Company of Heroes: Eastern Front
Announcements (Read-Only) => Announcements => Topic started by: Rikard Blixt on March 27, 2011, 12:27:59 PM
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Hello Eastern Front Fans,
As many of you know, in 1.31 we released the first pieces of our Original Soundtrack (OST). I've received a numerous request to be able to listen to it outside of the game, and because we listen to you they can now be found at youtube. Company of Heroes: Eastern Front OST (http://bit.ly/gnn63T).
Regards,
Eastern Front Development Team
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Great music! Sounds good! ;)
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Grat music! Sounds good! ;)
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Great work guys, and again to you Rizz, thank your for the sweet ZiS2 :)
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:) Sounds rather good to me...Not Hans Zimmer :) But really good! Exspecially "Winter War Suite" Keep on working! :D 1000 of thankfull people are waiting! greetings from germany! ;D
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awsome music ! I have 2 questions !
1) Who helped you in composing it ?
2) Could you provide a download link pls ? (too lazy to use youtube downloader :) ).
Ty
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If I'll get the permission and if it wasn't uploaded yet, I'll do so later.
icarusfoundyou, the EF OST composer did that great work. Just look for his name on the "team" page.
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Such epic pieces of work!
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You've done some really nice work, thank you!
If you will go on composing another soundtracks, I would recommend maybe some variation of Shostakovich's war symphonies, especially his 7th and 8th symphony. Which music could be more authentic then his, being composed in Soviet Union during war!
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Some very interesting pieces; nice work. It would be nice if some more of these musical pieces were made, preferably a little bit more communist to go with the main menu and that Russian Opera song.
Which bring me onto my question: Why is the Russian Opera song not in the playlist on youtube? The one that is ocassionally heard in the main menu, with the men speaking Russian, but it sounds kinda operish, I can't explain it anymore than that.
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^^ because it's not russian at all.
Nice music. I like most of it. It sounds so classic and serious, just like in most soviet documentaries about the Great Patriotic (we don't usually speak out "War" in this word combination - it's a sort of a tradition here in Russia).
Thanks a lot to the author, Great job!
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good stuff guys but is there anyway for u guys to make them downloadable if u have not already
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good stuff guys but is there anyway for u guys to make them downloadable if u have not already
I'll do now.
http://easternfront.org/forums/index.php?topic=5504.0 (http://easternfront.org/forums/index.php?topic=5504.0)
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I like The Red Tide song.
Anymore songs you plan to add? Sacred War sounds like a good victory song.
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I like The Red Tide song.
Anymore songs you plan to add? Sacred War sounds like a good victory song.
I'd think of something more cheerful for the winning melody: the "Sacred War" was released shortly after the invasion, and was meant as an inspiring song (and a perfect one!). For the winning screen something like "Katiusha", "Poliushko-pole", "Proschanie slavianki" (slavic girl's parting), "Raspriagaite hloptsy koney" (unharness your horses, guys), or "Davai zakurim" (Let's smoke up) would fit better.
Basically, anything less dramatic (and even tragic), 'cause the "Sacred War" is 'till now treated almost like a prayer or a national hymn (I'd bet most people in Russia have more respect for this song than for a hymn, actually).
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:) Sounds rather good to me...Not Hans Zimmer :)
My thought was Hans Zimmer in mind while listening. My favourite is the "red tide". Good work from the composer, it's really sounds like Zimmer's work. :)
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I like The Red Tide song.
Anymore songs you plan to add? Sacred War sounds like a good victory song.
I'd think of something more cheerful for the winning melody: the "Sacred War" was released shortly after the invasion, and was meant as an inspiring song (and a perfect one!). For the winning screen something like "Katiusha", "Poliushko-pole", "Proschanie slavianki" (slavic girl's parting), "Raspriagaite hloptsy koney" (unharness your horses, guys), or "Davai zakurim" (Let's smoke up) would fit better.
Basically, anything less dramatic (and even tragic), 'cause the "Sacred War" is 'till now treated almost like a prayer or a national hymn (I'd bet most people in Russia have more respect for this song than for a hymn, actually).
I was thinking it'd be inspirational for further victories.
Also, the only thing more melancholy than a battle won is a battle lost. Sure you may've won the battle, but at what cost?
