StarCraft Beta Title Theme

This is the original title theme from the StarCraft Beta, it was replaced and did not get released with the game. Some parts of it sounds very similar to Protoss 1.
Derek Duke and Glenn Stafford composed the tracks in the menus and the in-game music, while Jason Hayes composed the music used in the cinematic cut scenes. Tracy W. Bush supported with the composing.

[@StarInbound]

ORCS IN SPACE!!! ...in 3D Rated R

[@정모구-j2r]

Artanis : *This is not 3D in space!!*

[@ersatzvitamin1]

...Bonecraft?

[@Shangalization]

This is probably before people told them it looks like "warcraft in space".

[@ximbabwe0228]

Wow the first track sounds exactly like the wc2 theme, flute trills and everything

[@raiden72]

@@ximbabwe0228 there were so many instruments that crossed over from WC2 to SC:BW and I absolutely love listening to old OST and hearing things crossover. I miss StarCraft lore, it was so beautifully mysterious.

[@punchfact7377]

They told Orc in space, Not Warcraft in space

[@NarFlux]

Have you seen the StarCraft Alpha phase development images? It is WarCraft II in space, no lying.

[@WA-xx5ie]

This is not warcraft in space!

[@carrierscourgepylonlord4381]

1:49 most mesmerising piece

[@ThatVulcan]

4:08 This part is literally the reason I actually come back to this every now and then

[@TheHAMMER91]

So much of this influenced the music that ended up in the game too. So cool! Even little hints at the title theme that was to come

[@horiahunter]

sounds like something that would fit in warhammer 40k

[@thegoodwin]

"For the Emperor!"

[@Cptcat.]

This has part of "Protoss One" which was cut off. Protoss One has unnatural outro.

[@TheTrooperMB]

yea some songs cuts off brutally , u're correct

[@k-leb4671]

You can actually hear some of this cut-off part in the official StarCraft soundtrack album, but it's still cut too short.

[@AngrySnarks]

Heh, it would have been awesome if all the old sound track was kept as an optional soundtrack for play. Parts of it is distinctively starcraft though.

[@ManCubuSSC]

Holy bonkers, how in the world I never heard this before??! It definitely sounds like WarCraft II. Definitely archiving this. I just wanted to ask if there's higher resolution version?

[@LetoAtreides82]

Not that I know of, sorry. I tried to contact one of the composers of StarCraft and he never responded.

[@Davidsmorrill]

Think there's an AI program that can tune this up?

[@LetoAtreides82]

The version I have is 128kbps, 44.1kHz. I don't know if youtube downsamples the mp3s but to me it sounds the same.

[@FEVfallout]

it recompresses, so you best be uping with wav's in the video

[@FEVfallout]

also you must have like at least hd video for best quality

[@FEVfallout]

lol 8 years late reply :P

[@ayaysir]

Could you please re-upload the high-quality sound source to KZbin? Audio quality will not be lost these days.I'm sorry, but please ask.

[@FeniXMinerva]

2:11 Hearing that part pumps me up! 🤘

[@ximbabwe0228]

I think it's one of the protoss themes from the full release!

[@jskim6335]

Protoss theme 3

[@25ciskey25]

they really were going for WC in space at one point

[@WhyOhX2]

This is WarCraft in Space. 🤣🤣🤣

[@FirstnameLastname-sw1ry]

Is this real, or some AI generator mix of both WC and SC? Is there a way to authenticate that this is truly the BETA music?

[@timtzs]

AI generator mix? This is 14 year old video, what do you mean? Besides, there were Beta gameplay videos and trailers that had this music in them.

[@jackymok4848]

I actually cannot believe what I'm reading here. I'm willing to bet that they believed all moon landings were rendered in 3DCG in the 90s. Like satref said, it's a 14 year old video, how could one even believe it's AI generated?

[@Zatra]

XD

[@diamondmetal3062]

There’s obviously a lot of inspiration from Warcraft 1 and 2’s soundtrack, but you can also hear where StarCraft’s style came from.

[@Sin526]

You can hear how they kinda sorted it all out from this to the finished product, besides track one which is definitely ORCS IN SPACE!

[@iiiiiifggffggffgfgfg]

Sounds a LOT like music from Warcraft 2.

[@RokkanJC]

THIS IS NOT WARCRAFT IN SPACE

[@skynexus-7186]

My life for Horde!!

[@999dunkins]

Order schedule?

[@kaanaltntas3966]

Horde? You mean DA SWARM!?

