Music anyone?

shorty943 · 12-03-2007, 01:24 AM

I've got sick of EA's idea of what music is.

Did you know, you can not only, dis-able the in-game music for your 'hoods, etc.
You can treat those folders, exactly the same as the radio broadcast folders.

A set of Johanne Sebastian Bach's Fugues, make a great change for a medieval neighbourhood sound track.

Suzi Quatro, or Tom Petty, goes well for Gasoline Alley.
Or, Australia's loudest rock band, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs. Oh, yeah.

(His version of "Somewhere over the rainbow", had my high school music teacher in tears.

She wanted us to sing the nice "Dorothy" version, I didn't.

It's on Youtube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dd4C...eature=related compare that to Judy Garlands, on the same related page.)

There is a world of possibility. Dutch Tilders, Sharky and the Acoustic Aquarium, India Pacifica, an east\west fusion from Adelaide, American blues and Eastern rhythms blended. The Masters Apprentices, another Adelaide band from my youth. Or the Easy Beats, a Melbourne band from the 60's, the very first band in the world to produce a video clip.

Give it a try, it doesn't hurt the game. Seems almost movie like, in the 'hood screen, with decent music.

Greg · 12-03-2007, 02:40 AM

Talk about great minds! I've been watching "Tin Man" on television tonight. They haven't done any singing yet, though; no rainbow to go over.

shorty943 · 12-03-2007, 02:47 AM

If you have some "romantic" fondness for Judy's singing, you may be somewhat "rocked" by Thorpie's version.

Miros1 · 12-03-2007, 02:56 AM

I think they've confused Dorothy and Ozma tho...

The annoying thing about music in TS2 is that they don't seem to allow shortcuts/links like they did in TS1: you have to drag the whole darn music file in!

shorty943 · 12-03-2007, 03:12 AM

Yeah, mine's a doozy.
Just as well you can record the entire album in MP3 format.

Greg · 12-03-2007, 12:14 PM

I'd say that "Tin Man" bears the same relationship to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" that the Starship Troopers movie did to the novel it took the title from. Still, it's a good story if you just think of any semblance to the books as intentional puns.

shorty943 · 12-03-2007, 10:33 PM

Ah, "Tin Man" must be a re-incarnation of the original movie then, sorry, haven't seen it.

The one that did take a twist was "Zardoz", a sci-fi oddity, with Sean Connery in the leading role. Not as the wizard, but as the revealer.

I thought Starship Troopers was pretty close to the novel.
For "Hollyweird" that is.

Of course Lady M, you just know, I now have to "find a way", to prune the music folder with some shortcut method.

Greg · 12-04-2007, 12:02 PM

"Tin Man" is on its first run on one of the satellite channels right now. They showed episode 2 of 3 last night but I had to sleep so I missed it.

Golly, my take on the movie "Starship Troopers" is that beyond pilfering the names of things and the barest outline of the background and plot, it bore no resemblance to the book at all. Most important, it completely left out the vital mechanical element that made the book work--powered suits, and everything that went with them. But everything else was totally hosed, too--the culture, absolutely everything about the enemy beyond the name "bugs", the relationships among the characters, their personalities... just everything!

It was a mediocrely good movie, but it wasn't Starship Troopers!

Fortunately for "Tin Man," the original move was quite insipid and itself a lame interpretation of the books, so they can't do much damage to a great treasure.

Miros1 · 12-04-2007, 04:51 PM

Tin Man definitely isn't The Wonderful Wizard of Oz either. At least they changed the title!

Sci-Fi channel is running it at 9, 11, and 1am. I fell asleep and missed the last half hour.

shorty943 · 12-05-2007, 01:23 AM

Maybe I'd better dig the book back out again, it seemed pretty close for a hollywierd effort.

I have to agree with the "review" of the Judy Garland effort.
The best part of that is the song written by Les Paul.

Check that name on the youtube music channel, the man is legendary in music.

Oh, to have things like cable TV and such.

