Gaming Music and You!

No_Style · Aug 30, 2004, 05:29 PM

MTV's VMA 04 was on last night and they had the "Best Video Game Soundtrack" category (Tony Hawk's Underground won BTW), besides seeing nominations of games from only "EA" or "Activision" since they're the only ones who can afford to pay artists to lend their musi.. .. It reminded me of hearing Final Fantasy 8's Opening theme "Liberi Fatali" being used as a song while this duet from the U.S.A performed in synchronized swimming during the Olympics. I was like, "Whoa! They're using FF8 music!"

Well, for over 2 years now, I've listened to nothing but gaming related music with a lil tranquility and techno on the side. I've forsaken anything with lyrics.I just enjoy gaming music more.

For a long time now this section of gaming has been growing and growing~ Share your thoughts on it.

Falstaff · Aug 30, 2004, 06:14 PM

I have always enjoyed the Rob Zombie like music of Quake 3, I didnt realize the Doom 3 experience would be better until we closed the store and cranked up the music on all the games....Even Homeworld is good, wow...
Call me an ubernoob, but who comes up with this stuff, its fabulous, I want to hear the Hero soundtrack in a game...that would be awesome...

MSX · Aug 30, 2004, 07:52 PM

For your listening enjoyment: http://www.ocremix.org/

I always feel like an ubergeek when I accidentally leave some of these babies in my play list and my friends think it sounds familiar.

Instrumentals are quite pleasing but games are really missing out by not including some voice. Scary games could include whispering voices and many action games it really doesn’t matter if the original lyrical components are intact except when another game character is talking.

My personal favorites are from FF3, ChronoTrigger, Secret of Mana, DN3d, Metroid and all admittedly old school. Most more current game music has seemed empty to me even though they can make anything they want now and aren't just limited to midi.

Nacht · Aug 30, 2004, 08:57 PM

i have many game soundtracks...not limited to:

final fantasy 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
xenogears, xenosaga
chrono trigger, chrono cross
bfv (lol)
ut2k4
super metroid
(well, actually most snes/psx games, i have that psf/psf2 and snes music plugin)
alot of others, cant remember...

i dont think that the tony hawk games should be put into competitions like that...the music wasnt written for the game.

WisMerHill · Aug 30, 2004, 11:39 PM

mmm tbh i ussually disable game music

ever since i got into serious gaming it proved vital to hear the sounds your opponents make, music distracts and blocks sounds so i never use ingame music anymore.
I play UT2004 every day since the demorelease and i never heard the music once

is it nice ?

Dark Lord · Aug 30, 2004, 11:55 PM

for single player, i let whatever is in game play, dont really care what it is. for online gameing, ive always got some kind of real music playing, like right now ive got van halen, led zepplin, guns n roses, a perfect circle, 36 crazyfists, and fuel set up for my gameing pleasures in a few moments.
as for game sound tracks, ive got FFX, piano and OST. FFX2, piano and OST. all of FF7. MGS2 and MGS TS. i had the entire need for speed hot pursuit soundtrack till my hard drive killed its self. now ive just got a couple of songs form that, and the NFS underground sound track. ive also got the Silent Hill 3 sound track, with bits and pieces of the other SH sound tracks thrown in, i need to finish downloadint them.

Falstaff · Aug 31, 2004, 12:27 AM

alright, who wants to start a thread of the best game soundtrack music with a poll...come on...I know its a bee in somebodies bonnet..lol

digerati · Aug 31, 2004, 12:33 AM

Sonic Adventure 1 Soundtrack owned. All original soundtrack.

nauticus · Aug 31, 2004, 12:33 AM

Mmm,. game music.
My favs are System Shock 2 (amazing, but it was turned up WAY too high in-game, so, naturally, I turned it down), Deus Ex (probably my favorite), and the origional UT.

Falstaff · Aug 31, 2004, 12:37 AM

How many soundtracks do yall say are out there for games?

