Sunspire (Unreal) ~ Finale Loop Edit
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2011
- I looped the End of »Sunspire« from the Unreal Game Score four Times, plus the Showdown Intro and a CUSTOM OUTRO. (Edited with ModPlug Tracker)
It occurs that People search RUclips for the Unreal Game Score, looking for this particular Track because it has an Ending as epic as Epic. Unfortunately, it is a long Track with Lots of calm Sounds that differs very much from the End of the Track, and it is that End that everyone wants to hear -- and then when it comes, it is over again, way to fast.
»Sunspire (Hub3)« by Michiel van den Bos
I do not own it, I did not make it, I just edited it,
and I hope you enjoy it. :}
~~~ MOD ~~~
Artyom Shaginyan aka. SkaarjRogue has modded the Sunspire-Level to utilize this Rearrangement for its Background-Music. If you are interested, here is a .zip with his modded Version and Instructions on how to install it: drive.google.com/open?id=1bvX... 
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The Sunspire marks the halfway point in the journey. You saw it in the distance earlier on: an incredibly tall and thin rock formation that reached into the sky and split the horizon in two. You never planned to visit this place, yet somehow it seemed inevitable that you would end up here. Na Pali itself seemed to be pushing you towards it.
The complicated mechanisms you've encountered in the Nali's vast and opulent temples confirm their engineering prowess. While the Nali settlements you've come across so far seem worryingly small, what structures they do have are sturdily built, with strong foundations, multiple floors, chimneys, plumbing, and well-crafted wooden furniture. It's easy to imagine the Nali at some point had large towns, shipping ports, and possibly even cities. The Skaarj likely invaded a long time ago, and destroyed most of what the Nali built. Anything left has since been reclaimed by the aggressive wilderness of Na Pali. Only the most impressive structures, their religious temples, remain.
Never before is that made more apparent than when you first enter the Sunspire. The interior is a sprawling series of rooms and hallways, layered on top of each other over multiple floors, and connected by one main elevator among a large series of smaller elevators and twisting passageways.
It's easy to want to give up at this point. The daunting complexity of the spire, the swarms of enemies, the dark corridors covered in larvae and barnacles, this ugly slog feels like far too much to handle. But this place was beautiful once. The Nali used their engineering genius not to build weapons of war, but instead to build monuments to their gods. Monuments that shout upwards at the sky, to whoever may be listening: "We exist and for that we are grateful."
Scattered throughout the spire you find human corpses. These people were a search party from the ISV-Kran. They entered the spire looking for a missing crew member named Kira Argmanov. The Skaarj kidnapped her and possibly brought her here. You find that each member made varying amounts of progress as you discover each of their corpses. You find the remains of one man named N. Onalopov. His last log entry professes his love for the woman they are searching for and his determination to find her.
Wondering whether those feelings were unrequited or not, you stand near the main elevator of the spire and look up at the rest of the structure towering into the darkness above, it's roof beyond the point of visibility. These slain people surrounding you didn't give up, they were out to help someone else, one of their own that they cared about. You're a castaway and a convict on the run, trying only to survive and escape on your own. You've felt like a selfish, solitary wild animal ever since you woke up to find your cell block covered in blood and body parts. For a brief moment, in this defiled religious place, you feel something greater than animalistic survival pull at you. You feel like a human again: an alien race to this strange and dangerous planet. It's time to show this new world just how tenacious Earth's apex species can be.
It's obvious now. All the complexity of the dark passageways, the elevators, the claustrophobic rooms, it all disappears under your determination and condenses down into one overriding plan: Climb.
Following that simple directive, the labyrinth becomes manageable and you battle your way to the top of the tower, emerging from a doorway and into fresh air. You are greeted at the summit by the two setting suns and what appears to be a medium sized squad of Skaarj troopers. Already covered in the blood of those who would stop your ascent and filled with a new found vengeance against the invaders, you charge into combat. You dispatch your foes with an eruption of fire and gun smoke, sending their bullet ridden and flak-shredded bodies plummeting from the peak and into the lava below. You've climbed long enough to know that it's a long way down.
You light the great torch and call the sky carriage. You climb inside and are taken up even higher than the spire's summit, beyond the clouds. After traveling through the sky for some time, the carriage stops and the door opens. You step outside and take a moment to process what you are seeing.
