Video game soundtracks on sale at Amazon MP3

@comamonkey

Excellent reference. Awesome movie.

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American Psycho (the movie) was pretty good....The book was 100 times better though. Definitely read it if you enjoyed the movie!

@comamonkey I suddenly have the urge to check for plastic drop cloths around me...

@ProtesttheHiro

Strongly disagree, the movie was way better than the book in this case. Way more enjoyable tone with a more focused vision. Very entertaining film.

@comamonkey
"I'm into, uh, well, murders and executions, mostly."

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@ProtesttheHiro
@Punkrawk Bbob
I actually enjoyed the movie more. i love Bret Ellis but the obsessive descriptions of what everyone was wearing in the book really slowed the pace and got very tiresome. otherwise it was excellent.
Can't wait for Lunar Park. Hopefully Christian Bale will play Bateman in that as well...

@Punkrawk Bbob

I think you missed the entire point of the book. But to each his own. Also...the obsessive clothes thing made sense seeing as how Patrick Bateman was obsessed with the details. It certainly did get annoying but it was supposed to.

@comamonkey

Hey Paul!

@ch3burashka
Go to keepvid.com, put in the Youtube URL of the song you want. Save the file as .mp4 Get Quicktime Pro (there's a common registration key that you can input to get the pro version) and convert to .wav. Now keep that or use Audacity to convert to .mp3.

There's sites out there that let you convert Youtube videos straight to .mp3. But I like to download the .mp4 file b/c you do the converting, rather than some site converting it. You don't know what they might stick in it.

@ch3burashka
@ch3burashka
Go to keepvid.com, put in the Youtube URL of the song you want. Save the file as .mp4 Get Quicktime Pro (there's a common registration key that you can input to get the pro version) and convert to .wav. Now keep that or use Audacity to convert to .mp3.

There's sites out there that let you convert Youtube videos straight to .mp3. But I like to download the .mp4 file b/c you do the converting, rather than some site converting it. You don't know what they might stick in it.

@Themoreyouknow
omg I refreshed the page and everything, but it didn't show my post. So now I double posted :(

@Themoreyouknow

That sounds like waaaaayyy too much effort to pirate things. Just google "x OST torrent", with X being the name of the game you want.

Presto.

@Punkrawk Bbob
Except my method isn't pirating. It's 100% legal. I'm downloading free public videos and extracting the audio. Now uploading copyrighted material to Youtube is illegal, but everyone does it and just says "I don't mean any copyright infringement with this video, but it's just too awesome not to post"

@Themoreyouknow

Not paying for it = illegal. Not sure why you think graying up the lines changes that.

If we're playing that game, torrents arent illegal either since I'm just sharing partial files that just so happen can be assembled in such a way to make a file.

@ch3burashka

i wouldn't pay for the rest of the Mirror's Edge soundtrack, but the theme song is great.

and +1 for Mirror's Edge 2. the first one was some of the most straight-up fun i've had in a game. the gameplay is so great. i wouldn't have minded less cops though...

@Dao Jones
Not many video game soundtracks. :( I did use some of my credit towards "Mirrored" by Battles, though. Always wanted to check them out ever since I heard "Atlas" from LBP and at $5, I can't go wrong!

Or can I?

:-\

@Dao Jones Battles is one of my absolute favorite bands. Mirrored and EP C/B EP are excellent!

@clarinetJWD

Thanks for the tip on Battles, y'all. I didn't know who they were, but listening to the samples has made me want it.

@Nobledevil Gaming Optimist
Did you check out the video for "Atlas"? Pretty cool. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU

@Lerkero

"For the most part though, videogame soundtracks are composed of licensed songs so if you just want a couple songs off the soundtrack you'd be better off getting those individually."

Really? REALLY? You have any idea who Nobuo Uematsu, Jesper Kyd, Jeremy Soule, Marty O'Donnell, Inon Zur, Koji Kondo, Junichi Masuda, Dan Forden, Harry Gregson-Williams, Akira Yamaoka, Masashi Hamauzu, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yasunori Mitsuda, Russell Shaw, Matt Uelman, Tommy Tallarico? Because you've probably played a few of their games and more than likely got some of their music stuck in your head. 95+% of games (not including sports) use original scores. I can't even believe you said this.

Unless you've just gotten into gaming in the PS3/360 generation, just WOW........

@Lerkero; "For the most part though, videogame soundtracks are composed of licensed songs ..."

We must not be playing the same games then. Almost all of the games I play contain original music composed or arranged for the game. To the exclusion of even a single licensed song or artist even.

@Lerkero

I guess I should have made it clear that I am well aware of the games that have internally developed soundtracks. But when you think of the advertising and marketing for a game all you see is the licensed stuff.

I guess it's my fault for being a little bias. The only songs that I have heard are the ones in TV commercials and whatever is in game trailers. Even right now Medal of Honor just announced their soundtrack featuring Lincoln Park.

I miss the days when music from games was memorable. I don't get that too much these days, even if the soundtrack is original.

@Punkrawk Bbob I'm thrilled by your knowledge of game composers...


....and outraged that you left out Yuzo Koshiro. Well, he's my favorite, anyway.

@symmetryx

I like my scores. Great for writing, walking, relaxing, whatever.

Only thing I knew by Yuzo Koshiro was Culdcept Saga, but I thought he'd be too remote for most. I do love that OST though.

@Lerkero

"I guess that's a pretty good deal. For the most part though, videogame soundtracks are composed of licensed songs so if you just want a couple songs off the soundtrack you'd be better off getting those individually."

This makes zero mention about marketing or commercials. Not sure if you're backpedaling or if you're just incoherent.

But then you said this anyways...

"I miss the days when music from games was memorable. I don't get that too much these days, even if the soundtrack is original."

More soundtracks are memorable now-a-days then they ever were. Very creative and gets stuck in your head. Not sure what you base this on. Maybe you just don't play good games anymore? In 2009, there was Dawn of War 2, Infamous, Machinarium, Madworld, Halo ODST (awesome OST), Demon's Souls, Uncharted 2, Dragon Age, and Persona 3 Portable that were hugely notable. 2008, Castle Crashers, Lost Odyssey, The World Ends with You, Mirror's Edge, Fable 2, Fallout 3, LBP, Age of Conan, Dead Space, World of Goo, Persona 4, Tales of Vesperia, WoW: Wrath of Lich King...

So, what are you talking about a lack of good game OSTs? Seriously, listen to Age of Conan's OST. That's a friggin MMO and the soundtrack is AMAZING

@Punkrawk Bbob

Its more about personal taste really. Maybe I just prefer the 8bit simple midi sounding music from back in the day. I can't explain it really, its personal opinion.

The most recent soundtracks that I took a liking to were Smash Bros Brawl and Sonic Unleashed. I can't remember anything from 2009-2010 that stayed in my head for long.

@Punkrawk Bbob Sorry I left this comment hanging for so long.

Yuzo Koshiro did some old school stuff. Most notably, Shinobi, ActRaiser, and the Streets of Rage series.

He also did tracks for Wangan Midnight and Shenmue.

@jsx92 Agree. The soundtrack from Mirror's Edge was a surprise hit for me; I listen to it over and over and it never gets old. Its low-key nature makes for great ambience while I'm working, without being distracting.

@ChomskyKnows

Don't have the second one, but have the first soundtrack and yes, it is recommendable. Jesper has a great complexity to his music, but it flows well.