You've been a reliable source for game related pictures in the past, so yeah, I'm interested.

Yeah, this stuff is really good, so I'd definitely be interested in seeing what else you can link us to. Never really had the opportunity to use music in any games I've run before but EP's just screaming for it in my head. ^^

Did you by chance see the film? That was always on my to-do/never did list. From what I saw it looked like cloning/mind duplication was a significant element.

It's got a limited cinema release in the UK and isn't showing near to where I live. Guess it'll be the DVD release I watch.

The music from EVE Online is perfect for Eclipse Phase, as are the soundtracks from Deus Ex and some of the older Mechwarrior PC games. I'm also using the soundtrack from Mirror's Edge and GRID, since they have that serene but futuristic feel that just seems to fit for a lot of EP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex#Music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror%27s_Edge#Soundtrack

For me, no song does a better job of portraying the future not quite coming out like you wanted it to than "Isaak" (based upon the near-sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham) by Janus, (used in the promo of a German RPG called "Degenesis"... about another future that didn't quite turn out like folks hoped). Hard to find the album but the song can be found on a number of mp3 download sites... here's a "video" on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPmdPs9MvEc&feature=related Great intro song in my book...

Navicon Torture Technologies pops right into my brain for Earth runs. And the scum barges make me think of some of the dubstep artists out now.

Great soundtrack.

Nineties trip-hop works for me. Sneaker Pimps' "Low Place Like Home" for the home-base/downtime theme, Massive Attack's "Angel" as the battle theme, Portishead's "It's A Fire" for the inevitable heroic sacrifice moment.

Think Tank: Mandroid - Chip-hop which would make excellent scum barge background music. Porn On Beta: Brand New Road to Nowhere - Good music for a run on fallen Earth. The Cruxshadows: Immortal - The video for this song could be an EP adventure in itself, with one of the Lost figuring in prominently. It also echoes parts of the story [u]Lack[/u]. 8-Bit Weapon - Remixes and covers of C=64 chiptunes. Some informorphs really do remember their roots... Alphaville - For some reason, their music makes me wonder what a hyperelite party might be like, especially [u]The Jet Set[/u] and [u]Fallen Angel[/u]. Blind Guardian: Nightfall in Middle Earth - Lock and load. Shoot to kill. When you players absolutely, positively, must open fire on full automatic. Be sure that you keep the volume down so that it doesn't distract the players too much. ClockDVA: Buried Dreams - Again, keep the volume down, but when the characters are pulling wires, calling in favors, collecting intelligence data, and getting ready to put their current lives on the line for thousands of people they will never know, this album makes a nice backdrop. The Dresden Dolls - If you want your players to wonder what, exactly is going on in that seeming normal, peaceful, quiet, and orderly habitat, their music would make a good background. Then break out the tentacles, autonomous nanoswarms, and cheerfully demented biomorphs. Ladytron - Whatever you do, do not go after the ship's cat.. more non-sequiturs and cheerful dementedness. I recommend their music as the soundtrack to an escape, countdown optional. Leonard Cohen - His music reminds me a little of a solitary life in the asteroid belt, or perhaps just inside the Oort Cloud. Some anarchist habs may have a soft spot for him, too. Null Device - Their music might be good for exploration, or perhaps getting lost in a crowded habitat to get away. Mournful. Longing. Perhaps a little silly in subtle ways (or maybe it is just my sense of humor). If your players' characters wind up on the skids, they may appreciate some of their music.

Alien 1 is probably a must for this ambiance. Futuristic, without lyrics, tense, and great. Alien 2 and 3 may also be good for combat and other sides of the game too. Blade Runner is also another very good option: strange, without lyrics, clearly futuristic. Very good option too. Some of the tracks in The Matrix OST (specially the second and third parts, which lack lyrics) are also a good option for combat, clubs, or something like it. Got no free links to them, though, I'm afraid.

A descendant of the industrial sound established by bands like FLA, Skinny Puppy, SPK et al is the [url=http://www.last.fm/tag/dark%20ambient]dark ambient[/url] genre, much of which is absolutely ideal gaming music, i.e. foreboding and atmospheric yet non-intrusive. Even though it's all, well, dark, you'll find a pretty wide range of sounds converging within the genre, for example the subtly beautiful quasi-orchestral arrangements of [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Amber+Asylum]Amber Asylum[/url] and [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Arcana]Arcana[/url], the swirling cosmic-chthonic symphonies of [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Kammarheit]Kammarheit[/url] and [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Desiderii+Marginis]Desiderii Marginis[/url], the mind-bending auditory trips of [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Halo+Manash]Halo Manash[/url] and [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Troum]Troum[/url], or the unsettling tectonic pulsations of [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Svartsinn]Svartsinn[/url], [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Vestigial]Vestigial[/url], [url=http://www.last.fm/music/R%7CA%7CA%7CN]R|A|A|N[/url] and other followers of genre-granddaddy [url=http://www.last.fm/music/Lustmord]Lustmord[/url]. Atrium Carceri as posted above, while not on my personal list of favourites, are a fine example of the genre's variation.

