I figure, what with runner's being able to listen to music in their heads, what music do other players listen to in order to get "in the mood". Not necessarily instrumental stuff to play while gaming, but what music in general? What bands, specific songs, etc.

In my old Cyberpunk (it's close!) group, we used a lot of Nine Inch Nails for mood music, but beyond that, I am sure there is much more available.

What would everyone suggest? Especially for SR4.

Currently in my games i have a media box hooked up to my TV, and that streams over music from my computer. I usually throw on 7 or 8 soundtracks or whatever i feel like at the time and let her go. Currently in rotation I have the Fifth Element Soundtrack, the Matrix soundtracks, and the Underworld Soundtrack. I find all of those are good for setting an "action" mood. Try thinking of other movies that fit your gaming style and picking up their soundtracks.

as far as bands go, since you mentioned using NIN, try "darker" bands:

Rammstein's - "Sensucht" (battle music)
Future Sound of London's - "Lifeforms" or their "Dead Cities" (futuristic cyber mood music)
Coil's- "Musick to Play in the Dark vol 1" (dark, solid album without a lot of beats, good for background)
KMFDM - if you're going for that "cyber punk industrial feel" any of their albums are probably a good bet. I'd try "Naive," "Angst" and "Nihil." if you need a starting point...
12 Rounds - Big Hero
Front Line Assembly - "technical Neural Implant" (the name says it all ) and "Epitaph"

and if you're going for more of that industrial stuff, picking up a Skinny Puppy or Front 242 album wouldn't hurt either...

hope that gets you started somewhere...

*edit* And since 4th Edition is supposed to be all new school and shizzle, maybe take your music away from the "industrial" stuff and throw in some new school electronic bands like Four Tet (i'd go with their album "Rounds"), Manitoba, Caribou, or isan or whatever like that. The Orb might be worth checking out too... Hope that wasn't too much... Music is what i do, so i kinda go overboard when i get the opportunity to share on DS... */edit*

This playlist is a combination of lots of varying styles. Some of the more "Out of Place" tracks are either character themes or inside group jokes. I hope it helps.

