especially While Guthix Sleeps often take a lot of effort to unlock.
 * Any song requiring a high skill level (such as the songs in the God Wars Dungeon).

Renamed or deleted Tracks

 * On 4 June 2007, Jagex renamed Gnome to Goblin Village and Gnome Theme to Dwarf Theme.
 * At a later date, Jagex also renamed Wolf Mountain to Wild Isle.
 * Scape Summon - The main tune during the Summoning Update on 15 January 2008 was deleted from music log with an Update on 5 February 2008, although it continued to play on the Summoning loading and login screen. It was a bug which Jagex reports on their site:
 * "Audio &gt; Subcategory:" Added By: mod_clark on 5 February 2008. "The ScapeSummon track has done a runna! We are aware of this and will hunt it down and secure it with big 'stop running away chains' - in the meantime it is an issue that we are aware of and there is no need to report it.'".
 * See also: Update:Music system temporarily off - 9 February 2008.
 * Scape Summon back on list with the Catapult Construction update on 13 February 2008.

Items with music
These items can be used to play additional music not included in the music track list. Choosing the "Play" option would result in the player using the item to "create" music.


 * Organs:
 * Tutorial Island Chapel, second floor (discontinued)
 * Lumbridge Church
 * Seer's Village Church (m)
 * Entrana Church, second floor (m)
 * Paterdomus Sanctuary of the River Salve, south-west corner (m)
 * The Chapel in a player-owned house(m) - Windchimes, Bells, or Organ
 * Piano in basement of Witch's house in Taverley (Grim Tales quest)
 * Snake charm
 * Gramophone in Witch's house in Taverley (Grim Tales quest) - not an instrument, but a playback device
 * Cowbells when wearing a penguin suit during and after the Cold War quest.
 * Penguin bongos during Cold War quest.
 * Enchanted lyre during (and after) The Fremennik Trials
 * Snowglobe when shaken from 2007 Christmas event.
 * Make-over Screen, e.g. Thessalia, Hairdresser.
 * Air guitar emote - unlocks after unlocking 500 music tracks - plays 5 notes when activated.
 * Trick emote- unlocks after the 2008 Hallowe'en event.
 * Slayer bell can be rung, with 39 Slayer.
 * The Chocatrice cape emote produces sounds of an egg cracking.
 * Yo-yo - obtainable from Santa at the 2004 Christmas event.
 * Freeze - unlocks after 2008 Christmas event.
 * Rubber chicken - Wield it and then operate it.
 * Easter Carrot - Wield it and use the Wack button at a player.

Required skill levels
The music tracks requiring the highest skill levels are:
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!Skill !Location !Music Track Name
 * Agility
 * God Wars Dungeon, Saradomin's Encampment
 * Strength of Saradomin
 * Attack
 * TokTz-Ket-Dill, Darkness of Hallowvale
 * See articles
 * Construction
 * TokTz-Ket-Dill
 * See article
 * Cooking
 * Recipe for Disaster
 * See article
 * Crafting
 * Rocking Out
 * See article
 * Defence
 * King's Ransom, While Guthix Sleeps
 * See article
 * Farming
 * While Guthix Sleeps
 * See article
 * Firemaking
 * As a First Resort...
 * Shaping Up, Spa Bizarre
 * Fishing
 * Swan Song
 * Last Stand
 * Fletching
 * Within the Light
 * Elven Seed
 * Herblore
 * While Guthix Sleeps
 * See article
 * Hitpoint
 * God Wars Dungeon, Zamorak's Fortress
 * Zamorak Zoo
 * Hunter
 * While Guthix Sleeps
 * See article
 * Magic
 * While Guthix Sleeps
 * See article
 * Mining
 * Lunar Diplomacy
 * See article
 * Prayer
 * Summer's End
 * See article
 * Ranged
 * Within the Light
 * Elven Seed
 * Runecrafting
 * Runecrafting Guild
 * Second Vision
 * Slayer
 * The wishlist after Fur 'n' Seek
 * Exhibit 'A'
 * Smithing
 * Rocking Out
 * See article
 * Strength
 * God Wars Dungeon, Bandos's Stronghold
 * Bandos Battalion
 * Summoning
 * Summer's End
 * Bane of Summer, The Vacant Abyss
 * Thieving
 * Sorceress's Garden
 * Garden of Summer
 * Woodcutting
 * Within the Light
 * Elven Seed
 * Combat level
 * Smoking Kills, Dream Mentor
 * See articles
 * Quest points
 * While Guthix Sleeps
 * See article
 * }
 * See article
 * Strength
 * God Wars Dungeon, Bandos's Stronghold
 * Bandos Battalion
 * Summoning
 * Summer's End
 * Bane of Summer, The Vacant Abyss
 * Thieving
 * Sorceress's Garden
 * Garden of Summer
 * Woodcutting
 * Within the Light
 * Elven Seed
 * Combat level
 * Smoking Kills, Dream Mentor
 * See articles
 * Quest points
 * While Guthix Sleeps
 * See article
 * }
 * See articles
 * Quest points
 * While Guthix Sleeps
 * See article
 * }
 * }

