someone's probably made this joke already but the only reason this game was underrated was because nobody got past the menu screen

This game is amazing for a simple reason: it asks the correct questions...

Everytime i boot up the game, i just close my eyes and stay a while in the menu, just listening to this perfect soundtrack.

I remember sometime in December '12, I fired up the game on my PS3 and just left the main menu on while I was out doing other stuff. When I return my whole family had gathered around the TV and when I came back they told me "what a beautiful score". I ended up playing Deus Ex that evening with my dad cheering me on, hahah!

To see how much Adam has lost... Katrina, Megan, his dog, his job, his limbs, his feelings, his emotions, his... humanity. Yet his actions make him more human than many of us.

I listened to this while working on a school project on the future of prosthetic limbs. It worked. :)

This game has such great tracks.

This music is so relaxing,it also makes you think about a lot of things,it really opens the mind.

I feel the urge to defeat an evil organisation.

I love how this song perfectly suits Sarif Industries. You can feel the underlying current of hope and courage in the song, but there's a heavy pall of melancholy over it all. Sarif and most of the other Transhumanists in the game's fiction are ready to soldier on despite all odds, but you know it's all cost them something. It's cost Adam his happiness and exposed him to a world he probably would've rather ignored, it's twisted those who would later become the Tyrants and it even managed to force people like Hugh Darrow and Bill Taggart to consider political extremism as a vehicle, intentionally or otherwise. Granted, Taggart isn't so much to blame as his PR goon and his terrorist connections, and Darrow's always been well-intentioned. By the end of the game, you realize that everyone's carried their respective agendas much too far. Sarif's naïveté becomes honestly sad the more the game progresses. So yeah, the song fits. So much hope, but also so much pain. As to whether or not these are growing pains, that's for Adam Jensen to decide.

This game made me start paying attention to world events and taught me how to read between the lines in the news. We're already living in a futuristic world that is a Faustian bargain. Technology has benefits, but with consequences.

This sound is so... nightly. And the colors: golden, black, green are so suit to this theme. I like sitting alone in my room and listening to this at night. It helps me throw away all the troubles of the day and to reflect about something special.

MFW I realize the shards of glass for the menu are from Jensen's mirror when he saw himself for the first time. He needs a hug.

Это шедевр. Суть даже не в механике игры, а в её истории. Она пропитана всеми отраслями человеческой натуры и заставляет чувствовать все известные человеку эмоции. Гениальная музыка, которая пронизывает и без того гениальную историю. Вот, что по-моему мнению можно и нужно называть шедевром.

in the end of 2026, we must play this

One of the best soundtracks to a video game ever created for one of the best game titles ever released.

*I wrote a 5-7 page college paper about transhumanism and immortality about 2 months ago.* Inspired mostly by this game and Civ: Beyond Earth. I've been crazy about the future, technology, and transhumanism ever since... You know the struggle of finding purpose in life? Something that you are crazy about and care deeply for that also becomes part of your character? This specific song is what started it for me. I liked the song but didn't understand what it was about. Played the game, played civ 5, pondered the idea of transhumanism and the future of humanity... And I just fell in love. Technology, transcendence, knowledge... This is what Humanity has been striving for since day 1. We've always innovated, always solved problems, slow at times but we rarely ever regressed. As more technology came into play, we feared a lot of it but we did extremely well. We didn't vaporize each other with nukes, we didn't bomb eachother with chemical weapons that we synthesized in labs, we didn't have a widespread epidemic that killed billions of people because of a few scientists. At the same time, we cured countless diseases, prolonged life expectancy significantly, sent people to the moon, population skyrocketed, and we currently live in one of the most peaceful times in history... All because of technology. Transcendence is human destiny and we've proven that consistently. There will always be people that resist progress, but it isn't anything serious at all. I mean, look how far we've jumped in 100 years. Sure there are times when we progressed slower but there was hardly any resistance at all... Those people that fear AI and Robot takeover? They fuel nothing but caution, which is a good thing and is what leads us to successfully develop technology. We built rockets in the past. And nuclear bombs as well. But how many times were nuclear bombs on rockets used to kill other humans? Never. How many times were nuclear bombs used to kill other humans, regardless of the delivery system? Twice. Let's now flip the coin. How often, instead of using rockets to kill each other, have we used rockets instead to put satellites into orbit? For GPS purposes, probes to other planets, the ISS, to land on the moon, to deliver weather data? How many times have we built *and used* nuclear reactors compared to nuclear bombs? The more intelligent we get, the less we often kill. Ignorance kills and technology leads to knowledge, not ignorance. It's truly something meaningful that we can embrace...

