Mixtape is built around the feeling of a hand-curated playlist, so a useful soundtrack guide has to do two jobs at once: document what the official material already confirms, and help you capture the rest accurately while you play.
Officially confirmed artists
The current public release material confirms music from:
- DEVO
- Roxy Music
- Lush
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Iggy Pop
- Siouxsie and the Banshees
- Joy Division
- The Cure
That list comes from the live store description and is the safest public baseline for version 1.0 of this site.
How to build your own scene log
If you want a scene-by-scene soundtrack sheet while replaying:
- Keep a note open with three columns: scene, artist, confidence.
- Write down the memory vignette first, not the song guess.
- Only add the track title once you can verify it from lyrics, credits, or a clean replay.
This keeps your notes usable even when the scene is emotionally loud or the line delivery overlaps with the music.
What the soundtrack is doing structurally
Even without naming every cue, Mixtape's music already reads in clear roles:
- Bedroom scenes use music as emotional texture and identity
- Road and movement scenes use it for propulsion and timing
- Romantic or reflective interludes use it as emotional permission
- Finale scenes use it to unify spectacle and memory
That is why the soundtrack matters to the guides on this site. It is not just flavor. The music is often the cleanest clue for how a scene wants to be played.
A practical version 1.0 workflow
Use this page together with the walkthrough:
- The walkthrough tells you where a scene lives in the night
- This page tells you how to track the music attached to it
- Your own notes close the gap until a fully verified scene map is ready
If you want an extra companion piece, the official game site currently links to a separate "Make your own mixtape" experience. That is not part of this guide archive, but it is a useful reference point for the broader tone the game is chasing.