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Originally posted by Aelious
As a side note, for those of you who mute sound to listen to other music you may consider tiring down all levels but voices or environmental sounds. There is a text record of course but as you pass by areas NPCs will talk you and it often relates to what is going on at the time.

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personally i just turn the music off and leave all the other sound on.

Originally posted by baphamet

 

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Originally posted by Aelious
As a side note, for those of you who mute sound to listen to other music you may consider tiring down all levels but voices or environmental sounds. There is a text record of course but as you pass by areas NPCs will talk you and it often relates to what is going on at the time.

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personally i just turn the music off and leave all the other sound on.

This. I actually like GW2's music, I spent all the beta events listening to it, but I'll likely turn the music off, leave the other sounds up, and put on my own soundtrack.

 http://youtu.be/NldBUqL1AY0?t=46s

HORNS! That music is ruined!

Originally posted by terrant

Originally posted by baphamet

 

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Originally posted by Aelious
As a side note, for those of you who mute sound to listen to other music you may consider tiring down all levels but voices or environmental sounds. There is a text record of course but as you pass by areas NPCs will talk you and it often relates to what is going on at the time.

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personally i just turn the music off and leave all the other sound on.

This. I actually like GW2's music, I spent all the beta events listening to it, but I'll likely turn the music off, leave the other sounds up, and put on my own soundtrack.

That's what I do. I leave voices and battle sounds on, turn off music and ambiant noise if I'm able. Like having your own game soundtrack. Too bad ingame music players haven't become standard yet, alt-tabbing is annoying.

Concerning the music of Guild Wars 2.  I have played in every BWE and stress test so far and I can say that most of the music was so muted it was hard to hear.  Even with that there were a few tracks that caught my attention but most were simply drowned out by the din of sound effects.  As for the main title sound track; epic - yes, but I really don't like it.  It's not that it's dis-jointed, I guess the best way to word it is that there is something about that song that I can not put my finger on.  I can't enjoy  listening to it.  Every time I get to the login screen I can't get past it fast enough.

From what I have read, a lot of the tracks were reused from Guild Wars.  They are fairly easy to find through the background noise.

As for the tracks built for Guild Wars 2; I have not heard enough of them to say if I like them or not.  I will say that I have ordered the 4CD set from DirectSong so that I can actually listen to the music.  Until I get the chance to listen to the entire soundtrack I will sit the fence and say that I neither dislike or like most of the music I am trying to hear.

I really wish they would tone down those blasted seagulls in Lion's Arch.  You can't even hear the fountain music/sound effects.

Overall i love the GW2 music.

I am especially a sucker for piano, and am working on getting this tune from GW2 down. Sounds easier than it is lol, least for me (not a piano expert but getting there! :D )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YzWlxbg34Y&feature=related

All the muzak is horibis thats why i have this hear music box on my tellyvisioon. 

Seriously i never got into any music in any rpg mmo or otherwise since grandia 2. 

Hmmm,i have been  running around the world of Tyria for 3-4 months,not just BWs either,i've heard just about every song in the game if not all.

For me it does not come close to AOC or Vanguard and perhaps EQ but it's not bad ,just not on par with the games i've mentioned.

Of course this is my oipinion and i guess it all comes down to taste.

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

Originally posted by elocke

Originally posted by The_Korrigan

This is just completely epic:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAOe-WNiQLY

"I am Norn, Hunter of the Wild!". Brrr!

This said, I remember the first time I entered Stormwind with a newbie human... you pass the huge gates, walk between the huge statues, and you have that music:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYidb1LvMs8

By the way, do you know who is doing the Mists of Pandaria music? Jeremy Soule... =P

Wait, what?!!!  You sure Jeremy Soule is doing MoP music?  Link please.

http://www.wowpedia.org/Jeremy_Soule

Also, just search google for "Pandaria Jeremy Soule" and you'll find some of the tunes.

Well....that just means I'll have to buy the soundtrack instead of the expansion.  :D  Amazing.

Now were're trolling on the music now?

While the maintheme is a bit underwhelming (multiple pieces together it feels like and the tone/feel is inconsistant or changes too quick to really be considered a piece) but many tracks are by far some of the greatest peices and are certainly more classical orchestrated feel.  It's Jeremy Soul for christ sakes, one of the most if not thee most decorated reconized gaming music composer of all time which his quality stiff reflects in GW2.

But really it all comes done to taste.

Originally posted by Cromica
Music is the first thing I turn off in every game I play.

Really,i can't understand why you would do that unless you are listening to your own tracks.The only music i turn off is combat music in most MMO unless it's the same as the non combat music.

I have yet to find any game soundtrack that is as good as Lineage 2, Skyrim, WoW and Castlevania Lords of Shadow came pretty close but still not as good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nca_dfki110

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Oi5pIZI_0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8frp7ZAKmQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bEHuMP6lQY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBtLj3bVpFQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5b8XOidKoQ

In my opinion ofcourse.

Jeremy Soule could orchestrate a vuvuzela and I'd enjoy it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuvuzela