Although my focus throughout this program has been music, my
attention has been turned towards video games this month. Those who know me
know I am an avid gamer, this month I have played a little bit of Metal Gear
Solid V and Destiny: The Taken King. Most games utilize a music department such
as music supervision to license songs or have a composer come in to write music
for the game. The two games I’ve played both have examples of such scenarios.
For Metal
Gear Solid V’s marketing campaign, they licensed the song “Nuclear” by Chris
Oldfield. The story for this games involves nuclear weapons and mercenaries
vying for control over them in order to create an army without a country while
the protagonist slowly becomes the very thing he wanted to stop. The song is an
acoustic type of ballad with lyrics that entail an internal conflict and being
unstable, like a nuclear weapon. I found myself listen to the song more than I
play the game.
The next
game is a soon to be released add-on content for the game Destiny. The add-on
content is called The Taken King. Bungie, owners of the franchise, recently
released a large update file in order to get ready for the release of The Taken
King. The update included many patches to the game, along with a new leveling
system and a new voice actor for one of the main characters. They also added
new music to the menu screens. I looked further into this and found Paul
McCartney actually played a role in writing the original soundtrack to the game
Destiny. This actually made me enjoy playing this game a bit more after
discovering one of The Beatles composed music for such a large game in the
console industry currently.
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