Planet Descent
Community => Art Gallery => Topic started by: Kaiaatzl on May 27, 2010, 11:59:16 AM
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I was bored, so I remastered the entire soundtracks of five classic D2 missions: Bahagad Outbreak, Encounter at Farpoint 2, The Entropy Experiment, Entropy 2 Vengeance, and Obsidian (this is the second time I remastered Obsidian).
They were remastered in FL Studio 9 with synths, effects, and in some cases, automation.
The download links are on the right side of the GoAruna page.
Bahagad Outbreak
http://www.goaruna.com/cijd (http://www.goaruna.com/cijd)
I know none of these songs were composed specifically for Bahagad (only one of the four was composed specifically for DFW), but I really like this soundtrack. I haven't heard the whole original version of the level 3 music, but I know it's an instrumental version of "Creeping Death" by Mettallica. I just can't stand metal singing.
Encounter at Farpoint 2
http://www.goaruna.com/cije (http://www.goaruna.com/cije)
Very... interesting soundtrack. Ranging from a nice techno ditty to Russian folk music. I like Russian folk, but I don't think it fits into this mission's story. It still had good music though, especially level 2, level 3, and level 6. Most of the soundtrack would have fit better into a different game though.
The Entropy Experiment
http://www.goaruna.com/cijg (http://www.goaruna.com/cijg)
Luke Schneider created the midi soundtracks to his own missions, and I can't decide which were better - the songs or the levels. The Entropy Experiment had an amazing soundtrack, and the level 2 music is still my favourite Descent song of all time.
Entropy 2: Vengeance
http://www.goaruna.com/cijf (http://www.goaruna.com/cijf)
Luke Schneider was on the D3 team, he should have been the one to do the D3 soundtrack.
Obsidian
http://www.goaruna.com/cijh (http://www.goaruna.com/cijh)
Amazing soundtrack by Doug Hale and Verran Eventide. It was pretty easy to tell who did what song by looking at the midi file. All of the songs by Doug Hale had comments on the midi channels that said "by Doug Hale", and they sometimes had titles. None of the songs by Verran Eventide even had channel comments.
I remastered this soundtrack for a second time because the first time I hadn't done the level 7 song justice before. I ended up using a lot of guitar synths (and I had more guitar synths at my disposal than the last time.)
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The Entropy Experiment had an amazing soundtrack, and the level 2 music is still my favourite Descent song of all time.
Funny, the Entropy II Level 2 song happens to be my favorite descent song... off by one (http://basementnet.us/ryan/pdsmilies/tongue.gif)
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Yeah. That one reminds me of a really old game (older than Descent) called Zone 66. No idea why though.
Something interesting: If you listen to the music from TrackMania United, it sounds like Luke Schneider could have done it. A few of the songs even use some of his "trademark" riffs. But I know that the composer for TrackMania is french, and that it's a she.
I noticed that the level 1 BGM from Obsidian sounds a lot like the Seaside Hill music from Sonic Heroes, but Obsidian came first. (Obsidian was released in 1999, Sonic Heroes was released in 2003 in Japan).
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Yes... this is how the EAF2 soundtrack is supposed to sound! The sixth track might be my new favorite. :)
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Thanks.
And welcome.
The sixth track from EAF2 is one of my all-time favourite Descent midis too.
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Hehehe... Nicely done. :-*
(The Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Ice Cap remix reminds me of the collection of remixes that are Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Hedgehog Heaven and Project Chaos...)
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Yep, I have Hedgehog Heaven (found it online... I don't think it was a commercial product). I liked "Oil Spill" so much I put it in a TrackMania track (island environment with the Hell mod).
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I have a smattering of both remixes from both soundtracks. Curiously, I happened to be listening to one of them (by chance) while reading this threat. :P
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Is that version of "Oil Spill" the rap version? Cuz that one is pretty cool!
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I don't know where you specifically noted your Credits/Briefing2 correlation remix, but where did you come across the Briefing2 remix? I would love to download it! Thanks
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http://www.planetdescent.net/index.php?action=mgallery;sa=item;id=444
I hope this is the one you're talking about. I have ALL of them in this format.
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Yes! Thank you so much!
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someone say Sonic? I was pleasantly surprised that my girl friend has some original sonic music. I'd love to hear "oil ocean" from Sonic 2 again.
So are these the "redbook" soundtracks from Descent 2?
Maybe I'll hear them when I get home. I hate having music on when at work, don't like to bother people.
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No it's not the D2 redbook music (though Alieo wants me to remix those, lol). These are the midi soundtracks to some custom D2 missions that had such good midi music that AFAIK the songs were really popular in the community (though I don't know that for sure since I wasn't here yet when the missions were built). I remastered all these midi songs in FL Studio to make them sound more like redbook versions of themselves. These are all really good missions too, you should play the levels as well if you haven't yet ;).
Some pretty good examples that are all here:
Obsidian - Soundtrack by Doug Hale and Verran Eventide. Rock-style soundtrack with a mix of guitars and pure synths in the midi version, I tried to use some realistic guitar emulators and guitar-style synths to expand on its feel. My favourite song on the soundtrack is level 7, and that's also my favourite level in the mission (though I actually extracted the entire soundtrack before playing the mission, so I heard the song before I played the level). I haven't ever finished playing through Obsidian, though right now I'm on the beginning of the last level in my savegame, which is farther than I ever got before.