The Nali do indeed have cities. And those cities can fly.
underrated comment.
This is not a comment, this is a whole essay!
@@APopov right.
Copiado y guardado para mi colección :). Fino, señores.
You've managed to add a new dimension to an already immersive experience called Unreal. I've copied your writing and saved it to a document. You should write more of these pieces about Unreal
No matter what games I've played over the past 27 years, I'll always come back to the humble roots of unreal.
Coming back after high school just to boot up the unreal games for some good old death match and dabbling in the level modder time to time.. i miss those days of innocence.
this makes me want to be a 14 year old boy again.
sinizzl Tell me about it. No, really. Please do tell. I first discovered this game on a visit to my neighbour (whom owned a PC!!). I was mainly living on my N64 and suddenly there's Unreal. Talk about being blown away.
+Markus Helenius I'm 32 years old. Fuck. How time flies by.
My father is almost 50 years old, and he still keeps the game on a disc. I play it on the computer when I can. But when i first discovered it was like...
THE FUCKING PERFECT GAME!!!
I first discovered this game around 2012, in my father's old PC games. I got stuck and scared at some places, but this was a really enjoyable game.
And I was 13-14 years old the year I discovered it. I'm one of the few people who doesn't care about graphic quality :)
I discovered this game in 2006 at the raw age of 6 years old. I did my first full playthrough around two years later. Definitely in my top 10 favorite games of all time.
I think the real deal starts at 0:00. Listening to the introduction just makes the experience of this masterpiece so much larger.
Yes simple yes
Totally. Without this gentle intro the whole experience would not be as good. It is the slow intro that makes the other part so grand :)
I still remember the endless high elevators conducing you to unexplored parts of the level, with enemies lurking in the shadows and only some flares to give you an helpful light. But with this OST playing, you would never give up.
Was replaying Unreal for the first time in a bit, coming back to Sunspire, I was hit with this track that reminded me how much of a banger this game's soundtrack is.
This song always had this sense of otherworldly coziness. A strong sense of adventure, but the warm feeling of home still feels presence. It felt so rejuvenating, like I was revisiting an old friend and all the years of stress and struggle just melted away.
This brings back so many memories.
Being a 15years old boy and playing on my PentiumII 233MHz, 64MB RAM, Diamond Monster 3D II 12MB (Voodoo2) this masterpiece.
You heard abotu the Sunspire during the dairy entries. Saw the shape of it in the skybox in the maps before. And then seeing this huge tower surrounded by lava for the first time.
Amazing.
Back in the day, I liked HL1, but i loved Unreal. For me it is my fav.
I was 6
the beauty of the scenarios in unreal was out of this world and still inspires me a bit for landscape photography
I loved this game so much. My personal favorite level was nali Castle, but the Sunspire doubtlessly had the best music ever. Actually all sound tracks from this game were a blast and amazing, but Sunspire imo had the best sound track! I played this game for over a decade, 2001-2012, haven't played in 6 years but still have fond memories of it.
It sounds like it is time for a playthrough! With the new 227 patch out enabling DirectX 9 and hi-res textures available, it refreshes the experience.
This is still so good for me....this puts my mind in perspective. Even now after all these years....it still means the world to me. Thank you.
You're very welcome.
One of the reason why I love electronic music so much. Thank you Alex and Michiel...
I don't even like electronic music as a genre, I like metal. But. I can listen Unreal soundtrack for hours.
Same thing.like metal and played bass in several bands.unreal music writers genius!
I just discovered this today. That final callback to the opening sound of Sunspire right at the end was chills-inducing. Bravo.
2019 and still playing this masterpiece of a game!
2020 just finished sunspire :D
Here listening to this after just getting to the little alcove at the top for the first time at like 3 AM, what an adventure this has turned out to be.
The loop everybody was waiting for.
This was my favorite level and the favorite piece of the soundtrack. It was so epic! Being fully armed, running through the maze of sunspire, an eliminating the opponents to the rhythm of this tune was an amazing experience.
HerrProf indeed it was sadly,,
I started building an island castle map in UT while playing this song repeatedly. A regret of my teenage years is I never finished it!
THIS IS JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!!! YOU UNDERSTAND HOW EPIC THIS IS!!! THANKS!
So much has happened, but so little has changed...
