Now Listening To (The Resurrection), Musical Musings Options

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Special shout-outs to a few of my all-time favorite tracks, beyond just video games:

TESV: Skyrim: Kyne's Peace
Hands down my favorite Elder Scrolls track, a series brimming with great music. A phenomenal, emotional piece that really drives home the tone it wants to convey. This tune is perfect.

Half-Life: Vague Voices
My favorite Half-Life track, a series which has its own fair share of great music. It's the one that plays at the very beginning of the game, and is easily one of the most atmospheric and tone-setting pieces I have ever heard. I didn't get to play Half-Life when I was a kid--I only first played it in 2013--but hearing this track for the first time was incredible.

Quake 2: Descent into Cerberon
If this doesn't get you pumped for action, I don't know what to say. I really wish the soundtrack worked automatically for my version of Quake 2, as tracks like this would have amplified the already great gameplay, but still I have played this track too many times to count.

Unreal Tournament: Foregone Destruction
Unreal Tournament was also another boat I unfortunately missed out on when I was a kid. Thus, I've never really gotten to experience UT's true potential. But it has some fantastic tracks, although the original single-player Unreal is my all-time favorite video game soundtrack.

This post has been edited by RaderOfTheLostArk: Jul 10 2017, 02:56 PM

[Kane]

Edenbridge -- Skyline's End

[SubRosa]

Special shout-outs to a few of my all-time favorite tracks, beyond just video games:

TESV: Skyrim: Kyne's Peace
Hands down my favorite Elder Scrolls track, a series brimming with great music. A phenomenal, emotional piece that really drives home the tone it wants to convey. This tune is perfect.

Half-Life: Vague Voices
My favorite Half-Life track, a series which has its own fair share of great music. It's the one that plays at the very beginning of the game, and is easily one of the most atmospheric and tone-setting pieces I have ever heard. I didn't get to play Half-Life when I was a kid--I only first played it in 2013--but hearing this track for the first time was incredible.

Quake 2: Descent into Cerberon
If this doesn't get you pumped for action, I don't know what to say. I really wish the soundtrack worked automatically for my version of Quake 2, as tracks like this would have amplified the already great gameplay, but still I have played this track too many times to count.

Unreal Tournament: Foregone Destruction
Unreal Tournament was also another boat I unfortunately missed out on when I was a kid. Thus, I've never really gotten to experience UT's true potential. But it has some fantastic tracks, although the original single-player Unreal is my all-time favorite video game soundtrack.

That is my favorite track from Quake 2. It was always great for background music during combat in the old pen and paper RPG days.

I loved me some Unreal Tournament. Some friends and I would get together every couple of weekends and drag all of our computers over to one of our houses and we would have lan parties for 8 - 12 hours straight. UT was always the highlight for me. Facing Worlds (the level in the pic for that song) was one of the all time best multiplayer levels ever made. Love the nuke in it.

I have always loved the Mechwarrior 2 soundtrack. It is just packed with great atmospheric music from start to end. Arkham Bridge is my favorite song in it. I love the beginning.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Jul 12 2017, 02:21 AM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Edenbridge -- Skyline's End

Khajiit has only heard a couple songs by Edenbridge but one of them is called Paramount, and this one likes it a lot.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Jul 11 2017, 08:47 PM

[Kane]

Edenbridge -- Skyline's End

Khajiit has only heard a couple songs by Edenbridge but one of them is called Paramount, and this one likes it a lot.

That's a pretty good tune!

Tarja Turunen -- Lost Northern Star

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Tarja Turunen -- Lost Northern Star

Yeah that one has been a favorite for a while along with Dark Star. A shame she's not with Nightwish anymore, but oh well.

[Kane]

Dat is also a good one. It's on my Symphonic Metal playlist.

[Kane]

Elysion -- Our Fate

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I have always loved the Mechwarrior 2 soundtrack. It is just packed with great atmospheric music from start to end. Arkham Bridge is my favorite song in it. I love the beginning.

How the hell did Khajiit miss this comment?! Verily, MW2's dost rocketh!

[Kane]

Leaves' Eyes -- Tell-Tale Eyes

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Heard Euphoria by Xandria on Nightwish Radio Pandora earlier. Good tune!

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Looks like I will be listening to Linkin Park a bunch for the next couple weeks.

You know, while I find many of these celebrity deaths sad to hear whether I actually was really familiar with their work or not, few times has it actually had some sort of impact on me. I haven't cried at any of them (although I'm not going to chastise or make fun of somebody if they do) and I haven't this time either, but it does sting to hear about Chester Bennington's death. Linkin Park was a huge part of my childhood. I didn't really get into them until one of my best friends got me listening to them back in middle school. I don't listen to their music nearly as much as I used to, but I come back to it from time to time. A lot of their stuff is still legitimately fantastic, and I honestly don't know if any other band has as many songs that I like. I'm not much into their newer stuff (although to be fair I also haven't listened to a lot of it; I can also appreciate them wanting to try new stuff and make something fresh), but a fair amount of their older tracks hover around the top of my favorite tunes. On their own the songs are still great, but many of them also had a relatability factor to them. Plenty of other people could still relate to them much more than I can, but I still find a great deal of personal meaning to some of them. It sucks that it ended this way for Chester.

