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2010/06/05

Trent Reznor not Working on Doom 4

It’s a long way off until Doom 4 will ever see the light of day, seeing as Rage – the title that id is currently working on – will only arrive next year as it is.

Still, there were those who probably wondered whether Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame would be working on Doom 4 as far as sound and music goes.

The answer it turns out, is “No”. Apparently he said that he doesn’t have the time to work on the game.

"I haven't been contacted by them and find it unlikely that I would have time at this point."

Trent previously worked on the music in Quake, and also did some work on Doom 3 that didn’t even make it into the final version of the game.

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Source: Trent Reznor Unlikely to be Involved with Doom 4 [1UP]

2010/06/03

Modern Warfare 2 Soundtrack Available Now

Video game soundtracks are usually released before or just about the same time the game which features the OST releases. Modern Warfare 2 is different, seeing as the OST for this game, which was released last November, was only released this month – this week in fact.

The score is by Hans Zimmer, and features 17 tracks from the game, which in total clocks in at just under an hour’s play length. It retails for $7.99 at Amazon, saving you over $8 if you bought all the songs individually, and also $2 cheaper than you’d find it on iTunes.

Track list:

1. Opening Titles       3:25
2. Extraction Point     3:35
3. Breach                  3:22
4. Guerrilla Tactics     2:58
5. Siege                    4:05
6. Infiltration               4:27
7. Espirit de Corps     3:07
8. Retreat and Reveille     2:57
9. Ordinance              1:58
10. Contingency         2:15
11. Onwards              2:27
12. Code of Conduct     2:09
13. Chain of Command     2:00
14. Safeguard             2:43
15. Deadline               3:55
16. Protocol                3:47
17. Coup de Grace      3:21

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Source: Modern Warfare 2 Soundtrack [Blues News]

2010/05/18

Ronnie James Dio Passes Away at 67 [Music]

Heavy Metal legend Ronnie James Dio, otherwise known as Ronald James Padavona, passed away the other day. He died of stomach cancer at the age of 67. He was diagnosed with the disease a few months ago.

“Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45am 16th May. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private good-byes before he peacefully passed away. Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all. We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us. Please give us a few days of privacy to deal with this terrible loss. Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever.” - Wendy Dio

Known as Dio for short, he was likely most known for being in the band Black Sabbath, replacing Ozzy Osbourne as the lead singer, and afterwards starting his own eponymous band, Dio, and then forming Heaven & Hell. Before Black Sabbath there was also Elf and Rainbow – not to mention many other bands he was in over the years.
Dio is also credited with having popularised the devil’s horns gesture.
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Sources:

http://www.ronniejamesdio.com/
Heavy Metal Legend Ronnie James Dio Passes Away [Digg]

2010/05/11

Remastered Fallout 1 and 2 Soundtracks Available for Free

I’m quite a big fan of listening to video game soundtracks, and while reading through my news feeds the other night I saw something that perked my interest. The composer for the original Fallout titles, Mark Morgan, has remastered all the songs he composed for Fallout 1 and 2, in a project of his called the “Vault Archives”.

And the best thing about it, and I would expect no less, is that it’s a free download. You can get all 24 tracks, which are remixed and remastered. You can download them over on Aural Network. There are four streaming sample tracks that you can play to listen to as well. There’s also a mirror on NMA, in case it doesn’t work on the former site.

I don’t know if I’ll download them all. I have heard the originals, most recently when someone made a mod which incorporated the songs from the original two games into Fallout 3. You can bet that I’ll be adding it to the queue for the NAG DVD though.

There were some jabs over on NMA, with some posters saying that you better hurry up and get it before Bethesda issues a Cease& Desist order.

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Sources:

Fallout Remastered OST available for free [No Mutants Allowed]
Fallout 1 & 2 soundtracks remastered, free to download [D’toid]

2010/02/09

BioShock 2 Soundtrack Coming 9th of February: Same day as the Game

BioShock 2 is going to flood retail stores and digital distribution outlets when it’s released… today. Now BioShock was known for having a great soundtrack (in fact as I remember it was released for free at one stage - seriously), so where is BioShock 2’s soundtrack?