Sunspire was always my favorite level
That outro is masterpiece. it fills me with emotion. The songs ends, and it feels like some more much greater also ends.
this will always be one of my favorite songs of all time
Epitome of awesome, all these years later!!!!
I still hear this in my dreams
Absolutely perfect. I could not hope for a better version of the song.
Beautiful ending, perfectly looped, great that the intro is included but not looped with the rest of the song.
I have to repeat this: _Absolutely. Perfect._
Thank you very much! Glad you so fully enjoy it.
Absolute Banger!
Back in the day, Started with UT99, Saw Unreal in stores but it was discounted. My stupid child brain read it as 'Cheap = Bad' (i was 10) played Most UT games growing up.
Picked up Unreal recently for £3. wanted some old school and knew id never tried this. Anyway, during my playthrough... Got to the sun spire.
I like to play games blind, so i did... knowing its gonna have some bullshit moments somwhere... it sure did!
Stuck in sun spire way longer than id like to admit. Hidden switch in pitch black behind a pillar, in the religious looking room. Bullshit.
BUT! THIS TUNE! spent 2 hours looking for that switch... had plenty of time to listen to this. was stuck in my head for days afterwards.
AMAZING TUNE 10/10. They dont make em like this anymore! gameplay wise AND music wise.
Enjoyed playing Unereal but honestly, this tune is the biggest take away i got from it :)
The music from the level that follows (skycaves) is also 10/10.
I absolutely love this track, such a great vibe
I love this game with all my heart. i played for the first time during the intitial quarantine found myself only playing this to recollect my life up to that point. i would only go out at nightime to work out and ponder to this music in my earphones. my most cherished memories.
Love the music in Unreal.
One of the best AI in PC games. FEAR game as well, however Unreal has its own vibe, which is awesome to this day. All hail to Single Player PC games!
5 people got ambushed by pupae in the dark/fell into lava/didn't figure out how to get to the next level.
Our fellow intergalactic gardeners were my favorite enemy in unreal.
I loved how the captive ones in the mothership would play their idle animation as if they were discussing a breakout plan.
@@a-sheepof-christ9027 Mine as well! The ones in the Mothership also taunt you if you get close - these guys sure like to taunt (which often becomes their downfall).
Mercenaries had so much personality to them compared to other enemies. Various talk, gesture and idle animations, pushing buttons, chatting with fellow mercs - only Krall could compare in behaviour diversity. Some, instead of attacking you on sight, would just gesture you to buzz off or ignore you, like they had better things to do than chase after you. They only start getting really pissed after you've rampaged through their facility and killed some of their toughest (and perhaps higher-ranked?) comrades. It all points to them being more than just bloodthirsty alien conquerors.
Another interesting bit of lore/characterisation: there's a log at Terraniux that suggests that mercs visited Noork's Elbow to get fertilizer, yet there's no indication that they killed it's inhabitants. In fact, the hut with dead nalis has a crucified one, and crucifixion is a skaarj&co thing. Perhaps mercenaries took fertilizer in exchange for protection? What if those nalis were executed for helping them? Mercenaries and skaarj did seem at odds with eachother.
And they're definitely no slouches when it comes to combat. Some robust Terraniux individuals can kick Skaarj Berserker's ass, and then there's the power shield, which is plain haxx when combined with elite's ability to fire through it. I'm a shameless cheater, so I found this username and icon suitable.
Fun fact: there are unused dancing animations for mercs in the game files that could be viewed through UnrealEd. I guess it's a valid reason for a party animal mercenaries headcanon lol. Among other unused animations there's somersault, a weird CHARGEUP thing (dunno what it's supposed to be) and tied to the wall position.
Whoops, got carried away. Hope walls of text don't scare you!
@@mercenaryelitewithshieldon6460 The large text is not a problem as I would dwell on the map harobed/terraniux for extended periods back then. I remember reading the translator logs in terraniux, that implied the mercs had to regulate the viscosity of the biomatter they were using in order to grow their plants - which seemed vital to their entire society/infrastructure - or I would watch them as they tended to the plants directly (idle animations in the direction of said plants made it seem convincing to me).
I did notice that the mercs (Unreal greys) would seem to have more complex behaviour than the other more aggresive NPCs. I would often summon the more stout and stronger versions and notice how they would beat their chest and point at me repeatedly - sometimes not even attacking.
