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Summary

war_in_the_middle_earth.s3m is a S3M format module. Uncompressed, it is 275.27KB in size and has been downloaded 8032 times since Sun 9th Mar 2003 :D

Info

Mod Archive ID: 70356
Downloads: 8032
Favourited: 17 times
MD5: e8c5a8487d0b0ff9e36bb6b1daaa46e5
Format: S3M
Channels: 9
Uncompressed Size: 275.27KB
Genre: Medieval

License

Licensed under the Mod Archive Distribution license

Registered Artist(s):

Skaven252

Ratings

Member Rating: (9 / 10)
Reviewer Rating: (9)

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Posted by goodyntox on Sat 3rd Sep 2011, rated 10 / 10.

Another classic by Skaven full of brilliant ideas and catchy melodies!

Posted by Sedds on Wed 22nd Apr 2009, rated 9 / 10.

This is a great combo of rock, orchestral, and techno elements, in addition to being very well-composed.

Your Reviews

Blaza reviewed this module with an overall score of 9 / 10
Posted on Fri 27th Jul 2007

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Overall Impression (8/10)

This is an overall great piece of music, great variation, tension building and great compositional skills. There's an urgency type of feeling on this song, so the title fits and as a great beginning, great mood variations and also an ok ending. It's only weak point it's the quality of the samples, but this is a tune from 1994, so it's quite understandable.

Technique, Arrangement, Composition (10/10)

This guy has quite some skills, the song only has 7 channels, but it feels like something to have 16 or more, this is a great mod to learn tracking techniques. Great arrangements, smooth transitions through out the entire song and fully juice sucking from the samples, giving them all their precious time. There's great moments like on pattern 11, and all that section from 14 till 17, and much much more. All the tension building is balanced by resting moments to develop the main melody with the guitar so this is pretty a complete song. Fantastic.

Development (10/10)

It's really great, in the beginning there's only the wind and little instrumentation, until some mood synths try to give some momentum to the percussion part, and that really kick starts the song, from there it flows extremely well, with all it's great transitions. In the middle there's some pauses to really spice the song out, to give some fear on the title, for God sake there's a war in Middle Earth and we feel it.

Creativity (9/10)

Plenty, i think i self explained it pretty much already, this guy must have spent some weeks trying to perfect and fine tune this song and it's immense variations. He actually says that this song was an updated version on an old one with the same name so, there's time and preponderation.

Enjoyment (8/10)

A lot, till we figure out all the wonderful transitions, to the point of study it to the bone :) If the sample quality was better, this was a perfect song. Nevertheless, a classic by the way of the tracking scene. Great Work.

Internal Texts *

LeadGuit.DSet1
LeadGuit.DSet2(feedback)
BassGuitar
TenseStrings.bass
Looped WindHowl.2
SpookyVoice
BaseDrum.hard
Snare.smash!
DistGuitar.looped/cym
BrassSynth
ShortSynth.4.SQWave
JunoSynthBass
SynthBass.D50
DreamPluckSynth
Metallic HardTom
CrashCymbal
Tambourine.2
HatPerco
ClosedHihat.1

VoiceSynth


 War in the Middle Earth
  composed by Skaven/FC

Ahhh. Finally finished in
February the 8th, 1994

   - updated version -


 This song is a re-do of
an older song of the same
name; the earlier version
had even poorer pannings
and volume settings,
mainly because the only
monitoring device I had
was an SB at 18kHz,
hooked to cheapo Quick-
E-Mart speakers.

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War in the Middle Earth (war_in_the_middle_earth.s3m)