The Quake 2 Nintendo 64 soundtrack! Simply extract the "baseq2" folder into your Quake 2 directory to install. I only tested this with the yamagi sourceport so apologies in advance if it doesn't work on other sourceports. Credits: Aubrey Hodges - Composer of the OST; zophar.net - Providing the soundtrack in .mp3 format; Me - converting the files to .ogg format.
Sonic Mayhem did a solid job on the original soundtrack, but it does gets annoying after a while. So this here is just what I needed. Thanks.
I understand this was the norm for the times, but honestly, heavy metal music does nothing but a disservice to the game's atmosphere. Hodge's soundtracks are brilliant.