A Music Kit is an in-game item introduced as part of the October 10, 2014 update to add new and custom music for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. When a music kit is equipped, the in-game music is changed to include custom tracks from various artists and composers created exclusively for Global Offensive.
The equipped music kit can be shared with anyone the player is playing with, and even include a special broadcasted MVP Anthem when the player is selected as a round MVP.
Music kits are available as offers in-game, or can be found on the Steam Market.
The custom music can include replacements (and alternatives) for:
- Main menu
- Round start
- Round end
- Bomb planted / Hostage Taken
- Bomb warning
- Won round
- Lost round
- Round end warning
- Death camera
- MVP
StatTrak™ Music Kits[]
StatTrak™ Music Kits will count the number of times a player has appeared as the round MVP, essentially tracking the amount of times it had played its MVP anthem. These can only be purchased from offers, the in-game Store or by opening a StatTrak™ Radicals Box. Music Kits from the Radicals Box are only available as StatTrak™ Music Kits.
Music Kits[]
| Music Kits | Description |
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The default CS:GO music kit, introduced with the launch of CS:GO in 2012 |
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Grammy nominated game composer Austin Wintory asks, why bother hunting your enemies when you can lure them in with a deadly, admittedly insane, tango? |
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Video Game Composer Daniel Sadowski delivers Edgy Action mixed with CRAZY FAT beats in this pulsating, exhilarating Music Pack. |
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From game music composer Dren, this cinematic, superhero-metal inspired music pack puts the 'ill' into KILL! |
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Renowned elecronic(sic) musician Feed Me, brings a western corral showdown into a modern electronic space. |
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Dutch Electronic Trio Noisia brings a tough, cinematic feel with a unique blend of tradition and progression. |
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Music to crush your enemies see them driven before you from award winning composer Robert Allaire. |
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Immerse yourself in this cinematic soundtrack full of soaring strings, pulsating melodies and driving drums from the world renowned DJ / Producer Sasha. |
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From the composer of two of the world's biggest war games, comes a sonic loadout that will bring your enemies to Hell's Gate! |
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A lesson in aggression from Metal producer, Skog. |
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"HAPPY HOLIDAYS, ****ERS!" -Midnight Riders |
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Composer Daniel Sadowski raises the bar with aggressive electronic beats, creative sound fx and an exhilerating, driving, futuristic vibe. "Warning: Will cause a rise in adrenaline!" |
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Own your enemies. Pure intensity by Grammy winning composer, Mateo Messina. |
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A multitude of electronic artists deliver brutal beats in this exhilarating Music Pack from the iconic Hotline Miami. |
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Composer Damjan Mravunac blends energetic cinematic grooves with epic choirs in this music pack featuring music from Croteam's critically acclaimed title "The Talos Principle". |
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Indulge your aural senses in a collection of cinematic, glitchy atmospheres and hard-hitting throbbing rhythms by electronic producer and innovator Matt Lange. |
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Daniel Sadowski creates the first ever 8-bit Music Kit for Counter-Strike complete with authentic 8-bit sounds. |
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Yield freely in the soundscapes of Finnish producer Darude's familiar musical flavours and tones. Enriching yourself with access to a heavy fusion of progressive overtones and scores of tingling melodic structure from the sounds banks of one of dance music's most renowned pioneers. |
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Mixing pulsating strings and synths with pounding war drums, prepare yourself for battle with this thunderous soundtrack from composer Ian Hultquist. |
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Kelly Bailey, composer of Valve’s Half-Life series, creates an arsenal of apocalyptic new music inspired by the darker side of the Half-Life universe. |
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Recording artist and DOTA TI4 performer, Ki:Theory drops BOMBS with this searing set of razor edge dark electronic rock. |
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Michael Bross conjures epic / cinematic techno-grunge to make you feel like a true badass in battle. |
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Diamonds. They are forever. Dive into the arpeggiotron of Mord Fustang with this fresh set of grooves and atmospheres. |
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Sunny surf rock with elements of hip-hop, punk and garage pop. Keep it real and get headshots. |
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Russian Heavy Electronica Artist PROXY brings his own Unique heavy artillery to Counter Strike. Hybrid audio Weaponry fused with the finest studio technology makes this pack unique. |
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Metal composer and producer Jocke Skog returns with an all new, hard hitting metal kit, turning the rest of the CS:GO Music Kits into something cute, warm and fuzzy. Now go become MVP so everyone can hear your awesomeness! |
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Triumphant Blastophones combine with contemporary Uberpulse in this explosive collection by ultra award winning composer Troels Folmann. |
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AWOLNATION Alternative Rocker AWOLNATION brings you a music kit for the ages. This kit is jam-packed with an eclectic selection of tunes and includes cuts from singles 'I Am' and multi-platinum hit 'Sail'. |
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Beartooth brings an agressive back-to-basics hardcore stomp that gets crowds moving and breaking stuff. A perfect soundtrack for your no-scope scout frags. Rock 'till you're dead. |
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Skog is back with a third crushing metal kit. This time with an electro-organic twist to the music, combining massive guitar riffs with equally massive drops, loop elements and drones.
