BioShock Infinite Licensed Soundtrack

BioShock Infinite features several licensed soundtracks from the time period of the game's setting, including some songs from the bluegrass and gospel genres. Other tracks have been rearranged to fit with the era while remaining anachronistic to the time period. The game also includes original music composed by Ken Levine, Jim Bonney, Duncan Watt and Charles Dworetz which are not featured on the Original Soundtrack album released digitally with special editions of the game.

Licensed Songs
Like the licensed soundtrack for both BioShock, BioShock 2, many songs in the game's soundtrack are typical of its time period or earlier. However, some are technically anachronistic due to the game's setting being in 1912. In an interview, Ken Levine stated that it was difficult to "find music from that era that sounds great to a modern ear". Thus some of the songs listed here should be taken as representative rather than strictly adhering to the setting.

Contemporary Covers
In order to lend authentic credence to these modern recordings, Audio Director Patrick Balthrop used a "1912 Edison gramophone" to add Foley, background pops, and crackles.

Period Covers
Some songs are modern recordings of actual period songs by Jessy Carolina and her band Ommie Wise, or by Duncan Watt (Fastestmanintheworld Media) for Scott Joplin's piano compositions.

The song "Wild Prairie Rose" is an exception, being a 2013 original song written by Jessy Carolina and performed by Ommie Wise. * Marion Harris is credited for first performing the song in 1918. However the game references the arrangement performed by Bessie Smith in 1927.

†Part of Mozart's Requièm Mass in D minor

Modern Songs with Period Covers
Several songs heard in Columbia are period-sounding "covers" of modern hits.

Some of the original versions of these songs can also be heard through Tears which allowed composer Albert Fink to plagiarize and create his immensely popular (but unoriginal) melodies.

†Also available to unlock in The Columbian Archeological Society (Clash in the Clouds)