Wasteland MIDI Music Project [Help Wanted]
Posted: 23 May 2019 23:26
Hello and welcome to the Wasteland MIDI Music Project
For some time now I have played around with the idea of creating a special music replacement set for OpenTTD which creates an appropriate atmosphere for playing with the Wasteland NewGRF, i.e. a nice post-apocalyptic feel. The standard music sets for OpenTTD focus on a jazzy, upbeat style which doesn't exactly fit well with the slightly darker theme of Wasteland, and while it's possible to play music with some other music player open, I thought it would be nice to have a native music set capable of playing within OpenTTD itself to set the mood.
Over the last few months I have been occasionally scouring the web in search of some potential open-source MIDI tracks with which to start such a project. Unfortunately, there is a short supply of any kind of open-source MIDI-format music available (at least in search engines), let alone music that fits the style of OpenTTD, and even less so Wasteland. I have so far only managed to find 5 tracks which I think are reasonably close to fitting such a post-apocalyptic MIDI soundtrack for OpenTTD: (these are mp3 versions of MIDI files, for browser playability)
http://fredrikj.net/midi/cliff.mp3
http://fredrikj.net/midi/escape_from_evil.mp3
http://fredrikj.net/midi/shadow.mp3
http://www.tannerhelland.com/dmusic/TheHaunting.mp3
http://www.tannerhelland.com/dmusic/Nevermore.mp3
Note that many of these songs are of the more "slow and spooky" type which is not necesarily consistent with what is expected of all the music in the Wasteland Music Project, but at least these songs fit the general darker tone I'm after. Obviously Wasteland is based on other post-apocalyptic-themed media such as the Fallout game series, Mad Max, etc., so that is the kind of feeling I'm aiming for.
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What is the Overall Goal?
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The goal is to create a complete music replacement set for use in OpenTTD with the Wasteland NewGRF (or without) which is completely free-to-use and open-source (preferably licensed CC-BY-SA or similar, but is negotiable). Ideally this means including at least 21 tracks as originally included in the game, but more is better.
If you know of any MIDI-format music which you think would fit the subject, please do post it below; whether it is your own orginal creation or someone else's, I'm always interested in hearing new music! If you're interested in creating some original music for the project I'd love to hear about it!
Please note that while any submissions are welcome, this is a very subjective theme and not all tracks will be accepted for use in the project; not to be taken personally I've tried myself to create some MIDI tracks and it is honestly a very painstakingly long process which takes dedication and patience to get right, so hats off to you if you manage to finish something worthy of showing off
I look forward to hearing any submissions below; and of course if I ever manage to finish one of my own MIDI songs I will make sure to post it for criticism and review.
Thanks!
For some time now I have played around with the idea of creating a special music replacement set for OpenTTD which creates an appropriate atmosphere for playing with the Wasteland NewGRF, i.e. a nice post-apocalyptic feel. The standard music sets for OpenTTD focus on a jazzy, upbeat style which doesn't exactly fit well with the slightly darker theme of Wasteland, and while it's possible to play music with some other music player open, I thought it would be nice to have a native music set capable of playing within OpenTTD itself to set the mood.
Over the last few months I have been occasionally scouring the web in search of some potential open-source MIDI tracks with which to start such a project. Unfortunately, there is a short supply of any kind of open-source MIDI-format music available (at least in search engines), let alone music that fits the style of OpenTTD, and even less so Wasteland. I have so far only managed to find 5 tracks which I think are reasonably close to fitting such a post-apocalyptic MIDI soundtrack for OpenTTD: (these are mp3 versions of MIDI files, for browser playability)
http://fredrikj.net/midi/cliff.mp3
http://fredrikj.net/midi/escape_from_evil.mp3
http://fredrikj.net/midi/shadow.mp3
http://www.tannerhelland.com/dmusic/TheHaunting.mp3
http://www.tannerhelland.com/dmusic/Nevermore.mp3
Note that many of these songs are of the more "slow and spooky" type which is not necesarily consistent with what is expected of all the music in the Wasteland Music Project, but at least these songs fit the general darker tone I'm after. Obviously Wasteland is based on other post-apocalyptic-themed media such as the Fallout game series, Mad Max, etc., so that is the kind of feeling I'm aiming for.
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What is the Overall Goal?
=========================
The goal is to create a complete music replacement set for use in OpenTTD with the Wasteland NewGRF (or without) which is completely free-to-use and open-source (preferably licensed CC-BY-SA or similar, but is negotiable). Ideally this means including at least 21 tracks as originally included in the game, but more is better.
If you know of any MIDI-format music which you think would fit the subject, please do post it below; whether it is your own orginal creation or someone else's, I'm always interested in hearing new music! If you're interested in creating some original music for the project I'd love to hear about it!
Please note that while any submissions are welcome, this is a very subjective theme and not all tracks will be accepted for use in the project; not to be taken personally I've tried myself to create some MIDI tracks and it is honestly a very painstakingly long process which takes dedication and patience to get right, so hats off to you if you manage to finish something worthy of showing off
I look forward to hearing any submissions below; and of course if I ever manage to finish one of my own MIDI songs I will make sure to post it for criticism and review.
Thanks!