Wing Commander 4 Intro Remixed With Live Orchestra Track (July 23, 2015)

[ChrisReid]

Former Origin composer George Oldziey has posted another fantastic sample from his live recording of Wing Commander music in Bratislava last year. This time he's enhanced the introduction to Wing Commander 4 with his new audio. The results are amazing! After you give it a listen, you can compare this version to the original here.

20 years ago, I had the privilege of composing the music for 3 of the Wing Commander games by Electronic Arts. Many of you may know I was blessed with a successful crowdfunding campaign that enabled me to record some of that music last fall with the Slovak National Radio Orchestra, conducted by Allan Wilson. This is the way I always envisioned the music.

Since I didn't have access to any of the audio assets, I basically just dropped in the new orchestral track over the old video. Since the music was so low in the original mix it seems to go reasonably well with the original audio, with some tweaks here and there. I know the music is a little hot in the mix, but after all, I AM the composer That's probably why they don't usually invite composers to final mixes!

BTW, the ending music is different, because it is now part of the "Wing Commander Suite" and is intended for live performance.

Enjoy!

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Original update published on July 23, 2015

 

[LeHah]

Seeing this video was a dream come to true for me. I've always wondered what the result would be!

 

[NinjaLA]

this is so very cool. high resolution video and remastered music.. if only 1995 looked so good.

 

[Mindcrime]

what wouldn't you guys do for a wing commander 4 remake with this quality audio and video? I would love it. Oh and maybe add some cockpits too lol. Other than that don't change anything and I would pay for it anyday.

 

[Whistler]

what wouldn't you guys do for a wing commander 4 remake with this quality audio and video? I would love it. Oh and maybe add some cockpits too lol. Other than that don't change anything and I would pay for it anyday.

This is partly why we're all here. Dreaming of a new official Wing Commander game with/or a reboot of our classics with modern graphics and audio. The more polish and less altered the better.

 

[Mindcrime]

This is partly why we're all here. Dreaming of a new official Wing Commander game with/or a reboot of our classics with modern graphics and audio. The more polish and less altered the better.

lol it looks like we are having a conversation here and at RSI. We are both missing these classics man.

 

[Mindcrime]

I'm Mindcrime on RSI btw. How do I change my name on here? I swear I'm not dumb but I tried to find it for like 5 minutes now. I want to be Mindcrime here too lol