Alien Vendetta MIDI Pack - Now on idgames!

[Cammy]

Happy new year, Doomworld!

 

 

May have cut it pretty close, but we made it! With 30 musicians involved and 36 tracks included, this could be the community's biggest musical collaboration to date. Everyone involved came in swinging and delivered the very best they had, and the final product has come together like a dream. It wasn't easy to make, but I'm very, very happy with the work we've put into this soundtrack. I hope you all enjoy it too!

 

CLICK HERE to download the Alien Vendetta MIDI Pack from the idgames archive!

 

Too busy to play? Give it a listen on my YouTube channel!

 

As usual, the download zip includes:

• AVmidi.wad, a full custom soundtrack for Alien Vendetta
• AVmidi-np.wad, a bonus wad for ZDoom-based ports that displays the name of each track and its author on map start
• A file folder containing every raw midi file, for free reuse in your own projects

 

TRACK LIST:

 

Title: Whispers of War - @leejacksonaudio

Intermission: Xenotime - @Dragonfly & @Cammy

Text: Ad Vitam - @Bucket

 

MAP01: Sun Rider - @SynDoom

MAP02: Journey Through the Unknown - Edwin van Veldhoven

MAP03: The Berggren-Malde Complex - @northivanastan & @DCG Retrowave

MAP04: Shotgun Shawarma - @RogueAkai & @Sumo

MAP05: And Into the Forest I Go, To Lose My Mind and Find My Soul - @Dragonfly

MAP06: Shoot the Pianist - @stewboy

MAP07: Dustbowl - @SynDoom

MAP08: Hail the Severed Head - @Lippeth

MAP09: Treachery of the Fallen - @Chris Laverdure

MAP10: Guardian Angel Loses Their Will - @msx2plus

MAP11: Adversary - @Bucket

MAP12: Third Edge - @JDoyle

MAP13: Tireless - @Glowylikesdoom

MAP14: Slim Chances - @Sego

MAP15: Pinkies on Parade - @JD Herrera

MAP31: Kaleidoscopic Array - @Mr. Freeze & @Cammy

MAP32: Eternal Damnation - Knightrider of Doom

MAP16: Speed of Tech - @TheUltimateDoomer666

MAP17: The Anthrax Solution - @Varis Alpha

MAP18: Prelude to Misri in B Minor - @Jimmy

MAP19: Lunar Outbreak - @Deadwing

MAP20: Fight The Logic If You Can - remaster by @Chris Laverdure

MAP21: The Caco’s Best - @Peter

MAP22: Short Notice (Red Niflheim Mix) - @TrialD & @Cammy

MAP23: Guess We Are Fighting Cyberdemons - @Peter

MAP24: Arcadia - @Velvetic

MAP25: You Really Suck - @leejacksonaudio

Bonus: Chicago Typography - @Cammy (for use with the original MAP25: Valley of Echoes)

MAP26: Bipolar Boogie - @Xulgonoth & @Cammy

MAP27: Of Serpents Nailed to Fate - @Cammy

MAP28: Shhh, the Shadows are Near - decino

MAP29: We Are All Waiting - @PsychEyeball

MAP30: Ave Atque Vale - @Bucket

 

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~Original OP below~

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Twenty years ago today, the first version of Alien Vendetta was released. I have to wonder if Anders Johnsen and his team knew that the megawad they were giving us would go on to define a generation of map packs - that it would be widely considered one of the best and most influential PWADs of all time. It’s tough to name one which has aged quite as gracefully as this all-time classic - it could have been released today, and by all accounts it’d still be a knockout success.

 

But a beastly megawad always needs a beastly soundtrack to back it up, and for all this time, Alien Vendetta has been sitting pretty with only one bespoke track to its name. Some may say that’s all it needed, but I knew we could do better. How about thirty-four more? A full soundtrack, made from the ground up, to honor twenty years of this epochal masterwork?

 

I secured permission from AV's original project lead, @Andy Johnsen, and got to work recruiting! It's turned out to be a pretty hefty project, with a huge number of exciting and talented guests among its ranks. And you don't have long to wait before experiencing it, either -  the Alien Vendetta MIDI Pack will release on January 1st, 2022! In true MIDI Pack fashion, all tracks included in this soundtrack will be free to reuse in your own projects with credit.

 

If you won't be able to experience the MIDI Pack in-game but still want to give it a listen, I'll have a playlist of it uploaded to my YouTube channel for easy listening not long after the project's release. I'm keeping the full tracklist a secret for now... But just like before, I'd like to invite my wonderful co-contributors to share the tracks you can hear them composing for! You'll be hearing my own work in a solo piece for MAP27: Stench of Evil, and I've collaborated with others for the intermission screen, MAP22: Rubicon, MAP26: Dark Dome, and MAP31: Killer Colours.

 

Happy holidays, Doomworld. We hope you're excited for this gift!

Edited January 27, 2022 by Cammy
update for idgames release

[Pixel Fiend]

Whoa, heck yeah.

[Syn]

It was an honor giving my own work to this pack. Can barely wait to hear what the other composers have put together!

[Dusty_Rhodes]

Awesome. One of my favorite wads, I will love to hear what you all came up with. 

 

Merry Christmas!

[princetontiger]

nICE!

[Mr. Freeze]

So glad to be attached to this project. Can't wait until you guys hear me and Cammys collaboration! I'll tease you and say it's for a fan favorite map...

