Mirror's Edge theme, 'Still Alive,' not Portal's 'Still Alive'

by Randy Nelson { Oct 7th 2008 at 9:00PM }

When we received word today about the Mirror's Edge soundtrack – set do be available for digital download upon the game's launch Nov. 11 – something struck us as a bit ... odd. That would be the fact that the theme from the game is titled "Still Alive." You know, like the wonderfully infectious theme of another game: Portal.

This song isn't by geek rock legend Jonathan Coulton, however, nor does it feature the vocal stylings of GLaDOS. It is, in fact, by Swedish pop star Lisa Miskovsky, and, while wonderful, sounds nothing like Coulton's tune. It's a case of "same title, different song." Sort of makes us wonder, though, if anyone connected with Mirror's Edge at DICE or EA has, y'know, heard of Portal? After all, EA did distribute the console versions of The Orange Box.

Like we said, Miskovsky's "Still Alive" will be released Nov. 11 alongside several remixes of the song by prominent musicians including Paul van Dyk, Junkie XL, Teddybears, Benny Benassi, and Armand Van Helden. Starting this week, those who pre-order Mirror's Edge at Best Buy will receive a CD containing the game's theme and the Benny Benassi remix. Be sure to check out our hands-on impressions of the game's time trial mode posted earlier today.

Tags: dice, ea, electronic-arts, lisa-miskovsky, mirrors-edge, soundtrack, still-alive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Ryoga Vee @ Oct 7th 2008 9:12PM

As an active Parkour / Free Running practitioner that has been featured on ESPN, National Geographic, Spike TV, G4TV, RTL, and countless others... the terms "Still Alive" is something some of us in the community say often. So I'm not too shocked to hear that as a title.

John @ Oct 7th 2008 10:09PM

wow, you're so awesome cause you were in all those. Of course, you could have just said, "I'm in the parkour scene, and it's a well-known phrase among us" but, hey, any opportunity to drop tv show names so we all know how cool and popular you are, right?

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 7th 2008 10:12PM

Wow. Was it realy necessary to act like a total jerk John?

@Ryoga
That's pretty awesome that you do Parkour.

Red Leader @ Oct 7th 2008 10:21PM

I'm gonna side with John on this one.

Orenthol @ Oct 7th 2008 10:35PM

I'm with John here :x

That's as bad as the anti-PC console gamers who say "I'd rather sit in my comfy chair playing on my 52" EXPENSIVETVHERE"

AntiHero @ Oct 7th 2008 11:41PM

Wow, Ryoga, from MuchoSucko. It seems you can't escape the internets.

Ryoga Vee @ Oct 7th 2008 11:44PM

Another Mucho-er Hey Hero!

kinshadow @ Oct 8th 2008 12:00AM

I would like to disagree with your claim to the origin of EA's use of this phrase. I'm quite famous as I like to post on sites like Joystiq, 1UP, and NeoGAF. I know a good meme when I see one and it is obvious that EA has abused Valve's popularization of this phrase in the gaming community. I haven't seen much on this game, but this obvious meme ripoff means the metacritic score won't break 80%. ZOMGWTFBBQ!!!PWNEDOWNZORED

Atr-Slzr-Ctr @ Oct 8th 2008 1:46AM

I thought it was the one from Ranma 1/2

:(

West @ Oct 8th 2008 2:17AM

Bah, I used to do parkour too...back when I played Assassins Creed. Smiley Face.

NoHitHair @ Oct 8th 2008 5:44AM

All I got from this thread is that Ryoga enjoys ethos argumentation to bolster his image and Vegeta is a kiss-ass.

Ryoga Vee @ Oct 8th 2008 5:46AM

Damn.. all I got from this thread was this lousy T-Shirt

SKI @ Oct 8th 2008 8:33AM

I got a rock.

Ryoga Vee @ Oct 8th 2008 6:25PM

I got a buckler!

Mechanical @ Oct 7th 2008 9:23PM

It's hardly an uncommon thing for songs to have identical names.

Geist @ Oct 9th 2008 1:04AM

Yeah, two songs released a decade between each other maybe. But two songs, both main themes for videogames, within a year of each other?

Morisato @ Oct 7th 2008 9:33PM

I'm making a note here...