In general I do not think the mercs are benevolent towards the Nali - but I do see that they are certainly not connected to the Skaarj empire at large. I think their interest is short term harvesting while the Skaarj care more about colonizing worlds. I do however think both are there to exploit the resources.
I remember vaguely from ingame experience that in the gold edition I had, some of the mercs actually performed a backwards flip after firing - similar to what the Skaarj can pull off - but it was all so long ago. :)
@@a-sheepof-christ9027 While reading the logs I didn't get the impression that they used waste to grow plants - rather, that it's a byproduct of agriculture that they either dispose of later or use for something else. But my game's translation has mistakes, so who knows...
Mercenaries often play taunt animations when first noticing player, while other creatures lunge at you right away unless their relationship is set to something other than ATTITUDE_Hate. Another favorite course of action is to turn on the shield and mock your inability to kick their ass. So, while they aren't as violent as skaarj, they still seem to be smug jerks.
When I wrote "exchange for protection", I meant pragmatism rather than benevolence. After all, nalis can't provide mercs with fertilizer if they're dead (unless that theory I saw on TVTropes is true and nalis ARE the fertilizer, but that's unlikely seeing as the bodies in Noork's Elbow have been there for some time), and besides, playing nice would make the natives more cooperative.
As for resource exploitation, I suspect that mercenaries didn't come to Na Pali on their own volition. Ships crash on that planet all the time, and the look of Terraniux suggests that it's a crashed spaceship repurposed into facility. Why else would they build all that on top of a mountain? Doesn't seem very rational to me.
Never personally saw mercs somersaulting, and I've spent a lot of time observing them while playing Unreal. Though I think I saw one doing something like that after killing the player in another user's video, but I think it was deleted.
@@a-sheepof-christ9027 Oh, by the way, I just opened Unreal and summoned an unarmed bot for the mercs to kill. Guess what? One of them did that flip in air animation after killing him. So it isn't unused, just not commonly encountered (unless you die a lot on that level). It seems to be some sort of victory taunt.
Love this tune so much...
Ah, that part that was always missing when using winamp to convert...
Exactly. This is why people should use module players, which has the ability to play that skipped intro order.
OKEDA OKEDA ....O MY GOD!!!
the outro is perfect
Thank you very much!
Epic... Just Epic.. Love the music and the level.
Hey! It feels like it tells so much of a story doesnt it? I mean music does not need lyrics to tell a story and man this has so much storytelling and emotion! I love it!
Absolutely right! The part where the melody slowly starts rising, then shortly drops, just to start rising again, it perfectly conveys this particular level's theme of skyward ascension, the occasional fall-back before finding anoher elevator leading up, and eventually reaching the gondola that ascends to the Sky Town. To me it sounds like the climax of the game, because the melody revolves so much about the theme of leading up to a climax.
My favorite piece in unreal! And my favorite level, too. Really interesting concept and extremely well-designed.
I played this so often at HyperCoop that I still know the fastest route to the sky lift.
Sometimes i dont know where is better place: Earth or Na-pali...
Such a badass song... helps me to write... Good job !
Miss middle school, thank you for posting this
The first time I ever played Unreal was in fact couple of months later than i played UT for the first time, still i was something like 9-10 years old and I remember that I got only to Rjajigar mines and got bored of it, i tried some botmatches but I got bored even quicker as the game was too fast for me as a kid... to be honest with you i tried to come back to this game for the first time like 10 years later, and well those first 3 levels Vortex Rikers, NyLeve and Rjajigar was SO DAMN FAMILIAR even after that much time... Today i really regret i didn't try to complete the game back then as my childhood was based on Unreal Tournament which in fact is a child to this legendary, epic game Unreal and the atmosphere this game has is just undescribable, you must just experience this... just epic
:'( Its so beautiful.
I love it. Thanks for the loop!
Wow, this is SO good!
I love you for this.
This is pretty awesome, though I noticed in the SunSpire level (which I actually replayed through about three days or so ago, interestingly enough) it sounded pretty melancholy when you got to the part where this played. A lot of the soundtrack in retrospect sounds kinda depressing actually. I dunno why, but the action tracks are pretty intense and add to the situation really well too, like the action part of the beta track Alien Esque. The action track of that song is in the release version too (in an even better form) but I don't know which track it's in in the release version.
