Game News Oblivion gets some Soule

[jiujitsu]

He's a good composer. Jennifer told me so. She also told me that she masturbates furiously while ritualistically skinning a cat atop her Jeremy Soule altar buried within her closet.

Honestly, I couldn't believe all that shit they spewed forth in that interview. "It will be the best thing ever in forever forever." Give us a fucking break.

It would be stupid to say "It's ok. Not as good as Morrowind's but it's alright." Even if that's true there's no way they'd say that. Why bother saying anything then? To annoy people with more than half a brain.

We are on to you games! You wonder why we are such pricks here at the Codex. Well, it's your own damn fault for saying such retarded and transparent shit.

Fuck, is it at all possible to not be annoying with PR?

On a side note: Vimbersplofticoppltop.

 

[bryce777]

Btw, if you insist on using capital letters to spell "definitive", you might want to double-check the spelling.

meh

Who fucking cares?

People who actually have some musical intelligence. Soundtracks for games like Lost Eden completely built an atmosphere and part to the story.

I will just listen to Nick Cave or Johnny Cash while I play a game. Maybe Frank Zappa or Bowie or Floyd, depending on the game.

That's music intelligence. getting worked up over a game composer is just music pretentiousness.

 

[bryce777]

He's a good composer. Jennifer told me so. She also told me that she masturbates furiously while ritualistically skinning a cat atop her Jeremy Soule altar buried within her closet.

Honestly, I couldn't believe all that shit they spewed forth in that interview. "It will be the best thing ever in forever forever." Give us a fucking break.

It would be stupid to say "It's ok. Not as good as Morrowind's but it's alright." Even if that's true there's no way they'd say that. Why bother saying anything then? To annoy people with more than half a brain.

We are on to you games! You wonder why we are such pricks here at the Codex. Well, it's your own damn fault for saying such retarded and transparent shit.

Fuck, is it at all possible to not be annoying with PR?

On a side note: Vimbersplofticoppltop.

The 'redefining' thing is just so obvious...like they didn't feed him a script.

You know, I sort of liked RPGs before they had been redifined to suck monkey ass.

 

[Balor]

Yea, I already mentioned Morgan, and his themes for PS:T contributed a lot to it.
I doubt that Soule's music, which is nice, but kinda (pun alert!) soulless, will be nearly as good.

 

[TheGreatGodPan]

I play a lot of old games on my computer, many of which have no sound or I can't get it to work. Doesn't really seem like a big deal to me, but I thought the music from the demo for Arcanum was pretty good.

 

[Tintin]

Btw, if you insist on using capital letters to spell "definitive", you might want to double-check the spelling.

meh

Who fucking cares?

People who actually have some musical intelligence. Soundtracks for games like Lost Eden completely built an atmosphere and part to the story.

I will just listen to Nick Cave or Johnny Cash while I play a game. Maybe Frank Zappa or Bowie or Floyd, depending on the game.

That's music intelligence. getting worked up over a game composer is just music pretentiousness.

Yeah, you're right. Forgot real compositions, let's be cool and listen to some hot rock bands. They're the real genius' of music, how could I forget?

Though I have yet to see where I got worked up over a game composer. I do recall though, saying I thought he was a bit repetitive, but is a talented composer. UH OH GETTING WORKED UP AGAIN.

 

[bryce777]

Btw, if you insist on using capital letters to spell "definitive", you might want to double-check the spelling.

meh

Who fucking cares?

People who actually have some musical intelligence. Soundtracks for games like Lost Eden completely built an atmosphere and part to the story.

I will just listen to Nick Cave or Johnny Cash while I play a game. Maybe Frank Zappa or Bowie or Floyd, depending on the game.

That's music intelligence. getting worked up over a game composer is just music pretentiousness.

Yeah, you're right. Forgot real compositions, let's be cool and listen to some hot rock bands. They're the real genius' of music, how could I forget?

Though I have yet to see where I got worked up over a game composer. I do recall though, saying I thought he was a bit repetitive, but is a talented composer. UH OH GETTING WORKED UP AGAIN.

Nick Cave and Zappa are both excellent composers, and Danny Elfman is probably a better composer than soule could ever hope to be.

I suppose maybe Pink Floyd could be called a rock band but that does not take away from their genius.

 

[Tintin]

and Danny Elfman is probably a better composer than soule could ever hope to be

Wait...are you thinking that I'm a Soule fan or something? Of course Danny Elfman is better than Soule. And so is John Williams, James Horner, Thomas Newman, etc etc.

