Prog music in videogames?
Sean Legge
This is a question directed to those readers who have played lots of
videogames: are there any games that have progressive rock soundtracks?
I can think of a few places in games where the background music is
not in 4/4 time (for example, Sagat's stage in the original Street
Fighter II, the intro for Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge, and
one of the dungeons in Shining Wisdom for the Saturn). On the whole,
though, there is very little prog in videogames.
So, I was just wondering if anyone else has found this kind of music
in any of the games they have played.
Sean
Vance Palodichuk
Well, 99% of music in video games are either techno or alternative (yuk!).
Hmm...well, Mega Man X3 sounds a bit like prog rock.
Vance
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The Man With the Aim
As far as I've seen, all of the early Microprose flight simulations (circa
Gunship 2000 and F-117A) open up with a Keith Emerson-esque synth riff, and the music sounds sorta ELPish. Great games, by the way :)
Jon
Pete Klimecky
Rumor has it that ASIA is working on a full soundtrack to a new Sony
playstation game.
Jeremy S.
The problerm would be that you'd get into the music, and stop
concentrating on your game.
"Whoa, check out that riff!" (As you smash your ship into the ground...)
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Pam &/or Dave Waters
Jan Hammer did "Police Quest 3".
Regards,
Dave
Jean-Luc Picard
On 11 Aug 96 04:35:50 GMT, vpal...@usinternet.com (Vance
Palodichuk) wrote:
>In <4ugo8r$8...@tribune.usask.ca>, le...@snoopy.usask.ca (Sean Legge) writes:
>
>>This is a question directed to those readers who have played lots of
>>videogames: are there any games that have progressive rock soundtracks?
Rick Wakeman did a piece for a videogame some time ago. Was it Captain
Blood? Jeez, I can't remember.
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Michel_...@bonn.detecon.de (Jean-Luc Picard) writes:
>Rick Wakeman did a piece for a videogame some time ago. Was it Captain
>Blood? Jeez, I can't remember.
Captain Blood featured music by Jean Michel Jarre (from the Zoolook album).
Ruud
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Jay Stelly
In article <320edc4a.2874647@news> Michel_...@bonn.detecon.de (Jean-Luc Picard) writes:
>On 11 Aug 96 04:35:50 GMT, vpal...@usinternet.com (Vance
>Palodichuk) wrote:
>
>>In <4ugo8r$8...@tribune.usask.ca>, le...@snoopy.usask.ca (Sean Legge) writes:
>>
>>>This is a question directed to those readers who have played lots of
>>>videogames: are there any games that have progressive rock soundtracks?
>
>Blood? Jeez, I can't remember.
>
Captain Blood's music was by JM Jarre. I still have it in a box
somewhere with my Amiga :)
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Matt Midboe
In article <320edc4a.2874647@news>,
Jean-Luc Picard <Michel_...@bonn.detecon.de> wrote:
>On 11 Aug 96 04:35:50 GMT, vpal...@usinternet.com (Vance
>Palodichuk) wrote:
>
>>In <4ugo8r$8...@tribune.usask.ca>, le...@snoopy.usask.ca (Sean Legge) writes:
>>
>>>This is a question directed to those readers who have played lots of
>>>videogames: are there any games that have progressive rock soundtracks?
>
>Rick Wakeman did a piece for a videogame some time ago. Was it Captain
>Blood? Jeez, I can't remember.
I believe it was Microcosm. Unfortunately I doubt you will see many great
prog rock soundtracks on games as it is just to easy to throw a techno
soundtrack on them and placate the masses. Prog rock also has never
really made it into the mainstream, so I doubt we will see it in games.
Matt
ma...@snsnet.net
Fletch Brendan Good
Unless it's by Braindance. I bet those guys would get into making music
for a video game. It would seem an appropriate match. BTW I'm not putting
them down, I love their stuff.
Not that they were ever really prog, but you know Journey had their own
video game for the Atari 2600, based on and named after their album
Escape, and it had some (REAL simple) music from the album in it... Those
were the days! Somebody get me my parachute pants!
Fletch
pascal Girard
Bolo (version for PC at least) has a soundtrack by Nick Tyndall
Chris Sweitzer
Fletch Brendan Good (NWC...@OLS.Net) wrote:
: > In article <320edc4a.2874647@news>,
: > Jean-Luc Picard <Michel_...@bonn.detecon.de> wrote:
: > >On 11 Aug 96 04:35:50 GMT, vpal...@usinternet.com (Vance
: > >Palodichuk) wrote:
: > >
: > >>In <4ugo8r$8...@tribune.usask.ca>, le...@snoopy.usask.ca (Sean Legge) writes:
: > >>
: > >>>This is a question directed to those readers who have played lots of
: > >>>videogames: are there any games that have progressive rock soundtracks?
: > >
: > >Rick Wakeman did a piece for a videogame some time ago. Was it Captain
James Mohr
> > >>In <4ugo8r$8...@tribune.usask.ca>, le...@snoopy.usask.ca (Sean Legge) writes:
> > >>
> > >>>This is a question directed to those readers who have played lots of
> > >>>videogames: are there any games that have progressive rock soundtracks?
I've heard a lot of prog-sounding music in video games. Take Herzog Zwei for example. Some of the music
has a distinctive Iron Maiden (Yes, I consider them prog -- frequent tempo changes, odd time signatures,
incredible melodies and vocals, virtuos musicians -- for the most part on the last one -- etc.) sound to it,
like the level with the "quicksand" in the middle of the board. Thunderstrike for Sega CD has a track or two
that are closer to the Dream Theater side of the spectrum. That's all I can remember for now, but I hear it
all the time.
--James
Paul Pavlin
I ain't exactly sure as to what "progressive rock" is, but I think that
the Lightening Force/Thunder Force 4 soundtrack qualifies.
-Ken Oshigawa
JMOU...@maine.maine.edu
Rick Wakeman did the music for Microcosm - on the SegaCD version anyway..
not so sure about any of the other versions...Terrible game, but the music,
yes the music is very good.
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