Ok, what music should have been in the Fallout games? You have two choices, the first choice is a song that is from fallouts timeline(i.e 50's music). The second, completely regardless of timelines and lore, is your own personnal choice.

For me.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQCPrwKzdo It was in Twelve Monkeys, plus I just like it in general.

2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm-Za8TjMFQ Good song, lyrics fit in well.

I think this is the right section, if not move/close and spank me. Yeah. :liplick:

Not sure if "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland really fits with the Fallout theme(at least not in an American context).

erm yeh thanks for the imput :rolleyes:

I meant the lyrics, i.e tank,bombs,zombies,war etc. No need to be all political.

Edit- and like I said earlier the second choice is just a song that you like, it don't have to connect in or anything,

I would actually picture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cGsX7i1uGI would be the one that would sing it rather then Fats Domino.


Does not fit at all; the style and what not.

alot of sinatra and maybe even elvis?

Well, how do you wish to implement the music? Just play it during gameplay, or for the introduction video for the game?

During gameplay I just wish to hear my surroundings and some ambient music on the background. In Fallout 3 I almost never listened to those radiostations, it just felt weird walking around in dangerous places listening to music.

I don't get it... what's wrong with the music they already have?

Fats Domino's version was more popular than Armstrong's, though.

Maybe, but Inon Zur (as usual) really dropped the ball on Fallout 3's musical score. Inon Zur really isn't that good of a composer when compared to Mark Morgan, Jeremy Soule, Jack Wall and whoever did the musical scores for Mask of the Betrayer and Storm of Zehir. Fallout 3's ambient music was bland, and at times annoying. I usually always have the radio on because of this.

I really have no idea who the people are that you refer to here, but I can only agree. I enjoyed the ambient music in Fallout 1 and 2 much more than in 3, very much because most of the towns and areas had different music. In Fallout 3 it seems they play the same thing over and over for every town, wasteland location, underground area and danger zones.

They all have musics that well fit the games.

For well known games Jeremy Soule composed for Total Annihilation, Dawn of War (not the expansions), Morrowind, Oblivion, Icewind Dale, Knights of the Old Republic and Neverwinter Nights as well as its expansions. Mark Morgan composed the music for Fallout, Fallout 2 and Planescape: Torment. Jack Wall composed the music for Myst III, Myst IV, Jade Empire and Mass Effect. They've all done others, but those are the only well known scores I can think of off the top of my head.

Inon Zur composed the music for Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (which was actually pretty good, his best work IMHO), Icewind Dale II, Fallout Tactics, Fallout 3 and Dragon Age.

The style is what is important, not the popularity. They both sang it, but the song sang by Armstrong fit more into the Fallout atmosphere as to compare to Fats Domino.

I'd like a Mark Morgan style ambient soundtrack. I really didn't care for the generic sweeping orchestral bits in fo3 (I think Inon Zur either got bad direction thematically, or just phoned it in), I thought the 30's/40's/50's tunes were a bit too short on variety and were also quickly tiring. Perhaps some classic Sinatra, Muddy Waters (although that'd be a better fit in the deep southern commonwealths), and maybe throw in some basic rockabilly tunes.

Another vote against Inon and the stale (in comparison to Morgans) soundtrack. Fallout 3 could've used - in addition to them to be more atmospheric - a lot bigger variety of tracks too.

I agree, I think Inon Zur is bland, boring and predictable. But so is Jeremy Soule I wish Bethesda could hire a video game composer I hold in high regard! Someone like Adam Skorupa, who I feel did a truly remarkable job with The Witcher soundtrack.

Most of the time Soule is pretty bland, but he has more moments of brilliance than Zur which is why I rank him higher. Icewind Dale, Morrowind and Oblivion had rather nice musical scores. So did Knights of the Old Republic if you forget that it's supposed to be music for a Star Wars game and not a high fantasy world.

Hmmmm I don't share the same level of dislike for Zur's music on Fallout3, I really have to agree with the point that Oblivion had a very nice musical score. I still listen to it when modding at times.

I do hope they make some really great music for the next game - its such an important factor for alot of folks (including me).

Witcher was excellent (soundtrack and in general) :thumbsup:

M.Morgan would have been my choice for Fallout and most's (I'd bet).

And as for my song choices (they're well known )
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2706/bottlecapef7.swf
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4650/sheldon1hd0.swf
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