[Varis Alpha]

i hope you'll enjoy my contribution to this project, because i had a lot of fun doing it! you'll hear it somewhere in the middle of the megawad. :)

[maxmanium]

43 minutes ago, Mr. Freeze said:

So glad to be attached to this project. Can't wait until you guys hear me and Cammys collaboration! I'll tease you and say it's for a fan favorite map...

 

Toxic Touch? :)

 

Another reason to play AV? Hell yeah! I assume the one map with music already is Misri Halek?

[leejacksonaudio]

I contributed, but I'm not saying what. I'll let @Cammy make that announcement. ;)

[Deadwing]

Can't wait to listen to all tracks! :D

 

Thanks a lot for letting me create a track for the project!

[Velvetic]

This'll be my second contribution to a MIDI pack. Hopefully people will like the track that I worked on :D

[Sumo]

Thanks for inviting me and @RogueAkai to this project. I'm hoping that if you liked our piece in No Rest for the Living you'll like this one too.

Edited December 24, 2021 by Sumo

[El Juancho]

Yay! My fav wad of all time :)

 

It is very likely that I will use this midi pack when i play again AV with the -solo-net parameter, im very interested to see what new midi has Misri Halek.

Edited December 25, 2021 by El juancho

[Cammy]

45 minutes ago, El juancho said:

Yay! My fav wad of all time :)

 

It is very likely that I will use this midi pack when i play again AV with the -solo-net parameter, im very interested to see what new midi has Misri Halek.

 

I hope you'll enjoy the pack when it's out - I can confirm there's something very cool planned for Misri Halek!

[DisgruntledPorcupine]

Woah, this is exciting. Haven't fired up AV in a long while but it's a great wad and this will be a great excuse to revisit.

[PsychEyeball]

The time is almost here at long last! Thanks for inviting me on this project as well, it was a huge honor. 

 

Looking forward to see what everyone else did for the project.

[Rudolph]

Sweet! This reminds me that I have yet to finish Alien Vendetta. Given that Final Doomer features an arsenal themed after the mapset, I might wait for the MIDI pack release to start from scratch and experience the megawad with both original weapons and music!

[Chris Laverdure]

As someone who was part of the original project, it was a true honour to witness the passion people have had for both Doom and this project. Even 20 years later I get see new youtube videos talking about my work on the map20 song. It's amazing, and I don't feel I deserve the praise, but it makes me feel privileged to have been part of the masterpiece.

 

Cammy, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for allowing me to be a part of this masterpiece as well. I cannot express in words to you how much it means to me to get the opportunity to make another song for yet another of Mutator's maps.

 

I am actually excited to share my track. Not in MIDI format, but rendered with VSTs I have lying around, and tuned to the way I heard the song in my head.

 

I shared this as an unlisted youtube video to close friends to see how the track fit with the level, and am happy to share it again here for you guys.

 

Excited as all hell to see the final project and play through AV again, with some new beats cracking!

 

 

[Jacek Bourne]

Excellent. I've wanted an AV midi pack for a while.

[NiGHTS108]

Woah, this is mega awesome

[continuum.mid]

I've made a track for this alongside @DCG Retrowave . Can't share it now, but I'm certain all of you will enjoy it. I haven't heard the rest of the pack so I'm excited too!

[ZeMystic]

This stays on during sex

 

Let's go baybee, cant wait!

[Syn]

4 minutes ago, ZeMystic said:

This stays on during sex

No no, you have the right idea

[Egg Boy]

can't wait!

[Syn]

2 hours ago, Chris Laverdure said:

As someone who was part of the original project, it was a true honour to witness the passion people have had for both Doom and this project. Even 20 years later I get see new youtube videos talking about my work on the map20 song. It's amazing, and I don't feel I deserve the praise, but it makes me feel privileged to have been part of the masterpiece.

 

Cammy, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for allowing me to be a part of this masterpiece as well. I cannot express in words to you how much it means to me to get the opportunity to make another song for yet another of Mutator's maps.

 

I am actually excited to share my track. Not in MIDI format, but rendered with VSTs I have lying around, and tuned to the way I heard the song in my head.

 

I shared this as an unlisted youtube video to close friends to see how the track fit with the level, and am happy to share it again here for you guys.

 

Excited as all hell to see the final project and play through AV again, with some new beats cracking!

 

 

As someone who does make non-midi music from time to time, I am very curious as to what drums those are; they sound wonderful.

[Chris Laverdure]

55 minutes ago, SynDoom said:

As someone who does make non-midi music from time to time, I am very curious as to what drums those are; they sound wonderful.

 

XLN Audio - Addictive Drums 2  :  Fairfax Vol. 1 - Trigged and Ready

[TheUltimateDoomer666]

As with the other MIDI packs I contributed to, I had fun writing music, and I am looking forward to hearing everyone else's work!

[StarSpun5000]

Holy Crap Yes! A great choice for the first non Id released megawad to get a midi pack. Alien Vendetta is completely deserving of one. (Also I just realized that I have sunken a total of 2 and a half days into playing Alien Vendetta alone. Really goes to show how much I love this MegaWad!)  

[RHhe82]

Oooh! I'm still on MAP06 on my virgin playthrough of AV, and now I don't know if I should wait for this one before continuing, or experience the original soundtrack first and have another playthrough on a later date?

[Somniac]

Interested to hear it, although like you said AV only has one unique MIDI the rest are inorexably linked in my mind, the Heretic E1M9 music with the intermission screen for example.