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Thanks for posting these tracks.......really enjoyed them. Scary how some games are given the full movie soundtrack treatment. That led me onto Halo and Skyrim, more melodic game scores..........lots of exciting stuff out there in the games universe, but I digress. Thanks Spotify!
Yes, well in that time period of the mid-2000s the videogame industry was heavily focused on making games "cinematic" which included hiring composers from the film industry, using live orchestras, hiring cinematic directors to make cinematics even more filmic, adaptive music technology to have the music fit the action more fluidly, etc.
You had games like the Myst series, Shadow of Collossus, etc. that were sort of "niche" if you will and pushed technologies here and there, and basically any Star Wars game was "cinematic" in a certain way, like BioWare with Knights of the Old Republic.
But it really became mainstream in 2007 with games like Uncharted, Mass Effect, BioShock and Fallout 3, hitting full stride by 2009 with Borderlands, etc.
This also coincides with the film industry transitioning to digital which ends up being the opposite of videogames, which were trying to be more filmic, and films are trying to be more like videogames. Avatar is filmed essentially like a videogame on a motion capture stage which is now exactly how Mandalorian was filmed.
And the big growth of Hans Zimmer's studio was in this time period where a lot of his composers worked on videogames as well.
My point is I listen to videogame soundtracks too because the current style of movie soundtracks is virtually indistinguishable from the approach to how videogames are composed. Films are just following in videogames' footsteps. Case-in-point: MANDALORIAN and BORDERLANDS.
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Nov 20, 2019 - 6:24 AM
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Thanks for posting these tracks.......really enjoyed them. Scary how some games are given the full movie soundtrack treatment. That led me onto Halo and Skyrim, more melodic game scores..........lots of exciting stuff out there in the games universe, but I digress. Thanks Spotify!
Yes, well in that time period of the mid-2000s the videogame industry was heavily focused on making games "cinematic" which included hiring composers from the film industry, using live orchestras, hiring cinematic directors to make cinematics even more filmic, adaptive music technology to have the music fit the action more fluidly, etc.
You had games like the Myst series, Shadow of Collossus, etc. that were sort of "niche" if you will and pushed technologies here and there, and basically any Star Wars game was "cinematic" in a certain way, like BioWare with Knights of the Old Republic.
But it really became mainstream in 2007 with games like Uncharted, Mass Effect, BioShock and Fallout 3, hitting full stride by 2009 with Borderlands, etc.
This also coincides with the film industry transitioning to digital which ends up being the opposite of videogames, which were trying to be more filmic, and films are trying to be more like videogames. Avatar is filmed essentially like a videogame on a motion capture stage which is now exactly how Mandalorian was filmed.
And the big growth of Hans Zimmer's studio was in this time period where a lot of his composers worked on videogames as well.
My point is I listen to videogame soundtracks too because the current style of movie soundtracks is virtually indistinguishable from the approach to how videogames are composed. Films are just following in videogames' footsteps. Case-in-point: MANDALORIAN and BORDERLANDS.
Good points. Gaming narratives have become as good as movies now and lend themselves to the same music treatment as movie studios.
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Nov 26, 2019 - 2:43 PM
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Cinefanart
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After watching the first 3 episodes, I can see why Mr Göransson was selected as the composer. The atmosphere and mood he generates is very clever without too much effort. Wonderful stuff. Never drowning out scenes, and always helping the show along. Can’t get enough of the Mandalorian theme. It’s like an ear worm......but in a good way. Roll on ep 4......
I'm REALLY glad I didn't pay attention to naysayers and gave this a chance. On first listen it seems like an unmemorable hodgepodge, but it very much benefits from repeated listens. There is a wonderful sci-fi vibe poking out here and there, stitching together all the ethnic what have you. The quick, jaunty action theme is so much fun. I quite dislike the March theme; don't know if it's for the hero, but it sounds like Giacchino's Imperial theme crossed with a rather annoying take on the Silvestri Avengers theme?--anybody know what it is and if it is actually supposed to be referencing other SW music? That being said it and some of the other big orchestra material are SUPERBLY recorded to sound like they fit with the classic SW orchestral sound. The recording across the board is just fantastic, with instruments having clarity and natural body--like or dislike video game music, its few and far between that they (or a lot of movies, too) have the kind of budget to make a recording sound this good!
Well it’s now up to me to watch the first two episodes tonight......great discussions......taking all posts under consideration ...... here we go......
Oh and here’s something I knocked up in anticipation of this series...
https://www.redbubble.com/people/cinefanart1/works/42529469-mandalorian-2?p=classic-tee&ref=available_products_swiper
Enjoy
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