If you could have any band do a video game soundtrack...

[UBERTRON777]

Hmm. . . Yellow Magic Orchestra, Mark Mothersbaugh, David Bowie, Radiohead, The Velvet Underground. Those sound like they would work. The Velvet Underground seems like a weird choice but I feel like they would do something clever with it. Also, I second scribes' opinion.

[molotovwars]

I think certian Hip Hop producers could make scores, some one like Dan the Automator, or Dangermouse, who both produced for Gorillaz, the latter also doing Gnarles Barkley. They could make symphony infused hip hop sound track that could work with almost most games.

I don't know if you're familiar with DJ Shadow, I know he did work with Dan the Automator, and going by his earlier releases (Endtroducing) I think he'd be able to do some good work for a game soundtrack, as would RJD2 and maybe even Ratatat. DJ Shadow knows a lot about music and has sampled and worked with so many records I think he'd be able to get a feel for the game and produce something to match.

[Mozgus]

"Bands" dont belong in videogames, unless on special circumstances where it's used as part of the setting, like Bioshock.

Don't believe me? Remember Godsmack in Prince of Persia Warrior Within?

Case = Fucking Rested.

Offspring in Crazy Taxi was excellent.

That better be sarcasm, or I'm going to come over there and Crazy your Taxi.

Gamerforlife and dlmvii, have you two even seen my posts before? Is this the first time or something?

[molotovwars]

I was completely serious. The track selections in Crazy Taxi perfectly set the mood for a fun arcade game.

[Dub5279]

AC/DC needs to score a game. They've done a movie before (Maximum Overdrive), why not a game? It would obviously have to be an over-the-top arcade style shooting game.

[reagan]

my recommendations would be Tortoise, Mogwai, Spiritualized®, Sonic Youth, Kronos Quartet, Yeasayer, National Skyline, Sigur Ros, King Crimson, The Appleseed Cast, Explosions in the Sky and maybe Yo La Tengo. some of these groups are instrumental and most will at least launch into extended instrumental sections of songs. all of these bands also have a strong sense of dynamics and mood. and there's an over-indulgent, grandiose quality that i feel would work well in video game scoring.

interesting topic to me.

[MrEco]

"Bands" dont belong in videogames, unless on special circumstances where it's used as part of the setting, like Bioshock.

Don't believe me? Remember Godsmack in Prince of Persia Warrior Within?

Case = Fucking Rested.

The thing with PoP:WW is that the original PoP didn't fit the style needed for that type of music to be implemented. Ubisoft completely changed the style of the game specifically so they could force the music in. So while the first game in the series was amazing, the second game was also amazing. Just for very different reasons. All the fans and critics didn't like WW because it changed the style, not because it had hard rock in it. Think about it for a second. WW was focused around violence, blood, and sex (With some occasional swearing). Do you think the music from the first game would fit in there? Hell no.

Basically what I'm trying to say is this: Yes, it was a travesty that Ubisoft completely flip-flopped the style of the first PoP and ended up falling off the maturity scale. But that doesn't mean the music from WW didn't match the game. In a perfect world Ubisoft would have stayed on the same path as Sands of Time for all three of the games in the series.

Now, since I'm done with that I should say that I would love to see Iron Maiden be in something. Yes, quite possibly an action game with lots of blood sex and violence. Not at the same time though, that would just be awkward.

[corn619]

Another game comes to mind. Blue Dragon WTF is going on with that ear bleeding, headache inducing boss music.

[Original_Name]

Odd the OP said Bad Religion wouldn't work, then Molotovwars said Offspring were great in Crazy Taxi.

I think certian Hip Hop producers could make scores, some one like Dan the Automator, or Dangermouse, who both produced for Gorillaz, the latter also doing Gnarles Barkley. They could make symphony infused hip hop sound track that could work with almost most games.

Ah, that's very true. I wasn't really thinking about extreme sports games (I guess that's what you'd call Crazy Taxi... Bad Religion have contributed to Crazy Taxi and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, which are perfectly legitimate titles...) when I posted the topic, I guess I was thinking more along the lines of plot-driven games set in less "realistic" worlds. And I'll always think of Bad Religion from "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?" through "Against the Grain", not the stuff they were playing by the time Crazy Taxi came out. Not that their newer stuff is bad persay, it's just that I preferred them before they got so anthematic.

And also, I enjoyed Crazy Taxi's soundtrack too. I felt like it captured the fierce excitement of the game while catching both bands in their more fun, accessible periods. The problem wasn't the songs, it was just that there were so few of them. "All I Want", "Way Down the Line", "10 in 2010", and (I think) "Them and Us" were great, but damn did it get tiresome hearing them over and over and over.

I guess more what I meant by the original post was which band would you like to actually compose a video game score, instead of just contributing to the soundtrack... I'll go edit the original post now.

[MrEco]

Odd the OP said Bad Religion wouldn't work, then Molotovwars said Offspring were great in Crazy Taxi.

I think certian Hip Hop producers could make scores, some one like Dan the Automator, or Dangermouse, who both produced for Gorillaz, the latter also doing Gnarles Barkley. They could make symphony infused hip hop sound track that could work with almost most games.

Ah, that's very true. I wasn't really thinking about extreme sports games (I guess that's what you'd call Crazy Taxi... Bad Religion have contributed to Crazy Taxi and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, which are perfectly legitimate titles...) when I posted the topic, I guess I was thinking more along the lines of plot-driven games set in less "realistic" worlds. And I'll always think of Bad Religion from "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?" through "Against the Grain", not the stuff they were playing by the time Crazy Taxi came out. Not that their newer stuff is bad persay, it's just that I preferred them before they got so anthematic.

And also, I enjoyed Crazy Taxi's soundtrack too. I felt like it captured the fierce excitement of the game while catching both bands in their more fun, accessible periods. The problem wasn't the songs, it was just that there were so few of them. "All I Want", "Way Down the Line", "10 in 2010", and (I think) "Them and Us" were great, but damn did it get tiresome hearing them over and over and over.

I guess more what I meant by the original post was which band would you like to actually compose a video game score, instead of just contributing to the soundtrack... I'll go edit the original post now.

I stick with my original idea.