For all of you that like the MUSIC in GW - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

lightblade

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

The Etereal Guard

Me/Mo

13 Sep 2006 at 09:10 - 1

And doesn't like to spend money on buying soundtracks, I found the music on GW's official Taiwan website. Here's the direct link.

http://download.nctaiwan.com/music/Gwch1music.zip
http://download.nctaiwan.com/music/0...trified_02.zip
http://download.nctaiwan.com/music/gw2musicmp3.zip

Enjoy!

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

13 Sep 2006 at 10:27 - 2

The last one doesn't work, I think.

Edit: it does.

Edit: These are all tracks that are already ingame.

Undressed

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

Reich

none

W/

13 Sep 2006 at 10:36 - 3

Yes yes, but some want these tracks also available offgame. That's the point of soundtracks.

Electric Sky

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

13 Sep 2006 at 10:46 - 4

thanks for sharing ^_^

Sli Ander

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Deep in Maguuma, by the Falls

Liberators of Agony

Mo/R

13 Sep 2006 at 17:11 - 5

Thank you Thank you!

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

13 Sep 2006 at 17:20 - 6

Thank You

Very surprised to see NCSoft hosting these files.
Some of the C1 stuff is NOT on the DirectSong GW OST.

chessyang

Not far from Elite

Join Date: Apr 2006

Florida

W/

13 Sep 2006 at 17:42 - 7

nice.. atm i can't get link 1 or 3 to work but thanks for sharing

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

13 Sep 2006 at 18:50 - 8

none of those links work.

silv3rr

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

13 Sep 2006 at 19:13 - 9

^^^

They're working for me right now.

Thanks for sharing

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

13 Sep 2006 at 19:45 - 10

The bad thing about it is that it's 96kps MP3, while the normal soundtrack is 320kps WMA.

Still, you get what you pay for.

Addone_Abaddon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Jersey, Channel Islands

Perfection Is Everything [PiE]

W/

13 Sep 2006 at 19:50 - 11

MP3 > WMA lol

sorry, I hate microsoft, apple ftw.

Sekkira

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canberra, AU

13 Sep 2006 at 19:59 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Addone_Abaddon

MP3 > WMA lol

sorry, I hate microsoft, apple ftw.

Not if the mp3 is horrible quality.

ogg > mp3 (which has nothing to do with apple*

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

13 Sep 2006 at 20:04 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Addone_Abaddon

MP3 > WMA lol

sorry, I hate microsoft, apple ftw.

What I was refering to is that WMAs sound better than MP3s. That's a fact. The 320k WMAs sound gorgeous compared to 96k MP3s. 96k MP3 is worse than CD quality. (But, as a legitimate contrast, 320k WMAs will royally assassinate the battery life of any MP3 player (will depelete battery life 5 times as fast. I'm not joking). So the 96k MP3s are the best way to go, especially if you have an iPod.)

Oh, and like 2 MP3 Players support OGG.

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

13 Sep 2006 at 20:36 - 14

(OpenSource) Ogg = (MS) WMA = (Apple) AAC > MP3

Perfer lossless like FLAC, WMA lossless, or Apple Lossless when encoding
For compression, I lean towards Ogg.. but will do Wma depending on situation of where I think I will use them.

Gigashadow

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Bellevue, WA

W/

13 Sep 2006 at 20:46 - 15

I love the GW music and bought all the soundpacks from directsong. However I'd like to be able to burn a CD of them, and the DRM doesn't let you do that, so the download in this thread will be nice to have.

I use WMA lossless, so that I only need to rip CDs once. I can convert to MP3 at a later date for putting on an iPod or what have you, but WMA lossless is my 'master' copy for all my ripped CDs.

Also, Apple is not your friend, its DRM is just as annoying as Microsoft's, so don't get emotionally attached. Apple users seem to do this a lot.

EagleEye33

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

In a House...duh

Untouchable Heroes

R/E

13 Sep 2006 at 21:48 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undressed

Yes yes, but some want these tracks also available offgame. That's the point of soundtracks.

