[[File:Music interface.PNG|right|frame|The RuneScape music player.]]
[[File:Music interface.PNG|right|frame|The RuneScape music player.]]
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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). As of [[4 October|4'th October 2011]], there are 795 music tracks available via music player. As RuneScape ages, many more music tracks may be distributed.
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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). As of [[4 October|4th October 2011]], there are 795 music tracks available via music player. As RuneScape ages, many more music tracks may be distributed.
The 500th Track was ''[[Tournament!]]'' (now unlocked automatically) which was released on 20 November 2007. Unlocking 500 tracks will also unlock the [[Air Guitar]] emote. It is notable for being one of the few [[Sound effects#Emotes with sound effects|emotes with audio]].
The 500th Track was ''[[Tournament!]]'' (now unlocked automatically) which was released on 20 November 2007. Unlocking 500 tracks will also unlock the [[Air Guitar]] emote. It is notable for being one of the few [[Sound effects#Emotes with sound effects|emotes with audio]].
Revision as of 20:13, 16 October 2011
This article is about music played through the Music Player. For NPCs that restore run energy, see Musician.
For sound heard through actions or items, see Sound effects.
Music in RuneScape is mostly in-game background music (music tracks) designed to enhance a player's gaming experience and fit with the environment the avatar is in. Most music in RuneScape draws inspiration from progressive rock and classical music.
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). As of 4th October 2011, there are 795 music tracks available via music player. As RuneScape ages, many more music tracks may be distributed.
The 500th Track was Tournament! (now unlocked automatically) which was released on 20 November 2007. Unlocking 500 tracks will also unlock the Air Guitar emote. It is notable for being one of the few emotes with audio.
Currently, the player does not receive a message when he/she unlocks every music track (though one does appear every time an individual track is unlocked.)
The volume of the music can be controlled through the Audio Settings on the Options screen.
Unlocking all song tracks is a requirement for the untrimmed version of the Completionist cape.
Music in RuneScape is divided into many genres, with the genre depending on the location that they unlock and play. Once you go to a location, any music that you unlocked of that genre will play, not just the music that unlocks there. Most genres include:
Dungeon music: Dungeon music refers to a massive number of tracks unlocked in both dungeons and caves, and the music of this genre will play randomly when in dungeons or other below-ground areas. Dungeon music refers to tracks such as 7th Realm, Underground, Dunjun, Tiptoe, Courage and Royale, among many, many others.
Gnome Music: Gnome music will play at the Tree Gnome Stronghold as well as the Tree Gnome Village. Music tracks include: Neverland, Gnome Village, Gnome King, Emotion and a few others. They also play at the Outpost and the nearby areas, where there is the stray gnomes and Neverberry bushes.
Wilderness Music: They play anywhere in the wilderness. Some of them are Wilderness, Scape Wild, Wildwood, and Deep Wildy. Note that wilderness tracks will not play at the Pirates' Hideout, instead pirate songs will be played.
Ogre Music: They play at Jiggig, Gu'tanoth and Oo'glog. They include Bish Bash Bosh, Chompy Hunt, Grumpy, Bone Dance (unlocked in Morytania) and Romper Chomper. However, they also seem to play in the maze like part of Morytania.
Musicians are NPCs found throughout RuneScape who play certain tracks with different instruments. Players can listen to them by right-clicking them. While listening to the musician, players increase the rate of their Life Points regeneration and energy restoration. As shown in the picture to the right, multiple players can listen to music at once and restore their energy.
Musicians play various instruments, including a violin, flute, drums, snake charming flute (pungi), a lyre and bagpipes. The music the musicians play is based on actual RuneScape tracks, as the guitarists play a variation of Harmony, the flutists play a variation of Al Kharid, and the fiddlers play a variation of Spirit.
On 9 February2010, a Music Playlist was added in an update. This feature allows players to choose a list of tracks that will be played when the Playlist feature is turned on.
The Music Player is the screen on the interface that lists all music tracks. The titles of unlocked tracks are shown in green, and those of locked tracks are displayed in red.
The Music Player also features a button at the top which, when activated (in green), continuously plays the same track as a loop. If not clicked, different tracks are played after the end of each.
