I'm just wondering about the legality of using music from other video games, is that illegal or OK if I don't sell the game for money? The reason I ask is because I've seen a lot of remakes of games recently (classic adventure games and others) that use the original soundtracks, so I was wondering if I could do the same or not. I'd really love to use that heavy metal music at the start of Doom 3, but the last thing I want is a lawsuit from a huge company :P. If that's illegal I guess I'll attempt to find something similar that is free.

This is not legal. If someone else is doing the same thing, it doesn't make it more legal either.

Unless they received a written license from copyright owner to do so.

Look around, there is a plenty of composers here looking for some experience.
- Piotr

but how can these people do it better

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but how can these people do it better

There are plenty of very talented musicians on this forum. I'm sure there will be plenty of people interested in helping out. Some may charge and others may volunteer. Just depends.

Nathan

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but how can these people do it better

It's heavy metal. It's hard to make it sound worse.

(Seriously: if you think that's hard, try orchestration. Or programming a warehouse full of old analogue synthesisers and then

">playing 'em live.)

Even if you can't connect with a musician you can find royalty free music online. Do a web search for "royalty free music" or "royalty free loops". Like dealing with human musicians, royalty free music can be found both for no cost and for a fee.

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but how can these people do it better

Because the Doom 3 intro music isn't anything special. It's not helped by the low bitrate they've encoded all the oggs in the game at which makes your ears bleed.