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Garrett
Joined: 13 Jul 2001
Posts: 74
Location: Munich, Germany |
| Jeremy Sould scores Oblivion & Title Theme MP3 |
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This PR from Bethesda is not much of a surprise:<blockquote><em><b>The Elder Scrolls® IV: Oblivion™ to Feature Original Soundtrack by Award-Winning Composer Jeremy Soule</b>
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<br><i>“Gaming’s Greatest Musician” to Create Music for Epic RPG</i>
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<br>October 21, 2005 (Rockville, MD) -- Bethesda Game Studios announced today that Jeremy Soule, the award-winning composer who has been called “gaming’s greatest musician,” will create the soundtrack for the highly anticipated role-playing game (RPG), The Elder Scrolls® IV: Oblivion™. The score for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® (2002 Game of the Year, 2002 RPG of the Year), also created by Soule, received numerous accolades from industry professionals including “Game Soundtrack of the Year,” “Best Music and Sound Effects,” and “Outstanding Achievement in Original Composition.” A sample piece of music from Oblivion is available for download at <a href="http://www.elderscrolls.com/" target="_blank">www.elderscrolls.com</a>.
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<br>"I’ve been working with Jeremy for a long time," said Todd Howard, executive producer for Oblivion, “and this is by far his best work. The game is an epic-fantasy-drama, and the score adds greatly to its dramatic appeal.. What he has brought to Oblivion is extraordinary. I can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”
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<br>Oblivion is an epic, open-ended single-player RPG for the next generation. Providing gamers with the most life-like gaming experience to date, Oblivion promises to be an immersive experience unlike any other. The powerful combination of unprecedented graphics and freeform gameplay allows gamers to unravel the main quest or explore the vast world at their own pace. Oblivion is the fourth chapter in the award-winning Elder Scrolls series that includes Morrowind, Daggerfall™ (1996 RPG of the year), and Arena (1994 RPG of the year).
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<br>"It has been a thrill to score the music for the next installment in The Elder Scrolls series,” said Soule. “The stunning, epic quality of The Elder Scrolls series is particularly compatible with the grand, orchestral style of music I enjoy composing the most. It has been a pleasure to be involved with such a revolutionary series that is poised to redefine the RPG genre once again."
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<br>Jeremy Soule has been the recipient of numerous industry awards and professional accolades. Among his credits include Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which earned Soule the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award (BAFTA) for Best Score, Game Music Category. Soule has also been twice nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for his work with The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and also received a BAFTA nomination for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Soule is also involved with Direct Song, a game music expansion service allowing gamers to add more official music to their games.</em></blockquote> |
Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:20 am |
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Znith
Village Dweller
Joined: 24 Jul 2005
Posts: 13
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Better late than never I guess.. you'd think with about a month from the so called 'release title' this would already have been started on. I love Morrowinds music so I hope it's just as good if not better. |
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:21 am |
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Lucky Day
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Hey Garret, your finger slipped. Its Soule, heh.
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I seriously doubt they just got a contract to score the music now cosnidering the money Bethesda's been throwing at this. And Picard must cost more than our famed and favourite original RPG composor.
I think in the E3 Demo they said they worked with he music at the same time for atmosphere in the jail. Not certain omn that though.
I'm wondering how much interest and popularity the gaming industry has to show to get Game Soundtracks to get Grammies. I mean, few movies have inspired original classical music even compared to video games. |
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:45 am |
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Garrett
Joined: 13 Jul 2001
Posts: 74
Location: Munich, Germany |
ooops....he sould his soule? *g*
oh, you have a typo as well, it's composer, not composor, isn't it? |
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:26 am |
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abbaon
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Well, if you wondered whether Oblivion's soundtrack would include anything as memorable as the Morrowind theme, rest assured that it does. The Morrowind theme is exactly as memorable as you remember. |
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:32 pm |
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Lucky Day
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quote:
oh, you have a typo as well, it's composer, not composor, isn't it?
d'ohe! |
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Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:54 pm |
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Paul999999
Leader of the Senate
Joined: 08 Oct 2002
Posts: 302
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I liked Morrowinds music alot, just hated the game lol.
Specially the title theme in Morrowind that was genius, I downloaded the tite theme off the offical site for oblivion and i was really disapointed i hope theres some good catchy music in Oblivion. |
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Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:49 am |
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Ratavuk
Noble Knight
Joined: 08 May 2005
Posts: 213
Location: I-Net |
The music in MW was great but the game was shit that's true. And there were not enough different single music scores in it so after a while the music was getting on my nerves. Nonetheless Soule did a great job with it and he is certainly one of my favourite game score componists and he comes right after Kairo aka Kai Rosenkranz (ever listened to the credits theme in G2 NOTR then you know what i mean) *slime*   |
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Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:11 am |
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