Wanted: Composer/Music Scout for Gaias Retaliation

Zwiebelchen · May 5, 2012

As my newest invention TabReader was released now, the Gaias Team discussed adding it to the game in the upcoming 1.2 update.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/submissions-414/tabreader-music-interpreter-215824/

For this, we would appreciate user contribution to our resources.

What we need is a collection of GuitarPro, PowerTab or Midi-Files to include into the Gaias Retaliation Soundtrack.

Those Resources can be found at websites like www.Ultimate-Guitar.com.

For those people that are even more creative or want to contribute actual composed music tracks to us, we are always open for that!
All you need is a common midi composer program (There is lots of freeware software available on the web) and some creativity.

Looking forward to user contribution! Wouldn't it be awesome if we could add custom user-composed soundtracks to Gaias?

PS: In case you got me wrong: We don't want mp3 contributions. We need midi oder GP files in order to use them. With this, we are allowed to import almost an unlimited amount of music to Gaias without even coming close to the 8 Megabyte limitation.

Tsumo · May 6, 2012

and if i got only mp3...could it converted?

muzzel · May 6, 2012

no, thats why we dont want mp3

Tsumo · May 6, 2012

http://www.free-midi.org/song/gotye-somebody_that_i_used_to_know_feat_kimbra.html

this i could hear 24/7

lil istrumental http://tp.ultimate-guitar.com/g/gotye/somebody_that_i_used_to_know_tab_online.html

Zwiebelchen · May 6, 2012

Tsumo said:
http://www.free-midi.org/song/gotye-somebody_that_i_used_to_know_feat_kimbra.html

this i could hear 24/7

lil istrumental http://tp.ultimate-guitar.com/g/gotye/somebody_that_i_used_to_know_tab_online.html

I think you missed the point dude...
We are talking about *soundtracks* and music that could actually match the map, not some pop-charts shit my ears will bleed off... :/

_lycan · May 6, 2012

Tsumo said:
http://www.free-midi.org/song/gotye-somebody_that_i_used_to_know_feat_kimbra.html

this i could hear 24/7

lil istrumental http://tp.ultimate-guitar.com/g/gotye/somebody_that_i_used_to_know_tab_online.html

wtf man ._.

tehSonOfTrollFace · May 6, 2012

Tsumo loves Justin Bieber.

Tsumo · May 6, 2012

thats not Bieber, are u music noob?

oger-lord · May 6, 2012

Maybe some classical?
Mussorgsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1C1NiGWccA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5pnoSgIuVo

Grieg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5arXLaRIyvY

Orff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxW2PLxjRwE

You can easily find a midi version for the songs...

Vestra · May 6, 2012

lolol kimbra is an nz artist.

Zwiebelchen · May 6, 2012

oger-lord said:
Maybe some classical?
Mussorgsky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1C1NiGWccA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5pnoSgIuVo

Grieg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5arXLaRIyvY

Orff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxW2PLxjRwE

You can easily find a midi version for the songs...

Well umm... does not really suit a game soundtrack, doesn't it? It should be something that is floating, backgrounded ... more like ambient themes. Dark and sinister, but yet quite and calm music would be awesome. Of course, for battle themes, we need something aggressive.

Tsumo · May 6, 2012

something like in diablo1 ?

if wav possible?
http://kiwi6.com/file/3403ol88no

maybe this would be usable too
http://kiwi6.com/file/30r198u241

Vestra · May 7, 2012

diablo 1 music is excellent pretty sure i suggested that a while ago. Castlevania has some good music amongst it's various tracks too.

S0ulseeker · May 7, 2012

Diablo 1 is a good choice, but I feel it's too closely related to Blizzard so whats the point to go through all the work to change in game warcraft III music to another blizzard owned game? I am aware that Gaias used to use some fable music if I believe and I thought that was a good choice.

Personally I would recommend looking up music by the composer Jeremy Soule. He is a master of 'epic' music. He does the soundtrack for games such as Knights of the old republic, Guild Wars 1 and 2, Mirrowwind, Oblivioin, Skyrim, and Icewind Dale. Neverwinter Nights has some great song selections as well with many different styles to choose from

I would ultimately try find different songs for different zones. Taverns and such could have their own 'themes' etc. It would really add a big feel to the game.