1. (hed) pe - Waiting to Die (3:15)
2. :wumpscut: - Opening the Gates of Hell (4:08)
3. :wumpscut: - Wreath of Barbs [Album Mix] (5:23)
4. A Perfect Circle - Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drum (5:36)
5. A Perfect Circle - Passive (4:10)
6. A3 - Mansion on the Hill (2:59)
7. A3 - Too Sick to Pray (4:44)
8. Agent Provocateur - Red Tape (5:10)
9. Alexandria Slate - Bad Girl (3:35)
10. Alice In Chains - Man In The Box (4:46)
11. Apartment 26 - Backwards (3:09)
12. Atari Teenage Riot / Slayer - No Remorse (I Wanna Die) (4:16)
13. Atreyu - Dilated (3:34)
14. Barry Adamson - Something Wicked This Way Comes [Edit] (2:54)
15. Bauhaus - The Dog's a Vapour (6:44)
16. Beastie Boys - Sabatoge (2:58)
17. Black Lab - This Blood (4:08)
18. Blindside - Replay (2:46)
19. Boiler Room - Do it Again (3:45)
20. Breaking Benjamin - Blow Me Away (3:25)
21. Breaking Benjamin - So Cold (4:44)
22. Bush - Machinehead (4:16)
23. Bush - Mouth [The Stingray Mix] (4:36)
24. Butthole Surfers - Whatever (I Had a Dream) (4:09)
25. Butthole Surfers / The Dust Brothers - Tybalt Arrives (1:48)
26. C&ampC Soundtrack Collection - Mutants (4:15)
27. Chilled Eskimos - Take Me Away [Circulation Mix] (3:02)
28. Christopher Young and Paul Oakenfold - Stanley's Theme (4:47)
29. Coal Chamber - Sway (3:35)
30. Cold - Don't Belong (3:40)
31. Cold - End Of The World (acous (3:37)
32. Crossfade - Cold (3:17)
33. Cruciform Injection - Black Tides (3:57)
34. Cruciform Injection - Breaking Skies (5:16)
35. Cruciform Injection - Embryonic (4:42)
36. Cruciform Injection - Let It Die (5:08)
37. Cruciform Injection - Sacrilege (5:12)
38. Cruciform Injection - Vacant Bodies (2:03)
39. Danzig - Deep (3:50)
40. Danzig - Going Down to Die (4:59)
41. Danzig - Underbelly of the Beast (4:07)
42. Davey Brothers - Heart Go Faster (3:31)
43. Deadsy - The Key to Gramercy Park (3:12)
44. Death in Vegas - Hands Around My Throat (5:05)
45. Deaths Head Rockstar Remix (3:30)
46. Deftones - Digital Bath (4:15)
47. Deus Ex Game Of The Year Edition - Area 51 (2:25)
48. Deus Ex Game Of The Year Edition - Battery Park (1:49)
49. Deus Ex Game Of The Year Edition - Into Sequence (2:19)
50. Deus Ex Game Of The Year Edition - Liberty Island (2:26)
51. Deus Ex Game Of The Year Edition - Paris Streets (1:21)
52. Deus Ex Game Of The Year Edition - UNACTO* (2:09)
53. Digital Ritual - Last Trip (Edit) (4:52)
54. Digital Ritual - On My Last Day (5:09)
55. Digital Ritual - Regret (4:18)
56. DJ Spooky / Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls (4:39)
57. Don Davis - Men In Metal (2:18)
58. Don Davis - Why, Mr. Anderson (6:10)
59. Dope - Debonaire (2:34)
60. Dope - Die Motherfucker Die (3:28)
61. Dope - Everything Sucks [Andy Wallace Remix] (2:38)
62. Dope - Stop (2:51)
63. Drome - Alice Effekt (2:39)
64. Dropkick Murpheys - Cadence To Arms (1:49)
65. Drowning Pool - Bodies (3:22)
66. Dry Cell - Body Crumbles (3:07)
67. Earshot - Wait (3:33)
68. EPMD and Mantronik - Strictly Business [Mantronik MBA Radio Edit] (3:35)
69. Expansion Union - Playing With Lightning (4:31)
70. Fat Boy Slim - Weapon of Choice (5:47)
71. Fatboy Slim - Going Out of My Head (5:12)
72. Fear Factory - Demanufacture (4:12)
73. Fear Factory - Digimortal (3:02)
74. Fear Factory - Invisible Wounds [the Suture Mix] (3:36)
75. Fear Factory - Obsolete (3:51)
76. Fear Factory - Timelessness (4:08)
77. Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot (5:14)
