By default, if the game is allowed to sit on the 'press any key' screen for a minute or two, an intro/trailer named attract.movie (which is different to the regular game intro) automatically starts playing at a really loud volume. This is pretty alarming if you've launched the game and then tabbed away to do something else first.
This mod replaces that video with menu.movie from the game files, which is a silent 6 second clip.
Extract to PAYDAY 2\assets\mod_overrides. Requires BeardLib.