Currently I am filling up music needed for all the VS factions. I need input on what is deemed right for each faction.
Pending approval/rejection of proposed music reclassification, I am currently classifying music according to the easiest way to choose music per faction:
Deep Space:
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
Station:
These playlists may contain one or more music in them, and per faction means, every faction and its subfactions/client race has all 4 of them. Ambient music will be added later if someone has the time to record some (suggested: subways, market places, malls, etc.). Threat music is pending until there actually will be additional sources of damage aside from battles. Victory and Loss music playlists will be the same for all factions.
So all the playlists for Andolians would be:
AndolianDeepSpace.m3u
AndolianInhabitedSpace.m3u
AndolianBattle.m3u
AndolianStation.m3u
With an option for:
AndolianThreat.m3u
And separate playlists for all the factions:
Victory.m3u
Loss.m3u
Ambient playlists when they will be available will be in the form of the following:
AndolianRelayAmbient.m3u
AndolianCommerceAmbient.m3u
AndolianDesertPlanetAmbient.m3u
HighbornDesertPlanetAmbient.m3u
..etc. You get the point
As for the main issue to be tackled in this thread: Faction music styles
I have arbitrarily chosen some styles in advance. They can be moved around if deemed inappropriate. Suggestions/Corrections are most welcome, as well as links to sites offering the suggested music with creative commons and or GNU licenses. I am not asking for individual music files (though suggestions of such will be welcome), I am asking for styles that will define what music is appropriate for each faction.
Please note: In my opinion, ALL VS Music, be it human or alien must be based on Human music. It is very difficult to create entirely new music styles for each alien spieces, as well as being unsuitable for the ears of us normal humans. hehe. Music suggestions must be entirely of or variants of the techno genre.
Take note that music chosen for each faction must be indicative of the culture itself. That entails a significant influence on how the factions will be conceptualized. i.e. If Faction X has Indian music, then it must follow that a significant part of their shipstyles, architecture, mode of dress, even appearance must be based directly or obliquely on Indian culture.
So here goes the preliminary classification (still a lot of blanks):
AERA - Sinister techno. Music that slyly promises trouble and possible death. Imagine music that a paranoid psychotic killer would love listening to (and let's pretend it's not "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush",lol).
ANDOLIAN PROTECTORATE - Far Eastern techno. Marked Japanese and Chinese elements.
CHERRYH MERCANTILE TRUST - I really have no idea. Possibly classical inspired techno?
CONFEDERATION OF INHABITED WORLDS - For factional members, see individual meme-groups. Otherwise see HOMELAND SECURITY.
CONCORDANCE OF ENLIGHTENED ONES("Mechanist") - Industrial techno.
DGN - See SHAPER
FORSAKEN - Middle Eastern music influenced techno.
HIGHBORN - Hispanic music.
HOMELAND SECURITY - Techno with substantial martial influence.
INTERSTELLAR CHURCH OF TRUE FORM'S RETURN ("Luddite") - Techno with elements of human chorus/chants.
INTERSTELLAR SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION - Russian techno.
KLK'K - See ANDOLIAN PROTECTORATE
LEAGUE OF INDEPENDENT HUMAN WORLDS - Various. Pop Techno.
LMPL - See RLAAN ASSEMBLY
MISHTALI - See UNADORNED
NUHLN - See RLAAN ASSEMBLY
PIRATE - Various. Sufficiently berserk or malevolent techno.
PURISTS - New wave druidic techno?? Or would it be better to make Purist music identical to that of the Luddites?
PURTH - See ANDOLIAN PROTECTORATE
RLAAN ASSEMBLY - That's the big question. What would distinguish Rlaans? Probably haunting space music, preferably those with recordings of whales lowing.
SAAHASAYAAY - African Tribal Music inspired Techno?
SHAPERS - Indian techno, preferably with female chorus.
SHMRN - See ANDOLIAN PROTECTORATE
SPACEBORN - Again, comparatively serene techno.
