Weekend Discussion
Join me as we embark upon a fresh chatty thread. People have asked me, what is a chatty thread made of?
Need help with your girl problems? Talk about the latest episode of ____? But most the frequent topic of course is gaming. So we know that music has had a a huge effect on games, from chiptunes to the modern licensed soundtrack. What are some of your favorite soundtracks and why?
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replySo that music has had a a huge effect on games, from chiptunes to the modern licensed soundtrack. What are some of your favorite soundtracks and why?
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Quake 2 soundtrack was pretty awesome. Plus being able to throw in your cd player was great too.
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Startopia had an awesome soundtrack. I found myself playing and enjoying the game longer than I would if it didn't have such great music.
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I do. The soundtrack to WAR.
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I honestly think the answer should be Star Control II EOT.
Star Control 2's music was basically was a collection of indie homebrew tracks which amazingly fit well with each race. Each track is so memorable, especially the Spathi theme or the Airloulaleelay
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My latest love is the BF2: Modern Combat Soundtrack by Rupert Gregson-Williams, before that it was Mass Effect, then the Halo series. Special track that stands out was Welcome to Rapture by Garry Schyman - I didn't get into the rest of the soundtrack but that one is a new favourite.
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Adventure Island on SNES. the soundtrack was perfect for the setting
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Deus Ex and the Hitman series.
The Deus Ex music was just a perfect complement to the game.
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I agree, Deus Ex's music always set the mood for the missions, it was a great score.
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Yeah the music in Deus Ex was great, I always loved the theme.
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The music on Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was brilliant. Every loop contributed to the atmosphere and feel of the level so well. The boss music still gets me excited to this day. It's amazing what they were able to pull off with those midi sequencers and limited memory.
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I don't know if you've seen/heard this or not, but here's a live orchestrated version of the Maria and Draco opera from the Tour de Japon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NC45S948ss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJi6Hyu7-zo
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Even though the game has a fair share of problems, Chrono Cross has probably the best soundtrack of any game out there. Everything from the mellow Another World theme, to He Sang of Feeling, to the haunting ending theme, to Time of the Dreamwatch, etc. So many awesome tracks.
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this entire thread will become void in two weeks when the greatest compilation of game music is released with Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
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Anything by Nobu Uematsu. That guy is just brilliant.
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Nothing....nothing beats Star Control 2
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I think the minibosses did songs of all the games you mentioned, save Zelda I think.
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This post needs more love.
The original C&C soundtrack was pretty badass. J-J-J-Just do it up!
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Clint Bajakian is an excellent composer and a helluva guy to get drunk with. He's the music director over at Sony now.
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Fallout - "Maybe" an "A Kiss to build a dream on" are awesome songs in themselves, topped with great intros to the best RPGs imo make them all the more amazing and then the irony the songs provided was genius.
Diablo - I can still hear the strum and echo of the guitar in my head. It gives me chills just thinking about it. It made me feel this incredible sense of sorrow and dread.
Total Annihilation - I loved the score and how when the action started the music would get more exciting
Red Alert - Hell March nuff said.
Doom - Midi versions of some of the greatest metal and rock songs ever whats not to like!
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Mega Man 2
If you guys like remixes or re-imaginings of of game music, you should check out http://www.ocremix.org/ . They have a bunch of redone tracks for most games you can think of.-
I need to re-download some of my favorite mixes from that site. I used to troll the forums there quite a bit before they got rid of the admittedly depraved Unmod and all the cool people left.
Still, the music's good. Mixes by Zircon, McVaffe, djpretzel, Ailsean, Mazedude and a ton of others are fantastic.
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I would say C&C1 and both Red Alerts, but the rest were just ok. Frank Klepacki made them good. Tiberium Sun was just meh.
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Last Ninja 2 on the C64 http://youtube.com/watch?v=VrZZgS0xy9c The SID chip in the C64 was like nothing else.
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Xenogears is my favorite. It was a great soundtrack on it's own, but in the context of the game, it was perfect. It really elevated the game.
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I always thought both of the Fallout games had great music, really doing a great job enhancing the post-apocalyptic wasteland feel.
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A good source for game music information:
http://www.music4games.net/Index.aspx
And if you are interested in game audio:
http://www.audiogang.org/index.html-
Also, if anyone cares here are the winners for the 6th annual GANG Awards:
6th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards Winners
The Game Audio Network Guild held the 6th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards Show on Thursday, February 21st 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA during the Game Developers Conference. Congratulations to the following winners. For a complete listing of all nominees, please click HERE.
AUDIO OF THE YEAR
BioShock
BEST ARRANGEMENT OF A NON-ORIGINAL SCORE
The Simpsons Game
BEST AUDIO - OTHER
Jewel Quest II
BEST CINEMATIC/CUT-SCENE AUDIO
BioShock
BEST DIALOGUE
BioShock
BEST HANDHELD AUDIO
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
BEST INTERACTIVE SCORE
BioShock
BEST USE OF LICENSED MUSIC
BioShock
BEST GAME AUDIO ARTICLE, PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST
"The World of Game Composing" - Film Music Magazine
BEST ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL
"Welcome to Rapture" - BioShock
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
God of War II
BEST ORIGINAL VOCAL SONG - CHORAL
"Main Titles" - God of War II
BEST ORIGINAL VOCAL SONG - POP
"Still Alive" - Portal
MOST INNOVATIVE USE OF AUDIO
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
MUSIC OF THE YEAR
BioShock
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (TIE)
Tomas Neumann, Austin Wintory
SOUND DESIGN OF THE YEAR
BioShock
BEST USE OF MULTI-CHANNEL SURROUND IN A GAME
Halo 3
G.A.N.G. RECOGNITION AWARD
Russell Brower
G.A.N.G. RECOGNITION AWARD
Rednote Audio - Dead Head Fred
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Brian Schmidt
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Sean Beeson
Jerry Lyons
Becky Young
Chance Thomas
STUDENT/APPRENTICE CONTEST WINNERS
Mike "Skitch" Schichiano (Music Winner)
Mikkel Eskessen (Sound Design Winner)
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Gotta love the Yes song by the same name at the end of Homeworld. <3 Yes
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Chrono Cross -- well cause its just simply amazing!
