Matthew on 24/9/2009 at 11:22
That link looks just like normal text! How strange.
Sulphur on 24/9/2009 at 18:04
Inon Zur is not Jeremy Soule. What happened to you, Jeremy. From Baldur's Gate II to... whatever electrosymphonic mush you recently composed.
Props to Inon Zur for Icewind Dale 2's soundtrack though. Haven't heard much else from him apart from that and the FO3 soundtrack, and FO3's symphonic wallpaper was pleasant but unaffecting, which may have been the point. Well, props anyway.
Aja on 2/10/2009 at 03:41
Weirdos. The soundtrack was excellent, it was just subtle. No cheesy ambient-techno or IDM or clanging samples.
Sulphur on 3/10/2009 at 10:57
Subtle for you, unmemorable for me. I'm not as big on ambient as you are, Ayj. I can see the appeal, but I've been conditioned to expect action RPGs to have scores with strong, driving melodies from all these years of playing them.
swaaye on 4/10/2009 at 01:09
Inon Zhur will forever bring about memories of Klingon Academy and Crysis for me.
FO3's music wasn't bad, but it certainly isn't a reason to go back to the game either. Actually there's a tune in FO3 that reminded me of Oblivion's Soule soundtrack....
EvaUnit02 on 4/10/2009 at 08:01
I got sick of Zur's sombre guitar twangs and installed (
http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/dload.php?action=file&file_id=1201) NMA's Ultimate Music Mod that uses tracks from the first two games. The difference in atmosphere is night and day, FO3 was a much better experience because of it. The mod still retains Zur's better tracks, like the game's military-esque Main Theme that usually kicks in during main quest missions that involve the Enclave.
Also (
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2308) Trent Reznor's Ghosts I-IV album makes meshes perfectly with the game's dungeon crawling.
Ulukai on 7/10/2009 at 18:10
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Subtle for you, unmemorable for me. I'm not as big on ambient as you are, Ayj
I'm quite a fan of ambient music, but I'd have to agree on Fallout 3's soundtrack having nothing remarkable or memorable about it at all.
Perfect Mashed Potato, if you will.
JimmytehHand8 on 11/10/2009 at 04:32
I liked the soundtrack for Fallout 3. The ambient sounds fit the mood and there aren't any tracks that begin to irritate me after they've been playing for a few minutes. Some of the music from 1 and 2 eventually did that. Don't get me wrong, the first two games had some excellent tracks, but they also had a few tracks that were annoying as hell. For example the music that played in the Cathedral and in the city sections of the game was chilling and fit the apocalyptic wasteland perfectly. The music that played while in Junktown made me want to rip my speakers out of the wall.
Antignition on 11/10/2009 at 05:39
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Inon Zur is not Jeremy Soule. What happened to you, Jeremy. From Baldur's Gate II to... whatever electrosymphonic mush you recently composed.
Props to Inon Zur for Icewind Dale 2's soundtrack though.
Funny you should say that. Jeremy Soule didn't compose Baldur's Gate II's score (he did IWD 1). That honor goes to Michael Hoenig. The expansion, Throne of Bhaal, was done by none other than Inon Zur...small world.
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I definitely preferred Mark Morgan's music, but the first two fallouts are so far removed from the third that the Inon Zur approach doesn't really bother me. Besides, Bethesda has kept that same musical style since Morrowind, and I got exactly what I expected (more of the same) from Fallout 3.