78. Filter - Jurassitol (5:12)
79. Filter - The Best Things (4:26)
80. Filter - The Best Things (3:38)
81. Filter - Welcome to the Fold (7:40)
82. Filter - You Walk Away (4:36)
83. Filter / The Crystal Method - (Can't You) Trip Like I Do (4:28)
84. Five Pointe O - The Infinity (4:26)
85. Flaw - Whole (3:52)
86. Fluke - Zion (4:33)
87. Foo Fighters - Down In The Park (4:04)
88. Free*Land - Big Wednesday (4:50)
89. Full Devil Jacket - Now You Know (3:45)
90. Gavin Rossdale - Adrenaline (4:15)
91. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Kaneda (3:10)
92. George S Clinton - Franklin's Requiem (2:06)
93. Godhead - The Hate In Me (3:41)
94. Godhead and Marilyn Manson - Break You Down (3:17)
95. Godsmack - Awake (5:04)
96. Godsmack - I Stand Alone (4:06)
97. Grace and Planet Perfecto - It's Not over Yet [Breeder's It Is Now Remix] (6:37)
98. Headstrong - Swing Harder (4:10)
99. Heart - Baracuda (4:22)
100. Hednoize - Loaded Gun (4:49)
101. Hex - Harmonic (4:15)
102. Jan Johnston - Unafraid [Paul Oakenfold Mix] (5:22)
103. Jimmy Huan - Chase (3:51)
104. John Williams - Duel of the Fates (4:14)
105. John Williams - Duel of The Fates (remix) (4:08)
106. Johnny Cash - Hurt (3:38)
107. Junkie XL - Beauty Never Fades (6:13)
108. Junkie XL - Dealing With the Roster (5:33)
109. Juno Reactor - Conga Fury (7:24)
110. Juno Reactor - Insects (6:18)
111. Juno Reactor - Labyrinth (6:26)
112. Juno Reactor - Pistolero (6:13)
113. Juno Reactor - Samurai (8:18)
114. Juno Reactor and Don Davis - Mona Lisa Overdrive (10:08)
115. Juno Reactor Feat Gocoo - Teahouse (1:04)
116. K's Choice - Not An Addict (4:48)
117. Klank - Downside (3:38)
118. KMFDM - A Drug Against War (3:43)
119. KMFDM - Anarchy (5:33)
120. KMFDM - attak/reload (3:59)
121. KMFDM - risen (5:59)
122. KMFDM - Ultra (4:33)
123. KMFDM - WWIII (4:58)
124. Kool Keith - Party In The Morgue (6:56)
125. Korn - Did My Time (The Grayedout Mix) (4:47)
126. Lacuna Coil - Heaven's A Lie (4:46)
127. Lee Harvey, Nerd and Vita - Lapdance [Swordfish Mix] (3:41)
128. Limp Bizkit - Take a Look Around (5:20)
129. Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit (3:16)
130. Linkin Park - In the End (3:36)
131. Linkin Park - One Step Closer (2:35)
132. Lostprophets - Shinobi Vs Dragon Ninja (2:47)
133. Love Spit Love - How Soon Is Now (4:25)
134. Low Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag (5:39)
135. LTJ Bukem - Demons Theme (5:17)
136. Machine Head - Crashing Around You (3:13)
137. Man with No Name - Teleport (5:53)
138. Manchild - Hard Wax (3:06)
139. Marilyn Manson - Cleansing (5:13)
140. Marilyn Manson - Seizure of Power (3:50)
141. Marilyn Manson / Sneaker Pimps - Long Hard Road Out of Hell (4:21)
142. Massive Attack - Angel (6:16)
143. MDFMK - Gasoline (4:09)
144. MDFMK - Missing Time (4:35)
145. MDFMK - Now (4:41)
146. MDFMK - Torpedoes (4:15)
147. MDFMK - Witch Hunt (5:30)
148. Metallica - Enter Sandman (5:33)
149. Metallica - I Disappear (4:26)
150. Metallica - The Unforgiven (6:29)
151. Monster Magnet - Head Explode (3:49)
152. mtd - Driving (2:24)
153. mtd - Shadowrun (mix 2) (4:16)
154. mtd - Wiltshire Take down (3:52)
155. Mudvayne - World So Cold (5:39)
156. New Order - Confusion [Pump Panel Reconstrucion Mix] (10:12)
157. Nick Cave And The Bad Seed - Red Right Hand (6:11)
158. Nine Inch Nails - Conscience (2:28)
159. Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls (4:54)
