Huxley scored by Gears of War composer
GameDaily reports that Gears of War composer Kevin Riepl has provided the score for the upcoming MMO FPS Huxley. The score reportedly took 2 days to record with the help of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at Warner Bros. Studios. Riepl says he's "proud" to have worked on Webzen's Huxley, the varied themes of which demand a "gripping soundtrack" according to the composer. We're quite fond of the Gears of War soundtrack, so we have high hopes for the soundscape of Huxley. Here's hoping the actual game can live up to it. We'll find out when the game hits retailers in 2008.
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Mauricio @ Oct 3rd 2007 7:26PM
According to imdb Kevin Riepl also worked on Shrek 2, UT2003, Unreal Championship, Dead 2 Rights and Twisted Metal: Black.
Jack the Ripper @ Oct 3rd 2007 7:29PM
I hate being such a negative Nelly... but I can't remember the music to any of those. Not to say they had bad scores, just nothing I could pick up on and identify if I was playing "name that tune." Kinda like the music from the King Kong remake, or the new Spider-Man theme.
Mauricio @ Oct 3rd 2007 7:33PM
Im with ya Mr Ripper. i dont remember the music to Gears. So it must have not been great.
So Jack, can i call you Jack, do you carry 16 knives? are you from Poland and do you have a beard?
J.R. @ Oct 3rd 2007 7:39PM
Wow, some actual news on Huxley? Wow, I guess the game really is coming out! *Adding to 2008 list along with GTA IV and Hell's Highway*
Sunny @ Oct 3rd 2007 7:57PM
Yeah, the only Gears of War music I can think of is the Mad World song... and most other people I know would call it "that song from Donnie Darko."
iRoy @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:12PM
I swear there's an advert for Yakult (Japanese ) probiotic drinks in the UK that uses the Gears of War soundtrack:
http://www.yakult.co.uk/Public/default.aspx
Mauricio @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:13PM
Tears for Fears FTW
violenceinhd @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:20PM
Unreal Championship music was fucking AWESOME, as was Twisted Metal: Black.
ryan @ Oct 3rd 2007 9:33PM
you guys seriously cant remember the Gears music? it was very haunting beautiful and tense. at times it sounded alot like Predator. cool stuff.
Adam @ Oct 3rd 2007 10:11PM
@9. Agreed, while it may not be memerable in the sense that you could sing it back it was similar to halo:ce i.e. if it wasnt there you would have never felt a part of the game's story...
Seroth @ Oct 3rd 2007 10:36PM
The guy also did UT2004 music...which has some songs that UT2003 didn't. :P
I love this guy's music for his Epic Games games. A lot of people say they didn't pay attention to the music in Gears. I did, and man, the main theme is epic-sounding.
DemonGSides @ Oct 3rd 2007 11:07PM
Awesome picture btw.
Shows so much of Huxley.
Billy Carter Likes Beer @ Oct 4th 2007 12:40AM
Everybody check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsns-7nrqb8&mode=related&search=
This is the greatest 360 video I have EVER seen!
Anticrawl @ Oct 4th 2007 2:20AM
Honestly I clicked the link to this article to comment on my lack of memory of any music in Gears of War. Clearly it wasn't very memorable. I guess this is good news for that guy who scored the game?
Halo's score was memorable, any Mario game is memorable, Zelda's score was memorable. I dunno hopefully he can pull it off this time?
Anticrawl @ Oct 4th 2007 2:21AM
Also, what the fuck at #2, a negative Nelly? Never heard that version of a negative Nancy, so much better with Nancy I say, funnier too.
MDJ2010 @ Oct 4th 2007 3:13AM
How can you not remember the Gears score, it plays every time the disc goes into the drive. I think its a brilliant score and truly made for a better game
Jack the Ripper @ Oct 4th 2007 6:48AM
@15, I was thinking about Nelly Furtado's butt in lowrider jeans at the time. Now there's an ass that knows how to make an impression. If only Kevin Riepl could somehow learn something about making memorable music by studying butt cheeks. Hmmm...
Anticrawl @ Oct 4th 2007 10:15AM
Well sorry MDJ2010, I loved Gears, and I love a great score. Music sometimes makes the game (see: Halo), but I can't remember the Gears score, musta been only so-so. Katamari is another great one, haha.
At #15, had I known that woman by name I'd probably have my thoughs all jumbled as well. She is attractive, tomorrow I'll probably remember her curves more than anything by Kevin Riepl.
Also I can't remember music in Unreal 2003/2004 and those two games are among my favorite PC FPS of all time, well for multiplayer atleast.
BananaBoat @ Oct 6th 2007 4:18AM
The Japanese are alot better (it seems) at scoring games than their American and European peers. The score of Gears was nice and all, but it doesn't compare with the sheer diversity of the music from something like Katamari or *Pick a Final Fantasy*.
I was excited for Huxley, until I read poor early reviews. Now I'm alot more excited for Hellgate London than I am for Huxley.
Unlike a Katamari game, where the score is half the fun, I could care less what music they play in Huxley. It's on the 360, so I'll be doing custom soundtracks anyway (Thanks alot Bungie, for ruining that for me on Halo 3)