Music Suggestions

[The Undying Nephalim]

posted on January 5th, 2009, 5:03 am

Last edited by The Undying Nephalim on January 5th, 2009, 5:07 am, edited 1 time in total.

I feel I should commend the Fleet Ops team for a job well done on the soundtrack used in Fleet Ops. Notably the Romulan track. I love it.... the Nemesis music fits them perfectly. I honestly don't recognize the Dominion music, but it is epic and I am equally satisfied with it. I love how you used the next generation soundtrack from the Best of Both Worlds for the Borg. All in all, those three soundtracks are absolutely spot-on and perfect.

My suggestion lies in the other two races, the Klingons and Federation. I don't hate their
tracks by any means, oddly the first half of both soundtracks are perfect.

First off the Klingons. The music from New Worlds and SFC is awesome and should stay. The track from the Motion Picture, however, seems for lack of a better word 'cheesy.' It's a good track, but the random keyboard weapon effects that play sort of kill the mood. My suggestion for the Klingon track is to add two songs from ST VI: The Undiscovered Country to their soundtrack:

'Overture': Cliff Eidelman - Overture - Free MP3 Stream on IMEEM Music
and
'The Battle For Peace': Cliff Eidelman - The Battle For Peace - Free MP3 Stream on IMEEM Music

Both tracks are nice and dark, and have a very fitting tone. After all, the Battle For Peace plays
during a fight with the Klingons. 

I love the opening to the Federation track, the music from First Contact is wonderful. However, my problem is the classic Star Trek fanfare gets repetitive in their music track. If I am right there are four versions of it that play (First Contact, Motion Picture, Insurrection, etc...). I love the fanfare, but I feel some more action-based music should mix it up. The soundtrack from Generations has some very epic TNG style battle music, notably:

'Kirk Saves the Day": Dennis McCarthy - The Enterprise B/Kirk Saves The Day - Free MP3 Stream on IMEEM Music
and
'Outgunned': Dennis McCarthy - Outgunned - Free MP3 Stream on IMEEM Music

The whole soundtrack from that movie is perfect for the Federation, I'd love to see most of it end up in Fleet Ops. Other tracks that could be used for both the Federation and Klingons would be:

"Suprise attack": James Horner - Surprise Attack - Free MP3 Stream on IMEEM Music
and
"Battle in the Mutara Nebula": James Horner - Battle in the Mutara Nebula - Free MP3 Stream on IMEEM Music

Anywho, excellent work on Fleet Ops and I hope my suggestions are of value.

posted on January 5th, 2009, 5:59 am

Is it possible to change the .wav files that the music is stored in without getting a file mismatch online or with LAN play?

I'd like to change the klingon track myself, as it's been bugging me for awhile having the sound effects in the background.

posted on January 5th, 2009, 9:16 am

Is it possible to change the .wav files that the music is stored in without getting a file mismatch online or with LAN play?

I'd like to change the klingon track myself, as it's been bugging me for awhile having the sound effects in the background.

I did so with previous versions. Should still work;