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There's a brief discussion of OWI's use of stock audio in this thread I created a few years back, after hearing a SFX from Oddysee in Garageband, about halfway down the first page the discussion becomes relevant to this;
http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?t=21143
The answer may be lost to time, though. Here's a quote from Wil (an OWI employee) on the origins of the Scrab and Paramite SFX's from that thread. |
Very interesting to know. It does seem like the stock audio is the most likely explanation, especially as the two pieces of work were released within a year of each other.
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Check out the Season 5 X-Files episode "Kill Switch", which also first broadcast in 1998. It features the same music, mostly just before and just after the title sequence.
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Interesting, though on my first listen of this episode, I'm not sure I can hear it... I'll have another listen to see if I missed it. Cheers!
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I always thought that Lorne was talking about this music in the last paragraph here. Which begs the question: did Josh Gabriel actually compose it, in which case it could all just be a coincidence? Or was it sourced from somewhere and chosen because it sounded iconic?
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Very interesting read, I didn't know this kind of information existed. However, I think Lorne my be reffering to the "Oddworld Theme" as in the theme for the opening cutscene, or something like that? So I'm not sure Josh Gabriel composed the audio I mentioned. This is backed up by the following from Nepsotic:
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It was sourced, I've heard it before. Not to mention most of the Oddworld music uses stock loops and samples.
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Speaking of this Neposotic, do you happen to have any information of the likely place it would have originated from. At the end of the day, SOMEBODY composed/designed the short music clip, and even if it is stock audio, I'd love to find out the origin of it, and who originally designed it (I know this is a massive shot in the dark and that kind of information may not be available).
And that goes for anyone? Does anyone know a way in which these kind of stock audio clips from the 90's can be researched, and perhaps the origin of them be found? I imagine a license-free audio company existed in the 90's which must have been somewhat popular as two, very different companies creating very different pieces of media from two very different countries both used the same clip. (And if it is also in the X-files, then it must be somewhat well known).
Cheers for all of your help with my unhealthy obsession!