game background music

fireside · November 23, 2011, 18:10:16

Hi. I just downloaded modplug. I'm an amateur game writer currently working on an adventure game I plan to put on Kongregate. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to donate some background music. Unity does mod music and it's a lot more efficient than mp3 for online games. I need something soft and ambient. The game has a projected finish date of 6 weeks and will be an escape the room game.

Rakib · November 23, 2011, 21:26:59

Check out http://modarchive.org/ and find a song you like, and ask the author if you are allowed to use the song.

Saga Musix · November 23, 2011, 21:31:38

Note that you can also browse the archive by license. And of course there's the ModArchive forums, were more musicians that use other trackers lurk as well.

fireside · November 24, 2011, 17:21:12

Thanks for the replies. I've checked out some of them but I don't think they were intended for background music. I guess I'll try learning Modplug. Looks quite interesting and there seems to be quite a bit of documentation.

Saga Musix · November 24, 2011, 21:24:49

Sure, most of that music was made because the musicians felt like composing something, not because they had game music in mind. Still, there is a large variety of CC-licensed and PD music on The Mod Archive (and many songs with no licenses set), so I'm sure you could find something suitable... it might just take a while.

LPChip · November 25, 2011, 08:29:43

You can also ask on The Nifflas Support Forum if there's someone who's willing to make you some music. That forum is all about games and being creative. Its also a good place to showcase your game once you're done with it.

Its possible that you'll get Oggs, but is that really a problem? Most games are big anyway, and the quality is much better if you can do Oggs (due to VSTi's)

KrazyKatz · November 29, 2011, 15:57:01

Of course if you have a budget, even a modest one (Mod-dest?), I'll be happy to squeeze some time in to custom make something for your game. You can see my credentials here:

http://sonicbrilliance.com/portfolio/

And I still use Modplug for games

Feel free to message me from my contact page at the site.

Harbinger · November 30, 2011, 14:35:13

Actually i found ModPlug Tracker because i wanted to compose music for UT99, which i have (but none have been ported to the game

).

I have dozens of unfinished tracks that are simply waiting to be produced and installed into the background of a FPS or RPG. I'd even be willing to donate some of my finished soundtrack works to your project (as long as i get credit of course).

Only thing is, i need to know what kind of music you're looking for. Supply us with names of trackers or links of music you like, and i'll see if i can accommodate!

fireside · December 01, 2011, 22:29:15

The game is an adventure game, escape the room, actually, so basically, it needs to be very low key and background, ambient. Probably no drums or maybe rolls once in a while, periods of silence. Picture a television show where the music is very background. If you decide to do it, I'll need the mod script because it would be a web game and the file size needs to be small.