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Metal Gear Solid 5 tape locations: How to unlock all music tapes for the full soundtrack

How to track down every single music tape in the game.

As you might have gathered by now, Hideo Kojima's fond of an 80s track or two, and there are plenty of these tunes to add to your collection as you play through Phantom Pain. In order to increase your repertoire of available tunes, you'll need to seek out the many music tapes sprinkled here and there. Unless you're turning the place upside down as you play though, you're likely to miss a few.

On this page, you'll find the location of every one of these tapes, so keep your eyes peeled for them as you play. Some of them can only be pilfered during later missions in the game, but if you've made a lot of progress you can always go back and grab any that are missing from your collection. Happy hunting!

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Metal Gear Solid 5 tape locations: How to unlock all music tapes for the full soundtrack

Music Tape NameObtained
A Phantom PainIn a hut northeast Wakh Sind Barracks
Afghanistan's a Big PlaceN/A
All the Sun TouchesFound in Munoko ya Nioka Station
Behind the DraperyIn Da Wialo Kallai
Dancing with Tears in my EyesAt Ditadi Abandoned Village
Dormant StreamFound in the West Guard Post, Smasei Fort
Dreamt of an EclipseN/A
Friday I'm in LoveIn the mansion at Lufwa Valley
GloriaIn a building in eastern Nova Braga Airport
Heavens DivideOn the lift just before Skull Face
Journey to Point C-5N/A
Kids in AmericaOutside the main building of Da Shago Kallai
Love Will Tear Us ApartAt Afghanistan Central Base Camp
ManeaterBeneath the tent in front of Lamar Khaate Palace
Metal Gear Solid Peace WalkerFound in the basement of Quarantine Platform
Metal Gear Zero trailer musicN/A
Midnight MirageIn the northern building at Bampeve Plantation
NitrogenA northern building at Serak Power Plant
Only Time Will TellAt the Eastern Communications Post
Planet ScapeFound at the South Guard Post, Sakhra Ee Village
Quiet LifeIn the south-eastern building at Mfinda Oilfield
Quiet's ThemeIn Mission 45, follow the footprints and trigger a cut-scene
Rebel YellWest of the bridge at Mountain Relay Base
Ride a White HorseIn Lamar Khaate Palace
Ride of the ValkyriesN/A
SandsN/A
Scouting Barren LandsN/A
She Blinded me with ScienceFound at the North-East Guard Post, Wialo Village
Sins of the FatherFinish Mission 30
Snake EaterFound at the West Guard Post, Munoko ya Nioka Station
Take on MeIn a room of the western wing of Yakho Oboo Outpost
Take the D.W.In Kungenga Mine
The Final CountdownInside a building in the east of Qarya Sakhra Ee
The Man Who Sold the WorldFinish Mission 46
The TangerineFound at the East Guard Post, Spugmay Keep
Too ShyIn a tent at Kiziba Camp
You Spin Me RoundFound in the North-West Guard Post, Lufwa Valley

- Return to the index page for more entries in our Metal Gear Solid 5 walkthrough.