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Well, IMO, that song is kind o' "personal" to a huge amount of people, living and dead, everyone, or almost everyone in Russia has his own family tragedy, or drama at the least, about this war to remember, and this song (surely one of the greatest about and from the time of the Great Patriotic) always reminds about these things, brings up true sadness and compassion. So, out of respect (couldn't find a better word) for the feelings of so many, it shouldn't really be included as a part of entertainment, which a game is. I myself thought about including it as a main menu theme, but then, when I took some time to think about it (would be nice, if I did it more often, really), I came to a sheer conclusion, it's not to be bothered in vain.
So, for game purposes, IMO, "Poliushko-pole" ("Полюшко-поле" - Field, field wide-open) would do better. And it's a great sounding one too:Полюшко-поле/ Polyushko pole (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_d8WAI3dLc#)
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There's a proper thread for talk about menu music etc. This is for the patch...
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There's a proper thread for talk about menu music etc. This is for the patch...
Actually, this is a proper thread for music, the patch is another one.
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Actually, this is a proper thread for music, the patch is another one.
Mah bad :P
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IJoe, that's a great song but that version really doesn't do it any favours. I have a very clear version that sounds fantastic.
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I wasn't proposing particularly this version. It's here only as a sample to represent how good it sounds.
BTW it hasn't got a word in it about the Red Army, since the song itself is at least a couple of hundreds years old, but later versions, that sort o' "brought it up to date" do have words about communism, rural communes etc.
Most likely, you've got one of those.
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Heh I wouldn't bet against that seeing as my version's sung by the Red Army Choir. Took awhile to find:
Russian Red Army Choir - Polyushka Polye (Song of the Plains) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWE8GJnN5w#)
While I was looking I also found this really nice instrumental version:
Poliushko Polie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoh7vU6XsE#)
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Could you provide a link/upload it, please?
Edit @Dennis: Thanks :)
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Hey guys, thanks for the kind words on the music :)
I confess I'm not all that pleased with some of it so far, so it's still a work in progress really. As blackbishop mentioned, there is a planned update for the soundtrack in 1.40.
Also, once the music is completely finished, I'll provide a high quality download for your listening pleasure.
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^^ looking forward to it, and thanks again. :)
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Constructive criticism is welcomed. I've never done Russian music before, so by all means add your thoughts on improvements :)
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Constructive criticism is welcomed. I've never done Russian music before, so by all means add your thoughts on improvements :)
Suggestions:
1) You might wanna take some merry song as a leitmotiv (=main theme) for some new track, and work it out into some classical sound (that's what many great russian classic composers did)
2) Some winds (instruments), like cavalry horns, and the rest of 'em, would be nice.
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Suggestions:
1) You might wanna take some merry song as a leitmotiv (=main theme) for some new track, and work it out into some classical sound (that's what many great russian classic composers did)
Yeah you could sample some impressive and/or famous melodies and include them in your classical compostions, maybe also change them to be played by strings or wind sections.
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In fact, Icarusfoundyou did use some traditional melodies as a main theme for some of his works here, but what I suggest, is he could probably use some particularly cheerful motive for one of his new pieces of art.
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IJoe you're probably right. I'm just an ignorant Yankee who has no clue about Russian war songs except if they sound good. ::)
Although, I do like GodLikeDennis's version.
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Hi there,
sorry to say that but I don´t like the new music at all. Too boring. The old music was much more better.
Regards,
Caen44.
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IJoe you're probably right. I'm just an ignorant Yankee who has no clue about Russian war songs except if they sound good. ::)
Although, I do like GodLikeDennis's version.
we all are.
Sounds good thus far though! Will there be any music yet intended for the Ostheer?
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IJoe you're probably right. I'm just an ignorant Yankee who has no clue about Russian war songs except if they sound good. ::)
Although, I do like GodLikeDennis's version.
we all are.
Sounds good thus far though! Will there be any music yet intended for the Ostheer?
If icarusfoundyou wants ;).
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Downloading it right now. I'm happy to see the EF team is working hard on this mod, It's totally worth it. Keep working on the Ostheer I'm tired of killing russians with my stormtroopers hehe ;). Overall, very pleased with this and I will donate in the future to help you out the way I can.
