Rock Out Wing Commander III Style
We recently mentioned that Wing Commander III's quotes file includes lists of media that inspired the team. One of these is a "team soundtrack" which lists off 38 different musical artists that were apparently enjoyed by the team while they were hard at work on the game:
TEAM SOUNDTRACK
Tori Amos ; Concrete Blonde; Nine Inch Niles ; Holzt ; Kodo Drummers ; Fabu ; Ryuichi Sakamoto; Nirvana; Machines of Loving Grace; Chick Corea; Poi Dog Pondering ; Vangelis; Sarah McLachlan; Seal; Carmina Burana; Melissa Ethridge; Arrested Development; Patty Larkin; Bunny Wailer; Dazed and Confused; Peter Gabriel; Flash Gordon; Cranberries ; Alice in Chains; John Williams; Siouxsie and the Banshees; Pat Benatar; Duran Duran; Bob Marley; Wagner; Miles Davis; Bill Evans; Indigo Girls; John Gorka; Orlando; Jimi Hendrix; STP; William Orbit
Armed with this background, I decided to try to put together a playlist that could let people feel like they were back at Origin making Wing Commander III! I picked one song from each group/artist that would've been available before the game shipped in December 1994. I prioritized tracks that charted and if none were available I went with the most played era-correct song on iTunes. We're still missing "Fabu" and "Orlando" which I couldn't match to anything commercially available at the time. Do you remember either of these? Let us know on the forums! You can access the Apple Music playlist here and if you aren't an Apple Music user, I've included the list as a spreadsheet.

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