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darkknightkryta on 04 June 2013
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disolitude said:
darkknightkryta said:

Well, this is a partial misunderstanding :P.  I was saying that most devs have switched over orchestra.  Some devs haven't.  Some like that synth sound, like in Mass Effect.  I was just saying that classic music is being relegated to niche games pretty much due to budgets.  So I'm sure you'd find better tracks that suit you in those games, is what I was trying to say.

Funny you mention that track cause that's the one I was going to post :P.  I think it fits perfectly, that epicness with the brass taking over.  It tells a story, which is why I like it, and why I like killing enemies to it.  There's a version in the original God of War, it was done with keyboard orchestra, maybe you'd like that one better?

I would put Mass Effect in the same category as God of War in terms of music. Very skillful and cinematic music written to match the mood and situations of the game...

Mass Effect series is definitely more synth based, but the funny thing is that the same guy composed both Mass Effect and God of War games - http://gamingbolt.com/mass-effect-god-of-war-composer-working-on-company-of-heroes-2-original-score

I don't have any issues with either of those 2 games since they are so heavily story driven and their audio matches their overall tone.

I do see a lot of missed opportunities in terms of soundtracks in other current gen AAA games.

Like Halo 4 for example...343 Studios could have done so much cool stuff and reinvented the audio for that game but they were perfectly content just doing their best impression of the old Bungie made Halo compositions. It sounds great but its familiar territory. Some of those insane battles with newly introduced Promethians really could have used some lively "boss" music...etc

Many people composed God of War, plus Mass EFfect 1 & 2 weren't composed by him. 

I think 343 had to do that.  I'll use my friend as an example, he loves Halo, he loves the sound track, I'm sure he'd hate if they did a 180 and changed the sound completely.  Plus it wouldn't be Halo without similar music.  Music plays a huge part in atmostphere.

Kinda like Mario or Zelda.  Even with the orchestra behind the games now, you can recognize them because the tunes are still the same.