Michiel van den Bos - Foregone Destruction : UT (1999) - Facing Worlds

[@martindederer2976]

When i am hearing the first couple of notes of this track i am immediately catapulted back in time to the year 2000. Playing Unreal Tournament CTF with my friends on Facing Worlds at small, improvised LAN parties in someone's basement, bed room or even community hall. This was the pre flat-screen era. So we had to carry these humongous CRTs up and down stairs. It was tedious but well worth it.

[@FabrizioManias]

I'm 36 and I can relate ;__;

[@FabrizioManias]

also, playing in school lab during lesson hours \m/

[@DerJayger]

Or over 56k modem with a ping so high, that you could shoot yourself in the back with the rocket launcher :-)

[@scyhte82]

same for me... heard this tune in the background of a youtube video the other day and instantly got fuzzy happy memories in the back of my head as soon as the first few notes started playing.

[@bernhardstanggassinger8938]

I can feel this comment....the nostalgia Hits so fcuking hard. The late 90s an the early 00s this was the best time in my life. All the good music and the PC games an im glad i grow up there.

[@decapitator412]

its so cool watching the song progress in this format

[@bbuggediffy]

The module format.

[@celeron55]

It's basically an open source song

[@SimonJ57]

If you use software like OpenMPT, you'll see that the original UMX format is just another Tracker format. But it is proprietary to the Unreal engine.

[@Cr4z3d]

Actually kind of better than OpenMPT because it not only shows the note code but also what samples are being used in realtime

[@mmachma]

It's just renamed Impulse Tracker extension to .UMX I guess.​@@SimonJ57

[@h3xag0nal]

ok everyone, I'm calling it. This is the best drum&bass track ever produced. Aside from nostalgia, it's just a flawless and timeless composition. MVDB is a legend for this.

[@charlesballiet7074]

it is so good not a beat too many or too little. and its layered composition and how it takes your emotions and swings with them. its so good

[@Tuomaspoika]

its closer to jungle (kids call it breakcore nowadays) because of the high hat and snare patterns.

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

epic

[@Mike-xq7ib]

Can you imagine Creating a song with that software? You get like 5 or 6 parameters per note to tweak and that's it. Effects channels? Side chaining? Mastering channel? WTF are those things? No this is tracker music! I tried using it years ago and actually had some success pulling out some drum parts to use in my own songs on another platform, but man, those guys had a tough job! lol

[@albertolev3383]

Te BEST Track of Unreal EVER

[@mattbarile8098]

nah deck16

[@ArchonLicht]

@@mattbarile8098 Nah, Foregone Destruction is #1

[@KurisuKagato]

At least it's the best track of Unreal that contains the famous "Amen Break" drum loop.

[@neoqueto]

To me it's Run

[@Phantom_Aspekt]

Necros Isotoxin is pretty up there for me kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIe8f2lpgKt0j6c

[@ProGremlinPlayer]

that drum sample adds so much; the whole track is so good

[@itsDeej.]

amen break be like

[@nottucks]

@@itsDeej.damn shame my brain associates it with anime noises from modern breakcore.

[@alyctro8158]

@@nottucks Well a lot of breakcore noises are from the amen, and some other famous beats.

[@slvcontentfwd]

@@nottucks Join the classic jungle side ;-]

[@bigpep7987]

@@alyctro8158 this isnt "breakcore" though - techno, house, drum & bass, jungle, hiphop/r&B - The amen break and other drum breaks have been used in these styles way before "breakcore" was even a thing.

[@definitelynotocean]

this song is 25 years old...

[@darnoc001]

And still jamming. It's aged gracefully.

[@TruDis01]

Sounds like it, as great as it is

[@Eli_00001]

This game was a big part of my childhood, the aesthetic of those times are unparalleled...

[@mattalan7144]

Mine as well.... along with serious sam and half life, miss those days, its so weird how quick it goes ...now what can we do to remind ourselves of the beauty of being , growing up at that time ? I guess videos like this right?