Yes, the Music from Unreal covers quite a Palette of Expressions -- and I just looked it up, the Track you are referring to is "Hub 5 (Fifth)" a.k.a. "Lethal Chasm". :)
Ah, that's the one, yeah
I'd listened to it earlier yesterday actually and I'd forgotten about it
Also, the custom ending you added fits in perfectly, I like it!
I always thought the calm sounds were there for build-up, which is a good thing here.
BTW, I think that at the end you should add some more prominent melody and/or chords, to make it sound more epic.
You just nailed it with tha outro, big fucking time.
Thank you. :)
I needed this.
You're welcome.
oh i finally found this one.. memories with this game
Thank you for this... Finally someone who gets it...
Unglaublich cool :D
Nice edit with the ending
Just brilliant
I never got to finish Unreal back in the day. I might as well play and enjoy it now.
The upbeat section feels like it should be one-off, when we ascend onto the sky town or some comparable event. It is epic. Unexpectedly, it looped over and over again while I explored the Sunspire and looked for new doors.
@ Animus Silica, actually I believe that Winamp was the most accessible, mainstream player that could access all subsongs - with the setting "Continue Play After Loop" - well before foobar existed. Xmplay was around, but it feels a little awkward for general use. I received an encode of "Dig" from a gaming magazine, with the three songs tacked onto one another, and later listened to them in that arrangement in Winamp, and grew used to it (the songs are actually too dissimilar and do not flow well).
That music was my first experience with Unreal. For a couple years I played the game without sound at an educational facility, where they didn't have speakers.
and no one pushed dislike... excellent
This makes me think about FFVI's ost, really good point
@Kosake82
Richtig: Die zwei Haupt-Musiker für Unreal waren Michiel van den Bos und Alexander Brandon, und beide haben auch die Musik für Deus Ex geschrieben und umgesetzt.
Gut erkannt, ich habe mir das Selbe anders herum gedacht, als ich Deus Ex spielte. ;}
I have a request to make: The biggest issue I have with the original track is the way it abruptly ends while I do enjoy the slow and long buildup to the ending. I'd like to, if you have no problem with it, make and upload a video of the original track edited to include your custom outro, while obviously giving you credit for it.
@@simonemartini4754 Oh, I only saw your Comment just now -- it seems that RUclips never notified me about it for some Reason. I can't find any Unreal-Content on your Channel, so I guess you never went through with uploading the Track (perhaps because I didn't respond?). I see that you haven't uploaded any new Videos in two Years (roughly since you made this Comment), but if you ever want to go through with what you had in Mind, sure you can dot that, I'd be totally fine with it. :)
Did you create the outro? This is perfect
Thank you. Yes, I created the Outro by rearranging the Song's Elements in Open ModPlug Tracker. : )
You have got a serious sense for music.
Nice picture, btw)
It's too bad we never got an actual sequel. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the Awakening, but it just didn't capture anything remotely close to the depth and beauty of the first game. Cool ideas, but not as epic. We got 4.5 Tournaments, 2 Championships and 2 Unreals. It was a good run, but I'll always want more.
I guess u miss good single game with deep story
I just can’t wait to get high and play this song TT
Irgendwie erinnert mich die Unreal-Musik an Deus Ex, ganz bsonders dieser Loop hier. Gleicher Komponist?
Sieben Jahren zu spät, aber dass stimmt.
You looped Sunspire ending 4 times. This needs 4 likes from me!
wow, i never heard this one before. I would be interested to use this specific music in small single player campaign im making for UT?
That sure would spark some Nostalgia in some of the older Unreal-/UT-Fans. You can find the original Track in the Game Files of the original Unreal, but if you really want this specific Remix of mine, I hope this will work: drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx2y0ltoeC2aaHVESHdaSmpVVGM
No yeah sorry, i was in the middle of something when i wrote the coment, i ment to ask if you would be ok with me using your specific remix. I am still in the concept process, and was shuffling through some old tracks to get that old atmosphere the game had (very imersive and very emotional), I might change many things in the small single player campaign but i am sure this will be the main theme.
Thank you so much for sending me a quality file (It worked). In the next year i might yet not need help, but if it will be needed would you like to participate in some of the music editing for the project? we can talk through emails if you want :)
While I can hardly tell you what I would or would not like to do in the next Year or after, you'll probably still be able to reach me via the E-Mail in my Channel-Info, and if you'll ever write me a Mail in the Future, we will see. :)