Encounter at Farpoint 2: Dimensions - Wierd but awesome music that sounds like a mix of techno with Russian folk styes. I've really like Russian music ever since I went to the Russian pavilion at Folklorama (a multicultural event in this city that you might have heard of), so I tried to play up the Russian feel of these songs, even at some extent downplaying the techno aspect. Though it doesn't include the credits music because that was just a mishmash of some of the level themes, but it's still the best credits music I've ever heard in a Descent mission.
The Entropy Experiment - Luke Schneider was such a talented level designer that he got to work on D3 with Outrage. He was also probably the most talented electronica composer in the community at that time.
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I don't really have Descent anymore. I have an iMac, and the original Descent game that won't work on my iMac. I still have D3 but that's D3.
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Off topic: Vanguard, I'd post you a link where you could find more classic Sega Genesis Sonic songs, but unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, those songs are not currently up at said site, and I don't know when they'll be back up, if at all. :(
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if you want to, feel free to post it, or PM me. If anything, I just plan to play that music off something. I have the Sega Collection with the Sonic the Hedgehog series. I have wanted that music on CD, whether the music is free or not.
The girl I am seeing has some, like "Starlight Zone" from the original Sonic. How nice it is to hear that again :)
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You can get Hedgehog Heaven here:
http://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-hedgehog-heaven (http://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-hedgehog-heaven)
It has some other game soundtracks (actually including the D1 Mac soundtrack and D2 Redbook soundtrack, that's how I found the site), that are of questionable legality (I'm assuming they got a liscence to distribute them), but as far as I can tell this one is free anyway, so it's legal.
However if someone wants me to take the link down I will.
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I will have to check this out when I get home. my job has some firewall and I can't download it. Thank you.
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Keep in mind that Hedgehog Haven is, as far as I'm aware, a series of remixes of the original songs, but none of the original songs themselves. And Vanguard, there's not much point in me giving you that link at the moment, because there isn't much you could do with it. When I said the music isn't up at the moment, I mean it. The songs are just...gone. Like I said, notifications indicate that it's just temporary until some unexplained technical issues are sorted out, and the site is usually pretty good at following through with their word, but you never know, so I'm hesitant.
Of course, I'm watching the site for when the music might go back up, though, so if you want to do likewise, I suppose I could do that. That way, I wouldn't have to watch it so closely anymore, as I already have the songs myself. But not all of them, (didn't want all of them) hence why I just don't upload them here for you. That, and the inevitable legality issues that would arise. ::)
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http://www.planetdescent.net/index.php?action=mgallery;sa=item;id=446
@Vanguard: Did I beat your girlfriend to it??
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very cool! How was that done? I know some songs can be purchased, like the amazon mp3 thing they have going.
Yeah, you beat her to it. She's been quite busy, as I have been some too.
I'm sure there are a lot of Sonic music from the original to Sonic and Knuckles that I would like. But Starlight, mystic cave, hilltop (what she has), and oil ocean, and I think some others.
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Mystic cave...one of my personal favorites. :)
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yeah, some of that music sure is nice. I think it's Sonic 2s' boss theme that I like. That used to play a lot in my head.
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Woah, how did this get spun into Sonic?
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One has to remember, we never stay on topic, and another, it was my fault. sorry.
Someone had mentioned Sonic on here, and this girl I am with recently gave me some sonic music.
If anyone wants to send me a link, or if I could download other songs, like I did with "oil ocean", I'd greatly appreciate it.
We can get back on topic.
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yeah, some of that music sure is nice. I think it's Sonic 2s' boss theme that I like. That used to play a lot in my head.
Play the D2 Lost Levels.
Get to level 22.
You'll find a nice surprise...
Honestly this thread had run its course already anyway, it doesn't need to stay on topic (my thread I decide :P).
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if I could, I'd play it, but I don't have Descent 2. I don't even know if my iMac will play it or not. It won't let me play Descent 1.
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Are you trying to play vanilla D1 or through a source port?
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if I could, I'd play it, but I don't have Descent 2. I don't even know if my iMac will play it or not. It won't let me play Descent 1.
That's too bad. I've got D2X on my work iMac (for break time only, honest). Actually works pretty good.
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I suppose if someone helped me, in great detail, I could see if I could get those running again. Like I said, I have the Descent 1 macplay version.
I don't think I will care too much on which software will get these games going. I am not too crazy about graphics. I'd just love to play them again.
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If you're talking about the original version of Descent for Mac, it's likely not going to run. Back in the era of descent macs only used powerpc processors while newer ones use intel processors, and all versions of os 10.5+ don't support the classic framework anymore. You'll likely need to use a program like DXX-Rebirth in order to play it, you can get nice mac packages at http://dxx-rebirth.com (http://dxx-rebirth.com).
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If you only have D1 you can only use Rebirth, however if you have D2 you can use D2X-XL to run both games.
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Sorry for the bumpage of this 4 months old thread but, any chance of remastering the soundtrack from Kyouryuu's Project Mandrill mission?
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Maybe sometime.
You're right though, I've never done that one. :-\
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On an off-topic subject, wazzazzle, you've changed your username! :o