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Though I was never as big a fan of Hexen as I am of Doom, it is still a great game in its own right, with some really cool music. Up to this point, I have been unable to find any soundtracks for Hexen like there are for Doom and Heretic. So, with a little encouragement, I went ahead and made one. Like with the Doom soundtracks, it is made to work with the Doomsday engine.
A good deal of time has passed since I did the Doom soundtracks, and the equipment I own and have access to has changed significantly, therefore this soundtrack is version 3.0. It sounds quite different from the Doom soundtracks since it was made primarily with Roland hardware, whereas the Doom soundtracks were done exclusively with Creative Labs (Emu) hardware. I will be redoing the Doom soundtracks to version 3.0 in time.
Also there are three different versions of the soundtrack available, a normal, high and low quality version. The only difference between these versions is the bit rate they were encoded at and hence the size. The normal quality version is encoded at 128kbps (quality 4) nominal and is what I highly recommend to most users. The high quality version is encoded at 256kbps (quality 8) nominal and is good if you own high grade sound equipment and want the most from the soundtrack. The low quality version is encoded at 45kbps nominal (quality -1) and should only be downloaded if space or bandwidth is at a premium.
Please note: There is no reason to download a lower quality version if you already have a high quality one. All three versions come from the exact same source files and were encoded with the exact same encoder software. The only difference is the bit rate of the encode. Thus, if you have the high quality version, there is no reason to get a lesser version as all it does is sounds worse.
Hexen Soundtrack v3.0 (Normal Quality) (89MB)
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Hexen Soundtrack v3.0 (Low Quality) (33MB)
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Hexen Soundtrack v3.0 (High Quality) (167MB)
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