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[[Image:Quake_Soundtrack.jpg|thumb|''Quake Soundtrack'']]
'''''Quake''''' is a video game by id Software released on June 22, 1996, which features music by [[Nine Inch Nails]]. NIN was also responsible for the game's sound effects. The For many years, the music was only available on the game CD-ROM. There was no standalone release until the [[Soundtracks|soundtrack]] was remastered and reissued in 2020 on vinyl and digital.
Historically, there was confusion as to whether the music was credited to NIN or [[Trent Reznor]] alone, but this was cleared up by id Software designer American McGee[https://www.quaddicted.com/interviews/americanmcgee] and made explicit by the 2020 editionbeing released under the NIN moniker. It is notable that this soundtrack contains [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_music ambient music], which Reznor went on to explore further with the ''[[Ghosts]]'' series and various scores created with [[Atticus Ross]]. It is also reminiscent of the dark ambient music of [[Coil]].
==Track Listing==
==2020 Reissue==
On September 16th, 2020, it was announced that the ''Quake'' 12" 2xLP would be available for sale via the [[nin.com]] store. Per [[John Crawford]] on [[Echoing the Sound]], it was confirmed that the release has the The packaging indicates a [[Null numbers|Null]] 0.5 Zero Point Five release number. The packaging Nine Inch Nails is the credited artist on the release, with the music to Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails, and 1996 line-up being listed as [[Charlie Clouser]], [[Robin Finck]], [[Danny Lohner]], Trent Reznor, and [[Chris Vrenna]] as having been involved. The final, blank side of the vinyl is etched with program code from the game. A digital release was also made available on December 4, 2020.
Reznor also posted the following to nin.com, which was later removed:
==Trivia==
Reznor became involved as the result of mutual fandom between himself and developers at id Software. He was a big fan of ''Doom'' and had sent tickets and backstage passes to developers, expressing an interest in working on ''Quake''.[https://books.google.com/books?id=pw0EAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false]
Reznor supplied the music to id Software free of charge, but at the time there was also talk of releasing the music on a separate commercially available CD.[https://archive.org/details/Official_Sega_Saturn_Magazine_014/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater]
[[Image:QuakeNailgunAmmo.jpg|thumb|right|Nailgun ammo.]]
*Art Direction: John Crawford
*Design: [[Corey Holms]]
*War Room Photos: John Romero