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Heavier, rowdier, and louder than ever, Twin Atlantic comes to CS:GO ready to help you melt the faces with the firepower of Scottish rock. [StatTrak™ Only] |
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Roam delivers fast, straight-forward Pop Punk that gets crowd and players alike moving. Prove you have a Backbone with this perfect soundtrack for rushing in and obliterating the other team before they even realize they're deadweight. [StatTrak™ Only] |
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Sometimes you just need some Pop Punk to get you through the day. Whether it is dealing with campers or losing a massive kill streak, Neck Deep is here to prove that Life's Not Out To Get You, but the other team still is. [StatTrak™ Only] |
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Hundredth is bringing heavy to the world with their unique take on melodic hardcore. Break free or return to Dust with this perfect soundtrack for fragging the unworthy. [StatTrak™ Only] |
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British Pop/Punk band Blitz Kids brings you the perfect music kit for rushing B while thinking about those night drives you had with your friends in High School. This kit is for going fast and feeling young. [StatTrak™ Only] |
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Beartooth is back for round two. This new music kit hits harder and is even more aggressive. We've also made the MVP anthem extra heavy so your opponents feel really bad after they've lost to you. [StatTrak™ Only] |
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The Verkkars rise through the Finnish charts with a heart-pounding tribute to ENCE. Can it really be so EZ? |
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Give your Counter Strike auditory experience a legendary makeover with the Master Chief Collection Music Pack, featuring iconic musical moments from the Halo universe. |
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Scarlxrd blends heavy trap beats with a flow and delivery that creates his own unique subgenre. With this exciting blend his live shows capture the attention of everyone in the crowd. |
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This music kit commemorates Half-Life: Alyx, Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. You are humanity’s only chance for survival, and your immersive environmental interactions continue in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. |
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The apocalyptic mariachi soundtrack from the indie game hit, Gunman Taco Truck, comes to CS:GO with intense Mexican flavored tunes like Pollo Diablo and Persecución de Helltain! |
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Inspired by the funky video game music of the early 90s, composer Sam Marshall cooks up some classic game nostalgia with a spicy modern sauce. |
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Austin Wintory mixes Celtic fantasy with sizzling electronics and a generous helping of Peter Hollens' vocals in this genre-bending Music Kit. |
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Composer Matt Levine delivers raw swagger in this gritty homage to the Spaghetti Western. It has never felt better to say, "go ahead, make my day..." |
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Alchemists of a powerful chaos that is M.U.D.D. FORCE - composers Tree Adams and Ben Bromfield weld epic battle motifs and grinding synths into a Maelstrom of full throttle destruction. |
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From the composer who brought you "Total Domination", "The 8-Bit Kit" and "Crimson Assault", comes "Eye Of The Dragon". Music composer Daniel Sadowski mixes Ninjas + Guns + Hip-Hop + Techno to create an action-packed Music Kit. Ninjas are known for their fast and precise attacks, yet they can be invisible to their enemy. |
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Composer Tim Huling delivers classic film-noir style tracks blended with contemporary grooves and beats. |
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Legendary producer Amon Tobin lends his unique aesthetic to CS:GO. This time through tube amplifiers. |
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Sure, you might miss a shot from time to time, but what never misses is this blood-pumping Music Kit straight from the Underworld of Hades, Supergiant's rogue-like dungeon crawler. |
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Prove you are not a normie (and better than everyone else on the map) with Neck Deep's new music kit, which includes songs from the band's album All Distortions Are Intentional. |
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CHAIN$AW BRINGS SCARLXRD AT HIS UNPRECENDENTED BEST WITH A RAW FLOW AND A HEAVY TRACK TO MATCH. |
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Video game composer and developer Laura Shigihara will help you tell everyone loudly and proudly that you're the MVP. Have fun with this unique blend of 90s dance, retro video game synth, and just a hint of Plants vs. Zombies. |
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Opera. 8-bit sounds. Analogue synths. What's not to love? Chiptune specialist Freaky DNA and soprano Leanne Koch team up for some heavy beats and good times! |
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Video game composer and chiptune legend Chipzel brings a glitchy Speak & Spell inspired mashup of hybrid styles packed with fun, funk and flavour. |
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Austin Wintory answers the question humanity has asked for ages: what happens if you merge beer garden accordion polka music with grungy heavy metal? |
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Composer Jesse Harlin delivers bombastic space opera drama inspired by classic sci-fi of the 70s, 80s, and beyond. |
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Brought to you by Sarah Schachner, a dystopian goth choir of self-aware, Scandinavian robots decide that humanity must be eliminated. |
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bbno$ formulates 'the' toxic gamer anthem, u mad! Are u mad? LOL get good scrub. Research shows if you play with this Music Kit equipped you'll immediately go from Silver to Global. |
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On a quest to go pro, or unintentionally going low? Let this kit’s 80’s synths and dreamy melodies take you back. Back, back, back... to the good old days. |
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Swedish Band Humanity's Last Breath drops in heavy with their Void Music Kit. Pounding drums, colossal riffs and an atmosphere to send shivers up your spine. |
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Neo trap synths, gritty 808s, an epic piano riff, and a plethora of gunfire sound effects. The OG trap anthem "Shooters" by Juelz makes for a truly elite Music Kit. Suitable for MVPs only. |
