Subnautica OST
| Property | Details |
|---|---|
| Composer(s) | Simon Chylinski |
| Release Date | February 1, 2018 |
| Album Length | 56 Tracks |
| Runtime | 1:39:24 |
| Platform(s) | iTunes/Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer, Khinsider Downloader |
The Subnautica soundtracks were composed by Simon Chylinski. Around January 18, 2018, the official album was gifted to all buyers of the game version on Steam. It can be found and listened to in the Steam music Library, accessible through the following steps:
- Open Steam, and click on "View" in the top right corner.
- Click on "Music Details" and Subnautica's music should be accessible.
If the soundtracks are not in your Steam library, you can follow these steps to get the soundtrack if you are playing Subnautica on Steam:
- Go to your Steam library and right-click on the game. There should be a button that says "Properties". Click it.
- Next, click on "Local files", browse in the local files and then click on "OST". From here, create a shortcut or copy the file to your music folder.
Sit back, and enjoy the Subnautica's soundtracks.
Alternatively, you can also listen to the soundtracks, commonly found in:
- (Windows 32-bit OS): "(Drive):\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Subnautica\OST"
- (Windows 64-bit OS): "(Drive):\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Subnautica\OST"
List of Tracks
| # | Time | Title | Played when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:49 | Salutations | Main Menu, Loading Screen |
| 2 | 2:58 | Into The Unknown | Safe Shallows |
| 3 | 1:42 | Tropical Eden | Floating Island and Safe Shallows |
| 4 | 1:29 | God Rays | Safe Shallows and during the Dangerous Creatures Update trailer |
| 5 | 2:09 | In Bloom | Kelp Forest |
| 6 | 2:28 | Sun & Moon | Kelp Forest |
| 7 | 2:00 | Precipice | Bulb Zone |
| 8 | 2:10 | Finding Life | Safe Shallows |
| 9 | 2:21 | Crush Depth | Jellyshroom Cave |
| 10 | 1:20 | What are You | Primary Containment Facility |
| 11 | 2:04 | Original Inhabitants | Alien Caches and Grassy Plateaus |
| 12 | 1:18 | A Tendency to Float | Floating Island, Underwater Islands, Underwater Islands Caves |
| 13 | 1:43 | Abandon Ship | End credits or when the Cyclops is destroyed |
| 14 | 1:39 | Ahead Slow | Inactive Lava Zone, Crater Edge |
| 15 | 1:40 | Alien Expanse | Entering the Quarantine Enforcement Platform, Sea Treader's Path, Dunes or Sparse Reef biome |
| 16 | 2:16 | Alien Passageways | Gravity Lift in the QEP |
| 17 | 1:45 | Alien Spaces | Control Room in the QEP and Primary Containment Facility |
| 18 | 2:10 | Alterra Science | During the Alterra Science Update trailer and Underwater Islands |
| 19 | 1:28 | Amid the Kelp | Kelp Forest |
| 20 | 1:37 | Ancient Aliens | Alien Caches |
| 21 | 1:34 | Arc Lights | When in the Seamoth or Prawn Suit and near the Floating Island |
| 22 | 1:43 | Blood Crawlers | Blood Kelp Zone, Grand Reef, Deep Grand Reef |
| 23 | 1:34 | Blueprint | Aurora Prawn Bay |
| 24 | 2:11 | Bone Fields | Bone Fields |
| 25 | 1:56 | Bring a Medpack | Lava Lakes, Inactive Lava Zone, Blood Kelp Zone, and the Aurora |
| 26 | 0:56 | Buoyancy | Kelp Forest, Grassy Plateaus |
| 27 | 2:21 | Caverns | Safe Shallows Caves |
| 28 | 1:08 | Coral Reef | Safe Shallows |
| 29 | 2:29 | Crash Site | Crash Zone, Blood Kelp Zone, Jellyshroom Cave |
| 30 | 1:07 | Cuddlefish | During the Cuddlefish Update Trailer |
| 31 | 1:30 | Dark Matter Reactor | When the player is in the Aurora |
| 32 | 2:04 | Exosuit | During the PRAWN Update trailer |
| 33 | 1:22 | Fear the Reapers | Mountains, Inactive Lava Zone, Lost River, Blood Kelp Zone |
| 34 | 1:38 | First Immersion | Grassy Plateaus |
| 35 | 1:40 | Ghost Tree | Tree Cove |
| 36 | 1:59 | Ghosts | During the Bones Update Trailer |
| 37 | 1:40 | Habitat | When the player is in a Seabase, the Grassy Plateaus and during the Machinery Update trailer |
| 38 | 1:10 | Infected | When the player enters the Disease Research Facility & The Infected Update trailer |
