Favorite Atmospheric Midi?

[UAC guy]

Favorite atmospheric midi from a doom megawad. Mine is Grandfather Clocktower.

Edited July 27, 2021 by UAC guy

[Shepardus]

I'm not familiar with most of these names, so some links would be helpful. Ionian Isolation (used in TNT Revilution MAP12) is great, first thing that comes to my mind for "atmospheric MIDIs." I also like Sunlust MAP30's MIDI, an arrangement of Retribution Dawns from PSX Doom, and The Library of Nightmares from Maskim Xul (though the Ogg version is superior).

[out_of_service]

Suspense gets my vote.

[Syn]

Esselfortium's "Waiting" from BTSX is so damn good. Really good use of MIDI sounds to imitate train sounds, and just a great progression too.

[TheNoob_Gamer]

I have a soft spot for "Waiting for Romero To Play".

[Cammy]

Some to look out for are the aforementioned Waiting by Esselfortium from BTSX1, as well as its followup, Mystproj from BTSX2. Jimmy's BTSX1 song The Cry is also great. Ionian Isolation is great, but Eris's other atmosphere-building midi from that wad, Hell's Furnace, deserves some love too. And, of course, this thread would be incomplete without a mention of The Mucus Flow's theme.

 

They weren't originally written for Doom, but Scythe 2 MAP24 wouldn't be what it is without Dungeon 21 from Daggerfall, nor would MAP28 of Sunlust without Gate of the Ancients from Stonekeep.

[Lippeth]

Web of Steel from Ancient Aliens is one of my favorites that comes to mind. Not the most traditionally atmospheric, but I really like the atmosphere it adds to the map.

 

The song from Monster Hunter Ltd. Part I is pretty great as well.

Edited July 27, 2021 by Lippeth

[Devalaous]

Two Revilution tracks on here! Nice! I posted some details about that TNTR Map 12 midi in a few places recently.

 

Death's Bells is definitely my choice here though. Ever since I first heard it in Doom95 off a Final Doom CD I bought from a secondhand store, ive been in love with it, although no midi device in ports has ever recreated the sound I remember so fondly.

 

Frozen Wilderness from Eviternity also deserves a mention; that one was a track originally made for Revilution's planned ice map, and was the result of me asking Eris for something 'cold-sounding', something atmospheric with a haunting charm to it. The trick turned out to be 'slow the whole track down', a suggestion my musically-inclined brother suggested.

[Wavy]

I have two, both from Ultimate Doom:

• Demons on the Prey - It rocks as a song and it's pretty spooky but catchy on that regard as well.
• Sinister - It's really the only song that evokes fear and actual suspense and makes me scared to turn the corner (unlike Suspense ironically).

[Teo Slayer]

Both Suspense and Sinister from Ultimate DOOM

[Skronkidonk]

I'm going to say "Plasma" from DN3D or "Gate of the ancients" from stone keep. Sure they weren't designed specifically for doom but they sure as hell change a maps aesthetic. Midis that were made with doom in mind would be "Agony Rhapsody", "Killing spirit", and "They're going to get you" to name off a few.

[xX_Lol6_Xx]

SNES Doom's Nobody told me about Id, it's waay creepier than the original and IMO makes the cyberdemon fight a lot more tense than it already is, the same goes for Sinister, Donna to the rescue, and especially The Demons from Adrian's Pen, it gives Refinery a completely different atmosphere

 

[Snark]

That song from Toxic touch in AV. No idea what it's called.

 

Just realised (well, googled) the fact that it's "plasma" from duke 3d.

Edited July 27, 2021 by Snark

[Tristan]

+1 Waiting and Plasma, but also this

[msx2plus]

The Mucus Flow by B.P.R.D. and Waiting by esselfortium. not just great atmospheric pieces, but they take wonderful advantage of the most-commonly-used SC-55 derived MSGS wavetable sound set.

[pcorf]

Doom E1M5, E1M8, E2M2, E2M4 and E2M6.

Doom 2 MAP25, MAP28, MAP30

Evilution MAP04, MAP06, MAP16, MAP20 (esp the midi pack version), MAP31.

Heretic: Most songs.

Hexen: Most songs.

Edited July 27, 2021 by pcorf

[sapphics]

From your list, End Is Nigh 100%

 

From any midi ever End Is Nigh :) 

 

It's my favorite Midi of all time from probably one of my favorite maps of all time, so i suppose you could say im a sucker for it. :P

[Omniarch]

Where are "They're Going to Get You" (D_E2M4) and D_VICTORY from D1? Those two are some of my favourites. Pluvious, by Bucket, from the Plutonia midi pack is another great one, and I'm very partial to Jimmy's Quell The Beast. I also really like Cold Subtleness from Evilution, damn creepy if you ask me.

