terranova wrote:Anything by Jeremy Soule.
Anything
I wholeheartedly agree with you. The Total Annihilation soundtrack is one of my personal favourites.
Regarding the similarity between the aforementioned Wolf and Doom tracks, I wouldn't personally call "The Demons From Adrian's Pen" a remix per se, but they are definitely very similar. Of course, both use rising arpeggios from the start (the Doom track outlines the tonic, while the Wolf track is more chromatic), and both are written in the minor key ("The Demons..." is in C minor, while "Dungeon" is in D minor - this also explains why they sound quite similar). At a cursory glance, the only other thing that stands out is that the primary theme is the same for both pieces, starting on the root, rising through the scale (pausing at the third) to the fifth, and then dropping a semitone onto the flat fifth (aka devil's note). Other than that it appears the tracks both go their seperate ways.
So yeah, I wouldn't call "The Demons..." a remix, but it is definitely inspired by "Dungeons", though whether this is deliberate is debateable.
As to other game soundtracks that I like, I thoroughly enjoy listening to Rise of the Triad, Duke Nukem 3D, both of the Myth games, the aforementioned Total Annihilation and Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (perfect for your tavern music when running a tabletop RPG), both of the Thief games, both of the System Shock games and both of the Diablo games, along with most of id's games and derivatives of such (like Heretic). A special mention must be made to Heroes of Might and Magic III, the composer(s?) must have really known their stuff, as the music perfectly complements the atmosphere evoked by each part of the game (such as Inferno music, Necropolis music, desert music etc.), evoking the sound of different parts of human culture (such as the Tower music sounding very similar to 19th century Russian Romantic composers) and maintaining interest with the listener much like concert classical music. I frequently listen to game soundtracks in the car on my journeys, as the beefy sound system within really brings out the best in the music, in my opinion, not to mention that I can listen to it as loud as I like too.
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Maybe I should try taking a listen to its soundtrack if its that awesome.
