Music to map by

PlaguebearerPlaguebearer Join Date: 2002-03-21 Member: 338Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
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<div class="IPBDescription">Inspirational tunes</div>So, what do you guys listen to while mapping?  Right now I'm shuffling and looping a bunch of tracks from the Aliens series, but they're starting to get old...
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    well, i just listen to normal music (normal for me), anything by john williams, and that band that did the music for tropico. ya, i bought their CD its so good <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    and some of john williams' stuff CAN get you in an "NS mood" if dats what u were talking about.
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    I'm mostly listening to my normal hard rock and heavy metal stuff á la Nickelback, The Pimps, War in America, Limp Bizkit etc., or jazz and blues (The Eels, anyone?).

    OK, not exactely the kind of music that fits Natural Selection, but it helps me concentrate.
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  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    well I sense this topic will get offtopic real soon, but anyway if I work on my ns_collage (keep sending those scraps mappers <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> )I just listen to a CD (morbid angel, deicide, cannibal corpse etc. )
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  • Relic25Relic25 Pixel Punk Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 39Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Tom Waits.  "What's he building in there?" <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

    All kinds of stuff really.
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  • manahmanah Creator of ns_caged Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 60Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Lewis Parker
    DJ Format
    Whitefield Brothers
    Sir Beanz OBE
    The P Brothers
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  • KilltoyKilltoy Join Date: 2002-03-28 Member: 358Members
    Hmm, what have I listened to... A little bit o' everythin'... Here are a few that I know I've listened to while mapping.

    T Bone Burnett
    Rachmaninov
    John Williams
    Skinny Puppy

    I can't say I put a lot of thought into what I listen to, I just play what I like.
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  • Black_WolfBlack_Wolf Join Date: 2002-03-13 Member: 310Members
    mmm, whichever CD i have just brought n ripped to mp3

    recently:

    Millencolin - Home From Home
    Rancid (anything really, Timebomb is an awesome song)
    NOFX
    Less Than Jake
    MXPX
    etc

    punk/ska mainly, some old school stuff.
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  • YamazakiYamazaki Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 21Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Mostly game soundtracks... like System Shock 1 and 2, Unreal Tournament, Golden Eye, Gran Turismo 3, Metal Gear Solid 2...


    Try here if any of the above sound good <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
    <a href="http://www.gamingforce.com/audio/mp3/" target="_blank">Gamingforce-Audio</a>
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  • humbabahumbaba That Exciting Tales From the Frontline Guy Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 86Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Im totally into Red Hot Chili Peppers, or Grateful dead, or Jazz (Miles Davis is my god), uh . . . A little Grieg. Some other stuff too
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  • DruBoDruBo Back In Beige Join Date: 2002-02-06 Member: 172Members, NS1 Playtester
    Usually Combat Rock or London Calling by The Clash, but sometimes Bossanova or Doolittle by the Pixies.
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  • StalKalleStalKalle Join Date: 2002-04-01 Member: 371Members
    I dont map but nothing is better than:
    LinkinPark, Papa Roach, System of a Down, P.O.D, Greenday and some limpbizkit songs (8
    but a little man said something like this to me on #naturalselection :
    [16:12:33] eBnar )) he just listed some of the worst bands out there
    <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
    well the taste if like the ###, hairy.
    BTW thanks to Plague who helped me with my avatar <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
    kiss on you!
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  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    Sorry, limp bizkit, gag <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo--> I'm glad Wes Borland left...he was in the wrong band.

    I have found I do my best stuff whilst chilling to Kyuss. Tool second place, then in no particular order, NIN, Queens of the Stone Age, Incubus, SOAD, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Faith no More and Earthtone9.
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  • YolmerYolmer Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 84Members
    Right now, I am in to game music, mostly from Black Isle's RPGs.
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  • TraneTrane Join Date: 2002-02-01 Member: 148Members
    humbaba, hell yeah, miles davis rocks, you should all check out kenny garret, some great jazz.  I dont map but i always listen to music..... lol
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    John Tesh
    Kenny G
    Yanni
    Michael Bolton

    These guys really pwn...
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  • JaciusJacius Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 43Members
    I listen to <a href="http://www.monkeyradio.org" target="_blank">Monkey Radio</a> constantly while mapping. That and the inspiringly beautiful <a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/19/jeremy_soule.html" target="_blank">compositions</a> of <a href="http://www.jeremysoule.com" target="_blank">Jeremy Soule</a> who was once reported to have been interested in NS, and maybe write music for it (dont quote me [or anyone else] on that tho).

    Oh yea, and then there's Gorillaz and Soundgarden off my CDs when I'm bored of my ridiculous bandwidth <!--emo&:0--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'><!--endemo-->

    -Jacius
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  • KilltoyKilltoy Join Date: 2002-03-28 Member: 358Members
    lol

    I think among us, we've got everything short of the Great Hymns of Faith!
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  • Terawatt_99Terawatt_99 Join Date: 2002-02-09 Member: 188Members
    hmm... let's see... i'f i'm in a dangerous mood and am running WC/Hammer <b>and</b> winamp, i'll be listening to:
    -Fear Factory
    -Ozzy
    -Powerman 5000
    -Darude
    -Paul Oakenfeld
    -The White Stripes
    -Moby
    -Adema
    -Saliva
    -Papa Roach
    -Fuel
    -Linkin Park
    -Buckcherry
    -P.O.D.
    -Rage Against The Machine
    -Eve 6

    and a <b>lot</b> more...
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  • WurmspawnWurmspawn Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 19Members
    i was expecting someone else to say pr0n soundtracks, but i guess i'm the only one. my favourite of my well-endowed collection is "Star Pecker II:Going Further than any man has gone before" the alien squeals and funky baseline are excellent for inspiration.
    ~;)
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  • nrbynrby Join Date: 2002-03-05 Member: 270Members
    The Homeworld bonus CD (some really awesome space epic soundtracks)

