Replacing generic music

[Fyorl]

I was wondering if it was possible to replace (or add to) the music in BG2. I would think that replacing a few music files would do the trick but I'm not sure if they'd have to be the same size as the original.

 

It's just a whim but I get bored with the same music in BG2. I was just listening to The Poet and the Pendulum by Nightwish and was thinking bits of it would fit really well in battles.

[theacefes]

I got bored too.

 

As for using Nightwish's stuff I am assuming that copyright applies if one wants to release a music mod with their music in it? After all, it's really not so different from using a portrait.

[Fyorl]

Ooh I didn't see that. I think I may have to install that.

 

Yes, I wasn't planning on releasing any mod. I might write and record a bit of stuff to play in the background of some of Tamoko's dialogues actually (I don't think Nightwish can copyright chord patterns...). Sort of like Aerie's 'tinkly' music. Although I think that would involve attaching sound to the dialogue rather than changing any of the global music.

[Miloch]

I think BG1 NPC's Music Pack does a lot of that sort of thing too.

[Fyorl]

Interesting. Presumably the bits that have music added have no voice acting? I would have thought the voice acting would have to be combined over the background music into a single file and attached. Is there scope to add more than one music file to a dialogue?

[Miloch]

I don't think BG1 NPC has any voice acting (it being rather hard to mimic the original voicing), but I think there are other mods that combine both voicing and music. Offhand, I can't think of specifics though.