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[Mr. MannlyMan]

Did anyone else think that the Shadow Broker's theme should have featured heavier synths and a little less orchestral music?



I'm just thinking about the Illusive Man's theme, and how it effectively evoked a sense of wonder and intimidation surrounding him; an accurate representation of the image he presented to his enemies, as well as the people he worked for. Now, THAT piece fit perfectly with TIM... but I didn't really get that feeling from the LotSB music.



IMO I'd think that the Shadow Broker would evoke a much more mellow theme, with heavier synthesizers and probably some bigger brass instruments to present him/her as an enigmatic and all-powerful being. Something to play against the Illusive Man's lighter and more elegant theme.



LotSB's music was great, but I thought it kind of misrepresented the importance of the Shadow Broker as a character; it focused more on Shepard and Liara's personal struggle than on the gravity of the whole situation (basically, one of the most powerful organizations in the galaxy, run by one of the most-feared individuals in existence, is under threat of being destroyed).



Anyway, that's just my take on it. I definitely wouldn't have minded more synths in the soundtrack, though.

[lazuli]

TheKillerAngel wrote...

Zaeed didn't have unique music, his stuff was just taken from Thane's theme.

Do you play on a PC?  I play on an xbox, and Zaeed's mission definitely features new music.  I only ask because it's come up before.  Someone said that Zaeed's mission didn't have unique music- that it just used Samara's music.

Here's one of the songs that plays on Zorya.

[TheKillerAngel]

lazuli wrote...

TheKillerAngel wrote...

Zaeed didn't have unique music, his stuff was just taken from Thane's theme.

Do you play on a PC?  I play on an xbox, and Zaeed's mission definitely features new music.  I only ask because it's come up before.  Someone said that Zaeed's mission didn't have unique music- that it just used Samara's music.

Here's one of the songs that plays on Zorya.

Start at 2:37

Thane Krios's theme

[FuturePasTimeCE]

TheKillerAngel wrote...

lazuli wrote...

TheKillerAngel wrote...

Zaeed didn't have unique music, his stuff was just taken from Thane's theme.

Do you play on a PC?  I play on an xbox, and Zaeed's mission definitely features new music.  I only ask because it's come up before.  Someone said that Zaeed's mission didn't have unique music- that it just used Samara's music.

Here's one of the songs that plays on Zorya.

Start at 2:37

Thane Krios's theme

she's right... the intro is amazing.

[lazuli]

FuturePasTimeCE wrote...
she's right... the intro is amazing.

And I'm going to go ahead and blame my failure to notice that on the intro.  Zaeed didn't get all of Thane's theme, and I associate Thane's theme with that mysterious chime in the beginning more than anything else.  They use that intro in Tali's loyalty mission and a few other places throughout the game, I believe.

Thanks for setting me straight, TheKillerAngel.

[FuturePasTimeCE]

lazuli wrote...

FuturePasTimeCE wrote...
she's right... the intro is amazing.

And I'm going to go ahead and blame my failure to notice that on the intro.  Zaeed didn't get all of Thane's theme, and I associate Thane's theme with that mysterious chime in the beginning more than anything else.  They use that intro in Tali's loyalty mission and a few other places throughout the game, I believe.

Thanks for setting me straight, TheKillerAngel.

eh... kasumi's theme is partially samara's, and the overlord theme is partially kasumi's... but it is mass effect i might add... there's nothing wrong with using retcons with musical phrases and theme.

the matrix = greatest soundtracks ever though.

example 1
example 2
example 3

[MerrickShep]

BEst track in Overlord.

[Randy1012]

Someone was kind enough to combine the music from the Kasumi and Overlord DLCs into single songs (one for each mission, that is). I'd love it if someone were able to do the same with all the Lair of the Shadow Broker music. I play on the Xbox, so I don't have access to the files, and even if I did, I'd have no idea how to do it myself.

[Funker Shepard]

Mr. MannlyMan wrote...

Did anyone else think that the Shadow Broker's theme should have featured heavier synths and a little less orchestral music?

Well, the music in Kasumi was pretty much that way, and I think it's the best ME music we've heard since ME1. Not that the ME2 music was BAD, I just preferred the synthier sound in the first game.

[Sailears]

For me, Vigil's theme tops every other theme in both games, so I was overjoyed to hear liberal sprinklings of it in this DLC.

[Melancholic]

Randy1083 wrote...

Someone was kind enough to combine the music from the Kasumi and Overlord DLCs into single songs (one for each mission, that is). I'd love it if someone were able to do the same with all the Lair of the Shadow Broker music. I play on the Xbox, so I don't have access to the files, and even if I did, I'd have no idea how to do it myself.

Look here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9B0O9C1L
I had the same idea so I did it myself.

320 kB/s mp3, includes the apartment track, two combat themes, all boss themes and meeting the Shadow Broker.

I extended the final battle section so that I could have a fadeout without cutting anything from the track (the original ends extremely abruptly).

It's not perfect, but it's something. 

Edit:
The tags say Jack Wall because I have no idea who actually compose the DLC music.

Modifié par Melancholic, 09 septembre 2010 - 11:22 .

[Randy1012]

Melancholic wrote...

Randy1083 wrote...

Someone was kind enough to combine the music from the Kasumi and Overlord DLCs into single songs (one for each mission, that is). I'd love it if someone were able to do the same with all the Lair of the Shadow Broker music. I play on the Xbox, so I don't have access to the files, and even if I did, I'd have no idea how to do it myself.

Look here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9B0O9C1L
I had the same idea so I did it myself.

