diff --git a/code/_globalvars/lists/ambience.dm b/code/_globalvars/lists/ambience.dm
index dce250e381f9..438b959441e6 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/lists/ambience.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/lists/ambience.dm
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(space_ambience,list(
 	'sound/ambience/ambispace4.ogg',
 	'sound/ambience/ambispace5.ogg',
 	'sound/ambience/ambispace6.ogg',
-	'sound/ambience/title2.ogg',
+	'sound/music/lobby_music/title2.ogg',
 ))
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(maint_ambience,list(
diff --git a/code/_onclick/hud/new_player.dm b/code/_onclick/hud/new_player.dm
index 1eeaf40604ab..221d4474b3ee 100644
--- a/code/_onclick/hud/new_player.dm
+++ b/code/_onclick/hud/new_player.dm
@@ -617,10 +617,6 @@ INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/atom/movable/screen/lobby_music)
 	mouse_opacity = MOUSE_OPACITY_TRANSPARENT
 	plane = SPLASHSCREEN_PLANE
 	screen_loc = "LEFT+0.25,TOP-0.25"
-	/// World time when the current song started playing for this player
-	var/start_time
-	/// World time when the current song will stop playing for this player
-	var/end_time
 
 /atom/movable/screen/lobby_music/New(loc, datum/hud/our_hud, ...)
 	src.hud = our_hud
@@ -631,27 +627,34 @@ INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/atom/movable/screen/lobby_music)
 	if(hud?.mymob?.client?.prefs?.read_preference(/datum/preference/numeric/volume/sound_lobby_volume) <= 0)
 		alpha = 0 // we still need to init it incase they turn it back on
 
+#define MUSIC_MAPTEXT(for_step) "[SStitle.music_maptext]<br>[MAPTEXT("\u25B6 [time2text(max(10, world.time + for_step - start_time), "mm:ss", NO_TIMEZONE)] / [time2text(max(100, SSticker.login_length), "mm:ss", 0)]")]"
+
 /atom/movable/screen/lobby_music/proc/start_tracking()
+	// cancel active animations
 	animate(src)
-	alpha = 255
-	start_time = world.time
-	end_time = start_time + SSticker.login_length
-	START_PROCESSING(SSlobby_music_player, src)
-	update_maptext()
-
-/atom/movable/screen/lobby_music/process(seconds_per_tick)
-	update_maptext()
-	if(world.time >= end_time)
-		animate(src, alpha = 0, time = 5 SECONDS)
-		return PROCESS_KILL
+
+	var/start_time = world.time
+	var/end_time = start_time + SSticker.login_length
+
+	// adds an animation step every 1 second
+	// (we use animates here so world init won't slow it down.)
+	// a 1 second buffer is added to the end time, just in case we run into weird rounding issues
+	// (start time = 1231, end time = 1300 would mean we skip the last 0.9 seconds of the song, as the last step would be 9.)
+	for(var/i in 0 to (end_time - start_time + 1 SECONDS) step (1 SECONDS))
+		if(i + start_time > end_time)
+			break // we didn't need that 1 second buffer after all
+
+		animate(src,
+			time = 1 SECONDS,
+			maptext = MUSIC_MAPTEXT(i),
+			alpha = 255,
+			flags = ANIMATION_CONTINUE,
+		)
+	// cap off the animation with a text fade
+	animate(src, time = 5 SECONDS, alpha = 0, flags = ANIMATION_CONTINUE)
 
 /atom/movable/screen/lobby_music/proc/cancel_tracking()
-	STOP_PROCESSING(SSlobby_music_player, src)
+	// interrupt any active antimations and then fade out the text
 	animate(src, alpha = 0, time = 1 SECONDS)
 
-/atom/movable/screen/lobby_music/proc/update_maptext()
-	maptext = "[SStitle.music_maptext]<br>[MAPTEXT("\u25B6 [time2text(max(10, min(world.time - start_time, SSticker.login_length)), "mm:ss", NO_TIMEZONE)] / [time2text(max(100, SSticker.login_length), "mm:ss", 0)]s")]"
-
-/atom/movable/screen/lobby_music/Destroy()
-	STOP_PROCESSING(SSlobby_music_player, src)
-	return ..()
+#undef MUSIC_MAPTEXT
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
index 896153e0d099..227aaaa6b8b9 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
@@ -906,11 +906,27 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(ticker)
 		return
 
