I am looking for some free classical music to use as background music to some cutscenes for FSCZ. It doesn't really matter what artist, as long as the guy is dead for at least 70 years and the recordings have been made without copywriting something. It really, really needs to be public domain. If that wasn't an issue, I'd raid my parents' CD collection, but that isn't going to work because the recordings are all copyrighted. I can't play an instrument to record anything myself, so tabs or worthless.

any ideas?

If you just find an artist and ask him nicely, he will let you use it , since no profit is made from your project.

You think somebody is going to care if you stuck 'Zadok the Priest' by Handel (a personal favourite of mine) as background music in a cutscene in a non profit mod? I'm sure if you just emailed the relevent people they'd give you permission. But then again I don't know toffee about copywrite issues so I'll shuttup

Actually, Classical music isn't public domain, as such. It's a common misconception though. The music itself from the great composers is, but the actual playing of it is copyrighted to the orchestra that recorded it. Still, I think shinobi's pretty much right - very few people will really care, or even know about it - I mean, how many classical, orchestral musicians do you think play FS2?

ok, point taken.

/me goes of to dig in parents' cd collection.

hey - try looking for something with a battle theme or a funeral theme. it should fit in well

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Edited By Hippo on April 12 2004 at 14:54

I agree here, as long as you are not making a profit from the music it shouldn't be a problem. I've heard a lot more 'modern' music used in demo movies/cutscenes before (the favourites seem to be Lord of the Rings & Master & Commander).

What length of time does the music have to be, because flashkit has some good music in the sound fx/loop sections

ugh.

migraines really, really get you behind on work.

anyway, i'll try that link, and i think i'll grab some classical music from downstairs to listen to instead of Bob Dylan.