User blog comment:Spawny0908/Favorite songs from the soundtracks?/@comment-1265875-20110630180343

On the Red Dead Redemption Soundtrack:

Track #3: Dead End Alley - Love this track. It's so somber that some find it depressing, but it really embodies the feeling that some of the sadder parts of the story give me. You know what I'm talking about.

Track #4: Horseplay - I haven't been able to figure out where this plays in the game, but it's fantastic. It has exceptionally cool percussion in it and is definitely a song for action sequences.

Track #6: El Club De Los Cuerpos - You'll recognize a part of this track as the music that play during Gang Matches when the action starts getting a little heavy around you, but the song is more full and realized in the final track. One of the best instrumental tracks on the record, actually.

Track #7: Estancia - As Hobbes and Spawny have mentioned this is another somber track, but it's just gorgeous. I forget which mission it plays at the end of in the game, but I loved it even then. As soon as it started on the soundtrack, I was extremely happy to hear it.

Track #9: Triggernometry - This is arguably the best instrumental track on the album. Period. It's the track that plays during "The Last Enemy That Shall Be Destroyed" so it's an intense track. The drums and percussion are killer and set your heart racing. Honestly, I can't find a flaw with this track, it's perfect.

Track #13: The Outlaw's Return - As 2ks4 mentioned, this is the track that has the ending music for Gang Matches (starting at approximately 3:00), but the game only plays about 20-30 seconds of the track. It gets very intense as it continues and I wish the game played more of it, especially if the game goes into Sudden Death.

Track #16: Far Away by José González - I really dig this song, but the shorter version that was made for the VGAs is actually better in some ways: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIqdE4Ops-Q

Track #17: Compass (Red Dead On Arrival Version) by Jamie Lidell - I love this track, especially in the context of the game. It aligns with the story so well and really gives a great impact to John getting to go home. I have this on a CD following Exile, Vilify by The Nationals from the Portal 2 OST and they just seem to mesh really well.

Some track that are definitely missing are that cantankerous, harmonica-heavy track that plays during teh race sequences and that beautiful, chime-oriented track that plays when you're hanging around in Blackwater or Tall Trees.

For the most part, I dig the Undead Nightmare OST, but I prefer just the regular one...