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Overview

Empires currently has a small amount of music, and we are looking to expand on this. Being a freely available mod, there is no budget to pay for a 'professional', so please refrain from posting offers that require such funds. Also note that songs will not be used without express permission from the authors, and authors will receive full credit for their pieces, if used.

Feel free to add yourself or other information to this page.

Artists

The following people have offered their talents:

Name: Matt McElroy
Status: Inactive
Links: Some of my contributions on Soundcloud

Name: Bradley Burr
Status: Inactive
Note: Can come back if somebody has a very specific idea of what they want.
Links: 
n/a

Name: Christiaan "AniCator" Bakker
Status: Available
Links:
AniCator's Website
Original thread (contains most of the tracks)
Last.FM 'Empires' Album page
More tracks by AniCator

Name: [PRKL] Werihukka
Status: Partially active (pursuing solo career)
Links: 
Offer to contribute
Various songs

Name: ghost12332
Status: MIA
Links:
Offer to contribute
Songs (not for Empires)

Name: Johnsky
Status: MIA
Links:
Johnsky's blog
Offer to contribute

Name: Tovarich Cookie
Status: MIA
Links: 
Offer to contribute

What is music needed for?

Empires is divided into various segments:

Main menu (probably won't change)
First few minutes ("breakout" period) -- more variety would be awesome
Countdown to sudden death (300 seconds) -- maybe
Sudden death mode -- something dramatic for a couple minutes, maybe multiple ones to be randomly chosen
Win/loss music -- open to proposals, but not urgent

Current Music

~Fixme
Links no longer work

Soundcloud playlist - Matt McElroy contributions

Potential Sources of Inspiration

Disclaimer: These are not official, merely suggestions by community members

Total Annihilation -- Full music packet (rar, rapidshare) / basic music (Youtube)
Starship Troopers -- Klendathu Drop (Basil Poledouris)
The Hunt For Red October -- Chopper (Basil Poledouris)
MechWarrior 2 -- Five Songs (Youtube)
Iron Grip: The Oppression -- Trailer (Youtube)
Battlefield 1942 -- Theme Song (Youtube) -- Some other song (Youtube)
World of Goo -- "Conflict of Interest" (Youtube)
Immediate music -- "Immediate music themes" (Youtube)
X3TC -- "X3TC - Battle 2"