Dark Lord · Aug 31, 2004, 01:26 AM

how many games have been made? id put it at about that many sound tracks.... now how many actual sound tracks are out there that you can buy? 1000 maybe...

pr0digal jenius · Aug 31, 2004, 01:49 AM

i have all the music from all the zelda games in 128 KBit mp3

Dark Lord · Aug 31, 2004, 02:03 AM

bah... 128K... i cant stand it that low. ever since i got my logitech z-680s, 128K has been very noticable. i try to get all my stuff now 192K +

No_Style · Aug 31, 2004, 02:37 AM

Quote:

ah... 128K... i cant stand it that low. ever since i got my logitech z-680s, 128K has been very noticable. i try to get all my stuff now 192K +

You can notice the difference between 128 Kbit and 192 kbit on an MP3 file without lyrics?! Amazing..

Quote:

mmm tbh i ussually disable game music

ever since i got into serious gaming it proved vital to hear the sounds your opponents make, music distracts and blocks sounds so i never use ingame music anymore.
I play UT2004 every day since the demorelease and i never heard the music once is it nice ?

There's no need for me to disable music for UT because I'm not too hardcore into it. But everyother game has their music auto disabled for MP play anyways.

Anyways, I like OSTs and OCRemix work. I have a large list of music.. do I feel like a 'geek' when my friends hear it? Nah. At least most if not all gaming music was made with artistic intent and not with intent on making big money

And I concur with your comment Nacht

Dark Lord · Aug 31, 2004, 02:41 AM

ya i can notice it. theres a slight crackle or hiss in the 128K stuff that goes through out the whole thing. at 192, its not there.

No_Style · Aug 31, 2004, 02:42 AM

Is that with the same song? Cuz that sounds like bad encoding.

Falstaff · Aug 31, 2004, 02:53 AM

I have a 200 dollar ear, if it costs more than 200 dollars, I cant appreciate it. I noticed I enjoy the 5.1 better than the 7.1 effects..dont know why...I have hearing loss from 16 inch gunfire quals on my old ship. I prefer the ominous and scary stuff...
QUESTION: what is the scariest game soundtrack you all have heard?

Dark Lord · Aug 31, 2004, 03:05 AM

hands down, silent hill

Falstaff · Aug 31, 2004, 03:06 AM

I gotta hear this...is that the name of a game?
edit: christ, of course, my sons Xbox game...lol....
and I thought he was sneaking out his penthouse magazine...bwahahahahahh

Dark Lord · Aug 31, 2004, 03:09 AM

ya, it is. actually, its a series, silent hill 1, 2, and 3. all of them have some very disturbing and scary songs in them

lol, i just saw your edit. im not sure if the xbox version has it, but with the ps2 version a cd came with the game that has the sound track on it. might want to go pop open the jewel case and take a look.

Drakon · Aug 31, 2004, 03:10 AM

right now on my hd, i got the soundtrack for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 plus a custom track list i made from some of the tracks from NFS: High Stakes, Porsche Unleashed and Hot Pursuit. I also like the sound track for FFX, UT2k4 and a few other games that i have, though i can't remember them...

Nacht · Aug 31, 2004, 03:14 AM

eww god no, you can definitely hear the difference between 128 and 192. even if it has no lyrics. just listen to any cymbals in the song at all and you will definitely here it...not to mention the hits are definitely softer, and the stereo seperation starts to loose its definition.

for encoding, use either 192VBR LAME a.p.s. mp3, or q6 Ogg Vorbis

anyways, back to the original convo! the ut2k4 soundtrack is really good...it sounds more like a movie soundtrack than a game one...i really like hyperblast redux, though it is a bit short. most of the songs in the game were written by Kevin Riepl. he added amazing stuff to the original UT songs (hyperblast redux being an example)...like all the orchestrated parts *yum*

Dark Lord · Aug 31, 2004, 03:23 AM

ya, about that 128 vs 192+, ive got 2 diffrent bit rates of the same song, 1000 words, theres such a huge diffrence between the 2. the 192 sounds infinatly better. if any one want to try it, search for 1000 words - orchestral, and download the 192 and 128 versions then listen to them. you can tell a big diffrence.
btw, if that song title sounds familer to some of you, its the song that yuna sang in the tunder plains in final fantasy x-2

No_Style · Aug 31, 2004, 03:30 AM

I tried looking for some 128 bit songs, but I found that I have so very little of them. Most of mine are 160 bit +..

