the problem is sc1 sounds were mostly bought. sc2 sounds are made in house (as far as i know) the music is obviously contracted out, i assume it wasnt the same composers? (too lazy to check)

metasonic

United States115 Posts

June 21 2010 21:43 GMT

#82

Terran and Zerg music from BW was baller, toss is so familiar that I guess I like it but it's not that great.

In SCII Terran music is pretty good. I don't play Zerg and Toss much but their music seems a lot worse, especially the toss music seems really lame to me.

Like others say though the zerg sound effects are really the worst aesthetic issue. Music isn't a big deal because you don't need it to play, but you kind of need sound effects on. Zerg sounds prevent me from wanting to even try the race :/

QueueQueue

Canada1000 Posts

June 21 2010 22:39 GMT

#83

I loved the Terran SC1 music. I have the SC2 music turned off for Terran now always.

HelterSkelter

Canada11 Posts

June 23 2010 20:09 GMT

#84

http://www.youtube.com/user/BattlecakeBand#p/u

good stuff. the bassist is pretty good.

DashFlow

United Kingdom176 Posts

June 23 2010 20:37 GMT

#85

I really like both the terran themes but the zerg is very lacking to me, and i dont know what to think of the new protoss music.

waffling1

599 Posts

June 23 2010 20:39 GMT

#86

they should do a remake of sc1 songs in the sc2 style and instruments

Pking

Sweden142 Posts

June 23 2010 20:40 GMT

#87

Not too fond of the music style of any of the starcraft games, the terran music is OK. I'd prefer some buttrock goa for terran theme music though, this song would be awesome:

Drowsy

United States4876 Posts

June 23 2010 20:41 GMT

#88

Zerg/Toss music is horrible, terran is well done. I was kinda surprised by this inconsistency, it sounds like they put a pretty decent amount of effort into writing and recording the Terran music and the zerg/toss stuff was done with a synth in 2 hours.

D10

Brazil3409 Posts

June 23 2010 20:43 GMT

#89

there should be an option to listen to sc1 soundtrack instead of the horrible new one

kajeus

United States679 Posts

June 23 2010 20:44 GMT

#90

On June 24 2010 05:41 Drowsy wrote:
Zerg/Toss music is horrible, terran is well done. I was kinda surprised by this inconsistency, it sounds like they put a pretty decent amount of effort into writing and recording the Terran music and the zerg/toss stuff was done with a synth in 2 hours.

I want you to make 4 comparable tracks on a synth by 6 pm PST. Ok? Ok, go.

crms

United States11933 Posts

June 23 2010 20:48 GMT

#91

On June 21 2010 21:12 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Pfft, SC1 music sucks in comparison to the glory of the WC2 soundtrack. Play with that on instead, gain 50APM instantly.

its true war2 music is amazing.

Sydonai

Finland26 Posts

June 23 2010 21:46 GMT

#92

Soundtrack in Starcraft 2 is just purely awesome and made with quality. Each race theme stays faithful to they´r original style and fit perfectly to the races. I´ve always seen Protoss as a bit mystical race, for that I think the ambient style of music mixed with choir usage is just great. A lot of people have been saying that its boring or gets dull after time, probably because generally we like music that has some sort of rhythm or groove or either lifting the song to a certain climax point, however Protoss themes stay tranquil all the way and I personally like that.

I´ll be completely honest with you, my jaw almost droped to floor when I heard the Terran soundtrack, my god. Such briliant use of tempo changes, different instruments and music styles composed together, just briliant I tell you.

Zerg themes are the most fitting and faitfull to the original in my opinion. listening these gives me a feeling of sinister/threatening while still keeping ambient style on them. Which fits the Swarm perfectly. I dont miss BW music, current one´s are just amazing so why should I?

Yuka

United States133 Posts

June 23 2010 22:01 GMT

#93

I absolutely love the updated music in SC2. To be honest, when I first fired up beta I was blown away not by the graphics and the natural feel (things I had expected from watching SC2 Battle Reports), but by the music. I had honestly not prepared for such a great evolution of the SC1 soundtrack. The music was updated while still preserving the whole atmosphere of each race.

That, and the terran soundtrack just screams "Firefly." I love it.

dynamite

Germany33 Posts

June 23 2010 22:28 GMT

#94

Just make a checkbox somewhere in the Options-Menu:

[x] Play Terran music, even if I play as Protoss or Zerg

..and everything will be fine ^^

Meta

United States6225 Posts

June 23 2010 22:31 GMT

#95

I miss the old terran music! I'm pissed that blizzard patched over the modified MPQ files. I played protoss in sc1 so I never really got to hear old terran music much, it's still so fresh and awesome to me. I just want it back

Stratos_speAr

United States6959 Posts

June 23 2010 22:32 GMT

#96

On June 21 2010 21:12 TotalBiscuit wrote:
Pfft, SC1 music sucks in comparison to the glory of the WC2 soundtrack. Play with that on instead, gain 50APM instantly.

It easily beats the Zerg and Protoss tracks, but not the Terran track.

Also, you forgot to put up the BW tracks as well. Those were pretty awesome (especially for the Zerg).

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

June 23 2010 22:33 GMT

#97

I think the protoss new music is closest in terms of comparison to the sc1 protoss music. it has a bit of a Halo-esque otherworldly feel, which I think is great.

Zerg and Terran new music isn't as good though. Terran SC1 music was absolutely beast. It pretty much defined SC1 for me, even though I was a Protoss player. Flash stomping other progamer n00bs just isn't the same without the music :[

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

June 23 2010 22:38 GMT

#98

Wait.... SCII has music?!? Since WHEN?!?

I seriously just turn the SCII music on and asked my older brother to teach me how to make a "song" where its just the SC1 music looping between P/T/Z and turn that on when I'm playing in SCII. For some reason he asked me not to put it on TL.net since you guys can take the time to do it your selves if you really want to.

theqat

United States2856 Posts

June 23 2010 22:38 GMT

#99

There are supposed to be orchestral versions of some of the SC1 music in the full version of SC2. I can't cite an interview right now, but I am sure I read that. I do hope to hear those as it would be a shame to entirely lose the music that helped define competitive RTS in trying to move that genre forward.

shindigs

United States4795 Posts

June 23 2010 22:41 GMT

#100

I wouldn't cite the SC1 music as being "good" but it's very iconic, almost corny in a way. They did a pretty good job in keeping the feel of each song from SC1 when remaking them for SC2.

When I first heard protoss, it almost seemed to have too much of an "epic" feel for ambient music =O