Sleeping Dogs Unofficial Soundtrack Collection (Bootleg compilation by wzg45)

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Sleeping Dogs
Unofficial

Soundtrack Collection

by wzg45

С радостью представляю плод длительных собираний, сортирований, упорядочивний и проверок.
Sleeping Dogs Unofficial Compilation by wzg45.
Начинал сборку ещё в 2012 году, но забросил из-за эксклюзивности большого пласта треков и низкого качества файлов в геймрипе.
Но недавно я пересмотрел политику сборки раздач в Lossless и вернулся к работе. Поэтому:
ВНИМАНИЕ! Недостающие во FLAC треки в lossless-раздаче добавлены в lossy-форматах! Сделано это исключительно для удобства конечного слушателя. В любом случае лучшего по качеству и аутентичности сборника вы не найдёте.

Чем моя сборка по SD отличается от других?
Самое главное - это то, что все треки собраны в максимальном доступном качестве. То есть вся музыка изначально собиралась в lossless. Недостающие треки были взяты из геймрипа (ogg) и сборника от APM (mp3, V0).
Второе по важности - треки максимально аутентичны тем, что играют в игре. В некоторых случаях приходилось отдавать предпочтение ogg из игры.
В-третьих, удалось собрать всю классику в том же исполнении, что и в игре. Огромная благодарность за оказанную помощь пользовательнице рутрекера DaKasAl и co.
Итоги. 166 треков во FLAC. 22 в mp3. 24 в vorbis. 4 конвертированы из боксовского XMA во FLAC.
Заключительный плюс - оформление. Все теги тщательно заполнены. Для каждой папки создана уникальная обложка. В потоках убраны клики (где заметил), replay gain.
Я несколько раз перепроверял информацию в тегах. Но всё же могли остаться ошибки. Не стесняйтесь сообщать о них.

Содержание.
1-10.
Радиостанции игры. Softly и H-Klub в основном содержат lossy-материал. Не думаю, что удастся найти что-то ещё в lossless.
11. Karaoke
Караоке. Тут оригиналы треков, а не минусовки, естественно.
12. Bonus
Тут представлены... бонусы! Это не каверы, как в раздаче THPS. Это музыка из трейлера, версии треков, которых нет в игре, но встречаются на других любительских сборках радиостанций. Есть пара треков Saki Kaskas с Soundcloud. Также добавил 4 темы из меню из-за их востребованности. К тому же, это наименее пожатые музыкальные файлы в игре.
Если вас интересует Score игры, то вы найдёте его в раздаче геймрипа. Спасибо Alpha23 за боксовские потоки.

Немного про музыку.
Не хочу говорить о том, насколько концептуальной получилась подборка от разработчиков. В процессе игры мне мало что понравилось. Но всё же собирать всё это было интересно. Более того все эти треки отлично слушаются вне игры. Около 16 треков можно услышать в других играх, в т.ч. схожих по жанру Vice City, San Andreas. Saints Raw 2. Но с другой стороны, нельзя не отметить уникальность станций.
Приятно было найти в игре Boosey & Hawkes. Конечно, это больше похоже на ликбез, но всё же.
Сама же игра приятно удивила. Это лучшее, что случилось в жанре со времён gta3/VC.

Это специальная версия для R.G. Soundtracks в 320 kbps. V0 и lossless можно найти в версии для R.G. Echo.


EN
Track by track compilation by wzg45. R.G. Echo. All tracks are collected in maximum available quality. 166 tracks in FLAC. 22 in mp3. 24 in vorbis. 4 are XMA to FLAC transcode.
Codec : FLAC (82.4%); Vorbis (10.1%); MP3 (7.5%)

All tracks are properly tagged, unique custom covers were added. Special thanks to DaKasAl for searching arrangements of classic music. Thanks to Alpha23 for streams from Xbox 360.
Feel free to spread this collection around the world.

This is special 320 kbps version for R.G. Soundtracks. You can find lossless ans V0 version from R.G. Echo.
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30.04.2014
wzg45. R.G. Soundtracks.

Annotation last modified on 2024-08-08 14:54 UTC.

