Homeworld Music

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So anyway, I remember fondly the music from Homeworld portraying the sense of expansiveness, isolation, and foreboding of space, so I downloaded the Homeworld music files from here: http://www.atomicgamer.com/directory.php?id=2457 , which the Relic Forums say is legal and legit, in order to give that same lonely spacey feel to Sins. I'm wondering if there is a way to replace the Sins music with these MP3 files.

I know the general topic of changing the music has come up in other threads. I tried putting the Homeworld music on a playlist and running that separately, but it just wasn't the same. The Homeworld music got its power from the pregnant pauses between the songs, and also sounded better when it arose from an event, with different pieces being more appropriate for different sorts of events.

Basically I'd like to try replacing Sins song files with Homeworld ones, or maybe something similar, like that far off middle easterny techno-mood sound if anyone has any recommendations.

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Thanks man.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
You're welcome, and happy editing.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Could you kindly put the files into a big zip file and host it somewhere (such as rapidshare) so I don't have to download every file separately? If you could that would be a HUGE help!
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Could you kindly put the files into a big zip file and host it somewhere (such as rapidshare) so I don't have to download every file separately? If you could that would be a HUGE help!


If you ask me very very nicely, I'll do it, and host it on Total Gaming Files. ;)
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
This is just what I've been looking for. I love movie soundtracks, and I'd like to replace a few of the native SoaSE music files (which are great also) with some good movie soundtrack cues. Examples of stuff that would go great with Sins are the soundtracks to Transformers, Crimson Tide, and Wrath of Khan among others.
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
You acn download (via bittorrent) all of the Homeworld soundtracks from the Relic trackers here: http://hwcommunity.com/tracker/


Sweet. That makes my life a lot easier. Thanks jdhas.

I'm going to download this, and convert all of the files into .ogg's then upload them to Total Gaming Files.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
It's probably better and more fun if you edit your own playlist to your liking, however I'd thought I'd share what has worked for me in integrating Homeworld tracks into the game. The goal here is to recreate HW's ambience, while still leaving some of Sins musical character intact. Above posts have links where you can download Homeworld music, and post #2 has a link to the tools you will need (mainly the OGG converter) to make this happen.

Here's the general strategy: songs are organized into several series in the sound file in your main Sins folder. The series are: Advent, Battle, Quiet, Sad, TEC, Trouble, Upbeat, Vasari, and
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
Maybe it's just me who's picky... I haven't watched TV in years and I go to more operas than movies.


Nah, you've got good taste.
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
Thank you so much! I'm totally going to do this tomorrow, I'll let you know how it goes! You rock!
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
Hey guys i don't know anything about moding, but is there and easy bundle i can use to set this up for myself?
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
Hey guys i don't know anything about moding, but is there and easy bundle i can use to set this up for myself?


I made the updates minus the faction-specific music and even compressed the .ogg files into a nice .rar so you can easily switch out your current Sins' music with the Homeworld 1 soundtrack. Thank you so much Fearzone for offering good suggestions! Here's the link to the set:

homeworld_set.rar

Download and uncompress into your Sins/Sounds/ folder. Make sure to back up the folder first in case you're not happy with the results or something just goes terribly wrong!
Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top
can't download the .rar.

What .zip are you talking about?
Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top
I can't download the rar file either, but would really like to try it :-/
Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top
oh, zuffdaddy, if you want I can host the file on my own domain if that helps.
(unless there are serious legal issues with it).
Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top
It says to put the .ogg file in the the total gaming\Sins Of a Solar Empire\Sound folder. I installed the file to the default the directory but I can't find this folder. Can someone help me please?
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top
If you wait a day ill upload mine. Ive replaced all music with homeworld 2 music also edited the Vasari voices to sound deaper.
Reply #23 from Sins Forums Top
Ok nevermind I found the file apparently its in the main sins of a solar empire file thanks anyways
Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top
Swarmer Battle Music:
http://dl1.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/dl/585/d5e43d/Homeworld%20Soundtrack%20(Redbook)/10_swarmer_battle_music.mp3

Taidan Imperial Battle Music:
http://dl1.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/dl/585/acc2a6/Homeworld%20Soundtrack%20(Redbook)/07_imperial_battle_music.mp3

Turanic Raiders Battle Music:
http://dl1.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/dl/585/74b3f8/Homeworld%20Soundtrack%20(Redbook)/05_turanic_raiders_battle_music.mp3

Source: http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/585
Reply #25 from Sins Forums Top
zuffdaddy and souleeter, is there any possibility of updated links? I loved the Homeworld music and these substitutions sound great, but zuff's link is broken. Thanks in advance!