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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:08PM (Unverified) said

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My anticipation for MW2 has saturated with all this coverage
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 7:02PM (Unverified) said

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Joystiq did its job then, they're being paid by DICE y'know
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:10PM Ashkental said

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I have great respect for the man...

He's the modern age John Williams
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 7:20PM zsavior said

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Um not trying to split hairs or anything but John Wiliams Is the Modern age John Wiliams

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_era
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 8:12PM aughscreennames said

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ya... John Williams still makes movie soundtracks, he did the last Harry Potter movie. Theres only one John Williams, he doesnt have a successor yet.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 9:01PM Obienator said

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This guy is one of my fave composers, but he has also composed some forgettable stuff, hopefully he will bring his A game to this project!
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Posted: Nov 5th 2009 2:38AM Ridgecity said

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If John Williams is Da Vinci, this guy is Michaelangelo.

An artist of this level can do say games can be an art. Now it's up to developers to reach the summit in art form.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:15PM TriFF51 said

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Wow I didn't know he was doing the soundtrack....probably not getting COD4 but the soundtrack will kick ass.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:19PM jynxycat said

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I dunno about COD4, it was a good game.

As far as MW2, the music in the game is pretty slick, helps build the tension is the right places, and keeps the pace flowing naturally elsewhere.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2009 12:41AM TriFF51 said

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Whoops...idk why I said COD4. I meant MW2....I wasn't that into COD4, so we'll see.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:20PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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You shut your dirty little pleasure hole and give respect to the man who orchestrated "Radio Flyer".
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:21PM Special Agent Steve said

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Yeah, I'd rather read another article on Hans Zimmer than most of the stuff on Joystiq. Also, MW2 comes out in a week... it's supposed to be one of the biggest launches in Video Game history- cut it some slack.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:22PM BoBsS said

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Hans is the man. Looking at his IMDB page, all those movies have fantastic soundtracks. No doubt that he'll be amazing in MW2.

Germans know what they're doing.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 7:21PM (Unverified) said

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An epic orchestration calls for an epic story
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 11:17PM maveric101 said

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lol

"you know the germans always make good stuff"
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:26PM (Unverified) said

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Pretty sure no one misunderstood you, they just didn't like your comment.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:27PM snowtires said

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Please, Hans Zimmer doesn't write music anymore. He'll do a rough outline or two of some themes and then his lackeys at Remote Control do three months of 14 hour days to get it finished. My roommate interned there (Remote Control) and he said Hans has pretty much become 'executive producer' on all of 'his' music. The entire Remote Control staff worked round-the-clock to get the score to The Simpsons Movie done, while Hans was out of there at 5 or 6 every night.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2009 2:40AM Ridgecity said

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In these times, it's impossible to work on a single thing. Specially when you make soundtracks for 5 movies a year.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:29PM (Unverified) said

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It's not only MW2. Remember all the Batman: AA coverage? Uncharted 2? Scribblenauts? So what if Joystiq gets a little excited about a great game coming out. We come here for posts related to gaming and that's what we get.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:31PM (Unverified) said

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Hans Zimmer is an amazing composer. To have him actual do video games now is an amazing opportunity for him, and us gamers who will be able to listen to this world class composer. Many people in film are now doing projects for videogames which is great. Now when people talk about how legitimate games are as an art form, just look at all the actors, actresses, etc... doing work in video games.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2009 12:46AM dr steve brule said

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@vcize, you're misinterpreting sean connery's real life theme music with zimmerman's stuff. that music is in every sean connery movie.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2009 12:49AM dr steve brule said

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heh, oops ... down one.

@ben gilbert, be a doll and just delete these 2 replies. kthx
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:35PM (Unverified) said

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How dare Joystiq cover one of the biggest releases of this year! How dare they cover the fact that an important figure in film is doing a project for video games!

The game is coming out in less than a week. I advise that you stay off the interwebs if you do not want to hear anything about MW2. Rest assured everyone will be covering this non-stop.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:39PM Funkmaster General said

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"Looks like I'll been downvoted for being misunderstood. Oh well."

Your original comment was intentionally ambiguous. No one would have understood what you really meant.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:49PM JXCGunrunna said

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What are you even talking about? Its about how some of the greats outside of game development are finally seeing Games as a form as real art and entertainment.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:50PM JXCGunrunna said

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You don't remember the rap during the credits? it was actually decent.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 6:53PM CassD said

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I've got three-to-one odds on MW2 having the same musical score in the action sequences as these notable films

Armegedon
Pirates of the Caribean
Crimson Tide
The Rock
And this new one called Prince of Persia

All joking aside Hans is a gifted man even if he does recycle the same sound in some of his movies. I couldn't do what he does and kudos to him I'm glad the video game industry is finally getting the A list attention it deserves.

Now if we could only get those gaming hypocrites to let 6DaysinFalijuh come out. I hear there is terrorism in MW2 so what is the difference really. You act like a terrorist killing innocent civilians or you act as the U.S. Military terrorizing Iraqi Civilians. I see no difference and yet we are extremely excited about MW2.

Here comes the downvote!
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 9:54PM BoBsS said

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Actually, if anything; it'll sound way more like Black Hawk Down since he did compose that.

For the middle-eastern missions that is.

For the other settings, it'll most likely be composed of the list that you gave.

So no downvote :)
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 10:37PM Vcize said

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Crimson Tide and The Rock have a couple parts that sound literally identical.

Still, it's an awesome kind of identical ;)
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Posted: Nov 5th 2009 12:49AM dr steve brule said

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@vcize, you're misinterpreting sean connery's real life theme music with zimmerman's stuff. that music is in every sean connery movie.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2009 7:40AM (Unverified) said

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Wrong. You don't kill civilians.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 7:04PM (Unverified) said

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What are you talking about? The score in COD4 was awesome. It fit the game perfectly, and matched up with the moments in the game. Added tension and relief when needed.

I can understand why you don't remember it, the game did come out two years ago...
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 7:17PM Discotheque said

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Not interested in the game, will check out the soundtrack CD. Though I'm just expecting a rehash of his old work.

The man has produced some of my favorite scores of all time, but he tends to rehash his work alot. Kind of like James Horner (who I love as well : / )
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 8:51PM Misfit Toy said

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I think The Dark Knight is his most brilliant work yet. Can't wait to hear what he's done with MW2.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 10:36PM Vcize said

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Hans Zimmer is awesome in so many ways.

I've been following his career for more than a decade now. I'm rarely ever disappointed in his work.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 10:39PM Vcize said

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Honestly I don't really remember the score in CoD4 well either, and I'm a film/game score junkie.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2009 11:20PM maveric101 said

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i love Marty O'Donnell's work in Halo... i'll be interested to see it MW2's audio can match it (imo).
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Posted: Nov 5th 2009 2:53AM Ridgecity said

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You can't really say thanks to all actors getting their voices in games. The games as art form comes when someone sees a game and makes their senses tingle. That's art.
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