LadyCrimson Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I know there's the general music thread, but I'm interested in suggestions of what people think are some great non-vocal music pieces for background-listening to while gaming.Non-vocal = electronic, orchaestra, Celtic/reels, single instrument, etc. I tend towards the lightly toe-tapping to bomastic build-up, but mellow/somber is good at times too. Nothing overly dubstep (some of that flavor is fine, just nothing extreme/total, please).Well known examples of what I tend to like: (cont. in 2nd post) 2 “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
LadyCrimson Posted December 16, 2014 Author Posted December 16, 2014 Two embed per post limit... (cont). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMP3PwCUH9k Anything else, that's not an overly popular, constant meme-used tune I've probably heard already? Your personal favorites? Anything out of the box I might like/should try? 1 “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Tale Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Two Steps From Hell I could link them almost all day. 1 "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Nonek Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 Debussy and Ravel always conjure a nice atmosphere in my opinion. Isao Tomita also produced a quite haunting synthesised version of some of Debussy's works back in the late 70s/early 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTGnnFatWo Or perhaps a little Fantasia by Tallis, re-invigorated by Ralph Vaughan Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAtx578yaZ8 Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin. Tea for the teapot!
Nonek Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 Or perhaps Mussorgsky, influenced by the Russian folk tale of Baba Yaga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5p-gNyVlo Or Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcogD-hHEYs Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin. Tea for the teapot!
ManifestedISO Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 The Engima music project has seven studio albums expertly crafted to enhance and uplift the background of all sorts of activities ... reading, writing, gaming, vacuuming, yoga-ing, hot-cocoa sipping, boots-knocking, even just thinking. All Stop. On Screen.
Agiel Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 I like the New Retro Wave channel on Youtube as well as that of Monstercat (Drum and Bass, Glitch Hop, and Electro). Also one of my favourite Black Metal instrumental pieces: Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
Malcador Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 Go with some trailer music, Two Steps From Hell is ok but some of their stuff is pretty generic epic-y. Really does depend on what you are playing. For anything with heavy action, and a bit unexciting to play game OSTs while playing : and the like. Unreal really has amazing music. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Luridis Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) If you don't mind vocals that can background because they don't draw you in focus on what's being said, try these below. I listen to this when I write code at times to, which I definitely could not do if the lyrics weren't quiet or rhythmic. I don't know if it's the same issue for you, but for me vocals pull me away when they make me want to listen and reflect on their meaning. Also, I can't speak for their popularity... I don't really listen to the radio anymore. Then also, for no vocals, not even chants, there's just about everything from the X3 sound track, or even X series as a whole... http://youtu.be/BhXXWhOFJzU Edited December 17, 2014 by Luridis 1 Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. - Julius Caesar #define TRUE (!FALSE) I ran across an article where the above statement was found in a release tarball. LOL! Who does something like this? Predictably, this oddity was found when the article's author tried to build said tarball and the compiler promptly went into cardiac arrest. If you're not a developer, imagine telling someone the literal meaning of up is "not down". Such nonsense makes computers, and developers... angry.
Luridis Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 Oh, one more... Since you mentioned Celtic and monotonic, I've always loved the sound of the Native American end-blown flutes... http://youtu.be/47eEevgvGYE Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. - Julius Caesar #define TRUE (!FALSE) I ran across an article where the above statement was found in a release tarball. LOL! Who does something like this? Predictably, this oddity was found when the article's author tried to build said tarball and the compiler promptly went into cardiac arrest. If you're not a developer, imagine telling someone the literal meaning of up is "not down". Such nonsense makes computers, and developers... angry.
Azdeus Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) Two Steps From Hell I could link them almost all day. They're awesome, I'd add in audiomachine aswell, they've got some great tracks. If you don't mind remixes of game music I would recommend ocremix.org they've got some great tracks there. Edited December 17, 2014 by Azdeus Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
LadyCrimson Posted December 18, 2014 Author Posted December 18, 2014 Lots of good stuff here. And yeah, some game soundtracks are awesome for listening to with ... other games. If you don't mind vocals that can background because they don't draw you in focus on what's being said, try these below.I mostly mean vocals as in the way most popular radio/itunes singles use them. They don't provoke the right state of mind for me I guess. I save those for when I'm not sitting at a desk. Choir vocals or chants or rhythmic vocalizations that aren't in English, heh, or aren't actual words, can be great. I bought/still like that Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo album Chant from years ago. One I often use as an example of what I mean for that+modernish Celtic is Capercaillie's song Bonaparte (it's on YT). I do love Karen's tonal range, whatever she's singing. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Starwars Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 Maybe you're tired of it but I find the final CD of "ambience" of the Skyrim soundtrack is excellent to put on in the background: That is, if you want something relaxing. Listen to my home-made recordings (some original songs, some not): http://www.youtube.c...low=grid&view=0
Blarghagh Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) Listening to your examples, a few things come to mind: Most of the action and racing tracks from the soundtrack to Beyond Good & Evil. The soundtracks from StarCraft 2, especially the Terran and Zerg themes. Shpongle. This is not a random word, it's a psychadelic electronic music type thing band. I also really like the soundtrack to Pacific Rim, especially the tracks (such as the main theme) where Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine guest stars with his driving riffs. Say what you will about the man wanking his guitar off in strange ways, but he knows his way around a steady riff. If you can get your hands on it, try getting an Audiomachine collection. This is a company that does a lot of trailer music and they tend to have multiple versions of the same tracks (such as a completely orchestral version contrasted with one with a lot of synths and electronic beats, versions for every game essentially). Looks like someone mentioned this before and I missed it, so hats off to them but I'll keep this here as an extra recommendation. Maaaaybe David Newman's score to Serenity, specifically the tracks "Going For A Ride" and "Space Battle", but that may be a bit too regular movie soundtrack. And here's a recommendation for everyone. Try playing a fast paced game with this track playing: Edited December 18, 2014 by TrueNeutral
Serrano Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) http://youtu.be/n9n_tl0Oi4Q?list=PL46CAACA317EB76FC http://youtu.be/qz3K3GBXmEs?list=PLEEE1922389028A82 http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=V57fj584Oe8 Edited December 18, 2014 by Serrano
Walsingham Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Or you could grow a pair and buy this album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57fj584Oe8 1 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
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