Top Gun Music Theme for SF2 Series 1.0

Tested with Strike Fighters 2 series; should work with SF1 series via manual install.

This music theme was originally designed for Falcon BMS 4.32, but arguably better fits SF2 North Atlantic from a thematic standpoint.

This mod takes Harold Faltermeyer's music from the 1986 Paramount film "Top Gun" and applies it thematically to the different UI screens. The music was ripped from the film and processed by CamelBlue, but in some cases the removal of dialog resulted in muted music or inconsistent volume. In these cases, I mixed in the audio track of the F-14s shooting down the Libyan MiG-23's over the Gulf of Sidra. This mix worked better than I had hoped possible.

Now all we need is for somebody to mod the MiG-28...or perhaps an F-5 skin ;).

Easy Installation (no other existing menu mod)

Copy the included Menu folder into your SF2 mods folder

Manual Installation (existing menu mod)

In most cases, I used the same name of the existing theme, so you can just insert the WAV files into your [sF2 Mods]\Menu folder. There are some exceptions noted below:

Replace the BackgroundMusic line with "BackgroundMusic=CreditsScreen.wav" (sans quotes) in the following files:

AWARDSCREEN.INI
MEDALLISTSCREEN.INI
VIEWMEDALSCREEN.INI

Replace the BackgroundMusic line with "BackgroundMusic=Planning.wav" (sans quotes) in the following files:

HANGARSCREEN.INI
LOADOUTSCREEN.INI
PLANNINGMAPSCREEN.INI
ROSTERSCREEN.INI

Replace the BackgroundMusic line with "BackgroundMusic=CampaignScreen.wav" (sans quotes) in the following files:

SINGLEMISSIONSCREEN.INI

[4. Optional Enhancements]

I have another mod that reduces the size of the object icons on the planning map and makes them semi-transparent in order to see the map beneath the units. Since this mod also makes changes to the PLANNINGMAPSCREEN.INI, I have included this mod as an optional installation. If you copy these files to your [sF2 Mods]\Menu folder, then you will have both the Top Gun Music Theme and the new map icons working together.

[5. Future Compatibility Issues]

In the effort to minimize the size of this mod, I used the some of the same files across multiple menus. This means that in order to ensure compatibility with future official SF2 patches, you may need to extract the ini files listed in the previous section from the MenuData.CAT file and compare the files to ensure compatibility. You can quickly find my changes in the sections bracketed by //.

Likewise, you can always copy and rename the WAV files to match the default WAV filenames in order to ensure compatibility for future patches.

[6. Additional Information]

The debrief sound files are not listed in an INI from the Menu folder, but rather are listed by nation in the NATIONS.INI file. This means that even if you decide to remove this mod, you could If you wish rename the existing debrief music files and allow them to be played for the U.S. Navy. The updated section in your NATIONS.INI should read:

[Nation003] 
<...>
DebriefSuccessMusic=[RenamedDebriefSuccess].wav
DebriefFailMusic=[RenamedDebriefFail].wav
DebriefKilledMusic=[RenamedDebriefKilled].wav
<...>

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