Jump to content

Best Megawad Soundtrack


Recommended Posts

Every time people say Revilution has the best soundtrack, it makes me happy. Working with Tristan, Bucket and Varis Alpha back then and getting an early version of the soundtrack with *all 35 slots filled* in record time, I knew people were in for an audio treat. Back then we didn't have the Jeremy Doyle or Eradrop midis, so it only really got better from there. We had some more traditional midis in the set by UltimateDoomer666, they'll see the light of day with TNT Forever/Convilution, whenever Kyka is done with that beast.

 

As for my own audio choices, its hard to really pinpoint a favourite megawad soundtrack overall, but I do know whenever @Cammy has a bunch of tracks in a project, they tend to be my favourite ones.

Share this post


Link to post
12 hours ago, average rodent said:

Subjectively, what is the Megawad with the best soundtrack you've ever heard? Not only that, but also what are your favorite tracks?

Arrival. I fucking love it. And the rest of @AD_79 work. So much so that I specifically converted some of his tracks to mp3 and added them to playlists on my phone for everyday listening.
 

 

 

Share this post


Link to post

Ancient Aliens for sure, one of the finest shooter OSTs ever produced in my opinion.

 

Shoutouts to a little wad called Erkatanne though. It's OST consists of midified bubblegum/dream pop but I regularly go back to it for the music. Introduced me to Sobrenadar.

Share this post


Link to post

Memento Mori II. Favorite tracks: maps 29, 28, 27, 05, 09, 17, 21.

Speed of Doom. Favorites: maps 31, 33, 08, 09, 11, 14, 16, 17, 24.

Share this post


Link to post

Memento Mori II and STRAIN, Mark Klem is the man.

Favorite tracks in no particular order are Disposition, Dredge, Land of Able, Midnight Call, State of Mind, Technodoom, Avalanche, Time Stealer / Runner, Simple Solutions, Give In (With Pleasure), Damage Assessment, Organic Gods, Woven Fear / Treasures in the Dark, Danger, Beneath, Flat World / Tempter, Frivolous Encounter, and Junkie Smack.

Edited by Lila Feuer

Share this post


Link to post

Trying to list stuff that hasn't already been mentioned: Plutonia 2, Plutonia RCP, the Heretic MIDI Pack, and Reverie.

 

Also honorary mention to Hell to Pay/Perdition's Gate.

 

Finally, they're not traditional megawads but I have to cite Ashes 2063/Afterglow and Action Doom 2 anyway.

Share this post


Link to post

Well I had a message telling me MySQL had gone away, and then it gave me a double-post. Sorry, ignore.

Edited by Gez

Share this post


Link to post

TNT: Devilution, despite not being finished yet, has some absolutely gorgeous tracks. My personal favourites are TyraNt's Tomb, Dark Omen, Behind Bars, The Noose Tightens, an amazing remix of Cold Subtleness In TNT to Kill and Paddock's extended remixes of Aim Shoot Kill and Into the Beast's Belly.

Special shoutout to @Bucket, and his creative usage of letters T, N and T in titles of his tracks.

Share this post


Link to post
On 9/21/2023 at 5:28 PM, Firedust said:

Ancient Aliens!

I think that going down has a better OST. Ancient aliens is too laid back.

Share this post


Link to post

I’ve been bumping to too much TNT midi pack lately on wads that either use stock midis or midis that I don’t like to replace them w/ the TNT midi pack and just IDMUS a random number. Almost all of the tracks on there are good. 

Share this post


Link to post
On 9/21/2023 at 11:03 PM, Caffeine Freak said:

Random mention is from the '1 Monster' WAD---I played through it over a decade ago and still have memories of the first time I heard this kickass track from map 12 (Baron Citadel.)

Yeah that track is definitely the most memorable thing about that WAD, one of the best single tracks imo

 

But the best soundtrack is Mars War, all the soundtracks are really memorable and good, very few dull tracks (and levels)

Share this post


Link to post
15 hours ago, Alfiq said:

But the best soundtrack is Mars War, all the soundtracks are really memorable and good, very few dull tracks (and levels)

 

Haven't tried it yet, but sounds like another WAD I'll soon be adding to my growing backlog of WADs, mods and map packs. :)

Share this post


Link to post

Lost Civilization's soundtrack is still fresh in my mind, so I'll say that one for how different it is. Resurgence's is great too. Even the tracks that weren't written for it specifically fit their respective maps like a glove

Share this post


Link to post

Another one for Ancient Aliens, but also for Eviternity - and it's no coincidence that Jimmy and Stewboy worked on both.

 

Sometimes i'll put this on just to chill.

 

 

Edited by Goldar

Share this post


Link to post
  • 1 month later...
On 9/21/2023 at 8:08 PM, EPICALLL said:

probably an unpopular opinion... however I would favour Scythe II's picks. Sure, not a single track is made for the wad... However, I think that each track is used very effectively, and fit the maps they represent very well.

that map23 heretic track still haunts my dreams

Share this post


Link to post

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...