Well, Jon mentioned the CDs I'd mention. I'll also add that the Hunt For Red
October sountrack would be awesome for an FT soundtrack.
Music from Saving Ryan's Privates is also good.
We used to like Phil Collins/Genesis (some of the lyrics were pretty
good - for snipers, we had the tune that includes the line "Bang - Bang
- Bang! and down you go, its just a job I do.... I've got your name, and
I've got your number, I've got my sights on you!" and for comms there was
another one that featured "is anybody listening?.... there was no reply at
all....no reply at all....").
Classical Thunder with all its brass and drums and Roman sounding marches...
fits well with any ground or space battle.
Any national anthem is appropriate for that type of force...How can the NAC
commander fail to react to God Save The King?
For Charlie Co and Nam era SG2, there are lots of popular tunes (as seen in
Tour of Duty and other places)....
There are also a number of sound effects CDs with artillery, gunfire,
screaming, cars crashing, alien sounds, etc.
I've gotta get a copy of an MP3 I just heard lately - a Dance/House
remix using Army of Darkness samples...
And the best theme for a "huge attacker/small defender" game is still
the Imperial March....
:)
> Thomas Barclay of the Clan Barclay wrote:
> Any national anthem is appropriate for that type of force...How can
..except for the OU. God knows what the OU's National Anthem is. "The South
Shall Rise Again"?
Something really scary: "Advance Australia Fair" can be sung to the tune
I like to play the Feel-like-I'm-fixin'-to-die rag (Country Joe
McDonald) with it cheerful "Ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee, we're all
gonna
die!"
Besides that Carl Orff is always good fighting music, Carmina Burana in
particular. It has been used in several movies. like the Conan movie with
Schwarzenegger. The test is, of course, about drinking and paryying in a
Bavarian 13th c. cloister, but it is in latin anyway..
I like to play the Feel-like-I'm-fixin'-to-die rag (Country Joe
McDonald) with it cheerful "Ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee, we're all
gonna die!" while playing SG.
Besides that Carl Orff is always good fighting music, Carmina Burana in
particular. It has been used in several movies, like the Conan movie with
Schwarzenegger. The text is, though, about drinking and paryting in a Bavarian
13th c. cloister, but it is in latin anyway...
A couple of good ones for IF folks to use:
The Wind and the Lion (my personal favorite) Lawrence of Arabia
Good general Space Battle ones not previously mentioned:
The Wrath of Khan Superman a number of recordings by Khitaro The Seahawk
(Korngold music)
Good DS2 tracks:
Just about any piece from the Ring Cycle (Wagner) Blood and Thunder (a
compilation of Hollywood soundtracks)
I just thought I'd mention some tracks that haven't been brought up yet (but
I don't listen to them in MP3--just plain old music CD for me).
> Besides that Carl Orff is always good fighting music, Carmina Burana in
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Henrix wrote:
> Besides that Carl Orff is always good fighting music, Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana wasn't in the Conan movies, but it was in Excalibur. The Conan
soundtracks are pretty good. I have both of them.
> At 01:31 AM 3/6/00 -0500, you wrote:
Crimson Tide. At least, the first track.
Just for my own edification (or something like that...), here's a mix I've
made specifically of battle music. Note that, as my computer isn't mobile,
this is actually split for a 90 minute tape (shock, horror!), i.e. two 45
minute sides.