Temporary boosts
Temporary skill boosts may be used to unlock some music tracks. See articles for corresponding quests or locations to see if temporary boosts can be used.

Warrior's Guild

 * Either having one level 99 or a combined total of 130 levels (minimum) is required in Attack and Strength to be able to enter the Warrior's Guild in Burthorpe.
 * Since a player requires level 70 Strength (for unlocking Bandos' Stronghold in the Bandos Stronghold), the minimum for Attack has been set at 60, however 99 Strength alone would work for both music tracks.
 * It is up to the player how they wish to obtain the necessary required levels of Attack and Strength.

Real World Allusions
There is a number of music tracks that can be connected to the real world, both through the name and/or the music itself. These include (alphabetically):


 * A New Menace - The two Star Wars movies 'A New Hope' and 'The Phantom Menace'
 * All's Fairy in Love and War - The saying 'All is fair in love and war'
 * Aye Car Rum Ba - An expression of disbelief, notably used by Bart Simpson- 'ay caramba!'
 * Beetle Juice - The 1988 movie with the same name
 * The Cellar Dwellers - The band with the same name, or the 1988 movie 'Cellar Dweller'
 * Charmin' Farmin' - The song sounds like a modified version of the child's song 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm'
 * Cool for Ali Cats - The song 'Cool For Cats' by Squeeze. The use of 'Ali' is a reference to the fact the almost every one in Pollnivneach is called Ali, but also alludes to the idea of an 'Alley Cat'.
 * Copris Lunaris - A type of Scarab beetle (Horned dung beetle)
 * Corridors of Power - The book by C. P. Snow
 * Dance of Death - The song by Iron Maiden with the same name
 * Davy Jones' Locker - Pirate slang for the bottom of the sea (which is where the song is unlocked)
 * Dead Can Dance - The Australian band with the same name
 * Dillo-gence is Key - The saying 'Diligence is the key'
 * Dream Theatre - British spelling of the band 'Dream Theater'
 * Eruption - A song by the band 'Van Halen'
 * Faithless - The band with the same name
 * Fangs For The Memory - The song 'Thanks for the Memories' originally released in 1938 and covered several times since
 * The Far Side - The one-panel comic created by Gary Larson
 * Fe Fi Fo Fum - Part of the line the giant says during the fairytale about Jack and the Beanstalk
 * Fear and Loathing - The book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson
 * Find My Way - The song by P.O.D. with the same name
 * Flute Salad - The dessert fruit salad
 * Grimly Fiendish - The song by The Damned
 * Ham and Seek - The game 'Hide and Seek'
 * Have an Ice Day - The greeting 'Have a nice day'
 * Hells Bells - An old expression of anger, a song was also released with the same name, "Hells Bells" by AC/DC
 * Jester Minute - The saying 'Just a minute'. Also the name of a long-running panel game on BBC Radio 4.
 * Jungle Bells - The Christmas song 'Jingle Bells'. The song sounds like it too
 * La Mort - A French word meaning 'the Death' (which is why it is unlocked at the Death Altar)
 * Life's a Beach! - The identical saying in real life.
 * Little Cave of Horrors - The film and musical 'Little Shop of Horrors'
 * Long Way Home - The 1997 movie 'The Long Way Home'
 * Lore and Order - The television series 'Law and Order'
 * Major Miner - The antonyms 'major' and 'minor'
 * Neverland - The homeworld of Peter Pan, written by James M. Barrie
 * Night of the Vampyre - The movie(s) 'Night of the Living Dead'
 * Norse Code - The communication method Morse code
 * Out Of The Deep - The song 'Out from the Deep' by Enigma
 * Overture - An instrumental composition, such as the famous William Tell Overture.
 * Penguin Possible - The song sounds like a modified version of the Mission Impossible theme.
 * Pinball Wizard - A reference to a highly skilled Pinball Player, a song was also released with the same name, "Pinball Wizard" by The Who. The song also sounds like the song played during the 'pinball' sequence on Sesame Street
 * Pirates of Penance - The Gilbert and Sullivan musical 'Pirates of Penzance'
 * Roc and Roll - The expression 'Rock and Roll(!)'
 * Roll the Bones - The song by Rush with the same name
 * Romancing the Crone - The 1984 film 'Romancing the Stone'
 * The Route of All Evil - The biblical expression '(love of money is the) root of all evil'
 * The Route of the Problem - The expression 'the root of the problem'
 * Scarabaeoidea - A superfamily of beetles
 * School's Out - The song by Alice Cooper with the same name
 * Sigmund's Showdown - The song sounds similar to Team Rocket Headquarters theme from Pokémon
 * The Sound of Guthix - The Broadway musical 'The Sound of Music' or Doctor Who episode 'The Sound of Drums', where the intro sounds similar to the background drumming.
 * Storm Brew - The saying 'A Storm Brewing'
 * Tomb Raider - The famous video game with the same name
 * Too Many Cooks... - The saying 'Too many cooks spoil the broth'
 * Under the Sand - The 2000 movie 'Sous le sable', which is translated to 'Under the sand'
 * Where Eagles Lair - The 1968 movie/song by Iron Maiden 'Where Eagles Dare'

