Instrumentals Soundtracks for SciFi games?

Angel Tarragon · Sep 16, 2005

I'd like to put together a soundtrack for a SciFi game I am putting together and would like it to consist of fast, high paced instrumentals that have plenty of bass and treble. So what do my fellow gamers recommend to me?

HellHound · Sep 16, 2005

I've got a few that I use that aren't instrumentals... from the Eon "Void Dweller" CD I like The Spice Must Flow and Fear is the Mindkiller... but that might have something to do with my Dune obsession, you tell me.

Angel Tarragon · Sep 16, 2005

I'm on an Eiffel 65 trip myself. Currently into the begiining of my fourth listening of Europop in a row. :uhoh:

Angel Tarragon · Sep 17, 2005

bump.

Kiln Publications · Sep 17, 2005

Check out the Cybernet music or from Universe87. They might be just what you are looking for...
http://www.rpgnow.com/default.php?manufacturers_id=644

philreed · Sep 17, 2005

I recommend most of Eric Serra's soundtracks (The Fifth Element, Goldeneye*, The Professional, The Messenger) and you can't go wrong with Rob Dougan's Furious Angels album (buy the deluxe since it includes a second disk that's all instrumentals).

* When I played through Quake II I inserted the Goldeneye soundtrack and used that for music instead of the Quake II soundtrack.

haiiro · Sep 17, 2005

I wrote a post about gaming soundtracks on Treasure Tables, my weblog for GMs, and there are a couple of sci-fi offerings mentioned there -- notably Halo and The Chronicles of Riddick. The full post is here.

WingOver · Sep 17, 2005

The Aliens soundtrack is an obvious choice. The soundtrack contains some alternate tunes that weren't in the movie.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...10-6159355?v=glance&s=music&vi=samples#disc_1

Wombat · Sep 17, 2005

Well, I still like Gustav Holst's The Planets -- music for every mood in there.

And if it was good enough for Williams to rip off, it's good enough for me