I think what he meant was that with the DS soundtrack, it has bonus songs than you cant gert off the site. Also those extra songs will play ingame. Plus those are low quality :P

Sectus

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Miss Meow Meow's Guild

13 Sep 2006 at 23:40 - 17

Hmm, that's interesting. There's some tunes here which aren't in any of the directsong soundtracks, and a few of these aren't even ingame!

VolcanicIntro-32.mp3 - Heard ingame before (in a cutscene I think), but it's not in any of the soundtracks.
CrystalRift001-32.mp3 - Never heard before.
CrystalRift002-32.mp3 - Don't think I've heard this one before either.
CrystalRift003-32.mp3 - Not sure if I've heard it before. But it sounds so generic it could have easily gone unnoticed in a cutscene.
CrystalRiftInner.mp3 - Heard parts of it in a longer tune (Hall of Heroes I think).
(I think all those CrystalRift tunes were supposed to be used in Heroes' Ascent but where scrapped for some reason)
GenericAdv04-32.mp3 - Heard ingame but not in any soundtrack. A rather dull tune anyway.
ScorchedIntro-32.mp3 - Haven't heard this one before at all. I guess it was supposed to be used for a cutscene to introduce seared Ascalon.

The other tunes are all used ingame and on Directsong soundtracks. This is a REALLY nice find. I wasn't expecting to be able to add anything more to my GW soundtrack collection.

Lord Paca

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

NY

got a PI guild, i'm in!

E/D

14 Sep 2006 at 03:24 - 18

How do I merge all of the music files into one big music file. SO I don't onlt listen to one at a time?

extra bacon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Sydney, Australia

Spank [Me]

15 Sep 2006 at 07:07 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightblade

http://download.nctaiwan.com/music/gw2musicmp3.zip

Enjoy!

Thanks! factions login screen music, i love it! one of the few things i really did miss about the game.

Tainek

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

[Rage]

15 Sep 2006 at 08:49 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zinger314

What I was refering to is that WMAs sound better than MP3s. That's a fact. The 320k WMAs sound gorgeous compared to 96k MP3s. 96k MP3 is worse than CD quality. (But, as a legitimate contrast, 320k WMAs will royally assassinate the battery life of any MP3 player (will depelete battery life 5 times as fast. I'm not joking). So the 96k MP3s are the best way to go, especially if you have an iPod.)

Oh, and like 2 MP3 Players support OGG.

i use 192K Mp3's , the sound difference is impossible to tell without £1000+ Speakers, and even then is pathetic differance

And with 192K Mp3s my Zen Touch lasts aproximatly 16 hours(Used to be 20), after 2 years (and considering batterys always degrade over time, thats pretty good) , my brothers ipod Which is two years old lasts 5 hours at max

the quiet fox

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/E

15 Sep 2006 at 17:57 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gigashadow

I love the GW music and bought all the soundpacks from directsong. However I'd like to be able to burn a CD of them, and the DRM doesn't let you do that, so the download in this thread will be nice to have.

Did DirectSong's DRM change recently or something? When I downloaded the Prophecies and Factions soundtracks from them (about a month ago), it stated that I could burn the files to CD as many times as I wanted. I have CDs of both sitting in my car thanks to that.

EternalTempest

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

United States

Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]

E/

15 Sep 2006 at 19:32 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by the quiet fox

Did DirectSong's DRM change recently or something? When I downloaded the Prophecies and Factions soundtracks from them (about a month ago), it stated that I could burn the files to CD as many times as I wanted. I have CDs of both sitting in my car thanks to that.

All of the main GW / Non-Gw allow full burning rights.

The Battle Pack/SF Pack and the Special/Collector edition (that come with that version) do not allow burn.

Rich_Izy

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/A

04 Feb 2007 at 01:18 - 23

is there anyway to use this as the background music for GW?

I prefer GW ch1's music over ch2 and ch3

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

04 Feb 2007 at 05:03 - 24

Yeah, the first link is every song from Chapter one. Is the Sorrow's Furnace song also in there???