PS3 Flower Music - Direct Rip

[MuniHOuseN]

Hey guys.
I don't know if any of you have played the 'Flower' game available to download on the ps3 'shop', but it's a fantastic game with an amazing sense of flight and freedom....anyways..
I %$@#ing want that music, ya know. I thought that since it's release wasn't like a normal game that there probably wont be a OST in the normal sense released for it...but then again..I did download a copy of World of Goo OST..and that was a Wiiware only release..so..who knows I guess.
But I'm thinking of doing a direct audio rip from the game..hopefully through my mates ps3 & optical to me lappy.
If it goes all well, I might release it here..only because..its nowhere else...so it wont be a 'standard' release.
It's chilled out music.
Off-topic, If you haven't all downloaded OCR Remix 0001-1001 & 1001-1900, get ur arse into gear..awesome music there...
Metal Gear Solid 2 Metal Gear May Cry (Remastered)....niceee
laterz.
MuniHOuseN
....
..anyone downloaded any nice piano recently?

[MuniHOuseN]

Hey guys, in case anyone is interested in this game and its music, I will be releasing a SP/DIF OPTICAL 16/24bit 44Khz direct audio rip very soon.
After all recordings are completed, I will convert to MP3, hopefully with as little quality degradation as possible.
It's music, well, its really relaxed, tends to repeat abit but some of the sound effects of the rain and thunder in the background are awesome.
During the course of the recording, I've noticed some awesome things about the music in this game...it is totally queued by the user and is, IMO, directly related to the number of petals you have.
I have taken the majority of the recordings from the 'pause' screen...in game, when you put the controller down for, say, 30 thirty seconds it goes into a pause mode and slowly scrolls through locations in the current stage. Unfortunately, some of the locations have their own sound effects and can be annoying..but hey, they only last for 5 or so seconds.
No one has this...The OST is 'in talks' about being released...but after my experience with the music, I have to wonder how they would release it.
Aight, laterz,
Hava good1 guys 'n' gals.
cya.

[Hangman]

Awesome, can't wait to see it released and get it. Thanks, MuniHOuseN!

[MuniHOuseN]

OK guys, music is ripped

I post this to ask the following question

"Should I tag this so it is submitted to last.fm?"

I can find the name of the guy who composed this on the net.
But, since it technically isn't a real version I was wondering if I should
tag this at all.

If I was to tag it, I reckon it'd have to be;
Album Name: PS3 Flower Optical Audio Rip
Composer: PS3 Flower

(Something generic ya'know)

Song / File names use the following structure;
Stage 0# - Segment_##

Suggestions and comments appreciated.
cheers

<3 the manual resize option for this textarea btw

[HDDC]

Hi MuniHouseN
Do you have posted the Flower Album?
thanks

[HDDC]

Hi MuniHouseN
the music composer for flower is vincent diamente.
I hope that the album will soon be in downloading.
thank you has you

[MuniHOuseN]

Aight mate, well I guess Ill be releasing it soon.

Be advised that this isnt studio quality.
but hey, its not bad mate.

hava good1

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It wont be tagged either.
I provide a 'suggested' 'album name'

Also the stage names have been changed after I found them out on youtube..snap.
Stage## StageName - Segment##
is the new structure.

[MuniHOuseN]

28/11/2009
PS3 Flower SP/DIF Optical Audio Rip @ 24bit 44.1Khz 2116Kbps Stereo
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Ripper
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MuniHOuseN from vgmtorrents.net & game-0st.net

Rip Notes
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Equipment
Ancient Techra 8000 Laptop with, egad, a normal size cardbus slot
Creative Audigy Zs Series PCMCIA sound card
PS3
TOSLINK Optical Cable
Recording Application
Creative Smart Recorder
Stream Info
24bit, 44.1Khz Stereo @ 2116Kbps, Uncompressed Wave
Editing Application
Goldwave

