I'd prefer to license stuff that's already written. Partly because it's cheaper, but mainly because I know exactly what I'm getting. I don't have the money to spend $1000 on custom music tracks and then end up with something that doesn't portray the right feeling. Having the right music for a game can make or break it.
Plus I trongly suspect that the right sort of music for the game is orchestral, and few people who avdertise themselves as composers can manage that style properly. Techno is easy to do in comparison. I can do techno. :-)
Oh and you think the track is horrible? Well, I'll wait to hear what other people say, but people comaplined about the western music I wanted to use in my ice cream game as well, and I'm sure I made the right choice there. It's impossible to please everyone. Even in techno, some poeple like trance, some like house, some like Nine Inch Nails. Personally, I'm a NiN fan.
Also, everyone loved the music in Star Control 2, and this sounds a lot like one of the tunes in it.
Oh and a bunch of people here said they didn't want me to use orchestral in this game either.
So you'll understand if I don't neccessarily go with what you think is good music. :-) But I'm not even near deciding yet what to use, and I need like at least five tracks which go well together.
Plus I trongly suspect that the right sort of music for the game is orchestral, and few people who avdertise themselves as composers can manage that style properly. Techno is easy to do in comparison. I can do techno. :-)
Oh and you think the track is horrible? Well, I'll wait to hear what other people say, but people comaplined about the western music I wanted to use in my ice cream game as well, and I'm sure I made the right choice there. It's impossible to please everyone. Even in techno, some poeple like trance, some like house, some like Nine Inch Nails. Personally, I'm a NiN fan.
Also, everyone loved the music in Star Control 2, and this sounds a lot like one of the tunes in it.
Oh and a bunch of people here said they didn't want me to use orchestral in this game either.
So you'll understand if I don't neccessarily go with what you think is good music. :-) But I'm not even near deciding yet what to use, and I need like at least five tracks which go well together.