 	login_music = new_music
-	login_length = rustg_sound_length(new_music) || 1500 // default to 2.5 minutes if we can't get the length
-	var/list/music_file_components = splittext(new_music, "/")
-	var/music_file_name = length(music_file_components) && music_file_components[length(music_file_components)] || new_music
-	var/list/music_name_components = splittext(music_file_name, "+")
-	var/music_name = length(music_name_components) && music_name_components[length(music_name_components)] || music_file_name
+
+	var/music_name
+	// consult track datums for information
+	for(var/datum/track/preset/existing_track as anything in subtypesof(/datum/track/preset))
+		if(new_music != "[existing_track::song_path]")
+			continue
+		music_name = existing_track::song_name
+		login_length = existing_track::song_length
+		break
+
+	// if no track is found: get sound length programatically
+	if(!login_length)
+		login_length = rustg_sound_length(new_music) || (2.5 MINUTES) // default to 2.5 minutes if we can't get the length
+
+	// if no track is found: get the name from the file path
+	if(!music_name)
+		var/list/music_file_components = splittext(new_music, "/")
+		var/music_file_name = length(music_file_components) && music_file_components[length(music_file_components)] || new_music
+		var/list/music_name_components = splittext(music_file_name, "+")
+		music_name = length(music_name_components) && music_name_components[length(music_name_components)] || music_file_name
+
 	SStitle.update_music_text(music_name)
 
 #undef ROUND_START_MUSIC_LIST
diff --git a/code/datums/components/jukebox.dm b/code/datums/components/jukebox.dm
index 4fd6d0b205c8..88c47dd8d1b7 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/jukebox.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/jukebox.dm
@@ -401,33 +401,75 @@
 	/// Used to determine time between effects when played
 	var/song_beat = 0
 
-// Default track supplied for testing and also because it's a banger
+// Default track supplied for testing. And also because title3 is a banger
 /datum/track/default
-	song_path = 'sound/ambience/title3.ogg'
-	song_name = "Tintin on the Moon"
-	song_length = 3 MINUTES + 52 SECONDS
-	song_beat = 1 SECONDS
+	song_path = /datum/track/preset/title_three::song_path
+	song_name = /datum/track/preset/title_three::song_name
+	song_length = /datum/track/preset/title_three::song_length
+	song_beat = /datum/track/preset/title_three::song_beat
 
 /datum/track/preset/title_zero
-	song_path = 'sound/ambience/title0.ogg'
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/title0.ogg'
 	song_name = "Endless Space"
 	song_length = 3 MINUTES + 33 SECONDS
 	song_beat = 2 SECONDS
 
 /datum/track/preset/title_one
-	song_path = 'sound/ambience/title1.mod'
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/title1.mod'
 	song_name = "Flip Flap"
 	song_length = 2 MINUTES + 31 SECONDS
 	song_beat = 1 SECONDS
 
 /datum/track/preset/title_two
-	song_path = 'sound/ambience/title2.ogg'
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/title2.ogg'
 	song_name = "Robocop"
 	song_length = 1 MINUTES + 58 SECONDS
 	song_beat = 4 SECONDS
 
 /datum/track/preset/title_three
-	song_path = 'sound/ambience/title3.ogg'
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/title3.ogg'
 	song_name = "Tintin on the Moon"
 	song_length = 3 MINUTES + 52 SECONDS
 	song_beat = 1 SECONDS
+
+/datum/track/preset/monument
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/monument.ogg'
+	song_name = "Monument"
+	song_length = 5 MINUTES + 24 SECONDS
+	song_beat = 1 SECONDS
+
+/datum/track/preset/rimward_cruise
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/rimward_cruise.ogg'
+	song_name = "Rimward Cruise"
+	song_length = 3 MINUTES + 52 SECONDS // somehow the same length as title3
+	song_beat = 1 SECONDS
+
+/datum/track/preset/traitor
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/traitor.ogg'
+	song_name = "Absconditus"
+	song_length = 5 MINUTES + 30 SECONDS
+	song_beat = 2 SECONDS
+
+/datum/track/preset/pwmur
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/pwmur.ogg'
+	song_name = "Plasma Will Make Us Rich" // cheeky rename from Phoron
+	song_length = 2 MINUTES + 14 SECONDS
+	song_beat = 1 SECONDS
+
+/datum/track/preset/moonshine
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/moonshine.ogg'
+	song_name = "Moonshine"
+	song_length = 3 MINUTES + 37 SECONDS
+	song_beat = 1 SECONDS
+
+/datum/track/preset/burning
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/burning.ogg'
+	song_name = "Burning"
+	song_length = 2 MINUTES + 32 SECONDS
+	song_beat = 1 SECONDS
+
+/datum/track/preset/daydream
+	song_path = 'sound/music/lobby_music/daydream.ogg'
+	song_name = "Daydream"
+	song_length = 2 MINUTES + 38 SECONDS
+	song_beat = 1 SECONDS
diff --git a/code/game/area/areas/ruins/lavaland.dm b/code/game/area/areas/ruins/lavaland.dm
index 8a95cf2ba006..ed74cd6c3a76 100644
--- a/code/game/area/areas/ruins/lavaland.dm
+++ b/code/game/area/areas/ruins/lavaland.dm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 /area/ruin/powered/clownplanet
 	name = "\improper Clown Biodome"
-	ambientsounds = list('sound/ambience/clown.ogg')
+	ambientsounds = list('sound/music/lobby_music/clown.ogg')
 