It was way back then when I considered 128 kbps.. OK. I guess all the OCRemix stuff I've downloaded were encoded at 160+.. Even the OSTs downloaded are at least 192 kbps

SH3 has the best sound track. 1,2 and 4 don't compare.

No_Style · Aug 31, 2004, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nacht

i really like hyperblast redux, though it is a bit short. most of the songs in the game were written by Kevin Riepl. he added amazing stuff to the original UT songs (hyperblast redux being an example)...like all the orchestrated parts *yum*

Hyperblast Redux owns.

I recommend the Front Mission 4 OST. It has some really good tracks.

Soul Calibur 2 has some good ones as well. I want to dig through the past and get the Resident Evil game OSTs.

Dark Lord · Aug 31, 2004, 03:34 AM

ya, SH3 soundtrack was great. nothing quite like HomeTown and I Want Love (Studio Mix) but still, SH 1 & 2 had great sound tracks. ive yet to hear SH4's, i didnt feel like buying it and i have check to see if theres a torrent out for it yet.

*if you find a torrent for those RE OST's let me know, i want those too.

Nacht · Aug 31, 2004, 03:38 AM

anybody else really like the red alert 2 soundtrack? or am i the only freak? lol

i too used to encode in 128..back in the napster hay day...but i was also on dial up, and had some labtec crap speakers haha...top it off with a 2gig hdd, and 128 was extreme quality.

No_Style · Aug 31, 2004, 03:49 AM

SH4 torrent is out there.

Nacht, I dislike C&C.

I couldn't stand the game so I don't recall the soundtrack.

Anybody else enjoy the classic gaming tunes like from SF2, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, 3 etc? I suggest going over to OCremix.org and getting some of the great remixes there

Sonic The Hedgehog - Love Hurts by DJ Pretzel is pure gold to me! *__* (DH needs some animesque smilies

)

If you're looking for something on the tranquility side.. Try out:

Sonic 3D Blast Symphonic Ruin OC ReMix by Jive Master.

Falstaff · Aug 31, 2004, 03:54 AM

C&C..command and conquer?

No_Style · Aug 31, 2004, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fallang_jeff

C&C..command and conquer?

Affirmative.

Aug 30, 2004, 05:29 PM	#1
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Gaming Music and You! MTV's VMA 04 was on last night and they had the "Best Video Game Soundtrack" category (Tony Hawk's Underground won BTW), besides seeing nominations of games from only "EA" or "Activision" since they're the only ones who can afford to pay artists to lend their musi.. .. It reminded me of hearing Final Fantasy 8's Opening theme "Liberi Fatali" being used as a song while this duet from the U.S.A performed in synchronized swimming during the Olympics. I was like, "Whoa! They're using FF8 music!" Well, for over 2 years now, I've listened to nothing but gaming related music with a lil tranquility and techno on the side. I've forsaken anything with lyrics.I just enjoy gaming music more. For a long time now this section of gaming has been growing and growing~ Share your thoughts on it. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here Last edited by No_Style; Aug 30, 2004 at 05:37 PM.

Aug 30, 2004, 06:14 PM	#2
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	I have always enjoyed the Rob Zombie like music of Quake 3, I didnt realize the Doom 3 experience would be better until we closed the store and cranked up the music on all the games....Even Homeworld is good, wow... Call me an ubernoob, but who comes up with this stuff, its fabulous, I want to hear the Hero soundtrack in a game...that would be awesome... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Aug 30, 2004, 07:52 PM	#3
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	For your listening enjoyment: http://www.ocremix.org/ I always feel like an ubergeek when I accidentally leave some of these babies in my play list and my friends think it sounds familiar. Instrumentals are quite pleasing but games are really missing out by not including some voice. Scary games could include whispering voices and many action games it really doesn’t matter if the original lyrical components are intact except when another game character is talking. My personal favorites are from FF3, ChronoTrigger, Secret of Mana, DN3d, Metroid and all admittedly old school. Most more current game music has seemed empty to me even though they can make anything they want now and aren't just limited to midi. Last edited by MSX; Aug 30, 2004 at 07:54 PM. Reason: wondering how the font was changed

