Video game music

Leonardo · 04-21-2007, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by wilthetank

wow
leonardo knows a lot about video game music
i usually put my own songs on and turn the volume way down when im playing viedo games

I'm working on a degree in Computer Games and Design, I try to stay awake on the subject. Most games really don't have worthwhile music, so I totally understand why you'd crank up your own music (I do too with a lot of games), but there are a few really talented composers within the game industry, and they deserve recognition.

Let's mention Jeremy Soule. He did the soundtrack for the recent Oblivion, as well as the old classic Morrowind. Both have the unique properties of being really epic and really ambient at the same time. Great games too.

matious · 04-22-2007, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Leonardo

I'm working on a degree in Computer Games and Design, I try to stay awake on the subject. Most games really don't have worthwhile music, so I totally understand why you'd crank up your own music (I do too with a lot of games), but there are a few really talented composers within the game industry, and they deserve recognition.

Let's mention Jeremy Soule. He did the soundtrack for the recent Oblivion, as well as the old classic Morrowind. Both have the unique properties of being really epic and really ambient at the same time. Great games too.

honestly...who actually listened to the morrowind sountrack. i dont listen to any computer game music, whats the point, you got itunes on that shiz.

i cant beleive parappa the rapper hasnt been mentioned yet

Knight_of_Nights · 04-22-2007, 11:14 AM

Doom and Halo have great music. But the greatest is Kingdom Hearts. It has all the Disney songs slightly changed and stuff like that. Kicks @ss.

Leonardo · 04-22-2007, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight_of_Nights

Doom and Halo have great music.

Haha, like. Doom 1?

Now, it's been a while, but I though doom barely had music. I thought it was all demonic sounding bass pads and the occasional midi drums. But I haven't really played Doom 3 much, so that might have a good soundtrack for all I know. The game seemed really boring though.

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Originally Posted by matious

honestly...who actually listened to the morrowind sountrack. i dont listen to any computer game music, whats the point, you got itunes on that shiz.

Don't see what itunes has to do with it. That's like saying what's the point in cd's, you've got radio for that shiz. Some games have good music, that's the point. Why miss out? Since game industries go through the bother of hiring and paying a composer to make a perfect soundtrack for a game, I think it's worth a try before discarding as crap. If it isn't any good, I'll put on something else instead. But like Megaman 2? No music would be better than the original soundtrack for playing that game. And Morrowind was like that. Atleast for the first 30 hours. You could put something else on, but it wouldn't be better than the original soundtrack for that type of game. It was perfect. Hell, even World of Warcraft has a good soundtrack, though you're obviously gonna get sick of it eventually. Doesn't mean those first 10 hours or so weren't worth listening to.

matious · 04-22-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Leonardo

Haha, like. Doom 1?

Now, it's been a while, but I though doom barely had music. I thought it was all demonic sounding bass pads and the occasional midi drums. But I haven't really played Doom 3 much, so that might have a good soundtrack for all I know. The game seemed really boring though.

Don't see what itunes has to do with it. That's like saying what's the point in cd's, you've got radio for that shiz. Some games have good music, that's the point. Why miss out? Since game industries go through the bother of hiring and paying a composer to make a perfect soundtrack for a game, I think it's worth a try before discarding as crap. If it isn't any good, I'll put on something else instead. But like Megaman 2? No music would be better than the original soundtrack for playing that game. And Morrowind was like that. Atleast for the first 30 hours. You could put something else on, but it wouldn't be better than the original soundtrack for that type of game. It was perfect. Hell, even World of Warcraft has a good soundtrack, though you're obviously gonna get sick of it eventually. Doesn't mean those first 10 hours or so weren't worth listening to.

even though both the ps3 and 360 let you burn cds into the hardrive so you dont have to listen to the game music solely. ea never makes an original soundtrack, they just jack the top 20 billboard hits.

I'm saying, when im in the mood to hear footsteps and sword clanging ill listen to morrowind

I was saying pc games i listen to less because i already have plenty of music on there.

Kingmob · 04-23-2007, 01:33 AM

Best game sountrack= the radio in GTA3/GTA San Andreas.

Leonardo · 04-23-2007, 02:56 AM

Haha, yeah. That was really well done. The talkshow style channel (chatterbox? Don't remember) was absolutely hilarious. I remember being really distracted from missions by the great radio stations. Can't get out of the car and kill mafia right now, have to finish this song!

Do you want a kittie? Order a kittie at PetOvernight dot com! Miaw!

Joel007 · 04-23-2007, 08:57 AM

I was hoping to find a download for chatterbox FM, but it is still for sale on audio CD.
Too bad, I loved that station

RoxyMoron · 04-23-2007, 01:12 PM

Does anyone know if there's some sort of compilation album of classic Nintendo songs? I'd seriously listen to it.

Leonardo · 04-23-2007, 02:07 PM

I mentioned one earlier in this thread: The Mario And Zelda Big Band Concert has a lot of amazing nintendo songs, and the cd is widely pirated around the net. Since it's impossible to find in any store, I don't see any harm in downloading it.

Also, "Mama Mia! - The Very Best of Mario" is a collection of pretty much every mario related piece of music and sound FX to date. It has a lot of crap, but if you're looking for originals, it's a great source.

There are also a bunch of bands who cover nintendo music and otherwise; Try to get a hold of Guado's The Brink Of Time, a rock/jazz band who cover the entire Chrono Trigger soundtrack. Beautiful. And The 1Ups have released a great record too. More traditional jazz, lots of great covers. Nobuo Uamatsus rock band The Black Mages have some very good Final Fantasy adaptations.

