Even at its loudest portions, the percussion itself was kept in the back, accompanying the melody. Perhaps what impressed me most-and I must admit that it might be sad that I even have to mention this since for most orchestrations this should go without saying-was the use of dynamics in the percussion.
The first piece, “Brothers in Arms Main Theme,” features some beautiful brass harmonics that continue to build upon themselves with layers of strings and winds.
As a result the production is solid and leaves very little to be desired.
Listening to the production itself-despite Stephen claiming there wasn’t much planning involved-it becomes evident that there was a fair amount of care taken when creating the score, along with engineering and mastering the individual takes. Having caught a glimpse of the recording process on Stephen’s site, I’m amazed with how cleanly the recordings came out, considering the sometimes cramped recording spaces these orchestra sections fit themselves into while at studios. It’s also very refreshing to find a heavily orchestrated score that’s recorded by live musicians, without having a “ Hollywood” name attached to the project. Stephen’s score clocks in at about 45 minutes in length. Even the third installment of this series, Hell’s Highway, provides us with only twenty-some minutes of music which makes me happy to say that apple fell very far from the tree. My point being that I find myself disappointed, or even angry at the lack of attention given to the music in these games. On the other hand, we have the soundtrack for Call of Duty 4, which reminds me of that scene in Fight Club where Edward Norton had fun destroying something beautiful- except the score wasn’t beautiful and writing about it certainly isn’t fun, but I digress. There are always exceptions, like Bioshock, which featured a hauntingly good score. In all honesty, I’ve never expected much from first-person shooters, at least when it comes to the scores. Stephen was kind enough to provide us some his personal notes regarding the score, so I sat down and gave it a listen.įor another World War 2 shooter, could this soundtrack be a steal at merely $10? Find out after the jump.
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However, in October of 2008, Stephen Harwood Jr.’s original soundtrack was finally released as a digital download via Sumthing Digital. Back in 2005, a CD sampler containing pieces from both Road to Hill 30 and it’s sequel was released with only select tracks. Until recently, the soundtrack wasn’t made available in it’s complete form.
While the recent port hasn’t received the critical acclaim achieved in the initial 2005 release, and may have been viewed by some as dated- the music certainly is not. In September of 2008, the game was repackaged and released along with it’s sequel, Earned in Blood, as a 2-in-1 game titled Brothers in Arms: Double Time for Nintendo Wii. When the original Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 was released in 2005, it brought about a new level of strategy by focusing on squad based combat, while attempting to simulate the chaos experienced on the battlefield. Halfway through the last decade, World War 2 shooters were at the height of their popularity, and gamers were faced with a number of titles to choose from.
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