Unreal Tournament - Skyward Fire [Unused song]

[@michaellecarre9770]

Like an even more Skyward Fire version of Skyward Fire

[@roberthunter6122]

What I would do, just to sit on the grass of Na Pali, and watch the stars and the 2 planets. Without any enemies, just the Nali...

[@Gianluca0000]

There is a mod called tourism that removes and kills the enemys of the game

[@eonmark847]

my man

[@disfuncionexe]

this is why I am glad i live in southwest Montana I can just go outside at night. their aren't two planets in the sky but its real. city's seem like a living hell to me, suburbs seem worse

[@oliverdaisey7319]

@@disfuncionexe I would love to visit Southwest Montana. :D

[@disfuncionexe]

@@oliverdaisey7319 yeah the western half of Montana is cool, the eastern half is boring plains.

[@zmdeadelius]

I've been listening to the in-game track for about 15 years and just now do I discover this one. What a treat, can't tell you enough!!

[@helios6992]

Same ! I really love the OST of the Unreal Series. This version of Skyward Fire is a gem

[@zmdeadelius]

@@helios6992 Awesome! It is, indeed.

[@xXkcidd91Xx]

lmao I feeel the same way I love skyward fire it's actually my favorite song period

[@MaxSpec]

@@helios6992 Where'd you get it? Do you still have the file I wonder?

[@helios6992]

@@MaxSpec I reaaally don't remember, I'm sorry. I found it in my files some times ago ... I should ask to Michiel Van Den Bos where it come from but I'm pretty sure it's just a beta version of the track

[@ZeaLitY]

Such such such an incredible remix. Takes one out of their body into the void. This aesthetic of UT99 endures to present day.

[@helios6992]

I don't know if it's a remix, I would say more like an unmastered/non-finished version

[@Malakaiii.u]

OMG THIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL i just love the fast track instruments, something in the unreal games soundtrack have something i cant find in any other game

[@tigerzero5216]

I like this. The "UT99" Skyward Fire music is a favorite. Helios? What was the date of the file's creation? Not likely to get an answer since Helios has not posted since 3 years ago. To the readers. I've never heard this version until now. I compared it to the so called "original" Skyward and my memory of when I played UT99. At the start I noticed right away this version has more notes in the cords. More bass. It's more full in the note spectrum. Then at time 2:50 I start to hear these beep boop notes. ... That's new to me. Everything else sounds familiar. I think what I'm hearing was created after the UT99 game release. It's too good to not have been in the game.

[@helios6992]

I downloaded it back in 2016 but it was from a very old KZbin channel I had (and deleted), this remix is older than that. I sent a mail in 2021 to Rom Di Prisco since there's some similar elements to his remix (those beep boop notes) but he told me it was probably a fan remix. It's not one of his earlier version or anything else.

[@UnyieldingVigor]

awesome! man I love it. First ive heard this one. kind of similar to skyward fire track but different. Man its great. Drawing a lot of inspiration from these type of tracks and they are a major influence for a game im designing. So deep.

[@FacingWorlds84]

Thank you so much for this beauty. UT99 was my childhood and my religion. A game in perfection

[@synthschematics82]

So Rom Di Prisco took this version as a motive when remixing Skyward Fire in UT3... Interesting

[@helios6992]

No this version was created after Rom Di Prisco's remix. I asked him and he told me that he doesn't recognise this version and it was probably a fan remix

[@Agent1W]

I prefer this version more because of the ambient chanting.

[@helios6992]

Can't say if I prefer it from the original one or not because I love both, but yeah, this version is more atmospheric and really really cool

[@Shakeno]

@@helios6992 Is it a module? If so, where did you get it from? I'd really love to hear it directly from the original file I still prefer the original one more but... damn, that chord in the choir feels heavenly

[@winni2701]

Dayum, blowing my mind that this song was already there, before UT2003 and UT2004, 3 games before UT3!!!!

[@tigerzero5216]

Obviously before UT2003. It's a song from UT99. UT99 was the most fun to play of all UT.

[@winni2701]

@@tigerzero5216 Yea that's what I'm saying

[@PorcusSoundtrackCorner]

This is fascinating. I have restored the whole soundtrack including Skyward Fire and I am pretty sure I didn't hear this version or patterns of it in any of the files both release and beta. I believe that this is a unofficial remix since many of the samples are nowhere utilized by Michiel Van Den Bos and he tends to use his own specific sample pack for these old tracker compositions. It would be great if you could send me the UMX or tracker file if you still have it. I might be able to find out more with the help of it and I also have contact to Michiel van den Bos. I might even add this in higher quality to my soundtrack release, which you can btw find here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fITXeZtmgZWBjK8

[@helios6992]

Hey ! I am the guy who sent you the mail about this Skyward Fire version :) I only have a mp3 file unfortunately but I'll send it to you ! The only thing I remember is that a very old friend named 1Xtreme used it for a mix he did for his UT3 CTF map "Maelstrom" (which is a beautiful map). He mixed the UT3 Skyward Fire version with this one to make one track. I really don't know if it is a remix or not, I never found it on internet and it sounds like a beta version because there's some sound that has been used in the UT3 version www.mapraider.com/maps/unreal-tournament-3/capture-the-flag/5064/CTF-Maelstrom

[@PorcusSoundtrackCorner]

@@helios6992 Hm. If it uses some UT3 sounds, it might be a UT3 remix or very early version from Rom Di Prisco but I tend towards a fan made remix combining the old and new sound of the tracks. Thanks for the MP3, I could definitely find out more with the original tracker file, if it was even made with tracker software. Might be more modern software composition alltogether. I think I remember that Maelstrom map from some older UT3 sessions. Wow, what a blast from the past. Really cool map indeed.

[@helios6992]

@@PorcusSoundtrackCorner Yeah possible, I didn't thought that way ... I should try asking him :) but I think you're right, it's more a remix than an unreleased/beta track now I know but it's all I have unfortunately .. I took a look at the unused patterns of Skyward Fire too a while back but nothing but I let you search, you know more stuff than me ahah UT3 was pretty good, I have so many good memories on this game :)

[@ZeaLitY]

@@helios6992 Late to the thread but can you send the MP3 to me too? I am completely addicted to this song. Ill include it in my Unreal Tournament torrent archive (I'll make a new release soon now that Mothership Loudspeakerz finished his Unreal songs, although I still want to wait for Necto Ulin's album to drop too). My e-mail is just my username here, Zeality, at gmail. Thanks again for uploading; I can't get over this music....

[@eonmark847]

🖤

[@agentorange2618]

Where can I find a better quality version of this?

[@helios6992]

I absolutely don't know, I found this music in my files some years ago and still don't know where it comes from, looks like it was from the beta version of UT99 or something like this

[@winni2701]

@@helios6992 Nice finding!

[@Shodan-0101]

[@ATP2555ify]

This song wasn't unused.

[@D2Kprime]

I haven't heard this "particular" version of it before.

[@helios6992]

Where was this song used ?

[@joelurdiales9264]

Sounds like CTF-LavaGiant

[@1vite]

It sounds like a "beta" version of the original Skyward Fire, seems like, as it isn't polished much.

[@roberthunter6122]

It's different. I just listened to the original and then this. This one sounds, deeper in tone then the original. Very neat