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Offline Tea-cup

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« on: September 04, 2007, 02:15:39 PM »
I found myself searching and extracting music from various games last week. Some tracks appeal me cause they are nostalgic to me, other cause they are just jewels to listen to.

Some games I found nice things in:
    Command & Conquer
    Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
    Earth 2140
    Total Annihilation
    Homeworld: Cataclysm
    Baldurs Gate: Throne of Bhaal
    Lomax
    Doom
    Doom II
    Guild Wars: Nightfall
    Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
    Unreal Tournament[/li]
And I'm looking for suggestions. Good soundfonts are welcome too as some games use midi files.

Also, if you ever wanted to have a piece of music from a game you own on your playlist, but can't get it out the game, be sure to tell, maybe someone knows how.

- Mel

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« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2007, 03:13:44 PM »
Which song did you get out of Command & Conquer?

I like the Russian March song from Red Alert. :D

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« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2007, 03:28:00 PM »
Video game music kicks ass.

Here's a couple good ones I don't see on your list:
Halo
Perfect Dark (for N64)

Emphasis on Perfect Dark, the music in that game kicked ass.

Finding video game music? Well, there's a good site that can aid in that, if you don't already know about it.

http://www.vgmusic.com/

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« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2007, 04:29:01 PM »
The best video game music comes from The Neverhood. All of it was written by Terry S. Taylor.
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« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2007, 04:31:46 PM »
Final Fantasy VIII the song when Galbadia Garden attacks Balamb Garden

And the best of all when Squall and Rinoa are in Ragnarok with the song "Eyes on me"
BoSnIaN pRiDe Is My MiNd, BoSnIaN bLoOd Is My KiNd, So StEp AsIdE, & LeT uS tHrOuGh, CaUsE iTs AlL aBoUt, tHe bOsNiAn CreW!



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« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2007, 04:34:42 PM »
I never played any of those games on Mel's list except for the last three. And yes those last three have amazing music.

I'm gonna recommend some Final Fantasy and other RPG music to you. You can find a lot of it over here: Blue Laguna Along with many other great games that have awesome music. I just gotta say this too; I've been playing a old SNES game called Actraiser and it probaly has the best music you've ever heard in a SNES game.

Also, if you like anime; you can find lots of songs over here: Gendou
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« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2007, 05:55:10 PM »
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I like the Russian March song from Red Alert.
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I have to agree that is one of the greatest musical scores in video game history. I like any music I can march to, like Primus.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert (Opening theme)
Planescape: Torment (Especially the theme for Ignus)
Neverhood (like Cuchulann said)
Full Throttle (Band: Gone Jackals)
Quake (Band: Nine Inch Nails)
Sam & Max (Music Here)
Bioshock (excellent choice of classic songs)

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« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2007, 06:20:52 PM »
@Mercy
Most of them, but the top 3 would be this: March to Doom, Industrial, Air Strike.

By the way, for those who don't own the original C&C, you may want to check the offical site, you can download it for free. And I should get my hands on a Red Alert CD, I bet I'll like this Russian March.

- Mel
« Last Edit: September 04, 2007, 06:21:35 PM by Tea-cup »

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« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2007, 08:10:46 PM »
It rocks seriously. I had bought a Westwood pack (before EA.) The creators of C&C. And it came with a soundtrack that had it all on there. I used to jam driving down the road to it lol.
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« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2007, 09:44:29 PM »
Oh, I forgot to mention the music from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, for SNES. It had some pretty catchy music. Mushroom Kingdom was a good one, and a certain trouble theme, had some other cool ones too.

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« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2007, 09:38:00 AM »
I think the best music was in FFVII almost all the themes were good, then in Chrono Trigger (SNES) and Chrono Cross (Psone) aswell.

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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2007, 12:06:10 PM »
Yeah, the SNES Chrono Trigger music is great.

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« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2007, 07:38:30 PM »
Chrono Trigger rocked.

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« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2007, 08:58:25 PM »
Chrono Cross was the Chrono Trigger sequel that never came out in Europe, so i dled it and played it on the psone emulator, that game seriously rocks... Shame it didnt come out in Europe, it has a 10 on a lot of review sites, like gamespot, well actually i think its the only psone rpg that has a 10.