Encoding Notes
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Encoded @ 192 CBR MP3 using LAME BATCH / LAME
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Game Notes
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For those who haven’t played this PS3 game...Why not! : ) Flower is a game where you control them otion of a single or huge swarm of flower petals. You move the controller to guide the swarm and use any other button to act as the ‘wind’ to move about in the game environment.
Each stage has its own objectives that involve certain flowers. The main trust of the game, in my opinion, is the destruction of nature by us humans in the way we comport ourselves on this planet. This is nature taking back we ‘she’ has lost...ironically, the human is controlling..cyclical much..anyways..
The story begins in the fields, surrounded by nature working in harmony. As the stages progress we get closer and closer to human civilization and activity, which is reflected in the physical environment (ie: structure) and the sky and weather. The latter’s keep getting darker and gloomier as we move into the city.
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Ripping the music
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Ripping this was a bitch as the music is queued by the user’s actions. Quite amazing really. It’s all down to timing and petal count though. Whilst I have noticed some instances of speed and height initiating music but cannot undertake a huge study of this because...
I don’t own a PS3. I used a friends console and setup and I think I’d pissed them off enough with time I spent recording this music. But it was probably just me thinking I was an annoyance.

A stage is mainly structured like this:
* Beginning Area - Stage Intro Music - Not pushing any buttons
* Segment Music - Music whilst playing in that section doing the objectives

“If a stage is just ONE big area with multiple objectives in it, then music will change, usually, after completing each objective.
For these stages, there is no below option.”

* Segment 2 Segment Transition Music - For stages which are connected via a valley or ravine, as is the case with stage three. (the one with the green leaf in the cave in the ravine) I only recorded one of these and I was lucky to get it....Stage-3_Segment_03 – Variation A and B are examples

The music was recorded in the following manner. When playing the game and putting the controller down for thirty seconds or more, the game will enter a ‘pause’ mode where it shows you places of the stage you’re currently in. Whilst in this mode, all ‘in-game’ sound effects disappear and you are left with the music. Having said that, the locations the pause mode shows have their own sound effects. The only really annoying one is the end-stage portal.
I can’t do much about those sound effects.
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Disclaimer / STFU ‘You’re getting this for free’ Notice
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This isn’t a complete rip. I don’t own a PS3 and I just handed the hardware back to the owners. So the tracks with hum will just have to stay. I’ve included all rips so you can listen to them.
This rip represents a 80-90% of the music in the game. I rip this because I had the ability and the motivation to share the music that I enjoyed whilst playing the game and because I love to share and release. I am not an audio engineer. So any insults about audio quality will not be listen to and probably not understood. Constructive criticism is welcome, but pointless, since the project is over.
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Copyright Crap
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If you are the creator of this music, congratulations, you have made a really nice piece of art here mate. You should be proud someone has gone to the effort of making it available for everyone else. Touching many people, now doesn’t that give a warm feeling far more satisfying that money. Once on the internet, your music will live forever. Once music enters a human, it becomes part of his/her experience with the game, you don’t own that. This rip, is for those people. Too much greed nowdays...Besides, this isn’t a 100% polished product anyways.
Peace out.
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Tracklist Notes
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Stage 00 – Title Screen - ‘Push Start’ Intro
• Segment_01 - Status: OK

Stage 01 - Memories
• Segment_01 - Status: OK
• Segment_02 - Status: Re-Record, Can’t Re-record – Leave it
• Segment_03 - Status: Take audio from 0:55 to end
• Segment_04 - Status: Unknown – Hum – Leave it
• Segment_05 - Status: Meh – Hum

Stage 02- Pallete
• Segment_01 - Status: OK
• Segment_02 - Status: Glitch @ 0:45 – Otherwise OK
• Segment_03 - Status: Take audio from 0:53 to end
• Segment_04 - Status: OK
• Segment_05 - Status: Take audio from 1:38 to end
• Segment_06 - Status: OK – Sound Effects @ 1:20 – 1:29

