Seeing as Hi-Fi RUSH is a rhythm game, the music is very important! The soundtrack is comprised predominantly of rock music, with a few jazz and electronic songs spicing things up a bit. Some say that all the rock songs just sort of blend together, but I disagree. If you listen to the music, you'll find that each section of the game has its own musical flares. For instance, in R&D, the songs have the highest BPM of all the songs in the tracks, and the ones in track 4 use bongos. Compare this to security's songs, which make use of synths and tambourines.
There are a total of 82 songs, including all of the ones that don't actually appear in the game itself. On February 17th of 2023, the full soundtrack (excluding the B-sides songs) was uploaded to YouTube in one big video by the official Bethesda Softworks channel. There's also a playlist on Youtube of most of all of the songs that is unofficial and was done by Shreeder4902, starting back on January 30th of 2023 and was last updated on December 12th of that same year.
The majority of the music was composed for the game, but they do use some licensed music for certain segments (mostly the boss fights). However, they also made original songs for all of those segments, which can be heard by toggling streamer mode on! The licensed music in question is as follows:
All of the licensed tracks that play in-game are extended versions of the original songs in order to better work with the segments that they play during. This is why some of them are covers.
It was primarily composed by Matoshi Yanagi and Shuichi Kobori, with REO composing a couple of songs and the streamer mode songs being done by the Glass Pyramids. John Johanas, the director of Hi-Fi RUSH, helped out and did the vocals for all of the songs that have them (not including the ones done by the Glass Pyramids).
The OST became available to purchase on Steam on April 6th of 2023, with the B-sides later being available for free there on October 12th of that year. It was added to Spotify on February 12th of 2023, with the B-sides being added the same day as they became available on Steam.
There are no physical versions of the full OST available. However, there are two vinyl sets comprised of 4 discs which contain 42 of the songs on them that are sold by Laced Records. The only difference between the two sets is that one was limited edition and the discs were differently colored and multi-colored to match the character on each. They first became available to pre-order on July 27th of 2023, and later the limited edition set was restocked on July 2nd of 2024.
THE SONGS |
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# |
Name |
Artist |
Length |
1 |
The Beacon |
The Glass Pyramids |
2:59 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics!I've never felt so all alone |
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2 |
The Pulse |
Shuichi Kobori |
1:49 |
3 |
The Rush |
Shuichi Kobori |
7:42 |
4 |
I Got This |
Shuichi Kobori feat. John Johanas |
6:11 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics!Started out at the back of the show |
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5 |
Welcome to QA |
Shuichi Kobori feat. Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:05 |
6 |
Too Big to Fail |
The Glass Pyramids |
3:57 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics!The ticker keeps tickin' |
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7 |
So This Is Where the Magic Happens |
Shuichi Kobori feat. Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:56 |
8 |
The Hideout |
Shuichi Kobori |
2:39 |
9 |
Mission Report! |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:09 |
10 |
Production Destruction |
REO |
4:56 |
11 |
Derailed |
REO feat. Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:35 |
12 |
Some People Call This Teamwork |
REO |
4:33 |
13 |
Captive Normals (A Fever Dream) |
The Glass Pyramids |
4:15 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics!I won't be held anyone's captive |
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14 |
You Said Make It Stop |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:13 |
15 |
Boss (Vandelay Theme) |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:37 |
16 |
Check This Out |
Shuichi Kobori feat. Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:59 |
17 |
The Hideout (808 Mix) |
Shuichi Kobori |
2:38 |
18 |
Heatwave |
Shuichi Kobori |
7:28 |
19 |
Test Chamber |
REO |
4:57 |
20 |
That's Mister Chai to You! |
Shuichi Kobori feat. REO & Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:39 |
21 |
Previously on... |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:18 |
22 |
New Teammates |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:12 |
23 |
Vibin' |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:16 |
24 |
Dev Engine |
REO |
4:55 |
25 |
Heatwave (VĂ„ART Mix) |
Shuichi Kobori |
4:07 |
26 |
UNRESTRICTED CREATIVE FREEDOM |
Shuichi Kobori feat. Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:23 |
27 |
Surrounded |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:47 |
28 |
Buzzsaw |
The Glass Pyramids |
3:22 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics! (This is my best approximation; thanks to Arson and Felix for the assist)Clocking in |
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29 |
