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Ashes of Creation Soundtrack.
Favst
Member
Hi everyone,
Recently I came across information that the music for the game is to be created by Bear Mccreary, known e.g. from the last part of God of War. What do you think about his work, does it meet the high expectations of players and reflect the atmosphere of the game? I myself was a longtime player of Lineage 2 whose soundtrack is an unparalleled masterpiece in my opinion, so far I sometimes play other MMOs with muted sounds and Gludio, Giran, Hunter's Village, Oren themes in the background. In my opinion, music plays a huge role in MMO, it can turn a boring, gray landscape into something epic, but also spoil the most beautiful views with irritating sounds.
What do you guys think?
Recently I came across information that the music for the game is to be created by Bear Mccreary, known e.g. from the last part of God of War. What do you think about his work, does it meet the high expectations of players and reflect the atmosphere of the game? I myself was a longtime player of Lineage 2 whose soundtrack is an unparalleled masterpiece in my opinion, so far I sometimes play other MMOs with muted sounds and Gludio, Giran, Hunter's Village, Oren themes in the background. In my opinion, music plays a huge role in MMO, it can turn a boring, gray landscape into something epic, but also spoil the most beautiful views with irritating sounds.
What do you guys think?
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My hopes before I too heard it was McCreary was Jeremy Soule. I think he composes the best and most befitting music for western fantasy games. But... I have high hopes for Bear McCreary, and I think he will do a good job.
I was looking in to the work of Bear McCreary the last days, especially from Black Sails, seems like a passionate composer, that loves to try different things, so i have high hopes for his work this game. And I would love to see some offical realease of the music in the game, i hope we get a taste.
Jeremy Soule is great. Probably most famous for his excellent Elder Scrolls work, but his Guild Wars work was incredible.
I believe he can step up to the task and deliver enjoyable content.
I really do think that music is important in games to create an immersive atmosphere. Hopefully McCreary manages to create some amazing music for AoC.
Bear did Battle Star Galactica. The third best Sci-fi show behind only Deep Space Nine and The Expanse. We are in fantastic hands. I normally mute music in MMOs because music is too ambient or repetitive. I think I will always end up with my own music on at some point, but I think with Bear doing the score Ashes OST might be the MMO that I listen to the most.
AOC does have thousands of hours to go if it wants to catch up to lineage 2 though. It has a shot for sure.
This is my personal feedback, shared to help the game thrive in its niche.
Pfffft. Deep Space Nine isn't even in the top two Star Trek shows.
Popular and best are two different things. We might see that play out in a few years, when WOW is still toping the charts by living off its own nostalgia, while Ashes redefines this genre, and has less subs than ESO, WOW and FFXIV. No doubt Ashes will be the best, but I am not sure the average person will think it is in the top two MMOs.
I hope I am wrong and it just flat out is the best. Go Team!
This is my personal feedback, shared to help the game thrive in its niche.