 /area/ruin/unpowered/gaia
 	name = "\improper Patch of Eden"
diff --git a/code/game/area/areas/ruins/space.dm b/code/game/area/areas/ruins/space.dm
index f0bd865c2097..46a4f403789d 100644
--- a/code/game/area/areas/ruins/space.dm
+++ b/code/game/area/areas/ruins/space.dm
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
 // The planet of the clowns
 /area/ruin/space/has_grav/powered/clownplanet
 	name = "\improper Clown Planet"
-	ambientsounds = list('sound/ambience/clown.ogg')
+	ambientsounds = list('sound/music/lobby_music/clown.ogg')
 
 //DERELICT SULACO
 /area/ruin/space/has_grav/derelictsulaco
diff --git a/code/game/sound.dm b/code/game/sound.dm
index 97b51660741b..d412ec2b2437 100644
--- a/code/game/sound.dm
+++ b/code/game/sound.dm
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 	set waitfor = FALSE
 	UNTIL(SSticker.login_music) //wait for SSticker init to set the login music
 
-	var/volume = prefs.read_preference(/datum/preference/numeric/volume/sound_lobby_volume) * volume_multiplier
+	var/volume = prefs.read_preference(/datum/preference/numeric/volume/sound_lobby_volume) * 0.5 * volume_multiplier
 	if(volume > 0 && !CONFIG_GET(flag/disallow_title_music))
 		SEND_SOUND(src, sound(SSticker.login_music, repeat = 0, wait = 0, volume = volume, channel = CHANNEL_LOBBYMUSIC)) // MAD JAMS
 		for(var/atom/movable/screen/lobby_music/text in mob.hud_used?.static_inventory)
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences/sounds.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences/sounds.dm
index 3fdf1c8ff9fa..c6eb409875b9 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences/sounds.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences/sounds.dm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	maximum = 100
 
 /datum/preference/numeric/volume/create_default_value()
-	return maximum
+	return maximum / 2
 
 /// Controls ambience volume
 /datum/preference/numeric/volume/sound_ambience_volume
diff --git a/code/modules/holiday/holidays.dm b/code/modules/holiday/holidays.dm
index 59399e9adbcc..cee8099b7c93 100644
--- a/code/modules/holiday/holidays.dm
+++ b/code/modules/holiday/holidays.dm
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 /datum/holiday/april_fools/celebrate()
 	. = ..()
 	SSjob.set_overflow_role(/datum/job/clown)
-	SSticker.set_lobby_music('sound/ambience/clown.ogg', TRUE) // NON-MODULE CHANGE
+	SSticker.set_lobby_music('sound/music/lobby_music/clown.ogg', TRUE) // NON-MODULE CHANGE
 	for(var/i in GLOB.new_player_list)
 		var/mob/dead/new_player/P = i
 		if(P.client)
diff --git a/sound/ambience/license.txt b/sound/ambience/license.txt
index 607dd6628e79..04b7e2e3d87e 100644
--- a/sound/ambience/license.txt
+++ b/sound/ambience/license.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ ambidet2.ogg is Night on the Docks, Piano by Kevin Macleod. It has been licensed
 	It has been cropped for use ingame, and also fades in.
 aurora_caelus.ogg is Music for Manatees, by Kevin Macleod. It has been licensed under CC-BY 3.0 license.
 	It has been cropped for use ingame, and also fades out.
-title0.ogg is Endless Space by Solus. It has been licensed under CC-BY 3.0 license. Source file downloaded from https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/74946
-title1.mod is Flip-Flap created by Jakub "AceMan" Szeląg and taken from http://aminet.net/package/mods/xceed/Flipflap
-title2.ogg is Robocop Theme (gameboy) remixed by Eric Schumacker
-title3.ogg is Tintin On The Moon remixed by Cuboos https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2157 (assumed CC under allowing it to be submitted to the github, see thread)
 
 VoidsEmbrace.ogg is Chopin - Waltz in C Sharp Minor (Op. 64 No. 2). It is in public domain.
 
