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This article contains songs that make their first appearance within the The Stanley Parable franchise in the Demonstration and/or The Stanley Parable.
Anticipating Stanley[]
Anticipating Stanley
Anticipating Stanley is an instrumental song that starts playing upon starting and entering The Stanley Parable Demonstration, ceasing to play upon entering the reception room. In the Demo, only the first half of the song used instead of the full version. The song was composed by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra.
Anticipating Stanley does not make an appearance in The Stanley Parable.
The song makes its reappearance in The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe as an Office Variation where upon a restart, has the chance of replacing "Exploring Stanley" as the song that plays whilst inside the Office.
It appears once more after unlocking the New Content Door and stepping into following cart ride in the New Content Ending. Here, the Announcer tells the player briefly about the history of The Stanley Parable's success and how it lead to an expansion being made for it, called The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. The version played during the cart ride sounds more muted than the original rendition and seems to be played out of an old radio of sorts.
Celebrating Stanley[]
Celebrating Stanley
Celebrating Stanley is a glorius jingle that plays when the Narrator attempts to boot up the actual demo for The Stanley Parable during The Stanley Parable Demonstration. This is the only song to not appear in any of the main games. The song was composed by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra.
Introducing Stanley[]
Introducing Stanley
Introducing Stanley plays during the first half of the intro upon beginning the game. The intro starts as a black screen without music, only beginning after the Narrator completes the following line: "This is the story of a man named Stanley." thereafter stopping upon saying "And Stanley was happy." The latter half of the intro is accompanied by "Exploring Stanley". The song was composed by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra.
Exploring Stanley[]
Exploring Stanley
Exploring Stanley plays whilst wandering around in the Office, looping indefinitely until the player enters the Two Doors Room where it ceases to play. The file containing this song is titled "wakeupstanley.wav", which could possibly refer to him waking up from the mind control previously placed upon him and his coworkers. This song was composed by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra.
Informing Stanley[]
Informing Stanley
Informing Stanley is an instrumental song originating from the Demonstration that plays when the Narrator tells the player to rethink what they did wrong whilst playing the demo and their general lack of respect towards demo-taking. A black screen with white text appears during this time, displaying the following lines: "THINK ABOUT MISTAKES", "KEEP GOING, DIG REAL DEEP", and "OKAY WRAP IT UP" before bringing the player back to reality. This song was composed by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra.
This track later reappears in the Not Stanley Ending during The Stanley Parable Instructional Video where the player is being taught about the importance of making meaningful choices.
Truth & Lies[]
Truth & Lies (buildup)
Truth & Lies (loop drone)
Truth & Lies (climax)
Truth & Lies plays during the player's initial visit into the Monitor Room in the Mind Control Facility. Encountering the Monitor Room through an unintended route will have it not play this track upon entering the room, since the player doesn't have the context for the room's importance. The song ceases playing when the player enters the Countdown Room. The song was composed by Yiannis Ioannides.
This song is titled Truth & Lies to describe the lies of the Office to appear as a regular company to people on the outside and even the average workers of the company, and the subsequent reveal of the company's true intentions discovered by Stanley in the Mind Control Facility.
In the game files, this song is split up into three sections and are named as follows (in the order they're heard): "Monitormusic_buildup", "Monitormusic_loop_drone", and "Monitor_music_climax". In total, this track lasts for 47 seconds.
Control?[]
Control?
Control?[1] (alternatively spelled without the question mark[2]) plays during the Countdown Ending after Stanley reactives the mind control machine instead of turning it off as the Narrator wanted him to. The song was composed by Yiannis Ioannides.
The song begins after the giant screen in the Facility Power Room becomes red and the Mind Control Systems finishes loading. As the Narrator speaks, the song ramps up, with the first mini drop being played after he reveals the timer and says "Two minutes.", setting the stakes for the new situation. After adding more time to the timer, another mini drop plays and the tempo increases. Upon the final 30-second mark, the track reaches its peak up until it reaches 0 seconds and kills Stanley.
