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Vittorio

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

20 Apr 2005 at 00:05 - 1

Anyone else feel that the Guild Wars music is highly disappointing in general?

Cain

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ottawa, Ontario Canada

20 Apr 2005 at 00:14 - 2

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Originally Posted by Vittorio

Anyone else feel that the Guild Wars music is highly disappointing in general?

The music in GW is absolutely beautiful and fits the game perfectly. I love the Kryta theme and the Pre-Searing Ascalon theme. There's also a lot of music that you haven't heard yet. The composer is Jeremy Soule and has won numerous awards for his music in video games such as Neverwinter Nights and Dungeon Siege.

Here's his webpage: http://www.jeremysoule.com/index2.html

Beelzebubba

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Eyes of the Seer [Seer]

N/Me

20 Apr 2005 at 00:17 - 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vittorio

Anyone else feel that the Guild Wars music is highly disappointing in general?

Well, I personally turn music off in games and listen to MP3's or CD's if I want music. I do like the music for this game though, seems very well done to me. It has a nice mellow sound to it. Maybe you just don't like this style of music?

Eclair

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

20 Apr 2005 at 00:17 - 4

Will there be more background music in the retail though? Most of the times the themes only played upon entering an area, and soon after, its just silence...that got kind of annoying =P

Synthos

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2005

20 Apr 2005 at 00:17 - 5

I have to agree with Cain, the music fits the game very well. Its also not to overpowering and sets a nice mood.

Vittorio

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

20 Apr 2005 at 00:38 - 6

The music is all right for the missions, quests, etc, but the arena battle music got old very, VERY fast for me. It was rather dull, annoying, and had no climactic points at all. Just my opinion, I suppose.

funbun

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

I forget. Really. I don't know.

Mo/

20 Apr 2005 at 00:45 - 7

The music is perfect. Video game music has now reached the same level as movie music.

tastegw

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

SoCal

E/

20 Apr 2005 at 00:45 - 8

ah i love when the drums start pounding while your in the heat of the battle.

the developers did a great job with the music because its not just ramdomly played, you here different music depending on what your doing at the moment.

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

20 Apr 2005 at 00:47 - 9

It fits the game perfectly. Very well done. Cheers to the music geniuses behind the game

DarkWasp

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Paradise

Agency Of Forbidden Fruits [Oot]

R/A

20 Apr 2005 at 00:54 - 10

Yeah the music is great. Guild Wars (and morrowind) is one of those games that you start up and think "Eh this could make it into a movie".

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

20 Apr 2005 at 01:02 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperJ24

ah i love when the drums start pounding while your in the heat of the battle.

the developers did a great job with the music because its not just ramdomly played, you here different music depending on what your doing at the moment.

Well I must have been doing a lot of stuff that required silence because I heard hardly any music at all. I was starting to think I'd accidentally turned it off or something, but I did hear some occasionally. Nowhere near as epic as that of Dungeon Siege though. I hope I get to hear more music in the release version.

Darkmane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

20 Apr 2005 at 01:13 - 12

I love the music, and-evidently so did these people:

http://www.worldofdarkstar.de/freque...downloads.html

Eclair

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2005

20 Apr 2005 at 02:34 - 13

None of you guys had like...long spans of absolute silence?

Sjekster

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Disgruntled Clan Members

Mo/Me

04 May 2005 at 13:38 - 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cain

The music in GW is absolutely beautiful and fits the game perfectly. I love the Kryta theme and the Pre-Searing Ascalon theme. There's also a lot of music that you haven't heard yet. The composer is Jeremy Soule and has won numerous awards for his music in video games such as Neverwinter Nights and Dungeon Siege.

Here's his webpage: http://www.jeremysoule.com/index2.html

I can't help the feeling that Soule reused his music from NWN. When I first got to Old Ascalon, I immediately thought: WTF? This piece is in NWN also! Anyone else notice that too?

Argent

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

04 May 2005 at 13:44 - 15

The music is great, cant get enough of it. Very relaxing, none of tht, "I gotta get off this game before i get a headache from this shit happy music" That i got while playing rose online, yuck. That game was just TOO happy, and the grammer was misserable.

Jesso

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Ohio

04 May 2005 at 14:02 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cain

The music in GW is absolutely beautiful and fits the game perfectly. I love the Kryta theme and the Pre-Searing Ascalon theme. There's also a lot of music that you haven't heard yet. The composer is Jeremy Soule and has won numerous awards for his music in video games such as Neverwinter Nights and Dungeon Siege.

Here's his webpage: http://www.jeremysoule.com/index2.html

He also did the music for Morrowind. I think it's well done and easy to listen to while playing for extended periods.

Chaos Engine

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

04 May 2005 at 14:04 - 17

GW suffers from CoH-itis. The music fits the game but it is not "always on".
Sound & character animations make or break a game for me and the long periods of silence make me want to turn on the TV (which is never a good thing in the first place).

Zai

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

04 May 2005 at 19:27 - 18

I have not noticed any periods of silence.

Devil's Dictionary

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2005

Presumed missing...

Me/N

04 May 2005 at 20:15 - 19

I get occasional periods of silence.

I am not a fan of Jeremy Soule. His music is generic sheets for chamber orchestra. Every single melody sounds just like the previous. Bah.

Mordread

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

04 May 2005 at 21:25 - 20

THe music is perfect cause its not playing all the time and overpowering like most MMOs. It is much more atmospheric and adds to feel of exploring to be out in a wasteland and only be able to hear a bird cawing. I think its very nicely done.

Pevil Lihatuh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Yorkshire, UK

R/Me

04 May 2005 at 22:16 - 21

i rarely get music. my bf (who i adventure with) gets it constantly. but mine is turned on... very weird

but what i hear, i love

Zyeox

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Niagara Falls, Ny

04 May 2005 at 22:26 - 22

The only problem I have is that the music isnt 5.1 or some equilvent. I mean music this good should be heard in 5.1 surrond sound. If you know what I mean. Jermey has some great talent and I feel that it goes to waste when I cant hear it in surrond. So usually I just play the preorder cd.

Aiwahead

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Louisiana

Deciders of Fate

05 May 2005 at 02:22 - 23

I recognize MULTIPLE instances of reused suites from morrowind and NWN, especially true in the opening music sequence upon starting GW, the key changes are almost identical to the music you hear upon starting Morrowind. But to me, that isnt a bad thing at all.. It's great stuff, and fits this even better than it fit anything else. Not to mention the MUCH larger part of the music is all new from what I hear.