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This is a list of depictions of dystopian themes in music, TV programmes and games, including computer games and role-playing games. == Music == * Both albums from The Buggles, which borrow heavily from the cyberpunk portrayal of dystopia. One of the most notable dystopic singles was Living in the Plastic Age. * Albums by The Protomen are set in a robotically enforced dystopia loosely based on the Mega Man series of games. * Various songs by pioneer punk band ''The Clash'' condemn a dystopian society in the real world, one that actually thrives in the nonfictions life accounts of ''Joe Strummer''. * ''2112'', an album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1976. The title track is about a man living in a dystopian society. * "In the Year 2525", a song by Zager and Evans. * ''Operation: Mindcrime'', an album by Queensrÿche. * ''I Am the Law'', recorded by Anthrax from the album ''Among the Living''. The song depicts the 2000 AD comics character Judge Dredd. * ''Preservation Act 2'', concept album by the Kinks. The album shows struggle between the two main characters - Mr.Flash, a capitalist baron and Mr. Black, his puritanical socialistic nemesis. They tear apart the Utopian Village Green, where the story takes place. Finally, Mr. Black wins and starts fulfilling his plan to create an "antiseptic world, full of artificial people". In the end the New People's Army is marching towards their brave new world, singing a happy tune. The album contains references to famous Huxley's Brave New World, Orwell's 1984, and Zamyatin's We. * ''Animals'', an album by Pink Floyd. Borrows allegories of livestock from George Orwell's Animal Farm, especially the hierarchy of dogs, pigs and sheep on the farm. * ''The Wall'', an album by Pink Floyd. Features the main character transforming into a fascist dictator as a metaphor for his growing alienation from the world. * ''The Final Cut'', an album by Roger Waters with Pink Floyd. * ''Radio K.A.O.S.'', an album by Roger Waters. * ''Amused to Death'', an album by Roger Waters. * ''Time'' (1981) by ELO features tracks that may be considered dystopian or utopian depending on listener's point of view. * "Kilroy Was Here" (1983) by Styx that features the song ''Mr. Roboto'' which portrays a strong corporate technological dystopian theme. * ''Thick as a Brick'', an album by Jethro Tull. * ''Karn Evil 9'' a song by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. * ''Lifehouse'', a semi-abandoned album and movie project by Pete Townshend and The Who which spanned many dystopia-themed songs like ''Won't Get Fooled Again'' and ''Let's See Action''. * ''Replicas'' (1978) by Gary Numan explores life in a devastated, robot-dominated world, with songs such as ''Down In The Park''. * Rock band Big Black with their stark portrayals of the underside of American culture. * ''Avenger'' (2003), about a world where humanity is crushed under the heel of alien oppression until the Age Of Light (perhaps a nuclear or antimatter weapons deployment?) reverses fortunes. * Rock band Dystopia * ''Deltron 3030'' (2000) Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala work together on this Hip Hop CD about a future world of battle raps with aliens, government oppression, and space travel. * "Handlebars (song)" (2008) A single from Flobots album ''Fight with Tools'', its music video features a dystopic setting. * "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago, while not dystopian per sé, features a 1984-based music video for their 1986 remake of the song, found on Chicago 18. * ''Machines Are Us'' by Norwegian EBM act Icon of Coil dwells on many dystopian and cyberpunk themes. * Australian electronic music artist Allay has an album named "Dystopia". * Swedish rock band Freak Kitchen has a song named "Dystopia". * ''Obsolete'' (1998) by the American band Fear Factory. Each song on the album successively adds to an underlying dystopian storyline. * "Eye in the Sky", a song by the Alan Parsons Project has a strong dystopian theme. * ''Dystopia'' album released by The Invisible 1987. * "Dystopia" a song by Kreator about the current world's situation in their album Enemy Of God (2005), a work full of references about our "perfect" world. * ''Diamond Dogs'' an album by David Bowie is loosely based on George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' especially the songs "Future Legend" "We Are The Dead" "1984" and "Big Brother". * "''Cygnet Committee''" by David Bowie, telling a story concerning a man who helped revolutionaries establish a new order, which fails to become the utopia they hoped for. * ''1984'' by Rick Wakeman, based on the Orwell book. * ''1984'' by Anthony Phillips, again based on the Orwell book. * "Brother Where You Bound", a song by Supertramp, is also loosely based on Orwell's ''1984'', even featuring some audio narration of the book in the intro. * ''Joe's Garage'', a dystopian concept album by Frank Zappa, set in a world where music is illegal and crimes are punished preemptively. * "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)", a song by Mike + The Mechanics. * "Clones (We're All)" by Alice Cooper contains dystopian themes * ''Absolution'' and ''Black Holes and Revelations'', albums by the band Muse have many references to the UK and USA becoming dystopian societies. * The 2009 album ''The Resistance'' by Muse has many songs that may be based on George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', such as "Uprising" and "Resistance." * ''The Unforgiven'' by ''Metallica'' portrays an ultra-conformist dystopian society. * ''Dystopia'' is an album by the French doom metal band Anthemon. * Dystopia is a misanthropic crust punk and sludge metal band from California, USA. * ''Pink World'' by Planet P Project portrays a post-nuclear apocalyptic anti-utopia. * ''Year Zero'' (2007) by Nine Inch Nails is a concept album with a strong dystopian theme and an accompanying story. * ''Brave New World'' by Iron Maiden alludes to Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel after which it is named. * "Perfect System", a song by Oingo Boingo, depicts a society ruled by a Big Brother-esque, totalitarianistic government. * ''Dystopia'' is the title of Midnight Juggernauts