"Alliance Battle" from Gratuitous Space Battles on Windows, MacOS, and Linux (2009)
Composer: Jesse Hopkins
Album: Gratuitous Space Battles Soundtrack
Label: Humble Indie Bundle 4
Publisher: Positech Games
Developer: Positech Games
Honestly, I didn't hear most of the music from this game because I never made it past the third stage, which is still within the tutorial levels. During those three battles, I only faced off against the Alliance, a group that apparently had more intelligence in what it was doing than I did.
This song is appropriately militaristic, with the snare drums peppering the song from start to finish. What I find interesting about this song, and all of the other "Battle" songs on the soundtrack, is that they are all ambient with hints of melody here and there, but it works because of the way the game is played. You set your ships, then hit "play" on the simulator and watch the battle unfold in front of you. You could watch the whole battle from a distance, or you could zoom in to different areas of the battle. This music works well for that format because something interesting or exciting might be happening in time with the music right when you're paying attention, which makes it sound dynamic when it really isn't. And that's pretty cool.
~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian
At the Edge of the Horizon
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