160. Nine Inch Nails - Freezing Vertigo (8:22)
161. Nine Inch Nails - Help Me I Am In Hell (1:56)
162. Nine Inch Nails - Ice (8:40)
163. Nine Inch Nails - Peace? (5:37)
164. Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have (5:54)
165. Nine Inch Nails - The Hammer (7:26)
166. Nine Inch Nails - The Journey (6:07)
167. Nine Inch Nails - The Life Beneath It All (5:10)
168. Nine Inch Nails - The Mark Has Been Made (5:15)
169. Nine Inch Nails - Violence Inside (6:30)
170. No One - Chemical (3:41)
171. Nonpoint - What a Day (3:18)
172. Orbital - Halcyon + On + On (9:27)
173. Orbital - Lush 3 (Euro Tunnel Disaster'94) (14:35)
174. Orbital - The Saint (4:32)
175. Otep - Battle Ready (4:21)
176. Overseer - Skylight (5:00)
177. Overseer - Supermoves (4:46)
178. Papa Roach - Getting Away with Murder (3:12)
179. Papa Roach - Last Resort (3:19)
180. Papa Roach - M-80 (explosive energy movement) (2:26)
181. Papa Roach - Not Listening (3:09)
182. Papa Roach - Singular indestructible droid (3:48)
183. Papa Roach - Thrown Away (9:37)
184. Paul Oakenfold - Mona Lisa Overdrive (4:40)
185. Paul Oakenfold - Password (4:11)
186. Photek - Ren 2 (4:05)
187. Pillar - Fireproof (3:46)
188. Pitchshifter - Genius (4:07)
189. Point of Collapse - Nothing to Hold (4:59)
190. Portishead - Roads (5:05)
191. Powerman 5000 - Free (3:45)
192. Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide (2:57)
193. Presidents of the United States of America - We Are Not Going to Make It (1:52)
194. Professional Murder Music - Fall Again (3:55)
195. Professional Murder Music - Painkiller Introduction (3:51)
196. Project 86 - Chimes (4:58)
197. Project 86 - Hollow Again (4:31)
198. Project 86 - PS (5:54)
199. Project 86 - Shelter Me Mercury (3:08)
200. Project 86 - When Darkness Reigns (6:40)
201. Project 86 - Your Heroes Are Dead (3:54)
202. Project Pitchfork - Souls in Ice (3:46)
203. Project Pitchfork - The Spoken Mirror (4:41)
204. Project Pitchfork - Timekiller (4:23)
205. Propellerheads - Bang On! (5:44)
206. Propellerheads - Spybreak! (Short One) (4:00)
207. Rage Against the Machine - Born of a Broken Man (4:41)
208. Rage Against the Machine - Darkness (3:41)
209. Rage Against the Machine - Mic Check (3:33)
210. Rammstein - Adios (3:49)
211. Rammstein - Amerika (3:46)
212. Rammstein - Du Hast (English Version) (3:55)
213. Rammstein - Feuer Frei! (3:11)
214. Rammstein - Ich Will (3:37)
215. Rammstein - Mein Teil (4:32)
216. Rammstein - Rein Raus (3:10)
217. Rammstein - Reise, Reise (4:45)
218. Rave - Fire Wire (DJ Da Violator Remix) (6:13)
219. Renholder - Death Dealer's Descent (0:55)
220. Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death 2 (7:07)
221. Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death [Kurayamino Mix] (7:26)
222. Rob Dougan - Drinking Song (3:58)
223. Rob Dougan - Furious Angels (5:56)
224. Rob Dougan - Furious Angels (Insturmental) (5:29)
225. Rob Duncan - The Final Fight (Original Score) (4:01)
226. Rob Zombie - Dragula [Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintnnare Mix] (4:37)
227. Rob Zombie - Meet the Creeper [Pink Pussy Mix] (4:47)
228. Rob Zombie - Reload (4:25)
229. Rob Zombie - Scum of the Earth (2:55)
230. Rob Zombie - Superbeast [Girl on a Motorcycle Mix] (3:49)
231. Rob Zombie And Alice Cooper - Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn) (4:12)
232. Roger S. and Soulson - Wrek Tha Discotek (6:13)
