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| GamerspeakGamerSpeak:Your Xbox 360 Soundtrack
What do you listen to while you game? Do you create your own custom soundtracks for individual games? Me, I listen to Bach's harpsichord concertos while I'm playing The Elder Scrolls® IV: Oblivion™. But when I get my Zuma® Deluxe on, it's solemente Machito and Tito Puente for me. I asked Xbox.com forum readers to reveal their soundtracks when they game on Xbox 360. Here's what some of them had to say. I'm a big lover of music so you would think that the first thing I'd do is put together some playlists for my games …umm … I'm afraid that with around 1,000 CDs I'd get lost trying to pull this off.So, even though I haven't actually done this—I've at least thought about what would go with the games I play. Oblivion: CUSCO by Ancient Journeys.Even the blurb on the back of this CD fits Oblivion … "From the Cradle of Civilization to the Age of Discovery, CUSCO commemorates ancient journeys that have changed the vision of the world …" Arcade Games: I'm an 80s guy … And it's lots of fun to go back to that era, so I'd be going through my new wave hits and listening to great stuff like Devo, Falco, Oingo Boingo, and other artists of the time. Project Gotham Racing® 3: I'm still having fun randomly listening to the music supplied while racing, but there will come a point in time that I'll be putting in some "get up and go" music like 3 Doors Down, Powerman 5000, Cake (Going the Distance is a must), AC/DC, and so on. Full Auto™ : James Bond soundtracks … GUN™ : Since I'm a fan of just about every music genre out there, I'd have a place to listen to some of my outlaw country music … But I'm probably alone here on that one. Condemned: Criminal Origins™ : Creepy music … stuff from Switchblade Symphony, or some Poe would fit, but I'm not sure if I'd soundtrack this game … I'd have to experiment. —cluskevird Anything by the clash, or the newest Shatner album (some songs are kinda slow, but I'm not). It applies to certain games in certain levels, like when I want to have a race in eternal city, I pop in a Japanese pop song (utada for example). When I go to a game like Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon I put on songs like Guns 'n Roses's "Civil War," "Welcome to the Jungle," and Ozzy's "Over the Mountain." For fighting games I use a mix of rock and some Metallica and some alternative. That's what I'd have in a soundtrack. —Junji K Hiroma For fast games like Geometry Wars, Smash TV, etc. I listen to up tempo rock music, like Korn, Linkin Park, etc. For Bejeweled and Hexic®, I listen to calm/slow rock stuff like acoustic stuff from Godsmack or other acoustic stuff. Oblivion has great music by itself, so I listen to the game stuff. Shooters like Perfect Dark Zero™ or Call of Duty® 2 I just listen to all my rock music, Turbonegro, H.I.M., Lacuna Coil, Cold, and … I think you know where I'm going with this. Long live rock music!! —Skatin Ajun I've got the perfect mix for any game. First I play "The Return to Innocence" to get me zoned into the game. Next I play some cascadia to get my reactions quicker. Then I play my trance mix (Enigma, DJ Venom, Ramstien, and Prezioso). Once I get to my trance mix, I'm completely zoned into the game. I listen to mostly rock 'cause it's my brother's Xbox®, but I get to listen to country (my favorite) via my computer and if I'm a little tired I forget my music and just listen to the sweet sounds of headshots and distant gunfire. —uncle jordan Ilisten to a mix of Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco. I normally only listen toit during an arcade game because there isn't anything else to listen to. But for a normal game, I don't listen to music. Unless I don't haveany peopleto listen to … like Need for Speed™. —Lost11 I listen to Dream Theater or anything that is progressive metal. I listen to that type of music because it gets me pumped up when I play games like Call of Duty 2 and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter so it can get me into my zone. Then when I'm in my zone I can destroy anybody that is in my way. When it comes to games like Oblivion and Geometry Wars I usually listen to classical music because it make me relax and think more on what I'm doing. —guyswat I listen to different music types depending on the type of game being played and my mood. Making a custom soundtrack for a game is a good idea, but I just play all the music I have on my computer streamed from Windows® Media Connect. I have over 97 hours of music to listen to! Call of Duty 2gets me listening to metal songs from bands like Avenged Sevenfold, System of a Down, and Ill Nino. And even sometimes, at night I will listen to Evanescence and Kelly Clarkson. Sure, they may not get me pumped but they get me relaxed which also helps me play better. I listen to the Age of Empires III soundtrack when I play Oblivion (the soft melodies fit the game perfectly!). I can get pretty stiff while playing Need for Speed™ Most Wanted. Red Hot Chili Peppers does the trick. I have all their albums. I listen to many different types of music. Mostly pertaining to rock, metal, and pop, though. I listen to some in-game music, too. The techno beats off Marble Blast Ultra are fantastic! How did they pull off a great game with just one soundtrack? —Thawmerf I like to listen to some Future Leaders of the World— "Let Me Out," and "Hanging By A