Hi guys, i've just listened the whole soundtrack of Heart of the Swarm and i think it is pretty amazing. In my opinion it's better than Wings of Liberty and especially some tracks are just perfect (for instance: the beginning of "Stronger" is so epic).
What do you think? Do you prefer HOTS music or WOL's music?
I'm so tempted to click and listen..but no..I will resist..must..wait.. to receive my copy first! I shall edit my post in time and reveal my (likely) awe at the awesomeness.
Frankly I don't know... I like the style better than WoL's but the music itself sounds like undergrad level writhing for orchestra... It was better in WoL in my humble opinion.
Edit: the orchestral parts, that is. The rest is ok.
I wish that there were some way to revert to WOL music. It's not that I don't like the new stuff; it's fine. I just miss the relaxing twang of the terran music.
I really like WoL music. The only problem was that I had to let it idle at the main screen for like 20 minutes before all the good songs would stary playing.
On March 13 2013 08:27 Magpie842 wrote: I wish that there were some way to revert to WOL music. It's not that I don't like the new stuff; it's fine. I just miss the relaxing twang of the terran music.
I haven't played the multy yet but i think they have left the old music from WOL espeically for terran since they have only a few new songs
On March 13 2013 08:27 Magpie842 wrote: I wish that there were some way to revert to WOL music. It's not that I don't like the new stuff; it's fine. I just miss the relaxing twang of the terran music.
I haven't played the multy yet but i think they have left the old music from WOL espeically for terran since they have only a few new songs
I didn't really try to hear how many new songs there were, but I think there was quite a few new terran songs. Cool ones aswell!
I have a feeling that a few of the Terran campaign tracks from WoL made their way into multiplayer in HotS as well as some HotS campaign tracks, although perhaps a bit altered. I'm hearing some familiar melodies when I'm playing ladder.
Just brought the game today, need to wait to finish work first before I can play it, may as well listen to the new soundtrack to get myself pumped :D It is amazing :D
They are so awesome and they are in the multiplayer as well. They are like cinematic music from the campaign. Watching GSL will become so much more intense in the future because of all the upbeat musics. Nice job.
But I also noticed a bug as well. In WOL, if you are in ob mode or in a replay, the background music will correlate with the race in the game. If it's protoss vs zerg, then there will be protoss and zerg music. If it's protoss vs protoss, then there will be only protoss music. Etc.
However, in HOTS, there will only be wol's Terran music plus some new soundtracks. There is no wol's protoss and zerg music even the game is pvp or zvz. It's always wol's Terran music plus some new soundtracks.
There is correct protoss and zerg music if you play the game. And If you watch some old WoL replay from the HOTS's client, the music is correct. Protoss and zerg music will be correctly played.
On March 14 2013 01:03 larse wrote: They are so awesome. They are like cinematic music from the campaign. Watching GSL will become so much more intense in the future because of all the upbeat musics. Nice job.
But I also noticed a bug as well. In WOL, if you are in ob mode or in a replay, the background music will correlate with the race in the game. If it's protoss vs zerg, then there will be protoss and zerg music. If it's protoss vs protoss, then there will be only protoss music. Etc.
However, in HOTS, there will only be wol's Terran music plus some new soundtracks. There is no wol's protoss and zerg music even the game is pvp or zvz. It's always wol's Terran music plus some new soundtracks.
There is correct protoss and zerg music if you play the game. And If you watch some old WoL replay from the HOTS's client, the music is correct. Protoss and zerg music will be correctly played.
Good catch. I recommend you post that in the Blizzard bug forums if it is reproducible.
I like the new music, but I am not sure how Starcraft-y the tracks are (at least during multiplayer). Nevertheless, I am glad they added more. It would be awesome if we could somehow unlock BW music and skip tracks and whatnot. >_<
Wish we could have the old multiplayer music back. Also, some of the songs have bits that sound like Protoss (echoey stuff) and bits that sound like Terran (guitar), that's kind of annoying. (i.e. Phantoms of the Void)
On March 14 2013 01:03 larse wrote: They are so awesome. They are like cinematic music from the campaign. Watching GSL will become so much more intense in the future because of all the upbeat musics. Nice job.
But I also noticed a bug as well. In WOL, if you are in ob mode or in a replay, the background music will correlate with the race in the game. If it's protoss vs zerg, then there will be protoss and zerg music. If it's protoss vs protoss, then there will be only protoss music. Etc.
However, in HOTS, there will only be wol's Terran music plus some new soundtracks. There is no wol's protoss and zerg music even the game is pvp or zvz. It's always wol's Terran music plus some new soundtracks.
There is correct protoss and zerg music if you play the game. And If you watch some old WoL replay from the HOTS's client, the music is correct. Protoss and zerg music will be correctly played.
Good catch. I recommend you post that in the Blizzard bug forums if it is reproducible.
I like the new music, but I am not sure how Starcraft-y the tracks are (at least during multiplayer). Nevertheless, I am glad they added more. It would be awesome if we could somehow unlock BW music and skip tracks and whatnot. >_<
I already post twice during beta and after launch. Still no answer yet. I guess they will just ignore this tiny bug. We will probably never hear protoss and zerg music when watching a match.
Just listened to the entire soundtrack while at work and I thought most of it was really damn good. There were times where it was rather bland or recycled, but I still enjoyed it overall.
its good I listen to it a little right before I passed out ( was up for 25+hours) I fell like their is 2 or 3 songs in one track cant tell when its a new song other then that all sounded similar... still liked it thought it was cool just to listen to the sound track with no video lets you hear all the sounds
HOTS multiplayer music include WoL race-specific music and HOTS new music
If you play a multiplayer game, protoss and zerg only have WoL race-specific music, and Terran has the WoL race-specific music and the HOTS new music
If you play a replay or are in a spectator mode, regardless of the races in the game, you will only hear Terran WoL race-specific music and the HOTS new music.
On March 14 2013 03:30 Bagi wrote: Does that posted soundtrack contain the MP music or just SP? I've been looking for the songs I hear while playing terran, no luck so far.
The soundtracks i posted are used both in single and multy
Can Blizzard please write some music for Protoss that doesn't sound like a discordant trainwreck from 2001: A Space Odyssey? The SC/BW Protoss music is so much better than the SC2 Protoss music that it hurts.
As a person that is really really into music I have to say that music in a videogame means so much to me. To be honest I think WoL music was quite a dissapointment but oh my god HoTs music kicks ass, I don't have the game so can somebody explain if this soundtrack is in the multiplayer in it's entirety? and is it mixed with WoL music just like in BW that both songs played in the background randomly?
This is the best videogame music since Perfect Dark, Deux Ex and MGS. 9/10, it doesn't get better than this, even beats the crap out of good old BW.