+pcpilot Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 View File ****World War Two period music for SF2**** ****World War Two period music for SF2**** Ever since I first attempted a WW2 install for SF2 many moons ago, I have strove to make it as much "period" as possible. Of course, the music on each screen was modern and didnt fit in with WW2 in my estimation. I decided to try to locate some music from the era. Well, it wasnt hard at all! My first search located a wonderful plethora of websites and stations that still play and love the era and its music. It was all quite fun and interesting. Out of them all, my favorite has quickly become the VI corps music website located at http://www.6thcorpsmusic.us/. This is only a small part of a website put together by a woman in honor of her father who fought during WW2 in the 6th engineer corps. I was able to download a number of songs from this website, my favorite being Glenn Miller, and convert them to .wav format for use in SF2. Install is simple. Just unzip the file into your StrikeFighters2 folder. Let it overwrite your menu folder. For the hangar music, I have included my hangarscreen.ini. As long as you havent extracted yours from your SF2 install for any other purpose, simply do nothing. If you have extrated it for whatever reason, its still simple. Just open the ini in a txt editor and add this... BackgroundMusic=HangerMusic.wav And there ya have it. Hope you enjoy this music as much as I do. If not, visit the VI corps website and download and convert your own favorites, it was fun! Of course, this is oriented towards U.S. tastes at the time. I'd love to see a German, British, or even Japanese version of menu music come out. The .mpg files can be converted here... http://media.io These music files are considered public domain and are released under the CombatAce Freeware Licensing agreement. You are free to modify these files and use them as you wish as long as the files are not used in payware of any kind. If you use them, please remember to give credit. These files are released to a great community of simmers at CombatAce and SimHq. Have fun and God bless. Jeff "pcpilot" Gerald PS. Dont sit under the apple tree is dedicated to my mother Mary. Submitter pcpilot Submitted 01/07/2013 Category Menu Music Quote
+pcpilot Posted January 7, 2013 Author Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Taken from wikipedia... Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – missing in action[1] December 15, 1944) was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known Big Bands. Miller's notable recordings include "In the Mood", "Moonlight Serenade", "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "A String of Pearls", "At Last", "(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo", "American Patrol", "Tuxedo Junction", and "Little Brown Jug".[2] While he was traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Glenn Miller's aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel. PS. ...and NO, Im not THAT old... Edited January 7, 2013 by pcpilot Quote
+Typhoid Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Awesome!! and no, I'm not quite that old! Quote
RogerSmith Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 PS. ...and NO, Im not THAT old... I know who Glenn is, I was just wondering if that's what you have on here :P Quote
+pcpilot Posted January 8, 2013 Author Posted January 8, 2013 ROFLOL! Yes, Its all Glenn Miller with one exception...the hangar "music" is a Bob Hope recording at Camp Roberts in Calif. during the war. It was a trip to realize where he was doing his show. I was at Camp Roberts from 1996-2000 in the Calif. guard. A lot of the old barracks and shops were still there, albiet abandoned and decrepit, as well as the old "grinder" parade ground. It was both moving and thought provoking to think about all the thousands of guys who went thru that camp back in its heyday. Quote
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