[elorran]

Part of the cinimatic music in freespace 2 uses lyrics from a hymn.  I have been informed that is 'king of kings' but so far I haven't been able to find any material on this what so ever and I'm not even sure it is 'king of kings'.  The particular piece I refer to is the tense briefing number 7, also used as the FS2 cinimatic music for the games credits.

I want to know what this hymn/song is called, it has been bugging me for a while now and I also want to try to get hold of an actual recording of this said hymn as well if possible.

The spelling is probably off but the lyrics go something like:
"Daa-nu sh-stay-ee, Halaluja".  This piece was also used as background ambience music in several scenes of the movie End of Days.

I would appreciate any help people could provide.  (the reason I want a copy of this hymn is because I want to do an updated FS2 cinimatic remix).

[penguin]

It may be a coincidence.  Dan Wentz, the composer of the FS1 and FS2 soundtracks, used a synth library called "Symphony of Voices," which is a lot of choruses going "oooo" and "ahhh" with some consonants thrown in.  There are probably snippets of hymns thrown in there too.

I think both FS:TGW and FS2 have the best damn music af any game I've ever played.  I converted some of them to MP3 and listen to them at work.  Good music for writing code to

FS:TGW was much moodier, IMHO; I think that fits with the darker storyline.  Whenever I listen to FS1's "Brief1," I can still hear Admiral Shima telling me about the destruction of Vasuda Prime...

[Kamikaze]

Asked a friend of mine (who goes to church) 'bout it and he says he doesn't know... so...

Yeah, I agree the FS music is superb, it's just that the FS music needs to be longer so I don't think of them as game music. (one of my favorite songs is the credits theme)

[elorran]

the credits theme is what I'm on about... it is the cinimatic music also used as a briefing music.

I want to know from which hymn/song the latin sounding lyrics at the start of the track are from.

[JR2000Z]

Heh.

I heard a little 'FS2 tune' in MGS2.



I guess it's a common thing to borrow tunes for games.

[vyper]

Heh, we could start a little "wots ur fav. fs2 tune" here:

Briefing: FS2 Brief 4 - the one which goes with the appearance of the Shivans are Gamma Draconis

Dogfight Soundtrack : Track 8 from fs1
Bombing Run Soundtrack: Track 1 from fs2

*has thot about this waaay too much*

[Petrarch of the VBB]

My fave is battle c1 from fs2! Sounds liek someone throwing oil drums out of a window!

Anywho, a mate of mine reckons that in a song by the Beastie Boys there is the line, "we will fight the shivans" can anyone confirm this?

[Nuclear1]

my favorites? who needs em? bah, what the heck.....


"March" from FS1
"Chaser" from FS1
"Worlds Apart" (also FS1)
"Spook" (yet again, FS1)

From FS2,
Leviticus
Genesis
i think..... Joshua (whatever G is)

[elorran]

I've recently being flying missions to custom remix Wing Commander Prophecy tracks.

It's to bad that activision quashed the wing commander series (was it activision?).

[LAW ENFORCER]

I think the voice from the credit music says halajluia (whatever) then oooo aaaahhh like sound then another halajluia.
But whatever,

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Originally posted by LAW ENFORCER
I think the voice from the credit music says halajluia (whatever) then oooo aaaahhh like sound then another halajluia.
But whatever,

'Halelujah' and 'Agnus Dei' are the snippets I recognise

[CP5670]

Briefing: FS2 Brief 4 - the one which goes with the appearance of the Shivans are Gamma Draconis

That one is one of my top three favorites in any game.

[NeoHunter]

I actually liked all the music in the game. Some of them gives a haunting feeling, others give a action packed feeling. And at the right time too.

[aldo_14]

I think I've heard the credits music in a movie before... or maybe the nova music... not sure.

[Galemp]

That chorus was in End of Days--it freaked me out when I first watched that movie. I have no idea how you're supposed to find out what it is, tho.

[elorran]

End of Days music samples

Samples 8 and 9 are the prime places where the chorus is used in the film though there are better samples of the chorus in 14, 15 and 16.

[vyper]

You can definately hear the same chorus being repeated as is heard at the very start of the fs2 Cinema track. I got the shivers when I listened to this.

[Star Dragon]

The other night I was messing around fredding and listening to winamp (new tracks) and ended up listening to Halloween and the Exorcist. WOW the exorcist was a bum rip (deletedit) but the Halloween kick ass... It would be perfect for when something really bad happens that is unexpected! :devil:

[Hudzy]

Originally posted by penguin
Whenever I listen to FS1's "Brief1," I can still hear Admiral Shima telling me about the destruction of Vasuda Prime...

Always reminds me of the welcome aboard to the Galatea.

[Joey_21]

Agnus dei... ahh yes. latin words. "Agnus" means "sacrificial lamb" and "dei" means "God".