KickStarter System Shock 1 Remake by Nightdive Studios

[Owl]

The inconsistent style/mood of the music in SS2 is because it was composed by two people: the quieter ambient tracks were written by Ramin Djawadi (who later did Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Game of Thrones, etc.), the fast techno tracks (that don't really fit the creepy atmosphere of the game) were made by Josh Randall.

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthre...65c27b50c7b7&p=1587919&viewfull=1#post1587919

 

[Kingston]

I don't know why everyone is getting so up their ass about the music. Some of the songs on System Shock were great. It was a computer game with catchy songs.





The techno songs didn't really bother me in SS2 either. Ops 2 ruled.

 

[Infinitron]

Ops 2 was a great track that sounds sort of sad. It fits that part in any "survival horror"-themed game where your character becomes strong enough that you can afford to stand back and contemplate the tragedy of what happened to this place. The Executive level track is SS1's version of this.

 

[Jasede]

Somehow this is one of the most memorable parts of my childhood, this song:



When I was watching my brother play SS I was too scared most of the time. I remember there's this one floor where you leave the elevator and there's literally 20 hybrids right out of the doors, and the floor is covered with body parts.
All I remember is this elevator music.

 

[Durandal]

I remember experiencing a sensory overload when I stepped into Med/Sci the first time. Polito/SHODAN nagging me about elevators, Delacroix bitching about Xerxes singing like The King, Xerxes boasting about the Many, the Many begging me to kill them, all while thumping hardcore techno is playing in the background.
I guess Med/Sci 1 would have been used more properly if it were used only once when you enter Med/Sci, as it does create that SHIT'S FUCKED BRO feeling like being chased by a swarm of zombies or something, but when you revisit Med/Sci the song just feels out of place.

Maybe the hardcore techno songs were made with high-AGI Mach 10 characters in mind. The DnB in Engineering was alot more fun when cruising through the mazes like Sonic the Hedgehog.

 

[Morgoth]

 

[kwanzabot]

 

[Jagged Appliance]

SS1 music was really good, fuck all of you.

 

[yellowcake]

SS1 music was really good, fuck all of you.

Yeah, I don't get the hate either, especially from Jaesun whom I consider to have good taste in MIDI music. I still have a whole list of MIDIs form SS that I alternate between as my ring tones in my Nokia phone (that I keep in part because of its midi synthesizer).

 

[Jaesun]

When I *finally* played and finished System Shock a few years ago (which is a fucking AWESOME game, period), I just wasn't really all that impressed with the music. Compared to say, Gabriel Knight, Ultima VII, Ultima VIII, Lands of Lore, and Quest for Glory etc...., the soundtrack pales in comparison.

But as I stated specifically, MOST of the music was quite meh. But there ARE quite a few really good tracks, as already posted above, those were pretty good. And I also played it with an actual Sound Canvas too.

Also the intro ROCKS. Here is what it sounds like with an actual Sound Canvas <3 <3 <3

 

[Jasede]

Jaesun, since you do all that sound stuff, can you do the Daggerfall soundtrack the way it's meant to be heard - with a Roland MT-32? I know you have one, you goddamn nerd.
(♥ If I had the space and were gonna stay in Germany for good, my apartment would be stuffed with C64 machines, Amigas and all kinds of doohickeys.)

(I am surprised you did Veil of Darkness. That's one of the games I thought I was the only one to have ever played.)

 

[Jaesun]

Jaesun, since you do all that sound stuff, can you do the Daggerfall soundtrack the way it's meant to be heard - with a Roland MT-32? I know you have one, you goddamn nerd.
(♥ If I had the space and were gonna stay in Germany for good, my apartment would be stuffed with C64 machines, Amigas and all kinds of doohickeys.)

(I am surprised you did Veil of Darkness. That's one of the games I thought I was the only one to have ever played.)

From what I remember Daggerfall was written for the Sound Canvas. It *does* have an MT-32 option, but the music for the Sound Canvas is VASTLY superior.