233. Rollins Band - Ghost Rider (5:45)
234. Saliva - Spy Hunter Theme (Instrumental) (4:23)
235. Saul Williams - Bloodletting (original) (5:09)
236. Scooter - Fire (3:14)
237. Shadowrun - The Otaku (3:28)
238. Shadowrun - An Eye for an Eye (3:45)
239. Shadowrun - Cityscape 2056 (5:48)
240. Shadowrun - Comes The Dawn (5:02)
241. Shadowrun - Epilogue (4:22)
242. Shadowrun - Native American Cruiser (4:40)
243. Shadowrun - Shadowrun (5:29)
244. Shinedown - Burning Bright (3:47)
245. Sinisstar - White Noise (3:36)
246. Slave Master Card Instrumental (3:52)
247. Soil - Breaking Me Down (2:34)
248. Soil - Pride (2:44)
249. Soil - Unreal (3:15)
250. Soul Coughing - Unmarked Helicopters (3:22)
251. Spineshank - (Can't Be) Fixed (3:12)
252. Spineshank - Synthetic (3:09)
253. Spineshank - Violent Mood Swings (3:29)
254. SR-71 - Tomorrow (3:50)
255. Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself (4:13)
256. Stabbing Westward - Violent Mood Swings (5:33)
257. Stabbing Westward - Waking up Beside You [Remix] (6:00)
258. Stabbing Westward / Wink - Torn Apart (4:53)
259. Static-X - Burning Inside (4:13)
260. Static-X - Kill Your Idols (4:01)
261. Static-X - Machine (3:27)
262. Static-X - Monster (2:14)
263. Static-X - So (3:40)
264. Stavesacre - An Eclipsing (2:59)
265. Stavesacre - Shiv (2:58)
266. Team Sleep - The Passportal (2:55)
267. Tha Dragon Flies Bones Instrumental (2:40)
268. Tha Grand Grimoire Instrumental (4:48)
269. Tha New Age Revolution Rockstar Remix (8:20)
270. The Chemical Brothers - Leave Home (5:32)
271. The Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive (6:12)
272. The Crystal Method - Name of the Game (4:15)
273. The Crystal Method - Weapons Of Mad Distortion (4:50)
274. The Crystal Method - Weapons of Mass Distortion (4:51)
275. The Dust Brothers - Corporate World (2:42)
276. The Dust Brothers - Space Monkeys (3:18)
277. The Evolution Control Committe - Rocked By Rape (4:30)
278. The Prodigy - Breathe (5:35)
279. The Prodigy - Diesel Power (4:17)
280. The Prodigy - Firestarter (4:40)
281. The Prodigy - Fuel My Fire (4:19)
282. The Prodigy - Mindfields (5:40)
283. The Prodigy - Mindfields (5:40)
284. The Prodigy - Narayan (9:06)
285. The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (5:42)
286. The Prodigy - Voodoo People (4:08)
287. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings (4:17)
288. The Union Underground - South Texas Deathride (3:24)
289. The Union Underground - Turn Me on 'Mr. Deadman' (2:38)
290. Tool - Sober (5:06)
291. Training for Utopia - Black Forest (3:14)
292. Training for Utopia - New York City Is Overrated (5:29)
293. Training for Utopia - One Zero One (3:31)
294. Training for Utopia - Plastic Soul Impalement (3:25)
295. Trapt - Headstong (4:46)
296. Trevor Rabin - Boost Me (2:49)
297. Type O Negative - Everyone I love Is Dead (4:39)
298. Unreal - Ruins (4:13)
299. Urban Voodoo - Brutality [Kombat Mix] (4:28)
300. Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Title) (4:38)
301. Vertex - Is Justice Your Peace (2:54)
302. Violent Work of Art - The worst is yet to come (5:56)
303. White Zombie - More Human Than Human (4:28)
304. WickerMan - For Unity (3:30)
305. Words From Tha Mouths Of Dead Men Instrumental (3:37)
306. X - Men Soundtrack The Movie Them (2:31)
307. Yoko Kanno - Inner Universe (4:55)
308. Yoko Kanno, Mai Yamane - Rain (Female Vocal ver.) (3:24)

