Comments on: Give Me Some Emotion, Maestro

By: slicedlime

slicedlime — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:25:08 +0000

Johan: The stuff about Left 4 Dead is interesting… I’m not much for the game type but that sounds interesting in its own right. How does it blend together with other music in the game though?

Stiched: I’ve always loved the Soundtrack to Band of Brothers too… the theme song is one of the really powerful emotional ties to the series as well.

By: Stitched

Stitched — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:23:06 +0000

Cool blog. Having just moved to Sweden from the UK (via Canada), I can understand how music can make one’s mood lift.

The comment about Band of Brothers is dead on. The violin players, near the end, when they find the concentration camp – ooof. Powerful, powerful emotions; both visual and auditory.

By: Johan Svensson

Johan Svensson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:15:38 +0000

Left 4 Dead has some interesting stuff about music in the commentary mode. Musically it’s not that much more than a few different tracks with different amount of tension, but each player has his own score. One player may have tense dramatic music while others currently have no music at all.

I happened to re-watch the L4D intro today, and even now I’m noticing new things in it.

Each of the boss infected has their own “theme” – the regular four have a short 3-4 note introduction melody that plays when they spawn, and today I noticed that these short themes are even present in the intro movie if you’re paying attention.

The infected themes are directional too — when I play without my headphones so I have surround sound, I instinctively turn in the direction of those three dark piano notes, since I know a Boomer just spawned over there.

The two remaining boss infected, the Tank and Witch, have their own complete special score since they have very special purposes rather than the roadbump the regular four boss infected act as.