The song name is a direct reference to a line of dialogue the Narrator speaks prior to the song beginning: "Is that what you wanted? Control?"[3]
And Stanley Was Happy[]
And Stanley Was Happy section 1
And Stanley Was Happy section 2
And Stanley Was Happy plays when Stanley enters the green field during the very end of the Freedom Ending. The song was composed by Yiannis Ioannides.
The song employs the use of electronic music, a violin, and a piano. This is used to describe the peace and hope Stanley feels from finally escaping the mind control of his workplace. The song ends when the Freedom Ending ends and the game restarts. The song is divided into two sections, the first is played whilst the gate to freedom is being opened and the second section plays once Stanley finally steps outside of the building.
Following Stanley[]
Following Stanley
- For the lyrics to Following Stanley, see the following link.
Following Stanley is an upbeat song that the Narrator activates during sub-ending 4 of the Confusion Ending, this is when The Stanley Parable Adventure Line™ is first introduced, though the song itself doesn't begin until he completes his tangent of nonsense philosophy.[4] The song loops indefinitely until Stanley passes by the Fern, in which the Narrator promptly tells him to stop and look at it. The song was composed by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra.
Showing Him The Door[]
Showing Him The Door
Showing Him The Door plays while Stanley is traversing the repeating surroundings in the Mariella Ending found by going downstairs instead of upstairs which lead to the Boss's Office. The song was composed by Christiaan Bakker.
Showing Him The Door (Panic)[]
Showing Him The Door (Panic)
Showing Him The Door (Panic) plays in the Mariella Ending once Stanley realizes he wasn't dreaming and starts going insane due to the impossibly looping surroundings he found himself in being "real" in succession to Showing Him The Door. The song was composed by Christiaan Bakker.
Contemplating Stanley[]
Contemplating Stanley
Contemplating Stanley plays in the Mariella Ending after Stanley collapses to the sidewalk and dies from becoming insane. During this song, the Narrator tells a story about a woman named Mariella and how her walk was interrupted by Stanley dying right in front of her. The song was composed by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra.
Additional Music[]
Songs created by other composers/artists that are mentioned in the credits.
The Floating World[]
The Floating World
The Floating World is an instrumental song that plays in the Starry Dome and when the Essence of Divine Art speaks to the player. It was composed by Siddhartha Barnhoorn. He ends up including the song in the Pillars of Light album
The song continues looping while in the Starry Dome until Stanley jumps off the stairs in the Zending for the first time. The Floating World also plays in the Art Ending while speaking to the Essence of Divine Art and ends when the game is restarted.
Who Likes to Party[]
Who Likes to Party
Who Likes to Party is an instrumental song that occurs in multiple locations throughout The Stanley Parable franchise, notably exclusive to areas that are considered secret as they are not encountered whilst traversing through the intended path of the game (in contrast to how, for example, "Following Stanley" is bound to be encountered during the Confusion Ending.) and has to actively be discovered by the player by committing different actions. The song was composed by Kevin MacLeod.
Who Likes to Party can be found in the following locations:
- The "SECRET" Emotion Booth in The Stanley Parable Demonstration.
- HD Remix ONLY - Clicking the Credits button in the Main Menu and typing 'vinh' while the credits are loading in.
- HD Remix & Ultra Deluxe - Activating the Secret Disco in the Monitor Room.
Elevator Bossa Nova[]
Elevator Bossa Nova
Elevator Bossa Nova is a royalty-free instrumental song published to http://www.bensound.com.
The version of the song used in The Stanley Parable features the voice of the Narrator faintly humming along and occasionally whispering things in the background such as "Stanley" or "Getting bored now?". The song plays when Stanley enters the elevator into Elevator Room and closes the door. It loops indefinitely until he exits the elevator.
References[]
- ↑ As it is named in the official Bandcamp album.
- ↑ As it is named in The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Soundtrack.
- ↑ Countdown Ending/Dialogue § Pressing the ON Button Dialogue 2.
- ↑ It is referred to as "Nonsense philosophy" under the Third Restart section of the Confusion Ending Schedule.