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Message no. 1
From: Geoff Skellams geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:36:38 +1000
For those of you who managed to pick up a copy at Gencon, what's your
general feeling on it? I'm listening to it at the moment, and I reckon
it's not too bad at all. It sounds a lot like some of Vangelis' stuff to
me.
I don't know whether I would use it in the background of a game,
but it's not bad ambient music :)

cheers
G
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Message no. 2
From: GreyWolf sparrow@***.net.au
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:06:34 +1000
Geoff Skellams wrote:

> For those of you who managed to pick up a copy at Gencon, what's your
> general feeling on it? I'm listening to it at the moment, and I reckon
> it's not too bad at all. It sounds a lot like some of Vangelis' stuff to
> me.
> I don't know whether I would use it in the background of a game,
> but it's not bad ambient music :)
>
> cheers
> G
> --
> Geoff Skellams R&D - Tower Software
> Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
> Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
> ICQ Number: 2815165
>
> Hili hewa ka mana'o ke 'ole ke kukakuka
> (Ideas run wild without discussion)

Geoff... um.. want to take a trip up to Sydney in a few weekends? If so..
bring up the CD with you..

Hmm.. actually talk to Cullyn about 2 saturdays time.. theres something
going on in newcastle about then if youre free and willing to come up...?

Greywolf


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Message no. 3
From: Geoff Skellams geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:11:59 +1000
On shadowrn@*********.org, GreyWolf[SMTP:sparrow@***.net.au] wrote:
> Geoff... um.. want to take a trip up to Sydney in a few weekends? If
so..
> bring up the CD with you..
>
> Hmm.. actually talk to Cullyn about 2 saturdays time.. theres
something
> going on in newcastle about then if youre free and willing to come
up...?

Unfortunately guys, I can't see me getting out of Canberra for a few
weeks. The budget's pretty tight for quite a while yet while we catch up
after my trip to the USA.

Sorry about that.

Geoff (who forgot he may have possibly the only copy in Australia at the
moment)

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Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
ICQ Number: 2815165

Hili hewa ka mana'o ke 'ole ke kukakuka
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Message no. 4
From: Manx timburke@*******.com.au
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:23:51 +1000
At 17:11 18/08/99 +1000 Geoff Skellams wrote
>Geoff (who forgot he may have possibly the only copy in Australia at the
>moment)
>

Excuse my ignorance but just what is this Shadowrun CD ?

____________________________________
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and then it's just hilarious." - Faith No More
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Message no. 5
From: Geoff Skellams geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:29:50 +1000
On shadowrn@*********.org, Manx[SMTP:timburke@*******.com.au] wrote:
> At 17:11 18/08/99 +1000 Geoff Skellams wrote
> >Geoff (who forgot he may have possibly the only copy in Australia at
the
> >moment)
> >
>
> Excuse my ignorance but just what is this Shadowrun CD ?

Just for Tim,
A guy named Alex Cremers has recorded an audio CD of mood music
that is suitable for Shadowrun. It's got the dragon S logo on the front
and all. I picked up a copy at Gencon. It's not too bad at all, but I
don't know if I would play it during a game. Writing SR stuff probably,
gaming no.
It sounds like Vangelis, especially if you cross the Bladerunner
soundtrack with the 1492 soundtrack.
The same guy also has done music CD for Vampire: the Masquerade
and Call of Cthulhu.

cheers
Geoff

--
Geoff Skellams R&D - Tower Software
Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
ICQ Number: 2815165

Hili hewa ka mana'o ke 'ole ke kukakuka
(Ideas run wild without discussion)
Message no. 6
From: Lady Jestyr jestyr@*********.html.com
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:31:57 +1000
>>Geoff (who forgot he may have possibly the only copy in Australia at the
>>moment)
>
>Excuse my ignorance but just what is this Shadowrun CD ?

A CD put out by a Belgian mob; full of 'background music'. I've heard some
of the tracks and, while it's not bad, it's a bit bland and ho-hum.

Lady Jestyr
~ Hell hath no fury like a geek with a whippersnipper ~

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Message no. 7
From: Manx timburke@*******.com.au
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:58:38 +1000
> It sounds like Vangelis, especially if you cross the Bladerunner
>soundtrack with the 1492 soundtrack.

Oh. When I think Shadowrun I think music
like Prodigy, Ministry, Helmet etc.

____________________________________
Manx // timburke@*******.com.au // #950
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt
and then it's just hilarious." - Faith No More
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Message no. 8
From: Dennis Steinmeijer dv8@********.nl
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:25:18 +0200
> > It sounds like Vangelis, especially if you cross the Bladerunner
> >soundtrack with the 1492 soundtrack.
>
> Oh. When I think Shadowrun I think music
> like Prodigy, Ministry, Helmet etc.

Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twin, Rage against the Machine, Rammstein,
Korn, Judgement Night Soundtrack, The Matrix Soundtrack

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Message no. 9
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:08:17 +0200
According to Geoff Skellams, at 14:36 on 18 Aug 99, the word on
the street was...

> For those of you who managed to pick up a copy at Gencon, what's your
> general feeling on it? I'm listening to it at the moment, and I reckon
> it's not too bad at all. It sounds a lot like some of Vangelis' stuff to
> me.
> I don't know whether I would use it in the background of a game,
> but it's not bad ambient music :)

I have much the same opinion about the CD -- it sounds okay when
just listening to it (although I don't have it on ATM), certainly not the
techno sound as which somebody described it to me at GenCon. How good it
will work in a game, I don't know; I think I'll take it along next game
session, and we'll see about that then I guess.

