Re: Music to Game by

At 01:09 PM 10/21/00 +1000, you wrote:
>From: "Nyrath the nearly wise" <nyrath@clark.net>
>> What do you usually listen to as gaming music?
>> I like some of the tracks on the Babylon 5 soundtrack.
>
>A topic dear to my heart...

Mine, too.  I think I've posted my senso mix before, but I'll tack it on
to
the end of this message for the fun of it. ^_^

>Hi-Tech SF ground combat, suitable for DS2;

Or B5, Some few ST tracks, Star Wars, etc. for Full Thrust (and/or
DS/SG).
Plus some anime tracks (Armitage, Memories, Patlabor, Kishin Corps...
Lodoss is good too but usually feels more like fantasy, not SF). 
Computer
games with soundtracks are great; I'm kinda peeved at Homeworld, as the
latest box contains a soundtrack CD.  Grr.  I want, but I'm sure as heck
*not* going to buy the game again....

>Emerson Lake and Powell's orchestration of Gustav Holst's
>"Mars, the Bringer of War". Other orchestrations are OK, but
>this one is far, far better for SF combat.

Hmm.  Will have to find this one, I have a Bernstein.

>The Charge of the OUDF Light Horse;

Charge of the Light Brigade!  ('Course, I haven't heard that piece since
I
played it back in high school... what, 8 years ago?)

>Mike Oldfield's "Ommadawn" Track 1 15:49 to 18:40
>(at 16:55 it's impossible not to visualise a horde of
>Grav Bikes crossing a ridge on the run in to the target...)

Hmm, sounds like something to find as well.  Any pointers as to a CD
title?
^_^

Other music that can be fun are the nationalistic pieces -- Ma Vlast,
Finlandia, lots of Russian (not Soviet) music, pieces like that.  Many
have
dynamic and tempo changes that don't make them wholly suitable for
combat
music, but the general spirit is certainly present throughout.

Now, the Senso mix (made for 90 minute tapes, don't have a CD burner or
anything like that yet...):

SIDE A
------
 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
------
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 dr)	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

I especially like the switch from Blade Runner/Tears in Rain (*very*
suitable as SF, of course, given the lines ^_^ ) into Brothers in
Arms....

Later,
					Aaron