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Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 11:58:02 am

Here is conclusive proof that boredom is a powerful thing.
I have gone through my extensive collection of game music, and taken 12 10-second samples, for you good people to identify.
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery1.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery2.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery3.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery4.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery5.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery6.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery7.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery8.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery9.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery10.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery11.mp3
http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/mystery12.mp3

You really have no excuse for not recognising 4 and 5.;)

(I meant to post this here to begin with, but since the place was down, I had to post it on F2S....)

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Stunaep on July 07, 2003, 12:42:03 pm

1. Have no idea
2. Red Alert
3. Total Annihilation probably
4. The best intro music in any game ever - Freespace
5. Freespace 2
6. No idea
7. -;;-
8. Deus Ex
9. Very familiar... can't place it thouhg
10. Homeworld: Cataclysm
11: No idea
12: System Shock 2. RUUUUULZ

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: YodaSean on July 07, 2003, 12:42:58 pm

4 and 5 are from FS2 :P
8 is from Age of Empires 2 I think, don't know any of the others, although 1 sounds sort of like some RPGs battle music

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 12:55:12 pm

Track 1 is a piece of music in its own right, that jsut happened to be used in a game.

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: DragonClaw on July 07, 2003, 01:05:14 pm

Track 1 - Jeff Wayne War of the Worlds

[edit]
Track 9 - Homeworld, music for the Turanic Raider's :p
Track 11 - Klingon Academy, great game!


btw I'm fillin in where Stunaep couldn't

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 03:32:00 pm

Anyone else identify them?

I won't post the answers until I am satisfied with the number of replies.

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Zeronet on July 07, 2003, 04:03:48 pm

Track 8 is the Hong Kong level from Deus Ex. I recognise 6, its a game i have, but can't quite identify it.

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 04:31:43 pm

For number 6:-
Clue: one of the game's actors is one Tom Clarke-Hill, the same man who does the voice of Tony the Tiger.

I will post the answers tomorrow night.

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Corhellion on July 08, 2003, 07:09:50 pm

Track1: "Brave New World" from WOTW
Track2: "Hell March" C&C Red Alert
Track3: Dunno
Track4: Freespace Main Hall music
Track5: Freespace 2
Track6: Dunno
Track7: Unreal Tournament (I think it's from either "Mazon" or one of the other "Assault" maps)
Track8: Dunno
Track9: Homeworld
Track10: Homeworld Cataclysm
Track11: Dunno
Track12: Dunno

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Zeronet on July 08, 2003, 07:58:33 pm

*Attacks Cor for not playing Deus Ex*

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 08, 2003, 08:06:34 pm

#7...

Ah, can't be. Nobody knows that game, these all seem pretty mainstream.

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Corhellion on July 08, 2003, 08:31:46 pm

Trust me Stryke...it's from Unreal Tournament...

Trust me

Cor

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: JC Denton on July 08, 2003, 09:01:39 pm

hrm...

1:  Some music from War of the Worlds I guess
2:  C&C Red Alert - Hell March 1
3:  eh, not sure, sounds like Total Annihilation
4:  FS1 Main Hall Theme
5:  FS2 Main Hall Theme 1 (Aquitaine.wav)
6:  Unknown  (but sounds familiar)
7:  Unreal Tournament:  AS-Overlord music
8:  Deus Ex, Hong Kong Streets
9:  Homeworld - Turanic Raiders Theme
10:  Homeworld Cataclysm  (BTW, this one's 20 secs :p )
11:  Klingon Academy
12:  System Shock 2

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 09, 2003, 02:41:54 am

Well now that you've got most of them, I see fit to give you the answers.

Track 1- War of the Worlds
Track 2- Red Alert - Hell March
Track 3- Total Annihilation
Track 4- FS1- Mainhall
Track 5- FS2- Mainhall
Track 6- Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
Track 7- Unreal Tournament
Track 8- Deus Ex- Hong Kong
Track 9- Homeworld
Track 10- HW:Cataclysm
Track 11- Klingon Academy
Track 12- System Shock 2- MedSci

Title: Game Music Trivia-ness
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 09, 2003, 02:54:08 am

Well, whatever. Sounded a lot like an old game I was just playing.