Trivia

 * In the music 'Norse Code' (playing while in Jatizso), the high pitch flute plays the Morse code letters for 'RuneScape'. The short notes are the dits and the long notes are the dahs: dit-dah-dit R, dit-dit-dah U, dah-dit N, dit E, dit-dit-dit S, dah-dit-dah-dit C, dit-dah A, dit-dah-dah-dit P, dit E.
 * All's Fairy in Love and War contains the same initial four chords as the Mortal Kombat Theme.
 * Armadyl Alliance is unlocked before the gap to Armadyl's area in God Wars Dungeon, so 70 Ranged is not needed.
 * 10 music tracks begin with the word "Scape", and 3 end with "Scape": Ground Scape, Homescape, and Soundscape.
 * Many songs can be unlocked just standing very near about the area of the specific song, and is not necessary have all requirements.
 * There used to be a glitch where when you walked into Draynor Village, 'Narnode's Theme', a members only song, would unlock. This has been fixed.
 * Dark (unlocked in the Clan Wars lobby) and Intrepid (unlocked during the Underground Pass quest) sound very similar to each other.
 * Playing Clan Wars while waiting for a clan war to begin causes a different track to play.
 * Some music tracks can, for some reason, be unlocked without visiting the area or even getting close to it, such as the music track on Dragontooth Island is unlockable for free-to-play players even though they had never been members before.
 * The songs Legion (Lobby), Principality (Misthalin Map), TzHaar! (Desert Map), Poles Apart (Snow Map) and Attack 1-6 (In Battle) can be heard on the FunOrb game: Armies of Gielinor.
 * The song Life's a Beach! can be heard on the Mos'Le Harmless arena on the FunOrb Game: Arcanists.
 * If a player stands up from resting, another track will start.
 * When unlocking the hint for the song "Animal Apogee" it says This track was unlocked during Wolf Whistle, but it can also be unlocked near the mini obelisk at the end of the Underground Pass quest.
 * When unlocking the hint for the track "Eruption", it will say "This track unlocks default info." This has been fixed, however.
 * The song Dragontooth Island is available to free players after the Defender of Varrock Quest.