Out of those of which I would class as more melodious though, 'Khans of the New California' is a favourite of mine. The selection of instrumentation is bizarre and Asiatic, creating an ancient merchant society, despite the game's placement in the future.

'A Trader's Life' which represents the central hub in Fallout is another track which is more melodically focused than the others. Though the melody in this track only consists of a repeated three note wind sequence, it is skilfully integrated alongside an ethnic drum rhythm, and expertly placed to put the listener in a mission completing mood. The world map track 'Moribund World' is one of the more prominent themes which feature some sort of melody. The other tracks from Fallout which I would like to point out feature sporadic (nuclear) fragments of melody across their playing time, in a sort of suggestion towards the more melodious sounds in Fallout 2.

Again we can hear the use of discordant strings and, more importantly, the prominent use of suspended tubular bell notes to highlight the vast space of the caves, whilst also being suggestive of imminent danger.

'Underground Troubles' though is the most hard-hitting atmospheric theme representing the cave system in Fallout, the track emanates danger and injects fear in the listener. 'Industrial Junk' is just as atmospheric, but this time we hear a more mechanically inspired approach with the use of metallic sounds, otherworldly sounds, and piston-pumping bass beats. The track is intimidating in terms of its persistent notes and drive of the tubular bell background, heightened further with screeching strings which feature 2:03 onwards. First focusing on those tracks which are wholly ambient and industrial, made up from suspended notes and heavy bell percussion, 'Desert Wind' represents the barren landscape which the game is based around. There are no tracks from the first game which particularly stand out amongst the others, but there are certainly a few which deserve to be pointed out. The music of Fallout is featured in the larger number of tracks on the album, mostly down to the fact that most were also reused in Fallout 2, thus limiting the number of original tracks needed for the sequel. Sticking with a barebones minimalist approach, the scores complement a barren and hostile wasteland with their mechanical and industrial sounds. In 2010, Mark Morgan decided to change this by compiling together and remastering a selection of tracks from Fallout and Fallout 2 for a digital release, entitled Vault Archives. There was an official album dedicated to the original Fallout and two mostly licensed promotional albums for Fallout 3, but little else. The music for the Fallout series has been barely commemorated in official albums until now.

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