Well, it’s releasing on the same day as the game. It will be released digitally, including Amazon, in two forms: the standard and the deluxe edition. The Standard Edition has 12 tracks and the Deluxe has 18. The difference in price is about a couple of dollars.

I was reading that until it’s released, you can listen to it (not download) on Rapture Radio.

Here’s the tracklist:

STANDARD EDITION:

The Boogie Man - Todd Rollins & his Orchestra
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? - Patti Page
20th Century Blues - Noel Coward
Nightmare - Artie Shaw & His New Music
Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home? - Annette Hanshaw
Praise The Lord and Pass The Ammunition - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
Dawn of a New Day (Song Of The World's Fair) - Horace Heidt & His Music Knights
Night and Day (Song of the World’s Fair) - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
My Heart Belongs To Daddy - Eddie Duchin & His Orchestra
Chasing Shadows - Quintette of the Hot Club of France
Jitterbug Waltz - Fats Waller & His Rhythm
I Cover The Waterfront - Connie Boswell

DELUXE EDITION:

The Boogie Man - Todd Rollins & his Orchestra
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? - Patti Pag
20th Century Blues - Noel Coward
Nightmare - Artie Shaw & His New Music
Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home? - Annette Hanshaw
Praise The Lord and Pass The Ammunition - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
Dawn of a New Day (Song Of The World's Fair) - Horace Heidt & His Music Knights
Night and Day - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
My Heart Belongs To Daddy - Eddie Duchin & His Orchestra
Chasing Shadows - Quintette of the Hot Club of France
Jitterbug Waltz - Fats Waller & His Rhythm
I Cover The Waterfront - Connie Boswell
Mental Strain At Dawn - Jack Purvis, trumpet solo, with rhythm accompaniment
Bei Mir Bist Du Schon - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, with vocal by Martha Tilton
The Trouble With Me is You - Red McKenzie
The Skeleton In The Closet - Putney Dandridge
We Saw The Sea - Fred Astaire
La Mer - Django Reinhardt

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Source: D’toid

2010/02/06

Rock Band Megadeth DLC: Rust in Peace

Like I’ve said time and time again, I couldn’t care less about these music games, even though I’m a big fan of music in general. But this is something I do care about: There’s a Megadeth DLC coming to Rock Band in the coming week, and all the tracks are from the 1990 classic, Rust in Peace: the album considered by many to not only be one of the band’s best, next to Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying, but also one of the best thrash metal albums ever.

I tend to agree. I’d also be inclined to put Countdown to Extinction up there as well.

The track list, if you don’t know all ready, includes most of the songs off of the album, and as you can see it includes some of their best known songs like the two singles, "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" and "Hangar 18" . The only one it seems to lack is the bonus track of “My Creation”, but it wasn’t that good anyway.

"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
"Hangar 18"
"Take No Prisoners"
"Five Magics"
"Poison Was the Cure"
"Lucretia"
"Tornado of Souls"
"Dawn Patrol"
"Rust In Peace... Polaris"

Source: 1up.com

2010/01/24

Apocalypse Then: AAA’s One Year Anniversary

That’s right. Today marks one year since AAA, this blog, was started. It was Saturday, the 24th of January, 2009.

I’m still trying to figure out what the hell it is. It’s like a blog about video games, entertainment, and other stuff that interests me. Basically anything to do with entertainment of the virtual sort has some place on here. I’m constantly coming up with new types of posts, and widgets and stuff to add to the blog, and some of them are just plain crazy – hence the term random madness (or magic), but they hopefully entertain and inform, or just get some sort of reaction from whoever comes across it.

Some of the information on here is news that’s going around, and original posts that have been taken out of my demented mind (like Keen Dreams). It’s just about putting what’s in my mind on the internet. I’ve started other blogs as well, and plan on starting more this year. I’ve joined Facebook, Twitter, and the game-less madness that is Digg, but AAA was my first blog on the internet, apart from my two HubPages profiles that have been up for a while. They were my part of my first presence on the internet, and they will celebrate their two year anniversaries later on in the year. As I’ve read time and time again: hubs are not blogs!

So, as for the next year and beyond, I hope to convey more of the latest big interesting news stories, rumours, and original stuff that somehow ties in with my love of video games, movies, music, TV, and more.

