Doomguy Lost His iPod: A Doom II Music-Replacement WAD
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:00 pm
by Viscra Maelstrom
similarily like the thread i made on Doomworld, i'm making a thread here for my Doom 2 music-replacement pack, to see if i'm able to get more critique and suggestions on the contents of the pack itself.
preview songs may differ somewhat from the actual pack!
some things i should probably do with the pack: add more unique songs for the levels that repeat tracks (currently all repeat tracks use the same playback order like the original game, barring D_SHAWN, which is its own track)
mix and look at the volume levels of some tracks, possibly increase them so they're not as low as they are now (about 2/5 lower than the sound effect volume the soundtrack is now), as well as make some songs loop correctly, and other misc things
Spoiler: Tracklist
D_RUNNIN: Rise. a fast-paced metal track to start up the action immediately.
D_STALKS: Untitled. slow-paced, gloomy track to fit the slow trudge through the underhalls.
D_COUNTD: Viscous Reception. also slow-paced, featuring gracious use of fading in and out instruments.
D_BETWEE: Untitled. busy, pretty simple track.
D_DOOM: At The Jester's Tent (Dusk Mix). slow, long, and somewhat orchestrated piece.
D_THE_DA: Oliver Arcane - Nightfall (Remix). slow guitar-based track, pretty quiet in volume.
D_SHAWN: Mutaland. fast-paced, aggressive metal to fit the slow, hectic chase through the Mancubus and Arach onslaught.
D_DDTBLU: Hydrant. Weird guitar-based track, as the original DDTBLU is quite a weird Doom track.
D_IN_CIT: The Fall of Galant. mid-tempo, somewhat progressive electronic track.
D_DEAD: Backlash. Guitar-track, slow at first, but slowly builds up into something more hectic, falls apart, then re-builds itself. pretty long.
D_ROMERO: Silky Feathers. pretty quiet electronic-styled track, meant to be some kind of psytrance originally but this can't be called psytrance in its current state. maybe ambient trance?`
D_SHAWN2 & 3: Ascension of Satan. progressive metal epic to keep the journey going.
D_MESSAG: Not A Clever Pony - For The New Lunar Republic (Remix). metal DNB-ish track, pretty long.
D_AMPIE: Serj Tankian - Blue (Remix). psychedelic metal track. it should fit way better on this slot than the death metal shit i used earlier.
D_ADRIAN: Memorical Subligations. panicky, eerie track.
D_TENSE: Assault on 849. probably one of the biggest deviations of mood from the original Doom 2 OST. fast-paced electronic hardcore track to cleanse out the evils of Hell with.
D_OPENIN: I Am Defect. mourning orchestra-style track to fit with the end of it all.
D_EVIL: Opel. an odd track is all i can describe it as.
D_ULTIMA: The Ex-Positioner. fast, dramatic metal, meant to be boss-style music.
D_READ_M: Child's Play. mysterious, unraveling track.
D_DM2TTL: At The Jester's Tent (INtro Mix). just an orchestra-ish intro track, nothing else to say about it.
D_DM2INT: Don't Forget Me. pop/punk rock track, meant to give a cheery "you survived!" kind of vibe.
BONUS TRACKS:
D_SLEEP: Sleep Deprivation. former replacement for D_ADRIAN. simple, unsettling harp track to generate
the same kind of feeling as sleep deprivation does.
D_ICARUS: The Icarus Rises Again. former replacement for D_READ_M. simple guitar track using the
melodical theme from the Doom 2 mod Icarus: Alien Vanguard.
D_WONDER: Wondestrike. simple electronic track, kind of unfinished.
D_UNNAME: Untitled DNB Track. untitled drum and bass track in MIDI.
D_SPIRAL: Sandy Spirals. desert-themed track, somewhat inspired by Paul Corfiatis' music.
D_AFFECT: Unmistakable Affection. an old electronic game-track i made. this one is a newer version with
proper stereo-width and misc fixes to it, but is otherwise the same track.
D_BLAZE: Blazing Insignia were a potential track for D_MESSAG. it was supposed to be inspired by Fire
Emblem's music at first (hence the name Blazing Insignia), but it became more of its own thing
eventually.
D_METAL: TOTALLY AMERICAN METAL. former replacement for D_AMPIE. fast, repetitive death-metal track.
Spoiler: THE STORY SO FAR (don't take this too seriously)
ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE: While Doomguy was on his way to kick Hell's ass outta his home planet, it turns out that he lost his iPod filled with the entire soundtrack of Doom 2 while making his way mysteriously backwards in the timeline of Ultimate Doom and Doom 2! Oh no! Now the players have to play the entire game without being able to listen to Bobby Prince's 8-bar Slayer rip-off music! Unless...
TA-DAAAAA! Miraculously enough, Doomguy managed to find a ZEN player from the corpse of a deceased UAC-officer on the way back from travelling in time! Unfortunately, it doesn't contain any Bobby Prince, 8-bar Slayer music on it, but the entire soundtrack is actually from the future! How this UAC-officer managed to retrieve the music of some unknown, 21st century, backwards-musician from the National Gay Capital of Sweden is beyond me, and I AM from the National Gay Capital of Sweden! But who cares about the story to a music WAD, right? Onwards to the fray, and onto the future! (of an alternative timeline, less superior soundtracked Doom 2)
so yeah, like i said, comments and critique on the pack would be appreciated! i don't know how much people would actually use a music-replacement pack for Doom 2, though, but anything helps. so far the pack is mostly complete, and would only need a titlepic and some misc graphics to accent the silly storyline. i guess otherwise i could ask other musicians in the community in private about critique, if need be.
Re: Doomguy Lost His iPod: A Doom II Music-Replacement WAD
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:56 pm
by YukiHerz
I like it, mixes well with the atmosphere of vanilla maps, i only played until the crusher because a chaingunner shot me down, but i enjoyed the new music.
Re: Doomguy Lost His iPod: A Doom II Music-Replacement WAD
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:10 pm
by RiboNucleic Asshat
I was going to post a real in-depth review of all the tracks, but then I felt stupid and deleted it (That happens a lot). Anyway, I like it. Some of the choices are a bit questionable, and it would be nice if the tracks were louder, but other than that it's fine. Not really the music I associate with Doom but it works.
Re: Doomguy Lost His iPod: A Doom II Music-Replacement WAD
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:47 am
by Captain J
when i met cyberdemon, spdier mastermind and barons while playing your music, that was sure different. otherwise it's great soundtracks.
Re: Doomguy Lost His iPod: A Doom II Music-Replacement WAD
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:04 pm
by Viscra Maelstrom
minor update: the OP now has a tracklist for all the bonus tracks in the pack. the zip file has been updated accordingly to include a text file of the tracklist for the entire pack, called TRACKLIST.txt.
edit: the OP now has the whole soundtrack listenable on the browser. no updates since last time, though. not really having the motivation to work on the thing.
Re: Doomguy Lost His iPod: A Doom II Music-Replacement WAD
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:38 pm
by Spinax22
Necroposting for the win!
sorry, but the OP's dropbox link is börked, anyone have a link to the file/the file itself?
Re: Doomguy Lost His iPod: A Doom II Music-Replacement WAD