320 kB/s mp3, includes the apartment track, two combat themes, all boss themes and meeting the Shadow Broker.

I extended the final battle section so that I could have a fadeout without cutting anything from the track (the original ends extremely abruptly).

It's not perfect, but it's something. 

Edit:
The tags say Jack Wall because I have no idea who actually compose the DLC music.

Awesome! Unfortunately, Megaupload says the file's currently unavailable.

[Randy1012]

Whoops, double post.

Modifié par Randy1083, 09 septembre 2010 - 06:42 .

[Melancholic]

Randy1083 wrote...

Melancholic wrote...

Randy1083 wrote...

Someone was kind enough to combine the music from the Kasumi and Overlord DLCs into single songs (one for each mission, that is). I'd love it if someone were able to do the same with all the Lair of the Shadow Broker music. I play on the Xbox, so I don't have access to the files, and even if I did, I'd have no idea how to do it myself.

Look here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9B0O9C1L
I had the same idea so I did it myself.

320 kB/s mp3, includes the apartment track, two combat themes, all boss themes and meeting the Shadow Broker.

I extended the final battle section so that I could have a fadeout without cutting anything from the track (the original ends extremely abruptly).

It's not perfect, but it's something. 

Edit:
The tags say Jack Wall because I have no idea who actually compose the DLC music.

Awesome! Unfortunately, Megaupload says the file's currently unavailable.

So it would seem. 
Mirror time:

http://www.mediafire...crb7zw4dkxb2f1r

Modifié par Melancholic, 09 septembre 2010 - 08:21 .

[Nezzer]

Does anyone knows what's that song that plays during "Liara's Shadow Broker Induction"? I think I've heard that one before.

[Randy1012]

Melancholic wrote...

Randy1083 wrote...

Melancholic wrote...

Randy1083 wrote...

Someone was kind enough to combine the music from the Kasumi and Overlord DLCs into single songs (one for each mission, that is). I'd love it if someone were able to do the same with all the Lair of the Shadow Broker music. I play on the Xbox, so I don't have access to the files, and even if I did, I'd have no idea how to do it myself.

Look here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9B0O9C1L
I had the same idea so I did it myself.

320 kB/s mp3, includes the apartment track, two combat themes, all boss themes and meeting the Shadow Broker.

I extended the final battle section so that I could have a fadeout without cutting anything from the track (the original ends extremely abruptly).

It's not perfect, but it's something. 

Edit:
The tags say Jack Wall because I have no idea who actually compose the DLC music.

Awesome! Unfortunately, Megaupload says the file's currently unavailable.

So it would seem. 
Mirror time:

http://www.mediafire...crb7zw4dkxb2f1r

You, sir or madam, are fantastic. Thank you very much for taking the time to put this together.

[FlyinElk212]

My one complaint about the music in Lair of the Shadow Broker is that, for the regular battles, the string section is simply the inverse of the string section of the Overlord music.

I don't really have a problem with particular themes being replayed in multiple songs (Suicide Mission within End Run, Thane's theme within Zaeed, Shepard's theme in Legion's), because it provides unification throughout the musical themes in the game.

I DON'T like the aforementioned Overlord inverse string progression within the LotSB regular battles. It didn't take the theme of Overlord for reinforcement, it simply reversed one of its instruments tunes. That isn't clever theme recall: that's a lack of creativity.

Modifié par FlyinElk212, 10 septembre 2010 - 02:20 .

[Moondoggie]

FlyinElk212 wrote...

My one complaint about the music in Lair of the Shadow Broker is that, for the regular battles, the string section is simply the inverse of the string section of the Overlord music.

I don't really have a problem with particular themes being replayed in multiple songs (Suicide Mission within End Run, Thane's theme within Zaeed, Shepard's theme in Legion's), because it provides unification throughout the musical themes in the game.

I DON'T like the aforementioned Overlord inverse string progression within the LotSB regular battles. It didn't take the theme of Overlord for reinforcement, it simply reversed one of its instruments tunes. That isn't clever theme recall: that's a lack of creativity.

I noticed the progression being Overlord backwards. I kind of like the combat theme in LotSB although because it was so similar it probably didn't have the same impact on me as when i heard the Overlord combat theme the first time. LotSB is kinda Overlords melody backwards mixed with some of Dark Knight. But they do seem to recycle music a lot in ME 2 in general. The Kasumi themes were good but many of them do take stuff from other places in the games soundtrack.

[Merchant2006]

Why is it in the intro of the music I always think of Batman xD

Modifié par Merchant2006, 10 septembre 2010 - 03:41 .

[Annihilator27]

Merchant2006 wrote...

Why is it in the intro of the music I always think of Batman xD

Hunh, Does have that Dark knight vibe imo. The two songs have an emotional vibe imo.

[Annihilator27]

Check that out.

[D0ubL3 RaiNboW]

Curunen wrote...

For me, Vigil's theme tops every other theme in both games, so I was overjoyed to hear liberal sprinklings of it in this DLC.

Same, wish you could get it in your room.

[vorianxavier]

Does anyone know where to find the music that plays during the scene where Liara is hacking the door and you have to fight off waves of enemies? I loved how the beeping of the door synced with the music. I'm hoping there's actually a musical track somewhere that includes those beeps.

[Annihilator27]

vorianxavier wrote...

Does anyone know where to find the music that plays during the scene where Liara is hacking the door and you have to fight off waves of enemies? I loved how the beeping of the door synced with the music. I'm hoping there's actually a musical track somewhere that includes those beeps.

That song is "As they enter" I believe. The soundtrack for LotSB is out.