Hexen music

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All the music in Hexen was composed by Kevin Schilder.

Level	Midi	Name	Notes
Winnowing Hall	winnowr	Winnowing Hall	-
Seven Portals	jachr	Jach	-
Guardian of Ice	simonr	Simon	-
Guardian of Fire	wutzitr	Wutzit	Named from two song ideas: "Schwartz" and "Whatup".
Guardian of Steel	falconr	Falcon	-
Bright Crucible	levelr	Level	Inspired by a song from the group Level 42.
Shadow Wood	cryptr	Crypt	An arrangement of "Swamp". Intended to be used in a level with the original title "Black Crypt Swamp".
Darkmere	swampr	Swamp	-
Caves of Circe	deepr	Deep	A reference to the caves and being underground.
Wastelands	fubasr	Fubas	Named from two song ideas: "Fugue" and "Basspuls".
Sacred Grove	grover	Grove	-
Hypostyle	fortr	Fortress	Originally intended for the Winnowing Hall level, but Kevin Schilder didn't like it there. Renamed to go to this level by its original title, "Fortress of Chaos".
Heresiarch's Seminary	voidr	Void	Slightly inspired by a bass line in "Escape from New York".
Dragon Chapel	chap_1r	Chapel 1	-
Wolf Chapel	secretr	Secret Chapel	-
Griffin Chapel	chap_3r	Chapel 3	-
Deathwind Chapel	chap_4r	Chapel 4	-
Orchard of Lamentations	chippyr	Chippy	Chippy was the name of a pet hamster Kevin Schilder had as a child.
Silent Refectory	percr	Perc	Named for the prominent use of percussion in this piece.
Forsaken Outpost	foojar	Fooja	"Fooled ya!", so named because the time signature changes at the beginning of the song.
Castle of Grief	sixater	Sixate	Named for the time signature of the piece, 6/8.
Gibbet	wobabyr	Wobaby	Originally intended for a level with the working name "Forest of Putrescence".
Effluvium	cryptr	Crypt	Same as Shadow Wood.
Dungeons	fantar	Fantasy	Named for the harp-like arpeggios at the beginning of the song.
Desolate Garden	blechr	Blech	The working title of the level this song was originally intended for was "Desert of Blech".
Necropolis	bonesr	Bones	A reference to the cemetery.
Zedek's Tomb	octor	Octo	Named for the octave leaps at the beginning.
Menelkir's Tomb	rithmr	Rithm	-
Traductus' Tomb	stalkr	Stalker	-
Vivarium	borkr	Borkesis	Named for three song ideas: "Boring" (Kevin's opinion of the song at the time), "Kev", and "Quinosis".
Dark Crucible	crucibr	Crucible 2	An arrangement of "Level", the music for Bright Crucible.
Unused Song 1	chap_2r	Chapel 2	This song was for one of the maps that was cut out of Hexen at the last minute. The MAPINFO entry calls the map using this song "NADA".
Unused Song 2	chartr	Chart	Apparently for an older version of Shadow Wood which was removed from the game. Named from three song ideas: "Start", "Underdog", and "Chief".
Title Music	hexen	Hexen	-
Intermission Music	hub	Hub	-
Victory Music 1	hall	Hall	-
Victory Music 2	orb	Orb	-
Victory Music 3	chess	Chess	Also played when changing maps.