Also, OCRemix has literally hundreds of great remixes of nintendos and all other game systems game music. Check out the megaman 2 remixes or the super metroid remixes especially. : O

And speaking of Megaman, Atomic Fire has everything ever featured in a game for free download!

And if you like Super Mario World, this is the best remix album ever made.

matious · 04-23-2007, 10:03 PM

geez laweez leonardo, the super mario world theme is fun an all, but i would hardly qualify it as great music.

Leonardo · 04-24-2007, 04:54 AM

Well, I would. I'd go further than that. I would say it was brilliant, and that its quality has seldomly been surpassed within the genre. Koji Kondo has my deepest respect.

matious · 04-24-2007, 11:49 PM

if the next legend of zelda game has full ochestra music ill orgasm >.>

Leonardo · 04-25-2007, 12:32 PM

Or, the theremin!

Hopefully it will, but it's hard to guess. Super Mario Galaxy appears to have MIDI music still (although it's much higher quality this time around), but alot of people are complaining about it.

Meanwhile, there's a cd arranged by Ryuichi Katsumata named The Hyrule Symphony Soundtrack. I think it's a string quartet, most of the time. The sound quality is amazing though. Most of the songs are from Ocarina of Time. You can download the whole thing free of charge on this page, legal and everything.

Also, a concert called PLAY! is setting up all across the world. They have choirs, bands, and orchestras performing all sorts of video game music (and usually zelda), and should be worth checking out.

-Official PLAY! site-
-Youtube sample-

Kingmob · 04-25-2007, 09:48 PM

What was the game about killing giant monsters on X-box 360, shadow of collossus or something? The soundtrack to that is up on a fileshare community I use, is that any good?

04-22-2007, 11:14 AM	#18 (permalink)
Knight_of_Nights Pary long, party hard Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 37	Re: Video game music Doom and Halo have great music. But the greatest is Kingdom Hearts. It has all the Disney songs slightly changed and stuff like that. Kicks @ss.

04-23-2007, 01:33 AM	#21 (permalink)
Kingmob Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reekie Posts: 453	Re: Video game music Best game sountrack= the radio in GTA3/GTA San Andreas.

04-23-2007, 02:56 AM	#22 (permalink)
Leonardo Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 181	Re: Video game music Haha, yeah. That was really well done. The talkshow style channel (chatterbox? Don't remember) was absolutely hilarious. I remember being really distracted from missions by the great radio stations. Can't get out of the car and kill mafia right now, have to finish this song! Do you want a kittie? Order a kittie at PetOvernight dot com! Miaw!

04-23-2007, 08:57 AM	#23 (permalink)
Joel007 Guitarist Intermediate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: "excellent guitar rift..." Posts: 49	Re: Video game music I was hoping to find a download for chatterbox FM, but it is still for sale on audio CD. Too bad, I loved that station

04-23-2007, 01:12 PM	#24 (permalink)
RoxyMoron Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 74	Re: Video game music Does anyone know if there's some sort of compilation album of classic Nintendo songs? I'd seriously listen to it.

04-23-2007, 02:07 PM	#25 (permalink)
Leonardo Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 181	Re: Video game music I mentioned one earlier in this thread: The Mario And Zelda Big Band Concert has a lot of amazing nintendo songs, and the cd is widely pirated around the net. Since it's impossible to find in any store, I don't see any harm in downloading it. Also, "Mama Mia! - The Very Best of Mario" is a collection of pretty much every mario related piece of music and sound FX to date. It has a lot of crap, but if you're looking for originals, it's a great source. There are also a bunch of bands who cover nintendo music and otherwise; Try to get a hold of Guado's The Brink Of Time, a rock/jazz band who cover the entire Chrono Trigger soundtrack. Beautiful. And The 1Ups have released a great record too. More traditional jazz, lots of great covers. Nobuo Uamatsus rock band The Black Mages have some very good Final Fantasy adaptations. Also, OCRemix has literally hundreds of great remixes of nintendos and all other game systems game music. Check out the megaman 2 remixes or the super metroid remixes especially. : O And speaking of Megaman, Atomic Fire has everything ever featured in a game for free download! And if you like Super Mario World, this is the best remix album ever made.

04-23-2007, 10:03 PM	#26 (permalink)
matious Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 182	Re: Video game music geez laweez leonardo, the super mario world theme is fun an all, but i would hardly qualify it as great music.

04-24-2007, 04:54 AM	#27 (permalink)
Leonardo Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 181	Re: Video game music Well, I would. I'd go further than that. I would say it was brilliant, and that its quality has seldomly been surpassed within the genre. Koji Kondo has my deepest respect.

04-24-2007, 11:49 PM	#28 (permalink)
matious Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 182	Re: Video game music if the next legend of zelda game has full ochestra music ill orgasm >.>

04-25-2007, 12:32 PM	#29 (permalink)
Leonardo Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 181	Re: Video game music Or, the theremin! Hopefully it will, but it's hard to guess. Super Mario Galaxy appears to have MIDI music still (although it's much higher quality this time around), but alot of people are complaining about it. Meanwhile, there's a cd arranged by Ryuichi Katsumata named The Hyrule Symphony Soundtrack. I think it's a string quartet, most of the time. The sound quality is amazing though. Most of the songs are from Ocarina of Time. You can download the whole thing free of charge on this page, legal and everything. Also, a concert called PLAY! is setting up all across the world. They have choirs, bands, and orchestras performing all sorts of video game music (and usually zelda), and should be worth checking out. -Official PLAY! site- -Youtube sample-

04-25-2007, 09:48 PM	#30 (permalink)
Kingmob Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Reekie Posts: 453	Re: Video game music What was the game about killing giant monsters on X-box 360, shadow of collossus or something? The soundtrack to that is up on a fileshare community I use, is that any good?

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