146699-morning-coffee-1110-mood-music-edition

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey0wgQYTwnU&list=PLYI9EPUJIJn-hHtogLyY4ecvW80Xx-_7M
(Link to Extended Soundtrack on YouTube)
 
https://soundcloud.com/inhisgroove
(Link to Jeff Kurtenacker's SoundCloud)
 
 
Good morning, Coffee People!
 
These last two weeks at the office have been ads for Thanksgiving. Now, I am all about the holidays, but I gotta tell you, if there is one thing that makes me cranky, it's being over-worked. For one thing, the weeks between now and New Years seriously cuts into my Forum time. Actual working while at the office. Pfffpth. :P
 
But those links I posted up there? They keep me sane. They take my subconscious mind to a happy place, while my conscious mind is focused on:
 
 
The music of WildStar drew me in from the very first minute and has been a lasting reason for my love of the game as a whole. It is at times evocative and superficial, jaunty and serious, deeply moving and profoundly jarring - and I can't get enough of it.
 
So thank you, Mr Kurtenacker. Your masterpiece will last long after these forums are so much electronic dust.
 
I don't have a favorite part, I can listen to it all. The new holiday themes have only added to the awesome. If you've got a favorite, tell us about it, Nexus! Post a link, share a memory. Do you listen when not in-game?
 
In closing, SOUNDTRACK!
 
Crabine PLZ.
 	
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Happy Diwali.  Be sure to put up some candles or other lights in your game tonight.  Sadly, my coffee this morning is terrible.  But it is still, technically, coffee.  So it will do.
 
Most of my game time is late in the evening.  Well, okay, late in the night [especially as I play on a European server from Canada], so I generally play with the sound off.  Which is a shame, I realize, because it means I miss out both on voice emotes and on music.  Hopefully over the holidays, later in December, when I'll have a bit more free time outside of work [school is out for my students, the museum slows down, and the bulk of this season's craft shows will be done], I'll have a chance to play with the sound running.
 
Armistice Day / Remembrance Day tomorrow.  To Canada's soldiers, who are willing to defend us, and to act as peacekeepers where the UN points us, who are, in essence, brave so that I and others don't have to be: thank you.  Strangely, games like Wildstar remind us that wars are terrible things, and help point out why we should hope that one day, the only wars left will be fictional.Aha!  Thanks to another thread, I've just discovered my lunch-time reading for today:http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/media/comics/mm/...Well, technically it involves some light in the darkness.  Technically.  Happy Diwali.	
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 :wub: Jeff Kurtenacker  :wub:
 
If I had to pick the one thing that sold me on Wildstar, it would be the music. Hands down. In particular was in December CBT's and walking into the Pools of Vitara. I was in, there was no turning back, hook line and sinker, I was sold.
 
Jeff Kurtenacker has a way of making the game creepy, or happy or wondrous. That and maybe logging in for the first time and seeing a rowsdower....	
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Morning Tex and all...I just came back to the game again after being away for a few weeks.  I hate when real life cuts into my gaming schedule.  Breakfast this morning was Activia and granola and of course coffee.
 
I have to say that I really haven't paid much attention to the music in the game.  I am concentrating more on not getting dead.  I should climb really high and just take some time to listen to it. 
 
I did make a Draken again and started playing her yesterday.  That little ass of a rodent needs a few claw marks all over him and my Ceslin is just the one to do it...and happily so.  Of course she fits in with the Dominion, she hates furry creatures, rocks and humans.
 
Wildstar is my game away from games.  I play other games which I have obligations in.  When I want to escape it's either Wildstar or ESO.   I can hide in those games.  No one knows me.  I need to hide every so often.
			
				
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If you don't (or haven't) really *LISTENED* to the music, please, do yourself a favor and just visit Jeff's SoundCloud. The YouTube videos can get interrupted with ads, but the SoundCloud is just pure musical bliss.
 
(Obligatory "Do It Now" meme)	
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Good [insert time of day here], folks.
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Wildstar is my game away from games.  I play other games which I have obligations in.  When I want to escape it's either Wildstar or ESO.   I can hide in those games.  No one knows me.  I need to hide every so often.
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I was hooked on the music the moment I pulled up the launcher back in like Aug/Sep (can't remember when exactly lol) of 2013. xD It was the first MMO theme that had given me chills since the Cataclysm launcher music. And then the hits just kept coming! I almost always play with the sound on and music up; I just love it so much. I really can't give Jeff enough accolades - he's brilliant! The Shade's Eve theme was so spooky and fun - I think my favorite part was when those trombones entered and just aaaaaaah.... And oh my god I can't wait to hear the Winterfest music! Being a musician (oboe/English horn) myself, music is intrinsically important to my gaming experience, so having such a wonderful and repeatable soundtrack has been such a treat. *sends Jeff lots and lots of thank yous*
 
Last night I mostly did RP, though I did manage to get a pants upgrade from my t5 contract reward as well. Tried to queue for a WotW to knock out that Vet Adventure contract I've been holding onto since last week, but that was a no-go. Ah well. In the RP, Antimony learned from Jack how to plant a potato. And confronted their own, now extremely time-limited, mortality. Having to do some solid OOC brainstorming regarding scientific research and creative applications of treatments for a virus. xD Wee! I guess I need to use those two degrees somehow.	
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Okay, Nau, dear heart ... I know you don't want to spoil Winterfest, but just patch up and zone into Thayd. Turn off your monitor and just LISTEN.
 