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Genma Onimusha on the Xbox (and I asume the regular Onimusha on PS2 had the same soundtrack) was quite nice. I am aware that I might very well be alone in the world of this opinion...but everything else has already been mentioned.
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Well I love a bunch. Doom, Quake, all the mario games, Diddy Kong Racing, Unreal Tournament, Max Payne, Half life, the Guitar hero series, the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games sometimes have really good soundtracks, all the zelda games, the megaman games the Grand theft Auto games always have good music, Mafia had a cool soundtrack, and I think my person favorite is System Shock 2. That music and sound direction as a whole really got my blood flowing
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I think Koji Kondo should be disqualified because of the fact that he is too good.
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my good doctor, you know that 'in reply' is only done in order to keep massive fucking holy shit text posts from being all over the chatty because nerds hate unnecessary scrolling and also any post that doesn't say something like DONGS DONGS DONGS DONGS I just can't bother reading because it's too much effort and probably political
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Monkey Island. It's unique and fits the tone of the game perfectly.
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more like fucking fail.
love that music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98RdRDaOsNg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQCZIb0fbt8
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Daaaayyyyytooooonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
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HEATHEN
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Some picks and choice tracks to prove their awesomeness (the flash music player is on the download tab of the linked page):
Chrono Trigger - The Trial http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01219/
Castlevania - Bloody Tears http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00118/
Final Fantasy VI - Kefka's Theme http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01308/ and Terra's Theme http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00255/
Final Fantasy X - To Zanarkand http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00374/
Sonic the Hedgehog series - Ice Cap Zone http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00240/
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Grim Fandango, Hitman series and the ambients of Thief: The Dark Project are great, similarly with the bursts of music in HL1/2. DX wasn't bad in spots and Monkey Island was also pretty great, third one especially. Max Payne 2's main themes were very good, and some of the crazy D&B stuff from SS2 worked pretty well.
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Halo soundtrack always got me pumped. Doom series has always been pretty good. Civ 2, Alpha Centauri come to mind as well. Return Fire from the 3DO, there is nothing out there as fun as blasting shit to Flight of the Valkyries or Hall of the Mountain King.
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I'm really digging on Amon Tobin's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory soundtrack right now.
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The Dig for me as well. I was listening to it yesterday. Perfect fit for the game.
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System Shock 1. The music added so much to the atmosphere.
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Full Throttle
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Gabriel Knight!
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I never get tired of that. I wish some metal band would go back and play the entire Doom 1 soundtrack and record it on a CD for me.
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Diablo, The Neverhood, TF2, Mechwarrior 2.
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Final Fantasy IX: It's the only game soundtrack I went out and bought. I don't know why, but it just clicked. I love it so much and still listen to it to this day.
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HELL MARCH = single best score for a videogame EVAR
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Beyond Good and Evil.
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or you could get ModPlug Tracker ( http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=100385 ), copy all of your .umx files to a secondary directory, and play each one that way.
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MadPlug Tracker is extremely inaccurate, better to get XMPlay (www.un4seen.com) instead.
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ModPlug, sorry.
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i really hardly ever play with the music on. It just seems kinda strange your playing walking around etc and heres this music playing... umm wheres the music coming from!? Now in games like GTA where theirs radio stations sure. I think the first game i actually left the music on in was Quake. And that was cause it wasn't really music as much as background sound. It really fit the game. Or games where they'll have fighting music and you can tell when something is gonna happen with that music kicks in.
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The music's coming from your health bar :|
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So many to think of. A sampler:
Mechwarrior 2
Star Control II
Full Throttle
Mass Effect
Myst
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Hitman: Blood Money also has a fantastic soundtrack, now that I think of it.
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I think the Lost Odyssey soundtrack is tight. The music when u first arrive in Gohtza is amazing.
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The Soundtrack for Brawl is fucking insane. You have shit like a classic NES medley of Kid Icarus, to Sonic Boom, to music from Metal Gear Solid 4.
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strider and castlevania 2. When I first heard them I couldn't wait to play the games again so I could hear the music. Plus both games rocked
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Homeworld and FF7
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Homeworld - It was incredibly well executed and the ambiance awesome. Also the song at the end bone by Yes in the Credits was a great way to end the game.
Halo Series - It's just awesome, does a lot of different things and was more epic with each iteration.
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Shadow of the Colossus soundtrack is great.
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Final Fantasy VII 0 so many epic moments.
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SW: kotor
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I'm a heathen... I turn off music in games, and listen to my own.
Yes, I know the built in music is often atmospheric, but I often can't be bothered listening to most of it.
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