[@charlesballiet7074]

really is, there is a feeling you get when you play these tunes that this is an entire universe to explore and it all has this emotion carrying music to sustain it

[@charlesballiet7074]

share them with the youngins the spirit will shine through and they will enjoy them also@@mattalan7144

[@MALICEM12]

For real, 80s-2000's was peak aesthetics since the 40-50's

[@InsertNameHRM]

What i really like about this specific upload is how it loops perfectly with the KZbin's built-in loop feature, could listen to it for hours without noticing any pauses.

[@sketch2347]

The sound of my childhood is Goldsmith Medium Violin. I cannot believe this video has eluded me for so long, I love it.

[@NikP_archive_channel]

Just played UT today with my homies throughout the world. 10 people. We were crying out of laughter and excitement, that good the game is still.

[@AM-bo2ns]

it's crazy I didn't even think much about it but looking at the track this way you really feel that cymbal track slooowly crawling left-right-left-right in your ears. it's so cool.

[@spectral_force5097]

Yeah, it's cool how much you can break down elements of the composition by just looking at the individual tracks and effects like this.

[@interesting_output]

I remember hearing this track in game and remember being blown away by the output. I decided to figure out how they put in this music when it wasn't a CD. I was even more floored to realise that this was trackermusic, one of the things I was fiddling with in the day. The intelligent jungle vibes really set the stage. van den Bos is one real solid composer.

[@whogaze]

what were you playing on if it wasn't a CD?

[@inquireorhack]

@@whogaze Of course it may have been purchased on CD-ROM, what they mean is that the music format wasn't CD Audio on the same disc. Some CD-ROM games at the time encoded their soundtrack as audio CD tracks on the game disc, so you would have the disc inserted and spinning to hear music in-game. I remember Warcraft 2 and Age of Kings being like that. One could stick the game disc in a regular stereo CD player and hear the soundtrack. Games with tracker music (such as UT) represented a different approach, where the game data would include the samples and sequences needed to reproduce the composition.

[@whogaze]

@@inquireorhack hey thanks a bunch, this cleared it up for me!

[@UtubeH8tr]

Wait what ... You mean Alexander Brandon? He's the one who did all of unreal's music. 1 2 and tournament.

[@Venom012]

@@UtubeH8tr Not alone he didn't, Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos, Andrew Sega and Dan Gardopée all did tracks for the original Unreal and Unreal Tournament soundtrack. Unreal II is mostly Alexander Brandon though yes.

[@TheHotDogGuy.]

I can't believe i found this track 6 years later, i have this playing 24/7 in fn and never knew it was from another game Unreal chill honestly

[@Flesjemetwater]

Incredible how fortnite players are coming back to 25 year old Unreal Tournament music. Time is a flat circle.

[@Notester82]

Thank you Ahoy for (indirectly) exposing me to this (and thank you Depth Tone for uploading), jungle rocksss!

[@AitoJaOikeaNippeliFaktaa]

Another Ahoy fan here :D

[@skunkjee]

In which video did Ahoy include this track?

[@Notester82]

@@skunkjee In his latest video on Trackers (music-creation software): kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKClnJpjnrWlmNk It's a nice watch, but that's a given cause it's Ahoy. .u.

[@skunkjee]

@@Notester82 Welp. Makes sense. It's the only video I haven't watched, that's why I don't remember it :p Thanks!

[@karelpipa]

Ahoy!

[@PerfectHue]

2:51 in this moment I am euphoric

[@davyw.2571]

Takes me back to the late nineties, the early 2000s. A time when everything was simpler, and the world more hopeful.

[@DexTheLelGuy]

You know epic game’s music is timeless when a song from 1999 feels like it was made yesterday

[@Antny.25]

This track sounds eternal 💘🎶✨

[@Niceaux_B]

I played facing worlds so many times with this in the background. When I started exploring music more I explored Aphex, Squarepusher but also some throwbacks to Bukem and other drum&bass artists. Anyway, I always listened to HipHop so the Amen break always sounded familiar. Hell, it even (still) gets used in commercials nowadays. But for me this is the quintessential drum and bass track just because I spent so much time fragging AIs with a sniper on facing. Dude is probably Dutch too, never knew that.