Aug 30, 2004, 11:39 PM	#5
WisMerHill DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 468 Rep Power: 0	mmm tbh i ussually disable game music ever since i got into serious gaming it proved vital to hear the sounds your opponents make, music distracts and blocks sounds so i never use ingame music anymore. I play UT2004 every day since the demorelease and i never heard the music once is it nice ? __________________ [color=sandybrown][color=white] [/color] [color=white][color=white]M[/color][color=white]y Computer[/color]: [/color][color=white]3DMark2001[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]3Dmark2003[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]3DMark200[/color][color=white]5[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]PCMark2004[/color][/color]

Aug 31, 2004, 12:27 AM	#7
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	alright, who wants to start a thread of the best game soundtrack music with a poll...come on...I know its a bee in somebodies bonnet..lol __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Aug 30, 2004, 08:57 PM	#4
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	i have many game soundtracks...not limited to: final fantasy 3, 7, 8, 9, 10 xenogears, xenosaga chrono trigger, chrono cross bfv (lol) ut2k4 super metroid (well, actually most snes/psx games, i have that psf/psf2 and snes music plugin) alot of others, cant remember... i dont think that the tony hawk games should be put into competitions like that...the music wasnt written for the game.

Aug 30, 2004, 11:55 PM	#6
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	for single player, i let whatever is in game play, dont really care what it is. for online gameing, ive always got some kind of real music playing, like right now ive got van halen, led zepplin, guns n roses, a perfect circle, 36 crazyfists, and fuel set up for my gameing pleasures in a few moments. as for game sound tracks, ive got FFX, piano and OST. FFX2, piano and OST. all of FF7. MGS2 and MGS TS. i had the entire need for speed hot pursuit soundtrack till my hard drive killed its self. now ive just got a couple of songs form that, and the NFS underground sound track. ive also got the Silent Hill 3 sound track, with bits and pieces of the other SH sound tracks thrown in, i need to finish downloadint them.

Aug 31, 2004, 12:33 AM	#8
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 0	Sonic Adventure 1 Soundtrack owned. All original soundtrack.

Aug 31, 2004, 12:33 AM	#9
nauticus Carpcarpcarpcarpcarp Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: nauticus Posts: 232 Rep Power: 0	Mmm,. game music. My favs are System Shock 2 (amazing, but it was turned up WAY too high in-game, so, naturally, I turned it down), Deus Ex (probably my favorite), and the origional UT.

Aug 31, 2004, 12:37 AM	#10
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	How many soundtracks do yall say are out there for games? __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Aug 31, 2004, 01:26 AM	#11
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	how many games have been made? id put it at about that many sound tracks.... now how many actual sound tracks are out there that you can buy? 1000 maybe...

Aug 31, 2004, 01:49 AM	#12
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	i have all the music from all the zelda games in 128 KBit mp3

Aug 31, 2004, 02:03 AM	#13
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	bah... 128K... i cant stand it that low. ever since i got my logitech z-680s, 128K has been very noticable. i try to get all my stuff now 192K +

Aug 31, 2004, 02:41 AM	#15
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	ya i can notice it. theres a slight crackle or hiss in the 128K stuff that goes through out the whole thing. at 192, its not there.

