How feasible would it be to get KSP2's music working on KSP1?

[MARL_Mk1]

If there was something where KSP2 outplayed KSP1 completely was in sound design. In specific, music. I loved the music.

Duna's theme perfectly encapsulated my idea of how humans will feel the first time Mars becomes visible through the window. The sense of awe, wonder, fear, hope...

Going back to KSP1 and landing on Duna with the forever known space music by Kevin Mcleod, well... it feels bland at best.

I was wondering if anyone has looked into it, or if it's technically possible at all to make the game play a specific track or set of tracks based on which Sphere of Influece your craft/kerbal is inside of.
There was also this cool feature where a version with more instruments was also playing in the background synced with the base one, and it only changed volume based on how much your engines were thrusting.

God, Howard Mostrom killed it with this game's music, and I hope he feels so proud of it.
 

 

Edited May 25 by MARL_Mk1

[RileyHef]

Hi, I began pursuing this a few weeks ago and made a forum post about it . The TLDR is that yes, an existing mod allows you to use specific music for different "scenes" in KSP and I have used it to import and play the music from KSP2. I absolutely adore it.

The post goes into more detail, but the mod does allow for tracks to play based on the celestial body and a craft's altitude relative to that body to create a somewhat "dynamic" music experience. tbh I've been too busy playing to do this for each planet, but I would be happy to share my playlist file and KSP2 track files with anyone interested in pursuing that further.

The mod does have a few bugs too - primarily choppy music during loading screens (which may be fixable with some tweaking) and sometimes not playing tracks (only experienced in the VAB and can be fixed by going in/out of the building). The dynamic, layered elements will never be perfect with this mod but you can get close. I'm no modder so I really can't take this idea any further than the mod allows, but I think we can get 90% there with it and that is good enough for me.