Doublehex
06-06-2010, 12:12 AM
AGE OF CONAN: HYBORIAN ADVENTURES - THE RISE OF THE GODSLAYER
DOWNLOAD (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6PBXJGRA)
A few months ago (January?) I posted my rip of the original game. It was 113 files long. This one is not nearly as large, numbering at just 23. That is to be expected, considering that this not a full fledged game, but an expansion pack.
But they say that it is quality, not quantity, that we are looking for. Haugen has returned to score the expansion pack, but you certainly wouldn't know it. The original game has a very chorus heavy score - not dominant, but there were enough tracks with vocal elements to warrant the comment. Godslayer is completely absent of vocals of any kind. It is 100% an orchestral score.
Haugen, despite being Norweigan, uses a rich library of Asian elements for his score. It is absolutely European in attitude, but undeniably Asian, almost Japanese in mood and instruments. In Godslayer Haugen juxtaposes between eastern and western instruments, and he does so seamlessly and in a brilliant manner. Most of the score is either dominant in western or eastern instruments, but in tracks such as "Death of Gods" he interchanges between them wistfully and in an inspiring manner.
This is a great score! It's relevance to it being videogame related is irrelevant - this is something to the caliber of a bombastic film score.
DOWNLOAD (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6PBXJGRA)
A few months ago (January?) I posted my rip of the original game. It was 113 files long. This one is not nearly as large, numbering at just 23. That is to be expected, considering that this not a full fledged game, but an expansion pack.
But they say that it is quality, not quantity, that we are looking for. Haugen has returned to score the expansion pack, but you certainly wouldn't know it. The original game has a very chorus heavy score - not dominant, but there were enough tracks with vocal elements to warrant the comment. Godslayer is completely absent of vocals of any kind. It is 100% an orchestral score.
Haugen, despite being Norweigan, uses a rich library of Asian elements for his score. It is absolutely European in attitude, but undeniably Asian, almost Japanese in mood and instruments. In Godslayer Haugen juxtaposes between eastern and western instruments, and he does so seamlessly and in a brilliant manner. Most of the score is either dominant in western or eastern instruments, but in tracks such as "Death of Gods" he interchanges between them wistfully and in an inspiring manner.
This is a great score! It's relevance to it being videogame related is irrelevant - this is something to the caliber of a bombastic film score.