Aug 31, 2004, 02:42 AM	Thread Starter #16
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Is that with the same song? Cuz that sounds like bad encoding. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Aug 31, 2004, 02:53 AM	#17
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	I have a 200 dollar ear, if it costs more than 200 dollars, I cant appreciate it. I noticed I enjoy the 5.1 better than the 7.1 effects..dont know why...I have hearing loss from 16 inch gunfire quals on my old ship. I prefer the ominous and scary stuff... QUESTION: what is the scariest game soundtrack you all have heard? __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Aug 31, 2004, 03:05 AM	#18
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	hands down, silent hill

Aug 31, 2004, 03:06 AM	#19
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	I gotta hear this...is that the name of a game? edit: christ, of course, my sons Xbox game...lol.... and I thought he was sneaking out his penthouse magazine...bwahahahahahh __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Aug 31, 2004, 03:09 AM	#20
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	ya, it is. actually, its a series, silent hill 1, 2, and 3. all of them have some very disturbing and scary songs in them lol, i just saw your edit. im not sure if the xbox version has it, but with the ps2 version a cd came with the game that has the sound track on it. might want to go pop open the jewel case and take a look.

Aug 31, 2004, 03:10 AM	#21
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	right now on my hd, i got the soundtrack for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 plus a custom track list i made from some of the tracks from NFS: High Stakes, Porsche Unleashed and Hot Pursuit. I also like the sound track for FFX, UT2k4 and a few other games that i have, though i can't remember them...

Aug 31, 2004, 03:14 AM	#22
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	eww god no, you can definitely hear the difference between 128 and 192. even if it has no lyrics. just listen to any cymbals in the song at all and you will definitely here it...not to mention the hits are definitely softer, and the stereo seperation starts to loose its definition. for encoding, use either 192VBR LAME a.p.s. mp3, or q6 Ogg Vorbis anyways, back to the original convo! the ut2k4 soundtrack is really good...it sounds more like a movie soundtrack than a game one...i really like hyperblast redux, though it is a bit short. most of the songs in the game were written by Kevin Riepl. he added amazing stuff to the original UT songs (hyperblast redux being an example)...like all the orchestrated parts yum

Aug 31, 2004, 03:23 AM	#23
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	ya, about that 128 vs 192+, ive got 2 diffrent bit rates of the same song, 1000 words, theres such a huge diffrence between the 2. the 192 sounds infinatly better. if any one want to try it, search for 1000 words - orchestral, and download the 192 and 128 versions then listen to them. you can tell a big diffrence. btw, if that song title sounds familer to some of you, its the song that yuna sang in the tunder plains in final fantasy x-2

Aug 31, 2004, 03:30 AM	Thread Starter #24
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	I tried looking for some 128 bit songs, but I found that I have so very little of them. Most of mine are 160 bit +.. It was way back then when I considered 128 kbps.. OK. I guess all the OCRemix stuff I've downloaded were encoded at 160+.. Even the OSTs downloaded are at least 192 kbps SH3 has the best sound track. 1,2 and 4 don't compare. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Aug 31, 2004, 03:34 AM	#26
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	ya, SH3 soundtrack was great. nothing quite like HomeTown and I Want Love (Studio Mix) but still, SH 1 & 2 had great sound tracks. ive yet to hear SH4's, i didnt feel like buying it and i have check to see if theres a torrent out for it yet. *if you find a torrent for those RE OST's let me know, i want those too.

Aug 31, 2004, 03:38 AM	#27
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	anybody else really like the red alert 2 soundtrack? or am i the only freak? lol i too used to encode in 128..back in the napster hay day...but i was also on dial up, and had some labtec crap speakers haha...top it off with a 2gig hdd, and 128 was extreme quality.

Aug 31, 2004, 03:49 AM	Thread Starter #28
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	SH4 torrent is out there. Nacht, I dislike C&C. I couldn't stand the game so I don't recall the soundtrack. Anybody else enjoy the classic gaming tunes like from SF2, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, 3 etc? I suggest going over to OCremix.org and getting some of the great remixes there Sonic The Hedgehog - Love Hurts by DJ Pretzel is pure gold to me! __ (DH needs some animesque smilies ) If you're looking for something on the tranquility side.. Try out: Sonic 3D Blast Symphonic Ruin OC ReMix by Jive Master. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Aug 31, 2004, 03:54 AM	#29
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	C&C..command and conquer? __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."