Comments on: What else sounds like the Quake soundtrack?

Question: What else sounds like the Quake soundtrack?

Black Spring — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:24:57 -0800

I'm looking for music similar to the Quake 1 soundtrack. I enjoyed Quake's threatening, ambient soundtrack of bestial breathing, eerie heartbeats, distant screams, blasts of wind, weird dronings...
What other music sounds similar?
So far I've found Lustmord and Sun O))), and I'd like some more suggestions. This stuff really helps me concentrate!

By: utsutsu

utsutsu — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:28:28 -0800

FYI, the soundtrack to Quake 1 is composed by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. Most of his NIN stuff is not so ambient but there are a few choice tracks to be found, especially on The Fragile.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:34:14 -0800

You would probably like Trent's work on Further Down the Spiral.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:35:30 -0800

(If I recall, it's not totally his doing, but you should still give it a shot.)

By: ISeemToBeAVerb

ISeemToBeAVerb — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:36:52 -0800

There is TONS of this stuff out there. Off the top of my head: Mike Patton's solo work, Acid Mother's Temple, Bohren & The Club Of Gore, Om, some John Zorn

That should get you started.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:42:34 -0800

Okay, now that I give it the 30-second treatment, there are only a couple of tracks on that release that fit your question:

"At the Heart of It All"

"The Beauty of Being Numb"

and maybe "The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" (the original version might also work for you)

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:00:58 -0800

Lustmord. Coil. Nurse With Wound. Early Current 93. Download.

By: mkn

mkn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:24:07 -0800

If going for "Download", go for "The Eyes of Stanley Pain"

Haswell & Hecker
Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation
Contagious Orgasm
Deathprod (and the collaborative album with Biosphere)
Ah-Cama Sotz
KTL
Malek-Tha
Coil
Imminent Starvation's (now just "Imminent") album "Nord" is pretty great.

Not sure if they all fit what you have in mind, but all worth checking out.

By: mkn

mkn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:27:47 -0800

"At the Heart of It All"

Worth noting that it's not a Trent Reznor track. It's actually Aphex Twin.

By: Black Spring

Black Spring — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:51:36 -0800

Thanks folks, these should keep me going for a while!

By: rhizome

rhizome — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:57:37 -0800

Sounds like "dark ambient" is a search term you want to keep in your back pocket.

By: lohmannn

lohmannn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:25:22 -0800

the doom (1 and 2) soundtrack is similar i think, and also awesome

By: softlord

softlord — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:55:32 -0800

All the things people said up there, plus Lustmord.

By: emmastory

emmastory — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:13:39 -0800

Download is what I came here to recommend, and you may enjoy other cEvin Key projects as well - Plateau, The Tear Garden, etc.