diff --git a/sound/music/lobby_music/burning.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/burning.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d0899d1c3ff
Binary files /dev/null and b/sound/music/lobby_music/burning.ogg differ
diff --git a/sound/ambience/clown.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/clown.ogg
similarity index 100%
rename from sound/ambience/clown.ogg
rename to sound/music/lobby_music/clown.ogg
diff --git a/sound/music/lobby_music/daydream.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/daydream.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b61908c00a0
Binary files /dev/null and b/sound/music/lobby_music/daydream.ogg differ
diff --git a/sound/music/lobby_music/license.txt b/sound/music/lobby_music/license.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f5ad09ac107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sound/music/lobby_music/license.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+title0.ogg is Endless Space by Solus. It has been licensed under CC-BY 3.0 license. Source file downloaded from https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/74946
+
+title1.mod is Flip-Flap created by Jakub "AceMan" Szeląg and taken from http://aminet.net/package/mods/xceed/Flipflap
+
+title2.ogg is Robocop Theme (gameboy) remixed by Eric Schumacker
+
+title3.ogg is Tintin On The Moon remixed by Cuboos https://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2157 (assumed CC under allowing it to be submitted to the github, see thread)
+
+traitor.ogg is Absconditus by Zhay Tee, licensed by CC-BY NC SA 3.0: https://bandcamp.zhaytee.net/track/absconditus
+
+clown.ogg attribution unknown
+
+monument.ogg is Monument by Six Umbrellas, licensed by CC-BY SA 4.0: https://sixumbrellas.bandcamp.com/album/the-psychedelic-and
+
+rimward_cruise.ogg is Rimward Cruise by Mikazu, licensed by CC-BY SA 3.0: https://soundcloud.com/mikazu-1/baystation-12-rimward-cruise
+
+pwmur.ogg is Phoron Will Make Us Rich by Sunbeamstress, licensed by CC-BY NC SA 3.0: https://soundcloud.com/sunbeamstress/phoron-will-make-us-rich
+
+moonshine.ogg is Moonshine by mcbalaam, licensed licensed by CC-BY: (originally from the /tg/ discord)
+
+daydream.ogg attribution unknown
+
+burning.ogg attribution unknown
diff --git a/sound/music/lobby_music/monument.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/monument.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d3ec5c451d4
Binary files /dev/null and b/sound/music/lobby_music/monument.ogg differ
diff --git a/sound/music/lobby_music/moonshine.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/moonshine.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c6a26649840
Binary files /dev/null and b/sound/music/lobby_music/moonshine.ogg differ
diff --git a/sound/music/lobby_music/pwmur.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/pwmur.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7bea1c330be1
Binary files /dev/null and b/sound/music/lobby_music/pwmur.ogg differ
diff --git a/sound/music/lobby_music/rimward_cruise.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/rimward_cruise.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..479039ea5b6b
Binary files /dev/null and b/sound/music/lobby_music/rimward_cruise.ogg differ
diff --git a/sound/ambience/title0.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/title0.ogg
similarity index 100%
rename from sound/ambience/title0.ogg
rename to sound/music/lobby_music/title0.ogg
diff --git a/sound/ambience/title1.mod b/sound/music/lobby_music/title1.mod
similarity index 100%
rename from sound/ambience/title1.mod
rename to sound/music/lobby_music/title1.mod
diff --git a/sound/ambience/title2.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/title2.ogg
similarity index 100%
rename from sound/ambience/title2.ogg
rename to sound/music/lobby_music/title2.ogg
diff --git a/sound/ambience/title3.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/title3.ogg
similarity index 100%
rename from sound/ambience/title3.ogg
rename to sound/music/lobby_music/title3.ogg
diff --git a/sound/music/lobby_music/traitor.ogg b/sound/music/lobby_music/traitor.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae15de2fb21a
Binary files /dev/null and b/sound/music/lobby_music/traitor.ogg differ
diff --git a/strings/round_start_sounds.txt b/strings/round_start_sounds.txt
index 7b95d564c993..c34d878cb74e 100644
--- a/strings/round_start_sounds.txt
+++ b/strings/round_start_sounds.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-sound/ambience/title0.ogg
-sound/ambience/title1.mod
-sound/ambience/title2.ogg
-sound/ambience/title3.ogg
-sound/ambience/clown.ogg
+sound/music/lobby_music/burning.ogg
+sound/music/lobby_music/daydream.ogg
+sound/music/lobby_music/monument.ogg
+sound/music/lobby_music/pwmur.ogg
+sound/music/lobby_music/rimward_cruise.ogg
+sound/music/lobby_music/title0.ogg
+sound/music/lobby_music/title1.mod
+sound/music/lobby_music/title2.ogg
+sound/music/lobby_music/title3.ogg
+sound/music/lobby_music/traitor.ogg