Mercenary Park (Soundtrack)

For other uses of "Mercenary Park", see Mercenary Park (disambiguation).

Team Fortress 2 Official Soundtrack

"Team Fortress 2 (Main Theme)" "Playing With Danger" "Rocket Jump Waltz" "The Art of War" "Faster Than a Speeding Bullet" "Right Behind You" "Petite Chou-Fleur" "Intruder Alert" "Drunken Pipe Bomb" "More Gun" "Haunted Fortress 2" "TF2 Saxxy 2011 Theme" "A Little Heart to Heart" "MEDIC!" "Archimedes" "Dreams of Cruelty" "The Calm" "ROBOTS!" "Dapper Cadaver" "Rise of the Living Bread" "Red Bread" "Three Days to Live" "Seduce Me!" "Stink Lines" "It Hates Me So Much" "Misfortune Teller" "Soldier of Dance" "RED Triumphs!" "BLU Triumphs!" "Yeti Park" "Saxton's Dilemma" "Mercenary Park" "Saluting the Fallen"

"Mercenary Park" is one of the song titles featured on the official Team Fortress 2 Soundtrack, listed as track number 32. Added in the Jungle Inferno Update startup themes.

Guitar transcription

The following is an abridged transcription of the song.

Mercenary Park     
                     
time = 4/4          | 
Standard E-tuning   | 
 
(c) Mike Morasky / VALVe 2007                   

					         E Major
                                                Main Riff
                                                              
e ||--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B ||--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G ||--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D ||--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A ||--7--7--7--6--6--6--5--5--|--5------------------------|--------------------------|-----3--3--3--4--4--5--5--|--------------------------|-----7--7--7--5--5--3--3--|
E ||--------------------------|-----7--7--7--5h7p5--5--3--|--0--0--0--3--3--3--5--5--|--5-----------------------|--0--0--0--3--3--3--5--5--|--5-----------------------|

Analysis

Key: E Minor
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 140 BPM
Length: 1:44
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Update: Jungle Inferno
Composer: Mike Morasky
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, tenor saxophone, 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones (3 tenors, 1 bass), tuba, drums, electric guitar, electric bass, piano, violin 1, violin 2, violas, cellos, contrabasses

This track is intended to be a variation of the main theme. As such, it follows a similar style - being based around funk and jazz, the use of horns and guitars, the rhythmic pulse, as well as the key (E) and use of blues inflections.

The track begins similarly to the main theme: a riff is played by electric guitar, then trumpets and trombones enter with the melody. That melody seems to be based on the track "Playing With Danger", and is mostly chromatic. Underneath the horn section, the electric bass, electric guitar, and drums maintain a groove similar to the original main theme. After the melody has been stated, it repeats, this time with a counterline played by strings and horns.

After an interlude from high strings and piano, there is a tenor saxophone solo which has trombones, tuba, and low strings playing a punchy, main-theme inspired bass line. The solo ends and electric guitar repeats the beginning riff, which leads into a final statement of the melody. Electric guitar and bass re-enter with the bass line, now doubled by piano and tenor saxophone. Trumpets play the original melody, trombones punctuate the bass line, and the string and horn counterline returns. A final bluesy statement, similar to the ending of the original main theme, is played in unison by the ensemble.

Update history

October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Mercenary Park startup music track.

February 14, 2018 Patch

• [Undocumented] Removed gamestartup_operation_summer2017_2.mp3, the music file used to make Mercenary Park one of the only 3 songs added in the Jungle Inferno Update play during the Jungle Inferno Campaign.

Trivia

• This soundtrack resembles the main one. This was most likely done to celebrate the game's tenth anniversary, as the main theme was present since the launch and became widely recognizable ever since.
• Similarly, this song is in E Major, matching not only the main theme but also Playing With Danger, Intruder Alert, and Drunken Pipe Bomb.