All I'm saying is that music is important, whether for a movie - or - a - game, and shouldn't be dismissed as "oh more crappy unimportant stuff released info"

And by music in this context I am referring to orchestral music yes, which some tout as unimportant and bland then refer to their cool rock bands.

 

[kingcomrade]

He did Total Annihilation and Dawn of War? I want to fuck him.

I just spent the last 2 hours trying to get the title music from Dawn of War. No luck

 

[Elwro]

I liked almost every piece of Soule's music I ever heard. Including the recent Guild Wars pack. His soundtrack for Morrowind was great, I think - perhaps someone made a stupid decision of not hiring the guy for creating at least 40mins of music instead of only 20 mins (iirc); which was a shame as the game was supposed to last long.

 

[Tintin]

His soundtrack for Morrowind was great, I think - perhaps someone made a stupid decision of not hiring the guy for creating at least 40mins of music instead of only 20 mins

...and there's the point, which is that the only reason people criticized his music in Morrowind as boring and repetitive - was because he had limitations in Morrowind, so all the music had to fit a similar scope.

In Oblivion he doesn't have the same limitations, so yes, I think saying Oblivion's music will be BIG this time around is justified.

 

[Balor]

Well, I kinda liked the 'explore' stuff. (I have it almost off, though.. nice FPS optimiser feature).
And I already mentioned what I have for battles.

 

[kingcomrade]

And by music in this context I am referring to orchestral music yes, which some tout as unimportant and bland then refer to their cool rock bands.

Orchestral music is one of the few genres of music I can listen to without feeling retarded.

By the way, I once got punched in high school for showing this goth/retarded kid a doctored photo from Something Awful. It was a poster with some lonely kid in a locker hallway, and it originally said something like, "don't leave out/make fun of people who are different!!" but had been changed to say, "I'm gonna go listen to Linkin Park"

 

[bryce777]

And by music in this context I am referring to orchestral music yes, which some tout as unimportant and bland then refer to their cool rock bands.

Orchestral music is one of the few genres of music I can listen to without feeling retarded.

By the way, I once got punched in high school for showing this goth/retarded kid a doctored photo from Something Awful. It was a poster with some lonely kid in a locker hallway, and it originally said something like, "don't leave out/make fun of people who are different!!" but had been changed to say, "I'm gonna go listen to Linkin Park"

LOL!

 

[kingcomrade]

By the way. Have any of you played Freedom Fighter? I loved the music in that game.

 

[Atrokkus]

I loved some of Soule's works, particularily the Icewind Dale 1 (not 2nd) soundtrack (esp, the main theme, it was great). Other than that, most of his works are repetitive. He's definately a very skilled composer, but surely not a dominant *teh bestest* one.

 

[Jaesun]

I loved some of Soule's works, particularily the Icewind Dale 1 (not 2nd) soundtrack (esp, the main theme, it was great). Other than that, most of his works are repetitive. He's definately a very skilled composer, but surely not a dominant *teh bestest* one.

Inon Zur composed the Music to Icewind Dale II.

 

[Twinfalls]

Beth kept saying things like 'we're doing BIG things with the music this time round', only to announce now the same guy doing his same simple, bloated pap for the whole game?

What exactly are you rambling about?

I'm saying he does simple, bloated pap. What, am I not allowed to have that opinion, Tintin?

 

[Twinfalls]

If they're so big on the 'EPIC' schtick, Bethesda could at least have got some real symphonic music, like an actual orchestra, instead of one man in his bedroom again. Fake orchestrals just don't cut it, especially when the composition is so simplistic and so repetitive.

Listen to Daggerfall's music and compare - so much more variety, so much more genuine composition rather than flashy effects, so much more atmosphere.

 

[Atrokkus]

Inon Zur composed the Music to Icewind Dale II.

This is *known* to me. And, frankly, I don't like IWD2 soundtrack.

 

[Jaesun]

Inon Zur composed the Music to Icewind Dale II.

This is *known* to me. And, frankly, I don't like IWD2 soundtrack.

I loved some of Soule's works, particularily the Icewind Dale 1 (not 2nd) soundtrack (esp, the main theme, it was great)..

Again I was stating Soule did not compose Icewind Dale II.

 

[Chefe]

Yes he did goddamnit!

 

[Jaesun]

Yes he did goddamnit!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958735/

 

[Chefe]

That doesn't prove anything.

 

[Ryuken]

and Danny Elfman is probably a better composer than soule could ever hope to be.

That guy from the Fable music? It had some nifty tunes but the main theme was a total rip-off from Stargate.