It's amazing.	
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			My foray into the world of the Dominion is going very well.  I don't know why I didn't start here.  Regarding music, yesterday evening I wished I had Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries handy.  I would have been inspiring as I descended upon the hordes of the unfortunate who needed swift correction. 	
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I love Ori and the Blind Forest's soundtrack the most.  It's just gorgeous.  The game is just gorgeous too and fun if you like platform games.  My poor Ori gets zapped a lot.
 
I love TSW, I just find it to mob dense...worse than Wildstar.  You can't go two feet without being chased down the street by undead.  I just love the eeriness of the game though and the puzzles.  One of these days, I'll have to make a dent in that one too.  Right now I'm trying to see how far I can go on the Dominion side before I give up and go back to the Exiles lol.	
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I usually don't have music in game, but I've listened to some of the soundtrack and I liked what I heard so I will continue listen through it quite some times. I usually listen to game music outside gaming :P It's nice to have while studying and so =)
 
Took the bus to the big supermarket today and bought food for a year... or well, a week at least =) Making some coffee now and preparing for work that starts soon.
These threads are nice to have while working, you can read every now and then =)
In game it's going forward. I'm not far from max level =) Pvping for gold so I can get housing items. It's strange because it feels like I'm getting less gold for winning bgs on lvl 40+ than in the 30s :/ But I heard gold is quite good at 50 so hopefully that's right =)	
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In game it's going forward. I'm not far from max level
 
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Okay, Nau, dear heart ... I know you don't want to spoil Winterfest, but just patch up and zone into Thayd. Turn off your monitor and just LISTEN.
 
It's amazing.
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If I ever drank coffee, this would be the morning I needed it. Bah, I am so glad my work schedule is flexible and I can go in whenever I want XD.
 
Anyway, theme music? I do like the Wildstar suite, there are some really great ones in there. Lately I've been gravitating more toward the Imperial March a lot more, thats probably because I made a Dominion/Empire music playlist for myself while I worked on the FoeHammer.
 
Now that that's done I've gone back to a more general theme/epic/trailer music variety. I've found these good for general use RL work/housing/gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeXoACwOT1o
 
Speaking of housing, if anyone hasn't seen it yet, I finally put up the Housing thread on the HMS FoeHammer! https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/146521-hms-foehammer-2500-exterior-decor-ship/
 
 
 
 
I think I'll try to get my stuff done quick at work today and barrel on home for raid. I didn't announce it here but Delve Deep downed System Daemons last week (finally). Sadly due to lag issues I was not able to participate at the time, but I definitely want to be there this week.
 
 	
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I like the music in Wildstar, unfortunately I don't get to listen to it often as I have to turn all sounds off because I use my secondary monitor to let the munchkin watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
 
Had some fun last night, slowly uncovering the daily questing areas, why is it so friggin hard to find people to do the 5man quests? I have been waiting on exile groups to come in so i can complete them.	
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Good morning, space-citizens!
 
Yesterday’s Coffee Thread filled me with DETERMINATION. So I ended up completing another play-through of Undertale, and not logging into Wildstar (ack, bestill my red and gold Dominion heart).
 
On the topic of music, Undertale has some amazing tracks, but I think its strength is that the music retains its emotional connection log after you've finished the game.
 
Wildstar has definitely had some top-notch music, normally (by now in an MMO) I've long since turned the music off because it has begun to grate on my nerves. Not so, in Wildstar, aside from the Strain music which is... straining my patience. So bravo on that! ESO might have been the only other MMO which I played long enough to not suffer MMO-MUSIC-OVERLOAD, but really Bethesda is so well known for its excellent music scores, the quality there is less of a surprise and more of an 'I-Expected-This' nod.
 