This music is the symphony of the singular light in a dark period of my life. When I would play this game, I would never kill anyone. The non lethal catharsis of beating the tar out of people, an escape, from the overwhelming stress in my life at the time has burned this into my mind. I hear it and instantly relax. I'm not homeless anymore, or despondent, neither lost to fear, my stepfather can't interject his anger into this, fear can't overcome me when this music began because I knew I was capable of overcoming SOMETHING at the weakest time in my life without death. As stupid as it is and as it sounds, knocking out nine guys with a gas grenade at once helped me remember you can solve some things without hate or anger, to detach from fear. To concentrate on preserving life while still accomplishing your own goals. There is a...SOMETHING to always preserving life when you have the means to take it away.

Guys let's all show Michael McCann some love. He makes absolutely amazing soundtracks (including this one). He is often overlooked and not very well known. The Splinter Cell: Double Agent soundtrack was also really amazing (especially the menu music). His soundtracks just immerse you into the game.

I will play cyberpunk 2077 with this soundtrack

Who else is excited for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided!

I definitely asked for this.

This soundtrack. One of the MAIN reason why this game was so absorbing. Mission accomplished, Eidos.

Did someone open the freezer door? I've got goosebumps up and down me right now.

This music makes me feel nostalgia...

Funny, i made this video just for myself. (wanted to add to my soundtrack playlist) and now 200k view, lol. :D

i have this portrait in my room as a reminder of the coming singularity

Everytime i started this game i would sit at the menu for a minute or so and listen to this.

Can't help but remember all the coffee machines of the Sarif installations.

One of best game soundtrack ever!! In one of best game ever... :)

city night driving music

This picture says, "A long day's work." I remember in game when Jensen finally sits down in his apartment while talking to Sarif and has a drink, smokes a cig. Badass.

One of the most beautiful games I have ever played. I loved everything about it. It taught me a lot.

I never asked for this... theme to be extended but man does it rock! Love this game to death, one of the best games ever and easily among the best soundtracks in gaming.

Wow this is powerful. It sounds like something I'd be listening to looking back on a golden age... and yet they play it as you launch the game up for the first time. I've never heard a menu theme more better suited to it's story than this, it has that underlying tone of sadness.

Thank you my ears are now augmented

Thanks for extending this theme, good job!:)

Somehow the early 2010s were best at portraying an awesome future... after that we lost hope... it's interesting that the 1990s had the most optimistic futurism but the 2000s and 2010s went a step beyond it into darkness... it was still a good process but after that... it just sunk us into despair.

Sometimes one just needs to sit back and dwell upon the day one became Augmented, constant struggle for me atm...

This is an amazing soundtrack, definitely one of the best I have ever listened to. I remember leaving the main menu on for a forgotten length of time before actually playing the game. Whenever I listen to this soundtrack, I feel a surge of emotion sweeping through me and filling me with motivation. It makes me want to create something for posterity, for the betterment of humanity. It makes me think of the future filled with hope and excitement. It compels me to contemplate about technological progress, the advancement of the human race, and our place on this beautiful planet Earth. It makes me want to contribute to it. This soundtrack recently inspired me to learn computer science and sparked my interest in robotics. I'm probably not going to make augmentations but I do hope to create something useful to make the world a better place.

I'm going to play this on the New Year's Eve of 2026

“Technology was meant to help mankind make decisions; not make them for us.”

This is epic... The theme carries a rhythm similar to human breathing, only slowed down, you can even hear the alternating inhale and exhale phases. The thunderous drum kicks are like beats of a heart, only everything is slow, like a patient in a hospital, recovering in coma after surgery. You can even hear a hiss of the air passing through the patient's gas mask and high pitched piano strokes like unclear beeps of the life support monitor, perceived unconsciously... How does this fit the game though, maybe if there was a main character who... oh wait... A story telling value in a musical piece. This is pure art. Also a perfect background you could meditate to.

I made a comment here years ago. Something about being on a rooftop listening to this. Years later I found my own comment by accident and replied myself implying we are imortal on the web. Some random user then replied: "we're not, everything fades, even data". He was right. My old user was deleted, my coment is gone. Everything is finite, especialy life. Make it count.

This song seriously makes me tear up... It's so emotional and sad.. It makes you want to hug the closest loved one and never let go

I could listen to this all day

this is the theme i want to be played in the evening after sundown in my apartment in a busy city. the year is around 2070 and i just came home visiting my kids on earth.

R.I.P. my favorite game...

just finished deus ex HR on ps3 and now listening this soundtrack, i think i gona cry right now....

