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well, does it look bad to use public domain classic music for games??? even if it's free music. giving credit to the sequencer and original master of course..

opinion plz???

js71 · Wandering DJ Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 815

I don't see too much wrong with it. I always appreciate a game a little bit more if it uses original music, but it's not a show-stopper for me if it doesn't. Diver Down, for example, used public domain music I believe... And it's one of my all-time favorite Indie RPGs.

Rainer Deyke · Demon Hunter Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Posts: 672

Something to keep in mind is that any recording or other reproduction of a piece of music is itself a copyrighted work. If I was to create a MIDI file of (for example) Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, then I would own the copyright for that MIDI file and it would be illegal for you to use it in a game without my permission.

Terry · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject:

It wouldn't bother me, for whatever that's worth :)

A commercial game that I've been keeping an eye on is basically doing what you're suggesting, only recording their own versions of Chopin's music. (The game's called Eternal Sonata. If it gets the basics right (and unfortunately right now it looks like it might not), this could be the sorta thing that really sets it apart.)

Or, more on topic, you could just use Amiga MODs, like the excellent Diver Down did. People seem to have a blind spot for that whole area of music, it seems. You'd totally get away with it :)
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XMark · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject:

Terry · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Holy Crap :) How are you doing these days? Working on any games?
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js71 · Wandering DJ Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 815

Oh yeah, I forgot about the title music. Sorry 'bout that.
"A bird can fly but a fly can't bird. That's fucked up." ...Perhaps there's something wrong when I somehow associate that phrase with one of your posts. :p

What have you been up to lately, fellow British Columbianite and guitar mage who makes the people fall down?

XMark · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject: sup

I'm mostly hanging around vgmix.com and the minibosses forum at theshizz.org nowadays. I haven't been too much into game programming lately, more into music composition.
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tcaudilllg · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 12:53 am Post subject:

Same here. I've increasingly been believing time spent trying to put together a videogame is wasted. I like putting together the tools more than the game. Thinking of ways for things to interact in a way that is "fun" is not my forte.

And I don't understand music at all, frankly.

Terry · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: sup

BadMrBox · Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: