Free Background Music For Roleplaying!
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I’m all about free, and I’m all about music. So it shouldn’t be a surprise when I tell you I’m all about free music. I don’t know how many people actually use background music for roleplaying. I’ve experimented with it here and there with mixed results. In the past, I’ve usually used soundtracks from epic movies like the Lord of the Rings trilogy. However, I recently received an e-mail about the release of three free bonus tracks for EA’s new game, BattleForge.
Click here to download the free MetalForge Bonus Trax Pack.
These three tracks are quality tracks from a 40-piece orchestra that really have an epic feel to them. The soundtrack is the result of a collaborative effort by EA Phenomic and Dynamedion. You can read about the creation of this awesome music at the BattleForge website.
If you are interested in where this music came from, here is a full press release:
EA’S BATTLEFORGE GAME GIVES AWAY MUSIC PACK FOR FREE
Just Five Weeks Until March 24th Launch of Epic Action RTS and Fantasy Gamers Are Gearing up to Play Online With Friends
EA announced today that Phenomic, the team behind BattleForge, is giving away in-game and remixed music for free in a track pack called MetalForge Bonus Trax Pack. The music in this RTS trading card game adds to the gameplay experience with its epic score and grandiose instrumentation.
Phenomic teamed up with the Dynamedion Music Group, a 40-piece orchestra, to give each faction its own unique sound – fire, frost, nature, and shadow. The MetalForge Bonus Trax Pack includes three tracks called, “Giantsbane”, “Viridia’s Demise” and “MetalForge” – which are available now for free at www.battleforge.com for a limited time.
To accompany the MetaForge music giveaway, players can also download a special behind-the-scenes trailer that captures the making of the BattleForge soundtrack. The full BattleForge soundtrack is available for purchase at www.ea.com/eatrax and other digital music retailers.
BattleForge combines strategy, fantasy, trading cards and magical spells in a dynamic online environment. The game gives players use of virtual trading cards to build the perfect army and lay waste to their foes. Combining the strategic, real-time gameplay of classics such as Command &ConquerTM with a fully enabled, online collectible community, BattleForge is a breath of fresh air in the strategy genre. With an all-new style of play that is more accessible for casual gamers, BattleForge still offers the depth of gameplay that more sophisticated RTS players seek. The collectable cards are the tools of war — each representing a spell, building or unit that is conjured directly onto the battlefield.
BattleForge features single-player and cooperative scenarios, as well as Player vs. Player (PvP) ranked and unranked duels. With co-op play, guilds, chat rooms, and a robust marketplace featuring direct trade, an auction hall, and in-game mail, BattleForge is the first RTS to combine the social and community aspects of an MMO with an exciting RTS. Let the battles begin!
BattleForge ships March 24th, 2009 for the PC. Sign up for the Beta at www.BattleForgeCardHunt.com. For more information visit www.battleforge.com.
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February 26, 2009 at 8:02 am
I would also suggest, though I’m not sure if you’ve talked about this before, looking up the OCRemix website, in which the community does arrangements and remixes of video game music. There is a LOT of awesome, free, legal music to be had there. I suggest downloading their collected albums if you’re not the type who wants to sift through crap to find gold, but there’s a LOT of good stuff not on their collected albums, so…yeah.
One of my personal favorite pieces of free music, though it’s definitely not for everyone, is the experimental electronica album “30 Days”. It’s licensed under creative commons and includes tracks from a lot of cool artists (though most people would probably not have heard of any) and can be found here:
http://www.peppermillrecords.com/pm001
Thanks for the links Samuel, I’ll be sure to download and give that a listen.
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February 26, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Very cool. I’ll go check that download link out right now.
February 28, 2009 at 2:06 am
Downloaded. Heard. Nice.
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April 17, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Nice!
Another free resource is Pandora Radio, which provides free streaming music. You can build your own “station” that is to your liking. Try typing Hans Zimmer (Gladiator composer) into the search. It gives you a station called “Hans Zimmer radio” which has his stuff as well as other cool tracks.
http://www.pandora.com/
July 31, 2009 at 1:31 am
I have produced orchestral soundtrack pieces for my own RPG campaigns and released all my tunes under Creative Commons licence on the net via project name Celestial Aeon Project. All the tunes are available to download for free from french Jamendo.com. They have received good welcome from various RPG groups and GMs, hopefully they will offer some enjoyable moments to you too!
http://www.jamendo.com/artist/celestial.aeon.project
-Matti
July 31, 2009 at 2:32 am
@ Matti Paalanen – All I can say is… um… WOW. This music rocks for roleplaying and is just spectacular to listen to in general. I’ll be contacting you about doing an article on this and possibly a few other websites. Incredible music.