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Brian David Gilbert creates new genre to fix Fallout’s unchanged music

Brian David Gilbert designed a completely new musical genre aimed at the Fallout universe. He developed the style to address the fact that Fallout's in‑world music has not evolved for centuries. The goal is to produce music that better fits the post‑apocalyptic wasteland setting.

• Fallout’s lore presents period music that has remained unchanged for centuries.
• Brian David Gilbert constructed a new musical genre specifically intended for the Fallout wasteland.
• The project seeks to replace or augment the game’s anachronistic soundtrack with music that fits the setting.
• The work was presented as part of Polygon’s Unraveled coverage