So my idea is, to compose music for a sampler with many kind of game music.
All stuff in .ogg files in one cd. My question is, it is better to select the cd on cd1 (jump `n run), cd2 Shooter.....or all stuff in one cd.

What was the best price? How many € do you invest for this? Good idea or not?

In my Opinion, is a CD for one Genre the best Choice. I would Pay for it maye 10-15€. I Like The Idea

cYa Sebastian

one cd that covers my music needs for one project?
arround 100-200usd (none exclusive usage and unlimited usage).

cheers

dito

ok thanks for the comment, in the next time i compose the first one. But what a kind of? At first shooter music or jump and run. All music with and end, or loop?

Well Jed Smith, composer of the Angelas World 2 Soundtrack, did it like this:

15 second intro of a song, and then one minute looping. So i can fade in the intro and let the other part run in a loop.

I don't think endings are good for INGAME music, except they are for action scenes with an end. It's always depending on the customer. You could also offer more version. One with intro and loop, one with start and ending, one long version with start and ending, etc.

EDIT:
BTW, just to compare, Jed Smith sold the songs for 50 dolla each song, with exclusive rights. So this is actually cheap, you can even get 100 euro if it's for one game exclusive.

I bought another soundtrack from a public website and i paid 40 dolla for 7 songs. Everyone else can buy these songs too and use them in commercial projects (but when you sell too many copies of it, you have to get another license which is more expensive).

So i would pay maybe up to 60 euro for a cd with 10 songs if it's not exclusive for my game.

Thanks Don for the info. I start the first CD at October i think. And the first CD comes in December. The first is for 3D Shooter or Action Games. The second one is for Adventure or RPG. The third is for Jump `n Run. All CD`s with 10 songs.

Regards
Blitzblaster