debut album. * "Brother" by The Organ alludes to a theocratic dystopia in the lyrics and conveys a sense of urgent unease through the music. * "The Universal" by Blur portrays a future of blanket media saturation, empty days and misplaced hopes. * "Hook in Mouth" by Megadeth contains many themes from the book 1984. * The 1989 album ''Revolution by Little Steven'' references Orwell's 1984 in the songs, "Love and Forgiveness" and "Newspeak". * The album ''Wonderland'' by Forgive Durden * ''OK Computer'' and ''Kid A'' by Radiohead are both said to be about stories of dystopia. While the story had been denied, Radiohead has said that the concept of dystopia is in fact, true. * "2+2=5" by Radiohead, from ''Hail to the Thief'', featuring lyrics about a future akin to George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. * ''The Body, The Blood, The Machine'', an album by The Thermals. * The Thrice album ''First Impressions'' features a song called Lockdown about a dystopian society. * Anti-Flag has a song called "Welcome to 1984" which directly refers to "Mr. Orwell." They also have a song "Anthem For The New Millennium Generation," which refers to 1984 also ("''Orwellesque headlines; we have heard it all before. As the 21st century becomes 1984''."). * ''Dystopia'', (2006) a dystopian concept album by Betty X, based on Orwell's 1984 "Two Minutes Hate" rallies. : *"Human Disease" and "Two Minutes Hate" from this album. * ''Fantastic Damage'' (2002), and ''I'll Sleep When You're Dead'' (2007), two dystopian concept albums by hip hop artist El-P. * Of Natural History by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum has dystopic themes based around the destruction of the natural world and mankind's growing addiction to technology * "Citizens of Tomorrow" by Tokyo Police Club is centred around a society in which computers rule the planet during the year 2009. The protagonist in the song ends up being killed by these computers, and the song ends with the line, "citizens of tomorrow, be forewarned." * "A Smart Kid" by Porcupine Tree tells the story of a child in a post-apocalyptic world who is visited by an alien spaceship. The song appears in the 1999 album Stupid Dream. * "Vertical Reality" by Eric Champion is a cyberpunk concept album that tells the story of a society living with complete government control of every aspect of their lives and the complete abolishment of religion. * ''Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys'', the latest album from American rock band My Chemical Romance is based on the future California in the year 2019. It features the four remaining band members as a gang of rebels known as the Killjoys, fighting against the seemingly brain-washing organization Better Living Industries (BL/ind). * The song Walking City by Japanese artist Miho Hatori on her 2005 Ecdysis (album) tells the story of a world overrun by insects. * Many albums and songs by Godspeed You! Black Emperor deal with dystopian themes. * one Mic by rapper Nas * ''WTF?!'', an album by KMFDM features several songs with dystopian themes, including a song entitled Dystopia. * "Parade",by Susumu Hirasawa(平沢進), a Japanese scene music of the parade scene in the movie < * "Terminal Reality", "Unified Nation" by Curve Zer0, a Russian electronic rock project. * "Fear Of A Blank Planet" by English progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. * "Mylo Xyloto" by English Alternative Rock band Coldplay is based on the concept of two lovers who are trying to survive a dystopian society. * "Dystopia" (2011), the tenth studio album by the heavy metal band Iced Earth. * "Another Way to Die" by American heavy metal band Disturbed, the first single off of the band's fifth studio album, ''Asylum'', portrays our world decimated by pollution and poverty. The music video for the song visually and realistically depicts the seemingly-eminent dystopian society the song warns of. * "Black Ribbons" (2010), a concept album by Shooter Jennings featuring narration by novelist Stephen King. * "Immortal Technique", a rap artist, covers current political and spiritual issues related to dystopian oligarchy. His lyrics feature these issues prominently in "Revolutionary" * "Rage Against The Machine", identified with rock, have lyrics referencing dystopian aspects of human society. * "Mooname" (2012), "electro-industrial" album "Intelligent dance music" inspired themed cinematic landscape of science fiction forgotten"(Dystopian Utopia )" * Sole & the Skyrider Band's music video for their song, "D.I.Y." features the band on a mission against an oppressive corporate-controlled dystopia. * "Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones" the latest album from American rock band Black Veil Brides tells the story of a group of rebels (played by the band) known as "The Wild Ones" as they battle against an evil power known as F.E.A.R. * Janelle Monáe's albums ''Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase)'' and ''The ArchAndroid'' are concept albums about an android on the run from controlling authorities in a dystopian future. * Fol Chen's albums ''Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made'' and ''Part II: The New December'' are concept albums about rebels battling a controlling future dictator, and the resulting post-apocalyptic landscape. * Rick Masters' techno-folk epic ballad "Man Shall Follow" (2013) about an end-of-the-world climate change catastrophe is, at 16 minutes, among the longest of pop vocals. * Eval Herz is an explicitly non-conformist, underground, Dystopic Folk/Punk musician and singer/songwriter in Denver, Colorado (USA), whose lyrics and dark/angry style reflect a notion of the current world order being a real Dystopia. * (Subliminal Message )'s mid-2015 release (Aware of Chains ) is a plot based conceptual EP, with plot related artwork and text released on the artist's website. The plot reflects a futuristic dystopia, in which environmental collapse has been hasted by the world's elite, emerging as direct controllers of Earth under the guise of "The Dominion". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of dystopian music, TV programs, and games」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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