Non-orchestrated Placeholder Planetside Music leaked (Spoiler)

[Malorn]

I think the idea behind the NC music is "NC rocks!", so rock music - vOv

Personally I think NC should range between AC/DC and Five Finger Death Punch.

I think the issue people might be having with it is that it doesn't inspire enough emotion, it's just rock'n music. It's good, I like it, but I don't feel the same emotional and empire connection with the NC music as I do the VS and TR. I feel it is missing seriousness. The NC are serious - they're fighting for a cause the zealously believe in and are dedicated to that cause. The music sorta feels like they're just rock'n it, having a good time.


I listened to the NC sanc music a lot during PS1. And the thing I really liked about it was the emotional feel of the tune. It was somber, serious, and hopeful. If there's one thing the NC music should convey it is hope. They fight because they believe in the cause, so it should be serious, but uplifting. I sort of get that in the rock'n music. It's confident, almost a reckless confidence. As T-ray would say - "We got this!". If you want to join a revolution you need confidence and hope and you need people to believe in the cause. I think the music sort of feels simply rock'n because that might be what it's trying to evoke. An almost reckless confidence, positive attitude, and hope.


TR is almost the exact opposite - they don't have hope, they have duty and pride. While the NC have successfully broken away from the TR and have a reason to be hopeful, the TR have watched their empire fracture three ways and is on the brink of destruction. All they have is their history and their accomplishments. They have a great feeling of loss and gravity. I loved the old PS theme music in the TR becuase it was nostalgic - and that's exactly what the TR should feel, nostalgia for all that used to be, and that might be again. They are on the brink of losing it all. They're at a dark time in humanity and all they have is pride, duty, gravity, and sacrifice to keep them from losing it all. And the music reflects that absolutely perfectly.

Haven't listened much to the VS music but what I heard feels right and fits well. The feeling that I got and I think should be there is a sort of detachment. VS are a bit detached from humanity and sort of a collective and I get that from the music. It's also serious and feels deep and meditative, as I might expect a VS to be. It's impersonal and highly modern. All a great fit for VS from what I've heard. From what I've seen in the thread it seems a lot of folks agree with that.


Overall extremely well done, I'm still out on the NC, it's quite a bit different from PS1 and that might be OK, I just have to wrap my head around it. Confidence, uplifting, hopeful, I think its' close there, but it doesn't quite bring those emotions out readily.

Originally Posted by Gonefshn

UPDATE: WAIT A MINUTE!!! WHAT THE HELL WHY DOES TR GET ALL THE PS1 CLASSICS IN THEIR SOUNDTRACK!!! NOT FAIR!!! lol seriously though it bums me out cause I won't play TR but they get to listen to some classic PS1 tunes

I touched on this above in the TR section, but I believe it fits because it evokes nostalgia - something great that is gone or not the same. That's the sort of emotion a TR should have after their great empire is shattered and a shadow of its former self. They want that greatness back and the memory of what was is what keeps them going.