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Post by Isao Kronos (BANNED) on Sept 15, 2008 21:00:34 GMT -5
i had this idea on the way home, a topic where we fellate the egos of western video game music makers.
Like Frank Klepacki. That man is GOD.
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Post by neomerge on Sept 15, 2008 21:13:46 GMT -5
Speaking of western soundracks. I love the soundtrack for Bulletproof.  |
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Post by Smithee on Sept 15, 2008 21:15:42 GMT -5
I'm assuming that is just 50 Cent on there so... I don't.
Jesper Kyd will be on of Weasel's I'm sure. Having just recently tried Hitman I gotta say the music IS really good.
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Post by neomerge on Sept 15, 2008 21:43:25 GMT -5
It's not just 50 it's GGGGG-unit!! lol.
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Post by cj iwakura on Sept 15, 2008 22:43:33 GMT -5
The Contra 4 soundtrack is beautiful.
Also, Dreamfall/Longest Journey(if that counts).
I like the OST to Vampire: Bloodlines.
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Post by Discoalucard on Sept 16, 2008 16:39:15 GMT -5
I was listening to the Deux Ex soundtrack awhile ago and just remember how awesome that music was. A lot of it seems to be credited to Alexander Brandon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_BrandonStraylight Productions, IIRC, was also responsible for the fantastic Crusader: No Remorse/Regret soundtracks. Also echoing Frank Klepacki. His involvement in Red Alert 3 made my interest shoot up tenfold. |
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Post by Allie on Sept 16, 2008 16:58:33 GMT -5
No love for Bjorn (Dr. Awesome/Divinorum) Lynne? The man behind the Project X series soundtracks?
Also, Kurt, right on with Alexander Brandon, as he was also involved in the Tyrian soundtrack.
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Post by Weasel on Sept 16, 2008 18:06:24 GMT -5
Basically all of Straylight Productions is awesome. Unreal stands as their ultimate pinnacle, if you ask me, though Deus Ex doesn't trail far behind.
Jesper Kyd, of course, deserves a huge mention here, especially the soundtracks he's done in cooperation with the Hungarian Radio Choir. Even if you don't like stealth games, have a look at the Hitman series just for the soundtrack.
Sonic 3 was handled by a Western composer, right? Howard Drossin? Still the best Sonic soundtrack in my opinion.
Finally, one last person deserves a special mention here: Jeehun Hwang. He was responsible for all of the Mechwarrior 2 soundtracks, as well as Heavy Gear and many other Activision games. Mech 2 is still one of my favorite PC game soundtracks of all time, so that's saying something, even if the technical quality of the music hasn't really stood up perfectly.
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Post by Smithee on Sept 16, 2008 18:45:03 GMT -5
"Jeehun Hwang" eh? I remember that soundstracks being good.
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Post by necromaniac on Sept 18, 2008 16:40:34 GMT -5
Michael "Monkey Island" Land
Matt "Diablo" Uelmen
Bill "Clive Barker's undying" Brown
Michael "Baldur's Gate" Hoenig
Chris "Turrican" Hülsbeck
David "Shadow of the Beast" Whittaker
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Post by aggroger on Sept 19, 2008 8:09:14 GMT -5
Robert "Doom" Prince
Malcolm "Day Of The Tentacle" Mc Donnel
Tim "Psygnosis games" Wright AKA Cold Storage
Rob "Skate Or Die" Hubbard
Richard "Cannon Fodder" Joseph (RIP)
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Post by Allie on Sept 21, 2008 23:38:21 GMT -5
Should anyone actually want to hear the songs from Tyrian 1.1 (none of the extra songs from Tyrian 2.0/Tyrian 2000 are there, however)... moi.renard.free.fr/tyrianjukebox/ |
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Post by morphballer on Sept 23, 2008 17:23:00 GMT -5
Dan "Toasty" for Forden Mortal Kombat
Howard Drossin for Sonic 3/and Knuckles
David Wise for Battletoads
Jake Kaufman for Contra 4
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Post by Neo Rasa on Sept 25, 2008 14:03:42 GMT -5
Basically all of Straylight Productions is awesome. Unreal stands as their ultimate pinnacle, Hell yes. Everything about the soundtrack is great. While the graphics were the selling point, the music breathed so much life into that game and made it feel so epic and enthralling at all times. I'd go so far as to say that it's what inspired the developers to expand on the Unreal mythos to give us the Tournament games/etc. Deus Ex is great though. Joyous are the people upon whom I bestow my massive zip file of every Deus Ex track. I'm not a huge Unreal Tournament fan except for the first one, which is pretty much a perfect game. Yeah some of the personality of the weapons is gone (eight-ball launcher becomes a rocket launcher, razorjack becomes the "ripper" or whatever, etc.) but the music still holds up. I'd say it's almost equal to the original Unreal's when heard during game play. Jesper Kyd not only deserves credit for his great work with IOI and other developers (Robotech: Invasion well worth a listen) but for his work on the Genesis. Batman and Robin especially. His more recent work is arguably derivative, but I'm a big fan of Michael Giacchino. Probably most famous for the soundtracks for the first three Medal of Honor games and Secret Weapons Over Normandy (which is fantastic). |
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Post by seventytwo on Oct 5, 2008 1:33:43 GMT -5
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