Is the song "Far Away" in this port?

[Gay Lord]

Was just curious, given R*'s habit of changing out songs due to licensing reasons. I love the song and it's my favorite moment in the game.

[Udo Momento]

It didn't play while I was riding into Mexico, so I guess they removed it.

[didymos1120]

Originally posted by Udo Momento:

It didn't play while I was riding into Mexico, so I guess they removed it.

No they didn't. You have to stay on the horse that you find down there after you and Irish get off the raft, otherwise it won't play. If you get off, like to call your current horse, it stops. If you get off fast enough, you won't even hear it start.

[Udo Momento]

That's good to know. I may have gotten off my horse to loot the two nearby corpses.

I just replayed the mission and while the screen faded to black at the end, I think I could hear the song faintly starting to play for a split second.

[Gay Lord]

Originally posted by didymos1120:

Originally posted by Udo Momento:

It didn't play while I was riding into Mexico, so I guess they removed it.

No they didn't. You have to stay on the horse that you find down there after you and Irish get off the raft, otherwise it won't play. If you get off, like to call your current horse, it stops. If you get off fast enough, you won't even hear it start.

So it IS still there? Great! Thank you

[Stahlfrau]

So it's the same music that was in the original released over 10 years ago? Cool best soundtrack 2024 nomination.

[Bluebeak]

Almost certainly Far Away was commissioned for the game. Rockstar has a long history of commissioning original music for their games (It wasn't until GTA Vice City that the majority of their music was licensed). With GTA4 in particular songs like Greenskeeper's Vagabond were commissioned specifically for the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5UQE3QnZwI