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Greetings icarusfoundyo!
I got (EF1.3.1) up and running yesterday. I haven't had a chance to play the game but I hung around in the lobby long enough to listen to your tune.
You did a good job with the theme. It has that nice pastoral intro and modulations in your build-up to the Crescendo. And the Crescendo didn't get too loud. (My wife goes nuts when that happens). Something sounds weird when the tubas (?) come in. give it a listen.
Very evocative as a praelude to battle. It sets a good tone to start the game in.
BTW what do you play? Me, I play the banjo, and a little Cajun Accordian. I play Old Time Stringband Music and Sing American and British Folksong. I am partial to music and songs from the 20's to 40's."Don't quit your day job"
Enigma
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Greetings icarusfoundyo!
I got (EF1.3.1) up and running yesterday. I haven't had a chance to play the game but I hung around in the lobby long enough to listen to your tune.
You did a good job with the theme. It has that nice pastoral intro and modulations in your build-up to the Crescendo. And the Crescendo didn't get too loud. (My wife goes nuts when that happens). Something sounds weird when the tubas (?) come in. give it a listen.
Very evocative as a praelude to battle. It sets a good tone to start the game in.
BTW what do you play? Me, I play the banjo, and a little Cajun Accordian. I play Old Time Stringband Music and Sing American and British Folksong. I am partial to music and songs from the 20's to 40's."Don't quit your day job"
Enigma
Skillet Lickers? Earl Scruggs or Lester Flatt?
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Excelant work guys :D
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encore!
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So much epicness, these musics are awesome guys, hope the next ones are going to be of the same standard.
hell of a job guys!
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Thanks for the feedback guys! Just to answer a few questions...
There will be an update to the Soviet Menu Music in the next patch and I have every intention of doing extra music after this - including a set of pieces for the Ostheer too. Also, once it's all finished, I'll be making high quality MP3s (much better sound quality than you'll hear in game or on YouTube) available for download.
Something sounds weird when the tubas (?) come in. give it a listen.
Which piece are you talking about? How many minutes/seconds in is it?
BTW what do you play? Me, I play the banjo, and a little Cajun Accordian. I play Old Time Stringband Music and Sing American and British Folksong. I am partial to music and songs from the 20's to 40's.
I'm a guitarist and have also self taught myself piano. I'm currently in a musical duo called Wylde Green where I write, record and produce the music and the other guy writes the lyrics. I also produce other singer/songwriter artists as well. Like I said, I've never done Russian Music before and completely orchestral soundtracks are not something I do as much as, say, electronic or ambient music - so it's nice to have a challenge!
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Wow
Your pretty good, keep it up.
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any chance for a snazzy new Soviet victory theme? perhaps hell march, or sacred war
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any chance for a snazzy new Soviet victory theme? perhaps hell march, or sacred war
"Sacred war" is way too sacred for a (stupid) game, while RA 3 "Hell march" is too stupid, even for such game.
JFF:
C&C Red Alert 3 Theme - Soviet March (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ7hXMLxGc#)
Enjoy the eclectic 8)
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lol, RA3 sucks, at least Natasha is cool 8)
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@Ijoe you have a funny way of putting things I LOLed at the above comment about the Hell march :) and you're right about sacred war its just my favorite great war song
I thought hell march would be great after you just roflpwned some axis noob :-X
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Yeah, I try to do my best, you know... ;D
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any chance of reuploading thoose songs mate i want to hear them forgot to make backsups
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http://easternfront.org/forums/index.php?topic=5504.0 (http://easternfront.org/forums/index.php?topic=5504.0)
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That dosent have all thew songs, does it?
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Yes seeme, that's songs are old, MaxiKing6 should "make" new ones.
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I would like to see 'sacred war' in the soundtrack. its an essential for any self respecting soviet
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Yes seeme, that's songs are old, MaxiKing6 should "make" new ones.
What do you mean by new ones. where can I find them? :P
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What do you mean by new ones. where can I find them? :P
In game ;).
