Completed song - ogg bitrate, overall volume?

[SpaceWombat]

Yes it should reflect sudden dangers like an adrenalin boost in reality would do. This shoul emphasize the excitement in tactical missions as well.

[Surrealistik]

Yeah, playing appropriate music for a duration after a trigger event like gunfire and enemy contact would be a nice touch.

[BlakeD]

Great track... Just converted it to MP3 and loaded it onto my iPod.  It'll get some playtime outside of the game even. =)  I like stuff like that when working certain tasks at the jobplace.

[tackle]

Glad you like it! Check out a couple of other tracks I've made at:
www.karlmacklin.com

[BTAxis]

I have just added this track to the SVN repository.

Tackle: What license will you use for this track? Creative Commons 3.0 okay with you?

[tackle]

Yes, that'll be fine

[Destructavator]

Sure, see what you think, if it'll fit and work in it's context.

Could possible be too "happy" about 4/5 into the song

http://www.karlmacklin.com/karlmacklin_geoscape.ogg

Wow, this is nice, definitely a nice break from the old geoscape music - what software/hardware/gear did you use to make this?

It certainly has a feel to it that fits, especially with the 3d geoscape, looking at the Earth out in space and not knowing what's coming next...

Just in my personal opinion though, I think the music should also change to something different when the base and equipment screens are pulled up, for a different mood/feel.  (Perhaps for the UFOPedia also?) Variation in soundtrack is always a good thing.

[TumbleWeed]

I don't know, dude... I've always hated that in games when the music changes too often. Sometimes you get to hear only the beginning of a good track.
And to Tackle: Awesome geoscape music. Why people use drugs when there exists music like this, is beyond me. Thanks for this 'fix'.