HUGE SUCCESS!

doodis @ Oct 7th 2008 9:39PM

As a music enthusiast who has been featured on numerous Internet sites such as myspace, facebook, joystiq comments, and countless other internet forums, I enjoy both versions of Still Alive.

ronald.raygun @ Oct 7th 2008 10:22PM

you deserve my +1 friend

Marowi @ Oct 15th 2008 9:10AM

Mine too, haha.

ZaxCG2 @ Oct 8th 2008 9:08AM

I'm giving you all 231500 of my internets.

offday @ Oct 7th 2008 9:45PM

Whatever it is, it won't sound as good as Portal's Still Alive.

JimThePea @ Oct 7th 2008 9:48PM

Hmm, both games feature a springy female protagonist with a five-letter name, both feature a clean, white setting with various behind-the-scenes murky dark bits, both feature motion sickness for the uninitiated and both have a theme tune called "Still Alive".

They're linked I tell you, we're through the looking glass here, which is both a mirror and a portal...

Shmil @ Oct 7th 2008 9:55PM

you just blew my mind

Mr ESC,Lives Again. @ Oct 7th 2008 10:06PM

“we're through the looking glass here, which is both a mirror and a portal...”

Like a window?

Red Leader @ Oct 7th 2008 10:23PM

My mind is also blown, nice comment.

Ignatius @ Oct 7th 2008 9:56PM

Is anyone else tired of Portal being the Messiah for gaming? Everytime someone mentions it and starts singing that song, I want to punch them.

It's like the "THIS IS SPARTA" craze.

MuToiD_MaN @ Oct 7th 2008 10:02PM

This is blasphemy. This is A TRIUMPH!!

Red Leader @ Oct 7th 2008 10:28PM

Triumph? This is STILL ALIVE!

Paulmichael @ Oct 7th 2008 11:58PM

Ah, those are some great comments right there. Oh and @Ignatius, Portal is barely a year old (2 days to go!), so no I'm not tired of it yet. How damn long were "All Your Base" jokes around for?

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Oct 8th 2008 2:07AM

Only time can tell the difference between a fad and a classic.

Haggard (Mr.ESC resurrected on a... thursday?!) @ Oct 8th 2008 11:36AM

Portal was ace.

Mike @ Oct 8th 2008 2:55PM

I hate hearing it mentioned because it gets stuck in my head.

Mr ESC,Lives Again. @ Oct 7th 2008 10:05PM

Is this a triumph?
I’m making a note here: Lol dunno
Is hard to overstate anything at this point.

Mirrors Edge
I might buy it because I can.
For my own selfish good
And the ones who can buy it too.

(Failed Rhyme is fail)

DBuck_Eye @ Oct 7th 2008 10:13PM

Yeah, that was a pretty epic fail.

Shmil @ Oct 7th 2008 10:48PM

Cause there's no use crying over broken bones
You just get back up and grab the lowest rung
And you climb and scramble
Till you deliver your bundle
at which point, you're still alive

Mr ESC,Lives Again. @ Oct 7th 2008 11:30PM

But the objective was fail so Did I just won?

Red Leader @ Oct 8th 2008 2:16AM

Mr ESC gets +1 from me every time he comments, so I say win.

dark_inchworm @ Oct 7th 2008 10:15PM

I wonder if we'll be able to play it in Rock Band?

adolson @ Oct 7th 2008 10:22PM

Why does the song "Shine" by "Alcorus" sound exactly the same?

Scyne @ Oct 7th 2008 11:22PM

Because He/She covered it on day one and tryrd to pawn it off as his/her own work.

yojimb0 @ Oct 7th 2008 10:31PM

DAAAAAMN PVD and Benny Benassi on the soundtrack took this game from "mildly interesting" to day one pickup for me.

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Paulmichael @ Oct 7th 2008 11:59PM

DENIED!
Well, your account needs to be deleted.

TheMadAccordionist @ Oct 7th 2008 11:00PM

The Crash has as a song titled "Still Alive" that predates both of those games by far. Stupid article to to act like this is even remotely a big deal.

Sam @ Oct 8th 2008 12:33AM

Whatever.

I dont care what the song is called, i just want it.

Ever since i heard the music in the very first trailer for the game, i've been hooked.

Its just brilliant, and i hope that music from the original trailer, is the same song we're talking about here.

Also i guess if the pre-order CD is being handed out starting this week, it wont be long before i'll be able to get a sneaky copy of it from somewhere.

Cant wait