The Music Playist can fit a total of twelve tracks. Fans of the game's music have pushed continuously for Jagex to allow space for more tracks, or the ability to build multiple playlists, but such updates have not yet been made.
The search option was released August 19, 2010. This is where you search for a song.
Many tracks can be unlocked just standing very near the area where it is unlocked, so it is not necessary to have all requirements.
Some music tracks can, for some reason, be unlocked without visiting the area or even getting close to it, such as Dragontooth Island (music track), Legion, Narnode's Theme is unlockable for free-to-play players even though they had never been members before.
Born to Do This is used for the opening music track, except when a Holiday event is going on. Scape Scared for Hallowe'en, and Scape Santa is used for Christmas. Other Scapes may be used for new skills, such as Scape Summon for the release of Summoning, or Scape Hunter for the release of Hunter. Scape Theme(the previous log in screen theme) is now available in the track list."
Armadyl Alliance is unlocked before the gap to Armadyl's area in God Wars Dungeon, so 70 Ranged is not needed.
While waiting for a clan war to begin causes a slower version of "Clan Wars" to play.
If you are standing near a crop circle outside the Impetuous Impulses activity, the track "Impetuous" will play but no name will appear on the top of the Music Player (although, the version of "Impetuous" played at the crop circles is slightly different - it is quieter with less of a bass tune).
The music is composed as MIDI tracks using in-house software by Jagex.
Some time before, all tracks used to play according to a very specific area the player was in. Nowadays, tracks play according to the general theme of the area, which means places that previously only had one track accompanying it may now play more tracks.
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 > 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.'".
*All levels marked with an asterisk are boostable. All other levels are NOT boostable.
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.
Real-world allusions
There are a number of music tracks that can be connected to the real world, both through the name and/or the music itself. Not all of these can be confirmed to be intentional though. These include (alphabetically):
A New Menace - The two Star Wars movies 'New Hope' and 'The Phantom Menace' combined.
Black Zabeth - The British rock band Black Sabbath
Cage Against the Machine - The American rock band Rage Against the Machine
The Cellar Dwellers - The band with the same name, or the 1988 movie 'Cellar Dweller'
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)
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'
Rising Damp - The popular sitcom with the same name
Smorgasbord - From the Scandinavian word "Smörgåsbord", Swedish: Smörgås means sandwich and bord means table. which is an assortment of foods on a long table where guests can pick their own food. It is mostly served during Christmas.
Slice of Silent Movie - During old silent movies, a hero would have to fight a villain while a female is tied to a railway. When this is unlocked, the player has to fight Sigmund in order to free Zanik, tied to train tracks.
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.
In the music 'Norse Code' (playing while in Jatizso), the high pitch flute plays the Morse code letters for 'RuneScape'. With short notes being dits, and long notes being 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.
The following sounds may be heard on the FunOrb game Armies of Gielinor: Legion (Lobby), Principality (Misthalin Map), TzHaar! (Desert Map), Poles Apart (Snow Map) , Dead Quiet (Swamp Map) and Attack 1-6 (In Battle). Campaign mode also includes Brain Battle, Faithless, Fight or Flight, Kingdom, "Life's a Beach!" Soul Wars, Strength of Saradomin, The Other Side, The Shadow, The Sound of Guthix, The Terrible Tower, Zamorak Zoo
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, it will override the loop setting, causing a local track to play, instead of a one a player might have set to play continuously.
After the Occult Floors Dungeoneering update, world hoppers often ended up with the track "Yk'lagor the Thunderous" playing, even if they hadn't unlocked it. Free players also experience this glitch. This glitch has yet to be fixed.
Occasionally The Horn of Chill, normally unlocked at Ghorrock during The Temple at Senntisten quest will play when encountering Evil Elder trees.
There is currently a glitch where when a player searches a keyword and then selects unlock hint on one of the tracks listed, the list will go back to the top of the full list of tracks and the scroll bar will become full, disabling the player to scroll (see picture). This has yet to be fixed.File:Music glitch.png
A current glitch with the music tab (see last bullet in trivia for description).
When unlocking the 500th track, players get the message "You've unlocked 500 music tracks and can use a new emote!".