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dashstar*, the iconic bass house anthem from Knock2, provides non-stop energy that captures the young San Diego native’s mantra, "no limit". |
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Grab a Glock and equip this music kit to be transported to the center of New York's underground hip-hop scene. |
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Love the chase? Love the hunt? Hard rock, metal, and dubstep collide in Sullivan King's soundtrack for becoming unstoppable. |
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Celebrate the 5th anniversary of CS:GO's release in China with a one of a kind music kit, 花脸 Hua Lian (Painted Face). This kit combines folk Qinqiang opera (the earliest Chinese style Rock 'n' Roll) and modern Rock 'n' Roll. Whether you are engulfed in smoke or blinded by a flashbang, don't get lost! |
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Denzel brings his signature energy to CS:GO as he traverses trap, jazz, and drum and bass beats. This kit features Denzel's hits "Walkin", "ULTIMATE", and more, so break out the nickel-plated chrome Berettas and crank up the intensity with the ULTIMATE music kit. |
Unreleased Music Kits[]
| Artwork | Artist/Composer | Album | Notes |
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Valve Corporation | CS GO (4 Variant) | Reference to music kit found in Cobblestone's Manifest:
"sound\music\valve_csgo_04\chooseteam.mp3" "sound\music\valve_csgo_04\startround_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_csgo_04\startaction_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_csgo_04\bombplanted.mp3" "sound\music\valve_csgo_04\bombtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_csgo_04\roundtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_csgo_04\wonround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_csgo_04\roundmvpanthem.mp3" "sound\music\valve_csgo_04\lostround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_csgo_04\deathcam.mp3" |
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Valve Corporation | Team Fortress 2 | Reference to music kit found in Cobblestone's Manifest:
"sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\chooseteam.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\startround_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\startround_02.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\startround_03.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\startaction_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\startaction_02.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\startaction_03.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\bombplanted.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\bombtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\roundtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\wonround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\roundmvpanthem.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\lostround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_teamfortress2_01\deathcam.mp3" |
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Valve Corporation | Left 4 Dead 1 | Reference to music kit found in Inferno's, Mirage's and Overpass Manifests:
"sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\chooseteam.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\startround_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\startround_02.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\startround_03.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\startaction_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\startaction_02.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\startaction_03.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\bombplanted.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\bombtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\roundtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\wonround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\roundmvpanthem.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\lostround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead_01\deathcam.mp3" |
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Valve Corporation | Left 4 Dead 2 | Reference to music kit found in Overpass's Manifest:
"sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\chooseteam.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\startround_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\startround_02.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\startround_03.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\startaction_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\bombplanted.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\bombtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\roundtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\wonround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\roundmvpanthem.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\lostround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_left4dead2_01\deathcam.mp3" |
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Valve Corporation | Portal 2 | Reference to music kit found in Cobblestone's Manifest:
"sound\music\valve_portal2_01\chooseteam.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\startround_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\startround_02.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\startround_03.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\startaction_01.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\startaction_02.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\startaction_03.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\bombplanted.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\bombtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\roundtenseccount.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\wonround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\roundmvpanthem.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\lostround.mp3" "sound\music\valve_portal2_01\deathcam.mp3" |
Trivia[]
- The music kit icon is shaped like an MP3 player with ear buds, but the screen appears to actually be a printed flip cover (roughly the size of the ill-fated MiniDisc when compared to the size of the earbuds).
- The music "featured" on the icon is Sasha's LNOE.
- The individual music kit icons are actually vinyl records.
- Although the album cover artwork varies, each record includes the Global Offensive logo in the center of the record.
- Music kits are referred to as "tone modules" in the game files.
- While "Bomb planted" and "Hostage taken" are the same, you can make them different by editing "game_sounds_music.txt" in game files, making two music files; one plays for bomb and one plays for hostage.
Gallery[]
The model of the room for inspecting a music kit.
Counter-Terrorist Music kit Scoreboard icon
Terrorist Music kit Scoreboard icon
Notes[]
- ↑ Composed by Mike Morasky and Tim Larkin
- ↑ Composed by Mike Morasky/Valve under the pseudonym The Midnight Riders