Tracklist

1Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Roadrunner Records
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rain WizardBlack Stone Cherry3.53:25
2Change
recording engineer:
Mike Plotnikoff
programming and producer:
Howard Benson
additional engineer:
Hatsukazu Inagaki
assistant mixer:
Keith Armstrong (US engineer) and Nik Karpen
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
editor:
Paul DeCarli
bass guitar:
Jon Lawhon
drums (drum set):
John Fred Young
guitar:
Chris Robertson and Ben Wells
keyboard:
Howard Benson
lead vocals:
Chris Robertson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The All Blacks B.V. (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2011)
recorded at:
Bay 7 Studios in Valley Village, Los Angeles, California, United States and Sparky Dark Studio in Calabasas, California, United States
mixed at:
Mix LA in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Change
writer:
Trey Bruce (American Emmy Award winning songwriter and producer), Jon Lawhon, Chris Robertson, Ben Wells and John Fred Young
Black Stone Cherry43:05
3Bring the Fight (To the Floor)
producer:
Mark Lewis (US rock/metal producer and engineer)
mixer:
Andy Sneap
vocals:
Dez Fafara
recording of:
Bring the Fight (To the Floor)
lyricist:
Dez Fafara
composer:
John Boecklin, Jonathan Miller (DevilDriver), Jeffrey Kendrick and Michael Spreitzer (guitarist and engineer)
DevilDriver3:33
4Dead to Rights
producer:
Mark Lewis (US rock/metal producer and engineer)
mixer:
Andy Sneap
vocals:
Dez Fafara
recording of:
Dead to Rights
lyricist:
Dez Fafara
composer:
John Boecklin, Dez Fafara, Jonathan Miller (DevilDriver), Jeffrey Kendrick and Michael Spreitzer (guitarist and engineer)
DevilDriver44:53
5The Devil’s Orchard
producer:
Mikael Åkerfeldt
mixer:
Mikael Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Roadrunner
recorded at:
Atlantis Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (from 2011-01-31 until 2011-02-21)
mixed at:
No Man’s Land (Steven Wilson’s studio) in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Devil’s Orchard
lyricist and composer:
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Opeth56:40
6The Grand Conjuration
additional recording engineer:
Anders Alexandersson, Rickard Bengtsson and Niklas Källgren
additional engineer and additional mixer:
Opeth (Swedish progressive metal/rock)
engineer and mixer:
Jens Bogren
co-producer:
Jens Bogren
producer:
Opeth (Swedish progressive metal/rock)
additional mellotron and lead vocals:
Mikael Åkerfeldt
bass guitar:
Martín Méndez (Opeth’s bass player)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Martin Lopez (Swedish progressive metal drummer)
electric piano, grand piano, mellotron and organ:
Per Wiberg
guitar:
Mikael Åkerfeldt and Peter Lindgren
recorded at:
Fascination Street Studios, Studio 2 (recording studio in Stockholm also known as Studio Gröndahl) in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (from 2005-03-15 until 2005-06-01)
recording of:
The Grand Conjuration
lyricist:
Mikael Åkerfeldt
composer:
Mikael Åkerfeldt and Opeth (Swedish progressive metal/rock)
publisher:
Zomba Music Publishing (music publisher – add no releases here!)
Opeth4.510:21
7Locust
assistant engineer:
Lee Bothwick (audio engineer) and Brad Kobylczak
engineer:
Juan Urteaga (owner and operator of Trident Studios, Pacheco USA)
producer:
Robb Flynn (vocalist & guitarist for Machine Head)
mixer:
Robb Flynn (vocalist & guitarist for Machine Head) and Juan Urteaga (owner and operator of Trident Studios, Pacheco USA)
drums (drum set):
Dave McClain
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Adam Duce
electric guitar [guitars] and lead vocals [lead & harmony vocals]:
Robb Flynn (vocalist & guitarist for Machine Head)
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Phil Demmel
background vocals [bkg vocals]:
Phil Demmel and Adam Duce
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Machine Head (US thrash metal band from Oakland, CA) (in 2011)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Imperium Recordings (in 2021) and Nuclear Blast (company and copyright holder for Nuclear Blast) (in 2021)
recorded at and mixed at:
Jingletown Recording in Oakland, California, United States
recording of:
Locust
lyricist and composer:
Phil Demmel and Robb Flynn (vocalist & guitarist for Machine Head)
Machine Head37:36
8Be Still and Know
assistant engineer:
Lee Bothwick (audio engineer) and Brad Kobylczak
engineer:
Juan Urteaga (owner and operator of Trident Studios, Pacheco USA)
producer:
Robb Flynn (vocalist & guitarist for Machine Head)
mixer:
Robb Flynn (vocalist & guitarist for Machine Head) and Juan Urteaga (owner and operator of Trident Studios, Pacheco USA)
drums (drum set):
Dave McClain
