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===Soundtrack=== {{Main|Music of the BioShock series}} ''BioShock'' contains both licensed music and an original score. The licensed music from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s can be heard playing on [[phonograph]] throughout Rapture. In total, 30 licensed songs can be heard throughout the game.<ref name="Hyrb">{{cite web | url = http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/10/11/bioshock-music-list.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090604094249/http://majornelson.com/archive/2007/10/11/bioshock-music-list.aspx | archive-date = June 4, 2009 | title = ''BioShock'' Music list | date = October 11, 2007 | access-date = October 12, 2007 | publisher = Major Nelson's Blog | first = Larry | last = Hyrb }}</ref> The original score was composed by [[Garry Schyman]]. He composed his pieces to blend with the chosen licensed music as to keep the same feel, while also trying to bring out something that was "eerie, frightening and at times beautiful" to mesh well with Rapture's environments.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Soundtrack Nation: Interviews with Today's Top Professionals in Film, Videogame, and Television Scoring, 1st Ed. | isbn = 978-1435457621 | publisher = Cengage Learning | year = 2010 | first = Tom | last =Hoover | section = Chapter 1: Gerry Schyman }}</ref> 2K Games released an orchestral score soundtrack on their official homepage on August 24, 2007. Available in [[MP3]] format, the score—composed by Garry Schyman—contains 12 of the 22 tracks from the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/article/orchestralscore |title=Introducing the BioShock Orchestral Score |publisher=[[2K Games]] |access-date=November 4, 2007 |date=August 24, 2007 |first=Elizabeth |last=Tobey |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928132152/http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/article/orchestralscore |archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref> The Limited Edition version of the game came with ''The Rapture EP'' remixes by [[Moby]] and Oscar The Punk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/gaming/its-free/a-bioshockep-with-period-remixes-290859.php |title=Limited Edition Rapture EP |publisher=Kotaku |access-date=September 24, 2011 |date=August 17, 2007 |first=Luke |last=Plunkett |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112063230/http://kotaku.com/gaming/its-free/a-bioshockep-with-period-remixes-290859.php |archive-date=November 12, 2007 }}</ref> The three remixed tracks on the CD include "[[Beyond the Sea (song)|Beyond the Sea]]", "[[God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)|God Bless the Child]]" and "Wild Little Sisters"; the original recordings of these songs are in the game.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/08/a-tale-of-two-c/ |title=A Tale of Two Covers: BioShock |first=Susan |last=Ardant |date=August 21, 2007 |access-date=September 24, 2011 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108072438/http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2007/08/a-tale-of-two-c/ |archive-date=November 8, 2012 }}</ref> ''BioShock''{{'s}} score was released on a vinyl LP with the ''BioShock 2'' Special Edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/article/bioshock2se |title=The BioShock 2 Special Edition |first=Elizabeth |last=Tobey |date=November 19, 2009 |access-date=January 28, 2010 |publisher=[[2k Games]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228211429/http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/article/bioshock2se |archive-date=February 28, 2012 }}</ref>
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