History Main / CyberpunkIsTechno

* ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' has an original score heavily influenced by the electronica soundtracks of the 1980's sci-fi action movies the game pays homage to.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvnys5IeRac "Hero's Duty" song]] by Music/{{Skrillex}} in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' plays while Ralph is masquerading as a SpaceMarine {{NPC}} in a FirstPersonShooter LightGunGame with a much DarkerAndEdgier aesthetic than he's used to.

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in WebComic/AquaRegia, in which the heroes [[SeinfeldianConversation talk about the music]] they listen, Daniel states that he [[LargeHam loves]] Thrash Metal while Nimsi states that she likes industrial, in a... much more [[TheStoic quiet tone]].

* UsefulNotes/{{MOD}} artist Skaven produced a cyberpunk-themed techno tune titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThmznU1W47w "Data Jack"]], later featured in Creator/PopCapGames's ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}''.

** On the other hand, given that the games appear on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance system, it could very well just be {{Retraux}} 8-bit style music (a la the 8-bit UsefulNotes/GameBoy).

* ''Vegas Stakes'', a casino game by Creator/HALLaboratory for the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}}, has the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "2020"]], a futuristic, CyberPunk-themed casino complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuygAAVZ7wY repetitive techno music]] blaring in the background.

* Llamasoft's ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}'', a psychedelic VR shooter inspired by the arcade urban legend, has an electronica soundtrack by an ensemble of artists in various sub-genres, including techno, industrial, trance, house, big beat, D&B, and synthwave.

* The [[WesternAnimation/MenInBlack MIB cartoon]] theme is sort of a techno/hip hop hybrid.

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

* The original ''Quake'' was scored by [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]]'', although that's more dark ambient.
** ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' has an IndustrialMetal soundtrack by Sonic Mayhem and they co-produced ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena''s soundtrack with the {{Industrial}} band Music/FrontLineAssembly.

* ''VideoGame/LethalSkies'' uses mostly techno, {{industrial}}, and IndustrialMetal.

* ''VideoGame/{{Spectre|1991}} VR'', being set in CyberSpace, has the obligatory techno and industrial tunes, but also New Age and neo-classical music.
* ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'', although the 2012 reboot uses Main/{{Dubstep}} as well.
* The ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' series uses an electronic music score and has several aspects of the CyberPunk setting.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'' revolves around the player traversing through a futuristic computer network with visuals inspired by Wassily Kandinsky. Being a RhythmGame, the soundtrack is comprised of techno and club music.

* ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier'' has a symphonic electronica soundtrack by Music/{{Hybrid}} and Tom Salta.

* Every trailer for ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' has utilized ElectronicMusic of some kind, the most famous one being the hard glitchy track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G70S5fumHso "Spoiler" by Hyper]]. The game itself, however, has a more varied soundtrack of {{rock}}, {{hyperpop}}, and HipHop alongside electronic music.

* Lynn, the main protagonist of '''The Bones of Time''' trains herself to play synth sets, in a future-set world, where she yearns to live by it, played to tourists at a Waikiki bar's rooftop.
* Averted in ''Literature/SnowCrash'', where Hiro's flatmate Vitaly Chernobyl plays "Nuclear Fuzz-Grunge" with his band The Meltdowns; Hiro ends up hearing their first charting single playing, much later in the book, and experiences a moment of acute homesickness. An utterly dreadful Japanese rapper named Sushi K also makes an appearance, although he ends up getting hit with a thrown bottle while on stage, so his popularity, at least with the Los Angeles Kourier subculture, seems to be minimal.

* One scene from ''Film/RoboCop1987'' takes place in a club, where Robocop arrests one of Clarence Boddicker's minions. Industrial techno plays in the background. The track? ''Show Me Your Spine'' by Music/{{Ministry}} side-project PTP.

** Music/{{Vangelis}}' music subverts this trope big time, consisting primarily of melodic, minimalistic electronica and being complete opposite of dynamic techno, trance or rock, commonly associated with the genre.

* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis: Tokyo 2040'' uses techno for its background music. The original series was more varied in its soundtrack.

** The background music in ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' are mostly techno.

** The original film score was composed by Wendy Carlos, a pioneer in electronic music. It was not so much techno as (much like her ''Clockwork Orange'' score) a symphonic score with electronic sound effects and instrumentation.

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

* ''Kinetica'', like ''Wipeout'' before it, features a plethora of licensed techno songs from renowned artists such as Amoeba Assassin, Hybrid, Juno Reactor, and Way Out West.

* Every trailer for ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' has utilized ElectronicMusic of some kind, the most famous one being the hard glitchy track [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G70S5fumHso "Spoiler" by Hyper]].

* The soundtrack for ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' by Power Glove was made as one long homage to Eighties cyberpunk and action movies with scores drawing from ''The Terminator'', ''Robocop'', and synthesizer scores to help invoke the tone of both while you tear up the Tron-line and cyborg filled island.

* ''The Gene Generation'' soundtrack. Most of 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 Music/VNVNation (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.