Display MoreLost_Hawk has a cool surprise for everyone: they've been working on their own rearrangements of the MIDI tracks from the original Wing Commander! I'm no expert, but the end result seems pretty wonderful. Here's the full story and the two tracks Lost_Hawk has kindly shared. We're certainly hoping to hear more!
Hi everyone,
My name is Ulli (Lost_Hawk), I'm 45 years old and I'm writing to you from Germany. I’ve been a huge fan of the Wing Commander universe for a long time. Aside from the “Privateer” games, I've played and loved all the “Wing Commander” games, so that recently, I decided to start a personal passion project.
I am a hobbyist/amateur composer who creates music on the PC, working within the limits of my home setup in my free time. For this project, my goal was to take the freely available original MIDI files from Wing Commander 1 and rearrange them.
I tried to stay as true to the original soundtrack as possible while giving it a modern, rich orchestral sound with a little room of personal interpretation.
I have just finished the first two videos, combining the rearranged audio with the corresponding in-game scenes:
Video 1: Fanfare & Intro Cinematic
Video 2: On Board Business
Note: The videos are currently set to "Unlisted" on YouTube as I wanted to share them with this amazing community first.
Since I do this purely as a hobby, I just wanted to share this with you all for some pure nostalgia and to celebrate the classic atmosphere of the Tiger's Claw. As the project progresses, I am also planning to make the individual end extended audio tracks available as free music downloads for everyone.
Looking forward to chatting with you all.
Best regards,
Ulli