Let's see...my playlist is really random, so I've got a good variety of stuff.

-The Beast - from the soundtrack to "Neon Genesis: Evangelion" (very good frenzy-type music; could be good for a Wolf, Bear or Shark shaman)
-Damn! - by The Youngbloodz and Lil' John (could be good for a gang campaign)
-Duel of the Fates - Soundtrack to Star Wars: Episode I (I'd love to role-play a final battle duel to that music)
-Otherworld - Soundtrack to Final Fantasy X (this is the song that plays during the blitzball game at the beginning of FFX; great for any action-packed situation)
-Walla Walla - by The Offspring (could be funny to play as a character is getting arrested ("Goodbye, my friend, you messed up again/You're going to prison, you're off to the pen/You got it off easy so many time/I guess no one told you how to GET A LIFE!")

Two things...

1) The CD title is "Tactical Neural Implant", not "Technical." Which I think is even more appropriate.

2) While technically Yoko Kanno arranged the music for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, the song "Inner Universe" was written and performed by Origa.

Also! If you wanna try something new for Shadowrun and you're doing something street-level or would otherwise be 'rap-appropriate'...

Listen to the best rap ever made. Seriously.
Legend of the Liquid Sword, by GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. The man is a freakin' genius.

1. Fight Club Soundtrack
2. Matrix Soundtrack
3. Chemical Brothers: Dig your own hole.
4. Any Fear Factory, but Demanufacture (the remix album) is my fave for SR.
Click shuffle.

Zibik: ok... this is just creepy. My "SR" playlist has about 80% of the same song as yours..

When my GM had my group storm the Renraku Arcology we played CypressHill Black Sunday and the track came on as we were driving towards our insertion point with the chorus.......'when the shit goes down you better be ready!' that was pretty cool as a result Cypress be one of my first choice especially the track off the Skull and bones album Get out my head, very cool

Metallica also good running tunes

Nothing beats Wagner's RotV, Shostokovich (any of his fast symphonic movements, Stravisnky's Rite, or Messaien's "Turangalila" (1st & 7th & 10th movements), "Outbursts", "Visions" (2nd & last movements), & "Dieu Parmi".for excellent music to hack & geek by.

...oh and Holst's Planets - "Mars"

A tune that really gets your mindset into that of a hunter (tracking down a target especially) is Front 242's "Headhunter". It at least puts me into a predatory mood...

I'm seeing Rammstein in this thread, and I agree.

Savatage / Trans-Siberian Orchestra is another group I particularly like for SR. The mixture of classical and modern seems to fit SR's cyberpunk / fantasy mix. Mozart and Madness from the rock opera Dead Winter Dead is one of my favorites for setting a cold, violent urban scene.

Coil is another band you can get a lot of milage out of.

My current SR list (though I make no gurantee this'll fit anyone's mood but mine):

Cowboy Bebop - Blue
Cowboy Bebop - No Reply
Cowboy Bebop - Rain
Cowboy Bebop - Space Lion
Cowboy Bebop - Wasteland
Cowboy Bebop - Words That We Couldn't Say
Dead Winter Dead - Christmas Eve
Dead Winter Dead - I Am
Dead Winter Dead - Mozart and Madness
Dead Winter Dead - One Child
The Wall - Another Brick in the Wall, Pt 1
The Wall - Another Brick in the Wall, Pt 3
The Wall - Empty Spaces
The Wall - Hey You
The Wall - In the Flesh
The Wall - The Show Must Go On

I find the Deus Ex 2 soundtrack works pretty well too.
It can be grapped as mp3 off of deusex.com

I suppose my tastes are a little different from those of others, but I've always thought that any of these would work:

(1) Anything from the Peter Gunn soundtrack, by Henry Mancini (the composer/conductor for The Pink Panther films and cartoons, among others); and

(2) Almost any of the selections involving a chase scene from the first two MAD MAX films. The kick-a** instrumentals in some of them would be perfect for either (a) when the drek hits the fan (especially when the 'run goes *REALLY* bad) or (b) when the 'runners are going after a doublecrossing Johnson, or something else of the sort; or

(3) Just about anything from a James Bond movie chase scene.

EDIT: Kyoto Kid--Thanks for the tips about HEAVY METAL: THE MOTION PICTURE and BLADE RUNNER. I knew that I left out something....

I haven't seen the sequel to the former, HEAVY METAL 2000, but I suppose that some tracks from it might be suitable as well.

--Foreigner

Then there is music from the unused soundtrack for the Heavy Metal movie... Bit of a rarity but it can be found in collector record shops. Some of the pieces definitely work well for a pirate campaign.

A second on Mad Max.

Bladerunner (now that the original Vangelis version is available on CD)

Cat People has a few tracks that could work

Some of the old Larry Fast Synergy stuff is pretty applicable. Kinda sounds like what I'd expect to hear in a smoky dive synth-club in 2064.

