OpenRCT2/OpenMusic

This project aims to create an alternative, higher quality version of the music from RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 for use in OpenRCT2.

Project discussion takes place on Discord.

• Invitation link: https://discord.gg/uNzSmAj
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Progress

Fairground organ style

All of the pieces from the fairground organ style are so old that they fall under public domain.

Theoretical background

A fairground organ is a musical instrument that usually plays by itself. It usually contains a small/medium sized pipe organ with a few different stops, lots of percussion (xylophone, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, multiple kinds of drums) and sometimes a Glockenspiel and/or Bells. The score is provided in form of music rolls or book music.

The fairground organ is limited by its instruments. As all pieces should be in the same style and sound as if they are played by the same fairground organ, all arrangements are limited to the same instruments and the same set of organ registrations (yet to be determined).

Another limitation is the lack of dynamics. Fairground organs usually don't have a swell box, so dynamics are achieved by different registrations. Therefore the LilyPond files do not contain dynamic symbols for the organ parts.

Status

The lists of the pieces of music in the game credits and here are unfortunately not 100% correct. If you know the name of the missing pieces, please let me know!

File	Piece of music	Status
css4.dat	Die Regimentskinder by Julius Fučík	Work in progress
css5.dat	Serenade by Jonny Heykens	Work in progress
css6.dat	La Belle Espagnole, Op.103 by Robert Vollstedt	Work in progress
css7.dat	Dornröschens Brautfahrt by Max Rhode	TODO
css8.dat	Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz by Johann Strauss II	TODO
css9.dat	?	TODO
css11.dat	Der Haushamer Plattler (Traditional) 00:00 - 00:52 / ? (Also seems to contain parts of Frohsinn auf den Bergen by Oscar Fetrás and La valse de la forêt)	TODO
css12.dat	Ma Bella Bimba	TODO
css13.dat	The Blond Sailor by The Andrews Sisters	TODO
css14.dat	Overture from Poet and Peasant by Franz von Suppé	Work in progress
css15.dat	Multiple waltzes by Johann Strauß II: 00:00 Morgenblätter / 01:10 Die Fledermaus - Overture / 01:23 Künstlerleben / 02:09 Wiener Blut / 03:05 The Blue Danube	Work in progress

Other music styles

File	Style	Status
css34.dat	Ragtime style	Adapted the score from the Mutopia Project
css39.dat	Medieval style	Own arrangement of the Rondeau from the Abdelazer Suite by Henry Purcell

Most of the other music styles are original compositions for the game, so they can't be recreated. The others can.

Build documentation

The music in this repository has to be built, which works similar to the process of building software. A blog post on how OpenRCT2/OpenMusic is built can be found here: https://www.ccoors.de/blog/openrct2-openmusic-build-process/

Build Dependencies

• bash
• Ninja
• Graphviz
• libsmf
• CMake
• GCC/Clang
• LilyPond
• FluidSynth
• Calf Studio Gear
• lv2file
• SoX
• opus-tools
• Multiple SoundFonts
  • Get them using getdependencies.sh.

Build

First, generate build.ninja using the geninja.sh script:

$ ./geninja.sh

Then, run build.sh:

$ ./build.sh

This will build all required files into out/ and the 'official' output to out/release/.

Some build properties can be modified in musictools/config.sh.