27-02-2003 08:27									#1
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Hey Im like the biggest fan of ingame music so this is for people who have played the game. What do you think of the music? Does it add to the gameplay? Does it help in keeping you totally immersed in the game and oblivious to the outside world?
-Demos

	27-02-2003 09:39									#2
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Er, it's the EXACT SAME BACKGROUND MUSIC as Master of Orion II's.

	27-02-2003 09:59									#3
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You're F*CKING ME???? EXACTLY the same as MOO2???????????? WTF happened to the sample music on the official website in cool stuff? I was wondering if the music was just as good as the Harverster's love song, if not better? OR do you mean the same style of music???? Im sorta finding it hard to believe they would have the same music files from moo2 in moo3.

	27-02-2003 10:02									#4
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The in-game background music is MOO2's. There is all-new music for each race during diplomacy, though.

	27-02-2003 10:17									#5
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wow. Aah well thats a shame. At least they have different music for the diplomacy. That still sux that they were too lazy to create a new soundtrack.
-Demos

	27-02-2003 10:19									#6
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Not lazy. It's more an homage to MOO2. It's traditional music.

	27-02-2003 12:07									#7
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Its still very cool

-Jam

	27-02-2003 16:08									#8
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Nothing beats MOO2's space opera music for a space strategy.

	27-02-2003 21:58									#9
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I don't recall it sounding like MoO2's music to me. Same style, but not the same. Maybe I need to pay a little more attention in my next session.

	27-02-2003 23:44									#10
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quote: Originally posted by JonahFalcon Er, it's the EXACT SAME BACKGROUND MUSIC as Master of Orion II's.

Jonah

no, it's not. Brian Williams composed all of the MOO3 stuff without every even *hearing* any of the MOO2 stuff.

	28-02-2003 00:20									#11
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I got in a couple of turns over lunch, and I can confirm that it is NOT the MoO2 music. The style is similar, but that's it.

	28-02-2003 00:38									#12
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I was wondering, had anyone at Quicksilver heard Lustmord or anything before hiring Brian Williams?

	28-02-2003 00:58									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Ulmaguest I was wondering, had anyone at Quicksilver heard Lustmord or anything before hiring Brian Williams?

Yep. I'm a big ambient/industrial/dark fan, so Brian was my first pick, and I really fought hard to make sure he was the one who did the soundtrack. We're currently trying to put together a soundtrack album since Brian recorded two CDs worth of stuff for MOO3... REALLY great stuff...

	28-02-2003 01:11									#14
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quote: Yep. I'm a big ambient/industrial/dark fan

Does this mean we can look for MoM2/MOO4 to be soundtracked by Front Line Assembly or KodeIV?

	28-02-2003 01:14									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Harry Seldon Does this mean we can look for MoM2/MOO4 to be soundtracked by Front Line Assembly or KodeIV?

Nah, maybe Nivek Ogre's New Project, or KMFDM, or SPK...

*j/k*

	28-02-2003 01:25									#16
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KMFDM or MDFMK?

	28-02-2003 01:45									#17
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That's excellent. Last night I started a game with the Ithkul while listening to Merzbow.

	28-02-2003 18:30									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Rantz no, it's not. Brian Williams composed all of the MOO3 stuff without every even *hearing* any of the MOO2 stuff.

Thanks Rantz for confirming that detail. I did think it a bit strange hearing that Moo2 music was used in Moo3. Oh and bytheway the three sample songs you have in cool stuff for your official website sound VERY COOL!!! Brian Williams did a good job, and so did you in hiring him I still don't have the game yet but ever yearning for my moo. Cya in the threads dude.
-Demos

p.s. The "love song for Harvester" is the best. Is that an ingame song or in diplomacy? Or am I just going to have to find out?

	28-02-2003 23:35									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Harry Seldon KMFDM or MDFMK?

either, I like both, but for different reasons. Didn't like 'Adios' as a whole, but thought 'Attak' was pretty good. MDFMK, especially the first two tracks, are 'angry-driving-in-LA' music

	01-03-2003 02:04									#20
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My complaint with the MoO3 background music is the same one I had with MoO2's. It's boring as hell after the first 5 minutes...

and, as with MoO2, I really like the DIPLOMACY music for each race, but you only get to hear those when you're conducting diplomacy with that given race

The rest of the time you just hear the same stupid track over and over and over and over.

It doesn't matter how good or bad the music is, that's going to get boring QUICK.

I plan to do the same thing I did with MoO2 and just play mp3's rather than listen to the game's dull background music.

But as with MoO2, I'd like to hear the music with the diplomacy screens... that music is pretty good (and doesn't get boring as fast because you hear it so infrequently).

Last edited by Arnelos on 01-03-2003 at 03:17

	01-03-2003 02:55									#21
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quote: no, it's not. Brian Williams composed all of the MOO3 stuff without every even *hearing* any of the MOO2 stuff.

Wow, its uncanny how he could produce nearly identical music without ever hearing MOOII - I mean, how many posts here think is sounds the same - several. If its not noticeably different, what's the point?

Its ok tho, I never have the music on anyway - after about 300 repetitions, one's brain goes completely numb.

BIG BUMMER: On my WinXP 1.6GHz machine when I alt-tab or ctrl-esc to try and open WinAmp - even when nothing else is running - it ALWAYS freezes up MOO3. So I've pretty much gotta set up a giant WinAmp queue before I start playing. Oh well. It hasn't crashed DURING play yet, so I guess that's somethin'

	01-03-2003 03:28									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Arnelos My complaint with the MoO3 background music is the same one I had with MoO2's. It's boring as hell after the first 5 minutes...

Well screw you and your pony music tastes!!!!!!!


MOO2 has the best in game track of any game Ive ever played


I yearn for happier times when in game msic was really cool, like Turrican and Shadow of the beast.

	01-03-2003 17:42									#23
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I was very disappointed by the music. It's of the moody background type. There is not a single memorable theme that sticks, like the Antaran theme from Moo2, or the Klackon theme from Moo1. I can still whistle those.

Moo3's music is just... there.

	01-03-2003 23:47									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Destroyer MOO2 has the best in game track of any game Ive ever played

Which repeated itself ad naseum, as with MoO3's background music.

My problem isn't so much that the music is bland as that it repeats forever and thus gets old quickly.

As for musical taste, I have no problem with MoO2 and MoO3's OTHER music (the diplomacy music for each race), as they don't play too often and they actually have some interesting elements.

I know the aim with MoO3's music was to make it inobtrusive so it didn't distract the player, but personally I'd rather have music that was a bit more intrusive

So I'll play mp3's of other space music

	02-03-2003 04:06									#25
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Actually, Ive got a crap load of space/sci-fi mp3's myself , about 110 tracks, which eork really well for civ, as the music on that is really poor, and the effects are just for show really. The only really annoying thing is the birds tweeting, despite all sound effects being off.

I expect Moo3 will be a more immersive experience.