[@FateOfLate]

Rampage. Unstoppable. God-like! Well done on tracking it!

[@KodiBrehdon]

classmates celebrated New Year at a party. A couple of us chose to go to play UT. no regrets.

[@APopov]

Facing. Worlds.

[@Relemsis]

the comments here show there are plenty of people like me, ty for the tunes, I just played ut99 this morning

[@ozbejvaukman7452]

always goosebumps!!! when i listen this

[@KurisuKagato]

Dat Amen Break doe!!

[@FloosWorld_AoE]

Let me spread the news: Epic gave the OldUnreal folks permission to provide installers for Unreal Tournament as well as Unreal Gold after they delisted both games last year. :)

[@TreblewolfMR]

i came to here for those shivers again

[@fedeg91]

Old and GOLD

[@Naarssa]

Unreal GOLD?

[@brettmoney7422]

Were I ever an astronaut, in my descent to land on an alien planet for the first time, this is what would be playing on the stereo.

[@cartler]

Crazy that this song is in Fortnite now. I saw this in the item shop and instantly recognized it. What a beautiful song.

[@maxtroy]

Fortnite is what killed the UT franchise :(

[@zf8496]

It's like a huge diss for UT players putting that song in fortnite ​@@maxtroy

[@chapaj3000]

Double Kill! Multi Kill! Ultra Kill! MONSTER KILL!! 🤤

[@invalid_user_handle]

The neat thing about tracker music is that, since you only really need the sample data and the sequence data, a whole album's worth of music can fit into only a few megabytes, as long as they use the same set of samples. Most lossless audio formats, such as CD-quality audio, take up way more space since they store the raw sample data for the whole song in a single chunk. Of course nowadays this size advantage doesn't matter, even MicroSD cards can typically come in 128 gigabyte sizes for less than 50 dollars.

[@Zack_Wester]

true but tracker music and other none MP3. .OGG music track can be edit mid play. Like you can have a track playing that change depending on whats happening. Player goes under 50% HP the drums stops or they change pattern. maybe a secondary instrument changes depending on who is your co pilot. or okey this can be done whit MP3 the speed change when the boss drops bellove 30% or active some ability. maybe the drum beat skips a beat when ever you get hit by something.

[@LILMATI_]

OTHERWORLDLY track !

[@stereosolsticemusic]

So many memories. Classic soundtrack! ❤

[@niravelniflheim1858]

Just binged some videos on the "Amen Break" and had to come here to listen to one of my favourite uses of it. It's just so damn satisfying.

[@fl00d69]

Legendary. Nothing less.

[@baghetz136]

masterpiece

[@AdamFrancisProducer]

Thx so much for these uploads!!

[@Omar1066]

This brings back a lot memories

[@MarchKatze]

thanks 2kliksphilip for bringing me here, he had an equally profound video and this song really fit!

[@Whomobile]

Music as data, beautiful!

[@AKIS_Proto]

Oh, hey there.

[@FMZ101]

This track just gives me chills. When me and my friends would play death match at Spacenoxx we would sometimes just stand still peacefully and stare off into space. This track encapsulates space and the unknown to me.

[@eLLGrey]

Simple, atmospheric and brilliant! ❤

[@KikkerFish]

What an amazing program! I love it ❤

[@MTRX2011]

ut99 goat. the sound quality from these mods were amazing.

[@vladbis]

Эта музыка загадочна атмосферна и прекрасна.

[@fernando3061]

Also this may be the best study music in the world. It's kind of hectic but calm at the same time, it's weird but it works perfectly.

[@o777oo]

my favorite from UT )

[@AlexChirila]

such an endlessly beautiful track

[@formerlymax]

Nice aesthetic, schism tracker

[@bbuggediffy]

It's a remake of Scream Tracker 2

[@jarnsus2038]

@@bbuggediffy I thought it was a remake of Impulse Tracker

[@Noratekki]

@@bbuggediffy scream tracker 2 looks similar to impulse tracker, but schism tracker is inspired after impulse tracker.

[@Newtined]

@@bbuggediffy its a remake of impulse tracker for dos, which was inspired by scream tracker III, not 2.

