Video Game Soundtrack Reviews
Video game soundtrack reviews released by Sumthing Else, including the Castlevania – Lords of Shadow franchise, plus Dead Rising 3 and Thief (2014).
Tag: Oscar Araujo
CD: Castlevania – Lords of Shadow 2 (2014)
For the follow-up to Konami’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010), esteemed composer Oscar Araujo augmented the video game’s sound with a richer inclusion of electronics, often deepening the heavy string chords in epic melodic build-ups like “Dying for a Drop of Blood” with some chorals, or pulsing bass hits…
CD: Castlevania – Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (2013)
Oscar Araujo’s latest epic score for the Castlevania franchise is another remarkable opus that melds a huge orchestral sound with some overt electronic elements to capture a world of myth and mayhem…
CD: Castlevania – Lords of Shadow (2010)
Óscar Araujo’s gorgeous score for Konami 2010 reboot of the video game franchise – in which knights battle against supernatural forces – is definitely epic. The orchestral scope and cues with mixed chorus chanting Latin liturgies are stunning – but the score is surprisingly bereft of generic musical clichés. Araujo’s focus is on the Medieval period, with cues that unravel with grace, action material that rises…
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