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Title: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Spriggan on May 02, 2005, 11:00:07 AM
I'm starting up this tread as a place for people to post legal free mp3s on the net.

RULES OF THE THREAD:

1) No posting illegal MP3s!  If one is found that post will either be edited or delated.  You've been warned people. No exceptions.

2) Keep chatter down to a minamum.  This should be a place to easly find MP3s with out haveing to sort through pages of talking.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Spriggan on May 02, 2005, 11:01:30 AM
World of Warcraft soundtrack
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/downloads/sounds.html

Empire Earth 2 soundtrack
http://www.sierra.com/downloadfile.do?gamePlatformId=1729&mediaid=14220


The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay Soundtrack
http://www.sierra.com/downloadfile.do?gamePlatformId=767&mediaid=11874

Crash Twinsanity soundtrack
http://www.sierra.com/downloadfile.do?gamePlatformId=1708&mediaid=13242

The Hobbit (video game) soundtrack
http://www.sierra.com/downloadfile.do?gamePlatformId=362&mediaid=9013

Men of valor soundtrack
http://www.sierra.com/downloadfile.do?gamePlatformId=318&mediaid=12592

Metal Arms: Glitch In The System soundtrack
http://www.sierra.com/downloadfile.do?gamePlatformId=417&mediaid=8949

Baulders gate extra music (this isn't the original soundtrack that use to be on interplays website)
http://www.bioware.com/games/baldurs_gate/other_multimedia/sound/

Morrowind soundtrack selection
http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_music.htm
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Mr_Pleasington on May 02, 2005, 01:44:20 PM
Amazon!

Tons of legal free music here, though most of it is a few years old.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/561964/gizmodo-20/104-4112119-9039120
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: mulchNator on May 07, 2005, 05:12:33 PM
There is no such thing as FREE anymore.

Possibly shared, but never FREE!
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on May 07, 2005, 07:22:46 PM
Some ookla mp3s, including the entire first album ("tape") recorded in their basement or whatever, and 3 song versions not available on any CDs.

http://www.otmfan.com/html/audio.htm
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on May 17, 2005, 01:15:18 PM
This afternoon Jeffe pointed me to the Internet Archive (http://www4.archive.org/) where there's a lot of legal free stuff. Including a pile of Grateful Dead concerts.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on May 18, 2005, 02:21:37 AM
Here's some Brianiac mp3s

http://www.epitonic.com/artists/brainiac.html

Epitonic is full of all legal mp3s.  Not all bands you've never heard of either.

For example, here's a bunch of Death Cab for Cutie.

http://www.epitonic.com/artists/deathcabforcutie.html
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on May 28, 2005, 03:49:42 PM
And that's supposed to be an example of a band I've not never heard of?
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on May 28, 2005, 05:33:01 PM
Hey, it's not my fault if you've never heard of the kinds of bands I think you've not never heard of.

;D

(Four negatives in one sentence; who'll give me five?)
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock on May 28, 2005, 06:14:30 PM
It's not that you don't not have anything we already haven't had the chance to fully understand as well as we wish we weren't doing something that awful or so unuseful that hasn't given us the knowledge to not do what we aren't going to do not.

How... many, is that... I sort of lost myself after haven't...
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: JP Dogberry on May 29, 2005, 12:50:34 AM
Gemm, you don't not havn't got no wrong idea about not never using none of no incorrect negative words that aren't not never used in no sentance, because if you didn't not never understand no ideas, then you wouldn't not never not be unable to beat me in no contest to not never understand this unsentance.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Master Gopher on June 01, 2005, 05:33:01 AM
Ok, I think he wins.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: The Jade Knight on June 11, 2005, 04:09:42 AM
My sister (she's actually very good.  Her album, which should hopefully come out very soon, will have four tracks featuring the Prague orchestra):

www.aprilmeservy.com


EDIT (to reduce space, see below):
A lot of her best stuff isn't there, but I'd agree with Chimera - Decide is extremely good.

She's doing a new version of it on her upcoming album, and that's one of the tracks that will feature the Prague orchestra.  Sam Cardon's been helping her out with this, and I'll be very interested in hearing how it comes out.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Chimera on June 11, 2005, 02:17:32 PM
Thanks for the link, JadeKnight. I downloaded her songs. She's pretty good--I think I liked "Decide" the best.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on June 28, 2005, 08:59:46 PM
a nice classical soundtrack from the Sierra game Arcanum...
http://arcanum.sierra.com/us/media/media-soundtrack.html
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Spriggan on June 28, 2005, 11:01:37 PM
sweet find Jeffe I love that game.  It's sad Trokia went down I was hopeing for a sequal sometime.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on June 28, 2005, 11:11:10 PM
yeah it was very cool.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Spriggan on August 06, 2005, 07:42:47 PM
Don Davis, the composer of the matrix movies and more importantly Behind Enemy Lines has free MP3s on his site.

http://dondavis.filmmusic.com/audio.html

I found this because you cannot find the Behind Enemy Lines Soundtrack for sale any where (not even amazon has it) and he's got 10 tracks on his site.  It's a good start, one of these days I'll find it on e-bay.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: The Jade Knight on September 03, 2005, 01:57:11 PM
The British ISP Playlouder MSP has made a deal with BMG and a few other indie labels to give this perk to all of its subscribers:

Download any BMG song however you like, whatever format/way you like, from whoever you like.  It's in the subscription price.  It's legal, and the artists get paid.


EDIT (in response to what's below, for space's sake):
Naturally.

However, I expect others to follow suit in the near future (next few years).
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: Spriggan on September 03, 2005, 02:01:38 PM
Too bad that's only legal if you:
1) Live in Brittan
2) Subsribe to that ISP service.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: The Jade Knight on September 03, 2005, 06:37:34 PM
www.freeirishmusic.com

You couldn't really ask for much better.

I'd highly recommend The Stonering song "The Haughs of Cromdale" which is featured this month.


And while we're at it:
http://www.greenlinnet.com/listen/mp3s.htm

Green Linnet publishes a lot of good Celtic music, and several mp3s are available to download.
Title: Re: Free legal mp3s
Post by: The Jade Knight on October 02, 2005, 07:45:16 PM
www.magnatune.com ("we are not evil")

Not exactly "free mp3s", but it comes close [Free music, optionally free mp3s].  Every single song/album they offer can be streamed to listen (the full song, high quality).  These are actually .m3u files that link to mp3s you could download, too, without too much effort.  [And I just discovered all of the songs there are under CC licenses, so you're okay to copy and share them.]

From the main page:
"If you like what you hear, download an album for as little as $5 (you pick the price), or buy a real CD, or license our music for commercial use. And no copy protection (DRM), ever.
"Artists keep half of every purchase. And unlike most record labels, they keep all the rights to their music.
"No major label connections.
"We are not evil."

Right now I'm enjoying some excellent Baroque lute music.