Music

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: Bradley Burr
Status: Active
Links: 
n/a

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: [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

Intro music

In-game music 1

In-game music 2

In-game music 3

Victory music

Loss 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"