Cyberdreams MIDI Pack - A community-made soundtrack for Cyberdreams

[Phoenyx]

 

 

Download or Listen to the Pack Here:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/KIbaW4GmJn0

idgames: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/music/cybermidi

Bandcamp: https://phoenyx.bandcamp.com/album/cyberdreams-midi-pack
Direct Download: cybermidi.zip

MP3s: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1inq_Z96IDmK_8NomjdbRX5j0pM0f3FiO/view?usp=drive_link

To know Cyberdreams is to love Cyberdreams. Developed and released back in 1998 by Albert 'Vrooomer' Valls and Gonzalo Perez de la Ossa, Cyberdreams is a fun and whimsical mapset full of puzzles and challenges primarily focused around our favourite rocket-shooting beastily bovine: the Cyberdemons.

There is one thing that Cyberdreams has always lacked though, and that is an actual soundtrack. The WAD only uses the stock Doom II soundtrack and order and I thought it would be nice to gather fellow Cyberdreamers together and craft our own beautiful, whimsical soundtrack for this beautiful, whimsical mapset! In early June, I started up the Cyberdreams MIDI Pack project and over the past two months, myself and 21 other musicians, both experienced and brand new, have created some new MIDIs to accompany new or returning Cyberdreamers on their journey through this amazing mapset. We truly hope you enjoy everything that we have created here!

Tracklist:

 

TITLE: Eye of the Storm (Abridged) by @baja blast rd.
MAP01: Cyberthemes by @wasdbee
INTER: Operation Cyber Cheeks Slap Complete by @Emperor S P O O N

MAP02: A underscore Hoof by @Korp
MAP03: Take It to the Bridge by WASDBee
MAP04: Bedside Cabinet by @besus
MAP05: EUROBEAT HITS by wallh4x ( @Bank )
MAP06: Cosmic Envelope by Korp and @Napsalm
TEXT: Just a Little Silly by Emperor S P O O N

MAP07: Trial by Fire by @Bloo
MAP08: Ecstatic Finish by Napsalm
MAP09: Hella Juice by wallh4x
MAP10: Unholy Trinity by @Peter
MAP11: Sequential Movements by @Meowgi

MAP12: Compression by @Dragonfly
MAP13: Stirring from the Cyberdream by @DuckReconMajor
MAP14: This is Basically Still Suffering by Phoenyx
MAP15: Grin by @Ravendesk

MAP31: Welcome Back, Cyberdreamer by WASDBee
MAP32: Cryosleep by @Arsinikk

MAP16: The Herding of the Cows by Dragonfly
MAP17: Vine Did It Better by decino
MAP18: Repeating Recursions by @Astar
MAP19: Panning Au Delayolat by Napsalm
MAP20: The Squishy Cyber Cheeks by Korp

MAP21: Nightmares of Bloody Brutalist Brown by @fumingbow639067
MAP22: Updog Funk by Bloo and @Xulgonoth
MAP23: Myoclonus by Phoenyx
MAP24: Shooting Rocket by Korp
MAP25: Turbulence Makes Me Feel Alive by @Cammy
MAP26: Murder Machine by Arsinikk
MAP27: La chevre unijambiste sur le toit by @Peccatum Mihzamiz
MAP28: The Stars' Studying Gaze Ever Eastward by @Hebonky
MAP29: Clouds in Reverse by @Ribbiks
MAP30: Eye of the Storm by rd

Additional Credits:

Thank you to Meowgi and Peccatum Mihzamiz for reaching out to people that I was frankly too shy and socially anxious to contact. I'm gonna aim to be better about that next time I lead a project like this!

Thank you to Peccatum Mihzamiz again for the graphic at the top of this post! I love it and I hope others get a good chuckle out of it.

And finally, thank you to Arsinikk for the extended CWILV graphics showing both the map name and the music credits on the intermission screen. It's something that I didn't even think to do so again, thank you for doing that! ^-^

There are also some notes and comments by some of the contributors in the text file. There may be more added when the pack goes to idgames!

Thank you, Cyberdreamers! Enjoy the music <3

Edited September 23 by Phoenyx : Bandcamp link

[besus]

pog

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

In dark times I dream of Cybers. I dream of them and they dream of me. Now I hear these MIDIs whenever I close my eyes. And they hear me. Scream.

[Astar]

It was an honor for me to take part in this project!

[Emperor S P O O N]

ebic

[roadworx]

ayyy, congrats on the release!!! :D

[stephyesterday]

Easily one of the most deserving wads for a midipack, and this one turned out fantastic. Incredibly creative and fun tracks from everyone involved!

[Gothic]

Looks like there's a good reason to replay Cyberdreams

Edited August 5 by Gothic

[DuckReconMajor]

My favorite wad getting a midi pack was not on my bingo card this year. Me participating in said project definitely was not.

Many thanks to everyone who helped me out, and congratulations again on a well run project for a very deserving wad🥳

[Pancrasio]

YES!!!! ABOUT TIME!! I've always thought of kick-starting this one day but I don't know anything about composing midis (nor any kind of music) and I'm not really interested in doing so; much more of a dream (lol) than a reality. So I'm greatful it got to happen. I love to see the cyberdreaming grow... Maybe we should make Cyberdreams 2, who knows. Contact me if that ever happens.

 

For now, I'll be replaying this beautiful wad, now in its truest form...

Edited August 5 by Pancrasio

[Yagacaw]

what a great Midi collection, thanks for sharing! 

 

I love the track 'Turbulence Makes Me Feel Alive' @Cammy could i please use this track for an upcoming submission to the Knee Deep in the Dictionary community project? thank you!

[Downcologo one]

AGUANTE CYBERDREAMS LOCOOOOOOOOOO

[Andrea Rovenski]

very cool!