SUL-GATWA EMPIRE("Uln") - Martial yet tribal music.
UNADORNED - Synth techno. Preferably with remixed piano parts.
UNKNOWN - ?? Music evoking mystery?? This music will be played for Ancients & Hoffman's Blobs.
So there... now, to see if any of that was understandable at all. lol
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Preliminary Music Assignment:
Aera
Deep Space:
1. Huan Ying - Mr. Gelatine
Inhabited Space:
1. Kiss of the Spider Llama - Falik
Battle:
1. Wallguitar - Mr. Gelatine
Station:
Andolian Protectorate
Deep Space:
1. Orient - Mijo
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
1. Xanthanon - Falik
Station:
Cherryh Mercantile Trust
Deep Space:
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
Station:
Concordance of Enlightened Ones
Deep Space:
Inhabited Space:
1. Unknown Quantity - Mr. Gelatine
Battle:
Station:
Confederation of Inhabited Worlds(see Homeland Security)
Dgn (see Shaper)
Forsaken
Deep Space:
1. My God the Stars - Falik
2. Pan's Procession - Falik
3. Son Of A Sand Flea - Falik
4. Seduction - Falik
5. May Day - Falik
6. The Last Faery - Falik
Inhabited Space:
1. Before You Go - Falik
2. Forever Babylon - Falik
3. New Falik City - Falik
Battle:
1. The Searching Light - Falik
2. The Ballad Of El Efe - Falik
Station:
1. Celtasian Boogie - Falik
2. One Hump Or Two? - Falik
High-Born
Deep Space:
1. When I Look Into Her Eyes - Falik
2. My Beloved - Falik
3. The Will Of Love - Falik
Inhabited Space:
1. Tabooli Gumbo - Falik
Battle:
1. Ramanujan - Cargo Cult
Station:
Homeland Security (Confed)
Deep Space:
1. Entry - Cargo Cult
Inhabited Space:
1. Ting - Mr. Gelatine
Battle:
1. Dirt - Cargo Cult
Station:
Interstellar Church of True Form's Return
Deep Space:
1. Alchemy - Cargo Cult
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
Station:
Interstellar Socialist Organization
Deep Space:
1. Hiphop110 - Mr. Gelatine
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
Station:
Ktah Union(see Andolian Protectorate)
League of Independent Human Worlds
Deep Space:
1. Progression 4 - Falik
Inhabited Space:
1. Rockibaba - Falik
Battle:
1. Ika - Falik
2. Mezza Messa - Falik
Station:
Lmpl(see Rlaan)
Luddites(see Interstellar Church of True Form's Return)
Mechanist(see Concordance of Enlightened Ones)
Merchant(see Cherryh Mercantile Trust)
Mishtali(see Unadorned)
Nuhln(see Rlaan Assembly)
Pirate
Deep Space:
1. Inner Child - Falik
Inhabited Space:
1. And Finally - Falik
2. Electric Butterfly - Falik
Battle:
1. Ay Mambo - Falik
Station:
Purists
Deep Space:
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
Station:
Purth(see Andolian Protectorate)
Rlaan Assembly
Deep Space:
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
1. On The Floor - Ambient Teknology
Station:
Saahasayaay
Deep Space:
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
Station:
Shapers
Deep Space:
1. Click Here - Mijo
1. Future Past - Mijo
Inhabited Space:
1. Fata Morgana - Mijo
Battle:
Station:
Shmrn (see Andolian Protectorate)
Spaceborn
Deep Space:
1. A Little Like Love - Falik
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
Station:
Sul-Gatwa Empire
Deep Space:
1. Goa Life - Ambient Teknology
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
1. Bacchae - Ambient Teknology
Station:
Unadorned
Deep Space:
1. Dilemma - Cargo Cult
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
Station:
Unknown
Deep Space:
1. Deirt - Mr. Gelatine
Inhabited Space:
Battle:
1. Them - Ambient Teknology
Station: