[NoClip] The sound & music of WipeOut (coming soon)
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All over this. I remember playing Wipeout and tripping and having to just put the controller down at one point because it was too much. Sensory overload.
Still listen to the first two soundtracks from time to time. CoLD SToRAGE did a phenomenal job on these two, especially the first one.
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Its so damn cool that NoClip exists. They seriously do amazing work.
Wonder if it would ever make economical sense to sell their docs on Bluray? Would be nice to have them for preservation purposes.
Wonder if it would ever make economical sense to sell their docs on Bluray? Would be nice to have them for preservation purposes.
It's one of the many great electronica albums that were released the '90s. CoLD SToRAGE was easily on the level of the big names.
On the PlayStation soundtrack you had great artists from the outside contributing tracks. Loved seeing Chemical Beats making an appearance, which was one of my favorite tunes on The Chemical Brothers' debut album, Exit Planet Dust. Leftfield was at their peak with their outstanding album Leftism. Their Afro Ride fits right in. Orbital's Wipeout (later officially renamed P.E.T.R.O.L.) was a very moody piece.
Underworld's Tin There is probably my favorite contribution by the outside artists, though as a drum & bass-fan I'm also somewhat partial to Photek's The Third Sequence. Here's the former in its full glory:
Pearls Girl (Tin There) (Remastered)
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I hope this doc goes as far as Wipeout 3 because I'd love to hear about how the Sasha side of things came together. Very excited for this ever since I saw it mentioned in a Patreon email.
Weren't many of these XL/2097 tracks, or is this what I get for being a filthy North American and the CD soundtrack they put out for XL was actually European wipEout tracks?
But yeah, that soundtrack was formative for me, as was the original wipEout with the Cold Storage soundtrack. Turned me from "eww dance music who likes that stuff" to "oh THAT'S why people like it, sign me up."
It's one of the many great electronica albums that were released the '90s. CoLD SToRAGE was easily on the level of the big names.
On the PlayStation soundtrack you had great artists from the outside contributing tracks. Loved seeing Chemical Beats making an appearance, which was one of my favorite tunes on The Chemical Brothers' debut album, Planet Dust. Leftfield was at their peak with their outstanding album Leftism. Their Afro Ride fit right in. Orbital's Wipeout (later officially renamed P.E.T.R.O.L.) was a very moody piece.
Underworld's Tin There is probably my favorite contribution by the outside artists, though as a drum & bass-fan I'm also somewhat partial to Photek's The Third Sequence. Here's the former in its full glory:
Pearls Girl (Tin There) (Remastered)
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupPearls Girl (Tin There) (Remastered) · UnderworldSecond Toughest In The Infants℗ 1995 Smith Hyde ProductionsRelea...
Weren't many of these XL/2097 tracks, or is this what I get for being a filthy North American and the CD soundtrack they put out for XL was actually European wipEout tracks?
But yeah, that soundtrack was formative for me, as was the original wipEout with the Cold Storage soundtrack. Turned me from "eww dance music who likes that stuff" to "oh THAT'S why people like it, sign me up."
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Only those mentioned in the last sentence were on the soundtrack of the second game. 😉
Think that the electronica from that era was also more sophisticated to what came before it, in both substance and production quality. There was this shift occurring in the mid-'90s, away from eurodance and stuff. The soundtracks of the games are kind of emblematic of that.
Oh, I meant this:
The only one that's not on there is Chemical Beats.
I only ever played Wipeout HD and Fury. I remember really loving when this song came on.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=49lRFVJus6k&pp=ygUaV2lwZW91dCBoZCBuaWdodCBkb21pbmF0b3I%3D
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=49lRFVJus6k&pp=ygUaV2lwZW91dCBoZCBuaWdodCBkb21pbmF0b3I%3D
Never actually paid attention to the official albums. Interesting! Yeah, in that sense you're correct.
I'm the opposite! The funny thing is I owned wipEout and Wipeout 3, but I didn't come to own XL until only a few years ago. So that soundtrack was the only piece of the game I had for a very long time.
It's kinda cool when you think about it; when the music of something gets played by people with different approaches. The power of music!
I had WipEout Pure on the PSP, but it didn't really stick with me. This one track did though.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqHJfAt_UbY
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqHJfAt_UbY
Fluke was so incredibly underrated, despite having made such great tunes throughout the '90s. Would highly recommend giving their output a listen. The Atomix 1 edit of Atom Bomb that made it into the second game ain't even the best one IMO.
It even had an official music video:
It even had an official music video:
I liked how you could put the Wip3out disc into a CD player and it would play the soundtrack as a regular album.
Oh hell yes!
Loved the recent article that went deep into the music of Wipeput and told the story of Cold Storage.
Will definitely check this out!
Loved the recent article that went deep into the music of Wipeput and told the story of Cold Storage.
Will definitely check this out!
A ton of PC and console games of that era worked this way. A lot of PC games of that era like Quake, Quake 2 and Half-Life will have no music if you don't have the CD in. Castlevania Symphony of the Night has special CD audio telling you that the disc is for a Playstation and that track 1 contains computer data.
Wip3out is probably my favorite of the bunch both in terms of style and music. There's this very specific vibe with that one that I really like. BUT I have the official soundtrack for 2097/XL on disc and I keep that in the car. Loops of Fury is speeding ticket material.
That's awesome. Because of wipEout I am still listening to Trance music. Huge fan to this day. Awesome music.
All of the wipEout games used Redbook audio if I remember correctly. So you could play them on a CD player. Or could extract the tracks from the Playstation disc, because they were available in Wave format.
Iconic. One of the defining soundtracks and aesthetics of Playstation for me.
Definitely recommend checking out Cold Storage on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoLDSToRAGEOfficial
Definitely recommend checking out Cold Storage on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoLDSToRAGEOfficial
Wipeout 2097: The Making of an Iconic PlayStation Soundtrack - Noclip Documentary
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwWpQJFGp8
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwWpQJFGp8