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Zero-K - Dark Matter Soundtrack [8/10/2018]

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https://mega.nz/#F!qMFzlTLA!dx0VLGVksfDxmpfM5qZnVA

The mega.nz folder has been updated. These are the changes.

-Bad static has been removed from war tracks
-Marc Pullen - Forever Waiting and Marc Pullen - Incomplete have been removed from peace tracks
-07. Moments Before 2_2 has been removed from peace tracks
-The tones.lua widget has been removed (for now)
+Void Wrecker from the above post has been added to peace, Homeward did not make the cut
+Color a Universe has been added to peace tracks. It's a tad heavy for peace, but this is my favorite track from the album I want to use it somewhere. Give it a listen:


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Keep in mind that in ZK peace is just 40 seconds before the storm.

And the other guy is already rushing a Revenant.
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6 years ago
I think mid-song switching generally works, just not for the first played track after briefing.
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Oh, my point was that you shouldn't worry if your peace tracks are not too peaceful - rather the opposite!
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6 years ago
oic... I thought that was a critique of song length. The peace album as a whole is a bit heavier now but a great deal more interesting.
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New loadscreen music addon! New song added: The Solar Crawl. Used for both loadscreen and war.

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6 years ago
I better update my copy of the soundtrack them.
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Well, the existing ZK music is pretty terrible, but this is a whole nother level of bad, tbh. It's like these tracks were put together by someone who had no idea how to properly layer a song and instead just took whatever sounds they could piece together and called it a song.

These struggle to have anything approaching a cohesive melody. I cannot express how bad this is. Tbh It reminds me of Metal Trash which was (and in some ways still kind of is) a particular genre. Imagine the random garbage in a skrillix mix, throw in a metal guitar that is playing nothing related to the rest of the music and you get the general idea. This is like that.

It's ... awful. Sorry, Yak.
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6 years ago
I like it! Me thinks it makes game feel better.
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6 years ago
quote:

Well, the existing ZK music is pretty terrible, but this is a whole nother level of bad, tbh. It's like these tracks were put together by someone who had no idea how to properly layer a song and instead just took whatever sounds they could piece together and called it a song.


That is what most of the best musicians do? They call it playing by ear.

USrank[Evo]ForbodingAngel if you have some music tips to share, I am all ears, as long as it is not in staff notation. Staff notation makes no sense algebraically and it vastly inferior to modern syntaxes like piano roll and trackers in my opinion, but I am a layman.

Even pros think staff notation is garbage:

* http://www.smartermusician.com/2012/06/02/problem-with-sheet-music/
* https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/78x3ae/too-many-notes-a-silicon-valley-designer-is-disrupting-piano-music
* https://eev.ee/blog/2016/09/15/music-theory-for-nerds/
*
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There is a pretty big difference between playing it by ear and matching melodies than hearing something and facerolling whatever instrument you're supposed to be playing.

The melodies in these songs aren't cohesive and in a lot of cases they aren't really coherent either. Some people like trash metal, more power to them, but most others find it grating.

Why are you going on about Sheet music? That is a Red Herring.
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6 years ago
USrank[Evo]ForbodingAngel link the worst offender track in your mind, I'm curious. The two Cruel Deity vids above don't have a coherent melody sure, but it's not a given that you need to have one. It's still mostly coherent harmonically, not actually random.

I wonder what you'll say about this one:


And yeah idk what sheet music has to do with anything here.
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6 years ago
This is very good. Excellent work, Yak.

Neither this nor the current music will appeal to everyone, obviously. This has a very definite style, and it's consistent throughout the entire selection. In my opinion, that style fits very well with one interpretation of the Zero-K conceptual style; I think you described it well in your initial post: "battlefield atmosphere with a dystopic sci-fi character".

Personally, I prefer the current music, but would definitely play with this on occasion for variety. I'd love for this to be an officially supported option, but probably not the default.

I didn't audition everything, but what I did listen to was good. Exception: "10. From A Distance (edit)" does not fit with War. It might actually fit with Peace, and might give Peace that kick I think you were looking for. Otherwise, I'd drop it.

I agree with Hokomoko regarding consistency.

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I agree regarding placement of From a Distance, but don't want to drop it. I think I will replace this track with the extended version (before my war edit) and move to peace.

https://soundcloud.com/crueldeity/from-a-distance
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The Mega folder has now received the above change.

Cruel Deity has released a new album on bandcamp: https://crueldeitymusic.bandcamp.com/album/cognition-ascendancy-circa-12-8-2008

It has now been uploaded to soundcloud along with some extra tracks: https://soundcloud.com/crueldeity

Haven't had a chance to listen yet but it's a free download.
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Goober
Calling it Dark Matter soundtrack makes me think its the soundtrack to the TV show Dark Matter
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I do not know of this TV show.

https://soundcloud.com/crueldeity/09-from-the-brink-of-death

This song stands above the rest of the C.D new work for me, I say it should be warmusicked.
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6 years ago
I have made a small update to disable luaintro tones by default, they do not respect music volume setting and this has annoyed me with time.
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6 years ago
New tracks added! 07 - As the dream furthers has been cut.

https://soundcloud.com/crueldeity/approaching-infinite

https://soundcloud.com/crueldeity/rebelious-incision-of-bliss-22365

https://soundcloud.com/crueldeity/09-from-the-brink-of-death
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6 years ago
Updated: https://mega.nz/#F!qMFzlTLA!dx0VLGVksfDxmpfM5qZnVA

approaching-infinite has been cut

2 new tracks added to peace:

https://soundcloud.com/crueldeity/of-fraility-26365

https://soundcloud.com/crueldeity/brave-soul
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