I'll give a few of these tracks a shout-out in particular, although it is by no means a comprehensive list of great Linkin Park songs. Even if Linkin Park isn't your type of music, I encourage you to give them a try. You may find a track or two that you like.

Leave Out All the Rest

Somewhere I Belong

Lost in the Echo

Faint

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Looks like I will be listening to Linkin Park a bunch for the next couple weeks.

You know, while I find many of these celebrity deaths sad to hear whether I actually was really familiar with their work or not, few times has it actually had some sort of impact on me. I haven't cried at any of them (although I'm not going to chastise or make fun of somebody if they do) and I haven't this time either, but it does sting to hear about Chester Bennington's death. Linkin Park was a huge part of my childhood. I didn't really get into them until one of my best friends got me listening to them back in middle school. I don't listen to their music nearly as much as I used to, but I come back to it from time to time. A lot of their stuff is still legitimately fantastic, and I honestly don't know if any other band has as many songs that I like. I'm not much into their newer stuff (although to be fair I also haven't listened to a lot of it; I can also appreciate them wanting to try new stuff and make something fresh), but a fair amount of their older tracks hover around the top of my favorite tunes. On their own the songs are still great, but many of them also had a relatability factor to them. Plenty of other people could still relate to them much more than I can, but I still find a great deal of personal meaning to some of them. It sucks that it ended this way for Chester.

I'll give a few of these tracks a shout-out in particular, although it is by no means a comprehensive list of great Linkin Park songs. Even if Linkin Park isn't your type of music, I encourage you to give them a try. You may find a track or two that you like.

Leave Out All the Rest

Somewhere I Belong

Lost in the Echo

Faint

Do we know what the c.o.d. was?

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Looks like I will be listening to Linkin Park a bunch for the next couple weeks.

You know, while I find many of these celebrity deaths sad to hear whether I actually was really familiar with their work or not, few times has it actually had some sort of impact on me. I haven't cried at any of them (although I'm not going to chastise or make fun of somebody if they do) and I haven't this time either, but it does sting to hear about Chester Bennington's death. Linkin Park was a huge part of my childhood. I didn't really get into them until one of my best friends got me listening to them back in middle school. I don't listen to their music nearly as much as I used to, but I come back to it from time to time. A lot of their stuff is still legitimately fantastic, and I honestly don't know if any other band has as many songs that I like. I'm not much into their newer stuff (although to be fair I also haven't listened to a lot of it; I can also appreciate them wanting to try new stuff and make something fresh), but a fair amount of their older tracks hover around the top of my favorite tunes. On their own the songs are still great, but many of them also had a relatability factor to them. Plenty of other people could still relate to them much more than I can, but I still find a great deal of personal meaning to some of them. It sucks that it ended this way for Chester.

I'll give a few of these tracks a shout-out in particular, although it is by no means a comprehensive list of great Linkin Park songs. Even if Linkin Park isn't your type of music, I encourage you to give them a try. You may find a track or two that you like.

Leave Out All the Rest

Somewhere I Belong

Lost in the Echo

Faint

Do we know what the c.o.d. was?

Looks like it was confirmed to be by hanging according to the coroner.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Do we know what the c.o.d. was?

Looks like it was confirmed to be by hanging according to the coroner.

Damn.

[Callidus Thorn]

Looks like I will be listening to Linkin Park a bunch for the next couple weeks.

You know, while I find many of these celebrity deaths sad to hear whether I actually was really familiar with their work or not, few times has it actually had some sort of impact on me. I haven't cried at any of them (although I'm not going to chastise or make fun of somebody if they do) and I haven't this time either, but it does sting to hear about Chester Bennington's death. Linkin Park was a huge part of my childhood. I didn't really get into them until one of my best friends got me listening to them back in middle school. I don't listen to their music nearly as much as I used to, but I come back to it from time to time. A lot of their stuff is still legitimately fantastic, and I honestly don't know if any other band has as many songs that I like. I'm not much into their newer stuff (although to be fair I also haven't listened to a lot of it; I can also appreciate them wanting to try new stuff and make something fresh), but a fair amount of their older tracks hover around the top of my favorite tunes. On their own the songs are still great, but many of them also had a relatability factor to them. Plenty of other people could still relate to them much more than I can, but I still find a great deal of personal meaning to some of them. It sucks that it ended this way for Chester.

I'll give a few of these tracks a shout-out in particular, although it is by no means a comprehensive list of great Linkin Park songs. Even if Linkin Park isn't your type of music, I encourage you to give them a try. You may find a track or two that you like.

Leave Out All the Rest

Somewhere I Belong

Lost in the Echo

Faint

I had actually been intending to ask about Linkin Park, not having listened to anything of theirs, so thanks for that, I'll give 'em a listen.

[Kane]

Amberian Dawn -- Sons of the Rainbow

[Decrepit]

Folk bemoaning lack of recent thunderstorms ( ) put me in mind of this piece, which might provide something of a substitute.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Heard one of my favorite Nightwish songs on Pandora today.
10th Man Down

[Kane]

Sleepwalker's Dream -- Delain

This post has been edited by Cain: Aug 3 2017, 06:02 PM