Fallout Remastered OST available for free

Ausir said:
Maybe he already talked to Bethesda and they allowed him to release it non-commercially?
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Isn't his contract with Interplay and not with Bethesda?

MrBumble said:
Remastered means compression treatment to make everything sound more vivid and alive ( in a nutshell ).

From what I hear, it does sound better ( or maybe it's just in my head ).
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If you compare the old with the new, the difference is quite obvious.
 
Well, when Bethesda or ZeniMax bought the Fallout name, they got everything.
 
He's not under contract with either, but the Fallout OSTs are a part of the Fallout assets to which Bethesda is the rights-holder.

Morbus said:
It's 320kbps mp3 format (don't know what codec, though it says encoded by iTunes 9.shit.something). Awesome stuff, although I would have preferred vorbis for quality. Not that there's much difference at this bitrate. There aren't enough shadows, though.
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Ok.
 
Ausir said:
Maybe he already talked to Bethesda and they allowed him to release it non-commercially?
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I was wondering that... I'd say that the question Beth should be asking is whether or not it's profitable to sell the OST. I don't really see how they could figure it would be, the game is old to the point where the only people looking for the OST would be hardcore fans and music junkies. Add in how quickly and easy music is pirated and I don't see how issuing as C&D would be in their best interest. In fact they could link to this album and use it to promote the Fallout brand by keeping it free, but with how big of IP nazis they are, who knows.

Regardless, I'm downloading it now just in case the C&D comes :p. I wish they were in a lossless format (FLAC) but oh well.
 
MrBumble said:
Remastered means compression treatment to make everything sound more vivid and alive ( in a nutshell ).

From what I hear, it does sound better ( or maybe it's just in my head ).
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If it`s just in your head, then it`s in mine too. It does sound better. Some of the sounds that were very hard to hear in their a lot compressed state (in fallout) can be heard quite well right now. Mark Morgan did a great job.

These would be great extra on F2 Restoration Project.

UncannyGarlic said:
I wish they were in a lossless format (FLAC) but oh well.
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Same here, but its still in a really good quality regardless.
 
Brother None said:
Morbus said:
It's 320kbps mp3 format (don't know what codec, though it says encoded by iTunes 9.shit.something). Awesome stuff, although I would have preferred vorbis for quality. Not that there's much difference at this bitrate. There aren't enough shadows, though.
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Ok.
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Rude... :seriouslyno:

UncannyGarlic said:
Ausir said:
Maybe he already talked to Bethesda and they allowed him to release it non-commercially?
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I was wondering that... I'd say that the question Beth should be asking is whether or not it's profitable to sell the OST. I don't really see how they could figure it would be, the game is old to the point where the only people looking for the OST would be hardcore fans and music junkies. Add in how quickly and easy music is pirated and I don't see how issuing as C&D would be in their best interest. In fact they could link to this album and use it to promote the Fallout brand by keeping it free, but with how big of IP nazis they are, who knows.

Regardless, I'm downloading it now just in case the C&D comes :p. I wish they were in a lossless format (FLAC) but oh well.
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Again with this falacy... Piracy doesn't take money away from them. It doesn't increase costs... If they would put the OST on sale, say, at their website, how would it be any problem for them? As long as its price would cover the IT-workforce and the bandwidth, they'd have very little to loose.

Not selling something because you wouldn't make as much money as you'd wish is plain stupid. I say as long as you're making money, why not? Not that I want them to sell it, of course. It's available for free now, so they'd be effectively robbing the costumer by putting it down. No argument there.
 
It`s just great. Thanks for heads up. Very good quality is noticable, and I haven`t found any changes by far.
 
Tears ... in my eyes. So great. I read the interview with Mark Morgan where he promised to look through his tapes and release a remastered version. Stunning! :mrgreen:
 
Morbus said:
Again with this falacy... Piracy doesn't take money away from them. It doesn't increase costs... If they would put the OST on sale, say, at their website, how would it be any problem for them? As long as its price would cover the IT-workforce and the bandwidth, they'd have very little to loose.
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It can matter when you press the discs, I brain farted on digital distribution (how I did so when that's how it's being distributed, I have no idea) as you're right that it doesn't hurt the creator in that case.

I think Mark Morgan is making it free to avoid lawsuits with Beth and to provide a service to the Fallout community, possibly as a thank you for their support. Still waiting for an official word from him...
 
I was wondering that... I'd say that the question Beth should be asking is whether or not it's profitable to sell the OST. I don't really see how they could figure it would be, the game is old to the point where the only people looking for the OST would be hardcore fans and music junkies. Add in how quickly and easy music is pirated and I don't see how issuing as C&D would be in their best interest.
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I don't see how telling Brian Menze to take down his Vault Boy art from DeviantArt would be in their best interest either, but they did.
 
Yes, they own all the Fallout 1 and 2 assets.

By the way, we finally have track names for Fallout 2 music, we only had ones for Fallout 1.
 
Beelzebud said:
Mr. Morgan should be the one making the music for New Vegas. If he isn't, why isn't he? His music IS Fallout.
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Because Inon Zur is more famous.
 
Ausir said:
Yes, they own all the Fallout 1 and 2 assets.
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That's not necessarily the whole story though. Mark Morgan could have licensed the music to Interplay and also retained distribution rights for himself. He wasn't an Interplay employee after all, but a contractor. The fact that he used his work from the TV series The Stand in Fallout 2 would suggest that he's used non-exclusive licensing before. It's not an unusual arrangement in TV at least. It usually pays less but you have the option of re-licensing your work or even giving it out for free, like in this case.
 
That's great! Thanks Mark. :) Oh, apart from the overall better quality I'm pretty sure that "Metallic Monks" seamlessly faded into "Followers of the Credo" before it ended for good, the same happened to "Vats of Goo". That won't help modders with making their custom soundtracks but will surely enhance the feeling of continuity between the tracks.
 
FDrebin said:
That's not necessarily the whole story though. Mark Morgan could have licensed the music to Interplay and also retained distribution rights for himself. He wasn't an Interplay employee after all, but a contractor. The fact that he used his work from the TV series The Stand in Fallout 2 would suggest that he's used non-exclusive licensing before. It's not an unusual arrangement in TV at least. It usually pays less but you have the option of re-licensing your work or even giving it out for free, like in this case.
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Well, the music from The Stand wasn't reused directly, his Redding track was pretty damn similar, but not identical.

maggit said:
That's great! Thanks Mark. :) Oh, apart from the overall better quality I'm pretty sure that "Metallic Monks" seamlessly faded into "Followers of the Credo" before it ended for good, the same happened to "Vats of Goo".
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All of them fade into the next track.
 
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