[Bald Cyberdemon]

That first intro midi by rd was exactly the kind of music I was expecting from Cyberdreams when I first heard about it

Thanks y'all for making my cyberdreams into a cybereality

[Gregor]

These MIDIs are magnificent and a true gift to the community. Beautiful...

[Plerb]

Haven't listened to any of the midis yet but it's great to know this now exists! Cyberdreams was one of the first Doom PWADs I downloaded. I still haven't finished it though! I think I was on MAP24 or something last time I played it. I'll definitely load this up when I start playing it again.

I was hoping that I would be able to contribute to the inevitable Cyberdreams midi pack, but oh well. Next time someone starts a private community midi pack like this, please reach out to me :P

 

Edit: Glad to see some midis using the underutilized extra GS instrument banks!

Edited August 5 by Plerb

[Phoenyx]

43 minutes ago, Plerb said:

I was hoping that I would be able to contribute to the inevitable Cyberdreams midi pack, but oh well. Next time someone starts a private community midi pack like this, please reach out to me :P

I do wish I could have invited more people to join in on this. Slots filled up surprisingly quickly though and it being my first time leading something like this, at least on this scale, I was very anxious about reaching out to people and really only asked closer friends in the community whilst Pecca and Meowgi reached out to other people I was too afraid to ask. That being said, I do wish I would have known you were interested in doing this (obviously not your fault, more on me for not looking around enough) and I would have definitely reached out to you. 

I do hope to do another one of these, or at least something within the realm of a community MIDI pack again. Just don't know when and what I'd be doing it for. But if and when that happens, I'll shoot you a message ^-^

[Plerb]

25 minutes ago, Phoenyx said:

I do wish I could have invited more people to join in on this. Slots filled up surprisingly quickly though and it being my first time leading something like this, at least on this scale, I was very anxious about reaching out to people and really only asked closer friends in the community whilst Pecca and Meowgi reached out to other people I was too afraid to ask. That being said, I do wish I would have known you were interested in doing this (obviously not your fault, more on me for not looking around enough) and I would have definitely reached out to you. 

It's all good, I don't think I ever publicly mentioned that I was interested in joining a theoretical cyberdreams midi pack anyways. And I have horrendous social anxiety myself so I can relate. I look forward to whatever the next midi pack project is!

[Bloo]

Glad I got to be a part of this. I hadn't heard of cyberdreams before this (plz don't burn me at the stake), but it was fun play through once I had. Thanks for hosting this!

[Phoenyx]

2 hours ago, Bloo said:

I hadn't heard of cyberdreams before this (plz don't burn me at the stake)

Update: We are removing Map 07's MIDI. Shawn's Got the Shotgun is just too good and sometimes people need to be taught a lesson >:) (jk)

 

It's all good! Was very happy and honoured to have you on board, especially as a fan of your work from previous community MIDI packs. ^-^

[Phoenyx]

Some quick fixes:

- Fixed CWILV09 text (wrong formatting for MegaSphere's name, was "Megasphere" but has now been corrected to be MegaSphere)
- Raised the volume of Astar's MIDI for Map 18 as it was significantly quieter than decino's and Naps' MIDIs in adjacent maps
- Raised the volume of Fumingbow639067's MIDI for Map 21 so that it doesn't get too drowned out by the crushers. 

The pack has now been uploaded to idgames and I will update the link once it is on the archive. :D

[Bloo]

On 8/7/2024 at 8:56 AM, Phoenyx said:

Update: We are removing Map 07's MIDI. Shawn's Got the Shotgun is just too good and sometimes people need to be taught a lesson >:) (jk)

 

It's all good! Was very happy and honoured to have you on board, especially as a fan of your work from previous community MIDI packs. ^-^

Still surprises and honors me when I hear someone is my fan. Glad I'm not the only one who's a fan of my stuff :3

[Cammy]

On 8/5/2024 at 11:22 AM, Yagacaw said:

I love the track 'Turbulence Makes Me Feel Alive' @Cammy could i please use this track for an upcoming submission to the Knee Deep in the Dictionary community project? thank you!

 

Sorry, I've been away all month - go right ahead! My music is always free for the community to use. :)

Congrats to Phoenyx and the rest of the team on getting this excellent pack completed in what must be close to record time!

[Phoenyx]

6 minutes ago, Cammy said:

Congrats to Phoenyx and the rest of the team on getting this excellent pack completed in what must be close to record time!

 

Thanks again for joining Cammy! Excellent work on your MIDI! ^-^

 

Yeah, I'm really proud of the smooth and fast development time for this pack. Started on the 5th June and released on the 5th August so exactly two months. If that's record time then honestly, I'd be really happy about that haha! :D

[Phoenyx]

The MIDI Pack is now on idgames! Apologies for the delay on getting it uploaded ^-^
https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/music/cybermidi

[Superjustinbros]

This is a really nice set of MIDI's, fits the dreamy nature of the maps and helped give me an all-new appreciation to the Cyberdemons.

[khmoquin]

What a rad project! 
Are there audio recordings of the pack? 

Does anyone know of any other ongoing projects like this?

[Phoenyx]

11 hours ago, khmoquin said:

What a rad project! 
Are there audio recordings of the pack? 

Does anyone know of any other ongoing projects like this?

Thank you!! ^-^

You actually reminded me that I forgot to include MP3 files of the MIDIs so here they are for people to download and listen to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1inq_Z96IDmK_8NomjdbRX5j0pM0f3FiO/view?usp=drive_link (hopefully this link works LOL)

I'm not sure if there's any other MIDI pack projects going on at the moment unfortunately but I imagine it won't be too long before a new one starts :D

[Egregor]

Fuck yes! Thanks y'all!

[AdministrationCenter21]

These tracks are downright heavenly, thank you.