    The unbreakable soundtrack ( i really dig those choral piano type pieces of music)

    Lasgo - Something
    Marylin manson - tainted love
    Whitestripes - fell in love with a girl
    Orbital, dido
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  • GreedoGreedo Bounty Hunter Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 37Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I listen to whatever CD I pull out of my collection and stick in the drive.  With over 60 CDs, and over 40 of those being CDs with 600+ MB of mp3s, I've got too much to list.  Suffice it to say 98% of it fits under the category "Classic Rock."

    Oh, and I do like to listen to the occasional avant garde radio stream.
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  • TzarconTzarcon Join Date: 2002-02-28 Member: 259Members
    right, you guys seriously listen to some of the wierdest music I've ever heard of. <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->

    I normally just like to kick back and listen to some Crystal Method, Lunatic Calm, or Prodigy, often Our Lady Peace, tons of Linkin Park, Rage Against The Machine, but Most importantly, Jimi Hendrix (sounds out of place, doesn't it?
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  • FlayraFlayra Game Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment San Francisco Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 3Super Administrators, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
    OK, I love music too much not to chime in here:

    <b>Internet radio</b>
    Monkey Radio
    Tag's Trance Trip
    Groove Salad

    <b>Other</b>
    Mr. Bungle
    GWAR
    Jeremy Soule
    Bill Brown
    Clutch
    Coldcut
    Downset
    Earth Crisis
    Faith No More
    Fantomas
    Front Line Assembly
    Leonard Cohen
    Tom Waits
    Dead Can Dance
    Jamiroquai
    Howard Shore (esp. eXistenz)
    All things Trent Reznor
    All things Bill Leebs and Rhys Fulber (www.mindphaser.com)
    Martin Sexton
    Slipknot
    Spearhead
    The Cure
    White Zombie
    X-Cops
    Astral Projection
    Thievery Corporation
    Amon Tobin
    Capleton
    Diamanda Galas
    2Pac
    Kruder & Dorfmeister
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  • realityisdeadrealityisdead Employed by Raven Software after making ns_nothing Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 94Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I don't listen to music much when mapping, but when I do it's usually something along the lines of Korn, deftones, Kittie, American Head Charge, etc... Though it's a bit ironic that I'm eagerly awaiting my chance to get ahold of the Halo soundtrack. That classical/chant is just kickin, and would probably be very suitable for mapping.



    <!--EDIT|ken20banks|April 02 2002,20:41-->
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  • RhoadsToNowhereRhoadsToNowhere i r 8 Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 33Members
    Might as well chime in.  Most of this serves as general ambience music for me in addition to mapping music:

    Tool
    Ozzy Osbourne
    Black Sabbath
    Metallica
    Guns N' Roses
    Nirvana
    Offspring
    Green Day
    Foo Fighters
    Creed
    The Cult
    Jimi Hendrix
    Yngwie Malmsteen
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  • CrematorCremator Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 27Members
    I'm mostly into the death and black metal, but I find a lot of techno and ambient helps me map...
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  • doctopepadoctopepa Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 99Members
    I'v been listening to some reggae á la Eek A Mouse lately but it does NOT help me mapping. It's to slow and rythmical. You see, i have to do everything in the same rythm as the song (sorry, bad english there).

    Anyway, you should see me making a sandwich listening to slipknot <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->

    No really, here's what i like:

    Blind Melon (R.I.P Shannon)
    Nick Drake
    Busta Rhymes
    Outkast
    Tom waits
    Bob Dylan
    David Bowie
    Chemical Brothers
    Hendrix (R.I.P)
    Zappa & Captain Beefheart (Didn't really die, just took a trip)

    Jeff Buckley (R.I.P poor #######)

    ...and SOOO much more that i can't think of right now..
    #### the best one's are all dead! <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • TraneTrane Join Date: 2002-02-01 Member: 148Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--MonsieurEvil+April 02 2002,20:05--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (MonsieurEvil @ April 02 2002,20:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->John Tesh
    Kenny G
    Yanni
    Michael Bolton

    These guys really pwn...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    evil, are you serious?<!--emo&???--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'><!--endemo-->??  I would attack each musician one by one, but since I don't want to start a fight ill just attack kenny G.  If you like to listen to smooth jazz saxophone at least try the good stuff.  Kenny G plays out of rythm and off pitch and just sounds like a sissy.  For some good smooth jazz try Kirk Whalum and Dave Sanborn.  And if you are interested in some really good saxophone, try Chris Potter, Michael Brecker, and OF COURSE Coltrane, cough, Trane, cough.. lol
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  • YolmerYolmer Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 84Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Yamazaki+April 02 2002,11:22--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Yamazaki @ April 02 2002,11:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Mostly game soundtracks... like System Shock 1 and 2, Unreal Tournament, Golden Eye, Gran Turismo 3, Metal Gear Solid 2...


    Try here if any of the above sound good <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
    <a href="http://www.gamingforce.com/audio/mp3/" target="_blank">Gamingforce-Audio</a><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That site ####### owns. Thanks for the URL.
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