And if you don’t like, I’ve only got two words for ya!

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2010/01/15

Mass Effect 2 Soundtrack Arriving Just Before the Game

Mass Effect 2 is scheduled for a January 26th release this year, but a week before, on January 19th (Tuesday next week), the soundtrack for the game is arriving. You can all ready grab it at Amazon for pre-order.

The soundtrack is composed by Jack Wall, who also made the soundtrack for the first game.

Here’s the track list:

CD 1

1. The Illusive Man
2. Humans Are Disappearing
3. The Attack
4. The Lazarus Project
5. A Rude Awakening
6. The Normandy Reborn
7. Miranda
8. Jacob
9. Freedom's Progress
10. Thane
11. Garrus
12. An Unknown Enemy
13. Samara

CD 2

1. Grunt
2. Horizon
3. Tali
4. Mordin
5. The Normandy Attacked
6. Jack
7. Legion
8. Jump Drive
9. Crash Landing
10. The Collector Base
11. The End Run
12. Suicide Mission
13. New Worlds
14. Reflections

You can check out the page for the soundtrack below, along with all the individual mp3s where you can listen to samples and buy them when the date arrives.

Mass Effect 2 Soundtrack

2009/12/24

AAA: Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve

Well, the year’s nearly through. It’s Christmas Eve, and I’ve spent some time with the family, and we had dinner just a few hours ago and we’ve been doing the usual stuff.

I usually take Fridays off, and that applies tomorrow as well. I won’t be doing any blogging or writing of articles or any writing of any sort hopefully, and whether or not I do any on the weekend will remain to be seen.

I’m taking a break, and after the weekend and particularly in the new year, I suppose I’ll be back to posting news, both local and international, stuff about movies, music and especially gaming, and the usual random magic, or nonsense, depending on how you see it. And I hope to further extend my presence on the web with more blogs and websites, and so on, some time.

So, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

P.S. I’ve recently added some new widgets to the blog. The games I’m currently playing, and the Christmas banner. The poll is still running as well, this time with a selection of games to choose from, indicating your favourite game you’ve played this year.

2009/11/13

Musical Association with Video Games: What are you Thinking?

Friday the 13th

Do you remember that old word association game, that some people claim is used by psychologists and such on their patients? Well, when you listen to music, with a particular track, there’s usually some sort of thought that comes into your mind, and every time you listen to that track, that’s what pops in your head. Sometimes it’s easy, because the theme of the song pretty much does it all for you- it’s literal. But other times, there’s some inexplicable idea that revolves in your head when you listen to a song, maybe because it can be interpreted in many ways.

Well, I’ve just been thinking about it lately, and I have some examples of video games I think about when listening to some music tracks. I’ve been listening to Megadeth’s latest album, Endgame, since it came out back in September, and there’s a track on there by the same name, “Endgame”, and when I listen to it, I first think about Thief, particularly those Hammerites, and Cragscleft prison in Thief: The Dark Project. This is probably because of the theme of the song. "Endgame" deals with the infamous Guantanamo Bay Facility. As the song progresses however, I start to think about Wolfenstein 3D or Spear of Destiny, especially like a boss level at the end of an episode. Why I think it’s perfect in this sense, is because of the lyrics:

“This is the end of the road; this is the end of the line,
This is the end of your life; this is the end.”

Also, another track that makes me think of Wolf 3D is “To Live is to Die” by Metallica, especially part of the intro riff.

Another example: While listening to "The Unforgiven", by Metallica on their black album, it may be because of James Hetfield’s emphasis on the part of the song which makes me think of Duke Nukem 3D, when you kill those alien troopers and they scream.

"What I've felt,
What I've known..."

Finally, If I listen to "Wherever I May Roam", like a posted about the other day, while listening to the intro, I think about Assassin's Creed, and as the song progresses I get images of Quake II, because parts of the song remind me of the Sonic Mayhem composed track that plays when you're in the factory levels, like the Processing Plant.

Megadeth's "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due", and Motörhead's "Assassin" also turn my thoughts to Assassin's Creed.

Weird, you say? Well, you do it too, you know.