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 == Overview ==
 Empires currently has a small amount of music, and we are looking to expand on this. Being a freely available mod, there is no budget to pay for a 'professional', so please refrain from posting offers that require such funds. Also note that songs will not be used without express permission from the authors, and authors will receive full credit for their pieces, if used.
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 == Artists ==
 The following people have offered their talents:
-  Name: Christian "Anicator" Bakker
+  Name: Matt McElroy
-  Status: Offer presumed withdrawn
+ Status: Inactive
+ Links: [https://soundcloud.com/mattjmcelroy/sets/empires-mod-soundtrack Some of my contributions on Soundcloud]
+ Name: Bradley Burr
+ Status: Inactive
+ Note: Can come back if somebody has a very specific idea of what they want.
+ Links:
+ n/a
+ Name: Christiaan "AniCator" Bakker
+  Status: Available
   Links:
-  [http://www.anicator.com Anicator's Website]
+  [http://www.anicator.com AniCator's Website]
-  [http://forums.empiresmod.com/showthread.php?t=5255 Forum thread containing some music]
+  [http://forums.empiresmod.com/index.php?threads/5255 Original thread (contains most of the tracks)]
+ [http://www.last.fm/music/Christiaan+Bakker/Empires Last.FM 'Empires' Album page]
+ [http://www.anicator.com/gallery/music/ More tracks by AniCator]
+ Name: [PRKL] Werihukka
+ Status: Partially active (pursuing solo career)
+ Links:
+ [http://forums.empiresmod.com/index.php?posts/187770&postcount=9 Offer to contribute]
+ [http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=115535 Various songs]
+ Name: ghost12332
+ Status: MIA
+ Links:
+ [http://forums.empiresmod.com/index.php?posts/192328&postcount=91 Offer to contribute]
+ [http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?AID=659029&t=8136 Songs (not for Empires)]
   Name: Johnsky
-  Status: Waiting on new studio software
+  Status: MIA
   Links:
-  [http://forums.empiresmod.com/showpost.php?p=190362&postcount=68 His offer]
+ [http://seventhverse.blogspot.com/2009/01/mental-decay.html Johnsky's blog]
+  [http://forums.empiresmod.com/index.php?posts/190362&postcount=68 Offer to contribute]
   Name: Tovarich Cookie
-  Status: Travelling (expected back mid-February)
+  Status: MIA
- Links:
- [http://forums.empiresmod.com/showpost.php?p=187682&postcount=2 His offer]
- Name: [PRKL] Werihukka
- Status: Producing
   Links:
-  [http://forums.empiresmod.com/showpost.php?p=187770&postcount=9 His offer]
+  [http://forums.empiresmod.com/index.php?posts/187682&postcount=2 Offer to contribute]
- [http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=115535 Songs (some unfinished)]
 == What is music needed for? ==
 Empires is divided into various segments:
-* main menu (probably won't change)
+* Main menu (probably won't change)
-* pre-game & voting period
+* First few minutes ("breakout" period) -- more variety would be awesome
-* first few minutes
+* Countdown to sudden death (300 seconds) -- maybe
-* after the first few minutes (currently no music at all)
+* Sudden death mode -- something dramatic for a couple minutes, maybe multiple ones to be randomly chosen
-* countdown to commander sudden death (300 seconds)
+* Win/loss music -- open to proposals, but not urgent
-* commander sudden-death mode
-* NF/Brenodi win (almost national anthem type?)
-Potentially, there could be a full in-game soundtrack if enough songs are created. This would be completely optional for the people that don't like music while they play.
+== Current Music ==
+{{fixme|Links no longer work}}
+[https://soundcloud.com/mattjmcelroy/sets/empires-mod-soundtrack Soundcloud playlist - Matt McElroy contributions]
+[http://raegquit.com/coffeeburrito/music/gamestartup01.mp3 Intro music]
+[http://raegquit.com/coffeeburrito/music/attack.mp3 In-game music 1]
+[http://raegquit.com/coffeeburrito/music/gloom.mp3 In-game music 2]
+[http://raegquit.com/coffeeburrito/music/start.mp3 In-game music 3]
+[http://raegquit.com/coffeeburrito/music/win.mp3 Victory music]
+[http://raegquit.com/coffeeburrito/music/lose.mp3 Loss music]
 == Potential Sources of Inspiration ==
 '''Disclaimer: These are not official, merely suggestions by community members'''
+* Total Annihilation -- [http://rapidshare.com/files/160561950/cavedog_total_annihilation.rar Full music packet (rar, rapidshare)] / [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPBpzLYMM-M&feature=related basic music (Youtube)]
 * Starship Troopers -- [http://www.basil-poledouris.com/media/basil/128k/StarshipTroopers-KlendathuDrop.mp3 Klendathu Drop (Basil Poledouris)]
 * The Hunt For Red October -- [http://www.basil-poledouris.com/media/basil/128k/HuntForRedOctober-Chopper.mp3 Chopper (Basil Poledouris)]
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 * Battlefield 1942 -- [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=3Womke1xmiU Theme Song (Youtube)] -- [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qOa1PQNbeW0 Some other song (Youtube)]
 * World of Goo -- [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=WUNdRZ2llio "Conflict of Interest" (Youtube)]
+* Immediate music -- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJoi3yy8244 "Immediate music themes" (Youtube)]
-== Ideas ==
+* X3TC -- [http://raegquit.com/coffeeburrito/music/X3TC-Battle2.mp3 "X3TC - Battle 2"]
-* Hold a music contest for the community if we can get enough interested participants.
-* Ask other mods that already have music if their artists want to contribute to Empires as well.