Madness and detachment from the world we know... [url=http://www.tune-yards.com/]tUnE-yArDs[/url] - Lo-fi tribal trip-hop [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svgh_MZOmaw]Hatari[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xff8CnlQ6o]Fiya[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdKdCmbiXo]Sunlight[/url] Akira Yamaoka (every Silent Hill Soundtrack) - definitely a lot of ambient goodness for setting mood [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5s5s_30n_s]Silent Hill - Moon Child[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY92NAdGaR4]Silent Hill - My Heaven[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbW8KBZguDM]Silent Hill 2 - Angel's Thanatos[/url] Andrew Bird's tracks on the 'Useless Creatures' portion of the Noble Beast special edition [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unbUj056UrA]Useless Creatures - The Barn Tapes[/url] Ragged survivors in space... Battlestar Galactica (new version) soundtracks [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD8BDwErzR0]Season 2 - Black Market[/url] Event Horizon soundtrack [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXWQA_Xedj8]Orbital[/url] Memories (Magnetic Rose) soundtrack [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5EK1a6HWS0]Chorale[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QN5ZFAmKQM]Cosmos[/url] (BTW, Magnetic Rose could make a fantastic inspiration for an EP adventure or encounter!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9mR7Rit4h8 Other stuff... Boom Boom Satellites [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBxdtbulduE]Out Loud - Oneness[/url] (Don't turn it up at the start!) Symphony of Science [url=http://www.symphonyofscience.com]Downloads at their site[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc]A Glorious Dawn[/url] - Captures EP with both the wonder in its lyrics and hint of sadness in its melody [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGK84Poeynk]We Are All Connected[/url] - Similar Spiritualized [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRbYYFbTW5U]Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space - title track[/url] Hooverphonic [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmSxnL5CVnw]2Wicky (live)[/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3ckHzJgw4k]Blue Wonder Power Milk - Out of Tune[/url] The xx [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHZVGqqf3gg]Basic Space[/url]

Hexnilium: The Logik Gate - The infomorphs are not threatening, they are just very, very busy. http://www.ilike.com/artist/Hexnilium/track/Logic+Gate Digida: Nanotek - Nanoassembly is *fun*! A game the whole habitat can play. The Land Canaan: Wild Child - A love song from the Exurgent virus. Alive - a technoprogressive anthem. http://www.youtube.com/user/emlynoregan#p/u/4/JSo4rXd4xoM http://www.youtube.com/user/emlynoregan#p/u/7/pnbcr4cxdWc Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack. Minimalist classical music, suitable for alien landscapes to the crowded lunar mesh (The Grid) and mourning the Earth (Prophecies) Propergol: Ground Proximity Warning System. Noisy ambient using flight recordings. Perfect for gloomy space environments. I'm also fond of corporate anthems. Perhaps something for the hypercorps? http://metalmonstermarketing.com/corporate-anthems.php IBM's "We are rational" and TI's "Fast Forward" sound quite extropian. Unfortunately I cannot find my all-time favourite online, Deutsche Bank's (?) "Global Technology", which definitely should be the Planetary Consortium anthem: We are fighting for solutions and we strive for leadership. Our vision... our mission... our vision is mission is success! We see us as a global nation We always go for innovation! Perfection is what we dare and teamwork leads us there Like a target force We make our way We are here to stay!

If you can round up a copy, the old [i]Alien Trilogy[/i] game for the original PlayStation game console has loads of moody, atmospheric music tracks perfect for an [i]Eclipse Phase[/i] campaign. For something a bit more ethereal in theme, I recommend the musical works of Kitaro.

Colin you are a madman, and I think I love you. Between this thread and your pics thread, (along with Eclipse Phase) I think I will finally quit MMO's 100% cold turkey...I'm fallin' in love with rpg's all over again lol.

Colin Chapman wrote:

Hey, Good music always helps set the mood and feel of a game, so I thought it'd be cool to share music suitable for EP. I have a personal preference for background music, typically without intrusive lyrics, and I've got a LOT of links to free tracks released by various labels and groups (ambient, electronica, etc.), which I'll share over coming days. First though, soundtracks, because soe are obviously suitable. What is especially cool though is that some are free to download, legally (no pirates, thank you), such as the soundtracks made by fans for the Homeworld video games. Official soundtracks were never created, but the fans created some with the blessing of the game company. To get the ball rolling, you can download the mp3s for the first Homeworld game here:

• http://homeworld.wikia.com/wiki/Relic_Community_Homeworld_Soundtrack_2.0
Don't bother with the "logo" tracks, but grab the others as they're very cool and ambient sci-fi appropriate. By the way, if anyone else cares to share stuff, please post links to samples or what have you to make it cool for all concerned; I certainly will be.

I made up a playlist for my EP game just off my ipod, it's not strictly future sounding, but i tend to think that as much as music evolves it also tends to stay the same in alot of ways. It's just got some themes and some of the feelings i need for my storyline All of this music is commercial so it would cost to legitimately compile for anyone else on here. Suffer Well - Depeche Mode Available Light - Rush Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins YYZ - Rush Down by the River - Neil Young Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode Get Glint - Chemical Brothers Climbing up the Walls - Radiohead Land Of Confusion - Genesis Satur9 - Smashing Pumpkins The Friends of Mr. Cairo - Jon Anderson and Vangelis Sunday Morning - velvet underground (INTRO SONG) Blue Skies - various Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson Every me and Every You - Placebo Stinkfist - Tool Indifference - Pearl Jam Everything in it's Right Place - Radiohead Heart of glass - Blondie Tears in the Rain - Vangelis

I'd like to recommend some Frank Klepacki (especially "Machines Collide"). It's mainly electronic-rock-industrial. There's also some ambient stuff he did.