12-03-2007, 01:24 AM	#1
shorty943 Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 805	Music anyone? I've got sick of EA's idea of what music is. Did you know, you can not only, dis-able the in-game music for your 'hoods, etc. You can treat those folders, exactly the same as the radio broadcast folders. A set of Johanne Sebastian Bach's Fugues, make a great change for a medieval neighbourhood sound track. Suzi Quatro, or Tom Petty, goes well for Gasoline Alley. Or, Australia's loudest rock band, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs. Oh, yeah. (His version of "Somewhere over the rainbow", had my high school music teacher in tears. She wanted us to sing the nice "Dorothy" version, I didn't. It's on Youtube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dd4C...eature=related compare that to Judy Garlands, on the same related page.) There is a world of possibility. Dutch Tilders, Sharky and the Acoustic Aquarium, India Pacifica, an east\west fusion from Adelaide, American blues and Eastern rhythms blended. The Masters Apprentices, another Adelaide band from my youth. Or the Easy Beats, a Melbourne band from the 60's, the very first band in the world to produce a video clip. Give it a try, it doesn't hurt the game. Seems almost movie like, in the 'hood screen, with decent music. Last edited by shorty943 : 12-03-2007 at 01:59 AM.

12-03-2007, 02:40 AM	#2
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Talk about great minds! I've been watching "Tin Man" on television tonight. They haven't done any singing yet, though; no rainbow to go over. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

12-03-2007, 12:14 PM	#6
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	I'd say that "Tin Man" bears the same relationship to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" that the Starship Troopers movie did to the novel it took the title from. Still, it's a good story if you just think of any semblance to the books as intentional puns. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

12-04-2007, 12:02 PM	#8
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	"Tin Man" is on its first run on one of the satellite channels right now. They showed episode 2 of 3 last night but I had to sleep so I missed it. Golly, my take on the movie "Starship Troopers" is that beyond pilfering the names of things and the barest outline of the background and plot, it bore no resemblance to the book at all. Most important, it completely left out the vital mechanical element that made the book work--powered suits, and everything that went with them. But everything else was totally hosed, too--the culture, absolutely everything about the enemy beyond the name "bugs", the relationships among the characters, their personalities... just everything! It was a mediocrely good movie, but it wasn't Starship Troopers! Fortunately for "Tin Man," the original move was quite insipid and itself a lame interpretation of the books, so they can't do much damage to a great treasure. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

12-03-2007, 02:47 AM	#3
shorty943 Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 805	If you have some "romantic" fondness for Judy's singing, you may be somewhat "rocked" by Thorpie's version.

12-03-2007, 02:56 AM	#4
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	I think they've confused Dorothy and Ozma tho... The annoying thing about music in TS2 is that they don't seem to allow shortcuts/links like they did in TS1: you have to drag the whole darn music file in!

12-03-2007, 03:12 AM	#5
shorty943 Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 805	Yeah, mine's a doozy. Just as well you can record the entire album in MP3 format.

12-03-2007, 10:33 PM	#7
shorty943 Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 805	Ah, "Tin Man" must be a re-incarnation of the original movie then, sorry, haven't seen it. The one that did take a twist was "Zardoz", a sci-fi oddity, with Sean Connery in the leading role. Not as the wizard, but as the revealer. I thought Starship Troopers was pretty close to the novel. For "Hollyweird" that is. Of course Lady M, you just know, I now have to "find a way", to prune the music folder with some shortcut method.

12-04-2007, 04:51 PM	#9
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Tin Man definitely isn't The Wonderful Wizard of Oz either. At least they changed the title! Sci-Fi channel is running it at 9, 11, and 1am. I fell asleep and missed the last half hour.

12-05-2007, 01:23 AM	#10
shorty943 Banned Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 805	Maybe I'd better dig the book back out again, it seemed pretty close for a hollywierd effort. I have to agree with the "review" of the Judy Garland effort. The best part of that is the song written by Les Paul. Check that name on the youtube music channel, the man is legendary in music. Oh, to have things like cable TV and such.