[@kf05070017]

ETC: For the Hord... I mean Swarm!

[@raiden72]

This artwork looks straight out of the digital blasphemy wallpapers that I loved to download

[@cssplayer91]

LOL, im so glad blizzard considered changing Starcraft in many different ways many different times til the final version. xD. This song only sounds tossish at 0:50 . I never played warcraft 2 so I dont know how similiar they both were but looking at all the comments, seems like it was taking straight from warcraft 2.

[@irkiIIer]

same guys who made warcraft 2 made this bro, calm down

[@k-leb4671]

2:10 Goosebumps every time.

[@세라프]

this music is protoss theme

[@Cyberdemon1542]

Is there more beta music? I'm kinda obsessed with this particular kind of "Warcraft" old blizzard sound and I want more.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

They kept this feel for Arcturus' speech, that's about it.

[@guapisimopro4780]

Warcraft in Space?

[@jaimeurielfonsecamexia396]

The game is based warcraft

[@maxictmr4]

Wow!!!, 9 years old in youtube...

[@y2kblackout]

This IS Warcraft in Space!

[@ArvexYT]

Pretty sure this was actually meant to be the in-game music for the Protoss, not the title (at least that's what the first site I heard it at said it was). I'm just trying to figure out where people are getting this song...

[@999dunkins]

Sounds so epic

[@leoj4023]

somehow i am addicted to this lol

[@LabcxyzR]

this is not beta version main theme, this is protoss beta version theme.

[@PQzeNoobMaster]

There is a video of gameplay on KZbin where you can heard a part of this music

[@ThatVulcan]

Hey, would you mind digging up the video again? I'd love to see it

[@entertain1048]

It was combined music of both Warcraft and Protoss into single entity of Glenn Stafford. StarCraft never used this music when this game released and is once heard only on early builds of this game. Note: Entertain used it from January 1997 until January 2011 albeit with TrueVisions standards.

[@Ramiobomb]

So most of the theme basically became Protoss soundtrack?

[@fisk0]

Didn't the part around 1:30 end up getting used in a Terran song? The stuff after 0:50 and around 2:00 definitely got Protoss vibes though. Around 3:00 there's a crescendo that sounds like the one used in the final main menu music (before that version loops).

[@coolguy02536]

Nah as you said 0:50-3:00 ended up being one of the Protoss themes. Everything else sounds original.

[@juxyper]

1:30 is in the protoss theme

[@ximbabwe0228]

Oo wee oo wee Ee woo ee woo

[@elevate32767]

thank GOD this didn't get green-lighted. this is fuckin WARCRAFT music.

[@Olagfigh]

Perfect theme for a game "Warcraft 2 vs Starcraft 1". A game that will never happen

[@АндрейМилошевич]

1:50 - 3:00 very dramatic wow, I like this bum burum bum 💔

[@ZethHolyblade]

It had a very Warcraft 1-2 ish tune to it.

[@Rhee.]

interesting

[@darkswarm13]

perfection

[@Ghost_Sulfur]

I imagine, how these theme would sound in SC 2.

[@Smola666]

This sounds like Warcraft 2 theme. Thank God I didn't make it to the game.

[@shahshakuras700]

Grunt: Zog Zog. *Starts to hit Kerrigan with his axe*

[@Protosszergling]

Can you post a download link please?

[@diegoaespitia]

too Warcraft soundy. glad they didnt go with this

[@FirstLast-pl3qe]

Where did you find this?

[@Darkside007]

Pretty sure this was released in Warcraft 2 :P

[@thepunisher8926]

Cari ..AnGGOta baru

[@henrikasmasian8226]

At 2:18 protos song is started

[@RSC2194]

goosebumps

[@Doll-oe3io]

뚜방뚜방

[@김창환-s9h]

싸발적이고

[@tvastar]

And thank god somebody said in the Blizzard HQ: Are you fucking kiddin me?! Go back to work!

[@MrLTiger]

this is warcraft music

[@anotherrandommexican4715]

hahaha, is this fake?, that is from warcraft 2 combined with protoss

[@LetoAtreides82]

Miguel Angel Hernandez No it was in the beta. There's also some Terran themes in it.

[@Plannits]

@@LetoAtreides82 I'm curious about Terran's OST, too

[@WankerTheWetFingers]

It sounds like standard Warcraft 2 soundtrack.

[@LetoAtreides82]

It definitely has WC2 vibes but I couldn't find any matching audio sections in the WC2 soundtrack.