History Main / CyberPunkIsTechno

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures AVGN II: ASSimilation]]'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06mTY-C5XNQ music]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLfvQsouej4 tracks]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1U7gCnrghE for]] the Area 52 levels sound like a fusion of EBM and spacesynth.

* ''{{Einhander}}''.

Ironically, PunkRock itself, despite the obvious assumption, seems to be absent in many cyberpunk offerings. It may be due to it's dated style in many ways. Many feel that punk rock was at its peak in TheSeventies and stopped being relevant after the [[TheEighties mid 80s]], which is about when cyberpunk actually took off.

Ironically, PunkRock itself, despite the obvious assumption, seems to be absent in many cyberpunk offerings. It may be due to it's dated style in many ways. Many feel that punk rock was at it's peak in TheSeventies and stopped being relevant after the [[TheEighties mid 80s]], which is about when cyberpunk actually took off.

If the future consists of [[EverythingIsOnline massive computer networks]], [[MegaCorp corrupt corporations]] / [[CorruptPolitician governments]] and [[{{Cyborg}} augmented humans]], and is [[UsedFuture dirty and grim]] (i.e. CyberPunk), you can bet that the music of choice will be {{Techno}}, Electronica, and/or {{Industrial}} music. All three are forms of ElectronicMusic. {{Ambient}} music of choice? Techno. Hanging out at the CoolestClubEver? No HipHop, PunkRock, or any other dance music here, just techno.

!!Examples:

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* '90s-era ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' comics frequently had posters up on the walls for Music/NineInchNails, [[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]] and other industrial-metal acts. The tendency of the [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian future setting]] to use this kind of music was lampshaded during the ''Doomsday For Megacity 1'' arc across ''2000AD'' and the Judge Dredd Megazine: Anderson meets a contact at a nightclub and comments that the music is giving her a headache and she can't understand why its so popular.

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* ''Film/{{Hackers}}''. Mid-90s techno music is almost constant throughout this film.

* Played with in the Tech Noir nightclub in ''Film/TheTerminator'': the music is initially normal 80s pop, until the electric/metallic {{Leitmotif}} of the Terminator kicks in.
* ''The Gene Generation'' soundtrack. Mostly the music is EBM/Industrial (several songs from EBM/Industrial/Electro act Combichrist are used), and even the non-Industrial music is written by Ronan Harris from VNV Nation (a popular Futurepop act). Add the fact that the director and all the characters constantly dress as futuristic goths and you have a film that basically is one giant advertisement for the entire catalogue of Metropolis Records.

* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando Rearmed'' uses techno remixes of the original NES soundtrack. By contrast, the soundtrack to the 2009 sequel is mostly [[OrchestralVersion orchestra]], although there are still a few electronica pieces.

* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando Rearmed'' uses techno remixes of the original NES soundtrack.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures AVGN II: ASSimilation]]'', the levels "Shitty Security Breach" and "Slide Down the Shaft" have EBM-style [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06mTY-C5XNQ music]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLfvQsouej4 tracks]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures AVGN II: ASSimilation]]'', the "Shitty Security Breach" level has an EBM-style [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06mTY-C5XNQ music track]].

* The soundtrack to ''VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush 2049'' (excluding the N64 version) is almost entirely techno.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures AVGN II: ASSimilation]]'', the "Shitty Security Breach" level has an EBM-style music track.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures: AVGN II: ASSimilation]]'', the "Shitty Security Breach" level has an EBM-style music track.

* ''Film/TheMatrix'': Seeing that the movie is {{Cyberpunk}}, techno is, of course, found here, as is some actual punk. Industrial metal is also represented with RobZombie and MarilynManson.

* The original ''Quake'' was scored by [[NineInchNails Trent Reznor]]'', although that's more dark ambient.

* ''VideoGame/ContraShatteredSoldier'' features techno and industrial metal produced by [[{{Bemani}} Sota Fujimori]] and [[Franchise/SilentHill Akira Yamaoka]]. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome And it's awesome]].

* Played with in the Tech Noir nightclub in ''TheTerminator'': the music is initially normal 80s pop, until the electric/metallic {{Leitmotif}} of the Terminator kicks in.

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* 90s-era ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' comics frequently had posters up on the walls for Music/NineInchNails, [[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]] and other industrial-metal acts. The tendency of the [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian future setting]] to use this kind of music was lampshaded during the ''Doomsday For Megacity 1'' arc across ''2000AD'' and the Judge Dredd Megazine: Anderson meets a contact at a nightclub and comments that the music is giving her a headache and she can't understand why its so popular.

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[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''{{Hackers}}''. Mid-90s techno music is almost constant throughout this film.

* ''JohnnyMnemonic''

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* ''[[VideoGame/{{F-Zero}} F-Zero AX/GX]]'' has tons of techno tunes. A little polarizing since ''F-Zero X'' had nothing but rock music.

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* ''Film/DieHard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas'' has a techno soundtrack produced by Brian "{{BT}}" Transeau. Excluding the credits theme, which is hip-hop.

* ''VideoGame/SensoryOverload'' for the Macintosh, with its mind control technology-based plot, had techno-industrial music. CrowningMusicOfAwesome, although there were only four BGM tracks.

* ''SplinterCell'' series.

* The Glen Larson-produced shows ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' (the original) and ''{{Series/Buck Rogers|InTheTwentyFifthCentury}}''only had techno synthesizer music.

* The Glen Larson-produced shows ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' (the original) and BuckRogers only had techno synthesizer music.

* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier'' features techno and industrial metal produced by [[{{Bemani}} Sota Fujimori]] and [[Franchise/SilentHill Akira Yamaoka]]. [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome And it's awesome]].

* Its SpiritualSuccessor ''{{Texhnolyze}}'' also puts techno on the opening theme. But not, in turn, in the series universe itself, which is mostly modelled after old-school Yakuza films, stylistically speaking.

* Notably averted in the film versions of ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' and ''GhostInTheShell'', where the soundtrack instead consists of a combination of synthesizers and traditional Asian chanting and instrumentation.

If the future consists of [[EverythingIsOnline massive computer networks]], [[MegaCorp corrupt corporations]] / [[CorruptPolitician governments]] and [[{{Cyborg}} augmented humans]], and is [[UsedFuture dirty and grim]] (i.e. CyberPunk), you can bet that the music of choice will be {{Techno}}, {{Electronica}}, and/or {{Industrial}} music. All three are forms of ElectronicMusic. {{Ambient}} music of choice? Techno. Hanging out at the CoolestClubEver? No HipHop, PunkRock, or any other dance music here, just techno.

** VisualNovel/KikokugaiTheCyberSlayer had techno soundtrack mixed with Traditional Chinese sounds
** Save from some ending songs, ''VisualNovel/DRAMAticalMurder'' had ElectronicMusic soundtrack. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the anime, altough the opening song and two ending songs are electropop, in addition, some tracks are also techno.

* Save from some ending songs, ''VisualNovel/DRAMAticalMurder'' had Electro-pop/Electronica soundtrack. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the anime, altough the opening song and two ending songs are electropop, in addition, some tracks are also techno.
* The background music in ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' are mostly techno.