Senso Mix (War Mix) v.1.0
=========================
SIDE A
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1. Mutiny (Crimson Tide) 9:00 9:00 (segue...) 2. Senso (Wings of Honneamise)
3:10 12:10 3.?? (MechWarrior II CD#3) 2:25 14:35 (segue...) 4. Mars (Holst,
Bernstein cond.) 6:32 21:07 5. First Attack (Dune) 2:44 23:51 6. Arise, People
of Russia (Alexander Nevsky) 2:29 26:20 7.?? (MechWarrior II CD#8) 2:12 28:32
8. Silent War (Armitage III Movie OST) 5:21 33:53 9.?? (MechWarrior II CD#16)
2:04 35:57 10.?? (MechWarrior II CD#9) 1:46 37:43 (segue...) 11. Excerpt from
The Last Battle (Star Wars) 7:45 45:28 (CD1 #15, start @4:28, through to end
@12:13)
SIDE B
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12. Confrontation (Emperor of the Fading Suns) 3:23 3:23 13. Ride of the
Valkyries 5:23 8:46 14. Heavy Armor (Patlabor the Movie OP) 4:09 12:55 15.
soukougeki ("General Offensive", ROLW rd) 2:55 15:50 16. tuiseki ("Pursuit",
Vampire Princess Miyu) 1:54 17:44 17. Into the Trap (Star Wars, CD3 #11) 2:36
20:20 (segue...) 18. TIE Fighter Attack (S.W., CD1 #13 cue 1:32) 2:20 22:40
19. tatakai no theme ("Battle Theme", ROLW) 2:18 24:58 20. Big Battle (Dune)
3:06 28:04 21. After the Battle (EFS) 2:37 30:41 (space) 22. Heimkehr
[Homecoming] (Das Boot) 2:30 33:11 (space) 23. Blade Runner (End Titles) 4:40
37:51 (CD
segue...)
24. Tears in Rain (from Blade Runner) 3:00 40:51 25. Brothers in Arms (Dire
Straits) 4:48 45:39
...anyway, I pulled music from a lot of sources, but then I own a lot of CDs.
(If anyone else on this list also owns all of these CDs, seek help
now. ^_- ) "Segue" basically means "leave as little space as possible",
while space means to (duh) leave some space. (I love the Homecoming track from
Das Boot, but it doesn't fit in *quite* as well as I'd like it
too.)
BTW, Emperor of the Fading Suns is another ~decent game with a (IMO) great
soundtrack attached.
There are a couple of cues that I really, really love; the best (IMO) is
"Tears in Rain" moving into "Brothers in Arms", but two others that work
really well are "Into the Trap" from RotJ moving into "Tie Fighter Attack"
from ANH (when the Falcon is escaping from the Death Star), and track 9 from
MechWarrior II moving into "The Last Battle", at the point where the music
really picks up. (Which is the best I can describe it right
now....)
I'm considering splitting this into smaller chunks; for one thing, it kinda
mixes naval/space/sf themes with fantasy, which can be a little odd if
you
know where all the tracks are from. But it works. ^_^ (And since I
don't have Conan & like films, I don't think I'd have enough music for an
all-fantasy mix without delving deeper into the anime than I really want
to.) Of course, the list is also changing; version 0.9 included Billy Joel's
"Goodnight Saigon" and Sibelius' "Finlandia", but both were removed 'cause I
usually listen to this on road trips and the soft bits were drowned out. And I
recently purchased "The Usual Suspects" and the MIB score CDs, which may
contribute a few songs... not to mention that I last modified the list about a
year ago so there have been many more purchases. <shrug>
Anyway... just thought I'd toss that out. ^_^
Did somebody mentioned somewhere that Emerson Lake and Palmerd does a version
of Holst: Mars. Does anyone know what album that is off of?
> At 6:44 PM +1000 9/3/00, Alan E and Carmel J Brain wrote:
Emerson Lake and Palmer 1970s and 1980s are a previous incarnation who did:
Pictures at an Exhibition. interpretations of the Mussorgsky. possibly useful
for mech games Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. ( live
album) Tarkus (self titled) including "oh lucky man". (Numerous players do NOT
apply)
Keep sending
MarkS
All the way from Gallifrey...
> Aaron Teske wrote:
> ...anyway, I pulled music from a lot of sources, but then I own a lot
Hmmm, pretty much got all of those barring one very important one. Where did
you find the Dune soundtrack album?
<Sulking now>
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