I do enjoy a good jangle while playing Wildstar too, and sometimes you just need some extra tunes for your toons. A few of my current favoruites (because sharing is caring, right?) are Allie X - Catch, Chelsea Wolfe - Flatlands, and The Griswolds - Down and Out. If you're bored, listen away.  :D
 
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Had some fun last night, slowly uncovering the daily questing areas, why is it so friggin hard to find people to do the 5man quests? I have been waiting on exile groups to come in so i can complete them.
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I think you're Entity 1 - Dominion, so if you'd like, you're welcome to message me. :) My warrior is Samuel Stonesmith.
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			Stonesmith isn't much of a Granok name, it's not like he is named Brick Gunhaver. We need a lot of masons in the Dominion to make all of our buildings, and they tend to be Cassians. Chua are terrible at making structures, Draken tend to use materials that don't last, and mechari would rather tell a cassian that they will get the blessings of the Eldan if they do it for them. 	
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That is such a.... Granok name. You sure you're Dominion? :P
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			A lot of Daken architecture seems linked to their want to present trophies of their accomplishments. That huntress next door is not going to be impressed with just any old pillars. Now if you want to catch her attention you best have pillars that are made from the legbones, or tusks, of some titanic beast that you killed. So I think that pride is what causes them to use the materials that they do, rather than just ease of replacement for when draken tempers become incendiary. It might be a little of both though. 	
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Chua are terrible at making structures
 
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Lore aside, my morning/afternoon went great....probably failed an exam I took in my class at the university today, which determined my fate for the class.  Definitely looking grim but I'll try to keep a positive outlook, have gotten out of worse :).
 
Here's what I need right now.
 
 
Or maybe I am guilty of not getting any coffee this morning....did doze off while studying this morning...I wonder why ;)
 	
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Ugh, today is a multiple cups of coffee day.
 
I, too, adore the WildStar soundtrack and was listening to it last night after I had logged off. I really like the character creation song! It's so good! I also like a track called "Eldan Reckoning". But all of the music is great, it's one of the things that sucked me into this game initially.
 
Yesterday I spent a bunch of time trying to gear my alt up and made zero progress, ha. I got three world boss kills with no gear drops and then two kills with no loot at all (couldn't make it into a group in time and I guess I wasn't considered to have made enough contribution? it was so laggy, who knows). My contract reward had the wrong stats, didn't get anything good from the shiphand I did...I got burned out after a while :p. But I played with my boyfriend later in the evening and we got his new SS up to level 23. Hopefully he'll hit 50 during the double experience weekend and we can do endgame content together.
 
I might take a break tonight and play Undertale. I got it weeks ago, just need to start it! This is a good opportunity since I have tomorrow off.	
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I might take a break tonight and play Undertale. I got it weeks ago, just need to start it! This is a good opportunity since I have tomorrow off.
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Hi everybody!! I just wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU for this thread!! It really made my day!! Thank you to Tex Arcana for kicking it off with all those great comments and enthusiasm. Since a lot of you in this thread are interested in the music, I will give you some little nuggets of info. :)
 
1. We almost didn't use live orchestra. Initially we were on the fence about the best way to produce the score. When the Blur "announcement trailer" was in production, I had JUST gotten the job as composer - and the guy in charge of overseeing that trailer (Matt Morcaski) really pulled for me to write the music for the trailer. I jumped at the chance and we decided to match Blur's excellence and record with live orchestra. That sealed the deal. We heard how much life was brought into the WildStar style of music and we have been recording most of the music with live orchestra ever since. 
 
2. The theme for Algoroc (Justice Doesn't Always Wear a Badge) is also the theme for the Exile Human race ... and it's also the first thing I ever wrote for Carbine. I wrote it in one weekend as a proof of concept of what I thought WildStar could be, musically ... this mix of orchestra, guitar, and synth. It got me the job, and I'm still here, so it worked out! :)
 
3. We recorded the WildStar main theme, Character Creation theme, and Levian Bay theme at Sony Studios, the rest of the recording sessions happened at the Eastwood Scoring Stage on the Warner Bros. studio lot. Those recording studios gave WildStar a nice, rich, cinematic sound.
 
4. The Main Theme was originally a draft for Levian Bay. The more I worked on it, the more we realized it was much bigger than Levian Bay - and it encapsulated the spirit of WildStar so well that I shifted focus and started writing it as the main theme, and started something new for Levian Bay.
 
5. It was extremely difficult to get the Dominion theme arranged in a Winterfest spirit. The Dominion don't strike me as jolly, excitable people. But once I remembered some of my favorite, beautifully dark, more minor key carols from that season - such as Carol of the Bells and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - then the inspiration started to strike. That sort of avenue allowed me to keep their theme elitist and dark without getting too jolly. However there was a challenge putting the thematic material is 6/8 time rather than 4/4 ... but it works out. :)	
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			The Music is Amazing! Jeff, the first time I heard the strain theme... wow, it was really powerful!
			
				
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Agreed Medic, the music is simply inspired!
 
One of the things that amazes me is the perfection of usage of the music in game. The odd, cold rather creepy/edgy/nervous feel of the Cold Science of Supremacy to the Pools of Vitara (did I mention that that was 'the one' for me??) Somehow the music just makes sense  :wub:	
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