diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/App.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/App.java
index 70daa3d..ae19bfc 100644
--- a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/App.java
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/App.java
@@ -143,5 +143,6 @@ public final class App {
         new LookCommand().execute(ctx, List.of());
 
         game.run();
+        io.setMusic(null); // fade music out when returning to the menu
     }
 }
diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/game/Game.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/game/Game.java
index ed191de..0205c91 100644
--- a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/game/Game.java
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/game/Game.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ public class Game {
                 ctx.getPlayer().getCurrentRoom());
         ctx.getIo().setMap(map);
         ctx.getIo().setQuests(QuestEngine.viewOf(ctx));
+        ctx.getIo().setMusic(ctx.getPlayer().getCurrentRoom().getMusic());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/GameIO.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/GameIO.java
index ccbdf88..b1a22a1 100644
--- a/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/GameIO.java
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/main/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/GameIO.java
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ public interface GameIO {
         // no-op
     }
 
+    /** Per-turn current-room music track; null/blank = silence. Console no-op; GUI plays. */
+    default void setMusic(String track) {
+        // no audio in text mode
+    }
+
+    /** Applies the music volume/level. Console no-op; GUI sets it. */
+    default void setMusicLevel(MusicLevel level) {
+        // no audio in text mode
+    }
+
     /** On-demand quest log (the 'quests' command). Default renders styled text. */
     default void showQuests(QuestView view) {
         print(QuestText.render(view));
diff --git a/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/MusicSeamDefaultTest.java b/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/MusicSeamDefaultTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b4a402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Semesterprojekt/src/test/java/thb/jeanluc/adventure/io/MusicSeamDefaultTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package thb.jeanluc.adventure.io;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class MusicSeamDefaultTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void defaultMusicSeamsAreSilentNoOps() {
+        TestIO io = new TestIO();
+        io.setMusic("anything.ogg");
+        io.setMusic(null);
+        io.setMusicLevel(MusicLevel.HIGH);
+        assertThat(io.outputs()).isEmpty();
+    }
+}