Intro Music :)

[gibsonm]

Problem is though that I think you (the US) did.

[MikeyD]

I've come to the conclusion that we're going about this the wrong way. Forget about 'appropriate' music. That's boring boring. Instead think of 'non sequitor' music in jarring opposition to the game.

Think of inspired use of non sequitor music in films. Malcom Macdowell in 'A Clockwork Orange' sings a Fred Estair tune while beating someone, surf music punctuates the mayhem in 'Pulp Fiction'. Forget about 'appropriate' tunes. Imagine how jarring it would be to start the game with the TV theme song to "Petticoat Junction" or the 1973 Jim Croce song "Bad Bad Leroy Brown". Instead of thinking "Ah yes, typical war music opening" the response might be "Woah! This game is truely f••ked! What other crazy stuff do they have in store for me?!"

[panzermartin]

Lol..you got a point there Mikey. But I guess a contrasting music theme will feel mostly like sarcasm or irony. Starting CMSF with "beautiful world" for instance will sound like anti war propaganda inside a tactical wargame. Now, thats jarring contrast . But, yes, something from the industrial/hard rock genre will sound a bit cliche too. Given the deliberate lack of atmosphere of CM games, I would expect smth like a neutral sounding electro/industrial theme with some oriental elements as well. Heh, I think it's time for a CMvision song contest

[TheNathan]

How about the Team America theme?

No? Ok, how about Butthole Surfers' "Jet Fighter"

[gibsonm]

Well you of course could use “Montage“ with screenshots as a background.

But I’m not aware if CMSF will be in “Supermarionation”.

[CorpCommander]

I pretty much will be listening to the Team America soundtrack when I am playing this.

As for one song that really captures the spirit of the fighting in Iraq and Afganistan? "Down in it" by Nine Inch Nails. The refrain, "I was up above it, now I'm down in it," resonates to the constant use of helicopters in those places. Any other meaning you can read into it yourself.

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Going down in it [2]

Kinda like a cloud I was up way up in the sky

And I was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe

Sometimes I don't believe them myself

And I decided I was never coming down

Just then a tiny little dot

Caught my eye it was just about too small to see

But I watched it way too long

It was pulling me down

I was up above it [2]

Now I'm down in it

I was up above it [2]

Now I'm down in it

Shut up!

So what, what does it matter now?

I was swimming in the haze now I crawl on the ground

And everything I never liked about you is kinda seeping into me

Try to laugh about it now but isn't it funny how everything works out

"I guess the joke's on me," she said

I was up above it [2]

Now I'm down in it

I was up above it [2]

Now I'm down in it

I used to be so big and strong!

I used to know my right from wrong!

I used to never be afraid!

I used to be somebody!

I used to have something inside!

Now just this whole that's open wide!

I used to want it all!

I used to be somebody..

I'll cross my heart I'll hope to die

But the needle's already in my eye

And all the world's weight is on my back

And I don't even know why

What I used to think was me

Is just a fading memory

I looked him right in the eye and said "Goodbye"

I was up above it [2]

Now I'm down in it [2]

I was up above it [2]

Now I'm down in it

I was up above it [2]

Now I'm down in it

I was up above it

Rain rain go away come again some other day [4x]

I was up above it [2]

Now I'm down in it ...

I was up above it

Now I'm down in it

[luderbamsen]

Originally posted by MikeyD:

I've come to the conclusion that we're going about this the wrong way. Forget about 'appropriate' music. That's boring boring. Instead think of 'non sequitor' music in jarring opposition to the game.

Think of inspired use of non sequitor music in films. Malcom Macdowell in 'A Clockwork Orange' sings a Fred Estair tune while beating someone, surf music punctuates the mayhem in 'Pulp Fiction'. Forget about 'appropriate' tunes. Imagine how jarring it would be to start the game with the TV theme song to "Petticoat Junction" or the 1973 Jim Croce song "Bad Bad Leroy Brown". Instead of thinking "Ah yes, typical war music opening" the response might be "Woah! This game is truely f••ked! What other crazy stuff do they have in store for me?!"

Yup, you get the picture

Respectfully

luderbamsen

[Homo ferricus]

i was thinking something more along the lines of "50 Cent" or maybe "LL Cool J", but not if it takes to long to animate club dance moves for US soldiers and Syrian militia.

you might also need to skin some female models for said soldiers to "grind on".

[imported_mike_the_wino2]

Originally posted by Homo ferricus:

sumfink about crappy rock or hip-hop

Looking at your profile I see you were born in 1989 and are therefore too young to really have any grasp on music. Furthermore your suggestion of rap or hip-hop trash is most likely due to pot smoking, or reading the Peng Challenge Thread.

Both of which will rot your brain, young man.

:mad: :mad: :mad:

[Homo ferricus]

Originally posted by mike_the_wino2:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Homo ferricus:

sumfink about crappy rock or hip-hop

Looking at your profile I see you were born in 1989 and are therefore too young to really have any grasp on music. Furthermore your suggestion of rap or hip-hop trash is most likely due to pot smoking, or reading the Peng Challenge Thread.

Both of which will rot your brain, young man.

:mad: :mad: :mad: </font>

[mike_the_wino]

Originally posted by Homo ferricus:

...old man.

Keep it up and I will hit you with my cane and run you down with my tuned up Rascal. :mad: :mad: :mad:

All the while wearing my 'Ollie North for President' tee-shirt.....which is older than you.

[luderbamsen]

Originally posted by Homo ferricus:

btw, it was a joke. Who would want 50 cent singing "P.I.M.P" in the background while strykers roll into Damascus?

I wouldn't mind 50 Cent singing "P.I.M.P" in the background while my "Stryker" roll into her "Damascus"...

Respectfully

luderbamsen

PS: There's that cracking home made "music video" with Royal Navy personnel miming to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"; Lynx pilots headbanging (helmets and all) is just priceless

[Splinty]

Who said poking smot brots your rain?

[flamingknives]

What, this one?

[Holman]

Josh Ritter, "Girl in the War"

[Nietzsche]

How about something by "Tank"? For example "War Drags Ever On" from the "Honour And Blood"-album surely would set the mood up nicely. In fact, come to think of it, all the tracks sound more or less fitting...

http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/tank.htm

[mike_the_wino]

Looking through my collection I think that Slipknot's 'Everything Ends', off the Iowa album, has that certain verve.