The Video Game Music Thread
A Community Project that will bring a collection of great musics that may be put into maps.
A Community Project that will bring a collection of great musics that may be put into maps.
Intro: Music, whether it is background ambience music, hardcore rock music, or even the sfx, play a key role in many aspects of a game. As game designers and map makers, we know that the atmosphere of a game is essential to immerse the players. But music can also be a key feature in a game's narrative, identity, exposition, or even in characterization. All in all, video game music is very important and is often lacking in our custom games.
The purpose of this is to showcase and find great sources to some great musics out there that can be put into our maps.
I will be using this thread to store links and sources to such music. I may categorize them later on, but that will be down the road. Please participate by posting the links to some awesome music (but make sure you follow both the rules listed below AND the rules of wherever you got your music from!)
Rules!
So you want to share some fantastic music (like me).. but it is very important that you consider the copyright laws and everything else behind it. So, here are the rules for this thread.
Rule 1.
- Attribution: You must give credit to the artist.
Rule 2.
- Noncommercial: You may not use this work for commercial purposes unless you make specific arrangements with the artist under another license.
Rule 3.
- Share Alike: If you alter, transform, or build upon this music, you may distribute the resulting creation only under a license identical to this one.
Rule 4.
- Acknowledgment: By posting a music link here, you must agree to the rules and terms of the websites/sources in which the music you're posting is from. (note that some sites will need you to have both the remixer's name(s) and the site's name "clearly attributed". So beware!)
Rule 5.
- Scrutiny: Please limit your contributions to music that could actually work In-Game or is Game Related. This is about having a collection of music that can be used for games, not about what singer/bands you like to listen to... there's already a thread for that: http://www.staredit.net/topic/119/ (With 258 pages and counting.. IT'S OVER 255!!!!!)
So, let's get into business
Sources
1. Newground's Audio Portal
- While there's a river of content on Newgrounds, it is easy to pick out fantastic, original music that you probably cannot get anywhere else.
- With so much variety, the "classical" category for more ambience/RPG'ish sounds, while the "techno" and "metal and rock" categories will satisfy your contemporary needs.
2. OverClocked Remix
- A great and growing site with remixes of probably some of your most cherised video games and their respective video game musics.
3. http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks.php
- Has a ton of music ripped straight from many great video games, so if you're remaking a game, there'll probably be a music for you here!
4. http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/
- A program that will make any song up to 800% slower without distorting it. Makes great ambience music out of almost anything!!
5. WavePad
- A sleek program that will allow you to alter and work on music.
more to come?...
Music (may be categorized later)
Unfortunately, I find that the SEN's DLDB does not really support music. Moreover, it took ages to upload anything... All I can do now is give you guys the links
.. Maybe I'll zip up the music I have and upload it as one file.symbols/numbers
A-C
D-F
G-I
J-L
M-O
P-R
S-U
V-Z
And that's all for now, folks.
Please post below to add more to the list!
Or make suggestions/comments .. w/e
~Unholy
Post has been edited 13 time(s), last time on Nov 29 2010, 5:11 am by UnholyUrine.
None.
.. can u post some links?
(well my dad does......... .. .don't ask)