A game that's worthy of all the praise.

Best chillout music ever

This music makes me cry for whats happening to our world where is everywhere a war for nothing theres no piece we are at secret world war 3

the soundtrack is really close to perfection, as is the game itself btw

This theme played in my head as I uninstalled Cyberpunk 2077 from my console out of disappointment.

I have no intention of revisiting cyberpunk. I can't wait to play HR again. Deus ex > cyberpunk 2077.

If 2020 was a soundtrack this would be it.

I like movies and games about future life, robots. With this kind of music it feels like you are a part of it.

Im replaying this game and its just as good as it was back then.

I need to go back and play this game again!!

I thought cyberpunk 2077 will live up to its hype. Fck. Bring back sequel to deus ex plz

listen. look outside. think about the global future. you can change it.

Starring Keanu Reeves and directed by the director or the Daredevil Netflix tv series. Rated-R, in cinemas Friday.

Learned a lot from this game. Alphas, Betas, Omegas. That part taught me and out into learning how to identify and deal with then through trial and error. Literally, spent minutes, hours just learning on the side about them. That's one thing that stuck with me in the game....and this particular song

Cybernetic John Wick...he even lost his dog!

I listen to this when I feel burned out, emotionally and physically. Man can only go for so long until drops because of sleep deprivation

my dad bought me this game long time ago for the ps3, when i was too young to like it, 12 years ago i wake up one morning and realize... everything

Just sitting and staring at the menu screen has never been so intense.

THE cyberpunk game

Just started playing Deus Ex HR and it’s freaking good. How am I missed this game

working on a transhumanism assignment to this music makes me contemplate the meaning of many things.

I've had this as my wake up alarm music for such a long time, I forget what I had before. There are *much* worse things to wake up to.

I just played beat this game in my 3rd playthrough last week, a tear rolled down my cheek.. They don't make games like this anymore! Everytime I want to play another game... it seems nothing compared to the likes of this... I had to pull out GOTY and start playing that... sigh.. 2 months feels like 2 years waiting for this game... And I only really found out about it coming out a month ago :(

Remember Invisible War..? Nostalgia...

This is music!

This joins souls of fire as one of my work songs.

Come 2027, I'm gonna be listening to this constantly

I love this! Deus Ex is my favorite game and Adam Jensen is my favorite Character!

The reason why this feels so good is because it triggers higher frequency delta-waves... the kind the brain experiences during lucid dreams

I mastered Deus Ex in my childhood, I bought this game many years ago but still never played it. Nonetheless I often listen to its whole soundtrack, and I know I will play it. To the end.

Gives me goosebumps every single time I hear this music theme.

Лучший трек! Для этой игры покупал наушники Sennheiser HD 215 и новую звуковую плату Creative Sound Blaster Z

Who else is replaying this game getting ready for Cyberpunk 2077?

sometimes I just open up the game and leave it running in the background just to listen to this beautiful music. michael mccann is truly great and i can't wait to see his score for the next game.

I never got around to play this game until recently and the first thing that struck me was how similar this soundtrack is to XCOM Enemy Unknown's. Turned out both soundtracks are composed by Micheal McCann

amazing game with wonderful soundtrack

Deus Ex Human Revolution & Mankind Divided para la eternidad

I still bump this in 2020 🤷🏾‍♂️

Just plainly awesome. Bought first two for PC.

This is truly amazing

This always makes me feel right at home

Fingers crossed for a part 3 in the series. Love it.

Interesting video I did all the takedowns got all the augmentation perks completed every mission & Finished all endings.

One of my all time favorite title screens

I searched for this, years after having completed this epic game. I did not want to restart it again, that fight is over. It was so intense that I do not want the protagonist to repeat that. This soundtrack fits perfect to that.

thies music amazing, came from lot of emotion .... is totaly atmosferic and beautifull ...

Absolutely stunning track from one of the best games ever. Captures well hope and fears of future transhumanism era. It is also perfect to work.

The sad part is this is already reality- we are being divided from one another. Technology is destroying not the world but our humanity- this will happen in my life time always said and knew it. But people won't chnage, band together accept one another regardless of colour and ethnicity, differences. That's what I love about this game and the music becuase it is more than just a game and I love Adam J so much more because he wanbts to change the world :D The truth is a scary place. But it's still the truth. When the time comes are you ready I know for damn sure I will be? :) people should stand together not against everything. I didn't come this far for us to mess the planet up.

A skull in the smoke.

this sound track was ahead of it's time.

Absolutely love this game