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Adam Duce
electric guitar [guitars] and lead vocals [lead & harmony vocals]:
Robb Flynn (vocalist & guitarist for Machine Head)
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Phil Demmel
background vocals [bkg vocals]:
Phil Demmel and Adam Duce
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Machine Head (US thrash metal band from Oakland, CA) (in 2011)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Imperium Recordings (in 2021) and Nuclear Blast (company and copyright holder for Nuclear Blast) (in 2021)
recorded at and mixed at:
Jingletown Recording in Oakland, California, United States
recording of:
Be Still and Know
lyricist and composer:
Phil Demmel and Robb Flynn (vocalist & guitarist for Machine Head)
Machine Head5:44
9Take What’s Mine
producer and mixer:
Matt Radosevich
recording of:
Take What's Mine
lyricist:
Mark Melicia (The Parlor Mob)
composer:
Anthony Chick (The Parlor Mob), Mark Melicia (The Parlor Mob), Matt Radosevich, Paul Ritchie, David Rosen (The Parlor Mob) and Samuel Bey (The Parlor Mob)
The Parlor Mob2:52
10After All
The Parlor Mob4:46
11Edgecrusher
additional producer:
Greg Reely
producer:
Fear Factory and Rhys Fulber (Canadian electronic musician)
mixer:
Dino Cazares, Rhys Fulber (Canadian electronic musician) and Greg Reely
vocals:
Pat Hoed
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music Group – X5 Music Group (in 2021)
recorded at:
Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (from 1998-02-01 until 1998-03-22)
recording of:
Edgecrusher
lyricist:
Burton C. Bell and Madchild (Canadian rapper, member of Swollen Members)
composer:
Dino Cazares, Raymond Herrera and Christian Olde Wolbers (Belgian bass guitarist)
Fear Factory3.73:40
12On the Backs of Angels
recording engineer:
Richard Chycki and Paul Northfield
assistant engineer:
Joe Maniscalco (engineer)
producer:
John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer)
mixer:
Paul Suarez and Andy Wallace (engineer)
bass guitar [Bass]:
John Myung
drums (drum set):
Mike Mangini (drummer)
guitar:
John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer)
keyboard [Keyboards]:
Jordan Rudess
vocals:
James LaBrie
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Roadrunner
recorded at:
Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York, United States and Mixland in Ontario, Canada
mixed at:
Soundtrack Studios in New York, New York, United States
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance nominees (2012 – 2013) (number: 2012)
recording of:
On the Backs of Angels
lyricist:
John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer)
composer:
John Myung, John Petrucci (US guitarist, composer and producer) and Jordan Rudess
Dream Theater3.658:43
13World Scum
recording of:
World Scum
lyricist:
Max Cavalera and Travis Ryan (vocalist of Cattle Decapitation)
composer:
Max Cavalera
publisher:
Robot of the Century Music
Soulfly45:20
14Anthem (We Are the Fire)
producer:
Jason Suecof and Trivium
mixer:
Colin Richardson (producer/engineer)
recording of:
Anthem (We Are the Fire)
lyricist:
Matt Heafy
composer:
Paolo Gregoletto, Matt Heafy and Jason Suecof
Trivium3.84:03
15My Curse
assistant engineer:
Ian Neill (drums (drum set))
engineer, producer and mixer:
Adam Dutkiewicz
bass:
Mike D’Antonio
drums (drum set):
Justin Foley
guitar:
Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel
vocals:
Adam Dutkiewicz and Howard Jones (American metalcore vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The All Blacks B.V. (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2006)
recorded at:
Long View Farm Studios in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States (drums (drum set)) and Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States
mixed at:
Wicked Good Studios
music videos:
My Curse (Music video) by Killswitch Engage
recording of:
My Curse
writer:
Mike D’Antonio, Adam Dutkiewicz, Justin Foley, Howard Jones (American metalcore vocalist) and Joel Stroetzel
publisher:
Killswitch Engage Budmo Music and Killswitch Engage Music
Killswitch Engage4.654:05
2Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Real FM
3Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Kerrang! Radio
4Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Sagittarius FM
5Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Daptone Radio
6Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Softly
7Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Boosey & Hawkes Radio
8Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: H‐Klub
9Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Warp Radio
10Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Ninja Tune Radio
11Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Karaoke
12Digital Media: Sleeping Dogs: Bonus