{"id":7302,"date":"2013-12-03T12:04:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T17:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7302"},"modified":"2013-12-03T12:45:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T17:45:50","slug":"mp3-borderland-2-dlc-2013-%e2%80%93-add-on-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7302","title":{"rendered":"MP3: Borderland 2 DLC (2013) \u2013 Add-On Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label: Sumthing Else Music Works<\/a> \/ Released: November 19, 2013<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: \u00a0Captain Scarlett<\/strong>: 8 tracks \/ (21:39) + Mr. Torgue<\/strong>: 8 tracks \/ (17:48) + Tiny Tina<\/strong>: 13 tracks \/ (34:04)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: Three mini-albums for the Borderland 2<\/strong> add-on video games.<\/p>\n

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Composers: Jesper Kyd, Kevin Riepl, Raison Varner<\/p>\n

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This digital album package actually features the scores to three add-on games to Borderland 2<\/strong>, with scoring chores handled by Jesper Kyd (Assassin\u2019s Creed: Brotherhood<\/strong> [M<\/a>]), Kevin Riepl (The Aggression Scale<\/a> <\/strong>[M<\/a>]), and Raison Varner.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The first mini-album features music from Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty<\/strong> (Raison Varner and Jesper Kyd), with most of the cues built around a gun-slinging strolling motif; a recurring pulsing electric bass also evokes a roving, scoping mood, which gets amped up in \u201cWurmwater Combat.\u201d The main theme is part spaghetti western with some Asian flavour, and techno elements adding extra urgency while a hurdy-gurdy provides an antique ambiance. The collage of styles also includes a quasi-orchestral track with brass and wooden percussion (\u201cOasis Combat\u201d), and the action cue \u201cHyperious The Invicible\u201d with synth brass, grungy guitar, and metallic clangs.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The second add-on, Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage<\/strong> (Kevin Rieple and Jesper Kyd), carries forward the spaghetti western tone with a bluesy main theme that unfolds in a slow tempo, with acoustic and electric guitars providing major chord statements. Retro synths pulses highly reminiscent of Tangerine Dream support a wash of electric guitar riffs in \u201cIntroducing the Arena,\u201d whereas a more bluegrass style dominates the \u201cReturn to the Arena Ambience\u201d track, which features a nice full theme rendition with subtle percussion and backbeat hand-claps.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The longest mini-album among the trio is Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon’s Keep<\/strong> (Jesper Kyd and Raison Varner), and much of the early cues map out the tone and thematic material of the score using a nice array of acoustic folk instruments evoking a bit of pirate thrills, and one especially long track with a deliberate contemplative mood – \u201cFlamerock Refuge,\u201d a subtle yet engrossing tension build using mandolin, electric violin, and rapping percussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Forest Ambiance\u201d is deliberately Herrmannesque in lightness, and a pair of hesitant oboes provides some offbeat humour in \u201cThe Mines of Avarice Ambience.\u201d The handful of genuine action cues include \u201cHatred\u2019s Shadow Combat\u201d with its John Carpenter synth pulses laid between synth strings and harder percussion; the pounding \u201cLair of Infinite Agony Combat\u201d which still retains elegant strings and mandolin; and a orchestral emulations for the heroic themed \u201cMurderlin\u2019s Temple Challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although comprised of three fairly short albums, Sumthing Else\u2019s release unfolds like a neatly stitched anthology, with common instruments and the blending of electronic-acoustic elements maintaining a tight continuity. None of the scores have formal finale music to wraps things up, but the existing cues in each mini-album provides some closure, ensuring Borderland 2 <\/strong>doesn\u2019t come to an awkward, sudden halt.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2013 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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IMDB:\u00a0Kyd<\/a> \/ Riepl<\/a> \/ Varner<\/a> — Composer Filmographies: Kyd<\/a> \/ Riepl<\/a> \/ Varner<\/a><\/p>\n

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