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Anyone noticed the music when doing the Eta Eridani dailies? It's distinctively un-Trek with someone rocking out on a set of drums. I've heard music like that elsewhere, in Eve Online missions. What's the deal with hiring a garage band for STO?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Anyone noticed the music when doing the Eta Eridani dailies? It's distinctively un-Trek with someone rocking out on a set of drums. I've heard music like that elsewhere, in Eve Online missions. What's the deal with hiring a garage band for STO?

    Do you mean the Taiko Drums?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Do you mean the Taiko Drums?

    It starts like that and then moves on to a regular drum set, complete with cymbals. If you don't have a good ear for it, try turning off all sound except music and crank it up. Sounds like they hired some teenager practicing in his basement.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    agreed and signed. We should get guys like Eumir Deodato and Chic Corea :P


    on a serious note, the scores imo should be classical/jazzrock/fusion like
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I liked the new music I vote to keep it, and furthermore to add even more music by whomever made it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    some crooner music for social missions on deep space nine would be welcome too. A vic fontaine program!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I vote for music by Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor - they did superb on The Social Network's score.

    As for the drums, I haven't heard anything new music-wise but I haven't been playing the dailies much.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I noticed it too and I actually really like it!

    It's a welcome new piece of music and I vote to keep stuff like this coming! It's nothing incredibly epic feeling, but It just fun.

    I like all the music they have done for the game. It's really quite great. Kudos to Cryptic.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Eve online has sound? :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Un-Trek...to you. I like it fine and I think it went well with the latest missions.


    :cool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Quiskota wrote:
    some crooner music for social missions on deep space nine would be welcome too. A vic fontaine program!

    Maybe Don Ho is a better fit...or tom jones.......
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    wrote:
    Eve online has sound? :D
    That's where it clearly beats Excel.

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    I will always recommend music from Bear McGreary. Of course... then you'll get a lot of Taiko drums again. :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I also don't like the "boom-siss-boom-boom-siss" drum beat. It sounds very amatuer and not very Trek, all the music should be orchestral.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Thanks for your feedback guys! I'll make sure to pass it along.

    Stormshade
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Keep in mind that the music in star trek can come from thousands of different worlds. There are several episodes involving a crew going on an away mission to some shady bar as part of an investigation, or to a new planet and encountering non-orchestral, odd sounding music.


    Please leave it in and keep it up devs.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I liked it. It reminded me of some of the music used in the first three seasons of TNG, that wasn't that orchestral either.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    We need the tacky 80s synthesizer music from all those early TNG episodes. You know, that music that's aged bad.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Quiskota wrote:
    some crooner music for social missions on deep space nine would be welcome too. A vic fontaine program!

    Cool idea!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    The Rock music portion has to go.

    Electric guitar & drums with backup orchestra sure, but never on their own, NOT in Star Trek.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Jeez, you think a couple background musical pieces don't fit in Trek? Try playing any of the games from the Dynasty Warriors series: Chinese history + Japanese butt-rock = DW battle music.

    :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I vote to keep dat music!! Its a nice welcome change from the same ol' , same ol'
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Jeez, you think a couple background musical pieces don't fit in Trek? Try playing any of the games from the Dynasty Warriors series: Chinese history + Japanese butt-rock = DW battle music.

    :p

    Considering Toei's approach to Dynasty Warriors was "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" + anime + thinly veiled history lesson, the music fit pretty well.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Agreed. I would kill to actually have the soundtrack from the Star Trek series. I mean how goosebumpy would it be when you warp to DS9 and the DS9 theme song plays in the background?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Jexsam wrote: »
    Considering Toei's approach to Dynasty Warriors was "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" + anime + thinly veiled history lesson, the music fit pretty well.
    Overall I don't mind it - DW 4 was actually very good and I own the soundtrack - but it's sometimes pretty ridiculous considering the setting. Samurai Warriors soundtracks, on the other hand, are near perfect IMO.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Cryptic... For the love of Q, please find a way to get us some canon trek music.

    I like the music from "What Lies Beneath". It fit that episode perfectly. But I don't think it fits with the new daily missions.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Olathe wrote:
    Agreed. I would kill to actually have the soundtrack from the Star Trek series. I mean how goosebumpy would it be when you warp to DS9 and the DS9 theme song plays in the background?

    Licensing I believe is why we don't have that, but it would be nice if we did. I turned off all in-game music, and if I'm in the mood for it, I'll open up iTunes and play the Trek music I got off their music store.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    As a sound designer myself, I happen to really like the new music, I think it adds something to the combat sequences. While I agree there should be a healthy dose of symphonic instrumentation during peaceful moments, it actually couldn't hurt to throw in more percussive elements and synthesizers, similar to what the 'Best of Both Worlds' and Star Trek Nemesis scores did. Overall I think this game needs much more variety in music as the old tracks get very repetitive very quickly.

    For those of you that say "modern" music isn't trek, go check out the various TOS scores. There are plenty of tracks with a very contemporary 60s tv show vibe, including hand drums (congas, bongos, even cowbell) and acoustic guitars.

    Star Trek 4 was scored almost entirely on synthesizers. Both Star Trek 3 and DS9 soundtracks had "electric guitar" versions of their themes as well.. Even TMP made good use of analog synthesis for soundscape creation.

    Finally, let us not forget the enterprise theme..

    My point is, orchestral music is fine.. but trek has always flirted with the contemporary sound as well..
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I try not to listen to any of it..........bah humbug



    Actually I've heard worse......I play bagpipes......
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Get that "Opera Guy" and start cracking whips I say. ;)

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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I demand Klingon Opera!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Glad it was not just me thinking the music was different. I noticed that the music had changed in both the new Eta Daily and in some of the Dividian series. I really like the new stuff and I am all for some more variety in the game music. I do think that the new music fits really well when it has been used.

    Thanks,
    Duncan
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