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- Classic2.zip
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- Classical Music for Doom v2.0
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- This is the latest collection of high quality classical
- music for the cultured Doom enthusiast :-)
-
- This music replacement is 100% complete. Not a tune is left
- untouched, and this includes the end of episode and even title
- screen tunes. Since episode one can be played by unregistered
- users, the songs for episode one are all piano pieces (except for
- the secret level), the Nutcracker to be exact.
- With the exception of the "Reed dance" of the Nutcracker, no
- song is repeated, and as a small note, although the "Reed dance"
- is repeated, the second version is the orchestrated version, not
- a piano piece.
- I would recommend playing the entire game through again with-
- out any knowledge of the music list. At least play some of it
- without consulting the list, as I think the element of not knowing
- which song is coming up next adds some humor to the moment.
- Of course, if you aren't very knowledgeable of classical music,
- by all means check the list, so that you may learn of the well known
- pieces!
-
- Credit must be given where it is due, and I have to admit I am
- lacking in this area. I did not enter any of these songs myself, but
- have used the music I have found at various FTP sites. The only names
- I still have on my hard drive associated with the music are: Rashad
- Chichakly for E2M8, and R.J. Stratton Jr. for all the Nutcracker tunes
- in episode one. As for the other names, I don't have them! I really
- wish I did because I admire people who enter in the songs so that the
- rest of us can enjoy them.
-
- What I did/Why I should get jack-diddly-squat of credit: I went
- through the trouble to collect the songs. Anyone who has a huge dump
- of midi files or is a classical music buff like myself may already have
- the same .mid's but there are many who don't have access to them, which
- is where I come in. I went through the trouble of making them into
- a Wad (I know, big deal). Here's the biggest part though: I made sure
- that there were no deviant midi controllers (there were some) and that
- songs did not leave active controllers messing up following songs. I
- also edited E2M8 so that it was small enough to be made into a .MUS,
- and trust me, I hated deleting from it, as it is an excellent piece!
- I did the intro screen music all by myself :-), just a simple C chord.
- I also standardized the volume to a reasonable norm so all the songs
- weren't at horribly different sound levels requiring a lot of volume
- knob use. I also used some discretion in choosing which songs to use
- and where to put them. Lastly, I cut some notes from some pieces so
- that the soundblaster didn't have such a hard time but was careful not
- to make the piece sound worse on capable equipment. I made sure every-
- thing sounded acceptable on my SCC-1 and my Soundblaster Pro. That's
- pretty much what I did, it took about 20 hours in all, considering some
- errors I made which had to be corrected and such.
-
- Now for the music list
-
- Episode one -- The Nutcracker: Peter Ilyich Tschaikovsky
- 1 -- Overture
- 2 -- March of Toy Soldiers
- 3 -- Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies
- 4 -- Russian Dance
- 5 -- Arabian Dance
- 6 -- Chinese Dance
- 7 -- Dance of the Reeds
- 8 -- Nutcracker Waltz
- Secret -- ?, Bach
-
- Episode two
- 1 -- Alla Turca: rondo, W.A. Mozart
- 2 -- ?, Bach
- 3 -- Hungarian Dance: Johannes Brahms
- 4 -- Jupiter Symphony (#41): 1st mvmnt: W.A. Mozart
- 5 -- Mountain King: Edward Grieg
- 6 -- Spring, 1st mvmnt: Antonio Vivaldi
- 7 -- Fifth Symphony, 1st mvmnt: Ludwig van Beethoven (complete)
- 8 -- Night on Bald Mountain: M. Moussorgsky
- Secret -- "Moonlight Sonata", third mvmnt: Ludwig van Beethoven
-
- Episode three
- 1 -- Nutcracker, Dance of the Reeds: Peter Ilyich Tschaikovsky
- 2 -- ?: Dukas (Mickey's Sorcerer's Apprentice music)
- 3 -- Marriage of Figaro, Overture: W.A. Mozart
- 4 -- Eroica, ? mvmnt: Ludwig van Beethoven
- 5 -- ?: Liszt
- 6 -- Air: J.S. Bach
- 7 -- Fifth Symphony, 3rd mvmnt: Ludwig van Beethoven (complete)
- 8 -- Piano concerto #21 (?): W.A. Mozart
- Secret -- K.476: W.A. Mozart
- k476 note: I don't know what this is supposed to sound like,
- so I scored it for piano and woodwinds (strings
- didn't sound right at the pitches it plays).
-
- In the future:
- Well, this is pretty comprehensive, so I can't really imagine what
- I can do with it past this. If I find a whole bunch of really appropriate
- new songs like "Die Walkurie" by Wagner though, then you can bet I'll
- be releasing a v2.5!! Don't hold your breath for any Puccini, though!
-
- Hasta,
- Scott Kearney
- skott@acs.bu.edu
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