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VeniVidiPony Trained by Flim and Flam from Celestia's auto-lot Since: Jul, 2012
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#1: Nov 7th 2012 at 8:08:53 PM

Looking for stuff that just makes you shiver a bit when you listen to it. Creepy but cool.

Like:

BUY A CAR FROM ME!
Ryuhza from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
ABNDT Nightmare Muse from Last seen trolling Elesh Norn Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Nightmare Muse
#3: Nov 7th 2012 at 9:14:07 PM

Panhandling sign glued to hands. Need $5 for solvent.
RocketDude Face Time from AZ, United States Since: May, 2009
Face Time
#5: Nov 7th 2012 at 9:22:16 PM

"Hipsters: the most dangerous gang in the US." - Pacific Mackerel
Tacitus This. Cannot. Continue from The Great American Dumpster Fire Since: Jan, 2001
This. Cannot. Continue
#6: Nov 7th 2012 at 10:22:10 PM

Also check this old thread.

About a third of the rest of the game's tracks are just as good. The original Alien Vs Predator didn't need BGM to be scary, so none of this was actually in the game, believe it or not. Then the sequel rolled around, the players were spoiled with flashlights, so they finally got to find a place for what they'd composed earlier.

edited 7th Nov '12 10:23:17 PM by Tacitus

Current earworm: "Time of Death"
Akalabth Self-loathing and sandwiches. from Ghost Planet Since: Feb, 2012
Self-loathing and sandwiches.
#7: Nov 8th 2012 at 2:12:04 AM

A great example of drone/dark ambient used masterfully are the Playstation soundtracks of Doom and Final Doom as well as the one from Doom 64 (on the N64 of course).

You can find them all here : http://www.doom2.net/~doomdepot/music.html

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
Talby Since: Jun, 2009
#8: Nov 8th 2012 at 3:50:18 AM

edited 8th Nov '12 3:51:00 AM by Talby

TiggersAreGreat Since: Mar, 2011
#9: Nov 8th 2012 at 5:19:25 AM

Oh, Equestria, we stand on guard for thee!
Tacitus This. Cannot. Continue from The Great American Dumpster Fire Since: Jan, 2001
This. Cannot. Continue
#10: Nov 11th 2012 at 11:27:54 PM

Lightless depths, icy-cold rivers, the earth's slow breath moving through winding caverns. Chitin clicking on stone, pale shapes darting down side passages, an echoing scream.

Current earworm: "Time of Death"
Ryuhza from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#11: Nov 11th 2012 at 11:48:43 PM

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I wish the sound effects of the game didn't so overshadow those great atmospheric tracks. It's a huge shame really.

this place needs me here
Journeyman Overlording the Underworld from On a throne in a vault overlooking the Wasteland Since: Nov, 2010
Overlording the Underworld
#13: Nov 14th 2012 at 1:30:52 PM

[up][up]If it's like a lot of other games, there are separate controls for music and effect volumes. Otherwise, they messed up when making the game, becuase most, if not all, games should have separate controls for the two sound tracks.

Ryuhza from San Diego County, California Since: Feb, 2012 Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#14: Nov 14th 2012 at 1:47:45 PM

Yeah, the only issue is the music in other areas of the game is perfectly loud, and adjusting every time I enter a cave does not sound appealing. I just wish those particular tracks were themselves louder.

this place needs me here
Demetrios Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
#15: Nov 14th 2012 at 4:11:19 PM

How about the music from the first Diablo? That was quite creepy (except for the cave levels; that one was pretty cool).

I like to keep my audience riveted.
TheFreeman from Hialeah,FL. Since: Mar, 2011
#16: Nov 15th 2012 at 4:15:37 PM

I really hated traveling here.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#17: Nov 15th 2012 at 4:40:45 PM

— 12 HOURS REMAIN —

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Tacitus This. Cannot. Continue from The Great American Dumpster Fire Since: Jan, 2001
This. Cannot. Continue
#18: Nov 15th 2012 at 10:35:22 PM

[up]Ah, memories. Last year we started posting the appropriate tracks during the final three days of the US debt deadline, and some tropers were freaking out from the combination of the looming fiscal catastrophe and Majora-based PTSD.

Let's walk through the castle of a civilization that was great, until it was not allowed to be. A vision of majesty undone by cosmic accident. Something inhuman, and resentful of humanity.

Current earworm: "Time of Death"
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