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Ok, I'll see if I can get them out of there and update my topic ;)
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Hey guys, the latest version of the Menu Music can be downloaded here: http://www.mediafire.com/?2pzcfpspzkb647t (http://www.mediafire.com/?2pzcfpspzkb647t)
There will be another OST update in Aug-Sep once I have acquired some new kit (which means even better sounds!) Keep an eye out, v1.2 is shaping up to be a brilliant overhaul that you've been waiting for :)
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maybe better to pack them as .mp3? 123mb :O
Red tide reminds me somehow of pirates of the caribbean ;D
Good work :)
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That's just the .rar file I send to the devs because they need wav files that go in the game. Means they're high quality audio though :) The in game music can sound a little compressed at times.
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.wav-files are lossless, while .mp3-files lose a certain amount of quality.
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There will be another OST update in Aug-Sep once I have acquired some new kit
;D ;D ;D
.wav-files are lossless, while .mp3-files lose a certain amount of quality.
Which is precisely why i always convert my music to Wav. MP3s are shit. ;)
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Wav is better than mp3? I have to check it.
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Trust me man, it's totally worth it. MP3s are good for storage (if you have a small flash drive, like me), since they are so small, but if you want good sound quality, they just won't do.
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I convertered one mp3 to wav, and for me music is the same, no changes. Only difference in size of file, from 5.5mb to 30mb. Anyway i will use mp3, because i need more space in my HDD.
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Well, there are certain factors you need to take into consideration:
-How good are your speakers/headphones?
-How good is your sound card?
-How good is your hearing?
It may depend on what type of music you listen to too, but i'm not sure about that.
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@DzierzanPL
You can't change mp3 to WAV because WAV is a higher quality format. You can retrograde codecs (i.e. FLAC to MP3 or WAV to MP3), but you can't improve the sound from nothing.
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Well, there are certain factors you need to take into consideration:
-How good are your speakers/headphones?
-How good is your sound card?
-How good is your hearing?
It may depend on what type of music you listen to too, but i'm not sure about that.
Well pariah, i want listen music, no matter how it's good, i want hear it ;).
1. Headphones are good, new, good quality. But speakers are old (2 speakers + bass speaker), so i intend to buy new and better.
2. Realtek HD Definiton Audio
3. LOL
And i'm listening everything, from heavy metal to classic music.
@DzierzanPL
You can't change mp3 to WAV because WAV is a higher quality format. You can retrograde codecs (i.e. FLAC to MP3 or WAV to MP3), but you can't improve the sound from nothing.
I don't know. I have program to convert music but i'm mostly using this to convert something and put this to my telephone. Maybe you have right, it's not working to improve quality.
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You can't convert an MP3 to Wav (or indeed any higher quality audio format) and get better quality. Once the audio has been compressed there's next to nothing that changing the codec will do.
With MP3s it's important to maintain a high bitrate (always 320kbps!) to ensure a decent listening experience without the usual aliasing and artefacts. With that said, I garauntee the average listener can listen to MP3s with a bitrate as low as 128 and not tell the difference between that and a Wav or a FLAC. For me, personally, as a composer and producer, I would say that there is absolutely nothing wrong with storing high bitrate MP3s as your primary means of listening to music. Sure, if you listen hard enough you will find better quality in less lossy formats - but a good tune is a good tune!
I keep all music that I record personally backed up in Wav and occasionally FLAC or Ogg Vorbis to ensure there is always a 'master' version at the highest possible quality that can then be transferred as an MP3, if necessary. Don't be ashamed of MP3s! They are lossy and they can be buggy at low bitrates - but they are not shit!
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I have a program called "Free RIP", which converts sound files into other sound files. I spent some time comparing the various audio files it has available, and i found Wav to be the best (and 1 of the largest), and MP3 to be the worst (and smallest).
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It's not what you're converting into, it's what you're converting FROM that makes the difference. Are you converting lossless formats (FLAC, Wav etc) into lossy formats (MP3, WMA, Vorbis) and/or vice versa?
You should find that any MP3 above 160Kbps will be indistinguishable from CD quality audio formats.
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I like to copy my music from the C.D. to my computer, since it makes things so much easier. And while i'm at it, i might as well convert them to a better quality. The standard conversion file is W.M.A. i think, which is pretty average to me, so i convert them to Wav.
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One question, where we can find music "The Red Tide" in EF? In menu i didn't hear it. Maybe this will be music for SU in battle, because right now they have WH music.
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It's a small bug that will be fixed in the next update I believe.