You Don't Have What It Takes, Kid |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:51 |
30 |
Downtime |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:34 |
31 |
Snap (Out of It) |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:58 |
32 |
Reciprocity |
Shuichi Kobori feat. Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:55 |
33 |
Security Shutdown |
Shuichi Kobori |
5:43 |
34 |
Can't Stop Us Now |
Shuichi Kobori |
4:13 |
35 |
This'll Be Rough |
Shuichi Kobori feat. John Johanas |
9:25 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics! (This is my best approximation; thanks to Arson, Felix, and Reddit user dylandongle for the assist)We've come this far, don't give up now |
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36 |
Negotiation |
Shuichi Kobori |
5:52 |
37 |
ESCAPE PLAN!! |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:00 |
38 |
Chasedown |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:19 |
39 |
A New Fight |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:35 |
40 |
Mission Report! (Korsica Mix) |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:00 |
41 |
Through the Halls of History |
REO |
5:16 |
42 |
How Far We've Come |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:17 |
43 |
Backstage Hustle |
REO feat. Masatoshi Yanagi & Shuichi Kobori |
3:05 |
44 |
My Heart Feels No Pain |
The Glass Pyramids feat. Kayla Brown |
4:58 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics!I saw you spin across the room, a song began to play |
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45 |
Shut Down the Campus |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:44 |
46 |
What's the Next Move? |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:44 |
47 |
Exposition |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:49 |
48 |
Let's Hope This Works |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
3:47 |
49 |
Hey Gang, What's That? |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:24 |
50 |
Intruder |
The Glass Pyramids |
4:42 |
51 |
The Fizzith |
The Glass Pyramids |
5:30 |
52 |
Confrontation |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
4:05 |
53 |
Reflection |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:36 |
54 |
Surfacing |
The Glass Pyramids |
4:58 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics!Sounds move just too fast |
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55 |
That Was Very Dope, CNMN |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:51 |
56 |
You Can't Take on All of Us |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:16 |
57 |
In a Blink |
The Glass Pyramids |
5:47 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics! (This is my best approximation; thanks to Arson and Felix for the assist)Skin gets stroked by the cold grey night |
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58 |
It Was All for This |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:23 |
59 |
What the Future Holds |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:03 |
60 |
Synesthesia |
The Glass Pyramids |
3:46 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics!I'm every color when I'm with you |
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61 |
Secret Song (Making Things is Hard) |
Masatoshi Yanagi feat. John Johanas |
2:06 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics!We somehow made it through all of this |
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62 |
Kicking Back |
Shuichi Kobori feat. Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:48 |
63 |
Climb the Tower |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:18 |
64 |
Challenger! |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:10 |
65 |
Give It All You Got |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
3:28 |
66 |
I Handled It Again |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:02 |
THE B-SIDES |
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67 |
Title Screen Medley |
Shuichi Kobori |
3:16 |
68 |
Songs to Clean the Floor To |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:19 |
69 |
Arcade! Challenge! |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:10 |
70 |
Arcade RUSH |
Shuichi Kobori |
6:40 |
71 |
BPM Rush! |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:32 |
72 |
Flow State |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
3:13 |
73 |
Jam Session |
Shuichi Kobori |
5:59 |
74 |
Power Up! Tower Up! |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:36 |
75 |
CHARGED! |
Masatoshi Yanag |
4:43 |
76 |
In My Veins |
Masatoshi Yanagi feat. John Johanas |
7:10 |
Click here to see this song's lyrics! (I don't have all of them for this one done yet.)I've got fire |
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77 |
The Joy of Victory |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:05 |
78 |
The Pain of Defeat |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
0:46 |
79 |
Help! I'm Trapped in a Videogame Development Studio! |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
2:10 |
80 |
Not Gonna Make the Cut |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:06 |
81 |
Our CEO, Kale Vandelay |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:36 |
82 |
BOSS (Demo Ver.) |
Masatoshi Yanagi |
1:59 |