2009/09/09

Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack out Soon Alongside Game

Halo 3: ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) is a title that I have been reading about a lot lately. It's set to be released soon, on the 22nd of this month for Xbox 360, and alongside it will be the game's soundtrack, available now for pre-order.

Pre-order Halo 3:ODST

Pre-order Halo 3: ODST OST

2009/07/04

Inon Zur's Birthday Today

July 4- Independence Day

Inon Zur was born today, in 1965, in Israel. He is a music composer for movies, television, and video games.

Discography

Prince of Persia (2008)
Fallout 3 (2008)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm (2008)
Crysis (2007)
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (Panzer Elite campaign) (2007)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (2006)
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (2005)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Winter Assault (2005)
Champions: Return to Arms (2005)
Men of Valor (2004)
Power Rangers: Dino Thunder (2004)
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury (2004)
Combat Task Force: 121 (2004)
Crusader Kings (2004)
Syberia II (2004)
Champions of Norrath (2004)
SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs (2003)
Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader (2003)
Lineage II (2003)
Run Like Hell (2002)
War and Peace (2002)
Icewind Dale II (2002)
Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates (2001)
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001)
Au Pair II (2001)
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001)
Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War (2000)
Final Descent (2000)
Escaflowne (2000)
Escaflowne: The Movie (2000)
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000)
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (2000)
Power Rangers in 3D: Triple Force (2000)
Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000)
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999)
Au Pair (1999) (TV)
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999)
Star Trek: New Worlds (1999)
Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998)
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998)
Ramadhan in Indonesia (1998)
Ke lanh nan (1998)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
Beetleborgs Metallix (1997)
Big Bad Beetleborgs (1996)
Yellow Lotus (1995)
Valley of the Dolls (1994)
Sources:

http://www.inonzur.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inon_Zur

2009/05/27

Available Now: Resident Evil 5 Original Soundtrack

Resident Evil 5 O.S.T.

$14.99

Product Details

Audio CD (May 26, 2009)
Original Release Date: May 26, 2009
Number of Discs: 3
Number of Tracks: 86
Label: Sumthing Else

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Title Movie
2. Opening -Chris's Arrival
3. Item Box
4. New Fear
5. Magic Act
6. The Butcher
7. The Town
8. First Encounter
9. Majini I
10. Hospitality
11. Majini II
12. Game Over
13. Damsel in Distress
14. Majini III
15. A Piece of the Puzzle
16. Unidentified Threat
17. An Emergency
18. The Storage Facility
19. Result
20. The Ripper
21. Executioner
22. The Crisis Reinforcements Arrive
23. Voice of The Darkness
24. Terror from Above
25. Flying Nightmare
26. Pursuer and The Pursued
27. Shaking off The Majini
28. Grand Resurgence
29. Burning with Anger
30. Delta Team's Distress
31. Shadows of the Past
32. Eerie Stillness
33. Majini IV

Disc: 2

1. Majini V
2. Unite but
3. Too Late
4. Get out!
5. Majini's Trap I
6. The Patrol Boat
7. Evil Mutation
8. A New Clue
9. Ancient Noise
10. Majini VI
11. Majini's Trap II
12. Excella and Wesker
13. Underground Garden
14. The Claw 15. Huge Facility
16. Gigantic Attack
17. The Enigma
18. Majini VII
19. Haze of Horror
20. UROBOROS
21. The Mask
22. Two on Two
23. Old Friends, New Enemies
24. Sad but true
25. Trust 26.
The Tanker

Disc: 3

1. Majini VIII
2. Shot or Death
3. A New Nightmare Begins
4. Fragment of Fears
5. The Sign
6. A Big Despair
7. Message
8. Majini IX -in flames-
9. Rematch
10. Wind of Madness
11. The Vulnerability
12. Sky-high Skirmish
13. The Final Curtain
14. Deep Ambition
15. Striker
16. Homeward Bound!
17. Pray -Theme Song
18. Plan of Uroboros
19. Menu
20. Viewer
21. Colors
22. Assault Fire
23. Dreamy Loops
24. On the Bass
25. Rust in summer 2008
26. KILLERS
27. Do you challenge Again?

