Music: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 07:06, 1 July 2009

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: Christiaan "AniCator" Bakker
Status: Partially Active (due to exams)
Links:
AniCator's Website
Original thread (contains most of the tracks)
Last.FM 'Empires' Album page
More tracks by AniCator

Name: ghost12332
Status: MIA
Links:
Offer to contribute
Songs

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

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

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

Name: Bradley Burr
Status: Active
Links: 
n/a

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

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"

Ideas

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.

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   Name: [PRKL] Werihukka
-  Status: MIA
+  Status: Partially active (pursuing solo career)
   Links:
   [http://forums.empiresmod.com/showpost.php?p=187770&postcount=9 Offer to contribute]
   [http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=115535 Various songs]
+ Name: Bradley Burr
+ Status: Active
+ Links:
+ n/a
 == What is music needed for? ==
 Empires is divided into various segments:
-* main menu (probably won't change)
+* Main menu (probably won't change)
-* credits
+* First few minutes ("breakout" period) -- more variety would be awesome
-* pre-game & voting period
+* Countdown to sudden death (300 seconds) -- maybe
-* first few minutes ("breakout" period)
+* Sudden death mode -- something dramatic for a couple minutes, maybe multiple ones to be randomly chosen
-* after the first few minutes (currently no music at all)
+* Win/loss music -- open to proposals, but not urgent
-* countdown to commander sudden death (300 seconds)
-* 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 ==