[Michael Jensen]

Now that would be a looong list. Here are some of the first that come to mind. 

 

Icarus Map23 music - by Jonathan El-Bizri

Nuts 3 Map01 music -  by B.P.R.D 

Horizon (TNT: Evilution), Slow Evil I and II, Classic Evil (Icarus: Alien Vanguard) by Tom Mustaine - These sound kinda similar actually. TM made some great music.

Death March, Hell's Bells and about a dozen others (Eternal Doom) - by Rich Nagel

How come nobody mentioned "Fight the Logic If You Can" from AV, Misri Halek? 

Pretty much all the music in Equinox. 

 

[Jimmy]

Mark Klem's got some great ones.

• "Night Bats" from Memento Mori
• "Organic Gods" from Memento Mori 2
• "Somewhere Over the Horizon", "Breach of Madness", and "Slider" from Requiem
• "Simple Solutions", "Treasures in the Dark" and "Land of Able" from STRAIN

 

David Shaw has:

• "The Maw Awaits" and "Gloomkeep" from Memento Mori 2
• "Breath of Sin", "Mystic's Glance", "Hunter's Lair" and "The Helix" from Requiem
• "Inner Turmoil" from STRAIN

Edited July 27, 2021 by Jimmy

[Optimus]

It's hard to say as the charts are not enough (covering only songs from 1-2 wads)

I did remember I liked some TNT Evilution music quite in that atmosphere sense and I found map04, map06 and map31

And there could be more, but ripped from other games (like Blood/Duke3d) in classic WADs. I think of Alien Vendetta (map20 and map10)

[BoxY]

 

[lokbustam257]

Waiting for Romero to Play from Doom 2 and Bucket's Lair of the Bitchmaker from Mid the Way id Did, is one of my favorite ones, along with some Doom E2 soundtrack like They're Going to get You (does that track atmospheric?) and Waltz of the Demons. 

 

Oh, and a honorable mention to Alien Forest and The Demons Serenade from Ancient Aliens

[NuMetalManiak]

MM1: Scary 1 provides the proper marching beat to ambience and atmosphere
MM2: Backroad Wanderer and Into the Fray were surprisingly not mentioned yet.

Icarus: HEART OF THE HIVE FOR THE WIN

BTSX: Nanonucleonic Cyborg Summoning. If you need an explanation, you don't need an explanation.

Hellcore: All the Simon Judd MIDIs fit

Sunlust: MAP03 has an excellent Secret of Evermore MIDI. You can take almost any song from that game and make it worth it into a Doom wad.

Requiem: Under Death and Lamneth's Ground need mention

Plutonia 2: Outpost of Destiny is a surprising standout, almost all the songs fill the atmosphere well.

PRCP: Dread is cinematic, JRPGy, adventurous, and atmospheric all at once.

Jenesis: Voyage and Sunset on Babylon

WOS: Frozen Mysteries and Waltz of the Dead are the standouts, both back to back too.

AA: Alien Forest is EXCELLENT

[continuum.mid]

MAP20 from the upcoming TNT Evilution MIDI Pack, as well as MAP01 from the NRFTL MIDI Pack - decino seems to have a talent for this and I hope he keeps making MIDIs.

 

Speaking of MIDI packs, may I compliment Xulgonoth on E2M6 of the Ultimate MIDI Pack - an absolutely paranoia-inducing track that fits Halls of the Damned perfectly.

 

Most of the Ancient Aliens soundtrack, can't pick a favorite there.

Lee Jackson's contributions to the Duke Nukem soundtrack, including Plasma, but they're all great.

 

Alien Vendetta MAP20, the music is a lot of what makes Misri Halek what it is.

 

The Mucus Flow BGM, a very strange and haunting track.

[Yumheart]

Those are some really good choices. I think I'll go with PL2's "End is Nigh". MtPain probably described it best when he called it the definition of evil.
Sunlust's midified PSXDoom soundtrack in God Machine is also great.

[Horus]

Dial Up For Murder - Ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAbVTGVJXUU&list=PL2u-ahjyQugN7PBv_ZvyAlJabVm6CpsKS&index=11

Kyle Dobson - Waves of Intrigue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StrDhiVZM-E&list=PL2u-ahjyQugN7PBv_ZvyAlJabVm6CpsKS&index=22

Tristan Clark - The Infinite Labyrinth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p69g8Q9cByU