Music of the Gran Turismo series
Gran Turismo featured two different opening songs. For the North American and PAL versions is a Chemical Brothers remix of the Manic Street Preachers song Everything Must Go. The opening music for the Japanese version is Moon Over The Castle, composed by Masahiro Andoh; this music is used for the opening movie in the Japanese version of every Gran Turismo game to date. The North American and PAL versions of the game featured a soundtrack composed of instrumentals and famous bands, whereas the Japanese version used the Gran Turismo Original Soundtrack, a completely original score.
Gran Turismo Original Soundtrack (Japanese Version)
The Sound of Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo 2
Gran Turismo 2 further increased the number of tracks on-disc by separating the two gametypes, arcade and simulation, onto two discs. This allowed for more space to place audio. Below is the ingame track list, followed by the official soundtrack CDs. The Pal version has a different soundtrack.
played during the arcade credits
played during the simulation credits
GT2: Music at the Speed of Sound
Gran Turismo 2 Original Game Soundtrack
Gran Turismo 3
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec featured twenty-six different songs on its soundtrack. These songs ranged from classic rock to rap. Below is the list of songs featured in the game
played during ending credits
Gran Turismo 3 Original Game Soundtrack
Gran Turismo 4
The first taste of Gran Turismo 4’s music was in Gran Turismo 4: Prologue. Prologue featured early versions of tracks by Daiki Kasho, and The Antidote. A full track list is as follows,
The volume on the Gran Turismo 4: Prologue disc if extracted contains the complete set of Gran Turismo 3 and Gran Turismo Concept music tracks, albeit PAL music scores. The Gran Turismo 4 trailer that screened at E3 in 2004 featured two tracks, What To Believe and Break Down by Daiki Kasho.
A full listing of the tracks found in the game jukebox are as follows:
All versions of Gran Turismo 4 contain this track list, some of the tracks have formed the basis for many spin off albums, such as Gran Turismo 4 Kicks and the GT4 OST.
Feeder’s track Shatter originally appeared on Tumble And Fall , a primer to their latest album Pushing The Senses and has sparked a fan based petition for the song to be released. Fans may be in luck too, Just A Day was featured in Gran Turismo 3 and as a single with Seven Days In The Sun, until it was re-released as a standalone single in 2001 where it became an instant favourite, and has been since voted the number one Feeder song of all time. A sample of the song, Shatter is available to download, via Playstation Europe.
Gran Turismo 4 Original Game Soundtrack
The Gran Turismo 4 OST was released six days before the game’s Japanese and Asian release on December 22, 2004. The album is very similar to Gran Turismo 2’s, using similar songs from Isamu Ohira.