New Music Addon

[unmerged(8451)]

Why don't we include some mp3s with the download, or perhaps as an addon, so people have some decent ww2 era music to listen to?

I don't know about you, but I think the music that comes shipped with HoI is terrible. I personally can only stand Ride of the Valkyries for so long before I want to kill myself, so I never listen to the music anymore.

The idea here is to find music from late 30's - mid 40's with the theme of war, and include it in a zip or rar (preferably rar for better compression) file so that people can download and have decent music.

There is of course the issue of copyrights. I am not sure, but I think the music from this time is out of copyright. Maybe someone should check... If it happens to be in copyright still, then at least we can offer suggestions on what to buy.

Just my ten cents anyway.

 

[Generalisimo]

it will be good to have it as a separate add-on, because it makes the download file huge.
also, wasn't there a "music add-on" thread?

 

[unmerged(8451)]

Originally posted by Generalisimo
it will be good to have it as a separate add-on, because it makes the download file huge.
also, wasn't there a "music add-on" thread?

I am not sure, but couldn't hurt to have more than one.

 

[Generalisimo]

@The Captain
what it this in your sig:

"Help to create Keewie, the open-source EU clone! Project forum here (free registration required to view and post)."

 

[unmerged(8451)]

Originally posted by Generalisimo
@The Captain
what it this in your sig:

"Help to create Keewie, the open-source EU clone! Project forum here (free registration required to view and post)."

It is a project started by Inferis to make a game that is like EU2. Kinda like an EU3 made by fans.

 

[Generalisimo]

Originally posted by The Captain
It is a project started by Inferis to make a game that is like EU2. Kinda like an EU3 made by fans.

i don't see much action there...

 

[unmerged(8451)]

Originally posted by Generalisimo
i don't see much action there...

Are you registered to languish's forums? If so, what is your username?

It goes through highs and lows... today it got out of a low and seen some activity it hasn't in quite awhile.

 

[Generalisimo]

Originally posted by The Captain
Are you registered to languish's forums? If so, what is your username?

yes i am registered, with the same name as here

 

[unmerged(7078)]

id love to see some glen miller. big band should have been in originally

 

[unmerged(15470)]

"There'll always be an England"
"Run rabbit run"
some of Vera Lynn's songs
and any of the massively cynical soldiers songs that we seem to generate here in the UK (I think WWI songs still got sung...try "Oh What a lovely war for source material)

....

would all be good (IMO)

 

[unmerged(8451)]

Originally posted by Oberstein
"There'll always be an England"
"Run rabbit run"
some of Vera Lynn's songs
and any of the massively cynical soldiers songs that we seem to generate here in the UK (I think WWI songs still got sung...try "Oh What a lovely war for source material)

....

would all be good (IMO)

run rabbit run is a line in a pink floyd song.

 

[unmerged(13610)]

THere is a music link (run by Bluestew) with some great stuff here

 

[nachinus]

I´ve added some warfilm´s themes to HoI music, i love to play it while listening A bridge too far overture or the theme from Battle of Britain.

But i find very difficult to find warfilm soundtracks in the web, does anybody know any site where i can find some?

 

[unmerged(7078)]

try kazaa as i found some glenn miller stuff on there. really has made my game better listening to songs like moonlight serenade. mixes well with the red hot chili peppers on my stereo

 

[Apollon]

some recommendations:

dmitri shostakovich - symphonies nr. 2 (is just one movement), 5 (III. movement), 7 (I. movement; it was written for the siege of leningrad), 8, 10 (I. and II. movement), and 12.

soundtrack of the "battle of britain" movie.

ferenc liszt - les preludes (it was used as the typical nazi fanfare).

richard strauss - metamorphoses (written for the bombing of munich).

richard wagner - funeral march from siegfried.

anton bruckner - the scherzi from symphonies nr. 4 and 9.

hector berlioz - symponie phantastique (IV. movement).

 

[Mettermrck]

I think my music files are up to 200+mb now, I've added so much. I think my favorites have been the big band music. A few favorites:

"Take the A Train"
"Pennsylvania 6-5000"
"Begin the Beguine"
"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
"It Don't Mean a Thing"
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schon"

Plus I got the array of classic war movie songs, some good classical (Moonlight Sonata, Holst's Mars, the HOI standard music). And I tried to introduce at least one or two pieces for each country to have some flavor (weak spots are Italy and Japan).

 

[unmerged(11700)]

if you want i can help with music, i have over 70 old german song from that time

 

[unmerged(12730)]

.
On the stony page there is also an addon in mp3pro under downloads

http://217.18.70.66/

 

[Generalisimo]

Originally posted by Sljam
if you want i can help with music, i have over 70 old german song from that time

mmm... that looks good...
in which format? mp3?

 

[Generalisimo]

Originally posted by Mettermrck
I think my music files are up to 200+mb now, I've added so much. I think my favorites have been the big band music. A few favorites:

"Take the A Train"
"Pennsylvania 6-5000"
"Begin the Beguine"
"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
"It Don't Mean a Thing"
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schon"

Plus I got the array of classic war movie songs, some good classical (Moonlight Sonata, Holst's Mars, the HOI standard music). And I tried to introduce at least one or two pieces for each country to have some flavor (weak spots are Italy and Japan).

this looks good, but who in the world will donwload such mod??? i think no one...
maybe a good add-on will be "The Mettermrck collection"