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[Oli.C]

I would be very interested to hear everyones thoughts on the musical score for Mass Effect 2.

Personally I thought it was absolute triumph.  It played such a crucial role in giving those ingame moments the perfect emotional atmosphere and was responsible for making me shake with adrenaline during the game finale.

Thank you Jack Wall, Sam Hulick, David Kates, Jimmy Hinson and of course Bioware.  At the moment I cannot listen to anything else, what a memorable impression you have left!

[exxxed]

Very true, i love the soundtrack, this game sets track records in almost every department!



I never enjoyed such a beautiful score ever before (not even in movies which says allot).



Plus the tracks in the clubs are fantastic, i never passed through a club without stopping to listen for a while.

[OfTheFaintSmile]

End Run and Return to normandy are amazing

[Lyrandori]

For me, ME2's soundtrack cannot go without the game, meaning that if I listen to it outside of the game itself really doesn't have the same... "punch", the same "meaning". My feeling with ME2's soundtrack is that the music of it is a direct narrative in musical form for each given maps or missions. If played at the same time then I LOVE the soundtrack, it fits in the whole game seamlessly...

BUT...

What I loved about ME1's soundtrack is that I could listen to most of the tracks without playing the game, just you know, while browsing the web or just listening to it with my 7.1 surround sound system in my living room just for the kicks and it was (and still IS) awesome. It's strange, it's just the way I myself perceive both soundtracks. I love them both, it's clear, but as I said above for me ME2's music is dependent on the game itself, whereas ME1's music can be enjoyed any time, out or inside the game, but that's just me guys don't take this too profoundly, to each our own.

Modifié par Lyrandori, 16 février 2010 - 07:13 .

[Azint]

I liked the music from the first game, but to me it was very under-played. It was more of audio wallpaper that would conisistently loop at certain points. However the various themes and crescendos that were meant to be prominant were and they delivered well, particularly Sovereingn's theme and when joining the Spectres.



In Mass Effect 2, they had a musical score, music for mood, drama and ambience. It was there for you to hear what you would need to know. The character themes were some of the best tracks for different reasons, they gave emphasis on their respective chracters and their actions, one standout track was the Illusive Man's theme, it was present when he was, you would recognize him just by the track, and it complimented his enigmatic nature.



I loved the soundtrack to Mass Effect 2 for the same reason I loved the soundtrack to Star Wars, it was there as a conduit to the gravitas and emotions that was going on.

[mjwoltsknar]

i got the soundtrack after playing the game, and it's perfect. i listen to it while i'm driving sometimes, and i have these nerdtastic moments where i feel like i'm piloting the normandy or something.



it does a fantastic job of bringing up the feeling of the game, especially the suicide mission track. i still get the same shivers up my spine as i did when i played that last mission.

[OfTheFaintSmile]

I used www.dirpy.com to extract those Afterlife club tracks, soooo groovy 8)

[Keltoris]

Soundtrack possesses ability to make me feel cold without the game. Probably due to memory association.



Quite excellent.

[Tooneyman]

I still want the ending song from ME 1 back I think that would have given it just that last big of spice it needed!

[swirlwind]

I think the soundtrack is phenomenal, and while I liked the one for ME just fine, the second game's soundtrack is better. I listen to it without playing the game quite a bit. My only complaint is that it doesn't include the (fantastic) club tracks. Fortunately, someone posted them in another thread, so I got them anyway.



A special mention goes out to the way ambient music is handled in the game. I remember in ME when taking the elevator in Noveria to reach the hotel where Lorek is, there's a pause with no music at all when the ambient music "switches gears" to play the hotel music, and I always found it a little distracting. No such complaints in ME2! I love the way you can hear the music pounding from Afterlife when you're just walking in the area outside it, and Morinth even comments on it during Samara's loyalty quest. The music changes seamlessly when exiting the upper level of Afterlife and entering the lower level.



Also, the club tracks in ME were lacklustre at best, while the ones in ME2 are superb. Well done, sound people!