Sony's Afrika soundtrack is safari-sational

by Randy Nelson { Jul 7th 2008 at 10:00PM }

Ludwig's on vacation, but we're sure he'll check the site sooner or later and see that we have news to report on his most wanted game ever. Sony's lovely, yet elusive safari sim, Afrika, has surfaced again (albeit briefly) in a new behind-the-scenes clip of its soundtrack being recorded in Hollywood.

Afrika's score is the work of Wataru Hokoyama, who is new to games but not other media. In addition to film scores, Hokoyama has brought his talent to TV, including orchestrations for "Once More, With Feeling," the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He also conducts his own works, as you can see in the above video. Now that we've seen and heard the game, here's hoping (if only for Ludwig's sake) that we finally get to play it next week at E3.

[Via MTV Multiplayer]

Tags: afrika, music, sony-worldwide-studios

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Carcarius @ Jul 7th 2008 10:13PM

OMG it takes place in Africa it has to be RACIST!

Dustin @ Jul 7th 2008 11:14PM

Voted down, crawl back under your rock please.

Johnny Lasley @ Jul 8th 2008 7:09AM

Dumbass

giantenemycrab @ Jul 7th 2008 10:15PM

Ludwig and I have something in common, I cannot wait for this game.

chukz @ Jul 7th 2008 10:19PM

As long as it has "Africa" by Toto on there, playing repeatedly (as soon as you insert the disc) it will sell 100 million copies.

Just a FYI...

Lone Starr @ Jul 7th 2008 10:22PM

It sounds like I'm at Epcot. W00t.

Since we're on the subject of theme parks, I am undefeated at Universal Studios' Men in Black ride (13 times). I accept challenges from any takers.

Dre Day @ Jul 7th 2008 11:03PM

Haha, I love Epcot's music -- and the park too. Illuminations is sooo good.

billy @ Jul 7th 2008 10:26PM

super amazing!

skins21 @ Jul 7th 2008 10:43PM

I want this to be a better version of POKEMON SNAP!

ogvor @ Jul 7th 2008 11:24PM

Why is it that I continue to be more intrigued by this game than by either Killzone 2 or Resistance 2? And yes, I own a PS3.

RoboChamp @ Jul 7th 2008 11:48PM

That was awesome.

John McPoop (PSN:johnnynumber5) @ Jul 8th 2008 12:15AM

I think they should add mamma Africa by Peter Tosh to the list of in game tracks. I hope we get this game in the United States because it looks absolutely beautiful. Not to mention my fiance is a professional photographer and I like to consider myself an amateur photographer needless to say we would love to play this game.

SonofaGunner @ Jul 8th 2008 10:34AM

Ha, I wish for something like Mama Africa in there too. Sadly, I doubt it'll ever happen.

Snatcher (MDF - Halo Ring) @ Jul 8th 2008 1:56AM

That was some excellent composition. Not sure about the game, but atleast the music is top notch.

SonofaGunner @ Jul 8th 2008 10:31AM

I don't like. I hope this classical style isn't the majority of the game. I think they should stick with a soundtrack that makes you feel as if you're in Africa and not on some sort of Indiana Jones adventure.

John @ Jul 8th 2008 1:13PM

I was at the session for this, and the whole score is incredible. There are also several much more "African" sounding tracks with loads of hand percussion, etc. This guy definitely knows how to write -- and holy hell, he makes an orchestra sound sweet.

mntwister @ Jul 8th 2008 2:31PM

That is one awesome piece of music and I can't wait for the game. And, hopefully they will issue a soundtrack CD with a score that good. This rivals many film scores I have heard in the last ten years.Nothing like finally having a full orchestra for a game, forgive me for saying so (I am sure many will disagree) but we've had 90% of our games with hip hop, rap and rock dominating, this is a real pleasure for a change! Makes me want the game even more.