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[Ivan Tseng]

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of course it's really up to you to decide.

[I R O N]

Chad just think rammstein and you'll be good.

[Orzorn]

dukered2, on 04 August 2012 - 12:25 AM, said:

Well, since we are talking about big, bulky and heavy mechs i think that perhaps it should have an underlying beat of industry like big and heavy rail iron. I think it would mesh very well with the techno and orchestral stuff

Like this:


That track in-game gives so much tension you damn near crap your pants when it starts.

Another awesome Twilight Princess track with some heavier industrial/techno style stuff is the Twili track:


Using combinations of the heavy synth beats with industrial sounds can produce extremely tense combat tracks.

In fact, try playing both of those tracks at once over each other. If you were to take away that "bwoooh" from the Twili track, then the heavy beats combine pretty well.

Edited by Orzorn, 04 August 2012 - 11:21 AM.

[ChadWarden]

So, after spending the better part of Saturday afternoon tweaking this piece, I've got a solid minute of conceptual MechWarrior-inspired tunage!

You guys have given me a TON of great suggestions, and I tried to incorporate as many of them as I could. Thanks so much for all of the ideas!

This is still a work in progress, mind you - so don't be afraid to be honest.



(note - I recommend you up the quality setting. Original file is 1411kbps)

Edited by ChadWarden, 05 August 2012 - 10:24 AM.

[TaZz oO]

PLS somehitng like this.....i will never forgett those old MW2 songs ^^

[Gargoth]

ok, i DO like it.
but.
Is it just me, or does it feel a bit...sluggish, maybe more tempo?
It certainly feels powerful and massive, but still a bit sluggish.

[Jukebox1986]

Very nice work, i do like the pace, although its sluggish, its has a dark "stompy" touch.

[Lorchan]

I am begging for a small section in your piecs that uses bagpipes, old (reels and marches) or newer (like Seven Nations). I know most people hate the schreeching wail of the bagpipes. Too bad.

The pipes and drums are the oldest war instruments other than trumpets. They should have a place of musical and martial honor.

You know it's true.

[That Guy]

i think thats a good start. however, my enjoyment hinges on where it would be used: on main screen constantly looping, or a loading or ingame combat track.

as a theme song used on the main screen and mechlab it would really start to grate on my nerves as i ussually dont like really noticable in your face music looping constanly in my ear. "epic" or "hard" themes work, but not if you have to listen to them constantly

but for referance here are a couple themes that I like, on soft one hard.

C&C tiberian sun
BF1942

now as a loading song or combat track i definatly like

[Orzorn]

ChadWarden, on 05 August 2012 - 10:16 AM, said:

So, after spending the better part of Saturday afternoon tweaking this piece, I've got a solid minute of conceptual MechWarrior-inspired tunage!

You guys have given me a TON of great suggestions, and I tried to incorporate as many of them as I could. Thanks so much for all of the ideas!

This is still a work in progress, mind you - so don't be afraid to be honest.



(note - I recommend you up the quality setting. Original file is 1411kbps)

You know what you need to "speed" that up?

Cymbals, snare drums (you used them at the beginning, but then cut them during the middle. Instead, trying tightening them up during the tension and speeding them up to give some background to that guitar), and some trumpets. The early section is okay, but when its attempting to build tension with the guitar-like part it just falls flat.



Edit: Oh, at about :45, when the second guitar joins in to help raise the tension, perhaps you could use violins or trumpets there, which have much fuller sound. You can see this a lot in the Mechwarrior 2 Umber Wall and Silent Thunder (although there Hwang uses cellos). Strings make for really good crescendos.

Edited by Orzorn, 05 August 2012 - 11:50 AM.

[XTRMNTR2K]

ChadWarden, on 05 August 2012 - 10:16 AM, said:

So, after spending the better part of Saturday afternoon tweaking this piece, I've got a solid minute of conceptual MechWarrior-inspired tunage!

You guys have given me a TON of great suggestions, and I tried to incorporate as many of them as I could. Thanks so much for all of the ideas!

This is still a work in progress, mind you - so don't be afraid to be honest.



(note - I recommend you up the quality setting. Original file is 1411kbps)

Great work so far. I think the military march / war drum aspect really helps to build tension and get the blood pumping. It also fits the 'huge robotic war machine' theme very well; the real question is what happens when you 'drop the hammer'? More heavy guitar riffs? Even more drum goodness? In any case it seems like it is supposed to pick up the pace, so I'm eager to hear more of it.

[Oddmund]

great sound for sure just need more to listen to. i agree speed it up a bit. not sure but would a song for each house be asking to much?

[Valkyrie4]

I liked the piece, I thought it definitely sounded Mechwarrior-ish. Only criticism I have is the beginning felt like it was missing something. There was a lot of thumping (which is fine--made me think of an Atlas walking , but I felt like there should be another instrument there. Good work thus far though!

[Adridos]

I don't know if someone suggested it already, but this is also a pretty good source of inspiration for mercenary soundtracks.

[Kar Ivan Skripken]

TaZz oO, on 05 August 2012 - 10:27 AM, said:

PLS somehitng like this.....i will never forgett those old MW2 songs ^^

You said it Tazz oo! I hooked up my old computer that still plays MW2 just to hear some of these old tracks on those missions. Not sure if they are overall theme worthy but they definately added a certain vibe while hunting for mechs on a mission. Especially Umber Wall! Kinda gives you this lonely me against the world kinda feeling.

[Waladil]

I'd drop to that.

[Padrone]

I like it. It has a good "marshall feel" to it. The only thing I might like to hear in it is a little "machine noise". Maybe some metallic stomping sound like a mech moving or some servos grinding in time with the bass perhaps?

[Hidran]

seems legit.
something along the lines of mw4 vengeance soundtrack

[Longdongsilverx]

http://youtu.be/jhI-7gHonN8

Always thought this was an awesome track for battle

[Rovertoo]

It's amazing! My only suggestions are to lengthen the opening bit by about one more trumpet, and maybe squeeze somthing else into the main body of the song.