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#32
Pony music. Way too much Pony music.

Alex S 20% Cooler. (Currently my favorite song, and nothing seems to be able to shake that.)
Alex S Party with Pinkie.
Alex S Ultimate Sweetie Belle.


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#33
I'm into clasic progressive rock. Someone all ready mentioned Emerson, Lake and Palmer. ( Brain Salad Surgery comes to mind) But there is also clasic Yes: Relayer, The Gates of Delirium and Close to the Edge, the title track. Something a little more jazz oriented: Return to forever, Romantic Warrior. Or perhaps a little bit more metal in nature: Joe Satriani, Surfing with the Alien and Not of This earth. Or if you're into brass, try Bill Chase, Pure Music or clasic Chicago.
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#35
I've swung back around to a lot more Skinny Puppy the past little bit, especially because there's a certain song of theirs have started working on covering, now that I have my new ESX1 sampler handy. :D

Also I think I can feel a Tool phase coming on... feels good man.
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#36
I haven't really been in a single music kick. I've been listening to a little of everything I have. Some rap(MGK and some old Thousand Foot Krutch), rock(Stone Sour and Linkin Park), nu metal(Limp Bizkit), Dubmetal(Korn's new stuff), and whatever else I have is, haha.
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#37
JoshParnell wrote:On the music side, I'm still trying to figure out how to get the blood pumping. I can do ambient pretty well, and I'm decent with suspense. But when it comes to full-blown combat music...I'm having a lot of trouble getting something nice. If you've got some game combat music that you particularly like and that you think would be helpful for me to study, post a link! :)
4 letters: ACDC.

It's so old it's actually music, not just a randomly generated series of screams and sounds. =P
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#38
I'm pretty eclectic, but mostly I listen to:
Avantasia
Pain
Delain
Apocalyptica
Evanescence
Nightwish
Epica
Within Temptation
Tarja
Linkin Park

Concerning action/combat music, I feel that metal or techno can work well. Though, honestly, I usually turn off music in games.
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#40
Katorone wrote:Concerning action/combat music, I feel that metal or techno can work well.
I don't think that techno is a good choice because it comes with a high degree of monotony. For music that you listen to for "a while" that's sub-optimal.
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#41
JoshParnell wrote:On the music side, I'm still trying to figure out how to get the blood pumping. I can do ambient pretty well, and I'm decent with suspense. But when it comes to full-blown combat music...I'm having a lot of trouble getting something nice. If you've got some game combat music that you particularly like and that you think would be helpful for me to study, post a link! :)
Mh, combat music, eh? Let me dig up some classics from my pen&paper sessions long ago (10 years...so yeah, it's a tad bit dated ^^). And yeah, it's a rather wierd selection, spanning genres and players. Also, most combat tracks only work with decent bass, to be honest. Lyrics strictly optional, in my opinion it's mostly about a proficiently thumping bass line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc5mHwnSmHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so4E2EpXNGU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYD1xy7zKR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsmXLGKdkW4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0h6H_vcSKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csJJIp7jCYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sbw4OzoasQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCrnF844_ww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84xZYSQRhQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9ThEkQhqM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO6giM9UAv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo6Cg5-JWIQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtNiyufRxKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSII4VNlecM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8D6KSiZxS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hE4XO8rF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWiyKgeGWx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7_y-F8VtSo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoDKQYn-ANE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGBDWER-wUI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mappSxg1K_0

Honorable mention, since it's more recent and most of you probably know it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUAeh0jw1aw
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#42
Gazz wrote:
Katorone wrote:Concerning action/combat music, I feel that metal or techno can work well.
I don't think that techno is a good choice because it comes with a high degree of monotony. For music that you listen to for "a while" that's sub-optimal.
Maybe I'm thinking more about (instrumental/melodic) trance. I have to admit that I don't really get all the differences. :)

But, as you said. It needs a bass, and probably a higher tempo too. I can recognize epic music but I have no idea what makes epic music sound epic.
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#43
Well, if we're throwing in the kitchen sink :D , here's a few more. Not just combat, but general being-in-space music.

Does it really happen - Yes
On n'est pas comme ca - Silmarils
Till Victory - Patti Smith
Ao longe o mar - Madredeus
Rachel's song - Vangelis
Kashmir - Led Zep
Don't you ever - Republica
Lucifer - Alan Parson Project
Abacab - Genesis
Oblivion - Astor Piazzolla
Stupid girl - Garbage
Surfing with the alien - Joe Satriani
Vltava - Smetana
Night train - Steve Winwood
Uranus the Magician - Holst

Mind you, getting suitable rights to a lot of commercial music could be costly/difficult.

It might be worth allowing players to use their own music e.g. define a playlist, or several playlists for different activities. An in-game track selector would be the icing on that cake!
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#44
I think Josh is looking for a "definition" of epic combat music, so he can write some himself.
Basically he needs to notice the characteristics and he can start writing. :D
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#45
Is there still hope for dynamically created music?
I know that dubstep is not the most favorite music on the earth but it can be extremely violent.
See Dubstep-Guns for instance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... m4S4#t=54s
The creators of this song (klaypex) are not bad either in their other songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... WfGA#t=89s

It's just begging to be the sound being played when the big cannons go hot!

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