Better music to listen to

[Drewsko]

I find the in game music kind of un inspired to here is some alternate in case you get bored!
Just mute the in game music and fire up that youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZzpgShSYog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_qEoRao6jU <-- more tempo

[deadskinmask22]

Publicado originalmente por Reverend Belial:

Neither actually. Had no idea Coal Chamber was German though, unless I'm thinking of something else. I'm also (in the words of one of my friends) "music illiterate" so it's also entirely possible that what I tend to listen to might not be classified as metal.

no, thats what i lsiten to. if i stuck to germanic. then i would go with korator.

[Reverend Belial]

Publicado originalmente por deadskinmask22:

Publicado originalmente por Reverend Belial:

Neither actually. Had no idea Coal Chamber was German though, unless I'm thinking of something else. I'm also (in the words of one of my friends) "music illiterate" so it's also entirely possible that what I tend to listen to might not be classified as metal.

no, thats what i lsiten to. if i stuck to germanic. then i would go with korator.

Oh, I get it now. That explains that lol.

[MrEdgarr]

Publicado originalmente por Mitth'raw'nuruodo:

Vox Vulgaris


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMXwluMcGrg

Vox Vulgaris ftw

I like stronghold music aswell but doesn't fit in that grimdark setting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ustpQbhRc7A&list=PL463C49B1ED5B844F&index=14

Other random songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QUoxonJuZg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqwnkaWYsPo&list=PL7C469E380337E755&index=114

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPDCsi1mbhE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAohiRL1_nI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QzABWEPEfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G24_1FbBrbg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu6z-zYNfQM

1h :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GRLRm9oKUM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaRNvJLKP1E


and if anybody bring metal
...just Burzum...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-gBds6v6Ak

[Lost Tourist]

Preferably music that fits the timeline/setting, nothing like electronica, etc
Honestly I prefer they focus on bugfixes and sticking to their plans for content first and foremost. (ie; new weapons, non-combatant companions, gameplay balancing, etc)

Traditional Landsknecht marches?

https://youtu.be/dxDbHutw1ec

https://youtu.be/vux8fl1-a68

[Drewsko]

devs plz add poofy armors!

[Mitth'raw'nuruodo]

@Mr.Edgarr - that is some mighty list of songs you posted there! You have won this thread!

[Meeky]

Personally, I think the music fits the game perfectly. It reminds me a LOT of Battle for Wesnoth's soundtrack, which I personally love, and the game itself reminds me of a mish-mash of Mount and Blade with Battle for Wesnoth, so it works out for me.

[Ineluki]

Hey everybody!
This is Patrick writing, one half of the team that is producing the soundtrack for Battle Brothers. There are some great suggestions in this thread, I especially enjoyed the more authentic medieval music. I just wanted to chime in and comment on the reasoning behind our musical approach.
Generally we want every faction to have its own sonic footprint that makes them clearly recognisable and fits their place in Battle Brothers' lore and game design. For example the Orc battle tracks predominantly use large timpany and taikos, ethnic percussion and brass sections while the Undead titles do not feature any brass at all but heavily build on low strings like celli and basses and very tightly played snaredrum arrangements.
The settlements that belong to the human faction feature guitar and lute instruments. We refrained from the bagpipes and tambourine approach because we did not want every town in battle brothers to sound like the townsfolk are having a medieval fair 24/7. Rather we tried to evoke a sense of peace in the smaller settlements to create a strong counterpoint to the harsh and dangerous environment on the battlefield.

Publicado originalmente por Zura:

BB's music is really great in general, but only thing that it lacks (at leats for me) is that there isn't a single piece that would be really cool. Something that you hum under you nose while going outside :D For example Crusader Kings 2 has great music and songs that are really specific, that you can tell from first seconds it's CK2 game.

This has proven itself to be a very difficult balancing act. We tried to still feature some memorable melody lines and more outstanding sections in the pieces for the soundtrack but our furthermost goal was to create music that you could listen to for many hours without it getting in the way of the strategic and tactical gameplay. We are currently working on more tracks and will definitely keep your feedback in mind. Next up is the signature music for the bandit faction and we already made a piece for the beast faction, in particular the werwolves (they are f'ing people up left and right so we felt they deserved their own theme :D ). At the moment the musical variety in the game suffers from the fact that both when fighting against the bandits and the werwolves you are listening to one longer and thematically rather unspecific track that we first made for the Battle Brothers demo one year ago.

Publicado originalmente por Meeky:

Personally, I think the music fits the game perfectly. It reminds me a LOT of Battle for Wesnoth's soundtrack, which I personally love, and the game itself reminds me of a mish-mash of Mount and Blade with Battle for Wesnoth, so it works out for me.

I never played Battle for Westnoth but it gets mentioned a lot in comparison to Battle Brothers. I should definitely give it a go!

Thanks everybody for the feedback! As far as the OP better music to listen to goes, my suggestion would be anything from the Witcher series (I am loving the slavic and eastern influences and think they suite BBs quite nicely).

[Meeky]

Publicado originalmente por PeterStillman:

I never played Battle for Westnoth but it gets mentioned a lot in comparison to Battle Brothers. I should definitely give it a go!

It's REALLY impressive for a free game. You should.

Here's some songs of theirs, by the way, courtesy of YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3WXnx3CfH0&list=PL7A56B1128F3997A5

Might want to visit the URL itself to see them all. Not sure if you can hear the majority of their songs through Steam's overlay.

[Ineluki]

Publicado originalmente por Meeky:

Publicado originalmente por PeterStillman:

I never played Battle for Westnoth but it gets mentioned a lot in comparison to Battle Brothers. I should definitely give it a go!

It's REALLY impressive for a free game. You should.

Here's some songs of theirs, by the way, courtesy of YouTube:

Cool, thx! I can definitely hear the similarities. The Westnoth music shares the more sombre and dark atmosphere that we are aiming for. Plus it is an orchestral style that's not "over the top"-epic which I strongly appreciate. Will listen a bit more (unfortunately the youtube quality is rather bad) and give the game a try.

[Meeky]

I figured I'd highlight the soundtrack of another game for comparison. I don't know if anyone here has played Expeditions: Conquistador, but it's pretty much what it says on the tin. They try very hard to make the game feel like you're actually in that era (with the exception of having female soldiers and leaders as an option), and their music works along those lines.

This first track I think has some elements that may be desirable when fighting certain monster factions. I think you'll hear why. Like Battle Brothers' music, it's unintrusive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpZntucsblY

This next track has a good guitar and basic drum beat for traveling. Also unintrusive. Obviously the other instruments don't work as well due to being chosen for Mesoamerican adventures - but those simple guitar riffs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo0LCL0DJk8

And another battle song; again, focus on the elements that wouldn't work in a Germany-based world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM_ILM10WoA

This last battle song stands out because it works well in situations where you're vastly outnumbered, outmatched, and outclassed. It's slow, heavy, and not frantic, but it has this feeling of uncertainty. Might be good inspiration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-woF5nb7H4

[Ineluki]

Good stuff! Cool how they incorporated this Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucia style of guitarplaying. Very fitting for the spanish and portuguese background of these early imperialistic endeavours. Although I'm not sure about the solo guitar licks. I might find them too attentiongrabbing for a strategy game, would have to try actually playing it.
The first track features a lot of electronic and sequenced synthi elements which would not suite BB in my opinion, though the music is good. My favourites would be the last three tracks you posted, epecially the travelling song and the slow and heavy orchestral piece.
Cheers!

[Ineluki]

By the way if anybody would like to have a closer listen to many of the tracks currently in the game, you can do so at our soundcloud [soundcloud.com].

Everything is still work in progress of course :)