Sources:

http://www.joystiq.com/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0027GN6GA?ie=UTF8&tag=apocalypso-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0027GN6GA

2009/04/29

Assassin's Creed Original Soundtrack at Amazon.com

Jesper Kyd's original soundtrack for Assassin's Creed is now available for online purchase via Amazon, at this page,and it's for only $7.99.

If you don’t know of Jesper Kyd, read this. If you can’t be bothered, he’s an award winning video game and movie music composer famous for his work on the Hitman series of games. The Assassin’s Creed soundtrack is no different- it is very good.

http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewstory&threadid=97847

2009/02/03

Jesper Kyd’s birthday today

Jesper Kyd turns 37 today! He was born on February 3, 1972.

Who is Jesper Kyd, you ask? Well, he is a famous game and movie music composer. I first found out about his work while playing the Hitman series of games, and I especially like the soundtrack to Hitman: Blood Money.

Here is a rundown of all the projects he’s worked on and accolades he’s received:

Games

2008 - The Chronicles of Spellborn
2008 - The Club
2007 - Assassin's Creed
2007 - Unreal Tournament 3
2007 - Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
2006 - Hitman: Blood Money
2006 - Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
2006 - Gears of War (concept music)
2004 - Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 2 (songs .59 -remix-, Istanbul café, and Red Room)
2004 - Robotech: Invasion
2004 - Hitman: Contracts
2004 - Todd McFarlane's Evil Prophecy
2003 - Freedom Fighters
2003 - Brute Force
2002 - Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
2002 - Minority Report: The Video Game
2001 - Shattered Galaxy
2001 - The Nations: Alien Nations 2
2000 - Hitman: Codename 47
2000 - Messiah
2000 - MDK2
2000 - Soldier (unreleased)
1999 - Time Tremors
1996 - Scorcher
1996 - Amok
1995 - Adventures of Batman and Robin
1994 - Red Zone
1993 - Subterrania
1993 - AWS Pro Moves Soccer
1989 - USS John Young

Movies

2008 - Staunton Hill
2008 - Year Zero
2007 - La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928, new score)
2006 - Sweet Insanity
2003 - Night All Day
2002 - Pure
2002 - Death of a Saleswoman

Short films

2006 - Virus
2006 - Impulse
2003 - Cycle
2002 - Pure
2002 - Paper Plane Man
2002 - Day Pass
2001 - Going with Neill
2001 - The Lion Tamer
2000 - Organizm

Trailers

Assassin's Creed TV Launch Trailer
Assassin's Creed Cello TV Trailer
Gears of War E3 Trailer
V For Vendetta (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Hitman: Blood Money TV Trailers
Hitman: Contracts TV Trailers
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin TV Trailers

Awards and nominations

2008 ELAN Awards - Best Video Game Score Winner
2007 GameSpot - Best Video Game Score Nomination
2007 3 G.A.N.G. Nominations Including Music of the Year
2006 MTV Video Music Awards - Best Video Game Score Nomination
2006 IGN Best Original Score Winner
2006 Golden Joystick Awards - Best Game Soundtrack Nomination
2006 4 G.A.N.G. Nominations Including Music of the Year
2005 BAFTA - Winner Best Original Music Award (British Academy Award)
2005 G.A.N.G. Winner Best Music for Cinamatic/Cut Scene
2005 PSE2 Editor's Choice GOLD - Freedom Fighters Soundtrack CD
2004 Billboard Awards Best Music Nomination 2004
2004 IGN - Best Soundtrack Nomination
2004 3 G.A.N.G. Nominations
2004 PSE2 Editor's Choice GOLD - Hitman Contracts Soundtrack CD
2003 GameSpot - Best Soundtrack of the Year Winner
2003 Game Reactor - Best Original Soundtrack Winner
2003 PSE2 Editor's Choice GOLD - Hitman 2 Soundtrack CD
2002 Games Agent - Best Original Soundtrack Winner
2002 GameSpot - Best Original Soundtrack Of The Year Nomination
2002 X-Sages - Soundtrack Of The Year Nomination
2002 IGN - Best Sound Nomination
2002 Action Vault - Outstanding Achievement In Music
2002 Bolt Games - Bolt Games Music Award