It's a known issue, Croteam updated game's engine but sadly didn't care enough to fix the bugs that came along with it. You either need to mod the game to fix the script or downpatch to the older game version (legacy pre-SE2017 build) which is going to corrupt your save files and you'd need to start over. Download this .gro file ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AcZo-IyEqNf9dlcuIfQ_SwlzN3IpmjYU/view?usp=sharing ) and put it under "...\Steam\steamapps\common\The Talos Principle\Content\Talos\". After that, you'd need to play a moddable version of the game.

Dang. Okay well thanks for the update. I was unaware that it was a known issue. Sad that they haven't fixed it yet, or ever will.

It's been a few years since I posted this, so I'm wondering if the Developer has gotten around to fixing the music yet? Or is it never going to happen?

Well at this point the only solution I've found is to use the Legacy Pre-2017 build under Betas to get the music to work correctly again. It's a shame the Developer has abandoned updating this game, but it is what it is. My previous saves aren't compatible with the Beta, but that's okay because this game is amazing and I love playing it many times over.

Recently i played this game again and i noticed that broken music-tracks too, but i remember during my first playthrough in 2014 it worked correctly. Not only the music is beautiful, it also increases tension, by adding a new instrument layer, with every level you ascend.
You can copy the gro-files to somewhere else, rename their ending to zip, and look for the music folder inside; you'll find some music files of the final puzzle which you can arrange in a certain order in an audio editor and make your own >10min version of it.
For me, croteam is excused at the moment since everybody is waiting for Talos 2, but i hope they'll find some time to fix Talos 1 few month after release of Talos 2.

Originally posted by fletcher1:

Recently i played this game again and i noticed that broken music-tracks too, but i remember during my first playthrough in 2014 it worked correctly. Not only the music is beautiful, it also increases tension, by adding a new instrument layer, with every level you ascend.
You can copy the gro-files to somewhere else, rename their ending to zip, and look for the music folder inside; you'll find some music files of the final puzzle which you can arrange in a certain order in an audio editor and make your own >10min version of it.
For me, croteam is excused at the moment since everybody is waiting for Talos 2, but i hope they'll find some time to fix Talos 1 few month after release of Talos 2.

Yeah as I said above I'm using the "Legacy pre-2017" beta build since it works correctly. I hope Croteam does get around to fixing this mistake. They really should, considering the overall story of the game.

After more than 1 year i wan't to bump up this thread again. TTP2+DLC is out for several months now, so Croteam should now have time to repair the Tower Ascend Music from TTP1.
Croteam do you read this?
Please don't abandon TTP1 in this state!
It cannot be that much work to repair this.

Bumping this thread again after today's latest announcement of the remake. I really hope Croteam gets around to fixing this bug. It ruins the immersion of the final puzzle before the end cinematic.
https://youtu.be/YpS555HTAYk?si=0li1R8l_ySO0Qtp3&t=102

I don't know about the music (broken hearing!) but Shepherd sometimes gets stuck and doesn't come up in the lift to final level.

I can't believe they never bothered fixing this... :/

Originally posted by Hotgirl Coolname:

I can't believe they never bothered fixing this... :/

Yeah I can't believe it either. I didn't bother buying Talos Principle 2 or the reboot that just came out if they don't care about bugs they left in the first game. It was a masterpiece, up until the 2017 patch. Then they abandoned support for it.