Raven MIDI Pack

Raven MIDI Pack
Authors	Various
Port	Vanilla Heretic
IWAD	Heretic
Year	2020
Link	Doomworld/idgames

The Raven MIDI Pack is a music pack for Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders, released on 27 August 2020. It provides replacement for all duplicated tracks in the original game. The original tracks are still played but only in the first level where they occur; this leaves the first episode untouched and the second mostly unchanged, while the third is mostly new and the fourth, fifth, and sixth are entirely new. In addition, five extra bonus tracks that were not matched to any map slot are also included.

Although technically vanilla-compatible in that all tracks can be converted to MUS format and used in Heretic levels, the tracks from the pack will only be heard if played in a port that can read the EMAPINFO or ZMAPINFO lumps, or otherwise allows to map Heretic map slots to the corresponding MUS_ExMy lump if present, such as Crispy Heretic. This is because instead of having duplicated music lumps (like how registered Doom has D_E1M7, D_E2M5, and D_E3M5 all containing the same track), Heretic reuses the same lump (like the fourth episode of The Ultimate Doom reuses tracks associated with levels from the first three episodes). Since this behavior is hardcoded, there is no way around this, short of splitting the pack into several episode-specific replacements.

The aim was to imitate Kevin Schilder's music style for Heretic, so that the pack would fit seamlessly and plausibly sound as if it were an original part of the game.

The project was initiated in April 2020 by James Paddock (Jimmy), who had previously organized similar collaborative MIDI packs for Plutonia, Revolution, and Rebirth. A "sequel" MIDI pack for Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel is under way.

Track listing

Track Name	Composer(s)	Level	Length	Inspiration / base
Avenger's Spirit	Varis Alpha	E2M5: The Catacombs	2:13
Docked In	Varis Alpha	E3M1: The Storehouse	2:10	Remix of "Dark" by Kevin Schilder
Liquidation	Varis Alpha	E3M4: The Azure Fortress	1:55
The Ophidians	Tristan Clark	E3M5: The Ophidian Lair	1:57
Legions	James Paddock (Jimmy)	E3M6: The Halls of Fear	2:17
Tightrope	Brayden Hart (AD_79)	E3M7: The Chasm	2:48
Die for Parthoris	Joshua O'Sullivan (Dragonfly) & Jimmy	E3M8: D'Sparil's Keep	2:31
Cascade	AD_79	E3M9: The Aquifer	1:58
Clustafalque	Neil Paddock (mrgrimsdale) & Jimmy	E4M1: Catafalque	2:17
Fort Rot	Marian Paddock (Bimmy)	E4M2: Blockhouse	1:42
Crushed Spirits	Paul Corfiatis (pcorf)	E4M3: Ambulatory	1:56
Encrypted	Jimmy	E4M4: Sepulcher	2:23
Blood of the Unworthy	Tristan Clark	E4M5: Great Stair	1:54
Crusade of the Mage	Darman Macray	E4M6: Halls of the Apostate	2:45
Gravelord's Lullaby	AD_79	E4M7: Ramparts of Perdition	2:46
Deathwind	Jimmy	E4M8: Shattered Bridge	2:15
The Cadaver's Waltz	mrgrimsdale & Jimmy	E4M9: Mausoleum	2:50
Ravine	Jimmy	E5M1: Ochre Cliffs	2:03	"Wait" by Kevin Schilder
Turbulence	Tristan Clark	E5M2: Rapids	1:45
Lighthouse	Jimmy	E5M3: Quay	2:44	"Belial's Birth" from Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny
Death Clause	mrgrimsdale & Jimmy	E5M4: Courtyard	2:07
Convergent Kingdoms	AD_79	E5M5: Hydratyr	2:55
Saltbringer	Jimmy	E5M6: Colonnade	2:20
Terror Mansion	pcorf	E5M7: Foetid Manse	2:17
The Last Guardians	Jimmy	E5M8: Field of Judgement	2:32
Schilder's Ladder	dial-up	E5M9: Skein of D'Sparil	2:02
Sage Fields	dial-up	E6M1: Raven's Lair	2:22
Dragged from the Pit	mrgrimsdale & Jimmy	E6M2: Water Shrine	2:06
Serpentine Pillars	Mikolah	E6M3: American's Legacy	2:33
Serpentine Wrath	Varis Alpha	n/a	1:58
Dee Wars	Peter Lawrence (MegaSphere)	n/a	2:09
Talons	mrgrimsdale & Jimmy	n/a	1:51	Ideas leftover from "Death Clause"
Iron Lick	Tristan Clark	n/a	1:41	The Lick
Crow's Nest	Tristan Clark, Dragonfly & Jimmy	n/a	3:12

External links

• Raven MIDI Pack at Doomworld/idgames
• Project thread
• Raven MIDI Pack