The Hitman: Contracts Original Soundtrack was composed by Jesper Kyd and released in 2004. It is arguably darker in composition when compared to Jesper Kyd's scores of previous or subsequent Hitman games. The score features the same Latin choral arrangements as in all the other scores; however, they are heavily sampled and mixed into the dark electronic soundscape.
As summed up by Kyd, "First of all it is a much darker score. Silent Assassin was an epic story that kind of spanned all over the world. This one, although there are different locations, it's not one big epic story. It's a lot of darker, psychological small stories mixed together, so the score follows the darker aspect of Hitman and his career."[1]
Track List[]
- White Room & Main Title (5:31)
- Weapon Select Beats (1:40)
- Double Ballers (2:36)
- 47 Detected (3:09)
- Invader (3:42)
- Sanitarium (4:29)
- SWAT Team (3:58)
- Slaughterhouse (6:13)
- Slaughter Club (8:51)
- Winter Night (3:34)
- Beldingford Manor Ghost (2:14)
- Budapest Bath Hotel (5:23)
- Streets Of Hong Kong (6:39)
- Hong Kong Underground (4:43)
Licensed tracks[]
Besides the original Jesper Kyd score, the game features the following songs:
Appearing in-game[]
| Song title | Artist | Year | Location in game |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" | Paul Anka | 1959 |
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| "A Different Kind of Love" | Dick Walter | N/A |
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| "Immortal" | Clutch | 2001 |
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| "Walking Dead" | Puressence | 2002 |
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| "Le Souteneur (Monsieur Claude)" | Faf Larage | 1999 |
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Not appearing in-game[]
Additionally, the game appears to have licensed the following songs, without making use of them:
- Brand New Image by Cecilia Cheung.
- "Happy Day" by WeWe. [2]
Trivia[]
- The score was awarded the title of "Best Original Music" at the 2005 BAFTA Games Awards.[3]
- Parts of the "Sanitarium" track are taken from the Blood Money track "47 Attacks", albeit reversed.