Fallout Season 1 Review - 10 Ups & 2 Downs

The music is probably the first thing you notice about Fallout. The visuals are stunning, the world horribly alluring, the tragedy palpable, but it's the soundtrack that sticks out and sets the tone. 

For non-game fans, the soundtrack is entertaining enough, full to bursting with cheery songs - mostly jazz tunes, gospel swing records and pop ballads from the 1940s and 50s - that both counter the violent and horrifying events playing out on-screen, and yet work seamlessly to bring it all to life in a refreshing and darkly humorous way. 

For fans of the games, many of the songs will bring about giant pangs of nostalgia. Louis Armstrong's rendition of "A Kiss A Dream Is Built On" and The Ink Spots' "Maybe," featured in the games' credits and radio stations, are just two of the most notable songs to appear in the season, used exquisitely. 

From the sweet sounds of Johnny Cash to Ramin Djawadi's moody, progressive score, the music here carries on a Fallout tradition of stellar needle-drops, alternating throughout from funny to tense and oddly soothing.