[4-3-7] CD Music Volume

Learn how to access and play the ambient music tracks from Quake's CD soundtrack, composed by Nine Inch Nails. Understand the track listing and how the music enhances the game's atmosphere.

The music in Quake, composed by Nine Inch Nails, plays on each level to enhance the game's atmosphere. The soundtrack is provided on the game disc as standard audio CD-audio files, meaning it can be played in a CD player or ripped for use on media players.

To play the music in-game, the game disc must be inserted. Unlike Quake 2, the tracks on the Quake soundtrack are not individually named and are instead listed sequentially from Track 2 onwards, with Track 1 containing the game data. Fans have often assigned their own names to these tracks based on their sound and associated levels.