Vestra · May 7, 2012

oblivion and neverwinter music has already been included o_o

Diablo 1 music would be awesome for d3, the hell music was great. Plus since its early blizzard work, it doesn't feel as closely related to warcraft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yul_AGm-7GI

Tsumo · May 7, 2012

Whats about the both .wav things

The first isnt realy fighting sound...maybe for end of game if happyend
The second could be for the pvp in the arena maybe

oger-lord · May 7, 2012

I am not sure if it is a good idea to take music from movies/games because people who know the source will directly think: "Damn Zwiebel has stolen the music from Diablo/Skyrim/whatever".

Btw for me Griegs song I posted is floating, dark, sinister, quite and calm music :/

Hawajska · May 7, 2012

pfff...

I liked soundratacks from witcher

Zwiebelchen · May 7, 2012

An finally you guys take this serious.

This was not meant as a joke ... I'm dead serious about it. If someone wants the job and can do all the neccesary work, that would be awesome.

However, mp3s and wavs itself don't help. We need .mid or .gp files (up to .gp5).
I did a quick check for some game soundtracks and didn't really find something good yet (Except for the skyrim theme, but for obvious reasons [not enough FUS RO DA in Gaias] we will not use that ;D ) ... haven't checked for neverwinter, though. I'd really love to have the Baldurs Gate I and II such as Icewind Dale and Witcher score as Midis/GPs... if someone can find those, that would be awesome!

EDIT: Castlevania was a good hint. I've found dozens of tracks when I searched that one, though most of them won't suit Gaias, I think. But some could do well. Let's see. Open for more suggestions!
EDIT2: It seems that very old and early games like SNES music or N64 games have the highest probability of successful finding midis or gp files. Let's see which scores could match. I will try out Secret of Evermoore. Awesome music.

S0ulseeker · May 7, 2012

You should really look into Neverwinter Nights every song in that game would be perfect for Gaias :] This is the Main theme song from Neverwinter Nights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wouzlCmkjZg

but after a quick google search on ".mid songs for RPG's I found this website. I doubt any of them will be worth using for Gaias but you can always check a few out. To me some of them may be good songs but they seem too SNESy for a game like Gaias. I just don't see it fitting. If you like one of the songs you can right click the link and go to save file and you download it as a .mid

http://www.rpg-music.com/morpgs2.html

EDIT: I noticed on the side they have a tab for SquareSoft Mid's as well which are the people who make like Final Fantasy and stuff. They might have some good .mid files

Zwiebelchen · May 7, 2012

Hmm ... I think most of the stuff of very old games is either situational or way to upbeat ... but there might be some hidden pearls. Squaresoft games usually had nice dark ambient scores.
EDIT: Checked some ... I could be wrong D:

What I found was this website ... pretty cool custom stuff - I think if someone can look through this database and collect some nice ambient tracks, that would be awesome (Like "The Ditch" of Michael Fonos):
http://www.mfiles.co.uk/midi-original.htm

EDIT2:
Omg, those pieces of Michael Fonos are incredible! You should take a listen! I think with some adjustments and good instrument sounds those would fit extremely well.

Hawajska · May 7, 2012

Creep Area
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnSVmJAhObk

Boss #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bPZ9Nt_2oA
Boss #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKtm07zkFQY

Zwiebelchen · May 7, 2012

Hawajska said:
Creep Area
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnSVmJAhObk

Boss #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bPZ9Nt_2oA
Boss #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKtm07zkFQY

Again: Posting links to youtube videos doesn't help. We need midis or GPs.

Hawajska · May 7, 2012

is there any way to convert standard music files into required ones?

or converting it with program like: http://www.download.net.pl/5275/MID-Converter/

wont give desired resoult?

krustnik · May 7, 2012

Tsumo said:
and if i got only mp3...could it converted?

muzzel said:
no, thats why we dont want mp3

http://zoraspace.net/midi/SC2_-_Into_the_Whirlwind.mid This sounds good but i guess not epic as gaias require...

http://www.midishrine.com/ostepop/sga/Sonic_Adventure/icecap.mid another option might fit the snow terrain.

Zwiebelchen · May 8, 2012

krustnik said:
http://zoraspace.net/midi/SC2_-_Into_the_Whirlwind.mid This sounds good but i guess not epic as gaias require...

http://www.midishrine.com/ostepop/sga/Sonic_Adventure/icecap.mid another option might fit the snow terrain.

Thanks, I will look into it.

I've found some nice databases on the web that contain lots of scores of old video games and nice ambient music. We got an awesome collection now and we will see what will happen.
So far, we have over 3 hours of music tracks collected... I think we will need to sort some out.

