[Spicious]

CaptJosh: I'd be interested in hearing that.

I've located a copy of that here.

It's a good, versatile piece of music that can be used in any number of ways, evoking vastly different emotions depending on what it's being associated with at the time.

Are you really sure about that?
Why not choose an emotion first and then find some music that fits?

[Flipside]

Just saw this

Well, if you guys are still looking for some ideas for music, I'd be happy to throw some stuff together. I've been looking for something to give me the kickstart to get making stuff again, just let me know

[pecenipicek]

if this actually gets made... well, i'll be at more then a loss of words...

also, to contribute to the thread, why not to use the best music out there. the one from the game

(the credits music i think this is)

also, it gives slightly more time for the video. 3:32 as opposed to 2:18 from Grieg's music. also, "Hall of the Mountain King" definitely does not apply for something as badass as FSU. when people hear grieg's music they'll think "oh, i've heard that in that ad sometime earlier". we dont want people watching this to think about the music. we want them to drool, we want their brains to stop functioning for anything else then the game video, for the duration of it   




 

[Flipside]

Whilst musically it is great, to my tastes it doesn't have enough 'punch' at the hitpoint (in this case when the Supernova kicks off). To my mind at least, theres not that feeling of 'Thwack!' when it hits you. The title music 'missile track' does a better job of that. Also, I suppose with this being a fan-project, the staff want to keep as much standard 'V' stuff out of the video as possible, not out of disrespect for V, but simply to strengthen that image.

[Ransom]

Yeah, as much as I like FS2's music I think it'd be best to use something new.

[CaptJosh]

As far as that other copy of the choral arrangement of Adagio for Strings, I think my copy is better, as I extracted and converted the audio myself and I went with higher bitrate and simple stereo for encoding.

Linky...

Be warned, it's 8.06 megs, so if you're on dial-up or don't have much bandwidth to spare for some other reason, it'll take a while.

[Flipside]

Agnus Dei was sung by 'Quire of Voyces' or somesuch spelling, (though obviously was originally written by Barber) ,theres quite a few versions of it now, it seems to have caught on as a favourite among choirs.

[Flipside]

Double post, sorry...

A thought just occured to me, probably your best bet of doing this is to make the video first, that way you have complete freedom to record without worrying that the pegasus explodes 1.2 seconds after a drumbeat or something, just make a video that you think would give the best image of FSU. Once the video is done, have a contest to see who can find or write the most appropriate piece of music to the video? After all, the music is supposed to underscore the action not define it

[Sandwich]

Like I said, we can have it both - or even numerous - ways. I'd like to see a video with Mountain King as the track; you want to see a video with something else as the track. Let's do both.

[Ransom]

Double post, sorry...

A thought just occured to me, probably your best bet of doing this is to make the video first, that way you have complete freedom to record without worrying that the pegasus explodes 1.2 seconds after a drumbeat or something, just make a video that you think would give the best image of FSU. Once the video is done, have a contest to see who can find or write the most appropriate piece of music to the video? After all, the music is supposed to underscore the action not define it

Hmm, that's somewhat difficult to do. At least for me, I sync the video to the music and often define the entire trailer around the flow of the soundtrack because I find this has the best effect. Usually this means it won't work so well with music other than the one it was made for.

But yeah, multiple trailers is a great idea.

[Janos]

Mr Bungle's Ma Meeshka Mow Skwaz would certainly bring some exotic flavour into pimping.

Actually I think I am going to make that movie one day, as soon as I get my current Rollercoaster Of Emotions finished.

[Flipside]

Ok, well, I got playing around with this in mind, sort of threw together a scratchpad of stuff, theres nods in the direction of the original Freespace theme, some Vasudan themed stuff (poor buggers never get into the good videos ) and theres still more to do on it, I want to add another drum track, theres still some snare rolls and cymbal crashes to go in there, as well as about another minute of moderate/high pace music before those final end hits, just thought I'd get peoples opinions before I start adding orchestral washes, choirs etc

http://www.aqsx85.dsl.pipex.com/SPad1.mp3

[Sandwich]

I like it so far, dude. The drums are great for when the melody's playing, but they tend to get a bit too much, too repetitive, in-between the melodies. Other than that, it sounds great - I'd never heard your work before.

[Turambar]

i love it, and its made even better by those drums, which kinda give it a bit of a galactica feel to me
everything else is just great

[Fineus]

It feels like something suitably lifted straight out of "Under Seige" (at least, the one where they're on a Battleship). Or for that matter it could fit right into Master and Commander.. any sort of naval warfare. It'd be nice if the drums had a bit more punch to them when things really kick in (around 1:30 into the track). Also, the ending sort of stutters to a halt (around 4:04) and doesn't flow quite as well as it feels it should... the ending itself is good but it just doesn't lead in right.

That said, it's really excellent.

If you're looking for further inspiration I'd advise listening to Hanz Zimmers "Roll Tide" or Nightwishes cover of the same song. But follow the same lines and are absolute masterpieces of music (in my opinion).

[pecenipicek]

afsome!!!

thats all sampled music or did you play the drums?

[Flipside]

I use virtual synths, each drum is an individual sample, so although they are sampled drums, the drum track was played o a keyboad

I'll look into cleaning it up and adding prettiness over the next couple of days.

[Flipside]

Been playing around with this for the last few days, thought I'd get people's opinion...

http://www.aqsx85.dsl.pipex.com/FSU-A.mp3

It's kinda hard to compose in 4/4, been using too much 3/3 lately

[Jetmech Jr.]

OMG. That is so good.

Earned a place in ma favorite music folder, it has.

[Flipside]

Any news or progress on this? I'd love to be able to advertise the SCP on the GamePolitics Forum, which is a pretty high-traffic site, something like this would be perfect for it