Black Sabboth: Iron Man (perfect for murderous razorguys)
Ozzy Osborne: Mr. Crowly (for the dark magic)
Blue Oyster Cult: Ballroom Blitz (for melees)
Blue Oyster Cult: Don't Fear the Reaper (For the suicidal missions)
Blue Oyster Cult: Godzilla (preferably live - just for fun)
Phish: Lizards (It isn't dark and it isn't gritty, but it is just plain wierd)
Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil (for meeting with Mr J)
The Beetles: Maxwell's Silver Hammer (for gunfights with the Star)
Lynard Skynard: Gimme three steps (for when the runners step into the wrong bar)
The Beetles: Helter Skelter (for no other reason than the fact that it is the song that inspired Charles Manson)

Edit:

Lou Reed: Take a Walk on the Wild Side (For when the runners step into the other wrong bar)
Steve Miller Band: The Joker (Should be Harlequin's theme song)

Phoenix, "Run run run" and "Victim of the Crime", simply because I can't but misinterpret the lyrics and apply them to Shadowrun. Also, John Butler Trio has some songs like "Oldman" and "The Company Sin" with lyrics somehow fitting when you don't need heavy music.

Iron Maiden, Helloween, Ministry, Blind Guardian, Jack Off Jill, Scarling, Rob Zombie, and Tupac.

Here's a neat little toy i just discovered...
Discover Music - Pandora -

Basically you put in a favorite band of yours and that creates a station that plays music based off the song structure that band is known for and, as it plays, you can give it input on whether it is doing a good job picking similar bands or not. So it is supposed to get smarter. Also, you can create multiple stations, so I'm flirting around with the idea of pre-setting up a "sneaking station," "battle station," and "background music station" before I play and then switching between them whenever the need arises...

Anyway, worth checking out if you haven't seen it yet.

I didnt see Billy Idol on the list

Try almost the entire cd entitled Cyberpunk.

Track 2 (I think) is called Welcome to the Wasteland. The perfect SR song

If you want another scary image: Damien Knight and Nadja Daviar teaming up for "The Song That Goes Like This."

For a short list, about soundtrack long:

01]Welcome to the Wasteland/Cyberpunk-Billy Idol
02]Seek and Destroy/Kill 'em All-Metallica
03]FFF (Fight For Freedom)/Cryptic Writings-Megadeth
04]Immortal Sin/War of Words-Fight
05]Trip Like I Do/Spawn Soundtrack-Filter and The Chrystal Method
06]Sleep Now In the Fire/The Battle of Los Angeles-Rage Against the Machine
07]Halo of Flies/Killer-Alice Cooper
08]Getting Away With Murder/Getting Away With Murder-Papa Roach
09]Low/Low-Testament
10]I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)/Mechanical Animals-Marilyn Manson
11]Dread and the Fugitive Mind/The World Needs a Hero-Megadeth
12]Night Crawler/Painkiller-Judas Priest
13]Clean My Wounds/Deliverance-Corrosion of Conformity
14]Brutal Planet/Brutal Planet-Alice Cooper
15]Refuse/Resist/Chaos AD-Sepultura
16]I Feel So Numb/The Sinister Urge-Rob Zombie
17]World So Cold/The End of All Things to Come-Mudvayne
18]Hope Is.../The End of a Heartache-KillSwitch Engage

ahem... that's The Beatles....

...Speaking of the other kind of BTL-s

Lucy in the Sky & Within You Without You (Sgt Pepper), Blue Jay Way, Flying, & Strawberry Fields (Magical Mystery Tour), Tomorrow Never Knows (Revolver), and Revolution #9 (White Album) would be great background for a BTL den scene.

My Rigger's name is Goodman, so for those occasional high speed chases I/he like(s) to blast "Sing, Sing, Sing".

Queensryche. The band logo shows up in tons of the older art. Their lyrics also show up among the graffiti in some art. Mostly Operation: Mindcrime, but Tribe was an appropriate album too. Also, live versions of their stuff from the 80's, pumped up some. Nikki was the original shadowrunner.

Rammstein. Lots and lots of Rammstein.

Propellorheads

Murder City Devils

NIN

Static X

Some Spineshank

KMFDM (especially Nihil)

Type O Negative

Fear Factory

Daft Punk

The Prodigy

John Williams

Rob Zombie

Basic list here, but these always work.

I like Rip The Wings Off A Butterfly by HIM.