When I do recordings, I take them directly from the game, as they are played in game. I am not much of a fan of real-time games, so Daggerfall is unfortunately way way down on my list, sorry.

And what few tunes I did record for Veil of Darkness (for the MT-32) was pretty cool. Interestingly, a number of songs in Veil of Darkness sound BETTER with the Soundblaster though. Like the "swamp" area music like shit on the mt-32, but the Soundblaster version of it is really nice.

 

[Jasede]

Oh, I didn't know that. the MT 32 sounded so much better than the SB, so I assumed it was written for that. If the Sound Canvas is even better...
Gah, I need to get one of those. I -really- love some Daggerfall songs, like square and snowing.

 

[Cerulean]

All the music posted here is tempting me to play SS2 again, even though I know I don't have the time.

 

[lemon-lime]

Seeing that SS1 intro again gives me memories, especially the music. I even see the DOS prompt in my imagination and typing SSHOCK.EXE to start the game. That was more than 20 years ago. Unfortunately, I was an early adopter of the floppy disk version. Would I have known about the CD version, I would have waited for that. The idea of having different difficulty settings for different aspects of the game was especially nice.

 

[octavius]

Fuck them SS1 is one of the most interactive games of all time. I think the controls are/were fucked up for that very same reason.

Yeah, with few tweaks it could feel like mech simulator a'la Mechwarrior or something.

Or Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri.

 

[newtmonkey]

Oh, I didn't know that. the MT 32 sounded so much better than the SB, so I assumed it was written for that. If the Sound Canvas is even better...
Gah, I need to get one of those. I -really- love some Daggerfall songs, like square and snowing.

Definitely pick up a Sound Canvas if you get a chance! Very worthwhile to have if you play a lot of DOS games, and Daggerfall in particular sounds amazing on it:


(Courtesy of Jaesun)

On topic, I really like this track from SS1:

 

[Kontra]

The worst thing is how hectic it was...



How on earth does this fit as ambient music to sneaking around a desolated spaceship?

That one reminds me of Resident Evil theme


Its kinda similar. RE one is better though, it really has this evil vibe. Hydro track is just way way too fast. Maybe if it was slower.

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You know it would be cool if Paul WS Anderson did a System Shock movie. He did Event Horizon so he has some experience there. He could cast Milla Jovovich as SHODAN and get Marilyn Manson to do the soundtrack. It would be great.

 

[Jaesun]

Just a FYI, I made that recording with my Sound Canvas from some supposed extracted MIDI files of Daggerfall. I do not know if that is 100% sure of how the track plays actually in game (that's why I never published it, good job digging that up lol). BEST. FUCKING. TRACK IN THE ENTIRE GAME, just FYI. It is awesome.

I need to do a remix of that with my current awesome keyboards, it would be awesome.

 

[Jasede]

Yes, that's "Snowing" or "Snow_B" -- I can't remember, Daggerfall song names were confusing.
It's one of my favorites and I am glad the fellow linked it because I looked through your videos and though I found the Daggerfall ones, I wasn't sure what MIDI0027 stood for.

 

[LESS T_T]

Ultra top secret System Shock remake?

three_delite (Satoshi Arakawa) is a Senior Character Artist at Daybreak Games (former SOE, and Kick worked at SOE as a character artist.). He's right now sculpting an FPS arms model: http://www.twitch.tv/taco_wednesday

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Spoiler

 

[Morgoth]

 

[Excidium II]

G-greetings insect, have you c-come sssseeking the light?

Doesn't look so offensive but still so unecessary. Sad to see people just cannibalizing work of others instead of making even a slight creative effort.

 

[Ivan]

 

[Athelas]

This looks like it's attempting to be survival horror in tone/atmosphere, which System Shock wasn't - at all.

They did do a remarkable job of recreating the original aesthetic, albeit with a lot of post-processing effects on top of it.