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Xen0n

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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #165 on: September 23, 2011, 08:58:03 pm »
Quote from: Tevish Szat on September 22, 2011, 11:44:08 pm
If I have any music playing, it's usually my rock/celtic/celtic rock mix - but I've got a ton of tracks in those genres, so that's not really unique to playing dwarf fortress.

Oddly, I find the opening track from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind to be good DF music too.  That might be from the association, the slow pan over a tapestry (engraving?  I can't remember if it was a tapestry or mosaic and am too lazy to plug up my DVD) depicting ancient disaster placed against very pretty music.  I guess that might sum up an "average" DF experience: peaceful, secure, and productive until utter destruction by fire and war ensues.  Now I want to mod in a Giant Warror/God Warrior megabeast. or start a challenge above-ground embark pinned between a coast and an evil forest/jungle... blargh.

Fire Emblem music isn't bad either, but I swear it makes me more protective of my expendable militia dwarves if it's playing while there's a fight on.

Oh man, thank you for reminding me of the Nausicaa OST!  Adding that into the mix now... 

So far what I usually use is a modified SoundSense so I can have different songs linked to different seasons.  It helps with setting the atmosphere, plus keeps me from having to check the z-stocks screen all the time just to see what season it is. 

I have mostly light instrumental stuff in there, some Andy McKee,  some Shugo Tokumaru, a little Amiina, some good ol' Donkey Kong Country music, other game tracks, etc., sorted with the slower things in Winter, upbeat in Summer and so on.  Some fit better with a cavern setting, some make sense in a forest, but I think I cover most of the bases.  I do need to add more in there though to keep it from getting repetitive.
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #166 on: September 23, 2011, 10:07:55 pm »
Ah, i loved DKC2's Bramble Blast/Stickerwood Symphony song. I prefer the one from the SNES, that SPC700 really could crank out awesome sounds.
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #167 on: September 23, 2011, 10:14:13 pm »
More Homestuck: This time with 100% more siege!
There are even dogs barking at one point if you listen carefully, to go with your masses of war dogs.
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #168 on: September 23, 2011, 10:21:27 pm »
Going along with the DKC2 stuff, have a look at this for a good calm time in your dorf's lives.
Suits my fort Zalisiden very well at the moment. Stable food supply, stable alcohol, huge farm, more or less completely self-sustaining. At peace with Humans, Elves, Goblins (!).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeyiQ7HOMmw
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #169 on: September 23, 2011, 11:31:54 pm »
I'm a big fan of the London Symphony, and their album of Led Zepplin is magical for playing Dwarf Fortress.

Here is a sample of Kashmir, my second favorite song on the album and my favorite walking around town song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40VHWM1dUbU

I can put this album on repeat and lose hours of my life...
« Last Edit: September 23, 2011, 11:37:08 pm by Mechanixm »
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #170 on: September 24, 2011, 04:43:50 am »
Anything and everything from 'Two Steps from Hell'

Seriously, check it out. Even the soap-makers idling their lives away looks epic with these songs playing full blast.
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #171 on: September 24, 2011, 04:21:15 pm »
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #172 on: September 24, 2011, 04:38:50 pm »
I'm usually listening to anything by Running Wild, randomized, just because it doesn't matter what I'm doing, I love their music.

Though when a new episode of the podcast Wha-Chow! comes up, I'll listen to that while I play. If you don't know what Wha-Chow is, do yourself a favor and don't find out. If you do know, do you also know if there's a support group for people like us?
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #173 on: September 24, 2011, 05:13:37 pm »
Default music, no tileset, no items, Fox only, Final Destination.
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #174 on: September 24, 2011, 08:38:38 pm »
Something by Erik Satie or Phillipe Sarde. The Soundtrack from Le Locataire is my latest discovery.
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #175 on: September 24, 2011, 09:08:35 pm »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXCoy8XMTvk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgc8yFvJrJE&feature=related

By the way, don't listen to them unless you're prepared to stay up for a while.
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #176 on: September 25, 2011, 04:12:09 pm »
Typically I go with whatever soundsense decides to play, but recently I've been playing random songs from Chrono Trigger while I play.
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #177 on: October 14, 2011, 10:00:04 pm »
For battles that I have a near-zero chance of winning:

Mysterious Girl/Maenad theme from FF4AY.
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #178 on: October 14, 2011, 10:03:45 pm »
DF default sounds:Off

background:Whatever the hell comes on random. or the TV
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Re: What's your music choice?
« Reply #179 on: October 14, 2011, 10:06:46 pm »
Either Pink Floyd or old soviet music

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