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Offline 7cardcha

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Pablo Vega is awesome!
« on: August 09, 2012, 08:54:02 am »
Just wanted to say I absolutely love his music.    ;)

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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2012, 09:46:20 am »
Just wanted to say I absolutely love his music.    ;)
One of the things I most look forward to in a new expansion is more of his music :)
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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2012, 03:18:55 pm »
I have to admit the soundtrack has really grown on me also. It's not typical game music, especially for a game set in space (you expect swelling orchestral stuff with brass and strings), so it took a while. Now I daresay it's a heck of a lot better than a lot of other game soundtracks.

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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2012, 03:41:40 pm »
I have to admit the soundtrack has really grown on me also. It's not typical game music, especially for a game set in space (you expect swelling orchestral stuff with brass and strings), so it took a while. Now I daresay it's a heck of a lot better than a lot of other game soundtracks.

To defend those other games, they often follow space opera, and that often include an orchestra.

Not that I'm unhappy with Pablo in any way, just giving the other side.
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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2012, 04:13:53 pm »
I love the AI War theme music!
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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2012, 04:18:08 pm »
I have to admit the soundtrack has really grown on me also. It's not typical game music, especially for a game set in space (you expect swelling orchestral stuff with brass and strings), so it took a while. Now I daresay it's a heck of a lot better than a lot of other game soundtracks.

The standard orchestral stuff would be nothing new and nothing interesting so I really prefer the current style.

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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2012, 05:47:02 pm »
Thank you for the compliments guys! As a whole, we're trying to do unique games and work, so these are the best kind of compliments in my opinion.

Sneak peak track from the upcoming expansion, enjoy!: http://soundcloud.com/pablo-vega-music/a-war-worth-fighting
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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2012, 05:52:52 pm »
Sneak peak track from the upcoming expansion, enjoy!: http://soundcloud.com/pablo-vega-music/a-war-worth-fighting

A war worth fighting? This music must not play during 10/10 advanced hybrids/schizophrenic waves.

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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2012, 05:55:26 pm »
Haha! Well, the whole Ancient Shadows OST is going to be a concept album in 3 chapters.

I'm going to write a whole thread about it very soon, but just to give you a heads up, the three chapters are: 1) The Human Awakening, 2) The Zenith Revival, and 3) Revenge Of The Spire.

They'll basically tell a history of AI War from the beginning until now. More info to come in the next few weeks. But, if you're a fan of the music, this is about to be biggest soundtrack to any of our games.
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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2012, 05:56:51 pm »
Sneak peak track from the upcoming expansion, enjoy!: http://soundcloud.com/pablo-vega-music/a-war-worth-fighting
I saw that track on the Ancient Shadows page yesterday. I thought that the part in the middle sounded like someone was doing a Heroic Sacrifice.

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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2012, 05:59:37 pm »
The basic concept for this track is that the current leader of the Human army is convincing the soldiers out of cryo-stasis that this is "A War Worth Fighting" against the AI.

It'll make more sense once the tracks are in chronological order. The theme you heard half way through is the "Ancient Shadows" theme. It will make its way throughout the entire soundtrack.
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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2012, 06:46:23 pm »
Thank you for the compliments guys! As a whole, we're trying to do unique games and work, so these are the best kind of compliments in my opinion.

Sneak peak track from the upcoming expansion, enjoy!: http://soundcloud.com/pablo-vega-music/a-war-worth-fighting

Love at first listen. <3

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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #12 on: August 09, 2012, 07:06:03 pm »
That's a great one. 0:14-1:24 is my favorite part, it's the most dramatic. I'm looking forward to the rest of the tracks.

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But, if you're a fan of the music, this is about to be biggest soundtrack to any of our games

Oh hell yes.
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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2012, 09:03:41 pm »
Ah snap, some great tracks coming I hear.
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Re: Pablo Vega is awesome!
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2012, 12:28:31 pm »
More awesome music is always, well, awesome.