Veronica Stonebraker's Music Mod

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

Yes you are reading that title right.

I'm beginning a bit of an ambitious project.
Modding Stellaris before it even comes out! *Dramatic Orchestra Strings*

By that, I mean I'm going to make a little mini album and insert them into the game to give players optional, additional music without tampering with the rest of the soundtrack and see what happens. Sorta like how Kairi Blodeuyn has done with Europa Universalis IV. Although my music is probably going to sound pretty different from the main game because I am who I am.
So it's like day one DLC, except it is completely free!

I am still in the process of writing music, I have the ambitious idea of creating a "war" track for each of the racial types and a "peace" track as well, but to be fair it really depends on where my muse is taking me.
So! With that said, here are various tracks that will be making their way into this "mod" of mine. Maybe. After copious amounts of revisions.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64028031/Solar.mp3 (already shared this in my first thread about Stellaris's music)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64028031/Void.mp3
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64028031/Nebula.mp3
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64028031/Black Hole.mp3
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64028031/Space Dust.wav

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64028031/Warp Speed.mp3
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64028031/Alpha Centuari.mp3

Of course the mod wont be finished until well, probably the day of release, provided that modding in music works in the same way as it did with previous titles that use the Clauswitz engine. After all, I actually have to be able to manipulate the music folder to play music in the game, which obviously isnt out yet. What was the point of this paragraph again? I dunno go listen to my free music.

 

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

Please leave suggestions! I'd love to improve the heck out of this so it will actually sound decent when juxtaposed to the actual soundtrack. 'w'

 

[zukodark]

This was pretty good. I am more of a fantasy music fan, but this is space game after all.

 

[Jak9090]

this suonds pretty epic, i can't explain it...but i somewhat reminds me of dbz for some reason lol.

 

[Krajzen]

Beautiful! Please release the mod at release. I have been always wondering how you musicians do such things

BTW if you are indeed named Veronica Stonebraker IRL then your avatar/nick is rather masculine

Do you know Kairi Blodeuyn? She composes cool songs for EU4.

 

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

Beautiful! Please release the mod at release. I have been always wondering how you musicians do such things

BTW if you are indeed named Veronica Stonebraker IRL then your avatar/nick is rather masculine

Do you know Kairi Blodeuyn? She composes cool songs for EU4.

It is rather masculine because I like messing with people. |D
And yes! I met Kairi actually when she responded to my old thread, and checked out her stuff, all of which were pretty awesome! She's now one of my skype contacts, which is pretty great. Musicians tend to do pretty cool things when they work together.

 

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

This was pretty good. I am more of a fantasy music fan, but this is space game after all.

I don't have the most advanced setup as I am not in the most stable of positions when it comes to things right now, but I wish I could make things sound more fantasy-like. I do not have access to really nice sounding acoustic samples, but I do have decent electronic ones so, gotta use what you have. ^^

 

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

Putting up two additional songs tomorrow. I gotta say, I am freaking excited for Stellaris, but I hope I can actually afford it the time it comes out, would be awkward to have the mod finished but unable to actually release it. =w=

 

[BrotherArdis]

Getting some EVE and Mass Effect vibe from the new ones. I especially like the percussion in Black Hole (and Solar) - somehow you don't hear it very often in 'space' music... As you said, it's probably going to be different from Stellaris's own music, but it fits the space theme in its own right.

I'm really glad you decided to make more, Kaiserin. ; )

 

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

Two additional tracks have been added on the main post!
I'm not sure how many songs I want in this thing, so I'll just throw stuff at a wall until the game comes out. =w=

 

[ciadude2]

Always good to see another composer on the forums
I like what I hear so far, keep it up! I've been writing some space themed music over the past couple of weeks as well. It'll definitely be interesting to see how it all meshes with the game once it gets released.

 

[HeartsofMetal]

How about some tracks for my GLORIOUS Imperium of Man?

 

[ciadude2]

How about some tracks for my GLORIOUS Imperium of Man?

Ah, I can see it now... an epic Dragonborn style choir shouting praise to the God Emperor with thundering drums and horns playing in the background. How's that for glorious?

 

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

Ah, I can see it now... an epic Dragonborn style choir shouting praise to the God Emperor with thundering drums and horns playing in the background. How's that for glorious?

How about some tracks for my GLORIOUS Imperium of Man?

Man if only I had high quality choir samples, I'm afraid I wont be able to do such a theme justice. Maybe in the future!

 

[Zupanicarr]

Yes! I always like it when there's music mods that add stuff people have made themselves, adds a personal touch to things and usually fits better.
The Galaxy's not prepared for our sick moves. Victory will be swift over the xeno scum...

 

[ciadude2]

Man if only I had high quality choir samples, I'm afraid I wont be able to do such a theme justice. Maybe in the future!

I have East West Symphonic Choirs Platinum and 8Dio Requiem. I've actually used them in a bunch of songs for my EUIV music mod.

Btw feel free to message me if you'd like to add me on Steam/wherever else. I love talking to other composers

 

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

Expect three to two more tracks before Halloween guys!
Gotta say doing these while on a mission is pretty fun, previously I just made music whenever I felt like it.

 

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

ARISE FROM THE GRAVE


So I first off I wanted to apologize for my lack of activity as my life has gotten rather sour shortly after my last posting that lie about more tracks.
Thanks to financial issues I wasnt able to work on this project at all, and have devoted a lot of time to finding employment as being unemployed with 0 job experience and only a GED in America kinda sucks.

But my excitement and inspiriation I got from Stellaris hasn't died, and wont die until it's release, where we find out it's a terrible game, in the event this is a terrible game, but having watched the Blorg streams, I do not think this is a very likely scenario.

Things have changed for the better finally, and in March I was hired as a cart pusher for a certain big retailer in the states. Clearly, my musical expertise and sick guitar riffs are hard at work. However, as I have that in excess, I can finally divert them to my main hobby and passion of music creation because I no longer have to worry about keeping a roof over my head. So I am actively working on this now! I hope I can add at least 3 more songs for a total of ten for this initial mod, though I'm not sure I can do that by release.

I wont be done however, after this initial seeding of garbage songs, I will craft much better, more fitting ones with a thematic purpose in a second music mod.
I had the idea to compose themes for the various Ethics, perhaps I can script it so that certain themes are allowed to play for civilizations that have adopted the corresponding ethics, and wont hear Militaristic themes if they are Pacifistic.

Or perhaps there will be none of such coding and it would just be another fun music pack.

TLDR. I am not dead, I promise this mod will be released CLOSE to release, and I will be making another mod that will take longer afterwords.

 

[TheNitram]

Glad you managed to find a job and are doing better!
Loving the music so far. For someone devoted of musical talent, composing such tracks is like magic.
Good luck.

 

[Druesling]

I just wanted to say: Great work! Thanks for sharing!

And I would add "Glad to have you back" but I wasnt here in October, so I really cant. believably.