Hi there,
I'm happy to see people wanting to do some DF soundtrack seriously. I've recently started working on DF-music-stuff, but it can take a while. It's somewhere on the bottom of my priority list, because I have some other music to work on for the composition-tests on a conservatory and the time is running.
Currently, there are two DF-related projects waiting: A rather mathematic conversion of the tileset-engine into sound so that you can hear what's going on (this will sound pretty awful for people who are not into modern music
Think of Iannis Xenakis) and a more traditional approach to DF music.
I like the idea to make music with the guitar as the most prominent instrument (as in the original soundtrack), but expanding it with more "dwarven" instruments (see craftable instruments and maybe other sources, like Races of Stone, a pretty dwarvish D&D-supplement, depending whether it's not clashing with the DF-dwarfes).
Just want to make sure that interest in DF music is not slated for removal, just suspended
After I'm done with that other stuff, I'd be happy to work together with other DF-people. There's a lot of planning to do, like analyzing the original soundtrack (I've seen tabs somewhere around), looking for authentic musical elements and asking how the people want their soundtrack.
It's not important for me to implement the music into the game, it's more like a tribute or something like that. Just serious music about DF.
Greetings,
Philipp