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Message no. 10
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:13:59 EDT
In a message dated 8/17/1999 11:37:26 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
geoff.skellams@*********.com.au writes:

> For those of you who managed to pick up a copy at Gencon, what's your
> general feeling on it? I'm listening to it at the moment, and I reckon
> it's not too bad at all. It sounds a lot like some of Vangelis' stuff to
> me.
> I don't know whether I would use it in the background of a game,
> but it's not bad ambient music :)

Mixed Opinions myself, as I also picked up a copy of it. I wouldn't mind
seeing Alex doing another one, but with a bit more "heavy rhythm" involved,
perhaps one or two tracks in an "action" based effect....

-K
Message no. 11
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:19:16 EDT
In a message dated 8/18/1999 2:24:00 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
geoff.skellams@*********.com.au writes:

>
> Geoff (who forgot he may have possibly the only copy in Australia at the
> moment)

Not the only one IIRC....

-K
Message no. 12
From: Bahamut Mighty Dragon Lord bahamut@**.com
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 07:12:18 -0400
On Wednesday, August 18, 1999 12:37 AM, Geoff Skellams
[SMTP:geoff.skellams@*********.com.au] wrote:
> For those of you who managed to pick up a copy at Gencon, what's your
> general feeling on it? I'm listening to it at the moment, and I reckon
> it's not too bad at all. It sounds a lot like some of Vangelis' stuff to
> me.
> I don't know whether I would use it in the background of a game,
> but it's not bad ambient music :)
>
honestly i was disapointed their was no real Troll or Ork music on the CD,
yes their was music that might be theirs if they were clans out in the
woods, but to me I dont know but Troll ganger music is heavy and hard and
loud their was nothing on the CD like this. I would have to say in my
opinion for what it was supposed to do pick up a bach or bethoven cd for 5
bucks instead.
Message no. 13
From: Bahamut Mighty Dragon Lord bahamut@**.com
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 07:17:21 -0400
On Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:59 AM, Manx [SMTP:timburke@*******.com.au] wrote:
> > It sounds like Vangelis, especially if you cross the Bladerunner
> >soundtrack with the 1492 soundtrack.
>
> Oh. When I think Shadowrun I think music
> like Prodigy, Ministry, Helmet etc.

you would be greatly disapointed its more folk loreish
>
Message no. 14
From: MC23 mc23@**********.com
Subject: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 22:57:07 -0400
Once upon a time, Dennis Steinmeijer wrote;

>> Oh. When I think Shadowrun I think music
>> like Prodigy, Ministry, Helmet etc.
>
>Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twin, Rage against the Machine, Rammstein,
>Korn, Judgement Night Soundtrack, The Matrix Soundtrack

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Message no. 15
From: The Lonely Mountain ptsas@********.be
Subject: Fwd: The Shadowrun Music CD
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:32:36 +0200
>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:30:35 +0200
>To: Ereskanti@***.com
>From: The Lonely Mountain <ptsas@********.be>
>Subject: Re: Fwd: The Shadowrun Music CD
>In-Reply-To: <d8ae7a76.24ec536b@***.com>
>
>
>Hi,
>
>We are the Belgian company that published the SR music CD.
>
>I just want to point out that the Vampire CD is done by Bart Dijkman, and
the Cthulhu CD by Alex Otterlei. Not by Alex Cremers. Their styles are
totally different.
>
>Discribing the SR soundtrack as a mix between Vangelis' 1492 and Blade
Runner soundtracks is a pretty accurate description, I think. As for using
it for SR RPG or not, that's all up to you guys. What we wanted to get is
an artists impression on the SR universe. Cremers made one from an
outsiders viewpoint. Music that will fill up a lot of the mystiqual gaps,
but not the action.
>Obviously a sequel to this product should be an action-packed CD.
>
>To those who ecpected Techno on the CD, we found out that fast rithms end
up to disturbing play too much and it undermines decent communication
between the GM and the players. That's why we decided to agree on a more
moody CD.
>
>Apart from that, Techno is a hype from our times. We had a psychological
problem with using a today's genre for a time 60 years ahead in the future.
>ofcourse it's Scifi, and it won't take place, but still.
>
>Regards
>
>Peter T'Sas
>Orion Design Studio
>
>
>At 14:20 18/08/99 EDT, you wrote:
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>>On shadowrn@*********.org, Manx[SMTP:timburke@*******.com.au] wrote:
>>> At 17:11 18/08/99 +1000 Geoff Skellams wrote
>>> >Geoff (who forgot he may have possibly the only copy in Australia at
>>the
>>> >moment)
>>> >
>>>
>>> Excuse my ignorance but just what is this Shadowrun CD ?
>>
>>Just for Tim,
>> A guy named Alex Cremers has recorded an audio CD of mood music
>>that is suitable for Shadowrun. It's got the dragon S logo on the front
>>and all. I picked up a copy at Gencon. It's not too bad at all, but I
>>don't know if I would play it during a game. Writing SR stuff probably,
>>gaming no.
>> It sounds like Vangelis, especially if you cross the Bladerunner
>>soundtrack with the 1492 soundtrack.
>> The same guy also has done music CD for Vampire: the Masquerade
>>and Call of Cthulhu.
>>
>>cheers
>>Geoff
>>
>>--
>>Geoff Skellams R&D - Tower Software
>>Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
>>Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
>>ICQ Number: 2815165
>>
>> Hili hewa ka mana'o ke 'ole ke kukakuka
>> (Ideas run wild without discussion)
>>
>>
>>
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