My UT veteran friend told me that the music for a map is actually really important and can make up about half of the experience for the player! He says he still listens to UT99 game music now if he needs to get psyched when gaming!
As I have a bit of time left I have decided to use the time to research some royalty free music to put in the level. As I am doing a classic style map I am looking for late 90's/early 2000s high energy dance/trance music.
After visiting a few sites, I found this track on Newgrounds:
Bafana - Chasing The Dragon
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/605804
I think this track has a good callback to the old early 2000s dance music style, and the Asian flourishes tie in to the Cyberpunk theme of the map.
The track has an intro and outro, so I will have to dedicate some time to learning audio software to try and edit it so that it loops for background music.
I will update with how I get on.
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