Moment"—Lifehouse, etc. —UnknownVendetta When I play PGR 3, I usually put on techno or some classical music, especially Bach and Aram Khachaturian. But when I play games like Call of Duty 2, I like to play rock songs like System of a Down or heavy metal like Slipknot. It gets me hyped up and alert for enemies J . If I get bored of the songs, I put on movie soundtracks, like my most recent one, Take the Lead. —SOADdicted26 I like to listen to the Headbangers Ball collection. I love listening to heavy metal like that. —Divinecastaway A lot of metal. Slipknot, Mudvayne, Rammstein, Sevendust, Metallica, it's all good. —Bigg Will 07 I usually listen to the in-game soundtrack as it is usually very good, but in games where there are just random songs playing (for example, Burnout) or in most multiplayer games like Perfect Dark Zero, I listen to my own tunes! I listen to Yellowcard, Green Day, Linkin Park, Blink 182, Billy Talent … all those punk/rock kind of bands. — Greenskull The music that I blast while playing Xbox 360 depends on what game I am playing at the time. I change my music around almost twice a week so that I can hear something new when I load up the playlist from my computer to Xbox 360 via Windows Media Connect. My playlists vary greatly between Xbox Live® Arcade games and Xbox 360 games. One of my favorite arcade games, Geometry Wars, has its very own playlist which includes multiple remixes of the original Geometry Wars action music and Din Daa Daa by George Kranz from one of my favorite Xbox 360 commercials. I also like to listen to orchestral music while playingGeometry Wars. While playing puzzle games like Bejeweled 2, Jewel Quest, and Hexic HD, I love to listen to some of the best standup comedy from both Dane Cook (preferably) and Lewis Black. Also, while playing my favorite Xbox Live Arcade title, Marble Blast Ultra, I love to listen to a nice little album called Whipped Cream& Other Delights Rewhipped by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, which was recommended by Xbox Live's own Major Nelson. Because my entire Xbox 360 games library is composed of shooters, I like to listen to hard rock and alternative while I play. The main playlist that I play while playing Call of Duty 2 is composed of both Linkin Park and Fort Minor. But, while playing games like Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and Perfect Dark Zero, I usually pop in some Korn or Slipknot to liven up the action. All in all, the ability to play your own music whenever you wish on Xbox 360 is one of my favorite features, and a necessity in the next generation. Being able to play your own music and override the default music keeps me sane and interested in the game itself, instead of how horrible some of the action or theme music can be. I listen to almost every genre of music on Xbox 360, except for pop and country, andalmost every playlist that I have dedicated to Xbox 360 is completely different than the playlist from the previous week. —Haloaded I listen to different music for different games. For PGR 3 I like techno or dance music. For CoD2 or PDZ I listen to Rammstein or Korn. For GRAW I sometimes listen to the Ghost Recon and the Rainbow Six soundtracks. As for Oblivion I love the music in the game so I don't play anything over it. Qualicum Beach, British Columbia I have a set playlist that I play depending on which games. —oxX KeNsHiN Xxo I like to equate my gaming to exercise. When I go for a run, I need music that keeps me motivated. Here is a list of my Xbox 360 soundtrack and my run workout as well.
— xibis I listen to a lot of salsa (Victor Manual, Marc Anthony, Hector La Voe, Frankie Ruiz, Jerry Rivera), hip hop, and R&B (Notorious BIG, Tupac, Kanye West, Old School Hip Hop & RnB). —Junbug178 Well I have a few different playlists depending on the games. For Oblivion I go for softer music, lite rock. Being Blue October, Jet, and Dashboard Confessional. — Sawman While playing Geometry Wars, I like to listen to The Postal Service. It keeps me in the zone, although my high score isn't all that high. —SPARTAN 121 For me, it's nothing but Coheed and Cambria and I have one playlist for everything they've done to this point. From their epics like "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3" (perfect for a game like PGR 3) to their slower paced ballads like "The Light and the Glass" (perfect for a game like Oblivion), their music just covers many gaming scenarios and situations. I mainly listen to hard rock stuff while playing video games, but there are a lot of variants. When I play racing games I have to get really pumped, so I like really fast and heavy songs, like some classic Rage Against the Machine, or some early Metallica. When I play shooters I need the utmost concentration, so I like instrumental songs ("Call of the Kutlu" - Metallica, or some Joe Satriani). I make my own fast-paced soundtracks for racing games. Stuff like Beastie Boys (their punk stuff is high tempo) and P.O.D. (heavy Christian music). I must admit, though, I'm loathe to cover up the awesome Oblivion soundtrack with anything of my choosing since that game is a story and I'm sure that music was picked to compliment the story. I'm def gonna try classical music with some of my games, though. It all depends on what games I'm playing at the time. If it's an FPS it has to be hardcore and fast music like Slipknot or some ICP. When racing I'll put on some of my own created beats. — Red Drow |