[@maciejwajda7513]

Unreal Tournament ❤❤❤❤❤

[@boomerang2455]

Masterpiece.

[@FFLarrosa]

Ridge Racer comes into my mind, fantastic.

[@Ruktiet]

YES!!! My thoughts exactly. Better times...

[@PerryButler]

One of the best drum & bass songs ever made. I used ModPlug to play it from the game data...

[@timoloef]

I was listening to an album of Dune (the band) ... and this just could have been on one of those albums... this atmosphere is awesome

[@krystofdoutlik6756]

unbelivable that this track is more than 20 years old and still better than most of "music" out there today...

[@NicholasSeamans]

When was the last time you actually listened to music then? There is tons of amazing music out there.

[@last808]

There's so many great old school game soundtracks that I'd love to hear on modern trackers or modern covers.

[@knotoni]

Yes! I finally found her!

[@mysticnovelbro]

Just four months in behind you...... and i'm itching to buy UT again... u?

[@mr._ejiire]

This song has a lot of D00D00.

[@telemassacre]

if you're wondering, d00 makes the volume on a channel slide down, it's very commonly used, especially on looping instruments

[@babobibabo]

Hihat Open #2 is putting in work!

[@Megistus9]

Amazing piece of music, so iconic. Id like to ask for a bit of help. There was a remix of Foregone destruction on KZbin made by some guy. It had a snowy background with projecting logo in the middle, vibrating in the beat of the tune. Now its gone, the author deleted it or closed his channel, and i cant find it anywhere. Michael Van Der Bos even commented on that video, complimenting the author for making a great remix. Does anyone perhaps have that version, or know where to find it online, or who the author was? Many thanks in advance.

[@DudidumMusic]

necto ulin?

[@Megistus9]

@@DudidumMusic Nah its not him. He is good, but its not him.

[@smindt]

i know wich video you mean, im to still trying to find it. wasnt it a nexus remix or something.

[@smindt]

oh shit I think I found it, kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHUnXeHetuijMk

[@Megistus9]

@@smindt Damn dude, this might be it! Its not the original video, but its definitely Nexus & Tight. Video i was talking about had a equalizer logo in the middle pulsing in the beat like on this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGOcgpR3ibibkNU ... I think this is definitely the rmx i was looking for, thanks man!

[@leebobb8204]

This is awesome ! I'm downloading this for my set , love UT

[@DlbumpusJr]

I came here because I heard that Michiel is also doing the music for Sonic Dream Team. And I’m very excited to see what he has in store for that soundtrack

[@jurajhezel942]

How a legend is born... ❤

[@YourCRTube]

Amazing 90s track. Up there with Mechanical Man and whatnot from C&C95

[@combolynch]

I wish I have that synth in the beginning. It's so beautiful and I want to mix with it in my projects.

[@DJ-TimeShift]

Sounds like a sinewave with either a trianglewave or squarewave on a low level to give it a bit more character. Add a highcut with a filter and put on some reverb. The emphasis is on the sinewave so don't go overboard with the other. Just add it in a little bit.

[@snesmocha]

It’s a sine wave

[@snesmocha]

@@DJ-TimeShiftit has no reverb, it’s purely fake reverb with 2 channels and midi trickery

[@watchingyoufromwork]

Great track👍🏻 Unreal tournament 😌

[@TheoLonghair]

Red leader. You got point

[@mesientogut6701]

This song cause in me uncontrollable drug like euphoria. I very much would like a neurologist to explain. I was too young to recognize the source. I was around but not playing unreal. No other songs cause this

[@Ponera-Sama]

"A hollow shell, possessed by an equally hollow being."

[@Bolek_and_Lolek]

Thru this tracker it sounds better - stereo base is wider, and cleaner sound.

[@sandrin0]

this was used a ton in "all your history" awesome track

[@endsieb]

I have these files and trackers on DVD somewhere. Long live the Gravis Ultrasound.

[@Lol_Pig]

DAWs have come a long way. I remember using Scream Tracker, similar to this one.

