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Post by user211 on Jul 23, 2020 9:56:54 GMT
Yup I liked Quake but using polygons at the time was an enormous sacrifice. You could only fight one baddie at a time.
Although the Quake soundtrack was OK I personally found the Doom II soundtrack out of this world. And the sound of the double barelled shotgun played through a Cyrus Two into some JBL Control 1Gs nearly maxed out will NEVER be forgotten:)
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Post by Pinch on Jul 23, 2020 10:21:40 GMT
Not to get too off topic, but YES! Quake was nice technological leap, and I loved the gloomy aesthetic, but DOOM/DOOM II was the superior game. Particularly for the reason you mention - the joy of DOOM lay in defeating the hordes. Also, since the levels aren't true 3D, they're a lot easier to build, and so there's still a steady stream of new content being made for DOOM (some of which is mind blowing) while Quake is pretty much dead now.
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 23, 2020 16:46:44 GMT
Quite enjoying this. The more ambient tracks seem a lot more interesting, the percussive aspects of some tracks seem a bit uninspired to me although bearing in mind it's a film score I guess it's just a background mood setting thing. It would be interesting to hear what they would do with it without the constraints imposed by matching the music to film scenes.
Some tracks better than others; A Thousand Details sounds like it should be in a James Bond movie, not keen. Others much more listenable and interesting.
Listening in about 30 to 45 minute chunks seems to work best for me.
A tentative, preliminary and somewhat enthusiastic 3/5 from this classical fanboy.
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Post by Pinch on Jul 23, 2020 18:48:20 GMT
It would be interesting to hear what they would do with it without the constraints imposed by matching the music to film scenes. You asked for it! Here are a couple of instrumental tracks from one their more recent albums as Nine Inch Nails. And a whole instrumental album they released as a free download at the beginning of lockdown, intended to express post-CV19 anxieties. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 24, 2020 3:54:08 GMT
^ Thanks for those links. Errrr... I find it fascinating how vastly different people's tastes in music can be.  To my ears the constraints imposed by the film medium seem to help after all. I expect I'll be returning occasionally to TGWTDT, though. |
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Post by Pinch on Jul 24, 2020 8:14:39 GMT
Vive la difference! You might enjoy this one in which case - a score in a similar vein to Dragon Tattoo: |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 24, 2020 8:42:45 GMT
You might enjoy this one in which case - a score in a similar vein to Dragon Tattoo And, in this case, far, far, FAR better than the dreadful film. |
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Post by Pinch on Jul 24, 2020 8:56:46 GMT
Let it go, man, let it go.
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Post by user211 on Jul 24, 2020 9:18:09 GMT
I checked out Bad Witch last night and it appears to be a worthy return to form. Some may have missed this freebee: archive.org/details/NineInchNailsTheSlip24bit96khzThe tracks Discipline, Echoplex and Demon Seed work for me. Definitely not atmospheric, though. |
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Post by Pinch on Jul 24, 2020 14:10:46 GMT
I checked out Bad Witch last night and it appears to be a worthy return to form. Some may have missed this freebee: archive.org/details/NineInchNailsTheSlip24bit96khzThe tracks Discipline, Echoplex and Demon Seed work for me. Definitely not atmospheric, though. Nice one. If you liked Bad Witch then worth noting that it's the last part of a trilogy of EPs, the preceding ones being 'Not The Actual Events' and 'Add Violence' - it was the former that reignited my interest in their work outside of scoring. Also, Demon Seed is a banger. |
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Post by Slinger on Jul 24, 2020 14:26:36 GMT
A 4/5 from me, and I was surprised by how much I actually enjoyed it. I was obviously in the mood for ambient, and that terrific version of Immigrant Song that kicked it off, with Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I actually forgot it was a soundtrack album, and ended up simply enjoying the music and the textures.
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Post by user211 on Jul 25, 2020 19:09:15 GMT
Also, Demon Seed is a banger. The bass line is amazing. I play an improvised version of Demon Seed on my acoustic guitar quite a lot:) |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 25, 2020 20:45:59 GMT
that terrific version of Immigrant Song that kicked it off, with Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs It is a good 'un by my goodness does it hit the compression limiters. Not nice at points. |
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Post by Slinger on Jul 25, 2020 22:30:04 GMT
that terrific version of Immigrant Song that kicked it off, with Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs It is a good 'un by my goodness does it hit the compression limiters. Not nice at points. I gave that a pass, as I tend to think it's deliberately produced that way. |
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 26, 2020 8:08:30 GMT
Vive la difference! You might enjoy this one in which case - a score in a similar vein to Dragon Tattoo: Listening now - yup, that's pretty cool. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 14, 2020 16:40:04 GMT
3/5 from me
Like parts of it.
Prefer The Social Network
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 27, 2021 17:06:59 GMT
Saw it at a nice price on Ebay so re sampled
Just won it so may be adjusting my vote ...
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 7, 2022 0:13:39 GMT
Stellar. I completely missed this.
Perihelion is wonderful. Thank you.
A Thousand Details, With The Flies, infiltrator.
I've made an effort to disconnect from the gadgets when out in nature but occasionally can have a treat and this is perfect for one of my nature drives. Will look forward to hearing this on the Hifiman HE-400i planar headphones at home.
Will purchase CD this week. $20 on Amazon.
I'd like to add this as well, there is a cool and creepy film called The Blackcoats Daughter. It has one of the most interesting moody soundtracks I can remember, as well as a stand out performance by actress Kiernan Shipka. In fact I'd certainly recommend the film to anyone. Creepy times at an all girls school.
The soundtrack reminds of this AC at times.
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To my ears the constraints imposed by the film medium seem to help after all. 