Stage 03 - Wind
• Segment_01 - Status: Included intro – Take audio from 2:00 to end
• Segment_02 - Status: Take audio from 1:00 to end – Keep4theHellOfIt - Multiple overlays
• Segment_03_VariationA - Status: OK ... and awesome...intro sound effects <0:10
• Segment_03_VariationB - Status: OK
• Segment_04 - Status: OK – A few sound effects – Otheriwse OK – Looped too – 1:10
• Segment_05 - Status: OK – Major sound effect from 0:29 – 0:49

Stage 04 - Illumination
• Segment_01 - Status: Beginning removed – No fade - OK
• Segment_02 - Take audio from 2:04 to end – Sound effects throughout
• Segment_03 - Status: Sound Effects – Gameplay – Can’t re-record – Leave it - MEH
• Segment_04 - Status: Fade in beginning – Sound effect – Otherwise...ok..but..Hum everywhere
• Segment_05 - Status: Sound effects - Wind everywhere – not really music – Disregard

Stage 05 – Pure - Storm Scene – No Fades
• Segment_01 - Status: Using Re-recording – Orignal has Hum to 1:47
• Segment_02 - Status: OK
• Segment_03 - Status: OK
• Segment_04 - Status: OK
• Segment_05 - Status: OK

Stage 06 - Urban
• SegmentStart - Status: Disregard – Tis a good bit though...Keep
• Segment_01 - Status: OK
• Segment_02 - Status: Glitch @ 2:18 – Otherwise OK – Practically mimics above
• Segment_03 - Take audio from 0:18 to end
• Segment_04 - Disregard – Mimics above – Less clear, more fuzz
• Segment_05 - Status: Keep – Slight modification – Huge Sound Effects!

Stage 07 - Credits
• Segment_01 - Status: Includes intro – Take audio from 1:40 to end – Really repetitive
• Segment_02 - Status: OK – Glitch @ 2:13 – Trimmed end – Natural fade out
• Segment_03 - Status: OK – Trimmed end
• Segment_04 - Status: OK
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Released Track List
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Stage 00 – Game Intro
Stage 01 – Segments 01 – 05
Stage 02 – Segments 01 – 06
Stage 03 – Segments 01 – 05
Stage 04 – Segments 01 – 04
Stage 05 – Segments 01 – 05
Stage 06 – Segments 00 – 03
Stage 07 – Segments 01 – 04
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Stage Names
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Stage 1 – Memories
Stage 2 - Pallete
Stage 3 – Wind
Stage 4 - Illumination
Stage 5 – Pure
Stage 6 – Urban
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Tagging
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Since this isn’t an authorised rip or even a 100% accurate rip, I don’t feel right about labelling this like one would for a ripped CD. Feel free too. But I won’t be responsible for cluttering up lastFM more than it already is.
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Final Notes
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I enjoyed this project and I hope you enjoy the music. If you know of anyone ripping this music, please contact me through the PS3 Flower Rip thread in the forum at http://vgmtorrents.net because I’d love to hear someone else’s rips too.
If you have any whining, please direct it to the brick wall nearest to you because that’s the amount of attention you will get. Thanks.
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Links
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VGMTORRENTS - http://vgmtorrents.net
Creative Zs Series Cardbus Sound Cards - http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp category=1&subcategory=873&product=10769&listby=
Goldwave - http://www.goldwave.com/
LAME - http://lame.sourceforge.net/
LAME BATCH - http://www.uic.unn.ru/~loea/
that game company - http://thatgamecompany.com/
Quick SFV - http://www.quicksfv.org/



Peace Out guys.
Your welcome to throw all insults and gripes regarding this music into this thread..if you have any.
Ops: Sorry about the direct links. I didn't know what to do about that.

[clow987]

Thank you so much for this! I still plan on buying the official OST when it's released but I needed this rip to get through the wait =)

[MuniHOuseN]

No worries mate,

Glad you enjoyed it.

I too, will be purchasing the ost if it ever gets released.

In a small pack ill be releasing soon, There will be some other tracks ive recorded that weren't part
of the original flower pack.