| 39 | 2:47 | Islands Beneath the Sea | In Bulb Zone, Grassy Plateaus, Sea Treader's Path, Sparse Reef and Underwater Islands. |
| 40 | 2:11 | Lava Castle | When the player is in the Lava Castle, Alien Thermal Plant, Blood Kelp Zone or Jellyshroom Cave. |
| 41 | 1:06 | Leviathan | During the Voice of the Deep Trailer, fire in the Cyclops |
| 42 | 1:18 | Cycle of Life | When the player repairs the Drive Core, the Sea Emperor Leviathan dies, and the player cures themself |
| 43 | 1:21 | Lost River | When the player enters the Lost River, Grand Reef, Deep Grand Reef, & Bulb Zone biomes |
| 44 | 2:38 | Maneuvers | Grassy Plateaus and during the Power Nap Update trailer |
| 45 | 2:14 | Mushroom Forest | When the player is in a Mushroom Forest biome |
| 46 | 1:22 | Observatory Zen | When the player is in an Observatory |
| 47 | 1:09 | Red Alert | When the Cyclops is under attack by Leviathan class predators & The Silent Running Trailer |
| 48 | 1:06 | Rock It! | During the Ghost Update Trailer |
| 49 | 1:30 | Safe in Kelp Forest | When the player is in the Kelp Forests |
| 50 | 1:26 | Seamoth | Intro cutscene; When a fire is on board the Cyclops |
| 51 | 2:04 | Shadow of the Reefback | When the player is in the Grassy Plateaus |
| 52 | 1:49 | Shallows | When the player is in the Safe Shallows |
| 53 | 1:18 | Sunbeam | When the Sunbeam countdown starts, Safe Shallows |
| 54 | 2:43 | Unknown Flora | Upon arrival at the Underwater Islands and in the Underwater Islands Caves |
| 55 | 1:18 | Violet Beau | Safe Shallows, Upon arrival on the Mountain Island, and within the Mountains Caves |
| 56 | 1:54 | Lift Off | Launch of the Neptune Escape Rocket |
Trivia
- Track 32, is named "Exosuit" because the original name for the Prawn Suit was Exosuit, and the track had been made prior to the name change.
- In Natural Selection 2, the track Exosuit bears resemblance, during the beginning and near the end, to the Subnautica OST track Exosuit. This may be due to the fact that Blueprint plays in the Prawn Bay in the Aurora, and the Prawn Suit was based off of Natural Selection 2's Exosuit.
- Rock It! was originally called Void and Cuddlefish was originally called Dive Buddy.
- Ahead Slow was originally named Creepy, Finding Life was originally named Higher Levels, In Bloom was originally named Hangs, Into The Unknown was originally named Water Music Melody, and Maneuvers was named Under the Ice.
- Under the Ice was likely a reference to the Arctic Biome, which was a biome planned to be added to Subnautica before it was cut, and then repurposed into Subnautica Below Zero. In fact, if one edits the files to re-implement the Arctic biome, Under the Ice is one of few music tracks that will play, along with Into the Unknown.
- Track 33, being named "Fear The Reapers", is a potential reference to the 1976 Song, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult. There is no confirmation for this however, from either the Developers or Composer.
- In Alien Expanse, Donald Trump saying "China" can be heard faintly at around 1:04 and 1:18. It is possible and easier to hear the entire word at 1:18. This is also mentioned in the comment of the file "vocals by Donald J Trump".
- One track called Docking was used in the Coffee and Castles trailer but is not on OST or in the game. Docking was first used in Natural Selection II.
- There were also three other music tracks that were previously used, but scrapped for unknown reasons. These tracks were named Subnautica 01, Subnautica 02 - Spooky, and the last track currently does not have a name, although used to appear in the Lava Zone in very early versions.
- In the properties of almost every music file, in the comments there are random characters, fun sentences, possible origins of the music, and shout outs. These were probably made by Simon Chylinski.
- There is no OST for the Eye Candy trailer.
- The total play time of all combined music is 1 hour, 39 minutes, and 30 seconds.
