"Ascendancy and “The Tome Rebellion” - two games made by the Logic Factory, have some of my favorite music of all time. I’ve been searching the web for the music but have come up empty so far. I can’t remember if it was redbook audio or not, but I think it was… Anyone here happen to have it? Or has anyone seen it available anywhere?
Anyone know who the composer was? Maybe he has a website where he offers his music?
Thanks!
It’s “Tone Rebellion”, not “Tome”. FYI. Let me dig up my copy.
Per the Tone manual: “Music and sounds by Nenad Vugrinec”.
No in-game credits for either game, and since my Ascendancy copy is via Underdogs, I can’t help you there - but I’d bet it’s the same guy.
WOW. I just looked his name up on Mobygames and I can see why I liked the music so much. Sheesh his work is like a list of my “favorite game music” of all-time list.
Games Credited
The Tone Rebellion (1997), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
Ascendancy (1995), Softgold Computerspiele GmbH
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995), Electronic Arts Inc.
Ultima VIII: Pagan (1994), ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994), ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Wings of Glory (1994), Electronic Arts Inc.
Strike Commander (1993), Electronic Arts Inc., ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Wing Commander: Privateer (1993), Electronic Arts Inc., ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992), ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (1991), ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Looking up his name on Google brought this link in: “Teenage Catgirls in Heat”? as his latest body of work. Wish he’d get back into games. http://www.qwikfliks.com/dvd_info.asp?movID=212802
I’m pretty sure I have the Ascendancy soundtrack ripped to MP3 at home. Home is in another state, however.
For what it’s worth, the excellent main theme from Ascendancy owes a pretty massive debt to the LFO track ‘Simon from Sydney’, from the album ‘Frequencies’. (Although the sample on Amazon does not include the section of the track where it’s most obvious.)
jpinard–I have the Ascendancy soundtrack in mp3 form. PM me if you want it, and I’ll zip it up and put it somewhere where you can grab it.
Thanks guys. Really looking forward to hearing these again.
My GF’s old boyfriend Neno wrote all that music. I remember Amanda introducing and learning he was a musician got me talking about my MT-32, and that got him talking about all the MT-32 programmign he had to do at Origin. You old school guys might remember the “NIM” technology that Origin debuted in Wing Commander. NIM stands for Neno’s Interactive Music. :-)
I’ll show him this thread.
My GF’s old boyfriend Neno wrote all that music (yes, despite its size, Austin is still a very small town). I remember Amanda introducing him to me as a musician, which got me talking about my MT-32, and that got him talking about all the MT-32 programming he had to do at Origin. You old school guys might remember the “NIM” audio tech that Origin debuted in Wing Commander. NIM is an acronym for Neno’s Interactive Music.
I’ll tell him about this thread. He’ll probably get a kick out of it.
This thread is useless without pics.
From Teenage Catgirls in Heat :
"All the cats in Riverville are turning into beautiful, sexy Teenage Catgirls! These luscious kitties pounce on the streets and back alleys to find, mate, and claw every man they can get their paws on. Teenage Catgirls In Heat is a movie with a bad attitude, nine naughty lives, and a litter of hot kittens!
Cunningly crafted by filmmaker Scott Perry, Teenage Catgirls In Heat is a movie that will rub against your leg and make you cough up hairballs full of Tromerotic delight!"
All I can say is genius.
Roger, that would be awesome. Please tell him how much some of us loved his music. Jeremy Soule, Frank Klepacki, and Nenad are my top 3 favorite game music composers.
Wow, small world. Ascendancy had some of the most awesome music in it. If anyone has it and wouldn’t mind posting it up somewhere, I would love an mp3 copy of it.
Thread hijack warning - speaking of a game’s soundtrack I’d like to have that starts with “A”, I really dug the old soundtrack for the arcade game Assault (Namco), and can’t find it online anywhere at the usual places. I’m sure it’s probably not as good as I remember, but still… Anyone have any clues? I’m usually really good about finding music and other obscure things online but this escapes me…
— Alan
Ok, I finally got this uploaded, Jeff tells me it works, so for anyone else who wants it:
http://rapidshare.com/files/9182171/tone1.zip.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/9185647/tone2.zip.html
It’s WAV files, copied and zipped directly from the CD, so if you want to convert to MP3 or whatever you’ll have to do that yourself.
Yes, works great and the sound quality is excellent. Go grab them!