[@SerialGames97]

Wow.. no words..

[@nomo4u886]

Lost in space be like

[@drifter402]

So I assume it's played out in a similar format in the UT engine. Meaning that you could convert it to play in Schism Tracker

[@kevinpors2971]

If I recall correctly, the files are stored as .it files (Impulse Tracker). I remember also playing it on the Impulse Tracker back then. Good times.

[@Senzorei]

@@kevinpors2971 *.umx, which to my understanding is really only a wrapper for the original Impulse/Scream modules

[@Lothros]

MEDIC ! (best song ever)

[@faxinadu]

Amazing!

[@fernando3061]

This is awesome.

[@HotspotsSoutheast]

I made at least a hundred UT99 maps back in the day. We played the crap out of them on our server. Good times.

[@Ulrna]

takes me back

[@adrianhendy]

Classic toon! HEADSHOT!

[@HarmonicVector]

Why are people calling jungle? It's 2 castles in orbit over a planet? The nearest jungle is many kilometers down!

[@WorldLaughsWithYou]

Jungle is a subgenre of drum and bass music. This is a jungle track. Look up Just Jungle - Sky for another example.

[@shiromi1]

@@WorldLaughsWithYou lol

[@andypanz]

joke for enlightened

[@bbuggediffy]

Great question

[@vodkaboy]

you forgot how massive jungle really is

[@digitalbeat666]

cool tune

[@royhsieh4307]

more epic than epic games itself

[@EBSC85]

epic track

[@abmDLC]

Yes ctf facing worlds,, nostalgia,, high speed server,,

[@FIV5FING5Rs]

"I'm on your team IDIOT!" "AUUUUGGGHHHH"

[@polhikkii]

When the Goldsmith Medium Violin! drops

[@Drsuds]

so awesome

[@benirw1n]

1999 tracker liquid drum and bass

[@vladislavluybimov5177]

Музыка моего детства , как и игра в которой я её слышал. Спасибо!

[@phuturemusic]

Weird listening to this after Franz Schubert

[@DockerDon]

Good old days......

[@digimaks]

YAWHEEEEEEEE! Take their flag! Legendary track! And on the legendary map- Facing Worlds where years of some awesome mltiplayer mayhem had been happening.

[@FacingWorlds84]

awesome

[@Maschinestorm]

This is what us old farts would listen to before mp3. Midi and s3m/xm/mod.

[@Senzorei]

New farts too apparently. I discovered tracker music and the demoscene sometime around 2013 or so (I'd heard Unreal tracks before but didn't know about tracker modules back then), largely forgot about it, then got into listening to some tracks around 2018 or 2019 when I saw an opportunity to cover it in a small project in music class. It's rather fascinating to me, it achieves really good file sizes for the quality you can get out of them, and tracker software paved the way for modern DAWs. I'm simultaneously a little sad that it's relegated to the past and niche communities nowadays and nobody really knows about such a wonderful thing, but at the same time, it has sort of remained as a timeless relic, largely untainted by the path that the music industry took.

[@deweyismyneighbor5917]

@@Senzorei I'm also more in that camp of tracker modules being something that I've experimented with more as I've gotten older. But little did I know that the tracker sound has always been familiar to me via the games I played. Besides Unreal I remember games like Fury3 having a .mod based soundtrack or the older Pop Cap games having Skaven modules. Speaking of DAWs, Renoise is pretty fun to mess around with if you ever felt like having a Tracker sequencing format with all the luxury of a modern DAW.

[@Senzorei]

@@deweyismyneighbor5917 Besides Unreal, I know off the top of my head that Star Control II had a module soundtrack (the Yehat theme is probably my favorite, but a lot of them are great). I've never tried and probably won't do any music production, but thanks for the recommendation!

[@deweyismyneighbor5917]

@@Senzorei No problem. My music sucks ass but it's fun to compose if you ever felt like taking it up as a hobby.

[@ciprh1]

2:17 LET'S GOOOO

[@drZarqawi]

M-M-M-MONSTER KILL from atop one of the fortresses with a sniper in a 6v6 solo with bots on very easy. lol.