So it's 10 a.m. and I haven't slept and it's partially because I've been organizing my music files (illegal downloads lol) which seriously needs doin', and I was downloading other video game music in higher quality and such (
Symphonic Suite from Actraiser FLACs FTW) when I noticed somehow that Aubrey Hodges has released all of his
DOOM musick on Bandcamp in ultra high quality from original 44k .wav files and such. I was ALL OVER THAT, 'cos I like Aubrey's form of dark ambient which is just really creepy and unnerving, and I've been listening to Elbryan42's (he used to post here) rips for ages but despite how good of quality those are, they're only 128kbps, so to be able to hear this music mastered properly from original files by the artist himself and tweaked to consumer's satisfaction and also adding bonus tracks ALL IN A LOSSLESS FORMAT, is quite a dream come true.
DOOM and
Final DOOM for the PSX are both available and so is
DOOM 64. All three scores are delightfully creepy. He's also put up
Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. and some new music (the new album is SO GOOD), with his N64 and Dreamcast
Quake scores to come. (Here I thought this Ken "Razor" Richmond guy who did the excellent N64
Quake II soundtrack was just aping Hodges' style really well, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY HIM; I'VE BEEN LIVING A LIE.)
Check it all out if you're a fan of the music in these games or a first-timer. And if you don't wanna pay to download, hey, you can stream it all for free.
http://aubreyhodges.bandcamp.com/Doin' my best to support good art.
I particularly recommend this little piece from his new album, which gives me a similar feeling to the first time I saw
Eraserhead:
http://aubreyhodges.bandcamp.com/track/shattered-tranquility