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I want choir like in here
Russian Red Army Choir - Warszawianka (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8er-IPSnkc#ws)
.... please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,
please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,
please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please.
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Well I can't afford the tech required to get choirs at the moment, but there is that donate button in my signature...
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How much do you need? ;)
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;D
I should have a donate button under my post.
Donate to having better quality comments from Seeme
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I'll give you $1 for each post that doesn't contain the word "orange". ;D
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soviet need their own theme!
I like that selection from soviet choir
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How much do you need? ;)
Now now pariah, you've given more than enough already :)
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But i don't mind giving more, if you need it. ;)
I was thinking though, i believe i read somewhere a long time ago about the prospect of hiring animators, but the devs didn't like that idea; They think it would be best if this is volunteer work, made by the fans. So, would the devs mind if Alex hired a choir? Or do you want the choir to be Eastern Front fans?
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I wouldn't be hiring a choir, that's far too expensive and I'd need all manner of kit hired or borrowed from various sources to get it together. There is a rather fancy piece of software that's about £280 that has real choirs that sing real words that you type in (approved by devs no less!)
As much as I'd like to get a real choir - and a real orchestra - that's trying to run before I can walk I'm afraid :-\
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Wait wait wait... Those poor people are trapped in a piece of software?! :o Somebody get them out of there! :'(
So do you have any idea how much it would cost to hire a proper choir and orchestra? We could do our best to get you as much money as possible.
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Yeah!
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It's not really worth the cost, considering the project. If you really want to help get choirs into Eastern Front, this package is your best bet by far.
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Well, if you insist. I'll have to work out how much to give you. (I don't speak pounds. ;))
Post Merge: July 06, 2011, 05:08:49 PM
280 British pounds = 408.59 Australian dollars. Fitting price, since most Brit things are 280 Manpower. :D
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You're insane pariah! Rich and insane!
(insanely generous) :D
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I'm not really that rich; I just don't have anything to buy, so my money tends to build up. Although i am planning to buy a new toothbrush soon...
Anyway, i'll just give you a round $500, since that's the largest size the reload cards come in, making a total of $1000. Wow, this is the second highest amount of money i've donated to someone! This feels good! :D
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Pariah, the Eastern Front Central Bank.
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Hm, well if you want to consider my donations to Alex as Eastern Front donations, then this is actually the highest amount i've donated to someone...
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I don't really know what to say, you've probably contributed more to me becoming a serious musician than anyone else I know...and we've never even met! I guess I'll repay you by doing the best damn job I can! :)
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That's all i ask. ;)
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there would probably be a fair bit of publicity involved with hiring the soviet red choir, would be good for the mod who wants ttheir picture taken :D
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The tunes have been removed from youtube... :-(
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I believe they are still updating the music, or something. :-\
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Bloosn, if you go back to page 4 of this thread there's a link to the most recent set of music heard on the main menu. This is all getting an update very soon so it'll be out of date before long - but feel free to download and thanks for listening :)
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No updates make me very ANGRY >:( What is taking so long!
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No updates make me very ANGRY >:( What is taking so long!
The fact that we are trying our best to get this mod balanced completely. Of course this won't be the final patch concerning balance but this will fix a lot of problems and introduce new ideas into the Soviets. That is all I believe I can say at the moment.
Just be patient. Enjoy any OP factors in Soviets while you can because they will not be there soon :)
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How exactly does balancing the game relate to updating the music? ???
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I am sorry about the confusion, I was talking about the Ostheer update. Then I saw that it was going to be late since then so problem solved.
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Oh, i gotcha. No problem.
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;D I was confused about what that had to do with Music too.
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No updates make me very ANGRY >:( What is taking so long!
The fact that we are trying our best to get this mod balanced completely. Of course this won't be the final patch concerning balance but this will fix a lot of problems and introduce new ideas into the Soviets. That is all I believe I can say at the moment.
Just be patient. Enjoy any OP factors in Soviets while you can because they will not be there soon :)
i just want to say due to the change with updates and stuff im glad you guys have the loader check for updates, saves me continuous trips to moddb
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The launcher has always been able to check for updates.
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The launcher has always been able to check for updates.
I'm had the version that was just before Christmas, I'm just saying thanks.