Tsumo · May 8, 2012

Zwiebelchen · May 8, 2012

Tsumo said:
i dont know if there midi too

http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks.php

with midi
http://www.vgmusic.com/

http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sony/ps3/vanguard.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sony/ps3/ps3_lbp_sm01.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/computer/atari/atari/Return_of_Medusa_-_Ingame.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/computer/atari/atari/Rings_of_Medusa_-_Title.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/computer/atari/atari/Rom_ig.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/computer/atari/atari/Venusfin.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/computer/atari/atari/Weird_Dreams.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/DC_EccoDoF_Epilogue.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/Hotd206.mid the fast part
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/PSOFalz.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/shenmue_agony.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/shenmue_earthsea.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/shenmue_eternity.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/shenmue_rain.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/nozomi2.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/RedRum-JimmyQTEChase.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/shenmue_sea.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/Shenmue_Harp_Version.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/Shenmue.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/shenmue_bar_man_mo.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/bman_dc_soa_dungeoncave.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/soa_reflection.mid
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sega/dreamcast/SC_Gathering.mid

you may see game and console in the link

Hmm, I feel those wouldn't fit gaias. They are way too ... let's call it "japanese". I think this rather poppy, pseudo-melodramatic stuff doesn't fit a dark western styled RPG.
It should be more orientated to soundtracks, orchestral scores. Find games that actually fit the overall mood. For example, lots of the dungeon tracks I selected come from Resident Evil. Awesome soundtracks with a really dark and sinister feel to them and despite that not being too "dramatic" (with over-the-top drumbeats and stuff; try to avoid that ... ambient music shouldn't have drumpatterns - with some very few exceptions).

Heres some stuff I selected. I hope it helps to get a feeling about what we are looking for.

PS: The folder names are german, forgot to translate them.
Belagerung = Siege, Dorf = Village, Friedlich = friendly, Gebirge = Mountains, Kampf = Battle, Laden & Tavernen = Shops & taverns, Mystisch = Mystical, Stadt = town

Tsumo · May 8, 2012

.7z ???

muzzel · May 8, 2012

get Winrar...

Zwiebelchen · May 8, 2012

muzzel said:
get Winrar...

Scrap winrar. Get 7zip. It's freeware unlike winrar.

krustnik · May 8, 2012

Zwiebelchen said:
Attached Files
File Type: 7z Gaias Midis.7z

Great selection. Most of them sound epic/gaia enough. Great job as always.

PastTime · May 13, 2012

I have no time for composing something with my instruments anymore, and even for converting either.

However, I'd like to throw in my own sack of pounds.

Hurr durr.

Click here.

Or here...

You'll have to click them all.

I really recommend to search for other Gothic series soundtracks.

If I remind myself of any good soundtracks, I'll edit my post or make a new one - in case if people drowned the thread in messages.

Cheers.

Zwiebelchen · May 13, 2012

PastTime said:
I have no time for composing something with my instruments anymore, and even for converting either.

However, I'd like to throw in my own sack of pounds.

Hurr durr.

Click here.

Or here...

You'll have to click them all.

I really recommend to search for other Gothic series soundtracks.

If I remind myself of any good soundtracks, I'll edit my post or make a new one - in case if people drowned the thread in messages.

Cheers.

I'm sorry, but you didn't even read the topic opener.
But I'll highlight the line again, just for you:

PS: In case you got me wrong: We don't want mp3 contributions. We need midi oder GP files in order to use them.

PastTime · May 13, 2012

PastTime said:
I have no time for composing something with my instruments anymore, and even for converting either.

I was fully aware of this, but I saw some people posting the links to soundtracks put on youtube so it didn't make any difference, it's just a source if someone wanted to recreate or convert it into midi.

Zwiebelchen · May 13, 2012

PastTime said:
I was fully aware of this, but I saw some people posting the links to soundtracks put on youtube so it didn't make any difference, it's just a source if someone wanted to recreate or convert it into midi.

Yes and I said the same to them as I did to you.

Tsumo · May 14, 2012

maybe edit first posting and make it more visible

Tsumo · Jun 29, 2012

if music still needed maybe hear the end titles of Illuminati (movie)

FunnyDog · Sep 22, 2012

I think you should implent the old oblivion music again, it just fit gaias and was epic. Another good thing on it was, that you could hear it 24/7, it was just the perfect music for a perfect rpg

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